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Political Journey of BJP President Amit Shah

Amit Shah was born to Kusumben and Anilchandra Shah, an affluent Gujarati family in the year 1964 in Mumbai.

He lived and studied in his paternal village Maansa, Gujarat until the age of 16, when upon completion of his school education, his family shifted to Ahmedabad. As a young boy he was always inspired by the stories of the great patriots of the nation and dreamt of working for the progress of the motherland. He was especially inspired and influenced by the nationalist spirit and vision of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) and became its active member in Ahmedabad. This was one act that was to change his life forever and set him on a momentous journey towards the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

After joining the RSS, Amit Bhai worked for the student’s wing of the RSS – the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad for over four years. It was during this period that BJP emerged as the political arm of RSS and Amit Bhai became a member of the party in 1984-85. His first assignment was that of a poll agent at Ahmedabad’s Naranpura ward, followed by secretaryship of the Naranpura ward. Successful completion of these missions earned him the higher responsibilities as National treasurer of BJYM and then as the State secretary and State Vice-President of Gujarat BJP. In these roles, he actively campaigned to expand the base of the young political party.

His abilities to keep his ear to the ground and establish deep and lasting connect with party workers enabled him to hone his organizational capabilities. These abilities came to fore and to the notice of people when as in charge of the Amhedabad city; he successfully handled mass mobilization of people in favour of the Ram Janambhoomi Movement and EktaYatra. The Ram Janambhoomi Movement resulted in a groundswell of support for BJP and drew tremendous response from Gujarat. These mass movements were followed by the Lok Sabha Elections in 1989, wherein he was entrusted with the task of managing the election campaign of BJP’s mass leader Shri L.K. Advani from Ahmedabad constituency. This was an association that would last for over two decades with Amit Bhai formulating electoral strategy for Shri Advani till the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. He was also the election in-charge of former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he contested from Gandhinagar. Amit Bhai had earned a reputation for himself as an astute election manager.

The political upheaval in Gujarat during 1990 overturned established fortunes and BJP emerged as the principal and only opposition party to the Congress in the state. During this time, Amit Bhai, under the able guidance of Shri Narendra Modi the then Gujarat BJP’s Organisation Secretary, initiated and successfully completed the difficult but all important task of documenting party’s primary members across the state. This was a critical first step to garner the party’s strength and electoral prowess. The subsequent electoral victories of the BJP in the state demonstrated the efficacy of harnessing and motivating its party workers in the pursuit of state leadership.

BJP’s first stint in political power in Gujarat was relatively short lived as the party that stormed into power in 1995 fell in 1997. Yet, during this short period, Amit Bhai, who was made the chairman of Gujarat State Financial Corporation, turned around the company and even got it listed on the Stock Exchanges. This was also Amit Bhai’s first foray into the election arena, as in the by- election that followed the fall of BJP government; he successfully contested assembly polls from Sarkhej winning the seat by a margin of nearly 25,000 votes. Realizing the pressing need to regain the confidence of voters and mandate from the people, Amit Bhai dedicated himself to the task of strengthening the party in the state. At the same time, he continued to discharge his duties as a MLA and even won from the same seat by over 1.30 lakh votes in 1998.

A key achievement of Amit Bhai’s political career was breaking the stranglehold of the Congress over Gujarat’s cooperative movement, which was a source of electoral strength and influence. In 1998, barring a single Cooperative Bank, all other cooperative institutions were controlled by the Congress. This was set to change as thanks to Amit Bhai’s political acumen and ability to carry people along, BJP started to win elections for cooperative banks, milk dairies, and agriculture market committees. These successive victories established BJP political strength and influence in rural and semi-rural areas. His success though was not limited to electoral affairs. Under his Chairmanship, the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank, the largest district cooperative bank in Asia – turned profitable in just one year. The bank also declared a dividend for the first time in a decade. Given his wide experience, and commendable success, Amit Bhai was made the national convener of BJP’s cooperative committee in 2001.

In 2002, as a prelude to the assembly elections, AmitBhai was made the co-organiser of the ‘Gaurav Yatra’. The party stormed into power in the state under Chief Minister Shri. Narendra Modi. This time too, Amit Bhai won his seat from the Sarkhej constituency for the third time in a row. This time, the margin of victory was even bigger at 1,58,036 votes. Amti Bhai was given the key ministries of Home, Transport, and Prohibition and his work as Gujarat Home Minister was much appreciated. His popularity and connect with people increased with time. In 2007, Sarkhej electorate again showered its blessings on Amit Bhai with a victory margin of a massive 2,32,832 votes. He returned to the state cabinet and was given responsibility of a number of key portfolios including Home, Transport, Prohibition, Parliamentary Affairs, Law, and Excise.

His policies were appreciated by many as going beyond the norms. An avid chess player himself, Amit Bhai became Chairman of Gujarat State Chess Association and introduced chess on a pilot project basis in Ahmedabad’s government schools. This resulted in making students more alert, raised their concentration levels and improved their problem solving abilities. In 2007, Shri Narendra Modi and AmitBhai became Chairman and Vice Chairman of Gujarat State Cricket Association, respectively and ended the 16-year old Congress domination. During this period, he was also Chairman of Ahmedabad Central Board of Cricket.

The year 2010 was one of unprecedented challenges. The UPA government under Congress slapped charges of a fake encounter against Amit Bhai and he was imprisoned. His innocence was vindicated later when the Gujarat High Court observed that there was no prima facie case against Amit Shah. The Congress conspiracy met the same fate, as did earlier electoral encounters with Amit Bhai. He was released on bail within 90 days and the politics of vendetta was badly defeated. Later, a special CBI Court also absolved AmitBhai of all charges on the ground that the case was “politically motivated”.

Amit Bhai’s electoral victories continued unabated. In 2012, he won his fifth straight victory from the newly carved Narayanpura assembly segment. This time he won by over 60,000 votes despite the delimitation reducing the number of voters to a mere one fourth of the original number. The party recognized his electoral talent and in 2013 when he was made General Secretary of the BJP ahead of the crucial Lok Sabha polls in 2014. This was a high point in his long and arduous political journey. There was little time for celebrations though as Amit Bhai realized that he had the huge task of leading BJP to a comprehensive victory in the general elections. As one who was known as a master of electoral mathematics with an eye for smallest of data points, AmitBhai knew that a win in Uttar Pradesh was the key to taking power at the Centre. He spent the next year visiting every nook and corner of the state, energizing and motivating party workers, and pushing BJP’s development agenda along with BJP’s PM Candidate Shri Narendra Modi’s vision. The results were spectacular with BJP and its allies winning 73 of the 80 seats in the state. With this big push from Uttar Pradesh, BJP crossed the 272-mark in Lok Sabha with a majority on their own strength.

The BJP recognized the commitment, hard work and organizational capabilities of Amit Bhai and made him the President of the party in 2014. With more power comes more responsibility. In less than one year of taking over as BJP’s National President, Amit Bhai travelled to each and every state in the country to push the party’s ideology and enlarge party membership. The results of this drive were startling. He made BJP world’s largest political party with over 10 crore members. His resolve to strengthen BJP did not end at making it world’s largest party as he initiated number of programs to spread party ideology and its mass connect. One of such programs was “Mahasampark Abhiyan” aimed at engaging newly acquired members in party’s programs.

The combination of PM Modi’s leadership and Amit Bhai’s well-crafted election strategies resulted in BJP winning four of the five assembly elections held during first year of his tenure as party president. While the party had its chief ministers in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Haryana, it formed coalition government in Jammu & Kashmir.

Despite his hectic schedule and numerous public engagements, Amit Bhai loves to unwind by listening to classical music, playing chess and watching a game of cricket. He has keen interest in “stage performances” also as he himself performed on several occasions during his student life.

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We are ready for Gujarat polls says Ahmed Patel

Ahmed Patel, the political secretary to All India Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat on Friday said that if the Gujarat BJP calls for early elections in the state, they are ready for it.

“Gujarat Congress is ready for early elections if the Gujarat BJP is planning for it. BJP must understand that Gujarat is not Uttar Pradesh or Uttarakhand.

The people of Gujarat want to get rid of the BJP as soon as possible,” Patel said. He was in Ahmedabad for a social visit. source: toi

Gujarat Polls 2017: Race for CM candidate hots up in Congress

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Gujarat Polls 2017: Race for CM candidate hots up in Congress

Intense lobbying has started for nomination as Congress’ chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat assembly polls to be held later this year.

Ever since the party hinted at fighting the polls with a CM face, social media campaigns projecting various leaders have become the order of the day in Gujarat Congress.

The front runners in the race are Leader of Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Bharatsinh Solanki, according to party leaders.

Other probables are national spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil, Arjun Modhwadia and Siddarth Patel, both former state unit chiefs.

“There is a race between Vaghela and Solanki to get declared as the chief ministerial candidate and intense lobbying is on with the central leadership,” Congress sources said.

Many in the party believe that Congress this time has a good chance to defeat the BJP in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state.

They say factors like the absence Modi from the scheme of things in Gujarat, Patel quota agitation, Dalit unrest, anti-incumbency and want of a credible leader in the BJP could all work in Congress’ favour.

The BJP has been in power in Gujarat since 1998.

Projection of a strong CM face will give it an edge in the poll, said some leaders, who do not want to be identified.

Supporters of Vaghela have launched a Facebook campaign page “Vaghela as CM” to push his candidature. The page describes Vaghela as the only available option with the Congress to defeat the BJP in Gujarat.

Posters supporting Solanki have come up at places projecting him as a chief ministerial probable.

Party sources said that both the camps are making all attempts to win over the support of other state leaders.

Also, their trips to Delhi have become a frequent these days. Vaghela flew to Delhi earlier this week to meet Ahmed Patel, the political secretary of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Patel is from Gujarat and is said to have a decisive say in Gujarat party affairs.

In an earlier interview to PTI, Solanki had indicated that the party could declare a chief ministerial face in Gujarat, on the lines of Punjab.

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Uttar Pradesh BJP Legislature Party to meet today to elect its leader; Swearing-in on March 19

In Uttar Pradesh, Bharatiya Janata Party lead new Cabinet will sworn in on the coming 19th. Addressing a function today at Lucknow, State Governor Ram Naik said that sweering-in function will be held at Kanshiram memorial ground in afternoon.

AIR correspondent reports that all is set for tomorrow’s meeting of newly elected BJP MLAs at Lucknow to elect leader of BJP Legislative Party. Senior party leader and Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Party’s National General Secretary Bhupendra Yadav will be present in the meeting as party’s central observers.

UP Party President Keshav Prasad Maurya, senior party leader and in charge of organisation in UP Om Prakash Mathur, organisational secretary Shiv Prakash and state General secretary Sunil Bansal will also participate in the meeting. State Administration has geared up its preparedness for oath taking ceremony of new government. Administrative machinery has been asked for making full proof security arrangement and to manage the crowd.

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UN warns against 'abrupt funding cuts' stemming from US budget

United Nations has warned that its operations could suffer if the United States were to slash funding to the world body as called for in President Donald Trump’s first budget proposal. Spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters that Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is totally committed to reforming the United Nations and ensuring that it is fit for purpose and delivers results in the most efficient and cost-effective manner.

The secretary general, who took office at the start of the year, has met several times with Washington’s ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley.

Trump’s budget proposal calls for a cut in US funding to the UN, and says Washington would not contribute more than 25 percent for UN peacekeeping costs.

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'Baahubali 2' will see a historic run at BO: Karan Johar

Filmmaker Karan Johar says “Baahubali 2: The Conclusion” will see a historic run at the box office.

Karan’s Dharma Productions has got the distribution rights of the Hindi version of the S S Rajamouli-directed fantasy drama.

“When I introduced the film, we can proudly say that the most awaited film of the year is not made in Hindi. It’s a masterpiece. It is a pan-Indian film and the credit goes to Rajamouli. The film is heading for a historic run at the box office,” Karan, who was present at the trailer launch of the film here on Thursday evening, said.

Released in July 2015, “Baahubali: The Beginning” had reportedly earned Rs 650 crore at the box office.

Johar said “Bahubali” series has inspired a lot of young directors.

“One can conceptualise a film like ‘Baahubali’ (in Hindi cinema) but no one has done it so far. ‘Baahubali’ has given opportunities to Hindi cinema. There are many young filmmakers from my company who are inspired by it. I hope it translates into more films like this.

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Calcutta High Court orders preliminary inquiry by CBI in Narada videos

The Calcutta High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to conduct preliminary inquiry into the Narada news sting videos where several Trinamool Congress [TMC] leaders were purportedly seen accepting cash on camera.

The order delivered by the Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice, Nishita Mhatre and Justice Tapabrata Chakrabarty directed the CBI to conduct preliminary investigation in 72 hours and register a case. The Court also directed that all materials and documents pertaining to the case be handed over to CBI in the next 24 hours.

The Court also directed disciplinary proceedings against SMH Mirza, senior police officer, who was seen accepting cash on camera in the Narada videos.

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#ગુજરાત_માં_આવશે_કેજરીવાલ top trend on Twitter

After receiving a setback in the Assembly elections held in Punjab and Goa, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to have scaled down its efforts to make an entry into Gujarat’s politics.

Amid rumours of the BJP looking at going to polls early, the party has decided to convert its March 26 public rally to be held in Ahmedabad to a party gathering for mobilising its party volunteers from across 182 assembly seats.

While the rally will still be addressed by the party’s national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, it will be restricted to party volunteers and booth level workers. Planned as a ‘jansabha’ earlier and announced after much fanfare as part of its ‘Azadi Andolan’ campaign against BJP chief Amit Shah, the rally was meant to announce AAP’s foray into Gujarat.

According to party sources, the decision was taken after a day-long meeting with volunteers and state functionaries on Wednesday. The meeting in Ahmedabad was called by Delhi cabinet minister Gopal Rai who is in charge of the Gujarat state unit.

“The setback in Punjab has demoralised our cadres. We decided that the organisational set up needs to be strengthened before taking on the current government in Gujarat,” said a party functionary.

Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal will be in Gujarat to interact with 20,000 booth volunteer of AAP Guj on 26th #ગુજરાત_માં_આવશે_કેજરીવાલ pic.twitter.com/rFrnsvJHGG

— Dr Safin Hasan (@DrHasanSafin) March 17, 2017

Nothing Stops @ArvindKejriwal Thats d Best Part about him 👍 He will be interacting with Volunteers in Gujarat#ગુજરાત_માં_આવશે_કેજરીવાલ pic.twitter.com/KJhOqyJE57

— Aarti (@aartic02) March 17, 2017

Welcome to Gujarat @ArvindKejriwal , You are iinvited here to get rid of stress, not for politics. I #ગુજરાત_માં_આવશે_કેજરીવાલ

— Harshal Purohit (@chotivalebaba) March 17, 2017

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Shayari Kabhi Kabhi by Amitabh Bacchan

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Federal Judge in Hawaii blocks Trump’s latest travel ban

In the United States, a Federal judge in Hawaii has blocked President Donald Trump’s new travel ban, a day before it was due to begin. The ruling by US District Judge Derrick Watson stops the executive order from going into effect from tomorrow. Hawaii is one of several US states trying to stop the ban.

The directive would have placed a 90-day ban on people from six mainly Muslim nations and a 120-day ban on refugees.

President Trump has vowed to fight the ruling, describing it as judicial overreach. He told a rally in Nashville, Tennessee that he would take the case as far as it needs to go including to the Supreme Court, adding that they will win.

President Trump had earlier said, it would stop terrorists from entering the US but critics say it is discriminatory.

An earlier version of the President’s order had sparked protests, and was blocked by a judge in Seattle.

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Gujarat Government to introduce severe punishment for cow slaughters

The Gujarat Government is set to introduce a Bill in the State Assembly providing severe punishments for those who involved in cow-slaughter.

The Bill, will be placed for discussion and voting during the ongoing Budget session of the Gujarat Assembly. The Bill seeks to amend the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act of 1954, to provide stringent punishments for the cow-slaughters.

The Gujarat government seeks to introduce some major changes in the existing Act through the new Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill of 2017, According to the Bill, those found to be involved in the slaughter of bovines, including cows, calves, bulls, and bullocks, would get imprisonment up to 10 years, but not less than 7 years.

The maximum jail term for such acts in the present Act, which was amended in 2011, was seven years, but not less than three years.

So far, the new Bill seeks to double the amount of penalty, which is Rs. 50,000 at present.

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had hinted on Sunday here that, his government is mulling to introduce a Bill having such stringent provisions to save cows.

In 2011, when Modi was the Gujarat’s chief minister, the State government had imposed a complete ban on cow-slaughter, transportation, and selling of cow-beef by amending the said Act.

After that, the crimes related to cow slaughter in Gujarat are covered under the Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act of 2011.

People found involved in cow-slaughtering and related crimes are penalized with Rs. 50,000 fine and a jail term of up to seven years, under this Act.

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Political Journey of Captain Amarinder Singh

Senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh, has taken over as Chief Minister of Punjab and was administerrd the oath of office and secrecy by Governor VP Singh Badnore at Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh.

Those sworn in as cabinet ministers were Navjot Singh Sidhu, Braham Mohindra, Manpreet Singh Badal, Sadhu Singh Dharamkot, Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Rana Gurjit Singh Sodhi and Charanjit Singh Channi.

He was inducted into the Congress by Rajiv Gandhi, who was his friend from school and was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980.

In 1984, he resigned from Parliament and from Congress as a protest against the Army action during Operation Blue Star. Subsequently he joined the Shiromani Akali Dal was elected to the state legislature from Talwandi Sabo and became a minister in the state government for Agriculture, Forest, Development and Panchayats.

In 1992 he broke away from the Akali Dal and formed a splinter group named Shiromani Akali Dal (Panthic) which later merged with the Congress in 1998 (after his party’s crushing defeat in Vidhan Sabha election in which he himself was defeated from his own constituency where he got only 856 votes) after Sonia Gandhi took over the reign of the party.

He was defeated by Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra from Patiala Constituency in 1998 by a whooping margin of 33251 votes. He served as the President of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee on two occasions from 1999 to 2002 and 2010 to 2013, he also became Chief Minister of Punjab in 2002 and continued until 2007.

In September 2008, a special committee of Punjab Vidhan Sabha expelled him on the count of regularities in the transfer of land related to the Amritsar Improvement Trust by the Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party led government. In 2010, the Supreme Court of India held his expulsion unconstitutional on the grounds it was excessive and unconstitutional.

He was appointed as chairman of Punjab Congress Campaign Committee in 2008. Captain Amarinder Singh is also a Permanent Invitee to the Congress Working Committee since 2013. He defeated senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley by a margin of more than 1,02,000 votes in 2014 general elections.

He has been a member of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha for five terms representing Patiala (Urban) thrice, Samana and Talwandi Sabo once each.

On 27 November 2015, Amarinder Singh was appointed President of Punjab Congress in the run up to Punjab elections slated for 2017. On March 11, 2017 Congress Party won the State Assembly Elections under his leadership.

Amrinder Singh was sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Punjab on 16 March, 2017 at Punjab Raj Bhavan, Chandigarh. The oath of office was administered by the Punjab governor, V.P. Singh Badnore.

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Class 12 Board Accounts Paper Leak Rumour Spread

Gujarat Class X and XII Board Exam 2016-17 commenced on Wednesday. Soon before the commencement of GSHSEB Class XII Exam, the rumours of accounts question paper leak were spread up and the exam was about to start at 3 pm. The education minister of Gujarat ordered a probe and immediate police action for the person who is involved in spreading a fake rumour through Whatsapp.

The Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama released the statement stating that he has ordered GSHSEB to conduct an inquiry to reveal that the question paper was a bogus one. He was taking the rumour of Class XII subject paper leak on social media seriously. Along with it, he had also ordered suitable legal action against the individual who was involved in leak rumour that resulted in panic and anxiety among the students and their parents.

He assured that students and their parents of the foolproof conduct of examinations. As per him ” “Sealed packets received from the printing press are kept in rooms monitored by police guards. These sealed parcels are then distributed to the zonal offices under police vigil. Even at the zonal offices, these are under police supervision. On the examination day, an hour prior to the commencement of exam, these are taken to the examination centres by the government representatives, along with police guards, which are then stored in a sealed location at the examination centre and only opened in the examination hall at the time of the exam. So, it is not possible to break this monitoring and checks.”

The education minister has made the request to the state transport employees for calling off their strike due to ongoing GSHSEB Class X and XII exams. “The state government is compassionately considering solutions to the issues concerning state transport employees. I appeal to the employees to call off their strike considering the future of lakhs of students. Solutions can be sought in the coming days,” he said.

As per the reports, approximately 17.59 lakh candidates will appear for Gujarat 10th and 12th Exam 2017. In the year 2017, a total of 11,02,625 candidates have registered for GSHSEB Class 10 Board Exams and 5,14,965 candidates have registered in Class 12th (general stream) against 1,41,503 in the Science stream. 1,507 examination centers have been allotted for Gujarat Board Class 10th and 12th board exams 2017.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has claimed 100 % CCTV surveillance at a total of 60,229 blocks across the state of Gujarat. Strict measures have been taken to ensure smooth conduct of the Gujarat board exams 2017.

This year as well, appropriate arrangements have been made for students in prison. The prisoners will be able to appear for the Gujarat Class 10th and 12th board exams 2017 at central jails in four districts. The names of districts include; Rajkot, Surat, Ahmedabad and Vadodara.

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has made arrangements for a total of 142 prisoner students who have made the registrations for Class 10 board exam 2017 and a total of 35 prisoner students who have registered for Class 12th general stream examinations.

A total of 178 prisoners in both the classes will appear for the board exams this year. (ALSO READ: CBSE Board Exam 2017: Best resources for Sample Papers online)

In the year 2016, 101 and 43 prisoner students took Class 10th and 12th boards exam respectively at the allotted central jails.

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Damaging film set unacceptable: Anushka Sharma

Actress Anushka Sharma says the vandalisation of the set of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film “Padmavati” is unacceptable.

The filmmaker’s set was damaged by unidentified people at Mhasai Pathar in Kolhapur district in the wee hours today.

“Damaging any set is unacceptable. No sensible person regardless of the fact that he or she is a part of the film industry (would find it right). Damaging anyone’s property is unacceptable,” Anushka told reporters at a press conference for her upcoming “Phillauri”.

The miscreants also torched the costumes and the animal feed kept there for the horses featuring in the period drama, said the police.

Following the incident, the film’s crew has been provided police protection, Maharashtra’s Minister of State for Home Deepak Kesarkar said.

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Inspiring poem by Amitabh Bachchan

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Sania Mirza, Barbora Strycova bow out of Indian Wells Masters

In Tennis, Sania Mirza and her Czech teammate Barbora Strycova have bowed out of the Indian Wells Masters in California. In the quarter-finals, the fourth-seeded Indo-Czech pair lost to the team of Swiss Martina Hingis and Yung-jan Chan of Chinese Taipei, in straight sets, 4-6, 4-6.

With the defeat, India’s campaign in the tournament has come to an end.

In the Men’s Singles, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have set up a pre-quarterfinal clash, after winning their respective third round matches. Both players had recently met in the Australian Open Final, with Federer getting the better of Nadal in a five-setter to bag his record 18th Grand Slam Men’s Singles trophy.

World number two Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori were also among those who entered the Round-of-16.

In the Women’s Singles, Venus Williams, Garbine Muguruza, Angelique Kerber and Svetlana Kuznetsova made it to the quarter-finals.

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EVM issue: Mayawati to move court, Kejriwal cries conspiracy

BSP chief Mayawati today decided to move court over alleged tampering of EVMs in the recent Assembly polls, an issue which led Delhi chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal to cry conspiracy.

Kejriwal also said that before 2014 Lok Sabha polls even some BJP leaders like L K Advani were not in favour of the EVMs.

The move by Mayawati and the comments by Kejriwal evoked derision from the BJP and its ally SAD.

As the leaders of BSP and AAP raised their pitch in questioning the reliability of the EVMs, BJP said there are “some defects” in Mayawati and not in the Electronic Voting Machines(EVM).

Kejriwal faced flak from BJP ally Akali Dal whose leader and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal advised the AAP chief to go for ‘vipassana’, a style of meditation, instead of casting aspersions on the reliability of the voting machines.

BSP was decimated in the recent Assembly polls in UP where it finished a distant third winning 19 seats in the 403 -member House while the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) making a debut in Punjab bagged 20 seats in the 117-member Assembly. The ruling SAD-BJP combine was trounced in Punjab.

Mayawati said the BSP has decided to observe a ‘black day’ every month against the “murder of democracy” by the BJP and charged that the saffron victory in UP smacked of “dishonesty” and “fraud”.

“After we did not get a proper reply from the Election Commission on our complaint lodged with them soon after the results were announced on March 11, the party has decided to go to court in this matter so as to save (the country) from such a fraud in the future and save democracy,” she said.

The BSP leader was speaking to mediapersons in Lucknow ahead of addressing partymen at a review meeting on the party’s debacle. BSP had 80 MLAs in the outgoing Assembly.

“Our party has also decided to launch an agitation in Uttar Pradesh and other states to expose this fraud…the party will observe ‘black day’ at all the district headquarters in UP and state headquarters in other states on the 11th of every month, the date on which they murdered democracy, and the first demonstration will be on April 11,” she said.

The BSP leader, who had alleged largescale tampering in the EVMs soon after results were announced on March 11, said that in order to hide its “dishonest victory”, BJP has now taken refuge in saying had that been the case they would have done the same in Punjab, Goa and Manipur.

Kejirwal said EVM tampering may have led to AAP’s poor showing in Punjab, alleging it could be part of a conspiracy to keep the party out of power in the state.

The AAP chief, whose party won 20 seats in the 117-member Assembly with a vote share of 24.9 per cent, claimed that around 20 to 25 per cent of its votes may have been “transferred” to the SAD-BJP coalition.

The poll result is “beyond understanding” and raises a “big question mark” on the reliability of electronic voting machines (EVMs) as political pundits across the spectrum had “predicted a landslide” for AAP, he told a press conference in Delhi.

Kejriwal claimed that tampering with EVMs could have been done “selectively” in significant states like Punjab, where plans were to “keep AAP out of power”. At the same time, the AAP supremo said he takes the “whole responsibility” of party’s performance in the state.

The BJP ridiculed Mayawati’s allegations of EVM tampering and asked her to “gracefully accept the people’s mandate”.

“When you win, EVMs are right. When you lose, EVMs are wrong. This shows that there are some defects in you (Mayawati),” Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters.

Harsimrat advised Kejriwal to go for ‘vipassana’ instead of casting aspersions on the reliability of EVMs.

Harsimrat, the wife of SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal, also said the Delhi chief minister may have “lost” his mental balance following AAP’s poor show in Punjab.

“He (Kejriwal) has lost his mental balance so he is saying things like this. He did not say anything when AAP had won 67 seats in Delhi,” she told reporters in Delhi.

She said the people of Punjab have thrown out the AAP and it would be better if Kejriwal focuses his energy to manage the party’s affairs in Delhi. “He should do vipassana.