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Rahul Gandhi elected Congress President

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New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has been elected unopposed as Congress president, party’s central election authority head Mullappally Ramachandran announced on Monday.

Rahul Gandhi will collect the certificate formally declaring his ascension to the post on December 16, he told reporters here. The 47-year-old scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family was the lone candidate in the fray. He is the sixth member of the Nehru-Gandhi family to take over the top post

Rahul Gandhi succeeds his mother Sonia Gandhi, who remained in the post for 19 years. The CEA received a total of 89 nomination papers proposing Rahul Gandhi’s name for the top post.

All the nomination papers were found to be valid, Ramachandran said.

“Since the withdrawal of date/time is over and as there is only one candidate (Rahul), as per Article XVII (d) of the Constitution of Indian National Congress, I hereby declare Shri Rahul Gandhi elected as president of the Indian National Congress,” Ramachandran said.

Rahul Gandhi became the vice-president of the party in January 2013.

(PTI)

Brian Sullivan Promoted

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Fox Networks Group has promoted Brian Sullivan to the president, COO. Randy Freer who had that role had earlier left to be Hulu CEO. This announcement comes at a time when 21st Century Fox is said to be talking to Disney for a sale. Brian Sullivan will oversee ad sales, distribution of several assets including National Geographic Partners.

Zee News Jumps To #2

Zee News has jumped to the #2 position in urban + rural HSM in week 48 of BARC India ratings. India TV & News18 India has fallen by a rank while ABP News has moved up. In urban HSM, Zee News & India TV exchanged positions. In rural HSM, Zee News replaced News18 India at #4 while News Nation entered the top 5.
Munna Michael Premiere Notches 5.92 Million Impressions

The world television premiere of the Tiger Shroff starrer Munna Michael on &pictures has garnered 5.92 million impressions in urban + rural HSM, as per BARC India data for week 48. The premiere Hindi dubbed Telugu action movie Lie on Rishtey Cineplex garnered 7.01 million impressions. In U+R HSM, Sony Wah jumped to #2 pushing Rishtey Cineplex to #3. Zee Cinema fell to # 4.

Disney To Premiere Hindi Dubbed Version Of Tangled: Before Ever After

Disney Channel will premiere the Hindi dubbed version of its original TV movie Tangled: Before Ever After on 9th Dec, 2017. The movie will air as a 1 hour TV special @ 11 am. Popular Bollywood singer Neeti Mohan has lent her voice to Rapunzel in the Hindi version. Produced by Disney Television Animation, Tangled: Before Ever After a 2D animated musical fantasy television film serves as a sequel to its original film Tangle as well as the pilot for the Tangled animated series.

Movies Now & Discovery Grab Top Positions

Movies Now has dethroned Sony Pix to take the #1 position week 48 of BARC India ratings. Sony Pix has dropped to the 3rd position. Zee Studio has replaced HBO at #5. Movies Now’s Fast And Furious 7 was the most watched film of the week. Movies Now had #1 movies on the table while Sony Pix & MNX had 1 each. Discovery Channel replaced History TV18 at #1 position. History TV18 dropped to #2 while Sony BBC Earth replaced Nat Geo Wild @ #5.

Zee TV Takes Leadership Position

Zee TV has grabbed the top spot in urban + rural HSM in week 48, as per BARC India date. Zee Anmol has fallen to #4 position while Star Bharat has jumped to #2. Colors has also moved a rank up. Sony Entertainment Television (SET) & SAB TV swapped positions. Zee TV’s Kundali Bhagya & Kumkum Bhagya lead the chart followed by Star Bharat’s Kya Haal Mr Panchaal, Sony Pal’s Baalveer & Colors’ Tu Aashiqui.

MCA Partners Probability Sports

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has partnered with Probability Sports, a consortium led by IIFL Investment Managers & Wizcraft Group, to launch its own franchise based league called T20 Mumbai League. A consortium led by IIFL Investment Managers & Wizcraft Group will plan & execute the league in its entirety. The consortium will be represented under the banner Probability Sports.

Planetcast Achieves Provisional Certification
Planetcast has achieved the provisional certification of its Noida Teleport (India) under the World Teleport Association’s (WTA) Teleport Certification Program. To achieve Provisional Certification, a teleport operator completes a +170 – item questionnaire & submits it to WTA. The Association analyses the data based on standards established by its Certification Committee and issues the Provisional Certification based on the self – reported information. The teleport then has 6 months to achieve Full Certification.

ITW Playworx Forms Music Talent Management Company
ITW Playworx, the Entertainment, Media & Communication arm of ITW Consulting, has joined hands with singer Sonu Nigam to launch a music talent management company called Playworx Music. Playworx Music will not only scout & nurture new talent but also manage existing talent in terms of a complete 360 – degree approach with respect to handling their assignments related to movies, live shows, branded content, digital extension, IP’s, et el.

Zenith Retains Nestlé Account
Nestlé India, the country’s leading food & beverage conglomerate has retained Zenith as the AOR (agency of record) for its media business. Recently, Nestle also consolidated its Nutrition digital marketing business with Zenith & DigitasLBi. The FMCG major called for a review after 5 years in Nov, 2017 which saw some leading media groups from across the country participate.

Zee Cinema To Air Jab Harry Met Sejal

Hindi movie channel Zee Cinema will air Jab Harry Met Sejal on 10th Dec, 2017 @ 8 pm. The film features Shah Rukh Khan & Anushka Sharma in yet another tale of a romantic journey, directed by Imtiaz Ali. Jab Harry Met Sejal is a hunt for a lost engagement ring that Sejal has misplaced during a holiday with her family, whilst in Europe.

Hooq Makes US Shows

Asian premium video – on – demand service Hooq has announced the availability of new shows on the same day & date as in United States. The titles include some of the biggest & the most popular series from Warner Bros. International Television Distribution, such as The Big Bang Theory, Gotham, Supergirl, Lucifer, The Flash & Arrow. With the company’s recently announced revamped strategy in India to focus purely on Hollywood, consumers will be able to stream & download movies & TV shows at an introductory price of Rs. 89 for 1 month with the 30 day complimentary trial.

Gracenote Enables Real – Time Monitoring
While India has moved forward with TV digitisation cable operators can still add, remove or change the position of channels at their discretion without informing broadcasters. This can have an impact on the visibility of the channel and hence the ratings as well. To help broadcasters avoid loss of revenue & identify new opportunities, Gracenote has launched TV Street Maps 2.0 solution which automates the task of TV channel monitoring. The latest solution empowers Indian broadcasters with an accurate picture of TV channel distribution & delivery to preserve program ratings, address technical challenges in near real – time & improve monetisation from cable operators.

Suparna Singh Appointed

News broadcaster NTDV has appointed Suparna Singh as CEO of the company. She replaces KVL Narayan Rao, who passed away last month. Suparna Singh currently serves as the CEO of NDTV Convergence.

Prasar Bharati To Shut Analogue Terrestrial Transmission

As part of its plan to migrate to digital mode completely, public broadcaster Prasar Bharati will shut down its existing analogue system of terrestrial transmission in 19 cities in Dec, 2017. In the 2nd phase, Prasar Bharati plans to move another 44 cities to digital terrestrial transmission in a couple of years. The capacity of transmission through the digital system will also increase from 7 to 12 terrestrial channels as compared to just 1 in the analogue system.

Videocon D2h To Remove Shubh TV

Direct to home (DTH) service provider Videocon D2h has issued a notice stating that it will remove spiritual channel Shubh TV (LCN 496) from its platform with effect from 27th Dec, 2017. Shubh TV, which is owned by Pittie Group’s Shubh Media, was launched in Mar, 2016. It is a 24/7 Hindu religious spiritual television channel in India, dedicated to Hindi devotional songs, Indian culture & philosophy.

Zee Tamil To Launch Comedy Reality Show

Tamil GEC Zee Tamil has unveiled its new reality show Comedy Khiladies. The audition for the new show has also been kicked – off. The reality show seeks to handpick the best comic talent from across Tamil Nadu through the auditions held across 5 cities. The final 30 contestants will be presented with varied unique challenges such as solo acts & combination skits every week.

Zee Telugu To Launch A Fiction Show

Telugu GEC Zee Telugu is launching a new fiction show Evare Nuvvu Mohini on 11th Dec, 2017. The show will air every Mon through Fri @ 8.30 pm. Evare Nuvvu Mohini is a story of emotions & clashing ideologies, and it revolves around Vasu & his conniving stepmother, Raja Rajeshwari.

Epic To Launch New Series

Infotainment channel Epic will launch a new series Sharanam on 12th Dec, 2017 @ 8 pm. The show will mark the return of actor Juhi Chawla on the small screen as a narrator of the show. Sharanam will take viewers on a poignant journey to some of the most revered pilgrimage sites in India & highlights people’s faith, experiences & connections with God along with their reasons to worship.

China & India To Account For Half The Global Pay – TV Subscribers

Covering 138 countries, pay – TV revenues (subscriptions & PPV) & OTT revenues (AVod, SVod, TVod & DTO) combined will reach $283 billion by 2022; up by 18% from $239 billion in 2016, according to the ‘OTT & Pay TV Forecasts’ report by Digital TV Research. Pay TV is not dead, with more than 1 billion subscribers forecast by 2022. North America will lose subscribers, & Europe will be virtually flat. However, the Asia Pacific region will increase by 92 million subscribers between 2016 & 2022.

&Privé HD To Premiere Find Me Guilty

&Privé HD, the destination for nuanced English cinema, is all set to bring the Indian television premiere of the movie, Find Me Guilty on 10th Dec, 2017 @ 1 pm & 9 pm. The film is directed by Sidney Lumet and stars Vin Diesel as an enigmatic mobster.

Sony YAY! Celebrates A Dec Month!
Holiday season is all about celebrations & spending quality time with the family. Staying true to its philosophy of spreading happiness while consistently inspiring young ones, Sony YAY! boosts up the enthusiasm quotient by partnering with the most iconic initiatives in the country, Mumbai Juniorthon, Windmill Festival, Streetphoria & Hitex Kids Fair 2017. Starting with Mumbai Juniorthon, on 10th Dec, 2017, is an annual running event for children & junior athletes.

Sony To Telecast Season 4 Of Formula E Race

Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) will telecast all the races, along with a dedicated highlights program from each round of the FIA Formula E Championship Season 4 on its sports channels. The sports channels of SPN will be keeping fans up – to -date with the latest electrifying action both on – & -off the track, including the official magazine show, Street Racers. Taking an exclusive look behind – the – scenes and getting a driver’s eye – view, Street Racers brings all the latest gossip & news against the backdrop of the world’s most stunning cities.

Star Free To Disconnect Signals
The Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) has refused to grant further interim protection to multi – system operator (MSO) Tirupati Communication, which had filed petition against Star India’s disconnection notice. The tribunal had earlier granted interim protection to the MSO for 30 days on the condition that they pay the entire arrears by 30th Sept, 2017, failing which the broadcaster will be entitled to disconnect the signals.

Tata Sky Launches Platform Sampling
Direct to home (DTH) operator Tata Sky has launched a platform sampling offer for select subscribers. As part of the offer, subscribers of a package will have access to all standard definition (SD)/high definition (HD) channels & services on the platform at no additional cost. The offer is valid from 1st Dec, 2017 to 30th Dec, 2017. Existing subscription charges will continue to remain as applicable during the offer period.

NDTV Good Times Brings Back Yarri Dostii Shaadi
NDTV Good Times has brought back its wedding reality show Yarri Dostii Shaadi with Aza Fashions from 3rd Dec, 2017. The show will air every Sun @ 10 pm. Yarri Dostii Shaadi captures real weddings, real love stories & unbreakable bonds of friendship. The show popularly travels across India to showcase rich traditions & unique Indian ways of getting married. The format of the show, however, remains the same – the couples’ best friends play storytellers giving the viewer an insider’s perspective on the entire affair. Aza Fashions has come onboard as a style guru & show partner.

Star Bharat Extends Fiction Line – Up

Hindi GEC Star Bharat is all set to extend its fiction programming line – up to 6 days a week from 9th Dec, 2017. As a result, the channel’s weekly programming hours will jump to 25 hours from the existing 22.5 hours. The increase in programming will help the channel to grow its viewership share. Star Bharat, the erstwhile Life OK, has been on an upswing ever since the channel was launched on 28th Aug, 2017.

Dailyhunt Launches Live TV Service

News aggregation platform Dailyhunt has launched a live TV service & has also partnered with over the top (OTT) platform YuppTV to power the new service. As part of the association, YuppTV’s South -Asian & regional content will be accessible via Live TV to Dailyhunt customers. The Live TV service is going to provide over 130 channels in 9 languages across varied genres.

Dish TV’s Consolidated Q2 Net Loss Widens
Direct to home (DTH) operator Dish TV’s consolidated net loss for the quarter ended 30th Sept, 2017 has widened to Rs 17.9 crore compared to Rs 3.9 crore in the trailing quarter ended 30th Jun, 2017. The company’s EBITDA fell to Rs 216.1 crore compared to Rs 201.2 crore a quarter ago. The company’s EBITDA margin saw an improvement at 28.9% compared to 27.2% in the Jun, quarter. Dish TV attributed the improvement in EBITDA margin to operational efficiencies along with some revenue expansion resulting from an improved customer sentiment led to a margin expansion of 170 bps. Subscription revenue remained almost flat @ Rs 704.9 crore as against Rs 691.7 crore. Operating revenue stood at Rs 748.6 crore compared to Rs 738.9 crore.

Karnataka should be lead by a women Chief Minister: Dr. Nowhera Shaik

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Bengaluru: Leading business tycoon, Human rights activist, philanthropist and Islamic Scholar and Founder and CEO Heera Group Dr. Nowhera Shaik has launched All India Mahila Empowerment Party (MEP), a national political party which aims at empowering Indian women irrespective of caste, creed, religious tag and domicile region. The main agenda of AIMEP is to see India as a developed economy where the common man/ woman/ citizen is able to benefit by the taxes they pay to the governments and we will strive and ensure that the common man is benefited by the schemes and programs implemented by the government.

AIMEP is going to contest in the forthcoming assembly elections in Karnataka where the party has a strong base and is confident of winning seats and playing a decisive role in the formation of next government.

Speaking about the party’s entry in Karnataka, Dr. Nowehra said “Karnataka has equal gender ratio but all the major positions are held by the men here, it has never seen a women Chief Minister in their constitutional history. Women always play a major role in the socio-economic development in Karnataka either business, home, services or sports. They have an important role in each and every aspects of life so why not in the Politics?

She continued and stated that We at Mahila empowerment party believe that woman is the only gender who can manage the work-life balance better and has a better understanding about the security, safety and basic requirement of a common human being. Through our Political outfit we wish to reach woman in every corner of India. Whether the governments admit it or not there is discrimination in every part of the country. Wherever there is a problem in this regard our party strives to provide people with proper access to their rights and see to it that the schemes available for the benefit of the people are implemented in a proper way.

Dr. Nowhera Shaik with Mrs. Husna Rizwan, Managing Editor of Nasheman.

Women gender is as equal as men in this state but in Political scenario of the Karnataka, women representation is only 2% which is shameful. We want to break the myth and in our party we will give majority of tickets to the women so that they should come in the front and lead their constituency as well as the state, she also added She also cleared that This is not just a political party, it All India Mahila Empowerment Party. It is the party of every man. It is the party of every mother. It is the party of every father. It is the party of every son. It is the party of every daughter.. It is the party of every farmer, every trader, and every businessman. It is the party of every citizen of India. The primary motto of our party is to empower every woman from every corner of Karnataka and India. We have to gain the confidence of every citizen of the state that we are true to our oath and will be striving to reach our aim of empowering every woman of India irrespective of caste, creed, age or religion. Each citizen should build their trust in us that mahila empowerment party is their own party and is there for them. For that every member volunteer of the party will strive to reach out the people with our motto.

We are going to contest this upcoming assembly election very aggressively and have a ready plan to reach every house of this state. Our target is to empower every woman of the state and aware and educate them with their rights and values. We want that every woman should be powerful and be the decision maker for the betterment of Karnataka.

Kannada Films Round Up

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Darshan – Arjun – Chiru – Dhruva Feature Together In A Hanuman Chalisa Song

Of late the popular Kannada actors like Darshan, Arjun, Chiru & Dhruva have featured together In a most popular Hanuman Chalisa Song wshich has been recreated for a Kannada film. The close affinity of Tamil super star Arjun (Arjun Sarja in Kannada) with challenging star Darshan has resulted in a wonderful moment for the fans. For the “Hanuman Chalisa” song of Arjun’s daughter Aishwarya’s debut film with Chandan namely Prema Baraha is having a mammoth attraction. Challenging star Darshan, Arjun, Chiranjeevi Sarja & hat trick prince Dhruva Sarja, all came up for the song & dance on Wed at Thippasandra surroundings Anjaneya Temple premises. All the 4 toppers in this song are Hanuman devotees with Kesari color costume. This is for the 1st time ever that Darshan joined senior actor Arjun Sarja in a film and it is a guest appearance. Vijay Narasimha’s lyric is utilized by music composer Jassie Gift. The “Hanuman Chalisa” song is sung by ustaad of playback singing SP Balasubramanyam. Mohan directed the steps for the toppers in the film. Dhruva Sarja & Chiranjeevi Sarja danced for the song and this is also for the 1st time ever with maternal uncle Arjun Sarja & Kannada super star Darshan.

Vijaya Devarakonda Has A Huge Fan Following

Vijaya Devarakonda, incidentally spaking, has a huge fan following. The fan following for the tallest & the handsomest actor from Telugu films namely Vijaya Devarakonda was huge in Bengaluru when he came to release one of the songs & audio CD of Kannada film Chamak starring golden star Ganesh & Rashmika Mandanna. Vijay Devarakonda’s latest film Arjun Reddy has created good magic for him and fans at a far off place in EBISU convention center at Thani Sandra was up in joy and one of the girls Telugula Matladi was noticed by the actor. He mixed his speech in a few Kannada words, English & Telugu. At the end Vijay Devarakonda was compelled to come out with the dialogues of his previous film. Vijay Devarakonda recited a few lines of the film Kirik Party song “Belegeddu…!” Vijaya Devarakonda also appreciated the teaser of Chamak. Later he remembered the cricketers from Karnataka and super stars like Rajanikanth, Anushka Shetty et al, all hailing from Karnataka and contributing to Indian cinema. Vijay Devarakonda was in a proud moment when he came to know that his film had 100 days run, after he came to Bengaluru he came to know that actors like golden star Ganesh has given 8 hundred days films and he is nothing in front of him. Vijay Devarakonda wished tremendous success for Chamak, Kannada cinema and he intends to watch the film after its release.

The Co – Producer Of Queen Remake Is Parul Yadav

The co – producer of the Queen remake is none other than Parul Yadav. At the cloud 9 situation for doing the Hindi remake of Queen in the Kannada version that too in the topnotch actor & director Ramesh Aravind guidance and now Parul Yadav has announced that she is a co – producer of the film at the shooting time speaking to her friends in the social media. The top ranking film Queen in Hindi of Kangana Ranawat is played by Kajal Agarwal in Tamil, Tamanna Bhatia in Telugu, Manjima Mohan in Malayalam & Parul Yadav in Kannada. This is a simultaneous production in 4 languages for which the shooting is taking place at Paris. To involve as an actress is easy but as a producer it is difficult says Parul Yadav a talented actress in Kannada from Govindayanamaha time. Arranging & organizing every day schedule is hectic. For the multi – tasking work Parul Yadav is getting applauded from her colleagues on this new assignment. On the film content & climax of Queen all the 4 top heroines are very happy. Instead of cleaning the one who troubled the female protagonist grow to higher level. The film content is very close to Parul Yadav on a personal front as well.

Scores of Palestinians hurt as Jerusalem protests rage

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by Al Jazeera

Thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets of Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to protest against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a contentious move that has inflamed tensions in Palestine and across the region.

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in a handful of cities throughout Thursday.

Over 50 Palestinians were injured in the protests, and 16 were sent to hospital, according to local health authorities in the West Bank.

Al Jazeera’s Hoda Abdel-Hamid, reporting from Ramallah, said the clashes were dissipating after “several hours of quite vigorous confrontation between the youth and the Israeli army”.

Palestinian protesters gathered at the central Al Manara square in Ramallah and marched towards El Bireh, where they were met by Israeli troops firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

Protests were also held in Hebron, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem and Jericho in the West Bank, according to Anadolu news agency, as well as in East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.

At least four Palestinians were injured in Gaza after Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition at dozens of demonstrators who assembled east of Khan Younes, in the southern part of the coastal territory, according to Palestinian news agency, Wafa.

Trump’s ‘escalation’
Trump, ignoring warnings from the international community, announced on Wednesday that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy.

The decision has been condemned by world leaders who have described it as a “dangerous escalation” and a final nail in the coffin of peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.

Palestinians want East Jerusalem as the capital of their future state, while Israel says the city, which is under Israeli occupation, cannot be divided.

Trump’s “announcement has the potential to send us backwards to even darker times than the ones we are already living in”, said Federica Mogherini, high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs.

In a speech in Gaza City on Thursday, Hamas leader Ismail Haniya has said the US decision is a “war declaration against Palestinians”, and called for a new Intifada, or uprising.

Haniya said US President Donald Trump’s recognition “killed” the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

“This decision has killed the peace process, has killed the Oslo [accord], has killed the settlement process,” he said.

“The US decision is an aggression, a declaration of war on us, on the best Muslim and Christian shrines in the heart of Palestine, Jerusalem. We should work on launching an Intifada in the face of the Zionist enemy,” Haniya said.

Days of Rage
Palestinians had called for three days of rage in response to Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, and for the closure of local schools and stores.

Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett, reporting from East Jerusalem on Thursday, said a small-scale protest had been ongoing for most of the day outside Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Old City.

“There has been a good deal of anger and just disbelief at what has happened overnight coming out of the White House,” he said.

Israeli police, meanwhile, attempted to break up the protest and confiscated Palestinian flags, he reported.

In Ramallah, Al Jazeera’s Abdel-Hamid said “another round of confrontations” between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers was expected on Friday.

“We expect more scenes [of] violence and unrest across the entire occupied West Bank,” she said.

Ignoring warnings
On Thursday, Mustafa Barghouti, secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, told Al Jazeera from Ramallah that Trump was “joining Israel in the war crimes and in confirming the annexation of the occupied Palestinian Territories”.

“I hope that the Palestinian Authority will not accept to meet with this American team any more,” he said.

“Israel decided it wants everything. They want everything? Fine. We will also fight for everything,” he said.

“We might be talking about a popular wide uprising but non-violent one, similar to the first Intifada. That’s what we need. Israelis should see the Palestinian resistance everywhere.”

India to host senior women’s, men’s boxing World Championships

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India will host the Senior Women’s World Boxing Championships next year and the Senior Men’s World Championships in 2021, Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced on Friday.

“Our boxers need more international exposure and more international tournaments need to be held in India. From now on, we will try to hold at least one high quality international boxing tournament in India every year,” he told the media.

“We need to ensure that the best boxers from the top boxing nations come and compete in India. This will help to improve our infrastructure,” Rathore added.

He went on: “We recently held the Youth Women’s World Championships and it was perhaps the best World Championships ever organised.”

Praising the Indian junior women’s boxing squad for their performance at the junior World Championships, Rathore said Indian boxers have the ability to do well at the Olympics.

Rathore was speaking a function to felicitate the Indian women’s squad which registered a tally of five gold and two bronze medals at the Youth Women’s World Championships in Guwahati last month.

“It seems that the women boxers have more prospects of winning medals at the international level. So we will try to give them the best facilities and best coaches,” he said.

Asserting that willpower and extreme dedication to training were the only way to sporting success, the Olympic silver medallist asked the young boxers to keep working hard irrespective of results.

“Earlier we used to think that only we in India have problems while foreign athletes have all the facilities. This is a fallacy. Everybody in this world have their share of what they have and don’t have,” Rathore said.

“It is willpower that wins an tournament or a match. Just having financial resources and facilities is no guarantee of sporting success. Look at the list of medal winners in Olympics and see how many corporate heads, kings and queens you can spot. The list is full of people from middle class families.

“What makes you win is your ability to pursue your passion absolutely undeterred. You have to live your passion and keep working hard irrespective of whether you win medals or not.”

(IANS)

SIBM Bengaluru to organize a Fundraiser 5km & 10km Run

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Bengaluru: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM)
Bengaluru is all set to organize the Fundraiser 5K & 10K Run – ‘Life Dart 2017’ on this Saturday, 9 th December. Life Dart 5K & 10K Run is being organized by Rotaract Club and Social Responsibility Committee of SIBM Bengaluru in association with the Rotary Club of Indiranagar (District 3190). This year, we are associating ourselves with various NGOs.

These NGOs steer children towards a better life with better awareness, life skills, and opportunities, in the journey from childhood to livelihood.

India has a very high number of underprivileged children who do not have access to the basic necessities of life, education being out of question. Life Dart 5K & 10K Run is a fund-raiser event which is organized to help the cause of child welfare, well-being and education. The 1 st edition of the event was conducted in 2015. This year, in January, funds amounting to Rs.1,96,000 was collected and the proceeds went to Make a Difference (MAD), a leading NGO in India

The event will commence at 6:30 AM with several warm up activities such as Zumba and
Aerobics followed by the run. The winners will be taking home attractive prizes. There will be prizes for the Top 3 runners and the Top woman runner. Through this event, the students of SIBM Bengaluru hope to bring about awareness for the cause of improving the lives of the underprivileged children and also, highlighting the importance of taking care of one’s health and staying fit.

Date & Time: 9 th December, 2017 at 6:30 AM
Venue: Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) Bengaluru, #95/1, #95/2
Electronic City Phase – 1, Hosur Road, Bengaluru 560100
Registration Cost: Rs.350/500 per ticket. On the spot registrations are allowed.
Tickets Online: lifedart.sibmbengaluru.edu.in
Bookmyshow: https://goo.gl/Rz5J4y

For each 2-tickets that you purchase, you sponsor a child’s education for a month.

FIR lodged against Ananth Kumar Hegde for insulting CM Siddaramaiah

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Mysore: An FIR has been lodged against Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde for allegedly using inappropriate language against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Kittur, Belagavi recently.

Mysore City Police registered an FIR against Hegde on Sunday after the city Magistrate court directed the police to file an FIR against the Minister.

Mysore Congress workers moved the Mysore city court with a private complaint alleging that Minister Hegde insulted CM Siddaramaiah calling him “bootlicker”. The court directed the police to take up necessary actions.

However, since the speech was made in Kittur, the Mysore police is now contemplating to seek permission of the court to transfer the case to Belgaum district that will be the jurisdiction Police.

(Agencies)

Campaigning concludes, first phase of Gujarat polls Saturday

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Ahmedabad: A vituperative campaign for the first phase of the crucial Gujarat Assembly polls that saw emotive issues of religion and caste competing with that of development as the main rivals, BJP and Congress, launched no-holds-barred attacks on each other ended Thursday evening.

The sparring between the two parties while canvassing for the polls, dubbed as a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a litmus test for the leadership of soon- to-be Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, continued till the very end with Manishankar Aiyar’s “neech aadmi” jibe at Modi triggering a controversy.

A total of 89 seats — out of 182 — spanning the Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions, are up for grabs in the first phase with 977 candidates in the fray, including Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.

Polling will be held on Saturday.

Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) B B Swain said around 2.12 crore of the 4.35 crore voters of the state were expected to exercise their franchise on Saturday.

The Election Commission (EC) had earlier announced that Gujarat would be the second state after Goa where the voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) system would be used, along with electronic voting machines (EVMs), at all the 50,128 polling booths.

Modi and Gandhi had aggressively led their parties’ campaigns in Saurashtra and south Gujarat which often turned personal.

The poll narrative kept changing with issues such as the Ayodhya title suit, Gandhi’s imminent elevation as the Congress president and his visits to temples being raised by the BJP brass.

The campaign mainly shaped up as a duel between Modi and Gandhi, with the latter emerging as the Congress’ pivot to take on the might of the prime minister on his home turf.

While the BJP is fighting anti-incumbency and struggling to alter a seemingly negative perception about demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout, the Congress, galvanised by an assertive Gandhi, has mainly targeted the “hollow Gujarat development model” to slam Modi.

Saurashtra and Kutch are crucial for the ruling BJP as these two regions have the highest concentration of seats in the first phase.

Political pundits believe that the party winning the maximum number of seats from Saurashtra and Kutch will be better placed to form the next government in the state.

Saurashtra, located on the Arabian Sea coast, covers 11 districts of the state.

Kutch is the largest district in Gujarat, comprising 10 talukas, 939 villages and six municipalities.

Of the 58 seats in Saurashtra and Kutch, the BJP had won 35 in the 2012 Assembly polls and the Congress 20. Of the remaining three seats, two were won by the now-defunct Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) of Keshubhai Patel and one by the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

In 2007, the tally of the BJP and the Congress in Saurashtra and Kutch stood at 43 and 14 respectively, while the NCP had bagged one seat.

Of the 35 seats spread across the seven districts of south Gujarat, the BJP had won 28 and the Congress six in the 2012 polls. The remaining seat was won by “Others”.

The 2009 tally for the BJP and the Congress stood at 19 and 14 seats respectively in south Gujarat, while two constituencies had gone to “Others”.

Prominent candidates in the fray for the Saturday battle include Rupani, who is contesting from Rajkot (West) against the Congress’ Indranil Rajyaguru, Shaktisinh Gohil (Mandvi) and Paresh Dhanani (Amreli) — both from the Congress.

Rajput strongman Gohil has locked horns with the BJP’s new face, Virendrasinh Jadeja, also a Rajput, in the Muslim- dominated seat.

In Patidar-dominated Amreli, Dhanani (the sitting Congress MLA) is pitted against BJP heavyweight Bavkubhai Undhad, the legislator from the nearby Lathi seat.

The contest for the 12 seats in Surat, the diamond and textile hub of the country as well as a BJP bastion, is being viewed as a referendum on the note ban and GST, as the BJP is facing a stiff opposition from the trading community.

The campaign was marred by a number of controversies, with the latest being Aiyar’s off-the-cuff remarks against Modi, which the latter termed an “insult to Gujarat” while addressing a rally in Surat.

Earlier, a row had erupted over the Youth Congress’ online magazine tweeting a meme of Modi, mocking his English speaking skills and raising his “chaiwalla” past.

Similarly, Gandhi’s visit to the famous Somnath temple had triggered a controversy over his faith.

Shedding his “reluctant politician” persona, Gandhi, during his campaign, had interacted with the traders in Surat, who vented their ire against demonetisation and the “complicated GST structure”.

Subsequently, the Congress vice-president had attacked the Modi government over the “four-tier” GST structure and sought rationalisation of the indirect tax rates.

For the BJP, Union ministers Arun Jaitley and Smriti Irani had held the fort to defend the GST and note ban, while trying to allay the concerns of the traders and textile merchants during their interactions with them.

On the campaign trail, Modi had addressed about 15 rallies, while Gandhi had spent more than seven days in Saurashtra and south Gujarat, addressing a number of meetings.

BJP president Amit Shah, the chief poll strategist of the saffron party, had also addressed a number of rallies, mainly targeting the Congress and Gandhi.

The BJP had also drafted in Union minister Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, besides Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

The Congress had fielded former prime minister Manmohan Singh and prominent leaders such as P Chidambaram, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, to name a few, for canvassing.

A big takeaway for the Congress from these polls is ensuring the support of the Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), an umbrella organisation of the numerically strong Patidar community, which has traditionally formed the bedrock of the BJP’s support in Gujarat.

In its bid to form a caste bloc against the BJP, the Congress has won over Alpesh Thakor, Patel and Jignesh Mewani, who have emerged as the young Turks representing the OBCs, Patidars and Dalits respectively.

The Congress, in political wilderness in Gujarat for nearly 22 years, is desperate to break the jinx. It has raised issues such as the BJP’s “hollow development model”, “the prime minister’s proximity with select industrialists”, besides demonetisation and GST, at the hustings.

Polling for the second and final phase, comprising 93 seats spanning north and central Gujarat, will be held on December 14. The counting of votes will be taken up on December 18.

(Agencies)

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