Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani is the wealthiest Indian cricket team owner with an estimated net worth of USD 21.2 billion, according to a Wealth-X estimate.
Ambani is the Chairperson, Managing Director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, and through Reliance, Ambani owns the Mumbai Indians, the defending IPL champions.
The jury is still out on whether Sachin Tendulkar retired a greater batsman than late Australian legend Don Bradman but a Chennai-based author claims to have found the “forensic evidence” to prove that the Indian maestro was indeed the better of the two icons.
On the eve of Tendulkar’s 41st birthday, his first after retiring from international cricket, Rudolph Lambert Fernandez has come up with a book ‘Greater Than Bradman’, which aims to prove that the Little Master is the greatest batsman of all time.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Shazia Ilmi on Wednesday said her statement asking Muslim leaders to be ‘communal’, has been distorted and misconstrued.
“I am shocked that my statement has been distorted and misconstrued as ‘communal’ and ‘inciting hatred’. My party has always stood against communalism and will continue to do so,” said Shazia.
“It is pretty evident in the conversation that I am using the word ‘secular’ and ‘communal’ in an ironic manner. The point was simply to say that the Muslim community has allowed itself to be used for secular politics,” she added.
A Gujarat police official, who was here in connection with Narendra Modi’s scheduled poll rally tomorrow, died of heart attack today.
Assistant Sub-inspector of Gujarat police Ramesh Bhai Chaudhary was a member of the bomb disposal squad.
He was rushed to Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where he died during treatment, DSP headquarters Jairam Ramesh said.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav is no longer a hero for the young in Mainpuri, the constituency which sent him to parliament seven times.
Naziya Parveen, 25, a primary school teacher in Bhongaon, told IANS: “Mulayam is definitely not a hero for us.”
Ironically, Yadav’s falling reputation among the young stems from acts aimed at helping them.
In 1991, the state’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government had pushed through a law that made cheating a non-bailable offence.
Targeting Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi today warned against concentration of power in one person.
A day after breaking her silence on the continued “political” attacks on her husband Robert Vadra, the Congress star campaigner maintained that personal attacks should be avoided in electioneering and focus should be on real issues affecting the people.
“If all power is concentrated in the hands of one person, is it a good thing? Or should people have power?” she asked while campaigning for her mother Sonia Gandhi here.
Arrest warrants were today issued by a local court against former Bihar minister and BJP leader Giriraj Singh for his inflammatory speech during a poll meet in the district sub-divisional Judicial Magistrate Amit Sekhar issued the warrants against Singh for his alleged remarks that people who do not vote for Narendra Modi will have to find a place in Pakistan.
Hijama camp is conducted by Siasat daily on a regular basis for the past six months. Scores of people are benefitting the camp. It has created awareness among public regarding 1400 year old therapy popular during Prophet’s (pbuh) times. These views were expressed by Mr. Zahed Ali Khan after inaugurating the hijama camp here at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall, Siasat premises.
Senior Congress leader and MLA Mr. Shashidhar Reddy slammed Praveen Togadia and Giriraj Singh for spewing venom against Muslims and demanded their immediate arrest. Congress candidate of Sanath Nagar assembly constituency Shashidhar claimed that India is a bouquet of all religions and communities. Praveen Togadia and Giriraj Singh are not the title-holder of the country. Hindutva forces are trying to disrupt peace to make Modi the Prime Minister of the country.
Elections this year took an interesting turn with Feroz Khan and Farhat Khan entering into the fray from Nampally and Yaqutpura assembly constituencies respectively. An elderly citizen told that it seems that Farhatullah Khan and Feroz Khan have spell trouble for their rivals.
Farhat Khan hopes that youth and women especially poor and middle class people will vote for him for his developmental agenda and affection. While Feroz Khan claims that he is contesting the elections solely on the basis of his individual services.
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Pitching his ‘aam-aadmi’ credentials, Arvind Kejriwal today hit out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for their “helicopter democracy” while projecting himself as an “honest” alternative.
On his way to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha polls from this holy city, the AAP leader highlighted the “massive” spending in the advertisement campaigns for BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate and Congress Vice President and asked people to decide what kind of democracy they want.
The government has issued fresh orders directing probe against two suspended employees in connection with the multi-crore Minority Finance Corporation scam. The government has given the charge to Mr. Alok Srivastav IPS (retd) in place of Mr. Lingaraj Panigarhi Commissioner Enquiries.
Mr. Lingaraj Panigarhi was assigned the charge of probe against the two suspended employees Mohammed Liyaqat Ali General Manager and Shaikh Ahmed Ali Accounts Officer but the government elevated him to the post of special Chief Secretary, as a result it has been decided to change the investigative officer.
A day after Priyanka Gandhi said she strongly feels about attacks on her husband Robert Vadra, the BJP on Wednesday said that while she wants people to refrain from personal attacks, Congress has been targeting Narendra Modi on a variety of issues including his marital status.
Agreeing that “personal issues” should not be raked up, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, “issues of probity are public issues. They are not personal issues.” He was apparently referring to allegations relating to land deals against Vadra.
Sri Lanka is set to deport a British tourist because of a tattoo of Buddha on her arm.
The Sri Lankan police said Naomi Coleman was arrested at Bandaranaike international airport in Colombo, after she arrived from India.
According to the Guardian, a police spokesman said the 37-year-old was arrested for ‘hurting others’ religious feelings’ after the tattoo of Buddha seated on a lotus flower was spotted on her right arm.
Buddhism is the religion of the country’s majority ethnic Sinhalese, and Buddhist tattoos are seen as culturally insensitive, the report said.
North Korea has reportedly increased activities at its main nuclear test site , South Korea’s Defence Ministry has said.
The move has prompted South Korea and the United States to prepare for a new nuclear missile test by Pyongyang.
The announcement came ahead of President Barack Obama’s scheduled trip to Japan and South Korea later this week, Fox News reports.
Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said the South Korean intelligence had ‘detected various types of activities at Punggye-ri’, referring to the test site in northeastern North Korea, the report said.
The Congress party on Wednesday strongly criticized Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Shazia Ilmi over her statement that ‘Muslims need to be communal’, and described it as ‘childish’.
“It was a very childish statement. She doesn’t know the meaning of communal. It was because of communalism that Babri Masjid was demolished, which was followed by riots all over the country,” said Congress leader Meem Afzal.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday that the strength of the party lies in door-to-door campaigning, and added that the party does not believe in showing strength through money and power.
“We don’t believe in showing our strength through money and power. We are just doing door-to-door canvassing unlike anybody else,” said Sisodia.
“He can go to every household of Varanasi. This is Arvind Kejriwal’s strength. We challenge Modi to come and do a campaign like us,” Sisodia added.
Hitachi has announced that its new high-speed elevator for the Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre will travel 1,200 meters per minute (45mph), a speed that will allow it to reach the 95th floor in just 43 seconds.
Along with its sister machine it is to be the flagship of a 95 lift fleet that will bear economists, officials and guests up and down the 530 meter tall building. The sky scraper will even be fitted with double decker lifts to utilise all vertical space, the Independent reported.
Former Manchester United star Gary Neville has said that the club owners should have given more time to boss David Moyes before sacking him.
Neville said that he does not like the way in which the club is portraying itself following Moyes’ axing.
According to Sport24, Neville said that in the modern world this is the way things seem to be dealt with currently, but added that he is a traditionalist and feels that the Scot’s sacking could have been dealt with a whole lot better.
The sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections for which campaigning ended on Tuesday evening, will be held on Thursday.
Polling will take place in 117 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across eleven states and one union territory.
Polls will be held for 39 seats in Tamil Nadu, 19 in Maharashtra, 12 in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Madhya Pradesh, seven each in Bihar and Chhattisgarh, six each in Assam and West Bengal, five in Rajasthan, four in Jharkhand, one in Jammu and Kashmir and one in Puducherry.
On Tuesday, leaders made last ditch efforts to woo voters in favour of their party candidates.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that attacks on the basis of corruption and honesty are not personal, but added that in politics, personal attacks should be avoided.
“I completely agree that there should not be any personal attacks. When issues of corruption and honesty are raised in the public domain, then, it is not a personal attack, but it is a political issue. Issues of probity in politics are public issues,” said Jaitley.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh, who has been banned by the Election Commission from campaigning in Bihar and Jharkhand for his highly inflammatory speeches, said Wednesday that he will follow the poll body’s directive, as he is not like Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan, who had refused to apologise for his hate speech.
“I am not Azam Khan, who has refused to abide by the law. If the EC has issued an order, then I will duly follow it,” said Singh.
The Supreme Court Wednesday constituted a three member committee to frame guidelines to regulate issuance of advertisements by the government and its departments with an obvious political message.
The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice P. Sathasivam said that the existing DAVP guidelines do not cover such advertisements.
The three member committee would comprise N.R. Madhavan Menon, founder director of Bangalore’s National Law University, T.K. Vishwanathan, former Lok Sabha secretary general and senior counsel Ranjit Kumar.
The third phase of Bihar Lok Sabha election in seven constituencies will be held tomorrow to decide the fate of 108 candidates, including BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain, NCP General Secretary Tariq Anwar and former Union minister and RJD leader Mohammad Taslimuddin.
The seven constituencies going to poll – Supual, Araria, Kisanganj, Katihar, Purnia, Banka and Bhagalpur – are located in the Seemanchal area bordering Bangladesh and Nepal.