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‘Highway Delite’ App has
everything you Need for a
Fun Road Trip
Road trips are fun: You choose
your own music, fellow travellers (or none), and snacks as you
cruise on the highway. What’s
not to love? But then, someone
has to go to the loo, is hungry, or
has motion sickness. You have
no option but to keep driving,
hoping you find a pit stop soon.
That’s where ‘Highway Delite’, a
mobile application comes in.
The brainchild of Bengaluru-based travel buff Rajesh
Ghatanatti, the app provides
information on the nearest petrol pumps, restaurants, lodges,
hotels, emergency contacts and
even clean toilets on popular
travel routes mostly in the five
southern states. Up North, only
the Indore-Ujjain and Delhi-Agra
roads have been covered so far,
and temporary establishments
aren’t on the app.
“I come from a defence background, so I’ve always liked to
travel,” says the 33-year-old former consultant. The problems
he faced on frequent work trips
combined with his love for travelling led him develop Highway
Delite.
He quit his job last March to
concentrate completely on his
venture. Rajesh extensively travelled along NH4 and NH7 which
connect Mysuru, Belagavi and
Hyderabad to make his preliminary assessments.
HSR Residents Resist
Commercialisation
They are agitated over the
mushrooming of PGs and Eateries in the colony that is forcing them to compromise on the
comforts of living in a residential
area.
Residents of HSR Layout are
up in arms against civic authorities and elected representatives
these days. They are agitated
over the unbridled commercialisation in their colony that is forcing them to compromise on the
comforts of living in a residential
area.
Recently, residents of 17th B
Main, Sector 4 complained to the
Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike (BBMP) joint commissioner seeking cancellation of
trade licence to a restaurant that
was to come up in the area. Following stiff opposition, authorities decided not to issue licence
to the restaurant.
The owner of a PG accommodation, which itself has reportedly violated building bylaws
blatantly, had rented out space
for the restaurant. The building
owners tried to influence residents to let the restaurant come
up in the area, but the residents
did not yield.
CM PRACTISES YOGA WITH
BIPASHA BASU
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Bollywood
actress and fitness expert Bipasha Basu performed several yoga
asanas at Kanteerva
stadium in Bengaluru
from 7am to 8.30 am on
Tuesday in order to celebrate International Yoga
Day. Siddaramaiah along
with Bollywood actress
Shilpa Shetty performed
yoga on the same occasion last year.
This year, the state
government had invited
Bipasha Basu to participate in the Yoga Day
celebrations. Flanked by
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Union Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar and D.V. Sadananda
Gowda, Ms. Basu and
others performed several asanas at the event
at Kanteerava Stadium
here.
A large number of
people along with union
minister Ananth Kumar
also performed yoga on
the occasion. Siddaramaiah said: “I have been
practising yoga for the
past one year and have
noticed a change.”
While all the major
Yoga Day events in the
city were hosted amidst
much fan fare, some that
were scheduled in neighbourhood parks and
playgrounds were cancelled due to the steady
drizzle. However, in a
few centres, the events
were shifted indoors. It
is said that many events
also reported thin attendance due to rain.
International
Yoga
Day was celebrated
across the country with
Prime Minister Narendra Modi leading the cel-
ebrations in Chandigarh
while several ministers
participated in other
states. Addressing a
gathering of yoga enthusiasts, the prime minister said a public movement should be started
through yoga to address
the problem of diabetes
in our country. It was
witnessed that several
political parties united together in different
states to celebrate International yoga day. In
Mysuru , Backed by the
Department of Ayush
and the district administration, scores of yoga
institutions doubled up
as a team to ensure that
the event held on the
Mysuru Palace premises
was well attended by enthusiastic practitioners.
Though the palace was
the focal point and saw
the single largest gathering of yoga practitioners
in the city, the event was
also observed by scores
of institutions spread
across Mysuru and will
continue through the
day. At the Mysuru Palace premises, yoga gurus
drawn from established
institutions
including
the Sri Pathanjali Yoga
Shikshana Samithi, Mysuru Yoga Okkuta, JSS
Ayurveda Medical College and Hospital took
the lead in guiding the
participants in performing various asanas. Having emerged as a major
yoga hub in recent decades, Mysuru has more
than 200 schools and
has spanned a veritable
industry besides propagating different forms of
this ancient discipline of
which Ashtanga and Vinyasa are popular.
YOGA SHOULD BE MADE MANDATORY
IN SCHOOLS: B.S. YEDDYURAPPA
across the country. The
Karnataka BJP leaders
too were present in the
celebration.
Speaking
to
the
crowed B S Y said, “Yoga
is a great contribution of
India to the world culture. “Yoga learning and
promotion has been in
practice in Karnataka
since a long time.”Yeddyurappa also demanded the state government
to make yoga compulsory in school curriculum.
B S Yediyurappa, President of BJP Karnataka
and Yatiraja Jeeyar of
Yadugiri Yatiraja Mutt
participated in the International Yoga Day
yesterday and gave out
the message of importance of Yoga to people
of the state. He practiced
the Yoga in the Palace
Ground at 6:30am on
Tuesday.
All the political and
other leaders are participated in the World
Yoga Day celebrations
Bengaluru Girl stands 3rd
after revaluation
New toppers are coming up
not just in Pre-University courses after the revaluation but also
in Secondary School Leaving
Certificate (SSLC).
A girl from a Bengaluru-based
private school has now become
one of the third rankers in the
SSLC exams held during April
2016 for which the results were
out a month ago.
Tanvi Deshpande, a student
of VVS Sardar Patel High School,
is now ranked third in the state
with an increase of four marks
in her English paper after revaluation. She shares the third spot
with 11 other students.
Samagra Vikasa Trust on the occasion of International Yoga Day at Jaganath Bhavan, Malleshwaram
Tanvi said she had applied
for revaluation after being persuaded by the school authorities.
“There were no State toppers in
my school this year in SSLC. My
teachers were confident that I
would score more.” she said.
On Saturday, she learnt
she had secured 623 marks as
against her earlier 619 and was
ecstatic. She hopes that evaluators would carefully compare answer keys with the answer script
so that it would avoid stressful
moments for students.
Restaurant Shut Down
for Serving Idli with Dead
Centipede
The department for Food Safety
has shut down the eating joint and have
booked the owner for negligence.
A 6-year-old girl from south Bangalore had to undergo a stomach wash as
the idli she ate had a centipede in it.
The child suddenly fell ill and that’s
when the mother noticed the dead centipede in the food.
The place from where the food was
bought was a small restaurant in JP
Nagar in Bangalore.
The department for Food Safety
has shut down the eating joint and have
booked the owner for negligence.
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CM’S DECISION INDIGESTIBLE:
AMBAREESH
Deputy speaker rejected the resignation letter
of M H Ambareesh submitted by his PA. Due to
the rejection, the former
minister himself was
ready to submit the resignation letter personally
to CM.
M H Ambareesh said to
the reporters “I will go to
CM personally and submit the resignation letter.”“Why should I remain
even as a MLA, when I was
dubbed as an inefficient
minister?’ he questioned.
Ambareesh who was
dropped from the Cabinet
is reportedly miffed with
Chief Minister and told
that the CM should have
spoken to the ministers
whom he was going to
drop.
“The CM should have a
little bit of dignity. I would
have resigned on my own
if he had requested me to
make way for others. He
should have spoken to us
and treated us with respect,” he said.
“I am pained by the
Chief Minister’s decision.
I will not hold any talk
with him,” he added.
Ambareesh denied actress turned politician
Ramya’s role in his removal as a minister as a few
channels had highlighted
the news yesterday.
Ambareesh was housing minister in the cabinet and there was speculation for days that he
would be among those
who would be dropped
from the ministry. There
had been criticism of his
performance in his ministerial role. Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah reshuffled
his cabinet on June 19,
with 13 new ministers
sworn in and 14 dropped.
BDA COMMISSIONER WAPPED
By the order of Government of Karnataka
Dr Rajkumar Khatri
IAS,Principal Secretary
is transferred as Commissioner,
Bengaluru
Development Authority in place of Mr Sham
Bhatt.
Sham Bhatt held
charge as BDA commissioner for almost four
years from August 2012.
He is all set to retire by
the year-end. The remodification scheme of
Arkavathy Layout that
ran into troubled waters
in the midst of allegations of widespread corruption was one of the
biggest controversies of
the BDA during his stint
as commissioner. The
issue is presently being
probed by the one-man
judicial inquiry commission led by H.S. Kempanna.
While the state government has recommended Mr. Bhatt’s
name for the KPSC
chairperson’s post, the
Governor returned the
file seeking certain clarifications. The Governor had also sought a
report from Lokayukta
on complaints and cases pending against Mr.
Bhatt. The report re-
vealed that there are 18
complaints against him
pending inquiry and action was recommended
by Lokayukta against
him in two earlier cases.
However, the government has taken no action
against him in either of
the cases.
ACTRESS RAMYA TO GET CABINET RANK
A clear direction has
been passed on to the
state Congress by the
Vice President, Rahul
Gandhi to make Kannada actor, former M P
from Mandya, Ramya
as MLC thus facilitating her induction to the
cabinet berth. “Rahul
Gandhi has instructed
the Chief Minister (CM)
of Karnataka Siddaramaiah to elevate Ramya
to the minister post.”
This move comes after
actor-turned-politcian
Ambareesh
dropped
from Karnataka cabinet,
a strong representative
of Mandya and Vokkaliga community, sources
revealed. Rahul Gandhi
who was accompanied
by Ramya and CM Siddaramaiah, engaged in conversation with children
of farmers during his
visit to Mandya distirct
in October 2015 Political
rumble between Ramya
alias Divya Spandana. In
2014 general elections
Ramya lost her Member
Parliament seat to JD(S)’
CS Puttaraju.
Given the proximity of
Ramya to Congress Vice
President Rahul Gandhi,
speculation is rife Ramya
influenced ouster of Ambareesh. The tall Sandalwood actor has now sent
out his resignation (not
accepted yet) for MLA
post in an act of threating the party. His resignation certainly has an
impact on the Mandya
belt of the party.
For a cabinet post that
is strategically kept vacant after appointment
of 13 ministers to the
state, Ramya’s name is at
the top. It is kept vacant
after Ramya allegedly
lobbied with the High
Command for the same.
But Ramya this time
around is hell bent on
achieving a coveted
berth. After her loss in
2014, for over 2 years
she was politically inactive in terms of position.
Ramya’s close acquaintance with Gandhi family
has given the wings to
her dreams.
Ramya too served in
Mandya and she hails
from Vokkaliga community. Rahul, day before
the cabinet reshuffle, has
directed the CM to make
Ramya MLC and then induct her to state cabinet,
sources divulged.
MAN ARRESTED FOR KILLING MOTHER-IN-LAW
Chief Minister Mr Siddaramaiah Inagurates Commencement of The Works of 1x370Mega Watt Gas-Based
Yelahanka Combined Cycle Power Plant on 21st June in Bengaluru. Mr D K Shiva Kumar,Minister for Power
and Mr K J George, Minister for Bengaluru Development are also Seen in picture.
ROAD ACCIDENT IN KUNDAPUR, EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN KILLED, 12 INJURED
At least eight school
children were killed
and 12 others injured
in a tragic accident on
Tuesday morning when
their school van collided with a bus in Karnataka’s Udupi district.
The incident took
place at the Trasi village
in
Kundapur
around 400km from
Bengaluru at around
8:15 am.
The van was carrying
19 occupants including
17 students from Don
Bosco School, driver
Martin and a teacher
Philomena.
According to police,
two children died on
the spot while six succumbed to injuries
while they were being taken to hospital.
6 children have been
admitted to Chinmay
Hospital in Kundapur,
others are receiving
treatment at Kasturba Medical College
Hospital, Manipal
City police have arrested a man for killing his
mother-in-law on 18th
June in Basavangudi residential area. The man
killed his mother-in-law
for casting the superstitious act on his family.
Afzal Ahmed and his
wife Syed Unisa (54)
were living in the Basavangudi residential area
in Bengaluru. On 18th
June, Azal Ahmed went
for his daily work in the
city and his wife Syed
Unisa was alone at home.
When Afzal returned
from his work, he found
the door locked. There
was no response for his
knock at the door from
inside. He opened the
door with his spare key
and to his shock he saw
his wife in the pool of
blood. Her face was completely disfigured. The
culprit has used knife to
kill her.
She was found dead in
the locked house. Then
Afzal Ahmed complained
the police regarding the
incident. After the investigation the police
arrested his own son-inlaw, Mohemmad-Aakhir-Ur-Rahman Bin-Muhammad Raffique on
Monday.
The investigation tells
that the man made a du-
plicate key of the house
long back. On 18th June
he came to the house and
killed Syed Unisa (54).
Leaving her dead in the
house he locked the door
using the duplicate key.
Enquiring about the
reason behind the crime
the culprit said that she
was making some superstitious act against his
family. He had to kill her
to stop that.
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Flyovers in Bengaluru a
Boon or Bane?
As Bengaluru’s traffic woes
burgeon, the Karnataka government’s most recent solution to
the problem is the decision to
build yet another elevated road
in the city, this time one of the
longest in Asia, a 6.7 km long
steel flyover from Hebbal to Chalukya circle.
But even a brief look at studies of traffic in Bengaluru, such
as the ‘Volume-Capacity Study
on Flyovers of Bengaluru’, shows
that vehicle density on the roads
has increased by 8%-10% and
traffic speeds have dropped by
between 5-20 km per hour between 2015 and 2016.
What’s more, the study found
that not only are the existing
flyovers overburdened, but they
haven’t been able to solve the
congestion problem either.
CABINET RESHUFFLE: PORTFOLIOS ANNOUNCED
Portfolio allocation to
ministers who took oath
in Sunday has been announced. The chief minister, who was expected
to make major changes
in the portfolios, surprisingly did not change
much except for Roshan
Baig who was earlier
the Minister for Infrastructure Development,
Information and Haj and
UT Khader who was the
Minister for Health and
Family Welfare.
Ramalinga Reddy
Transport
HS Mahadeva Prasad
Co-operation excluding
Agricultural Marketing
Sugar from Commerce
and Industries
Department
R Roshan Baig
Urban Development
excluding BBMP
Haj
UT Khadar
Food and Civil Supplies
and Consumer Affairs
Umashree
Women and Child Development, Empowerment
of Differently Abled and
Senior Citizens
Kannada and Culture
S S Mallikarjuna
Horticulture excluding
Sericulture Department
Agricultural Marketing
from Co-operation
Department
Santosh S Lad
Labour
Cabinet Ministers
Spouses who detached,
but dads who didn’t
On June 19, when the Father’s
Day frenzy exploded on social
media, it was easy to believe for
the moment that the world was a
collection of a zillion happy families, and nothing else. But, as always, what went unnoticed was
the dark side of the celebrations a dagger to the heart of dads who
couldn’t be with their children
over circumstances they had little control over.
Media spoke to three such
fathers, who mostly spent their
day riffling through old photographs of their children they
couldn’t meet. One had not seen
his daughter in six years, another counted himself lucky for
being allowed an hour to see his
13-year-old twins.
Ravi Kiran (40), a businessman settled in London, married
Sunitha in 2005 and the couple
had a girl. By 2010, however,
their differences had become
non-negotiable and Sunitha
came back to India with the
baby. Ravi faced several charges,
including dowry harassment.
Eventually, legal commitments
compelled him to move to Bengaluru.
Siddharamaiah
Cabinet Affairs
Personal and Administrative Reforms
Finance including
Institutional Finance
and Small Savings and
Lotteries
Intelligence Wing from
Home Department
Housing
Information and Public
Relations from Kannada
and Culture, Information and Public
Relations Department
TB Jayachandra
Law, Justice and Human
Rights
Parliamentary Affairs
and Legislation
Minor Irrigation from
Water Resources Department
B Ramanatha rai
Forest, Ecology and
Environment
MB Patil
Major and Medium
Irrigation from Water
Resources Department
Krishna Byregowda
Agriculture
Basavraj Rayreddi
Higher Education and
Education Department
K R Ramesh kumar
Health and Family Welfare Department excluding Medical Education
Kagodu Thimmappa
Revenue excluding
Muzrai
Rudrappa Manappa
Lamani
Textiles Muzrai
Meti Hullappa
Yamanappa
Excise
MINISTER OF STATE
(INDEPENDENT
CHARGES)
Yoga, A Practice that
Re-discovers Self
This International Yoga Day,
Yogis would be happy to see their
toil finally finding the light of the
day. Half a decade ago, people
were averse to the idea of Yoga
and had little or no confidence of
its healing powers. Things, however, have changed with time and
so have ideas. People not only in
India, but worldwide understand
its importance now and how
beneficial is it for the mind and
the body.
Nevertheless, it picked up as
a trend in India last year when
PM NarendraModi himself led a
team of Yoga practitioners at India Gate to promote the practice.
However, there is a large pocket
in the country that now understands what Yoga can do their
psyche and health.
Visit any Yoga Center and
you would know what we mean.
From software engineers to
homemakers, everyone wants
a break from everyday life and
think about the self. “It is a practice that re-discovers the self. It
calms the mind and keeps you
fit,” says Nayantara, a journalist
by profession and a Yoga practitioner.
Benguluru Music lovers
Prefer Premium Headphones: Flipkart Survey
According to a survey by Flipkart, ahead of World Music day,
to identify consumer purchase
trends, it was found that shoppers
are increasingly shifting towards
quality and premium headphones.
According to a survey by Flipkart, ahead of World Music day,
to identify consumer purchase
trends, it was found that shoppers
are increasingly shifting towards
quality and premium headphones.
Music accessories category
has witnessed a 40% growth in
the last six months. Close to 50%
of shoppers of audio devices are
young professionals and students.
Premium brands like Audio
Technica, Bose, HarmanKardon
have witnessed a 3X growth in the
last six months
Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata,
Mumbai and Hyderabad topped
the charts in terms of demand for
on-the-go music devices.
With 60% growth in demand
for wireless devices like Bluetooth
speakers and headphones etc.,
majority of Indians enjoy music
on-the-go.
Dr. G. Parameshwara
Home excluding
Intelligence Wing
R V Deshpande
Large and Medium Scale
Industries from Commerce and Industries
Department Infrastructure Development
H K Patil
Rural Development and
Panchayat Raj
K J George
Benglauru Development, BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCL,
Directorate of Town
Planning from Urban
Development Dept
H Anjaneya
Social Welfare
Backward Classes Welfare
D Sharanaprakash R
Patil
Medical Education
Jarakiholi Ramesh
Laxmanrao
Small Scale Industries
from Commerce and
Industries Department
DK Shivakumar
Energy Department
Tanveer Sait
Primary and Secondary
Education from
Education Department
Minority Welfare and
Wakf Department
excluding Haj
M R Seetharam
Planning and Statistics
Science and Technology
from IT and BT, Science
and Technology
Department
STATE GOVERNMENT APOLOGISES TO HC
The State government
which had earlier claimed
that no grace marks were
awarded to II PU Mathematics students tendered
an unconditional written
apology to the High Court
on Monday, for misleading the court by making
wrong submission. On
behalf of the state government, state advocate general, Madhusudan R Naik,
tendered
unconditional
apology to the state high
court for falsely telling the
court earlier that grace
marks had not been allotted to second PU students
in mathematics subject in
the examinations held this
year. Moodbidri-based Bhuvana Jyothi Education Trust
had filed public interest
litigation in the state high
court, questioning the government’s action in allotting grace marks for certain
questions in mathematics
paper. During the hearing,
advocates representing the
government and PU department had asserted that
grace marks had not been
given to students as it was
found that none of the questions were out of syllabus to
qualify for grace marks. The
litigant trust thereafter verified this claim of the
government advocates
by securing copies of
answer sheet of students. It came to know
that grace marks had
indeed been given for
certain questions, even
when only question
numbers were mentioned by students.
Therefore, the trust had
approached the high court
again with this information.
The court was hearing an
interlocutory application
for recalling its earlier order dismissing a PIL against
award of grace marks. Chief
Justice S K Mukherjee and
Justice Ravi Malimath said
that no irresponsible submissions should be made
in court without proper
instructions from the government. The PIL was filed
by Bhuvanjyothi Education
Trust, a CBSE school located in Dakshina Kannada
district saying, the awarding grace marks would
adversely affect the CET
rankings of students who
have completed the course
under CBSE syllabus.
During the hearing, the
advocates representing the
government and PU department had asserted that
grace marks had not been
given to students as it was
found that none of the questions were out of syllabus to
qualify for grace marks.
The litigant in the proceedings then verified the
claim by securing copies of
answer sheet of students. It proved the
fact that grace marks
had been awarded
for question where
the students had just
mentioned the question numbers instead
of answers. The High
Court served notice on
the State government and
PU department for which
an unconditional apology
was tendered by the State
government. Bhuvanjyothi
Education Trust, a CBSE
school located in Dakshina
Kannada district, had filed
the PIL challenging the de-
Priyank Kharge
Information
Technology and
Bio-Technology from
IT and BT, Science and
Technology
Departrment
Tourism
cision to award grace marks
to students who appeared
for the IIPUC examination.
The petitioner said
awarding grace marks
would adversely affect the
CET rankings of students
who have completed the
course under CBSE syllabus. The petitioner sought
the court’s direction to
consider only CET marks.
Department of Pre-University Education director Ramegowda, in his affidavit,
said the expert committee
report stated that no questions were out of syllabus.
Hence, It was decided not to grant any grace
marks. A subsequent meeting of chief examiners and
deputy chief examiners on
April 20 favoured “liberal valuation” in respect of
seven questions. The decision, however, was not
communicated to the PU
director.
Eshwara B Khandre
Municipalities and Local
bodies (CMCs, TMC and
TPs) from Urban
Development
Department
Public Enterprises
Vinay R Kulkarni
Mines and Geology
A Manju
Animal Husbandry
Sericulture
Pramod Madhwaraj
Youth Services
Department
Fisheries from Animal
Husbandry and
Fisheries Department
RALLY SPREADS AWARENESS
ON DENGUE PREVENTION
Deputy Mayor Hemalatha Gopalaiah inaugurated
Dengue Public Awareness
rally at BMTC Bus Stand at
Majestic on Tuesday with
the aim of combating deadly disease dengue.
Currently, dengue fever
is considered as the health
problem in several parts of
Karnataka with dramatically increase in the number of
cases reported every year.
Close to 1,000 persons,
including students, nurses
and workers involved in
dengue prevention, took
part in the rally.
Students carried placards highlighting the need
to prevent stagnation of
water, remove unwanted things around houses,
cooperate with sanitary
workers who approach
residents to check on mosquito breeding sources and
seek medical help at the
nearest government hospital in case, any family members suffer from fever.
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NATION
Man loses fingers as
bomb used in fishing
explodes
A 28-year old man lost five
of his fingers when a small
country-bomb he was using
to catch fish from a river exploded before he could throw
it, police said on Tuesday.
Suresh and his cousin of Vaniputhur village in Gobichettipalayam taluk were fishing
in nearby Bhavani river using
small sized country-bombs
when the mishap occurred.
As Suresh tried to throw a
bomb into the river after
lighting its wick, it exploded
in his hand. All the five fingers
on his right hand were blown
away under the impact of the
explosion and he suffered
burns at various places of his
body, police said. He had been
admitted to a private hospital
at Gobichettipalayam, Police
said they had registered a
case and were investigating
from where the duo procured
the bombs. Use of bombs in
fishing is rampant in several
areas, especially coastal regions and police had made
seizures of the explosives in
the past.
Jharkhand observes
Int’l Yoga Day
Jharkhand on Tuesday
observed the International
Yoga Day with lakhs of people
taking part in programmes
held across the state. Chief
Minister Raghubar Das and
his cabinet colleagues were
among thousands of people
who participated in the yoga
programme at the Mohrabadi
stadium in Ranchi.Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma, DGP
D K Pandey and several other officials were also among
others who were present at
the one-and-a-half hour programme which was conducted by yoga experts.
PRACTISE YOGA TO STAY FIT AND HEALTHY:
PRESIDENT MUKHERJEE
President Pranab
Mukherjee on Tuesday inaugurated a mass
yoga demonstration at
the iconic Rashtrapati
Bhavan on the occasion
of second International Yoga Day, where he
called on the nation to
embrace in discipline in
everyday life.
Speaking on the occasion, President Mukherjee appreciated Prime
Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts in pulling off
the annual event successfully, and called on
the world community to
practice yoga to stay fit
and healthy.
At the event which
was attended by more
than 1,000 people, he
said, “On the basis of
Prime Minister’s proposal United Nations on 11
December, 2014 at the
69th session of the UN
assembly decided that
the June 21 would be observed as International
Yoga Day.”
“One thing is very interesting to note that
how much interest was
created as many as 177
countries who are the
members of the United
Nations general assembly cosponsored their
allusion,” he said.
The second International Yoga Day is being
celebrated across the
national capital in a big
way.
The mega mass yoga
demonstration organised at Connaught Place
witnessed huge participation of people from
all walks of life. They
performed different postures of Yoga during 45
minutes of Yoga demonstration protocol.
A group of Divyangs
performed yogasanas on
wheel chairs as well.
On the occasion of the
International Yoga Day
on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ,
asserted that the ancient
Indian art was the most
selfless of its kind, as it
did not discriminate, did
not ask for much, but
Differently-abled
students dazzle with
Yoga skills in Delhi
Dispelling the notion
that being physically sound
is a prerequisite for performing yoga; a group of
differently-abled
students
sent a strong message on
International Yoga Day and
impressed everyone by performing asanas and yogic exercises. In an event marking
the Yoga Day, the students
who were on wheelchairs and
crutches, performed various
asanas with proficiency.
Four Srinagar-based
students crack IITJEE, open new vista
for others
Four students from the
Kashmir Valley have cracked
one of the most prestigious
and toughest examinations in
the country, the Indian Institutes of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE),
bringing laurels to the state.
What is remarkable is that
normally students prefer to
go outside the valley for professional coaching to crack
the exam, but Kaleem Khan,
Malik Aneeb, Aaqib Amin
and Arif Reyaz Sheikh made
it to IIT - the result for which
was declared on Sunday, June
12 - without moving outside
the state.
Madhya
Pradesh
Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan on
Tuesday
extended
greetings to the people on the occasion of
International Yoga Day
and described it as a
moment to feel proud
of India’s heritage of
Yoga, which he said
has been recognised
worldwide.
“Yoga is very beneficial for our mental
and physical health.
The people who practice yoga stay happy
and healthy. I appeal
to everyone to practice
yoga and stay healthy.
It is a moment to feel
proud as the whole
world has adopted our
ancient old heritage of
Yoga,” Chouhan, who
is on a five-day visit to
China, said in a video
message.
Chouhan said Yoga
gives immense peace
as it is a combination
of body, mind and soul
and it is purely scientific and beyond any
religion, caste or community.
“Regular
practice
of Yoga fills our mind
Calling on the world
to embrace Yoga as a
discipline in everyday
life, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the occasion of the International
Yoga Day on Tuesday,
asserted that the ancient
Indian art was the most
selfless of its kind, as it
did not discriminate, did
not ask for much, but
simply functioned for
the betterment of mankind and brought every
society together.
Speaking on the occasion with a mass gathering of almost 10,000
people, the Prime Minister said that he had proposed June 21st as the
ideal day for Yoga Day
celebrations because in
many parts of the world,
this day is quite long and
is closer to the earth.
Stating that Yoga Day
has garnered massive
support from across the
world, Prime Minister
Modi said that there is
no other event which
matches the global popularity of this day.
“The United Nations
observes several occasions but no other
movement has become
a global movement like
Yoga Day. No other event
is able to match the popularity of Yoga Day. This
proves the power of the
legacy by our ancestors,”
he said.
Further asserting that
some people do not understand the science
behind Yoga, the Prime
Minister said that Yoga
is not a religious practice and was the path to
salvation, adding that it
provides health insurance for zero budget.
“Yoga is for the believer and non-believer as
well. It does not differentiate between the rich
and poor or the literate
and illiterate. Just like
the cell phone has become a part of your daily
life, I call on the world to
embrace Yoga,” he said.
The Prime Minister
also said that it needs
to be ensured that while
Yoga spreads across the
globe as a popular practice, its sanctity is maintained, adding that it
must not be dragged into
any controversies either.
Talking about Yoga
as a roaring business
success, he said that
the form was gaining
popularity as a major
business and profession
as well and that the demand for Yoga trainers
across the globe was
growing every day.
“Let’s focus on one
thing in the coming days
and that is how to mitigate diabetes through
Yoga. Diabetes can surely be controlled through
Yoga. Let us make Yoga
more popular world
over. Let India produce
good Yoga teachers,” the
Prime Minister said.
He also thanked the
United Nations for extending their support
to ensure the success of
this day across the globe.
KIRAN BEDI LEADS YOGA DAY
EVENT IN PUDUCHERRY; HAILS PM
Lt Governor Kiran Bedi
led participants at a mass
yoga demonstration on
the occasion of International Yoga Day on Tuesday.
She joined around
6,000 school and college
students, officials and NCC
volunteers and performed
as many as 40 different
asanas lasting nearly 90
minutes from 6.30 AM on
the Beach Road...
Chief
Minister
V.Narayanasamy and his
ministerial
colleagues,
who were scheduled to
participate in the yoga day
celebration, were conspicuous by their absence as
they had flown to Yanam
to participate in government functions there.
They are later scheduled to visit Delhi from
Yanam to meet the Prime
Minister and others in the
capital, an official said.
Addressing the participants, Bedi said, “We are
all moving towards one
world. Yoga is real humanity. Yoga is coming from
our Vedas. All over the
world yoga is being celebrated as it unites mind,
body and soul. Yoga stands
for unity and harmony.”
Director General of Police of Puducherry Sunil
Kumar Gautam, Secretary
to Lt Governor G.Theva
Needhi Das, Vice Chancellor of Pondicherry
University Anisa Basheer
Khan, officials of various
departments and representatives of different organisations were among
the participants.
The entire two kilometer stretch of beach road
was thronged by long
rows of participants.
Bedi later told reporters that yoga “is the best
gift India has given to nine
billion people across the
world. I want to thank
my leader Prime Minister
Narendra Modi who took
this cause up in General
Assembly of the United
Nations (for declaring International Yoga Day)...,”
she said.
By the initiative, Modi
had united the humanity,
she said.
The Lt Governor said
she was committed to
serve “...every breath of my
life to realise the objective
of prosperous Puducherry
and prosperous India.
The day was observed
at all the district headquarters of the state. (PTI)
with positive energies.
It has been an integral
part of our life since
time immemorial. Exhort youth to practice
Yoga regularly for good
health and contribute
to making of a spiritually healthy nation for
better future,” he said
in a series of tweets.
“Let’s focus on one
thing in the coming
days and that is how
to mitigate diabetes
through Yoga. Diabetes can surely be controlled through Yoga.
Let us make Yoga more
popular world over.
Let India produce
good Yoga teachers,”
the Prime Minister
said in Chandigarh
Yoga camp.
Meanwhile, the United Nations headquarters in New York lit up
to mark the occasion
of International Yoga
Day. (ANI)
BITTERSWEET MONSOON FOR
MUMBAIKARS AS RAINS BRING TRAFFIC WOES
PM MODI CALLS ON THE WORLD TO
EMBRACE YOGA AS PART OF DAILY LIFE
ASAK area
commander
surrenders in Tura
An area commander of
Asak outfit, Netri T. Sangma,
25, alias Harara, and two others, surrendered before the
Inspector General of Police
(Western Rrange), S S Kynjing, at Tura in Meghalaya’s
West Garo Hills district. The
other cadres are - Telling
Sangma, 26 and a civilian
cadre Lucas Areng, 18. The
cadres surrendered a 9 mm
carbine, a magazine, and four
live rounds of ammunition, a
crude bomb, stamp pad and
63-page demand note pad.
Pastor of Hawakhana Baptist Church Frithing D. Sangma counseled the cadres at
the surrendered ceremony,
which was also attended
by deputy commissioner of
West Garo Hills Pravin Bakshi
and Superintendent of Police
Mukesh Singh.
simply functioned for
the betterment of mankind and brought every
society together.
Urban Development
Minister M. Venkaiah
Naidu, who participated
in the yoga event at the
venue, said that Yoga
is becoming popular
across the globe as it increases energy and improves immunity.
Besides, yoga events
were also organised at
six other locations of
the city including Nehru Park, Lodhi Garden,
Talkatora Garden and
Japani Park in Rohini.
Resident Welfare Associations are also holding yoga sessions in their
localities.
This year, more than
135 countries will participate in the International Day of Yoga
celebrations across the
world, according to an
official video.
On the first International Yoga Day last year,
Prime Minister Modi
led thousands of people
through various yogic
exercises at Rajpath in
New Delhi.
PROUD MOMENT FOR US AS WORLD HAS
ADOPTED INDIA’S HERITAGE: SHIVRAJ CHOUHAN
With the monsoon
well on its way, Mumbaikars are now playing host the city’s
usual traffic woes as
water-logging
and
power outages are
dampening the respite
the rains have brought.
With local train service, which is called as
the lifeline of the ‘business capital’, severely affected because of
heavy rains, people
of Mumbai have been
forced to face a lot of
difficulties.
The Western Railway of the Mumbai
suburban
network
came to a halt after
someone stole a battery box at the Mahim
Electric Sub Station.
Adding to the woes,
auto rickshaws and
taxis have decided to
go on a strike opposing Ola and Uber Taxi
services.
But this is not the
first time that Mumbaikars are facing this
trouble as every monsoon, railway services
in the city gets disrupted due to water
logging on the tracks
which lead to signal
failures. Consequently, lakhs of commuters
are affected.
Every year, the railways take several precautions to prevent
by working on Signalling and Telecommunication (S&T) and
Civil works, but the
incidents of signal failures occur proving the
railways claims to be
wrong.
Central Railway PRO
AK Jain told the media
that they are keeping
their focus primarily
on Suburban network
now as it is working
day todayand rush
hour is to begin soon.
The PRO also informed
that
they
advised BEST (the
transport wing of Brihanmumbai
Electric
Supply and Transport
Undertaking) for arranging extra buses.
Due to heavy rain,
water
logging
at
Mankhurd,
Track
Down at Vidya Vihar
Thane, Vikroli Bhandup CR main and harbour line train services affected
Maharashtra Chief
Minister
Devendra
Fadnavis had on Friday reviewed the rain
situation
prevailing
in the city following
heavy rains and problems related to water
logging at the disaster management room
and assured that his
government will be
able to handle the situation.
Seasonal rains in
Mumbai began after
the southwest monsoon hit the western
coast last week.
The Brihanmumbai
Municipal Corporation
(BMC) has reportedly asked residents not
to venture out of their
homes unless ‘absolutely necessary’.
The BMC had earlier ordered schools
in Mumbai to close in
view of the heavy rain
and problems related
to water logging. (ANI)
MAHA GOVERNOR, CM JOIN IN
YOGA DAY CELEBRATIONS
The second International Yoga Day was
celebrated in Maharashtra on Tuesday with
Governor CH Vidyasagar Rao and Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis leading programmes in Mumbai.
The Governor participated in a yoga programme at Raj Bhavan on Tuesday and also
in a programme organised by Mumbai University.
The chief minister took part in a programme organised at the Bandra Reclamation.
Over 200 Mantralaya employees performed yoga at Mantralaya.
The BMC conducted Upa Yoga programme across the city’s 390 Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation schools with participation of over one lakh children below
the age of 14.
Upa Yoga teacher training for 800 teachers was also conducted.
Upa Yoga involves practising a set of seven
five-minute modules of exercise.
Over 10,000 people, including Navy personnel and their families, took part in yoga
camps organised by Western Naval Command in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, and Karnataka.
Defence personnel and their families participated at programmes at the Colaba Military Station and on board aircraft carrier INS
Viraat.
Visually-impaired students from Victoria Memorial School for Blind, Tardeo, and
Kamla Mehta Blind School, Dadar, also celebrated Yoga Day.
A programme called ‘Yoga by the Bay’ was
also held in the city. (PTI)
CITY
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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WORLD
Sindh CJ’s son
abducted in Pakistan
The son of the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court has
been abducted by unidentified armed men in Pakistan’s
largest city and economic hub
and police have detained five
persons in this connection.
Ovais Sajjad Shah, himself
an advocate, was apparently
abducted by armed men from
outside a popular shopping
mart in the posh Clifton area
on Monday.
Ovais, the son of Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah, had just
come out of the mart when
four armed men wearing
peak caps emerged from a
white car with a green number plate and forcibly took
him away. Green number
plates are reserved for government vehicles.
DIG Police District South,
Munir Ahmed Sheikh told
the media that Ovais went
missing after he left the Sindh
High Court in the afternoon to
meet a friend in Clifton.
“We are looking at the
CCTV cameras in the Clifton
area to ascertain what happened. But he apparently
stopped over at the shopping
mart,” Sheikh said.
PTI
Dozens of passengers
abducted by militants
in Afghanistan
Armed militants have abducted dozens of passengers
in the Helmand Province
of southern Afghanistan on
Tuesday.
Local officials stated that
a number of unknown gunmen abducted dozens of passengers on Kabul-Kandahar
Highway.
The passengers were
stopped in Mahajer Bazaar
area in Gereshk district in
the province and then were
transferred to an unknown location, Provincial Police Chief,
Aqa Noor Kentozai, said.
This comes after Taliban
abducted more than 200 passengers on Baghlan-Kunduz
Highway two weeks ago.
(ANI)
Kabul attack: Nepal Govt.
making arrangements to
bring bodies back home
Informing Members of Parliament that 14 Nepalis were
killed in the suicide attack in
Afghan capital Kabul, Kamal
Thapa, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign
Affairs said that the government is making arrangements
to bring the bodies back.
The Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MoFA) has, however,
confirmed only 12 names of
those killed in the attack.
A Taliban suicide bomber
on Monday attacked a minibus carrying the Nepali workers who were on their way to
the Canadian Embassy in Kabul where they work.
Condemning the attack
as a crime against humanity,
Thapa said diplomatic efforts
have been stepped up to bring
the bodies back and ensure
that the injured get proper
treatment.
Hyderabad Fund Case: UK
court rejects India’s bid to
strike out Pakistan’s 35 m
pound claim
A high court in the United
Kingdom yesterday rejected
India’s attempt to strike out
Pakistan’s claim to the Hyderabad Fund.
The Pakistan Foreign Office in its official release said
that the 75-page judgment of
Mr. Justice Henderson J. was
a clear vindication of Islamabad’s principled stance, and
added that an effective legal
strategy was being pursued
by the new legal team.
According to the release,
India had failed to persuade
the court that Islamabad’s
position was untenable and
that it could show no legal
entitlement to the 35 million
GBP sitting in a bank account
in the name of the High Commissioner of Pakistan, since
September 20, 1948.
TRUMP’S ADVISER RESIGNS AFTER
MOCKING FIRED CAMPAIGN MANAGER
Michael Caputo, an adviser to Donald Trump,
resigned after he tweeted mocking the justfired campaign manager
Corey Lewandowski.
Caputo tweeted “Ding
Dong the witch is dead”
following the news that
Lewandowski had been
fired.
“I regret sending out
a tweet today alluding
to the firing of Corey
Lewandowski. In hindsight, that was too exuberant a reaction to this
personnel move. I know
this is a distraction from
the kind of campaign
you want to run, so I’m
resigning from my position as director of communications for caucus
operations at the 2016
Republican
National
Convention. Let’s make
this immediate,” Caputo
wrote in a letter.
Caputo later told that
falling on the sword is
what you do if you mess
up. Unforced errors have
no place on a general
election campaign for
the White House.
Earlier, Trump fired
his controversial campaign manager Corey
Lewandowski, unleashing a major shake-up.
Ivanka Trump, the
candidate’s
daughter,
played a pivotal role in
convincing Trump to
take action against Lewandowski. She had
been critical of Lewandowski for months and
this was not the first
time that she had leaned
on her father to part
ways with his top aide.
“The Donald J. Trump
Campaign for President,
which has set a historic
record in the Republican
Primary having received
almost 14 million votes,
has announced that Corey Lewandowski will
no longer be working
with the campaign. The
campaign is grateful to
Corey for his hard work
and dedication and we
wish him the best in the
future.” Trump’s spokeswoman Hope Hicks said
in a statement. (ANI)
AFTER CHINA`S BACKHAND, U.S.
REITERATES CALL FOR SUPPORT TO
INDIA`S NSG MEMBERSHIP
With China playing a
dampener saying that
India’s admission to the
elite Nuclear Suppliers’
Group (NSG) is not on
the agenda of the grouping which began its plenary session in Seoul
on Monday, the United
States has called on the
participating
governments of the NSG to support India’s application.
State
Department
spokesperson John Kirby said in a press briefing that the US has not
changed its stand regarding India’s membership in the elite group.
“Well, as you know,
during Prime Minister
Modi’s visit, the President welcomed India’s
application to join the
NSG and reaffirmed that
India is ready for membership. We continue
to call - and nothing’s
changed about our position. We continue to
call on the participating
governments of the NSG
to support India’s application at the plenary session this week in Seoul,”
he said.
When asked if the
Obama government has
taken up the matter with
China, who has been
firmly against India’s inclusion in the NSG, Kerry asserted that the US
has routinely spoken to
other NSG participating
members regarding the
matter.
“This is something
that we have - India’s
application is something
we have routinely talked
to other NSG participating members. This is not
a new topic of discussion
that we’ve had privately
with the members,” he
said.
Ahead of the NSG
meeting in Seoul to de-
cide upon India and Pakistan’s
membership,
China reportedly continued its resolute stand
yesterday, saying that
the matter of India’s admission was not on the
agenda.
This statement came
as a backhand to External Affairs Minister
Sushma Swaraj’s optimistic statement earlier,
that China is not blocking India’s entry to the
NSG but is only talking
about ‘criteria and procedures’.
“The NSG entry is
crucial for India’s energy policy. China is not
blocking India’s entry to
the NSG. It is only talking
about criteria and procedures. I am hopeful that
we would be able to convince China to support
our entry to the NSG,”
Swaraj said in a press
briefing.
Foreign Secretary S.
Jaishankar made a twoday trip to China on June
16 and 17 to discuss India’s NSG membership
with his Chinese counterpart.
This visit came days
ahead of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June
23 when both leaders
will attend the Shanghai
Cooperation Organisa-
tion leaders’ meeting in
Tashkent.
China has maintained
that more talks were
needed to build a consensus on which countries can join the 48-nation NSG following the
United States’ push to
include India in the elite
group.
The countries, who
oppose India’s membership, argue that its
inclusion in the group
would further undermine efforts to prevent
proliferation and also infuriate New Delhi’s rival
Pakistan.
Islamabad, which enjoys the backing of its
close ally China, has also
responded to India’s
membership bid and
asked for its admission
as well.
The decision on Indian membership will only
be decided at the NSG
plenary meeting in Seoul
scheduled on June 23
and 24.
India claims that 21
of 23 nations back its
bid. The NSG works on
unanimity and even one
“no” vote can scuttle India’s bid.
The US has strongly
backed India’s bid and so
have Britain, Russia and
Switzerland.
(ANI)
FBI VETERAN, A RARE OUTSIDER, TO LEAD
US BORDER PATROL
An FBI veteran has
been named to head the
US Border Patrol, a departure from the historical practice of picking
someone who has risen
through the ranks.
Mark Morgan, who
briefly led the internal
affairs department at
the Border Patrol’s parent agency, will oversee
a
multibillion-dollar
annual budget at the
agency in the crosshairs
of the national debate
about border security
and immigration.
His selection does
not reflect lack of confidence in the Border
Patrol’s leadership or
performance, Customs
and Border Protection
Commissioner R Gil Kerlikowske said yesterday
He said nearly all federal law enforcement
agencies, from the Coast
Guard to the Drug Enforcement Administration, had outsiders take
over at one time.
“In the case of the Border Patrol, the current
leadership across the
top, from headquarters
to the field, consists of
the finest group of men
and women that I have
worked with in my more
than 40 years in law enforcement,” Kerlikowske
wrote in a memo to staff.
Morgan, 50, is no
stranger to the Border
Patrol. In 2014, the FBI
loaned him to Customs
and Border Protection to
serve as acting assistant
commissioner for internal affairs.
He oversaw an extensive review of complaints of excessive use
of force and employee
misconduct.
The National Border
Patrol Council, which
represents
18,000
agents, said it was disappointed the commissioner passed over several
highly qualified internal
candidates, ending what
it called a 92-year tradition of choosing a leader
from within that dates
back to the agency’s creation.
“The Border Patrol
has a unique mission
that is reflected in its
culture and we realise
it will be difficult for an
outsider to quickly gain
the trust and respect of
his subordinates,” the
union said. “We hope
that Chief Morgan will
quickly overcome this
hurdle.”
Advocacy groups that
have criticised the Bor-
der Patrol and its parent
agency over use-of-force
practices were generally
positive on the appointment but said Morgan
had work cut out for
him.
During his 2014 stint
at Customs and Border
Protection, Morgan “acted with independence
and integrity that promise to serve the agency
well in his new role,”
said Chris Rickerd, policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union
Washington legislative
office.
Morgan’s
challenge
will be to “foster trust in
border communities still
suffering painful memories of an era when
Border Patrol imposed
no accountability for numerous abuses,” Rickerd
said
AP
English Daily
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BRITISH MAN CHARGED FOR
ATTEMPTING TO KILL TRUMP
A 19-year-old British
man has been charged
for trying to grab a police
officer’s gun at a Donald
Trump rally in Las Vegas in a bid to kill the
presumptive Republican
presidential nominee.
According to a complaint filed in federal
court in Nevada, Michael
Sandford tried to disarm
the officer at Saturday’s
rally at the Mystere Theatre in the Treasure Island Casino before being
overpowered.
It said the young man
told a Secret Service
agent after his arrest
that he had driven from
California to Las Vegas
“to kill Trump,” and had
been to a range a day
earlier to learn to shoot
as he had never fired a
gun before.
“Sandford acknowledged that he would
likely only be able to fire
one to two rounds and
stated he was convinced
he would be killed by
law enforcement during
his attempt on Trump’s
life,” the complaint said.
It added that Sandford
told investigators he had
purchased tickets for a
rally in Phoenix, where
he “would try again to
kill Trump” in the event
his plan in Las Vegas
failed.
Video of his arrest carried by US media show a
skinny man with short
brown hair and a grey
T-shirt being escorted
out of the rally by police
officers with his hands
behind his back.
The prosecutor’s office said Sandford was
ordered held without
bond, as he was considered dangerous and represented a flight risk.
Britain’s Foreign Office is “providing assistance” in the case, a
spokesman said.
The complaint said
Sandford had told investigators he had been
in the United States for
about 18 months, and
had lived in Hoboken,
New Jersey, before traveling to California.
It said Sandford told
investigators that he had
targeted OfficerAmeel
Jacob’s gun because it
was in an unlocked position and would be
the easiest way to gain
access to a weapon at
the rally where those
attending had to go
through metal detectors.
“Sandford
further
stated that if he were
on the street tomorrow,
he would try this again,”
according to the complaint.
It said Sandford told
the Secret Service that
he had been plotting to
kill Trump for about a
year and finally decided
to act on Saturday, as “he
finally felt confident to
do it.”
His arrest comes amid
one of the nastiest US
presidential campaigns
in recent history, dominated by violent rhetoric, with Trump lashing
out at Mexicans, Muslims and other groups.
The real estate billionaire enjoys Secret
Service protection but
also has his own private security detail that
has been accused of using unnecessary force
to remove people from
events.
A number of protesters have been arrested
at his rallies where riot
police are deployed in
force and there have
been mounting demonstrations during his
campaign appearances
in recent months.
(AFP)
PAKISTAN ONLY HURDLE TO INDIAN
‘HEGEMONY’ IN SOUTH ASIA: SARTAJ AZIZ
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has asserted that
India has always tried to
‘maintain its hegemony’
in the South Asian region but Islamabad has
effectively stood in New
Delhi’s way.
“But Pakistan rejected
this hegemony and has
effectively protected its
interests and its stance
over Kashmir, nuclear
deterrence and conventional balance,” said Aziz.
He maintained that
“protecting Pakistan’s
sovereignty and vital interests is a great achievement as a nation”.
This comes in the
wake of the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers’
Group (NSG) meeting in
Seoul on June 23rd and
24th where the membership bid of India and
Pakistan will be raised.
Earleir, Aziz reportedly had telephonic
conversations with his
counterparts in Russia,
South Korea and New
Zealand in a bid to get
their nod for Pakistan’s
NSG membership.
In its case against
India’s bid in the NSG,
Pakistan has claimed
that adding India in the
elite group could ‘affect
the strategic stability of
South Asia’.
Meanwhile, with China playing a dampener
saying that India’s admission to the elite NSG
is not on the agenda of
the grouping which began its plenary session
in Seoul yesterday, the
United States has called
on the participating governments of the NSG to
support India’s application.
(ANI)
2 INDIANS AMONG 25 KILLED
IN AFGHAN BLASTS
Two Indians are among
25 people killed in a string
of bombings across Afghanistan on Monday and Tuesday.
In the first attack, a Taliban suicide bomber hit a
minibus carrying foreign
security guards in Kabul
along the main road to the
eastern city of Jalalabad.
The Taliban also claimed
a second smaller blast in
south Kabul.
The third blast took
place in a market in the
remote northeastern province of Badakhshan.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas
Swarup in New Delhi said,
“We have learnt that 2 Indian nationals, Ganesh Thapa and Govind Singh from
Dehradun died tragically
in the blast in Kabul today
morning.”
“Government is in touch
with the families of Indian
nationals and is working
with the Afghan government to repatriate their
mortal remains at the earliest,” he said.
Fourteen Nepali security
guards working for the Canadian Embassy in Kabul
were also killed in the first
blast.
The attacks come days
after the US announced an
expansion of the US military’s authority to conduct
air strikes against the Taliban, a significant boost for
Afghan forces which have
limited close air-support
capacities.
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SPORTS
RIO RESULTS COULD TAKE YEARS TO COME: WADA
The incoming director general of the World
Anti-Doping
Agency
(WADA) has said it could
be years before the results of August’s Rio
Olympics are upheld.
Last week saw Australian race walker Jared
Tallent belatedly awarded a London 2012 Olympic gold medal after
he was promoted from
silver four years ago because of a Russian dop-
ing case.
“You can tell people if
you cheat today, because
you think this is not detectable, it will be detectable tomorrow,” the
Swiss lawyer said.
“This has an impact
on the risks athletes take
because they know they
can lose their reputation afterwards, “ added
Niggli, who will succeed
long-serving New Zea-
lander David Howman
as WADA director general on July 1.
“But the other side
of the coin is that you
may have to re-do the
(medal) classification,”
explained Niggli on the
sidelines of the WADA
media symposium in
London.
“But would we better
off letting cheaters get
away it? Probably not.
Would we rather do that
quicker, probably yes,
but science’s pace is science’s pace.
“You don’t want to ruin
the samples by re-testing too early,” insisted
Niggli, with WADA’s statute of limitations on the
holding of such samples
currently set at 10 years.
“You may want to wait
a little longer to let science progress.
“Maybe some innovative science will one day
allow us to be quicker.”
Friday saw the International Association of
Athletics
Federations
(IAAF) uphold an international ban on Russia’s
track and field competitors first imposed
in November after a
WADA report revealed
state-sponsored doping
and mass corruption in
Russian athletics.
The Russia team is
now ruled out of all
athletics events in Rio,
although Russian ath-
letes training outside
the country can apply to
compete as neutrals at
the August 5-21 Games.
If the final results of
Rio testing may not be
known definitely for
some time, Niggli said
that changing Russian
attitudes was also likely
to be a lengthy process.
“What we are observing now is that the top
(in Russia) has changed
their speech and are
trying to say the right
things, but it doesn’t go
further down.
“The entourages of the
athletes, the club coaches are very reluctant to
accept that doping is not
part of sports. It’s likely
to take a bit of time.
REJUVENATED INDIA HAVE THEIR HORNS LOCKED
AFTER ZIMBABWE LOSS
Led by veteran skipper Mahendra Singh
Dhoni,
this
young
Indian
side
would
take heart from Monday’s
performances by Barinder Sran,
Mandeep Singh, KL
Rahul and also Jasprit
Bumrah . India entered
the series on the back
of a 3-0 whitewash of
Zimbabwe in the preceding ODI series, but
suffered a shocking
two-run loss to the
hosts in the opening
T20 last Saturday.
A rejuvenated India
will have their nose
ahead when they lock
horns with Zimbabwe,
left bruised and battered after a 10-wicket
thrashing, in the series-deciding third and
final Twenty20 International on Tuesday
The visitors got their
act together in the second game yesterday
and inflicted a crushing
defeat on Zimbabwe at
the Harare Sports Club.
India stayed alive
with a win in the second game and would
now look to seal the issue in their favour with
another convincing victory.
While young seamer
Sran returned the best
figures by an Indian on
debut, Mandeep struck
a fluent half century
and Rahul too contributed handsomely to
guide the team home
with plenty of overs to
spare.
Bumrah was a perfect
ally for Sran, picking
up three wickets. The
knock was Mandeep’s
maiden half century in
this format.
The young Turks
would like to have another good outing before heading home.
The team lost its
plot a bit in the first
game and according
to Mandeep, it stuck
to basics in the second
T20, and the result was
there for all to see.
India will take confidence from the fact
that this was their first
10-wicket win in a T20
international.
The
experienced
campaigner that he is,
Dhoni would however not take the beleaguered hosts lightly
and advise his younger teammates to guard
against complacency,
irrespective of the margin of victory in the
previous game.
RAJAN HOPING THE INFLATION FIGHT STAYS
ON FROM THE SUCCESSOR
defense of his monetary
policy stance.
“The fact that inflation is fairly close to the
upper bound of our target zone today suggests
we have not been overly
hawkish, and were wise
to disregard advice in
the past to cut more
deeply,” he said while
delivering a lecture at
the Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research
here.
Rajan, a monetary
economist credited to
have called the 2008
global financial crisis,
further argued that “if
a critic believes interest rates are excessively high, he either has
to argue the government-set inflation target should be higher
than it is today, or that
the RBI is excessively
pessimistic about the
path of future inflation.
“He cannot have it
both ways, want lower
inflation as well as lower policy rates.”
Stating that perceived
short term trade-off
between inflation and
growth is not sustainable, as is the popular
belief is, Rajan said a
boom-and-bust
cycle
will not be good for the
economy, because if the
economy is producing
at potential, we would
quickly see shortages
and a sharp rise in inflation. This means that
a central bank can never
abandon their inflation
fighting objective.
Exuding confidence
that his successor “will
stay the course” in setting up the new MPC
into an institution, Rajan said a “low-inflation
future” awaits India
when the government
will be able borrow at
low rates, and will be
able to extend the maturity of its debt.
“The poor will not
suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp
inflation, and the middle class will not see its
savings eroded.
He also lauded the
government for taking
the “momentous
step” of both setting
Portugal coach Fernando Santos is backing
misfiring Cristiano Ronaldo to break his Euro
2016 duck by netting
against Hungary tomorrow to help fire his side
into the last 16.
Ronaldo is still waiting for his opening goal
in France to become the
first person to score at
four consecutive European championship finals.
The 31-year-old is
the holder of numerous
goal-scoring records, but
he has yet to hit the net
at Euro 2016, despite 20
chances so far.
Ronaldo set a new
Portuguese record with
his 128th international
cap in Saturday’s goalless draw with Austria
- a milestone overshadowed by his penalty
miss.
He crashed a 79th-minute spot-kick against the
post in Paris having also
failed to score in the 1-1
draw with Iceland last
Tuesday.
The star that fans either love or hate won
few Icelandic friends by
slamming their team’s
“small mentality” after
the draw.
This has been a frustrating tournament for
Ronaldo.
His Portugal side has
failed to live up to their
pre-tournament billing
as Group F favourites.
They lie only third in
the table behind Iceland
and Hungary, who they
must beat at the Stade de
Lyon to be sure of reaching the last 16.
“Ronaldo is a player
who scores a lot of goals
and I’m sure he will score
in the next game against
Hungary,” said Santos.
Portugal had 23 shots
on the Austria goal -- hitting the woodwork twice
-- and Santos expects
his side to find the net
and win ‘ugly’ if need be.
Since their 8-1 thrashing by the Netherlands
in October 2013 -- their
record defeat -- Hungary has conceded just 20
goals in 24 games. Their
2-0 win over Austria and
1-1 draw with Iceland
means they face Portugal top of Group F and in
pole position to advance.
FORMER CAPTAIN INZAMAM WILL TRAVEL TO
ENGLAND TO OBSERVE PERFORMANCES
BUSINESS
Within days of announcing his decision
against a second term,
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today hoped
his successor will “stay
the course” in fighting
inflation and said the
central bank has been
“wise to disregard” calls
for deeper rate cuts.
Defending his continued fight to bring
down the consumer
price inflation to low
single-digits from high
double-digits during his
three-year tenure, Rajan
also took on the “highly- indebted industrialists” saying banks were
charging them high
rates due to a ‘premium’
for the risk they may not
repay.
Remaining his outspoken self even when
he is on his exit path, Rajan said he would never
abandon fight against
inflation for growth
and hoped that the next
Governor and the new
Monetary Policy Committee “will internalize
the frameworks and
institutions that have
been set up, and should
produce a low inflation
future for India.”
In his first public
appearance after making public his decision
against a second term
when his current tenure ends on September
4, Rajan put up a strong
SANTOS BACKING RONALDO
TO BREAK EURO 2016
a consumer price index-based inflation objective for the Reserve
Bank as well as setting
up an independent
monetary policy committee (MPC).
After a spate of personal attacks by a section of the ruling party and criticism for
not lowering the rates
enough to boost economy, Rajan on Saturday made the surprise
announcement
that
he would not accept a
second term.
Stating that one
can’t fool all the people all the time, Rajan
said indeed there are
some short-term benefits of a low interest
rate regime by way of
a short run trade-off
between inflation and
growth such as a boom
in the stock markets,
but “if the economy is
producing at potential,
we would quickly see
shortages and a sharp
rise in inflation, leading
to a bout of boom and
bust cycle in the economy.
“But if contrary to expectations, the central
bank is committed to
keeping inflation under
control, it may then be
forced to raise interest
rates substantially to
offset that temporary
growth. But the boom
and bust (arising from
this) will not be good
for the economy, and
average growth may be
lower than if the cut had
not taken place.
“This is why modern economics also
says there is no long
run trade-off between
growth and inflation
and the best way for a
central bank to ensure
sustainable growth is
to keep demand close to
potential supply so that
inflation remains moderate, and the other factors that drive growth,
such as good governance, can take center
stage” Rajan argued.
At the same time Rajan was quick to add
that the RBI does not
focus on inflation to the
exclusion of growth. If
inflation rises sharply,
say due to a sharp rise
in oil prices, it would
not be sensible for a
central bank to bring
inflation within its target band immediately
by raising interest rates
so high as to kill all economic activity.
Rajan said India had
got used to decades of
moderate to high inflation, leading to industrialists and governments
paying negative real
interest rates and the
burden of the hidden inflation tax falling on the
middle class saver and
the poor.
Pakistan’s former captain
and chief selector Inzamam-ulHaq will travel to England to observe the performances of the
national team and A side on the
instructions of the PCB.
Inzamam was initially supposed to be with the team
throughout the two and half
months tour but the board has
now changed his plans to avoid
unnecessary expenses.
“The former captain will
now go to England after the
third Test and remain there for
the final Test at the Oval, the
one-day series and the lone T20
international,” an official in the
board said.
He said the purpose of sending the chief selector after the
third Test was to give him an
opportunity to watch the match
and have discussions with the
tour selection committee before the limited over squad is
announced for the five ODIs and
T20 international.
“Inzamam himself wanted
to watch the players in action
in English conditions so that he
could be in a better position to
evaluate which players would
be required for the limited over
matches,” he said.
Since being appointed chief
selector, Inzamam has been
closely involved with the preparations for the England tour and
for the first time not only the
national squad but also the A
side and women’s team are also
touring England for matches
this summer.
“Inzamam took keen interest
in the preparations and the boot
camp and skills camp held in
Kakul and Lahore as he himself
realizes the significance of Pakistan doing well in English conditions particularly in the Test series and ODI’s,” the official said.
The former top batsman
has been working closely with
Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and
new head coach Mickey Arthur
in the lead-up to the series.
Pakistan, which is touring
England for a full series for the
first time since 2010, play four
Tests, five ODIs and a T20 match
besides several side matches
over two and half months.
PPF CAN CLOSE THE DEPOSIT SCHEME AFTER
COMPLETING FIVE YEARS
The Finance Ministry
today said subscribers
of the Public Provident
Fund (PPF) can prematurely close the deposit
scheme after completing
five years for reasons such
as higher education or expenditure towards medical treatment.
“A subscriber shall be allowed premature closure
of his account or account
of a minor of whom he is
the guardian on ground
that amount is required
for treatment of serious
ailments or life-threatening diseases of the account holder, spouse or
dependent children on
production of supporting
documents from competent medical authority,”
the Finance Ministry said
in a notification.
The notification further
said the allowance will be
applicable to the requirement of higher education
of the account holder or
the minor account holder
on production of documents and fee bills in confirmation of admission in
a recognised institution in
India or abroad.
It, however, added that
such premature closure
shall be allowed only after
the account has completed five financial years.
US DOLLAR ENDED HIGHER AGAINST THE RUPEE
The US dollar ended
higher against the rupee
at 67.31/32 per dollar
and the pound sterling
also finished higher at
Rs 98.49/51 per pound
at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange
market today.
Following are the Interbank Forex and RBI
rates: (In Rs Per Unit)
Unit Interbank RBI
Reference US Dollar
67.31/32 US Dollar Rs.
67.4087 Pound Sterling 98.49/51 Euro Rs.
76.5358 Euro 76.25/27
Japanese Yen
64.37/39.
(100)
REXIT FEAR AT A TWO WEEK LOW
The rupee today ended
lower by 23 paise to close
at an over two-week low
of 67.31 against the US
currency on heavy bouts
of dollar demand amid
uncertainty in the wake of
RBI Governor Raghuram
Rajan’s decision against
pursuing a second stint.
The home currency
opened sharply lower at
67.65 per dollar as against
the last weekend’s level
of 67.08 at the Interbank
Foreign Exchange (Forex)
Market and dropped further to one-month low of
67.70 on initial heavy dollar demand.
However, it recovered
afterwards to 67.28 in
view of a sharp recovery
in equity market on hopes
of robust foreign capital
inflows following government’s
announcement
of a further liberation of
foreign direct investment
coupled with sharp rise in
global market before ending at 2-week low of 67.31
per dollar, still showing
a loss of 23 paise or 0.34
per cent.
The domestic currency
had ended higher by 13
paise or 0.19 per cent on
last Friday. The local currency hovered in a range
of 67.28 and 67.70 per
dollar during the day.
Meanwhile, the dollar
index was down by 0.48
per cent at against the
basket of six global currencies in the late afternoon trade. The RBI fixed
the reference rate for the
dollar at 67.4087 and
euro at 76.5358.
In
cross-currency
trades, the rupee fell further against the pound
sterling to close at 98.49
from 95.86 on last Friday
and also moved down
against the euro to 76.25
from 75.53. However, the
domestic currency inched
up further against the Japanese yen to 64.37 per
100 yens from 64.38.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
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LIFESTYLE
BUSINESS
SHORT & CHOPPY
If there was one
trend shed on the
dawn of 2016, it was
The Apprentice-level
slicked and structured
hair. And natural texture, unencumbered
by enough product to
cement a two-story
house, is what’s taking its place.
“This is a low-maintenance style that
suits a more classic
gent who’s not interested in a style with
sharp contrast,” says
Adam Brady, Ruffians
Barbers’ Trends Expert. It’s a progression from last year’s
trend for long and
loose textured styles,
but measuring about
an inch shorter on
top, and point cut for
texture: “The top is
now slightly shorter, and there’s a soft
disconnect between
it and the scissor-cut
back and sides.”
Which is good news
if you’ve been growing
your hair longer only
to realise it jars with
your face shape. “This
style is a great choice
for those with longer
faces, as less height on
your head will make
your face seem better
proportioned,”
says
Brady. And it’s a winner for those slightly
thinner on top, too:
“The choppiness gives
the illusion of more
AGING CAN BE COOL
texture and weight, so
this could be a good
option if you have fine
or thinning hair.”
Arguably the best
thing about this easy
to maintain hairstyle
is the number of ways
you can wear it. “A water-based pomade –
applied to damp hair
using your fingers and
tousled through – is a
particularly on-trend
look,” says Brady.
You can also use a
paste – applied to the
roots for optimal hold
– for a slightly less
wet look, or a root
booster powder to
optimise volume and
give a matte finish.
BECAUSE THERE IS SKIN BEHIND THE BEARD
Men & Skin Care
Behind are the days
when appropriate skin
care for men was regarded nonsense. Today, skin
care for men is more acceptable, more and more
men are worrying about
their appearance, maybe not as much as women, but they are catching
up. Men want to look
good, young, attractive,
healthy...and why not?
Considering the growing concern in men about
their appearance, many
new cosmetic products
for men are being introduced in the market.
But before rushing to
buy skin care products,
make sure that you understand the basics of
your skin and what you
should be using. Don’t
just use your partner’s
cosmetic products because the skin is different.
Male Skin Characteristics
Men’s hormones or testosterone are responsible
for male skin characteristics. The main differences
between the skin of men
and women are:
•
Men’s skin is
24% thicker than women
and the texture is rougher.
•
Collagen
and
elastin are found in more
quantity in man skin.
•
Men’s skin is oilier with open pores and is
prone to spots, blemishes
and acne.
•
Shaving irritates
and dehydrates the skin.
11 Factors Affecting
How the Skin Looks
Factors that influence
the skin’s appearance are
similar in woman and
man:
1. Sun
2. Genetics
3. Age
4. Smoking
5. Stress
6. Alcohol
7. Lack of exercise
8. Bad diet
9. Pollution
10. Lack of sleep
11. Dehydration
Easy Skin Care Routine for Men
1. OWN AT LEAST
ONE V NECK T-SHIRT
IN YOUR COLLECTION.
They are cool and
casual. Please get
the fitting right, not
too tight and too lose
to make it look like
something borrowed.
It is extremely comfortable and when
picked right, super
versatile. But please
you from the cold but
makes you look hot.
They can be worn as is
or incorporated with a
number of ensembles
to create different and
voguish looks. They
work well with casuals, formals, events
and special occasions.
3. ROLLED UP SHIRT
SLEEVES
LOOK
SMART AND SEXY.
It has undertones of formal
wear with panache provided
you roll them
right. Don’t roll
it up in a haphazard manner, like
a joint. There
is a difference
between care a
damn and careless.
4. NEUTRAL
COLORS AND PATTERNS ARE CLASSIC
AND SAFE.
But there is no rush
like doing something
new. Take a little risk.
Experiment with colors and patterns, be
it in yoursocks, ties,
pocket squares, bow
ties and so on. Try
out some unusual cufflinks or lapel pins.
Everything fun comes
don’t pick a tee with a
deep plunge. It looks
absolutely crass. For
more tips on the how
to carry a tee and
other style do’s and
don’ts, check out V
neck T Shirts
2. INVEST IN A GOOD
QUALITY SWEATER.
A sweater is versatile and functional. It not only shields
1- Clean the skin every
day, morning and night
with specific products to
get rid of dirt.
2- Moisturize every
day to protect the skin
from external factors and
dryness.
3- If you are serious
about your skin use sunblock every day of the
year, as the sun is the
major factor that causes aging skin. Many man
skin care products incorporate sunscreen to
their formulas. Make sure
it has high SPF and that
protects from ultraviolet
light.
4- Use a nutritive product during the night to regenerate the skin.
5- Use a specific product to protect the area
around the eyes and
prevent dark circles and
puffy eyes.
6- Use products, aimed
at your age group. The
moisturizer that you use
during the day, or the nutritive during the night
can at the same time, act
as anti aging. Ask in the
beauty counter about the
skin care ingredients that
the product may contain.
7- Apply a specific
product before shaving
and a moisturizing lotion
after. Try to shave after
the shower, use a quality
razor and change the ra-
zor’s blades regularly.
8- Exfoliate the skin at
least once a week to get
rid of dead cells and excess of oil. It will also help
with cellular renovation
and to avoid the appearance of spots.
HOW TO UP YOUR GAME
with a little risk.
5.
COORDINATE
YOUR COLORS AND
PATTERNS
Yes experimenting is fun
but don’t do it
all at once. Save
something for
the next time.
If you have
something in
your
ensemble that is risqué or stands
out, don’t have
something else
completely opposite. If you
want to add
more color or
pattern or even
texture, choose
the second piece
keeping in mind
the first one. Coordinate well to
look sleek and
stylish. Overdoing something
will kill your entire look.
Must Read –
Colours That
Flatter
Your
Skin Tone: For
Men
6. SUNGLASSES AND
FRAMES SHOULD ALWAYS BE ACCORDING
TO THE SHAPE OF
YOUR FACE.
Don’t follow the
latest trend blindly.
There are something’s
that look good only on
a particular face shape.
So instead of aping,
pick something made
for you, specifically
made for you. Something that enhances
your face and features
and highlights your
positives in
an advantageous
manner.
Choose
t h e
b e s t
Glasses
&
S u n glasses
as per
Age typically creeps up
on us, and it is not something that is welcomed
with open arms. Aging
isn’t the funniest part of
life, but it is certainly a
part of it. However, there
are some things that only
get better with age. Men
are notoriously known for
keeping articles of clothing or accessories around
well after they should have
been disposed of. For the
first time, there is a very
valid reason for him holding onto his favorite pair of
jeans or ball cap.
Men do not have the
need that women do when
it comes to fashion. A man
can own the same jeans
and T-shirts until they literally fall apart. There is no
need to follow the fashion
trends, as a man’s wardrobe contains a couple staple items that will get him
through any occasion. The
older these items get, the
more characteristics they
possess.
Here are some aging
items that you may find in
a man’s wardrobe, which
have only gotten better
with time.
Denim Jeans :Denim
has the ability to ware
well. They take on ware
marks that make the jeans
look rugged and broken in.
Some people will pay big
bucks for a pair of denim
jeans that look worn. Most
men have at least one pair
in their attire that has been
around long enough to get
this stylish look.
Leather Jackets: Leather is a material that provides longevity. Therefore,
it has become known as
the material to invest in
when wanting an item that
you will own for a while.
There are different grades
of leather, and it is best to
invest in a full grain leather. As the leather is worn, it
builds character that cannot be bought on a store
rack. A good leather jacket can hang around in a
man’s closet for a good 20
to 30 years. At this point,
you have an amazing vintage item that is as stylish
as the day you bought it.
Rugged Boots : A good
pair of boots can really last
a long time. Take combat
boots that were originally bought in the 1960’s.
The age of these boots
will bring a heroic type of
montra to them. This is a
sure piece of vintage ware
that looked good in the
60’s, but looks even better
today.
Leather or Canvas
Luggage: Rather, it is
leather or canvas, a piece
of luggage only builds
more character with time.
As travel wares on the exterior, it becomes a stylish
piece of carry along that
could not be found in luggage on the store shelf.
Plus, good luggage is not
cheap, so this is something
that a man would invest in
and keep for the long run.
Canvas
Sneakers
Nothing is better than an
old pair of Chuck Taylors
or Vans. Not only are they
extremely
comfortable,
they possess a world of
style that cannot be found
in a new pair of shoes.
Older isn’t always better, but when wanting to
look vintage a worn out
pair of shoes or jeans are
way cooler than anything
you could buy brand new.
Face Shape
Face Shape Guide
7. SPENDING ON A
GOOD WATCH IS NOT
AN
OPPORTUNITY
COST BUT AN INVESTMENT.
Watches are so subtle and so sneaky in
enhancing your style
quotient,
like
the
shoemakers
elves.
When picked right and
coordinated well they
add character and
depth to your look.
Many people
don’t
know
what they are
buying, So to
make it easy
for them We
have
made
this – Watch
Buying Guide
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8.
WHEN
BUYING APPAREL
OF
ANY
KIND,
P A N T S ,
JEANS, JACKETS,
BLAZERS, SHIRTS,
S W E A T E R S ,
T-SHIRTS, SUITS,
AND EVERYTHING
ELSE IN CLOTHING
THAT I HAVE CURRENTLY FORGOTTEN, SO BASICALLY ALL APPARELS
SHOULD FIT YOU
RIGHT.
Nothing should
be too tight or too
lose. It should be
just right. That
is what looks the
best. It does not
matter if the material
is expensive or the cut
is trendy unless you
get the size right.
9. IF YOU HAVE THE
OPTION THEN ALWAYS GET YOUR SUIT
TAILORED.
Nothing compares
or beats it in elegance,
class and style.
10. MATCH METAL
WITH METAL.
Coordinate your accessories like rings,
watches,
tie
pins,
bracelets and so on.
It looks gaudy when
these clash.
CITY
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
HILIGHTS
Vol 1, Issue 172 `.1.00/-
www.cityhilights.news
English Daily
8
ENTERTAINMENT
IT WAS CONSCIOUS DECISION NOT TO
STICK TO ANY IMAGE: JIMMY
Actor Jimmy Shergil,
who has managed to
carve a niche for himself
in Bollywood with variety of roles, says it was
a “conscious decision”
not repeating himself in
‘chocolate-boy roles’.
It was a conscious decision to not to go back
to chocolate boy roles. I
don’t want to get stuck
to any image,” Jimmy
told the media.
“I am glad I did that
(not stuck to one kind of
role) as I got the opportunity to do something
different like ‘Haasil’,
‘Munna Bhai MBBS’, ‘A
Wednesday’ and others. These roles got me
lot of appreciation,” he
said.
The “Special 26”
star says if he gets to
do “meaty role” in a
multi-starrer project,
length of the character
does not bother him
much.
“I do solo films as
well. But if I am getting
to play meaty roles in
an ensemble film then
why not do it. I want
to do good memorable
roles I don’t look at the
length of the character,”
the 45-year-old actor
said.
“Whatever I am today
it is because of the film
industry.
I have no regrets. I
take it as a compliment
when people ask me if I
have got my due or not.”
Jimmy says he is
grateful for all the love
and support that he has
got from the industry.
“I don’t think there is
any formula. I have always been honest to my
work. It’s my conscious
decision to not get slotted in one kind of image,” he said.
Jimmy will be next
seen in playing a politician in “Shorgul” and is
quite excited about the
film.
“It is a fictitious
character. The film is
inspired from lot of incidents that has happened in our society.”
The upcoming political thriller drama is
directed by Pranav Kumar Singh and Jitendra
Tiwari.
It is reportedly loosely based on 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.
“The story is very appealing...it was something I had not done before. It’s an interesting
love story and politics
is the backdrop of it,” he
said.
Starring
Jimmy,
Ashutosh Rana, Suha
Gezen, Narendra Jha,
Anirudh Dave and Sanjay Suri in lead roles,
the film is set to release
on June 24.
RAM CHARAN RETURNS
Following his disastrous last film Bruce
Lee which released last
year, Mega Power Star
Ram Charan took a long
gap to begin the shooting of his next film,
Dhruva. Even though
the film was launched
several months ago,
Charan joined the team
only in June.
Dhruva is currently
into its third schedule and according to
confirmed
sources,
the makers decided
to release the film on
the 30th of September
to cash in on the preDasara hype and craze
before the festive season further boosts the
collections until mid to
late October.
However,
Charan’s
poor Dasara track record is bothering fans.
Barring his debut film,
Chirutha, which released on September
28 in 2007, all of Charan’s later films which
released during the
Dasara season such as
Thoofan (Sep 6), Govindudu Andarivadele (Oct
1) and the last year’s
nightmare Bruce Lee
(Oct 16) were huge loss
ventures.
RANGITARANGA 1.0 SOON TO HIT THEATRES
VIKRAM PRABHU’S ‘VEERA SIVAJI’ WRAPPED UP
Vikram
Prabhu’s
Veera
Sivaji
has
wrapped up its final
schedule, the post production works have
already begun and
the teaser is likely to
be out soon. The first
look poster, which has
Vikram Prabhu and
Shamili riding a car in
adventurous mode, has
already created a buzz.
In the film, Vikram
Prabhu plays the role of
a cab driver and interestingly unlike its title;
the film has nothing to
do with the legendary
actor Sivaji Ganesan.
Interestingly, the role of
the hero is inspired by
Marathi king Chhatrapati Sivaji. Also a courageous warrior, he was
known for his guerrilla warfare skills and
would use calculated
tactics to fight enemies.
Similarly, in this film
Vikram Prabhu tricks
his enemies and attacks
them in a different way.
Sri Thenandal Films
have grabbed the release rights of the film.
“STAR WARS” FILMMAKER TO MAKE TV
DRAMA ABOUT MJ’S FINAL MONTHS
“Star Wars” filmmaker JJ Abrams is
developing a new
drama
chronicling
the final months of
King of Pop Michael
Jackson’s life.
Abrams and his
partners at production company Bad
Robot have teamed
up with author, activist and US broadcaster Tavis Smiley
to adapt his upcoming biography “Before You Judge Me”,
reported a Magazine.
Abrams and Smiley will serve as executive
producers
for the event series,
though no network
has picked up the
drama yet.
Smiley and the Bad
Robot partners last
worked together on
the 2015 adaptation
of Smiley’s Martin
Luther King, Jr book
“Death of a King: The
Real Story of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr’s
Final Year.
ORIGINAL ‘STAR TREK’ ACTOR PAYS TRIBUTE TO ANTON
“Star Trek” stalwart
Walter Koenig has paid
a touching tribute to his
film counterpart Anton
Yelchin following the
young actor’s untimely
passing.
Yelchin, 27, was killed
after his Jeep rolled
down his driveway and
crushed him against a
brick pillar at his San
Fernando Valley home
in California on Sunday, according to an
entertainment website.
Yelchin played the character of Pavel Chekov
in the three recent film
versions of the sci-fi
story.
Koenig, who played
Chekov in the 1960s series and its subsequent
films, offered his condolences saying, “We
spoke on a sound stage
for about two hours. His
reputation as an artist
preceded him, however. I knew I was in the
presence of a gifted performer.
“What I learned that
day was how bright
and sensitive he was. I
walked away thinking
- this is a good person.
My heart goes out to
his mother and father. I
know what you’re going
through.”
Koenig went through
his own shocking tragedy in 2010, after his
actor son, Andrew, was
found dead in a Canadian park after he went
missing. His death was
ruled a suicide.
Meanwhile, Yelchin’s
“Alpha Dog” co-star Justin Timberlake took to
Twitter to pay his respects to the late actor,
writing, “Anton Yelchin.
Genius actor. Amazing
human being. Gone
WAY too soon. May he
rest in peace.”
Fellow
castmate
Emile Hirsch tweeted,
“I can’t believe Anton
is gone. He was a great
man, a true friend, and
an artist. Love you buddy.”
The late actor has
also been honoured by
his co-stars such as Zoe
Saldana, Zachary Quinto, John Cho and director JJ Abrams, as well as
members of the original
Star Trek TV series, including George Takei
and William Shatner.
Yelchin’s death is
currently under investigation by both Los
Angeles authorities and
representatives from
Fiat Chrysler, the maker of the actor’s Jeep,
after reports indicated
his and other 2015 Jeep
Grand Cherokees were
part of a recall linked
to other ‘roll away’ incidents.
His fans are desperately hoping that Charan will bounce back to
his success streak with
Dhruva at least, but are
simultaneously wary of
the fact that Charan is
once again risking with
his unluckiest season.
Can the Mega Power
Star rewrite his Dasara
fate with Dhruva?
Rangitaranga may be the most successful movie in recent times. Now,
the movie’s director Anup Bhandari
and his team is gearing up for one
more Rangitaranga release. Well, this
time is it not Rangitaranga 2.0 but
Rangitaranga 1.0. While receiving the
award, movie director Bhandari said
the team was all set to release a revised version by editing a few scenes
in July. An amalgamation
of fun and entertainment, audiences also saw
an honest appreciation
and admiration for good
cinema across Tamil,
Malayalam, Telugu and
Kannada by the entire
southern fraternity. The
title sponsor of the show
was Britannia Industries
Ltd. Associate sponsors
were, Dazller Eterna, LYF
and Reliance Trends. The
other media partners include - Radio Partner - Radio Mirchi;
Telecast Partner - Vijay TV, MAA TV,
Suvarna TV and Asianet; Hospitality
Partner - Hyderabad International
Convention Center & Novotel; Beverage Partner Blackdog and Kingfisher,
Multiplex Partner - Orienta Cine Advertising and Trophy Partner - The
Award Gallery.
AR RAHMAN FINDS IT TOUGH TO
SCORE MUSIC
Who does Academy
award winner AR Rahman find it tough to
score music for? Well,
we may believe that
the directors will be
more than happy to sign
Rahman but according
to Rahman, it is director Shankar who is the
toughest to get convinced. When Rahman
came to the stage to
receive the best music
award for his scores in
I, he said his and Shankar’s combination has
produced some of the
wonderful hits in the
past and present. However, currently, Rahman
is scoring the music for
Shankar’s Robot 2 featuring Rajnikant. “It has
been six months since
Shankar is yet to accept
the tunes,”quipped Rahman during the award
function.
RAVISHANKAR COMPLETES 50 FILMS
The actor completes
50 films with ‘Jigarthanda’ which insiders
say could be his best
performance yet.
He may have lent
voice for over 3,000
films, but it is the 50
Kannada films that he
has acted in that are
dearest to Ravishankar.
While his voice was his
identity earlier, now,
he is no less a star than
any other actor. The
negative roles he does
in films are no less popular than those of the
‘heroes’.
Jigarthanda
is Ravishankar’s 50th
Kannada film as an actor. The film is in the
news for all the good
reasons and insiders
say it could be Ravishankar’s best yet.
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