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Ambush in Manipur 20 armymen were killed and 12 injured when a convoy was ambushed by terrorists See Pg 2

Maggi row: All-India ban on the cards?

Some Muslim political leaders and clerics do not want to participate in the World Yoga Day event

N Health Officers collecting samples of Maggi noodles in Bikaner on Thursday.

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EW DELHI: Some Muslim outfits have expressed reservations over reports that the government may ask schools to mark International Yoga Day. They claim that yoga requires bowing which is a practice reserved during Namaz. They also say that yoga sessions should not be made compulsory. The government has been is planning countrywide yoga sessions to mark the International Day of Yoga on June 21. The government has maintained that yoga is a physical

activity and should not be linked to religion, says an agency report. "We object if yoga is made compulsory, suryanamaskar is against the basic teaching of Islam. We are not against any form of exercise but why aren't they making martial arts or any other form of physical activity compulsory," asks All India Majlis-eItehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi. The Congress, too, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making

Yoga compulsory. "The PM is known for headline management in everything. He's holding a yoga event for a day but does he practice it himself? He doesn't realise that India is a composite culture," Congress leader Randeep Surjewala said. Supporting the concerns of the minority groups, he said, "their concern is very simple. Why should I impose anything on a particular group. If a Muslim group or Christian or tribal group doesn't follow it then so be it. You can't impose it on

them," Surjewala said. He also added that the decision on whether Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul will be a part of the event will be taken after they get an invite. However, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed that it is wrong to link Yoga with religion. "Health is wealth and Yoga is the key to that. It should not linked with any religion. Whoever wants to take, it they can and people who don't want to, don't have to," leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.

JD(U), RJD and Congress alliance in Bihar The parties have resolved all differences and decided to contest the ensuing assembly poll together

Manmohan Singh stopped probe against Jagdish Tytler See Pg 2

Sharad Yadav, JD(U) president

EW DELHI: Congress, JD(U), RJD and NCP will contest Bihar assembly elections together, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav said on Thursday after weeks of dillydallying on the issue of formation of a secular alliance to take on BJP. "The unity is bound to happen as it is the need of the hour. The nation needs it. All of us will contest election together. Congress, JD-U, RJD, NCP and others will fight together," Yadav told PTI.

The JD(U) chief's assertion come a day after a key Lalu aide and MLC Bhola Yadav met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who has begun consultations with party legislators and MPs to get feedback from them about the situation arising out of the delay in formal announcement of a tie-up. Kumar was also said to be weighing the option of going with Congress if an alliance with RJD did not materialise. Rubbishing speculations

that alliance talks had failed, Lalu had said yesterday in Patna that reality was different from what was being propagated by the "vested interests" and that he was "committed to fighting communal forces". His statement was seen as an indication that an alliance was likely. Scotching speculation about RJD and JD(U) going separate ways, Sharad Yadav said, "The unity (of Janata Parivar parties) has already been announced. Now the

announcement will materialise. It will materialise as the country needs it." "I am confident about the unity," he said. He, however, refused to clarify whether he was referring only to JD(U) and RJD contesting together or to the grand alliance of six parties of erstwhile Janata Parivar. Samajwadi Party, RJD, JD(U), JD(S), INLD, and Samajwadi Janata Party had Continued on pg 2 ÂŤ

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Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, J&K have already banned Maggi noodles. In the next few days it looks certain that it will be banned all over India

EW DELHI: After Delhi, three more states -- Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir and Uttarakhand â&#x20AC;&#x201C; on Thursday banned the sale of Maggi noodles, as the popular instant snack came under mounting scrutiny over food safety concerns. The Uttarakhand government

JD(U), RJD and Congress alliance in Bihar Continued from pg 1 ÂŤ in April announced a merger and constituted a committee to sort out issues including party's name and election symbol. The merged entity, it was announced, would be led by SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav. However, initial enthusiasm soon waned after differences cropped up between Lalu and Nitish Kumar over announcement of the chief ministerial candidate and the number of seats the two parties will contest, if a formal merger failed to materialise before the state assembly polls due in September-October. Asked if he could give a date by which the alliance talks would be sealed, Yadav said,"I cannot give you a date but unity will happen." He also declined to divulge what transpired in his recent talks with Lalu. "I am in touch with everyone. These things cannot be disclosed to media," he said. Lalu and Nitish have not met directly for alliance talks for quite some time now. Yadav also refused to comment on the recent war of words between the leaders of the two parties over projecting Nitish Kumar as chief ministerial candidate of the alliance. "I do not give statements on statements. But the alliance will happen," he insisted.

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banned the sale of Nestle's instant noodles for three months while in Gujarat the ban will be effective for one month after some samples of the food had failed lab tests, officials said in Dehradun and Gandhinagar. In Jammu & Kashmir, the state government banned the sale for one month till the receipt of reports over the fitness of the fast food for human consumption. The three states also ordered the noodle manufacturers Nestle India to immediately withdraw the stocks. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are awaiting results of tests of samples of the noodles taken from the respective states before taking any action. Delhi had on Wednesday banned sale of the food item for 15 days. Apart from Maggi, the Gujarat government also tested one sample each of instant noodles of Sunfeast and S.K. Foods and has banned the latter for a month as high lead content of 4 PPM was found in it. "Twenty seven samples collected from different parts of the state were tested by Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration. The test has shown that lead was present above the prescribed limit while Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) was

Children protest against Maggi in Kolkata on Thursday. PTI also present," Gujarat Health Minister Nitin Patel said while giving details of the lab tests of Maggi noodles. Of the 27 samples, lead content in 14 of them was found to be 2.8 PPM to 5 PPM (particle per million), which is above the prescribed limit of 2.5 PPM. Presence of excess lead is harmful for health, he said. "Monosodium glutamate, which should not be present in the prod-

uct, was found in all the samples tested. For these reasons, the government has banned the sale and distribution of Maggi noodles for one month in the state. The government has also informed Nestle to withdraw all its Maggi stock from Gujarat," Patel said. The J&K government in an order said that all the District Magistrates have been directed to impose com-

Manmohan Singh stopped probe against Jagdish Tytler

Ambush in Manipur I

EW DELHI: Arms dealer Abhishek Verma has deposed before the CBI that Congress leader Jagdish Tytler had told him in 2008 that he had met the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after which he got a clean chit over his alleged role in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. In his statement as a witness recorded by the CBI during a probe, Verma, an accused in the naval war room leak and other cases including cheating and forgery, has said that Tytler had also told him that a deal was struck and a hefty amount was paid to a riots case witness, who had deposed against him. Containing these claims, the CBI has filed a third closure report in a Delhi court which on Tuesday heard arguments on the report and asked the agency to respond to the allegations that Tytler had tried to influence the witness. The CBI said in its closure report that Verma's oral evidence indicated that Tytler might have tried to influence witness Surinder. However, the agency said the fact narrated by Verma could not be verified as Surinder has since expired. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler posted the case for June 26 asking the prosecutor to inform him about the action taken by CBI on the allegations that Tytler had also paid money to the witness and the alleged hawala transaction. "As per the deal, hefty amount was paid to Surinder Singh Granthi (witness who has died) besides settling his son Narinder Singh abroad. He (Tytler) also told me (Verma) that he had mounted pressure on Narinder

Jagdish Tytler who in turn was to pressurise his father Surinder to change his statement in favour of Jagdish Tytler," testified Verma, who is at present lodged in a jail and whose statement was recorded by CBI on August 5, 2013. "He (Tytler) also boasted of having met the Prime Minister who in turn would ask Director/CBI to get the investigating conducted in his favour... "He further boasted that it was due to his said meeting with the Prime Minister that CBI had given him a clean chit in the case but the judge was not inclined to accept the clea chit for which he (Jagdish Tytler) was making effort to settle the issue with the judge," Verma has said. He said the conversation between him and Tytler took place after his release from jail in the leak case when they were going to a farmhouse of Gopal Kanda, the then Congress MLA of Haryana, in August-September, 2008. During the hearing, senior advocate H S Phoolka, representing the riots victims, said it was shocking that even after receiving evidence of such incriminating nature, the CBI has submitted a closure report.

MPHAL: In the worst attack in two decades, insurgents on Thursday ambushed a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district killing at least 20 army personnel and injuring 11 others. Army and civilian authorities suspect the involvement of Manipur rebel outfit Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) and Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), a Meitei revolutionary organisation, who used landmines, rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack as mindless and very distressing. "Today's mindless attack in Manipur is very distressing. I bow to each and every soldier who has sacrificed his life for the Nation," he tweeted. A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal, when it was attacked by an unidentified insurgent outfit first with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device

plete ban on the sale of maggi products in the state. "This restriction will, however, remain in force for a period of one month or till the test report of sampling to be conducted by the concerned government department/agency is received, whichever comes earlier," the order said. In Uttarakhand, Principal Secretary Health Om Prakash told PTI that a decision to ban the sale of Maggi was taken late last night in public interest by the Food Security Department as 2 of the 300 odd samples of the food product failed laboratory tests. The decision was prompted by the presence of monosodium glutamate (MSG) in the samples sent for laboratory tests to Rudrapur in Udhamsingh Nagar district, he said. "As the matter concerns public health we lost no time in imposing a ban on the popular food product in Uttarakhand," he added. However, no lead content was found in the samples tested, the official said, adding that out of the 300 samples sent to Rudrapur laboratory, test results of a majority of them are still awaited.

(IED), a police official told PTI. After the IED blast, the insurgents resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four Army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons, Army sources said. "20 armymen were killed and 11 injured in the attack," Army spokesman Col Rohan Anand said in Delhi. A suspected insurgent was also killed, police said. The attack occurred at around 9 a.m. when the convoy reached a place between Paralong and Charong villages.

All-out offensive launched to eliminate militants

EW DELHI: An all-out offensive was launched to trace and eliminate the militants involved in massacre of 20 army men in Manipur on Thursday. The Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur has been closed to stop the militants fleeing to the neighbouring country. At a high-level meeting, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag, Nation Security Advisor Ajit Doval besides others, took stock of the situation arising out of the ambush on the army personnel in the northeastern state. The Home Minister ordered that no militant involved in the attack should be allowed to go scot free and strongest possible action should be taken against all those involved in the ambush, official sources told PTI. The central government took the incident very seriously and directed that all installations of the security forces in Manipur and Nagaland be put on high alert to foil any attempt by the militants to strike again. Sources said top security brass of the country was anguished over the killing of such a large number of armymen.

Motorist jumps signal, hits and runs senior citizen, does police know?

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The 59-year-old woman was bleeding profusely but none came for help for the next 5 minutes By Abhishek Vissapragada

59-year-old woman was hitand-run over by a biker late evening on June 3 this year near Bandra station. According to a witness, people who were on the spot didn't help the victim for 5 minutes despite he called for help. The Bandra resident Hilda Machado, the victim, was first admitted to Bhabha Hospital where the doctors gave swift treatment. “We shifted Hilda from there to Holy Family Hospital at Bandra this afternoon as we were not satisfied by the service there,” said Elizabeth Machado, Hilda's sister-in-law on Thursday, adding, “Hilda suffered head injury. I was informed about the accident by my husband Stan

and I reached Bhabha Hospital at around 8 pm.” “I had seen the victim crossing the street near Lucky Restaurant at Bandra around 7.20 pm. While the signal was going to turn green in 34 seconds, two men on a bike came at a very high speed, jumping the signal, and hit the victim and fled away,” said Rani (name changed), a witness of the accident. According to the witness, the victim immediately fell down and suffered head injury. “She immediately started bleeding profusely, so I rushed for her help,” said Rani, who added that she pleaded for help but none came. “I thought that since so many people were around there, Hilda would receive immediate help. But no one was helping even after I asked them to do so for 5 minutes,” said Rani. She also said that the traffic constable present at the spot didn't help Hilda. “The constable was more bothered about clearing the traffic at the spot rather than helping the injured

Hilda,” said Rani. However, the two passersby helped Rani taking Hilda to nearby hospital. “The two women helped me pick Hilda and then we took her in an auto-rickshaw to Bhabha Hospital. There the doctors swiftly started treating Hilda while we were registering her at 7.30 pm. A police officer present there also took our statement regarding the accident,” said Rani. But when the ADC inquired about the case at Bandra Police Station, the officials said they are not aware of the accident. “There is no case of accident or hit-and-run has been registered at our station,” said the official. But officials at Bhabha Hospital confirmed about one of the police personnel registering a case at their hospital. Hilda is recuperating at Holy Family Hospital in room no. 206. “I am thankful to those three women who helped me in my time of need. While I feel a bit weak and my head is paining due to the accident, I can-

Hilda Machado (left) with her sister-in-law Elizabeth at the Holy Family Hospital, yesterday. not remember much about what had happened as I was unconscious,” said Hilda. “We are senior citizens and while we would like the culprits to be caught, we won't be able to follow up with the police case. We are very

glad that God sent three great people to help Hilda,” said Elizabeth. Hilda stays with Stan and Elizabeth at Bandra. She works in a company at Thane. She was returning from work when the accident took place at Bandra.

AAP threatens state-wide agitation Illegal fish market outside on June 8 if demands not met Sassoon Dock raises a stink By Aroosa Ahmed

(From left): Aam Aadmi Party's Abha Mulay (Maharashtra Secretary), Subhash Ware (Maharashtra Conevor) and Raju Bhise (Co-Conevor), during press conference at the Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh, on Thursday.

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am Aadmi Party (AAP) seems to be again initiating its revival in the Maharashtra politics by taking up new causes related to the common man. This time, they have initiated a move to help farmers in Maharashtra as their point of focus in the conference held on Thursday in South Mumbai was to draw the government's attention towards the increasing number of farmers' suicide. While this subject has been debated for years now, AAP seems to want an immediate action to help the farmers and their families. Sub-

“We shall gift the government a 'hanging noose' if no action is taken on farmers' suicide issue,” says AAP’s Maharashtra convener Subhash Ware

hash Ware, Convener of Aam Aadmi Party in Maharashtra, spoke about a mass contact programme they organised to observe condition of farmers and farm labourers in over 100 villages where they visited to inspect the scenario. The 'Shetkari Shetmajur Samwad Yatra' as they called it was to find more about the suicides of the farmers and help the families of those who have passed away. “The Vidarbha and Marathwada regions are affected the most with the suicides of young farmers. The situation of their families is despicable over there. Compensation for crop loss due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms has not reached them yet. Now, we have requested the government to waive off the crop loans they have taken and start anew. This work should have been done within the one year that the new government has taken charge,” Ware told the media. AAP has demanded to take immediate action to waive off all crop loans of farmers and sought Rs. 25,000 per acre loans for upcoming sowing season and arrange provision of a minimum price of milk to help farmers rear milch animals. According to AAP leaders, the state government has been consistently ignoring the pleas of these farmers' families for a long time now. “If they do not respond to our request till June 8, AAP will launch a state-wide agitation in support of these farmers. We shall be gifting a hanging noose to Maharashtra Government and all collectors through the districts of the state,” concluded Ware.

esidents living in Colaba's posh locality near Sassoon Dock seem to be a harassed lot since three years as they have been complaining against illegal fishermen who have camped outside the gates of the Sassoon Dock allegedly creating a traffic chaos. The fish market which is usually based inside the docks is now on the outside, since the Bombay Port Trust (MPT) reportedly closed its door for the fishermen in the first week of June and hence then come out on the road to sell their fish. The residents complain that the illegal market commences at 5 am and goes up to 1 pm, creating traffic jams in the area. The BMC and the Bombay Port Trust (BPT) are not ready to listen to the plight of the residents. Despite complaining to the BMC, BPT and the police authorities, residents claim no proper action has been taken. The residents do not open their windows for three whole months starting from July because of the nauseating smell of the fish. Christopher Thomas, social activist and a resident of the area, said, “The BPT closes its doors to the fishermen for three months and despite various complaints to them and the BMC no action has been taken. We cannot open the windows because of the smell as it gets difficult to breathe. The traffic is chaotic in the early morning hours. Now a vegetable market has also come up just next to the illegal fish market, and all of these things are on the road with no authority taking any

action against them.” Cynthia Dmello, Trustee, Calm and My Dream Colaba, said, “The fish market starts at the beginning of the road and during the early morning hours, it gets difficult for people to even get out of their

Vendors selling fish have camped outside the gates of Sassoon Dock allegedly creating traffic chaos and raising a stink. house during the morning hours. People spend lakhs of rupees to buy homes here and they have to reside in such conditions. It is sad that despite various complaints, the BMC is not taking any action against the nuisance. Also, during the rainy season there is a lot of water logging due to the waste which is thrown by the fish sellers.” While officials at the BPT informed that the concerned officer was on leave, attempts to reach BMC's encroachment officer at 'A' ward turned futile.

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Tahseen Shaikh to Banafsha Tahseen Shaikh as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11539 I Badar Islam Ansari have changed my son name from Muddassir Ansari to Muhammed Muddassir Ansari as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11540 I have changed my name from Najmabi Fakir Mahamad Momin to Najma Imamuddin Momin as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11541 I have changed my name from Halimabi Aslam to Halima Aslam Sawad as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11542 I have changed my name from Mehjaben Sohel Ahmed Deshmukh to Mehjabeen Arif Khan as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11543 I have changed my name from Zaeem Kureshi to Zaeem Hashmi as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11544 I have changed my name from Imamuddin Ahmed Saheb to Imamuddin Momin as per Affidavit Dated 03/06/2015. C-11545 I have changed my name from Saifuddin Mulla Fidaali to Saifuddin Mulla Fidaali Malak as per Affidavit dated 02.06.2015. C-11546 I have changed my name from Miss. Reshma Shyam Wanghule to Mrs. Sayuri Harshad Padte as per Deed Poll Affidavit Dated 29th Day of May 2015. C-11547 I have changed name from Aminabi Isarar Khan to Aminabi Israr Khan as per Affidavit dtd. 3rd June’2015. C-11548 I have changed my name from Suny Vinod Singh to Sunny Vinod Singh as per Affidavit Dated :30/5/2015. C-11549 I have changed my name from Indubala Bhaskar Wagle to Madhavi Mangesh Pandit vide Affidavit dated 29/05/2015. C-11550 I have changed my name from Rashmi Gopalnath Kapoor to Veena Naresh Sharma vide Affidavit dated 01/06/2015. C-11551 I have changed my name from Dipakkumar Dwarkadas Raja to Dipak Dwarkadas Raja vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit (28AA 060272) dtd 28 May 2015. C-11552

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Ajay Kumar Sharma to Ajay B Sharma vide Govt of Maha. Gazette (M-151060). C-11553

I have changed my name from Mohammed Yaseen to Mohammed Yaseen Ayub Shaik as per deed poll Affidavit C-11570

We Mr. P. Balakrishnan Iyer and Mrs. Vijayalaxmi B. Iyer have changed our minor son's name from Kshitij Balakrishnan Iyer to Prem Balakrishnan Iyer vide Affidavit (MM 321132). C-11554

I have changed my name from Leticia Dcruz to Leticia Michael Dcosta as per deed poll Affidavit C-11571

I have changed my name from Moulik Jitendra Solanki to Moulik Girish Shah vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit (MM 321145). C-11555 I have changed my name from Harsha Sanjeev Poojary to Harsha Zayden Samuel vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit (MM 321109). C-11556 I have changed my name from Mohd Ilyas Hungund to Mohammed Ilyas Hungund as per Affidavit dated 4/6/2015. C-11557

I have changed my name from Archana Rai to Archana Singh as per deed poll Affidavit C-11572 I have changed my name from Divya Yogesh Agrawal to Divya Yogesh Singhal as per deed poll Affidavit C-11573 I have changed my name from Saleha Begum to Saleha Ayub Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit C-11574 I have changed my name from Ayub Khan to Ayub Ibrahim Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit C-11575

I have changed my name from Sukanya Venkataraman Iyer to Sai Sukanya Venkataraman Iyer as per Affidavit dated 4/6/2015. C-11558

I have changed my name from Gopala Rama Pujary to Gopal Rama Poojary as per deed poll Affidavit C-11576

I have changed my name from “Ketankumar Dhirijlal Sheth” to “Ketan Dhirijlal Sheth” as per Affidavit Dated 1st June 2015. C-11559

I have changed my name from Suresha Gopala Pujary to Suresh Gopal Poojary as per deed poll Affidavit C-11577

I have changed my name from “Vasudha Mohan Tankkar” to “Vidhya Vijay Koyande” as per Affidavit. C-11560

I have changed my name from Kuldeep Parasmal Lodha to Kuldeep Parasmal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit C-11578

I have changed my name from “Hemantkumar Madhavji Patel” to “Hemant Madhavji Patel” as per Affidavit. C-11561

I have changed my name from Ketan Pravinchandra Dharod to Ketan Pravin Dharod as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11579

I have changed my name from “Madhav Bhai Patel” to “Madhavji Meghji Patel” as per Affidavit. C-11562

I have changed my name from Renuka Rajendra Lohia to Renuka Ananthasivan Minoor as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11580

I have changed my name from “Madhavbhaiji Meghji Patel” to“Madhavji Meghji Patel” as per Affidavit. C-11563

We have changed our minor child's name from Mohammed Ikram Ishti Yaque Kheratkar to Ikram Ishtiyaque Kheratkar as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11581

I have changed my name from “Hiteshkumar Madhavbhaiji Patel” to “Hitesh Madhavji Patel” as per Affidavit. C-11564 I have changed my name from Aisha Ansari to Ayesha Ansari as per deed poll Affidavit C-11565 I have changed my name from Mohd Ahzad to Mohd Asjad Afzal Rangoonwala as per Affidavit C-11566 I have changed my name from Salil Jayantbhai Desai to Salil Jayant Desai as per deed poll Affidavit C-11567 I have changed my name from Shaikh Aysha Shaikh Munawar to Aisha Munawwar Shaikh as per Affidavit Dated 04/06/2015 C-11568 I have changed my name from Shaikh Munawar Shaikh Abdula to Shaikh Munawwar as per Affidavit Dated 04/06/2015 C-11569

I have changed my name from Vasanthi Gopala Pujary to Vasanthi Gopal Poojary as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11582 I have changed my name from Rajesh Kumar Singh to Rajesh Jayram Singh as per deed poll Affidavit C-11583 I have changed my name from Nitin Kumar Jangir to Nitin Santosh Jangid as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11584 I have changed my name from Jawwad Ahmed Ansari to Javeed Jalil Ahmed Ansari as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11585 I have changed my name from Deepak Kumar Dwivedi to Deepak Dwivedi as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11586 I have changed my name from Santosh Kumar Jangir to Santosh Kumar Jangid as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11587

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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015 I have changed my name from Vidya Jangir to Vidya Jangid as per deed poll Affidavit. C-11588

I have changed my name from Premila Devraj Patel to Pramila Mahadev Patel as per Affidavit C-11606

I have changed my name from Deepali Ramchandra Parab to Deepali Mithilesh Singh as per the deedpoll Affidavit. C-11589

We Mr. Mahadev Patel & Mrs. Pramila Patel have changed our minor child name from Manas Mahadev Choudhary to Manas Mahadev Patel as per Affidavit C-11607

I have changed my name from Saeed Ahmed Ikramuddin to Saeed Ahmed Ikramuddin Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit/Annexure-E. C-11590 I have changed my name from Ankit Arvind Mody to Ankit Arvind Modi as per Affidavit Dated: 15 Jan 2015. C-11591 I have changed my name from Arvind Amulakh Mody to Arvind Amulakh Modi as per Affidavit Dated: 15 Jan 2015. C-11592 I have changed my name from Varsha Arvind Mody to Varsha Arvind Modi as per Affidavit Dated: 15 Jan 2015. C-11593 I have changed my name from Kantilal Manilal Vadhiya to Kantibhai Manibhai Vadhiya as per Affidavit. C-11594 I have changed my name from Mayurkumar Jayantilal Senghani to Mayur Jayantilal Senghani as per Affidavit C-11595 We Mr. Jayantilal Senghani & Mrs. Kamlaben Senghani have changed our minor child name from Bhavya Jayantilal Patel to Bhavya Jayantilal Senghani as per Affidavit C-11596 I have changed my name from Jayantilal Samji Patel to Jayantilal Samji Senghani as per Affidavit C-11597 I have changed my name from Kamlaben Jayantilal Patel to Kamlaben Jayantilal Senghani as per Affidavit C-11598 I have changed my name from Hemendrakumar Ratilal Parekh to Hemendra Ratilal Parekh as per Affidavit C-11599 I have changed my name from Raj Atul Hariya to Raj Atul Haria as per Affidavit C-11600 I have changed my name from Atul Lakhmshi Hariya to Atul Lakhmshi Haria as per Affidavit C-11601 I have changed my name from Bhavna Atul Hariya to Bhavna Atul Haria as per Affidavit C-11602 I have changed my name from Mahesh Kumar Patel to Mahesh Punjalal Patel as per Affidavit C-11603 I have changed my name from Dakshaben Manjibhai Gothi to Daksha Mahesh Patel as per Affidavit C-11604 I have changed my name from Pujalal Patel to Punjalal Patel as per Affidavit C-11605

I have changed my name from Mahadev Punjalal Choudhary to Mahadev Punjalal Patel as per Affidavit C-11608 I have changed my name from Pramila Mahadev Choudhary to Pramila Mahadev Patel as per Affidavit C-11609 I have changed my name from Vandana Ben Popatlal Panchani to Vandana Kapil Patel as per Affidavit C-11610 I have changed my name from Harji Parbat Choudhari to Hirji Parbat Choudhari as per Affidavit C-11611 I have changed my name from Manjulaben Ranchhod Nanya Ganesha to Manju Hirji Choudhari as per Affidavit C-11612 I have changed my name from Hiraji Parbat Choudhari to Hirji Parbat Choudhari as per Affidavit C-11613 I have changed my name from Manju Ben Hirji Choudhari to Manju Hirji Choudhari as per Affidavit C-11614 I have changed my name from Rajesh Kumar Deorah to Rajesh Ramesh Deorah as per Affidavit C-11615 I have changed my name from Rameshchandra Deorah to Ramesh Deorah as per Affidavit C-11616 I have changed my name from Ramaji Vena Patel to Ramji Vena Patel as per Affidavit C-11617 I have changed my name from Bharatkumar Mavji Pasad to Bharat Mavji Pasad as per Affidavit C-11618 I have changed my name from Bharatbhai Mange to Bharat Jakhubhai Mange as per Affidavit C-11619 I have changed my name from Bhartiben Bharatbhai Mange to Bharti Bharat Mange as per Affidavit C-11620 We Mr. Bharat Mange & Mrs. Bharti Mange have changed our minor child name from Namrata Bharatbhai Bhange to Namrata Bharat Mange as per Affidavit C-11621 I have changed my name from Bharat Jakhubhai Bhange to Bharat Jakhubhai Mange as per Affidavit C-11622 I have changed my name from Bharti Bharat Bhange to Bharti Bharat Mange as per Affidavit C-11623

I have changed my name from Rajkumar Selvaraj to Rajkumar Selvaraj Lingathar as per Affidavit C-11624 We Mr. Rajkumar Lingathar & Mrs. Indumati Lingathar have changed our minor child name from Kaushika Rajkumar Lingetar to Kaushika Rajkumar Lingathar as per Affidavit C-11625 I have changed my name from Rajkumar Selvaraj Lingetar to Rajkumar Selvaraj Lingathar as per Affidavit C-11626 I have changed my name from Indumathi Rajkumar Lingetar to Indumati Rajkumar Lingathar as per Affidavit C-11627 I have changed my name from Indumathi Rajkumar Lingathar to Indumati Rajkumar Lingathar as per Affidavit C-11628 I have changed my name from Ranjanaben Babulal Chopda to Ranjana Gitesh Patel as per Affidavit C-11629 We Mr. Gitesh Patel & Mrs. Ranjana Patel have changed our minor child name from Shreya Gitesh Pokar to Shreya Gitesh Patel as per Affidavit C-11630 We Mr. Gitesh Patel & Mrs. Ranjana Patel have changed our minor child name from Kashiv Gitesh Pokar to Kashiv Gitesh Patel as per Affidavit C-11631 I have changed my name from Gitesh Valji Pokar to Gitesh Valji Patel as per Affidavit C-11632 I have changed my name from Geeta Gitesh Pokar to Ranjana Gitesh Patel as per Affidavit C-11633 I have changed my name from Dhirajlal Chhaganlal Patel to Dhiraj Chhaganlal Patel as per Affidavit C-11634 I have changed my name from Geetaben Karsan Nakrani to Geeta Dhiraj Patel as per Affidavit C-11635 I have changed my name from Vasantlal Hirji Vasani to Vasant Hirji Vasani as per Affidavit C-11636 I have changed my name from Hinaben Ambalal Surani to Hina Dinesh Chhabhaiya as per Affidavit C-11637 I have changed my name from Hinaben Dinesh Chhabhaiya to Hina Dinesh Chhabhaiya as per Affidavit C-11638 I have changed my name from Himmatlal Chouhan to Himmatmal Ashulal Chouhan as per Affidavit C-11639 I have changed my name from Turakhiya Virenkumar Bhupatbhai to Viren Bhupatbhai Turakhiya as per Affidavit C-11640

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BMC asks over 70,000 jewellery ‘karigars’ to vacate from Kalbadevi

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Move comes after the recent Kalbadevi blaze and CM’s order to that effect

By Priyanka Bhatt

he recent fire at Kalbadevi has left a lasting impact on many lives in South Mumbai. Not just the lives of the residents have been affected, but also the livelihood of around 70,000 workers employed in the area now seems to be under threat. The BMC, following orders from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, after probing into the matter has decided to evacuate the jewellery workers occupying tiny rooms in the locality. This news has irked many, including Mohit Kamboj, President of India Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA). Kamboj says that his men are upset ever since the incident of fire took place which

already caused them losses, but according to him the aftermath of the incident has been more difficult to handle with the notice for evacuation. “The goldsmiths have been here for a hundred years now and now they want us to evacuate the entire area in a short time. This is extremely unfair as we have not even been given an alternative place for the 70,000 workers to reside. The government on one hand wants to promote skills of Indian workers with 'Make in India' and on the other hand the BMC starts issuing notices suddenly after one unfortunate incident.” While Kamboj admits that the 'karigars' need to be to be moved out of tiny rooms, he strongly demands to have an

alternate place for them to live. They had requested the CM last month itself that the workers be shifted to a better workplace. According to Kamboj, while the CM had agreed, post the incident the authorities have changed their views and have done a turnaround on their promises. He has also accused the BMC as well as fire brigade officials of bribery and corruption. It will be recalled that IBJA, established in 1919, is the oldest and apex organisation of jewellery manufacturers. Kamboj is not only agitated because of the notice issued, but is citing the injustice by digging up past incidents. “Back in 2002 there was a cylinder blast. No fire officers had died then and they never

took any action. This extreme step is being taken only because four of their firemen have died.” He pointed out that immediately post the fire tragedy, BMC officials have been coming and looting the A jewellery karigar working at his unit in Kalbadevi, in this file picture. goldsmiths in the name of raids and demand 'hafta'. “The officials have crossed the limits of corruption. During the fire, why were no civilians injured? Only the four e-TENDER NOTICE firemen died? It is because The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater everyone knows there is a lot Mumbai invites e-Tenders for various works from the of jewellery that is made here. government registered contractors, who are also Till now lakhs have been registered as ‘MCGM Vendor’; Bidder should also give taken from goldsmiths in the Rs. 1 lakh performance guarantee for the details of 7 name of 'vasooli',” a disnumber of Tenders of estimated amount Rs. 6393354.76 tressed Kamboj said. respective tender documents and process of e-Tendering, Despite repeated attempts please visit www.mcgm.gov.in. to reach Assistant Ward offiSd/cer of 'C' Ward Sangeeta HasDy. Public Relations Officer PRO/267/ADV/2015-16 nale, she was unavailable for comment.

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No toll on Sion-Panvel toll point: HC By Philip Varghese

n what can be termed as a welcome relief for lakhs of vehicles passing through the Sion-Panvel Highway, the Bombay High Court on Thursday refused to stay a Maharashtra government notification which had exempted light motor vehicles like auto rickshaws, cars, jeeps, taxis and threewheeler delivery vans from paying toll at Sion-Panvel toll point in city. The 25-km Sion-Panvel Expressway has been developed by Sion-Panvel Tollway Pri-

vate Limited (SPTPL), which is run by a Congress supporter, Independent MP Sanjay Kakade. This comes as the bench of Justice R.K. Deshpande and Justice Shalini PhansalkarJoshi were hearing a petition filed by Sion-Panvel Tollway Pvt Ltd, which runs toll booths on a 'Build-operatetransfer' basis, challenging the government notification of May 26, 2015 in which light motor vehicles have been exempted from paying the toll at the point. It will be recalled that a committee instituted for the

Sion-Panvel toll plaza had recommended providing toll tax waiver to users of small vehicles within a five-km periphery of the plaza. Earlier, by a notification dated January 3, 2015, the state had authorised the company to collect toll from light motor vehicles at the rate of Rs 30 each. A vacation bench of the High Court said, “After hearing the counsel for the petitioners and after going through the documents placed on record, we find that the notification has been issued in public interest and apart from it, it is

purely a contractual matter. The government has powers to grant such exemption under the provisions of the (Bombay Motor Vehicles) Act and therefore, we do not find any jurisdictional error. If there is any breach of the terms of the contract, we are of the prima facie view that it is a case where damages can be claimed. We do not find any reason to grant interim relief and hence this prayer is rejected.” The vacation bench posted the petition for admission and further orders after the summer vacation.

More than 600 Mumbaikars have registered for the initiative By Abhishek Vissapragada

he United Nations will be celebrating 'World Environment Day' on Friday throughout the world. Celebrated on June 5 every year, the theme for this year is 'Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care' highlighting the need to preserve the environment and natural resources. Rishi Aggarwal, co-convenor of Mumbai Transport Forum will be joining Green Mile Foundation's initiative of 'Cycle To Work' on Friday. “We have more than 600 people registered for the initiative wherein people from

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Social group promotes cycling on World Environment Day serving our environment, we should not just conserve trees but also the animals that are a part of our nature. This will balance our environment and we all should make our efforts towards it,” said Subramanian. Kasber Augustine, President of Maharashtra Go Green Foundation NGO said that a 3-day event will be organised starting from Friday. “In this three day event, we will be helping children of the Ma Niketan Orphanage for girls plant tree saplings. This will then be followed by a A woman stands surrounded by heap of plastic bottles at Mankhurd. street play by the children who will be promoting the Borivali, Thane, Chembur, which is gaining popularity message of saving trees,” said Andheri and many other and prominence around the Augustine. parts of Mumbai will be cy- world,” said Aggarwal. P.D. Hinduja Hospital orcling to Sofitel Hotel at BKC. Sunish Subramanian, ganized a painting event on The event will begin at 6.30 Founder and Secretary of Thursday wherein children am and we are hoping that Plant and Animals Welfare showed their creativity and we will reach our destination Society (PAWS) has requested put out their messages on by 8.30 am. We are taking this everyone to maintain a bal- walls supporting World Enviinitiative to promote cycling ance in nature. “While con- ronment Day.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Indrajeet Ghanshyam Patel to Indrajit Ghanshyam Patel as per Affidavit. C-11641 I have changed my name from Geeta Patel to Gita Indrajit Patel as per Affidavit. C-11642 I have changed my name from Chaya Amit More to Sharen John Dias as per Affidavit C-11643 I have changed my name from Reddy Goundappa Basavannappa to Reddy Gundappa Basanna as per Affidavit C-11644

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Kusumlata Lalitkumar Jain & Kusum Lalitkumar Bomb to Kusum Lalit Jain as per Affidavit. C-11661 I have changed my name from Akhil Lalitkumar Bomb to Akhil Lalitkumar Jain as per Affidavit. C-11662 I have changed my name from Amina to Amina Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-11663 I have changed my name from Nooruddin to Nooruddin Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-11664

I have changed my name from Yadav Parvatidevi to Yadav Barmati as per Affidavit C-11645

I have changed my name from Mohamed Ijaj Alam to Ejaz Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-11665

I have changed my name from Yadav Dhukhi to Yadav Dukhi as per Affidavit C-11646

I have changed my name from Ratilal Babaria to Ratilal Babariya as per Affidavit. C-11666

I have changed my name from Muhammed Ansar Ansari to Ansar Ansari as per Affidavit. C-11647

I have changed my name from Amrita Babaria to Amrita Babariya as per Affidavit. C-11667

I have changed my name from Abdul Karim Ayub to Abdul Karim Ayub Kowchali as per Affidavit Dt.04.06.2015. C-11648

I have changed my name from Bhagvat Prasal Raval to Bhagavatprasad Raval as per Affidavit. C-11668

I have changed my name from Kuresabanu Asif Kunda to Kuresa Asif Kunda as per Affidavit Dt. 04.06.2015. C-11649

I have changed my name from Ranjan Babariya to Ranjanaben Babariya as per Affidavit. C-11669

I have changed my name from Mohd Sadik to Mohd Sadik Ansari as per Affidavit. C-11650

I have changed my name from Ranjana Babaria to Ranjanaben Babariya as per Affidavit. C-11670

I have changed my name from Mohd Shehbaaz to Shehbaaz Ansari as per Affidavit C-11651 I have changed my name from Momin Mohammad Akram Hasnain to Shaikh Mohammad Akram Hasnan as per Affidavit. C-11652 I have changed my name from Sayyed Mudassir Alauddin to Muddasir Alauddin Shah as per Affidavit. C-11653 I have changed my name from Khairunnisa to Anisa Khatoon Sha as per Affidavit. C-11654 I have changed my name from Mushtaque to Mushtaque Ahmad Ansari as per Affidavit. C-11655 I have changed my name from Abdullah Abu Shahma to Shaikh Abdullah Abu Shahma as per Affidavit. C-11656 I have changed my name from Siddiqui Jameel Mohamad Yusf to Jameel Ahmed Siddiqui as per Affidavit. C-11657 I have changed my name from Siddiqui Wasim Abdul Jameel to Waseem Ahmd Jameel Ahamd Siddiqui as per Affidavit. C-11658 I have changed my name from Hafsa Abu Rehan to Hafsa Aburehan Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-11659 I have changed my name from Lalitkumar F Jain & Lalitkumar Bomb to Lalit Fatehlal Jain as per Affidavit. C-11660

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I have changed my name from Shabnam Khan to Mehjabeen Khan as per Affidavit. C-11671 I have changed my name from Rajendra Chandrashekar to Rajendra Chandrashekar Acharya as per Affidavit C-11672 I have changed my name from Wasik Jamil Ahmed to Wasik Jamil Khan as per Affidavit C-11673 I have changed my name from Sakirakhatun Ahmed to Sakirakhatun Khan as per Affidavit C-11674 I have changed my name from Jamil Lalmohammed Ahmed to Jamil Lalmohammed Khan as per Affidavit C-11675 I have changed my name from Rajesh Satpal to Rajesh Satpal Grover as per Affidavit. C-11676 I have changed my name from Sumit Rajesh to Sumit Rajesh Grover as per Affidavit. C-11677 I have changed my name from Chander Sanwaldas Mewlani to Chanderkant Sanwldas Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11678 I have changed my name from Chanderkumar Sanwaldas Mewlani to Chanderkant Sanwaldas Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11679 I have changed my name from Chanderlal Sanwaldas to Chanderkant Sanwaldas Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11680

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I have changed my name from Deepak Chanderkant to Deepak Chanderkant Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11681

I have changed my name from Mayadevi Savarmal Sharma to Maya Amarnath Gupta as per Affidavit C-11699

I have changed my name from Durgaprasad Singh Thakur to Durgaprasad Singh as per Affidavit C-11718

I have changed my name from Mr. Munir Ahmad Yusuf Patel to Mr. Munir Yusuf Patel as per Affidavit. C-11737

I have changed my name from Vinita Deepak to Vinita Deepak Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11682

I have changed my name from Mohd Aslamali Irshadali Sayyed to Mohammed Aslam Ali Irshad Ali as per Affidavit C-11700

I have changed my name from Preeti Madhukar Bhogle to Priti Madhukar Bhogle as per Affidavit C-11719

I have changed my name from Ajin Rajesh Mangalchand to Jain Rajesh Mangalchand as per Affidavit. C-11738

I have changed my name from Shagupta Ali Mohd Aslamali Sayyed to Shagufta Mohammed Aslam Ali as per Affidavit C-11701

I have changed my name from Santosh Kumar Sharma to Santosh Sharma as per Affidavit C-11720

I have changed my name from Ajin Smita Rajesh to Jain Smita Rajesh as per Affidavit. C-11739

I have changed my name from Aslam Irshadali Sayyad to Mohammed Aslam Ali Irshad Ali as per Affidavit C-11702

I have changed my name from Sunanda Pandurang Chavan to Smita Sharadchandra Deshmukh as per Affidavit C-11721

I have changed my name from Shagufta Aslam Sayyad to Shagufta Mohammed Aslam Ali as per Affidavit C-11703

I have changed my name from Mansi to Mansi Anil Mehta as per Affidavit C-11722

We Deepak Chanderkant Mewlani & Vinita Deepak Mewlani our minor childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Kiran Deepak to Kiran Deepak Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11683 I have changed my name from Deepak Chanderkant Melvani to Deepak Chanderkant Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11684 I have changed my name from Vanita Deepak Mewlani to Vinita Deepak Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11685 We Deepak Chanderkant Mewlani & Vinita Deepak Mewlani have change our minor childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Sahil Deepak Melvani to Sahil Deepak Mewlani as per Affidavit. C-11686

I have changed my name from Sagupta Rani Walitulla to Shagufta Walitulla as per Affidavit C-11704 I have changed my name from Mrs.Hema Bharat Khakhar to Mrs. Hemlata Bharat Khakhar as per Affidavit C-11705

I have changed my name from Ahire Chaitrali Vitthal to Chaitrali Vithoba Ahire as per Affidavit. C-11687

I have changed my name from Sufiyan Naushad Ali Khan to Sufiyan Naushad Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-11706

I have changed my name from Pushpa Ashok Lohar to Ashwini Ashok Lohar as per Affidavit. C-11688

I have changed my name from Pravinaben Bababhai Dave to Pravina Bababhai Dave as per Affidavit C-11707

I have changed my name from Jameela Durrani to Jamila Jamal Khan as per Affidavit. C-11689

I have changed my name from Vinita Vijaykumar Bhatia to Vasifa Isaa Diwan as per Affidavit C-11708

I have changed my name from Revati Ranjit Kamble to Revati Kamble as per Affidavit. C-11690 We Arshad Khan & Mehjabeen Khan have changed our minor son's name from Ayyan Khan to Ayaan Khan as per Affidavit. C-11691 I have changed my name from Riteshkumar Navinchandra Shah to Ritesh Navinchandra Shah as per Affidavit C-11692 I have changed my name from Ainullah Shakil Ahmed Ibrahim to Ainullah Shakil Ahmed as per Affidavit C-11693 I have changed my name from Himatlal Kothari to Himmatmal Devilal Kothari as per Affidavit C-11694 I have changed my name from Jaidev Gupta to Jaidev Vinodkumar Gupta as per Gazette No. M-15709 C-11695 I have changed my name from Siddharrth Srichand Agicha to Sidarrtha Srichand Agicha as per Gazette No. M-152085 C-11696 I have changed my name from Shahid Ramzan Khan to Mohammed Shahid Ramzan Khan as per Affidavit C-11697 I have changed my name from Hajra Gaffar Sayed to Aaliya Gaffar Sayed as per Affidavit C-11698

I have changed my name from Mohammad Issa Husain Diwan to Isaa Mohammed Husain Diwan as per Affidavit C-11709 I have changed my name from Husain Diwan to Mohammed Husain Diwan as per Affidavit C-11710 I have changed my name from Narendrakumar Ganeshmal Jain to Narendra Ganeshmal Jain as per Affidavit C-11711 I have changed my name from Mr. Lal Singh Bhola Nath to Mr. Lalsingh Bholanath Yadav as per Affidavit C-11712 I have changed my name from Mr. Bholanath Yadav to Mr. Bholanath Jokhanram Yadav as per Affidavit C-11713

I have changed my name from Anil Kumar to Anil Hathichand Mehta as per Affidavit C-11723 I have changed my name from Prakashraj Jugraj Sonigra to Prakash Jugraj Sonigara as per Affidavit C-11724 I have changed my name from Viralkumar Mahasukhlal Shah to Viral Mahasukhlal Shah as per Affidavit C-11725 We have changed our child name from Sunny alias Tirth Alpesh Shah to Tirth Alpesh Shah as per Affidavit C-11726 I have changed my name from Deepakkumar Jani to Deepak Jani as per Affidavit C-11727 I have changed my name from Shyamlal Champat Rawal to Shyamlal Champalal Rawal as per Affidavit C-11728 I have changed my name from Orvill Jude John Sequeira to Orvill John Sequeira as per Affidavit C-11729 I have changed my name from Samir Moolchand Sharma to Sameer Moolchand Sharma as per Affidavit C-11730

I have changed my name from Jain Samita Kumari Khubchandji to Jain Smita Rajesh as per Affidavit. C-11740 I have changed my name from Ranjini Sarvesh Shetty to Ranjani Sarvesh Shetty as per Affidavit. C-11741 I have changed my name from Janabai Gangadhar Mahale to Geeta Ambadas Sonawane as per Affidavit. C-11742 I have changed my name from Mr. Usman Gani Badra to Mr.Usman Yusuf Badra as per Deed Poll Affidavit. C-11743 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohammad Salman Usman Badra to Mr. Salman Usman Badra as per Deed Poll Affidavit C-11744 I have changed my name from Ketan Kumar Mehta to Ketan Mehta as per Affidavit. C-11745 I have changed my name from Nilesh Lakhamshi Chhabhaiya to Nilesh Lakhamshi Patel as per Affidavit. C-11746 I have changed my name from Sureshkumar Rajiv Patel to Suresh Rajiv Dholu as per Affidavit. C-11747 I Mr. Goldin Santhau Fernandes have changed my name to Mr. Goldeen Santhau Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11748

I have changed my name from Prafullbhai Bhogilal Shah to Atul Bhogilal Shah as per Affidavit C-11731

I Anil Kumar Himatlal Sanghvi have changed my name to Anil Himatlal Sanghvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/12/2014 C-11749

I have changed my name from Haribhai Hadpati to Hariya Hadpati as per Affidavit C-11732

I Anjana Gulabchand Doshi have changed my name to Ila Indrakumar Maniar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11750

I have changed my name from Mrs.Neerja Devi to Mrs.Nirja Lalsingh Yadav as per Affidavit C-11714

I have changed my name from Arunkumar Sreenarayan Jain to Arun Sreenarayan Jain as per Affidavit C-11733

I have changed my name from Harvinder Singh to Harvinder Singh Gurbachan Singh Khandpur as per Affidavit C-11715

I have changed my name from Anil Kailashnath Tripathi to Anil Kumar Kailashnath Tripathi as per Affidavit C-11734

I have change my name from Arvinder Kaur to Arvinder Kaur Harvinder Singh Khandpur as per Affidavit C-11716

I have changed my name from Mr.Rajput Aajay Mohansing to Mr.Ajay Mohan Singh as per Affidavit. C-11735

I have changed my name from Priya Durgaprasad Singh Thakur to Priya Durgaprasad Singh as per Affidavit C-11717

I have changed my name from Mr. Aajay Mohan Sing to Mr. Ajay Mohan Singh as per Affidavit. C-11736

I Kalpeshkumar Hargovind Panchal have changed my name to Kalpesh Hargovind Panchal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11751 I Dipotsnaben Hargovind Panchal have changed my name to Dipotsna Hargovind Panchal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11752 I Dipasana Hargovind Panchal have changed my name to Dipotsna Hargovind Panchal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11753

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Gang of four decamps with 86 mobile phones worth Rs.11 lakh

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The thieves sneaked into the shop just a day after they purchased a cheaper handset from the same shop in Colaba area By Asif Rizvi

n a shocking incident in the Colaba area a gang of thieves broke into a mobile shop and decamped with expensive mobile phones worth Rs. 11 lakh in the wee hours of May 28. “Four persons had visited Lovely Mobile shop on May 27 to buy a simple and cheap handset. The two of them kept

86 expensive mobile phones but the incident was recorded in CCTV which we have handed over to Colaba police,” said the shop manager. As recorded in the CCTV footage, at about 4.30am the gang of four robbed the shop. One of the accused slipped in through the shutter and decamped with 86 expensive mobile phones. Interestingly, the thieves removed all the 86 mobile phones from their boxes and made off with these handsets, A CCTV grab show the thief wearing a mask in the mobile store. leaving their earphones and salesman busy while the other shop but the doors could not chargers scattered in the shop. two filled the key hole of the be locked. So we decided to The Colaba Police is invesmain door with glue and left keep it as it is to fix it next day. tigating the matter and is tryafter buying a cheap phone, so We put down the shutter and ing to locate the gang. that we could not lock the locked the shop. Next day, in However, no arrest has door. In the night at about the wee hours, the gang looted been made so far, said senior 11pm the staff was closing the the shop and took away away PI of Colaba Police station.

Intl diamond theft racket busted, kingpin held The 29-year-old Vakola resident used to con diamond traders after making them believe that he was a diamond businessman from Singapore By Zuber Ansari

he BKC police has arrested a 29 year-old man who allegedly cheated a number of diamond traders in the city after becoming a member of the International diamond trading website. The website, rapnet is a well known international diamond trading portal in which Rs.50,000 is

the membership fee. The modus operandi used by the arrested accused is unique. Daily he used to check the rate list in the portal and accordingly selecting his target, as each and every details are available in the portal about diamonds and its traders. Imran Khan, the international diamond theft racket kingpin allegedly made calls to diamond merchants with the help of international mobile number software, posing as a Singapore based diamond trader. Khan, who hails fromVakola in Santacruz (E), has other gang members who play different roles in the crime. He used to call various diamond merchants and make a deal with them, while his other gang members would meet the trader and collect the dia-

monds on Khan's behalf. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone VIII Virendra Mishra, '”In our BKC police station, two separate FIRs have been registered against Khan for allegedly cheating two diamond merchants, including Jignesh Shah to the tune of Rs around 40 lakh. He was on the run since the past one year, but finally, two days back we arrested him from a lodge in Andheri.” Khan used to pretend he was a wealthy diamond businessman in Singapore and that he wishes to buy diamonds to expand his business. He would then finalise the deal with a city diamond merchant, and used to send his man to collect the diamonds. This man would tell the bizman that his boss (Khan)

would first check the purity of the diamonds and then make the payment. Khan would then switch off his phone. ''As Khan is using the international numbers, we had issued Look Out Cell (LOC) notice against him everywhere, and finally we caught him from one of the guest houses in Andheri. He is in our custody since past two days till June 6, but we have not recovered anything from him,'' said Senior Police Inspector (SPI) of BKC police, Kundlik Nigde. He is a habitual cheater and it may be possible that he has committed such crime with others too earlier, so we are checking his criminal background and trying to trace his accomplices; further investigation is on, police added.

Film City shootout: Personal rivalry led to firing on contractor By Asif Rizvi

he firing incident that took place on contractor Shrikant Shinde alias Raju Shinde on May 22 in Film City just a few meters from where actor Amitabh Bachchan was shooting has been nearly detected. The police have arrested 6 out of 7 accused in the case. Additional Commissioner of Police, North Region Fathesingh Patil said, “We have arrested three more accused in the case including the shooter Sandeep Khairnar (31), Satish More (22) and Jeetu Dhivar (32) who were on the run since the incident. The arrest has also led to a recovery of a pistol, 5 live rounds and 2 magazines.” Patil further said, “Our team led by ACP Rajendra Ghule

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a contractor of film sets in Film City by profession and asked for jobs, since he is a contractor. But since all of them were drunk and abusive, so Shinde refused to entertain them. The investigation has also concluded that Shinde, along with 20 other men, had beaten the accused. So they planned to teach Shinde a lesson which finally led to the firing. However, we have not yet recorded Amitabh Bachchan's statement. If necessary, we will record his The arrested three persons who were allegedly involved in the firing statement,” police said. incident on May 22. Earlier, police had arrested three persons Sumit Talekar had received information that were produced in a court and (22), Jugal Dodiya (26) and Sandeep along with Satish have been remanded to police Yogesh Kokane (31) on May More, the rider of the bike custody till June 08.” 24 for their alleged involvewhen the crime happened, “The investigation has re- ment in the case. One of the were at Goregaon. We laid the vealed that all the accused accused, Suresh Gaikwad is trap and arrested them. They had met victim Raju Shinde, still on the run.

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Police custody of Leena Paul, accomplices extended till June 8 By Asif Rizvi

ourt has extended the police custody of South Indian actress Leena Maria Paul and her accomplices involved in Rs. 10 crore cheating case till June 8, after the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Thursday produced 'Madras Cafe' actress Paul and her partner Shekhar Chandrashekhar along with 4 other associates in a court, seeking to further the same. An EOW officer said, “ We are currently verifying the affidavits and forms issued to the investors by the accused, those were recovered during the searches at the houses of the arrested accused. We are also in the process of recording the statements of the investors who have complained about being cheated in the case. We will also verify if they had cheated or were planning to cheat celebrities too, a few

Leena Paul more complainers have contacted us.” The EOW had arrested 6 people including actress Leena Paul in connection with an investment scam operating under a company named 'Lion Oak India' with several schemes. The company promised high returns in a short period of time of the invested amount. Over 1000 people are said to be duped in the scam.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to Section 297(1 )(b) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, as modified up to date, the undersigned proposes to apply to the Municipal Corporation at their meeting to be held on 22.05.2015 or on such day thereafter, as the said application can conveniently be disposed off for authority to propose the revision of regular line in substitution of the existing regular line of Shenvi Wadi Lane from 25'00" to 30'00" (9.15 mtr) in between Khadilkar Road and Pimpalwadi Cross Lane in 'D' Ward. A plan No. EE/TR/Plg./City/96. Of 24.01.2014 showing the existing width of Regular Line of the road and proposed revised regular line to be prescribed in substitution thereof aforesaid, is deposited at the office of Deputy Chief Engineer (Traffic) of Municipal Corporation and can be inspected by any desiring to do so, at any time during office hours at this office at Engineering Hub Bldg., Zero Floor, Near Worli Naka, Dr. E. Moses Road, Mumbai - 400 018, and also at the office of Astt. Commissioner, 'D' ward Office, Municipal office Bldg., Jobanputra Compound, Nana Chowk, Grant Road(W), Mumbai -400 007. Every person desirous of making any representation of the Corporation or of bringing before the Corporation any objection in respect of the said proposal may do so by letter addressed to the Municipal Secretary at the Mahapalika Head Office, and deliver at the said office not less than three clear days before the day of such meeting. Dated this 23rd day of April 2015 Sd/Director (Engineering, Services and Project) PRO/274/ADV/2015-16 Don’t throw garbage on the public street. Put it in the bins provided

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I Mr. Quinton Anthony Rodricks have changed my name to Mr. Quintin Anthony Rodrigues as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/06/15 C-11754 I Miss. Nikita Jenifer Quinton Rodricks have changed my name to Miss. Nikita Quinton Rodricks as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/06/15 C-11755

CLASSIFIEDS I Dilip Jagannath Darke have changed my name to Dilip Jagannath Darak as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11771

I Vanita Mahadev Dhopatkar have changed my name to Seema Ramesh Patyane as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11789

I Prema Dilip Darke have changed my name to Prema Dilip Darak as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11772

I Viraj Prakash Wala have changed my name to Rootuza Prakash Vala as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11790

I Vesaat Husain Rizvi have changed my name to Sayed Abbas Ali Rizvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11773

I Atubhai @ Antubhai Bariya have changed my name to Atul Bariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11791

I Mr. Satishkumar Shaligram Gupta have changed my name to Mr. Satish Shaligram Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11756

I Pawan Khator have changed my name to Pawan Kumar Khator as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11774

I Miss. Sejal Suresh Mehta have changed my name to Mrs. Sejal Mehul Oza as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11757

I Varshaben Bhogilal Kothari have changed my name to Varsha Hitesh Sanghavi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11775

I Manjuben Atubhai @ Manjuben Antubhai Bariya have changed my name to Manjuben Atul Bariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11793

I Francis have changed my name to Francis Motichand Jerome as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/05/15 C-11758

I Hitendrakumar Jayantilal Sanghavi have changed my name to Hitesh Jayantilal Sanghavi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11776

I Basantkumar Madanchand have changed my name to Basantkumar Madanchand Parakh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11794

I Kamleshkumar Kalidas Patel have changed my name to Kamlesh Kalidas Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11759

I Padmmaya Gurung have changed my name to Padammaya Gurung as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11777

We Kshitij Manoj Shah & Mansi Kshitij Shah have changed our minor sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Kanav Kshitij Shah to Vivan Kshitij Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11795

I Ushaben Ramanbhai Patel have changed my name to Usha Raman Dhodi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11760 I Mr. Chandulal Malshi Nandu have changed my name to Mr. Chandrakant Malshi Nandu as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11761 I Santkaur Rajendrasingh Grewal have changed my name to Simran Wasim Baig as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11762 I Shylesh Sanjeeva Shetty have changed my name to Shailesh Sanjeeva Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11763 I Mr. Pranav Jitendra Thadeshwar have changed my name to Mr. Pranav Jitendra Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/06/15 C-11764 I Jaywant Bhaskar Kantak have changed my name to Jayant Bhaskar Kantak as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11765 I K. Muthuswami have changed my name to K. Muthuswamy as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11766 I Madan Lal have changed my name to Madan Lal Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11767

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I Jain Indrakumari Sohanlal have changed my name to Indu Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11778 We Mr. Vinod Choradia & Mrs. Indu Vinod Choradia have changed our minor sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Vinit Vinod Chordia to Vinit Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11779 I Vinod Chordia have changed my name to Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11780 I Indu Vinod Chordia have changed my name to Indu Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11781 We Mr. Vinod Choradia & Mrs. Indu Vinod Choradia have changed our minor sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Aman Vinod Jain to Aman Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11782 I Vinod Jain have changed my name to Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11783 I Indu Vinod Jain have changed my name to Indu Vinod Choradia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11784 I Sudershana Raghunath Vichare have changed my name to Sanchita Suryakant Jadhav as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11785

I K. Muttuswami have changed my name to K. Muthuswamy as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11768

I Gous Mahammad Abdul Rahim Khureshi have changed my name to Gaus Mohammad Abdul Rahim Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11786

I Urvi Jayesh Gautami have changed my name to Urvi Sureshkumar Pipaliya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11769

I Shehulkumar Sureshbhai Patel have changed my name to Shehul Sureshbhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11787

I Neha Dilip Darke have changed my name to Neha Dilip Darak as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11770

I Hirachandara Magraj Jain have changed my name to Hirachand Magraj Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11788

I Nitin Atubhai @ Nitin Antubhai Bariya have changed my name to Nitin Atul Bariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11792

We Taha Masalawala and Farida Masalawala have changed our minor daughterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Jamila Taha Masalawala to Zahabiyah Taha Masalawala as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11796 I Nisrin Shabbir Rajkotwala have changed my name to Fizza Shabbir Rajkotwala as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11797 I Nanda Sakharam Utekar have changed my name to Manali Manohar More as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11798 I Hansa Ganshyam Purohit have changed my name to Nimisha Prashant Bora as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. X-19640 Dated: 30/06/2011 C-11799 I Sebastian Gilbert John Sequeira have changed my name to Sebastian John Sequeira as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11800 I Shehnaz Mustaq Patel have changed my name to Shehnaj Mustaq Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11801 I Shehnajben Mustaqbhai Patel have changed my name to Shehnaj Mustaq Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11802 I Mustaqbhai Patel have changed my name to Mustaq Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-11803

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TODAY Homi Bhaba Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Association of Chemistry Teachers: Valedictory function of the International Chemistry Olympiad Orientation-cum selection camp, V G Kulkarni Auditorium, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, V N Purav Marg, Mankhurd, 10:30 am. Nehru Science Centre will be organising a photo exhibition, which covers wildlife and nature on the occasion of the World Environment Day, which will be inaugurated by Shri Kakubhai Kothari, a renowned photo journalist Friday at 11:30 am. Society of India Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) World Environment Day, 2015 Present at the event will be Mr. Sudhir Shah, CEO, Mahindra Dealership Agenda of the Event to protect our Environment Indian Automobile Manufacturers will be organizing Free PUC Check Up Camp at their dealerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s network and will issue PUC Certificate and many more activities e,g, Drawing Competition for Kids, Environment Conservation tips to customers etc, Mahindra Dealership, Signal Hill Avenue, Via Reay Road (East), Sewree, 10 am. Crossword Bookstores: The Book Launch Of "Leaving Home With Half A Fridge" By Arthi Menon, Launching the book will be Dolly Thakore and Alankrita Shrivastava, Kemps Corner, 6:30 pm. The Fine Arts Society: Carnatic vocal by Ms Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath violin by Shri Aditi Krishnaprakash, Mridangam by Shri Tanjore Praveen Kumar and Khanjira by Shri Anirudh Athreya, Sivaswamy Auditorium of Fine Arts Cultural Centre, Chembur, 7 pm. An NCPA presentation in association with the Stop-Gaps Cultural Academy: Western Music recital Young Talent: Sparsh Bajpai (soprano), Sahil Vasudeva (piano), Jay Parte (piano), Experimental Theatre, Nariman Point, 7 pm. NCPA Umang, Hindustani music recital by Manish Pingle slide guitar, Mukul Kulkarni (vocal), Little Theatre, 6.30 p.m. PIB: Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar will plant sapling on World Environment Day along with cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma. Joggers Park, Next to Otters Club, off Carter Road, Bandra(W), 5 pm. Bhatia Hospital organises free educative session on â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dental Health â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Types of Dental Ailments.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Rukshit Kadakia, MDS, Periodontist and Oral Implantologist, Bhatia Hospital. Bhatia Hospital, Tardeo, 4 pm. ART AND EXHIBITION An Exhibition of paintings of artist Vitthal Hire Oil on Canvass /Water Colour on paper is presently going on ART LOVERS, Saint Catherine of Siena School next to Mount Mary Road, Bandra, till June 15, 10 am. to 6 pm. A Group Show of Paintings and Sculptures â&#x20AC;&#x153;Art Exuberanceâ&#x20AC;? by Artist Akshay Verma, Deeksha Bhardwaj, Kamal Sharma, Rohini Jain & Seema Singh Dua, Nehru Centre Art Gallery, Discovery of India Building, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, June 8, 11 am to 7 pm.

MBMC stumbles on rainwater harvest tank used to store, sell municipal water

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Water from main supply lines trickled into an underground harvesting tank which sourced water to around 30 tankers per day at Rs.1,000

several months, revealed sources. “Even if there had been a leakage, is not the duty of the concerned official

to check the source of water and inform the MBMC? Exploiting rainwater harvesting tanks to sell off water is itself

an offence,” said social activist Rohit Suvarna who has demanded immediate action against those involved.

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from MBMC’s water supply department carried out a surainwater harvesting is a prise check at Kasturi Vantechnique used to aug- dana, an under construction ment supply by collect- commercial building in ing and storing rainwater. Bhayandar (East). The inHowever a local developer in spection officials rubbed Bhayandar was found ex- their eyes in disbelief when ploiting it as a tool for mint- they spotted an underground ing money by illegally selling rainwater harvesting tank in municipal water through pri- the building premises oozing vate tankers. This at a time with water. The team immediately when the twin-city is reeling under an acute water crisis. swung into action and turned Acting on a tip-off regarding off the supply valves of all main a flourishing tanker filling supply lines in the range of the point supplying water from a tank and started de-watering mysterious source, a team operations to ascertain the

source of water. “It was established beyond doubt that the source of water accumulating in the tank was indeed the main supply lines. However, investigations were on to check if the line was deliberately tapped or it was a natural leakage, after which appropriate action including an FIR will be lodged against those found involved,” said a junior engineer Srikrishna Mohite. The illegal tanker point had been sourcing water to around 30 tankers everyday charging anywhere between Rs.1,000 to 2,000 for the past

Pipeline glitch deepens crisis, MBMC’s water flows into thane

lready struggling hard to ease existing water woes in the region, the water supply department faced another hurdle when the main supply lines encountered an unique technical glitch on Tuesday. Owing to a failure of cross connection near Mankoli, water supply meant for Mira

Bhayandar automatically started diverting into the pipelines of the Thane Municipal Corporation (MBMC). Although the engineering department has started repair workers and expect to get things rectified by night, water supply may get disturbed for the next two to

three days due to low pressure, informed MBMC, Executive Engineer (Water Supply), Suresh Vakode. Already reeling under an acute water, the region is facing extended rounds of water cuts owing to maintenance work since last week.

10-day NCC training camp in Bhayandar By Suresh Golani

he annual training camp of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) is under way at the Shankar Narayan College in Bhayandar (east). Around 400 cadets including 100 girls from the 3 Maharashtra (EME) Battalion- Mumbai “A” group are participating in the 10-day camp which was flagged-off at Shankar Narayan College in Bhayandar (east) on 2, June. Administering the oath of national integration and communal harmony to NCC cadets, Col. Neeraj Kumar said that NCC is an organization having tremendous capability to hammer out an effective solution to terrorism. Apart from imparting quality training in drill, weapon training, map reading, and other

Corporator Kalpana Mhatre felicitates Major Urmila Sarkar. military subjects, disaster management, personality development and leadership skills, a team of senior defence personnel and PI staff will also motivate NCC cadets in social activities by organizing -tree plantation, visits to old age homes, orphanages, anti-terrorism rally, cancer awareness and anti-female infanticide

campaigns. SDPO Suhas Bawache also guided and inspired the cadets. Also present in the inaugural event wereMajor Urmila Sarkar, Anuja Chaturvedi, Vimal Gailwad, senate member-Mahesh Mhatre, corporators-Rohidas Patil, Kalpana Mhatre and student representative- Shahrukh Mulani.

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Removal & Refixing of old copper pipeline in old OPD Bldg. wards & ICU at L.T.M.G. Hospital BID NO. 7100048094 To Carry out Air Conditioning works at L.T.M.G. Hospital BID NO. 7100048097

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Return of political instability in Bihar?

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Ponder awhile… “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” — Denis Waitley

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HE Government of Maharashtra was wrong in asking schools to observe June 21 as World Yoga Day and ensure full attendance by students. The order has been opposed by some Muslim political leaders and Islamic folks. It is being said that yoga has something to do with Hindu religion and hence should not be imposed on persons of all faiths. The Muslim leaders and clerics are not prepared to accept the fact that yoga has nothing to do with religion. And it is also being said that yoga has become popular worldwide and is being practised by people belonging to all regions. This however does not seem to convince the Muslim political leaders and some clerics in India. They firmly believe that the BJP government is trying to foist yoga on Muslims. The government should not have asked schools to ensure mandatory participation on the Yoga Day. It should have been left to each individual to decide on attending the Yoga Day. That it has not done so and declared that students, irrespective of what religion they belong to, must be present at the yoga event — has roused suspicion among Muslims. There are millions of Hindus, for instance, who do not believe in yoga and who stay away from it. The element of compulsion the government has indicted with regard to participation in the yoga event has stormed a controversy. To suggest that the government has the right to ask all students to participate in the Yoga Day, would be unacceptable.

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POLITICAL churning is observable in Bihar. Once again the situation seems akin to try forming a desperate coalition to prevent an electoral foe – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies currently – from coming to power after the provincial election due towards the end of this year. History is repeating itself, albeit slightly differently. Nearly a decade back an optimism was visible amid the significantly gloomy political horizon of the state; in November 2005, A Janata Dal (United) JD(U) – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition was ceremoniously voted to power. It was fervently hoped that after long years of stagnation, neglect, and political degeneration, the state would gradually take the path towards social betterment and economic development. For several years preceding the 2005 election, swathes in Bihar were marked by lawlessness, and the state was dubbed to be among the blighted regions of the country, where rectification was paramount. The JD(U)-BJP coalition united several communities of voters, and promised to pull up the people from the yoke of social degradation and economic challenges, which had wrapped around the people. Bihar is among those states of the country, where, notwithstanding its strict and appropriate interdiction in the Indian constitution, the caste factor seems to occupy an unofficial, yet perceptible plank during the time of elections. Unless a leader has a permeating mass appeal, the electorate often displays a predilection to position themselves in relation to caste identities, particularly during elections.

Electoral nemesis The defeated electoral nemesis in the 2005 election was the formerly ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and its chieftain, Lalu Prasad Yadav. Spearheading the new coalition was Nitish Kumar of the JD(U): an amiable, approachable man with a moderate political disposition, Kumar was apparently an ideal candidate to preside over Bihar’s turning over into the proverbial new leaf. His election campaign speeches gave no reason to demur and his demeanour with people gave cause for satisfaction. Additionally, Kumar had been a non-controversial Railway minister in the central government of Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. The election resulted in an inspirational victory for the JD(U)-BJP alliance; Kumar was ceremoniously elected the state’s chief minister. During its first term in power, the new government formulated a comprehensive plan to rectify the shortcomings, plaguing the state.

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Its principal achievement was a gradual dwindling down of the crime rate, which had assumed alarming proportions in many parts of the state. Basic education across the board — and particularly that for women — was another uncompromising objective. The road was long and hurdle-strewn, but the government resolutely stuck to its goal; the result was a beginning of a quantitative and qualitative improvement of the quality of the state’s education system relative to what it was before. Bihar aroused interest and appreciation; expectation was in the air. Collectively, it reaped enormous social dividends for the government. It was re-elected with a new sweeping mandate to continue its good governance. But, in an exquisite twist of irony, Kumar proceeded to rock the stable coalition, invit-

‘Janata’ coalition

BY AND LARGE Ranajoy Sen ing rather unwanted consequences upon him and by extension on the socio-political chessboard of the state. On the western end of the country, Narendra Modi was administering Gujarat at the head of a BJP dispensation. Although controversy visited him during the infamous Gujarat riots in 2002, he successfully rode it over by reasoning and explaining that the avoidable riot was an aftermath of appeasement politics, underdevelopment, and social backwardness of a section of the population; he championed development, appeasement of none, social security, efficient and honest administration, education, and a pride in the richness of Indian philosophical traditions. Modi mostly delivered on his promises while always exhorting the people to work and develop a keen sense of responsibility together with an awareness of their fundamental rights. He won election after election. By the end of 2012 he was ready to prepare and lead the BJP as its Prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 parliamentary elections. Nitish Kumar took particular umbrage. He apparently equated Modi’s alleviation with an

‘Deep thanks indicate deep separation’ W

HICH is better, to thank deeply or superficially? Everyone in unison: Deeply! No, superficially. (Everyone is baffled.) Thanking needs a separation. Thanking means there are two. If you are deeply thankful, it means you deeply feel the separation. Deep within there is no need to thank because there is oneness. But you can thank superficially. Thanks are like ripples on the surface of water. When you say ‘thank you’, you complete

approval of communal politics by the BJP and broke the carefully built alliance with BJP in Bihar. His woes seemingly began from that day. Although he continued governing the state through a slim majority accrued from other parties’ support, he and his party came a cropper in the parliamentary elections, while Modi lead the BJP to a resplendent victory and by giving the country a government, where one political party – the BJP – won a majority of the seats after the 1984 general elections. In a display of high morality Kumar resigned from office and installed a loyal acolyte, Jitan Ram Manjhi, on the chief ministerial chair. Sooner than later, Manjhi’s governance was not approved by Kumar and he insisted on regaining the chief minister’s seat; but, Manjhi bolted and sought to jettison Kumar and the JD(U) and strangely pinned onto the BJP’s support to continue in office. He couldn’t and Kumar came back as chief minister with the support of his bête noire, Lalu Prasad Yadav and other splinter parties.

something. You are finishing a transaction, a relationship, a process. ‘Thank you’ is like ‘goodbye’. You can complete all transactions

MATTER & SPIRIT at a surface level, but deeper inside there is only oneness. Thankfulness always exists in relation to something else. You do not thank for nothing at all, you thank for something. But in this

The prevailing political scene in Bihar is witnessing the strivings for a ‘Janata’ coalition – representing a probable alliance principally of JD(U), RJD, Samajwadi Party (SP) — trying to present itself as a coherent political front to take on the BJP and its allies in the state election. But, when the alliance is purely out of convenience and constituted by former political foes, the inevitable was almost waiting to happen: Lalu Prasad Yadav is loath to accept Kumar as chief minister if the coalition wins the state elections. The Congress party, reduced to a near nonentity in Bihar, has signalled its preference for Kumar. The principal dilemma is possibly Kumar’s. While he could have accepted continued with a JD(U)-BJP alliance and remained its honourable chief minister, he now seems to be saddled with unwanted problems and ensnared in petty political machinations. Through his own potentially impulsive actions, Kumar has brought himself and Bihar to a quandary. If the trapping of an unhealthy political flux, once again discernible in the state, is perpetuated and exacerbated, it could seriously compromise whatever social gains the state had accrued during the last decade. The people of the state, and other Indians would surely not want the hard-earned relative social stability of the state to dissolve into instability with a return of pernicious political opportunism. Bona fide politicians and the socially responsible voters of the state should determine that Bihar continues its onward march towards stability and prosperity. case, something is less than nothing. At the deepest level, thanking has no meaning. Does one hand thank the other hand? The deeper you go, you see there is no ‘other’ to be thanked. So we should thank superficially and feel deeply? Feeling is also superficial. If you think the feeling is the depth, then you have not gone deep. Feeling is deeper than thinking. But feelings change. Whatever is the deepest doesn’t change. So thank superficially, not from the depth. Deep thanks indicate deep separation! Seattle,Washington, July 14, 1999 — SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR

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Tinsel town embroiled in Maggi muddle IT is extremely unwarranted and unjustified on the part of a court directing police to register FIRs against Bollywood’s iconic celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Preity Zinta for their appearances in Maggi advertisements. This has again opened up the age old debate – are celebrities accountable for the brands they endorse? At first deliberation, the counter is no. It must be noted by the respective court which has issued the notice to the Police that Bollywood celebrities neither make the product nor are they technically knowledgeable to answer questions on its nutritive value. They are simply actors, playing a role in a 30-second film we call the advertisement. In a country ridden with lack of information on food safety, we need someone to say to the manufacturers – ‘declare yourselves.’ NGOs are overlooked, the state has often not shown the obligatory readiness, and so the onus is on Tinsel town to publicly asks the brand whether it complies with They are simply actors, who play a role in a 30-second film which is called advertisement food safety norms. I feel in future the celebrities must be absolutely and it can be prepared in two West Bengal has done exactly that by sending samples of popular careful while inking a deal for en- minutes, just in 2 minutes. — Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili snacks Kurkure and Lays for testdorsing a product when aping. It was in March 2014 that a proached by the advertisers. — K.V. Raman, Malad food safety official of Uttar Pradesh THE discovery of impermissibly sent samples of Maggi from a high levels of lead and the pres- batch manufactured in February I AM a great fan of Maggi noodles ence of Mono Sodium Glutamate 2014 for testing to a regional gov(all flavours) and have been (MSG) in Maggi noodles — despite ernment lab in Gorakhpur. That eating the same since I was a little a labelled disclosure on Maggi test revealed only MSG but the boy and I just simply love it. packets denying its use in the company appealed against the reMy daughter and wife also product — is adequate reason to sults prompting UP to send the love eating Maggi noodles because put all packaged food products samples to the Central Food Laboit is tasty. Yes, very-very tasty under the scanner. Apparently, ratory(CFL), Kolkata. According to

the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) website, 32,389 food samples were sent to public laboratories for testing from April to September 2014, of which 4,924 samples did not conform to the Food Safety and Standards Act, and 933 criminal and 2,785 civil prosecutions were subsequently launched. The onus is now on the FSSAI to proactively conduct more tests and strengthen its regulatory oversight mechanisms. — Bhagwan Thadani, Pune

THE celebrities have only been concerned about the quantum of compensation they are given for using their name and face, and have cared a tuppence about checking the veracity of the products. They promote products like Maggi sans bothering to check the bona fides of the claims made by the companies. On a TV discussion on the Maggie Noodles issue, I saw the well-known columnist Tavleen Singh, speaking about lead being found in Maggi noodles perhaps due to groundwater. She spoke about bad water in our taps. If Nestle had used groundwater, was it not the responsibility of the company to check the quality of the groundwater used? Similarly, there was the well-known advertising guru Alyque Padamsee, who did not pardon Nestle if excess lead was found in the Maggi noodles, but wanted FDA officers to be prosecuted for allowing the product to be sold these past 15 years. It's like asking Traffic authorities to be prosecuted because drivers have driven drunk for so many years, but are being prosecuted only now...bizarre to say the least. — H.S. Krishna Prasad, Mumbai

things and be an able body to handle all such critical situation. — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

A futile exercise THE induction of Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and VVS Laxman into the Cricket Advisory Committee is a step in the right direction. The BCCI is dominated mostly by politicians and business tycoons who know little or nothing about the game, but muscle their way in for their lust for power. Though the precise role has not been spelt out, their experienced input will be very helpful especially for the new comers who go overboard by injudicious behaviour which is prevalent nowadays. The new captain of the Test side should be well advised to behave in a civilised manner and not like a tantrum throwing kid which seems to be his hallmark. His grim face shows that he is itching for a fight for trivial reasons. Secondly the present format of the Ranji Trophy needs some change. The side batting first on flat tracks bats for 2-3 days amassing totals of 700 plus. The team batting second has no option but to play out for a draw resulting in dull and drawn games with double and triple tons being the order of the day, who falter against quality bowling. — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

Irani steals the show SMRITI Irani made headlines in the recent for all the wrong reasons and now trying to establish her name and panders to Sangh Parivar to prove her pivotal role in the party. Even though Irani is out of the National Executive, she is trying hard to make her presence felt all the time. She was once a TV star but is now the most feisty minister in Narendra Modi's Cabinet. — S. Abhishek Ramaswamy, Kharghar

Failure is a stepping stone

and China. Nuclear fission technicians from Iran and North Korea are ACADEMIC excellence is very impor- hand-in-glove, and so are Pakistan tant in life but does not necessarily and China. The yellow giant is reguarantee successful careers. Failure portedly seeking to spread its influis the stepping stone to success but ence on the southern side of India, one should have a vision and goal in namely in Sri Lanka. All these are mind which are like an engine which pointers to the ominous designs pulls the train to its destination. Bill these nuclear enabled countries are Gates the richest man on earth failed nurturing against the largest to complete his graduation and same democracy in the world. — Arun Malankar, Santacruz is the tale of Sachin Tendulkar, the greatest cricketer in the world has ever witnessed, LETTER OF THE DAY who even failed to complete his high school but they are the APROPOS 'BMC did not co-operate: most popular personalities of the No direct info to Control Room' globe. One should choose careers of (ADC, June 3), This blaze at one's interest and give their 100 per- Kalbadevi consumed three very cent to achieve their goals. A student precious lives of those fire officials bad in academics may be good in including the chief of the city fire sport or art and should choose his ca- brigade. The revelations clearly inreer accordingly. Hard work is impor- dicate many lacunae regarding the tant in life and pursing your career till equipment used during the inferno, you reach your goals is all that is re- the lack of fire fighting personnel quired to become successful. Coun- strength along with the precarious seling is very important and the condition of the building especially government in coordination with our in respect of the clumsy electrical State Board of Education should set installation etc. Many times in up various counseling centers to Mumbai after every such fire acciguide students to choose the right ca- dents the media is abuzz for a while, certain committees are set to disreer in life. — S.N. Kabra, Goregaon cuss, decide the remedial measures and then like the fire is doused. Everything goes to the back burners. In this case a very intriguing IF some news appearing in a sec- and hugely agonising revelation tion of the print media is to be be- surfaced like shoes worn by the fire lieved then the Indian foreign policy personnel were of inferior quality. makers will have to take a serious The BMC was blamed for this lapse note of it. An evil axis of outwardly along with that even the vital info friendly looking nations is encir- on the breaking out of the fire was cling India from all the sides. It con- delayed. I sincerely wonder when sists of Iran, Pakistan, North Korea this municipality would learn

Will BMC ever learn?

Ominous designs against India

Cascading effect of monsoon delay THE unusual heat wave in May, followed by the delay in monsoon by a week, is a definite manifestation of climate change all raise questions of water shortage. The deficient southwest monsoon this year is a cause worry. The IMD’s June forecast comes with a margin of error of 4 per cent of the Long Period Average, and is considered more accurate than the April prediction. The northwest India is likely to receive 85 per cent rainfall with a margin of error of 8 per cent. It is very hard to digest that the monsoon has missed its date and now hits Kerala by first week of June. Accordingly, the monsoon rains will touch Maharashtra in general and Mumbai in particular in the second week of June, a delay of 10 days. This will matter much for the metro city like Mumbai and already water cuts are contemplated for the delayed rains. Even black clouds are hovering round the western coast, there is no signal for monsoon rains to hit Maharashtra in the next fortnight. — Jayanthy S. Maniam, Sion

FEARING drought in the entire country share market does not show much of gain as the stocks tumble on Raghuram Rajan's

Monsoon will touch Mumbai in the second week of June, a delay of 10 days

growth concerns came in open. In a double whammy, the benchmark BSE Sensex plunged by 661 points, its biggest fall in nearly a month and rupee went down by 11 paise as RBI sounded a note of caution on economic recovery, while forecast of deficient monsoon added fuel to the fire. Thus rate cut fails to lift the mood in the Stock Market. In general, the corporate results have been quite weak suggesting that final demand is yet to pick up strongly. Monsoon deficiency weakness stock and the rate cut did not show any promise in the economic front.

IT is said that experience is the best teacher of man. However, this maxim seems to have been reportedly given a go-by by the Maharashtra government. They are trying to induce artificial rains in the light of the prediction of the IMD about a likelihood of a deficient monsoon in the year 2015. The government should have just sought the views of the MCGM in the matter. The richest local self body in the country had tried this cloud seeding experiment at least half a dozen times in the past, without any tangible result whatsoever.

— C.K. Ramani, Nerul

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

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1,500 plots withdrawn over failure to set up units at MIDCs

By Dr Mukund Aparajit

As humanity moves along the 21st century, we are left with no choice but to redefine the values and prinarly Indians lived a life totally adoring the nature, ciples that underlie our relationship with the Earth. respecting the Earth's resources to such an extent Clearly, a new approach is required. The industrial civthat they incorporated this as a religion and way ilization has brought about an abundance of goods and of life. This led to a perfect co-existence with nature services to humankind, but also an obsession for maand other living things like plants and animals. terialism and a distortion of human values.Planet Earth The need for an ecological balance is stressed in the is the common home for all of us. We must all strive to manuscripts more than 5,000 years ago regarding the share equitably the benefits and burdens resulting importance of nature and majority of them are highly from the use of the environment. relevant today. One should not destroy the trees. (Rig Veda Samhita vi-48-17) Plants are like mothers and Goddesses, protect Can we revert to our ancestral life style? Who decides the compromise formula? them. (Rig Veda Samhita x-97-4) US was hailed for all its brilliant technological Trees are homes and mansions. (Rig Veda Samhita xachievements by the entire world, now the same world 97-5) Sacred grass has to be protected from man's ex- blames US as the single largest culprit, yet continues to ape their life style. On one side we Indians talk of our ploitation (Rig Veda Samhita vii-75-8) Plants and water are treasures for generations. (Rig nature friendly life style and our rich culture, while contradicting the same by constantly endeavouring to Veda Samhita vii-70-4) One should protect the habitation. (Rig Veda pursue the western culture. Would it be totally wrong to say our culture lacks strength of character? Science Samhita vi-71-3) Waters as friends of man give full protection to his and technology have played a critical role in the development of human history and will be one of the key progenies. (Rig Veda Samhita vi-50-7) One shall be protective to animals. (Taittiriya determining factors in shaping a sustainable future. However, the impacts of technological development Samhita ii-3-14) Whoever injures the essence of food, kine or steeds is and their applications have also become so serious a robber who sinks both himself and his offspring that they threaten the stability of the ecosystem and human society. An interdisciplinary approach, which into destruction. (Rig Veda Samhita vii-104-10) Water and herbs should have no poison. (Rig Veda includes other branches of academic endeavours such as the humanities and social sciences, is needed to deSamhita vi-39-5) It says that 'even if there is only one tree full of flow- velop active research programs for a better underof the increasingly complicated ers and fruits in a village, that place becomes worthy of standing environmental problems. respect.

The Big Question

s many as 1,500 plots have been taken back from industrialists who have failed to start units in MIDCs across the state. Industries Minister Subhash Desai told PTI that the plots were given away to industrialists many years ago and they have not been able to setup the units within the stipulated time. "Notices were sent by MIDC to 4,000 industrialists who had failed to utilise the plots alloted to them. We want the land for industrial development and not for just land deals with private sector," Desai said. "We will re-allot the plots to those who wish to invest in the state and if the units are not set up in a time bound manner, the plots will come back to MIDC without any proceedings," he added. Desai said more notices will be sent to industries for non utilisation of land alloted to them. "The non-utilised land would come back to us,"he added. He said this would help those industrialists who wish to invest in the state expeditiously and show results. Desai said the state's textile policy would be revised to include revival of spinning mills in Vidarbha and North Maharashtra and the policy would include steps to set up new mills. Similarly, a textile cluster in Amravati would be soon set up to de-

Subhash Desai, State Industries Minister . velop enterpreneurship of local talent. The textile park inaugurated in Amravati last month has attracted eight top companies in the field of textile from different parts of the country including Siyaram, he said. Desai said Chinese companies were evincing keen interest in investing in Maharashtra. "We will concentrate on B2B (Business to business) tie-ups. Small scale industries in Germany are also interesting in forging good partnerships in the state. German small scale industries have good technology and funds to invest, he said.

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Bizman gets relief from HC after 21 years! T Sand artist creates a sand sculpture of World’s five top leaders with a message — ’Plant Trees, Save Environment’ at the Puri beach of Odisha on the eve of World Environment Day.

wenty-one years after the Bombay High Court asked a citybased businessman to deposit with its registry Rs 62,000 disputed by him as electricity charges, a bench has ordered that he may be paid 9 per cent interest on the principal sum from 1993 to 2010 within three months. The order was delivered recently by A.S. Gadkari and B.R. Gavai on a petition filed by 64-year-old Dilip Nevatia staying at Worli Sea Face locality. The high court has ordered the prothonotary to pay the interest to Nevatia for 17 years at the rate of nine per cent per annum. In 1991, he had filed a suit in the high court disputing electricity bill of Rs 62,000 charged by Bombay Suburban Electric Supply Ltd. The

court had asked him to deposit the disputed amount with the registrar of the court till the matter was decided. The petitioner complied with the order. He got back the principal amount in 2013 along with interest from 2010 to 2013. However, he did not get interest for the period 1993 to 2010. Being aggrieved, he moved the high court which asked the authorities to pay interest for the period of 17 years within three months. The court also made it clear that the businessman was at liberty to recover the said amount of interest from the officers concerned who have not followed the directions issued by the high court earlier, by adopting appropriate procedure as may be permissible under the law.

Anna has a new vehicle after SUV auction

‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ and S ‘Roop Mantra’ agree for co-promotion

ocial activist Anna Hazare now has a new vehicle, a Toyota Innova, a month after his old SUV was auctioned after eight years of use. Anna on Thursday drove the vehicle through Ralegan Siddhi. People gathered to have a look at their By A Staff Reporter village's most famous resident drivToday while marrying, everybody, beauty is an essential ingredient. be it a man or woman- look for a If you are beautiful and good ing his new vehicle. nand L Rai directed film 'Tanu beautiful person. Keeping this in looking then you are recognised "The Innova came to Ralegan Sidweds Manu Returns' is a sequel mind, SBS Biotech Unit II--makers and appreciated by every one. ‘Roop dhi on Wednesday. The seating of 2011 Bollywood blockbuster 'Tanu of ‘Roop Mantra’ agreed to promote Mantra’ is a key to beautiful face. arrangement suits Anna, who is sufWeds Manu'. R. Madhavan, Kangana this film. CMD of the company San- Prepared from rare herbs, this is the fering from back pain," Hazare's Ranaut and Jimmy Shergil play the jeev Juneja wished the team all the only product for a fair, scar free and aide Datta Awari told PTI over main characters. The film portrays success. healthy skin. This is completely safe phone from the village in Ahmeddifficulties of married life. Because of nagar district. In a press release the company’s as it is an Ayurvedic product. this, Manu (R.Madhavan) gets at- executive said that, nowadays, not The eight-year-old Mahindra Company’s executive also wished tracted towards another woman who only to marry but also to have a the film a very good box office Scorpio used by Hazare during varlooks like his wife Tanu (Kangana). ious agitations, including Jan Lokhappy and smooth married life collection.

pal movement, was sold on May 17 for Rs.9 lakh in an auction at Ralegan Siddhi. Pravin alias Atul Lokhande from Ahmednagar, who is closely associated with Anna, purchased the Scorpio for Rs 9,11,000. The SUV was owned by Anna's Swami Vivekanand Krutudnata Nidhi, a trust formed to govern the funds received by him by way of awards. "That vehicle took Anna from place to place when he launched the Jan Lokpal movement," Awari said. "He used it during his successful fight against the corrupt (Maharashtra) ministers in 2007 and 2009," he said.

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>> A large number of South American dishes are prepared using locally-grown, fresh produce

A Southern FixAtion Think of South America — we’re sure that you’re picturing beautiful people, exotic locales… But, the most notable feature of this region has to be its food! The 48hrs Team tells you what you need to know about this delectable cuisine

f the focus last year was on Japanese cuisine, this year, it’s South American cuisine that is taking centerstage. However, since most of us are strangers to this cuisine, there’s a lot we can learn about it. For example, did you know that deep-fried queen ants are considered to be a delicacy in parts of South America? Here we give you a little background on the cuisine and insight into some popular dishes, tell you where to go to enjoy this cuisine in Mumbai, bring you some of the strangest dishes and tell you where you can get the key ingredients when you’re cooking at home. We also spoke to Trimaan Chandok, owner of Asado, for a few tips to getting the cuisine right.

A LATIN AMERICAN SHOPPING BASKET Want to whip a few delicious Latin American dishes in your kitchen? You’re going to need these ingredients in stock! These are some common ingredients that are part of the cuisines from Central and South America. We’ve only featured those that you can get your hands on at neighbourhood store or at speciality supermarkets such as Godrej Nature’s Basket or HyperCITY. Some, such as the Andean fruit lucuma, are much harder to get your hands on.

Corn This is the most well-known Latin American ingredient, and plays a major role in the cuisines of most South American countries, partly because it is believed to have been cultivated here for the past 5,000 years. Corn is used to prepare a number of staple items such as tortillas, arepas, tamales and pasteles. continued on pg 14 «

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FUn FACTS

Peppers

n South American cuisine isn’t as palatable for vegetarians as the

diet includes a lot of meat. In the coastal areas, fish and lobsters are a staple. Moving inwards, cow meat, chicken and pork are very common dishes.

One of the reasons most Indians appreciate Mexican food is that Latin American preparations can be quite spicy. However, unlike Indian dishes, this is not because of the use of spices, but because of peppers, or ajis as they are known there. It’s an ingredient used to season most South American! These peppers are usually sweet and spicy. Chipotle chili peppers and aji panca are some of the most common.

n Can you believe that consuming ants in South America is a fairly

common practice? Yes, many South Americans consider it a delicacy. Although, don’t be so surprised because ants are a great source of protein. They harvest ants and mostly use the queen ants without their limbs. These ants are fried in vegetable oil. However, due to the growing popularity of this delicacy worldwide, these ants are harvested to the point of extinction.

Potatoes Potatoes, specifically Andean potatoes, are as important to South American cuisine as corn is. They are used in a variety of ways, ranging from being the star of the dish to being used as a side dish. You’ll find them being mashed, fried, baked as well as mixed with several sauces.

n You’ll find a variety of fruits in South America. They are staple add-on

with meals and there are as many as five different types of mangos and six different types of bananas. There are a number of tropical fruits that one can lavishly enjoy such as the curuba, lulo and momoncilo.

Beans You were waiting for this weren’t you? Economical and healthy, beans feature in almost every South American country. Each cuisine has its own way of using beans along with a traditional recipe to accompany it. However, most of these preparations involve long hours of simmering and delicate spicing in order to bring out the flavours perfectly.

n Peppers are the most important seasoning ingredient. They come in

both hot and sweet variety. There is an explosion of flavours in your mouth with every South American meal.

CHEF’S TIPS

Fruits You will find tropical fruits in several Latin American desserts as well as savoury preparations. These fruits include those that you can source easily, such as coconut, mango, avocado, guava and passion fruit, as well as those that aren’t as common, such as lucuma and cherimoya.

STRAnGE lATIn FOODS South Americans are daredevils! They’ve shocked the world with their unprecedented success on the football field, but we’re more amazed by their questionable cuisine. Every reptile, spice and existing method of cooking has a delegated position at a Latin dinner table. Trying traditional South American fare is a risk that will make even adventure enthusiasts shudder with disgust. If you are easily unnerved by unappetising food and have a short gag reflex, Latin food is not going to be your cup of tea. But, if you want to try something unpredictable, read on to find out more about some strange Latin American preparations and add see if you’re bold enough to sample any. n Fried guinea pigs in Peru The only fate worse than being

used as a lab rat is being fried whole! Guinea pigs are a species of rodents that are domesticated. But, these adorable animals aren’t anyone’s pets. For thousands of years, indigenous people have been raising guinea pigs specifically for the purpose of eating them. Since the ’60s, this dish, called Cuy Chactao, has become very popular in Ecuador and Bolivia. n llama brain and tongue in Bolivia Here’s your chance to

French kiss a llama! You would think that the Bolivian people would be kinder to their national animal, but llamas are used to make clothing, for rituals and even for labour.

>> Guinea pigs are a common delicacy in Peru and are often eaten fried Cooking llamas creates a slippery dish; the brain has a slimy texture, but the tongue is firmer and easier to eat. A helpful tip to actually consuming this dish would be not to watch while it is being prepared, unless you want to throw up just before a meal. n Cow udders in Chile Hotdogs and hamburgers are run-off-

the-mill, but if you want to take your barbeque party to the next level, try cow udders! The popular concoction Ubre Asada is made by soaking a cow’s udder to remove any remaining milk and grilling it on an open fire. The meat itself has a spongy texture and the open grill gives it a charred, smoky flavour. n Baby goat stomach in Brazil Get ready for an unsavoury

There is some semantic confusion surrounding this cuisine because of the use of the terms South American and Latin American. South America is a continent, while the Latin American countries are those that were conquered and colonised by the Spanish and Portuguese. Trimaan Chandok tells us that the food habits of people from Latin American nations are influenced by their rulers. But, what if you want to prepare this cuisine at home? How do you make sure it tastes authentic? Trimaan says, “There is a lot of diversity among South American countries, from their cooking habits to their recipes. The Amazonia region of South America produces fresh fish and lot of tropical fruits. Quinoa is the main produce, which has influenced their food. Countries of the coastal Pacific eat a lot of sea food. Fresh produce and lot of herbs, tomatoes, parsley and different types of chilies are some key ingredients when preparing South/Latin American recipes.” But, if you fancy sampling this cuisine at a restaurant, how do you choose? It’s not always easy to know what you will like, especially when you’re trying new cuisine. Trimaan tells us that seafood preparations, grilled fish and lamb dishes should match an Indian palate.

dinner and guilt-ridden sleep. Buchada is the traditional dish of the north-eastern state of Ceara in Brazil, but it’s made by chopping the internal organs of a baby goat and mixing them with seasonings and the animal’s own blood. This mixture is then stuffed into the animal’s stomach and cooked before being directly put on your plate. Yummy! n Bull penis and testicles soup in Bolivia Bolivia certainly

wins the award for having the most unpalatable cuisine ever. Caldo de Cardon has the penis and testicles of a bull, flavoured with a host of herbs and spices stewing in a thick broth. The meat is chewy and the dish is known to cure everything, from anemia to hangovers. This deplorable soup is also considered an aphrodisiac!

SOUTH AMERICAn CUISInE In THE CITy Although there are only a few, these restaurants in Mumbai whip up some delicious South American dishes. >> Café Aylanto is a cosy place to try South American fare

CAFé AylAnTO

Apart from serving some delicious dishes from Bulgaria, Denmark, Greece and Austria, Café Aylanto also serves South American dishes synonymous to countries such as Peru, Brazil and Venezuela. A quaint, picturesque café, it’s gaining recognition for the array of cuisines that they serve. Recommended dishes Try their Venezuelan cheese sticks, called Tequeno (`200) or pick their delicious Peruvian preparation of potatoes and hard-boiled eggs called Papas a la Huancaina (`270). Cost for two `1,200 Contact 65115999 Where 18, Aaram Nagar, Near J.P Road, Versova, Andheri (w)

ASADO

Asado launched this year and after reviewing it, we can tell you that this place serves delicious Latin American fare. With quirky interiors and an array of delicious drinks and dishes, Asado is a must-visit. Recommended dishes Try their Chicken & Dates Antichuco (`425) and their Cheese Dates & Nuts Empanda (`325) for a very different experience. Where Manorama Chambers, Near Gaity Galaxy Junction, SV Road, Bandra Talao, Bandra (w) Contact 65686666 Cost for two `2,000

>> There is a lot of diversity in South American cuisine

THE HISTORy OF SOUTH AMERICAn FOOD South American cuisine may be synonymous today with meat, pulses and vegetables, but a while before its discovery, people only came to Central and South America to hunt and gather food. Wild potatoes and teosinte — an ancestor of the modern corn — wild beans, tomatoes and avocadoes were picked, while animals such as rabbits, llamas and turkeys were hunted for the purpose of consumption. It was only around 10,000BC, that people in South America began to farm their own crops. The native population cultivated various types of crops such as corn, maize, lima beans, sweet potatoes, peppers, avocadoes, peanuts and chocolate. They curated elaborate irrigation systems and terraced the steep Andean mountain slopes to accommodate farming. While many of the South American countries had developed their own cuisines, some of them developed a more European style of cooking, post colonisation. Europeans prepared Italian, Spanish and Portuguese dishes with local ingredients, and so the native ways of cooking were tweaked to adapt to their ways. Europeans were also responsible for bringing cows, goat, chickens, citrus trees, wheat and almonds to South America.

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« EvEnt comic booK wEEKEnd

Free ComiC Book Weekend By ComiC Con india Get your dose of free Indian comic books this weekend. Anindra Siqueira tells you more

I >> You can download up to five free Indian comic books this weekend

f you love Indian comic books, this is something you have to check out. Comic Con India has brought back the Free Comic Book Weekend (FCBW). You can download free Indian comic books on your desktop PC, smartphone or tablet (running iOS, Android or Windows Phone OS) this weekend. Among the big names taking part in the free comic book weekend are Amar Chitra Katha, Campfire Graphic Novels, Pop Culture Publishing, Sufi Comics and Diamond Comics. Of the 1,000 titles available, you can download any five on the Readwhere.com website or application. Jatin Varma, the founder of Comic Con India, says, “Over 15,000 comic book fans joined the event last year. Comic Con India has plans to make this event bigger and better. With the ambition to triple our number, we plan to have a wider outreach and more publishers joining hands.” But, that’s not all! Comic Con India is also organising a workshop with Abhijeet Kini, where you can learn how to draw comics and a Cosplay after Party on Saturday. When FCBW: June 6 to 8, at 8am; Drawing Workshop and Cosplay After Party: June 6, from 5pm onwards Where FCBW: www.readwhere.com; Drawing Workshop and Cosplay After Party: Hard Rock Café, Andheri (w) Contact Hard Rock Café: 26743901

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f you are a fan of western classical music, you’re in luck, because Good Earth Wine is bringing you Conversation Concert — a concert by renowned classical pianist, Karl Lutchmayer. Ashwin Rodrigues, owner of Good Earth Wines says, “Good Earth Classical Soirees was created with the objective of promoting concert culture and take western classical music to a wider audience. Previously, I sang in several classical choirs in Bandra and played classical guitar! I was looking for opportunities to support the arts and so, when Good Earth Wines happened it was a natural to bring the two together.” Tickets are priced at `1,000 per person. When June 7, from 6pm onwards Where Bungalow 9, St. John Baptist Road, Bandra (w) Contact 61179999

« EvEnt PrivatE viEwing of LifE and

dEath in PomPEii and hErcuLanEum

>> Ram Kumar’s new work features ink on paper

r. Radhakrishnan Pillai, one of India’s bestselling authors with nearly 20 years of combined work and business experience, is a well-known management speaker, trainer and corporate consultant. He recently released his second book, Chanakya in You, with Jaico Publishing House. Dr. Pillai is a visiting faculty in prestigious institutes in India and abroad including the IIT, IIM and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). He has been a trainer and strategy consultant to over 200 organisations including the Indian Army, Navy, Air Force, police, various NGOs and private and public sector organisations such as Indian Oil, HPCL, BPCL and L&T. He says, “In my recent book, I’ve simplified the principles of Kautilya’s Arthashastra for the common man in a simple story narrative.” Availability Book Café — Good Earth store, Raghuvanshi Mills Compound, Lower Parel Price `299

concErts by KarL LutchmEyEr

egendary artist Ram Kumar needs no introduction. His new work, created with pen and ink on paper, has a mesmerising, touching presence. The lines have an immediacy of their own, enabling us to experience visual delight. Some of the drawings show traces of architectural constructs while others exhibit a geometrical familiarity, but even this has a germinal essence of their own. Ram Kumar says, “An artist shows the entry point to his creative world and the rest depends on the onlooker — what he sees, feels and interprets. He has to make an effort to find for himself what he is seeking and what the artist wants him to see.” When June 8 onwards from 10.30am to 7pm Where Gallery 7, G 3, Ground Floor, Oricon House, 12/14 Rampart Row, K. Dubhash Road, Kala Ghoda Contact 22183996/ 22189520

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« EvEnt convErsationaL

>> Karl Lutchmayer will be playing at Bunglow 9 this Sunday

60s by artist ram Kumar

« booK Launch chanaKya in

itness the British Museum’s blockbuster exhibition, Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum with PVR LIVE this June. The exhibition focuses on the lives of the residents of the industrial hub of Pompeii and the seaside town of Herculaneum, 2,000 years ago. Dharmesh Datta, vice president and business head for PVR Live, tells us, “The exhibition will give visitors a taste of the daily life of the people of Pompeii and Herculaneum, from the bustling streets to the family homes.” When June 7 to 13, from 4pm to 4.45pm Where PVR Dynamix Mall, Juhu; PVR Phoenix, Lower Parel; PVR Oberoi Mall, Goregaon; PVR CitiMall Andheri; PVR Market City, Kurla Tickets in.bookmyshow.com/concerts/pvr-cinema-classicmovies-tickets/

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WEEKEND PLANNER

FOOD & DRINK

disclaimer: The content used in the 48 Hours weekend planner is not exclusive and mandatory. It may change according to the organiser etc. The ADC group is not responsible for any changes. You may submit listings to: 48hours@afternoondc.in If you want to access the paper online, check out our epaper at www.afternoondc.in/epaper/de fault.aspx8

ART aspri spirits introduCes negroni week

TRAVEL mystiCal north east by the holiday studio

100 artists for Colors of life — Crafted Change

Negroni is a cocktail that has left its mark on the history of the Milanese Aperitif and is known throughout the world. It’s made with one part gin, one part Cinzano Vermouth Rosso (red, semi-sweet), one part Campari, and is garnished with an orange peel. Negroni week is a celebration of the delicious cocktail and an effort to raise money for charitable causes around the world. Jackie Matai, co-founder of Aspri Spirits, says, “At Aspri Spirits, we believe in the dynamism of the Indian market and strive to make a difference by offering our consumers the best the world has to offer. This is the first time that India is a part of this global promotional activity and Aspri Spirits, being as the representative for Campari and Cinzano, has been proactive in this initiative. We have received tremendous support from bars and restaurants across the country that have come together for a noble cause.” when Up to June 7 where Olive Bar & Kitchen, Boveda, Irish House, Nido, Nom Nom, Radio Bar and The Elbo Room. Contact www.negroniweek.com

Exotic adventure travel company, The Holiday Studio, has planned its first north-east expedition called The Mystical Arunachal Holiday. The expedition is scheduled from November 5 to 14 and is priced at `75,200. The expedition starts from Guwahati and explores a large part of Arunachal Pradesh. Priyanka Jena, co-founder of The Holiday Studio, says, “Truly untouched, the north-eastern part of our country remains largely unexplored. We wish to encourage travellers to witness this gorgeous landscape and the region’s ethnicity in the most fun, yet adventurous manner.” when Bookings close by June 12 where Arunachal Pradesh Contact www.theholidaystudio.com

100 Indian artists will be coming together to display their work at the Colors of Love — Crafted Change exhibition. The exhibition has been organised in association with the Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA) and funds will be raised for cancer patients at the Viewing Room in Colaba. Piali Syam, curator of the exhibition and director of special projects at CPAA, says, “It’s a privilege to interact with artists from all over the country, and to view various kinds of work and put it together in a collection that I believe will be interesting for buyers. CPAA will be able to raise a substantial amount for their childhood cancer patients. when June 8 to June 20, from 11am to 7pm Contact 22830026 where The Viewing Room, Walton Road, Above Bata Showroom, Colaba

WORKSHOPS delhi’s banjara sChool of danCe in mumbai all-new beer & food pairing menu at the white owl

Head over to The White Owl Brewery & Bistro to their new, one-of-a-kind menu. We recommend ordering the famous Chicken Queso Fondido, which combines the flavours of Mexican jalepenos, chilly and cheddar cheese, and is paired with the Paulina, a German Kolsh. Dinesh Bherwani, executive chef at The White Owl, says, “With the new menu, I wanted to try something fun with our house brews. Having worked and lived in Chicago, I’ve explored different cuisines and restaurants and have used those experiences as inspirations for each dish. One of the restaurants I visited inspired me to come up with the Chicken Queso Fondido. The spicy flavour of the Fondido complements the refreshing Paulina perfectly.” when Ongoing where The White Owl Brewery & Bistro, Lower Parel Contact 24210231

medjoul dates in mumbai

If you’re looking for a guiltfree indulgence, Medjoul has you covered. Containing zero preservatives, these dates are chock full of antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. Global health guru Mickey Mehta, who will be launching the dates, says, ‘’An unprocessed whole fruit that’s rich in fiber, Medjoul is an excellent alternative to processed energy bars, sweets and chocolates.” price `1,500 to `2,000 where Available at various stores across Mumbai

Costa Coffee’s first-ever shaken Coffee

Begin your day with an all new range of coffee at Cost Coffee, called Costa Ice Shaken Coffee. The range offers flavours such as Iced Latte, Iced Cappuccino, Iced Mocha, Iced Macchiato, Iced Ristretto, Iced Chai Latte and Iced Chocolate. Ashish Chanana, chief operating officer at Costa Coffee (India), tells us, “Costa Ice Shaken Coffee is a concept we developed to bring back the charm of custom made, hand crafted coffee.” where All Costa Coffee outlets across the country

tusCan trails at the westin

Head over to Prego for a taste of Tuscany. They’re offering authentic, gourmet Italian food including dishes such as Gamberoni’s Pappa Al Pomodoro, Pasta Rustica, Pappardelle Con Fegatini and Zuppa Di Porcini Con Pancetta. Rahul Dhavale, executive chef at The Westin Mumbai Garden City, says, “Italy has it all, from chic boutiques in Milan to the vibrant Sicilian coasts. You can look forward to unique artistry, which amalgamates food and wine to create sumptuous, lip-smacking dishes. This is an experience to take home with you. Tuscany is located in the heart of Italy, and it serves food that touches the heart.” when Up to June 14, noon to 3pm and from 7pm to 11.45pm where Prego, Westin Mumbai Garden City Contact 67361064

sliCe of japan with Chef kazuhiko santo

Sofitel at BKC is hosting Chef Kazuhiko Santo at the Pondichéry Café this month. You can look forward to delicacies such as Sushi, Tempura, Kaiseki, Yakitori, Kushikastu, Udon and Soba. Biswajit Chakraborty, general manager at Sofitel Mumbai BKC, says, “Japanese food culture is growing in India and the use of rare ingredients makes this cuisine unique. Chef Kazuhiko will artfully infuse traditional flavours with his creative cooking techniques.” Lunch is priced at `2,770, while dinner will cost `2,900. when June 5 to 14, from 12.30pm onwards (lunch), and from 7pm onwards (dinner) where Pondichéry Café, Sofitel Mumbai BKC Contact 61175000

Curated menu at asado by Chef guillem vidal

Michelin-starred Spanish chef Guillem Vidal will be curating a four-course set menu, offering a choice of starters, main courses, Paella and desserts. Dishes include Roasted Potato, Spicy Tomato Sauce & Quince Mayo, Pescadito Frito, Seafood Rice served with Saffron-Flavoured Fish stock, roasted Garlic Bread and Andalusian Gazpacho Soup with Marinated Prawn. Trimaan Singh Chandok, owner of ASADO, says “We have always tried to give our customers one-of-a kind experiences — they can look forward to a gastronomy experience by a Michelin star chef in Mumbai!” when June 4 to 8 Contact 65686666 where Asado, Manorama Chambers, Ground Floor, S V Road, Bandra (W)

mexifornia at California pizza kitChen

Indulge in zesty Mexican flavours as you pick from a wide variety of appetisers, pizzas and pastas at California Pizza Kitchen. Try their Sonoro Pizza, a thin crust pizza with a smoky, roasted tomato salsa, roasted corn and black bean salsa. “The Mexifornia menu highlights the zesty characteristics of Mexican cuisine and is presented with our signature Californian panache,” says Vikram Verma, AVP marketing at, JSM Corporation. when Up to June 21 where California Pizza Kitchen outlets Contact 66366636

art exhibition by artist ashish irap

If you love spending your weekend browsing through artwork, here’s an exhibition you should consider going to. Artist Ashish Irap is exhibiting paintings that capture everyday life in a dramatic light. Through his dream-like paintings that express light in a pleasant manner, he tells the story of who people are and how they’ve come to be. Ashish says, “I try to pick people if I think I can depict the whole story on their faces. While my paintings are created in the present, they tie the bond of past and future.” when Up to June 8 where Jahangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda Contact 22843989

SHOPPING punCham bazaar at vivanta by taj

The exclusive lifestyle and fashion exhibition for women is back with yet another edition. The one-day event will showcase clothing, jewellery, accessories, footwear, cutlery and furnishings by designers from different cities and you will find everything under one roof. Rani Poddar, the woman behind Puncham Bazaar, tells us, “Skilled women play a vital role in economic upliftment. Puncham Bazaar is an opportunity for women to exhibit their talent. As much as I believe education is important, I equally stand in support of talent.” when June 8, from 10.30am to 7pm where Vivanta by Taj — President, 90, Cuffe Parade Contact 9910001340, 9322864919

If you’re looking to learn the art of belly dancing, then you’re in luck because House of Wow is hosting an intensive, one-week-long beginners’ course in belly dancing. The workshop will be conducted by Delhi’s Banjara School of Dance, as part of a three-city tour. Damini Sahay, an instructor at the dance school, says, “We will be teaching the original and authentic Egyptian form of belly dancing. At the end of the course, each person will receive a certificate from the Banjara School of Dance, signed by the head, Meher Malik, certifying each of them for passing the beginners’ level.” when June 5 to June 11, from 5pm to &pm where House of Wow, Natraj Building, Hill Road, Bandra (w) Contact 9930246031

Creative writing workshop at Café nemo

Are you looking to put your creative writing skills to test? Then head to Café Nemo to participate in a creative writing workshop with literary agent, Sherna Khambatta, whose agency is looking for new writers. The workshop is priced at `1,600 and includes a lunch at Café Nemo. Sherna Khambatta, founder of Sherna Khambatta Literary Agency, tells us, “This is a unique creative writing group that encourages people to find their hidden writing potential. I think we all need to start somewhere and I hope to help people begin their creative journey. Each group is different and with separate topics, which are universal and will have appeal to writers as well as novices.” when June 6, from 11am onwards where Café Nemo, Thadani House, Opposite Indian Coast Guard, Worli Village Contact 24379841

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Pretty Parisian

MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015

Products we can’t wait to pick up >> This is one of the more highly priced items, but the cutwork edges and cupcake print make it a pretty irresistible cake platter (`4,000)

Prepare yourself for a little French flavour at Parisian Affaire. Rhea Dhanbhoora gives you a sneak peek into the new china brand before it launches in the city

uthors and artists sit, swilling tea fervently from delicate bone china, burning the midnight oil, as they sample petite fours from pastry stands placed idly on lace doilies. There’s something dreamy about Paris that makes it a (quite often, overdone) theme in artsy films and pastry shops. Tiny French desserts, delicate polka dotted cups — it’s all so charming and quaint, much like the ideal picture of the city of love that’s painted for us. I’ve succumbed to the overwhelming charm myself, thinking that all Parisian products should mimic the delicate, tasteful aura that Audrey Hepburn exuded — after all, she did say, “Paris is always a good idea.” Porcelain and bone china are not as deepseated in French history as they are in places like China or Japan. But, once the art made its presence felt around the 17th century, it spawned a love affair across Europe, with dinnerware and sculptures that made everything else pale in comparison. It’s important to realise how synonymous this sort of crockery is with Paris in order to understand why the Parisian Affaire is not a surprising brand. It doesn’t offer anything new or different, and it springs from Shaan Khanna’s passion for tasteful, chic pieces. So, where else to look for inspiration than a city that is home to such popular art and culture? She cites secret gardens, picnics in wonderland and lavish, bourgeois high tea as inspiration, and the high tea theme in particular is apparent from the tea sets, dessert platters and cake plates that they dole out aplenty. The collection does take your breath away,

not in the same manner that a Sèvres might, but then there’s a very good reason to head here instead of seeking out the coveted French fine china brand. The prices! Ranging from `1,000 to `5,000, they are a big plus point for the brand, especially since several high-end brands and retail sites offer the same (if not slightly tackier) Paris-inspired porcelain and bone china crockery that can really cut through your savings. Another big leap for them is that all their products are microwavable. In a day and age where maintaining your possessions is almost as important (if not more) than being able to afford them, this is a saving grace for most crockery, making it gorgeous and functional — two of the most important things for me. It’s not unique, but you can’t deny that it’s pretty! My only issue with the range is the heavy splashes of pink. It’s pretty, but it can get a little too candy floss and cupcake dream-like, especially for someone with no particular love for the colour. If there were a variety of hues in the pretty cake trays, plates, dining sets, tea stands and cup sets, I’d be much happier. While we’re already lusting over the products, you’re going to have to wait for June 20 to actually pick up anything from the brand, when it’s launching at the House of Tales. I suggest counting your pennies and putting some aside — you’re going to want to buy a lot of the pretty products when you visit.

>> This gorgeous set of four rose printed dessert plates can be yours for `3,000

>> If black and white isn’t your style and you’re looking for the iconic pink rose print, these cups and saucers (`1,600 for two) are great!

Where The Parisian Affaire will launch at House of Tales, Kala Ghoda on June 20 Contact 9820450693

>> Nothing says tea-time treats quite like this delicate stand for `3,500

>> The perfect gift for couples, or just a cute addition to your kitchen, this black polka dot cup and saucer set (`1,500) — with a matching trunk!

>> With a hint of blue, there’s no way you’re going to be able to resist these plates (`2,000)! Even the box is just as pretty.

Signed, Sealed, delivered

In a city starved for space, Box My Space seems like a lifesaver. Dev Goswami tells you more about the service that offers to safely store what you want to keep, but don’t need in the house.

>> BoxMySpace offers boxes to store your belongings at their Bhiwandi facility

e live in a city that is so obsessed with space that most of us plan what goes into our bags, lest the bulk offend someone on packed public transport. When we buy a new appliance, the first thing we consider isn’t its utility, but whether we have space for it. Renovating our home is a task that usually involves one room being kept sealed for storage — after all, asking your neighbour for a bowl of sugar is one thing, but asking them to store extra furniture? That’s just unthinkable! The guys at Box My Space thought we needed something to take care of this problem — and how right they are! Box My Space is a new storage concept with a facility in Bhiwandi. You can either rent an entire space, where you can store appliances and furniture, or rent a box, which can be used to store important documents that you may not need on a daily basis and other knick-knacks. We shouldn’t have to say this, but we were already in love with the idea the moment we read about it! Add to that the fact that the elevated (which protects from water logging) Bhiwandi storage facility is equipped with CCTV cameras and smoke detectors and we were hooked! When I first read about Box My Space, I wished that I had known about them sooner. Box My Space would be

perfect for someone looking to avoid the hassles of moving furniture around the house during renovation while trying to avoid damage. They deliver storage boxes, give you a few days to pack your items and transport them to their storage facility. Oh, and the best part? They’ll deliver it back to you within 24 hours! The storage offers three plans. A storage box, which is sized 2x1.5x1 (feet), costs `99 per month to rent, with free pickup and a `199 delivery charge. A 4x4x4 (feet) space that can store small furniture, on the other hand, will cost you `499 per month plus a `1,999 charge for pickup and another `1,999 for delivery. A larger space (6x6x6 — feet) will cost `999 per month to rent, while pickup and delivery is `2,999 each. In a city where space comes at a high premium, the prices are reasonably perfect for Mumbai. Get in touch with them, we’re sure that just like us, you need a space for your belongings! Where www.boxmyspace.com; storage facility in Bhiwandi Contact 7666842727

AffordAble & delicious Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2015

>> The iced teas and ice cream teas at Wagh Bakri are a must try drink!

instaKhaana.com is a new online lunch service that promises delicious food and quick deliveries. the 48hrs team tried out a few dishes to bring you a verdict

f you’re the sort of person who has to take a break at noon to browse through a stack of menus, just to see what you can order for lunch, InstaKhaana.com is here to save the day. That is, if you work around BKC, Lower Parel, Mahalaxmi, Parel or Worli. The lunchtime delivery service (they’re open between noon and 3pm) offers a new menu on every day of the week and they’re open from Monday to Saturday. Every day, you can pick between three or four main course dishes along with a dessert and packaged drinks. The folks at InstaKhaana.com were sweet enough to send us some of their dishes for us to try — so here’s our verdict!

ChiCken TikkA WiTh ChAPATTis (`89) Because of my past experience with most places that deliver Indian food, I remain sceptical of any dish with the words ‘tikka’ or ‘gravy’ in its name. These dishes are generally doused in spices and oil, making them a heaty affair — and they’re not very tasty either! So, when I opened the lid of the chicken tikka container and saw a layer of oil floating over the top, I prepared myself for an unsatisfying experience. But, InstaKhaana managed to surprise me. The dish was delicately spiced and even though I usually like my meals spicier, I had no complaints with the thick, flavourful gravy and tender chicken. The quantity was perfect for one, and while the chapattis could not rival a mother’s homemade ones, they came pretty close. I was immensely pleased with my meal — the next time I have a hankering for a non-vegetarian Indian lunch, their Chicken Tikka with Chapattis is going to be up there on my list of choices. — Dev Goswami

PAneer buTTer MAsAlA WiTh riCe (`69) By the time I got around to trying InstaKhaana’s Paneer Butter Masala with Rice, I’d already tasted the gravy-based chicken tikka. So, I couldn’t wait to see if they would be able to deliver the same subtle flavour. The problem with most dishes made with cottage cheese is that the paneer itself tends to lack flavour, which makes for an unappetising contrast to an otherwise flavourful gravy. However, I had no such complaints about InstaKhaana’s preparation. The paneer was flavourful to the last bite and the gravy had a good balance of spices. The fact that they use coconut

milk to thicken their gravy is fairly obvious, but thankfully, the flavour of the coconut didn’t overpower the dish. All in all, it was a wholesome, comforting meal and is definitely something that I would order again. — Dev Goswami

MushrooM friCAssee WiTh gArliC breAd (`119) The Mushroom Fricassee with Garlic Bread was an interesting dish. While the garlic bread was amazing and the flavours just pop in your mouth, I found the mushroom fricassee bland. It’s not that it wasn’t tasty; it was. The creamy flavour of the sauce combined well with the fried or sautéed mushrooms. But, it was a bit bland for my taste. And there was far too much fricassee for the three pieces of garlic bread. Since the portions are off, you’ll end up with a lot more fricassee than you bargained for. — Anindra Siqueira

egg MAyo sAndWiCh WiTh ChiPs (`139) While their other dishes seem to have fared well, the Egg Mayo Sandwich was a disappointment. The quantity worked well for a light but filling lunch, but it didn’t taste good. With a mayonnaise and tomato filling, the sandwich tasted of mayonnaise and butter. And clearly, whoever packed the meal didn’t cut it well enough because I was left to break the sandwich in half with my hands. This resulted in all the filling oozing out. The entire thing was just a messy affair. This is definitely a miss! — Sara Shah

ChiCkPeA sAlAd (`50) A small serving of a chickpea salad came with many of the dishes that we sampled. Although the salad was decent, something seemed amiss. Maybe it was a little extra hit of the lemon dressing that is usually added to such salads. As an accompaniment, it went quite well with all the dishes, although the portions were quite small. — Sara Shah Where www.instakhaana.com; they deliver to BKC, Lower Parel, Mahalaxmi, Parel and Worli Meal for one `150 Alcohol No

>> The chicken tikka was delicately spiced and rich in flavour

Chai time Wagh Bakri has been associated with tea for decades. anindra Siqueira visited their lounge in Vile Parle to sample some of their new offerings

he mention of tea lounges may conjure up images of British India, but one brand hasn’t let go of its age-old tradition and is staying the course. They already have three tea lounges in Delhi and one in Ahmadabad, and they now have two up and running here in Mumbai. The Wagh Bakri Tea Lounge at Vile Parle is an attractive café that’s painted in brilliant shades of yellow and green and has subtle British-era touches to its interior. It was bustling when I arrived. The Wagh Bakri brand was introduced in preIndependence India and fosters a ‘coming together’ philosophy. I started off with a Lemongrass Tea (`80), which had a very strong, almost overpowering flavour that grows on you. I also tried their Brun Maska (`80) — a serving of two sweet buns with just a hint of tuttifrutti, warm in the centre and with a good helping of butter. The Brun Muska is worth a try. Keep in mind that the snacks are not made in-house, but are outsourced — Wagh Bakri is all about tea. I also tried the Mawa Cake (`60) which was quite okay. I also wanted to try their masala teas — I’m told that Wagh Bakri makes their masala teas a little differently than the norm, and spices in liquid form are sprayed directly on to the cured tea leaves. The Wagh Bakri Masala Tea (`80) had a unique flavour. It wasn’t what I expected, but it definitely wasn’t just regular masala tea. The tea was light and the flavours weren’t overpowering. The Wagh Bakri Perfect (`70) is the brand’s marquee tea and it was one of the best of the lot. It is a very smooth tea and, if you ever pay a visit to the tea lounge, you simply have to try this one! Wagh Bakri also has a range of new-age teas — orange and guava iced teas, for instance. I chose the Guava Iced Tea, priced at `110, because it sounded too interesting to pass up. The iced tea itself is light, but the guava puree and sugar at the bottom give the preparation a wonderful flavour that’s extremely refreshing. Their ice cream teas are definitely the most interesting. Their creamy, milky taste and cooling factor make them the perfect summer drink. Forget the relatively high price (`150 each), the ice cream tea is definitely worth a try! Where Opp. Jain Temple, Hanuman Road, Vile Parle (e) Contact 9004187777 Price for two `350 to `500

Travel

New York, New York Afternoon Despatch & Courier Special

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>> New York City is lit up brightly and bustling even at night-time

We’ve all seen and dreamt about visiting The Big Apple. Desha Gehi tells you what it is like to experience the city of New York in real life

ournalist Tom Wolfe once said, “One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years.’’ I realised how true this statement was when I visited New York a few years ago. As a diehard fan of popular sitcoms such as Gossip Girl and Sex and the City, a vacation in New York was a dream come true for me! Like most other 20-yearold girls, I wanted to see the spot where Blair met Chuck for the first time, eat at the places where Carrie and her girls went for brunch and of course, visit the store where Bradshaw found her famous Manola Blahnik’s. Everything about New York fascinated me — the people, the food, the culture — even the song, Empire State of Mind. The first thing that strikes you about New York is the city's enthusiastic vibe. It’s fast-paced yet relaxing. A true melting pot, it is stuffed with ambitious people who populate its five boroughs — Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. More than the dream of New York that I had built up in my mind, it was the awe-inspiring splendour that took my breath away. From tall skyscrapers to subways, every little thing was magnificent.

most popular cart food is available at The Halal Guys.

n max Brenner A renowned chocolate bar and restaurant

located at Union Square, this is a paradise for chocoholics. A few friends and I walked into Max Brenner for a cup of hot chocolate and ended up walking out with a 12-inch chocolate pizza, topped with chocolate chips and marshmallows! n Chipotle This is, by far, my favourite Mexican chain. A filling burrito at Chipotle is the perfect way to end a tiring day.

FashIon Foward Draw up a list of the fashion capitals of the world and New York is bound to be somewhere close to the top. Some of the world’s most popular stylists, designers and fashionistas hail from here. From walking to Soho empty-handed and returning with a handful of bags, to sitting at a café, wishfully looking at people splurging on high-end brands in Park Avenue, New York has something for everyone. Other popular shopping hubs include Macy’s, China Town and Canal Street.

Food matters!

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New York is a paradise for food lovers — my day would usually begin with a cream cheese bagel and a cup of hot chocolate. Food trucks line every corner, making it impossible to miss out on the city’s renowned fast food. But, if you still need recommendations, here’s what you should try out: n Cart Food New York is known for its cart food, which basically serves you large portions of meat and rice, flavoured with sauces. Available into the wee hours of the night, it is filling, delicious and pocket-friendly. The best,

New York has a number of museums and art centers, but the most popular is undoubtedly the Metropolitan Museum of Modern Art, popularly known as the MET. I was stoked to see the amount of creativity that was on display — it houses the world’s finest modern and contemporary art. If you’re an art enthusiast, this place is a must visit for a good dose of inspiration.

entertaInment ahoY! From musicals to live street performances, sports to >> The Manhattan and Brooklyn bridges are a sight to see

shopping and bar hopping to sit-down meals, you won't run out of things to do in New York. I watched The Phantom of the Opera, an award-winning musical, at the Majestic Theatre. Of course, Times Square is a spot that you can’t miss visiting — the large billboards, flashing lights and the energy will leave you amazed. New York’s many parks such as Central Park and Union Square Park are other great places to while away your time. My favourite pastime was to walk through, or simply read a book at, the park.

the tourIst traIl Even the tourist attractions in New York, which you wouldn’t think would really surprise you, can leave you with longlasting memories. On my way to the Statue of Liberty, I spent some time at Battery Park, which is the port from where the ferries set off. While I was there, I stumbled upon Castle Clinton and a couple of artists who offered caricatures on the spot. The caricature that I had drawn of myself is undoubtedly my most precious souvenir. As for the Statue of Liberty? Well, I was lucky enough to head there late afternoon, where I was treated to a fabulous display of the setting sun on the one hand and the Statue of Liberty standing tall on the other. Other must-visit tourist spots are The Rockefeller Centre, Grand Central Terminal, Yankee Stadium, Chelsea Market, Harlem and the 9/11 Memorial. With its architectural assets, vintage cafés, boutiques and novelty shops, New York City is a serious treat for every traveller. It’s the sort of place where getting lost will only help you find something new. It allows you to dream as high as its skyscrapers and then helps to convert them into reality. I now know what Simone de Beauvoir meant when she said, ‘There is something in the New York air that makes sleep useless.’’

FYI n Unlike Mumbai, New York is extremely strict about following

road discipline. You cannot run across an empty street at a red light — yes, the pedestrian ones that we normally ignore in our city. n A basic understanding of the grid system is helpful if you wish to travel independently. Finding your way around the city becomes easy once you master this. An important thing to remember is that avenues run North and South, while streets run East and West. n While local buses, taxis and tubes make commuting within the city convenient, having experienced all, I think walking was the best option — more so for the experience than for the ease of travel. I came across and struck up conversations with several people during my walks and some ended up becoming acquaintances!

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Culinary journey with Gaggan Anand

IN June, CNN’s ‘Culinary Journeys’ follows Chef Gaggan Anand of Bangkok’s Gaggan, as he takes us on a culinary journey to his home town, Kolkata. Anand has seasoned his reputation in Bangkok, the world’s culinary capital. This year his restaurant won the top spot at 'Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants' awards. Anand’s progressive take on Indian cuisine may make for a fine dining experience but he remains TITANIC

tied to the memories, tastes and smells of Kolkata. Street food, with its rich flavour. He blends Kolkatan food staples with kitchen wizardry. The chef’s culinary journey takes him to explore and recreate one of West Bengal's most traditional dishes: the Daab Chingri, a delectable combination of prawns cooked in tender coconut shell. Anand will call upon his trusted army of local chefs and show us what it takes to cook the very best. ‘Culinary Journeys’ is a series of monthly half-hour shows on CNN International, which feature a different worldrenowned chef on a journey to

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

84 YEARS later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. Star Movies, 9 p.m .

SOAPS & SERIALS

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IN tonight’s episode we will watch Bollywood actress Vidya Balan make a special appearance on the show. Watch how the actress with the help of Chakor tries to mend an argument between Ishwar and Abha. Will they be successful in helping the adorable duo, tune in for more! Colors, 8.30 p.m.

SERVICE WALI BAHU

JOGESHWAR plots against Santoshi and squeezes lemon juice in the milk that she was going to use to make kheer. Payal tries to help Santoshi by giving her the idea of making rasgulle instead. Will Payal’s idea work for Santoshi to save face? Zee T V, 6.30 p.m.

MOST EXTREME

SO who are the fastest, or strongest, or greediest animals? Which are the highest jumpers or the smartest? Tune into Animal Planet’s MOST EXTREME as it presents the extraordinary powers of these animals and puts our human achievements into perspective. Ani mal Pl anet, 11 p.m .

CHAOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA

CHAOS CAUGHT ON CAMERA brings you the most compelling, shocking, remarkable user generated content in the world: from catastrophic freak weather to the world’s worst man-made disasters. Di scov er y, 11 p.m.

GADGET MAN

Tune into GADGET MAN on Discovery Science with the host Richart Ayoade- the gadget freak as he takes his viewers into the whole new world of technology and unfamiliar trendy gadgets. Di scover y Sci en ce, 9 p.m.

KHOONI SAAYA

HOW well does one know neighbors? Tune into ID Investigation

RUMBLE IN THE BRONX

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Discovery’s KHOONI SAAYA as it tells the tales of mysterious murders from behind white picket fences. Don’t miss this thrilling show as each episode brings a new murder mystery and a new look into the evil that can lurk in the heart and soul of a tight-knit community. ID, 8 p.m .

VIKINGS

THE adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok: the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the saga of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods: legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors. Histor y, 11 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

KEONG comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle’s wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. Meanwhile, one of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head. Blinded by greed, his involvement draws his gang, the kid, Keong, and the whole neighborhood into a deadly crossfire. When the lazy cops fail to successfully resolve matters, Keong takes things into his own hands. Needless to say, much spectacular kung-fu and outrageous action sequences follow.... HBO, 11.30 p.m.

LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER

A MEMBER of a rich British aristocratic family, Lara Croft is a “tomb raider” who enjoys collecting ancient artifacts from ruins of temples, cities, etc. worldwide, and doesn’t mind going through death-defying dangers to get them. She is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, weapons training, and foreign languages - and does them all in tight outfits. Well, the planets of the solar system are going into planetary alignment (Which occurs every 5,000 years), and a secret society called the Illuminati is seeking an ancient talisman that gives its possessor the ability to control time. However, they need a certain clock/key to help them in their search, and they have to find the talisman in one week or wait until the next planetary alignment to find it again. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

HOMEFRONT

PHIL BROKER is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss’ son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-old daughter,Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for Maddy’s sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who was bullying her at school and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands. Pix , 9 p.m .

MAIN BALWAAN

OVER the years underworld criminal don Rai Bahadur has acquire a fortune full of priceless jewelery from around the world by pressuring his only son Anil to rob them bit by bit. His activities crease when Anil inform him that he wants to put a halt on criminal activities as he would like to get marry to a woman named Geeta; not pleased with this Rai Bahadur turn Anil out of his house. Geeta and Anil then get married in a near-by temple but unfortunately when they go to her home, Geeta’s police in-

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spector brother, Chowdhury turn them out of the house as he had planned her marriage elsewhere. The couple then take up lodging in a rented flat; eventually time passes with Geeta getting pregnant with Anil’s child; when her health worsen Anil is forced to return to robbing jewels for his father where-by he is shot by Inspector Chowdhury. Before passing away Anil inform Geeta that his dad was responsible for his death - Geeta then give birth to a baby boy, leave him in the care of her brother … Star Gold, 11.05 p.m.

GANWAAR

RAJA Sahib is a pious and good-hearted man. After the death of his wife he sent his only son Gopal to England for higher education and himself got married. His young wife handed over the management of the lands to her brother Vijay Bahadur, leaving him helpless in these matter. Vijay Bahadur is a terror to helpless farmers. when Paro comes to stay in that village, she decides to raise her voice against this terror and take a deputation to Raja Sahib in the city.Gopal returns with new ideas about farming wanting to make his father’s jagir an example of prosperity, where the tenants and the landlords live in peace and harmony. When Paro comes to the city with the farmers, Gopal is shocked to hear the tale of their misery and plight. When he interferes his stepmother opposes him. He disappears from home and disguise himself as Garibdas to make his dream alive. Zee Classic, 9 p.m.

DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE

The magical spirit of the movie that really shot Shahrukh Khan and Kajol to the top as it rewrote history as one of the biggest blockbusters in Bollywood. Brilliant music by Jatin Lalit, with songs like Tujhe Dekha To, Ruk Ja O Dil Deewane, and Mere Khwabon Mein. Max, 9 p.m.

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Indian Idol Junior just got double

IT’S the season of doubles…double talent, double fun, double enthusiasm and double cuteness. But how could Indian Idol Junior get any bigger, especially with 'Chulbali' Sonakshi Sinha being there. STAR PLUS

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Qubool Hai Satrangi Sasuraal Doli Armaano Ki Tum Hi Ho Bandhu Sakha….

But it’s true! Have you seen or heard of identical twins participating on a reality singing show. For the first time on Indian television, there were three pairs of identical twins who participated in the audition round and left the judges mesmerised and perplexed. Mesmerised with their beautiful voice and perplexed because the judges couldn’t decide which twin was better than the other. So what did the judges do? Simple. They treated each pair of twin as one participant with each pair singing the same song together. You have to see these twins sing. And when they sing

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Science of Stupid How It Works Customs Dead or Alive: Trampled on Safari Brain Games: Trust Me Street Genius: The Big Bangs Science of Stupid Do or Die: Killer Tsunami Mega Factories: Harley Davidson

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Swaragini Udann Thapki Pyar Ki Chakravartin Ashoka Smarat Swaragini Comedy Nights with Kapil Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Shastri Sisters Thapki Pyar Ki Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Udaan Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat Swaragini Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi Code Red

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News in Marathi Ek Kiran Roshnichi Air Hostess Vamanashram Apradh News in Marathi Tarane Purane Rural Programme from Delhi Krishi Darshan Amchi Mati Amchi Mansa News in Marathi Jai Maharashtra Khamosh Sa Afsana Pavitra Bandhan…Do Dilon Ka

9.00 Zindagi Ek Bhanwar 9.30 Chekhov Ki Duniya 10.00 MAIN T ERA HERO: Starring: Varun Dhawan, Ileana D’cruz, Nargis Fakhri

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Dophar Samachar Mid Day News Sports News News Samachar News Samachar News News Headlines Desh Pardesh Samachar

Main Tera Hero, DDI, 10 p.m.

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The News News Night News Night (English) Wide Angle Khel Samachar Samachar

7.30 Seconds from Disaster: Killer Quake 8.00 Dead or Alive: Trampled on Safari 9.00 Brain Games: Memory 9.30 Science of Stupid 10.00 The 90s: The Decade That Connected US: The Count Down 11.00 Banged Up Abroad: I am Not A Terrorist

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Khooni Saaya Disappeared Tehkikaat Most Evil Dead of Night Disappeared Khooni Saaya Most Evil Deadly Sins Khooni Saaya

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together, it seems as if the entire surrounding is reverberating with their melodious voice. All these twins are an inspiration as generally in twins it’s difficult to find both of them talented, and especially having the same talent. It sure is commendable for both the twins as well as their parents for supporting them all the way. Such miracles and talent can only be seen on 'Indian Idol'. It's sure is the season of double dhamal and talent. To watch the twins spread their magic, don’t miss to watch Indian Idol Junior on Sony Entertainment TV!

MOVIE CHANNELS

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STARMOVIES

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HBO

P.M. 1.15 Godzilla 3.35 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers 6.55 Kick-Ass 9.00 Pacific Rim 11.30 Rumble in the Bronx A.M 8.30 Underworld: Awakening 10.10 Case 30 P.M. 12.40 2.30 4.45 6.40 9.00 11.20

DOORDARSHAN

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7.30 Saving India’s Western Ghats Vice Counting Cars IRT Bargain Gurus: Pawn Stars 10.30 Bargain Gurus: Baggage Battles 11.00 Vikings 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00

STAR WORLD

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PIX

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ZEE TALKIES

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CARTOON NETWORK

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POGO CHANNEL

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Skyfall Drunken Master Quantum of Solance Homefront Quick

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption 9.45 Quantum of Solace

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Bol Bachchan Hungama The Real Jackpot Main Balwaan

MAX

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Homefront, Pix, 9 p.m.

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 12.25 Mera Badla-Revenge 3.15 Yoddha No 1 5.50 Kuch Tum Kaho Kuch Hum Kahein 9.00 The Real Tiger A.M. 10.25 Krantiveer

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Doraemon Arjun: Prince of Bali Doraemon Best of Luck Nikki Art Attack New Doraemon Best of Luck Nikki Goldie Ahuja Matric Pass Best of Luck Nikki Maan Na MaanMain Tera Mehmaan 10.00 Zindagi Khattee Meethi 10.30 Lage Raho Chachu 11.00 Best of Luck Nikki

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TOP VIEW

The recent decline in index was steep and that has led to oversold positions as well so we may see some consolidation or technical rebound in the coming session prior to further fall. Having said that, our negative view is intact on index and any rebound or pause can be utilized as fresh shorting opportunity. We reiterate our immediate target of 8000 for Nifty index while 8250-8300 zone would act as hurdle in case of any rebound.

Jayant Manglik, President-retail distribution, Religare Securities

BUSINESS BRIEFS Indo-US Business Poised To Grow Fivefold: USIBC

Markets Recover, But…

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Friday (June 5, 2015) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell marginally on Thursday (June 04, 2015) a net 4.45 points (0.05%) and closed at the 8130 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 8155 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 8160 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until 11.52 a.m. It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 8056 points level at 2.09 p.m. The index then rose sharply to close the day on a flat note. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 103 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 26 were losers, while 24 stocks closed in green. Substantial selling was witnessed in metal stocks.

a weak market but with a neutral bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 8075 points level. The next support is at the 7857 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 8444 points level. The next resistance is at the 8523 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 = 8116 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Support (1) = 8072. Volume: Support (2) = 8013. Volume (Qty shares) decreased 42.35%. This change is Resistance (1) = 8175. substantial but indicates a moderate participation by Resistance (2) = 8219. investors as volumes had risen substantially in the previous session. OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: Market Breadth: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst formed a hammer, (reflected by it small body and long all the traded stocks, 679 were gainers, 753 were losers lower tail - A long lower tail indicates that the Bears and 37 remained unchanged. controlled the ball for part of the session, but lost control by the end and the Bulls made an impressive Slow Stochastic Indicator: comeback) The formation of a Hammer after a major The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined and has decline is a bullish reversal pattern. As such there is a entered the over-sold zone. The Slow K line in the possibility that the market could reverse from here. Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it However, the index is below its 5, 15, 25 and 200 day continues). moving averages. Further, the 5 day moving average has dropped below the 25 day moving average. The RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 30 level and is now velocity parameters too indicate weakness. All these turned flat (positive if it rises). indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a further decline unfolding. Investors are advised to avoid MACD Indicator: buying at present levels. The MACD is below zero and is declining (negative if it Work with strict stop losses on all positions continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line and both lines are diverging (negative if it continues). The ADX is rising while the Market Index is flat. No signal here. Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 8273) Negative. Is below its 15-day average (at 8335) Negative. Is below its 25-day average (at 8285) Negative. Is below its 200-day average (at 8343) Negative.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating 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.

The bi-lateral trade between India and the United States is poised to grow fivefold from the current USD100 billion to USD500 billion, a Indo-US business body has said."Trade between the United States and India is poised to grow from USD100 billion to the USD500 billion in the next few years," said Mukesh Aghi, president of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) yesterday.USIBC member companies are united in their efforts and actions to build both the Indian and US economies as attractive destinations for investment and to create jobs and opportunities for citizens to grow and prosper, he said. "To turn this vision into reality, we need a strong foundational relationship between governments and businesses," Aghi said.

Five Associate Banks Of SBI Strike Work

Employees of five associate banks of State Bank of India are on a strike today to protest against their merger with it and demanded that they be de-linking from the parent. The associate banks where unions are on the strike include State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Patiala. "We want the associate banks to be out of the ambit of the SBI Act," All-India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), a bank employees union, said. The employees of associate banks said these banks are performing well now and that they should be allowed to run independently like other banks are operating.

Comm Min To Seek Cabinet Nod To Set Up NICDA

The Commerce and Industry Ministry will soon seek Cabinet approval for setting up of National Industrial Corridor Development Authority (NICDA) to facilitate development of industrial corridors. The government is building a pentagon of corridors across India to boost manufacturing and project India as a global hub. NICDA would carry out project development activities, appraise and sanction projects, implement and coordinate all central efforts for industrial corridor development. "The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is moving a proposal to the Cabinet for formation of NICDA shortly," a senior ministry official said.

Eicher Motors Shares Skid Nearly 6% As Volvo Exits

Shares of Eicher Motors plunged nearly 6% yesterday as Swedish commercial vehicle major Volvo exited the company by selling its residual 3.7% stake in the Indian firm for about Rs 1,695 crore. After falling 7.16% to Rs 16,905 in intra-day, shares of Eicher Motors finally ended at Rs 17,182.35, down 5.64% on the BSE. At the NSE, it dipped 4.83% to close at Rs 17,311.75. The company's market valuation also fell by Rs 2,724 crore to Rs 46,636.99 crore.

MEHAIR's Nashik-Pune Air Service From June 15

Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (MEHAIR) will launch air service to Pune from newly-developed Ojhar airport near here from June 15, a top executive has said. "Our 9-seater plane will take off from Ojhar airstrip, located about 21 kms from here, at 7.45 am and will land at Pune's Lohagaon airport at 8.30 am in 45 minutes. Similarly, it will take off from Pune at 9 am and land at Ojhar at 9.45 am," MEHAIR Managing Director Siddharth Verma said. He said the air fare and other facilities will be decided in a couple of days after holding meetings with office-bearers of the Travel Agents Association of Nashik (TAAN).

Federal Bank Launches Scan N Pay

Federal Bank has announced the launch of its latest innovation “Scan N Pay” a mobile based payment App. The App is developed in-house by Federal Bank and is currently enabled on Android phones. The App is same for merchants/websites and customers; QR code generated contains all the payment details; payment processing is instantaneous and confirmation reaches payer and payee immediately; tailor made reports are sent from Federal Bank to merchants. Payment is free for customers; and last but not least, Scan N Pay is a go-green initiative.

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Government proposes to use the Rs 500 Cr price stabilization fund to ensure availability of essential commodities at reasonable cost

deficient," PTI quoting the official said. The Met department had earlier this week said that the rainfall this year would be 88% or "deficient" of the long term average, triggering fears of drought. Last year also, the country had received 12% less rains, which had impacted production of grains, cotton and oilseeds. By A Business Reporter The official further said that the MNREGA funds could also be used he government will soon for specific activities to provide recome up with a comprehen- lief in drought-affected areas. sive contingency plan to deal "Home ministry, agriculture minwith the impact of deficient mon- istry and finance ministry are holdsoon that could include using MN- ing regular consultations assessing REGA funds for some activities to monsoon situation," he said. Furprovide relief in drought-hit areas, a ther, the Centre has also directed finance ministry official said. the states to take steps so that there Under the contingency plan, the is minimum damage to agriculture government proposes to use the Rs sector and overall economy. 500-crore price stabilization fund to Earlier this week, the Reserve ensure availability of essential com- Bank had said that the Government modities at reasonable cost. should put in place a "contingency "We are working on a contin- plan" to deal with the possibility of gency plan to deal with poor mon- a deficient monsoon and its impact soon. Price stabilization fund of Rs on food grain production and 500 crore with agriculture ministry prices. "What is clear is that contincould also be put in use if rainfall is gency plans for food manage-

ment...Need to be in place to manage the impact of low production on inflation," RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan had said in his monetary policy review. Strong food policy and management will be important to help keep inflation and inflationary expectations contained over the near term, he had said. Food inflation has softened to a 4-month low in April, but the impact of unseasonal rains is yet to show up. In April, wholesale inflation has dipped to record (-)2.65%, while that of retail inflation has fallen to 4-month low of 4.87% in the same period. Incidentally, earlier in March, the Agriculture Ministry had approved setting up of price stabilization fund (PSF) with a corpus of Rs 500 crore for market interventions to ensure price control of perishable commodities. The fund would be used to advance interest free loan to state governments and central agencies to support their working capital and other expenses on procurement and distribution interventions for such commodities.

Mumbai Among Top 10 Tourist Destinations In Asia Pacific Region By A Business Reporter

umbai is among the top ten destination cities in the Asia Pacific region in terms of attracting international visitors, says a MasterCard index report. Bangkok is the top spot in Asia/Pacific's top 10 destinations in terms of international overnight visitors and cross-border spending, while Mumbai was ranked 9th.Thailand's capital Bangkok is followed by Singapore and Kuala Lumpur in the second and third place, respectively. Others in the top 10 include Seoul at 4th place, Hong Kong (5th), Tokyo (6th), Taipei (7th), Shanghai (8th)

and Osaka (10th). Moreover, five Asian cities -- Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Hong Kong –- made it to the overall Global Destination Cities' top ten list which was topped by London. Asian cities dominate among the leading destinations in the world in attracting international visitors arriving by air," MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth Chief Economist Yuwa Hedrick-Wong said. London topped the overall list with 18.24 million international overnight visitors, followed by Bangkok at 18.24 million visitors and Paris at 16.06 million. Others in the list include Dubai (14.26 million

Tata Power Commissions India’s First ‘High Safety’ Transformers In Mumbai By A Business Reporter

ith “diminishing open space and its availability, Tata Power has successfully built and adopted technological alternatives that will overcome the space constraints and provide safe installation. The Company has been the frontrunner in implementing power distribution reforms in the city of Mumbai and is widely acknowledged for its consumer friendly practices. We aim to introduce further innovations in technology to ensure smooth, secure services” said Ashok Sethi Executive Director, Tata Power He was speaking on the initiative of Tata Power, yesterday as it announced the introduction of Natural Ester filled 33 /11 kV, 20 MVA Power Transformers in Mumbai

Distribution with the objective of increased transformation capacity with reduced footprint. A pioneer in providing reliable and uninterrupted power to the city of Mumbai, Tata Power caters to more than 6,18,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers. The Company says it is committed to implementing innovative solutions to cater to the increasing power demand in the city where space is a constraint. In densely populated cities such as Mumbai, these transformers ensure safety for citizens by virtue of its features. The Natural Esters used in these transformers have a high fire point (350 degree Celsius) and eliminate the risk of fire, which is an ideal solution for congested cities like Mumbai.

visitors), Istanbul (12.56 million), New York (12.27 million), Singapore (11.88 million), Kuala Lumpur (11.12 million), Seoul (10.35 million) and Hong Kong (8.66 million). In addition, seven of the top ten fastest growing cities by visitor number over the last six years are in Asia. Sri Lanka's capital city Colombo leads the pack, followed by Chengdu, the provincial capital of China's Sichuan province and Abu Dhabi at the third place."This reflects the growing appeal of Asia as it continues to develop, led by the fast emerging ASEAN economies, China and India," MasterCard Southeast Asia President Matthew Driver said.

LED Lights To Help India Save $2 Bn, Says Goyal By A Business Reporter

he government is planning to save USD 2 billion in four years by cutting down on energy usage by 10,000 MW during peak hours by promoting LED lights, Power, Coal and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said yesterday. "The plan is to cut down energy demand by nearly 10,000 MW in peak hours by changing to LED lights in street and homes by 2019. This itself will save power to the tune of US 2 billion," Goyal said in a question and answer session with Facebook users. Apart from this, the government is focusing on star rated appliances and improving industrial energy efficiency for an overall saving of about 100 billion units a year, that is 10 per cent of country's current consumption, he said. "I hope to utilise these savings to power the homes of 280 million Indians deprived of energy access, sadly, 67 years after independence," Goyal said. Apart from lowering LED lights prices, Goyal said the government is taking steps to boost rooftop solar power production. "We are hoping to scale the demand for rooftop solar and in the next seven years - we have plans to roll out 40,000 MW for rooftop solar, which is massive. Concurrently, we will start procurement through reverse bidding which should help bring down the prices. To what extent the prices will come down, I cannot say at this point," he said. On forecast of a deficient monsoon, the Minister said, "Obviously a deficient monsoon is a matter of concern to all policymakers. We are preparing ourselves to increase coal-based power generation significantly, just like we did last year due to delayed monsoon, so that it can compensate for the lower hydel power and meet the increased demand of a agrarian

pumps to provide water." Talking about gap between power generation cost and tariff in states, Goyal said, "this gap of 80p has more to do with inefficiencies in the system and it may not be correct to burden the consumers with higher tariffs or power cuts but to focus on T&C losses, power theft, generate cheaper power through efficiency of thermal plants, etc." He said at the states level, several discoms have huge losses due to inefficient management over the years, which also need to be sorted out. The central government is working closely with the states to both reduce these losses and encourage energy conversation and efficiency which will make India energy secure and environmentally safe.

MFs’ Exposure To IT Stocks Hits 4-Month Low By A Business Reporter

nvestments by mutual fund houses in software shares hit a four-month low of around Rs 34,000 crore at the end of April. In comparison, equity fund managers' fund allocation in software or IT stocks stood at Rs 24,438 crore in April 2014. According to market experts, fund managers are shifting focus to sectors like automobile and capital goods, as against IT space that are more dependent on global factors. Mutual fund is an investment vehicle that is made up of a pool of funds collected from many investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets. As per data available from Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), overall deployment of equity funds in IT stocks stood at Rs 34,100 crore in April 2015.

WHAT AMITABH SAID ON NOT BEING INVITED TO DEEPIKA’S ‘PIKU’ BASH?

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eepika Padukone recently hosted a bash to celebrate the success of her latest release 'Piku' and while the industry's who's who attended the bash, the absence of her 'Piku' co-star Amitabh Bachchan raised eyebrows. Though it was being said that DeePee didn't invite him for the party, the leggy lass recently clarified that it

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was a major oversight on her part caused due to a 'technical error'. However, Bachchan Senior doesn't seem to be affected in the least by this entire issue. At a recent event, when he was asked to comment on it, he gave a very interesting answer in his own inimitable style. The megastar said, ''Arey madam chodh dijiye, ek kavita suna deta hu main babuji ki- Jo beet gayi so baat gayi, jeevan mein ek sitara tha man ko wo bahut pyara tha, wo doob gaya to doob gaya. Ambar ke aangan ko dekho kitne iske tare tootey, kitne iske pyare chootey… Jo choot gaye wo kahan mile par pooch tootey taro ka kab ambar shok manata hai, jo beet gayi so baat gayi.'' Without saying anything Big B said a lot through his father, Harivanshrai Bachchan's poetry.

Audience goes ga-ga over Anandji’s ‘gaana’

hough Ranbir Kapoor refrains from talking much about his relationship with his livein girlfriend Katrina Kaif, he recently said that he has learnt a lot from her. In a recent interview, the actor stated that Katrina is a better person than him in every way and that he has learnt a lot from the British beauty. He says that Kat is teaching him to be a better person. Katrina and Ranbir will be seen romancing each other in Anurag Basu’s 'Jagga Jasoos.'

Farhan excited over his first action film ‘Wazir’ T

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soulful, philosophical track ‘Zindagi Ka Safar’ we asked KK to relax in an eteran Bollywood composer ‘easy-chair’ and then go for the ‘take’. Anandji Virji Shah (of legendary Initially, he was skeptical. But when 'sangeetkaar' duo Kalyanji-Anandji) he heard the recorded final track, KK who turned 82 recently, was greeted reacted with joy and said ‘By sitting, with a thundering claps, when he the song has become out-standing burst into an extempore song on and tone sounds so different ,’ reveals stage, last weekend. At the KalyanjiAnandji. Anandji memorial ‘live’ concert convened by impresario-singer Viveck Tiwari, the agile Anandji sang the soulful ‘Mera Jeevan Kora Kaagaz’ without referring to any lyrics prompter. “Since I sing it with my heart, I know my song by heart,” he quipped. Known for his witty humour, the jovial Anandji had the audience in splits with his spontaneous stand-up comedy and mimicking, even while he was being honoured on stage. When his traditional wife (Shantaben) was called on stage he jestfully claimed that he had not even ‘seen’ his newly-wed wife for so many years. “That’s why I could not hum our song ‘Haan tum bilkul waisi ho, jaisa maine socha tha,” he said. “Melody and comedy are among the best rejuvenating mantras,” shrugged the glib composer who was publicly honoured with the prestigious ‘GIMA’ and ‘Mirchi Music’ Lifetime Achievement Awards in the recent past. Interestingly, the innovative duo Kalyanji-Anandji shared a warm rapport with the whimsical yet illustrious singer Kishore Kumar (K.K.). Recalls Anandji, “Versatile KK had a ‘double persona’ as a professional singer and as a buddy. We even fondly called him ‘Kishoriyaa’. Typically, he was the bam-bam- naache lively singer who would never stand still in the singer’s cabin. For our

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hough Farhan Akhtar has directed several action films in the past, he has never acted in one and now, he is all set to fulfil his desire of starring in an action film with his next movie 'Wazir'. Talking about doing action sequences in the Bejoy Namb i a r- d i re c t e d film, Akhtar said, "I have directed various action films, but

have never acted in one. I loved working in this film because action has been my favourite genre since I was a child. I used to walk around my house with an imaginary gun, you know I was a very filmy child. I have always enjoyed action, there was a very professional team on the sets who taught me the basics of action and I had a wonderful time doing it." Farhan will share screen space with Amitabh Bachchan, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Aditi Rao Hydari in 'Wazir'.

Dharmendra blesses Govinda’s daughter for her debut film By Sandeep Hattangadi

harmendra at a glittering function held to reveal the first look of Govinda’s daughter Tina Ahuja’s debut film ‘Second Hand Husband’ blessed Tina and said that Govinda’s family was very close to him. The veteran he-man of B-Town said Tina was like a daughter to him and it was great to work with her. She resembles the charming Vyjayantimala, he added. Tina Ahuja when asked why her name was changed from Narmaaada to Tina, she said that Tina was her pet name and everyone in the family called her Tina and that’s why she retained that name in the film credits. When quizzed if her star father could have launched her, she said she could not have got a bigger launch than working with Gippy Grewal, the Punjabi superstar and singer and with a supporting cast of Dharmendra, Rati Agnihotri, etc.

Tina further added that she also has her father Govinda's blessings for the film which will definitely be a blockbuster! Tina said that success was important to her because she was a star daughter! We second that for Govinda and Tina’s sake!

Women Calling The Shots

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his week’s film, Dil Dhadakne Do directed by Zoya Akhtar, is one of the few directed by a woman director. Today, there are only Farah Khan and Reema Kagti who could be said to be successful in Bollywood. There’s also Kiran Rao and Gauri Shinde who are one film old. If there was a level playing field, nobody would even mention the gender of the filmmaker. But it cannot be denied that there is discrimination against women when it comes to mainstream, Bollywood. And if it’s any consolation, Hollywood’s record is even worse. The three women who are successful, have the backing of stars or large production houses who give their work the budget and marketing resources they need. Women filmmakers without these connections have to scrounge for scraps. Most just give up and go into ad or documentary filmmaking, where the doors are not so tightly shut. Then there is the perception problem—women directors are expected to make films about women’s issues, if they don’t, they are seen as sell-outs; if they do make films about women’s problems they are told they are ghetto-ising themselves. Still, with all the talent available, it’s a shame that over the last century, Indian cinema has had so few female directors. Producers don’t trust them with money unless they can get a star, and stars won’t allot them time unless they can get a major production house interested

Nargis Fakhri not finalised yet for ‘Azhar’

A scene from the film Dil Dhadakne Do directed by Zoa Akhtar in backing them. In short, it’s next to impossible for a woman to get into mainstream, Bollywood, or Hollywood. Yashraj Films have,

her style is flamboyant, she does let her femaleness hamper her. She does not even believe that women in her films have to be flagbearers for the woman’s cause, because she owes it to them. If the character needs to be sexy, the actress plays it that way. If the woman is a smart survivor—like Deepika Padukone in Happy New Year—she won’t hold back just because she doesn’t need to present a strong female character opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Farah admits without apology that she does not want to make Deepa Gahlot ‘women’s films’. She also concedes that the best films however, handed over the about women have been reins of some small films to made by male directors. women, which is laudable. According to a report in VaIt is not denigrating Farah riety magazine, a study conKhan in any way, to say that ducted by The Sundance she makes films like a man— Institute and Women in Film,

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where many industry people were interviewed: “44% said female directors are perceived to make films for a subset and/or less significant portion of the marketplace. 42% believe there is a scarcity of female directors and a small pool to choose from in top-grossing films. 25% cited women’s perceived lack of ambition in taking on directing jobs. 22% cited the skewed representation of women in decision-making roles in the industry as a factor in limiting job opportunities for female directors. 12% cited the belief that women “can’t handle” certain types of films or aspects of production, such as commanding a large crew. A level playing field is a long way off!

hile rumour mills were rife with reports that Nargis Fakhri will play Sangeeta Bijlani’s role in Mohammad Azharuddin’s biopic- ‘Azhar’, the producer of the film, Ekta Kapoor has rubbished the rumours. At the launch of the film’s teaser trailer, when Ekta was asked if she’s roped in Nargis for the biopic, she said, “I don’t know where these reports come from. I think some journalist has a dream and the next day it gets printed. Meanwhile, if reports are to be believed, then the winner of ‘Bigg Boss 8’, Gautam Gulati will portray the character of cricketer Ravi Shastri who had a good rapport with Azharuddin. The film is directed by Anthony D’Souza.

Jackie Shroff replaces Anupam Kher in ‘Jazbaa’ T

he veteran actor Anupam Kher, who was in the news recently because of his play ‘Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha‘, was all set to work with Sanjay Gupta in the much talked about film ‘Jazbaa’. However, the present day status is that, Anupam Kher is no longer doing the film. The film’s co-producer Nitin Keni reasoned that there were lots of shuffling of dates from their end. Anupam Kher explained when asked: “We were not able to match up with each other’s’ availability of dates. But, I am hopeful of working with Sanjay Gupta in the near future.” Meanwhile, news is that Jackie

Shroff has now been roped in for the role, which Anupam Kher was supposed to do. Directed by Sanjay Gupta, ‘Jazbaa’’ is written by Kamlesh Pandey and Robin Bhatt and has cinematography by Sameer Arya. The film has been in the news because this is Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s comeback film.

PK emerges a winner in China, collects `90.34 cr

n December 2014, the audiences were enthralled with the release of the Aamir Khan Anushka Sharma starrer ‘PK’ that did roaring business at the box office window.Well the film that went on to become the highest grossing movie in India recently released across the border in China. In this Box Office report, we

take a look at the collections of PK in China. Interestingly, much like the Indian box office, the film has opened on a high note collecting $ 973,985 on opening day. In fact ‘PK’ that released across 4,600 screens in China has collected a total of $ 6.37 million (Rs. 40.48 cr) in just four days of its release. The latest update is

that the movie has collected a total of $ 14.2 million (Rs. 90.34 cr) till date. PK has now become the highest grossing Bollywood film overseas. The total overseas gross for PK stands at 38.61 million USD (Rs. 245.52 cr) China is now the highest grossing market for any Indian film outside India ever!

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 975

ENIGMA CODE 975 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.

ACROSS: 1 Crosses on election day (5) 4 Splat!! Dook smashed lots of spots (5,4) 9 Certify it's all right by issuing this? (3) 10 It goes round in a circle (3) 11 Capone was one with no name as a comedian (7) 12 Initially supplied second-hand, now disposed of (4) 13 A figure to bewitch (10) 15 Officer who may take the chair for some work on the side (5) 16 Duff ITV pollster left out of stalemate election (5,4) 17 "Any port in a storm" may not mean it's a safe one ! (9) 21 Annoys informers (5) 23 Don't destroy the pieces, they can be fitted in (5,5) 24 Went by quickly (4) 27 Jackets for hippies? (7) 28 Member of a team prepared to fight (3) 29 Normal standard inside apparently (3) 30 Formulate a question in mathematical terms (9) 31 Divine conjecture (5) DOWN: 1 Last war victory at dawn for a goddess (5) 2 Attempts to nail the French (7) 3 First seize the paddle and go up high (4) 4 Persons out - on patrol? (7) 5 Is a gull on a boat? In this case yes (7) 6 This will give the people of August more than a little tea with gin (10) 7 NATO reshuffle devised over the port in Canada (7) 8 Starters you might associate with guns (9) 14 In business, her Net treatment is awfully disjointed (10) 15 Army leaders at Lake Restaurant (9)

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F SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE THREAT, HATTER, TETHER, HEARTH, TEETHE, HEATER, RATHER

MATH PYRAMID 975 18 19 20 22

Fellow put on English gold hat (7) A girl taking ten in Italy (7) Catches out dysfunctional parents (7) Improvement isn't maintained in it (7)

25 This was round about. By them, by the sound of them (5) 26 Sticks up for content to an annoying degree (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Bended, 4 Ascribed, 9 Attlee, 10 Bandanna, 11 Dollar, 12 Penelope, 13 War, 14 Winger, 17 Dahlias, 21 Colour, 25 Cap, 26 On the nod, 27 Stored, 28 Sri Lanka, 29 Warden, 30 Name-tape, 31 Berets. DOWN: 1 Bear down, 2 Nettling, 3 Elevated, 5 Shaver, 6 Redrew, 7 Ben-bow, 8 Deafen, 12 Pay-load, 15 Rag, 16 Mac, 18 Software, 19 Porridge, 20 Tridents, 22 Pops in, 23 Atrium, 24 Levant, 25 Cock-up.

QUICK CROSS 975

ACROSS: 1 Fencing sword (4) 5 Swampy terrain (4) 6 After everything else (5) 7 Cravings (5) 8 Old ____ (5) 9 Charles' sib (4) 10 Diminish (4)

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied. 1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 One who leaves a country to settle in another (7) 2 Like a forest of firs (5) 3 Historic periods (4) 4 Moray (3) 6 Leading edge (5) 7 Radius counterpart (4) 8 Chat (3)

HIDATO 975

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 975

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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Sagittarius Sankhast Chaturthi Purvashada Dhan (Sagittarius) Bh.F.Dh. Variegated and Black 2

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You can look forward to a period of growth and prosperity. A new investment will yield good results. If you receive a proposal for a joint venture, you can accept this provided you would participate actively in the venture. Students keen on higher studies abroad will set out on their journey soon. The married will enjoy delightful togetherness, while those in love will be overwhelmed by the sensual response of their beloved. BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, healthy and long-lived. Will be generally fortunate, intelligent and a go-getter. Will be fond of outdoor activities and friends. Humble, honest and adaptable. Does well in most fields especially medicine, media, communication, philosophy and occult services. Success from overseas is indicated. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Large financial gains are assured to those in independent business. Concentrate on your work for you are poised for achieving a major breakthrough in your career. A happy event is celebrated at home in the company of family and friends. Happiness in love and marriage is indicated.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You will develop an idea that has been on your mind of late. Monetary help and support is forthcoming from well wishers. At work you will win the support of colleagues and associates with your convincing ways. You are assured that future developments will be in your favor.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): This is a good time for making new alliances in new business ventures, which are bound to come your way. Those working independently or as consultants will sign a prestigious contract. Happiness in love and marriage is indicated. Festivities with family will be enjoyable.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Work is stable and secure. Something that you had implemented in the past will now begin to show results. However, do not ignore a health problem if it persists. Delays and setbacks are likely if you are not more careful. Family members may have some useful suggestions. Make the most of a good day for love. Lovers who were separated due to some problems are assured a happy reunion. CANCER (June 21 - July 21): There will be constant interruptions in your work, which could be frustrating. Plans for an overseas travel are likely. A sudden journey is indicated. At a social get-together you will be very much in demand. Those participating in sports or out-door events will do well.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Gains are indicated through real estate or property. Some of you will buy a new house or move your residence. Students specializing in any particular chosen field will achieve success. They may also receive offers for jobs as trainees to be absorbed in the company later. A day you will remember. Excitement, adventure and new contacts fill the day with activity you enjoy.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Good work always gets noticed and if it has not then you are about to be the limelight again. Some of you will get a promotion, together with other benefits. You need to work hard to establish a good rapport with others. Travelers who have been away will be returning home. Your mate or beloved may plan a surprise just to be with you or be in touch.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Meetings and talks will go off very well. Be patient and consider all factors before making a decision. An advance payment will materialize. Loved ones may feel that fun and laughter times are missing. It may be an effort for you to comply but is worth it for allround happiness.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Work diligently to improve the situation at office. Even a minor mistake today could result in a financial setback. Patience now will earn you the goodwill you deserve. You will have to make a few adjustments at home and in your relationship with others if you want happiness. Things that you do or say are going to go a long way in cementing your love relationship. Your mate will appreciate your efforts.

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): Any decision made now will prove beneficial on longterm basis. You could be required to revise earlier plans for business in which you will have to plan for rapid growth. The changes that you bring in now will bring about almost immediate gains. An outing will be enjoyable this evening.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Nothing seems to be going according to plan. Designate some work and you will find that you can achieve much more with teamwork and spirit. Cut down unnecessary expenditure, and tighten budget on purchase of goods that you really don’t need right now. Things will get better. Someone from out of town will be in touch. Plans for the evening will be enjoyable and perhaps touch a romantic cord. Do not rush things.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Work tensions are gradually easing and you will be able to achieve your objective faster. There will be meetings and discussion for the merger of two groups or union of two companies. A favorable journey is likely. You will be at your best when dealing with people. Your mind is on a new friendship that you have recently made. If you want intimacy then you must make your moves carefully more so if it is a colleague.

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IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2300 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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SUDOKU 2481 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.

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 10 average; 12 good; 14 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: acted, acute, cadet, cave, caveat, caved, cede, cued, cute, deuce, ducat, duct, educate, educe, evacuate, EVACUATED, vacate, vacated.

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India’s S Ravi inducted in ICC Elite Panel of umpires D

UBAI: Ending an 11-year wait, Sundaram Ravi became the first Indian after S Venkataraghvan to be inducted in the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Elite Panel of Umpires following an annual review and selection process. New Zealand's Chris Gaffaney and Ravi were promoted from the International Panel of Umpires to the Elite Panel, replacing Kiwi veteran Billy Bowden and the retiring Steve Davis, stated an ICC media release. The Elite Panel of Umpires for 2015-2016 will be: Aleem Dar, Kumar Dharmasena, Marais Erasmus, Chris Gaffaney, Ian Gould, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Nigel Llong, Sundaram Ravi, Paul Reiffel, Rod Tucker and Bruce Oxenford. Ravi has umpired in six Tests, 24 ODIs and 12 T20Is, since making his international debut in Visakhapatnam in December 2011 in an ODI between India and the West Indies. "I feel honoured and privileged to be selected for the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and thank the BCCI for its support and the ICC for providing this opportunity," the 49-year-old Indian said. "I have always enjoyed the company of those umpires already on the elite panel and now I have the chance to work with them all on a more regular basis. I am really looking forward to the challenges ahead and aim to maintain a high standard of umpiring," he added. Both Ravi and Gaffaney umpired in the World Cup earlier this year in Australia and New Zealand. Gaffaney, who officiated in

his first first-class match in 2005, made his international umpiring debut in Toronto in September 2010 in an ODI between Canada and Ireland, and has to date umpired in two Tests, 41 ODIs and 15 T20Is. ICC General Manager – Cricket, Geoff Allardice, congratulated Gaffaney and Ravi on their elevation. "Their promotion is a testament to their hard work, as well as good decision-making and man-management skills over a period of time on the international panel. "The ICC Umpire Selectors are confident that these two umpires will acquit themselves well at the top level, and that their selection will encourage umpires from all countries to aspire to elite panel selection if they are prepared to demonstrate the required ability, commitment and teamwork." BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur also congratulated Ravi on social media and hailed India's umpiring standards. "Congratulations to S.Ravi fr getting promoted to @ICC elite panel of umpires.Well deserved! Hope to see many more Indian umpires thr," he tweeted. "@bcci is working to make Indian umpires world class.Weve got gr8 talent & results hv startd to come.Ravi will be followed by many others." Ravi was the recipient of the BCCI's Best Umpire in Domestic Cricket Award, for 2010-11 and 2011-12 season. "On behalf of the BCCI, I would like to congratulate Mr. S. Ravi on being inducted into the ICC's Elite Panel, and wish him all the best," BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya said.

DRAVID IN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING: KOHLI India’s test captain Virat Kohli launches Audi RS6 Avant in New Delhi on Thursday.

EW DELHI: Indian Test captain Virat Kohli said it would have been "amazing" to have former captain Rahul Dravid in the BCCI's newly-constituted cricket advisory committee, which will be guiding the national team. "It would have been amazing if all four would have been on board. (But) he (Dravid) must have had some obligation or commitment," Kohli said on the sidelines of a promotional event here. The BCCI advisory committee comprises retired bat-

ting greats Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. Dravid's absence from the panel raised a few eyebrows but BCCI made it clear that it was looking to get the former captain's services in some other capacity, which has not yet been announced. The advisory committee has been mandated to guide the Board and the national team on various "progressive steps" needed for future challenges. The BCCI said the three legends' guidance will be sought in preparing the na-

tional team for gruelling overseas assignments besides strengthening the domestic structure. "If you have played cricket then you have grown up watching these legends. It's a wonderful thing to have happened and they will help us in many ways," Kohli said. Speaking about the BCCI's decision to retain Ravi Shastri as Team Director for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh, Kohli said, "As long as he wants to continue, it would be beneficial for the team. He is someone who

played cricket on his own terms. He brings in that confidence and self belief. You can count on him." On his immediate goals as Test captain, Kohli said he wants to create a friendly dressing room in which players feel free to give their inputs. "First and foremost (goal) is to play the kind of cricket we want to. I want to build an environment to make the team feel free. No one should hesitate to express himself and it would help everyone to contribute to the team's cause," he said.

Mortaza sustains minor injury in a road accident

HAKA: Bangladesh ODI skipper Mashrafe Mortaza has sustained minor injuries to both his hands after being involved in a road accident in Mirpur but there is no immediate threat to his participation in the threematch home series against India, starting June 18. The accident took place when Mashrafe was travelling by a cycle rickshaw from his house to the Shere Bangla

Stadium for the team's training session. There was a mild collision between his rickshaw and a bus. Mashrafe has now got both hands bandaged but the Bangladesh team management is hopeful that he would recover in time for the series. "This is unfortunate. We are concerned about his palm," Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurasingha told

'ESPNcricinfo'. "But we will give him maximum chance to recover in time for the ODI series," he added.

MAHMUDULLAH RULED OUT OF INDIA SERIES Bangladesh cricket team dealt a telling blow after its premier batsman and World Cup hero Mahmudullah Riyad was ruled out of the upcoming home series against India due to a fracture in left hand index finger that he sustained during a training session. "Mahmudullah hurt the index finger on his left hand while attempting a catch during the training.

ICC receives Zaheer Abbas’ nomination for Presidency D

Umpire S Ravi talks to James Anderson about running on the pitch during the second test between England and New Zealand at Headingley.

UBAI: The International Cricket Council confirmed receiving the nomination of former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas for Presidency, saying that his name will now be referred to the world body's Nominations Committee for consideration. "The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that the Pakistan ICC Presidency," the ICC said Cricket Board (PCB) yester- in a statement. day nominated former Test "The nomination will now captain Zaheer Abbas for the go forward for consideration

by the ICC Nominations Committee and then to the ICC Board for approval before it is ratified by the Full Council at the 2015 Annual Conference, which will take place from 21-26 June in Barbados." Commenting on his nomination, Zaheer said, "I am honoured and privileged to have been nominated for this prestigious position and, should I be appointed, I would be delighted to represent the ICC as an ambassa-

dor for our great game." Abbas, 67, played 78 Tests and 62 ODIs from 1969 to 1985 in which he scored 5,062 and 2,572 runs, respectively. He also played in the 1975, 1979 and 1983 ICC Cricket World Cups and captained Pakistan in 14 Tests and 13 ODIs. With 108 centuries, he is the only Asian batsman to score a century of first-class centuries as he finished his 22-year career with 34,843 runs.

SAINA, KASHYAP IN QUARTERS; SRIKANTH OUT OF INDONESIAN OPEN

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formance against her unseeded rival, clinching the first game in a mere 14 minutes. Ching fought a tad harder in the second game but Saina dominated the proceedings just enough to pocket the match in just over half an hour. World no. 12, Kashyap came up with a clinical display against Wan Ho, winning a total of 42 points as compared to just 25 won by the Korean. The opening game turned out to be a cake walk for Kashyap. Having opened up a 4-0 lead, the shuttler from Hyderabad simply dominated the proceedings. Kashyap continued to surge ahead and the closest the Korean could reach was 4-7 at one stage in the first game. In the second game, Wan Ho bounced back with a 2-0 lead to begin with but Kashyap soon caught up with

Das error lets Kokarev off hook Maharashtra's unand into joint lead PUNE: seeded Vikrant Mehta MUMBAI: Indian GM Debashish would take on Gujarat's sec-

him at 3-3 and the battle continued till 6-6 before the Indian reeled off six points on the trot to make it 12-6. There was no looking back for Kashyap thereafter and he eventually sealed the game and the match pretty comfortably. Srikanth, ranked third in the world, began with bang. Living up to his reputation, he quickly took the lead and easily wrapped up the opening game in his favour. But Anthony quickly got his act together and the second game was a closely fought affair, where both the players went neck-and-neck till 20-20 before the unseeded Indonesian managed to earn two crucial points to take the match to the decider. In the third game, fourth seed Srikanth initially put up a good fight but halfway into the game, he lost steam and eventually lost it 13-21 to bow

SAINA DROPS TO THIRD IN WORLD RANKINGS NEW DELHI: Indian ace Saina Nehwal was displaced from the top spot in badminton world rankings, slipping to third in the latest women's singles list. Saina, the first Indian woman badminton player to be world number one, dropped two spots and is placed below Spaniard Carolina Marin (80752), who rose a rung courtesy her Australian Open title triumph. The Indian has 79192 points in her kitty. Olympic champion Li Xuerui claimed the top spot, going up a place with 85217 points. In men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth was the highestplaced Indian, climbing a position to third with 67157 points. He is placed ahead of Chinese star Lin Dan, who has slipped a couple of positions. Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap is the next best Indian at 12th, followed by H S Prannoy at 13th. In the women's doubles list, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa went up a place to be ranked 17th.

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Das could not capitalise on a crucial mistake made by top seed, Dimitry Kokarev, and slumped to defeat against the Russian in the 8th Mumbai Mayor's International Chess Tournament. Kokarev, thus, recorded his fourth victory in as many rounds and led the field jointly with compatriot, GM Pavel Smirnov - the eighth seed - with four points after round 4 of the tournament being played at the Goregaon Sports Club. Kokarev was left thanking his stars and the generosity shown by his rival Das for letting him of the hook. In the King's Indian opening, Kokarev made a crucial mistake on the 32nd move. However, his Indian rival could not find the correct continuation and eventually mishandled the position to lose the game. On board four, GM Pavel Smirnov was lucky to score a full point against Ukranian GM Vitaly Sivuk as the players had reached a drawish position with rook and a pawn.

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out of the tournament. Meanwhile, it was curtains for the Indians in the doubles events. Star women's doubles combo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost the second round match to seventh seeded local favourites Yu Yang and Zhong Qianxin 8-21 18-21 in 29 minutes to crash out of the tournament.

Parupalli Kashyap stunned World No.5 Son Wan Ho in straight games to enter in to the quarterfinals of Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament.

AKARTA: Saina Nehwal breezed past Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching while Parupalli Kashyap stunned World No.5 Son Wan Ho in straight games to make it to the quarterfinals of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament. Saina, who slipped to world number 3 today, thrashed Ching 21-13 21-15 in a 36-minute contest to set up a clash with old foe Shixian Wang in the women's singles quarters. Kashyap, meanwhile, upstaged Ho 21-11 21-14 in just 36 minutes and will face top seed Chen Long in the men's singles quarterfinal. However, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out after going down 21-14 20-22 1321 to Ginting Anthony of Indonesia in a battle that lasted 54 minutes. Saina, seeded second, put up a thoroughly clinical per-

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ond seed Vipul Mehta in the boys' singles finals of the BVG India-Arun Wakankar ATF Asian Under 14 Series tennis tournament. Pune girl Malikaa Marathe would clash with sixth seed Mubashira Shaikh of Telangana in the girls' final. In boys' semi finals, Nashik lad Vikrant outplayed Lucknow boy Rudra Kapoor 6-1 6-0 while Vipul staved off

to the summit clash. Vipul also placed himself in line for a double crown as he reached the doubles final Malikaa partnering Adarsh TippabMarathe hatla. The pair would cross swords with wild cards Arka Ganguly and Srijesh Pillai in the final. In the girls' semi finals, sixth seed Mubashira registake on another Pune girl Malikaa Marathe, who cona strong fight from sixth seed tinued her upset spree by Siddhant Bhavnani to record trouncing Tannaya Sah 6-0 a 4-6 6-3 6-3 victory enroute 6-0 in the other semi final.

Poovamma, Joseph win silver medals in Asian Athletics Câ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ships

UHAN (CHINA): Quarter-miler Machettira Raju Poovamma and heptathlete Liksy Joseph won a silver each as India added five medals on the second day of the 21st Asian Athletics Championships. Poovamma, who had also won a silver in the last edition in 2013, clocked 53.07 secs in women's 400m finals to finish second behind China's Yang Huizhen

(52.37) and was followed by Anastasiya Kudinova (53.41) of Kazakhstan. Joseph, who was trailing at sixth place at the end of opening day yesterday, cleared 6.19m in long jump today to move up to third place. Although she could not do well in javelin throw, Liksy won the 800m race, the last of her seven events, with a time of 2:13.44 and that brought her the silver medal

with personal best of 5,554 points. Teammate and former Asian junior champion Purnima Hembram got the bronze with 5511 points. G Lakshmanan got a bronze medal in a hard fought men's 5000m race with a personal best of 13:36.62.A Lakshmanan, employed with Indian Army, improved his previous best by almost 14 seconds.

Serbia's Novak Djokovic hugs Spain's Rafael Nadal after winning the quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament in three sets, 7-5, 6-3, 6-1, at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France on Wednesday.

Nadal will be back, say rivals

ARIS: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray believe Rafael Nadal is not ready for the scrapheap despite being dethroned as French Open champion and facing life outside the top 10 for the first time in a decade. Djokovic routed nine-time Roland Garros winner Nadal in straight sets in a brutal quarter-final demolition on Wednesday that condemned the Spaniard to only his second loss in 72 matches in Paris since his 2005 debut. "At the end of the day, he's human and it's normal to have seasons like this," said world number one Djokovic. And it has been a poor season by Nadal's lofty standards. He came into the French Open ranked at seven in the world and without a European claycourt title for the first time in 10 years. It was always likely to be a struggle after he underwent surgery on his

appendix in November last year, which in turn followed a three-month absence to rest a wrist problem. From his second round exit at Wimbledon, the 14time Grand Slam title winner played just three more tournaments in 2014, missing the defence of his US Open title in the process. "It's normal to have people questioning his game now. But if you need a reminder of who he is, just look at his career stats and Grand Slams that he has won," said Djokovic. "That says enough about his quality as a player and a champion. He understands what he needs to do to come back and fight to be the best. This is not a big deal. He's 29 and still has years in front of him." Nadal, who will likely slip out of the world top 10 next week for the first time since April 2005, is no stranger to rebuilding his often injuryscarred career.

Safarova soars into finals

ARIS: Lucie Safarova reached her first Grand Slam final at the age of 28 when she defeated former winner Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 7-5 in a mistake-ridden French Open semi-final. The Czech 13th seed will play either top seeded American Serena Williams or Swiss 23rd seed Timea Bacsinszky in Saturday's final. Safarova is the first Czech woman to reach the French Open final since Hana Mandlikova won the title in Paris in 1981. Prior to this year, her best showing had been a run into the last 16 in 2007 and 2014. "It's a dream come true. I still cannot believe it," she said after converting her third match point. "I started too slowly, but I tried to pick up my level and started to play really aggressively because that was the only way to get the win." Ivanovic, the champion at Roland Garros as a 20-year-old in 2008, had to battle hard to get into the last four, three times going the full distance. In contrast Safarova had not dropped a set, winning five straight tie-breaks, one of those coming in the first set against defending champion Maria Sharapova in the round of 16. But it was the Serb, watched by German World Cup winning footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger, who made the stronger start. She raced into a 3-0 lead on the back of a service break in the second game before Safarova opened her account. On the hottest day of the tournament so far, Safarova was close to going into an early meltdown as Ivanovic staggered her with some superb line drives.

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EW YORK: The FIFA corruption scandal escalated Thursday as one suspect told of World Cup bribes and another promised to reveal an "avalanche" of secrets, including about FIFA president Sepp Blatter. The storm went around the globe with South African police opening an investigation into claims that money was paid to secure the 2010 World Cup. Australian police are looking into their country's bid for the 2022 World Cup, while in Venezuela investigators raided the country's football headquarters looking for evidence against a FIFA official held in the scandal. Following the shock resignation of Blatter on Tuesday, focus has shifted to the US investigation which led to seven FIFA officials being arrested last week in Zurich. Evidence given by ailing whistleblower Chuck Blazer to US investigators told of attempts to buy the 1998 and 2010 World Cups hosted by France and South Africa respectively. Now battling cancer in hospital, the disgraced former North American football supremo said in testimony released by prosecutors that FIFA executives conspired to accept bribes during bidding for the 1998 and 2010 events. Blazer has admitted to charges related to his leadership of the North and Central American body CONCACAF and membership of FIFA's executive committee. In a plea deal with US prosecutors, the 70-year-old agreed to wear a microphone and record conversations with other FIFA officials. None of the other suspects are named. "Among other things, I

angrily denied allegations by US investigators that they paid $10 million (8.9 million euros) in bribes in 2008 to secure the rights. The money allegedly went to Jack Warner, a former FIFA vice-president and another former CONCACAF head. He was suspended by the world body in 2011 for corruption. Warner promised Wednesday in his native Trinidad and Tobago to tell an "avalanche" of secrets. "I reasonably and surely fear for my life," he declared in a paid political broadcast and later added that "not even death will stop the avalanche that is coming." Warner said he had a file which "deals with my knowledge of international transactions at FIFA, including its president Mr Sepp Blatter" and "Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister." Reports say US investigators believe FIFA secretarygeneral Jerome Valcke authorized the transfer. But

Whistleblower Chuck Blazer and acting FIFA president Sepp Blatter in happier times. agreed with other persons in or around 1992 to facilitate the acceptance of a bribe in conjunction with the selection of the host nation for the 1998 World Cup," Blazer said in his plea. France beat Morocco in the bidding to stage that tournament. A document detailing the charges says that Blazer was present when a co-conspirator accepted a bribe in Morocco. TAINTED WORLD CUP BIDS Blazer went on to admit that he and "others on the FIFA executive committee" agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with the selection of South Africa to host the World Cup in 2010. South African officials have

England shows intent to host 2022 FIFA WC

London: England would be ready to host the Fifa World Cup in 2022 if Qatar is stripped of the elite event, a British government minister told the House of Commons. Swiss and US authorities are looking at corruption claims around the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 events as the crisis around FIFA builds up. UK Sport Secretary John Whittingdale said England has the facilities but added it is unlikely to happen as Russia is staging the 2018 tournament and under FIFA rules the Cup cannot be held on the same continent twice in a row. Speaking in the House of Commons, Whittingdale said, "If FIFA came forward and asked us to consider hosting it, we have the facilities in this country and of course we did mount a very impressive, if unsuccessful, bid

to host the 2018 World Cup." "In terms of the decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, that is obviously something which we are watching, but at the moment that decision stands. "If it were decided to change that, I think as the chairman of the English FA Greg Dyke observed, if Russia hosts the World Cup in 2018 it does seem very unlikely that another European country would host it in 2022." Prime Minister David Cameron has backed Whittingdale's comments but said his priority is "cleaning up" FIFA. The shock resignation of FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Tuesday has intensified calls for the 2022 bidding process to be re-run, if that process is proved to have been corrupt. Qatar organisers have always denied any corruption in their bid.

Valcke, who was effectively Blatter's right-hand man, insists that he had nothing to do with it. Warner is one of 14 football officials and sports marketing officials charged over more than $150 million in bribes.

HAWKS INVESTIGATE A special South African police unit, the Hawks, said Thursday it was looking into the bribery claims following a request from an opposition party. It stressed that no formal investigation had been launched. Venezuelan prosecutors raided the headquarters of the country's football federation, whose leader Rafael Esquivel is one of seven FIFA officials held in Switzerland. The prosecutors also said in a statement that they have banned Esquivel from disposing of his assets. In parallel to the US inquiry, Swiss prosecutors are looking into the award of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments to Russia and Qatar. Australian police said they were now looking into corruption claims around Australia's failed 2022 bid, with Football Federation Australia chairman Frank Lowy saying FIFA's handling of the tournament was "not clean". Australian Sports Minister Sussan Ley said the government would need to see substantial reform at FIFA before considering any further bids. Despite the storm surrounding Blatter, about 400 staff at the FIFA headquarters gave him standing ovation the day after his resignation, which has sparked a race to take over as head of the world's richest and most powerful sporting federation.

David Beckham: FIFA allegations ‘despicable’ Warner ‘fears for life’ over FIFA scandal Football is not owned by L ONDON: Former England captain David Beckham has described the corruption allegations swirling around world governing body FIFA as "despicable, unacceptable and awful". The scandal, which has seen Sepp Blatter step down as FIFA president, plunged to new depths on Wednesday with former executive committee member Chuck Blazer's admission that he took or handled bribes during the bidding process for the 1998 and 2010 World Cups, awarded to France and South Africa respectively. Beckham, one of the sport's biggest names, said he had been left with a "sick feeling" after believing he had secured support for England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup, only to see the tournament awarded to Russia. "Some of the things that we now know happened were despicable, unacceptable and awful for the game we

a few individuals at the top -- it belongs to the millions of people around the world who love this sport. It is time for FIFA to change and we should all welcome it.

DAVID BECKHAM FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN

"Football is not owned by a few individuals at the top -- it belongs to the millions of people around the world who love this sport. It is time for FIFA to change and we should all welcome it." love so much," Beckham said Blazer's revelations came in a statement. to light following publication "Whilst it has not been of his testimony to the US good to read some of the Department of Justice, which headlines surrounding our has indicted 14 people -- insport recently, I hope at last cluding several current or forwe are now moving in the mer top FIFA officials -- as right direction. part of a corruption probe.

OS ANGELES: Disgraced former FIFA vice president Jack Warner has said he fears for his life and can prove a link between football's governing body and an election in Trinidad and Tobago. Warner, one of 14 people wanted by US authorities as part of the corruption scandal rocking world football, said he had an "avalanche" of secrets that include details on FIFA's outgoing president Sepp Blatter. "I will no longer keep secrets for them," he said in a paid political broadcast shown on Wednesday in Trinidad and Tobago. "I reasonably and surely fear for my life," he declared and added "not even death will stop the avalanche that is coming." Now facing extradition to the United States over the charges, Warner, a former minister of national secu-

ernment in (Trinidad and Tobago's) general election 2010." Warner also said his file "deals with my knowledge of international transactions at FIFA, including its president Mr Sepp Blatter and, lastly, other matters involving (Trinidad and Tobago's) current prime minister." Warner was a vice president of FIFA and head of the CONCACAF confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean. Amid multiple rity, is a key figure in the fraud allegations, FIFA susdrama that led to Blatter's pended him from all duties stunning resignation on in 2011. Tuesday. In the January 2010 UNC He said he has compiled internal election, Warner a file of documents that endorsed Kamla Persadshows "a link between FIFA, Bissessar as UNC leader. its funding and me, the link She went on to be elected between FIFA its funding the country's first woman and the United National prime minister, but Warner Congress (UNC) and the later broke with her governPeople's Partnership gov- ment and party.

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