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Cricketer Virat Kohli Ties The Knot With Actress Anushka Sharma In Italy

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by Shaheen Raaj

Cricketer Virat Kohli recently tied the knot with actress cum producer Anushka Sharma in a private ceremony in Italy. The wedding was attended only by close family & a few family friends as the couple wished their wedding to be a very private affair.

The wedding was performed as per the Hindu rituals. Moreover top fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee had designed the wedding ensemble for both the bride & the groom.

Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma will now start inviting all their film industry friends & their film industry colleagues for the celebrations that are all set to happen in Mumbai.

Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma averred in a joint statement, “Today we have promised each other to be bound in love forever. We are truly blessed to share this wonderful news with you. This beautiful day will be made more special with the love & the support of our family, of our fans & above all of our well wishers. Thank you for being such an important part of our journey.”

The couple will be hosting a reception in New Delhi for their close relatives on 21st Dec, 2017 which will be followed by a reception for the industry friends & the cricketers in Mumbai on 26th Dec, 2017.

The newly – wed couple will travel to South Africa where Virat Kohli will start prepping up for the upcoming series & Anushka Sharma will spend the New Year’s Eve with Virat Kohli and return back to India in the 1st week of Jan, 2018 to begin the next schedule of Anand L Rai’s film with Shah Rukh Khan in Mumbai.

Anushka Sharma will also start prepping up for Sui Dhaaga as the shooting for the same starts in Feb, 2018 with Varun Dhawan. Anushka Sharma will also be busy with the marketing & the promotions of Pari which is releasing on 9th Feb, 2018.
Virat Kohli, on the other hand, will be playing the cricket series in South Africa for 2 months which includes 3 Tests, 6 One Day Internationals (ODI’s) & 3 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.

Post their wedding the newly – wed couple will be shifting to their new residence in Worli, Mumbai in Dec, 2017 once they return from Delhi.

One of the family friend had this to say in conclusion, “Virat Kohli & Anushka Sharma are extremely grateful to the media for their support & their understanding in making this special occasion a memorable one and thank them for their continued love & above al their unstinted support.”

BENGALURU WITNESSED A GRANDEUR JUNIOR’S FASHION WEEK AUTUMN WINTER 2017

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by Faizan Asad & Shaheen Raaj

Junior’s Fashion is on a beautiful journey of the Autumn Winter season, and has already stopped by Kolkata, Mumbai & NCR, and now, had a mesmerizing fashion parade in the beautiful garden city of India, Bengaluru, on 09th Dec, 2017 & 10th Dec, 2017 at Sheraton Grande, Bengaluru.

The event highlighted the trendiest collection by Doodlers, Marks & Spencer London, The Children’s Place & US Polo Association Kids. The collections by these brands had their own stories behind them & their own uniqueness. The collection was showcased to an audience of buyers, industry visitors, bloggers & media.

From sketch to runway, Junior’s Fashion week drew attention on a 2 day event. Prominence to workshop & grooming session on day 1 was given for children aged between 4 to 14 years. Renowned brands such as US Polo Association Kids; Marks & Spencer, London; The Children’s Place & Doodler showcased exclusive & impressive collection on the runway of JFW.

The grand showcase is a preamble of the pre – event workshop that was moderated by experts. Jessica Gomes Surana, the supermodel, renowned educationalist, choreographer & styling expert took care of the pre – event workshop, grooming & styling of the kids. It was specially organized to groom the junior models to make them runway fit & instill in the confidence & aptitude to be a junior supermodel. JFW focuses on providing young girls & boys a platform to look ahead a fashion adept environment & experience the exhilaration of walking on the runway as a junior model. JFW is an omnibus to the future of fashion world for the young beautiful people of the world.

From dresses to cozy active wear, from embellished tops to modern jeans, from printed leggings to playful graphic tees & comfy sleepwear, The Children’s Place has it all and hence is a 1 stop shopping destination for the kids. The extensive assortment of accessories that includes hair bands, hats, bags, sunglasses, & footwear will show off just how easy it is to add a finishing touch to complete any outfit.
Alok Dubey; from The Children’s Place says, “Kids’ fashion is playful, fun & innovative. Kids are almost the most important decision makers in families today and this part of specialty retail deserves its own dedicated platform. Hence, we are thrilled to be partnering & presenting the Junior’s Fashion Week in Delhi. We’ve recognized parents crave modern, fun, and easy – to -wear kids’ clothing that combines quality, value & and style. The Indian parent is no different. With our fashion forward styles that are made with love, we intend to bring forth a fun place where moms get their stock of big fashion at little prices. With platforms like Junior’s Fashion Week, we aim to bring America’s #1 place for kids’ fashion more close and relevant to the audiences.”

For the toddlers, Marks & Spencer offered jumpers & bomber jackets in luscious greens, snug blues & bright yellow hues which will surely brighten up your child’s winter wardrobe. With the plethora of winter ensemble options available, Marks & Spencer makes sure your child keeps toasty warm in the best of styles & the highest quality this autumn winter season.

Talking about trends in market, and Marks & Spencer’s association with Junior’s Fashion Week, Pankaj Kapoor; Head of Marketing – Reliance India, says, “Marks & Spencer is proud to be associated with the Juniors Fashion Week in India. It is a great platform for us to showcase our quality & innovative Kids wear collections. As well as being fun & stylish, we pay extra attention to comfort, safety & convenience to ensure we offer clothing that parents are happy to buy & kids love to wear.”

Doodlers aims at sketching for teens a world away from everyday reality to one of possibilities & imagination, a world that seamlessly integrates the unspoken & the visual imagination of teens into the tangible. Their products & experiences promote self -expression & creativity thus increasing an affiliation with the young Doodler.

Kalyan Bhose, MD & CEO, Doodlers Apparels, says, “We are pleased to be associated with Junior’s Fashion Week. The innovative & youthful nature of this show is a good platform to showcase our kids’ collection. Showcasing our junior’s collection at JFW will sure help us grow. We are excited about the event & extend our gratitude towards the entire Junior’s Fashion Week team for coming up with an event like no other. We believe together we can change how the world perceives children fashion. We look forward to a great event & a long – term association.”
In the Autumn-Winter edition, USPA is breaking new grounds with an innovatively crafted collection for the juniors. The collection showcases a vigorous play of bright colors along with reds, blues & whites marking the core presence of the brand highlighted with stars, stripes & dot prints.

Alok Dubey from USPA says, “U.S. Polo Associann Kids has always been a very integral part of our brand and we are pleased to be associated with Junior’s Fashion Week. The creative & youthful nature of this show is a good platform to showcase our kids’ collection. Rooted in the brand’s American origin & polo connection, the collection stays true to classic American styling showcasing a vibrant play with reds, blues & whites highlighted with stars, stripes & dot prints. It’s always a pleasure to see kids wearing our traditional & preppy collection and we look forward to a great response from the show. The overwhelming reaction from parents & kids has given us a strong sense of responsibility to prove ourselves and provide a great clothing line for our junior models”

The ideology of JFW is to be an exemplary platform where young talent is celebrated, the brand value is accentuated & a heritage of fashion is cultivated.

6,700 Rohingya killed in Myanmar: Report

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[Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

Nay Pyi Taw: Global humanitarian NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) announced on Thursday that at least 6,700 Rohingya were killed after violence broke out in Myanmar’s Rakhine state late August.

Based on surveys of refugees in Bangladesh, the number is much higher than Myanmar’s official figure of 400, reports the BBC.

“In the most conservative estimations” at least 6,700 of those deaths have been caused by violence, including at least 730 children under the age of five, MSF said in a reports.

MSF also known as Doctors Without Borders, said it was “the clearest indication yet of the widespread violence” by Myanmar authorities.

“What we uncovered was staggering, both in terms of the numbers of people who reported a family member died as a result of violence, and the horrific ways in which they said they were killed or severely injured,” MSF Medical Director Sidney Wong said.

Among the dead children below the age of five, MSF said more than 59 per cent were reportedly shot, 15 per cent burnt to death, 7 per cent beaten to death and 2 per cent killed by landmine blasts.

More than 647,000 Rohingya have fled into Bangladesh after military crackdown began on August 25 following Rohingya Arsa militants attack on more than 30 police posts, the BBC reported.

After an internal investigation, the Myanmar Army in November exonerated itself of any blame regarding the crisis.

It denied killing any civilians, burning their villages, raping women and girls, and stealing possessions.

The Muslim-majority community are denied citizenship by Myanmar, where they are seen as immigrants from Bangladesh. The government does not use the term Rohingya but calls them Bengali Muslims.

“The numbers of deaths are likely to be an underestimation as we have not surveyed all refugee settlements in Bangladesh and because the surveys don’t account for the families who never made it out of Myanmar,” Wong added.

(IANS)

Gujarat: 350-bed government hospital leased to health minister at one rupee per year

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by Hasanul Banna

Palanpur: Imagine a 35-bed government hospital being given on lease for just a rupee per year? And that too for 33 years? And what will you call it when the parties to this business are the government and a trust of the health minister? Well, in Gujarat, this will also be called development.

This towering hospital in downtown In Banaskantha, Gujarat is the only one the people can count on. But few noticed it when the BJP government, in the thick and bustle of electoral campaigns, bartered away the only civil hospital of the Palanpur area at a paltry price.

To recall another lease history, following the earthquake in Bhuj, a 400-bed government hospital was built with aid including aid from international agencies, but later that was leased to Adani for running at an annual price of One Rupee. This is what emboldened the health minister Shankar Chaudhari to take over the government district hospital on lease for his private medical college. But on his part, Chaudhary’s claim is that when their medical college becomes a reality, Banaskantha will become the hub of patients from northern Gujarat and Rajasthan. Earlier, he had declared at a press conference that he would start a medical college with a 700-bed hospital in Moria, just seven kilometers from Palnpur. Even as his dream hospial was yet to become a reality, he wanted to sell the medical seats for which he took on lease the exisitng government hospital clandestinely.

However, the minister’s position is that they would complete the hospital construction in five years until which the Palanpur civil hospital will be taken on lease. But then the lease is not for five years, but a full 33 years. He also claims that even after the trust takes over the government hospital, its services will continue as before. But this claim hides sevel provisions in the lease deal. According to the MOU signed between the trust and the government, even after the take over for the private hospital the salary of the staff will continue to be paid by the Gujarat government, and the doctors and employees of the hospital can continue for a year. After that the trust will decide whether their services would be required or not. In other words, the trust needs to meet the salary costs of the hospital only after five years. It is when Banaskantha is still lagging far behind in health index that in Gujarat, where education has been completely commercialized, a government hospital is being leased to its health minister for sale of medical seats.

London: Vijay Mallya assets freeze order in UK courts until April 2018

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Vijay Mallya. Photo: Reuters

London: Vijay Mallya, who is undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over Rs 9,000-crore fraud and money laundering charges, will face next year a parallel litigation brought by 13 Indian banks to freeze nearly USD 1.5 billion of his assets.

According to court documents submitted at the UK High Court, the claim brought by the Indian banks against the 61- year-old embattled liquor baron will come up for a hearing in April next year.

“The First Respondent’s (Mallya) application to set aside the Freezing Injunction is to be set down for hearing on the first available date after 11 April 2018 with a time estimate of 2 days,” states the court document.

The litigation in the Queen’s Bench Division of the commercial court in England’s High Court of Justice lists the State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Corporation Bank, Federal Bank Ltd, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Jammu & Kashmir Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank, Punjab National Bank, State Bank of Mysore, UCO Bank, United Bank of India and JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Co. Pvt Ltd as the applicants.

Mallya and related concerns Ladywalk LLP, Rose Capital Ventures Ltd and Orange India Holdings are listed as respondents.

The claim, dated November 23, relates to a judgment of the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in Karnataka dated January 19 this year, which concluded that Mallya was “liable” to the banks in the sum of INR 62,033,503,879.42 plus interest and as at November 22, that judgment sum is “still unsatisfied as to INR 98,530,512,249.42”.

The “freezing order” involves Mallya and related concerns being “restrained until further order, from removing from the jurisdiction any of their assets in the jurisdiction up to a limit of 1,145,000,000 pounds and in any way disposing of, dealing with or diminishing the value of any of their assets whether they are inside or outside the jurisdiction up to the same value”.

The UK court had upheld the Indian courts injunction last week and given Mallya’s lawyers more time to respond due to the ongoing extradition trial at Westminster Magistrates Court, which is now expected to conclude on December 20.

A ruling in the extradition case is expected a few weeks later, by mid-January.

Meanwhile, Mallya remains on a 650,000-pound bail bond since his arrest on an extradition warrant by Scotland Yard in April this year.

Since December 4, he has been in court over five days of hearings to establish if he can be forced to return to India to face charges of fraud and money laundering involving his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines default of bank loans worth nearly Rs 9,000-crore.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), representing the Indian government, has claimed that the evidence they have presented confirms “dishonesty” on the part of the businessman, who acquired the loans through misrepresentation and had no intentions of repaying them.

Mallya’s defence team has been deposing a series of expert witnesses to try and establish that the default by Kingfisher Airlines was the result of business failure within a wider context of a global financial crisis and that its owner had no “fraudulent” intentions.

The extradition case returns for one of its final hearings today, when Judge Emma Arbuthnot is set to hear the testimony of prisons expert Dr Alan Mitchell, who is expected to critique Indian jail conditions as a potential “bar to extradition”.

The CPS will need to demonstrate a prima facie case to show that the criminal charges against Mallya, for which his extradition is sought, are justified.

The defence, on the other hand, will try and prove that the businessman will not get a fair trial in India because the case against him is “politically motivated”.

(PTI)

EC has become Modi’s ‘captive puppet’: Congress

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New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused the Election Commission of becoming a “captive puppet” in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who it said was brazenly breaking rules in a final bid to save the BJP’s “sinking ship” in Gujarat.

Charging the poll panel with not acting on Congress complaints against the BJP and Modi, the party said the poll panel was turning a blind eye to democratic and constitutional norms being violated by the ruling party openly.

The Congress denounced Modi’s “roadshow” after he voted in Ahmedabad on Thursday. This, it said, was a flagrant violation of the model code of conduct.

“It was an election campaign. Modi’s roadshow after casting vote is a clear case of violation of the model code of conduct. The Election Commission, it seems, is working under pressure from the Prime Minister and PMO,” Congress leader Ashok Gehlot said.

“If any shame is left in the Election Commission, it should act on the Congress complaints,” party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told reporters here.

“It seems the Election Commission is blind. They cannot see Modi openly and brazenly violating the model code of conduct.

“This shows how unfortunately the Election Commission has become a captive puppet of the BJP,” Surjewala said.

“The Election Commission has different standards for the BJP and the Congress. What is the reason for the Election Commission to behave like a front organisation of the BJP?”

“When Rahul Gandhi gave interview to news channels, a notice was sent to him. But when Arun Jaitely released BJP’s manifesto on December 8, it was not a violation. When Modi appealed to people on December 9 to vote… it was not a violation. No notices were sent to them. The Election Commission remained silent then,” he said.

“Amit Shah using the Ahmedabad Airport to hold a press conference was not a violation? Arun Jaitley holding a press conference in Ahmedabad and one union minister (Piyush Goyal) holding a press conference in Delhi twice was not a violation?”

He alleged that Amit Shah was aware a case was being filed by the poll panel against the news channels for airing Gandhi’s interview much before it was announced.

“The EC was receiving orders from the PMO. Several ministers were calling the journalists and threatening them.”

Surjewala said when the Congress asked the poll panel about its complaints, it was told they would be looked into after 5 p.m. — when the second and final phase of Gujarat election would end.

“The Chief Election Commissioner (A.K. Joti), who was Chief Secretary to Modi (when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat), is still acting as the Chief Secretary to Modiji. This is shameful for the Election Commission.”

The Congress said the way the BJP was behaving showed Modi had conceded defeat in Gujarat.

Replying to questions, Surjewala said either the Commission was blindfolded or sleeping.

He said on Wednesday, the Congress sought an appointment with the Election Commission around 4.30 p.m. and was told the meeting would take place on Thursday morning.

“It was only after we threatened to stage a ‘dharna’ we were given an appointment at 10.15 at night,” he said.

“We are trying to wake up the Election Commission. We appeal to the Election Commission not to turn blind and deaf.”

(IANS)

Putin orders beginning of withdrawal from Syria

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Putin made an unannounced visit to Syria and ordered a withdrawal of Russian troops [Sergei Chirikov/EPA]

Al Jazeera

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to a Russian base in Syria and ordered his troops to start withdrawing from the war-torn country.

Syrian state TV reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Putin at Khmeimim Air Base, southeast of Latakia, on Monday morning.

Russia’s state news agency Novosti cited Putin as saying that “in general, the combat work in this territory is completed by the complete eradication of terrorists”.

Putin made the stop in Syria on his way to Egypt, where he met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi later on Monday.

As the Syrian government’s main ally in the war, Russia started its intervention in September 2015, after an official request by the Syrian government for military help against rebel groups.

Since then, Russia mainly conducted air strikes against groups opposed to the government, including the Syrian National Coalition, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Nusra Front, and others.

In addition, Russian military advisors and special operations forces are stationed in Syria. Prior to the intervention, Russian involvement in the war had mainly consisted of supplying the Syrian army.

‘Saving Syria’
In November, Assad thanked Putin for “saving” his country and for Russia’s support in Syria.

The two heads of state met for talks in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on November 22 to discuss the fight against “terrorism” and the possibilities for a political settlement in Syria, which has entered its seventh year of war.

After the meeting, Assad in a statement expressed his readiness to hold discussions with parties interested in resolving the conflict.

In response, Putin commended Assad’s cooperation.

Last month, various factions, including the Syrian government and opposition groups, met in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, for talks aimed at implementing a lasting ceasefire agreement.

International initiatives to end the war over the years include an attempt at establishing four “de-escalation zones” across the country, with Russia, Turkey and Iran acting as guarantors.

To date, some 465,000 people have died in the conflict, and more than 12 million Syrians have been displaced.

Gujarat elections: Pakistan tells India don’t drag us into your politics

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Islamabad: Pakistan on Monday said India’s politicians should not drag the country into its domestic politics during campaigning for the Gujarat assembly polls.

“India should stop dragging Pakistan into its electoral debate and win victories on own strength rather than fabricated conspiracies, which are utterly baseless and irresponsible,” Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said on Twitter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday claimed at an election rally that there was an attempt by Pakistan to interfere in the Gujarat polls. Modi also raised questions about the alleged appeal by former director general (DG) of the Pakistan Army Sardar Arshad Rafiq for making senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel chief minister of Gujarat.

Modi alleged that Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar had held a meeting at his house which was attended by former prime minister Manmohan Singh, a former Indian vice president, Pakistan’s high commissioner in India, and a former Pakistani foreign minister.

“On one hand, Pakistan Army’s former DG is interfering in Gujarat’s election, and on the other, Pakistani people are holding a meeting at Mani Shankar Aiyar’s house. After that meeting, people of Gujarat, backward communities, poor people and Modi were insulted.

Don’t you think such events raise doubts?” the prime minister had said while addressing a poll rally in Gujarat.

(Agencies)

India ranks 109 in mobile internet speed: Report

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New Delhi: India is ranked 109th in the mobile internet speed and 76th for fixed broadband speed globally, which is a 15 per cent increase, according to data from Ooklas November Speedtest Global Index.

“At the start of 2017, the average mobile download speed in India was 7.65 Mbps. Heading into the end of the year, average mobile download speed is 8.80 Mbps as of November. That’s a 15 per cent increase,” a statement said here on Monday.

“While mobile speeds increased modestly, fixed broadband speeds increased dramatically. Average fixed broadband download speed in January was 12.12 Mbps. As of November, it’s at 18.82 Mbps, a close to 50 per cent jump,” it added.

As of November, Norway ranks first in the world for mobile internet with an average download speed of 62.66 Mbps. Singapore takes the top spot for fixed broadband with a 153.85 Mbps average download.

“Both mobile and fixed broadband internet in India are getting faster, that’s good news for all Indian consumers no matter which operator or plan they use to access the internet. India still has a long way to go to catch up with countries that have top speeds around the world, however, we at Ookla are highly optimistic about the capacity for growth that is available in the Indian market and look forward to watching how the market grows in this coming new year,” said Doug Suttles, Co-Founder and General Manager at Ookla.

Ookla analyses the performance of the internet in every country based on consumer-initiated tests taken by real people using Speedtest.

“Over 17 billion tests have been taken with Speedtest to date. From our observations in these markets, there are a handful of factors that consistently tend to drive advances in internet speeds and performance. These factors also apply to growth in India,” the statement said.

It said the first and foremost factor is sufficient infrastructure. The strength and quality of networks is the baseline foundation required for faster speeds. Another key element in growth is competition. When operators compete to provide the fastest speeds and the best plans for consumers, they incentivise each other to offer progressively better options.

And a third factor in improving speeds is the consideration of new technologies that may boost network performance.

(IANS)

India to host Afghanistan for first-ever Test

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India will host newly promoted Test side Afghanistan for their first-ever Test match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.

The dates of the historic Test will be chalked out later, BCCI acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary announced after a Special General Meeting here.

He said India will also host 81 matches across all the three formats from 2019 to 2023 according to the new Future Tours Programme (FTP).

“Afghans were scheduled to play their first Test in 2019 versus Australia but considering the historic relationship between India and Afghanistan, we decided to host their first Test,” Choudhary told reporters.

The next FTP cycle at home will include high-profile series against England, South Africa and Australia.

Among other important decisions taken at the SGM were lifting the ban on the Rajasthan Cricket Association, provided former IPL czar Lalit Modi stays away from its functioning.

“Yes, the ban on the RCA has been lifted but with certain conditions,” BCCI acting President C.K. Khanna told IANS.

The RCA was suspended by the Indian cricket board in May 2014 when ex-Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Modi was re-elected its president.

Since its suspension in 2014, RCA’s cricket affairs are being looked after by the BCCI.

The RCA filed a suit against its suspension by the BCCI, to which the board had asked the association to withdraw all pending cases and not to involve the cricket board in any case.

The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) already dissolved the ad-hoc committee that was constituted to run the affairs in Rajasthan cricket, paving the way for the ban to go.

The BCCI also decided against coming under the jurisdiction of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and reiterated that it already follows the regulations laid down by World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).

(IANS)

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