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ore than 400 people on board a Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 superjumbo from Singapore to Mumbai had a narrow escape after it was hit by a sudden turbulence on descent, injuring 22 passengers and crew.

According to a PTI report, "Singapore Airlines flight SQ424 from Singapore to Mumbai experienced sudden turbulence during descent on October 18. There were 408 passengers and 25 crew on board," the airlines said in a statement.

"Eight passengers and 14 crew sustained injuries and were attended to by medical personnel on arrival at Mumbai Airport. Of the 14 crew, 10 required hospitalisation.

They have been cleared and discharged by the medical personnel. All 8 passengers were hospitalised and 6 have been discharged by the medical personnel after examination," the statement said.

"Our immediate concern is for the well-being of our passengers and crew. Singapore Airlines will provide full assistance to the authorities in their investigations," local media quoted SIA statement.

The Airbus A380 is a double-deck, wide-body, fourengine jet airliner manufactured by Airbus. It is the world's largest passenger airliner, and the airports at which it operates have upgraded facilities to accommodate it.

BJP set to form govt in Maha

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BJP party workers celebrate their win in the Assembly elections in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's poster, in Mumbai on Sunday.

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s the two allies – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena – blew hot and cold over coming together once again, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has decided to support to the proposed government of BJP in Maharashtra. The Parliamentary Board of the BJP which met in New Delhi discussed the issue in detail.

It was not clear whether the BJP would go for support from the 'natural ally' Shiv Sena or outside support from the NCP. A source said the BJP may form government with outside support of the NCP, but the issue of tie-up with Shiv Sena may be kept alive.

Meanwhile, BJP's gamble of walking out of the alliance with 'big brother' Shiv Sena paid off as it secured 122 seats in the 288-member assembly, three more than the 119 offered by the erstwhile partner before the split and 76 more than what it had got in 2009.

It is for the first time since Congress' tally of 141 seats in 1990 that a party has crossed the 100-seats mark in an Assembly election in Maharashtra.

Though the Sena too improved upon its 2009 showing winning 63 seats, it still fell short of its best performance in the 1995 poll when it had won 73 seats going to the hustings together with BJP and forming a coalition government. Posting its worst performance, Congress secured 42 seats and former ally NCP, with which it had ruled the state for 15 years in a row before the poll-eve split, clinching 41.

A big surprise in the election was the near obliteration of Raj Thackeray's MNS, which many thought will be the X-factor in the poll as it managed to win just one seat.

While the party, which pursued the 'Marathi pride' agenda with great fervour could clinch just one seat, Hyderabad-based MIM opened its account winning two seats.

Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi and Peasants and Workers Party won three seats each, while Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh, CPI(M), Samajwadi Party and BJP ally Rashtriya Samaj Paksha pocketed one each and independents won seven.

Barring the Sena-BJP rule in 1995-99 and 580-day stint of Sharad Pawar-led Progressive Democratic Front government between July 18, 1978, and February 17, 1980, Congress was never out of power in the state since its creation in 1960.

As BJP appeared way ahead of rivals but 23 short of the magic figure of 145, bitter critic NCP sprang a surprise by extending the crucial "outside support", sparing it the trouble to enlist the backing of Shiv Sena in its effort to form government as the two former saffron allies blew hot and cold over coming together once again.

"NCP has decided to extend support to the proposed government of BJP in Maharashtra... There is no option but to see that the largest party forms a stable government.

Also the BJP is ruling in the Centre and it will benefit the state," senior party leader Praful Patel told reporters, saying the move was in the "interest" of the state, reports PTI. Though Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray made it clear his party will not lend unsolicited support to BJP in forming the government, saying, “let them make the first move”, he has reportedly called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah to congratulate them on the electoral victories in Maharashtra and Haryana.

Uddhav in ‘wait and watch’ mode

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fter the election results were declared, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said that he had switched to 'wait and watch' mode and was ready to support any party for the government formation on conditions of “development of a unified Maharashtra”.

Thackeray was addressing media people at his residence Matoshri in Bandra on Sunday. He said, “I did not get any proposal from any party for the formation of the state government. At present, it would be hypothetical to talk about options and conditions for alliance to form a government in the state.”

He said, “What I learn from media is that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) had tendered their support to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the formation of government. If the BJP is comfortable with the

Azad Shrivastav | ADC

A joyous atmosphere in South Mumbai

Malabar Hill constituency: The mood outside Grant Medical College Gymkhana at Marine Lines was mixed and full of hope as Shiv Sena party workers were praying for a win in the Malabar Hill constituency. South Mumbai bore a

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Your popularity has certainly gone up! Though you have lost the election, you could successfully retain your deposit.

party worker when asked if they thought Shiv Sena would win said, “Devawar sodlay, toh aahe na” (left it to God, he is there) Mangal Prabhat Lodha of BJP was seen taking a lead right from the earlier rounds with Sena candidate Arvind Devji Dudhwadkar following close. Completely missing in action were Congress party workers with hardly any workers making their presence felt outside the counting centre. Other party workers when asked about the missing party representatives chuckled that they had probably foreseen a loss much in advance.

Colaba constituency:

peaceful look and the overall at- The mood was equally sombre at mosphere remained pretty calm the onset of polling counting of the with BJP party workers gaining con- Colaba constituency outside Elfidence about their win with every phinstone Technical College near passing round result being de- Metro cinema. BJP party workers clared. Shiv Sena party workers re- and supporters were seen here in mained hopeful, while some even big numbers, confident of their vicsaid they'd left it to God. A Sena tory. Annie Shekhar of the Congress

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he shattered Congress is coming to terms with its defeat in the state Assembly elections. After the results were announced, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Manikrao Thakre yesterday quit his post, taking on the moral responsibility for the party's poor show. Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has also taken the full responsibility of the party's defeat.

The Congress which ruled the state for 15 years was relegated to the third position. Manikrao Thakre said that he has sent his resignation to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, though he blamed the BJP's agenda for the defeat. “The people have given us a mandate to play the role of the opposition and we will be a constructive Opposition. Despite the good performance of the Congress-led state government, the party could not counter BJP's false propaganda,” he said.

Prithviraj Chavan, on the other hand, even after his victory in Karad South constituency, took full responsibility for the Congress' deba-

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any political party only on condition of development of unified Maharashtra. It was his counter attack on BJP leaders who promised people a separate Vidharbha. Since the Sena has always supported the idea of a unified Maharashtra. Uddhav underlined that he cannot compromise on it.

Thackeray said that he is happy with the party's victory.

He said, “Those who inconvenienced Saheb (late Bal Thackeray) have been defeated in Parliamentary elections and in Assembly elections. Public took revenge.”

While talking about the breaking of its alliance with the BJP, Thackeray said, “It was a very sad moment Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray with his son Aaditya interacts with media during when some BJP leaders decided to the press conference in Mumbai on Sunday. break the 25-year-old alliance. It had worked smoothly during the generation of Saheb, L K Advani and former NCP's support then they can go watching.” ahead. I have no proposal, I am Without naming the BJP, Thack- Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. quite at my home, waiting and eray said that he is ready to support However, it did not work now.”

BJP party workers celebrate their victory at the BJP office, at Nariman Point.

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party who has always been a strong candidate and winner from this constituency was no match for Raj K Purohit from BJP. Party workers of other parties were seen in small numbers and were extremely silent.

Purohit took the lead with a big margin right from the start and excited party workers yelled out with enthusiasm as the lead increased with every round.

As each round was declared, the party workers increased in numbers and confidence, with supporters and party workers hugging each other in sheer jubilation.

Slogans of 'Modi Modi' were heard from the crowd. As the 16th round result was declared, party workers started uniting with crackers and mithai and when a victory was certain, party workers distributed mithai amongst the crowd and crackers were burst.

Contributed by Suyash Padate, Vishnudas Sheshrao, Gayatri Sahastrabuddhe and Yatin Ingle

Crushed Congress accepts defeat

First-time voters happy As they took pride in voting for the first time, so were they happy about playing a part in the formation of a new government.

Some first-time voters said that

as they were studying for their exams, they also kept an eye on their television screen yesterday to watch the poll results. Nayan Shah, a first-time voter from Borivali, said, “Though we have our semester exams beginning next week, the election results were also interesting for us. I never wanted to waste my first-time vote, and even a single vote mattered in this election. I am happy that the candidate I voted for has won.”

Too many sweets While the vote counting session started early in the morning, the sweet shops began their work much before that. Candidates who were contesting had already placed bulk orders two days before the results. Jeet Halwai, Borivali, said, “The candidates as well as the party workers place bulk orders for sweets during every election counting. This year, on an average every party from our constituency had placed an order for 25 kg of sweets. We had to deliver the order by 10:30 am in the morning, as that is the time for the final rounds of vote counting.” Jeet added, “At times, the losing candidates cancels the order for which we have to bear losses.”

Rath Yatra for winning candidate Though fire crackers and bands added to the victories of the candidates, a grand procession was set up by BJP party workers in Dahisar. After Manisha Chaudhary won the election against big guns like Shiv Sena's Vinod Ghosalkar and MNS's Shubha Raul, the work workers set up a silver chariot for Manisha Chaudahry and took out a grand procession.

The chariot went from Borivali (W) to the neighbouring areas of her constituency. Chaudhary said, “All the voters have decided to vote for a better government and finally they have given me a chance. I will be on my toes to bring in more developments in the state.”

An isolated Rajgadh

Former CM and Congress candidate from Karad, Prithviraj Chavan, celebrates win. cle. “I congratulate the BJP on their want to comment on possible postsuccess, the Congress will work to- poll equations. The Congress is only wards being a responsible and concerned about its own performstrong Opposition party. I don't ance.”

While the party offices had been crowded with party workers for celebrations, no one seemed to be interested at the MNS office – Rajgadh. When the ADC reached Rajgadh, the office as well as the area was isolated. As the ADC made inquiries at the reception of the office, it was told that no one had come to the office. On the other hand, the Sena Bhavan, the head office of the Shiv Sena just opposite Rajgadh, had hundreds of party workers celebrating the victory of the party.

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IT’S PARTY TIME FOR BJP SUPPORTERS: Accha din agaya for BJP supporters who are seen celebrating after the win of a candidate, complete with drums and cymbals making it truly an ‘accha din’.

A saree for a vote

In villages across the country, there is no Modi sweep. The people however are very much interested whenever an election arrives. The women are excited and they wait eagerly for the agent of the candidate. He is an outsider. He tells the woman of the house: you vote for the Congress. You see the photo of a hand.”

They tell you what to do when you go to vote. And she gets the present. A simple, five metre saree.

"This is a present the election man is giving you. Don't sit at home."

The woman promises she will go and vote.

And for the man, "There's a Rs 100 for him. That should be enough for his 'manda' for two or three days."

A day or two later another agent visits the same woman. He gives her a present: also a saree. He asks her to vote for Telugu Desam.

And her husband gets a present of Rs 100.

Whom should they vote for: the Congress or Telugu Desam? They don't vote for both. The woman keeps the sarees and the man buys his quote of 'manda'. This is how democracy works in our country.

Online couples more likely to break up

A new study led by an Indian-origin scientist has found that couples who

meet online are less likely to get married and more likely to split up.

Aditi Paul, a doctoral candidate at Michigan State University's Department of Communication, analysed an earlier study's dataset to see whether couples who met online had better romantic outcomes than those who met offline.

The earlier study had surveyed 4,002 adults across the US in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013 - of those, 3,009 had a spouse or significant other.

When Paul analysed the dataset she found that couples who met online were less likely to get married than those who met in real life.

There are three possible reasons that can explain this tendency.

First, online dating has been shown to provide individuals with too many options to choose from that leads to a lack of exclusivity where individuals find it difficult to be locked into one particular dating partner when they know that hundreds of other potential dating partners are available.

Second, relationships initiated online take more time to develop compared to relationships initiated offline.

Third, online daters have also shown to take more time to develop relationships purposefully in order to increase the level of trust with their partners, given some of the negative stigma associated with online dating.

The study also found that online couples tended to break up more than their offline counterparts.

HE NOSE HIS JOB: Mohammed Khurshid Hussain at work setting the world record for the fastest nose typist in the world.

The fastest nose typist in the world

While most people compete to be named the fastest typist in the world, here is 23-year-old Mohammed Khurshid Hussain, who likes to take things to another level.

Currently crowned as the fastest finger typist, with 3.43

seconds as his record time in typing the English alphabet, Hussain wanted to grab another typing record: nose-typing.

Hussain was recently crowned the fastest nose typist after he beat the world record of 1 minute 33 seconds with his 47.44

seconds. He typed “Guinness World Records have challenged me to type this sentence using my nose in the fastest time” using only his nose.

“This is my second attempt to break the record. A few months ago, I typed the sentence with my nose in 54 seconds, for which I am yet to receive the certificate,” he said.

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PUBLIC NOTICE My client Mrs. Sarita Anilkumar Agrawal, residing at Flat No. G-02, in “B” wing, on the ground floor, Casablanca CHS Ltd., Sector–C, Jesal Park, Bhayander (E), Dist. Thane., had lost her Original Builder Agreements dated 27/08/1992 executed between executed between Hansdwani Holding Private Limited, & Gale Lawrence Smith & Smith Cheryl B. is lost by her in Auto on 03/10/2014. So I on behalf of my clients do hereby invite claims/objections /third party claims within 15 days from the publication of this notice, if any person/s having any kind of claim/objection should contact P.S. Shamdasani & Associates, at A/11, Divine Heritage CHS, Jesal Park, Bhayandar (E), Dist. Thane., along with copies of such documents, proofs, in support of their claims, demands etc. If no claims is received within 15 days of publication of this Notice then it shall be assumed that the title of the said Flat No. G-02, is clear and marketable and free from all encumbrances accordingly the Certificate will be issued. No claims thereafter shall be entertained.

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I have changed my name from Amir Mosin Kurwade to Kurawley Aamir Mosin as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28396 I have changed my name from Chetana Narendra Ved to Chetna Umesh Ashar as per Affidavit No. LG-767589.

C-28397 I have changed my name from Ashwinkumar Amritlal Shah to Ashwin Amratlal Shah as per Affidavit Dated 14-10-2014.

C-28398 I have changed my name from Abdul Ahad Israrul Haque, to ‘Abdul Ahad Israrul Haque Ansari’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 18936) Dated: 25/09/2014.

C-28399 I have changed my name from Ritesh Rajendra, to ‘Ritesh Rajendra Dharamshi’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 13/10/2014.

C-28400 I have changed my name from Aachal Haresh Ganwani, to ‘Janvi Rakesh Nagrani’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 1052) Dated: 11/04/2013.

C-28401 I have changed my name from Shwetambari Shyamrao Phanse, to ‘Alicia Marwin Coutinho’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 62380) Dated: 23/01/2014.

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I have changed my name from Mohd Salim Mohd Sualeheen, to ‘Mohammed Salim Mohd Sualeheen Qureshi’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 20/10/2014.

C-28405 I have changed my name from Rabin Ramesh Bist, to ‘Robin Ramesh Bist’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/2014.

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C-28408 I have changed my name from Khan Maryam Marin d/o Mohammed Fazil Khan to Khan Maryam d/o Mohammed Fazil Khan as per Affidavit Dated 17/10/2014.

C-28409 I have changed my name from Shabana Banu d/o Mohamad Yusuf to Sayyed Shabana d/o Mohamad Yusuf as per Affidavit Dated 17/10/2014.

C-28410 I have changed my name from Uttam Kumar Jha to Uttam Mahidhar Jha as per Affidavit Dated 18/10/2014.

C-28411 I have changed my name from Trivchan to Trivachan Amarsingh Sodhi as per Affidavit Dated 18/10/2014.

C-28412 I have changed my name from Yahiya Saood Bhabe to Yahiya Saud Bhabe as per Affidavit Dated 16/10/2014.

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I have changed my name from Yoginiben Mehta to Yogini Rajesh Mehta as per Affidavit Dated 18.10.2014.

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C-28421 I have changed my name from Fathima Shaikh to Fatima Damanvala as per Affidavit.

C-28422 I have changed my name from Mehmood Shaikh to Mehmood Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-28423 I have changed my name from Jaysingh Bhagwan Chavan to Jaisingh Bhagwan Chavan as per Affidavit.

C-28424 I have changed my name from Avinash Doulatram Parinja to Avinash Doulatram Pareenja as per Affidavit.

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C-28428 I have changed my name from Jitndra Shivnath Thakur to Jitendra Shivnath Thakur as per Affidavit.

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C-28439 I have changed my name from Mukteshwar Kumar Gupta to Muktesvar Ramadhar Gupta as per Affidavit.

C-28440 I have changed my name from Mohd Dawood to Mohd Dawood Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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Shiv Sena manages 63 seats; Big guns Cong and NCP fall by the wayside

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BJP leader Vinod Tawde celebrating victory in Borivli, yesterday.

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n a body blow to Shiv Sena domination over Mumbai, its estranged former ally the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) numerically outnumbered the Sena bagging 15 out of the 36 assembly seats in Mumbai. The Sena on the other hand came a close second by bagging 14 seats. In a stunning reversal of fortunes for the Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), the NCP and MNS drew a complete blank.

While the Congress was down from 17 seats it won in 2009 to just five yesterday.

What has raised the eyebrows is the Hyderbabad based All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) party led by the Owaisi brothers winning

the Byculla assembly seat.

Here MIM candidate Adv Waris Yusuf Pathan defeated sitting Congress MLA Madhu (Dada) Chavan by a margin of 1,357 votes.

On the other hand the BJP which had won just five seats in 2009 assembly elections, bettered its performance by notching up 15 seats. The Sena too which had won just four seats in 2009 increased its tally to 14. Sitting Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Azmi retained his Mankhurd Shivajinagar seat. However, the NCP failed to retain three seats it had won in 2009 – Kurla (SC), Worli and Anushakti Nagar. The MNS too failed to retain a single seat it had won in 2009 elections – Magathane, Vikhroli, Bhandup, Ghatkopar West, Mahim and Shivadi.

he celebrations in the BJP Sena takes T camp at the counting center at Bhatwadi in (W) started way Anushakti Nagar Ghatkopar before the results of the sixth n Chembur's Anushakti or seventh round of counting IRamkrishna Nagar, Shiv Sena's Tukaram were announced as the marKate won gin with which candidate against sitting MLA Nawab Malik of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Becoming the first MLA from Shiv Sena at Anushakti Nagar, Kate expressed his happiness saying, “My heartiest gratitude towards the people of Anushakti Nagar for having faith in me. I will do my best for the welfare of the people.”

Party workers could be seen around the counting centre, waving flags and shouting slgans – Kate Saheb Aage Badho Hum Tumhaare Saath Hai – right from 7 am. A party worker said, “We have received the best Diwali gift-ever.”

Ram Kadam was leading, made his supporters sure of his victory.

“There is a gap of several thousand votes and this gap is not easy to cover up. While we are still awaiting the official declaration of results, the media reports and updates have already revealed that Ram Kadam has won,” said a jubiliant Ram Kadam supporter in the morning yesterday.

Slogans like “Ghatkopar ka neta kaisa ho, Ram Kadam jaisa ho,” and “Aala re aala, Ghatkoparcha vaagh aala” were heard in the area where Ram Kadam supporters were

The high profile losers in this elections in Mumbai were – Vinod Ghosalkar (Sena – Dahisar), Subhash Desai (Sena – Goregaon), Nawab Malik (NCP – Anushakti Nagar), Kripashankar Singh (Congress – Kalina), former minister Suresh Shetty (Congress – Andheri East), Baba Siddique (Congress – Vandre West) and Nitin Sardesai (MNS – Mahim).

Prominent winners included – Vinod Tawde (BJP – Borivli), Sardar Tarasingh (BJP – Mulund), Parag Alvani (BJP – Vile Parle), Mohammad Arif (Naseem) Khan (Cong – Chandivali), Ram Kadam (BJP – Ghatkopar West), Sunil Prabhu (Sena – Dindoshi), Ashish Shelar (BJP – Vandre West), Mangal Prabhat Lodha (BJP – Malabar Hill) and Raj Purohit (BJP – Colaba).

elivering a hung verdict the electorate of Maharashtra in a way gave another verdict to the estranged former allies – the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – to patch up if they wanted to assume power in the state. Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the single largest party bagging 122 seats in the 2014 assembly elections for which results were declared yesterday, falling short of the magical majority figure of 145 by 23 seats. The Sena too which was hoping to get absolute majority on its own too only got 63 seats. Both the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) were emphatically rejected by the voters as they won 42 and 41 seats respectively.

Important factor of the impressive performance of the BJP has been that it improved its tally in Mumbai and swept the urban metros of Nashik, Pune and Nagpur.

The elections to the 13th legislative assembly has seen several sons and daughters of politicians making it to the lower house – Pankaja Munde-Palwe (BJP – Parli), Praniti Shinde (Congress – Solapur City Central), Nitesh Rane (Congress – Kankavli), Vaibhav Pichad (NCP – Akole ST), Pankaj Bhujbal (NCP – Nandgaon) and Sandeep Naik (NCP – Airoli).

Prominent among the winners are: Prithviraj Chavan (Congress – Karad

South), Ajit Pawar (NCP – Baramati), Devendra Fadnavis (BJP - Nagpur South West), Sunil Prabhu (Sena – Dindoshi), Sharad Sonawane (MNS – Junnar).

Prominent among the losers include: Narayan Rane (Congress – Kudal), Harshavardhan Patil (Congress – Indapur), Sureshdada Jain (Sena – Jalgaon City), Raosaheb Shekhawat (Congress – Amravati), Anil Deshmukh (NCP – Katol), Rajendra Darda (Congress – Aurangabad East), Gilbert Mendonca (NCP – Mira Bhayandar), Ganesh Naik (NCP – Belapur), Babanrao Pachpute (BJP – Shrigonda), Dhananjay Munde (NCP – Parli) and Satej alias Bunty Patil (Congress – Kolhapur) The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) which had won 13 seats in the 2009 elections, in this election it saw its tally reduced to an embarrasing low of just one seat. Making its foray into the state assembly elections for the first time, the Hyderabad based All India Majlis-

e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) won two seats – Byculla and Aurangabad Central seats. Veteran Peasants and Workers Party (PWP) sitting MLA from Sangola, Ganpatrao Patil (82) won for a record 12th time creating a Guinness Book of World Record of sorts.

The BJP bettered its 2009 performance where it had won 46 seats, by now winning 122 seats, winning 76 seats more. The Sena too improved on its 2009 performance of 45 seats, by winning 62 seats this time, increasing its tally by 17 seats. On the other hand the Congress which had won 82 seats in 2009 elections saw its tally dip to 42 seats. The NCP which had won 62 seats in 2009 saw its tally dip to 41 seats. The rest of the partywise seats tally is as follows: MNS – 1, PWP-I – 3, Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) – 3, BBM – 1, CPI-M – 1, RSP – 1, Samajwadi Party – 1 and Independents 7. In 2009 elections, 24 Independents were elected.

A BJP victory for Ram Kadam Sushil Kadam | ADC

were saying that because he changed parties, people may not vote for him. But he (Ram Kadam) is a leader of the masses and so, irrespective of the party, people have supported him. He has won. We will celebrate this occasion like Diwali. Fire crackers will be burst, sweets will be distributed,” said Datta Yadav, a Ram Kadam supporter.

Tiny glitches BJP leader Ram Kadam celebrates victory in Ghatkopar waving flags, wearing scarves “It is a very memorable day with BJP symbol and shout- for the entire area as there ing slogans supporting Ram were apprehensions about Kadam and Narendra Modi.

Ram Kadam's victory. People

While the absence of the ever-enthusiastic karykartas of different parties during the morning hours after the counting began gave Bhatwadi an atmosphere which was way too silent for a day

when the political future of the city was going to be decided, no announcements of the counting and a television which did not have a cable connection, gave media people a tough start for the day. It was only after close to two hours that the television came to life giving media people the much required updates as the announcement from the counting centre were still not being done and began after a long wait.

Though it did take some time for these arrangements to work well, things proceeded smoothly for the rest of day.

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Vasantha Kumari Prativadi Rangaswamy to Vasantha Ananthanarayan as per Affidavit.

C-28455 I have changed my name from Momin Iliyasbhai Maknojia to Iliyas Rasulbhai Maknojia as per Affidavit.

C-28456 I Mubashshira Abdul Majid Ansari have changed my name to Mubashshira Mohammed Rehan Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28457 I Pir Mohammed have changed my name to Peer Mohammed Shaikh Mohammed as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28458 I Mr. Aqueel have changed my name to Mr. Akil Aftab Nadaf as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28459 I Amritha Noronha have changed my name to Amrita Cyril Noronha as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28460 I Purnima Dinesh Khandelwal have changed my name to Purnima Dineshkumar Khandelwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28461 I Akash Shekhar Kotian have changed my name to Ashish Shekhar Kotian as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/10/14.

C-28462 I Mrs. Vimala Premprakash Gupta have changed my name to Mrs. Bimla Premprakash Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/08/14.

C-28463 I Firoz Gulamali Shaikh have changed my name to Feroz Gulamali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/07/14.

C-28464 I Pravin Kumar Chaudhary have changed my name to Pravin Chaudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/10/14.

C-28465 I Radha Ben Bhura Ravariya have changed my name to Radha Pravin Chaudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/10/14.

C-28466 I Mahboob Ilahi Abdullah have changed my name to Mehboob Ilahi Abdullah Chaudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/10/14.

C-28467 I John Albert Davio Das have changed my name to John David Das as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28468 I Davio Das have changed my name to David Das as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28469 I Jyoti Srichand Nichani have changed my name to Kanchan Deepak Punjabi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28470 I Clayton Raphael Monteiro have changed my name to Clayton Monteiro as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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CLASSIFIEDS I Russell Pius Monteiro have changed my name to Russell Monteiro as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28472 I Carolyn A Monteiro have changed my name to Carolyn Monteiro as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28473 I Kevin Savio Dsouza have changed my name to Kevin Dsouza as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28474 I Rafiq Mamad Maknojia have changed my name to Rafiq Mahmadali Maknojia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28475 I Narayan Lal Tara Ram have changed my name to Narayan Tararam Kumawat as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28476 I Shilpa Bhaskar Kadam have changed my name to Manjiri Neeraj Naik as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28477 I Kamalaben Ranchhod Patel have changed my name to Kamala Ranchhod Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28478 I Ranchhod Devji Nor have changed my name to Ranchhod Devji Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28479 I John Clement Selvamani have changed my name to John Clement as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28480 I Shahid Husain Mehmood have changed my name to Shahid Mehmood Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28481 I Gopinathan Raman Nair have changed my name to Gopinathan Panavalil Kunju Nair as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28482 I Rukmani Gopinathan Nair have changed my name to Rugmini Gopinathan Nair as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-28483 I Mrs. Hansaben Chandrakant Bathia have changed my name to Mrs. Hansa Chandrakant Bathia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28484 I Mr. Jay Kumar Hasmukhrai have changed my name to Mr. Jay Hasmukh Pattani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28485 I Mr. Hasmukhrai Himmatbhai have changed my name to Mr. Hasmukh Himmatbhai Pattani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28486 I Miss. Veena Telma Dmello have changed my name to Mrs. Veena Clifford Lobo as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

C-28487 I Mrs. Kundanben Hasmukhrai have changed my name to Mrs. Kundam Hasmukh Pattani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/10/14.

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I Yogini Jitendra Patel have changed my name to Yogini Chimanlal Pandya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/10/14.

C-28489 I have changed my name from Sunilkumar Gurmukhdas Rohra to “Sunil Gurmukhdas Rohra as per Affidavit Dated 16th October’ 2014.

C-28490 I have changed my name from Ritesh Tirthdas Janjani to Ritesh Tirathdas Janyani as per Affidavit Dated 16th October’ 2014.

C-28491 I have changed my name from Sataunmal Rajhumal Pamnani to Satumal Rajumal Pamnani as per Affidavit Dated 07th October’ 2014.

C-28492 I have changed my name from Premlata Brijesh Rajpal alias Naik to Premlata Brijesh Rajpal as per Affidavit Dated 18th October’ 2014.

C-28493 I have changed my name from Sultan Salim Abdul Rahim Shaikh to Sultan Saleem Gulam Mohd Shaikh as per deedpoll Affidavit C-28494 I have changed my name from Salim Abdul Rahim Shaikh to Saleem Gulam Mohd Shaikh as per deedpoll Affidavit C-28495 I have changed my name from Mohd. Altaf to Mohamad Altaf Shaikh as per Affidavit C-28496

Youth run over by speeding SUV

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22-year-old was killed and his friend sustained serious injuries after an SUV rammed into them in Santacruz (W) on Sunday. According to the police, the mishap happened at around 11:30am in Daulat Nagar area when the two men, Soyab Solanki (22) and Salim Shaikh (25), were standing outside a newspaper vendor’s store near Daulat Nagar junction.

A police officer from Santacruz police station said, "The two were standing outside a store located on the roadside near the busy junction. According to bystanders, a speeding Scorpio rammed into them. It is still not clear from which direction the vehicle came and where it was headed. The car came to a halt after hitting them.”

Both the men were caught off guard and were flung off

The errant Scorpio which rammed and killed a 22-year-old man. in different directions. The driver left the car at the spot and fled.

Both the victims were rushed to the hospital. While Solanki succumbed to injuries during treatment at Cooper Hospital, Shaikh is in a serious condition with multiple injuries.

He was shifted to Nanavati Hospital from Cooper after

his condition turned severe.

“It is still not clear what led to the accident. We have launched a manhunt to nab the driver. It is possible that either the driver was drunk or the brakes failed,” said the officer.

The vehicle has been seized and the police is awaiting details about the driver and the owner of the car from the RTO and also checking for mechanical failures. Both the men lived in the same area in Daulat Nagar. While Solanki was pursuing last year of his graduation studies, Shaikh was unemployed and looking for a job.

“We are yet to take detailed statements from the family members. We will be checking the CCTV footage and also taking eye witness accounts,” said the officer.

The Santacruz police has registered a case for causing death due to rash and negligent driving.

REALITY CHECK!

I have changed my name from Imtiyazahmed Niyazahmed Hasmi to Imtiyaz Ahasmi as per Affidavit C-28497 I have changed my name from Marwah to Marva Ismail Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit C-28498 I have changed my name from Rashida Be Mohd Ismail Sheikh to Rashida Irshad Mansuri as per deedpoll Affidavit C-28499 I have changed my name from Rahisa Radiowala to Raisa Radiowala as per deedpoll Affidavit C-28500 I have changed my name from Ayub Kasam Khan to Ayyub Kasam Khan as per Affidavit dated 18 Oct,2014 C-28501 I have changed my name from Ms. Dharmi Atmaram Bhagia to Mrs. Anju Dilip Dhanrajani as per deedpoll Affidavit C-28502 I have changed my name from Pravin Shantilal Jain to Pravin Shantilal Parmar as per Maharashtra Gazette No.(X23998) C-28503 I have changed my name from Babysaroja Vaijinathrao Duppe to Shivmala Ishwar Sindalkar as per Maharashtra Gazette No.(U-19187) C-28504 I have changed my name from Ms.Sayyedabi Sirajuddin Shaikh to Mrs.Sayyeda Sadik Sayyed as per the Affidavit.

C-28505

Is the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan (Clean India Campaign) drive launched by the prime minister merely limited to photo-ops for our netas, local civic babus and prominent citizen? Well it certainly looks like it, as heaps of garbage is seen lying unattended in the BP Road area of Bhayandar (East) giving an open invitation to an imminent health hazard. However, the general public at large too seems to be in a state of slumber in not helping the civic administration keep their surroundings clean and healthy.

— Pics & text by Suresh Golani

Matka den busted, 10 held

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All the accused have been were rounded up in the raid conducted by AHTW-in- booked under sections 4 and he Anti Human Traffick- charge API Sachin Gavas. 5 of the Bombay Prevention ing Wing (AHTW) of the The raiding team which of Gambling Act. Thane (rural) police raided a comprised police personnel The operation was appar'Matka' den operating from Sandip Chaskar, Aba Choud- ently triggered after the the terrace of Juber hary and Chougle, also Thane (Rural) SP Rajesh Patel Plaza building in seized cash of Rs 9,460 along Pradhan directed the special Kashimira. with mobile phones and unit to keep a strict vigil in Ten people including the other gambling material the region during the elecden operator and gamblers, from the spot. tion period.

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Police optimistic about new government

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which will enable the government to bring necessary changes and implement its policies in a smooth manner.

Significantly, the change in the state Assembly would see a significant reshuffling, either in official IPS positions or in the policies, both of which which would affect the working of the highly posted police officers.

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ifteen years after coming to power in the state, the saffron alliance will not only change the political scenario of Maharashtra, but will also bring a change in its policing, believe police personnel from the state police force, as the party's approach towards tackling and curbing crimes is combative and always practical, they say.

Also, both the parties are known for giving a free hand to the police in terms of bringing crime under control unlike the former government's debacle while controlling the 2012 Azad Maidan riots.

Further, the presence of

CP Rakesh Maria Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre in majority is an added advantage for the saffron alliance in the state,

Joy and sorrow among IPS officers “Considering the defeat of 15-year-old Congress-NCP rule in state by the BJP-Sena, the fortunes of officials linked to politicians from the de-

feated parties are now expected to change,” asserted an IPS officer, who was recently promoted to a high post in the state police department.

In this regard, a small part of the IPS lobby is in a dilemma now, as there could be reshuffling of several IPS officers in the state as well as in city's police department in the months to come. “Hitherto, most of the posts in the state and city police were appointed with the blessings of Congress-NCP stalwarts at the centre,” said a former city police commissioner, who has worked closely with the Prime Minister's Office after his retirement, during the

Man arrested for stalking woman Victim complains that the duty officer at Vanrai police station also tried to convince her to compromise and marry the accused

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45 year-old man has been arrested by Vanrai Police for allegedly stalking a 27year-old woman since past many days. Interestingly, the woman had approached the Vanrai Police twice to file an FIR against the arrested accused but she was asked to go away both times by the duty officer after he took down a NC. Fed up with the repeated stalking by the accused, Suresh Rathod who is a Chartered Accountant (CA) by profession, the woman had narrated the whole incident to her superior where she used

to work and later her boss took her to the DCP, Zone XII and on his order the Vanrai Police registered a FIR under section 354 (D) which stands for (Whoever follows a person and contacts, or attempts to contact such person to foster personal interaction repeatedly, despite a clear indication of disinterest by such person, or whoever monitors the use by a person of the internet, email or any other form of electronic communication, or watches or spies on a person in a manner that results in a fear of violence or serious alarm or distress in the mind of such person, or interferes with the mental peace of such

person, commits the offence of stalking) According to victim, around six months back she came into contact with the accused when she was searching for a job. Later, when she found a job in Goregaon, she parted ways with the accused. But Rathod kept pestering the victim and also began stalking her.

Last month, on September 28 Rathod held the victim's hand and asked her to marry him. She rushed to the Vanrai police station to lodge a complaint but the officer just took her NC and asked her to go.

Next day again Rathod stalked the victim and held

her hand and threatened her by saying if she won't marry him then he will throw acid on her face. But, according to the victim the Vanrai police officer just took a NC when she went to lodge a complaint again and also told her that the man is in love with you, why don't you marry him.

The Vanrai Police did not cooperate with the victim and hence she approached DCP Zone XII Panjaro Ugle who said: “On the basis of complaint filed by the woman we have registered a FIR and arrested the accused, if there are any discrepancies in the FIR necessary action will be taken.”

Cops turn tribals to nab robbers holed up in jungle For three days, a LCB team disguised themselves and lived as tribals to nab culprits holed up in the dense jungle area of Talasari

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ops,who have in the past posed as hawkers, shoe polishers and even milkmen, this time disguised themselves as 'tribals' to nab three notorious robbers from a dense jungle area near Talasari in Thane (district).

The operation was carried out by the Local Crime Branch

(LCB) unit of the Thane (rural) police to bust a notorious gang of inter-state robbers involved in a series of break-in cases in the rural areas of Thane, Silvasa and Gujarat.

According to the police, the armed gang had recently struck at a house in the SonaAagar area of Bhayandar (E) and decamped with valuables worth more than Rs 2.80 lakh.

A case was registered in this context at the Bhayandar police station on September 27.

Sensing the gravity of the situation, Thane (rural), SP Rajesh Pradhan, directed the LCB team to carry out parallel investigations into the case.

“After scanning records it was found that this modus operandi was used by a par-

ticular gang led by Rupji personnel Bharat Patil, SuryaMadhu Thakre alias Rupesh, vansh and Bheema Patil, fiwho was recently released nally managed to nab three from jail,” revealed Police In- robbers identified as Ajay spector Kishore Khairnar who Jana Gadag (19), Anil Ganu headed the LCB team. The Gavit (23) and Mohabbat Kurpolice intensified their search shan Boba (21) – all residents operations and activated their of Silvasa. However, the kinginformer network which led pin, Rupji, and his two other to a tip-off that the gang was accomplices managed to holed up in the Thakarpada evade the police dragnet. forest area near Talasari. “While a motorcycle and Armed with this information, weapons used in the crimes a police team swung into ac- were seized, a man hunt has tion and a select squad of po- been launched to nab the ablice personnel disguised sconding kingpin,” said themselves as tribals, moved Khairnar. The accused trio, into the jungle and intermin- who has confessed to their ingled with local adivasis to volvement in break-ins at track the location of the gang. Kasa and Silvasa, was reAfter a painstaking three- manded to custody. API Harday effort, the squad com- gude is carrying out further prising API S Hargude, police investigations in the case.

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Till the time of going to press, there was no official announcement about the BJP forging an alliance with Sena to form the government in the state. However, BJP-Sena alliance is certain, believe political pundits, who informed that BJP president Amit Shah had personally called Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray soon after the latter's press conference on the evening of October 19.

tenure of Dr Manmohan Singh.

These IPS officers, while indulging in tough lobbying for plum and powerful postings, had developed close working relationships with politicians, which is an open secret, added the former top cop.

Considering this, a large chunk of IPS officers is happy, as the same officers were upset due to the former gov-

ernment's dirty politics of delaying police transfers, especially that of IPS, for an almost indefinite period.

Meanwhile, a close confidant of Mumbai police chief Rakesh Maria stated that even though the BJP-Sena has won most seats, the boss will not be affected as he has maintained a good rapport with the state BJP leaders. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

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man in Thane allegedly sexually absued a minor baby girl following which police has launched a manhunt on Sunday.

According to a PTI report, the 40-year-old man who allegedly sexually abused a 15-month old girl in Ambernath here is said to be living in the neighbourhood of the victim, API S.D. Jadhav of Shivaji Nagar police station said yesterday.

The accused picked up the child yesterday morning and allegedly sexually assaulted the child, he said,

adding that the parents came to know about it when the child was bleeding profusely from the private parts.

The child has been sent for medical examination and police has launched a manhunt to nab the man, who is at large from yesterday, he said.

A case has been registered against the man under IPC section 376 (rape) and also relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSA) Act, 2012.

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Shiv Sena candidate Sunil Shinde celebrates his victory along with his supporters outside Worli BDD on Sunday.

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Shiv Sena candidate Prakash Surve celebrates his victory with party workers.

The jubilant Shiv Sena party workers during a victory rally near Sena Bhavan, yesterday.

BJP candidate from Sion, Captain Tamil Selvan celebrates victory with his voters.

Shiv Sena candidate Sada Sarvankar celebrates his victory along with his supporters and family members outside Dr. Antonio D'Silva High School in Dadar on Sunday.

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Jubilant Shiv Sena workers dance with joy at a victory rally in Dahisar, yesterday.

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Restoring faith in democracy no mean achievement

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GUJARATI leader who does not know Marathi seems to have cast a spell on the people of Maharashtra and made them vote for the BJP. Politicians who said that Modi magic was declining were proved wrong.

The BJP got the maximum member of seats and its opponents – the Congress, the NCP and Shiv Sena – fared badly. The Governor will now call the BJP to form the government as it is the largest party in the House.

Evidently, the BJP does not want to remain a minority government. It is looking for an ally to enable it to muster a majority in the House. The Shiv Sena is putting forth conditions and making things difficult. It has not even given up its claim for making Uddhav Thackeray the chief minister.

The BJP will, however, have no problem because the NCP has announced it will give outside support to the government. The BJP has shown it is not helpless. It is actually not dependent for its survival on any party. The parliamentary board of the party discussed the situation.

Chances are they may go for the Shiv Sena – a natural ally. The NCP shouts from the housetop it is a secular party. It swears by so-called secularism all the time even as it gets allegedly involved in corrupt practices like the ‘irrigation scam’.

BJP is involved in a quarrel with the Shiv Sena, but it looks like it is “a lover’s quarrel with the world”.

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N the end, it is all about governance. Those who have so far failed to come to terms with the Modi phenomenon might soon feel obliged, even against their wishes, to grant that the man is a doer. Yes, a doer. Never before have we had a prime minister who has aroused so much hope, so much belief in his commitment to deliver good governance. The outcome in Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls is the latest proof, that is, if any were needed, that ordinary people, even people who had never voted BJP, have put their trust in this humble chaiwalla from Gujarat.

Modi has renewed peoples’ faith in our democratic system and helped dispel debilitating cynicism in elected governments. For, people believe he can, nay, will deliver.

And deliver he will. Of that we have no doubt. He has already set a furious pace for his ministers and bureaucrats while he himself works more than eighteen hours a day.

The man is a workaholic, devising new policies and plans to set things right, to pep up the sputtering economic engine, to ensure that the entrepreneurial energies of Indians are not wasted going round and round the politico-bureaucratic mulberry bush that is Lutyens’ Delhi. This week’s measures augur well for sounding the death knell of the inspector raj which was nurtured by successive Congress governments to extract hafta on a regular basis.

For a government which is barely five months old to do as much as it has is no mean achievement. So what if Modi, thus far, has merely adapted or renamed some of the existing schemes, as the losers in 24 Akbar Road love to point out. Well, if these were your schemes, your plans, how come you failed and fell by the wayside? Frankly, as any movie buff would know, it is not as much about the storyline, the plot, that determines the success or failure of a movie. It is how sincerely you execute the project.

If you still do not get it, remember there was Bimal Roy’s Devdas, and there were several other copy-cat versions of that historic film. In fact, Modi should be credited for reviving those old schemes of yours, and if you were to be a little less partisan, and a little more concerned about the general welfare, you would feel happy that someone had at long last revived your moribund schemes and made them work.

Modi is turning out to be a surprise package both for his critics and admirers. His critics cannot believe that the man will learn the ropes in his new avatar as prime minister so well and so soon. He has shown a practiced deftness at foreign relations, has got a grip on the gargantuan bureaucracy in a matter of

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days and generally succeeded in sending out a clear message to all concerned that a very vigilant, very alert taskmaster sits in the South Block, a far cry from the previous occupant who basically slept through his decade-long stint.

In fact, Modi is so driven, so conscious of keeping his contact with the voters that there is a danger that he might attempt to do it all by himself, that he might concentrate all doing in his own hands. But, like the sea waters cannot be diked so that these can pass through a small stream for removal of lifethreatening externalities, or neither a Messi nor a Ronaldo on their own can win matches, the PM and the PMO cannot by themselves undertake to do all there is to do in government. A government is like that sea, which attracts waters from countless canals, rivers, rivulets, etc, and it cannot be managed by one man. In the US, where every four years they elect the president, not his secretaries

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claim to the post of the Leader of the Opposition in the two states. If the exit polls are any indication, the Congress appeared to be in danger of slipping to a poor third in both these states. With the BJP as the largest party — though reliable exit polls do give it an outright majority in the two states — it is the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra and INLD in Haryana which could rightfully lay claim to the leader of the Opposition’s posts.

But it shouldn’t surprise you. After all, in the Lok Sabha poll it ended up with a mere 44 seats, thus forfeiting claim to the Opposition leader’s post. If you run cash-and-carry governments, as, no doubt, the Congress did in the two states, and bother little for public welfare, you are sooner than later bound to be voted out most contemptuously. And that is what the voter seems to have done, though official confirmation would come while you are still reading this newspaper.

Now, how could things have gotten so bad for the Grand Old Party? Don’t have to look far for an answer. You know who occupies the stately 10 Janpath, don’t you? If you believe in the cyclical karma, then you may not find it hard to fathom the reason behind the decline and fall of the Congress Party. Like they say about real big money not staying in one family for more than a couple of generations, political power too has a way of changing hands.

The Gandhis have had it easy for four generations, at least two of them wholly undeservedly. And it is time they yielded leadership to someone more competent if they want the once great party to survive. A decrepit leadership cannot hope to carry on with the party tied to its little finger merely because it was born a Gandhi. Hereditary surnames can have no significance in an egalitarian age when merit asserts its claim to be on top. Look at Modi. He came up the hard way and now bids fair to emerge as the greatest leader of the current generation of Indians. As for our ‘Pappu’, well, he refuses to pass the elementary leadership test. As the ad jingle said, ‘Pappu fail ho gaya.’

(ministers), the president still feels obliged to share his enormous burdens with a handpicked team for running the country.

Likewise, Modi too needs to have a competent team of ministers. If the ministers are competent they would enjoy his trust; if not, they would find themselves ejected out. Both ways the credit would be his, nobody else’s. It is as simple as that, and is no rocket science.

But some people habitually given to twist everything seemed to have read in the above reasoned plea last week in this space far beNE is sorry to disappoint the great yond the intended message. Diseased and gossip of Nizamuddin East and lately idle minds are prone to be petty. One can only the oracle of nightly news television. But, forgive them. honestly, the views expressed in this column are of the writer alone. Have always been.

Unless one is given to see conspiracies where T the time of writing, the votes in Maha- none exist, it should not be hard for a jourrashtra and Haryana are still to be nalist to meet hundreds in his workaday life counted. But so pitiable seems to be the con- and still hold steadfast to his own views on dition of the Congress Party that there is a real matters serious and light. Hope you get me, possibility that it may not even be able to lay superannuated editor?

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Empathy is very rare

HE experience of empathy is very rare.

You know what sympathy means, you also know what apathy means; but empathy you do not know. Sympathy and apathy are opIt was a very mysterious phenomenon. posed to each other. Empathy is beyond both. They asked Ramakrishna what it was. He said, To help you understand it, let me tell you an "This is empathy. You feel so one with the other that your separate identities lose their incident in Ramakrishna's life.

He was in a boat, going to the other shore of boundaries. The other's thirst becomes your the Ganges. And just out of nowhere -- he was thirst, other's hunger becomes your hunger, surrounded by his disciples -- he started the other's joy becomes your joy. The other is screaming, "Don't beat me!" Tears started flowing from his eyes, and one could see that his body was getting distorted as if somebody was beating him badly. The disciples could no longer other: some secret passage opens see nobody there, but he was in immense tor- between two beings, a deep connectedness." ture. When they reached to the other shore, Man has forgotten about empathy comthey found a fisherman with a big crowd sur- pletely, but he knows about sympathy. Symrounding him. He had been beaten by a few pathy is not something great. When people. And the strangest thing was that the somebody is in misery you sympathize; but if same bruises and scratches that had come up you look inside you will find you are feeling on his back, had come up on Ramakrishna's great because you are not in misery, somebody else is. At least in this situation you are back too -- exactly the same.

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superior. You can afford to sympathize.

Apathy is your everyday experience. You pass people as if they don't exist. Sympathy once in a while -- when somebody goes bankrupt, when somebody's house is burned, the whole neighborhood is sympathetic.

And these are the same people who were jealous of his beautiful house. The same people who were jealous suddenly have become so sympathetic because his house is burned.

It is a mask; underneath they are feeling great joy, this was the day they were waiting for.

So remember perfectly well, whenever you sympathize with somebody — watch the inner workings of your mind; it is not friendly.

It is not out of your goodness, out of your compassion, but just the opposite. It is your hate, your jealousy, your violence. Now you can have this beautiful experience and a good night's sleep by sympathizing with him.

Sympathy is not a great quality. It is phoney.

— Osho

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Impartial judicial system? Yeah, right!

THE granting of bail to Jayalalithaa on health grounds is a mockery of our judicial system. She was hale and hearty as CM just a few weeks ago, but these politicians fall ill when they are arrested and imprisoned. We have a different set of laws for the rich and poor in our country. While people with petty crimes are put behind bars for months for want of trial, rich powerful politicians are set free on flimsy grounds by the highest court of our land for serious crimes only because of money power. We need judicial reforms in our country which treats everybody equal.

The legal system in our country moves at a snail's pace which needs to be corrected so that the guilty are punished at the earliest without delay as it happens in developed nations. Our legal system should be such that frightens people from committing crimes and not that which encourages citizens into committing crimes.

POWER TALKS: While people with petty crimes are put behind bars for months for want of trial, rich powerful politicians are set free on flimsy grounds by the highest court of our land for serious crimes only because of money power.

Alternative KBC names

Noiseless Diwali for pets

India attacks

CHINA has objected to India’s road plan in Arunachal Pradesh. Chinese maps show parts of Arunachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir as its territory. The border dispute between India and China must be settled first. Since China has repeatedly been playing mischief with Indian territory, this country is the

QUOTE: Today, no country can give warning to India.

— Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister

JAYALALITHAA was released from the central jail a day after the Supreme Court granted her bail.

The release was on health grounds and she made her presence in jail felt with her exemplary behaviour despite ill health. When critics were harping on her release, the AIDMK leader was concentrating on her health and she felt the need for complete rest. The jailer was all praise for her attitude and the way she conveyed her message through four languages. In the political scene she came, saw and conquered the people of Tamil Nadu.

All those blessings from the people saw her early release from jail. The same divinely feeling will see her exonerated from the case sooner or later. Her vice-like grip on her people is immense and they repaid it in a fitting manner. The crowd gathered during her release, at the airport and near her house, showed how the people like her from the heart.

— Jayanthi Anandambal, Kharghar

being. It is our moral duty to protect and care for other creatures. They deserve better, compassionate treatment.

Hope people will realise this and treat them as friendly as possible because they are man's best friends.

— Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel

— T R Ramaswami, via email

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

1976 which is to be reopened. Serious cases are also chasing his son Azhagiri, daughter Kanimozhi and his nephews, the Maran siblings, all of which are likely to gain momentum soon. Karunanidhi, therefore, should look at himself and his infamous family members, blabber less and behave himself. It is also a coincidence that JayMahatma’s name, make the amount even larger than the Nobel, then award it to someone who has really exposed the Western world's covert deeds – like Snowden. The Nobel prize is a political index of what the West thinks. We can play the same game.

LOOKING at the nature of questions and selection of contestants for the hot LETTER OF seat during the last THE DAY three seasons of Kaun Banega Crorepati, I am tempted to suggest a couple of new full forms for KBC. "Know Bollywood Consortium" or "Kindhearted Bank for Charity".

— Bhagwan Thadani, via email

alalithaa got bail on the AIADMK anniversary as if the matinee idol MGR himself descended from heaven and freed his lady from difficulties, as had been scripted in the 28 movies in which both had acted together.

— T M Uday Shankar, via email

awarded by the Karnataka special court. The legal luminary argued the case, deftly justifying granting of bail over the provisions of the — S N Kabra, Goregaon judgment which denied bail. This has caused immense happiness to

the people of Tamil Nadu. JayTHE apex court on October 17 alalithaa stands tall eclipsing granted bail to Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi who has forgotten the suspended the punishment Sarkaria Commission Report in

I welcome the strong statement of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to China. For the last several years, Chinese troops have illegally entered many areas of India and its states in the East, built a corridor and stationed large army forces, and threatened India on many occasions. Rajnath Singh's statement should not be only on paper but should be backed by strong action to get back the areas which have been illegally taken by the China.

India must try to solve the border dispute with China as early as possible, failing which it must attack the China-occupied Areas (CoA) and get it back to prove that India should not be take for granted.

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Rajnath Singh biggest threat to India. Delhi must wake up. Sadly just after the recent bilateral meeting, China restarted its incursion into Indian territory.

Ratan Tata severed business ties with Pakistan due to the proxy war.

The Indian government must follow suit with China. If any business is done or other negotiations are held with China, the Modi government is taking a dangerous risk as the two countries have held 17 rounds of special representative talks so far to resolve the dispute, but all in vain.

— Mahesh Kumar, via email

Bhails, bhel, bail and Nobel IN the land of 'bhails' (the bovine variety) and bhel, we have had a lot of news on ‘no bail’ and Nobel. The no bail has become bail. But it is the Nobel that is amusing. The statement by a Nobel Committee member that Gandhi was rejected though he was recommended five times, hence they have tried to compensate, was a joke. But then even we decided to name our peace prize award after Nehru rather than Gandhi. And we have given Bharat Ratnas after some have got the Nobel. Here is what India should do – rename the Nehru award with the

THE simplest definition of noise is unwanted sound. This is easily found in urban areas. Diwali has degenerated into a blitzkrieg of noise and pollution posing serious health hazards to humans and animals alike. No matter how human we may think our pets are, they are effected by many things which are a part and parcel of human living. Animals are ill treated by human beings but do we take any notice?

During Diwali, dozens of animals are prone to accidents. Animals have a far more acute sense of hearing and the noise of crackers has a terrifying effect on them. If we consider ourselves superior to other living beings, we should realise that life is precious for every living

Repercussions of the truth

ISL in right direction THE Indian Super League event is a step in the right direction and one hopes it will raise the standard of football in our country. With the best talent in the country performing, it will help these players to dribble their way into the top European championships in the world and get the necessary exposure to build a strong team for India. We should be careful that it is run in a positive manner and does not become a cash-rich circus like the IPL. The monies earned from the games can be used to upgrade football stadiums in India and put up new astro turf surfaces.

— Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra

Cong on its way out NO one except Rahul and Sonia are allowed to speak in the Congress, so the sacking of Shashi Tharoor as party spokesman does not come as a surprise. Even former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh kept his mouth shut on many things he disagreed on in the functioning of government, but he had to pay a heavy price for it. Shashi Tharoor is a gentleman politician who has done nothing wrong in praising Modi's speeches or some of his work. Rivalries at election time is understood but politicians, be it in the ruling or the opposition party, should work together in the interest of the nation for welfare of the people. Our country needs politicians like Narendra Modi and his tribe who have no political inheritance, who have risen purely on account of hard work and sacrifice. Congress has some good people like Shashi Tharoor, Scindia, Pilot who should be put to the forefront to revive the Congress.

— S N Kabra, Goregaon

Inclusive or exclusive law?

THIS has reference to your article 'Senior Congress leaders slam exCM Chavan' (ADC, Oct 18). It is amusing how our political leaders continue to regard the common man as stupid and easily hoodwinked. Whatever may be the legal outcome of the case, it is firmly established in the minds of the people that the former Maharashtra Chief Ministers were involved in the Adarsh scam in one way or another.

Prithviraj Chavan was just speaking the truth. Far from diminishing the image of the Congress, it has enhanced it. After all citizens are not used to the politicians telling it like it is; and Chavan's honesty is a refreshing change. Well done, Prithviraj.

THE Bihar CM has reportedly advocated the raising of the marriageable age to 25 for both boys and girls. However what he has deftly avoided to mention is that whether this should be made applicable to all the communities in India, irrespective of their caste, creed or religion. Since Mr Manzi is a devoutly secular person, it goes without saying that the age limit suggested by him is intended to be solely abided by the Hindu community. All the minorities are to be scrupulously kept out of the purview of any such enactment if a law to that effect is sought to be codified in the statute books in future.

— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

The lotus blooms THE state Assembly election results of Haryana and Maharashtra indicate very clearly that the ‘Modi magic’ is still intact and it prevails very strongly among the sensible and understanding Indian citizens, old and young. Fortunately the Haryana mandate is clearly for formation of government. The BJP and Shiv Sena leaders should understand very well that the people have voted not for pampering their personal egos, but for good governance and development in Maharashtra. BJP should not take support of the corrupt and everscamming parties like the Congress and NCP. — Hansraj Bhat, Borivali

CLEAR INDICATOR: The state Assembly election results of Haryana and Maharashtra indicate very clearly that the ‘Modi magic’ is still intact and prevails very strongly among the sensible and understanding Indian citizens, old and young.

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BJP grabs Shiv Sena’s Thane constituency after 29 years

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hane city is the main constituency within the Kopr i-Pachpakhadi, Ovala- Majiwada, KalwaMumbra and has been under the Shiv Sena influence for some time now. However this time, Thanekars displayed their unstinted support to the Modi Sarkar by giving majority of votes to BJP candidate Sanjay Kelkar. Kelkar defeated the Shiv Sena's candidate Ravindra Phatak by 12,588 votes.

"The BJP has succeed in grabbing the seat after 29 years. In 1985, the BJP's candidate Gajanan Koli won the seat, so I am thankful to Modiji and the people who have voted for me, specially the women and senior citizens who turned out in large numbers. We didn't take the support of the media, but were engaged in honestly doing our work by carrying out various activities for the welfare of the Thanekars and the same was admired by them in the form of votes,” said Sanjay Kelkar, BJP. When quizzed about the toll issue, Kelkar, said, "We will definitely look into this issue and try to shut down the toll payments, and will take action on illegal constructions in Thane. Our main aim will be to expose the scams of the Congress-NCP and in the

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BJP sweeps Belapur The numbers kept fluctuating between the BJP and NCP candidates, resulting in uncertainty among the crowd till the end

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T BJP candidate Sanjay Kelkar on a victory procession after his win in the Assembly polls in Thane on Sunday. coming days, I will try my best to get funds and projects sanctioned in order to enhance the worth of Thane."

BJP's S Kelkar got a total of 70,884 votes while Shiv Sena's Ravindra Phatak secured 58, 296, NCP's Niranjan Davkhare finished third, Congress Narayan Pawar-culled15, 883 while MNS's Nilesh Chavan wound up with 8,381 votes.

In Kopri-Pachpakhadi, the Shiv Sena' retained this constituency as their candidate Eknath Shinde, got 1 lakh, 316 votes, BJP's Sandeep Lele 48,447, Congress's Mohan Tiwari - 17,873, where E Shinde won the seat by a thumping 51,869 margin even as 2565 voters preferred to go for NOTA. Shiv Sena's candidate Pratap Sarnaik, from Ovala-

Majiwada retained his seat by defeating BJP's Sanjay Pandey by 10, 906 votes. Sanjay Pandey who was earlier an independent candidate and later joined BJP was in the lead till the 20th round of counting but in the 21st round, Sarnaik stormed into the lead which continued till the end. Sarnaik gained total 68,571 votes and defeated Pandey who notched 57,665 votes. Total 2,390 NOTA votes were registered from this constituency.

Kalwa-Mumbra saw NCP's Jitendra Ahwad retain his seat getting 85,407 votes, who defeated the Shiv Sena's Dashrath Patil. With candidates from other parties not competing, this was essentially a two-horse race which was won by Ahwad.

ting up a tough fight and was leading with slender margins in the first couple of rounds, sending shivers down the Shiv-Sena camp. However Sarnaik in the later stages managed to take an unbeatable lead against Pandey who had jumped into the fray in the last moment.

While Sarnaik secured 68,571 votes, Pandey garnered 57,665 votes followed

by 20,686 and 20,568 votes polled by Hanumant Jagdale (NCP) and Sudhakar Chavhan (MNS) respectively.

Congress’s Prabhat Patil remained a distant fifth securing just 13,529 votes.

“I am thankful to the people for expressing confidence in me for the second consecutive term. I will strive to take ahead the agenda of development,” Sarnaik said.

he monopoly of the Naik legacy was broken yesterday when Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Manda Mhatre won the Belapur constituency of Navi Mumbai.

The victorious Mhatre said, “I am thankful to our respected Prime Minister and my party for trusting me and giving me this opportunity. I am thankful to the people of Navi Mumbai for trusting me. I assure everybody that I will fulfill all my promises and work for the betterment and development of the city.

Women empowerment and safety will be my priority.”

The party workers of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Shiv Sena and BJP were present in huge numbers at the counting centre.

As the counting went on, the

Manda Mhatre (BJP) Belapur, Navi Mumbai) shows the victory sign. lead kept changing between NCP candidate Ganesh Naik and BJP's Mhatre. As each candidate took the lead, the workers started cheering loudly and chanting party slogans, while some also started hurling curses at the other parties.

As soon as the final numbers were announced, the BJP party workers, who had earlier left the counting centre when Naik was in the lead, returned will sweets, flowers and party flags.

Manda Mhatre also came by and the celebrations started.

Sandeep Naik of the NCP won the Airoli constituency.

Initially NCP workers were

cheering and chanting slogans for the party and the leaders. Sunita Tukaram (43), an NCP worker said, “Both Ganesh Naik and Sanjeev Naik have worked hard for the city and its people.”

Tight security arrangements were put in place by the Navi Mumbai police.

Continuous efforts were made by the police to maintain discipline and frequent announcements were made requesting the part workers not to cross the barricades.

Navi Mumbai police commissioner K L Prasad inspected the counting centre to ensure that all was well.

— Contributed by Santia Dudi

BJP’s Narendra Mehta captures Mira-Bhayandar Sena retains Ovala-Majiwada

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hiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik managed to retain the Ovala-Majiwada Assembly constituency by a margin of 10,906 votes against his BJP rival.

The five-cornered battle turned out to be straight contest between Sarnaik and BJP's Sanjay Pandey who sprung up a surprise by put-

Trounces NCP candidate by 32,292 votes

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JP candidate Narendra Mehta emerged victorious from the Mira-Bhayandar Assembly constituency trouncing his NCP rival and sitting legislator Gilbert Men-

donca with an impressive margin of 32,292 votes. With MNS opting out of the fray, the quadrangle battle turned out to be a straight contest between the BJP and NCP candidates. Out of the 1,92,249 votes cast, Mehta got 91,468, while Mendonca secured 59,176, followed by Yakub Qureshi’s (Congress) 19,489 votes. Shiv Sena candidate Prabhakar Mhatre remained a distant fourth with

18,171 votes. All the remaining five candidates including those from the BSP and PWP along with the three independents were bundled out with a measly total of 1,567 votes. After being declared the winner with a margin of 32,292 votes, Narendra Mehta thanked the people for voting his party to power and promised to work for the all-round development of the twin-city.

“A lot remains to be done for this region and I will work hard to retain the faith and confidence the people have shown in me,” Mehta said.

2,378 press NOTA button

The jubilant Shiv Sena’s Pratap Sarnaik is hoisted on the shoulders of his party workers after his win.

BJP’s Narendra Mehta flashes the V-sign.

The option of 'None of the Above (NOTA)' – the right to vote while rejecting all candidates – has performed admirably well by securing the fifth place in the final tally of results in the Mira Bhayandar Assembly segment. In an apparent show of dissatisfaction to any of the icandidates, 2,378 people have gone out, stood in queues and exercised their franchise, but chosen NOTA as their way of participating in the democratic exercise.

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ness a temporary slack due to disruption in coal supply. Moreover, it is not he sluggish growth in industri- clear as of to what extent the festive fervor will uplift the consumer demand al production has underas the impact of uneven rainfall on mined hopes of a sharp rebound in manufacturing. The festive crop production and rural income season may not bring much of a cheer would impact overall consumer to the consumer durables sector owing demand.

Growth of bank credit has deceleratto the adverse impact of uneven rained sharply in August 2014, lowest fall on crop production and rural incomes. Even as the current easing of from June 1998 (data is available since June 1998 in RBI database).

WPI and CPI inflation augurs well for the economy, an accurate assessment Even though WPI has eased to almost 5 years low, the start of the festival of the price situation can be made season and substantial shortfall in only post Nov-14 when the statistical base effect wanes off. Moreover, the production of various kharif crops (as per advance estisubstantial shortfall in production of various kharif crops could lead to firm- mates) could lead to firming up of prices of cereing up of prices of cereals and pulses als and pulses. in the near term. In sum, a broadDeceleration in credit based revival in investment and congrowth coupled with sumer sentiment is contingent on expected weak rural addressing structural issues in areas demand point towards such as coal supplies and agriculture, simplification of business and taxation moderation in GDP growth in the near term. rules and resumption of various Rupee is weakening as dollar has stalled projects” says Dr. Arun Singh started strengthening in anticipation of Senior Economist Dun & Bradstreet India, adding “that the pessimism pre- tighter US monetary policy which in turn is likely to increase the cost of vailing regarding the global growth servicing foreign loans. Large number prospects along with the domestic of Indian corporations borrow from issues reiterate our stance that a revival in economic growth can be overseas market and quite often these expected only from the last quarter of loans remain un-hedged. If the slump FY15”. in the international commodity prices That perhaps sums up the view on is due to pessimism about global the present status of the economy. growth prospects, it is highly likely that According to D&B “The recent set of the equity assets of emerging market macroeconomic data has not been as economies will be impacted by rise in encouraging as the developments risk aversion. Out of the total FII regarding the various government iniInflows in India since Jan to Sep 2014, tiatives. The focus on 'Make in India' by 59% have been in debt markets - the the Central government to push manu- segment which is more volatile than facturing sector into a high growth tra- equity and witness frequent reversals.

Lastly, the latest data show that jectory, the supreme court's decision regarding the coal graft case which India's trade deficit widened and gold would finally pave way for full-fledged imports have been significantly high. coal reforms, the Japan-India and USImports of gold have surprisingly shot India investment promotion partnerup despite the various efforts by the ship which envisages large scale fund- government and the RBI to curb gold ing by these countries in India and set- imports. The question is if demand for ting up of Infrastructural Investment gold among Indian consumers is Trusts (InvITs) been much encouraging. increasing then why are the other segIn addition up gradation of sovereign ments of consumer durables sector ratings from negative to stable by a not showing any signs of uptick?.”

However, some sectors are witnessleading global rating agency also reening optimism. Says Michael Mayer, forced the confidence of foreign Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars investors for India.

However, the poor correlation in the “Key market drivers like interest rates performance of the two industry and fuel prices are now showing optiindices, i.e. the eight core infrastrucmistic signs for the automotive industure and IIP which clearly indicates the try and we can already see some under-performance of the non-core or excitement in the market. With our primarily the manufacturing sector new launches in the past months, we does not forebear good tidings. In hope this festive season will bring in addition, the electricity sector, current- positive momentum.” Similar are the ly growing in double digits could witviews of other manufacturers in the

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automobile sector.

Jewelers and builders across the real state segment are also seemingly optimistic and are pinning their hopes on the revival of overall sentiment.

However, will this improvement in public sentiment reflect in actual numbers? The next few weeks will tell...

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GDP likely to remain subdued Real Economy: Industrial production is likely to remain sluggish in Sep14 as structural bottlenecks would continue to impede a meaningful recovery in the manufacturing sector. The adverse impact of uneven rainfall on crop production and rural incomes is likely to keep consumer goods production subdued in the near term. Deceleration in credit growth coupled with expected weak rural demand owing to erratic monsoon and substantial shortfall in production of various kharif crops point towards moderation in GDP growth during Q2 FY15. GDP is expected to grow by 5.2% in Q2 FY15 and IIP is expected to grow by 0.5% - 1.0% during Sept14.

Price Scenario: CPI and WPI inflation are likely to edge up, albeit marginally in Oct- 14. While a favourable statistical base will continue to play a role in tempering inflation till Dec -14, the start of the festival season may lead to some

temporary uptick in prices of certain food items. Moreover, the substantial shortfall in production of various kharif crops (as per advance estimates) could lead to firming up of prices of cereals and pulses in the near term. D&B expects the WPI inflation to inch slightly upwards to 2.5% - 2.7% during Oct-14 and CPI (Rural-Urban Combined) range-bound at 6.4% - 6.6% in Oct-14.

Money & Finance: Yields in the gilts market are expected to remain rangebound during Oct-14. While the fall in global crude oil prices is expected to lend support to bond yields, the fluctuations in domestic currency is likely to keep the market in a cautious mode. D&B expects 15 91 day T-Bill yield to average at around 8.4% - 8.6% and 10-year G-sec yield at around 8.5% - 8.7% during Oct-14.

External Sector: Concerns regarding global economy will continue to weigh on rupee value during Oct-14. We expect the rupee to continue to be pressured owing to the strength of the US Dollar. D&B expects the rupee to depreciate and average at around 61.20-61.40 per US$ during Oct-14.

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<<Hiten Bhuta, CEO, CGS Infotech receiving Certificate of Appreciation for contributing to India-US Business development from US Consulate General Thomas Vajda. Also, seen is Camille Richardson - Principal Commercial Officer, US Consulate.

VOLKSWAGEN INAUGURATES STATE-OF-THE-ART DEALERSHIP IN CITY Volkswagen, Europe’s leading car manufacturer, last week inaugurated its new dealership in Mumbai – Volkswagen Mumbai North, Mody Auto Corp.

Volkswagen Mumbai North has a capacity to display seven cars in its dealership at Borivali and has a 14-bay workshop on Mira Road. While gracing the inauguration Michael Mayer, Director, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, said “Mumbai is an important market for Volkswagen and the opening of this dealership underlines our commitment to strengthening our presence in this region.” With the opening of this showroom Volkswagen now has six operational facilities in Mumbai and expects to continue expanding its reach in accordance with customer demand and requirement.

TOTAL LAUNCHES A GLOBAL CORPORATE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN Total launched its new international multimedia advertising campaign simultaneously in 21 countries on October 2nd to develop the Group’s brand awareness. The campaign highlights Total’s operations in oil production, refining and marketing, as well as its role as a major player in natural gas (50% of its output) and as the global number two in solar power, through its subsidiary SunPower. The campaign provides a tangible illustration of the meaning behind the Group’s new baseline, “Committed to Better Energy”.

W&D GROUP FORAYS INTO HAIR REMOVAL MARKET Wet and Dry Personal Care, the makers of Everteen brand, announced the launch of Barever Natural Hair Inhibitor. Barever natural hair inhibitor is the first entrant in the hair inhibitor category in India and is positioned to provide permanent relief from long lasting battle with unwanted body hair. Barever is formulated with 100% natural ingredients which are proven effective in permanent reduction of hair growth while reducing the thickness and density of body hair.

GS E&C MUMBAI CONTRIBUTE TO J&K RELIEF FUND

Launches Mega Diwali campaign; offers freebies, 5 years complete warranty on LEDs

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By A Business Reporter tanding true to our commitment of introducing superior products by bringing worldclass technologies to our valuable customers, we at Videocon have unveiled some of the most innovative and premium products cutting across categories. This festive season, we will see high decibel activation around these products and with the launch of our Diwali Campaign; we foresee a tremendous response from our loyal customers. We believe that the complete 5 years warranty on Videocon LEDs will add to the shopping experience,” said Anirudh Dhoot, Director, Videocon at the launch of its Mega Diwali Campaign.

The Mega Diwali campaign, which is valid till October 23, 2014, comes with distinct benefits on the purchase of Videocon products including LED TV, Washing Machine and Refrigerators.

The gifts may vary depending on the products purchased. Through these promotional offers and exciting new

product launches, Videocon is targeting sales of Rs. 2000 crore this Diwali.

Talking about the festive offers, CM Singh, COO, Videocon said, “We have come up with some amazing offers and launched the ‘Jaadu Ki Jhappi’ promotion along with best technology products for our customers this festive season.

Customers spend a lot during festivities and we at Videocon intend to bring a sense of security to their festive purchases and add zing to the customer’s celebratory mood and shopping experience. With insurance cover and extended safety and warranty on Videocon LEDs, customers can now enjoy the benefits of bringing home a Videocon product and make their festivities memorable.”

On purchase of every Videocon LED, customers will get 5 years Complete Warranty absolutely free. The customer will also be eligible for the ‘Jaadu Ki Jhappi’ offer wherein they get a personal insurance cover for Rs. 1 lakh in the name of the person who purchased the LED.

Additionally, the customer will also get a one year accidental damage warranty with 100% cash refund. The Diwali mania does not end here, customers also get assured gifts such as 3G tab, steam iron, extended warranty, sun glasses and many more exciting offers on Videocon products.

Videocon also announced the expansion of their product portfolio in the upcoming festive season. The brand is gearing up to launch new models across LEDs, Refrigerator and Washing Machine segments.

This year the company will be focusing on 4K technology and has added new models to this path breaking and futuristic range. In the washing machine category, Videocon has launched designed series comprising of both fully and Semi-automatic models.

To add to the celebratory mood, Videocon will be focusing on in-store displays to woo the customers. The company would be promoting the offer across the available mediums, including print, online, and outdoor.

from five to seven and 10 years and offers 9.80 to 10% returns in different categories. The amount mobilised shall be used for lending and repayment of loans. There is an additional incentive of 0.10% per annum over the coupon rate applicable for HNIs and retail individual investors The NCDs are rated “BWR AA(Outlook: Stable)” by Brickwork Rating India Private Ltd.. Instruments with this rating are considered to have the high degree of safety regarding timely serv-

icing of financial obligations. Such instruments carry very low credit risk.

The NCDS are rated “[ICRA]A (Stable)”

by ICRA Ltd.. Instruments with this rating are considered to have the adequate degree of safety regarding timely servicing of financial obligations.

SBI Capital Market, A.K. Capital Services, Edelweiss Financial Services and RR Investors Capital Services Pvt. Ltd. are the Lead Managers to the issue. The NCDs are proposed to be listed on the BSE Ltd. and National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.

IFCI To Raise Upto `2000 Cr Via NCDs

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<<Chong Min Lim - CEO of GS Engineering & Construction, V.K. Giridharan and Pankaj More handing over a cheque towards donation to Prime Minister's National Relief Fund in response to Hon’ble Prime Ministers' appeal to contribute for J&K Flood relief aid.

tate owned long term lender IFCI plans to raise upto 2000 crore through a public issue of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The NCDs are of face value of Rs. 1,000 each amounting to Rs. 250 crore, which is the base issue size, with an option to retain oversubscription aggregating upto Rs 2,000 crore. The issue will open today and is expected to close by November 21. The NCDs term varies

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Equity Funds Or Equity Investments – Which One To Choose?

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014

RASHMI RODDAM

Director, WealthRays Securities

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hile filing income tax returns at the end of financial year, one can either upload it themselves onto income-tax website or leave it to the experts to take care of it. For doing it yourself one should have knowledge and more importantly time to do it. That is when most of us go to the experts. Investment in equity mutual funds is similar to this where your funds are handled by experts; fund managers of the schemes.

Fund managers create a portfolio and make investments on your behalf in companies based on market cap, dividend payout, sector based and so on. In a mutual fund, fund manager makes investment for various people who have

invested in a particular scheme and investment is done collectively. It depends on net asset value of the fund that will be calculated after taking into consideration expenses and cost incurred by the scheme. Exit in equity funds within 1 year of investment attracts exit load of upto 2%. Post 1 year, returns on mutual funds are tax free and there will be no exit load.

Mutual fund investments are liquid in nature as investors would receive money within a week on redemption. Though mutual funds can be held in dematerialised form, there are many administrative hassles in redeeming a fund, transferring a fund, holding multiple folios, etc.

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When investing directly in stocks one can select their own stocks and create portfolio. Cost of entry and exit in stocks is the brokerage that needs to be paid to the stock broker. Research, time and guidance are the key factors while investing directly into stocks. Technical and fundamental analysis which needs lots of training

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and understanding are not easy for a naïve investor to learn, before making an investment.

One should have enough time for analysis and to track their investments on a day to day basis to make decent money in stocks. Selecting the right sector, right stock and exit from a particular stock is a challenge when investing directly into equity.

Equity funds are an ideal product for investment of 3 to 5 years. Whether it is investing in mutual funds or direct equity investments, one should book regular profits and redeem or reinvest the profits in secured instruments, thus enjoying the art of compounding.

Financial Markets Have Turned Highly Volatile ANINDYA BANERJEE

Currency Derivatives Researcher, Kotak Securities

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e were expecting a sharp rally towards 62.00 handle on spot, on the back of risk-off in the global risk assets. US Dollar managed to climb as high as 61.95 levels on spot, before coming under hedge related selling from the exporters. Volatility has picked up significantly in the financial markets as growth scare in major economic pockets around the world has coincided with the end of QE in US. Bank of Japan remains quite pleased with the depreciation of Yen and is no hurry to increase its asset purchase program.

Therefore, the market participants are hoping for the European central bank to step-in with its version of quantitative easing. However, German remains non-committal to any plans from ECB on large scale asset purchases, beyond what the European central bank has

committed to already. German central bank President Jens Weidmann has reiterated his opposition to the European Central Bank's recent decision to purchase large sums of asset-backed securities, saying the program undermines efforts made in banking regulation. He urged governments to enact structural reforms to improve their economies, and pushed back against calls for Germany to enact more stimulus to beef up its economy.

ECB is going to begin the asset purchase program next week, under the program it will be buying between 300-600 billion euros of covered bonds and asset backed securities from the open market. Though ECB hopes to infuse a trillion euros through this measure, but we do not see the covered bond and ABS market to be so widely available for ECB to procure. At the same time, ECB’s LTRO is a loan program and it does not have the same effect as asset purchase, as a simple asset purchase plan. Therefore, unless ECB announces a fresh round of large scale asset purchase program, markets might not be too happy with the ongoing dose of liquidity injections in Euro zone.

Indian inflation statistics continue to surprise positively. A sharp decline in global petroleum prices have driven our inflation. At the same time muted economic growth in the country is also keeping the

core inflation lower. Wholesale inflation fell to a near five-year low in September at 2.38% in September from 3.74% in August. The rate of retail inflation in September eased to 6.46% in India— the lowest since the series was launched in January 2012 — driven mainly by a significant drop in food prices. The retail food inflation rate declined 1.68 percentage points in the month to 7.67% from 9.35% in August.

Food has a weight of 45% (the highest) on CPI. Fuel price index rose 3.45% in September vs 4.15% in August. Base effect remains favourable, as consumer price index was running between 9.5-11% during August to December of 2013. As a result, we would not be surprised if CPI falls below 5% by November-December of this year. Deflationary

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trend in global petroleum prices is exerting a significant down ward influence on major commodities around the globe.

The overall trajectory of consumer prices or whole sales prices is not surprising as hard assets remain firmly gripped in a deflationary trend. In the past we had repeatedly argued that we see the shift of investment funds away from hard assets towards financial assets, as a strong US Dollar and economic means a reversion in Europe, China and other EMs which makes commodities unattractive. As a result, financial assets can benefit inordinately from the central bank's experiment of monetary inflation, aka, devaluation of paper money. Currently in India real rates are positive, fiscal prudence is being shown and at the same time central bank remains committed towards non-inflationary monetary policy. We can see CPI fall below 5% before the year draws to a close. A combination all these would ensure that Rupee remains an outperformer amongst its peers, though it might remain under pressure against the US Dollar in case the global Dollar bull market continues. RBI stands committed to support the US Dollar, hence, a range of 60.60/61.00 and 62.00/62.10 remains in play over the remainder of the month. Hence, buying on dips remains our preferred strategy around 61.00 or below.

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A little background about your company and yourself?

I have over 14 years of experience in financial services sector, of which ten years is with IIFL itself. Though currently a fund manager with India Infoline Asset Management Company Ltd, I have dabbled in various financial services segments like equity advisory, portfolio management services, equity broking, business process reviews and audits. I am a Chartered Accountant and hold a B.Sc. degree. Early in my career I had worked with Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd, Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd, and Batliboi & Purohit Chartered Accountants.

At what point had you given a thought to making a career in financialmarkets?

I have always been a keen observer and wanted to learn the nuances of the stock markets and various investment strategies. When in college I seriously started contemplating a career in the finance and investment sector.

Manish Bandi is the Vice President of Investments at India Infoline Asset Management Company Ltd. Prior to joining the firm, he has held various senior managerial positions in the field of equity advisory, portfolio management services, equity broking, and business and process reviews and audits and has extensive experience in the financial services industry. In converstaion with Dominic Rebello, he like many other financial experts also pushes the view that 'equities are about long term investing only'

WE ARE IN A MULTI-YEAR

BULL RUN

What is your investment strategy?

Do you look at the fundamentals or follow technical analysis?

As a fund manager my investment strategy is always based on fundamentals of businesses which are consistent in nature and do well over a three-to-five year horizon. I also base my investments on the quality of management running the business.

How would you describe your methodology?

While selecting a company, I always keep in mind the growth prospects of the company and respective sector. I also focus on companies, which have a higher market share in their respective sector. Companies in sectors with high growth prospects are also preferred.

What appeals to you about investing. The short or the long side?

I am a long-term investor and do invest only after thorough analysis of the fundamentals of businesses.

Is there any applicable lesson to investing?

Investment should be a regular habit rather than looking at asset class price movements. Asset class allocation should be based on risk appetite. I believe more in strategic allocation rather than tactical allocation. Because tactical decisions can go wrong, while strategic allocations are based on solid reasons.

Do you have any regrets about some of your investment decisions?

Sometimes I have missed high growth sector stocks. They are always expensive and their valuations are always ahead of the curve.

Do you have a scenario about how the current bull market will end?

Where do you see the Indian markets five years down the road?

In the last 25 years we have broadly witnessed four bull runs. The first one was in early

CHANGING HEALTHCARE DYNAMICS

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« SPOTLIGHT

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nineties, which was triggered by the advent of globalisation, but was short-lived and was limited to some sectors. The second one was late nineties and early 2000, which was again short-lived and was limited technology companies. However, the bull-run after that, which continued from 2003 through 2007 was triggered by overall improvement in economy across sectors.

The current bull-run, which has already begun seems to be the better off and is likely to be more sustained and prolonged. The first reason is that we have a majority government at the centre for the first time in thirty years. Secondly this government is determined for all round growth and is focussing on manufacturing and infrastructure like no one ever did. The effects of improvement in infrastructure and manufacturing sector will have a chain reaction on the economic growth and corporate performance as a whole, which is likely to sustain a multi-year bull run.

« MARKET WIZARD MANISH BANDI

What is your take on the current market scenario, Indian as well as global?

It’s interesting that the World Bank and IMF have raised their growth targets for India even as they have cut down growth estimates for most other global markets. Geo-political tensions in Middle-East, Greece and a slowdown in China can hurt markets. For fund flows to continue unabated a lot will depend on what the Fed will do in the coming quarters. Crude is a big factor and its price meltdown will have a lot of positives for India.

And not just crude, a drop in commodity prices, remains a plus point for our economy given that India imported about $178 billion of commodities in FY14. So any fall here will have a positive rub-off on the country’s current account deficit. So to reiterate, the Indian market remains on the cusp of a bull run. The government has unleashed reforms on the labour front and like most investors I will watch keenly on what is in store in the coming budget. A run-up before the budget looks very much on the cards.

What makes an investor successful?

Not only investment, but everything you do in life must have a disciplined approach and involve ethical practice.

There is no quick way to success, yet if you strive hard with discipline in the long-run the success achieved is multi-fold. The bigger thing is success achieved in such a manner is sustainable and beneficial for everyone.

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014

« GUEST COLUMN

RAJIV RAJ

is Director & Co-Founder, www.creditvidya.com

Health Insurance is no more a product for the elderly. In today’s world, where stress and uncertainty are inseparable from human life, health insurance may be the best hedge against the rising cost of staying healthy. So irrespective of your age and how good your health has been, the right time to get a cover is 'Now' MUKESH KUMAR

is Executive Director, HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company

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he dynamics of the Healthcare business have undergone an extensive transformation in the last decade. Having a Health Insurance is no more an option today – it is a necessity. Yet people – especially the young ones – avoid taking health cover believing this product is meant for elderly people. Many individuals consider their current good health as a reason for not considering Health Insurance. Also, many who have Health Insurance policies on them, develop a cold feet at the time of renewal after a couple of claim-free years. Most people do not even bother about Health Insurance till they touch their 40s and begin to struggle with health issues that come with age. However, today’s reality is that a medical emergency can strike anytime, to anyone and anywhere. There are several trends that make us believe that one must have a Health Insurance at the earliest, irrespective of age, gender or family’s medical history.

1) Changing Economics: Hospitalization for medical treatment costs a lot more these days than what it did a decade ago. Estimates suggest that medical inflation in India has been running in double-digits for the last few

years. Today, even a small routine surgical procedure can easily cost up to Rs 100,000. According to World Bank, 40% of people hospitalized in India are forced to borrow money or sell assets to cover their medical expenses. Hence, people certainly need a protection to safeguard against medical costs. Also, the medical care is becoming less invasive and more costly due to new technology. The cost of super-specialty equipment and robotics is obviously passed on to patients. Not everyone will be able to afford such facilities on their own resources.

Amid the changing economics of healthcare business, not having a Health Insurance could be risky to one’s physical as well as financial health.

2) Rise in Lifestyle-related Ailments: There has been a conspicuous rise in the ailments related to lifestyles such as diabetes, cardio-vascular diseases etc. among Indians.

Stress levels in individuals have gone up noticeably in the last few years.

Long working hours, limited or absolute lack of physical activity and exercise, disregard for a healthy balanced diet and a rising dependence on unhealthy fast food lead to weakening immune systems and put individuals at an increased risk of contracting illnesses. Even women and young professionals are getting vulnerable to such lifestyle ailments. While these are disturbing trends, these are the realities of today’s lifestyle and the lifestyle-related ailments are likely to become major healthcare concern, going forward.

3) Rising Instances of Accidents: The rising number of vehicles on roads is a sign of economic progress of the country. However, the rising number of vehicles has its own downsides. Rising number of vehicles has

resulted in the rise in the number of road accidents.

According to a Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation research (“National statistics of road traffic accidents in India”), close to 5,00,000 road accidents were reported by all States/ UTs during 2011.

The proportion of fatal accidents in the total road acci-

dents has consistently increased since 2002 from 18.1% to 24.4% in 2011. The severity of road accidents measured in terms of persons killed per 100 accidents has also increased from 20.8 in 2002 to 28.6 in 2011.

Exposure of population to road accidents leading to deaths and injuries depends, among other things, on the number of motor vehicles and the amount of motorized traffic. Accidents happen due to victim’s own mistake or even other party’s mistake.

Based on these trends, one can conclude that the Health Insurance is no more a product for the elderly.

In today’s world, where stress and uncertainty are inseparable from human life, Health Insurance may be the best hedge against the rising cost of staying healthy. Medical emergencies can strike on anyone irrespective of age. There has been an increase in the number of claims being made by the people in the age group of 26-40 years. Amid this scenario, one cannot afford to wait for the “right” time for taking Health Insurance.

It is a product meant for everyone from a new-born child to an elderly individual – all of who are vulnerable to medical emergencies, irrespective of age, gender or family’s medical history.

We strongly believe that one should not wait for any accident or medical condition to strike to seek a Health Insurance. Moreover, it helps to get a Health Insurance at an early age as the premium would be lower. We must keep in mind that the world we live in is full of uncertainties and a non-threatening medical condition at times can turn into a critical one. In such times of medical emergencies, a good Health Insurance policy can keep you financially secure. So irrespective of your age and how good your health has been, the right time to get a Health Insurance is “Now”.

Brand Marketing Accountability: Evaluate These Six Parameters JAGDEEP KAPOOR

is CMD of Samsika Marketing Consultancy

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ow would you come to know if your brand has done well or not? If you are a student you come to know your results by evaluation and by regular feedback and monitoring. But if you are a brand manager, who is handling a specific brand, how do you evaluate your progress.

I would recommend that six parameters should be used to evaluate your brand’s progress. I call this, module “Brand Marketing Accountability” If you are a chocolate brand, whether Cadbury or Nestle, or a car brand whether Maruti or Santro, or whether you are a pen brand Reynolds or Cello, you need to have brand marketing accountability.

There are many people who spend a lot of money and resources and time and energy on launching, developing and growing brands. However without regular monitoring and measurement it may not be possible to judge what the efforts and resources yield in terms of an input and output ratio or in terms of the achievement of the said objectives.

In my opinion there must be Brand Marketing Accountability. Thus I would recommend that there be clear cut parameters which are measured and we are in a position to make sure that the desired objectives for the brand are met.

The first parameter that I would recommend to be evaluated in terms of Brand Marketing Accountability is Awareness. It is important to note that consumers must know that the brand exists and there must be awareness about its qualities and benefits. Thus the relevant awareness amongst the relevant target audience is very crucial in ensuring that the brand takes off in the right direction. There should be qualitative and quantitative measures to assess Awareness.

The second parameter that I would recommend to be evaluated in terms of Brand Marketing Accountability is Trials.

Without brand experience, consumers may not be able to appreciate the positives of the brand. Hence regularly monitoring and getting more customers to try your brand is essential. This is a sure way of moving the brand forward and sampling could be a good device to ensure that. There should be qualitative and quantitative measures to assess Trials.

The third parameter that I would recommend to be evaluated in terms of Brand Marketing Accountability is Repeats. Your brand may have attained good Awareness and also achieved a fairly respective level of Trials, but without Repeats brands don’t grow. The only way to ensure Repeats is to make sure that your product or service delivers what it promises and gives customer satisfaction. There should be qualitative and quantitative measures to assess Repeats.

The fourth parameter that I would recommend to be evaluated in terms of Brand Marketing Accountability is Sales Volume Growth.

In a country like India without robust Sales Volume Growth business cannot grow. Hence full attempts have to be made to grow not only in value, through price increases but also genuinely grow in volumes. There should be qualitative and quantitative measures to assess Sales Volume Growth.

The fifth parameter that I would recommend to be evaluated in terms of Brand Marketing Accountability is Market Share Growth.

This is an important measure because even though you may be growing at 40%, the market may be growing at 70% and you may be losing Market Share Growth. A vibrant brand is always sensitive about its Market Share Growth. There should be qualitative and quantitative measures to assess Market Share Growth. The sixth and the final parameter that I would recommend to be evaluated in terms of Brand Marketing Accountability is Profit Growth.

Though there is a gestation period in lot of businesses and initially the brand may be sold on a marginal costing basis yielding contribution and later on moving towards break-even, it must ultimately be able to generate profit and ensure Profit Growth. There should be qualitative and quantitative measures to assess Profit Growth.

Thus in my opinion while building brands it is important to have a culture of Brand Marketing

Accountability in the organisation.

There are a number of brands which have done well in the market place. Others have not done so well.

According to me, the major reason is that some brands have been managed through a proper and rigorous method of growth and evaluation. While some brands have just drifted and have therefore languished.

In the case of Real Value Appliances, the brand got a lot of Awareness, but was unable to get trials and not good repeats. The reason was because; there was no need for the product from the consumer’s perspective.

Further the affordability was not there. If there was Brand Marketing Accountability practiced the brand may not have been launched itself.

In the case of Home Trade on the net, the awareness was huge with celebrity advertising. But people could not understand what the product or service was. This led to poor trials, and hardly any repeats. Out of the first three parameters of awareness, trials and repeats, if two are not there, how will the brand achieve sales growth, market share growth and profit growth?

It is important that brand managers must practice my suggested strategy of Brand Marketing Accountability and build successful brands like Lux, Fevicol, Amul, Apple, Taj Hotels and many others. To build your brand successfully, practice my recommended strategy and have a strong ability, Brand Marketing Accountability.

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Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

Lessons For Online Shoppers After The Flipkart Sale

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lipkart's Big Billion Day sale on the 6th of October was touted as the mother of all online sales, but on the big day, things went awry and customers were left feeling high and dry. Don't hit the buy button no sooner you hear of the next BIG online sale this Diwali. There are some very important lessons that could save you time, money and peace of mind.

The biggest ever Indian online sale advertised and marketed to be as good as 'The Black Friday' in the USA dejected too many Flipkart loyalists. While the founders promptly apologised about the fact that they were not adequately prepared, the fact remains that ours is a nation that is latching on to e-commerce in a big way. A single incident like this will not do much to dampen the interest in the $ 3 billion sector that is poised for explosive growth. Already competitors of Flipkart such as Amazon and Snapdeal have learnt from this experience and have vowed to keep the Diwali spirits up for the online shoppers.

As per The Associate Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India (ASSOCHAM) online shopping continues to rule the roost and will cross Rs 10,000 crore mark which is 350% more than last year's volumes. In the light of the issues raised by online shoppers after Flipkart's Big Billion day sale on October 6, here are three most important things that you must know before you join the online sale frenzy.

What online shoppers must learn?

New to the sphere of online sales, shoppers too must turn wiser before they venture into online shopping. These are some of the things that the shoppers must bear in mind.

Check the warranty: Not all electronic goods that are sold online at discounted prices come with the warranty of the manufacturer which can be a dampener for the buyer. Make sure you check out the warranty on the product before you get carried away with the price.

Check the return and replacement policy: Online shopping comes with a whole host of advantages if the product meets your requirement. However, if the product is faulty or you are not satisfied with it, you should be able to return it promptly as well. But the returns more often than not do not go through as smoothly, as e-commerce players have to depend largely on third parties for distribution or collection of goods sold. Before you buy a product, ensure that you have educated yourself about the returns policy of the e-commerce player and seek their help if product delivered to you does not meet the standards.

Impact of tax structure on buyers: E-commerce players are currently battling with archaic taxation laws in some states that are threatening to ban online sales if a certain amount of sales tax is not paid to them. Since the taxation laws are different for each state, e-commerce players often face issues of double taxation or a major denting of their margins. Till the Goods and Services Tax (GST), that is a uniform tax structure comes through it is likely that the e-commerce players will not be able to offer deep discounts in some states vis a vis others. If you find that you live in such a state where the service tax burden is being passed on to you, you are perhaps better off buying the goods offline after you are convinced that the benefits of online shopping are not substantial for you.

Conclusion: As we mentioned earlier, a lot needs to be done in order to strengthen the e-commerce sector despite staging spectacular growth over the past three to four years. The nascent sector has still a long way to go as far as maturity is concerned.

It is hoped that the recent "Big Billion Day" experience will bring in invaluable lessons for the sector and the next sale by any of the players will turn out to be a happier experience for customers!

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ADANIENT

ADANIPORTS

ADANIPOWER ALBK

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F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR OCTOBER 20 -- 23, 2014 Close

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274

295

234

43

104

43

103

1026 275

ASIANPAINT

AUROPHARMA AXISBANK

388

252

APOLLOHOSP ASHOKLEY

418

1355

72

208

44

642

916

403

45

109

508 48

116

41

96

1311 214

38

90

217

226

200

191

1045

1115

1185

975

906

276

298

321

253

231

645

686

727

604

70

213

44

922 394

77

237

47

84

260

51

992

1063

426

459

63

190

40

851

362

56

166

37

563

780

330

BAJAJ-AUTO

2385

2391

2508

2625

2274

2156

BANKINDIA

258

252

277

303

226

200

BANKBARODA BANKNIFTY BATAINDIA

BHARATFORG BHARTIARTL BHEL

BIOCON BPCL

CAIRN

872

872

907

942

837

15991

15788

16480

17172

15096

756

754

826

898

682

1219 398

1251 394

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415

1474

437

1139 372

803

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1027

236

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209

669

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HDFCBANK HDIL

HEROMOTOCO HEXAWARE HINDALCO

HINDPETRO

HINDUNILVR HINDZINC

IBREALEST ICICIBANK IDBI

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132

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417

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458

397

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MOTHERSUMI MRF

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KOTAKBANK

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Please contact Mr Chalke on 9920831512

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384 513

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JSWENERGY

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RELIANCE

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101

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289

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TATAMOTORS

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414

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190

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Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal Analysis PP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014

« EXPERT VIEW In a volatile market, jewellery has proven to be a steady investment and the auspiciousness of jewellery is a stronger reason for buying it. While jewellery buying needs no special reason, festivals prove as the perfect indulgence time for the occasional jewellery buyer…

—Vijay Jain, CEO, ORRA

Banking Stocks Offer Trading Opportunities

By Sanjay R. Bhatia

Markets Recover, But… NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (October 20, 2014) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose marginally on Friday (October 17, 2014) a net 31.50 points (0.41%) and closed at the 7779 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 7733 points level. It then rose and turned into a range bound movement until 11.04 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 7723 points level at 11.14 a.m. It then rose sharply into the green and registered the day’s high at the 7819 points level at 2.52 p.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 95 points. Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 34 were gainers, while 16 stocks closed in the red. Substantial buying was witnessed in banking, capital goods, consumer durables and power stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in IT and technology stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 10.89%. This change is moderate and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 729 were gainers, 839 were losers and 47 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the over-sold zone.

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

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 30 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

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

Is above its 200-day average (at 7103) Positive.

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

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

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 8138 points level.

The next resistance is at the 8246 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 7774 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 7729.

Support (2) = 7679.

Resistance (1) = 7825.

Resistance (2) = 7870.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a small white body candle. This is positive.

However, the index is below its 5, 15 and 25 day’s moving averages and all the three averages are declining and also negatively trended. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate weakness. Both these indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a decline unfolding. Investors are advised to avoid buying at present levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the – DI line and both lines are flat. No signal here.

The ADX is flat while the Market Index is rising. No signal here.

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 7827) Negative.

Is below its 15-day average (at 7904) Negative.

Is below its 25-day average (at 7973) Negative.

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.

Buy Bank Nifty Fut above 16032, Stop Loss 15850, Target 16425 Bank Nifty Fut is displaying a positive trend. It is displaying a higher top higher bottom formation. It is placed above its 200-day SMA, which is its long-term moving average and is a positive sign for the stock.

The volumes recorded are modest and marginally below its 10-day SMA. The KST and RSI are placed above their respective averages Bank Nifty Fut is likely to move higher. It should be bought above 16032 with stop loss of 15850 and Target Price of 16425.

Buy Axis Bank above 404, Stop Loss 395,Target 423 Axis Bank is displaying a positive trend. It is displaying a higher top higher bottom formation. It is placed above its 200-day SMA, which is its long-term moving average and is a positive sign for the stock. It has risen with higher volumes and the volumes are placed above its 10-day SMA. The KST and RSI are placed above their respective averages. Axis Bank is likely to move higher and should be bought above 404 with stop loss of 395 and Target Price of 423.

Buy Allahabad Bank above 104.50, Stop Loss 102.25, Target 111 Allahabad Bank is displaying a positive trend. It is displaying a higher top higher bottom formation. It is on verge of testing its 200-day SMA, placed at 105.65. The KST and RSI are placed above their respective averages.

Allahabad Bank is likely to move higher and should be bought above the 104.50 with stop loss of 102.25 and Target price of 111 Buy Andhra Bank above 73, Stop Loss 70.75, Target 78 Andhra Bank is displaying a positive trend. It is displaying a higher top higher bottom formation. It has risen with higher volumes and the volumes are placed above its 10-day SMA. It is on verge of testing its 200-day SMA, placed at 73. The KST and RSI are placed above their respective averages. Andhra Bank is likely to move higher and should be bought above the 73 with stop loss of 70.75 and Target price of 78.

Buy Bank of India above 260, Stop Loss 253, Target 275 Bank of India is displaying a positive trend. It is displaying a higher top higher bottom formation. It is placed above its 200-day SMA, which is its long-term moving average and is a positive sign for the stock. The volumes recorded are modest and marginally below its 10-day SMA. The KST and RSI are placed above their respective averages. Bank of India is likely to move higher. It should be bought above 260 with stop loss of 253 and Target Price of 269.

(Sanjay Bhatia is a leading Technical Analyst and market commentator)

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS EMKAY CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON GSFC

CMP: Rs. 107 Target Rs. 140 We have cut our FY15E revenue/EBITDA/APAT by 12%/16%/10% respectively while we continue to maintain our FY16E. We reiterate our Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs140 as valuations continue to remain attractive

ANGEL BROKING CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON BANCO PRODUCTS

CMP: Rs. 141 Target Rs. 182 At the CMP, the company is trading at a PE of 7.6x FY2016E earnings. We have a Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs182 based on FY2016E PE of 10x.

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MANOJ ASWANI

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

« INSURANCE I want to buy a child plan for my 2 year baby. I am confused whether I should go for LIC child plan or ING life creating child plan?

—Susheel Kumar, Kandivali A work begun is half done. However, please understand that Insurance is not an investment.

Some products do have an investment portion attached to the premium, however the purpose is very different.

So, if you are thinking about Return on Investment, please consider pure investment products like Mutual Funds, Bonds, Fixed Deposits, etc. depending upon our risk appetite.

So you need to consult a Certified Financial Planner.

I am a LIC agent since June 2000; my next License Renewal is due on June 2015; this year July 2013 to June 2014, I completed only 3 lives with more than Rs 1 lakhs First Premium. I am still to complete 9 policies.

If I am not able to complete these 9 policies on or before 30.06.14, the agency will be terminated. Can I get request reinstatement 2nd time since I already availed one reinstatement some 8 years back?—Paresh Patil, Colaba

F

MUMBAI | MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014

It totally depends on the LIC Branch you are associated with. According to an internal policy of LIC, there is a Minimum Business amount that an agent needs to do every year to retain his agency.

According to the rules of LIC, you need to do at least: 1st year- Minimum 6 lives and Rs 50000 FPI 2nd year- Minimum 6 lives and Rs 50000 FPI By the end of the 3rd year, you need to do a Minimum 36 lives and Rs 3 lakhs FPI cumulatively in the last 3 years.

If the above conditions under "Minimum Business Guarantee" or MBG, your license would get terminated via a letter from the HO. However, the same can be reinstated by the Branch Manager in the 4th year after license expiry. But even in the 4th year, if you are unable to do the MBG or at least 12 lives or Rs 1 Lakh of Premium, then your agency would get permanently terminated.

There's no such rule as per IRDA but the insurance company or the branch may impose certain norms. Renewal commission would be payable since you have completed 5 years in the company even if you do not do even 1 policy as per IRDA.

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This plan has been specially designed keeping I want Family Floater insurance policy for my Father aged 57 years, Mother aged 52 the Indian Joint Family System in mind such that it covers up to 13 relationships and 50 family years and sister aged 21 years. Insurance must be included of hospital bill (surgery, members. In this plan, the entire family including medicines + doc fee + room rent and every- in-laws, grandchildren, spouse, children, parents thing). My father has asthma. Please let me etc. can be covered within the same plan. In this I have taken Royal Sundaram Health know the best policy for my family.

Protection policy recently. I have underplan, you need to choose Individual Sum Assured gone root canal for my teeth. Is it covered —Binoy Kumar, Chembur and then Floater Sum Assured. The Floater Sum since my policy is from 2006 and it is still I am assuming that you also wish to include your- Assured cover is available to all family members claim free? self as well. In that case there are very few poliand can be used once the Individual Sum —Samrat Hate, Bandra cies wherein you can include more than 2 adults Insured is exhausted.

Please go through the terms and conditions of If you need Other Options, you can consider: in the same health plan. the policy as it being an old plan is not menFrom Private: Apollo Munich Optima Restore If you need a Family Floater Plan with all basic tioned whether or not OPD is covered. More coverage and NO Sub Limits and one policy for all and From Public: United India Insurance Family often than not, OPD and especially dental members, then you need to opt for Max Bupa Medicare Policy and Oriental Insurance Happy treatment is not covered unless a surgery is Heartbeat Family First Plan which covers all individ- Family Floater uals’ upto 13 relationships. Usually any health plan done. Since Root Canal Treatment is a simple (The author is Vice President at procedure, the chances of it being covered are covers only 2 or 3 adults but this plan has been www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. less. But some policies provide OPD benefit created keeping the Indian Joint System in Mind.

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There is Travel Inconvenience facilities for the Insured under Hijack Distress Allowance, Trip Delay, Trip Cancellation, Trip Curtailment, Missed Connection and Lost Passport Even Personal Care facilities are available in

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TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum’s “precious” ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities...

A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to... HBO, 9 p.m.

JODHA AKBAR

SOAPS & SERIALS

Jalal and Jodha begum are left shattered by the death of the twins and they slowly start to drift apart. Jalal is wrenched by the helplessness he feels over his fate and is brimming with angst.

He goes to war at Chittodgadh harbouring a relentless drive to destroy. Will he find peace in violence or will his destiny take him on a different path altogether? Zee TV, 8 p.m.

SUHANI SI EK LADKI

Yuvraj asks Suhani to wear the ring and ring fits Suhani also.

Dadi and Ragini get shocked, Yuvraj signs in relief. Ragini tries to convince Dadi that the ring fits Suhani cause now she has lost. Otherwise Soumya and soumya were never same size, Dadi tells Ragini to prove that Yuvraj likes Soumya. Pratima asks Soumya to call Krishna. Soumya gets nervous, Suhani asks Yuvraj to handle the situation. Everyone plays cards. Star Plus, 6.30 p.m.

PREDATOR’S PREY

PREDATOR’S PREY investigates how prey outwits and out-manoeuvres their fearsome animal assailants. Presenting some of the most dramatic natural history conflicts in the wild, this series explores fascinating animal behaviour and interactions from the perspective of the prey animal. Animal Planet, 10.30 p.m.

MAROONED

Guinness World Record-setting adventurer and survivalist Ed Stafford is back in MAROONED – an all-new, ultimate test of human endurance. Each of this nine-part series leaves Ed stranded for 10 days in a different remote location – Borneo, Thailand, Australia, Botswana, Venezuela and Romania, amongst others – with no food, no water and not even a knife. Ed

Jodha Akbar, Zee TV, 8 p.m.

is left with only video equipment to document his experiences tackling some of the most extreme environments where his physical, psychological and emotional limits and resilience are being challenged. Discovery, 8 p.m.

TECH TOYS 360

TECH TOYS 360 explores the globe to bring its viewers VIP access to the most innovative technology of the 21st century. Explore the most up-to-date high-tech gadgetry, super distinct designs and revolutionary vehicles and meet the innovators behind these modern wonders. Discovery Science, 11.30 p.m.

MODERN FAMILY SEASON 05

Jay takes Manny out to cut down their own Christmas tree, and Gloria is on edge with mum in town, but changes her tune when she sees her bonding with Claire. Star World, 8.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

Having bought a model ship, the Unicorn, for a pound off a market stall Tintin is initially puzzled that the sinister Mr. Sakharine should be so eager to buy it from him, resorting to murder and kidnapping Tintin - accompanied by his marvellous dog Snowy - to join him and his gang as they sail to Morocco on an old cargo ship. Sakharine has bribed the crew to revolt against the ship’s master, drunken Captain Haddock, but Tintin, Snowy and Haddock escape, arriving in Morocco at the court of a sheikh, who also has a model of the Unicorn. Haddock tells Tintin that over three hundred years earlier his ancestor Sir Francis Haddock was forced to scuttle the original Unicorn when attacked by a piratical forebear of Sakharine but he managed to save his treasure and provide clues to its location in three separate scrolls, all of which were secreted in models of the Unicorn. Star Movies, 11.30 p.m.

DHMAAL

Dhamaal is about four friends; Boman Contractor, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with his eccentric dad, Nari, who loves his antique car more than his son, and asks his son to leave when he damages the car; dim-witted Manav, his elder brother Adi (Arshad Warsi); and Roy, a trickster who wears a magnetized belt buckle. All four are afflicted by the get-rich-quick virus. Their fortunes take a turn after they accidentally bump into an underworld don Bose whilst he is about to die, who tells them about a hidden treasure in Goa including 10crore rupees. The group race towards Goa in Nari’s stolen car, little knowing that their plans will soon be foiled, albeit hilariously, by Police Inspector Kabir Nayak, who wants the money at any cost. Zee Cinema, 8 p.m.

KUNG FU PANDA 2

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Shah Rukh Khan and Sharad Kapoor are the leaders of two rival gangs. Aishwarya Rai is Shah Rukh Khan’s twin sister. Shah Rukh is in love with Priya Gill. Chandrachur Singh is Sharad

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Kapoor’s younger brother who studies in a catering college in Bombay. He comes to Goa to visit his brother and plans to go back and start a restaurant there. He sees Aishwarya and falls in love with her. Chandrachur gives up the idea of going back to Bombay and opens a bakery in Goa. When Shah Rukh comes to know about the romance between Aishwarya and Chandrachur, the fight between the gang turns more violent. How the conflict is resolved is the rest of the story. CVO, 9 p.m.

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Laholi is a small village in India whose inhabitants are poor, simple-minded, and are used to their lives being controlled by the dictatorial Landlord, Thakurain, and her brother, Baj Bahadur. Although Lilaram is the one with the highest educational qualifications, he is unable to secure any job. He decides to make a living selling lottery tickets, especially the Delhi-based Malamaal Weekly, but is barely able to make ends meet. Then one day he finds out that one of his lottery tickets is a winner. He concocts a scheme with his wife, which involves pawning her pet goat with the Thakurain, getting people together for a feast, so that he can get their tickets back - all in vain. B4U, 9 p.m.

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Held in a cell, Sivaji reflects how he came to be under police scrutiny and his subsequent arrest for a variety of economic offenses. He had returned to Chennai from the U.S. to live with his parents and maternal uncle, and had hoped to invest money in colleges and hospitals so that people who are not privileged can benefit - much to the chagrin of a sophisticated goon, Adisheshan, who threatens him, and asks him not to tread on his territory. Disregarding this and hoping to get his projects going, Sivaji runs into bureaucratic corruption and red-tape - so much so that he gives in and bribes an official Rs.4 crores to complete his Rs.200 crore project. An enraged Adisheshan has the local politician stop the work, but Sivaji bribes the latter Rs.50 crores, after liquefying most of his assets. Star Gold, 9 p.m.

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Megha Patil becomes crorepati

By Sandeep Hattangadi

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he eighth season of Sony TV’s ace reality show, 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' ('KBC') is ruling millions of hearts with legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan hosting the show. The latest we hear from the sets of 'KBC' is that the eighth season has got its first crorepati.

The lucky contestant to win this huge sum is Megha Patil, a housewife and tuition teacher from Vasai. What is disheartening is that the lucky lady is a cancer patient and has only a few months to live. The courageous woman got the power to come on the show simply because of her children and win this amount for them. Saluting her spirit, we congratulate her for winning the huge amount.

Megha said it’s a great feeling and is thankful to god, her husband and her children who really are the secret of her success. She said she won because she is a regular reader of the newspapers, general knowledge books and encyclopedias, as well as the very informative Malayala Manorama Year Book and Competi-

able to solve this mystery? Is it really the 'Shakhchunni' behind this or someone else?

TV TATTLE

Hit show

ZEE TV's popular show 'Jodha Akbar' completed 350 episodes recently and the Mughal empire was in a celebration mood. The cast and crew of the show had a big festivity on the sets. Celebrating with a cake-cutting ceremony followed by a lot of cake smashing, the actors along with the crew of the show were seen having a blast. Ruling the hearts of its audiences, the show is one of the most loved costume dramas currently on Indian Television. With a whole lot of fans in India and abroad, the show has made its way into hearts of people all over the globe.

Beautiful actresses Aditi Sajwan and Shafaq Naaz are all set to join the cast of 'Chidiya Ghar' as Koyal and Mayuri. They shall bring a different edge to the roles. Aditi and Shafaq have been in the television space for a few years and have also made their mark in the comedy genre with diverse roles.

Lawful show

Sony Entertainment Television’s courtroom drama 'Adaalat' showcases the spine tingling mystery of a newly-wed bride Aashi who gets killed a couple of days after her marriage. The only thing found near her body is a dupatta with the name Radha on it. Soon it is discovered that Radha too had died as a newly-wedded bride. Yet again echoes the dreaded folklore of 'Shakhchunni'- a bride denied of consummation due to an untimely death having turned into an evil spirit haunting other brides. What will happen next, will KD be

Troubled inmate

Why is Diandra Soares inviting the ire of inmates as well as viewers lately? Is she home sick and desperate to get out or is it her strategy to get attention? One thing is very clear from the last episode, no one in the house is on Diandra's side and she is all alone. In the 'Bigg Boss’ house, Diandra Soares who claims to be recovering from a minor injury she suffered in the previous task, is engaged in a tussle with Sonali Raut. This violent incident led to the ‘super villains’demanding the model's eviction.

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New additions

'Chidiya Ghar' on SAB TV showcases the beautiful intricacies and moments of joy and togetherness in a traditional family. The essence of this family is the unique nature of every family member which adds a different flavour to the entire series.

Break hour

Actors Vatsal Seth, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Poonam Preet and Kishwar Merchant of the show 'Ek Hasina Thi' took some time off from their hectic schedules and were caught having fun on the sets. The show on Star Plus has gained new heights of popularity.

Star talk

Actress Asha Negi is elated as her fans recently spent a whole lot of money to buy a star on her name. Ask Asha and she says, “I went speechless when I found out about this. It’s really sweet of my fans to have done so much for me and I feel blessed.

Honestly, it’s too much love to handle and it’s an extremely memorable birthday gift.”

B a y l a p t e m i i n’ S‘ tion Success Review, which she read to prepare for the show.

On being asked about how she will spend the prize money , she said, “Most of the money will go for my costly treatments and for the education of my children. I want to save a little money for the future too.”

About meeting Big B, she said, “It was a great feeling to sit in a chair opposite a superstar like Amitabh Bachchan. He really made me comfortable and the way he talks and prods on the contestants is really brilliant. He has a special way with people which makes them really open up to him. It’s a dream come true for me.”

Megha is an inspiration to other cancer patients. She said, “The doctors had given up hope and said my cancer wasn't responding to treatment.

But I won the prize money on the show and have maintained a positive outlook to fight this breast cancer. Even though the doctors had measured my life in months, my ability to view things in a positive light made it easier for me to get on with life.”

And such was her determination to live that she participated in 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', interacted with megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and managed to win the top prize.

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The charming and charismatic Raveena Tandon who is seen hosting the chat show 'Simply Baatein' on the new TV channel PAL shared her thoughts on being connected with people from all walks of life through the show. She tells us how the channel’s ideology connects with her real-life persona of being a successful woman in today’s era

Why did you choose a show dedicated only to women?

The channel signifies and stands for representing the modern Indian woman and I am a bit of a feminist myself. I will always do my best to be a part of anything that encourages females and be their voice if I have to. Besides this it’s not like my show only has female guests. In the upcoming episodes you’ll also get to see Darsheel Safary and Sangram Singh talk about certain topics.

How did the title of the show come about?

What the title states is what the show showcases. Not only do we address women's issues, but we also suggest solutions. We have a panel of experts who help us reach a solution. I, too, give inputs from my personal experiences.

Do you enjoy your role as the host on 'Simply Baatein'?

Yes, I do enjoy my role as host. My husband thinks it's my forte because I can talk nonstop. I am vocal about my feelings and am articulate at expressing it

How, and on what basis, is the selection of your guests carried out?

By now, everybody is aware that all the episodes of my show are topic based, so each episode has a specific topic that I discuss with one celebrity and a couple of experts.

The choice of celebrity is very obvious as it is a person who can impart his/her knowledge and experience about that particular topic.

From among the upcoming episodes, which guest or guests should the viewer’s look out for and why?

I would say that the viewers should definitely look forward to all of them as none of them are repetitive. All of them have their own stories, experiences and tips to share. Each episode is special to me as I personally got to learn quite a lot from each.

Is it important to know the guest personally to strike the right and interesting conversations?

I guess, yes, it certainly makes a difference if you happen to know the guest personally. I do spend some time casually chatting with all my guests before shooting for the show. It’s always advisable to know them beforehand otherwise the disconnect between the host and the guest comes across very evidently due to which the viewers will find it all the more difficult to connect with us.

After winding up 'Simply Baatein', do you plan to continue your stint on television?

Why not? If I get a good opportunity I would definitely love to take it up.

Border skirmish: Better sense must prevail

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NOTES FROM NEW DELHI

By Kamal M. Morarka

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wo armies are positioned face to face over a long period. Spontaneous incidents of firing take place, and either side can be held guilty of ceasefire violations. However, such matters are resolved in the field through the military commanders of both sides and they have set a procedure in place and the issues are resolved satisfactorily. However, what is happening now is not in the same category. A few months ago, there might have been spontaneous incidents but what is happening over the last few weeks is deliberate, is meant to provoke and is meant to score points to offset whatever losses the other side is feeling in the UN or in the negotiations with the US or various other reasons. The Government cannot take this lightly. Apart from putting pressure at the diplomatic level, the Government must take the whole matter to a higher level. And at the field level, even at the risk of escalation of hostilities, the Government has to give a fitting answer. The impression cannot go around that in the garb of routine ceasefire violations, they can go on doing what they want and we will not respond. Recently, they used the heavier mortar which usually the Army face to face at the border does not have, namely 120 mm mortar, and they attacked a civilian village five km away from the border. Now this cannot happen, this cannot be routine, this cannot be accidental, this is not excusable.

This is a preliminary warning that hostilities can begin. It is not possible for the Army to get hold of this stronger weapon – normally they use 80-85 mm mortar – this is 120 mm mortar. This matter should be taken up through their High Commissioner or

Narendra Modi through our High Commissioner in Islamabad and as I have said, our Army and the security forces must also get equipped to reply. Of course, the Prime Minister has said that he has taken note of the matter and it will be solved. I am sure he is not disclosing whatever action he has taken, and I hope that better sense prevails on the other side and we don’t spend unnecessary money on both sides for no purpose at all.

Haryana and Maharashtra went to elections recently. The Prime Minister himself campaigned everyday in Haryana and Maharashtra, but that’s understandable because the BJP doesn’t have any other face which can really sway the masses. The good point is that the Prime Minister did not at-

tack the icons by name, in fact he invoked Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi in Haryana, which I think is a very good sign.

In the Red Fort address, if he had referred to the first Prime Minister, it would have been appropriate. He referred to Mahatma Gandhi but refrained from mentioning the name of Jawaharlal Nehru. One must understand, howsoever he may disagree with the policies of Jawaharlal Nehru, today India would not have been a functioning democracy but for Jawaharlal Nehru. After all, India and Pakistan became independent on the same day and in the first eleven years Pakistan had seven Prime Ministers, after which the Army took over. In 1958, Ayub Khan took over and ever since then there has been a very, very shaky democracy, if at all, in Pakistan. If we have been saved from all the ignominy it is largely because of one person called Jawaharlal Nehru. He must get his credit for that. Of course he was not infallible, he made his mistakes, maybe he went wrong with China, maybe he went wrong in Kashmir but that does not take away the credit from his achievements and from his contributions of laying not only firm foundations of democracy but also firm foundations in the scientific field, with respect to atomic energy and other modern ideas. The Prime Minister is trying to get out of the mindset of the Sangh Parivar, which is to be only abusing the Nehru family, which has limited electoral gains, but from the Prime Ministerial chair it will do no credit, either to the country or to himself. Whether it is Haryana or Maharashtra or elsewhere, it will be a happy thing always that democracy is firmly established and continues to remain so whichever party or combinations of parties come to power.

Mr. PM, please clear your confusion Santosh Bharatiya

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hen Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to America, he said we have made great progress in sixty years and we are talking with America from the planet Mars. The Indians present in America welcomed with thunderous applause the mention of the presence of India on Mars and talking to America from Mars. The Prime Minister repeated this at many places, but that same Prime Minister Narendra Modi, when he returned to India and gave speeches in Haryana, said that in sixty years nothing had happened in this country.

Then the question arose in the mind: what is the truth? Did we launch the spacecraft to Mars within a few days of Narendra Modi’s oath taking ceremony in May? The spacecraft to Mars had been launched much earlier. The Prime Minister gave himself and the country credit for this achievement.

Shall we accept that the Prime Minister of the country speaks two types of language, a different one overseas and a different in the

country? Or is it that Prime Minister of the country has become somewhat confused?

When Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, that day can be remembered in the form of a cut-off date. Before that, Narendra Modi was giving interviews everywhere, giving speeches and was making his points loudly and vigorously. But as soon as he took the oath of Prime Minister, he decided that he will remain silent and he suddenly became quiet.

Any incident, it could be any subject, any kind of announcement, the Prime Minister always remained silent. This surprised people. There was an uproar in the social media that a new Mauni (Mute) Baba has come, who does not want to respond in any way to any question of any kind. Since the social media has ‘settled’ in Narendra Modi’s mind and he feels that it was the social media that played a very important role in creating the atmosphere to make him the Prime Minister, therefore perhaps, after a four month silence, he has suddenly become pro-active.

And the field he has chosen for this pro-activity are the by-elections – the fields of Haryana and Maharashtra, where in the form of a star campaigner, he has been holding four, five meetings in a day and making his points.

Should we really accept it as the Prime Minister’s confusion that he has become tangled in creating his picture, and how should he should create it after all? The kind of language the Prime Minister is speaking in the election in Haryana, that language

can benefit his party and harm it too. The Prime Minister said in Haryana that from the Panchayats to the Centre, the Congress Raj in the last sixty years will be remembered only for scams. But, apart from the Congress, there have been other Governments too in Haryana, and if he is saying in Haryana that there have been scams from the Centre to the Panchayats, they would have been there in other States as well.

Twenty four candidates from the Prime Minister’s own party are defaulters or a case of money laundering is going on against them. The question arises in the mind that speeches are for the people, perhaps not for his own party.

Could there not be a different kind of confusion in the mind of the Prime Minister of the country: that what objective is left in front of him? He has attained the objective of the most powerful office in the country.

Beyond this, there is nowhere further to go.

There is no post that is bigger. Now there remains only regaining this objective, i.e. once a Prime Minister, then Prime Minister for the second time, then Prime Minister for the third time. But perhaps the time now is not the time of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.

The time now is of 2014, when there is information in every home, there are instruments too for verifying that information.

Therefore, it will not now do to show dreams. Moving in the direction of fulfilling those dreams to some extent will have to be done.

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DILLI KA BABU Akhilesh acts

Bouyed by the recent by-poll results in which the Samajwadi Party belied expectations by winning seven seats, UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is aiming to bolster the sagging image of his administration. And in the line of sight of the Chief Minister are his babus, especially those who are responsible for his Government’s big-ticket projects. Recently Akhilesh transferred two key bureaucrats, Sanjiv Sharan and Sada Kant, for delaying one of his pet projects – the beautification of the Imambara complex in Lucknow.

Sources say that the CM has also sought explanation from three other babus for not briefing his office about important developments in their respective departments.Sharan, who was Principal Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial development, was removed just two days after he hosted a trade delegation from the Netherlands.

He has been sent as commissioner of Devi Patan, one of the most backward divisions of the State.

Similarly, Sada Kant who was Principal Secretary for Housing and Urban Planning has been made Commissioner of Basti division. Their successors are yet to be named. The existing Divisional Commissioners of Basti and Devipatan divisions, SK Srivastava and RP Arora have both been waitlisted until further orders.

Transfer at midnight

Modi continues to use the broom to clean the sarkari stables. In a move associated more with States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar or Tamil Nadu the Centre moved out 50 Additional and Joint Secretary-level babus. So sudden was the move (apparently orders were issued late in the night) that many babus were completely taken unawares.

Though, typically, it was described as a routine administrative exercise, observers believe that the transfers were effected to further distance the bureaucracy from the earlier UPA regime. Also surprising was that most babu-watchers were expecting a minor reshuffle at the Secretary-level not a full-blown transfer of 50 babus. Significant names in the list of transferred babus (or in some cases prematurely repatriated) are I.S. Chahal, Rakesh Kumar Singh, U.S. Kumawat, M. Ariz Ahmed, Praveen Prakash among others. It’s true then that in Modi sarkar, ostensibly devoted to good governance, the babus don’t know where the next one’s coming from!

Safe no more

Slowly the layers that protected babus from prosecution for corruption are being peeled away. In a ruling that will have major repercussions for officials facing corruption charges, the Madras High Court recently pronounced that investigating agencies need not take permission from the parent State to prosecute an IAS officer facing charges of corruption. The court observed this when dismissing a petition filed by K. Suresh, a 1982-batch IAS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, who was accused of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, while posted as

zonal manager of Food Corporation of India in Chennai. The babu argued that the CBI which had registered the case against him needed to seek sanction from the Madhya Pradesh Government.

He further claimed that sanction to prosecute the babu issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) was invalid. But the court dismissed his plea.

— Dilip Cherian

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24pc vote rise propels BJP to maiden victory in Haryana

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EW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described as 'historic results' the electoral victory in Haryana and Maharashtra and said it was a matter of immense happiness and pride for BJP. Modi, who aggressively campaigned for the Assembly polls, expressed gratitude to the people of the two states besides saluting BJP cadres for their "tireless" efforts.

"Historic results! A matter of immense happiness & pride for BJP. I salute our Karyakartas for their tireless efforts," he tweeted as the party got majority in Haryana and emerged as the largest party in Maharashtra and was set to form government.

In another tweet, Modi said, "Thanks to the people of Haryana for giving us the opportunity to ful-

fil their dreams & to take Haryana's development journey to new heights."

Expressing gratitude to the people of Maharashtra, he said, "We are committed to Maharashtra's progress & creating a Maharashtra the world will be proud of."

BJP was on Sunday propelled to power in Haryana by a dramatic surge in vote share that saw its tally zooming from 4 to 47 in the 90member House in the backdrop of a Modi wave.

With a 24 per cent rise in its vote share, BJP on its own is all set to form the government for the first time in the state in which it was a fringe player so far.

BJP's vote share rocketed to 33.2 per cent from a meagre 9.05 per cent in the last Assembly polls in 2009, bringing a dramatic victory

People have voted for ‘change’: Cong

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EW DELHI: With Congress losing power in Maharashtra and Haryana, its President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi said the party will now play a "constructive and vigilant role" in the two states where the people have voted for "change" after 15 and 10 years.

Congratulating BJP for its success, the Congress leadership also expected that parties forming the government will "fulfill the promises that they made".

"The Congress party accepts the election verdict delivered by the people of Maharashtra and Haryana with humility and resolves to play a constructive and vigilant

role. "The people of Maharasthra and Haryana trusted us with their mandate thrice and twice respectively. We hope that parties forming the government will fulfill the promises that they made," Sonia Gandhi said in a statement.

She also thanked the supporters and voters of Congress for having stood by the party and the workers in particular for their "tireless and unstinting commitment" to the party and its ideology.

In his statement, Rahul Gandhi said, "We accept the verdict of people. People have voted for change, after 15 years of our government in Maharashtra and 10 years in Haryana."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is greeted by BJP President Amit Shah during the BJP Parliamentary board meeting on Assembly polls results, at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday. for the saffron party. It had been earlier playing second fiddle to the regional parties in Haryana, including INLD that has now finished second.

The Modi wave crumbled the bastions of Congress, which was in power for the last 10 years with Sonia Gandhi-led party's vote percentage dropping from 35.12 per cent to 20.6 per cent in this election.

BJP's tally of seats rose sharply from just 4 in 2009 to 47 in 2014 due to the increase of almost 24 per cent vote share as more than 41 lakh of the electorate voted for it.

The outcome was virtually a mirror image of the Lok Sabha elections held in April-May which had seen BJP capturing seven of the 10 parliamentary seats in the state, leaving two for INLD and one to Congress.

Congress which had won 9 LS seats in 2009, could win only Rohtak -- the constituency of outgoing Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's son Dipender Hooda.

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EW DELHI: Notwithstanding the party's defeat in Maharashtra and Haryana Assembly polls, Delhi Congress on Sunday challenged the BJP to hold fresh elections in Delhi immediately if it was confident of a Narendra Modi wave in the national capital.

Congress said that defeat in Maharashtra and Haryana will not affect the morale of party workers in Delhi and it was ready to face fresh elections in the city, reports PTI. Delhi Congress chief spokesperson Mukesh Sharma demanded immediate dissolution of the Delhi Assembly and attacked the BJP government at the Centre for not coming out with a clear position on the political situation in the national capital.

"If BJP is so confident about the Modi wave then why has the Delhi Assembly not been dissolved. We are ready for fresh elections in Delhi; morale of the party workers will not get affected by the outcome of Assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana.

"The issues there were different and we are confident of winning back the support of people of Delhi if fresh elections are held," he said.

Sharma also ruled out the possibility of Congress extending any support again to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to form the government in the city.

"There is no question of extending support to AAP. We are preparing for fresh elections," he said.

Congress has been demanding fresh elections in Delhi and had criticised Lt Gov Najeeb Jung's report to the President seeking permission to invite the BJP to form a government even though the saffron party does not have majority in the Assembly.

In his report last month, Jung gave a detailed analysis of the political situation in Delhi and underlined the need to have an elected government in the city which has been under President's rule since February 17 following the resignation of the AAP government which was in power for 49 days.

Outgoing Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at his residence in New Delhi on Sunday.

BJP, along with its ally Akali Dal's lone MLA, has 29 MLAs in the Assembly and will require the support of five more legislators to prove its majority in the House.

BJP had won 31 seats in the 70member House but the number of its MLAs came down to 28 as three party legislators -- Harsh Vardhan, Ramesh Bidhuri and Parvesh Verma -- resigned from the Assembly after they were elected to the Lok Sabha.

Following the resignation of the three legislators, the strength of the Assembly has come down to 67 and BJP will require the support of at least five more MLAs to reach the majority mark of 34 in the House.

AAP had won 28 seats in its debut Assembly elections and had later formed the government with outside support from Congress's eight MLAs. The government led by Arvind Kejriwal had resigned on February 14 after the party's pet project, the Janlokpal Bill, could not be passed due to opposition from BJP and Congress.

Coal scam: CBI registers case against Jindal Steel & Power N

EW DELHI: A case of alleged cheating and corruption has been registered by CBI against Jindal Steel and Power company relating to the probe into coal blocks allocated during 1993-2005 period.

CBI spokesperson said here on Sunday that it is the 36th FIR in connection with its probe in the coal allocation scam.

The fresh case has been registered against Jindal Strips Limited (now known as Jindal Steel and Power Limited) and unknown public officials for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating under the Indian Penal Code and Provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, CBI sources said.

Soon after registering the case, the agency yesterday carried out searches at four locations in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, they told PTI. CBI sources said the case pertains to allocation of Gare Palma IV/1 coal block Jindal Strips Limited and JSPL. CBI spokesperson said the instant case is the outcome of PE registered on September 26, 2012

looking into allocations of coal blocks during the period 19932005.

"It was alleged that ‘Gare Palma IV/1’ coal block was allocated to said private company for their sponge iron plant (SIP).

"It is, inter-alia, alleged that the company proposed & entered into irregular mining lease covering area much beyond the coordinates stipulated by Ministry of Coal, resorted to excess coal mining and irregular regularisation of area beyond coordinates," the official saidd.

The company has also been accused of indulging in "excess coal mining, sale of raw coal, sale of coal fines and middling to other than specified end users, irregular permission for consumption of coal in expansion of kilns and other related allegations," the official said.

The company spokesperson said JSPL reiterates that all its actions are in keeping with the legal framework of the country and that it complies with the law in letter & in spirit.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 846

ENIGMA CODE 846

ACROSS: 8 Beautiful girl, say, that's likely to get a ring (4) 9 Maintain position over shack, going left then right (5) 10 Drink son, that goes to one's head (4) 11 Beast made mother hit back (6) 12 Chips ruler (8) 13 Big, long one can be helpful (8) 15 Release peacekeepers’ cooking pots on the way back (6) 17 ... out with scouts killed in the long grass (7) 19 Possibly old, bald and certainly eccentric (3-4) 22 Inward-turning scientist (4,2) 24 Rocky piles away over harvests (8) 26 Awkwardly treading a slope (8) 28 Scanty, having nothing more than silver inside (6) 30 Half a day is going to be sufficient means to reduce shoulder dislocations (4) 31 Business deal (5) 32 Machine gun sounded like mud (4)

DOWN: 1 She has appeared in a dozen artistic shows (4) 2 Small company simply involved in producing games (8) 3 Doesn't sound it, but it's hot (6) 4 Too old for love - a woman, for example, rejected (7) 5 With great insight, the golf club has filled its coaching vacancy (8) 6 Big new rise for basket makers (6) 7 Initially, gold is layered thinly for this (4) 14 Navy rating's beginning to get bawdier (5) 16 A draw, going for promotion, carrying some weight (3-2) 18 What one sees, when looking at the table pleases one (8)

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Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

The Clue: Confusion or maze

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SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE SHIELD, DIESEL, DISHES, LIDDED, SLIDES, SIDLES, HISSED

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MATH PYRAMID 846 20 In South African mountain, atom bomb producing Mediterranean mint (8) 21 Tom an AB? He could be ! (7) 23 News I'd broadcast in northern

town (6) 25 Board involving doctor in row (6) 27 Do this home for an easy win? (4) 29 Demolish partially the quarters of that brazen hussy? (4)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 8 Hecate, 9 Poi, 10 Ahem, 11 Old soldier, 12 Twig, 13 Ejecta, 16 Hindered, 17 Abdomen, 18 Applied, 22 Rephrase, 25 Abrade, 26 Bits, 27 Splashdown, 30 Name, 31 Roy, 32 Minted.

DOWN: 1 Keel, 2 Hams, 3 Cell mate, 4 Upright, 5 Micron, 6 Salt-cellar, 7 Venice, 14 Job, 15 Clothes peg, 19 Playsome, 20 Eld, 21 Deploys, 23 Elijah, 24 Assure, 28 Dons, 29 Whet.

QUICK CROSS 846

ACROSS: 1. Philippine island 6. Antarctic cape 7. Hindu queen 8. Alter 9. Avian abodes

The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied.

1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Brand of wrap 2. ``There's nothing like _ __'' (1,4) 3. Feline tresses 4. Common contraction 5. Oboe parts

MATHDOKU 846

HIDATO 846

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Leo 12th Ashwin Krishnapaksha Purvaphalguni Sinh (Leo) M.T. Yellow 3

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A happy and joyful year greets you on your birthday. An increase in income and official status is assured to you. Youngsters will be closer to fulfilling their aspirations in their studies, job or travels. Personal life is full of excitement with a new romance appearing in your life. Sports and cultural activities will bring you into public limelight.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Good-looking, sturdy, independent, emotional, sensitive, healthy and long-lived. Can be ruthless and at the same time very helpful, concerned and loving. Well-educated, will have good leadership qualities. Self reliant will be self employed and successful in industry and business.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Gains from unexpected quarters are indicated. In any dispute regarding a contract or business arrangement, try to resolve it mutually.

For further new projects, try to work independently and not to take in any partner.

You are more likely to reach your goals faster unhindered. Your charm and conversational ability will help in impressing and winning new friends. Your mate will be very proud of you.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): This is the time to expand your horizons. Meet new people .and cultivate contacts. Work done earlier brings gains and possible renewal of a contract. Look at new areas where you can increase the scope of your work.

There will be favorable opportunities to pursue your aspirations. Balance your work activities and social obligations.

Others are likely to be feeling more attracted to you today.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You will succeed at work much against every odd. Proceed with caution as far as associates are concerned. It would not be a good idea to share your plans and aspirations with colleagues who may not be your sincere well wishers. Eventually everyone wants to get ahead in life. Love life is full of excitement, but you should guard against flirtations, which could cause problems in love relationship.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Stay out of trouble. Avoid arguments with colleagues. Play it cool. Expenses are to a certain extent on the higher side. Try to keep a check on your expenses. Nevertheless, you are likely to get money due to you provided you pursue the matter today. Worries are part of life. Find time to be with friends who inspire you positively or relax with music and face tomorrow when it comes.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Everything is moving in the direction that you want. Watch your tendency to be bad tempered in your enthusiasm to do too many things. Your confidence could be misread for arrogance, so be careful. Financial gains accrue from new ventures, trading or commission. You may feel that you cannot put off indefinitely, decisions regarding the emotional aspects of life. The guidance of senior could be useful.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Avoid making heavy financial commitments at this juncture. It is not a good idea to take on too many projects at this juncture however easy it may sound. Taking up of several projects together can cause worry. Try to delegate some responsibilities to others. There are a lot of social activities lined up for the evening but you may have run out of steam after a tiring day at work.

Love life takes an interesting turn with your beloved wanting to protect you from the world.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A leisure pastime could lead to great achievements and could propel you into the limelight. You stand to benefit from short term deposits. You will realize the fruits of your labor and see the results of hard work. You are sure to get rewards in much sooner than you expect. Whatever your plans for today might have been they are likely to undergo a change whether you like it or not. A lot of has to do with what your mate partner or beloved has in mind.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You will be in a positive frame of mind looking forward to the good things that are about to happen for you in the near future. This is the time to plan a new business venture, for success is assured. You will get all the support you need. Meetings are bound to go off well today. You shine out at a social gathering as a charming attractive person. A meeting with someone new has the makings of a torrid romance.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): All business problems will be sorted out and cleared for steady progress. You will be able to accomplish all you desire limited only by your own aspirations. With a pocketful of money you will have a feeling of satisfaction and achievement. If you have been thinking of a new project now is the right time to begin when finance ceases to be a problem.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You get nice surprise with unexpected gains coming your way. Watch out for people who may want to take advantage of you.

Some jealous elements may be bent on creating problems for you at work. Take some preventive action may be by informing those that matter. A casual acquaintanceship seems to get more interesting and intimate. If you are fancy free then this is the beginning of your love life.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You will be pleasantly surprised with the receipt of a large sum of money. The employed will be given a prestigious assignment to handle independently. You will conclude your task with the able support of a colleague and associate. Home and family is good. Insecurities could creep into a relationship that has weathered earlier storms. Perhaps you need more time together for reassurances.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Intense work activity will take its toll. Keep your cool and control outbursts. You can earn more respect and confidence by being tolerant. Occupy yourself with day-to-day work as anything new you try could face snags. At leisure do something that you enjoy. The frosty atmosphere is something you are not used to but be tolerant for the sake of your beloved who has always been supportive.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5102

AACROSS: 1 India's desert region (4) 4 A keeper of stables in the days gone by (6) 8 Aunt in Spanish (3) 10 She sheep (4) 13 Letting, permitting or consenting to (8) 14 Trouble or interrupt (7) 15 The concrete ____ : metropolitan city (6) 17 Prize ribbon (9) 21 Unbroken succession (3) 22 Bond creator Fleming (3) 23 Initials of a decoration (3) 26 Garden city of India (9) 27 Leg joints (6) 28 Sham courage (7) 32 Write upon (8) 34 Organs of sight (4) 35 Call of the crow (3) 36 Forgives or overlooks (6) 37 In this or that way; therefore (4)

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SUDOKU 2288 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

DOWN: (6) low card on the bridge table (4) 1 Attached or bound with a cord or a 28 TV World News Service (3) 19 Partiality, bent or leaning (4) string (4) 20 Forbid or proscribe (3) 29 The back end (4) 2 Affirmative votes (4) 23 Italian fruit - "voile" anagram? (5) 30 Indian maid servant (4) 3 Fibber like Ananias (4) 24 Wear away gradually (5) 31 Bears, in Barcelona (4) 5 Military commander of Japan (6) 25 Inventor of logarithms (6) 33 Christian name of one representing 6 61 in Roman numerals (3) American Government? (3) 7 ____ gallery: collection of photo- 26 A seaport and capital of Lebanon graph of known criminals etc.? (6) SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD 9 Long white vestment (3) ACROSS: 1 Ganges, 7 Sarajevo, 8 Borg, 10 Privet, 11 Giotto, 14 Net, 16 Opart, 17 11 Sadder but __ (5) Rigs, 19 Faint, 21 Monks, 22 Marge, 23 Susa, 26 Rebar, 28 Her, 29 Axeman, 30 Daedal, 31 Chou, 32 Big wheel, 33 Infuse.

12 The rear of a boat or ship (5) DOWN: 1 Gasper, 2 Gloves, 3 Ssgt, 4 Cations, 5 Penta, 6 Do not, 8 Bing, 9 Ret, 12 15 "Fear Of Flying" author (4) Opt, 13 Trims, 15 Tango, 18 Index, 19 For, 20 Ike, 21 Marathi, 22 Mam, 23 See off, 16 Bass Strait island (4) 24 Urdu, 25 Allege, 26 Rambo, 27 Bergs, 28 Hah, 30 Dcli.

18 Deliberately lose a trick by playing a

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2107 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: B equals G

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

C J H E A M H W G

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen

Afternoon WORD MINE

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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: 19 average; 21 good; 23 outstanding.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: airman, amir, aroma, CARCINOMA, coma, comic, cram, macaroni, main, mania, maniac, manic, manor, marina, mica, micron, minor, moan, morn, norm, roam

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

DUBIOUS PENALTY, DELIGHTFUL DRAW

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Harmanpreet’s twin strike help India retain SOJC title

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UWAHATI: NorthEast United FC capitalised on a debatable penalty decision as they held FC Goa to a 1-1 draw in a high intensity Hero Indian Super League match here today.

Playing their third match at home on the trot in the space of seven days, NorthEast United conceded a goal in the 17th minute after their goalkeeper T P Rehenesh made a blunder but they got the equaliser in the 36th minute through a penalty kick conversion at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.

The home side, who had won a game and lost one before today's match, were the better side for most part of the contest but their forwards failed to convert the chances that came their way.

Today's result meant that Brazillian legend Zico will have to wait for his side's first win in the tournament as they had lost their opening match 1-2 to Chennaiyin FC at home on October 15.

The full-to-the-brim home crowd were on to their feet as Joan Capdevila's free-kick took a wicked deflection as early as the ninth minute but Czech goalkeeper Jan Seda was upto the task as he re-ad-

Midfield action in the India vs Great Britain match.

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justed his position quickly to dive to his right and tip the ball off to safety.

Despite the NorthEast United doing all the attack,

it was the Goan side who took the lead from a horrible goalkeeping by Rehenesh who started today in place of former Greek World Cupper Alexandros Tzorvas under the bar.

Rehenesh spilled the ball in what should have been a comfortable take from Andre Santos' free-kick which led to a mad scramble inside the six-yard box and Gregory Arnolin finally poked it home.

NorthEast United equalised after referee D Gantar from Canada pointed

to the dreaded spot after Debabrata Roy fouled Robin Gurung from behind in an aerial duel just on the edge of the box.

Roy did make a contact but it was a tight call whether the foul merited a penalty kick though the incident happened just a few yards away from the referee.

Spanish player Sergio Contreras Pardo (Koke) stepped up to the spot and slotted home to the left as the keeper dived the other way to level the match 1-1.

OHOR BAHRU (Malaysia): Harmanpreet Singh converted two penalty corners to help India sucessfully defend its Sultan of Johor Cup (SOJC) Under-21 hockey title, beating Great Britain 21 in a keenly-contested final, here today.

Harmanpreet (45th and 90 minutes) slammed home two set pieces at the Taman Daya Hockey Stadium to take his goals tally to eight in the tournament.

For Great Britain Samuel French (55th minute) was the lone goal score.

Great Britain, unbeaten in the preliminary round, came into the final with a psychological advantage over India having beaten them 2-0 in their roundrobin clash.

But defending champions India had a record to play for as they wanted to be the first team to win the title twice since the inception of SOJC in 2011.

Malaysia had won the inaugural title with Germany winning in 2012 and India

Delhi, Kolkata share points after Elias stunner SC RE

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OLKATA: Czech midfielder Pavel Elias struck a stunner to help Delhi Dynamos halt Atletico de Kolkata's two-match winning run as both the teams settled for a point each after an intense 1-1 draw in their Indian Super League fixture.

Barcelona's youth system product, Jofre Mateu, gave the home franchise a 49thminute lead, but Dynamos brilliantly bounced back through Elias in the 73rd minute to give the visiting side its first point.

The scoreline may suggest otherwise but the match was full of intensity and Italian World Cup winner Alessandro Del Piero, who started in the XI, narrowly avoided a red card after an intense scuffle with ATK players.

There was a clash between the players when Del Piero brought down Denzil Franco with his left-foot tap in an outrageous challenge.

The players surrounded the iconic Juventus star and pushed him before the goalie

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Joffre Mateu Gonzalez of Atletico de Kolkata is congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal during the Hero Indian Super League against Delhi Dynamos held at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. intervened.

The home side had its share of run-ins as well, resulting in its back-to-back red cards as it was once again reduced to 10 players when Rakesh Masih picked a sec-

ond yellow in the 88th minute. Masih's substitution in place of ATK marquee player Luis Garcia, who pulled a hamstring muscle at the break, gave Dynamos the edge and they bounced back.

Action was reserved for the second half as Jofre converted a penalty with ease, drilling the ball low to the left of the 6 feet 10 inch Kristof Van Hout to put ATK ahead.

Jofre showed his presence of mind to convert the first penalty of the franchise league that came after Wim Raymakers pulled Fikru's jersey to bring the Ethiopian down in the decisive moment of the second half.

If the giant Van Hout impressed in the first-half standing tall under the bar, the goal also exposed his vulnerability to collect low strikes as ATK looked to press further in front of a packed 60,000 roaring supporters.

Dynamos were immediately put under pressure as the duo of Jofre and Fikru up front kept the opponents defence on vigil. But Elias shocked the home crowd, scoring with a 23-yard long ranger after Del Piero put in the cross. Having settled for a goalless draw in their opening outing against FC Pune City, the visiting side showed the intent by naming Del Piero in the starting line-up with the captain's arm band.

Del Piero, who was substituted by Brazilian recruit Gustavo Santos towards the fag end, did not have the right beginning after being given a warning in the sixth minute for diving in a challenge against Jofre who managed to stick his leg out. Indian referee Santosh Kumar was spot on, something that was laughed off by the star.

Del Piero however did pose some threat when he brilliantly set up Shylo Malswamtulunga who beat the goalkeeper but not the crossbar.

last year. And the young Indians duly achieved their goal with a late winner from Harmanpreet.

Harmanpreet scored his second and the all-important winner for India with just 45 seconds from time by converting his second penalty corner of the day.

It was a hard-fought encounter between India and Great Britain as both the teams did not give an inch to each other atleast in the opening half.

But India finally took the lead in the 45th minute through a Harmanpreet’s penalty corner conversion.

Varun Kumar then got a chance to double India’s lead but his attempt from a penalty corner in the 53rd flew inches wide.

Great Britain then added salt to India’s wound when French converted a penalty corner in the 55th minute to level scores at 1-1.

In the bronze medal playoff earlier in the day, Australia defeated New Zealand 6-2 to finish third.

Chennaiyin FC sign Djemba Djemba, Maurice

CHENNAI: Chennaiyin FC has announced the signings of Cameroonian midfielder Eric Djemba Djemba and Haitian forward Jean Maurice Edu after the imminent departures of Swedish midfielder Pierre Tillman and Spanish striker Eduardo Silva Lerma.

There were technical issues with the contracts of both Tillman and Eduardo and thus they will leave Chennaiyin FC. Djemba Djemba is a former Manchester United player and was last playing for Scottish Premiership club, St Mirren. The 33-yearold midfielder has represented Cameroon 24 times at senior international level including the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Maurice is a former Paris Saint Germain player and has also featured for Lens and Le Mans in the French top tier.

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UNE: Lu Shanglei of China defeated Aleksander Indjic of Serbia in the 13th and final round to win the World junior Chess title.

Starting with a four-way tie at the top on nine points, Shenglei was the only winner among the overnight leaders and the Chinese ended with 10 points in all to win the title solely.

After Yu Yangyi of China won the title last year, the Chinese domination continues in the premier event of the players under-20 years of age.

It was a rare double for China as Wei Yi ended up with the silver medal with his superior tiebreak over top seed Vladimir Fedoseev of Russia in a three-way tie for the second spot on 9.5 points.

Fedoseev bagged bronze while Duda Jan Krzysztof had to be content with the fourth spot after the tie-break was resolved under the Bucholz system.

Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi emerged as the best Indian finisher with nine points and was placed fifth after crashing through the defenses of Dutch Quinten Ducarmon.

Gujrathi was awarded the Pune Mayor Cup in the Open

Former president of India Pratibha Patil is flanked by the winners Lu Shanglei and Aleksandra Goryachkina at the Grand Finale Of LIC World Junior Chess Championship 2014 In Pune. section as the best finishing Indian.

After winning the girls' title with a round to spare, Alexandra Goryachkina of Russia settled for a short draw with Anna Iwanova of Poland to finish the girls' championship on a fantastic 11 points.

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh of Iran defeated Srija Seshadri of India to bag the silver medal ending on 9.5 points in all. It was a two-way tie in this section for the second spot and Ann Chumpitaz of Peru bagged the bronze.

Padmini Rout ended her

stint on an impressive nine points and was clearly the best Indian finisher with nine points.

In her last world junior championship, Rout finished fourth overall after scoring a quick victory over Marina Brunello of Italy.

Among other Indians in the fray, Srija Seshadri had scored 8/11 but lost the last two rounds to finish 10th.

Both Lu Shanglei and Aleksandra Goryachkina earned a qualification slot for the World Cup 2015 for Open and Women's section respectively. The World Cup is a part

of the World Championship Cycle. Both players also received a cash prize of Rs 1,50000 each. The silver medallists were richer by RS 100000 each and the bronze medallists by Rs 50000.

There were 132 players from 51 countries in fray in the open while the girls section had 77 players.

Final standings: Open: 1. Lu Shanglei (China) 10 points; 2. Wei Yi (China) 9.5 (106.5 Bucholz), 3.

Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) 9.5 (105.5 Bucholz), 4. Dida JanKrzysztof (Poland) 9.5 (99.5 Bucholz), 5. Vidit Gujrathi (India) 9 (94.5 Bucholz), 6. Kamil Dragun (Poland) 9 (92.5 Bucholz), 7.

Srinath Narayanan (India) 9 (91.5 Bucholz), 8. Murali Karthikeyan (India) 9 (85.5 Bucholz), 9.

Diptayan Ghosh (India) 8.5 (97 Bucholz), 10. Bai Jinshi (China) 8.5 (95.5 Bucholz).

Girls: 1. Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) 11 points, 2. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 9.5 (98.5 Bucholz), 3. Ann Chumpitaz (Peru) 9.5 (97 Bucholz), 4. Padmini Rout (India) 9, 5. Zhai Mo (China) 8.5 (95.5 Bucholz), 6. Anna Iwanow (Poland) 8.5 (95 Bucholz), 7.

Sabina Ibrahimova (Azerbaijan) 8.5 (92 BUcholz), 8. Meri Arabidze (Georgia) 8.5 (89.5 Bucholz), 9.

Sarvinoz Kurbonboeva (Uzbekistan) 8.5 (81 Bucholz), 10. Srija Seshadri (India) 8 (91 Bucholz).

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COLOMBO: After having agreed to play a five-match ODI series in India on a short notice post the West Indies pull-out, the Sri Lankan board is looking for a return in favour from the BCCI in August next year by playing three Test matches in the island nation.

"We have already confirmed our participation in the five ODI slated to held between November 1 and 14. And yes, we are now looking to host India for a three-Test series in August next year," a Sri Lankan official told PTI. "The talks of the series are still in the preliminary stages, so it's too early to confirm it. But we are looking forward to host India," he added.

Originally, Sri Lanka were to tour India in August 2015 for a three-match Test series according to the amended Future Tours Programme, but now SLC wants to reverse the

hosting.

SLC is also expected to make around USD 8 million by hosting the three Tests against India.

There has been no word from the Indian board, which will only take the next course of action in the emergency meeting of the working meeting slated to be held on Tuesday.

The meeting was scheduled after the West Indies team aborted its tour midway and returned home post the fourth ODI in Dharamsala following a long-standing pay dispute with WICB and WIPA. With the fifth and final ODI, one-off T20 and 3 Tests remaining to be played during the series, the venue officials of the respective grounds have requested a match in the upcoming Sri Lanka series.

The BCCI will take a final call on the venues and the dates in the working committee meeting.

Mr. Badhir Strikes Customs unimpressive in win over state cops T

By Anant Bhagwat

hat day we had a new guest in our club. A tall handsome man of about 35/40 he was reputed to be a good player & was aspiring to play in the Bermuda Bowl.

Then he cut Mr. Badhir as an opponent in one of the rubbers. When this deal came around he was vulnerable.

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S- 8 5 H- K 8 6 3 D- K J 8 C- A K Q 2 Our guest had already seen MR Badhir in action & he was thoroughly amused.

On this deal Mr Badhir was east. He dealt & opened 2 hearts. The guest who was south bid 2 no trumps. His LHO bid 3 hearts, partner bid 3 spades & south bid 3 no trumps.

West led the Jack of hearts, dummy played 9 & MR Badhir played 7. Declarer ducked. West continued with a small heart, which MR Badhir won with Ace & continued with 10 of hearts, this time south won. He pondered a little over the problem & then played a small spade to dummy’s Ace on which Mr. Badhir played

the queen. The guest was slightly taken aback. He again took a pause. With a shoulder shrug he played a small club to his hand & played a spade. West followed with a small card.

Declarer confidently finessed the 9 of spades. The roof came down when Mr Badhir won with 10 & proceeded to his hearts. The guest sat stunned & the kibitzers were lustily cheering Mr. Badhir.

BRIDGE Finally the guest got over his shock & said “Well defended sir. That was high quality of deception. I knew you were not as a bad a player as you made out to be” suddenly Mr. Badhir was enraged. “What deception are you talking about? The guest timidly pointed out “The play of Queen was very ingenious” Again Mr. Badhir seemed hurt. He said “Look sir I am an honest person. I don’t cheat on the table. That play of Queen was simple It was a suit preference signal” the guest was flabbergasted “Suit Preference?’ The Badhir replied in an injured tone” I wanted to tell my partner that I am interested in hearts”.

The guest almost had an apoplexy It is heard now that young man is contemplating giving up Bridge & shifting to Kabaddi as a pastime.

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UMBAI: Mumbai Customs laboured to a 2-1 win against Maharashtra State Police (MSP) in an Elite Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League played at the Cooperage ground, on Sunday evening.

Sagar Bedekar and Gilroy Aranha were on target for Customs, who led by a solitary goal at the end of the first half. Azhar Shaikh reduced the margin for the policemen.

Customs showed promise initially and created the better openings, but they lacked finishing which was their undoing. Had they capitalised

on the chances that came their way they could have won by a convincing margin and not come under pressure.

Strikers Masthias Coutinho, Deepak Irmali and substitute Francisco Salin were guilty of missing easy openings.

The state cops played with determination and put up a better showing in the second half to take the fight to the rivals, but they could only manage just one strike. The policemen also found Customs custodian Lihaz Koya, who made some timely saves, a hard nut to crack.

In the very fifth minute, Bedakar was ideally positioned

in front of the MSP goal but he failed to beat rival goalkeeper Chetan DhardhuKant.

However, a couple of minutes later, he was fortunate to open the scoring for the Customs. In the 35th minute, Bedkar’s snap shot from the edge of the penalty area deflected off a defender and looped into the net with the rival goalkeeper going the wrong way.

Customs continued to hold the edge on resumption and came close to adding the second goal but Mathias Coutinho surprisingly wasted a golden chance from close.

But, once again dame luck smiled on Customs as Aranha

was provided an ideal opportunity which converted to double the lead in the 51stminute.

Maharashtra State Police fought on gamely and managed to find the net through Azhar Shaikh in the 65th minute. They tried hard to score the equaliser but all their efforts went in vain.

The next Elite Division match will be played between defending champions Air India and Union Bank of India on Friday, October 24.

Results, at Cooperage ground – Elite Div: Mumbai Customs 2 (Sagar Bedekar 35th, Gilroy Aranha 51st) beat Maharashtra State Police 1 (Azhar Shaikh 65th).

Berwin Gama fires hat-trick for Warriors

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UMBAI: Prolific striker Berwin Gama scored a hat-trick inside the opening 20 minutes of the game to guide Mumbai Warriors SC Under-19 to a convincing 5-1 victory against Soccer A-Z in a in a First Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League, played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.

Young Warriors went on the offensive from the outset and dominated the proceedings against their superior opponents. After couple of initial attempts Mumbai Warriors surged ahead through right-winger Nihar Jadhav's strike in 10th minute. That goal boosted their confidence

and three minutes later striker Berwin Gama was on target. Gama received a superb through from playmaker Pankaj Mishra and he didn't make any mistake to double the scoreline. Two minutes later, he received a pass at the top of the box and finished past the advancing goalkeeper to make it 3-0. He completed his hat-trick at the stroke of 19 minutes to make it 4-0.

Midway through the second half, Soccer A-Z received a penalty for a silly mistake as Pankaj Mishra tried to catch a ball thinking about a foul and was awarded a penalty, which was finished by Azariah Thandu on second attempt.

Former Indian cricketer Balwinder Singh Sandhu interacting with students during the 'Rising of a Cricket Star- 2014' organized by The Sports Gurukul recently which was conducted under his guidance in Santacruz and in Bhakti Park, Wadala.

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EW DELHI: Defending Team India's often-criticised character of crumbling under pressure, former captain Sourav Ganguly said that the current side is better adept in responding to difficult situations than before.

"In 2003, we lost to the best Australian side under Ricky Ponting. But today, the Indian team won't buckle under pressure," Ganguly said at the Aaj Tak conclave 'Salaam Cricket' yesterday.

Addressing a large gathering, Ganguly remembered the loss against Australia in a one-sided final in 2003, saying it was very difficult to captain the Indian cricket team because of the expectations surrounding the sport in the country.

"Stones were thrown at us after the Johannesburg loss.

We Indians react under pressure. But we are used to it (pressure). You have to deal with it," he said.

Talking about pressure in the upcoming edition of showpiece event, 1987 World Australian Cup-winning captain Allan Border said there is a unique pressure attached to the 50-over event.

"It's once in a four year chance to show your skill, talent and mettle in the cricket's showpiece event," Border said.

Border opined that pressure will be there on defending champions India to repeat their 2011 success as the country is so passionate

In 2003, we lost to the best Australian side under Ricky Ponting.

But today, the Indian team won't buckle under pressure. Stones were thrown at us after the Johannesburg loss.

We Indians react under pressure. But we are used to it (pressure).

You have to deal with it.

the reasons.

Ganguly pointed out that pressure can have both positive and negative effects. "At times I felt that with so many talents we were sleeping giant. A little bit of aggression in the field would perhaps wake them up. With Indian team, a little bit of shake-up augurs well. Look at the England tour where we were beaten comprehensively in Tests but then there was a complete turnaround in ODIs," Ganguly said.

He also regretted taking SOURAV GANGULY off his shirt on the Lord's FORMER INDIAN SKIPPER balcony after India's win in the NatWest triangular series about cricket. "Flavour of in 2002, calling it a mistake cricket fans here is second to as well as a way of "relieving the pressure". none," he said.

Arjuna Ranatunga, the inClive Lloyd, said he felt the pressure when he repre- fluential captain who led Sri sented the culture and Lanka to their only World dreams of thousands of Cup victory in 1996, said Caribbean islanders. "Pres- compared to India, the issure is always there. We are a landers treat cricket as a side comprising players game rather than a religion. from different islands, repre"The team that absorbs senting different cultures. pressure has a better England is one country. chance. That is what I have India is one country. It's very observed since 1975," he difficult to get people to- said.

However, Ranatunga congether in the West Indies.

You represent different peo- fessed that there were instances when he also felt the ple." Lloyd said.

And about the 1983 Wold pressure to deliver. "There Cup loss to India, Lloyd said was more pressure on at least that what happens on a par- some of the senior players in ticular day matters. "Who- the final of World Cup 1996 as ever plays better wins. India there was more Sri Lankans did play well. It gave them and Pakistanis were supportthat lift." Asked whether the ing us compared to the semis West Indies had crumbled at Eden Gardens where one because of over confidence, lakh people were rooting for Lloyd said it could be one of the home team," he said.k

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EW DELHI: Nicknamed 'Punter' for his old habit of placing bets on greyhound racing, two-time World Cupwinning captain Ricky Ponting has predicted an India-Australia final in the 2015 edition of the showpiece event starting February 14.

"I think Australia will meet India in the 2015 World Cup final. It will be an interesting match-up between two great batting sides and an ideal setting for a World Cup final," Ponting said at the Aaj Tak conclave 'Salaam Cricket'.

Sitting amid an elite panel of World Cup-winning captains, Ponting was frank in his admission that the Michael Clarke-led Aussie outfit will be a force to reckon with on its home ground.

"Surely, Australia will emerge champions," said Ponting, breaking the hearts of many an Indian audience seated in the hall of a city hotel yesterday.

"New Zealand are definitely the dark horses. They are unbelievably good at home. The have the best depth in their team with regard to fast bowlers and allrounders," he added.

After being involved in over 160 Tests and 370 ODIs, Ponting accumulated 27,082 runs to become Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket. Ponting opined that Aussie batsmen David Warner will be the one

to watch out for in the 11th edition of the 50-over World Cup. "Power-hitters are a welcome change in the 50-over game and I believe Warner is going to have maximum impact in the World Cup. David Warner will be the player for Australia. In the last 12 months he has been playing really well, be it Test cricket, ODIs or T20s. If he can give a flying start with new balls from both ends, Australia will be going one way and that will be to win," said Ponting, who was also part of the 1999 World Cup winning Australia squad.

Ponting, who led Australia to win the quadrennial event in 2003 and 2007, rued that though the game has seen a change for the better in the last five years the art of bowling yorkers has not improved since the time of the great Wasim Akram and Curtly Ambrose.

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NDORE: Indian youngster Saketh Myneni clinched his maiden ATP Challenger level singles title after getting the better of Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan in a hard-fought three setter in the Indore Open.

The 26-year-old Saketh, ranked as low as 451, showed a lot of character against the top seeded Kazakh player to post a 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3 victory in a final battle that lasted a little over two hours at the Indore Tennis Club.

With this victory, Saketh, who won a gold and silver in doubles at the recent Asian Games in Incheon, earned 80 points in the ATP rankings.

Saketh had earlier won two doubles Challenger-level titles this season with compatriot Sanam Singh. Besides, he had reached quarterfinals in Karshi and in Chennai Challengers earlier this season.

The top seeded Kazakh started on a positive note, getting 80 per cent of his first serves right in the opening set, even as Saketh mixed up his serves to keep his rival on his toes.

And the moment Nedovyesov faltered for the only time in the set, Saketh capitalised on the breakpoint to run away with it 6-3.

The second set also saw Saketh in fine form, serving seven aces. But the world no.

118 fought hard to stay alive in the contest as he managed to save as many as three breakpoints to take the set to the tie-break.

In the tie-break, Saketh

India's Saketh Myneni poses with the trophy after winning ATP Challenger Series title in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday. Myneni shocked top seed Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan by defeating him with 6-3, 67(4) & 6-3 in just over 2 hours to clinch the title. committed a couple of unforced errors and that was enough for the Kazakh to draw level at a set apiece, taking the match to the decider.

It was a complete domination by Saketh in the third and final set and he barely conceded two points on his serve until the final game.

Saketh broke Nedovyesov in the fourth game to open up a 3-1 lead and it seemed as if the Indian would comfortably wrap up the match, more so with the Kazakhstan

player unable to make any inroads into Saketh's serve.

However, serving for the match at 5-3 (40-15) in the final set, Saketh showed signs of nervousness as he let go of both the match points and allowed his opponent to draw deuce for the first time in the set.

The Indian then managed to hit an ace to set up yet another chance for himself but he subsequently let go off two more match points before finally wrapping it up.

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ARCELONA: Cristiano Ronaldo netted his 14th and 15th goals to set a record scoring start in a Spanish league season as Real Madrid eased to a 5-0 win at Levante on Saturday, while Lionel Messi scored to move one goal from the competition's all-time scorer.

Messi guided league leader Barcelona to a 3-0 win at home over promoted Eibar, setting up Xavi Hernandez to break through in the second half and scoring after Neymar had doubled the lead.

Messi is now poised to equal Telmo Zarra's milestone of 251 goals that has stood since 1955 next week at rival Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

Barcelona goalkeeper Claudio Bravo also extended his record of not conceding a goal to eight matches as the Catalan club maintained its four-point advantage over Madrid at the top of the standings.

Valencia and Sevilla can both pass Madrid, which moved into a provisional second place, with wins on Sunday.

While Messi closed on Zarra, Ronaldo made sure to make his own mark by breaking a record that had stood since the 1943-44 season when Oviedo's Esteban Echevarria scored 14 goals through the first eight rounds.

The Ballon d'Or holder opened from the penalty spot in the 13th minute before adding another goal in the 61st, increasing his leagueleading tally to 15 goals in eight rounds despite missing one game due to injury.

"It is impossible to do more than what (Ronaldo) does," said Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. "There are no goals without sacrifice, a fighting spirit and concentration."

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Javier Hernandez, James Rodriguez and Francisco "Isco" Alarcon also scored to rout the overmatched hosts at Ciutat de Valencia Stadium. BAncelotti said that Gareth Bale didn't play because of pain in his gluteus.

The manager rested him as a precaution with Madrid visiting Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday before the first "clasico" match of the season three days later.

Elsewhere, Manuel "Nolito" Agudo continued his strong campaign by scoring in the 73rd to give Celta Vigo a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao, keeping the Basque club with one win in 10 matches in all

competitions not counting its elimination of Napoli from the Champions League playoffs.

Ronaldo has scored 19 goals in all competitions and found the net in 10 of his 12 appearances overall for Madrid. He also grabbed a stoppage-time winner for Portugal in a 1-0 victory over Denmark in a European Championship qualifier on Tuesday.

Hernandez had a part in Ronaldo's first goal when he took a pass in the area and was fouled from behind by Juanfran Garcia. Ronaldo stepped up and drove in the spot kick. Hernandez played well in place of the ill Karim

Benzema and scored in the 38th when he headed Rodriguez's cross in off the grass. Ronaldo made it 3-0 with an electrifying slalom to dribble past two defenders and cap a counterattack started by Isco. Rodriguez scored five minutes later after deftly controlling Toni Kroos' lobbed pass with his chest, and Isco finished off the demoralized Levante in the 82nd.

Madrid's Luca Modric was substituted in the 79th for a possible leg injury, giving Alvaro Medran his debut.

Eibar was not intimidated by its first match at Camp Nou, choosing its moments well to go forward.

ASEL (SWITZERLAND): Home hero Roger Federer and ailing Rafael Nadal will be working to completely different agendas when the Swiss Indoors begins on Monday.

The event, which Baselborn Federer has won five times, marks the penultimate week of the points race to the World Tour Finals in London, beginning in just over three weeks.

The 33-year-old Federer is among those already qualified, along with Novak Djokovic, Nadal, Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka and US Open champion Marin Cilic.

Federer, who has played the last eight finals at the St Jakobshalle -- he stands 37-3 at home -- looks to close in on the year-end number one ranking held by Djokovic.

Nadal, meanwhile, will be desperately seeking some reassurance. The nine-time French Open winner has not played in Federer's backyard for a decade and missed last year with fatigue after signing a three-year appearance fee contract in 2012 which he has yet to start honouring. Even with an appendix which will require surgery in the coming weeks, the 28-year-old

Spaniard looks determined to at least make an attempt at an appearance for Swiss fans as he searches for his first win in the city after losses in 2003 and 2004.

Nadal's camp says they will decide with doctors after Basel whether or not the world number three should play Paris or go for surgery on his painful appendix which he has been treating with anti-biotics.

Basel will be crucial in shaking out the race for the remaining places in the field at the eight-man World Tour Finals showpiece.

Federer begins in the first round against Luxembourg veteran Gilles Muller while Nadal takes on a qualifier.

Third seed Wawrinka starts against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan who was a semi-finalist in Moscow on Saturday.

Milos Raonic takes the fourth seeding with the Canadian hoping to have recovered from illness which compromised his last two events, in Shanghai and Moscow. He plays American Steve Johnson.

Fellow year-end contender Grigor Dimitrov is seeded fifth ahead of Ernests Gulbis, number seven David Goffin and eighth seed Ivo Karlovic.

Favourites Rajveer, Jash sail smoothly into semis

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UMBAI:The top two seeds, Rajveer Shah and Jash Modi scored two emphatic wins apiece on their to the midget boys singles semifinals in the GSCMumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships hosted by Goregaon Sports Club.

Rajveer Shah who outplayed Krishnav Malhotra 3-0 will take on Krish Shetty, who was stretched by Havish Asrani before winning his tie 3-1. The other semifinal will see second seeded Jash Modi who scored an impressive 11-4, 11-7, 11-1 win over Omkar

Ghadigaonkar and will be pitted against Mainak Nistala who defeated Sahaj Singh 11-7, 12-10, 11-4.

Meanwhile, KRC menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s singles winner Noel Pinto has been top seeded, followed by junior Ravindra Kotiyan, who heads the youth and junior boys singles seedings.

Lefthander , Payal Bohra, who has been in roaring from this season, having already won three state and two All India zonal titles at Indore and Gandhidham in the subjunior and junior girls section, has been given pride of place in both the sub-junior and junior girls singles.

Results: Midget boys singles (Quarterfinals ): Rajveer Shah bt Krishnav Malhotra 11-0, 11-4, 11-6; Krish Shetty bt Havish Asrani 11-4, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8; Mainak Nistala bt Sahaj Singh 117, 12-10, 11-4; Jash Modi bt Omkar Ghadigaonkar 11-4, 11-7, 11-1. Midget girls singles (Semifinals ):Amruta Phadke bt Sampada Bhiwandkar 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; Tia Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Souza bt Paridhi Potnis 11-8, 14-16, 1-11, 1-2, 11-8.

ALL ROUND DISPLAY BY O.L. HEALTH Our Lady of Health, Versova 'C' and Our Lady of Assumption, Kandivali 'B'

registered convincing victories to enter the second round in the men's group at the 27th WCG inter Parish floodlit rink football tournament organized and conducted by the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana. Our Lady of Health put on a fine all round show as Frazer Coutino, Steven Rebeiro and Brendon Gonsalves scored goals in their side's 3-1 win against St. Andrews, Bandra 'B'. Digvijay Yadav and Grenville Murzello netted two goals each as Our Lady of Assumption secured a comfortable 4-2 win over Our Lady of Egypt, Kalina 'C'.

Former marathon world record holder Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, foreground, applauds the winners of the Bengaluru Marathon, from left, India's Krishna Singh, Tirath Kumar and Neeraj Pal Singh at the prize distribution ceremony in Bengaluru on Sunday.