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Earlier, yesterday morning, state BJP leaders Sudhir Mungantiwar and Eknath Khadse argued that over the last two decades the BJP had shown magnanimity by allocating six Lok Sabha seats to Sena and even accommodated Republican Party of India (Athawale) faction leader on the Rajya Sabha ticket from its quota. They argued that they did not want the alliance to break but all the same indicated in no uncertain terms that the Sena proposal of allocating just 119 assembly seats Continued on pg 8 ÂŤ

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Chinese President XI Jinping with wife Peng Liyuan waves before their departure at Air Force station Palam in New Delhi on Friday.

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nding days of hawkish stance and tough posturing from both the Shiv Sena and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior Sena leader Subhash Desai announced yesterday that both the dominant Mahayuti partners wanted their two decade old alliance to continue. He added that both the alliance partners will show magnanimity and that Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will take the final decision on seat sharing. Desai further stated that the alliance partners will have one more meeting late in the night to finalise the seat sharing. Yuva Sena president Aditya Thackeray who accompanied Desai as they called on BJP's state election management incharge O P Mathur at the latter's residence remarked that the third generation wants the two generation old alliance to remain intact.

He however maintained that the 150 plus mission of the Sena remains intact.

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By Shwetha Kannan

circular received by BMC-run BYL Nair hospital (Nair hospital) and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital commonly known as Sion hospital sent the authorities and the staff at the hospitals into a tizzy on Friday as it stated that the BMC had directed the hospital authorities to provide technicians and pharmacists from the hospital for purposes of election duty.

“The circular had asked that 140 technicians and 26 pharmacists from Sion hospital and 120 technicians and 25 pharmacists from Nair hospital be provided for election duty. This came as a shock to us because till date never has the category of staff required for election duty been stated. Only the required

numbers have been told. It is the hospital that then decides which staff from category or grade would be allotted for what duty and generally, it is the staff that deal with the administrative work that are sent.

This is for the first time that technicians and pharmacists have been asked for specifically. But if technicians and pharmacists remain absent from work, first during the training for the duty that lasts for three to four days and then on the day of the election, how will the hospital function smoothly,” asked Ranjana Athavale, Secretary, Nursing and Paramedical Staff Union.

So, after the union raised this question with the hospital authorities, it was decided that they would not send the paramedical staff and instead send available substitutes for the election duty.

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“At first, Sion hospital had thought of sending half of the requirement for election duty but later decided not to send any because it would be difficult to handle the patients with half the staff. Even Nair hospital will not be in a position to send the staff that they have been asked for. Substitutes will be sent,” informed Athavale.

While the additional municipal commissioner (AMC) Sanjay Deshmukh and Dr R Bharmal, Dean, Nair hospital were unavailable for comments, Dr Suleman Merchant, Acting Dean, Sion hospital said, “There was a miscommunication but the issue has been resolved. We have decided to send substitutes for the election duty and the AMC has agreed to it.” shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

MU declares early vacations

The car owned by Bholenath Mishra.

Rajan Yadav, the driver.

Fifth semester exams to be postponed

By Yatin Ingle

tions either. Thus, the BOE members declared that the vacations will ith the polling schedule of Ma- be advanced and exams will be harashtra Assembly elections, postponed. teachers have claimed that it would The MU had earlier declared exbe difficult for them to manage examinations during the election days. Considering the involvement of teachers in election duties and exam centres being used for polling, the MU has advanced the Diwali vacations while the fifth semester exams will also be pushed forward.

Yesterday, in the Board of Examinations (BOE), the members raised concerns about the clashing of dates stating that it will not be possible for the teachers to take the examination work along with the aminations from October 13 with polling duties.

October 14, 15 and 16 being holiOn the other hand, teachers did days for polling days. Vacations not want to lose their Diwali vaca- were scheduled for October 18-November 9.

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From ‘Mill’ to ‘Mall’! Mumbai is once again being transformed into Shanghai following Chinese President’s India visit.

the exams which were to be conducted in October will now be conducted from November 5. The exams which were supposed to be conducted in September will remain as per the schedule.

In all, the MU has now postponed the exams for 500 papers.

During the Parliamentary elections held in February, the MU had declared holidays on the polling and counting days. Even colleges had postponed their exams, as most of the colleges acted as polling stations.

When the ADC spoke to Dr Madhu Nair, Academy Council member, she said, “It is not possible for the teachers to undertake both the examination work as well as the polling duty. Teachers rarely get holidays and it is not fair to let them miss their vacations. The new timetable will be declared soon.”

he Medical Council of India's (MCI) decision to let MBBS students be exposed to the real world of hospitals during the first year itself has been approved by doctors in Mumbai.

Dr Kishor Taori, president of the Maharashtra Medical Council, calling it a forward and practical move, said, “This approach is of integrated teaching where it is not about mere reading of books and writing answers during examintions. With this step, these young soon-to-be doctors will get to know how it actually feels to be working in a hospital.

They will see their seniors work, diagnose, perform surgeries and learn from the experience. This will help them in applied thinking of whatever they have learnt.”

Dr Suleman Merchant, head of radiology and acting dean of Sion Hospital, also had similar thoughts.

“The more clinical experience the students have, the better it is. This approach to teaching will help them be better doctors as they can relate to what they have been taught in classrooms. I totally support this move.”

By next year, this new step with be incorporated in the medical syllabus in Maharashtra, said Dr Taori.

The cat, which was run over outside Greenfield building at Vakola, yesterday.

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30-year-old driver was arrested yesterday by the Vakola police for allegedly running over and killing a cat, after a society member called an animal welfare NGO and complained about the incident which took place just outside the Greenfield Building at Vakola, Santacruz (East). The car happens to belong to Bholenath Mishra, alias Bhola Mishra, attached to the Kalina constituency of the BJP party.

The eyewitness who lives in the same society, in her statement to the police, said, “On Wednesday evening, the driver, Rajan Yadav, along with the owner of the car hit the cat while entering the society and killed it on the stop. They just left it there to die, so I phoned Salim Chavniya who works for Peace For Animal Welfare Association (PAWA). When he arrived at the spot he filed an FIR with the Vakola police and Rajan Yadav was arrested.”

According to PAWA president Salim Chavniya, “I got a call about a cat which was run over by a car.

The lady asked me to help file a

case. I went there the next day and found out that the car belongs to Bholenath Mishra of the Bhartiya Janata Party.”

It turns out that this is not the first time Rajan has been accused of hitting animals with the car. Society members have warned him twice before to avoid rash driving when entering or exiting the society premises.

“I personally called the city police control room when Mishra began misbehaving with us at the society gate. The we went to the Vakola police station and registered a complaint against his driver,” said the society member.

At the time of accident, the cat was sitting very close to the security cabin at the building gate, but Yadav took a sharp turn. The cat tried to escape, but finally got trapped under the back wheel of the car and died on the spot.

Police sub-inspector Sachin Gawde said, “After verifying all the facts from the NGO and society members we have registered a case against Rajan Yadav under various sections of the IPC, including 279, 428 and Animal Act 11 (A).

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It’s official: NRIs love Modi more than SRK

PM Narendra Modi

THERE are two huge parties -First is this week when Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan (and a few other celebrities) will perform at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA. Next, on Sept. 28, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at Madison Square Garden in New York, USA. Both venues can hold about 20,000 people apiece.

A politician versus a Bollywood evening of “stunning visuals, state of the art production, mind blowing pyrotechnics and stunning costumes.” What’s an NRI to do?

If Bollywood is the glue that binds the desi diaspora, it’s the politician who appears to be the draw. An email from the team putting on the Modi event, the Indian American Community Foundation, announced it is “completely sold out.” A livestream will be up at Times Square and at viewing parties around USA. Granted, the tickets for Modi were free and distributed partly through community organisations, but this is Shah Rukh Khan we’re talking about. The second richest actor in the world. He has nearly 9 million Twitter followers to Modi’s 6.43 million.

Long after Modi's tickets sold

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out, tickets to 'Slam', were still available for $100 at Izod Center, which sits just a few miles outside New York City. The best seats cost more than $1,000.

Typically at these shows, the actors lip-sync to songs from their most popular movies in between a mix of rehearsed dialogues and adlibbing.

The Modi event, meanwhile, “promises to be one of the largestever gatherings to hear a foreign leader speak on American soil.”

That’s ironic considering the US government’s past denials of a visa for Modi. In 2005, Modi had sought to travel to the US — also for a rally

at Madison Square Garden.

Scare them away with porn

IT'S got to be tough for the modern xenophobe to live comfortably in Queens, USA — as one of the most racially diverse areas in the whole country. A dweller is bound to see someone they hate every time they peer out the window.

It's easy, then, to understand why one Queens Village man, known only as 'Jimmy', decided to fight back against diversity by posting images of hardcore porn in his front windows, with the apparent intended purpose of scaring his immigrant neighbours back to their native land, or at least away from his block.

That's Sanjeev Aggarwal's theory, who along with his wife and fouryear-old son are forced to live next door to Jimmy and his public predilections.

We are not made privy to what, exactly, is depicted in the windows of Jimmy's home, since those the news agency insisted on blurring the images, describing them only as "so vile, so intentionally pornographic that just about anyone would be offended by their public display."

The Aggarwals have called the police, and for a time, Jimmy takes the pictures down. But they always seem to come back.

"That's my artwork," he said to a reporter who persistently asked him why he was doing so, and then snapped his front door shut.

Jimmy, who puts up hard core porn in his front windows, is seen peering through a window.

Hitler’s former food taster reveals the horrors of the Wolf ’s Lair

Margot Wolk, the only survivor who tasted vegetarian fare meant for Adof Hitler .

EVERY meal could have been her last. And when she had finished eating the bland vegetarian dishes put before her, 25-yearold Margot Wölk and her young female colleagues would burst into tears and “cry like dogs” because they were grateful still to be alive.

Margot Wölk was no Nazi, but she was one of 15 young women who were employed at Adolf Hitler’s heavily guarded Prussian “Wolf’s Lair” headquarters during the Second World War. Her job was to taste the Nazi leader’s food before it reached his lips, to make sure it wasn’t poisoned.

She was the only one to survive. All her colleagues were rounded up and shot by the advancing Red Army in January

1945. Now a frail 96-year-old widow, Margot Wölk has overcome feelings of shame. She said the food was always vegetarian. There were constant rumours that the British were out to poison Hitler. He never ate meat, so the women were given rice, noodles, peppers, peas and cauliflower.

Some of the girls started to shed tears as they began eating because they were so afraid, she recalled. They had to eat it all up.

Then they had to wait an hour.

She said they used to cry like dogs because they were so glad to have survived.

Margot Wölk couldn’t escape her nightmares and has lived alone with her memories ever since.

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I have changed my name from Ratnamala Sukhdeo Sirshikar to Ratnamala Sukhdeo Sirsikar as per Affidavit C-24313

I have changed my name from Ghulam Mohammed Mohammed Ali Khan to Gulam Mohammed Mohammed Ali Khan as per deedpoll Affidavit.

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We, Mr. Sukhdeo Ghansham Sirsikar and Mrs. Ratnamala Sukhdeo Sirsikar have changed our son’s name from Sagar Sukhdeo Sirshikar to Sagar Sukhdeo Sirsikar as per Affidavit C-24314

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s the filing of nominations for the Assembly election begins today (Saturday), a lull continues to ride over the Congress-NCP front. Yesterday the NCP leaders were desperately awaiting a fresh proposal from the Congress to discuss the seat-sharing arrangement, but most top-ranking Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, preferred to be tightlipped over this issue.

The Assembly election is barely a month away. Ruling alliance partners are still struggling to complete the seat-sharing pact. As both Congress and NCP are adamant on their stance, the ball has now reached the

New Delhi high command's court.

State NCP president Sunil Tatkare said, “We are expecting that we will be invited for talks in a day or two as the poll notification will be issued and the process of filing of nominations will begin on Saturday. But, at the same time, we have completed our election preparations as well.”

Referring to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's comments that the NCP fields rebels to defeat the Congress candidates, Tatkare said, “The same thing can be applied to Congress as well. In the Parbhani Lok Sabha seat, Congress MLA Ramprasad Bordikar worked to defeat NCP nominee but still no action was taken against the

legislator. While NCP sacked Deepak Kesarkar, a Sawantwadi MLA who refused to campaign for Nilesh Rane in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg Lok Sabha constituency”.

Malegaon MLA of Jan Surajya Shakti party, Mufti Mohammed Ismail has joined NCP. Along with Ismail, leaders of Teesara Mahaj, a Malegaon-based outfit have also joined the NCP. They were welcomed

by Tatkare. He said, “More inductions into the party will be held in next few days.”

Referring to senior leaders like Suryakanta Patil, Babanrao Pachpute and Vijaykumar Gavit resigning to join the BJP, Tatkare pointed out that it was said that NCP is in trouble as everyone is quitting the party, but it is not so.

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arrying a mobile phone in your pocket while data service is on leads to infertility among men and women, claimed health experts, warning government agencies to take necessary action, at an address at the press club, while speaking on 'WHO classified mobile phone/tower radiation as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Why?' on Friday.

“Excessive use of mobile phones and exposure to heavy and constant radiation causes brain tumor which normally develops in 40 years. Either the government can take precaution immediately or it can wait to collect proof, evidence and data,” said Dr Dariuz Leszczynski.

Dr Dariuz, who is a member of the expert committee – WHO IARC 2011 was addressing media on at the Press Club on Friday.

Dr Dariuz said, “Keep away the mobile when not in use and switch off the data service when it is not in service.”

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He added, “Excessive use of mobile radiation causes brain tumor, constant headache, hearing loss and vision loss. In some countries, the radiation is not measured and controlled by third parties. Consequently there is no check on the radiation.”Safety standards of mobile radiation need to be revised constantly. Revision must be done to decrease the mobile and tower radiations.

Besides, the telecom companies need to explain the true

situation to the public and the government, he opined.Now 4th generation (4G) mobile phones are coming in the market to meet our demand of faster service and fast download. In this service, exposure to radiation is higher. Societies having mobile towers on building are

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more vulnerable to radiation.

Dr Dariuz suggested the solution to it as increase in the number of mobile towers and reduction in the power of the towers. If the power is reduced then it is not excessively harmful, he said.

He however said that there is no research to prove this.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Manishkumar Omprakash Jaiswal to Manish Omprakash Jaiswal as per Affidavit C-24331 I have changed my name from Dimpal Ramesh Mojindra to Dimple Ajay Ranpura as per Affidavit C-24332 I have changed my name from Mahendrakumar Babulal Mody to Mahendra Babulal Mody As per Affidavit C-24333 I have changed my name from Manish Amrutlal Mashoru to Manish Amrutlal Mashru as per Affidavit C-24334 I have changed my name from Jigna Deepak Chawhan to Jigna Deepak Chauhan as per Affidavit C-24335

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Nikesh Babulal Jain to Nikesh Babulal Oswal as per Affidavit C-24349 I have changed my name from Babulal Jodhraj Ji to Babulal Jodhraj Oswal as per Affidavit C-24350 I have changed my name from Indrayani Shrikant Ambewadkar to Smita Sanjay Tore as per Affidavit C-24351 I have changed my name from Shafique Ahmed Jamaluddin to Mohammed Shafiq Shaikh as per Affidavit C-24352 I have changed my name from Chetnakumari Indermal Jain to Chetna Sanjay Sakaria as per Affidavit C-24353 I have changed my name from Prafulllal Balubhai Raychura to Praful Balubhai Raichura as per Affidavit C-24354

I have changed my name from Mitabahen Somabhai Prajapati to Meeta Shailesh Prajapati as per Affidavit.

C-24386

I have changed my name from Mona Faiyaaz Sayed to Mona Anthony Quadros as per Gazette No. X-60892 C-24368

I have changed my name from Nargisben to Nargis Jahangir Parbatani as per Affidavit.

C-24387

I have changed my name from Mohmed Fayyaz Khajabhai to Fayyaz Khajabhai Masudi as per Affidavit C-24369 I have changed my name from Mrs.Rubina Banu Mohammad Akil Shaikh to Mrs.Rubina Mohammad Akil Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit C-24370 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohmad Akil Shaikh to Mr. Mohammad Akil Abdul Karim Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit C-24371 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohamad Aalam Mohmad Akil Shaikh to Mr. Mohammed Aalam Mohammad Akil Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit C-24372

I have changed my name from Shivananda Shetty to Shivanand Shetty as per Affidavit C-24356

I have changed my name from Aishabanu Aafaque Khan to Ayesha Aafaque Khan as per deed poll Affidavit C-24373

C-24338

I have changed my name from Balbir Singh to Balbirsingh Kandwal as per Affidavit C-24357

I have changed my name from Ahshaya Raju Khairnar to Akshay Raju Khairnar as per Affidavit C-24339

I have changed my name from Manoj Negi to Manojsingh Satyasingh Negi as per Affidavit C-24358

I have changed my name from Jentilal Jadavji Jadhav to Jayantilal Jadavji Jadav as per Affidavit dated: 18/9/14 C-24374

I have changed my name from Tahseen Abu Sufiyan Khan to Tahseen Zameer Sayyed as per Affidavit C-24340

I have changed my name from Sattey Singh Negi to Satyasingh Negi as per Affidavit C-24359

I have changed my name from Nurunnisa Begum Dadamiya Shendu to Nurunissa Husain Baig as per Affidavit C-24341

I have changed my name from Meena Manohar Kalekar to Avani Amar Kadam as per Affidavit C-24360

I have changed my name from Shaikh Wasim Dawood to Wasim Dawood Bagwan as per Affidavit C-24342

I Fazlur Rahman Matlubur Rahman, Holding Passport No J 5501713, Residing At 118, M.U.Kokil Marg, Kashmiri Bldg, 2nd Flr, R.No-9/10, Mumbai-400009. Declare that I have change my name and hereafter I shall be known and called as Fazlur Rahman C-24361

I have changed my name from Arshad Ali to Arshad Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-24337 I have changed my name from Rajia Samsuddin Sheikh to Raziya Mohammad Farooq Shaikh as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Aayesha Halim Naje to Ayesha Saif Baig as per Affidavit C-24343 I have changed my name from Jat Shailendra Singh Ramesh to Shailendra Ramesh Chandra Prasad Jat as per Affidavit C-24344 I have changed my name from Sham Vishwanath Kondlekar to Shyam Vishwanath Kondlekar as per Affidavit C-24345 I have changed my name from Wakil Ismail Shaikh to Aqueel Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit C-24346

I have change my name from Kumar Ankush Krishna Dalvi to Ankush Krishna Dalvi as per Affidavit C-24362 I have changed my name from Mrs. Rehana Jalil Maneshiya to Mrs.Rehana Jalil Manesiya as per deed poll Affidavit C-24363 I have changed my name from Mr. Jalil Abubakar Maneshiya to Mr.Jalil Abubakar Manesiya as per deed poll Affidavit C-24364

I have changed my name from Kamil Sarfaraz Majeed to Kamil Sarfaraz Majid as per Affidavit C-24347

I have changed my name from Abdul Razak Mohamed Kasim Surve to Abdul Razzak Mohamed Kasim Surve as per Affidavit C-24365

I have changed my name from Pistabahen Laxhamichand Parmar to Pista Babulal Oswal as per Affidavit C-24348

I have changed my name from Jamila Bi Binte Ahmed Surve to Jamila Abdul Razzak Surve as per Affidavit C-24366

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I have changed my name from Mohomad Hussain Maniyar to Mohomad Husain Maniyar as per Affidavit C-24367

I have changed my name from Abhijeet Kode to Abhijeet Ravindra Kode as per Affidavit C-24355

I have changed my name from Arjumam Banu Abdul Gani to Arjuman Banu Abdul Gani Shaikh as per Affidavit C-24336

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I have changed my name from Mahesh Jayantilal Jadhav to Mahesh Jayantilal Jadav as per Affidavit dated: 18/9/14 C-24375 I have changed my name from Dayaben Jayantilal Jadhav to Dayaben Jayantilal Jadav as per Affidavit dated: 18/9/14 C-24376 I have changed my name from Gurdial Singh to Gurdial Singh Siglani as per Affidavit C-24377 I have changed my name from Rajashri Jayant Pawar to Bhagyashree Bharat Mahabare as per Affidavit.

C-24378 I have changed my name from Kumar Mahamad Sayyjat Iqbal Patel to Shehjad Iqbal Patel as per Affidavit.

C-24379 I have changed my name from Selena Mabel Litties to Selena Stephen as per Affidavit.

C-24380 I have changed my name from Saleena Mebel to Selena Stephen as per Affidavit.

C-24381 I have changed my name from Steephen to Stephen Kesaridas as per Affidavit.

C-24382 I have changed my name from Steephen Kesaridas to Stephen Kesaridas as per Affidavit.

C-24383 I have changed my name from Shayni Steephen to Shiny Stephen as per Affidavit.

C-24384 I have changed my name from Richard David Thomson to Richard David Thompson as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Casiten Dsouza to Cajetan Clament Dsouza as per Affidavit.

C-24388 I have changed my name from Valimohammad Chunawala to Valimohammed Turak as per Affidavit C-24389 I have changed my name from Sultanabegum to Sultana Khan as per Affidavit C-24390 I have changed my name from Gous Mohammed Allahrakha Sayyed to Mohammed Gaus Allahrakha Sayyed as per Affidavit Dt. 19-09-2014.

C-24391 I have changed my name from Ather Naeem Shamshi to Ather Naim as per Affidavit Dt. 19-092014.

C-24392 I have changed my name from Shahin Faiz Ahmad Siddiqui to Shaheen Ashfaq Ahmed as per Affidavit C-24393 I have changed my name from Rehana Bibi Yusuf Khan to Rehana Yusuf Khan as per Affidavit C-24394 I have changed my name from Nidhir Victor Rafoyal Poilan to Abdullah Rafoyal Poilan as per Affidavit C-24395 I Raksha Ravindra Jagtap have changed my name to Sanika Siddharth Mate as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 11/09/14 C-24396 I Alkaben Patel have changed my name to Alka Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/09/14 C-24397 I Mukesh Patel have changed my name to Mukeshkumar Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/09/14 C-24398 I Nabeel Ashraf Merchant have changed my name to Nabil Ashraf Merchant as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. U-37786 dated : 26/09/13 C-24399 I Sharadkumar Biharilal Shah have changed my name to Sharad Biharilal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 16/09/14 C-24400

I Miss. Rajni Sitaram Desai have changed my name to Mrs. Ashwini Sadish Mahajan as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 25/08/14 C-24404 I Hardik Suresh Vanara have changed my name to Hiten Suresh Vanara as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/09/14 C-24405 I Vinubhai Ravjibhai Ranpariya have changed my name to Vinodbhai Ravjibhai Ranpariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/09/14 C-24406 I Vilas Vinodbhai Ranpariya have changed my name to Vilasben Vinodbhai Ranpariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/09/14 C-24407 I Aaditya Sanjay Bagaria have changed my name to Aditya Sanjay Bagaria as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/09/14 C-24408 I Vinita Sudhir Sonthalia have changed my name to Vinita Sudhir Kumar Sonthalia as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 25/08/14 C-24409 I Abdul Vase Ansari have changed my name to Abdul Vashi Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/09/14 C-24410 I Mrs. Hetal Mehul Vasani have changed my name to Shah Hetal as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/09/14 C-24411 I Gargiben Kiritkumar Soni have changed my name to Gargi Kiritkumar Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24412 I Tahir Mistry have changed my name to Tahir Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24413 I Gulam Sarwar Khan Mistry have changed my name to Sarwar Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24414 I Shabana Mistry have changed my name to Shabana Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24415 I Tahir Ali have changed my name to Tahir Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24416 I Shabana have changed my name to Shabana Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24417 We Mr. Tahir Bhuwan & Mrs. Shabana Bhuwan have changed our minor son’s name from Asim Tahir Ali to Asim Tahir Bhuwan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Javed Abdul Kadus have changed my name to Javed Abdul Kadus Baroudgar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24422 I Vinodkumar Himatlal Bhatt have changed my name to Vinod Himatlal Bhatt as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24423 I Mandakinibahen Harishankar Joshi have changed my name to Manda Vinod Bhatt as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24424 I Kinjalben Kaushik Kumar Pandya Have Changed My Name To Kinjal Nikunj Bhatt As Per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24425 I Rajendrakumar Harishchandra Patil have changed my name to Rajendra Harischandra Patil as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24426 I Mukeshkumar Ramakant Sharma have changed my name to Mukesh Ramakant Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24427 I Manishkumar Arunkumar Jha have changed my name to Manish Arun Jha as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24428 I Arunkumar Jha have changed my name to Arun Jha as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24429 I Jayatkumar Ramji Dediya have changed my name to Jayat Ramji Dediya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24430 I Dilipkumar Maganlal Desai have changed my name to Dilip Maganlal Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24431 I Kafeel Ahmed Khalil Ahmed Shaikh have changed my name to Kafil Khalil Ahmed Shaikh As per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24432 I Gulsher Hajimulla Shaikh have changed my name to Gulshan Hajimulla Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24433 I Shah Manoranjanbala Jagjivan have changed my name to Neeta Bipin Mehta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24434 I Jayeshkumar Gordhandas Vora have changed my name to Jayesh Gordhandas Vora as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24435 I Jyotika Natwarlal Desai have changed my name to Jyoti Jayesh Vora as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Daxa Kantilal Vyas have changed my name to Mrs. Daksha B. Vyas as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Salim Abubakar Chavan have changed my name to Salim Abubakar chauhan as per Maharashtra Gazette No (X- 90568) C-24437

I Jagdish Khimji Gada have changed my name to Jagshi Khimji Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 14/08/14 C-24402

I Salman Abdul Kayyum Ghojaria have changed my name to Salman Abdul Kayyum Ghojariya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mohammed Sardar have changed my name to Mohammed Sardar Shaikh as per Affidavit dated :19/09/2014 C-24438

I Miss. Maya Keshav Kelkar have changed my name to Mrs. Vinaya Vinayak Kale as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 24/07/14 C-24403

I Sabio Fernandes have changed my name to Savio Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Irfan Mohammed have changed my name to Mohammed Irfan Shaikh as per Affidavit date:- 19/09/2014 C-24439

I Kumara Swamy Merugu have changed my name to Kumar Swamy Merugu as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 16/09/14 C-24401

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Industry robbers land in cop net

By Suresh Golani

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ith the arrest of five people, sleuths of the Navghar police claim to have busted a gang of robbers who had unleashed a reign of terror in the industrial areas of Thane district.

According to the police, the gang had recently struck at a steel utensil manufacturing unit in Bhayandar and were caught on the CCTV cameras.

Based on the footage, a police team led by Police Inspector (Crime) Suresh Gengje intensified their vigilance and activated the informer network in and around the region.

Following information, Gengje and his team managed to nab five men – Shankar Maurya (27) and Vijay Solanki (20), residents of Nallasopara, Chandra Prakash Pandey (35), Mubarak Ali (35) and Gopal Singh (31), residents of eastern suburbs in Mumbai, while three of their accomplices are still absconding.

New born thrown in Thane creek

By Priyanka Dhomse

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n 18th September, a new born baby was found in a plastic bag in the Thane creek, behind the Mauli hospital, Shil Phata road near Hindu cemetery, Mumbra.

The body was thrown about 20 days earlier but on 18 September a passer-by saw the gag and after opening it found the body of a baby. He then informed the police about the same.

The case has been registered in the Mumbra Police station. As per the police officials, the witness provided the names of Dr Asif and Javed Akhtar Khan as the ones who hurled the baby into the creek. However, no arrests have been made. The case is under section 315 (Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth)and 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence, or giving false information to screen offender) of the IPC.

24-hr water shutdown in Mira-Bhayandar

By Suresh Golani

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he water supply department of the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has announced a 24-hour shutdown for Tuesday, September 23, owing to repair and maintenance work by the STEM authorities.

“Although it is a 24-hour shut down, starting at 9 am on Tuesday, water supply is bound to be affected for the following couple of days due to low pressure,” informed MBMC Executive Engineer.

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27-year-old man working as a programme analyst at Asian Paints allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself using a nylon rope, at his home in Santosh Anand Co-operative Housing Society, Vakola, on Thursday evening.

Mohanraj Chinnuswamy has been working for Asian Paints for many years. His body was found when his roommates came back from work and found him hanging. According to the sub inspector from the Vakola police station, Vilas Kamte, “He was staying with two friends who also work in the same company. He had told them that he was not feeling very well so he wouldn't go to office that day.” After his colleagues left for office at around 9.00 am, Chin-

Mohanraj Chinnuswamy

Xi leaves, border issue remains Continued from pg 1 « deliberations, reports PTI. On the boundary issue, the statement said the two sides exchanged views on the India-China boundary question and reiterated their commitment to seek a "fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution", proceeding from the overall interests of bilateral relations.

Recognising "peace and tranquility" on the border as an "important guarantor" for development and continued growth of ties, both

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the countries said they would continue to make joint efforts to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas pending a final resolution of the boundary question.

"Recalling the Agreement on the Political Parameters and Guiding Principles for the Settlement of the Boundary Question signed in April 2005, both sides reiterated their commitment to an early settlement of the boundary question and expressed their conviction that this will advance basic interests of the

two countries and shall, therefore, be pursued as a strategic objective," it said.

"Pending the resolution of the boundary question, the two sides shall work together to maintain peace and tranquility in the border areas in line with the previous agreements," it had said.

The three-day visit of Xi, the third by any Chinese President to India, was dominated by the border standoff in Ladakh region and Modi had taken up the issue strongly in their meeting yesterday.

nuswamy locked the door and hanged himself. The body was discovered when they came back in the evening.

According to his neighbhour who knew him for more than two years, “Mohanraj and his friends have never given any trouble.

They have always been very jolly. We never thought he was depressed. We learned of this when his friend Akshay Akanadak raised the alarm after he found the body. We immediately informed the cops who took his body to a nearby hospital.” PSI Vilas Kamte further said, “We have searched his mobile phone and laptop and inquired with his office colleagues too, but we still haven't oit a clue about the reason for this step. We are waiting for his family members to take over his body.”

Is Mahayuti Off? Continued from pg 1 « was not acceptable to the BJP and its cadres.

They argued for redistribution of 59 assembly seats which the Sena had never won and the 19 assembly seats that the BJP had never won. Khadse added that the allies should not make a mistake that would only help the ruling Congress-NCP alliance.

Mungantiwar added that the BJP kept mum even as the Sena chose to support the candidatures of former president of India Pratibhatai Patil and current President of India Pranab Mukherjee. He further stated that the BJP exercised restraint when the Sena

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18-yr-old sweeper found murdered in Thane

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n 18-year-old sweeper, Arjun Ashok Tushamkar (18) was found murdered in Savarkar Nagar, near Matoshree building around 11:30 pm on Thursday. The case has been registered in Thane's Vartak Nagar police station.

According to information provided by the police, "The victim, Arjun had gone to the Saibaba mandir. On his way back just after purchasing a cigarette from a nearby shop, he was fired upon by an unknown assailant and collapsed on the spot.”

The victim was found dead by a woman (64) who residesat Mathoshree Building and said, "It was around 11:15 pm, I was in the kitchen, when I heard the voice of a lady crying.

As I opened the door of my house, I was shocked to see the woman crying near the body of a boy who was lying in a pool of blood right in front of my door."

Bright Education Acadfloated the idea of backing NCP chief Sharad Pawar for the post of Prime Minister.

Sena sources disclosed that the party leadership was unwilling to accept the BJP demand for allocation of 130 assembly seats. While the BJP was unwilling to accept the Sena offer of just 119 assembly seats. According to sources from the Sena, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was insisting that the state BJP leaders should not accept anything less than 130 seats.

Earlier, in an apparent bid to exert pressure on the BJP, Sena sources disclosed that Aditya Thackeray accompanied by senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut called on ailing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray.

However, both Aditya Thack-

emy, is located near the spot where the victim was found dead. One of the teachers said, "The closing time of our classes is 10:30, and as per the same we had closed our academy and after half an hour this incident took place, as a result none of the students turned up to attend their classes today."

The body of the victim was taken to the civil hospital. A doctor from Civil Hospital, Thane, said, "The body was brought to the hospital in late hours at night around 12 am. The victim was dead on arrival, when we conducted X-ray it was found that the victim was hit by a bullet (2.5 mm) on the right side of his chest, which was 2.2 cm deep. As it was a case of firing, the case was shifted to the J J hospital."

Police officials from Vartak Nagar police station said, "The case has been registered under the section 302 (arms act of IPC).

No arrests have been made so far and investigation is on." eray and the MNS declined to make any comments on the supposed meeting.

Sources later disclosed that as per the seat sharing formula being worked out, the Sena is likely to contest around 148 assembly seats, the BJP 120 assembly seats and the four Mahayuti allies – RPI-A, Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna (SSS), Swabhimani Sanghatna and Shiv Sangram will contest 20 seats. At the time of going to the press, the seat sharing talks between Sena-BJP leaders was scheduled to be held at Sena president Uddhav Thackeray's Matoshri residence in the night. A final decision is expected to be announced by Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and BJP leaders by Sunday, September 21.

‘Legislate strict act to stop ‘Love Jihad’

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powerful gang of religious fanatics is hatching a sinister conspiracy to lure Hindu and other non-Muslim girls into a dragnet of love and force them to embrace Islam; in the name of 'Love Jihad',” said Pramod Muthalik, Founder of Shriram Sene who held a press conference in the city on Friday.

“In August, a case came to light wherein a religious fanatic, Rakibul, pretending to be a Hindu, allegedly tricked a national-level shooter Tara Sahadev and then, forced her to convert to Islam. The resulting nationwide publicity has brought the seriousness

of Love Jihad to the forefront.

“This problem has assumed gargantuan proportions, and hundreds of such cases have already occurred and are still occurring in the states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh etc. In order to completely uproot the anti-national conspiracy of 'Love Jihad', an independent and stringent Act should be legislated, and conversions and subsequent marriages taking place in Madarasas should be held illegal and banned,” demanded Muthalik.

The conference was attended by Advocate Sanjiv Punalekar (Secretary of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad)

and Ramesh Shinde (National Spokesperson of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti).

“The issue of Love Jihad initially surfaced in the 'Shahan Shah and Sirajuddin Vs Kerala Government' case. Still, if our Home Minister was in the dark about the phenomenon of 'Love Jihad', we are ready to present the women victimised due to 'Love Jihad' and their relatives before the Home Minister and the public. Maharashtra Government agrees about the existence of 'Love Jihad'. Maneka Gandhi (Union Minister for Women and Child Welfare) recently stated that there is not a single official complaint about 'Love Jihad'. However, in

Congress-ruled Maharashtra, there are 22 cases of 'Love Jihad' registered with the police. This official information has been supplied by the Inspector General of Maharashtra Police, under the 'Right To Information' Act. Therefore, we demand that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Union Women and Child Welfare Minister Maneka Gandhi should seek this information from the Maharashtra Government and initiate action against 'Love Jihad' phenomenon,” said Ramesh Shinde, National Spokesperson of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti.

He further said, “V S Achuthanandan, former CM

MSRTC to introduce 60 new Shivneri buses

By Aroosa Ahmed

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he Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) will soon add new buses to its brand 'Shivneri'. At the moment, there are 120 'Shivneri' buses belonging to the Volvo company.

The MSRTC now plans to introduce 60 new buses which might not be from Volvo. Around 35 buses will be taken on lease by the MSRTC for which a tender has been issued this week.

The MSRTC also plans to introduce more routes after the new buses come in. The routes will be introduced from April 2015.

Sanjay Khandare, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) told the ADC, “Shivneri is a prestigious brand bus service which we offer to our beloved passengers. We will continue to handle the service with utmost care.”

Mukund Dhus, Public Relations Officer, MSRTC, added, “ The MSRTC has released a tender this week for the 35 buses which they will be taking on lease. It might not be Volvo this time, we are looking for other options, the tender is not restricted to only high-tech buses. However, there will be no compromise on the quality, the standards will be maintained and all the buses will be ultra modern high-tech buses. The ten-

MSRTC to add to its fleet of Shivneri buses. der will increase the competition and we might see a variety of new modern buses. The new buses are expected to be on the floor by 2015.”

“The surveys for the new routes are going on and depending on the potentiality and the exposure, we will select the new routes,” he said.

The Shiverni buses currently run on these routes: Dadar-Pune, Borivili–Pune, Thane-Pune, NasikPune, Aurangabad-Pune, Kolhapur–Pune and Sangli–Pune.

Sunday's Mega block on CR, WR, Harbour line

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entral Railways has announced a mega block between Thane and Kalyan stations from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm on Sunday to carry out regular maintenance work. Meanwhile, down slow line services will not be available at Kalva, Mumbra, Diva, Kopar and Thakurli stations.

Passengers of these stations can travel via Kalyan and Dombivali stations.

Up fast line services leaving Thane from 10.50 am to 3.36 pm will halt at Mulund, Bhandup, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar and Kurla stations in addition to their respective scheduled halts and arrive at their destinations 15 minutes behind schedule. During the block period, all services on CR will be 15 minutes behind the scheduled time.

On the Harbour line, services towards Panvel, Belapur, Vashi leaving CST from 10.12 am to 2.45 pm and up Harbour Line services from Panvel, Belapur, Vashi to CST from 10.20 am to 3.04 pm will remain suspended during the

block period.

Special trains will be run on CST-Mankhurd and Thane-Panvel Transharbour line sections during the block period. Harbour line passengers can travel on the Transharbour line from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

Western Railway announced a jumbo block between Goregaon and Borivli stations from 10.35 am to 3.35 pm on Sunday on the Up and Down fast lines to carry out maintenance work of track, signalling and overhead equipment. All Up & Down fast line trains will run on slow lines between Goregaon and Borivli stations. Due to the block, some up and down local trains will remain cancelled. During the block period, Borivli trains will be dealt on platforms 7, 8 and 2 and Virar trains will be dealt on platforms 1 and 3 at Borivli.

The level crossing gate no. 26 between Jogeshwari and Goregaon stations on will remain closed for road traffic till September 30 for road repairs.

of Kerala, CPI-M had also stated that a few fanatic organisations in India are indulging in giving effect to 'Love Jihad' cases with financial backing from foreign countries and trying to mold Kerala into an Islamic State.

Present Chief Minister of Kerala Oommen Chandy has said that 2,500 girls from the state have been victimised by 'Love Jihad'. In order to prevent any danger to the unity and integrity of the nation, a stringent law should be enacted in the country against deceit and atrocities committed against the women. This Act should make provision for awarding stringent punishment to the accused from

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the Muslim community on the basis of the statements given by the girls (and their relatives) from non-Muslim communities like Hindu, Jain, Sikhs, Christian, Buddhist, etc.

If the victim wills for a divorce, it should be granted immediately. In the case of such a divorce, the victim should be entitled to half the property of the accused. Similarly, the Central Government should initiate high-level inquiry into the supply of funds from foreign countries for inter-religious marriages, human trafficking and their utilisation for terrorist activities. Corrective actions to completely uproot this sinister conspiracy should be initiated.”

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Ponder awhile…

“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.”

— Albert Einstein

No progress on border talks E

ven as prime minister Modi and Chinese President Xi held discussions and signed trade agreements, there was a face-off between Chinese and Indian troops at Chumar area and incursion of Chinese civlians at Demchok along the Indo-Chinese border. It looks like the Chinese wanted to send a message to India.

A statement issued by the two leaders on the border problem said China and India will seek a fair, reasonable, and naturally acceptable solution.

They recognised tranquility in the border as an important guarantee for development and growth of ties between the two countries.

The Chinese president’s words on the border issue shows that we have heard them before. Both the parties say there should be give and take policy and that the problem was created by colonial rulers. What China has made clear — Xi did not say it — is that the border issue cannot be setlted unless India gives up claims over territory which belong to it. There was a hint years ago that India should give up territories in the east like Arunchal and that China should give up its claim over Ladakh. What China is prepared to give up are cold, icy areas where a blade of grass does not grow. What China wants with India is partnership in trade and at the same wants chunks of Indian territory. There has been serious talks over India-China border dispute, but no settlement has been reached. The latest talks between India and China show that there will be no agreement for a long while as well.

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HE new threats of terrorism and violence posed to South Asia, especially after the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan this year, was the main topic of discussion at the sixth meeting of SAARC Interior and Home Ministers in Kathmandu, and the member countries voiced concern and asked to chalk out strategies to check radical groups and extremist ideologies.

Addressing the summit, Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said South Asian countries need to carefully assess the impact on the entire region of the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan.

India along with other SAARC members share a common and indeed vital stake in peace, stability and economic development in Afghanistan. Thus, they are naturally concerned by new threats of extremism, terrorism and violence being held out to South Asian countries like India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, which cannot but raise concerns.

Groups with radical and extremist ideologies do pose threats across national boundaries, in this volatile security environment and these groups even have no compunction in issuing threats publicly against neighbouring and regional countries.

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enables stringent punishment of individuals, organisations and publications that advocate and incite terrorism and violence, across national boundaries.

Amid the growing tensions and threat perception, India's focus is on the need for countries to adopt comprehensive enabling legislation and also for the inclusion of offences under domestic law, strengthening extradition procedures and providing courts effective jurisdiction to prosecute offenders, when extradition is not granted.

Some SAARC member states are yet to ratify the Convention on Mutual Assistance on Criminal Matters, which was signed in 2008 and it is urged for them to do so to enable the widest possible mutual legal assistance in criminal matters.

Meanwhile, New Delhi is committed to securing justice for the families of the victims of deadly terrorist strikes, like the Mumbai at-

PERSPECTIVE

India raised a major issue that concerns all South Asian nations which is terrorism, which is driven by internal, regional and international factors, within and across national boundaries.

There was sea change in the strategic environment in the neighbourhood with the emergence of a new dispensation in Afghanistan following the 9/11 terror attacks in the US. Undeterred by threat perception, the international community has lent unprecedented support to the democratically elected Government of Afghanistan and hoped that this will continue.

Most NATO troops are due to withdraw from Afghanistan by the end of this year as the US-led war effort against the Taliban winds down.

The SAARC member countries have been asked to ponder over how to chalk out strategies to deal with the menace of terrorism which involves not just violent activities but also economic destabilisation.

Moreover, it is imperative that all South Asian states should introduce legislation that

tack in November 2008. Another issue which has become a matter of concern for all nations is the increasing circulation of counterfeit currency in the region.

However, the host country -- Nepal – has extended cooperation to India, in dealing with the movement of counterfeit currency, across our borders. Meanwhile it is pertinent to note that India has been facing serious problems arising from drug smuggling in states located along international borders, like Punjab, and this menace afflicts not only countries where narcotic substances are produced but also beyond their borders.

Funds from such smuggling often finance terrorism. We need to strengthen domestic legislation and cooperate even more to implement the 'Regional Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances', while enhancing multilateral cooperation globally, as drug smuggling inevitably has global dimensions.

The SAARC Interior and Home Ministers' Conference provides opportunities to discuss other issues of common interest like cyber crime, human trafficking and illegal movement of arms across national boundaries.

However, we should acknowledge that one evil which we all need to address individually and collectively is the issue of corruption.

Since the Narendra Modi government has promised the people a policy of 'zero toler-

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Burnt Chilly Fried Rice...!

India’s concern

AD!” shout my daughters as they get off the flight from New York where they live and into my car, “We long for Indian food!”

I know what they mean, its not so much their mother’s cooking they’ve missed, but dinner from a Chinese restaurant nearby, and a dish called ‘Burnt Chilly fried rice!’ I know that within a few hours an order will be placed and the man from the restaurant will bring those dishes they’ve dreamt of all those long hours in the plane and maybe before.

But this time there was a look of askance on their faces, especially my younger one, “It doesn’t taste the same dad!”

It didn’t! Gone was the flavor of burnt chilies, gone was the slight ever slight sweet taste which gave the rice a lasting lingering memory in your mouth, reminding you so much of it. You raided the fridge the next day to se if there were leftovers; there wasn’t, because nobody left back anything, it was so appetizing!

But this time, ’twas different: The taste had changed, there was no lingering hankering.

What was left was a sad memory of something, once beautiful: I wondered along with my kids what had happened.

Change of cook. Lowering of standards.

Loss of recipe. Cheaper ingredients. Non-

BOB’S BANTER Robert Clements availability of spices or herbs!

Any of these could have changed the dish.

I am sure the change must have been so gradual no one noticed at first, and it was only we who ordered the same after a year or two, realized what had happened.

Same with our lives isn’t it? How often peo-

ance for corruption'.

India also suggested to establish a 'SAARC Centre for Good Governance' where the administrative officers from all member countries could come together to exchange their experiences pertaining to development and good governance. It will not only strengthen the positive trends of development in South Asia but also help in realising the shared dream of good governance.

The first order of business of Modi-led government was to assure the SAARC nations of the importance India placed itself in working for the welfare and well being of the people.

The very first bilateral visits of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi were to our two Himalayan neighbours – Bhutan and Nepal – with whom the country have open borders and enjoy close ties.

School of Governance At the conclusion of the meeting yesterday, SAARC countries vowed to combat common challenges of terrorism, piracy, human trafficking, drugs smuggling, cyber crime and corruption by forging cooperation among the law enforcement agencies of the eight-member grouping.

The member nations also unanimously endorsed India's proposal to establish a SAARC School of Governance in the region with the aim of promoting good governance among the member countries. It was also agreed to forge cooperation and collaboration among their law implementing agencies for strengthening and expanding them to ensure more security in the region, according to a statement issued by SAARC Secretariat.

The member nations extensively discussed issues relating to combating terrorism in its all forms, collective responses to fight transnational organised crimes, drug abuse, cyber crimes, corruption, maritime security, piracy and trafficking of women and children.

The home ministers also deliberated on operationalisation of SAARC Terrorism Offences Monitoring Desk (STOMD) and SAARC Drug Offences Monitoring Desk (SDOMD) located in Colombo, Sri Lanka as well as matters relating to SAARC Visa Exemption Scheme.

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) comprises Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal.

— Compiled by Prasad Patil with inputs from PTI ple who knew us before, come, spend time with us and whisper, “You’ve changed!”

“Oh no, I haven’t!” you say happily. But they look at you sadly and go away shaking their heads.

“We knew you as a man of faith!”

“You were once a woman of principles!

Why did the burnt chilly fried rice change in taste? Because it wasn’t grounded, it wasn’t rooted to the same cook, the same recipe, the same ingredients, and maybe the same zeal for perfection.

Are we grounded?

Our recipe is the holy scriptures. Our master chef is our God above, and the flow of essential ingredients between God and us is through constant prayer.

How nice it would have been if my daughters eyes had lit up, and they’d said instead, “Dad it’s even better than before!”

Are you better than before or are you like the burnt chilly fried rice, going stale?

— bobsbanter@gmail.com

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MUMBAI | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014 How did the spark for your TV show ‘Satyameva Jayate’ ignite?

‘Satyameva Jayate’ has been my most ambitious project. This began as a dream some six years ago. When Uday Shankar of Star TV asked me why I was not doing TV, it got me thinking. I realized that TV is a strong medium and it should be used to make people think.

Uday coaxed me with the idea that I should think of dominating television now. That is how the spark ignited. After that meeting I actually started thinking about it passionately and produced and anchored the show.

the skin of your character in any film?

The physical part of generally building a part as an actor is usually very easy though I feel that the toughest part is to get into the head of the character, with the help of the director.

A PERFECTIONIST’

Why do you think rumors float around that you interfere with your directors every time you are working in a film?

It is absolutely wrong to say that I direct directors. Why should I direct for someone and give him or her credit? Please try to Your next film slated for release is understand the logic. I always choose a film ‘P.K.’ Didn’t you feel that a subject carefully only if I am confident that the director can deliver the goods. Every film that I do is like ‘P.K.’ would be risky for you?

My choice as an actor has always been very different from that of other actors. There was no message at all in ‘Delhi Belly’. Basically, I have been part of entertaining films like ‘Ghajini’, ‘Fanaa’, ‘Peepli Live’, ‘Dhobi Ghat’ and ‘Rang de Basanti’, besides socially relevant films like ‘Lagaan’, ‘Taare Zameen Par’, ‘3 Idiots’ and ‘Talaash’.

You have not acted in a suspense film after ‘Talaash’. Does it scare you that a suspense film does not have repeat value?

I know that a suspense thriller does not have repeat value, but I am confident that the audiences will like to go to watch my film the second time to know how the suspense has been resolved. Why do you think films like ‘Teesri Manzil’, ‘Gupt’, ‘Kahaani’ etc clicked in a big way?

AAMIR KHAN tells Jyothi Venkatesh that every film that he does is different from the other and if he were to incorporate his own inputs in every film in which he is acting, each film of his would look like a clone

‘I AM NOT AT ALL

office is more important than the awards.

different from the other. If I were to incorporate my own inputs in every film in which I am acting, each film of mine would look like a clone. When I worked in DHOBI GHAAT, I followed Kiran’s vision. When I worked in LAGAAN, I followed Ashutosh’s vision. My job as an actor is to help the director in realizing his or her vision without interfering with what he or she is doing. It is unfortunate that films of directors have flopped after they did a Do you choose the script or does successful film with me but it does not mean the script choose you as an actor? that I have directed the films in which they The script demands the actor. To some extent had directed me. it is the script that chooses the actor. I liked the script of ‘Lagaan’ when Ashutosh came to Do you use the final cut? me to narrate it but said no to it because it Fortunately as an actor, I am had an unusual subject and I wasn’t frankly extremely clear that the director is sure of its acceptance twelve years back and the captain of the ship and it is his it went round and round and came to me at or her vision that I have to follow as last, though I had agreed to be part of John an actor. The decision has to be his Mathan Mathew’s ‘Sarfarosh’ immediately. or hers though as an actor I may be allowed to suggest. I also know that You did not agree to be a part of if I give my suggestion, the ‘Lagaan’ when Ashutosh came to responsibility also becomes mine. When I you first and didn’t agree to be part do a film with a new director, I give my inputs of TALAASH when Reema and Zoya to use the final cut, because I have invested came to you first. Is it because you in the industry and the audiences have expectations from me. However, I do are lazy as an actor?

Whether it is Ashutosh Gowarikar or Farhan request the director but do not Akhtar or Raju Irani or John Mathew Maththan, demand. I do not force and I use my all work hard like I do. I take time but it doesn’t creative inputs if and only if the mean that I am lazy as an actor. I have been director is comfortable. I have never working with new directors or unsuccessful misused my position as an actor and directors, like Ashutosh whose first film PEHLA all my directors get to cut my film.

NASHA wasn’t a hit. Reema Kagti’s first film HONEY MOON TRAVELS wasn’t a big hit but it Why do you not like attending brought in profits for the producers. awards functions?

IdonotattendawardsfunctionswhetherinIndia How tough was it for you to get into or abroad, because to me the reward at the box

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Is it true that you do not enter your film even for the prestigious National Awards?

In the past, all films produced by my banner like LAGAAN, TAARE ZAMEEN PAR and JAANE TU YA NA JAANE NA have been bestowed with the National awards but as a matter of policy, we at Aamir Khan Productions decided not to enter our film PEEPLI LIVE for the National awards at all. This decision of mine had nothing to do with Anusha Rizvi who had directed the film, though she went on record expressing her displeasure that we did not send her film for awards.

Why? We stopped applying for the National Awards, after TAARE ZAMEEN PAR. I did not send even Kiran Rao’s film DHOBI GHAAT for consideration for the National awards. Let’s face facts. I am a creative person and I do not want to lobby for awards. I did not even lobby for the Oscar though LAGAAN was nominated for the Oscars and was in the top 5 contenders.

You have this tag of being Mr Perfectionist!

I am not at all a perfectionist. It is the media which has given me this label. Ooparwala alone is the perfectionist, I just take my work seriously and also enjoy it.

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here were reports doing rounds that Karan Johar and Ekta Kapoor had shelved their project ‘Badtameez Dil’ starring Emraan Hashmi and Kareena Kapoor Khan.

However we hear that KJO and Ekta are planning to go ahead with

the film, however this time sans Em- people behind the project felt that raan and Kareena. Infact the film- the film being a rom-com would suit maker duo are planning to re-edit a younger crop of audiences and parts of the script to suit younger Emmy-Bebo pairing would seem star-cast and have started hunting for odd. Both the production houses are tight-lipped about the project and new faces.

The reason behind ousting Emmy will make an official statement and Bebo was the reason that the about ‘Badtameez Dil’ very soon.

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Shah Rukh Khan to team up with Ash?

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f sources are to be believed then Shah Rukh Khan is all set to share screen space with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in Rohit Shetty’s next.

Sources suggest that the 'Chennai Express' filmmaker who recently revealed that he had signed SRK for his next flick, approached Ash to star opposite him. Even though the AshSRK fallout was well known in the industry, the 'Devdas' co-stars were seen sharing a great camaraderie at a recent sporting event.

Even though Shetty hasn’t disclosed the intrinsic details of his film, we hear that it will go on floors by next year.

Ratna Pathak Shah is a veteran theatre, film and television actor having acted in successful films like ‘Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Naa’ and now she is all set to wow the audiences with a royal matriarch’s role in the remake of the eighties hit ‘Khoobsurat’.

Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to the versatile actor about her new role and this is what she said.

Is it because your mother, the late Dina Pathak played the role you are doing now in ‘Khoobsurat’, which prompted you to do this role in the remake?

Yes. That can be considered as one of the reasons and also because I am a huge fan of director Shashank Ghosh who has directed films like ‘Waisa Bhi Hota Hai’ and ‘Quick Gun Murugan’. Also, it’s an Anil Kapoor Production, which made me accept this role.

Tell us something about your character in the family.

I play the head of a royal palace who is very 'prim and propah' and gets a culture shock when a free spirited physiotherapist lands in her kingdom, played by Sonam Kapoor, to treat my husband played by Aamir Raza Hussain and also when she falls in love with her son played by Fawad Khan. It’s script is akin to the original Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic with a few changes.

How did you prepare for

your role?

I had special costumes made for me and also had my hair done in a special style and also spoke in a manner in which royal folk speak.

How was it like working on the film?

It was great and we had superb fun.

Shashank is a chilled out guy, and Sonam is an absolute sweetheart.

The producer, Rhea Kapoor provided us with all that was needed. Fawad

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Khan from Pakistan is a good talent and will impress the audiences although he is a bit of an introvert.

Do you feel Sonam will do justice to a role played by diva Rekha?

Yes. Certainly. Sonam is a good actor and has played her part well and even Rekha was satisfied when she was shown the film. It’s only that Sonam hasn’t copied the original Rekha and played the part

in a way only she can.

You were not much seen on the big screen after the success of ‘Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Naa’?

I was getting offers but I was not satisfied with them and so I continued with stage and television.

You are an iconic actor on television too with popular shows like ‘Filmi Chakkar’ and ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai.’

But we are not seeing much of you on television?

I am not satisfied with what is shown on television today. If I get an offer like Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, I will certainly do it but not the regular stuff.

Your younger son Vivaan Shah is being talked about.

Yes. I feel happy for his success and am eagerly awaiting his film ‘Happy New Year’ to release.

That’s Ratna Pathak Shah for you, a proud mother!

Priyanka in biopic on Kiran Bedi?

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fter playing a feisty boxer in 'Mary Kom', which revolved around the life of Olympic medal-winning boxer MC Mary Kom, Priyanka Chopra might be seen in yet another biopic.

Buzz has it that the actress has been approached to play the lead role in a biopic on retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi, who was the first woman to join the Indian Police Service and shot to fame after she towed the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's car for a parking violation.

Chopra's spokesperson confirmed that the actress has been approached for the biopic, but added that it is too early to speak about it. However, on her part, Kiran Bedi seemed clueless about these plans and said that she has not been approached in this regard yet. Priyanka will be next seen in Zoya Akhtar's 'Dil Dhadakne Do', which also stars Anil Kapoor, Farhan Akhtar, Ranveer Singh, Anushka Sharma and others.

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Khoobsurat

Director: Shashanka Ghosh Cast: Sonam Kapoor, Fawad Khan, Ratna Pathak Shah and others Rating:

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ome questions Bollywood (or at least the producers of this film) need to answer: if a young woman is supposed to be vivacious, must she be portrayed as demented? Must royalty always be depicted as a bunch of sourpuss types? In fact, why must a fairytale Prince Charming be literally a prince, when privy purses were abolished in 1971? Why is bad behaviour considered so appealing and dignity something to be shot down? Will Kirron Kher ever stop playing the loud, crude Punjabi matron? Who the hell told Sonam Kapoor that it is cute to wear garish costumes? Or that getting drunk and dancing with the domestic help to a song that goes “Injun ki seeti pe maaro bum dole” is cool?

This Disney co-produced film is more The Princess Diaries than Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Khubsoorat, which was a sweet comedy. It’s not even fair that the old film be dragged into this bubble-gummy

Khan) strides around carrying files and doing “business” – presumably something to do with hospitality or real estate.

He is also engaged to a girl from the same class and social status.

Mili is excessively casual, callsVikram “Viku,” constantly bumps into things, sits with her feet up, dresses badly or inadequately or both, has a penchant for drinking copious amounts of alcohol and having video chats with her mother (Kher) whom she calls by her name, Manju, and addresses as “tu.” (The names are from from Hrishida’s films.) The Rani is not so impressed by Mili, but everyone else, including Vikram and his kid sister are charmed. (In maybe the only funny line in the film Mili asks him if he became like that after being kissed or was he always a frog.)

Except for Fawad Khan who looks nonplussed at all times (which he probably was), not one over-acting performer seems to have asked the director just what they were doing and why; if Sonam Kapoor had Deepa Gahlot asked, perhaps she would have toned down her irritatingly table manners and decorum loud character, and Kirron in her home, but is supposed Kher would have to be a bad person. The son, turned down Vikram Singh Rathore (Fawad the role.

mess. That one was about unreasonable discipline versus enjoyment of life; this Khubsoorat is commoner versus royalty silliness aimed at a twitty teen audience and Pakistani actor Fawad Khan’s fanfollowing.

Mili Chakravarty (Sonam Kapoor) is a physiotherapist, who is hired to treat a wheelchair bound former royal (Aamir Raza Husain), the kind that still lives in an antique-littered palace with liveried staff bowing and scraping. The palace is controlled by Rani-sa (Ratna Pathak Shah), who, frankly, doesn’t do anything more terrible than expecting

FILM REVIEW

Nargis bonds with Jude Law!

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argis Fakhri has had a good run at the box office recently with her film ‘Main Tera Hero’ and her guest appearance in ‘Kick’ for the song ‘Yaar Na Miley’. The American-born actress has been working on a Hollywood film titled ‘Spy’ and this gave her an opportunity to work with British heartthrob Jude Law for a schedule of the movie. While shooting in the US for this film which is directed by Paul Feig, the two bonded over their love for food and yoga. They even spoke about cinema in India and the experiences they have had here – Jude last visited India in 2007 while Nargis

moved three years ago. We hear she has even convinced him to visit again.

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abib Faisal whose best work so far is his directorial debut Do Dooni Char, and the script for Band Baaja Baaraat, comes up with an almost tasty dish of a movie, with maybe just a crucial ingredient missing that prevents it from tasting right.

His heroine is Gulrez, the always feisty Parineeti Chopra, far more convincing as a middle-class girl with upwardly mobile ambitions than Sonam Kapoor in this week’s other release, Khoobsurat.

She is studying in college and working as a shoe salegirl, because she has a passion for shoes and dreams of going to the US to learn footwear designing. Her father Abdul Qadir (Anupam Kher) is an honest court clerk, and eager to get her married before he retires.

The biggest hitch is his inability to pay the hefty dowry bridegrooms demand. Here’s one of the film’s problems—it does not take a strong enough antidowry stand. Neither father nor daughter are against dowry per se, they are

POOR

Foodie Romance Daawat-E-Ishq

Director: Parineeti Chopra, Aditya Roy Kapur, Anupam Kher and others Rating: ½ against the excessive demands by the grooms’ families.

Fed-up of being rejected, even by the man (Karan Wahi) she falls in love with, for lack of dowry, Gulrez hatches the scheme of ensnaring a rich groom, then trapping him in a dowry case and making enough money to get her to America. And here’s the other big problem, the film advocates misuse of dowry laws, that are meant to protect hapless victims.

Gulrez pretends to be Sania Habibullah from Dubai, parks herself and her father in a Lucknow five-star to interview potential suitors. One of them is Tariq Haider (Aditya Roy Kapur), owner of Lucknow’s most famous kebab and biryani

restaurant. Since he is the richest, he is picked for the con, but after the three days of courtship that he demands—and this is no spoiler—Gulrez falls in love with him. He is incredibly generous, considerate, handsome and smart (why wasn’t he snapped up earlier?)

Faisal keeps the tone light and the romance frothy, but there is always the undercurrent of deception that is unpleasant. If a bright and talented girl was encouraged to fight dowry in a straightforward manner, and not resort to crime, the film would have resonated strongly with young women.

The propaganda element is not dulled here, just made unsavoury.

Still, at least Habib Faisal tries to tackle a problem that refuses to go away, in spite of all the progress Indian woman have made. That, and the lead pair’s performances, make this one worth a look.

AVERAGE GOOD VERY GOOD EXCELLENT

Amitabh’s rendezvous with street kids A

mitabh Bachchan wrote about street kids and the challenges that they face every single day of their lives in his recent blog. Bachchan also shared his experiences with the kids that he has come across at the traffic signals.

Big B wrote, “In the dark and dimly lit streets of the approaching night, they wander about the vehicles that stop to acknowledge the traffic signal lights. They are of poor means, of limited resource or none at all. Their clothing is an apology for protection of their skin. Their hair and faces are smudged with the long due wash up that we enjoy almost three or four times a day. They walk about bare feet, have no protection from the pouring rain and are oblivious of the possibility of picking up an infection or a virus!!’’

“They look expectantly at every window of the cars that stop by, hoping that someone

shall be kind enough to perhaps either buy those dried flowers that they hoped to sell to be able to buy their meal for the day, or that balloon, or those little trinkets that they carry about - ball pens, window cleaners and many such …,’’ posted the megastar.

He further added, “Their playtime is this - the intent to sell and buy their living. This is their greatest game for the day and most of the night, their entertainment, their moment of joy.’’

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WHAT A DIFFERENCE

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ady Gaga arrived in Athens on Wednesday revealing almost every curve on her body in a skimpy seashell bra and racy thong ensemble.

Thursday, however, the 28-year-old took her passion for extreme looks in quite the opposite direction while out and about in Istanbul.

Instead of flaunting her enviable figure, the star pretty much covered herself from head to toe as she headed out for a spot of shopping in Nisantasi.

For her day out, Lady Gaga wore a full-length, loosely fitted black dress, which sported a gold panel on the front.

The sleeves on the frock weren’t quite full-length so the star opted for a pair of long black leather gloves to cover her arms – despite the warm weather.

On her head, she wore a tropi-

cal coloured head scarf, concealing her platinum locks.

She completed her unusual look with a pair of black heels and eccentric matching sunglasses, which hid her famous face – perhaps suggesting that she had been hoping to go out and explore the city incognito.

While she was strolling around in the exclusive area in the Turkish city, the singer’s army of fans were seen camping outside of her hotel.

Lady Gaga must have caught sight of how many of her Little Monsters had been patiently waiting to catch a glimpse of her as she later took to her Twitter account to address them.

Perhaps feeling a little guilty for not paying them enough attention, she wrote: ‘So sorry Monsters!

‘I napped all day and had Cheek to Cheek promo. Promise to come out tomorrow.’

Despite her white lie, implying to fans that she had been too tired to come out, her little Monsters will no doubt forgive Lady Gaga after her rave performance in the city the night before.

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evastated Nicole Kidman has bravely delivered an emotional tribute to her father, respected clinical psychologist Antony and spoken about how he comforted her during her high profile divorce with first husband, Tom Cruise.

In a low key church service on a sunny Friday afternoon on Sydney’s North Shore, the A-list actress recalled many poignant moments with her father, which included everything from him enabling her to wag school, to how he helped her though her divorce from Hollywood actor Tom, 52.

During the service at St Francis

NICOLE KIDMAN’S

TRIBUTE TO HER DAD Xavier Church, Nicole – who Antony affectionately called ‘Niccy’ – recalled how her wise, caring dad had given her strength during that painful time in 2001, when the couple went through a very public and painful split.

Remembering that time, the 47year-old told mourners, he was, ‘On a plane hours after I got divorced,’ and even stayed with her.

She added that Dr Antony Kid-

man, who passed away at the age of 75 last week in Singapore, told her in times of crisis: ‘Nic, it’s going to be OK. It isn’t what it could’ve been it isn’t what it should have been, it is what it is.’

The ‘Hours’ star has spoken in the past about how devastated she was when she split from Tom and the pair divorced in 2001.

They have two adopted children together – Connor and Isabella.

‘I couldn’t live with myself Taking the plunge: Kimberley Garner if I didn’t honour my word’ L D

aniel Radcliffe proved he is a man of his word after he paid off a taxi fare loan from 2012.

The actor racked up the small debt when he partied with the Dublin Minor Football team two years ago when he ended up returning with them to a house party.

The team had been celebrating their All-Ireland victory at the time and the night must have surely been made all the more memorable thanks to the appearance of the Harry Potter star.

However, it seems Daniel became short of cash on the night and members of the team had to cover his taxi fare home.

And despite the amount of time that had gone by, Daniel stayed true to his word and paid back the loan after recently meeting up with the Former Dublin minor centreteam. back, Conor Mullally tweeted a picAccording to the ‘Irish Examiner’, ture to reveal Daniel’s kind gesture the actor received a signed person- which included a 50 note and an alised football jersey from the team. accomaniying letter.

ondon Fashion Week may have recently come to a close, but she’s still raising the sartorial stakes.

Kimberley Garner, 24, showed off her envy-inducing figure when she arrived at a party celebrating the launch of new outerwear line They’re all in the pipeline and it’s really cool, but also really scary.

I’ve no idea which one to choose

Kimberley Garner

Sexy Mac in London on Thursday.

The former ‘Made In Chelsea’ star displayed her long, lean legs in thigh-skimming black shorts, which she teamed with a matching plunging black top.

With her blonde locks resting on her shoulders, the TV personality rounded out her sexy ensemble with a pair of black suede booties, a black leather handbag and dangling silver earrings.

Kimberley made her way onto the HMS President, which was

docked at the Victoria Embankment, for the celebratory bash.

Once inside, she mingled with the likes of broadcaster Piers Morgan, Australian cricket star Shane Warne and actress Judi Shekoni.

Also on hand for the celebrations were former Eastenders actresses Kierston Wareing and Melissa Suffield.

Speaking exclusively to ‘MailOnline’, Kimberley recently revealed that she might be returning to the small screen with her very own flyon-the-wall show.

The possibility arose after she was approached by production companies on both sides of the Atlantic. The swimwear designer said: “I’ve actually just been offered three TV shows – two in America and one in England.

“They’re all in the pipeline and it’s really cool, but also really scary.

I’ve no idea which one to choose.”

She added: “It’s one of those things you think you really want and then you’re really nervous about it.”

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Mulumd (E) Dist Mumbai Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 7/10/2014 at 3.30 p.m.

Vishal Construction Co., Smt. Prabhavti Pandurang Patil, Smt. Mathura Mukund Sankhe, Smt. Sarla Janardan Gawade, Rajni Janardan Gawade, and those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below.

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CAROL GRACIAS, RITIKA BHARWANI, PRIYANKA BOSE & SHONALI NAGRANI

excitement was on at THE Palladium Hotel at the launch of Fame, Asia’s first premier talent led

Butterfly effect

and tasty hors d’oeuvres WINES were in full flow as Ritika Bharwani and Carol Gracias hosted a soiree

to launch Ritika’s ‘Wings of Desire’ collection at her Bandra studio. The butterflies fluttering in the lovely landscape of Iguazu Falls was the inspiration for the cocktail gowns, dresses, capes and trousers.

Sheetal Mallar, Shonali Nagrani, Sarah Jane Dias, Maria Goretti, Adhuna Akhtar, Lata Patel, Alesia Raut, Soni Kaur and Sucheta Sharma were all there.

SHEETAL MALLAR

digital entertainment network. Karan Johar made his digital debut with ‘Fame School of Style,’ India’s first online hunt for top stylists, Shibani Kashyap launched her new English single ‘For You’ and you heard of the shows of Maria Goretti, Anusha Dandekar, Ajay Chopra and VJ Andy among others. And looking happy indeed were Fame’s Saket Saurabh and Puneet Johar.

SHREYAS & DEEPTI TALPADE

First wave

was action-packed at Blue Sea as IT Salman Khan unveiled the first look and released the music of the Marathi film

‘Sanngto Aika.’ Making their presence felt was the film star cast of Sachin Pilgaonkar, Bhau Kadam, Vaibhav Mangale, Pooja Sawant and Sanskruti Balgude, director Satish Rajwade, producer Vidhi Kasliwal and others like Deepti and Shreyas Talpade, Dalip Tahil, Ashok Saraf, Satish Shah, Pushkar Shrotri, Seema Biswas and Terence Lewis.

POOJA SAWANT & SANSKRUTI BALGUDE

CHAITI NARULA, POOJA ANITA DADLANI, ALAY GOR & MARTINA ISELLA

In the groove

Rock the boat

moves and LATINO grooves were seen at Tijuana Iguana that

sipped GUESTS Chandon and feasted on hors d’oeuvres and

launched SOLÉ (Stars of Latin Entertainment). Salsa promoter and owner of Constellation Chaiti Narula was there to promote this initiative to promote talent within salsa, bachata, merengue, souk and other Latin dances. Ashwin Mushran among others was seen in action. The Latino beats sure got to you and looking happy indeed was Pooja Anita Dadlani and friends who enjoyed the wines and happy sway.

SHUBHI GROVER

REBECCA MARIA VAZ & ASHWIN MUSHRAN

fashion as Global Desi hosted a fun evening at its store on Linking Road. Fashion bloggers were seen styling themselves or their muses with the MiMaMo collection, meaning the lovely line from Mithila, Madhubani and Mosaic.

They were also having a blast posing inside the yellow boat and almost rocking the boat. Jeremy Cabral, Shubhi Grover and Stephanie Maria Timmins among many more were there.

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TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

In 1971, Carolyn and Roger Perron move their family into a dilapidated Rhode Island farm house and soon strange things start happening around it with escalating nightmarish terror. In desperation, Carolyn contacts the noted paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, to examine the house. What the Warrens discover is a whole area steeped in a satanic haunting that is now targeting the Perron family wherever they go. To stop this evil, the Warrens will have to call upon all their skills and spiritual strength to defeat this spectral menace at its source that threatens to destroy everyone involved. HBO, 9 p.m.

JHALAK DIKHHLA JAA

SOAPS & SERIALS

COLORS biggest dance reality show – Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa will draw to a decisive end tonight. One of the well-deserving finalists - Mouni Roy, Karan Tacker, Ashish Sharma and Shakti Mohan will take home the prize. The Season Finale will witness the contestants putting their best foot forward. The panel of judges will be also seen setting the stage ablaze with their moves. First time ever, Madhuri Dixit will perform an aerial act on Indian television. Remo D’souza will entertain audiences with robotic dance moves which will redefine perfection. The heartwarming director Karan Johar will shake a leg to a medley of hit numbers Radha Teri Chunari, Saturday Saturday and more with the contestants. Colors, 9 p.m.

FOOLED BY NATURE

Has one wondered there are animal babies that eat their parents, flesh-eating plants, and animals that can build skyscrapers? The natural world has weird and wonderful stories beyond ones wildest dreams. But can one really trust? Can one tell the fact from fiction? Tune into Animal Planet’s FOOLED BY NATURE, which brings for its viewers the amazing stories from the wild.

Animal Planet, 10 p.m.

BEAR GRYLLS: EXTREME SURVIVAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA

Bear Grylls presents some of the most jaw-dropping footage of great escapes and near-death experiences in this new, entertaining, fact-filled series – BEAR GRYLLS EXTREME SURVIVAL CAUGHT ON CAMERA. In each themed episode, survivors share their stories, experts like Dave Salmoni, Gary Humphrey and Edd China provide survival tips and ‘how to’ advice - and Bear chooses his favourite clip…of the ultimate survivor. From the Amazon jungle to the polar ice caps, Bear Grylls has seen and survived pretty much everything that the natural world has to throw at him – which is why, when he is blown away by a clip of human survival, you know it is going to be pretty special. From parachutes that don’t open to bungee cords that snap, elephant attacks to runaway cars – in each episode he will introduce clips

RAMBO III

Jhalk Dlikhhla Jaa, Colors, 9 p.m.

of jaw-dropping great escapes filmed by the public, in moments of extreme danger. Discovery, 9 p.m.

GADGET MAN WITH RICHARD AYOADE

Tune into GADGET MAN WITH RICHARD AYOADE on Discovery Science as the show offers some unique and engaging insight into the world of technology. Follow Richard as he unveils how ordinary everyday activities at home can be made more exciting by using the very best time saving tools available. Discovery Science, 9 p.m.

SUHANI SI EK LADKI

Suhani hears dadi and she gets shocked that how conveniently dadi is lying..kumari excuses herself to attend a phone call..just then suhan I comes there nd tells dadi to not lie.. everything gets recorded in Dictaphone and dadi is unaware about everything….suhani decides to do preparations for navratri..yuvraj hugs suhani thinking that she is snoopy..both get awkward..meneka nad ragini think that suhan I iks doing all these preparations to be in good books of dadi.. suhani thinks that yuvraj is planning surprise for her birthday.. Star Plus, 6.30 p.m.

John Rambo’s former Vietnam superior, Colonel Samuel Trautman, has been assigned to lead a mission to help the Mujahedeen rebels who are fighting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Buddhist Rambo turns down Trautman’s request that Rambo help out. When the mission goes belly up and Trautman is kidnapped and tortured by Russian Colonel Zaysen, Rambo launches a rescue effort and allies himself with the Mujahedeen rebels and gets their help in trying to rescue Trautman from Zaysen. Star Movies, 9 p.m.

Nick Fury is Director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peacekeeping agency, comprising Marvel’s superheroes, including Ironman, the Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and team assemble to save the world from disaster. Starring Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo.

Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

WHEELS ON MEALS

Cousins Thomas and David, owners of a mobile restaurant, team up with their friend Moby, a bumbling private detective, to save the beautiful Sylvia, a pickpocket. Action and humor abound in the streets of Barcelona, culminating with a battle in the castle hideout of the evil gang. Pix, 9 p.m.

GARV: PRIDE AND HONOR

Bombay’s Senior Police Inspector, Samar Singh, tenders his resignation when he finds out that Kashinath Trivedi, who is known to have connections with the underworld, has won the election. This news does delight Kashinath Trivedi, and his men, which include notorious gangster Zafar Supari. But there is a catch, as there are two honest police inspectors who prove to be thorns on their sides, and they are Inspector Arjun Ranavat and Hyder Ali, two inseparable friends. Kashinath’s attempts to separate the two with the assistance of corrupt Police Commissioner, Yeshwant Pandey, are in vain. Then Zafar Supari takes over the task of separating the two. And he succeeds, and as a

P.M. 2.00 3.30 4.00 9.00

Rambo III, Star Movies, 9 p.m. result Hyder Ali is killed in a fake police encounter on the grounds that he was a Pakistani spy; while Arjun Ranavat, whose attempts to avenge Hyder’s death, results in the deaths of 18 people - results which prompt the Police Commissioner to dismiss Arjun from the police force, and issue orders for his arrest...

Star Gold, 8 p.m.

GANGAAJAL

An SP Amit Kumar who is given charge of Tezpur police station in Bihar. The area is full of corruption, inefficiency, bribery, nepotism, favoritism and crime with help from the local police. Gradually Amit realizes that the local politician Sadhu Yadav is the one who benefits the most out of it. Amit arrests Sunder Yadav, Sadhu’s son. While Sunder is released soon, some police officers, get frustrated with the system, and pour acid into the eyes of two of Yadav’s men, blinding them. A hue and cry is raised by the media, crime almost comes to a standstill, and the police are regarded with respect. SP Amit Kumar must now put an end to this kind of situation. CVO, 9 p.m.

HATYA

Hatya is an experience. Through the eyes of a child. A spinechilling musical thriller, the film is about the turmoil of a deaf and dumb child, who witnesses a murder along with his mother, and is left alone after the mother is also killed. Raja escapes and is homeless. He sleeps on the footpaths. Fortunately he is picked up by Sagar, a painter who has already lost his wife and child. A sad man in life, Sagar finds the upbringing of Raja as his only motive in the life. But the killers are shadowing Raja, for they know that he is the only eyewitness to their death. Slowly

STAR WORLD

Masterchef Australia Simpsons Year The Blacklist House

ZEE CAFÉ

Ground Floor The Big Bang Theory Twisted The Vampire Diaries The Big Bang Theory Look Who’s Talking With Niranjan 9.30 America’s Got Talent 10.00 Ground Floor

SONY TV

P.M. 12.00 Har Ghar Kucch Kehta

STARMOVIES

P.M. 2.25 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor 4.35 The Transporter 6.35 XXX 9.00 Rambo III 11.00 Rambo First Blood Part II P.M. 1.55 4.20 6.25 9.00 11.05

HBO

Around World In 80 Days Ong Bak National Treasure The Conjuring Shanghai Knights

ZEE STUDIO

P.M. 12.50 Armageddon 3.50 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocoal 6.30 Deja Vu A.M. 7.10 10.10 P.M. 12.55 2.45 4.50

HUM AAPKE HAIN KAUN

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS

STAR PLUS

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

10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera

P.M. 1.50 3.00 5.00 7.00 8.00 8.30

MOVIES OF THE DAY

The biggest blockbuster in the history of Indian cinema ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ is a family movie with beautiful sets, melodious music and emotional moments. Commendable performances by each and every character and brilliant direction make this movie a magical experience. The music by Ram-Laxman has memorable songs like ‘didi tera devar deewana’, ‘mai nemai’, ‘pehla pehla pyar hai’. A must watch. Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

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STARMOVIES

Lone Ranger Spider Man 3

Planes Fast and Furious Aliens vs PredatorRequiem 6.35 Speed 9.00 Planes 10.45 The Adventures of Tintin

HBO

A.M. 7.20 National Treasure 9.55 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest P.M. 1.00 We’re the Millers 2.55 The Conjuring

12.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.30 5.30 8.00 9.00

Hai CID Adaalat Crime Patrol CID Crime Patrol

LISTING

ZEE TV

Programme Club Film Neeli Chhatri Waale India’s Best Cinestars Ki Khoj 10.30 Fear Files…. Deshshat Dobara

7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 10.00

Chashmah Chintu Bun Gaya Gentleman Gutur Gu Badi Door Se Aaye Hai FIR Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Ka Re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya

P.M. 12.30 Ek Tha Rusty III 1.30 Hunnarbaaz! Skilled to Win! 3.00 Meri Baat 5.30 Pet Care 6.00 Swasth Bharat 6.30 Samachar 7.30 Saraswatichandra 8.30 Bharat Ki Shaan: Let’s Dance 9.30 AGENT VINOD: Film Starring- Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor

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

Equator Up, Close and Dangerous Fooled by Nature Most Extreme AP Safari River Monsters Life Stories Fooled by Nature

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry

3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00

8.00 9.00

10.00

How It’s Made Extreme Machines Combat Countdown Really Big Things with Matt Rogers Crash Test Dummies: A Smashing History How It’s Made Gadget Man 2 with Richard Ayoade NASA’s Unexplained Files

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Top Secret Recipe 3.00 Derren Brown

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Savdhaan India: India Fights Back 7.30 Supercops vs Supervillains… Shapath 8.30 Dare 2 Dance 10.00 Savadhan India: Delhi Fights Back P.M. 1.30 4.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00

COLORS

Udaan Comedy Nights with Kapil Shastri Sister Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Udann Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa: Finding Fanny Special 10.00 Comedy Nights with Kapil

SAB TV

P.M. 12.00 Chandrakant Chiplumkar…

1.00 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah

Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, SAB TV, 10 p.m.

Neeli Chhatri Waale, Zee TV, 8 p.m.

3.30 4.00 5.00 5.30

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

8.30 9.00 9.30

Gharachi Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi Asmita Jai Malhar Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Ka Re Duraava Home Minister Jai Malhar Javai Vikat Ghene Aahe Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi Ka Re Duraava Chala Hava Teu Dya

2.30 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00

Nation Magic of Science Man vs Wild Food Factory Destroyed In Seconds Man Woman Wild Dual Survival Food Factory How Do They Do It Man vs Wild Beap Grylls

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 The Gadget Show

MOVIE CHANNELS-SATURDAY

9.00 Marvel’s The Avengers 11.55 A I Artifical Intelligence P.M. 1.30 4.35 6.55 9.00 11.20 P.M. 3.00 5.10 8.00 11.10

PIX

Skyfall The Taking of Pelham How To Train Your Dragon Wheels On Meals Tomorrow Never Dies

STAR GOLD

Mr and Mrs Khiladi Mar Mitenge Garv: Pride and Honor Qayamt: City Under Threat

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Krrish 3: Hrithik Roshan

6.00 7.00 9.00 10.55

P.M. 2.45 Durga IPS: Ayesha 5.40 Vishwatma: Sunny Deol 9.00 Hum Aapke Hain Kaun: Salman Khan P.M. 2.00 Drona: Abhishek B 5.30 London Dreams: Salman 9.00 Gangaajal: Ajay Devgan

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Plan 5.00 Mehbooba

MOVIE CHANNELS-SUNDAY

Insidious 21 Jump Street We’re the Millers The Hangover Part III

ZEE STUDIO

A.M. 10.20 John Carter P.M. 1.00 Kung Fu Panda 2 2.55 Transformers: Dark of the Moon 6.10 Marvel’s The Avenges 9.00 Kung Fu Panda 2 10.55 The Italian Job A.M. 7.45 Rango

PIX

10.10 P.M. 12.15 2.45 4.55 6.35 9.00 11.25

The Tuxedo

Battle of the Year After Earth Piranha Rocky Battle of the Year Die Another Day

STAR GOLD

A.M. 9.20 Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge P.M. 12.15 Bol Bachchan 3.25 Black Water 5.15 Mai Insaaf Karronga 8.00 Wanted 11.10 Dadagiri

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30

Samachar Mid Day News Open Frame Mehnat Rang Layegi Insight Asia News Samachar Market This Week News Jaanane Ka Haq Khel Samachar Vishesh Special Programme 8.00 Samachar

Agent Vinod, DDI, 9.30 p.m.

9.30 10.00 11.00 11.05

Ek Mulaqat Badi Charcha Mukhya Samachar Khel Samachar

Hidden in America Storage Wars Pawn Stars Vice Counting Cars The Great India Collectors Ride 9.00 Miracles Decoded 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Hidden in America

NGC

P.M. 2.00 Showdown of the Unbeatables

Govinda 9.00 Hatya: Govinda

P.M. 2.00 Tujhi Majhi Jamli Jodi: Ashok Saraf 4.30 Taani: Arun N 7.00 GallitGondhal Dillit Mujra: Nagehs Bhosle 9.30 Duniyadaari: Swapnil Joshi

ZEE CINEMA

CVO

4.00 5.00 5.30 7.30 8.00 8.30

ZEE TALKIES

5.30 Sooryavansham: Amitabh 8.00 Curse of the Golden Flower: Chow Yn

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

ANIMAL PLANET

CARTOON NETWORK

Marvel’s The Avengers, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

8.30 Raaj Tilak

B4U

P.M. 12.00 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karein: Govinda 3.00 Beti No 1: Govinda 6.00 Saajan Chale Sasural:

MAX

P.M. 1.30 Oggy Ki Olly 3.00 Kirsh Tirsh Baltiboy 1 4.30 Roll No 21 Space Main Dhoom Dhadka 6.00 Oggy Special Yamla Pagla Padosi 7.30 Tom and Jeryr in a Nutcracker Tale 9.00 Ninja Nontu 10.30 Johnny Test

A.M. 7.00 Mohabbatein: Shah Rukh Khan 10.30 Curse of the Golden Flower: Chow Yn Fat P.M. 8.00 Mohabbatein: Shah Rukh Khan

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 12.00 Gadar Ek Prem Katha: Sunny Deol 3.10 Dhamaal: Sanjay Dutt 6.00 Besharam: Ranbir Kapoor 9.00 Vivah-Joiurney From Engagement to Marriage: Shahid Kapoor A.M. 10.00 P.M. 1.00 5.00 9.00 A.M. 9.00 P.M. 12.30 5.00 8.30

CVO

Prahaar: Nana Patekar

Pinjar: Urmila Matondkar Josh: Shahrukh Khan Housefull 2: John Abraham

FILMY

Robbery At Bangkok

One 2 Ka 4 Shikhar No Entry

B4U

A.M. 7.30 Malamaal Weekly: Paresh Rawal

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Battle of the Year, Pix, 9 p.m.

P.M. 12.00 Stanley Ka Dabba: Amol Gupte 3.00 Mumbai Ki Kiran Bedi: Ashish V 6.00 Anjaana Anjaani: Ranbir Kapoor 9.00 Sandwich: Govinda

ZEE TAKIES

P.M. 12.00 Pune Via Bihar: Umesh Kamat 3.30 Gadhyacha Lagna: Makrand Anaspure 6.00 Pune vs Bihar: Umesh Kamat 9.00 Atma Ek Pratishoodh: Mukesh S

CARTOON NETWORK

A.M. 7.30 Kid Krrish Mission Bhutan 9.00 Roll No 21 Quest for Swarnamani 10.30 Steven Universe 11.00 Kumbh Karan

2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 10.30

The Numbers Game Science of Stupid Dangerous Encounters Animals Gone Wild Science of Stupid Dangerous Encounters Africa’s Deadliest Science of Stupid Do or Die Terror in the Skies Taboo

STAR SPORTS 1

P.M. 2.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 2.30 Champions Leauge T20 14 h/ls 3.00 Cricket Extra 3.50 Champions League T20 14 Dolphins vs Perth 7.10 Cricket Extra 7.50 Champions League T20 14: Barbados vs Punjab P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 5.00 7.00 7.20 9.50

STAR SPORTS4

Total Italian Football Premier League Preview Barclays Premier League Barclays Premier League Pre Show Barclays Premier League Barclays Premier League

TEN CRICKET

P.M. 2.00 India Tour of SA 13 1st ODI 4.00 India Tour of SL 12 h/ls T20 6.00 Cricket Classics Pak vs WI Oct 89 7.00 Bang Tour of WI 14 h/ls 3rd ODI 8.00 Pak Tour of SL 14 h/ls 2nd ODI 9.00 ICC Cricket 360

POGO

P.M. 2.00 Chhota Bheem: Mayanagri 3.30 Chhota Bheem : Master of Shaolin 5.00 Chhota Bheem-Neeli Pahaadi 6.30 Chhota Bheem: Banjara Masti 8.00 Sonu vs Soni 9.30 Gol Mol Gongol P.M. 1.30 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30

P.M. 12.00 4.00 5.00 7.30 11.30

DISNEY XD

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Space Goofs Rekkit the Rabbit Space Goofs American Dragon: Jake Long 10.00 Super Robot 11.00 Kick Buttowski P.M. 12.00 Kick Buttowski 12.30 Phineas and Ferb 1.00 Kid vs Kat 1.30 Kiteretsu 5.30 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 6.30 American Dragon: Jake Long 7.00 Phinead and Ferb

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SAMURAI SUDOKU 327 MUMBAI | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Each Samurai Sudoku puzzle consists of 5 overlapping “classic” 9x9 Sudoku sub-puzzles. Each 9x9 sub-puzzle must be solved according to the rules of Sudoku: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain all digits from 1 to 9 therefore, digits cannot be repeated. Each Samurai Sudoku puzzle has one solution only.

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DOMINOES 327

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A normal set of dominoes — that is, one instance of every (unordered) pair of numbers from 0 to 6 — has been arranged irregularly into a rectangle; then the number in each square has been writen down and the dominoes themselves removed. Your task is to reconstruct the pattern by arranging the set of dominoes to match the provided array of numbers. Please note that each domino is a unique one and occurs only once in each puzzle.

SMILE AWHILE CODE WORDS 210

In each puzzle every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number; the same number represents the same letter throughout the puzzle. To start you off, we give you three letters and the numbers which have replaced them.

When you’ve filled in these letters throughout the puzzle you’ll have enough clues to start guessing words and discovering other letters. To help you keep track, as you find a letter, slot it into the grid provided and cross it off the list.

To help you keep track, as you find a letter, slot it into the grid provided and cross it off the list.

A woman gets on a bus with her baby. The bus driver says, "That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!" The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her, "The driver just insulted me!" The man says, "You go right up there and tell him off – go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you."

A man buys a lie detector robot that slaps people who lie. He decides to test it at dinner. He asks his son, "Son, where were you today during school hours?" "At school." The robot slaps the son. "Okay, I went to the movies!" The father asks, "Which one?" "Harry Potter." The robot slaps the son again. "Okay, I was watching porn!" The father replies, "What?

When I was your age I didn't even know what porn was!" The robot slaps the father. The mom chimes in, "Haha! After all, he is your son!" The robot slaps the mother.

A little girl is serving her father tea while her mother is out shopping. The mother comes home and the father says, "Watch this!" The little girl goes and serves the mother tea. The mother responds, "Did it ever occur to you that the only place she can reach to get water is the toilet?"

HITORI 327

The objective of Hitori is to mark out the incorrect cells. The rules are: a) A Number may never appear more than once in each row or column. b) Marked or incorrect cells are never adjacent in a row or a column. c) Unmarked cells create a single continuous area, undivided by marked cells.

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LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION A4

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SOLVE THIS FREE FORM CROSSWORD WHERE THE WORDS ARE REPRESENTED

BY PICTURES SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S PICTURE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 3 Duck, 6 Blocks, 7 Eraser, 8 Campfire, 11 Cabbage, 13 Boot, 14 Penknife, 15 Mango.

DOWN: 1 Lawyer, 2 Hockey, 3 Dice, 4 Goose, 5 Matchbox, 9 Magician, 10 Ribbon, 12 Horn.

SOLUTION TO CODE WORDS 209

Can you find the words connected in one way or the other with the theme indicated by the title in today’s Word Search? The words may be read horizontally, vertically or diagonally either forwards or backwards, but always in straight lines. Use a ruler to cross them through as you find them.

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WORDLIST: Adder, Anaconda, Asp, Black, Brown, Cobra, Constrictor, Cottonmouth, Death Adder, Grass, Green, Hamadyrad, Krait, Langaha, Mamba, Python, Racer, Rattlesnake, Ringhals, Taipan, Venom, Viper, Water.

SOLUTION TO SAMURAI SUDOKU 326

SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S TETRAVEX

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SATURDAY CROSSWORD 327

WORD PUZZLE 327

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ACROSS: 1 Diminutive ending 4 Li'l Abner's creator 10 Zoo enclosure 14 Henri's playground 16 ___ Chaplin : the famous comedian?

17 Felt remorse for 18 A feelings of great surprise 20 "She" in French 21 Legalese 22 Trials or travails 24 Power take off, abbr.

25 2012 T20 World Champions (4,6) 28 Nav. rank 30 Wound additive, metaphorically 31 Ad ___ per aspera 32 Victors' headpieces (6,7) 37 Legitimate absence from work?

(2,5) 38 Lengh x width 39 ___, Akbar, Anthony 43 Compensations 45 Showing great respect 47 Airline to Tel Aviv (2,2) 48 Spillane's __ __ Jury (1,3) 50 The papacy or papal court (4,3) 51 They destroys harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.

53 Popular poplar 57 Peut- ____ : maybe 58 God of evil 59 Bollywood's celebrated lyricist 62 Capital of Ladakh 64 For crucial phone calls?

65 Gyrates, revolves or turns 69 European car 70 Intentionally 74 Unusual, not commonly found 75 Extended wandering 76 Tennis score

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

ACRO STIX

77 'if then' programming alternative 78 They sport dreadlocks 79 Tenth std. exams

DOWN: 1 __ __ the crack of dawn (2,2) 2 Whip; strike violently 3 Art deco designer 4 Charlie Chan's comment 5 __-di-dah 6 Cockpit Resource Mgmnt.

7 Stein filler 8 Wine grape 9 Bacteriology dish 10 Sets of beliefs or principles 11 Coffee style (2,4) 12 Psychic Uri ____ 13 Macedonian city 15 Bodily, physical or material; not spiritual 16 Soon to Sophia 19 Fabric made from string, cord, etc.

23 Genetic IDS 25 ___ of Jenkins' Ear 26 Zeno of ____ 27 Beatle Ringo 28 Suez for one, Panama for another?

29 ___ _ fast one (play a practical joke)

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Candy Be vanquished Kernel collection 58 to Agrippa Titter Chaos India's first satellite Intermediate, in law Dills Routes, abbr.

Drew back or recoiled Piglet ___'acte: intermission Takeout shop ____ Lippo Lippi On to land, from the sea Capital of Madhya Pradesh Restaurant patrons Aussie paceman Dennis ___ Witch town - "Doner" anagram?

I don't __ _ thing Australian parrot Est. Time of Arr. Female ruffs Kennedy and Koppel Ancient Olympic Games site Boy band 'N ___ Fleur-de- ____ "Method" follower Baden-Powell's grp.

Fit the letters each column into the boxes directly above them in order to form words. The order in which the letters are to be placed is to be decided by you. Each letter is to be used once. When completed you will find a quotation about the theme given.

Today’s Theme: THE SECOND TIME

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: "Intelligent is a term used to describe someone who agrees with you."

3 LETTER ABA ALE ALI ATE CUB CWT DDT EEL E'EN EST IT'D LSD MAR NED PAL POO ROE SIB SLY TAD TAM

TAN TSP URI URN WAG WIN YOU 4 LETTER ABLY AGAR AIN'T ALEE ARMY ATOM BAIL BIBB CAPE EAST ERIE ERIN GYBE IDEA

IDEM NINE OTIC RIOT SALE SANG SARA SINH SKAT SKIM TARS TIDE TSAR WREN 5 LETTER ADAPT BALSA BREDE CAPON DRIED DUALS GENOA

TETRA VEX

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IMPEL OLDEN POCKS RAITA TO-DOS U-BOAT WREST 6 LETTER DERMAL EMBALM GLOSSY ISOBAR SPLINT TILING UNHOLY WUSSES 9 LETTER INDIGNANT KIDNAPPER POLICE CAR REPLY-PAID

TetraVex is a challenging brain teaser. The object of the game is to fill the grid with the tiles so that the patterns on the adjacent edges of each tile match, much like aligning domino tiles. The object of the game is to place all the tiles in the grid so that the figures on the adjacent edges of each tile match. You can place any tile anywhere in the grid, but you cannot place a tile in the grid if its edges do not match all of its neighbors. Find a digit that occurs only once on a given puzzle. You know that this digit must lie along the outer edge of the grid, since there are no other tiles that can match it. You can simplify solving by cutting out the nine squares and juggling them in the grid.

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TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Cancer/Mercury in Libra 12th Bhadrapad Krishnapaksha Ashlesha Ahoratri Karaka (Cancer) H.D. Peridot Green 3

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Fresh developments are foreseen from overseas work.

Some such person could become quite important for you whether for work or an emotional bond will depend on developments from October on wards. You will be able to increase your savings and you can look forward to a comfortable bank balance. Those in love can look forward to marriage.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be pleasantly plump, elegant, attractive eyes, healthy and long-lived. Will be always helpful, responsible, caring, emotional, and sensitive.

Moody nature could be misunderstood and considered to be arrogant or proud. Extremely, well organized, artistic and creative. Success and happiness is indicated.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Stick to routine work where there are better chances of good profits.

A quick turnover in finances will make you look for new areas of investment. It is not a time to bring about any changes.

Build assets through saving for the long term. With certain developments in your life today you will be content. Your mate will be happy for your chance to live your dreams for real and share them.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Monetary position is comfortable. You receive good news about a new project or a journey. Attend to details of an important project personally to avoid any snags later. You may be given an unusual opportunity through the goodwill and loyalty of a friend. You could misjudge a person who genuinely cares about you. Be the first to accept your oversight before you lose a good friend.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You will have to be careful in money matters and avoid giving loans or even taking them. At work you will do well but be tactful and do not express your frank opinion in midst of people whom you are not familiar with.

Something good will happen at home and an atmosphere of cordiality will prevail.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): New work proposals will come your way. Take expert opinion before any commitment. Sales transactions will go through smoothly and you are likely to gain. Investments in some land or property are indicated. There is a going to be a new romantic interest in your life.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Better prospects career-wise are indicated. Family get-together keeps you pleasantly occupied. There could be some inquiries from overseas, which are worth considering. There could also be some unnecessary expenses. Secret activities that affect your personal life should be handled tactfully.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): All is not lost, you are may be feeling low today accept your limitations but think about what is in your favor and pursue your goals. You will have all the help that you need. Try to be patient with people who care for you and be just concerned about the way you are today. Relationships could suffer if you let minor irritants upset you.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Some overseas travel or work is also predicted for you. You are still able to follow your goal though it may look like it has been postponed or revised. Your career will take an upward swing due to changes you bring about after the outcome of new policy. Keep calm at an angry outburst of emotions in a personal relationship. Sometimes distances help be patient.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Try to safeguard your interests by lying low, and by avoiding any change in your work strategy. Stick to what you know best at work. Do not try to get too familiar with a person your mate or beloved is jealous of or you could be landing yourself in deep trouble.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You must be quick to take the initiative to clinch a deal even with some compromises.

Financial gains are indicated for you today. News of a promotion or transfer to an important office is likely, giving you an opportunity to experiment with your innovative ideas.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Your monetary position will be strengthened. Travel for a long distance journey is likely or there could be some favorable news from overseas. Several barriers in an association will be overcome and this will lead to trust and better understanding of each other. Look forward to a quiet evening with your beloved just enjoying the good things of life together.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You might have to take over a key assignment; hard work is needed to see it through. But it will do wonders for your career on completion.

Inquiries from overseas are worth considering. Unexpected financial gains are also likely. Your recent success has spread far and wide.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You are going to have tough time managing your schedules today. Your attitude and convincing manner will win the day at an important meeting. You have some business worries but try and overlook them, as it will unnecessarily lead to anxiety in the family. A loved one may need attention.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5077 MUMBAI | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

ACROSS: 1 Farewells (6) 7 Extreme excess, superabundance (8) 8 1930 Dietrich role (4) 10 Dodges (6) 11 Mr. Bhupathi of Indian tennis (6) 14 Soak flex or hemp in water (3) 16 Finicky (5) 17 Woodcutting tools (4) 19 Juicy fruit (5) 21 Port on the Bay of Acre (5) 22 Common contraction (5) 23 _____ short : be deficient or inadequate? (4) 26 Ac & 4 Dn Orange cap winner at the 2014 IPL tournament (5,7) 28 Modular Avionics Unit (3) 29 Book - a flight (6) 30 Hesitate, waver (6) 31 A unit of measurement (4) 32 Stabilizes (8) 33 Cared for (6)

DOWN: 1 Simple life form (6) 2 Wears away or destroys gradually (6) 3 Health resorts (4) 4 See 26 Across 5 Trig. function (5) 6 Pallid (5) 8 Enticement or attraction (4) 9 Allow on the tennis court ! (3) 12 Hurry, in old-fashioned or poetic English (3) 13 Expertise; ability (5) 15 Take liquid into the mouth and swallow (5)

SUDOKU 2263 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

18 Big name in copiers (5) 24 Short story writer? (4) 19 Flit about (3) 25 Kept out of sight (6) 20 To the rear on board (3) 26 Jewish teacher (5) 21 Sacred langur (7) 27 ___ down to : amounts to essen22 Concealed or kept away from sight? tially? (5) 28 The adult male; human race (3) (3) 30 A clenched hand (4) 23 A bird of prey (6) SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Baiza, 6 Puffs, 9 Yashmak, 10 Crags, 11 Sears, 12 Guess, 13 Upstart, 15 Orc, 17 Stye, 18 Buffer, 19 Split, 20 Ang Lee, 22 Doge, 24 Lie, 25 Rapiers, 26 Recur, 27 Debar, 28 Ibiza, 29 Kannada, 30 Ethel, 31 I rest.

DOWN: 2 Abrupt, 3 Zygote, 4 Aas, 5 Shout, 6 Pass out, 7 Ukes, 8 Furore, 12 Grape, 13 Usual, 14 Synge, 15 Of woe, 16 Cries, 18 Bihar, 19 Several, 21 Nicest, 22 Disbar, 23 Grazes, 25 Ruins, 26 Rake, 28 Idi.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2082 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: Q equals T

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

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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: 13 average; 15 good; 17 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: dawn, draw, drawn, inward, thaw, twin, wait, wand, want, ward, warn, wart, what, whit, width, wind, with, withdraw, WITHDRAWN, wraith, wrath, writ.

HEATHCLIFF

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All set for SA Poonawalla Multi-Million

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- a world record. This includes five Derby winners in he winner of the Soli A. a row.

Poonawalla Multi-MilFor his life long contribulion will take home as tion to Indian Breeding and Racing the RWITC, after his much as Rs. 1.2 million. The demise, instituted The S A race which is over a mile will Poonawalla Trophy" in the be held tomorrow at Pune. year 1982. The race was upThis is one of the leading graded to Grade 3 status in events of the Pune season.

1986 and to Grade 2 in 1990.

The race is for 3-year-olds.

It was in the year 1996 that Trainers who led in the the race was further upwinners during the last few graded to a Million race and was named the S A Poonawalla "Astonish" Million to commemorate the first evervictory of an Indian thoroughbred on a foreign race track when the Poonawalla Stud Farms-bred Astonish returned to India after the historic achievement at Sha Tin in Hong Kong.

The popularity and the importance of this race then grew by leaps and bounds, necessitating an upgrade to—the Multi-Million status in 2009. The race is now Trainer Malesh Narredu receiving The S.A. Poonawalla Multi-Million known as "S A Poonawalla Trophy-2013 Dr. Cyrus S. Poonawalla flanked by Mrs. Natasha A. Multi Million (Grade 2)".

Poonawalla, K.N. Dhunjibhoy, Adar C. Poonawalla, Champaklal Zaveri and The race has invariably Zavaray S. Poonawalla. drawn huge crowds because of various activities years: Malesh Narredu (2013), pot of Rs. 10 lakhs and com- and glamour events associcarried forward ated with the day. People Bezan Chenoy, P. Shroff, P. bined jackpot of Rs. five lakhs.

Shroff and C.D. Katrak. from all walks of life throng to The Poonawalla family will the race course not only to be giving away prizes in the watch the top of the line thorthree contests of skill worth oughbreds racing at their best, but also to be a part of Rs. four lakhs. The first winner will get a Maruti Alto car. the glitz and glamour which Most prizes have been won Flying Red was the first win- abounds on the day. by first-time visitors. And ner for the Poonawalla Stud when they were asked how farm by winning the 2000 they got the four winning Guineas. He missed the combination, the answer Derby narrowly. The stud The race is named after Late ranged from "I liked the farm has winners galore and Mr. Soli A Poonawalla, an arname of the horse" and "It so far it has won 339 classics - dent lover of clean horse rac-

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The Poonawalla brothers, Cyrus and Zavaray S. Poonawalla have arranged a good day of entertainment with tasty rich meals for invitees.

The best dressed lady and gentleman get prizes. There is a carried forward super jack-

Flying Red — first winner of PSF

Brief background

Vision Of Romance for SA Poonawalla Million PUNE RACES SUNDAY

By Prasanna

There are eight races tomorrow and the first starts at 1.30 p.m. My choice for the SA Poonawalla MultiMillion is Vision Of Romance.

2.30 P.M. Mykonos 59 Moon Shadow 56.5 Mint Approach 54.5 Rio 58 Celsius 54.5 Win: Mint Approach, Mykonos 4. The Secret Memory Plate

ACCEPTORS & SELECTIONS (Class IV) 2400 M 3.00 P.M. 1. The Eloise Plate (Class V) 1800 M 1.30 P.M. Divalatha 59 Maalik 57.5 Zafirah 51.5 Starry Moment 59 Arzaan 56.5 Nigella 58 Porto Banus 55 Win: Maalik, Porto Banus

2. The Neona Plate (Class II) 1600 M 2.00 P.M. Monza 59 Superlicious 56.5 Running Sun 51 Negotiator 57 Honest Pleasure 56 Woven Dreams 51 Celtic King 56.5 Haunting Moments 52.5 Win: Negotiator, Haunting Moments 3. The Mysore Race Club Trophy (Class I) 1200 M

ing, one amongst the pioneers of thoroughbred breeding in India and father of Dr. Cyrus and Mr. Zavaray S Poonawalla.

He stepped into breeding race horses in 1946 when the industry was in its infancy.

As they say, when obsessive passion fans a strong desire to create pioneering work, success follows rather quickly,

Sword Of Honour 59 Unico Corazon 58.5 Oxbridge 55 Dixie Delight 58.5 Exactly 55 Double Or Quits 54 Win: Sword of Honour, Dixie Delight

5. The Villoo C. Poonawalla Gold Trophy 1000 M 3.30 P.M. Alderley Edge 56 Moroccan 56 English Lass 54.5 Dreamz Unlimited 56 Quatro 56 Joleene 54.5 Ghalib 56 Super Icon 56 Star Elegance 54.5 Khaleefa 56 Arsenal 54.5 Win: Arsenal, Quatro

6. The S. A. Poonawalla MultiMillion 1600 M 4.00 P.M. Vision Of Romance 57.5

and Flying Red brought glory to the Poona Stud Farm in its very first year by winning-the 2000 Guineas. That he missed the Derby narrowly two months later, in retrospect, should be considered a blessing in disguise because the never-say-die spirit within Mr Soli Poonawalla propelled him further on the path of ex-

Flashing Chieftain 53 Shania 51.5 Rule Downunder 56 ( 50) Jack Frost 53 Zodiac 50 Royal Passion 55.5 Zachary 53 Win: Vision of Romance, Rules Down Under

7. The Rao Saheb Kedari Gold Trophy (Class III) 1400 M 4.30 P.M. Halle 61.5 Rubens 55 Sound Of River 52.5 Ice Zone 58.5 Samba Warrior 53.5 Vanguard 52.5 Nush 58 Romeo 52.5 Edith Piaf 56.5 Samay Balwan 52.5 Win: Nush, Haile

8. The Sea Ruler Plate (Class III) 1000 M 5.10 P.M. Incentio 61 Habibians 57 Basic Life 55 Pepe Senior 60 Song Of Africa 56.5 Passion Prince 54.5 Pitbull 58 Ice Skates 56 Dreamliner 53.5 Win: Pepe Senior, Ice Skates

cellence, and today, the Poona Stud Farm has grown into The Poonawalla Stud Farms and has gone on to win a record tally of 339 Classics, an unofficial world record, including nine Indian Derbies, five in a row, and 14 Indian Turf Invitation Cups. By any standard, that's an astounding achievement.

PUNE RACES TODAY

Watch Solomon and Full Moon in Million race

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By Prasanna

here are nine races today and the first starts at 1.30 p.m. Reynolds, Ad Asra, Straight Six, Peito have chance of making it. The Tattersalls Million has at least half a dozen runners which can make it. Full Moon has won twice splendidly and has a chance of making it. Solomon is another who also has a chance.

CARD AND SELECTIONS

1. The Nationalistic Plate - Div II (Class IV) 1600 M 1.30 P.M. 1. Phelps 59 D. S. Daman 2. Archimedes 58.5 Darren Williams 3. Cha Cha Cha 57 Dashrath Singh 4. Pappillon 57 J. Pradeep 5. Allegiance 56.5 |I Pasha 6. Divine Wish 56 Sandeep Jadhav 7. Open Offer 56 D. K. Ashish 8. Lhotse 55.5 Kishore Kadam Win: Cha Cha Cha, Lhotse 2. The Proteus Plate (Class V) 1400 M 2.00 P.M. 1. Copperglow 59 C. S. Jodha 2. To The Moon 58.5 D. S. Daman

3. Voice Of Faith 58.5 Zameer Sayyed 4. Wind Of The Hills 58 Bhawani Singh 5. Golden Wave 56.5 S. J. Sunil 6. Ashwa Yodhaa 52 D. A. Naik 7. Dhishkyaon 51 A. Sandesh 8. Always There 49 Sandeep Jadhav Win: Always There, To The Moon 3. The Highland Rule Trophy (Class I) 2400 M 2.30 P.M. 1. Okavango 61 Yash Narredu 2. Star Of Gibraltar 58.5 Sandeep Jadhav 3. Caesars Star 57 Dashrath Singh 4. The Ministerian 54.5 Neeraj Rawal 5. Reynolds 49 S. Zervan Win: Reynolds, Okavango

4. The Enaksi Plate 2000 M 3.00 P.M. 1. King Glorieux 56 Yash Narredu 2. Red Fort 56 H. A. Sachin 3. Secret Mission 56 Vikram Jodha 4. Spontaneous Eddie 56 Vinod Shinde 5. Square Moon 56 Kavraj Singh

6. Ad Astra 54.5 Neeraj Rawal 7. Bethpage 54.5 N. S. Parmar 8. Elaheh 54.5 Y. S. Srinath 9. Hallelujah 54.5 Akshay Win: Ad Astra, Bethapge

5. The Cardinal Trophy (Class III) 2000 M 3.30 P.M. 1. Mufasa 59 Sandeep Jadhav 2. Snowing 58.5 Yash Narredu 3. Presence 57.5 Neeraj Rawal 4. Lorelei 57 Bhawani Singh 5. Malkia 53.5 P. Trevor 6. Thoughts Of You 53 S. Zervan 7. Strawberry Crush 50 A. Sandesh Win: Thoughts Of You, Mufasa

6. The Flaming Ace Plate - Div II (Class IV) 1200 M 4.00 P.M. 1. Lucky Pineapple 59 A. Sandesh 2. My Freedom 57 Yash Narredu 3. Double Diamond 55 I. Pasha 4. Con Man (Blk) 54 M. A. Roushan 5. Romantic Racer 54 S. Sameer 6. Supertramp 54 D. K. Ashish 7. Absolute Jewel 53 A. J. Nilesh 8. Lucky Charm 53 C. S. Jodha 9. Ice Gate 52.5 Hanumant Singh 10. Straight Six 52.5 Malcolm

Kharadi 11. Wind And Stars 52.5 S. G. Prasad 12. Argyle Pink 52 Vikram Walkar 13. Logano 51 S. Joseph 14. Negredo 51 K. N. Bhati Win: Straight Six, My Freedom

7. The Tattersalls Million 1200 M 4.30 P.M. 1. Full Moon 57.5 A. Sandesh 2. Bullion Express 56 S. Zervan 3. Solomon 56 P. Trevor 4. Soothsayer 56 D. K. Ashish 5. Spider Man 56 Y. S. Srinath 6. Classic Moment 54.5 Dashrath Singh 7. Fortuna 54.5 N. S. Parmar 8. Polydences 54.5 Yash Narredu 9. Simply Divine 54.5 Neeraj Rawal Win: Full Moon, Solomon

8. The Nationalistic Plate - Div I (Class IV) 1600 M 5.00 P.M. 1. Delightful Lady 59.5 Yash Narredu 2. Al Shamsheer 59 Darren Williams 3. Speed King 57.5 A. Sandesh 4. Paurus 57 P. Trevor

5. Ricochet 56.5 Kavraj Singh 6. Staying Alive 54 II Pasha 7. Armel 52 Hanumant Singh 8. Beyond Intensity 51.5 R. Shelar 9. Chivalrous Knight 51.5 J. Chinoy Win: Doubtful Lady, Paurus

9. The Flaming Ace Plate - Div I (Class IV) 1200 M 5.30 P.M. 1. Advance To Contact 61 Kishore Kadam 2. Dyna 60 Y. S. Srinath 3. Pepito 59.5 Darren Williams 4. Zander 59.5 Yash Narredu 5. Mountain Song 59 S. G. Prasad 6. Tahrir 58.5 F. Irani 7. Zoe 58.5 P. Trevor 8. Establish Predator 58 R. K. Mahesh 9. Earth Tamer 57.5 S. P. Ranjane 10. War Machine 57.5 J. H. Christopher 11. Fast Lady 57 C. S. Jodha 12. Beau Royale 56 |I Pasha 13. Wish Upon A Star 52 D. A. Naik 14. Striking Shadow 51.5 K. N. Bhati Win: Pepito, Zander

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CHALLENGE IN SHOOTING SPORTS

MUMBAI | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

Fear of losing is gone, says Prannoy

By SS Ramaswamy

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EW DELHI: Indian shuttler H S Prannoy says the success of winning the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold has erased his fears of defeat and fuelled a dream of working harder than ever to qualify for 2016 Rio Olympics.

"I think a title was due for me. I reached so many quarterfinals in tournaments, played against top players but I was not winning a title. Many people even told me that I was not playing well. But I knew I could win and I think it came at the right time," Prannoy, who jumped 12 places to reach world no. 31 yesterday, told PTI. "Now I think the fear of losing is gone. I am not so nervous anymore. Earlier I used to be very nervous in the first two rounds. Now I am able to think on court and manage myself. I am confident on court. Such title wins boost you to train harder," said the 22-year-old, who clinched the maiden title of his career after winning the USD 1,25,000 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold last Sunday.

Asked if Rio Olympics ever crossed his mind, he said: "Well, I had it in my mind earlier this month. I think it is possible for me. I know it is very difficult because there is a lot of competition, there is Parupalli Kashyap, K Srikanth and RMV Gurusaidutt but I know if I can play well, I can do it. But it is too early and I am not thinking about it now."

Ever since his historic silver at 2010 Summer Youth Olympics and runnersup finish at Bahrain International Challenge in 2011, Prannoy has been grappling with injuries. He said it was a tough phase to sit on the sidelines after he hurt his back in 2012.

"I suffered lots of injuries in 2011 and 2012. I hurt my knee in 2011 just before the nationals and then again I injured it in 2012 but my back injury before the 2012 Vietnam Open was bad.”

NCHEON: They were mostly off the mark in the recent World Championships but Indian shooters will nonetheless be expected to deliver a bagful of medals when the event kickstarts in the Asian Games here today.

Shooters from 34 countries are in fray at the Ongnyeon International Range till September 30, competing for a total of 44 medals in the individual and team competitions. In fact, the opening gold medal of the 17th Games will decided in shooting.

The events will commence with the women's 10m air pistol and men's 50m pistol in which four titles would be decided today.

India culled one gold medal through Ronjan Sodhi in men's double trap, three silver medals and four bronze in the last Games at Guangzhou. But it would be a big surprise if they can better this haul or even equal it, in the backdrop of their generally poor form going into the 17th Asiad.

Sodhi is unable to defend his title having failed to qualify through the shooting trials and the bur-

den of keeping the Indian flag high has fallen on man-inform Jitu Rai, world number one in 10m air pistol and a gold medal winner in 50m free pistol at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Armyman Rai starts as perhaps India's biggest medal hope in the Games, even

Mantle on Saina, Sindhu, Kashyap for medals

INCHEON: Spearheaded by star shuttlers Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap, India will aim to end a 28-year-old medal drought when they begin their campaign in the 17th Asian Games badminton with the team competitions here today.

India's last medal of any hue in badminton had come in 1986 when the men's team claimed bronze.

Ever since badminton made its debut in the Asiad in 1966, India have managed just seven bronze medals with Syed Modi being the only singles medallist in 1982 and chief coach Pullela Gopichand's wards will be eagar to end the wait.

London Olympics bronze medalist Saina Nehwal, smarting from

her quarter final exit in the recent world championships in Copenhagen, would be eager to put it behind her and guide the team to a medal in the women's team event ahead of her quest for individual glory.

Sindhu, her younger Hyderabad teammate and ranked world no 10, will go into the tournament with her confidence high after clinching her second successive bronze medal in world championships.

The 19-year-old Indian also won a bronze at the Asian Championship in Gimcheon in April before clinching a yellow medal in the women's event in Uber Cup. Tipped to win the gold in the Commonwealth Games, Sindhu had to settle for a bronze at Glasgow but the Indian shrugged off the

disappointment by winning another medal of the same hue in the Danish capital where she drew accolades by shocking World No. 2 Wang Shixian. World No. 7 Saina, on the other hand, goes into the tournament with Vimal Kumar to guide her after she shifted base to Bangalore to train at the Prakash Padukone Academy where the latter is the chief coach.

India are going to field a scratch doubles combination in women's event in the absence of Jwala Gutta, who had to pull out due to a knee injury. Ashwini Ponnappa has showed her preference for Sindhu as her doubles partner, but it will put huge pressure on the lanky 19-yearold Hyderabadi after her singles.

ahead of the edly upset over the change in the field as a clear favourite to renowned 2008 his travel plans into this city win the gold in the 10m event B e i j i n g because of the delayed receipt though he finished a lowly Olympics gold- of his accreditation, has 10th in this event in the world medallist Abhi- checked into the Asiad ath- championships, a step behind Prakash Nanjappa. nav Bindra and letes village two days ago.

He's also going to be a big Narang has moved in on another rifleshooting ace Thursday, according to Adille force to contend in the Sumariwalla, chef de mission 50metre free pistol, to be deGagan Narang.

He is set to provide a of the huge Indian Games cided tomorrow, in which he strong challenge to the contingent. Rai has had a took the silver in the Granada Chinese and Korean rivals splendid run going into these World Championship to gain a Games where Chinese shoot- direct entry into the 2016 Rio in these two pistol events.

Bindra, who was report- ers are expected to demolish Olympic Games.

Heroic goalkeeping by Murad fails to deny Don Bosco title Vishwanath Salian | ADC

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UMBAI: A valiant goaltending display by Dominic Savio (Andheri) captain Mohammed Murad was not enough as Don Bosco (Matunga) notched a late, late winner to claim the coveted Ahmed Sailor trophy in the Boys under-16 Inter School Football tournament at the MSSA ground here on Friday. Don Bosco won by a solitary goal notched by Snaryas Sau. In a well-fought entertaining tussle for honours, Don Bosco always had the attacking edge but ran into a brick wall called Murad. The Andheri's team goalkeeper Murad brought off a string of saves before he was beaten in the last minute by Snaryas Sau much to the joy of the Matunga team.

Other results: B-U-16 ASKO 3RD Place :St. Francis D’Assisi (Borivali) (1) (Kevin Shah) beat St. Joseph (Wadala) (0); B-U-14-USKO:St. Mary’s SSC (Mazagaon) (6) (Rudolf D’Souza, Bilal maknogia, Kalpak Surve, Ralph Cardoz, Zaid Bhujwala,

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Dominic Savio (Andheri) livewire Jared Saldanha heads the ball ahead of his taller Don Bosco rival.

Tahish Kutty) beat Dr. Antonio D’Silva (Dadar) (0); B-U-14USKO:St. Pius X (Mulund) (2) (Himanshu Patil, Aditya Sindhavad ) beat Christ Church (Byculla) (0); B-U-14-USKO: St. Dominic Savio (Andheri) (1) (Glen L.) beat Greenlawns (B.P.Road) (0).

came to a grinding halt as they were held to a 1-all draw by a spirited Indian Navy in a thrilling Super Division match of the PMC BankMHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) League – 2014, played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, here, on Friday. Jaykaran scored for WESTERN’S WINNING RUN Western in the first half beCOMES TO A GRINDING fore Naveen Kumar struck the HALT Defending champions West- equalizer for Navy in the secern Railway’s winning streak ond half.

Western now have 16 points from six matches and are placed in third place, while Navy tally 10 points from three wins and a draw in six games. The match contested between last year’s winners Western and runners-up Navy was a fast paced affair as both the teams showed superb attacking flair and there was plenty of exciting action at either end. But it was a bit disappointing that the match produced just two goals.

Western, have themselves to blame for dropping valuable points as they failed to convert a single of the seven short corner earned, the last two in the final minute. On the other hand Navy were resolute in defence and did not allow the Western penalty corner specialist Amit Rohidass the space to execute his flicks as Jaspal Singh was quick and charge out to foil his attempts. Navy goalkeeper M.J. Jakhar also had a good game and made a number of timely saves.

Former national volleyball player Udayakumar no more

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: K Udayakumar, who represented India in national and international volleyball tournaments during the 1980s, died here today, family sources said.

He was rushed to a hospital after suffering a heart attack. Udayakumar was 54 and is survived by wife and two daughters.

A Deputy Commandant in Kerala police, Udayakumar was serving as ADC to the Governor at the Raj Bhavan here for the last several years. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Arjuna Award.

Udayakumar, who excelled both in defence and attack, led India in the SAF games in 1989 and played in most championships including Asiad during the 1980s.

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13,000 competitors 45 countries 49 venues 439 Gold medals at stake 36 disciplines

MUMBAI | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2014

INDIA AT THE GAMES 28 disciplines 679 member contingent = 516 athletes and 163 coaches and support staff

SPECTACLE. SPLENDOUR. SHINE

By SS Ramaswamy

NCHEON: Pop sensation Psy brought the house down 'Gangnam Style' as Incheon laid out the red carpet for over 13,000 competitors from 45 countries with an exhilarating opening ceremony to launch the 17th Asian Games at the main stadium.

Psy's performance was the high point of the spectacular show as the world's second-biggest multi-sports spectacle after the Olympic Games was kickstarted with customary fanfare, including fireworks and

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breathtaking visual effects.

Korean President Park Geun-hye declared the Games open amid thunderous cheers from a capacity crowd as dazzling fireworks lit up the evening sky. The competing teams marched into the stadium in the final act of the evening. The Indian athletes trooped in after Iran with hockey skipper Sardar Singh leading out the smartly-dressed contingent.

The Indians were attired in black blazers with the women athletes dressed in blue sarees. The smiling athletes walked in waving the tri-

colour. India have sent a nearly 700strong contingent for the event and will take part in 28 disciplines.

The flame was lit up by celebrated Korean actress Lee Young-ae, setting the stage for two weeks of action in the city -- the second Korean venue for the Games in the last 12 years.

As is the custom, the event was divided into the informal and formal parts. It began with a welcoming performance, lasting close to 80 minutes, to greet the spectators at the 60,000-capacity stadium that was filled to the brim.

It included a cultural heritage performance of Pungmul Play, performance by a cheering squad, a congratulatory video of celebrities, and K-Pop boy group EXO's performance to get the spectators revved up for the main event.

The session was divided into three parts -- "Incheon, the magnet of dreams," "Incheon, where all of us become friends," and "Tomorrow, dreamed by all of us."

Initially a video introducing the 17th Asian Games and a promotion video introducing the major facilities

was displayed on the big screen.

This was followed by a display of Korea's traditional drums and cymbal-type instruments before emcees Kim Sung-ju and Youn Sooyoung came on stage.

Then, a cheering team formed by the city's children, including the squads Impact, Rainbow Air and K Sungsuk Jumping Angels took centrestage, performing to a remix of songs from past sports events held in Korea, including the theme song of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

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gold is that the winners of both the competitions will earn a direct entry into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, which India failed to utilise when they slipped in the semi finals to Malaysia four years ago in Guangzhou, China.

India, second-best among Asian teams in world rankings at no. 9 behind leaders, four-time winners and tournament hosts South Korea, have

been drawn in a group which features arch-rivals and title holders Pakistan and their clash on September 25 is the highlight of the group phase.

Pakistan start their campaign one day early, tomorrow, when they take on Oman and Indian think tank will have a way to assess them through this game.

Though India, who have won the gold only twice in the past, are going into the tournament on a sort of high and with a settled combination after winning silver behind world champions Australia at the Commonwealth Games, any encounter with Pakistan, who are a bit rusty after not having played for almost seven months, is going to be a humdinger.

Sardar Singh, who is India's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, will have to be at his inspirational best along with the other senior in the squad, goalkeeper P S Sreejesh, if the team has to go all the way and recapture the gold which the country last clutched in 1998 at Bangkok under Dhanraj Pillay's leadership.

INCHEON: The Executive Board of the Olympic Council of Asia today decided that Indonesian capital Jakarta will host the 18th Asian Games in 2018.

"Today it has been approved by the EB that in 2018 will be the next Asian Games in Jakarta in Indonesia," said council president Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, adding Saturday's OCA general assembly would approve the final resolution.

"I hope tomorrow [Saturday] also the general assembly will approve the final resolution although we have the power because the extraordinary general assembly in Kuwait gave the president the authority to decide and find the replacement to Vietnam."

India had originally started to show some interest with the IOA trying to get government support but the move was dropped without the requisite government backing.

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Sardar Singh, Indian hockey skipper.

NCHEON: India will start their elusive quest for the Asian Games men's hockey gold in a new format of the game when they take on minnows Sri Lanka in their Pool B opener here on Sunday while the women's team begin their campaign the next day.

The Asian Games will be the first major international hockey competition to feature the new format where the duration of the game has been reduced from 70 to 60 minutes and from two halves of 35 minutes each to four 15-minute quarters with 40-second time-outs when a penalty corner is awarded and after a goal is scored.

The logic behind additional timeouts for penalty corners and after goals is to ensure 60-minute actual playing time by eliminating the dead time associated with set pieces and also allowing the teams to celebrate after scoring a goal, the International Hockey Federation has reasoned.

The added incentive to win the

I think this group of players sincerely believes that if they play to their potential they can beat Malaysia, Korea, China, Pakistan, Japan and win the title. My view is that we are progressing really well. There is a considerable difference in our level of performance from pre-World Cup to postCommonwealth Games.

TERRY WALSH, COACH INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM

Indonesia will host 2018 Asiad