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SECURITY GUARD IS CONVICTED FOR MOLESTATION AND MURDER OF ADVOCATE PALLAVI PURKAYASTHA "Two families have been devastated.

Death and nothing less than death should be given."

For two years, my and Avik's family have gone through a lot of trauma. I have lost my daughter and would be son-in law.

Right: Pallavi's father, IAS officer Atanu Purkayastha, was the joint Pallavi secretary in Purkayastha the Agriculture Ministry at the Centre when the incident took place.

Her mother Sumita is Director General with the Ministry of Telecommunication. Both were present at the court yesterday to hear the verdict and were visibly moved because they had to relive the trauma of their daughter’s murder on August 9, 2012, all over again. They addressed the large media contingent outside the court.

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ecurity guard Sajjad Ahmed Mughal (22), accused for molestation and murder of Advocate Pallavi Purkayastha at her Wadala apartment on August 9, 2012, was convicted by sessions court on Monday. Special judge Vrushali Joshi held Ahmed guilty of murder, saying "A case of murder, molestation and criminal trespass has been proved against you," following which the accused silently nodded. The quantum of punishment will be announced on July 3.

Ujjwal Nikam, special public prosecutor, told the ADC that circumstantial evidences played an important role in this case. “As there was no direct evidence, we relied on the circumstantial evidences and the chain of circumstances. DNA samples played an important role.

Bloodstains of Pallavi were found on Sajjad's trousers. Though he said that the bloodstains were there because he lifted the victim and took her to the ambulance, there were other evidences also. The complaint made by Pallavi to her live-in partner, Avik Sengupta, was an impor-

tant evidence. She had complained that the watchman had been eying her. The lewd comments the watchman made about the victim while talking to his colleague was also strong evidence. We also presented the call details of the victim and the convict.”

Speaking about the quantum of punishment, he said, “I haven't decided about it, but most probably we will demand for capital punishment.”

On August 9, 2012, Pallavi Purkayastha (25), a legal advisor at Farhan Akhtar's Excel Entertainment, was attacked and murdered in her rented apartment in Himalayan Heights, Wadala. On the fateful night, Pallavi returned home and found that there was no electricity in her house. She called up her partner and informed him about it. Along with the electrician, the convict Sajjad Pathan, who worked as a watchman in the victim's society, entered the flat and stole the keys to the door. He later used those keys to enter the flat.

First, he tried to rape the victim, but Continued on pg 8 «

NCP COULD LOSE ‘NATIONAL’ TAG UNFAIR

By Suyash Padate

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Not you, sir! According to them, the CM and the PCC chief are solely responsible for the poll debacle.

By Santia Dudi

he Sharad Pawar led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is likely to be stripped of its national status. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started a process in this regard after the party's poor performance in the Lok Sabha elections and the decision is expected in next few days. In the meanwhile, the NCP has denied the reports that it is in danger of losing this status following the debacle in the recently concluded elections.

About two weeks ago, the ECI had served show-cause notices to the three parties, including the NCP, seeking explanation on why their national party status should not be withdrawn after their rout in the Lok Sabha elections. According to the criteria set by the poll panel, a national party needs to get at least 6 per cent of votes each from mini-

LOSING OTHER FREEBIES

Under the Symbols Order 1968, a party, on losing national status, does not have the right to fight elections using a common symbol across the country. If the decision to derecognise the NCP is implemented, the clock symbol will not be reserved for all party candidates across the country. It can use it only in Maharashtra and states where it is recognized as a state level party. Apart from this, it is as good as losing the national character of the party. Also, the NCP, BSP and CPI will lose facilities like utilising All India Radio and Doordarshan for poll-eve broadcasts and free copies of electoral rolls, which they enjoyed as national parties.

mum four states, or get 2 per cent of total seats in the Lok Sabha from at least three states, or it should be recognised as a state party in at least four states. However, the NCP, along with BSP and CPI, no longer fulfill any of the above conditions. The three parties had time till June 27 to reply to the EC's show-cause notice and seek a hearing. The NCP is a major constituent in the Democratic Front government in the state and is virtually struggling to maintain its national party status. Significantly, if the NCP, BSP and CPI are derecognised, the BJP, Congress and the CPI (M) will be the only political parties in the country that will continue to enjoy the national status.

Speaking to reporters, NCP spokesperson Nawab Malik denied the possibility of losing the national party status. He said, “The Election Continued on pg 8 «

City colleges hold back original mark sheets of their in-house SY/ TY students and give them only the xerox copies to ensure that they cannot seek admission elsewhere

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By Yatin Ingle

hile the First Year junior and degree college admissions have just been completed, a number of Second Year and Third Year degree college students have planned to change their Continued on pg 8 «

Tobacco-related diseases — major burden on economy

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A report released by the Health and Family Welfare ministry states that respiratory diseases, TB, CVD and cancers create an enormous burden on the national economy Pic for representational purposes only

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ccording to a report titled ‘Economic Burden of Tobacco Related diseases in India’ released by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday, tobacco use and the associated costs create an enormous burden for the nation.

It has estimated direct and indirect costs from all diseases caused due to tobacco use and four specific diseases namely, respiratory diseases, tuberculosis (TB), cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and cancers.

It says that the total economic costs attributable to tobacco use in Maharashtra amounted to Rs 2,290 crore in 2011 for persons aged 3569, of which 62 per cent was direct medical costs and 38 per cent was indirect morbidity costs which include troubles for the family members and loss of manpower on that front. The economic cost for CVD, cancer, TB and respiratory disease amounted to Rs 769 crore.

CVD shared the highest economic burden which was Rs 449 crore on account of tobacco use. It was followed by respiratory disease

at Rs 154 crore, TB at Rs 98 crore and cancers at Rs 68 crore. Among the four diseases, CVD contributed the highest at 63 per cent of the total direct medical cost and 51 per cent of the total indirect cost. The economic cost for all diseases due to tobacco use was higher in males except for cancers and tuberculosis which was Rs 35.6 crore as the collective cost in females due to smokeless tobacco was at Rs 70.4 crore.

This report was released at an event where a discussion on the current tax structure and the need of raising taxes on tobacco products in the state was done. Sujata Saunik, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Maharashtra, V L Bhimanvar, Joint Commissioner, Sales Tax, Maharashtra, Mahesh Zagade, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr P C Gupta, Director, Healis and Devika Chadha, Vice President, Salaam Bombay Foundation were present at the event. time much more than the economic taken to make sure that consumpSaunik said, “The loss to life, fam- loss to the tobacco and cigarette in- tion of these products is brought as ilies and emotional trauma is any- dustry. All possible steps should be much as possible.”

According to Chadha, a tax increase that raises prices of tobacco products by 10 per cent is estimated to reduce tobacco consumption by four to five per cent.

“Raising taxes on tobacco is a win-win situation. It is good for people’s health and economy. It is time all the concerned departments come together and take stringent steps for tobacco control in the state,” she said.

Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, head and neck surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital, said, “It is believed that increasing taxes does not bring down consumption. It only makes people opt for a cheaper substitute. But this is not true. The product remains the same. Only the quality or the size of the product might differ.”

Bhimanwar said, “We are trying our best to address this issue but it is not possible to hike the taxes to 50 per cent over night. It is a process that will take time.”

This report which is supported by the World Health Organisation, Country Office for India, has been developed by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI).

MAHARASHTRA BORDERS TO HAVE CHECK-POSTS These will keep a check on the import and export of goods from one state to another, sales tax department officials said

By Shwetha Kannan

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he department of sales tax, Government of Maharashtra, on Monday announced its plan of setting up check-posts on the borders of the state so that it can keep a check on the import and export of goods from state to another and also help bring down instances of tax evasion. It is for the first time that the state will have a mechanism like this.

Giving basic details about this project, Vivek Bhimanwar, Joint Commissioner of sales Tax (Policy Matters) said, “The notification has already been issued and we have asked the public and the stakeholders to give their feedback. We expect the feedback to come within a month's time.

Then we will start setting the

check-posts phase wise. We are planning to set up around 32 border check-posts. These will have state-of-art infrastructure with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags and scanners which will do the necessary checks. Till date, we did not have any such mechanism to keep a check on what is being brought into the state and taken out of the state.

So there were cases of people trying to evade taxes. But with the check-posts in place, we expect that numbers of such cases will come down,” said Bhimanwar.

When asked if this system will also help catch instances of smuggling products like gutkha, tobacco, tobacco products as well as pan masala in the state of Maharashtra where they are banned, Bhimanwar said, “This is for all products. Till date, only the quantity was checked and taxes were levied but from now on even the content will be of importance. All the necessary checks will be done. Several departments like the transport department, the forest department are involved in this.” shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

(LtoR): Jignesh Mehta (Manager, Corporate Communications), Athalekar (Hon. Secretary, NAB Mumbai), Prachi Jambhekar (Assistant Commissioner Planning & Head, CSR Cell, MCGM), Bharavi Aythya (Area Manager, Maharashtra & Goa, Amway IndiaWest) and Ashish Vaidya (Manager, Corporate Affairs, Amway India) at the 'Helen Keller Day' celebration organised by Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF) with visually challenged students in Mumbai. The event was organised by the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of Amway India to mark the 134th birth anniversary of Helen Keller, with visually challenged students of National Association for Blind (NAB) – Department of Rehabilitation (NAB-DOR). A special workshop was organised on ‘Power of Subconscious Mind’ to inspire the children to fight all odds like Helen Keller, who overcame her visual and hearing impairment to become an accomplished author, political activist and a lecturer. Her birthday – June 27, is commemorated as Helen Keller Day. The workshop in Mumbai is part of nationwide celebrations organised by AOF. The foundation has been working for the betterment of visually challenged for the past 15 years in India.

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Picking up the pieces

Our hearts and our sympathies go out to Atanu and Sumita Purkayastha, parents of Pallavi Purkayastha, the young lawyer murdered by the watchman of her building for resisting her advances more than two years ago.

Yesterday at the Sessions Court, where they arrived from Delhi to hear the judgment in the case, they presented such a picture of courage and dignity in very trying circumstances, that even the electronic media, usually baying like a pack of hounds at the very heels of their “prey”, were a bit subdued. Or perhaps it was because the couple made it very clear that they wanted to say nothing, once the judgement was pronounced. Guilty, said the judge, and one more case was wrapped up. Now only the sentencing remains.

As does the rest of their lives for not one but two families, for Pallavi's fiance, Avik Sengupta, whose firm testimony in the case subscribed in no small part to the eventual conclusion, himself passed away in hospital last December of a brain-related ailment. He had never recovered from the tragedy of losing his fiance to such a brutal crime.

So, who's listening!

That was a telling comment made by state health minister Suresh Shetty, recently, at an Association

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Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST), formerly known as Victoria Terminus (VT), currently still often referred to as the same, is getting a facelift, with scaffolding around the clock face and workmen swarming all over to complete the work before the rains set in, hopefully this Sunday. The 19th century railway station is built in Victorian Gothic Revival and includes traditional Indian features, and was opened in 1887, on the Silver Jubilee of Empress Victoria. The rest, eg architect etc. you already know about. What in fact we would like to know about is which railway architect was responsible for the horror at its side and why oh why was it not allowed to go up in smoke last week when a fire broke out on its third floor?? And what is to stop them pulling the whole thing down and re-building? For while we do not expect turrets, gargoyles, sculptures and suchlike, we know that the Government of India can do much better than a soul-less, ugly PWD-type blot on the landscape that is the CR administrative block currently.

At the inauguration of the pure drinking water project for the children of Don Bosco in Matunga, alumni of the 1969 batch line up with (from left) Jayesh Chandran, A V Suresh of Forbes, Wildred D'Souza, rector of Don Bosco, Ranga, ex-MD Wyeth, Dr Suhas Prabhu, Giles D'Souza, ex-director, Forbes, and Bosco D'Mello, principal of the school.

In alumni, riches indeed

What is it about Don Bosco in Matunga that inspires such fervent and undying loyalty among its students, decades after they have left the building?

Undoubtedly it must be the sports facilities, particularly the football grounds that keeps them coming back for more and more!

Whatever it is, it does the institution itself a lot of good.

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The latest in a long list of good deeds from past students is that the batch of 1969, comprising, among others, Eureka Forbes CEO A V Suresh from Don Bosco Chennai, and active president of the past pupils member and ad man Jayesh Chandan, along with 63 of their batch mates got together after 43 years and donated the Aqua Pure Water

Project for the school. Nearly 3,500 children will be benefited and that's not all.

The company has committed itself for the next ten years to providing clean drinking water for the kids and will also initiate a project with the school for water harvesting and water recycling, making it among the first of its kind completed for the school in India.

Once a student, always a past student for Don Bosco, evidently!

of Medical Consultants held in Shamukhananda Hall.

Your greed for money is going to make you a hated lot, he is supposed to have declared. And he added, “like education barons”.

What then would he have to say about “education barons” who are also doctors running post graduate medical institutions that charge crores of rupees for a single seat?

We wonder what it was the good doctor was trying to accomplish?

Certainly there is no way the “greedy doctors” of today are going to even begin to listen to him.

Come to think of it, there seems to be little objection from the vast hordes who are regularly exploited by the medical profession. One look at our super crowded specialty hospitals should be revealing!

Monorail blues

While Mumbaikars are flocking to the Metro, the Monorail has suddenly become its neglected cousin and is, in fact, generally patronised by the joyride crowd.

Naturally, even breaking even is a far cry and profits have become a distant dream.We hear this has adversely impacted the operational staff of the Monorail. Captains, station masters, controllers and technicians, who embarked upon the project with such gusto a bare two months ago, are now a cowed down lot. And one of the main

reasons is that they no longer get those little perks of the job – bottled water, tea, coffee, biscuits, lunch packs.

The maintenance of the monorail is with private company Scomi, which has obviously started costcutting in earnest, hitting right where it hurts. And not even three months has elapsed.

Like a traffic expert recently put it, “This is what happens when you have bandaids like Metro and Monorail covering the huge wound that is the traffic system in Mumbai”. Oh and one more point.

Managers and higher HR officials of Scomi continue to enjoy these freebies.

Passenger starved Monorail has decided to starve its staff.

Caution, football joke ahead!

Finally, says a friend, one I haven't heard before:A blonde gets a job as a physical education teacher for 16 - 18 year olds.

She notices a boy at the end of the field standing alone, while all the other kids are running around having fun, kicking a football.

She takes pity on him and decides to speak to him.'Are you ok?' she asks.'Yes,' he replies.'You can go and play with the other kids, you know,' she says.'It's best I stay here,' he says.'Why's that, sweetie?' asks the blonde.

The boy looks at her incredulously and says: "Because I'm the goal keeper!"

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Quotations are invited for Disposal of Salvage Items (fixed /loose wooden storage cabinets) lying at New India Centre, 11th Floor, 17A, Cooperage Road, Colaba, Mumbai-400 001. Interested parties may send their sealed offers on or before 4th July, 2014 by 2.00 p.m. to The Chief Regional Manager, LCBO, New India Centre, 1st Floor, 17A, Cooperage Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400001.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Mr. Hiralal Dhanaji Choudhari a member of the Amarvaishali Shantinagar Co-op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd., and holding Shop no. 4, Bldg. A-2, Sector-VII, Shanti Nagar, Mira Road (E) in the building of the society, has reported to the society that the original Share Certificate bearing No. 106 to 110 (five) shares has been lost/ misplaced and application has been made for duplicate Share Certificate. The society hereby invites claims and objections from claimants / objector or objectors for issuance of duplicate share certificate within the period of 14 (fourteen) days from the publication of this notice with copies of such documents and other proofs in support of his claims/objections for issuance of duplicate share cer tificate to the secretary of Amarvaishali Shantinagar Co-op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd., Bldg. A-2, Shop No. 4, Sector VII, Shanti Nagar, Mira Road (E), Dist.

Thane - 401 107 if no claims / objections are received within the period prescribed above, the society shall be free to issue duplicate Share Certificate in such manner as is provided under the bye-laws of the society. the claims/ objections, if any, received by the society shall be dealt with in the manner provided under the bye-laws of the society. A copy of the registered bye-laws of the society is available for inspection by the claimnats/objectors, with the Secretary of the Society between 10.00 AM to 4.00 PM on working days from the date of the publication of the notice till the date of expiry of its period.

For and on behalf of Amarvaishali Shantinagar Co-op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd., Date: 30/06/2014 Place: Thane

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

Sd/Secretary

Notice is hereby given that my client Mr. PRAVIN V. SHETTY is intending to transfer the Flat No. 14, 1st Floor, Bldg. No. A-7, Anant Shantinagar CHS Ltd., Sector - IV, Shanti Nagar, Mira Road (E), Dist. Thane - 401107 from the name of his deceased parents Late Vitthal K. Shetty & Late Pushpavati Vitthal Shetty and the other legal heirs of the deceased h ave r eleased t heir r ight i n t he s aid f lat in favor of my client vide Deed of Release registered with the Joint Sub-Registrar, Thane 10 under Regn. No. 2745/2014 dated 07/03/2014.

Any persons having any claim or right in respect of t he s aid f lat b y w ay o f i nheritance, s hare, s ale, mortgage, lease, lien, licence, gift,possession or encumbrance howsoever or otherwise is hereby required to intimate to the undersigned within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice of his/her such claim, if any, with all supporting documents failing which my client s h a l l g o a h e a d w i th th e fo r m a l i tie s to transfer the said flat in his name.

Place: Mira Road, Sd/Date : 27/06/2014 Adv. B. K. SINGH Advocate, High Court,D-12/7, Shanti Vihar, Near Hardik Palace Hotel, Mira Road (E), Dist.Thane - 401 107

CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Rajeshkumar Radheshyam Varma to Rajeshkumar Radheshyam Patel Vide Maha.

Govt. Gazette No. X-96473.

C-12872 I have changed my name from Ashok Raju Visapurkar to Ashok Raju Kamble as per Affidavit dated 21.06.14.

C-12873 I have changed my name from Miss. Indubai Laxman Londhe to Smt. Ujwala Raju Kamble as per Affidavit dated 21.06.14.

C-12874 I have changed my name from Indrawat Annasaheb Visapurkar to Raju Annasaheb Kamble as per Affidavit dated 21.06.14.

C-12875 I have changed my name from “Namrata Shailesh Gosai” to “Prafula Shailesh Gosai” as per Affidavit dated 30/06/2014.

C-12876 I have changed my name from Heerachand Ganpat Ghodake, to ‘Hirachand Ganpat Ghodke’ as per Deed Poll Affidavit Dated: 28/06/2014.

C-12877 I have changed my name from Jaisingh Laxman Valavi, to ‘Jaisingh Laxman Valvi’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 92176) Dated: 05/06/2014.

C-12878 I have change my name from Kirtikumar Ranjitmal to Kirti Ranjitmal Mehta through Affidavit dated 28/6/2014.

C-12879 I have change my name from Neeta Bastimali Jain to Neeta Sumit Jain through Affidavit dated 30.06.2014.

C-12880 I have change my name from Yogita Jayantilal Jain to Yogita Amit Jain through Affidavit dated 30.06.2014.

C-12881 I have changed my name from Shivchandra Bhagirati Maurya to Shivchandar Bhagirati Maurya as per Affidavit dated 30th June’2014.

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I have changed my name from Gayatridevi Shivchandra Maurya to Gayatri Shivchandar Maurya as per Affidavit dated 30th June’2014.

C-12883 I have changed my name from Asheef Ismail Sheikh to Asif Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 30th June’2014.

C-12884 I have changed my name from Ismail Abdul Sheikh to Ismail Abdul Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 30th June’2014.

C-12885 I have changed my name from Naseembanu Ismail Sheikh to Nasimbano Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 30th June’ 2014.

C-12886 I have changed my name from Debolina Sanjoy Mitra to Leena Mitrra as per Affidavit dated 27th June’2014.

C-12887 I have changed my name from Mohamad Aslam Abdul Rehaman to Mohammed Aslam Shaikh as per deedpoll Affidavit dated 6/6/2014 C-12888 I have changed my name from Mangal Suresh Pise to Mangala Suresh Pise as per Deedpoll Affidavit/Annexure ‘E’.

C-12889 I have changed my name from Ayeshabi Abdul Gaffar Memon to Ayesha Ashraf Memon as per Deedpoll Affidavit/Annexure ‘E’.

C-12890 I have changed my name from Zainabbi Abdul Majid Dalvi to Zainab Abdul Majid Dalvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit/ Annexure ‘E’.

C-12891 I have changed my name from Tasneem to Tasneem Juzer Kothari as per Maharashtra Gazette No : (X-348) C-12892 I have changed my name from Mulla Mohammed SHK Qamruddin Madarwala to Mohammed Qamruddin Madarwala as per Maharashtra Gazette No : (X-349) C-12893 I have changed my name from Mufaddal Kothari to Mufaddal Juzer Kotharias per Maha.

Govt. Gazette No : (X-98561) C-12894 I have changed my name from Rakesh John Dhansala to Rakesh John DAsanla as per Deedpoll Affidavit 20/6/2014 C-12895 I have changed my name from Solanki Purushottam Jayantilal to Solanki Purshottam Jayantilal as per deedpoll Affidavit dated 21/6/2014 C-12896 I have changed my name from Najneen Altaf Ghatkai to Nazneen Altaf Ghatkai vide Affidavit dated 30th June 2014.

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 I have changed my name from Manilal Zalavadia to Manibhai Zalavadia as per Affidavit C-12900 I have changed my name from Jagdishkumar Zalavadia to Jagdish Zalavadia as per Affidavit C-12901 I have changed my name from Clinton Leo Patrao to Clinton Leo Patroa as per Affidavit C-12902 I have changed my name from Zarina Mehendi Bardai to Zzarin Mehendi Bardai as per Affidavit C-12903 I have changed my name from Sange Farah Mohmed Shahid to Sange Farah Mohammed Shahid as per Affidavit C-12904 I have changed my name from Mohd Jakariya Shaikh to Mohammed Zakariya Munshi as per Affidavit C-12905 I have changed my name from Jayada Mohd Jakariya Shaikh to Zaida Mohammed Zakariya Munshi as per Affidavit C-12906

I have changed my name from Aqila Begum to Akila Isa Khan as per Affidavit dated 14/03/2014 C-12919

I have changed my name from Anisa Behen Jusabbhai Bolatar to Anisa Salim Agawan as per Affidavit C-12937

I have changed my name from Vijaykumar Gangji Mamania to Vijay Gangji Mamania as per Affidavit C-12920

I have changed my name from Kulsum Banoo Husain Mansuri to Mansuri Kulsum Banu Husain as per Affidavit C-12938

I have changed my name from Akberali Abdulsultan Khoja to Akberali Abdulsultan Karmali as per Affidavit C-12921 I have changed my name from Parin Akberali Khoja to Parin Akberali Karmali as per Affidavit C-12922 I have changed my name from Swapna Malhotra to Swapna Malhotra as per Affidavit C-12923 I have changed my name from Angeli Bernard D'souza to Angeline Bernard D'souza as per Affidavit C-12924

I have changed my name from Mr.Pranit Panju Pujari to Mr.Pranit Panju Poojari as per Affidavit C-12939 I have changed my name from Sunita Kishin Dhanicha to Sunita Sanjay Jaiswal as per Affidavit C-12940 We, Mr. Amit Bhatia and Mrs. Kashish Bhatia have changed our daughter’s name from Pearl Amit Bhatia to Misha Amit Bhatia as per Affidavit C-12941 I have changed my name from Nirmala / Pratima Poyarekar to Pratibha Poyarekar as per Affidavit C-12942

I Mhyjabeen Akbar Sain have changed my minor daughter’s name from Mariam Akbar to Sain Mariam Akbar Ali as per Affidavit C-12907

We Mohammed Faiz Ishtiyaq Ahmed Syed & Sana Mohammed Faiz Syed have changed or son's name from Ibrahim Faiz Syed to Ibrahim Mohammed Faiz Syed as per Affidavit C-12925

I Mhyjabeen Akbar Sain have changed my minor son’s name from Sharif Akber to Sain Sharif Akber Ali as per Affidavit C-12908

I have changed my name from Faiz Syed to Mohammed Faiz Ishtiyaq Ahmed Syed as per Affidavit C-12926

I have changed my name from Roohi Ashar Hussain Ahmad to Roohi Ahmad as per Affidavit C-12909

I have changed my name from Sana Syed to Sana Mohammed Faiz Syed as per Affidavit C-12927

I have changed my name from Arati Rajan Tamhane to Arti Rajan Tamhane as per Affidavit C-12945

I have changed my name from Sudhamomal Dhanrajmal Ailani to Sudhama Dhanrajmal Ailani as per Affidavit C-12910

I have changed my name from Samiabanu Riaz Ahmed Patka & Samia Riaz Patca to Samia Salman Patka as per Affidavit C-12928

I have changed my name from Tariq Shaikh Mohammed to Parkar Tariq Shaikh Mohammed as per Affidavit C-12946

I have changed my name from Gobindram Seetal Rohra to Gobind Seetal Rohra as per Affidavit C-12911

I have changed my name from Mohd Irshad Alam Ismail to Irshad Ismail Ansari as per Affidavit C-12929

I have changed my name from Nayakawadi Shikandar Bakas to Naikwadi Sikandar Bakas as per Affidavit C-12947

I have changed my name from Sital Alias Sitaldas Motiram Rohra to Seetal Motiram Rohra as per Affidavit C-12912

I have changed my name from Abdul Haleem Irfan Mohd Luqman to Irfan Mohd Luqman Siddiqui as per Affidavit C-12930

I have changed my name from Hemantkumar Lalchand Vazirani to Hemant Lalchand Vazirani as per deed poll Affidavit C-12913

I have changed my name from Afrinbano Shafquat Husain to Afri Bano Chaudhary as per Affidavit C-12931

I have changed my name from Phalguni to Falguni Rupesh Bhatt as per Affidavit C-12914 I have changed my name from Pramodkumar Uchil to Pramod Uchil as per Affidavit C-12915 I have changed my name from Hansaben Kanjibhai Mehta to Hansa Pravin Mehta as per Affidavit C-12916

I have changed my name from Ms. Madhumati Shrikant Patil to Mrs. Savita Yashwant Katkar as per Affidavit No. KN 165610.

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I have changed my name from Gulzar Ahmed Mohd. Umar Ansari to Gulzar Mohd. Umar Ansari as per Affidavit dated 27/6/2014 C-12917

I have changed my name from Harghundas Issardas Nanwani to Hargundas Issardas Nanwani as per Deed Poll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Javeed Zakeria Qazi to Javed Farooq Qureshi as per Affidavit dated 27/6/2014 C-12918

I have changed my name from Mahendra Kumar Hajarimal Jain to Mahendra Hajarimal Jain as per Affidavit C-12932 I have changed my name from Vinit Mahendrakumar Jain to Vinit Mahendra Jain as per Affidavit C-12933 I have changed my name from Mahendrakumar Jain to Mahendra Hajarimal Jain as per Affidavit C-12934 I have changed my name from Jiten Mahendraji Jain to Jiten Mahendra Jain as per Affidavit C-12935 I have changed my name from Mahendraji Jain to Mahendra Hajarimal Jain as per Affidavit C-12936

I have changed my name from Santosh Kumar Rajaiah Ramgundam To Santosh Rajiah Ramgundam As Per Affidavit C-12943 I have changed my name from Khadelu to Khaderu Panchu Gupta C as per Affidavit C-12944

I have changed my name from Ayeshabi Husain Karbhari to Ayesha Abbas Dhamaskar as per Affidavit C-12948 I have changed my name from Khan Khekshan Afak to Kapadia Kehkasha Gulam Rasul as per Affidavit C-12949 I have changed my name from Sk Sameer Ahmed to Shaikh Sameer Nazir as per Affidavit C-12950 I have changed my name from Shaikh Sultanabegum Siraj to Shaikh Sultana Sameer as per Affidavit C-12951 I have changed my name from Khan Israr to Khan Israr Ahmed as per Affidavit C-12952 I have changed my name from Sonu Adarsh to Adarsh Joy as per Affidavit C-12953 I have changed my name from Monu Ashish to Ashish Joy as per Affidavit C-12954 I have changed my name from Chheda Ajitkumar Kalyanji to Chheda Ajit Kalyanji as per Affidavit C-12955

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Commuters who had waited overnight at the booking counter, allege fraud in the process; police suspect hacking of IRCTC website

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

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round 700 second class sleeper seats and 900 seats of AC1, AC2, and AC3 of the Konkan Kanya Express were booked in a span of less than a minute on Sunday morning, leaving genuine commuters frustrated, thus alleging that it as a fraud.

Most of the tickets were booked from Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar and some parts of Maharashtra on Sunday at 8 am as soon as the advance reservation system of railway ticket booking opened for August 28, 2014.

This rush was owing to the upcoming Ganesh festival. Every year, there is much rush for getting con-

Tawde demands CBI probe into KRC reservation scam

By Prashant Hamine

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s leader of opposition in legislative council Vinod Tawde demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the online Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC) reservation scam, his party colleague and MP from Mumbai North-East constituency, Dr Kirit Somaiya met Union Minister for Railways Sadanand Gowda demanding a probe into the matter. Speaking to newspersons at the state party office, Tawde alleged connivance of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) officials in booking tickets on KRC railway route from outside Maharashtra and that too even before ticket bookings begin for the day.

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Tawde alleged that IRCTC officials in collusion with other railway officials had uploaded names of passengers the previous night before the bookings for the next day could open at 8 am in the morning.

Giving proof of confirmed tickets issued, Tawde revealed that tickets were issued to people on January 23, March 3 and March 12 for Kushinagar train with a recorded booking time of 7.58 am, 7.59 am or in one case 8 am. He questioned as to how these confirmed tickets were issued to passengers even before the ticket closed that many natives of counters could open for the day.

Konkan region who tried to book Furthermore, the leader of opposiKRC route train tickets for the en- tion stated that in most of the suing Ganapati season, were cases, tickets on KRC route were handed over waiting list tickets found to have been booked from numbering 302, when ticket book- far-off places like Assam, West ings had just begun for the day. Bengal and Bihar.

Activists urge Guv not to give nod to Maha Police Bill

By A Staff Reporter

have only been trying to press on him to use his powers under Artidelegation of citizen activists, cle 200 of the Constitution to withled by former Mumbai Police hold his assent to this extremely Commissioner J F Ribeiro, today bad Bill," Maja Daruwala, director met Governor K Sankara- of Commonwealth Human Rights narayanan urging him not to give Initiative (CHRI), told PTI. assent to Maharashtra Police The Bill is entirely against the di(Amendment) Bill 2014, alleging it rectives of the Supreme Court to "was passed in haste without due the state, she said, adding that a consideration." bad law will bring about bad policThe Bill, passed by both Houses ing. of the state Legislature on June 14 Dolphy D'Souza, convener of this year, is aimed at giving the cit- Police Reforms Watch in Mahaizens of Maharashtra a capable, rashtra, said the Bill formalises the well managed and accountable very practices of unwarranted popolice. litical interference with everyday "The Governor listened to us pa- police management that the tiently. He said that due consider- Supreme Court has sought to reations will be given to the duce. Hence, it must be overdiscussion we had with him. We hauled to be made fit for purpose.

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CHRI and Police Reforms Watch, the NGOs working on police reforms and accountability, had last week written the Governor, urging him to invoke his powers under Article 200 of the Constitution to withhold his assent to the Bill.

They requested him to send the Bill back to the state Legislature for reconsideration, and send recommended changes for both Houses to consider.

Maharashtra Police (Amendment) Bill, 2014, passed by the Assembly, is to replace an ordinance which made amendments to the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, to set the state on the path of police reforms. It is meant to incorporate the directives of the Supreme Court on police reforms.

firm railway reservation of the Konkan Kanya Express for the Ganesh festival. Thousands of Ganesh devotees visit their native places in Konkan during this festival.

Notably, not a single AC I ticket could be booked at the window on Sunday. All AC I tickets were booked on the IRCTC website. Allegedly, an under graduate student of computer science had manipulated the website of Indian Railways (used by railway officials only) to book the tickets.

Interestingly, in March this years, the Anti-Tout Squad of Central Railway had arrested K Vishwakarma, a second year student of computer science, from a leading city-based

college for booking 190 confirmed tickets. A case has been registered with the Railway Police Force (RPF), Dadar under the Railways Act in March.

The AC 2 tire seats too were full in a few seconds. Within a few moments, the waiting list rose to 85.

Similarly, the AC 3 tier seats and its RAC was full in a few seconds after bookings began. These reservation tickets were booked from Vapi, Bhakti Nagar and Dahod in Gujarat, Sasaram (in Bihar), IRCTC, CST, Mumbai Central, Bhayandar, Aurangabad, Byculla, Mahim, Talegaon, Borivali and Nashik. In the next three minutes, the waiting list of AC 3 tier rose to 320.

Gajdarbhand Pumping station: Sena chief lays the foundation

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackarey laying the foundation of the Gajdharbandh Pumping station in Santacruz yesterday.

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he water logging problem in Bandra, Khar and Santacruz is soon expected to disappear as the Gajdharbandh pumping station will be operational by 2016 for which the foundation was laid yesterday by Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray.

Under the Brihan Mumbai Storm Water Disposal System (BRIMSTOWAD) project, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) was suppose to construct pumping stations at eight places in the city out of which two pumping stations at Haji Ali and Irla have been operational for the last three years and have provided relief to areas like Tardeo, Nana Chowk, Girgaum, Juhu and Andheri.

At the foundation ceremony yesterday, Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray said, “The Gazdarbandh pumping station will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore, and will be operational

After the floods of 2005, the BMC has been struggling to construct pumping stations. The state government had appointed a Fact Finding Committee (Chitale Committee) to examine the reasons behind the flood.The BMC is expected to begin work on the pumping stations at Britannia (Ray Road) soon, whereas, the pumping stations at Love Grove (Worli) and Cleveland (Worli) are presently under construction. by 2016 which will be a great relief to the people living in Bandra, Khar and Santacruz.”

Thackeray also urged the people to use water economically and added, “As the city has still not witnessed monsoon, the city lakes have water which will last only till July 31. There is a possibility that the people will have to face a 20 per cent water cut off till a solution to the water shortage is found.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Gomathi Padmanabhan to Iyer Gomathi Padmanabhan as per Affidavit C-12956 I have changed my name from Vineet Sitaram Dhanu to Vinitt Sitaram Dhanu as per Affidavit C-12957 I have changed my name from Ismail Moiddin Shaikh to Ismaeel Moiddin Shaikh as per Affidavit C-12958 I have changed my name from Gautam Kacharu Bhalerav to Gautam Kacharu Bhalerao as per Affidavit C-12959 I have changed my name from Surekha Sambhaji Pawar to Prajakta Prakash Sawant as per Affidavit C-12960 I have changed my name from Hasan Khan Yusuf Khan Bagwan to Horoon Yusuf Khan Bagwan as per Affidavit C-12961 I have changed my name from Sanghavi Milankumar Jagjivandas to Sanghvi Milan Jagjivandas as per Affidavit C-12962

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Harchand Daulat Bibe to Harichandra Daulat Bibe as per Affidavit C-12975

I have changed my name from Ameet Bhagwanji Malde to Amit Bhagwanji Malde as per Affidavit C-12994

I have changed my name from Parbatabai to Parvatabai Harichandra Bibe as per Affidavit C-12976

I have changed my name from Sabi Sreedhar Kumbla to Sabina Abdul Majid Khan as per Affidavit C-12995

I have changed my name from Imran Mohd Anwar Abdul Karim to Mohammed Imran Mohammed Anwar Phadalia As per Affidavit C-12977

I have changed my name from Rajjab Ali Mohammed Siddique, Rajab Ali Shaikh to Rajjab Ali Mohammed Siddique Shaikh as per Affidavit C-12996

I have changed my name from Ranjana to Rajani as per Affidavit C-12978

I have changed my name from Miss. Radhabai Dwarkya Kadam to Mrs. Manisha Madhukar Gaikwad as per Affidavit.

C-12997

I have changed my name from Ashok M. Kothiyan to Ashok Muthappa Kotian as per Affidavit C-12979 I have changed my name from Amal T.V. to Amal Narayanan as per Affidavit C-12980 I have changed my name from Fahad Abdul Haque Ubhare to Fahad Abdul Haque Ubare as per Affidavit.

C-12981

I have changed my name from Haresh Kukreja to Hareshlal Kukreja as per Affidavit C-12963

I have changed my name from Shabbir Hussain Umerbhai to Shabbir Hussain Umerbhai Ghonia as per Affidavit Dt. 26.06.2014 C-12982

I have changed my name from Pravin Padamakar Tekade to Pravin Padmakar Tekade as per Affidavit C-12964

I have changed my name from Harjinderpal Singh to Harjinderpal Singh Bal as per Affidavit C-12983

I have changed my name from Shish Ahmed Nizamuddin to Shish Ahmed Nizamuddin Khan as per Affidavit C-12965

I have changed my name from Harvinder Singh to Harvinder Singh Chanchal Singh Bal as per Affidavit C-12984

I have changed my name from Ankit to Ankit Chugh as per Affidavit C-12966

I have changed my name from Shagufta Rahmat Ali to Shagufta Yasmeen Rahmat Ali Sayyed as per Affidavit C-12985

I have changed my name from Ananda Dnyanu Sawant to Anandrao Dnyanu Sawant as per Affidavit C-12967 I have changed my name from Ajinkya Vijay Kawade to Ajinkya Vijay Kawde as per Affidavit C-12968 I have changed my name from Mukeshkumar Shah to Mukesh Shah as per Affidavit C-12969 I have changed my name from Sibi. K. Joseph to Sibi Joseph Charivuparampil as per Affidavit C-12970 I have changed my name from C.K. Joseph to Charivuparampil Koshy Joseph as per Affidavit C-12971 I have changed my name from Parabhans Ramjeet Prajpati to Parabhans Ramjeet Prajapati as per Affidavit C-12972 I have changed my name from Poojaben Ramesh Kumar Jain to Pooja Ramesh Kumar Jain as per Affidavit C-12973 I have changed my name from Rahulkumar Jitendrakumar Mistry to Rahul Jitendra Mistry as per Affidavit C-12974

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I have changed my name from Mohammad Kaleem Mohammad Saleem to Mohammad Kaleem Mohammad Saleem Ansari as per Affidavit C-12986 I have changed my name from Ansari Gaiyasuddin Mohd Jabir to Gayasuddin Mohammad Jabir Ansari as per Affidavit C-12987 I have changed my name from Shaikh Umar Ahmad to Umar Ahemad Shah as per Affidavit C-12988 I have changed my name from Ajmal Mumtaz Ahmed to Ajmal Mumtaz Ahmed Ansari as per Affidavit C-12989 I have changed my name from Tuba Lala Rukh Mohammed Tahir Tahsildar to Tuba Mohd Tahir Tahsildar as per Affidavit C-12990 I have changed my name from Sajjad Abdul Gaffar Shaikh to Abdul Sajjad Abdul Gaffar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-12991 I have changed my name from Abdul Rafique Umar Sahid to Abdul Rafique Umar Sayyed as per Affidavit C-12992 I have changed my name from Sony Anuradha Wilson Myla to Arya Vaibhav Kshirsagar as per Affidavit C-12993

I have changed my name from Sachin Kamlakar Ghorapde to Sachin Kamlakar Ghorpade as per Affidavit.

C-12998 I have changed my name from Anthony Day to Anthony Dey as per Affidavit C-12999 I have changed my name from Monika Anthony Day to Monica Anthony Dey as per Affidavit C-13000 I have changed my name from Bonny Day to Bonny Anthony Dey as per Affidavit C-13001 I have changed my name from Vaijayanta Dilip Deshmukh to Vaijanta Sagar Bhosale as per Affidavit C-13002 I have changed my name from Payas Vishal Deshpande to Pawan Vishal Deshpande as per Affidavit C-13003 I have changed my name from Kadir Kasim Shaikh to Qadir Qasim Shaikh as per Affidavit C-13004 I have changed my name from Hajaratsha Kalu Mestri to Hazrat Shah Kalu Mestri Shaikh as per Affidavit C-13005 I Mr. Ramani Subramaniam have changed my minor daughter’s name from Shruthi Ramani to Shruti Ramani as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13006 I Mrs. Jayshree Ramani have changed my name to Mrs. Jayashree Ramani as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13007 I Mrs. Jayasree Ramani have changed my name to Mrs. Jayashree Ramani as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13008 I Mrs. Nidhiben Sureshchandra Shukla have changed my name to Mrs. Nidhi Krishnakant Joshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13009 I Kalpana Vikas Vedpathak have changed my name to Vrushali Vikas Vedpathak as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13010 I Sugrive Ram Babu Singh have changed my name to Sugriv Rambabu Singh Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 I Mrs. Meena Prakash Kalkar have changed my name to Mrs. Heena Prakash Kalkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13012

I Mr. Shailendra Dashrath Savardekar have changed my name to Mr. Shailendra Dashrath Sawardekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mr. Virendra Jagrup Sony have changed my name to Mr. Virendra Jagrup Sonkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13013

I Mrs. Dashrath Nathuram Savardekar have changed my name to Mrs. Dashrath Nathuram Sawardekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13028

I Mr. Jagrup Jagannath Sony have changed my name to Mr. Jagrup Jagannath Sonkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13014

I Mrs. Jayshree Dashrath Savardekar have changed my name to Mrs. Jayshree Dashrath Sawardekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13029

I Mrs. Jyoti Jagrup Sony have changed my name to Mrs. Jyoti Jagrup Sonkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13015

I Mr. Shailesh Dashrath Savardekar have changed my name to Mr. Shailendra Dashrath Sawardekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13030

I Mrs. Hansha Natu Vohra & Mrs. Hansaben Natwarlal Vohera have changed my name to Mrs. Hansaben Natubhai Vohera as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 26/6/14 C-13016 I Mr. Natu Gagaldas Vohra & Mr. Natwarlal Gagaldas Vohera have changed my name to Mr. Natubhai Gagaldas Vohera as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 26/6/14 C-13017 I Savankumar Natwarlal Vohera/ Vohra Savan Natu & Savan Natwarlal Vohra have changed my name to Mr. Savan Natubhai Vohera as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 26/6/14 C-13018 I Sweta Vijaykumar have changed my name to Sweta Vijaykumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13019 I Shaikh Abdullah Mohd. / Mohammed Abdullah have changed my name to abdullah Mohammed Aslam Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/6/14 C-13020 I Kavishankar Mahendra Trivedi have changed my name to Kavi Mahendra Trivedi as per Maharashtra Govt.

Gazette No. X- 74101 Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 13/01/2011 C-13021 I Smita Padmanabh Salian have changed my name to Smeetaa Cheran Rangaraj as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13022 I Rameshchandra Hirjibhai Gala have changed my name to Ramesh Hirjibhai Gala as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13023 I Miss. Azizunnisa Abdulla Sunasra have changed my name to Miss. Aziza Abrar Sunasara as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13024 I Nimeshkumar Vasantlal Shah have changed my name to Mr. Nimesh Vasantlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13025 I Mr. Farukh M. Randelia have changed my name to Mr. Mohammed Farukh Mohammed Ali Randelia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mrs. Jigisha Shailesh Savardekar have changed my name to Mrs. Jigisha Shailendra Sawardekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13031 We Mr. Shailendra Dashrath Sawardekar & Mrs. Jigisha Shailendra Sawardekar have changed our minor son’s name from Mithil Shailesh Savardekar to Mithil Shailendra Sawardekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13032 I Hira Babaldas Deriya have changed my name to Hiral Jitendra Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13033 I Babaldas Deriya have changed my name to Bababhai Deriya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13034 I Abdul Kadir Abdul Latif have changed my name to Abdul Kadir Abdul Latif Mukadam as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13035 I Hemani Virendra Shah have changed my name to Himani Chintan Patni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13036 I Ashok Kumar have changed my name to Ashok Kumar Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13037 I Abeda Begum Tajuddin have changed my name to Abeda Tajuddin Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/06/14 C-13038 I Rajashekhar Subhraya Bhat have changed my name to Rajashekar Subhraya Bhat as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 30/06/14 C-13039 I Manuel Dcosta have changed my name to Manuel Piedade Dcosta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13040 I Sandra Dcosta have changed my name to Perpetua Sandra Dcosta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13041 I Rajesh Gohil have changed my name to Rajendra Laljibhai Gohil as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13042 I Murtuza Husen Shaikh have changed my name to Murtuza Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13043

I Km. Shalinee Akshyvar Singh have changed my name to Shalinee Swatanatar Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13044 I Shalinee Devi Swatanatar Singh have changed my name to Shalinee Swatanatar Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13045 I Shalini Swatantra Singh have changed my name to Shalinee Swatanatar Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13046 I Swatantra Parsnath Singh have changed my name to Swatanatar Parsnath Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13047 I Razheed Khan & Rashaid Khan have changed my name to Rashid Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13048 I Shanehaz Begum Razheed Khan & Shennaz Bano Rashid Khan have changed my name to Shahnaj Bano Rashid Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13049 I Gregory Mario Fernandes have changed my name to Gregory Romaldo Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13050 I Bhikhalal Raghavbhai Hamirani have changed my name to Bhikhabhai Raghavbhai Hamirani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13051 I Nita Dayalji Mistry have changed my name to Neeta Bhikhabhai Hamirani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13052 I Neetaben Premjibhai Bhanushali have changed my name to Neeta Ankit Fulia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13053 I Sudarshan Kumar Shantilal Jain have changed my name to Sudarshan Shantilal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13054 I Monika Bhanwarlal Ranka have changed my name to Monica Sudarshan Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13055 I Mardia Pinki Jagdishbhai have changed my name to Pinky Vinay Barot as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13056 I Gyan Simon Mallappa have changed my name to Gyan Simon as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13057 I Sharon Simon Mallappa have changed my name to Sharon Deean Simon as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13058 I Clara Simon Mallappa have changed my name to Clara Simon as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13059 I Suresh Vishnu Lokhande have changed my name to Suryakant Vishnu Lokhande as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-13060 We Dinesh Karshan Anavadiya And Radha Dinesh Anavadiya have changed our minor daughter’s name from Nupurben Dinesh Anavadiya to Nupur Dinesh Anavadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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Brutal beating lands teacher in hospital

Over 1,300 villages getting tanker water

As monsoon plays truant and scarcity looms large, as many as 1,359 villages and 3,317 wadis (hamlets) in Maharashtra are being supplied drinking water through tankers. A total of 1,464 water tankers, 1,249 of them privately-owned, have been pressed into service, officials said.

Mumbai Metro ferries 75 lakh commuters Mumbai Metro on Monday said it has notched 75 lakh commuters within barely three weeks since it opened June 8. The daily ridership crossed the half-million mark and the service recorded a 100 percent increase in commuter traffic in three weeks.

State gets time to reply on recruitment case The Bombay High Court on Monday granted time till July 10 to Maharashtra government and police authorities to file replies to a PIL seeking a stay on police recruitment drive following the death of four candidates while taking the physical test recently. The court had last week directed state DGP Sanjeev Dayal and CP Rakesh Maria to file replies to the PIL. The PIL, filed by All Maharashtra Human Rights Welfare Association, sought compensation to the families of candidates who died while taking the test conducted by the government.

Bodos want Modi to deliver on manifesto

The All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) on Monday alleged that no government at Centre and in Assam has done anything for the deve-lopment of Bodos and said that they are now looking forward to Narendra Modi government to resolve the long-pending issues concerning the ethnic community. The ABSU delegation is on tour of Maharashtra to spread awareness.

Kids to walk the ramp at LFW

World's famous toy shops -Hamley's and Mattel -- will host the first kids fashion show at the Lakme Fashion Week to be held in August.

Hamley's has tied up with Barbie and Hot Wheels to host one of its kind fashion show at LFW Winter/ Festive 2014, where 20 children aged 6 to 12 years from across India will get a chance to walk the ramp.

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aimunnisa Asif Khan, a 44 year old teacher of MES Urdu High School in Kurla West, was assaulted allegedly by the headmaster and supervisor on June 21 inside the headmaster’s office, so severely that she received injuries on her head and her stomach as well as internal injuries. According to her, she spent 40 hours unconscious and woke up in KEM Hospital. Medical reports corroborate her claim. However, till date, no arrests have been made.

Senior Police Inspector, Subhash Raut of the Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station, had this to say to the ADC. “An FIR has been lodged under IPC 354, 323, 504, 509, 506(II) and 34 against the headmaster and supervisor. One (Husain) has already got the anticipatory bail and we are searching for the other (Kazi) accused. In the past there were written complaints by both the parties against each other.”

Khan is a senior Geometry teacher and has been teaching in the school for the last 18 years. She is duly accredited with the Vashi Board.

Talking to the ADC in KEM Hospital, the teacher has stated that on June 18, the headmaster, Muzaffar Husain, along with supervisor Shaishta Kazi and a teacher Fariha Usmani, threatened to kill her and her family if she did not agree to be a witness in an earlier case against a teacher of the school. She alleged that they also made obscene remarks about her character. “At the time, I immediately informed my husband and called 100 and told the police about the threat. I was later called into the headmaster’s cabin where two police officials had arrived. The officers then started to shout at me and asked me not to call 100, while

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School Principal Muzaffar Husain and Supervisor Shaishta Kazi. dragged me near the wall and started banging my head on it. I remember that something hit my head hard and I fell on the ground. Then the headmaster, supervisor, and the others MES Urdu High School where the brutal incident took place. started to kick me. I heard the headmaster urging them to “maar do”, The ordeal did not end there. “The even as he abused me.” She alleges he next day, Waseemudin Azmi, who is referred to his own contacts and one of the members of the managing made further obscene remarks about committee with Usmani, tried to com- her in front of the others. fort me saying that he would help me if She says the last thing she rememanything happened in the future, pro- bers is that the obscenity enraged her vided I removed the latter’s name from so much that she tried to throw her the complaint. Since Usmani herself slipper at the man. Then she woke up also reassured me that this would in the KEM Hospital. Her family innever happen again, I removed her formed her that she had been unconname from the complaint. However, scious for 40 hours. on June 20, when I reached school, she, Contacted in the matter, the prinalong with one Nasreen Aslam Khan, cipal said he was “clean” and had the daughter of the president of the done no wrong. “Jaimunnissa Asif managing committee, started to insult Khan wants to bring back the teacher me and my husband and thus humili- who was removed because of his bad Victim Jaimunnisa Asif Khan at KEM Hospital. ated me. I tried repeatedly to call Azmi, behavior and this is the sole reason without success.” why she is after me, I also feel that the Hussain and Usmani were laughing.

Matters then allegedly escalated. medical reports have been falsified.

Later in the evening, when I went to On June 21, when she reached the I'm clean and I have not done any lodge a complaint in the Vinoba school at 12:25 pm, she said, “When I crime.”

Bhave Nagar Police Station, the head- went into the headmaster’s cabin to ADC tried to contact Dr. J A Gandhi master was present.” sign the muster, he was present along in-charge of the teachers case in KEM She further added,”The school with Kazi, Khan and Usmani. When I hospital without success. However, management added my name with- asked the headmaster to give me the the KEM officials said that the patient out my consent and now want me to muster to sign it, he got up and came is stable and will be discharged be a witness which I will never be.” behind me and caught my hair. He shortly.

Enraged by rejection, youth stabs girl The accused was known to the victim who is now recuperating at the Nair Hospital

On the day of the incident, the victim, along with her friend, was moving towards Santacruz railway station when Mithilesh approached her. He slapped her in public and began threatening her by saying that he would kill her if

she does not elope with him. theVN Desai hospital,” he said, Senior Police Inspector from adding that she was later Vakola Police station Vinayak shifted to Nair Hospital.

Mulay told the ADC that after the incident, the victim's colleague took her to the police station and “with the help of our staff, we admitted her into

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20-year-old youth has been arrested by the Vakola police for allegedly stabbing his female friend when she turned down his marriage proposal. The incident took place near the Jain Temle at Nehru Road in Santacruz (E) on Monday.

The accused was arrested by the cops after a passerby caught him and took him to a nearby police station. The victim and the accused knew each other well and resided in the Agripada locality.

The accused has been identified as Mithilesh Gupta and used to work in a garment making factory in Santacruz. Mithilesh confessed to the crime. In a fit of anger, he stabbed her with a knife after slapping her,” a police official said.

The accused has been booked under section 324 at the moment.

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Continued from pg 1 « when she struggled, he hit her with a blunt object which caused her death. In his statement to police, Mughal had said that he sneaked into Pallavi's flat on August 9 using a set of duplicate keys and tried to force himself upon her. "However, when I forced myself upon her, she resisted and started screaming and at this time I assaulted her with my knife that I was carrying," Mughal had said in his statement.

Avik Sengupta, the victim's livein partner, died of a brain ailment last year. He was reported to be extremely depressed after the murder.

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Commission of India had sent it a show-cause notice seeking explanation as to why its national party status should not be withdrawn. We have replied to the notice and our stand will be further explained if we are given a hearing. I am sure that our national recognition will continue even in future.”

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 Continued from pg 1 « colleges. But as the Mumbai colleges feel that they will be at a loss if the students move to other colleges, they have hit upon a strategy which will prevent their students from going to other colleges. Instead of giving the students their original mark sheets they are handing over only xerox copies.

Now xerox copies of the mark sheets will not be accepted by other colleges so the students have to remain in the same colleges concerned.

The deprived students have reported the matter to Mumbai University's students' grievance cell.

As per the MU rules, once a student takes admission in a college, he has to deposit his Std.12 HSC mark sheet, along with the school leaving certificate in the college. If the student wishes to change the college in the second or third year, he/ she has to be given then the college has to issue him a relieving or leaving certificate along with all the documents submitted by the student during admission.

Last week, the students' greviance cell received a few cases wherin in which students had applied to change their college in the third year. But as the college issued all the students just a xerox copy of their

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original mark sheet, they were not able to take admission in another college of their choice. As per rules, if a student is unable to submit his original mark sheet, the college should not consider his admission.

A student from a Jogeshwari based college, who did not wish to be named, told the ADC that he had lodged a complaint with the grievance cell. “As I was unhappy with the teaching methods followed by the faculty, I applied in another college for admission in the second year degree course. When I asked my col-

lege for the mark sheet which I had to submit to that college, I was given only a xerox copy of the mark sheet which, I was told. Will be issue .issued me a xeroxed copy stating that the original marksheet will be given in the month of August. But then it will not be of any use to me since lectures already begin by June in all colleges. This is unfair, the college is just playing tricks with us to prevent us from joining another college.

The admission procedure for the second and third year degree college starts by the month of May and ends latest by the first week of June. If a student is unable to change the college during this period, then the admissions process is closed and no student can take admission after the lectures begin.

Pradeep Sawant, senate and students greviance cell member, MU, tod the ADC: "Colleges across the city have been playing such tricks with students so that they cannot take admission in another college and stay with the same college. This is illegal and colleges have to hand over the original mark sheets to the students. On the other hand, students should not fear and report the matter to MU. These colleges will be punished. The names of the students will be kept secret and strong action will be taken against such colleges."

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`17 lakh for rural small-scale industries development

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Police permit Preity Zinta to fly abroad

Actress Preity Zinta, who has filed a molestation case against her exboyfriend and industrialist Ness Wadia, on Monday met Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria and sought permission to fly abroad, which was immediately granted. During the meeting, the actress also gave some more details about the incident of alleged molestation at the Wankhede St. on May 30.

500 Marathi books to go online in digital

About 500 books in Marathi language will soon be made available to readers online in digital form. The special software for conversion in digital format of books in Marathi had been indigenously developed by Thane-based educational institute Vidya Prasarak Mandal (VPM). Dr Vijay V Bedekar, VPM’s chairman said. As of today, 265 books, dating back to the period of 1,844 to 1930, have been converted into digital form.

Husband who killed wife traced in UP

The Thane city police traced a grocery shop owner Sadafal Yadav (35) who allegedly strangulated his wife Usha Yadav (28) to death, to a village in Siddharth Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, the Thane police said on Monday.Senior police inspector N S Bangale of the Vartak Nagar police station told PTI that after the murder of his wife on June 23, the accused allegedly strangulated her to death in his house and fled the city at night.

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he Mumbai City District Planning and Development Committee (DPDC) has allocated Rs 17 lakh for development of Rural Small Scale industries in the district which is urbanised with upmarket localities. At the DPDC meeting held last week, Mumbai City district guardian minister and minister for Rural Development,

Jayant Patil approved the Rs 127.68 crore annual development plan for 2014-15.

According to an official state government release, of the total plan of Rs 100 crore, Rs 5.39 lakh have been allocated for general schemes that include agricultural and allied services, Rs 50 lakh for tourism and Rs 17 lakh for rural small-scale industries development. Besides, Rs 26.51 crore have been allo- Jayant Patil

cated for the Schedule Caste sub-plan.

The annual plan also has allocation of Rs 1.17 crore for schemes under non-tribal plan schemes which include exam fees.

The annual plan has also provided for an allocation of Rs 88.67 crore for the social service sector that includes education, technical education, medical education, libraries, sports and other

social sector heads.

The allocation also includes Rs 25 crore for Housing sector and Rs 21 crore for Urban Development. Out of the Rs 91.42 crore allocated for 2013-14, only Rs 79.14 crore were spent till March 2014. When asked about the allocation for rural smallscale industries, government officials in Rural Development ministry remained clueless.

Tawde splits Rane-dominated Congress in Sindhudurg

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ith the assembly elections barely a few months away, leader of opposition in legislative council Vinod Tawde managed to split the Congress party in Sindhudurg district which is dominated by Minister for Industries Narayan Rane.

Speaking to newspersons at the state party office yesterday, Mohan Kalsekar, former Congressman from Sind-

hudurg district, remarked that the Rane era of domination in the district had come to an end. Tawde on the other hand argued that the entry of Rane supporters into the BJP fold was aimed at bolstering the party strength in Kankavli assembly constituency of the district.

The leader of opposition in legislative council stated that party MLA Pramod Jathar had won the Kankavli seat by a narrow margin of just 34

EC told to ban kids in electioneering T

he Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India and the State Election Commission to amend the standard rules of conduct so as to stop children from participating in election campaign conducted by political parties across the state. "This is a serious issue....prima facie, it appears that the existing rules do not provide for a ban on children. Please look into this aspect and make a provision to stop children in the electioneering," said a bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka while hearing a PIL, yesterday.

votes. He remarked that this time around, Rane senior was planning to contest assembly elections from Kankavli, while his son Nitesh is likely to contest from Malwan assembly constituency.

Kalsekar further challenged the Ranes to contest the assembly elections from the two constituencies and vowed that they would ensure that the Ranes lose badly. Among those who joined the BJP yesterday in

the presence of Tawde included S T Sawant, Haresh Patil, Amol Loke and others.

Tawde further disclosed that he would be leading a delegation of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna (SSS) MP Raju Shetti and others to union minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh today over the issue of in-

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“Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Plan for I President’s rule in UP? T

HE Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be quite happy that the law and order situation is deteriorating in Uttar Pradesh. It looks like it has a plan to seize power in the state. With rape victims hung from trees, with cops not registering FIRs, with ministers and MLAs making provocative statements, a perception has grown that there is something gravely wrong with the way the state is run. The administration is under attack.

People appear to be quite fed up with the Samajwadi Party (SP). If this were not so, the BJP would not have got as many as 71 seats out of 80 in the Lok Sabha elections. The voters swing away from the SP is clearly seen. It is evident that the BJP wants to cash in on the sympathy wave. If there is an election in Uttar Pradesh now, the BJP will definitely come to power. The days of Samajwadi Party is over. It is possible that the BJP is trying to get President's rule in the state and later on the Assembly elections. Its party workers have been holding violent protests in Lucknow for the last few days. Water cannons have been used, the protesters have been tear-gassed and lathi-charged. The protest is against the absence of law and order in the state.

The plan is to first get President's rule and then the Assembly elections.

Mayawati's BSP also will no longer be a challenge to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mayawati must have got the shock of her life when she could not get even a single seat in the Lok Sabha polls. It is not by chance or magic that the BJP got almost all the seats in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP's 'struggle' in Uttar Pradesh must have got the blessings of party leaders. It seems to be a well-orchestrated move to bring about Assembly elections as soon as possible.

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am convinced that the Narendra Modi government is guided, if not goaded, by the Hindi chauvinists. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has several liberal leaders who realize that the pace of switch over to Hindi would have to be slow, keeping in mind unity in diversity. Apparently, they do not have much say.

Within the very first fortnight of the Modi’s regime, the central government offices have received a circular that Hindi should be used on social media. This is an entrance through the backdoor. Non-Hindi speaking states spotted the fugitive move and protested against it. New Delhi readily withdrew its step and declared that the circular was meant for the Hindi-speaking states.

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English would continue to be the link languages for administration throughout the country. He did not fix any deadline for the exclusive use of Hindi.

I wish this bilingualism should have continued without anyone tinkering with it. But then the Modi’s men were in a hurry. They wanted to restrict the use of English to certain fields. Yet they realize that their haste can tell upon the country’s unity. Non-Hindi speaking states, particularly Tamil Nadu,

posal was dropped.

There are 22 languages recognized in the Constitution, each with its own script. True, Hindi is a link language along with English, but all the 22 languages are national. This was conceded by the Parliamentary Committee on Language Commission, although the committee gave Hindi the status of principal language and additional language status to English.

The purpose of my narration is that the status quo should continue until the nation can have a consensus on some other formula.

This means that the push currently given to Hindi will have to take into consideration the feelings and aspirations of each area and assure that there is no alienation of any language of any linguistic community. Modi’s fiats to quicken the pace of switchover to Hindi have created the alarm.

This belated realization does not convince Meanwhile, the chauvinist supporters of anyone. I think the government was testing Hindi should patiently wait till people all over the waters. When it found that what it conthe country are proficient in Hindi. Already, sidered an innocuous step has evoked strong it is a compulsory subject in all the states exopposition, it changed its stance. But the circept Tamil Nadu. Job seekers from different cular has done the damage. The fears of nonstates too have underlined the necessity of Kuldip Nayar Hindi speaking people have got rekindled. learning Hindi. Films have spread the lanAnd they are afraid of what may happen toguage throughout the country and one can morrow. have accepted the Constitutional provision converse in the south in Hindi or Hindustani.

India has gone through large linguistic riots that Hindi is the Indian Union’s language. But A few more years will see the entire nonin the late '50s and early '60s. At that time also they want time to learn it and come up to the Hindi speaking population speaking the lanthe Home Ministry had issued instructions to standards of people living in the Hindi belt guage fluently. different departments to make preparations like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh or Rafor a switchover from English to Hindi as laid jasthan. down in the Constitution. Riots took place in Already some candidates from Kerala, southern states and one man immolated Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Language is a very potent force. Urdu in prefhimself in Tamil Nadu to convey his refusal to whose mother tongue is not Hindi, have ex- erence to Bengali gave birth to Bangladesh. The accept Hindi. Even the old slogan of seces- celled in competitive examinations. India of step-motherly treatment meted out to Baluchi sion got renewed. today is very different from what it was 50 is at the back of demand for an autonomous The then prime minister, Jawaharlal years ago, each linguistic group asserting for Baluchistan in neighbouring Pakistan.

In fact, the rulers’ worry should be how to Nehru, was unhappy but did not want to in- its identity. The turmoil during the States’ Reterfere. However, when he saw the fire organization process should be a warning. save regional languages like Punjabi which is spreading, he gave an assurance on the floor The idea of India can be jeopardized. The en- being gradually discarded at Punjabi homes. of Parliament that there would be no tire fabric can get torn if the sensitivities of The new generation is indifferent to their switchover until the non-Hindi speaking peo- the people are not allayed. What is the hurry? mother tongue and for them English, which ple themselves said that they were ready for A few more decades’ wait is too small a price brightens their employment prospects, comes first because it helps them to secure Hindi to be an exclusive language of Union to pay for preserving the nation’s cohesion. administration. This categorical statement I recall how the Hindi fanatics offered quo- bread and butter.

Heritage is linked with languages and disappointed Hindi fanatics but the nation tas in jobs in cases where the use of English on the whole heaved a sigh of relief that India was stopped. This approach by ex-speaker therefore leaders all over the country will had retrieved from the brink.

Purshotam Das Tandon from Uttar Pradesh have to devise ways and means whereby reNo doubt, Modi feels at home with Hindi was ridiculed by a Parliament member in gional languages get succor. Without a longand his sweep in the Lok Sabha elections is Kerala. He warned him not to open the flood- term plan to reinvigorate them, some primarily because of the campaign he led in gates of quota lest there should be a demand regional languages would fall by the wayside Hindi, somewhat Sanskritised for northern for such an arrangement in every field. All as the days go by. How many regional lanIndians. But he should remember Nehru’s other members from non-Hindi speaking guages will survive 50 years hence is anypromise made in 1963 that both Hindi and areas also supported him. Finally, the pro- body’s guess.

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‘Thoughts are forces, but they don’t belong to you’ W

HEN I say a thought is a thing, what do I mean? I mean that you can throw your thought just like a thing. You can hit somebody's head with a thought just like a thing.

You can kill a person through a thought just as you can throw a dagger. You can give your thought as a gift, or as an infection. Thoughts are things, they are forces, but they don't belong to you. They come to you; they abide for a while and then they leave you. The whole universe is filled with thoughts and things.

Things are just the physical part of thoughts, and thoughts are the mental part of things.

Because of this fact, many miracles happen -- because thoughts are things. If a person continuously thinks about you and your welfare, it will happen -- because he is throwing a force at you. That's why blessings are useful, helpful. If you can be blessed by someone who has attained no-mind, the blessing is

going to be true -- because a man who never uses thought accumulates thought energy, so whatsoever he says is going to be true.

In all the Eastern traditions, before a person starts learning no-mind, there are techniques and much emphasis that he should stop being negative, because if you once attain to no-mind and your trend remains negative,

MATTER & SPIRIT you can become a dangerous force. Before the no-mind is attained, one should become absolutely positive. That is the whole difference between white and black magic.

Black magic is nothing more than when a man has accumulated thought energy without throwing out his negativity beforehand.

And white magic is nothing more than when a man has attained too much thought energy,

and has based his total being on a positive attitude. The same energy with negativity becomes black; the same energy with positivity becomes white. A thought is a force, a thing.

This will be the third insight. It has to be understood and watched within yourself.

Sometimes it happens that you see your thought functioning as a thing, but just because of too much conditioning of materialism you think this may be just a coincidence.

You neglect the fact, you simply don't give any attention to it; you remain indifferent, you forget about it. But many times you know that sometimes you were thinking about the death of a certain person -- and he is dead. You think it is just a coincidence. Sometime you were thinking about a friend and a desire arose in you that it would be good if he comes -- and he is on the door, knocking. You think it is a coincidence. It is not coincidence. In fact, there is nothing like coincidence, everything has its causality.

— Osho

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Apology This is with respect to the article ‘After Ness, its Nusli’ (ADC, June 30. The article is not only devoid of facts, but also tends to mislead the readers through the headline.

The headline ‘After Ness, its Nusli’ tends to give an impression that Ness has done something wrong and so has his father now. Also, the fact is that the deposition was not to happen today. (June 30).

It is totally unexpected from a news publication of repute to do an article with a sensational headline, which is false and the content is unsubstantiated. I request you to publish an apology at a prominent place in your esteemed newspaper.

— Naveen Soni, Wadia Group

(Editor replies: The intention was merely to point out that after Ness, Mr Nusli Wadia is in the news. There was no intent to mislead readers. We apologise if this impression was created.)

Brazil must buck up now

Within one month of the takeover from the UPA II, people are disappointed, disheartened and it seems that NDA is losing credibility fast.

THIS refers to your edit-piece 'NDA should tackle first things first' and also the article 'Hopes are falling flat. Where are the solutions?' by Santosh Bhartiya (ADC, June 30), both of which are very relevant at the moment. The NDA has not been able to contain food inflation at all and green peas are selling at Rs.120/kg and sugar, Rs.50/kg. It is a well-known fact that massive hoarding by traders takes place nonchalantly and it is intriguing why no action has been taken against anyone in this regard.

Santosh Bhartiya has made a strong case for setting up village based industries with arrangements for production, finishing and marketing. He has also stressed that an appeal needs to be

WHILST I am thrilled that Brazil has got through to the quarterfinals of FIFA by defeating Chile on June 28, the fact is that Brazil barely scraped through to victory with a marginal one-goal lead in the penalty shootout. Quite literally, Brazil won this match by the skin of its teeth.

Having lived in Brazil for some years, I see the Brazilian team as my team and support it strongly. Nevertheless, the Brazilian team lacked strategy and a game-plan. Throughout the game, Brazil was on the defensive. The Chilean team was very aggressive and frequently had the Brazilian team scampering helterskelter. The passing of the ball between the Brazilian players, their dribbling with the ball and defence was wanting. The Brazilian team Thane needs a Metro too needs to reenergize and play a more aggressive and synchronized game Metro Rail i.e. from Ghatkopar to Andheri and back. It was a very jolly as champions of the game.

— Rajendra K. Aneja, Wadala moment and it took only 20 minutes to reach Andheri and it was a

comfortable travel both ways. If the THE World Cup is hotting up. The Metro Rail comes to Thane, then offside rule has an equivalent in many commuters, who travel by cricket - when the non-striker starts road, local train and other modes of before the ball is delivered. It is cru- transport for going to work and cial, particularly in the last few balls, back from their homes till now eiand as Courtney Walsh demon- ther in the Central or Western Line, strated can make a win or a loss. will be definitely benefited as their In football nothing happens to the travel time will be reduced to a great player who commits the foul. The extent. Thane is also growing on day other team kicks off from where the to day basis by leaps and bounds infringement took place. In cricket and it would be huge relief for lakhs too the umpire can be empowered of Thaneites who travel to work, but with his eyes on the bowler for business etc, on a daily basis.

— Murugesh Iyer, Thane a no-ball it will be difficult. Hence the discretion is given to the bowler.

The only problem is that the socalled ‘gentlemanly’ nature of the game makes it look as if the bowler A LOT of attention is being given to is the offender although the non- inflation, rising prices of vegetables and fruits but there seems to be striker breaks a rule.

— T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivali scant concern about the rising use of poisonous pesticides in our vegetables and fruits. SuccesOF sive governments have LETTER THE DAY ON June 24 I took a ride on Mumbai done precious little to safeguard the national health. Recently Saudi Arabia rejected our QUOTE: shipments of green chillies, our “You cannot hang out with negamangoes were banned by the Eurotive people and expect to live a pean union as they contained huge positive life.” amounts of harmful chemicals.

— Joel Osteen Greed of some lobbies is ensuring that our vegetables peak before

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made to the PM that he should fulfill the hopes of the people and solve their problems so that "the people who have put their faith in him do not begin to sway in the swing of distrust".

the complacent yet veteran Congress, the edifice for which was established by none other than Gandhi, C.R. Dass, Motilal Nehru, Sarojini Naidu, Madam Cama among others – these veterans had — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane been the country's flag bearers as well as served as the plinth of the

megalomaniac edifice and they YES, when the incumbent govern- must be saluted irrespective of ment wants to change everything one's affiliation otherwise -- don't set up by the previous government break that edifice! Indeed, any biwhy was the rail budget an- ased notion to brush aside as the nounced post-haste – couldn't it (mis)deeds of the Congress would be deferred for a while to present a harm nation's interest!

— P. Chakravorty, Fort sensible budget especially railway budget which hits the 'aam aadmi'

(common man) and not just administering the 'bitter pill', all in a NDA government has been formed great haste to mitigate malarial at- with thumping majority. People tack? Indeed, I have no qualm for were happy, optimistic and satis-

fied that 'achcha din aane wale hai (Good Days will come). But hardly within one month of the takeover from the UPA II people are disappointed, disheartened and it seems that NDA is loosing credibility fast.

It seems either people expected too much from NDA too soon. In the first 30 days there could be teething problems. There is severe hike in rail fares, more price rise is expected in essential commodities, there was dispute between UGC and Delhi University which was for Ms Smriti Irani to solve. There wide protests all over and then health minister's statement that fidelity is more important than condom.

There are so many other drawbacks. Is there any better idea or immediate solutions for immediate economic renaissance and resurrection?

— S.P. Sharma, Mumbai

NARENDRA Modi who is a oneman-show seems to be the latest ammunition in the Congress armoury with which it is firing at the BJP on all cylinders. However, the secular party's memory needs to be refreshed by posing a counter question. Were all the decisions taken on collective basis during the times of the leadership of such legends like Nehru, Indira and Rajiv; or for that matter, even today, is not the mother/son duo directing all the affairs of the Party as well as the government itself? Recently, the crown prince himself has gone on record as stressing the urgent need for bringing internal democracy in the running of the Party apparatus.

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

evoke irrelevant answers. These answers are because the epics have Gods in them and are also political and social control instruments.

Media too will not print anything controversial as religion is the cornerstone of politics. That’s why the — Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra establishment mafia has enacted laws on sacrilege and blasphemy.

The first typical answer one gets to a difficult question is – absence of evIN Sanjay Gandhi National Park, — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada idence is not evidence of absence.

Borivali, people are taken for REAL The next defence is – for a believer RIDE. The tourists are told that it no proof is necessary and for a nonwould cost Rs.61 for a tiger and lion believer no proof is sufficient. The safari. But tourists can't see any THE two most famous Indian epics last defence is – how can you ask tigers and lions freely roaming in are the Ramayana and the Mahab- such questions, will you dare to do jungle. They have to be satisfied by harata. However certain questions so about other religions?

— T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivali only seeing them in cages. When are not being asked and if asked asked why it is so, the park officials say it is a temporary measure. But this has be going on for several years. Tourists should not be fooled in this manner. Immediate action is required. But what will happen if APROPOS 'Fiery Friday' (ADC, some foreign guests are with us and Jun 28), it is indeed observed we are told lies by the park authoriwith anguish and concern about ties. The name of India will be spoilt how poorly the Mumbai fire in foreign countries. Hope this may brigade is equipped with worn not happen in future.

— Yogesh R. Bhavsar, Dahisar out and old woollen suits of the fire men, empty oxygen cylinders, dry hydrants, non-working fire extinguishers. Thank God IT was really unfortunate to note that that the fire broke out close to the Former Solicitor General has withend of the day otherwise cer- The clothes and other equipments used drawn his candidature as Supreme tainly a few hapless Mumbaikars by the fire brigade personnel are Court judge in haste. As a matter of would have perished. This fire ex- outdated and of poor quality too. It is fact, his name had been recomposed once again how inept is time they get modern fire-fighting mended for elevation by a Supreme the concerned administration in paraphernalia.

Court collegium and the sudden derespect of providing the proper cision to withdraw surprised all in fire fighting accessories compris- fire incidence it is seriously felt Government circle. Now the tale ing of oxygen cylinders for the that the fire department should takes a new twist as Mr. Gopal Subfiremen's safety while combating be revamped thoroughly to set ramaniam accused Modi Governthe blaze. There are so many the things right at the earliest.

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai ment for raking up "dirt" against him other drawbacks. From this CST to scuttle elevation. Such types of butime by using dangerous pesticides.

Since everyone in our land cannot afford the "designer" organic produce which come at fancy prices it is the duty of our Government to monitor and provide safe food for its people.

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reaucracy had spoilt the functioning of the system in the past also, but this time it has come out in the open. In the Amit Shah case, the SC had appointed Mr. Subramaniam as amicus curiae and that goes against him now. He now blames Chief Justice of India led collegium for not standing up to the executive Government of the day and he felt he was let down by the judiciary.

History or myth?

Fire department needs a revamp

Subramaniam’s withdrawal

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rods and spirals. They inhabit soil, water, acidic hot springs, radioactive waste and also live in symbiotic and parasitic relationships with plants and animals.

Many bacteria have self-propelled motion which is described as motility. Swimming bacteria frequently move nearly 10 body lengths per second and a few as fast as 100. This makes them at least as fast as fish, on a relative scale.

achin Lokapure, a 27-year-old pharmacy graduate from nondescript Miraj Town in Sangli district, has devised an apparatus for bacterial movement detection, with great amount of dedication and hard work. His work has also been certified by the Controller General of Patients and Trade Marks.

Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to The apparatus, called a motilo-

Motiloscope

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Miraj pharmacist devises apparatus for bacterial movement detection, among other cutting edge inventions

scope, (which comes with a sample holder) is used for bacterial movement detection. In the disc type sample holder, a small drop of bacterial suspension or fluid culture coated with viscous oil (paraffin oil) is dropped. The paraffin oil is added to keep the drop of fluid culture or bacterial suspension at the centre of the disc. This sample holder is then kept in the motiloscope.

A motiloscope is used for observation of bacterial motility, and its size and shape too. Since the time of observation for different species of bacteria differs, the device is used for identification and classification of different species of bacteria, and ensures that no drop of bacterial suspension falls down.

This method is an advanced method compared to earlier methods of observing bacterial motility with illuminated microscope of ex-

disposable sample holder at Rs 20,000/-

Adaptor for microscope

Microbial fuel cell

Bacterial movement detector

amining unstained microorganism by dropping fluid culture from a cover slip over cavity slide.

Besides in this method, less scale is required.

thin film which is also known as flexible microbial fuel cell. The single chamber microbial fuel cell is prepared by polyethylene material.

In this cell, baker yeast is used for generating 0.60V electric current which can be used to run electronic gadgets, LED lighting and calcula-

5 utility and 7 design patented in his name.

Sachin, who completed his M. Pharma from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Science of Karnataka, is now working as an Assistant Professor in a Sangli-based pharmacy college.

Where it can be used ?

This apparatus can be used in microbiological, pathological and research laboratories. This type of motiloscope has not been manufactured by any other company as of now. Sachin has not marketed this apparatus but he tentatively puts the price of “Motiloscope”with

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The statue of Ahilyabai Holkar, at the chowk situated opposite the Churchgate railway station, which is named after her. It is scheduled to be inaugurated on July,11.

According to sources, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit the city on the same day, there are possibilities that the unveiling of the statue will be done in his presence.

tors. It can also be used for energy supply to pacemakers. These cells will be very useful for research, feels Sachin.

Drawing inspiration from scienSachin has also designed a Digital tists, including Thomas Alva Edison, Adapter for microscope. It is used Nicola Tesla, Sachin has been enfor observation of micro images gaged in research and has received under a microscope. This apparatus is also to be used in pathological laboratories as well as hospitals.

With its compact size, high resolution and low cost, this apparatus will be certainly more useful since the adapters now available in market are more costly feels Sachin. He is yet to market this adapter, and puts tentative price at for Rs 5,000/-.

Adapter for microscope

Microbial fuel cells Sachin has also designed the microbial fuel cells. The microbial fuel cell is made of less than 10-3-10-4 cm Sample holder for bacterial movement

Techie Held for Harassing Girl Using Fake FB Profile Had targeted more female batchmates to avenge humiliation heaped on him during his college days

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22-year-old engineer working with a private company landed behind bars on charges of harassing his former college colleague by posting objectionable material on her Facebook account. According to the police the accused identified as-Aaron Furtado (22) created a fake profile account on Facebook and started posting all types of vulgar expletives and objectionable material in the message box of the complainant. Upset over the harassment, the girl blocked the ID but her troubles did not stop here as Furtado continued repeating his acts by creating multiple fake profiles. Unable to bear the nuisance, the girl registered a complaint at the Vasaigaon police station. “Acting on her complaint, we referred the matter to our Cyber Cell which browsed

through several portals and finally zeroed in on the service provider, which helped them trace the sender’s IP address who turned out to be Furtado.” confirmed, IPS officer Maheshwar Reddy who currently is the in-charge of Vasaigaon police station. In his confessional statement, Furtado admitted to his crime which he says to have committed to avenge his insult by the complainant and other female batch-mates during college days.

“There is a strong possibility that Arun may have tried this revenge formula on other girls as well.” said an officer. Booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act, for electronically transmitting offensive messages, Arun managed to secure bail after spending three days in police custody. Further investigations are on.

Health&Fitness

pg 19 Find out how indoor air pollution can harm your health

pg 20 We tell you how to take care of the skin around your breasts

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Dev Goswami & Shirley Mistry tell you a little bit about the symptoms of different diseases that can affect your body. Read on to find what they are and how to maintain good overall health

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hile you may know how to cure a niggling headache and are more than familiar with a bad stomach cramp, you may be dismissing the signs that your body is giving you as minor aches and pains — nothing that a pill can’t cure. However, though these go unnoticed, they could often be indicators of more serious ailments. We don’t mean to scare you, but even a recurring migraine could be a sign of a serious disease. So, read on as we tell you how to stay healthy from head to toe and protect yourself from common diseases (and learn their symptoms), that can affect your health.

all in the mind A balanced diet is the key to maintaining a healthy brain.

Include foods such as meat, walnuts, crabs, broccoli, garbanzo beans and berries in your diet, as they improve blood flow to your brain, help keep symptoms of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease at bay, boost focus and sharpen your mind. Antioxidant-rich foods such as berries ensure that your brain is stress-free and help you think clearly, while healing your brain. Also, keep yourself engaged with activities, both physical and mental (especially as you grow older), to ensure that your brain stays active. Also, make sure that you keep your stress levels under control; play sports and indulge in hobbies that relax you to avoid the unnecessary burden of a stressed mind.

heart of the matter Keeping your heart healthy isn’t that complicated. Apart from eating healthy meals, which include small amounts of good fats and good cholesterol, avoid smoking and drinking excessively. Exercise in moderation and ensure that you aren’t stressed, because stress has a direct impact on your heart. In fact, experts suggest engaging in activities such as knitting and weaving, as they help you relax. Also, make sure that you do things that make you happy, such as pursuing a

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breathe in Apart from the obvious advice to quit smoking — a habit that is literally eating up your lungs as we speak, make sure that you do all you can to avoid areas that are heavily polluted.

While you can’t control the level of pollution outside your home, make sure that your lungs aren’t getting affected by indoor air pollution (read our article on Page 19 to learn how to reduce indoor pollution). Also, ensure that you exercise regularly and constantly push yourself to work harder, as this helps improve your lung power and strengthens your organs.

To keep your lungs healthy, ensure that your diet includes a balance of carbohydrates, small amounts of fat and fruits and vegetables such as broccoli, which are proven to maintain lung health and can even help prevent lung cancer.

belly up If good lung health isn’t reason enough to quit smoking, you should know that the nasty habit can harm your stomach as well. It weakens the muscles that control the lower part of your oesophagus. When this muscle is weakened, acids from your stomach travel up the oesophagus in the wrong direction and cause what is known as acid reflux. Reflux, in turn, causes peptic ulcers, heartburn and bowel inflammation. Apart from giving up smoking, make sure that you exercise regularly, because being overweight also increases pressure on your stomach and can cause heartburn and acidity. Eat small meals at regular intervals, avoid too much spice, salt or oil and drink lots of water, which will help aid digestion and keep the strain off your stomach.

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Kidney story Your kidneys do your body a great service by filtering almost 200 litres of blood every day, absorbing nutrients from fluids, eliminating toxic waste and regulating your body’s fluid levels. Take good care of them by living a healthy, balanced life. The less junk food you consume, the lighter load there will be on your kidneys to separate the nutrients from the toxins. Eat foods that are cleansing, such as cabbage, grapes, red bell peppers and egg whites, as they aid your kidneys’ functions. Also, consume smaller quantities of sodium, minerals and salt, so that your kidneys don’t have to work too hard to filter them out.

so bony To keep your joints healthy, make sure that you maintain an ideal weight. Losing as little as 4kg will lower the stress on your joints and allow them to move smoothly. You should also exercise and ensure that you stretch before and after working out, to make sure that your joints don’t snap under sudden pressure. Also, wear good shoes, because shoes that are made badly or have a high heel, put a lot of pressure on your bones and joints. Apart from drinking milk, you must include foods such as cheese, broccoli, sardines and turnips for an extra boost of calcium, that will ensure strong bones.

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A Full body check-up No, we aren’t actually going to give you a medical check-up.

We’re telling you about some of the symptoms (on the left) and conditions (on the right) that you should watch out for, when it comes to the different parts of your body. If you think that you suffer from any of these symptoms, don’t delay visiting your doctor.

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the brAin Your brain is a very important organ and it can be affected by tumours, migraines, blood clots and psychological conditions.

l Headache — especially a chronic one. l Ringing in your ears. l Memory loss or confusion. l Loss of bodily functions. l Severe pain in one side of your head. l Changes in speech and vision.

chest l Chest pain is a symptom that you should never ignore. l Chronic coughs. l Feeling of tightness. l Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath. l Coughing up blood. l Pain on just one side.

the heArt Strokes, heart attacks, atherosclerosis, abnormal blood pressure... there are several conditions with the same symptoms. So, don’t take any chest pain lightly.

the lungs Your lungs can be affected by cancer, asthma, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pneumonia, tuberculosis and edema.

joints l Difficulty in performing the joint’s natural movement. l Not being able to get up or perform exercises such as bicep curls. l Warm, red and/ or swollen skin around your joints.

Abdomen l Pain just below your stomach and just above

your groin. l Too much, too little and/ or bloody urination. l Chronic constipation. l Heartburn after every meal. l Constant vomiting. l Sudden, unexplained weight-loss. l Frequent or infrequent bowel movements. l Diarrhoea, accompanied by abdominal pain and high fever.

the stomAch You need to be wary of cancer, ulcers, gastroparesis, indigestion, Crohn’s disease and gastritis when it comes to your stomach.

the kidneys Kidney failure is a big threat. It can occur due to cancer, infections and cysts in your kidneys. You should also look out for sepsis and kidney stones.

the joints Arthritis is a common condition that can affect your joints. Others include bursitis, dislocations and injuries affecting your joint’s tendons.

bones l Fractures while performing safe,

everyday tasks. l A family history of bone disease. l Pain that you think is emanating from

your bones — this can be whether you’re moving and/ or at rest. l A new mass of tissue forming around the site of the pain from the point above. l Not being able to walk without limping or support.

the bones Osteoporosis is the most common bone-related problem. Paget’s disease makes your bones brittle; they can also suffer from cancers and infections.

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« Know more expensive food tastes better

>> While honey has more nutritional benefits than sugar, it is higher in calories. Take a look at the differences between the two

Yamini Walia tells you about a recent study, conducted by Cornell University, that found out why people think that a meal tastes better when it’s expensive

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You may think that honey is healthier than sugar, but the debate is far from over.

Take a look at some of the facts before you make a decision, says Shirley Mistry

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veryone seems to be switching to honey, thinking that it is a healthier alternative to sugar in cakes, desserts, drinks and tea or coffee. The basic premise for this lifestyle change is based on the theory that honey is healthier than sugar. Take a look at how the two ingredients fare in terms of factors such as calorific value and whether the two are starkly different.

Calorie CounT A teaspoon of honey contains 22 calories, while one teaspoon of sugar contains 16 calories. So, it won’t make much of a difference to use honey if your consumption is restricted to a spoon or two in your tea. But, if you are fond of desserts and prefer your beverages sweet, you are better off using sugar, rather than honey.

STorage of faT Sugar is made up of 50% glucose and 50% fructose. Your body draws its energy from glucose and finds it easy to break down fructose, leading to a surge in your blood sugar levels. As a result, your body uses only the amount of sugar that it requires, and stores the rest of it as fat.

On the other hand, honey is made up of roughly 30% glucose and less than 40% fructose. It also contains around 20 other sugars and fibre. This means that your body spends more energy trying to

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While honey beats sugar by a very small margin, once sugar enters your bloodstream (in any form), your body can’t tell the difference between the two. So, you can consume any kind of sugar, but make sure you do this in small amounts. Here’s how you can reduce your intake of sugar. l Switch from regular tea and coffee, to green tea, as it is more palatable if you are consuming it without sugar. l Instead of adding sugar to your cereal, add a few raisins to it, as they improve eye and dental health as well as bone density. l Instead of using corn syrup or golden syrup in your baking, substitute it with agave, a natural sweetener that is a healthier alternative. l If you are planning on switching from sugar to sugar substitutes, avoid ones that contain

break these elements down into glucose and you end up storing a lower quantity of honey as fat in your body. However, the fructose and complex sugars that are present in honey are believed to drain minerals from your body and can also lead to problems such as obesity, heart problems and liver diseases.

nuTrienTS Honey contains antioxidants (in a minute quantity when compared to antioxidant-rich foods such as blueberries and avocados) and also

aspartame as they can damage your eyesight, cause migraines, dizziness, insomnia, depression and even result in death. Opt for Stevia instead, a naturally sweet, healthy plant, that does not have the bitter after-taste that most artificial sweeteners do. l Cut out condiments such as ketchup from your diet. They are packed with refined sugar and are extremely unhealthy. l Fruit yoghurt may seem like a healthy snack, but it contains large amounts of sugar, so opt for natural yoghurt instead. l Chewing on gum is believed to be a popular way to curb hunger pangs, but the sugar in them is lethal. Opt for a sugar-free snack bar instead.

It will keep you full for longer and doesn’t contain heaps of processed sugar. l Lay off jams, juices that come in tetra-packs, frosty cereals, packaged sauces and beverages, as they are all saturated with sugar!

ave you ever wondered why expensive food tastes so much better? It doesn’t always boil down to being because the food is better quality.! According to a recent study by the scientists at Cornell University in New York, people enjoy expensive food more than cheaper food, purely because of its price.

The scientists at the university studied the eating habits of 139 people enjoying an Italian buffet in an up-state restaurant. The price of the food was set by the researchers at either $4 (`240) or $8 (`480) for the all-you-can-eat meal. The customers were then asked to rate the taste of the food and the quality of the restaurant.

The experiment revealed that the people who paid $8 (`480) for the food enjoyed their meal 11% more than those who ate the cheaper buffet and surprisingly, those who paid for the $4 (`240) buffet said that they felt guiltier about filing up their plates, thinking that they over ate. However, the scientists explained that both groups actually ate the same amount of food.

Researcher, Ozge Sigirci, explained at the Experimental Biology Meeting, “If the food is on the plate, you are going to eat it, but the pricing affects how you are going to feel about your meal and how you will evaluate the restaurant.”

The researchers found that a price cut can actually affect the reputation of a restaurant, as people tend to associate the quality of the food with the price of the meals. So, a lower price implies lower quality and a higher price implies better quality in the consumer’s minds. Not just this, the consumers also feel that their meal is less worthwhile, if it’s less expensive.

The results also apply to the consumption of wine, as people prefer to buy expensive wine and appreciate it more than the cheaper option on the menu. So, you now know why so many restaurants mark up the price of their second cheapest wine!

contains zinc and other minerals that bees may pick up on the way, before they deposit honey. Sugar on the other hand, contains no such nutritional benefits.

healTh BenefiTS Apart from providing you with antioxidants, honey is known to cure a common cold, cough and even improve your immunity when it is consumed on a daily basis. It is also anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and contains flavanoids, which reduce the risk of certain cancers.

>> Your brain associates expensive food with high quality and cheaper food with lower quality

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Time To Transform

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Emotional FEvEr

>> Take this quiz to find out if you are allowing your emotions to take a toll on your health

Unsatisfied with the results of your workout? Maybe it’s not you — it’s your gym.

This quiz by Dev Goswami will help you find out whether you need to move on to a new gym

Do you suffer from a fever every time you get emotional? Yamini Walia recommends you take this quiz to see whether your emotions are making you ill feel weak the next day? a. Yes. b. No.

Do you get tired easily? a. Yes. b. No.

On days when you are extremely stressed, do your hands tremble, or do you catch cold? a. Yes. b. No.

Are you unable to get a good night’s sleep because of anxiety and/ or stress? a. Yes. b. No.

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Are you a very emotional person? a. Yes. b. No.

Due to lack of sleep, do you usually

When you feel extremely anxious, does your body temperature increase? a. Yes. b. No.

mostly as Being emotional is not doing your health any favours. You are too stressed and get anxious very quickly. As a result, you suffer from frequent bouts of fever. Try to control your emotions and stop stressing over small things. You’ll see how different you feel once you start taking control of your emotions. mostly bs If you are suffering from a fever, you should visit a doctor, because your emotions are not the cause of it. You control your emotions well — sometimes a little too well. Continue with what you’re doing in order to stay healthy, but remember that a few emotions never hurt anyone.

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9 HeaDs up Headaches are a sign of several health problems, but they’re also a sign of hunger. So, before popping a pill, make sure you eat!

You know that hunger and thirst are different, but do you know how to identify when your body needs food? Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you about some of the signs of hunger snappy sally If you get snappy and irritable at several different points of the day, but don’t know why, you need to eat a little bit and take stock of the situation again.

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4 Heart racing You may be in love, you may be scared — or you may just be really hungry! If your heart is racing, have a bite to eat, so that you can calm down a little.

a. No. b. Yes.

Have you been going to your current gym for so long, that you’re now a part of a group of gym ‘buddies’ who hang out together every other day? a. Yes. b. No.

Is the gym often so crowded, that you end up leaving without exercising? a. Yes. b. No.

Would you say that your gym often plays slow, mellow music that makes you want to sit back and relax? a. Yes. b. No. Are the trainers at your gym always around to help you with your posture and give you tips?

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so tireD If you’re tired all the time, your body is probably sending you signals, telling you to eat more. When you’re hungry, you will feel weak, tired and devoid of energy.

Just a sHiver Don’t worry if your hands start shivering for no reason close to meal time. If you haven’t eaten for a long time, shivering hands could be a sign of hunger.

10 growl away One of the most obvious signs that you are hungry, is when your stomach begins to growl.

But, you don’t have to wait for it to get to a thunderous roar.

A little rumble is enough to tell you that it’s time to eat!

Does your workout area overlook a café? a. Yes. b. No.

Your trainers say absolutely nothing when they see you cut down on the sets/ reps of your exercise. a. Yes. b. No. Do you often follow a workout off the internet, instead of the gym/ your trainer suggesting one? a. Yes. b. No.

mostly bs If your workout isn’t going according to plan, you have no one to blame but yourself. Your gym has clean equipment, effective trainers and members who want to work out, not hang out. The trainers are attentive, design new workouts and help you out with tips and warnings. This ensures that you achieve your goals, without injuring yourself. At the same time, read our points to make sure that you aren’t getting distracted while working out.

hese points will help you see how your gym might be interfering with your workout.Keep them in mind the next time you’re exercising at your gym: unable to focus Unable to focus at work? Maybe all you need, is to take your lunch break! Very often, people don’t realise that their inability to concentrate at work occurs because they are hungry.

Are the handlebars and seats of the exercise equipment always damp with sweat, with no one to clean it up? a. Yes. b. No.

mostly as We think it’s time to throw in the towel — but only so that you can join another gym as soon as possible. Your gym is overcrowded, your trainers are anything but proactive and you’re so distracted by your friends, the sight of food and drink and the music they play, that your workout is suffering. This could also mean that when you do manage to work out, you’re doing so incorrectly, because your trainers are inattentive. You need to either quit your gym or read our tips below, to ensure that your workout doesn’t take a beating.

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Dizzy Darling If you feel dizzy and like you’re going to faint — eat something! Drinking water when you feel faint is important, but lack of food is the most probable cause of dizziness.

cramping up While several women often confuse this symptom with that time of the month and others see it as a sure-shot sign of being dehydrated, what’s surprising about cramps is that they often occur when your body needs a dose of nutrition.

feeling empty Feeling empty is one of the most common signs of hunger. If your stomach feels like it’s an empty pit, you need to eat before you start feeling faint or dizzy.

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yms are a place where you focus on getting the most out of your workout. But, for a variety of reasons, you sometimes pay more attention to everything around you, except what you enrolled for.

We’re not blaming you, because your gym might actually be the guilty party here! If you think that your gym is an impediment to your workout, take this quiz to see whether you need to change your workout habits, or your gym.

From workout buddies, to a café near your workout station, there are several ways to get distracted while you’re running on the treadmill. It’s great to have friends, but keep your interactions to a bare minimum while you work on your fitness and make sure that you exercise away from any food or drink temptation, especially if your gym has its own café. Even though it serves healthy food and drinks, it might make you want to stop exercising and relax for a while.

surrounDings matter Overcrowded gyms and mellow music will end up frustrating you and you won’t feel like working out at all.

Carry a music player/ iPod along with you to ensure that you have a playlist of motivating, up-beat tracks to exercise to. If your gym is always crowded, either switch your schedule or start looking for a new gym.

>> If you aren’t happy with your workout, it’s time to switch to another gym

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maintaining Hygiene When you think about how many people use the gym equipment every day, you won’t be surprised to find that you can contract diseases and viruses if your gym doesn’t maintain good hygiene. So, it is important that the machines are periodically cleaned and the showers and sauna are routinely disinfected. This is not a factor that most people consider while choosing a gym, but it is an important thing to keep in mind. If you think that your gym doesn’t maintain good hygiene, switch to a new one immediately!

gooD trainers We can’t stress enough on how important it is that your gym has knowledgeable and proactive trainers. Not only should these trainers point out where you might be going wrong, they should also be able to come up with new and challenging workouts so that you don’t lose your enthusiasm to workout.

Also, when you slack off, it is important that a trainer notices and motivates you to continue your exercise. If the trainers at your current gym simply stand around in a corner, you really need to find a better gym.

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Gym Sabbatical If you are used to going to the gym or working out relentlessly every day, a sabbatical can be quite unnerving.

Here’s what to do when you know that you’re not going to be able to go to the gym, says Shirley Mistry >> Instead of spending hours watching television because you can’t go to the gym, follow our tips to stay healthy

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ou may be regimental when it comes to working out on a daily basis, but a bout of flu, an injury or just a hectic week at work is all it takes to disturb your gym schedule. But, being unable to work out doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t continue to keep your mental and physical health in perfect shape. Read on to find out how to stay fit both on the inside and out, when you can’t go to the gym.

Tank up on Tea Green tea works wonders for your health.

From antioxidants and cancer-curing flavanoids, to compounds that help ease digestion and soothe a cold, it contains a bundle of benefits in a cup. Apart from keeping you healthy, it also calms and relaxes you, eases mild pain and discomfort and loads you with energy. It does not contain excessive doses of caffeine, is light on your stomach and hardly contains any calories. So, sip on 2-3 cups of tea every day if you can’t go the gym and rest assured that you are boosting your health.

The LisT Maker Since you can’t go the gym (either because you are caught up at work or because your knee injury won’t allow you to do push-ups), make a list of all the other things that you have to do and strike them off, one after the other, as soon as you complete them. Not only will this make you feel accomplished and energised in the same way that a workout does, it will also help you focus better. And, as we all know, apart from staying physically fit, heightened focus is another great benefit of working out regularly.

sLeep weLL Just because you are unwell or have been working overtime, it doesn’t mean that you can afford to compromise on your sleep. Get a minimum of six hours of sleep every night, in order to feel refreshed and energised. If you need help sleeping, sip on some green tea or lavender tea to calm your frazzled nerves before bedtime. Not only will sleeping

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Yamini Walia tells you how to keep your ankles strong and healthy

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nkle injuries are extremely common, but you don’t have to stop exercising to prevent them. In fact, if you are injured, this is more of a reason to strengthen your joints! Stronger ankles are an advantage even if you are just sprinting, or running on a level surface, since the muscles that drive you to move forward pass through your ankles. Make sure that you keep the following tips in mind: If your ankle injury includes a torn ligament, you should work with a physical therapist or your personal trainer before you begin exercising. This will ensure that you are exercising correctly, without aggravating your injury.

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However, if your injury is an old sprain, you can do some

strengthening exercises on your own, such as calf raises and other regular, balanced exercises.

Your ankle needs to be well-balanced, so concentrate on one-legged exercises such as standing on one leg for as long as you can, or standing on one leg and stretching your hands outwards. Hold this position and rotate your upper body as far as you can one way, and then the other.

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Perform these exercises regularly for best results and, in no time, you will get considerable relief from pains arising from old sprains and injuries.

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Now that you know how to keep your ankles strong, follow these tips consistently to be injury-proof in no time.

>> Calf raises are a great way to boost ankle strength

well clear your mind, it will also help restore your spent energy reserves and give you the mental and physical strength that you need to face the next day with ease. Remember that skipping your daily workout at the gym doesn’t mean that you have a free pass to stay up all night watching episode after episode of your favourite sitcom!

sLow and sTeady It may be tempting to scarf down a cheeseburger with a side of fries and a soda for lunch because you are on a workout break, but muster up all your willpower and refrain from doing so! Since you aren’t working out, you should be extra careful about what you eat. In fact, it is better to eat healthy food and ensure that you chew slowly while you’re on a break from the gym.

This way, your body is able to digest food and absorb nutrients better and you aren’t going to end up in a food coma, just because you overate.

skin safe Just like your skin sports a healthy glow almost instantly after an hour at the gym, it is also the first place that you’ll notice signs of dryness, lethargy and dullness. So, make sure that you don’t slip up on exfoliation and moisturisation, even if you aren’t heading to the gym.

waTer baby When you work out, or follow your regular schedule, your water consumption is regularised and on track with the amount of water that you should be consuming every day. However, when you are extremely stressed or unwell, you may forget to drink enough water. Since it plays a big part in helping with digestion and keeps you hydrated, not drinking enough will cause problems such as dizziness and crankiness.

So, make sure that you guzzle a glass of water whenever you have a free moment. If you have trouble remembering, use one of the several free mobile applications that exist, which will set reminders for you.

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Breathe it in Are you worried about the air outdoors? The air inside your home could be equally polluted, so work on cleaning up the quality of air indoors first, says Rhea Dhanbhoora

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hile most of us avoid visiting construction sites and walk around with handkerchiefs stuck to our noses to prevent pollution, smog and dust from making us ill, we rarely do the same at home.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are 4.3 million people, worldwide, who die due to household (indoor) air pollution every year! Take a look at what this is and how you can keep your home wellventilated and the quality of your air clean.

Although you’re better off if your home is well-ventilated and you don’t have an open kitchen, the WHO found that three billion people cook and heat their homes using solid fuels — which include wood, charcoal and crop wastes. These emit fumes that have several health hazards and pollutants. But, even if you’ve got a modern cooking range, you could still be at risk due to pollutants that are present in most homes, including mold, dust and grime.

If you smoke at home, the fumes collect in your furnishings, leading to third-hand smoke, which is carcinogenic and can damage your health. Paints and cleaners that include benzene and methylene chloride also pollute the air. Pesticides and paint add to the problem, but since these aren’t used as regularly, they are easier to avoid. Last, but not least (and we’re sure you’re already aware of this), using asbestos in your home is one of the quickest ways to be severely affected by indoor air pollution.

improve your air qualiTy While cooking and cleaning are not things that you can avoid, there are several ways to keep your home clean and the quality of your air fresh, so that the risk of indoor pollution is reduced. Here are a few quick tips: Use a vacuum cleaner to suck up all the dust and allergens that can accumulate in your home. Also, remember that chemicals can mix with dust and stay in your room for ages, so keeping your floors and walls clean is of utmost importance.

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Just sweeping or vacuuming isn’t enough, because this leaves a layer of dust behind. So, it’s important to mop your floors with water every day. Use cleaners only when you absolutely need to.

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Use a dehumidifier (to control allergens) if the level increases. Indoor air pollution increases in rooms that have a high level of humidity.

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>> Ensure that you clean up the air inside your home to protect yourself from indoor air pollution!

have an airing balcony, dry them outside your window to prevent moisture from collecting inside your house.

Use natural air fresheners. Chemical-based air fresheners are the worst culprits when it comes to indoor air pollution, so make sure you use natural products, even when it comes to laundry and bathroom scents. If you absolutely must use a store-bought one, make sure that it is extremely mild and read the labels carefully.

Let a little air in! Keeping your windows open prevents chemicals and allergens that household devices and cleaning agents emit from building up inside your home.

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E-cigarettes were once promoted as a healthier way to quit smoking. However, they have recently been criticised heavily, with several countries mulling a ban because of their apparent health risks. Dev Goswami tells you more

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-cigarettes have been quite the rage for years now.

Since they contain nothing but nicotine vapour, they were once considered to be an easy way out for smokers who wanted to quit, but needed to feel as though they were still smoking. Also, since they do not contain any of the 4,000 chemicals that are present in cigarette smoke, e-cigarettes were also considered to be safe from the risks associated with second-hand smoking. However, several countries are now contemplating a partial or complete ban on them after serious concerns over their safety have been raised.

Read on as we tell you whether you should be opting for e-cigarettes to quit smoking or staying far away from them.

are They safe?

Let’s answer this question first. Are they safe?

Theoretically, yes. Dr. Samir Garde, consulting pulmonologist, from Hinduja Healthcare Surgical, Khar, explains, “E-cigarettes don’t have the 4,000 odd chemicals that are present in normal cigarettes. So, you can say that they are less harmful than cigarettes.”

However, you need to understand that they do not solve the problem of addiction — which is the root cause of smoking. You will just end up being addicted to the e-cigarettes.

And addiction, Dr. Samir tells us, brings with it the risk of substance abuse, as you might be tempted to feel a stronger ‘kick.’ Apart from that, addiction can wreck havoc with your personal life and there is also the risk that you’ll go back to smoking normal cigarettes if you find the effects of e-cigarettes unsatisfying.

so whaT do you do?

Should you pick e-cigarettes to kick your smoking habit?

“Absolutely not!” says Dr. Samir. He adds that if you want to quit smoking there are only three things that will help — counselling (on the extremely harmful effects of smoking), nicotine gums or patches (though Dr. Samir tells us that he doesn’t willingly recommend them) and medication or drugs that have a partial nicotine-like effect, but will help you get over your addiction. And willpower, is obviously one of the most important factors.

So, while e-cigarettes might sound less harmful and seem like a great way to quit smoking, they are not.

Visiting a doctor and asking for help is a better idea.

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aSk our beauty expert BarBara, our Beauty expert, Will help fix your proBlems

dear Barbara, I recently burned my hand while doing household chores. Unfortunately, by the time I could apply anything on the burn, it had already starting scarring. I waited for a week, hoping that it would fade away gradually, but I see no improvement. Is there anything that I can do now?

— neha mehta, malad dear neha, Burns that are contracted while performing household chores are extremely common and easy to treat. So, to try and remove the scar that your burn has left behind, apply tomato and cucumber juice on it and alternate it with potato skins, to keep the area moisturised. You can also apply almond oil on the affected area, as it helps reduce stretch marks and scars. If you don’t notice any significant results in two or three weeks, visit a dermatologist who will prescribe a medicated cream to lighten the discolouration.

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Stay abreaSt Breast care is usually associated with good health or preventing breast cancer. However, do you know how to take care of the sensitive skin on your chest? Yamini Walia tells you more

hen you mention breasts and health in the same sentence, you’d think that we were talking about lumps. However, it’s extremely important to take care of the skin on your chest as well. Using the wrong type of soap, exfoliating too often and bad hygiene can cause diseases, discomfort and rashes. Read on as we give you the low-down on breast care.

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need to exfoliate regularly in order to stimulate cell renewal and boost blood circulation. If you do develop rashes on your breasts, scrub the area with wet palms. Use an exfoliating scrub on the affected area, but be very gentle in order to avoid abrasion. Rinse the scrub off your skin. Repeat this exfoliation process once, every two days until the rash is gone.

Why is it important?

things to avoid

Most of us are not aware of breast care, because it’s not a subject that is widely discussed. Beauty expert, Shahnaz Hussain, tells us, “Breasts undergo changes during the different stages of a woman’s life, right from puberty and motherhood, to lactation and ageing. Your breasts consist mainly of glandula and fatty tissue, with no muscle. As a result, they should be protected by proper support and exercise.”

Certain types of sunscreen, soap and lotion can cause irritation and rashes on your breasts. Since it is an extremely sensitive area, just 15 minutes of exposure to the sun can cause allergic reactions and rashes. Also, steer clear of synthetic fabrics, especially during humid weather. Wear bras that provide your breasts with proper support. Shahnaz adds, “Medicated soaps help if you have a rash. Otherwise, use soap-free bath and shower gels. If you are overweight, losing weight will help too.”

What are the risks that are involved?

Since heat and sweat are a part of our everyday life, fungal reactions under your breast area are a common risk. As a result, you can suffer from rashes around your breasts, which can cause discomfort. In such a situation, consult your doctor to find and treat the root cause. Shahnaz explains, “It’s best to keep the area under your breasts free of perspiration. Wear cotton bras and fresh underwear daily. Sprinkling some talcum powder under your bra will also help keep the area dry for a while.”

>> Opt for a medicated lip balm if you suffer from a lip infection dear Barbara, I enjoy trying out new lip products and I have an unhealthy obsession with flavoured lip balms and lip creams. While I like to wear a different balm every day, I have noticed that the edges of my lips have become very red, itchy and have also developed tiny bumps as well. The itching and burning sensation is uncomfortable, but I don’t know why it is happening, since all I am doing is moisturising my lips! What’s going wrong?

— monideepa ray, santacruz (W) dear monideepa, It is great that you are taking good care of your lips by moisturising them regularly; the problem may lie in the choice of your lip balm itself.

What you have described is a common reaction to lip balms that contain added flavours, scents, colour or glitter — all of which are chemicals. Try switching to a medicated lip balm that doesn’t have any scent or colour and see if the symptoms ease up. Throw away all your old lip balms, as their formula may have changed, if they have been sitting on your dresser for several months. If you use a lip balm that comes in a small jar or pot, you are transferring dirt and germs into it, every time you put your finger in, which can cause infections. So, it is a better idea to switch to balms that come in a retractable (roll-up) form.

Also, remember to wash your hands well, before you touch your lips.

exfoliate Exfoliation is extremely important when it comes to your breasts. You

Shahnaz shares a few quick tips for breast care: l Apply lotions or creams that contain ingredients such as sandalwood, clove, rose, neem and khus to keep your breasts healthy. l Boil neem leaves on a low flame.

Once they cool down, make a paste with the leaves and apply it on a rash. Rinse it off with cold water. l To reduce sweat, mix soda bicarbonate with talcum powder and apply it on your breasts. l Mix two drops of tea tree oil with 2tbsp of rose or plain water. Apply this on your rash with a cotton pad. l Basil leaves also help to soothe a rash. Take a few basil leaves, make a smooth paste and apply it on your rash.

Allow it to dry and then wash it off with water.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Ustad Amjad Ali Khan’s sarod goes missing

NEW DELHI: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's sarod, which he has been strumming for the last 45 years, has gone missing on a British Airways flight while the iconic musician was returning to Delhi from London on Saturday night. The airline claimed that there have been 'intermittent problems' with Heathrow Airport's baggage system in Terminal 5 and that efforts were underway to resolve it. The Padma Vibhushan sarod maestro had gone to London along with his wife Subhalaxmi for a performance at Dartington College to celebrate the life of Rabindranth Tagore on June 21.

12 yrs on, Guj riots probe panel gets 22nd extension

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government on Monday granted yet another extension to the Justice Nanavati commission which is probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots.

"Today, the state government granted a two-month extension to the commission, valid up to August 31," said secretary to the panel C G Patel. This is the 22nd extension granted to the commission. In December 2013 it had got a sixmonth extension, which was to expire on Monday. The commission comprises Justices G.T. Nanavati and Akshay Mehta (both retired).

Body of woman found in bag

PUNE: Body of a young woman was found in a travel bag with apparent signs of strangulation, at Kharadi bypass on the city outskirts, police said. Citizens who spotted the unclaimed bag on Sunday evening near a parcel weighing machine at a municipal check post, alerted the police, who then summoned a bomb detection squad to check for possible explosives kept in the bag.

The body of a woman apparently aged between 17 to 25, was found with signs of strangulation and scratches around the neck, according to Yeravada police, who are probing the case.

Govt introduces liberal visa policy for Afghans

NEW DELHI: In a relief to hundreds of visiting Afghans, India on Monday announced a new liberal visa policy for the citizens of the war-ravaged country that include allowing stay up to two years and exemption from police reporting for senior citizens and children. As per the policy, Afghanistan nationals will be allowed to stay in India on stay visa/ resident permit up to two years at a time. Exemption from police reporting will be granted for Afghans below 12 years or above 65 years.

W. Bengal Guv resigns

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Governor M.K. Narayanan on Monday resigned, becoming the fourth person occupying the gubernatorial post to put in his papers since the NDA government prodded some of the Governors appointed during UPA rule to quit. Home Ministry sources said the Governor has tendered his resignation.

From ‘Yeh dil maange more’ to ‘Gravity’, all in Modi’s speech NATION

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SRIHARIKOTA (AP): From the famous catch phrase 'Yeh dil maange more' to epic science fiction thriller 'Gravity' were some of the ingredients in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Monday saluting Indian space scientists.

"We have done a lot. We provide benefits of telemedicine to Afghanistan and African countries but 'Yeh dil maange more' (the heart wants more).

I have proposed to our scientists that they develop a SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) satellite. This will help all our neighbours," he said in a speech shortly after the country's indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) blasted off on Monday from a spaceport here carrying five foreign satellites, reports PTI. Modi previously used the 'Yeh dil maange more' tagline while campaigning in Palampur, the Himachal Pradesh hometown of

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulating ISRO Chairman K. Radhakrishnan on the successful launch of PSLV C23 at the Mission Control Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on Monday. Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narsimhan and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu are also seen.

Kargil martyr Vikram Batra, during the Lok Sabha poll campaign.

In his congratulatory speech, Modi also hailed India's low-cost space technology, and made a reference to 'Gravity', a 2013 BritishAmerican 3D epic science fiction thriller film.

"I have heard that the Hollywood movie 'Gravity' cost more than our Mars mission -- this is a great achievement," he said, adding," Our scientists have shown the world, a new paradigm of Frugal Engineering, and the power of Imagination. Friends, this success of ours has deep historical roots."

Last year, India launched a bid to become the first Asian nation to reach Mars with a mission.

The total cost of US $73 million for the Mars mission was less than a sixth of the $455 million earmarked for a Mars probe launched shortly afterwards by US space agency NASA.

Onion prices shoots up India, China sign pact to set by 40% at Lasalgaon up Chinese industrial parks N

EW DELHI: Onion prices have shot up 40 per cent in the last two weeks to Rs.18.50 per kg at Lasalgaon, the country's largest wholesale market for the edible bulb, despite the imposition of minimum export price on the vegetable to check its domestic rates from going up.

Prices have increased due to speculation amid anticipation of weak monsoon affecting Kharif crops, National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF) Director R.P. Gupta told PTI. The impact of rise in onion prices at Lasalgaon in Nashik is being felt at Delhi's Azadpur market where they are ruling at Rs.15-25 per kg depending upon the quality, traders said.

Average rate of onions at Lasalgaon have soared to Rs.18.50 per kg from Rs.13.25 per kg on June 18, as per NHRDF. On June 17, the Centre had imposed a minimum export price (MEP) of USD 300 per tonne on onion to curb overseas sales and control rising retail prices.

In last one month, prices have jumped by 90 per cent to Rs 18.50 per kg as against Rs 9.75 per kg on May 30.

"Onion prices have gone up purely on anticipation of drought as there has not been any decline in the supplies," Gupta said.

About 39 lakh tonnes of rabi onion is stored in the country but that may not be sufficient if Kharif crop gets affected on account of deficient monsoon, he added.

The Met department has predicted a below normal monsoon this year, posing threat to Kharif crops including rice. Monsoon rains are key for the farm sector as about

40 per of agriculture land is irrigated through rain water.

The domestic demand during the lean period from June to November is met through stored rabi (winter) crops and fresh kharif (summer) crops.

Onion production is estimated to have risen to 192 lakh tonne during 2013-14 crop year (July-June), from 168 lakh tonne in 2012-13. Exports meanwhile fell to 13.58 lakh tonnes last fiscal from 18.22 lakh tonnes.

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EIJING: India and China on Monday signed a key agreement to set up Chinese Industrial Parks in India as their Commerce Ministers held the first meeting here after the new NDA government came to power.

On her first visit to China, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held talks with her Chinese counterpart Gao Hucheng signed the MOU on Cooperation on Industrial Parks India to facilitate more Chinese investment in India

to compensate the ballooning trade deficit, which now average around US $35 billion a year. The bilateral trade totalled to US $65.47 billion last year.

Ahead of her meeting with Gao, Sitharaman, who is part of the delegation of Vice President Hamid Ansari, told the media that she will make a strong pitch for greater access for Indian goods and services into China and seek big ticket investments into the Chinese industrial parks, reports PTI.

RAMADAN KAREEM: Muslims offering prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer on Monday.

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EXPERT VIEW

The maiden budget of the new government must focus on taking tough steps to revive the economy and regain consumer confidence. A concrete GST announcement with milestones will be great for the industry over all. We hope that the government continues to provide relief on excise duty on branded apparel. If restored, it will be a major setback for this job-creating industry. Finally, bolstering consumption ought to be on the agenda. If personal taxes are reduced, it will improve consumer sentiment, lead to more spends and spur growth.

Govind Shrikhande, Managing Director, Shoppers Stop

Shriram Transport Rs 500 Crore NCD Issue Opens On 2nd July

Nifty Flares; Closes Above 7600

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Tuesday (July 1, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose substantially on Monday (June 30, 2014) a net 102.55 points (1.37%) and closed at the 7611 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 7534 points level. It then declined by a few points and registered the day’s low at the 7531 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then rose steadily throughout the session and registered the day’s high at the 7623 points level at 3.06 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained above its previous close throughout the session, moved in a range of 88 points and closed above the psychologically important 7600 points level. Sentiment was extremely bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 42 were gainers, while 8 stocks closed in the red.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 2.19%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 1162 were gainers, 408 were losers and 37 remained unchanged.

Slow Stocha stic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI rose and crossed above the 60 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero and is declining (negative if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are diverging (positive if it continues). The ADX is falling while the Market Index is rising, which indicates that the present up trend is decreasing in strength.

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7043 points level. The next support is at the 6846 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 7497 points level. The next resistance is at the 7569 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 7589 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 7554.

Support (2) = 7497.

Resistance (1) = 7646.

Resistance (2) = 7681.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index after having formed a doji pattern (indicating indecisiveness amongst investors) has formed a long white body candle on higher volumes. In fact, yesterday's candle is almost like a white body Marubozu candle. (A White Marubozu forms when the open equals the low and the close equals the high). This is positive and indicates that the bias has shifted towards the buy side of the market.

Further, the index has crossed above its 5 and 15 days moving averages in a single session. The index is now above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages.

Moreover, the velocity parameters which were negatively trended are now turning neutral. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further upmove unfolding. Technically, since the downwards risk seems to have reduced, Investors may consider buying in small quantities in shares that are fundamentally sound and have a long- term potential.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Has crossed above its 5-day average (at 7552) Positive.

Has crossed above its 15-day average (at 7567) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 7500) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 6471) Positive.

Overa ll Market Strength/Weaknes s: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market with a positive bias.

Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

By Dominic Rebello

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hriram Transport Finance Company, one of the largest asset financing NBFC in the country, is proposing a public issue of 50,00,000 Secured Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) of the face value of Rs. 1000/- each.

The company plans to raise an amount up to Rs. 500 crore, with an option to retain over-subscription upto the Shelf Limit of Rs 3000 crore. The issue opens on July 2, 2014 and will close on July 22, 2014, with an option of early closure The NCDs proposed to be issued under this Issue have been rated ‘CRISIL AA/Stable’ by CRISIL , ‘CARE AA+’ by CARE and ‘IND AA+’ by –India Ratings for an amount of upto Rs 3000 crore.

These ratings indicate high degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations and carrying very low credit risk.

The funds raised through this Issue will be used for our various financing activities including lending and investments, to repay our existing loans and our business operations including for our capital expenditure and working capital requirements.

Options of investment tenors are 3, 5 and 7 years, with yields of 11% p.a., 11.25% p.a. and 11.50% p.a. respectively for individual investors. Senior Citizens are entitled to additional yield of 0.25% per annum across all tenures.

The NCDs are proposed to be listed on National Stock Exchange of India Limited and BSE Limited.

JM Financial Institutional Securities Limited, A. K. Capital Services Ltd, Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd and ICICI Securities Ltd are the Lead Managers to the Issue.

IDBI Trusteeship Services Limited is the Debenture Trustee to the Issue, while Integrated Enterprises (India) Limited is the registrar to the Issue.

Harshad Thakkar Bags Kutch Shakti National Award

The “Kutch Shakti National Award 2014” was presented to Harshad Thakkar, Chairman & Managing Director of Ashapura Intimates Fashion Ltd. by Arun Gujarathi, Ex Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly at glittering ceremony held in Mumbai on Sunday. Hemraj Shah , President, Bruhad Mumbai Gujarati Samaj is seen on extreme right.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Elara Capital calls a ‘Sell’ on Syndicate Bank CMP: Rs. 175

Target Rs. 105

Emkay calls a ‘Hold’ on Aurobindo Pharma CMP: Rs. 742

Target Rs. 630

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‘Organised Crime’ Money In Swiss Banks?

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BSE opens investor centres at Lucknow, Vadodara and Patna Indian Bank declares 47% dividend for 2013-14 Inflation for factory workers remains flat at 7.02% in May Yamaha working on $500 bike for Indian market IndusInd Bank launches tractor and farm equipment division Cipla inks pact to acquire 51% stake in Yemeni Co.

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ing 2013, involving suspicious assets worth a record high amount of s the Indian government nearly 3 billion Swiss francs (over Rs steps up pressure on Switzer- 20,000 crore). land to share information While MROS did not disclose the about alleged black money flow, a specific number of India- related Swiss government agency has dis- cases, it said the number of SARs inclosed having come across suspi- volving 'organised crime' increased cious money laundering activities to 104 during 2013 -- from 97 in the related to cases of "organised previous year. In terms of the size of crime" in India. assets involved in these cases, crimThe disclosure has been made by inal gangs from Italy were on the the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS), which is part of the Swiss Federal Office of Police. MROS functions as a relay he Money Laundering Reportand filtration point between finaning Office Switzerland (MROS) cial intermediaries and the law endata shows that the number of forcement agencies. Under the Suspicious Activity Reports Swiss Money Laundering Act, (SARs) involving terrorist financMROS receives and analyses Suspiing has also increased more than cious Activity Reports (SARs) in two-fold; from 15 in 2012 to 33 in connection with money laundering 2013. During 2013, MROS reand, if necessary, forwards them to ceived inquiries from foreign Fithe law enforcement agencies. nancial Intelligence Units (FIUs) As per MROS' latest update on involving a record high number of developments in the fight against 3,061 foreign nationals or entities, money laundering, organised crime with Argentina and USA topping and terrorist financing in Switzerthe list with 512 and 321 cases reland, as many as 1,411 SARs were received by this central agency dur-

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top, the MROS said, while adding that "further cases of organised crime involved occurrences in China, Brazil and India".

Switzerland's central money laundering prevention agency, however, did not divulge any specifics about the cases of organised crime in India. Detailed queries sent to MROS head Stiliano Ordolli remained unanswered in this regard, reports PTI.

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spectively.

Surprisingly, India does not figure on this list of inquiries from foreign FIUs, while other countries included Liechtenstein (279), France (137), Germany (115), UK (104), Spain (96) and Luxembourg (89). Further, the MROS data does not figure any inquiry related to Indians for over a decade now. The last time the MROS disclosed having received a foreign inquiry about Indians was in the year 2002.

Delay of Gas Price Hike Credit-Negative For ONGC, Oil India And RIL

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ast Wednesday, the Government of India (Baa3 stable) announced it would delay planned increases in domestic natural gas prices by another three months until the end of September 2014.

The originally scheduled 1 April implementation date was first delayed in March because of parliamentary elections in April and May. “The delayed price increase is credit negative for Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC, Baa2 stable), Oil India Limited (Baa2 stable), and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL, Baa2 positive) because it will delay the increase in revenues and EBITDA that would have resulted from revised gas prices. Their unrealized revenue gains are signifi-

cant,� says Moody's in a credit Implications report on the issue.

Under India’s new pricing formula, if the increases had gone ahead on 1 April, domestic natural gas prices would have nearly doubled by now to $8.0-$8.4 per million British thermal units (MMBTU) from the current $4.20/mmbtu. Instead, the six-month delay from the originally scheduled April implementation date means that the potential revenue increase for the three rated upstream companies in this fiscal year has been halved.

According to Moody's “The delayed price increase will have the largest effect on state-owned ONGC because it is the largest producer of natural gas in the country. ONGC’s revenues for the fiscal year ending March 2015 would have increased

by about $3.3-$3.7 billion. RIL’s revenues would have climbed by $400$450 million and Oil India’s by $280-$310 million.

Increased revenues for all three could be even higher over the next few years, as the production of domestic gas increases with new discoveries, assuming the new formula becomes operative. We expect that every billion cubic meters of gas produced will result in incremental revenue of $135$150 million for all three.

The government also announced that it would review the gas pricing formula that the previous administration approved, which could make the resulting prices even lower than those calculated under the approved formula. Already, the approved formula puts domestic prices below current import prices of $15-17 per mmbtu.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Union Bank To Raise Rs 1,386 Cr Via QIP

Union Bank of India has proposed to raise Rs 1,386 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) to fund its business growth. Shareholders of the bank have approved raising of capital up to Rs 1,386 crore by way of QIP, UBI said in a statement. The bank had earlier planned the QIP last fiscal but it was called off considering poor market conditions. Therefore, the bank sought extension of the proposal from shareholders for raising fund through QIP in 2014-15. It is looking to raise the fund during the second quarter of the current fiscal. The planned QIP will improve its core tier-I capital, which had stood at 7.54 % in March quarter, by 0.50 %. Besides QIP, the bank is expecting capital infusion from the government during the current fiscal. The government infused Rs 500 crore in UBI during 2013-14 as part of Rs 14,000 crore recapitalisation plan. Recently, the bank raised USD 350 million (Rs 2,100 crore) through bonds from overseas market.

PNC Infratech Bags Rs. 441 Cr Contract

PNC Infratech has been awarded the contract for Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India sponsored project of Rehabilitation & Upgradation of the 80 Km long road stretch of Sonauli - Gorakhapur Section of National Highway 29 E in Uttar Pradesh on EPC Basis by UP PWD. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 441 cr and it is slated to be completed in two years.

ICSI Organises 15th National Conference

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) organised their 15th National Conference, last week to focus on the various initiatives taken by them such as extensive professional development programmes, research projects, re-organisation and infrastructure development, redefining the Role of Company Secretaries as a Key Managerial Personnel (KMP), globalisation of profession and capacity building of the professionals. “The Companies Act 2013 would create a need based requirement of Company Secretaries in the light of its provisions such as registered values, interim administrators, enhanced penalties, enhanced disclosures, requirements and so on, besides the mandates such as secretarial audit, certification of e-forms and other documents,� said CS R. Sridharan, President, ICSI.

EPFO Launches Online Registration Facility For Firms

Retirement fund body EPFO yesterday launched online registration facility for employers, a move that will help firms get employers' code within a day. The registration of employers and issuing of code to identify the firms has been a time consuming process so far, leading to unnecessary delays, taking up to 20-25 days. The facility was launched here by Labour Minister Narendra Singh Tomar who said the new government is committed to providing better services to stakeholders.

Mutual Funds' Exposure To IT Stocks Hit 9-Months Low

Fund managers' exposure to the software space has dropped to the lowest level in nine months to Rs 22,986 crore at the end of May, amid weakness in the sector. According to latest data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), Mutual Fund (MF) industry's investment in software stocks stood at Rs 22,986 crore as on May 31, accounting for 10.25% of their total equity assets under management (AUM) of Rs 2.25 lakh crore. — Business Desk with inputs from PTI

SAT Dismisses RIL Appeal Against Sebi

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he Securities Appellate Tribunal has upheld a Sebi decision rejecting Reliance Industries Ltd's application to settle alleged violations of norms to check fraudulent and unfair trade practices in the RILReliance Petroleum merger case through a consent mechanism. The tribunal said Reliance's application is not maintainable because the new consent mechanism norms are applicable with retrospective effect.

A full bench of the SAT, headed by presiding officer JP Devdhar, said the consent mechanism norms in the Sebi Act were amended with retrospective effect from April 2010. Reliance has been contesting a show-cause notice from Sebi in the case since December 2010 and from last year, the regulator's exclusion of the company from the new consent mechanism.

The case dates back to 2008, when Sebi alleged violation of norms against RIL when it merges

unit Reliance Petroleum (RPL) with itself in 2007. The Mukesh Ambaniled company challenged the Sebi charges at the SAT in December 2010. It also involves RIL challenging the maintainability of Sebi's decision to exclude the company from the consent mechanism under new norms issued in January 2013.

Under the mechanism, a company can settle an issue with the regulator after paying a penalty, without accepting or rejecting the charges against it. On Friday, when the SAT concluded the hearings, senior Sebi counsel Darius Khambatta had argued for maintaining the regulator's rejection of the RIL application, citing the January 2013 consent provisions.

He also said the SAT cannot maintain the RIL appeal as the revised consent mechanism norms apply to the RIL case. He said Sebi rejected the RIL appeal for consent because the case involved serious violations of norms, apart from conducting fraudulent and unfair trading practices, reports PTI.

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When Straight-A college student Jeff Chang’s two best friends take him out for his 21st birthday on the night before an important medical school interview, what was supposed to be a quick beer becomes a night of humiliation, over indulgence and utter debauchery.

HBO, 9 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

TWO AND A HALF MEN SEASON 11

Walden relates to Dr. Linda events of losing both Kate and Vivian; she instructs Walden to have a few casual encounters so that he does not proclaim every beautiful girl who sleeps with him is “the one”. Star Wor ld, 8.30 p.m.

MERI AASHIQUI TUM SE HI

In tonight’s episode we will see, all the kids at home are excited to attend the party at Chirag’s house While Baa permits the kids to go for the party, she begins to give a serious thought of getting Disha married to Chirag. Later, when they are discussing about the new matrimony, a confusion is about to take place about who will be the bride of Chirag, Disha or Ishaani?

Colors, 10 p.m.

THE LION MAN: AFRICAN SAFARI

Join Craig Busch, experienced wildcat trainer on Animal Planet’s THE LION MAN AFRICAN SAFARI. Tune into the seriesas he creates a haven for rare, endangered cats, from white Bengal Tigers, Barbary Lions to White Lions and helps in tracking down poachers and fight devastating bushfires. Anim al Pl anet, 9 p.m .

ICE COLD GOLD

Under the glacial ice sheets of Greenland, the world’s largest island, sits more mineral wealth than in all of Saudi Arabia. 16.2 billion barrels of oil; 138 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; an immeasurable amount of gold, silver, platinum, sapphire, ruby and other precious minerals. ICE COLD GOLD follows American speculators as they fight against the freezing elements, international miners and four short summer months to claim their stake at the top of the world. D iscovery, 10 p.m.

ENTERTAINMENT KE LIYE...

In tonight’s episode, inspired by a young girl, Archana will be seen shocking everyone by breaking a brick with her bare hand

SPIDER MAN 2

Two And A Half Men, Star World, 8.30 p.m.

and showing no fear while performing the stunts. That’s not all!!

She will also be seen grooving on the stage with the contestants and having a gala time with co-judge Anu Malik and hosts Mona and Krushna. Sony T V, 9 p.m.

HOW IT’S MADE

Have you ever wondered how things are made? HOW IT’S MADE finds out how the everyday objects people use become the things they are. Di scover y Sci ence, 8 p.m.

DOLI ARMAANON KI

After being beaten up by Samrat, Urmi decides to take a stand and lodges a complaint against Samrat. While Samrat is in office, cops reach his office and drag him to the Police station where Urmi is present as well. Will Urmi be successful in her attempt of teaching Samrat a lesson? Zee T V, 10.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Ramakant Joshi, Lambodar Jha and Akshay Kumar are residents in the ‘C’ block of a Mumbai Apartment complex with monetary issues. They decide to create a fake organization ‘C Company’ in order to extort 1 Crore Rupees from Ramakant’s son, Purshottam. While Ramakant hopes to recover the costs involved in his ungrateful son’s upbringing; vertically-challenged Lambodar, who is the same height as his school-going son, hopes to boost his career; while Akshay hopes to elope with a gangster’s daughter, Priya, to Dubai. Things hilariously get out of hand after the trio decide to assist other beleaguered Indians - putting themselves in the bad books of the Government; the Police, including ‘encounter specialist’ Inspector Jawle; as well as the underworld led by a Balaji TV-serial addict, Dattubhai. Star Gold, 11.50 p.m.

AITRAAZ

Successful businessman Raj Malhotra (Akshay Kumar) has everything going for him, including a lovely wife (Kareena Kapoor). Just when he thinks things can’t get any better, Sonia (Priyanka Chopra) - his ex-girlfriend, now the boss’s wife - walks back into his life - and she wants Raj. After he rejects her sexual advances, she accuses him of rape. But he soon turns the tables on Sonia and sues her for sexual harassment along with the help of his wife Priya. Zee Ci nema, 9 p.m,

KING UNCLE

Stern, strict and prestigious Ashok Bansal is an industrialist and the eldest in the Bansal family. He is a very strict man es-

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P.M. 2.00 Reign 3.00 The Good Wife 4.00 American Funniest Home Videos 5.00 Just for Laughs 6.00 Reign 7.00 Scandal 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Two and a Half Men 9.00 The Good Wife 10.00 Reign 11.00 The Big Bang Theory P.M. 12.30 4.00 8.00 8.30 9.00

Spider Man 2, Star Movies, 11 p.m.

pecially when it comes to his family, his younger brother, Anil, and sister Sunita who must all follow his rules and regulations pattern. Fail to act proactively and abide by these rules Anil decides to run away from home with an orphan named Kavita and seeks employment in a garage. His sister who loves a peon named Kamal is forced to marry the alcoholic, cruel, abusive and womanizer Pradeep Malik. Soon a run-away orphan named Munna ended up in Ashok’s house. CVO, 9 p.m .

RAAJ TILAK

Local King has surrounded himself with enemies, which include his own trusted men: Bhavani Singh, and Ranjeet, who plot to overthrow him, in vain, as the King’s loyal employee, Samadh Khan, and the King’s brother-in-law, Arjun Singh, come to his rescue. But events take an unfortunate turn when the King’s newborn son is abducted by Jalal Khan, for which Samadh Khan is branded a traitor, is arrested, but escapes dramatically. After abducting the newborn prince, Jalal turns him over to the Sardar of a local gypsy band, and loses consciousness. The queen is distraught over the disappearance of her son, and Arjun offers his son in exchange, which she accepts. But Bhavani finds out about this, and switches his son with that of Arjun Singh. Fil my 9 p.m.

SURAKSHA

Rival crimelords Jagtap and Dhanraj are after the diamond ring worn by Kiran. While Jagtap hires Raja to steal the ring, Dhanraj has Kiran’s uncle Laxman Singh (Arun Bakshi) and his partner Vikram Singh, to assist him. Then there is Suraj, who kidnaps Prince Vijay and takes his place to also steal the ring. And then there is Amar, who comes out of nowhere to get hired as a waiter in the same hotel that Kiran is staying in. As the climax comes to a close, noone is really sure who they claim to be. B4U, 6 p.m.

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Pavitra Rishta Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Suhane Ladakpan Ke Jodha Akbar Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Doli Armaano Ki Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Tumhari Paakhi 3.00 Savdhaan India 7.00 Baaware: Chal Jahan Chalen Mann Ke Paon Re 7.30 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq

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Goshta Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi Fu Bai Fu Jai Malhar Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat Home Minister Jai Malhar Javai Vikat Ghene Aahe Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta Fu Bai Fu

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SONY TV

P.M. 2.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 2.30 Doli Armaano Ki 3.00 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 5.00 Jodha Akbar 5.30 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 6.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Apradh 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Bheti Laig Jiva 4.30 Sansar Maza Wegala 5.00 News in Marathi 5.05 Nati Goti 5.30 Chitrageet 6.30 Amchi mati Amchi Mansa 6.55 Patla Tar Ghya 7.00 Nws in Marathi 7.30 Saraswatichandra 8.00 Gaon Connection 8.30 Pavitra Bandhan 9.00 Hum

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Goal II: Living the Dream I Am Number Four Murder At 1600 The Bodyguard 21 & Over The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

A.M. 8.40 The Bodyguard 11.00 21 & Over

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CID Crime Patrol Main Naa Bhoolungi Ekk Nayi Pehchaan Entertainmetn Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Crime Patrol

Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves is engaged to someone else, his grades are slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs, and on top of it, the newspaper Daily Bugle is attacking him viciously, claiming that Spider-Man is a criminal. He reaches the breaking point and gives up the crime fighter’s life, once and for all. But after a failed fusion experiment, eccentric and obsessive scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is transformed into super villain Doctor Octopus, Doc Ock for short, having four long tentacles as extra hands. Peter guesses it might just be time for Spider-Man to return, but would he act upon it?

Star Movies, 11 p.m.

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trail begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true. Pix, 11 p.m .

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COLORS

Sasural Simar Ka Rangrasiya Aamna Saamna Bani Ishq Da Kalma Rangrasiya Balika Vadhu Beintehaa Uttaran Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Beintehaa Rangrasiya Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Bani – Ishq da Kalma 11.00 Comedy Night with Kapil P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.30 4.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00

SAB TV

Taarak Mehta Ka FIR Badi Door Se Aaye Hai Taarak Mehta Ka Pritam Pyare Aur Who Baal Veer Taarak Mehta Ka Chidiya Ghar Badi Door Se Aaye Hai Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.30 F I R 11.00 Taarak Mehta Ka

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Jai Malhar 2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari

10.30 Jai Malhar 11.00 Julooni Yeti Reshmigathi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 The Wild Life of Tim Faulkner 2.30 Steve Irwin’s Wild Warrior 3.00 Killing for a Living 4.00 Most Extreme 5.00 Be the Creature 6.00 AP Safari 7.00 Preadtion 8.00 Wild Asia 9.00 Lion Man: African Safari 9.30 Deadly 60 10.00 Deadliest 11.00 Hunters P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

DISCOVERY

Food Factory How Do They Do It Man vs Wild Factory Made What Happned Next A Year In The Wild Game of Pawns Magic of Science What Happned Next Man vs Wild Ice Cold Gold Naked Castaway

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Joe Rogan Questions Everything 3.00 How It’s Made 4.00 Mythbusters 5.15 How It’s Made 6.00 How Tech Works 7.00 Tech Toys 360 8.00 How It’s Made

DOORDARSHAN

9.30 Kab Kyon Kaise 10.00 Avval Gulukar 23:00 AASHIQUI: Film Part I. Rahul Roy, Anu Agrawal, Deepak Tijori, Reema Lagoo, Tom Alter, Avtar Gill

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Animals Gone Wild Cosmos Customs Do Or Die Ultimate Animal Countdown Showdown of the Unbeatables My Beautiful Game The Numbers Game Most amazing Moments Animals Gone Wild The Numbers Game Brain Games Showdown of the Unbeatables Trapped in Kedarnath

STAR SPORTS1

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The Big Test Jai Ho Close Encounters Legacy of the Lords Switch Hit Wimbledon Chamipionships 2014 Ladies’ Singles Quarterfinals 11.30 Jai Ho

Aashiqui, DDI, 11 p.m.

10.00 Late Edition 10.30 Raat Saddhe Dus 11.00 Khel Samachar

P.M. 2.30 Micromax Cup h/l 2nd ODI NZ vs SL 4.30 Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls 1st ODI 5.30 Cricket Classics : Final Pak vs Zim 03 6.30 Indi Tour of SL 12 h/ls 3rd ODI 8.30 Aus Tour of SA 14 h/ls 2nd T20 9.30 Great Centuries Sehwag 10.00 NZ Tour of Wi 14 h/ls 3rd Test

POGO

P.M. 1.00 Chhota Bheem Vs Zombies 3.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon 5.00 Bheem Aaya Baarish Laaya Choota Bheem Marathon 8.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon 10.00 Looney Tunes Show 11.00 MAD A.M. 8.00 Lonney Tunes Show 9.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon

DISNEY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.00 Doraemon

STAR GOLD

P.M. 2.25 Nagina 5.00 Jaisi Karnia Waisi Bharni 8.00 The Hero: Love Story of A Spy 11.50 C Kkompany A.M. 8.30 Main Balwaan 10.50 De Dana Dan

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Yeh Raaste Hai Pyar Ke: Madhuri Dixit 5.00 Amar Akbar Anthony: Amitabh, Vinod, Rishi 9.00 King No 1: Nagarjuna A.M. 7.00 Champion: Rahul Dev 10.00 Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai: Bipasha Basu P.M 2.25 5.55 9.00 A.M. 7.30 11.00

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Pix, 10.55 p.m.

ZEE CINEMA

Seeta Aur Geeta Main Khiladi Tu Anari Aitraaz Ram Lakhan Jaan Se Pyaara

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Hum Se Hai Muqabala: Prabhu Deva 5.30 Zordaar: Govinda 9.00 King Uncle: Shahrukh Khan A.M. 9.30 Ek Se Bhale Do: Kumar Gaurav

STAR SPORTS4

P.M. 12.00 Wimbledon Championships 2014 Round of 16 3.00 Premier League highlights 4.00 National Icons 4.30 Wimbledon C’ships 2014 h/ls Day 4 5.30 Wimbledon C’ships 2014 Ladies’ Singles Quarter Final 11.30 The Inside Line

TEN CRICKET

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 Samachar.

2.30 News 3.00 Sports News 3.30 Rang Tarang 4.00 Samachar 4.30 News 5.00 Samachar 5.30 Business Wrap 6.05 Metro Scan 6.30 Samachar 8.00News Night

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P.M. 12.05 What To Expect When You’re Expecting 2.30 Mean Girls 4.35 Piranha 6.25 Slumdog Millionaire 9.00 Men In Black 2 11.00 The Exorcism of Emily Rose A.M. 8.15 Anaconda 3: Offspring 10.10 Conan The Destroyer

5.00 Matt Haatter Chronicles 5.30 Ben 10 Omniverse 7.30 Krish Trish Aur Baltiboy Express 9.00 Ben 10 Alien Force 10.00 Johnny Test 11.00 Courage the Cowardly Dog A.M. 7.00 Ashoka The Hero 9.00 Bal Hanuman 2 10.30 Roll No 21 11.00 Matt Hatter Chronicles

FILMY

Chori Chori Chupke Chupke Teesri Aankh Rajani Raaj Tilak Janasheen

B4U

Bemisal: Amitabh Bachchan Anu: Pooja Gandhi Suraksha: Sunil Shetty Oldd Is Goldd: Kader Khan

Baadshah: Shah Rukh Khan

ZEE TALKIES

Gallit Gondhal, Dillit Mujra De Dhakka Jatra Dhadakebaaz

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 Tom and Jerry Show 3.00 Oggy Ki Herogiri

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Phineas and Ferb Gravity Falls Have A Laugh Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Vicky and Vetaal Ishaan Best of Luck Nikki Slokk Best of Luck Nikki Slokk DJ Gravity Falls Phineas and Ferb New Doraemon

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tribute of a different kind was organised by 'Sharada Sangeet Vidyalaya' to the doyenne of the Jaipur Attrauli gharana, Dhondutai Kulkarni, who passed away on June 1 this year. It was not a conventional condolence meet. At this programme, there was a mehfil in which pupils of Dhondutai sang. Her senior pupil, Smita Bhagwat, made a moving speech recounting her experiences with the singer and teacher.

Kishori Amonkar made a gracious appearance and paid rich tributes to Dhondutai eulogising her reverence for the Jaipur Attrauli orthodoxy. “Her enunciation of the vowel 'aa' was something unique and worthy of praise,” said Amonkar. Rutuja Lad, Dhondutai's full-fledged student sang the raga 'Multani' giving a good account of her-

A UNIQUE TRIBUTE

Deshpande, and many others who have spoken about her great contribution to the field of Indian classical music and video clippings of Mogubai Kurdikar, A website containing eminent Kishori Amonkar, Shobha singer Manik Varma’s music - Gurtu, Sudhir Phadke, who www.manikvarma.com – was have described launched by star flautist her divine simHariprasad Chaurasia at plicity as a per'Manik Varma Smruti son too.

Puraskar' programme. The puraskar was awarded to the famous singer, Suman Kalyanpur. The website has received an overwhelming response and great appreciation from music lovers.

The website is very self. Deepika Bhide's 'Bhoopnat' had flashes of Dhondu- simple but attractive, tai's brilliant taans. Aditya informative and conKhandwe, who had trained tains Manik Varma’s life earlier with Y B Joshi and Rat- span, professionally and nakar Pai, sang the raga personally. The most attrac'Meera Malhar' in the typical tive features are interwith great Dhondutai mould. Aditya views stalBhagwat on the tabla and contemporary Vinod Padge on the harmo- warts like Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Gangubai , P L nium lent superb support.

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By Vijay Shanker

he Nehru Centre recently presented a unique dance ballet based on the life of Begum Hyder Mahal at their auditorium. With the usage of audio-visuals, music, dance and drama, the presentation was a wonderful spectacle, preaching humanity.

In the 18th century, the south Indian soil of Hyderabad witnessed Quli dynasty which over a period of time enhanced humanity. Quli Qutub Shah, the emperor of Hyderabad, fell in love with Bhagmati, daughter of a Brahmin priest, who married Quli and was later rechristened Begum Hyder Mahal. But tragedy had struck Hyderabad as many suffered and died due to the dreaded disease of plague.

The queen could not see the sufferings of the people and due to her personal power, tried to heal the disease but she herself was later inflicted and she along with her children too died. Before her death, she took a promise from Qutub Shah that utmost care of the

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yushyavar Bolu Kahi’ (Let's talk about life) is a Marathi poem recitation programme which has been staged more than 1,000 times and has been received quite well by the audience.

Poet Sandeep Khare and music composer Dr Salil Kulkarni have mesmerised the audience with their fresh and young lyrics and music. We spoke to Dr Salil Kulkarni to know the reasons for their successful shows and he said, “It’s basically the curiosity factor that works for the show because every performance is different and around 30-35 per cent change is observed in the songs sung by me and even my poet partner, Sandeep Khare, is not aware

‘TALKING ABOUT LIFE’ A 1,000 TIMES

Khare and we understand each other because we both hail from Pune, which betters the show every time. I am confident that the show will have a long run in the future as the youth has re-

Hilarious satire

Rupesh Tillu’s Theatre Act believes in experimentation and innovation that can challenge the creator as well as theatre as an art form itself. After the roaring sucess of 'Madbeth' at the opening shows at Prithvi, he is back in town to tickle the bones of South Mumbai. Rupesh holds MFA in Physical Comedy from The National School of Dramatic Arts, Sweden. Now back to India, his home ground, he is here to experiment in theatre with Shakespeare’s works. Rupesh says, “When I worked hard, people wanted me to work harder, now I just play and they pay me.” Watch him at NCPA on Friday at 4 pm.

A unique concept

The sequel trend which is popular in Hindi film industry is now being adopted by the Marathi Film Industry, according to industry experts and there will be more films to follow this trend in future. It is natural that a hit trend from Hindi film industry will be followed by other industries. But this risk of making two sequels of a single film at the same time has been taken by Shri Productions' Girishkumar and Ashok Mokria in the movies 'Atithi part 1' and 'Atithi Part 2'. The shooting of these films has started from Kolhapur.

Ashok Shinde is back

people must be taken and health awareness must be brought up by building a new city of Hyderabad. Thus this anecdote is a fine example of service to humanity, which caused the death of Queen Begum Hyder Mahal after whom the city was named as Hyderabad and where Quli wrote 'Munajat mera tu sun aye zameen', for which the concept and direction was done by Latafat Husain Kazi and choreography by Jhelum Paranjape, music

by Siraj Khan and troupe and lyrics by Abdul Saaz, Kazi and Quli Qutub Shah. The role of Qutub Shah was played by Dilip Tambe and Dipali Tikam as Bhagmati was impressive, Ankur Balal was the narrator and a beautiful belle dance was performed by Anisha Ramani.

Besides the story content and the message of human love and sacrifice, the entire presentation was well structured with suitable dance choreography by Jhelum and performed by her talented students.

of them as I sing impromptu songs from my films, or my latest compositions or based on the mood prevalent, like the monsoons or any other season. Also, my tuning is good with Sandeep

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ally taken up the show and the poetry by Sandeep Khare is really popular with the young audiences.”

When asked about his future endeavors, he said, “I am concentrating on composing music for films and my forthcoming films include ‘Jana Gana Mana’, ‘Zameen’, and ‘Ek Unaad Diwas’.

I am also planning to bring out more music albums and do more shows with my mentor, Dr Hridaynath Mangeshkar. I also write about music in a leading newspaper.” Reminiscing about ‘Ayushyavar Bolu Kahi’, he said, “We have performed in many foreign countries and the response we got was really heartening.”

A veteran with 111 films and many TV shows, Ashok Shinde, is back in plays with a play titled ‘Prem Prem Aste’ which is about our decaying relationships with our closed ones in the present fast world. The play written and directed by Santosh Amberkar has Maithili Warang playing Ashok’s wife. The play opens on July 2.

Music released

Universal Music’s album of ‘Majhya Savlya Vitthala’ was released on the eve of Ashadi Ekadashi at the hands of Ashok Patki recently. The album has all Vitthal Bhakti songs sung by Mangesh Chavan composed by eminent composers like Nandu Honap, AvinashVishwajeet etc.

Dancing with joy

Arts in Motion Studio has organised a unique dance programme on July 5 at the St Andrews auditorium, Bandra.

The participants will be the poor and underprivileged children, some of them are hearing and speech impaired too. The dance will be contemporary, jazz, salsa etc. and the main spirit behind this show is Aanchal Gupta.

Music concert

'Teerth Vitthal’, a devotional music concert with leading vocalists Rahul Deshpande, Anand Bhate, Manjusha Patil and Saylee Talwalkar will be held on July 12 at Dr Kashinath Ghanekar Natyagruha, Thane at 7.30 pm.

India's first 4K film

Gajendra Ahire’s suspense thriller ‘Anvat’, produced by Puja Shekhar Jyoti, a Whistling Woods alumni, is the first film to be shot in 4K projection technology. The film stars Adinath Kothare and Urmilla Kanetkar along with Makarand Anaspure, Bhargavi Chirmule, Vibhavari Deshpande, Kishor Kadam in stellar roles. The film releases on July 25 and has been appreciated at many festivals.

Manju Mehta in 'Sangeet Sarita' Vividh Bharati will broadcast a ten part series in the 'Sangeet Sarita' slot fromSunday 6th July at 7.30pm in the morning.It will feature interview with eminent sitarist Manju Mehta who will talk about her training with the celebrated Pandit Ravi Shankar and also play some of his own ragas. She will be accompanied on the tabla by Prasad Padhye.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 784

ENIGMA CODE 784

ACROSS: 4 5 8 9

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20 22 23 24

Each colour in our code represents a letter.

When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words.

The clue to first word is given to help you get started.

Come to a stop, the way everybody should do (5) Mild oath from Yogi about work (7) Take pleasure in expressing admiration about everything (6) The argumentative fellow in the western? (8) When half-cut, Alfred gets unusual score in the open (8) Drink up with the girl who supplies the dope (6) After tea the bottoms come at the bottom and still win (6) In a brace of shakes? (6) Watch for Orion (6) Minus sign on a Chinese restaurant? (4,4) Bony Serb mistakenly assumes attitude of superiority (8) Drinks to the queen, which can present a problem (6) A teller of stories after following soldiers (7) A team apart (5)

The Clue: Lump or swelling

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE DEFINE, INDEED, DEFEND, FINNED, DEFIED, NEEDED, DENIED

Jack's the boy to wear this (6,4) Funny sort of fellows suffer inner depressions (6) 3 The man with right sort of egg (4) 4 Hot-looking athlete or climber (7,6) 5 Puppy gets a tied ribbon?

Goodness! (3-3) 6 One breathing with difficulty right inside for the snatcher? (7) 7 A fair exchange in sight (2,3,3,2,3) 12 Worker in Biblical community

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went to America (5,5) 14 Left about ten, the forecast being bad (7) 16 Good for long race, but he won't

go! (6) 19 A container for troubles (3,3) 21 From which one expects a light flowering? (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 6 Image, 7 Porkpie, 9 Behaviour, 10 Pell, 11 Agents, 12 Pathogen, 13 Doctor's orders, 16 Wrangler, 18 Frayed, 21 Cree, 22 Guiderail, 23 Outface, 24 Thorn.

DOWN: 1 Kit bag, 2 Pathan, 3 Heaves to, 4 Dry-rot, 5 Keelless, 7 Prompt service, 8 Papoose, 13 Dark room, 14 Convent, 15 Rafferty, 17 Leg-man, 19 Aragon, 20 Ealing

QUICK CROSS 784

ACROSS: 1. Cassock 5. Gunfighter Wyatt 6. Liberated 8. ___ it out: wait anxiously 10. Begat 12. ___ of learning 13. Disapproving words

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied.

1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. ___ the game, officiate 2. Boat pair 3. Concocts 4. Dueler 7. Boldly goes 9. Boatbuilding wood 11. Detox traumas, for short

HIDATO 784

The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle and a some other numbers are already filled in.

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MATHDOKU 784

Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and one of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematical operation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to each puzzle is arrived at logically and is unique.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

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MOON : Moon in Cancer till 2.50 p.m./ Mercury forward TITHI : Vinayak Chaturthi NAKSHATRA : Ashlesha RASHI : Karaka (Cancer) H.D. LUCKY COLOUR : Peridot Green LUCKY NUMBER : 3

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Matters regarding job, travel, correspondence, or writing work will be under favorable aspects. The latter half of the year will be more favorable for finance or money matters. Concluding a major assignment this year will make you immensely satisfied and you will be suitably rewarded for successfully handling it. You may gain through buying/selling of land, a house, or a vehicle. Students will be very successful in their studies. The married will enjoy domestic felicity.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be pleasantly plump, elegant, attractive eyes, healthy and long-lived. Will be always helpful, responsible, caring, emotional, and sensitive. Moody nature could be misunderstood and considered to be arrogant or proud. Extremely, well organized, artistic and creative. Success and happiness is indicated.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Your expectations are quite high.

Initiate negotiations for better terms, which will be favorably considered. Some changes for all-round gains are implied. You can seek the advice of an expert for a decision, but do not delay the signing of an agreement. You might not be given a second chance. You can find a few tender moments with your beloved in an otherwise busy hectic schedule of work and family responsibilities.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You may have to take some crucial decisions in your business and may have to change production techniques to suit the new trends. This will require reorganization and some more investment. Recovery of dues is a must as you are already having a cash crunch. Tours or journeys should not be undertaken as they will be uncomfortable and are not likely to bring in the desired results. Avoid the easy way of taking a loan or borrowing money for it will prove a burden in days to come.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You may have to tackle a tricky issue at work with all the shrewdness that you can muster. Those who have finished their basic education may be offered apprentice ship in a large organization of repute. It is quite understandable that you have grand dreams but remember large enterprises sometimes can grow from a very humble beginning. Any work started in earnest now has the potential of growing into a highly favorable career.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You will have a very busy today, though you may not achieve much. If you have to wait a bit longer for rewards, it would be worth it. Be careful when signing agreements or contracts.

You have tendency to trust the wrong kind of people. Remain alert. Your mate may caution you on the choice of friends. It may be difficult for you to see reason at the moment.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Most things seem to be working against you today. Delays in completing your current assignment on schedule may also cause a lot of tensions. You will also face financial constraints adding to your discomfiture. Travel and communication could also be a problem you seem to be involved in too many things. This could make you hyper tense and overly sensitive. Find solace in friendship.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You get money from earlier dealings. Do not hesitate to put in more money into a current business. Further growth is sure. You are certain to profit from your present assignments. But you are still not using your capabilities to full potential. Concentrate on your career, you will achieve wonders.

In a minor misunderstanding with a close friend, do not sulk. Speak your mind and clear the air or you lose a good friend.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Do not undertake any assignment that requires urgent attention and that has certain past liabilities. Perhaps it has something to do with a labor problem, which you will not be able to resolve without spending a large amount of money and also wasting a lot of your precious time. It would be better to restrict your activities to routine work.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Tying up loose ends smartening up with some discipline will lead to better work output and gains. It is monetarily a good day. You may look for fresh investments that have the potential for long term benefits. Speculative trading could lead to a setback.

Find time to know the emotional needs of your beloved who is missing the carefree the days of courtship or happier times together. Romance will make an entry into your life again.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You will be meeting new people and building new contacts. Financial gains are also indicated. You will be happy with present situation. This is a good day to make plans for sales promotion and expansion.

Gains through government or someone important are likely. Your rapport with your beloved will be good. Those in love can look forward to an exciting evening free from cares and worries.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Try to handle all sensitive issues personally. New work proposals look promising but check out all aspects before any commitment. A discussion with a close associate about your doubts may help to you to make the right decision. You will develop new ideas and integrate these in routine work. During the course of your work today you could strike a good rapport with a person you work with. A physical attraction is possible.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You will finally see outcome of all effort you have put in to what was entrusted to you.

Rewards will be there in due course. Work wise you are in demand because of a positive attitude. This will give you a boost in your professional life and friendships. You are held in awe but a lot of people close to you. Do be level headed and manage such demonstrations of affection tactfully.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Your personal efforts and pioneering instincts are more likely to earn you success than dependence on others. You are on the right track.

After hard day at work you may like to take it easy. However, certain responsibilities may require your urgent attention. Tackling some tough issues with your beloved will prove much easier than you thought and the atmosphere will be cordial soon.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5009 ACROSS: 3 A state in North Eastern India (5) 8 First prime minister of India (5) 10 Ornamnet on vehicle identifying maker, etc.? (5) 11 A word meaning 'by way of' (3) 12 Done for, ruined (collo.) (5) 13 Sweet food, as pastry, etc (7) 15 Gutter or pipe through which waste matter, especially liquid flows out (5) 18 Travel on long slender runners, as for sport. (3) 19 Enjoy - the sauce, should we say? (6) 21 ___ are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth? (7) 22 A three in cards, dice or dominoes (4) 23 A large family as a group, especially in Scotland (4) 24 As a substitute (7) 26 Non-violence to Gandhiji (6) 29 Hotel by the wayside, should we say?

(3) 31 An area attached to a house (5) 32 Glided on snow (7) 34 Become or make less, diminish or weaken in intensity (5) 35 Bond creator Fleming (3) 36 Belief, code or conviction (5) 37 Wet or sprinkle with water droplets, in a way (5) 38 Annoyed, disgusted or bored (5) DOWN: 1 Abnormal body temperature (5) 2 No Clue 4 Argument or tiff (4) 5 "We are not ___ "....so said Queen Victoria? (6) 6 A roadside dwellings for travelers (5) 7 Homes for the bees? (5) 9 ___ Majesty : king's title? (3) 12 Hindu deity (7) 14 ___ out : make last longer? (3) 16 Brandish (5) 17 Mammal seen at a zoo, in short (5)

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SUDOKU 2195 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: R equals G

The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.

19 A cold blooded animal with a tough, dry scaly skin (7) 20 Belt, thong or leash (5) 21 Suit, harmonize with; become (5) 23 Incrusted with sugar (7) 24 A line on a map joining points of equal pressure (6)

25 Suffix with "Benz" or "Tolu" (3) 27 A mass confusion (5) 28 Florida city (5) 30 Article of belief (5) 32 Abscess near the eye (4) 33 Man about house, should we say?

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SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 4 Satrap, 7 Skittish, 8 Aviary, 10 Awoke, 13 Prop, 14 Nova, 15 Fair, 16 Fur, 17 Pool, 19 Twin, 21 Nuremberg, 23 Ziti, 24 Taxi, 26 Fob, 27 Ebon, 29 Team, 32 Snap, 33 Tense, 34 Rivets, 35 Enhances, 36 Scored.

DOWN: 1 Asian, 2 Kirov, 3 Stye, 4 Shari, 5 Trip, 6 Air gun, 9 Vortex, 11 Won, 12 Kaput, 13 Palmtop, 15 Foe, 16 Fig, 18 Orient, 20 Write, 21 Nib, 22 Ban, 23 Zodiac, 25 Was, 28 Based, 30 Enact, 31 Messy, 32 Seer, 33 Tram.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2014 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

X J

E B X

U V

G F V S U T U W M W O U Y J T

J X

U X

S D W

M J U X R R L J F X M

W A Z W M U W X Q H

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION : Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.

Afternoon WORD MINE

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.

Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.

Today’s ratings: 17 average; 19 good; 21 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: annoy, anonym, ANONYMOUS, many, moony, mousy, nosy, sonny, sunny.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

SABINE’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH GRASS CONTINUES L

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ONDON: Sabine Lisicki’s love affair with the grass courts of Wimbledon continues apace.

Her 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic in a match much delayed by adverse weather conditions puts her into the last 16 of the Ladies’ Singles, an event where, in her last four appearances, she has finished runner-up, a semi-finalist and twice a quarter-finalist.

She had already taken the opening set on Saturday evening when darkness put an end to the proceedings.

Rain caused another delay on today’s resumption with Ivanovic leading 52 in the second set and when, after an hour and 20 minutes, they restarted the Serb promptly levelled the match, only for the German to run away with the third set in just 27 minutes, finishing off with successive aces.

be completed.

Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka, one of the victims of soggy Saturday when his match against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin was washed out, made up for lost time with a rapid 6-3 6-3 6-4 win completed just before a heavy rain shower arrived. Japan's Kei Nishikori was detained even less as the 10th seed needed only four games to complete a 3-6 6-3 4-6 76(4) 6-4 victory over Simone Bolelli after their match had been suspended because of bad light on Saturday.

Spain's Feliciano Lopez also belatedly reached the last 16, beating bigserving American John Isner in a four-set match that predictably included three tiebreaks. Isner's defeat ended U.S. interest in the singles after teenager Madison Keys was forced to withdraw on Monday with a leg injury before resuming her BOUCHARD ENTERS QUARTERS third-round match against KazaCanadian teenager Eugenie khstan's Yaroslava Shvedova.

Bouchard succeeded whereSerena They had been locked at 6-6 in the Williams failed as she beat Alize Cor- but Bouchard proved to be made of ous disruption. second set when darkness fell on Satnet to reach the Wimbledon quarter- sterner stuff as she edged to a 7-6(5) The second Monday is tradition- urday, after Shvedova had won the finals on Monday.

7-5 victory. ally a feast of top names, with the last opener. Shvedova will play last year's Frenchwoman Cornet caused a The match was interrupted after 16 in both men's and women's sin- runner-up Sabine Lisicki in the sensation on Saturday when she sent five games to allow the Centre Court gles being played, but organisers fourth round after the German five-times champion and pre-tour- roof to close when more rain hit the were playing catch-up this year with claimed a stop-go 6-4 3-6 6-1 victory nament favourite Williams packing championships after Saturday's seri- several third-round matches still to over 11th seed Ana Ivanovic.

Bombay Gym emerge champions in state inter-club badminton MUMBAI: Bombay Gymkhana emerge champions after a nailbiting 2-1 win over top seeded Chembur Gymkhana in the inaugural Maharashtra State Interclub veterans badminton tournament at Khar Gymkhana.

It was the upset win in the opening tie that paved the way for Bombay Gymkhana’s triumph. For Nikhil Kolhatkar and P.M. Bala were expected to give the Chembur outfit a winning start, but Shailesh Daga partnering Gautam Laad notch up a 21-18, 21-17 win.

CHIMBAI DEFEAT SKYLARK 10-0 Last year’s winners Chimbai Sports Club make a very bright start in the defence of their Premier Division title by defeating Skylarks FC 10-0 in the first match of the 11th Bandra West Football Association (BWFA) League 2014 that was played at the Dr. Norman Lewis Supari Talao Municipal grounds, Bandra.

The player who produced an outstanding performance for Chimba was Floyd Dharmai scoring five goals, half the number of the teams scoreline.

The other players among the goals was Tyron Pereira who scored two and Stanford D’Mello, Zeeshan Tharia and Neren Rawale all scoring one each.

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IOA to seek deadline extension, proposes budget below Incheon

NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association will seek an extension of deadline of 15 days from its parent Asian body for the submission of the final bid to host the 2019 Asian Games, IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta said. Mehta told PTI that he will write to the Olympic Council of Asia to give 15 days extension of deadline for the submission of the final bid documents.

The OCA had set the deadline of tomorrow.

"We have submitted a detailed proposal to the sports ministry regarding the hosting of the 2019 Asian Games and it is now upto the government to decide whether the country should host the Games or not," Mehta said.

"Since, the government will need some time to evaluate our proposal, I am going to write to the OCA tomorrow to give us 15 days extension of deadline on final bid submission," he added.

Asked about the expected budget for hosting the Games, Mehta refused to give a specific amount but said that it would be less than the cost of the Incheon Asian Games to be held later this year. "In Delhi, we have most of the competition infrastructure and the government will not need to spend much on other non-competition infrastructure. In Incheon, they had to build stadia and transport and other facilities also. So, we will not need to spend that much and our budget will be less than that of Incheon," he said. The estimated budget of the Incheon Asian Games is USD 1.6 billion (approx Rs 9620 crores).

Realized it’s not important to prove anything to others: Kohli DAY-NIGHT TEST L LIKELY IN 2015-16 SEASON ONDON: He has seen success across all three formats during the last few years which elevated him to the status of team's 'Numero Uno' batsman but Virat Kohli feels that there comes a point in someone's career when one doesn't feel an urge "to prove anything to others".

"Initially, you try to prove it to the critics that you're good enough to play at this level. Now I don't feel the need to prove anything to people. It's not that I believe that I have achieved it all but because I've realized that it is not important to prove anything to others. It's (more) important what I think of my performances and what I expect from myself," Kohli told BCCI.TV today.

The maverick batsman said that he would do well with without advice from people that he needs to score big runs in England.

"Playing a Test series in England is a big thing in my mind and I don't need people to tell me that he needs to score big runs in England and that this is the big test for him. I know that I want to score runs here and in every other country because I want to be the best."

Kohli then took a dig at the critics who will be scathing in their analysis if a player has one bad series.

"Cricket critics in our country are strange. You may have scored runs everywhere but if you don't do that in one country or series, they start doubting if you're good enough.

They did that to the seniors as well during the fag end of their careers.

"If you want someone to do well,

Virat Kohli drops a sitter at gully against Leicestershire during their practice match. you say positive things to and about them and not pull them down saying if they don’t prove themselves in certain conditions, they will remain

flat-track bullies. I have stopped paying attention to them. When I get out, I'm the first one who feels about it."

MELBOURNE: Many delays and trials later, day-night Tests may soon be a reality with Australia and New Zealand set to play in a historic fiveday game with pink balls during the next calender year.

Cricket Australia (CA) CEO James Sutherland and his New Zealand counterpart David White met here last week during the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual conference to discuss the possibility of a day-night Test in 2015-16.

The two boards are planning to stage the match when New Zealand tour Australia in November 2015 with Hobart and Adelaide as possible venues for the inaugural match.

The ICC approved Test cricket under lights in 2012 with the member countries told to work together on the finer points and pink ball trials were started in the Sheffield Shield games last summer.

"We are serious about pushing ahead with the concept of day-night Test cricket," Sutherland said in a statement.

"We feel it will only strengthen the position and possibilities for Test cricket in many parts of the world.

"There are many Test matches played during non-holiday periods when adults are at work and kids are at school and that's not an ideal way to promote the highest form of the game."

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Costa Rica players celebrate after winning a penalty shootout at the end of the against Greece at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil.

Costa Rica won 5-3 on penalties after the match ended 1-1.

COSTA RICIANS GREECEFULLY SAIL THROUGH Costa Rica beat Greece 5-3 on penalties to reach quarters

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ECIFE (BRAZIL): Ten-man Costa Rica beat Greece 5-3 on penalties after an epic battle to set up a quarterfinal clash with the Netherlands, who edged out Mexico 2-1 in their last16 match of the FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica, who were reduced to 10-man in the second half, were put ahead by Bryan Ruiz in the 52nd minute but a late equaliser by Sokratis Papastathopoulos early in stoppage time rescued Greece as the match headed to extra time.

The two teams, however, could not be separated even in the extra time and finally Costa Rica sealed their maiden quarterfinal berth when Michael Umana converted his team's fifth penalty after Fanis Gekas missed Greece's fourth at Arena Pernambuco.

Memory serves nerveless Navas well

Celso Borges set the ball rolling, putting Costa Rica ahead in the penalty shootout that followed their 1-1 draw with Greece.

Next up to the spot was Konstantinos Mitroglou, who held his nerve to put the Greeks level.

By the time Theofanis Gekas stepped up to take his kick, Los Ticos led 4-3, with every player having converted.

Facing him was a former teammate in Keylor Navas. Taking up the story, Navas said, “We played together at Levante and I remembered what he used to do in training. I was confident he wasn’t going to change the way he takes his penalties, and in the end I was able to keep it out.”

Celso Borges, Bryan Ruiz, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Joel Campbell and Umana converted all the five penalties for Costa Rica, while Konstantinos Mitroglou, Lazaros Christodoulopoulos and Jose Holebas scored for Greece before Costa Rica goalkeeper Navas made a brilliant save from Theofanis Gekas.

Costa Rica players broke into a dance amid cheering from their fans but the Greece players were left teary-eyed following their exit from the World Cup. At Fortaleza, Klaas Jan Huntelaar scored an injury-time penalty to send the Netherlands into the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Mexico. Arjen Robben was adjudged to have been tripped in

scoreline COSTA RICA 1 Ruiz B. 52'

GREECE 1

Sokratis 90' +

Costa Rica win on penalties (5-3)

the area by Rafa Marquez in the injury time and Huntelaar coolly placed a brilliant penalty into the bottom-left corner to knock Mexico out of the tournament.

However, it was Wesley Sneijder who rescued the 2010 runners-up, in the 88th minute, bringing up the equaliser, cancelling out the 48th minute brilliant goal by Giovani Dos Santos which had put Mexico ahead.

Mexicans had dominated the match and looked destined to

reach their first quarter-finals since 1986 but Sneijder's effort two minutes from time and Huntelaar's penalty in added time crushed their dreams.

In a battle of attrition, neither Greece nor Costa Rica could break the deadlock in the first half of the second match of the day. Greece, playing their first ever game in the knockout stages of the World Cup, could have gone ahead at the 37th minute when Dimitrios Salpingidis almost sent Jose Holebas' cross home but goalkeeper Keylor Navas stuck his leg out in time to make a good save. Costa Rica too had a chance to go one-up when Christian Bolanos penetrated the left side of the penalty area in the eighth minute but his shot went over the crossbar.

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ECIFE (BRAZIL): Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto praised his players' character after they overcame a second-half red card, conceding a late leveller and sustained attacks from Greece to reach their first ever World Cup quarter-final.

The Netherlands lie in wake for Los Ticos after a topsy-turvy encounter in Recife, where they went ahead early in the second half through captain Bryan Ruiz's firsttime strike. That looked to be enough for Costa Rica, only for Greece defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos to net a stoppagetime leveller to take the last-16 encounter into extra time. The match eventually went to penalties and, after man-of-the-match Keylor Navas saved Theofanis

Gekas' attempt, Michael Umana struck home to send the Central Americans into the last eight.

"I am very happy," coach Pinto said after the 5-3 penalty shootout win. "This is an incredible emotion that we all feel, this is an important win for the team and for the whole country. We are really proud.

"We are making history. It's beautiful what we have done. This win is for everyone in Costa Rica.

We practiced penalties before and we had studied the opposition and that's why we scored 100 per cent.

"It was a dramatic match, a very difficult one. There were moments when we dominated the match but there were other moments when they did but we were strong and we came through."

RIO DE JANEIRO: What was meant to be a joke has turned into a PR blunder for Dutch airline KLM after it angered Mexican soccer fans by taking to Twitter to celebrate the Netherlands' dramatic comeback victory in the World Cup. Within minutes of the Netherlands' 2-1 victory over the Tri, KLM let loose on its Twitter feed a picture of an airport departures sign under the heading "Adios Amigos!"

Next to the word "Departures" is the image of a man with a mustache wearing a sombrero. The post immediately went viral, with A-list Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal using not one but two expletives in a 140-character Tweet to tell his 2 millionplus followers that he'll never fly the carrier again. Amid the widespread protest online, the post was pulled a halfhour later without an explanation. "It was meant to be a joke," KLM spokeswoman Lisette Ebeling Koning told The Associated Press, adding that the airline never intended to offend Mexicans, which it serves via a daily direct flight between Mexico City and Amsterdam. "But there was too much negative reaction." KLM issued a formal apology late last night.

Costa Rica celebrates World Cup win over Greece

SAN JOSE: From the beaches to the capital, Costa Ricans poured into the streets Sunday to celebrate the national team's historic World Cup victory over Greece that will put the team in the quarter finals for the first time. Fans in the capital of San Jose gathered at the Fuente de la Hispanidad, a fountain and traditional celebrating spot, carrying flags, wearing wigs and jerseys, honking and whooping following the team's win in a penalty shootout. "The country has fallen.

There's been an earthquake," said restaurateur Teo Prestinary, 43, on the beach in Nosara, where he said it was jammed with countrymen cheering, whistling and singing "Vamos Ticos," or "Go, Costa Ricans." "It's beautiful. It's historic, emotional."

Stressed Brazil fan smashes TV, video goes viral

RIO DE JANEIRO: Ah, World Cup penalty shootouts. The stress. The anguish. The joy. The mad dash to find somewhere else to watch the final minutes after you smash your flat-screen TV. That, at least, was the experience of Brazilian fan Rafael Gambarim, who was so overcome with emotion while watching the host nation's penalty shootout against Chile on Saturday that he smashed his own television set. A video of his outburst has been shared 34,000 times on Facebook and been viewed more than 36,000 times on YouTube. It shows Gambarim and two cousins embracing and leaping with joy as Brazil's Julio Cesar saves a penalty by Chile's Alexis Sanchez after their round of 16 match ended in a 1-1 draw after extra time. Gambarim appears to kiss and embrace the TV as it shows images of the Brazilian keeper.

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RECIFE (BRAZIL): Greece captain Giorgos Karagounis has retired from international football following his country's FIFA World Cup elimination.

A penalty shoot-out defeat to Costa Rica ended Greece's run in Brazil at the last-16 stage on Sunday night.

Karagounis told reporters after the game: "This was my last game for Greece. We wanted to stay in Brazil another week or even longer but you can't change it now."

The defeat ended Greece's bid for another unlikely tournament success following their UEFA Euro 2004 triumph. Karagounis, who ends his international career with 139 caps and ten goals to his name, and Kostas Katsouranis were the only two survivors from that tournament in the 2014 squad.

"You don't always get such breaks in life but our heads are high," said Karagounis after his side's elimination.

"These games and experiences are a great launching pad for the future. They will help keep the team on this level, something not always easy. We are Greece after all, we don't have many means.

"The national team has grown up, younger players have won invaluable experiences. This is no small thing and as we helped the team come of age we hope it will continue to be as successful in the future."

It was also coach Fernando Santos' final game with Greece, with his contract expiring following the World Cup. Greece forced extra time, and ultimately penalties, in injury time as defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos scored his first international goal to cancel out Bryan Ruiz's opener for Costa Rica.

But Theofanis Gekas had his penalty saved by Keylor Navas, enabling Michael Umana to win it for the Central Americans.

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MESSI’S ARGENTINA LOOK TO PEAK AGAINST SWISS S Switzerland's defender Fabian Schaer (front) exercises during a team training session.

AO PAULO: Lionel Messi's goals have fired Argentina into the World Cup last 16 but they will look for a better allround performance when they meet Switzerland tomorrow.

The diminutive four-time player of the year has finally sparked for his country, hitting four of their six goals as Argentina qualified top of Group F. But Argentina needed Messi's late winner to overcome Iran 1-0 and they also shipped two goals before beating Nigeria 3-2, lowering expectations of a third world title.

They will face their toughest opponents yet in Switzerland, who put seven goals past group opponents Ecuador, France and Honduras, including three from Xherdan Shaqiri. "Now we can't make any mistakes as any error will see us getting knocked out," Messi warned after Argentina negotiated the group stage.

"There is nothing more beautiful than to be world champion, to achieve that with my country."

In Argentina's favour is that more than 100,000 of their fans are expected to flood Sao Paulo ahead of Tuesday's game, includ-

ing many inside Corinthians Arena.

But they will have to cope with the loss of Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero, who is out with a muscle injury after going off in the first half against Nigeria. Both Messi and coach Alejandro Sabella acknowledge that Argentina are a work in progress but they will now hope to raise the heat on their slow-burning campaign.

"We've got nine points, but we can always get better," Sabella said.

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ALVADOR (BRAZIL): United States coach Jurgen Klinsmann says attack will be the best form of defence when his American underdogs tackle Belgium tomorrow for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

The United States confounded all pre-tournament predictions by battling their way out of a daunting Group G, finishing behind Germany but claiming the runners-up spot ahead of Portugal and Ghana.

Klinsmann acknowledged, however, that his team must improve on last Thursday's 1-0 defeat by the Germans in Recife if they are to provide another shock by eliminating Belgium, regarded by many as tournament dark horses.

Of particular concern to Klinsmann is his team's attack. According to FIFA statistics compiled after the completion of the first round, the United States had just 72 attacks in three games -- putting them 31st among 32 teams.

Klinsmann says he wants to buck that trend against a Belgium side who may be missing centrebacks Vincent Kompany and Thomas Vermaelen, both of whom are battling to recover from injuries. "It's definitely something we learnt out of the

The United States players celebrate the second goal scored by Clint Dempsey during the group G match between USA and Portugal at Arena Amazonia.

Germany game," Klinsmann said.

"We were too deep, especially the first 20 minutes. I was screaming my lungs off there to get the back line out and to move the entire unit higher up the field.

So we'll work on that over the next couple of days in training, to shift the entire game forward and through that put more pressure on the opponent and create more chances. This is really one of our goals. It was good at the other end. We didn't give away too many chances."

'PREFER TO WIN 1-0' Klinsmann's Belgian counterpart, Marc Wilmots has shrugged off suggestions that his team have so far failed to contribute to the feast of attacking football being laid on at this World Cup. Three group wins over Algeria, Russia and South Korea were secured with very little flair, but Wilmots is not concerned. "If you ask whether I'd rather put on a good show and go out at the first stage, or win games 1-0, I prefer to win 1-0," Wilmots said.

Ottmar Hitzfeld will relish the clash against one of the pre-tournament favourites in what he says will be his last hurrah before retirement.

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by France, Switzerland have twice bettered Latin American opposition already after their 2-1 and 3-0 wins over Ecuador and Honduras respectively.

Their attack will be spearheaded by one of the revelations of the tournament, 22-year-old Shaqiri, who hit all three goals against Honduras to secure Switzerland's qualification.

Ochoa the standout for valiant Mexicans

FORTALEZA (BRAZIL): He'd stopped two of the world's most famous forwards, and yesterday, Brazilians and Mexicans alike chanted his name.

Guillermo Ochoa was one of the main reasons why Mexico was on the brink of reaching the quarterfinals at the World Cup -- before the Netherlands came from a goal down to win 2-1 with two late goals.

Voted man of the match, he was inconsolable. "It isn't easy to go out this way, the way this match went," said a keeper who had denied Brazil star Neymar and Dutch forward Arjen Robben at the World Cup. "It's just very hard to deal with when victory escapes you this way."

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RASILIA: France ended Nigeria’s hopes of a first World Cup quarter-final appearance when they scored two late goals to beat the Super Eagles 2-0 in a rough secondround match on Monday.

Paul Pogba put France ahead in the 79th minute, heading in at the far post after Nigeria goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama flapped at Mathieu Valbuena’s corner following a sustained spell of French pressure.

The win was sealed when Joseph Yobo turned a low cross into his own goal in stoppage time and France will play Germany or Algeria in the last eight.

It was a controversial victory, however, as the game had swung France’s way after Nigeria’s influential midfielder Ogenyi Onazi was injured by a late tackle from Blaise Matuidi, who was lucky to escape with only a yellow card.

Nigeria had been defending increasingly desperately in the run-up to Pogba’s goal.

France were centimeters from going ahead when Karim Benzema poked the ball past

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Paul Pogba (C) of France celebrates scoring his team's first goal with his teammates during the World Cup round of 16 match between France and Nigeria at Estadio Nacional.

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Enyeama, who managed to Mikel was lucky to escape when partly block his shot and he sliced Patrice Evra’s low cross Victor Moses hooked the towards his own goal and was reFRANCE 2 ball off the line. lieved to see the ball land in Pogba 79' , Yobo 90'+ OG Nigeria escaped again Enyeama’s hands.

NIGERIA 0 when John Obi Mikel Nigeria should have gone cleared Benzema’s shot off the ahead just before halftime when line, then Yohan Cabaye struck France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris the underside of the crossbar parried Emenike’s fierce shot with a thunderous long-range Nigeria produced some neat back into his area but Moses strike. moves in midfield interspersed handled as he attempted to conEnyeama then tipped Ben- with basic unforced errors and trol the rebound. zema’s close-range header over the bar, leading to the corner from which France scored their first goal.

The first half had been much more even.

Nigeria made a bright start and thought they had gone ahead when Emmanuel Emenike turned in Ahmed Musa’s low cross at the near post but the effort was ruled offside in an extremely close call.

Pogba was denied when he met Valbuena’s low cross from the right with a flying volley, only to be brilliantly denied by Enyeama who parried the ball away with a tremendous reflex SEAL IT WITH A KISS... French fans kiss before the round of 16 football match between France and Nigeria at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium in Brasilia. save.

Robben sorry for World Cup dive, but insists penalty was right F

ORTALEZA: Dutch striker Arjen Robben has apologized for diving in a bid to get a penalty against Mexico but insisted he did not fake the foul that led to his side's winning penalty kick.

Mexico's coach Miguel Herrera launched a furious attack on match referee Pedro Proenca for giving the injury time penalty that Jan-Klaas Huntelaar hit home to seal a 2-1 comeback victory. Robben was at the centre of both incidents in the World Cup last16 clash in Fortaleza.

"I really have to say and at the same time apologise in the first half I took a dive and I really shouldn't do that," Robben told Dutch broadcaster NOS as he celebrated the victory.

"That was a stupid, stupid thing to do but sometimes you're expecting to be struck and then they pull their leg away at the last minute."

But the Dutch striker insisted Proenca was right to point to the

penalty spot after he was challenged by Mexico's veteran captain Rafael Marquez. "I was fouled," he said. Mexico had been leading until the 88th minute when Wesley Sneijder scored and then Huntelaar put

away the penalty.

And Herrera said referee Proenca should take no more part in the World Cup. "The determining factor was the man with the whistle. He put us of the World Cup," he said.

"Although the first goal was down to our mistake, we had the chance to reconsider during the break before extra time, but at the end when the referee invents a penalty you go out of the World Cup. "At the very least they can look at this and this gentleman ought to be going home like us."

Herrera claimed his side had been the victim of poor refereeing in three of their four games in Brazil and a European referee should never have been allocated the game in the first place.

There are 20 minutes left to play at Belo Horizonte on 17 June and Belgium are not only trailing in their opening game to Algeria, but appear to be losing the tactical battle too. Fast forward five days and Les Diables Rouges (Red Devils) are faring only slightly better against Russia, unable to unlock their opponents' defence in the closing moments of a seemingly inevitable 0-0 draw at the Maracana. The situation then looks even more fraught at halftime during their final Group H outing against Korea Republic, with Marc Wilmots' side a man down and bereft of ideas in Sao Paolo. "If someone had told us before the World Cup that we'd finish with nine points out of nine in the group stage, we never would have believed it," said Daniel van Buyten, as impressed as anyone with his team's late heroics in each fixture.

Brazil team official suspended after 'punch' claim

RIO DE JANERIO: Brazil's press chief Rodrigo Paiva has been suspended for one game following allegations he punched Chilean player Mauricio Pinilla during the World Cup last 16 game between the two countries, FIFA said.

Paiva was issued with a red card following the incident and will not be able to take any part in Brazil's quarterfinal against Colombia on Friday, FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer confirmed.

FIFA's disciplinary committee was also investigating the incident, meaning Paiva could face further sanctions. The fracas happened at half-time in Saturday's match, which Brazil won on penalties. Chile's media spokesman Maria Jose said his Brazilian counterpart "hit" Pinilla. Paiva told Brazilian media there was shoving by both sides as the two teams left the field.

No action on Robben over 'dive' comment: FIFA RIO DE JANERIO: Dutch star Arjen Robben will not face any disciplinary action after admitting to diving during his team's last 16 victory with Mexico, FIFA confirmed. Robben, who won a matchwinning injury-time penalty to secure a 2-1 win for the Netherlands, admitted later he had dived in a failed attempt to win a spot-kick earlier in the match.

However, FIFA spokeswoman Delia Fischer ruled out any possibility of retrospective actions when asked about Robben's comments at a briefing today.

Fischer said sanctioning after the fact only applied to "serious infringements of foul play which have escaped the notice of the match officials." The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) said earlier Monday that Robben's post-match comments had been misinterpreted.

"Media have interpreted statements from Robben in a Dutch post match interview completely wrong," the KNVB said.