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Presenting the railway budget to parliament yesterday, Railway Minister Sadanand Gowda said FDI will come in and he is certain about a nod from the government in this regard. By Vishnudas Sheshrao

he minister disclosed government plans for raising funds necessary to carry out modernisation of the railways. Sadanand Gowda announced new lines which includes the bullet train from Mumbai to Ahmedabad. He gave a list of facilities and amenities for passengers. He stressed the importance of cleanliness for which a 40 per cent increase would be made. Online ticket booking will be expanded, branded, packed food will be given to passengers. He said lady passengers will get security: some 4000 women will be employed for the purpose. There will be a revamp of booking tickets: Online ticket booking will be expanded; corporates would be encouraged to adopt stations.

Nothing for Mumbai: CM Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country, received little attention in the 2014 Railway Budget presented by Union Railway Minister Sadananada Gowda on Tuesday. He admitted that urban infrastructure is a challenge for the Railway Ministry. Mumbai generates the highest revenue in the country for the railways. The Western suburban railways made a record collection through ticket sales of Rs 22 crore and the Central Railways stood second with Rs18.71crore. Owing to the sudden hike in fare prices, both railways collected revenue of Rs 76 crore in

four days in the last week of June. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan expressed his dissatisfaction with new railway budget. He said, “There is nothing for Mumbai and hardly a peanut for Maharashtra.” While talking to reporters in his home district Satara, Chavan said, “The state government had put in a request to the Railway Ministry, earlier this year, about new projects in the state. But our request has been ignored.” He was further peeved that there wasn’t even reference to the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) (a project in collaboration with Mumbai Metropolitan Reigional Development Authority) set up to improve traffic conditions in the Mumbai region. The Union Railway Minister promised that Mumbai will get 864 additional state-of-theart EMUs over the next two years, as well as the conversion of traction from 1,500 volts DC to 25 KV AC in the Mumbai suburban railways. It will increase the efficiency of local trains and save time. For the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the railways promised to lay the 4th line from Karjat to Lonavala and Kasara to Igatpuri. Safety of women on board local trains has always been a concern. The railways has planned to recruit 17,000 Railway Police Force (RPF) constables out of which 4,000 will be women constables who will be present in the ladies coaches of local trains. RPF escorting teams in trains will be provided mobile phones so that passengers can contact them when in distress. Security helpline will be augmented.

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Railways will prove to be the growth engine of modern India — PM Narendra Modi one bullet train alone. Public Private Partnership: There has been a lot of talk about public private partnership for raising resources. Railways being a capital intensive sector have not been successful so far in raising substantial resource through PPP route. Madam Speaker, it is my endeavor to pursue this in right earnestness. It is our target that bulk of our future projects will be financed through PPP mode, including the high-speed rail which rehere has been focus on sanc- quires huge intioning projects rather than vestments. completing them. In the last 30 years, as many as 676 projects were sanctioned worth ` 1,57,883 crore. Of these, only 317 projects could be completed and 359 projects remain to be completed which will now require as much as ` 1,82,000 crore. In the last 10 years, 99 New Line projects worth ` 60,000 crore were sanctioned out of which only one project is complete till date. In fact, there are 4 projects that are as old as 30 years, but are still not complete for one reason or another. The more projects we add, the thinner we spread our resources and longer it takes to complete them. I am sure, if this trend is allowed to continue, many more thousands of crore will get spent yielding hardly any returns. In the last 10 years, Indian Rail- 1. Anticipating a healthier growth of economy, I ways made an investment of over ` hope to achieve total re41,000 crore in laying 3738 kilomeceipts of ` 1,64,374 crore ters of New lines. On the other and would peg total exhand, it spent only about `18,400 penditure at ` 1,49,176 crore for doubling of 5050 kilomecrore. ters though it was a priority for the health of the system. “The medicine appears as bitter 2. I anticipate freight traffic growth of 4.9% amounting to 1,101.25 in the beginning, but is like nectar million tonne, an increment of in the end.” This fare revision will pose to scale People can book a Seat in Chair 51.07 million tonne over 2013-14, bring Indian Railways an additional Car down market borrowings through based on trends in the first two revenueof about ` 8,000 crore. HowIndian Railway Finance Corporamonths. I also anticipate a small ever, we need more than ` 9 Lakh tion to ` 11,790 crore. Resources Food Courts at Stations and Regrowth in Passenger Traffic over crore to complete the Golden gional Cuisine while onboard:from PPP are kept at the interim 2013-14. Earnings from Freight Quadrilateral Network and Indian Railways also proposes to level. Traffic are estimated at ` 1,05,770 about`60,000 crore for introducing set up Food Courts at major stacrore and from Passenger Traffic ` tions to provide the option of orAMENITIES AT STATIONS: 44,645 crore. dering regional cuisine while 1. In the passenger amenities, Inonboard, through emails, SMS dian Railways envisage to provide 3. The fare revision which came into and Smart Phones, etc. A pilot foot-over bridges, escalators and effect from 25.06.2014 has proVikas Sabnis project will be started shortly belifts at all major stations including vided Railways a much needed tween New Delhi-Amthrough PPP route. respite however little it may be. As ritsar and New I have considered the requests of Delhi-Jammu Railways the suburban passengers for revi- Indian Tawi secwould make sion in monthly season ticket tions. earnest atfares, the Revenue foregone on tempt this year this account would be around ` to provide suf610 crore. Cleanlificient water ness : Madam supply, platform 4. Madam Speaker, out of total exSpeaker, I have shelters and toilets penditure, the ordinary working substantially inat the Railway Staexpenses have been proposed at creased budget altions. ` 1,12,649 crore, which is 10 location for `15,078 crore higher than 2013cleanliness in the curE-BOOKING OF RAILWAY 14. This has been necessitated by rent year, which is a 40% RETIRING ROOM: fuel price hike and increase in increase over the previous staff costs. Pension outgo in 2013- 4. Online booking facility of Railyear. I propose to outsource way Retiring Room will be ex14 had grown by about 16%. cleaning activities at 50 major tended to all the stations during Keeping the same trend, provistations to professional agencies the course of the year. . Madam sion for pension is kept at ` 28,850 Along with the and to set up a separate HouseSpeaker, extending passenger crore. announcement of the high keeping Wing to have focused atfriendly services is the motto of speed trains, the railway tention and exclusive Indian Railways. In this direction, minister should have responsibility of maintaining I am expanding the scope of onannounced ‘high speed cleanliness and sanitation at staline booking: braking system’ to curb People can book a Train tions. railway accidents! 1. As I have increased internal re- People can book a Coach source component of Plan, I pro- People can book a Berth and Onboard Housekeeping Services,

Excerpts of the Railway Budget Speech given by railway minister Sadanand Gowda

currently operational in 400 trains, has received good feedback from passengers. This will be extended to all the important trains. I also propose to increase Mechanized Laundries in order to improve quality of the bedrolls provided in AC Coaches. Potable Water: We will introduce on an experimental basis RO drinking water units at Stations and in trains. Safety: safety of passengers is of paramount importance for Indian Railways. It is estimated that over

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` 40,000 crore would be needed to be invested in track renewals, elimination of unmanned level crossing and construction of Road-under-bridges and Road-over-bridges.

REVAMPING RAILWAY RESERVATION SYSTEM 1. Railway Reservation System will be revamped into Next Generation e-Ticketing System. Ticket booking through mobile phones and through Post Offices will be popularized. We will improve the system capabilities in e-ticketing to support 7200 tickets per minute as against 2000 tickets per minute and allow 1,20,000 simultaneous users at any point in time.

GATHERING MORE RESOURCES With a large backlog of sanctioned projects, funding continues to be the biggest challenge for the Railways. While private investment and customer funding for some port connectivity projects and few other Power Sector Projects has started, much more needs to happen if infrastructure creation has to keep pace with the requirement. We will interact with Industry and take further steps to attract investment under PPP through BOT and Annuity route and 8 to 10 capacity augmentation projects on congested routes will be identified for this purpose. Zonal Railways will be suitably empowered to finalize and execute such projects.

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2014 RAILWAY BUDGET

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By Aroosa Ahmed

umbaikars are delighted with the new railway budget presented by the Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda. As hoped, unlike in previous budgets, the new government had many things in store for Mumbai. Mumbaikars have long hoped for clean and hygienic trains, and now, the railway budget has taken into consideration omises being implemented. this wish. But some people refuse to believe a word until they see the promise being delivered.

“I do not find anything new in the budget. The promises are like the old ones. The government is planning to introduce FDI, but I doubt it will help.” — Sameer Zaveri, Railway activist

Mumbaikars welcome the railway budget and are looking forward to the increase in security and cleanliness in the Mumbai locals, but cynics think that maintenance of toilets which are left unclean for more than 12 hours, food being kept besides the toilet, etc. can only be remedied with a change of sensibilities

“I'm happy about the fact that cleanliness and hygiene in Mumbai's trains was mentioned in the budget. However, we are a huge country and the Metro took more than six years to start. So I have my doubts about the bullet train.” - Natasha Patel Content writer

“It is a welcome budget. In a city like Mumbai where diseases can be spread very easily, we urgently require clean and hygienic trains. The railway budget has come as a boon. There will be a 40 per cent increase in the budget, specially for maintaining cleanliness. The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train is another positive development as it will boost trade and business.” - Anil Joseph Chairman, Perry Rd Residence Asscn “The budget appears to be very good, but we have to see how far it is implemented. One can comment on the budget only after it is implemented. I don't think the CCTV cameras for maintaining a check on cleanliness is going to be helpful, they might be like the metal detectors which are hardly in use.” - Anusha Iyengar Executive at Ping

“I'm happy with the railway budget. If we think of the 21st century, we think of bullet trains. If China can do it, why not India? However, I feel that high speed trains should have been introduced first.” - Sandesh, Political Science student

“A mission is said to be accomplished only when all its said features are completed successfully. The 2014 Railway Budget has addressed every railway passenger frets about: sanitation and quality food. I hope all the dreams which the BJP showed us in the budget are fulfilled soon, successfully.” - Nikita Pardeshi Student

‘The privatisation of the railways’ By Vishnudas Sheshrao

he cash-starved Indian Railways has opened Domestic Investment (DI) to public-private partnerships (PPP) to augment railway infrastructure as presented in the 2014 Railway Budget by Union Railway Miniter Sadanand Gowda in Parliament on Tuesday. The opposition, however, criticised the move of opening the railways to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as the “privatisation of the railways”. Railway minister said that in order to carry

out on-going projects, new projects, augmentation of passenger amenities and basic infrastructure in railway premises, the Railway Ministry opted for the PPP model. Under PPP, the railways have plans for various developments in the railways, from prividing drinking water taps to major projects like building railway stations like international airports. The first railway budget by the Modi government has garnered a mixed reaction from the public. It was a challenge for the ministry to make a budget within this short time span.

In his presentation, the Gowda said, “Footover bridges, escalators and lifts at all major stations will be developed through PPP. Development of identified stations to international standards with modern facilities and passenger amenities on the lines of the new airports through the PPP mode.” The Indian Railways has now come up with a plan to develop 10 major stations in the metro cities and important junctions with state-of-the-art facilities. To raise funds fot this, the railways are planning to leverage its land and air space in and around the stations.

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Lists out a few suggestions that could be incorporated into the RSBY to make it fool-proof and user-friendly

LAUNCHED: Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan at the inauguration of the Maharashtra Swarna Jayanti Nagarothan Abhiyan in Karad on Tuesday.

Workshop on the role of NGOs in CSR

Thane-based Ladybird Environmental Consulting will organise a workshop on exploring the role of NGOs in effective implementation of the Act. Around 16,000 companies will have to setup full-fledged CSR dept and will spend 2 per cent of PAT (profit after tax) around Rs 22,000 crore as CSR, annually, Founder and Director of Ladybird Dr V Shubhalaxmi said. Around 25 NGOs will take part in the workshop to be held at Dharavi on July 27.

MSCW plans lawyers’ meet on July 26 Maharashtra State Commission for Women (MSCW) will organise a state-level lawyers' conference in the city on July 26 to dwell on issues of dignity, safety, empowerment and freedom of women. The day-long conference will be inaugurated by CM Prithviraj Chavan and legal luminaries will participate in it, MSCW chairperson Susieben Shah said.

Dead man identified by body tattoo

A 35-year-old man who was found dead in Thane last week, has been recognised through a body tattoo by the Kalwa police on Tuesday. The deceased was recognised as Shankar Dadu Choughule, whose body was found last week.

By Yatin Ingle

hough First Year Degree college admissions have closed, the Mumbai University (MU) has released a list of colleges across Mumbai and Thane that have not managed to fill their seats to capacity. Though these city colleges have been preferred in the past, this year did not follow a similar pattern. Suburban colleges have received more than double the num-

By A Staff Reporter

enrollment process by an au- moving towards universalisatonomous public body under tion, adequate funding and ollowing a detailed re- the supervision of State Pub- attention to public hospitals port by the Tata Institute lic Health Department, end for strengthening the public of Social Sciences to targeting, which leads to a health care system, moving (TISS), based on a survey re- massive number of genuinely towards a public-centered garding a health scheme in poor families being left out, system for Universal Health Maharashtra studied over a period from December 2012 to February 2013, the Jan Arogya Abhiyan (JAA) has listed Out of the 6,000 BPL households interviewed, only 30 per cent out a few suggestions to betreported that they knew about the scheme. ter the public health system In the research year, only 11 per cent BPL households had a valid in the state. smart card. Some of these are: abolishIt was found that among the hospitalised individuals with a valid ing unnecessary and profiRSBY card, in the past one year prior to the survey date, only 12 per teering ‘middlemen’ in the cent had used the cashless services from the listed hospitals of form of commercial insurRSBY. So, only 1.16 per cent of the total eligible hospitalisation ance companies from the cases had received treatment under the RSBY scheme. Rashtriya Swasthya Bima YoThe BPL list excluded 51 per cent of the genuinely poor jana (RSBY) and Rajiv Gandhi households, thereby depriving them from getting benefits of RSBY. Jeevandayee Arogya Yojana (RGJAY), taking over of the

Some highlights of the TISS report:

Care (UHC) in Maharashtra. In this survey, 29,858 people from 6,000 families belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) category from across 22 districts were included and it throws light on the glaring failure of RSBY in the state. According to JAA, involving insurance companies leads to the health schemes not being adequately publicised and hence not reaching out to all needy people. It feels that Maharashtra should take a cue from Andhra Pradesh which removed insurance companies from the management of its Rajiv Aarogyasri Scheme, of which RGJAY is a replica, owing to irregularities and unnecessary financial burden. It also says that because

the official BPL list is very problematic and as the study found that it excluded half of the genuinely poor households, thereby depriving them from getting benefits of RSBY, the current strategy of using the ‘targeting’ approach for RSBY is proving to be ineffective and that the state should adopt a universal approach, with inclusion of all households. Its final suggestion is that the Maharashtra government should consider moving towards a system of Universal Health Care (UHC), where people will get free healthcare at the point of delivery of care, which will be financed through general taxation and pay roll taxes.

Stop sale of tobacco products in defence canteens Says Union Health Minister in a letter to Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, in attempt to promote further fitness in the armed forces By A Staff Reporter

What people had to say about this initiative:

n a letter addressed to Defence Minister Arun Jaitley, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has demanded a stop on sale of tobacco products in defense canteens as he believes that “our armed forces need to be physically and mentally fit and avoid using substances that compromise their health, fitness and well being.” In the letter (a copy of which is available with the ADC), Dr Vardhan has said, “There is no data available as to the extent of smoking in the Indian Armed Forces and consequently the adverse health impact on the defence personnel following tobacco use. To my understanding, there is no policy formulated by the Armed Forces on tobacco sales and its use.” Although military personnel are required to pass fitness tests on a regular basis,

the letter questions the fact that the use of tobacco remains accepted, accommodated and promoted in the armed forces despite the underlying expectations of superlative fitness and also dismisses the popular notion that military personnel need tobacco for relieving stress. “The argument that tobacco is a necessity for military service members devalues their long-term quality of life and ignores the military's obligation to pro-

vide healthy effective means of stress relief to service members,” the letter states. Finally Dr Vardhan has written, “I strongly feel that our armed forces need to be physically and mentally fit and avoid using substances that compromise their health, fitness and well being. Therefore the armed forces establishments should stop selling tobacco products through their canteens and the Ministry may revisit its policy of making

“Our soldiers need to be fit all the time for obvious reason. It is shocking that the government continues to force addiction in them by offering subsidised alcohol and tobacco. There is no logic why a soldier needs to be lured into indulging in these harmful habits at the cost of the tax payer's money. The pilferage from army canteens is a well-known problem. I completely support the health minister's action to make our forces healthier and stronger,” said Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, head and neck surgeon at Tata Memorial Hospital. Shreya Patil, who is engaged to an officer in the Indian Air Force said, “It looks like a nice initiative but it remains to be seen how much difference it will actually make considering the canteen is not the only place where these products are available and accessible to them. They have orderlies who can get them cigarettes and other products as and when required. But yes, the fact that these products will not be available in the premises of the establishments is good news.” available cigarettes and other tobacco products at a discount to the members of the service.” The letter further says, “This should be backed up by an education and information campaign so that the opposition to the proposed measures

Suburban colleges overshadow city colleges! ber of application than those in town colleges. Topping the admissions list this year is S K Somaiya College, Ghatkopar, with 6,954 admissions in the BCom stream. Colleges in town were unable to even book a spot among the top 10 colleges with high rates of admission applications.

For the academic year 2014 – 15, there are 36,826 seats available in the Arts stream and 30,848 seats in Science. The self-finance courses, such as management studies and mass media, have 12,425 and 4,146 seats respectively. This year, students have opted to study in suburban

colleges over town-side college. Though, of course, the admissions depends on the number of seats available in the colleges, several colleges had sought permission to introduce for additional classrooms so as to accommodate more students. Mahadev Jagtap, management council member, MU,

said, “Students now prefer colleges close to their residences, keeping in mind the time taken to travel across the city. Most students opt for colleges in central locations, making travel easy and less time consuming.” Colleges like Hinduja, Jai Hind, KC and St Xavier's closed with close margins of

maybe nipped in the bud. Furthermore, all defence establishments including naval ships should be declared 'No Smoking' zones. This would go a long way in creating a healthy and fit force that can take up any enemy challenge with grit and determination.” 3,500 sears for their BCom courses. The ADC spoke to Dr Sangita Kohli, Principal of S K Somaiya College, regarding this. She said, “Students now apply to colleges considering the cut-off lists of previous years which gives them an idea of the admissions process. Student opt for surburban colleges as the cutoff lists do not peak and they hope to get their admissions through merit.”

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I have changed my name from Vedamani Stephen Gnaniah to Stephen Gnaniah Vedamani Nadar as per Affidavit C-14107

I have changed my name from Afrinbano Shafquat Husain to Afrinbano Choudhary as per Affidavit C-14126

I have changed my name from Mubshira Jossy Monterio to Mubshira Jossy Monteiro as per Affidavit C-14145

I have changed my name from Janjani Maheshkumar to Janjani Maheshlal as per Affidavit C-14164

I Ramu have changed my name to Thevar Ramu Laxman as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14181

I have changed my name from Nandini to Vandani Jagdiesh Dethe as per Affidavit C-14091

I have changed my name from Shreeshma Saseedharan Thayyil to Sreeshma Saseedharan Thayyil as per Affidavit C-14108

I have changed my name from Rameshkumar to Rameshkumar Dayaram Vishwakarma as per Affidavit C-14127

I have changed my name from P.S. Subramani to Subramanian Picha as per Affidavit C-14146

I have changed my name from Mandhwani Vijaykumar to Mandhwani Vijay as per Affidavit C-14165

I Mathew have changed my name to Mathewkutty Emmanuel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 07/07/14

I have changed my name from Sawant Kamalesh Kanchan to Kamlesh Kanchan Sawant as per Affidavit C-14092

I have changed my name from Snehalben Jasvantray Satikuvar to Snehal Ashok Dhakan as per Affidavit C-14109

I have changed my name from Sherin Ajit Manwani to Shirin Ajeet Manwani as per Affidavit C-14128

I have changed my name from Ramjan Sheikh Kadar to Ramzan Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14147

I have changed my name from Thakur Rupesh Baijnath to Thakur Rupeshkumar Baijnath as per Affidavit C-14166

I have changed my name from Ignatius Benjamin Tosca to Ignatius Benjamin Tuscano as per Affidavit C-14093

I have changed my name from Ashokkumar Kalubhai Dhakan to Ashok Kalubhai Dhakan as per Affidavit C-14110

I have changed my name from Trisha Dube to Trishaa Hemant Kumar as per Affidavit C-14148

I have changed my name from Noeal Mathew Fernandes to Noel Mathew Fernandes as per Affidavit. C-14167

I have changed my name from Nafisa Shabbir Kaachwala to Nafisa Shabbir Kanchwala as per Affidavit C-14094

I have changed my name from Vinod Rajendrakumar Holani to Vinodkumar Rajendrakumar Holani as per Affidavit C-14111

I have changed my name from Manish Maheshlal Tejwani to Monty Maheshlal Tejwani as per Affidavit C-14095

I have changed my name from Aijaz Ahmad Jalil Ahmad to Aijaz Ahmed Jalil Ahmad Khan as per Affidavit C-14112

I have changed my name from Mahesh Pokardas Tejwani to Maheshlal Pokardas Tejwani as per Affidavit C-14096

I have changed my name from Vedant Sarang Bakshi to Sarang Bakshi as per Affidavit C-14113

I have changed my name from Shaikh Rais Shaikh Rauf to Rais Rauf Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14090

I have changed my name from Manishkumar Amarlal Nagdevani to Manish Amarlal Nagdevani as per Affidavit C-14097 I have changed my name from Monica Vijaykumar Motwani to Yashi Manish Talreja as per Affidavit C-14098 I have changed my name from Sureshkumar Karshanbhai Diyora to Sureshbhai Karshanbhai Diyora as per Affidavit C-14099 I have changed my name from Sumitkumar Sureshkumar Diyora to Sumit Sureshbhai Diyora as per Affidavit C-14100 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohamed Juned Mohamed Hanif Chunawala to Mr. Junaid Mohamed Hanif Chunawala as per Affidavit C-14101 I have changed my name from Nilofar Imtiyaz Shaikh to Damyantiben Dalpatbhai Kantharia as per Affidavit C-14102 I have changed my name from Naranbhai Nanji Dewda to Naresh Nanji Dewda as per Affidavit C-14103 We Mr. Naresh Nanji Dewda and Mrs. Shanti Naresh Dewda have changed our childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Ronakbhai Naran Dewda to Ronak Naresh Dewda as per Affidavit C-14104 I have changed my name from Rukshana Zafar Shaikh to Ruksana Zafar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14105 I have changed my name from Azmat Mukhtar Syed to Rubina Mukhtar Syed as per Affidavit C-14106

I have changed my name from Shaikh Shahin Bano Mohd. Suleman to Shaheen Banu Rauf Shaikh. as per Affidavit C-14129 I have changed my name from Tarannum Bi Shaikh to Tarannum Meraj Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14130

I have changed my name from Chudalekan Shankar to Sudalaikan Shankar Thevar as per Affidavit C-14149

I have changed my name from Kazi Amina Bi Jaffer to Kazi Amina Yaseen as per Affidavit C-14131

I have changed my name from Ekta Sudarshan Anand to Ekta Daksh Kapoor as per Affidavit C-14150

I have changed my name from Khan Mohd Anas Hashmat to Khan Anas Hashmat as per Affidavit C-14132

I have changed my name from Parveen Abdul Aziz to Parveen Abdul Aziz Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14151

I have changed my name from Amit Khimji Shah to Amit Khimji Dedhia as per Affidavit C-14114

I have changed my name from Barathimohan Muthusamy to Bharathimohan Muthusamy as per Affidavit C-14133

I have changed my name from Soumya to Soumya Suresh Nair as per Affidavit C-14152

I have changed my name from Khyati Amit Shah to Khyati Amit Dedhia as per Affidavit C-14115

I have changed my name from Riya Jaison to Riya Jaison Kurissery as per Affidavit C-14134

I have changed my name from Shamsuddin Ahmed Shaikh to Shamsuddin Asharaf Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14153

I have changed my name from Leela Ramesh Sosa to Ila Ramesh Sosa as per Affidavit C-14116

I have changed my name from Melvin Thottathimyalil Varghese Jose to Melvin Jose as per Affidavit C-14135

I have changed my name from Deenaben Manilal Doshi to Deena Vijay Sarvaiya as per Affidavit C-14154

I have changed my name from Charly to Charles as per Affidavit C-14136

I have changed my name from Shankuntala Madhusudan Gaikwad to Shakuntala Madhusudan Gaikwad as per Affidavit date 08/07/14 C-14155

I have changed my name from Bastyav Salu Desouza to Sebastian Salu Dsouza as per Affidavit C-14117 I have changed my name from Mani to Agnes Mani Sangamam as per Affidavit C-14118 I have changed my name from Agnes to Mani Raman Sangamam as per Affidavit C-14119 We Mrs.Agnes Mani Sangamam and Mr. Mani Raman Sangamam have changed our minor sons name from Abhlash to Abhilash Mani Sangamam as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Pravin Kumar Hridaynarayan Singh to Pravin Hridaynarayan as per Affidavit C-14137 I have changed my name from Manish Kumar Ramanand Jha to Manish Ramanand Jha as per Affidavit C-14138

I have changed my name from Galu Denial Nunis to Gloriya Robert Dsouza as per Affidavit C-14157

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C-14139

I have changed my name from Suby Abdul Kadir Chawre to Subi Abdul Kadir Chawre as per Affidavit C-14158

I have changed my name from Merry Jaya Shanti to Mary Jaya Shanthi as per Affidavit C-14121

I have changed my name from Mohd Gulam Rabbani to Mohammed Gulam Rabbani Shah as per Affidavit C-14140

I have changed my name from Nizam Sharfuddin Raza to Nizamuddin Sharfuddin Raza as per Affidavit C-14159

I have changed my name from Aniruddh Sharma to Anirudh Sharma as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Ranjana Ramchandra Pashte to Manisha Manohar Jadhav as per Affidavit C-14160

I have changed my name from Khadelu to Khaderu Panchu Gupta as per Affidavit C-14122 I have changed my name from Reema Kiran Talawadekar to Rima Kiran Talawadekar as per Affidavit C-14123 I have changed my name from Abdul Shakur Abdul Gafur to Abdul Shakur Abdul Gafur Shaikh as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Vikas Narayan Mangela to Vikas Naraina as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Sateesh Ulawappa Angadi to Satish Ulavappa Angadi as per Affidavit C-14156

C-14141 I have changed my name from Vimal Nokhelal Patel to Vimla Nokhelal Patle as per Affidavit C-14142

I have changed my name from Saliha Mohammed Haneef Dange to Saleha Mohammed Haneef Dange as per Affidavit C-14161

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I have changed my name from Nokhelal Imratilal Patel to Nokhelal Imratilal Patle as per Affidavit C-14143

I have changed my name from Panjabi Heerusingh to Lalwani Hira as per Affidavit C-14162

I have changed my name from Nikitabanu Mustaqali Sunesra to Nikita Mustaqali Sunesra as per Affidavit C-14125

I have changed my name from Vinod Lalji Prasad Soni to Vinod Lalji Soni as per Affidavit C-14144

I have changed my name from Narang Prakash Kanayalal to Narang Prakashlal Kanayalal as per Affidavit C-14163

I have changed my name from Aasma Bi Mohammad Yasin Ansari to Asma Mohammad Yasin Ansari as per Affidavit C-14168 I have changed my name from Afreen Shahabuddin Ansari to Wajeeda Bano Shahabuddin Ansari as per Affidavit C-14169 I have changed my name from Azim S. Babu to Azim Babu Sayyed as per Affidavit C-14170 I have changed my name from Shaikh Khadir Dawood Shaikh to Khadir Dawood Shaikh as per Affidavit C-14171 I have changed my name from Vivekkumar Krishnarao Mandlik to Vivek Krishnarao Mandlik as per Affidavit dated: 08/07/2014 C-14172 I Mr. Rajendrakumar Mohanlal Jain have changed my name to Mr. Rajendra Mohanlal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14173 I Mr. Pavankumar Dakhera have changed my name to Mr. Pavan Dakhera as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14174 I Mr. Vishnubhai Damodardas Patel have changed my name to Mr. Vishnu Damodardas Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14175 I Shaila Ramchandra More have changed my name to Dipika Datta Rane as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/07/14 C-14176 I Himatbhai Maganlal Panchasare have changed my name to Mr. Hemant Maganlal Panchasara as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14177 I Geetaben Himatbhai Panchasara have changed my name to Geeta Hemant Panchasara as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14178

C-14182 I Jansamma John have changed my name to Mrs. Jancy Mathew as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 07/07/14 C-14183 I Rameshchandra Mafatlal Patel have changed my name to Rameshbhai Mafatlal Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14184 I Jagadish Kaur have changed my name to Jagdish Kaur Siddhu as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14185 I Nagajyothi Ravikant Polavarapu have changed my name to Nagajothi Parvataneni as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14 C-14186 I Mr Koustubh Kabe have changed my name to Mr Koustubh Ajit Kabe as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 07/07/14 C-14187 I Miss Preetha Padmanabhan Manoharan have changed my name to Miss Preetha Manoharan Achary as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 07/07/14 C-14188 I Mrs Presanna Kumary have changed my name to Mrs Prasanna Manoharan Achary as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 07/07/14 C-14189 I Bharatkumar Khimji Gala have changed my name to Bharat Khimji Gala as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14190 I Pravinchandra Ratanshi Gala have changed my name to Pravin Ratanshi Gala as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14191 I Ravi Manojkumar Kagada have changed my name to Ravi Manoj Kagda as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14192 I Manojkumar Sadhuram Kagada have changed my name to Manoj Sadhuram Kagda as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14193 I Shila Manojkumar Kagada have changed my name to Sheela Manoj Kagda as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14194

I Himmatlal Maganlal Panchasara have changed my name to Mr. Hemant Maganlal Panchasara as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/07/14

I Deepak Kumar have changed my name to Deepak Deokant Jha as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Qamrunnisa Badai have changed my name to Qamarunnisa Badai as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14196

I Shuchi Gupta have changed my name to Mrs. Shuchi Agarwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/06/14 C-14180

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Abducts and rapes minor at knife point; father alleges that cops are trying to hush up case By Zuber Ansari

10-year old girl from an impoverished family in Andheri (W) was allegedly abducted and raped by a laundry man inside his shanty when the girl was returning home from school on Tuesday evening. The accused, Ramesh Kanojiya and the victim stay in the same locality in Andheri (W) where the incident took place. Shockingly, a minor boy who is an eyewitness to the incident, had seen the little girl coming out of the shanty, crying and in fear as the accused had told her that he would kill her if she revealed his act to anyone. After the incident, the girl reached home scared and bleeding from her private part and narrated the whole incident to her aunty. The aunt then accompanied the girl to Kanojiya's house but

failed to find the accused. In her statement to the police, the victim's aunt revealed that, after the incident the girl was crying continuously and revealed the laundryman, Kanojiya had raped her at knife point. The police arrested Kanojiya and also have lodged a FIR. According to DN Nagar Police, the arrested accused has been identified as Ramesh Maiku Kanojiya. A police team accompanied by forensic experts searched the room and some crucial evidence was collected. Later in the day, high drama was witnessed at the government hospital when the girl was brought for medical examination, with her father alleging the police was pressurising him not to lodge an FIR. The medical examination confirmed rape.

Fake police officer in real lock-up Accused was found to be in possession of official police dairies, patrolling registers and even copies of summons By Suresh Golani

leuths of the Thane (rural) police have arrested a 42year-old man who moved around the Mira Road region masquerading as a senior police official of the local police station. According to the police, the accused has been identified as Lalit Omprakash Sawant (42), a resident of Sai-Vaishnavi Building in the Chandansar Road area of Virar. Sawant had apparently been moving around in the area as a Police Inspector in a SUV which had a board bearing the word 'Police' on it. However his luck ran out on Tuesday when he was spotted near Jangid Circle by the actual Senior PI of Mira Road police station, Dhanaji Kshirsagar, during routine patrolling duty. With a short

hair-cut and mannerisms resembling those of a cop, Sawant was dressed in khaki trousers wearing an official police belt. The police team was shocked to find official patrolling books, weekly diaries, stickers of police emblems and even copies of summons and warrants in the possession of the fake cop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The accused apparently targeted unsuspecting people on the virtue of the fake copies of summons and warrants. We are not only in the process of finding out his modus operandi and his victims, but we will soon track the seller who provided him with the stationery and other official material,â&#x20AC;? said Additional Superintended of Police Sangramsing Nishaandar. Prima-facie investigations have revealed that Sawant had been arrested in 2007 for posing as a cop in Vasai. A case under sections 170, 171, 419 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against the fake cop who was remanded to police custody when produced before the District Sessions Court, Thane. Further investigations are on.

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I Kamrunnisa Badai have changed my name to Qamarunnisa Badai as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14197 I C. M. Somasekhar have changed my name to Chalya Mallesha Somashekar Gowda as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14198 I Hareshkumar Mangaldas Patel have changed my name to Haresh Mangaldas Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14199 I Salim Faruqui have changed my name to Salim Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14200 I Adib Salim Faruqui & Mohdadib Salim Shaikh have changed my name to Mohd. Adib Salim Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14201 I Zaheer Ashraf Turky have changed my name to Zaheer Ashraf Turki as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14202 I Shamimbano Ashraf Turkey have changed my name to Samim Ashraf Turki as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14203 I Fateh Sajjad Husen Iqbal have changed my name to Fateh Sajjad Hussain Iqbal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14204 I Parekh Parimala Vallabhadas have changed my name to Priti Pradeep Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14205 I Mr.Vijay Nandlal Pande have changed my name to Mr. Vijaykumar Nandlal Pande as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14206 I Manjusha Vijay Pande have changed my name to Sohan Vijaykumar Pande as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14207 I Elizabeth Ezel Dsouza have changed my name to Elizabeth Dsouza as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14208 I Jasmeet Kaur Batra have changed my name to Jasmeet Kohli as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14209 I Goordip Kaur Harendrasing Man have changed my name to Gurdeep Kaur as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14210 I Prajyakta Pradeep Kalyankar have changed my name to Prajakta Pradeep Kalyankar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-14211

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LIC asked to pay Rs.70,000 compensation for deficient services By A Staff Reporter

he Thane District Consumer Redressal Forum has ordered LIC to pay a compensation of Rs 70,000 to a Bhiwandi resident towards legal charges and mental suffering that he had to undergo after his insurance claim was rejected following the death of his son. According to a PTI report, Forum President Umesh Jhavalikar and Member N.D. Kadam in their order last week also directed three respondents, including LIC of India, Assistant Secretary (G/ULIP) and Manager (Claims) to make a payment of Rs.50,000, the insurance amount claimed by complainant Narendrakumar Mishra. Mishra, in his complaint, stated that he had taken the 'Children's Deferred Endowment Assurance Policy With Profits' for his son Shyamnandan (who was 13 then) effective from January 1, 1998 for a period of 17 years. Also, he paid Rs.1,142 half-yearly and the total sum assured was Rs.50,000. The last date for payment of the premium was July 1, 2014. The policy holder was to get the maturity amount on January 01, 2015. There was a condition in the policy that it would be transferred on the name of the beneficiary (son) when he attains the age of 21, i.e on 14.04.2006. However, his son died due

to illness on June 3, 2006, but he had paid his premium regularly to LIC upto July 2005, Mishra told the Forum. He further stated that LIC deliberately defied the conditions in the policy and rejected his claim and was thus deficient in its services towards him. After hearing both the counsels, the Forum observed that even though the policy has not been transferred in the name of the child there is a clause that the insured amount can be paid to the heir of the insured. The insurance company could have very well regularised and extended the policy and given benefit of the policy to the complainant by levying a penalty for non-payment of further premiums which it did not not do. The insurance company had simply taken shelter under the technical aspects and rejected the claim which itself is deficiency in services for which it needs to pay compensation to the complainant. For mental sufferings and losses it should pay the complainant Rs 20,000 and towards legal expenses pay Rs 50,000 all within 30 days, the Forum ruled. Besides, the Forum also ordered the LIC to make payment of Rs.50,000 which is the sum assured by the complainant on the name of his son.

The BMC will take action against the Campa residents after the Supreme Court delivers its order in two weeks.

By Khushboo Panjabi

he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to take action against the residents of the Campa Cola Compound only after 15 days, after the Supreme Court (SC) delivers its order after two weeks.

Yesterday, the SC directed the BMC to talk to the residents and come out with a mutually agreed upon solution within the ambit of the law. Additional Municipal Commissioner, Mohan Adtani, BMC said, “We will be carrying out a further course of action after the SC’s order is out, in two weeks. Mean-

while, an FIR has been filed against the residents under section 353 for violating the norms of the government during the three-day face off when they did not allow the civic officials to enter the compound last month to disconnect the electricity, water and gas supply.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

Sops needed to boost hospitality industry: FHRAI By A Staff Reporter

rent 20 per cent to 30 per cent to boost development of ourism, which is consid- three star and four star hotels ered the fifth pillar of the catering to mid-segment traveconomy, needs easy taxation ellers," FHRAI President S M norms to boost the hospital- Shervani said. ity industry, Federation of In India, projects over Rs Hotel and Restaurant Associ- 200 crore get infrastructure ations of India (FHRAI), the status entitling them to inapex body of the sector said centives like eight to 12 per on Tuesday. cent interest rate. "There is need for easy tax"After disturbances in ation, which should be re- Egypt, India has became the duced to around eight to 12 first choice for global tourists. per cent interest from the cur- However, the country needs

more room capacity to sustain growth in tourism. Reduced taxation will boost infrastructure development in the sector," he said. He said the FHRAI which is the apex body of the Indian hospitality industry, representing nearly 4,000 members, including hotels, restaurants and associates across the country, would organise a three-day 49th FHRAI Annual Convention from September 12, in Jaipur.

‘Pahava Vithal’ inspired by Uddhav’s book By A Staff Reporter

oted singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan's DVD album 'Pahava Vithal' inspired by Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray's aerial photography book by the same name will be released by tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain on Thursday. The function will be held at Ravindra Natya Mandir. Addressing a press conference, Uddhav said the DVD project was a liasoning on his pictures of 'Pandharpur Wari' from the 2011 book and Shankar Mahadevan's music. While the musician described Uddhav as one of the finest photographers in the country. "When I saw the book, Uddhavji's images started playing in my mind Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray (right) with singer Shankar Mahadevan at a press conference on Tuesday.

and I started singing few 'abhangs'," he said. Shankar said he decided to blend his music with imaginative and creative pictures shot by Uddhav. "There can't be better occasion to release the DVD around Ashadhi Ekadashi. This album comprising about 10 'abhangs' is like breadth of fresh air," Shankar said. Uddhav said the project fusing Shankar's music with his pictures was a unique concept. It is a DVD video album featuring Shankar with pictures shot by me in the background, he said. "I am honoured that through my hobby and passion of photography I got a good friend like Shankar," he said. Shankar said he was privileged when Uddhav himself shot my photo shoot for the cover album.

Mumbaikars may face additional water cuts

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Cautions BMC, in case of a poor show by the monsoon in the next couple of months

By Khushboo Panjabi

levels have been going down. If it does not rain well in this umbaikars have to month and the next, the city prepare themselves will have to face a major for additional water water cut problem,” said a cuts if water is not used eco- civic official on the condition nomically. The Brihanmum- of anonymity. bai Municipal Corporation Of the six lakes – Upper (BMC) from July 2, had im- Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, posed a 20 per cent water cut Bhatsa, Vehar and Tulsi lakes in the city and the situation – Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa will be reviewed in a meeting supply 640 million litres and on July 12 to take a call on 2012 million litres of water refurther water cuts. spectively to the city per day. “As the rains have arrived However, the newly-conalmost a month late, the lake structed Middle Vaitarna also

has enough water reserve, assured civic officials. According to the official, if there is not enough rain, the situation of 1993, where the civic body had to implement a water cut of up to 40 per cent, could arise. There was a similar water cut of 30 per cent in July–August, 2009. The figures available with the BMC's water department state that there are about 18,000 wells in the city, but the civic officials are not sure about the potability of this

water. Desalination has been debated for a long time now as an alternative to the rainfed lakes and other ground water sources. Due to highly expensive processes involved in desalinating sea water, the project has been aborted midway. However, an officer from the BMC's Hydraulic department said, “We will now accept applications from private societies for digging borewells in their compounds.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in Sushil Kadam | ADC

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Big chance for our underprivileged kids in San Diego They will attend leadership summit at the University of California By Zuber Ansari

he Lions Club of Mumbai (Carter Road Branch), in association with Anthony Robbins Foundation (ARF), has brought joy to five children who will now go to San Diego, USA for a leadership programme. Most of the children are from under-privileged families and got selected for this tour by a panel appointed by Lions Club of Carter Road. This panel is headed by Lion Jaysinh Babla, Trustee Chairman Lions Club of Mumbai Carter Road and educationists like Lion Dr Farida Virani and Swati Salunkhe. These candidates come from schools in Mumbai where Vocational Guidance Seminars are held by the Lions Club. The tickets and their stay in the USA is sponsored by ARF whereas the visa fees for the children are paid by Lions Club of Carter Road. During the

Summit, the children will stay at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, California, USA. Saloni Kadam, Rucha Naik, Saba Shaikh, Angel Chaturvedi and George Abraham are the five children going to San Diego this year. They will leave on July 18 and the summit is scheduled to take place between July 20 and 25. This will be the fourth year that the Lions Club of Carter Road will be sending children to San Diego for a leadership programme. It is an opportunity for younger generations to make a difference in their communities. Children from more than 40 countries around the world attend this summit. Talking to ADC, one of the parent working as a driver with a businessman, said, “It is unbelievable that my child is going to attend a leadership programme in the USA.”

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Students of the MSK School in Chunnabhatti dressed up in traditional attire for a procession organised on the eve of Ashadi Ekadashi, a significant day for worshiping Lord Vishnu, especially his form called Vitthal, when lakhs of devotees walk all the way to Pandharpur, the abode of Lord Vitthal.

‘Next Pandharpur puja will be performed by Sena-BJP CM’ Says Uddhav Thackeray on the occasion of Ashadi Ekadashi today, underlining his confidence about winning the state Assembly polls By A Special Correspondent

hiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray, expressing his confidence about winning the upcoming Assembly elections, stated that the traditional puja at Pandharpur next year will be performed by the Chief Minister of the Sena-BJP alliance. Speaking to reporters yesterday, Thackeray reiterated

that the next government is “ours”. When asked whether he would perform the Ashadhi Ekadashi puja as CM next year, he said, “It would be performed by the Chief Minister from the saffron alliance.” Traditionally, Maharashtra Chief Minister performs the puja at the temple of Lord Vitthal and Rukmini at Pandharpur in Solapur district every year. Today (Wednes-

day) is Ashadhi Ekadashi and the warkaris,” he added. 'Mission 150' is an initiaChief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has reached Pandharpur tive of Yuva Sena chief Aditya to perform the puja. Thack- Thackeray, who has activated eray made the statement the youth, students and other affiliated wings of the party to against this backdrop. “The manifesto of the saf- do the ground work for the fron alliance will focus on Assembly elections. The Sena welfare of warkaris. There is leaders claim that they have a no point in talking to this gov- mission to win 150 seats at ernment now. Next govern- any cost and make Uddhavji ment is definitely ours and we the Chief Minister of Mahawill show what can be done to rashtra.

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AILWAY Minister D.V. Sadanand Gowda has admitted that there is a big gap between what finance is available and what is needed. He has produced an optimistic budget and he seems to be confident he will get the money needed to implement various projects and services which he has mentioned in the budget. He plans to involve private parties and the FDI in building infrastructure. And he hopes to generate funds through fare and freight earnings. India, he calculates, will be the largest railway freight carrier in the world soon. Getting FDI is a new strategy which is likely to pay off. As many as 23 million people travel by train every day. With new services to modernisation of railways, a number of passengerfriendly services will be introduced. The online booking will be expanded, clean and branded food will be given to passengers, pure water will be made available, retiring rooms at all major stations will be provided, high-speed trains between major cities will be started and reservations system will be enhanced. The railway minister has laid great emphasis on cleanliness -- he has increased the allocation in this regard by 40 per cent. And he has given us a glimpse of shape of things to come: A bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will be started soon.

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VERY change of regime brings with it a mad scramble for bungalows in Delhi’s prized Lutyens zone. But this time, this elite area is going through more than a mere change of residents. The tectonic power shift that gave the BJP its first ever majority government is set to overhaul the socio-political profile of Delhi’s VIP district. The biggest losers are the Left Parties, down to just 10 MPs in the Lok Sabha. They no longer have the numbers or the clout to retain the numerous living spaces they have managed to bag through decades of dominance by Left-of-Centre politics. The paradigm change, from Left to Right, means they are out on the roads, literally. The fate of the CPI’s peasant front, All India Kisan Sabha, is a case in point. The Kisan Sabha is perhaps the oldest occupant of a Lutyens bungalow. It has been housed on Ashoka Road since 1951. There were always enough CPI MPs in Parliament to ensure that the bungalow remained with the party for its use which is why the Kisan Sabha managed to continue in the heart of the Capital even though its activities slowly declined. The 2014 polls saw the near total eclipse of the Left parties. The CPI has been the hardest hit. It has just one MP in the Lok Sabha, C N Jayadevan from Kerala. And being a first time MP, Jayadevan is not entitled to a bungalow. He will get a small MP’s flat on North or South Avenue. Left MPs have traditionally given their official accommodation to the party. No doubt Jayadevan will do the same. But the CPI may have to put it to better use than housing a near defunct organisation. So, after 63 years in the Capital’s power zone, the Kisan Sabha is moving out. And with the CPI in danger of losing its national status after its dismal performance in the recent polls, the Sabha may have to leave Delhi altogether. It has been a change of gargantuan proportions indeed.

feat is the loss of a government bungalow that had been with the family ever since his father Charan Singh became the Janata Party’s home minister in 1977. The bungalow on Tughlak Road remained with Charan Singh long after his political eclipse. And after he passed away in 1987, Rajiv Gandhi agreed to allot the house to Charan Singh’s widow Gayatri Devi. Ajit Singh moved into the house when his mother died and has been residing there ever since. It’s going to be a huge wrench for him to shift from what he virtually considers his family home. It seems like Ajit Singh has been in such deep depression ever since the dismal election results that he didn’t even show up at his father’s Samadhi, Kisan Ghat, on Charan Singh’s death anniversary on May 29. Interestingly, 10 Congress ministers have vacated their bungalows so far. Some, like Salman Khurshid, have simply gone back to

Ajit Singh's pretty depressed

From football to politics

World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. That’s because Germany’s fate in that crucial match will determine whether Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet for bilateral talks in Berlin. If Germany wins and goes through to the finals on July 13, Merkel will fly to Rio de Janeiro to watch a match her country is anxiously awaiting. Modi will then make a night halt in Frankfurt for his plane to refuel and for him to recharge his batteries for the BRICS talks. On the other hand, if Germany loses to Brazil, as many here are expecting and hoping, Modi will fly to Berlin where Merkel will be waiting to meet him. It will be his first bilateral interaction with a world leader outside of the SAARC region. Ministry of External Affairs officials are preparing for both scenarios and keeping discussion papers ready for Modi to read after the semi finals.

Cleanliness worries some

he secular lobby is in a tizzy over the mass destruction of files by the home ministry in Modi’s cleanliness drive. Have papers related to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination by former RSS and Hindu Mahasabha activist Nathuram Godse been shredded and lost forever? An RTI query on this is lying with the home ministry. But ministry sources say that historical papers like these would have been sent to the National Archives decades ago. The files that were destroyed during the week-long drive pertained to the UPA years, from 2007- 2011, they maintain. The amazing Arati R. Jerath thing is that as many as 2.38 lakh files were their own houses. Others, like Kapil Sibal, shredded. Yes, 2.38 lakh files had accumuhave moved to rented accommodation, mon- lated in the home ministry in just five years. strously expensive though they are. And P Those who know say that the number was so Chidambaram has shifted base altogether, high because those were years of negligence back to Chennai. It seems he never consid- and sloth. Ministries usually weed out unnecessary files and destroy them from time to ered acquiring a house in Delhi. time as part of normal housekeeping. But first under Shivraj Patil and then under Sushil Kumar Shinde, home ministry bureaucrats let nother long-time resident of the Lutyens’ rime Minister Narendra Modi is still un- things slide. Even Chidambaram ignored the bungalow zone who has been asked to certain about his European halt on his file buildup on the second floor of North pack his bags is RLD chief Ajit Singh. His way to Brazil for the two-day visit on July 15. Block because he was only interested in larger party was wiped off the political map of UP It seems the stopover destination depends on issues like tackling Naxalism and setting up this time and the price he’s paying for the de- the outcome of the Germany-Brazil football the NIA.

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LL conditions of body, mind, or spirit, which are not whole, perfect and complete, are the result of wrong thinking. The first cause of misfortune is always wrong thinking. The most rapid and effective healing takes place when we correct the thoughtlessness with right thinking about the condition. This does not include that we give new thought to the condition, but rather new thought to the positive opposite of the unfortunate condition. The means to correct thinking include our taking time to regularly meditate, affirm and maintain uplifted ideas about how good life can be. This must not generate a Pollyanna conception, which is simply to think the condition is removed or altered by believing it, while ignoring a deeper, inner idea held in the Subconscious that reversibly supports the misfortune. Rather, Spiritual Mind Healing takes place when the very idea that caused the condition is uprooted and replaced with the highest ideal of what it can be. This procedure includes both logic and feeling, but not the logic and feeling that generated the condition that needs changing. Rather it is a Divine Idea that is High Love. It comes through a spiritual birthing of intuitive development. The world we experience will always have

misfortunes until and unless people come to believe that life in and of itself is good and naturally healthful. We need to know that the normal and natural state of life is supportive of its creation in all the ways that make for wholeness. Every condition of body or mind that is a hardship, disappointment or failure can be healed. Spiritual Healing is not an experience of mere improvement. Rather, it is a restoration of the natural state of a person. It

MATTER & SPIRIT happens through revelation. Revelation means that the perfect state of mind and body, which should have been the condition all along, is revealed. It is the result of believing God is perfect: therefore, every person could only have been made perfect. However, it cannot be experienced in our lives until we discover the truth about who we are. That is the means by which the revealing takes place. We have been crafted perfectly, and any imperfect conditions are the result of those thoughts that are contrary to what God knows about us. Once we are convinced that God knows we are perfect, then the healing has to take place. Through Spiritual Mind Healing, Dr. Royal has experienced rapid healings, often instantaneously, with numerous people, of tuber-

culosis, colitis, tumors, lung cancer, cervical cancer, skin cancer, throat cancer, cancers widespread in a body, bronchiectasis, Parkinson’s disease, edema (dropsy), diabetes, several healings of eyes including hole in the macula and reversal of macular degeneration, hole in the ear drum, arthritis, bulbar poliomyelitis, heart conditions, body injuries, colds, headaches, migraines, backaches, stomachaches, asthma, allergies, sinus problems, broken bones replaced, addictions, energy depletion, torn muscular ligaments, cuts, car sickness, air sickness, dizziness, infant problems, foot problems, joint problems, and ulcers. In addition, he has been involved in many healings of money problems, relationship problems, drug addiction, alcoholism, job oriented problems, and so on. The procedure that Dr. Royal uses does not require touching. Touching is comfortable for Dr. Royal, but the healing takes place entirely through thought. The condition is always the result of some idea held in the Subconscious Mind. That idea creates and maintains the disease. Dr. Royal removes the faulty idea from the Subconscious and replaces it with the positive opposite idea, which then is copied by the Subconscious into the life of the client. The more serious the faulty condition is, the easier it becomes for a healing to occur. However, the client must be open to changing the faulty idea. Therefore, the healing session is begun with an explanation of the healing principles. — Dr Royal Satterlee

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Will Budget 2014-15 be people friendly? ON the eve of the announcement of the Budget for 2013-14 by the new incumbent government, albeit the discerning people feel that they cannot afford to be optimistic that the Budget could be that imaginative to have worked out a new strategy seeking to reduce the retail inflation and the high rate of taxes even on senior citizens but fervently hope that the government, will not dare go 'flat out' to raise manifold the price tags, in particular, of the staples of the kitchen and the various tax bases captioned with a carefully worded routine 'stale statement' that these sort of "bitter medicines" are essential and inevitable at this point of time to overcome the deeprooted 'economic spoils' coupled with the jugglery engineered by the allegedly corruption-ridden previous Congress regime to set the tone to steer clear the rot for a 'prosperous future' of the Nation. These so-called 'medicinal tests' undoubtedly are additional burden to the people who have no other option but to endure. — T.M. Uuday Shankar, via email

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as previous economy was full of scams, scandals, wastage, corruption and the nation was almost in a sick state. So it would be a herculean task for NDA to bring national economy in order and control inflation. But it would be worthwhile to note that almost all the governments have failed miserably econmically, retrospectively speaking. This is so because all fail to understand that there are two phases of economy Receipts and Expenditure. Governments always emphasise on receipt only which is easy and not on expenditure, or how well the money is used or spent. — S.P. Sharma, via email

SUSPENSE GROWS: As Budget 2014-15 nears, the tussle between the ruling NDA and the opposition led by the UPA is getting intensified. shortly and people are anxious to herited national economy from know about its features. One UPA which was completely disorishould not forget that NDA has in- ented,in disarray and in shambles government who has come riding on a progress mantra, needs to provide health care for one and all in the country. True, we need a better industrial climate, better educational institutions but we need to make India and Indians healthy first. The government should open multi speciality hospitals in every pocket of our land and ensure that — Rajendra K. Aneja, Dubai affordable treatment is available to one and all. God bless

the end though it is just a game. I bet on seeing the team wining and dedicating the Cup to its young leader, Neymar. He might be missing on the battlefield, but he will be present in the minds and hearts of all the players.” The letter shows the passion and pain of the Brazilians, at the misfortune that has befallen their team.

An open letter to PM NaMo DEAR Shri Modiji, The poor people of this country voted you to power because they had high expectations from you. Brazil coach Felipe Scolari People need to travel to work for the development & progress of the nation apart from earning their livlihood. Hence, exorbitant fare hike is A friend from Brazil has written to neither in anybody's interest and me expressing his hope that Brazil should be avoided. Coming to rewill continue to excel in the FIFA sources to fund growth & developWorld Cup despite the absence of ment, I wonder why stock market is Neymar. I would like to share his exempted (long term capital gain) touching and heart-rending letter. from taxes? People who earn in mil“The biggest challenge for Sco- lions and billions out of stocks lari´s team is to show to 200 million should be taxed as they would in Brazilian fans that the team still anyway be paying from their earnstands, even with the absence of its ings and not their pockets. most charismatic leader. Neymar is Why is agricultural income too not only a striker, but also a 22-year- not taxed Prime Minister Sir. Today old boy who conquered millions of the rich farmers travel in Mercedes fans the world over. The dream of a and other luxurious limousines, poor child born in a humble family earn exorbitant money and pay no is now on hold, because of some- taxes which is sans any logic. The body else’s fault, not his own. Ney- poor on the other hand is taxed inmar’s dream is shared by his spite of his income not letting him colleagues. Scolari and the team are make both ends meet. — S.N. Kabra, Goregaon facing the problem of the absence of a fine player and leader and the task of raising the strength and performance of the team in a difficult time. However, all said and done, in INDIA is renowned for its high standards in medicine, but unfortunately this is only for those who have the means. To be poor is terrible, but to be poor and sick is a "Keep love in your heart. A life curse in our land. Services at Govwithout it is like a sunless garden ernment hospitals is poor and only when the flowers are dead." the five star hospitals which the — Oscar Wilde needy cant afford have the best of doctors and other facilities. Our

— Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra

AS the first Budget session of the 16th Lok Sabha gets underway, the tussle between the ruling NDA and the opposition led by the UPA is getting intensified. The main point of contention between the two is the vexed question of the status of the post of Leader of the Opposition in the Lower House In this context, a senior Congress leader has reportedly said that the Congress vice president and a claimant for the Post, is not interested in power. If that be so, then why in the first place Mr. Rahul Gandhi chose to contest the Lok Sabha elections of 2014? — Arun Malankar, Santacruz

Poll chief is toothless THIS refers to the report 'SECM chief should have judicial powers' (ADC, July 5) in which the outgoing chief of the state election commission, Neela Satayanarayana, has been quoted as saying that the Election Commissioner should have judicial powers to curb violations of the model code of conduct in which all the political leaders indulge in noinchalantly since they know nothing will hap-

State poll chief Neela Satayanarayana pen. Some states like Andhra, Karnataka and Kerala seem to have empowered their ECs with adequate punitive prerogatives. — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

Djokovic deserved to win IT was ding dong battle between two of the best players in circuit. One is in the fag end of his career and the other at the peak of his career. The missing factor in this year's men singles final is that of the absence of a star left handed clay court exponent Rafael Nadal as he was defeated in the fourth round. In the women's singles final left handed Petra Kvitova made short work of her Canadian opponent and showed left handers are gifted. Men's final saw fortunes changing and the pendulum was swinging both the ways. In the end patience and perseverance paid off against a player carrying maximum experience. In all it was vintage tennis at its best. Djokovic deserved to win. He made the ball to talk in the final set and that made all the difference and helped himself to second singles Wimbledon title and proved his number one ranking in this tournament. Wimbledon provided winnings ways for the champions. — Jayanthy S. Maniam, Sion

Nurses return from Iraq safely, but...

The Brazilians are in pain

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VERY SAD: Many nurses who returned from Iraq have not been paid their salaries -- for not completing their assignments. THE news of the return of the Indian nurses certainly relieves the anxiety of those who are blood relatives and Indians at large, however there is serious underlying pain of these nurses as their future is blank at the moment. The nurses returned to save their lives but many of them did not receive the remuneration for not completing the assignment,

which certainly would hit them hard, economically. As the return stories of the nurses unfold we find the miseries are plenty and pretty hard to face for them, in view of the loans taken for the job, the visas and the travel expenses would now remain unpaid. I strongly feel that the centre/ state should sincerely try and find ways and means to reinstate these

nurses on immediately to help them out of this financial crisis. Certainly, at the outset Modi's govt, especially the MEA led by Sushma Swaraj demands the credit for jiffy action to save these nurses from a critical war situation in a country like Iraq which is politically hugely volatile for quite some time. — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

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Bungalow may become monument

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he South Mumbai bungalow 'Mehrangir' once belonging to the late Dr Homi Bhabha, the pioneer of India's nuclear programme, which was recently purchased in an auction for Rs 372 crore by Smita Crishna Godrej, is under consideration of being acquired by the government to be turned into a monument under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1960. The Union Government's lawyer informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday, which refused to grant an injunction against the transfer of the bungalow to the buyer. The division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sonak was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by two employees of Bhabha Atomic research Centre (BARC), seeking to stop the transfer of the bungalow. The PIL filed by Prakash Worlikar, who is also the member of the National Federation of Atomic Energy Em- The majestic ‘Mehrangir’ bungalow was purchased by Smita Crishna Godrej in an auction for Rs.372 crore. ployees (NFAEE), also sought directions to keep the bunga- nuclear exhibition centre or noy, who appeared for the not intend to demolish the Godrej family, said that for house. “It will be used to live low intact by the state or the museum to be made inside. Senior counsel Aspi Chi- next 15 years, at least, it does in by the family,” he told the central government, and for a

court. The Union Government's lawyer told the court that it was planning to acquire the bungalow and turn it into a monument under the Maharashtra Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act. However, a response from the Prime Minister's office on this was awaited. “We are exploring legal ways to declare Bhabha's house as a monument. For this, two conditions are necessary (to be fulfilled) - it should have historical importance and should be standing for 50 years or more. In this case, both conditions are met. So, the government was seeking instructions as to the methodology from the Prime Minister's Office,” Senior Counsel R V Desai said. Based on this, the court recorded the statement of both the parties and said the transaction for transfer of property may be dealt with by the charity commissioner as per the law. “However, we would like to point out that this would not prevent the state and the Union Government from taking any steps to acquire it,” the bench said. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Man arrested for raping sister-in-law The accused threatened victim that he would divorce her sister and kill both of them with her elder sister, landed at the Goregaon Police sta30-year-old man has tion to file an FIR, the police been arrested by the officials did not entertain Goregaon police for allegedly them, reportedly because the raping his sister-in-law by accused, Saddam Hussain threatening her that he Sayyed, is their informer. would divorce her sister (his Almost after 10 days, when wife) and murder her if the the victim and her sister apvictim did not maintain a proached a local social physical relationship with worker, Usman Solanki, the him. Goregaon police finally regisWhen the victim, along tered an FIR under the ACP's

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direction. One of the victim's four sisters is married to the accused. According to Senior Police Inspector from Goregaon Police station Sunil Wadke, Sayyed got married to the victim's elder sister two years ago. Sayyed allegedly raped the victim twice at two different locations — at the victim's home and in his own shanty. The incident came to light when Sayyed's wife, read a text message directed towards the victim, saying 'I love you'. The victim then narrated the entire incident Accused Saddam Hussain Sayyed

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CITY BRIEFS CIDCO to build 3,292 houses for the poor

The City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDCO) plans to develop 3,292 affordable houses for lower income groups and economically weaker sections, it announced on Tuesday. The scheme, slated to be completed by March 2016, would have 2,590 houses for the lower income group segment and 704 flats for the marginalised. The scheme is set to be launched on July 22 and application forms along with an information booklet, which costs Rs 50, would be available on the same day for a month.

Spicejet puts 10 lakh seats for grabs

No-frills carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday put 10,00,000 seats on the block with base fares starting as low as Rs.999, which are lower than a 3-AC train ticket, for a one-way journey under a limited period offer. The bookings for the three-day mega sale offer started yesterday for travel between January 6 and October 24, 2015, according to SpiceJet website. "10,00,000 seats are up for grab at fares starting at Rs 999. SpiceJet mega sale is here," the airline said.

ACB arrests cop for accepting bribe

A police constable attached to the MFC police station at Kalyan has been arrested by the Thane unit of the ACB on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1.50 lakh, the ACB said yesterday. Dy Supt of Police (ACB) Jairaj Chapria, told PTI that police constable Balkrishna M. Ingle (52) who was attached to the Dombivli police station between October 2011 and March 2012 allegedly accepted bribe from the complainant. He was arrested by the ACB yesterday after registering an offence, the ACB said.

Two accused escape from police van

Celebs came to see screening of Hindi film ‘One Fine Monday’ at PVR... South actress Tanisha Singh planned screening of Hindi film ‘One Fine Monday’ with Ekta Jain and invited Madalsa Sharma, Tinaa Ghaai and Shela Sharma at the PVR.

Two robbery accused, arrested last week, escaped from a police jeep while being taken to Adharwadi jail in Kalyan. The two accused, Latif Arif Khan and Shamsu Mohammed Shaikh, were arrested on July 6 by the Narpoli police in Thane and were produced before the court on Monday.

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India’s youngest minds don’t wait to graduate. The last few years have seen a sudden rise in the number of emerging entrepreneurs. Junisha Dama speaks to a few of these young social entrepreneurs about their endeavours

ntrepreneurship has gradually moved to become a trending career choice. With the country seeing more start-up companies poppingup in the last five years, students, too, have plunged into this drift and are taking up challenges that set them apart. Pushing such minds forward is Enactus, a global non-profit company that constantly strives to bring forth top leaders of today and tomorrow and poses as a link between them. They encourage students to be involved in social work through entrepreneurship and create a sustainable environment through positive business. Several Mumbai colleges participated in the National competition. Here are a few that caught our attention.

train prospective teachers with phonetic content. To kick start the project, Enactus HRC has targeted Kival village in Satara district and after convincing the village and its panchayat, have begun training the women in the village with the aim of developing their skills. For SAARTHIS IN LEARNING HR College of Commerce and this, the team along with an NGO, Economics (HRC) took an innova- train women and provide them with tive step and started an English an English dabba (audio box). The enhancement programme. The stu- venture has managed to certify 21 dents launched Project Saarthi in trained teachers, who are known as 2013. The aim of this venture is to Saarthis, just as how Lord Krishna

and offer solutions, it brings a smile on your face too. If you work for the community, anything is possible. You just have to keep in Sa a r t h i s ; mind that you need to build a where parents self-sustaining business model. can call to check We want to take Project Saarthi on their child’s forward because there is a potential progress. The phone target audience and there are calls will be attended by prospective teachers too. India has paraplegic persons, thus creat- the largest student population. In was a Saarthi (a charioteer) to ing an English enhancing ecosys- my opinion, take up simple solutions that can create a large Arjuna. The Saarthis are required to tem. As more students opt for social impact,”advises Kushaal Talreja, commit only an hour to the students and receive Rs 3,000 per month entrepreneurship, the power of busi- President Project Saarthi. (approx.). The quality check and ness can be used positively to create testing is done by HRC students. The a viable ecosystem. But it’s impor- INSTALLING NEW ENERGY students are now looking at launch- tant to understand that such ven- Traditionally, women in the villages ing ‘awaaz de’, a helpline for parents tures not only benefit those directly Continued on pg 14 « of the students taught by these involved. “When you go to a village

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« STUDY IN INDIA Suchitra Surve

Director, Growth Centre, is a Post Graduate in Business Administration and has specialised in HR, and also holds a Post Graduation Diploma in Career Counselling

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I am interested in textile designing, and anything to do with textiles. Can you suggest some course where I will get an overall idea of textiles? Can you give me details of the types of courses available including duration, eligibility etc.? —Arpana Desai Vocational courses are provided at polytechnics and vocational training colleges in most large cities in the country. Students after Class XII can take these courses. For a degree course in textile, a student can take up BSc Home Science and then pursue an MSc course in textile designing or pursue Diploma/PG Diploma after graduating from any stream. The duration would range between one and three years depending on the nature of course.

I love writing but can not figure out whether I should get into copywriting, journalism, television etc. Can you give me some kind of a brief on each which could help me figure out which of the three I should take up? I am in SYJC Arts. —Amardeep Singh Writing for all the three areas is a different art and requires a unique style. Copywriting will be more applicable in the advertising field. It is the use of words and ideas to promote a person, business, opinion or idea. As for journalism, you can write for one of the following areas such as – sports, politics, economics, fashion, entertainment and so on. In case of Television, there are programmes which cater to various fields like news, daily soaps, travel shows, sports and so on which require story writers and script writers as well. Decide on the basis of your style of writing, knowledge about a subject and interest in a particular area. I am very keen on getting into the teaching profession. I want to earn maximum money. Which is the highest paying teaching job available? Preschool/school/college? I am in Class XII. What do I study next and how do I go about it? —Rohan Padwalkar

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that if you enjoy what you do, the journey becomes easier,” says Prerna Bansal of Project TASAR from Dr D Y Patil College.

cook on chullahs that generate tremendous amount of smoke. These chullahs prove to be fatal for the women lighting them, along the years. The traditional chullahs emit carbon monooxide as a result of incomplete combustion of firewood. Project Urja, meaning energy, is an initiative by National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) to provide a smokeless chullah to villagers. The chullah initiated by Team Urja, works on an inverted draft mechanism which helps in complete combustion of fuel resulting in minimal smoke levels and thus increasing the efficiency of the fuel to as high as 67 per cent. However, the challenging task in a business is convincing your consumers about your product and educating them about its benefits. President of Project Urja, Aman Garg, says, “When the pilot run for our project was rolled out, we identified various ergonomic issues with our model that the ladies faced while using it. Then we modified the design to make it more ergonomically viable. Secondly, the initial cost of this chullah was high which acted as a detriment for the villagers to adopt this model. To counter this, our focus shifted to cost efficiency and making the people aware of the long term benefits of this chullah. The major challenge faced by the team was to convince the villagers to switch from their traditional chullah to the new modified chullah.”

of Sitepara village, Bhandara district. They belong to marginal farmer families where family income is as low as Rs 1,200 per month. The team has created an alternative livelihood option along with government bodies such as MAVIM (Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal), ATMA (Agriculture Technical Management Agency) and Silk Board by venturing in with a sericulture unit to empower women, to create a cluster entrepreneurial venture among them, to introduce vocational skills set training and to bring better quality of life to the women at the grassroots level. The village is blessed with ain and arjuna plants, on which silkworms feed, so the students decided to produce TASAR silk and to begin the sericulture project. Speaking of what they have learnt through their ventures, “It’s easier to learn in class, practical implementation WEAVING STRINGS OF EMPOWERMENT Project TASAR, by students of Dr D Y Patil is tougher. We also realised the imporUniversity, is about hand-holding ladies tance of the never-say-die attitude and

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Why should I chose a co-op programme? What are the benefits? —Treyhan This can be an extremely valuable learning experience for the student but it’s also an excellent opportunity to network with industry professionals and therefore possible to get a full-time position at the company after the student graduates – although that depends greatly on the student’s performance and the

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« STUDYING ABROAD

After Class XII, you can teach in pre-primary/primary with either Diploma in Early Childhood Care Education [DECCEd] or Diploma in Education [DEd]. After Graduation [any stream], you can teach in schools by taking up Bachelor in Education [BEd]. After Post graduation, you can teach in colleges by clearing National Eligibility Test (NET) or State Level Eligibility Test (SLET). The pay will depend on the type of the school, the vacancy, the nature of the post, your qualification, and your skills. If you have any queries for this column, contact us on education@afternoondc.in

SOWING SEEDS FOR A NEW START The students of K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research (SIMSR) saw a problem on the outskirts of Mumbai, particularly in the small village-town of Dahanu. With the villagers constantly migrating to Mumbai for labour, the children attended school only during the monsoon months and worked with their parents at construction sites in Mumbai the rest of the year. The only cultivation possible in Dahanu is the paddy crop. Students of K J Somaiya brought in an agricultural expert who saw the opportunity to grow Mogra flowers and thus launched Project Mogra. The students realised the market potential of the flower – Dadar flower market alone has a turnover of Rs. 7 lakh per day – and trained the farmers. Project Mogra has successfully taken 314 farmers in Dhanu under its wing and have helped in reducing problems like migration, child labour, child sexual abuse and more. These farmers are also given a financial literacy course, as their income has increased. Highlighting the opportunities that such work brings, President of Project Mogra, Urvi Dharamshi, explains, “Social Entrepreneurship programmes such as Enactus give us an opportunity to apply our business and economic concepts to help people in need. Our conviction to help people not merely by doing charity but by empowering them inspires us to do these projects.”

dents. The minimum required average for accepting an application is the equivalent of 80 per cent or more in the final year of secondary education. NYU Abu Dhabi looks at the student's entire application, including grades, test scores (SAT, ACT, AP exams), extracurricular work, recommendations, personal statements, etc. School forms state of the industry. Popular colleges that have co-op programs for their undergrads are include a secondary school report, at least one teacher evaluation Northeastern University, Georgia Tech, Rochester Institute of Technology and Drexel. form and midyear report with Some of these are four-year programmes and updated transcripts showing first semester/term others, five-year. grades for your final semester. Students I am interested in applying to UAE for need to apply through my undergraduate education. I want to the Common applicastudy Economics. What are the main application requirements to apply to the tion portal and complete top colleges? —Tanmay the NYU Writing supplement. Although regular decision deadline is Admissions to top colleges in UAE such as January 1, one can also apply early deciNYU Abu Dhabi, AU Sharjah are highly competitive and attract the best international stu- sion by November 1. It is important

to complete the SATs or ACTs and the IELTS in advance.

I intend to pursue my Masters in Communication in the United States. I currently have one year of internship experience as an event coordinator. What are the requirements for admission? —Sheena A Masters degree in Communications is a comprehensive communication management and leadership programme that is designed for professionals from a wide variety of undergraduate majors, job functions and experience levels — drawing emerging talent and senior level managers alike from different industries. Some of the universities that offer a two-year Masters in Communications in the US are Northwestern University, Boston University, University of Southern California and New York University. Applicants must submit their admission application materials to the university as early January for a September intake. As part of the application, applicants are required to submit a Resume, a statement of purpose, letters of reference, transcripts and TOEFL/IELTS scores. Each university typically publishes on their website its own admission procedure and deadlines.

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Pen pals: Constructing Knowledge together

arcel Proust, the French novelist, observed that "the real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new lands but in seeing with new eyes." The classroom walls have tumbled down. While students in traditional classrooms have been limited by the four walls of their room and the two covers of their textbook, 21st century students have the opportunity to reach across oceans to learn from their peers on the opposite side of the world. Rather than reading about life in France from a dated social studies textbook, students can now discover firsthand the realities that face their global peers

« HAPPENING SHAPPENING using information communication technology. This is a major shift. When students broadcast their digital voice and place their digital footprint on foreign lands, they gain real-world experiences that have been previously inaccessible to them. All students, not just children from privileged families, now have the power to reach out through technology and create real, meaningful relationships with fellow global citizens. Oxford International school aims to raise students to global consciousness with international educational collaborations. Students interact with pupils of their own age in a place they’ve

never seen, and may have never even conceived of before. International educational collaboration, powered by the internet, allows students to get a view of the world in a fresh and inviting way. Internet has made the world smaller. Teachers in Oxford International school now collaborate with classrooms around the world to expose different culture to students. Working with students from a different culture motivates students. The students of Oxford International School wrote emails to St Jude’s Church of England Primary School and in return received post cards from them. Oxford students getting connected globally has sparked curiosity and independent learning in them and has made it easier for the teachers to incorporate core curriculum lessons into global collaborations. By connecting with students of their own age in very different cultural contexts, students learn to be more open-minded and tolerant of difference. They were committed to their pen pals and excited about communicating with them. International pen pals creates a real audience that students care about, making them more willing to take suggestions, edit and rewrite. When students write letters to one another, they no longer see writing as a chore – it’s a communication tool that helps them to learn about a peer from a different culture.

Valentine’s Day

Director: Garry Marshall Starring: Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Julia Roberts, Ashton Kutcher

This is one delightful little movie for every romantic at heart. Released in 2010 and with a huge starcast, Valentine's Day is the perfect movie to watch on a rainy night with a tub of popcorn to keep you company or you could even watch it with a bunch of your favourite girl friends. This flick tells the story of a number of couples and how they eventually find their way together amid the usual confusions that involve the heart. The star cast really brings the screen and script alive keeping you completely engrossed and charmed with this flick. This is another impressive flick from the Garry Marshall

« GADGET OF THE WEEK

Lamborghini Veneno Roadster with Audio by Monster By Chandragupta Amritkar

onster created a unique audio system for the EUR 3.3 m super sports car, the Lamborghini Veneno Roadster – only nine of which will be produced. Monster has designed a system that delivers sound with best-in-class dynamics

and clarity. The Veneno Roadster’s audio system uses Monster’s latest proprietary technologies and sonic innovations to bring the full experience of live music to the drivers and passengers of Lamborghini's masterpiece. Lamborghini stands out for being

the best Italian luxury super sports car manufacturer. Monster engineered the sound of Beats headphones, and has since become the world’s leading manufacturer of high-performance headphones, all featuring Pure Monster Sound technology.

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A UNIVERSAL CAFE

estled in the Fort area which The steak is cooked to perfection harkens to a bygone era, Cafe with the right amount of barbeque Universal is timeless. Built in 1921, sauce and a generous serving of the café was earlier a typical Iranian French fries. For the main course, we café that served Bombay’s favourite started with the traditional Parsi cuichai and bun maska. However, the sine and ordered Dhansak with a café has changed to keep up with Vegetarian kebab. The Dhansak was served traditionally with brown rice; contemporary tastes. With butterscotch coloured walls, and the taste matched up to a tradilong wide doors and wooden bench- tional Dhansak. Moving on, we ordered a sizzling es, chairs and tables – chicken with garlic the café is the right sauce sizzler. The size place to relax over a of the dish is rather beer and munch on Junisha Dama small in comparison lacquered nuts with a with the other sizzler group of friends. The café also has an interesting collec- giants in the city. Stacked with fries, tion of framed paintings and posters veggies and garlic sauce, the hero of that adorn the walls along with a the dish – the chicken – was missing unless you dug through the mound wide display of alcohol bottles. Universal’s menu ranges from reg- of fries. The garlic sauce though ular café fare to Continental, to thick was well flavoured and one Iranian and Chinese. We ordered the could make-do with it. The cafe though bright and airy diced steak with chips for appetisers.

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has never gained as much popularity as its sister café – Leopold. Universal gives you a different experience than most others. It is reasonably priced; the service and ambience will make you leave feeling upbeat and the food does not disappoint. There is no doubt that if the café was based in a prime locality, it would gain the admiration it deserves.

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« ADMISSION ALERTS TSCFM ANNOUNCES NEW COURSES

The Thadomal Shahani Centre for Management (TSCFM), an initiative of the Shahani Group, recently announced admissions into new courses, which includes the following.

Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Associations of Business Executive UK: In this course, students get an opportunity to interact with industry leaders, who assist students to understand what it takes to succeed in the world of Business. Association of Business Executives enables students to be globally competitive in their careers. Professional Diploma in Media Management: Professional Diploma in Media Management focuses in the field of entertainment and media industry. This course is offered by TSCFM to students who wish to gain expertise in the field of Media. Course Details: Two Certificates from one six month course, of which one is recognized internationally.

Six-month programme with 250 hours of teaching. Can be completed along with regular studies in college or a full-time job. Teaching done by industry professionals in a case study driven, interactive model of education used by International Business Schools. Internship in top media companies. Guaranteed placement assistance in India after completion of course. International internship option after the course through our partner organisations. Access to online study materials from Harvard Business School.

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did my MCom in Finance. I chose a career as a social media trainer and media consultant, because when I joined the industry, social media was at a very niche stage. In those days there were very few professionals who understood this domain. It was a great opportunity to be one of the first people in the industry and I decided to take advantage of my position. The pace at which social media is growing is enormous. Today, there is a huge demand in the industry to embrace this medium. It has become a new form of communication. Right from politicians, brands, personalities and individuals, all are using this platform to a great extent in their own meaningful ways. However, the need for educating them on how to wisely use these platforms and connect to the audience is missing. That's where I come in and try to bridge that gap. I love what I am doing. My education background is primarily finance. I had also done a course in web designing. My qualification has helped me in many ways. Since my majors were accounts, tax and finance, this helped me invest well. It has made my mind analytical which again helps in choosing the right campaigns for my clients and peers within their budget. My knowledge of web designing has helped me tremendously to adapt to new technologies. The social media platform keeps evolving on a daily basis. If you understand the science

“The pace at which Social Media is growing is enormous,” says Hitesh Motwani, Social Media Consultant

behind the platform you can adapt to its changes quickly. That's where my course and my education has made a big difference. In short, it has made me adaptable to all changes the industry is witnessing. My training wasn't like ordinary classroom training. I learned the art of communication primarily through observing what other peo-

Don’t let the disability disable your child and founders in the world have had some learning disability. Richard Branson, Henry Ford, Bill Hewlett, have all overcome their disabilities to be immensely successful in their enterprises. These pioneers have shown that a disability is only as much as you make it to be. Explore interests and ideas: Rather, disabilities can open up a whole new set of alternatives and possibilities altogether. The successful people mentioned above leveraged their strengths and skills to a superior degree. For this, it is important to help your child explore and toy with different interests and ideas. This is not only stimulating for them but also unveils a plethora of opportunities. Focus on letting the child use his/her strengths, and thus boost the child’s self-confidence and empower them to conquer their weaknesses. Be patient and calm: As a parent, you may have to deal with inconsistencies in the academic performance of your child. Temper tantrums, as well as depression, negative thoughts, loss in selfesteem etc. may be possible problems your child is dealing with. In such an atmosphere, emotional trauma is only very natural for you too. Be proactive, perceptive and listen to what your child is saying or expressing. Being positive and calm in the midst of these issues will help you and your child greatly in dealing with them cheerfully.

SINHAL'S SCIENCE INTEGRATED JUNIOR COLLEGE BATCHES

By Rohini Ajaykumar, Director- Learning Disabilities Assistance, Meliorate Consulting

In the midst of all this, as a parent, you may find that you are anxious, angry, and unable to comprehend why your child is performing o you find yourself asking your child the below your expectations. It is in light of these concerns that you may discover following questions? “Why are you unable to distinguish the letter b that your child is dealing with a learning disability. Chances are, from the letter d?” “Why are you miscalculating simple math your child could be coping with one among several varied learning disabilities affecting thousums?” “Why are you becoming increasingly difficult to sands of children across the world. When realisation of this dawns, it is your duty, as a parent, deal with?” At school, you may find yourself arguing with to take this in the right stride, and learn how to your child’s teacher during a parent-teacher cope. There are few things you must remember: meeting, discussing and posing question after question to the teacher. When the child’s It's not the end of the world: Learning disabiliteacher speaks of noticing worrying signs in the ties, can be a debilitating and an emotionally draining experience, both for the child, as well child, it only adds to the parent’s stress.

be their voice on digital and intention to learn. I made a few mistakes in non digital mediums. the past but today, when I look back, it has The major investment I had made me a better professional. to make in this profession is My job is to advise clients on how best they my time and hard work. There can use social media for themselves and variis no magic wand which will ous brands. What best practices they should make you a star overnight. You adopt on various platforms. I also provide have to earn your place and workshops, seminars, personal coaching on respect in the industry by only how to post messages, tweet, make videos etc. investing time, energy and I also take up projects as a media consultant to <<Hitesh don't give up on the idea if you conduct press conferences, PR activities, mak- Motwani have a strong belief in it. ing key messages for brands and helping them As a fresher, you can start earning someconnect with the masses. To sum it up, I am in the business of communications and I like to where around Rs. 15,000 per month if you are good in strategising content for the medium. But if you can handle the client completely, including design, creative and technical support, the money will come in according to your skills. It can go as high as Rs 13 – 14 lakh

a year. There is no specific number I would like to give. All I can say is that you have to keep abreast of the latest happenings in the industry. You already are a professional. As an established professional, the money in the industry has no limits. It all depends on how much more you can extract from your client and how great your campaign idea is. The biggest advantage in my field is that it is new and there is a huge demand. The only way to expand is to know how you can reach out to more and more people and get them connected digitally to the world. The biggest challenge is that the social media platforms keep changing and you have to be quick enough to adopt to them. Another difficulty this brand faces is that the pace of communications is very fast. If a crisis hits online, you have to quickly respond to it. My plan is to grow big in the industry, spread awareness to as many people as I can about social media and ultimately become a name in the industry. My only advise to those who want to take up this profession is to keep reading and gain a lot of knowledge. The industry is growing and there is huge awareness now. You can only stand out if you have a holistic perspective about various new mediums. If you want to be in the industry, this is the right time to join and be a part of the growth phase. As told to Monarose Sheila Pereira

Professional Diploma in Real Estate Management: Thadomal Shahani Centre for Management gives course members a chance to gain comprehensive knowledge develop practical property business skills and get practical real-world experience that traditionally take years to acquire.

Sinhal Classes announced admissions for its ‘Sinhal Science Integrated Junior College’ batches. This facility from Sinhal Classes gives an opportunity for millions of students who could not get selected into their ‘Dream FYJC Science College’ with their ‘Preferred Science Combination’. Under ‘Sinhal Science Integrated Junior College’ batches students can get their preferred subject combination, excellent state of the art infrastructure, training in science entrance examination and board examination under Mumbai’s best faculty team with all college related activities. It hardly matters which college a student passed out from since their Class XII mark-sheet does not bear the name of the Junior College. Admissions to Sinhal Science Integrated Junior College’ batches will be done on a first-cum-first-served basis.

ple do. I used to watch a lot of YouTube videos by famous personalities like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Warren Buffet etc. I used to observe how they communicate with their audience, what kind of messages do their companies send, etc. Later I started reading a lot of content on the web. I took some freelance projects initially at a very minimal cost and budget with an

as for those around, especially the parents. Children with learning disabilities lead challenging lives. Even if the child possesses normal intelligence levels, he or she may fail to meet the commonly accepted public criteria of intelligence i.e. academic performance or tests. It is indeed hard for you, as a parent, to grapple with the reality of it. You may even feel a sense of helplessness, and self-loathing at your inability to accept and detect these issues earlier. This frustration is understandable. But staying with that frustration is a choice we do not have to make. It is important that you, in dealing with the emotional stress, do not forget that a learning disability doesn’t mean the end of your child’s future. In fact, many of the greatest CEOs

« MENTOR’S DESK

Seek help and guidance: Technology offers us a unique way of connecting with people from around the globe. This opportunity can be used, and is being used actively by people to gain a better understanding of different topics in life. There is a wealth of information that you could research on to gain knowledge and break several stereotypes regarding disabilities. Equipped with such informed knowledge, you could seek support from special mentors who will give a more personal attention to your concerns. Remember that no matter what the disabilities be, the human mind has the power to overcome them all. If we can only instill this confidence and self-belief in ourselves and our children, many barriers break and crumble. Often, that is all we need.

he students of K J Somaiya College of Engineering unveiled their latest offering, the ORI 2014. The car is a prototype for an international design competition at Germany, known as Formula Student Germany. The lightweight car comes with a custom built driver interface with live telemetry system and superior adjustability in suspension system along with extensive carbon fibre implementation as some of its high points. The competition shall take place in Hockenheimring, Germany from July 30 to August 3. The Formula SAE competition is held by the Society of Automotive Engineers, and is the biggest engineering design competition in the world. ORI 2014 would be K J Somaiya Engineering College's entry to the Formula SAE competition. ORI 2014 will compete against 44 countries that participate in the SAE competition to prove their might in the domain of automobile engineering excellence. The Somaiya team has been participating in Formula Student Germany since 2007 making new race cars every year.

Introducing ORI 2014 – The formula styled race car

In 2012 they became the 1st Indian team to complete all dynamic events at the competition. The Somaiya team is currently India’s top-ranked student racing team amongst the 450 odd teams in India that make such similar prototypes. The race car was showcased to sports enthusiasts and automobile industry experts at the Somaiya Vidyavihar campus earlier in the week. Says Shubha Pandit of the college, “Here we believe that one of the best ways to learn is through actually undertaking projects. This enables the students to understand real life situations and adapt to them. The advantages of the experience and learning achieved by competing on global platforms is immense. They get the opportunity to interact with respected global engineering companies and some of our students have been selected to

work in companies such as Tesla, Apple, Chrysler, Eric Bouelle racing, Bentley/Aero, Mahindra EPC, Volkswagen Mototsports and GE Aviation. Our approach towards hands on projects by students enable the industry to absorb well trained and experienced engineers, who are better equipped to deal with the real world.” The students add, “The experience of working in these projects trains us not only in the engineering aspects, but also important life skills like working in teams, project management, logistics, working as per global specifications, and, most importantly, competing with teams from across the world, while also building good relations with them. Going to a different country and competing builds our confidence.” ORI 2014 has made use of advanced manufacturing processes like rapid prototyping.

Equipped with a revolutionary eccentric drive train design that enables fine adjustment of drive train tension, the steering wheel contains an interactive driver interface that consists of gear position indicators and rpm lights. ORI 2014 has a lot of sensors on board and an on board telemetry system that enables engineers to view data from the various sensors from 100 metres away without the use of wires. ORI 2014 has implemented extensive carbon fibre applications including an entry into aerodynamics by building an underbody diffuser for the first time in its history, making the car light weight at the same time. The competition also sets pace for industry stalwarts to judge and recognise talent at an early age, as the race car that participates in the competition is completely conceptualised, developed, funded and driven by engineering students across the world.

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A few years ago, consumer awareness, availability of international brands and the growth of an organised skilled sector were the major contributing factors in giving the industry a push. However, technology has helped Indians come in contact with international designs and trends faster and they have become more fashion forward than ever.

Her sense of fashion was noticeable when she was just a little girl following her mother around to work and shoots. Now Nishka Lulla, all grown up, speaks to Junisha Dama about creating a presence in the industry and about the importance of having your own style, no matter who your mother is

Apart from the fact that your mother is a fashion designer, what made you choose this career? I have enjoyed fashion right from my childhood. It has always been something that has interested and excited me. The interest began when I accompanied my mother to work and shoots, and I tried helping as much as I could. That's when I knew this was the career I wanted to choose.

changed or affected the industry? It’s a positive change because young minds express their personal style and identities through fashion. Therefore, there are many different styles for clients to choose from. In the industry, how does launching your own brand help? I believe by having your own brand, you create awareness of what you offer to the industry.

Would you recommend budding designers to be entrepreneurs and take the plunge to start their own brand, or would you say it's safe to work under established ones? I think experience is as important as education because you get the feel of how the real industry works when you work under an established house of fashion.

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What is the future of this career in India? Fashion is a part of our everyday lives and today you find many designers in India. I think this career is already very prominent in our country and we see many Indian designers in international fashion weeks too. India is full of rich cultures from various states and we have so many arts and crafts to be inspired from. There is a lot of awareness about trends due to technology, so we definitely have a great present and future in this career.

ashion in India has always been forward. India exists across the supply chain, and vice versa. From raw materials, to labour and, of course, creativity and innovation, everything is available in India. Indian designers are prominent at international fashion weeks. A career in fashion is promising and is no longer unconventional. The growth of the industry and its turnover has made it an excting career. Several young designers are also bold, not just in their sense of style but when taking immense risks in starting their own fashion venture. The need to be trendy and fashion conscious has also resulted in making this industry grow at a lightning speed.

You see several fashion entrepreneurs rising today and more people becoming confident and starting their own label. How has this

industry, as opposed to established giants like Manish Malhotra, Sabyasachi and others, what are the challenges that you personally face in the industry? There is no comparison. Every designer has their own individual style. Also genres are different. You can be a bridal, couture, diffusion or pret designer, as long as you establish your own unique style in the genre you cater to. According to you, how good is the quality of fashion education and training in India? I think the quality is as good as schools internationally. I studied at SNDT, Mumbai and the quality of education was very good and intense.

In your opinion, what changes must be brought about in the fashion training institutes in the country? I think the faculty is the most What are the challenges that one important. You need to have experienced faculty who can share firstfaces in the fashion industry? In my opinion, the biggest chal- hand knowledge of the industry lenge is to always come up with with the students. new and different collections. The second is to be better each season What benefits do aspirants, and and market your work correctly, budding designers entering the industry now have that weren't because the competition is huge. available earlier? The biggest benefit designers have Would you say that it was easier today is technology and more for you to get recognition in the importantly, social media through industry because you had your which you know what is happening mother as your mentor? What globally in the fashion scene. has your struggle been? I don't think so. Yes, you do get first-hand knowledge of how the What advice would you give to industry works but the struggle is to aspirants? create your own identity, your own My advice would be, be true to your own style sensibilities. Be different, style and be accepted. don't imitate and take risks to be different. Being a young designer in the

Now, Computer Aided Learning Stations at Chembur Schools On Saturday afternoon, it was not an ordinary day for Chembur Karnatak School children. They witnessed the inauguration of a Computer Aided Learning Station, a CSR initiative of Tata Power Company. The students were joyous as the Learning Station would prove to be an added advantage to their educational activities. The Learning Station would help the students to learn the subject in a playful way. If a student remains absent on certain days in the school, he/she still can go through the missing chapters by using the Learning Station. Learning Station will be very helpful and convenient for students to study before and after school hours. In his inaugural speech, J B Girase, District Women and Child Development Officer of the state said, “Installation of Learning Station at Chembur Karnatak School premises is very pleasing as the

school provides education to needy children of the locality. This initiative also fits well with the government’s programme on school education like ‘Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan’. Our department runs 16 orphanages in Mumbai city. I also urge corporate entities like Tata Power to provide basic needs of children in the orphanages.” Further elaborating, Girase said that his department is also looking into the welfare of women facing domestic violence through self-help groups besides creating awareness in schools about sexual abuse of minor children through counselling. While lauding the efforts of the school in providing quality education to underprivileged children of the locality, Bapurao More, Education Officer of M west ward of BMC said that Computer Aided Learning station will immensely help students to become smart learners. “Quality Education is not

Relations, Tata Power said that besides providing Computer Aided Learning Stations to several schools across the city, the company in its CSR initiatives also provides mobile medical vans and conducts women empowerment programmes. Besides Chembur Karnatak School, Tata Power handed over keys of Learning Stations to eight other Chembur-based schools – DBC School, Vinay High School, Janta Welfare English High School, Chembur Welfare Marathi Shala, Model High School, Shri Narayan Rao Acharya Vidya Niketan and Sharad Ahcharya Vidyalaya. DBC School principal Shobha restricted only to the elite. Even Badagi, the principal of Chembur Sethi while highlighting the imporunderprivileged children and chil- Karnatak High School thanked the tance of Computer Aided Learning dren studying in municipal schools school management for its efforts in Station said that it will assist chilcan also get good marks through providing quality education to the dren to study in a playful method, their hard work apart from getting children. She also thanked Tata and will enhance students’ capabiliright exposures from their schools,” Power for installing the Learning ty and will be very convenient for them to learn the missing chapters, Station in the school premises. said More. Anjali Vaze – Head of Community when absent from school. In her opening address, Veena

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SVKM’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), has announced NMIMS Management Aptitude Test (NMAT) 2015 registration open for admissions in its School of Business Management for academic session 201517. For admissions, NMIMS full-time Management Programmes at Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad campus, applicants shall be able to take online NMAT 2015 test in a window period of almost one and a half month from October 7 to December 20, 2014. The programmes that NMAT 2015 covers for admission are two-year full-time MBA, MBA (HR), and MBA (Pharmaceutical Management) at Mumbai campus and twoyear full-time PGDM at Bengaluru and PGDBM at Hyderabad campuses. The last date of registration for NMAT 2015 is September 24. Students of foreign countries and Persons of Indian Origin (POI) need not take NMAT, however their GMAT score shall be considered for admission. Candidates can register online for NMAT 2015 on NMIMS University’s website www.nmims.edu.

BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR IN A COMPLEX WORLD

Principal L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) has formulated a specialised course, ‘Post Graduate Program in Entrepreneurship (PGP- Entrepreneurship)’, based on the AAA (Acquisition, Application and Assimilation of Knowledge) model similar to that at Harvard Business School. To provide more insights on the programme and its outcomes, WeSchool will organise multiple free seminars on the theme, ‘Gain insights about the 11 months Entrepreneurship Programme on July 11 and 12, 2014. These free seminars are being held at Andheri and Thane on July 11 and Weschool campus (Matunga) and Vashi on July 12.Please find details on the time and venue below. Date: July 11; Time: 6 pm to 8 pm. Thane - Hotel Satkar Grand, Opp Aplab Ltd, Wagle Estate, Thane (W). Andheri - Hotel Karl Residency, 36, Lallubhai Park Road, Andheri (West) Date: July 12; Time: 6 pm to 8 pm Matunga – Prin L N Welingkar Institute of Management, Matunga Central, Mumbai 19. Vashi - Hotel Regenza by Tunga, Next to Center one Mall, Vashi Contact: 9867581591

FREE INTERACTIVE SEMINAR ON PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES Students who have completed Class XII with science as a subject (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) can pursue paramedical diploma courses simultaneously along with other BSc courses from any College and University. To know more about various Paramedical Courses like Medical laboratory Technology, Medical Imaging Technology, Anesthesia & Critical Care Technology, Renal Dialysis Technology, Optometry & Ophthalmic Techniques, register for a free interactive seminar followed by tour to Kohinoor Hospital on July 13 starting 11 am, organised at Kohinoor College of Paramedical Science, Kohinoor Education Complex, Kohinoor City, LBS Marg, Vidyavihar/Kurla (W), Mumbai – 400070. For registration, call toll free 1800 266 7700 / 9224246270.

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<< Sonal Satelkar

The Health care industry is booming and is creating employment opportunities on a large scale world-wide. Here’s a detailed look at the many opportunities available to Paramedic Professionals.

A BREAKTHROUGH FOR PARAMEDICAL ASPIRANTS

By Sonal Satelkar, Programme Head, Kohinoor College of Paramedical Sciences

e all agree that class XII is the most crucial stage in the life of a student. The result of the examination is a major decision making factor for a student’s career. Most students who prefer taking science are ambitious about becoming a doctor or an engineer. Getting admission for engineering may not be a big challenge any more but getting admission for medical or even dental is certainly a big challenge till date. This is because of the limited seats in colleges run by government hospitals and the exorbitant fees charged by private hospitals. It is surprising to see that students who have aspired to become doctors suddenly change their track to BSc (IT) or even BMS and BMM, when they don’t do very well in their CET. This surely is not a matter of criticism at the students. They do so because these are some of the popular options available to them easily. It is basically lack of awareness amongst the students and also parents about the opportunities in streams which are allied to

opt for courses like Diplomas in Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Imaging Technology, Operation Theatre Technology, Anaesthesia and Critical Technology, Renal Dialysis Technology, Optometry Technology etc. These courses are typically two-year programmes after Class XII. There are very few institutes which offer a degree in these courses too. The degree programmes vary from duration of three to four years. At certain institutes which offer advanced autonomous Diplomas in Paramedical technology, you have an option of doing this fessionals are referred to as course while pursuing your BSc medicine. Paramedical is one such Technicians. Who are these degree. The advantage of doing this is Technicians/ emerging field. When we talk Paramedical about Paramedical science, it Technologists? These are profes- that you gain employment includes a horde of activities sionals in a hospital who assist opportunities after completion related to medical science. It doctors in either diagnosing the of the diploma and you also have ranges from physiotherapy, condition of a patient or in treat- an opportunity to study further speech therapy, occupational ing the patients. One may then after graduation. A caution statewonder if these ment for students is that, they therapy to labotechnicians are should do these courses from an ratory technolonurses. But it is institute which provides enough gy, Imagine technology, Anaesthesia technology not so. While nursing is one hands-on experience in the or even Optometry technology. department in a hospital, there related department as these are Although physiotherapy is a are some other departments like skill-based techniques. Having a paramedical science, a physio- pathology, radiology, cardiology, hospital attached to the institute therapist is referred to as a doc- neurology etc. where you won’t is certainly an added advantage. Career Opportunities after tor. But some Paramedical pro- see the ladies in a white dress but you will see men and women completing these courses: Due wearing a lab coat while serving to advancement in technology the patients. These paramedical and sophistication in operations technicians are specialised of healthcare industry, there is a workers in a particular stream, great need for educated paraworking on high-tech equip- medical technologists in the ments, unlike nurses who have a country today. With the increase in number of general exposure to all streams hospital beds, the demand for in a hospital. For students aspiring to make these technologists is going up in a career in allied medical sci- order to maintain the bed per ence, the field of Paramedical man power ratio. Job opportunities for paraTechnology is an emerging one. Health care industry on the medical professionals range whole booming and is creating from employment in hospitals, employment opportunities on a clinics, nursing homes, diagnoslarge scale world-wide. Those tic centres, pharmaceutical cominterested in working in the area panies, equipment manufacturof Paramedical Technology can ing companies, etc.

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What a waste! MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

By Muskaan Goyal, KC College

I think it will do good business. It may not be a blockbuster, but it will do sufficiently well. It has an interesting concept. I like the idea that Bollywood is focusing on women lead characters and the several characters that Vidya has played will be interesting to watch. I think it will be fun to watch Vidya Balan in many different avatars. I guess it may not do to well in the non-metro cities, but in the metros, it should. I would want to watch the film. And I don't think she has made a mistake acting in it. —Saumya Trivedi, XIC student I think it's definitely going to be a success. Vidya Balan always takes up bold characters and she is such a versatile actress. Who has ever played a female detective? Only men have been portrayed in this role. I'm very glad this mentality is changing. I haven't heard the music yet. The trailers look very appealing and the movie looks very exciting. I'm definitely going to watch it —Muskaan Goyal, BMM student

I think the movie is going to do okay at the box office. It won't be a hit, but will do enough to earn profits. Seeing the trailers, the movie doesn't look great. It seems entertaining and humourous, but it's not very appealing. It looks like an average film. I don't like any of the songs either. And I don't find the disguises up to the mark. —Akshat Davada, CA student

Paper and water is wasted profusely, instead of being used judiciously. As educated and aware citizens of our country, what are the steps we can take, that will make a difference to conserve, preserve and protect our environment? Each step has to start on a small scale, and then progress further. It all starts with using renewable sources of energy like solar energy and wind energy whenever possible. Make the most use of Public Transport in your city – not only are you saving the environment and money, but also contributing to the development and economy of your nation. Better yet, carpools are also fantastic ways of preventing wastage of petrol and it doesn't contribute to air pollution. Plant trees more often – without trees, we would not be able breathe, quite literally.

Mother Nature has given us everything possible. To pay her back, we must understand that every journey begins with a single step. Global Warming has been spoken about extensively, but nothing is being been done about it. Agreed there are social, economical and political problems in every country, especially India. However, for every nation to develop, there must also be awareness in peoples mind. Today, instead of going through Instagram for pictures on how beautiful other countries are, have a look at your own country. Start by conserving water, recycling paper, not polluting your city, make an attempt to plant a sapling, use resources judiciously and limit our use of plastic and non-biodegradable products, to avoid our Earth and home from being excruciatingly exploited. << Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) recently organized its International Award ceremony to felicitate International winning students, teachers and principals of Olympiad exams for the Academic year 2013-14. The British Council and BBC Knowledge are associated with SOF for the Olympiads since its inception. Eight students of Mumbai made their parents proud by garnering International Ranks in the Olympiad Awards held recently in Delhi. Four students got International rank 1 and received a medal and 50,000 rupees each.

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How well do you think Bobby Jasoos will fair at the box office? Do you think it will be a hit based on Vidya's Balan previous hits or has she made a mistake taking up this film?

et's take a moment from our busy lives and look around us. When I say that, I mean let us look at the place and environment around us. The concrete jungle we live in, is going to be practically non-existent in some years. The definition of 'some' could be tomorrow or a century. One thing that has taken a complete backseat in our country is the care and outlook of people towards the environment.Every notebook, toilet roll, plastic water bottle, piece of furniture and pollution from various sources is damaging and quite literally abusing the environment in every possible way. The stress on our food chains, deforestation, global warming and temperature change, and even extinction of species cannot always be ignored. Today, overuse and wastage of resources are the primary causes of environmental degradation. Trees are being destroyed and nothing is being done about it. For every tree cut, two additional trees must be planted, in order to maintain the ecological balance. The reaction of every person reading this might be, “Oh, but how does it affect me? Why should I be bothered at all?” It should bother you. It has to bother you. Tomorrow, wouldn't you like your child to be brought up in a place where there is pure air and clean water? Unfortunately, in a country like India, we are so consumed by ourselves and our busy lives, that these things don't bother us. Even the most educated people will step out of a swanky car and throw a wrapper or piece of paper on the road. For a lot of people, the road has become a public dustbin, instead of waiting patiently to find one.

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N CHARGING THE CHARKA... Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva, holding additional charge of Gujarat, trying her hands at a spinning wheel at Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad on Tuesday.

Advanced version of BrahMos missile test-fired India on Tuesday successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290-km range Brahmos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha, giving the country the capability to hit enemy targets hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of buildings with "pinpoint accuracy". The missile travelled its full strike range of 290 kms in about 500 seconds to hit its simulated target in a copybook fashion after being fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, around 15 kms from Balasore, BrahMos chief A Sivathanu Pillai told PTI.

Kalam bats for E-elections to bring transparency Former President APJ Abdul Kalam visualises for implementing a transparent system for elections in the country in his new book 'A Manifesto for Change'. In this book, writing with co-author V Ponraj, Kalam examines the requirements of India to become a developed country by 2020.

CBI to examine AP Governor Narasimhan

CBI will soon record the statement of former Director, Intelligence Bureau and Governor of Andhra Pradesh ESL Narasimhan as witness in connection with allegations of bribery in purchase of 12 VVIP helicopters from Ango-Italian firm AgustaWestland. Narasimhan, along with then NSA M.K. Narayanan and then SPG Chief B.V. Wanchoo, attended the March 1, 2005 meeting where the decision to reduce service ceiling was taken, making AgustaWestland eligible for the deal.

Fresh autopsy of the two Badaun girls

In a new twist to the alleged rape and murder of two girls in Badaun in Uttar Pradesh, CBI has decided to exhume the bodies of the victims for a fresh autopsy as the probe agency feels that proper procedure was not followed while conducting the postmortem.

EW DELHI: India and the UK on Tuesday decided to soon launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation during a meeting between the External Affairs Minister and her British counterpart, who pushed for sale of its Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) despite its Eurofighter Typhoon losing out to France's Rafale. During her ‘wide-ranging and extensive’ talks with UK Foreign Secretary of State William Hague, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj demanded extradition of British citizen Raymond Varley, accused of being a part of an international paedophile ring and abusing children in Goa in the 80s and 90s. Hague said his government will look into it. In a more than two-hour-long meeting, the two sides also discussed ways to enhance trade ties with India inviting British companies to invest in its Bangalore-Mumbai Economic Corridor infrastructure project. By November, India is expected to give a ‘perspective plan’ to the UK presenting various ‘nodes’ where they

UK that these will be moving to the next level," spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin said. Currently, the two-way trade between the UK and India stands at US $15 billion with the UK being the third largest investor in India, according to official data. Asked about the issues discussed in the meeting, Akbaruddin said apart from economic ties, civil nuclear cooperation, extradition, counter-terrorism and cyber issues as well as security situation in Iraq and Afghanistan figured during the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with Britain's deliberations. Chancellor of the Exchequer, George The two sides agreed to soon Osborne, in New Delhi on Tuesday, launch negotiations for civil nuclear cooperation pact, nearly one-and-acan invest, according to officials. half years after UK Prime Minister "The meeting started on a good David Cameron and his then counnote with Swaraj thanking the British terpart Manmohan Singh decided to Minister for UK's decision to install have such a pact. Mahatma Gandhi's statue in ParliaOn extradition, the spokesperson ment Square in London. They started said, Swaraj told the British minister with discussions on economic ties that "India is very keen to get because these are very robust and Raymond Varley extradited" from the there is a great expectation from the UK.

Mahatma’s statue coming up at London’s Parliament Square N

EW DELHI: Sixty-seven years after he led India to freedom from British rule, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi would be installed in Parliament Square in London by early next year. The British Foreign Minister William Hague and Chancellor of Exchequer George Osborne on Tuesday announced the plan for the statue of Gandhi, the inspiration for non-violent civil rights movements around the world. "Gandhi's view of communal peace and resistance to division, his desire to drive India forward, and his commitment to non-violence left a legacy that is as relevant today as it was during his life. "He remains a towering inspiration and a

source of strength. We will honour him with a statue alongside those of other great leaders in Parliament Square," Hague said. Osborne said that as the father of the largest democracy in the world, it's time for Gandhi to take his place in front of the mother of Parliaments. He is a figure of inspiration, not just in Britain and India, but around the world, he said. "New Indian Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi invoked his memory in his inaugural speech to Parliament. I hope this new memorial will be a lasting and fitting tribute to his memory in Britain, and a permanent monument to our friendship with India," Osborne said.

No list of Indians holding money in Swiss banks: FM N

EW DELHI: India has been told four days ago that there is no list of Indian tax residents holding assets in Swiss Banks in their own name or through structures, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. However, the government said the Swiss National Bank on its website reported that the total deposit of Indians in their banks have increased about Rs 14,100 crore at the end of 2013 from about Rs 8,547 crore a year ago. In a written reply to Shantaram Naik, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government wrote to the Swiss Authorities on June 23 this year after it was reported in the media that Indians were keeping large

amounts in Swiss banks. In the letter under the provisions of Art 26 of the Direct Tax Avoidance Convention (DTAC), the government had asked Switzerland information in this regard that has been compiled by it. "The Swiss Authorities in their reply dated July 4, 2014 have stated that there is no list of Indians tax residents holding assets in Swiss financial institutions in their own names or through structures," he said. He said following amendments to the DTAC with Switzerland on October 7, 2011, India has made several requests seeking information about its nationals holding bank accounts in Swiss Banks.

Tribunal decides on Indo-Bangla boundary row N

EW DELHI: The Permanent Court of Arbitration at Hague in Netherlands has awarded Bangladesh 19,467 sq km out of total 25,602 sq km disputed area with India in the Bay of Bengal. While the verdict was termed as ‘win-win’ situation by Bangladesh, India said it was ‘studying’ the ‘full implications’ of the verdict by the arbitration tribunal. "The Arbitration Tribunal for Delimitation of Maritime Boundary between Bangladesh and India, established under Annex VII of the UN Convention of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), rendered its award on July 7, 2014. "We respect the verdict of the Tribunal and are studying the award and its full implications," the spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry told PTI. "We believe that the settlement of the maritime boundary will further enhance mutual understanding and goodwill between India and Bangladesh," the official said.

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The current policy stance of the RBI is firmly committed to keeping the economy on a disinflationary course, taking Consumer Price Index inflation to 8% by January 2015 and 6% by January 2016.

Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman BUSINESS BRIEFS ONGC Makes Largest Overseas Bond Sale; Raises $2.2 Bn

Nation’s largest oil explorer ONGC yesterday raised a whopping USD 2.214 billion - the largest bond sale from the country - through dual tranche money to fund its overseas arm OVL’s Mozambique asset purchase. The issue involved USD 1.5 billion of dollar money and 525 million in euros (USD 714 million at current exchange rate), merchant bankers told PTI. They said this is the largest dual currency RegS issuance from Asia, apart from being the first-ever euro issuance from a quasi-sovereign corporate. It is also the first dual currency RegS issuance from the country.

Markets Slump

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Wednesday (July 9, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell substantially on Tuesday (July 08, 2014) a net 00 points (0%) and closed at the 0000 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 7804 points level. It then rose by a few points and registered the day’s high at the 7808 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then declined into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 1.42 p.m. It then declined sharply and registered the day’s low at the 7595 points level at 3.29 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 213 points and closed below the psychologically important 7650 points level. Sentiment was extremely bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 48 were losers, while just 2 stocks closed in the green. All the sectoral indices closed in the red. Substantial selling was witnessed in realty, power, PSU, capital goods and consumer durables stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 24.10%. This change is substantial and indicates a wide participation by investors. Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 225 were gainers, 1364 were losers and 28 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator has dropped below the slow D line (negative and a sell signal). However such signals are considered invalid in the over-bought zone. RSI Indicator: The RSI fell and crossed below the 60 level and is now declining (negative if it continues). MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero but is rising (positive if it continues). It has crossed below its 9-day Average (negative and a sell signal).

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.

oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a negative bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7605 points level. The next support is at the 7471 points level. Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 7896 points level. The next resistance is at the 7954 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 = 7676 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 7543. Support (2) = 7463. Resistance (1) = 7756. Resistance (2) = 7889. OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index after having formed a a doji pattern has formed a long black body candle on substantially higher volumes. In fact yesterday’s candle is almost like a Black Marubozu candle. (A Black Marubozu forms when the open equals the high and the close equals the low). This is negative and indicates that the bias has shifted towards the sell side of the market. Further, the index has dropped below its 5 days moving average. Moreover, the velocity parameters, which were positively trended have now turned neutral All these indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a further upmove unfolding. However, the index is still above its 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages. This is positive. Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 15 day moving average at the 7606 points level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Has dropped below its 5-day average (at 7720) Negative. Is above its 15-day average (at 7606) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 7594) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 6526) Positive. All the four averages are positively trended. 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.

Odisha CM, Naveen Patnaik Inaugurates WTC Bhubaneswar

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday inaugurated the 5th branch of World Trade Centre along with a Convention Centre and Trade Zone in Bhubneswar. The World Trade Centre Bhubaneswar is promoted by the World Trade Centre Mumbai with the support of Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, the industrial promotion agency of the State Government of Odisha. The function was attended by Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister of Industries, School and Mass Education, Y. R. Warerkar, Executive Director of World Trade Centre Mumbai and Vishal Dev, Secretary Industries.

‘Re Appreciation, Wage Hike May Impact Margins Of IT Players’

The margins of top IT players are expected to be impacted owing to a three per cent rupee appreciation and wage hike in June quarter, a global banking and financial services company Barclays said here. “Margins are expected to be negatively impacted due to rupee appreciation (100bps impact) and also by wage hikes at TCS, Infosys and Wipro,” Barclays said in its India IT Services report here. “The impact of the rupee’s appreciation on sector EBIT margins to have an impact of 90-100bps on large cap companies, on average, given that the rupee has appreciated by 3 per cent during the June-14 quarter.

Piramal Raises Rs 100 Cr For Residential Realty Fund

Ajay Piramal-led Piramal Fund Management yesterday said it has raised Rs 100 crore in a fund, which will be focusing on residential real estate investments. The commitments for the ‘Indiareit Apartment Fund’, which will invest in residential units in tier-I cities, were raised in 10 days and the company is targeting to raise a total of Rs 350 crore for the fund, it said in a statement. The fund will purchase apartments in bulk from the developers at a discount and the average investment tenure will be 2-3 years, it said. The fund is targeted at individuals looking at real estate as an asset class for investment, it said, adding, the fund will underwrite units only which refers to the physical square feet, rather than the financial participation done usually.

Indian SMBs to spend over Rs 1.1 lakh cr on IT by FY2018

Small and medium businesses are expected to spend about USD 18.5 billion (Rs 1.11 lakh crore) on information technology by FY2018, driven by growing adoption of cloud and mobility solutions, a study has said. According to a Nasscom study, conducted by research firm Frost & Sullivan (F&S), Indian small and medium businesses (SMBs) spent about Rs 47,200 crore (USD 8.7 billion) on IT in FY2013.

Australian Judge Agrees To Being Arbitrator On RIL Dispute

Supreme Court-appointed arbitrator in Reliance Industries’ KG-D6 dispute with the government had refused to take up the assignment due to preoccupations but later relented and accepted being the neutral umpire. The apex court had on April 29 named Michael Hudson McHugh, former judge of the High Court of Australia, as the third arbitrator in the dispute over cost recovery in KG-D6 gas block. Sources said McHugh however refused to become the chairman of the tribunal to which RIL had named former Chief Justice of Supreme Court S P Bharucha as its arbitrator and government appointed former Chief Justice of the apex court and V N Khare its counsel, saying he was not contacted before the appointment was made.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Karvy Stock Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on Mangalam Cement CMP: Rs. 203

Target Rs. 330

HDFC Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on Dredging Corporation CMP: Rs. 446

Target Rs. 571

Railway Budget Disappoints Markets

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Govt to sell 5% stake in ONGC; to fetch Rs 17,000 cr Siemens bags order worth Rs 52 crore from NTPC Rupee rebounds 23 paise Vs US dollar to end at 59.78 Nasscom, Ind leaders meets Canadian delegation on visa issue Govt starts anti-dumping probe on Chinese auto parts Sebi seeks clarification on Adlabs Entertainment's IPO.

Nifty, Sensex slump around 2%. Worst hit was the realty sector which declined by 7.16% followed by the power sector which declined by 6.37%

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oing to present my maiden budget as a rail minister of India today. Hope we are able to meet public expectations," Railway minister DV Sadananda Gowda tweeted on Tuesday before he presented his maiden rail budget. But going by how the stock markets reacted, clearly the indication is that he has failed to meet expectations. The markets which opened in the green and rose to register all time highs prior to the budget presentation, slumped while the budget was underway, and finally collapsed to close the day with with a 2 % loss on the indices and over 20 % losses in railway related stocks. The Nifty, after testing an intraday high of 7808 before falling to a low below 7600 closed at 7623, down 2.11% or 163.95 points. Similarly the Sensex,

after testing an intraday high of 26190 fell below the 25500, then recovered marginally to close at 25582.11, down 1.98% or 517.97 points. The worst hit was the realty sector which declined by 7.16% followed by the power sector which declined by 6.37%. While the markets were expecting fiscal discipline from the minister by ways of shoring up revenues and cutting back on expenditure. The railway budget offered none. Market expectations were also hit by the plan outlay of the railway budget which was raised by just 1.8% to Rs 654.45 billion. However, industry leaders have welcomed the budget. Says Vijay Kalantri, President, All India Association of Industries (AIAI) â&#x20AC;&#x153;The budget is pragmatic and forward looking with a visionâ&#x20AC;?. According to him â&#x20AC;&#x153; The

announcement to further develop the country's freight and passenger network, as well as the proposal to enhance the infrastructure of dedicated freight corridors is a move in the right direction which will facilitate the much needed impetus to the manufacturing and trade sector, besides playing a dynamic role in the development and growth of townships and industrial areas. Several significant proposals announced on Foreign Direct Investments (FDI), Public Private Partnerships (PPP), restructuring the railway board, outsourcing services, connectivity to remote areas will be instrumental in improving the efficiency of the sector and its overall progress besides subsidizing the transaction cost Kalantri added. Similarly, IMC President, Prabodh

Thakker was in praise of the budget. According to him â&#x20AC;&#x153;"The Budget is loaded with directions. It has tried to address both basic and futuristic needs. For the first time, instead of announcing new routes on an adhoc basis, a survey team has been appointed to conduct a feasibility study. IMC would like to welcome steps of improving technology by digitalising, outsourcing and Public Private Partnerships (PPP). The budget also has a vision to make Indian railways the largest freight carrier. There is a thought and concern for women safety as well." Explaining the concept behind the making of the budget Pratap Padode, President, FIRST (Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training) said â&#x20AC;&#x153;The rail budget has brought railways to the forefront of infrastructure. The focus is on rebuilding faith on railways as a vital link by becoming the

Budget To Be A Non-Event, Says Credit Suisse By A Business Reporter

empering the rising expectations from the forthcoming budget, foreign brokerage Credit Suisse has said the options before Finance Minister Arun Jaitley are limited and July 10 will be a "nonevent". "This budget shouldn't matter...There is also limited room for fiscal manoeuvres ...We expect the budget to be a non-event for the broader market," it said in a note yesterday. The much-awaited maiden budget of the Narendra Modi government will be tabled on Thursday by the Finance Minister. The room for fiscal manoeuvres is limited as volatile corporate taxes are at 34 % of all taxes and only a small fraction of spending is discretionary, the Swiss brokerage said. Stating that the spillover from the

previous year's performance limits the ability to trim fiscal deficit this financial year, it said the road map on that front which Jaitley lays down will be of greater interest though it is too early to expect details on it. As for FY15's fiscal deficit number, it said divestment can help improve the situation. The interim budget had pegged the fiscal deficit target at 4.1 % of GDP on a projected 19 % improvement in tax collection. "FY15 deficit could be raised (above the figure of 4.1 % stated by Jaitley's predecessor P Chidambaram), but commitment to deficit of 3 % of GDP by FY17 will likely be reiterated," it added. It can be noted that in the first two months of the current fiscal itself, government's borrowing had touched a whopping 45.6 %, while tax mop-up grew at a tepid 3.1 %, as

the government has front-loaded the subsidy payments, including those that were to be paid last fiscal. The brokerage said some commentary on state-run banks' recapitalisation, laying out a clear road map on the way forward for this, will be of help. Similarly, "granularity" on the already-stated plans for rolling out goods and services tax which will integrate the entire gamut of indirect taxes can also help, it added. Rural infrastructure and agri productivity improvement are other areas where Jaitley should touch upon, it said. Some quarters blame the previous UPA regime for the ills on the economic front and have been expecting a lot from Jaitley's maiden budget.

largest carrier of freight from its current status of carrying only 33%. PPP on the back of principles of transparency will ensure sustainability. There have been no populist measures which normally figure in rail budgets instead the fares have been linked to fuel rates thus creating room for fare escalation based on fuel hike. Ease of travel through use of technology, budgets for cleanliness, addition of toilets, of express trains set the stage for enhancement in passenger revenue growth. FDI & PPP are clearly the way forward. Clearing existing projects than announcing new projects ones will ensure dead investments turn productive as track renewal, conversion and completion will boost the economy. Use of land for PPP, investment of Rs 40,000 cr for port connectivity will boost ROI without fresh proportionate investments.â&#x20AC;?

Markets Go Mobile By A Business Reporter

se of handsets for trading in stocks has gained popularity as about 1.30 lakh investors transacted on leading bourse NSE through mobile applications in the first quarter of 2014-15 - more than double in the same period of last fiscal. Around 50,000 investors had used the mobile trading application provided by the National Stock Exchange in the April-June quarter of 2013-14, as per the NSE data. Besides, the number of investors who traded via NSE's mobile trading application stood at 80,000 clients in the last quarter of 2013-14. Further, the daily average turnover from mobile trading significantly rose from Rs 319 crore in

April 2012 to Rs 3,001 crore in June. Meanwhile, close to 9 lakh investors traded on the NSE through the Internet in first quarter of 201415, an increase of about 22 % from the last quarter of the previous financial year. The NSE mobile trading applications allows investors to trade in the cash, derivatives or currency market through their mobile phones, while travelling anywhere in the country or abroad.

Government Not To Dilute Stake In PSBs Below 50% By A Business Reporter

he government yesterday said there is no proposal to dilute its ownership in public sector banks (PSBs) below 50%. "Major bank trade unions have protested against the implementation of the recommendations of the (P J Nayak) Committee. There is no proposal with the government to dilute its ownership in PSBs below 50% ", Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, yesterday. Nayak Committee in its report submitted to the Reserve Bank had recommended reduction of government stake in PSBs to less than 51%. She said, other suggestions of the panel include elimination of dual control over PSBs, up-gradation of the quality of board deliberation and setting-up of the Bank Invest-

ment Company (BIC). In response to another question, Sitharaman said gross NPA of the public sector banks increased by 39% to Rs 2,16,739 crore at the end of March 2014 from Rs 1,55,890 crore a year ago. At the same time, private sector banks witnessed 13.6% rise in gross NPA to Rs 22,708 crore at the end of March 2014 from Rs 19,986 crore a year ago. The Financial Stability Report (FSR) of June 2014 had noted that the level of gross NPA as percentage of total gross advances declined to 4% in March 2014 from 4.2% in September 2013, she said. "This improvement in asset quality was due to the lower slippages of standard advances to non-performing advances and a seasonal pattern of higher recovery and write-offs that generally take place during the last quarter of the financial year," she said quoting FSR.

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Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a topsecret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remotecontrol toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex’s street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit. Star Movies, 9 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

MERI AASHIQUI TUM SE HI

In tonight’s episode we will see, Falguni confronts Baa for creating rifts between Disha and Ishaani. An overwhelmed Ishaani goes and cries in front of Ranveer, who manages to console her. Later, we see Disha is making efforts to impress Chirag. An incident at Chirag’s house makes Harshad rethink his opinion about Chirag, however Ranveer manages to convince him that Chirag is actually a person who is good at heart. Only time will show that Chirag may not be as good as he seems right now. Colors, 10 p.m.

THE LION MAN: AFRICAN SAFARI

Join Craig Busch, experienced wildcat trainer on Animal Planet’s THE LION MAN AFRICAN SAFARI. Tune into the show as he creates a haven for rare, endangered cats, from white Bengal Tigers, Barbary Lions to White Lions and helps in tracking down poachers and fight devastating bushfires. Animal Plan et, 9 p.m .

EK MUTTHI AASMAN

Out to avenge Kalpi, Pookhi is doing all it takes to make her look bad in front of Raghav. On understanding that Raghav is taking his foreign delegates out for lunch to Kalpi’s café, she takes it up on her to ensure that she spoils all the food that Kalpi has made. Will Raghav get to know the truth? Zee T V, 7 p.m .

SAATH NIBHANA SAATHIYA

Gopi is tensed whether she will be able to prepare Meera for the test to get admitted in the school. Koki realizes that Rashi wants to evade herself from the responsibility of the house and that is the reason why she has handed over the keys to Gopi. Koki gives back the keys to Rashi as she wants Rashi to accept

THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi, Colors, 10 p.m.

the truth, but Rashi sets up a ploy by which the keys can go back to Gopi. Will Rashi succeed or Koki will foil her plan? Star Plus, 7 p.m.

HOUSE Season 2

A troubled teenager who is immuno-compromised as a result of medications she must take after a heart transplant has an allergic reaction and goes into shock when her boyfriend visits her. Star Wor ld, 10 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent’s crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane’s plans to destroy the city. H BO, 9 p.m.

JOURNEY BOMBAY TO GOA

The film revolves around two people. Lal is an ambitious guy who wants to start his own business and make it big in life. Das is a loudmouth, and a very arrogant person. The two manage to get hold of 5000 rupees and they open a vada pav centre. As luck would have it, Lal wins Rs. 2 lakhs in a contest. The duo plan to start a travel agency. Since they do not have enough money to buy a vehicle, they use spare parts of old cars to create a bus. Trusting Das to come up with a good make of a bus, he blindly hands over the prize money to him. Lal manages to get passengers for their first ride. But when the bus comes all hell breaks loose with people demanding their money back. Zee Ci nem a, 9 p.m .

MEHBOOBA

After dreaming of a beautiful girl for over 8 years, Budapestbased but born in Rajasthan, Karan, finally gets to meet her in the shape and form of Varsha, who happens to be the foster daughter of his lawyer, Sahid. Karan is confident that Sahid will convince Varsha to marry him - little knowing that Varsha will not only refuse to marry but she also hates men, and had a parallel New York-based lifestyle as Payal Mehra. B4U, 9 p.m.

ARMAGEDDON

It is just another day at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a few astronauts were repairing a satellite until, out of nowhere, a series of asteroids came crashing into the shuttle, destroying it. These asteroids also decimated New York soon thereafter. Then, NASA discovered that there is an asteroid roughly the size of Texas heading towards the Earth, and when it does hit the Earth, the planet itself and all of its in-

STAR PLUS

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

House Once Upon A Time The Simpsons Mom MasterChief US House Koffee with Karan The Simpsons Mom MasterChef US House Once Upon A Time

ZEE CAFÉ

P.M. 2.00 Reign 3.00 The Good Wife 4.00 American Funniest Home Videos 5.00 Just for Laughs 6.00 Reign 7.00 Scandal 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 9.00 The Good Wife 10.00 Reign 11.00 The Big Bang Theory P.M. 12.30 4.00 8.00 8.30 9.00

The Dark Knight Rises, HBO, 9 p.m.

habitants will be obliterated, worse, the asteroid will hit the Earth in 18 days. Unfortunately, NASA’s plans to destroy the asteroid are irrelevant. That is when the U.S. military decides to use a nuclear warhead to blow the asteroid to pieces. Then, scientists decide to blow the asteroid with the warhead inside the asteroid itself. Zee Studio, 9 p.m .

ADALAT

Village bred farmer, brave, and honest, Dharamchand alias Dharma is thrilled when his wife, Radha, gives birth to a baby boy, who they decide to call Raju. Dharma comes to the rescue of Ajit, Suresh, and Sujit, when they are being attacked by a tiger, and they graciously offer him a job in Bombay whenever he needs it. When the region experiences drought, Dharma, Radha, Raju and Dharma’s sister, Laxmi, re-locate to Bombay, where Ajit makes Dharma the Manager of his warehouse. Dharma does his job diligently, but one day is arrested by the police for carrying on illegal activities. When in court, he tries to prove his innocence, but is disbelieved and is sentenced to 18 months in jail plus an additional six months for contempt of court. When he returns home, everything has changed. CVO, 9 p.m .

KUNG FU PANDA

It’s the story about a lazy, irreverent slacker panda, named Po, who is the biggest fan of Kung Fu around...which doesn’t exactly come in handy while working every day in his family’s noodle shop. Unexpectedly chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, Po’s dreams become reality when he joins the world of Kung Fu and studies alongside his idols, the legendary Furious Five — Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey — under the leadership of their guru, Master Shifu. But before they know it, the vengeful and treacherous snow leopard Tai Lung is headed their way, and it’s up to Po to defend everyone from the oncoming threat. Can he turn his dreams of becoming a Kung Fu master into reality? Pix , 11,25 p.m.

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Kum Kum Bhagya Pavitra Rishta Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Jodha Akbar Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Doli Armaano Ki Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Savadhaan India 7.00 Baawre: Chal Jahan Challen Mann Ke Paon Re 7.30 Gustakh Dil

10.30 Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai 11.00 Taarak Mehta Ka

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Jai Malhar 2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Fu Bai Fu 5.00 Jai Malhar 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Jai Malhar 7.30 Javai Vikat Ghene

SONY TV

CID Crime Patrol Main Naa Bhoolungi Ekk Nayi Pehchaan Entertainmetn Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Crime Patrol

ZEE TV

P.M. 2.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 2.30 Kumkum Bhagya 3.00 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Jodha Akbar

DDI (Main Channel)

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SCIENCE

The Gadget Show How It’s Made Tech Toys 360 How It’s Made Everything You Need To Know Tech Toys 360 How It’s Made The Gadget Show Showdown: Air Combat Time Warp

HISTORY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.00 Modern Marvels 3.00 Aliens Mystery Continues 4.00 Hidden Cities Extreme 4.30 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 5.30 Top Secret Recipe 6.30 Auction Kings

News in Marathi Ruchira Ayushman Bhava Sankat Mochan Hanuman Karan The Detective News in JMarathi Be Dune Char Chitrahaar Krishidarshan Amchi Mati Amachi Mansa Patla Tar Ghya News in Marathi Mazi Mai Saraswatichandra Yatraa

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 12.30 Home Alone 2: Lost in Newyork 3.00 Bad Teacher 4.45 Reign of Fire 6.55 Home Alone 9.00 Home Alone 3 11.00 Death Race 3 A.M. 7.30 Reign of Fire 9.30 Home Alone 2-Lost In New York

HBO

P.M. 12.30 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 2.40 Jack Reacher 5.05 Black Water 6.45 The Golden Compass 9.00 The Dark Knight Rises A.M. 9.10 Black Water 10.45 The Golden Compass P.M. 12.15 2.45 4.45 6.55 9.00 11.55 A.M. 10.00

Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai, Sab TV, 7 p.m.

8.00 Devo ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.00 Nadaan Parinde Ghar Aa Ja 9.30 Tumhari Paakhi 10.00 Savdhaan India

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Sasural Simar Ka 2.30 Rangrasiya 3.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Hi Se 3.30 Beintehaa 4.00 Rangrasiya 4.30 Uttaran 5.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Hi Se 5.30 Sasural Simar Ka 6.00 Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Madhubala 9.00 Beintehaa 9.30 Rangrasiya 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Hi Se 10.30 Uttaran 11.00 Balika Vadhu

SAB TV

P.M. 2.00 Taarak Mehta Ka 2.30 Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai 3.00 Baal Veer 3.30 Badi Door Se Aaye Hai 4.00 Taarak Mehta Ka 7.00 Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hi 7.30 Pritam Pyare Aur Who 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak Mehta Ka 9.00 Chidiya Ghar 9.30 Badi Door Se Aaye Hai 10.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir

Ek Mutthi Aasmaan, Zee TV, 7 p.m.

Aahe 8.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 9.30 Fu Bai Fu 10.30 Jai Malhar 11.00 Julooni Yeti Reshmigathi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00

Wild Brazil Predator’s Prey Web of Life Most Extreme Be the Creature AP Safari Hunters Wildest Indochina Lion Man: African Safari 9.30 Deadly 60 10.00 Deadliest 11.00 Hunters

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Man Vs Wild 3.00 Deadly Dilemmas 3.30 What Happened Next 4.00 Man vs Wild 5.00 Factory Made 5.30 What Happened Next 6.00 A Year In The Wild 7.00 Game of Pawns 8.00 Deadly Dilemmas 8.30 What Happned Next 9.00 Nature’s Weirdest Events 10.00 Ice Cold Gold 11.00 Naked Castaway

DOORDARSHAN

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STAR WORLD

8.30 Two and a Half Men

LAGE RAHO MUNNABHAI

Munna is in love with the voice of popular Radio Jockey Jhanvi . Life is beautiful for Munna - his 'dadagiri' business is flourishing, he listens besottedly to the radio for hours every day, he dreams of marrying Jhanvi... There is just one minor problem. Jhanvi thinks Munna is a Professor of History. As he tries to sort out this 'minor' entanglement, the most unusual thing occurs… What happens when the Present meets the Past? Producer Vinod Chopra, Director Rajkumar Hirani and actors Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan and Boman Irani come together to bring you a hilarious, heart-warming story about the triumph of simple values like love, compassion and honesty in today’s fastpaced world. In short, 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' is a film that will make you laugh with tears, cry with joy and touch your heart forever. Max , 9 p.m .

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Pavitra Bandhan Grihdaah Tulsi More Angna Buniyaad CH ASHME B UDDOOR: Film Part I. Cast: Farooq Shaikh, Deepti Naval, Saeed Jaffrey, Rakesh Bedi, Ravi Baswani

DDII (Metro Channel)

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Samachar Mid Day News Cup of Joy News Samachar. News Samachar Business Wrap.

Chashme Buddoor, DDI, 11 p.m.

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Metro Scan Desh Pardesh Samachar News Parliament News Sansad Smachar News Night Charcha Mein Raat Saddhe Dus Cup of Joy

7.00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Auction Kings 11.00 Aliens Mystery Continues

NAT. GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Engineering Connections 3.00 Cosmos 4.00 Mega Factories 5.00 Animals Gone Wild 6.00 Street Genius 6.30 Brain Games 7.00 The Indestructibles 7.30 Caught in the Act 8.00 Animals Gone Wild 9.00 Brain Games 9.30 The Numbers Game 10.00 Brain Games 10.30 Inside 11.30 Do Or Die

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 1.00 Legacy of the Lords 2014 2.30 Cricket Extra 3.30 India Tour o f England 2014 1st Te st Day 1 10.30 Cricket Extra: Post Show 11.30 India Tour of England 14 h/ls 1st Test Day 1

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P.M. 1.00 Wimbledon C’ships 14 Men’s Singles Quarter final 4.00 GP2 Series 2014 6.00 Open C’ship Official Film 2008 7.00 FIA F1 World C’ship 14 h/ls 8.30 The Inside Line 9.00 Wimbledon C’ships 14 h/ls 10.00 One Fighting Championship: ERA of Champions 11.00 Wimbledon C’ships 14 h/ls

TEN CRICKET

P.M. 12.00 SA Tour of SL 13 h/ls 3rd ODI 1.00 SA Tour of SL 14 h/ls 1st ODI 2.15 SA Tur of SL 14 2nd ODI 10.30 Great Centuries: De Kock 11.00 SA Tour of SL 14 h/ls 2nd ODI

ZEE STUDIO

Real Steel Brave Alice in Wonderland The Village Armagedon Wild Hogs

Herbie: Fully Loaded

PIX

4.30 Huppa Huya: Siddharth Jadhav 7.00 Tujhi Majhi Jamli Jodi: Ahsok Saraf 9.30 Tendulkar Out: Sayaji Shinde

CARTOON NETWORK

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Tom and Jerry Tales Oggy Hero Ban Gaya Zero Naach Oggy Naach Oggy and the Cockroaches Pokemon Black and White Roll No 21 Ben 10 Alien Force Suppandi Suppandi Teleshopping

Ben 10 Tom and Jerry Show Roll No 21 Oggy and the Cockroaches

POGO

P.M. 1.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon 5.00 Bheem Aaya Baarish Laaya Choota Bheem Marathon 6.00 Chhota Bheem in Khatron Ka 9.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon 10.00 Looney Tunes Show 11.00 MAD A.M. 8.00 Thomas and Friends 8.30 Looney Tunes Show 9.30 Best of Mr Bean

P.M. 12.30 Charlie’s Angels 2.30 Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown 4.45 Men in Black 2 6.35 Original Sin 9.00 Welcome To The Jungle 11.25 Kung Fu Panda A.M. 7.55 The Animal 9.35 Species 11.55 Spiderman 3 P.M. 2.40 4.45 8.00 10.35 A.M. 8.55 11.30

STAR GOLD

The Real Man Hero Bhagam Bhag Suhaag The Return of Sikandar

Armagedon, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

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MAX

P.M. 1.00 Dhada 5.00 Khakee: Akshay Kumar 9.00 Lage Raho Munnabhai: Boman Irani A.M. 7.00 Ishaqzaade: Arjun Kapoor 10.00 Ek Aur Rakshak: Allu Arjun

ZEE CINEMA

P.M 2.50 Shiva The Super Hero: Vikram 6.00 Trimurti: Jackie Shroff 9.00 Journey Bombay to Goa: Raju Srivastav A.M. 11.45 Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi: Sonu Sood P.M. 2.00 5.30 9.00 A.M. 9.30 P.M. 12.00 3.00 6.00 9.00 A.M. 9.00 P.M 12.00 3.00 6.00 9.00 A.M. 7.30

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CVO

Tantra Mantra: Prithvi Raaj Maahir: Govinda Adalat: Amitabh Bachchan

Chalta Purza: Rajesh Khanna

FILMY

Sherdil Lajja Bardaasht Deva Ek Rakshak

Meri Bhains Ko Anda Kyon Maara?

B4U

De Taali : Aftab Shivdasani Balwaan: Aditi Srinivas Dhadkan: Akshay Khanna Mehbooba: Sanjay Dutt Mera Gaon Mera Desh: Dharmendra

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Ringa Ringa: Bharat Jadhav

Lage Raho Munnabhai, Max, 9 p.m. P.M. 2.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M. 1.30 5.30 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.30 10.00 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 11.30

DISNEY CHANNEL Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Gravity Falls Best of Luck Nikki Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Vicky and Vetaal Ishaan Best of Luck Nikki Oye Jassie Best of Luck Nikki Slokk DJ-MMCH Safia The First Quack Pack Gravity Falls Phineas and Ferb New Doraemon Phineas and Ferb

DISNEY XD

Kiteretsu Iron Man: Armored Adventures American Dragon : Jake Long Phineas and Ferb Ultimate Spider Man Kiteretsu Big Bad Beetleborgs Telebrands Kick Buttowski Kid vs Kat Phineas and Ferb Kid vs Kat

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Touch of class was all very classy at IT the Ballroom of the Taj at the India & Middle East

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Sparkling meet

CAROL GRACIAS

regional round of the International Woolmark Prize 2014/15. Present at this intimate sit-down dinner were Rahul Mishra, Purab Kohli, Karishma Tanna, Rocky S, Nikhil Thampi, Vikram Raizada, Nachiket Barve, Clint Fernandes, Carol Gracias, Binal Trivedi and Peter Ackroyd, Woolmark’s global strategic advisor who presented the winning designers, Bird on a Wire and The Emperor 1688.

got a taste of sparkling things to YOU come if you happened to be there at the grand jury meet of the 10th

Annual Gemfields and Nazraana Retail Jeweller India Awards 2014, described as the Oscars of the jewellery industry. Present at the meet at Sahara Star were the jury panel of Bollywood babe Neha Dhupia, Michelle Poonawalla, Schauna Chauhan Saluja, Rouble Nagi, Ananya Banerjee, Vaishali Banerjee, Prasad Kapre, Shaziya Khan and Radha Kapoor.

LFW MODELS & JUDGES

POOJA VIJAN GURNANI, ILEANA D’CRUZ, MANIRA & VISHAL MANKANI

Dream designs

Nine and fine

Dreams was what Pooja Vijan Gurnani, Vishal VINTAGE and Mahira Mankani of Etternal Reflections called their new collection unveiled over high tea at Le Bar Diamantaire

at the Sofitel. Inspired by passion, you saw that this scintillating line symbolizes a harmonious balance by bringing back the old and skillfully blending it with modern day glamour. Ileana D’Cruz, Huma Quereshi, Arjun Kapoor, Anjana Sukhani and Parvathy Omnakuttan were there.

SONALI KULKARNI

art gallery at the opening of Albus Atrum, the photography exhibition by students of Bharatiya Vidyapeeth. Dr. Vishwajeet Kadam, Bharat Dabholkar, Avinash Govarikar, Subhas Awchat, Rajan Chaughule and Kunal Vijaykar did the inaugural honours. And viewing it all were the likes of Niranjan Hiranandani, Sonali Kulkarni, Sandhya Shetty, Roshni and Parvez Damania, Kamlesh Hemdev, Girish Mistry and Vikram Bawa.

hello to Pooja Mor, Alicia Komodromos, Shreya Chaudhary, SAY Nikita Yadav, Jyotpriya Sud, Nischita Rao, Gurleen Grewal, Nikita Sahay and Hida Siddiqui who are the nine chosen ones at the ANJANA SUKHANI

female model auditions of Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2014 at Palladium Hotel. Present was the jury of Rocky S, Carol Gracias, Colston Julian, Anaita Shroff Adajania, Rashmi Virmani, Saket Dhankar and Purnima Lamba. Also named was Aisha Sharma, face of Lakmé.

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1.Holds tightly (5) 4.Workforce (8) 9.Dark-brown wood (6) 14.Not permanent committee (5) 15.One revolution of the earth(12,4) 17.No vision (5) 18.Fraudulent contestant (3) 19.Some juices (7) 20.’M’ in BMC (9) 21.One of the William sisters (6) 24.Backwater, in Australia (9) 25.Colourless, alkane gas (6) 26.Offsprings (6) 29. Coloured, transparent paper (10) 31.Computer key (3) 32.Cut (6) 33.Crust (4) 35.—-Godrej (3) 37.Lump (4) 39.Not practical (9) 40.Cat’s gift (9)

CROSSWORD NO 199 Nita Jaggi

41.Unit of measurement (5) 42.Controls (8) 47.Wire (8) 51.——-Beckham (5) 55.Petulant (9) 56.Count (9) 58.Not fatty (4) 59. —-sum(3) 60.Get money (4) 61.City of Palaces (6) 62.University Grants Commission (3) 63.Movie land (6,4) 66. ‘——Simon met a pieman’ (6) 67. Eye parts (6) 69.Like the hero of the Illiad (9) 72.Lab equipment (6) 73.Curb (9) 75.Office machine (7) 77.Chinese word for ‘home’ (3) 80.Brand of figs (5) 81.Heated limestone product (7,9) 82.Diced (5) 83.Ceremonial (6) 84.Highest peak in N.America (8) 85.Frolics (5)

DOWN:

2.Vibrant sound quality(9) 3.Birthday——-(5) 5.Ambitions(4) 6.Mexican-American teenager(7)

7.Cane(7,5) 8.Sicilian town (5) 9.Hostile mood(7) 10.Ear part(4) 11.———— Colours of Benetton(6) 12.Scarlett of Tara (1,4) 13.Beetles (7) 14.Hostile(7) 16.Embroidery (6,5) 22.Hood (6) 23.Type of bridge(3,4) 24.Attack(7) 25.Preserve for burial(6) 27.Expose(7)

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28.Standing posture(6) 30.Chap(3) 32.Messy(5) 34.Beloved(5) 36.Run away(4) 38.Lick(3) 42.Consider(5) 43.Tympanic membrane(7) 44.——rickshaw(4) 45.Foetus(6) 46.Dodge (5) 48.Polygraph(3, 8) 49.Light dessert(7) 50.Parrot(3)

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51.Toppled(7) 52.Objects(6) 53.Immediately(5,2,1,4) 54.Blend(4) 57.———-Schwarzenegger(6) 64.Midweek(9) 65.Delighted(7) 66.Topic(7)

68.Lettering aid(7) 70.Guessing game(7) 71.Till now(6) 72.Stings(5) 74. ‘Teachings’ in Islam(5) 76.Screen dot(5) 78.Ray(4) 79.Outer part of a wheel(4)

Solution (GIGANTIKA No. 198)

ACROSS: 1. Banks 4. Renege 7. Oppress 11. Atom 16. Glade. 17 Wealthy 18. Quaffer 19. Stabs. 20. Rachel 21. Inept. 22. Input 25. Invalid 26. Elms 27. Quote 28. Decks 32. Hedge 34. leg 35. Ashen 43. Malaysia 44. Autogiro 45 Teresa 48. Plonk 49. Rueful 50. Orange 51. Steed 53 Cleans 54 Madrigal 55. Aberdeen 58. Rabat 59 Pet 60. Smart 67 Block 68 Scrag 70 Urge 72 Tootles 76 Boffo 77,. Moira 78. Dogape 79 Tempt 82. Arugula 83. Centaur. 84 Trala 85 Them 86. Intense. 87 Cherub 88 Eaten. DOWN: 1. Bind 2. Negative 3. Seatbelt. 4. Reel 5. Newface 6. Grapheme 8. Physique. 9. Request 10. Shakti 12. Turnpike 13 Minute 14. Still 15. Officer 23. Bites 24. Adversary 29. Nests 30. Fed 31. Demands 36. Strongarm 37. Hanover 38. Barking 39. January. 40 Eggroll. 41. Seaside. 42. Jezebel. 46 Upscale. 47 Penetrate 52. Egger 56. Pay 57 Frost 61. Oldflame 62 Octopus 63. Damascus 64. Trigraph 65. Tolerate 66. Elephant 69. Climate 71. Emperor 73. Abrupt 74. Impugn 75. Edens 80. Stab 81. Flan.

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Scorpio 12th Ashadh Shuklapaksha Anuradha Vrischika Brick Red 8

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Some of you will travel overseas on work and it will be a fruitful journey. Those desirous of joining administrative service, or wish to work for governmental organization, will receive letter of appointment soon. Financial gains are assured in every endeavor. Home and family life could be a bit disturbing. You will have differences with your parents regarding your work. The married could also face tensions in their relationship. BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, magnetic eyes and attractive hands. Will be poised, elegant. enthusiastic, independent hard working and dynamic. Will be creative, artistic and resourceful. Fortunate could have a career in media communication, design or finance. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Changes in your routine will be good and to your advantage. Pending legal matters if any could get resolved in your favor. Your finances will get a boost. Travel for a long distance journey is likely or there could be some favorable news from overseas. It is up to you to make a commitment in a relationship or you could lose out. Your beloved may be tired of unkempt promises.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): An increase in work activities will bring in money but take its toll on your health. By taking it easy, you will not lose advantage. It is necessary to maintain cordial relations within the family so that you are able to keep a check on outside influences that harm your personal interests. Trust goes a long way in cementing ties where frequent journeys and distances are unavoidable.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Trends for the day are good. A joint venture is likely to be offered but is not recommended. You need to go solo to reduce your overheads to make substantial gains. Your ideas are good and are likely to be accepted unanimously. You will be a winner all the way. A minor argument with your mate or beloved upsets both of you. It is quite possible that you are being unreasonable and over bearing.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Financial gains are predicted. Some of you will travel overseas on work or expand your business in a foreign country. You should put your plans into action and take personal interest in concluding your task. Try to improve your relations with others. Love life looks good. The married will enjoy domestic felicity and those in love and eligible are likely to get married soon.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Patient and prudent efforts can prove to be fruitful, particularly regarding money matters. Be more prompt with your work and duties as you are inclined to take it a little easy. Though you have nothing to fear but others could take advantage of the situation. A casual Acquaintance could now become a more meaningful association. There are romantic undertones though nothing is spelt out.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): A long distance phone call may have something amazingly favorable for you. You will make money through commission or agency work. This is a good day to take a few planned risks. A person from outstation has a good business offer. A chance to fulfill a personal goal will make you happy. You have organized your priorities and set the record straight with relationships. This way everyone knows where they stand with you. The one you love will appreciate your efforts.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Strong action is needed at work but in a right direction. Understanding the problem will show you the right path. Be firm and correct in your actions, and look forward to the good times. You can look forward to a fruitful day and an enjoyable evening. There is a strong possibility of travel in the company of your family and friends to favorite holiday resort or even to attend a family function.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Uncertainties in job or personal relationship are cleared today. An incident will change boring routine to an exciting one. You will receive wide acclaim but sadly not much income. You may have to look for some other source of money to keep you going. Tender loving care will help mend hurt egos. At home too you may have to make more of an effort to keep everyone happy.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You should guard against a complacent attitude and keep up the pace of work. An important assignment will need all your attention. You may have to entertain and this could lead to a late night. Watch your health. News or visit from a family member is likely and you will be happy to hear about it. All clandestine affairs and activities are best kept under wraps before they jeopardize your relationships.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Individual decisions regarding work could be biased. Seek the help or input of a senior person or a close associate. Joint ventures yield good results. An important career decision will have to be made. Conditions are favorable to send in fresh business proposals or quotations today. Your relationships in general are on the mend. But that does not mean that you can take it easy. Your constant charming behavior will help further bonding.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Look forward to good news about a career enhancement, perhaps something you have been expecting for long. If you have been busy with a creative venture or writing assignment you will be able to complete it today. Besides work you may also have to fulfill a social obligation this evening. All differences and discord vanish. Those in love will be able to formalize their relationship with the blessings of the family.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Try to work hard if you wish to achieve goals that you have set for yourself. Once that is done you will be an acknowledged winner. But you may have to take the initiative in sorting out an old issue with a co-worker. You will get the assistance you need. The ordeals and snags of everyday life can be stressful and affect you. However you can look forward to a relaxed evening with your mate or beloved.

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SUDOKU 2202 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: H equals U

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

symbols? (5) 16 Preminger and Klemperer (5) 18 Legendary ruler of Crete (5) 19 Relies, has trust in (7) 21 Wire or rod for receiving or transmitting radio waves? (6)

22 Finally (6) 23 Almost, not quite (6) 25 Fill oneself with food; eat greedily (5) 26 Complain; mournful sound (4) 28 Windows predecessor (3)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 3 Epode, 8 Lenin, 10 Riyal, 11 Los, 12 Jural, 13 Thereof, 15 Waldo, 18 End, 19 Altars, 21 Gathers, 22 Hued, 23 Oene, 24 Buzzard, 26 Too far, 29 Orc, 31 A snag, 32 Enchant, 34 Culpa, 35 Inc, 36 Ranee, 37 Adios, 38 Stash. DOWN: 1 Delhi, 2 Misread, 4 Pouf, 5 Drawls, 6 Eilat, 7 R and R, 9 NOE, 12 Jodhpur, 14 Ent, 16 Laved, 17 Osteo, 19 Arizona, 20 Theta, 21 Get on, 23 Orchids, 24 Baguet, 25 Arc, 27 Oscar, 28 Faces, 30 Ancon, 32 Epos, 33 Ani.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2021 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

W B D L E J

R E J G O B

R J E B P

D E H

V W T Y

K E

K V Y U W H J H U

R E J G .

Y Q A Y F K O E B U

K V Y J Y K E

V H B K

O U

W J Y

K V O U

K V Y B E

J H X Y

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: There is a lot more to life than just struggling to make money

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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: 55 average; 65 good; 75 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: beef, brief, BRIEFNESS, fern, fibre, fine, finer, finesse, fire, free, infer, reef, refine, rife, serf.

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INDIANS AIMING TO TURN NEW PAGE IN ENGLAND

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By Chetan Narula

OTINGHAM: Devoid of experience but propped up by a confident bunch of youngsters, India would be looking to wipe off the past scars and reverse their poor overseas record when they take on England in a five-Test series starting here tomorrow. It is a great opportunity for a young visiting side as they play five back-to-back Tests in this hectic 42day series. The next four Tests will be played at London (Lord’s), Southampton, Manchester and London again (The Oval). Under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s last overseas Test win had come against the West Indies at Kingston in June 2011. Since then they have gone on to lose 0-8 in two tours to England and Australia. A new overseas journey began in the 2013-14 season, which saw them play four overseas Tests in South Africa and New Zealand. But they couldn’t get back to winning ways, losing two and drawing two matches. That, however, isn’t the only fact hurting Indian cricket. Their Test form against England has really

lar look to the ones that dismantled India with such ease in their last two meetings. Cricketers who really shone in those encounters are either suffering from poor form or fatigue — Alastair Cook, Stuart Broad, James Anderson — while some — Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott — have vanished from the scene altogether. The combination of Anderson and Swann (with ample support from Broad, Tim Bresnan and Monty Panesar at different times) proved lethal for India on both the previous occasions. Whether away or at home, there was no respite for their batsmen as quality pace and swing backed up by some sensational spin bowling caused havoc in their ranks. The duo accounted for 34 out of 79 Indian wickets to fall in the summer of 2011, while their tally went up to 32 out of 55 dismissals in the England captain Alastair Cook, left, and India captain M.S. Dhoni pose with the trophy. winter of 2012-13. seen a downward curve in the last land in India since 1984-85, one that Swann’s absence is hurting Engtwo encounters as after the 0-4 em- marked their ascendancy in mod- land because they now have to play barrassment, they suffered a humil- ern-day Test cricket. an additional seam bowler while iating 1-2 loss at home in the However, things have changed a off-setting the spin duties to Moeen 2012-13 season. lot for the hosts since then. Their Ali, a move that hasn’t invoked It was the first series win for Eng- current Test squad bears a dissimi- much confidence.

Bhullar becomes first Indian-origin player to join NBA W

ASHINGTON: Sim Bhullar has become the first player of Indian origin to be a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA) after he signed a summer contract with the Sacramento Kings, a professional basketball team in the US. 21-year-old Bhullar, who is 7.5 feet tall and weighs 360 pounds, is a centre from New Mexico State University. Originally from Canada, Bhullar’s parents hail from Punjab. His height is in his genes with his father 6.5 feet tall and his being mother’s height 5.10 feet. Bhullar’s younger brother Tanveer, who is 7.2 feet, also plays college basketball at New Mexico State. Bhullar’s name was not originally drafted in last month’s NBA Draft,

and that might deter him from playing for the Kings when the 20142015 season begins later this year. The Indian-origin player made everyone took note of him in college as he averaged 10.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game in his two-year career with the Aggies. In an interview with a Toronto paper ‘The Globe and Mail’, Bhullar said he wanted to make the most of it by dropping out of college after his sophomore year and enter the draft. “Guys my size don’t have very long careers and you have to take advantage of it and do the best you can with the time you have to play,” Bhullar was quoted as saying by the Globe and Mail.

Juniors Senthil Kumar and Fadte win titles in Germany

UMBAI: Indian juniors Velavan Senthilkumar and Yash Fadte clinched the under-17 and under-13 boys’ titles respectively in the Pioneer Cup, a European super series squash tournament for juniors, in Cologne, Germany. Senthilkumar, seeded 21, shocked top seed Dmitri Steinmann of Switzerland in four games in round two before upsetting second seed Enzo Corgliano, from France, in four games (11-3 8-11 11-8 11-8) in the final yesterday to lift the under-17 crown, according to information available here. Tamil Nadu’s Senthilkumar beat back the challenge of four other rivals, from USA, England, Scotland and Canada, en route to the title. His compatriot Robin Singh Mann finished third after defeating Canadian Rahul Sehrawat in four games. Unseeded Fadte also shocked the top two seeds from France Manuel Paquemar in the quarters and Toufik Mekhalfi in the final to win the boys under-13 title. Unseeded Fadte, who recently won a silver medal on debut while playing for India in the 21st Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship in Kish Island, Iran, beat Mekhalfi 11-5 11-4 11-4 in a 36-minute final. The boy from Vasco, Goa, stunned top seed Manuel Paquemar, also of France, 11-6 13-15 11-4 11-4 in a 49minute quarter-final match before defeating another French rival, seventh seed Matteo Cremoux, in the semis. Earlier, Fadte defeated Yannick Mahieu of Belgium in the first round, Karim Farrag of Czech Republic in the second round and Nathan Mead of England in the third round, without dropping a game. “This victory was crucial especially after I narrowly missed winning the title in Iran,” said Fadte from Germany.

Chance: Srinath may get a double today

2. The Kanchanganga Plate 1400 M 3 P.M. YSORE: There are 7 races 1. Crrisp 60 Saddam Hussain today and the first starts at 2. Castle King 58.5 Sarvan Kumar 2.30 p.m. Senior, experienced 3. Duma 57.5 Y.S.Srinath jockey Srinath is likely to fare well 4. Bold Police 55.5 Imran Chisty today. 5. Rio Grande 55 J.H.Christopher Win: Bold Police, Duma

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CARD AND SELECTIONS

1. The Davanagere Plate 1200 M 2.30 P.M. 1. Rosie’s Dream 61 M.Prabhakaran 2. Beautiful Life 60.5 P.Kiran Rai 3. Flirting King 60 B.Mahesh 4. Archer 59 A.Ashhad Asbar 5. Real Potential 59 L.Prashant 6. Samajdaar 59 Melvyn Maseyk 7. Zamindar 58 Anil Baandal 8. Serra Dura 56.5 Arman Khan 9. Brigade's Paradise 56 J.Paswan 10. Supreme Strength 54.5 Saddam Hussain 11. Will Still 53.5 K.Anil 12. I Love You 51.5 S.Mubarak Win: Supreme Strength, Archer

3. The Ashwajaya Plate 1600 M 3.30 P.M. 1. Sea Runner 61.5 B.Mahesh 2. Vettel 61 Y.S.Srinath 3. Memorable Moment 60.5 Shivnath Paswan 4. Hitler 60 N.Ravinder Singh 5. Gayle's Storm 59 Ryan Marshall 6. Rising Affairs 58.5 Bhanuprathapsingh 7. Tandav 55 J.H.Christopher 8. Bigstorm 53.5 A.Ashhad Asbar 9. Duty Free 52 Anil Baandal 10. Prost 52 V.R.Jagdeesh Win: Gayle’s Storm, Vettel

4. The Sea Bisquit Plate 1200 M 4 P.M. 1. Catchy Charger 57 Imran Chisty 2. Divine Love 57 Ryan Marshall 3. Society Music 57 S.Mubarak 4. April Star 54.5 K.Anil 5. Crispy Delight 54.5 Saddam Hussain 6. Dancingking 54.5 M.J.Gautamrajurs 7. Keep Secret 54.5 V.R.Jagdeesh

3. Speartooth 59 B.Mahesh 4. Spinning Chakram 59 Y.S.Srinath 5. Abbas Dreams 57.5 N.Tauseef Ahmed 6. Defining Moment 56.5 Keanen G.Steyn 7. Brillante 56 V.R.Jagdeesh 8. Always On Top 54.5 Anil Baandal 9. Royal Prodigy 54 Irvan Singh 10. Absolute Brave 53.5 Nirmal Jodha

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8. Charming Night 53 Anil Baandal 9. Fantasy Living 53 N.Ramesh Kumar 10. Forest Charm 53 Melvyn Maseyk 11. Sugar Crush 53 Irvan Singh 12. Vroom Vroom 53 Ajeet Kumar 5. The T.V.Reddy Memorial Trophy 1600 M 65.4.30 P.M. 1. Carisa 61.5 P.Kiran Rai 2. Lad Lady 61.5 Arshad Alam

11. Ultimate Princess 51 A.Ashhad Asbar Win: Spinning Chakram 6. The Manasasarovara Plate 1400 M 5 P.M. 1. Chandini 61 Sarvan Kumar 2. Thrillseeker 58 P. Kiran Rai 3. Spiritual Blue 57.5 A.Ashhad Asbar 4. Mountain Glory 56.5 M.Suresh

5. Pepper King 56.5 Imran Chisty 6. Siena 56.5 N.Ravinder Singh 7. Charm And Dream 53.5 J.H.Christopher 8. Touch Of Romance 52.5 Anil Baandal 9. Triple Victory 50 Nirmal Jodha Win: Pepper King, Thrillseeker

7. The Gundlupet Plate 1200 M 5.30 P.M. 1. Miss International 62 Ajeet Kumar 2. Best Move 60 Sarvan Kumar 3. Prince Of Darkness 57.5 M.J.Gautamrajurs 4. Winning Desire 57.5 N.Tauseef Ahmed 5. Virtuoso 57 S.Mubarak 6. Alpine Shine 55.5 J.Paswan 7. Oceanic Wind 55.5 P.Kiran Rai 8. Aerial Acrobat 55 Imran Chisty 9. Herculean 55 Himanshu 10. Perfect Speed 50.5 Anil Baandal Win: Aerial Acrobat, Bsst Move

C ORNER KICK World Cup tickets official arrested over illegal sales

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HISTORY HANGS HEAVY AS DUTCH, ARGENTINA CLASH

AO PAULO: Fuelled by decades of hurt, Lionel Messi's Argentina and Arjen Robben's Holland will carry competing motivations into tomorrow's tantalising World Cup semi-final showdown at Sao Paulo's Corinthians Arena. Argentina, who last reached the final in 1990, will be determined to pay appropriate homage to former great Alfredo Di Stefano, who died on Monday aged 88, while arch rivals Brazil could by then be awaiting in the final. The Netherlands, meanwhile, are eager to rediscover their group-stage swagger and prove they are finally ready to claim football's greatest prize after agonising final defeats in 1974, 1978 and 2010. "The semi-finals are fantastic, but we know what it feels like to

lose a World Cup, and we would love to win," Dutch utility man Dirk Kuyt told FIFA.Com. "Argentina are a world-class team and they deserve to be in the last four. But we want to measure ourselves against the best, and not only measure, but win. That's why we're here." The second of Holland's final losses came at the hands of Argentina, who won 3-1 as hosts at a Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires broiling with the menace of the country's military dictatorship. It is, however, the only time in eight encounters that they have bettered Holland, who memorably won a 1998 World Cup quarter-final in Marseille thanks to a majestic last-minute goal by Dennis Bergkamp. Di Stefano never graced a World Cup, either for Argentina

or his adopted Spain, but on Wednesday another Argentine great embraced by the Spanish can tighten his grip on this year's tournament. Messi met with quarter-final heartbreak at his first two World Cups, but in Brazil the Barcelona superstar has played with a decisiveness that suggests he may be about to definitively make his mark on the game's biggest stage. Dutch dangerman Robben is in similarly scintillating form, but for all the stars on show, the game in Brazil's sprawling financial capital will also be a painstakingly prepared tactical battle.

their coach who has taken centre-stage. Louis van Gaal was heralded for a decisive tactical switch against Mexico and then pulled off a masterstroke against Costa Rica by sending on reserve goalkeeper Tim Krul, who saved two penalties in the shootout. The future Manchester United manager has played with a three-man defence in three of Holland's five games to date and his innovations mean that his team-sheet will be awaited with great anticipation. One name unlikely to feature, however, is centre-back Ron Vlaar, who is a serious doubt VLAAR DOUBTFUL, MARIA OUT due to a knee injury. Joel VeltHolland needed penalties to see man is in line to come into cenoff Costa Rica in the last eight tral defence alongside Bruno and as the panache that saw Martins Indi and Stefan de Vrij, them crush Spain 5-1 in their unless Van Gaal opts for a back opening game begins to ebb, it is four.

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AO PAULO: Former Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk is betting on Arjen Robben to outshine Lionel Messi as the Netherlands prepare to take on Argentina for a place in the World Cup final tomorrow. The diving controversies which have shrouded Robben's campaign in Brazil cannot mask the fact that the Bayern Munich star has been Holland's most consistently effective attacker. And that leaves van Marwijk confident that the Dutch are holding the trump card heading into the battle with Messi and Argentina in Sao Paulo. "Argentina have got Messi, we've got Robben. And quite frankly, I think the better player is Arjen," said van Marwijk, Holland's coach at the last World Cup in South Africa four years ago. "When I see how Robben is playing in this tournament, I have to admit I'm a little bit jealous. There's a big difference to

2010," van Marwijk told Dutch broadcaster NOS television. "Four years ago, Arjen was injured just before the start of the tournament in a friendly against Hungary. He was carrying the injury for the whole tournament and was never really 100 percent. But this year he's been unstoppable." Van Marwijk believes a fully fit and firing Robben might just have made the difference between winning and losing the 2010 final against Spain. Robben remains haunted by his failure to convert a glorious chance in the final, when he was denied by Iker Casillas after being put clean through on the Spanish goal in normal time. "It is part of sport, just a moment, a snapshot," said Robben. "But it will be part of me and part of my career for all of my life." But with Robben in his current form, many believe that the Dutch can dream of winning the World Cup after three previous

defeats in the final. Former international and current coach of PSV Eindhoven Philipp Cocu says simply that the 30-year-old is "in the form of his life". "With him in the team there is no reason to fear Argentina. We certainly have as much quality as the South Americans," Cocu told Voetbal International magazine. "When I see the way Arjen was sprinting in the final minutes against Costa Rica ... It's incredible," Cocu added. Robben has contributed three goals on Holland's journey to the semi-finals, as well as several decisive interventions such as the darting run which led to the match-winning penalty in the last 16 against Mexico. But the veteran is also valued for his leadership on and off the pitch, a trusted senior officer in the Oranje army.

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian police arrested a director from the FIFA partner company handling World Cup ticket packages, accusing him of leading a network that illegally sold game passes. Ray Whelan, a director at Match Hospitality, was detained at Rio de Janeiro's luxurious beachfront Copacabana Palace Hotel yesterday, days after 11 people were rounded up in a raid to dismantle the network. Fabio Barucke, the case's lead investigator, said Whelan faces charges of facilitating the distribution of tickets for their illegal sale and criminal conspiracy. If found guilty, he could face four years in prison. Local media said Whelan is a 64year-old British citizen. Some 100 tickets were found in his hotel room.

Despite worries, beer flows at World Cup arenas

RIO DE JANEIRO: It has been a common sight at World Cup games: huge lines of fans buying beer inside stadiums before returning home with stacks of empty souvenir cups in their hands. A top FIFA official expressed concern at the amount of drinking during the month-long tournament, though it was football's world governing body that forced Brazil to change its laws to allow beer sales at stadiums. Despite the concerns, beer is expected to continue to flow unimpeded during the two semi-final games, BrazilGermany on Tuesday and ArgentinaNetherlands on Wednesday. Brazil outlawed alcohol at games in 2003 to curb fan violence, but it had to pass a special law authorizing booze at the World Cup as part of its agreement to host it. In the corridors of the 12 World Cup arenas, fans lined up to buy US-made Budweiser or the local Brahma brand, both owned by Belgian-Brazilian giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, a major tournament sponsor.

Indian involved in football through the world of stamps

PATNA: India may not have participated in the World Cup, but one person from the country is making waves in the world of football, albeit through stamps. He is competing with the best in what he calls 'football philately', the collection and study of postage stamps. Philatelist Pradip Jain has an exclusive collection of around 1200 postal stamps on football issued by several sporting countries - right from the first stamp on the game to the latest ones. Among his prized collection are the world's first postal stamps issued by Uruguay in 1924 to mark its 3-0 victory over Switzerland in 1924 Olympics. These stamps did not have the picture of players, but just football and football field. In 1925, Hungary became the first country to issue the first stamp to depict a footballer in action. It was one of eight stamps issued to raise funds for Hungarian sports clubs. Jain has this one too in his collection, and holds it close to his heart.

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Dutch master enjoying his Orange period: Van Gaal

SAO PAULO: Win or lose tomorrow's semifinal against Argentina, Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal will leave the World Cup having firmly reinforced his reputation as a master tactician. Manchester United fans must be feeling on excellent terms with themselves at the prospect of seeing the distinctive 62-year-old's presence filling the Old Trafford dugout in a few weeks time. But before he swops his orange tie for red to direct his prodigious grey matter to reviving United's fortunes, van Gaal has unfinished business in Brazil. After Holland's 2-1 last 16 comeback win over Mexico van Gaal was hailed as the most tactically astute coach in the game by Dirk Kuyt. The way van Gaal switched the former Liverpool forward between three positions in Fortaleza as circumstances required illustrated his thinking-out-of-the-box approach. As did the way he exploited the cooling breaks in that match to make tactical switches. But for sheer audacity it was hard to beat his switching of keepers to bring on Tim Krul for Saturday's quarterfinal penalty shoot-out - the Newcastle shot-stopper repaying the coach's daring move by stopping two Costa Rican penalties, to put the Dutch in the semifinals. A disciplinarian who has rarely lacked confidence in his own ability, van Gaal has won domestic titles and cups with Ajax, AZ Alkmaar, Barcelona and Bayern Munich as well as guiding Ajax to Champions League glory. On his United appointment the Dutch media offered their British cousins 10 tips to follow when interviewing the new United manager. "Congratulations on obtaining Louis van Gaal," the advice began. "From this moment on, you will be patronised, looked at with disdain, and haunted by a constant doubt if Mr. Van Gaal is flat out making fun of you or being dead serious." That'll certainly make a difference to Moyes' ever polite and apologetic turns in front of the press in his ill-fated spell as Alex Ferguson's replacement. "Bravo, you've signed the best coach in the world," is what van Gaal is reported to have said after being promoted to head coach at Ajax in 1991. After his latest exploits in Brazil, United fans will be saying the same thing.

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‘MAGICIAN’ SABELLA

Alejandro Sabella talks to Argentina's players during the Argentina training session at Cidade do Galo in Vespasiano, Brazil.

WORKING HIS MAGIC AT WORLD CUP

AO PAULO: When Alejandro Sabella was handed the task of reviving Argentina's fortunes after a poor campaign at the 2011 Copa America, not everyone in his homeland was convinced he was the right man. "I don't know why they chose him," said the country's legendary 1978 World Cup-winning coach Cesar Menotti. "I don't know what his project is." Three years later, and Sabella's appointment is starting to look like a stroke of genius by his bosses at the Argentina FA as they prepare for their first World Cup semi-final since 1990.

Under Sabella -- nicknamed El Mago ("the magician") during his playing days -- Argentina have developed into a formidable side that is again punching its weight. They may have won all their matches by just one goal margins but they have shown a mental strength that was singularly lacking four years ago under the unpredictable Diego Maradona. Some have queried if the team relies too much on four-time world footballer of the year Lionel Messi but if that is the case it only goes to prove that Sabella took the right decision when he took over at the helm by swiftly

installing him as captain. Unlike some of his predecessors Sabella has not hesitated to tailor his team in order to make the most of the four-time World Player of the Year's talents. The results have been spectacular, with Messi for the first time consistently producing his sparkling Barcelona form in Argentina's famous colours, with four goals alone at the finals. "He's the water in the desert. He finds solutions when we think there aren't any," Sabella commented after the 1-0 win over Belgium in Saturday's quarterfinal.

Sabella's rise to the top job in Argentinian football was a long time in the making. He worked as an assistant to Daniel Passarella for several years, part of the Argentina coaching staff at the 1998 World Cup. However it was not until Sabella was appointed Estudiantes manager in early 2009 that his coaching career took off. Within months he had guided them to the Copa Libertadores title, and followed up that success by taking the 2010 Apertura championship -- effectively making him a shoo-in for the Argentina job in 2011.

Past lessons spur Mascherano to make history O

n 15 December 2003, Javier Mascherano was a disconsolate figure, his gaze fixed on the floor and tears running down his cheeks. He was part of the Argentina U-20 team that had just lost the semi-final of the FIFA World Youth Championship to Dani Alves’ Brazil in Abu Dhabi and not even an encouraging pat on the back from his coach, Hugo Tocalli, brought him much comfort. “This shirt means so much to me, it’s hard to explain,” Mascherano managed to mutter to FIFA.com afterwards.More than a decade has passed since then, and in the intervening years the Santa Fe native has won two Olympic gold medals, appeared at three FIFA World Cups™ and amassed more than 100 caps for the senior Argentina side, having made his debut in the team before he had even appeared in the domestic top flight for his club, River Plate.Lionel Messi may wear the captain’s armband in coach Alejandro Sabella’s ensemble but Mascherano is the team’s

South Africa 2010, has played all 480 minutes for his country in Brazil so far, successfully completing 406 passes and winning back possession 37 times.

AVERAGE WORLD CUP ATTENDANCE IS SECOND HIGHEST EVER The average attendance at 2014 World Cup matches is now the second highest of all time with an average gate of 52,762 overtaking the 52,491 at the 2006 tournament in Germany, FIFA said on Javier Mascherano of Sunday. The record average atArgentina during the tendance was set in the United Argentina training session States in 1994 at 68,991. at Cidade do Galo in The total attendance after 60 Vespasiano, Brazil. matches with four still to play stands at 3,165,693, meaning an spiritual leader. His tears flowed dence and get our strength back average of 98.3 per cent capacity again after Argentina’s quarter- quickly. We need to remember across the tournament. final victory over Belgium, but that we’re one match away from When the World Cup was this time there was no sadness, playing in a World Cup Final and played in Brazil in 1950, the 22 only joy: the country had reached that we haven’t made history matches produced a total of the World Cup semi-finals for the yet.”‘The team comes first’ 1,045,246 spectators at an average first time in 24 years. Mascherano, who was eliminated of 47,511 per game, a record that “Of course we’re delighted, but with Argentina in the quarter-fi- stood until the 32-match World we need to turn that into confi- nals both at Germany 2006 and Cup in England in 1966.

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Zuniga a coward for Neymar challenge, slams Silva

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BELO HORIZONTE (BRAZIL): Brazil captain Thiago Silva branded Colombia defender Juan Camilo Zuniga a coward for the tackle which put star striker Neymar out of the World Cup. "In my opinion it was a cowardly tackle," the Paris Saint-Germain defender said on the eve of his side's World Cup semi-final against Germany. "I am a defender, I know how to mark a player and there is no way you can get the ball by putting a knee in the back. It is not something that comes about in a normal match situation." FIFA turned down a request from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to ban Zuniga on Monday because the incident had been seen by the match officials at the time and no action was taken. Silva will miss the match against the Germans in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday after FIFA also turned down the CBF's appeal against his yellow card.

IO DE JANEIRO: FIFA rejected Brazil's request to allow suspended captain Thiago Silva to face Germany in the World Cup semi-finals and hit back at claims referees had been ordered to take a lenient approach to foul play. A statement from FIFA's Disciplinary Committee dismissed Brazil's plea for Silva out of hand, stating there was "no legal basis" for the defender's yellow card against Colombia to be rescinded. In a further snub, FIFA disciplinary chiefs also ignored the growing clamour in Brazil for Colombian defender Juan Camilo Zuniga to face retroactive punishment over the aerial challenge that ended Neymar's tournament. The statement said the committee "deeply regrets the incident and the serious consequences on Neymar's health".

The statement emphasised that even though Neymar had suffered a serious injury in the incident -- a fractured vertebrae -- it could not have a bearing on how Zuniga's case should be handled. "We wish Neymar a prompt and complete recovery as we wish the same for all players who have sadly been ruled out of the World Cup through injury," it added.

FURY OVER LENIENCY CLAIM Carballo's performance comes after a sharp fall in the number of yellow cards issued during this But Zuniga could not be pun- year's World Cup. ished because the incident in FriThe German newspaper Bild day's stormy quarter-final had alleged FIFA referees chief Masbeen seen by the match officials simo Busacca had told officials to at the time, a statement said. limit cards in order to make the Disciplinary action could only tournament more attractive. be applied retroactively in cases But FIFA's chief spokesman of mistaken identity where a ref- Walter De Gregorio angrily took eree shows a yellow or red card to issue with the report, branding it the wrong player. "unacceptable".

MUMBAI: Brazilian star footballer Neymar Jr. may travel to the southern state of Kerala for special Ayurvedic treatment for his back, after sustaining an injury due to a clash with Juan Camillo Zuniga in the 86th minute at the Arena Castelao stadium during the match against Colombia due to which, he was ruled out of the world cup. The Brazilian Football Confederation have approached the Kerala government after consultations with their doctors back in Brazil about a possible treatment of the footballer. The doctors in the Government Ayurvedic College, Thiruvanathapuram will submit a detailed report to chief minister Oommen Chandy today. Along with the other possible options in case Neymar cannot travel to India, the doctors will also detail a possibility of their team visiting Guaruja in Sao Paulo state, where Neymar is presently undergoing treatment for the fractured vertebra. Initial reports confirmed that the South American forward will be out of action for at least four.

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