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By Khushboo Panjabi

umbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar yesterday claimed that the media had exaggerated the intensity of the dengue outbreak in the city, only to clarify later that she had been "misconstrued". "Dengue is an epidemic, but the media has blown it out of proportions. You (the media) are making it look like a very big problem, which is why I visited the Rajawadi hospital to see the dengue patients," Ambekar said yesterday after her visit to the suburban hospital. According to the municipal corporation, the disease has claimed 12 lives in the city and over 700 cases of infection have been reported till the first week of November. Ambekar said that instead of targeting the administration, the media should inspect the houses and look out for stagnant water where mosquitoes breed. “Though the number of reported cases has increased this year, the number of deaths has gone down," she claimed. However, later, in the evening, she defended her statements saying, “I was only trying to say that there are many people who are admitted to hospital only as suspected cases, but they fear they have dengue. Who has put this fear in them? Media has not provided a complete picture of the existing situation. BMC is trying every possible solution to curb this menace," Ambekar said. The opposition leaders of the BMC are very disappointed by Continued on pg 8 «

y fielding its senior legislator from Parner, Vijay Auti as its candidate for the post of legislative assembly Speaker, the Shiv Sena yesterday used it as a bargaining chip with its estranged ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over pinching two more cabinet berths. At the same time Sena president Uddhav Thackeray indicated that he had kept the doors for negotiations with the Sena open till today morning as he was still expecting a positive response from the BJP. Speaking to ADC yesterday, a senior BJP minister disclosed that around 21 Sena MLAs had ap-

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Dengue is Sena arm-twists BJP, will wait for response till today media hype, says Mayor B

ter claimed support of 140 MLAs in BJP's favour arguing that the BJP, besides its own 121 MLAs was enjoying the support of 19 more MLAs from smaller parties and Independent MLAs. The half-way mark to win the Speaker's post is 145 votes. The BJP is already claiming support of 140 MLAs. In a three-way contest, legislature sources indicated that the ruling BJP stands better chance of winning the Speaker's election. Haribhau Bagade of BJP, Varsha Gaikwad of Congress and Vijay Auti of the Shiv Sena. Since voting to this post is by secret ballot, in case the three candidates proached him and expressed their leader stated that the party has poll almost equal votes then a rewillingness to resign from their firmly said “no” to any attempts to poll will be held with the elimination membership and seek re-election on split the Sena as it wanted the Sena Continued on pg 8 « BJP ticket. However, the senior BJP to join the government. The minis-

BMC ‘DEED’ SERIOUS ABOUT CLEANLINESS DRIVE CITY

10 suggestions received in four days on cleanliness drive in city, upgrading of toilet facilities By Khushboo Panjabi

he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) survey of public toilets in the city which is being carried out as a part of BMC’s implementation of Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan has received a good response from the citizens as in four days, 10 mails at cleanmumbai.suggestions@gmail.com have been received, suggesting and sending their views as to how better we can keep the city clean. This survey which was started by the civic authority on November 7, on public toilets in the city will help compile data of what will be required to upgrade the state of the toilets. When asked, the Deputy Municipal Commissioner Prakash Patil (Solid waste management) BMC said the implementation and suggestions received from the citizens will be adopted he answered, “We have received a good response with 10 mails in just four days and we are

going to take this Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan which is a five year initiative very seriously and analyse the suggestions and hold meetings and workshops wherein the PPP (Public Private Partnership) for private toilets, Mhada and other agencies involved will be invited in order to come out with ideas and solution as soon as possible and make sure that the toilets as well as the streets are brought to a good state.” The BMC has directed all the ward officers to submit the reports of the survey done in their particular wards but, as of now no ward officer has come forward with reports stating the condition of the toilets which need to be fixed up in their wards till November 19 which is observed as World Toilet Day. Patil explained, “There are two types of public toilets namely- Pay and use; and Composting toilets out of which the Pay and use toilets belong to private officers on PPPbasis. Whereas, there are around 7,000 composting toilets in the city which are constructed by the BMC, Slum Board of Mhada through the funds of MLA's and MP's.” “We are expecting the reports from the ward officers soon and we will be trying our best to fix up problems like- Choke up, doors bro-

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ken, water logging, proper sanitation in the toilets before November 19,” he added. When asked about the funds for the survey conducted and the fixing of the toilets he said, “The overall funds required is Rs 2 to 3 crore which is available because there are councillor funds, and the deputy municipal commissioner has Rs 1 crore for the fund and the Assistant Municipal Commissioner has Rs 50

lakhs which can be used at any time.” The ADC reported yesterday that the BMC is also in the process of constructing more toilets for senior citizens. The discussion over Right to Pee is already on. The campaigners, members of 30 NGOs, have come forward to make toilets for women in the city. “They have shortlisted 175 locations where toilets can be built,” said Additional

Municipal Commissioner Vikas Kharage of the BMC. Kharge also explained, that the civic body is also going to conduct a week-long workshop from November 14 which will end on World Toilet Day. The week will be called 'Swachhta Week' and students of the BMC schools will be educated on waste management and littering. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

IIT-Bombay gets it very wrong By Yatin Ingle

n October 27, the Facebook page of Mood Indigo, IITBombay's annual cultural festival, flashed a poster with the text: “IIT Bombay Mood Indigo Illuminati presents Christopher Nolan the genius behind 'Insomnia', 'Memento', 'Batman Begins', 'The Dark Knight', 'Inception', 'The Dark Knight Rises', 'Interstellar' on December 28 at IIT Bombay.” This message spread like wildfire across social networks and thousands of students made plans to attend the festival solely to see the director. Two days later, on October 29, however, when the organisers realised that the people were under the impression that the director was going to be at the festival, they posted another message stating that they would be paying a tribute to the director and he will not be attending the festival. The hopes and dreams of many of Christopher Nolan's fans and filmmakers in India came crashing down. This news has created a sort of negative atmosphere among po-

tential attenders of the festival, We regret the announcement for it's almost as if the organisers and the consequent social media deceived them to ensure atten- outbreak.” dance. Nirbhay Singh, a student of mass media at KES Shroff College, said, “I want to pursue filmmaking as a career. When the organisers posted the banner saying that Christopher Nolan, Vikas Sabnis the legend director, would be present at the festival I was excited and eager to meet him. But later when these organisers claimed that there has been a confusion and the director will not be attending the festival, it completely ruined my mood. I will not be attending the festival. Mood-Indigo is an international festival and such a goof-up has brought down the reputation of the fest.” Last year the famous Indian band Euphoria made infamous derogatory comments on female students at IIT. One organising committee members on condition of anonymity said, "We sincerely It is going to clear all those apologise for all the confusion files on a war footing, once surrounding our tribute to Mr Nolan. Mood Indigo's tweet and he finds new allies to support Facebook post announcing Mr the minority government! Nolan's presence was incorrect.

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The poster which was flashed by the Mood Ingido organisers on various social networking websites.

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PROTEST AND ITS AFTERMATH RATHER AFTER JAM: On one side we see the Baudhajan Panchayat Samiti protesting against the killing of Dalits at Javakheda village in Ahmednagar on Tuesday everning, while on the other side, vehicles on the DN Road strech from CST towards Byculla came to a standstill for over three hours as the J J Flyover was closed for motorists.

It’s Facebook time for Anushka!

The Bollywood diva extends her digital presence to reach out to fans. After being one of the most loved Bollywood actresses on Twitter, with a following of 3.6 million followers, the vivacious Anushka Sharma, who had till now abstained from having an official profile on Facebook, will be debuting on the platform by popular demand...you know you’re loved when you’re liked on Facebook! And since she is coming on the platform due to the persuasion of her innumerable fans, her entry too will include the involvement of her many followers. The actress in association with Fluence, the leading celebrity digital network, has initiated a contest where fans can create and share entertaining, innovative cover photos for her page over the next few days. Anushka’s cover page will showcase the design of one lucky fan for a stipulated period.

‘Playing It My Way’ in many languages

Hachette India will be copublishing Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography 'Playing It My Way' in Indian language editions and has been flooded with interest from several publishers. Hachette India said that they have had overwhelming response to the launch of this bestseller and are in talks with several Indian language publishers. They are looking forward to copublishing this bestseller in Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati,

Malayalam, Assamese, Telugu and Bengali and are finalising the publishing partnerships over the next few weeks for a summer 2015 release of these Indian language editions. 'Playing It My Way', which

was released on November 6, has already broken all records for an adult hardback on order subscriptions across both fiction and non-fiction categories. The book has reportedly topped 2,00,000

copies in orders, already pulling ahead of both preorder and lifetime sales of the top hardbacks Dan Brown's 'Inferno', Walter Issacson's 'Steve Jobs' and JK Rowling's 'Casual Vacancy'.

Celebrating India in Egypt

About one hundred Egyptian school children were felicitated for winning a painting competition held across Cairo city for nurturing a bond between the people of India and Egypt by highlighting India's rich cultural heritage. Hundred winners from 15 different categories of the annual 'Glimpses of India' contest were given prizes at a ceremony organised on Monday by the Indian Embassy and the Maulana Azad Centre for Indian

Culture (MACIC), in cooperation with Egyptian Ministry of Education. Seventy-five participating children with special needs were also given prizes during the ceremony. The winners received medals and catalogues carrying all the winning paintings of the children. During the event, Indian Ambassador to Egypt Navdeep Suri and Egyptian actress Laila Elwi inaugurated an exhibition showcasing all the winning

paintings. Suri said that the 'Glimpses of India' contest is one of the finest activities of our cultural centre. It gives people a chance to encourage the development of artistic talent amongst the youth. Suri said it was equally important for creating a unique bond that will hopefully endure as these kids grow older and will continue to nurture the special friendship between the people of Egypt and India for years to come.

THANKSGIVING

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever Sacred Heart of Jesus thy Kingdom come. St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude helper of the hopless pray for us. Amen C-30454

CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Shreemati Harishankar Singh to Vijaylaxmi Dudhnath Choudhary as per Affidavit No. (LG-887350). C-31476 I have changed my name from Anurag Kumar to Anurag as per Affidavit Dated 10/11/2014. C-31477 I have changed my name from Chetankumar to Chetan Becharlal Divani as per Affidavit Dated 11/11/2014. C-31478 I have changed my name from Hilda William Pinto to Hilda Anthony William Pinto as per Affidavit Dated 11/11/2014. C-31479 I have changed my name from Shahistha to Shahista Shaikh as per Affidavit Dated 11/11/2014. C-31480 I have changed my name from Murtuja Khan to Murtuza Khan as per Affidavit dated 28.10.14. C-31481 I have changed my name from Moh Musthafa Jalal Shaikh to Mustafa Jalaluddin Khan as per Affidavit dated 28.10.14. C-31482 My old name is Purva Sudhindra Mannur and now my new name is Tisha Sudhindra Mannur as per Gazette No (X-16792). C-31483 I Inamul Islam have changed my name to Inamul Islam Shaikh for all purposes as per Affidavit dated 30- Oct -2014. C-31484 I have changed my name from Asha Shantaram Lad to Mrs. Asha Mangesh Karande as per deed poll Affidavit C-31485 I have changed my name from Mr. Rasid Abdul Patel to Mr. Rasheed Abdul Patel as per deed poll Affidavit C-31486 I have changed my name from Urmila Krishna Gopal Mishra to Mrs. Urmila Ashok Mishra as per deed poll Affidavit C-31487 I have changed my name from Mr. Ranjit Kumar Dularchand Sharma to Mr. Ranjit Dularchand Sharma as per deed poll Affidavit. C-31488 I have changed my name from Jyoti Pankaj Trivedi to Mrs. Jyoti Pannalal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit. C-31489 I have changed my name from Miss. Dimple Trivedi to Miss. Dimple Jain as per deed poll Affidavit. C-31490

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I have changed my name from Mr. Viswanadh to Mr. Viswanath Sheshayya Mortha as per deed poll Affidavit. C-31491

I have changed my name from Sarika Gupta to Sarika Mankar as per Affidavit Dated 16/10/2014. C-31506

I have changed my name from Maqbool Ahmed Shakeel Ahmed to Maqbool Shakeel Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit dated 11/11/2014. C-31492

I have changed my name from Ajay Gupta to Ajay Mankar as per Affidavit Dated 16/10/2014.

I have changed my name from “Sindhu K” to “Sindhu Ajayan” as per Affidavit Dated 11/11/2014. C-31493 I have changed my name from Zareena Banu, to ‘Zarina Bano Siddiqui’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 10/11/2014. C-31494 I have changed my name from Mohamed Ali Mohammed Sidhique, to ‘Mohammed Ali Siddiqui’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 10/11/2014. C-31495

C-31507 I have changed my name from “Mohammad Ateeq Khan” to “Ateek Nannu Khan” as per Affidavit. C-31508 I have changed my name from “Amish Shah” to “Amish Kumar Shah” as per Affidavit. C-31509 We, Mr. Bharat Chaudhary and Mrs. Pooja Chaudhary change our minor son's name from Dhavit Chaudhary to “Dhwanit Chaudhary” as per deed poll Affidavit dated 11/11/2014. C-31510

I have changed my name from Pramod Ramchandra Bhelose, to ‘Pramod Ramchandra Belose’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/2014.

I have changed my name from Meenakshi Suresh Wadhwani to “Anisha Sunil Manuja” as per Affidavit. C-31511

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I have changed my name from “Ansya Arvind Rajgor @ Ansuyabahen Laxmishankar Oza” to “Anusaya Arvind Rajgor” as per Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Pragati Pramod Bhelose, to ‘Pragati Pramod Belose’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/2014. C-31497 I have changed my name from Aaditya Pramod Bhelose, to ‘Aditya Pramod Belose’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/2014. C-31498 I have changed my name from Nasim Banu Shahul Hameed, to ‘Nasim Banu Shaulhameed Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 08/11/2014. C-31499 I have changed my name from Shahul Hameed, to ‘Shaulhameed Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 08/11/2014. C-31500 I have changed my name from Aashna Rajiv Vardhman, to ‘Aashna Rajiv Vurdhman’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 14/10/2014. C-31501 I have changed my name from Amay Rajiv Vardhman, to ‘Amay Rajiv Vurdhman’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 14/10/2014. C-31502

C-31512 I have changed my name from Bharatkumar Valmaji Chheda to “Bharat Valmaji Chheda” as per Affidavit. C-31513 I have changed my name from “Meena Jaydip Karande” to “Minaxi Jaydeep Karande” as per Affidavit. C-31514 I have changed my name from Farida Shabbirbhai Alikawala to “Alifiya Shabbirbhai Alikawala” as per Affidavit. C-31515 I have changed my name from “Rafiq Miyan Ismail Shaikh” to “Rafiq Ismail Shah” as per Affidavit. C-31516 I have changed my name from “Md. Sahid Ismail Jada” to “Shahid Ismail Jada” as per Affidavit. C-31517 I have changed my name from “Vijaykumar Amarnath Sharma” to “Vijay Amarnath Sharma”as per Affidavit dated 08th November” 2014. C-31518

I have changed my name from Sangeetarani Sitaram Agarwal, to ‘Sangeeta Sunilkumar Agarwal’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/2014.

I have changed my name from “Indubai Varma”to “Indu Varma” as per Affidavit dated 08th November” 2014.

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I have changed my name from Sheefa Imran Sayed, to ‘Shifa Imran Sayed’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 08/11/2014. C-31504

I have changed my name from “Saira Shaikh Mohammed Ishaq” to “Saira Suleman Shaikh” as per Affidavit dated 08th November” 2014. C-31520

I have changed my name from Devji Bachu Vora, to ‘Deepak Bachu Vora’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 18686) Dated: 18/09/2014. C-31505

I have changed my name from “Shobha Sugnomal Jasuja” to “Arti Prem Bhatia” as per Affidavit dated 11th November” 2014. C-31521

I have changed my name from “Shakuntla Rajendra Prasad Singh” to “Shakuntala Rajendra Prasad Singh” as per Affidavit Dated 11th November” 2014. C-31522

I have changed my name from Mohammed Anwar Abid Hussain to Mohd. Anwar Ansari as per Affidavit dated 11/11/2014 C-31537

I have changed my name from “Fransis Lorenes Esteves” to “Francis Lawrence Esteves” as per Affidavit Dated 11th November” 2014. C-31523

I have changed my name from Sandeep Gajanan Deorukhkar to Sandip Gajanan Deorukhkar as per deedpoll Affidavit C-31538

I have changed my name from Rukshmani Fransis Esteves to “Anita Francis Esteves” as per Affidavit Dated 11th November 2014. C-31524 I have changed my name from Ibrahim Abdulla to Ibrahim Abdullah Shaikh as per deedpoll Affidavit/Annexure 'E'. C-31525 I have changed my name from Asmabanoo Mohd Hanif Chadhary to Asma Mohammed Hanif Chaudhary by deed poll Affidavit C-31526 I have changed my name from Noor Mohammed Jan Mohammed to Noor Mohammed Jan Mohammed Ansari by deed poll Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Gulam Gaus Mohamed Umar to Gulam Gaus Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31556

I have changed my name from Shirin Bano Shafi Shaikh to Shirin Zubair Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31540

I have changed my name from Mumtaj Jahangir Shaikh to Mumtaz Jahangir Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31557

I have changed my name from Chandrakant Laxman Alli to Chandrakant Laxman Halli as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No (U001676) C-31541

I have changed my name from Meena Begam Anwar Khan to Meena Anwar Khan as per Affidavit C-31558

I have changed my name from Sushil Kumar Badrinarayan Singh to Sushil Badrinarayan Singh as per Affidavit C-31542 I have changed my name from Asfeen Ashraf Naik to Aasefeen Ashraf Naik as per Affidavit.

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C-31543 We Mr. Mushtaq & Mrs. Shabana Mushtaq have changed my name from Aqsa Mushtak Fakir Sardar to Aqsa Mushtaq Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-31544

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I have changed my name from Shinde Nikhil Vishaya Gaikwad Sandanand to Nikhil Vishaya Shinde as per Affidavit. C-31530 I have changed my name from Gulnaz Bano Mohammad Iqbal Ansari to Asfa Bano Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No(U-5536) C-31531 I have changed my name from Ankit Vinod Agrawal to Ankit Agrawal as per the Affidavit dated 05.11.2014 C-31532 I have changed my name from Shehnazbano Mohammad Qasim Sahibole to Shahnaz Ayaz Dalvi as per Affidavit dated 11/11/2014 C-31533 I have changed my name from Tabassum Abdul Wahab Tambe to Tabassum Suhel Sahibole as per Affidavit dated 11/11/2014 C-31534 I have changed my name from Arshya Zuber Mohd Qureshi to Arshiya Salman Qureshi as per Affidavit dated 11/11/2014

I have changed my name from Madan Valku Chaudhari to Madan Valku Choudhari as per Affidavit C-31555

I have changed my name from Mohammed Imran Shaikh to Imran Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31539

I have changed my name from Abdul Mannan Nawazish Ali to Abdul Mannan Nawazish Ali Khan by deed poll Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Bapusaheb Ganapati Patil to Bapu Ganapati Patil as per deedpoll Affidavit dated 7/11/2014 C-31529

I have changed my name from Santosh Vasudev Nair to Santosh Vasudev Nayar as per Affidavit C-31554

I have changed my name from Chand Farukh Mohd Husen Mansuri to Chand Farooq Mohd Husen Mansuri as per Affidavit C-31545 I have changed my name from Mohammed Jahangir Pasha to Jahangir Pasha Jagirdar as per Affidavit C-31546 I have changed my name from Afreen Jalaluddin Shaikh to Aafreen Jalaluddin Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31547 I have changed my name from Shahbaz Ibrahim Ansari to Shahbaz Ahmad Mohammad Ibrahim Ansari as per Affidavit C-31548 I have changed my name from Shahebaz Lalu Sahab Shaikh to Shahbaz Jalaluddin Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31549 I have changed my name from Mohammed Saleem Shaikh to Mohammed Salim Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31550 I have changed my name from Hameed Mulla to Abdul Hamid Mulla as per Affidavit C-31551

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I have changed my name from Arfat Mulla to Mohammed Arfat Mulla as per Affidavit C-31552

I have changed my name from Rahima Banu Anwar Hussain to Rahima Ismail Shimat as per Affidavit dated 11/11/2014 C-31536

I have changed my name from Abdul Shaikh Khalil Shaikh to Khalil Abdul Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31553

I Babar Ali Shaikh have changed my minor daughter’s name from Mariyam Bano Babar Ali Shaikh to Maryam Babar Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31559 I have changed my name from Tejaswini to Pushpa Mohan Kumar as per Affidavit C-31560 I have changed my name from Hassan Vardaraju Mohan Kumar & Mohan Kumar to Mohan Kumar Varada Rajalu as per Affidavit C-31561 I have changed my name from Nikhil Mohan Tumkur Mohan Kumar to Nikhil Mohan Tumkur as per Affidavit C-31562 I have changed my name from Geeta Narendra Ashra to Geeta Narendra Asara as per Affidavit C-31563 I have changed my name from Narendra Vajibhai Ashra to Narendra Valji Ashra as per Affidavit C-31564 I have changed my name from Jayeshkumar Jagadev Barot to Jayesh Barot as per Affidavit C-31565 I have changed my name from Minakshi Badriprasad Sharma to Meena Badriprasad Sharma as per Affidavit C-31566 I have changed my name from Manish Shankar Choresiyya to Manish Shankarlal Chourasiya as per Affidavit C-31567 I have changed my name from Maheshkumar Jamanadas Popat to Mahesh Jamanadas Thakkar as per Affidavit C-31568 I have changed my name from Shahnawaz Mehboob Saheb to Surendar Manilal Yadav as per Affidavit C-31569 I have changed my name from Lucy Cardoz to Lucian Sebastian Cardoz as per Affidavit C-31570

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BJP-Sena ties decision will decide Cong’s fate in state legislature

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CM Devendra Fadnavis

Former CM Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan and state Congress president Manikrao Thakre, in a bid to persuade the party to support BJP's nominee. However, a split in the long-time alliance would mean Sena playing the main opposition party, pushing Congress to the third slot. An

upset Sena may resort to aggressive politics that it is known for, a scenario that may confine the politics of the state between the estranged allies. According to sources, saffron unity is the best possible situation for the Congress after its ouster from power in

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hough Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis yesterday appealed to all the political parties including the Congress to facilitate an unanimous election for the Assembly Speaker, the fate of the Congress in the state legislature depends on Shiv Sena's decision on its ties with BJP, as the split in the saffron alliance can put a serious question mark on the future of the old party which ruled India for a long time. Against the backdrop of a most likely three-way contest with the ruling BJP, Congress and Shiv Sena putting up candidates for the Speaker's post, Fadnavis yesterday met the Congress leaders including the party's leader in the Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, former CM

the Assembly elections after a 15-year run. The defeat has been so bad that junior ally NCP, which parted ways ahead of the state polls, finished just one seat behind. For Congress to revive its base in the state, it has to be in the political focus as the opposition, seen to be fighting the BJP government. The gathering of all three parties – BJP, Sena and NCP – on the same side, as the situation initially appeared, would help the Congress more as it can position itself as the sole opposition. It makes Sena's decision on BJP alliance critical for Congress's politics in the state which the party has ruled for most of the post-independence period, the sources added further. Now the Congress leaders are desperately waiting for the Sena's decision.

Abandoned ammunition found at Sassoon Dock By Vishnudas Sheshrao

bandoned ammunition was found at the Sassoon Dock, Colaba on Tuesday, creating panic among locals. Navy officials who attended the site said that it was classified as an “already used rocket”. It was lapse on account of the navy and they further said that it was snagged in a fishing net at sea and had arrived on land. Locals in Sassoon Dock informed the local police that they had found something like a missile used by the Indian Navy. South Mumbai region Additional Commissioner of Police Krishna Prakash then informed Navy officials about the incident. Prakash said, “A dummy rocket inadvertently left lying in the grass near the fishing office in Sassoon Dock came to our notice. We informed the navy officials who later took possession of the rocket.” According to eye witnesses, it was a heavyweight missile shape object and filled with cement concrete. For sometime, people

41.9pc Mumbaikars live in slums: Report T

he population of Mumbai is seeing a considerable rise and the worrying fact is that there is a rise in the number of people staying in

slums too. According to a study done by the Praja Foundation, of the 28.3 lakh households in the city, 11.36 lakh households reside in slums. Census 2011 data reveals that there is a fall from Pic for representational purposes only

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54 per cent in 2001 to 41.9 per cent in 2011. According to the report, a little less than 50 per cent of the population – in wards F north, P south/north, R south/north, L, M west, N and S wards – lives in slums as of 2011. After the public housing stock created in the city from 1995, till date there are only two lakh dwelling units constructed under the state and the central government schemes. And there are 4.6 lakh dwelling units which have been approved for construction by the Slum Rehablitation Authority (SRA) out of which 33.7 per cent have received Occupation Certificates (OC). And there are no projects begun under the Rajiv Awas Yojana in the city till September 2014.

Out of the total 2,03,624 units undertaken by the State and Government of India it has been seen that no projects have taken off under the Rajiv Awas Yojana, affordable housing in partnership schemes of the Government of India, in the city as of September 2014 whereas the status of completion of units undertaken by the Government of Maharashtra schmes – MHADA, SRA and MMRDA (SRA cell) – there are 26,101 units completed out of which 3,565 are still under construction as on October 2014. While out of the 5,970 questions asked by the MLAs in the Assembly in five years, only 566 questions have been asked on issues of slum development and workings of the SRA.

got afraid that it might be misplaced ammunition and may blast. After the information, a team of ammunition handling officials from the Navy came to the spot. After inspection, they clarified that the object is a missile used for training purpose. “It was classified as an already used practice rocket. The rocket is fired in the high seas as per laid down procedures and is completely safe as there is no explosive content left after firing. The rocket has been since transferred to the Armament Depot for safe keeping,” said Rahul Sinha, Chief Public Relation Officer, Ministry of Defence, Mumbai. According to sources, during the training of missile firing, the navy fills missiles with some cement concrete to balance the shell of the missile and its maneuvering in mid air, once fired. Since the range of the missile is too huge, the navy cannot collect used used shells of missiles. “Unofficially, it is fire and forget,” a source said.

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MORE HONKING, MORE NOISE: Amidst the incessant honking of the vehicles in the busiest CST area in South Mumbai, a worker connects a temporary speaker being arranged by one of the organisers of a protest rally being conducted at the Azad Maidan on Tuesday.

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ersonnel of Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Special Protection Group (SPG) have questioned the man at the centre of the security breach during the swearing-in ceremony of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis last month, where PM Narendra Modi was also present. Anil Mishra, who claims to be a BJP activist, was arrested after the security lapse came to light and has been charged with impersonation and criminal trespass. "IB and SPG, which are conducting parallel inquiry into the security lapse, recently questioned Anil Mishra at length. Their line of inquiry focused on how he managed to sneak into the high security zone and if

he had any criminal intentions," an officer privy to the probe told PTI on Tuesday. SPG is an armed force providing security to the Prime Minister, former PMs and members of their immediate families and some other VVIPs. Mishra was produced before a local court yesterday at the end of his police custody. He has been remanded in judicial custody till November 24, police said. Mishra allegedly entered Wankhede Stadium, where the ceremony was held on Oct. 31, without a valid pass and got onto the dais where Modi was sitting along with other dignitaries. He posed as a public servant and gained entry at the event.

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I have changed my name from Gautamchand Misrimal to Gautam Mishrimal Jain as per Affidavit C-31590

I have changed my name from Tambe Siraj Dawood to Tambe Sirajuddin Dawood as per Affidavit C-31609

I have changed my name from Ullhas Vishwanath Talekar to Ulhas Vishwanath Talekar as per Affidavit C-31627

I have changed my name from Sapna Agrawal to Sapna Tiwari as per Affidavit C-31591

I have changed my name from Pathan Zarif Khan Iqbal Khan to Khan Zarif Iqbal as per Affidavit C-31610

I have changed my name from Laxmi Rajeev Patil to Shailaja Sadashiv Pote as per Affidavit C-31628

I have changed my name from Afjal Ahmed Khan to Afjal Anwar Khan as per Affidavit C-31592 I have changed my name from Vijay Bahadur Lal Srivastava to Vijay Bahadur Srivastava as per Affidavit C-31593 I have changed my name from Naresh Vadilal Parikh to Naresh Vadilal Parekh as per Affidavit C-31594 I have changed my name from Nisha Naresh Parikh to Nisha Naresh Parekh as per Affidavit C-31595 I have changed my name from Naresh Vadilal Shah to Naresh Vadilal Parekh as per Affidavit C-31596 I have changed my name from Gregorio Glen Rodrigues to Gregory Rodrigues as per Affidavit C-31597 I have changed my name from Mr. Wasim Shemle to Mr. Wasim Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31598 I have changed my name from Mr. Ismail Shemle to Mr. Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31599 I have changed my name from Heena Akbar Khotal to Hina Akbar Ali Khotal as per Affidavit C-31600 I have changed my name from Akbar Khotal to Akbar Ali Khotal as per Affidavit C-31601

I have changed my name from Zarina Abdul Majid to Kapadia Zarina Abdul Majid as per Affidavit C-31611 I have changed my name from Isane Tarannoom Shaukat Ali to Hurzuk Tarannum Junaid as per Affidavit C-31612 I have changed my name from Tofiq Ahmd to Taufique Mohammed Safi Siddiqui as per Affidavit C-31613 I have changed my name from Mandra R Moorthy M. Ramchandran & Mandra R Moorthy Ramachandran to Manthra Murthy Konar as per Affidavit C-31614 I have changed my name from Lidwin Gracy Dsouza to Gracy Leo Dsouza as per Affidavit. C-31615 I have changed my name from Reem Quinna Menezes to Reem Neil Gaikwad as per Affidavit C-31616 I have changed my name from Najmus Saher Shaikh Sadruddin to Najmus Saher Mohammed Zaid Khan as per Affidavit C-31617 I have changed my name from Eric Savio Sequeira to Eric William Sequeira as per Affidavit C-31618 I have changed my name from Yaseen Shaikh Lal to Mohammed Yasin Shaikhlal Maniyar as per Affidavit. C-31619

I have changed my name from Mohd Umar Arslan Arab to Mohammed Umar Arslan Arab as per Affidavit C-31602

I have changed my name from Najma Bi Yaseen Shaikh to Najma Maniyar as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Feroz Hussain Ahmad Khan to Feroz Hussain Khan as per Affidavit C-31603

I have changed my name from Najma Bi Yasin Shaikh to Najma Maniyar as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Monika Maruti hatkar to Monica Pushkar Jadhav as per Affidavit C-31604

I have changed my name from Yasin Shaikh Lal to Mohammed Yasin Shaikhlal Maniyar as per Affidavit C-31622

I have changed my name from Momina Shaukat Ali Shaikh to Momina Begum Shaukat Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Jyotsna Shashikant Barya to Jyotsna Shashikant Baria as per Affidavit C-31623

C-31605 I have changed my name from Sarfina Wilson Farnandis to Seraphine Vincent Fernandes as per Affidavit C-31606 I have changed my name from Vincent John Fernandis to Vincent John Fernandes as per Affidavit C-31607 I have changed my name from Shyshree Sreedharan Menon to Shysree Bijith as per Affidavit C-31608

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I have changed my name from Lalit Singh Bhupal Singh Bora to Lalit Bhupal Bora as per Affidavit C-31629 I have changed my name from Anand Seena Shetty to Ananda Seena Shetty as per Affidavit C-31630 I have changed my name from Rajshri Nitin Vetal to Rajashree Nitin Vetal as per Affidavit C-31631 I have changed my name from Dilip Ramchandra Joshi to Dilip Ram Joshi as per Affidavit C-31632 I have changed my name from Champalalji Mutha to Champalal Mutha as per Affidavit C-31633 I have changed my name from Mohd Farhan Mohd Dawood Shaikh to Mohammed Farhan Mohammed Dawood Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31634 I have changed my name from Mohd Dawood Shaikh to Mohammed Dawood Shaikh as per Affidavit C-31635 I have changed my name from Sanjana Sanjay Thakare to Vaishali Sanjay Thakare as per Affidavit C-31636 I have changed my name from Sunil to Sunil Mahabir Prasad Jhirmiria as per Affidavit C-31637

I have changed my name from Hazari Newand to Hazari Nevandram as per Affidavit. C-31647 I have changed my name from Tekchandani Priti Manohar to Teckchandani Preeti Manohar as per Affidavit. C-31648 I have changed my name from Fazalul Haq to Fazal as per Affidavit C-31649 I have changed my name from Shreekrishna Shikharchand Singhvi to Paras Shikharchand Jain as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U-18909 C-31650 I Nita Girish Nagda have changed my name to Neeta Girish Nagda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 05/11/14 C-31651 I Neetaben Girishbhai Shah have changed my name to Neeta Girish Nagda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 05/11/14 C-31652 I Girishbhai Jagshibhai Shah have changed my name to Girish Jagshi Nagda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 05/11/14 C-31653 I Rajeshkumar Khimjibhai Navadia have changed my name to Rajesh Khimjibhai Navadia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31654 I Bhavanaben Shantilal Lakhalani have changed my name to Bhavna Kirit Bhatt as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31655

I have changed my name from Melvin Bonifacio to Melwyn Dsouza as per Affidavit C-31638

I Ashwinbhai Bhikhabhai Raholia @ Ashvinkumar Bhikhabhai Raholia have changed my name to Ashwin Bhikhabhai Rakholia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31656

I have changed my name from Manoj Kumar Rajendra Prasad Gupta to Manoj Rajendra Gupta as per Affidavit C-31639

I Bhartiben Ramjibhai Patel / Bhalala have changed my name to Bharti Ashwin Rakholia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14

I have changed my name from Mulla Yunus to Unusmia Usmane as per Affidavit C-31640 I have changed my name from Mulla Umatun to Umattun Ramajan Suleman as per Affidavit C-31641 I have changed my name from Pooja Janyani to Avita Naidu as per Affidavit C-31642 I have changed my name from Mohd Abhas to Mohd Abbas as per Affidavit C-31643

I have changed my name from Chaya Pawaskar to Chhaya Sham Pawaskar as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Sharukh Shakil Sk to Sharukh Shakil Shaikh as per Affidavit

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I have changed my name from Maheshwar Vishwanath Zugare to Mahesh Vishwanath Zugare as per Affidavit C-31625

I have changed my name from Jairam Aildas Santramani to Jairamdas Aildas Santuramani as per Affidavit C-31645

I have changed my name from Huma Liyakat Jamnkar to Huma Liyakatali as per Affidavit C-31626

I have changed my name from Bidya Nand Mishra to Vidyanand Rajkishor Mishra as per Affidavit C-31646

C-31657 I Madhavji Kamani have changed my name to Uttamchand Kamani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 08/11/14 C-31658 I Husna Banu Shabbir Daware have changed my name to Husnabegam Shabbir Dawre as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31659 I Ms. Amruta Narendra Singh Bhalla have changed my name to Mrs. Amrita Gopalji Bhusari as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31660 I Dolly Alias Radha Chandrashekhar Patil have changed my name to Radha Chandrashekhar Patil as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31661 I Bilkish Kasamali Maredia have changed my name to Bilkesh Kasam Maredia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31662

I Tushar Mulji Chheda have changed my name to Tusharrkant Mulji Chheda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/11/14 C-31663 I Chetana Tushar Chheda have changed my name to Chetna Tusharrkant Chheda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 10/11/14 C-31664 I Kartikey Ulhas Rahate have changed my name to Kartikeya Ulhas Rahate as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31665 I Chittur Hariharan Subramanian have changed my name to Chittur Hariharen Subrmanian as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31666 I Minaben Rajesh Pandya have changed my name to Mina Rajesh Pandya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31667 I Mahasukhrai B Trivedi / Mansukhrai Trivedi have changed my name to Mahasukhbhai Balvant Trivedi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31668 I Jyoti Mahasukhrai Trivedi/ Jyotibai Trivedi have changed my name to Jyotiben Mahasukhbhai Trivedi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31669 I Razia Sarwar Mistry have changed my name to Razia Sarwar Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31670 I Jose Hipolito Fernandes have changed my name to Hipolito Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31671 I Ivy Flora Fernandes have changed my name to Ivy Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31672 I Olivia Noronha have changed my name to Maria Olivia Noronha as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31673 I Ahesan Khan have changed my name to Aisan Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31674 I Vithesh Kumar S. Suvarna have changed my name to Vitesh Shekhar Suvarna as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31675 I Hemlatha Shekhar Suvarna have changed my name to Hemalatha Shekhar Suvarna as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31676 I Theras Suganthi & Suganthi have changed my name to Theres Suganthi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31677 I Kirti Vasudeo Vyas have changed my name to Kirtikumar Vasudeo Vyas as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31678 I Sharadabai Shankar Jadhav have changed my name to Sharada Dilip Shejale as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31679

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Minors witness Bookie’s role suspected in murder mother’s murder

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By Neel Shah

case, the killer will not be able to stay low for a long time.

By Zuber Ansari

32 year-old woman was brutally murdered by a man suspected to be known to her. The murder was witnessed by her two minor daughters who saw the accused when he was slitting their mother's throat in her bedroom. Shagufta Khan lived at Rustomji Riviera building in Malad (West) along with her two daughters. Her husband lives in Australia on business. On Tuesday afternoon, when the girls came back from school, the main door to their home was partially open. They entered the flat and were shocked to see a man, who has visited their home several times, slitting their mother's throat. The girl ran from the bedroom and informed their neighbours. In the meantime, the killer took the opportunity to make his escape along with a booty. Deputy Commissioner of Police Balsing Rajput revealed that, “The preliminary probe suggested that the accused, who killed her with a knife, was known to her as there was no sign of forced entry into

The victim, Shagufta Khan, lived at Rustomji Riviera building in Malad (W) the house. The victim was murdered at about 3 pm at her sixth floor house. The victim's husband, Sonu Yogesh Jalaram (alias Sonu Jalan), has been in Australia for business and her two children were out at the time of the incident. We have concrete leads in the case and an extensive hunt has been launched to trace down the assailant.” Sources from the Malad Police said, “We collected the CCTV footage from the entire society. The man who killed the woman was seen entering the building empty handed and leaving with a bag. We showed the footage to the girls and they were able to

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nvestigations into the brutal murder of Malad based Shagufta Khan has led the police to probe two specific angles in the case, in which the city's biggest cricket bookie's name is cropping up. In the first angle, the police suspect Sonu Jalan to have ordered the killing of Khan. Sonu Jalan was Khan's paramour for the past several years. Jalan, presently located in Australia, may have ordered the killing when he found that she was having a relationship with someone else in the city. In the second angle, the police is also trying to locate a person named Siraj, whom they suspect to be the killer. While speaking with the ADC, a highly placed crime branch source, requesting anonymity, said, “It is believed that Khan was having an intimate relationship with Siraj, who was a frequent visitor to Khan's house at Rustom Riviera building in Malad (W). With Siraj's arrest, the police will successfully crack the case,” The officer further added that with the CCTV footage of the building and the two minor daughters being witnesses in the

identify the man. We did not recover a weapon from the spot.” From the CCTV footage, it was also noticed that none of the watchmen in the building tried to stop the man. It is possible they were acquainted with him. Shagufta's husband has been informed and he may be in the city for the final By Priyanka Dhomse rites. wo separate cases of sui“We do not know how cide were reported on much has been robbed, but we may be able to gauge a Tuesday from Mumbra and value after her husband re- Thane's Vartak Nagar area. Both the cases have been regturns,” said Rajput. A case of murder has istered as accidental deaths been registered against the in Vartak Nagar and Mumbra suspect. police stations respectively.

Bookie Sonu Jalan

Presently, Sonu Jalan is considered to be a bigshot bookie in the city's Satta Bazar. Jalan, who officially resides at Agarwal Residency on Shankar Lane, Kandivali (W), is close to a former assistant inspector who had resigned from the force. In the past two years, most of the highprofile raids and arrests of several bighshot bookies in city was due to the war going on between Jalan and another popular bookie called Junior Calcutta. According to sources in the police force, Jalan and Calcutta had a tiff on money matters which led to a big war within Mumbai's bookie circle in 2012-2013. It was during this time that the IPL matches scams and racket came to fore. In this regard, Jalan had told the crime branch sleuths that he had paid Rs 10 crore to a Sri Lankan cricketer to fix a match in 2012. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

Two females commit suicide

Pradnyarani Anil Billare (24), who was staying in Vasant Vihar's Jasmine tower in Vartak Nagar, Thane. committed suicide at her home. “During investigation, the police has learned that there were disputes between Pradnyarani and her husband and that could be the reason be-

hind her suicide,” said a police officer from Vartak Nagar police station. The same day, 14year-old Misba Sayyed committed suicide by jumping off the building which she stayed in, Heena Apartment, Simla Park, Kausa, Mumbra. The reason behind her suicide has not yet been ascertained.

Notorious cheater arrested Trio held for robbing bizman Accused had duped his friends and others of crores of rupees in this city and several other cities By Neel Shah

umbai police on Monday arrested a fraudster for duping his own friends to the tune of several crores of rupees. The accused, identified as Girish Shetty, was arrested by the sleuths from Sakinaka police station. Based on a businessman's complaint this year, Shetty was arrested from the city of Udupi in Karnataka. Shetty is suspected to have cheated several businessman in the city and other cities, said police adding that they are checking whether the accused has more cases against him in the city. While talking with the ADC, Prasanna More, senior inspector of Sakinaka police station said, “Shetty used to get in touch with his friends and lure them into investing in his fake scheme. Further, the accused used to manage to get in touch with persons

known to his friends and then influence them too to invest in his phoney scheme.” In this regard, Shetty by taking advance payment from the investors used to import teak-wood logs from Africa. After ordering the logs the accused used to tell the investors to deposit the money in his bank account to import the goods by ship to India. Just to gain confidence of the investors, Shetty used to make an agreement with the investors and would also sign indemnity bonds, said police. Finally, when the goods would arrive at the docks, Shetty would sell the same goods to other people at cheaper rates and then go underground. After months of investigation and collecting information regarding Shetty, police were successful in nabbing Shetty. Shetty has been arrested under section 406 (Punishment for criminal breach of trust) of IPC and is remanded to police custody till November 14. If the sources in the police are to be believed, in 2012 Shetty was arrested for organising a big rave party of 3,000 foreigners at St. Mary's Island at Malpe in Karnataka.

By Suresh Golani

en days after a 22-yearold Gujarat based textile trader was robbed of Rs 48 lakh by four masked men on the Mumbai-Ahemdabad National Highway in Vasai, sleuths of the Palghar district police arrested three persons involved in the crime while one of their accomplice is still at large. The police team has also recovered Rs 30.70 lakh from the possession of the trio who have been identified as Nilesh Sundar Shetty (38), Saagir Hussain Khan (24) and Javed Habibullah Shaikh (22) – all residents of Borivali. A textile trader, Abhishek Kamal Mantri (22), is a resident of Surat who had landed in Mumbai after a business trip in Hyderabad on November 2. Accompanied by his friend identified as Mallikarjun Rao, Mantri who was carrying cash amounting more than Rs 50 lakh was headed towards Surat in his Chevrolet Cruize car (GJ:16:AP:7744). The duo stopped to have a drink at Hotel Charvak, a ladies orchestra bar in Borivali at about 6 pm, where they splurged more than Rs 4.12 lakhs on a bargirl. At

about 2 am, they resumed their journey. However, when they took a brief halt to attend nature's call near Burma Cell Petrol Pump in Vasai, a green coloured Swift car stopped near them and four masked men armed with iron rods mounted a violent assault on them before escaping with the bag containing the cash. Mantri immediately informed the Valiv police about the incident. Initially the investigating team suspected the involvement of the hotel staff to whom Mantri in an apparent attempt to flaunt his richness and impress the bargirls, revealed about the huge amount he was carrying in his car. However, the culprit turned out to be Nilesh Shetty, another regular customer at the bar who apparently overheard the conversation and hatched a plan along with his three accomplices. The investigating team has recovered Rs 30.70 lakh from the possession of the accused and also seized the Swift car that was used in the crime. While all the accused have been remanded to police custody, a man hunt has been launched to track their absconding accomplice.

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I Dilipkumar Babulal Joshi have changed my name to Dilip Babulal Joshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31681 I Divya Dilipkumar Joshi have changed my name to Dakshaben Dilip Joshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31682 I Vinodkumar Gotilal Vadama have changed my name to Vinodkumar Gotilal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31683 I Pramod Chandrakant Mestri have changed my name to Pramod Chandrakant Mistry as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-31684 I Miss. Darshana Bharatbhai Lukka have changed my name to Mrs. Pooja Rashmin Kotecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31685 I Pushpaben Mohanlal Panchal have changed my name to Pushpa Pravinchandra Panchal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 11/11/14 C-31686 I Mustafa Babasaheb Sayyed have changed my name to Mustafa Babasaheb Sayyad as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/11/14 C-31687

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Share certificate no. 11, for fully paid up shares bearing nos. 051 to 055 of Gala No. 8 located at ‘Retiwala Ind. Premises Co-op. Soc. Ltd.’ H. A. Pallav Marg, Byculla, Mumbai – 400027, standing in the name of ‘Supreme Metal Industries.’ Has been misplaced, and an application for issuance of duplicate certificate for the same has been made to the society. The society hereby invites claims or objections (in writing) for issuance of duplicate share certificate within the period of 14 Days from the date of publication of this notice.

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Notice is hereby given to public that my client Mr. Haresh Sanghavi residing at 2/10 , Azad Nagar Society, N.S. Road no 1 , JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (West) has lost / misplaced the documents mentioned herein : (1) Allotment Letter dated 9/11/2010 registered number BDR 9-13175/2010 & (2) Original receipt dated 27/12/2010 registered number 13209. All persons are hereby informed not to deal or carry out any transaction on the basis of the said missing documents. If anyone has already carried out or being carried out kindly inform the undersigned in writing on the below mentioned address within 7 days from this Sd/present. Prateek Sanghvi New Lalit Sadan , 1st floor, Ansari road , Vile Parle (west) , Mumbai 400 056.

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NOTICE is hereby given that my client Mr.Harshad Krishna Patil, propose transferee of the Shop No. 4,Shree Vrindavan CHS.Ltd, 284 Agashi Road,B/H Woodland Cinema,Virar(W.),DistPalghar, PIN 401303,has made an application for change the name of membership from Mr.Kanaram Manaram Chaudhary. Any person having any objection to sale or claiming any right, title or interest in the said Shop by way of sale,exchange,gift,mortgage, charge,trust,possession,Inheritanc e,lease,lien,attachment or any other right whatsover. The same may be made known to the society in writing within 15 days from the date of issue of his notice failing which society shall proceeds to change the name as per the rules and regulations of the society. Place: Virar Sd/Date: 11.11.2014 (Nitin N. Shah) (Advocate & Notary)

Continued from pg 1 « of the candidate having third lowest votes. Sources argue that with the Congress fielding its candidate, a three-way split favours the BJP more than the Sena. Moreover, since the vote is a secret ballot the danger of cross-voting is more as against the trust vote where voting is by voice vote among

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It is hereby informed to the members of general public that Mrs. Mithibai Harjivan Rathod widow of late Shri Harjivan Pithabhai Rathod has applied for the transfer of five shares of RS.50/- each bearing distinctive Numbers 106 to 110 ( both inclusive ) under share certificate No. 022 in respect of flat No. 10 on the 3 floor, in B wing of Khar Samta Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, situate at Plot No. 675, 20th Road, Khar West, Mumbai 400 052 on the strength of nomination and any person/s having any claim or objection for the same, may notify about the same by registered A.D. to the said society within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which, it would be presumed that there is no claim to such transfer and the society shall thereafter be at liberty to transfer the said shares accordingly. For and on Behalf of Khar Samta Cooperative Housing Society Ltd, Place : mumbai Sd/Date : 12/11/2014 Secretary

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Notice is hereby given to the Public that the Agreement for Sale dated 09/05/1991 between M/s. Jangid Chheda Developers Pvt. Ltd. and Mr. K. Balakrishna Rao (The 1st Purchasers) for the flat being 301, on the third floor, Kaushal Apartment, Pooja Nagar, Mira Road (E), Dist: Thane, 401107 (Said flat) has been lost/ misplaced. All the persons are hereby informed that not to carry on any transaction on the basis of said missing documents. Being the present owners, Mr. Taufiq Muzaffar Kazi & Mrs. Saher Banu Muzaffar Kazi hereby invites claims or objections, if any, for the transfer of said flat to the prospective purchasers Mr. Mustufa Pirmohamed Makarani & Mrs. Saeeda Mustafa Makarani. In case of any claims/objections kindly intimate the undersigned owners at the address of the said flat alongwith the relevant documents to support their claims/objections within 14 days from the date of publication of this notice. In absence of claim within stipulated period, the present owners shall be free to dispose of the property in the manner Sd/Mr. Taufiq Muzaffar Kazi & Mrs. Saher Banu Muzaffar Kazi Place : Mira Road. Date : 11th Nov, 2014

the MLAs present and voting. If only any political party demands a division of votes in a trust vote then a head count is taken on the floor of the house. Sena sources disclosed that at the meeting of its party MLAs which was chaired by president Uddhav Thackeray, the party issued a whip asking them to vote for the party candidate. Even then sources disclosed that the party would wait for a positive response from the BJP till today morning. The time to withdraw nomination for the Speaker's post is 10 am and voting for the post will be held from 11 am to 2 pm. By fielding its former min-

ister Varsha Gaikwad as its candidate for the Speaker's post, the Congress muddied the picture further. Now it will be a three-way fight for the post with the BJP fielding its veteran legislator Haribhau Bagade from Phulambri as its candidate for the post. Sources disclosed that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) decided not to field its candidate even as Congress had sought its view on whether it (NCP) was going to contest the poll. Since the poll is to be held by secret ballot all the four major parties were busy tutoring their MLAs over dinner on how to vote during the polls. Sources in the BJP disclosed that the talks with the Sena were deadlocked over sharing of cabinet portfolios. The BJP has firmly turned down the Sena demand for allocation of Deputy Chief Minister's post and key portfolios of Home and Revenue. In response to that the Sena now has asked for two additional ministerial berths besides the 10 cabinet berths that it has been asking. Sources in the BJP disclosed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah were in favour of taking the Sena on board in its attempt to secure the majority trust vote. He pointed out that the previous Congress-NCP ruling alliance had denied the post of Deputy Speaker in the lower house to Sena-BJP, then in the opposition. He hinted at the possibility of BJP offering the post to the Sena in lieu of its support. prashant.hamine@afternoondc.in

Dengue is media hype: Mayor Continued from pg 1 « the statement made by the mayor, Congress leader of the BMC Devendra Amberkar said, “Keeping aside the political aspect, as a citizen of this city, it is very shocking to know that the mayor who is considered to be the first citizen of the city is targeting the

media when it is the fault of the corporation for not creating proper awareness amongst the people.” Rayis Shaikh, leader of the Samajwadi Party in the BMC said, “I can only condemn the statement saying the mayor is being insensitive about this issue and is at fault.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

Declare dengue as an epidemic, PIL urges HC PIL in Bombay High Court on Tuesday urged that dengue, which has claimed several lives in the state, be declared an epidemic and steps be taken by the government on war-footing to tackle the disease. The public interest litigation, filed by social activist Vishnu Gavali, would be heard by the High Court on November 17. Gavali prayed that the state government and concerned authorities be directed to take adequate measures to prevent the spread of dengue and malaria. The PIL said that in the last five months, several persons have died due to dengue and malaria, which have created an "epidemic-like situation." It alleged that that deaths have occurred due to lapse in providing medical facilities by the government. Alleging that the state health department has totally failed to stop or prevent the situation, the PIL prays that the authorities be directed to take immediate preventive steps, reports PTI. "The state government hospitals and semi-government hospitals, including Directorate of Health should not play with the life of common man and no one should die without getting medical services and health care facilities," says the PIL.

Court summons BMC chief, 3 IAS officers

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Sitaram Kunte

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he Bhoiwada magistrate's court has issued summons to Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte

the props and to remove the mezzanine floor. In spite of such a report, there was no action taken by the BMC commissioner and his officials.”

has sufficiently shown that the accused (officers) have committed an offence of homicide not amounting to murder applying section 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).” The municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte clarified the facts on the charges made by Sharad Rao yester-

Work on EEH-BKC connector to begin within a week By A Staff Reporter

he Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) will commence work within a week on the connector from the Eastern Express Highway (EEH) to the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC). The connector will help the commuters from the central suburbs to travel to the complex within a span of five minutes. The road will go over the Mahim Nature Park, LBS Marg, cross railway lines half-a-kilometre north of Sion station and over the Chunabhatti railway crossing. It will also help decongest the narrow Sion-Dharavi link road and provide direct accessibility to the Bandra Kurla Com-

plex. The link will cross over the Mithi river. Dilip N. Kawathkar, Dy. Metropolitan Commissioner and Joint Project Director, MMRDA, said, “The work of the connec-

tor will commence within a week, we have already received a go-ahead for the project from the Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority (MCZMA); currently we are awaiting the final approvals from them.” The connector will start at the G Block of the Bandra Kurla Complex and go down at the Somaiya Ground in Chunabhatti off the Eastern Express Highway. Kawathkar further added that, “The 1.6 km long connector will be constructed within two to three years, We are also in talks with the Somaiya Trust as the connector will end at the Somaiya Ground. They have agreed to give a part of the land that will be required for the project. However, the final compensation amount is yet to be decided.”

MBMC clamps down on illegal structures By Suresh Golani

fter a brief lull, the MiraBhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has once again geared up to tackle the illegal construction menace plaguing the region. After the suspension of ward officer Swapnil Sawant on Monday, the antiencroachment wing led by

Srikrishna Mohite, demol- documents in context with ished illegal constructions in the repair permissions isthe Kashimira belt including sued by the MBMC. “We have done our job, the illegally constructed 'JackPot Hotel' which had now it is the duty of the town sprung up on the service planning department to regroad in the Mira Gaothan ister a complaint at the local area adjacent to the Mum- police station against those bai-Ahmedabad highway. It who are involved in fabricathas been alleged that the ing the permission docuhotel had been built on the ments,” revealed a civic virtue of fake and fabricated officer.

MAHYAVANSHI VIKAS MANCH SNEHAMILAN HELD AT BORIVLI Manisha Mhaiskar

Mohan Adtani

Rajeev Jalota

along with his three IAS officers – Additional Municipal Commissioner Rajeev Jalota, former additional municipal commissioners Mohan Adtani and Manisha Mhaiskar saying that there is prima facie evidence to prosecute them for culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with last year's Dockyard building collapse which killed 61 persons. However, Kunte with Jalota, Adtani and Mhaiskar have been summoned to the court on January 12, 2015, as a complaint has been filed by Mumbai Municipal Mazdoor Union leader Sharad Rao against the above mentioned officials as they are responsible for the collapse of the building, as it was owned and maintained by the civic administration. Rao's advocate, S T Markande said, “The report submitted by deputy engineer Sagavekar on July 7, 2012 clearly mentioned that the building was in a dilapidated condition and it was advised that the building should be vacated to avoid loss of life and property. It was also advised to provide

He further added, “As per the section 354 of the BMC Act, it is the duty of the commissioner to remove the structures which are dilapidated or likely to fall. And the officials failed to take appropriate steps to avoid the loss of property and to save the lives of the 61 innocent persons.” At present, 11 civic officials have been charged with culpable homicide and negligence; they are being prosecuted for collapse of the 5-storey building at Dockyard. There was prima facie evidence against the civic officials and Metropolitan Magistrate Vijay Adone on November 5 ordered the Mumbai police to proceed with the investigation in this case and directed the accused named in the complaint to remain present in court on January 12, 2015 and also has directed the officials to comply with the provisions of Section 208 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr.PC). Markande further explained: “By virtue of oral as well as documentary evidence, the complainant (Sharad Rao)

day, saying that the civic body has received the copy of the letter dated November 5 and will seek appropriate legal advice in the matter in the due course of time before the competent court. He denied the charges made by Rao and reiterated that the administration is sensitive about the issue of old and dilapidated buildings and is concerned about the life and safety of people residing therein and has taken all the necessary steps to evacuate people from dangerous and dilapidated buildings. Despite the legal and manmade hurdles, the administration has been successful in evacuating a large number of occupants of MCGM and private dangerous properties in the last two years. In the letter dated May 5, 2014 it has been clarified that employees, residing in Conservancy quarters that have been declared uninhabitable after the structural audit, have been evacuated and majority of the Conservancy workers are members of Municipal Majdoor Union.

Mahyavanshi Vikas Manch (MVV) is established by the Mahyavanshi community and works towards the welfare and development of its people. A ‘Snehamilan’ was organised at Borivli, on Sunday, November 2. The organising committee appointed Mr. Manharbhai Patel as a Managing Trustee and Capt. A.D. Maneck as Vice President of the MVV. Capt Maneck is also active working for Government of Maharashtra’s Disaster Management Unit as an Instructor Incharge. The ‘Snehamilan’ was held under the Chairmanship of Mr. Jitubhai B. Surti, who is also the owner of Shri Shiv Shakti Advisory Private Limited, and a very respectable personality among community members. Many distinguished persons from the community were present during the occasion, namely Mr. Manharbhai Patel, Capt. A.D. Maneck, Mr. Manharbhai Bhesaniya (Retd. Nayab Commissioner, Income-tax), Mr. Amit Saraiyya (Thane Municipal Corporation Corporator), Mr. Milind Lavate, Govt.of India National Commission for Schedule Caste, Maharashtra State Coordinator, Mr. Maganbhai Bharti and Mr. Ashvinbhai Mistry, among others. The main aims and objects of called above Sammelan is to guide community members and inform them about the opportunities towards progress from respectable personalities of the said Manch. During the occasion, the MVV honoured our respectable chairman Mr. Jitubhai B. Surti with a ‘Gold Medal’ and ‘Community Respectable Trophy’ for his devotion and service rendered to the society and community.

Modi has his eyes fixed on upcoming polls in Bihar, UP

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HE Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which had to be content to remain in the shadow of Shiv Sena has moved out into bright sunshine and is looking forward to giving the state good governance and development. The party now wants to be free and it will try its best to avoid any coalition government. It has already realised that accepting the various conditions of the Shiv Sena for supporting it will not be in its interest. Shiv Sena is equally determined to join a coalition only if some of its demands are met. The demands which the Sena is still making are that the Speaker of the House should be from its own party. This, of course, is not acceptable to the BJP. And it has asked for a dozen seats in the government – some of them plum posts. This too is not acceptable to the BJP. In clear challenge, it has elected the leader of the Opposition – indicating that when the House meets today it will sit in the Opposition. After all these developments, the Sena has given the BJP till 10 a.m. today to decide on letting it know what its response will be? Is the Sena expecting a last-minute positive reaction from the BJP? It would be pertinent to point out that the BJP has already made up its mind about how far it will go with regard to the numerous conditions made by the Sena. Finally, in politics, you can never tell. Things can change overnight and a new scenario can emerge.

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INIMUM government, maximum governance” is a catchy election slogan. But as Narendra Modi has realised in the six odd months he’s been prime minister, it is not a practical dictum for running a country as vast and as diverse as India whose politics present complex challenges at every juncture. And so, in the first expansion of his cabinet, he has not only swelled the size of what was supposed to be a lean, mean government, he has also fallen back on the same mix of caste, region and merit on which his Congress predecessors relied to balance the pulls and pressures of electoral politics with efficient administration. If Suresh Prabhu, Manohar Parrikar and Jayant Sinha represent technocratic competence, Birendra Singh (a Jat), Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (an OBC) and Ram Shankar Katheria (a Dalit) belong to the new caste calculus that Modi is working with to enlarge the BJP’s national footprint in the coming years. The two most critical states for the Modi plan are Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are coming up in 2015 and 2017 respectively. It’s no coincidence that both states have the largest representation in the expanded union cabinet: 7 from Bihar and 12 from UP. Modi has his eyes firmly fixed on the upcoming polls. The expansion exercise tells us one more thing about the Modi government. While Modi clearly intends to continue with his PMO-centric style of functioning, he seems to have understood that he must delegate a little bit for delivery of his campaign promise of achche din. He has identified a few key areas of focus – the economy, defence and railways – and he has handed them over to ministers with a proven record of efficiency so that his government can show results. Traditionally, all three portfolios were handed out to political heavyweights. The current ministers – Jaitley, Parrikar and Prabhu – are lightweights whose route to Parliament is through the Rajya Sabha. But they will probably be among the privileged few to enjoy a degree of autonomy while other ministers, including BJP biggies like Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj, will have to tolerate micro-management by the PMO.

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PR overdrive with the Delhi press. First, he met BJP beat correspondents and senior journalists at a Diwali Milan lunch hosted by Amit Shah. Then he met a select group of Modi acolytes in the journalistic community who use their columns to promote him. Next, he invited editors of nine English language dailies for an informal chat that lasted an hour and a half. The interaction was marked by a spat between two senior editors who were once colleagues. Modi must have

An informal do with Seetharaman

POWER TALK Arati R. Jerath been amused by the exchange. It just confirmed what he keeps saying, that the media can’t be trusted. It is no-one’s friend and can even turn on members of its own tribe. Apparently, more such interactions are on the anvil. He next plans to meet with editors of the vernacular media. Interestingly, the coordinator for all these meetings is the Gujarat Resident Commissioner Bharat Lal who has been liaising with the Delhi media on Modi’s behalf for a long time.

Modi still doesn’t trust English media

T is curious that Modi firmly dismissed a cabinet expansion and reshuffle in his interaction with the editors. He was asked several times and each time, he indicated that there was nothing on the cards. I haven’t thought about it (expansion) yet. There’s no time now. I’m travelling abroad. Then Parliament will reopen. That’s what he is believed to have told the editors. Considering that the process of expansion FTER shutting out the media since he be- had already been set in motion with in-house came PM, Narendra Modi has gone on a consultations and feelers to Goa chief minis-

PM goes on a PR overdrive

‘Because beauty is associated with women’ T

HE demand to be safe in relationship inevitably breeds sorrow and fear. This seeking for security is inviting insecurity. Have you ever found security in any of your relationships? Have you? Most of us want the security of loving and being loved, but is there love when each one of us is seeking his own security, his own particular path? We are not loved because we don't know how to love. What is love? The word is so loaded and corrupted that I hardly like to use it. Everybody talks of love — every magazine and newspaper and every missionary talks everlastingly of love. I love my country, I love my king, I love some book, I love that mountain, I love pleasure, I love my wife, I love God. Is love an idea? If it is, it can be cultivated, nourished, cherished, pushed around, twisted in any way you like. When you say you love God what does it mean? It means that you love a projection of your

ter Manohar Parrikar to shift to the Centre, many are wondering why Modi misled the editors. It is the PM’s prerogative to maintain confidentiality about cabinet reshuffles but in the past, most have chosen to give vague answers when asked. Wait and watch. You’ll know when it happens. That’s what Modi’s predecessors used to say. It’s standard practice for a politician to give evasive answers. It’s rare to make categorical denials as Modi did. This was supposed to be an off-the-record, frank chat with the country’s top English language journalists. Judging by this bit of deception, it would appear that Modi hasn’t got over his mistrust of the English media.

own imagination, a projection of yourself clothed in certain forms of respectability according to what you think is noble and holy; so to say, “I love God”, is absolute nonsense. When you worship God you are worshipping yourself — and that is not love. Because we cannot solve this human

MATTER & SPIRIT thing called love we run away into abstractions. Love may be the ultimate solution to all man's difficulties, problems and travails, so how are we going to find out what love is? By merely defining it? The church has defined it one way, society another, and there are all sorts of deviations and perversions. Adoring someone, sleeping with someone, the emotional exchange, the companionship — is that what we mean by love? That has been the norm, the pattern, and it

ITH Modi signaling that it’s OK to meet the press, commerce minister Nirmala Seetharaman too hosted a small lunch, but only for women journalists. The occasion was Karthik Purnima which in South India is considered an auspicious day. Seetharaman was a popular spokesperson for the BJP and was sorely missed when she became out-of-bounds for the media after being appointed a minister in the Modi government. So journos were pleased when they received a phone call inviting them for lunch at Seetharaman’s new Lutyen’s bungalow. It was an informal do with Seetharaman playing the gracious hostess. She even handed out plates herself to the women journalists and moved from table to table chatting informally.

Rahul keen to fight Delhi polls

AHUL Gandhi’s prescription to revive the Congress in Delhi has caught senior leaders by surprise. He wants party bigwigs in the city to contest the forthcoming assembly polls. The list includes Ajay Maken, Sandeep Dikshit, Sajjan Kumar and Jagdish Tytler. Naturally, none are keen to fight a losing election. It’s apparent to all that the Delhi polls will be a straight fight between the BJP and AAP with the Congress slated to do even worse than its 2013 performance when it won just 8 seats. But Rahul believes that senior leaders must go back to basics and start again from the bottom. Considering that all four have been Lok Sabha MPs, it must be galling to face pressure to contest an assembly poll. has become so tremendously personal, sensuous, and limited that religions have declared that love is something much more than this. In what they call human love they see there is pleasure, competition, jealousy, the desire to possess, to hold, to control and to interfere with another's thinking, and knowing the complexity of all this they say there must be another kind of love, divine, beautiful, untouched, uncorrupted. Throughout the world, so-called holy men have maintained that to look at a woman is something totally wrong: they say you cannot come near to God if you indulge in sex, therefore they push it aside although they are eaten up with it. But by denying sexuality they put out their eyes and cut out their tongues for they deny the whole beauty of the earth. They have starved their hearts and minds; they are dehydrated human beings; they have banished beauty because beauty is associated with women. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

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APROPOS 'No chance of alliance again' (ADC, Nov 11), it is really unfortunate that the alliance between Shiv sena and BJP is all over. Both the parties have shown their inflexibility and uncompromising attitude, borne out of their over confidence in securing victories alone. Out of both the parties it will be Shiv Sena which will be at tremendous loss since it has already been without power for the last 15 years. If the BJP continues to perform well, the Shiv Sena might be out of power for another 15. Severing of ties with BJP at the local level may also upstage their equation in the ensuing BMC elections. Uddhav's stiff stand is more to protect his image. Uddhav has decided to swim against the tide in the era of coalitions. It's difficult to say how Shiv Sena will emerge from this crisis but pulling a comeback will be nothing short of miracle. — Ashok Goswami, via email

THOUGH a majority of people don’t like NCP, the latter’s stand to support the BJP in Maharashtra from outside seems to be wise, practical and absolutely pro-people. If the BJP government falls due to lack of majority, there will be re-elections in the state, resulting in further wastage of the tax payers’ money. Now people have also started to understand why Narayan Rane, Chhagan Bhujbal and Sanjay Nirupam left the Shiv Sena. They all found that there is no democracy, only dictatorship, in the Shiv Sena. Finally, Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena will

Enough hate politics

Uddhav’s hara-kiri

'Khamoshiyaan' in Cape Town, took some time to meet his friend and actor Vidya Balan, with whom he had the privilege to work in 'Bobby Jasoos'. Coincidentally, Vidya seems to have been shooting at the same destination for her forthcoming film. With both the stars so busy with their hectic schedules, they were not able to take time out for a meeting, regardless of the fact that they were shooting at the same place. Hence Ali seems to have taken the introductory step and met the actress on her sets and the both of them spent some time chatting and reliving the old memories. The duo turned friends while shooting for film 'Bobby Jasoos'.

Super dirt spotters

WHY have we not seen politicians and celebrities clean the places where dirt is visible to everyone? Well the reason is simple: they are no ordinary people and so they are expected to do extraordinary work. Ordinary people, the aam janta, is supposed to clean the dirt visible to everyone. Celebrities and politicians, with their extraordinary vision, can spot kachra even on the cleanest roads. The cameras on them is just to make the aam janta realise their super power in unearthing the dirt which is not visible to a common man. Such extraordinary vision deserves all the media attention that its getting! Carry on — K V Raman, Malad with your great work for some people will always grumble. Sometimes it is the cleanest looking person (from outside) who requires the STRIKING a note of caution about deepest cleaning from inside, — Abdul Monim, Vashi India’s environment for investment, a minister in Japan stated that the Indian government must roll out economic reforms, build infrastructure and cut red tape if the $35 billion promised during Modi’s visit to Japan is to be actualised. “So long as there is a step-by-step forward movement, I think the expectations can be reached,” said state minister Yasutoshi Nishimura. Much of the public investment will be in the $100 billion Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, metro transport, and bullet train technology. “Despite the quite large investment to date, infrastructure development is not catching up. This is a major bottleneck for growth, Rahul Gandhi and warning to India and its new THERE are media reports to the efBJP government.” — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai fect that Rahul Gandhi will be undertaking a 'Jana Sampark Yatra' across the country to revive the Congress that has only been witNOW that the USA has been con- nessing defeat after defeat in the vinced about Pakistan’s sponsor- elections. While this is undoubtedly ing of worldwide state terrorism, a necessary step, I feel that this exwill it discontinue all sorts of aid, ercise needs to be carried out by including the economic one, to the senior party leaders whose words theocratic nation? Also, is Pakistan will carry some weight. Though he the only Muslim country to be has been an MP for ten years, he considered as the fountain-head does not seem to have grown in his of international extremism? Are political stature to have an impact not the petro-dollar rich Islamic on the public. Therefore Sonia countries in the Gulf equally hand- Gandhi has to identify others in her in-glove with the numerous Is- party who will be effective in this relamic terror networks spread spect. If Rahul tours alone, it may be across the globe? counter-productive.

Japan’s warning

FORESIGHT: Out of both the parties, it is the Shiv Sena which will be at tremendous loss since it has already been without power for the last 15 years, for if the BJP continues to perform well, the Shiv Sena might be out of power for another 15. tion in the Maharashtra Assembly. This way the Hindutva outfit will be seen in the company of the secular bloc of the Congress and its friends. How the Congress views this development will be a matter to be eagerly watched. At least on a few occasions the Congress will have to reluctantly side with them just for the purpose of showing the BJP in bad light. Will the di— Hansraj Bhat, Borivali vorce at the state level be repeated at the Centre too? If it does, then the total strength of the NDA bloc SO the Shiv Sena has taken the will stand reduced by 18. — Jorhat Singh, Kandivali final decision to sit in the opposi-

be committing hara-kiri if it does not support the BJP government unconditionally. Uddhav’s attitude may bring adverse effects in the municipalities of Mumbai, Thane and Aurangabad. Uddhav should change his mind in the interest of the Shiv Sena before it is too late. As a leader he must foresee Shiv Sena’s future. Haste may result in permanent waste.

business voicing their opinions in matters of the faith, let alone issue diktats. Schemes like Jiyo Parsi sound attractive, but they are merely cosmetic. Unless we welcome those who are genuinely interested in the religion, there is little hope or future for the community. All other religions allow conversions, but somehow we are "special". It is time enlightened Parsis took up matters against these obstinate gentlemen. After all they are elected. The power is in the hands of the ordinary Parsis. If they are to have any hope of salvation, they need to exercise it.

rooted out from the nation. Let us work together against the negative sources of the nation that is dividing and breaking the nation. Let us prove that there is no need for any political party or politician to make our nation into a greater India but by our sincere efforts and active participation work to build India into a great nation and country of love and unity.

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ON a television debate Nilesh Rane said that he wants to kick all Gujaratis out of Mumbai and Maharashtra. His contention was that he received some tweets from alleged Gujaratis abusing him and Maharashtrians. People like Nilesh Rane, a young man OF with convoluted ideas, LETTER THE DAY — Cajetan Peter D’Souza, Ghatkopar ideals and misconceptions should be driven away from active politics at the very beginning of his career because with time he will only conIT is interesting that actor Ali vince himself that he is on the right — Vineet Phadtare, Borivali Fazal, while shooting for his film track. The citizens of Maharashtra — Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba have long been living with the Marathi Manoos' sword over our heads, thanks MUMBAIKARS would be espeto the distorted concepts spouted first cially happy to learn that Suresh by the Shiv Sena and then by the MNS, Prabhu has been inducted into both factions that believe that a show IN a welcome move, which can be Modi's cabinet as the Union Railof strength and destruction, damage construed as a small step towards way Minister. Since Dandavate, and hurt justifies everything. The citi- the objective of achieving national followed by Ram Naik, Maharashzens of Mumbai must attempt to dis- integration, the newly-installed Maharashtra government has introtra has now got another state perqualify such hate politics. — Jamshed Irani, via email duced the teaching of Urdu as a son in this vital ministry. Many second language in Marathi railway projects awaiting on the schools all over the state. However anvil, in particular those of the it may be considered an incomsuburban railways, are sincerely APROPOS "A boost to save the Par- plete measure unless oldest lanexpected to be pushed forward sis" (ADC Nov 11), a part of the pain guage – Girvaan Bharati aka now. Prabhu will indeed be a is self-inflicted. Dozens of Parsis Sanskrit – Is also included as a sub'Prabhu' (god) for the state to inichoose spouses from outside the ject to be taught in the curriculum tiate these works to ease the lives of nearly 7 million daily suburban community. They are immediately of the Urdu medium educational commuters. To name a few – inexcommunicated by the Bombay institutes in Maharashtra. — Arun Malankar, Santacruz stalling the 52 new rakes to reParsi Panchayat. Even their children place the nearly unserviceable are not accepted into the commurakes, expansion of network nity or religion. The mandate of the to connect with extended sub- CABINET BERTH: A chartered BPP is to administer the Parsi trust urbs, upgradation of signals – are account by profession and a man with properties. The trustees have no I JOIN in the mission of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his team to some of the vital projects. Mum- an astute brain, Suresh Prabhu has make India a greater nation, where baikars will eagerly look forward been rewarded by the PM for his honesty every citizen of India will live with to the implementation of these and abilities, though he was sidelined by "We have to prove we are not pride and dignity and no person will works, which have been pending his party the Shiv Sena. eunuchs." go to sleep hungry. Education and for long. — Bikram Banerjea, via email PRIME Minister Narendra Modi's — Bal Thackeray, reacting health care will be the main criteria blue eyed boy Suresh Prabhu has to N-tests to build a great nation. Unemployment, fanaticism and poverty will be

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Suresh Prabhu’s meritorious achievement been inducted into the Union cabinet on merit. A chartered account by profession and a man with an astute brain, Prabhu has been rewarded by the PM for his honesty and abilities, though he was sidelined by his party the Shiv Sena. Prabhu has now joined the BJP and is one of PM's trusted sherpas. He has been made the railway minister which is a key portfolio. Prime Minister Modi believes in professionalism which is key to his rise. He handpicks people for important ministries and leads his men by example, apart from giving preference to young talent which he believes delivers fast. Modi's government is only a few months old but there is noticeable changes in the functioning mechanism. Our PM is highly respected internationally and our country is on the path to progress and development. — S N Kabra, Goregaon

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Idea to train women in trades that they can pursue to earn a livelihood, such as cooking, paper conversion, beautician, candle making and tailoring etc. By A Staff Reporter

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ew Employment Skills For India (NESI), a multi-faceted arts programme with an aim to provide support and employment skills to less privileged women in India has taken 75 women through an eight week-long training and uses music as a tool to ease inhibitions and build confidence amongst Indian women from lower income neighbourhoods. It culminates in a finale concert, bringing together underprivileged women from across the city to perform at Dadar Chowpatty on November 15, giving them the confidence that comes from performing for a large, appreciative audience. The project has been initiated in India by Superact

uals and strengthening communities. In the UK, Superact has conducted a number of programmes, working in a range of settings including prisons, schools and colleges, care homes and hospitals. Some of their projects include the Teenage Parents Project in Devon, which has seen them work with young parents to develop a network that will offer training opportunities, friendship and mentoring; Music and Memories in Bristol offers support to people living with dementia, by giving them the opportunity to sing, dance and listen to live music in a comfortable environment; and Southmead Hospital’s Fresh Arts Festival in October this year, for which Superact programmed a number of musicians who performed.”

(a UK-based non-profit organisation that uses music and the arts to conduct social impact projects) in collaboration with DB Tech (a network of Don Bosco skill training centres) and the Musicians Federation of India. According to Alison Smith, Chief Executive of Superact CIC, “NESI has been introduced in India by Superact, the organisation responsible for a number of very successful similar programmes in the UK and Europe. This not for profit company uses music and the arts to develop and deliver a wide range of social impact projects. Over the years, their projects have proven to make a positive difference in key areas of community development, skills development, employability and health and wellbeing, thereby empowering individ-

In a press release issued by Superact, it said, “Superact introduced the NESI programme in India, funded by UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI). They teamed up with Don Bosco Tech Society and the Musicians Federation of India to deliver the programme. The primary purpose of the NESI programme is to develop the participants’ self esteem and foster foundation skills such as team work, organisation, management and planning, thereby providing them with essential skills to enter the labour market, and then subsequently providing them with the support to do so. The 75 women ultimately chosen for the NESI programme were chosen from amongst over 800 who DB Tech have trained since October last year in var-

ious courses. The idea is to train women in trades that they can pursue to earn a livelihood, such as cooking, paper conversion, beautician, candle making and tailoring, thereby addressing poverty and providing them with opportunities they ordinarily would not have access to. The women chosen for the NESI programme were selected on the basis of their interest in music, as well as awareness. With their basic training in employability done, NESI aims at building confidence amongst these women. Stuart DaCosta – who is a musician himself, the founder of The Bandstand Cultural Society and runs Cotton Press Studio in Mumbai – has been closely involved with the NESI programme since its inception,

and is a key trainer. Other trainers include musician Tanmay Bhattacherjee, musician and Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music alumnus Aalok Padhye, dance art therapist Renelle Snelleksz and others. The project culminates in a concert, where the 75 women involved in the NESI programme will take the stage for the first time in their lives, showcasing the music they have learned over the past eight weeks, at Dadar Chowpatty on November 15 in Veer Baji Prabhu and Sant Dyaneshwar Udyan. This will be followed by a reception at Krida Bhavan in Dadar where the critically acclaimed London-based duo B ‘n’ M comprising guitarist Heidi Heidelberg and flautist Mauricio Velasierra will perform.”

Very few students from state to join Aviation training programs due to lack of information and guidance — Capt. A D Manek

MUMBAI: The Skyline Aviation Club is actively engaged in aviation training since last 27 years. We were able to train more than 3500 students for an aviation career as Airline Pilot, Flight Dispatcher, Air Hostess, Flight Purser and Aeronautical Radio Officer. Talking here in Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh Capt. A D Manek, CHIEF PILOT INSTRUCTOR and MANAGING TRUSTEE of THE SKYLINE AVIATION CLUB told,"Our records shows that there are very few students from Maharashtra state to join Aviation training programs due to lack of information and guidance. Social Welfare Department, Government of India is offering full scholarships of Rs.25 Lacs to students belonging to SC, ST and OBC categories for Commercial Pilot License training course. All nationalised banks are offering educational loan up to 25 lacs to students belonging to Open category. But due to lack of awareness on airline careers, students and parents are not able to avail these financial assistance from Government or Bank. Capt. Manek further said,"In 1895, Mr. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade resident of Mumbai belonging to Pathare Prabhu Maharashtrian family invented airplane and flew at Chowpatty in Mumbai and he became first Indian in the world to invent airplane 8 years before wright brothers first flight on December 17, 1903. But unfortunately our Indians including Maharashtrian people forgot him. We in Maharashtra not able to feel proud of invention of airplane by our Maharashtrian only because we do not know about such history which reflect our lack of information, knowledge and interest. Contact 9820891262

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Automobile Industry is largely a labour intensive industry and labour management is at the core of its success

By Mr. Sachin Adhikari, Transformational Training Designer & Chief Mentor of Viztar International

ccording to the Automotive Mission Plan for the period of 2006-2016, there is a major step taken to make India a global automotive hub. This Mission Plan aims to make India emerge as a

preferred global destination for design and manufacture of automobiles and auto components, with estimated output reaching a level of USD 145 billion and providing additional employment to around 25 million people by 2016. Considering the new governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s focus on turning India into a manufacturing hub, automobile sector is sure to draw investments and

expansion and therefore bring employment opportunities for many. If one has to look at the manpower demand in the Automobile Industry in India, the current requirement as well as the potential need is huge but there are some significant challenges as well. However, there are not enough good educational institutions that

cater to this sector. Also, the ones and train people, just to maintain that are present focus primarily on existing levels of service. The need technical skills resulting in gradu- to expand the network creates ates who are not employable which additional pressure to prepare a is why managing high levels of employable workforce. At the same manpower churn is probably the time, losing skilled and trained single biggest challenge which manpower, especially to competiindustry players are struggling tion, impacts not only the quality with. With the automobile industry of service but also the competitivegrowing manifold, the sector is creating a continuous need to recruit Continued on pg 14 ÂŤ

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I am in Class XII commerce. I would like to pursue Psychology. What is the minimum percentage required and how do I go about with the same? —Savita You need to apply to colleges offering Arts at the degree level – BA and then choose Psychology as a major. Kindly get in touch with colleges to identify the cut off marks for FYBA admissions and do note that in order to pursue Psychology majors in TYBA one needs to have taken it from the first year at least. For list of recognised colleges offering BA in Mumbai kindly visit - www.mu.ac.in

I am a final-year CA student. I realised in Class XII, that I actually had lot of interest in doing medicine. I do have an interest in CA, will be completing it and doing a job in the CA field only. But is there any long-distance course or something related to medicine where Class XII science is not required? I want to do it for knowledge, to fulfill my interest or suggest some good books explaining everything about the body, its functioning, effects of things etc? —Krishna Pathak To the best of my knowledge, there is no recognised institute that offers courses related to Medicine through distance education and especially for students coming from non-science (PCB) background. As mentioned above, since you are keen on your interest towards medicine, you can enhance your knowledge through reading related books, websites wherein you can begin with basic understanding of medicine and related topics but you will not be authorised to treat anyone. Please note that human anatomy is quite fascinating and hence there are thousands of books written all over the world for each and every body part; so you can go through the various websites to search for the right books. And considering your interest as well as academic qualification that you are pursuing, you can have further opportunities to work with hospitals, health care centres and so on in the respective roles as per your qualification.

I am an HSC (science) student. I want to pursue hotel management. Please suggest the top and best institutes in Mumbai and what is the scope for hotel management. —Rashmi Hotel management course trains an individual for the service industry and hence the scope of this field depends on an individual’s ability to serve with a smile in various departments like house-keeping, food and beverages, security, front office and reception, marketing and so on in hotels, restaurants, canteens, corporate, cruise liners, aviation and likewise. For the list of best colleges please take the help of the following: Educational websites and related blogsites, or The feedback from current as well as the passed out students, or Various rankings as carried out by publication houses from time to time If you have any queries for this column, contact us on education@afternoondc.in

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Auto mode on Continued from pg 13 « ness of players. Lack of training is the next critical challenge, as this directly impacts service quality and delivery. While ensuring continuous skills upgradation for existing service manpower, players also need to provide training for new entrants. Given the high levels of churn and need for expansion, several players feel that their service capacity, number of training facilities, nature of the training courses, instructors, etc. – are likely to be under pressure to meet future training needs. We need to understand that we have transitioned in a society where knowledge and technical skill is important but soft skills which determine how one deals with people, how adaptable one is to changes in the environment, how well he/she adjust with others in the team and the way they approach problem solving - are becoming more critical to employers who need their resources to be at par with the rest of the world. This is where the conventional training modules offered to the employees or potential employees of the sector fail to incorporate. This becomes even more important now with FDI policy which will allow international giants to set up their manufacturing units and offices in India making it essential for our workforce to be employable to suit their standards. Manpower for automotive servicing is typically recruited from three sources. Firstly, for entry level personnel like

trainees and technicians, resources are recruited directly from Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) or Polytechnics. Typically, students of motor mechanic trade are preferred, though for specific requirements, other trades like electricians may also be considered. Most players absorb such fresh recruits after putting them through an induction and initial training period of about six months. These trainings are typically the technical trainings relating to production and services. Secondly, given the high level of competition in the industry, it is natural for players to look at trained manpower from their competition, as potential recruits. This is more applicable for middle and senior levels such as supervisors, service advisors and service managers, which usually require diploma holders or graduates with three to five years of experience and thirdly, from the market – which is typically for senior management levels. Most players advertise for these senior positions which require engineering graduates, preferably with post graduate diplomas, with 8-10 years of experience. All these roles require a balance of technical know-how and soft skills and in some cases may require more of the latter than the former. Globally, experts are recognizing that life-skills make all the difference in a candidate. By this we mean skills which not only develop one’s soft skills but also their character traits. Transformational training’ was developed in India by Achievers Zone to ensure this overall development of the employees by improving their interpersonal and communication skills, leadership development, teamwork, time management and conflict management,

thus building their overall self-belief. There is another aspect of training that is critical for this sector and that is vocational training. Practically, the largest number of recruits in this industry are factory workers, they can be made job ready through vocational training specially designed for this sector. This can be done by partnerships with the educational institutions where curriculum can be designed according to the needs of the industry and imparted to the students. Following this, an assessment can be made to choose most competent candidates. The other way to keep the employees engaged and up to date is by providing periodical training even after they are employed to teach them improved techniques, better methods of execution etc. With the new government’s agenda of developing India as a manufacturing hub of the world, it is imperative that we start training for a robust skilled manpower. This can be possible only if we start imparting employability skills in the colleges and institute it. The newly appointed government has already made announcements about their plans to boost the sector and things are looking optimistic with larger FDIs in the sector and announcements of higher sales in the first quarter of 2014. Given all these factors, it is important that the industry realizes the importance of trained and skilled workforce and starts imparting such skills at colleges along with upgrading the skills of those already working. For students looking at the automobile sector, the future is very bright if they follow a structured path of education and training helping them get employed.

IMPORTANCE OF INTERNSHIPS

What is the importance of interning during college holidays? —Simran Treat internships as resume builders rather than fillers. It is ideal to intern at one company for at least four weeks to actually understand your major interest. Some internships only last for a few days, but if they are at a renowned companies or entail an interesting role, do pursue them anyway. Most internships are unpaid, but remember that they offer numerous other benefits besides the money. They help you gain insight into the company and industry, allow you to connect with others, inspire a career choice and teach you things such as time management, teamwork and work culture/etiquette. An internship is to test drive a career path, so you should pursue them during high school and college. If after graduation you are still looking for a job, or have moved countries and find it challenging to get one, interning is a great start and path to becoming employed.

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the main option is a Master of Pharmacy (MPharm). If you are considering studying pharmacy abroad, or would like to be able to work in different countries after graduating, it’s important to check which regions your degree qualification will be recognised in. For example, in the UK, you will need at least an MPharm in order to be accepted for the yearlong training course that allows you to register as a professional pharmacist. Entry I am interested in studying Pharmacy. What degree can I apply for? —Mihir requirements for pharmacy degrees also vary, but you’ll almost certainly need to have studied chemistry to a high level, preferably alongside a combination of biology, physics and mathematics.

The types of pharmacy degrees available may vary depending on where you study. In some regions of the world, a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) is offered; elsewhere,

and business strategy, finance, managerial economics and marketing and operations management. LSE, Warwick, Imperial and Cass Business school have great MIM programmes; in fact LSE’s Masters in management and strategy has been consistently ranked as one of the most competitive programmes in the UK. Typically a MIM is a oneyear programme, although some universities like LSE offer a two-year course that includes a semester abroad. Your application will include a personal statement, transcripts from your bachelors degree showing all the marks you have achieved to date, two

references – one academic and one professional – and a CV. Some universities like Imperial might have additional questions that need to be filled such as: “Why have you decided to study this programme?” or I am currently studying a BA in econom- “Why have you chosen to apply to this school?” Most importantly, you will need to ics at Jai Hind. I am keen to pursue a provide proof that you have met the English Masters in management next year. language requirement by sitting for the IELTS Which are the good schools that offer exam. An overall score of 7.0 in the IELTS is this programme in the UK and how do I apply? —Abhinav ideal. Although most schools do not require A Masters of Science in Management is a the GMAT for an MSc in management but it highly demanding and intensive programme is important to read the university website offered by the top schools in the UK. carefully before applying. Applications for Graduates holding a Masters in managenext September will generally open around ment (MIM) will study subjects like corporate early November of this year.

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‘Rang Rasiya’ relived <<Ravi Gupta, Deepa Sahi, Ketan Mehta, Nandana Sen, Randeep Hooda at Whistling Woods International.

erceived to impart quality education through avant-garde and upgraded teaching methodology, Whistling Woods International hosted the team of recently released Rang Rasiya at its campus. The team of the movie including the award winning director Ketan Mehta, producer Deepa Sahi, and actors Randeep Hooda and Nandana Sen shared their experiences of filming the movie based on a real story, involving controversial artist Raja Ravi Verma. Speaking on the occasion,

the famed director said, “I am happy that I got the opportunity to interact with the students at WWI. It was a refreshing experience to know their perspective and answer their queries about the movie and the art of filmmaking. Their knowledge and understanding of the art is commendable and impressive.” Through the master class, the team envisaged key highlights of filmmaking to the students. Despite being completed in 2008-09, the movie got delayed vis-a-vis its release due to its bold

content. They also spoke about how it is important to treat a sensitive topic like that of a controversial artist set during an important historic event with great care. As a filmmaker, one has to ensure that it is showcased correctly and nudity is presented aesthetically. Ravi Gupta, Dean, WWI said, “We are glad to have the team of an unconventional and artistic movie like Rang Rasiya and have stalwarts like Ketan (Mehta), Deepa (Sahi), Randeep (Hooda), and Nandana (Sen) share their expertise and experience.”

Students asked the team questions about the movie and the process that went behind making it. They also asked about their personal plans and opinions in connection to the industry. Talking about the choices of his movies, Randeep Hooda said, “Ketan Mehta is one of the original Indian voices in the Indian Film industry. I am happy to move away from the usual characterization that I have been doing; it was a pleasant change. One must follow their heart and deliver with conviction.”

Breaking records

ayna Saldanha, age 12. a Class VIII student of Billabong High international school, Santacruz has made the school proud by winning two gold medals and one silver medal in district level Senior GMA. She participated in three events and won medals in all the three. She competed in the 200 metres individual medley where she not only won the gold medal but also broke the 31-yearold record of the Indian swimming legend Anita Sood, who was the former national woman swimming champion of India. Rayna also participated in 800 metres and 1500 metres free stroke and clinched silver and gold medals respectively. She was also declared runner up in the Best Swimme category. There are three distinct meets that are conducted by swimming federation (SFI) annually. The Sub Juniors where the under 10 and theunder 12 year olds swim; the juniors where the under 14 and under 17 year olds

An unprecedented opportunity to become a mind trainer is now available in Mumbai. Lifeline Foundation, a leading Mind Power Training research organisation in India, offers a unique chance to become a professional trainer. In Mumbai, on November 15th 2014, from 6 PM to 8 PM, the free Mind Trainers Training Orientation will be presented by Dr. P.P. Vijayan (MA, MBA, LLM, PhD.), an internationally-acclaimed mind trainer, author, success coach, master facilitator and business strategist. He is the most sought after mind power and personal growth trainer with rich experience of 25 years in 58 countries.

LG’s revamped G Watch R impresses

martwatches have finally started to pick up as both players have increased and prices have dropped substantially. LG was one of the first manufacturers to release an Android Wear smartwatch, but the G Watch did not do well. Recently they launched a revamped G Watch R which looks more like a watch – with a completely circular screen and less like a piece of technology (as majority of the smartwatches look far more like a gadget). One advantage is that users will be able to fit any standard 22mm

all older swimmers that take part in that event. It is in this event that Rayna broke Indian legend Anita Sood's 31 year old record. The significance is that no one in Mumbai district has been able to go below her timing in all these years. The SENIOR GMA meet was held at Tata Pool in Chembur in Mumbai in September.

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take part ; The Seniors where the elite swimmers of India swim. Above 17 years can v compete in the senior nationals. The Senior GMA where Rayna swam in September is a Mumbai district meet held to qualify for the senior state and subsequently the senior Nationals. Hence there are

watch strap. The 320x320 resolution display looks very sharp, with the plastic OLED panel producing vibrant colours, excellent viewing angles and deep blacks. Battery life was a major issue with the original G Watch, and LG hasn't added a larger cell for its successor, although the OLED display should last for up to two days on a single charge. LG has managed to fit a heart rate monitor. LG feels that the watch will go on sale sometime early in the fourth quarter. (chandraguptaa@hotmail.com)

he infinite potential of the human mind is the key to success in the 21st century. Trainers who can teach people to harness mind power for managing their emotional state, developing leadership qualities and manifesting their talents, are in great demand in countries such as Singapore, US and UK. Though mind power training is still a budding field in India, the number of mind trainers is steadily growing. We need more mind trainers to transform the Indian mindset for creating an atmosphere of excellence, prosperity and personal growth. Dr. Vijayan trains the trainers to do exactly that by raising their competence to the level of international excellence. Even if you are a busy executive, professional or student, you can use holidays and Sundays to conduct mind power training programmes as a part time venture. Mind training is related to success coaching and requires little monetary investment. You can successfully coach individuals, businesses, companies and NGOs. You can earn between Rs.1,00,000 and Rs.2,00,000 per month.

Dr. Vijayan’s programme to train mind trainers provides a plethora of benefits and advantages. He shows how to achieve remarkable success in wealth and prosperity, better health, dynamic success, happiness and relationship. Through scientifically proven techniques of mind power management and mind focussing, you can re-programme your subconscious mind to develop personal magnetism and positive thinking. Dr. Vijayan explains 20 reasons to mediate and teaches how to do it in 9 simple steps. This programme enables you to cultivate forgiveness and gratitude for healing of the mind, body and emotions. Knowledge of the 9 Laws of

Attraction will activate and magnetise your mind. You will be guided to discover the mission and vision of your life. Dr. Vijayan equips you with the necessary intellectual resources, skills, workshop design, practical exercises, counselling and training tools to achieve the desired results. He provides ready to use audiovisuals and presentations, training videos, books and specialised modules on training, marketing and much more. You will learn to facilitate a highly interactive activitybased workshop. You can build relationships to get direct clients and corporate business. You can even pursue it as a full time profession, or become an independent mind power trainer. However, you can be more effective by becoming an Associate Trainer with Lifeline to train people on mind power in and around your city by entering into a marketing synergy with Lifeline, on a revenue sharing basis. Contact: +91 9746 887 507, +91 999 514 4811; Email: ttp@lifelinefoundation.in; Visit: www.lifelinemindcare.org;

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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced that the Mumbai edition of TCS IT Wiz 2014 will be held on Sunday, November 16, at the Indian Education Society. Students studying in Classes 8 – 12 can participate. There is no entry fee. Each institution is allowed to send 10 teams of twomembers each to participate. TCS IT Wiz 2014 is held across 14 locations in India - Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur and Pune. Entries have to be sent through the respective institutions on or before November 14. Quiz format The top six teams from the written prelim will qualify for the regional finals. Only the top scoring team from each school will be called on stage in the event of multiple teams from the same school qualify. The winner from the regionals will contest in the mega finals along with the UAE team, to be held in December.

Tweet and earn mileage The regional finals will have a Twitter contest for all the participants and the top two winners will receive Bluetooth speakers. The twitter contest will also involve a mileage earning system where every tweet will earn a point, tweet with picture three points and retweets will fetch 5 points. The student with highest tweet point across the 14 cities will win a trip to Mumbai to witness Mega finals of TCS IT Wiz.

TCStweetwiz Three questions will appear on the screen and students can tweet their answers to the handle @TCStweetwiz during the correction break and the top three on first-come-first basis along with all correct answers will receive themselves a boom headphone each.

Subject The Quiz will mainly focus on applications of Information Technology across various sectors and aspects including technology environment, the business, people, new trends and legends. It will also focus on emerging areas such as cloud computing, telecom, biometrics, robotics, world of Internet, unique web sites, IT buzzwords and acronyms. The quiz will also cover areas where IT has made an impact – education, entertainment, books, multimedia, music, movies, internet, banking, advertising, sports, gaming, social networking, blogging, cell phones, etc.

SPORTS TOURNAMENT FOR PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY

To commemorate National Epilepsy Week by showcasing Badminton, Table Tennis, Carrom and Chess performances, Epilepsy Foundation invites all persons with epilepsy between the age group of 7 to 18+ years old to the sports tournament at NSCI. Be a part of this tournament and win prize money alongwith the winner trophy! Date: 15th & 16th November, 2014 Time: 11.00 am onwards Venue: The National Sports Club of India (NSCI), Lala Lajpatrai Marg, Worli, Mumbai – 400 018 For registrations & more information please contact: Epilepsy Foundation - 022 22001180 / 81epilepsyfoundationindia@gmail.com

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did a college diploma in business finance from Canada. I didn't choose my career, it chose me. My husband, Manj gifted it to me. After Manj and I got married I used to work in an office doing admin work. I was always a big fan of music and I would sing a lot at home. Once I was singing along with a song in the car and Manj slowly turned the volume down so he could hear me sing. That evening he said "You need to get into the vocal booth and sing some female vocals for a track." My life changed from then on and now it’s come to singing in Bollywood for big banner films. The best thing about being a singer is seeing your fans appreciate your music. I love the euphoria in live concerts and being up close and personal with the people who give me this celebrity status. It's priceless and something money can never buy. Music also connects me to a spiritual awakening and it's amazing how you can communicate with over a million other souls only through the language of music. It's more like a stress buster for me. Education has brought out the businesswoman in the creative superwoman I am.

“You can communicate with over a million other souls only through the language of music,” says Nindy Kaur, singer, music composer and producer at Manj Musik

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munication skills, teaching methods, how people learn and how to build a training plan. There are always jobs available in public schools and colleges, or even teaching kids how to play the piano. I help Manj with the lyrics and ideate on the video conceptualising and styling. I'm a musician/singer/song writer. You need to maintain a healthy code of conduct. I can never be a super successful singer at the cost of my husband and son being neglected. So I do the 48 hours non-stop travel 4-5 times in a month to India for shows but I make sure to be in Canada for my son despite being super exhausted. When Manj and I first got married we were penniless. We both started from scratch multi-tasking a day and a night job. After a whole year of nonstop working these three jobs we were finally able to invest into a music studio. A lot of hard work, dedication, commitment has been invested into taking this career to where it is. At times during the initial days we had to compromise on a family life and lavish purchases to establish a future for our family but it's all paid off. Money is always an issue in the music industry, period. For most people, the decision to work in the music business is the easy party. Things get a little harder when it comes time to pay for that music career. If you are exceptionally talented then there's immense scope on a global platform. These days singers perform for private functions, put up outdoor gigs and also compose for films. It's no longer perceived as a creative job that doesn't get the cash register ringing. You can peg the amount to anywhere up to Rs 50,000 and higher per month for starters. It takes about seven – 10 years to earn repute of your own and for people to sit up and take note. Life or love isn't perfect and everything is a lesson that inches you a step closer to the perception of perfection. You stop learning the day you think you are the perfect professional. Work and opportunities are endless so the income likewise is limitless. A professional can earn anywhere between Rs 5–10 lakh per month depending on the scale of projects and calibre of the singer. Always invest in a lot of hard and honest work, stay grounded and exhibit dedication. You can shape your destiny if your intentions are right.

MUSIC INDUSTRY

Education helped me find a voice. Education is the foundation of life and gives new perspectives to life. My educational experiences enabled me to be financially independent and understand people from different walks of life. The only kind of training I have ever been through is in the gym. Vocal training is mostly in the shower. I was a complete bathroom singer. But Manj and I practice a lot in the studio in New Delhi and Canada. Now that my son Anoop has taken to singing we do a lot of family sessions together. Whether performing or teaching, a successful musician needs a background in several musical instruments. Theory and composition classes are almost impossible without some basic skills in piano or keyboard. School music teachers need some basic knowledge of band and orchestra instruments. Even rock musicians need some skills in guitar, bass, keyboards and drums to get along. Although a college degree may not be necessary, a few courses in music theory are well worth the effort. Music has its own written notation and spoken language that has developed over the centuries and is known to musicians throughout the world. Knowledge of intervals, key signatures, chord theory, timing, sight reading and composition

allows you to communicate your ideas to others and will enhance your skills. To become a successful musician, the most important factor is practice and repetition. Unfortunately, many musicians spend their time practicing their mistakes. A cheap digital recorder allows instant feedback that highlights mistakes, inconsistent tone, irregular timing and other problems. In addition to practice, another important skill is performance. It takes a lot of courage to get up in front of other people and make music. Find a place where you can get together with other musicians to perform: open mic nights, church service, school choir, community orchestra, jam sessions. There is a wealth of jobs in music education, and gaining the skills to teach is as close as the nearest community college. These courses provide the basics in com-

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As told to Monarose Sheila Pereira

Challenging young minds for sustainable development India – The registration phase for the eighth “Henkel Innovation Challenge” has just started. Under the slogan of “Create. Learn. Grow, Henkel is inviting students from all over the world to submit their visionary ideas for sustainable products and technologies

tudents of any discipline from 28 countries have the opportunity to take on the role of business development manager and register at www.henkelchallenge.com with their innovative ideas up until 10 December 2014. It’s simple to take part. To enter the international competition, the students need to form a two-person team and create a concept for one of the three business units Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care or Laundry & Home Care. The task is to identify market trends and challenges for 2050 and develop ideas that are aligned to the Henkel sustainability strategy.

semi-finalists are assigned an experienced Henkel Manager as mentor to provide assistance and advice. This gives the students the chance to gain valuable practical experience, forge personal contacts with the company early on and find out about career opportunities says Mr. Jeremy Hunter, President, Henkel Group – India. In addition to individual mentorship, each team receives access to a wide range of elearning opportunities and webinars on registration. Mentor program and career opportunities For the first time, two-day recruitment The entrants will receive comprehensive support during the entire competition. “All events will be held during this year’s compe-

The teams must convince a jury of Henkel managers, and the best ones will take part in the international final to be held in Vienna in spring 2015. The winning team will receive an around-the-world ticket worth 10,000 Euro. The second and third-placed teams will also receive travel vouchers. All three teams will have the opportunity to meet Henkel CEO Kasper Rorsted in person and present their innovation concepts.

tition. Here Henkel managers support the participants in the development of their concepts. In addition, there will be interviews for internships and concrete offers will be made. “We expect the students to respond very positively to the combination of insights into the company and direct offers of internships.” says Mr. Hunter. Henkel Innovation Challenge is an important component of our worldwide Employer Branding strategy and a great opportunity to get to know innovative, conscientious students with an entrepreneurial spirit early on in their careers and motivate them for Henkel.

<<Dr Neelima Patil

A CAREER IN BOTANY

Plants have intrigued people for thousands of years. They provide aesthetic beauty as well as materials for our basic needs. Today our world presents new and complex problems that were never dreamed of a century ago, says Anuja Chavan

ecent progress in technology and molecular biology provide powerful new tools that can help us solve some challenging problems. No matter how much we ignore the impending environmental problems and resort to the way of progress by technological advancement, it will always be in our favour to have sustainable development – development without compromising the future of generations to come. And the reason to state all of this is the basic branch which provides fuel to all the major sub-branches in environment; genetics etc for technology by protecting the resources is botany. Also one of the best things about plant science is the number of different specialties and career opportunities from which a person can choose. This diversity allows people with different backgrounds, aptitudes and interest to find satisfying careers in plant biology. More than many other scientific fields, botany continues to provide opportunities for women as well as men. This is the reason, Dr Neelima Patil, the head of department of Botany subject of Z B Patil College, had done her PhD on the freshwater blue green algae of North Maharashtra stating how important and equally payable the study of this subject can be. This interview will make all our young readers understand how a career in botany can be the best outcome for themselves and also for the society.

Class XI and XII, then surely it is very helpful for the student to grasp the subject during graduation. But even if not taken, no harm done, some extra efforts taken in first semester of graduation can cover the gap up. What are the renowned institutions in Maharashtra where the student can pursue this field for graduation and postgraduation? Well, there are a number of colleges where a student can pursue under graduation and get a graduation. In fact in a developed state like Maharashtra, there are many granted and nongranted colleges other than renowned universities which offer this course. But for post-graduation, I would like to recommend students to study in well known universities like Mumbai, Pune, north Maharashtra, Aurangabad etc.

What are the different sub-branches a student can pursue for future studies in this studies? Systematic study of any branch of science necessitates its division into various branches. The botany in early 18th century largely involved the description of plants and their classification, gradually the knowledge about plants expanded and several branches of the subject were conceived. The important branches are morphology – study of external form and features of the plant and its parts, anatomy – study of internal morphology, taxonomy – study of plant classification and relationship among various groups of plants, plant physiology – study of various living processes involving functions of plants, Cytology – deals with the structure of cells and its organelles, the most emerging Genetics – deals with the resemblance between parents and their off-springs and the transmission of character or the hereditary material from the former to the latter, environmentally important branch ecology – study of organism in their natural home or habitat, paleobotany – study of plants growing in Paleozoic era and molecular biology. Moreover, there are some applied and most followed branches of

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When is the right time to choose this as one’s career? The normally followed 10+2 pattern is beneficial. As in if you had taken biology group during

botany as horticulture, agriculture, forestry, plant histology and economic botany. What are the different field in which an expert in botany can be employed? The major employers of plant biologists are educational institutions, government agencies and industries. Job opportunities usually depend upon educational training and experience. Educational institutions which employ most plant biologists range from high schools and colleges to universities. Most positions for professionals and scientists are in colleges and universities. Government agencies need botanist in many different fields. Plant biologists work in various branches of department of agriculture, including the medical plant resources lab, the germplasm resources lab etc. In fact environmental organisations like nature conservancy too hire botanists. Industry is the third major employer of plant botanist. Drug companies, the oil industry, the chemical industry, the lumber and paper companies, seed and nursery companies, fruit groves, food companies, fermentations industries (including breweries), biological supply houses and biotechnology firms all hire men and women trained in botany. Botany offers many interesting and worthwhile career opportunities. The work is frequently varied and the surroundings pleasant as stated earlier. Because of the great diversity in plant sciences, people with many different background, abilities and interest can find a satisfying career in botany. It may allow you to live and work in the outdoors. A person with a mathematical background might find biophysics, developmental botany, genetics, modeling, or systems ecology to be exciting fields. Someone with an interest in chemistry might become a plant physiologist, plant biochemist, molecular biologist, or chemotaxonomist. Are there any pre-requisite specific knowledge requirements to excel in this field? No specific knowledge, only interest to know more about the subject and readiness to read and enhance you can make one an expert.

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irst off, accolades to the actor for taking an effort to make the ‘Going Home’ video. This movie talks of an atmosphere that we all wish to create in our country. How wonderful it would be to create such a society! A trending video like this became hugely known for the appreciation it received from various Hollywood actors and stars abroad. The video, obviously talks about the safety of women. But in the ambush, it talks of a jamboree that people create when and if such an event happens to take place. Women's safety is an important issue. However, I noticed a few other wonderful aspects in the movie that made me like the video. The movie broadly

MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014

A video that must be watched highlights lifestyle in urban society. A caring mother calling her daughter to ask about her whereabouts. The fact that parents are subject to this kind of tension is shameful. We all know of journalists who work at night but the concern for female journalists is probably high, with safety being THE issue. Secondly, the clothes. Alia Bhatt sports a short skirt and a top like a typical modern girl. The accusations that say clothes provoke men to attack women, is a myth. That is another wonderful aspect of the movie. Lastly, the myth of viewing women as sexual objects alone is

Haider

Director: Vishal Bharadwaj Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Tabu, Irrfan Khan

amazingly broken. Had she wished, the video could have also shown a driver driving her car. On the contrary, she drives in order to portray her independence. The Indian value of still not allowing the guy to come closer to her and whisper, "Excuse me," and not letting another kiss her hand, just goes on to prove the efficiency that the youth is proving through its work. The part of the question still hanging in the screen, boldly asking: "Can We?" is a slap to society.

Carnival time Thakur Vidya Mandir and Junior College invites you to Brahmotsav 2014 which promises to be a grand fest! By A Staff Reporter

rilliance of performance, execution to excellence. 'Haider' is one movie that has really changed my perception of mainstream cinema. My very first expectation with the trailer release was this is not commercial cinema. 'Haider' is the most brilliant depiction of Shakesphere's Hamlet, the story revolves around the now and then of the reality of Kashmir. Shahid Kapoor who is

MOVIE REVIEW Maria Khatri named 'Haider' plays his so-called psychotic character with ease. His life changes during the course of an event when his father, for saving the life of a militant, is taken away by the

army. Each character, whether played by Tabu or Irrfan Khan is done justice to. 'Haider' has a very strong message for the masses about the difficulties faced during the decade starting from 1995 to 2005. Shahid Kapoor's monologue is the one scene you must look forward to. However, there are roles in the movie which weren’t required in my opinion.

Essay competition for teachers T

he K P B Hinduja College of Commerce is inviting entries for the seventh prestigious 'Dharam S Hinduja All India Essay Writing Competition for Lecturers’.

Subject: • If youth knew, if age could • Restoring the glory of River Ganga • Make in India vs made in India • Nuclear technology: boon or bane? • Will India’s black money find its way back home? • Natural disasters: relief measures are more required than relief funds Length: 1,000 – 2,000 words

Language: English address and contact no of both Eligibility criteria & rules for presenthe participant, as well as the institution where she is currently tation: • Currently employed lecturers of employed colleges in India (junior/degree • Entries may be sent as an attachcollege, aided/self-financed instiment by email in double spacing, font type: Times New Roman, font tutes) size: 12 to hindujaessaycompeti• One entry per contestant • Word count must be mentioned at tion@gmail.com with ‘Essay Competition Entry’ mentioned as the end of the essay • Marks will be deducted for violathe Subject. tion of the word limit Last date for submission: • The decision of the judges will be Monday, December 15 final and binding Publication of essays: K P B • Referred/quoted sources must be Hinduja College of Commerce acknowledged reserves the right to publish the • The entry must include the name, essays

ith the season of college fests, students and teachers have also started work, selecting the best for the festival and getting all college students across the city to showcase their talent. Thakur Vidya Mandir School and Junior college is all set for their fest 'Brahmotsav 2014'. This year, Thakur Vidya Mandir will also be celebrating its silver jubilee year. To make the students dance, compete and enjoy, Brahmotsav 2014 is themed 'Carnival'. With more than 50 competitive events, this festival will have eminent and popular celebrities from media and television to make their pres-

ence felt and judge the competitive events. Since the last three years, Brahmotsav 2014 has been coming up with various themes. This year, Brahmotsav will be merging their theme into their events which are from the fields of Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Literature and Sports. Along with the events, Brahmotsav will also be graced by popular celebrities from the fields of television, fashion and reality shows. Celebrities like Rashmi Desai, Amit Verma, Richa Mukherjee and participants from the most popular reality shows like 'India's Raw Star' will be seen here. Brahmotsav this year is scheduled on November 21 and 22.

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BIODIVERSITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT & MANAGEMENT COURSE

Continuing its tradition of conducting innovative and application-oriented nature education programmes, BNHS India has launched a new Certificate Course in association with Mumbai-based Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation. The Biodiversity Impact Assessment & Management course, an eightmonth programme, has been introduced in virtual classroom format and also includes field visits. Admissions are now open for the course, which is suitable for practicing Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) professionals and others who wish to study the impact of human activities on biodiversity.

Course details The course will include six weeks of e-learning over the internet, followed by two weeks of field work at BNHS project sites spread across Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. The course content has been designed based on National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (NABET). Real life case studies have been included from BNHS Impact Assessment Reports. Expert mentors will guide the participants and course faculty includes Dr Deepak Apte, Chief Operating Officer, BNHS and Dr Prasad Modak, Director, Ekonnect Knowledge Foundation. The course will be delivered through an e-learning platform and will have an interactive and multimedia enriched content and discussion forums. The eight modules for eight weeks are as follows: 1. The problem of biodiversity loss 2. Drivers of biodiversity loss – Case studies from India 3. Biodiversity impact and business risk 4. Response to biodiversity impact – biodiversity related governance in India 5. Analytics of impact assessment – How EIA is carried out 6. Biodiversity inclusive impact assessment 7. and 8. Biodiversity assessment techniques – Fieldwork Eligibility and Fees The course is open to graduates in science or engineering, in the subjects of environment, management, planning, economics or a related field. Those who wish to specialise in biodiversity inclusive impact assessment will find the course particularly useful. Course fees are Rs 5,000. Charges for field travel, stay and food will be extra. Interested candidates can enroll by registering on the following link, which also has a free preview of the course – www.ekolearning.ekonnect.net or by sending an e-mail to Divya Narain on divya.narain@ekonnect.net

MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2014 Who is a Reiki healer and what is the practice all about? Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by the 'lying on hands' and is based on the idea that an unseen life force energy flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. It uses a technique commonly called palm healing or hands-on-healing as a form of alternative medicine and is sometimes classified as oriental medicine by some professional medical bodies. Through the use of this technique, practitioners believe that they are transferring universal energy (reiki) in the form of qi (Japanese: ki) through the palms, which they believe allows for selfhealing and a state of equilibrium. Reiki is based on a ki – a supposed life force that is purely hypothetical. There are two main branches of Reiki, commonly referred to as Traditional Japanese Reiki and Western Reiki. Though differences can be wide and varied between branches and traditions, the primary difference is that the westernised forms use systematised handplacements rather than relying on an intuitive sense of hand-positions which is commonly used by Japanese Reiki branches. Both branches commonly have a threetiered hierarchy of degrees, usually referred to as the First, Second, and Master/Teacher level, all of which are associated with different skills and techniques. So a person who has mastered all the levels of Reiki and has practiced it enough to get the due experience is a Reiki healer. Describe your journey as a Reiki healer and how it has benefitted you? Reiki was the first energy healing practice that I mastered after finishing my medical studies. Reiki is very powerful if properly applied and it is one of the basic steps to enter into the world of Energy Healing. Initially I combined reiki with Ayurveda and it has yielded very positive results. Till date, Reiki is administered by me with a combination of various other Healing sciences. Reiki is simple, easy and gives quick results. The challenge lies in mastering it and administering it with accuracy and precision. How prospective a career is it in a country like India? Reiki Mastership is emerging as the best healing profession all around the world enabling you to grow financially and spiritually as well. Growing dissatisfaction and side effects of modern medicine are pushing people towards alternative methods of Natural Healing in which Reiki is the simplest yet powerful result-oriented healing technique appreciated and adopted by all existing medical systems as complimentary aid. Undoubtedly, the demand for Reiki Masters is growing as several renowned hospitals, nursing homes, health resorts and holistic hospitals have separate, exclusive healing sections for Reiki and other spiritual and holistic healing sciences. How does one become a Reiki healer? Reiki is traditionally taught in three

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REIKI HEALING Dr Meghana Dikshit, Director and Founder of De Mantraa – Holistic Healing Center, tells Naressa Coutinho how Reiki healing is more than just a career option, rather an effective tool in the service of mankind levels. Levels I and II are typically taught in one-day classes (eight hours) or over a weekend period (16 hours). Level III is generally a more intensive course of study and will take a longer commitment. Class time involves an initiation ritual called ‘attunement’ and learning the hand placements for self-treatments as well as treating others. There are various courses available in India to master Reiki. The duration of the courses may vary from institute to institute depending on their coaching patterns but the basic timeframe remains the same. While Reiki Level <<Dr Meghana I is a basic or beginDikshit ner’s level course, providing basic information about its origins, principles, dos and don’ts and detailed knowledge of the Chakra-system, the second level offers a deeper understanding with energies getting stronger as well. Here, advanced healers get initiated for the symbols of this energy that develop the mental and emotional levels also, thereby empowering students in stronger tools to work. Master symbols are introduced only in level III where a student’s healing capacity increases. This healing work of the student is also supported by some very powerful tools like crystals. For those who want to go deeper in this work and

establish themselves as independ- Advantages and disadvantages of ent reiki teachers, Reiki Level IV this career option. opens all doors for complete trans- Reiki has advantages like making oneself stronger and being able to formations. Through the various levels, stu- serve the society along with a dents learn how to transfer their career option. Reiki is a powerful knowledge and spiritual wisdom to tool of healing and can be used to others. Personal healing is stronger administer healing to both the aniin the advanced levels. mate and the inanimate. It can be effectively used to cure relationHow can students establish them- ship issues and a wide range of selves in this field? physical issues as well. There are no Students may first join and work as such disadvantages of Reiki healassistants under professional Reiki ing. However, one needs to train masters. After their proper training, properly and achieve a proper level experience and overall development of experience and skill before of strength and energy-holding administering it professionally to capacity they can set up individual avoid causing harm due to impropand independent setups and render er technique or flaw in execution. services. There are wide spread employment opportunities available Your message to students lookin the varied centres of Reiki practice ing to pursue a career in Reiki as well as coaching centres that train healing. more people to administer Reiki Reiki is an upcoming field in assisHealing. Reiki can also be used to tive medicine. Students pursuing a cure and heal varied types of prob- career should know that it requires lems and can be used in combination a lot of discipline and dedication to with Vastu and Business problems. master the technique and develop oneself as a stronger individual. What is the approximate income Like any occupation, it has its own of a Reiki healer? levels of growth according to the A Reiki healer can earn approxi- mastery and degree of expertise. It mately Rs 500 to Rs 1,500 per ses- involves being responsible and sion of around 45 minutes to an aware of one’s abilities and not takhour. Group healing sessions and ing on something beyond one’s distance healing practices earn var- capacities. The footholds of this ied revenues. As a part-time and field lie on the inherent noble and full-time occupation, a reiki master kind nature of any individual and can also conduct classes and coach- give a lot of satisfaction and fulfiling after attaining higher degrees of ment through the service of attunement. mankind.

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City of peace

Young and looking to study, work or travel? The city of peace, the city of Chandigarh, has a lot to offer, writes Maria Khatri

handigarh was the first planned city of independent India. It is known internationally for its architecture and urban design. This city tops the list of Indian states and Union Territories by per capita income in the country. Chandigarh has so many characteristics to look forward to, from infrastructure to cuisine to shopping and much more. The city is divided appropriately into sectors and each sector has its own significance. The standard of living is probably as high as Mumbai's, but there is also a quality of life here. Chandigarh is highly influenced by the Northern culture, yet it has a very Indo-western feel to it. Any Indian youngster should look at making a career in this province. Life has so much more to offer here. Here’s a closer look at what this city has to offer. Job opportunities Since Chandigarh is a territory shared by two states – Haryana and Punjab – there are many opportunities to explore in the government sector. While I was touring this city I came across a strange fact – Chandigarh doesn’t have much of its own population. The city mostly constitutes settlers from the other states of India. So if you are looking for a career in the government sector and want a relaxed life, try finding opportunities in Chandigarh. Off late the IT sector is also developing at a great pace here. Chandigarh may have high accommodation costs, but other cities have high subsidies and the taxes you have to pay in this state is comparatively low. Education Chandigarh has multiple educational options with several universities to study in. However, most of the locals prefer moving out to Canada, UK or the US for higher education as this is a very common trend followed here. But with faith in my words, I believe Chandigarh

is home to some of the top universities in which you get a good quality education in India. For example, you have the Punjab University, Amity University, IGNOU, etc. I happened to visit Punjab University in Chandigarh and was surprised to see the diversity of courses as the graduation level. So if you are able to accept change, move out of your comfort zone and look at options to study in various parts of India.

Standard of living Chandigarh is the hub of the North and has a brilliant society and surrounding to adapt to a great lifestyle. As a youngster you have so many places to explore and enjoy. There are sectors dedicated to clubbing (24, 17 and 22), to shopping (34), to industrial estate, etc. The lifestyle of Chandigarh is pretty slow in comparison to the other modern cities. You will see teenagers and youngsters out in their best attire after 7.30 pm, walking around the streets and catching up with friends. There are so many pleasant places to sit around in Chandigarh – Sukhna lake, leisure valley, new lake, etc. And mind you, you never have to worry about travelling by your own vehicle because parking is as cheap as Rs 5 and 10 all across Chandigarh with the most perfect parking space allocated to each car. The greenery in Chandigarh really brightens your sight, as this is a sight you rarely get to see in other cities. You can live a good life in Chandigarh with a pay package of approximately Rs 25,000 a month and manage all your expenses comfortably. What surprises me the most about Chandigarh is, in spite of it being a part of India it is so unlike ‘India’. Everything is so systematic with the organised facilities for its residents. Not a single day during my stay there was there a concern about women’s security. In fact

people are very considerate to stringent and wearing a seat belt is police in women and do not allow women to complusory. The work after 8 pm, even in malls. The Chandigarh is very cooperative and roads are so well connected to one know their place really well. another that there is little risk of Corruption is a concern but not in accidents. The traffic laws are very the level of any other state of India. dreams Evelyn has been having. Exploring the tomb, they find the bracelet of the Scorpion King (The Rock). Trouble begins when Alex mistakenly opens the trunk and dons the Scorpion King's ancient bracelet, coveted by the evil mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo). A group of diggers too is on the hunt for the bracelet. They intend to revive Imhotep and allow him to kill the Scorpion King (The Rock), thereby allowing him to control the Scorpion King's army and rule the Earth. But, in order to do all that, they need the bracelet. Meanwhile, the British museum is playing host to the corpse of Imhotep, the Mummy which had previously given Rick and Evelyn a

With this I only wonder why isn’t each of India's cities so well organised? Why shouldn’t each state be governed by the central government to live a life like those fortunate to do so in Chandigarh? hard time. When ancient magic brings Imhotep back to life, a chain of events is set in motion that will lead to the end of the world, thus forcing Rick and Evelyn to dust-off their mummy-defeating skills once again. Now going back in time we have the Scorpion King who has been dormant for many years under control of the Egyptian god Anubis. The Scorpion King will rise again in 1933, which is where we find the O’Connells in Egypt. The fight off with The Scorpion King and Imhotep is jaw dropping and non – stop entertainment.

DVD REVIEW

THE MUMMY RETURNS Rs. 499 Cast: Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah, Arnold Vosloo, Freddie Boath, Arnold Vosloo Director: Stephen Sommers

EQUEL to the 1999 Egyptology adventure. The Mummy Returns (2001) serves up much more action and adventure, not forgetting all the more computer generated special effects. Writer-director Stephen Sommers takes off from where he left with The Mummy. You would have to view the The Mummy to gather the dust from where this moves on from. Rick (Brendan Fraser) and Evelyn (Rachel Weisz), the stars of the original film, have now settled down to married life in London with their 8-year-old son Alex (Freddie Boath). It's 1933, and the O’Connell’s are back in Egypt exploring a long sealed tomb. They've even brought Alex along for the ride. They're here because of a bunch of strange

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Who puts on the ancient bracelet? a) Alex b) Evelyn c) Rick The Scorpion King has been under the control of which god? a) Sun

b) Anubis c) Wealth

Which year do the O’Connell’s go back to Egypt? a) 1935 b) 1989 c) 1935

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11 women die after surgery, 4 docs suspended NATION

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NEWS IN BRIEF

AIPUR: Eleven women died and 49 others were hospitalised after botched sterilisation procedure at a state-run camp in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, prompting the government to suspend four doctors and transfer the Director of Health Services. At least 60 women were admitted to different hospitals after they developed post-operative complications at a sterilisation camp organised by the government at a private hospital in Pendari village on the outskirts of Bilaspur town on Saturday, district Collector Siddharth Komal Pardeshi said on Tuesday. Eleven of them, all below 32 years of age, died from complications, Pardeshi told PTI.

TRIBUTES... Minority Affairs Minister Dr. Najma Heptulla arrives to pay floral tributes to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad on his birth anniversary in the Central Hall of Parliament House in New Delhi on Tuesday. Najma is the grand niece of the legendary freedom fighter.

Parrikar, 9 others set to be elected unopposed to RS

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and SP General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav are all set to be elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha as only 10 candidates are left in the fray for as many seats after scrutiny on Tuesday. Other candidates set to be elected unopposed are Tazeen Fatima -wife of cabinet minister Azam Khan, Neeraj Shekhar, son of former prime minister Chandrashekhar, Ravi Prakash Verma, Javed Ali Khan and Chandrapal Singh Yadav (all SP), PL Punia (Congress), Raja Ram and Veer Singh (both BSP). The result would be declared on Thursday.

Pakistan violates ceasefire

Pakistan on Tuesday violated the ceasefire, the second in three days, in Uri Sector of Jammu and Kashmir which was responded 'appropriately' by India, an army official said. "There was an unprovoked ceasefire violation in Uri sector from across the Line of Control at 8.00 AM," Colonel GS (IW) Colonel Brijesh Pandey said.

Expressing concern over the sterilisation tragedy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asked Chief Minister Raman Singh to ensure a thorough investigation and action against those responsible. Modi, who left for Myanmar in the morning to attend ASEAN and East Asia summit, called up Singh to inquire about the tragedy. "The PM spoke to Chhattisgarh CM Dr Raman Singh on the unfortunate tragedy in Bilaspur. The PM expressed concern over the tragedy. "The PM has asked Dr Raman Singh to ensure a thorough investigation & action in the entire issue," the PMO said in a tweet. Under attack from opposition Congress which demanded his resignation, the Chief Minister an-

AY PYI TAW: The 12th ASEANIndia summit kicks-off on Wednesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected to make a strong pitch to step up engagement with the 10-nation bloc by improving regional connectivity to give a boost to trade and people-topeople contacts. Modi arrived in the Myanmarese capital on Tuesday by a special Air India plane, starting his 10-day three-nation tour that will also take him to Australia for the G-20 Summit and bilateral talks with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott and Fijian premier J.V. Bainimarama. Modi was received by Myanmar Health Minister Than Aung at Nay Pyi Taw International Airport. "Landed in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar to a very warm welcome! Great being in this beautiful country," Modi tweeted after his arrival. The Prime Minister will attend

the India-ASEAN and East Asia summits here. Asserting that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is at the core of India's 'Act East' policy, the Prime Minister said before leaving for Myanmar that he was looking forward to discussing with ASEAN leaders how to take "our relationship to a new level, which will supplement our deepening bilateral ties with each member". "ASEAN is at the core of our Act East Policy and at the centre of our dream of an Asian century, characterised by cooperation and integration and where India will play a crucial role, " Modi said, adding that ties with ASEAN are "deep rooted". Modi expressed confidence that these meetings with leaders of ASEAN and East Asian blocs would be fruitful. Indian officials said New Delhi is keen that the next ASEAN-India

A three-member committee has been constituted to investigate the incident, the Chief Minister said. Meanwhile, opposition Congress has given a call for Chhattisgarh bandh today in protest against the incident. The state govt initially announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each of the victims, but the CM raised it to Rs 4 lakh, while Rs.50,000 would be given to those undergoing treatment, the cost of which will be borne by the government. Chief Medical and Health Officer of Bilaspur R.K. Bhange, laparoscopic surgeon Dr R.K. Gupta, State Programme Convener, family planning, Dr K.C. Urao and Block Medical Officer, Takhatpur, Dr Pramod Tiwari have been suspended. Pics: PTI

Modi in Myanmar for ASEAN event

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President of Myanmar U. Thein Sein, during a meeting at Presidential Palace in Myanmar, on Tuesday. five-year plan of action starting 2016 should lay emphasis on enhancing people-to-people contacts, augmenting trade besides reinforcing the strategic and political engagement. The plan will also focus on security architecture in the region. An ambitious project is underway

to develop a 3,200-km highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand. It was originally envisaged to be completed around 2017 but it is behind schedule and is now expected to be completed in 2018. India and the 10-nation ASEAN bloc hope to dovetail the connectivity plans with this highway.

No Congress invite to Modi for Nehru birth anniv celebrations

Hospital staffer throws patient out in Bhavnagar

In a bizarre incident, a staffer at a government-run hospital in Bhavnagar allegedly threw a patient out of the hospital near an open drainage, following which the state govt asked the hospital to submit a report on it. An unidentified street dweller was admitted at Sir Takhatsinhji general hospital on Monday night in an unconscious condition by some city-based social workers, a hospital staffer said. The patient was being treated for severe injuries and infection and later in the night when no one was around the patient, a hospital staffer allegedly threw him outside near an open drainage, apparently because he was stinking, the staffer added.

nounced a high-level probe into the incident and suspended four health officials, including the Chief Medical and Health Officer of Bilaspur and transferred Director of Health Services Dr Kamalpreet Singh. Singh also ordered registration of FIR against the surgeon under whose supervision the camp was organised at Nemichand Jain Cancer and Research Centre where 83 women had undergone surgical procedures. "It's a very unfortunate incident. Prima facie it appears that the incident occurred due to negligence (by doctors). A detailed enquiry will be conducted keeping in view all angles including the quality of the medicines, standard of the surgery, post operative measures and others," he said.

INCREDIBLE INDIA... A Rajasthani artist entertains a tourist arriving by Maharaja Express train, in Bikaner, Rajasthan, on Tuesday.

EW DELHI: The Congress has not invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an international conference it is organising to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru, joining the battle with Modi, who it accuses of trying to appropriate freedom movement leaders. The twoday event to highlight the legacy and worldview of the first Prime Minister is being organised on November 17 and 18 and will be attended by a host of international leaders and representatives of various political parties from India and abroad. "We have not given any invitation to the Prime Minister. We have invited all those who truly believe in democracy and the ideals of Nehru," Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said replying to a volley of media questions about whether it has invited Modi and why not. Interestingly, the party has put out the eulogising remarks about Nehru

made by BJP's first Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on the website specially launched for the event today. "Have we not acknowledged Atal Bihari Vajpayee. We are acknowledging all those who have said something meaningful. As a political party, we have our freedom to decide who subscribes to Nehru's views," he said. Sources said that Congress will not invite any leader of BJP and its allies for the event. The party has accused Modi of trying to appropriate leaders of the freedom movement like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Nehru by launching special schemes and diverting attention from their legacy. There is already a National Committee for commemoration of Nehru's 125th birth anniversary chaired by the Prime Minister, which was reconstituted after the new govt came to power.

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TOP VIEW

The global economy remains weak. There’s a shortfall in available funds for infrastructure, a lack of employment opportunities globally and trade growth that remains disappointing. The G20’s ability to prove it can step up and act on these challenges is critical to the forum’s relevance in the future.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott ahead of the G20 leaders summit this weekend BUSINESS BRIEFS Conclave To Ideate Newer Export Paradigms

Nifty At New Closing High

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Wednesday (November 12, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose marginally on Tuesday (November 11, 2014) a net 18.40 points (0.22%) and closed at the 8362 point level marking a new closing high. The market opened up with a gap at the 8354 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 8378 points level at 10.33 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 8321 points level at 12.16 p.m. It then bounced back into the green and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a choppy session and moved in a range of 57 points. Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 28 were gainers, while 22 stocks closed in the red. Substantial buying was witnessed in realty and banking stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in consumer durables stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 4.09%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was neutral. Amongst all the traded stocks, 768 were gainers, 726 were losers and 38 remained unchanged.

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

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

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

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 8144 points level. The next support is at the 8026 points level. Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 8372 points level. The next resistance is at the 8419 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 = 8354 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 8330. Support (2) = 8298. Resistance (1) = 8387. Resistance (2) = 8411.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a fifth consecutive doji pattern. This indicates that the indecisiveness amongst investors continues. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market. However, the index is above the 5, 15, 25 and 200 day moving averages and all the four averages are rising and also positively trended. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of an upmove unfolding. Incidentally, the index is approaching a major resistance level at the 8372 points level. (The index tested that level intra-day, yesterday) There is a possibility that it could find some resistance there. However, if it crosses above it then a further rise can be expected. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 8341) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 8126) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 8031) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 7237) Positive. All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a neutral bias. 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.

Services Conclave 2014, the second edition of the ongoing initiative of the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will be held on 12-13 November 2014 in New Delhi. The twoday event will lay emphasis on widening India’s basket of services exports, to cover sunrise areas like education, health tourism, creative entertainment and many more segments that hold export potential. The focus of the Conclave will be three pronged. First, to explore newer paradigms in services exports, which is presently dominated by the exports of IT and IT Enabled services (ITES). Two, it will attempt to identify the challenge areas in services exports and strategize a roadmap for its sustained and accelerated growth in short, medium and long term. Three, the Conclave will lay down modalities for closing the gap between merchandize and services exports to create more employment and business opportunities in the sector.

BSE In Talks With Asset Managers For Climate Change ETF

Leading stock exchange BSE is in discussion with asset managers to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on its climate change index. The new index will help investors to focus on companies’ environmental track-records and preparedness for climate change to mitigate risk events. “We are in discussion with several asset management companies for the climate change ETF,” BSE Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Ashishkumar Chauhan said yesterday.

Positive Announcements Expected At G20

With India and the US getting closer to end the impasse at WTO, some positive announcements are expected to be made at the forthcoming summit of G-20 leaders at Brisbane. India and the US are engaged in Geneva, the WTO headquarters, to sort out the food stockpiling issue and end the stalemate. India’s chief negotiator had met US Ambassador to WTO recently in Geneva. The two-day G20 Summit starting November 15 will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Barack Obama and other global leaders.

Dena Bank Q2 Profit Down To Rs 52 Cr In Q2

Dena Bank’s net profit fell by over 51% to Rs 51.58 cr in the second quarter ended September 30, 2014-15. The bank had registered net profit of Rs 107.38 cr in the July-September quarter of the previous fiscal, 201314. Total income has increased from Rs 2,599.94 cr for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 to Rs 2,885.22 cr for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. Its provisioning for bad loans was down at Rs 315.22 cr during the quarter, from Rs 335.19 cr a year ago. On the asset quality, the net non-performing assets (NPAs) increased to 3.59% of the total advances as of September 2014, from 2.02% as of September 2013.

3rd Edition Of OSH India Begins On November 27

UBM India’s 3rd edition of OSH India in Mumbai, slated for 27th and 28th November at the Bombay Exhibition Centre is awaited by the industry in India, to bring together internationally renowned exhibitors, consultants, business experts and key government officials on one common platform, to discuss global best practices and seek solutions to some of the most pressing challenges in workplace safety and health. The key highlights of the event will be OSH Awards, Conference by the Stalwarts of the Industry, Seminars and Workshops.

Standard Chartered Contributes Towards Flood Relief In J&K

Standard Chartered Bank last week made a contribution of Rs. 1 cr towards relief work for those affected by the floods in Jammu & Kashmir. Sunil Kaushal, Regional CEO, India & South Asia Standard Chartered Bank, handed over the cheque to representatives from the Indian Red Cross Society in the presence of S.S Mundra, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Religare calls a ‘Buy’ on Bank Of Baroda CMP: Rs. 1015

Target Rs. 1250

CMP: Rs. 418

Target Rs. 500

Emkay calls a ‘Buy’ on Motherson Sumi

Rupee Denoted ‘Masala’ Bonds List In London

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HCC shares soar 12% as Lavasa gets go-ahead for Rs 750-cr IPO Amtek Auto shares soar 17% as it secures long-term loan of 235 million euro from global investment firm KKR Government has no plans to raise urea prices, says Fertilizer Minister Ananth Kumar Garware-Wall Ropes Q2 profit surges 80% to Rs 10.86 crore.

The IFC issuance labeled as 'Masala bonds' set a triple-A benchmark for offshore rupee issuances and paves the way for more foreign investment to help meet India’s private sector development needs By A Business Reporter

FC, a member of the World Bank, has issued a 10-year, 10 billion Indian rupee bond (equivalent to $163million) to increase foreign investment in India, mobilizing international capital markets to support infrastructure development in the country. The “Masala bonds” mark the first rupee bonds listed on the London Stock Exchange. They are

the longest- dated bonds in the offshore rupee markets, building on earlier offshore rupee issuances by IFC at three-, five-, and seven-year maturities. Proceeds from the offering will support a forthcoming infrastructure bond issuance by Axis Bank. Tarun Bajaj, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, India said: “IFC is a key development partner as we continue to focus on deepening the capital markets. The IFC Masala bonds set a triple-A benchmark for offshore rupee issuance’s and pave the way for more foreign investment to help meet India’s private sector development needs." George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom said: “Increasing our links with India has been a personal priority for me which is why I went to see Prime Minister Modi earlier this year to promote our economic relations and gave my backing to the

new Gandhi statue in parliament square. If we can create these strong financial links between our two countries as well, then the ties will be deeper still which is why I have been personally pushing for rupee bonds to be issued in the UK markets and I am delighted this is now going ahead.” Jin-Yong Cai, Executive Vice President and CEO, IFC said: “This bond issue demonstrates the powerful role that capital markets can play in linking international savings to infrastructure investment. The strong demand from investors signals continued momentum for the Indian economy.” The bonds were issued under IFC’s $2 billion offshore rupee program. The bonds yield 6.3 percent. J.P. Morgan is the sole arranger for the issuance. IFC issued the bonds in London to leverage the city’s standing as a premier financial center. The vast majority of investors are European insurance companies.

Reliance Jio’s Entry To Upset Pricing Cart Do not foresee a re-run of the tariff wars of 2009-13, which led to a severe decline in industry tariffs, but entry in the telecom space may force 20% fall in data tariffs, says Fitch By A Business Reporter

lobal rating agency Fitch yesterday said the imminent entry of Reliance Jio into the telecom space will see a likely 20 % fall in data tariffs, but will not have any impact on the credit profile of the top four incumbents in the medium term as their revenue is on an uptick on ris-

Cotton Glut By A Business Reporter

otton prices in India have witnessed a consistent fall for the past few months. “The fall in prices can be attributed to the expected record harvest this season owing to increased acreage, subdued demand from the domestic mills and fall in export demand from the top buyer China. India’s bumper crop, rising international inventories and subdued demand from China is likely to drive the cotton prices further down. The domestic cotton prices have already gone below the MSP and are likely to slide further with the expected bumper crop. China is the biggest consumer of the Indian cotton and with China cutting its cotton imports, India may have to look for other markets for its production” says Care Ratings.

ing voice tariffs and improving regulatory environment. "The likely entry of Reliance Jio (in 1H of 2015) will intensify competition in the data segment, and may cause data tariffs to decline by at least 20 % for the top four telcos- Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea and RCom," Fitch said in a report . Reliance Jio will focus largely on data and may have a limited impact on the incumbents' core voice business, given a weak "voice-over-LTE" technology ecosystem and lack of affordable 4G-compatible handsets, it said, but added that "It does not foresee a re-run of the tariff wars of 2009-13, which led to a severe decline in industry tariffs." However, the report said the outlook for state-run telcos and weaker unprofitable private sector ones is negative due to their unviable business models, high cost structure, weak spectrum assets and large capex requirements. "Weaker, unprofitable operators will seek mergers amid Ebitda losses, lack of 3G/4G spectrum assets, and likely relaxation of M&A restrictions...Six operators are likely to emerge from the industry shake-out, as 10-12 operators are unsustainable," Fitch said, adding, it expects the top four telcos to increase their revenue market share to around 83 % in 2015 from 79 % in 2014 of the USD30-billion industry. Industry revenue will grow by at a mid-single-digit in 2015, driven by data services. The top four telcos' average operating margin will be mostly unchanged at 32-33 % in 2015 against 32 % in 2014 as a decline in data tariffs will offset a gradual rise in voice tariffs, it said. The top four telcos will generate a mini-

mal free cash flow margin due to higher capex and flat operating income while the industry capex/revenue ratio could rise as fast-growing data traffic requires supporting investment in 2015. However, the outlook for the top four may turn negative if pricebased competition returns in the voice segment. It could turn negative if the government auctions a lower-than-expected quantity of spectrum in February, as that could force the incumbents to aggressively bid to secure their licences which expire next fiscal.

Rule-Change Will Shave 40 Bps Off Retail NBFC Profitability RBI move to align regulations and enhance disclosures structurally positive, says Crisil By A Business Reporter

he revised regulatory framework for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) announced by the Reserve Bank of India on Monday, will slice around 40 basis points (100 basis points equal 1 percentage point) of their profitability gradually over the next four years till March 31, 2018. That’s because their provi-

sioning will increase with the recognition norm for non-performing assets (NPAs) made more stringent to 90+ days past due (dpd) from 180+ earlier. Nevertheless, the three year transition period will allow NBFCs to cushion impact on their financial profiles. Overall, higher capital requirements, regulatory alignment with banks, enhanced disclosure requirements and tighter corporate governance norms will strengthen the NBFC sector structurally in the medium term. CRISIL estimates that if retail NBFCs were to recognise gross NPAs on a 90+ dpd basis, their gross NPAs would stand at 7.8 per cent as against the reported gross NPAs of 3.7 per cent as on March 31, 2014. Says Pawan Agrawal, Senior Director, CRISIL Ratings, “NBFCs will

re-calibrate their business models and intensify collection efforts in the early-delinquency buckets to reduce NPAs, however, the profile of their borrowers and the nature of the underlying product categories may limit any such improvement on a structural basis.” The increased provisioning will reduce the return on managed assets ratio of retail NBFCs to 1.4 per cent by fiscal 2018, compared with 1.8 per cent in the last fiscal. But the one-time flexibility to reschedule loans could provide some breathing space to NBFCs. If judiciously used – and keeping in mind the underlying customer segments – the impact on profitability may be materially lower. The revised guidelines also stipulate higher minimum Tier I capital adequacy ratio (CAR) for large NBFCs (asset size more than Rs.5 billion), at 10 per cent by March 31, 2018 compared with 7.5 per cent currently. Says Ms. Rupali Shanker, Director, CRISIL Ratings, “Large CRISILrated retail NBFCs had an average Tier I CAR of above 14 per cent as at March 31, 2014, and hence will manage this transition comfortably over the next few years. However, the cushion over the new regulatory minimum has clearly narrowed and any sharp growth in loan book or a decline in internal accruals will quickly change the scenario.” Higher capital adequacy requirements coupled with alignment of asset classification and provisioning norms will lower systemic risks in the NBFC sector. The revised guidelines also prescribe material enhancement in disclosure levels for large NBFCs and several changes in corporate governance practices. These are largely in line with some of the norms applicable to banks. Better transparency and corporate governance will reduce information risk and will enhance stakeholder confidence in the NBFC sector.

TV GUIDE

Chasing a comet More than ten years after its launch into space on a mission to chase down Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the Rosetta spacecraft is finally nearing the next phase of its journey: plant a lander called Philae on the speeding comet. National Geographic Channel's cameras have been following this incredible scientific achievement since the beginning of the year. As a team from the European Space Agency attempts a world first: to land a craft onto a speeding comet hundreds of millions of kilome-

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN PART I

Big Magic brings forth yet another chatpata episode of 'Uff! Yeh Nadaniyaan' for viewers with popular television personality Ankita Sharma. The actor, who was recently seen playing a grey shade, will now showcase her comedy

In tonight’s episode of Udann, we will see that Ishwar is hit by a jeep and is severely injured, an accident clearly crafted by bhaiyaji. Unaware of this incident, Abha, Chakor and Aditya come to school and are mesmerized by the festive ambiance. Coach Arjun comes for Chakor and tells her she needs to warm up for the big race. Devastated and grief-stricken, Bhuwan, Kasturi and Savitri hallucinate about the two darling daughters of the house been taken away from them. Colors, 8.30 p.m.

Adi gets to know the truth behind Bindiya and senses that Mayank is trying to get close to Gunjan. He orchestrates his stay at Garg House by appearing to be ill and keeps Gunjan away from him. Soon he starts creating misunderstandings between the couple. Will Adi manage to break apart Mayank and Gunjan? Zee TV, 7.30 p.m.

BEAUTY QUEEN MURDERS

Beauty pageants are dreams for so many girls who fantasize about being a princess for the day. For these beauty queens, a sash and crown may empower them to reach for the stars but it can’t defend against the terrible fate that waits. Tune into ID Investigation Discovery’s BEAUTY QUEEN MURDERS as it shines the spotlight on women who lived their lives in the public eyes and how they were all killed before their limelight was up. DI, 7.30 p.m.

REVENGE SEASON 3

Charlotte helps Sara by offering her job at the Stowaway. Con-

Udann, Colors, 8.30 p.m.

rad hires Bizzy Preston, a famed party–girl turned PR mastermind, in an attempt to restore the Grayson family name. Emily goes to Nolan to ask about Bizzy and he reveals he had some troubles with her in the past. Although he enjoys Margaux’s company, Jack has issues moving on. Star World, 11 p.m.

EK HASINA THI

Durga successfully exonerates Dev from prison. Before he leaves from jail, Dev is sure that he has enough ammunition against Goenkas to make his first strike. The Goenkas are in for a big shock when Dev returns home. While Rajnath is trying to come to terms with the situation, Sakshi is dealing with problems of her own. She is trying to find out how to bury her past again that has resurfaced unexpectedly and threatens to take her down. Away from home, Shaurya is making considerable progress in his recovery from paralysis. Durga comes to know that Shaurya is missing from home and she plans to figure out where Shaurya is. Dev starts to investigate more about Durga and Nitya connection as he feels he is quite close to finding out Nitya. Star Plus, 8 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Brutal cold forces two Antarctic explorers to leave their team of sled dogs behind as they fend for their survival. Starring Paul Walker, Jason Biggs, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

DADDY DAY CARE pals Charlie and Phil are back in this hilarious, all-new adventure: DADDY DAY CAMP! When the dads expand their childcare magic to underdog Camp Driftwood, they discover that teamwork, combined with some down-right crazy antics, is the right mix to give the kids an unforgettable camp experience! HBO, 9.55 p.m.

SPIDER MAN 2

VIJETA

Vijeta (The Victor) is the coming of age story of Angad . Confused like any other teenager trying to find himself and caught in between the marital problems of his mother Neelima and father Nihal. It is time for him to decide what he wants to do with his life. To select a profession and be someone, Angad chooses to become a fighter pilot with the Indian Air Force. What follows is his struggle to become a victor both with his self and the outer world. Star Gold, 9 p.m.

COOLIE

A wealthy, but evil man named Zafar Khan, has fallen in love with a girl named Salma and wants to marry her, but she and her father do not let him. Zafar is arrested for various crimes and is imprisoned for 10 years, but when he is discharged, he sees that Salma is married to a good man named Aslam Khan. Zafar Khan, wants to convince Salma to marry him but Salma refuses. Zafar plots his revenge by flooding the region in which Salma lives in, killing her father, injuring Aslam and Salma, causing her to lose her memory. Zee Cinema, 8 p.m.

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Eight Below, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

JANBAAZ

Rana Vikram Singh has two sons, Rajesh, a police officer and Amar, a fun-loving playboy. Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of losing the girl he loved, when she succumbed to drug addiction. He vows to fight this menace. An underworld kingpin Raja murders Rana’s old friend. Reshma, this friend’s daughter, takes shelter in Rana’s house. Amar and Reshma fall in love but the evil Raja pursues her. Rajesh meanwhile is on the trail of the drug cartel which victimized his girlfriend. CVO, 9 p.m.

YATEEM

When Inspector Yadav shoots down a criminal couple in the line of duty, his heart goes out to their orphaned baby son Krishna. He adopts the child, who grows up with Yadav’s own daughter, Gauri. As they grow up, Krishna and Gauri fall in love - but an obstacle is looming in their path in the form of Yadav’s young second wife, who is attracted to the handsome Krishna, and in her jealousy proceeds to do all she can to destroy the young couple’s chances of happiness. B4U, 6 p.m.

SHOOTOUT AT WADALA

This movie is a prequel to the hit Shootout at Lokhandwala. The film dramatizes the first-ever registered encounter by Mumbai police, where gangster Manya Surve was shot dead. A conscientious college student Manohar Surve alias Manya Surve is wrongly accused of murder. Post his jail break, he attempts to take over the Mumbai mafia. Does he succeed? Max, 9 p.m.

STAR WORLD

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ZEE CAFÉ

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P.M. 12.00 5.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

CID Kaun Banega Corepati Itni Si Khushi Tum Aise Hi Rehna Hum Hain Na Maharana Pratap Humsafars Crime Petrol

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30

DADDY DAY CAMP

Peter Parker is an unhappy man: after two years of fighting crime as Spider-Man, his life has begun to fall apart. The girl he loves is engaged to someone else, his grades are slipping, he cannot keep any of his jobs, and on top of it, the newspaper Daily Bugle is attacking him viciously, claiming that Spider-Man is a criminal. He reaches the breaking point and gives up the crime fighter’s life, once and for all. But after a failed fusion experiment, eccentric and obsessive scientist Dr. Otto Octavius is transformed into super villain Doctor Octopus, Doc Ock for short, having four long tentacles as extra hands. Star Movies, 9 p.m.

STAR PLUS

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

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skills in an upcoming episode. Ankita will portray the character of Chandu’s friend whose entry in the house will add more humour to the episode with rib-tickling twists and turns. Catch this hilarious episode of 'Uff! Yeh Nadaniyaan' on Wednesday, November 12 at 8 pm. On Nandu’s birthday, Chandu decides to throw a party, for which she invites Ankita to help. Ankita starts getting chits which indicate that Nandu has fallen for her. Amidst the comical chaos, Chandu feels that Nandu has developed a liking for Ankita, following which she gets upset and regrets inviting Ankita home.

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MASSIVE ENGINEERING takes its viewers through an exciting journey of engineering ingenuity. Join Chris Barrie as he hosts an enthralling look at some of the worlds most incredible machines, from biggest engines, including monster trucks, giant diggers, rockets, trains, to supertankers and earthmovers. Chris marvels at these monstrous mechanical creations and explore them all. Discovery Science, 7 p.m.

cial 'Rosetta: The Comet Landing', at 10.30 pm tonight to answer all your curiosity on this outer space mission.

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ters from Earth and ride the comet as it approaches the sun, National Geographic Channel brings to you a spe-

After bella and Edwards honeymoon, things take a turn for the worse when Bella realises she is pregnant. The baby grows at an abnormally fast rate and causes many health problems to Bella. The wolf pack see the unborn child as a threat and plan to get rid of it. But the cullens do everything they can to ensure that both bella and the unborn child remain safe. Pix, 11.05 p.m.

EIGHT BELOW

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7.00 7.30

8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

SONY TV

ZEE TV

Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Doli Armaanon Ki Kumkum Bhagya Maharakshak Aryan Qubool Hai Bandhan… Saari Umar Doli Armaanon Ki Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Dil Se Naachein Indiawaale Bandhan… Saari Umar Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Jodha Akbar Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 8.30

9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30

News in Marathi Ruchira Bheti Lagi Jeeva Sankat Mochan Hanuman Karan-The Detectige News in Marathi Chitrahaar Krishidarshan Amchi Makti Amchi Mansa News in Marathi Anudamini Pavitra Bandhan..Do Dilon Ka Samman: Ek Adhikar Sohni Mahiwal Kab Kyun Kaise Gridaah

10.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 10.30 Doli Armaano Ki 11.00 Jodha Akbar P.M. 2.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30

LISTING

LIFE OK

Savdhaan India Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye Gusstakh Dil Devo ke Dev Mahadev Tumhari Pakhi Laut Aao Trisha Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye Comedy Classes Savdhaan India: India Fights Back 11.30 Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Udann 2.30 Mri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 3.00 Sasural Simar Ka

10.30 Jai Malhar 11.00 Ka Re Duraava

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 Mutant Planet 3.00 Animal Battlegroudns 4.00 Deadliest: African River Goddess 5.00 Be The Creature 6.00 AP Safari 7.00 Extreme Animals 7.30 Ultimate Killers 8.00 Mutant Planet 9.00 River Monsters 10.00 The Wild Ones 10.30 Fit For The Wild 11.00 Untamed and Uncut

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Factory Made 2.30 Food Factory

3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00

8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30

Secrets of Stupid Customs Do Or Die Amazing Moments Brain Games Science of Stupid Wild Australia: Koala Forest Sneak Attacks Science of Stupid Do or Die Secrets of the Taj Mahal

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Dates From Hell 2.30 Beauty Queen Murders 3.00 Redrum 3.30 Evil I 4.00 Blood Relatives 5.00 Disappeared 6.00 Redrum 6.30 Evil I

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 12.40 Die Hard 3 3.15 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surf 5.05 Turbo 6.55 The Gods Must Be Crazy II 9.00 Spider Man 2 11.40 The Mummy Returns A.M. 7.45 The Ghost Must Be Crazy II 9.45 Die Hard 3 P.M. 12.35 2.30 6.00 7.45 9.55 11.35

3.30 Udaan 4.00 Bigg Boss 5.00 Comedy Nights with Kapil 6.30 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Uddan 9.00 Bigg Boss 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Uttaran 11.00 Beintehaa P.M. 12.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

SAB TV

Taarak Mehta Ka Baal Veer Taarak Mehta Ka.. Chidiya Ghar Badi Door Se AayeHai Chiplunkar… FIR Taarak Mehta Ka….

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Ka re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Juloon Yeti Reshimghathi 4.00 Chala Hava Yeu Dya 5.00 Jai Malhar 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Ka Re Duraava 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Jai Malhar 7.30 Javai Vikat Ghene Aahe 8.00 Honor Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Ka Re Duraava 9.30 Asmita

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, Zee TV, 7.30 p.m.

Man Vs Wild How Do They Do It You Have Been Warned Revealed India Food Factory What Happened Next How Do They Do It Dual Survival You Have Been Warned Wildest Africa

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 The Gadget Show 3.00 How It’s Made 4.00 How The Universe Works 5.00 How Tech Works 6.00 The Gadget Show 7.00 Mega Engineering 8.00 How It’s Made 9.00 The Gadget Show 10.00 How The Universe Works 11.00 How Tech Works

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Food CIA 2.30 Counting Cars 3.00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 4.00 101 Things That Changed The World 5.00 Ancient Aliens 6.00 Shipping Wars 7.30 Aliens Mystery Continues 8.00 Food CIA 8.30 Counting Cars 9.00 Stan Lee’s Superhumans 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Counting Cars 11.00 Ancient Aliens

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Taboo: Pets

DOORDARSHAN

11.00 SILSILA: Film Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Rekha and Kulbhushan ... Samachar Mid Day News Sports News News Samachar. News Samachar Business Wrap. Metro Scan Desh Pardesh Samachar News

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 Close Encounters 2.30 Indian Super League 14 h/ls 3.00 Cricket World Cup: Winning The Cup 2011 4.00 Close Encounters 4.30 Indian Super League 14 h/ls 5.00 Great Knocks 5.30 Indian Super League 14 h/ls 6.00 SA Tour of Aus 14 h/ls T20 7.00 MAK Pataudi Memorial Lecture 8.00 Indian Super League 14 h/ls Heroes 8.30 Great Knocks 9.00 SA Tour of Aus 14 h/ls T20 10.00 Close Encounters 10.30 Indian Super League 14 highlights Heroes

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P.M. 2.00 PL Netbusters 2.30 The Inside Line 3.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 3.30 Indian Super League 14 4.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 6.30 Barclays ATP World Tour of Finals 2014 h/ls 7.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 9.30 Liga Bbva 14/15: Real Sociedad vs Atletico Madrid 10.00 La Liga 10.30 Football Today

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DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.05 6.30 7.00 7.30

7.00 Dates From Hell 7.30 Beauty Queen Murders 8.00 Disappeared 9.00 Blood Relatives 10.00 Redrum 10.28 Evil I 10.55 Who The Bleep Did Marry

Silsila, DDl, 11 p.m.

8.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

News Night Charcha Mein Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

P.M. 2.00 NZ Tour of Pakistan 2014 1st Test Day live 7.00 Cricket Extra 7.30 Great Centuries: AB De Viliers 8.00 India Tour of SL 12 h/ls 3rd ODI 10.00 NZ Tour of Pakistan 14 h/ls 1st Test 11.00 Aus Tour of Pakistan 14 2nd Test

Ong Bak Freelancers Anger Management Kick Ass Daddy Day Camp The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring

A.M. 9.00 Jack The Giant Slayer 11.15 30 Days of Night

P.M. 1.20 3.15 5.00 7.25 9.00 11.00

Revenge, Star World, 11 p.m.

HBO

P.M. 1.35 3.35 5.35 9.00 11.05

ZEE STUDIO

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice The Last Airbender Shutter Island Bloodsport Eight Below Dark Water

PIX

Elysium P2 2012 The Net 2.0 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Nishani Daava Angatha: Ashok Saraf 4.30 Bin Kamacha Navra: Ashok Saraf 7.00 Rudradevi: Avinash 9.30 Duniyadari: Swapnil Joshi

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 3.00 5.30 6.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

Tom and Jerry Kids Show Roll No 21 Otggy and the Cockroaches Johnny Test Oggy and the Cockroaches

P.M. 1.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.30

Chhota Bheem Marathon MAD Mr Bean Chhota Bheem Marathon Krishna The Great Hagemaru Krish Trish Baltiboy III Baby Looney Tunes

Tom and Jerry Oggy and the Cockroaches Haddi Mera Buddy Oggy and the Cockroaches Johnny Test Roll No 21 Oggy and the Cockroaches Adventure Time

POGO

A.M. 7.00 2 Guns 9.22 The Spy Next Door 11.25 Captain America: First Avenger

STAR GOLD

P.M. 1.15 Ajnabee 3.50 Khatta Meetha 6.50 Indian Super League 14 Kerala Blasters FC vs Mumbai City FC 9.00 Golimaar 11.45 Vijeta A.M. 8.00 Kunwara 10.25 Judwaa No 1

Spider Man 2, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Joru Ka Gulam-Govinda 9.00 Shootout At Wadala: John Abraham A.M. 10.30 Chak De India: Shahrukh

ZEE CINEMA

P.M 2.10 Gopi Kishan: Sunil Shetty 5.00 Awaara Paagal Deewana: Akshay Kumar 8.00 Coolie: Amitabh Bachchan A.M. 11.15 Prem Rog: Rishi Kapoor P.M. 2.00 5.30 9.00 A.M. 9.30

CVO

Choron Ki Baarat: S Sinha Guddu: Shahrukh Khan Janbaaz: Feroz Khan

Bade Dil Wala: Rishi Kapoor

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Holin Ayee Re 5.00 Atishbaz 8.30 Deva Ek Rakshak

B4U

P.M 12.00 Hum Tum Aur Ghost: Arshad Warsi 3.00 Jo Boleso Nihal: Sunny Deol 6.00 Yateem: Sunny Deol 9.00 Kalyug Ka Pandhav: Vishnuvardhan A.M. 7.30 Malamaal Weekly: Paresh Rawal P.M. 2.25 5.40 9.00 A.M. 8.15 11.35

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ZEE CLASSIC

Dil Daulat Duniya: Rajesh Khanna Jeevan Mrityu: Dharmendra Wanted: Mithun C Nai Roshani: Raaj Kumar Eeshwar: Anil Kapoor

Daddy Day Camp, HBO, 9.55 p.m. A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.30 10.30 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.30 5.30 6.00

Thomas and Friends Krishna The Great Baby Looney Tunes Krish Trish Baltiboy IV

DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Art Attack Gravity Falls The Suite life of Karan and Kabir 6.30 Best of Luck Nikki 7.30 Doraemon 9.00 Best of Luck Nikki A.M. 9.00 Ishaan 9.30 Best of Luck Nikki 10.00 Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 10.20 Jake & Never Land Pirates 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 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

DISNEY XD

Kiteretsu Iron Man: Armored Adventures American Dragon : Jake Long Phineas and Ferb Ultimate Spider Man Kiteretsu Big Bad Beetleborgs Telematches Space Goofs Rekkit the Rabbit Space Goofs American Dragon: Jake Long Phineas and Ferb Super Robot Kick Buttowski

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Czech cheer cheer was THE on at the Czech Republic

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National Day at the Trident. Rashmi Jolly, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic and her husband Arvind Jolly, along with Miloslav Stasek, Ambassador of the Czech Republic, were there to say hello to members of the consular corps and other guests like Shaan and wife Radhika. It was time for Chivas, Glenlivet and Absolut plus Czech beer and vodka as you listened to jazz and fusion music by the Kvintessence Quartet. RADHIKA, RASHMI JOLLY & SHAAN

TANAAZ BHATIA & RASHMI NIGAM

Dress circle BLACK seemed to be the

Royal start and RICH regal was what it was at

and white

unofficial dress code for the party to celebrate the launch of Michael Kors at the Palladium. Happy hosts Tanaaz Bhatia and Sophie Choudry warmly welcomed the merry mix of guests like Mandira Bedi, Rashmi Nigam, Amrita Arora, Tanisha Mukerji, TAMANNAAH BHATIA Parvathy Omanakuttan, Shamita Shetty, Tanaz Doshi and Ileana D’Cruz. And amidst this black and white sight standing out was Tamannaah Bhatia looking hot in flaming orange. MANDIRA BEDI SHIRRIN SHAH & SHAINA NC

the inaugural evening of Anshu Khanna’s Royal Fables. A costume walk by Umang Hutheesing, Shirin Shah, and Diva’ni, contemporary jewellery exhibit by Diacolor, talk on art deco palaces by Raja Syed Muzaffar Ali of Kotwara and a preview of Sky Palais by Sandeep Shah of HBS Realtors were on the charts. Sharmila Tagore, Pamela Chopra, Shaina NC were there as were royals like Samajit Singh and Radhika Raje Gaekwad.

MALINI AGARWALLA & KAJOL

MANA SHETTY

SUNIL GAVASKAR & PANKAJ UDHAS

Master stroke

legend Sunil Gavaskar was the chosen CRICKET one to unveil the ‘Khamoshi Ki Aawaz’ album by ghazal maestro Pankaj Udhas. Seen at Phoenix

Marketcity were a whole bunch of musicians including Anuradha Paudwal, Mitali and Bhupinder Singh, Kavita Seth, Penaz Masani, Kavita Paudwal, Sumeet Tappoo, Sudeep Banerjee, Tauseef Akhtar, Pooja Gaitonde, Aditi Bhagwat and Sraboni Chaudhuri. Also present were Farida Udhas with daughters Nayaab and Rewa.

Swish set THE

swish set sauntered into Malaga, accessory designer Malini Agarwalla’s new flagship store on Hughes Road. The whiff of coffee was in the air and it blended beautifully with the fragrance of the lovely ladies present like Kajol, Mana Shetty, Madhoo Shah, Sabira Merchant, Sharmilla Khanna and Sabina Singh. Handcrafted bags, accessories and jewellery caught their eye as did the recently introduced clothes line at this store with a contemporary yet classic feel.

SAMAJOT SINGH & RADHIKA RAJE GAEKWAD

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ACROSS:

1. Wear a sari (5) 4. Summit (6) 7. Forbidden city site (7) 11.Functions (4) 16.Golf shot (5) 17.Sea cucumber (7) 18.Light parka (7) 19. Rob (5) 20.Coronet (6) 21. An excited state of agitation(5) 22.Nibbles (5) 25.Method (7) 26.Shade trees (4) 27.American jeans brand (5) 28.Motored (5) 32.Gardens (5) 34.Pale (3) 35.Humiliate (5) 43.Circumvent (8) 44.Eruption (8) 45.Dad (6) 48.Vinifera (5) 49.Respect (6) 50.Snatched (6)

CROSSWORD NO 217 Nita Jaggi

51.Boxer Mike (5) 53. Cup and———-(6) 54.Grinding (8) 55.Happy soccer game (8) 58.Finished (5) 59.Pig pen (3) 60.Harsh (5) 67.Deadly (5) 68.Brashness (5) 70.Restrain (4) 72.Sparkle (7) 76.Measuring tool (5) 77.Prohibit(5) 78.Wanders (6) 79.Clusters (5) 82.Unchecked (7) 83.Writer Bierce (7) 84.Hebrew prophet (5) 85.Sun rising direction (4) 86.Sweet wine (7) 87.Polish capital (6) 88.Follow (5)

DOWN:

1.Boring (4) 2. ‘A’ in ‘BODMAS’- mathematics (8) 3.Dubai-based airline (8) 4.Swerve (4) 5.Ship rope (7) 6.Membrane lining of the brain cells (8) 8.Nine multiplied by two (8) 9.Spa fixture (7) 10.Japanese city (6)

12.Original (8) 13.Rustling sound (6) 14.Quietens (5) 15.Electronicdance music festival in Goa (7) 23.Pace (5) 24.Pakistani capital (9) 29.Board game (5) 30.Rascal (3) 31.Wandering (7) 33.Capital of Nepal (9) 36.Car lamp (9) 37.Emotional exhaustion (7)

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38.African flies (7) 39.Traveller (7) 40.Tutee(7) 41.Egyptian tomb (7) 42.———blower (7) 46.Formal letter(7) 47.Foster (9) 52.Actor Preity——— (5) 56.Young boy (3) 57.Concerns (5) 61.Chinese bandit leaders (8) 62.Kind of lace (7) 63.Elegant (8)

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64.Crested cotinga (8) 65.High point (8) 66.Sutures (8) 69.Regular (7) 71.Improves (7)

73.Baby’s bed (6) 74.Canadian capital(6) 75.Hut material (5) 80.Diving bird (4) 81.Protection (4)

Solution (GIGANTIKA No. 216)

ACROSS: 1. Bunch 4. Desert 7.Strange 11.Scow 16.Trade 17.Mustang 18.Shelter 19.Molar 20.Muslin 21.Tanks 22.Rhein 25.Teacher 26.Apse 27.Deals 28.Munch 32.Acorn 34.Who 35.Usurp 43.Chemnitz 44.Outbreak 45.Menace 48.Monet 49.Africa 50.Sinbad 51.Ovary 53.Relief 54.Victoria 55.Liegeman 58.Calls 59.Uzi 60.Assam 67.Cites 68.Abram 70.Buns 72.Implore 76.Table 77.Sarod 78.Unsaid 79.Snore 82.Bhature 83.Rouleau 84.Blood 85.Step 86.Wetland 87.Alpine 88.Surge. DOWN: 1.Bull 2.National 3.Hiawatha 4.Deer 5.Sambuca 6.Restless 8.Together 9.Arsenal 10.Grease 12.Currency 13.Wiring 14.Pains 15.Stirrup 23.Stead 24.Practical 29.Shots 30.Pry 31.Apteryx 33.Razor Bill 36.Seatbelts 37.Shingle 38.Smother 39.Boycott 40.Ordinal 41.Betoken 42.Malabar 46.Embroil 47.Adrenalin 52.Craze 56.Bad 57.Frees 61.Zimbabwe 62.Federal 63.Mandarin 64.Nutshell 65.Opinions 66.Corridor 69.Barbell 71.Stimuli 73.Status 74.Assume 75.Augur 80.Able 81.Bate.

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MOON : Moon in Gemini till 12.19 p.m./ Venus in Scorpio TITHI : 6th Kartik Krishnapaksha NAKSHATRA : Punarvasu RASHI : Mithun (Gemini) K.Ch. LUCKY COLOUR : White and Grey LUCKY NUMBER : 2

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Business is going to take upward swing and improve greatly. You will get a chance to sell your ideas or your product very handsomely. You will enter into a partnership especially if it is from overseas and it will be highly rewarding in terms of money and recognition. You are going to meet a strikingly attractive person, followed by a fiery and sensuous romance. Your health will be generally good. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be obedient, sweet natured, attractive, healthy and long-lived. Generally, fortunate, helpful, respectful and will not tolerate dishonesty from others. Will be creative, artistic and an interest in medicine. Happiness, fame and success in life are indicated. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Look forward to making new alliances in new business ventures. Those working independently or as consultants will sign a major contract. A new friendship could create problems with a close associate who will be feeling very possessive about you. Handle the situation tactfully.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): With the help of a colleague you will be able to catch up with pending work with a particularly difficult assignment. You may have an opportunity to travel on a professional assignment. You will have a good chance of winning over an opponent if you use a bit of tact and set aside your ego. Improve your stance which seems intimidating right now.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You are in a position of strength and advantage in your work and career. Work diligently and beware of those trying to distract you from what you should be doing. Unexpected news from an unknown source will make you feel good. Gains from your efforts are indicated. Even though Love life is quite exciting, some of you are likely to get caught up in a secret liaison which is unavoidable.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You are quite excited to start a new assignment, which is somewhat challenging. The successful completion of this will bring bonus rewards. Business people will come across an opportunity to make good amount of money from a trading transaction. This may be a onetime deal. You may be torn between duty and responsibility towards family. It is an effort for you to comply but is worth it for all-round happiness.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Normal business activity will assure a steady income. A proposal that can generate some quick money will have to be firmly rejected as it may conflict with the way you work and think. There will be profits no doubt but you will lose your peace of mind. Family life may be a bit strained. Accept rather than change things for what you would like them to be. Bide your time right now.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You will come across a profitable idea that can be developed quite favorably. Turn your attention to hobbies or extracurricular activities that give you satisfaction. Family problems that have been bothering you for long will also become easier to solve. Trying times in love relationships are over and you can look forward to the good times ahead. Evening has some good prospects for you.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): New business proposals lead to gain. Investments made now will grow fast but you should not hang on to gains for too long. At business meeting or on negotiation table your ideas and plans will be received well. You may have to attend social gathering to fulfill an obligation to a family member. You will meet some new interesting people.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Do not be in rush to conclude a new contract. You need to scrutinize each and every aspect, including its viability. It seems someone is trying to pass on a liability giving you false assurances of quick gains. It would be better to stick to routine activities at this juncture. Most things in your life are going along smoothly but personal relationships cause tension. Your mate or beloved could have a problem. Try to give things a more personal touch.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Perhaps you are being too cautious when discussing terms for a new proposal. Small profits will add up to bigger ones later. You have other things on your mind other than routine work. An outing will expose you to something good if you are inclined and game for a new experience. Throw caution to the winds and follow fancy of the heart, you will not be disappointed. Look forward to something amazing happening. AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You must approach people with open and impartial view, and accept them as they are. You will be in a much more positive frame of mind that helps win others trust. You will also get a chance to do things that you enjoy. New situations bring into your life a person that may become a good friend. You will enjoy good health and a feeling of contentment. The young at heart will have their share of romance and adventure though there is no certainty in any liaison.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Business negotiations for fresh projects go through smoothly. Those in the field of sales and marketing will be in limelight. You are likely to get monetary gains through fresh projects or agency work. Some of you may be planning a trip abroad for work. A new friendship could create problems with a close associate who will be feeling very possessive about you. You will have to tactfully manage the situation.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): In a discussion, be patient and try not to argue. A career change is also indicated, but the benefits may not be immediate. Patience and forbearance now will be rewarding later. There could be some good news concerning a youngster. Encourage those who look up to you. For the single a person you know has been a lot on your mind of late. There is no harm in making the first move to be touch. You can expect a warm response.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5121

ACROSS: 1 Shropshire town (6) 5 A place where animals are kept (3) 8 Branch of Islam (4) 9 Is unwell or sick (4) 10 A tall grass with hollow stems (6) 11 Crescent (9) 13 Ancient kingdom - "male" anagram? (4) 15 Wine (3) 16 Japanese-American (5) 17 Washed or bathed (5) 20 Laughing out loud, acronym? (3) 22 Comp. Aided Design (3) 23 They'll grow to become maidens (5) 24 German "dialectic" philosopher (5) 26 Keep ___ : don't utter a word? (3) 27 A bank or hill of sand (4) 28 Gujarat city (9) 31 Tone of voice - sounds wooden ! (6) 32 Patron of lost causes (4) 33 Shipping dept. stamp (4) 34 A Mexican river, may be grande (3) 35 Hitch- ____ : those asking for a lift, amounts? (7) 21 Return match (7) perhaps? (6) 12 1002 in Roman numerals (3) 24 The centre of a wheel (3) 14 Factory (4) 25 Rises up (6) DOWN: 18 Got a perfect score? (4) 26 Computer shortcut (5) 1 Hit a ball high - while one was playing 19 Precious, expensive or costly (8) 29 For ___ and a day : eternally? (4) tennis (6) 20 Metal just above sodium in the pe- 30 Khaled's famous song or Indian rel2 A person's conduct to others (8) ative? (4) riodic table? (7) 3 Bears, in Barcelona (4) SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD 4 No matter who (7) ACROSS: 1 Bebe, 4 Schizo, 8 Hep, 10 Scan, 13 Tartrate, 14 Chronic, 15 Ora pro, 5 Bimal Roy's classic, "Do Bigha __ "? 17 Argentina, 21 Pry, 22 Eli, 23 Web, 26 Frenchman, 27 Bankim, 28 Aviates, 32 Carnegie, 34 Task, 35 STD, 36 Shyest, 37 Agon. (5) DOWN: 1 Bosc, 2 Bear, 3 Yeti, 5 Cetera, 6 Ila, 7 Ocelot, 9 Pac, 11 Chirp, 12 Nosey, 6 Waikiki's whereabouts (4) 15 Onin, 16 Poem, 18 Grin, 19 Term, 20 Ile, 23 Wheat, 24 Babes, 25 Abacus, 26 7 Acquired facts etc. in small Fivers, 28 Ais, 29 Vets, 30 Tang, 31 Skin, 33 Roy.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2126 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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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SUDOKU 2307 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

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Today’s clue: L equals P

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

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: No one can be right all of the time, but it helps to be right most of the time

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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: 04 average; 05 good; 07 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: alga, align, anal, appal, APPALLING, gala, gill, lain, lapping, ling, nail, pail, paling, pall, palling, papal, pill, plain, plan.

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UMBAI: Defending champions Indian Oil start with a bang. The proved too strong for local qualifiers Maharashtra State Police as they easily won their opening Pool-A league match by a thumping 12-2 margin in the 49th Bombay Gold Cup Hockey Championship, organised by the Mumbai Hockey Association Limited and played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate on Tuesday. Indian Oil, recent winners of Surjit Singh Memorial Trophy in Jalandhar last week, started at full strength including the services current Indian stars – Raghunath Vokalliga, Kothajit Singh, Dharamveer Singh and S.K. Uthappa, were in full flow and enjoyed a 5-2 half-time lead. They got their goals through Roshan Minz who scored four, Prabhjot Singh three, two each from Gurjinder Singh and Hamza Mujtaba and the last by Sunil Yadav to complete the rout. The policemen managed to score two first half goals through Goalmouth action in the Indian Oil vs Maharashtra State Police tie. Aashish Chopade and Vinod Manugade to reduce the margin defeat. The oilmen got down to business immediately and struck in the third open the floodgates. Four minutes the scoring act striking his first and scored at regular intervals to seal minute from their first penalty cor- later Minz scored the first of his four the team’s third goal in the the win. The state cops were not ner converted by Gurjinder Singh to goals before Prabhjot also got into 22nd minute. Thereafter Indian Oil prepared to give in without putting

up a fight and scored two goals. Earlier in a Pool-D match last year’s runners-up Air India survived a scare from South Central Railway before settling for a 4-4 draw. Air India started with flourish opening up a comfortable 2-0 half-time advantage. But they were unable to maintain the momentum in the second half and conceded the advantage to the southern outfit, which put up a solid fight scoring four goals on the trot to wrest the initiative before Air India struck twice in the final 12 minutes to salvage a draw. Mayank James led South Central’s charge with three goals while Innocent Kullu scored the other goal for them. For Air India, Shivendra Singh, Prabodh Tirkey, Gaganpreet Singh and Aiyappa B.K. netted a goal each. Results: Pool-D league: Air India 4 (Shivendra Singh 7th, Prabodh Tirkey 15th, Gaganpreet Singh 58th, Aiyappa B.K. 64th) drew with South Central Railway 4 (Mayank James 40th, 51st, 52nd, Innocent Kullu 44th). Pool-A: Indian Oil 12 (Gurjinder Singh 3rd, 46th, Roshan Minz 7th, 42nd, 45th, 49th, Prabhjot Singh 22nd, 27th, 38th, Hamza Mujtaba 24th, 64th, Sunil Yadav 67th) beat Maharashtra State Police 2 (Aashish Chopade 23rd, Vinod Manugade 26th).

Striker Shravan fires hat-trick for Karnataka Amateurs Kenkre colts M UMBSI: Striker Shravan Shetty notched up a fine hat-trick to power Karnataka Amateurs SC to a huge 5-0 win against Kanara Brothers SC in a first round match of the 8th Late Advocate A.R. Kudroli Memorial knockout football tournament – 2014, organised by the Karnatak Sporting Association and played at the KSA ground, Cross

Maidan, Chruchgate end. Shravan’s teammates Roshan Shetty and Sachin Shetty contributed to the big success with a strike each. In another first round match which was closely contested, Shree Krishna SC riding on the double strikes from Manish N. got the better of Saraswat SC by a narrow 21margin. Akshay Pawar netted the

lone goal for the losers. Meanwhile, Bombay Fort SC blanked Jaibharat SC 3-0. For the victors, Pranav Shetty scored a brace and Emmanuel D. one to seal the win. Results: Karnataka Amateurs SC 5 (Shravan Shetty 3, Roshan Shetty, Sachin Shetty) beat

Kanara Brothers SC 0; Karnatak SC 5 (Nahusha Ganiga, Vishal Sakpal, Tarang M., Astle Pereira, Bernard Joseph) beat Uchil United 4 (Rohit D’Souza, Ryan Thomas, Vernon Saldanha, Surendra Belchada); Bombay Fort SC 3 (Pranav Shetty 2, Emmanuel D.) beat Jaibharat SC 0; Shree Krishna SC 2 (Manish N 2) beat Saraswat SC 1 (Akshay Pawar)

Yogesh nets winner for Colaba Municipal School M

UMBAI: Yogesh Pethe struck the all-important winning goal to help Colaba Municipal English School snatch a 1-0 win against Agripada Urdu School ‘B’ in boys’ under-16 first round match of the 6th South Mumbai Junior Soccer Challenger 2014, conducted in association with Queens Park Rangers (QPR), and played at the Western Railway ground, Lower Parel. The event, which is an initiative of Milind Deora, is being sponsored by Aditya Birla Group and

Essar, co-sponsored by RelativityB4U and SMAAASH and the associate sponsor is Axis Bank. In other matches, Diamond Jublee ‘A’ riding on Moiz Khan’s twin strikes blanked Navy Children School ‘B’ 2-0 and Campion School ‘C’ got the better of Sir J.J. Fort Boys ‘A’ by a 2-1 margin. Abhishek Ashar netted both the goals for Campion, while Arbaz Shaikh reduced the margin for the losers. Meanwhile in a Girl’s Under-16 encounter, East Byculla School ‘A’

outplayed Balaram Urdu School 30. Bushra Shaikh scored two goals and Sana Khan one to seal the win for the Byculla schoolgirls. This community football event is conceived by Saran Sports.

Results: Boys Under-16: Campion School ‘C’ 2 (Abhishek Ashar 2) beat Sir J.J. Fort Boys ‘A’ 1 (Arbaz Shaikh); G.D. Somani 2 (Waseem Shaikh, Manas Shah) beat Nalanda Foundation 1 (Anas Lakdwala); Maulana Azad ‘B’ (Shaikh Durban 2) beat

Sacred Heart ‘B’, Worli 0; Diamond Jublee ‘A’ 2 (Moiz Khan 2) beat Navy Children School ‘B’ 0; St. Mary’s SSC ‘A’ 2 (Daniel D’Souza, Mufadlal Merchant) beat Sundatta Education 0; Bai Kabibai School 2 (Nilesh Sawant 2) beat M.H. Saboo Siddik ‘A’ 1 (Ansari Usama); Aditya Birla World Academy ‘A’ 2 (Rishi Chauhan, Yash Sukhwani) beat Holy Name H.S. 1 (Rishab Gupta); Colaba Municipal English School ‘A’ 1 (Yogesh Pethe) beat Agripada Urdu ‘B’ 0. Girls’ Under 16: Baradevi Marathi ‘A’ 1 (Aarti Surve) drew with Baradevi Hindi ‘C’ 1 (Meera Rajbhar); East Byculla ‘A’ 3 (Bushra

Khade set for comeback at Nationals K OLKATA: All eyes will be on 2010 Asian Games bronze medallist Virdhawal Khade, who will make a comeback after about two years, even as the country’s top swimmers, including Sandeep Sejwal, would vie for top honours in the five-day 68th Senior National Aquatic Championship beginning at the Subhas Sarobar tomorrow. As far as the championship race is concerned, a depleted Karnataka, the reigning champions for last 23 years, will face a big competition

from Railways, Maharashtra and Services. Now a Tahsildar in the Maharashtra government, the lanky 6’3” tall Kolhapur swimmer Khade had pulled out of the Incheon Asian Games this year but his absence was filled in by Delhi lad Sejwal who won a bronze in the 50m breast stroke. On a high after his Asian Games medal, Sejwal will also be here to bolster Railways field while Khade, who is the national record holder in

all free-style sprints from 50m to 400m as well as in the 50m butterfly stroke in which he had a bronze in Guangzhou, will also look to get into the act. It will be a testing time for the Beijing Olympian Khade as the nationals will also serve as a qualifying meet for the FINA World Championships to be held in Russia in July next year through which one can make the cut for Rio Olympics 2016. Khade has started training under his coach Nihar Ameen in Banga-

lore and it would be intersting to see how he fares after a big gap.The nationals will also be a comeback meet for Delhi swimmer and holder of several national records Richa Mishra after serving a two-year ban for flunking dope tests. Among the promising ones, 21-year old Railways lad Sajan Prakash, Madhu PS of the Services, Saurabh Sagvekar of Maharashtra, 15-year-old Damini Gowda of Karnataka, and 14-yearold Maana Patel of Gujarat will also look to sizzle in the pool.

overcome DECA 2-1

UMBAI: Kenkre FC Under-19 showed solid guts and determination to record a 2-1 win against DECA (D’Assisi Ex-students Charitable Association) in a Super Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League – 2014-15, played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Tuesday. Rinaldo Fernandes opened the scoring for the Kenkre lads in the 14th minute before Tausheen Shaikh struck the second goal in the 41st minute to give the team a 2-0 half-time cushion. Seasoned striker Agnello Picardo scored the lone for DECA in the 58th minute. Earlier in a First Division match, Salcette FC got the better of Rhema FC by an identical 2-1 margin. Sahil Mukane and Nachiket Pimprekar were on target for Salcette and Rhema SF pulled one back through Anthony Joshi. Results, at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel – Super Div:Kenkre FC Under-19 2 (Rinaldo Fernandes, Tausheen Shaikh) beat DECA 1 (Agnello Picardo). Div-I: Salcette FC 2 (Sahil Mukane, Nachiket Pimprekar) beat Rhema SF 1 (Anthony Joshi).

HOPING TO GET SOME PURCHASE FROM EDEN GARDENS STRIP: MENDIS

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YIndian playes from left, Suresh Raina, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishaant Sharma, Varun Aaron and Umesh Yadav and Dhawal Kulkarni (r) Lankans enjoying themselves during practice.

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OLKATA: Hosts India might have outplayed them in the first three ODIs but Sri Lankan team management is keen to include experienced spinner Ajantha Mendis in the playing XI for the fourth ODI scheduled on Thursday. Mendis, incidentally was a part of Kolkata Knight Riders during IPL-1 and had experience of playing at the Eden Gardens. “I had a good opportunity while playing for KKR at this ground. The pitch offered turn and we would also get a bit of bounce. I always had a bit of help from this track. We will try to do our best,” Mendis said after their practice session today.

Talking about the match pitch, Mendis said,”It’s not bad. the wicket has a bit of help for the spinners. Hope we can do something.” Once known as ‘Mystery spinner’ before he went off the boil, Mendis is hopeful that he would make some difference to the Lankan bowling attack which is thin on experience as far as taking on the mighty Indian batting line-up is concerned. “If I get an opportunity, I will bowl in the line and length with a bit of variation because India possess a very good batting line-up. We will try to put the pressure with our spin attack,” he added. “It’s about salvaging some pride and take the momentum into the upcoming England series and subsequently the World Cup in

BCCI flourished in Eden, but hijacked by TN: Bedi

OLKATA: Taking at dig at Indian Cricket Board’s presidentin-exile N Srinivasan, spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi today said it was a mystery to see the BCCI, which was born in Delhi and flourished at the Eden Gardens here, being hijacked by Tamil Nadu. “I think it’s pertinent to say that the BCCI was born in Delhi at the Roshanara Club. That was a historical moment but then it flourished at the Eden Gardens. But how the BCCI got hijacked by Tamil Nadu is a mystery for me,” said Bedi, who is staunch critic of Srinivasan. Talking on the sidelines of a postal stamp release to commemorate 150 years of the Eden Gar-

dens, Bedi rated historic ground here as one of the best in the world.“I think this (Eden) is the place, this is the most electrifying cricket centre in the world. Eden Gardens gives Melbourne Cricket Ground a lot to chase. I’m very proud to be here. It’s a very nostalgic moment. It has a sporting history,” the former India skipper said at the function which was also attended by Dilip Vengsarkar, Erapalli Prasanna, B S Chandrasekhar and West Indies pace legend Michael Holding. “I have fond memories of Eden Gardens. I made my Test debut here on January 1 and during the Test we had fire in the stands and teargas in the dressing room. That for me was really baptism by fire.”

Australia-New Zealand next year.” “I came for the last two games. We will at least try to win these two matches because we have a lot of matches on the way. We will try to do our best. Everyone will try to win this game with the World Cup and the England series is next to come. Hopefully, everyone does well and get in shape ahead of the two big events.” Mendis was not part of the side in the first three ODIs and asked about his exclusion, he said,”I have no idea as I only joined the team yesterday. I will give my best shot on this wicket. Everyone will try to win this game.” With ICC’s crackdown on bowlers with suspect action, Mendis said: “I think I’m okay as I’ve not failed. I don’t want to make any further com-

ments.” Asked whether the absence batsman of our team but we have of Kumar Sangakkara, who has been Mahela (Jayawardene) in very good sent home to freshen up for the Eng- form. Two experienced giys Dinesh land series, would weaken their bat- Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne ting, Mendis answered: “He’s the best have also come in.”

DD ropes in Amre as Kirsten’s deputy, Eric Simons removed N

EW DELHI: IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils has roped in former India batsman and current Mumbai Ranji Trophy coach Praveen Amre as their assistant coach for the upcoming season, removing South African Eric Simons, who was with the franchise for five editions, starting 2010. Amre, who is rated as one of the best coaches in the domestic circuit has been a key force behind the success of players like Ajinkya Rahane, Robin Uthappa, Naman Ojha to name a few. He is country’s first professional coach, who deals with players facing technical problems on a one-on-one basis. “I am sure that it will be great experience to work with the Delhi boys. We have quality players like JP Duminy, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, Manoj Tiwary, Saurabh Ti-

wary. I am hopeful of providing them with technical expertise and help Daredevils do well in IPL-8,” Amre told PTI from Ahmedabad, where he is with Mumbai’s one-day team, playing in the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Amre feels that having worked with most of these boys will prove to be a great help and his experience of working with Allan Donald at Pune Warriors will also prove to be beneficial. “I have worked with guys like Manoj, Saurabh when I was the India A coach. An Indian coach can be a good communicator. Also it will be a great opportunity to learn from someone like Gary Kirsten, who had made significant contribution as India coach,” said Amre. Asked about his role as a personal coach, who is involved in one-on-

one sessions with his wards like Rahane, Uthappa, Ojha, Amre said, “I have learnt from my guru Ramakant Achrekar about focussing on solving the problems of the players. “If there is some technical problem in batting, however complicated it might be, but it’s not rocket science! It can be sorted out. When I see Ajinkya, Robin or Naman doing well, I feel like a doctor, who has prescribed correct medicines for his patients!” Asked about what exactly went wrong with the Daredevils last season where they ended as wooden spooners, Amre said, “I believe the balance of the side needs to be looked into because we have talent in abundance in this line-up. I think this season will be different from the last one and we would do well.”

I am no cricketing God: Tendulkar L

ONDON: Indian icon Sachin Tendulkar may be cricketing God for many of his fans but the batting legend has stressed that he is “normal”. “I’m no cricketing god. I’ve made lots of mistakes on the field. I’ve loved playing cricket, but I’m normal Sachin and that’s how it should be,” he told BBC Sport in an interview released here today. “I consider myself fortunate that people like me, people love me. It’s a special thing. I’m blessed I think. God has been kind to me. I don’t

want to take anything for granted. I am only thankful to everyone for being so kind to me and it’s never enough,” he added in reference to a question on hero worship. The highest run-scorer in the history of international cricket was at the Lord’s Cricket Ground last week for the official launch of his autobiography ‘Playing It My Way’. During an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live channel he described his life after retirement as “rather hectic”. “I’m getting to know a different

side of life. For 24 years I was focusing on cricket and nothing else. I feel the first innings of my life was playing cricket and chasing my own dream - and the dream was to win the World Cup. The second innings of my life, the post cricketing years, is to try and give back something to the people who have wished well for me,” he said. Tendulkar also reiterated his faith in the lengthier form of the game, describing Test cricket as the “main course” and other versions like “starters and desserts”.

INDICATOR OF PROGRESS WILL BE WIN VS AUSTRALIA IN CT: OLTMANS

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EW DELHI: Indian hockey’s high performance director Roelant Oltmans says the team’s series win over Australia is a positive sign but repeating the feat against the World Champions in the upcoming Champions Trophy will determine the squad’s progress. “It is surely a positive result for the team. Everyone in the world including Australia would not have have thought of this outcome, although they are in the the process of rebuilding after the World Cup,” Oltmans told PTI today after the squad returned home following a 31 win in the four-match test series. Asked how he rated the result, the Dutchman said: “All the 21 players played and the outcome is good. But we have to be realistic on what it means. Does it mean too much than just a series win against Australia? I would say if we are able to beat Australia in Champions Trophy, then we can say we have taken major steps forward,” said the renowned expert. Oltmans was quick to add that December 6-14 Champions Trophy in Bhubaneshwar will be a much tougher test for the team. India are in Pool B alongside Netherlands, Germany and Argentina in the eight-nation tournament.

“It (Champions Trophy) is a competition lot different than a friendly series. We are in a group having Germany and surprise of World Cup Argentina, so it will be tough from day one. After a short break, we will resume training for the tournament,” he said, while choosing not to talk about the target for the premier event.“I know that you guys always want to talk about the outcome. The important thing for me is that the team is showing steady progress. There is still lot of time left to talk about the outcome anyway.” Oltmans felt India executed their plans better than Australia, who are in a transititional phase, after their World Cup triumph. “All these boys, who were playing for Australia, were probables who

Pakistan leads NZ by 319 after 3 days of 1st Test

BU DHABI: Fast bowler Rahat Ali’s rich haul of 4-22 helped to give Pakistan firm control of the first Test against New Zealand today despite opening batsman Tom Latham hitting a fighting maiden Test century. New Zealand failed to cope with Ali’s reverse swing in a miserly bowled 17 overs of left-arm swing, and was all out for 262 late on the third day. Left-arm spinner Zulfiqar Babar chipped in with 3-79 as New Zealand’s top order found it tough in its first ever Test in the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan, which declared at 5663, didn’t enforce the follow-on and stretched its lead to 319 by reach-

ing 15 without loss at stumps. New Zealand resumed from 15-0 overnight, and Latham escaped two tough catch chances early before hitting 103 off 222 balls with 13 fours. Corey Anderson made a rapid 48 off 70 balls with eight fours, but he and Latham fell to Ali after putting on 83 runs for the fourth wicket, New Zealand’s best partnership, during a brief aggressive batting spell in the second session. On his overnight five, Latham’s hard push was dropped by Azhar Ali at forward short leg, and on 32, wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed couldn’t hold onto a thick edge off Mohammad Hafeez’s offspin.

can make the Champions Trophy. They have not played much together but it was surely not a second string side,” pointed out Oltmans. Indians are often found wanting against the speed of top teams such as Australia, Netherlands and Germany. Asked to dissect the performance of the team, Oltmans said he was not outrightly surprised at the win. “I have said it from the beginning that they have a lot of potential, though you can see the issues is to translate potential into performance at the highest level. “The domestic tournaments in India are a different ball game. Guys who are with us recognise the difference and they know what they need to be doing to overcome the gap between international and domestic hockey,” said Oltmans. He hoped for more bilateral series of this nature leading to the Rio Olympics in 2016. “The team is getting better in execution of skills. We were able to hold possession better than before, especially when you playing against a team like Australia, there is a lot of pressure on defence, that can lead to loss of possession. “I must tell you that our boys are now able to control the ball more. In the first game, we didn’t do that and therefore we lost (0-4). After that, there was gradual progression,” Oltmans concluded.

Victorious Indian hockey team returns home N EW DELHI: Indian men’s hockey team that stunned world champions Australia 3-1 in a test series returned home to a rousing reception by Hockey India (HI) and fans and here today. The Sardar Singh–led team put up stupendous show after losing the first test. It was second big achievement for the side in recent times after winning the Asian Games gold medal in Incheon. “I am extremely happy with the way our team has performed in the entire series. And there could be no better gift to my completion of

200 international caps than this memorable win,” India skipper Sardar Singh. “This will act as a motivation for the boys to give a better performance in the upcoming Champions Trophy. I am confident that the boys will perform well in the upcoming tournament,” Sardar said. Congratulating the team for their superb performance, Hockey India Secretary General Md. Mushtaque Ahmad said, “Team India had a good game against Australia which is a good sign of confidence and control.”

Settled defence has been a plus for the team: Raghunath

Mary Kom hopes to be back in 2 months time M K OLKATA: Olympic medallist M C Mary Kom today said she would take around two months time to recover from the hamstring injury, that has kept her out of the Women’s World Boxing Championship at Jeju, South Korea, to be held from November 13 to 25. The injury has robbed Mary Kom a chance to win her sixth medal at the event. “I’m happy skipping the meet as I’m not fully fit. There’s no point going there and return emptyhanded. I want to win a medal for the country in whatever competition I take part,” the London Games 2012 bronze medallist told reporters on the sidelines of a fe- Olympics in 2016.” licitation programme here. Pinki Rani has replaced the inOn her recovery, she said: “I’m jured Mary Kom, while Priyanka taking it slowly and hopefully I Choudhary came in for the suswould return in two months time. pended Sarita Dev in the 10-memMy next target is to qualify for Rio ber Indian squad.

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UMBAI: A settled defensive line up has been a big advantage for the Indian team in its resurgence in world hockey, feels seasoned full back V Raghunath. “The defence has played together for quite some time — one and a half to two years — and the understanding among myself, Rupinder, Kothajit, Gurbaj and Birender Lakra has improved a lot which is very important. Our combination has come out very well,” said Raghunath here today. “We understand each other’s plus and minus points very well. You need time to do it. We try to cover up for each other which is more important as it’s a team game. If we don’t concede goals, we can win maximum number of matches, that’s the idea,” the 26-year-old drag-flick expert explained. Raghunath played for his employers Indian Oil in the ongoing All

India Bombay Gold Cup tournament here barely four hours after landing in Mumbai from Australia via Delhi after taking part in the four-Test series Down Under. India had registered a historic 3-1 series victory over Australia. Raghunath reminded coach Terry Walsh’s words that the series win in Australia was only a small step in India’s preparation for the Rio Olympic Games in 2016 for which the team qualified by winning the coveted gold medal in the Incheon Asian Games last month. “We have a target of playing against strong teams like Australia, Germany, Holland. India really needs to play these teams to find out the level of improvement over the past one year. This is the first step in the build-up to Rio Olympics, our coach (Terry Walsh) has said,” Raghunath said. The Karnataka-born player said

all the players put their best foot forward in the series Down Under. “Everyone’s personal best has given the best result in Australia. Forwards came up with very good goals and defence conceded only one goal in the last three games after the loss (0-4) in the first. The defence has worked out very well,” said Raghunath. “After a long time we won a Test series in Australia. The team was very good. We also went all out as we wanted to check where we stand in international hockey. The boys have proved we have capability, fitness, skill level and strength to come to the top at the international level.” Asked about a suitable back up to India’s number one custodian P Sreejesh, Raghunath said that the untested Harjot Singh of Punjab was tried out in the Test series in Australia and performed very well in the second match that India won. “I want to say the first match we won in Australia was with the second goalkeeper. He made some wonderful saves. His consistent level is coming up,” he said. Raghunath said the key now was to maintain the same level and improve on the weaknesses before next month’s Champions Trophy tournament in Odisha. “We should concentrate on keeping up this level and put up our personal best show in the (December 6-14) Champions Trophy (in Bhubaneswar) as a build up for Rio. We have go work on the grey areas before Champions Trophy and put up a good show,” he said. “Next year, Australia will be coming which is good for Indian hockey.”

IT’S ALL SQUARE AS ANAND BOUNCES BACK

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OCHI (Russia): Viswanathan Anand pulled one back when it mattered the most and scored a crushing victory over defending champion Magnus Carlsen in the third game of the world chess championship now underway here.

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Having lost the second game of the match, Anand was almost in a must-win situation and the Indian ace came up with his best effort against Carlsen in recent years. Equalising the score on 1.51.5 after the third of the 12game match, Anand also ended a four year drought by

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beating Carlsen in Classical chess game as the last victory by five times world champion over the Norwegian had come way back in 2010 under this format. For the first time in his world championship matches against Anand, Carlsen went for the theoretical duel and was duly pun-

ished in a well analysed variation. For the records, it was a Queen's gambit declined by Carlsen, a natural choice with a full point cushion to back him. Anand went for a deeply analysed variation and was pleasantly surprised to find Carlsen game. The players followed a 2013 game played between Levon

Aronian and Michael Adams and it was Carlsen who did not seem to have keep the track of this game well. While going behind on time, Carlsen found the right manoeuvres but Anand was still in his preparation. On move 20, the new idea was revealed by Anand which was a big improvement on the existing game in the position. Carlsen had to again sink in long thoughts intermittently during the rest of the game as one or the other problem was posed by Anand with a well-supported passed

pawn on the seventh rank. Anand kept the momentum ticking without any further slips and piled on the pressure in almost Carlsenesque-style – giving the Norwegian a taste of his own medicine. For once Carlsen was on the receiving end he could only delay the inevitable. Making matters worse at this point was the clock that was ticking away and Anand sealed the issue after Carlsen made a blunder on move 28. Anand swapped a piece and it was all over in 34 moves.

Germany’s World Cup win immortalized in film B

ERLIN: Germany’s World Cup winners were given the Hollywood treatment for the premiere of a film celebrating their victory. Players, coaching staff, football emissaries and invited guests gathered at glitzy Potsdamer Platz in Berlin yesterday to see “Die Mannschaft” (The Team), a film that reveals some of the more intimate details from the side’s tournament success. “You will learn that you can only be successful as a team,” coach Joachim Loew said on the red carpet, repeating the mantra that carried his side to victory in Brazil four months before. The players arrived all wearing dark suits, shirts and ties - perhaps an attempt to help the golden trophy that they proudly carried shine even more. Fans were lined up outside the cinema to greet the arrival of the players. Mario Goetze, whose goal in extra time in the final against Argentina secured the trophy, received the loudest screams from those who braved the November chill to collect autographs. Christoph Kramer in particular was looking forward to seeing the film, in part be-

Miroslav Klose and wife Slywia attend the premiere.

cause he couldn’t remember the final after suffering a head injury during the game. Before the film started, FIFA president Sepp Blatter paid tribute to Brazil for hosting “the best World Cup in years, despite all the negative things that were said before it.” “As soon as the first ball was kicked, 200 million Brazilians were suddenly football fans again,” Blatter said. The film itself revealed small behind-the-scene details that helped contribute to Germany’s fourth World Cup win - its first as a reunified country.