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Minor electrocuted during school picnic in resort, dies, resort management booked for negligence

By Zuber Ansari

for their alleged negligence.

The incident occurred on Satn a shocking incident, a urday afternoon when the de15-year-old Govandi- ceased, Haider Ali Sayyed, a Shivaji Nagar based boy class 10 student of Jafari Engallegedly died of electrocu- lish High School in Shivaji tion when he was on a school Nagar, had gone for a picnic picnic in one of the resorts in along with several other stuMadh in Malad West on Sat- dents, teachers and school urday. staff to Saina resort situated off Following the incident, the Patil Wadi Road, Madh Marve.

More than 300 students entire management of the resort came under the scanner along with 29 teachers, staff

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and principal of the school had gone to the resort. The police does not suspect any foul play. A case of death due to negligence under section 304 a of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the resort management.

According to Senior Police Inspector (SPI) from Malwani Police station Prakash Patil, '' Around 2.30 pm on Saturday

Magic at Mahalakshmi

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deceased spoke to his mother and informed he is enjoying the picnic, but suddenly after two hours around 4.30pm, Sayyed was found lying unconscious on the lawn near the filtration pump and an electric pole inside the resort premises.

The police suspect that the boy may have touched the live wire located next to the pump. “All the students were playing various games, including some of whom were in the pool. The deceased may have touched the wire attached to the pole after a swim. The area where his Haider Ali Sayyed body was found is a restricted area. We are trying to find out After finding him lying unhow he managed to drift conscious, the school staff away and go to an isolated suspected that he may have spot in the resort.” suffered an epileptic attack

and gave him some primary medical aid. "When the boy did not respond, he was taken to Atlantic hospital where he was declared dead before admission. A black mark was found on his hand and the postmortem reports revealed that he died of electrocution," added Patil.

“We are questioning the management and also inquiring with the students and staff to understand the sequence of events. No arrests have been made so far." Patel went on to say.

Sayyed lived in Govandi with his mother and two sisters. His father works in Dubai as a tailor and he has been informed, the final rites will be done after his return from Dubai, Patil added.

15TH GRAND SLAM FOR PAES

Trainer Malesh Narredu receiving the McDowell Signature Indian Derby Trophy from sponsor Dr. Vijay Mallya. The horse So Safe which is owned by Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy won the race. At extreme left is Mr. Champaklal Zaveri and at extreme right is Mr. K.N. Dhunjibhoy, chairman of RWITC.

By Timur

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he McDowell Signature Indian Derby was attended by thousands of welldressed men and women sporting the latest fashion ensembles. It was a family affair also -- housewives with small kids were present. One housewife was seen with a baby in her arms.

What fascination does the Derby hold for the people of Mumbai? Sponsored by Dr. Vijay Mallya, the Derby drew thousands to the Mahalakshmi racecourse yesterday.

This race offers a special attraction to the people of Mumbai.

A large number of firsttimers were seen there. They do not know a thing about racing but evidently they want to be a part of the scenario and get that satisfaction which comes from a collective experience. There was a roar from the packed stands when the horses were off. The ear-splitting din continued till the horses travelled through a distance of 2400 metres. And when the favourite So Safe went to the front in the stretch, the crowd roared again. If they had backed the horse, they would not have got much money. So Safe was a red-hot favourite.

The Derby is a happening

which people do not want to miss for the world. It is a landmark event. It is like an annual festival. The man who created this magical attraction is Dr. Vijay Mallya. The owner of winner of the race Dr. MAM Ramaswamy got Rs. two crore. The horse was trained

by Malesh Narredu and ridden by his nephew Suraj.

What is to be noted was that the event was attended by not only quite a few glamorous women, but also by housewives with their kids. It was a family affair.

It is the annual magic celebration at Mahalakshmi that gets Mumbai the status of a global city.

Martina Hingis and Leander Paes hold trophy after defeating Kristina Mladenovic of France and Daniel Nestor of Canada in the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne.

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FATHER’S SEARCH FOR TRUTH IN ONLY SON DEATH

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CITY

By Aroosa Ahmed

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ven after five months of an accident where 19-year-old Maaz Ansari lost his life, his father, Ateeq Ansari is moving from pillar to post in search of a proper answer to his son's death. Disheartened by not receiving any proper reply even after being assured by top police officials, Ateeq Ansari, has now decided to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court seeking justice. He also had filed an RTI to know the status of the case and got a reply stating that the case is under investigation and information regarding it cannot be revealed.

On September 18, Maaz Ansari along with his three friends, Owais, Tabish and Danish went for dinner in the Sahara Hotel in Kurla. Post dinner, they decided to go for bike

ride near Sheetal Theatre. Another bike hit the bike on which Danish and Maaz were sitting, Maaz fell down, the other two friends who were behind were rushing to the spot where they saw a BEST bus hit Maaz.

Reportedly, a constable was present at the site, and when the friends reached to help Maaz, the constable directed the two boys, Owais and Tabish to take the boy to Bhabha Hospital and asked Danish to stay behind. Maaz on his way to the Bhabha Hospital died and was declared dead on arrival at Bhabha Hospital. The post mortem report reveals that the death was due to head injury through a skull bone fracture with vital organs being ruptured.

According to eye witness and his friend Tabish (19), speaking to the ADC, said, “A constable escorted us and directed the rickshawallah to Maaz was a engineering student

Youth nabbed with country-made pistol

By Zuber Ansari

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22 year-old youth who was working as an male maidservant in a high profile society in Versova and earlier worked with various well known people has been arrested by the Nirmal Nagar police when he had a country made pistol on his person when he turned up to meet his colleagues outside the Bandra Terminus on Sunday afternoon.

The arrested accused has been identified as Ayan Nisar Mansuri, and stayed at Versova where he worked as a male maidservant. On Sunday afternoon, Nirmal Nagar police detection staff were alerted by one of the youth who informed them than one youth was seen chat-

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take us to Bhabha Hospital and Danish was left behind. I and Owais took Maaz in the rickshaw where he breathed his last. However, I did see a BEST bus approach and hit Maaz.”

Speaking to ADC, Ateeq , father of the deceased, said, “I'm struggling hard to bring out the truth. Many eye witnesses at the place state that a constable was present on the spot and also saw a bus hit Maaz. However, the police denies it completely, a CCTV camera was present outside the bank nearby, still the police have not been able to find out anything. I lost my only son and I'm struggling to secure justice and know the truth which the cops are not ready to reveal.”

Subash Raut, Senior Police Inspector, Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station, said, “ A case has been registered under the section. There was

no BEST present over there, the initial investigation revealed. However, the case is under investigation.”

Thorat, Police Inspector, Vinoba Bhave Nagar Police Station, said, “Inquiry and investigation is on in the case, it was a bike accident wherein the other bike rider ran away, the people present there did not note down the bike number.

Talking about the BEST bus, the bus was ahead the place where they boy fell and hit the ground, we recovered the CCTV footage of the place, the BEST is seen moving smoothly and did not stop. We had still sent a notice to BEST and had summoned the drivers and the constable who were plying on the road. There was no police constable present on the place, we have even inquired about it. However, they have denied of any such incident, the investigations are currently on.”

HC directs state to frame policy on ‘post-mortems’

ting with his friends outside the Bandra terminus and is having a pistol. By Suresh Golani Cops immediately swung into the n a significant development, the action and laid a trap. Accused Ayan Mumbai High Court has diwas then caught and brought to the Police station for further inves- rected the State Government authorities to frame a policy in context to officially empower doctors attached to the health department of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) for conducting post-mortems (PM). The orders came in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL114/2014) filed by former MBMC corporator and Janata Dal (S) leader, Milan Mhatre.

With the judiciary setting February 8, as deadline for submitting an action taken report, the government Ayan Nisar Mansuri has scheduled a high level meeting on Tuesday. As a stop-gap tigation. According to reliable arrangements, seven doctors worksources from the Nirmal Nagar Po- ing as routine medical personnel for lice station, “The arrested accused, MBMC have been handling posthad came into Mumbai around mortems on a rotational basis eight days back and he brought the in Bhayandar.

This despite the fact that PM is weapon from his native place Uttar Pradesh. He turned up at the terminus to show the weapon to his friend intending to sell it, but when his friend saw the weapon, he asked him to go.”

In his confession he said that, he worked as an male maidservant with various well known personalties, and that he does not want to harm anyone but just wanted to sell it to make quick money. He does not had any criminal background, the sources added.

“We have booked him under various section of IPC including Arms act, we had not given him a clean chit, we will try to find out from his native place that he is having any criminal record there, his friends were ask to go after we did not found any direct or indirect connection with the accused,” sources added.

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a medico-legal procedure- an integral part of police’s investigation which can only be carried out by a civil surgeon or a doctor specifically appointed by the government as per the Criminal Procedure Code. It may be recalled that the PM center had been abruptly closed down for a couple of days last year after MBMC doctors refused to carry on with the services.

However, the services were restored after the intervention of the district health controller. Apart from catering to the needs of five police stations, the lone PM centre located in the premises of the Tembha civic hospital shoulders an addi-

tional responsibility of handling railway accident cases that occur in and around the region.

“Since it is a policy decision, the health services controller had tabled a proposal in 2008 for endowing powers to civic doctors to carry out post mortems, however the file was gathering dust prompting me to move the judiciary,” Mhatre said.

Since this problem is not limited to Mira Bhayandar, the time bound policy framing ordered by the judiciary is bound to have a retrospective effect on all civic bodies across the state.

As per the current law local municipal corporations can help in providing the space within their premises for post-mortems, but it is the duty of the state government authorities to appoint specialized staff for this work, right from cutter to helper to doctor who can legally carry out the autopsies on the bodies.

The 17th edition of the Terry Fox Run organised by the Terry Fox (India Committee) witnessed the enthusiasm of 10,000 children from about 50 schools running at Marine Drive from Nariman Point (Air India Building), continuing till the Princess Street flyover and ending at Brabourne Stadium (CCI) on Sunday.

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The annual pilgrimage to the Mahalaxmi Derby Day is marked by a throng of people who come from all sections of the city, which include well-heeled, well-dressed and well, some who turn up on this day for the heck of it.

A bottle of scotch at Rs. 8 Our diarist has visited Goa twice -- once when the Portuguese were still there and later when they left and Goa became part of free India. During his first visit, he found Goa a peaceful, tranquil place. There were not many people then and there was not much development in the place.

There was a train from India to Goa. On arrival, our diarist

was greeted by a Portuguese soldier who smilingly said "Have a good time".

At the beaches, there were foreigners in scanty clothes.

And in most of Goa there was peace of a village.

The second visit brought a lot of pleasant surprises. The travel from the airport to a city hotel was a great experience. It was a journey through soothing greenery to

a posh hotel. The beaches were crowded and there were buses, cars, motorcycles everywhere. A lot of change had taken place.

And now, Goa has everything a pleasure seeker tourist wants -- a gambling paradise on a huge boat on Mandovi -- owned by Jaydev Modi.

But a tourist now will miss one thing: when the Portuguese were there, a bottle of top-class scotch whisky cost Rs. 8 only!

Wrong advice to Rajiv Gandhi?

With his book 'One Lie Is Not Enough' hitting the stands, former Congress minister Natwar Singh is attracting considerable attention in Congress circles.

If what his autobiography reveals is correct, he had close relations with the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

When Sri Lanka's Jayawardene asked for Indian army's intervention in his country's fight against the Tamil rebels (LTTE) Rajiv Gandhi had to take a decision whether the army had to be sent to Sri Lanka or not. It is stated now that it was the advice of Natwar Singh that made Rajiv Gandhi send the Indian army to Sri Lanka Our army landed in Sri Lanka and began operations against Tamil rebels. Our army killed several Tamil-speaking folks and what was worse we also lost several members of our army.

One fine day, Jayawardene asked the Indian army to leave. Soon after our army left Sri Lanka -- after a lot of damage was done, LTTE chief Prabhakaran must have decided then to undertake a mission of revenge. It was carried out later and Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the LTTE terrorists.

Our army should not have been sent to Sri Lanka. Now they are trying to explain it was on the advice of the foreign minister Natwar Singh that Rajiv Gandhi sent the army to Sri Lanka.

The Congress party has been hailing Rajiv Gandhi as a martyr. A man resonsible for the death of a large number of our soldiers who were asked to fight somebody else's war, cannot be called a martyr. After all, the LTTE Tamil-speaking people were all our own people -- from Tamil Nadu.

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Asha Rani to Mrs. Asha Devendra Mengle as per Affidavit Dated 30/01/2015.

C-46026 I have changed my name from Pushpendra to Parag Dinesh Dave as per Affidavit Dated 31/01/2015.

C-46027 I have changed my name from Abdul Karim Shaikh to Abdula Karim Shaikh as per Affidavit Dated 31/01/2015.

C-46028 I have changed my name from Hasham Abdul Karim Shaikh to Hasan Abdula Karim Shaikh as per Affidavit Dated 31/01/2015.

C-46029 I have changed my name from Nusrat Sultana Mohammed Kismatwala, to ‘Nusrat Begum Samrez Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/01/2015.

C-46030 I have changed my name from Preetiben, to ‘Preeti Chandrakant Gedia’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/2015.

C-46031 I have changed my name from Mahendrakumar Somabhai Prajapati, to ‘Mahendra Somabhai Prajapati’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/2015.

C-46032 I have changed my name from Mohemad Arif Abdul Sattar, to ‘Mohmmad Arif Abdul Sattar Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/2015.

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CLASSIFIEDS We Mr. Bipen Tiwwari and Mrs. Anjalee Tiwwari have changed our minor son's name from Arnav Bipin Tiwari to Arnav Bipen Tiwwari vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit Dated on 28 Jan 2015.

C-46037 We Mr. Bipen Tiwwari and Mrs. Anjalee Bipen Tiwwari have changed our minor daughter's name from Arya Bipin Tiwari to Aryaa Bipen Tiwwari vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit Dated on 28 Jan 2015.

C-46038 I have changed my name from Mr. Abdul Rab Salebhai Bhoyrawala to Mr. Abdul Rab Salebhai Bhoira as per Court Affidavit Dated : 31/01/2015.

C-46039 I have changed my name from Gangaben Hira Gami to Ganga Nanji Devda as per Deed Poll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Rabyabibee Abdul Sattar Rumane to Rabiya Mainuddin Antule as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Leela Chandra Mudaliar have changed my name to Leena Louis Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46067

I have changed my name from Kadbia Kamruddin Sahibole to Kadbiya Suhel Antule as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Debanita Satpathy have changed my name to Nidhi Chaitanya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46068

I Khozema Yusuf Saifee holder of Indian Passport No. M2308026 Issued at Dubai on 22.10.2014 resident of 137 Modi Street Jesia Building Fort Mumbai 400 001 MS and presently working/residing at Dubai P.O. Box 28224 do hereby change the name of my minor child Hussain holder of Indian Passport No: J5977466 issued at Dubai on 23.08.2011 from Hussain to Hussain Khozema (given name) Saifee (surname) with immediate effect.

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I Agarwal Tamanna Bharat have changed my name to Agrawal Tamanna Bharatbhushan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/01/15 C-46069

I have changed my name from Mohit Nanji Patel to Mohit Nanji Devda as per Deed Poll Affidavit.

C-46041 I have changed my name from Wasim Shaikh to Abdul Wasim Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 31/1/2015.

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I have changed my name from Yasmin Begum Abdul Aziz to Yasmin Anwar Shaikh as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Suleman Chaki have changed my son's name from Karan Rajesh Sharma to Kabir Suleman Chaki as per Affidavit dated 31/1/2015.

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I have changed my name from Mohd Said Jarman Ali to Mohd Said Jarman Ali Shaikh as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Janki Sharma to Aisha Suleman Chaki as per Affidavit dated 31/1/2015.

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I have changed my name from Gulshan Bano Zarar Ahmed Shaikh to Gulshan Zarar Ahmed Shaikh as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Janki Arjunsingh Bhatia to Aisha Suleman Chaki as per Affidavit dated 31/1/2015.

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I Kirti Davda have changed my name to Kirtikumar Davda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46060

I have changed my name from Rajesh Sharma to Suleman Chaki as per Affidavit dated 31/1/2015.

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I Mr. Mukeshkumar Ratanshi Dharod have changed my name to Mr. Mukesh Ratanshi Dharod as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/01/15

I have changed my name from Deepa Rajesh Sharma to Sumaiya Suleman Chaki as per Affidavit dated 31/1/2015.

C-46047 I have changed my name from Ahmmad Bashir Qureshi to Hammad Bashir Qureshi, as per Affidavit C-46048 I have changed my name from Bashir Muhammed Qasim to Bashir Kasim Qureshi, as per Affidavit C-46049

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I have changed my name from Pukhraj Shankarlal Mistry to Pukhraj Shankarlal Suthar as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Anjali Bipin Tiwari to Anjalee Tiwwarivide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit Dated on 28 Jan 2015 and Gazette U-17164.

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I have changed my name from Rabbul Husain Abdul Husain Chowdhry to Rabbul Hussain Chaudhary as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Kripi Shivkumar Gaur to Kanika Shivkumar Gaur as per Affidavit No. LZ 721419.

I have changed my name from Bipin Lalji Tiwari to Bipen Tiwwari vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit Dated on 28 Jan 2015 and Gazette U-17163.

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C-46061 I Mrs. Vasuben Rasiklal Gadoya have changed my name to Mrs. Vasumati Rasiklal Gadoya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/01/15 C-46062 I Miss Bhavnaben Mavji Maru have changed my name to Mrs. Bhavna Mukesh Dharod as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/01/15 C-46063

I Agarwal Bharat Badriprasad have changed my name to Agrawal Bharatbhushan Badriprashad as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/01/15 C-46070 I Zarana Rajendra Mehta have changed my name to Jhanvi Tejas Sanghavi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46071 I Jaisraj have changed my name to Jaisraj Prajapati as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46072 I Vinay Shamrao Nimbalkar have changed my name to Vinaykumar Shamrao Nimbalkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46073 I Jubaer Akhtar Abdul Zabar have changed my name to Jubaer Akhtar Abdul Zabar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46074 I Tahira Parveen Mehfoose Ahmed Qureshi have changed my name to Tahira Mehfoose Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46075 I Mehfoose Ahmed Mustakim Qureshi have changed my name to Mehfoose Mustakim Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46076 I Mohammad Irfan Jasir Ali have changed my name to Shaikh Mohammad Irfan Jasir Ali as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46077 I Mangeshkumar Prakash Chouhan have changed my name to Mangesh Prakashchand Chouhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46078 I Prakash Surajmal Jain have changed my name to Prakashchand Chouhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Komalwati Anirudha Mishra have changed my name to Kamlavati Anirudha Mishra as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/01/15 C-46064

I Mrs Indra Prakash Jain have changed my name to Mrs Indiradevi Prakashchand Chouhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Margaret Henry Figueira to Margarida Rodrigues as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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We Amit Bhararia & Nidhi Bhararia have changed our minor daughter’s name from Kanika Bhararia to Ridhima Bhararia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46065

I Mohammed Sufyan Mohmed Rafiq Mansuri have changed my name to Mohammed Sufiyan Mohammed Rafiq Mansuri as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Robinson Henry Figueira to Robinson Figueira as per the deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Amit Kumar Bhararia have changed my name to Amit Bhararia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46066

I K Bhavesh K Varadha Raju have changed my name to Bhavesh Vardhraj Koramlu as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Nagomani have changed my name to Nagomani Koramlu as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46083 I K Varadha Raju have changed my name to Vardharaj Koramlu as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46084 I Rahmatali Murtaja Jabbar have changed my name to Rahmat Ali Murtaja Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46085 We Mr. Yusuf Mansuri & Mrs. Meenaz Yusuf Mansuri have changed our minor daughter’s name from Fereen Yasuf Mansuri to Fareen Yusuf Mansuri as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46086 I Firoj Ahmad Salim Mehrin Khan have changed my name to Firoz Muzaffar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46087 I Salim Mehrin Khan @ Salim Khan have changed my name to Muzaffar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46088 I Taibunissa Khan @ Taibunissa Salim Khan have changed my name to Taibunnisa Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46089 I Salim Ismail Shaikh have changed my name to Mastan Ismail Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Arvind Kumar Mishra have changed my name to Arvind Mishra as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46100 I Kishorkumar Sanchala have changed my name to Kishorbhai Sanchala as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46101 I Kelwalker Jayshri Narhar have changed my name to Smita Sanjay Mhatre as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46102 I Priti Paresh Patel have changed my name to Farzana Ali Mohamed Ragadia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46103 I Preety Paresh Patel have changed my name to Farzana Ali Mohamed Ragadia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46104 I Javed Ashik Ali have changed my name to Javed Ashik Ali Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46105 I Ashik Ali have changed my name to Ashik Ali Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46106 I Ayesha Ashik Ali have changed my name to Ayesha Ashik Ali Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46107 I N. Desai have changed my name to Mohanlal Naranji Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Amita Manoj Rajpurohit have changed my name to Amita Purohit as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mohanbhai Naranjibhai Desai have changed my name to Mohanlal Naranji Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Amita Purohit have changed our minor son’s name from Nichay Manoj Rajpurohit to Nishchay Purohit as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/01/15 C-46092

I Bhawena Bharat Parmar have changed my name to Bhavana Bharat Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Yasuf Mansuri have changed my name to Yusuf Mansuri as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46093 I Narendrakumar Dhirajlal Dhamecha have changed my name to Narendra Dhirajlal Dhamecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46094 I Arjunkumar Indravaden Bundela have changed my name to Arjun Indravaden Bundela as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46095 I Shaad Ishrat Khan have changed my name to Mohammed Shaad Ishrat Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46096 I Umesh Amrish Banikatiy have changed my name to Umesh Amrish Bankatti as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46097 I Amrish Baspanappa Banikatiy have changed my name to Amrish Baspanappa Bankatti as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46098 I Laxmi Amrish Banikatiy have changed my name to Laxmi Amrish Bankatti as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mehak Gagan Sharma have changed my name to Mahek Gagan Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46111 I Khalid Yusuf Mansuri & Khalid Yusuf Chavan have changed my name to Khalid Yusuf Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46112 I Yusuf Umardin Chavan have changed my name to Yusuf Umardin Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46113 I Shamim Yusuf Chavan have changed my name to Shamim Yusuf Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46114 I Bharat have changed my name to Bharat Jairam Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46115 I Farooq Shaikh have changed my name to Mohammed Farooq Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46116 We Deepak Solanki & Rita Deepak Solanki have changed our minor daughter’s name from Alisha Deepakkumar Solanki to Anjali Deepak Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46117

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015

Navnirman & Sena From the heady height of electoral success of 2009 to the dumps of defeat in the 2014 elections, politics appears to have given a rather rude wakeup call to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena

(MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.

Back in 2009 he chuckled and retorted back to the Shiv Sena how a lesson was taught to them for forcing him out of the party. He then had spoiled the prospects of many Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the Lok Sabha and later on in the Assembly elections of 2009. Especially in the 2009 Assembly elections where he managed to get 13 of his partymen elected as MLA’s.

But within a span of just five years all the intoxication of that heady 2009 assembly victory evaporated into thin air. Then the bitter political separation with his estranged cousin Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was fresh in public memory. The perception then was that he had been wronged and humili-

ated. Thanks to his oratory skills and his mannerisms that are more modelled on late Sena chief Balasaheb Thackeray, especially the youth were drawn towards him. A rather strange situation had emerged in 2009 where Uddhav had the party senior leaders with him, while Raj had all the youth with him on his side.

Predictably Uddhav lost the elections badly and had to wait for another five more years to taste power. For Uddhav he had the well established party base, second rung leaders and cadres to rely upon. As against this Raj had to start from scratch then and has to do it even now. Five of his senior MLAs like Ram Kadam and others have already crossed over to the BJP. While the likes of most trusted aides like Shirish Parkar have not only fallen out of his favour, but also have fallen off the state political spectrum.

He then had accused the coterie around Uddhav for his exit from the Sena. It is rather ironical that some of his former aides are now accusing him of the very same coterie politics. The tragedy for Raj Thackeray has been that in the absence of any other known charismatic or

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iving up to his assembly poll promise made in September last year Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will launch the 'Shiv Arogya Sewa' Telemedicine project today at Rangasharda in Bandra. The Sena president in the run-up to last years assembly elections had announced a ambitious Telemedicine project that will link rural Primary Health Centers in the state with district and state headquarters from where expert doctors situated in cities like Mumbai will interact with doctors via video and diagnose patients, prescribing medicines and line of treatment.

The brainchild of the Sena president it was planned and put in practice by his party Minister for Public Health Dr Deepak Sawant. The pilot project of the scheme was unveiled before newspersons in September last wherein a team of doctors led by Dr Deepak Sawant had interacted with doctors and patients in tribal areas of Chandrapur and Palghar district's. The plan is to link all

Prashant Hamine | ADC publicly well known leader to share his burden, at all poll campaigns to date he has been the one man army.

Secondly there was no attempt made to consolidate the electoral gains and pockets of influence across the state. Today in an admission of sorts Raj has now plans to open up to party cadres. But again he is chosen to be in touch with online platforms like Skype and email in the Internet or the virtual world rather than establishing a personal rapport with leaders, cadres and people. In 2014 Lok Sabha elections he had openly supported BJPs then Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

Today also he wants his cadres to draw inspiration from BJP stalwarts L K Advani and former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee who bounced back after ini-

tial electoral defeats.

In 2009 his rebellion against Uddhav served political purpose for all across the political spectrum as it cut down the Sena to size. Another drawback has been that the half-hearted and infrequent agitations on Toll Plazas, emulating the Sena plank of Marathi manoos.

The much talked about Blueprint for the development of the state has now faded out of public memory. In Nashik, where the MNS is in power in the local civic body the lacklustre administrative performance has already cost the MNS dearly in the recent Assembly elections. In contrast Uddhav and Sena which had lost ground since 1999 managed to do a Navnirman (creating anew) around in the 2014 elections.

While his estranged cousin is still trying to do Navnirman.

WHICH LENS SHOULD I HAVE IMPLANTED..?

Dr Cyres K.Mehta, Surgical Director of the International Eye centre behind Taj Mahal Hotel, dispels some of the myths around lens implants. Over the last decades he has been at the forefront of the technology revolution and was among the first in the country to implant Bifocal and Trifocal lenses.

eg computer screen at 2 feet. so you may need a intermediate spectacle for extended computer use. This lens is also

Cataract surgery has come of age in the last 2 decades. It,s a space age procedure performed through a micro tunnel as small as 1 mm. The latest advance is a Femtosecond laser “Catalys” where by the cataract is softened and sucked out without Hard cataract liquefied by the laser Softened cataract being sucked ultrasound energy. No blades are used out without ultrasound energy as the laser itself creates the incisions into the eye. mistakenly termed a multifocal lens.

By whatsoever technique or machine the cataract is extracted from the eye, the next step is lens implantation. Most people are Q.) What is a TRIFOCAL lens unaware of the recent developments in lens technology..

Here vision is good for far and near and intermediate computer distance.

The consumer of this technology ie in this case the patient always wonders..Whys is this lens so expensive if its just a bit of soft plastic..

Here are some pointers Q.) What is a MONOFOCALlens.

Here the lens produces one ie MONO focus. That means that you will certainly need spectacles to read and see the computer or ipad after surgery.

Q. )What is a BIFOCALlens.

Naturally as the name suggests it means that this lens will produce 2 focal points not unlike the Bifocal spectacle lens.

Here far vision and near reading vision should be good without glasses BUT vision at intermediate distance will be unclear for

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Q.) What are TORIC lenses?

Many of us have a “cylindrical” power in our eyes. This means that the cornea or the clear front window of the eye is not perfectly curved like a basketball or sphere but curved more in one plane say like a rugby ball. If any of the 3 aforementioned lenses are implanted you will not get the clearest vision possible so this cylindrical power is added in the factory to each of these lenses. So the doctor will advise you a CUSTOMISED or TORIC monofocal or bifocal or trifocal lens.

Q.)How do we arrive at these measurements?

A laser measuring device projects a laser beam into the eye which measures it fairly exactly. This gives us lens implant power. These machines are either Swiss or German and are frightfully expensive in excess of 40 lacs in some cases.

the PHCs with district hospitals. Already a team of 25 doctors are ready to be part of the project. Dr Sawant led by specialists Dr Deepak Namjoshi, Dr P Jiaanda, Dr B Awasthi and Dr S Sawant are part of the team.

Earlier in the day yesterday former Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP-I) Mahendra Thorve rejoined the Sena in the presence of Uddhav Thackeray. Thorve a prominent leader from Raigad had quit the Sena to join the PWP-I and even contested the recent assembly elections garnering 55,000 votes against the Sena.

Speaking to newspersons, Uddhav sought to remind the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to keep its poll promises. In a swift rejoinder, BJPs Minister for Finance Sudhir Mungantiwar retorted back that the Sena ministers should look after their own portfolios.

Q.)Why are the lenses so expensive ?

These are usually diamond lathe cut or high speed cast moulded lenses which are then laser cut. Precision is of the utmost importance.Thanks to the rupee dollar weakening over time and the imposition of a number of taxes the lenses become rather expensive in some cases as much as 1200 USD each.

Q.)What are the disadvantages of bifocal or trifocal lenses ?

These lenses split light up into 2 or 3 distances as the case may be.

At night around streetlights the patient will see a faint halo of light. This is to be expected and over time does lessen. However, If End of surgery with Trifocal lens you want PEFECTLY implanted clear vision for distance day and night ,implant only a MONOFOCAL lens. If a little bit of glare is ok at night then go with bifocal or trifocal lenses.

Q.)Does one size fit everyone.

Just like buying a custom tailored suit which fits better than an off the rack one similarly the doctor will choose the size and design best suited to the patients eye.

Q.)What difference does lens material make?

Lens materials are today a very soft acrylic. The ideal lens should enter the eye folded through a very small opening but then open up and regain its original shape. These materials are highly purified clear and inert so the body has NO reaction to them at all. The lenses must last the lifespan of the person and that's why the big companies have strict quality control.

To ask questions to Dr Cyres, contact us at : 9967439039 or 9819850971 or simply email at info@cyreseye.com

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CHANGE OF NAME We Deepak Solanki & Rita Deepak Solanki have changed our minor daughter’s name from Aesha Deepakbhai Solanki to Avani Deepak Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 31/01/15 C-46118 I Ritaben Narottamdas Parmar @ Ritaben Deepakkumar Solanki @ Ritaben Deepakbhai Solanki have changed my name to Rita Deepak Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46119 I Deepakkumar Solanki @ Deepakbhai Solanki have changed my name to Deepak Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-46120 I have changed my name from Jitendra Surji Katira to Jeetendra Surji Katira as per Affidavit C-46121 I have changed my name from Pushpaben Shankarlal Mistry to Pushpa Himmatmal Chouhan as per Affidavit C-46122 We Mr.Himmatmal Chouhan & Mrs.Pushpa Chouhan have changed our minor child name from Prem Himmatmal Chauhan to Prem Himmatmal Chouhan as per Affidavit.

C-46123 I have changed my name from Himmatmal Asulal Chauhan to Himmatmal Asulal Chouhan as per Affidavit C-46124 I have changed my name from Pushpa Himmatmal Chauhan to Pushpa Himmatmal Chouhan as per Affidavit C-46125 I have changed my name from Keshavlal Ratanshi Vasani to Keshav Ratanshi Vasani as per Affidavit C-46126 I have changed my name from Manjulaben Keshavlal Vasani to Manjula Keshav Vasani as per Affidavit C-46127 I have changed my name from Manjuben Tejubhcchu Gada to Manjula Sanjay Nisar as per Affidavit C-46128 I have changed my name from Manju Sanjay Nisar to Manjula Sanjay Nisar as per Affidavit C-46129 I have changed my name from Pravinkumar Babulal Makwana to Pravin Babulal Makwana as per Affidavit C-46130 I have changed my name from Sarlaben Narshibhai Makwana to Sarla Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46131 I have changed my name from Sarlaben Pravin Makwana to Sarla Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46132 I have changed my name from Sarlaben Pravinbhai Makwana to Sarla Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46133 I have changed my name from Pravinbhai Makwana to Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46134

I have changed my name from Pravinbhai to Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46135 I have changed my name from Sarlaben Pravinbhai to Sarla Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46136 I have changed my name from Binal Pravinbhai to Binal Pravin Makwana as per Affidavit C-46137 I have changed my name from Ashokkumar Velji Gada to Ashok Velji Gada as per Affidavit C-46138 I have changed my name from Jayashree Amarshi Satra to Jayshree Ashok Gada as per Affidavit C-46139 I have changed my name from Kumari Rashmi Derchand Gogri to Rashmi Rajesh Gala as per Affidavit C-46140 I have changed my name from Ratnashi Gala to Ratanshi Gala as per Affidavit C-46141 I have changed my name from Rekha Shivshankar Pathare to Anagha Anil Pathare as per Affidavit C-46142 I have changed my name from Mamatha Sanjiva Shetty to Mamta Shekar Shetty as per Affidavit C-46143 I have changed my name from Kishor Nenshi Bhanushali to Kishore Nenshi Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46144 I have changed my name from Hansaben Sunderji Mange to Hansa Kishore Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46145 We Mr.Kishore Bhanushali & Mrs.Hansa Bhanushali have changed our minor child name from Rishi Kishor Hurbada to Rishi Kishore Bhanushali as per Affidavit.

C-46146 I have changed my name from Kishor Nenshi Hurbada to Kishore Nenshi Bhanushali As per Affidavit C-46147 I have changed my name from Hansa Kishor Hurbada to Hansa Kishore Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46148 We Mr.Kishore Bhanushali & Mrs Hansa Bhanushali have changed our minor child name from Krishna Kishore Hurbada to Krishna Kishore Bhanushali as per Affidavit.

C-46149 I have changed my name from Kishore Nensibhai Hurbada to Kishore Nenshi Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46150 I have changed my name from Hansa Kishore Hurbada to Hansa Kishore Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46151 I have changed my name from Bhulbai Nenshi Bhanushali to Mulbai Nenshi Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46152

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We Mr.Chetan Bhanushali & Mrs.Jayshree Bhanushali have changed our minor child name from Jay Chetan Hurbada to Jay Chetan Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46153 I have changed my name from Chetan Nenshibhai Hurbada to Chetan Nenshi Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46154 I have changed my name from Jayshree Chetan Hurbada to Jayshree Chetan Bhanushali as per Affidavit C-46155

I have changed my name from Hareshlal Ramkishin Badlani to Haresh Ramkishin Badlani as per Affidavit C-46171

I have changed my name from Himmat Kesharimalji Rajawat to Himmat Kesharimalji Jain Rajawat as per Affidavit C-46190

I have changed my name from Wajid Husain Shakir Husain to Wajid Shakir Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46208

I have changed my name from Roshani Haresh Badlani to Roshni Haresh Badlani as per Affidavit C-46172

I have changed my name from Himmat Keshrimalji Rajawat to Himmat Keshrimalji Jain Rajawat as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Shakir Husain to Shakir Sabir Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46209

C-46191

I have changed my name from Shahid Shakir Hussain Shaikh to Shahid Shakir Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46210

I have changed my name from Raj Kumar to Rajkumar Prajapati as per Affidavit C-46173 I have changed my name from Kanhaiya Lal to Kanhaiyalal Prajapati as per Affidavit C-46174

I have changed my name from Bhumi Chetan Patel to Bhoomi Chetan Patel as per Affidavit C-46156

I have changed my name from Lalt to Lalti Prajapati as per Affidavit C-46175

I have changed my name from Kanchan Kumari Sakal Chand Jain to Kanchan Rajendra Kumar Jain as per Affidavit C-46157

I have changed my name from Amaratilal Purshotam Rathod to Amruthlal Purshotam Ratho d as per Affidavit C-46176

I have changed my name from Rajendrakumar Jain to Rajendra Kundanmal Jain as per Affidavit C-46158

I have changed my name from Umar Siddique Pathan to Umer Siddique Pathan as per Affidavit C-46177

I have changed my name from Ajaykumar Rajendrakumar Jain to Ajay Rajendra Jain as per Affidavit C-46159 I have changed my name from Rajendrakumar Kundanmalji Jain to Rajendra Kundanmal Jain as per Affidavit C-46160 I have changed my name from Rajendrabhai Patel to Rajendrakumar Patel as per Affidavit C-46161 I have changed my name from Rajeshkumar Karamshi Ravariya to Rajesh Karamshi Patel as per Affidavit C-46162 I have changed my name from Rameshkumar Avchar Minat to Ramesh Avchar Minat as per Affidavit C-46163 I have changed my name from Amrutaben Ramji Bera to Amruta Ramesh Minat as per Affidavit C-46164 I have changed my name from Amrat Ben Ramesh Minat to Amruta Ramesh Minat as per Affidavit C-46165 I have changed my name from Arif Ismail Mistry to Muhammad Arif Ismail Mistry as per Affidavit.

C-46166 I have changed my name from Safia Banu Mohmad Rafik to Safiya Muhammad Arif Mistry as per Affidavit.

C-46167 I have changed my name from Satyendra Kumar Sharma to Satendra Sharma as per Affidavit C-46168 I have changed my name from Ruchita Roshan Gharat to Nita Roshan Gharat as per Affidavit C-46169 I Mr. Shoaib Muqri have changed our child name from Mohd Taha Shoaib Muqri to Taha Shoaib Muqri as per Affidavit C-46170

I have changed my name from Mange Kishorkumar Meghji to Bhanushali Kishor Meghji as per Affidavit C-46178 I have changed my name from Mr. Vasantkumar Saliya to Mr.Vasant Saliya as per Affidavit C-46179 I have changed my name from Salman Sattar Shaikh to Salman Abdul Sattar Qureshi as per Affidavit C-46180 I have changed my name from Maqsood Ahmed Sagir Ahmed to Maqsood Ahmed Sagir Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46181 I have changed my name from Rashid Pervez Ghaswala to Mohd Rashid Ghasswala as per Affidavit C-46182 I have changed my name from Mohd Mustafa to Mohd Mustafa Karbari as per Affidavit C-46183 I have changed my name from Javed Khan Gulab Khan to Javed Gulab Khan as per Affidavit C-46184 I have changed my name from Asia Mohamed Iqbal to Aasiya Mohammed Iqbal Memon as per Affidavit C-46185 I have changed my name from Raseed Ahmad Khan to Rashid Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit C-46186 I have changed my name from Arpitakumari Bhanubhai Kshatriya to Mrs. Arpita Deepak Parikh as per Registered Affidavit SL.No. 5285 Dated 30th January 2015 C-46187 I have changed my name from Shivkumar Amavasi Arundudhi to Shivkumar Amavasi Arunduti as per Affidavit C-46188 We Mr. Himmat Kesharimalji Jain Rajawat and Mrs. Meena Himmat Jain Rajawat have changed our child’s name from Tanishq Himmat Rajawat to Tanishq Himmat Jain Rajawat as per Affidavit C-46189

I have changed my name from Meena Himmat Rajawat to Meena Himmat Jain Rajawat as per Affidavit C-46192 We Mr. Himmat Kesharimalji Jain Rajawat and Mrs. Meena Himmat Jain Rajawat have changed our child’s name from Kevin Himmat Rajawat to Kevin Himmat Jain Rajawat as per Affidavit C-46193 I have changed my name from Imran Abdul Raichuri to Imran Ahmed Abdul Rehman Raichuri as per Affidavit C-46194 I have changed my name from Abdul Gulam Mahmood Raichuri to Abdul Rehman Gulam Mahmood Raichuri as per Affidavit C-46195 I have changed my name from Manishkumar Nagji Mehta to Manish Nagji Mehta as per Affidavit C-46196 I have changed my name from Sakina Fernandes to Jakina Fernandes as per Affidavit C-46197 I have changed my name from Shahnawaz Shiekh to Shahnawaz Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46198 I have changed my name from Lendl Roque George Desouza to Lendl Desouza as per Affidavit C-46199 I have changed my name from Aqeela Bano Abdul Karim Shaikh to Akeela Shahzad Khan as per Affidavit C-46200 I have changed my name from Rumeja Shahjad Nasir Khan to Rumiza Shahzad Khan as per Affidavit C-46201 I have changed my name from Shahjad Nasir Khan to Shahzad Nasir Khan as per Affidavit C-46202 I have changed my name from Akila Shahjad Khan to Akeela Shahzad Khan as per Affidavit C-46203 I have changed my name from Shaizat Khan to Shahzad Nasir Khan as per Affidavit C-46204 I have changed my name from Shehbaz Khan to Shahbaz Shahzad Khan as per Affidavit C-46205 I have changed my name from Shaijad Nasir Khan to Shahzad Nasir Khan as per Affidavit C-46206 I have changed my name from Akila Shaijad Khan to Akeela Shahzad Khan as per Affidavit C-46207

I have changed my name from Shakir Hussain Shaikh to Shakir Sabir Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46211 I have changed my name from Jahida Khatoon Binte Dawood Balbale to Jahida Mohammad Ali Balbale as per Annexure‘E’/Deedpoll Affidavit C-46212 I have changed my name from Jayashree Essaki Shunmugam to Jayashree Essaki Shanmugam as per Affidavit C-46213 I have changed my name from Deraiya Ruksana Salim to Deriya Ruksana Salim as per Affidavit C-46214 I have changed my name from Nishad Fainaj Shaikh to Nishat Faiyaz Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46215 I have changed my name from Fainaj Ahmed Shaikh to Faiyaz Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-46216 I have changed my name from Premchand Ramprasad Berma to Premchand Ramprasad Verma as per Affidavit C-46217 I have changed my name from Vanitaben Thakurbhai Bharti to Vanita Thakurbhai Bharti as per Affidavit C-46218 I have changed my name from Thakurbhai Chhotubhai Rathod to Thakurbhai Chhotubhai Bharti as per Affidavit C-46219 I have changed my name from Mahesh Painoli to Maheshwar Prasad Rameshwar Painoli as per Affidavit C-46220 I have changed my name from Minaxi Ramniklal Shah to Jasmina Jayesh Shah as per Affidavit C-46221 I have changed my name from Jasmin Jayesh Shah to Jasmina Jayesh Shah as per Affidavit C-46222 I have changed my name from Jayeshkumar Dhirajlal Shah to Jayesh Dhirajlal Shah as per Affidavit C-46223 I have changed my name from Shraddha Ashok Chitnis to Shamika Sachindev Pendse as per Affidavit C-46224 I have changed my name from Manojkumar Vasanji Chheda to Manoj Vasanji Chheda as per Affidavit C-46225 I have changed my name from Anjali Jyothikumar to Anjali Jyothikumar Polachira as per Affidavit C-46226

Congress to stage state-wide rasta roko on Feb 9

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015

By A Special Correspondent

farmers and also for failing to pass benefits of falling petrohe Congress party in the leum prices to consumers. state has taken up its The decision was taken at a role of opposition with meeting of office-bearers of new found burst of energy. the state Congress and disThe Maharashtra Pradesh trict presidents. Speaking to Congress Committee (MPCC) reporters, party spokesperhas decided to stage a state- son Ratnakar Mahajan said, wide rasta-roko agitation on “Despite fall in international February 9 to protest against crude prices, the benefit had the BJP-Shiv Sena govern- not been passed on to the ment's failure to provide re- consumers. Congress will lief to drought-affected also protest against amend-

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ments made by the NDA government in the Land Acquisition Act�.

A resolution condemning deletion of the words secular and socialist from the Centre's advertisement on Republic Day was passed at the meeting. MPCC president Manikrao Thakre chaired the meeting where the AICC general secretary and in-charge of the state affairs Mohan Prakash was also present.

BMC has spent only 31 percent of funds

By Khushboo Panjabi

crore earmarked for roads and traffic department, Rs he Brihanmumbai Mu- 1,026 crore (48 percent) have nicipal Corporation’s du- been used for, while the bious record of underutilising water supply and sewerage budgetary funds will con- department has spent Rs 728 tinue this year too. With crore (44 percent) of the Rs barely two days remaining for 1498 crore. the announcement of new But even if these departfiscal budget, the civic body ments manage to spend maxhas so far spent only about 31 imum funds by March end, percent of the funds, which they will still fall well short of means that funds earmarked the target given to them for for civic development proj- using these funds, said civic

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have no control over the civic administration. “Every year funds worth crores of rupees are left unused due to apathetic nature of civic administration, due to which civic projects are affected,� Amberkar said.

However a senior civic official blamed the delay in spending funds on the election year. “A lot of time was left unused due to code of conduct periods for Lok

Funds spent on development works from April 1 to January 26:

Department

Water supply and sewerage Roads and traffic Bridges Garden Solid waste management Information technology Fire brigade

Provision (in crore)

Rs 1498 Rs 2309 Rs 332 Rs 360 Rs 421 Rs 105 Rs 190

ects will lapse.

For the financial year of 2014-15, the BMC has made a provision of 9606.21 crore for the infrastructure development and civic amenities. According to the civic data, the civic body has used only Rs 3,051.48 crore, which amounts to only 31 percent,

by January 26.

Barring the two departments – roads and traffic and water supply and sewerage – all the other departments have been found wanting in spending their budgetary allocations. Out of Rs 2,309

Expenditure (in crore)

Rs 728 Rs 1026 Rs 85 Rs 45 Rs 62 Rs 11 Rs 29

sources.

Other important departments like garden (12 percent), fire brigade (15 percent), markets (10 percent), information technology (11 percent) solid waste management (14 percent), health (17 percent) and education (14 percent) have also failed miserably to use the budgetary funds.

Opposition leader Devendra Amberkar has alleged that the ruling Shiv Sena-BJP combine has been apathetic about carrying out civic development works, as they

Sabha and Vidhan Sabha elections. Anyway, majority of funds are used in the first quarter of the year. So we are hopeful of spending maximum funds for the projects,� he said. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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‘Citizen Power’ eludes Ward Panels in MBMC

By Suresh Golani

Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), the nomimed at increasing the ination process is yet to see active participation of the light of the day, raising a citizens in the transparent serious question mark on functioning of civic bodies, the intentions of the civic the state government au- administration and the thorities have made provi- governance towards effecsions to appoint tive monitoring, accountadistinguished citizens with a bility and transparent record of social service, implementation of works in members representing local wards.

NGO’s and social organiza“Under the relevant sections on ward committee tions of the BPMC Act, it is panels (Prabhaag Samithi). the duty of the civic adminHowever in the Mira istration to ensure that real

citizen activists be on board of the ward panels.� says social worker-Saji. I.P. who in his letter to municipal commissioner has demanded inclusion of citizens to keep a tab on the functioning.

Spread across an area of 79.4 square kilometres, the civic body of Mira Bhayandar has an in-house strength of 95 corporators, the MBMC has six divisional ward committees and thus 18 posts are open for citizen representatives.

Kolhapur Mayor Malvi quits

the hospital and passed on directives from the party high command. After this she submitted her resignation to the district NCP president R K Pawar.

Meanwhile, activists from the Shiv Sena staged impassioned protests before the Mayor’s office demanding her immediate resignation and arrest. They further demanded that the entire KMC, which is presently held by the Congress and the NCP, be dissolved on grounds that it was a den of corruption and that fresh elections be held immediately. This is the first instance of a Mayor from the state landing in the ACB’s net.

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Malavi was taken to the ollowing directives from Kolhapur's ACB headquarthe NCP leadership, the ters where she was quesKolhapur Mayor Trupti Malvi tioned for two hours by who was booked by the Anti authorities. Gadkari was imCorruption Bureau (ACB) mediately taken into cushas resigned from her post. tody.

However Mayor The NCP leadership had Malavi, who was to be artaken serious cognizance of rested, got hospitalised amid this incident and was think- scenes of high-drama, coming about expelling Malvi plaining of ill- health. from the party.

The NCP leadership was On Friday the ACB has shaken by this episode and booked the Mayor of Kolha- to avoid further embarrasspur for allegedly accepting a ment, the party asked Malvi bribe of Rs. 16,000. Malavi, to put in her papers. The had reportedly sought a local office bearers of the bribe of Rs. 40,000 from a party called on Malvi in to local resident for signing on Azad Shrivastav | ADC a proposal to return his land which was earlier acquired by the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC).

The mayor, through her personal assistant, Ashwin Gadkari had initially asked the resident Santosh Patil to pay Rs 40,000. This graft amount was later scaled down to Rs 16,000 when Patil said he could not raise more Giving the Sunday Morning Brunch a vintage twist, Blue Frog hosted money. The amount was the 2nd Studio One Vintage & Classic Car Rally at Horniman Circle in later collected by Gadkari Fort on Sunday. and was accepted by the

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e-TENDER NOTICE The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai invites online tender for the following work.

Tender Description of works Due Date No. e-T-26 Repairs to Panchshil Nagar Major Packet-A&B/ (2014-15) Nalla, repairs & providing dhapa 13-02-2015 (7100038298) of various Minor Nallas in F/North ward in city area for the year 2014-15 Packet-C/ 20-02-2015 The details are displayed on web site at portal.mcgm.gov.in/ tender from 03-02-2015 up to the due date.

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wo engineers were killed and three of their friends are critically injured after the car in which they were traveling rammed into an illegally parked truck on Link Road in Borivali West.

The police suspect that one of the deceased,Bhupendra Velankar (24), who was driving the Hyundai I20 was under the influence of alcohol. The other deceased, Kausthup Ghotre (29), was seated next to the driver.

According to the police, the incident happened on early

Sunday at around 5 am when the five of them were on their way from Dahisar to Borivali West where all of them resided. The five had gone an all night drive across the city.

The police suspect that the car was speeding and the driver lost control of the vehicle and hit the rear side of the truck that was parked in Ganpat Patil nagar in gulli no.2 on Link Road near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Polytechnic College.

According to Police Sub Inspector from MHB police station B Kolekar, "We are collecting the blood samples

to ascertain if it was a case of drunk driving. According to one of the injured, the driver was drunk." The officials added that while Dhotre died on the spot, Velankar died while undergoing treatment at Shatabdi Hospital.

The car was heavily damaged due to the impact and a crane was used to pull out the bodies, said the police. "The truck was parked beside another truck. Since double parking is illegal, we will be taking action against the driver as well." The three injured are Vaibhav Jadhav (28) Mihir Revankar (26), and Amit

Kamble (31). While Kamble's condition is out of danger, the other two are critical and all are admitted in Shatabdi Hospital, said the police.

A case has been registered under sections 279 (rash driving) 304 A (causing death due to negligence) and 338 (Causing grievous hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) against the deceased driver by the MHB Colony police. Dhotre, who worked in the US had recently come down to the city and was having a get together with the other four who were his childhood friends.

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hane: A 62-year-old man has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a local court for harassing his daughter-in-law and driving her to commit suicide.

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M Mahadik convicted the accused, Gautam Yedba Kasabe, of Narpoli in Bhiwandi town here, on Saturday under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the IPC and awarded him two years' simple imprison-

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Notice is hereby given to the public at large that my client Mr. CHANDRAKANT ALIAS KANTILAL LALJI CHHEDA is the owner of the property bearing Survey No.67, Hissa No. A pt. and City Survey No. 8978 to 8985 admeasuring about 5.

6 guntha. That my client has decided to mortgage the said property.

Whereas registered original agreement and the original construction plan of the said property has been lost. Any person/s if having any claim against or to the said property by way of sale, mortgage, charge, gift, lease, trust, possession, attachment or otherwise howsoever is hereby required to make the same known to me at my office address given herein below, within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which such claims if any shall be deemed to have been waved ad/or abonded.

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ment along with a fine of Rs 2,000.

According to prosecution, the victim, 37-year-old Vaishali, was married to Kasabe's son Dinesh for 11 years and the couple had two

children. Kasabe, in an inebriated state, used to frequently abuse, ill-treat and harass her.

On June 24, 2013, the accused came home heavily drunk and had a quarrel with Vaishali, who was pregnant at

that time. Unable to bear the constant harassment, she set herself on fire when the other family members were asleep.

She was rushed to hospital where she succumbed to her burns, the prosecution told

the court. Eight witnesses, including the woman's husband, mother and neighbours deposed in connection with the case. The court relied on deposition of all the witnesses and held the accused guilty.

Fadnavis urges industrialists Red sanders probe: Three more arrested M to invest in Vidarbha N

agpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today urged industrialists to invest in Vidarbha region of the state and assured them of his government's commitment to remove all blockades.

"Huge investments are on the cards for the Vidarbha region. The environment for investments is conducive and therefore, industrialists from Vidarbha should take advantage of the opportunities," Fadnavis said at a function of Hingana Industries Association here.

"The world's outlook towards investments in India is fast changing and the world leaders from the industries are willing to invest in the country. This was evident during the recent PUBLIC NOTICE

I, Ms Deepali Anant Tawade, through this public notice, inform the public that my mother, Late Archana Anant Tawade, passed away on December 5, 2014.

I have made an application to the Mahanagar Co-operative Bank Limited (Vikhroli branch) to trnasfer her savings bank account, shares and lockers in my name (Ms. Deepali A Tawade), considering I am the nominee for all the above.

In case, there is any other claimant to the above, he/she can inform so to the Mahanagar Co-operative Bank Limited in writing within 15 days of the publication of this public notice.

Kindly note that failing this, the savings bank account, shares and lockers of Late Archana Anant Tawade will be transferred in my name (Ms. Deepali A Tawde).

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World Economic Forum in Davos which I attended," he said.

On the investment opportunities in Maharashtra and particularly in Vidarbha, Fadnavis said the government is aware of certain hurdles and is committed to remove all blockades.

The government will soon make necessary amendments in labour laws to make them more friendly.

This will remove apprehensions from the minds of industry leaders, he said.

At the same time, the government will also ensure protection of the labourers' interests, he said.

The government is paying attention to make skill development programme a reality, the Chief Minister said.

umbai: Three more persons have been arrested for their alleged role in smuggling of 23 tonnes of Red Sanders which had been seized off the coast of Mumbai, police said.

The accused, identified as Alim Hasim Pasha (26), Ashfaq Sayyed Jaan(40) and Mohammed Abdul Shaikh (55), were arrested from Bangalore on Thursday when the trail of crime uncovered in the first week of December threw up their role in the smuggling of the precious wood.

In December first week, Red Sanders worth Rs 9 crore were seized in a joint operation by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and Coast Guard while being shifted onto a vessel from a barge. The sanders were to be smuggled to Dubai.

The probe was then handed over to Mumbai Police Crime Branch, which had

arrested 22 accused including alleged kingpin of the mafia Mohammed Ali, who is suspected to have links with the underworld.

All the 22 accused are presently lodged in Arthur Road jail here.

With the arrest of the three persons, total number of arrests in the case has rose to 25.

The trio was involved in transporting the consignment from Bangalore to Kalamboli in neighbouring Navi Mumbai city, said Deputy Police Commissioner (Crime), Dhananjay Kulkarni.

According to police, the three accused had earlier brought consignments thrice.

"Pasha and Jaan had transported the smuggled goods twice on a truck from Bangalore. Once the trio had brought the consignment to Kalamboli in a tempo last year," Kulkarni added.

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ustice Rohtinton Fali Nariman was felicitated by the Bombay Parsi Punchayet on his appointment as the Judge

of the Supreme Court of India at Cusrow Baug Pavilion on January 31. Eminent speakers paid rich tributes to the hon-

oured guest and representatives of various Parsi Baugs, colonies, associations and institutions also honoured him.

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DR SHAMSAH B. SONAWALLA (M.D.) is an Associate Director, Psychiatry Research and Consultant Psychiatrist at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai. A practicing psychiatrist for over 15 years, she has worked extensively in this field across India and the United States. She is also the founder of the TransMag WellBeing Clinic in Mumbai. Dr Sonawalla obtained her M.D. degree in Psychiatry from Bombay University (T.N. Medical College & B.Y.L. Nair Hospital). She then pursued her postdoctoral training in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. She returned to India in August 2002, and joined Jaslok Hospital as an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist. Dr Sonawallah in conversation with SANTIA DUDI from the ADC on medical health, trends, notions and challenges in medical health in India and Mumbai.

ments don't want to be seen in clinics seeking psychiatric help. A lot of families can't handle mental ailments and a lot of people are not willing to speak about mental health but overall the stigma has decreased.

dencies found in children.

And depression in women?

See today's women want to become superwomen. The traditional roles of women haven't changed a lot, but on the contrary they have been burdened with new responsi In what ways Mumbai is bilities. Also the depression in different when it comes to women can easily be missed awareness about mental especially in the lower sechealth? tions of the society. So a lot Mumbai is ahead of the has to be done in this direcrest of the country and tion. Also women are driven shockingly backward also. by guilt, so taking time for Actually it depends on vari- their health and that too their ous factors like where is per- mental health is not easy. But son is coming from, his/her fortunately this is changing. age and he/she is at which The women are now taking stage of life. But certainly their mental health seriously people of Mumbai are much and coming out in huge more aware. numbers to seek psychiatric help. This is a positive How is India different from change. Though a lot has to the West on mental fitness? be done but it's great to wit-

Dr Shamshah B Sonawalla says a lot has to be done vis-a-vis depresssion in women.

The well established notion is that 'Only mad people seek psychiatric help'. How strong is this perception in our society in today's time?

As far as this stigma is concerned, a lot has changed and a lot has to be changed. There is a huge shift in this perception. Change is palpable. The stigma regarding mental illness has decreased. There was a time when people didn't speak about mental illness outside the clinic. But nowadays it feels great to witness how people are speaking about mental health and mental illness in the open.

Also the ways of treatment are also changing. Earlier patients used to be treated cruelly and fortunately this is changing. Though the stigma and pressure also depends on the factor as to which section of society the patient belongs to. People from some seg-

The trend is changing in India and we can say that we are more similar than different from west. The positive part in India is that the patients have family support. In India patients visit clinic with their family members which is rare in the West. But unfortunately we are different from the West on the concepts of awareness and acceptance.

ness this change.

Talking about the awareness, do you believe that adding a topic/module on mental health in the syllabus in our schools and colleges can help?

Yes, absolutely yes. See the awareness has to be spread on individual level and the society level. And there can't be a better platform than What is the condition of schools and colleges. It has mental health of children? already started. For example It's a sad thing to admit but nowadays there is a counchildren are under more selor in many schools. Menpressure today than ever. And tal health can be taught in depression in children has different and friendly ways. drastically shot up. Also it's It's a very important and efhard to diagnose the reasons fective platform. Also along for depression in children. At with the awareness we have times it's genetic and at to come up with solutions. times it happens due to the We just can't keep spreading result of their surroundings. awareness and not offering a School phobia, behaviour solution. problems or suicidal thoughts, are the kind of ten- What are the challenges of

being a psychiatrist?

Like all the other fields and professions there are many challenges in our profession as well. The major challenges are lack of good admission facilities. Lot of our patients need to be admitted and the lack of admission facility becomes a barrier. Though there are few admission centers but they are certainly not enough, not at all enough.

The lack of awareness among people is another challenge.

Educating patients and their families is also a challenging aspect of our job. And the lack of trained supporting staff adds to everything.

But I would like to mention and emphasize on the fact

09 while growing up in school, I used to find the human mind and human behaviour very fascinating. I always used to love interacting with people and watching others interacting with each other. During my years as a medical student I was more inclined towards human behaviour and mind studies and all these factors played an important role in my career choice.

that how rewarding, gratifying and satisfying this profession is. Watching your patient Some tips for the readers getting well pays off for all the for their mental fitness.

Prevention is better than efforts one puts in as a psycure. Focusing on prevention chiatrist. will lead to your positive How popular is the concept mental health. I always say of regular mental check up? one thing to my patients Unfortunately it's not pop- 'back to basics'. Sleep ular. I strongly feel that men- enough, take a healthy diet tal check up should be a part and exercise. These basic of every medical check up. things are extremely crucial Also various camps can be or- and important. Also I would ganised for the same, the way like to say one thing to family it's done for eye check up and members and friends, if you other diseases. It's high time can't help someone at least that we should walk the talk. don't harm them. Don't discourage anyone for seeking What made you select psy- psychiatric help. And try and chology as your profession? make a positive difference in From my childhood days the patient's life.

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Religious census holds lessons for policy makers

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“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”

— Julius Caesar

SIT to investigate 1984 riot cases ne of the worst communal masO sacres in India took place in 1984 when a mad mob led by Congress leaders attacked Sikhs in Delhi. A Sikh guard in Indira Gandhi’s residence killed her.

For three days the killings went on as Rajiv Gandhi turned a blind eye to the violence and made no effort to stop the violence. The president tried to contact Rajiv Gandhi by telephone but Rajiv Gandhi did not take the call. The army was called in only after three days. It was estimated then that over 3000 people were massacred by the mad mob. A few arrests of Congress leaders were made, but many of the cases against them were closed after some time.

Thirty years later, the guilty Congress leaders are roaming free. Finally we have the Mathur Committee report which has suggested the setting up of a SIT. The Shiromani Akali Dal, a body of Sikhs has demanded a probe which would reveal the horrible role played by Congress leaders in the Sikh riots. Justice has not been done in the case since the Congress party in power at the time has suppressed proper investigation.

The truth is the killers have gone scot free. It is outrageous that for the ghastly, merciless murder of Sikhs — men, women and children — who had nothing to do with the killing of Indira Gandhi, many Congress leaders have gone unpunished. And none of the mad men who resorted to mindless violence have also not been punished. There is bound to be strong opposition by the Congress to the BJP’s decision to set up SIT; the huge crime of the Congress will be exposed and the criminals will get the punishment they deserve. Over 200 cases have been closed by the police and these can once again be taken up and properly dealt with.

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ithout wanting to provide another string to the bow of Sakshi Maharaj and his ilk, it must be acknowledged that the findings of the religious census have not had a proper public airing. Media has been distracted by a number of other admittedly important issues. And the political class has been forced on the back foot by the rants of loose cannons in the Sangh parivar. The upshot is that the significance of the religious census has been generally lost.

Though not wanting to stir the communal pot, nonetheless the truth still needs to be told, even if some elements might draw all sorts of wrong conclusions. Considerable public funds spent on the census would be wasted if the right lessons are not drawn from its findings.

The intention is to force a policy correction while there is still time rather than to feed a communal frenzy on either side of the religious divide.

Since national security is inextricably linked with these demographic changes, especially in the border states, the census should serve as a timely warning. Regardless of what the professional secularists might say, the fact that the border states of West Bengal and Assam have seen an inordinately high Muslim growth is a wake-up call for the policy-makers. The rise of Muslim-centric parties in these states, especially in Assam, is a reminder that population changes can be troublesome.

So far, criticism of the influx of illegal Bangladeshis was ignored by the ruling classes for cheap domestic and menial labour in the urban centres in the recent decades tended to be largely Bangladeshi. An incessant flow of the impoverished Bangladeshis was a well-oiled racket on either side of the border with the BSF being fully complicit. Encouraged by then Assam Chief Minister, the late Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, who later became President, the flow of illegals into the country has remained unchecked since the mid-60s.

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could say that the excess represents the illegal immigrants flooding into not just the border districts but virtually all other parts of India. If so, it still represents a huge policy failure on the part of successive regimes in New Delhi. Or it could well be, as widely suspected not without reason, that the actual Muslim population is still higher than officially recorded because Muslims in general and Bangladeshis in particular tend to pose as Hindu Biharis or Bengalis for fear of being detected and pushed back into the home country. The short-lived experiment to pack them off to Bangladesh had failed miserably because Dacca refused to accept that there was even a single Bangladeshi here without proper documentation. Nonetheless, the half-hearted Indian attempt ended up warning tens of lakhs of illegals to avoid detection at all costs.

Also, it is widely known that Muslims do not generally practise family-planning. Indeed, a major reason for Indira Gandhi’s humiliation

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in 1977 was the forced sterilisation programme undertaken at the behest of Sanjay Gandhi during the Emergency. For, the poorer the Muslim, the thinner the chances of his adopting birth control methods. This may be a religiocultural thing but all through the Muslim world birth rates are far higher than those in the westnd that shows in the census figures. At the ern countries. time of independence, hardly any district However, the nationalist narrative needs to in India was Muslim-majority. After all, they did juxtapose the latest findings of the religious create Pakistan on the principle of transfer of census with the growing audacity of Akbarudpopulation, didn’t they? Now, there are more din Owaisi in Andhra, the brashness of Azam than a score of Muslim-majority districts in Khan in UP and the assertiveness of BadrudIndia, mostly in the border states. din Ajmal in Assam to realise that the issue Assam has 34.2 per cent Muslim population; brooks no delay.

West Bengal 27 per cent. Secularists will cavil The problem of socio-economic backat the comparison but it will lend a correct per- wardness of Muslims needs to be addressed spective to the debate if we were to keep in so that the community can be integrated into mind that at the time of independence nearly the mainstream. Poverty and religious bigotry 30 per cent of the total population in what was are inseparable twins. You tackle one, the then East Pakistan was Hindu. Now, it is about other automatically gets cured. In this task, eight per cent. In what now remains of Pak- the enlightened and relatively well-off secistan, that is, formerly West Pakistan, Hindus tions among Muslims can be of immense had constituted a quarter of the total. Now they helpful. Modi should seek them out to number a miserable one to 1.5 per cent. avert what can otherwise be a potential A confession. Having been abused for being time-bomb. a Sanghi in times long gone by when it was least fashionable to be one, we are unlikely to baulk at stating the cold facts – and nothing but the facts, now that a huge army of opportunists eanwhile, the news that the Church of of all stripes and shades have jumped on the England consecrated its first woman saffron bandwagon. So, here it goes. The latest census reveals that Muslim population grew 24 Bishop only last week after a bitter debate beper cent in 2001-11 as against overall 17 per tween modernists and traditionalists set us cent secular growth in decadal population. thinking. If in the Christian world they are still More significantly, in Pakistan the population correcting some of the male-centric excesses, growth rate was 20 per cent. And in Bangladesh why this outrage at the anti-woman biases in the Muslim world. Consider that women won a mere 14 per cent. the right to vote even in the western countries after a long struggle only a 100 years ago. Islam is the youngest of all major religions. Its he high growth rate of Muslims in India holiest of holies is located in the desert. could be interpreted in many ways. One It is only fair to treat it with due understanding

No family planning for Muslims

and patience. Christians went through crusades, inquisitions, reformation, et al, several centuries ago. Islam may only now be catching up with the modernisation process.

Because covenanted defenders of Islam are tribals who have grown immensely wealthy, without the need to acquire a modern education and culture, due to the bounty gushing from below the earth, the civilizational impulses of Islam might have been slowed, but there is no need to feel disheartened. In time, like the followers of other major religions, the adherents of the Wahhabi Islam too would imbibe modern values. One should not be overly pessimistic looking at the fratricidal wars of Islam now on in Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, etc. It is in all probability a vital part of the growing up process of Islam. We remain optimistic.

ll eyes are on the contest in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal, the lone face of the Aam Aadmi Party, comes up with a new promise every other day. But he has had problems retaining the confidence of his colleagues. From veteran lawyer Shanti Bhushan to Yogendra Yadav, most senior AAP members have had difficulty putting up with Kejriwal’s me-I-mine-alone conduct. He is a mean schemer, marginalising anyone with a different opinion. Notably, Shanti Bhushan had donated Rs 25 lakh to the party when it was first founded. He is now out of favour with Kejriwal.

But how devious is the street-smart Kejriwal can be found from the promise to cut by half the electricity tariffs. The seemingly winning promise attracting the jhuggi-jhonpri voters to AAP is sold to them as if the cut in tariff would be effected by the electricity distribution companies.

But this is not true. Regardless of the popular misconception, the truth is that even in the 49 days he was chief minister, the tab for a small reduction in power bills at the lowest consumption levels was picked up by the tax-payers. Not the distribution companies.

So, the question arises if the power bill is to be halved through subsidies from the exchequer, where will he get the funds to pay for two security guards on every Delhi bus, supposedly for preventing eve-teasing, CCTV cameras throughout the city, free water, etc.

Incidentally, piped water is available to less than half of the people in Delhi.

Slums, where the poor live, do not get piped water.

So, when he says free water, the gainers essentially will be the relatively well-off sections living in pukka houses. Clearly, Kejriwal believes that making promises of free goodies can still fool enough people to win him the chief ministerial gaddi.

By the way, he is yet to reveal the names of those who paid Rs 8 lakh he had owed to the government at the time of leaving service. Or the names of those who paid the market rent for the chief minister’s bungalow he had occupied long after ceasing to be chief minister. He could not have paid it himself and yet owned three flats that he has declared in his election affidavit.

While still at it, we are just curious as to whatever happened to that blue Maruti Wagon- R he used to drive around till he became a full-fledged politician. Has he sold it or he still retains it?

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APROPOS 'Jayanthi Natarajan quits Congress' (ADC, Jan 31), the Congress has started washing the dirty linen in public . The present NDA must find out the truth in what Natarajan had indicated in respect of if there be any substance on the interferences done by Rahul Gandhi during her tenure. The UPA government replaced the earlier environment minister Jairam Ramesh by Natarajan to improve the on-going situation, but it turned out to be from the frying pan to the fire affair. She was alleged for procrastination on almost every file and thereby stalling every project to start with. Later on there were whispers in the business corridors that things were not at all transparent in the environment ministry. Now the aam aadmi shall eagerly look forward to the truth, which if the present regime wished would only come to light.

—Bikram Banerjea, via email

IN the aftermath of the resignation of Jayanthi Natarajan from the party, the question of parallel centre of power within the Congress has again come to the fore. In fact, this trend started setting in during the last four and half decades history of the Congress. When Rajiv Gandhi was MP and general secretary of the party, he was reportedly taking all the major decisions on behalf of the government. Further, the 10 years' uninterrupted rule of the UPA from 2004 to 2014 saw a de-facto-PM being shown all the official files even before they could be sent to the then PMO. —Arun Malankar, Santacruz

IT is extremely disturbing that longtime loyalist Jayanthi Natarajan of

Shocking resignation

GOOD-BYE: Jayanthi Natarajan, former Union minister for environment in the UPA II government, recently quit the Congress claiming that she was not allowed to work freely as a Union minister. the Congress abruptly tendered her resignation leaving vice-president Rahul Gandhi to fend off charges of promoting crony capitalism in the name of shielding the environment.

Political interference and a vilification campaign against her by Congress members seems to be the big reason for her resignation as she is unable to tolerate the “dirty politics” of Rahul Gandhi and humiliation by the Congress Members. This is not the first time that party workers have risen in revolt against Rahul Gandhi.

Ever since the Congress party’s humiliating defeat in the last Lok Sabha elections, the demand for Rahul’s ouster has been raised from within the party every once in a while. In one of the most uncomplimentary accounts of Congress pres-

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ident Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul during the UPA rule, Jayanthi’s “letter bomb” uncovered the events that led to her dismissal as the environment minister in Manmohan Singh’s cabinet in 2013. She has cited four specific big ticket investment cases — Vedanta, Adani, GVK,Lavasa and Nirma cases and Western Ghats row — that were mired during her term at the direct intervention of Rahul Gandhi.

—K V Raman, Malad

JAYANTHI Natarajan’s explosive letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, with its stunning revelations about Rahul Gandhi’s interference in the functioning of the Union environment ministry when

she headed it, only underscores what was long known in party circles. As heir apparent, Gandhi would sporadically interfere in policy decisions depending on his particular pet belief at a particular point in time. Worse, the positions he took were often inconsistent. As Natarajan points out in her letter, Gandhi’s espousal of the interests of tribals and fisher-folk was soon superseded by his advocacy of industry: at a FICCI meeting, shortly after she was sacked as Minister, he complained about delays in environmental clearances (something Natarajan implies happened because of his interference), and promised there would be no further bottlenecks. Differences on policy issues exist in all political parties and governments: the proper way is to settle these issues through internal debate, a practice the Congress abandoned long ago.

In UPA-I, in Sonia Gandhi’s National Advisory Council the Congress created an institution through which the social welfare dimension could be introduced into governance: Dr Singh did not always agree with the NAC’s formulations, but through a process of discussion, a via media would be found — as in the Food Security Act. The key problem for the Congress has been that while Gandhi was repeatedly entreated to join the government in a ministry of his choice, he stayed away, saying he preferred to build the party. The uncharitable view in the party was that ministerial responsibility would have brought in its wake accountability, anathema to the heir apparent. Today, Gandhi’s spin doctors may question Natarajan’s timing, but if he does not draw the right lessons from her dramatic exit from the Congress, there could be more departures.

—Bhagwan Thadani, Pune

to increase comforts as well as saving environment is the need of the hour. A little sacrifice in space over healthy living condition is any day better to lead a disease free life.

Government makes laws for its citizens and if we sacrifice a few of our comforts, we would be doing justice to not just mankind but to the Almighty as well by protecting his 'creation' which our own near and dear ones can enjoy in future.

—S N Kabra, Goregaon

Loss of a humble man

Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz IN the demise of Saudi Arabian monarch Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, the world has lost a humble man, who tried his best to bring about positive changes in a strong cleric driven kingdom. Having the good fortune to get an audience with him in the city of Taif in Saudia Arabia years ago i found the monarch, head of the worlds largest exporter of oil to be a caring man who saw Islam as a peaceful way of life, devoid of extremism. Over the years millions of Muslims visiting Saudia Arabia for the haj pilgrimage found the amenities for a comfortable pilgrimage improving under his tutelage. I am sure his successor king Salman will carry on his good work. RIP Royal.

—Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra

Secular farce

Right about Irani

A debate on secularism and socialism is raging during TV discussions because of some advertisement brought out by BJP government.

These two words were not in the preamble of our original constitution, but were smuggled in by the dictator Indira Gandhi to win communist and communal votes. If the Congress party could change the original constitution by an amendment, why cannot the present government remove these two words, if they wish to do so by one more amendment. I am told that we have introduced about 120 amendments to our constitution which is two per year. Unfortunately the perception is that secularism actually means appeasement of minorities. Socialism in India is already in shambles supported by the the Yadavs. Secularism should go the same way. To tell the Hindus that they should be secular is pleonasm.

—A K R Hemmady, Virar

QUOTE:

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

search, approved by the Union cabinet in 2013, has not seen the light of the day so far and appears to have been given a silent burial. Many new IITs have sprung up all over the country in remote places without any infrastructure and their academic structure is vastly different from that of the Universities. These problems need an experienced academician to tackle and, with malice towards none and charity for all, I have to endorse Kamat's statement.

Madam Irani's much touted 'calibre' can be better utilized in the ministry of cultural affairs.

—Dr V Subramanyam, Thane

Save the nature Union HRD minister Smriti Irani

THE government is penny wise and pound foolish in promoting business and commercial interest in the THE BJP had taken cudgels against city over environmental concerns.

Gurudas Kamat for questioning the Temperatures have risen over the ministerial portfolio given to Smriti years with erratic weather condiIrani as reported in the ADC on Jan- tions due to reckless cutting of uary 28. I have been in the field of green cover as well as reducing nathigher education, mostly in the IIT ural phenomena like sea, rivers, Bombay, for more than half a cen- weeds, mountains etc only to contury and I do not find anything struct more infrastructure. Playing wrong in Kamat's remarks on with ecological balance is bad for Madam Irani. The HRD ministry has the very survival of life on earth. We jurisdiction over the entire field of should not be selfish and think education and higher education is at about future generation too, of life the moment riddled with many on earth many centuries from now. problems with employers not find- Quality of life has come down over ing the graduates holding profes- the years in our greed to increase sional degrees employable our comforts. Fatal diseases never straightaway. The National Commis- ever heard before have today besion for Higher Education and Re- come a reality. A balanced approach

‘Common Man’ orphaned ONE feels sad to read in leading dailies that the legendary cartoonist R K Laxman is no more. He embodied the hopes, aspirations and troubles of Indians for over half a century. He always cared for the plight of common man through his immortal cartoons. Though the common man character in the cartoons was always silent, the intended message was very loud and clear. R K Laxman will always be remembered for his early morning dose of laughter. His cartoons would bring a smile even on the faces of people who didn't know to read or were in a hurry. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a cartoon is worth a thou- RIP: R K Laxman, the legendary sand pictures. The nation will def- cartoonist, passed away recently, leaving initely miss him. May his soul rest his 'Common Man' orphaned. in peace.

—T S Karthik, Chennai India for last 63 years. He was a self-taught artist. He was known

as the Times of India’s CCTV – complete cartoonist. He was the I WAS profoundly shocked about uncrowned king of Indian carthe sudden demise of legendary tooning. He has been awarded Cartoonist R K Laxman at the age with Padma Bhushan and Padma of 94 at his Pune residence. His Vibhusan by the Government of cartoon was in his blood and India India. His death is a massive loss has lost a legend . His work was re- to our country and no one can spected across the world. He use take his contribution.

—Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel to chronicle the political history of

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Fresh probe likely into 1984 anti-Sikh riots

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NEWS IN BRIEF US hands over evidence linking Pak national in conspiracy

New Delhi: The documents handed over by the US to India in connection with the probe into the plot to carry out terror strikes on American and Israeli consulates in the South have established communication between Sakir Hussain, undergoing jail term in the case, and 'Shahjee', a Pakistani national introduced to the accused allegedly by a Pakistani diplomat working in Colombo.

NIA, which has carried out the probe into the conspiracy meticulously, had sent a request under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty to the US for details from service provider whose email was being used

by Hussain to communicate to his handler in Sri Lanka. Hussain, who pleaded guilty and is at present undergoing jail term in India, was arrested in April last year by sleuths of Intelligence Bureau with Tamil Nadu police while doing reconnaissance of US consulate in Chennai and Israeli consulate in Bangalore to facilitate a terror strike similar to 26/11. For this, two terrorists were to be flown in from Maldives.

Govt gives green nod to Rs 6.31 lakh cr projects from June to December New Delhi: To fast-track industrial activities, the government has granted environmental clearance to 190 projects worth an estimated Rs 6.31 lakh crore across sectors like mining and steel during the JuneDecember 2014. The focus on faster clearances follows concerns raised by the industry that such approvals were hard to come by during the previous UPA regime at the Centre, thus creating bottlenecks for large industrial projects. A highly placed source said the projects that have been granted approvals belong to both public and private sector companies and the grants are subject to "mitigation measures".

"Environment clearances have been given for 190-odd projects worth Rs 6.31 lakh crore during the JuneDecember period of 2014," he said.

CPM may no more forge ties with regional parties at the national level

New Delhi: CPI(M) is likely to give up its earlier stance of forging alliances with regional parties at the national level and accord primacy to strengthening Left unity across the country while acknowledging its dwindling strength. However, it may get into electoral adjustments with non- Left parties in states "wherever required in the party's interests and which can help rally the Left and democratic forces in the state", the CPI(M) said in a draft review report on its political tactical line (PTL). In the prevailing political scenario, it said that in the present stage, "given their present role, there is no basis for forging an alliance with them at the national level". The document is to be debated among all its leaders and cadre across the country before being finalised at the 21st Party Congress in Vishakhapatnam.

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ew Delhi: Thirty years after the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, a fresh probe is likely with a government-appointed committee recommending constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for the same, a move seen by the Congress as an attempt to woo voters ahead of polls here.

The committee headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retd) G P Mathur, which was set up on December 23 last year to look into the possibility of re-investigation of the 1984 riots, submitted its report to Home Minister Rajnath Singh last week, sources said.

It has recommended setting up of an SIT for a fresh probe into the riots that followed assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984, the sources added.

An order to this effect is likely after the February 7 Delhi Assembly polls as the Model Code of Conduct is in place in the national capital now and no such announcement can be made, the sources said.

them that justice will be done.

"Akali Dal has been fighting for a long time for justice for the 1984 riots and now we are thankful to the Prime Minister who created this committee... I think, now the government shold not waste any time and should constitute an SIT so that justice is delivered because it has been delayed for over 30 years," he said. BJP had earlier demanded re-investigation into all anti-Sikh riot cases.

The Justice Nanavati Commission had recommended reopening of only four of the 241 cases closed by police but BJP wanted the re-investigation of all the other 237 cases. polls. If it is so, then it is deprecatHowever, it was not immediately ing," said Congress spokesman clear as to how many anti-Sikh riot Randeep Singh Surjewala. cases have been recomended for Akali Dal leader and Delhi Sikh reopening by the Justice Mathur Gurudwara Committee chief Man- committee. jit Singh G K welcomed the move Of the 241 related cases, only four and said the SIT should be set up at were reopened and re-investigated the earliest.

by CBI. In two of the cases, CBI had Manjit Singh, who took a delega- filed a charge sheet and in one of tion to meet the Home Minister, the cases five persons, including a said Rajnath Singh had assured former MLA, were convicted.

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3,325 people were killed in the riots. Of them, Delhi accounted for 2,733. Rest were killed in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and other states.

The move was seen by the opposition as an attempt to woo Sikh voters in the upcoming polls. "Is it a gimmick by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to woo voters ahead of

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ew Delhi: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal has once again apologised for his actions during his 49day tenure as Chief Minister of Delhi last year and promised not to quit again. "...Many people across Delhi feel that our actions have let them down. In May (last year), we apologised to the people of Delhi for the disappointment caused; and in case you missed it the first time, I do so again - so you hear us loud and clear," he said.

"We did not lie, and we did not steal. However, I acknowledge that people were still hurt by our actions, because what AAP represents is bigger than all of us. People felt hurt that they invested so much of themselves in a party and movement that was seen to have walked

away," Kejriwal said writing on the NDTV website.

Kejriwal, who quit on February 14 last year just 49 days after being sworn-in, has faced flak for his decision to resign mid-way.

AAP, which had 28 seats in the 70-member House, ran the govern-

Modi to visit China in May: Swaraj

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eijing: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit China in May this year, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said ahead of her meeting with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. "Modiji is going to come in May. I will give them dates today.

This is a preparatory visit," she told the Indian media after she addressed the Indian Community here.

She said her maiden visit to China also focussed on opening the additional route for the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra for which preparations are on.

"It is a big thing," she said.

The route is expected to provide more comfortable journey experience to pilgrims with a facility to travel to Kailash-Manasarovar directly by buses.

Modi's visit to China is a reciprocal one by President Xi Jinping to India in September last year.

The visit is expected to put at

rest concerns in China arising out US President Barack Obama's second visit that some analysts here say is aimed at scuttling burgeoning India-China ties.

Speculation is rife that Modi will be visiting Kailash through the new route when he arrives on his maiden visit to China as the Prime Minister.

Xi is expected to take him to Xian, capital of his home province Shaanxi, to recreate the bonhomie generated by Modi who had taken the Chinese President to Ahmedabad, the capital of his home state Gujarat.

Earlier addressing the Indian community of Beijing at the Indian Embassy here today, Swaraj appealed to the overseas Indian community to join various campaigns like 'Clean India', 'Clean Ganga' and 'Beti Bachao Beti Padao' initiated by Modi to help India progress.

Swaraj will meet her counterpart Wang today and call on President Xi tomorrow.

ment with Congress support. Later, Kejriwal contested Lok Sabha polls against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi from Varanasi but lost.

He insisted that he had not given up Chief Ministership of Delhi for that purpose, as is commonly believed. "It's also a commonly-held belief that I gave up the Chief Minister's chair in Delhi to fight the Lok Sabha election and become Prime Minister. I didn't," he said.

Noting that he requested a fresh election for Delhi the very moment he resigned, Kejriwal rued "But the Delhi election never came. In hindsight, perhaps we were too trusting.

It was a mistake, an honest mistake; but a mistake all the same."

Recalling the atmospherics during the last Assembly polls in Delhi

Heightened vigil to check black money flow ahead of Delhi polls Central revenue department officials have raised vigil to check any flow of black money from air and land transit points ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections here.

Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Customs have intensified vigil at the airport here to ensure illegal movement of money, official sources said. in 2013, Kejriwal said, "...Thousands of young men and women in Delhi began something they had not done before. They sat around dinner tables, discussing and debating politics with their family members.

Former Raj CM Ashok Gehlot tests positive for swine flu

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aipur: Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has tested positive for swine flu.

In a tweet, Gehlot said that he had tested positive for the H1N1 virus but his condition has improved after starting treatment in time.

"Mujhe bhi swine flu positive aaya hai lekin maine samay par ilaaj shuru kar liya hai, ab improvement hai," he tweeted.

"Gehlot is convalescing at home and taking medicine," his personal secretary told PTI here, adding that the former chief minister had fever for the last three days.

Gehlot had gone for a test after he complained of fever, cough and cold on getting back from Delhi where he campaigned for Congress candidates on January 30, the personal secretary said.

Rajasthan has witnessed 28 deaths due to H1N1 virus in the New Year, prompting the state government to direct senior medical officers from the medical directorate to go to various districts for effective monitoring of cases of swine flu. In a statement, Gehlot

demanded that the BJP government provide quick treatment and diagnostic facilities to patients so that their lives be saved in time.

Gehlot also asked the government to launch an awareness programme on all dreaded diseases.

Swine flu claimed four more lives yesterday in Jaipur, raising the toll of the disease-related deaths to 39 in the month of January this year, an official of the state medical and health department told PTI today.

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The Making Of Smart Cities

Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the creation of 100 smart cities by 2024, the optimists and naysayers are divided in their opinion. With a few calling it a grand vision while others not doubting the intent, but the execution of such a mammoth project in a country like India where getting a dug up road repaired takes months. However, this initiative has created a huge potential for firms in the areas of water, sustainable energy sources, construction, environment, transport, waste management, security, weather forecasting, healthcare to name a few. And there is every possibility of making it a reality if the government's intent is absolute was the consensus at the first in the Series of seminars on ‘Smart Cities in India: Reality in the Making’ co-hosted by the World Trade Centre Mumbai, AIAI and the Indo French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI) in Mumbai last week

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mart cities will require smart investments. According to the government estimate for such an ambitious project, investment requirement would be in the tune of 1.2 trillion USD over the next 20 years. So how do these smart cities of Modi's vision would be …. Smart cities will have smart buildings and these smart buildings would save up to 30% of water usage, 40% of energy usage and save building maintenance costs by 10-30%.

Shankar Aggarwal, Secretary, Ministry of urban Development, Government of India, said that though 31% population in urban areas contribute to 63% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ,by 2030, 40% population in urban areas will contribute 75% of the GDP. “We will need to build one Chicago city every year,” said Aggarwal.

Aggarwal said that the initiative of the smart cities started with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, to rejuvenating heritage towns, bringing about urban renewal of 500 towns leading to creation of the 100 smart cities.

“The government is going for retrofitting development of the selected 100 cities which will be chosen by the population and by introducing competition among cities through the

Bloomberg Philanthropy whereby funding solution to urban challenges could be reached,” said he. To achieve the desired goal changes like municipal reforms, developing greenfield townships, having citizen government framework establishing safety and security of the citizens would be looked into informed Aggarwal.

As per Aggarwal it is education that would bring about empowerment; “however the quality of education is poor which can be fixed through the right infrastructure such as e-education, imparting good quality skills,” he said. Each step of the process can be made sustainable and frugal innovation can be introduced in every area which then can be supported by governments and semi-government bodies,” he stated.

Aggarwal advocated that national priorities could be made a reality through technology, innovation, citizen involvement, employment generation through ‘Make in India’ while improving the quality of life. Aggarwal is sure that government would be able to set up 100 cities in a span of 10 years, Aggarwal was supportive towards adding to the existing strength of the people, providing the necessary hand holding in seeing projects through and being a facilitator in the entire process.

Sanjay Sethi, Additional Metropolitan Commissioner-I, Mumbai

Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) while attempting to define the smart city concept said that the right definition would emphasize the process of creating a smart city and not the final product.

Providing a case study on the

Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in making it a Brownfield Smart City Project, he said, “We are achieving it through the use of ICT and non ICT initiatives coupled with the right urban design.”

“Besides, the formation is based on foundational, advanced and futuristic

initiative which is the way forward,” Sethi added.

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The Making Of Smart Cities

<<From (L-R) : Laura Prasad, Secretary General, Indo French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI), Vijay Kalantri, Vice Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre and President, All India Association of Industries, Apurbha Dhar, Director- Business Development, RATP DEV Transdev India Private Limited, Nilesh Purey, Vice President- ICT, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Bhaskar Som, Country Head, IRR Services Pvt. Ltd., Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahu, Founder, National Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI), NDS Chari, Sr. Vice President and Head of Key Accounts and Partnerships, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd., Sanjeev Thukral, Country Sales Head and Director, Steria India Pvt. Ltd., Rupa Naik, Executive Director, All India Association of Industries and Director – Projects, MVIRDC World Trade Centre during the interactive panel discussion on ‘Smart Cities in India: Reality in the Making’ jointly organized by MVIRDC World Trade Centre and All India Association of Industries along with the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

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of continuous innovation. It was being conceptualized in comparison to global cities. In a similar way, Smart Wadala Greenfield project was being conceptualized to include mixed land use, smart transport, pedestrian segregation, green buildings, intelligent buildings and smart physical infrastructure. However, Sethi emphasizes that everything is not a smooth ride.

“Problems like integration challenges, vendor driven policies, capacities gap, evolving domain knowledge and productivity measurement need to be tackled,” he added.

Abhishek Lodha, Managing Director, Lodha Group who represents the con-

tribution of private sector in the creation of smart cities said, “Some of the most livable cities across the world have incorporated the various smart elements to improve the quality of life for its citizens.”

“Smart Cities need to become smarter in multiple domains across governance, sustainability while improving overall quality of life of its citizens,” he added.

Citing the example of Palava, a project involving an initial investment of Rs. 30,000 crore, he said that the project was exemplifying the smart city opportunity with numerous initiatives being rolled out.

Dr. Laveesh Bhandari, Founder and Chief Economist, Indicus Analytics Pvt

Ltd feels that in the existing set up making a change in overall development of the city is not possible.” We need to have elected mayors like New York to develop smart cities of the future,” he said.

Vijay Kalantri, President, All India Association of Industries and Vice Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre, stressed the need for infrastructure in order to create smart cities. “100 Smart initiatives have opened up a plethora of opportunities as well as challenges necessitating some innovative approaches and measures,” he said. He stressed the need to frame policies for the implementation process while also making the people involved accountable.

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Sustainable Development: On the question of sustainable development in the project, Nilesh Purey, Vice President, ICT, Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Co. Ltd ( GIFT) said that GIFT is a classic example of a public private model developed by the Government of Gujarat through a joint venture between its undertaking Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd. (GUDCL) and Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. ( IL&FS).

It is estimated that GIFT would provide 5, 00,000 direct jobs and an equal number of indirect jobs. “Supported by state of the art internal infrastructure, GIFT CITY is being developed as an integrated smart city which will also host social and residential facilities like School, Training Centre, Business Club, Retail Mall, Hotel and Residential Apartments,” said Purey.

Waste Management: Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahu, Founder, National Solid Waste Association of India (NSWAI), pointed out that our country has remained oblivious to the needs of garbage and waste management, a prerequisite for any smart city.

Smart cities must be built in a designated area far away from the existing large metropolises so as to keep these cities insulated from outside waste. This will ensure clean air and clean water,” he said.

According to Sahu a major challenge before the smart cities will be the management of e-waste. “Smart cities will generate and absorb a huge amount of high-tech gadgets resulting in huge quantity of e-waste. This will pose great environmental threat to these cities,” he said.

“Further, modern lifestyle and change in food habits will lead to enormous amount of dry waste which needs to be treated. Therefore the aim of the smart cities should be to promote zero garbage concept by handling waste properly,” he added. According to Dr. Sahu, waste can be recycled to produce energy and he advocated the setting up of waste – based power plants owned by the public sector.

Co-ordination of Services: Sanjeev Thukral, Country Sales Head and Director, Steria India Pvt. Ltd. emphasized on the need for efficient services to fulfill the basic needs of human beings. “All urban services should be synchronized and coordinated in a manner so as to produce the desired benefits for the people living in these smart cities.

Services should be seamlessly connected. Therefore, connectivity is the fundamental aspect,” he said.

Every smart city must support a central command and control solution to ensure smooth and intelligent transport and traffic. Thukral highlighted on the Intelligent Transport Solution which integrates different public transport systems. “What we need is the intelligent traffic management which is a basic requirement of any smart city,” said Thukral.

Apurba Dhar, Director, BD RATP Dev Transdev India, said in an urban setting, there are an increasing number of interconnected and even overlapping transportation services.

“The development of information technology has led to a new form of mobility that combines transportation, information, innovation and socializing. To travel better, make the right choices and set preferences, a whole range of Mobility Companies is available for traveler’s use,” he said. Mobility Centers provide each passenger with the necessary information and services to prepare and organize their day to day travel from door to door and from one mode to another, including pedestrian.

Finance: NDS Chari, Senior Vice President and Head of Key Accounts and Partnerships, SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. said that financing and revenue generation mechanisms are the key for success... Chari said that selecting the right funding partner and advocated their involvement right from the start of the project planning is important.

Chari emphasized on the importance of holistic financing since according to him financiers and bankers have a major stake in the project.

People at this stage may have their doubts about the project but as Vijay Kalantri put it correctly, every good idea should be given a chance to be proved or otherwise.

Cybercrimes: Technology’s Menace Of The 21st Century I

nterspersed with real-life cases of victims who have suffered due to the consequences of cybercrimes, which are a new threat to digital society and how these can be tackled, a new book on cyber crime authored by Dr. Deepak Shikarpur and Advocate Vaishali Bhagwat has hit the streets. Each chapter is dedicated to the various forms of these crimes, namely, online scams, internet banking fraud, spamming and data theft, cyberstalking and sexual harassment, etc.

Launched by Vishwakarma Publications, at an elite gathering, held at the British Council Library ,the book, penned in English and Marathi, was unveiled by Chief Guest, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar, in the august presence of Guest of Honour, Sharon Memis, Director, British Council, and several eminent personalities. Dr. Mashelkar lauded the authors, Dr. Deepak Shikarpur & Adv Vaishali Bhagwat and Vishwakarma Publications at their initiative to bring this book to a vast spectrum of readers, in the wake of the shocking fact that Pune is ranked as the number one city in cyber crime, in the country.

Says Dr. Deepak Shikarpur, “I am pleased to present the 25th book written by me along

<<At the book launch of ‘Cybercrimes’ L To R : Bharat Agarwal, Managing Trustee & Executive Director, Vishwakarma Institutes, Dr. Deepak Shikarpur, Chief Guest Padma Bhushan Dr. R. Mashelkar, Guest of Honour, Sharon Memis, Director, British Council and Adv Vaishali Bhagwat. with the leading cybercrime lawyer in Pune, Advocate Vaishali Bhagwat. I have been writing books for almost a decade and had coauthored a book on Cyberlaws in 2003.

Cybercrimes were in an infancy stage then.

With the advent of social media, cheaper smart devices are now available with the common man and the average age of IT users has dropped significantly. We do not have the concept of Cyberethics as well as a Guide and Regulatory mechanism in schools for promoting the right things and preventing

wrong doings. Out of curiosity and fun, many young users try to undertake cyber adventures, which can lead to cybercrimes. Hence, the common man needs to show care and concern about this new-age crime. It is shocking that Pune is becoming the capital of cybercrimes”.

“My educational background in Computer Science, industry experience as a software developer and field experience as a lawyer provided me with enough motivation to pursue a specialised career path as a cyber lawyer. My world as a lawyer changed

drastically after 2000. Training programs conducted by me for police officers, lawyers, judges, Information Security practitioners, corporates, students and parents made me realise the tremendous need for spreading awareness on this subject. The steady rise in the number of cybercrime cases being handled by me provided a new learning experience, every time, on the scope and limitations of the IT Act, modus operandi and mindset of cybercriminals, hurdles faced during investigation and the sufferance of victims. While conducting these cases, I kept thinking of writing about them so that a general audience could benefit from the learning, and thus was inspired to write this book”, smiles Adv. Vaishali Bhagwat.

The book ends with an important message from the authors - Cyber Crime cells have now opened across India. There is thus no need to panic. If you find that you are a victim of illegal content on the net, or if you suspect an identity theft, computer crime or a commercial scam, approach the police. If you need help with maintenance or installation of a software firewall or anti-virus software on your computer, consult a certified computer technician. Take care, and

stay protected.

“This book is an eye-opener. A must-read book, it is sure to find a place in every college library and also the book-shelf of many youngsters, even those who may not be very tech savvy, as this will be a guide which will shield them against cyber crimes!”, says Bharat Agarwal, Managing Trustee & Executive Director, Vishwakarma Institutes.

The English version of the 160 pages book is priced at Rs.150, while the Marathi book consists of 112 pages and is priced at Rs.125, titled, ‘Ctber Gunhe’.

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Time To Re-Invest In Mutual Funds?

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RASHMI RODDAM Director, WealthRays Securities

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« MF UPDATE

e have seen markets rallying since last year and all equity funds whether large, mid or small cap achieving even over 100% returns. Many retail investors have even sold their funds and have booked profits. With markets raising higher and higher is it good to reinvest again at this moment or one should wait for markets to correct. We

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even saw interest rate cut which came as a surprise and gave opportunity for investor to enter into debt funds too. As we believe in India shining story, it is always good to be invested in markets whether equity or debt. If an investor has invested in a mutual fund through SIP, then booking profits and continuing SIP would be the best idea. For those who have invested as a lump-sum amount and booked profits, split the amount and invest now and the rest post budget.

Expectations from upcoming budget has been good which will move the markets further up with retail sector gaining momemtum with “Make in India” campaign. Re-investing in a sector based fund would be one of the options as infrastructure, real estate and pharma sectors would also benefit. Choosing a growth fund would also be of benefit. Timing of investment may not be possible though, instead

one should re-investing their funds more in equity funds. One of the ways could be invest in an equity fund and opt for systematic transfer to a debt fund. Increase the amount of invest-

ment in equity funds month on month in case of SIP or every quarter in case of lump-sum investment so that you could benefit even if markets are bad.

It is not necessary that you choose

the same fund from where you had booked profits recently. Check for the funds that have performed well for last 3 years, then re-invest in a fund that is doing well consistently. Fund that you had invested might have given positive returns but there could be other funds which would have performed better that the fund you had invested in. Though you were in profit, there could be a notional loss when compared to better performing funds. However it is always suggested to understand the fund before investing as you could choose based on your risk appetite.

With expectations from budget on affordable housing, one could look at investing in a large cap fund skewed towards real-estate stocks. Allocate more funds for post budget investments and one should ensure that they continue SIP based investments in equity funds.

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ndia is gradually becoming an oasis for global investors, as the world has become a desert of economies who have seen their growth prospects marked down or who have become saddled with debt-deflation or who have become prone to sovereign and financial risks. Rupee, along with domestic debt instruments continue to reflect the shift in India’s positioning. At a time when, emerging market is getting shrouded with the risk of several downgrades, Indian sovereign, quasi-sovereign and even corporate debt papers are finding enough takers. Rupee has become one of the top performing currencies over the last 12/13 months. One can gauge the true extent of Rupee’s strength from the way the currency has steadily appreciated against whole host of non- US Dollar currencies. Even against the US Dollar, we have not

lost ground as much as other EM currencies have. The deflationary bust, which has gripped the hard assets, has benefitted India disproportionately. The longer the bust remains, the greater the fiscal and current account dividend that will flow to us. Capital account has got a boost from chase for yields from global asset managers. At a time, where a chunk of the developed world sovereign interest rates are either at zero or even negative, and equity markets trading at lofty valuations, it is making Indian capital markets quite attractive proposition for the foreign investors.

Foreign investor fancy can sometimes become a double edged sword.

The inflows can aggravate financial market cycles so much, that they can become detached from the underlying economy. At the same time, the deeper the importance of foreign portfolio inflows in deciding our domestic financial asset prices, that stronger the risk of collateral damage, during times of global risk aversions. Dr. Rajan, many a times, have talked about this aspect of global capital flows. Hence, it can be said that though we would be cry and dance with the ebb and flow of world speculative mood but as long as the government and the nation continues to take the steps in the right direction, India as an economy will prosper over the longer run.

When one considers the global and domestic macros economic backdrop, it is very surprising to see US FOMC remain so hawkish. Deflation is being imported through a stronger US Dollar and also through rising deflationary pressures in China, Euro zone, Japan and in other parts of the world. A strong US Dollar is also hurting export growth as well as earnings of US corporates. It will be difficult for US to remain immune to a slowing

world economy. Therefore, in such a scenario how can one accept a very hawkish US Fed. We believe the reasons could less economic and more financial and philosophical.

Let us discuss three key reasons that could be driving the hawks ahead of doves in the US FOMC:1. US fed’s credibility: It may perceive that a shift to dovishness now

might endanger their credibility.

2. Providing a long rope to rest of the world: US allowing other countries to devalue their currencies against the US Dollar to provide them with room to benefit from improved export performance and stabilise their economies.

3. To exit from the trap of a “zero rate policy”: A zero rate policy comes with increased macroeconomic costs. Therefore, such policies cannot be continued forever, as eventually, costs will outweigh benefits. We believe US Fed could be seeing the current macro-economic backdrop in the country as an optimum opportunity to wean away financial markets from its own ZIRP policy and towards QE of ECB and Bank of Japan.

However, we see this as a delicate step and even as a dangerous ploy.

Such a divergent path of monetary policy can expand volatility and tension in the financial markets.

Over the next week, we would keep a close eye on the RBI monetary policy as well as the HSBC services PMI data from India. Market is expecting RBI to stand pat on rates on February and then ease again 75100 bps over the rest of the year, starting with the meeting post Budget. From US, the ISM surveys and US jobs data will be key events to watch, along with comments from the US Fed officials. Over the coming

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months, stance of the US Fed officials will have significant impact on the US Dollar as well as on the global markets. A continued hawkish tone from US Fed can keep the US Dollar buoyant but if that translates into increased risk aversion in financial assets, then it can be also be positive for a carry currency like the Japanese Yen. Technically, Rupee appears to have formed a top around 61.20/30 mark and therefore, it can continue to slide towards 62.25/30 levels. A Fall beyond 62.30 can trigger stop loss selling, which can cause a push towards 62.65/70 levels on spot. Keep an eye on the Yen/ INR, where after months of riding the bear wave we have begun nibbling on the long side. Technically, Yen/INR seems to be forming a base around 51.00/52.00 region on spot, so as long as that holds, we can see a rally towards 54.00/54.50 levels. Much depends on how deeper the global equity markets sink, as S&P 500 and USD/JPY are stuck in a range. Incase both breaks down, especially if USD/JPY breaks below 115.50 /115.80 levels on cash, then it can trigger much a bigger rally in Yen/INR and can also mean more stress for EM financial assets. At the same time, a sustained breakout in USD/JPY above 119, can be quite positive for global equities and negative for the Yen/INR.

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Time To Rationalise Taxes, Change Mindsets

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« BUDGET 2015

MUKESH KUMAR

Executive Director, HDFC ERGO General Insurance.

« PERSONAL FINANCE

RAJIV RAJ

is Director & Co-Founder, www.creditvidya.com

The conundrum is that an economy that is already considered a powerhouse is also one that is regularly slipping in the ranks of being easy to do business in and is not yet a liberalized economy. What is needed is a change in mindsets, say Anil Harish and Shobha Jagtiani, considered amongst the best brains in the taxation circuit

Five Reasons Why Healthcare Is A Must Today W

ith medical inflation running in double-digit for last few years, not having a Health Insurance can be adventurous. Ironically, the Health Insurance penetration level in India is extremely low compared to its western counterparts. Various estimates suggest 1113% of population is presently covered with Health Insurance. A World Bank analysis of financing of hospitalization shows that large proportion of people borrows money or sells assets to pay for hospitalization.

Majority of Indians are vulnerable to major ailments.

With changing economics of the health care, there are some distinct reasons why Health Insurance is important for individuals.

Changing Lifestyles: Levels of stress have gone up substantially in the last few years. Long working hours, limited or absolute lack of physical activity and exercise, disregard for a healthy balanced diet and a rising dependence on unhealthy fast food lead to weakening immune systems and put individuals at an increased risk of contracting illnesses.

Changing Nature of Medical Disorders/Diseases: While communicable diseases have reduced substantially in the last few decades, non-communicable diseases / medical conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure, strokes, and heart attacks, which were not so common earlier, are affecting an increasing number of urban population. According to estimates, as much as 18% of the urban population suffers from hypertension, which can potentially lead to renal failure, stroke and cardio-vascular diseases (CVDs).

The Cost Factor: Breakthrough in medical sciences / technologies has resulted in cures for many dreaded diseases. However, the unfortunate fact is that these cures are available only to a select few. High operating expenses—even a routine heart procedure can easily cost up to Rs 100,000—haverestricted the availability of such treatments only to the elite. In fact, even among the affluent groups, some need to sell their personal assets to meet healthcare costs.

Opportunity Costs and Indirect Costs: These costs add to the individual’s financial burden. Indirect sources of expense—travel, boarding and lodging, and even temporary loss of income—account for as much as 35% of the overall cost of treatment. Most often, these costs are overlooked when planning for medical expenses.

Inadequate Financial Planning: When it comes to insuring non-life assets, people prioritize their homes, vehicles, children’s education and even their retirements. Ironically, however, insuring health is low on priority for the most. People generally ignore the fact that illnesses strike without warning—and seriously impact finances and eat into their savings in the absence of a good health insurance or medical insurance plan.

We feel that there is an urgent need to ramp up the health insurance coverage in the country as outof-pocket payments are still among the highest in the world. To protect against potential medical emergencies, non-life insurance companies provides a comprehensive health insurance plan fitting well in everyone’s budget. A standard Health Insurance plan provides cover for in-patient treatment costs, pre-hospitalization and post-hospitalization expenses, and such other major expenses associated with medical emergencies. The plan not only covers hospitalization expenses due to accidents or illness but extends to cover pre- and post- hospitalization expenses, daycare procedures, domiciliary treatment, etc.

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he Budget and Finance Bill that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present will be the 25th since the liberalization began in 1991. India is now a much more open, better and more attractive economy than it was in those dark ages and benefits have reached a much larger proportion of the population since then.

But the conundrum is that an economy that is already considered a powerhouse is also one that is regularly slipping in the ranks of being easy to do business in-and is not yet a liberalized economy. What should be a bed of roses is actually a terrain of thorns. In order to see what needs to be done in the field of Direct Taxes, and indeed in any other field, there must first be an appraisal of what has been done.

In 1991 the rates of Income-tax were brought down from absurdly high and extortionate levels to 50% and in 1997 these were brought down to 30%. The income from exports, whether through an EOU or SEZ or even otherwise, was for a long time tax-free; long term capital gains on the sale of listed securities is exempt from tax, dividends are not taxable in the hands of the recipients, Wealth tax was reduced and Gift tax was removed for some years, although a tax on certain gifts has been reintroduced. Computerization in the Tax Department has taken place to a substantial extent.

All this sounds very good and is, in fact, so. The USA and many countries in Europe have higher rates of tax and they also levy Estate Duty, to which, fortunately, India gave a clean death as far as back as 1985!

What then remains to be done? The propensity of the Government to litigate is still high, although it is less than in the past. There is however a huge backlog. The High Courts are still considering tax matters some of which are 25 years old! The areas of transfer pricing and international tax have been a hotbed of litigation. In fact, it was a tax matter, the Vodafone case, which greatly tarnished India’s reputation, and in one fell swoop, resulted in driving away investments worth many times more than the Rs. 11,000 crores of tax that was sought to be gained. It was hoped that Budget 2014 would bring a quietus to this dispute, but the retrospective amendment made in spite of the

Supreme Court pronouncement, remains untouched and the dispute is now still pending and is in international arbitration.

The consequence of retrospective amendments and the ever changing tax laws is that foreign investors are not coming in with capital and technology and Indian corporates look to distant shores. In the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised to make India the easiest place to do business in with a stable policy and tax regime. The Finance Minister on his part assured industry that the Centre was determined to bring “perfectly non-adversarial taxation”.

The major areas which need focused attention are: Reduce and eliminate areas of litigation: The moment a dispute arises, while an assessee may have no choice but to go in appeal, senior officials in the Incometax Department itself should examine whether there is any real substance in the Department’s contentions. Even if there is substance, the law should be then immediately made clear one way or the other so that an assessee knows whether he is liable to pay the tax on such transactions or is not liable to pay.

Other assesses would then not face any uncertainty. Matters

should not lie in dispute for years and there should be a proactive approach to resolution of areas of dispute.

There must be a better relationship between the Government and tax-compliant assessees, both corporate and non-corporate. An example is that of an NRI who went personally to file his Return in the U.S. He handed over the Return and wanted the acknowledgement. However, the person at the counter disappeared for some time. The assessee was waiting at the counter, thinking that India is more efficient – you get your acknowledgment immediately. However 15 minutes later the IRS official came out and brought not just the acknowledgment but the refund cheque! It is this kind of approach, in all matters, small and big that is needed.

Convert the non-compliant assessees to compliant assessees: This includes the huge problem of black money in India and the flight of capital which has taken place, with money now being stashed abroad. Although a Special Investigation Team has been constituted, the issues relating to foreign Bank accounts continue to remain unresolved. There have been huge demands made upon many assessees who have Bank accounts outside India, even though several of them actually are Non-Residents who have been harassed and investigated and whose wish now is to have nothing further to do with our country.

The Government in 1997 had given an assurance to the Supreme Court of India that there would be no further Voluntary Disclosure Schemes. However, India itself has had such schemes even after that, not in the field of direct taxes, but, for instance, for stamp duty and more recently, for service tax. The USA too has had a Voluntary Disclosure Scheme recently.

The problem of black money must be understood in its full perspective. India had confiscatory rates of Incometax, going upto 97.75% and very high rates of indirect tax and stiffening exchange control and these were some of the causes of black money. The problem cannot now just be wished away. There has to be thought, to tackle the existing problem in its multifarious forms and then to strike at the roots, to ensure that there is no further generation.

Whether black money is to be eliminated by having a Voluntary Disclosure Scheme or by any other method, this is certainly a problem that needs to be addressed. We cannot just continue as we have been doing. For this, there has to be change in mindset, both on the part of the Government and on the part of the assessees so that it is not merely at a Government level but even at a societal level that black money and cash transactions are not considered a necessary or unavoidable part of life in India, but are frowned upon and are no longer treated as a part of the economic fabric of the country.

For this, one way may be to reduce taxes to some extent, say from a maximum rate of 33.99% to 25% or so and even to reconsider the rates of indirect taxes, such as service tax which has crept up from 5% to 12.36%.

There are other areas in which there are very high rates of tax. These are, for instance, MAT (Minimum Alternative Tax), Dividend Distribution Tax and the tax payable by a company on buyback of shares, each of which is about 20%. MAT, for instance, imposes a huge liability on a Company when there ought to be none. A Company may earn income which is specifically exempt under the Income-tax Act, as a part of fiscal policy which wants to encourage the utilization of resources for earning such income. And yet, MAT has to be paid!

Anil Harish specializes in the field of Corporate Law, Joint Ventures and Collaborations, Property, Mergers and Acquisitions, Demergers, LLPs, Taxation, Arbitration, Exchange Control, Foreign Investments, Trusts, Wills and Indian and International Taxation. He is involved in other institutions in the legal field such as the Society of Indian Law Firms, of which he is the Executive Vice President.

He is also a member of the Committee on Dispute Resolution, of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industry).

His Co-Author and Partner in the firm D.M.Harish & Co., Shobha Jagtiani specializes in matters of taxation including appearances at the ITAT, High Courts, Supreme Court, Income-tax Settlement Commission- and in Inheritance Laws, Succession, Property Matters, Matrimonial Law and Arbitration.

The Buyback Tax, too, results in Company having to pay tax on practically the full amount of the consideration, even though the shareholder may make little or no gain! A foreign investor who comes in must be allowed to exit on reasonable terms so that the guest is encouraged to revisit again and again. For an Investor to exit cleanly is next to impossible. The Company must first pay its tax, then transfer funds to Reserves and then declare dividends and pay a Dividend Distribution Tax. If the Company has been set up for a specific project such as a Real Estate Venture, then, to get the capital and reserve back may necessitate winding up – which is another nightmare – and then some more tax! FEMA regulations, too, add to complexity – witness the recent Tata Docomo case.

Shakespeare said “Diseases desperate grown, by desperate measures are relieved, or not at all”. This is the time to take desperate measures and to make our dear India a land overflowing with milk and honey!

Insights Into The Future Of 3D Printing

PRASAD RODAGI

is Founder and Director, Altem Technologies

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hile the world is trying to build 3D-printed houses, India remains a few steps behind in terms of awareness and capabilities of 3D printing. 3D Printing is the ability to convert a 3D CAD design from the CAD screen to a 3D Physical Model in-hand without any tooling or human intervention. With the Stratasys range of professional 3D Printers provided by Altem Technologies, it is just a matter of pushing a button. In simple words, 3D printer converts a digital geometry into a physical part in a jiffy.

In India, this technology is already popular in aerospace, defence, automobile manufacturing industries, and gaining momentum in the field of education. The use of

3D Printing can reduce time in the design prototyping and also in prototype manufacturing tooling and has several other benefits in terms of cost.

3D printed Injection Mold tools are suitable for small production series and they are commercially viable also when only a few parts are needed. The Stratasys Polyjetbased 3D printed injection molding tool (PIMT) can be built very cheaply and rapidly, and are typically ready to inject in a matter of a few hours. 3D printing technology is already having an effect in the way that products are manufactured – the very nature of the technology permits new ways of thinking in terms of the social, economic, environmental and security implications of the manufacturing process with universally favourable results.

One of the key factors is that 3D printing has the potential to bring production closer to the end user and/or the consumer, thereby reducing the current supply chain restrictions. The customization value of 3D printing and the ability to produce significantly small production batches on demand is a certain way to engage consumers and reduce or negate inventories and stock piling.

Shipping spare parts and products from one part of the world to the other could potentially become obsolete, as the spare parts might possibly be 3D printed on site. This could have a major impact on how businesses - large and small- and consumers operate and interact on a global

scale in the future.

Today, previously impossible shapes and geometries can be created with a 3D printer, but the journey has really just begun. 3D printing is believed by many to have great potential to inject growth into innovation and bring back local manufacturing.

The advent of 3D printing has seen a proliferation of products (designed in digital environments), which involve levels of complexity that simply could not be produced physically in any other way. While this advantage has been taken up by designers and artists to impressive visual effect, especially in the field of Architecture, it has also made a significant impact on industrial applications, whereby applications are being developed to materialize complex components that are proving to be both lighter and stronger than their predecessors. Notable uses are emerging in the aerospace sector where these issues are of primary importance.

In Manufacturing: The product development process is one of the most cost, time and labour-intensive stages. For low to medium volume applications, industrial 3D printing can eliminate the need for tool production and, therefore, the costs, lead times and labour associated with it.

Additionally, products &components can be designed specifically to avoid assembly requirements with elaborate geometry and intricate features further eliminating the

labour and costs associated with assembly processes.

Aerospace: The aerospace industry, globally & in India, are adopting this technology to print parts, thereby trimming costs. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is said to have 30 printed parts – a record in the industry.

With the advent of metal 3D Printers, the refurbishment divisions are breathing easier as older aircrafts will gain a new lease of life, even if certain parts are out of production. 3D Printers can also be valuable in space exploration missions, once we develop the capabilities to print crucial parts.

Education: 3D Printing at a school level introduces students to the present state of the art technological tool

that they would engage in their careers as designers and Engineers and to confidentially brace to the challenges in their domains. Educators have to ensure that the students are enabled with all the available tools to transform themselves from passive listeners to active workforce for their and the country’s vivid future. 3D Printing offers unhindered creativity for the Students and academicians to realise their concepts without any constraints and in real time.

Architecture & Design: 3D printing helps in designing more intricate shapes and patterns that might be able to be manufactured with traditional fabrication methods. 3D Printing also aids architects in reducing the amount of time it takes to create architecture models and fix any possible design errors Biomedical: 3D Printed models derived from the scans go a long way to communicate the condition of the patient and also can contribute to the diagnosis of Pathological conditions. Pre surgical consultation, preparation and also to have trial procedures before carrying out complex surgical procedures with the 3D printed model can revolutionize the way the Health industry braces itself to the challenging contemporary health care and treatment more tangibly. This can be a disruptive technology in health care as the days are not far when it would be possible to print human organs, tissues and bone implants.

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Saving Smartly!

oney fetching more money' should be your goal. And the first step for that is learning to save. It does not mean you cut down on occasional weekend dinners or not give in to the retail therapy once in a while. Saving need not be boring.

You just need to think a little and make it a part of your lifestyle.

Review that home loan: Take time out to review the interest that is paid on your home loan. There is so much competition for this product in the market and you must take advantage of this. Make sure your bank is giving you the best deal. If not, compare and negotiate!

Too many cards kill the budget: Empty those credit cards from your wallet and pick two which you want to continue with. The deciding factors should be reward points and low interest rate. Since, most of the time, one credit card carries only one of these benefits at a time, it is a good strategy to retain two cards.

Saving up tips for car loans: Negotiate for better rates using your Cibil credit score. Lenders often offer lower rates for borrowers with better Cibil scores. Also, make sure you don't finance the car add-ons. For the accessories or add-ons check with local dealers for better rates. That way it turns out to be a cheaper option.

Get organized and play CID: Arrange for all bills, statements, etc to reach you before a pre-decided date every month. On a weekend evening, analyze and check for mysterious charges. This habit will also help you recognize your spending patterns.

Plan ATM trips: Impose a restriction on your ATM visits: This simple act helps in numerous ways. Expenses are planned in advance since cash needs to be withdrawn accordingly. There is no room left for temptation to withdraw cash whenever an ATM is in the vicinity. By planning withdrawals in advance to avoid bearing such charges.

Saving while getting insured: No one understands your needs like you do. Do your homework and work out your own insurance amount. Agents have a tendency to talk you into more. Also, before buying any new insurance check if you are already adequately covered under an existing insurance scheme. If not, add additional amounts.

Track your expenses: Have a personal tracker to keep a check on your daily expenses. Either maintain a small diary if you are old school, like geeks do or download a mobile application which will help you with this.

Analyzing expenses on a regular basis can prove to be a very effective way to save on expenses which are not accounted for or are unnecessary.

Choose banks wisely: Take stock of all the bank accounts and lockers which you own. It's time to de clutter and get organized. Shut down accounts which have not been used for regular transactions since six months or more. Also, check on the lockers currently in use. It is not uncommon to change lockers along with a change in address. However, the old lockers remain in your name.

Closing old accounts and lockers can free up the deposit.

Save up during sale season: Retail therapy indulgence reaches new levels during the sale season. While discounts on products leave you with some free money after the purchase, why not make this free money work for you. Next time you avail a discount, deposit the discounted amount into your savings account and incorporate it in the investment plan.

Don't leave your investments unattended: While one does feel a sense of relief after planning, choosing and implementing an investment scheme, it is important to note that these investments need to be reviewed regularly. A decision made two years ago may not be fetching the same returns today.

Saving is not a onetime plan but a way of life. This is one habit which will fetch positive returns right from the moment you start. May you save up heaps this year only to multiply your wealth for the years to come.

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« TOP VIEW To buy on a rising market is the most comfortable way of buying stocks. Now, the point is not so much to buy as cheap as possible or go short at top prices, but to buy or sell a stock, each sale must be at a lower level than the previous sale.

When a person is buying, the reverse is true. A person should buy on a rising scale. He shouldn’t buy long stock on a scale down, he should buy on a scale up.

—Legendary Investor Warren Buffett

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS RELIGARE CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON REDINGTON

Markets Slump

NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (February 2, 2015) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty fell substantially on Friday (January 30, 2015) a net 143.45 points (1.60%) and closed at the 8808 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 8996 points level and that level itself was the high of the session. It then declined sharply into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 1.55 p.m. The index then slipped further and registered the day’s low at the 8775 points level at 2.28 p.m. It then rose and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a choppy session, moved in a range of 222 points and closed below the psychologically important 8850 points level. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 34 were losers, while 16 were gainers. Substantial selling was witnessed in banking and consumer durables stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 14.99%. This change is substantial and indicates a wide participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 560 were gainers, 880 were losers and 48 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the over-bought zone.

The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 60 level but is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a negative bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 8608 points level.

The next support is at the 8509 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 8989 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 = 8860 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 8724.

Support (2) = 8639.

Resistance (1) = 8945. Resistance (2) = 9082.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a long black body candle on substantially higher volumes. Further, the index has dropped below its 5 day moving average. Both these indicate a negative bias.

However, the index is still above its 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the averages are rising and also positively trended. Further, despite the sharp decline, the velocity parameters continue to remain positively trended. Both these indicate a positive bias.

Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 15-day average at the 8623 point’s level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line but both lines are converging (negative if it continues).

The ADX is rising while the Market Index is falling, which indicates that the present down trend is increasing in strength.

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Has dropped below its 5-day average (at 8884) Negative.

Is above its 15-day average (at 8623) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 8474) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 7828) Positive.

All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

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.

CMP: Rs. 122 Target Rs. 145 We recently spoke with the management of REDI to assess growth prospects in the EMEA (amid falling oil prices) and in India. Key takeaways: (1) Middle East (ME) exposure at 25% of revenue but no slowdown so far, (2) 25% of ME exposure consumer facing, (3) Brightstar’s partnership with Apple to have minimal impact (4) India business seeing more order inquiries led by large enterprises. We remain positive on India’s technology hardware consumption, and recovery in India growth should offset ME softness. Maintain BUY. High ME exposure but expectations moderate: REDI earned 57%/49% of revenue/EBIT from the EMEA region in FY14. Revenue contribution from the ME is 25%, while the rest is from Turkey and Africa. The UAE and Saudi Arabia are bigger markets in the region for REDI (both >10% of sales) and so far the company hasn’t seen any slowdown. Also, 25% of ME exposure is consumer facing, where demand is less volatile. We are already building in moderation in MEA growth from 20% in FY14 to 14.5% in FY16-FY17.

Brightstar’s partnership with Apple to have minimal impact: We believe Apple is preparing to push the penetration and gear-up distribution for bigger size. As such, even if Redington loses some market share to new competition we think that the overall EPS impact will not be very significant given Redington’s diversified portfolio. Further it will be challenging for a relatively smaller distributor to start building scale and manage efficient supply chain. We continue to like Redington and recovery in India’s corporate/government capex should be another growth driver for earnings.

Room for new signings in smartphone segment: We believe that strong smartphone growth in India and the entry of multiple international players into the market opens up potential opportunities for REDI to help the new brands expand reach and build scale. We maintain BUY and roll over to a new Mar’16 TP of Rs 145 (from a Dec’15 TP of Rs 125 earlier), valuing REDI at 12x forward earnings.

EMKAY CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON HAVELLS INDIA

CMP: Rs. 259 Target Rs. 340 Result highlights: Standalone performance weak – Revenue at Rs 12.4bn, up 5.3% with muted growth across segments. EBITDA margin improved 50bps yoy to 14.3% aided by gross margins. PAT was down 4% yoy to Rs 1.2bn due to lower other income. Benign input cost, better mix and cost efficiencies drive gross margins by 190bps yoy to 39.7% and EBITDA margins by 50bps to 14.2%. Expect margins to stabilize at 13.5-14%. Sylvania reports flat revenues to €110.8mn and EBITDA margins at 5.1%. But higher pension liabilities, full year charges on sales return and higher depreciation led to net loss. Lower domestic revenue FY14-17E CAGR to 15% vs earlier 17%. Domestic margins to improve, while Sylvania margins to remain stable, but currency changes impact earnings FY16/17E EPS by 6%/5%. Remain positive on domestic growth story. Retain BUY. Domestic performance weakens; topline growth of just 5%: Standalone revenues grew just 5.3% yoy to Rs 12.4bn impacted by weak demand trends across segments. Lighting reported flat revenues due to de-growth in CFL, but LED saw 63% growth. Cables grew just 4.2% yoy hit by slack industrial activity and fall in copper prices. Given weak demand sentiments, Q4FY15 could report similar growth as Q3FY15.

Margins expand led by lower inputs, cost efficiencies & better mix: Despite muted topline, gross margins improved 190bps yoy 39.7% led by lower input cost and better product mix, while EBITDA margins improved 50bps yoy to 14.3% aided by cost efficiencies. We believe benign cost environment coupled with manufacturing efficiencies and improving sales growth trajectory should sustain EBITDA margins at 13.6-14%.

Sylvania – Steady operational performance, but PAT hit by pension liabilities: Sylvania reported flat revenues of €110.8mn, due to 63.8% decline in Asia, while Europe and LATAM grew 2.6% yoy 6.9% yoy. EBITDA margins were steady at 5.1%. Cut FY16/FY17 EPS by 6/5%; Stay positive on domestic business; Retain BUY: We have trimmed our domestic revenues FY14-17E CAGR from 17% to 15%, while we believe margin trajectory would improve to 14% by FY17E. Currency changes in Sylvania & cut in domestic topline has led to 6%/5% cut in EPS for FY16/FY17. We believe domestic growth story is intact led by distribution expansion, aggressive brand building and likely demand revival in FY16. We believe premium valuations will sustain given healthy cash flows, +30% return ratios and higher dividend payouts. We retain BUY with price target of Rs340.

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Whom should I contact if I want to get claim settlement and my insurance company is not cooperating?

—Mukesh Kumar, Girgaum Since you have already approached your insurance company and have not received the claim amount, you can forward your grievances or complaints to Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA).

For any complaints against Public Sector Companies like New India Assurance, United India Insurance, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance write to: R Srinivasan, Officer on Special Duty Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Consumer Affairs Department

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For private sector insurance companies, you can approach the Insurance Ombudsman who will try to resolve the concern.

I want to buy a Health insurance plan for my mother who is 65 years old. Can you advice me a good one with its coverage and benefits?

—Pritam Rana, Colaba With the rising cost of medication and hospitalization, it is of utmost importance that you cover the health costs of elder family members. Since there are some very good plans for senior citizen that has been exclusively designed for the older people, it makes it even more important that you should be aware of the same and avail it at the earliest so that the full benefit can be received after the respective waiting periods are over.

1. National Insurance Varistha Mediclaim for Senior Citizen can be availed till 80 years of age and renewed till 90. This plan is a very good plan for the senior citizen as it

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takes care of all hospitalization expenses till 90 years of age. In this plan pre-existing diseases are covered after one year of claim free renewal. You need not wait for 3-4 years for it to be covered like in normal health insurance policies. Preexisting diseases like Hypertension and Diabetes will be covered from the inception on payment of additional premium. There are other benefits in this plan as well.

2. Star Health Senior Citizen Red Carpet Plan- This plan also covers pre-existing diseases from the second year of operation. It also covers major surgeries and other treatments and hospitalization expenses. Some diseases are how-

KEY FEATURES Premium is to be paid in a lump sum

(The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India.

You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com).

No Medical Examination Required Under This Plan Annuity Rate: Amount of annuity payable at yearly intervals which can be purchased for Rs. 1 lakh under different options is as under: Age last birthday

Annuity Options Available: The following options are available under the plan. You may choose any one. Once chosen, the option cannot be altered.

Why are LIC term insurance policies more expensive than the term plans of private insurers like HDFC, Aegon or Aviva. Is there a risk if I take a term plan from one of private life insurers?

—Karan Singh, Dadar Currently there are two modes of buying term life insurance plans – viz,

« PRODUCT REVIEW: LIC JEEVAN AKSHAY VI PLAN

IC Jeevan Akshay VI is an Immediate Annuity plan, which can be purchased by paying a lump sum amount. The plan provides for annuity payments of a stated amount throughout the life time of the annuitant. Various options are available for the type and mode of payment of annuities.

Type of Annuity: 1. Annuity payable for life at a uniform rate.

2. Annuity payable for 5, 10, 15 or 20 years certain and thereafter as long as the annuitant is alive.

3. Annuity for life with return of purchase price on death of the annuitant.

4. Annuity payable for life increasing at a simple rate of 3% p.a.

5. Annuity for life with a provision of 50% of the annuity payable to spouse during his/her lifetime on death of the annuitant.

6. Annuity for life with a provision of 100% of the annuity payable to spouse during his/her lifetime on death of the annuitant.

7. Annuity for life with a provision of 100% of the annuity payable to spouse during his/ her life time on death of annuitant. The purchase price will be returned on the death of last survivor.

ever covered from second and third year of operation.

3. Max Bupa Heartbeat Insurance Plan also can be availed. This plan can be taken anytime and can be continues for life long. The premiums are slightly higher but they completely match the coverage and features extended by the policy.

Online Plans and Offline Plans. All these years we have been buying insurance policies through agents, branches, etc. which is the offline mode. Recently since the internet has become a good platform to sell – the insurance companies have launched online term plans which are sold exclusively through the company’s website and not through any agent or branch.

Online Term Plans have no agent interaction at all and hence there is no Agent Commission to be paid out. This allows companies to offer discount in the premiums of such online plans.

However, if you wish to have the help of an agent, then you must purchase an Offline Term plan which the agent will help you with the entire form filling, renewal premium collection and reminder and also claim settlement process, if any.

All insurance companies in India are tightly regulated by the IRDA and there is no doubt on the delivery and service of private companies. You can be rest assured and buy the plan of your choice from any of the private life insurance companies and secure your family without any worries.

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2. Rs.150,000/- for on line sale.

No medical examination is required under the plan No maximum limits for purchase price, annuity etc Minimum allowed age at entry is 30 years (completed) and Maximum allowed age at entry is 85 years (completed)

BENEFITS a) Death Benefit: If the annuitant dies: 1. Under option (i) annuity ceases.

2. Under option (ii) 3. On death during the guaranteed period - annuity is paid to the nominee till the end of the guaranteed period after which the same ceases.

4. On death after the guaranteed period - annuity ceases.

5. Under option (iii) annuity ceases and the purchase price is paid to the nominee.

6. Under option (iv) annuity ceases.

7. Under option (v) annuity ceases and 50% of the annuity is payable to the surviving named spouse during his/her life time. If the spouse predeceases the annuitant, the annuity ceases.

8. Under option (vi) annuity ceases and full annuity is payable to the surviving named spouse during his/her life time. If the spouse predeceases the annuitant, the annuity ceases.

9. Under option (vii) annuity ceases.

Full annuity is payable to the surviving named spouse during his/ her life time and purchase price is paid to the nominee after the death of the spouse. If the spouse predeceases the annuitant, the annuity ceases and purchase price

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First instalment of annuity is payable after one month, three months, six months or one year from the date of purchase of annuity depending on the mode chosen is monthly, quarterly, half yearly or yearly respectively.

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS a) Minimum Entry Age : 30 years (completed) b) Maximum Entry Age : 85 years (nearest birthday) c) Minimum Purchase Price : Rs. 1 lakh (Rs.150,000 for online purchase) d) Maximum Purchase Price : No Limit Incentives for high purchase price: If your purchase price is Rs.

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Service Tax: If your purchase price is Rs. 2.50 lakh or more, you will receive higher amount of annuity due to available incentives. In addition of this, for policies sold online, a rebate of 1% by way of increase in the annuity rate shall also be available.

Paid-up value: The policy does not acquire any paid-up value.

Surrender Value: No surrender value will be available under the policy.

Loan: No loan will be available under the policy.

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There are Lit Fests taking place all over the country, but the community of readers is dwindling. Still, passionate book lovers would like to know what others like themselves are reading. This Book Nook suggests some books, but would also like to connect with serious readers, or even casual airport book browsers. Do write in about books you have loved or hated and why. The best entries will be shared on this page. Please send your recommendations to adc.booknook@gmail.com.

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he prolific Stephen King churns out books at an alarming rate, and every book has an intriguing idea at its core and a style of writing that keeps the reader hooked. Even those who are not fans of the master of horror, suspense and fantasy, can’t but marvel at how he pulls off a bestseller each time, without compromising on the quality that one has come to expect from him.

His latest, Revival—his 58th— is a sprawling novel spanning half a century, with a strange pastor-scientist character, inspired

by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (later in the book, there are characters called Mary and Victor, as homage). King also dedicates it to HP Lovecraft and Arthur Machen, whose The Great God Pan “has haunted me all my life.” In an interview, King called it a “nasty, dark piece of work...It’s too scary. I don’t even want to think about that book any more.” The book does have a disturbing effect on the reader.

Excerpt from Revival

The narrator is Jamie Morton, who first encounters Pastor Charles Jacobs when he is six years old, playing in his backyard. A shadow falls over the mud fort he has made, and never leaves him. The new minister is charming and is soon popular with the whole town. His wife and infant son also become a part of the community. Jacobs is a man of God, but his passion is electricity and he is always tinkering with wires and batteries, creating his own gizmos.

He wins over the Morton family by curing one of the kids Conrad, of his muteness, using a handmade electric tool.

Then, Jacobs’s family is brutally killed in an accident and he loses his faith. After preaching a sermon in which he says that religion is “built on the blood, bones, and screams of those who have the effrontery not to bow to their idea of God,” he quietly leaves town.

Meanwhile, Jamie becomes a musician and is spiralling out of control with a drug problem when he encounters Jacobs again. Jacobs is now a fairground huckster, wowing the hicks with his electrical tricks. But

I SLEPT the remainder of the afternoon. When I woke up, I felt like an earlier version of Jamie Morton, clearheaded and full of pep. I swung my legs over the side of his bed and watched him put on his show clothes. “Tell me something,” I said.

“If it’s about our little adventure in West Tulsa, I’d rather not discuss it. Why don’t we just wait and see if you remain as you are now, or if you relapse into craving . . . damn this tie, I can never get it right and Briscoe is utterly useless.”

Briscoe was his assistant, the fellow who mugged and distracted the audience when it needed distracting.

“Hold still,” I said. “You’re making a mess of that. Let me.”

I stood behind him, reached over his shoulders, and tied the tie. With the shakes gone from my hands, it was easy. Like my walk once the brain shot had worn off, they were Steady Eddie.

“Where did you learn to do that?”

“After my accident, when I could stand up and play for a couple of hours without falling down, I worked with a group called the Undertakers.” It hadn’t been much of a group. Any band where I was the best player wasn’t. “We wore frock coats, stovepipe hats, and string ties. The drummer and the bass player got into a fight over a girl and the group broke up, but I came out of it with a new skill.”

“Well . . . thank you. What did you want to ask me?” he picks up Jamie, takes him home, looks after him and using electricity again, cures him of his addiction.

The ‘cure’ has some scary side-effects, but Jamie is still grateful for being pulled out of the gutter and placed back on the road to recovery.

Jacobs also arranges for a job for Jamie at a recording studio with a maverick music producer Hugh (also one of his ‘cures’), and he is at peace. But every time Jacobs makes a re-entry, he is in a new avatar, as a miracle healer or conman, and, as Jamie can see, a man so obsessed

“About the Portraits in Lightning gig. You only take pictures of women. It seems to me that you’re losing fifty percent of your business that way.”

He grinned his boyish grin, the one he’d worn when he was lead- ing the games in the parsonage basement. “When I invented the portrait camera—which is actually a combined generator and pro- jector, as I’m sure you know—I did attempt to do both men and women. This was at a little seaside amusement park in North Carolina called Joyland. Out of business now, but it was a lovely place, Jamie. I enjoyed it greatly. During my time on the midway — which was called Joyland Avenue—there was a Rogues’ Gallery next to Mysterio’s Mirror Mansion. It featured life-size cardboard figures with cutouts where the faces belonged. There was a pirate, a gangster with an automatic, a tough Jane with a tommygun, the Joker and Catwoman from the Batman comics. People would put their faces in and the park’s traveling photographers — Hollywood Girls, they were called—would snap their pictures.”

“That gave you the idea?”

“Yes. At the time I was styling myself Mr. Electrico — an homage to Ray Bradbury, but I doubt if any of the rubes knew it— and although I had invented a crude version of my current projector, it had never crossed my mind to feature it in the show.

Mostly I used the Tesla coil and a spark generator called Jacob’s Ladder. I demon- strated a small Jacob’s Ladder to you kids when I was your minister, Jamie. I used chemicals to make the rising sparks change color. Do you remember?”

I did.

“The Rogues’ Gallery made me aware of the possibilities inherent in my projector, and I created Portraits in Lightning. Just another gaff, you’d say . . . but it also helped me to advance my studies, and still does. During my stint at Joyland, I used a backdrop featuring a man in expensive black tie as well as the beautiful girl in the ball gown.

Some men took me up on it, but surprisingly few. I believe their shitkicker friends laughed at them when they saw them dressed to the nines like that. Women never laugh, because women love dressing to the nines. To the tens, if possible. And when they see the demonstration, they line up.”

“How long have you been gigging?”

He calculated, one eye squinted shut. Then he opened them both wide in an expression of surprise. “It’s almost fifteen years now.”

I shook my head, smiling. “You went from preaching to huckstering.”

As soon it was out of my mouth I realized it was a mean thing to say, but the idea of my old minister turning tips still boggled my mind. He wasn’t offended, though. He just gave his perfectly knot- ted tie a final admiring look in the mirror, and tipped me a wink.

“No difference,” he said. “They’re both just a matter of convincing the rubes. Now please excuse me while I go and sell some lightning.”

He left the heroin on the little table in the middle of the Bounder. I glanced at it from time to time, even picked it up once, but I had no urge to use any. To tell you the truth, I couldn’t understand why I’d trashed so much of my life over it in the first place. All that crazy need seemed like a dream to me. I wondered if everyone felt that way when their compulsions passed. I didn’t know.

I still don’t.

with electricity that he is losing his grip on reality. Even as he does cure some people, Jacobs also leaves a trail of tragedy behind him.

But Jacobs does not think he is doing anything wrong. He has a clear agenda and Jamie is a part of his grand plan, for which he uses threats and emotional blackmail to summon him whenever he needs a hand.

King masterfully draws the reader in, with placid passages when Jamie is almost happy, to the darkness that engulfs him every time he meets Ja-

cobs. Even though he knows nothing good can come of it, and he promises to break ties with Jacobs, Jamie cannot stay away from the destructive power of the man.

Jamie’s and Jacobs’s lives get increasingly intertwined, till the truly terrifying climax, which has a hint of Hindu mythology. It’s a nightmareinducing but fascinating read.

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by Stephen King Published by Scribner Pages: 405

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or a change of mood, a light chick-lit mystery, Thirty-three and a Half Shenanigans by Denise Grover Swank. It’s for the vocabulary-challenged young reader, who has made the Rose Gardner series bestsellers.

It is set in a small Arkansas town, where people use phrases like “Oh my stars and garters” or “Crappy doodles”, are always placing their hands on their hips and giving each other ‘ornery’ looks (the writer could do with a thesaurus). Here, Rose runs a landscaping business with the troubleshooting Bruce Wayne and her malevolent sister Violet, but also gets involved in many “shenanigans.”

For one, she is in the midst of a love triangle between the deputy sheriff Joe and the assistant district attorney, Mason. Then, her best friend Neely Kate wants help to find her missing cousin, Dolly Parton (they have names like that!) Rose gets sudden visions of the future, and this, for some reason makes her invaluable to the town’s underworld king Skeeter Malcolm.

In the search for Dolly, Rose and Neely Kate audition at a strip joint, Rose attends a gangsters meeting in disguise, Mason gets shot at, and Joe’s clingy ex girlfriend gets pregnant. Rose has plenty to be “ornery” about.

It’s a quick read, that can be tossed aside and forgotten.

Rose is not half as efficient or likeable as so many other female solvers of mysteries, but Swank’s readers probably like a feisty young woman, who is pretty, has a drool-worthy figure and has men eating out of her hands. And, she doesn’t swoon at the first sign of trouble...or a dead body with a hole in his head.

Thirty-three and a Half

Shenanigans

by Denise Grover Swank Self-Published Pages: 358

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TV GUIDE

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When monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge.

But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past.

Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse. HBO, 9 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

CHAKRAVARTIN ASHOKA SAMRAT

A great emperor, a heroic warrior, a legend – but before all that, a son. This is the story of a boy who fought for his mother who was denied her rightful place in his father’s Kingdom. He set out to change it all, to ensure that her honour was reinstated. Starting tonight, COLORS dives into the pages of history to highlight Ashoka’s (Siddharth Nigam) tale and his journey to becoming the greatest emperor in Indian history through its epic historical offering Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat. The show will touch upon every critical aspect of Ashoka’s life through exceptional storytelling, intricately structured script, stellar acting and some stunning visual effects. Colors, 9 p.m.

WALK WITH THE WILD

WALK WITH THE WILD takes its viewers one on a breathtaking journey to explore its incredible array of wildlife and the people who inhabit one of the world’s most diverse landscapes. Tune into the show as it delves into the heart of this valley and discovers what makes it such an amazing geographical phenomenon. Animal Planet, 8 p.m .

HEAD RUSH

HEAD RUSH is a series designed to excite middle-school students about things other than video games, cell phones and the opposite sex. Each episode presents a wide-ranging selection of scientific experiments, games, and question-and-answer segments that entertain as well as educate. The main goal: getting teenagers interested enough to consider a future career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. Di scover y Sci en ce, 7 p.m.

A CRIME TO REMEMBER

Styles may change, but murder lasts forever. ID - Investigation Discovery’s A CRIME TO REMEMBER invites viewers to step into the past and unravel the intricacies of real-life murder cases of the ‘50s and ‘60s. Set against the backdrop of Studebakers, fedoras, and three-martini lunches, these stories of truly mad men and women reveal complicated relationships where thwarted

Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat, Colors, 9 p.m.

dreams and repressed passions led to terrible crimes. ID, 9 p.m.

RISE OF THE INDIAN TIGER

India has struggled to stop the rapid decline of its big cat population in the face of poachers, international smuggling networks and loss of habitat. From an estimated 1,00,000 tigers at the beginning of the 20th century, India saw the numbers dropping drastically till about 10 years ago. From just 1,411 in 2006 to 2,226 this year, India has made a long journey and is now home to 70 per cent of the world's tigers. With these encouraging numbers, National Geographic Channel will showcase a week-long special celebrating the news on rise of the Tiger population. Premiering on N GC, 8 pm,

INDIA REVEALED

India is about a third the size of the United States, yet it holds an amazing range of climate and landscape. Tune into Discovery HD World’s INDIA REVEALED and discover some fascinating facts about this beautiful country. Discover y, 9 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS

In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, “The Sea of Monsters”, Percy Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood. Star M ovi es, 9 p.m.

SCREAM 4

Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

TWILIGHT

Bella Swan has always been a little bit different. Never one to run with the crowd, Bella never cared about fitting in with the trendy, plastic girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother remarried and Bella chooses to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she didn’t expect much of anything to change. But things do change when she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen.

For Edward is nothing like any boy she’s ever met. He’s nothing like anyone she’s ever met, period. He’s intelligent and witty, and he seems to see straight into her soul. In no time at all, they are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance unorthodox because Edward really isn’t like the other boys. He can run faster than a mountain lion. He can stop a moving car with his bare hands. Oh, and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. That’s right - vampire. Pix , 9 p.m .

DHARAMYUDH

Dharamyudh is the story of two friends Thakur Vikram Singh & Pratap Singh who knew well how to be a good friend & a deadly enemy! Pratap’s sister Guddi treats Vikram as her own brother. One day she becomes a victim of rape & murder. The only witness to the crime is Kundan. The murderer kills him also.

But before dying, he tells Pratap the name of Guddi’s killer. Who was the murderer? Fil my, 8.30 p.m.

GANGAAJAL

An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu Yadav is the

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

one who benefits the most out of it. Amit arrests Sunder Yadav, Sadhu’s son. While Sunder is released soon, some police officers, get frustrated with the system, and pour acid into the eyes of two of Yadav’s men, blinding them. A hue and cry is raised by the media, crime almost comes to a standstill, and the police are regarded with respect. SP Amit Kumar must now put an end to this kind of situation. Star Gold, 9 p.m.

GERAFTAAR

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 2.30 Masterchef India 3.00 Yeh Rishta Kya Khelta Hai 3.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 5.00 Ek Veer Ki ArdaasVeera 5.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.00 Msterchef India 6.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein 8.00 Tu Mera Hero 8.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Everest 10.30 Masterchef India 11.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

Downtown Abby Glee Simpsons Year Melissa and Joey Monk 3 Downtown Abby Glee Simpsons Year Melissa and Joey 2 Monk Downtown Abby Homeland

SONY TV

ZEE TV

Satrangi Sasuraal Doli Armaanon Ki Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai SRGMP Li’s Champs Bandhan… Saari Umar Hello Pratibha Jodha Akbar Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai Satrangi Sasuraal Doli Armaano Ki Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaan India 7.30 Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali 8.00 Mahakumbh 8.30 Pukaar 9.30 Aheeb Daastan Hai Ye 10.00 Comedy Classes

Walk with The Wild Biggest and Baddest Mahayudh Corwin’s Quest

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

Food Factory Tethered How Do They Do It Man vs Wild Nature’s Great Events What Happened Next Destroyed in Seconds How Do They Do It India Revealed Savage Family Diggers Destroyed in Seconds

DISCOVERY

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Secrets of The Earth

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30

Set against the backdrop of the partition of Bangladesh from India in the 1970s, Gunday tracks the story of two Bangladeshi refugees Bikram (Ranveer Singh) and Bala (Arjun Kapoor) who arrive in Kolkata to escape the paedophilic industry. From stealing coal from trains as children to becoming the biggest coal mafia in Calcutta, they turn into the quintessential ‘Gunday’ who undertake a lot of charitywork on the side. Max, 9 p.m.

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INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Husn Ke Laakhon Rang 2.30 Who The Bleep Did I Marry 3.00 Disappeared 4.00 Tehkikaat 5.00 Fatal Encounters 6.00 I’d Kill For You 7.00 Datess From Hell 7.30 Who The Bleep Did I Marry 8.00 Disappeared 9.00 A Crime to Remember 10.00 I’d Kill For You 11.00 Who The Bleep Did I Marry

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 Epic Encounters

News in Marathi Sansar Maza Vegala Tuzya Gala Mazya Gala Ashi Hi Dharmakanya Crime News in Marathi Sankat Mochan Hanuman Amahci Mati Amachi Mana News in Marathi Janata Darbar Khamosh Sa Afsana Pavitra Bandhan Zindagi Ek Bhanwar Dard Ka Rishta Jab Jab Bahar Ayee

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 2.00 The Transporter 2 3.30 Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid 5.30 Jurassic Park III 9.00 Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters 11.00 Resident Evil: Extinction A.M. 9.20 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 10.33 XXX P.M. 1.10 3.45 6.05 9.00 11.45 A.M. 7.55

HBO

Man of Steel Jack Reacher Sex and the City 2 Pacific Rim World War Z

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit 9.55 Sex and the City 2

ZEE STUDIO

Chala Hava Yeu Dya, Zee Marathi, 9.30 p.m. Rise of the Indian Tiger, NGC, 8 p.m.

P.M. 2.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

SAB TV

Taarak Mehta Ka Badi DoorSe Aaye Hai Yam Hain Hum Baal Veer Taarak Mehta Ka..

Chidiya Ghar Badi Door Se Aaye Hai Yam Hain Hum Peterson Hill Taarak Mehta Ka….

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Ka re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Juloon Yeti Reshimghathi 4.00 Chala Hava Yeu Dya 5.00 Ase He Kanyadaan 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Ka Re Duraava 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Jai Malhar 7.30 Ase He Kanyadaan 8.00 Honor Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Ka Re Duraava 9.30 Chala Hava Yeu Dya 10.30 Jai Malhar 11.00 Ase He Kanyadaan

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30

Be The Creature Animal Planet – A to Z Mahayudh Most Extreme AP Safari Animal Battlegrounds Predator’s Prey

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

The Unexplained Files How It’s Made Futureweapons Mon 1800 Head Rush How It’s Made The Gadget Show Manufactured Time Wrap Combat Countdown

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Food CIA 3.00 101 Things That Changed The World 4.00 Baagage Battles 4.30 Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne 5.00 Pawn Stars 5.30 Baggage Battles 8.00 Food Tech 9.00 Inside Guinness World Records 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Shipping Wars 11.00 Counting Cars

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Secrets of Stupid 3.30 Brain Games: Don’t Be Afraid 3.30 Car Science 4.00 Science of Stupid 4.30 Customs 5.00 Animals Gone Wild: Believe It Or Not 6.00 Brain Games: Use It Or Lose It 6.30 Science of Stupid 7.00 Car Science 7.30 Monkey Thieves 8.00 Rise of the Indian Tiger 9.00 Science of Stupid 10.00 Ultimate Airport Dubai 11.00 Do Or Die: Raging Bull

DOORDARSHAN

DDI MAIN CHANNEL

Kishan Kumar Khanna is a well-rate film actor who falls head over heels in love with young, beautiful and attractive Anuradha Saxena much to the dislikeness of her gangster brother who wastes no time in entrapping Kishan in a web of lies and deceits and gets him imprisoned for life. While in jail, Kishan reaches up with his long lost elder brother Karan who has been sentenced for life charged with murdering the Police Commissioner son, Vijay Sinha. Together they both plotted a scheme which will only benefit them in granting revenge from there perpetrators. Zee Classic, 9 p.m.

GUNDAY

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Udann 2.30 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 3.00 Comedy Nights with Kapil 6.00 Udaan 6.30 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.30 Udaan 9.00 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Code Red

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STAR WORLD

P.M. 2.00 CID 8.00 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar 8.30 Humsafars 9.00 Tum Aise Hi Rehna 9.30 Hum Hain Na 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar 11.00 Bhanwar P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

LISTING

10.30 Savdhaan India: India Fights Back 11.30 Mahakumbh

DDII METRO CHANNEL News in Hindi.

News.

Open Frame Repoter’s Diary Samachar.

The News.

Samachar.

Rajyon Se Samachar.

Metro Scan Business Wrap Samachar

STAR SPORT3

P.M. 2.00 Tri Series 15 h/ls Final Aus vs Eng 3.00 Cricket World Cup The Cup 1987 4.00 Great Knocks 4.30 Hockey India League 15 h/ls 5.00 Tri Series 15 h/ls Final Aus vs Eng 6.00 Turning Points 6.30 Hockey India League 15 h/ls 7.00 Hockey India League 15 h/ls A Upcoming Players 8.00 Cricket World Cup: Winning The Cup 2011 9.00 Tri Series 15 h/ls Final Aus vs Eng 10.00 Hockey India League 15 h/ls 10.30 Turning Point 11.00 Jai Ho

TEN CRICKET

10.30 Paltan 11.00 Ni shad: Film Rajit Kapoor, Archana, Geshe Thupten-Phelgyei, Master Jhang, Dominique de Gasquet P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.05 6.30 7.00

Final 1979 3.00 Hockey India League 15 h/ls 3.30 Great Knocks 4.00 Cricket World Cup 4.30 Turning Points 5.00 Tri Series 15 h/ls Final Aus vs Eng 6.00 Epic Encounters: Final 1975 7.00 Great Knocks 7.30 Cricket World Cup 8.00 Champions of Champions 8.30 Aus Diaries 9.00 Cricket World Cup 9.30 Turning Points 10.00 Ti Series 15 h/ls Final Aus vs Eng 11.00 Epic Encounters: Final 1975

Nishad, DDI, 11 p.m.

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News Samachar News in Hindi.

News Night Charcha Main Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

P.M. 1.00 India Tour of SA 10 h/ls 1st ODI 3.00 Cricket Classic: Final Pak vs Zim 03 4.00 WI Tour of SA 14/15 1st ODI 6.00 WI Tourof SA 14/15 1st ODI 7.00 NZ Tour of Pak 14 h/ls 1st ODI 8.00 Tri Nation 14 : 1st ODI: Zim vs Aus 9.00Aus Tour of Pak 14 h/ls 1st T20 10.00 West Indies Tour of South Africa14/15 h/ls 1st ODI

P.M 12.25 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End 3.55 Mission Impossible 6.10 Transformers 9.00 Scream 4 11.10 G I Joe The Rise of Cobra A.M. 8.00 Deep Impact 10.15 The Last Airbender P.M. 1.55 4.10 6.05 9.00 11.45

PIX

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 1.30 I Love India 3.00 Roll No 21: Republic Day Special 3.30 Courage the Cowardly Dog 4.00 Advneture Time 4.30 Bas Karo Henry 5.00 Ben 10 Omniverse 5.30 Haddi Mera Buddy 6.00 Oggy and the Cockroaches 6.30 Roll No 21 7.00 I Love India 8.30 My Name is Raj 5: Return of Zohak 10.00 Johnny Test 10.30 Courage the Cowardly Dog 11.00 Adventure Time A.M. 8.00 Ben 10 8.30 Johnny Test 9.00 Tom and Jerry Kids Show 10.00 Ben 10 10.30 Haddi Mera Buddy 11.00 My Name is Raj 1 P.M. 2.00 3.00 6.00 6.30 8.30

POGO

Tom and Jerry Marathon Chhota Bheem Kiteretsu Chhota Bheem Tom and Jerry Tales

Species 3 Men In Black 2 Never Say Never Again Twilight Texas Chainsaw Massacre

A.M. 7.40 Grown Ups 2 9.55 Octopussy

P.M. 2.35 5.20 8.00 11.10 A.M. 9.15

STAR GOLD

Ghar Ho To Aisa Kushti Gangaajal Zameen Chiller Party

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Kyo Kii Main Jhooth Nahi Bolta: Govinda 5.00 Main Hoon Khatarnak: Ravi Teja 9.00 Gunday: Ranveer Singh A.M 10.00 Baghban: Hema Malini P.M. 1.55 4.55 8.00 A.M. 10.20

ZEE CINEMA

36 China Town Mohra Shiva-The Super Hero 2 Gupt: The Hidden Truth

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Waqt Ki Deewar 5.00 Sabse Bada Yodha 8.30 Dharamyudh

B4U

P.M. 12.00 Vidhwanak-The Destroyer 3.00 Beti No 1: Govinda 6.00 Loha: Govinda 9.00 Zindagi Ek Sangharsh: Simbhu A.M. 7.30 Thodi Si Bewafai: Rajesh Khanna P.M. 2.00 5.25 9.00 A.M. 8.35 11.25

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Scream 4, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

ZEE CLASSIC

Vidhaata Geet Geraftaar

Garam Masala Hum Paanch

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Teen Bayaka Fajiti Aika 4.30 Gammat Jammat 7.00 Dhangad Dhinga 9.30 De Dhakka

Twilight, Pix, 9 p.m.

9.30 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.00 10.00 P.M. 3.00 4.00 4.30 7.30 7.50 10.00

Mighty Raju MAD

Richie Rich Shaktimaan Game Over Mighty Raju

DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Arjun: Prince of Bali Doraemon Arjun: Prince of Bali Doraemon The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 11.00 Best of Luck Nikki A.M. 9.00 Ishaan 9.30 Best of Luck Nikki 10.00 The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 10.25 Art Attack

DISNEY XD

P.M. 1.30 Kiteretsu 5.30 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 6.30 American Dragon: Jake Long 7.00 Phineas and Ferb 8.00 Ultimate Spider Man 9.00 Hulk and the Agents of SMASH 9.30 Big Bad Beetleborgs 10.00 Telebrands A.M. 8.00 Space Goofs 8.30 Rekkit the Rabbit 9.00 Space Goofs 9.30 American Dragon: Jake Long 10.00 Super Robot 11.00 Phineas and Ferb

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TV TATTLE New hobby

Dashing actor Khuram Khan who essays the role of Jagmal, was in limelight off late for shooting his onscreen mother Bhatiyani according to the riveting storyline of the popular historical show 'Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap' on Sony Entertainment Television. Well in real life, this talented actor is bitten by a new hobby which is Horse Riding. The beautiful white horse of Maharana Pratap – Chetak, has been a stress buster for almost all the actors on the set of the show, but in true manner definitely for Jagmal who loves horse riding.

Island mystery

Animal Planet will air 'Mystery Of The Lost Islands', an all-new series featuring renowned zoologist, animal trainer and television presenter Dave Salmoni. In a unique approach that blends all the splendor of a natural history series with an incredible investigative twist, audiences follow Dave as detective while he sets out to crack some of the last big secrets surrounding the world’s most successful natural-born killers. The show will premiere on Animal Planet on January 19 and will air Monday to Friday at 9 pm. The six-part series puts Dave’s expertise and survival skills to the test as he faces the terrifying unknown. Getting dangerously close to the world's wildest creatures Dave lives alongside them to uncover the secrets of their domination in these strange, confined places.

Smile please

The Great Indian Family Drama on SAB TV, family entertainer which features a soul that has never worked a day in his life and lives in a world of fantastical Nawaab, a living distinctive individual who believes working is meant for general public not himself as he is of the firm ideology that Nawaabs are not meant to work as it's against their pride and public image. Nawab aka Satish Kaushik is seen to be quite gloomy and nothing seems to make him smile or laugh. He has been sitting on his couch with a poker face expression and does not respond to anything that goes on around him. Raaj aka Sikander his beloved helper decides that Nawaab Saab is in a very tense mood and it is his responsibility to put a smile to his bosses face. So he gathers all the well-known comics to make his boss happy and how.

By Sandeep Hattangadi

What is so special about the show?

Ashoka was a great emperor, a heroic warrior, a legend – but before all that, a dutiful son. This is the story of a boy who fought for his mother who was denied her rightful place in his father’s Kingdom. He set out to change it all, to ensure that her honour was reinstated. The show leafs through the pages of history to highlight Ashoka’s (Siddharth Nigam) tale and his journey to becoming the greatest emperor in Indian history known as Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat. The show will touch upon every critical aspect of Ashoka’s life through exceptional storytelling, intricately structured script, stellar acting and some stunning visual effects. This is

Sameer Dharmadhikari is a tall, well-built actor from Pune who is a well-known name in Hindi and Marathi television and films. Having started as a model and an engineer by profession, now his most important role as King Bimbisara in the lavish historical show ‘Ashoka’ on COLORS will make everyone take notice of this actor

ROYAL ROLE

Sameer Dharmadhikari’s one story that needs to be told.

Tell us something about your role in the show?

Ashoka’s journey was set in motion when Chanakya (Manoj Joshi) set out to look for Bindusara to take over the throne and protect Magadh from the Greek Army General, Seleucus Nicator (Tej Sapru), his daughter Helena (Suzanne Bernert) and her son Justin (Sumit Kaul). Being Chandragupta Maurya’s wife, one of his many, Helena wanted to usurp the throne from her step son, Bindusara, and make her own son, Justin, the king of Magadh.

However, all was not well even upon Bindusara’s return. I play Bindusara.

Magadh’s future remained uncertain with everyone’s thirst for the throne. In an attempt to look for the rightful heir to succeed Bindusara’s reign, Chanakya traced Dharma (Pallavi Subhash), Bindusara’s wife who has saved his life once by treating him and is the one and

only person in his life who has truly loved him. But Bimbisara is always on the battlefield warring against his enemies and capturing kingdoms and gathering power. But the transition wasn’t an easy one.

Ashoka came to Magadh with a sense of vengeance. His sole purpose was to restore his mother’s honour and secure a spot in the Mauryan Empire for her once it was revealed to him that the King of Magadh,

DD plans midApril launch for ‘Kisan’ channel

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Repeat viewing

The EPIC Channel, India’s first genre specific Hindi entertainment channel continues the streak of thrills for its viewers. Catch the Daily Repeats of popular fiction shows starting February 2 at 11 pm. Relive the stories of Indian history and mythology with the EPIC Channel. Witness the trials of Dharmakshetra at 11 pm and catch the Pandavas and Kauravas battle it out in Chitragupta’s court. Watch Mirza trace every clue to reach the startling revelation to each mystery on 'Dariba Diaries'. Pick up where you left off with Siyaasat because you know you need a resolution to the cliff-hanger from the previous episode.

Show host

Actor Sourabh Raj Jain who has become a household name for his portrayal of Lord Krishna in Siddharth Kumar Tewary's 'Mahabharat' will be seen as a host in the crime based show 'Savdhan India'. Sourabh says, “I feel extremely happy to get an opportunity to anchor a show like Savdhan India. With God's grace I also did shows like 'Parichay' and 'Uttaran' and also played the almighty Shree Krishna and got love from millions of people and I feel I am fortunate to be able to do all sorts of characters. I got a call from the channel whether I would be interested in anchoring and my reply was an immediate yes.”

Bindusara was his sire.

You seem to have a penchant for historicals and mythologicals.

Yes, I have done quite a few of them like ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’, ‘Buddha’, ‘Maahabharata’, and enjoyed doing them because such shows have strong male characters which I enjoy doing and also the horse riding and stunts and sword fighting is exciting for me.

How is it like working on the show?

It’s great to work with such a talented ensemble cast and also the huge palatial sets that have been erected at the ND studios by Nitin Desai and Oomung Kumar.

You must be having film offers too.

Yes. But right now I am concentrating on this show alone and I am receiving offers for Marathi films and shows but that will be later.

Your Hindi film career didn’t really take off after ‘Satta’.

Yes. So I have stopped doing Hindi films and will do only meaty prominent roles.

What kind of shows do you like to watch in your spare time?

I am generally switched into music channels and enjoy music of all genres.

Who are your idols and inspirations?

Sanjeev Kumar, Kamal Haasan and Amitabh Bachchan.

Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat starts February 2 every Monday to Friday at 9 pm on COLORS!

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‘Khatron Ke Khiladi 6’ to introduce horror element

he new season of 'Khatron Ke Khiladi: Darr Ka Blockbuster Returns', hosted by 'Chennai Express' director Rohit Shetty, will have a tinge of horror along with death defying stunts.

The show will have a new segment 'Darr Ka Ghar' where fear will follow the 14 celebrity contestants -- Ashish Chaudhary, Hussain Kuwajwerwala, Harshad Arora, Iqbal Khan, Saagarika Ghatge, Sana Khan, Rashmi Desai, Asha Negi, Riddhi Dogra, Meiyang Chang, Siddharth Bharadwaj, Nathalia Kaur, Archana Vijaya, Nandish Sandhu and Kabaddi star Rakesh Kumar -- after they complete their challenges.

The 'Darr Ka Ghar' will have a unique theme every week like 'insomnia week' where the contestants will be terrified with horror elements to test their power

and patience. Shetty said the horror element has been introduced to the show just to raise its entertainment quotient.

"We brought a new element this time in the form of horror to show what happens when they go back. The whole day they worked hard and slogged and what happens when their resting nest is not so welcoming," Rohit told reporters here during the launch of the show.

The director, who is returning as the host of Colors show, feels the stunts are more nerve-wrecking this time.

"The stunts which we have designed this time are tougher than the previous seasons. When I heard the names of the contestants, I was worried whether they will be able to do it or not. But they surprised me with their efforts and persistence," Rohit said.

The show, which is going on air from February 7 and was shot in Capetown, South Africa, will also shed the image of 'delicate bahus' of TV actresses as they perform death-defying stunts.

"We have an image that Rashmi, Asha and others are very delicate. But this show will change their image from bahus to strong women. I think they have immense will power. They are not trained stunt man.

They are just actors," Rohit said.

The director feels that this batch of participants are the most friendly ones, with everyone cheering for others.

"They are very friendly to each other.

They make fun of each other everytime but when it comes to task they cheer for each other too. This time no body gave up any task and completed them in their best way," he said.

—PTI

24-hour Doordarshan channel dedicated to farmers and agriculture is likely to go on air by midApril with the national broadcaster making hectic preparations for its launch. At a meeting today, Information and Broadcasting minister Arun Jaitley is learnt to have taken stock of the progress made by Doordarshan towards the launch of the channel, to be called 'DD Kisan'.

Sources said it had emerged in the discussions that the channel may be ready by mid-April and it was probable that it could be launched on the occasion of 'Baisakhi', which falls on the 14th of that month.

The government and Prasar Bharati have been working on finalising the plans for launching the channel at the earliest.

Ahead of the general elections last year, BJP had declared that, if voted to power, it would "explore setting up regional Kisan TV channels".

Jaitley, who is also the Finance Minister, in his Budget speech for 2014-15 had said that a sum of Rs 100 crore has been set aside for Kisan channel to provide real-time information on various farming and agricultural matters.

Apart from Jaitley and MoS in I&B ministry, Rajyavardhan Rathore, I&B secretary Bimal Julka, Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar and senior DD officials are learnt to have been present at the meeting today.

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LOVIN’ IT UP

Dreamy Romantic State

I’m in love. But she doesn’t love me. She likes me a lot. She tries to tempt me and I often lose control and forcefully kiss her. She then remains angry with me for a few days and after a lot of pleading, forgives me. She repeats this and provokes me. I’m confused, what is she expecting from me? I cannot think of any other girl. I can't marry anyone else. Please guide me. I love her a lot and don't want to force her for anything.

EVERYONE wants to feel attractive, and this is the reason why the girl in question is turning on her charm. The problem is only that you seem to be getting a whole lot more serious about a relationship with her than she is with you. The only way for you to save yourself from this torture, is for you to keep to

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Menstrual Pain And Sex

HEART TO HEART

What the cards say: Hold on to what you have.

Path: Be Prepared for changes in your life.

Don’t be too ambitious.

Ally: Vigro will balance you. Avoid the see sawing Libra who will make you confused.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XII the Hanged Man. He invites you to accept and surrender for in this you will win and gain.

What the cards say: A peaceful week.

Path: Be introspective.

Don’t remain fixed or stubborn.

Ally: Libra will show you another dimension. Avoid fixed Scorpio who will encourage rigidity.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XVII The Star. It brings healing and love into your life. Use the insight of this card to review your life experiences.

What the cards say: The king of cups can cause trouble. He is fair and seemingly gentle.

Path: Focus on the right and pursue it.

Don’t convince yourself with clever arguments.

See things as they are.

Ally: Your ally this week is Sagittarius.

Avoid Aquarius who will teach you to justify your mistakes.

Card for the week: Tarot key no IX The Hermit. The card invites you to connect with your inner being and let the light of the Hermit’s lantern show you the right path.

What the cards say: Time to pay back.

Path: A new path of sacrifice. Don’t hold on to anything. Let go.

Ally: Capricorn will teach you to face the truth. Stay away from the critical Virgo who could hurt you.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no XVIII The Moon. It will make you more fearful and imaginative. Illusions could cause you to lose your way. Look at the kaleidoscope of existence and be less attached.

What the cards say: New romantic adventure.

Path: Decide what you want and then don’t hesitate. Don’t be so self indulgent.

Ally: Taurus will give you stability.

Avoid Sagittarius who could fan your impulsiveness.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XI Justice. You will get what you deserve.

Try to be fair if you want others to be fair to you.

What the cards say: Live in the present and enjoy it.

Path: Lighten up and enjoy the positive energies that you have. Don’t brood or be anxious.

Ally: Pisces will give you affection. Stay away from Cancer.

Their fears could be contagious.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no X the Wheel of Fortune.

Things are bound to work out for you.

What the cards say: Spiritual growth brings equilibrium.

Path: New opportunity to grow will bring peace. Don’t expect anything from people.

Ally: Virgo will show you compassion.

Don’t tangle with Gemini.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XII The Hanged Man. Shows a need to let go and surrender. He will look after you.

What the cards say: Face the truth.

Path: Transform and change.

Don’t resist or escape.

You won’t be able to.

Ally: Air sign Aquarius will make you understand yourself. Avoid Capricorn who will not understand your emotions.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no XV The Devil.

Sensation devoid from understanding, fears and addictions need to be faced squarely.

What the cards say: There could be a bit of disappointment.

Path: Accept the situation. Don’t make up things to save face.

Ally: Aries will bring joy and fun.

Avoid Leo who could make you more rebellious.

Card for the week: Tarot key no V The Hierophant. Invites you to be more responsible and socially aware of what others think.

What the cards say: Don’t cling on to the past.

Path: See the other point of view.

Don’t be intolerant.

Ally: Leo will give you good advice.

Avoid irresponsible Aries.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no XI The Lovers. You will be given a choice between two things.

Operate in harmony friendship and love.

New friends will bring new ideas.

What the cards say: You could feel defeated.

Path: Compromise. Don’t challenge the lessons coming your way.

Ally: Turn to Libra to give you solutions.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XVI The Tower. You could feel trapped in the prison of your making. The tower will have to come down.

There could be a public catharsis.

A flash of in sight could bring illumination.

What the cards say: New beginnings could go wrong.

Path: Don’t let other impact you too much. Don’t be weak but face the situation.

Ally: Seek advice from Scorpio whose maturity will help you. Stay away from Virgo and their nit-picking.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no XIII The Death.

Change is brewing in your life. Some of it will be really good, other things you will need to let go.

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WILL THE DELHI ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS BE A NATIONAL GAME CHANGER?

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Politicians And Parties Playing For High Stakes

By Chauthi Duniya Reporter

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igh voltage drama began almost as soon as the Delhi Assembly elections were announced, and the election became like a suspense thriller. Who will win the election, who will form the Government? Obviously, this will be known only after the counting of votes, but a neck to neck fight in virtually every seat has added to the suspense. The reason for this is that every party, be it the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Aam Aadmi Party, the Congress, the Bahujan Samaj Party and even independent candidates have important roles cut out, everybody has a significance – some will win, some will facilitate a win, some will drown someone else’s boat.

The interesting thing is that Delhi is not even a full-fledged state. The Chief Minister of Delhi has power only like those of a mayor of some big city. Delhi’s Government doesn’t even have enough authority to transfer a top officer. To ‘remove’ a Police Inspector, the Chief Minister has to go on a hunger strike. But the election environment has been made such as if the whole country is going in for elections. On TV, there is not just publicity, but on every channel’s Prime Time these elections are figuring in a big way. On FM radio, every five minutes promos are heard. In newspapers and magazines there are plenty of articles. Action on the internet is even more feverish. In the social media it seems as if apart from Delhi elections, nothing else is happening in the world. There are two basic reasons for this all round buzz. One, that this election has become a question of prestige for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and two,

that for the Aam Aadmi Party this election has become a fight for its very existence.

In Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party began campaigning first. When there weren’t even election murmurs in other parties, the Aam Aadmi Party’s campaign had started in Delhi. Through programs like Delhi Dialogue and Mohalla Sabha, the work of connecting with public was in full swing very early. Even before the announcement of the elections, the party had declared the names of all 70 candidates. Along with this, numerous hoardings were put up and Kejriwal was campaigning on radio. Obviously, the Aam Aadmi Party took a very early lead. This time, Kejriwal, sidelining issues like Jan-Lokpal and Swaraj, is fighting the election on the issues of free electricity and free water. The party’s stress on the issue of corruption is also less than it was in the last election. On the issue of women’s safety, the party is busy trying to woo women. The party’s campaign, Kejriwal’s language and the style of the party spokespersons are all looking more mature than in the last elections. Apart from this, the party is trying to give the message that during its 49 days in power, Kejri-

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wal fulfilled his promises. Praising his AAP Government, Kejriwal is claiming that during its short tenure corruption had declined in Delhi. The strategy of challenging the Opposition by making allegation is also proving to be beneficial for the Aam Aadmi Party.

The results of the Delhi elections will determine the future of Kejriwal and the survival of the Aam Aadmi Party. If the party loses, then questions will be raised on Kejriwal’s leadership, and in the party, a situation of dissolution could arise. Many leaders who had jumped into politics by joining AAP will have no option left other than going back. Alongside, there will be aggressive questions in the country on movements against corruption. The dreams of people who participated in Anna’s movement will be shattered. It will be said about the Aam Aadmi Party that this was a failed experiment of a social movement. For Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party too, this election poses questions of prestige. If the BJP loses, then its effect will be felt on elections in important States like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The results of the Delhi elections will be known soon enough. In the meantime, ‘sam-dam-dand–bhed’, i.e. all the

stratagems of politics are being used. Every party is making populist promises, showing false dreams in trying to get votes.

A race is on in the campaigning to promise the maximum number of free things. No party has any plans for providing employment to the youth. In fact, it is surprising that no one is talking about employment. In Delhi, there is a large section of unorganised labour, but no party or leader is making even false promises of solving this section’s problem. Sometimes, one wonders whether leaders even have an idea of the problems of these poor labourers or not. What will happen to the land of villages in Delhi because of the new ordinance on land acquisition, even this is not included in the election issues. Delhi is home to a big population from other States. Exploitation in many ways happens to this migrants section, which is usually poor. It is also related with crime, but none of the aspiring Chief Ministers say even a sentence on these issues. All parties are making promises about solving the problem of electricity-water, but nobody is saying that the underground water in Delhi has become polluted. For Delhi to become the best city of the world, it is important that the people living in it prosper, the youth have employment, there is provision for good education for everybody, everyone has a home, and there are economical hospitals for treatment. The regret is that in the run-up to the elections, it is mainly squabbling that is happening. All parties are the same in ignoring the concerns and problems of the common people.

DILLI KA BABU No fair play?

Having failed to get the “promised” promotion of Sports Secretary, the Director General of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Jiji Thomson reportedly quit recently, and has sought repatriation to his parent cadre Kerala, where he has apparently been offered the post of chief secretary.

Sources say that Cabinet secretary Ajit Seth is said to have approved the move.

But Thomson’s decision to quit has bared the internal bickering that besets the sports body. It appears that even Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s efforts to lobby on Thomson’s behalf failed to cut through the bureaucratic hurdles. SAI’s loss is clearly Kerala’s gain. Interestingly, Thomson, a 1980-batch IAS officer, will oversee the National Games in Kerala towards the end of the month as Chief Secretary of the state. Meanwhile, while the government may have delayed taking a decision on Thomson’s “promotion”, it has lost little time in finding a successor to him at SAI. The buzz is that National AntiDoping Agency (NADA) Director-General G S G Ayyangar is slated to replace Thomson.

Uncertain future

There are great expectations from the new fangled NITI Ayog fashioned out of the old Nehruvian Planning Commission. But the new structure has a section of the Indian Economic Service (IES) officers jittery about their future in the new Modi era. The IES is of course lesser known than the elite IAS, in the public mind, but comprises experienced economists and finance experts. The erstwhile Planning Commission had 100 IES officers. While the constitution of the top hierarchy of NITI Ayog has been announced with great fanfare, the IES babus are clueless about their role in the new organisation. Some fear they may be repatriated to other ministries or departments. A few pessimistic ones among them even foresee the slow decline of the service itself. After all, the new Vicechairman of the Ayog, Arvind Panagriya, is not known to be a fan of the Nehruvian brand of economics. Will their dire prediction come true?

Sudden exit

Electoral Battle In Delhi Riddled By Too Many ‘Ifs’

AMBITIONS AND PERSONALITIES SCORE OVER ISSUES

By Chauthi Duniya Reporter

K

iran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal were once very close friends but there was competitiveness hidden even in that close friendship.

When the Anna Hazare movement was underway we were seeing Arvind Kejriwal as an organiser and as a face of the movement. On the other side, Kiran Bedi, waving the national flag on the stage and moving from one end of the stage to other, was establishing herself as the most important person of the movement on the strength of her name, her face and her past. Anna Hazare mostly called Arvind Kejriwal to talk on the stage, but Kiran Bedi too remained alongside him.

I am relating this only so that people get to know that the competition to become important is very old. That is why when Arvind Kejriwal without Anna Hazare’s consent, or shall we say with his consent (because Kejriwal calls AAP a party made with Anna’s con-

sent), formed a political party, Kiran Bedi didn’t join it because Kiran Bedi knew that in Arvind Kejriwal’s party she will always have to remain at number two or number three position. Therefore, at first, supporting and siding with Anna Hazare, she put up tremendous opposition to Arvind Kejriwal and after that she kept opposing every step of Arvind Kejriwal. Till the time Kiran Bedi used to go to Anna Hazare, she used to talk only against Arvind Kejriwal.

On the other side, Arvind Kejriwal never considered Kiran Bedi a personality worth opposing. He kept ignoring her and this was natural because Arvind Kejriwal had made forming a party and the post of Chief Minister of Delhi his aim.

When the last Assembly elections of Delhi were held, it seemed to him that perhaps the Bharatiya Janata Party will make Kiran Bedi its face against him. For this, people were looking towards Lal Krishan Advani because Lal Krishan

Advani likes Kiran Bedi a lot. But the Bharatiya Janata Party remained silent because though the decision making at the Centre had indirectly come into Narendra Modi’s hands, the party’s President was Rajnath Singh and Rajnath Singh was not in favour of bringing the party to power in unconventional ways. That is why in spite of numerous rumours Kiran Bedi could not become the candidate in the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Delhi Chief Minister’s post. But in these elections a problem had arisen in Delhi for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Partly some intelligence reports and partly Arvind Kejriwal’s style of campaigning scared the Bharatiya Janata Party and then Narendra Modi decided that the way in which he got the party power in Maharashtra, in Jharkhand, in Haryana, if he wanted to give power in the same way to the BJP in Delhi, if he wanted to include Delhi in the states won by him, then instead of

the local leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party he will have to get someone from outside and for that there was no candidate more qualified or suitable than Kiran Bedi.

Bedi became the face of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Soon after, in the Aam Aadmi Party too such personalities began standing up who had to settle scores with Arvind Kejriwal.

In case of Kiran Bedi’s victory and Arvind Kejriwal’s defeat, the fight in Delhi will not put a full stop to the country’s politics, but will instead become a basis for future incidents to take place. But in all this what will happen to the people of Delhi, we don’t know. Because Delhi is not only of the people in Connaught Place or of the people in RWA’s built along roadsides with names given by Sheila Dixit. It is also the Delhi of the huge numbers living behind the big-big buildings.

When will a dawn come in their lives? To see this, the eyes will yet have to be kept open even more.

The Modi sarkar has a rather dramatic way of ousting senior bureaucrats it thinks are no longer required.

Nearly two months ago, the Special Protection Group chief Durga Prasad was unceremoniously sacked while travelling in Nepal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And last week Avinash Chander, the head of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was similarly given marching orders. Both babus reportedly learnt of their removal from the media. In the case of the DRDO chief, the rumours began to fly almost as soon as the NDA government came to power. Apart from the fact that he was appointed by the previous UPA government, recent criticism of DRDO by Modi seemed to suggest that Chander’s days were numbered. But what has surprised many is the undignified manner in which he was told to leave.

Though retired, he was rehired on contract, it was strangely the Defence Ministry that had given him an 18-month extension.

Meanwhile, as Chander prepares to move to the exit, Dilli is already speculating on who the government chooses to replace him as DRDO chief and what defence deals will now get a quick relief from DRDO blockades.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 905

ENIGMA CODE 905

ACROSS: 8 Fall sick after judge gives prison term (4) 9 Record notes about an element of protein (10) 10 End a stay in the country (6) 11 Argues about being placed in different sides (8) 12 Roundly kiss for a type of sweater (4-4) 14 Clever people are quick on it (6) 16 They say it's crammed, by agreement! (4) 17 Clothing with puffs (5) 18 Bank in abundance (4) 19 A bad slicer remains (6) 21 Bottle from the drink cupboard (8) 23 Corrupt manager hides very first core of argument (8) 26 Secure - strong as "X' can make it (6) 27 String pattern for ingenious lad, cars etc (4,6) 28 A razor cut ? The devil it is ! (4)

DOWN: 1 Involving close contact with small plane of fighter pilot (4-2-4) 2 Irradiated food till cooked (8) 3 One might get it in the neck from that sort of a tree (6) 4 I offer a reference (4) 5 Collisions push mass all over (5-3) 6 Place in office in the channel (6) 7 Expected to carry cash for fool (4) 13 Good sorts (5) 15 Royal seat, formerly, in the High Court (5,5) 17 Frank and Tom's swing in public garden (8) 18 Sound off ring from Florence's

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.

The Clue: Federer’s forte

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE PAINTS, TITIAN, INSIST, PATINA, PIPPIN, TANNIN, PINATA

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24 Lots of sheets are spread on top of mangle (4) 25 Jog's no good, being out of the habit? (4)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 8 No-no, 9 Ripping-saw, 10 Inmate, 11 Drops off, 12 Odea, 13 Acquainted, 17 Fool, 18 Chips, 19 Warm, 20 Death's door, 22 Turk, 23 Criminal, 27 Crummy, 28 Belly-dance, 29 Seen.

DOWN: 1 Lorna Doone, 2 Not at all, 3 Freelances, 4 Sped, 5 Miro, 6 Eggs on, 7 Naff, 14 Quito, 15 Abstracted, 16 Ear trumpet, 19 Wet-nurse, 21 Tumble, 24 Reed, 25 Nude, 26 Lune.

QUICK CROSS 905

ACROSS: 1 5

___ the fool, plays around (4) It has a trunk, but is no elephant ! (4) 6 An aircraft colloquially speaking (5) 7 Allow - a US president (5) 8 Came up (5) 9 Greet, in a way (4) 10 Baby blues (4)

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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MATH PYRAMID 905 namesake maybe (4,4) 20 Seek profit, having lost one's shirt ?

(6) 22 Cake newsman inflated (6)

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FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

HIDATO 905

Books of maps (7) Stretch, as the neck (5) Bivouac shelter (4) ___ red, seethe (3) Establish, validate or verify (5) Blue opponent (4) ___ inspiring, wondrous (3)

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.

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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MATHDOKU 905

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.

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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Moon in Gemini till 11:27am 14th Magh Shuklapaksha Punarvasu

Mithun [Gemini] K.Ch. Blue and White

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BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will be happy to conclude a financial transaction; Practical help will be offered to you in your work place giving stability to work. You will feel apprehensive or distrustful about your loved ones feelings but use caution in your dealings or things could become unpleasant. You will be concerned about the welfare of your close relative. You will begin a new exercise program, which will make you healthy and fit.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be obedient, sweet natured, attractive, healthy and long-lived. Generally, fortunate, helpful, respectful and will not tolerate dishonesty from others. Will be creative, artistic and an interest in medicine. Happiness, fame and success in life are indicated.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Be practical in matters about money.

If you have travel plans in mind, make sure budget allows you to do the same. Keep expenses down and avoid taking a loan. Complete difficult tasks before attempting to try your hand with the easy ones. A close family member may need some backing from you. Regardless of your other responsibilities you will have find time for love and your commitment to your beloved which is important.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You have a hard day ahead, but you will accomplish all that you have lined up for today. A long overdue payment is received much to your surprise. The evening is spent with friends.

Plans for a long journey, perhaps a holiday, are likely and will be enjoyable. Your emotional bonds are fortified and all is well but remember not to take things for granted for you can still get into trouble.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You will see gradual support coming, which should help to spur you on.

The stand that you have taken at work or in your career is about to be vindicated.

You have worked hard so it is crucial to maintain the same momentum to see your plans through. Love life is sparkling with excitement. Hectic social activity and the arrival of a loved one will be a pleasant surprise.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You feel a bit bored with your circumstances. You will be jolted out of your complacence with news that you may have to do something which is not convenient right now. You should not take changes around you personally. Do not jump to any conclusions but wait for an explanation. Money matters are cause for differences with your mate which disturb harmony at home. Interfering relatives will add to your woes.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You may receive an offer for work or business, which is very exciting. Try to postpone important decisions until you are sure of what it entails. In any case work or project that involves you making some investment and then work on commission basis is a bad proposal.

Changes in the family are in evitable accepting them can be difficult. It will all work out favorably for all. It is just a question of time.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You will have a beneficial day. You should push hard to get ahead with ideas and strategies with full confidence in your abilities. Your capacity to handle complex situations will put you in a commanding position at a meeting or social get-together. Too much attitude could create more problems for you in relationships. A little time off will help you to unwind and improve.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will have a busy day at work. You can look forward some interesting new developments concerning your work. Expenses at home mount and loved ones do not seem to be listening. However, you have other things on your mind, and discussion for this could only lead to a misunderstanding.

You will be able to resolve your problems soon.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): There is a tendency to be more sensitive than usual. Keep cool. A reaction is just what you should avoid in the interest of everyone. It would be better if you could maintain cordial relationships with colleagues and friends for it will be with their help and assistance you will succeed. Your ego could get bruised today because you may over step the mark with a little social flirting. A reaction is just what you should avoid in the interest of all.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): The promise of a new work or the receipt of a large sum of money comes as relief and you are able to pay off a debt. Any legal disputes regarding an old project or partnerships are likely to get resolved now. An out of court settlement will be beneficial. There are good chances of meeting up again with a person with whom you had a pleasant encounter. You are able to pick up where you left off in your association because you share a good rapport.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Be prepared for sudden developments, which may require you to travel suddenly. A staid routine or lifestyle is going to undergo some change, which you may not accept initially.

However, once you feel settled you discover the potential of these changes for your future growth in your career. Some talks concerning a matrimonial alliance of a family member now makes headway with the consent of both the parties.

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): Look forward to making new alliances in new business ventures. Those working independently or as consultants will sign a major contract. A new friendship could create problems with a close associate who will be feeling very possessive about you. Handle the situation tactfully.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): The financial benefits are likely to come through in form of a bonus and a substantial increment shortly. A small dispute with your employees can be settled if you have a frank chat keeping aside your ego and reservations. A policy of give and take will be more useful than a rigid preconceived approach. Any interviews appointments or negotiations will go well

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5190 ACROSS: 1 Put to death illegally (5) 6 Ivan the Terrible, Nicholas, et al.

(5) 9 Like limestone, in a way ? (7) 10 Boot, brogan or footwear, in a way ? (5) 11 Rocks formed from volcanic ashes - "stuff" anagram ? (5) 12 Muslim princess (5) 13 Obtained (7) 15 Ordinal number ender (3) 17 Start of a whaler's cry (4) 18 Beatle ____ : Mort Walker's comic strip hero ? (6) 19 Big roll of tobacco (5) 20 Front of the chest (6) 22 Jazzman Getz (4) 24 One related by blood or origin (3) 25 Crayons - "pals set" anagram ?

(7) 26 Slant (5) 27 A stone's ___ : quite close by? (5) 28 Presents (5) 29 Phantom (7) 30 Consumers (5) 31 Crooked, awry or lopsided (5) DOWN: 2 God's name in Hebrew (6) 3 Agree, coincide (6) 4 A large pig (3) 5 Excavated (5) 6 Nominal (7) 7 Foam or froth (4) 8 Prove to be false (6) 12 Be appropriate for (5) 13 Pierces (5) 14 Israeli spy sent into Canaan in the Biblical times ? (5) 15 Best of a group (5)

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SUDOKU 2376 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.

SATURDAY’S’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: H equals C

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

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Songs of praise (5) Stereotyped or trite (5) "Surprised by Joy" author (7) Human ___ : they are held to be claimable by any living person ?

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22 Defiles or smears (6) 23 "__ King's Men" (6) 25 Evita or Juan from Argentina ? (5) 26 War fought in 1900 (4) 28 Amitabh Bacchan's Bombay to ___ ? (3)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 3 Skulk, 8 Incur, 10 Ought, 11 Ohs, 12 Ascot, 13 Amitabh, 15 Scene, 18 Leo, 19 Behest, 21 Cerumen, 22 Thus, 23 Aire, 24 Adverse, 26 Pearls, 29 Flu, 31 Hanoi, 32 Dignify, 34 Lyric, 35 Diu, 36 Bella, 37 Zeist, 38 Shake.

DOWN 1 Gnome, 2 Hustles, 4 Kush, 5 Loosen, 6 Kutch, 7 Shins, 9 Chi, 12 Abounds, 14 Aer, 16 Eerie, 17 Ethel, 19 Benefic, 20 Staph, 21 Cuban, 23 Asunder, 24 Aliyah, 25 RLG, 27 Easel, 28 Rolls, 30 A fuss, 32 Dirk, 33 Iii.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2195 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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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

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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: 26 average; 28 good; 32 outstand ing.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: aeon, aloe, alone, also, atone, auto, canoe, clone, close, closet, clot, clout, coal, coast, coat, coleus, colt, cone, consul, CONSULATE, consult, contuse, cost, counsel, count, lactose, loan, locate, locust, lone, lose, lost, louse, lout, nose, note, ocean, octal, octane, once, onset, onus, ounce, oust, salon, scone, scout, slot, snout, solace, sole, solute, soul, stole, stolen, stone, taco, talon, tonal, tone, toucan, tousle, unto

HEATHCLIFF

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THE DERBY DAZZLERS SPORTS

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Kangana Ranaut

Picking the winner: Deep study before the race.

Going by the book and spotting the winner.

Relaxing in the sun.

And they are off: Start of the Derby race

Some pretty teenagers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; posing like models.

So Safe going past the win post in the Derby race. The rider is Suraj Narredu.

30 Paes-Hingis clinch Open mixed-doubles crown

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ELBOURNE: Indian veteran Leander Paes and Swiss ace Martina Hingis turned back the clock to post a sensational win in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final and improve their respective Grand Slam count to 15.

The seventh seed IndoSwiss pair played powerful tennis to serve past third seeds Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in the 1 hour and 2 minutes battle at the Rod Laver Arena.

While the 41-year-old Paes clinched his seventh mixed doubles crown, Hingis, who came out of retirement for the second time a couple of years back, collected her tenth doubles Slam apart from her five singles titles.

Paes and Hingis broke the Canadian-French pair of Nestor and Kristina once in the first set and twice in the second to put up an enter-

Martina Hingis and Leander Paes celebrate after defeating Kristina Mladenovic of France and Daniel Nestor of Canada in the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne.

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taining display.

Paes, a veteran doubles specialist, joined forces with the 34-year-old Hingis last year only to come up with a

Slam title in quick time.

Hingis, who burst into the scene in 1995, thanked her idol and legend Martina Navratilova for suggesting

Paes as her mixed-doubles partner.

"I am thankful to Martina (Navratilova) for getting me partner Paes. It's incredible

to be playing on the surface that I made my debut in 1995. I never imagined that 20 year's down-the-line I would be still be playing

here," said an excited Hingis - winner of three singles Australian Open titles.

Navratilovia, who also partnered Paes to clinch the

Australian Open and Wimbledon mixed-doubles crown in 2003, was in the stands to watch the tennis veterans play.

Djokovic beats Murray to win Australian Open M

ELBOURNE: Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic won a fifth Australian Open title Sunday, beating Britain's Andy Murray in four sets in the final.

Djokovic won 7-6 (7/5), 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-0 in 3hr 39min for his eighth Grand Slam title to stretch his formidable record on the Melbourne hardcourts to winning five from five finals in eight years.

Only Australian Roy Emerson has won more Australian Opens with six in the 1960s.

The Serb has now beaten Murray in three of his four Australian final losses following earlier wins in 2011 and 2013, although the Scot mastered him in his two major triumphs at the 2012 US Open and 2013 Wimbledon.

The victory means Djokovic stays at world number one on the next ATP rankings when they are released on Monday, with Murray moving to four from his current sixth.

Murray put Djokovic under

Novak Djokovic of Serbia kisses the trophy after defeating Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final at the Australian Open Tennis Championship in Melbourne. pressure with three break points in the third game of the opening set, but the Serb fought back to hold after a 27-stroke rally and an ace.

However, the Serb struck in the next game, breaking Mur-

ray to take an early 3-1 lead.

It was hard-fought tennis but the Scot worked his way back by breaking Djokovic on his third break point in the seventh game.

Djokovic jammed the

thumb of his serving hand when he slipped chasing a low volley and needed treatment at the next changeover.

It seemed to bother him briefly only and he broke the Scot a second time but was then broken as he served for the opening set, taking it to a tiebreaker.

The top seed trailed 2-4 in the tiebreaker but won five of the next six points to claim the opening set in 72 minutes.

Murray broke for a 2-0 lead in the second set but Djokovic hit back with a double break as the Scot looked in trouble with Djokovic stringing together 13 straight points.

The final was then interrupted for five minutes by political activists, unfurling a banner in support of refugees, with one of them jumping on court. Security guards ringed both players as at least four protestors were escorted out of the stadium.

The stoppage worked in

Murray's favour as he broke Djokovic's service to level the set at 4-4.

The final went to a second tiebreak which Murray prevailed 7-4 to level the match.

Djokovic suffered an immediate let-down, dropping his opening service in the

third set, but stormed back with a double break to edge in front two sets to one with the set taking 39 minutes.

Fired up, Djokovic split the final set wide open, racing through it against a spent and frustrated Murray with a triple break to surge to victory.

Refugee protests at Open final

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ELBOURNE: Play was held up during the Australian Open men's final on Sunday when a banner was unfurled protesting against the treatment of refugees, with one person jumping on centre court.

Security officials quickly encircled Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray during a changeover in the second set with the Serbian world number one leading 7-6 (7/5), 4-3.A white banner unfurled over advertising hoardings on the side of the

court on Rod Laver Arena read "Australian Open for Refugees #shutdownmanus."

A woman was carried from the court by security officials with at least four others, wearing Australian Open Refugee t-shirts, led from the grandstands before play resumed after five minutes.

Several dignitaries were in the crowd, including tennis legends Margaret Court and Rod Laver and Australian Hollywood stars Toni Collette and Eric Bana.

DELHI WAVERIDERS BEAT DABANG MUMBAI, REGISTER FIRST WIN SPORTS

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EW DELHI: Title holders Delhi Waveriders register their first victory of the season, following a 3–1 win over debutants Dabang Mumbai in a league match of the third edition of the Hero Hockey India League.

The Waveriders scored a goal each in the first, second and fourth quarter through Lloyd Norris Jones (10th minute), Simon Child (19th) and Akashdeep Singh (52nd) to record their maiden win in the ongoing edition of the six-team franchise-based event.

Dabang Mumbai’s lone goal came in the third quarter from the stick of veteran Arjun Halappa in the 36th minute at the Major Dhyan Delhi Waveriders players celebrate their second goal during their HIL match against Dabang Mumbai at MDC Chand National Stadium.

Both the Waveriders and National Stadium in New Delhi on Sunday.

Dabang Mumbai were slow to get off the blocks. The But despite Sardar's ab- minute Lloyd Norris Jones ner but the opportunity went Delhi outfit in particular sence, the Mumbai outfit did scored with a fierce hit from abegging as the Waveriders looked little out of sorts ini- very little to take advan- top of the circle after receiv- ended the first quarter with a tially in the absence of its in- tagetin the first two quarters. ing a defence splitting pass slender one goal lead. The spirational skipper Sardar The Waveriders got the first from Yuvraj Walmiki.

Waveriders continued their Singh, who sat out of today’s scoring opportunity early in Norris Jones was once attacking play in the second encounter due to a one-game the match but Andrew Hay- again in the thick of action quarter and in the process suspension for inappropriate ward’s try was kept out by a three minutes later but his re- doubled their lead in the 19th physical contact with a rival Mumbai defender. But it did verse hit went wide.Minutes minute when Child neatly player during his side's last not take long for the hosts to later Dabang Mumbai se- deflected in a Rupinderpal match. surge ahead as in the 10th cured their first penalty cor- Singh flick from their second

penalty corner.

Stunned by two goals, Dabang Mumbai pressed forward and created some good moves but they lacked finishing as the Waveriders enjoyed a 2-0 lead at halftime.

After the change of ends, Dabang Mumbai showed greater urgency and managed to earn a penalty corner soon but Harmanpreet Singh’s low flick was cleared off the goal line by Surender Kumar.But minutes later, Halappa pulled one back for the visitors when he scored from a rebound after the ball fell on his path after ricocheting from Waveriders goalkeeper Erasmus Pieterse’s feet.

Thereafter, Dabang Mumbai created some bright moves with Glen Turner and Halappa at the forefront but they failed to convert the chances into goals.

Just at the start of the fourth and final quarter, both the teams got a penalty corner each but failed to capitalise.

Eight minutes from the final hooter, the Waveriders hit the Mumbai side hard when Akashdeep scored a fine field goal from top of the circle.

For improving players Kenkre colts blank Bombay Gym 2-0 T

By Anant Bhagwat

here is good news for the improving players who read my column. Today’s hand is very easy. . You can make the contract without much trouble. But there is a subtle point which will stand you in good stead, particularly in a match point event S- 9 8 7 H–K76 D–AKQ5 C–963

S–AJ4 H–A43 D–J7 C – A 10 8 4 2

You are south & you reach 3 no trumps. West leads 3 of spades & east puts up the King. How do you proceed? To make matters clear you play the Ace of clubs & a small club.

West plays the club Queen but east overtakes with King & fires back the 10 of spades.

You heave a sigh of relief & play the Jack. This is your 9th trick. But east ducks this. What do you do now?

Do you cash 9 tricks & fold your tent, or go for

overtricks? You can play a club & set up the clubs.

Since this is a match point event overtricks are extremely important.

But if you play a club & west wins you will go down.

Here comes the inference from the play. Why do you

BRIDGE think west ducked your Jack of spades? Apparently he has no entry & is waiting for partner to win & play back a spade.

This marks the club Jack in the east hand as west would have won your Jack & continued with a spade had he held the club Jack. Now you should not be worried.

East has the club Jack & if he has one more spade west will have only 4 cards, so you will lose 2 spades & 2 clubs. So you return a club.

East wins & plays a diamond. Now you wrap up 11 tricks & claim a clean top, because nobody has made 11 tricks. But you had to risk going down. That is why match point is such a dangerous event Drawing such inferences will make you a feared opponent in Bridge.

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UMBAI: Kenkre FC Under-19 showed great character and worked well as a team to score a deserving 20 win against Bombay Gymkhana in a Super Division encounter of the Mumbai District Football Association League played at the Goan Sports Association ground, Cross Maidan on Sunday afternoon.

After a barren opening session, the Kenkre youngsters produced two good strikes through Shekar Bhat-

tacharya’s efforts in the 63rd minute and one from Kunal Mhatre in the 81st minute to complete their win and collect the full three points.

Results: At Goan Sports Association ground, Cross Maidan – Super Div:Kenkre FC Under-19 (Shekar Bhattacharya, Kunal Mhatre) beat Bombay Gymkhana 0.

At Poinsur Gymkhana ground, Kandivali – Div-II: Jolly Boys 3 (Lawrence Dias 2, Kiran Jadhav) beat Atlanta FC 1 (Ogden Fernandes). Alphonso Academy 1 (William Catter) beat Bombay FC 0.

STATE RANKING CARROM TOURNAMENT FROM FEB 7 Shivaji Park Gymkhana will be organising the prestigious 7th Maharashtra State Ranking Carrom Tournament between Feburary 7-9 at Shivaji Park Gymkhana. The event will comprise of men's and women's singles will be held.

Nearly 14 Major Carrom Playing Districts of Maharashtra totalling around 750 players and officials are expected to participate in the event. Today is the last day for the entries.

31 Woods out of top 50 for 1st time in more than 3 years

SCOTTSDALE: Tiger Woods, coming off an 82 for his worst round as a pro, will be out of the top 50 in the world ranking for the first time in more than three years.

And if he doesn't turn his game around quickly, he will be ineligible for a World Golf Championship for only the second time in his career.

Woods was No. 1 in the world eight months ago.

But after missing most of last year recovering from back surgery, and playing poorly in the few times he did play, Woods made his 2015 debut in the Phoenix Open at No. 47 in the world. He missed the cut by 12 shots.

Woods will be no better than No. 53 next week, and could fall even farther depending on what happens at the Phoenix Open and Dubai Desert Classic. Woods has not been lower than 58th in the world since winning the first of his 79 title on the PGA Tour at the Las Vegas Invitational in October 1996.

He last was out of the top 50 on Nov. 27, 2011.

Woods won the Chevron World Challenge the next week and moved up to No. 21. Woods is playing next week at Torrey Pines, where he is an eight-time winner but last year missed the 54-hole cut. After a twoweek break, he then plays the Honda Classic. He will have to be in the top 50 after the Honda Classic to be eligible for the WGCCadillac Championship at Doral. The only other WGC event for which Woods didn't qualify was the HSBC Champions in 2011, another year marked by injuries and no wins.

It's a treat to play with Martina: Paes M

ELBOURNE: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, two legends of the game, were all praise for each other after wining their first Grand Slam together as Indian ace called it a "treat to win title" with the 'Swiss Miss'.

Paes, contesting his 25th season on the ATP World Tour, and the Swiss ace defeated defending champions Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in the final. Interestingly, it was 16th career Grand Slam title for Hingis while Paes won his 15th title.

It was third Australian Open mixed double title for Paes, who won with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and with Cara Black in 2010.

"It's a great honour to keep coming back to Australia. It's a treat to play with Martina. I finally managed to learn some things from her returns and returned half decently today. It's intriguing," Paes said. Paes also paid tribute to his team behind the scenes.

"There are a few people who got us together. All you guys back home who put us together to win our first Grand Slam, thank you," the 41-

year-old said.

Hingis, who has seven Australian Open trophies including three singles titles in her glittering career, joked,"Martina (Navratilova) – thank you for lending me Leander!" as Navratilova who watched the match from the stands smiled.

Talking about the Indian, the Swiss legend said,"I think we even grew with every match – the confidence, the teamwork, the suggestions we had, one or the other, we really trust each other. I think that was the key in every match."

AUSTRALIA CRUSH ENGLAND BY 112 RUNS TO CLINCH TRI-SERIES TITLE

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ERTH: An all-round show by Glenn Maxwell and a devastating pacebowling spell by Mitchell Johnson helped Australia crush England by 112 runs in a lopsided summit clash to clinch the cricket tri-series title.

Maxwell revived the Australian innings from a precarious 60 for 4 with a brilliant 98-ball 95 to take his side to 278 for 8 after being put into bat and then grabbed four wickets for 46 runs to annihilate England in their run chase in tandem with John-

son (3/27) at the WACA respectively at the top-order suffered a humiliating defeat. ground. while Stuart Broad scored 24 Australia will now go into Johnson extracted the down the order as England the upcoming World Cup at bounce offered by the lively pitch as he took three wickets in the space of 10 deliveries, including two in two balls, to rock the England run chase early on. England never recovered from the early jolt and were all out for just 166 in 39.1 overs to lose the final match without any fight.

Ravi Bopara top-scored for England with a 59-ball 33 as the visiting side crumbled under some impressive bowling by the Australians.

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The Australian team pose with the trophy after defeating England in the final of their one day international cricket match in Perth.

Shardul fifer gives Mumbai A169 runs win over Baroda V

ADODARA: Pacer Shardul Thakur returned with a five-wicket haul to guide Mumbai to a comfortable 169 runs win over Baroda in a Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match.

Chasing a mammoth 408 runs for an outright win, Baroda were bowled out for 238 in 77.3 overs in their second innings. Coming out to bat at the overnight score of 67 for two, Baroda lost wickets at regular intervals with Thakur (5/39) doing the bulk of the damage to ensure the win for Mumbai. Kedar Devdhar topscored for Baroda with an unbeaten 58, while last man Munaf Patel struck a quickfire

3 off 35 balls towards the end of the innings. Opener Saurabh Wakaskar (48) and Deepak Hooda (32) were the other notable contributors for the hosts. Besides Thakur, Balwinder Sandhu (2/23) and off-break bowler Akshay Girap (2/90) scalped two wickets apiece for Mumbai.

By virtue of this win, Mumbai will return home with six points from the match.

Brief Scores: Mumbai: 287 & 304/9 decl in 67 overs (Shreyas Iyer 90, Nikhil Patil 50 not out; Yusuf Pathan 5/80) beat Baroda: 184 & 238 all out in 77.3 overs (Kedar Devdhar 58 not out, Munaf Patel 53; Shardul Thakur 5/39) by 169 runs.

RANJI ROUNDUP

At Guwahati - Andhra 137 and 198 all out in 90.2 overs lost to Assam 312 and 25/0 in 12.1 overs by 10 wickets At Porvorim - Jharkhand: 385 & 55 for two in 19. 4 overs bt Goa: 215 & 223 all out in 77.4 overs by eight wickets At Kannur - Kerala 483 and 10 for 1 beat Services 318 and (f/o) 174 all out in 45.4 overs by nine

wickets At Kolkata - Bengal 268 and 298/8 decl drew with Railways 302 and (target 265) 198/8.

At Valsad - Gujarat 1st innings 429 drew with Maharashtra 262 & 429 for 3 declared in 105.4 overs At Agartala - HP 535/5 decl drew with Tripura 346 and (f/0) 239

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home with more confidence winning the three-team touras they wrapped up their nament which also featured preparations on a high by India.