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Earlier, the Thane police released a sketch of the accused, later the culprit was nabbed on Monday.

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to Jupiter Hospital by a passing couple. Police say that wo teenaged girls were both women hail from Ratnainjured when they were giri district and had come to forced to jump off from Thane for a programme ora moving auto to save them- ganized by the Akhil selves from a rogue auto Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad driver who was leering and (ABVP), since both are acmaking vulgar gestures at tivists of this organization. them, near Cadbury junction The incident took place on in Thane, Naupada police Sunday and a FIR against unsaid on Monday. known accused has been regThe duo were later shifted istered by the Naupada police

station under sections 354, 509, 386, 366 of the IPC. The accused was later arrested. It is pertinent to note here that this is the second case within six months in Thane. On August 1, last year, a female TCS employee, Swapnali Lad (24), had jumped off from an auto near Kapurbawdi and was severely Continued on pg 12 ÂŤ

BAN ON COW SLAUGHTER Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nod for Maharashtra Animal Preservation Bill after 14 years

By Prashant Hamine

ourteen years after the previous Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government had passed the law that sought to ban cow slaughter in Maharashtra, President of India Pranab Mukherjee gave his presidential assent to the Sudhir Mungantiwar original Maharashtra Animal Preservation Bill, 1995. A noti- had passed a law in both the fication to this effect was is- houses of the state legislature sued here yesterday by the that sought to ban cow Union Home Ministry follow- slaughter. The bill then was ing persistent follow up by the sent for Presidential assent. original architect of the law But in 1999 the government BJP MLA and current Minister changed and the Congressfor Finance and Planning Sud- Nationalist Congress Party hir Mungantiwar. In a state- (NCP) led government came ment issued here yesterday to power. The President of Mungantiwar remarked that India had then sought the the 14 year exile for the law view of the state government on the law. Mungantiwar rehad ended. It may be recalled that after marked that the previous coming to power in 1995 the Congress-NCP government then Sena-BJP government out of political prejudice

against the law passed by the previous Sena-BJP government kept on delaying sending its reply to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. In the intervening years Mungantiwar kept on pursuing the matter raising the issue in the state legislature through various legislative devices. But the government constantly gave evasive replies stating that a committee had been set up under the chairmanship of Commissione,r Animal Husbandry department. After taking oath on October 31, 2014 Mungantiwar once again began his follow up and on November 13, 2014 secretary, Animal Husbandry Mahesh Pathak wrote a letter to the Union Home Ministry stating that the state was prepared to implement the original legislation passed in 1995.

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hief Minister Devendra Fadnavis yesterday set up a nine member committee which will undertake a comprehensive study of the proposed Metro car shed at Aarey Milk Colony for Metro III line between Colaba-BandraSEEPZ. The said committee will find a solution to maintain the ecological balance while implementing the project that will provide good means of transport. He added that

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the government is exploring all possible alternatives for the construction of the Metro car shed. The committee will submit its report to the government within a month.

He said this as a delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators and Minister of State for Women and Child Development Vidya Thakur called on him over the

BJP functionary asks Fadnavis to scrap Metro III project

umbai BJP secretary Vivekanand Gupta urged Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday, to scrap the Metro-3 project and implement the coastal road project instead, in a letter written to the CM. "The Metro-3 project is worth Rs 23,136 crore as of today and there are chances that costs will escalate. A whopping amount will be spent on the Metro but it will cover an area of only an upto western suburbs near Aarey and also take five years to complete. So, I request you to scrap

the Metro 3 project," Gupta has written to Fadnavis. "The coastal road is a better alternative and will be completed in two years. The coastal road is cost effective, since its estimated cost is Rs 8,500 crore, which is just onethird of the Metro 3 project," Gupta stated in his letter. "The coastal road is planned as a freeway from Nariman Point to Kandivali. While its alignment accounts for the Bandra-Worli sea link, which has been in use since 2009, connectivity to Versova is

proposed through reclamation and a roads on stilts, overlooking the Bandra-Versova sea link plan," Gupta's letter stated. Meanwhile, a delegation led by Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar met Fadnavis yesterday and asked him to ensure that trees are not cut for a car shed of the Metro-3 project in Aarey Colony. "Fadnavis said that the government will set up a committee to decide about the proposed car shed at Aarey Colony," Shelar said.

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issue at his Mantralaya office. The meeting comes just a day after Shiv Sena MLA from the region and Minister of State for Housing Ravindra Waikar along with Yuva Sena president Aditya Thackeray had toured the Aarey Milk Colony and met the people who are opposing the proposed Metro car shed. Waikar in a statement had lamented that the Chief Minister did not have any time to call for a meeting to discuss the issue. Fadnavis stated that the committee will conduct a study on transplating maximum number of trees, ensuring less number of trees, all arrangements in relation to the Metro car shed and finding out alternate site for the Metro car shed. The committee of experts will consist of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) metropolitan commissioner U.P.S. Madan, Brihanmumbai Municipal

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Corporation (BMC) municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte, Urban Development department principal secretary Nitin Kareer, NEERI director Dr Rakesh Kumar, Center for Science and Environment (IIT) Dr Rashmi Patil, IIT Professor Dr Ravi Sinha, former general manager of Kolkatta Metro, Metro expert G.R. Madan and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation director Balvinder Kumar. Azad Shrivastav | ADC

VIBGYOR High students come out in support of ‘Save Aarey’

GOING GREEN: Students along with their teachers during the ‘Save Aarey’ campaign

By A Staff Reporter

ven as the Aarey development plan becomes the most debated topic in the government and environmental circles, the VIBGYOR High, Malad organised a ‘Green Camp’ in the school last weekend to support the ‘Save Aarey Campaign’. The entire activity was initiated and volunteered by the students from Grade 5-8. The students arranged various activities for the parents like quiz about nature, slogan writing, message writing with thumb impression in an outlined tree, took them through animated videos and also showcased a presentation highlighting different ways to reduce carbon footprint. Green Camp was an outcome of the informative experience the students had during their participation in the tree walk at Aarey, organised by ‘Save Aarey’ community which is a voluntary action group of concerned citizens working together with associated NGOs such as ‘Vanashakti’, ‘Greenline’, ‘Walkers club’ etc. The trail briefed them on identification of various trees, their relevance to our existence and associated mythological stories and the importance of preserving nature. The students also wrote their messages on postcards to the environment ministry for preservation of the colony during their visit to Aarey. VIBGYOR High is the first and the only school, at present, to participate in the ‘Save Aarey’ Campaign. Around 300 parents and students extended their support to the move-

ment by creating a banner through finger imprint and signature and also writing messages on postcards. The banner would be displayed at various events related to the campaign, while the postcards will be shared with the government and tree authorities, representing the public’s views towards the cause. Appreciating the initiative by their students, Ms. Sunita George,

Principal, VIBGYOR High, Malad said, “As an educational institution, it is important that we enlighten our students to the needs of the society. At VIBGYOR High, students are provided with varied opportunities that help in preparing them for responsible citizenship.” VIBGYOR High, Malad has been inculcating the understanding on the cause and purpose of nature preservation in their students through various mediums. The school had also organised guest lectures by Kripa Raman, Naturalist with 20 years of experience in journalism; Lovleen Mishra, Theatre artist and Naturalist and Priya Mishra, associated with various NGOs to create awareness about preserving the ‘GREEN LUNG’ of the city. The school will also be conducting tree walks for groups of students at regular intervals to spread awareness about preserving the natural resources of the city.

A FACELIFT... A worker is busy erecting scaffolding for a facelift of the Flora Fountain on Monday. Meanwhile it is said that the BMC is verifying to declare the iconic monument as a Heritage site of Mumbai.

SSC board’s apathy turns bane for special, differently-abled students By Yatin Ingle

hile the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) STD 10 board exams have just begun yesterday, there was chaos at a few exam centres. As the special and differently abled students have their seating arrangement along with the normal students, the examiners as well as the students are in a fix. The special and differently abled students have to be provided with a separate room but the state board this year has denied them the same. Chaos reigned as the special and differently abled students were requesting for a helping hand from the exam supervisors, which resulted in the other students getting

disturbed. This chaotic situation has also brought to light the fact that the examiners were not attending to the special and differently abled students. This year, the SSC students were shocked to note that the special and differently abled students have been not been given a separate room. Some of these students were not comfortable in the general classroom and a few of them also complained about their discomfort caused due to the benches in the classrooms. A differently abled student, who has been given the seating arrangement along with normal students at an exam centre in Churchgate says, "It is difficult for us to ask for help again and again as it causes distur-

bance to the other students. On the other hand, there is discomfort in our seating arrangements due to our medical and physical problems. We had requested the board for special rooms but we have not been provided the same and hence we are facing lot of difficulties.” Laxmikanth Pandey, Chairman, State board, Mumbai told the ADC: "If a student is appearing for the exams with a writer, only then a special seating arrangement is provided. Considering the major difficulties of the special and handicapped students, other exam rooms are provided only when that student himself and his college/school seek permissions from the board.

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FLOWER POWER... Devotees dressed up as Lord Krishna and Radha are showered with flowers during the Fag Mahotsav at Govind Devji Temple in Jaipur on Monday.

PM has ‘thali’ with other MPs at Parliament’s canteen

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Monday surprised some MPs having lunch in Parliament's canteen as he suddenly landed

there to join them, perhaps becoming the first person to hold the post to do so, and paid Rs 29 for a vegetarian 'thali' (meal).

A TV grab shows PM Narendra Modi having lunch at the Parliament canteen on Monday.

Around 18 MPs were having lunch, sitting in small groups on different tables, in Room Number 70, when Modi landed there at 1 PM. The room on the first floor of Parliament building is for MPs. The Prime Minister greeted the MPs. Some of them came to introduce themselves to him, according to the canteen staff. Then he sat on a table, already

occupied by three MPs and ordered food. "Anything special, sir," canteen in-charge B L Purohit asked the Prime Minister. "No, I want normal vegetarian thali," Modi replied. He also ordered fruit salad. Immediately, a thali, consisting of palak sabzi, rajma, dal and salad, was served along with rice and a tandoori roti. "The total bill for the food was Rs 29. He gave a note of Rs 100 and I returned Rs 71," said waiter Rama Shankar who attended on the Prime Minister. He did not ask for bottled water and drank RO water, staffers said. He was there for about 20-25 minutes. Two of the MPs on Modi's table were from Gujarat. Union Minister Piyush Goyal also joined in after some time. Realising that it was a "historic" occasion, Purohit requested the Prime Minister to write in a 'Suggestion Book' which he presented to him. "Annadata, sukhi bhav (Blessings to the one who feeds)," wrote Modi in Hindi and signed it. According to sources in Parliament, this was the first time any Prime Minister had lunch in the canteen as a customer. Rajiv Gandhi had once eaten in

the canteen but not as Prime Minister, the sources said.

25 finalists to compete for Miss India crown

AS many as 25 beautiful girls have been selected to fight it out for the Miss India 2015 crown on March 28. To ensure national representation of contestants and to encourage participation from all across India, the Miss India organisation this year travelled 19 cities for city auditions and pageants that finally culminated into the final round of auditions here. The finalists will undergo specialised and professional grooming and styling by some of the top-notch experts from the fashion industry like Samir Purohit, model Alesia Raut, Gavin Miguel, designers Mandira Wirk, Falguni and Shane, Namrata Joshipura, Rohit Khanna and Rahul Gandhi. They will then compete to win the crown at the Grand Finale of the fbb Femina Miss India 2015 to be held here on March 28. This year Miss India Organization has taken a pledge towards a cleaner India by volunteering for the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' and set an example.

OBITUARY

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Mohd Moinul Raza Sher Khan, to ‘Moenur Raza Sher Khan’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/02/2015. C-51386

SHRADHANJALI

I have changed my name from Dineshchandra Narendrakumar Desai, to ‘Dinesh Narendra Desai’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/2015. C-51387 I have changed my name from Rumani Kaneez Irfan, to ‘Rumani Kaniz Irfan’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/2015. C-51388

Pandit Vasant Damle (86), son of late Vishnupant Damle, founder of Prabhat Film Company left for his heavenly abode on 18th February at his residence in Shivaji Park in Mumbai. The 13th day ceremony will be held at Hotel Kollage, Vishnupant Damle Marg, near Film and Television Institute, Pune on Monday 2nd March at 10am. Former Aircraft Engineer of Air India, Pandit Vasant Damle was an actor, film maker, writer, social worker and philanthropist and human being of a high order. May His Soul Rest in peace. Inserted by his wife Smt Neela Damle and his well wishers and admirers.

I have changed my name from Carmel Melwyn Dsouza, to ‘Carmel Apolina Ida Dsouza’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-29560) Dated: 19/02/2015. C-51389 I have changed my name from Sanford Noel Joseph Dsouza, to ‘Sanford Noel Melwyn Dsouza’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-29659) Dated: 19/02/2015. C-51390

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CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Sabita Eshwar to Kamble Sabita as per Affidavit Dated 28/02/2015. C-51380 I have changed my name from Saida Bi d/o Mohamad Ajiz, to ‘Saida Naeem Khan’ as per PUBLIC NOTICE Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: NOTICE is hereby given that my 28/02/2015. clients Mr.MANOJ S.SHAH & Mrs. C-51381 DARSHIKA M.SHAH, are the Owners of Flat No.B / 304, on Third I have changed my name from Floor, in the Building Sudama Tower Youvaraj Prabhakar Co-Op.Hsg.Soc.Ltd., at Dadasaheb Mr. to ‘Mr. Yuvraj Ambedkar (60 Feet) R o a d , Mhatre, Bhayandar (W), Tal. & Dist. Thane, Prabhakar Mhatre’ as per and intend to sale the said flat. And Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: that Original Agreement entered 13/02/2015. between M/s Sudama Associates as C-51382 the Vendors therein, and Mr.

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I have changed my name from Mr. Seemakumari Karulal Mandot Jain, to ‘Mrs. Seema Rakesh Jain’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 13/02/2015. C-51383

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2015 I have changed my Name from Mohamed Anis to Shaikh Mohd Anees as per Affidavit dated 2/3/2015 C-51449

I have changed my name from Gulam Husain Ismail Pansarai to Gulam Ismail Panasare as per Court Affidavit. C-51403

I have changed my Name from Malek Babubhai S/o Malik Noor Mohammad to Malik Babubhai S/o Malik Noor Mohammad as per Affidavit dated 2/3/2015 C-51450

I have changed my name from “Dinesh Dayaram Soni” to “Dinesh Dayaram Dhanak” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51429

I have changed my name from Mullam Abdul Ohid S/o Mulam Ali to Mulam Abdul Ohid S/o Mulam Ali as per Affidavit dated 2/3/2015 C-51451

I have changed my name from “Harshit Dinesh Soni” to “Harshit Dinesh Dhanak” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51430

I have changed my Name from Nafisabanu to Shaikh Nafis Begum Mohd Yunus as per Affidavit dated 2/3/2015

I have changed my name from Rabia to Rabia Basri, as per Affidavit C-51431

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I have changed my name from Neha Kiran Garud / Vaishali Vishvas Dharap to Vaishali Prashant Kulkarni as per the Maharashtra Gazette (X-6087 and X-24415) C-51432

I have changed my name from Ganapati Kashinath Rathod to Ganpati Kashinath Rathod as per Court Affidavit. C-51404 I have changed my name from M Muzammil Shah Aalam Shaikh to Mohammed Muzammil Shah Aalam Shaikh as per Court Affidavit. C-51405 I have changed my name from Sahil Kamarudin Tabuli to Sahil Kamruddin Dabholi as per Court Affidavit. C-51406 I have changed my name from Aqueel Anis Sayyed to Aqeel Ahmed Anis Sayed through Affidavit dated 7th February2015. C-51407 I have changed my name from Anand Hanumanta Dhangar to Anand Hanumanta Pujari as per Notarised Affidavit dated 26 Feb 2015. C-51408

I Chhoti Devi Choturam have changed my name to Chhoti Devi Chhotuji Singhadiya for all purposes as per Affidavit dated 28-Feb-2015. C-51392

I ‘Rupande Kirtikumar Shah’ and ‘Rupaben Sunilkumar Kapadia’ changed my name as ‘Rupa Sunil Kapadia’ residing at 201, Rajneelam, Dr.R.P.Lane, Opp. Breach Candy Hospital, Bhulabai Desai Road, Mumbai400026. As per Affidavit dtd. 2/3/2015. C-51409

I have change my name from Jayesh Bastimalji to Jayesh Bastimal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit C-51394 I have changed my name from Baby Saba Kashmiri to Saba Ajaz Sharif as per Court Affidavit. C-51395 I have changed my name from Ajaz Kader Kashmiri to Ajaz Kader Sharif as per Court Affidavit. C-51396 I have changed my name from Juned to Junaid Ajaz Sharif as per Court Affidavit. C-51397 I have changed my name from Aijaz Kader Shasif Kashmire to Ajaz Sharif as per Court Affidavit. C-51398 I have changed my name from Zakiyuddin Hasamuddin to Zakiuddin Husamuddin Bhinderwala as per Court Affidavit. C-51399

I have changed my name from Asif Abbas Sati, to ‘Asif Abbas Sathi’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-73282) Dated: 13/03/2014. C-51384

I have changed my name from Zakimuddin Hasamuddin to Zakiuddin Husamuddin Bhinderwala as per Court Affidavit. C-51400

I have changed my name from Ajaz Ahmed, to ‘Ajaz Ahmed Khan’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/02/2015. C-51385

I have changed my name from Tasneem Zakiyuddin to Tasneem Zakiuddin Bhinderwala as per Court Affidavit. C-51401

I have changed my name from “Diana Dinesh Soni” to “Diana Dinesh Dhanak” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51428

I have changed my name from Aasba Fayaz Damad to Asba Fayaz Damad as per Court Affidavit. C-51402

I Choturam have changed my name to Chhotuji Chitargi Singhadiya for all purposes as per Affidavit dated 28-Feb-2015. C-51391

I have change my name from Kum. Jain Neeta Kesarimal to Nita Jayesh Jain as per deed poll Affidavit C-51393

PUBLIC NOTICE

Harakchand Tarachand Solanki as the Purchaser therein, in respect of the above mentioned Flat has been lost and/or misplaced, in this respect all persons claiming any right, title or interest by and virtue of the said original Agreement of the said Flat, by way of sale, gift, lease, exchange, charge, lien, mortgage, attachment or otherwise whatsoever are hereby required to make the same known to the undersigned alongwith documents, papers, agreement etc., at his office at S-6, Komal Tower, P a t e l N a g a r, S t a t i o n R o a d , Bhayandar (W), within 15 days from the date hereof, failing which my clients will sale the said flat & complete the transaction, and no claims whatsoever will be entertained thereafter.

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I, Sri Pedaprolu Harish Sriram have changed my name from Pedaprolu Harish Sriram to Pedaprolu Harish Surya Prakash by Affidavit sworn before the Notary Public, Andheri/ Mumbai on 27/02/2015. Henceforth, I shall be known as Pedaprolu Harish Surya Prakash for all purposes. Pedaprolu Harish Surya Prakashand B/72 Sarad Building, Srishti CHS, Sector3Mira Road (E), Thane-401107. C-51410

I have changed my name from Mr. Sunasara Yaqub Adam to Mr. Yakub Adam Sunasra as per deed poll Affidavit. C-51416 I have changed my name from Sunasara Habiba Yaqub to Mrs. Sunasra Habiba Yaqub as per deed poll Affidavit. C-51417 I have changed my name from Patel Shamim Yunus to Mrs. Sunasra Shamim Abid as per deed poll Affidavit. C-51418 I have changed my name from “Dilipkumar Ravilal Mehta” to “Dilip Ravilal Mehta” as per Affidavit. C-51419 I have changed my name from “Babu Sujaks” to “Babu Kunnel” as per Affidavit. C-51420 I have changed my name from “Koustubh Govind Padwad” to “Kaustubh Govind Padwa” as per Affidavit. C-51421 I have changed my name from “Nee Jisovanprabha Harjivan Tansukhlal Mohanlal” to “Jisovanprabha Harjivan Mohanlal” as per Affidavit. C-51422

I have changed my name from Farzok Aktar Ibrahim Shaikh to Farzok Akhtar Ibrahim Shaikh vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit - (LW 110629). C-51411

I have changed my name from “Vitesh Sanjeeva Shetty” to “Viteshkumar Sanjeeva Shetty” as per Affidavit. C-51423

I declare that I have changed my old name Swati Ramesh Bansode to new name Swati Satish Mane as per Affidavit No. U-24463. C-51412

I have changed my name from “Mehulbhai Ramjibhai Bharwad” to “Mehul Ramjibhai Bharwad” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51424

I have changed my Name from Faizan Ahmed Khan to Faizan Khan as per Affidavit dated 27/2/2015 C-51413

I have changed my name from “Jabibeen Ramjibhai Bharwad” to “Jadiben Ramjibhai Bharwad” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51425

I have changed my Name from Mohd Aarif to Mohammad Arif Chopdar as per Affidavit dated 27/2/2015 C-51414 I have changed my Name from Kanchan Mallesh Komu to Saara Arshad Sayed as per Affidavit dated 2/3/2015 C-51415 I have changed my Name from Mohammad Yunus to Shaikh Mohd Yunus as per Affidavit dated 2/3/2015 C-51448

I have changed my name from “Ketan Dhirajlal Jethawa” to “Ketan Dhiru Bhai Jethva” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51426 I have changed my name from “Rasilaben Dhirajlal Jethawa” to “Rasila Dhiru Bhai Jethva” as per Affidavit Dated 2nd March” 2015. C-51427

I have change my name from Mohd Rahil Mohammad Zama to Siddiqui Mohd Rahil Mohammad Zaman As per the deedpoll Affidavit Dated 27th Feb 2015 C-51433 I have changed my name from Shahana Begum Eftekhar Ahmed to Shahana Mohd Rashid Shaikh as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-51434 I have changed my name from Shamshuddin Mohmed Ishaq to Shamsuddin Mohmed Ishaq Ansari as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-51435 I have changed my name from Rukhsana Bano Mohammed Qasim to Rukhsana Shamsuddin Ansari as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-51436 I Shaheeda Anwar Khan changed my minor son name from Mohd Hatim Anwar Khan to Jasim Anwar Khan as per Affidavit C-51437 I have changed my name from Nanda Devi Ghewar Chand to Nanda Devi Kantilal Bafna as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-51438 I have changed my name from Aaisha Bano Mohd Shahid Shaikh to Shaikh Ayesha Mohd Shahid Shaikh as per Maharashtra Gazette (X-34795) C-51439 I have changed my name from Abdul Qayoom Aiyoob Ali to Qayoom Ayub Khokar as per deedpoll Affidavit dated 26th Feb 2015 C-51440 I have changed my name from Vrajlal Patel (old name) to Vajubhai Rabadiya (new name) as per Affidavit No MA 583896 C-51441 I have changed my name from Virani Hareshkumar Vallabhbhai (old name) to Haresh Vallabhbhai Virani (new name) as per Affidavit No LW 898679 C-51442

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T HUMAN CHAIN FOR JUSTICE... Party workers of Communist Party of India (CPI) holding a demonstration with a human chain protest against the government's lackadaisical efforts. They demanded speedy probe and arrest of murderers of Comrade Govind Pansare.

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Cong names Ashok Chavan as MPCC chief, MRCC goes to Sanjay Nirupam By Suyash Padate

he Congress high command finally took the call on the state Congress affairs yesterday and appointed former chief minister Ashok Chavan as the new Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president. At the same time Sanjay Nirupam has been appointed as party's Mumbai region chief. After the debacle in the two consequent elections, the Congress high command was seriously considering to make changes in the state leadership. However, the whole precess was delayed due to the infighting among the leaders. After much hue and cry the Congress big bosses swung into action mode. This move came nearly 10 months after the Congress was routed in the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 and four months after it suffered major setback in the October 2014 state Assembly elections. Chavan replaced Manikrao Thakre, who headed the party for seven years. Nirupam took over from Janardhan Chandurkar, who headed the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee for two years. Both Chavan and Nirupam are expected to revive the party for forthcoming civic polls. In December 2008 Ashok Chavan took over as a chief minister in the wake of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks which took the toll of his predecessor late Vilasrao Deshmukh. However, he was

LET'S PARTY... Congress leader and former CM Ashok Chavan with Sanjay Nirupam celebrate after the former was declared as president of Maharashtra State Congress while the latter was declared as the Mumbai President of the party, at the Chheda House, Churchgate on Monday. forced to quit in November 2010 after his name figured in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. Chavan, successfully fought the Lok Sabha election and managed to stop the Modi wave in in Nanded. He was among the two MPs elected from the state. Now he has a tough task cut out for him to build up the Congress from the ruins of the last Lok Sabha and Assembly debacles and check the growing clout of the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance. Nirupam, is former Shiv Sena MP and executive editor of the party mouthpiece 'Dopahar ka Saamana' till he quit the party in 2005. He joined the Congress and was elected from Mumbai North

Lok Sabha constituency in 2009, which he lost by a record margin in 2014. On the other hand the rift in the Congress was wide open after these appointments. Expressing reservations about the appointment of Ashok Chavan and Sanjay Nirupam, former chief minister Narayan Rane claimed the party high command did not consult the state leaders on the issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The party leadership didn't consult state leaders before making the announcement. It would have been in the party's interest had we been consulted. It seems Congress hasn't learned from the drubbing in Lok Sabha and Assembly polls,â&#x20AC;? Rane has fired the salvo.

he state government has issued medical advisory to all General Practitioners (GPs) and all municipal corporations in the state asking them to do away with laboratory tests and prescribe Tamiflu to patients having fever, cough and influenza like symptoms for more than a day. Disclosing this to news persons here at Mantralaya, Minister for Health Dr Deepak Sawant clarified that the state government will foot the medical bills of patients in Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Economically Backward Class (EBC) suffering from swine flu, admitted to private hospitals and are on ventilators. The Minister for Health disclosed that in Mumbai three patients have died due to swine flu in the last 24 hours. As of yesterday, 54 new patients with swine flu have been identified in the state, 19 were discharged yesterday, 42 are on ventilators and so far 152 people have died due to swine

has stated that laboratory tests for swine flu will not be needed now if the patients have symptoms of influenza, fever, cough for more than a day. Assuring that the government has had adequate stocks of medicines, he said that the government will now directly reimburse the medical bills of BPL, EBC patients with swine flu admitted to private hospitals. Yesterday morning, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took a review of the spread of swine flu especially in the light of recent unseasonal rains. The meeting took stock of the situation in urban cities of Minister for Health Dr Deepak Nagpur, Pune, Nashik and Sawant Latur where maximum deaths due to swine flu have been reflu in the state. In all 1,214 pa- ported so far. Dr Sawant tients were discharged from blamed the spread of the virus hospital after treatment and as to the extended winter season of yesterday 1,789 patients are and inclement weather condiadmitted in various hospitals tions in most parts of the state. across the state. Out of the 152 deaths reported Dr Sawant further clarified so far, 38 are from Nagpur, that the central government Pune municipal limits 16, has issued instructions in view Nashik 10 and Latur nine of the spread of the disease deaths.

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CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Pinalben Vrajlal Patel (old name) to Pinal Haresh Virani (new name) as per Affidavit No LW 898677 C-51443 I have changed my name from 'Aishwary Niraj' to 'Aishwary Niraj Sinha' as per the deedpoll Affidavit C-51444 I have changed my name from Pravinkumar Nathmal Jain to Pravin Nathmal Jain as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-51445 I have changed my name from Mohinuddin Siddiki to Moinuddin Siddiqui as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-51446 I have changed my name from Mandar Kulakarni to Mandar Kulkarni as per the Affidavit dated on 26/02/2015. C-51447 I have changed my name from Atique Ahmad to Ateeque Ansari as per Affidavit C-51453 I have changed my name from Mohammad Asif Atique Ahmad to Asif Ateeque Ansari as per Affidavit C-51454 I have changed my name from Ansari Faisal Mohd Naseem to Mohd Faisal Naseem Shah as per Affidavit C-51455 I have changed my name from Seraj to Shiraz Mohammed Khan as per Affidavit C-51456 I have changed my name from Gama Bano to Harirunnisa Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51457 I have changed my name from Haji Mutin to Abdul Mateen Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51458 I have changed my name from Mohammad Gufran Sheikh to Shaikh Gufran Ahmed as per Affidavit C-51459 I have changed my name from Gaurav Arjandas Gerera to Gaurav Arjan Gerera vide deed poll Affidavit C-51460 I have changed my name from Prerna Arjandas/Arjundas Gerella to Prerna Arjan Gerera vide deed poll Affidavit C-51461 I have changed my name from Arjan Gangaram Gerella to Arjan Gangaram Gerera vide deed poll Affidavit C-51462 We Mr. Alan Francis Rodrigues & Mrs. Reshma Alan Rodrigues have changed our sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Aaren Reuben Alan Rodrigues to Aaren Lan Rodrigues as per Affidavit C-51463 I have changed my name from Bhatia Deepak to Bhatiya Deepak as per Affidavit C-51464 I have changed my name from Aasma Banu Abdul Majeed to Asma Mohammed Yunus Khan as per Affidavit C-51465

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I have changed my name from Pratima Naleswar Das to Pratima Sudhir Barman as per Affidavit C-51466

I have changed my name from Chandra Mukesh Jain to Chandraben Mukesh Jain as per Affidavit C-51485

I have changed my name from Maxson Nazareth Maya to Maxon Nazareth Maya as per Affidavit C-51504

I have changed my name from Prerna Arjandas/Arjundas Gerella to Prerna Arjan Gerera vide deed poll Affidavit C-51523

I have changed my name from Mohammed Ilyas Abdus Salam to Mohammed Ilyas Abdul Salam Manyar as per Affidavit C-51542

I have changed my name from Abdul Rehman Anwar Sheikh to Abdul Rehman Anwar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51467

I have changed my name from Hiteshkumar Mafatlal Shah to Hitesh Mafatlal Jain as per Affidavit C-51486

I have changed my name from Asma Begum Aijaz Ahmad Gore to Asma Ajaz Gore as per Affidavit C-51505

I have changed my name from Arjan Gangaram Gerella to Arjan Gangaram Gerera vide deed poll Affidavit C-51524

I have changed my name from Nathlal Patel to Nathalal Patel as per Affidavit C-51543

I have changed my name from Mohammed Shahat Akber Husain to Mohammed Shah Akber Husain Pathan as per Affidavit C-51468

I have changed my name from Aruna Kumari Hasti Mal Jain to Aruna Hitesh Jain as per Affidavit C-51487

I have changed my name from Aijaz Ahmad Abdul Hameed Gore to Ajaz Hamid Gore as per Affidavit C-51506

We Mr Hitesh Jain & Mrs Aruna Jain have changed our minor child name from Mitkumar Hitish Kumar Jain to Meet Hitesh Jain as per Affidavit C-51488

I have changed my name from Sumaya Ashfaque Shaikh to Sumaiya Ashfaque Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51507

I have changed my name from Chandankumar Krishnakant Mishra to Chandan Krishnakant Mishra as per Affidavit C-51525

I have changed my name from Chhaya Gopal Rane to Surabhi Santosh Chopdekar as per Affidavit C-51469 I have changed my name from Bhagwan Jadavbhai to Bhagwan Jadavbhai Kakadiya as per Affidavit C-51470 I have changed my name from Anirudh Benoy Hirasingh to Anirudh Ghatani as per Affidavit C-51471 I have changed my name from Shaikh Farmood Ahamad Maqbool Hasan to Farmood Ahmad Maqbool Hasan Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51472 I have changed my name from B.Ashok to Ashok Kumar Badarmal Jain as per Affidavit C-51473 I have changed my name from Lalitha to Lalita Ashok Kumar Jain as per Affidavit C-51474 I have changed my name from Sureshkumar Mafatlal Shah to Suresh Mafatlal Jain as per Affidavit C-51475 I have changed my name from Pushpa Sureshkumar Shah to Pushpa Suresh Jain as per Affidavit C-51476 I have changed my name from Puspaben Shah Jain to Pushpa Suresh Jain as per Affidavit C-51477 We Mr Suresh Jain & Mrs Pushpa Jain have changed our minor child name from Raj Suresh to Raj Suresh Jain as per Affidavit C-51478 I have changed my name from Suresh to Suresh Mafatlal Jain as per Affidavit C-51479 I have changed my name from Pushpadevi Suresh to Pushpa Suresh Jain as per Affidavit C-51480 I have changed my name from Mukeshkumar Mafatlal Shah to Mukesh Mafatlal Jain as per Affidavit C-51481 I have changed my name from Chandraben Mukeshkumar Shah to Chandraben Mukesh Jain as per Affidavit C-51482 I have changed my name from Chandu Kumari Javerilal Shanklecha to Chandraben Mukesh Jain as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Hitish Kumar Jain to Hitesh Mafatlal Jain as per Affidavit C-51489

I have changed my name from Kumar Gopinath Narayan Gharat to Gopinath Narayan Gharat as per Affidavit C-51508

I have changed my name from Arunakumari Hitish Kumar Jain to Aruna Hitesh Jain as per Affidavit C-51490

I have changed my name from Hameed Husain Khan to Abdul Hameed Husain Khan as per Affidavit C-51509

I have changed my name from Hiteshkumar Mafatlal Jain to Hitesh Mafatlal Jain as per Affidavit C-51491

I have changed my name from Abu Amir Saud Ahmad Ansari to Abu Aamir Saud Ahmad Ansari as per Affidavit C-51510

I have changed my name from Swati Ramesh Dalvi to Janhavi Sahadeo Raul as per Affidavit C-51492

I have changed my name from Dipika Joshi to Shailaja Joshi as per Affidavit C-51511

I have changed my name from Jahnavi Sahadeo Raul to Janhavi Sahadeo Raul as per Affidavit C-51493

I have changed my name from C. Thulaseetharan Pillai to Thulaseedharan Pillai as per Affidavit C-51512

I have changed my name from Manasi Shah to Manashi Shah as per Affidavit C-51494

I have changed my name from Moshin Khan Rasulasaheb Nadaf to Mohasin Rasul Nadaf as per Govt. of Maharashtra Gazette No.X-44590 C-51513

I have changed my name from Vimala Shamji Gala to Vimla Rasiklal Shah as per Affidavit C-51495 I have changed my name from Vimala Rasiklal Shah to Vimla Rasiklal Shah as per Affidavit C-51496 I have changed my name from Rasik Shah to Rasiklal Shah as per Affidavit C-51497 I have changed my name from Bhartiben Laljibhai Patel to Bharti Navin Patel as per Affidavit C-51498 I have changed my name from Bharati Navin Patel to Bharti Navin Patel as per Affidavit C-51499 We Mr Paresh Parsiya & Mrs Jayshree Parsiya have changed our minor child name from Ruchi Pareshbhai Parasiya to Ruchi Paresh Parsiya as per Affidavit C-51500 I have changed my name from Tasneem Hasanali Saigar to Tasneem Hasanali Saiger as per Affidavit C-51501

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I have changed my name from Jyostna Hari Karambelkar to Vaishali Ganesh Dhupkar as per Affidavit C-51502

I have changed my name from Twinkal Mukesh Jain to Twinkle Mukesh Jain as per Affidavit C-51484

I have changed my name from Seshadri Kartik Iyer to Karthik Seshadri Iyer as per Affidavit C-51503

I have changed my name from Gangadhara to Gangadhara Devadiga as per Affidavit C-51514 I have changed my name from Atique Ahmad to Ateeque Ansari as per Affidavit C-51515 I have changed my name from Mohammad Asif Atique Ahmad. to Asif Ateeque Ansari as per Affidavit C-51516 I have changed my name from Ansari Faisal Mohd Naseem. to Mohd Faisal Naseem Shah as per Affidavit C-51517 I have changed my name from Seraj to Shiraz Mohammed Khan as per Affidavit C-51518 I have changed my name from Gama Bano to Harirunnisa Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51519 I have changed my name from Haji Mutin to Abdul Mateen Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51520 I have changed my name from Mohammad Gufran Sheikh to Shaikh Gufran Ahmed as per Affidavit C-51521 I have changed my name from Gaurav Arjandas Gerera to Gaurav Arjan Gerera vide deed poll Affidavit C-51522

I have changed my name from Kurian Thekkekochuveetil K. Chappathu to Kurian Thekkekochuveettil Kurian Chappathu as per Affidavit C-51526 I have changed my name from Kunjomole K. to Kunjumol Sajan W/o Sajan Samuel as per Affidavit C-51527 I have changed my name from Abdul Rahman. to Abdul Rehman Khan as per Affidavit C-51528 I have changed my name from Deepa Kiran Upadhye to Seema Devendra Puranik as per Affidavit C-51529 I have changed my name from Mukhtar Habibulla Shaikh. to Muktar Habibulla Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51530 I have changed my name from Diren Rajkumar Kukreja. to Dhiren Rajkumar Kukreja as per Affidavit C-51531 I have changed my name from Bharti Rajkumar Kukreja. to Simran Rajkumar Kukreja as per Affidavit C-51532 I have changed my name from Shehbaaz Rais Patel to Shebaaz Rais Patel as per Affidavit C-51533 I have changed my name from Jasvinder Singh Bindar to Jasvinder Singh Bhinder as per Affidavit C-51534 I have changed my name from Hargun Kaur Jaswinder Singh Bhinder to Hargun Kaur Jasvinder Singh Bhinder as per Affidavit C-51535 I have changed my name from Ekjas Singh Jaswinder Bhinder to Ekjas Singh Jasvinder Singh Bhinder as per Affidavit C-51536 I have changed my name from Meena to Minakshi Nana Ahire as per Affidavit C-51537 I have changed my name from Smita Rajendra Gaikwad to Sara Sachin Jadhav as per Affidavit C-51538 I have changed my name from Chimanbhai Govindbhai Bhangi to Chiman Govind Chauhan as per Gazette No. (X-49881) C-51539 I have changed my name from Salimbhai Payak to Salim Payak as per Affidavit C-51540 I have changed my name from Salmaben Payak to Salma Payak as per Affidavit C-51541

I have changed my name from Naresh Patel to Nathalal Patel as per Affidavit C-51544 I have changed my name from Swaminathan Ruckmani to Rukmani Swaminathan as per Affidavit C-51545 I have changed my name from Jeegar Bharatkumar Shah to Jigar Bharatkumar Shah as per Affidavit C-51546 I have changed my name from Yogesh Arvind Kandhara to Yogesh Arvind Kantharia as per Affidavit C-51547 I have changed my name from Priyank Vijay Chheda to Priyank Vijaykumar Shah as per Affidavit C-51548 I have changed my name from Darshak Vijay Chheda to Darshak Vijaykumar Shah as per Affidavit C-51549 I have changed my name from Prakash Shyamnarayan Shukla to Shreeprakash Shyamnarayan Shukla as per Affidavit C-51550 I have changed my name from Mulchand Jaiswal to Mulchand Gupta as per Affidavit C-51551 I have changed my name from Reetadevi Gupta to Rita Gupta as per Affidavit C-51552 I have changed my name from Pakeezabi Mohammed Ali to Pakeeza Adil Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51553 I have changed my name from Ramagya to Ramagyan Ratanparasad Kharwar as per Affidavit C-51554 I have changed my name from Kamalabai Ramchandra Mhatre to Kamal Krishna Patil as per Affidavit C-51555 I have changed my name from Mohamed Akbar Bskhshish Husain to Mohammed Akbar Bskhshish Husain Sayed as per Affidavit C-51556 I have changed my name from Rosalina Conceicao to Rosalina Fernandes as per Affidavit C-51557 I have changed my name from Ashoka Shetty to Ashok Shetty as per Affidavit C-51558 I have changed my name from Pathan Mazarkhan Dilbaskhan to Pathan Mazharkhan Dilbaskhan as per Affidavit C-51559 I have changed my name from Arun Reji to Arun Reji Kalloor as per Affidavit C-51560 contd. on p. 8

GADKARI BLAMED FOR BUTIBORI HOUSING SCAM

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Students share tiffin with teacher denied entry by school in Vasai The teacher was punished for interacting with parents of students during the PTA meet By Suresh Golani

RTI activist and Aam Aadmi Party member Jammu Anand has held the senior BJP leader responsible for the scam and also claimed to have documents and other evidence to prove his allegation Azad Shrivastav | ADC

RTI activist Jhamu Anand and his supporter displays copies of the big housing scam in Nagpur, at the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, on Monday.

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t a press conference organised on Monday, RTI activist and AAP member Jammu Anand made revelations about a housing scam which took place at Butibori, Nagpur. Anand told the media, "Indorama Workers Cooperative Housing Society asked for a piece of land from the MIDC for affordable housing of for industrial workers. MIDC leased out the land for 95 years to the housing society. The construction took place in two phases. On the completion of the second phase, it was inaugurated by the then BJP national president Nitin Gadkari, who called the housing project unique and said that it should be implemented as Butibori model at other places too. The inauguration took place of January 15, 2013, and within next six months with the first rain of the year, all the 270 houses started leaking. When approached by a few workers, we started to collect information about the housing society from various departments through RTI application and we got to know surprising facts. The first thing was that the land which was leased

out by MIDC to Indorama Society was first demanded by a housing company named Antodayay Gharkol Yojna Pvt Ltd, which was owned by Nitin Gadkari. MIDC rejected the demand by stating that the land can't be given to a company but it can be given to a workers' society. After this the Indorama Society was formed, Nitin Gadkari and current CM Devendra Fadnavis were the advisors of the workers' society and the land was finally leased out to the society. The initial cost per house was said to be 1.10 lakh to 1.20 lakh. But the cost escalated to four times the said cost later." Anand further added, "Through RTI application sent to MIDC we came to know that the society failed to obtain the Building Completion Certificate (BCC) from MIDC. And the reason specified by MIDC was that the construction was not done as per the sanctioned map. Also MIDC directed the society not to go for the inauguration as it didn't have the BCC." Talking about other revelations Anand said, "The society collected 27 lakh for water connection but deposited only Rs.5 lakh to the MIDC. Rs.92 lakh were col-

lected for service charges and VAT but we found out that the society was not even registered at any of these departments leaving aside the depositing of the money. Also Rs.2.5 crore were spent from the MLA and MP funds. The workers were channelised to Nagpur Nagrik Sahkari Bank for home loans despite the interest rate being higher than the national banks. A total amount of Rs 8,04,38,000 was given as loan. The bank also overlooked the fact that the construction was not as not as per the sanctioned map and gave the second installment to the workers. The address of the society is also in the name of Nitin Gadkari. We filed a police complaint with Butibori police station but no action was taken. We also approached the Anti Corruption Bureau and don't know what the development is? Now we are approaching the CM and will ask him to look into the matter. Though he himself was one of the advisors of the society we still expect him to fulfil his constitutional duties and do the needful. Nitin Gadkari is the one who is responsible for it and he got huge benefits from the scam."

t was a heart rendering moment at Carmelite Convent English School in Vasai, when young students thronged the main gates during recess time to share their tiffin boxes with a teacher who was denied entry into the school on Monday. The teacher Diana Fernandes (52), was stopped at the main gates by the security personnel on Monday morning after orders from the school management. A resident of Tarkhad village in Vasai, Fernandes who teaches Maths and Science was taken to task for her alleged interaction at the recently held Parents Teachers Association (PTA) meet. The teacher had been served with a memo on February 24, to which she failed to respond. After being denied entry into the school, Fernandes in a mark of protest squatted outside the main gate of the school. Learning

Students offering their tiffin to their dear teacher Diana Fernandes. about the episode, some students rushed to the gates during recess time and offered food from their tiffin boxes to the agitating teacher. The teary eyed students also shouted slogans: “We Want Our Miss”. A team from the education department and local police station also visited the school but they were of no

help as all this failed to evoke any kind of response from the school management. “PTA meetings are hardly held by the school. And when supportive teachers like Diana Fernandes echo their sentiments on the issue, they are punished in this fashion. We will not tolerate such injustice,” said a PTA member.

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I have changed my name from Mona Harishkumar Vatwani to Anmol Bharat Manwani as per Affidavit C-51561 I have changed my name from Harishkumar Judomal Vatwani to Hareshbhai Judomal Vatwani as per Affidavit C-51562 I have changed my name from Bhupat Mulchand Shah to Bhupatrai Mulchand Shah as per Affidavit C-51563 I have changed my name from Anish Varghese Kodakkadan to Anish Varghese as per Affidavit C-51564 I have changed my name from Aserfeelal to Aserfeelal Ramaserai Banbansee as per Affidavit C-51565 I have changed my name from Poonam Devi to Poonam Alok Dwivedi as per Affidavit C-51566 I have changed my name from Manjula Devi to Manju Omprakash Pandey as per Affidavit C-51567 I have changed my name from Abdul Hakim Yaar Mohammed to Abdul Hakim Yaar Mohammed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-51568 I have changed my name from Mohammed Azam Kasim Gujar to Azam Kasim Gujar as per Affidavit C-51569 I have changed my name from Sethumadhavan Cheerulli to Sethumadhavan Cheerulli Nair as per Affidavit C-51570 I have changed my name from Vijayalakshmy Parakat to Vijaya Madhavan Nair as per Affidavit C-51571 I have changed my name from Sandesh Giridharan Kurup to Sudeesh Giridharan Kurup as per Affidavit C-51572 I have changed my name from Tejel Chandrakant Dodia to Tejal Chandrakant Dodia as per Affidavit C-51573 I have changed my name from Uma Dinkar Shinde to Umatai Dinkar Shinde as per Affidavit Dated: 02/03/2015 C-51574

CLASSIFIEDS We Mr Abdul Hamid Ansari And Mrs Noorjahan Abdul Hamid Ansari have change our minor daughter name from Maryam Abdul Hamid Ansari to Mariyam Abdul Hamid Ansari as per Affidavit C-51579 I have changed my name from Tajammul Husain Abbas Ali to Abdul Husain Abbasali Taskin as per Affidavit C-51580 I have changed my name from Jamadar Kulsum Begum Abdul Rahim to Karbhari Kulsum Bashir as per Affidavit C-51581 I have changed my name from Mukadam Sadiq Mohd Tahir to Mukadam Sadique Mohammad Tahir as per Affidavit C-51582 I have changed my name from Mohamed Iqbal Abdul Hamid Mukadam to Iqbal Abdul Hamid Mukadam as per Affidavit C-51583 I have changed my name from Sahil Kamarudin Tabuli to Sahil Kamruddin Dabholi as per Affidavit C-51584 I Harsukhlal Narandas Dhakkan have changed my name to Hasmukh Narandas Dhakan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51585 I Sunil Hasmukh Dhakkan have changed my name to Sunil Hasmukh Dhakan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51586 I Harsha Sunil Dhakkan have changed my name to Harsha Sunil Dhakan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51587 I Sunilkumar Harsukhlal Dhakkan have changed my name to Sunil Hasmukh Dhakan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51588 I Aijaz M. Tirandaz have changed my name to Aijaz Ahmed Tirandaz as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/02/15 C-51589 I Naresh Kumar Navnitlal Shah have changed my name to Naresh Navnitlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51590

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I Mohammad Sardar Ali Mo. Yusuf have changed my name to Mohammad Yusuf Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51591

I have changed my name from Mr. Mehboob Mohammed Umer Shaikh to Mr. Mehboob Hasan Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit C-51576

I Mo. Yusuf Sardar Ali Shaikh have changed my name to Yusuf Sardar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51592

I have changed my name from Mr.Mohamad Doshan Mansiya to Mr. Mohmad Doshan Manasiya as per deed poll Affidavit C-51577

I Mahashukhlal L. Bhatt have changed my name to Mahasukhlal Bhatt as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/02/15 C-51593

I have changed my name from Mrs. Maksuda Mohmed Manasiya to Mrs. Maksooda Mohammed Mansiya as per deed poll Affidavit C-51578

I Miteshkumar Tapubhai Bhardiya have changed my name to Mitesh Tapubhai Bharadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/02/15 C-51594

I have changed my name from Het Deepakbhai Shah to Het Deepak Shah as per Affidavit

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I Mrs. Kokilaben Mistry have changed my name to Mrs. Kokilaben Pravinbhai Suthar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/02/15 C-51595 I Mr. Yogeshbhai Pravinbhai Mistry have changed my name to Mr. Yogeshbhai Pravinbhai Suthar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 13/02/15 C-51596 I Mr. Pravinbhai Mistry have changed my name to Mr. Pravinbhai Mafatbhai Suthar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/02/15 C-51597 I Harshavadan Fatahchand Shah have changed my name to Harshvadan Fatechand Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/02/15 C-51598 I Yuktibala Jugraj Jain have changed my name to Yukti Rajesh Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/02/15 C-51599 I Rajeshkumar Sampatraj Jain have changed my name to Rajesh Sampatraj Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/02/15 C-51600

I Kreena Jayesh Soni have changed my name to Krina Jayesh Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51612 I Shital Narendra Sawant have changed my name to Sheetal Narendra Sawant as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51613 I Mazhar Hussain Inayat Husain Sheikh have changed my name to Mazhar Hussain Inayat Hussain Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51614

I Safiya Inayat Husain Sheikh have changed my name to Safiya Inayat Hussain Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51616

I Divya Dilip Joshi have changed my name to Daksha Dilip Joshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51635

I Joyee Varghese have changed my name to Jois Varghese as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51617

I Mohammed Anwar Mohammed Ahmed Ansari have changed my name to Anwar Mohammed Ahmed Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51636

I Tresa Joyee have changed my name to Trisa Jois as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51618

I Shaileshchandra Ratilal Thadeshwar & Shaileshbhai Ratilal Thadeshwar have changed my name to Shailesh Ratilal Thadeshwar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51602

I Ritin Suresh have changed my name to Ritin Suresh Suvarna as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51620

I Yashasvi Bayya have changed my name to Abhisshek Bayya as per Deedpoll Affidavit No. MB228561, Dated: 26/02/15 C-51605 I Shatish Kumar Sitaram Yadav have changed my name to Satish Sitaram Yadav as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51606 I Mancharam Kumhar Savaji have changed my name to Mancharam Savaji Prajapat as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51607 I Shahjadi Vakil Ahmed have changed my name to Sahajadi Begam Vakil Ahmed Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51608 I Shazadi Begum Vakil Ahmed Sayyed have changed my name to Sahajadi Begam Vakil Ahmed Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51609 I Gaus Salim Lakade have changed my name to Gous Salim Lukde as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51610 I Salim Lakade have changed my name to Salim Lukde as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51611

I Rekha Kumari Mafat Lal have changed my name to Rekha Suresh Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51633 I Hiteshkumar Babulal Joshi have changed my name to Hitesh Babubhai Joshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51634

I Mina Revashankar Vyas have changed my name to Meena Ghanshyam Mehta as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51619

I Niteen Jayantilal Soni have changed my name to Nitin Jayantilal Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51604

I Suresh Kumar Mithalal have changed my name to Suresh Mithalal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51632

I Inayat Husain Ismail Sheikh have changed my name to Inayat Hussain Ismail Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51615

I Amratlal Solanki have changed my name to Amratlal Gokal Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51601

I Roshan Ram Prakash have changed my name to Roshan Ramprakash Kori as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 19/01/15 C-51603

I Chetna Chandrakant More have changed my name to Rashmi Chandrakant More as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51631

I Suresh have changed my name to Suresh Bermu Suvarna as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51621 I Yashavanthi have changed my name to Yashawanthi Suresh Suvarna as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51622 I Dharmesh Vinodkumar Shah have changed my name to Dharmesh Vinodbhai Gadhecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51623 I Shilpa Vinodkumar Shah have changed my name to Shilpa Vinodbhai Gadhecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51624 I Ayyali Sanjeeva Mallesha have changed my name to Sanjeev Mallesh Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51625 I Ayyali Mallesha have changed my name to Mallesh Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51626 I Ayyali Shanthamma Mallesha have changed my name to Shanthamma Mallesh Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51627 I Ali Hassan Multan have changed my name to Ali Hasan Multan Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51628 I Nafees Ali Hasan have changed my name to Nafees Ali Hasan Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15

I Malpura Nasrullah Ahmad have changed my name to Malpara Nasrullah Ahmed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51649 I Patel Jamilabanu Rasid Ahmed have changed my name to Jamila Yunus Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51650 I Sneha Narendra have changed my name to Sneha Narendra Pinnamchetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51651 I Narendra have changed my name to Narendra Pinnamchetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51652 I Vasanti Narendra have changed my name to Vasanti Narendra Pinnamchetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51653 I Harshukh Bhanubhai Chudasama have changed my name to Harsukhbhai Bhanubhai Chudasama as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51654

I Malabika Madan Mohan Maiti have changed my name to Malabika Madan Mohan Maity as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51637

I Jyostna Harshukh Chudasama & Jyotsnaben Harsukhbhai Chudasama have changed my name to Jyotsana Harsukhbhai Chudasama as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51655

I Palakben Vijaykumar Shah have changed my name to Palak Vijaykumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51638

I Rita Bhagwandas Kesari have changed my name to Rita Faizan Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51656

I Mr. Naushad Ahmad have changed my name to Mr. Nishad Ahmed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51639

I Zareena Bi Mohammad Yusuf have changed my name to Zarina Ismail Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51657

I Fyimonisa Abdul Razak have changed my name to Faimunnisa Layak Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51640

I Y. R. Shantha Bai have changed my name to Shalini Sudhakar Rao as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51658

I Lai Kali Shamshuddin Shaikh have changed my name to Layak Ali Shamshuddin Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51641

I Mohammad Faiz have changed my name to Mohammad Faiz Siddiqui as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51659

I Faimunissa Lai Kali Shaikh have changed my name to Faimunnisa Layak Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51642

I Ismailkha Abbasakha Pathan have changed my name to Ismailkha Abbaskha Pathan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51660

We Mr. Layak Ali Shaikh & Mrs. Faimunnisa Shaikh have changed our minor daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Aysha Lai Kali Shaikh to Ayesha Layak Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51643

I Ashok Kumar Pandya have changed my name to Ashok Pandya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51661

I Layaq Ali Shamsuddin Shaikh have changed my name to Layak Ali Shamsuddin Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51644 I Laika Ali Shaikh have changed my name to Layak Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51645 I Fehmunnisa Laika Ali Shaikh have changed my name to Faimunnisa Layak Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51646 I V Muhammed Hasan have changed my name to Hasan Sayed as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mohd Rafeeq Shaikh have changed my name to Rafique Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 02/03/15 C-51630

I Machhaliya Raufaben Abdulbhai have changed my name to Raufa Nasrullah Malpara as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51648

I Prasad Saliyan have changed my name to Prasad Poojary as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51662 I Sujatha have changed my name to Sujata Shankar Pujari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51663 I Shankara Mabiyan have changed my name to Shankar Annu Pujari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51664 I Vishal Vijay Agarwal have changed my name to Amit Wadhwani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-51665 I Miss Merline Cathrin Raymond Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;almeida have changed my name to Mrs. Jameela Rafeeque Tharola as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/12/14 C-51666

High Drama in MBMC: Cong bags LoP, NCP red-faced

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and the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance for having worked out an arrangement to deny them this post, the NCP members staged a walkout from the house. “As per law, the second largest party should get the post of leader of opposition. This is nothing but a calculated ploy to create a rift between the NCP and Congress. We will move court against the Mayor’s decision,” said, NCP corpoartor Dhruvkishore Patil. The issue is all set to turn into a major political row as the NCP with 26 members is the second largest party in the 91-member MBMC House followed by a distant 17 of the Congress party. Meanwhile veteran BJP leader Rohidas Patil was selected as the Leader of the House.

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n a move apparently aimed at embarrassing the local NCP leadership, Mayor- Geeta Jain (BJP) endorsed the Congress party’s claim to the post of Opposition Leader in the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) in the general body meet on Monday. Jain declared that Pramod Samant (Congress) will be the Leader of Opposition, this despite

the fact that being the second largest party in the house, it was the NCP which was the rightful claimant to the post. However the turn of events did not go down well with the NCP corporators who demanded an explanation from the Mayor who insisted that since she had received only the Congress proposal staking claim to the post, it was but natural to give a ruling in their favour. Upset with its ally, Congress

MBMC bills not paid? You won’t be fined But the payments have to be made before March 31, 2015

of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), on Monday passed a resolution to waive off penalty owing to late receipt of property tax bills and delayed By Suresh Golani credit of payments. However the payments are to be f you are one of the thou- cleared before March 31. sands of civic tax payers in A resolution to this effect the twin city, who are being was moved by Congress corasked to pay penal interest porator-Zubeir Inamdaar despite astronomical delays and supported by a similar in getting bills, there is some one mooted by the BJP-led algood news. The general body liance. Both the resolutions

were unified paving way for an unanimous approval by the Mayor. In an attempt to reduce the burden on property owners of paying the entire tax amount at one time, the MBMC had introduced the system of sending halfyearly bills. However, despite the fact that the bills for the first half were supposed to be dispatched before the end of July, they has been undue hold-ups in bill generation

leading to extended delays for them to reach the tax-payers. Despite their own follies, the tax department imposed a 12 per cent interest on delayed payments inviting sharp criticism from all-party corporators. Moreover there have been numerous complaints regarding delays in crediting cheque payments made towards timely tax payments which also invited penal interest.

CARF Oration and Awards 2014 celebrated By A Staff Reporter

he Cancer Aid and Research Foundation, a registered medical NGO established in the year 2001 with a mission to help the poor and needy cancer patients, celebrated the CARF Oration and Awards 2014 last weekend at 'Rangaswar' Y.B. Chavan Pratishthan. Snehal Ambekar, Mayor of Mumbai presided over the function and Dr. Ravindra Shisve (IPS) DCP – Zone 1 was the Chief Guest. Neon Laboratories Ltd. was the Associate Sponsor for this event. Prof. Dr. Rehan A. Kazi, Hon. Chairman-Advisory, Rashida A. Kazi, Chairperson, Shamshi Mulla, CEO and Savita Nathani, General Manager were also present. Other guests were Dr. Firuza Patel, Dr. Anil K.

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awardees for their outstanding contribution in the field of cancer. The program started with the felicitation of all the guests. Lifetime Achievement Award in the field of cancer was given to Dr. Firuza Patel, Ex-Professor –Radiotherapy, PGIMER, Chandigarh and who was also the Orator of this function. The topic of the oration was “Palliative Care – The 4th Arm of Cancer Management.” Award for Excellence in the field of Oncology was given to Dr. Anil D’Cruz, Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Rashida Kazi, Chairperson, addressing the audience. On the dias (LtoR) Award for Outstanding ConHumayun Jafri, Prof. Dr. Rehan Kazi-Hon. Chairman Advisory, Dr. Mohan tribution in the field of canJagade HoD, ENT, J.J. Hospital, Dr. Ravindra Shisve (IPS)-DCP Zone-1, cer was given to Humayun Mayor Snehal Ambekar and Dr. Anil D’Cruz, Head PR Dept, Tata Memorial Jafri, Head Public Relation Hospital, Director Tata Memorial Hospital. Department at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. Many D’Cruz, Dr. Humayun Jafri, the day welcomed the gather- doctors, medical students, Dr. Mohan Jagade and Sudip ing and Prof. Rehan A. Kazi patients' relatives and lay Mukherjee. Yogita - Host of continued by introducing the people benefited by the talk.

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Mufti’s praise for Pak, Hurriyat, Separatists I

F we go by what he has said, the conclusion is unavoidable that the PDP chief minister of J&K Mufti Mohammad Sayeed is almost on the side of Pakistan. He points out that while other regions in India with Muslim population were in Pakistan, Kashmir had decided to join India. And the chief minister says the election was successfully completed not because the people of Kashmir participated in it in large numbers but because the Hurriyat leaders, militants and Pakistan decided to remain helpful and peaceful. Mufti gave credit to Pakistan for the success of the election. This observation was hotly debated in Parliament and the Congress party staged a walk-out. The BJP declared it was the people of Kashmir and the army that should be credited for the poll success. Can the BJP expect cooperation from the PDP had the majority, it would have perhaps passed a resolution in the assembly thanking Pakistan, militants and the separatists for making the election a success. It might have even passed a resolution finally expressing the view that since the majority of people in Kashmir is Muslim, the state belongs to Pakistan. No wonder the PDP wanted the withdrawal of the army from Kashmir. If we seriously consider what Mufti has said, it becomes clear sooner or later the BJP is likely to be involved in a confrontation course with its coalition partner.

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ULL marks to the arrogance of China! It summons the Indian envoy at Beijing and conveys its displeasure over the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Arunachal Pradesh. The territory is part of India and was never claimed by China till some years ago when it attained the military prowess worth the name. Beijing told our ambassador Ashok Kantha that Modi’s visit “undermined China’s territorial sovereignty right and interests.” Not long ago, Beijing had begun stapling visas of the people of Arunachal visiting China to indicate that it was a ‘different’ territory as if it was not part of India. New Delhi has borne the humiliation quietly then and has done it so now after the Indian Prime Minister has visited part of his own country. This is, however, the first time that Beijing has publicly expressed its unhappiness. It has in the past accepted without demur the maps showing Arunachal Pradesh as India’s territory. So far the dispute has been over a small territory between Arunachal and the China border. The status of Arunachal has been seldom questioned.

taken for granted is something China should be made to realize. Probably, New Delhi does not face the rumpus it would cause if the PM’s visit is postponed, if not cancelled. But China has given enough of provocation to make India reconsider the visit. China’s arrogance should not go without being rebutted. Matters about the territory relate to India’s sovereignty as they should not be taken lightly. Prime Minister Modi should find an early opportunity to tell China that the territorial integrity was not dependent on relations between New Delhi and Beijing. In fact, it is the other way round. The future of Sino-

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Again it is a part of arrogance when the important message is conveyed through Chinese vice-Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin, who says: “Modi’s visit undermined China’s territorial sovereignty, right and interests. Such act by the Indian side artificially amplified differences between the two countries on the border issue and thus went against the principles and consensus that the two sides reached on properly addressing the issue.” Thus far New Delhi has stood firm to the appreciation of the country. It has rightly gone to the extent of saying that the Prime Minister would be visiting Arunachal again. The message would have gone home clearly if New Delhi had announced the date also. True, the Prime Minister’s engagements have to be scheduled beforehand. But a departure could have been made in view of the importance of the problem. The message would have been loud and clear. In fact, the BJP, if not the government, should have inspired a debate whether the Prime Minister should visit China in May, as scheduled, to convey the nation’s annoyance as well as concern. That India cannot be

Nehru was wrong

Kuldip Nayar India relations would improve if there was a consensus on each other’s sensitivity over the territorial sovereignty. China is in occupation of a substantial part of Indian Territory in the northeast. New Delhi’s suspicion of China’s aggrandizement was well founded because India has been prey to the betrayal of trust. In a letter to state chief ministers, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said: “If we cannot have a real peace and cooperation between nations in the world, the next big thing is to try and avoid the outbreak of war on a large scale in the hope that this may give the world an opportunity some time later of arriving at peaceful settlements. “If however war broke out, then we shall keep out of it also. It will be some gain if a part of the earth’s surface is kept out of this terrific conflict between giants. This is the reason why we have refused to align ourselves with either of the two great power blocks and why

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HAT is life on earth after all! Is it not only a few days to pass somehow?” The day ends, the months and the years pass, and so time slips by. One comes to the end of life before one has expected it, and the whole past becomes like a dream. Ask a man who has lived a hundred years, 'What do you think about life on earth?' He will say, 'One night's dream, my child, it is no longer than that.' If that is all there is to life, then those who consider it thus will realize they should think about the hereafter. Just as some think, 'While we are able to work we must strive in order to make provision for our old age that we may be more comfortable,' so those who think of the hereafter say, 'Life is short, it is nothing but an opportunity. We must prepare something so that later we shall have the benefit of it.' Yet the wise who believe that they must use the time and opportunity which is given to them in this life to prepare for the next one, have accomplished a great deal. It is something to admire. It is said that the earth and the sky and space do not accommodate a person who does not answer life's demands, although for exceptional souls there are exceptional laws, for the lives of exceptional beings cannot be explained in ordinary terms. One may ask what will be the future of those who have not fulfilled the demand of life. Will they have to

we are not agreeable to joining either the Middle East Defence Organisation or the South East Asia one…We live now onwards in a war atmosphere and wish all the energies of many nations turned towards war production.” Still Nehru was one person who at that time could avert the conflict and he did. Modi does not enjoy the same status in the world, nor has he the vision. Yet he is in a position to stall, with the help of the newly-won friend, US President Barack Obama. The ambition of Beijing to dominate the world affairs is nothing new. It has always wanted to be a ‘Sultan’ and treat the world as its ‘durbar’. I recall how angry were the former army generals at Beijing where I touched upon at a meeting that China was still in control of India’s territory. Their reply was hawkish when they said: “You have forgotten the lesson we taught you in 1962.”

come back to learn their lesson once more? We must all learn our lesson right now. Life is lived right now, its demand is right now, and we must answer it right now. At every moment we are asked to perform a certain duty, to fulfill a certain obligation. And to become conscious of this and to do it in the most fitting and right manner, that is the true religion. We understand life's demands by under-

MATTER & SPIRIT standing life better. There are some who do not answer life's demands because they do not know what life asks of them. And there are others who do not answer life's demands although they do know. When the demands of the outer life are different from what the inner life asks of us, we should fulfill the demands of the outer life without neglecting those of the inner life. We have to become like the ebb and flow. This is a symbolical expression. A certain thing is accomplished at one time by sympathy, and at another time by indifference. One situation we must meet by taking interest in it, in another situation we must become indifferent, not concerned with it. If in a sea there were always ebb and no flow, or always flow and no ebb, then this would be a dead sea. The living

Nehru was wrong in recognizing Tibet as part of China. By doing so, he probably thought that he would strengthen his relations with Beijing. But its then Prime Minister, Chou EnLai, was only exploiting Nehru’s contacts to be known in the world. Once his purpose was served, Chou En-Lai showed his real face when he attacked India in 1962. By all means we should have good relations with China but not at the expense of our territory. What purpose would Modi’s visit serve when Beijing is not willing to recognize Arunachal Pradesh as part of our territory? It is still not too late to make China realize that it cannot get away with the insult it heaps on India by not recognizing Arunachal Pradesh as an integral part of our country. Relations between India and China are important for peace in the region. But China has to be as much sincere as India has been. But one gets a feeling that Beijing wants to talk from the point of strength and can see its efforts to encircle India. It has given a generous assistance to Nepal and is in the process of setting up a port at Sri Lanka. Beijing is also trying to win over Myanmar. India would be the last country to object to good relations with its neighbours. But if the intention is to use them as a lever to pressure New Delhi, it smacks of ulterior motive. This does not speak of friendship, which India wants to cultivate. sea is both inhaling and exhaling. Thus in everything we do in life, we should be able to meet every situation and event with the manner that the situation demands. These are the four different ways people take in order to accomplish the purpose of their lives: making wealth, being conscientious in their duty, making the best of every moment of life, and preparing for the future. All these four have their good points. And once one realizes this there is no need to blame anyone for having taken another path than our own for the accomplishment of life's purpose. By understanding this one becomes tolerant. And now we come to the ultimate purpose of life, which is always one and the same: for every man has in the end to accomplish the same purpose, in whatever way he will. He will come to it either consciously or unconsciously, easily or with difficulty. But he has to accomplish it. That is spiritual attainment. One might wonder if a person who is so material that he never thinks about it and who refuses to consider this question will ever attain to spiritual realization, but the answer is yes. Everyone, consciously or unconsciously, is striving after spiritual attainment. Sometimes he does not take the same way as we do, sometimes his point of view and his method differ, and sometimes one person attains to spiritual realization much sooner than another. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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BUDGET: A BIG BONANZA FOR THE CORPORATES OUR former finance minister P. Chidambaram, was interviewed by two TV channels on Sunday and the Harvard-trained economist came out in flying colours in both of them. Though his age did show up on his face, he was as sharp as ever and took on an aggressive, pro-BJP, Rajdeep Sardesai, with aplomb. He pointed out that Jaitley's budget left the poor high and dry and only offered a big bonanza to the corporates of the order of 2 lakh crore in about five years by reducing their tax. He said that this was the new government's way of repaying the corporates for putting it in the saddle with an overwhelming majority which is indeed very true. The railway minister had also hinted that a few stations and trains will be named after some of the corporates. For all their tall promises of 'achche din', it will remain only as a mirage for the poor common man who is facing increases all around -- the service tax has been hiked, the cost of petrol and diesel went up even before Jaitley resumed his seat after presenting the budget, he will have to pay more now for the cable TV, internet, gym and courier services.

clearly indicates that leather footwear above Rs.1,000 a pair got relief and fridge compressors to cost less. On the other hand Cigarettes, tobacco and its products, liquor, cement are going to cost more. Locally made mobiles and LED/LCD panels and LED lights/lamps got much needed relief and people can buy cheaper lights and save electricity as well in the process.

monthly, nay, daily budget of the middle class of our nation. More ironically, ‘Jaitley’s budget’ has done a lot for the growth, but for whose ‘growth?’ I may hope that in the long run this budget may prove useful also to the middle class, but absolutely nothing has been done to control the price rise of all the essential commodities like vegetables, fruits, grains, pulses, general medicines etc. daily needed by everybody, including India’s middle class people. Nothing has been done against the hoarders and the black marketers of these things, till date. Their ‘growth’ needs to be eradicated on war footing.

of the BPL families in West Bengal? — Arun Malankar, Santacruz

SOME of the measures are good, some need more amendments on tax front in Union Budget 2015. Few of them are listed below: The abolition of wealth tax is good but additional 2 pc surcharge on super rich-having an income of Rs.one crore or more is undesir— S. Abhishek Ramaswamy, Sion able. In fact, surcharge, education cess etc should be abolished; to compensate loss of income tax revCONGRESS party is facing thick enue -1 pc increase in tax rates is opposition from inside and there is better. no one to stop blame game. The It is good that National Pension — Hansraj Bhat, Borivali Scheme: Exemption is raised from split is clearly wide open within the ranks of the National party and Rs.1,00,000 to Rs.1,50,000. In this that is how the ruling party stays scheme amount invested is not reafloat. Congress vice-president is AS the union budget was presented turnable. The senior citizens are igfacing bitter controversial com- in parliament a few budget limer- nored. A Fixed Deposit scheme for ments from none other than its MP icks taxed my mind. Here goes: senior citizens with at least 12 pc from Kerala Shashi Tharoor. It is inannual interest must be launched deed really strange that when Said the wife "don't order paneer for various terms like 5/10/15/20

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

THIS refers to your editorial 'A small, good beginning' (ADC, March 2). Budget has belied the hopes of millions of middle class individual tax payers who were expecting some relief from this government. FM failed to give them any relief but further burdened them with increase in service tax. Government promised the moon when they were seeking votes but they behaved as badly as previous governments. It seems that irrespective of Govt in Centre, common man is taxed arbitrarily. Govt saw merit in dropping wealth tax and reducing corporate tax but saw no merit in raising exemption limit from 2.5L to 3.5L minimum to give relief to individual tax payers who are left with practically no cash on their hands. FM rubbed salt on their wounds by saying that through investment they can save taxes, when middle class is struggling to make both their ends meet. People were waiting that they would get relief in service tax which is being levied on hospital bills and on mediclaim but FM looked other way.

lakh for just a premium of Rs.12/per year to the poor people under the PM Suraksha Bima Yojana, Mr Jaitley has really made the budget more inclusive. Critics of 'Probusiness' budget should realise that it is only through rapid industrialisation India can be put on high-growth trajectory. Rapid rate of economic growth resulting from industrialisation leads to enlargement of job opportunities, rise in income & improvement in standard of living from which all sections of the society stand to benefit. — Prof. K.H. Karkera, Mumbai

APROPOS the budget FY 2015-16, a series of superior measures in the form of prosecution, punishments, penalties and fines have been announced for those who fail to file the income tax returns in good time. Keeping in mind the present shortage of prisons which are already bursting at seams, this announcement would entail a separate ministry for construction and upkeep of more prisons across the nation, indirectly generating an opportunity for companies/industries engaged in construction and upkeep of prisons. — T.S. Karthik, Chennai

Budget has belied the hopes of millions of middle class individual tax payers who were expecting some relief. The common man has also been left high and dry. But the Corporates are rejoicing over the pro-rich budget.

the budget session is on, the main opposition leader was enjoying a holiday. Tharoor could not hide his disappointment and came out openly to call a spade a spade. His comment may not be liked by Congress President Sonia Gandhi but it is a fact. All along Rahul Gandhi was leading the Party's march in State and Parliament election. But all of a sudden he is going on hiding and that displeases party cadre. Rahul Gandhi is having every right — Bholey Bhardwaj, Mumbai to go on an enjoying spree but he must come back with renewed vigour and bring an agenda for a SENIOR citizens and pensioners change. — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada are benefited as one can save by contribution up to Rs.50,000 a year with tax concessions. The breaks for pensions is a good move. How- UNION finance minister Arun Jaitever, the salaried class would like ley seems to be unaware of the fact the income tax exemption limit in- that the majority of the Indian creased as in the previous years. population is from the middle The salaried class will probably class. The railway minister had alend up by getting an additional ready increased freight on a numRs.9,600 annually with the FM ber of things by 10 per cent. And doubling the Transport allowance shockingly, there is a sudden and to Rs.1600 per month from Rs.800. tremendous hike in the prices of Moreover, tax deductions of up to petrol and diesel just within few Rs.4.42 lakh annually and hours of completion of the genRs.25,000 on health insurance are eral budget. These two anti-people really a boost. The price watch facts will certainly upset the

65" budget has made eating out an expensive drive no aerated drinks, just naan and lady finger plus lime and ginger you are not a neta, learn to survive

THE Budget for 2015-16 is certainly 'disappointing' for the common man, salaried class and senior citizens alike as there is no increase in the Income-Tax exemption limit and also no change in the same old slabs. On the other hand, the Service Tax is enhanced from 12.36 pc to 14 pc which will definitely make the lives costlier. The honest tax payer has been reeling under unprecedented inflation for unduly long and there absolutely is no effort towards containing the inflation and not to further burden the common man. Instead, the Corporates have been allowed to benefit by slashing the corporate taxes. People during 2014 voted in favour of Modi fervently hoping that he would work diligently to find a formula to reduce the inflationary trend and also remove additional cosmetic taxes to give a fresh look and provide a face-lift to the economy as a whole and create a friendly atmosphere.

years. The Government has increased limit of deduction of health insurance premium from Rs.15,000 to Rs.25,000, which is inadequate. For senior citizens of the age of 80 years or more, who are not covered by health insurance, deducThe wife has gone lax tion of Rs 30,000 towards serving breakfast is slow, relax expenditure incurred on their — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai she wants 14 pc service tax treatment will be allowed. The age guess it's time to pay max limit here should be lowered to 60 my wallet needs some sealing wax years-allow this deduction to all Going to a movie is a luxury senior citizens irrespective of their THE cat is finally out of the bag but 'achche din' (better days) no where its expensive, suddenly age. — Mahesh Kumar, New Delhi in sight in Finance Minister Arun now i will watch Door darshan Jaitley's budget which one thought with peanuts from Churchgate sta would bring some relief for the tion OUR finance minister Mr Arun common man. The increase in saving is now compulsary — Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra Jaitley has done a commendable service tax from 12.36 pc to 14 pc job by presenting a pragmatic, was the biggest 'googly' from our growth-oriented, innovative and FM. Every item from your hotel bill AS expected, the Comrades have inclusive budget. Reduction of to your insurance premium atcriticised the Finance Bill 2015-16 Corporate Income Tax by 5 pc, re- tracts service tax which means as being a pro-rich exercise. In this duction in Custom duty on 22 even the poor are trapped as servcontext, I would like to ask the items, abolition of Wealth tax etc ice tax is spread across all sectors. Ganashakti mandarins a simple are a shot in the arm for the ambi- One expected an exemption in esquestion – During their uninter- tious 'Make in India' project of our sential services like hospital bills, rupted rule of 35 years in the Writ- PM. These incentives will give a big medical premiums etc but no such ers' Building, how many pro-poor boost to industrialisation in India. favours for the 'aam aadmi' from Budgets presented by the Left India can now take on the mighty the Finance Minister which has Front governments have suc- 'Asian Tiger', China. By providing disappointed the masses. S.N. Kabra, Goregaon ceeded in alleviating the sufferings an accidental death cover of Rs 2

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MedScape India believes that the walkathon is an attempt to spread the message of togetherness, towards better sanitation and hygiene

edScapeIndia - Aryan medical educational trust is a non-profit charitable trust working for community welfare, since 2006 more focused on health and women's issues. In order to make a lasting contribution to the society at large, MedScapeIndia has initiated the task of improving the hygiene and health conditions of the places, situated across the city of Mumbai. According to MedScapeIndia, the primary goal of ‘Anokhee Pahal’ awareness campaign is to ensure that the poor and needy gets an appropriate hygiene and medical assistance.

TV actor Abhay Shukla, Dr Sunita Dube, Mayor Snehal Ambekar, actor J Bradon Hill.

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waste and drainage facilities has made this area breeding ground for o one would like their chil- life-threatening diseases. In order to dren to live in unhygienic end the hygiene related problems in and filthy environment. But the area, nearly 60 doctors associin Kurla, Thakkar Bappa colony ated with Medscape- India, an people are living poor unhygienic Aryan Medical and Educational conditions with no proper sanita- Trust initiated a walkathon. 1000 tion facilities. Improper disposal of school kids and more than 60 doc-

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lice. Thereafter, Thane traffic police had come up with smart cards for security of women, but in vain. Incidents like this question the security of women in Thane.

Teenage schoolgirl abducted, raped

youth allegedly abducted a teenage schoolgirl and took her to a jungle in Dahanu, where he raped her, police said on Monday. The incident took place late last month in Dahanu area of the district adjoining Mumbai. Sub-Inspector R.C. Patil of Dahanu Police Station said the 14year-old victim, a resident of Nayak Pada, was returning home from school in afternoon on a bicycle when the accused, who was on a motorbike, waylaid her, reports PTI.

The Nehru Planetarium of Nehru Centre has organised the concluding function of its 38th Anniversary Celebrations. Dr. Vijay Singh, Former National Coordinator-Science Olympiads, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai will be the Chief Guest at the hall of Quest, Nehru Planetarium, Worli, 5 pm. The Press Club, Mumbai, in Association with Complykaro Services: Media Seminar on Women’s Security and the Law. Mr. Vishal Kedia, Founder & Director, Complykaro & Legal expert Ms. Sangeeta Lakhi Of Rajani, Singhania & Partners will address the media at The Press Club, Azad Maidan, 12 noon.

He forced the minor to get onto his motorbike and took her to a forest near village Chari, where he sexually assaulted her, police said, quoting a complaint filed by the girl on Sunday. Police did not give any reason for the delayed filing of the complaint and also identity of the accused was not revealed. Offences under relevant sections of IPC and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act have been filed and a hunt has been launched for the accused, they added.

TODAY CII Maharashtra Annual Day, `Maharashtra in Transformation – Towards New Beginnings’ Release of CII - IWN Maharashtra Report: 'Re-Entry of Women', CII Essay Competition - 'The India We Want'. Address by Mr Subhash Desai, Hon'ble Minister – Industries, Government of Maharashtra at Taj President, 6.30 pm. ART & EXHIBITIONS Pradarshak Art Gallery: 'Day Dreamers' - Paintings, Pop Art Furniture & Objects

tors participated. The occasion was graced by the presence of Mayor of Mumbai, Snehal Ambekar. MedScapeIndia organised ‘Walkathon’ also witnessed participation of celebrities like Mantra, J Brabdon Hill, Abhay Shukla Nikhil from Sony TV’s CID show. Dr Sunita Dube, a practicing Radiologist and chairperson of Medscape India says, “Named as ‘Anokhee Pahal’, MedScape India believes that the walkathon is an attempt to spread the message of ‘togetherness towards better sanitation and hygiene’.MedScapeIndia organized walkathon was supported by schools students,

doctors, residents of nearby localities and people from different walks of life. The doctors associated with Medscapeindia played a pivotal role as they showed their responsibility with regards to promoting sanitation and hygiene in the vicinity and developing proper waste disposal and management systems. These doctors also interacted with the residents of Thakkar Bappa Colony on different ways to stay healthy. They also distributed material related to proper healthcare and medical aid and completed the walk with great enthusiasm”. Playing the pivotal role in the entire campaign Dr Sunita Dube, said, “Anokhee Pahal is an outcome of a lot of research and efforts initiated by our team and we are indeed pleased to kick start this campaign with the ‘Walkathon’. A detailed survey in the Thakkar Bappa locality made us conclude that the residents here face poor living conditions and are more prone to major diseases like Tuberculosis, Inflammation of the Respiratory track, Bronchitis, HIV, Malaria, dengue, head and eye pains, due to un-safe handling of

Two dy tehsildars held for taking bribe T

wo Deputy Tehsildars were on Monday caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh to issue an order of asking people to vacate their shanties for a redevelopment project, said an officer of Maharashtra ACB. Pravin Patil, 53 and Anil Bhoir, 52, were arrested from their office in suburban Malad after they accepted the bribe. The revenue officials were posted in Anti-Encroachment and Eviction Department at Deputy Collector's office. A builder had requested the two officers to pass an order so that

by Gauri Seth at 100, Kalpana Bldg, Plot No. 338, 12th Road, Khar (W), till March 14, 11 am to 7 pm. Gallerie Leela: Exhibition of Paintings 'Nirmitee' by Artist Madhavi Joshi at The Hotel Leela Art Gallery, Sahar Road, Andheri, till March 5, 12 pm to 9 pm. Jehangir Art Gallery: An exhibition of photography 'Fusion' Photographs by Sangita Joshi at Jehangir Art Gallery (Terrace Gallery), 161 - B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, till March 4, 11 am to 7 pm. Dinodia Photo Gallery: Exhibition of Photographs: Celebrating the 'Timeless' by Ashvin Mehta at Nariman Point, 66, Bajaj Bhawan, Opposite INOX, Mumbai, till March 14, 11 am to 6 pm.

slum dwellers, who have been stalling a Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) project, could be vacated, reports PTI. According to Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the builder undertook the redevelopment project under Government-sponsored SRA scheme on a slum land in Malad after completing all formalities. However, some residents in the area opposed the project and challenged it before a competent authority at Collector's office in Bandra. After hearing all sides, the Collector's office rejected the appeal of the residents and ordered its officers in Malad to pass an order asking the dwellers to vacate their shanties to pave the way for redevelopment, said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACB) Rajesh Bagalkote. The matter came before Patil and Bhoir, who sought a bribe of Rs 2.50 lakh to issue the order. After negotiations, the duo settled for Rs 1.50 lakh, the officer said. Not ready to shell out the money, the builder approached the ACB. Accordingly, a trap was laid and the duo was caught while accepting the bribe of Rs 1 lakh as a first instalment from the realtor, Bagalkote said.

The key initiatives undertaken Awareness programs/ camps for the residents regarding improving their hygiene and health. Organizing health camps to diagnose and provide medical aid to the people in Thakkar Bappa against diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, bronchitis, HIV and eye problems. Installation of toilets in the area - as of now there are 3 public toilets in the area, with a population size of more then 100,000 people. Cleaning up the drains and covering them. Installation of proper methods for waste disposal.

raw materials and the fumes produced from the shoe manufacturing units.” “The health camp and walkathon will help us to create awareness and provide basic medical assistance to the residents. I have received an overwhelming response from the doctor fraternity and residents from the Thakkar Bappa colony, encouraging us to work further. We plan to continue this initiative with regular health check-up and provision to medical insurance to the residents at a nominal cost. Our team has been working tirelessly to ensure an improvement in the health condition and together with the support of all the residents we plan to bring about a change in the environment,” added Dr Dube. MedScapeIndia will continue to create awareness among the poor community about maintaining proper standards and hygiene in our everyday lives, to inculcate the spirit of cleanliness in our children and educate people from the downtrodden community on the importance of cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene.

Woman held for trying to smuggle gold bars

woman passenger has been arrested at the Mumbai international airport for allegedly trying to smuggle 3.84 kgs of gold worth about Rs.94.94 lakh into the country from the UAE, a Customs official said on Monday. The passenger, Nitaben Desai, holding an Indian passport, was intercepted by the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials on suspicion after she landed at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport from Abu Dhabi on an Etihad Airways flight in the wee hours of Sunday, the official told PTI. A detailed examination of her baggage and personal search resulted in the recovery of 33 gold bars collectively weighing 3.847 kgs. The total value of the seized yellow metal is estimated to be Rs 94.94 lakh, the official said. The woman had concealed the precious bars in the cavities created in a specially made belt worn by her. She was acting as a carrier for the sender of the gold bars and was supposed to hand them over to a buyer in Mumbai.

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be served, closet drinkers avoid almost all outings so that they can keep their drinking hidden from friends and family. When this bad habit is coupled with the other signs on this list, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the easiest ways to recognise a closet drinker. They will lie about little things â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from what they did last night, to who they are going to meet. If you find that their stories are inconsistent, it can be a good sign that they are hiding their drinking. They may suddenly decide to leave the table, announcing that they have somewhere to be. Sometimes, you may not even know where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been for a few hours. Not telling friends and family about where and what they are doing, or leaving early from social gatherings helps a closet drinker get home or go to a bar, where they can drink in secret.

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talKing to an alcoholic connection with your loved one. You will not be able to start a conversation about their problem — now or in the future, and so, this will completely counteract what you’re trying to do. Instead, be upfront about their problem, ask friends to help and if things get worse, ask a counsellor to help you out.

Trying to convince an alcoholic about his/her drinking problem is one of the most difficult parts of helping someone with alcohol abuse issues. The following points, which have been given to us by the A.A., will help. n let them go on a binge: We were as

surprised as you are! But, once you understand why this is a preferred method, it will all make sense. It is easier to talk about the ills of a particular substance, whether it’s alcohol, tobacco or drugs, when the person concerned has himself seen the negative effects. As long as they are in no physical or medical danger, it is a better idea to let them go on a binge and then talk to them about their problem only when they’re recovering from their heavy bout of drinking. n don’t try any tricks: There are several

>> It is important to know what to say and how to say it when you’re trying to help someone who has a drinking problem

n don’t mention alcoholism: As sad as it

may be, the word alcoholism carries a lot of dogma, so mentioning it will usually put an addict on the defensive. It is a better idea to talk about their behaviour instead of their problem. This puts the focus on their actions — something that, deep-down, they that know they can control. n get help: We don’t mean call a doctor. We

are talking about someone who can provide true insight — an ex-alcoholic. They understand the situation that your loved one is in better than anyone else, and will have the best strategy to deal with them. You can ask them for tips, and if they know the person, you can ask them to speak with your loved one directly.

flavourless medicines available in the market that promise to treat alcoholism and need you to secretly mix them in your loved one’s food. Not only is there absolutely no proof that these medicines work, if they find out (and they probably will), it will impact your bond and

alcoholism myths

staying sober

myth: If you drink responsibly, you won’t become an alcoholic. Fact: The truth is that even if you drink responsibly, you can become an alcoholic. Remember that people do not always start to drink irresponsibly intentionally, but because of the nature of alcoholism.

avoid certain situations

Avoidance is generally seen as negative behaviour, especially when it concerns relationships, health issues and finances. However, avoiding certain situations can reduce the likelihood that be put under pressure to consume alcohol. Avoid locations that hold memories of alcohol and those where it is easily accessible such as bars.

myth: If someone doesn’t drink every day and can go weeks or even months between drinking bouts, they don’t suffer from a drinking problem. Fact: A person doesn’t have to drink every day or a fixed number of times in a set period in order to have a problem with alcohol. If drinking affects one of several areas of your life, including your home, social life, career, medical needs, leisure time and financial responsibilities, you should consider getting help before your problems are aggravated. myth: If they’ve been sober for a while, alcoholics are ‘cured’ and can return to social or occasional drinking. Fact: Alcoholism, like any other addiction, is never cured. Alcoholics can never safely return to drinking, because drinking in any amount could reactivate their addiction. myth: Your body develops a tolerance to alcohol over time. This means that you can drink more without getting affected by it. Fact: The more alcohol you drink, the more damage you do to your body. A tolerance to alcohol means that your body has started to get affected by alcohol! myth: Beer drinkers can’t be alcoholics, because beer barely contains any alcohol. Fact: Several people believe that those who drink

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Knowing what to look out for and when you (or a loved one) may be most at risk of a relapse can be helpful. Emotional and social triggers can cause a relapse. They include the loss of a loved one, health issues, financial problems, loss of a job and social conflicts. Some other warning signs that you should look out for include: n Sudden changes in your daily routine. n Avoiding responsibilities. n Anxiety. n Displaying excessive anger. n Obsessive behaviour.

beer can’t be alcoholics. Beer is seen as a light form of alcohol and, in fact, does have a smaller percentage of alcohol than wine and stronger liquor. But, a serving of beer is larger. Feast your mind on this: a pint of beer, a glass of wine and a small measure of hard liquor contain the same amount of alcohol!

get help

Asking for help is an important step to battling any addiction, which is why more men than women relapse. Getting help in the form of group therapy or joining an organisation such as Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) can help you stay sober. According to A.A., alcoholics should ask for help when they feel as though they are going to relapse, and not after it has happened.

myth: Alcoholics are generally found in the lower reaches of society. Fact: This is not true. Most alcoholics are highfunctioning, which means that they can hold good jobs and are well-known in society. It can be more difficult for high-functioning alcoholics to fight their addictions for a variety of reasons — they may be in denial about their problem, or feel as though admitting it would cause them to lose their standing in society.

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WithdraWal symptoms Alcohol withdrawal can start anytime from two to eight hours after your last drink and may last for weeks. The symptoms include: n Tremors or shaky hands. n Sweating. n Headaches. n Anxiety. n Nausea. n Vomiting. n Irritability. n Insomnia. The more serious symptoms generally occur 24-72 hours after someone stops drinking. They include: n Visual, auditory and tactile hallucinations. n Seizures. n High blood pressure. n Irregular heartbeat. n Fever.

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Go the fermented way!

Plain yoghurt, sauerkraut, kombucha and pickles — you should include these fermented foods in your diet. Yamini Walia tells you why

>> Fermented food help you absorb more nutrients as it has a good balance of gut bacteria and digestive enzymes

>> Fermented foods last long and are also cost effective

e’re aware that a large section of society admonishes the consumption of fermented foods in favour of fresh food. However, fermented food can have several benefits and wellness experts are quickly catching on to them. Nutritionist Mansi Padechia, tells us, “There is some ongoing research about how important these mighty microbes may be for our health, and the initial results are positive. Several cultures around the world have been eating fermented foods for years, from idli/dosa in South India to sauerkraut in Germany and kimichi in Korea.” For those who don’t know, fermented foods are items that have been prepared through a process called lactofermentation, in which natural bacteria feeds on the sugar and starch in the food, creating lactic acid. This process preserves the food and creates beneficial enzymes, vitamin B, Omega-3 fatty acids and strains of probiotics.

What are its benefits? Apart from how good fermented dishes taste, there are several other benefits of this type of food. Take a look at a few of the most important ones: n Probiotics: Incorporating fermented foods in your diet ensures that there is a healthy balance of bacteria in your digestive system. Mansi explains, “Fermented food items such as yoghurt are stacked with probiotics, which have been directly linked to reduced incidences of digestive problems (including diarrhoea) and irritable bowel syndrome. Also, for those who have low immunity, these are especially beneficial, as they slow down the effects of cancer and HIV.”

n absorb food better: Fermented food helps you absorb

more nutrients, since they have the ideal balance of gut bacteria and digestive enzymes. Mansi explains, “Food will get absorbed easily if you have value-added probiotic culture present in your gut.” n Preserves food easily: Lacto-fermentation allows you to store fermented food for longer periods without losing out on nutrients, as you would with canned food. “Fermented food can be stored for longer. For example, homemade salsa only lasts for a few days in the fridge, but fermented homemade salsa can last for months. The same goes for pickled carrots and other garden ingredients,” adds Mansi. n Cost effective: Fermented food is budget friendly as you can make it at home. Adding fermented dishes to your diet can also cut down on the number of supplements you need, helping to reduce your monthly expenses. Mansi says, “Healthy food is usually expensive, but fermented food is pretty cost effective.”

« Know more Cinnamon promotes fertility

You may be aware that there are certain ingredients that increase your chances of conceiving and cinnamon is the latest to emerge as a promoter of fertility. Sara Shah explains how this works

e’re not saying that this is a sure shot way to get pregnant, but recent studies suggest that consuming cinnamon can boost fertility, especially if you’ve been affected by hormonal disorders such as Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). It can also improve your chances of conception. Several studies have concluded that regular intake of cinnamon can help kick-start and remedy irregular menstrual cycles amongst women who suffer from this disorder. A recent study, which was conducted by Columbia University Medical Center, revealed that something as simple as spicing up your meal with cinnamon can

make a difference. For the study, 11 women were given cinnamon supplements for six months, while another group of women was given placebo pills (an ineffectual treatment that is used during experiments), for the same amount of time. All of the women who were part of the study suffered from infertility and irregular periods. Over a period of six months, the women taking cinnamon supplements experienced a change in the duration of menstruation. Their periods increased to four times as compared to the two times for women who were taking the placebo. And to top it all off, two of the women taking the supplements even got pregnant!

But, how does cinnamon work? Well, for years, it has been believed to be a spice that regulates glucose and insulin levels in diabetic patients. PCOS is known to occur due to an insensitivity towards hormonal insulin and poor glucose control. And, since cinnamon reduces this insulin resistance, it can decrease the effect of PCOS! However, it’s not the sole cure for PCOS or infertility. Both require major lifestyle changes and cinnamon can only help speed up the process. If you still need a confirmation on the benefits of cinnamon, consult your doctor before increasing your intake, but we assure you that it is a pretty harmless step, with very few side effects.

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« 10 ways to:

Wear a mask If you’re paranoid or extremely anxious that you may catch swine flu, you can wear a mask while you go about your regular routine. However, you shouldn’t neglect other remedial measures such a washing your hands. Also remember that masks are not 100% effective against swine flu.

Get 40 winks Make sure you get enough sleep. This will ensure that your immune system is strong enough to combat illnesses in general and will reduce your chances of contracting the flu. It is recommended that you get 7-8 hours of sleep every night to ensure that your immune system is at its best.

Avoid crowded places Flu viruses such as the H1N1 spread very easily through crowds. So, try to avoid large gatherings and crowded places as far as possible, or try and spend as little time as you can in a crowded place.

Protect yourself from swine flu

Stay warm The H1N1 virus, like other flu viruses, thrives in the cold. It can survive for longer periods outside the body when the temperatures are low. Try and avoid the early morning and late evening cold in order to reduce your chances of catching swine flu.

Use a hand sanitiser If you don’t have access to soap and water through the day, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitiser instead. However, make sure that it contains at least 60% alcohol. Get proper exercise Getting proper exercise is also crucial to help keep your immune system strong. A sedentary lifestyle can lower your immune response, making you susceptible to the flu and other illnesses. However, over exercising can push your body beyond its limits and harm your immune system. So, make sure that you get the right balance of moderate exercise.

Swine flu spreads the same way as the flu does and can also spread through contact with surfaces such as tables and doorknobs. Anindra Siqueira tells you how to protect yourself against the virus, which is back in India, but remember to visit your doctor if you suffer from any of the symptoms Cook meats properly It’s true that swine flu comes from pigs (it can spread from pigs to humans), but as long as the pork that you eat has been handled and cooked properly (at a temperature close to 72°C), it is safe to eat.

Hands off The swine flu virus spreads through contact. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth as you can get infected by the virus through these pathways.

Maintain a balanced diet Maintaining a balanced diet is important, as it boosts your immune system and prepares it to fight infections.

>> Every time your friends force you to order fast food, you should insist on eating at home

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Wash your hands Remember to wash your hands with soap and water on a regular basis. This is sufficient to kill the germs that cause swine flu as the surfactants present in soap damage the lipid protective coating of the virus.

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chummy sickness 2. You go out for a meal with your friends and they manage to persuade you to order a large portion of French fries and some sliders, along with the small salad you planned to order. a. True. b. False. 3. You head to a party, fully intending to avoid alcohol, but end up having a beer or two at your friend’s insistence.

a. True. b. False. 4. Your roommate doesn’t really care about keeping the house clean and usually leaves his/ her things lying around waiting for the dust to settle. a. True. b. False 5. You and your friends have decided to work out together. But, they manage to disrupt your workout by stopping to chat and talk about anything and everything other than your workout. a. True. b. False.

No matter how old you are, you can still have a youthful mindset — if you have the right attitude that is. Dev Goswami brings you a set of questions that will help you find out if you’re making yourself feel older than you are

popular song by American rock band blink182, reminds us of how young we can feel even as we grow older, especially in a line that goes: My friends say I should act my age; What’s my age again... However, as you grow older, acting your age can make you feel apprehensive about how quickly you seem to be ageing. With the right mental attitude though, you can continue feeling young irrespective of how old you are. The brighter and fresher your brain is, the 4. When you find that you’re physically unable to perform a certain activity or exercise, what do more psychologically fit you will be, which will you do? help you live life to the fullest. Answer the a. Find an alternate, but similar activity. following questions to find out whether you need b. Take it in my stride and move on. to change the way that you perceive your age. 1. Do you often avoid certain activities such as going on hikes or dancing at a night club, because you think that you’re too old for them? a. Yes. b. No. 2. When you’re struck by a particularly nasty cold, do you put it down to your body being too old to fight infections? a. Yes. b. No. 3. Is thinking that you’re too old the only reason that you ask people to help you, or use equipment that helps you perform physical activities? a. No. b. Yes.

5. Would you say that you, intentionally or otherwise, often read about how ageing slows you down? a. Yes. b. No. 6. Irrespective of how old you are, do you have a short-term plan drawn out for what you will be doing in the next few years? a. Yes. b. No. 7. Do you dread turning a certain age, or are you depressed about the fact that you already have? a. No. b. Yes. 8. [If you’re retired] Do you pursue hobbies or

activities that can keep your brain as active as it was during your working years? a. Yes. b. No. Mostly As You may be anything from 40 to 70-years-old, but psychologically, you’re as young as you can be, without being immature! You have a great attitude towards ageing, don’t believe in age-related stereotypes and try to be as active as possible. You know that you’re growing older and there’s no questioning that, but you don’t let that bring you down. Carrying on this way will ensure that you live a happy, fruitful life. Keep it up! Mostly Bs You need to change your perception of ageing, because you’re so caught up with agerelated stereotypes that you’re making yourself feel older than you are. None of this is going to have a major impact on your health, but it is going to make you feel depressed about growing older and prevent you from leading a purposeful life. Read our box to find out how you can keep yourself mentally young.

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Are you aware that your friends play a significant role in how healthy you are? Sara Shah suggests you take this quiz to find out if your friends are contributing to your health in a good or bad way

1. Your friends love to eat out and usually ask you to accompany them for a meal at least once a week. a. True. b. False.

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>> If you remain caught up with age-related stereotypes, you’re going to feel much older than you actually are

Mostly As When you have been trying to lose weight and your friends provide no motivation, it’s time to surround yourself with healthier people. So, the next time your friend suggests that you go out to eat, tell him/ her that you’d rather eat at home. If you two have decided to work out, go to the gym alone or tell them that you’d like to chat only when you aren’t completely distracted by your intense workout. And, if your friends insist that you drink alcohol at a party, hold that glass or bottle in your hand and just pretend to sip every now and then. Your friend will just assume that you like to take your own sweet time when you’re drinking. Mostly Bs Your friends understand that you need to keep yourself healthy and mostly, they lead a healthy lifestyle themselves. And if that isn’t the case, they are considerate enough to let you do what you want to do. However, you don’t need to disappoint your friends by sticking to your rigorous diet every time they plan to go out.

Turning older every year, getting wrinkles and losing physical strength are factors that you cannot control. But, what you can control is how you lead your life, and that has a major impact on how young you feel. Read on to find out how you can keep your mind sharp and active in order to ensure that you don’t allow ageing to get yo you.

— age is just a number. We may sound like lifestyle coaches, but you’d be surprised to find that according to a study, people who believed in that statement were able to perform a larger variety of physical and mental activities as compared to other people of the same age, who had negative thoughts about ageing.

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You may not be able to go on that mountaineering trip that you went on in your 20s, but you can still go on a low-intensity nature trail right? Do what your body permits you to do — round up a few friends and go on a biking trip, or simply sign up for a dance workshop. Also, remember that there’s no need to surround yourself with mobility aids, unless you absolutely need to. All it’s going to do is make you feel old. Instead, stay active by improvising and slowly building strength and endurance.

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This applies to those who are retired or not working — having a hobby is important. But, while a general hobby will keep you occupied, choosing an activity that’s from the same field that

you built your career in is a simple way to avoid feeling depressed about having passed your prime.

Thinking long-term is great, but remember that you also need to have short-term, or even better, yearly, goals. Simply making a list of things that you want to do this year will keep your mind occupied. Apart from making you feel young, it will also help you to lead a purposeful life.

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One of the biggest ways that you’re contributing to your mental ageing is by believing in negative stereotypes about it. In fact, a study conducted in the USA found that people who were exposed to positive stereotypes about age performed as well as teenagers on a memory test. So, avoid reading the lengthy blog posts about how age hampers your ability to lead a fruitful life and instead, simply believe in this one statement

Not being able to lift weights or constantly contracting a disease — age certainly affects your medical and physical state. However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything about it. Take better care of yourself than you did when you were young. Draw up a routine to increase your strength, make a diet plan that will help to prevent infections and diseases — staying healthy is one of the easiest ways to feel young.

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Once a popular sport, running backwards has several health and fitness benefits. Dev Goswami tells you more

he next time you’re walking or jogging and see someone running backwards, don’t stop in awe — they’re only trying to increase their fitness while reducing their risk of suffering from injuries. Backward running was once a popular sport, with competitive races being held in UK. While the fad of racing while running in reverse didn’t last long, backward running, which is also called retro running, has been a steady fitness trend for a few years now. In fact, in the book Backwards Running (a free PDF of which is available on the website, www.wackynation.com), author Dr. Robert K Stevenson claims that retro running can help to boost your stamina, strengthen your leg muscles, make you faster, enhance balance and add variety to your workout. A study conducted by Cardiff University also found that as compared to conventional runners, retro runners exert 24% less stress on their knees, which can help to prevent injuries and dislocations in the long run. This is because when you’re running backwards, you land on the balls of your feet, which is a much softer motion than landing on your heels, which is what happens when you’re running forward. Another study suggests though it is safer, backward running is more intense for your body and so, can help you to burn calories faster and more effectively.

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Compared to most workout trends, there aren’t too many disadvantages of backward running. In fact, the only risk you’re putting yourself at is falling down, because you aren’t alert enough or straining your neck because you’re trying to look back. So, it’s important to pick a safe location if you want to run backwards. There shouldn’t be any potholes or surprising bumps along the way and the area should be devoid of people as well. Start off slowly — running backwards doesn’t mean that you can’t run at a quicker pace, but don’t aim for speed during your first few attempts. Begin by running small distances to figure out how your body moves and make sure that you’re pushing yourself with the balls of your feet. Finally, remember never to attempt this on a treadmill — if something goes wrong, your hands won’t be anywhere near the control panel, putting you at a serious risk of falling down! >> Backward running reduces the risk of injuries

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hile you may have a general idea of how and when to breathe when you’re working out, it doesn’t mean that your regular breathing pattern is working well for the rest of your routine. You need to pay attention to your breathing pattern throughout your workout, and learn how to control your breath in order to avoid breathing mistakes that can render a workout ineffective. The same breathing techniques don’t apply to all workouts — you have to change them according to the different stages in your routine. While a trainer will be able to give you the best advice, we’re helping you to stay prepared with a short guide for a few common exercises. Take a look.

When you’re lifting Weights Lifting weights helps you to get a toned body, with better muscle strength. When you’re lifting weights, inhale on the lighter bits and hold your breath for a short while as you approach the hardest part of the exercise. Once you’ve completed it, exhale again. However, this can raise your blood pressure, so it isn’t recommended for people who suffer from cardiovascular problems.

>> While running, inhale for three seconds and then exhale for two, to feel less tired

When you’re doing ab exercises To get the perfect abs, it’s important to breathe right when you’re performing abdominal exercises. For example, when you’re doing crunches, exhale on your way towards your knees and inhale on your way down to the starting position.

When you’re doing plyometrics When you’re performing strengthening moves such as jumping on a box, you need to hold your breath briefly to help stabilise your body. So, hold your breath

Breathe it out Breathing right while working out contributes to effective performance, leading to quick results. But, not all of us are aware of how to do this. Yamini Walia helps with some tips

every time you make contact with the floor in order to make your body more rigid.

When you’re doing cardio You’re at the highest risk of suffering from an injury when you’re doing cardio exercises such as running or jogging. Instead of breathing in an even pattern, inhale for three seconds and exhale for two. Even though this will demand some serious concentration at first, research shows that running is most effective when you start exhaling the minute that your foot touches the ground.

When you’re stretching Stretching requires you to loosen up

>> While doing crunches, exhale on your way up and inhale on your way down

completely. Remember that you need to focus on breathing in deeply. This will relax your muscles, helping you to stretch better and lowering your risk of suffering from an injury , because as you won’t pull any muscles. Breathe out in the same manner.

When you’re in the recovery phase After you’ve finished a strenuous workout, you will probably be huffing and puffing. This happens because your body needs oxygen to replete its energy. To prevent this, practice diaphragmatic breathing between sets, as it helps you to draw more oxygen into your lungs, which in turn helps you to perform the next exercise better. Try to focus on filling and emptying your abdomen with each breath rather than just raising and lowering your chest.

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everal diseases have been named after prominent physicians, who played a vital role in their discovery. Some are even named after animals — think mad cow and swine flu. But, did you know how many are named after, as well as linked to, cities?! If you read this page last week, you may have read about the Jerusalem syndrome (where people are so overwhelmed by the significance of this religious city, that they think of themselves as a messiah), and you won’t be surprised to find that there are more! We’re telling you a little bit about some of the most interesting ones.

>> The statue of David in Florence has led to several cases of fainting

Stockholm Syndrome Undoubtedly the most well-known city-based syndrome, this one has even been showcased in several films. Also known as capturebonding, Stockholm syndrome sees the victims of hostage or kidnapping situations form a bond with their captors — there have been cases in which victims assist, and even defend their captors. The phenomenon originated in 1973, during a bank robbery in Stockholm. The robbery, which is known as the Norrmalmstorg robbery (after the city square where the bank was located), saw bank employees sympathising with the robbers. It is believed that a lack of violent behaviour on the captor/ abductors’ part is perceived as an act of kindness, leading the victim to empathise with their captors.

PariS Syndrome The perfect example of why you shouldn’t romanticise a concept, person or even place, is the Paris syndrome. First observed amongst Japanese tourists and later seen among the Chinese, the syndrome causes visitors to descend into a state of anxiety and distress when they come face-to-face with the gritty side of this dreamy French city. The reason for such emotional upheaval is believed to be the idealistic notions of Paris that tourists have because of how the city is portrayed in films and the media. However, coming across the city’s social problems, including its famed unfriendly locals, is like a rude shock — so much so, that the Japanese embassy in Paris is reported to run a 24-hour hotline in order to help tourists deal with the cultural shock.

lima Syndrome The Lima syndrome sees the captors sympathise with their victims. Not many instances of this phenomenon have been reported and the term was coined after a hostage crisis in a Japanese embassy in Lima, where the hostage-takers curiously set several hostages free because they felt sorry for them.

Florence Syndrome Imagine coming across beauty that makes you feel dizzy — and we mean that literally. The Florence syndrome, which is also known as Stendhal syndrome, sees a victim suffer from a rapid heartbeat, vertigo,

City-wide epidemiCs You’re probably thinking of the scary prevalence of swine flu, but Dev Goswami is referring to a group of syndromes that are linked to and seem only to occur in particular cities! Read to find out more

fainting, confusion and even hallucinations when they come across large amounts of classical art or natural beauty. Florence, which houses numerous classical artworks and installations, sees several such instances, especially when people come across the statue of David.

india Syndrome Yes, our country has its very own syndrome — though it’s not something you’d be proud of. Ever since the English rock band, The Beatles, visited India in the late ’60s, westerners have been flocking to the country to seek enlightenment. However, a

few of them have mysteriously disappeared, or have been found dead. Travel forums are abuzz with the power and appeal of spirituality, which, several people believe, causes tourists to give up their worldly possessions in search of true enlightenment.

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With swine flu cases on the rise in India, Metropolis Healthcare has announced a price cut for swine flu testing. Yamini Walia tells you more

wine flu is scary, but it can be prevented as well as treated. The symptoms are similar to that of the flu and if you observe flu symptoms that refuse to die down in a couple of days, don’t shy away from contacting a doctor to get yourself tested. The tests for swine flu have been quite highly priced, but Metropolis Healthcare is making it easier for you to get tested by reducing the price of their swine flu test to `4,000. Only a few select labs in India are authorised to carry out these tests, as they require specialised testing, backed by high-end technology and special sample collection requirements — and Metropolis Healthcare is one of them. Dr. Nilesh Shah, group president, scientific services & operations, tells us, “We are happy to announce the price reduction, which will benefit people. We have observed a

>> Get yourself tested immediately if you develop flulike symptoms

surge in swine flu testing over the last month and it indicates panic. If people observe severe flu-like symptoms, they should visit a doctor immediately and seek proper medical advice. Pregnant women, children, diabetics, people with weakened immune systems and the elderly are at a higher risk and should take extra precautions.” If you do observe flu-like symptoms and are confused about what to do, we suggest you take the following precautions immediately. l Get a medical prescription if your doctor has advised a test. l Go to an authorised centre for testing within 24 hours — swine flu testing is done using real-time PCR techniques. l People in the city can call BMC’s helpline at 24114000, between 9am and 9pm, for more information about swine flu.

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Dear Barbara, Off late, my eyelashes have started shedding more than usual. I never had this problem, but I’ve suddenly noticed that my lashes look very thin and every day I come across as many as 10-12 fallen lashes on my cheek! I am at a complete loss about what’s causing the problem and I am quite worried about it. What can I do? — sujata Khurana, Bandra Dear sujata, Just like the hair on your head, eyelashes too shed naturally. However, what you’ve described is an unnaturally large amount of shedding. Your best course of action would be to visit a dermatologist. The reason we can’t give you a specific plan of action is because eyelash shedding can be caused by a variety of factors. These can range from ageing and allergic reactions to infections or a poor diet. Before you visit a dermatologist, think about whether you’ve been applying a new type or brand of eye makeup — if you have, then it may be causing an allergic reaction, making your eyelashes fall. If not, visiting your dermatologist is your best bet.

eyeliD glue Eyelid glue is meant for those who want eyelids without a crease. The glue is painted on the upper eyelid, and then your skin is pushed upward with a plastic prong and held in place by the adhesive. “These are usually water soluble and contain herbal extracts as well as moisturising factors that hydrate your skin and glue it together. However there have been several cases of irritant contact dermatitis because of the glue, especially among those who are atopic and allergy prone,” warns Dr. Goel.

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Beauty may be subjective, but Sara Shah suggests you learn more about some of these beauty products, which we think aren’t worth trying!

>> Leftover wax can irritate your skin. So, make sure to clean it up Dear Barbara, I have strangely sensitive skin. And I say that it is strange, because it is only my upper lip! Every time I wax or thread my upper lip it becomes red and starts itching incessantly. The rest of my skin is absolutely normal, which is why I don’t understand why this happens. The most annoying part is that it remains red all day long and I don’t know what to do about it. Please help! — roohi mistry, Colaba Dear roohi, This is not as strange as you think it is. In fact, redness and irritation after waxing your upper lip is quite common. First of all, you need to ensure that all the wax has been removed completely. Leftover wax is one of the primary reasons for irritated skin. Remember to avoid applying makeup immediately after waxing, because it can irritate your skin. You can also apply aloe vera or tea tree-based lotions, both of which will soothe your skin and reduce the redness.

glow to your skin. Dr. Goel does accept some of the benefits for this one. “Such treatments are effective for people who are looking to rejuvenate as they stimulate collagen synthesis and are a good antiageing treatment. Also, the treatment contains botanical stem cells, which promote hair growth,” she explains. However, we suggest you proceed with caution, because it isn’t exactly pain-free.

eople will now leave no stone unturned to achieve what they define as beauty. This has led to the birth of several strange trends and products that are plaguing the beauty front, taking quirkiness to a whole new level. The list of beauty fads is endless, so take a look at some of these weird, outrageous beauty products, which are anything but normal. We also got Dr. Apratim Goel, a cosmetic dermatologist and laser surgeon at Cutis Skin Studio, to give us an expert view on the efficacy of these beauty products.

3g of collagen peptides. Made to smoothen out your wrinkles and plump fine lines, these marshmallows consist mainly of sugar. Dr. Goel suggests keeping these at arm’s-length because of their unhealthy composition of sugar and gelatin. She says, “These were created by the Japanese, who believe that a reduction in our body’s sugar levels is the reason for wrinkles and ageing skin. Since marshmallows are full of carbohydrates and sugars, they’re supposed to stimulate collagen synthesis. However, its effects are yet to be proven.”

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As if menstruation and child birth weren’t enough, we now have to worry about how pretty our vaginas look! The market is saturated with dyes that are specially formulated for pubic area and are available in two different forms. While one variant is available in multiple hues and is dedicated to changing the colour of your pubic hair, the other changes the shade of the skin around your genitals to a youthful pink. Dr. Goel considers its efficiency debatable. She tells us, “Such dyes are temporary, and their effects fade away after a few washes. Since the skin around your vagina is delicate, they can cause irritation, especially for postmenopausal women and those who have dry skin issues.” If your vagina is healthy and hasn’t suddenly changed colour, we think it can do without this!

This is quite a gory procedure, which requires your own blood to be injected into your face with a syringe. Touted by several celebrities as a miracle solution, vampire facials are believed to impart a youthful

Vaginal DouChes If it isn’t the look of your vagina, it’s the smell! Vaginal douching involves washing or soaking your vagina in a mixture of water and vinegar. But, now you can also purchase cosmetic douching solutions, which contain antiseptics and fragrances and are sprayed into your vagina with a tube. From what we’ve heard, they sound quite harmful. “Since the vagina has a certain pH level, it should not be disturbed by excessive washing. Douching can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and various other infections,” says Dr. Goel, confirming our scepticism.

Breast separators Skin wrinkling is a natural process that occurs as you grow older. But, the beauty industry is more than adamant about slowing this process down. You can now buy breast separators, which, when placed between your breasts while you sleep, prevent cleavage wrinkles. Dr Goel is a bit unsure, telling us, “Since they haven’t been introduced in the Indian market yet, it is hard to comment on their effectiveness. However, they will definitely play a role in wrinkle prevention, since they are designed to reduce gravitational stress.”

snail slime proDuCts Disgusting as it may sound, these products have been flying off the shelves and their makers claim it’s for good reason. Snail goop is known to contain natural acids and elastin that will impart a glow on to your skin. To our surprise, Dr. Goel confirms their effectiveness, telling us “Snail goop contains active moisturising ingredients such as hyaluronic acid, glycolic acid and elastin, all of which hydrate your skin.” Well, if she’s has given us the green signal, who are we to stop you?

Collagen marshmallows Collagen marshmallows, which originated in Japan (no surprises here!), are currently a rage in UK. As the name suggests, they are marshmallows that have been infused with

>> Several of the strange beauty products available today cause more harm than good

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Boycott films of 3 Khans: Sadhvi Prachi

TIME FOR A HOLY HOLI.. Students of Rabindra Bharati University celebrate Holi in Kolkata, while French tourists playing Holi in Varanansi on Monday.

NEWS IN BRIEF Members of RSS-backed body in ICHR team

Two office bearers of RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana (ABISY) and a former professor who unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha elections in Manipur last year on a BJP ticket candidate find place in the reconstituted team of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR). In a marked departure from previous convention, none of the old faces were retained in the council.

Prabhu launches passenger complaint portal, App

Railways yesterday launched a mobile phone App and also an online portal with a view to providing customers with "an effective forum to lodge complaints". Passengers can lodge their complaints and suggestions on the webpage www.indianrailways.gov.in. One can also download the mobile App from the URL www.coms.indianrailways.gov.in. for registering complaints and sending suggestions. Passengers can also SMS their complaints to the number: 9717630982.

Air India receives 19th Dreamliner

State-run carrier Air India yesterday said it has taken the delivery of its 19th Dreamliner aircraft and plans to induct one more this month. The aircraft, which was delivered to the carrier last week, would cater to the Delhi-Cochin-Dubai route of Air India, a release said. Air India had placed orders for 68 aircraft with Boeing Company in January, 2006, including for 27 Dreamliners and 41 B-777s and B-737- 800s. It had taken the delivery of the first 787 Dreamliner in September, 2012.

EHRADUN: BJP MP Sadhvi Prachi kicked up another controversy by calling for a boycott of films starring Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan and Salman Khan and asking right wing Hindu outfits to tear posters of their films and make a bonfire of them. The Sadhvi also alleged that Christian proselytism was the motive behind Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa's missionary work. She made the call for the boycott of the Khans while suggesting that their films are spreading a culture of violence and advising youngsters not to idolise them. The controversial statement came despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to all religious groups to act with restraint and mutual respect and his assertion that his government will not

BJP MP Sadhvi Prachi allow any religious group from the majority or minority to incite hatred against others, covertly or overtly. Speaking at a programme of

Vishwa Hindu Parishad here on day, the Sadhvi, known for stoking controversies by her statements, said once she had been to a programme in Meerut where she asked a young boy what he wanted to become in life. "He said he wanted to become like Hritik Roshan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan. When I asked why, his mother told me because they are good at doing stunts," she said. Suggesting that the Khans and their films are spreading a culture of violence, she asked the younger generation not to get fascinated by them and idolise them. Calling for a boycott of the Khan triumvirate's films by the right wing Hindu outfits, she said, "I, for one, would ask the Bajrangis to tear the posters of films of Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan of

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AMMU: Ruling PDP in Jammu & Kashmir yesterday demanded from the NDA government the return of the mortal remains of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, a day after assuming power in alliance with BJP. Eight PDP MLAs issued a statement in this regard saying the party "promises to follow vigorously" for the return of the mortal remains. Guru was hanged on February 9, 2013 inside Tihar Jail. "PDP stands by the demand for return of his (Guru's) mortal remains, and the party promises to follow vigorously for the return of the mortal remains," the PDP statement said. The legislators who signed the statement are Mohammad Khalil Bandh, Zahoor Ahmed Mir, Raja Manzoor Ahmad, Mohd Abas Wani, Yawar Dilawar Mir, Advocate Mohd Yosuf, Aijaz Ahmad Mir and Noor Mohd Sheikh. "PDP has always maintained that late Afzal Guru's hanging was travesty of justice and constitutional requirements and process was not followed in hanging him out of turn," the statement said. "The way he was picked up from serial no.28 and singled out has

J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed stands during Guard of Honour accorded to him at the Secretariat in Jammu on Monday. been condemned by PDP and it stands by the demand for return of his mortal remains...," it said. "We believe that the resolution brought by Independent MLA Rashid Ahmed to seek clemency for late Afzal Guru was justified and should have been adopted by the House at that time," he said.

In 2011, the resolution seeking clemency for Guru could not be taken up in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly due to pandemonium in the House. The resulotion became void as according to rules, any listed business that does not come up for discussion would lapse.

the walls and burn them in the fire of Holi." Sadhvi Prachi did not spare Mother Teresa during her fiery speech. "Mother Teresa indulged in conversion by luring people over to Christianity under the pretext of service," she said. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had also made similar remarks while alleging that Christianity was the main objective behind Mother Teresa's service to the poor. Sadhvi Prachi had earlier said that Hindu women should have four children as Muslims were "trapping our daughters through 'love jihad'". She had also said, "The population of Hindus is on the decline. They must have more children to maintain a balance (between communities) in the country."

Ram Madhav differs with Mufti AM MADHAV, who was BJP's R key negotiator for the alliance with PDP, yesterday

disagreed with Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's comments crediting Pakistan, Hurriyat and militants for the smooth polls in Jammu and Kashmir. On a day Parliament was rocked on the issue, he said the credit belonged to people, security forces and the election commission. A General Secretary of BJP, Madhav acknowledged that both the parties had "great differences" on many political issues but came together to respect the mandate to provide the state its most "representative government" ever. The "guiding force" for the new government will be their common minimum programme released yesterday. "We attribute it to three factors, the people of state, security agencies and the election commission," he said when asked about Mufti's comments.

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Multi-dimensional efforts are underway by the Ministry of Coal to enhance production of domestic coal beyond current year's target. In order to bridge the shortfall in availability of indigenous coal, Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in consultation with the power utilities advices the quantities for import of coal for power generation at thermal plants, as per their needs.

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Bullish Fervour Continues

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Tuesday (March 3, 2015) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose substantially on Monday (March 02, 2015) a net 54.90 points (0.62%) and closed at the 8956 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 8953 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 8972 points level at 10.20 a.m. The index then declined sharply, into the red and registered the day’s low at the 8885 points level at 12.07 p.m. It then bounced back into the green and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 87 points. Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 28 were gainers, while 22 stocks closed in the red. Substantial buying was witnessed in capital goods, healthcare and banking stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in FMCG and consumer durables stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 14.85%. This change is moderate and indicates a moderate participation by investors. Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 803 were gainers, 641 were losers and 41 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen and has entered the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above the slow D line (positive if it continues). RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 60 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

MACD Indicator: The MACD is above zero and is rising (positive if it continues). It has crossed above its 9-day Average (positive and a buy signal).

Is above its 200-day average (at 8040) Positive. All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a neutral 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 = 8938 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 8904; Support (2) = 8851. Resistance (1) = 8991. Resistance (2) = 9025. OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a second consecutive doji pattern. This indicates that the indecisiveness amongst investors continues. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market. However, the index is above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 day moving averages and all the averages are rising. Further, the 15 day moving average has crossed above the 25 day moving average. Moreover, the velocity parameters continue to indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further up move unfolding. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are flat. No signal here. The ADX is flat while the Market Index is rising. No signal here. MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 8830) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 8785) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 8782) 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.

Ahead of Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar's visit to Pakistan on today, industry body Assocham yesterday pitched for easing of visa restrictions and greater market access to facilitate bilateral trade. In order to enhance bilateral trade, India and Pakistan last year agreed on a non-discriminatory market access (NDMA) programme in place of the MFN regime, besides opening up Wagah-Attari border round the clock. "Pakistan should consider NDMA status for India, open additional border posts, improve inadequate land transport connectivity. There is need to prune the list of sensitive items, speed up the process of tariff reduction, easing of non tariff barriers, mutual recognition of standards," Assocham said.

Commerce & Industry Ministry Seeks Imposition Of Import Duty On Cement

The Commerce and Industry Ministry yesterday sought imposition of import duty on cement in order to boost exports from the country and provide a level playing field to domestic manufacturers of the commodity. Addressing members of the cement Manufacturers' Association (CMA), Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) Amitabh Kant, said he would take up the matter with the Revenue Secretary. "To encourage cement exports, our department has recommended that the import duty of cement which is nil at present be reimposed to provide a level playing field to the domestic production...We will push it further. I will take it personally to the Revenue Secretary. We will try that this is done at the earliest," he said.

Greenlam Industries Gets Listed On BSE And NSE

Greenlam Industries got listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange yesterday. Last year, Greenply Industries had announced the demerger of its collective business and formed Greenlam Industries to manage the group’s decorative business with all its assets and liabilities. With the listing of Greenlam Industries, each shareholder of Greenply Industries is entitled to receive equivalent number of shares of Greenlam Industries Ltd. as per the demerger agreement announced earlier.

Dr. Sitaram Dixit To Represent CGSI In BIS

Consumer Guidance Society of India’s (CGSI) Chairman, Dr. Sitaram Dixit will represent CGSI in the recently constituted Board of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, New Delhi has given representation to CGSI on the Board of Bureau of Indian Standards. Bureau of Indian Standards is a National Standards body set up under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986 for the harmonious development of activities of standardization, marking and quality certification of goods and related matters.

Budget Is Positive And Growth Oriented: TEXPROCIL

“Overall the budget is a fair budget, pragmatic, wide ranging and inclusive” said R.K.Dalmia, Chairman of The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL). Dalmia welcomed the reduction in corporate tax from 30% to 25% over a period of four years. The announcement of the much awaited GST will be implemented from April 1, 2016. GST will make manufacturing more competitive and thereby support the “Make in India“ campaign, according to the Chairman TEXPROCIL. On Ease of Doing Business certain measures have been announced. Dalmia welcomed these measures which will lead to simplification of procedures.

R.T. Agarwal Conferred ‘CA-CFO Power Sector Award’

Ram Tirath Agarwal, Director (Finance), Power Grid Corporation of India (Powergrid) has been felicitated with “CA-CFO – Power Sector Award” by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in recognition of his exceptional performance and achievements as CA - CFO in the Power Sector Category for the year 2014. The award was presented by President of the Institute at the ‘ICAI AWARD 2014’ function held in Mumbai recently.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Angel Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on Goodyear CMP: Rs. 588

Target: Rs. 659

Nomura calls a ‘Buy’ on Larsen & Toubro CMP: Rs. 1843

Target: Rs. 1872

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Analysts Expect RBI To Cut Interest Rates This Week NEWS FLASH

Iron ore imports jump multi-fold to 5.63 MT in Apr-Nov, FY15 Coal India's Apr-Feb output is 437 MT, misses target by 2.9% Samsung unveils Galaxy S6 to rival iPhone6; will be available in India from April 10 M&M sales fall 10 % in Feb Hero MotoCorp sales down 3.8% in Feb Honda Cars sales rise 16% in Feb.

By A Business Reporter

he Reserve Bank may cut key interest rates as early as this week, as the fiscal measures announced in the Union Budget are unlikely to disturb the "disinflation" trend, say analysts. According to global financial services firm Morgan Stanley, "The budget does not have any measures that would disturb the current entrenched disinflation trend." "We maintain our view that RBI will cut policy rates by 125 bps by the end of 2015 with the next move coming as early as this week," Morgan Stanley's Asia economist

Chetan Ahya said in a research note. With the budget now out of the way, investors' attention will revert to the government's effort to implement more critical policy reforms, he said. Rolling out a new fiscal consolidation road-map, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said in the Budget that fiscal deficit would be brought down to 3.9% of GDP in 2015- 16, and then further to 3.6% and finally to 3% by 2016-17 and 2017-18, respectively, reports PTI. Meanwhile, HSBC in a research report said the higher fiscal stimulus in the budget is expected to restrict any further monetary policy accommo-

dation. "We stick to our call of 50 bps additional repo rate cuts, with the first cut coming in the April meeting," HSBC Chief India Economist Pranjul Bhandari said. Bank of America Merrill Lynch said, "We reiterate our call that Budget 2015-16 will lead to lower rates to support recovery." "We continue to expect the RBI to cut policy rates by 25 bps on April 7 (and June) with the Budget meeting his pre-condition of fiscal consolidation and inflation set on his 6% January 2016 target," BofA-ML added. DBS Bank said, "We continue to expect another 50 bps of cuts by end-June but believe the odds of an inter-meeting cut in March are low."

Commenting on the budget, Nomura said that "overall, the budget is neither populist nor very reformist, in our view, and it reinforces the view that the government’s approach to reforms will be incremental rather than in a big bang". On policy rates, Nomura said, "We continue to expect a 25 bps repo rate cut on 7 April to 7.50%, followed by an extended period on hold until 2016." "Overall, the Budget is a pragmatic vision and a roadmap for the future. This coupled with the Railway Budget seems a well concerted move by the Government to sustain the existing momentum," SBI said.

Budget Will Push Domestic Demand: Yashwant Sinha By A Business Reporter

he Budget, by giving push to infrastructure spending, would lift domestic demand through the virtuous cycle”, said Yashwant Sinha, Former Union Minister for Finance and External Affairs, at an interactive meeting jointly organized by MVIRDC World Trade Centre and the All India Association of Industries.“The Union Budget 2015-16 is expected to create a virtuous cycle as the huge infrastructure investment proposal of the Government would spur private sector investment and consumption in the overall economy,” said Sinha. He explained that the recessionary trend in the Japanese, Eurozone economies and the slowdown in the Chinese economy would depress global demand. “This would in turn force Indian companies to depend on domestic demand,” he added. Hoping that this budget would encourage savings in the economy, Sinha raised concern about the decline in the savings rate in the economy from 37% (as a proportion of

the hands of the people, which would create inflation,” he said. Sinha expects the fall in WPI and CPI to prompt RBI to reduce interest rate by 50 basis point units in its next monetary policy review. He also raised concerns about the huge delay in implementation of Projects on account of hassles such as land acquisition and environmental clearances. While various measures were announced to give a major thrust to boost funding to the infrastructure sector,Sinha felt that the government’s plug and play concept would address these hassles in the days ahead. However Sinha expressed disappointments on some aspects of the budget such as the multiplier effect From (L-R) : Sharad Upasani, Vice Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre presenting a of investments in the realty sector, memento to Yashwant Sinha, Former Union Minister, Finances and External Affairs, he said that the rise in the tax exGovernment of India alongwith Vijay Kalantri, Vice-Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre emption limit for interest rate on and President, All India Association of Industries and Capt . Somesh C. Batra, Vice housing loan should have been Chairman, MVIRDC World Trade Centre during an Interactive Meeting on Union Budget raised up to Rs. 250,000 lakh as jointly organized by MVIRDC World Trade Centre and All India Association of Industries. against the budget proposal of up to Rs 200,000 lakh. GDP) a few years ago to less than a rise in investment rate to 39% and He also expressed disappoint30% at present. “The increase in lead to overall economic growth rate ment over the government’s inabilsavings would consequently lead to between 9-10%. The philosophy be- ity to stick to the fiscal deficit target hind the present government policy of 3.6% set out by the 14th Finance is to ensure that public spending Commission for 2015-16 ( the leads to creation of productive as- budget estimate of fiscal deficit for sets rather than putting money in 2015-16 is 3.9%).

Mutual Funds Line Up 34 NFOs Led By Positive Market Rally By A Business Reporter

utual fund companies have lined up nearly three dozen New Fund Offers (NFO) and have filed draft documents for them with market regulator Sebi pursuant to a rally in the stock market. The documents for 34 New Fund Offers (NFOs) have been submitted with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) since the beginning of the year and the schemes will be opened for subscription soon after the necessary clearances. Of these 34, two draft offers have been filed so far this month, while 19 papers submitted in February and the other 13 were filed in January. Some of these NFOs have already been launched after getting regulatory clearances. ICICI Prudential MF, Reliance MF, SBI MF, UTI MF and HDFC MF are among the fund houses that are offering NFOs to investors.

A large number of these schemes are aimed at investment in equity and equity-related securities. Manufacturing, retirement, economic recovery, resurgence of the business cycle and e-commerce are some of the themes that are attracting mutual fund houses. A number of fund houses are expected to come up with more schemes that will invest in equity and equity-related securities to take benefit from the rising stock market. According to market participants, MF houses are rushing towards Sebi to launch new schemes on account of good response received from investors in the recent fund launches. Also, they said that the NFO market has picked up as the investors' confidence about equity markets is back and participation from retail investors is also on the upswing. The benchmark BSE Sensex has risen by 7% this year so far.

Make Eye Contact During Job Interviews By A Business Reporter

ithin five minutes of an interview, most employers can figure out if a candidate is fit for the job and majority of them consider failing to make eye contact as the biggest body language mistake made by the applicant, says a survey conducted by CareerBuilder India. About 56% employers come to know within first five minutes of an interview if a job candidate is a good fit for a position. "By minute 15, 91% can make out if the candidate is eligible for the job," the survey said. About 70% employers felt that failing to make eye contact was

the biggest mistake made by a job seeker during an interview followed by 56% who identified as having bad posture as a fault. Other bad body language mistakes by candidates are, playing with something on the table (45%), failing to smile (44%), having a weak handshake (44%), fidgeting too much in their seat (35%), crossing their arms over their chest (35%). Playing with their hair or touching their face (31%), using too many hand gestures (31%), having a handshake that is too strong (23%). "Acing the job interview isn't just about how you answer the interviewer's questions," CareerBuilder Chief Human Resource Officer Rosemary Haefner said. "It's also about what your body language says about you. Employers are looking for those non-verbal cues to indicate a candidate's level of professionalism and if they will be the right fit for the position," Haefner added. The survey was conducted on more than 400 employers.

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INTERESTING EPISODE

TV TALK

Enthralling twists are keeping the viewers engaged to the popular historical show 'Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana Pratap' on Sony Entertainment Television. Making the storyline more compelling, the upcoming episodes of the show promises high voltage drama which will make the audience stay glued to their television sets. We have seen love brewing between the great warrior of Mewar namely Maharana Pratap and his lady love Ajabde. Their love grows more strong, after staying apart from each other for many years. After the Gauna ceremony of

DEATH RACE

Ajabde in Mewar, there was a lot of stress happening in the kingdom due to which Pratap and Ajabde could not spent quality time with each other. Taking their love to the next level, in the upcoming episode of the show we will get to see Pratap and Ajabde consummate their marriage.

REAL LOVE STORY

Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi will be seen on the finale episode of 'Yeh Hai

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

In 2012, amid economic chaos and high unemployment, Americans watch by the millions as criminals with life sentences race armored cars on Terminal Island. Two-thirds of the combatants die but the winner may earn his freedom. On the day he loses his job, steelworker Jensen Ames is arrested for his wife’s murder. Sent to Terminal Island, he’s offered an out by the steely and manipulative Warden Hennessey - race as the popular mask-wearing (but now dead) champion, Frankenstein, or rot in prison. Jensen makes the bargain. As the three-stage race approaches, he realizes that the whole thing may be a set up - can an anonymous man behind a mask get revenge and win his release? Star Mov ies, 9 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

KUMKUM BHAGYA

Corporator ties Abhi and Pragya together and sets the cottage on fire. Admist the fire, Abhi finds an old motor bike. Will Abhi be able to save Pragya ad himself from the goons? Zee T V, 9 p.m .

SWARAGINI

In tonight’s episode we will see, Swara Bose and Ragini Gadodia decide to find the root cause behind the family animosity. Dada arrives and anounces to the family that Ragini’s engagement has been fixed up with Lakshya who is the son of the very respected Durgaprasad Maheshwari head of the Marwadi Samaj. Ragini is very excited to hear this news but Swara feels that before Ragini gets married she should get to know Lakshya and his family a bit better, though Ragini is initially reluctant she allows Swara to go and check out Lakshya and his family on her behalf without anyone knowing. But a mishap occurs and Swara gets caught by the Gadodia and Maheshwari families in Ragini’s sasural. Colors, 9.30 p.m.

MAHAYUDH

Explore thirteen of Africa’s fascinating habitants and the creatures that thrive there, from the Kalahari to the Indian Ocean on Animal Planet’s FIT FOR THE WILD. Anim al Planet, 10 p.m.

MAN VS WILD

Plunge into more extreme adventures with Bear Grylls in MAN VS. WILD, only on Discovery Channel. In each episode, Grylls is left stranded in a region and uses his efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization. Using his specialist survival techniques, he attempts to navigate his way through these environments and make it out alive. Along the way, he braves the biting cold, treks through desolate deserts, encounters dangerous predators and for food he has to make do with whatever he can catch or find – dead or alive! D iscovery, 9 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

Kumkum Bhagya, Zee TV, 9 p.m.

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

SAATH NIBHANA SAATHIYA

Gopi finds out that Ahem is in Dalhousie and she goes there to meet him and the girls. But she is faced with some shocking truths – there is another woman in Ahem’s life! Who is this other woman? What is her relation to Ahem? Star Pl us, 7 p.m.

TECH TOYS 360

TECH TOYS 360 explores the globe to bring its viewers VIP access to the most innovative technology of the 21st century. Explore the most up-to-date high-tech gadgetry, super distinct designs and revolutionary vehicles and meet the innovators behind these modern wonders. D iscovery Science, 10.30 p.m.

DOWNTON ABBEY SEASON 3

Downton Abbey’s annual cricket match with the village takes place, bringing out Lord Grantham’s competitive side. Everyone persuades Jimmy not to complain to the police, but Alfred, who witnessed the incident, does so, and CID officers arrive to see him; Lord Grantham gets Alfred to back down, and uses his authority to persuade the police that it was all a misunderstanding. Violet’s great niece, Lady Rose MacClare—the daughter of Violet’s niece, Susan, Marchioness of Flintshire and her husband, Hugh, Marquess of Flintshire — visits. Star Worl d, 10 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 4

Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past (Cruz), and he’s not sure if it’s love — or if she’s a ruthless con artist who’s using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn’t know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past. HBO, 9 p.m.

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King. Pix, 9 p.m.

DABANGG

Set in Uttar Pradesh, Chulbul Pandey is a young boy who lives with his mother Naini, stepfather Prajapati, and younger halfbrother Makkhi. Chulbul is constantly angry that his step-father is always partial towards his own biological son. 21 years later, Chulbul is a rowdy, mischievous, and sometimes crooked cop, who refers to himself as “Robin Hood.” He does everything in his own indomitable way; whether it’s dealing with corrupt politician and thug Chedi Singh, fighting a family feud, or romancing stunning Rajo. Star Gold, 8 p.m.

AB TAK CHHAPPAN

Aan honest cop named Sadhu Agashe makes a name for himself by killing criminals in sting operations instead of locking them up in prison. The film follows his method of working, gives an insight into the Mumbai Police Crime Branch, and Agashe’s alleged connection with the underworld. Filmy. 8.30 p.m.

GERAFTAAR

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,

Pirates of the Caribbean 4, HBO, 9 p.m.

Vijay Sinha. Together they both plotted a scheme which will only benefit them in granting revenge from there perpetrators. Zee Classic, 9 p.m.

TABLE NO 21

A couple live a mediocre life and are thrilled to have won an exotic vacation to Fiji & their excitement increases when they get a chance to play “Tell all truth” game for a mind boggling prize money. The game begins and the couple discovers that the game isn’t really a game, but is a game of survival. B4U, 9 p.m.

TRANSFORMERS

A long time ago, far away on the planet of Cybertron, a war is being waged between the noble Autobots (led by the wise Optimus Prime) and the devious Decepticons (commanded by the dreaded Megatron) for control over the Allspark, a mystical talisman that would grant unlimited power to whoever possesses it. The Autobots managed to smuggle the Allspark off the planet, but Megatron blasts off in search of it. He eventually tracks it to the planet of Earth (circa 1850), but his reckless desire for power sends him right into the Arctic Ocean, and the sheer cold forces him into a paralyzed state. His body is later found by Captain Archibald Witwicky, but before going into a comatose state Megatron uses the last of his energy to engrave into the Captain’s glasses a map showing the location of the Allspark, and to send a transmission to Cybertron. Megatron is then carried away aboard the Captain’s ship. Zee Stu dio, 9 p.m .

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 Tere Shehar Mein 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

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaan India 7.30 Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali 8.00 Mahakumbh 8.30 Laut Aao Trisha 9.30 Ajeeb Daastan Hai Ye 10.00 Comedy Classes 10.30 Savdhaan India: India Fights Back 11.30 Mahakumbh

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Udann 2.30 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi

8.30 9.00 9.30 10.30 11.00

Gharachi Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi Ka Re Duraava Chala Hava Yeu Dya Jai Malhar Ase He Kanyadaan

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

WIR Animal Planet – A to Z Mahayudh Corwin’s Quest AP Safari Deadliest Walk with The Wild WTR Mahayudh Mad Mike and Mark

ANIMAL PLANET

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Factory Made

Downtown Abby Sleepy Hollow Grey’s Anatomy Melissa and Joey Monk 3 Downtown Abby Sleepy Hollow Simpsons Year Melissa and Joey 2 Monk Downtown Abby Sleepy Hollow

ZEE CAFÉ

SONY TV

P.M. 2.00 CID 8.00 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar 8.30 Muh Boli Shaadi 9.00 Tum Aise Hi Rehna 9.30 Hum Hain Na 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar 11.00 Aahat

ZEE TV

Satrangi Sasuraal Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Hello Pratibha SRGMP Li’s Champs Bandhan Jodha Akbar Qubool Hai Kumkum Bhagya Service Wali Bahu Bandhan… Saari Umar Hello Pratibha Jodha Akbar Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.15 8.00 8.30 9.00

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Secrets of Stupid 3.00 Monkey Thieves: Arrested Development 3.30 Car Science 4.00 Big Bigger Biggest: Train 5.00 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan: Box Jellyfish 6.00 Car Science 6.30 Science of Stupid 7.00 Animals Gone Wild: Believe It Or Not 8.00 Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan: Gila Monster 9.00 Science of Stupid 10.00 Inside: Sumo’s Ultimate Clash 11.00 Do Or Die: Choking to Death

News in Marathi Sansar Maza Wegala Tuzya Gala Mazya Gala Ashi Hi Dharmakanya Crime News in Marathi Tarane Purane Sankat Mochan Hanuman Krishi Darshan Amchi Mati Amchi Mana News in Marathi Jai Maharashtra Khamosh Sa Afsana Pavitra Bandhan… Do Dilon Ka Zindagi…Ek Bhanwar

MOVIE CHANNELS

P.M 1.35 4.25 6.30 9.00 11.00

Downtown Abby, Star World, 10 p.m.

3.00 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat 4.00 Sasural Simar Ka 4.30 Comedy Nights With Kapil 6.00 Udaan 6.30 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Udaan 9.00 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat `9.30 Swaragini 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Code Red 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 Yam Hain Hum Badi Door Se Aaye Hai 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

Aahat, Sony TV, 11 p.m.

3.00 Gold Rush 4.00 How Do They Do It 5.00 Running Wild with Bear Grylls 6.00 Mutant Planet 7.00 What Happened Next 7.30 Destroyed in Seconds 8.00 Food Factory 9.00 Man vs Wild 10.00 Gold Rush 11.00 You Have Been Warned

SCIENCE

P.M. 1.30 Battle Factory 2.30 Discovery Science Classics: Building, Bridges and Tunnels 3.30 Futurescape with James Wood 4.30 Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman 5.30 Manufactured 6.30 The Man Who Makes Things From Scratch 7.30 Superhuman Science 8.30 Industrial Junkie 9.00 Massive Machines 9.30 World’s Top 5 10.30 Tech Toys 360 11.30 How Do They Do It?

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Unwrapped 2.30 Counting Cars 3.00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 4.00 Biker Battleground Phoenix 5.00 Pawn Stars 5.30 Storage Wars 7.30 Shipping Wars 8.00 Unwrapped 8.30 Counting Cars 9.00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans

9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

Samachar. Mid Day News Sports News Rang Tarang Samachar News Samachar News Metro Scan Desh Pardesh

P.M. 2.00 Husn Ke Laakhon Rang 2.30 Who The Bleep Did I Marry 3.00 Disappeared 4.00 Tehkikaat 5.00 A Crime To Remember 6.00 I’d Kill For You 7.00 Datess From Hell 7.30 Who 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 World Cup 15 Ireland vs South Africa live 4.30 Cricket Extra 5.30 World Cup 15 h/ls SA vs Ireland 6.30 Cricket Legends 7.30 World Cup 15 h/ls SA vs Ireland 8.30 Cricket Legends 9.00 Match Point: SA vs Ireland 10.00 Cricket Live 10.30 Late Cut 11.00 Match Point: SA vs Ireland

STAR SPORTS3

P.M. 2.30 World Cup 15 Ireland vs SA live 4.30 Cricket Extra live 5.30 World Cup 15 h/ls SA vs Ireland 6.30 Believe The Mahi Way 7.30 World Cup 15 h/ls SAvs Ireland 8.30 Cricket Legends 9.00 Match Point: SA vs Ireland 10.00 Cricket Live 10.30 Late Cut

TEN CRICKET

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Aashiqui' playing themselves. Our source informs us, "The season had to end on a high note and since Rithvik and Asha are a popular couple the makers decided to have the two play themselves in their own love story. The story will narrate everything from how they first met to their friendship and the progression forward." When we asked Rithvik the actor confirmed saying, "I am very excited because this is our return gift to our fans who have gifted us with this beautiful relationship. We agreed to this episode because we want to show them actually how it all happened and help them relive those moments with us.

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Piano is an asset for Hindustani music too

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By Amarendra Dhaneshwar

he piano is an instrument of Western origin. The character of its sound is staccato. Hindustani music is known for a sound that is continuous and without breaks. Does that mean that the piano stands ruled out as far as Hindustani music is concerned? Not at all would be the answer if one listens to the pianist, Deepak Shah who has been performing Hindustani music on this instrument over the years. Shah was featured in a concert by the Bhavan's Cultural Centre at the Sardar Patel College Quadrangle with his group of musicians last Saturday. The title of the concert was 'Raga Symphony'. Shah and his ensemble played to an audience which was literally rocking with excitement with music lovers who cheered him for his excellent command of the instrument

and treatment of the ragas. It is not as if Shah is the first pianist of this genre of music. We have heard V. Balsara who was pioneer in this field. We have also heard Adnan Sami who was a pianist before he became a pop singer crooning 'Lift Kara De'. Shah's takes his craft and art quite seriously and can get to the

essence of the raga spirit with his nimble fingers. He and his ensemble played the ragas like 'Yaman', 'Todi', 'Bhimpalasi', 'Shudhsarang' etc and the thumri immortalised by Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. His raga rendering was flawless and his 'Yaad Piyaki Aaye' was indeed evocative. It was an altogether different

experience to listen to this thumri being played on the piano. He was accompanied on the tabla by Shreedhar Chari. Among other musicians who participated in the programme were violinist Bharat Shah, sitarist Umashankar Shukla and Madhav Pawar on pakhavaj . Santoor maestro Ulhas Bapat has written a book entitled 'Swaratun Manatale' published by 'Maitreya Prakashan' about his life and music which was released with fanfare at a well attended function at Dadar Matunga Cultural Centre. The book was released at the hands of composer Ashok Patki and sitarist Shankar Abhyankar. Writer Achyut Godbole also spoke on the occasion. Bapat played some complex melodies based on ragas like 'Yaman', 'Kalavati' etc to the accompaniment of Prasad Padhye on the tabla and Kamlesh Bhadkamkar on the keyboard.

Three festivals merge to enthrall with classical dance performances By Vijay Shanker

arfojiraje Bhosale Centre in association with the Directorate of Cultural Affairs and with the support of Ministry of Culture, Government of India, organised Triveni Shastriya Nritya Samaroha series featuring three festivals, namely Kinikini, Sanskriti and Kala Avishkar at the mini P.L. Deshpande auditorium. It was truly a thrill to watch talented dancers dancing varied classical dance styles with lot of excitement and enthusiasm. About 20 dancers in different styles performed in the Kinkini festival, the dancers who excelled in the festival were Harini Jeevitha, Deepesh Hoskare, Akshay Ayre, Vinodini Hasal, Pushkara Deochake and Debasish Patnaik. Harini is the disciple of Guru Sheela Unnikrishnan, her performance was marked with excellent rhythmic clarity and spontaneous movements that kept the audience enthralled which was evident in the number Kondinadan Adinar featuring the magnificence of the cosmic dance of Lord Shiva. The "Akash charis" and the "karanas" definitely

Classic play ‘Natasamrat’ adapted for a movie By Sandeep Hattangadi

he classic V.V. Shirwadkar play, ‘Natasamrat’ first staged in the seventies with many great actors like Shreeram Lagoo, Datta Bhat, etc playing the central character of a stage thespian actor in his end years named Appasaheb Belwalkar who faces ignominy from his own children and relatives is being adapted for a film version by actor director Mahesh Man-

jrekar with maverick actor Nana Patekar playing the central character of Belwalkar with Reema Lagoo as his wife along with supporting actors Sunil Barve, Neha Pendse, Medha Manjrekar, music director Ajit Parab among others. The film is produced by Great Maratha Entertainment and Fincraft Entertainment and Gajanan Chitra. Nana is a producer too debuting with this film along with Vinayak

Joshi and Mahesh Manjrekar. The film’s grand mahurat was held at the Kusumagraza Pratishthan in Nashik headed by great litterateur Madhu Mangesh Karnik. Speaking at the mahurat, Nana said, “I was just 20 years old when I first saw the play staged by Dr. Sriram Lagoo and I was amazed by the play and it stayed with me and I felt that an actor is incomplete without playing the iconic character of Appasaheb Belwalkar.

deserve a special mention. Deepesh Hoskare's complete involvement and sincerity was well appreciated by the audience. Deepesh is the disciple of Guru Ratheesh Babu from Bhilai. Akshay's lively performance with accuracy and clarity of movements created a lasting impression. Vinodini Hasal is the 9th generation of the Jaipur Gharana and is the granddaughter of veteran kathak meastro Guru Ganesh Hiralal Hasal and daughter of Dr Vinod Hasal. Vinodini is different from the normal Kathak dancers as she dances with rare grace and poise that creates a fine visual impact which was quite evident in the Chautaal Tandav nritya featuring the magnificent dance of Lord Shiva. Pushkara Deochake is the charming disciple of Dr Sandhya Purecha, her command over the technique of Bhrata natyam and her flair for expressions were noteworthy, Odissi is the classical dance which is appreciated for its graceful and lyrical quality further accentuated by talented dancer Debasish Patnaik, who proves the point that male dancers can definitely be graceful.

IN BRIEF GLORIOUS LEGACY OF WOMEN

At a time when women empowerment, feminism and other women oriented philosophies are eternally doing the rounds of all thinking circuits, ‘Stree Shakti’ stands testimony to its relevance. Art is no exception to the relevance of this philosophy. No description of any art form can be considered complete without the mention of women artists. Be it music, dance, painting or literature, women artists are equal partners of their male counterparts in their journey of glory. 'Stree Shakti' celebrates this glorious legacy of women by featuring Mandeera Manish (Bharata natyam) and Anuradha Pal’s Stree Shakti Band, an all-women percussion band on March 7, 2015 at 7:00 pm at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi.

MAHURAT OF ‘JAU DYA...' HELD

In the environs of a beautiful village Kenjal near Wai, the mahurat of ‘Jau Dya Naa Balasaheb’ was held. This Girish Kulkarni directed film for producers music directors Ajay Atul will have Girish Kulkarni donning four hats as actor, director, story writer and screenplay writer. The mahurat auspicious coconut was broken by Nirmala Gogavale, mother of AjayAtul and then the directors under whose megaphone Girish Kulkarni has acted like Umesh Kulkarni, Satish Manwar, Nikhil Mahajan, Gajendra Ahire, gave the mahurat clap. Actors Mohan Joshi, Sai Tamhankar, Reema Lagoo, Kishore Chougule, Purva Pawar, Srikant Yadav, Savita Prabhune, Girish Kulkarni and the entire team was present along with a multitude of villagers.

‘...SAVARKAR’ MUSIC LAUNCHED

The music of Retakes Unlimiteds and Aurus Avtar Entertainments ‘What about Savarkar’, a film on the great freedom fighter Veer Savarkar was launched recently at the Veer Savarkar Auditorium, Prabhadevi. The film produced by Rohit Shetty, Atul Parab and directed by Rupesh Katare and Nitin Gavde has music by Avdhoot Gupte and Abhishek Shinde and stars Sharad Ponkshe, Avinash Narkar, Vivek Lagu, Atul Todankar among others. The film is set to release on April 17.

KETAKI'S DEBUT ALBUM!

Singer actor Ketaki Mategavkar of films like ‘Shala’ and‘Time Pass’ recently launched her new album at a grand function called ‘Ketaki’ with music by Kedar Pandit in the presence of celebs like Shankar Mahadevan, Rajan Prabhu and Mandar Gupte of Universal Music, Purva Pawar, Hrishikesh Ranade among others. The album has nine songs penned by Nachiket Jog, Shruti Vishwakarma and Vaibhav Joshi.

SANTOOR & VEENA JUGALBANDI

BCAS Foundation & Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society in association with Udayan, Amruta & Indo US Cultural Council present Udat Abeel Gulal featuring Bairagi se Basant: Santoor and Saraswati Veena Jugalbandi by Snehal Muzoomdar and Narayan Mani with chants from Agnisookta and Hori, Rasiya and Haveli Sangeet by Sraboni Chowdhari, Mangal Mishra and Hemang Mehta Bhavans Chowpatty on Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 6.30 pm.

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COFFEEBREAK

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 922

ENIGMA CODE 922

ACROSS: 7 Drain gap fixed by walking up and down (8) 9 Collect rupees held by settler (6) 10 Support for piano? (4) 11 Chop into the Matildas and give us the heebie-jeebies (3,7) 12 Relax, here is a bun to chew at last ! (6) 14 A hot pie I cooked in Africa (8) 15 Snuffle from bridge partners I have left (6) 16 Such fairy folk as include a team of cricketers in pastry cookery (6) 19 Nora's rig may be what keeps soldiers in town (8) 21 Appeal to a number in other ways (6) 23 Non-aligned fellow (10) 24 Sunny smile? (4) 25 Friends have no right to be devils (6) 26 A tree was affected by brine (3,5) DOWN: 1 Customers of two boys (6) 2 What size fuse needed for a seductress? (4) 3 Embellishment to a book that suggests a safe investment (4,4) 4 Arrogant sorts push over central umpire (6) 5 Get fixed on foreign adornment (4,6) 6 Not members of the Orthodox faith? (8) 8 Fairy-tale character allowed bit of work, given backing (6) 13 Getting a new country home (10) 15 Say I'd go after a government subsidy (5,3)

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: A cavalryman

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE SCREAM, CREAMS, CAMERA, SCARCE, CREASE, CARESS, ACCESS

MATH PYRAMID 922 20 Scattered to fight at different points (6) 22 Loafed about with me in the way (6) 24 Bill, the magistrate (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Night watchman, 8 Ogpu, 9 Caseworker, 10 Prosit, 11 Rhetoric, 12 Caddis-fly, 14 Long, 15 Head, 16 Baritones, 20 True heir, 21 Scraps, 23 Footballer, 24 Bang, 25 Second service. DOWN: 1 Nigeria, 2 Gauss, 3 Tacitus, 4 Australian rules, 5 Cowmen, 6 Marco Polo, 7 Needing, 13 Dialectic, 15 Horrors, 17 Insurer, 18 Expense, 19 Regain, 22 Rabbi.

QUICK CROSS 922

ACROSS: 1 Not on ? (3) 4 Armed conflict (3) 5 Rub out (5) 8 Blend, amalgamate or coalesce (3) 9 Departures from stage (5) 12 Behold, look (3) 13 Burdensome charge (3)

HIDATO 922

17 Tending to inactivity in retail distribution (8) 18 Wearing these, comes to life again, perhaps, but not on the surface (6)

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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

N N

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 Be in debt (3) 2 At a great distance (3) 3 Picture border (5) 6 Maximum for a batsman! (3) 7 Be real (5) 10 Cha, for us Indians (3) 11 The divisions, male and female (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. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 922

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

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TIGER BUD BLAKE

TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Cancer 13th Phalgun Shuklapaksha Ashlesha Karaka (Cancer) H.D. Lime Green 4

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will succeed in every endeavor and achieve excellent results in your work and career. An improvement in financial position spurs you on to take risks in new ventures that prove immensely profitable. Personal affairs run into lots of problems. A misunderstanding with your mate or beloved could lead to separation. You will also be away from home most of the time due to travel. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be pleasantly plump, elegant, attractive eyes, healthy and long-lived. Will be always helpful, responsible, caring, emotional, and sensitive. Moody nature could be misunderstood and considered to be arrogant or proud. Extremely, well organized, artistic and creative. Success and happiness is indicated. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You are on the threshold of achieving a work target that you had set for yourself. Concentrate energies in consolidating your position in your job or business. There are self-appointed advisors offering suggestions primarily to be on the bandwagon. Be firm when handling such elements. In a close relationship, try to have more confidence in your partner to get things back on track. On introspection, you realize that you have been a bit touchy over small issues.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Growth in new work takes favorable turn. You will be in limelight for recent achievements, but also be prepared for criticism too. Being humble and open to advice will add to your stature and earn you more support from those that matter. If you are feeling low today your mate or beloved will go all out to cheer you up. This is one person you can always count on to make your day cheerful and happy.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Make use of an opportunity to go out and visit a new place of recreation or go outdoors on a picnic. You will feel refreshed. It would be better to personally visit an elder to sort out an issue rather than writing a letter, or speaking over phone. Try to give things a more personal touch.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You get an opportunity to make substantial gains through commission or trading. It is a good day to handle financial matters and settle your accounts. You will be entertaining family and friends. A long distance call on phone may bring in pleasant news. Most things in your life seem to be moving ahead happily. You will be feeling happy with your circumstances and relationships.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You could get a bit carried away when spending money on home improvements or making an important investment. However there will soon be some extra money coming in that will help to ease your financial situation. Make no further investments in business or in securities. At a social gathering you will be very much in demand. Happiness in the family set-up is assured. Your beloved will be great support.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You could make some useful contacts today. Your rapport with your beloved will be good. Those in love can look forward to an exciting evening free from cares and worries. Personal life runs smoothly. Personal relationships that have seen a few ups and downs will begin to get better Tolerance levels in marital relationships will also improve leading to a much better rapport. Some of you may plan to go shopping.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You will be making travel plans to scan new areas of interest and will come across some favorable job opportunities or business proposals. Students seeking admission to important university or college will get a favorable response. Home and family life is happy and congenial.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Financially your position is strong and you will be able to consolidate your place more after having proved yourself to those that matter. You may encounter some trouble when traveling to work and may be late for an appointment as a result of this. However others will understand. You depend too much on friends for emotional support and they can take advantage. Work on finding the strength within yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Make effective use of your time and opportunities that come to you. Work diligently toward the fulfillment of a cherished ambition. Evening brings peace of mind and contentment. Do not let petty quarrels in the family disturb the serenity of your mind

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): You can achieve much more than you think. You seem to be underestimating yourself. An earlier project gets renewed profitably. Don’t rest contented in your current success. You need to consolidate your position in order to ward off any competition. Relationships need careful nurturing for harmony at home.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Gains are indicated. Expenses are also heavy. Consolidate your financial position before you start making fresh plans. A dear friend may have an interesting business proposal, which could well be a moneyspinner. Keep your mind open to suggestions. Matters concerning children make you proud.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Job seekers will get exciting offers. You can look forward to change in your environment.. Those in creative field or dealing with sales and marketing are bound to do well. Moments with your beloved will be few. Other issues like entertaining someone from out of town could keep you busy.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5215 ACROSS: 1 A female graduate of a school (6) 7 Tinged with purple (8) 8 A drink made from grapes (4) 10 Highest point (6) 11 Capital of Jharkhand (6) 14 Sandra ___ : famous actress of days gone by? (3) 16 One courting (5) 17 Grew old or matured (4) 19 ___ one's resources : collects whatever resources everyone has to offer? (5) 21 Marsh grasses (5) 22 Main artery (5) 23 Partial darkness (4) 26 Suitably (5) 28 Mal de __ (3) 29 Union Carbide disaster city (6) 30 Expressing disapproval from the dress circle (6) 31 Assists (4) 32 Give a name to (8) 33 Arranger (6)

DOWN: 1 Tropical tree, inc. mimosa, wattle (6) 2 Disabled (6) 3 Zenith, peak (4) 4 Spreads (7) 5 "Will comply" in telecommunications (5) 6 A seat with four legs and a back (5) 8 ___ awake : wary, knowing? (4) 9 No - it's "Ena" anagram? (3) 12 Negatives (3) 13 Plants that are used for food, medicine, etc. (5) 15 Their literary works are not prosaic? (5) 18 Pictograph (5) 19 Through, by means of (3) 20 Room within a harem (3)

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SUDOKU 2401 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: Q equals U

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

21 Members of a king or queen's family (7) 22 A high mountain (3) 23 Cedar of the Himalayas (6) 24 Leon ____ : author of "Exodus" or "Mila 18"? (4)

25 A bowler (6) 26 Boiling (5) 27 Pulled along behind, especially with a rope (5) 28 Miss Piggy's favorite pronoun (3) 30 Inlets to the sea (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Drugs, 6 Lay-by, 9 Outflow, 10 A tree, 11 Getat, 12 Braid, 13 Consult, 15 Why, 17 Okay, 18 Bateau, 19 Grill, 20 Asides, 22 Agio, 24 Sha, 25 Pattern, 26 Alert, 27 Rhino, 28 Peril, 29 Ignores, 30 Oddly, 31 Stags. DOWN: 2 Retook, 3 Go easy, 4 Sue, 5 Of art, 6 Logical, 7 Awed, 8 Bhabha, 12 Blurs, 13 Codas, 14 Nadia, 15 Wedge, 16 Yukon, 18 Bleat, 19 Geology, 21 Shahid, 22 Attest, 23 Irking, 25 Proof, 26 Anil, 28 Pes.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2220 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

G H J B R I

C X

O H B

G B C N W R I

H Z

U I Q

D B N B

R I E I N N I D . C X

G H J B

H Z

U I Q

D B N B

Z I N B J B N .

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: The biggest revolutions are the ones that happen inbetween our ears.

Afternoon WORD MINE

R I

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: 40 average; 45 good; 50 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: acid, acrid, arch, aspic, card, carhop, carp, cash, chair, char, chard, chip, chirp, choir, chop, chord, coda, cord, crash, crisp, crop, disco, orchid, parch, pica, picador, poach, porch, prosaic, RHAPSODIC, rich, roach, scar, scrap, sporadic.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

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EW DELHI: Olympic medallist pugilist M C Mary Kom said she has decided to quit boxing after the 2016 Rio Olympic Games as her body would not be able to cope with the rigours of the sport any further. The 32-yearold has been giving hints for some time that she may hang up her boxing gloves but today she made it clear that the Rio Games next year will be her last competitive event. "I have decided that I will quit after 2016 Olympics. Rio Games will be my last competitive event and I will not continue after that," Mary Kom said at the launch of a social media campaign here. "My third child is two years old and I think it's enough for me.Who would have faced the rigours of competitive boxing after having three children? I want to bring happiness to the people of this country by winning a gold in Rio. I want to win a gold there and so I thought of continuing till 2016 Games," said May Kom who won a bronze medal in 2012 London Olympics. Mary Kom said after the Rio Games she will concentrate on her boxing academy set up in Imphal which is expected to be

Boxer Mary Kom with her son at a promotional event for Box Out - a social campaign against eve teasing at IIT in New Delhi on Monday. inaugurated shortly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "I have planned out what to do after Rio Olympics. I will give my full time to my academy. I want to produce more Mary Koms, more world champions. I will also be available to support any social cause," she said at the launch of 'Boxout', a digital campaign against social evils initiated by

Dida Sportswear at IIT Delhi. "Prime Minister told me to inform him before the inauguration of my academy. The academy is in the final phase of completion and I am expecting the PM to inaugurate it," Mary Kom said. The diminutive boxer expressed disappointment at the infighting prevalent in the boxing community in the

Monique, Jason emerge best in Khar Gym marathon swim Gala the 5000m boys under-16 and Akanksha Shah, in the 4000m girls under-12. Results: 5000 m Free Style: WOMEN: 1.Monique Gandhi (Khar Gym) 1:04:49.05; 2.Trisha Bhimani (Khar Gym) 1:15:18.43; 3.Snehal Bahl (GSC) 1:20:59.56 secs. 5000 m Free Style: MEN:- 1.Jason Smith (Khar Gym) 1:03:03.29; 2.Manan Shah (PSP) 1:14:30.00; 3. Shrirang Athavale (MCF) 1:15:35.00. 5000 m Free Style: GIRLS U-16: 1.Proteeti Sinha (Khar Gym) 1:12:12.00.

Saigal shocked State junior champion Nikhil Saigal endured an early setback in the round of 32 round robin, in the Mandpeshwar Civic Federation Open Break Billiards Tournament on Monday. Playing in UMBAI: Monique the old marks, established in Group F, Saigal went down to Gandhi and Jason 2008 with Monique clocking Mehul Sutaria of the host club Smith emerged the best 1:04:49.05 secs, while Jason’s in his opener, in a close conwomen and men respectively 1:03:03.29 was nowhere near test. With former senior state in the 5000m freestyle event PSP’s Pronoy Adhikary’s 2008 champion Rishabh Thakkar in the Khar Gymkhana timing of 0:58:13.87 secs. in the group, Saigal has the Marathon Open Swim Gala.. The meet saw only two new onerous task of winning his However, both failed to touch records set - Aryan Makhija in remaining two ties.

Saina, Kashyap chase ‘dream’ All England championship title

Birmingham: After a win early in the season at Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold, top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap will now look to chase their dream at the prestigious All England Championship that gets underway with the qualifiers here today. After a good season in 2014 where she scooped three

titles -- India Open, Australian Open and China Open, Saina began the new season with a bang clinching the Syed Modi title at Lucknow and she will look to continue her good run. The World No. 3 Indian reached the semifinals in 2010 and 2013 but could not cross the last-four hurdle.

"I have never won the All England. I did reach the semis but could not go further. So I will try my best to improve my performance this year. It has always been a dream to win this title," Saina told PTI. "I won at Indonesia, Denmark and China but this is one Super Series Premier event which I would love to win."

country and said the pugilists were the only sufferers. Asked what's the future of Indian boxing, she said, "What do I say? There is infighting in the federation. Some would say to do this and others will say to do that. The boxers are confused and they don't know what to do. Unless there is unity, we will not get anything. Boxers are the only sufferers."

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D.Y. Patil ‘B’, Air India record massive wins M

umbai: Shashank Singh’s solid century effort of 114 runs helped D.Y. Patil ‘B’ to register a thumping 69-run victory over Future Group in a Group ‘B’ league match of the 11th All India Dr. D.Y. Patil T20 Cup, organised by the D.Y. Patil Sports Academy played at the D.Y. Patil Stadium, Nerul. D.Y. Patil have now qualified for the quarter-finals from this group. Put in to bat first, the home team amassed a challenging total of 237 for six wickets in their stipulated 20 overs and then dismissed Future Group for a paltry 168 runs to complete the win. The opening bastman Singh was in terrific form smashing the rival bowler to all corners of the park. His cameo innings was studded with 9 towering sixes and equal number of sweetly timed boundaries. The others who contributed towards the huge total was, Shashank’s opening partner Subramanian D. 33 (14b, 4x4, 2x6), Kevin Almeida 27 (25b, 3x4) and Yogesh Pawar 32. Later legspinner Piyush Chawala picked three wickets for 40 and Pradip Sahu 2 for 21 helped D.Y. Patil bowl out

Air India’s Naman Ojha during the match against BPCL. their opponents for 168. In another match Air India powered by unbeaten half tons from opener Tanmay Mishra 53 not out and Naman Ojha 58 not out defeated defending champions Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited by 9 wickets. Brief scores: BPCL 116/7 in 20 overs (Akhil Herwadkar 35; Harmeet Singh 2/16) lost to Air India 117/1 , 11.3 overs (Tanmay Mishra 53n.o., Naman Ojha 58n.o. by 9 wickets.

Mumbai FC aim for another positive result After returning from Pune with another win against Bharat FC, the Mumbai outfit will now once have the backing of legion of spectators who would encourage them to produce another solid performance. Bengaluru FC coach Ashley Westwood agreed that the spectators turnout makes a huge difference to the match. “The presence of large number of spectators creates a wonderful atmosphere and they motivate us to play good football,” the coach stated at The Mumbai FC players train at the Cooperage Stadium on the eve of their the pre-match press briefing. match against defending champion Bengaluru FC. Westwood also praised his counterpart Khaild Jamil and umbai: A charged up back-to-back wins, one the team. Mumbai FC are all against Maldives club Maziya “The Mumbai coach geared up and raring to go FC in an AFC Cup competi- (Jamil) is a good coach. He is against defending champion tion match, at home and maturing well and getting Bengaluru FC in an 8th round against cellar outfit Sporting down to playing some very Hero I-League match, to be Clube de Goa last week and good football. They (Mumbai played under lights at the re- will expect to continue with FC) are a tough side and they furbished Cooperage ground their good run of form. will win more matches then on Tuesday evening. However, the Khalid Jamil they did last year,” he menThe Mumbai club, are cur- coached team, have proved tioned. rently on a roll, having suc- that they can rattle the best in cessfully and quite the business and with the WEST ZONE LEG OF comfortably won the last kind of support they have fi- JUNIORS BADMINTON three games. With this confi- nally started to enjoy from TOURNEY FROM TODAY dence boost and an upbeat their fans by playing at the The three-day West Zone leg mood in their camp, the Cooperage ground, they of the PNB Metlife junior home side is keen to main- demonstrated their prowess badminton championship, tain the momentum to push with a commanding 3-0 win for players between ages 9 for another positive result against a formidable Salgao- and 15 and hailing from Maagainst the visitors. car SC, Goa and a come from harashtra, Goa, Gujarat and On the other hand, Federa- behind 2-1 win over Shillong Madhya Pradesh, is to be tion Cup champions, Ben- club Royal Wahingdoh in held from today at the suburgaluru FC also come into the front of their ardent home ban Goregaon Sports Club match on a high with two supporters. here.

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anberra: On a roll after two wins, Ireland will face their biggest challenge of tackling a rampaging AB de Villiers when they clash against South Africa in a pool B match of the cricket World Cup here today. With victories over the West Indies and UAE, Ireland have so far proved that they are no pushovers but their dreams of making it to

PREVIEW the knockout stage will face a tough test against South Africa. It is mighty de Villiers, who poses the biggest threat, especially after his annihilation of the West Indies bowlers with a 66-ball 162run knock which was studded with 17 fours and eight sixes in Sydney. Pre-tournament favourites South Africa's 257-run win against the West Indies has boosted their campaign after

campaign on track. The fact that Ireland comfortably chased down a huge 304-run target against the West Indies with four wickets and 25 balls to spare will give them a lot of confidence. Ireland batsmen -- Paul Stirling (92), Ed Joyce (84) and Niall O'Brien (79 not out), too got runs under their belt during the victory over the West Indies and they will look to pose a good total if they get a chance to bat first at the batting friendly Manuka Oval wicket. For South Africa, poor form of their pace spearhead Dale Steyn is a big worry even though leg-spinner Imran Tahir have made himself counted with nine wickets so far in the tournament. "It excited me the way we played against the West Indies," said Ireland coach Simtheir stunning 130-run loss to and Rilee Rossouw -- all got under their West Indies mons. "They played four fast defending champion India at runs and it will take a special coach Phil Simmons and bowlers, thinking we would the MCG a week ago. effort from the Irish bowlers they will take heart from not be able to cope with the During the match, South to tame the Proteas apple- their last two performances speed. It's the best I've seen Africa's top-order batsmen cart today. Ireland has im- to give South Africa a run for the team play and it augurs Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis proved by leaps and bounds their money to keep their well for the future."

Afghanistan no surprise for New Zealand coach

uckland: New Zealand coach Mike Hesson insisted that the high-flying Black Caps will pay Afghanistan the utmost respect having tracked the Asian minnows' astonishing progress at close range. Hesson briefly coached Kenya in 2011 and 2012 with the African side coming up against the Afghans in second-tier events. The 40-year-old will renew his rivalry with them in the World Cup in Napier on Sunday. "They have three guys who bowl over 140km/h and

they can swing it," he said of quicks Shapoor Zadran, Dawlat Zadran and Hamid Hassan. "Generally, their batsmen don't die wondering. It should be a good contest. We have to show them due respect and make sure we put in a good performance." New Zealand have won all four games in Pool A and have already secured their spot in the quarter-finals while Afghanistan can still gate-crash the last-eight, standing just a point behind Australia after losing to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka before edging Scotland by one wicket. Their next challenge is taking on four-time champions Australia in Perth on Wednesday. "We'll do our scouting on Afghanistan and we'll prepare the best we can. We've still got a lot to achieve in the next few weeks," said Hesson, whose team secured their quarter-final spot on Saturday with a nail-biting one-wicket win over Australia in Auckland.

Mountain fires worry Steyn ahead of landmark match

anberra: South African fast bowler Dale Steyn plays his 100th one-day international on Tuesday looking to regain top form despite being distracted by mountain fires raging near his home in Cape Town. "Massive fire behind my house in Stonehurst! Plz be safe and watch out for the mountain animals trying to escape it, porcupines, tortoises." Steyn tweeted. Team-mate Faf du Plessis had the same worries too, tweeting "Crazy mountain fire near my new house. Hope they can stop the fire before it does more damage." Steyn was slated to address the pre-match press conference ahead of Tuesday's Pool B match against Ireland at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, but was replaced by Farhaan Behardien at the last minute. The 31-year-old Steyn, who was down with flu a few days before the start of theWorld Cup, has managed just one wicket in each of South Africa's first three matches against Zim-

du Plessis from celebrating the landmark one-dayer. "Of course it does affect you in some sort of way, but we have quite a strong support structure around us, the people, the friends and the family that's here," Behardien said. "If there's any opportunity to help them out or comfort them, we will do so, but I don't foresee it being a problem at all for both Dale and Faf.” Dale Steyn got the wicket of Ajinkya Rahane during the Group B in Melbourne. babwe, India and the West Indies. There are small pickings for one of the most destructive fast bowlers in the modern game and Steyn will be needed to be at his best if South Africa are to have a shot at their maiden World Cup title. Behardien was confident the mountain fires were not going to stop either Steyn or

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Australia’s Maxwell mocked for Kiwi ‘choke’ gesture

Sydney: Australia's Glenn Maxwell was both mocked and praised today after video emerged of him making a 'choking' gesture just moments before Kane Williamson launched the giant six that won Saturday's World Cup clash for New Zealand. Maxwell, a controversial batsman dubbed 'The Big Show' by Australian media, was fielding in the deep when he turned to a section of the 40,000 crowd at Auckland's Eden Park and jokingly placed his hands around his throat to suggest that the home side were about to fail chasing their modest 152-run target. But the Kiwis, who had lost five wickets for 15 at one stage, had the last laugh and claimed a place in the quarter-finals when, with the last pair at the wicket, Williamson sent his match-winning six high into the stands. The video clip was uploaded to Facebook by New Zealand fan Sam Holt and by today afternoon had attracted more than 173,000 views, liked by 65,000 people and shared 3,000 times. "This was Maxwell just before Kane Williamson tonked that 6 to win it... How's that for crowd / player banter?," wrote Holt. Maxwell scored just one in the game having made 66 in Australia's opening win over England, but he won some sympathy online with fans praising him for his interaction with the crowd. "I sat right behind maxwell and he was awesome. So interactive with the crowd and with a real good sense of humour! Def a good sportsman," wrote one spectator. "To be fair we were trying pretty hard to choke lol," added another fan.

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India are big tournament team: Hogg

Perth: Former Australia left-arm spinner Brad Hogg is in awe of the current Indian cricket team's fielding abilities and feels the defending champions are a "big tournament team" and have become the favourites to lift the World Cup. "The thing which impressed me most about India is their fielding. The time when I was playing we really felt we can get some extra runs on the field, we can take them on in the boundary," Hogg said. "But we saw against South Africa the other night, they had two crucial run outs of (AB) de Villiers and (David) Miller and turn the game around. It took the game away from South Africa. "That extra pressure on the field is going to help their bowlers and batters. That's why I feel they are starting to become the favourites for the World Cup." Hogg said India, with three consecutive wins so far, have gotten over the setback of their disappointing Australia tour that preceded the World Cup. "They (India) are big tournament team. I think they probably have settled down," said Hogg.

erth: Indian team's irregular sessions may have surprised many but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni feels that it is better to do three days of "high intensity" training rather than six days of "mediocre" workout to keep fresh in a marathon tournament like the cricket World Cup. The Indian team practiced two out four days days (travelling day is used for training) in between their matches against South Africa and UAE. The same two-trainingdays out of the available five days is being used by Dhoni and Co for their match against West Indies at the WACA on Friday. "What we're doing is dividing the workload, trying to practice on alternative days. Three days of high-intensity practice is better than six days of mediocre practice," Dhoni made it clear after the UAE match as to what exactly his views are on everyday net sessions. In fact whatever the Indian skipper said made a lot of sense. The team has played at all the venues since the start of the Test series and there won't be any major change in the character of wickets in a space of few weeks which would need them to do any special or extensive homework. "If you extend the Australia series till World Cup, it's a four-five month tour on the whole. If you talk of conditions, then we know everything about the conditions. We've played at almost all the venues so we know how the

Ravichandran Ashwin troubled the UAE batsmen with turn and bounce during the Pool B league match. wickets behave," Dhoni was categorical in his observation about the rest days that have been interspersed between some of the training sessions. For Dhoni, it is important that the team remains "mentally fresh" for a seven week tournament. "When you're constantly playing cricket, then what matters more than net sessions is rest especially, when you're playing a long series. Being mentally fresh is very important. We're mixing it. Even an off day is only an off

day on the field. We do gymnasium or pool sessions or try to play a bit of tennis â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all these things to keep ourselves fresh,"

TEAM TALK Dhoni explained. During their 2011 triumph, Team India had beautifully phased their campaign and peaked at the right time and Dhoni, with some unavoidable 'tweaks', wants to follow the same pattern.

"The attempt will be to do the same thing (pacing their campaign) but not everything always goes according to plan. When new challenges crop up, you need to be ready for them. All our plans, our practice sessions, maintaining fitness -everything has so far gone well for us," the skipper sounded satisfied. The main focus for Dhoni right now is to further improve upon their already impressive performance and maintaining the momentum

that they have gained. "As we enter the knockout stages, we'll need to improve our performance and maintain it," the skipper insisted. The skipper as usual sounded dismissive about popular opinions on training sessions and strategies going into the knock-out phase. "A lot of people have different opinions, but it's better if we don't pay heed to others' opinions and do what we feel within the team is right."

Kohli, Dhoni slide down; Shami gains 14 places in ODI rankings B

risbane: Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni slipped down the ladder to be fourth and 10th respectively, while Shikhar Dhawan retained his seventh spot in the latest ICC ODI batsmen's rankings released. In the ODI bowlers' chart, however, Indian pacer Mohammad Shami and Ravichandaran Ashwin made upward movements. While Shami gained as many as 14 places to be at 11th now, Ashwin's eight wickets in the ongoing cricket World Cup so far helped him climb six spots to 16th. There have been a plenty of reshuffle in the rankings at the end of 23 pool matches in

the World Cup, currently being staged in Australia and New Zealand. Kohli has slipped a rung but is still the best-placed Indian batsman at fourth position, while skipper

Africa's Hashim Amla in sec- all-rounders' table, which is ond place. The batting table now headed by Sri Lanka's is headed by South Africa Tillakaratne Dilshan. captain AB de Villiers, who leads by 49 ratings points. While none of the Indian UPCOMING bowlers figure in the top-10, both Shami and Ashwin's MATCH 25, POOL B progress has been signifiBOTTOMLINE cant. However, injured an Pakistan vs UAE Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja have both Wednesday, March 4 6.30 am Dhoni has lost two lost four places each to be at places to be at 10th. 17th and 18th. Rohit Sharma and Suresh The bowlers' list is still Raina are the other Indian topped by Pakistan spinner batsmen to be figuring in the MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan before the start of the game Saeed Ajmal, even though he top-20 list. Even though against United Arab Emirates. is not a part of the squad in Rohit has lost three places to the mega-event. Venue: be at 16th, Raina has climbed Sri Lanka's Kumar San- cricket's biggest spectacle Meanwhile, India's Jadeja McLean Park, up four positions to be at gakkara, who is currently the with 268 runs, has moved up has managed to retain his Napier 20th. leading run-scorer in the two places to join South seventh position in the ODI

DALMIYA RETURNS AS BCCI PREZ, ANURAG THAKUR NEW SECRETARY

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hennai: Veteran cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya was today unanimously elected President of the BCCI but the N Srinivasan camp suffered a huge setback with rival faction's Anurag Thakur beating Sanjay Patel for the post of Secretary at the Board's Annual General Meeting here today. Barring Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association chief Thakur's surprise win, ruling camp loyalists swept the elections for the other posts at the much-postponed AGM, where Srinivasan himself could not contest for the President's post owing to a Supreme Court directive. Jharkhand Cricket Association's Amitabha Chodhary was elected the Joint Secretary beating Goa's Chetan Desai, belonging to the antiSrinivasan faction, while Haryana's Anirudh Choudhary won the treasurer's position by defeating Rajiv Shukla. While three vice-Presidents were elected unopposed, the two other positions also went to the Srinivasan faction with T C Mathews (Kerala, west zone) and C K Khanna (Delhi, central zone) winning the polls. Khanna defeated the influential Jyotiraditya Scindia, while Mathews edged past Ravi Sawant. The three who were elected unopposed are Andhra's Gokaraju Gangaraju (south

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place only for Thakur. The 70year-old Dalmiya, President of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), was unanimously accepted by all the units loyal to Srinivasan to return to a position he held more than a decade back. Dalmiya's bid got a boost after Pawar failed to get any proposer from the East Zone, whose turn it was to nominate the president. The former ICC President had held the top post in BCCI between 2001 and 2004. All the six state units from the East Zone owed allegiance to the Srinivasan camp when his loyalists met here on Sunday. Maratha strongman Pawar, who was projected as possiJagmohan Dalmiya and [L] Anurag Thakur. [Below] ICC Chairman N ble candidate for the presiSrinivasan leaves after casting his vote during the 85th Annual General dent's post, had also met his Meeting of BCCI, in Chennai on Monday. supporters. Dalmiya's elevation to the senting the north zone. position was necessitated The road for Dalmiya was after Srinivasan was forced to cleared after Pawar failed to stay away from the election get a proposer from east owing to a Supreme Court dizone, prompting the Maratha rective, which reduced his strongman to pull out of the role to merely voting. race. In fact, the AGM itself was BJP leader Thakur, it is delayed several times due to learnt, won by just one vote the legal battle that Sriniover Srinivasan loyalist Patel, vasan is fighting in the top a scenario unlikely to have court. The apex court is curemerged had there not been rently hearing the IPL spotcross-voting during the elec- fixing scandal in which tion process. conflict of interest with reHowever, the fact that gards to Srinivasan's position zone), Assam's Goutam Roy other anti-Srinivasan camp as BCCI President and IPL (east) with M L Nehru of candidates lost the elections team owner came in for Jammu and Kashmir repre- proved that cross-voting took sharp criticism from court.

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Wily old warhorse Dalmiyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second-coming to BCCI pinnacle

olkata: Widely credited for making BCCI the world's richest Cricket Board, life has come full circle for veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya, who returned to the top post after being forced out of the body close to a decade back. Expelled from the position in 2006, the 74-year-old was elected BCCI president in the Board's much-delayed 85th Annual General Meeting after Sharad Pawar pulled out of race failing to get a proposer from the East Zone. Dubbed the 'Asian Tiger' and master of the board game, who practically held all cricketing administrative positions after starting off as a treasurer in the Cricket Association of Bengal in 1978, Dalmiya went on to be the ICC President in March 1997 before leading BCCI from 2001-2004 before December 2006 ended his reign.

Accused of misappropriation of funds and a refusal to provide the relevant accounts and documents pertaining to a few cases, Dalmiya was expelled from the Indian board in a meeting in Jaipur An opening batsman and wicketkeeper during his early days, Dalmiya did not give up as he challenged the charges in the Bombay High Court and then at the Supreme Court of India. Finally he heaved a sigh of relief in July 2007, when the Calcutta High Court dismissed the charges against him. He was exonerated as the BCCI was unable to prove their charge of financial irregularities against him. After being allowed by the High Court to contest for the presidency of the Cricket Association of Bengal, Dalmiya silently made his return and has held the post with little challenge.

Newly elected BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya being congratulated by DDCA President S P Bansal and Joint Secretary Ravi Jain, after 85th AGM of the Board in Chennai on Monday.

I was not supposed to contest, says Sharad Pawar Nadal ends title drought with Argentina win C

hennai: Seasoned politician Sharad Pawar, who was forced to pull out of the the race for president's post at the BCCI elections, said today the poll outcome has shown that the powerful cricketing body was not solely controlled by N Srinivasan. "I am quite happy with the new set of board members," said Pawar after Jagmohan Dalmiya was unanimously elected president at the BCCI AGM here today. Asked about contesting in the elections, Pawar said: "I was not supposed to contest...According to constitution this was the

Srinivisan loyalist Sanjay Patel lost the post of secretary by one vote to BJP's Anurag Thakur. Pawar said the result showed that Srinivasan did not rule the board. "Somebody was claiming that the entire board was under his thumb, so this result has shown that is not the situation," said Pawar. However, not all is lost for Sharad Pawar leaves after the 85th Srinivasan as the AGM ratified Annual General meeting of the his position as the ICC ChairBCCI in Chennai on Monday. man, according to a top official. The development did not time for someone from east go down well with Aditya (zone) side and someone has Verma, the petitioner in the to contest from that belt only." IPL spot-fixing case.

Sania breaks partnership with Hsieh to pair with Hingis NEW DELHI: India's top tennis player Sania Mirza has decided to partner former world number one Martina Hingis on the WTA circuit, splitting with Hsieh Su-wei after partnering the Chinese Taipei player in only four tournaments this season. In four tournaments together, they made two second round exits (Dubai and Australian Open), reached semifinals of the Brisbane event and ended with a runners-up finish in Doha last week. "My results with Hsieh have not been

extraordinary in the four tournaments we played in since January," Sania, ranked number five in the world, said. "Hsieh is not feeling comfortable while playing on the Advantage court and feels she's struggling to make the adjustment. I tried playing on the backhand side in Doha and we did reach the final but I feel I am unable to play my best tennis from the Ad court when we are playing against the top teams of the world," Sania said.

the first time he hasn't figured in the top three since August 2013. With this win, he's projected to return to third in the world, again overtaking Britain's Andy Murray. "I'm coming off a season that has not been easy -- injuries, accidents," said Nadal, who had to cope with wrist trouble and an appendectomy in 2014. "The beginning of this year has been a bit tricky after some time out, but little by little we have found positive feelings." The 28-year-old left-hanRafael Nadal of Spain bites his trophy after winning the final tennis der needed one hour and 26 match at the ATP Argentina Open against Juan Monaco of Argentina in minutes on court to notch Buenos Aires. Nadal won 6-4, 6-1. his sixth victory over Monaco in as many meetuenos Aires: Rafael Nadal on the Open Era all-time list ings on clay. But the players won his first title in led by the 109 titles of Amer- had to wait out a two-hour nearly nine months, beating ican Jimmy Connors. rain delay before the match, Juan Monaco 6-4, 6-1 to win Most importantly, it and another 55-minute the Argentina Open. showed Nadal is headed in delay after both held serve Nadal's triumph was his the right direction. The for 1-1 in the opening set on first since he won a ninth Spaniard, who battled injury the still slippery court. "It French Open title at Roland last year after his Roland was a tough day in the rain Garros last June. His 46th ca- Garros triumph, exited early because no one knew what reer claycourt title is the sec- in Qatar and fell in the quar- was going to happen," Nadal ond-most all-time behind ter-finals at the Australian said. "I am very thrilled to the 49 of Argentina's Open in January. win here. From the first day I Guillermo Vilas. It was He had fallen to fourth in trained my best to achieve Nadal's 65th career crown on the world after a semi-final this goal. I'm very happy. I all surfaces, moving him into loss to Italian Fabio Fognini leave here with an unforgetsole possession of fifth place in Rio de Janeiro last week, table feeling and memory."