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News Brief JK BJP pays tribute of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Agency | Jammu, Jun 23
Observing the day as “Balidan Diwas” the state unit of BJP today commemorated the death anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee. “This day is observed as Balidan Diwas all over the country,” a BJP spokesman said. Paying rich floral tributes to the stalwart party workers recalled Mookerjee’s contribution in the integration of nation among his other works.
HC relaxes bail conditions of Krishnamurthy Agency | Madurai, Jun 23
The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court today relaxed the bail conditions imposed on former Tamil Nadu Agriculture Minister “Agri” S S Krishnamurthy who was arrested about two months back on the charge of abetting the suicide of an engineer of his department. Justice M M Sundaresh relaxed the conditions imposed while granting bail to him earlier this month but said he should cooperate with the investigations in the case. Justice K Kalyanasundaram had granted him bail on June three with a condition that he should appear at the Office of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Crime Branch CID, Chennai Metro Unit II, daily and sign till further orders.
Maoist’s bail petition rejected Agency | Coimbatore, Jun 23
A court here today dismissed the bail petition filed by one of the five Maoists arrested in May from the city outskirts. Shyna, along with her husband Roopesh and three others, was arrested from Karumathampatti on May 4 and was in police custody for interrogation. She had filed a bail plea and after hearing the arguments of both the prosecution and the defence, Principal District Sessions Court Judge Pongiyappan dismissed the petition.
Lakhvi’s release
The mastermind of the 26/11 terror attack in which 166 people were killed
PM Modi conveys India’s concerns to China over China blocked India’s move in the UN demanding action against Pakistan over release of Mumbai Lakhvi as it contended that India provided insufficient information. Agency | Mumbai Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken up with Chinese leadership India’s concerns over China blocking its move in the UN for action against Pakistan over release of 26/11 mastermind and LeT commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in violation of a resolution of the world body. The External Affairs Ministry said India has raised the issue bilaterally with members of the UN Sanctions Committee and in case of China it was taken up at the “highest level”. At a meeting of the UN Sanctions Committee, India hadsought action against Pakistan for release of Lakhvi in the 26/11 trial in violation of a UN resolution but the Chinese representatives blocked the move on grounds that New Delhi did not provide sufficient information. Sources said
Modi has taken up the issue with Chinese leadership, adding except China, all other members in the Sanctions Committee supported India’s stand. “Government had taken up the issue of violation of the 1267 sanctions regime in respect of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Our concerns in this matter were conveyed to the Chair of the 1267 Committee. “We also raised this bilaterally with the other members of the Committee. In the case of China, this matter has been taken up at the highest level,” Spokesperson in the External Affairs Minis-
try Vikas Swarup said. Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 26/11 terror attack in which 166 people were killed, was released from a Pakistani jail in April. The UN Sanctions Committee met at India’s request last week. Swarup said the 1267 Committee has been created under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter and decisions are binding on all member countries of the UN. In a letter to the current Chair of the UN Sanctions Committee Jim McLay, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Asoke Mukherjee last month had said Lakh-
vi’s release by a Pakistani court was in violation of the 1267 UN resolution dealing with designated entities and individuals. The sanctions measures apply to designated individuals and entities asso-
ciated with terror groups including al-Qaeda and LeT, wherever located. The sanctions’ committee has five permanent and 10 non-permanent UN member states in it. Significantly, China’s move is an at-
tempt to snub India and a counter to Indian efforts to put pressure on China on the South China Sea standoff by the US-led western community and India’s support in this regard. The recent Indo-US summit
had seen the two sides coming up with a separate document on South China Sea issue for the first time. Pakistan knows this and looks upon China as its biggest benefactor, bigger than even Saudi Arabia.
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of Gujarat -- Junagarh, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Vanakbara, Mangrol, Kodinar, Daman and Diu and few from Uttar Pradesh. One of the fishermen, Bhagwan Babubhai on arriving at Wagah border, Attari said, “I broke into tears after stepping in India at the Wagah border.” Vadodara Mayor Bharat Shah, who was present to receive the contingent, said all the fishermen are very excited and happy to return home. He said he hope that with efforts of Gujarat Fishermen Association and the Central and State government, remaining 361 fishermen who are still languishing in Pakistani jails, would be freed soon. Many fishermen said that they used
to pray in a make shift temple in the jail while their fellow Muslim fishermen were allowed to pray at the mosque in the jail premises. Fisherman Kamlesh, who hails from Diu, said, “as soon as we saw the Indian tricolour at the Indo-Pak border, we started crying. We were given a
very warm welcome at the border.” Meanwhile, India on Sunday also released 88 Pakistani fishermen as a “goodwill” gesture. Indian and Pakistani fishermen are often held by marine security forces for allegedly crossing into each others’ territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.
statement said. According to weather experts, depression is observed in the initial stages and at the end of any cyclonic storm. However, not all depressions end up becoming a cyclonic storm. The MET department was closely monitoring the depression over the Arabian Sea as it was likely to bring heavy rains in Maharash-
tra and Gujarat. Such a phenomenon affects the progress of monsoon. A depression over the northeast & adjoining east central Arabian Sea has moved slightly eastwards and is lay centered about 280 Km southwest of Porbandar at 0530 hrs IST today, the 23rd June 2015. The system is likely to further slowly move east-northeastwards and may concentrate into a deep depression during next 24 hours. Squally wind speeds reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph are expected to prevail along and off Gujarat and north Maharashtra coast during next 24 hours. Sea condition would be rough to very rough and fishermen have been warned not to venture into seas over the next two days.
113 Indian Fishermen Set Free by Pakistan Arrive in Gujarat 113 Indian fishermen, who were released from Pakistan jails on June 19, have arrived in Vadodara. The fishermen, who were apprehended by Pakistan marine security in the last one to three years from Arabian Sea in Kutch district, bordering Pakistan, arrived at Vadodara from Amritsar last night and embarked to their respective villages on the same night. The fishermen belonged to various districts
Plea against Reliance in SEZ land deal: Stating our confidence has ‘shaken’, HC bench recuses
as reproduced in our order dated 19.6.2015, therefore, we had taken up the petitions and heard the matters for a short while.”
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The division bench headed by Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of Gujarat High Court Justice V M Sahai on Monday recused from hearing a petition involving Reliance Group. Justice Sahai while noting that the bench can’t take up the case said in the open court, “whatever has happened in the last two-three days has shaken our confidence.” Justice Sahai had partly heard the Reliance matter on Friday and had listed it for further hearing. On Monday, the division bench led by Justice Sahai told the petitioner’s lawyer Anand Yagnik that they can’t take up this case for further hearing any more. He said, “We can’t take up
take up the case… whatever has happened in the last two-three days has shaken our confidence.” When the petitioner’s lawyer Anand Yagnik told the bench that he has faith in the court Justice Sahai said that he can’t take up the case as he wants to restrain from any controversy. “I can’t say what might have transpired that led to such statement from the bench. We should not assume anything,” said Advocate General Kamal Trivedi about the statement from
the ACJ. Trivedi was present before the bench to represent the state government in the case. The bench ordered Monday “List these matters before a bench of which both of us are not members.” The order states, “These matters were part-heard at the admission stage before the Division Bench of Justice KS Jhaveri and Justice A G Uraizee. But since the matters at pre-admission stage cannot be marked as part-heard in view of instructions dated 10.6.2015
Depression over Arabian Sea, heavy rains likely in Maharashtra, Gujarat Agency | New Delhi
A “depression” has developed over the Arabian Sea, a second time in a month, and is likely to turn into “deep depression”, bringing in squally winds and heavy rains in Maharashtra and Gujarat, the weather office said today. “A depression over the northeast and adjoining east central Arabian Sea has moved slightly eastwards and lay centred about 280 kms southwest of Porbandar at 0530 hrs IST today. The system is likely to further slowly move east- northeastwards and may concentrate into a deep depression during next 24 hours,” the meteorological department said in a statement here. “Squally wind speeds reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to
65 kmph are expected to prevail along and off Gujarat and north Maharashtra coast during next 24 hours,” it said. The department has cautioned fishermen against venturing into the sea. “The sea condition would be rough to very rough and fishermen have been warned not to venture into the sea over the next two days,” the
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Corrupt nexus threatens journalists
The recent killings of journalists in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have once again brought to the fore the issue of their safety – mostly ignored by the State. According to the Press Council of India (PCI), 79 journalists were murdered in the country the past 25 years. The figure is too high by any scale. India is not a war zone like Syria, Iraq or Yemen. The fact that Jagendra Singh was burnt to death at his home allegedly by five policemen at the behest of Ram Murti Singh Verma – a minister in Uttar Pradesh government – must sound alarm bells in the fourth estate – often seen busy debating trivial issues. Despite Jagendra Singh naming Verma in his ‘dying declaration’, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has not sacked the accused minister. Having refused to register an FIR for several days, the state police are reluctant to arrest the minister. The complicity of the state appears writ large. Similarly, the murder of Sandeep Kothari in Madhya Pradesh is said to be the handiwork of mining mafia in Madhya Pradesh. This is indicative of a sinister nexus between criminals, politicians and policemen that remains quite strong even today, particularly in far flung areas where journalists pay heavily for exposing corruption. This nexus has also been responsible for killing of a large number of RTI activists across India since 2005 when the transparency law came into force. A fearless and independent media is a pre-requisite for the democracy to survive and thrive. As eyes and ears of the society, journalists are an important part of the democratic system of checks and balances essential for effective functioning of democracy. Their killings can have chilling effect on freedom of press. The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on the plea seeking a CBI probe into Jagendra Singh’s murder. Given the fact that the state’s complicity is suspected, one would expect the SC to order an impartial probe by an independent agency so that the culprits could be brought to book. The case should be transferred to a fast-track court and those held guilty should be given exemplary and deterrent punishment. Courts often take suo motu cognizance of media reports and order the authorities to take corrective measures whenever needed. Unfortunately, in this case it had to be brought to their notice. But the SC has rightly asked the Press Council of India to suggest guidelines for journalists’ safety. Formulating and implementing such guidelines is likely to take some time. But in the meantime, media industry, journalists’ organisations and the government should join hands to ensure social security for journalists to ensure that a slain journalist’s family is not left to fend for itself. While safety of journalists remains a genuine concern, there is also a need to check those misusing the profession for nefarious purposes, giving bad name to the entire media industry. Notwithstanding the killings of journalists, it is heartening to see a large number of youngsters flocking to media schools to join the profession. It seems very likely that the Narendra Modi government is taking every step in to control the media. The PM believes that the move will prevent information from being leaked to the media before the government gets a chance to take the final decisions.
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QUOTE “Congress is the worst communal party and it works on communalism, and therefore, they see communal angle in every action…In fact, the OF THE Congress mindset is communal,,” - union minister Prakash Javadekar... DAY
Katrina Kaif still to confirm dates for Jackie Chan’s ‘Kung Fu Yoga’
Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was to star in the film, which will be directed by Stanley Tong.
Agency | New Delhi
Katrina Kaif is said to be joining Hong Kong martial arts star Jackie Chan in the upcoming actionadventure film ‘Kung Fu Yoga’, but the Bollywood actress’ representative shared that nothing is confirmed as of yet. According to reports, the 31-year-old actress, with roots in London, will play an Indian professor at a Chinese university, whereas Chan will be seen as a Chinese archaeologist who enlists her help to unearth treasures from the Magadha era. However, Katrina’s spokesperson shared that the actress is yet to decide. “Katrina is yet to take a decision on the film. Nothing is confirmed as of yet,” her spokesperson said in a statement. Earlier, there were reports that Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan was to star in the film, which will be directed by Stanley Tong. Later, the “PK” star denied the reports and said his commitment towards ‘Dangal’ has left him no time for another project. Meanwhile, Katrina has Bollywood films like ‘Fitoor’ and ‘Jagga Jasoos’ in her kitty.
Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’ to release on Eid 2016 Agency | Mumbai
Salman Khan’s fans have another reason to rejoice as the Bollywood superstar’s upcoming film ‘Sultan’ has booked Eid 2016 as its release date. Produced by Aditya Chopra and writtendirected by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film marks the actor’s return to the Yash Raj Films banner after the 2012 blockbuster ‘Ek Tha Tiger’. The shooting of the film will commence in November. The release date was announced on the production company’s official Twitter account on Tuesday along with a teaser of the film. “Drop EVERYTHING: @BeingSalmanKhan In & As SULTAN
#SultanEid2016 #YRFBuzz,” the post read. The teaser opens with a quote from Sultan: “Wrestling is not a sport. It’s about fighting what lies within,” and then
Zafar’s ‘Gunday’ actors Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, also took to Twitter to support their director in his big venture. Ranveer wrote: “Sabse bada Gunda @aliabbaszafar .... sabse badi film #SultanEid2016.” Arjun tweeted: “Sultan sultan sultan !!! @ aliabbaszafar jeh baat...” Meanwhile, Salman’s upcoming film ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ is likely to release on July 18 this year. The ‘Dabangg’ star also has Sooraj R. announces the release release date is trending site under the hash tag Barjatya’s ‘Prem Ratan date, Eid 2016. The film’s on the micro-blogging “ # S u l t a n E i d 2 0 1 6 ” . Dhan Payo’ in his kitty.
RanbirKapoorto Starin Hum Aapke Hain Koun Sequel? Oscar-winning composer James - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor
Horner dies in plane crash
Agency | California
Mr Horner died when his private aircraft crashed in Santa Barbara in California yesterday. His personal assistant confirmed the news on her Facebook page last night. The crash happened around 9.30am local time and it is believed that Mr Horner was flying the plane at the time. Nobody else was on board. The aircraft came down in the Los Padres National Forest, north of Los Angeles, and triggered a fire that charred more than an acre of
brush, local fire authorities said. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined. Mr Horner won two Oscars for his work on “Titanic” - one for its theme song “My Heart Will Go On”, performed by Celine Dion, and another for the film’s
score. He also won Oscar nominations for the musical scores of several other box-office hits, including “Apollo 13,” “Braveheart” and “Field of Dreams.” His first nomination came in 1986, for the sci-fi horror film “Aliens”. Mr Horner’s most recent Oscar nomination was for another sci-fi film, James Cameron’s “Avatar”. Mr Horner was known for composing music that accompanied some of modern cinema’s most famous scenes, including in “The Amazing Spiderman”, “Troy”
and “A Beautiful Mind”. Soundtracks for “Patriot Games”, “Searching for Bobby Fischer”, “Jumanji” and “Field of Dreams” were also composed by Mr Horner. Mr Horner also scored popular animated films “The Land Before Time” and “An American Tail: Fievel Goes West”. He was nominated for an Oscar for the song “Somewhere Out There” in “An American Tail.” Actors, directors and composers in the film and television world have paid tribute to Mr Horner online.
suggest that the producer- project soon. Contrary to focussed on Prem Ratan director is in the process of rumours, Salman will not Dhan Payo that stars finalising the star cast and be seen in the lead role, Salman in a double role. Agency | Mumbai The grapevine is abuzz has approached Ranbir but Ranbir. Barjatya will Hum Aapke Hain Koun with rumours about Kapoor to play the hero. start the pre-production sequel will go on floors Sooraj Barjatya penning Says a source, “The film work only after locking only after his current the sequel to his 1994 had ended with Prem and the star cast.” A source project releases. No actor blockbuster Hum Aapke Nisha getting married close to the filmmaker’s has been finalised, but Hain Koun starring and the sequel will pick production house confirms Ranbir is definitely being Salman Khan and Madhuri up from there. Barjatya the buzz while saying that considered for the lead Dixit. Sources in the know will start working on the the filmmaker is presently role,” adds the source. HUM AAPKE HAIN KOUN ENDED WITH PREM (SALMAN KHAN) AND NISHA (MADHURI DIXIT) GETTING MARRIED AND THE SEQUEL WILL PICK UP FROM THERE
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Suresh Raina, RAshwin bat for beleaguered MS Dhoni Agency | Mirpur
Two senior cricketers, Suresh Raina and R Ashwin on Tuesday expressed their wholehearted support to under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, calling him a “legend” who could not be solely blamed for the team’s debacle in Bangladesh. While Raina posted a picture of Dhoni along with his team-mates with just a simple message “respect” and a sign of folded hands alongside, Ashwin backed him to the hilt when he attended the pre-match press conference. The beleaguered Dhoni had offered to quit ODI captaincy in the wake of the shock series defeat against minnows Bangladesh if it guaranteed success for the Indian team. “If you don’t go
behind your leader (now) then when will you? So as far as I am concerned it’s like an army, if you don’t go behind your leader then you are definitely going to get shot. If my captain asks me to die on the field, I’ll do it,” Ashwin said. “It’s not just now, any captain you have to go behind him. If he asks you to die on the field, then you have to be prepared to do it.” Calling Dhoni one of the legends of Indian cricket, Ashwin said: “He is one of star cricketers. He has done so much for the nation. We can’t really forget what he has done. “Yes, I know bad results crop and all kinds of statistics crop up. With statistics you can prove whatever you want as you please. You have to give credit to the individual because
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Indian men, women to play their second encounters in Hockey World League
he has done a lot of good things. “You can’t blame him for the whole team’s performance. That’s not fair. I would say we have failed as a unit, failed as a group. We need to grow up as a group. To finish a season on a loss is not always bad. You can go back and work
on whatever you need to work on,” he insisted. Several former cricketers on Monday voiced support for Dhoni to continue as ODI skipper, saying he still has a lot to contribute to Indian cricket. Former captains like Bishan Singh Bedi, Dilip
Vengsarkar and Ajit Wadekar and players like Chetan Chauhan, Chandu Borde, Syed Kirmani and Kiran More strongly backed Dhoni, saying that there was no need to press the panic button and he is the best bet till the 2016 World T20.
The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will be playing their second round encounters of the Hockey World League Semi-finals here today, facing New Zealand and Poland respectively. Agency | New Delhi The Indian men’s and women’s hockey teams will be playing their second round encounters of the Hockey World League Semi-finals here today, facing New Zealand and Po-
land respectively. The women’s team, led by Ritu Rani, would be looking for a win today as a defeat will further slim their chances of booking a place in next year ’s Rio Olympics. The eves had last
week lost their opener against Belgium 0-1. Meanwhile, the Sardar Singh-led men’s team would like to improve their performance after they struggled against minnows France for a narrow 3-2 victory.
India vs Bangladesh: Done and dusted, just a sweep to go Viswanathan Anand outplays VachierAgency | Mirpur
When Rubel Hossain ended Kyle Mills’ laststand with an inch-perfect yorker one October evening at Mirpur in 2013, Bangladesh got more than just a historic 4-0 series victory against New Zealand. The country, and the cricket world, got introduced to a new word. As the Bangladeshi players celebrated like never before, Danny Morrison described it as a whitewash, only for the co-commentator Athar
Ali Khan to correct the Kiwi by saying, “No, this is Banglawash.” The term gained currency overnight, with all local dailies — Bangla or English — splashing it on their front pages in oversized red font and across eight columns the following day. It was as if the newspapers — and not New Zealand — were ‘BANGLAWASHED’. That was not the first series sweep that Bangladesh had completed. Before New Zealand, they had inflicted this
Lagrave; jumps to joint 2nd spot Agency | Norway
ignominy on Zimbabwe, Scotland, Ireland and the West Indies (albeit a second-rung West Indies). But this, coming against a major team, was huge. Perhaps, it
was their biggest sporting achievement till then, along with the 2007 World Cup (where they beat India in the group stages to qualify for the Super-8s). It gave their
fans enormous belief, and it also made them hungry for more. For more Banglawashes. In fact, ‘hunger’ wouldn’t be the right word here. It’s lust.
Former world champion Viswanathan Anand scored a thumping victory over French Grandmaster Maxime Vachier Lagrave to jump to joint second spot after the end of the sixth round of Norway Chess tournament, which is a part of the Grand Chess tour. Anand took his tally to 4 points out of a possible six following a crushing victory and the Indian ace seems to
be getting better as the tournament is progressing. Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria strengthened his lead at the top with another victory at the expense of Al-
exander Grischuk of Russia. The Bulgarian took his overall tally to 5.5 points with his fifth win in the strongest tournament of the year.
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Private university in Vadodara sets up its offices in 6 countries Sunvilla News | Vadodara
A city-based private university has set up offices in six countries for attracting more foreign students into its colleges here. These offices are set up in Rawnda, Burundi, Botswana, Madagascar, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Parul University Vice President Devanshu Patel told reporters here yesterday. The reasons behind setting up these offices in these countries
is to enable students of respective countries to study in Vadodara of Gujarat. The colleges are offering courses in Pharmacy, Business management and engineering as they do not exist in these countries or cannot be pursued due to availability of less number of seats, Patel said. He claimed that the university?s initiative of opening up of offices in these countries has witnessed
a rise in foreign students as 305 foreign nationals from these six nations besides 25 others including Afghanistan, Srilanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh etc have been admitted into these courses, he said. He claimed that this is the only private university among all the varsities of Gujarat state where large number of foreign nationalities from as many as 31 nations have been studying.
Railway union members to oppose Debroy Commission report, protest on 25th Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
J G Mahurkar, general secretary of Western Railway Mazdoor Sangh (WRMS), announced widespread protest against the recommendations of the Bibek Debroy Commission report on Indian Railways and said that the railway workers would not tolerate the sweeping changes. The union members would stage protests at various Divisional RM offic-
es on June 25. Talking to the media, Mahurkar said that a decade ago the Rakesh Mohan Committee report was tabled which was criticized and shelved. “The present government has brought back the same report in the new garb which is not at all in favour of the railway em-
ployees. The British had set up the entire railway system 150 years ago and since then railway employees got access to its hospitals, schools and amenities. With the recommendations, the government wants to strip the employees of all these benefits,” he said. He added that they will burn the report copies and will force the government not to implement it keeping in mind the best interest railway employees.
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AMC turns school into parking lot
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Even as the city administration claims that there is serious shortage of schools in the city for primary sections, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is turning its own school building into parking lots. The Urdu school 4 near Pankornaka in Khadia area has been closed for lack of students from nearby vicinity for some time now. The building was handed over by the municipal school board
to the civic body recently. After finding no use for the school building, the AMC tendered the open space within the school campus into parking space and to be managed by parking contractors. A proposal for this purpose has figured on the standing committee agenda of the AMC. “The school has been closed for two years as many families shifted out from Khadia ward to other areas, which had left the Urdu school vacant.
Gujarat shares Maggi sample Impostors dupe trader of Rs 55 lakh testing method with USFDA Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
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The Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Administration has shared the methods and protocols of food sample testing adopted in the case of Nestle’s famous noodle brand Maggi with the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), officials said. “The US Food and Drug Administration requested us to share with them the testing methods and protocols for noodle brands including Maggi. We have shared it with USFDA,” Gujarat Food
and Drugs Control Administration Commissioner H G Koshia. “As they (USA) have been importing various brands of noodles, especially Maggi, from India, they (USA) wanted to check their quality in the US market. They wanted to know the methods of Gujarat FDCA…,” Koshia said. The sharing of information between the two regulators is just an act of exchanging best practices, he said. “USFDA’s India office frequently visits the Gujarat Food and Drugs Control Authority. Many
times they (USFDA) want to know how food and drug safety measures are being enforced at the state level,” he said. “They (USFDA) recently visited FDCA Gujarat, they
wanted to see what is the government facility, what is the infrastructure, how we monitor and how we make sure that citizens get the best food and pharmaceutical facilities,” he said.
Two persons, claiming to be officials of the National Investigation Agency and probing a “terror link”, allegedly duped a city-based trader of Rs 55 lakh on Monday. According to the complaint lodged with police, Mukund Pranav Patel, a trader of building construction material, was at his C G Road office when the two — now identified as Devilal Gopaldas Vaishnav and Shankarsinh Chandrasinh Shekhawat with the
Devilal is suspected to be associated with the NIA, but, it is yet to be ascertained whether he is still working for it help of CCTV footage — reached there and asked him to “to co-operate in an NIA investigation”. The police said after levelling false allegations on Pa-
tel, the two allegedly offered that if he wanted to save himself, he should pay Rs 55 lakh. The trader reportedly paid the sum to the duo, who fled the spot after
receiving the money. Sources in the crime branch said Devilal is suspected to be associated with the NIA, however, it is yet to be ascertained whether he was still working for the agency. The crime branch contacted the NIA late on Monday to seek details on Devilal. Navrangpura inspector RV Desai said, “The duo asked questions to the trader on his contacts with people in India and those abroad. They accused him of helping terrorist organisations through mafia links.”
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