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IND vs WI, 4th Test: Toss delayed due to wet outfield

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Unhappy with a few wet patches, as they felt more work was needed, the umpires decided to schedule another inspection at 10:00 AM local time. The toss will take place at 10:10 AM with play scheduled to start at 10:30 AM conditions permitting.

Pitch Report:
“It has been raining heavily over the past few days and the pitch was under covers. There might be some moisture on the surface, the wicket looks tacky and batting should be difficult for the first hour, before easing out. It’s a bowl first pitch,” said Jeff Dujon.

“My upcoming film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya is a rollercoaster comic ride of 2 identical twins:” Anwer Khan

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Anwer Khan

Anwer Khan happens to be an erstwhile assistant director of Manmohan Desai, of the lost & found syndrome, which had become so popular in the bygone millenium. 3 years ago, to be precise in the year 2013, he had made his debut as an independent director with Four Two Ka One, not to be confused with SRK’s One Two Ka Four. And now he is ready with his upcoming directorial venture Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya which is on the verge of releasing very soon.

How about giving us your brief introduction?

I am a total Bombaiyya man. I was born in Kalyan. And all my life I have been living in Thane. After finishing my studies I started hunting for work and ended up being the assistant director with Manmohanji and my height of foolishness was when I had left Manji in between and after realising my own folly I went back to him requesting him to take me back. And hats off to him that he graciously accepted me back in his fold and then I ended up assisting him in scores of films till the end.

So how much of Manmohan Desai style can one see in your upcoming film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya?

I have made my entire film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya totally inspired by Manmohan Desai school of film making. The stamp of his film making will be seen in most of the frames, especially in the intermission point.

You made your debut as an independent director in the year 2013 with a film called Four Two Ka one and now your upcoming directorial venture is Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya in 2016. Why this long gap?

The main reason is that I am very choosy. Being a trained director of Manmohan Desai camp, I did not wish to tarnish his name by doing any & every film. In fact I heard many stories in between but none of them touched my heart. So I was waiting for the right kind of film to come my way. But ultimately after waiting for almost 3 years I decided to pen down my own script and the end result was Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya and this time around I have also penned down 3 beautiful lyrics for the same.

Really Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya I mean what is your upcoming film all about?

Well! Nice way of putting up your query. So Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya is all about an identical twin named Man & Mohan. Man has gone to Thailand in search of a job and out there he has an altercation with a younger brother of a don named Mack and to top it he takes a selfie of the altercation and sends it to the don. But then his friends advise him to go back to Mumbai to avoid the wrath of the dreaded don. While Manmohan also has a showdown with a big wig person and he in turn rushes to Thailand to avoid his wrath. And then starts the rollercoaster comic ride. Which will definitely leave the audiences in splits in the darkened aisle of the cinema halls.

What according to you are the highlights of your upcoming film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya?

I would say that the 1st & foremost highlight of Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya is Arbaaz Khan as the most dreaded don Mack. In fact he has been most gracious enough to shower me with my career’s best compliment as a director. He has gone on record to state, “None of the directors of Bollywood has given me a role like Anwer Khan in his film Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya, in fact none of them have succeeded in tapping my right potential as far as my acting skills are concerned. I would really like to say that Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya can be termed as the best comeback film of my career as an actor.” And coming from Arbaaz Khan an accomplished actor, producer & director, of Dabangg 2, in his own right, really Yea Toh Two Much Ho Gaya.

Modi crossed ‘red line’ by talking about Balochistan: Pakistan

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Islamabad: Pakistan today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi crossed the “red line” by talking about Balochistan and asserted that it will “forcefully” raise the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly session next month.

“The Prime Minister strongly pleaded the case of Kashmir during General Assembly session last year and we will again forcefully raise the issue,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said.

Zakaria, in his weekly news briefing here, also took strong exception to the remarks by Prime Minister Modi on Balochistan.

Prime Minister Modi had brought up Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and PoK in his Independence Day speech.

“It is the violation of the UN Charter…He (Modi) crossed the red line by talking about Balochistan,” Zakaria said.

He alleged that India was involved in subversive activities in Balochistan and Karachi. Zakaria also claimed that India was referring to Balochistan to cover up its human rights violations in Kashmir.

Zakaria said Prime Minister Sharif will lead the official delegation at the General Assembly session. He said the UN Secretary General and most of the UN members had already been informed about the “precarious situation” in Kashmir.

Zakaria said the UN and international community should remind India that it must fulfil its commitment to give the right of self-determination to the people of Jammu and Kashmir as per Security Council resolutions.

He said the issue was still outstanding on the Security Council agenda for more than six decades.

“Pakistan strongly condemns the continuing use of force by India and violation of human rights. The brutal use of force has killed at least 80 people and at least 100 have been blinded by use of pellet guns,” Zakaria alleged.

He said the international community and human rights organisations should call upon India to stop use of “brute force” in Kashmir.

Asked about Indian taking action against Amnesty International, he said it showed how India was treating the issue of human rights in Kashmir.

Zakaria said Pakistan had proposed to India to hold talks on Kashmir. However, he refused to confirm if India had responded to the proposal.

When asked about any conditions India had put before them for starting dialogue, the spokesman said Pakistan proposed that Kashmir should be the focus of the talks.

Zakaria also claimed that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) was aimed at economic development of not only Pakistan and China but the entire region. He said India’s objection to such a beneficial economic project was beyond comprehension.

Zakaria said Pakistan had invited finance ministers of SAARC countries for the next week meeting but so far was waiting for confirmation on Arun Jaitley’s participation.

(PTI)

India becomes No. 1 Test team

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Chasing 324 for victory, Australia were all out for 160, half-an-hour before the tea break

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Sri Lanka on Wednesday defeated Australia by 163 runs in the final Test in Colombo to complete a 3-0 sweep in the three-match series. With the series win, India, which was placed second on the ranking list ahead of the series, moved to the top spot.

Chasing 324 for victory, Australia were all out for 160, half-an-hour before the tea break, succumbing to their third successive defeat against the hosts.

David Warner top-scored for Australia with a fluent 68. Rangana Herath (7/64) was the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers, finishing with a 13-wicket match haul.

The teams now face off in a five-match one-day series beginning on Sunday in Colombo.

(Reuters)

Movie Review: ‘Taleem’ is an interesting fare

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Banner: Raghujan Films – Roaring Goat Media – NMR Movies
Producer: Sudarshan Laxman Ingle, Sanjay Mulay, Jayaditya Giri & Nitin Rokade
Director: Nitin Madhukar Rokade
Star Cast: Abhijit Shwetchandra, Prashant Mohite, Vaishali Dabhade, Vishnu Joshilkar, Mitali Jagtap, Arjun & Yashpal
Music: Prafulla Karlekar

Editor turned debutant director Nitin Madhukar Rokade has been editing all the films of Bollywood director David Dhawan till this date. Yet in his debut directorial Marathi film Taleem the signature stamp of David Dhawan brand of film making is missing. Which is good in a way as Nitin has been able to leave the stamp of his own directorial identity in Taleem.

Taleem’s scripted scenario unfolds with Bhau (Abhijeet Shwetchandra) who is highly obsessed with the idea of winning the title of the Maharashta Kesari in wrestling and he training for it all his life, but just when he is ready for duelling in the wrestling ground to match his strength with the real champions, he falls in love with a lavni dancer named Laxmi (Vaishali Dhabade). On the other hand his rival Jaisingh (Prashant Mohite) takes advantage of the situation and the tables turn.

Director Nitin Madhukar Rokade has displayed finesse in his directorial treatment yet what really goes against Taleem is that it has been heavily inspired by V. Shantaram’s classic cult film Pinjra, in which a school teacher is totally infatuated by a lavani dancer. Not to speak of the fact about its odd comparison with both V. Shantaram’s Pinjra in the past and the recently released Yashraj Films Sultan.

Performance wise debutant actors Abhijit Shwetchandra has delivered a fairly good performance while Prashant Mohite has given a fairly good account of himself, amongst the debutant actresses Vaishali Dhabade is quite expressive while Mitali Jagtap is too loud and the rest of the actors like Vishnu Joshilkar, Arjun, Yashpal et al are adequate and help in carrying the film forward.

Tail Piece: Taleem is an interesting fare for both the classes as well as the masses.

Haunting video of bewildered Syrian boy goes viral

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Images of five-year-old boy, confused after an air strike in Aleppo, spark revulsion across social media.

5 year old Syrian boy

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Images of a five year old Syrian boy – covered in dust and blood after being plucked from a bombed out building – have gone viral after they were posted to social media, provoking widespread outrage and upset.

The footage, released by opposition activists on Wednesday, showed the aftermath of an air strike in the city of Aleppo and encapsulated the human toll of Syria’s five-year war.

The video, posted online by the Aleppo Media Center, shows a stunned and weary looking boy, sitting alone and bewildered on an orange chair inside an ambulance shortly after he was rescued.

Khaled Khaled, an Aleppo-based member of the Syrian Civil Defense, a volunteer rescue group that operates in rebel-held territory, identified the boy as five-year-old Omran Daqneesh.

The boy was later rushed by members of the group, also known as the White Helmets, to a nearby hospital, Khaled told Al Jazeera.

He suffered from light headwounds and was released later that night.

Three other people were killed and at least eight others, mostly women and children, were injured in the same air strike, according to Khaled.

It was the images of Omran, though, that made the headlines and drew shock and revulsion from both Syrians and foreigners on social media.

In a video of a chaotic nighttime scene, a man is seen carrying the boy from the rubble of an unidentified building and carrying him to the ambulance, the five year old’s expression dazed and flat-eyed.

The boy then runs a hand over his blood-covered face, looks at the blood and wipes his hands on the ambulance chair. He does not cry or make a sound.

The image has been shared thousands of times on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook.

The pictures of Omran – referred to by many as “the boy in the ambulance” – were reminiscent of the image of Aylan Kurdi , another Syrian boy whose body was found on a beach in Turkey last year after he drowned as he and his family attempted to cross the Mediterranean in the hopes of finding refuge in Europe.

The image of Kurdi’s body brought world attention to the growing refugee crisis, as tens of thousands of Syrians attempted to make the same dangerous journey, fleeing war-torn homes for the stability of Europe.

UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura estimated in April. that at least 400,000 people had been killed in Syria in a five-year-long war that has uprooted nearly half of the country’s population.

India to host Puerto Rico in football friendly

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Mumbai: India will play an international friendly match against Puerto Rico in Mumbai on September 3, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced on Thursday.

The match will be played at the Andheri Sports Complex here.

“We are pleased to announce an International Friendly against Puerto Rico on September 3, 2016, in Mumbai,” AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said in an AIFF release.

“As per the August FIFA Rankings, Puerto Rico are ranked 114. Playing against such an opposition will help us prepare well for the forthcoming Asian Cup UAE 2019 Qualifiers,” Das added.

National coach Stephen Constantine stressed that the best way to test growth is to “playing higher ranked opposition”. India are currently ranked 152.

“During my previous tenure in India, we regularly played higher ranked Teams. It’s the best way to test yourself. Puerto Rico are presently ranked 114 and we look forward to playing them,” Constantine stated.

“The pre-season training camp had its own benefits and they were visible even in the high altitude in our unofficial friendly match against Bhutan in Thimphu. But this will be an entirely different ball game,” he added.

India beat Bhutan 3-0 in a friendly match on August 14.

(IANS)

Spirited Sakshi ends India’s medal hunt, rejuvinates faltering Olympic campaign

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Spirited Sakshi

Rio de Janeiro: Star wrestler Sakshi Malik brought an end to India’s long wait for a medal at the ongoing Rio Olympics, clinching bronze in the Women’s Freestyle 58kg category even as the Indian challenge in other disciplines continue to falter.

The 23-year-old from Rohtak overturned a 0-5 deficit in a hectic second round to script an 8-5 victory over Aisuluu Tynybekova of Kyrgyzstan in the bronze medal bout at the Carioca Arena 2 here on Wednesday.

It was a rousing display of fighting spirit and never-say-die attitude from the Indian.

Aisuluu was clearly the superior wrestler in the totally one-sided opening round, displaying impressive strength and technique to take five points and open up a formidable lead.

But Sakshi — who has previously shown a knack of staging strong comebacks — was a totally transformed grappler in the second round, taking eight consecutive points to send the sizable number of Indian fans in the stands into wild delirium.

Sakshi, who had also finished on the podium at the 2015 Asian Championships, created history by becoming the first Indian female wrestler to clinch an Olympic medal.

Kaori Icho of Japan won the gold medal in the category while Russia’s Valeria Koblova — who had defeated Sakshi in the quarter-finals — took the silver.

Eight-time African champion Marwa Amri of Tunisia took home the other bronze medal in the category.

Icho also created history by becoming the first-ever wrestler to win four Olympic titles. She is also the first female in any sport to win gold at four Olympics in an individual event.

Earlier, Sakshi had crashed out of contention for the gold medal after a one-sided 2-9 loss to Valeria in the quarter-finals.

Sakshi, who trailed 0-1 after the first period, made a comeback in the initial minutes of the second period to go 2-1 up.

She, however, failed to maintain the lead as the Russian overpowered her with some incredible moves to take an unassailable 9-2 lead in the dying minutes.

But with Valeria later making it to the final, Sakshi qualified for the repechage round for a shot at the bronze medal.

She started her bid for the bronze in superb fashion by defeating Orkhon Purevdorj of Mongolia 12-3 in the Repechage Round 2 to move within striking distance of a medal.

Sakshi’s medal capped another day of heartbreaks for India including an unfortunate injury to Vinesh in the women’s 48kg Freestyle category that forced her out of the competition.

Vinesh had sustained what seemed to be a serious knee injury during her bout against Sun Yanan of China in the quarter-finals.

The Haryana grappler, one of India’s best bets for a medal, had received a bye in the opening round. She then started her campaign on a rousing note with a dominant 11-0 thrashing of Alina Emilia of Romania in the pre-quarterfinals.

The 21-year-old was leading 1-0 against the Chinese grappler at the time of her injury.

The match was immediately stopped to allow medical attention to Vinesh. After the Indian physio declared that Vinesh will not be able to continue, Sun, who was leading 2-1, was declared the winner by injury.

Vinesh, who got her injured knee wrapped and put in a brace, was taken away on a stretcher. She was then shifted to the Athletes Village where a clinic has all the facilities for medical test. However, she had to wait about an hour for the MRI, since the machines were busy with other athletes.

Later, doctors said Vinesh’s injury was a “ligament tear” and no fracture was seen.

“She will recover from the injury in about two weeks, but for her to start wrestling will take about six weeks at least,” the Chief Medical Officer of the Indian contingent in Rio, Pawandeep Singh Kohli told IANS.

The doctor said she sustained the injury when her opponent in the wrestling match caught her foot and turned it sharply, putting pressure on the knee. “It’s an agonising pain when a ligament tears,” he said. A brace has been put on her leg. She will be examined after two weeks and then advise given on future course of treatment.

The other events on Wednesday witnessed a by now familiar pattern of Indians producing brave efforts only to fizzle out in their respective disciplines.

The day started with Srikanth going down after a valiant fight to two-time defending champion Lin Dan of China in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles event of the badminton competition.

Five-time world champion Dan edged out World No.11 Srikanth 21-6, 11-21, 21-18.

With this win, the 32-year-old Chinese legend took a 3-1 head-to-head lead against the 23-year-old Indian shuttler.

In the semi-finals, Dan will face his long-time rival and Malaysian veteran Lee Chong Wei, who crushed Chinese Taipei’s Tou Tien Chen in a dominating 21-9, 21-15 victory.

Wednesday also witnessed Tintu Luka finishing sixth in her women’s 800 metre heats despite clocking her season’s best timing.

In track and field, Tintu was the lone Indian athlete in action on Wednesday.

She started off well but her strategy backfired to finish with a timing of 2:00.58 minutes in Heat 3. Tintu finished overall 29th in the qualification round.

The qualification round was topped by Canada’s Melissa Bishop followed by Marina Arzamasova of Belarus and Habitam Alemu of Ethiopia at the second and third spots respectively.

In the women’s golf event, India’s Aditi Ashok carded an impressive three-under 68 to finish tied seventh after the opening round.

The 18-year-old got off to a flying start after getting a birdie on the par-four second hole before getting two more birdies on the par-five 10th and par-three 14th holes to get a 68 in a flawless round.

The Bengaluru golfer shared the spot with Lexi Thomson of the United States, Britain’s Charley Hull and the Spaniard Azahara Munoz.

Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand set the pace with a six-under 65 as she enjoyed a one-stroke lead at the top over the South Korean duo of Inbee Park and Seiyoung Kim.

It was an eventful round for Ariya, who got an eagle on the par-five fifth, alongside seven birdies against a double bogey on the par-three fourth and a bogey on the par-four 11th.

(IANS)

Karnataka govt warns of another year of dry spell in state

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Bengaluru: Faced with deficit of rainfall and low water level in most reservoirs, Karnataka government on Wednesday warned about another year of dry spell in the state.

“We have discussed about the rainfall in the state so far in the Cabinet, even meteorological department predictions are not favourable. There are chances, we may face a situation that is worse than last year,” Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said.

Speaking to reporters after a Cabinet meeting, he said, “We have to take precautionary measures, water in reservoirs should be used for drinking purpose only, and water should be provided for standing crops only if there is severe necessity.

“During Irrigation Consultative Committee meeting farmers and general public should be made aware of the water crisis that may occur on lesser prospects of good rains.”

Karnataka last year witnessed its “worst” drought in recent times and the government had already declared 137 taluks as “drought hit”.

Pointing out to drinking water shortage, Jayachandra said “water level in almost all the reservoirs in the state other than Narayanapura and Almatti are low”. Narayanapura and Almatti reservoirs are full because of good rains in Maharashtra, other than that none of the catchment areas whether it is Cauvery or Krishna got good rains.

“Though in Harangi reservoir there is adequate water, but the overall situations is not good.”

Government had last week said overall rainfall in the state till first week of August has been 503 mm against normal rainfall of 537mm, which is about six per cent less.

Warning of drinking water crisis, he also advised farmers to consider water and rain situation before they go for cropping. Various cabinet committees like the one drinking water among others have been asked to meet and review the situation and take necessary steps.

Karnataka cabinet has also cleared entrusting the work of re-circulation of water at world famous Jog falls to create all season water falls to M/s BRS Ventures Abudhabi.

(Agencies)

Amnesty India closes offices following sedition charges

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Bengaluru: Following an accusation of sedition in a police complaint in Karnataka, Amnesty International has temporarily closed its offices in Chennai, Pune , Delhi and Bengaluru after protests by hundreds of young right-wing activists.

The human-rights organization held an event to discuss the crisis in Kashmir on the weekend. Anti-India slogans were heard at the event. Amnesty issued a statement saying that its members did not make these statements, but the group has been accused of sedition by the ABVP.

(Agencies)

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