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he Tilak Nagar police are investigating six people who have been arrested in a fake passport case. Since the fraudsters do not have the data of the people they have forged documents for, the police will have to get the names of all the people from the six who have made passports based on forged documents provided by the accused.According to Police sources, Meenaj Shaikh, a resident of Tilak Nagar had applied for passport but her bluff surfaced when police officials visited her house for document verification. According to the police, Shaikh had provided them documents including her electricity bill and

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birth certificate as proof of her age and residence.

The officers saw something amiss which alerted them. Although the paper of the document was old, the government seal seemed fresh. The officials asked the passport officers to decline her passport as they needed time to investigate the matter.

The police arrested Shaikh as they found that the birth certificate was forged. "We cannot go to the BMC ward office or the school that issues certificates for various people which makes it difficult to pin down forged documents," said a police officer.

On questioning Shaikh revealed the name of a Palghar resident Mehul Randhania who was a software engineer

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Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi leaves from Bihar Niwas to meet PM Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Sunday.

and forged documents for people for just Rs 2,000 for every identification proof.

The police later arrested four more people from Mumbra and Chembur who helped Randhania to get customers.

The police officials are now trying to find out whether the people have made forged documents for terrorists. The passports in such cases would be original but the documents used to get these would be forged.

The police have got three names so far who have made passports by using the documents provided by Randhania. The police are finding out more names and would then ask the passport office to hand them the documents submitted by these people.

EW DELHI: Embattled Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi who visited PM Narendra Modi here, yesterday, is reported to have discussed with him the possibility of an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Bihar Assembly.

Refering to the election of Nitish Kumar as the Lead of the House, Manjhi said all their actions are illegal and unconstittutional.

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Price hike: State-wide rasta roko protest by Cong

By A Special Correspondent

pass benefits of falling petroleum prices to consumers. he Maharashtra Pradesh The party strongly feels that Congress Committee despite fall in international (MPCC) president Manikrao crude prices, the benefit had Thakre has appealed to people not been passed on to the of the state to participate in consumers. Congress will also today's state-wide rasta roko. protest against amendments State Congress has organ- to the Land Acquisition Act. ised a state-wide rasta-roko Against this backdrop Thakre agitation today to protest made appeal to the people of against the government's fail- the state. ure to provide relief to the According to Thakre, both drought-affected farmers and the Centre as well as state

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government have turned a blind eye towards various demands of the people. They made promises during election, but failed to fulfill them.

As a result there is huge resentment among the people about both the governments.

To draw the attention of the state government towards various issues the Congress has taken up this agitation.

Thakre also appealed to the people to join this agitation.

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Hearing impaired children are not different, just unique

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Mahesh Bhatt along with the actors of Khamoshiyan at the inauguration

By A Staff Reporter

the 66th Republic Day with the JOSH Foundation children. This celebration included the recitation of the National Anthem which was followed by the flag hoisting ceremony in the N.M. College campus.

Ascharya Shetty, the ‘Yum hai Hum’ actress who was present interacted with the JOSH Foundation children.

Day 3 (FLASH MOB) saw Drishti members dancing to a popular Michael Jackson song through a flash mob which was conducted at Infinity 2 (Malad). The main theme around which the flash mob revolved was to instill the feeling of togetherness in society and make everyone realise that hearing impaired children are not different, just unique.

Day 4 (Drawing Competition) had Team Drishti '15 organising a drawing competition' on the 31st of January for hearing-impaired students of schools under JOSH Foundation, to provide an outlet for their expression. The students were divided into different age groups – 5 to 10, 10 to 15 and 15 to 20. They were also given a certificate of participation.

Moreover, there were some selfie and dance moments too! There rishti, Narsee Monjee Col- was a screening of the trailer and lege’s three-day intercolle- the actors gave away Khamoshiyan giate management youth goodies to the best dancers at the festival was back with an aim to Dance Competition. hone the skills of the management On day 2 (Republic Day Celebramaestros of tomorrow. With a spirit tion) Team Drishti ‘15 celebrated of philanthropy, Drishti ’15 collaborated with JOSH Foundation which is a movement initiated by ENT surgeon Dr. Jayant Gandhi and Devangi Dalal, an audiologist to uplift and empower the hearing impaired individuals of society.

This year, the Social Week of the fest extended from Jan 24 – Feb 1.

January 24 marked the inauguration and beginning of the Social Week titled 'Stairway to Humanity'.

This day was marked by the beautiful ‘Stairway to Humanity’ poster which went up followed by the official banner of Drishti 2015. Mahesh Bhatt graced the occasion along with the actors of 'Khamoshiyan' - Gurmeet Choudhary, Sapna Pabbi and Ali Fazal.

They inaugurated the donation drive and interacted with students. Hearing impaired students participate in the drawing competition

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Fed up with delay by state govt, colleges hold students council polls on their own

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hile the decision for finalisation of the students' council elections of the University is kept on hold by the state government, city colleges seem to be keen to conduct the elections. Without taking directions from the University or before the state government allows holding of the elections, colleges have already declared their own students elections. Though these elections are permissible by the University, college festivals and college annual days are said to be the reason for these elections.

Campus elections, which were banned in Maharashtra, are going to make a comeback following a directive issued by the UGC last August. The UGC had issued a letter asking all universities to choose their students' council members by

way of elections, if they have not done so till now. The commission also urged universities to conduct fair and open elections on the basis of the recommendations made by the Supreme Court-appointed Lyngdoh Committee. As per the Maharashtra Universities Act, 1994, a varsity should initiate the process of the students council elections in August and declare the positions and election results by September end; unless the University does send circulars and permissions for conducting the elections, colleges cannot hold the elections.

A principal from a suburban college, on condition of anonymity said, "College festivals and annual days need a representative of students who can handle the two major events. Later, when the election dates are declared by the University, we would be carrying

forward the same elected student to be declared as the winners. Even last year, the elections were delayed as they were not declared by the University. This year, rather than waiting another year for the elections, we colleges have conducted the elections among ourselves".

As the decision on the students council elections was not finalised by the UGC as well as the Supreme Court, the elections did not take place last year.

Dr. Mrudul Nile, Director, Welfare of Students Department, MU, said: “Colleges cannot conduct the elections until and unless the Students Welfare Department sends a circular for undertaking the elections. This step by the colleges is not permissible and the Students Welfare Department shall take strict action against such colleges”.

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Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao with actress Kareena Kapoor and industrialist Nita Ambani during the diamond jubilee celebrations of Kishinchand Chellaram College on Saturday.

Guv calls for innovation in higher education

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he Governor of Maharashtra Vidyasagar Rao has observed that institutions of higher education are stuck in a circle of ‘mediocrity and complacency’. He called upon education institutions in Maharashtra to develop innovative curriculum, introduce systems of assessment that allow creativity to flourish and to make teaching participatory, interactive and research oriented.“We have witnessed globalisation in trade and commerce during the last two decades. But we are yet to see the benefits of globalisation in the field of higher education, particularly in teaching and research,” said the Governor.

The Governor was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of K C College in Mumbai on Saturday (7 Feb).The Governor reminded edu-

cational institutions that they operate in a society, and 'not in a vacuum'. In this connection, he called upon educational institutions to provide the students a social orientation so as to impel and encourage them to contribute to the process of nation building.

Minister of Higher and Technical and Medical Education Vinod Tawde, philanthropist Nita Ambani, President of Hyderabad (Sind) National Collegiate Board Niranjan Hiranandani and Principal Manju Nichani were present on the dais.

The Governor presented the K C Diamond League Awards to Barrister Ram Jethmalani, Film Producer Prakash Jha, journalist Shekhar Gupta, Nita Ambani, Dr Vikas Amte, filmstars Abhishek Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Boman Irani and Vidya Balan, renowned oncologist Dr Suresh Advani, educationist Samir Somaiya and others.

Bombardier rakes to ply on WR within a month The two rakes were lying idle in the yard as there was no clearance from the railway board

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he two Bombardier rakes, which arrived in Mumbai in October 2013, will finally be inducted into the suburban railway network within a month, after the final approvals and a green signal from the railway board. The two rakes will run on the Western Railway’s suburban system. The Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) had declared the trial run a success on January 15.

The two Bombardier rakes were dispatched to Mumbai from Integral Coach Factory (ICF) from Chennai in October 2013.The CRS cleared the trains for operation on January 14, Western Railway had announced that they would begin running the rakes on January 26, 2015. However as there was no approval from the Railway Board, the functioning did not start.

Sunil Kumar Sood, General Manager, Western Railway said, “The approval has now been received and the trains are expected to be introduced into service within a month.”

"It has been approved by the Railway Ministry after it got the nod from the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) and the Railway Board. It is likely to be seen in the coming 20 days on the Western Railway”, said a senior Railway official. Sources reveal

the approval came after personal intervention of the railway minister, Suresh Prabhu. The two rakes have been idling in railway yard for lack of CRS clearance till now.

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Bai Jer Bai Wadia Hospital organised a marathon to heighten awareness about cardiac diseases.

Little Hearts Marathon At Siddhivinayak Temple at Prabhadevi, as many as 10,000 kids and parents began the Little Heart Marathon yesterday. The event was organised to focus attention on the increasing number of cardiac cases among children.

The annual initiative of Bai Jer Bai Wadia Hospital in association with Shri Siddhivinayak Ganpati Temple was flagged off by Aditya Thackeray, chief of Yuva Sena.

The Wadia Hospitals comprise of two super-speciality hospitals -- Bai Jer Bai Wadia Hospital for children and Nowrosji Wadia Hospital, Parel.

They provide world class services for Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology. With the largest national intensive care unit in the country and more than 28 speciality services, all children are provided with health care.

Forget Viagra, just eat like a Greek

Never mind those little blue pills – men who have problems between the sheets could reinvigorate themselves simply by eating a Mediterranean diet.

Eating fish, salads and olive oil, and enjoying the odd glass of wine, could transform the lives of men suffering from impotence, according to Greek cardiologist Athanasios Angelis.

He said his research had shown

that consuming such healthy foods helped clean out blood vessels, especially the narrow ones in the penis that are essential for a man to perform.

Dr Angelis, an expert on erectile dysfunction at Hippokration Hospital in Athens, said: ‘The Mediterranean diet is well known to

be a healthy diet, one that is associated with longevity, wellbeing, lower incidence of cancer and cardiovascular disease.

‘And this is very important, because people can choose this type of diet to prevent or restore their vascular health.’

He explained that when a man had problems achieving an erection, ‘it can be a sign of worse health problems to come’, because the blood vessels in the penis were ‘very, very sensitive’ to what was happening in the rest of the body.

‘Adopting a healthy diet and lifestyle can help reverse moderate erectile dysfunction,’ Dr Angelis said.

Changing to a Mediterranean diet, and taking more exercise,

could be so effective in some men that they would not have to rely on Viagra any longer, he added.

‘What those pills do is substitute substances that can’t be produced in the body due to poor vascular health. They help restore a proper vascular response. But if we can

With a tamboura in her hand and smile on her face, Teejan Bai prowls on the stage with innate confidence acquired in over five decades of singing and enacting the tales of Mahabharata in Pandvani style.

The Padma Bhushan awardee enthrals the audience in her rustic and fiery tone as she dwells into the details of the epic supported by her crew of musicians sitting behind her at the National School of Drama's ongoing annual theatre festival Bharat Rang Mahotsav.

She is the most famous face of the art form that is traditionally dominated by male performers.

Slicing the air with her hand and tamboura, Teejan and her team of harmonium and tabla players narrated the whole episode about how Draupadi got her revenge in Mahabharat.

Recalling one of her first performances, Teejan said her first audience was a group of labourers at a primary school near her village and it's head gave her Rs 10 as a reward as he was impressed with her voice and rendition.

Teejan's community, the Pardhi

restore vascular function by adopting a healthy lifestyle, we can reverse at least the first stages of the disease without drugs.’

He recommended plenty of cereals, fruit and vegetables, salads, nuts, olive oil, fish and poultry – but no kebabs. Red meat,

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once per week, is enough, he said. He also recommended two or three small glasses of wine a day.

Dr Angelis presented the research at a meeting of the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging in Vienna.

Padma Bhushan for a tribal singer

Veteran Teejan Bai has loads of confidence as she peforms brilliantly on stage.

tribe, had ostracised her from the community for singing Pandavani as she was a woman but now she gets many requests from people willing to train their daughters in the art form.

Born in 1956, in Durg Chhattisgarh, Teejan was introduced to the art of Pandavani singing by her maternal

grandfather Brij Lal Pardhi.

She took formal training from Ummed Singh Deshmukh and gave her first performance at the age of 13. Her first trip overseas was to Paris in 1985.

She was awarded the Padmshree in 1988 and Padma Bhusan by the then President APJ Abdul Kalam in 2003.

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he first 100 days of any political party or any government that is new to governance or power is certainly no yardstick for measuring how well or bad it has done or might do so in future. But certainly its performance in the initial days does give an indication of the shape of things to come. Given the bickering within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and now with its alliance in partner the Shiv Sena, it does give an impression

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the blow hot, blow cold relations with his senior partyman and Minister for Revenue Eknath Khadse or his Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar having his own way in enforcing prohibition in his native Chandrapur district. Shiv Sena and Uddhav Thackeray have realised pretty well that more than the Sena itself, it is the BJP that needs it (Sena) for stability of the government. The spinoffs of being in power are added

the state, its continued opposition to the Jaitapur nuclear power plant, its Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam asking Fadnavis to stay clean in matters of governance and many other issues. These days it has now become a trend to criticise one's own government or party, almost like Bollywood where actors these days play anti-heroes. Like in Rajya Sabha where it faces number crunch, here in Legislative Council too, BJP finds itself in a minority though it it is in power. Hence more than anything else it needs Sena to tide over the numerical deficit and thereby push through its pet projects and legislations.

Devendra Fadnavis Uddhav Thackeray But it is not that it is all turbulence still, at least Fadnavis has got things that the government led by Chief advantages for the Sena. on the infrastructure front moving Minister Devendra Fadnavis is still Sensing the bickering within the once again with Mumbai Next sumtrying to find its feet.

BJP, the Sena has begun attacking the mit, his visit to World Economic More than what Fadnavis has tried government maintaining its inde- Forum in Davos, policy to rejuvenate to achieve in the past 100 days of his pendent stance on issues like farm- water bodies in rural areas or his ingovernance, the attention is more on ers plight in drought hit regions of tent on guaranteeing the right to

SIMHASAN Prashant Hamine | ADC services. There appears to be a communication gap between the government and the party or the two have moved away from each other.

The government and the party are looking at each other as to who would defend the government's decision in scrapping the River Regulatory Zone (RRZ) policy which it claims was hampering industrial development along river banks.

The next bigger test awaits Fadnavis next month as his government presents its first ever budget making clear his development agenda for the state. For that to happen Fadnavis needs to move quickly to have a grip on his government and his ministers need to be good at solving people’s problems rather than creating problems for him. It remains to be seen as to what effect the impending disastrous performance in Delhi assembly elections has on the internal party dynamics of the BJP and its cascading effect in Maharashtra.

Metro III: Tree Authority to decide on 254 trees in Aarey

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he Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authorities (MMRDA's) proposal to trim 254 trees and re-plant 2,044 tree in the Aarey Colony in order to make space for the Metro III car depot, will be tabled by the Tree Authority today.

MMRDA has planned a 33.5 kms underground line, whose carshed has been proposed in Aarey Colony. The agency has identified 2,298 trees as obstruction to the proposed carshed for the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz line, the fully underground Metro III. However, the members of the Tree Authority of the BMC are unhappy with this proposal which will affect so many trees and disturb the city's ecological balance. However it seeks a change in place for the Metro III car depot which will save the precious green cover. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

DR CYRES MEHTA AWARDED “LEADING EYE SURGEON OF INDIA” AT THE HANDS OF SMT SMRITI IRANI UNION MINISTER At the recently concluded district conference of Rotary International District 3140, Dr Cyres Mehta, eye surgeon, was honored at the hands of Smt Smriti Irani, Union Minister for Human Resource development.

The Citation reads as, “Dr Cyres Mehta is awarded the Leading Eye Surgeon of India Award for his o u t s t a n d i n g contribution to the field of eye surgery internationally” in his introduction Mr Saif Qureshi, organizer of the Conference, consisting of over 3000 Rotarians pointed out that Dr Cyres had made a huge contribution to the field of eye surgery and had lectured worldwide raising the image of Indian Ophthalmology Internationally. In addition Mr Qureshi said that Dr Cyres Mehta was a great Rotarian and an example for the youth of our country having achieved this great honor at the age of only 43.

Dr Cyres Mehta in his acceptance speech informed the audience of the latest development in cataract surgery available today, the new Laser cataract system, Catalys

itself makes these openings precisely. The patient can actually resume work as early as 2 days. We must all help in nation building said Dr Cyres, and time off spent after surgery is a major drain to the economy. A person being able to recover very fast and be able to go back to his work very soon is an asset to the nation.

Automation affects every face of our lives today. Cataract surgery can be no different.

Using these latest technologies to help people overcome their problems like cataract is the triumph of technology over disease.

which simply melts away the cataract in less than 30 seconds. The melted cataract is very easy to then suck out through a 1.8 mm tunnel and replace with a new generation trifocal lens so that the patient does not need spectacles for near or distance anymore. To add to this no blades are used in this procedure and the laser system

The audience comprising of 3000 Rotarians from all over the world as well as celebrities appreciated the speech. Dr Cyres Mehta is the surgical chief of the International Eye Centre behind Taj Mahal Hotel and the President elect of the Rotary Club of Bombay Pier.

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I Sobha Debi have changed my name to Bhiva Satish Kumar Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47499

I M. K. Giri / Manoj Giri have changed my name to Manoj Kumar Giri as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 04/02/15 C-47516

I Rashida Pratapgadwala have changed my name to Rashida Murtuza Bohri as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Singh Harminder Singh Joginder to Singh Harminder as per Affidavit C-47482

I Mahendra Kumar Sabhajit Shukla have changed my name to Mahendra Sabhajit Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47500

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I have changed my name from Shanta Natha Paradh to Shantabai Vishwanath Mandade as per Affidavit C-47457

I have changed my name from Jayan Appozhath to Jayan Unnikrishnan as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Khushaldas to Andram Ramchandani as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Rajkumar Chelladurai to Rajkumar Chelladurai Reddy as per Affidavit C-47477

C-47458 I have changed my name from Khushal to Andram Ramchandani as per Affidavit C-47459 I have changed my name from Rajendra C R Jain to Rajan Chain Ram Jain as per Affidavit C-47460 I have changed my name from Satishkumar Parmanand Valecha to Satish Parmanand Valecha as per Affidavit C-47461

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I have changed my name from Adesh Ankush Karabhari to Adesh Ankush Karbhari as per Affidavit C-47478 I have changed my name from Akshya Sachin Kale to Akshay Sachin Kale as per Affidavit C-47479 I have changed my name from Anandkumar Kishorilal Kori to Anand Kishorilal Kori as per Affidavit C-47480

I have changed my name from Singh Jaswinder Kaur Harminder to Kaur Jaswinder as per Affidavit C-47483 I have changed my name from Singh Inderdeep Kaur Harminder to Kaur Inderdeep as per Affidavit C-47484 I have changed my name from Manisha Dhawal Shaha to Manisha Dhaval Shah as per Affidavit C-47485 I have changed my name from Dhawal Shantilal Shaha to Dhaval Shantilal Shah as per Affidavit C-47486 I have changed my name from Mohammed Arshad Abdul Kadar Sheikh to Mohammad Arshad Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-47487 I have changed my name from Abdul Kadar Sheikh to Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-47488 I have changed my name from Zohra Abdul Kadar Sheikh to Zohra Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-47489 I have changed my name from Mulla Anvar Basha Shasha to Mulla Anwar Basha Shasha as per Affidavit C-47490 I have changed my name from Shaikhshaheen Ayyub to Mulla Ayesha Anwar Basha as per Affidavit C-47491 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohd Asim Khan to Mr. Asim Khan as per Affidavit C-47492 I have changed my name from Miss. Sana Parveen Ezharal Hasan Syed to Miss. Sana Parveen Ezharal Hasan Sayed as per Affidavit C-47493 We, Mr. Sajid Merchant & Mrs. Sanam Sajid Merchant my minor daughter name changed from Miss Sania Sajid Marchant to. Miss. Sania Sajid Merchant as per Affidavit C-47494 I have changed my from Mr. Abbas Sajid Marchant to Abbas Sajid Merchant as per Affidavit C-47495 I have changed my name from Harnishkumar Mahendrabhai Parikh to Harnish Mahendrabhai Parikh as per Affidavit C-47496 I Bharatbhai have changed my name to Bharatbhai Bhikhabhai Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47497 I Sourabh Kr. Sharma have changed my name to Saurabh Kumar Satish Kumar Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47498

I Ratnakara have changed my name to Ratnakar Venkappa Amin as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47501 I Jahanara Mohammad Hussain have changed my name to Jahanara Mohammad Hussain Syed as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47502 I Rajendra Babulal Halavadia have changed my name to Rajendra Babulal Halvadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/01/15 C-47503 I Shaila Rajendra Halavadia have changed my name to Shaila Rajendra Halvadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/01/15 C-47504 I Vikrant Rajeshbhai have changed my name to Vikrant Sarvaiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47505 I Chhayaben have changed my name to Chhaya Sarvaiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47506 I Ms. Jyoti Dattatray Parab have changed my name to Mrs. Shweta Chandrashekhar Barve as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47507 I Mr. Abdul Gaffar Khan have changed my name to Mr. Gaffar Firoz Rajput as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47508

I Dwarkaprasad Virchand Mourya have changed my name to Dwarikaprasad Bechan Maurya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47518 I Hariya Dwani Bharat have changed my name to Hariya Dhwani Bharat as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47519 I Dhiral Bharat Hariya have changed my name to Dhwani Bharat Hariya as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. X-63986 Dated: 21/05/2009 C-47520 I Dhiral Bharat Hariya have changed my name to Dhwani Bharat Hariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47521 I Sairabanu Mohhammad Khalid have changed my name to Sairabanu Mohhammad Khalid Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47522 I Naseem Banu Mohd Azeem Shaikh have changed my name to Banu Mohd Azeem Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47523 I Shabnum Begum Gulam Nabi have changed my name to Shabnam Anjumul Huda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47524

I Mr. Mohammad Harun Abdul Gaffar Khan have changed my name to Mr. Harun Gaffar Rajput as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47509

I Efat Fatna Sayed have changed my name to Iffat Fatima Sayed as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15

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I Ansuya Fatima Mohammed Amin Syed have changed my name to Insia Fatima Mohammed Alam Syed as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47526

I Manjushasayankar have changed my name to Purvanagarkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47511 I Champaben Haribhai Patel have changed my name to Champaben Haribhai Karkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/01/15 C-47512 I Deepakkumar Champaklal Mistry have changed my name to Deepak Champaklal Mistry as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47513 I Jaikishan Jaswant Chudasma have changed my name to Jaikishan Chudasama as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47514 I Vandana Mourya have changed my name to Vandana Maurya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 06/02/15 C-47515

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C-47529 I Nadira Khatoon have changed my name to Khan Nadira Imran as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47530 I Murtuza Pratapgadwala have changed my name to Murtuza Bohri as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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C-47534 I Miteshkumar Doshi have changed my name to Mitesh Doshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47535 I Sabita Kartik Bhuia have changed my name to Savita Kartik Bhuia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47536 I Mankuram Sahal Yadav have changed my name to Kapil Sahal Yadav as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47537 I Pooja Suresh Khithani have changed my name to Nishtha Paresh Dalwani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47538 I Javed Mohammed Jahangir have changed my name to Javed Mohammed Jahangir Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47539 I Hathi Manishkumar Dushyant have changed my name to Manish Dushyant Hathi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47540 I Tahseen Jahan Murtuza Kazi have changed my name to Tahseen Jahan Murtuza as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47541 I Murtuza Haji Musibat Ali Kazi have changed my name to Murtuza Haji Musibat Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47542 I Smt. Vimla Kumari Atamjay have changed my name to Smt. Vimla Kumari as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-47543 I Ms. Dipika Alias Lalan Mohan Sawant have changed my name to Mrs. Vrushali Vinod Mane as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/02/15 C-47544 I Nadim Ahmed have changed my name to Nadeem Ahmed Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated 6-2-2015.

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ACB searches Mahim SPI’s residence, finds disproportionate assets; Three bank accounts yet to be searched

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day after of successful trap was laid for Senior Police Inspector (SPI) of Mahim Police Station, Dastgir Mulla, the officials of State Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) searched his residence and found papers of two flats, gold and cash.

According to ACB sources, a successful trap was laid SPI Dastgir Mulla of Mahim Police station, while accepting Rs.10,000 in his cabin after a complaint was lodged. He had demanded Rs.25,000 and it was his first installment money he was receiving.

SPI Dastgir Mulla was accepting the money from the complainant after threatening the complainant by saying that if she did not pay the money, than she will be

SPI Dastgir Mulla booked in a frivolous tresspassing case. It is alleged, that there was a complaint against the complainant by a lady to vacate her room, where the complainant was residing. Mulla called her and demanded Rs.25,000, for easing action against her.

The complainant did not wish to give him money.

However, she approached

the State ACB and lodged a complainant against the SPI. The ACB then laid a trap and caught him red-handed while accepting the bribe.

The ACB came to know that the trapped senior police inspector is having three bank accounts. While ACB sources said that they have yet to to collect information as to how much cash he kept in these three accounts and bank lockers.

As of now, the sleuths of the ACB have recovered two flats paper from his residence – one in Nalasopara and another in Mira Road, while gold jewelery of around 10 tolas and Rs.30,000 cash. But the pass book of three different banks were found from his residence but we did not know how much amount he had in his account.

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Mira Road builders ignore safety rules, no action yet; Mounting toll seems to have done little to improve safety practices

Immadul Mandal (28), lost balance and fell from the 9th floor of an underconstruction bldg. on Sunday.

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Pawar tells NCP workers to strengthen party’s base

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setback for the party. When youth in our party but this the NCP was formed in has slowly declined,” he he NCP President Sharad 1999, there was a majority of added further.

Pawar yesterday directed the party rank and file to reach out to every village in the state and resolve people’s problems in order to strengthen the party's base after its debacle in the Assembly elections last year.

Addressing the party workers state-level convention at Balewadi in Pune, Pawar accepted the fact that party has lost some ground in the state.

He said, “During the 15-year Congress-NCP rule, we introduced various scheme for the people's welfare but failed to approach them and make them aware about these schemes. The party should reach out to the common people and solve their problems”.

Pawar further attacked BJP and blamed it for disturbing communal harmony and said BJP-led government wants to change everything including the Constitution.

“The words socialist and secular being struck off from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution depicted in a Republic Day advertisement issued by the BJP government is an indication of their intentions. NCP is an alternative to the BJP, since the Congress’ popularity amongst the people is on the decline,” he said.

“NCP will sit in the Opposition and will not join the government. Our party failed to reach out to the voters in the urban areas of the state and this was a major

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28-year-old construction labourer died after falling off the 9th floor of an under construction high rise in Mira Road on Sunday. The incident took place at around 2 p.m. at Gaurav Excellency -- a high rise tower being con-

structed by Ravi Developers.

The deceased identified as Immadul Mandal (28), apparently lost balance and came crashing on the ground from the ninth floor. Mandal was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his severe head and other injuries. Nor was the deceased wearing a safety belt, mandatory for every labourer working on high-rises, nor were safety nets installed at the spot where he fell.

As of now, a case of accidental death has been regis-

tered at the Kashimira police station.

“We are into the process of conducting a detailed probe into the case and ascertain whether there was any negligence on part of the site supervisor or anybody else that resulted in Mandal’s death,” said an officer. These deaths show lack of safety harnesses and belts used on construction sites across the region.

However, the mounting toll seems to have done little to improve construction safety practices.

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Sea World project needs just 250 acres: CM Orders land to be bought from farmers at market rate after due negotiations

State info panel orders MBMC to pay Rs.15,000 to widow of retired teacher who was denied information on pension. Show cause notice to Public Information Officer

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n a bid to defuse the controversy over central government's new land acquisition policy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to scale down the quantum of land to be acquired for the world's largest Sea World project that is to come up along Malwan coastline in Sindhudurg district. Official sources stated that the move will give a major relief to the farmers. The previous Congress-NCP led government had announced acquisition of 1,400 acres of land for the project.

Speaking to news persons here earlier in the week, Fadnavis made it clear that his government will not acquire more than 350 acres of land which is the maximum requirement for the project.

The Sea World, which will be India's first of its kind, will come up in two villages of Sindhudurg, a coastal district. It will comprise of water theme amusement park, oceanarium, under water tunnels, crafts and

I arts centre apart from a few tourist resorts. The project was sanctioned in 2009 but could not take off because the local gram sabhas had opposed the project as they feared that a plan to acquire such a large area could affect their crops.

Fadnavis stated that there was no need for such a huge land acquisition. “Any Sea World could be built in maximum 250 acres. I also have ordered the local Collector not to acquire the farmers’ land but purchase them by paying market rate after due negotiations”, he added.

Currently, the world’s largest Sea World is spread over 250 acres in Antonia, US. The Rs.5000 crore Sea World will be located around 20 km from the proposed airport at Chipi and 15 km from proposed Bollywood City on the lines of Los Angeles’ Hollywood Hills.

Fighting a losing battle, Manjhi seeks PM’s help Continued from pg 1 « strength in the assembly must first be decided. He added that he will prove his majority on the Floor of the House and if he fails, he will resign.

The moves of Manjhi, however, appear to be futile and frustrated.

"Assembly is the place to prove majority. I have already written to the Governor for convening Budget Session of the Assembly. I will prove my majority on February 19 or 20. If Nitish Kumar has numbers, why is he unduly worried. If they prove I do not have numbers, I will step down," he told reporters soon after his meeting with Modi.

When asked how many MLAs are with him as 97 of 111 JD(U) MLAs attended the meeting yesterday to elect Kumar as their leader, Manjhi said only those MLAs matter who come ahead when it matters, suggesting he can garner more support during the show of strength, reports PTI. Attacking Kumar for humiliating the "son of a Maha

Dalit", he said the former Bihar Chief Minister was happy as long as he was a "rubber stamp" but when his "self-respect woke up" and he began acting independently, his predecessor began plotting his removal.

"I know he is a good man.

But he cannot live without power. He thought I am a Maha Dalit and of average intellect. For 34-35 years in politics, I played a dumb as leaders with background like me were either killed or sidelined if they dared to speak (out)," he said, claiming he drew a bigger line than Kumar in "social engineering" which caused "envy and panic".

Playing the Dalit card, he said it was time for all political parties to decide if they stood for the poor and Maha Dalit and said he would expand his Cabinet soon.

"I can have 16-17 more Cabinet ministers and as many Parliamentary Secretaries," he said, aiming to lure more MLAs to his side.

He said he might have two Deputy Chief Ministers and one of them will "certainly" be a Muslim.

the pension was calculated.

This prompted her grandson Sachin Damodare to file a RTI query on her behalf.

When the PIO failed to respond within the stipulated time frame, the applicant filed a first appeal with the Deputy Civic Chief. When he too failed on this front, the applicant went for a second appeal before the SIC. Even as the education officer went on record to claim that all relevant documents including the service records had been misplaced by the Zilla Parishad authorities, the SIC maintained that the PIO

had violated the provisions of the RTI Act, thus causing harassment to a senior citizen.

Apart from passing orders to pay Rs.15,000 as compensation and a 21-day time limit to divulge sought information, the SIC also issued a show cause notice on February 4, to the PIO asking him to make a written submission as to why penalty should not be imposed on him. This is not the first time a MBMC official has been penalized by the SIC, with several errant officers having been taken to task for refusing information under the RTI Act.

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SEMINAR BY INDO-ARAB SOCIETY: President Zainuddin Bandukwala along with members of the Indo-Arab Society organised a seminar on 'The Role Of Indian Muslims in the Present Political Setup' at Islam Gymkhana on Saturday. Distinguished speakers who made this seminar interesting as well as knowledgeable include Prof Ram Puniyani, noted scholar and member of All India Secular Forum, Maulana Zahir Abbas Rizvi and Sohil Lokhandwalla, ex-principal Beg Mohammed High School. Prominent citizens of all communities graced the occasion. Seen in the picture (from left): On the mike: Maulana Zahir Abbas, Nasir Pathan, Hon. General Secretary, Sohil Lokhandwalla, President Zainuddin Bandukwala, Prof. Ram Puniyani and Consul General of Iran Masood Khalegi.

Wada to Thane flyover almost ready

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t was quite like the scene out of the Hindi movie 'Taare Zameen Par', at the drawing and handwriting competition organized by the Prerna Social Welfare Foundation in Mira Road on Sunday. The fourth edition of the signature sit-&draw event 'Taare Zameen Par' witnessed the participation of around 5,000 students (right from junior KG to Std X) from across the Mira-Bhayandar region. Much to the delight of the organisers, the enthusiastic young participants were seen unleashing their dreams and imagination on canvasses. A surprise competition for parents was also held.

“The paintings were sincere expressions of pure emotions of the participants without any pretensions, a reflection of their true selves,” said Pramod Samant. All the participants were given certificates of appreciation.

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he 795-meter long Vanjarpatti flyover from Wada in Palghar to Thane will be completed and functional by March 2015. The flyover will provide additional arms – one running from Shivaji Chowk and the other towards Nashik highway. The additional arms will be completed by the monsoon. Vanjarpatti near Bhiwandi is a major junction where heavy duty vehicles commuting from Nashik to Wada and to other industrial areas cause severe traffic chaos leading to accidents and road rages. The 1+1lane Vanjarpatti flyover along with the additional arms for motorists from Shivaji Chowk going towards Nashik highway will cost Rs 62 crore.

Dilip Kawathkar, Joint Project Director, MMRDA, said, “The much awaited Vanjarpatti junction flyover will provide great relief to the traffic movement leading to and from the busy powerloom city.”

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fter the ruckus over the inauguration of the civic 'Five Gardens' at Matunga last year between the Congress and Shiv Sena,history repeated itself yesterday during the Groundbreaking ceremony of a Garden to be built in Naigaon on the 9-acre plot.

During the ceremony, Congress MLA of Naigaon, Kalidas Kolambkar, was also present and in his speech he said, “Congress was been fighting for this project from the last 22 years and today the day has come when the Shiv Sena is taking the fruits.”

These statements hurt the Shiv Sainiks and a verbal spat between the Sena and Congress began. Soon Kolambkar stopped his speech and walked away with his supporters as he became aware that the maximum supporters were of the Sena.

But, the bhoomipujan ceremony did not affect the

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Sena, the event was completed in the presence of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Municipal Commisisoner Sitaram Kunte and Deputy Mayor Alka Kerkar.

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said, “Today is the day to start of with the good work for the Mumbaikars. Such type of problems should not affect us.”

The land for construction of the garden has been handed over to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)

by Bombay Dyeing after directives from Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray along with BJP leader Vinod Tawde the Bombay High Court in during the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for a 'Theme Garden' on Bombay 2013. The company had a Dyeing plot CTS-223 at G.D. Ambekar Marg in Naigaon on Sunday.

Development hit: Political tug of war adjourns MBMC meet Confident of grabbing Mayoral chair later this month, BJP-led Opposition wants to take credit for resolution nods

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t was another unfortunate day for democracy in the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC). Driven by game of political one upmanship, the ongoing tug-ofwar over supremacy proved to be detrimental for the development projects planned for the twin-city. This became evident after the BJP-led Opposition on the virtue of their majority unceremoniously adjourned the special general

MBMC Mayor Catlyn Pereira body meeting on Saturday.

This despite the fact that the agenda of the meeting listed important issues including -Conversion of Truck Terminal Reservation into Bus Depot, Parking Bays for MBMT Buses, set-up of funding scheme with public participation and most importantly financial and administrative approvals for augmenting water supply via MIDC.

Terming the adjournment as politically motivated selfish and an autocratic move, Mayor Catlyn Pereira said, “Despite being the legislator who also occupies the Opposition leader’ chair -- Narendra Mehta, on the virtue of unjustified and illogical reasons is creating obstacles in the development of the region.” Although the Opposition cited technical complications to adjourn the meeting, the real reason is the upcoming Mayoral polls in which the BJP seems confident of grabbing power and then claim credit for the approval of the developmental works, sources said.

Frequent adjournments and rescheduling of general body meetings has hampered development works.

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A UNIQUE EVENT... One of the participants in The Blind Man Car Rally near Worli, on Sunday. The event was an unique experience as co-drivers were navigated by the visually-impaired individuals with their route mapped out in Braille.

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textile mill on the plot, which had gone sick. Following this, the company redeveloped the plot and constructed high rise residential buildings.

According to the state government’s rule if the mill land is redeveloped, the owner has to surrender one-third portion of the land each to MHADA (for public housing) and BMC for public amenities. Under this provision around 32,828 square meters (about 9 acres) of land has been surrendered to the BMC, which has to be used it for open spaces, recreation grounds or public amenities. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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“When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”

— Jimi Hendrix

AAP’s win in Delhi OST exit polls have said that M Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will win by a big majority in Delhi. Only one of them has stated that the BJP might not win, but will get 34 seats. The AAP has already started celebrating its victory in the elections. All that Kejriwal wants is 36 seats to form the government.

What has happened to the Modi wave? It is not difficult to see why the wave is not seen in Delhi. Earlier, wherever the opponent to the BJP was the Congress, Modi wave swept the polls. People across the nation were totally against the Congress which during the 10 years of misrule at the Centre had earned their disapproval. A series of scams tainted the image of the Congress. It was pathetic to hear them at election rallies talking about ideology and secularism, completely unaware of the corruption taint they had acquired. BJP’s Narendra Modi took full advantage of the tainted image of the Congress and won election after election.

In Delhi, the BJP had no opposition from the Congress. It was pitted against the AAP — a new party which does not have scams. In fact, when the BJP first projected Upadhyay as the CM, the AAP did some research and found corrupt dealings by him.

The BJP leaders dropped him and chose Kiran Bedi. This sudden change is said to have caused some differences among the party leaders. BJP’s poll campaign might have been affected to some extent thanks to chance in the party’s CM choice.

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AVING become a nation of habitual complainers and criticizers, we always find it hard to acknowledge good work.

When it comes to our politicians, even giving the devil his due becomes hard for us. We are predisposed to abuse our politicians regardless of anything good they might do. Deservedly or undeservedly, politicians in power invariably attract flak.

So we are not surprised that they are tearing into the Prime Minister’s reputation for his having worn a suit with his name woven into the fabric. What did you expect the poor fellow to do when someone presented him the suit length bearing his name? The only other option for Narendra Modi was to shred that monogrammed suit length, wasn’t it? A number of leaders in the past too had been similarly gifted such suit lengths, shawls, dhotis and silk kurtas bearing their names. Yet they could not bring themselves up to wear them for fear of attracting adverse comment.

But always unafraid to shock and awe his friends and foes alike, Modi decided to wear it precisely on the day he was assured of a maximum play in the media. Why not throw his critics an extra bone of aggravation to chew on?

And the chatterati something to spend hours on debating its right and wrong? It was in all likelihood meant to be a tease, and Modi’s critics fell into the trap.

It certainly was not meant to be the equivalent of the shipping tycoon Dharam Teja’s gift of a mink coat to Indira Gandhi in the 60s which left the Socialist stormy petrel Ram Manohar Lohia so angry that he convened a full-fledged press conference to lament the decadent lifestyle of the Nehru-Gandhi family in a dirt-poor country. While at it, Lohia also hinted how in return for official favours Teja took care of Indira Gandhi’s sons in England.

Those were different times, though. There was percentage in flaunting poverty. It was politically suicidal to be seen to be anything but socialist. Even the Jana Sangh, BJP’s previous avatar, had felt obliged to swear by a strange oxymoron called Gandhian socialism. Politicians talked socialism while doing everything to subvert it, and while bestowing favours on their favourite moneybags.

It was only when Indira Gandhi’s Garibi Hatao ran the economy into a rut, leading to the Emergency, that the people realized the hollowness of samajwad. On her return to power in 1980, she herself began dismantling some of the more egregious facets of the wasted decades of socialism. Without doubt, more Indians have come out of poverty in the non-socialist years than they did during the entire socialist era. Chanting the socialism mantra no longer fetches votes.

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brating wealth, when even small-town India is flush with designer labels, when AAP and BSP candidates are self-declared crorepatis, when helicopter marriages in rural India are all the rage, wearing an expensive suit, albeit a gift from an admirer, cannot be such a sin that it should elicit catty comment from the viscerally anti-Modi critics.

Modi may well have anticipated the reaction his name-suit would attract. And far from feeling apologetic, he is probably reveling in all the fuss some people are creating over it, especially in trying to juxtapose the so-called ‘ten-lakh suit’ with the ‘Mufflerman.’ At least, Modi is not a hypocrite. You may fault him for a lack of style, for lacking the sophistication of a western-educated aristocrat, but to make much todo about his wearing that suit shows petty-mindedness. Has anyone bothered to check the number of expensive saris our czarinas of politics own?. And we are not even talking of their hoard of expensive gems and jewels, shoes and handbags.

Come on, obsesses with something more substantive, something more relevant to the

INSIDE STORY Virendra Kapoor task of nation-building than a mere garment.

Do you realize that Modi by wearing the namesuit may have sought to confront his critics, to spotlight their obsession with him, to challenge their sense of superiority, question their right to play the arbiter of good taste and, above all, to establish that he is his own man. Not for him the rules of etiquette and good behaviour a small group of self-styled arbiters of good taste and political sense may want to impose on the chaiwalla-turned-prime minister. As we said, he is not a hypocrite’. Modi’s detractors are welcome to embrace the Mufflerman, nay, the Pakhandi who threatens to ruin the economy with his bagful of freebies.

By the way, a little bit of Googling might have revealed that the name-suit can be had for the asking in western cities for less than half the price they have latched on to at the say-so of someone who is almost always ill-informed but

‘To seek peace, man seeks war’

AN seeks happiness in pleasure, in joy, but these are only shadows of happiness.

The real happiness is in the heart of man. But man does not look for it. In order to find happiness, he seeks pleasure. Anything that is passing and anything that results in unhappiness is not happiness. Happiness is the very being of man. Vedantists have called the human soul Ananda, happiness, because the soul itself is happiness. That is why it seeks happiness. And because the soul cannot find itself it is always looking for something that will make it happy. But what it finds can never make it really happy, perfectly happy.

Sin and virtue, good and bad, right and wrong, can be distinguished and determined on this principle.Virtue is what brings real happiness. What is called right is that which leads

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Sending out a signal, loud and clear

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HE sacking of Home Secretary Anil Goswami is certainly a most significant step the Modi government has taken to advance the cause of rule of law. Though a few observers have noted that the move would act as a warning to bureaucrats not to misuse their official positions but there has been little appreciation of the fact that the sacking would also curb ministerial discretion. If bureaucrats will now fear stepping out of line, they, in turn, will be quite justified in rejecting unfair and improper orders from their ministers as well.

Only when a minister is venal, do his officers feel emboldened to dip into the till on their own. But, happily, Modi’s summary axing of Goswami reinforces the message all around that straying from the due process would attract prompt punitive action. Quite clearly, incorruptibility of the Prime Minister is a huge asset, especially after ten years of cashand-carry regime of Manmohan Singh when even one of his own key aides was said to be on the take.

Goswami had to go because he found it hard to get out of the clutches of that unsavoury character Matang Sinh. A one-time minister in the Narasimha Rao government, Sinh was a power broker, fixing senior police and bureaucratic appointments through friends like Goswami, pulling strings to take bank loans and then defaulting on them with impunity, thanks again to friends like Goswami. And generally throwing his weight around in the corridors of power due to his senior-level contacts whom he managed to keep on his side by using the three Ws. As for Goswami, not many people would know that he was so brazen that he sought to browbeat the higher judiciary into appointing his lawyer wife as a high court judge. When the matter reached the apex court, a senior judge who had earlier worked in Jammu & Kashmir nixed the move, pointing out how the lady in question was least qualified to be elevated to the bench.

Admittedly, in the earlier regime it was quite normal for a Home Secretary to throw his weight around. The holder of this powerful post has always wielded enormous clout. In fact, one of the predecessors of Goswami was so notorious for coming to the aid of crooked builders and other economic offenders that the UPA government rewarded him with a postretirement gubernatorial post.

But, then, Modi came to power on the promise of good governance. Goswami paid the price for failing to change with the changed political ethos.

contemplation. The answer is that it is natural to experience peace, but life in the world is not natural. Animals and birds all experience to happiness. What is good is good because it peace, but not mankind, for man is the robber gives happiness. And if it does not do so it can- of his own peace. He has made his life so artifinot be good, it cannot be virtue, it cannot be cial that he can never imagine how far he is reright. Whenever man has found virtue in un- moved from what may be called a normal, happiness he has been mistaken.Whenever he natural life to live. It is for this reason that we need the art of discovering peace within us; we shall not experience peace by improving outside conditions. Man has always longed for peace and he has always brought about wars. was wrong he has been unhappy. Happiness is At the same time every individual says he is the being of man. That is why he craves for it. seeking for peace. Then where does war come Another inclination man shows is for peace. from? It comes because the meaning of peace It is not rest or comfort or solitude which can has not been fully understood. Man lives in a give peace. It is an art which must be learnt, the continual turmoil, in a restless condition, and art of the mystics by which one comes to expe- in order to seek for peace he seeks war; if this rience peace. One may ask why, if it is natural goes on we shall not have peace till every indifor the soul to experience peace, one must vidual begins to seek peace within himself first. strive for peace by practice, by meditation, by — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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The Model Code has become a mockery THE Election Commission has been doing an excellent job of conducting so many elections all over the country in a peaceful manner, but, it is demeaning itself by coming out with the so-called 'model code of conduct' before the elections for which nobody cares since it has no legal sanction to take any action against the defaulters. The campaigning was supposed to have ended by 6.00 pm on Thursday, February 5 in Delhi but quite a few TV channels continued to telecast interviews of party leaders, their press conferences, 'khas' programmes and the like, carrying appeals to the voters right upto Friday night! It will be good if the commission leaves the enforcement of rules and regulations to some other government machin- The central figure in the Delhi polls is AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, who transformed a ery since it has not been able to loosely knit anti-corruption movement into a thriving political movement and party. disqualify even the worst of the ofRapid turns in Delhi politics since that had social activist Anna Hazfenders so far!

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane the announcement of fresh elec- are as its mascot, into a thriving tions have brought to the fore sev- political movement and party.

eral questions that have lingered Now it appears to be a credible ELECTIONS to the Delhi Assembly since the parliamentary victory of challenger to the Modi juggernaut.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai have always attracted dispropor- the BJP under the leadership of tionate national-level attention. It Narendra Modi. These relate to the

voted yesterday, February 7, for the sustainability of Mr. Modi’s censecond time in a little more than a tralised model of Hindutva politics HERE are a few stray thoughts: The AAP is a forgotten entity. year. The elections in December in a diverse polity such as India’s, 2013 resulted in a hung Assembly. the possibility and the nature of an The midnight havalas have unA government formed by the then- alternative to it, and the future of done all their good words and promises of good deeds. fledgling Aam Aadmi Party, with the Congress.

The Congress should bury itthe support of the Congress that The central figure in the Delhi was pushed to the third slot after campaign is AAP chief Arvind Ke- self now. Its time is over; its relebeing in power for three consecu- jriwal, who transformed a loosely vance does not exists. Its tive terms, lasted just 49 days. knit anti-corruption movement leadership is no more. They are sending a strongly worded letter to the Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte to get the ramp constructed by Shahrukh Khan outside his Mannat abode who has directed

history.

Rahul and Sonia, along with their Vadra connection have enough stowed away in thousands of millions to retire for life before their bubbles burst. At least, their names will appear in history books which they could never have imagined.

The confidence their spokespersons show on television programs is so blatantly false.

Times Now's Newshour should be rechristened as the "If and But Show". Two hours are frittered away each evening debating on suppositions when after the event, the discussion would be so much more relevant.

Panelists on the Newshour are becoming decorative pieces (which some of them are not); it is the Anchor who has taken over and his voice is supreme over the others as if their thoughts are invalid.

— Jamshed Irani, Mumbai

DURING the recently concluded hectic electioneering campaign in Delhi, the BJP was compared to the Kauravas of the epic Mahabharat by the Party's political opponents.

If it is taken in a lighter mood, then Bhishm Pitamah should be L K Advani, Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi Dronacharya, Yashwant Sinha as Krupacharya, and so on. However, it will not be possible to find suitable matching characters for the roles of the 100 Kauravas, their only sister Dusshala, Karn and Aashwathama in the Saffron Party.

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

that the steel ramp from which Shahrukh addresses his fans be demolished. Orders have been given to Shahrukh to get the ramp dismantled within the next

An open letter to Shri B H Obama Dangerous habit

seven days.

The complaint letter stated the ramp, which the actor uses to greet his fans and park his vanity van, has become a nuisance, as hundreds of his fans stand on the road outside, leading to traffic chaos and inconvenience to the neighbours.

Mahajan’s letter to the municipal commissioner was prompted by repeated complaints from local residents. The BMC, by sending a stern warning to the actor, has also decided to issue a notice which said that Khan should either demolish the ramp within seven days or the civic agency will demolish it themselves.

Now the residents of Bandra can heave a sigh of relief that after fighting a battle for a long time it has at last worked out in their favour. All credit goes to Poonam Mahajan whose intervention has paid off.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

Respect rape victim APROPOS your front page story 'A rape victim strangles and throws out new-born' (ADC, Feb 6), while the media gives a lot of coverage to women's safety and particularly rape - and rightly so - the often terrible aftermath of rape and the root cause thereof is seldom discussed.

It must be emphasised that a girl who is raped is a victim; and that none of it is her fault.

Very often, devastated as she is by the violence perpetrated on her, her trauma is increased tenfold by the shame she is subjected to by her own family members; and her virtual excommunication by the society she lives in.

Even if she becomes pregnant by the rape, it is not of her own volition and she needs counselling and sympathy; and not to be treated like a pariah.

— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

one billion Hindus, we don’t even say we are a Hindu state. You say US is secular? Let me see how secular you are when another religion reaches 14 per cent, assuming you will allow it. I feel that your speech was made at the wrong places – India and the US. You should have tried to say this in Saudi Arabia, if you had the courage.

PS – I am an atheist – the most tolerant group.

— T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivali

Smoking kills

nation, the problem has to be tackled at the grassroot level of tobacco IT is the youth which is the most growing, despite the powerful tovulnerable lot as they start by taking bacco lobby repeatedly asserting its up smoking as a fad and then peer contribution to the national econpressure accentuates this fad. Their omy. Any delay may result in the nacuriosity, adventurousness and risk tion paying a heavy price.

— T.S. Karthik, Chennai taking mental disposition make them experiment and try something different in life. Despite warnings on cigarette packets and media, about harmful effects and POONAM Mahajan, the BJP MP has life expectancy lost for each pack, succeeded in her mission after they smoke, as they think death is very far. Smokers enjoy their cigarette and the smoke which emanates, unmindful of passive smoking. R.J.R Nabisco had to withdraw their brand of smokeless cigarettes from market, when they found smokers in fact enjoyed the smoke. Though banning the sale of loose cigarettes, larger warning on cigarette packets and increasing the legal age for sale of tobacco products to 25 years are welcome, the change has to come from within.

Also, in the interest of health of the Poonam Mahajan

Poonam succeeds

Mr Obama had said after his visit to India that religious intolerance exists in India even today.

Dear Shri Obama I appreciate your knowledge of our Constitution and your perspective on what “tolerance” means. Smart of you to have brought in Gandhi. Our majority religion, Hinduism has been around since 5000 BCE - 6492 years before Columbus found your land looking for ours. We have the third largest Muslim population.

We have 20 million Christians – only 50 countries have populations more than this. We are home to Zoroastrians who had to leave their country in 1200 CE. We have enough Jews to form a small US town. Let’s not talk of Buddhists,

Jains and Sikhs. Only Shintoists are absent.

Mr. Obama, can you find even one more tolerant country like ours? Why are we the founding home of four religions, the chosen home for one, and enough of the remaining? Incidentally it would be interesting to know the percentages of various religions in your country. India, Mr. Obama, is tolerant and secular, not because we have that word in the Constitution (inserted by a false Gandhi after muzzling the opposition and the media) but because the majority are Hindus. Hindus don’t have an OIC or even a Pope. With nearly

DEAR Mr Obama, one who stays in a glass house should not throw stones at others; Gandhiji will not feel ashamed but will cry like a child when he sees a black man being brutally murdered by your non-black policeman and your court of law acquits him. All religions in India – Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Parsee, Jain, Buddhist, Jew etc. are allowed to carry out their religious rituals freely. I can assure you, Mr Obama that any danger or crisis threatens India, all religions will unite as one and fight. We have seen your two sides, when you were in India you have criticised Pakistan but when you went back you have offered billions of dollars worth of military and civilian aid to Pakistan. Please do not try to take the Indian people and the government for a ride in future.

— N.R. Doshi, Bandra

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he Kala Ghoda Art festival is back, yet again with another jam packed edition that began on Feb 7th and will go on till Feb 15th. This year as well, the Kala Ghoda festival is packed with activities to keep everyone entertained right from events for children, cinema, dance, food, heritage walks, literature, music, street stalls, theatre, urban design and architecture, visual arts and workshops.

These year the festival has focused on Swachh Bharat, Photography, Modelling, Jokers, Population, Hollywood printed car, exhibition on photography, music.

Sunday saw a number of movie screenings ranging from Dhobi Ghaat and Dedh Ishqiya to a whole lot more. A number of heritage bus tours and walks took place too. Theatre lovers got their fill with a host of theatre plays to choose from which included the likes of Bandar ka Panja and Happy Ending. For people looking to learn and imbibe there were a number of workshops like one on fashion with Nachiket Barve, cyber crime and e-terror with D Sivanandan among others. For music lovers, there was Mumbai based Cinnamon Gully and the Symphony Orchestra of India that enthralled one and all. For the hungry there was a breakfast walk through Kala Ghoda and for children there was a book swap and a zumba workshop for kids.

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FIRST FULL TERM BUDGET OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT

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he feel good factor has already set in and has been reflected in the optimistic and bullish fervour on D-street over the last few weeks. Economic numbers also reflect a certain betterment in the overall economic scenario.

So when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, delivers the first full term budget of his government on February 28th, he will be doing so in a scenario pregnant with extremely high expectations. Any let down, could see the markets going into a tailspin, crashing perhaps as a reflection of perceived disappointment. A few positives could see the euphoria extending and taking the stock markets to further fresh highs. So what holds in the budget? What can be expected?

While the plans on the government's table are good and feasible, the ground reality is slightly different. Finances for concluding existing commitments and further spending for future projects are the greatest constraint in the present fiscal situation. So it boils down to raising revenues in an extremely difficult situation. If he raises taxes, he will be taking off money from the public and this would directly or indirectly reflect on consumption spending. That will have an indirect domino effect on many other factors including manufacturing, GDP, public sentiment etc,etc.

If he doesn't raise taxes and instead incentivizes savings and consumption through concessions, than he will have the long term situation under control, but in the short term will have to struggle to ensure prudent spending with efficient tax collection systems. Disinvestment of government holdings in PSUs could also help to some extent.

So what will he do? We don' know...But our confidence lies in the fact that this man will use prudence added with his own competence to better a situation that is already improving.

Saturday, February 28th will tell.

—Deepak Sahijwala Business Editor

This Special Issue of the ADC focuses on the Budget and has got the best and most respected names across the business and financial spectrum to give you their views on what is required and what can be expected on the last day of this month

Could Take India On A Higher Growth Trajectory

D.R Dogra, MD & CEO, CARE Ratings

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he forthcoming budget would no doubt be a critical one for the country and markets alike.

Expectations abound that the prevailing positive sentiments surrounding the country’s business environment and economic prospects will be revalidated by the first full term budget of the new government.

The better economic growth prospects increase in foreign inflows and the moderation in inflation have provided the much needed respite to the Indian economy. Further the long term reforms oriented approach, new initiatives undertaken and the business friendly perception associated with the government signal that India could be on the path of a higher growth trajectory.

However, the optimism encompassing the improvements in the business environment and the economy over the last 8-10 months is yet to translate into quantifiable growth and investments for the country. The structural weakness that has built into the Indian economy over the years, owing to absence of significant reforms, investments& infrastructure building coupled with policy uncertainty, delayed project implementation and fiscal profligacy at the expense of public investments, makes it difficult for a sudden rever-

sal in the economic health of the country. The progress is more likely to be steady yet gradual. Moreover, the weak global economic environment too has not been very supportive and going forward, atleast in the medium terms, with no significant improvement expected on this front the hoped for boost from the export market is unlikely to materialize.

Given the constraints under which the Indian economy is operating, the Budget would necessary have to be an exercise that would primarily be concerned with reigning in and better targeting of government expenditure with focus on capital building/investments, its financing being a thrust area. The budget would also include measures to increase domestic demand and output.

The confidence in the potential of the Indian economy prevails given its fundamental strengths and the general consensus is that the government will continue with its administrative and legislative measures in an ongoing manner. The FY16 budget is likely to capitalize on this and set the tone for the year.

In terms of expectations...

The government is likely to go along with the earlier set target of 3.6% fiscal deficit for FY16. This will be in line with the FRBM target of 3% by FY17. The government would be seen to adopt fiscal discipline and curtail discretionary expenditure. Sops and relief sought by the various states are unlikely to materialize under these circumstances.

The FY16 Budget is expected to bring about a reduction in the government’s subsidy bill, especially that of petroleum subsidy. Given the sharp decline in global crude oil prices (by over 50% in the last 6 months) and the deregulation of diesel, the fuel subsidy is likely to be around Rs. 30,000-40,000 crs lower than the Rs. 63, 432 crs of FY15. The savings on this account can be diverted towards infrastructure spending.

With regard to welfare spending, the government is likely to have a consolidated focus on social schemes with emphasis to better targeting of beneficiaries. One can also expect to see lower allocations, anywhere between Rs. 7,000 – 10,000 crs, being made to the rural employment guarantee programme (NREGA) The Budget should address and enable the financing of infrastructure given that it is the key inhibitor to our growth. There is need for re-introducing the concept of tax free bonds which will go a long way in providing the much needed investment funding as well as help channelize savings. Not only the public sector companies but even those associated with big infrastructure projects should be permitted to issue tax free bonds. This will also provide a boost to the debt market.

The debt markets could look forward to seeing some major changes given the governments thrust on bringing about reforms and creating an enabling environment for the markets. This is one area which will be closely watched as the development and vibrancy of these markets could prove to be a major source of funding, for the infrastructure sector in particular. There could also be measures undertaken to cater to the financing of the SME segments, such as creating a debt market segment for these entities that raises funds via

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pooled sources. Municipal bonds is another area that the budget would stress upon against the background of the recent report brought out by SEBI. With urban-development being a priority area and financing of the same being constrained, municipals would be encouraged/mandated to tap the markets for their funding requirements. Tax benefits could be provided for such to make them attractive to investors. The government could also introduce “market making” in the debt segment to help develop the secondary markets which in turn would boost the primary markets.

The PSU Banks are unlikely to get any relief from the government by way of capital infusion. They would have to divest and raise money on their own to meet their increasing capital requirements, keeping government holding at a minimum 52%.Such disinvestment is likely to find mention in the Budget.

The government will focus on the manufacturing sector to provide the required momentum for the overall economy and

for achieving its goal for its “Make in India” initiative. Tax and duty structures could see revisions and rationalization.

Also tax holidays/exemption could be provide for advanced manufacturing. Allocations towards skill development and measures to encourage entrepreneurship by way of policy measures too would be on the anvil. Capital investments in the manufacturing sector would see an increase.

The government is likely to earmark funds towards R&D, advance skill development, training institutes and education (primary and higher) and introduce long term measures to build the country’s skill base and competitiveness.

The budget is likely to include measures that will enhance agriculture production viz. of pulses and oil seeds. It would focus on R&D for the sector as a whole.

The income tax exemption limit could see a upward revision.

The exemption limit could be increased by another Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 3 lakhs. The deduction limit on interest on housing loan to be raised to Rs. 3 lakhs from the current Rs. 2 lakhs.

The disinvestment target for FY16 would once again be in the region of Rs 50,000 cr and based on this years’ experience, the programme would start from the beginning of the year.

Accept recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission

Dr. Arun Singh, Sr. Economist, Dun & Bradstreet, India.

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he first full budget of the NDA government will be a defining document in 2015 as it is expected to lay down the framework for policy reforms to get the economy back on track. The most keenly watched figure in the budget will be the worrisome fiscal deficit and how the government manages to restrict it.

According to data released by the Controller General of Accounts, the fiscal deficit during AprilNovember has already reached 98.9% of the FY15 budget estimates. The shortfall in tax revenues and disinvestment proceeds could see some major expenditure prioritization by the Government during the remaining part of the fiscal year.

While there are challenges on fiscal deficit front, the precipitous

decline in the global crude oil prices, benign inflation trajectory and the reversal in the interest rate cycle will be the three major positives for the government.

We expect fiscal prudence to be the central theme for the budget and would be watchful about how the government maneuvers public expenditure on manufacturing and infrastructure. Besides rationalization of the tax structure could be explicit given fiscal consolidation to be achieved. However, given the increased thrust on infrastructure development, allocation of funds towards this segment might see some enhancement.

Accepting recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission would bring about a fundamental change in centers’ area of policy intervention. It is likely that the share of states in the centre's tax revenue would be increased significantly from the current 32% as per 14th Finance Commission's recommendations.

Greater devolution of taxes would provide more flexibility and power to the states in formulating their expenditure strategies. Politically, the increase could help the Government in resolving some of the pivotal issues between the centre and states towards introducing the Goods and Service Tax.

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tart-ups have become the powerhouse of India’s GDP growth rate. It thus, becomes imperative for the government to constantly develop an environment where in these micro units continue to flourish. Easier access to credit, simplified regulatory framework, relaxation on the service and capital gain tax policies, incentives/subsidies to support smooth operations are few issues that need to be addressed in the 2015 budget. The emergence of SMEs in the SEZs of the country is another point to be looked at. The government should support the set-up base of the SMEs in these zones as the manufacturing capabilities of these small enterprises has a direct bearing on the growth of larger enterprises. With the coming in of the ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ campaigns, not only will the start-up community get a boost but also has the potential to lead the success story of India. Thus, we are highly positive on the coming budget considering the way government is working towards pushing the micro, small and medium enterprises”.

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Gems and Jewellery Trade Needs A Boost

s part of its pre-Union Budget recommendations, All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF), the national nodal and the largest single trade body in India for the promotion and growth of trade in gems and jewellery across India, has urged the Union Finance Minister to bring down the duty on gold from 10% to 2% to encourage ‘Make in India’ initiative in the gems & jewellery sector. At present, the current account deficit is under control due to reduction in global gold prices (40% down) from USD 1,900 to USD 1,200 today.

Fortunately, crude prices (which account for the highest bill for imports) have reduced 60% in last 6 months.

According to the GJF, increasing import duty on gold has neither helped the Government nor the trade – very few have benefitted and smuggling increased. Referring to these dynamically changing macro-economic indicators, GJF has reiterated its demand for the Government to formulate a comprehensive gold policy for India and make India a global jewellery hub.

GJF has categorically asked the Government to exclude jewellery from all bilateral or multi-lateral free trade agreements (FTAs). Stating that the Government should not encourage jewellery imports at cheaper rates, GJF referred to the earlier FTA with Thailand - which was a failure as it discouraged indigenous jewellery manufacturing.

Haresh Soni, Chairman, GJF, said, ““Keeping in mind, Hon. Prime Minister’s vision of promoting ‘Make In India’ brand we have to protect & nurture our indigenous industry. Both oil and gold prices globally have fallen substantially now vis-à-vis last few years. We propose that the difference between import duty of raw material (gold & silver) and finished jewellery (gold & silver) to be maintained at minimum 10% (for gold) and 15% (for silver). Jewellery manufacturing cluster should be revamped by including common facility center and skill upgradation. And we also urge the Government to create a comprehensive gold mining policy for domestic exploration and for cluster development for ‘Make in India’ fashion jewellery. This will also encourage NRIs to buy jewellery from India.”

Manish Jain, Vice Chairman, GJF, said, “To provide incentive for the organised manufacturing facility, Government must reintroduce metal gold loans (MGL) and innovative finance options for sector. If we are not competitive on the global front, we won’t be able to become a global hub and therefore MGL rate of interest should be at par with international rate (3.5 to 6% in India vis-a-vis 1.5% in international markets). We seek removal of excise duty on fashion jewellery and also abolish excise duty on precious metals as Government is not earning any revenue on it. As India is a vast country, the Government

must facilitate more friendlier and accessible rules for transportation from manufacturing hubs to airports/ ports. Government has to offer incentives for importing technology as many indigenous processes are still manual.”

GJF has urged the Government to

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Seeks reduction in gold import duties as global oil & gold prices have fallen Urges Government to exclude jewellery from all FTAs Seeks a comprehensive gold mining policy that encourages domestic exploration Urges Government to stimulate enhanced recycling schemes for idle gold

monetize existing investment and reduce import burden through recycling the large gold reserves held with temple trusts, banks, NBFCs and retail customers. It has also sought widening of the availability of gold deposit schemes through banks making them more attractive to people. It hopes that the Government will liberalize regulations affecting value chain through reduction of import duty, increased finance options and ensuring consumer protection through standardization. It has asked for a multipronged approach to improve industry opaqueness through better industry and consumer interface, enforce hallmarking standards, diligence in sharing of information or listing of companies, greater transparency and elimination of unofficial supply of gold.

GJF has urged the Government to develop infrastructure to improve skill sets through upgradation and skill development by promoting and standardizing professional vocational courses, introducing fee subsidies, offering scholarship programs, reviving dying arts and crafts, more training. It has urged the Government to roll out the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme (NSCMRS) to increase productivity and attract young manpower. It has sought an increase in investment in technology to improve health and working conditions as well as labour productivity. It has asked the Government to provide adequate thrust for skill and infrastructure development through easy financing, incentives, subsidies, facilitation of land allocation, and supply of utilities.

The All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation (GJF) represents over 6,00,000 players comprising manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, laboratories, gemologists, designers and allied services to the domestic Gems & Jewellery industry. The Gems & Jewellery industry is a hand crafted and labour intensive with over 1 crore strong labour force engaged in the manufacturing of jewellery industry in the domestic sector.

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Yes, this is a sector which needs special attention. Will the Finance Minister oblige?

Provide On-Ground Impetus For Affordable Housing

Tax Incentives Will Help

Infrastructure development and Investments will be most keenly watched as these are required to boost the demand and supply of homes.

Meanwhile, corporate occupiers continue to watch out for measures that will govern ease of doing business in India. Governance, infrastructure development and skill development are critical pillars that the government has promised delivery on and business houses will look for those distinct overtones in the Budget speech.

ure in new precincts being developed.

Implement RERA The approval of the pending Real Estate Regulatory Bill was deferred once again only recently. It must now be implemented so that the Indian real estate market becomes attractive for foreign investors. The upcoming Union Budget should make this vitally required policy a reality and put an end to the suspense.

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Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, JLL India

n the previous nine-month Budget, the new government outlined its vision for boosting affordable housing.

From the upcoming 12-month budget, the Indian real estate sector looks forward to provisions that firm this vision up on the ground.

Provide Tax Incentives To Boost Rental Housing Segment The Union Budget needs to provide tax incentives for renting out of residential properties. Currently, rental income is treated as normal taxable income.

Providing tax breaks specific to rental income will give a significant boost to rental housing segment in the country, and help increase rental supply in the metros.

Enable Faster Project Approvals Developers have been campaigning for a faster project approval process for good reasons. Faster approvals would beef up the supply pipeline, help bring prices down and also ensure that real estate remain viable as a business.

The Budget should provide suitable relief on this front, while simultaneously ensuring that construction quality norms are not compromised in the process and that faster approvals do not result in support infrastructure fail-

Relax Counter-Productive Clauses In LARR Act The LARR (Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement) Act, formulated and re-formulated several times, has so far failed to counter land-related bureaucracy in India and has to date done quite the opposite. In its current form, it is a deterrent for developers as well as institutional investors. The real estate sector is desperate to get past this hurdle, because a lot more land must be made available for primary real estate development as well as for infrastructure development. Given the new government’s focus on ‘housing for all’, fasttracking of infrastructure and the creation of 100 smart cities across the country, the Union Budget should present a workable and streamlined LARR Act, with significant relaxation in the currently tedious rehabilitation clauses and other norms.

Provide More Incentives For Sustainable Real Estate The upcoming Union Budget should make a clear benefit statement for consumers of green real estate in the country. Stakeholders of the residential real estate sector in India definitely need greater encouragement to go green. Most home buyers in India are still quite averse to paying an extra premium for a green residential project. Because of the low demand, developers are not sufficiently active in this segment. There is a distinct need for a combination of incentives and stipulates to boost the development and consumption of sustainable real estate development in India. The Union Budget should address this lacuna by announcing State-level sub-

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Sanjay Dutt , Exec. MD, South Asia – Cushman & Wakefield

n its maiden Budget last year, the Narendra Modi led government had introduced a number of initiatives targeting the real estate sector. Further, other initiatives to boost economic growth also created a favourable impact on the real estate sector as institutional investments, including foreign capital, have been invested in record volumes over the last year. The effect on the office sector has been especially profound. However, the residential and retail asset classes within the real estate sector are still struggling with depressed demand and a number of other issues. Hence, the expectations of the real estate sector for the upcoming Union Budget 2015 are extremely high as all stakeholders, including the developers, lenders, endusers and investors are eager to analyze the road map of development that the government will unveil for the year.

Policies tackling the all-important four ‘I’s – Inflation, Interest rates,

sidies for development of green spaces so that developers can keep their development cost at par with non-green spaces.

Fast-Track REITs Many overseas investment funds have so far abstained from the Indian real estate market because of the lack of regulation, political instability and

Expectations from the Budget: There is a strong need for the government to reconsider the decision to impose levies such as Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT) and Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) in SEZs. Introduce uniform tax regime Direct Tax Code (DTC) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) and rationalize stamp duty across states so that there is a higher degree of standardization.

Income Tax deduction under Section 80-IB is currently allowed to developers to build affordable housing projects sanctioned on or before March 31, 2008. As this date has not been extended, it needs to be re-introduced in the Parliament in order to generate interest of developers in Low Income Group (LIG) housing where demand exceeds supply substantially.

Re-introduce the interest subvention for affordable housing, which was 1% on housing loans of up to Rs. 25 lakhs for houses that were valued at up to Rs. 40 lakhs. This will continue to have a positive impact on residential sales in small cities and towns and peripheral locations of major metros where bureaucratic quagmire. The new government has the opportunity of making Indian real estate more investmentfriendly and attractive by introducing a revised tax code. Until vital changes to overcome the tax hurdles, REITs - which can literally be a life-saver for Indian real estate - cannot take off. In the interest of the real estate sector as well as the overall economy, the Budget

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Introduce and encourage building rental housing and affordable housing projects; make efforts to enhance supply side factors especially in cities such as Mumbai and the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). The necessary funding could be either provided through budgetary allocations or with the Credit Guarantee Trust Fund, setup by the Government last year, guaranteeing the loans taken for such projects.

Enact provisions for Special Residential Zones (SRZs) to incentivize the growth of housing stock, especially in peripheral city limits and other targeted locations.

Introduce special incentives for the development of new smart cities.

Provide tax incentives to boost retail investments in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvITs); specifically, exemption from DDT and capital gains on transfer of assets to REITs. Provide clarity on whether FDI is allowed in owning other built commercial asset classes such as shopping centres / malls.

Expectations are riding high that the central government will continue to push for reforms that were so far left in the backburner and are much needed to revitalize the economy. As the Government has pointed out time and time again, revival of economic growth is its top agenda and the real estate sector will benefit immensely from this.

In addition to introducing suitable policy reforms in the Budget, the central government also needs to pass the proposed Real Estate Regulation Bill and implement it in on a priority basis to bring in more transparency and best practices to the real estate sector.

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Nimesh Bhandari, Co- Founder & CEO, Realtycompass.com

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e expect the government to boost the real estate sector by giving higher tax benefit to people. As of now, the relief of principal payment of home loan is part of Section 80 CC which is not enough, even though it was raised to 1.5L under last budget. For a loan of 50L the yearly principal payment works out to be roughly 2L Rs. Given that the person also invests in other saving instruments like LIC etc., the limit for the home loan borrowers should be increased to 2.5L. Also to re-invigorate the real estate cycle, people who need to sell their current house and want to move to a bigger house need to be incentivized.

One way to do that is to announce a holiday on short-term capital gains tax for one year provided people sell their house and buy a new one within 1 year. This measure will ensure that need based second time home buyers are moving to bigger house, ensuring that there is ample supply at attractive price available for first time home buyers."

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Anubhav Jain, Director, Group Silverglades

n this budget we expect Government to continue with positive policy announcements to improve business environment and give strong push to growth. This year the growth prospects look better than the last year for all sectors and as a developer we expect a lot in term of attention and revenue for the sector. The long pending demand to announce real estate sector as an industry is foremost concern.The Government should also

ith lots said and positive hopes shown in the first budget by the NDA government, expectations are high of a massively reformist Union Budget that would give the somnolent economy the jolt it badly needs.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to be taking calculated measures towards his vision of a 'Shresht Bharat'. One sincerely hopes that Union Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley, will outline a comprehensive plan to boost economic growth by reviving investments and narrowing fiscal deficit. In short, the budget will be first glimpse into the framework of the new government’s economic agenda for the coming years.

There are quite a lot of aspects that need immediate consideration for action as we lost a lot of time in empty promises and hollow talk.

Affordable Housing Policy is the need of the hour and everybody talks about its and none do anything about it. The least the government can do is to implement the recommendations of a Task force of appointed by government.

First of all, Housing deserves the status of an industry and affordable housing a priority treatment with direct and indirect tax concessions since it addresses the needs of the poor.

The recent cut in repo rate is a “good beginning”, though “This is not enough.”

What is needed is, a roll back of all liquidity tightening measures and

ensure quick passage of Goods and Service Tax which will replace numerous taxes and help the consumers. The deduction for interest on housing loans needs to increase from the current limit.

Removal of numerous taxes can encourage real estate sector on large scale.

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Anil Pharande, CMD, Pharande Spaces

rom the real estate sector's perspective, there are many aspects that the Union Budget should address this year.

One of the foremost is further reducing the bureaucratic red tape involved in project development. Expedited clearances for a larger segment of residential projects will be a key for reducing project delays. An announcement that streamlines the process of obtaining clearances will go a very long way in boosting the

Lalit Kumar Jain, CREDAI Chairman and CMD of KUL

sector is Single Window Clearance.

Currently the approval process is very lengthy and takes around one-and-ahalf yrs to 2 years for approval. The cost of delay in approval adds further to customers spending by 25 to 40%.

Gujarat and Punjab have already implemented a single window clearance system which has given a boost to the sector in these states.

We expect the following to be executed immediately and in a short period of time.

Efficient and accountable governance in Building Approval Process by an appropriate initiative at Centre, with all state government officials following a proper and a firm route.

CREDAI as a real estate body shall make an attempt to present to

Honorable PM and the concerned ministers to accelerate growth (GDP) through housing sector.

The recent hike in the ready reckoner could make property expensive and will most likely dampen hopes of home buyers waiting for a fall in property prices. It will also make it difficult for builders to get rid of an increasingly bloated inventory. There has been a revival in the real estate sector over the last few months, and now this hike will certainly hamper that positive sentiment. "Buyers' outgo will increase now and will impact sales absorption further. Any increase in RR rates will have to be passed on to home buyers. This will lead to a decrease in demand for housing.

There will be complication with respect to section 43c of Income tax act where if ready reckoner prices are higher than transaction value then both parties have to pay income tax on differential amount.

The government wants to encourage affordable housing but the increase in ready reckoner rates is contrary to that move. Home buyers will further defer the purchase of property, resulting in an increase in unsold inventory. The Government should instead focus on lowering the taxes in order to make housing affordable to people.

When we talk of economic growth its important to keep cost of business and housing low. All these actions would otherwise stand contrary.

easing the situation to make cost of funding for both home buyers and developers cheaper than what it is today. A reduction of 200 basis points (reduction of interest rate by 2%) within short span is needed.

And if the RBI does not act, the government must take appropriate steps to ease fund restrictions for realty.

RBI also needs to look at the housing sector favourably, and certainly not with negative weightage, as it contributes handsomely to the GDP apart from generating large scale employment across other dependent industries as well.

Another long pending issue in the real estate industry. We also expect the budget to make announcements regarding the regulation of construction material costs. because of this. The costs of raw materials such as cement and steel need to be brought down or an upper ceiling imposed on their prices.

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Mohit Goel, CEO, Omaxe Ltd.

ost the interim Budget, where a number of positive announcements were made, the macroeconomic indicators have improved with inflation and industrial growth showing positive signals. The coming Budget is expected to continue with positive policy changes in order to improve business environment and give strong push to growth. Government has been moving steadily on Smart Cities and the

Budget will have a lot of announcements on this front including the broader contours. With several countries pledging support including the US, Singapore etc. Smart cities will bring in a lot of opportunities for private developers. The Government must further liberalize and allow FDI in other segments, after allowing the same in construction and affordable housing. The Government must reintroduce tax benefit under section 80 IB (10) of the Income Tax Act in order to overcome the supply gap and fulfill the vision of Housing for all by 2022.

This benefit should also be extended to Smart Cities, affordable housing and re-development. The real estate sector is expecting its long pending demand of grant of infrastructure status. It will immensely help the sector to access easy finance. A single window clearance mechanism is the need of the hour when implementation of project is the key to investment and growth in the country today. GST is an important tax regime and will benefit the economy going forward. Inclusion of real estate in GST is something that needs a holistic view but we believe its inclusion will bring about a lot of transparency in the sector. Taxes comprise a major portion in a property purchase and it must be rationalized. While a cut in interest rate by RBI isn’t alone enough, buyers, too, have to be incentivized through rebate in Personal Income Tax and more money be put into their hands in order to drive demand.

a reduction in the cost of property registration. The recent hike in ready reckoner rates in Maharashtra has been a sentiment setback for the real estate sector. Stamp duty and registration costs are as high as 6% in most cases, and this needs to be reduced by a few base points to aid consumers. Alternatively, a slabbased approach should be introduced. Stamp duty falls under state government purview, but the Center can nevertheless issue a directive to reduce stamp duty costs.

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Kishor Pate, CMD, Amit Enterprises Housing Ltd

he Union Budget 2015-16 should remove the multiple taxes that are associated with home purchase. As of now, home purchasers are required to pay service tax and valueadded tax (VAT) on top of stamp duty and registration charges. Goods and Service Tax (GST) should be introduced in the place of these taxes.

Also, the real estate industry expects the Budget to finally make the Real Estate Regulatory bill a reality this year, so that the industry has the benefit of an apex body via which all concerns can be addressed transparently and efficiently.

Another expectation from the Union Budget is that it will announce

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Arvind Jain, Managing Director, Pride Group

e real estate sector was cheered by the recent cut in interest rates, but it was by itself not suffi-

cient to amount to any real advantage to home buyers. The Union budget should bring a significant decrease in interest rates on home loans. The Ministry for Urban Development and Housing had made it clear that it would maintain a sharp focus on reducing home loan interest rates, and the budget will hopefully bring firm evidence of this focus. Developers, home buyers and banks are all keenly awaiting such an announcement, which would bring with it a significant revival in sentiment.

Also, the budget needs to do something to bring down the cost of borrowing for developers, because raising capital for development of new projects remains a huge challenge. Lending rates for real estate development currently range between 12-14%, and raising funds through other sources is even more expensive.

The interest rates on lending to real estate developers should be brought down so as to help rationalize the cost of construction. This would also help in bringing down property prices.

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e expect that this Budget will be growth oriented one that would fuel in investments and through reform measures and stable taxation policies, would facilitate ease of doing business in India.

Even though there have been a slew of reform announcements in recent times, one expects to hear some more reformative measures being announced on the floor of Lok Sabha during this budget session.

Granting ‘infrastructure’ status to the real estate sector and a single window clearance mechanism has been two of our long pending demands. These would enable easy flow of funds to the sector and fast track the approval process thereby enabling removal of impediments from the growth of the real estate sector. We expect further boost for the affordable housing sector.

Formal announcement of implementation of GST (Goods and Services Tax) will be a key booster for the overall economy.”

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Your Career Future Is Digital KESHAV R. MURUGESH

Group CEO, WNS Global Services & Chairman, Nasscom BPM Council

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wenty-one percent of the global population is online, says research and is growing at a feverish pace of 19% YoY. What does this number mean to global businesses? It impacts the way they sell, they interact with customers and the way they look at building themselves into a brand.

Businesses will focus keenly on three aspects: Knowing every aspect of customer behavior so as to sell, keeping internal processes lean so as to ensure that the cost is not passed onto the end-customer, and align with constantly changing technology.

We see this transformation up and close as the Business Process Management (BPM) industry as we work with companies from various industries across the globe. The BPM industry is regarded world-over as a key strategic lever to most global organizations, regardless of size, scale or industry. BPM, that began as Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) decades ago to perform repetitive tasks, has seen a dramatic evolution over time owing to the kind of talent that it today comprises, the technology that it embraces and the global clientele that it enjoys. Industry players today use best-in-class technology, analytics and process solutions to drive profitability and growth into the client businesses that they work with.

Impacting Global Businesses The Future of Outsourcing is about enabling global organizations to adapt to an increasingly digital age, where they have to be agile and re-invent themselves on a feverishly quicker pace.

Fickle customer loyalty owing to growing choice of products and solutions will decrease wallet share of every organization. Therefore, growing sustainably as a business will call for seamlessly run lean and cost-efficient internal processes, constant alignment with changing technology, and the ability to offer the perfect price point among others.

For all the above reasons, global organizations have turned to outsourcing players as strategic partners in their growth journey. Over the years, client requirements have shifted from quick- fix cost optimization to longer-term, strategic partnerships. Mature players have moved from plain vanilla, one-solution-for-all approach to tailor-made solutions that target the needs of different vertical markets.

Some examples of how Indian BPM companies are now transforming critical aspects of their client businesses to achieve favorable business outcomes: Beverage brands turn to companies in this industry for advanced analytics on demographic studies conducted by mathematicians and statisticians Travel and hospitality companies look to this industry for innovative loyalty programs; mitigating airline ticketing

fraud and customer interaction services across multiple channels Insurance companies look to this industry for high-end actuarial insurance solutions that affect claims settlement Pharma companies look to this industry for entire offshore product creation and knowledge centers

Quick snapshot of where the Indian BPM industry is today: No.1 in the global sourcing landscape 36% of the global BPM market 500+ BPM players Current Revenue: USD 23 billion. Expected to be USD 50 billion in 2020 Contributes nearly one-fourth of industry exports Employs over 1 million professionals directly. Expected to be 3 million in 2020 78 countries are serviced from India in 35+ languages

Career-of-choice, the Indian BPM industry With the journey of the industry being so transformational and interesting, could careers in it be far behind?

Think about it… what do you look forward to in a career?

Challenge, a sense of achievement and pride, the ability to work with different cultures (because we live in a ‘global’ world), travel to different countries, the time to learn and grow on the job would probably top the list.

Look closely at the BPM industry and you would find all these catalysts of a dream job at play… this is the only industry where, owing to the fact that we work with clients from different industries, we actually can offer very exciting roles in each one of them. So you can work with a bank, or a healthcare company, or an airline, or a transport company by working for ONE single BPM player.

The talent profile and the career paths available in the industry have transformed over a period of time. Today, there is a place for doctors, lawyers, accountants, MBAs and so on, apart from graduates in the industry. It’s not surprising that today 10-12 percent of the workforce comprises domain specialists, up from 6-8 percent in 2010*. Also, the industry offers myriad in-house training programs to create specialists.

When one joins a BPM company, he / she gets to work with numerous global brands by just working for one BPM company!

Aces Up Our Sleeve: Stretch roles, global assignments and learn while you earn! Companies in this industry are known to nurture young leaders by giving them assignments typically given to very senior people in other industries. Also, most leaders at BPM companies are homegrown. Taking the WNS example, a sizeable percentage of our senior leadership is home-grown.

Most BPM companies invest heavily in training and development as key to building stickier relationships with clients. At WNS, we have created domain universities to train people into specialist roles. For example, an employee with the desire to become a specialist in the travel domain, can study at our domain university to learn the relevant skill-sets in the area.

In essence, the industry has transformed immensely and can offer talent in every area, huge opportunities and room for growth!

(Statistics as per a NASSCOM report. NASSCOM is the industry association for the IT-BPM sector in India.)

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« TOP VIEW No man can always have adequate reasons for buying or selling stocks daily - or sufficient knowledge to make his play an intelligent play. The desire for constant action irrespective of underlying conditions is responsible for many losses in Wall Street even among the professionals, who feel that they must take home some money every day, as though they were working for regular wages.

—Legendary Investor Warren Buffett

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS RELIGARE CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON CROMPTON GREAVES CMP: Rs. 159

Avoid Buying At Current Levels NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (February 9, 2015) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty fell moderately on Friday (February 06, 2015) a net 50.65 points (0.58%) and closed at the 8661 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 8696 points level. It then rose sharply into the green and registered the day’s high at the 8726 points level at 9.56 a.m.

The index then slipped back into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 2.27 p.m. It then declined further and registered the day’s low at the 8645 points level at 3.01 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a choppy session, moved in a range of 81 points and closed below the psychologically important 8700 points level. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 35 were losers, while 15 were gainers. Substantial selling was witnessed in auto, healthcare and banking stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 2.30%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 310 were gainers, 1138 were losers and 33 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the neutral zone.

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

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level but is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

oscillators discussed here are indicating a weak market but with a neutral bias.

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

The next support is at the 8509 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 8989 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 8678 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 8629.

Support (2) = 8597.

Resistance (1) = 8710.

Resistance (2) = 8758.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a second consecutive doji pattern. This indicates that the indecisiveness amongst investors continues. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market.

However, the index is below its 5 and 15 day moving averages. Further, the 5 day moving average has dropped below the 15 day moving average. This is negative and a sell signal. Moreover, the velocity parameters too indicate weakness. All these indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a further decline unfolding. Investors are advised to avoid buying at current levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

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

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

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 8730) Negative.

Is below its 15-day average (at 8754) Negative.

Is above its 25-day average (at 8569) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 7877) Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and

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

Target Rs. 210

CRG’s Q3FY15 results were below estimates on continued weakness in subsidiaries and a one-off impact of Rs 640mn related to a €17mn legacy order being executed at the Hungary plant. We pare margin estimates for subsidiaries as visibility remains weak in the European geography. We also cut our Mar’16 TP to Rs 210 (from Rs 230) as we now assign no value to international subsidiaries (vs. Rs 20 earlier). We value the consumer business at Rs 120 and the power/industrial businesses at Rs 45 each. BUY. Losses in international business expand: Pro-forma PBT losses in subsidiaries expanded to Rs 0.88bn (vs. Rs 0.5bn in Q2FY15), particularly due to one-off costs of Rs 640mn related to rework in a €17mn legacy order being executed at the Hungary plant. Additionally, writing off deferred tax assets worth € 3mn in Canada hurt consolidated PAT. While subsidiary revenue in power systems remained flat YoY, revenues for industrial systems were down 11% YoY due to weakness in the Euro.

Delay in power system exports hits domestic turnover: Power systems revenues for the standalone entity slipped 11% YoY on delayed exports from India (exports down 50% YoY to Rs 1.34bn), while consumer business revenues were up 11% YoY on strong growth in fans (+10% YoY). The standalone EBITDA margin contracted 40bps YoY to 8.7% but was flat sequentially.

Order book contracts on lower international business orders: Consolidated order inflows for the quarter were down 8% YoY to Rs 24bn (domestic order inflows flat YoY, international order booking down 14% YoY), affecting the order book position at Q3FY15-end (-14% YoY to Rs 87bn).

Reiterate BUY; Mar’16 TP of Rs 210: Our SOTP valuation ascribes Rs 120 to the consumer business (exit multiple: 20x), Rs 45 each to the power/industrial businesses (exit multiple: 15x/20x) and no value to the international subsidiaries.

EMKAY CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON TATA MOTORS CMP: Rs. 560

Target Rs. 715

Valuation and Recommendation: We believe that with its significant investments in R&D, JLR is bridging gaps in its product portfolio and will be better able to meet market demands for refreshes/upgrades. As such, not only does it expand its target market, but is also able to bring down the average age of its product portfolio, a key growth determinant in the luxury car segment. The new Jaguar XE (marking JLR’s entry in entry level premium segment) will almost double the target market for the company in the luxury car segment. JLR would also benefit structurally on the back of platform consolidation as it improves profitability and ensures quicker time to market for refreshes/upgrades. With commencement of production at its JV in China, JLR should further gain market share there, as it will be able to price local production at least 15% cheaper; moreover it continues to expand its dealer footprint in China.

We further reinforce our positive stance on Tata Motors and upgrade our recommendation from ACCUMULATE to BUY. Our SOTP based TP now stands at Rs 715 – we value the JLR biz at 4x EV/EBITDA (vs 3.5x earlier, to reflect the strong growth trajectory driven by new model launches; favorable currency environment is an additional catalyst); given that we are yet to see an official financial report of the China JV, we continue to value it at 0.5x EV/Sales; we value the standalone biz at 9x EV/EBITDA, an early cycle multiple, in-line with how we value AL. We build in a total volume growth of 16%/20% for JLR (incl JV) over FY16/F17 at 544k/650k units. Our volume assumptions at JLR build in strong growth at most geographies despite concerns of slowdown in some of these on the back of new launches – our total volume growth in Europe of 15%/12% in FY16/FY17 largely build in growth coming in from new launches; China growth rate including local production at 22%/28% reflects growth in the base market demand boosted by lower price of local production (~15% lower vs when imported) and increasing dealership penetration. Note that FY16 JLR earnings/EBITDA growth looks artificially deflated given shift of volumes from parent to China JV which is reported separately, translation loss as we assume a GBP/INR of Rs 95 vs Rs 98 earlier and lower JLR margins in FY16 vs FY15 which included hedge gain benefits. The stock is currency trading at 4.7x/3.8x FY16/FY17E EV/EBITDA and 9.6x/7.5x FY16/FY17E P/E.

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Insurance Means Compensation Of Financial Loss Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

MANOJ ASWANI

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

« INSURANCE

I have been hearing stories from people that all private insurance companies are not safe for investment. Please clarify whether I should purchase a Plan from a private Insurance Company or from LIC only. I am very worried about this. You can always purchase a plan from Life Insurance Corporation of India, likewise you can purchase from any other private insurance companies also.

—Anuj Hate, Dharavi There is absolutely no reason to doubt any private insurance company. They are all regulated by the same body – IRDA that regulates LIC and other public sector companies. Moreover, as per law, there is a solvency margin of Rs 150 crores that needs to be submitted to the RBI under IRDA, the Insurance

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Regulatory and Development Authority, as safety deposit money which is kept for repayment to customers in case the company declares bankruptcy.

Also, each Insurance company is attached with a Re-Insurance company who takes up the liability of repayment to customers in case of a claim if the Insurer is unable to pay. Considering the above 2 factors, you can completely trust all private insurers in India who are under a strict regulation of the IRDA. Hence purchasing any policy from any of the private insurers do not involve in any risks. So, please choose a plan according to your requirement irrespective of which insurance company you are purchasing it from as all are under the strict vigilance of the IRDA. What is the difference between Life Insurance and Non Life

By Manoj Aswani

Insurance?

—Mahesh Jadhav, Khar Road Insurance means compensation of Financial Loss. Every asset has a value and it provides for some benefit to the owner. The benefit may be income or in some other form. So if the asset is destroyed, there would be some financial loss to the owner. To protect this financial loss, insurance is done.

Broadly, there are 2 types of Insurance:

1. Life Insurance 2. Non-Life Insurance (also called General insurance) Life Insurance is a policy that people buy from Insurance Company, which can be the basis of protection and financial stability of the family after his death. Basically, Life Insurance is a Protection Tool for the earning member of a family. That is, if anything happens to that person, and his earning stops, then the family should not suf-

« PRODUCT REVIEW: HDFC LIFE CLICK 2 PROTECT PLUS PLAN

DFC Life Click 2 Protect Plus is an online term insurance which offers benefit on the death of the policyholder.

A Pure Protection Plan

Key Features • Policy term up to 40 years • Take death benefit amount as lumpsum or as a monthly income over 15 years • Extra benefit of Accidental Death Benefit Rider • Tax benefits as per prevailing laws

Maximum

10 yrs

40 yrs

Sum Assured 25,00,000 Policy Term Premium Payment Term

Entry Age of 18 the Life Insured

Maturity Age 28 Payment Modes

No Limit

Regular, Limited or Single 65 75

Yearly, Half-yearly, Quarterly or Monthly

BENEFITS Maturity Benefit This is a pure protection plan which pays the benefit amount only on the death of the policyholder. There is no maturity benefit in this plan.

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

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

Premium Pay Surrender Value Single Pay Life, Extra Life Income Option and Income Plus Option: 70% x Single Premium x (Unexpired Coverage Term / Original Coverage Term) Loans: No loans available on the policy

Eligibility

Minimum

fer from financial crisis. Life Insurance is an Insurance of a person’s life. So, if he were to die, his family would receive an amount of money called the Sum Assured, which would help the family to take care of the financial crisis which had arisen from the sudden stop in income. To get this benefit, he would have to pay a certain amount of money called Life Insurance Premium to the Insurance Company every year as per the contract.

Non Life insurance is all other forms of insurance namely Health or mediclaim, where death benefit is not covered, motor insurance, travel insurance theft insurance, home insurance, etc. For example: Motor Insurance means insuring the financial risk involved while operating the car. The car might meet with any damages, accident or may be lost or stolen. In such a situation the losses borne by the owner may be compensated by the Insurance Company if the same is covered under Motor Insurance Policy.

Thus all other forms of insurance fall under the Non-life or general insurance category

Plan Options

Description of Cover

Extra Life Option (Accidental Death Benefit)

Lump sum payout of Death benefit in addition extra Sum Assured is paid in case of death due to accident.

Life Option

Lump sum payout of Death Benefit

Income Option

Part of Sum Assured payable on death and the remaining payable as monthly income for 15 years

Income Plus Option

Sum Assured paid on death & monthly income paid for next 10 years. The monthly Income can be chosen as Level or Increasing at 10% p.a.

Death Benefit In case of the unfortunate demise of Life Assured, the insurance company will pay the benefit as defined below

to the nominee: 1) Single Premium Policy: Higher of: 1. 125% of Single Premium

2. Sum Assured

2) Regular Premium Policy: Higher of: 1. 10 times the annualized premium 2. 105% of all the premiums paid as on date of death 3. Sum Assured Additional Benefits 1. Accidental Death Benefit Rider 2. Life Stage Protection Feature

Surrender: There is no surrender value for regular and limited pay plans. You can surrender the policy anytime and get surrender benefit stated as below:

Exclusions a) The Company will not pay accidental death benefit if the death occurs after 180 days from the date of the accident. b) The Company will not pay accidental death benefit, if accidental death is caused directly or indirectly by any of the following: 1) If the death occurs after 180 days from the date of the accident 2) Intentionally self-inflicted injury or suicide, irrespective of mental condition 3) Alcohol or solvent abuse, or the taking of drugs except under the direction of a registered medical practitioner 4) War, invasion, hostilities (whether war is declared or not), civil war, rebellion, revolution or taking part in a riot or civil commotion 5) Taking part in any flying activity, other than as a passenger in a commercially licensed aircraft 6) Taking part in any act of a criminal nature with criminal intent 7) Taking part or practicing for any hazardous hobby, pursuit or race unless previously agreed to by us in writing

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

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ANDRA Brown’s new bestseller Mean Streak may not be classified as chicklit, but the romantic thriller has been written for a predominantly female readership. The heroine’s appearance is wrapped up in a few lines, but the hero’s eyes, muscles, arms, chest, height—his all-American maleness come up for detailed descriptions several times. The handsome, brooding bloke also has a mysterious past—to tame a man like that would be a fantasy for many women.

Emory Charbonneau is a wealthy paediatrician and marathon runner. Her marriage to finance professional Jeff is already in trouble when she goes off on her own to a remote mountain trail to train for an upcoming race for charity. She doesn’t know it then, but Jeff is having an affair with her best friend Alice.

She wakes up with a head injury in a rugged log cabin, where the well-built, aquamarine-eyed stranger has been looking after her.

He does all it takes to make her comfortable and pain-free, but won’t tell her his name or anything else. He claims he cannot call emergency services because he does not have a phone, and her phone’s battery is dead. He cannot take her back to the nearest town either, because snow and fog have made the roads dangerous to drive on.

After two days of not hearing from her, Jeff goes to the cops, but the two police officers, Knight and Grange who work on the case, have reason to believe that Jeff could have killed her and is playing the role of the worried husband to fool them.

In yet another strand, an FBI agent, Connell, is hunting for the mountain man, in connection with a mass shooting some years ago.

Captive in the cabin, in fragile emotional state, Emory is as afraid of her rescuer/captor as she is attracted to him. When he drags her off to steal medical supplies to treat a young girl in the neighbourhood, who has been brutalised by her brothers, she is even more confused

Excerpt from Mean Streak

HER breath caught when he started toward the bed, but after setting the bottle of analgesics and the can of Coke on the night stand, he walked past and went into the bathroom, returning within seconds with the bottle of peroxide and an applicator formed of folded toilet paper squares.

“I don’t have any cotton or gauze,” he said as he poured the solution onto the toilet paper. He set down the bottle and leaned toward her.

“I’ll do that.”

“You can’t see it. If you start feeling around, you might reopen the cut.”

She knew that to be true, so she lowered her hands.

“Turn your head. . .” He nudged her chin with the back of his hand. She complied and sat there, strained and nervous, while he dabbed at the wound.

“Does that hurt?”

“A little.” It hurt like hell, but she couldn’t think of a proper way to phrase it without sounding critical. In fact it was hard to think of anything with him standing so close, bending over her. The proximity of her face to his middle was unsettling and she didn’t breathe until he said, “There,” and stepped away.

“I hate to dirty another pillowcase.”

“Blood washes out. Most of the time.” He picked up the pill bottle and shook two into his palm, then extended his hand to her.

“They’ll help with the headache.”

“I’ll wait to take them. See how I do.”

He looked prepared to argue, but returned the tablets to the – the man is violent towards the delinquent brothers, but treats the girl with tenderness and care.

Emory succumbs to his magnetism, and some steamy sex follows.

After four days, when he releases her back to civilisation, Emory has to tell the detectives a bunch of half

bottle and replaced it on the night stand. “They’re there if you change your mind. Let me know if you need anything else.”

“Thank you. I will. But I’m sure I’ll be fine.”

“Maybe I should wake you up at intervals. Just to make sure you’re all right, to make sure that I can wake you up.”

“That’s a good idea, but rather than disturb you, I’ll set alarms on my wristwatch.”

He looked prepared to argue, but finally said, “Suit yourself,” and turned away. She lay down and pulled the covers to her chin.

Although she closed her eyes, her ears were on high alert as she listened to him moving about the room, adding logs to the grate, scooting the fire screen back into place.

Blood washes out. Most of the time. Spoken like someone who had experience with that dilemma.

She shuddered to think how susceptible she was. She couldn’t even stand alone for more than a couple of minutes. If she had to protect herself, what would she do?

While in college she’d taken a self-defense class, but that had been a long time ago. All she recalled of it now was not to think of the assailant as a whole, but to focus on individual parts of him that were vulnerable to counterattack. Eyes, nose, ears, testicles.

She feared that rule wouldn’t apply to a man who appeared as solid as a redwood.

She wished she’d secreted one of those deadly looking bullets. The tip of one jammed into an eyeball would do serious damage. It would stop even a giant long enough to slip past him.

She heard what sounded like boots hitting the wood floor muffled by the carpet, then the squeak of leather as he settled on one of the pieces of furniture. The lamp went out. She opened her eyes to slits and saw that he’d chosen the recliner over the sofa. He was leaned back in it, a quilt pulled over him to mid-torso.

Disconcertingly, he was looking straight at her, his eyes reflecting the firelight like those of a predatory animal.

His voice rumbled across the distance between them. “Relax, Doc. If I was going to hurt you, I would have by now.”

Reason told her that was true. She’d been sleeping defenselessly all afternoon and he hadn’t harmed her. Nevertheless. . .

“Why did you bring me here?”

“Told you.”

“But I don’t believe it’s the truth. Not completely.”

“I can’t control what you believe. But you don’t have to be afraid of me.”

After a time, she asked, “Is Drakeland the nearest town?”

“No.” “What is?”

“You’ve never heard of it.”

“How far is it?”

“As the crow flies? Twelve miles.”

“And by road?”

“Fifteen.”

“I could easily run that. Going downhill, that wouldn’t be a challenging distance for me.”

He didn’t say, Oh, for godsake, lady, you’ve got a concussion and can’t even walk a straight line, much less run one. He didn’t say anything at all, which was more unnerving than if he’d cited how illogical that prospect was. His silence was also more menacing than if he’d told her flat out that she wasn’t going anywhere any time soon, that he’d brought her here to be his sex slave, and that upon pain of death, she had better not be plotting an escape.

truths, because she does not want them to hunt for the man. But he has left a trace that brings Connell rushing there, which is when his name is revealed, as well as his complicated past.

There are many more twists and turns to the story, which is fast-

paced and efficiently written, but also formulaic—perhaps Brown’s readers want it that way. Still it’s a quick, light entertaining read.

Mean Streak

By Sandra Brown Published by Grand Central Pages: 416

READERS CHOICE

BY RASIKA POTE

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HEN you get a big wide smile on your face after a book ends, it is a testimony that the novel was worth reading till its last page and also it had a gripping story.

He Fixed The Match, And She Fixed Him by Shikha Kumar was one such book which kept me wanting to read more as the pages turned unfolding the lives of Shreya K and Kunal K. Shreya and Kunal resemble the two people on the cover page of the book with their personalities apart yet bound together by destiny.

While you begin reading the book, the first few chapters reveal the first card of suspense but the quest to know more is cleverly tackled by the author. The writing style is engaging, keeping the underlying intense emotion intact. As the story advances the depth of the relationship between Kunal and Shreya moves the reader emotionally.

All the characters in the book appear very real and made me feel a part of their every discussion. There is no guest appearance of any character in the book; all the characters have a significant contribution to make to the story. This makes it an easy read as you don’t lose the identity of any character while you go ahead exploring the story. There are no abrupt ends to a chapter, but surely a beginning in each one.

Overall, the experience of reading He Fixed The Match, And She Fixed Him is intriguing. Shikha has knitted the storyline with the threads of suspense, revenge, love, emotions, humour and being humanness. While it has all the elements of a typical hindi film, the author has earned her brownie points by giving an avid reader the dose of intense fictional storytelling.

To find out what is the miss-match in this perfect match, Shikha Kumar has a story to tell.

He Fixed The Match,

And She Fixed Him

by Shikha Kumar Published by Vitasta Pages: 292

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TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

A youth chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it’s because the Autobots are around; he wants them gone. He’s wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam’s mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead them to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and Sam’s parents are in danger. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Sam’s principal protectors. If one of them goes down, what becomes of Sam? HBO, 9 p.m .

SOAPS & SERIALS

ITNA KARO NA MUJHE PYAR

It’s double bonanza for all the fans of Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar.

The engaging love story of Neil aka Ronit Roy and Ragini aka Pallavi Kulkarni which has kept the audience hooked to the show is all set to treat its fans by airing Maha Episodes all of next week and even on the Monday of the week after. Yes, you read it right!

Balaji Telefilms’ Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar, Sony TV, 10.30 p.m

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

MAHAYUDH

Animal Planet’s new anthology MAHAYUDH gives you deeper than ever before look into the life-or-death moments when predator meets prey. While some animals are masters of disguise, the others use chemical warfare to hit their enemy. Some use their tongue and fangs as ultimate killing techniques, the others exhibit speed, strength and killer instincts. Animal Pl anet, 10 p.m .

SAVAGE FAMILY DIGGERS

Former professional wrestler Ric “Heavy Metal” Savage has hit lucky in his hunt for priceless relics that are buried beneath the backyards of everyday Americans. Ric discovers, digs and flips relics, artifacts, and historical treasures alongside his eclectic team of fellow relic hunters – Bob the artifact expert, Rue the adrenaline-pumping brute and Guiseppe the heavy-machinery man. Together they turn these hidden gems into a hefty profit.

Discover y, 10 p.m.

ORIGINS

In this Discovery Science series, take a look at the ORIGINS of some everyday things: the evolution and physiological effects of humor; execution from crucifixion to lethal injection; and the evolution of television technology. Di scov er y Sci en ce, 10 p.m.

I’D KILL FOR YOU

I’D KILL FOR YOU on ID - Investigation Discovery exposes chilling crimes committed by men and women with twisted agendas who use their lovers, family members, and even friends as murder weapons. Tune into this gripping show as each episode features in-depth interviews with family, friends and authorities on the case that provide the missing details that patch together pieces of the investigation. ID, 10 p.m .

TU MERA HERO

Now that Titu has miraculously made it to the wedding, Surekha is baffled as to why he came back after having escaped successfully. However, will Titu manage to make it through all

WANTED

Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyar, Sony TV, 10.30 p.m.

the various customs and rituals of the wedding itself? Will Panchi finally get her happy ending? Star Plus, 8 p.m.

RISE OF THE INDIAN TIGER

India has struggled to stop the rapid decline of its big cat population in the face of poachers, international smuggling networks and loss of habitat. From an estimated 100,000 tigers at the beginning of the 20th century, India saw the numbers dropping drastically till about 10 years ago. From just 1,411 in 2006 to 2,226 this year, India has made a long journey and is now home to 70% of the world’s tigers. With these encouraging numbers, National Geographic Channel will showcase a week-long special celebrating the news on rise of the Tiger population. NGC, 8 p.m.

HOMELAND SEASON 4

At the safehouse, Carrie (Claire Danes) presents Aayan (Suraj Sharma) with his new identity and passport, and tells him of the plan to depart for London that night. Aayan makes one last visit to his dormitory to retrieve some personal effects, but notices a man following him as he leaves. Thinking he has shaken the tail, he returns to the safehouse, but the same man, along with two associates, soon break into the safehouse and go after Aayan.

Aayan is able to escape, and watches as Carrie is forcefully thrown into a van and taken away. Star World, 11 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

A young man finds out his long lost father is an assassin.

When his father is murdered, the son is recruited into his father’s old organization and trained by a man named Sloan to follow in his dad’s footsteps. Star Movies, 11 p.m.

KUNG FU PANDA 2

In the Valley of Peace, Po Ping is revelling in his fulfilled dreams as he serves as the fabled Dragon Warrior protecting his home with his heroes now his closest friends. However, Po and company learn that the murderous Lord Shen of Gongman City is threatening the land with a fearsome new weapon that could mean the end of kung fu. They attempt to stop him, but the panda is burdened with crippling memory flashbacks linked to this villain. Now with China in the balance, Po must learn about his past and find true inner peace against all opposition. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

THE GREY

In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals. Pix, 9 p.m.

SINGHAM RETURNS

Owing to the wrongdoings affiliated with evils similar to black money, an honest but ferocious police officer returns as the Deputy Commissioner of Police with the prospect of wiping out injustice. Star G ol d, 8 p.m .

RAGINI MMS

Ragini MMS is a sensuous paranormal film, shot as if in real time! The quintessential couple, Ragini and Uday, set out to have a dirty weekend at a friend’s farmhouse on the outskirts of Mumbai. The weekend getaway quickly changes gears as they find

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

Kung Fu Panda 2, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

themselves in a house that has been rigged with cameras in Bigg Boss style. The cameras that were meant to capture love-making are witness to something that is beyond the realm of human understanding...something metaphysical.... Within the confines of this house, Ragini and Uday are now at the mercy of an unexplainable paranormal force. With sundown approaching, what will the new entrants of the house do? Positively, among the most keenly awaited films of the season, Ragini MMS, a hybrid of fact and fiction, is thrilling voyeurism from the producers of Love Sex Aur Dhokha. The scariest date movie, buffering in Theatres on Friday the 13th May! Filmy, 8 p.m.

AJOOBA

This is a story of Ajooba, the masked legend, who was treated as the only protector of the people of Baharistan. Ajooba is none other than Ali, the real heir to the kingdom of Baharistan. Unfortunately for Ali, when he was just born, his father and mother were overthrown by the evil designs of the Vazir. Ali survived as destined and was brought up by a blacksmith who was unaware of Ali’s real identity. In the guise of Ajooba, Ali takes up the very difficult task of finding his lost parents and then to re-instate them to the throne with great honour. Zee Classic, 9 p.m .

LIFE OK

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

COLORS

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

9.00 Ka Re Duraava 9.30 Chala Hava Yeu Dya 10.30 Jai Malhar 11.00 Ase He Kanyadaan

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 Mystery of The Lost Island 3.00 Animal Planet – A to Z 4.00 Mahayudh 5.00 Most Extreme 6.00 AP Safari 7.00 Animal Battlegrounds 7.30 Predator’s Prey 8.00 Walk with The Wild 9.00 Biggest and Baddest 10.00 Mahayudh 11.00 Corwin’s Quest

4.00 Science of Stupid 4.30 Customs 5.00 Animals Gone Wild: Disorderly Conduct 6.00 Brain Games: Mind Your Body 6.30 Science of Stupid 7.00 Car Science 7.30 Monkey Thieves: Three’s a Crowd 8.00 Rise of The Indian Tiger 9.00 Science of Stupid 10.00 Air Crash Investigation: Concorde-Up In Flames 11.00 Do Or Die: Antler Assault

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Husn Ke Laakhon Rang 2.30 Who The Bleep Did I Marry

STAR WORLD

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

ZEE CAFÉ

P.M. 2.00 Desperate Housewives 4.00 America Funniest Home Videos 5.00 Just for Laughs 6.00 Perception 7.00 Switched of Birth 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Two and a Half Men 9.00 Desperate Housewives 10.00 Perception 11.00 The Big Bang Theory

SONY TV

P.M. 2.00 CID 8.00 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar 8.30 Humsafars 9.00 Tum Aise Hi Rehna 9.30 Hum Hain Na 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar 11.00 Bhanwar P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

10.00 Satrangi Sasuraal 10.30 Doli Armaano Ki 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LISTING

ZEE TV

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

Pawn Stars, History, 10 p.m.

3.00 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat 4.00 Sasural Simar Ka 4.30 Comedy Nights With Kapil 6.00 Udaan 6.30 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Udaan 9.00 Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Code Red P.M. 2.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

SAB TV

Taarak Mehta Ka Yam Hain Hum Baal Veer Taarak Mehta Ka..

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

ZEE MARATHI

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

Homeland, Star World, 11 p.m.

DISCOVERY

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

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

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

Secrets of The Earth The Unexplained Files How It’s Made Futureweapons Mon 1800 Head Rush How It’s Made The Gadget Show Origins Combat Countdown

SCIENCE

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Top Secret Recipe 3.00 101 Things That Changed The World 4.00 Shipping Wars 4.30 Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne 5.00 Pawn Stars 5.30 Kings of Restoration 7.30 Vital Stats of India 8.00 Top Secret Recipe 9.00 Daredevils 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Shipping Wars 11.00 Counting Cars

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Secrets of Stupid 3.30 Brain Games: Anger 3.30 Car Science

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (MAIN CHANNEL)

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Sansar Maza Vegala 3.30 Tuzya Gala Mazya Gala 4.00 Ashi Hi Dharmakanya 4.30 Crime 5.00 News in Marathi 5.30 Sankat Mochan Hanuman 6.30 Amahci Mati Amachi Mana 7.00 News in Marathi 7.30 Janata Darbar 8.00 Khamosh Sa Afsana 8.30 Pavitra Bandhan 9.00 Zindagi Ek Bhanwar 9.30 Dard Ka Rishta

DDII (METRO CHANNEL) News in Hindi.

News.

Open Frame Repoter’s Diary Samachar.

The News.

Samachar.

Rajyon Se Samachar.

Metro Scan Business Wrap Samachar News Samachar

8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

Disappeared Tehkikaat A Crime To Remember I’d Kill For You Datess From Hell Who The Bleep Did I Marry Disappeared A Crime to Remember I’d Kill For You Who The Bleep Did I Marry

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 ICC Cricket World Cup 15 Warm Up Match: Eng vs WI 4.30 Cricket Extra 5.30 World Cup 15 Warm Up Match : Eng vs West Indies 6.30 Battle Royale 7.00 Turning Point 7.30 Cricket World Cup 8.00 Champions of Champions 8.30 Battle Royale 9.00 Cricket World Cup: Eng vs WI 10.00 Cricket World Cup: Winning the Cup 2011

STAR SPORT3

P.M. 2.00 World Cup 15: Warm Up Match: Eng vs West Indies 4.30 Hockey India League 15 h/ls 5.30 Cricket World Cup 15 h/ls Warm Up Match: Eng vs WI 6.30 Battle Royale 7.00 Hockey India League 15 h/ls 7.30 Battle Royale 8.00 Cricket World Cup: Warm Up Match: Eng vs WI 11.00 World Cup 15 h/l

TEN CRICKET

10.00 Jab Jab Bahar Ayee 10.30 Paltan 11.00 Best of Indian Cinema P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.05 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30

Paltan, DDI, 10.30 p.m.

8.15 8.30 10.00 10.30 11.15

News in Hindi.

News Night Charcha Main Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

P.M. 1.00 India Tour of SA 10 h/ls 3rd ODI 3.00 Cricket Classic: Ind vs Pak Dec 97 4.00 Pak Tour of SL 14 h/ls 1st Test 6.00 WI Tour of SA 14/15 1st T20 7.00 NZ Tour of Pak 14 h/ls 1st T20 8.00 Eng Tour of SL 14 h/ls 1st ODI 9.00 WI Tour of SA 14/15 1st ODI 10.00 Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls 1st ODI 11.00 SA Tour of SL 14 h/ls 1st ODI

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 1.30 The Glass House 3.30 The Mummy: Tomb of The Dragon Emperor 6.00 Gladiator 9.00 2 Fast 2 Furious 11.00 Wanted A.M. 9.30 Land of the Lost 11.30 Die Hard: With A Vengeance

HBO

P.M. 12.30 The Haunting In Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia 2.45 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 5.30 Gravity 7.00 Aeon Flux 9.00 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen A.M. 8.20 Space Jam 9.55 Aeon Flux P.M 12.35 2.30 5.00 7.05 9.00 10.50 A.M. 8.00 10.05 P.M. 12.35 3.35 6.40 9.00 11.25 A.M. 8.15 10.40 P.M. 2.30 5.20 8.00 10.55 A.M. 8.55 11.05

ZEE STUDIO

How To Train Your Dragon Deep Impact Race To Witch Mountain She’s Out of My League Kung Fu Panda 2 National Treasure Race To Witch Mountain Transformers

PIX

P.M. 2.35 5.55 9.00 A.M. 8.15 11.25

All programmes on this page are as per the official schedules of the various channels. Afternoon is not responsible for any last minute changes.

P.M. 2.00 3.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.30

POGO

Tom and Jerry Chhota Bheem Marathon Kiteretsu Chhota Bheem Shaktimaan Mighty Raju Tom and Jerry Krish Trish Baltiboy

Into The Blue Terminator Salvation

STAR GOLD

Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge Dabangg Singham Returns Return of Kaalia

The Grey, Pix, 9 p.m.

Nafrat Kitg Jung Golmaal: Fun Unlimited

MAX

ZEE CINEMA

Mahaveer No 1 Arya Ke Prem Pratigya: Allu Chennai vs China Shiva The Super Hero: Vikram

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Gayab 5.00 Vishwanath 8.30 Ragini MMS P.M. 12.00 3.00 6.00 9.00 A.M. 7.30

Haddi Mera Buddy Oggy and the Cockroaches Courage the Cowardly Dog Advneture Time Bas Karo Henry Ben 10 Omniverse Haddi Mera Buddy Oggy and the Cockroaches Pokemon Black and White Haddi Mera Buddy Johnny Test Roll No 21 Henry Ke Karnamey Beshram Henry 10.30 Courage the Cowardly Dog 11.00 Adventure Time A.M. 8.00 Ben 10 8.30 Johnny Test 9.00 Roll No 21 10.00 Ben 10 10.30 Haddi Mera Buddy 11.00 Henry ke Karnamey!

2012 The Karate Kid The Smurfs 2 The Grey The Forbidden Kingdom

P.M. 1.00 Karan Arjun: Salman Khan 5.00 Sabse Badi Hera Pheri: Vishnu 9.00 Ek Tha Tiger: Slamaan Khan A.M 10.00 Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar: Aamir Khan P.M. 4.30 5.20 8.00 A.M. 11.05

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.30 9.00

B4U

Anmol: Rishi Kapoor Darna Zaroori Hai: Amitabh B Daraar: Rishi Kapoor Tejaswani: Vijayshanti Jungbaaz: Govinda

ZEE CLASSIC

Andaz Kanyadaan Ajooba

Boond Jo Ban Gayi Moti Maang Haro Sajna

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 IPS Laxmi: Ayesha 4.30 Guldasta: Makrand Anaspure 7.00 Jai Maharashtra Dhaba Bhatinga 9.30 Hamal De Dhamal: Laxmikant Berde

Singham Returns, Star Gold, 8 p.m.

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

MAD

Richie Rich Shaktimaan Krish Trish Baltiboy II

DISNEY CHANNEL

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

DISNEY XD

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

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015

TV TATTLE SURVIVAL SHOW

Private jets, after parties, sparkling swag bags and a coterie of personal assistants, publicists, agents and managers. Why would anyone trade this for two days of roughing it in the wilderness? In RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS, the famed adventurer and survivalist will take six celebrities into wild and remote locations for a journey of a lifetime. RUNNING WILD WITH BEAR GRYLLS premieres February 13 on Discovery Channel and will air Friday to Sunday at 9 pm. The celebrities who will be teamed up with Bear in their own stand-alone episodes are Zac Efron, Ben Stiller, Channing Tatum, Tom Arnold, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, and anchor Tamron Hall.

SELFIE MOMENT

Actress Rashami Desai and Jaswir Kaur attended a food guide awards event together. Both had a blast. Both are fun loving happy go lucky girls who believe in living life to the fullest. Both bonded during the cricket matches and the friendship continued. Rashami Desai made heads turn as soon as she entered the event and even Jaswir's smile did the magic. Lot of people clicked pictures with them. Both the girls love clicking selfies. The selfie culture is here to stay for sure.

DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE

Ssharad Malhotraa who is playing the title role in Maharana Pratap has done a historical show for the first time and the response is fabulous. He daily gets into the costume and the character. He lives more on the set than his home. The reel and real life Ssharad Malhotraa have many similarities. Both are head strong and both are ambitious and particular about everything. The winning streak is also common.

Ssharad says, "I daily get into the skin of the character. I am living my character on the set. The show has given me lot of applause and the response is overwhelming. Doing a historical is surely a different experience compared to doing a regular daily soap. I end up giving lot of myself to the character”.

SCINTILLATING DRAMA

MTV, the iconic youth brand, is back with yet another fascinating drama series. Exploring the world of boarding school where students from backgrounds vastly diverse from each other come together to fight for their dreams is MTV’s newest show - MTV Warrior High. The show will take a look at the lives of students, of a prestigious and elite boarding school ‘Warrior High’ where dreams take flight and the passion to achieve wins over all odds.

Produced by Lost Boy Productions, MTV 'Warrior High' goes on air on 16th February and will be aired every Monday to Friday at 7 pm only on MTV. Sanaya Pethawala, Anshuman Malhotra of Haider fame and well known TV actress Juhi Aslam, Ashwini Kaul, Lakshya Lalwani and Suhasini Mulay star in the show.

MUTUAL ADMIRATION

Bollywood’s Gen Y heartthrob Varun Dhawan recently confessed that he is a big fan of the CID cop – Daya. It so happened that Varun was on the sets of CID to promote his upcoming movie 'Badlapur'. He was shooting the entire day for the show but due to track requirement Varun and Daya were shooting in two different units which was like a long wait for Varun. Varun was very excited to shoot his scenes with Daya and when they finally met, without wasting any time he asked him, “Daya Sir, Aap darwaaze kaise todte ho?” Daya in his true witty style replied that his door breaking depends on the production budget.

‘HAMARI SISTER DIDI’ SHIVANGI VERMA’S GLORIOUS RUN IN

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By Sandeep Hattangadi

What does your name Shivangi mean?

Shivangi means the better half of lord Shiva, his wife.

Delhiite Shivangi Verma who has been a part of 'Nach Baliye' and is currently seen in 'Hamari Sister Didi' on Sony Pal is slowly pegging away at tele-stardom and in a brief chat with us, she opens up about herself candidly. A few excerpts.

What are the shows you have done?

I had done one reality show 'Naach Baliye Season Six with Ripu Daman Handa and currently I am doing 'Hamari Sister Didi' on Sony Pal.

You did 'Naach Baliye' with Ripu Daman Handa who is also a chef.

How was the experience?

Initially we both were very scared as we never participated in any dance shows or competitions as we used to perform only in family weddings and functions. Ripu Daman got a chance for 'Nach Baliye' and he approached me and we thought a lot about it and then finally we decided to do take it up. We started practicing for 13 to 15 hours every day to get perfection and also we wanted to spend some time with each other. We were surrounded by good dancers and our choreographers were very supportive. The experience was good. It was fun but at the same time it was very painful too. We both enjoyed a lot.

Since how long have you been dating him?

I am dating Ripu Daman since seven years now.

What does he cook especially for you?

He knows that I love Rasgullas and Spring Rolls so when he has to cook something for me he cooks these two dishes for me.

What can you cook?

I am dating Ripu Daman since seven years now. I am really very bad at cooking. But after 'Nach Baliye', many of them told me that I should learn cooking, so now I am learning. slowly.

You are a Delhiite. What difference do you find between Mumbai and Delhi?

Two things I feel are different: the nightlife and the traffic. I have seen people in Mumbai who don't follow traffic rules, but in Delhi people are very particular about traffic signals and rules.

You are doing 'Sister Didi' on Sony Pal...What is your character called? What is so unique about

the role?

When I was offered 'Hamari Sister Didi' and when they narrated the story to me, I really liked the concept as it's something really different from other shows. It’s a story of nurses. I am playing a prosthetic nurse and I will be connecting directly to audience. I chose this character because it very touching and emotional. My character's name is Meher. I wear peach colour tops and faded blue trousers.

Your educational qualification?

I am a graduate from Delhi University and also have done my diploma in Animation.

What are your career goals?

My career goals are to make my parents

proud of me and give 100 per cent in whatever I do.

Favorite actor (male) – Ripu Daman resembles Ranvir Kapoor Favorite actress (female) – Jacqueline Fernandez

The role you would die for and why?

I would like to play Parineeta Chopra from 'Ishaqzaade'. The character shown is very bold. I would like to be like her.

What you love to watch on TV and why? Which TV programmes and channels?

I love to watch cookery shows and I learn cooking dishes from the shows.

TV show about women emperor Razia Sultan launched Martial Arts film festival!

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V show 'Razia Sultan', tracing the journey of the most noteworthy woman emperor in the 13th century, was launched yesterday.

The historical drama, produced by Swastik Productions, will begin airing on newly launched channel &TV from March 2 at 7:30 pm. The show's curtain raiser was attended by producer Rahul Tewary along with the cast of the show-- Pankhuri Awasthi, who plays the lead character Razia and veteran actor Sooraj Thapar, who will be seen in the emperor's father, Iltutmish. The makers assure the audience of a gritty storytelling, opulent sets and costumes.

"After Mahabharat we wanted to make a historical series on the first and the last woman emperor of the Delhi Sultanate and &TV

seemed the right platform.

"The channel agreed to our vision for the show and this untold story will unfold on March 2," Tewary said.

Pankhuri, who is also known as a VJ, said

she is excited to have grabbed a powerful role.

"We often talk about meritocracy and gender equality but this thought was exercised successfully in the Slave Dynasty way back in the 13th century.

The character of Razia Sultan was way ahead of her time and her father Iltutmish had the courage to believe in his daughter to be the worthy successor of his throne. I am thoroughly excited to have had this opportunity to portray such a powerful character on screen," she said.

Sooraj called the experience of being a part of the show, enriching. "As an actor, one gets to dabble in various characters with distinct personalities. And I am certain Iltutmish as a father will stand out," he said.

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OVIES NOW, India’s favorite English Movies channel, this February, brings a stellar line-up of 16 blockbuster martial arts films with Shaolin Masters. The all-time popular films are back to mesmerize you with their fast-paced moves, techniques and action styles and also keep you glued onto your television screens all through the week.

Get ready for an action-packed journey filled with strength, discipline and courage with Shaolin Masters. Featuring a line-up of the edgiest movies with cutting-edge stunts, Shaolin Masters will feature brand new blockbusters and martial arts action films like Bruce Lee’s Secret, Five Shaolin Masters, Five Elements Ninjas, First Strike, Tekken, Lady KungFu, Shaolin Martial Arts, Shaolin Abbot, Holy Flame of the Martial World and Disciples of Shaolin. These blockbuster hits, will feature spell binding action from the genres’ heavyweights like Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Cheng Tien Chi, Jackson Liu, Michael Chang, Sheng Fu, Sheng Chiang. Feel the adrenaline pulsate through you with this blockbuster line-up that will keep your eyes as active as your mind. Do not miss, Shaolin Masters, every Monday- Thursday at 11 pm, only on MOVIES NOW.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015 the left or right. Woman-on-top position also facilitates the woman to be ‘active’ whereby it is easier for her to reach to her own orgasm. A lot of couples prefer a more intimate and relaxed interaction with the face-to-face, side-by-side position, allowing each partner to have a free hand to caress the other's body. For pregnant women, the ‘spoon position’ is often more comfortable, relieving pressure from her abdomen during intercourse. So most people experiment with many positions to decide what they find most desirable.

Most Common Sexual Position For Maximum Pleasure

What is the most common sexual position that married couples use during intercourse?

There are several different sexual positions that a couple can choose to use. The most prevalent one is known as the “missionary position”, where the male partner is on top of the female partner, with face-to-face interaction. Female superior or Woman-on-top is the second most preferred sexual position.

Choice of Life Partner

HEART TO HEART Dr. Rajan B. Bhonsle M.D. (Bom) Consulting Sex Therapist & Counsellor

Dr. (Mrs.) Minnu R. Bhonsle Each sexual position facilitates an exclusive opportunity to the couple for physical and emotional expression. Matters such as mood, health, body weight, age and pregnancy can determine which position will be the most

Ph.D. Consulting Psychotherapist & Counsellor

preferred one at a particular instant.

Stimulation of the clitoris during intercourse is easier with the female-superior (woman-on-top) position, either sitting upright or inclining off to

My parents are pressuring me to get married to a guy they have chosen. But I don’t like the guy and find him creepy. He is educated, earns a lot of money and is well-settled. But the thing is I really don’t think he is my type. I have met him a couple of times and haven’t liked his thinking.

What should I do?

You owe it to yourself, the guy and your parents that you are completely honest about how you feel about this match. Communicate to your parents that while you understand their concerns over your marriage, it is equally important that you do not merely marry out of a

sense of guilt over their concerns. We are sure your parents do not want you to be unhappily married, or then have a broken marriage if things do not work. Communicating the same to them might help them see the light.

On your part, it is important that since you are open to an arranged match, you give yourself and the guy (this guy or any other guy) adequate opportunity to know each other before concluding about compatibility. Today it is easy to communicate via e-mail in order to understand views of each other on various issues. It is only after sufficient communication on relevant matters that one can truly assess compatibility. If you have sufficient evidence to point out incompatibility with the present guy, share it with your parents in a mature way, and point out those areas where things could go wrong for both of you.

If they truly care for your sustained happiness they will step back and look for a more compatible match.

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What the cards say: Don’t be in a hurry Path: See things from different perspectives.

Don’t rush into things Ally: Taurus will show you patience. Avoid Gemini who could wind you up Card for the week: Tarot key no. II The High Priestess. Be at peace and look within for a world that is unexplored.

You will find hidden knowledge and deeper truths that will change your perspectives to life.

What the cards say: You need to put your energies into your work Path: Be clear and focused. Don’t scatter yourself by irrelevant things Ally: Capricorn will show you what hard work is. Avoid lazy Card for the week: Tarot key no. XII The Death. A complete change is brewing in your life which will be for the better. New truths will be experienced which will change your perspectives completely.

New opportunities and new understanding will transform personality.

What the cards say: Rise above your pettiness Path: Surrender to the higher self. Be humble. Don’t justify. But watch yourself in action Ally: Pisces will help you to be humble. Avoid Leo who will encourage your ego Card for the week: Tarot key no. VIII The Strength will show you how faith and endurance will win the day. Listen to wisdom and let go the ego. Conquer the beast within

What the cards say: Material things are ephemeral. Know that Path: Trust the universe to provide you with what you need. Don’t be possessive. Learn to give and you will get Ally: Leo will show you generosity. Stay away from Capricorn and material calculation Card for the week: Tarot key no. XV The Devil. Negative emotions can chain you to materiality. Rise above the shackles and see the Devil within you wilt… The shackles are of your own making and you can break them anytime

What the cards say: Value people Path: Know that you are not always right.

Don’t judge others. Look at yourself Ally: Scorpio will understand your hurts. Avoid Gemini who could be manipulative Card for the week: Tarot key no. XI Justice. See things as they are. Be fair in your judgments and know that the wrong has to be punished

What the cards say: Your health improves Path: New openings. Don’t give up but fight till the end Ally: Aries and Taurus will fight on your side. Stay away from Pisces and Cancer who could make you fearful Card for the week: Tarot key no. X the Wheel of Fortune.

Things are bound to work out for you

What the cards say: Inner sadness will lead to understanding Path: There is a glimmer of light. Follow it. Don’t be anxious, the worst is over Ally: Self reliance is the greatest truth for you. Seek support within Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIX The Sun. There will be brightness and success after a long time

What the cards say: Be in touch with what you have done Path: Acknowledge the pain caused. Don’t brush things under the carpet.

Take charge and face yourself Ally: Take advice from critical Virgo who will tell you the truth. Avoid Aries who could make you impulsive Card for the week: Tarot key no. XVII The Star. Indicates insight and deep understanding that will help you in unraveling your inner self

What the cards say: You could feel constricted Path: Understanding at a deeper level.

Don’t be prejudiced but see things from other perspectives Ally: Aries could be fun. Avoid Cancer and their clinging Card for the week: Tarot key no. XII The Hanged Man invites you to turn inwards and surrender to the divine plan.

Let go

What the cards say: Possessions are not all important Path: Get your priorities right. Don’t be hooked on to just one thing. See things in a holistic sense Ally: Libra will give you sound advice.

Avoid Scorpio and their distorted vengeance Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIII Death. Change is coming. Welcome it and flow with it.

Total change will bring a totally new equation. Recognise the signs of change

What the cards say: Time to seek forgiveness Path: Compromise. Don’t be closed or stand upon ceremonies Ally: Libra will open the way for you.

Avoid Cancer who could be self seeking Card for the week: Tarot key no. XX Judgment. Be right and be fair and you will win the game

What the cards say: Be connected with yourself Path: Acknowledge the truth objectively.

Don’t take the easy way out. You will have to confront the wrong Ally: Seek advice from Taurus and Scorpio. Don’t confide in Aries or all your secrets will be out Card for the week: Tarot key no. IV The Emperor.

You are invited to take a larger responsibility and confront the strong to protect the vulnerable.

You have the power. Use it for a greater good

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Delhi Assembly Elections

By Chuathi Duniya Reporter

This process of people and ‘faces’ joining the BJP got continuous media coverage. Everyday such news made the headlines, became a topic of debate on TV. The BJP’s thrust was proving to be successful and it shattered the confidence of the Opposition. Surprisingly, in the BJP’s success, the political immaturity of the AAP too played a large contributory role. The reality is this that the AAP leaders who defected to the BJP had been angry for a long time as they were not made a part of the AAP’s activities. The AAP’s political immaturity allowed it to get got caught in the BJP’s psychological trap. To make matters worse, the AAP opened a ‘front’ against leaders who had joined the BJP. They started calling them opportunists and brokers. The biggest mistake of the leaders of the AAP was that in trying to win TV debates it lost the confidence of its own workers. This resulted in AAP’s ideological and organisational

of the many leaders of the party who joined the BJP, it was surprising that out of them there were 4 Muslim leaders who in the 2013 Assembly Elections had been candidates of AAP. The party had not yet recovered from these shocks when its founder member, Shanti Bhushan, gave a statement that left the party red faced.

It was unthinkable, Bhushan praised the BJP’s Kiran Bedi. This news was published in newspapers. Actually, the news only highlighted that Bhushan had said that Bedi would be an honest Chief Minister like Kejriwal. But the AAP's immature spokespersons made a mountain of a molehill.

An additional complaint of this faction was that everywhere it was only Kejriwal who was seen and all values of the party had been sidelined. Bhushan gave voice to the feelings of this group that Kejriwal had become power hungry and Kejriwal works like a dictator inside

Sabha elections were repeated in Delhi election this time too. Mature alk of the Delhi Assembly leaders understand when, where elections had been in the air and how any issue should be for almost six months before hyped and on which issues they they were finally announced. There should remain silent. It was obviis no doubt that the agenda of this ous during elections that Kejriwal election was set by the Aam Aadmi and the leaders of the AAP have not Party (AAP). It was the first to field been able to learn the art of keepits candidates. The most caming quiet. paigning too was done by the AAP In addition to immaturity, there through all possible means – was over enthusiasm in the posters, pamphlets, hoardings, ralspokespersons of the AAP and lies, meetings and radio. It seemed leaders. As a result, they erased the that Arvind Kejriwal had become difference between truth and lies. the first choice of the people of The biggest lie was by poet-turnedDelhi. In other words, at the time of politician Kumar Vishwas, on announcement of elections, the Times Now channel. He claimed AAP was in the forefront while the that former Army Chief and presBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ent Union Minister General V.K. way behind. But a big quake struck Singh had, in front of him, told the politics of Delhi when the BJP Anna Hazare not to give a statefielded the Kiran Bedi, as the chief ment against or open a front ministerial candidate. against the BJP. Actually, crossing Kejriwal and the AAP couldn’t asall limits of lying, Vishwas forgot sess this challenge rightly. Kejriwal that when Anna’s movement was and his associates were holding on at New Delhi’s Ram Lila Maidan, General V.K. Singh was not a part of the movement. At that time, he was the Chief of Army of the country. The statements that Kumar Vishwas gave, they were not only false, they were also damaging for his party. The funny thing is that Kumar Vishwas has met General V.K. Singh only once, that too for half an hour in a Circuit House at Kurukshetra, at a time when Arvind Kejriwal was on a hunger strike on the issue of electricity bills.

The hunger strike was not getting the support of the public. At that time Anna and General Singh were on a Jantantra Yatra in Haryana. Kejriwal, to save the credibility of his hunger strike, wanted Anna to come to Delhi to end his hunger strike by giving him water.

It was during that time that Kumar Vishwas and Manish Sisodia met General Singh for the first and last time. Leaders of the AAP should understand that speaking blatant lies on TV channels is not a good augury for the future.

AAP's election campaign and language were not in accordance AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal during the election campaign in New Delhi. with its avowed values. Party’s spokespersons and leaders didn’t rallies, and at the ground level were contradictions being exposed. the party. Bhushan also has said give its own upset workers any busy doing the rounds personally.

Kejriwal was so eager to become that complaints had come from chance of openly airing their grievOn the other hand, the BJP's top the Chief Minister of Delhi again workers that in the Delhi elections ances. This had a deep impact on leaders assessed the situation and that he forgot that the Delhi elec- the AAP took money and sold tick- workers working for the party. reached the conclusion that due to tions were a question of survival for ets. The most significant thing that Many workers were troubled by the lack of time it would be difficult to the AAP, that was why it was im- Bhushan said was that Kejriwal working style of the party. counter the AAP at the ground portant to keep the party united. should resign from the post of conAnother complaint was that outlevel. Instead of a ground level fight Circumstances became such that vener, a meeting of the national ex- siders had formed a gang and esthe BJP started a psychological war Kejriwal was unsuccessful even in ecutive of the party should be tablished themselves at the top of against the AAP. Disgruntled lead- keeping the founders of his party called and a new convener should the party. They didn’t and don’t ers of the AAP were contacted in an satisfied. And the problem arose be appointed. It was said that the even talk to the workers. It was the attempt to include them in BJP one that right before the polling dates, anti-Kejriwal faction wants Yogen- same people who, in the name of by one. First, ‘small’ leaders and the AAP was seen getting frag- dra Yadav to be appointed the new the party, popularised their faces workers were given membership of mented at the level of ideology and convener of the party. everywhere. The same people were the party. Then, three Muslim can- organisation. The very people who The strategies of the party lead- also seen on TV. People coming didates of the AAP were won over till yesterday were the face of the ers should have focused on keep- from outside were given a lot of imand included in the party fold, fol- party either left the party or else sat ing the organisation together and portance in the party, due to which lowed by Bedi’s induction into the in their homes. The workers were by pacifying the angry leaders, in- the workers were angry and disapparty, with much celebration. A angry. In most of the Delhi con- creasing its vote share by two to pointed, especially those workers day after, Shazia Ilmi, once a stituency areas, there was sloga- three per cent. It is difficult to un- who putting their job, their future prominent face of the AAP, was neering against the party. Workers derstand how, with political ana- and their career at stake had joined made a party member. Next day, shouted slogans and gave state- lysts like Yogendra Yadav being in the movement and the party. the party gave membership to for- ments against Kejriwal. The AAP's the party, Kejriwal could not unThe election campaign has now mer Cabinet Minister in the Con- condition had become such that derstand that in Delhi whichever passed into history, but will the gress party and Dalit leader while leaders conducted rallies and party would get more that thirty parties, especially the AAP, learn Krishna Tirath. Soon after, the meetings, below the stage former five per cent votes, would easily get any useful lessons from it? Will they AAP’s former MLA Vinod Kumar youth workers of the AAP were a majority. The kind of mistakes the evaluate what clicked and what Binny was also included in the seen distributing pamphlets AAP made during the last Assem- backfired? The answer will be there party fold. against the party and Kejriwal. Out bly elections in Delhi and the Lok in a day or two.

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DILLI KA BABU Attendance blues

THE biometric attendance system installed in all Central Ministries and departments amid much hype is apparently in shambles. Sources say that at least 50 machines are damaged after functioning for barely nine months. Consequently, Modi sarkar, which relies heavily on data, is unable to discern the entry and exit time of the babus. This is clearly not good going for a sarkar that expects hundred per cent attendance in offices to deliver its ambitious agenda. The situation is serious enough, sources say, for the director general of the National Informatics Centre Ajay Kumar to write to all affected Ministries and departments to replace or repair the machines at the earliest.

Some readers may recall that the biometric system was also favoured by former UPA Minister P. Chidambaram during his tenure as Finance Minister.

But the wily babus soon found their way around it and the system was adjudged a failure. Are we seeing more of the same in Modi raj too?

Old habits

SOME habits die hard, even in these changed times! Stonewalling, a typical bureaucratic tactic, forced the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to postpone a workshop on communicating government initiatives to the public. Apparently, babus are reluctant to join the exercise despite knowing that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been unhappy with the government’s media outreach and wants to see it strengthened. But I&B Secretary Bimal Julka has not given up, sources say. He has now approached secretaries in all ministries and departments to depute nodal officers to interact with I&B’s officials, and is following up rigorously to ensure that all babus are brought on board for this plan. So far, it is learnt, only 42 nominations have come in, but Julka is clear that all departments and ministries have to comply. Perhaps if the all-powerful Prime Minister’s Office were to lean on the ministries and departments, the babus may be compelled to get off the fence, and Julka’s efforts will not be in vain!

Still in the game?

NO one was surprised when Narendra Modi decided to populate the Prime Minister’s Office with his trusted lieutenants, an overwhelming number of who are from the Gujarat cadre. One senior babu who many expected would be the first to join Modi in Delhi is the 1979-batch officer Kuniyil Kailashnathan, or 'KK' as he is called by his peers. But that did not happen. But speculation about KK's future refuses to die down. Modi’s trust in him showed when after retiring in 2013, he was brought back as Chief Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister. He played a crucial role in strategising Modi’s state and national election campaigns. It is now being murmured that the retired babu may be rewarded with a gubernatorial position very soon, though a move to Delhi is still not ruled out entirely.

— Dilip Cherian

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COFFEEBREAK

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 909

ENIGMA CODE 909 Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

ACROSS: 8 Top style of musical party (4,2) 9 An extra lucky cup down (3) 10 A diver needs dope (4) 11 Material directed to be soft-soaped (10) 12 I'm as backward as a Lapplander (4) 13 Despite having a stony stare, she may be amused (6) 16 drink factory and take it’s place (8) 17 Possibly old, bald and certainly eccentric (3-4) 18 Time for balance between night and day (7) 22 Money-box opened daily? (5,3) 25 A Christian symbol displayed horizontally (6) 26 Walked with the help of a thickended stick, perhaps? (4) 27 Remember to ring for a baby-sister?

(4,2,4) 30 Caution of conflict with Navy (4) 31 Regularly visited sublime German city (3) 32 It's exhausting, but get it up with a telephone call (6)

DOWN: 1 Sound bitter as a Frenchman (4) 2 Going back, was he right into modern architecture? (4) 3 Enveloping garment, with or without top (5-3) 4 A royal honour is concealed in the first Loyal Knights monument (7) 5 Commit to prison for parody, say (42) 6 Warrior who has no mortal end to sing of (3,7) 7 Farmworker about to turn a woman's head (6) 14 Old age, in old times (3) 15 Pub drunk was breaking in carpeting (10) 19 Lot of the wharf retains an unusual tint (8) 20 Round like a country union (3) 21 Irritate, life man. Possibly (7)

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The Clue: Natural or unrefined

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE FOLDER, ROOFED, DOODLE, ROLLER, DODDER, FODDER, REFOLD

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MATH PYRAMID 909 23 Double about to get lawyer back?

Take another look at it (6) 24 Take heart from the deer making progress (4,2)

28 Curly's mean, interrupting Moe in St. Thomas (4) 29 French journalist and a girl in pictures? (4)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Strawberry fair, 10 Romeo, 11 Malicious, 12 Payroll, 13 Settler, 14 Pound, 16 Bottleful, 19 Nose-piece, 20 Brown, 22 Tequila, 25 Wangler, 27 Privation, 28 Dhoti, 29 On one's doorstep.

DOWN: 2 Tommy guns, 3 AMOCO, 4 Bumblebee, 5 Roles, 6 Yacht-club, 7 Aboil, 8 Rostral, 9 Wrap up, 15 Duplicate, 17 Tae kwon do, 18 Foot-loose, 19 Not a pro, 21 Narvik, 23 Quito, 24 A bird, 26 Nidus.

QUICK CROSS 909

ACROSS: 1. Amo, ____, amat 5. Successor of Rameses I 6. City of witch hunts 8. Duct or cartilage 10. Errant 12. ___ up, pay 13. Like good, quiet kids

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Beast of burden 2. ___ temperature 3. Ayn Rand's ___ Shrugged 4. Snoozes 7. French river 9. After the bell 11. Craving

HIDATO 909

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 909

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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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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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Virgo 5th Magh Krishnapaksha Hasta Kanya (Virgo) P. Th. White 4

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Make the most of the good trends at work. Do not resist rapid changes around you, which may entail moving to a different department at work or moving to another city or town. Let matters follow their natural course. Businesspersons will have enough time to scrutinize new ventures, especially those entailing heavy financial investment. Execute your plans, as success is assured. The married will hardly get any time to be with their mate.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be tall, attractive, with beautiful eyes and a glowing skin. A magnetic, smile will lead to many friends and admirers. Disciplined, helpful and well educated. A profession in law, administration or land development will lead to gains.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): An important and prestigious deal or assignment could be offered to you. It is the beginning of rewarding phase. Matters concerning ancestral property, which has been dragging on, will go in your favor bringing an end to the prevailing tension. Everyone will be happy.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Your hard work now pays you rich dividends. If working as a free lancer, or independently you will be making substantial money in commission. Some of you may decide to take up a job that will be favorable. Good savings, and encouragement from a loving mate, will make it possible for you to fulfill a long cherished dream together.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Your profits can be increased by certain radical changes. Begin from cutting down expenditure, and get rid of unproductive investments. Long distance travel is destined to prove beneficial. You can combine business with pleasure by finding time for some of your own personal interests. Romantic influences are rather strong and despite a tight work-schedule, the impish charm and playful mood of your beloved will lure you.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You will receive no bouquets for your achievements at work but emotionally you will be happy that you have done your work well. Your responsibilities may exhaust you mentally and physically but your mate will be a source of encouragement and strength.

At a social event you will create a lasting impression. Romance offers its share of thrills.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Good thinking and quick planning helps you to secure a contract that is likely to add to your reputation and profit. Though, certain important decisions may have to be deferred. A family get-together proves enjoyable. A religious or auspicious ceremony will be celebrated at home. Your mate or beloved may also want to spend some quality time with you.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Consistent hard work that you had put in earlier will get you what you want. Benefits through government are indicated. A sincere approach in life always gets rewarded. You must not feel that you get little, and late, in comparison to the hard work you put in. Life has its own pattern. A new association with a person of the opposite sex overwhelms you and you can hardly concentrate on work and other things that are important for you.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Your recent success in your particular field has spread your name far and wide. There will be many that would like to work with you and also meet you.

Inquiries from overseas are worth considering and pursuing. Unexpected financial gains are also likely to come in. You will get a chance for doing something for someone special, which will bring you a lot of personal satisfaction and happiness.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Gains from property are indicated. Family affairs come under favorable aspects. A creative and artistic urge will find a rewarding outlet. You will be the centre of attraction at a party this evening. Love life is full of excitement and pleasant surprises. A staid romance could suddenly become a more meaningful relationship.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You will come across a profitable idea that can be developed quite favorably. Turn your attention to hobbies or extracurricular activities that give you satisfaction.

Family problems that have been bothering you for long will also become easier to solve. Trying times in love relationships are over and you can look forward to the good times ahead. Evening has some good prospects for you.

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): Financially you feel on top of the world as an expected deal goes through. Travel overseas or news from overseas will be exciting. A purchase of some property or a vehicle will add to your exuberance. With every reason to celebrate there is tendency to over eat that cause health problem. If away from your beloved you are likely to be in touch or plan a surprise visit to be together. Expect an expensive indulgence from the one who loves you.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You seem to be extra vulnerable and feeling low today.

There is a tendency to be hypersensitive about small issues. A strong reaction from you could harm an important association. Try to be with those who have a more positive influence on you. Avoid giving or seeking explanations for any petty behavior which in any case is just a reaction. Keep calm.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): If you are thinking of starting a new venture this is the right time provided you have completed all preliminary work in advance with an eye to the details. Be more practical and less emotional while taking a decision which conflicts with what you believe and what you should do. A happy relationship is a two-way fare. Your mate may need to be assured of your love and care today.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5196 ACROSS: 1 Fire from a pistol or a rifle (5) 6 City in Rajasthan (5) 9 Gets as far as - wakes up (5,2) 10 Alaska is the forty-ninth one of the U.S.A (5) 11 Records by using a VCR or a Cassette Player? (5) 12 He steals secretly (5) 13 An average man (4,3) 15 Speak or act deceptively or in jest (3) 17 Fever and paroxysms associated with malaria (4) 18 Turmoil (6) 19 Behave in an amorous or enticing manner without serious intents? (5) 20 Leg joints (6) 22 Priestly vestments? (4) 24 Myrna of movies (3) 25 The three canons of classical drama (7) 26 Astonish (5) 27 Transparent fabric (5) 28 Enter, as a car (3,2) 29 Acquires, appropriates or confiscates (7) 30 South African grassland (5) 31 Anaesthetic gas (5) DOWN: 2 Frankfurter (6) 3 Any of several hydrocarbon compounds which occur in petroleum (6) 4 A foot division (3) 5 River of forgetfulness (5) 6 Try, essay or attack (7) 7 A ___ of bread : the bread as a single baking unit? (4) 8 A condition in which blood does not have enough red corpuscles (6) 12 Labours; snares (5) 13 Mud hut (5) 14 Brawny (5) 15 Batsman Virat ___ (5)

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SUDOKU 2382 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: H equals O

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

16 Put on clothes (5) 18 Fluid secreted by kidneys (5) 19 Convert grain, grapes, etc, into liquor (7) 21 Period of immaturity (6) 22 Not moving, free from trouble -

maybe dead (2,4) 23 Probably (6) 25 Native of a former Soviet Central Asian republic (5) 26 Ex-India all-rounder Kirti ___ (4) 28 A horsy command? (3)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 3 Ajmer, 8 Up for, 10 Xebec, 11 Idi, 12 Orach, 13 Merrily, 15 Eased, 18 Any, 19 Rebate, 21 Clamped, 22 Agra, 23 Sank, 24 Cut down, 26 Towers, 29 Era, 31 Singe, 32 Fragile, 34 Gauls, 35 Gnu, 36 Beget, 37 Pekoe, 38 Deign.

DOWN: 1 Spied, 2 Koirala, 4 Jury, 5 Exceed, 6 Rehab, 7 Reset, 9 FDR, 12 Olympus, 14 In a, 16 Sagan, 17 Desks, 19 Renders, 20 Baits, 21 Crown, 23 Swagger, 24 Create, 25 Ora, 27 Oiled, 28 Egged, 30 Gluon, 32 Flag, 33 Ink.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2201 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTI ON: The most important thing is to be whatever you are without shame

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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: 25 average; 27 good; 29 outstanding.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: bait, band, bandit, bard, barn, basin, bast, bawd, bind, bird, brad, braid, brain, bran, brand, brat, brawn, disbar, drab, rabid, stab, swab, WRISTBAND.

Saturday’s

STEADY LAHIRI WINS MALAYSIAN OPEN SPORTS

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Secures Augusta Masters berth as he moves into top-50 of world; gets exemption to European tour till 2017 end

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UALA LUMPUR: An early birdie blitz followed by a perfect control on his nerves saw Anirban Lahiri grab his first cosanctioned title by snatching the Maybank Malaysian Open from Bernd Wiesberger in a dramatic finish at Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club here today.

Among the numerous benefits that will follow, this win could also earn Lahiri the coveted invite to Augusta Masters in April, as he moved to top-50 of the world.

When the new rankings come out tomorrow, Lahiri could well be inside the top-40 and he needs to be inside top-50 till the week before Masters to make the grade for the year’s first Major. His stunning show in 2014 and a great start in 2015 could even earn him an invite before that.

“I don’t think it’s sunk in just yet,” said Lahiri. “But I’m pretty sure when it hits home it’s going to be a really happy moment for me.

“I think I’ve got a bad habit of making it hard for myself, but I’m happy I got over the line, as ugly as it was towards the end,” he said.

“The Masters is definitely one of my targets. I don’t know how far I’ll move up, but I’m pretty confident now with this win I should have a pretty good chance,” he added.

Lahiri also takes the early lead for Asian Tour Order of Merit and moves to seventh on Race to Dubai standings and also gets an exemption to European Tour till end of 2017. Lahiri carded a dramatic 68 that started with four birdies in first five holes and then a steady back nine with two birdies and just one bogey on back nine for his maiden European Tour win and a sixth title on Asian Tour.

In contrast, Wiesberger, who began the day with a five-shot lead

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India's Anirban Lahiri, right, poses with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak as he is presented the trophy after winning the Malaysian Open golf tournament at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur,

Anirban Lahiri of India hits a shot from a bunker of the 18th hole during the final round of the Malaysian Open golf tournament at Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,

over fifth placed Lahiri, opened with two birdies, but a double bogey on par-5 fifth, where Lahiri birdied, and then three bogeys between 13th and 17th saw his lead evaporate and leave the Indian a deserving winner. Lahiri (68) totalled 16-under to edge out Wiesberger (74) by one shot.

Meanwhile, another Indian, SSP Chowrasia, one of the only three Indians to win an European Tour title before Lahiri, carded 68 to finish tied 10th. Rashid Khan (67) was tied 38th and Shiv Kapur (71) was tied 46th. Only Jeev Milkha Singh (4), Arjun Atwal (3) and Chowrasia (2) have won European Tour titles before Lahiri.

Also with six Asian Tour titles, Lahiri moved to tied third place

eventual winner. The Austrian, who climbed into the Official World Golf Ranking’s top 50 for the first time by finishing sixth, third and fourth in the three Desert Swing events, even birdied the first two holes today — both courtesy of eight foot putts.

But, after laying up at the par five, Wiesberger chunked his third into the water at the fifth and ran up a double bogey seven to blow the title race wide open.

After converting from 18 feet at the first and a par the second, Lahiri, who already had five titles on the co-sanctioning Asian Tour, tapped in at the third, holed from ten feet at the fourth and pitched to six feet at the fifth for a hat-trick of gains that left him just one behind.

With the breeze picking up, Wies-

with Jeev and behind Jyoti Randhawa and Arjun Atwal, who have eight Asian Tour titles each.

Talking about his flawless 10under 62 yesterday, Lahiri added, “In hindsight that was one of the most crucial rounds of my career and it’s fantastic when you play well at the right times.”

Lahiri’s maiden European Tour title comes just three months after coming through Qualifying School, and is all the more remarkable given he was outside the top 20 at the halfway stage.

A sensational 10-under par 62 gave him a chance, but in-form Wiesberger appeared a clear favourite when he started the day two shots clear of Alejandro Canizares and five ahead of the

Anand errs again, loses to Aronian in Grenke Chess

ADEN-BADEN(Germany): Viswanathan Anand’s woes in the Grenke Chess Classic continued as the five times world champion blundered yet again and went down to Levon Aornian of Armenia in the fifth round that concluded here.

After losing from an unclear position against world champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway in the previous round, Anand appeared in fine fettle against Aronian and stood better when he let the position slip out of hands and lost rather meekly.

Carlsen meanwhile defeated lowest ranked David Baramidze of Germany in his typical style to join Arkadij Naiditsch of Germany in lead on 3.5 points out of his five games. Naiditsch played out a draw with Fabiano Caruana of Italy in this round while the other game of the day between Michael Adams of England and Etienne Bacrot of France also ended in a draw.

With just two rounds to come in the eight-player round-robin tournament, Caruana holds the sole third position on three points while Aronian, Adams and Bacrot are joint fourth with 2.5 points apiece. Anand remained on 1.5 points following his second successive loss and is now on seventh spot, a half point ahead of Baramidze.

It was a day when lady luck kept Anand out of favour

as he missed from a position of strength. The Indian ace, has been playing uncompromising chess for quite some time now and his choice of going for the Ragozin variation as black was another attestation to this. Aronian chose a line in which Carlsen beat him a few weeks back during the Tata Steel tournament in Wijk Aan Zee but Anand had worked on a very active plan that involved pushing his king side pawns.

Aronian was surprised as black kept piling up the pressure with slow but consistent play and the Armenian was looking quite passive by move-22 itself.

However, Anand played a blunder on the very next move itself and the position turned upside-down in just a couple of moves. Aronian pocked a pawn on move 28 and Anand called it a day six moves later.

Carlsen continued from where he had left the previous round. Up against the Brayer variation in the Ruy Lopez the Norwegian got the dynamic balance in the middle game and converted to a better endgame at the first opportunity. Baramidze was simply no match.

Etienne Bacrot outplayed Adams but was unable to finish the game in his favour. It was on the 55th turn that Bacrot missed a tactical stroke leading to a forced win and Adams bounced back in the game after parting with a pawn. The game was drawn in 65 moves.

berger was happy to head to the turn with a run of pars, and it was enough to restore his two shot advantage as Lahiri did well to escape the ninth with a bogey after almost finding water off the tee.

Lahiri reduced the gap to one again with a birdie from 12 feet at the tenth, and although Wiesberger paid the price for missing the fairway at the 12th, where there was just one birdie all day, up ahead Lahiri dropped a shot from the sand at the 13th – where there were no birdies today and the field were a collective 31 over par. Wiesberger did well to salvage his four there after driving into the trees, but paid for another errant tee shot at the 14th when he failed to get up-anddown from behind the green.

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UMBAI: Mumbai FC were unlucky to come out with just a solitary point from their first home match which was played against Sporting Clube de Goa at the refurbished Cooperage football stadium on Sundayevening.

The Mumbai club were positive in their approach and enjoyed total domination throughout the match but were forced to share honours with the Goan club in a goalless draw. Mumbai FC is sponsored by Playwin.

Mumbai FC, playing in front of over 3,500 home supporters, took control of the proceedings from the opening whistle and created the better chances. Strikers Josimar Da Silva from Brazil and Mohammed Rafi received good support from the midfield, which certainly missed the services of captain Climax Lawarence. However, the Mumbai side were let down by lack of finishing.

They put a lot of pressure on the Sporting Clube defence and

had three clear attempts at the rival goal inside the first 20 minutes, but without much luck. First in the eighth minute, left half Kuttymani did well to cut in from the left before tapping the ball into the path of Josimar. But the Brazilian was unable to direct his shot on target. Later Cletus Paul saw two his well-executed freekicks saved by an alert Sporting Clube goalkeeper Ravi Kumar who had quite a busy time under the bar.

After the change of ends, Mumbai FC continued to hold the upper hand but failed to get clear shots on target.

In the 53rd minute Mumbai FC’s Japanese recruit Taisuke Matsugae combined with Rafi to break through only to fire straight into the hands of goalkeeper Kumar and seven minutes later from a swift counter Josimar charged towards the rival goal but he delayed in releasing the ball and was foiled by the rival defender.

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DELAIDE: India opener Shikhar Dhawan today expressed satisfaction to be back among runs ahead of the cricket World Cup after snapping his prolonged run drought with a fifty against Australia in their first warmup game.

In India’s mammoth runchase of 372, Dhawan looked confident and determined as he blasted five fours in his 71ball 59.

“It feels great to be back amongst the runs. More than the runs I am more satisfied with the way the ball is coming off my bat. Today the ball went in the places I wanted to hit and with the ease with which I wanted it to,” Dhawan said in an exclusive chat with bcci.Tv. Talking about his shot selection, Dhawan said he enjoyed playing a cover drive against Mitchell Marsh nam-

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ing it as the pick of his shots.

“There were a range of shots that I enjoyed playing today, but it was the cover drive that I hit off Mitchell Marsh that made me feel really good. The moment it left my bat it raced away to the extra cover region for a boundary, piercing the field.

The highlight of the shot was that it was effortless; and when shots come effortlessly the joy of it is completely different,” he said.

Dhawan said he is hungry for runs and today’s innings should keep him in good stead.

“The hunger for runs is always there irrespective of whether I was getting runs or not. The want to get more runs increases when there is a dearth of it. At those times it is important to be patient and keep your calm. You’ve got to believe in yourself that

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Shikhar Dhawan has done well to get out of the shadow of his bad form. you will get the runs for your team,” he said.

“When I walk out to bat, I never think that today is my day or tomorrow it will be.

Over the past two months that I have been here in Australia I have only made sure that I concentrate on the process rather than thinking

about the result. I have learnt a lot from these two months and I have treated my successes and failures equally.

“When things don’t go your way it bites you from within and you have to find a way to get out of it. Those failures have made me stronger and I believe I know my game a lot better now than before,” he said.

Asked about the changes he has brought in his game,Dhawan said: “I haven’t brought about a drastic change in my game. There are miniscule technical issues that I am trying to sort out and in the process I believe will yield better results.

“I have brought about a few changes in my game and I am getting more time in the middle to play. My shot selection is becoming a lot better and I am able to play the bounce well.” .

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DELAIDE: As Indian team suffered yet another defeat, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is struggling to identify his playing XI for the highvoltage World Cup clash against arch-rivals Pakistan.

India lost its first warm-up game against top contenders Australia by 106 runs today and now have one more game left against Afghanistan on Tuesday before the main tournament starts Feb 14.

“It has been difficult for us.

When the batsmen click, the bowlers don’t and when the bowlers do, the batsmen don’t. We need to sort that out. What’s important is that

we have one more game in our hand and before playing Pakistan it would be good to have the first XI in our hand,” Dhoni said at the post-match presentation ceremony.

The Indian captain though said “there are plenty of positives in the game” for them.

Asked what he was looking at for identifying the final XI, Dhoni said there were quite a few things to watch.

“It will depend on our utility cricketers. If the pitches remain as it is, we need out spinners to use the bounce more. It’s a very long tournament and what we have seen is the team that does well is

the one that comes from the bottom and moves rapidly up,” he said.

Dhoni was out first ball today, trying to hit Pat Cummins for a six but was caught at boundary by Mitchell Starc. Asked about his dismissal, he said,”I just played my shot with so many runs needed and the fielder up, but I never really thought it would go right to Starc.”

Australian captain George Bailey was naturally happy with his side’s performance.

“Great performance for us.

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EW DELHI: The class of 2011 overlooked, former captain and chief selector Chandu Borde says India’s fortune in the upcoming cricket World Cup will largely depend on the way their experienced skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni leads the bunch, which is a mix of youth and experience.

The defending champions head into the 2015 World Cup without Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Gautam Gambhir — all of whom played their part in the 2011 triumph — and of course the retired Sachin Tendulkar.

The current team is not short on talent but only four players were part of the previous edition.

“I won’t say our team is

not experienced, it’s a mixture of both youth and experience but in these kind of World Cup matches and in these situations, the captain plays a very crucial role. Our captain has got vast experience, he is very cool headed and knows how to keep the players encouraged. I tell that will be key,” Borde said.

The 80-year-old Borde, one of the two surviving members of the selection panel that picked the 1983 World Cup triumphant squad, wants Virat Kohli to bat as much as possible in the quadrennial tournament, starting February 14.

“If Kohli can bat as many overs as possible, it will be beneficial to the team. Depending on the situation, either Kohli or (Ajinkya) Rahane can use the number 3 and 4 slots. Kohli can bat at number 3 if India are in a

Chandu Borde good position or else it can be Rahane,” Borde, who had worn many hats during his association with cricket, said.

As far as the opening combination was concerned, he preferred to wait till the team’s warm-up game against Australia.

“We will have to see in the warm-up games before deciding on the opening com-

bination. Rohit Sharma is certainly there if he is fit and as far as Shikhar Dhawan is concerned, he has to score in the trial match.”

Borde stressed on the importance of having a 100 per cent fit squad at disposal in a tournament like the World Cup. “The most important thing is match fitness and physical fitness, unless you see the matches you can’t gauge the fitness level of the players. It’s very important to find out if they are match fit or not, we need players who are 100 per cent fit.

“As for selecting the playing XI, depending on the wicket we should decide whether to play three medium pacers or two spinners. Two pacers should be regular ones and one who can bat and bowl, someone like (Stuart) Binny can be useful as an all-rounder,” he

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game out of the water. We’d like to have lost a few less wickets and I’d like to Starc to catch with both hands,” he said.

Bailey said they would love to have one more win under their belt before the opening game against England.

“We have UAE next at the MCG, handy to get into the conditions there.

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However, Dhawan said playing the short deliveries were not a concern.

“Today the wicket was a bit skiddy and when the ball skids towards you, it becomes difficult to gauge how fast the bowler has bowled the bouncer at you. But, it is not a worry for us since we have been playing here for a lot of time now and we are prepared to counter the short stuff,” he said.

Dhawan shared a 104-run stand with Ajinkya Rahane for the third wicket today and he described the partnership as enjoyable.

“I enjoyed batting with Ajinkya tonight. He played some outstanding shots and there was a phase when he became the aggressor and I was playing second fiddle. We were glad to get some runs under our belts and put up a century stand.”

said.

Borde is comfortable about the batting line-up but expressed his concerns when asked about the bowing attack.

“Bowling, unfortunately, is a worry and Ishant is also not fit. We have (Umesh) Yadav and (Mohammad) Shami is a good bowler.”

He further added: “As long as these bowlers strike a chord, it will be very challenging for the (opposition) batsmen to get the runs. Our line-up is good enough to get the runs.”

Asked about his take on India’s chances in the tournament, he said, “We need an absolutely fit bowling line-up, their performance in recent times was not as per expectations. It will also depend on the batting and good fielding is also very crucial.

ARACHI: Pakistan’s tale of woes ahead of the World Cup continued as their experienced allrounder Muhammad Hafeez was today ruled out of the tournament with a calf muscle injury.

“Hafeez has a calf muscle injury and doctors say he requires two to three weeks to make a complete recovery,” a spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket Board said.

“The tour selection committee has sent in a request to the board Chairman to allow them to replace Hafeez with opener, Nasir Jamshed,” media manager Raza Kitchlew said.

“A request with medical reports has been dispatched to the ICC technical committee to allow this replacement,” he added. The sidelining of Hafeez from the World Cup is a big blow for Pakistan’s chances in the mega event as he has been a leading performer for them in 155 One-day Internationals scoring 4542 runs and also taking 122 wickets.

Although he is presently suspended from bowling in international cricket by the ICC due to an illegal bowling action, he was picked in the World Cup squad by the selectors for his batting ability alone.

Hafeez was due to appear in a ICC official bowling reassessment in Brisbane on February 16 but the PCB is now contemplating asking the ICC to extend the date .

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HIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Rajat Chauhan stole the thunder from Abhishek Verma by bagging two gold besides a silver as India’s Asian Games gold-

After the end of shooting and swimming competitions yesterday, focus was on archery, which is being conducted in Kochi with Rajat (Rajasthan) and Abhishek (Delhi) being the cynosure of all eyes.

Rajat Chauhan aiming for gold in the archery event. medal winning members of the men’s compound archery team squared off for two different outfits on the eighth day of competitions in the 35th National Games here today. In the overall standings at the halfway stage of the Games, the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) continued to rule the roost in the medals tally. The two-time defending champions (69) trail Maharashtra (92) in the total medal count but are perched on top on the basis of a higher number of gold medals.

SSCB have so far accumulated 42 gold, 13 silver and 14 bronze medals. Maharashtra, on the other hand, have 27 gold, 38 silver and 27 bronze medals. Haryana held the third position with 27 gold, 18 silver and 7 bronze for a total of 52 medals.

Rajat was the more impressive one, leading Rajasthan to the mixed team gold besides the men’s team silver. In the mixed event, Rajasthan beat Punjab 146-145 before losing to the same state in a shootoff for the men’s team gold after finishing 229-229 in the regulation shots. However, Rajat took the top spot in the individual competition, beating Abhishek 145-142 to take the yellow metal.

Abhishek, who won the individual silver in the Asian Games, settled for a bronze with Sushma in the mixed team event before his silver in the individual men’s final. The individual bronze went to Telangana’s Sanam Isaih Ranjender, who beat statemate Deepa Kranthi Kumar 143140 in the play-off.

However, there was heart-

break for the third member of Asiad team, Sandeep Kumar (SSCB), who finished without a medal after his men’s team lost 229-231 to Telangana in the bronze medal play-off.

The women’s team gold was nabbed by Arunachal Pradesh after a 226-223 triumph over Punjab in the final with Andhra Pradesh finishing third following a 224-218 win over Manipur. The individual top honours were taken by Andhra Pradesh’s Purva Shende, who got the better of Arunachal Pradesh’s Sorang Yumi 1441-141. Punjab’s Trisha Dev beat Jharkhand’s Soy Manjudha in a shootoff to claim the bronze after scores were tied at 138.

On the tennis court, the action wound up with Tamil Nadu’s Ram Kumar Ramaverma clinching the men’s singles gold by beating statemate Sri Ram Balaji 6-2 6-4.

The women’s title went to Gujarat’s Ankita Raina, who staved off Maharashtra girl Prarthana Thombare 7-5 6-3.

The men’s doubles gold was bagged by Saketh Mynei and Vishnu Vardhan after they rallied to beat Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Natarajan 6-7 6-3 11-9. It was a golden double for Ankitha as she along with Eetee Mehta ended numero uno in women’s doubles, getting the better of Telangana’s Nidhi Chilumula and Soujanya Bavisetti 6-2 6-1.

In the cycling competition being conducted near the Kovalam beach here, Rutuja Satpute of Maharashtra won the 28km Individual Time Trial Road Race for women gold by clocking 00:46:49.145. The silver and bronze went to host state Kerala’s kitty through Krishnendhu T Krishna (00:48:07.961) and Mahitha Mohan (00:48:20.357).

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CELEBRATION TIME: Dabang Mumbai's Child Simon and fellow players celebrates his goal during their match of the Hockey India League against Kalinga Lancers at BHA on Thursday.

Mumbai defeat Lancers for first win

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UMBAI: Dabang Mumbai carved out their maiden victory in the Hero Hockey India League when they edged past Kalinga Warriors 2-1 at the Mahindra Stadium here today.

Mumbai, who had drawn two games and lost three, thus kept their quarter final hopes afloat by moving past the Lancers into the fifth place in the six-team tournament.

For the visitors, it was their sixth defeat in seven games and it resulted in them moving to the bottom of the table, and it would be very difficult for them to recover from this defeat and advance into the semi finals.

Mumbai scored both their goals via penalty corners, through an indirect conversion by Australian defender Jeremy Hayward and through their penalty corner expert Harmanpreet Singh in the 18th and 42rd minutes of the game.

Kalinga scored their goal, a fine effort from the field, through Mohd Amir Khan in the 42nd minute.

The battle between the two outfits did not rise to great heights as far as speed and innovative moves were concerned. It was workmanlike hockey, at best.

The first quarter saw the Lancers gaining the upper hand initially with moves by India international Lalit Upadhyay, but Mumbai defense held fort. Then it was Mumbai who were on the attack to earn two penalty corners which went waste.

But the hosts, winless in five previous games, shot into the lead three minutes into the second quarter off their third penalty corner award.

Australian World Cup winning member Hayward scooped into the goal from the right when he received the ball off the rival custodian Andrew Charter’s pads when he blocked Harmanpreet’s

penalty corner try.

Stung to the quick by this reversal, the visitors attacked with gusto and succeeded in forcing three short corners in quick succession but all of these were wasted.

Crossing over with a 1-0 advantage, the Mumbai outfit made it 2-0 in the 13th minute of the quarter when Harmanpreet drag-flicked successfully to the left of rival goalie Charter.

The visiting team hit back almost immediately when off a fine move from the left along the byline, Somanna Pradhan squared to Amir Khan lying in wait close to the goal for the latter to deflect the ball in.

Both teams attacked with vigour but the defenCes held.

Towards the end V S Vinaya and Anup Walmiki muffed clear chances to score but Mumbai came out victors despite these misses after quick moves from the left side of the field by Nick Catlin.

Samarth hits maiden ton, Harmeet’s five-for gives Mumbai lead M

UMBAI: Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh claimed six wickets, including that of maiden centurion R Samarth, to help hosts Mumbai take a first-innings lead of 21 runs on day three of their concluding Group A Ranji Trophy cricket match against Karnataka here today.

The defending champions, who have already booked their berth in the knockout quarter finals, looked on course to take the lead at 317 for three before losing their last seven wickets for 98 runs to be all out for 415, 37 minutes before the scheduled close on the penultimate day of the game.

And in eight overs before stumps, Mumbai – with their hopes of qualifying for the SPECIAL CHILDREN’S DAY OUT: Around 900 special students from 28 schools from Thane District including Thane Bhiwandi Navi Mumbai Mumbai and Nashik participated in TriumpH Run-2015, an annual run knockout depending on an outright victory, ended with conducted by Rotary Club of Thane Hills at Holy Cross Girls Convent School in Thane on Sunday. Ex-Cop 19 without loss. Openers Former DGP D Shivanandan flagged off the run and cheered the participants by running along with them.

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per Aditya Tare were the unbeaten with identical nine runs each.

At stumps, Mumbai were ahead by 40 runs and are expected to press for victory on the final day tomorrow.

Samarth, not out on 85 in a team score of 175 for two chasing Mumbai’s first-innings total of 436, batted for the first two sessions before becoming the third victim of Harmeet during a purple patch, which saw him bag four wickets in 31 balls on either side of tea, to trigger a collapse. Samarth showed good judgment outside the off stump against the pace bowlers and was composed against the spinners to make a patient 180 in 523 minutes during which he faced 400 balls and struck 16 fours and a six.

The 22-year-old Mysoreborn Samarth, playing his

seventh first class game since making his debut in 2013 as regular opener K L Rahul was rested, and another youngster Shishir Bhavane (62 with 11 fours in 133 balls), put on 136 runs for the fourth wicket in 287 balls and 194 minutes that took Karnataka past the 300 mark.However, the dismissal of Bhavane in the second session enabled Harmeet who took 6 for 139 his second five-wicket haul to slice through the visiting team’s line-up. Harmeet, also playing only his seventh Ranji game, bagged the wicket of C Gautham, whom he sent back in the last over before tea.

Brief scores: Mumbai 436 all out and 19 for no loss in 8 overs. Karnataka 415 all out in 139.4 overs (R Uthappa 49, R Samarth 180, K Kapoor 35, S Bhavane 62; Harmeet Singh 6 for 139, A Girap 2 for 128).

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DELAIDE: India’s preparations for the cricket World Cup suffered a jolt as Australia thrashed the defending champions by 106 runs with Glenn Maxwell and David Warner striking blistering centuries in their first warmup game here today.

Electing to bat at the Adelaide Oval in a match where the two teams used their full 15-member squads, the hosts rode on Warner’s 104 and Maxwell’s 57-ball 122 to put up a mammoth 371 all out in 50 overs. Warner made his runs off 83 balls.

The hard-hitting Maxwell smashed 11 boundaries and eight towering sixes. Warner found the fence 14 times and cleared it twice.

India were then bowled out for 265 in 45.1 overs to give the hosts another morale-boosting win ahead of the quadrennial event, starting Saturday.

Ajinkya Rahane top-scored for the visiting side with a 52ball 66, while Shikhar Dhawan (59) and Ambati Rayudu (53) too made half centuries. But their efforts proved to be too less as the rest of the batsmen crumbled in the face of some aggressive bowling by the Aussies on a surface that looked pretty good for batting.

Pacer Pat Cummins was the most successful bowler for Australia as he returned fig-

WARNER TO THE FORE: David Warner dives to effect a brilliant run-out of Suresh Raina who himself makes a vain attempt to reach the crease. ures of three for 30, while there were two wickets apiece for Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson and Josh Hazlewood.

Still in his comeback trail in international cricket following a month-long sabbatical due to a hamstring injury, 33-yearold pace spearhead Johnson had impressive figures of two for 26.

The star-studded Indian batting line-up that includes the likes of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni all failed to impress. So was the case with all-rounder Stuart Binny and Ravindra Jadeja who were also smashed by the Australian batsmen.

It was not just the batsmen

but the bowlers too performed badly, leaking too many runs courtesy some wayward bowling in the daynight game.

Earlier, Warner and Maxwell smashed strokeful centuries to help Australia post a daunting total against a hapless Indian bowling attack.

Maxwell’s stay in the middle

came to an end when he retired out.

Warner hit the aggressive button from the very start as the left-hander smashed the Indian bowlers to every corner of the park.

Opening the Indian bowling, medium-pacer Stuart Binny (1/41) gave them the first breakthrough in Aaron

Finch (20) but Warner was unstoppable at the other end.

Injured Ishant Sharma’s replacement in the World Cup squad, Mohit Sharma (2/62) got Shane Watson (22) back in the pavilion and Steven Smith (1) was cleaned up by Umesh Yadav to stop the Australian surge.

Warner though still carried on in the same vein only to picked up left-arm spinner Axar Patel (1-47) in the 27th over and Australia were already 185 for four.

Maxwell then took over and stitched a 91-run sixth-wicket stand with Mitchell Marsh (21).

In between captain George Bailey also hit a useful 44 before being scalped by Mohammed Shami (3/83), who bagged three wickets but was expensive in his 9.2 overs.

But Maxwell it was who made all the eight Indian bowlers look ordinary, hitting 11 fours and eight sixes with a strike rate of 214.03.

Umesh proved to be India’s most economical bowler with figures of two for 52 in his nine overs.

Brief Scores: Australia 371 in 48.2 overs (David Warner 104, Glenn Maxwell 122 retired out; Mohammed Shami 3/83); India: 265 all out in 45.1 overs (Ajinkya Rahane 66, Shikhar Dhawan 59, Pat Cummins 3/3).

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HENNAI: The muchawaited Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the BCCI, which had to be deferred a number of times because of the IPL spot-fixing case, will now be held here on March 2, bringing an end to the uncertainty over its functioning.

The decision was taken at the Board’s emergent Working Committee meeting where sidelined N Srinivasan also attended in his capacity as Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) president.

The committee discussed the implications of the Supreme Court judgement and decided to act as per legal advice.

It was also decided to increase the monthly gratis

scheme for all former cricketers by 50 per cent subject to a maximum of 50,000 rupees per month effective from January this year.

“The Working Committee of the BCCI at its emergent meeting, held in Chennai today has decided to hold the Annual General Meeting of the BCCI on the 2nd of March 2015 at 9.30 AM in Chennai,” according to a BCCI statement issued after the meeting.

The meeting has been held in the wake of the Apex Court order on January 22, clearly stating that BCCI will have to hold its AGM-cumelections within six weeks.

BCCI’s president-in-exile Srinivasan has also been clearly told by the SC that he

won’t be able to stand for presidential elections unless he completely dissociates himself with the India Cements-owned CSK. The meeting today discussed the SC judgement in particular, which had questioned the autonomy of the board.

Members expressed their objection to this because removal of the autonomy of the Board would lead to lot of complications including matters pertaining to the Reserve Bank of India when it comes to foreign exchange transactions of the Board.

The meeting took place for half-an-hour only and the main subject of discussion was in respect of a hike of gratis payment to the former

cricketers.

It was also learnt that interim president Shivlal Yadav in all likelihood is the frontrunner to replace Srinivasan in the next AGM if the amil Nadu strongman decides not to contest.

If there is no election, then Yadav, a former India offspinner with more than 100 Test wickets may become head of BCCI unopposed.

It is learnt that Srinivasan intimated the Board members about CSK being transferred to a new subsidiary.

In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), India Cements said it has completed the required documentation for transfer of CSK franchise to Chennai Super Kings Cricket Limited.