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THE TERROR OUTFIT'S VIDEO MAKES CITY POLICE JITTERY By Zuber Ansari

he Central government on Thursday sounded a country-wide alert following an Al-Qaeda video showing leader Ayman al Zawahiri threatening to carry out a campaign in India. An alert has been issued by the Home Ministry to all states and security agencies to take possible precautionary steps. The creation of the group called 'Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent' was announced by As Sahab, AlQaeda's official media outlet, in a lengthy video posted on the social media outlets including You Tube on Thursday. The group, headed by senior Pakistani militant Asim Umar, would reportedly report to top Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Al-Qaeda is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but the group's leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, said Continued on pg 8 «

“We are examining the authenticity of the video and we will take all steps for the security of the state and the nation.” — Himanshu Roy, Chief of State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS)

Ayman al Zawahiri

‘India an emerging democratic superpower’

PM ABBOTT IS HERE TO CLINCH AN ELUSIVE NUKE DEAL

escribing India as an "emerging the most of "an abundance of op"The purpose of this trip, as far as democratic superpower", Aus- portunities" for business in India. I am concerned, is to acknowledge ".....This is a country which has the importance of India in the wider tralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday kicked off his two-day amazed the world over the last few world, acknowledge the importance India visit during which the two decades with its growth and its de- of India to Australia’s future, to let countries are likely to clinch an elu- velopment – the world’s second the govt and the people know what most populous country; on pur- Australia has to offer India and the sive civil nuclear deal. Abbott, the first Head of Govern- chasing power terms, the world’s wider world for our part, and to ment outside the leaders of SAARC third largest economy, clearly, the build on those stronger foundanations to visit the country after the emerging democratic superpower of tions," he said addressing a 30- CCI LIFE MEMBERSHIP FOR ABBOTT... Life membership of the Cricket Club of business delegation India was accorded to visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott by Vice-President of inauguration of the Narendra Modi the world and a country with which member CCI, Mr. Kapil Malhotra, at the C.K. Nayudu Hall on Thursday. accompanying him on the trip. government, said he wants to make Australia has long and warm ties.

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Bal Gopal Sarvajanik Ganesh Ustav Mandal, Kalachowki

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The Bal Gopal Sarvajanik Ganesh Ustav Mandal, near Bldg 16 in Kalachowki, has been celebrating the festival for 56 years. The mandal’s theme highlights the two warriors of the state – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Lokmanya Tilak – and their contribution during the struggle for Maharashtra.

Since 56 years, our mandal has followed the festival in a cultural manner. All these years, the idol of Ganesha has been the same. Our aim is to worship Ganesha in the traditional way and not for publicity. — Santosh Amdoskar, President

Ganesh festival

IN INDIA West Bengal

anesh Chaturthi is celebrated with religious fervour across West Bengal. Devotees offer prayers in the morning to Ganesha, the symbol of wisdom and remover of obstacles. The city wears a festive look with colourful pandals. Devotional and Hindi and Bengali film songs are played at almost all the pandals with kids dancing to the tunes. The elephant god's popularity has travelled all the way to Kolkata from Maharashtra. “The festival is now popular in West Bengal due to migration of people and also due to its portrayal in movies,” says Avik Chatterjee, one of the puja organisers in Dumdum. In Burrabazar alone, more than 50 mandaps have come up, each with a budget of Rs 30 to 40 lakh. On the first day of the 10day puja, devotees visit the pandals in hordes. On the 11th day, devotees sing and dance before immersing the idols.

AROUND THE WORLD Oman

he Kannada community in Oman has been celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi since the last 30 years. The invitations this year were designed to show 30 different images of Ganesha on the cover.

The three-day festival is interspersed with various devotional rituals like 'aarthi', 'gana homa', 'maha pooja', 'ranga Pooja', 'pushparchan'. Devotees seek the blessings of Ganesha and pay homage to the god while making offerings such as 108 coconuts, modaks, laddu, kodu bale, chakkuli, fruits and flowers.

PREVENTION IS BETTER: Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Mandal at Chakala, Andheri (E) (ward No 76) has showcased a scene showcasing the efforts made by the BMC to prevent Malaria and Dengue. A video clip about steps to be taken to prevent water-borne diseases is being screened. The mandal has been celebrating Ganeshotsav under the guidance of Shiv Sena corporator Smita Subhash Sawant.

Rao's Bal Ganesh

n idol of 'Bal Ganesh', four inches tall, has been brought to Atul Rao's reisdence at Girgaum Chowpatty every year for more than 80 years. The Rao family belongs to the Pathare Prabhu community, the oldest community in the island city of Mumbai. The founder, B R Rao, started bringing a Ganesh idol home way back in 1930. The decoration around the idol is traditional and unique in many ways. The three-tier traditional arrangements comprises a wooden chaurang of Sheesham wood. The ornaments worn by the idol are made of pure gold. The silver items in miniature form consist of the modak, pan supari, various fruits, dry fruits, animals and birds, which are displayed at every level. Old porcelain articles of cows, lions, elephants and swans can be seen in pairs, an ancient treasure of the

Raos. The extravagent arrangements of fresh flowers of many varieties like gladiol, rose, tulips, dahalia, etc is replaced

every alternate day. The colourful hand-made rangoli prepared from sea salt is a rare sight. Prasad Panvalkar, son-in-

law of B R Rao, and his son Akshay P Panvalkar are actively involved in celebrating Ganesh festival for many years.

Send your Eco-friendly Ganesh Decoration photo to afternoonnews@gmail.com with subject line ‘Eco-Ganesh 2014’

Airolicha Raja: The 12-foottall Ganpati at the Sarwajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal in Airoli, Sector 4, has been created with the theme of conserving water. The mandal has organised a 10-minute documentary on how to conserve water and shows it to visiting devotees.

Vesavcha Raja at Versova is studded with 60,000 diamonds, a creation of Kedarbhai and team, at Bandra.

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Kamathipura to Washington

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NINETEEN-year-old Sheetal Jain was born to a sex worker in Kamathipura. She fought all odds to reach a Music School in Washington DC, USA. Accepting the fact that she was born to a sex worker, she refused to accept that her fate would be the same, despite the world's persistent declaration. 'No one's daughter' was the tag she accepted boldly, suffering violence, discrimination and social injustice; yet she persevered in her dream.

Sheetal Jain

In her own words: “I am in Std X and I love to dance and play drums. Sounds like a normal teenager’s life? Yes, but I grew up in Kamathipura. I am the daughter of a commercial sex worker and I have never met my father. I’m still in Std X. I faced a lot of violence and discrimination, but I have big dreams! I want to go to a music school in the US and get a drumming diploma so I can start music classes in red-light areas.”

ONE UMBRELLA, MANY DEVOTEES TAKE SHELTER UNDER IT: On the blustery 7th day of Ganpati immersions in the city, a group of devotees attempt to protect themselves from the heavy rainfall under a solitary umbrella, after breaking away from the group who braved the elements to proceed with the ‘visarjan’ at Girgaum, Chowpatty.

Sheetal was found by the NGO Kranti, which works with kids of commercial sex workers. They have helped her apply for a year-long diploma in the US Drum School, Washington DC. She was selected and is about to embark on the journey of a lifetime on September 16. Harish Iyer, an equal rights activist who is closely associated with

Kranti, has taken up the cause to raise awareness for Sheetal and help fund her dream. Kranti’s co-founder, Robin Chaurasi, said, “Sheetal’s been at Kranti for 2 years, and between 17 and 19 years of age, she’s grown from a timid, shy girl with low selfesteem to a confident, courageous young woman"

Guinness record with sabudana rangolis

THE 7.5x8.5 feet Ganesha rangoli made with 45kgs of colourful sabudana with more than 250 shades is on display from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. till Sunday, September 14 at Mulund opposite Vardhaman Nagar. Mohankumar Dodecha, the creative mind behind it has received a Guinness World Record for rangolis of Lord Ganesha and

he has been making rangolis since he was in Std X. Mohankumar Dodecha, said, “This rangoli was completed in a month. In a school competition, I made Ganesha rangolis of moong and other pulses and then later started making from sabudana.” About his inspiration, Dodecha, said, “I have great reverence for

many deities each year, but I'm deeply motivated by the legendary artist S.M. Pandit and used to follow him. I have created different Ganesh rangolis from Lalbaugcha Raja Ganpati to Titwala Ganpati, I have created them all with sabudana. It gives me immense pleasure and pride to make rangolis of the Lord for the past 54 years.”

With less than two weeks left for her to leave on her adventure abroad, Kranti is crowd-sourcing to fund Sheetal's journey and stay in USA. Visit the Kranti website if you want to donate.

Et tu judge!

AN Uttar Pradesh SP leader says rapes cannot be stopped – boys will be boys. Another leader from the same state says there is no need to make so much fuss about a rape. He was referring to the increasing number of rape cases across the country. The rich and the poor do it, the high and low in society do it. Politicians, doctors, lawyers, sportsmen, businessmen and others belong to various professions do it. And judges also do it! People respect judges. The illiterate and the poor as well as the educated and the rich hold them in high esteem. They accept that the judges have the final say in everything. A Varanasi story: A couple of months ago, a girl eloped with a boy. She was a minor. The police recorded her statement. Later, on camera, her statement was to be recorded before an additional chief magistrate. Instead of recording her statement, he is alleged to have sexually molested her in the comfort and security of his chamber. The incident attracted severe criticism of the lawyers of the town. Et tu judge!

PM Shinzo Abe with wife Akie.

His wife, Akie Abe, told The Associated Press today that her husband gives her time for a wide range of activities, from raising organic rice to appearing in a gay pride parade. Despite her husband's conservative image, she says he does chores when he can.

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Abe also does the dishes

Mohankumar Dodecha (inset) has been creating rangolis of Lord Ganesha with Sabudana and other pulses for the last 54 years.

JAPAN'S first lady says she has such a busy schedule that sometimes it's up to the prime minister to do the dishes or take out the garbage. It's the kind of flexibility that she says is needed for the advancement of women in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing companies and the government to hire and promote more women. He appointed five women to his 18-member Cabinet yesterday.

A ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine? Well, I’m talking about the one between the Sena and the BJP!

04 REMEMBRANCE

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Erem Nasir Shaikh to Erem Nasir Kanju as per Affidavit Dated-4/9/14 C-21824 We Anthony Joaquim Peter Fernandes and Romana Anthony Fernandes have changed my minor daughter's name from Brenda Luiza Fernandes to Brenda Anthony Fernandes as per Affidavit No : LG 895805 C-21825 I have changed my name from Romana Everista Fernandes to Romana Anthony Fernandes as per Affidavit No : LG 895804 C-21826 I have changed my name from Jyoti to Jyothi Raghavendra Shetty as per Affidavit No : LG 895806. C-21827 I have changed my name from Inesa Dsouza to Ineza Dsouza as per Affidavit No : LG 895803. C-21828 I have changed my name from P.M.V Nehru Alias P Nehru to Nehru Peddada as per Affidavit No : LG 880509. C-21829

THANKSGIVING Thank You Jesus Mother Mary Holy Spirit St. Jude St. Anthony for all the favours granted and your blessing on us. P.B.A. D.B.A. C-21816

CHANGE OF NAME

I, Srikanth Achar Udupi, hereby change my name to Srikanth Srinivas Acharya vide Maharashtra Government Gazette No. X-89852. C-21817 I have changed my name from Mahaboob Ali to new name Mehamood Sayad as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated 4-92014. C-21818 I have change my name from Manju Subdhyansingh Sonar to Manju Dilip Shah through Affidavit dated 04/9/2014 C-21819 I Jameson Pattrick have changed my name to Jameson Kurian as per Affidavit dated 04.09.2014 C-21820 I have changed my name from Mohammed Amin Abdul Kadar to Mohammed Amin Abdul Kadar Memon as per notarised Affidavit dated 26 August 2014. C-21821 I have changed my name from Sumitra Shrinath Rajak to Suman Lallan Vimal as per Affidavit. Residing Flat No.A/9, Pankaj Navdigvijay CHSL, Plot No.50/1,Eksar Road, Borivali West, Mumbai – 400092 C-21822 I have changed my name from Lallan Satyanarayan Kanojia to Lallan Satyanarayan Vimal as per Affidavit. Residing Flat No.A/9, Pankaj Navdigvijay CHSL, Plot No.50/1,Eksar Road, Borivali West, Mumbai – 400092 C-21823

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I have changed my name from Siva Teja Nehru Peddada Alias Sai Siva Teja to Sivateja Peddada as per Affidavit No LG 880507 C-21830 I have changed my name from P Nandini to Nandini Peddada as per Affidavit No : LG 880508. C-21831 I have changed my name from Issa Mohammad Husain Diwan to Isaa Mohammad Husain Diwan as per Court Affidavit dated : 03/ 9/ 2014 C-21832 I have changed my name from Vinita Vijay Kumar Bhatia to Vasifa Isaa Diwan as per Gazette No. U – 34888 C-21833 I have changed my name from Rinil Kunhi Raman to Rinil Kunhiraman as per Affidavit dated 4/9/14 C-21834 I have changed my name from Tabassum Wahid Ali to Tabassum Wahid Ali Siddiqui as per Affidavit dated 4/9/14 C-21835 I have changed my name from Najma Khatoon Zaifullah, to ‘Najma Khatoon Zaifullah Khan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 100813) Dated: 19/06/2014. C-21836 I have changed my name from Dipika Tokershi Bharani, to ‘Dipika Ronak Shah’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 16003) Dated: 21/08/2014.

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We, Wajid Ali Abdul Mannan Choudhary & Mrs. Mumtaz Wajid Ali Choudhary have Changed our Daughter’s name from Firdous Wajid Ali Choudhry, to ‘Firdous Wajid Ali Choudhary’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/08/2014. C-21839 I, Ravi Mohan Gupta have changed my Daughter’s name from Palak, to ‘Trisha’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/09/2014. C-21840 I, Bhikamchand Mewada have changed my Son’s name from Daksh Kumar Bhikamchand Mewada, to ‘Daksh Bhikamchand Mewada’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 16230) Dated: 21/08/2014. C-21841 I have changed my name from Abdul Sattar Ali Mohamed, to ‘Abdul Sattar Ali Mohamed Mistri’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 16545) Dated: 28/08/2014. C-21842 I have changed my name from Mr. Miguel Pereira to Mr. Michael Cajetan Pereira as per Affidavit dated 30th June 2014. C-21843 I have changed my name from Manoj Odhavji Thakkar to Manoj Odhavji Kanabar as per Affidavit dated 4th September’ 2014. C-21844 I have changed my name from Neeta Manoj Thakkar to Neeta Manoj Kanabar as per Affidavit dated 04th September’ 2014. C-21845 I have changed my name from Ismail Osman Sayyad to Ismael Usman as per Maharashtra Gazette No. (U-68638) C-21846 I have changed my name from Ratish Rajagopal Malamal to Ratish Rajagopalan Nair as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. (X-11300) C-21847 I have changed my name from Narmada Bhimaji Bhaskar to Nirmala Ramdas Tathe as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. (X-17910) C-21848 I have changed my name from Mr. Thomas Kunjappy to Mr. Thomas Kunjappy Mathew as per deedpoll Affidavit dated 0309-2014 C-21849

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I have changed my name from Tofiq Ahmed Ajijullah to Tofique Ahmed Ajijullah Shaikh as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-21850

I have changed my name from Dolly Nitinbhai, to ‘Dolly Tejash Shah’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/09/2014. C-21838

I have changed my name from Shakeel Ahmed Usman Shaikh to Shakeel Usman Shaikh as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-21851

I have changed my name from Bashir Mohammed Kasam Nadgaonkar to Bashir Mohammed Kasam Nandgaonkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Annexure 'E'. C-21852 I have changed my name from Ystar Appukuttan to Esther Laila Appukuttan Paul as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No.(U-16678) C-21853 I have changed my name from Satyawan to Satyawan Sharma as per Affidavit C-21854 I have changed my name from Kedar Singh to Ramkedar Singh as per Affidavit C-21855 I have changed my name from Dhiraj Kumar Ramadhar Jaiswal to Dhiraj Ramadhar Jaiswal as per Affidavit C-21856 I have changed my name from Anilkumar Rampyare Dube to Anilkumar Rampyare Dubey as per Affidavit C-21857 I have changed my name from Mohammad Anas to Mohammad Anas Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21858 I have changed my name from Mahek Avinash Hemnani to Meheck Avinash Hemnani as per Govt of Maha. Gazette No. ( U-1824) C-21859 I have changed my name from Anilkumar Bansilal Gupta to Anil Bansilal Gupta as per Affidavit dated: 04/09/2014 C-21860

I have changed my name from Naaz Naushad Shaikh to Sajida Naushad Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21868

I have changed my name from Kartar Singh Sadora Singh to Kultar Singh Sadora Singh as per Affidavit C-21885

I have changed my name from Irfan Ahmed Kasim Ali Muchale to Irfan Ahmed Kasim Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21869

I have changed my name from Vardaram Narsingaram to Vadaram Narsingaram Bhati as per Affidavit C-21886

I have changed my name from Abdul Majeed Wali Mohammed to Abdul Majeed Wali Mohammed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21870 I have changed my name from Gulshan Aara Yaar Mohammed to Gulshan Fauiwaz Ansari as per Affidavit C-21871 I have changed my name from Ansar Ahmad to Ansar Ahmad Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21872 I have changed my name from Mohmmad Nasir Khan to Nasir Khan as per Affidavit C-21873 I have changed my name from Renukakumari Vimalchand Jain to Renuka Narendra Jain as per Affidavit C-21874 I have changed my name from Shaista Muniruddin Shaikh to Shaista Muniruddin Siddiqui as per Affidavit C-21875 I have changed my name from Muniruddin Abdul Gafoor Shaikh to Muniruddin Siddiqui as per Affidavit C-21876 I have changed my name from Afroz Shaikh to Afroz Siddiqui as per Affidavit C-21877

I have changed my name from Hussein Kasamali Jafferali Thanawala to Hussein Kasamali Thanawala as per Affidavit C-21861

I have changed my name from Feroz Manzoor Hussain Khan to Firoz Manzoor Hussain Khan as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Venugopalan Narayan Panicker to Venugopal Narayan Panicker as per Affidavit C-21862

I have changed my name from Rizvana Firoz Khan to Rizwana Firoz Khan as per Affidavit C-21879

I have changed my name from Chhabu Dhondiba Ahire to Chabu Dhondiba Ahire as per Affidavit C-21863

I have changed my name from Haji Firoz Manjur Husen Khan to Firoz Manjur Husen Khan as per Affidavit C-21880

I have changed my name from Mohammed Husain Hakikatullah to Mohammed Husain Hakikatullah Khan as per Affidavit C-21864

I have changed my name from Saraj Mohmmad Wali Mohmmad to Ansari Seraj Wali Mohmmad as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Satyendra Kumar Jain to Satyendra Jain as per Affidavit C-21865 I have changed my name from Mohammed Zakeel Shaikh to Mohammad Jakil Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21866 I have changed my name from Siddiqui Kurshid to Khurshida Begum Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21867

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C-21881 I have changed my name from Kanisfatama to Kanij Fatama as per Affidavit C-21882 I have changed my name from Parmjeet Singh Nathu Singh Doheat to Parmjeet Singh Nathu Singh Labana as per Affidavit C-21883 I have changed my name from Gurpreet Kour Harnam Singh to Gurpreet Kaur Harnam Singh as per Affidavit C-21884

I have changed my name from Raashid to Rashid Zafar Baloch as per Affidavit C-21887 I have changed my name from Sagar Jogendar Gogaliya to Sagar Joginder Ghogalia as per Affidavit C-21888 I have changed my name from Jogendar Chatursingh Gogaliya to Joginder Chatursingh Ghogalia as Per Affidavit C-21889 I have changed my name from Santosh Jogendar Gogaliya to Santoshi Joginder Ghogalia as per Affidavit C-21890 I have changed my name from Mahendrabhai Manikrao Shinde to Mahendra Manikrao Shinde as per Affidavit C-21891 I have changed my name from Renukaben Mahendrabhai Shinde to Renuka Mahendra Shinde as per Affidavit C-21892 I have changed my name from Nirendra Kumar to Nirendra Sunil Dubey as per Affidavit C-21893 We have changed our minor child name from Tuhina Ranjan Kumar to Aparajita Ranjan Kumar as per Affidavit C-21894 I have changed my name from Vijai Kumar to Vijai Kumar Srivastava as per Affidavit C-21895 I have changed my name from Abhay Kumar to Abhay Jagdambaprasad Tiwari as per Affidavit C-21896 I have changed my name from Jagdamva Tiwari to Jagdambaprasad Tiwari as per Affidavit C-21897 I have changed my name from Nazeer Khan to Nazir Khan as per Affidavit C-21898 I have changed my name from Lizy Varghese Mangattumunnil to Lizy Sajan Chemmunda as per Affidavit C-21899 I have changed my name from Subin Daniel Samul to Subin Samuel Kalluvilayil as per Affidavit C-21900 I have changed my name from Pradeep Kumar to Pradeep Kumar Kharga as per Affidavit C-21901 I have changed my name from Pappu to Pankaj Umashankar Singh as per Affidavit C-21902

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Will Shah’s magic work on Sena?

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JP president Amit Shah made a full-fledged attempt to diffuse the tension between the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Shiv Sena by visiting Matoshree, the residence of Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, late last night. Prior to that, Shah paid homage to Sena supremo, the late Bal Thackeray, at his 'samadhi' in Shivaji Park. Over the past few weeks, there has been rising tension between Sena and BJP over seat-sharing, with the latter demanding half of the 288 Assembly seats in the upcoming Assembly elections. In 2009, the Sena had con-

the allies increased ahead of Shah's first visit to Mumbai after he was selected as the BJP national president. In the last couple of weeks, the cracks between the saffron alliance partners have widened. Thus Amit Shah decided to accept UddhavThackeray's invitation for a dinner at his residence, in keeping with the customary visit paid to Matoshree by the BJP president during the elections. Earlier in the day, Shah addressed party workers and made it clear that the Assembly elections was going to be the second leg of the party's Amit Shah welcomed by party workers with a giant saffron garland. Congress-free India movement. “The Assembly electested 169 while BJP con- unwilling to concede more tions will be the second leg of tested 119, but Sena is now seats. The bitterness between our Congress Mukt Bharat

Cong-NCP leaders join BJP

Several Congress and NCP leaders were inducted into the BJP in Shah's presence. This included former state minister Babanrao Pachpute and former union minister Suryakanta Patil, who recently deserted the NCP to join the saffron fold. Former Congress MP and brother-in-law of former CM Ashok Chavan, Bhaskar Khatgaonkar Patil also joined the BJP as did former minister Madhav Kinhalkar.

Abhiyan and just like people ple of the state, will defeat it in supported it during the Lok the Assembly polls. Shah was Sabha polls, they will do so accompanied by senior BJP leaders Rajiv Pratap Rudy and now,” he said. He described the Congress- O P Mathur. He said, “We are led Maharashtra government confident that the Mahayuti as the most corrupt and inef- (grand alliance of Shiv Senafective since Independence, BJP and other parties) will and expressed confidence that form the next government in the BJP, with the help of its the state”. Shah also took the cadre and support of the peo- darshan of Lalbaugcha Raja.

Ganpati pandals to get costlier By Khushboo Panjabi

ith the mandals in the city failing to pay their fees on time, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to increase the pandal fees for 2015 which will be collected before the festival begins. City mandals currently owe the BMC a collective sum of Rs 2 crore. An officer from the BMC road department said, “Before the festival begins each year, the mandals come together and complain about the bad roads. But one of the reasons for the potholes is because the roads are dug up to secure the mandaps. There are 11,000 mandals in the city, each of which leaves about six– seven potholes, which comes up to about 50,000 across the city.” From next year, each mandal will have to pay Rs 2,000 as a fine for every The wooden structure of the Ganpati pandal pothole along with Rs 4,500 to erect only way to recover the money is to incanopies outside the mandal. Till 2010, of about Rs 2,000 – Rs 5,000. mandals paid fees and fines depending The officer said, “Every mandal pays crease the fees.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in on the size of the pandal, with a deposit Rs 150 to set up a pandal, but now, the Azad Shrivastav | ADC

Homage paid to Dr. Dadabhoy Naoroji

Vispi S. Dastur, president of Bombay Parsee Association (BPA) garlanding the statue of Dr. Dadabhoy Naoroji.

The grand old man of India, the first Indian member of British parliament (1892-95), the man who first gave the mantra of 'swaraj' to the people of India, loved and respected by the Parsi community, Dr. Dadabhoy's statue was garlanded on his 189th birth anniversary on Thursday, September 4 at Hutatma Chowk. Each year without fail, the BPA and its members organise this function wherein various organisations and associations along with a number of eminent personages eulogise the outstanding attributes of this great man.

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06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Andrews Azariahs to Andrews Azariahs Nadar as per Affidavit C-21903 I have changed my name from Vijay Baliram to Vijay Baliram Mahajan as per Affidavit C-21904 I have changed my name from Manju Devi Jitendra Singh to Manju Jitendra Singh as per Affidavit C-21905 I have changed my name from Mohammed Shamim Chaudhary to Samim Choudhary as per Affidavit C-21906 I have changed my name from Ganesh K. Sankaranarayan to Ganesh Shankarnarayan Iyer as per Affidavit C-21907 I have changed my name from Mohammed Azaj Wahab Ali Shaikh to Mohammed Ajaz Wahab Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-21908 I have changed my name from Mr.Shoeb Din Mohd Davva to Mr.Shoeb Din Mohammed Dawa as per Deed Poll Affidavit

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Kantaben Harilal Parasiya to Kantaben Harilal Patel as per Affidavit C-21920 We Mr Shreeniwas Bhimanpelli & Mrs Meenakshi Bhimanpelli have changed our minor child name from Nirja Shreeniwas Bhimanpelli to Pooja Shreeniwas Bhimanpelli as per Affidavit C-21921 I have changed my name from Ridhika Prakash Soni to Riddhika Pratish Surani as per Affidavit C-21922 I have changed my name from Pratisth Nitin Surani to Pratish Nitin Surani as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Moideen Allah Pichai to Mohideen Allah Pichai Labbai as per Affidavit C-21924 I have changed my name from Jabin Jamaluddin Kazi to Mahjabeen Jamaluddin Kazi as per Affidavit C-21925 I Nirmala Lalchand Sharma have changed my name to Priti Kishore Nichani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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C-21926 I Miss. Harshitha Rajesh Nair have changed my name to Miss. Harshita Rajesh Nair as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Bharatkumar Nemchand Shaa to Bharat Nemchand Gala as per Affidavit C-21911

I Jamaben Chelabhai Patel have changed my name to Mrs. Jamaben Gulabchand Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21928

I have changed my name from Chandanben Nemchand Shaa to Chandan Nemchand Gala as per Affidavit C-21913 I have changed my name from Dhiren Kumar Bhavanji Chheda to Dhiren Bhavanji Chheda as per Affidavit C-21914 I have changed my name from Mukesh Jain to Mukesh Kumar Jain as per Affidavit C-21915 I have changed my name from Neeta Mukesh Jain to Nita Mukesh Kumar Jain as per Affidavit C-21916 We Mr Bharat Patel & Mrs Manisha Patel have changed our minor child name from Karankumar Bharat Patel to Karan Bharat Patel as per Affidavit C-21917 I have changed my name from Nilesh Harilal Parasiya to Nilesh Harilal Patel as per Affidavit C-21918 I have changed my name from Harilal Parasiya to Harilal Patel as per Affidavit C-21919

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I Tara Pukhraj Pariya have changed my name to Tara Pukhraj Parihar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21936 I Pukharaj Hiralal Pariyar have changed my name to Pukhraj Hiraji Parihar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21937 I Pukhraj Hiraji Pariya have changed my name to Pukhraj Hiraji Parihar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21938 I Gaurav Kumar have changed my name to Gaurav Naval Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/09/14

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I have changed my name from Mrs.Hazra Din Mohamad Dauwa to Mrs.Hajra Dinmohamad Dawa as per deed poll Affidavit C-21910

I have changed my name from Nemchand Virji Shaa to Nemchand Virji Gala as per Affidavit C-21912

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I Galbabhai Jitabhai Bhatol have changed my name to Gulabchand Jitabhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21929 I Palak Mukesh Nadiyana have changed my name to Palak Mukeshkumar Nadiyana as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 02/09/14 C-21930 I Blessy John Paul Gollar have changed my name to Melwin John Paul Gollar as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. X-9825 dated: 04/12/1997 C-21931

C-21939 I Mr. Virendra Mansingh Rajesh Jadhav have changed my name to Mr. Virendra Rajesh Jadhav as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14

I Ekram Hussain Abbas Malpura have changed my name to Ikram Abbas Malpura as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21952 I Rafique Burhan have changed my name to Rafique Burhan Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21953 I Arshiya Hussain have changed my name to Arshiya Husain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21954 I Jahnavi Rawal have changed my name to Jahnavi Raval as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21955 I Taruna Rawal have changed my name to Taruna Raval as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21956

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I Kirtikumar Bhikhabhai Mehta have changed my name to Kirti Bhikhabhai Mehta as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21957

I Priyankaben Amubhai Patel @ Priyanka Amichandbhai Patel have changed my name to Priyanka Amubhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

I Rama Kumari Pediwal have changed my name to Kavita Girdharlal Mundhra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21958

C-21941 I Amichandbhai Patel have changed my name to Amubhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21942 I Pramod Mishra have changed my name to Pramod Kumar Mishra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21943

I Mohd Arif Alam Mansur Alam Sayyed have changed my name to Arif Alam Mansur Alam Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21959 I Mansoor Alam Sayyed have changed my name to Mansur Alam Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21960

I Mohd Salim Mukhtar Ahmed have changed my name to Mohammed Salim Mukhtar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21944

I Sanjaykumar Amrutlal Mehta have changed my name to Sanjay Amrutlal Mehta as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/09/14 C-21961

I Pannaben Balkrishn Vyas have changed my name to Panna Jayesh Oza as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21945

I Chhayaben Bhogilal Doshi have changed my name to Chhaya Sanjay Mehta as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/09/14 C-21962

I Jayesh Surendrakumar & Jayesh Surendra Oza have changed my name to Jayesh Surendrakumar Oza as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21946 I Vijaya Narendra Bahgel Singh have changed my name to Trisha Vijay Kapoor as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21947

I Pukhraj Hiralal Paria have changed my name to Pukhraj Hiraji Parihar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21932

I Jayakumari Vimalchand Jain have changed my name to Jaya Vimal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21948

I Chimanji Narsaji Chauhan have changed my name to Chimanlal Narsaji Chouhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21933

I Mohd Akram Rafique Qureshi have changed my name to Akram Rafique Quresh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

I Tara Pukharaj Pariyar have changed my name to Tara Pukhraj Parihar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21934

I Lata Chandrakant Jagtap have changed my name to Shubhangi Sanjay Salvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

I Tara Pukhraj Paria have changed my name to Tara Pukhraj Parihar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/09/14 C-21935

I Abduk Razak have changed my name to Abdul Razak Malkani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-21951

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RAO, SKM FUNCTIONARY ON SHAKEEL’S TARGET Shooters had come to city to eliminate top Rajan aides

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ednesday's arrests of two shooters from Chhota Shakeel gang has sent shockwaves not only in the Chhota Rajan gang but also at Sahayadri Krida Mandal (SKM) in Tilak Nagar's area of Chembur. The reason for this, said a highly placed source in the city's crime branch, is that Shakeel's two shooters had arrived in city to eliminate two close aides of Rajan – gangster D.K. Rao and another person who is a top SKM functionary. From around three decades, the mandal is infamous for being funded by the elusive Rajan, through his relatives, said police adding that several gangsters from Rajan gang still visit the mandal every year. "Acting on a tip-off, a trap was laid and accused Mohammed Mahir Siddhique (30) and Akhtar Jamal Khan (35) were arrested from near Noor Hotel in Dharavi area, Central Mumbai," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sadanand Date. While talking with the ADC, sleuths from the anti-extortion cell (ARC) of crime branch, requesting annonymity, were quite firm to reveal gangster Rao's name, being one among the two targets. How-

Chhota Shakeel ever, despite repeatedly being asked about the second target, neither ARC nor the top brass of crime branch, was willing to reveal any information. Revealing the name of second target, said Vinayak Vast, senior inspector of ARC, would create unnecessary panic among the people during Ganpati festival. However, Vast emphasised that “Such targets, who are also affiliated with Rajan gang by some or the other means, are on police's radar.”

The arrests Thwarting the occurence of gang war in the city, sleuths from ARC

and Criminal Intelligence Unit (CIU) in a joint operation arrested Siddhique and Khan. Shakeel planned to kill Rao in the city's sessions court premises, when he was supposed to be brought for a court hearing from Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai city. After arresting the duo, police recovered a sophisticated 0.32 bore revolver, four live cartridges and other incriminating articles. Siddhique who has been arrested, was acquitted earlier, in a fake passport case registered against him by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad. Siddhique was released from jail in February this year, after which he arrived in Mumbai. Khan has criminal cases registered against him in the city, said police adding that both the arrested gangsters were in direct touch with Shakeel, who is a close associate of globally declared terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. Meanwhile, the duo has been remanded in police police custody till September 9. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

Kidnapped and abandoned, now found GRP have tracked down a little girl who was kidnapped ten days ago By Vishnudas Sheshrao

he Government Railway Police (GRP) at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) yesterday rescued a little girl who was kidnapped in CST and abandoned in Mumbra. She has been put up at the Children's Home in Dongri and will soon be re-united with her parents from West Bengal who are on their way to Mumbai. Less than two weeks ago, three-year-old Kiran, along with her sibling and mother Lucky Tarokumar De (30), residents of Hugli district of West Bengal, wanted to visit her paternal grandparents' home in Lucknow. But since her tickets were not confirmed, Lucky was afraid to board the train from West Bengal. A fellow passenger, Firoz Miyan (39), who Lucky was acquainted with, advised her to follow him to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) in Mumbai and then catch the Pushpak Express train to Lucknow. Lucky, an uneducated

Kiran with a GRP officer. woman, decided to follow Miyan. On the way, Miyan and Lucky got into an argument and when they reached Mumbai, he picked up Kiran and disappeared into the crowd at CST. This happened on August 24. After futile attempts at finding them, the distressed mother returned to Kolkata and tried to register a complaint. But the Kolkata police asked her to go back to Mumbai and register the complaint there instead, because the incident took place there. So Lucky came back to Mumbai and registered her complaint with the GRP which immediately got to work. But they had no leads or a mobile number to track

Miyan down. On the direction of the GRP Commissioner, two teams were dispatched – one to West Bengal and the other explored the Mumbai areas where the Bengal population is concentrated. Though the GRP managed to find and arrest Miyan, he received bail due to the non-cooperation of the local police. During the short time in which he was in their custody, the GRP relentlessly probed Miyan about the whereabouts of Kiran. He told them that he had left the girl in Mumbra but said nothing more. Meanwhile the GRP team in Kolkata returned. With the help of sources, they found out that an orphan girl was spotted in a local hospital there along with a maid. The GRP tracked down the lady and found the girl. The lady told the police that she had taken her home to keep her safe. Senior Police Inspector Shinde said, “We have informed the parents that Kiran has been found and is safe. Her parents are on the way to Mumbai. We will put up our evidence to take the accused Miyan to court.”

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n elderly stock broker allegedly shot himself dead with a revolver at his residence when he was alone, police said on Thursday. Rashid Talyarkhaan (69) shot himself with a licensed firearm in his chest at about 9 pm on Wednesday at his house in Permilian Building at Gamdevi, the Gamdevi police station's Sr. PI Rajaram Prabhu said.

Talyarkhaan, who was separated from his wife, was found in a pool of blood by his son after the latter broke the glass window and entered the locked house on getting no response from inside despite knocking, the police officer told PTI. Talyarkhaan did not succeed in business. His wife and daughter stay in UK and Australia respectively.

Cop nabs kidnapper of 20-month-old baby

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cting swiftly in the sensational kidnapping case of a 20-month-old boy, sleuths of the Kashimira police nabbed the culprit and rescued the child within hours of the crime on Thursday morning. According to the police, the accused who has been identified as Noor Ismail Jubair Shaikh (27) is a resident of Andheri and works as a construction worker in the Kashimira region. Shaikh frequently visited his co-worker – Kabirul Gazi’s tenement in the Shanti Vidya Nagri of Kashimira, where he came into contact with his wife Haseena (name changed). Mistaking Haseena’s friendly nature as a signal of her advances, Shaikh was involved in a onesided love affair with her. He then began pestering her to have physical relationships and elope with him so that they could enter into wedlock. The mother of two children, Haseena not only turned down Shaikh’s proposal but also warned him to stay away from her and her family. Irked over the refusal, Shaikh abducted Haseena’s 20-month-old son Suraj from their tenement on Wednesday. Shaikh then called up Haseena and told her to meet him if she wanted her child back. He promised her that he would let Suraj go after they got married. A shocked Haseena immediately registered a complaint at the Kashimira police station. “We instructed Haseena to keep Shaikh engaged on the phone line by pretending that she was

FAREWELL, BAPPA... Hordes of people had gathered at the Girgaum Chowpatty on Thursday as the city witnessed the Gauri (mother of Ganesha) immersion along with the immersion of the idol of Ganesha at various beaches.

Quartet held for murder of garment vendor The kidnapper Noor Ismail Shaikh (Left). Sr PI Anil Kadam (Top left) and the rescued kid. ready to marry him. Shaikh fell into the trap and revealed his location as Yaari Road in Andheri. While Haseena and her elder daughter headed to the location in an auto-rickshaw, the police team in mufti followed Haseena and managed to nab Shaikh from a tenement and rescue the child,” said Senior Police Inspector Anil Kadam. The accused has been booked under sections 363 and 368 of the Indian Penal Code. Further investigations are on. Continued from pg 1 «

Abhishek Awasthi celebrated the birthda of his girfriend, Kalpana Sonawane, in a grand style in the city recently. The chief guest and youth leader Sanjay Bedia was also present during the occasion. Dolly Bindra, Sudhir Pandey, R. N. Singh and other film industry celebrities also graced the party.

Recently Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Dada Pawar gave letter of appointment to senior Rashtrawadi Congress Party leader Manish Dube as secretary of Maharashtra Uttar Bhartiya Commission. Mumbai Rashtrawadi Congress Party observer Shri Vasant Rao Vaandi was present on that occasion.

that 'Qaedat al-Jihad' would take the fight to India, Myanmar and Bangladesh. Reacting over the video clip, top officials of the Mumbai Police said that they will take all necessary steps for the safeguarding of Mumbaikars. Talking to the ADC, State Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Himanshu Roy said, “We are examining the authenticity of the video and we will take all steps for the security of the state and the nation.” Sources from the ATS revealed that they will keep a “close watch on some places in Mumbai and its adjoining districts, especially on the youths who were earlier caught or detained for their involvement in terror-related activities.” According to the spokesperson of Mumbai Police, Dhananjay Kulkarni , “With the festive season around, we will be constantly alert and if anyone is found involved in any anti-social activities, we will take strict action.” “In an alarming development, Al-Qaeda has established a new branch to wage jihad in India, revive its caliphate and impose sharia in the Indian sub-continent,” US media and intelligence agencies claimed. “A new branch of Al-Qaeda was established and it is Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent, seeking to raise the flag of jihad, return

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hirteen days after the brutal murder of a garment vendor in Bhayandar, sleuths of the Navghar police have arrested four men, all local drug addicts for their involvement in the crime. According to the police, 28-year-old Sujit Anandi Saav alias Gupta was brutally stabbed to death by unidentified assailants in

the by-lanes behind a shopping plaza in Bhayandar (E) during late night hours of August 23. A small-time garment vendor in Dadar, Gupta was returning home in Salasar Nagar when he was brutally stabbed to death by the assailants. Armed with just sketchy information that the region where the crime occurred was frequented by drug-addicts, two police teams led by Senior Police Inspector

Abhay Kurundkar under the instructions of SDPO Suhas Bawche rounded up 40 suspects for questioning. After rounds of sustained interrogations, four of them identified as Karan Yadav (20), Rajeev Saav (22), Akash Prasad (18) and Abhishek Patel (21), all residents of Bhayandar, confessed to their involvement in the murder which they committed to snatch Rs 1,000 from the victim.

Al-Qaeda in Mumbai? the Islamic rule, and empower the Shariah of Allah across the Indian subcontinent,” Zawahiri was found saying in the video, according to the translation by SITE Intelligence Group. Zawahiri said that the group would defend the “vulnerable in the Indian subcontinent, in Burma, Bangladesh, Assam, Gujarat, Ahmedabad, and Kashmir” as he added that “your brothers in Qaedat al-Jihad did not forget you and that they are doing what they can to rescue you from injustice, oppression, persecution, and suffering.” In the video, Zawahiri said the group was years in the making. “It is an entity that was formed to promulgate the call of the reviving Imam Sheikh Osama bin Laden, may Allah have mercy on him, to call the Ummah to unite round the word of Tawhid [monotheism], to wage jihad against its enemies, to liberate its land, to restore its sovereignty, and to revive its Caliphate,” Zawahiri said in the 55-minute video. Al-Qaeda, which was founded by Osama bin Laden who was killed in Pakistan by US commandos in May 2011, has long claimed leadership of the jihadists fighting to restore a single caliphate. In July 2013, Al-Qaeda in another video had urged the Indian Muslims to join global

an initial assessment of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) found the video to be genuine. An alert has been isjihad. sued by the Home Ministry Home Minister Rajnath to all states and security Singh went into a huddle agencies to take possible prewith top security officials as cautionary steps.

This beautiful idol of Lord Ganesha is hosted at Aparna Narvekar’s residence at Matunga.

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The four witnesses testified that they did not see any odd behaviour by Ness Wadia as claimed by the actor during the May 30 incident

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he statements of the latest four witnesses has rubbished the claims of actor Preity Zinta, who has alleged her former boyfriend and industralist Ness Wadia of molesting, abusing and misbehaving with her inside a stadium on May 30. On Wednesday, police recorded the statements of four witnesses, whose names were given by Wadia, said police. These four people are identified as Rustom Lawyer, his wife Gia Lawyer, Nicholas Chen and Saumitra Srivastava. None among the four corroborated the actor's claims that Wadia had misbehaved with her before abusing and threatening her on the fateful day, police said. According to police, Rustom, a senior corporate professional, said, “During the match, Wadia went to the actor and had a short conversation with her. Then I and my wife Gia saw Wadia walking away after which we both could not hear the conversation due to the loud noise in the stadium.” Gia's testimony was also on the lines of her husband, who denied having seen any sort of disagreement or heated exchange of words between the actor and Wadia, informed police. Another witness, businessman Nicholas told police that he he didn't see any dispute between the two. Also, he added that he did not see Wadia abusing, shouting and touching Zinta's hand, informed the police. Saumitra, the fourthe witnesses said, “When I arrived at the stadium I was busy searching for a seat. I noticed Wadia with his family standing at the back since their seats were occupied and they too had nowhere to sit.” Saumitra, a city based management consultant added, “After some time, I noticed Wadia in the front row having a conversation with Zinta. Though I could not hear what both of them were talking, it did not look anything more than a normal conversation.” In June, Zinta registered a police comlaint against Wadia for molesting, abusing and threatening her during an IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings on May 30 at Wankhede Stadium in South Mumbai. However, Wadia has dismissed the actor's charges. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

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Ponder awhile… “The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.” — Aristotle

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HY should not a judge become a governor? In Kerala, lawyers are of the view that a judge should stay away from politics and after once becoming a judge, must not become a governor of a state. Former SC judge Mr. Sathasivam who has been appointed by the BJP as governor of the Kerala is attracting much criticism from across the country. This is the first time Delhi has chosen a judge as the governor of a state. The new governor is himself quite amused by the criticism: he says that quite a few judges, after retirement, do some odd jobs. They start some small business units, take up consultation jobs. He explains that there is nothing wrong if they have a brush with politics also. Mr. Sathasivam also says he has no language problem in the state and that will be an advantage for him. It is not fair to read into this appointment of similar motives by the BJP government. For the Congress, governor who is appointed by the BJP government is not acceptable. Time was perhaps when a governor used to take an impartial stand. Today, the situation has changed. The centre appoints governors who pulls up the state government, gives it no cooperation, holds up inconvenient bills and resolutions of the assembly. In fact, a governor under instructions from the centre can be very inconvenient to the state administration.

O Narendra Modi gave his first Independence Day message from the Red Fort. He mesmerised his listeners not only on the spot but thousands of them sitting in their homes and watching television. Business Line (Aug. 16) took the trouble to quote several listeners. Think of these to get an idea of what they felt. Omar Abdullah: “Modi speech at Red Fort is one of the best spectacular debut since Sourav Ganguly's century at Lords”. Tavleen Singh: “The best August 15 speech I have heard in forty years of political journalism”. S. Gurumurthy: “Wish he really changes title like 'Ministers' as 'Sevaks' and his title as 'Pradhan Sevak' by a Constitution change”. Vinod Sharma: “No script, no bullet-proof glass, no puppeteer. No one between leader and people....”

Yardstick to remember MEDIAWATCH M.V. Kamath said “Expectations from him were sky high and Narendra Modi did deliver, while posting some surprises along the way.” The paper said Modi “also broke with the formulaic fetishes of diversity” and spoke “To a shared national character by speaking to shared shame like rapes.” It added: “A good speech is judged by its style and substance, but above all by its impact. The Prime Minister's words on reducing rapes drew huge applause at Red Fort but they derive their true power from the possibility of how they will be heard in the millions of households where they were beamed.” In its concluding remarks the paper said Modi “has sent a message across the border too” and that was “instead of fighting each other, let's fight poverty together”. All that remained was implementation in the fields of land requisition, log jam, labour laws etc. The Indian Express (Aug. 16) in a detailed study of Modi's address said it had laid down “A new agenda for aspirational India”. There was, said the paper “no ambiguity” in the

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from that of his predecessors.” Said the Prime Minister's address. Modi said what paper: “Modi chose not to tinker with or re- needed to be said. On national economy, vamp the Planning Commission to adjust to Modi's goals were clear: jobs for young peochanging times. He got rid of it wholesale. ple, making India a manufacturing power and This is the strongest signal he can send to the making it easier for foreign capital and incountry's private sector and to international vestors to do business in India. He also asked capital that they can move centrestage on the India Inc. to move on and make itself more economic template of the world's most pop- competitive instead of depending on governulous democracy that the market is set to at- ment concessions. tain primacy of places in the next leg of The paper said that the announcement of India's development. “Truly” said the paper, the National Development Reforms Commis“this is a far-reaching transition symbolising sion to replace the Planning Commission within hours of his speech demonstrated that India's shift to the Right...” The Times of India (Aug. 16) acknowledging Modi has worked things out. Modi, said the that the Independence Speech was made “by paper, “gave a clear signal that he has done a Prime Minister born after Independence” his homework to implement the social sector agenda outlined in the BJP election manifesto.” It added: “While giving some inkling of what his government planned to do, Modi's invocation envisaged nation-building as a joint task of the government and the citizen.”

Unfurling the tricolour Said The Hindustan Times (Aug. 16): “It was the perfect note to strike – the man from a poor family unfurling the tricolour from the ramparts of the magnificent fort built by a Great Emperor”. Continuing, it said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech was confident, substantial and delivered extempore with great pizzazz. After the somnolent performance by past Prime Ministers, this was an electrifying one... The fact that he was able to bring so much to the table within a few short months of assuming office is commendable. If this is a blueprint for India, it is certainly. And it would seem that he will lead by example if his punishing work schedule is anything to go by.” The Hindu (Aug. 16) was similarly all praise for Modi. It said Modi “Promised changes in governance, a sharper and swifter government in the place of a bureaucratic establishment pulling in different directions.” It praised him for not belittling the achievements of his predecessors, said he seemed keen to move ahead on the basis of consensus rather than on functioning on the basis of his party's majority in Parliament. And for good measure it said. “With good governance and development as his buzzwords for progress, he promised to make his government an organic unit for fulfilling the aspirations of his people.” The Asian Age (Aug. 16) said that Modi's address “Did indeed turn out to be different

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HE desire to live can only be satisfied when the soul realizes its eternal life. For mortality exists in conception rather than in reality. From a spiritual point of view mortality is the lack of the soul's understanding of its own self. It is like a person who had lived all his life in the conception that his coat was himself and when that coat was torn from him he believed that he would die. One experiences the same in life. The soul gets from this physical body a kind of illusion and identifies itself with this mortal being. Wise people of all times have practiced meditations to give the soul a chance to realize its independence of the physical body. Once the soul has begun to feel itself its own life, independently of its outer garb, it begins to have confidence in life and is no longer afraid of what is called death. As soon as this

phenomenon takes place a person no longer calls death 'death'; he calls death a change. A spiritual person will hope for the next life, and the pessimism of a material person works against his own desire. But the desire is there all the same. How does one attain to this

MATTER & SPIRIT continuity of life? It does not only depend upon a belief although belief may help some to realize that experience, and those who have no belief will not be able to find the way. Nevertheless, the continuity of life is possible logically since every man desires to live. For it is natural that no one will desire what is not possible, and where there is a natural desire the possibility of its fulfillment is already there.

DNA (Aug. 16) said PM Modi made an impressive debut at the Red Fort ramparts. “It may be” said the paper, “reasonably argued that Modi has lived up to the keen sense of expectations... Modi as Prime Minister must regularly and repeatedly articulate his views, irrespective of political implications. Only then can the full might of the state quell violence in all forms and influence a perceivable change in social mindset.” In conclusion it said “that speeches give people a yardstick to remember and review the covenant declared by rulers from time to time.” The Economic Times (Aug. 16) said that Modi “Now wants to replace the planning body with a think tank whose focus, presumably would be on policy choices to the exclusion of investment outlays”. It reflects, the paper said “The reality of evolution in the Commission's working,” adding that “It is welcome that the new government is building on the electronic banking infrastructure... to offer every household a bank account.” What is so obvious about all opinions is that they all looked at Modi's address in a positive way. As T.K. Arun wrote in the paper, Modi spoke as a leader who understands the problems of the land and is determined to tackle them and is capable of doing it. “This is a reassurance that the people need” said Arun, that has been missing in the years of drift under the UPA. The secret of this can be found by analyzing oneself. By studying the self one will find that the body is only a cover over one's real self. But by a still more profound study one will find that even one's mind is a cover over one's real self. As soon as one finds this out, one will become independent of the body as a means to live. Also, one will become independent of the mind to live. 'But', one might ask, 'if there is no body, then what is life?' When man is not conscious of his body, then he is conscious of his mind. When the eyes are open he is looking at things before him. When his eyes are closed then he is pondering upon what his mind has gained. In both cases he is dependent either upon his body or upon his mind to live, and this dependence makes the soul limited. It not only limits it, but it makes the soul mortal. In reality the soul is not mortal, but if the soul believes in mortality it is just like being mortal. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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SEPTEMBER 5 happens to be “Teachers' Day” and not “Students' Day” nor “Children's Day”. So it would have been better to use the occasion to compliment the teachers' fraternity on the service they are rendering in shaping the lives of the students who are the future pillars of our nation. One must realise that even in the IITs, the salaries of professors are nowhere near what the graduates get. In the primary section, most of the teachers in the village schools have to take up additional jobs to make ends meets. College teachers are forced to go on strike frequently to demand the implementation of the Pay Commission's recommendations. The assurance that their demands would be met would have been better than trying to catch the future voters young. — Dr V Subramanyan, Thane

A LOT of dust has been thrown on the forthcoming Teacher’s Day. It is difficult to believe that there has not been an attempt to give it a linguistic and regional twist. We do not know how to leave things alone. Why torture children into compulsorily listening to the PM? Surely the PM can talk at a time when children and teachers are at

Suicide-link indeed!

Bandra Worli sea-link APROPOS 'HC issues notice to state over sea-link suicides' (ADC, Sept 3), in fact the MSRDC should have studied the records of other such bridges for this suicide menace. The statistics of the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco in the US reveal plenty of suicides committed by jumping into the water. However they have restricted this by barricading the danger zones and fortifying electronic surveillance. Unfortunately the side railing of the Bandra sea-link is just four feet high, which any body can climb. Security guards are few for the length of the bridge. Only six CCTV cameras have been installed, compared to the required 80. All these items need to be installed and security guards need to be deployed ASAP to prevent this menace. Considering the toll collection amount, these additional features should not be that big a deal for the bridge authorities.

Politicisation!

MODI'S decision to address school children on Teachers' Day is nothing but self-propaganda by making it mandatory for school children to watch the PM's address on television. I feel that it has created resentment among the students, parents and teachers and put the entire government machinery in a mess, as they have been threatened by the union government circular. If they do not attend the PM's address, action will be taken against them, which is nothing but dictatorship. To avoid the controversy, all state Chief Ministers must address the schoolchildren LEAVE 'EM KIDS ALONE: Modi's decision to address school children on on Teachers' Day, rather than alTeachers' Day and making it mandatory watch the his address on television is lowing the Prime Minister to dicnothing but self-propaganda which has created resentment among the students, tate his own terms and conditions. parents and teachers. It is time the PM stops this stunt of trying to brainwash school chilhome. A good programme is when which is a big farce – Children’s Day dren for propaganda and concenone wants to enjoy it voluntarily. on Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. He trate on other serious issues of the Compulsion will make it a big bore. may have liked children, but so do people and the country. — Bhagwan Thadani, Pune However, there is another day millions of others. The question is example, installing more CCTVs will not prevent suicides, because the victim does not announce his purpose in advance. It takes less than two minutes for the suicide victim to get out of the car and clamber over the railing. Thus the need is not only to post more personnel, but to train them them properly. In one of the recent suicides, a guard was actually on the spot. As soon as the victim stopped his car, the guard should have rushed over and asked him what was the problem. Instead, in the ample time it took to walk over to the railing and then climb over it, the guard apparently just stood and watched. There should be a change in attitude. — Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

Revival of Cold War days

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

Consolidate secular elements

WITH reference to your cover story 'HC issues notice to state over sealink suicides' (Sep 3), while the in- THE Congress seems to have taken tention is laudable, the solutions the lead in launching its election have not been well thought out. For campaign for the State Assembly polls with much fanfare. In order to further improve their chances of securing a record fourth successive term, they should have one BraIt is the supreme art of the hamastra in their armoury to fire at teacher to awaken joy in crethe opponents. The 'secular' party ative expression and knowledge. should draw the people’s attention —Albert Einstein to the 'dangers' posed by the Hindu

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whether he really did anything for children. Nehru was more interested in building steel factories than in matters such as illiteracy and primary education. It is indeed surprising that while aping the socialist bloc in all matters, Nehru ignored their education policy. — T R Ramaswami, Kandivali

THE reported statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the capability of his troops to capture Kiev within a fortnight does not augur well for world peace at large. Use of such belligerent language by the Kremlin head can only lead to further straining of relations with the Western superpower and its allies. The international community may get worried about whether the time clock is reversed and the world is staring at the revival of the spectre of the Cold War days of the yesteryears. It is now time for the United Nations Organisation to step in and cool down the frayed tempers at the — Bikram Banerjea, via email earliest.

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'terror' threat and the ominous increase in the strength of right wing saffron forces. Diverting the voters’ thinking in this direction can fetch them the rich political dividends in the form of consolidation of 'secuTHE talking points for the opposition since the government took over is just targetting Modi for everything. They did it before the elections, paid a heavy price for it, yet are trying to do it again. From Jan Dhan Yojana to the decision to scrap the planning commission, everything took place in a systematic manner. To make their presence felt, the government called off foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan to show resentment. It cleared the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2014 in Parliament and 49 per cent of FDI in insurance, launched the MyGov portal, formed an SIT on black money and refused to sign the WTO trade deal. It lowered the age of juveniles so that teen boys involved in rapes/molestation can be booked if found guilty. The feather in Modi's cap is Japan's $35 billion investment in India causing the Sensex to touch the 27,000 mark straightaway. It's a 100 days worth remembering. — C K Jayanthy Maniam, Nerul

100 days of BJP in power has been insignificant and prices have continued to rise unabated. The government seems to have shifted their priorities elsewhere. Modi who used the soaring prices to beat the UPA seems to have no clue about how to bring it down. The average struggling household is finding the government's attitude disgusting and callous. 100 days are neither too short or too long to at least spell out a strategy to control the rising prices, but the pain of the common man has

mankind and a divine marvel like other sacred scriptures. I believe Prime minister Narendra Modi took the right step in gifting the holy book to the Japanese on his recent trip. People who may have taken objections to his act can be termed silly and ill-informed. Let not every act of his be branded as communal by opposition parties and let these very parties do something constructive for the nation and her people, instead of ranting and raving over non issues. — Altaf H Ladiwala,Bandra

AAP a non-entity

Whatever happened to the AAP?

THE AAP appears to be a rudderless ship with no direction in which it can chart its course in Indian politics. At the time of its inception, it donned the garb of an anti-Congress party. But when it came tantalisingly close to ruling in the Government of Delhi, it accepted the outside support extended by the Congress. Now it has started its lar' elements in the state. anti-BJP campaign by levelling — Vineet Phadtare, Borivali some frivolous charges against the saffron party. All these aimless exercises have reduced the party almost to the level of a non-entity. THE Bhagwad Geeta is a blessing to — Jorhat Singh, Kandivali

Gift of the Geeta

Modi’s memorable 100

SOME WINS AND SOME LOSSES: While the the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 49 per cent of FDI in insurance, MyGov portal, SIT on black money and Japan's $35 billion investment in India can be considered wins, the poor shape of the roads and railways, the ostensible Bullet Train, petrol price going down and diesel going up, and corruption are the NDA government big losses. been forgotten. Even if the government wanted to import certain items, it should have done so to cool off the prices. There has been talk of hoarders and black marketeers, but there has been not a single raid. It's time the government looks into the prices of essential items because it's hurting the common man and is making his life a living hell. — Ashok Goswami, via email

DRUMMER Narendra Modi play-

ing music in Japan excited the markets back home which conquered unscaled heights to the delight of the elite class. But the 'acche din' promised is far from reality as inflation refuses to subside, unemployment is still a matter of concern and power crisis a reality. The government’s policies amuse me and Tuesday's darkness in Mumbai was a reminder that the government has its priorities wrong. Roads and railways are in poor shape and the government is promising bullet trains. Power trips in the commercial capital of the country and the government is making people dream of smart cities in places like Varanasi. Petrol used by the rich is made cheaper while diesel used for public transport is going higher. Education, uprooting corruption, making the right decisions rather than popular ones are the needs of the times. Modi has it in him to change the dynamics of the country if he wishes to. — S N Kabra, Goregaon

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi had promised voters that he would curb corruption and control inflation if he came to power. Four months after coming to power, the NDA government is yet to keep their promises. Modi’s team has not removed the dirt that the Congress had left behind. Maybe, Modi doesn’t want to. Who said ‘Achche din anewale hai’? — Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili

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“If we need proper investigation and rise in conviction levels in the state, we need to privatise criminal investigations in our country,” says Snehil Dhall. Crimeophobia Limited is founded by Dhall, a qualified Criminologist from UK who has the experience of working with private sector and public sector professionals. Snehil has completed his schooling from Mumbai, India; has IB Diploma from Singapore and (Hons) Criminology Degree from United Kingdom. With knowledge of about nine different professions and being a criminologist – Snehil gives the company a perfect edge in conflict management. Over the past years, Snehil has gained the comfortable level of working with different nationalities, religious groups, professionals, students, genders and sex. His motive is to regulate the situation of social crime after considering every dimension of criminology to have a secure community. Crimeophobia helps one with research about conflicts in society, within the organisation or group, among individuals and provides the best possible report after consulting our advisors that come from various backgrounds - politics, lawyers, police, media, corporate affairs, sociologist and criminologist. “We help you find the right connection to expand your relations with overseas companies and/or Anti-Crime Professionals to have appropriate personal and business support service. We support you with appropriate travel guidance for UK and India, by conducting pre-departure sessions with information about cultural and professional protocols, useful emergency contact details, and other local amenities,” says Dhall. PHILIP VARGHESE spoke to SNEHIL DHALL about crime, crimeophobia, policing and a whole lot more...

‘PRIVATISE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION’

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Did you always intend to be an investigator? After doing my schooling in the city at the St. Anne's High School, I did the BA (Hons) Criminology in the United Kingdom and an International Baccalaureate Diploma from Singapore. Then I went to the UK to start my private investigation firm, Crimeophobia and then I had an opportunity to attend and work with the United Nations. I did help people and the investigators to solve an organised crime related to a property case.

What inspired you to come out of criminologists and sociologists for with 'Crimeophobia'? further implementation of various The concept of a criminology firm projects. This team tries their best to has been constructed by me with integrate the combined guidance given an intention to collaborate all the by the advisors to provide best possible Anti-Crime Professions under a solution to a particular social conflict. common platform to solve criminality. The firm is structured How do you go about in an investigation of a case? with an intention to make the field When we are asked to investigate, we of criminology more privatised and support the criminal justice system with management patterns of private sector and vice-versa. Our team is a private body with a 2-tier team consisting of advisors and criminologists. The advisors come from various backgrounds, mainly, bureaucrats, policemen, lawyers, politicians, corporates, media, religions and educationalists. These advisors provide their guidance only to our team

carry out an introductory investigation and connect with various teams. We visualize and chart the war game scores of possible scenarios and our reactions to each. Adequate foresight, suitable deployment, polite yet firm handling of individuals and officials involved, and calculative implementation by the teams ensures a smooth and incident free community. The police station which had a minimum of one case from society on a daily basis has seen no complaints, since. Although this model is not understandable by most, it is one of the most effect mode of resolving criminal communal situations.

Do you deal with all types of crime? We deal only with social crime scenarios. These include: social criminal behaviour profiling, modernization of criminal justice system (police, courts, local authorities, security agencies and community development); consultancy on social crime situations & predeparture sessions (for Professionals, Tourist, Students and Government Officials); and mainly white collar & political crime.

You seem to have redeveloped Theory of Modern Chakravyuh? Yes, the new theory is based on the ground reality of the current era's world of crime that has an integrative combination of private sector and public sector daily activities. The conceptual framework of Chakravyuh comes right from the ancient Hindu mythology called -Mahabharat and it was considered to be the most reliable

War Strategy of ancient times.

What about victim support system in our country? The Justice System in the whole world is subjected to a variety of risks and specially in countries like India it is influenced by social elements. In India, law is above religion, but power is above law. With our daily routine it is very difficult for a victim to work similar to a Criminal who is usually guilty of their act and are not arrested due to which they keep their crime business active. We support only victims and try to balance the justice system by adding an additional weight on the victim's side who is harassed and possibly might get arrested as well. We support the victim in using the protocols a criminal would understand better and provide the exact presentation for the Criminal Justice System to convict them at the earliest.

How do you make this happen in supporting the victim? We carry out crime education and consultation through futuristic, practical and comprehensive study of internal and external scenarios, specifically meant for college students. The training deals with their professional sector's practicalities in the real world that supports them from being fooled. Our consultation takes care of all the relationships with the management, liaison capabilities, security structure, political situation, regulations to create a risk profile and design a customised, business friendly, efficient and cost effective criminology solution. Once the solution is provided to the client they have to hire their own recommended lawyer to fight the case

in the court room if the matter is not resolved outside court. However, our team provides constant documentation to support the lawyer's arguments in the court room which is one of the most important aspects of any case held at the court of justice. This also includes media management support.

What do you think about the qualities of our Indian investigators? If an activity is considered as offensive among a group of people, it is hence considered as a criminal act. However, if a person is fighting against a wrongful act of a gang or group, the person could still land up in a criminal act as one against a group is not propitiated. We support such individual and organisations with our image consultation to keep their tags away from negativity. This includes Crime Public Relations activities of Investigation, Situation Analysis and Awareness.

How can we change this situation in our country? Basically, we need to understand that you cant expect a 10th standard student to appear for the MBA exams. That's exactly what is happening in our policing system. The registration of the FIR is the most important aspect in the future of that particular case. If the person, that is the PSI, who is registering the FIR, misses a single important content, the entire case goes for a toss when it comes before the court during trial. So I think, the person who is registering the FIR should be well qualified in criminology or at least the government should allow privatise investigations.

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pg 19 We review a new, dirt cheap premium whiskey called Master’s Imperial

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You know it’s Ganesh Utsav when the tarpaulin tents that house the elephant-headed God, Ganesha, spring up at every corner. The festival is marked by daily pujas, cultural events and of course, elaborate decorations. Today, the 48Hrs Team takes you through a trip of idols across the city, at home, as well as at the sarvajanik mandals

>> The idol at the Bal Mitra Mandal, in Vile Parle, depicted Ganesh as an angel! We like the accents of silver and shimmer used to decorate it

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>> This larger than life Ganpati idol, in Ganesh Galli at Lal Bagh, was elaborately decorated, with reams of fabric, lamps and lights

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>> This idol at Khetwadi, at Grant Road, was colourfully decorated and saw devotees flocking in large numbers

>> Fondly know as Parel cha raja, this simplydecorated idol at Nare Park had an ethereal vibe to it, with its deep blue backdrop

>> Although smaller in size as compared to the other idols, this one at Kari Road gave off a bright, happy vibe that we love continued on pg 14 «

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Photo courtesy: Pranda jewellery

>> Another idol from Lal Bagh, this one at the Rangari Badak Chawl Seva Sangh caught our attention because of is intricate detailing and the idols that surround it

>> This pure gold idol by Pranda Jewellery, displayed at Neptune Mall, Bhandup grabbed the attention of devotees

>> This Ganpati idol, at Lal Maidan in Parel, caught our attention for the majestic look and feel of the set-up

>> A little out of city limits, the Padmavati Nagarcha Raja in Virar features an interesting garland made out of `10 notes

>> This idol at Bal Mitra Mandal, Kanjurmarg caught our eye for its use of vibrant colours

Ganpati at home

Several people in the city get Ganpati home during Ganesh Utsav. We speak to a few people and find out more about their traditions >> Ranjit Pillai, a sales executive, and his family have a simple approach to celebrating this festival. He tells us, “Every year we bring home an ecofriendly idol of the same size. This year, we got a set of 36 decorative pieces and assembled it together. We also use traditional electric lamps for the lighting, which further enhances the beauty of the idol.”

>> At sound engineer Mayur Tambe's home, decorations are done in wood. He tells us, “I have attached a peacock feather on the top and painted the frame myself. Working on the idol was very satisfying. The only work that I didn’t do on my own was the diamond work on Ganpati Bappa.”

>> PR professional, Kruttik Parekh believes in having an eco-friendly festival and so, his idol is decorated with flowers. He tells us, “Our idol is made from shadu clay, decorated with diamond gems and surrounded by floral décor. The mandap is adorned with coloured lights beneath the flowers and decorated with silver nets on and around the idol.”

>> IT professional, Ankit Arora and his family also believe in celebrating in an eco-friendly way. They go as far as to use the same idol every year. He explains, “The idol that we have on display at our home isn't the one that we take for visarjan. We actually get a really small idol to immerse.”

>> At property consultant Dinesh Nagpal’s home, Ganpati celebrations bring the family together. The 34-yearold resident of Kandivali, tells us that the entire family is involved in decorating the idol. This year, they have used a lot of fabric, and placed the idol on a hand-wheeled cart, adorned with flowers. “Every year, we try to decorate the idol in a different manner. This year, we had a rath (chariot) on which the idol was seated,” he tells us. “We normally prepare Sindhi dishes such as Dal Pakwan and Kadhi Chawal during Ganesh Utsav,” he adds.

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The besT in arT

AstaGuru.com, an acclaimed art auction website, is organising its fifth auction of works by modern and contemporary artists. Shirley Mistry tells you more

>> The auction at Astaguru.com will feature the works of prominent artists such as M.F. Husain and Akbar Padamsee

staGuru.com, a leading name when it comes to art auctioneers, is organising an auction that primarily comprises of works by modern and contemporary artists. Run by father-son duo Vikram and Tushar Sethi, they aim to help art collectors connect with artists from across the country through a virtual medium. In its fifth auction of modern and contemporary art, you can expect to find pa intings by several prominent artists, presented in 83 lots. The auction will host the work of artists such as M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, F.N. Souza, Ram Kumar, Sakti Burman, Krishen Khanna and Akbar Padamsee, along with other contemporary artists such as Justin Ponmany, Milburn Cherian and Baiju Parthan. Bhoomi, an A.S.H Raza masterpiece, which was acquired from a private collection from Delhi, is expected to garner anywhere between `4-`6 crores at the auction. You can log on to their website to preview the

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>> YouTheatre is organising three intensive workshops featuring Shiamak Davar, Divya Palat and True School of Music

n all-inclusive arts festival, YouTheatre, has announced three days of intensive workshops that will cover fields of dance, music and theatre, starting from September 12. The theme of the festival is Change, and the workshops will give you the opportunity to dance with Shiamak Davar, learn music from the True School of Music and acquire solo acting skills under the guidance of Divya Palat. Divya tells us, “We believe that art and artistic expression are the most underused tools of change. This is a festival that has been created to make a difference and to give people across different age groups a chance to learn, act, dance or sing and change their lives... even if it’s just for the weekend!” At Shiamak’s workshop, his team will teach the class to improvise a dance movement set, based on what change means to them. Divya will be training people to perform monologues that are based on their own lives and/ or remarkable obstacles that they’ve overcome, in a bid to inspire others. At True School’s workshop, the team will show you how to create an original song from scratch, teaching you how to mix it and how to remix it. The registration fee for these master classes is `1,000. Apart from this, the festival will also feature theatre performances, a play competition, a short film competition and some heartfelt, creative performances from four NGOs on the very first day. The performances on the final day promise to be inspirational, as they

will feature everything the participants have learnt in the workshops, along with screening the best short plays and short films from the festival. On September 13 and 14, you can also participate in one-hour workshops, where you can learn a range of activities including Zumba and napkin folding or go on a heritage walk. When September 12, 13 and 14 Where NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point Contact 9821016149

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ead to NCPA this weekend for a comedy rock concert called The Empire, by comedian Anuvab Pal. The show is loosely based on the history of India under the British rule and includes several funny episodes, sketches and characters that will be explored by a cowardly Bengali man under British influence. The show explores questions such as What it was like for the first Englishman to meet a Bengali? What is it like to listen to English as a language? Tea — what’s that all about? Fashion — when did the idea of becoming a suited booted gentleman interest us? Were Maharajas confused? What was it like to go hunting for a lion? Why do we love a British accent? How do we speak English today and how have we taken their language and made it ours? How does Bollywood speak English? What is ‘bro’ and ‘chillax boss’? Head over to catch the concert and for a few laughs! Tickets `600 When September 6 and 7, at 7.30pm Where Dance Theatre Godrej, NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point Contact www.bookmyshow.com

artwork that is a part of each lot and if you are interested in purchasing a piece, you can register online and make a bid. The website lists all the terms and conditions and once all the applications have been screened, your account will be activated and you can make your bid. The closing time for speci fic lots is also mentioned online, so check the website before making your bid. However, if you are only interested in viewing the artwork, don’t be disappointed, as the art will also be displayed at the Institute of Contemporary Indian Art at Kala Ghoda, till September 8. Tushar Sethi explains, “Today’s generation does almost everything online. My father and I wanted to connect artists and art collectors from all over the country and so we thought, what better way to do this than on an online platform like Asta Guru?’ When September 7, from 10.30am to September 8, 9.30pm Where www.astaguru.com

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>> Anuvab Pal is all set to tickle your funny bone with his comedy concert, The Empire

irst impressions are often the last, which is why it counts to make a good, confident one. If you think that you aren’t doing a great job at making an awe-inspiring first impression with your peers or clients, head to Studio Balance, where Zohra Chitalwala, from Image2Image Consultation, is conducting a free session to give you some tips. At the workshop, you can pick up tips on how to improve your behaviour, etiquette, fine dinning skills, good manners, verbal/ nonverbal communication and body language. Aimed at everyone from pre-teens to adults, this workshop will also incorporate a session focussing on healthy eating, conducted by dietician Uma Kale, where you can get all your questions about dieting and healthy eating answered. When September 6, from 1pm onwards Where Studio balance, Krishna Kunj, 29/30. K.M. Munshi Marg, Behind Wilson College, near Anokhi Handicrafts, Chowpatty Contact 9619802611

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unique, two-day, personalised styling experience is being conducted by SOBO, a fashion store, in collaboration with Trisha & Akanksha, the duo who have styled celebrities such as Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha and Bipasha Basu. Trisha & Akanksha will be offering styling tips to people who drop by the store, while helping them shop and select the right outfit according to their body type. The event will also feature a pop-up by Nidhi Munim, who is going to display her recent swimwear collection featuring bold graphic prints and simple shapes. These designs are a gutsier take on the trends of the season, which are not just wearable, but desirable too. When Up to September 6, from 12pm to 8pm Where SOBO, 1st floor, Motor House, Hughes Road, Chowpatty Contact 9821777745

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s part of its Tastes of Europe campaign, the European Union is organising a restaurant week in Mumbai, giving food enthusiasts a chance to sample authentic fare from the region. Get a whiff of classic European dishes by dining at one of the several restaurants that the event has partnered with and devour delicious food, cheese and wine that is native to Europe.Participating restaurants include Olive Bar & Kitchen, Khar; Vetro at The Oberoi, Nariman Point; Prego at Westin, Goregaon; Salt Water Cafe, Churchgate; Smoke House Deli, BKC; Olio at Novotel Hotel, Juhu and Maritime by San Lorenzo at Taj Lands End, Bandra. The 3-course meal is priced from `1,500 per person, and prices will vary according to the restaurant you visit. When September 6 to September 12 Contact Partner restaurant for additional details

>> The European Union is organising restaurant week across several restaurants across the city

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Head to Vicinia Café-Bar to sample their latest offering — Amigos, a tequila flavoured beer. Vicinia is the first café in south Mumbai to offer this beer. Gaurish Rangnekar, partner at Vicinia Café-Bar, tells us, “The mix of Mexican tequila and beer, with zesty, south American limes, perfectly complements the elaborate spread at Vicinia Café-Bar. It is all you need to kick start a crazy night that you won’t forget!” When Ongoing Where Vicinia Café-Bar, Ground Floor, Chinoy Mansion, near Gangar Opticians, Kemps Corner, Warden Road contact 23681010

South of Vindhyas, at The Orchid, is celebrating Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala. The restaurant will host a special buffet, sport traditional décor and play live Indian music. Bala Subramanian, master chef at South of Vindhyas, tells us, “We will be serving traditional Onam Sadhya. It will feature an elaborate, sit-down vegetarian buffet. We have tried to keep our preparations as authentic as possible and along with various traditional dishes, the buffet will also include a range of pachadi (pickles) such as Bhendi Pachadi, Carrot Pachadi and Urulai Pachadi.” You can look forward to dishes such as Kachia More, Thakkali Rasam, Malli Chamandi and Ada Pradhamam as part of the spread. When September 6 Where South of Vindhyas, The Orchid, near Domestic Airport, Vile Parle (e) contact 26164040

Marzipan Modaks by nordic kandie Are you looking for unique sweet treats to gift family and friends during Ganesh Chaturthi? Then check out Nordic Kandie’s range of marzipan modaks. The treats are vegetarian and come in a blue satin box, laced with a golden ribbon, making them perfect for gifting. Thea Tammeleht, founder and director of Nordic Kandie, tells us, “Made with authentic and hand-picked mamra almonds and Belgian chocolate, these treats are gluten-free and made with organic sugar. Available in 14 different flavours, these sweets certainly add colour to the festivity and I am happy to make my first offering to Lord Ganesh this year.” Where www.marzepan.com

culinary adventures at the daily The Daily, in Bandra, has introduced an interesting culinary initiative that aims to treat you to dishes from various global cuisines including French, Moroccan, Lebanese and Thai. The event, which will be held through the month, will feature a new menu each week that highlights a different cuisine. Currently, they have a French menu on offer that will be available until tomorrow, while next week they will offer a Moroccan menu. Dishant Pritamani, the owner of The Daily, tell us, “We, at The Daily, believe in challenging ourselves from time to time to ensure that we give our customers the best food possible. By trying to push ourselves out of our comfort zone, we are trying to drive a change and make sure we stay ahead of the curve.” When Ongoing Where The Daily, Behind Shoppers Stop, S.V Road, Bandra (w) contact 9920446633

healthy Munchies FroM protein bake shop

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If you always fall prey to the evening munchies and end up eating unhealthy snacks, consider ordering from the Protein Bake Shop. They have introduced a variety of new treats that include Peanut Butter Slices, Chocolate Stacks, Peanut Bites, Chocolate Mousse, Paleo Chocolate Cake, Chocotein Almond and Chocotein Mint Bark which you can choose from. Rashi Chowdhary, nutritionist and owner of the Protein Bake Shop, tells us, “Protein Bake Shop does not just offer a healthier version of your favourite desert. When you look closely at the nutrition label and ingredients, you’ll see how it’s a healthy snacking option for anyone who is trying to lose weight, get fit or fight allergies and intolerances, as well as gain muscle mass.” Where www.theproteinbakeshop.com

ravindra paWar at JehanGir Gallery

the sunday drunch at the little door You must be familiar with the term brunch, but do you know what drunch means? To find out, head to The Little Door this Sunday for their Karaoke Drunch, which literally translates to a drunk brunch. Their spread includes various raw counters, salads, breakfast options, appetisers, delicious entrées and mains. Compliment your meal with unlimited drinks of your choice. Tanu Narang, owner and chef at The Little Door, says, “The Little Door’s drunken brunch is the perfect way to unwind on a Sunday, with karaoke, board games and food, along with plenty alcohol.” The brunch is priced at `793 (without alcohol) and `1,393 (with alcohol), exclusive of taxes. When September 7, 10am onwards Where The Little Door, Plot B31, Shree Siddhivanayak Plaza, Off New Link Road (in the lane opposite Citi Mall) Andheri (w) contact 26732528

SHOPPING custoMise stylish shirts Bombay Shirt Company has a treat for all you fashion conscious men! They have introduced a customised styling experience, through which you can book an appointment with their stylist, who will visit you at your home or office. Akshay Narvekar, founder at Bombay Shirt Company, says “Bombay Shirt Company’s travelling stylist service is all about convenience. We wanted to replicate our in-store customised styling experience for customers to enjoy in their office or living room, at no extra charge.” Where www.bombayshirts.com

Festive Fun at adlabs iMaGica

Ganesh chaturthi special at theobroMa

This Ganesh Chaturthi, Adlabs Imagica is giving you the option to celebrate with your loved ones and get an exclusive preview to their soon-to-be-opened water park, Aquamagica. To add to the fun, families can enjoy an exciting range of Masti ki Baarish offers at Imagica and enjoy a special ticket price of `950, coupled with a treasure hunt, bladder burst and street food festival. When Up to September 9 Where Adlabs Imagica, Mumbai-Pune Expressway contact www.adlabsimagica.com

To celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi, Theobroma by Kainaz Messman, has introduced a special menu that includes items such as Galette de Ganpati, Chocolate Modaks, Gulkand Truffles and Badam Halwa tarts. The items are priced between `100 and `1,200 per kilo. Kainaz tells us, "Traditional sweet makers and modern pastry chefs are making classics contemporary by adding fillings, new flavours and clever twists to old recipes. The Indian palate is evolving and modak cookies, spiced mousse and marzipan modaks are cropping up everywhere. At Theobroma, we will be making coconut, green cardamom and twin chocolate modaks during the festive period." When Ongoing Where Theobroma outlets across the city contact sales@theobroma.in, to place orders

Ravindra Pawar is exhibiting a collection of paintings titled Tryst with the Sublime. As part of this exhibit, canvases feature a strong and bold use of colour along with a subtle hint of abstract figures. Ravindra has used everyday elements such as wall cracks, droplets and foliage as his inspiration for these paintings. Speaking about his collection, Ravindra tells us, “This is the first time I am exhibiting at Jehangir Art Gallery. The world of abstract painting is similar to a vast, deep and sublime ocean of solitude, from where a new consciousness emerges.” When Up to September 7 Where Jehangir Art Gallery, 161-B, M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda contact 9819131395

Manifestations at delhi art Gallery Manifestations, Delhi Art Gallery’s signature exhibition that features the best of modern Indian art, is premiering for the first time at the JW Marriott. Ashish Anand, director at Delhi Art Gallery, says, “We are delighted to be exhibiting at the JW Marriott and expanding Delhi Art Gallery’s presence in the city.” In it’s 11th edition, the exhibition brings together 75 of India’s premier modernists such as M. F. Husain, S. H Raza and F. N. Souza and other well-known artists such as Raja Ravi Varma, Jamini Roy and Nandalal Bose. When Up to September 22 Where JW Marriott, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu contact 66933000

uMesh naik’s Daru Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Umesh Naik, curated by Priyangna Jain. The paintings take inspiration from nature, especially trees — the Sanskrit word for which is Daru — the title of this exhibition. Talking about his paintings, Umesh tells us, “Art is nothing but a recreation of our emotions and imagination. Trees constitute an important part of nature and while they might be losing their importance, for me, trees are equal to God.” When Up to September 6 Where Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, Bajaj Bhavan, 226, Jamnalal Bajaj Marg, Nariman Point contact 9410885425

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Bansri Mehta is launching her flagship design studio and jewellery lounge at Breach Candy next week, on September 11. Yamini Walia takes a sneak peak to see if her collection is impressive

ocated right next to Mahalaxmi temple, Bansri Mehta’s new design studio is not too big, but it doesn’t compromise on customer convenience. There is an area dedicated to individual appointments with Bansri for custom designed pieces, while the rest of the lounge has a vintage Parisian setting and baroque display cases that showcase a variety of styles. From cocktail rings and earrings, to clutches and stunning neckpieces, the collection caters to everyone’s needs. Bansri has been designing jewellery since 2007, and her pieces have always been wearable and chic. Trained in jewellery and fashion design, Bansri draws inspiration from everyday objects and Indian traditions and heritage, as well as her contemporary life in Los Angeles, California. Bansri explains, “It’s about capturing beauty, evoking feelings and sharing an experience.” Reminiscent of the style of design made popular in Murano, Italy, but with a modern touch, Bansri’s designs are authentically crafted in distinctive ribbon, silk, and leather, woven into elegant silver or gold settings, exquisite precious and semi-precious stones and brushed gold medallions. Her signature wire-wrapping technique lends a personal, hand crafted touch to each piece, while convertible and detachable elements allow one to create several looks with the same piece. Two collections that are worth mentioning are the sterling silver collection and the safari collection (`2,800 to `18,000). The work done on these pieces is so intricate, that it took my breath away. My favourite is her range of clutches (`4,800 to `28,000), which will add a classy touch to your ensemble. I give her design studio a big thumbs up and recommend that you visit to check out her versatile timepieces. I am definitely going to visit again! where BANSRI JEWELRY LOUNGE, 901, Mahalaxmi Chambers, next to Mahalaxmi Temple, Breach Candy, Bhulabhai Desai Road contact 9930069915

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Yamini Walia recently visited Allrounder, a fun activity centre for children, as well as parents, in Prabhadevi. Take a look to see whether she walked away impressed or disappointed

I designer sashikant naidu’s new collection

Check out designer Sashikant Naidu’s new collection, which beautifully depicts how old fabric can be used to create stunning new garments. This collection aims to encourage customers to preserve old clothes. The collection includes dresses, jackets, skirts, scarves, stoles, duppatas, lehengas, sarees and blouses, and is available in a combination of muted tones, with bright, layered and textured eco-friendly colours. where Ensemble outlets across the city Price On request

n a city like Mumbai, it’s essential to have an activity centre that supplements your child’s academic capabilities through a cocurricular sphere. Allrounder is a place that offers all kinds of learning under one roof, so at first glance, it seems perfect. The area is divided into two floors, with activity regions on both the upper and lower sections. The activity centre is also home to a special tuition room, where your child can study under the guidance of a tutor. Confused about where to head first? All you have to do is glance at the blackboard on the lower floor, where the schedule for the entire day is listed out. Allrounder was founded by Bhawna Goel, a mother of two girls, with the aim to hone and polish children’s skills, as well as solve a parent’s problem of driving their children all around town, from one class to another. Bhawna explains, “Children today are very

bright — all they need is exposure to various co-curricular activities, so that they understand how to master the skill of their choice as they grow older.” It’s no surprise then that every activity at Allrounder is conducted by skilled professionals. From offbeat classes such as aero-modelling, to more popular ones such as yoga, gymnastics, dance, music, tabla and drawing, to enhanced learning classes such as chess and creative writing, Allrounder has something for everyone. Their USP is that they also have interesting activities for parents, which they can participate in while their children are at school. It’s safe to say that I was pretty impressed. I recommend paying them a visit, even if it is just to choose from a slew of activities that include zumba, yoga, tabla and classes on counselling, such as prenatal care,

career guidance, nutrition and marriage, which are usually scheduled in the morning or late evenings. where Allrounder, Shop No. 2&3 Jayant Sapphire, Sayani road, Prabhadevi contact www.allrounder.co

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packed with shredded chicken, white beans and kidney beans and was hearty enough to be a meal on its own. Moving on to the salads, we tried two variants, the Gado Gado Salad with egg (`175) and the Slow Burner Salad (`175). The Gado Gado salad was made with shredded cabbage, carrots, boiled eggs, peas and tofu, and was covered in a peanut, red curry and coconut milk dressing. Although the dressing was flavourful, the salad wasn’t exemplary. The Slow Burner Salad fared much better with us. Packed with barley, avocado and highprotein lentils that were coated in a delicious sesame dressing, this lipsmacking salad will keep you full for hours. Next, we tried the Grilled Paneer Wrap (`150), Coronation

A CHEESY DELIGHT! Hokey Pokey has introduced a new melts menu, which includes both sweet and savoury sandwiches. dev Goswami visit tries them out at the chain’s Carter road outlet

>> The soups and salads at 8 are hearty and delicious

8, a new food delivery service based out of Bandra Kurla Complex, promises to offer delicious meals that sit high on the health scale. Shirley Mistry tells you how it fares

ew delivery service, 8, an obvious play on the word ‘ate’, aims to give you a fail-safe option when it comes to ordering a hearty, healthy meal. If you’re sick of the greasy noodles made in your canteen and can’t look at another slice of pizza without cringing, pay 8’s website a visit. A website that primarily caters soups, salads and sandwiches, they also offer salads, wraps, curries, desserts, platters and beverages. Unlike several other websites that deliver food, 8 promises you quality ingredients, fresh flavours, good hygiene and gourmet recipes that have been developed by a London-based, Michelin star chef. They deliver food anywhere in BKC in under 45 minutes, and we were thoroughly impressed by their packaging. Arriving in paper bags you’d expect to be handed at a boutique store, the items were packed in cute plastic containers and paper bags, and even though soups and curries were part of our order, we were thrilled to find that there were no leaks. We started our meal with the Broccoli & Spinach Soup (`160), which was hearty and minimally spiced, letting the flavours of the vegetables take centrestage. We also tried the Spicy Two Bean Soup with Chicken (`180), which was rich,

Chicken Sandwich in Multigrain Bread (`170) and the Superfood Sandwich in Multigrain Bread (`120). The paneer wrap, which can also be ordered as a sandwich, contained a bhurji-like filling, but the thick, doughy wrap masked all its flavours and it was too laborious to finish. The Coronation Chicken Sandwich, on the other hand, was delicious, with mildly-spiced chunks of chicken, lettuce, chopped almonds and apricots coming together to create a scrumptious and filling sandwich. The Superfood Sandwich, comprising of beetroots, tomatoes, avocados, lettuce and hummus, is another light, but filling option, ideal for a mid-day snack or a light lunch. From the curries, we sampled the Caramelised Chipotle Chicken (`375) and the Thai Green Curry (`275). The chipotle chicken had an appealing smokey, tomato flavour and the Thai green curry impressed us with its fresh, zesty palate. When paired with steamed rice, both preparations tasted delicious. To finish our meal on a sweet note, we tried Chocolate brownie (`75) and the Hazelnut brownie (`110). Both desserts were average. To go along with our meal, we also sampled the Lemongrass Iced Tea (`90) and Spinach Iced Tea (`90), both of which were absolutely delectable. Although spinach may not seem like a flavour you’d mix with an iced tea, the combination works well and the drink was extremely refreshing. On the whole, 8 offers great food, at competitive pricing. What we love about their website is that each category includes a variety of options, spoiling you for choice, with a short description of the ingredients that make up the dish. The next time we want to order a tasty meal that doesn’t compromise on health, we’re definitely going to turn to 8! Where www.8food.in Contact 9222248888 Meal for two `800

What’s CookIng? Master’s Imperial — a new whiskey

Most whiskey brands promise an exotic blend of some sort and wine shops are filled with varieties that are blended with single malts (we don’t see the point here) to make them fit into a more premium category. So, to say that I was sceptical about this new whiskey, which retails for a mere `385 for 750ml, is an understatement. But, one look at the quirky Master’s Imperial bottle, with its swing cap and innovative design and my scepticism had started to fade. The Indian-made whiskey has been blended with imported scotch and malts and a few sips later, I was a fan! The drink is extremely smooth, which is

something that I have never experienced in a whiskey this affordable — so much so, that you can it sip on it neat without the faintest burning sensation. There were notes of vanilla and apple, and it had a delicious, smokey aroma that added a nice touch. For the price that it is being sold at, Master’s Imperial is an excellent whiskey that blows its competition (which I would assume are whiskeys that cost between `100-300 for 180ml) out of the water. I have a nagging feeling that this is just an introductory price, but I wouldn’t mind paying a little more for a drink this good. Where Liquor stores across the city PrICe `385 for 750ml

okey Pokey has a strong following among those who know the brand, but it still has a way to go before it becomes as popular as other ice cream chains in the city. Hokey Pokey has been on a re-branding drive, with promotional menus, events such as Make Your Own Ice Cream and readymade tubs that are now available at retail stores. They recently introduced a melts menu at their Carter Road outlet and we paid them a visit to find out if they were worth digging into. I have known about Hokey Pokey for a while and so, there was no way that I was going to pop into their outlet and come away without trying their ice cream. They are famed for their cold stone varieties — made on an ice-cold stone slab that resembles a hot plate and allows them to mix and match ice cream, creating flavours in front of you without disturbing the temperature. So, you can choose from one of the several ice cream flavours (such as chocolate, vanilla and mint) and then pick your mixes: sprinkles, chocolate chips, cookies, gummy fruits, cashews or a range of branded chocolates.

>> The melts at Hokey Pokey won us over These are then combined and mixed on the cold stone, embellished with toppings of your choice and placed in a waffle cone cup. If you aren’t willing to experiment with your palate, try one of their trademark preparations — we recommend the Knight in Armour (`90/scoop; vanilla ice cream with Oreo cookies, dark chocolate chips and dark chocolate fudge) and Double Chocolate Therapy (`90/scoop; dark chocolate ice cream, white chocolate brownie, Nutella and dark chocolate fudge), both of which we thought were delicious. From the melts menu we tried the recommended Jalapeño cheese melt and the Mustard, Herb & Olives cheese melt — `99 each (you can add Monterey Jack cheese for an extra `20 per sandwich). The former was a simple preparation of cheddar cheese and jalapeños. They aren’t stingy with the cheese or the chillies, which makes this a deliciously cheesy, tangy experience. However, it was the Mustard, Herb & Olives melt that we were fans of, as the sandwich was extremely flavourful, with the kick of mustard lending it a tart touch. I was greedy enough to wish that they had combined the two sandwiches to result in a heavenly cheese melt, but in hindsight, I think they got it right by keeping it simple. We also tried the Death by Chocolate (`169), which is a thick (and we mean thick) brownie sandwiched between two slices of bread along with a generous helping of chocolate sauce. I am not a fan of dessert sandwiches at all, which is why I won’t order this the next time I visit. But, since several people do enjoy them, jumping on to the sweet (read: chocolate) sandwich bandwagon was a good call for Hokey Pokey. Their chocolate sandwich uses in-house brownies as layers between the chocolate and bread, so the sandwich is as sinful as it can be. As far as their melts menu is concerned, the sandwiches are simple, delicious and well-priced. I hope they take the menu across their other outlets as well, so that people have more than just ice cream to look forward to when they visit Hokey Pokey. Where Hokey Pokey, Near Costa Coffee, Carter Road, Bandra (w) Contact www.facebook.com/Hokeypokey

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>> Pierce Brosnan spills the beans about his latest release

He’s been a criminal, a detective and all-round charmer and now, he’s back to playing a spy for the first time since he played MI 6 agent 007, in the James Bond films. Pierce Brosnan talks to Rhea Dhanbhoora about what it was like filming The November Man and much more

ecently released film, The November Man, justifies Pierce’s belief that he still has what it takes to look convincing in an actionthriller film. The handsome Irish actor may not be James Bond any more, but we’re glad he’s back chasing bad guys and charming women in his new role. His new film revolves around the novel by Bill Granger, titled There Are No Spies and is based on Peter Devereaux, an ex-CIA agent, who must protect a witness, while teaching his CIA protege the ropes of the spy trade and holding important information about the Chechen War (Russia). Take a look at what he’s telling us about the film and his role.

Tell us about The November Man and your role in it. Peter is a dark character. ‘Every time he goes to the city, everyone dies like it is winter’— that’s a line from the book that is the perfect metaphor for his life. He has a gun and a knife — and knows how to use both effectively. Though he may question the morals and ethics of his job — especially aspects of state sanctioned murder — he is still capable and ruthless if he needs to be. There’s nothing black or white about Devereaux, he’s pretty lethal.

Right — this is the first time you’re playing a spy since being in the 007 franchise! How is this film different? It took us five years to make this film. After acquiring the rights, I wanted to produce something that I was passionately interested in. I also wanted to do something for my fans. The art of film-making has been a passion, so that has continued in the work I do. Okay, we have to ask this one! You were James Bond for so long — what was it like switching from playing such an iconic character; do you think it’s changed the way you approach roles? I definitely struggled to get under the skin of the suave British sleuth, who I played in four films between 1995’s Golden Eye and 2002’s Die Another Day. I had my own insecurities when I was portraying Bond. Daniel (Craig) is a brilliant Bond. He owns it a 100%. But, I had a fairly good audience with my days as the spy. It was fertile ground for me. I have been very receptive of my James Bond act!

Do you identify with the character you play? Spy films give me goosebumps. Even though Peter is extremely street smart, I am not very sure how I identify myself with him. But, sometimes, it’s good to play someone you are not!

Olga Kurylenko, who plays Alice in the film, is no stranger to spy films either — she was in Quantum of Solace. Did you talk about the Bond franchise a lot? Olga is a great girl. She is very hard-working and extremely talented. She understood Alice well and I think she has done complete justice to her role. As for 007... she told me she is a big fan of mine and loved me as James Bond!

So, is that why you wanted to do the film? After Golden Eye [a James Bond film], I wanted to produce something with my production company, Irish Dreamtime. We bought the rights of the book, There Are No Spies, and that’s when Roger [Donaldson] and I decided to make a film.

You mentioned that you and Roger decided to make this film together. What was it like working with him? I have worked with Roger on Dante’s Peak and had the most wonderful time. He’s a good friend, and somebody who I deeply admire and respect.

He knows the art of story-telling and how to preserve the drama of a scene. His instincts for the emotional beats are so well founded, because he invests so much of himself into it. It is always a pleasure working with him, and it was on The November Man too. It was great doing some magnificent stunts under his direction.

Tell us about some funny moments on set? Well, I remember, we were shooting in a market in Belgrade (which is a beautiful city) and these guys were running with guns in their hand — some of the public got really scared and started shouting! It took us a while to settle things later... it was quite amusing.

Australian actor Luke Bracey is also in this film with you — and you’ve got a few fight scenes! What were scenes together like? Luke is fearless, courageous, and has got talent at his fingertips; it’s a beautiful thing to behold. When I see him, I re-live the same passion and it is great working with someone who is so enthusiastic. I am sure he has a long way to go in the industry. I remember him talking about how it took him a while to realise that he working with Pierce and not Bond.

What’s in the pipeline for you now? I have six films coming up that are all quite interesting: Love Punch with Emma Thompson, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last September, A Long Way Down with Aaron Paul, Toni Collette and Imogen Poots, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in February, The Coup with Owen Wilson and Survivor with Milla Jovovich and Dylan McDermott, for director James McTeigue. I’m also currently shooting for The Moon and The Sun, for director Sean McNamara.

What were some of the some of the most challenging scenes to shoot? We had little bit of a tough time shooting in Belgrade, where there were explosions, a few car sequences, driving in rush-hour traffic and the people there were just amazed by what was happening around them! But, it was exciting to perform these complicated car stunts with my Bond stuntman, Mark Moltram and blow up a van in the middle of a city.

Anything else you’d like to tell your fans in Mumbai? I’d like to thank all of them for being with me and watching my films. And also — please watch The November Man! As the film says, ‘A spy is never out of the game.’

With all the stunts — you must have had to get really fit to play this role! How did you go about it? Would you do it again? Generally, at the age of 61, one’s bones start giving up. For me, it’s a new day every day. I enjoy what I do and will continue to do this as long as I can. Mark (my stuntman) helps me a lot. I was a good runner in school and I played a lot of rugby — which I’m sure helped me stay fit.

Pierce Picks:

something that you would love to be part of: Liberty or Death by David Cook. Your favourite place in the world: Florida. someone you’d love to work with: Matthew McConaughey. someone who inspired you most: My mother if you weren’t an actor, you would be... A film maker or an artist.

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National Geographic Channel presents the compelling new series Do or Die. In each episode, we tell the stories of real people caught in desperate situations, and offer viewers the choices these individuals faced in their struggle to survive. In this episode- From fighting off a cage-busting great white shark & an unstoppable avalanche, to coming face-to-face with a deadly rattler… Life comes at you fast! Would you know how to survive when its Do or Die? NGC, 10 p.m.

SAATH NIBHANA SAATHIYA

Koki Gopi & Urmi manages to get proofs against Paridhi for duping Jigar and marrying him but Paridhi turns the table and gets Modis arrested. Now what will Gopi Koki do ? Will Koki forgive Paridhi for her deeds? Star Plus, 7 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

In an innocent heartland city, five are shot dead by an expert sniper. The police quickly identify and arrest the culprit, and build a slam-dunk case. But instead of confessing, the accused man writes the words, “Get Jack Reacher.” Reacher himself sees the news report and turns up in the city. The defense is immensely relieved, but Reacher has come to bury the guy. Shocked at the accused’s request, Reacher sets out to confirm for himself the absolute certainty of the man’s guilt, but comes up with more than he bargained for. HBO, 10.55 p.m.

TRANSFORMERS

An ancient struggle between two Cybertronian races, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, comes to Earth, with a clue to the ultimate power held by a teenager. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

CROOKED ARROWS

A story centered on a Native American lacrosse team making its way through a prep school league tournament. Pix, 9 p.m.

YAARIYAN

Hailing from Gidarbaha, Punjab, Advocate Jasavar Singh emigrates to Vancouver, Canada, to live with his friend, Advocate Baldev Raj Khanna, along with a Punjabi-speaking loner from Kenya, Vemsky. The later and Jasavar are unable to work steadily and finally open ‘Only Samosas’ business. Jasavar then meets with lovely Simran and both fall in love with each other. Then his life is shattered when he gets involved in an accident by a vehicle driven by Simran’s wealthy guardian, Jagpal Bir Singh. Baldev finds out that Jagpal was driving without a valid driver’s license,

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Hasina Thi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon.. 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha 3.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 5.00 Veera-Ek Veer Ki Ardaas 5.30 Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Saraswati Chandra 8.00 Ek Hasina Thi 8.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai…. 10.30 Veera-Ek Veer Ki Ardaas 11.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00

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Jack Reacher, HBO, 10.55 p.m. and decides to sue him. It is during the very first Court hearing that Simran will find out that her guardian maybe involved in a conspiracy to kill Jasavar. Star Gold, 8 p.m.

HERO NO 1

Two young Indians, Meena and Rajesh, meet in Europe and fall in love with each other, promising to get married when they return back to India. When they return home, Rajesh tells his dad about Meena, and they go to meet with Meena’s dad. During this meeting, both fathers get into an argument, and refuse to permit the young couple to get married. No amount of persuasion gets them to change their minds. Then Rajesh, with Meena’s help, decides to work as a servant in Meena’s household - with a view of winning over her father, and thus finding a solution to their wedding problems. Will Rajesh succeed in fooling Meena’s shrewd father? B4U, 9 p.m.

VERTICAL LIMIT

Vertical Limit is a 2000 American action thriller film directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro) starring, among others, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn. It is a disaster movie set in the mountains. Max, 9 p.m.

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Jallosh Ganrayacha Home Minister Jai Malhar Javai Vikat Ghene Aahe Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi Ka Re Duraava Asmita Jai Malhar Ka Re Duraava

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 Yeh Mera India: Pack 2.30 Yeh Mera India: Jungle Hooks: India 3.00 Most Extremes

3.00 Ben Earl 4.00 Stan Lee’s Superhuman 5.00 Storage Wars 7.30 Aliens Mystery Continues 8.00 Miracles Decoded 9.00 Vice 9.30 Hidden Cities Extreme 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Storage Wars 11.00 Aliens Mystery Continues

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P.M. 2.00 Taboo 3.00 Science of Stupid 3.30 Brain Games 4.00 Trapped In Kedarnath

House The Blacklist The Simpsons Trophy Wife Masterchef Australia House The Blacklist The Simpsons Crazy Ones Masterchef Australia House The Blacklist

ZEE CAFÉ

Saath Nibhaana Saathiya, Star Plus, 7 p.m. 9.00 Tumhari Pakhi 10.00 Laut Aao Trisha 10.30 Savdhaan India: India Fights Back

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Udann 2.30 Shastri Sister 3.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 3.30 Comedy Nights with Kapil 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Udann 9.00 Beintehaa 9.30 Rangrasiya 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Uttaran 11.00 Shastri Sisters

SAB TV

CID Adaalat Crime Patrol CID Crime Patrol

Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Doli Armaanoon Ki Kumkum Bhagya Neeli Chaari Waale Qubool Hai Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Jamai Raja

P.M. 2.00 Ka Re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Asmita 5.00 Jai Malhar 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi

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The Wild Ones Fit For The Wild Untamed and Uncut AP Safari: Buffalo Up, Close and Dangerous Yeh Mera India: Pack Deadly Pole To Pole Fooled By Nature Most Extreme

5.00 Animals Gone Wild 6.00 Science of Stupid 7.00 World’s Weirdest 8.00 Cat Wars: Lion vs Cheetah 9.00 Science of Stupid 10.00 Do Or Die 10.30 Terror in The Skies 11.30 Taboo

Rise of the Machines Man vs Wild Food Factory Destroyed In Seconds Man Woman Wild Life Lost Treasure Hunters Food Factory Destroyed In Seconds Super Skyscraper How Do They Do It American Digger Best of Discovery

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SCIENCE

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Mid Day News Sports News News Samachar News Samachar Business Wrap Metro Scan Desh Pardesh Samachar News News Night Wide Angle Raat Saddhe Dus 11.00 Khel Samachar 11.30 Aankhon Dekhi

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P.M. 1.25 FIA F1 World Championship 14 Practice Session 1 3.00 The Inside Line 3.30 Premier League World 4.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 4.30 La Liga h/ls 5.00 Lia Liga Fillers 5.25 FIA F1 World C’ship 14 7.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 highlights 7.30 La Liga h/ls 8.00 Formula Friday 8.30 FIA Formual E C’ship 14 9.00 FEI Road to Normandy 14 10.00 Football Today 11.30 La Liga h/ls

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DOORDARSHAN

P.M. 2.25 5th One Day International Cricket Match: India v/s England (Fourth Umpire) 3.00 5th One Day International Cricket Match: India v/s England- Live From Headingly

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STARMOVIES

Unstoppable XXX Pearl Harbor Gulliver’s Travels Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

A.M. 7.00 Easy A 9.00 Unstoppable 11.00 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 P.M. 1.55 4.40 6.55 9.00 10.55 A.M. 8.00 10.55

HBO

The Hunger Games Looper Step Up Hummingbird Jack Reacher The Hunger Games Hummingbird

ZEE STUDIO

Collateral Dungeons and Dragons Sky High Honey I, Shrunk The Kids Transformers Transformers: Dark of the Moon

A.M. 11.10 Honey I, Shrunk The Kids

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STAR WORLD

P.M. 1.50 Twisted 2.45 The Good Wife 3.45 American Funniest Home Videos 4.35 Just for Laughs 5.30 Look Who’s Talking with Niranjan 6.00 Twisted 7.00 The Vampire Dairies 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Two and a Half Men 9.00 The Good Wife 10.00 The Mentalist 11.00 The Big Bang Theory

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MARD

The story takes place in times of the british rule. Amitabh bachchan in title a role as mard, is son of a freedom fighter (dara singh). He grows up with a horse named ‘badal’ and wonder dog ‘moti’. Mard is a tangawallah and lives in a slum. He teaches a lesson to a wealthy girl (amrita singh) and makes her respect for the poor. After this she falls in love with mard but he refuses her at first and accepts her later. His widow mother (nirupa roy) who is lost, gets in trouble. Lastly mard bashes all the rude british rulers with dare devil action and courage and frees his mother. Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

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Chhota Bheem Marathon Kid Krrish Dholakpur Ka Singham My Name Is A Raj My Name Is A Raj 2 Tele-Shopping

Mera Bheem Special Chhota Bheem: Journey To Petra

Rocky Rocky 2

STAR GOLD

Vinashak Jo Jeeta Wohi Baazigar Yaariyan Mai Insaaf Karronga Agneepath

Crooked Arrows, Pix, 9 p.m.

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Mohabbatein: Shahrukh Simha: Balakrishnan Mrityu Shikhar: Chris O’Donnell Mrityu Shikhar: Chris O’Donnell Rowdy Rathore: Akshay Kumar

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P.M. 12.00 Happy Teacher’s Day 12.30 Roll No 21 Space Main Dhoom Dhadaka 1.30 Teacher Teacher Asur Fatichar 3.00 Oggy and the Cockroaches 4.00 R21 Quest for Swarnamani 5.30 Oggy Ki Badli Bali! 8.00 Pokemon Black and White 8.30 Roll No 21 9.00 Lego Legends of Chima 9.30 Oggy and the Cockroaches 10.00 Johnny Test 10.30 The Regular Show 11.00 Adventure Time A.M. 8.00 Lego Legnends of Chima 8.30 Krishna Janam

Into The Blue Black Hawk Down Original Sin Crooked Arrows

P.M. 12.30 Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi: Sonu Sood 3.20 Arya Ki Prem Pratighya: Allu 6.15 Lal Baadshah: Amitabh Bachchan 9.00 Mard: Amitabh Bachchan A.M. 11.30 Aar Paar-Judgement Day

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4.30 Ashi Hi Banvabanvi: Ashok Saraf 7.00 Hututu: Ashok Saraf 9.30 Dance India Dance: Event

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P.M. 2.00 Atma Ek Pratishoodh: Mukesh Sharma

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DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Art Attack Gravity Falls Suite Life of Karan and Kabir Best of Luck Nikki Doraemon Have a Laugh Austin and Ally

Ishaan Best of Luck Nikki The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 10.20 Gravity Falls 10.30 Phineas and Ferb

DISNEY XD

P.M. 12.00 American Dragon: Jake Long 2.00 Keteretsu 4.30 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja 5.00 Avengers Assemble 5.30 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 6.00 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! 8.00 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 9.00 Big Bad Beetleborgs 10.00 Telebrands A.M. 8.00 Space Goofs 8.30 Rekkit the Rabbit 9.00 Space Goofs 9.30 American Dragon 10.00 Super Robot 11.00 Kick Buttowski

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TOP VIEW

In last 100 days, we have approved proposals for reviving the closed urea plants in Talcher and Ramamgundam with investment of about Rs 10,000 crore, while the plans for reviving the Sindri plant are in advanced stages.

Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar

BUSINESS BRIEFS Global Air Passenger Traffic Grows 5.3%

Markets Indecisive

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Friday (September 5, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell marginally on Thursday (September 04, 2014) a net 18.65 points (0.23%) and closed at the 8095 point level. The market opened flat at the 8114 points level and that level itself was the high of the session. It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 8060 points level at 12.27 p.m. The index then rose and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session, moved in a range of 54 points and closed just below the psychologically important 8100 points level. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 32 were losers, while 18 stocks closed in the green. Substantial selling was witnessed in realty, metal and capital goods stocks.

a strong market but with a neutral bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7816 points level. The next support is at the 7615 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 8138 points level. The next resistance is at the 8246 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 = 8091 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Support (1) = 8066. Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 10.23%. This change is Support (2) = 8037. moderate but indicates a wide participation by investors. Resistance (1) = 8120. Resistance (2) = 8144. Market Breadth: OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed all the traded stocks, 549 were gainers, 1026 were losers a second consecutive doji pattern. This indicates that and 26 remained unchanged. the indecisiveness amongst investors continues. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is Slow Stochastic Indicator: towards the buy or sell side of the market. The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the overHowever, the index is above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is days moving averages and all the four averages are below the slow D line (negative if it continues). rising and also positively trended. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. Both these indicate a RSI Indicator: positive bias and the possibility of a further up move The RSI is above the 60 level but is now declining (negative if it continues). unfolding. Incidentally, the index is near a major resistance level at the 8138 points level. There is a MACD Indicator: possibility that it could find some resistance there. The MACD is below zero and is rising (positive if it continHowever, if it crosses above it then a further rise can be ues). It is above its 9-day Average (positive). expected. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line but both lines are converging (negative if it continues). The ADX is rising while the Market Index is falling, which indicates that the present down trend is increasing in strength.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 8055) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 7933) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 7831) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 6859) Positive. All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

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

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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing demand growth of 5.3% (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) over the previous July. Capacity expanded exactly in tandem with demand (5.3%), resulting in a global load factor of 82.3%, unchanged from last year.“July was another strong month of growth for air travel. People are connecting by air in ever greater numbers. That’s true across all regions. Despite the various economic challenges, the outlook for passenger travel remains broadly positive. The overall sluggishness at the beginning of the year appears to be behind us with growth in China and other emerging economies offsetting recent deterioration in the Eurozone,” said Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO.

India’s Container Growth Moderates In August

Container volume growth (aggregate) across major ports across India moderated in August’14 to 3% after a healthy pick-up in the past 2 months. Particularly, volume growth at JNPT slowed to 4.5% (vs. 13% average growth in June-July). Aggregate cargo volume growth remained tepid at 1.5% YoY, dragged by a sharp decline in fertilizer and iron ore segments, while volumes across other commodities grew marginally/remained flattish YoY. According to Religare Institutional Research “While overall volumes have picked up in FY15 – with the highest contribution from JNPT – growth normalised from the high levels of past 2 months during August. We believe volume growth in the next 2-3 years would continue to be aided by a soft base (given the slump seen in the past 2-3 years) and an improving macro. We have a Buy on GDPL and a Hold on CCRI”.

Jain Irrigation Launches Solar Powered Irrigation Systems

Jain Irrigation on Wednesday launched Integrated Solar Powered Micro Irrigation Systems for Small Farmers at World Water Week 2014 being held at Country Capital Stockholm. This innovative model of Integrated Solar Powered Micro Irrigation involving different components such as development of on-farm water source, like farm ponds, solar pumping systems, piping and micro irrigation systems would ensure reliability of water supply and power supply to the small farms. This will prove to be the boon for the small farmers in developing countries like India, Africa and other countries in Asia.

IFC Invests $27.5 Million In India’s Lucid Colloids

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has invested $27.5 million to finance the expansion and backward integration plans of Lucid Colloids and support small farmers in India, boosting their productivity and incomes. The financing comprises compulsorily convertible debentures of $12.5 million and the balance as debt. With this investment, Lucid will be able to source guar from about 40,000 additional farmers a year in the priority state of Rajasthan.

Cigna TTK Health Insurance Expands In 5 More Cities

Cigna TTK Health Insurance a joint venture between U.S. based, Cigna Corporation, and Indian conglomerate TTK Group, on Wednesday announced the launch of its branches in Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Coimbatore, Cochin and Pune, as a part of its expansion plan. Currently Cigna TTK Health Insurance has its presence in Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai and Bangalore.

Power Spot Market Sees Rise In Demand, Prices

Power traded at the spot market increased last month to 2.5 billion units (BUs) due to high demand amidst weak monsoon and fuel shortages. "The electricity traded in the spot market at Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) increased in August to 2.5 BUs, almost 8% higher than 2.3 BUs traded in the previous month and 7% higher over 2.3 BUs traded in the same month last year," IEX said in a statement. As regards the demand and supply of power, the spot market received purchase bids worth 4.72 BUs while the sell bids were only 3.01 BUs, clearly indicating that demand surpassed supply this month, the statement said.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS ICICI Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on TV Today CMP: Rs. 208

Target: Rs. 300

India Infoline calls a ‘Buy’ on India Cements CMP: Rs. 121

Target: Rs. 150

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NEWS FLASH

RBI to announce the Fourth Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Review, 2014-15 on September 30 ECB cuts benchmark rates to 0.05% from 0.15% Select panel on Insurance Bill holds first meet RCom to seek approval to issue shares to QIBs at AGM Infosys wins 5-yr IT services deal from BP SAIL, NTPC asked to give JV info of mines for submission to SC.

Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Manufacturing, Services Output â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Japan has five trillion dollars in banks sitting idle...â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Infrastructure Expand At Slower Pace Than China Sector Can Gain From It

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merging markets registered stronger growth in manufacturing as well as services sector during August but India expanded at a slower pace than China during the month, an HSBC survey said. The HSBC Emerging Markets Index (EMI), a monthly indicator derived from Purchasing Managersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Index surveys, compiled by Markit, rose to a 17 month high of 52.5 in August, up from 51.7 in July, signaling stronger growth of output across global emerging markets. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The pace of economic growth in emerging markets continued to revive from the stagnation seen earlier in the year. August saw the fastest pace of expansion for 17 months, buoyed by growth moving

up a gear in Chinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services economy,â&#x20AC;? Markit Chief Economist Chris Williamson said. Among the largest emerging markets, China posted the fastest growth since March 2013. Output in Russia and India rose at weak rates, while a marginal contraction was signalled for the fifth month running in Brazil. During August, the HSBC composite index for India, which maps both manufacturing and services, stood at 51.6, whereas for China it was 52.8, Brazil (49.6) and Russia (51.1). An index measure of above 50 indicates expansion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growth was also recorded in India, albeit with the pace of expansion moderating. However, the renewed growth trend in recent months represents a welcome improvement from the prior down-

turn,â&#x20AC;? Williamson said. Service sector output in emerging markets rose at a stronger rate in August, with growth almost matching Juneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15month high, while manufacturing output rose at a rate unchanged from Julyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eight-month high. Meanwhile, the outlook for global emerging markets continued to deteriorate, as per the report. The HSBC Emerging Markets Future Output Index, that tracks firmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; expectations for activity in 12 monthsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time fell to the second-lowest level since the series started in April 2012. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Growth in Asia remains below potential. Weak manufacturing requires more policy support and may impede the progress of structural reforms,â&#x20AC;? HSBC Co-Head of Asian Economic Research Frederic Neumann said.

Mallya To Pursue Legal Action Against â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wilful Defaulterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Tag By A Business Reporter

eclared a wilful defaulter by state-owned United Bank of India, UB group Chairman Vijay Mallya yesterday disagreed with the action of the lender and said he would pursue legal action. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were not given a hearing, we have not appeared before them, we disagree with their action and we shall pursue legal action,â&#x20AC;? Mallya told reporters after the annual general meeting of United Breweries here. Reiterating his intention to seek legal recourse, Mallya said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have great faith in the judicial system of our country and as I have said, I will pursue the legal remedies that are available to me.â&#x20AC;? On Monday

United Bank of India declared Mallya and three directors of debtridden Kingfisher Airlines, wilful defaulters as the company allegedly indulged in diversion of funds by opening multiple accounts. Kingfisher Airlines and directors declared as wilful defaulters will not be able to borrow from banks in the future. They would also lose Director-level positions in companies and criminal proceeding could be initiated against them, if warranted, to recover the money. The carrier had allegedly opened multiple current accounts leading to diversion of funds, said a bank official, adding that there is a balance of Rs 7.5 crore in other-than-the-designated current account as on date.

The Kolkata-based bank is the first PSU lender to initiate the process of declaring Vijay Mallya and three other directors of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines as wilful defaulters a couple of months ago. Other banks such as State Bank of India, IDBI Bank and Punjab National Bank have also initiated the process of declaring KFA and its directors as wilful defaulters. UBIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exposure to Kingfisher Airlines was around Rs 350 crore as part of consortium led by State Bank of India. The consortium of 17 banks, has an outstanding debt of about Rs 6,521 crore from the now-grounded carrier and outside the consortium, the bank gave about Rs 60 crore loan for Pre-Delivery payment.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I think there is a lot of optimism on both sides about increasing relationship, economic relationship and bilateral trade... They (Japanese businesses) all feel that with Modi leading the government, they will see execution happening at much faster pace. They are more optimistic in investing now.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Industrialist Baba Kalyani, Co-chairman of the Japan - India Business Leaders Forum

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eeking to enhance bilateral trade, business chambers of India and Japan have formed groups to focus on specific sectors like infrastructure, energy and skill development while working for removal of any bottlenecks by talking to the respective governments. The decision was taken during a meeting of the Japan- India Business Leaders Forum here during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he pitched for Japanese investments. Leading Indian industrialist Baba Kalyani, co-chair of the forum, said there is renewed enthusiasm among the foreign investors as they feel execution of decisions will happen at a much faster pace given their experience of working with Modi as the Gujarat Chief Minister. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think there is a lot of optimism on both sides about increasing relationship, economic relationship and bilateral trade,â&#x20AC;? he told PTI in an interview here. He said the Japanese businessmen â&#x20AC;&#x153;see in Modi a person who is great in execution and therefore are far more optimistic about what

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lready under attack, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha yesterday faced fresh fire from an NGO which moved the Supreme Court demanding that he be kept away from the coal block allocation scam probe because he interfered with it. In an application filed in the court, NGO, Common Cause, referred to reports about the entry register at the CBI directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residence containing names of â&#x20AC;&#x153;influentialâ&#x20AC;? persons allegedly involved in the coal-gate scam. It accused him of scuttling the probe in the â&#x20AC;&#x153;high magnitudeâ&#x20AC;? cases in which 20 FIRs for offences of corruption, cheating, and criminal conspiracy have been lodged and two charge sheets placed in trial court. The NGO alleged that the entry

register, which it filed in a sealed envelope along with the application, suggest that influential people named in coal blocks scam, 2G cases and 4G scandal met Sinha and â&#x20AC;&#x153;many of the meetings were held late at nightâ&#x20AC;?. The application also referred to the apex court orders to keep the probe free from any interference and to the changing of the status reports of the probe at the instance of political executive. The NGO said it was filing the application in the context of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;extraordinary developmentsâ&#x20AC;? that have recently come to light. It claimed there are â&#x20AC;&#x153;incontrovertibleâ&#x20AC;? facts in the public domain which lead to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;inescapable conclusionâ&#x20AC;? that it is necessary to remove Sinha from the case for ensuring fair and impartial investigations.

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they want to do...I think the overall mood is optimistic.â&#x20AC;? Kalyani, Chairman and Managing Director of the USD 2.5 billion Kalyani Group of companies, said the negative investor sentiment which prevailed in India for the past few years has now reversed and is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot more upbeatâ&#x20AC;?. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They (Japanese businesses) all feel that with Modi leading the government, they will see execution happening at much faster pace. They are more optimistic in investing now,â&#x20AC;? he said. With regard to outcome of the Japan-India forum meeting, he said a decision has been taken to form joint groups to take up some specific issues in the areas of infrastructure, energy, skill development, innovation and IPR related matters so that focused attention could be provided to them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And let us say if bottlenecks are there, we can talk to the governments and set it right,â&#x20AC;? he added. Talking about the infrastructure sector in India, Kalyani said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We talked about trillion dollars being investedâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;one country that can make it happen is Japan because Japan has five trillion dollars in banks, sitting idle, doing nothing.â&#x20AC;? ( PTI,Tokyo).

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Akhil Kapur is the latest action hero in tinsel town. He has the lineage of a superstar action hero like Vinod Khanna being his nephew and is set to make a smashing debut in director-producer Anand Kumars ‘Desi Kattey’. Sandeep Hattangadi caught up with the young gun at the producer Anand Kumar’s plush suburban office to know more about this star in the making

Your debut film is about to be released. Any nerves? Not at all. I am confident about the film as director Anand Kumar has done a good job and the film deals with a sport like shooting which has not been explored in the realm of Hindi cinema.

What is the film plot like? It’s about two young boys who work in a desi gun manufacturing factory and when they grow up they are taken under the care of an Army Major played by Suniel Shetty who trains them in the sport of shooting but as luck would have it my character turns to crime and becomes a sharp shooter and the other boy played by Jay Bhanushali enters the Olympics competition and makes

the country proud by his performance in the sport of shooting. Sasha Agha plays a village girl who is the romantic interest in the film.

How did you prepare for your role? I had to learn shooting from a professional shooting champion like Vijay Kumar and learn the lingo which is prevalent in the interiors of UP and Bihar and dress like them and learn the lifestyles of the people living in the villages. I am also a trained martial arts expert in various formats like parkour, and hand to hand combat which I have depicted in the film.

We had a blast shooting as the shoot unit was new and encouraging and also my co-stars like Suniel Shetty, from whom I learnt a lot of action technique and acting and I have always been a great fan of his acting and action capabilities. Also Jay was a good friend as was Sasha and the director Anand Kumar was a very understanding director.

INTERVIEW

How was the shoot like?

You could have been launched by your uncle as he did with your cousins Akshaye and Rahul? I deliberately didn’t as I wanted to take the hard way to my stardom as akin to my uncle who started as a villain and later became a big star.

Sonu Sood, the man from Moga in Punjab has come a long way in the Hindi film industry and in the south with successful films like ‘Dabaang’, ‘Buddah Tera Baap’, ‘Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi’, ‘Entertainment’ etc and now he is continuing on his way to success with director Farah Khan’s ambitious heist thriller ‘Happy New Year’. Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to the handsome actor at the launch of a Parisian perfume for which he is the brand ambassador

There is a lot of buzz about ‘Happy New Year’ Yes. The film has turned out really well and is all set to break records at the box office. I am also happy with the

What is your character in the film? I play an ex-army man called Jag who is deaf because of a mishap in the war and now he is a part of a gang who want to steal a fortune. He is a bit of a loud character and is always ready to strip his shirt and scream at the top of his voice. I create some really funny situations in the film. How was it like working with the ensemble cast? It was great fun to work with stars of the calibre of Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Boman Irani, Deepika Padukone, Vivaan Shah, etc and I got to learn some more things and we had a blast shooting for the film.

The promos term your character as a ‘loser’. Why so? It’s because the character doesn’t have any goal in life and is just a happy go lucky guy until he gets involved in a sensational robbery.

INTERVIEW

You are working with a female director for the first time. How

Your recent films have shown your

comic side. Yes, I enjoy doing comedy and I was appreciated in films like ‘Entertainment’ and ‘R Rajkumar’. I also enjoy doing villainous roles.

Sadly we don’t see you in solo hero films. I get many offers to do solo hero films but I am not happy with them and only do roles which fascinate me.

So what next? My dream is to be an action hero like Akshay Kumar.

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Doesn’t a dainty, angelic girl like Saasha feel ‘lost’ in a crime thriller ‘Desi Kattey’ (country-made pistols) directed by Anand Kumar? Actually ‘Desi Kattey’ (DK) is not a crime-thriller, its an action-drama movie which also revolves around ‘gun shooting’ as a national sport. It’s a beautiful film about friendship and the importance of relationships where I play an impactful role of a physiotherapist. We take Jay ahead towards international shooting as a sport where he represents India! With your chic westernized glam image, did you have to put in extra efforts to play an ethnic ‘desi girl’ in this movie? Not at all. Few know that I am very ‘desi’ at heart and I even love dal chaawal! Playing ‘Paridhi’ in ‘DK’ was actually an extension of my off-screen exuberant, fun-loving persona, which I enjoyed. In contrast, my debut character ‘Ritu’ in ‘Aurangzeb’ was actually more tough for me, as her character was bold, glam and power-driven.

was that experience? Farah is really a great lady and an excellent director and she knows

what the audiences want and is also very chilled out. She also has a good sense of music and choreography. The Indiawaale song is a chartbuster.

Who are your idols and icons? For me it has always been Bruce Lee, Jean Claude Van Damme’ and other action heroes.

Shooting with guns gave me a ‘high’: Saasha Agha

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way my role has shaped up.

He has given me his blessings after seeing the film and told me that I had done a good job. I have always been a fan of his movies like ‘Mera Gaon Mera Desh’ and others.

Are you busy down South too? Yes. I am busy in South and have a film with Mahesh Babu coming soon titled ‘Aagadu’. And Hindi films? I just have ‘Happy New Year’.

Recently you got threats from the underworld as did SRK. Yes. I have got security from the cops and am satisfied with it.

You are endorsing an international brand of perfume. Yes. I am happy to endorse international brands and hope to do some more.

Any regrets? I wish my most loving mother was here to see my success.

How was it shooting with senior actor Suneil ‘Anna’ Shetty who taught you ‘rifle-shooting’ and your romantic co-star Jay Bhanushali? With his mentoring pally nature, Suneil ‘Anna’ Shetty is a true hero for me in every sense and I had a blast working with him in ‘DK’ . Both Jay and I shared a lovely rapport. And it was spontaneous romantic chemistry which crackled on screen.

You seem to have taken a fancyfetish for ‘guns’—koi raaz ki baat ? Alag kism ki ‘shooting’ hi toh hai. (laughs). Secretly wished to learn how to shoot properly, so that no one ‘messes’ with me ever. Shooting with guns on the DK sets gave me a ‘high’. Is your romance with your off-screen close friend composer Sachin Gupta still rocking? Sachin and I are very strong like a rock and very important to each other. I feel very happy to have a supportive, encouraging man like him in my personal life.

Your celeb-mom Salma Agha will debut as a director with the official remake of the milestone musical ‘Nikaah’ (1982). I know she will direct me very well, so I know I am in good hands.

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n Khalid Mohamed’s documentary on Shyam Benegal, the filmmaker makes a very pertinent and candid point. He says, he never thought his films were entertaining, because his idea was to engage the audience— which he did expertly in his 23 feature films (his prolific output consists of ad films, documentaries and TV series). His first film, Ankur, released in 1974, and the last, Well Done Abba in 2010, and in between an impressive list of films, with an amazing range of subjects. In the film called The Master: Shyam Benegal, his most frequent collaborator Shabana Azmi says that Benegal’s social commitment may have swamped him, but each and every one of his films, had something of significance to say, and that remained in the memory years after watching the film, and that is more than what can be said about so many of today’s 100-crore films. That is not to undermine entertainment, but at the same time, not reduce a powerful medium like cinema into an empty-headed and trivial pursuit. A significant milestone in Benegal’s career was Manthan, a film about Gujarat’s Amul milk revolution pioneered by the visionary Dr Verghese Kurien, because it was the first crowd-source film—it was made with a budget of Rs.10 lakh, with Rs.2 contributions by the members of the milk co-operatives. A project of this kind had never been attempted before, or

EW DELHI: Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan says she did not like going to school as she used to feel left out for being an average student. The 33-year-old actress, who is UNICEF's celebrity advocate for education in India, said as a kid she would not get any attention from her teachers for not being a front bencher. “My mother used to wake me up for school at 6 am... I used to tell her 'one hour more please'. At the age of 10, I used to feel the pressure that I had the heaviest school bag ever. I used to sleep in the class and was not given much attention in the class as I was an average student. “Front benchers got all the attention. I used to feel left out and tell my mother that I will study at home or watch a movie,” Kareena told media persons here.

ew Delhi: Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan called S.D. Burman an “unmatchable artiste” while unveiling a biography on the legendary music composer, which has been penned by veteran journalistauthor Sathya Saran. Titled on the composer's famous song 'Sun Mere Bandhu Re', the book tries to

A scene from (inset) Shyam Benegal’s first film Ankur. after. The other thing that is striking about Benegal’s work is how he got a group of actors and technicians to work on his films, almost like a repertory. And the process of making the

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film was an enjoyable familylike affair, even if the subject was serious. Yet, there was no compromise on professionalism—the detailing that went into all his films in terms of cinematography, production design, costumes, music, dialects spoken by the characters, seem exemplary today. The people who worked with him have vivid memories of shooting, which they share with Mohamed with a great deal of warmth and sincerity. Interestingly, Ram Gopal Varma, in an interview for the film, cites Benegal’s Kalyug as a major inspiration. Benegal was a pioneer of the parallel cinema movement in Hindi cinema and the work those

filmmakers did has had a far reaching influence, perhaps without directors and audiences even realising it. Because those films were made with the heart and the mind, and not only with an eye on the box-office. Mohamed’s film is a valuable record, not just of one filmmaker’s work, but of an era. It should be compulsory viewing for film and media students, and, of course, true film buffs.

encapsulate the much-celebrated music journey of Burman and includes anecdotes from megastar Amitabh Bachchan and actress Waheeda Rahman among others about their working experience with him. “He was one of the music greats of our country, his thinking and creativity was unique. The range of music he gave from 'Bandini' to 'Pyaasa' to 'Guide', he was amazing at everything. His melodies had a different appeal. “One of the best things about him was that he brought folk music in film tunes,” Khan said at the launch on Wednesday night. Khan said that Burman's greatness stood unmatched and even his musician son R.D. Burman could not really surpass him. “A few days ago, people tried to make me say that R.D. Burman surpassed his father in music talent, but I could not say that because S.D. Burman was unmatchable and stood apart among the artistes that come before and even after him,” he said. Saran, a self-confessed fan of S.D. Burman's work, said she only started writing the biography after she felt she could understand Burman. “I wanted this book to be different from his previous biographies. I took some time and started reading about him to understand the kind of person he was.”

RAJNIESH HAS A ‘SPARK’ OF TALENT! Rajniesh Duggal was noticed in the Vikram Bhatt horror film ‘1920’, ‘Dangerous Ishq’ and 'Samrat and Co’ and recently won the 'Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi', reality show is all set to wow the viewers with his daring act in the film ‘Spark’. We caught up with the hunky star who was a supermodel and has won the Mr. India title, to talk about his new film and this is what he said to Sandeep Hattangadi What is the synopsis of ‘Spark’? The film is about Arjun, a young man played by me, his love and the betrayal that comes with it. Arjun is trapped by the masters of a game of deception – Govind Namdeo and Ashutosh Rana – when he is about to marry the girl of his choice as they feel that a game of deception could not be completed without him. His every single movie is designed by the masters and how he manages to come out of the trap forms the crux of the story. Who is cast opposite you? I have been teamed in the romantic lead opposite the top Bengali heroine, Subhashree Ganguly, Ashutosh Rana is in a

double role, Ranjeet, Govind Namdeo, Sanjay Mishra, Manoj Joshi among others have key roles. Where was the film shot? The film has the backdrop of Germany where director V.K. Singh had earlier also shot his last film ‘The Traitor'. 'Spark' has been produced under the banner of Anurish Media Private Limited by R.S. Yadav and Naresh Gupta with music by Lalit Pandit, Monty Sharma and Nitin Soni.

What next? I have been signed for a romantic comedy film titled 'Direct Ishq Ho Gaya' which is directed by ‘My Friend Ganesha’ fame director, Rajiv Ruia who has also won the Dadasaheb Phalke award for best director with me and Nidhi Subbaiah in the

leading roles and is produced by Baba Motion Pictures. The shooting for the film is currently in progress in Benaras and the next schedule is planned in Mumbai Dockyard. I will be seen adorning the role of ‘Bicky Shukla’ a typical boy from Uttar Pradesh village, with a carefree attitude who has adapted the Bohemian style of living. Self obsessed and sure-footed he is a guy with mixed shades. The film was signed by me before winning 'Khatron Ke Khiladi', and the character I am playing in this movie is a big challenge for me. I never wanted to play the sweet nice guy and hence wanted to do this role. Rajneish sure has a “bright” future ahead!

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 822

ENIGMA CODE 822

ACROSS: 8 Being a man of wisdom, took a seat outside the vehicle (6) 9 Left to seafaring men, but not nowadays (8) 10 Snaffles small coins (4) 11 Does it make its mark in sea crossings? (5,5) 12 One striving to win (4) 13 . . . where Swedish culture comes behind slime in some respects (4,6) 17 Beginnings of a great idea for the network! (4) 18 Love colonist to have trap inside, fatty (5) 19 Mislay fish, perhaps (4) 21 Film star injures Greek hero, according to Spooner (5,5) 23 Drink son, that goes to one's head (4) 24 Losing one's grip on things (10) 28 It's not bright when some Romans take a turn inside (4) 29 Something cast in sorcery will be attractive, naturally (8) 30 Pulling back (6)

DOWN: 1 Dad throws rice around – if it can keep baby happy! (8) 2 String pattern for ingenious lad, cars etc (4,6) 3 There may be wealth here - for a powerful lodger? (6,4) 4 Hint - "change the end of golfer's iron" ! (4) 5 Going back, was he right into modern architecture? (4) 6 Places I pass, going the wrong way (4) 7 Cheeses, we hear, in cooler (6) 14 Such debtors as could become worse (5) 15 Little garters can't stay up on

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.

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The Clue: Balanced or steady

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE LADIES, ALLIED, SADDLE, ASSESS, SEALED, ASSAIL, LADDIE

MATH PYRAMID 822 these (4,6) 16 A drop in the ocean (10) 20 Celebrate about rise given to recruits in the past (8) 22 Flower book for Christmas,

perhaps (6) 25 Left in time after dressing (4) 26 Eats perhaps, to satisfy (4) 27 South Americans in Caracas principally (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 9 Arose, 10 Eloquence, 11 Exhibit, 12 Taboret, 13 Uncut, 15 Fat, 16 Box, 17 Mab, 19 Larking, 20 Amy, 23 Nix, 24 Coy, 25 Squaw, 27 Oracles, 29 Picnics, 32 Black-head, 33 Clamp. DOWN: 1 Name, 2 Gothic, 3 Verb, 4 Pelt, 5 Hoity-toity, 6 Bulb, 7 Anorexia, 8 Wettex, 13 Ulm, 14 Telex, 15 Forecaster, 16 Bogus, 18 Bandanas, 21 Yew, 22 Blobby, 26 Urinal, 28 Like, 29 Pods, 30 Cock, 31 Sops.

QUICK CROSS 822

ACROSS: 1 ___ not what your country .... (3) 4 ___ into the ground, ruined (3) 5 Castor and Pollux, e.g. (5) 8 Acme (3) 9 Bar fixture (5) 12 "Power"ful number? (3) 13 'Ready, __ , go!' (3)

HIDATO 822

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

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DOWN: 1 __ deco (3) 2 Raise dust, in a way (3) 3 Joins closely (5) 6 ___ to worry, it'll be all right (3) 7 Dalmatian feature (5) 10 Be delinquent (3) 11 Abraham's nephew (3)

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

MATHDOKU 822

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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TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

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Moon in Sagittarius till 7.50 p.m. Parivartini Ekadashi Purvashada Dhan (Sagittarius) Bh.F.Dh. Variegated and Black 9

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A setting up of an independent venture for the employed is sure to prove successful. Financially it will be a remarkably successful year ahead for you. You will benefit through joint ventures or partnerships. Youngsters setting out on their own are likely to meet many interesting people. A strong romantic attachment this year proves exciting. 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): Watch what you say or do today for you could land yourself in trouble. Make every effort to keep out of a controversy. Forget about work problems and concentrate on just being happy. A gettogether with friends will help to divert your mind and just enjoy the simple pleasure of life.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Refrain from criticizing what others do to avoid dangerous flare up of tempers. Don’t feel sorry if things go wrong. Keep opinions to yourself and avoid discussing them with anyone. This is an adverse day for risky undertakings. At home too .you will have to be careful.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): This is the beginning of a good phase. Don’t be in hurry to follow up a deal on hearsay, or some news you receive today must be thoroughly scrutinized. A decision regarding a property, land, vehicle or studies will have to be made now. You will spend money on home and family.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): 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.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): This is a good time to establish contact with old friends and business associates. If you have been facing any problems in your personal life, find time to get family members together and sort out the differences that have been the cause of unpleasantness at home. Taking some time off in the evening with friends could be a good way of taking your mind off domestic hassles. Things will sort themselves out soon.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Swift returns from business deals are likely. You will be in your element at work and do very well. Some favorable news, which you have been waiting for, will come through. Routine matters are going well right now. This is not the time to make any rash moves though you may be tempted to do so. Favorable developments in family and the news of the visit of a loved one will make you feel good. Look forward to an excellent time.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Good things are about to happen for you but you should keep your plans and expectations to yourself. You must learn to be discreet in matters of strategy and planning. At home things are getting better but you should continue the efforts you have been putting in.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Avoid making important decisions or bringing about any changes today. Just focus on your regular routine for best results. Attend to important issues personally. To maintain peace at home avoid any arguments which can lead to conflict and end in a quarrel.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Work opportunities look promising and will lead to gain. You may be asked to preside over an important function or seminar which will enhance your chances of growth. You have the support of influential people and financial resources will flow easily to facilitate implementation of your plans.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You have been trying to avoid certain issues but they crop up again and again. It is better to get to the root of the problem and sort it out even if it means a change in your approach and style of working. You will be expected to work harder and that too with no incentives in sight. Things are not as bad as they look for there are hidden gains.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You will be managing to get through with certain deals just the way you want. If you want play safe go for short-term deals. You are likely to get a bonanza out of a tip from someone. However you will have to take quick action for that. You will pull a sort of a coup in succeeding in a venture which all had given up as lost. Home and family life is happy and congenial.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Getting work concluded on time will not be a problem for you but the quality may suffer. Perhaps your mind is not in what you are doing. Your preoccupation with some personal problems or family issues could be distracting. You need to pull yourself out of such situation. A heart to heart talk would be most appropriate to solve a problem.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5065

ACROSS: 1 Japan's largest island (6) 7 Capital of Bosnia (8) 8 ___ behind : trails? (4) 10 He stitches your clothes for you (6) 11 Liquid container (6) 14 A wooden barrel (3) 16 Passes slowly through pores of the body (5) 17 An arm and _ __ (1,3) 19 Embankment (5) 21 Karate blows (5) 22 Indian loincloth (5) 23 Comfortable (4) 26 Bid adieu (5) 28 Sesame plant (3) 29 Citizen of our country (6) 30 Gracious or favorable; benevolence (6) 31 Dismissed (4) 32 Spears having three prongs (8) 33 Swapped, dealt in (6)

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SUDOKU 2251 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

(5) 23 Picture theater (6) DOWN: 24 Foul smelling (4) 1 Greek goddess of the hearth 15 Cries out like an owl? (5) 25 Hankered (6) 18 Water-repellent cloth (5) (6) 26 Airs, tunes or melodies (5) 19 Conductance unit (3) 2 German prison camp (6) 27 Improvise (5) 3 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - 20 Wire service inits. (3) 28 Animator Avery (3) 21 Less expensive (7) now of course no more? (4) 30 Strong woody fiber (4) 22 506 in Roman numerals (3) 4 Ponds (7) SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD 5 Unit of frequency (5) ACROSS: 1 Abamp, 6 Binge, 9 Ahead of, 10 Anand, 11 Of art, 12 Bulky, 13 Gujarat, 6 Skin openings (5) 15 Cha, 17 Loud, 18 Cellar, 19 Menus, 20 Zipped, 22 Echo, 24 Eos, 25 Chicken, 8 Exist and be alive, not dead (4) 26 Pithy, 27 Samoa, 28 Aorta, 29 Stimuli, 30 Lethe, 31 Acock. DOWN: 2 Banquo, 3 Mankad, 4 Phd, 5 Gamut, 6 Bookies, 7 Iffy, 8 Gurkha, 12 9 ___ away : escaped? (3) Bared, 13 Glaze, 14 Jumps, 15 Cluck, 16 Arson, 18 Cushy, 19 Mediate, 21 Iodate, 12 Wool weight (3) 22 Echoic, 23 Hectic, 25 Chump, 26 Posh, 28 A la. 13 Ex-England captain Tony ___

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2070 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: P equals U

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

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T A W

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?

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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: 05 average; 06 good; 09 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: inept, inset, instep, petite, PETTINESS, pine, pint, sine, site, snip, snipe, spin, spine, spit, spite, stein, stint, tine, tint.

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Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a shot to Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland during the quarter-finals of the 2014 U.S. Open on Wednesday.

Nishikori ends Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 96-year wait for US Open semi-final spot

EW YORK: Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese man for almost a century to reach the US Open semi-finals on Wednesday after securing an epic 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 win over Stan Wawrinka. Nishikori, the 24year-old 10th seed, triumphed in 4 hours 15 minutes, his second marathon clash after needing 4 hours 19 minutes to get past Milos Raonic in the previous round. Nishikori will face either world number one Novak Djokovic on Saturday for a place in Monday's championship match. World number one Djokovic, the 2011 champion, reached his eighth consecutive US Open semi-final by downing Murray 7-6 (7/1), 6-7 (1/7), 6-2, 6-4 for his 13th win in 21 meetings against his childhood rival who had taken the 2012 title. Wimbledon champion Djokovic and Murray had spent a record-equalling 4 hours 54 minutes contesting the 2012 final and their quarter-final clash threatened to surpass that mark when they needed over two hours to get through the first two sets of a tie that started on Wednesday and finished Thursday. By the end, however, Murray was struggling with what appeared to be a recurrence of his long-standing back problem, a legacy of having spent three and a half hours more on court than Djokovic in getting to this stage. But victory was also a tes-

It feels amazing. I am playing well and I hope to play at 100 percent in the semi-finals. I was tight at the start but my body was OK. I felt more confident after the first set

KEI NISHIKORI

tament to the top seed's intimidating defensive skills as he saved 12 of 16 break points in the 3-hour 32-minute encounter which saw Murray commit 65 unforced errors to Djokovic's 48. "We both gave our best and at times the tennis was not nice but that was due to the intense physical battle in the first two sets," said Djokovic. "I didn't expect anything less from Andy. Our last few matches have been three and four hours and he has a lot of quality on all sorts of surfaces.

Japanese man to reach the semi-finals of the US Championships in 1918. Nishikori, whose match against Raonic ended at a record-equalling 2:26am on Tuesday, was stunned by his win over the third seeded Wawrinka, the Australian Open champion who had won the pair's two other meetings without dropping a set. "I was tight at the start but my body was OK. I felt more NISHIKORI STUNNED BY confident after the first set," HIS WIN Ichiya Kumagae was the last said the 24-year-old, who will

I knew it would be a tough match and that the more aggressive player would win." Djokovic and Nishikori are 1-1 in career meetings but their last clash was three years ago. "It's great for Kei and Japan for him to be in the semi-final. He serves and moves very well," said the world number one who has made the final in New York in the last four years.

Serena storms into US Open semi-final clash with Makarova N

By Amanpreet Singh

NEW YORK: Serena Williams roared back from an early deficit to defeat Flavia Pennetta 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday and book a US Open semi-final clash with Ekaterina Makarova. Playing in her first Grand Slam quarter-final of 2014, world number one Williams kept her bid for a thirdstraight US Open title -- and sixth overall -- alive as she stretched her perfect record over the 11th-seeded Italian to 6-0. "I'm just so happy to have won," the 17-time Grand Slam champion said, noting that she'd had a "tough year" in the majors. "It feels so special to be back in a semifinal, especially in New York." In Makarova she'll face a first-time Grand Slam semifinalist. The 17th-seeded Russian advanced with a 6-

4, 6-2 victory over former world number one Victoria Azarenka -- runner-up to Williams the past two years. "I'm feeling amazing -finally I'm in a semi-final," said the Russian left-hander, who had failed in four prior major quarter-finals. "It's a great feeling." In a battle of two 32-yearolds, Williams denied Pennetta a repeat of her best Grand Slam performance -- a semi-final run in New York last year. But the Italian gave Williams some tense moments in the early going, seizing a 3-0 lead with two breaks of serve in just eight minutes. World number one Williams responded by winning the next six games to take the first frame in less than half an hour.

EW DELHI: India's tennis campaign at the Asian Games appears to be falling apart even before the start as a cloud of doubt is now hanging over Rohan Bopanna's participation since the top doubles player is keen to salvage his 2014 pro season by playing on the ATP Tour instead of competing in Incheon. It has been learnt that Bopanna, who last year became world number three in the ATP doubles rankings, is not happy with his 2014 run and wants to make amends by winning matches on the demanding Tour in the remainder of the season. If Bopanna decides to opt out of the Indian squad, it will be the country's second big loss as top singles player Somdev Devvarman has already pulled out of the event due to same reason. "Rohan is in the same boat as Somdev, only in doubles. I am not sure yet if he will be

29 Sania in final of mixed doubles with Soares

NEW YORK: Sania Mirza is in line to win her third Grand Slam title and first with new partner Bruno Soares as the top seeded pair struggled past Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins to reach the mixed doubles summit clash, here. The Indo-Brazilian team overcame the unseeded but fighting Tapiei-German combine 7-5 4-6 10-7 in the semifinals, which lasted one hour and 33 minutes. The last-four pairs contest was very close as both the teams broke each other four times and Sania and Soares won overall 74 points, only three more than their rivals. Sania and Soares are up against unseeded pair of Abigail Spears from the USA and Santiago Gonzalez from Mexico. It will be Sania's fifth mixed doubles final appearance at the Grand Slam level, having won Australian Open (2009, 2012) twice with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.

Wednesday became the first Japanese man since 1918 to make the semi-finals in New York. But Chang, himself a Grand Slam title winner at the 1989 French Open, told the 10th seed that his work is not completed following his CHANG TELLS NISHIKORI TO epic 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9/7), 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 quarter-final win KEEP FEET ON GROUND Kei Nishikori was warned by over Australian Open chamtough taskmaster coach pion Stan Wawrinka. "He's telling me to stay foMichael Chang not to be satisfied with his country's once in cused in the match and never a century US Open perform- get frustrated too much and always pump up yourself," ance and to target the title. The 24-year-old on said Nishikori.

be playing in his first Grand Slam semi-final having made the quarter-finals in Australia in 2012. "It feels amazing. I am playing well and I hope to play at 100 percent in the semi-finals."

ALL FALLING APART Bopanna may also pull out of Asian Games after Devvarman with us at the Asian Games," Anand Amritraj, captain of India's Asian Games and Davis Cup squads, told PTI. It has been learnt that Bopanna, who has played a pivotal role along with Somdev in India's good show in the Davis Cup in the last few years, had a chat with Amritraj on Wednesday about his participation and is still undecided. Amritraj, who is a respected figure in the Indian tennis circle, reasoned that the players should not be portrayed as bad boys if they decide to concentrate on their individual careers. "All of them are very good boys

Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman. who have to sometimes make tough decisions based on their career and livelihood. That's what is happening here," the 62-year-old said. After re-uniting with Pak-

istan's Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi, Bopanna is coping with a flurry of failures this season, in which they have managed to win only one title - the ATP 500 event in Dubai.

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Mumbai boy Mullick wins Asian schools U-7 chess title

UMBAI: Mumbai boy Raahil Mullick clinched the FIDE Candidate Master title by winning the Under-7 open category at the 10th Asian Schools Chess Championships that concluded in Taichung, Taiwan last week. Raahil, with a rating of 1326, finished on top of a 20-strong bunch after upsetting top seed, Amir Amirul Faiz (rating

1472) of Malaysia, a media release said here today. Both the boys finished with seven points with the Indian boy placed first and the Malaysian second. Another Indian boy -- Arjun Sidharth S (rating 1144) ended up fifth with 5.5 points, as per the Asian Chess Federation's website. Raahil emerged on top of the group that saw battles for top position among players from India, Malaysia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka. He played nine rounds over seven days under the Swiss League system, employing an attacking style of play. Among other Indian participants, Potluri Sreepatha clinched the under-13 girls crown as the top seed with seven points, while Gunjal Chopdekar grabbed the girls under9 title and Chinnum Vyshnavi finished third, as per the website.

Navy rally to make winning start M

UMBAI: Last year’s runnersup Indian Navy made a winning start by recording a come from behind 3-1 win over Rhema Sports in a Super Division match of the PMC Bank-MHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) League - 2014 and played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, on Thursday. After Sonu P. opened the scoring for Rhema in the 16th minute, Navy quickly hit back netting the equaliser through captain Amrit Kiro’s penalty corner conversion in the very next minute. Five minutes later Mohd. Fahim Khan from a

field effort added the second for the sailors before Ved Prakash atoned for his earlier mistakes to score the third in the 68th minute. Promoted outfit Rhema Sports, like in the previous match showed a lot of promise at the start and once again went into the lead. But, thereafter, they were unable to maintain the momentum and had they been sharper upfront the outcome would have been completely different. Instead the Rhema side allowed their fitter rivals to wrest the initiative and take control of the proceedings.

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UMBAI: Yashodham High School, Goregaon outclassed Ryan International, Goregaon 4-1 in the MSSA Under 16 Division IV Inter School football tournament match played at Azad Maidan. Ryan International took the lead with a goal from Laril Ganjoo bu tthe man of the moment for Yashodham was Himanshu Khose who scored a hat-trick and Yogesh Gupta added the other goal. Himanshu scored the first goal through a spot-kick, the second was a long range strike and the third came through a free kick. The Yashodham boys were jubilant after the win and said that their coach has played an important role in this victory. Constantine Egbele who hails from Nigeria has been their coach for the past two years.The boys could not stop praising their coach and said “He takes more efforts than us, he motivates us a lot and he is like our friend.” When quizzed about his team's performance coach Constantine said “The team played well and they are good but we were a bit nervous initially.” Constantine also said that in the past two years, there has been tremendous improvement in the playing standard of the players. Constantine not only coaches Yashodham but also coaches Gokuldham and Lakshadham, all schools located in Goregaon. Results: Venue: MSSA Ground, Azad Maidan G-16-I: Aditya Birla World Academy

Himanshu Khose struck a hatt-rick while Laril Ganjoo scored one during Yashodham High School, Goregaon over Ryan International, Goregaon in the MSSA Under 16 Division IV Inter School football tournament match played at Azad Maidan.

(Tardeo) (2) (Sierra Houang 1, Anoushka Shati 1)) beat Holy Name ( Colaba) (0); G16-H: Bombay Int. (Babulnath)(2) (Samhita Radhakrishnana 1, Rya Jetha 1) beat St. Joseph Sec. ( Malad) (0); G-16-H: Greenlawns (B.P. Road) failed to turn up for their match against Chirst Church ( Byculla); B-16-IV-PO: Holy Name ( Fort ) (6) (Brendan Pillai 3, Jason Noronha 1, Sahil Merchande 1) beat Billbong High Int.(Juhu)(0); B-16-IV-PO: St. Rock’s ( Borivali) (1) (Ray Rahul) drew with Podar Int. (IB) ( Santacruz) (1)(Krish Jashnani); Penalty Shootout St. Rock’s ( Borivali) (3) (Kadam Hrishkesh 1, Joshi Prashad 1, Darshan Shah 1) beat Podar Int. (IB) ( Santacruz) (2) (Kris Jashnani, Dhrumil Nishar 1); B-16-IV-PO: CNM School (Vile Parle) (1) (Neel Bussa) beat Lakshdham H.S. (Goregaon) (0); B-16-IV-PO: Balmohan Vidya M. (Eng.) (Dadar) (2) (Archie Kowli 2)

beat St.Thomas Academy (Goregoan) (1) (Sanket Humbe)

Venue: St. Xavier’s Ground Parel: B-16ASKO: St. Mary’s SSC (Mazagaon) (6) (Yugal Solanki 2, Shanawaz Shaikh 1, Ashwin Verghese 1, Zahid Khan 1) beat Gopi Birla Memorial (Walkeshwar)(0); B16-ASKO: Greenlawns School (Worli) (6) (Ryan Siddiki 1, Siddarth Kate 1, Aswin Bhatia 1, Krish Khetwani 1, Isaan Shah 1) beat Saifi H.S. (Pydhonie)(0); B-16-ASKO: Diamond Jubilee (Mazagaon) failed to turn up for their match against Don Bosco (Matunga); B-16-ASKO: Campion (Cooperage) (2) (Ansh Ahuja 1, Yash Shah 1) beat Greenlawns H.S. (B.P.Road)(0); B16-ASKO: St. Mary’s ICSE (Mazagaon) (4) (Navid Kagalkar 1, Leighton D’Costa 1, Denzil Colaco 1, Aman Thakker 1) beat Anjuman-I-Islam Allana (CST) (0).

Chance: Strike The Stars, Cruise Clear

By Shalivahana

YSORE: There are nine races today and the first starts at 1.15 p.m. There are quite a few Trophy races today and one of them is being run in three divisions. Mysore which has separated from the Bangalore Club is now running to full houses.

CARD AND SELECTIONS 1. The S.Hajee Memorial Plate Div.II 1100 M 1.15 P.M. 1. Saphira 60 Md.Akbar 2. Impressive Delite 59.5 R.Anand 3. Simra 59.5 P.Kiran Rai 4. Windsor Park 59 Shobhan Babu 5. Jump In The Red 58.5 Sarvan Kumar 6. Raaga 58.5 M.Rajesh Kumar 7. Danube 57.5 J W D L 8. Flash On The Water 57 S.K.Paswan 9. Jazzbythebay 57 B.Harish 10. Ordered Steps 55.5 A.Ramu 11. Immaculate 55 Arshad Alam 12. Demand Draft 54 Afsar Khan Win: Raaga, Simra

2. The S.Hajee Memorial Plate Div.I 1100 M .45 P.M. 1. Colourofthewinners 62.5 A.Ramu 2. Kimberley 62.5 Vivek 3. Namrattaazz 62.5 Shiva Kumar

4. Shining Bay 62.5 K.Chethana 5. Windyanna 62.5 Withdrawn 6. Above And Beyond 62 S.K.Paswan 7. Happiness 62 Afsar Khan 8. Herculean 62 Himanshu 9. Pipesof Peace 61 L.Prashant 10. Thejaguar 60 S.John 11. Balance Of Nature 59 M.Rajesh Kumar

4. The Jayanagara Plate 1600 M 2.45 P.M. 1. Lad Lady 60.5 L.Prashant 2. Greyconnection 59 S.K.Paswan 3. Mystic Music 58.5 Y.S.Srinath 4. Obelinna Princess 57.5 S.John 5. Guts And Glory 55.5 Shobhan Babu 6. Cash Is King 55 Vivek 7. Always Love 54 A.Vishwanath

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12. Honourable Empress 59 Arshad Alam Win: Tejaguar, Happiness

3. The Nanie & Sons Trophy - Div.III 1200 M 2.15 P.M. 1. Smart Mistral 60 Sarvan Kumar 2. Spontaneous 59 P.Kiran Rai 3. Noble Princess 58 M.Prasad 4. Real Potential 58 L.Prashant 5. Bella Pinky 57.5 G.Adarsh 6. Enamorata 57.5 B.L.Paswan 7. Faustina 57.5 S.K.Paswan 8. Sweet Toddy 57.5 Melvyn Maseyk 9. Tammy Tune 57.5 Arshad Alam 10. Victory Girl 57.5 A.Ramu 11. Battle Empress 55.5 M.Rajesh Kumar 12. Oriental Belle 55.5 A. Ashhad Asbar Win: Spontaneous, Noble Princess

8. Mother Ewa 54 Dharmendar 9. The Artist 54 P.Trevor 10. Cinch 53.5 V.R.Jagdeesh

5. The Nugu Dam Plate 1400 M 3.15 P.M. 1. Flash Time 62 Y.S.Srinath 2. Gran Turismo 61 P.S.Chouhan 3. Chronicle 59.5 M.Rajesh Kumar 4. Alabama 58 P.Kiran Rai 5. Anonymous 56.5 S.Mallikarjun 6. Aanchal Beauty 56 Afsar Khan 7. Santa Maria 56 T.S.Jodha 8. Brillante 55 Shivnath Paswan 9. Supreme 54.5 Irvan Singh 10. Ground Marshal 53.5 Anil Baandal 11. Too Cold To Hold 52.5 Saddam Hussain 12. Ayman 51 M.J.Gautamrajurs Win: Flash Time, Santa Maria

6. The Nanie & Sons Trophy - Div.I 1200 M 45.3.45 P.M. 1. Jaanvi 62 Irvan Singh 2. Little Athena 61.5 Janardhan Paswan 3. Catch The Eye 61 A.Ramu 4. Legal Legacy 61 S.John 5. Ace Princess 60 Sarvan Kumar 6. Always United 60 A.Vishwanath 7. Castlebar 60 Anil Baandal 8. Woodstream 59 G.Adarsh 9. Smart Connections 58 Neeraj Rawal 10. Ace Shineon 57.5 M.Prabhakaran 11. Extra Spark 57 R.Anand 12. Romantic King 54 A.Ashhad Asbar Win: Legal Legacy, Smart Connections

7. The J.H. Foley Memorial Trophy 1400 M 4.15 P.M. 1. Yakeen 63 S.Chethan Kalay 2. Divine Friendship 62 Nassar Alam 3. Aumento 58 M.Noornabi 4. Bryant Park 57.5 Ajeet Kumar 5. Distant Promise 56 Saddam Hussain 6. Next Move 56 A.Ramu 7. Maddox 53.5 Arshad Alam 8. Yamas 53.5 S.Mubarak 9. Strike The Stars 53 Neeraj Rawal 10. Flying Tricolour 50 M.Kumar

Win: Strike The Stars, Distant Promise

8. The Nanie & Sons Trophy - Div.II 1200 M 45.4.45 P.M. 1. Our Little Dragon 60 Arshad Alam 2. Ice Weapon 58 Shiva Kumar 3. Cruise Clear 57.5 Y.S.Srinath 4. You’re Rocking 55.5 M.Prasad 5. Shrewd Master 55 Neeraj Rawal 6. Power Of Time 54.5 T.S.Jodha 7. The Back Bencher 54.5 Ajeet Kumar 8. Burden Of Lady 54 M.Rajesh Kumar 9. Courageous 54 Nasir Imam 10. Fellowship 54 Melvyn Maseyk 11. Oriental King 53 M.Kumar 12. Icecream 52 B.Harish Win: Cruise Clear, Power of Time

9. The T.Dougall Memorial Plate 1200 M 5.15 P.M. 1. Catchy Charger 61.5 Y.S.Srinath 2. Society Music 61 S.John 3. Tulip 60.5 Nassar Alam 4. Beautiful Effect 54.5 Shiva Kumar 5. Country's Beauty 53.5 Saddam Hussain 6. Blackwind 53 V.R.Jagdeesh 7. Fantasy Living 53 Afsar Khan 8. Vroom Vroom 53 Ajeet Kumar 9. Charming Night 52.5 Anil Baandal 10. Swift 51.5 Arshad Alam Win: Swift, Society Music

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Indian players must pick tips from overseas stars: Veldhoven

By Abhishek Hore

Argentina's Sergio Aguero, right, is challenged by Germany's Lukas Podolski, left, and Matthias Ginter during the friendly soccer match between Germany and Argentina in Duesseldorf, Germany on Wednesday.

ARGIE AVENGERS Argentina dish out friendly revenge versus Germany

USSELDORF (GERMANY): Argentina spoiled the party for world champions Germany by hammering the hosts 4-2 in an international friendly in Duesseldorf on Wednesday in a repeat of the World Cup final. Manchester United's record British signing Angel Di Maria scored once and made goals for Sergio Aguero, Erik Lamela and Federico Fernandez as Argentina won their first game since losing to Germany in Brazil. Andre Schuerrle and Mario Goetze replied but Germany were brought crashing down to earth by a ruthless Argentina display in what was Gerardo Martino's first match in charge of the South Americans. Martino, who filled the vacuum left when Alejandro Sabella declined the offer of a new contract after the World Cup, said the victory should not be over-hyped. "They were missing a lot of players and also had three players who retired," said Martino, who left the Barcelona job after just one season at the end of the last campaign as they ended without a trophy.

"That's not easy to try to find a new team. Di Maria was more prominent than he was in the World Cup." His German counterpart Joachim Loew refuted suggestions that Argentina had avenged the defeat in the final. "It can't be revenge. You can't repeat the final. I can't actually fault the team because they have never played like that together before. Some players aren't in form," said Loew. Goetze's extra-time winner at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana on July 13 sealed Germany's fourth World Cup triumph and there was a jubilant, capacity crowd of 51,132 packed into the Esprit Arena on Wednesday evening. Before kick-off the home fans got a chance to say a final farewell to Arsenal defender Per Mertesacker, record goal scorer Miroslav Klose and World Cup-winning captain Philipp Lahm. All three retired from international football after Germany's success in Brazil. Only four players who started the World Cup final were in the German line-up, with Manuel Neuer captaining the side in the absence of his injured Bayern Munich

teammate Bastian Schweinsteiger. Argentina's team showed just four changes from the last time the sides met, with Javier Mascherano wearing the captain's armband in place of absent Barcelona star Lionel Messi. Di Maria, who missed the World Cup final through injury, set the tone of things to come with a piercing run early on before Mario Gomez missed the first of a string of scoring chances that came his way. Argentina keeper Sergio Romero stood tall when the Fiorentina striker was sent clean through and turned his shot over. There was real quality on show when Argentina got the opening goal after 20 minutes. Getting possession near the corner of the penalty area, di Maria played in a sumptuous cross with the outside of his left foot that left the unmarked Aguero with an easy close-range finish. Toni Kroos fizzed a shot just wide for Germany before Gomez was again denied by Romero. This time the keeper saved with an outstretched foot after Marco Reus set the German forward up inside the box.

Mumbai City FC ropes in Peter Reid and Steve Darby for ISL

NEW DELHI: Mumbai City Football Club named eminent English football manager Peter Reid as Team Manager and experienced coach Steve Darby as the assistant coach for their campaign at the Indian Super League (ISL). During his career as a Manager, Reid has been at the

helm of affairs at top teams that include England Under21, Manchester City, Sunderland, Leeds United, Coventry City, Thailand and Plymouth Argyle. Speaking on the occasion, Reid, a former England midfielder, said: "It's a great opportunity to coach in the

Indian Super League. I enjoyed working overseas with Thailand and I am very much looking forward to this new challenge! "We have a very competitive side, Friedrich is a great signing, you don't win Germany caps by luck or play over 300 Bundesliga games!," he said.

EW DELHI: Bridging the gap between proven international stars and home players will be a challenge but Delhi Dynamos coach Harm van Veldhoven feels the presence of names like Alessandro Del Piero and Zico in ISL will gradually help in developing the national team and boost its rankings. The inaugural Indian Super League is to be held from October 12-December 20, and the Dutch-Belgian manager said it will be of paramount importance that the Indian players listen carefully and pick up tips from once-globally renowned footballers such as Zico, Del Piero, Robert Pires, David Trezeguet, Luis Garcia and

Freddie Ljungberg. "It's important that these players (and coaches) say the right things at the right moment and it's also very important that Indian players listen and pick up the knowledge. Day by day, gradually, you will see the Indian players grow and also the national team (in terms of rankings)," Veldhoven said. "The task is to get the Indian and international players onto a similar level. Of course, it's very, very difficult, and there is also shortage of time," he added. "We want to bring it (standard) to the same level, higher level, whether it's about on the pitch or off it, organisation and organisers. Yes, it will definitely need some time to take the next step..."

SHASTRIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TIPS HELPED ME IN CONVERTING STARTS: RAHANE

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India all-rounder for his contribution in helping the struggling team and now Rahane is the latest batsman to state how Shastri's tips helped him in converting a good start into a 100 in the last match. "It hurt the team's chances that I was not converting my starts. Ravi Shastri was very helpful during this phase. He asked me to play the way I was playing and just asked

EEDS: Indian batsman Ajinkya Rahane joined the bandwagon of Indian players, who have attributed Team Director Ravi Shastri for bringing about a turnaround in team's for-

tunes with his technical inputs in the ongoing ODI series after their dismal show in the Test matches. Suresh Raina, Shikhar Dhawan have already paid glowing tributes to the former

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expect medals from hockey teams after Govt apathy: Batra

EW DELHI: Hockey India (HI) secretary general Narinder Batra said the country should not expect a medal from the national teams in the upcoming Asian Games in the wake of government's "shoddy treatment" of the sport. "People should not expect much out of both and men's and women's team in the current scenario. The government has completely turned its back on the sport, especially in the last three months," Batra said claiming lack of adequate funds have hurt the teams' preparations. "If at all the players are able to make an impact, the credit will only go to them. But I am not very hopeful. The women's team were forced to train on worn out turfs and to top it all

the camp of the junior teams have not been sanctioned. You can't expect much in a scenario like this," Batra fumed. Batra is claiming lack of funds at a time when SAI, the government's nodal agency, has released Rs 11.27 crores to HI, an amount more than the sport's annual allocated budget of Rs.10.50 crore. Indian men bagged a bronze in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou while the women's team returned empty handed. Talking about the third edition of the Hockey India League, Batra maintained that he has not been intimated about the pull out of Daburowned Mumbai franchise, adding the 2015 edition of league will see two more teams than the present six.

Ace badminton player Saina Nehwal listening intently to former badminton champion Vimal Kumar during a practice session in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

for a little extra focus between 40 and 50. He said, "Once you cross 50, your instinct will take over," Rahane said at the pre-match press conference. "My focus in the third ODI was to focus that bit harder once I crossed 40, at least for those 10 next runs. After that I backed my instinct," he added, crediting the team's newly appointed director-

of-cricket. "I was batting well in the first two matches (at Cardiff and Nottingham), but got out on 45 and 41. That hurt me a lot because if you are batting so well in good conditions against this attack, if you get a big score it is good for my confidence and team morale," Rahane said. Talking further about his maiden ODI hundred scored

at Edgbaston, Rahane said,"It was really special. After two 40s in the first two ODIs and the way I got out, I was really hurt. I couldn't sleep after the Cardiff game because the way I got out stumped. It was a really silly mistake of mine. I was really determined in the third ODI. Once I crossed the next 10 runs after 40, my natural game took over," the soft-spoken Mumbaikar said.