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WANT TO ADMIT YOUR CHILD TO FIRST YEAR JUNIOR COLLEGE? BE PREPARED TO SHELL OUT A HUGE SUM FOR THE SEAT By Yatin Ingle

unior colleges in the city seem to be taking advantage of the fact that there are 75,000 students who were not able to book seats in the online admission process. They are offering seats in the offline process in exchange for tidy donations. On Tuesday, the State Education Department declared the third and final list for the First Year Junior College (FYJC) online admissions. However, thousands of students were shocked to find that they weren't allotted seats in any of the three lists. After that, the state board released the vacant seats to the colleges to be filled through the offline admissions process. When students and parents started enrolling

through the offline admissions, college management directly stated that the offline seats could only be booked against a donation, with rates varying from a minimum of Rs 15,000 in a modest suburban college, to more than a lakh at the better colleges across town. A frustrated parent who had visited a college in Dombivli said, “When we asked for the admission form, we

were told that we would have to pay a donation of Rs 14,000. This is unfair. Our children have worked hard to get the marks and even then we have to pay donations? The education department should look into this and punish the colleges.” This year, around 1,60,947 students had applied for the online FYJC admissions. In all, 88,935 seats have been allotted in the online admission process while 75,000 seats are now available for the offline admission process. The ADC spoke to N B Chavan, deputy education director, who said. “Parents should step ahead and complain to the department if such activities are taking place. The department will take serious actions against these colleges.”

UNNATURAL SEX. SO WHAT? POLICE FILE NC INSTEAD OF FIR IN SEXUAL ABUSE CASE DESPITE MEDICAL REPORT CONFIRMING RAPE OF 14-YEAR-OLD BOY

By Zuber Ansari

ven though the city has many programmes and departments in place to make women and children feel safe from criminals, another incident of police negligence has come to light. Three youth allegedly performed unnatural sex on a 14-year-old boy, but when the victim's mother went to file an FIR armed with the medical report, the on-duty officer at the Tilak Nagar police station agreed to register only a non-cognisable (NC) report. The accused trio and the victim are residents of the same locality in Chembur. On the day of the incident, the prime accused in the case took the victim to his grand-

mother's residence, and later summoned two of his friends. After consuming alcohol, they molested the boy and forced themselves on him. After the incident, when the victim reached his residence, he didn't say anything

to his mother. But after his bleeding did not stop for three days, he asked his mother to take him to a doctor. A private doctor then referred him to Sanjivani Hospital. After the medical examination at the hospital, a doctor confirmed that the boy had been violated and handed over the medical report which detailed the injuries. The mother then questioned her son, who narrated the whole incident to her. He told her that when he was on his way to purchase her medicines he met the prime accused, Vishal Londhe, who accompanied him to the medical store, and then took him to his grandmother's residence Continued on pg 8 «

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n July 16, the Supreme Court ordered a countrywide debate on euthanasia, passive and active. National award winning author, journalist and human rights activist, Pinki Virani,was the one to feel the pain of Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse at KEM hospital who was sexually assaulted and strangled by a sweeper in 1973. Since then, for 41 years, Aruna has been lying in a vegetative state. Pinki not only penned down Aruna's story, but also filed a plea in the SC asking for euthanasia for Aruna to end her agony. It was this plea by Pinki which resulted in the legalisation of passive euthanasia in India in 2011. Though Aruna herself was not granted the permission for it, this law helped many others doomed to a Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) to end their miseries and die with dignity. Pinki, the author of four best selling books, played an important role in getting the law pertaining to The Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences (POCSO) promulgated. The law includes four of her inputs to the standing committee that formulated it. Also several suggestions from her book 'Bitter

Chocolate- Child Sexual Abuse in India' were also included. This is what she communicated to Santia Dudi.

The Supreme Court has ordered for a countrywide debate on active and passive euthanasia. Can we call it a victory for you as it was your plea after which SC allowed passive euthanasia? Well, we must not assume that the five judge bench of the Supreme Court will rule on either reversing or strengthening the existing Passive Euthanasia Law. Meanwhile, the victory is that of my Aruna. It is because of Aruna Shanbaug that the Passive Euthanasia Law came into being. It is her continuing tragedy that she is being denied the very law which came in because of her but which has been bringing relief to other Indians in a similar position these last three years. What steps should be taken to ensure that the laws regarding euthanasia don't get misused? The SC judgement-law on Passive Euthanasia specifies what must be done to ensure that there is no misuse. The Law Commission of

India has submitted it's report to Parliament agreeing with the Passive Euthanasia Judgement-Law and has suggested more safeguards. I am in the process of formulating my response to the SC five-judge bench which will be including safeguards for both, the Passive Euthanasia Law and Living Wills. Do you think that an emotional country like India is ready for any form of euthanasia? India has a law since the last three years. This Passive Euthanasia Law is a compassionate one which looks at life and death from the irreversibly ill patient's point of view.

You have always raised your voice for 'unpopular' causes, for example child abuse. How difficult is it to stand up for causes which were once considered taboo in Indian society? Very, very tough. And all at once, very rewarding. Complete strangers thank me and give me thumbs up signs in the oddest of places when they recognise my name. To be rejected and reviled by some, to be accepted by so many, the first known, the latter un-

known..............is its own reward. What is your definition of euthanasia? Passive Euthanasia is a choice, not a compulsion. So a person writing a Living Will, or one rapidly approaching an end-stage (e.g. in cancer or Aids) where the outcome might be PVS or brain-death, and who feels its time to make plans for the final exit, does not need to "agree." Passive Euthanasia is not being forced upon anybody, just because it's a Law. Perhaps, then, 'euthanised' wouldn't be a right-word? Rabid dogs are euthanised, as are other injured animals. A Living Will or if I am able to speak before I slip into PVS or brain-death (due to a fatal accident or whatever), would have a patient saying, "I do not want to live like this" or "I want Passive Euthanasia." So if I then speak or write about an irreversibly-ill patient's death with dignity, I would likely say, "The patient/family/near and dear ones/wife/husband/legalnext-friend chose passive euthanasia.” In the end, being a 'Bombaywali' as you have called yourself in an interview, what is role of Mumbai in making you the person you are today? It is all Bombay. I carry Bombay in my bones.

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16 firefighters discharged By Shwetha Kannan

he sixteen firefighters who were admitted to the civic-run Cooper Hospital on Friday, after receiving burn injuries in the Lotus building fire, were discharged yesterday, but the four who were shifted to the National Burns Centre (NBC) at Airoli might have to stay longer. Speaking about the condition of the four injured at NBC, Dr Sunil Keswani, Director of NBC, said, “They had come in with burns ranging between eight and ten per cent. But anything less than 25 per cent burns in adults is not a cause for concern. Three of them have injuries on the hands while one of them has suffered burns on the hands, neck as well as on the face. Some are deep burns and we suspected that he may have some inhalations, but we found that those were nothing serious. None of them is critical. They are all in the ward. None were required to be kept on a ventilator or in the Intensive Care Unit. They are all stable.” Ramchandra Shelke (36), who has suffered burns on his hands, neck and face, might have to stay at the hospital for more than a week because his burns are more severe than the others and hence will take more time to heal, informed Dr Keswani. The sixteen who were discharged from Cooper Hospital too have been asked to follow up regularly, informed Dr Sitaram Gawde, medical superintendent at Cooper Hospital.

MBMC House: What hospital? Name game first! While people wait for the much-needed civic hospital to start, our corporators are keen on playing name game MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis

Remember? You had asked him to submit the reason for his resignation in writing!

By Suresh Golani

f getting basic health care facilities continues to be your major concern, it’s the renaming of a hospital that’s priority number one for your corporators. Unmindful of their prime responsibility of providing basic health care facilities to citizens, elected representatives in the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) got involved in an ugly blame game over the renaming of the under-construction municipal hospital in Bhayandar in the monthly general body meet on Saturday. Pandemonium reined when NCP corporator Dr Asif Shaikh moved a proposal to rename the Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Municipal Hospital to Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti Municipal Hospital. Ironically, the hospital is yet to become operational despite standing instructions from the judiciary, exposing the insensitivity of the NCP-led ruling governance. The MBMC general body had passed a resolution (No 63) in 2008 christening the under-construction fourstoreyed hospital structure after legendary classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. The PWD wing has already installed display boards to this effect on the approach road leading to the hospital structure. Shaikh who represents the NCP-led

The MBMC witnessed protests and unruly scenes on Saturday. ruling alliance moved a resolution under J-rule of the BPMC Act proposing the structure to be named after the 12th century Sufi saint – Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti also known as Khwaja Garib Nawaz. This invited the ire of Shiv Sena corporators joined by their BJP counterparts who condemned the move and vehemently opposed the resolution. Although the Congress-NCP corporators put up stiff resistance, the BJP-led opposition shot down the resolution on the virtue of their majority in their house. Crying foul over the move, Shiv Sena legislator

Pratap Sarnaik said, “We are not opposed to christening of any public building to be named after the highly revered Sufi saint, but this would set up a wrong precedent of renaming at will and in the process insult the personality after whom a particular structure has already been named. Instead of playing such name games, the governance should focus on the development issues.” Political observers believe that the issue has come as a silver platter for the saffron alliance which will not leave any stone unturned to capitalise the opportunity. “It is unfortunate that despite the court orders, the MBMC and the ruling governance instead of hastening the process of starting the much-needed entity is trying cheap publicity tactics in view of the upcoming assembly elections.” alleged Janta Dal (S) leader Milan Mhatre who had filed a PIL in the Mumbai High Court highlighting the lack of health care facilities in the region, prompting the judiciary to intervene in the matter. Even though the four-storeyed hospital building with an accommodation capacity of 200 beds stands completed for the past couple of years, the MBMC has been citing it’s financial inability to sustain the huge administrative expenses to run the medical institution

Prafulla Dahanukar — A Retrospective, at Jehangir

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'Prafulla Dahanukar, a retrospective' can be viewed at Jehangir Art Gallery auditorium and AC 1-3 M.G. Road, Kala Ghoda, from July 22 to August 3, 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. The show will be inaugurated today by film actress Sonakshi Sinha. A top-class exhibition featuring works by the artist spanning from 1950 to 2004 will be on view. Her first painting was on the theme of raga-ragini in which she tries to bring the mood of the raga in her painting. Finally Prafulla went totally abstract.

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t was at Madhuri Dixit's Bhulabhai Desai Institute, I met Prafulla for the first time. Madhuri had after husband's death decided to provide small studios for young and promising artists to work. It was there I must Prafulla who was just out of the art's college. They were not all the time painting: quite often they come out of the little studio and communicated with another. A poor artist who was quite articulate was also there -- V.S. Gaitonde. This artist was a poor as a churchneons. He used to talk a lot later in life became strangely silent. In fact, all artists who were working at the institute -- which was managed by Soli Batliwala -- were poor. They however seemed to be having a confident, optimistic outlook. If I am not mistaken, it was there that Prafulla got the attention of a young man who later on married her -- Prafulla became Mrs. Prafulla Dahanukar. In the beginning, Prafulla painted in a realistic style. She showed me once a painting of a woman -- a portrait. I told her if she had continued in that style, she would have also been successful. Evidently however, her creative mind was visualising other things, done in other styles -- nowhere styles. She became famous with her later creations. Those landscapes showed nowhere images in row after row: as one gazed from now after row, one felt one was moving ahead until one reached the very horizon. It was a unique special way of painting. finally, she became a total abstract painter. One did not have to look for the signature on the painting: from a

Prafulla Dahanukar with daughter Aditi. distance one could say "There! There is a Prafulla Dahanukar". As a person, Prafulla was always amiable, sincere and sympathetic. No wonder then, she collected a large number of artist friends around her. I once asked her about her marriage. She said she had a supportive, loving husband and he allowed her total freedom in her creative work. She lived in a bungalow in

Carmichael Road and on one side of it she had her studio. While choosing works of art, she had no likes and dislikes: She has encouraged many promising young artists from all over the country. Any cause that was good for the artists was good enough for her to take. She has played continuing, big part in the flourishing of art in India and Mumbai.

From ‘mindscapes’ and external space to abstract work Prafulla was a gold-medal winning graduate of the Sir JJ School of Art and had her first solo show in 1956. One of the paintings from her show is printed here from the theme Raga-Ragini. You can see the influence of Gaitonde in this work. Although she periodically painted portraits and still-life, the main theme of paintings in later years was abstracted landscapes which she called Mindscapes in the 1990s and Eternal Space in the 2000s. From semi-realistic scapes in the 1980s, she progressively turned towards abstract. She was a master of colours and painted her abstract landscapes in a wide spectrum of hues. Her works generally had one dominant colour with its subtle shades and nuances. Her paintings have a unique quality of evoking different reactions depending on the mood of the viewer. When in peaceful meditation her paintings look different than in hurried moment. Mrs. 3udith Perry, a collector

of her paintings says, "As the light changes during the day the painting reveals different moods and shapes; we see different visions of space and of the Bombay we love. Living with Prafulla's 'Eternal Space' is deeply satisfying." Prafulla was on the panel for approving the artist for displaying his/her work at the 3ehangir Art Gallery for 50 years! She saw more than 6000 works of art sent to the

3ehangir Art Gallery every year from all parts of India. She was completely familiar with the new painters and their work. She went out of her way to help younger artists and many renowned artists of today from the South, North and East owe their initial push in Mumbai to her selfless and devoted efforts. The Prafulla Dahanuka Art Foundaion (PDAF) has been formed to continue her good work of helping young artists. The Foundation finds its benefactors in most of the top artists of India. It is a fund by the artists for the artists. The PDAF is planning to launch one promising artist every year with a solo show in a prominent gallery.

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Notice has been given that MR. BHARAT SHAMJI PRAJAPATI member of Matushree Park Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., holding Flat No. 403, ‘B' Wing, Fourth floor, in the building known as Matushree Park Cooperative Housing Society Ltd., situated at Old Kanheri Road, Borivli (East), Mumbai 400066 of the society and holding share therein, who was expired on 6th January, 2014 WITHOUT making any nomination.The Society has received an application from Mrs. Labhu Bharat Prajapati for transfer the rights of late Mr. Bharat Shamji Prajapati of above mentioned flat and shares unto her name. Besides the above applicant, any person having whatsoever claims of whatsoever type in the above said Flat in Matushree Park C.H.S. Ltd., they should lodge such claims in writing to the Secretary of society at The Matushree Park C.H.S. Ltd., registered having address at Old Kanheri Road, Borivli (East), Mumbai 400066 within 15 days from the date of publication of this advertisement. If no such claim is received within the said period the society would transfer the said Flat and the shares in respect thereof in favour of Mrs. Labhu Bharat Prajapati after following the due procedure. For Matushree Park Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. Sd/Hon. Secretary

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I have changed my name from Kalu Asgar Ali Ibrahim S/o Kalu Ibrahim Abdul Gafoor to Kalu Asgar Ali Ebrahim S/o Kalu Ebrahim Abdul Gafoor as per Affidavit dated 18/7/2014 C-15564 I have changed my name from to Arshadur Rahman Arshadur Rehman Abdul Hai. Notary Date: 19/7/2014 C-15583 I have changed my name from Patel Ambrin Shoeb Ahmed, to ‘Fruitwala Amberin Ismail’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/07/2014. C-15565

I have changed my name from Qureshi Reesa Salman, to ‘Qureshi Raeesa Salman’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/07/2014. C-15573

I have changed my name from Sajeda Begum Nazir Ahmed Ansari to Sajida Nisar Ahmed Ansari as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-15588

I have changed my name from Madhuri Shriram Dhobi, to ‘Madhuri Ramkaran Pardeshi’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 11871) Dated: 03/07/2014. C-15574

I have changed my name from Shakirhusain Shah to Shakir Ebrhaim Shah as per deedpoll Affidavit dated19th July 2014. C-15589

I have changed my name from Mangala Prasad Gaur, to ‘Mangal Indrajeet Gaud’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 19/07/2014. C-15575 I have changed my name from Mr. Ajaykumar Bhagvanji Patel to Mr. Ajay Bhagwanji Desai as per Affidavit dated 01.07.2014 C-15576 I have changed my name from Mr. Jay Ajay Patel to Mr. Jay Ajay Desai as per Affidavit dated 17.07.2014 C-15577 I have changed my name from Bhagwanji Paragji Patel to Bhagwanji Paragji Desai as per Maharashtra Gazette No (X– 9329) C-15578 I have changed my name from Sudhaben Bhagwanji Patel to Sudhaben Bhagwanji Desai as per Maharashtra Gazette No (X – 9330) C-15579 I have changed my name from Divya Ajay Patel to Divya Ajay Desai as per Maharashtra Gazette No (X – 9332) C-15580

I have changed my name from Patel Amberin Shoeb Ahmed, to ‘Fruitwala Amberin Ismail’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/07/2014. C-15566

I have changed my name from Vikramsingh Naniksingh Labana to Vikramsingh Nanaksingh Labana as per Deed Poll Affidavit. C-15581

I have changed my name from Rizwan Abdul Hameed, to ‘Ansari Rizwan Parvez Abdul Hameed’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/07/2014.

I have changed my name from Poonam. D/o. Manohar Nebhandas to Pinky Manoharlal Achhra by virtue of Deed Poll Affidavit. C-15584

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We father Anil Kumar and Mother Parvati Kumar have changed our minor daughter's name from Kumari Vidhi to Vidhi Kumar as per the Affidavit dated 15.07.2014. C-15590 I have changed my name from Sachin Balu Paddune to Sachin Balu Padadune as per Affidavit dated 17th July 2014. C-15591 I have changed my old name from Satadevi Ramnayan Prajapati to Geeta Ramnayan Prajapati as per affidavit dated 19-07-2014. C-15592 I have changed my name from Prakash Venkatesh Aavdut to Prakash Venkatesh Avadutha as per deed poll Affidavit C-15593 I have changed my name from Pushpa Prakash Aavdut to Pushpa Prakash Avadutha as per deed poll Affidavit C-15594 I have changed my name from Narendra Prakash Aavdut to Narendra Prakash Avadutha as per deed poll Affidavit C-15595 I have changed my name from Mahendra Nathamal to Mahendra Nathamal Jain as per Affidavit dated: 19/07/2014 C-15596 I have changed my name from Jaffar Farook Ali Shaikh to Jaffar Ali Farooq Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-15597 I have changed my name from Farook Ali Shaikh to Farooq Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-15598

I have changed my name from Juveria, to ‘Coatwala Salima Abdul Malik’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/07/2014.

I have changed my name from Devi Bhagwatiprasad Verma to Meena Sanjay Soni as per affidavit. C-15581

I have changed my name from Mohseem Turuk to Mohsin Mohd Husain Turuk as per Affidavit C-15599

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I have changed my name from Sanjaykumar Shambhunath Soni to Sanjay Shambhunath Soni as per affidavit. C-15582

I have changed my name from Rajendrakumar Maganbhai Patel to Rajendra Maganbhai Patel as per Affidavit C-15600

We , Mr. Abdullah Ramaswami Narmita & Mrs. Fatima Abdullah Narmita have changed our minor daughters name from Ayshah Abdullah to Ayesha Abdullah Narmita as per deedpoll affidavit dated 19/07/2014 Annexure ‘E’

I have changed my name from Pritpal Singh Matharu to Arminder Singh Matharu as per Affidavit C-15601

I have changed my name from Coatwala Zoveria Abdul Malik, to ‘Coatwala Salima Abdul Malik’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/07/2014. C-15569 I have changed my name from Mohammed Husain Pattal Bap, to ‘Mohammed Hussain Pattal Bap’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/07/2014. C-15570 I have changed my name from Zubaida Bi Mohammed Husain Pattal Bap, to ‘Zubaida Bee Mohammed Hussain Pattal Bap’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/07/2014. C-15571 I have changed my name from Qureshi Md Zaid Salman, to ‘Qureshi Zaid Salman’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/07/2014. C-15572

C-15585 I have changed my name from “Shradha Sashidharan Menon” to “Shraddha Shashidharan Menon” Vide Maharashtra Gazette (X-62544). C-15586 I have changed my name from Vidya Raghunath Bagul to Swapna Surendra Vaidya as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-15587

I have changed my name from Tanushree Mallappa Bhadrannawar to Tanushree Siddharth Agnihotri as per Affidavit C-15602 I have changed my name from Jethiben Karsan Dhodhi to Jethiben Karsan Dhadhi as per Affidavit C-15603 I have changed my name from Karsan Maghji Dhodhi to Karsan Maghji Dhadhi as per Affidavit C-15604

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Padmanabh Acharya, Governor of Nagaland, lists his priorities of development of tourism and corruption-free government in a region he has already lived in for about four decades

By Prashant Hamine

fter having spent 39 years in the North-East, working initially as an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activist in Nagaland, it is like a second home coming of sorts for Padmanabh Balkrishna Acharya (83), who arrived in Kohima on Saturday for his swearing-in as the Governor of the state, with additional charge of Tripura. An old hand at affairs in the NorthEast. much to the surprise of everyone in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and his supporters, neither did he or his party ever think of making him a Member of Parliament, or Member of Legislative Assembly, or even a Municipal Corporator in his six-decade long political career. His unstinting and long service to the party finally paid off with the government nominating him as Governor of a state and the region he loves so dearly. A businessman by profession, Padmanabh Acharya has dabbled in wide ranging fields from trading, catering to education, having remained a senate member of the Mumbai University for 30 years since 1961, and as member of the Academic and Executive Council for 10 years since 1988. Despite his age, Acharya, the well-read is at-

Catholic Secular Forum general secretary says BJP’s proposed Uniform Civil Code is more to reap political dividends By A Staff Reporter

he Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) general secretary, Joseph Dias, has said that Christians are against a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) foisted upon the minorities and even the majority. This was in reaction to a statement by the union law minister that the Government of India would have a UCC, as suggested by the Supreme Court and it being part of the BJP manifesto. According to him, at least the Catholic Church has a Canon Law, which is followed all over the world and regulates family issues like, divorce, marriage and inheritance, implemented by Ecclesiastical Courts, even as they present the Catholic viewpoint to the believers on

tentive and widely travelled, and is a content man with a family of two sons, daughter and four grandchildren, Before stepping into Kohima, aware of the tribal customs and traditions, he had a word of advice for the staff of his Governors office to plan the swearing-in in such a way that it did not offend the sentiments of the tribals. “You see, the sun rises in the North-East and Nagaland at 4.00 am in the morning. We should take the local climate and local traditions into consideration,” he says. How did you land up in the North-East of all the regions of the country I began my political career way back in 1952 in Mumbai as an ABVP activist. It was around 1965 that the then Jana Sangh, in the aftermath of the 1962 Indo-China War, deputed me to the NorthEast region, with the aim to bring the region closer to mainland India, besides laying the foundations of the ABVP in the region.

of the North-East, I have been fortunate to learn, read and write some 16 different languages of our country, thanks largely due to the party deputing me to various parts of the country for party work.

(SEIL) way back in 1967. It was kind of student exchange program from North-East tribal areas to Mumbai and vice versa. Then, between 1969-79, we launched our second initiative “My Home is India,” five tribal students from Arunachal Pradesh stayed at my residence for further studies. (By the way, most notable amongst his protégées is Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju, while some of them are now How did you manage to serving as bureaucrats in the bring the youth closer to the local administration). national mainstream. Were It must be noted here that there no efforts made to re- the Christian missionaries deem the situation? have done a commendable As the general secretary of the job in reaching out to the ABVP in the region, we poor tribals living in remote started the Students Experi- hilly regions. We then coined ence in Inter-State Living a new acronym called NAmatters of abortion, contraception, euthanasia, etc. “Such a move by the union government would be ultra vires of the Constitutional right to freedom of religion and gives the impression that the BJP government would like to control the minorities and its property or institutions by weakening the authority of religious leadership. The Catholic Canon Law is scriptural and based on the tradition of the church for the last over 2,000 years. For instance, the Bible quotes Jesus as saying 'what God has united, we must not divide' speaking against divorce and similar other issues. One cannot expect the universally followed doctrine of the Catholic Church to be changed because a government with brute majority comes to power in a country. Those who do not agree with the church's teachings are free to marry under civil law and get divorced under it too. Similarly, the Indian Succession Acts of 1865 or 1925 was not applied to Indian Christians, then why should we come under it now?” asked

MASTE that includes Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura and Sikkim. You see, for the tribals there, besides the sun and the moon gods, a teacher is next to god. We are given to understand that you are well versed with several tribal dialects of the region Well, getting to learn their language is not that difficult. For example, Nagamese, the local tribal language of Nagaland, consists of just 500 words. You master them and you master the language. With the help of Queen of Nagaland, Rani Ma Gaidinlu, we have set up the Academy for Indian Tribal Dialects in Juhu, Mumbai. Besides the tribal dialects

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North-East region continues to remain as a blind-spot in the psyche of the rest of the country That is bit tragic. The plight of the people of the North-East is primarily because of our apathetic attitude. For years now, because of their Mongol race features, they are constantly treated as outsiders. Tales have been conjured up that they eat wild and domesticated animals. It is not their fault that they have remained primitive. The situation has forced them to eat and live the way they have been doing so far. Ever since our Independence, the fruits of development have hardly reached the poor tribals. The Central government sends good amounts of money, but it is siphoned off due to rampant corruption. Moreover, what needs to be borne in mind is that the region is surrounded by neighbours like China. The development of the region is imperative, given the fact that China has continued to stake claim over Arunachal Pradesh.

a lot about insurgency in the region Sadly, once again, a wrong picture is being created that there is peace only in Sikkim and Mizoram. None of the 14 odd tribes in the region are militant in nature. The tribals are fed up of this insurgency. It is now restricted to only two district’s of Arunachal Pradesh and few in Manipur. Our mindset has to change. Our apathy is the reason for their situation.

You are an old hand at the North-East.What is the problem and what do you intend to do as the Governor? My first priority would be to once again commence the process of bringing the region closer to mainland India. The major cause for the backwardness and impoverishment in the region has been rampant corruption. Besides this, those who have got rich have been guilty of not ploughing back at least a fraction of their earnings into the development of the local economy. My aim will be to promote tourism in the state and ensure that the loopholes in the administration are plugged so that developmental schemes reach the poor tribals. We need to convince the tribals that their developWhen one talks of the North- ment and destiny is linked to East, one often tends to hear the mainland.

cal or any other culture cannot be foisted throughout the country, through means like the UCC proposed. We have more looked at, with no in- noticed that such secularisaterference in personal laws of tion has failed in the West or various faiths. If at all, the developed nations and we UCC needs to be considered, seem to be importing it from then it needs to be optional there, which has not solved, or voluntary, as assured by B but rather created problems,” R Ambedkar during the Con- said the CSF press note. stituent Assembly debates on Dias added that Personal the subject, where he also Laws fulfill a great role, which said that the fears of the mi- even the government or judinorities need to be allayed ciary cannot. The huge backfirst. log of legal cases and “Laws must arise out of ne- ineffective arbitration has enJoseph Dias, the CSF general cessity, social reforms and sured gaps in the delivery of secretary. through progressive commuAccording to the the CSF, nity leaders, not foisted upon marriage is considered not an believers by the governagreement, but a holy sacra- ments. We are open to leave ment, where God is consid- the choice to opt for the UCC ered the third partner and to the individual, as religion hence, cannot be dissolved. is a personal, sensitive and The UCC proposed by the dividing issue. Conditions BJP is more to reap political must be created to remove dividends and aims more at psychological barriers as the majority appeasement and UCC has been portrayed as consolidating its Hindu vote majority versus minorities. bank. Minorities, lower caste India is a vast and diverse and backward classes are country with not just multitreated as second-class citi- ple personal laws, but also a zens and hence, issues like large spectrum of language, social security, education, ethnic or tribal variety and health or poverty need to be hence a Sanskrit, Brahmani-

justice. The BJP has made unilateral announcements, with not consensus/consultation. “We do not even know what is their idea of a UCC and how would it make provisions for cultural or religious differences through various parts of the country. The earlier NDA regime had to drop the UCC from its agenda because of differences. The BJP seems to be politicising and communalising UCC, just as they are saffronising other spheres, like police, bureaucracy, judiciary or education with sinister moves,” he said.

06 CHANGE OF NAME We Mr. Karsan Maghji Dhadhi & Mrs. Jethiben Karsan Dhadhi have changed our child’s name from Akshita Karsan Dhodhi to Akshita Karsan Dhadhi as per Affidavit C-15605 I have changed my name from Santosh Kumar Chhotelal Dhobi to Santosh Chhotelal Kanoujiya as per Affidavit C-15606 We Mr. Suresh Jagdish Singh Passi and Mrs. Harvinder Kaur Passi my minor daughter Prianka Suresh Passi to Priyanka Suresh Passi as per Affidavit C-15607 I have changed my name from Ramniwas to Ramniwas Bhakhar as per Affidavit C-15608 I have changed my name from Champa to Champa Devi Bhakhar as per Affidavit C-15609 I have changed my name from Mooli to Muli Ramniwas Bhakhar as per Affidavit C-15610 I have changed my name from Bipinkumar Mohanlal Palan to Bipin Mohanlal Palan as per Affidavit C-15611 I have changed my name from Bharat Parihar to Bharatkumar Parihar as per Affidavit C-15612 I have changed my name from Ratnani Raju Hariram to Ratnani Rajkumar Hariram as per Affidavit C-15613 I have changed my name from Jaisinghani Gulu Bhagchand to Jaisinghani Gulab Bhagchand as per Affidavit C-15614 I have changed my name from Hemdev Kasturi Anil to Hemdev Kasturi Aneel as per Affidavit C-15615 I have changed my name from Raghani Khiyal Kanayalal to Raghani Khiyaldas Kanayalal as per Affidavit C-15616 I have changed my name from Hemdev Anil Ramesh to Hemdev Aneel Ramesh as per Affidavit C-15617 I have changed my name from Jessy to Jessy Morais as per Affidavit C-15618 I have changed my name from Veljibhai Bachhubhai Shah to Velji Gala as per Affidavit C-15619 I have changed my name from Mamta to Mamta Kaur Gurmit Singh as per Affidavit C-15620 I have changed my name from Sohel Shahbuddin Dadani to Sohail Shahbuddin Dadani as per Affidavit C-15621 I have changed my name from Suhail Shahbuddin Dadani to Sohail Shahbuddin Dadani as per Affidavit C-15622 I have changed my name from Merlin Mathews to Merlin James as per Affidavit C-15623

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I have changed my name from Kumar Mayaram to Kumar Mayaram Harisinghani as per Affidavit C-15624

I have changed my name from Milankumar Kantilal Gada to Milan Kantilal Gada as per Affidavit C-15642

I Keyur Kumar A. Shah have changed my name to Keyur Ashwin Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 12/07/14 C-15661

I Revti Kumari have changed my name to Revti Bhavesh Chaudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15678

I have changed my name from Padamakar Narayan Tekade to Padmakar Narayan Tekade as per Affidavit C-15625

I have changed my name from Mayur Radheshyam Someni to Mayur Radheshyam Somani as per Affidavit C-15643

I have changed my name from Vijayakumar Madhukarrao Kulkarni to Vijaykumar Madhukarrao Kulkarni as per Affidavit C-15626

I have changed my name from Radheshyam Pannalal Someni to Radheshyam Pannalal Somani as per Affidavit C-15644

I Bernard Joseph Rodrigues have changed my name to Bernad Joseph Rodrigues as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/07/14 C-15662

I Bhavesh Kumar Chaudhari have changed my name to Bhavesh Chaudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15679

I Sambharu Vishwakarma have changed my name to Samharu Vishwakarma as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15695

I Chetna Shah have changed my name to Aarti Sharad Sanghrajka as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15663

I B. Rajashekar Bhat have changed my name to Rajashekar Bhat as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15680

I Mukeshkumar Mansukhlal Somani have changed my name to Mukesh Mansukhlal Somani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15696

I Nargis Parveen Salim Ahmed have changed my name to Nargis Babu Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15681

I Sachindra Narsinha Samant have changed my name to Sachhindra Narsinha Samant as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

We Bhavesh Gavarichand Madhani & Nisha Bhavesh Madhani Have changed our minor son’s name from Div Bhavesh Madhani to Deev Bhavesh Madhani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15682

I Sunil Mohan have changed my name to Sunil Chandra Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15698

I have changed my name from Mahanchand/Mohan Kishanchand Sharam to Mohanchand Kishanchand Sharma as per Affidavit C-15627 I have changed my name from Abhishek to Abhishek Sitaram Singhania as per Affidavit C-15628 I have changed my name from Radhakrishnan Ramchandra to Ramchandran Radhakrishnan as per Affidavit C-15629 I have changed my name from Bindu Shrikant Yadav to Bindadevi Shrikant Yadav as per Affidavit C-15630 I have changed my name from Anil Kumar Rajendra Kumar Joshi to Anil Rajendra Joshi as per Affidavit C-15631 I have changed my name from Leena Subhash Phanse to Priya Vishal Samant as per Affidavit C-15632 I have changed my name from Imthiyaj Hussain Sujad Hussain Sayed to Imtiyaz Shujjat Sayed as per Affidavit C-15633 We Mr. Vishal Bipinchandra Vasani and Mrs. Neepa Vishal Vasani have changed our minor child name from Monil Vishal Vasani to Monal Vishal Vasani as per Affidavit C-15634 I have changed my name from Gopichand Bhagwandas Mandhwani to Gopichand Bhagwandas Madhwani as per Affidavit C-15635

I have changed my name from Mangala Radheshyam Someni to Mangala Radheshyam Somani as per Affidavit C-15645 I have changed my name from Panchi Ben Akhabhai Satra to Preeti Manilal Visaria as per Affidavit C-15646 I have changed my name from Prakashbhai Ramjibhai Patel to Prakash Ramjibhai Patel as per Affidavit C-15647 I have changed my name from Bhartiben Prakashbhai Patel to Bharti Prakash Patel as per Affidavit C-15648 I have changed my name from Sahadeb Dhara to Sahadev Dhara as per Affidavit C-15649 I have changed my name from Sbandu Kali Maity to Subhendu Kalipada Maity as per Affidavit C-15650 I have changed my name from Kali Maity to Kalipada Maity as per Affidavit C-15651 I have changed my name from Ambose Joachim Gonsalves to Ambrose Joachim Gonsalves as per Affidavit. C-15652 I have changed my name from Babi Dattya Bhoir to Baby Kamlakar Bhoir as per Affidavit. C-15653 I have changed my name from Sulabha Dwarkanath Pansare to Sulbha Dwarkanath Pansare as per Affidavit. C-15654

I have changed my name from Ganshe Gopichand Mandhwani to Ganshe Gopichand Madhwani as per Affidavit C-15636

I have changed my name from Xavier Anton Ager to Xavier Anthony Aguiar as per Affidavit. C-15655

I have changed my name from Suhas Ekanath Aparaj to Suhas Eknath Apraj as per Affidavit C-15637

I have changed my name from Salman Mohd Waseem Ansari to Salman Mohammad Waseem Ansari as per Affidavit C-15656

I have changed my name from Tushar Pradyuman to Tushar Pradyuman Trivedi as per Affidavit C-15638

I have changed my name from Rajani Narayan Gole to Shilpa Purushottam Kale as per Affidavit C-15657

I have changed my name from Thaku Madhukar Patole to Sulbha Suresh Salaskar as per Affidavit C-15639

I Jairaj Sanjeev Dhodi have changed my name to Jayraj Sanjeev Dhanu as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/07/14 C-15658

I have changed my name from Mrs. Amiulla Abbas Charoliya to Mrs.Amtullah Abbas Charoliya as per deed poll Affidavit C-15640 I have changed my name from Pallavi Bahen Mansukhlal Khimashiya to Pallavi Milan Gada as per Affidavit C-15641

I Mst. Pranesh Yuvaraj have changed my name to Mr. Pranesh Yuvraj Gangadharan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/07/14 C-15659 I Valentia Rolle D’silva have changed my name to Valentia Carl D’souza as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15660

I Mrs. Gigi Ganesh Modi have changed my name to Mrs. Geeta Ganesh Modi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15664 We Mr. Vimal Parmar & Mrs. Saroj Vimal Parmar have changed our daughter’s name from Miss Shreya Solanki to Miss Shreya Vimal Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15665 I Pinky Girish Gangir have changed my name to Rajashri Girish Gangir as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 16/07/14 C-15666 I Ramsalad Jaiswal have changed my name to Ramsabad Jaiswal as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/07/14 C-15667 I Santoshi Ramsabad Jaiswal have changed my name to Santoshidevi Ramsabad Jaiswal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 18/07/14 C-15668 I Beena Ketan Fofaria have changed my name to Bina Ketan Fofaria as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 14/07/14 C-15669 I Ketan Manharlal Fofarya have changed my name to Ketan Manharlal Fofaria as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 14/07/14 C-15670 I Beena Ketan Fofarya have changed my name to Bina Ketan Fofaria as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 14/07/14 C-15671 I Binay Ketan Fofarya have changed my name to Binoy Ketan Fofaria as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 14/07/14 C-15672 I Pravin Vora have changed my name to Pravinchandra Vora as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/07/14 C-15673 I Umeshkumar Joshi have changed my name to Umeshchandra Joshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/07/14 C-15674 I Maheshkumar Hastimal Chhajed have changed my name to Mahesh Hastimal Chhajed as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/07/14 C-15675

I Trupti Bankimkumar Shah have changed my name to Pinky Bankim Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15683 I Hira Rambriksh Shukla have changed my name to Hiraprasad Rambriksh Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15684 I Antonyraj Have changed my name to Antonyraj Nadar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15685 I Sandanakani Antonyraj have changed my name to Sandanakani Antonyraj Nadar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15686 I Ragu Selvan Antonyraj have changed my name to Ragu Selvan Antonyraj Nadar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15687 I Ganesh Manubhai Patel have changed my name to Ganeshbhai Manubhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15688 I Sanghmitra Kumari Harishankar Jha @ Sanghmita Kumari have changed my name to Sanghmitra Devshankar Chaudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15689 We Mr. Devshankar Choudhary & Mrs. Sanghmitra Devshankar Choudhary have changed our minor son’s name from Ankitdev Devshankar Choudhary to Ankit Devshankar Choudhary as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15690 I Rebecca Blessy Ambrose have changed my name to Rebecca Ambrose Natarajan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15691

I Hiteshkumar Champsi Gada have changed my name to Hitesh Champsi Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15676

I Mohamad Imran Mohamad Eakbal have changed my name to Mohammad Imran Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15692

I Mohammed Rafique Mohsin Ali have changed my name to Mohammed Rafiq Mohsin Ali Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 19/07/14 C-15677

I Mohamad Eakbal @ Ikbal Shaikh @ Iqbal Shaikh have changed my name to Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15693

I Sakarunnisha Mohamad Eakbal have changed my name to Shakarunnisha Mohammad Iqbal Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15694

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I Neela Poojarthy have changed my name to Neela Chandra Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15699 I Mohan Poojari have changed my name to Chandra Shina Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15700 I Madhubala Chandanmalji Jain have changed my name to Madhu Dinesh Palrecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15701 I Dineshkumar Sohanlal Palrecha have changed my name to Dinesh Sohanraj Palrecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15702 I Sohanlal Manmalji Palrecha have changed my name to Sohanraj Manmalji Palrecha as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15703 I Appaso Bapu Kolekar have changed my name to Appa Bapu Kolekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/07/14 C-15704 I Alaknanda Vijay Malani have changed my name to Alka Vijay Malani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15705 I Aushri Rajkumar Shah have changed my name to Ayushi Rajkumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15706 I Vijayalaxmi Dwivedi have changed my name to Vijaylaxmi Dwivedi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15707 I Jigarbhai Lakhubhai Saripadiya have changed my name to Jigar Lakhubhai Saripadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15708 I Umeshkumar Shrikrishna Gupta have changed my name to Umesh Shrikrishna Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15709 I Hansaben Rughnath Kawa have changed my name to Hansa Jayantilal Waghela as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-15710

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Failed Rebellions? Sharad Pawar have been able to stay the course and create their own political fiefdom. Rane first rebelled against late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray in 2005 after the latter announced his son Uddhav as his political heir. He was soon to be followed by Uddhav’s cousin Raj who later founded the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). The recent Lok Sabha elecNarayan Rane tions saw his political stocks plummet. That fate befell on t seems as though the re- Rane too who saw his son bellious streak in Nitesh get defeated by Sena’s Narayan Rane just re- Arvind Sawant in Ratnagirifuses to die down. This is the Sindhudurg. But that was third time in his political ca- not the trigger for his latest reer that he has rebelled salvo aimed at the party. In against the party leadership. 2008, after Ashok Chavan It is not that he is alone in stepped down from the ofthe pantheon of leaders who fice, Rane vented his resenthave rebelled against the ment virtually accusing the party leadership. Some have leadership of not keeping its their egos grown larger than word in making him the life, too big for the party to chief minister. handle eventually falling out This time around, with his of favour of the party bosses. son’s defeat in the Lok Sabha Not all like Nationalist Con- election, the Congress rout gress Party (NCP) chief in that election and with the

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party starring at yet another likely dismal performance in the ensuing assembly elections, Rane’s cup of woes seems to have spilled over yet again. Having left the party which had made him the chief minister once, Rane appears to be running out of political options. To make matters worse his trusted aide and Thane municipal corporation corporator Ravindra Phatak too deserted him and went back to the Sena. Maharashtra has had a long history of political rebellions. Some like Sharad Pawar succeeded in even forming a ramshackle of a

Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) alliance government that included the right wing Jana Sangh in 1978-80. Later on he too broke away from the Congress in 1999 after the elevation of Sonia Gandhi as party president, citing her alleged foreign origins. Since 1999 in the state and at the centre between 2004-14, Pawar has had to swallow his pride and play the second fiddle in governments both at the state and at the centre. Others like Chhagan Bhujbal had their days of glory in the Sena as the mayor of Mumbai and then as the virtual one man army as the

dhav Thackeray for his remarks that he prayed to God so that Rane got mental peace in whichever political party he might end up. “Uddhav does not know that those who do good for others get rewarded by God. Those who harass and torment others get punished,” Rane pointed out. “I am resigning happily as I am a fighter. I will continue to fight. As of now, I am in the Congress and I have no plans

to quit the party,” he said while speaking to reporters. According to sources, Rane has decided to mount pressure on the party high command through the criticism. He will not quit the Congress but he is expecting the party leadership to initiate action against him. After getting expelled from the Congress, Rane wants to make his further move. By that time he has kept the cards close to his chest.

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van. He said that the forthcoming Assembly elections ll eyes are now fixed on results would not be different the meeting between from the Lok Sabha polls if Chief Minister Prithviraj they were fought under the Chavan and Industries Minis- present leadership. Rane has ter Narayan Rane, who is up in left no stone unturned in critarms against the party leader- icising Chavan. ship. Rane has also anRane, who quit the Shiv nounced that he will quit from Sena in 2005 to join the Conthe state cabinet today. gress, has made it clear that After lambasting Shiv Sena he was yet to take a call on his president Uddhav Thackeray, future political course. The the furious Rane trained his former chief minister hit out guns on Chief Minister Cha- at Shiv Sena president Ud-

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rime Minister Narendra Modi would be visiting the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) here today. Modi is likely to be briefed on the development of the Indian Pressurised Water Reactor, large scale accelerators, Indian Neutrino Observatory and large size nuclear recycle plants during his visit, a state government official said. The PM would interact with the scientists of Depart-

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ment of Atomic Energy (DAE) and BARC during his visit. Modi would land here from Delhi in the afternoon and return to the national capital after BARC visit in the evening. There is no other programme scheduled, sources said, adding that BARC event would not be open to the media. This will be Modi’s first visit to Mumbai after becoming the Prime Minister.

leader of opposition in the state legislature. He too had his brief days under the sun, first as the deputy chief minister in 1999 and then briefly trying to ensure a technical arrest of the very man who groomed him politically – the late Sena chief. Like Rane, Bhujbal to had to bear the ignominy of having to witness the defeat of his nephew Sameer in the recent Lok Sabha polls. Even a mass leader like BJP’s late leader Gopinath Munde too felt it uneasy, sidelined in the party after the demise of party stalwart late Pramod Mahajan. At one point of time even his well wishers in other political parties advised him to grin and bear the humiliation being heaped on him. Haribhau Rathod briefly shot to fame after abstaining during the vote on the IndoUS civil nuclear deal, but today has to be content with being a Congress MLC. The likes of former BJP MP Jaisingrao Gaikwad and former MLC Madhu Deolekar have simply faded away not just from the party but also from public memory. You probably might not

recognise some of these former rebels - Advocate Balwant Mantri (1967), trade union leader Arun Mehta (1974), Bandu Shingre (1975), Dr Hemchandra Gupte (1977), Madhav Deshpande (1991), Chhagan Bhujbal (1991) and Ganesh Naik who soon followed around 1999 – they were all former Sena rebels. The bottom line is that unless and until you have the charisma, mass support base or the ability to make crucial political shift at the right moment the future often looks bleak. After his defeat in the 1995 assembly polls, late Vilasrao Desmukh had almost embraced the then ruling Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in his bid to contest the Legislative Council elections in 1996 as an Independent candidate and lost by just a fraction of the vote. Back in 1999 he was the Congress chief minister. Or take the case of Harshavardhan Patil who since 1995 has enjoyed uninterrupted stint of close to 20 years as a minister first with the Sena-BJP government and now as the Congress minister.

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BJP leader Eknath Khadse recovers B

JP leader Eknath Khase, who had been admitted to Bombay hospital a week ago and was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for around five to six day and was shifted to the ward day before yesterday, is getting better now. “He had come to the hospital a week ago with lung infection and was in the ICU for the same for five to six

days. But now the infection is clear and he is getting better. All his parameters are alright. He has been shifted to the ward and will be discharged in two days,” said a doctor from Bombay hospital who wished to remain anonymous. Being in overcrowded places and stress might have caused the infection said the —Shwetha Kannan doctor.

‘Glass facades should be banned’

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A green initiative

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he massive fire which broke out at the Lotus Business Park in Andheri on July 18 has awoken

should ban the construction of building with glass façades. “These glass façade buildings should be banned because these they lack ventilation and the temperature reflects the heat.” Keeping in view the events that unfolded during the fire,

he said that the civic administration should purchase its own helicopters. “The BMC depended on the coastguard and navy officials to carry out the rescue operation on Friday. If a chopper is purchased by the BMC, it can be used during such emergencies.”

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The Mira Bhayandar unit of the Congress party led by its recently appointed president, Anil Sawant, launched a massive tree plantation drive in the twin-city. Students of N H High School, Noor Jahan Urdu School, Anjuman High School, St Harris and Banegar High School planted around 6,000 saplings in the region. The students not only planted the saplings but also took an oath to protect and take care of them. The Tree Authority provided the saplings. MLC Muzaffar Hussain, civic chief Bharat Shitole, corporators Pics and Text Suresh Golani Juber Inamdar were amongst others were present on the occasion.

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Continued from pg 1 « where the crime was committed. The other two accused have been identified as Deepak Bhalerao and Ganpat Patil. The victim's mother alleges that when she went with her child to file her complaint, the on duty police officer at the Tilak Nagar police station only registered a NC report and asked them to leave. But on her insistence,

the authorities about the dangers of glass façades on tall buildings. Devendra Amberkar, Leader of Opposition of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), who had visited the spot of the fire stated that the civic body he summoned the trio and after a formal inquiry, released them after a local politician intervened on their behalf. When contacted, the Senior Police Inspector of Tilak Nagar police station, Bhagwat Sonawane, said, “I am not aware of the incident. If the medical report has confirmed that the trio performed unnatural sex with the boy, then will I check who is the officer who filed an NC instead of an FIR.”

nternational experts, along with the Crisis Management Team (CMT) of the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation limited (ONGC), were pressed into action on Saturday to stem the gas leak in an oil rig off the Mumbai coast. Officials claimed that the “situation is under control” and 48 personnel have been evacuated to a safe place by the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard. Two Multi-Role Support Vessel (MRSVs) of the ONGC and one ship each of the Navy and the Coast Guard conducted the rescue and were on standby in the proximity of the Sagar Uday rig, about 100 nautical miles (180km) from Mumbai, to provide further assistance. The Chief PRO in the Ministry of Defence, Cdr Rahul Sinha, said, “The ships which were on patrol nearby were dispatched to the accident

site. The ships are in communication with the personnel on board the oil rig. Two choppers are also kept on standby to airlift the crew in case the situation deteriorates,” officials said. ONGC officials said, “The drilling rig Sagar Uday was operating at the NS platform in Mumbai High North, on well number NSBX for sidetracking. The depth reached is around 1,183m. On Saturday morning, a gas flow was observed from the outermost casing annulus.” Immediately after the alarm, the navy and the coast guard pressed its vessels for the evacuation of the personnel trapped inside the oil rig. CMT of ONGC had already engaged in the fire fighting operation. Considering the severity of the damage control, international experts, Boots & Coots, a premier well control company, was called for the fire and gas control at the accident site. Azad Shrivastav | ADC

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Original Agreement For Sale dated 21-06-1990 executed between M/s Jay Vikas Construction Company & Mr. Bansi Maruti Bhusari in respect of Flat No. 10, on 1st Floor, Jay Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., Vishnu Nagar, G. Gupte Cross Road, Dombivli (West), Dist. Thane, is misplaced and not traceable. The complaint is lodged to Ram Nagar Police Station. Shri Jayesh Virendra Zala is present owner of the Flat No. 10 and member of Jay Society. If any person finds above mentioned original registered agreement dated 21-06-1990 and has/have any objection for sale of the said flat if made by my client, he/she/they shall inform the same in writing within 14 days of publication of this notice at below mentioned address. Smt. Beena M. Sansare Advocate Place: Dombivli Date: 21/07/2014 A/5, Sanyogita Society Pt. Deendayal Road, Anand Nagar, Dombivli (West), Dist. Thane.

Bollywood and television actors enjoyed a football match organised by Ira Khan, Aamir Khan's daughter at the Cooperage ground in Colaba on Sunday. Aamir Khan and Abhishek Bacchan captained the two teams in the match that was organised to raise funds for a charity that takes care of stray animals.

Interrogation of fake cop reveals his hinge operations

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ter Datta Meghe who had a few week ago quit the Conngenious ways adopted by gress and joined the BJP. Para fake cop to extort money mar thought — it is not from citizens placed in dif- known how he came to the ferent circumstances were re- wrong conclusion — that vealed when the crime Megha must have made a lot branch interrogated him. The of money through dubious fake cop, Nishant Parmar, means. He posed as a senior alias Rahul, was arrested late member of the crime branch last week for his criminal op- and contacted Datta Meghe erations. and he told him clinching evParmar had tried to extort idence about his ‘ill-gotten’ money from a former minis- wealth. He told Meghe if he

wants to avoid negative publicity and arrest, he should give him Rs. one crore. Meghe lodged a complaint with the police. The crime branch also got another similar complaint from a sion-based jeweller. The caller (Parmar) said he was senior inspector Nalwade and he was calling from Shivaji Nagar police station, Pune. He told the jeweller he would come to Mumbai and

arrest him on charge of possession and sale of stolen jewellery. He told the jeweller either he should return the stolen property or face arrest. The jeweller lodged a police complaint. In July, the crime branch received another fake call from a fake cop. The interrogration of Parmar in both the cases has disclosed that Parmar is involved in as many as a dozen such extortion cases.

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A policeman inspects the tempo of the driver who was murdered in Shivaji Nagar on Friday night.

Murder case solved in a day Perverted septuagenarian passes lewd comments at TMC cleaners By Priyanka Dhomse

leaning employees of the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) in the Ghodbunder area have complained against a resident of Hiranandani Meadows for molesting them. The female employees have complained to the TMC commissioner’s office against 70-year-old Prabhakar Chaudhary, who claims to be an RTI activist, for misbehaving with them. Ghodbunder in Thane is a newly developed area in the city, where many residential projects have been established and many more are under construction. So to maintain cleanliness, TMC has formed a unit of a few employees, including women, to clean this particular area. Around 40-50 employees work on cleaning the roads. The female employees who

are deployed in cleaning the Khewra Circle, Hajeri Shed complained against Chaudhary for misbehaving with them, asking vulgar questions and are forcing the authorities to send only female employees to clean his area. Leela Panchal (55), union leader, said, “The female cleaning employees have been complaining to me about the issue since many days. Now it is time we take action against

me.’ Later he also started saying, ‘Ask your head to send young employees for duty,’ and tried to molest me. Hence, we have complained about this to our boss and union leader. We had also registered a complainy against Prabhakar Chawdhary at theVartak Nagar police station on July 19. Deepak Ahire, deputy inspector of the cleaning department, TMC, said, “On July 19, Prabhakar came to Khewra the offender. So we com- Circle Hajeri Shed at plained to the TMC officials around 6.30 in the morning demanding to take strict ac- and threatened them saying tion against this Prabhakar that he will transfer them or ask Chaudhary.” their heads to remove them Shobha Gaikwad, one of the from their jobs. Our employees victims and part of the TMC who were present at the spot mahila safai karmachari, said, registered a complaint against “Whenever we would be on Prabhakar in the Kapurbawdi duty, Prabhakar Chawdhary police station and also to the would come to us asking inap- TMC officials. They have depropriate questions like, ‘How manded that action be taken is your husband,’ or ‘Ask your against Prabhakar soon or they colleague to come and meet would discontinue their duty.”

MBMC sees debate over slaughter ban during ‘Paryushan’ By Suresh Golani

he issue of imposing a week-long ban on sale of meat and closure of slaughter houses during the ‘Paryushan Parv’ not only assumed political overtones in the monthly general body meet of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) but took a Jodha-Akbar twist on Saturday. Even as the state government circular mandates closure of slaughter houses and ban on sale of meat during two days of the ‘Paryushan Parv’ – the holy festival of the Jain community, the MBMC house was in receipt of two Call-to-Attention motions moved by Suresh Khandelwal (NCP) and Geeta Jain (BJP) seeking an extension of the ban throughout the eight days from August 22 to 29. It should

be noted that the Jain community has a sizable presence in the twin-city and understandably none of the parties – NCP and the BJP wants to take a chance ahead of the assembly elections scheduled to be held in October. Citing an Apex Court order related to the Ahemdabad civic body, BJP’s Geeta Jain went a step further demanding an 18-day ban respecting the sentiments of the two sects of Jainism – Shwetambar and Digambar. Jain read out a portion of the judicial order which stated that it is easy for people to abstain from non-veg food for a few days and even Emperor Akbar who had great respect for Jainism had not only banned slaughtering animals during Paryushan but himself refrained from non-vegetarian food on certain days out of re-

spect for his Hindu wife. However, the ‘anti-nonvegetarian’ move triggered a heated debate in the house when a section of NCP and Congress corporators raised their concern over the effect of the ban on the livelihood of those involved in the business of selling meat and non-vegetarian food. “We respect the sentiments of the Jain community and are not against the closure, but it is also our duty to ensure that those affected by this decision are compensated. After all, their daily bread and butter relies on this trade,” said NCP leader and fishing community leader Bernard D’mello, who failed to get a satisfactory reply from the administration if fish selling trade too came under the ambit of the ban. “The state government guidelines im-

plies a two-day ban. However, the civic administration and the governance will appeal traders for an eight-day voluntary closure,” said Mayor Catlyn Pereira. Congress corporator Farid Qureshi registered his protest against certain religious outfits who turn into law-enforces in a bid to forcefully shut down the shops. “This is nothing but a selfish move to flare-up religious sentiments of the peace loving populace in the twincity,” Qureshi said. “Not only are Jain trusts ready to compensate families that earn their livelihood from slaughter of meat, I am ready to hand over my entire civic honorarium for the cause,” said Opposition Leader Narendra Mehta. Interestingly, Shiv Sena members chose to remain mum on the issue.

Shivaji Nagar police discover that accused slit tempo driver’s neck as the deceased pestered him to kill another man

By Tariq Khan

he Shivaji Nagar police has solved Friday night’s murder of a tempo driver who succumbed to his injuries, with the help of his mobile call records. As the victim died on the doorsteps of Shivaji Nagar police station before the police could take his comments, police did not have any other clue except scanning his mobile call data records. Initially, the Shivaji Nagar police detained Imran Niyazullah Chaudhary alias Immo (22) for questioning as he had called the deceased Moinuddin Nisar Ahmed Shaikh alias Mainu (22) before the murder. After thorough interrogation, accused Imran spilled the beans and narrated the entire incident to the police after which they

Victim Moinuddin Shaikh

used to pester Imran to assist him for murdering Wasim, which Imran refused. Imran had given Rs 2,000 to the victim, which the victim refused to return unless he was assisted in murdering Wasim. This led to constant arguments between the two. On Friday night, when the two met at the service road of GhatkoparMankhurd Link Road, Imran demanded his money back to which the victim refused unless he assisted in murdering Wasim. This angered the victim and he was about to attack Imran when Imran slashed the victim’s neck twice using a knife before he could react and fled. “Thus the profusely bleeding Moinuddin somehow drove his tempo to Shivaji Nagar police station before Accused Imran Chaudhary succumbing to his injuries at the police station,” stated promptly arrested him. police inspector Anand RaAccording to investigation hate. The investigation was officer PSI Mushtaq Shaikh carried out under the superof Shivaji Nagar police sta- vision of Dhanraj Gaikwad, tion, the victim and the ac- the senior PI Shivaji Nagar cused were friends. While police station. “The accused the victim was a Rafique has been arrested and will be Nagar resident in Shivaji produced in court tomorNagar, accused Imran is a row. As the incident occurred resident of Mhada Colony, at under the jurisdiction of DeGautam Nagar in Govandi. onar police, the case will In his statement to the po- later be transferred to them lice, Imran stated that the with the permission of senvictim had an enmity with a ior police authorities,” said local calledWasim. Hence he Gaikwad.

The complete isolation of the rudderless Congress

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Ponder awhile... There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. — Mahatma Gandhi

Lack of godowns I for food grain storage undreds of tonnes of food grains H kept in the open in Punjab had to be destroyed. This is not an unusual happening. Food grains in bags are kept exposed to rain and soon begin to rot. The rotten food grains are not even fit enough for cattle. It is just collected as garbage and thrown away. Food grains stored in godowns also soon begin to rot due to leakages in the roof and on walls. And then there are the pests which get into godowns and nibble away on the precious food grains. Every year thousands of tonnes of wheat, pulses and other food grains are lost only because we have not cared to build godowns for storage. It is most shocking that both the state governments and the Centre have not realised the need for building godowns. Before their very eyes, food grains rot but they do not seem to be bothered. As in other years, the budget this year has little allocation for constructing godowns. This is an important way of saving food grains, but the government turns a blind eye to this issue. It looks like those who store grains in the open actually want it to become unfit for consumption. Scarcity of food grains raises the cost and this will benefit both farmers and middlemen. The government chooses to be a spectator and keeps watching the grains going bad. Food grains are left to rot in the open, perhaps on purpose. It is most unlikely that the government will ever construct adequate and required number of godowns. The food grain storage situation has not changed for the last several years and the chances are they will remain the same for ever.

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NCOMPETENCE still rules the Congress. Despite the drubbing, the Grand Old Party shows no sign of making a fresh beginning. And that beginning cannot be made until it frees itself from the bondage of the Family. Now that is not being harsh on the Gandhis. If you are a well-wisher of the Congress, you will say that is being brutally frank. For, a number of times, the limits of the dynastic leadership, and the coterie surrounding it, had been so thoroughly exposed that there ought to have been no more second chances. Yet, lacking courage and self-belief, Congressmen cling, limpet-like, to the mother and son duo, even as a revival of the party recedes further into the distant future. In particular, two self-goals ought to prove our case. The first was the shrill demand for the official status of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. By shouting itself hoarse from the housetops, the party believed it could grab through the back door what the voters had clearly and premeditatedly denied it up front. Unmindful of parliamentary law and practice, the party megaphones argued on nightly television and at daily press briefings as if the loop was its birthright and it would not rest until it was proffered to it on a platter. But nothing has come of that noisy campaign. And, trust us, nothing is likely to come because the Congress party had no leg to stand on in the first place. The popular verdict through the ballot box cannot be undone by a few self-serving leaders behaving like bad losers and seeking a favour they are explicitly prohibited from getting under the law. Period. Let us not labour any further that selfgoal by the Congress leadership. And move on to its second folly in a few short weeks. The vehemence displayed in opposing the Bill meant to replace the TRAI ordinance which paved the way for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have a principal secretary of his choice cannot be easily surpassed. The party not only opposed the ordinance, it even suggested, entirely falsely, that Mishra was a closet RSS man. Of course, objective observers would tend to agree with the criticism that a person-specific ordinance, especially on the eve of a parliamentary session, ought to have been avoided. It is quite possible that Modi was not told about the stipulation that barred Nripendra Mishra from taking up the coveted assignment. If that was really so, we would blame Mishra for keeping his prospective employer in the dark. Be that as it may, once Mishra had assumed his new role, his bosses were not going to embarrass him. Hence, the ordinance lifting that bar on his reemployment was followed by the Bill to replace the ordinance. If there was someone wise and tactful in the Congress party, she would have counseled a quick end to the virulent opposition to the Mishra appointment. After all, the point about the ordinance had been made and had found a

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a habitual name-dropper who always seeks to insinuate himself into all major problems of the day, be it the Mandir-Masjid imbroglio, the Anna Hazare fast, or the unending IndoPak dispute. Maybe the chief point person on this end of the Pak outfit, ostensibly in the business of promoting Indo-Pak peace, was woefully short of filling up empty slots in the Indian contingent when he took Vaidik along on another of those interminable seminar-junkets. Vaidik did not disappoint. Always full of his own sense of importance, he filled the air in Pakistan not so much with workable solutions to the disputes that have dogged the two neighbours for six-plus decades. No. He convinced the hosts of their having at last located in him an interlocutor who could deliver Kashmir. He talked of a united Kashmir free from the control of both Pakistan and India and, of course, he claimed close proximity to the new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. From there how the hosts came to arrange his meeting with Hafiz Saeed, the terror ringmaster, is not hard to contemplate. The Pakistani establishment is always willing to invest in those Indians who offer themselves as the bridge between them and the powers that be in New Delhi. Vaidik was ready with his services. And maybe the price was his meeting with the terrorist who carries a USD Virendra Kapoor 10 billion bounty on his head. That shows the naivety of the Pak establishment. Why blame Congress. By allowing the government an Vaidik? He did what he is known to have done easy win so early in the life of this Parliament, all his life - market himself. By the way, Vaidik’s Kashmir solution was despite the fact that numbers in the Upper House are badly stacked against it, the Con- no different than the one Sheikh Abdullah gress may have spotlighted the chinks in the had taken to Pakistan in May 1964. In Pakarmour of the non-NDA parties. Even the istan, with the explicit approval of the then long-time ally, NCP, deserted the Congress. Indian Prime Minister, the Sheikh talked of a Mamata’s TMC, Yadav’s SP and Mayawati’s united and independent Kashmir whose sovBSP underlined the near-total isolation of the ereignty was to be guaranteed by both India and Pakistan. Unfortunately, the Sheikh had Congress party. And the akhbari Congress leaders had to return post-haste following the sudden hoped to make it really tough for the Modi death of his friend and mentor, Nehru. Wongovernment to have its way in this Parlia- der why no one in the Congress party backed ment? Tell that to the ordinary four-anna Vaidik on his Kashmir solution? Or do they Congress members who have lost all hope of even know their history? the party reviving in a hurry, particularly when the mother-and-son duo refuses to loosen its vice-like grip on it. The chaotic conE Indians suffer from such an inferiority ditions in the Congress units in the states, complex that we believe that the West is particularly in those few where it still retains power, further proves our point. Like the always ahead of us. It is not. And in what is Bourbons, the Gandhis learn nothing and un- easily an acknowledgment about the most modern election campaign ever mounted by learn nothing. an Indian prime ministerial candidate, a leading American election strategist and a former adviser to President Obama, wrote EVER before had the political class and a last week in ‘The Wall Street Journal’, “… (the section of the media wasted so much American presidential) campaigns will be as time on such an insignificant issue. Freelance much fought on mobile phones and televijournalist Ved Pratap Vaidik is one of those sion and computers. In India, Prime Minister who when asked to introduce himself is more Narendra Modi broke new ground by using likely to tell you which VVIP he is on first- holograms throughout the country to extend name terms with and which world leader his reach. These were just presentations of his seeks his counsel. A nameless journalist, he is speeches…” Amen. favourable echo among the editorial classes. But it wasn’t something on which the Congress could have expected to win back the trust of the people so soon after its complete rejection. Even ordinary people found it hard to believe that the prime minister cannot have an aide of his own choice. No popular cause was at stake. Nor, for that matter, a big principle. The party was being cussed, opposing for the sake of opposing. Yet, the Congress doggedly stuck to its guns, though the Trinamool Congress was wiser, having decided to absent from the vote after initially listing its objections. The passage of the Bill in the Lok Sabha was a foregone conclusion. It was, however, the vote in the Rajya Sabha which thoroughly exposed the folly of the

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Much ado about nothing

know this stuff already — it's been codi?ed as myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides, epigrams, parables: the skeleton of every great story. The trick is keeping the truth up-front in daily conyou worship money and things — if they are sciousness. Worship power — you will feel where you tap real meaning in life — then you weak and afraid, and you will need ever more will never have enough. Never feel you have power over others to keep the fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart — you will end up feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. And so on. enough. It's the truth. Worship your own body Look, the insidious thing about these forms and beauty and sexual allure and you will al- of worship is not that they're evil or sinful; it ways feel ugly, and when time and age start is that they are unconscious. They are defaultshowing, you will die a million deaths before settings. they ?nally plant you. On one level, we all — James Foster Wallace

Recognising our default settings In the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or spiritual-type thing to worship — be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set of ethical principles — is that pretty much anything else you worship will eat you alive. If

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Terrorism hits the sky now shooting down of the Malaysian aircraft over the Ukraine-Russia border has sent shock waves among most fliers who now fear for their own safety during air travel. A Malaysian aircraft went missing only a few months back with no news till date. Yesterday's tragedy will probably never have conclusive evidence of the people responsible for bringing down the aircraft. Russia and Ukraine will blame each other and the area of the fallen debris too is in a disputed site. The world today has become a war zone with Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Russia, Pakistan, India and many more countries having border problems. Time for some sanity among fellow people around the globe in the name of humanity. UNSAFE SKIES: The news of the shooting down of the Malaysian aircraft over the Ukraine-Russia border has sent shock waves among most fliers who now fear for their own safety during air travel THE shooting down of the Malaysian Airlines flight is the act of terror by pro-Russian separatists of eastern Ukraine using bulk missiles. There is no evidence yet of where the missile originated. But whoever is to blame for this, the Malaysian Airlines jet was flying over an area that has not been closed for civilian air traffic, as the planes of many other international airlines. The world will now face the crisis with rebels becoming active with sophisticated weapons to target anything at their will. The

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IT is horrendous that 295 innocent lives have been lost in the irony is that so many parts of the Malaysian airliner, shot down by a world are now zones of conflicts. It missile over Ukraine. Who shot the is high time the regulatory bodies missile and why? How did this like ICAO must be more protective group acquire the expertise to in drawing the line where civilian shoot down a jet flying at a height aircraft can fly safely on interna- of 10,000m? Normally such techtional routes and there must be an nology and equipment is with the independent inquiry conducted to armed forces of any country. Why determine the cause of the crash. have innocent passengers in an air—Bhagwan Thadani, via email plane become victims of an issue involving Russia/Ukraine? These questions should be answered. The world is becoming increasingly unTHE world's skies are getting safe for ordinary citizens. —Rajendra K Aneja, Dubai riskier by the day. The news of the

security problems and that is how we find a number of fire accidents in the city. The haphazard way of sanctioning approvals comes at the heavy cost of human lives and public property. Approval of the basic design plan and issuance of NOCs —K V Raman, Malad following the inspection of fire safety measures at the site while the building is under construction is a must. Even after the building is I AM planning to hold the best pot- complete and the occupancy cerhole competition in the city. If you tificate (OC) is issued, fire officials think your pothole is the best, show extract their pound of flesh during it to us. The categories are the fire safety audit. With corrupKhulja sim sim pothole: opens tion at the grassroots level, caution with the first monsoon shower is thrown to the sea and we find fire Mystery pothole: covered with accidents taking place quite frewater so no one knows the depth quently. —Jayanthy S Maniam, Sion Grandapa pothole: zor ka jhatka, dheere se lage Item girl pothole: LETTER OF shakes every part of your THE DAY APROPOS 'Now Bangalore shames body Car-seva pothole: gives your car a nation' (ADC, July 18), indeed my head hangs in shame. Considering garage bill Figure conscious pothole: bal- the seriousness of this hugely condemned incident in a an up scale anced from all sides Hole sale potholes: your entire Bangalore educational institution, I only wonder where our nation is area is filled with them Inflationary pothole: keeps on heading. The parents send their children to school, not for educawidening Winners will get a one-year lucra- tion alone, but to learn etiquette and good behaviour in order to be a tive rat-catching contract. Prize: courtesy, the good Samari- proper citizen in future. Apart from the dedication of the teachers in tan. —Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra general it is observed with grave concern that the standard of morals is severely eroding by the day. In this case the culprits should be caught THE Lotus building fire in Andheri and given exemplary punishment has given us one more thing to in such a manner that, in future think about in high rise buildings such an incident should never ever safety. Illegal permissions to con- occur . —Bikram Banerjea, via email struct sky scrappers causes a lot of

They got the wrong vandal

lakes, the latter four, major ones at that, have not yet been fortunate JUST because Christians are god enough to receive bountiful blessfearing people and do not take the ings of lord Varun. Let us hope that law into their own hands, it does not the deficit in the total rainfall of the mean that people should take ad- season would be wiped out and all vantage of that. The person who the six reservoirs start overflowing vandalised the statue of Jesus Christ very soon. —Arun Malankar, Santacruz hanging on the cross on S V Road at Vile Parle (W) in Mumbai on the night of July 13, should be punished severely. In this case, the Santa Cruz police seem to have wrongly impli- IN the face of present day conflict cated a Catholic boy on the version and misunderstandings, and to a given to them by a drug addict, who great extent economic crises prevathey say was present at the site. How lent throughout the length and can a Catholic destroy his own god? breadth of the world, the mantra The police should have common lies in keeping pace with others in sense. This is the second time the order to make the earth survive! The relic has been vandalised. The first best course is to follow the norm of time it was vandalised was on De- world governing bodies e.g. UN, cember 14, 2013. No arrests have WTCs (World Trade Centres), World Bank, World Economic Forum, IMF been made since then. —Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili (International Monetary Fund) by maintaining strict adherence as well as following the myth of economic cooperation and dependency! THE South West monsoon till date Needless to say such a trait is also to appears to be behaving in a strange be maintained in individual homes, way as far as Mumbai is concerned. nationally and internationally! BenOut of the six lakes supplying gal's poet visionary and thinker potable water to the megapolis, composed and sang: “Dhono Vihar and Tulsi happen to be situ- dhanne pushpe bharaa aamaader ei ated within the metropolitan areas bashundhara” (rich is this world full of the city. The other four, Bhatsa, of wealth and food crops and fauna Tansa, Modak Sagar and Middle and flora) - let's all share it unVaitarna, are located in the adjoin- grudgingly and unreservedly for the ing Thane and Nasik districts. benefit of all. And now, BRICS will Whereas the rain gods have so far be the added flavour. —P Chakravorty, Fort been benevolent for the former two

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Strange monsoon behaviour

Holding talks with Saeed

been provided exemption from all acts of omission and commission? It would have been more refined if she had acknowledged the notice in good stride and appeared before the appropriate authority, like any other honest income tax payee.

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi SONIA Gandhi’s feedback on the receiving of IT notice shows the derision, conceit and high-headiness of rulers of the country towards rule of law. Hundreds of notices are issued by the IT department for one reason or the other customarily. Yet issuance of a notice to a political leader is termed an act of vindictiveness and witch-hunting. Is Sonia Gandhi above law or has she

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You have to trust me as an artist, and believe that what you got is what the artist said. — Appupen

WAS IT WRONG? There is no legal bar in meeting anyone, especially for a journalist. IS it not shocking that a non-descript journalist who goes with two other political leaders to our neighbouring country, stays back there, and holds talks with the 26/11 mastermind, without any qualms about his anti-national activity? The worst part is that he has not expressed regret at all for what he has done and his 'guru' goes about claiming that he has only tried "to change his heart". Even if the government did not know anything about this rendezvous, as its trouble-shooting ministers have tried to explain, one wonders what prevented it from pulling up this journalist for his totally unwarranted meeting and calling him to the parliament to face the agitated members? One does get the impression that there is, perhaps, more than what meets the eye in this unsavoury episode. —Dr V Subramanyan, Thane

WHEN Ved Prakash Vaidik, a senior Hindi journalist, met Hafiz Saeed, a dangerous terrorist, in Pakistan, politicians and the media, especially some TV channels, blew it out of proportion. In the past some journalists have met dangerous criminals at their own risk. However, after the meeting he could have exposed him if there were talks which could help the Indian government arrest Saeed. There is no legal bar in meeting anyone, especially for a journalist. Had Hafiz Saeed got arrested just because of this meeting-interview, everyone would have appreciated his bold step and even awarded him in several ways. Alas nothing happened. It is better to close this chapter after getting valuable information or clues which can help the government arrest Saeed even in Pakistan.(Though it is difficult as ISI backs him and Pakistan government has no control over the ISI). —M Kumar, via email

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BMC’s survey of hawkers continues CITY

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By Khushboo Panjabi

BMC's License Inspector distributing license forms to the hawkers along DN Road. 2009 National Hawkers’ PolicyThe Supreme Court, last September, had directed all the states and union territories in the country acting against street vendors and hawkers, to implement the 2009 National Hawkers' Policy meant for hawker registration and regulation. This year in January, the High Court directed the municipal council to register hawkers in Mumbai.

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have to fill in all their details of nationality, caste, religion, sub-caste, etc into the form. The forms need to submitted in the respected ward offices from July 28 to August 5.” “We distributed forms to 380 hawkers at DN road on Friday and from July 22 to July 28, we will survey and distribute forms in the weekly markets. The survey will be conducted between 10 am and 5 pm,” he added. A team of 241 members which includes five civic officials, some hawkers’ union representatives, NGO members and members of welfare associations. There are about three lakh hawkers in the city, of which only 18,000 have a BMC licence.

CP president Sharad Pawar yesterday said that NDA government's stand on the Gaza conflict was "unfortunate" as who attack and kill innocent people can't be our friend. "The present government says both Israel and Palestine are our friends and we can't do much," Pawar said during an Iftaar party organised by him here this evening. "Those who attack and kill innocent people can't be our friends," the NCP Chief said, adding India had always supported the Palestinian cause and the present government's changed stance was not good. He said NCP will continue to demand a debate on Gaza conflict in the Parliament. State chief of Samajwadi Party Abu Asim Azmi and cricketer Zaheer Khan too were present at the event, apart from senior NCP leaders.

AirAsia India kickstarts Bangalore-Kochi flight service

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he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun a survey of the city hawkers on July 18, six months after it was supposed to begin. The survey will help the civic body keep a track of the number of hawkers across different zones of the city. Many zones saw new hawkers setting up small stalls as soon as they noticed the BMC officers conducting a survey on Friday at the DN Road in South Mumbai. License Inspector Vidyadhar More, A ward, said, “The civic body started the survey from July 18 and it will wind up by July 21. Hawkers will be charged Rs 100 as form fee, after which they will

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irAsia India, the domestic arm of Malaysian airline AirAsia, today added Kochi to its network with the launch of a daily flight service from Bangalore. AirAsia India, which stated operations in the country on June 12, now has services to Goa, Chennai and Kochi from Bangalore. "AirAsia flight from Bangalore landed in Kochi six minutes before the scheduled arrival time of 9.55 am. The return flight also took off three minutes before the scheduled departure time of 10.20 am," a Cochin International Airport official told PTI

here. The airline had offered limited promotional seats for allinclusive-fare of Rs 500 for the Bangalore-Kochi sector. "We have done a complete analysis on our third destination and we are confident we will be able to reach out to more first-time fliers," AirAsia India chief executive Mittu Chandilya had said while announcing the introductory fare last month. The no-frills carrier is a 49:30:21 joint venture of AirAsia Berhad, Tata Sons and Arun Bhatia's Telstra Tradeplace. It aims to focus on connecting tier-II cities.

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Thousands of people made merry at the Pandavkada waterfall in Kharghar as the city observed 'Gatari Sunday' yesterday, which will be celebrated for a week. Gatari, which marks the farewell of bad food habits, precedes the holy month of Shravan.

olice have arrested eight persons over a week in connection with separate incidents involving theft of laptops and jewellery here and at Surat. In the first incident, police apprehended Vasu Jagdish Chavan, Vishram Bhagat Kale, and Viru Sonu Pawar on July 17 from separate places following interrogation of their accomplice Jagananth Kale on July 12, said senior inspector S S Kadam of Kapurbawdi police station. Police have recovered ten laptops from a car which was allegedly stolen by the accused who would also use a

motorcycle to commit the crime. The gang has allegedly committed many crimes in Thane, Mumbai and Pune. Police said the accused used to target parked cars to steal the car tapes and laptops kept inside by owners of cars. Police have so far recovered a total of 23 laptops and 13 car tapes from them and have seized a Tavera car and a bike-collectively valued at Rs 12 lakh, Kadam said. In another incident, police nabbed four suspected jewel-thieves who had allegedly stolen valuables worth Rs 70,000 from a Virar locality on May 7.

HC turns down govt plea for 3 months time to decide SRA scheme O

bserving that enough time had been given to Maharashtra government to consider a proposal to amend the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme in Thane, the Bombay High Court has refused to grant the state three months time to take a policy decision on the issue. However, the court granted a short time to the state till August 14 to comply with its earlier orders by taking a policy decision on a proposal forwarded to it by the Thane Municipal Corporation

which envisages removal of technical hitches to ensure smooth implementation of the SRA scheme. The court noted that despite its earlier orders, the government had not taken decision on the issue for over a year and now it wanted three months more time to carry out the proposed amendment. "In the face of the orders of this court which we have quoted above, it is not possible to accept the request of the State Government to ex- three months," said a bench Chandurkar in a recent order. tend the time for a period of of justices Abhay Oka and A S The court warned that if

the state did not take a policy decision on the issue by August 14, it would take up for hearing on August 19 a contempt petition filed by slum dwellers in Thane, who had challenged the SRA scheme and urged modification by the government to remove technical hitches. Until then, the hearing on the contempt petition will be kept pending, the judges noted. The state had filed an application on June 13 seeking three months time to take a policy decision to consider

the proposal for modification of SRA scheme. Counsel for the petitioners opposed the application on the ground that such conduct on the part of the state Government makes a mockery of the court orders. The petitioners argued that there is every likelihood of 'code of conduct' being applied in near future on account of the forthcoming state assembly elections. It was also pointed out that they had also filed a contempt petition against the state.

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No, not always! Since January this year, the BSE Sensex has appreciated 21%; the BSE Mid-Cap Index, which tracks about 230 Mid Cap stocks on the BSE, has appreciated 38%; and the BSE Small-Cap Index, which tracks about 450 stocks on the BSE, has appreciated an astounding 53%. Raghu Kumar, Co-founder of RKSV a lowcost, technology driven stock brokerage firm with memberships with the NSE, BSE and MCX, believes they hold good investment potential and reveals how you should go about selecting under-priced Small-Cap And Mid-Cap Stocks

ARE SMALL AND MID-CAP STOCKS RISKY? T

he prevalent mode of thought among investors is that the safe bet is to invest in blue-chip stocks. In essence, stocks that make up the Nifty and Sensex with large market cap valuations. They are presumed to be more reliable with the ability to provide consistent, year on year returns versus the more volatile and "risky" mid-cap and small-cap stocks. Here is the mistake that investors make: they assume that, due to the higher volatility and "risk level" of midcap and small-cap stocks, they make for weaker investments. And that is where they are precisely wrong. If we look at this year alone, year to date (1st Jan 2014 onward), the BSE Sensex has appreciated 21%; the BSE Mid-Cap Index, which tracks about 230 Mid Cap stocks on the BSE, has appreciated 38%; and the BSE Small-Cap Index, which tracks about 450 stocks on the BSE, has appreciated an astounding 53%. Taking all this into picture, the logical question is bound to come to mind: should one avoid large cap stocks all together and simply stick to mid-cap and small-cap stocks? The obvious answer is: No! 2014 happens to be a year when the markets have done much better than normal years; if you take the 5 year returns for the three indices, then the reverse pattern ensures. The Sensex appreciated 86%, the MidCap Index appreciated 81%, and the Small-Cap index appreciated 79%. So clearly, there is value in investing in the largest capitalized firms, which constitute the Sensex. So how does one go about diversifying their portfolio and taking advantage of all three sectors? One way to look at the Mid-Cap index is that it is a highly correlated index with the Sensex that appreciates more than the Sensex during surges, and depreciates more than the Sensex during downswings. In other words, it is almost like a leveraged version of the Sensex in terms of performance.

Adding to the fact is that most Mid-Cap stocks can be purchased at steep discounts versus Sensex stocks; the major differentiation comes down to liquidity. If liquidity is not an issue on a particular mid-cap stock and it is trading at a price that is within your comfortable zone, capitalize on it. Mid-caps provide you the flexibility of exiting positions quicker due to higher volatility. Due to the highly predictable nature of large cap stocks - for example, market-moving news are a surefire bet to swing midcaps more than large caps - and with proper risk management one can leverage the advantages of midcap stocks and their volatile ways. Investors tend to stay away from mid-caps; when you have less competition, opportunities arise. Suppose you are long on infrastructure, having strong faith that the government will bring about strong reforms to infrastructure across the country. In return, infrastructure stocks are bound to rise. In this case, it would be wise to place some trades on mid-caps and small-caps directly linked to the infra sector. Keeping your position sizes limited, you can capitalize big on large movements. Due to the fact that the stocks will be trading at discounted

prices versus large caps, you will have additional funds to invest in other securities. The same relationship between the Sensex and Mid-Cap stocks can

be made between Mid-Cap and Small-Cap stocks. Be careful with small-cap stocks; the lack of liquidity can cause you to buy stocks at prices much above your desired price - that

is why you should always use limit orders. Furthermore, due to the lack of trading activity, your trade in itself can have an impact on the stock, which is an undesirable effect.

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Bad Loans Under Litigation Rise 10% To 77000 Cr In Six Months

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By Dominic Rebello

he All India Bank Employees Association (AIBEA), the largest and oldest trade union of Bank Employees representing nearly 5 lakh bank employees from public sector Banks, private banks, foreign banks, regional rural banks and co-operative banks, believes that large bad loans due from corporate companies should be recovered by taking strong action against these defaulters and also demands that willful defaulters should face criminal prosecution. “If banks mount recovery efforts in the case of its top 30 accounts and resolve cases which have piled up in the corporate debt restructuring cell, then the Government need not recapitalise State-owned banks,” said AIBEA Vice-President Vishwas Utagi at a press conference last week. AIBEA claims that bad loans under litigations have risen by 10% to Rs 77,000 crore. The total amount of bad assets where suits have been filed rose to Rs 77,000 crore at the

MUMBAI | MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

Top 10 Bank Loan Defaulters Owe Rs. 18,000 Crores Source: AIBEA (Rupees In Crores) Borrower *

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Corporate Ispat Alloys Limited

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end of September 2013, as against Rs 70,300 crore six months earlier in March 2013, Utagi told reporters. AIBEA released a list of defaulters including names of several industrial houses and airline firms. With an outstanding of Rs 2,673 crore (of the total Rs 7,500 crore in dues to 17

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banks) stuck in litigation, Kingfisher Airlines topped the list of defaulters, which runs to around 4,400 accounts, he said. "The list is prepared by the Reserve Bank itself, but I fail to understand why they do not make it public. We got hold of it from our sources and are bringing it out in

Texprocil Seeks 5% Duty Cut For Textile Exports To China T

By A Business Reporter he Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) on Friday said it has asked the ministry for higher incentives including 5% duty reduction for exports to China. "To boost cotton textile exports to China and Europe, we seek higher incentives. We have urged the ministry to seek 5% duty reduction from the present 10% for our fabrics and home textiles," Texprocil Chairman Manikam Ramaswami told reporters here. Pakistan allows duty free import of textile machines from China and in return enjoys duty free access to fabric market in China. China is the largest textile country, accounting for 30% of global trade. China imports over USD 20 billion worth of cotton textiles of which India's share is only USD 3.5 billion, Ramaswami said. India has a USD 32 billion trade deficit with China, in which USD 12 billion worth of imports are allowed to come into India either duty free or at concessional duties. India on the other hand has not obtained any reciprocal benefit. The incentive will help us to put another USD 7 billion worth of fabrics and home textiles into China and reduce our trade deficit of USD 32 billion with China, he said. Texprocil hopes to achieve exports

public interest," Utagi said. Alleging that there is a connivance between bank managements and companies' promoters and that is the cause of the troubles. He expressed concern about the depositors' hard earned money being wasted in this way. Commenting on the recent

ECGC Signs MOU With ECAs Of BRICS Countries During The BRICS Summit E

By A Business Reporter

target of USD 13.5 billion in FY 15 from USD 11.8 billion in FY 14. Despite local cotton prices ruling 10% higher than international prices and slow down in exports in June quarter, Texprocil hopes to achieve exports target of USD 13.5 billion in FY 15 from USD 11.8 billion in FY 14, he said. The cotton textiles registered negative growth of 4.95% at USD 2,461 million in quarter ended June, 2014. Among others, yarn exports also showed negative growth of 13.15% and made up 6.73% in the June quarter due substantial jump in local cot-

ton prices. Indian cotton prices remained higher than international cotton prices since February. With cotton prices higher than international prices - 70% of its sale value of yarn is cotton cost - it is extremely difficult even for the highly efficient spinning sector to export its products, Ramaswami said. "The home textile exports also got impacted as our main competitor Pakistan in our main market (EU) gained zero duty access, against 9.6% customs duty for products from India," he added.

announcements in the banking sector, including Finance Minister Arun Jaitely's hint of getting the government stake in state-run lenders down to 51 percent, Utagi said concerted attempts are being made to change the character of such institutions under the guise of reforms.

xport Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Limited (ECGC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Co-operation with BRICS countries Export Credit Insurance Agencies (ECA) in the presence of Heads of Governments from BRICS Summit in Fortaleza, Brasil on July 15, 2014. The 5 export credit agencies of BRICS countries namely the ABGF (Brazilian Fund and Guarantee Management Agency), EXIAR (Export Insurance Agency of Russia), ECGC (Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India Ltd), SINOSURE (China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation) and ECIC (Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa Ltd) are all state owned agencies and Members of the “Association of International Union of Credit & Investment Insurers” which is also known as the “Berne Union” and “Prague Club”. The MOU will strengthen collaboration among BRICS country ECAs by establishing a framework of co-operation among them to support and encourage interna-

tional trade between the BRICS countries, and where appropriate, to facilitate the supply of goods and services from their respective countries as part of a project in any of the BRICS countries. The co-operation will also help foster trade support networks and business linkages between India and other BRICS countries, and improve the business environment. It also provides for seeking assistance from each other in recovering the amounts for which claims could have been paid for projects undertaken in any of the BRICS countries. ECGC’s Chairman-cum-Managing Director Mr. N. Shankar signed the agreement on behalf of the ECGC and said that there is tremendous value in engaging exporters and supporting Indian trade and investments in BRICS countries. “There is a good scope for leveraging the linkage among ECAs to enhance exports” said Mr Shankar. “There are already Indian firms with large presence in BRICS Countries and ECGC is ready to support export trade development through BRICS ECAs co-operation,” he said.

HDFC Fund Raises USD 250 Mn For Realty Investments Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

By A Business Reporter

DFC Property Fund, a part of financial sector conglomerate HDFC group, today said it has raised USD 250 million (over Rs 1,500 crore) for investing in residential property in major cities across India. "The fundraising exercise has been concluded with investments from marquee international institutional investors and marks closure of HDFC's second international real estate fund," it said in a statement. "The fund plans to focus on investing primarily in residential property developments in major cities across India," it added. This is HDFC's second international real estate fund. HDFC had raised an international fund of USD 800 million in 2007 which has been fully deployed. The cumulative assets under management of HDFC Property Fund exceed USD 1 billion. Markets experts said a host of fund managers are gearing up to launch property funds aiming to cash in on the bull run in the market and hoping for a potential revival in the real estate market. So far this year, a number of fund managers including Piramal Fund Management, IIFL and IDFC have raised money to be deployed on the realty sector. In July this year, the Ajay Piramal-led Piramal Fund Management had said that it has raised Rs 100 crore in a fund, which will be focusing on residential real estate investments. In the beginning of the year, IDFC Alternatives, the multi-asset management platform promoted by IDFC, has also raised Rs 750-crore to provide debt support to residential projects. Moreover, IIFL, the wealth management arm of brokerage firm India Infoline, had also raised Rs 735 crore for a realty fund.

TOP PERFORMING FUNDS Scheme Name Reliance Small Cap Fund - Growth Kotak Banking and PSU Debt Fund - Growth IDBI Nifty Junior Index Fund- Growth HDFC MIP - LTP - Growth ICICI Prudential LTP - Growth Peerless Liquid Fund – Super IP - Growth IDFC G Sec Fund - Short Term – Reg - Growth HDFC Prudence Fund - Growth

Nature Equity Debt Equity Debt Debt Liquid Gilt Balanced

1 M% 6.71 0.68 2.02 0.2 0.25 0.71 0.67 1.79

6 M% 60.45 4.83 31.99 15.41 8.36 4.65 5.06 39.77

1 Y% 104.94 11.2 34.63 20.84 14.11 9.9 12.35 54.01

3 Y% 24.41 9.06 12.41 10.31 10.92 9.61 8.72 15.84

*Note:- Returns calculated for less than 1 year are Absolute returns and returns calculated for more than 1 year are compounded annualized. NAV as on July 18, 2014

MUTUAL FUND UPDATE

ICICPru MF launches Growth Fund-Series 2 ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched Growth Fund-Series 2, a three-and-half year close-ended equity fund that aims to provide capital appreciation by investing in a well-diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments. The new fund offer (NFO) period is between July 14-28. The fund will be managed by ICICI Prudential AMC fund managers Yogesh Bhatt and Vinay Sharma, whereas overseas investment will be managed by Ashwin Jain, a company release said. SBI MF files offer document with SEBI to launch SBI Banking & Financial Services Fund SBI Mutual Fund has filed offer document with SEBI to launch SBI Banking & Financial Services Fund, an open-ended sector fund. The scheme will be benchmarked against S&P BSE Bankex and will be managed by Sohini Andani.

Reliance Mutual Fund announces change in fund management responsibilities Reliance Mutual Fund has changed the fund manager of Reliance Capital Builder Fund – Series A, with effect from July 17. Accordingly, Sunil Singhania and Samir Rachh have been designated as co-fund manager in place of Sailesh Raj Bhan for the scheme.

ICICI Pru MF launches ICICI Prudential Growth Fund-Series 2 ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched a new fund as ICICI Prudential Growth Fund Series 2, a close ended equity scheme. The tenure of the scheme is 1286 days from the date of allotment. The investment objective of the Scheme is to provide capital appreciation by investing in a well diversified portfolio of equity and equity related securities. The New Fund Offer opens for subscription from July 14 to July 28, 2014. The New Fund Offer price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The scheme is proposed to be listed on BSE.

Birla Sun Life Emerging Leaders Fund Series 4 Floats On Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund has launched a new fund named as Birla Sun Life Emerging Leaders Fund - Series 4, a close ended equity scheme. The new fund offer (NFO) price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The new issue will be open for subscription from 18 July and will close on 31 July 2014.

ICICI Prudential MF Announces Dividend ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has announced 23 July 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend under the following schemes. The amount of dividend (Rs per unit) on the face value of Rs 10 per unit will be: ICICI Prudential Fixed Maturity Plan - Series 68 - 704 Days Plan L Direct Plan - Dividend & Regular Plan - Dividend: Entire distributable surplus as on the record date. ICICI Prudential Fixed Maturity Plan - Series 69 698 Days Plan B - Regular Plan - Dividend: Entire distributable surplus as on the record date. ICICI Prudential Fixed Maturity Plan - Series 69 - 693 Days Plan D - Direct Plan - Dividend & Regular Plan - Dividend: Entire distributable surplus as on the record date. ICICI Prudential Banking & PSU Debt Fund: Direct Plan - Dividend: 0.2319 Regular Plan - Dividend: 0.2215 UTI Fixed Income Interval Fund Series II Quarterly Interval Plan - IV Dividend UTI Mutual Fund has announced 23 July 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend under dividend sub option of UTI Fixed Income Interval Fund Series II - Quarterly Interval Plan IV. The rate of dividend (Rs per unit) will be 100% of distributable surplus as on the record date on the face value of Rs 10 per unit.

Rupee Expected To Gain In Coming Weeks PRAMIT BRAHMBHATT is CEO of Veracity Group

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ast week too the Rupee continued to trade on the weaker side and posted its second weekly loss in a row. On lthe ast trading day the Rupee posted its lowest level since April 29; as early morning on that day a Malaysian airlines jet got hit by a missile on the Ukraine-Russia border which shocked the

whole world and dented the confidence of investors. For the last week, the Rupee depreciated by half a per cent and closed on a weak note at 60.30. The Rupee is expected to gain in coming weeks if the local equity continues to trade positively. The trading range for the Spot USD/INR pair is expected to be within 59.80 to 60.80. It is recommended to be cautious and Sell USD/INR (Futures) on high with appropriate stop loss as overall Rupee is expected to appreciate. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 60.26 and below is the Support & Resistance levels. Local equities posted its second weekly gain in three weeks. The gains were mainly supported by the blue chips which continued to rise Spot

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Reserve Bank of India last Tuesday issued guidelines under which banks would be exempted from reserve requirements when raising long-term bonds for infrastructure. This will give an advantage to the Indian infrastructure lender. Local equities are expected to trade strong in coming days to post new all time high. To end the week index raised almost 2.75% which helped Sensex to close at 25641 and Nifty at 7663 for the week. Last week gold traded weak, snapping a six week gain. Gold lost almost half of its gain but still managed to close over the psychological figure $1300 and ended the week at $1310. Fears of financial woes in Portugal bank eased this week which dented the upward movement of gold. Though it got support from the elevating geopolitical risk, after Malaysian airlines jet got hit by missile on the Ukraine-Russia border which shocked the whole world and dented the confidence of investors.

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JAGDEEP KAPOOR

is CMD of Samsika Marketing Consultancy

Restaurant Business

ne of the largest emerging categories in advertising spends happens to be the restaurant category whether in the form of fast food outlets, ethnic food outlets or western food restaurants. The restaurant business is booming and this trend would strongly continue in the next 5 – 7 years. From a consumer behaviour viewpoint, eating out and meeting out, has become an ever growing trend leading to the spread as well as the depth of restaurant business revenues moving very fast. In fact the younger consumers, who constitute a large proportion of the Indian population, find it appealing and cool to go to a restaurant and eat out with their friends and meet out. What has happed to India suddenly? Why is this boon an ever growing one? What are the brand marketing opportunities available to the corporate world? The restaurant business has always been a personalised service business wherein tangibles like food and beverage and ambience are undoubtedly important, but what is gaining more importance is the expectation of world-class service and relationship with customers. This sudden change in expectations is making the restaurant business extremely lucrative for good brand builders and is depressing those who serve bad food and give bad service. The reason the consumer goes to a restaurant is to have a pleasant experience and to be able to enjoy his meal, his drink and his company with his family and friends; it could even be a business lunch or dinner which gives rise to a different set of expectations from the customers. Brand marketers have a great opportunity to understand the expectations of consumers and provide them with tangibles and intangibles which delight the consumers and make them visit the restaurant again and again. Brand marketers must follow the pure principles of brand marketing whether in the form of segmentation or brand positioning or whether in the form of communication and delivery or whether in the form of brand experience or customer service. All ingredients of a brand marketing plan are relevant in building up of restaurant business. It could be the product portfolio like the menu or it could also be the soft skills or training required by the staff. Each and every marketing ingredient needs to be handled in a sensitive and caring manner. There are various formats of restaurants and the starting point is to look as to which category of restaurant should one participate in, first. Should it be a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian restaurant? This is a critical decision which should be made at the beginning itself. One of the brands that I personally handle and have developed in terms of brand consultancy is a chain of restaurants called “Rajdhani” Vegetarian Restaurant which serve a specific Gujarati thali which is very popular and the brand is growing by leaps and bounds both in terms of sales and the number of outlets. This specific choice of category has helped. Similarly one could look at the choice of a single or a multi cuisine restaurant. One could also look at a restaurant which only offers home delivery or only serves on premise or does a mix of both. One could strongly look at a South Indian restaurant which serves the South Indian delicacies and in this sector the Kamats and the Udipi type restaurants have done extremely well because of excellent food, reasonable rates and pleasant service. The restaurant business is full of life and consumers in India want to improve not only the standard of living but also the quality of life. If the brand marketing strategy is correct this restaurant business will see more of the “Meeting Out and Eating Out” phenomenon. There are certain elements in a restaurant business which must be leveraged for brand marketing purposes. Unlike in other industries where customers do not come to the marketer, in the restaurant business the consumer actually comes to the marketer. Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved. Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

‘Avoid Taking Contrarian Trading Positions’

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

At what point had you given a thought to making a career in the stock markets? Being a commerce graduate, I always thought of pursuing a career in finance in an area where I can explore new things and enjoy what I do. Fortunately, I got an opportunity during my graduation break to work in a brokerage house and that’s when I decided to pursue a career in the stock markets.

systems in place, there’s hardly any room for gut or emotion to come in.

Do you try to anticipate or follow market trends? What is the basis? I always follow this saying that the trend is your friend. With the help of moving averages, trend lines other trend following tools, I first check the broader trend on multiple time frames and avoid taking contrarian trades.

How do you pick your trades? I pick my trades purely on the basis of technical analysis, but for investments, I comply with the basic rules of investing like checking the company's background, past performance and other relevant information depending upon the investment horizon.

When you put money on a trade and it goes against you, how do you decide when you're wrong? What do you do next? For trading positions, I always plan my trade first which includes exits also. I found the best way to deal with such trades is to exit them and book a loss or wait for my stop loss to get triggered. In case of investments, we spend quality time assuring ourselves that we are buying a right business and till the fundamental triggers remain intact, we recommend to average or simply hold the position for a rebound.

How would you describe your methodology? I have kept my methodology very simple. This involves

sectors analysis and then selecting stocks from the preferred sectors for trading and investment. Besides, we have a universe of highly liquid counters which are fundamentally strong. It helps us to identify best stocks from a particular sector and stick with the trade amid volatile market situations. What appeals to you about trading; The short or long side? I am comfortable trading in both the directions, but given the choice I would prefer to be on the long side as I have observed that stock patterns work well in a bullish scenario.

What differentiates you from other traders? I don’t know whether it is a differentiator or not, but I first plan my trade and then strictly trade my plan. What gives you that edge? I always stick to the basics and avoid unnecessary complications to formulate any trading and investment strategy.

Is there any applicable lesson to trading? I firmly believe and always tell others the importance of discipline in trading and investing. I have seen people of the same caliber achieving different or sometimes almost opposite results. It all depends on how disciplined you are in your approach. How much of what you do is gut feel? When you have a clear set of discretionary or automated

NIMESH SHAH is MD & CEO, ICICI Prudential AMC

'Plan your trade and then strictly trade your plan'. That’s the advise from Ajit Mishra who is primarily responsible for analyzing equity markets and generating trading calls at Religare Securities. A Finance professional with over 9 years’ experience on the equity markets as a Technical Analyst, he holds a Management degree and a Diploma in Technical Analysis (DITA) level II from IFMT and has been associated with reputed firms like SMC Global Securities; Elite Stock Management Ltd and Aadhar securities. His experience spans numerous functions including Fund Management, Investment Advisory as well as managing an HNI Desk. In conversation with Dominic Rebello, he like most Market Wizards interviewed earlier, « MARKET WIZARD emphasizes on the importance of 'discipline' to succeed on the AJIT MISHRA markets.

arents always want the best for their children- a good education, a grand wedding and a secure future- but the best things in life come at a price. In fact, today, private schooling, engineering colleges or MBA from renowned business schools could run into lakhs.So if you have not saved for your child’s future in advance, either you would exhaust your retirement kitty or become knee-deep in debt. But the question arises- is saving enough? The hard truth is that unless you start investing for your childrenwell in advance, in appropriate investment avenues, you are risking their future aspirations. However, if you are financially planning for the milestone events in your children’s life,

What would make you wary about a trade/Investment? I prefer to stay away from Illiquid and excessive volatile counters.

Where do you see the Indian markets five years down the road? Any number for the Sensex in 2015? As I trend follower, I never try to predict the reversal, but yes, technical tools help me anticipate the change in momentum, which finally leads to a reversal. I am happy with that approach so far. For the next 5 years, I am expecting this current Bull Run to sustain as it took nearly six years for the benchmarks to overcome the resistance barrier of the 2008 highs and sustain above the same. We are expecting the Sensex to test 30000 or even higher in 2015.

Start Early The first step is to find out how much your child’s education or marriage will cost. It is important to have the financial goals aligned withthe defined time frame. A rising inflation can chew into your portfolio returns;for example, if education in a renowned engineering college today costs Rs. 5 lakh per annum, it will not cost the same, maybe 10 years down the line. Therefore, you need to start investing keeping in mind the future value of financial goals for your children i.e. quantify your goals while accounting for inflation. Also, the earlier you start, the more time your money can benefit from ‘the power of compounding’. If you are planning well in advance, with an investment horizon of five to ten years, a larger portion of investments for your child should be held in equity instruments. Over the short-term, equities could be volatile but over the longer term, equities have the

potential to outperform other asset classes and deliver superior returns.

Pick the right instrument While it is true that to meet long-term financial goals, equity is necessary in the portfolio, jumping straight into the equity markets, without knowledge and expertise, may not be prudent. Therefore, investors may utilize the mutual fund route to derive benefits of professional management at a very low cost. This is where child care mutual fundschemescome into the picture. Child care schemesare mutual fund schemes, specifically designed to help you give your child a head start in life by leveraging the opportunities and dynamism of equity and debt markets. Such funds invest more than 65% of your money in equity and equity related securities to leverage growth opportunities, and the remaining is normally invested in debt securities to seek stability for your investments. Having more than 65% investment in equities apart

ABHISHEK AGARWAL is Co-founder and Director, Creditvidya

Financial Lessons From The FIFA World Cup

he FIFA fever is finally over. But did you know apart from the thrills and excitement that the World Cup 2014 provided, it also had some great lessons for you in personal finance. Well here is some food for thought that can actually help you augment the value of your portfolio. Know your opponent: The most important part of managing money is getting a hold on your expenses. View your expenses like an opponent like they do in football. You need to pre-empt the moves of your opponent and the way to start doing it is by breaking down for your fixed and flexible and semi fixed expenses. These may include your loan payments, your bill payments and the miscellaneous expenses that you thought were nominal but can actually add up to quite a bit when accounted to the last rupee. Once you have identified your discretionary expenses and make a conscious effort to curb them, its half the battle won!

Of the tens of thousands of trades/investments that you have done, which was your best? From the recent trades, Tech Mahindra garnered returns close to twenty percent in no time for our clients.

What was the story there? It had formed a large cup and handle chart pattern (which is bullish continuation in nature) during the 2010Mid 2013 period and witnessed an upside breakout from the same with noticeable rise in volumes. What makes a trader successful ? Discipline. First make a check list, review it time to time and stick to it.

GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEAD START

you are taking the right step towards securing their dreams.

« CEO SPEAK

Any positions you ever lost sleep over? With strong risk management rules in place, I hardly recall any time where we felt stuck.

« PERSONAL FINANCE

from offering better returns also ensures taxation efficiency since investments made in such fundsare exempt from capital gains tax provided investments are held for more than a year.

Get the asset allocation right These mutual fund plans come with aggressive as well as conservative variants; you can invest in either of them depending on your investment horizon. For example, if you are investing at astage when your child is far away from a particular financial milestone, you may invest in aggressive child care schemes with higher asset allocation to equities. On the contrary, if you are closer to your child’s financial goal, you might want to have stability and therefore, it is better to optfor a conservative approach. In a nutshell, investing for children requires a systematic approach of high exposure to equity in the formative years of the child and increasing exposure to debt funds in the later part of the investment horizon.

Keep a close watch over your strategy: After you have studied your opponent carefully, i.e gotten a hold on your expenses its time for you to fix your strategy. Like in football, you have to play offensive at times and sometimes play in the defensive. This will depend upon how situations present themselves. Likewise, you need to keep a constant check over your portfolio and rebalance it when the need arises. Your financial position in life and market conditions should determine if you need to reassess your asset allocation across various asset categories. Have a strong bench: Like in this fascinating game, accidents can happen anytime and God forbid if the Neymar of your team is injured, your finances should not be decimated like it was in the semi finals between Brazil and Germany. It is therefore necessary for you to have a strong bench in terms of emergency funds. In case of a situation like a sickness, loss of job or an accident you should have enough emergency funds to take care of at least three months of your expenses. Heed the word of the manager: In a football team, a manager's presence is of utmost importance. He is responsible for everything between planning the strategy of the game to handling the media for the team. The team also relies on his words of motivation and changes its strategy when the game is in progress. Likewise, when it comes to managing your money, it's best to rely on the expert advice of your financial planner. If you do not have the time to track all market activity yourself, rely on his expertise and watch your money grow. So, as you can see your favorite game has not only given you all the entertainment you sought for the last month, it has actually driven home some important money managing tips. Now it's up to you to implement them!

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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ADANIENT

ADANIPORTS

ADANIPOWER ALBK

AMBUJACEM

ANDHRABANK APOLLOTYRE

MUMBAI | MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR JULY 21 -- 25, 2014 Close

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1475

443

479

1454

1442

288

277

455 61

122

121

219

189

BAJAJ-AUTO

BANKBARODA BANKINDIA

BANKNIFTY BATAINDIA

BHARATFORG BHARTIARTL

CESC

CIPLA

209

127

133

116

227

110

210

200

164

143

186

586

596

605

576

566

2005

1956

2104

2252

1808

1660

840

831

926

783

738

2091 290

724

777

831

2116

2190

2264

283

305

327

878

670

616

2041

1967

261

239

735

15416

15131

15986

16841

14276

13421

710

691

761

830

622

552

1272

1268

337

336

495

492

583

CENTURYTEX

243

204

BPCL

CANBK

344

369

261

238

CAIRN

310

406

242

BHEL

BIOCON

1292

206

583

AXISBANK

1367

516

185

ASIANPAINT

1273

1592

239

223

1341

1517

229

AUROPHARMA

1543

219

ARVIND

ASHOKLEY

1408

346

413

581

655

442

1314 341

1359 347

236

253

269

583

606

628

409

432

454

647

672

345 573

439

516

353 612 447

540 361

1223 330 220

468

560

336

598

495 424

9873

9990

10107

9756

9639

COLPAL

1662

1636

1720

1805

1552

1467

DABUR

194

198

202

190

185

CROMPGREAV DISHTV

211 60

371

200

388

234

404

269

354 165

337 131 51

DIVISLAB

1482

1463

1520

1578

1405

1347

DRREDDY

2647

2657

2711

2764

2604

2550

126

123

114

105

DLF

EXIDEIND

FEDERALBNK GAIL

GMRINFRA

GODREJIND

221

160

446

333

GRASIM

3343

HCLTECH

1505

HAVELLS HDFC

HDFCBANK HDIL

HEROMOTOCO HEXAWARE HINDALCO

218

156 451

332

185

832

849

865

2477

2568

2659

2386

183

198

213

168

150

398

HINDZINC

166

165

1480

1437

IBREALEST ICICIBANK IDBI

83 94

1336

996

104

156

419

138

145

IFCI

IGL

INDIACEM

INDUSINDBK INFY IOB

374

105

544

3263 73

158

366 105

542

3252 73

177

390

113

548

3285

IOC

336

335

348

ITC

345

348

IRB JINDALSTEL

267 297

955

111

162

441

259 294

1433

815

144

1379 798

2295 138

153

377

356

176

159

153

1694

1309

1181

139 165

969

311

2971

1010

1565

419

1103

638

131

1180

631 171

3145

181

1413

624

IDEA

IDFC

322

1594

396 623

353

1540

HINDPETRO

HINDUNILVR

343

435

1487 982

152

141

483

143

3665

983

132

467

182

200

3492

1258

2507

169

256

3318

1276

835

237

103

617 79

610

151

132

126

196

415

121

553

3317 81

140

341 97

537

3219 69

121

317 89

532

3187 65

361

322

309

352

341

337

294

328

311

327

224

278

LICHSGFIN

189

262

101

1219

1202

1558

138

1687

LUPIN

120

307

114

936

KTKBANK

1088

1276

1350

1128

1054

1569

1602

1636

1535

1502

134

145

156

123

1244 910

312

1660

1080

1315

1385

987

1064

327

342

1174 833

297

1103 756

112

282

1740

1820

1580

1500

1113

1146

1046

1013

M&M

1183

1232

1281

1134

1085

MARUTI

2532

2547

2609

2670

2486

2424

284

291

298

277

M&MFIN

257

MCDOWELL-N

MCLEODRUSS MRF

NMDC

9912

376

KOTAKBANK

107

1256

JUSTDIAL

328

CNXIT

COALINDIA

JUBLFOOD

NHPC

537

623

431

JSWSTEEL

107

JPPOWER

444

696

454

JPASSOCIAT

254

2392

2382

23274

22743

282

268

2449

24411

282

2517

26078

240

227

2314

2246

21076

19409

270

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203

364

534

1178

387

650

Company

JISLJALEQS

NIFTY

7669

7605

7798

7992

7411

7218

NTPC

150

149

154

159

144

139

174

OFSS

ONGC

PETRONET PNB PTC

159

3274

3380

3062

288

289

298

306

280

271

280

306

137

142

931

POWERGRID

194

3168

187

PFC

182

3203

411

ORIENTBANK

171

410

182

926 86

424

198

965 92

438 214

396 165

147

2956

383

272

149

331

254

228

147

132

127

1004 98

886 80

847 74

RANBAXY

555

556

563

569

550

544

RECLTD

315

325

355

385

295

264 926

RCOM

130

RELCAPITAL

592

586

RELINFRA

769

759

RELIANCE

980

RPOWER

SAIL

SBIN

SIEMENS SSLT

666

1007

1034

953

102

107

830 90

901

2352

899

903

948

994

857

297

742

948

995

347

357

UCOBANK

UNIONBANK UNITECH

475

470

487

504

452

435

167

176

149

339

363

292

269

548

598

649

497

446

110

2449

331

329

343

2078

114

101

2491

2366

357

315

1998

737

752

708

693

2394

2548

2552

2632

2711

2473

200

544

208 553 295

198

108

211

115

223

186

324

334

345

540

552

564

529

296

305

314

288

203

544

2325

2238

723 102

2158

725 103

141

316

105

2408

WIPRO ZEEL

158

2407

323

YESBANK

317

324

UPL

VOLTAS

129

344

2105

ULTRACEMCO

141

327

404

564

UBL

176

726

384

321

TITAN

164

734

364

105

TECHM

811

368 161

TCS

805

409

758

337

TATASTEEL

2171

427

750

340

TATAPOWER

268

TATACHEM

TATAMTRDVR

618

283

482

153

507

326

463

154

852

116

312

445

TATAMOTORS

2894

741

TATAGLOBAL

689

2713

900

448

TATACOMM

547

980

SUNTV

SYNDIBANK

123

2533

300

SUNPHARMA

626

144

2571 914

SRTRANSFIN

137

226 573

249

602

314

181 514

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

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

« TOP VIEW We suggested proposal for recapitalising of public sector banks over the next four years. The government is also treating this as a very high priority item. While the government will have majority stake, we will allow the public to invest directly in these banks...To be in line with Basel-III norms, there is a requirement to infuse Rs 2,40,000 crore as equity by 2018 in our banks. To meet this huge capital requirement, we need to raise additional resources to fulfil this obligation.

—Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS

RELIGARE CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON TCS CMP: Rs. 2460

Hold Long Positions

NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (July 21, 2014) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose marginally on Friday (July 18, 2014) a net 23.45 points (0.31%) and closed at the 7663 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 7630 points level. It then declined further into the red and registered the day’s low at the 7595 points level at 9.37 a.m. The index then rose into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 2.10 p.m. It then rose sharply and registered the day’s high at the 7685 points level at 2.53 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a choppy session and moved in a range of 90 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 23 were gainers, while 27 stocks closed in the red. Substantial buying was witnessed in IT and technology stocks, while substantial selling was seen in power and PSU stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 4.24%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 701 were gainers, 859 were losers and 38 remained unchanged. Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above the slow D line (positive if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now rising (positive if it continues). MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero and is rising (positive if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

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

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7471 points level. The next support is at the 7321 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 7896 points level. The next resistance is at the 7954 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 7648 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 7611. Support (2) = 7559. Resistance (1) = 7701. Resistance (2) = 7738. OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index had formed a fourth consecutive white body candle This is positive. Further, the index is above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the four averages are rising. Moreover, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further up move unfolding. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are diverging (positive if it continues). The ADX is flat while the Market Index is rising. No signal here.

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 7581) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 7624) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 7591) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 6592) Positive. Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

Target Rs. 2600

TCS reported a strong Q1FY15 with 5.5% QoQ US$ growth in revenues driven by 5.7% volume growth. International revenues were up 5.4% QoQ led by North America, the UK and Asia Pacific. EBIT margins however contracted 285bps QoQ to 26.3%, in line with estimates. The company is witnessing strong traction in digital revenues, and is confident of delivering industry-leading growth rates in FY15. We upgrade our FY15/FY16 estimates by 2%/2.3% and raise our Mar’15 TP to Rs 2,600 (from Rs 2,450). BUY. Valuations and view: While the stock is not cheap at 21.6x 1-yr forward PE, we think superior growth will support the premium. We upgrade our FY15/FY16 EPS estimates by 2%/2.3% to factor in the company’s outperformance during the quarter, and raise our TP to Rs 2,600 from Rs 2,450. Maintain BUY. Key result takeaways Revenues grew 2.6% QoQ in INR terms with contribution from volume growth at +5.7%, pricing -1.1%, onsite/offshore mix +0.2% and currency impact -2.1%. The EBIT margin contracted 285bps due to higher wages (219bps impact), adverse cross-currency movements (-73bps) and a change in the depreciation policy (-79bps), partly offset by operational improvements (+87bps). US$ revenues grew 5.5% QoQ to US$ 3.96bn, ahead of expectations. The Americas and Europe grew by 2.6% and 1.9% QoQ respectively in INR terms, while India was up 4.3% QoQ. Vertical-wise, while BFSI declined by 0.3% in INR terms, Telecom was up 4%, retail 4.3%, manufacturing 2.6%, hi-tech 5.6%, life sciences 6.4%, travel 5.6%, energy 5% and media 9.8% QoQ. Utilisation excluding trainees increased to 85.3% (vs. 83.8% QoQ) and including trainees improved to 79.8% (vs. 77.9% QoQ). The headcount was at 305,431 and net additions during the quarter at 4,967. LTM attrition in IT services was at 11% while overall attrition increased to 13.7% (11.4% QoQ).

PRABHUDAS LILLADHER CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON NIIT TECH

CMP: Rs. 408 Target Rs. 440 NIIT Technologies (NIIT Tech) Q1FY15 performance was below PLe/Consensus’ expectation. The company reported order intake of $124m (-14.5% YoY), with order executable improving marginally by 1.7% to $295m. We revise our TP to Rs440 as we revise our estimates down. Order book growth weak, Executable still healthy: Fresh Order intake for NIIT Tech was $144m (5yr avg.: $105m) driven by three wins in the USA and one in EMEA, however, it declined by 14% YoY. The order executable over the next 12 months grew by 12.2% YoY to $295m. The company is chasing 3 large deals ($25mn+) and expected to close at least one large deal each quarter. Ramp-downs – A drag in near term: The management highlighted rampdown in two BFSI (the US) clients during the quarter that is likely to spill over the next quarter (Q2FY15) because the ramp-down picked up only towards the end of the quarter. The management expect steady pick-up in revenue and margin in H2FY15; however, the concern on near term earnings volatility persists. Revising estimates FY15E and FY16E downwards: We revise our revenue and margin expectations downwards for FY15E and FY16E (Exhibit: 2) as we see slower revenue momentum for the company. We expect muted growth at the bottom-line as newly-signed MSP/IMS deals involve upfront cost and weaker margin profile. The management expects exit EBITDA margin at ~16%. Valuation & Recommendation – Retain “BUY”, revised TP of Rs440: Growing fresh order intake and improved deal pipeline gives revenue visibility; however, clients’ specific issues marred growth at topline and bottomline over the last two quarters. We expect stock to remain under pressure in the near term. But, we are factoring in improved revenue momentum in H2FY15 along with margin uptick. We revise our TP to Rs440, 10x FY16E earnings estimate. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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Car Insurance Policy is the more expensive insurance and Third Party Liability Insurance Plan will not cost you more than about Rs 2000 or so. Thus, you can click and compare and then purchase the Third Party Liability version of the Car Insurance so that it serves the basic purpose while selling it off. However, for your own car, please choose a good comprehensive car insurance policy with additional riders.

I have submitted my all the required documents for IRDA license to Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company and they have provided me with a URN No. However, now I want to change the company. So, my question is how to cancel my URN and how to apply an agent other company. —Pramod Jadhav, Nalasopara There is a Process for Transfer of License from 1 insurer to another. You need to follow that and then get the same transferred. Process of Transfer of License: You have to resign at your Present Private Insurance Company and apply for a license transfer. To change you company, you need to get an NOC from your insurance company by putting in your resignation and then requesting them to forward the same to IRDA. Thus, you can cancel your license by simply writing a resignation with a valid reason. This is usually a long process and gets initiated only if your

insurer forwards the same to IRDA. In your letter of resignation addressed to the Manager under whom you are mapped, you also need to mention your license number and the reason for cancellation. After the same, you can apply for a change of insurance company on your license. However, before all this, you need to contact the insurance company you wish to join. They would help and guide you on the process.

The Process can be summarized as: 1. To transfer IRDA license, you will first have to take resignation from the current agency that you are working for. 2. Fill in the ‘annexure A’ form to apply for an NOC from your present company. 3. The ‘annexure A’ form contains details of the policies handled by you like the Name of the Policy Owner, Address, Mobile No., Policy No., Plan No., Mode and Premium Amount.

4. The company usually gives the NOC within 90 days or resignation and submission of Transfer Form 5. Apply to IRDA with the copy of the NOC to transfer IRDA license. 6. After filing the application you will get the transfer usually within 15 days’ time span.

I am 38 years old now. I had purchased Aviva Life Shield Platinum for 50 lakhs in 2011 and now I want to add another 50 lakhs through Aviva I Life. Can I go ahead with Aviva for the same? The reason is that the insurance company will have all details about me since 2011. It would make the documentation and claims if any with hassle free. —Prafull Hate, Marine Lines Yes, you are right. If you take an additional plan from the same company, previous plan details and underwriting can be done much easily and hence the paper work would also be lesser since all you need to do is put the previous policy number and they can dish out all other relevant information and there would be NO FEAR of non-disclosure or misrepresentation of material fact. However, if claim arises, BOTH policy numbers need to be mentioned. (The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com)

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Prtihviraj chavan

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for 15 years. NCP has been demanding a larger share of seats this time on the ground that it had fared better than Congress in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress-NCP alliance ruling the state since 1999 was decimated in the Lok Sabha polls with NCP securing four seats and Congress only two. In 2009 Assembly polls, NCP had fielded its candidates in

114 constituencies against Congress' 174. This time NCP wants the seat sharing formula to be at least 50:50, which means both parties should contest 144 seats each. Rane, who had announced his decison to resign from the Maharashtra Cabinet, is scheduled to meet the Chief Minister at 10 am tomorrow in Mumbai. Addressing a meeteing in

Kankavali in the state today, Rane trained his guns on the Chief Minister and said that Assembly elections results would not be different from the Lok Sabha polls if they were fought under the present leadership. Addressing his supporters in Kankavali, Rane, who had quit the Shiv Sena in 2005 to join Congress, said he was yet to take a call on his future political course. Maha-

rashtra PCC chief Thakre had yesterday said that Rane had no reason to complain. Rane, who is believed to be nursing the ambition of becoming the Chief Minister, had announced that he was going to resign from the cabinet on Monday. Speaking to reporters in Nagpur yesterday, Thakre said the party gave Rane cabinet berth with important portfo-

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ew DelhiCongress President Sonia Gandhi today held consultations with senior leaders from Maharashtra including Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in the wake of party leader Narayan Rane announcing his decision to quit Chavan cabinet pitching for a change of leadership there. Former Home Minister and senior leader from Maharashtra Sushilkumar Shinde and PCC Chief Manikrao Thakre were also present at the meeting. Earlier, Nanded MP and former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan met Shinde separately. The meeting also comes at a time when the NCP is putting pressure on the Congress to give it more seats in the Assembly polls, which are due this year in Maharashtra where Congress and Sharad Pawar's party are in alliance in

ttari: On the directives of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a four-member delegation today arrived here to study the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project in Ahmedabad, which is touted as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's most ambitious project as chief minister of Gujarat. The delegation, headed by Lahore Commissioner Rashid Mehmood Langrial, also comprises LDA Director-General Ahad

Keen on AIIMS in TN in first phase, Jaya writes to PM C

ew Delhi: Left with little hope of leading a normal life after having acid flung at her, Rupa, a girl in her 20s, is now gearing up set up her own boutique thanks to an initiative by Chaanv- a rehabilitation centre that began operations here last year. Located in Laxmi Nagar, the centre is a first of its kind in the country that offers shelter to acid attack survivors undergoing treatment in the national capital. Rupa credits Chaanv and the 'Stop Acid Attacks' campaign founded by Alok Dixit to helping her undergo a two-month training in dress designing from a mechanical engineer.

hennai, July 20 (PTI) Hailing the Centre's move to set up All India Institute of Medical Sciences in all states in a phased manner, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to establish it in Tamil Nadu during the current financial year itself. Thanking Modi for the initiative in a letter to him on June 18, she said her government had already identified land in five districts with "excellent" connectivity and sufficient water and electricity facilities. Jayalalithaa said she was very keen that an institution of the stature of AIIMS be established in Tamil Nadu as it would augment the facilities for providing quality medical education to benefit the poor and middle classes.

Khan Cheema, LDA's strategic policy unit chief Moazzam Sipra and Mustafa Kamal Chaudhry, a technical expert on urban infrastructure projects. The delegation will study the project and consider the feasibility to replicate it in Lahore. They are expected to reach Ahmedabad tomorrow and visit the SRDP. They would return to Delhi on July 22 and fly home the next day.

Prez rejects mercy petitions of Surendra Koli, 5 others N

ew Delhi: Mercy petitions of six death row convicts including Surendra Koli, found guilty in the sensational Nithari serial rapes and killings, have been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee. Besides Koli, mercy pleas of sisters Renukabai and Seema (Maharashtra), Rajendra Pralhadrao Wasnik (Maharashtra), Jagdish (Madhya Pradesh) and Holiram Bordoloi (Assam) have been rejected following recommendations of the Home Ministry, official sources said. 42-year-old Koli, who brutally killed and later axed children in Nithari locality of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, was awarded death sentence by a lower court which was upheld by the Allahabad High Court and confirmed by the Supreme Court.

Acid attack victims find strength in numbers Many others like Rupa, all survivors of acid attacks are now reaching out to the centre, which is now managed and run by the acid attack fighters who have recovered with grit. Survivors gathered here recently and shared their stories at a discussion, which highlighted gory tales of acid attack and the need of regulation to control the open sale of acid that, activists say will help curb the violence against women. Laxmi Saa, winner of International Women of Courage Award

lios. His allegation that the high command was ignoring him was not "justified", the state Congress chief said. On Friday, Rane had also hit back at Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray for his Rane "not welcome in saffron camp" remark and asserted a "real" politician has vacancy everywhere. It is believed that Rane decided to quit from the Chavan ministry to protest against the failure of the Congress high command to remove Chavan in the wake of the humiliating defeat of Congress in the Lok Sabha polls. "Though I am resigning from the government, I will not quit Congress," Rane had said. Rane's decision to quit the cabinet is being viewed as a setback for the crisis-ridden Congress-NCP alliance, particularly in view of coming assembly polls.

Pak delegation arrives to study Sabarmati River project A

Bengaluru: People protest against the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl in a leading public school at the Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Sunday.

narrated her painful story where her jilted lover threw a glass of acid on her face at after she refused to accept his proposal in 2005. "It has been a tough journey since then," says Laxmi. She has gone through seven major surgery after which she filed a PIL in the Supreme Court to regulate the sale of acid at the retail shops. The Court, passed an order on July 18, 2013, prohibiting the sale of acid without license making it mandatory for retailers to maintain a record of customers,

has not been implemented by the Centre. Buyers are bound to produce identification and address proofs and should be above the age of 18. Additional to this, the dealers will have to submit details of sale to the local police within three days of the transaction. "Acid is being sold openly in the market. Anybody and everybody can buy it without any regulation. The government is least interested and does not pay heed to the order passed by the Apex Court. We thus want stringent laws to regulate the sale of acids," says Alok Dixit, founder member of Stop Acid Attacks campaign.

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In 709 AD, in the Iron Age, a spacecraft crashes in the Viking kingdom of Herot, Norway, and the pilot Kainan survives. He turns the beacon on; learns the language and culture of the planet using a machine; and finds that the predator, Moorwen, that he was transporting, had escaped. While chasing the alien monster, he finds a village completely destroyed and is arrested by the warrior Wulfric, believing that he killed the locals - Kainan is brought to Herot as a prisoner. HBO, 6.45 p.m.

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NAKED CASTAWAY

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In this dramatic courtroom thriller, LT Daniel Kaffee, a Navy lawyer who has never seen the inside of the courtroom, defends two stubborn Marines who have been accused of murdering a colleague. Kaffee is known as being lazy and had arranged for a plea bargain. Downey’s Aunt Ginny appoints Cmdr. Galloway to represent him. Also on the legal staff is LTJG Sam Weinberg. The team rounds up many facts and Kaffee is discovering that he is really cut out for trial work. The defense is originally based upon the fact that PFC Santiago, the victim, was given a “CODE RED”. Santiago was basically a screw-up. At Gitmo, screw-ups aren’t tolerated. Especially by Col. Nathan Jessup. In Cuba, Jessup and two senior officers try to give all the help they can, but Kaffee knows something’s fishy. In the conclusion of the film, the fireworks are set off by a confrontation between Jessup and Kaffee. Pi x, 9 p.m .

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL

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In Thailand, Prem is the heir to his family’s business empire. His father wants him to get married. But Prem is enjoying bachelorhood, until a case of mixed-up identities leads him to runaway bride Sanjanna. Sanjanna is an orphan and her greedy feuding uncles want to get their hands on her inheritance. Returning to India, Prem and his family concoct a grand scheme to

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Paglu, Amu & Abhi live the lives of each other. They drink, eat & sleep together. Amu is a girl amongst the two guys, though Paglu & Abhi don’t treat her like one. Paglu is the one who makes her realize about her feelings and helps her get her love. And Abhi is the rich, kind and classy guy who falls in love every time he meets a weird girl. Life however takes a serious fun turn when one of them falls in love with the other. And the one is sadly in love with some one else all together. B4U, 9 p.m .

SAAJAN

Aman (Sanjay Dutt) is a poor, handicapped orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood. Akash’s parents adopt him and give him their family name, and Akash and Aman grow up as brothers. While Akash is a womanizer, Aman takes to writing poems under the pen name Sagar. The poems get published, and Aman becomes very popular. One of his fans is a young woman by the name of Pooja Saxena (Madhuri Dixit), who corresponds with Sagar. Akash meets Pooja and falls head over heels in love with her. When Aman comes to know this, he asks Akash to pose as Sagar, which he does, and Pooja and Akash fall in love with each other. A heartbroken Aman looks on, as he knows that although women may like his poetry, they will never come out openly and love him when they see his handicap. At the end, Akash discovers that Aman is actually Sagar and loves Pooja, so he decides to sacrifice his love for Aman. CVO, 9 p.m .

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ENEMY OF THE STATE

Robert dean is a mild-mannered lawyer who works in Washington D.C. He is on the trail of a kingpin named Pintero. Meanwhile, a politician named Thomas Reynolds is negotiating with Congressman Phillip Hammersley about a new surveillance system with satellites. But, Hammersley declines, that is when Reynolds had Hammersley killed, but this murder was caught on tape, and this person was being chased by Reynolds’ team of NSA agents, the guy must ditch the tape, so he plants it on Dean (unbeknownst to Dean). Then, the NSA decides to get into Dean’s life. That is when Dean’s life began to fall apart all around him, with his wife and job both gone. Dean wants to find out what is going on. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

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By Sandeep Hattangadi

OX Traveller recently celebrated the switch to FOX Life at a grand party organised by the channel at JW Marriott, Juhu. The new vibrant avatar of India’s number one Lifestyle and Travel channel was unveiled with a high energy carnival dance performance by Shiamak Dawar’s dance. It was an evening of food, music, travel enthusiasts, glitter and

MANISH PAUL

HOSTS AN INTERNATIONAL SHOW

After his stint with GECs, Manish is set to host a daily show with a difference on India’s mostloved infotainment channel, National Geographic Channel. Mixing crazy fun with science, Manish is set to be the voice-over and host for a brand new show on the channel - SCIENCE OF STUPI - which premieres on July 21 on NGC, Monday to Friday at 9 pm. The show puts together hilarious home shot videos where Manish gives his funny take and then goes on to explain the science behind it. The show is entertaining and humorous. Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to the ebullient Manish about his new assignment and this is how the conversation went

ampires have been a relatively unknown species on Indian television but the makers of 'Fannah', which depicts a love story between a human and an undead, are hoping to change that with their show. 'Fannah' stars TV's popular faces Karan Kundra, Ritwik Dhanjani and newcomer Chetna Pande. Despite facing criticism from the Indian fans of Hollywood series 'The Vampire Diaries' and 'Twilight', the stars don't see any competition. The show will be aired on MTV from July 21. “We are not bothered about the comparisons because the similarity between

How was the concept of the show derived? It’s an adaptation of the popular UK show of the same name hosted by Hammond. It takes a look at some of the funniest science based home videos shot by amateurs.

You have starred in a popular film called ‘Mickey Virus’. So isn’t it a step down anchoring a show now? Not at all. Most of the big stars from Amitabh Bachchan to Shahrukh Khan and Salman Khan are hosting TV shows. National Geographic is one of the prestigious international channels and I am the first celeb face of the channel and since it’s a channel which combines information with entertainment, I took on the show. Have you been reading National Geographic magazine? Yes. I was a regular reader of the magazine when I was in school in Class IX and X and I really liked the magazine.

Is the show somewhat similar to the popular US show ‘America’s Best Home Videos’? No. That show didn’t have the scientific angle to it. Do you watch any National Geographic shows? Yes . I regularly watch shows like 'Mega Structure' etc.

As a popular anchor, whom do you look up to? Undoubtedly Shahrukh Khan. His style is really amazing.

Given an opportunity would you like to anchor award shows like IFFA? Definitely. I would be honoured to do any award shows.

What’s the status of your second film, ‘The sequel of Tere Bin Laden’? The shooting is in progress and the film is likely to release early next year.

Would you prioritise films over television? I will try to adjust both since TV gave me name and fame, I will continue with it but at the same time devote good time to films too.

How has your journey from Delhi to Hindi film industry been? It’s been great and I am enjoying it.

TV TATTLE KBC is back

India’s most loved game show, 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', is coming back with its much awaited eighth season. The core message of this season’s campaign strengthens this proposition with the thought ‘Yahan Sirf Paise Nahi, Dil Bhi Jeete Jate Hain’. The campaign consists of a series of extraordinary films each with a different story, character, set-up and theme. The campaign retains the distinct KBC communication flavour while touching on subjects which are very topical. The campaign is conceptualised by Leo Burnett (Creative Agency) and shot by Opticus Inc.

Dancing star

Actress, singer and former VJ Sophie Choudry wowed the judges and audiences once again this week. Sophie, who is the oomph factor of 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa', managed once again to get a perfect score this time after her marvelous alien act last week. In fact, we hear that the actress pulled off her act on ‘Kate Nahi Katte’ so well that Madhuri was left speechless and even joined her on stage for a little dance. Salman who was promoting his upcoming film 'Kick' complimented Sophie by telling her that Sridevi herself would not be able to believe that someone could dance so well to this song if she were to see the performance.

Professional hazards

Recently during the shoot of 'Shapath' (Life OK) news came in about Karishma Modi Chandhoke’s grandfather passing away. Karishma was preparing for some extremely difficult stunts which needed complete concentration, and as a result, the unit members decided not to break the news to Karishma. It was only after the pack up that she was informed of what had happened. She was extremely close to her grandfather and said, “I think it was a wise decision as I would have not been able to shoot if they would have informed me earlier. These are some of the hazards of being in television industry.”

New look

SAB TV’s mostloved TV series 'F.I.R' will don a new avatar this weekend. The show is all set to send its audience on a laughter riot with an innovative look and hilarious engaging sequences. The iconic Imaan Police Chowki will now be onstage with live audience. The set audience will also be involved solving crime cases, as the cast will ask for their opinion and participation. As part of the chowki, a group of prisoners in jail will be seen posing as musicians offering a melodious situational symphony to viewers as well.

Vampires make a comeback on Indian TV

the two shows ends at the fact that they are vampire dramas. Beyond this, our show is original in concept and script. 'Fannah' will

glam. Shibani Dandekar looked gorgeous in a golden dress and welcomed the guests on the red carpet. Keertan Adyanthaya, Managing Director NGC Network India Pvt Ltd, opened the evening to a dazzling performance revealing the channel's new philosophy and tagline GO PLACES! by Shiamak Dawar’s dance ensemble. The party was attended by the who’s who of Mumbai’s tinsel town.

be a show of its kind,” said Chetna, who is making her television debut with the show. 'Kitni Mohabbat Hai' star Karan Kundra feels that the fresh story and the fact that the show will have seasons will attract audiences and said that he does not see any competition with the 'The Vampire Diaries' or the 'Twilight' series. “Our audience is not the one who enjoys this Hollywood show. We are not aiming at any competition with it or the movie. We

know people who have already watched this stuff will not see our show, so I would rather focus on making the show enjoyable for the fans who will be watching something like this for the first time,” Karan, who plays a vampire in the show, told PTI. Chetna feels that it is not possible to lift the Hollywood fantasy drama because the audiences are different in India. Closer home, a human-vampire love story, 'Pyar Kii Ek Kahaani', starring Sukirti Khandpal and Vivian D Sena, aired on Star One and was noted for its similarity with 'Twilight'.

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The ‘armed’ enemy that lies within! J

ust a few days back, a 22-yearold woman was allegedly abducted and raped by the son of a BSP leader in a car in the presence of her friend in Bangalore. While the son of the BSP leader has been arrested, his four accomplices are yet absconding. According to the police complaint, the woman said she was sitting with a friend in his car in front of her apartment complex when the four men attacked them. The men reportedly drove the woman and her friend around the city in the car. One of the men sexually assaulted her, silencing her friend at knife-point. Sometime back when Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul, made a nasty remark regarding rape it sparked nationwide outrage. Paul was seen in a video that had gone viral saying “If a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) man dares to touch anybody, I will take out my gun and shoot him. I always carry a gun... I will destroy his entire clan. I warn my opponents... I will make their family pay dearly. I will ask my boys to go there. They will rape them and leave.”

Apology after an insensitive remark becomes a norm A couple of days later, the MP’s wife rendered an apology on her husband’s behalf but also stated that Paul was provoked to make such a statement and ‘there is a story behind the comment.’ A day later, the MP himself rendered an unreserved apology for his ‘deeply insensitive’ remark. But, the damage has already been done. The callous manner in which the men in power make remarks about rape and other sexual assault is not something that can be just ignored. Especially, if it’s a threat met out in public, no matter how provoked. Along with a few other things, security of women has to be one of the top agendas of the new government. The previous government wasn’t able to win the confidence of the public when it came to protecting the women in the country. And, with the nation witnessing one horrific rape after the other, the situation only got worse. The new government has already had its share of horror stories with the Badaun Rape case. And, it needs to buckle up and start taking measures that are effective and not just on paper. Rape, in itself, is a heinous crime and the situation gets all the more horrific when it’s someone in authority is the perpetrator of the crime. Who do you turn to when someone who is supposed to protect is the one committing the crime?

100 Delhi policemen accused of crime against women: RTI Earlier, in February 2014, an RTI application was filed asking for details

of policemen who have been accused of crimes against women including rape, molestation, eve-teasing, etc., in last ten years. The reply revealed that a total of 100 Delhi policemen have been accused in rape and molestation cases. The data provided also stated around 70 policemen in the capital had been accused of rape including gang rape. The data provided by the department also hinted towards the fact that there has been an increase in such cases in the past five years. Apparently, despite facing charges, most of the accused have been able to secure bail and are working at various posts in the Delhi police department. However, recently, for the first time, two cops were dismissed and arrested for attempting sexual assault on an underprivileged juvenile girl in 2013. And, these are the statistics for just one city. Other cities and states have their own share of statistics. Just recently, in Mumbai, a policeman was arrested for allegedly raping his junior after falsely promising marriage to her. Apparently, the policeman also forced her into having physical relations with him by blackmailing her with a video clip he had shot of her on his mobile. The head constable was arrested after the woman lodged a police complaint against him. The victim also claimed that she had complained to a senior officer, but to no avail.

Jawan accused of raping 20-year-old Agartala woman In another case, in Agartala, police arrested three accused in the gangrape of a 20-year-old woman, one of them was an Army jawan. The victim was allegedly raped by a Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan and two others in Agartala despite high security just before the Lok Sabha election. According to the victim’s FIR, she was waiting at Nagerjala at night when two accused approached her in car. They offered the victim a lift which she accepted. But, on the way, one of the accused called an accomplice and the three then raped her. Reportedly, the victim was gangraped and left in a bush nearby. She was discovered by the locals in the middle of the night after they heard her cries for help. The attempted rape and murder of Mumbai-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, made news once again when a Mumbai Court convicted the security guard for the crime. Pallavi Purkayastha was brutally murdered inside her apartment by her building’s security guard Sajjad Ahmed Mughal alias Sajjad Pathan. The court pronounced Sajjad Ahmed Mughal guilty of all charges. On the day of the murder, the watchman Sajjad Ahmed Mughal entered Pallavi Purkayastha’s flat with stolen keys. He reportedly, tried to force him-

self on the lawyer while she was sleeping, but when the lawyer fought back, the guard slashed her throat with a knife.

UN urges India to repeal the controversial AFSPA Back in 2012, the United Nations has asked India to repeal the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, saying it had no role to play in a democracy. “The AFSPA in effect allows the state to override rights in the disturbed areas in a much [more] intrusive way than would be the case under a state of emergency, since the right to life is in effect suspended, and this is done without the safeguards applicable to states of emergency,” Christof Heyns, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions had told media persons after the end of his fact-finding mission in the country. The AFSPA has been an Act that has been a bone of contention for a very long time. There are many activists, politicians and the people of the valley who are against the AFSPA because it gives sweeping power to the army, which many have accused the army of exploiting. This Act came in the light after the Manorama Devi case of Manipur when a group of women had stripped to protest in front of the Kalanga Fort in Imphal after the alleged rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, by the security forces. The Act gives special powers to the Army. According to the Act ‘Any commissioned officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or any other person of equivalent rank in the armed forces may, in a disturbed area :— (a) if he is of opinion that it is necessary so to do for the maintenance of public order, after giving such due warning as he may consider necessary, fire upon or otherwise use force; even to the causing of death, against any person who is acting in contravention of any law or order for the time being in force in the disturbed area prohibiting the assembly of five or more persons or the carrying of weapons or of things capable of being used as weapons or of fire-arms, ammunition or explosive substances; (b) if he is of opinion that it is necessary so to do, destroy any arms dump, prepared or fortified position or shelter from which armed attacks are made or are likely to be made or are attempted to be made or any structure used as a training camp for armed volunteers or utilised as a hideout by armed gangs or absconders wanted for any offence: (c) arrest without warrant, any person who has committed a cognizable offence or against whom a reasonable suspicion exists that he has committed or is about to commit a cognizable offence and may use such force as may be necessary to effect the arrest.’

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If it isn’t a watchman committing rape, it’s a husband, a policeman or worse still, defence personnel who simply go scot free. Where rape is concerned, the enemy lies within, writes Gajanan Khergamker

Along with a few other things, security of women has to top the new government’s agenda.

Kunan Poshpura rape victims may get compensation Just a couple of days ago, twentythree years later, the mass rape victims of Kunan Poshpora villages have achieved their first major success when Jammu and Kashmir high court directed the state government to explore the possibilities of paying compensation to the affected women. In June 2013, a Public Interest Litigation filed in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, by fifty Srinagar-based women, backed by human rights group Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil society (JKCCS) had resulted in a Magisterial order for further investigations of the mass and gang rape by Indian army personnel of the women of Kunan and neighbouring village Poshpora, in Kupwara District of North Kashmir on the night of February 23rd-24th 1991. Reportedly, on September 14th, 2013 the police asked for and were granted an additional three months’ time for further investigations, apparently without any notice given to the survivors who are legally represented in the case. However, the closure report, which had been presented before the Magistrate of Kupwara just weeks before the Public Interest Litigation was filed, in March 2013, details several important previously unavailable official documents. These included a hand-drawn po-

lice map, a nominal roll of 125 army personnel (including several officers) who were admittedly part of the operation and in Kunan-Poshpora that night, statements from victims, witnesses and army men mentioning specific locations, times and incidents and the official medical reports of some of the rape victims.

US report lists 3,553 sexual assaults by its military Assault by men in uniform is not just restricted to India. In November 2013, the US Pentagon has released new data about the reported number of sexual assaults in the military. According to the data, between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 there were 3,553 reports of sexual assault, there has been a 43 per cent increase in sexual assaults in the military as compared to the previous year. During the same period, there were 219 casualties in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Report suggested that in 2012, soldiers were 15 times more likely to be raped by a comrade then killed by an enemy. An anonymous survey of military members, however, revealed that there may have been as many as 26,000 assaults in 2012, a definite surge from the 19,000 estimated assaults in 2011. (With inputs from Prerna Pandey)

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Indian Army In Sensitive Northeast

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

By Prabhat Ranjan Deen

ake encounters to earn medals, connivance with the arms mafia, land scams for illegal money and taking the help of subterfuge for promotions have become the character of Army units deployed in the sensitive areas of Northeast India. Why will those who do not have time to spare from their own contradictions fight with China? The new deeds committed by the Army Ordnance Corps in the Northeast that have come to light fill one with surprise. Criminal attempts are being made here to declare people who complain about corruption amongst high officials as ‘mentally insane’. If attempts are made to send a healthy person towards being ‘mentally insane’, or to prove that person as being ‘mentally insane’, then Indian law takes it as extremely serious matter. In the Indian Penal Code, there is a provision for strict punishment against an individual or individuals responsible for such criminal conspiracy. But amongst some corrupt officials of the Indian Army there is no fear of the law in India. All this is just what is happening in the 57 Mountain Division Ordnance unit (57-MDOU) posted in Masimpur near Silchar in Assam. A situation of complete revolt has developed in this unit. There is tremendous anger amongst the medium rank officials and general Army personnel against the corrupt acts of their high officials and the atmosphere of anarchy that they have created. When and what ugly face this anger will take, no one can say. But it is some Army men themselves who say in hushed voices that it is in such a situation that firing takes place on a daily basis between each other in different Army units and people are killed. Amongst those killed there are both officials and ordinary soldiers. The Army Headquarters is not paying any attention at all towards this ‘un-military’ environment that is building up in the Army units posted in the sensitive Northeast, and that is amazing. Even in the Army Ordnance Corps Headquarters, no buzz is evident with regard to this matter, even though the complaint has already reached the Ordnance Headquarters.

Heady assignment From being out in the cold to the hot seat of power, Sarvesh Kaushal’s appointment as Chief Secretary highlights the dilemma of the Parkash Singh Badal Government in Punjab, which has been buffeted by accusations of “nonperformance”. Appointing Kaushal to replace Rakesh Singh, who has proceeded on leave, will hopefully send the right signal that the government is keen to shed that image. Kaushal, a 1982-batch IAS officer, is considered a tough administrator and until recently was considered out of contention for the big posts. Sources say that his rehabilitation began when Badal appointed him

Corruption and shady practices hit a new low

The duty of 57-MDOU is to supply arms along with other material to the various Army units stationed at the Indo-China international border and engaged in round the clock surveillance. This is counted as a combat unit (field unit), therefore its audit is not done under the war accounting system. Under cover of this privilege, high ranking Army officials are mired in corruption. Any official or soldier who speaks against their black deeds is either transferred or is put out of the way by attacks on him or by declaring him ‘mentally insane’. The Army Ordnance Corps has gained expertise in this. It is worth noting that some time ago Major Anand Kumar of the Central Command, posted in the Army Ordnance Corps after being declared ‘mentally insane’, was cashiered and dismissed from his job. The mistake of Major Anand Kumar was that he had exposed the sale of sensitive armaments to outsiders and suspicious individuals, in which many high officials were involved. The same misdeed is being repeated now. It has happened many times that armaments of the Indian Army and equipment manufactured by the Army have been recovered from terrorists and Naxalites, even to the extent that the Army’s armaments have also been captured from dacoits active in the rugged terrain of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. So much so that a light machine gun of the Army has been found in the possession of the mafia MLA of Uttar Pradesh, Mukhtar Ansari. This is what Major Anand Kumar of the Army Ordnance Corps and DSP Shailendra Singh were complaining about. Major Anand was dismissed from his job and Shailendra Singh had to resign from his job. And now this is what Subedar Ajay Kumar Singh or Ordnance technician Nayak Salim Khan or Honorary Captain P.N Tiwari and Hawaldar Surendra Singh are opposing. The difference is that then a commissioned officer was complaining and this time junior commissioned or non-commissioned officers are complaining. Out of them Naik Salim Khan was forcibly admitted to Principal Secretary for irrigation, and where he was quite successful. However, Kaushal’s elevation to the top posts has shattered the hopes of many other contenders. Also he superseded officers like Sujata Dass, Kusumjit Sandhu, Himmat Singh and Anjuly Chob Duggal. How much of a game-changer he will be remains to be seen, but many hopes are resting on him to put the State administration back on track.

The axe effect The purge continues. Having been battered first by the devastating Lok Sabha poll results in which the Samajwadi Party was routed and now buffeted by the stinging criticism of his administration over the alarming crime rate, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is trying to set things right. This, almost by default, means sacking or trans-

the Mental Diseases Hospital (160 Military Hospital) after the Army filled form -10 that proved him to be ‘mentally insane’. Before that Naik Salim Khan was also beaten very severely. In the 160 Military Hospital report this fact was confirmed that Major Salim not only got severely beaten by the Company Hawaldar Major and other soldiers, he was then declared ‘mentally insane’ and was dumped in the hospital. Similarly, an attempt was made in the Army to get Subedar Ajay Kumar Singh out the way by a murderous attack on him, and other officials who complained about corruption were transferred immediately. Upon complaining about the attack Subedar Ajay Kumar Singh was sent away outside on temporary duty. Worried about her husband’s safety, the wife of Subedar Ajay Kumar Singh had to write a letter to the DGOC to apprise him. Anyhow, in the context of Army armaments and other equipment, let us remind you that there is a strict provision in the Army of counting and keeping safe even the empty shells of used bullets. Even jawans practicing firing are made to collect empty shells of bullets. But high officials are not even hesitating to sell sensitive Army equipment

openly in the market. The Commanding officer of the 57 Mountain Division Ordnance unit Colonel Arunendra Thakur did not hesitate to sell to outsiders the empty ammunition steel box (H2A box) sent from the ammunition point of the Mountain Division situated at Rangapahar in Assam and gobbled up the money earned from it. H2A boxes being sold outside in huge numbers was exposed by a gate pass issued secretly for a truck. This gate pass issued under the signature of Major A. Chauhan reveals the scam going on in the 57 Mountain Division Ordnance unit. Selling empty ammunition boxes of the Army to civil recipients comes under the category of a military offense, but sources from the Army say that this business is going on unhindered. On a complaint of this matter, investigating officers from the 117 Field Regiment did not interrogate or make any enquiries from Honorary Captain P.N Tiwari of the Defense Security Service or any other related official or worker. In the meantime Subedar P.A. Khan along with many other officials and workers were also transferred elsewhere. An even more amazing incident took place when almost 150 newly

DILLI KA BABU

the Noida plot allotment scam. Bahadur is the fifth Home Secretary in the little over two-year tenure of the Akhilesh regime. In Uttar Pradesh, the more things change the more they stay the same.

Dilip Cherian ferring bureaucrats. The first major change was appointing trusted aide Alok Ranjan as the State Chief Secretary replacing Jawed Usmani. Then came another round of mass transfers of cops and officials. But what has virtually shocked observers is the recent sacking of senior IAS officer Deepak Singhal from the post of Principal Secretary (Home) which he had been assigned just two weeks ago. The CM's axe has fallen on the top officer not because of the outcry over the failing law and order in UP but reportedly due to the babu’s alleged proximity to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Singhal has been replaced by Rakesh Bahadur, a tainted officer named as accused in

Politics plays spoiler J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah may have issues with Dilli over the Modi Government’s policy on bureaucratic appointments but he may need to consider the longpending vacancies in his own administration first. Sources say that at least six posts of administrative secretaries have been unoccupied for several months. They blame the lack of consensus among

appointed firemen (non-combatant) were shown as part of the regular Army and for more than a year were fed with free rations from the Army. In fact, an amount of rupees 75 per person for non-vegetarians and rupees 50 per person for vegetarians was collecting regularly from these firemen and the collected money was gobbled up. It is worth noting that in the Army the facility of free ration is available only for officials and soldiers of combatant units. To provide free rations to the firemen, tampering was done with the documents. Fake lost ration certificates were made, names were changed, everyone was shown as a soldier of the regular Army and in the name of free rations a big economic loss was caused to the Army. The condition of the high and top administration of the Army is such that not even the unit’s parade statement or issue ration register were checked and neither was the primary formality of calling any fireman to record their statement done. It is a crime to draw free rations from the Army’s supply through fake documents and feeding it to non military personnel, but there is no control over this crime. It is worth noting that in the Indian Army there is a daily provision for providing free of cost to every soldier 620 grams of wheat, 480 grams milk, 90 grams pulses, 185 grams meat/12 eggs, 90 grams oil, 9 grams tea leaves, 90 grams fruits and 220 grams vegetables. All the above mentioned complaints were made to the highest and top administration of the Army. From eating up money by giving the annual contract of fish in 3-4 ponds in the unit line to contractor Maskandar Ali to showing a false shortfall in the store and purchasing material from the open market at high rates, the higher authorities were informed about everything. But, no concrete result came. By showing payment of thousands of rupees in the market in the name of local purchase, the money was actually eaten up, and goods did not even reach the store. Inspite of this store in-charge Hawaldar Surendra Singh was pressurised and forced to take over ‘stock’. Upon complaining about it instead of taking appropriate action Surendra Singh himself was transferred. the ruling coalition partners, the National Conference and the Congress party. Key departments like rural development, school education and finance, among others, are functioning without full-time heads. Consequently, many secretary-level babus in J&K find themselves handling several departments. Higher Education Secretary S.M. Ahmad, who retires later this year, is also in-charge of Rural Development. Similarly, Principal Home Secretary Suresh Kumar is also looking after School Education. Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, B.B. Vyas, is holding charge of two departments. Sources point out many such examples. Surprisingly, while the State cabinet met thrice after the Lok Sabha elections, the Government has still not announced a single appointment, despite the urgency.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 795

ENIGMA CODE 795

ACROSS: 8 A desk in the office? (6) 9 Aliens set off (3) 10 Alfreda's colourless grass (4) 11 In fact, she may be fairly talkative ! (4,6) 12 Bicycle girl not finishing in a superior position (4) 13 Frenchman who couldn't adapt to a new regime? (6) 16 Wallowings in malicious slurs making people feel better may be (3,5) 17 Dozens of sprites seen on Tuesday and Wednesday initially (7) 18 For sleep, they use a different way (4-3) 22 Worry for chief, realising each … (8) 25 Freshly-made soup, for example, rises in price (4,2) 26 The man with right sort of egg (4) 27 Granada vet becomes most innovative (5-5) 30 Pupil on the way to wash (4) 31 Morning figure for a type of contract (3) 32 Object to act turning wall panelling (6) DOWN: 1 Brought up toupee with university teacher (4) 2 Break up without starting an argument, being on edge (4) 3 A light gold (5-3) 4 Hoosegow or calaboose? (3-4) 5 Like college-head, object to rise (6) 6 A fine residence within easy reach of the sea? (4-6) 7 Aloof - and piscine? (6) 14 Cut from Dr. West? (3) 15 As a minor, say, she wheedles money out of men (4-6) 19 Top rise forecast for seamen (4,4) 20 Not much experience of life? No good going,off for the second person (3)

Each colour in our code represents a letter. When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words. The clue to first word is given to help you get started.

The Clue: Etched or incised

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE ALERTS, LETTER, STRESS, AERATE, SELLER, LATTER, RATTLE

MATH PYRAMID 795 21 Seduce, in France, from initial umlaut in German composer (7) 23 Receiver needing to become more powerful when there's a blockage (6)

24 After the car crash there's tax round one's neck (6) 28 G.I. truant (4) 29 500 Asian cattle living in Borneo (4)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Contortionists, 10 Elide, 11 Right-hand, 12 Reaches, 13 Targets, 14 Incog, 16 Accolades, 19 Frying-pan, 20 Years, 22 No trump, 25 Imposer, 27 Immanence, 28 Trunk, 29 Desert one's post. DOWN: 2 Oligarchy, 3 Teeth, 4 Rare stamp, 5 Ingot, 6 Naturally, 7 Spate, 8 Sadists, 9 Henry I, 15 Gun-runner, 17 Centipede, 18 Dead souls, 19 Fancied, 21 Shrike, 23 Tomes, 24 Pinto, 26 Put-up.

QUICK CROSS 795

ACROSS: 1. Angel topper 5. Bone dry 6. Courageous 7. Metric weight 8. Hearts 9. A long, long, long time 10. Singles, units

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The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied. 1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

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FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Rein in 2. Some Irish knitwear 3. Not taped, maybe 4. To a Skylark, e.g. 6. Carried 7. Roger Rabbit, for one 8. Corporate VIP

HIDATO 795

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

MATHDOKU 795

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

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TIGER BUD BLAKE

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

COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Moon in Aries till 10.47 a.m. 10th Ashadh Krishnapaksha Krittika Mesha (Aries) A.L.I. Orange 5

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: It will be a year of hard work and progress in your career. You will feel a renewed upsurge of energy and enthusiasm and accomplish even the most difficult of tasks with relative ease. Those starting out or already in a chosen career can fulfill their career ambitions. You will be at your best in creative endeavors and in sports activities. The married will enjoy conjugal bliss, while those in love will have a year full of adventure and romance. BABIES BORN TODAY: Middle stature, compact body, and handsome, with prominent nose and bright eyes. Will be aggressive, gregarious and very independent. Would make a good advisor or consultant rather than take a regular job. Will find routine of any kind boring. Will be fortunate, sensitive and attached to family. Success, fame and happiness are indicated. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You could get a large amount of money as an advance payment. Even though your financial position is strong, this money will be of great help. This could be the beginning of a really stable phase for you but you will have to maintain the pace of work activities. You have always nurtured friendships with love and care. If you are in love you can safely make commitment to the one you love.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You will be making an important career decision, and may have to re-evaluate a few things. Money matters and finance come to the fore. Fresh projects will require more funds than you had envisaged. You are advised not to go in for large borrowing right now. Those who have been away from your beloved will be making up for lost time. You can look forward to exciting times together.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): There is lot of work to be done that you may find boring. However, this is essential for your future growth and prosperity. Do not push yourself too much if things do not go your way today. People who are normally quite efficient will also get on your nerves. Forget about work problems and concentrate on being happy. A get- together with friends will be help to divert your mind.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): New and challenging areas are opening up to you. You will get one such interesting offer today. You can afford to be choosy. If in exports/imports, travel /tourism, hotel industry, advertising and news media you will make rapid progress in your career. Your focus will be on other areas in your life rather than love life. Your beloved will understand about your need to follow your dreams.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Work routine might seem boring. There may not be many opportunities to express your creativity and sincerity seems to be missing. You will get down to serious thinking about your future. Start with joining a training program me to give a boost to your career. You may decide to do some home decorating with your mate. Redoing your home may add freshness and help to improve the atmosphere.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You are well-informed in money matters but circumstances demand that you be more careful while dealing with loans and investments. It seems you are more than tempted to make large investment that the rumor in the market says is a sure shot winner. Don’t take any risk. Nothing much seems to be happening in your love life. Not that you are not inclined but other things are appearing to take priority.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A revamping of your home or office is going to cost you a lot more than anticipated. Your may also find that it could take longer to complete. Rest assured at the end of the day it will be worth all the time and money put in, not forgetting the frayed tempers and damage control needed. Misunderstandings are cleared and it begins to look like life is returning back to normal.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You can look forward to a good day. A hunch you follow leads to much financial gain. Employed will get news of a raise and a promotion. You will receive a fresh proposal for business that is worth considering. This may be an opportunity to make additional money on the side. If you are attracted to someone and feel the attraction is mutual, then matters will get clearer now. Expect a pleasant visit this evening.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): In a new deal be sure that everything is in order before you go in for any agreements. Check details before signing agreements. Accept only offers that promise quick gains or you could block your money indefinitely. The behavior of someone close could create some doubts in your mind. Sort out all that is on your mind before arriving at any definite conclusions. AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): It will be difficult for you to take a decision today on a matter, which you are not familiar with. It would be wiser to consult someone who knows or has adequate background and whose advice can be useful. Be careful with your finances and check an urge to splurge money. The object of your affections seems to be in a bad mood. Perhaps you are trying too hard to change the person. Accept them for what they are.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Investment in a project that you are working on will yield gains later. Benefits from land or property are likely. Keep in mind that this is for the future and it will work out favorably for you. A long distance journey or some news will have favorable results .You will be making some important decisions, sharing of your dreams helps to make emotional bonds stronger.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You will make major decisions about work and career, leading to remarkable gains. Overseas influences are strong. A journey will yield profits now and for the future. Some of you may set up a new venture in a foreign country. Watch a tendency to be short tempered with associates. Give up testing the loyalty of your friends and loved ones. Accept that you are loved for the way you are by one and all.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5026 ACROSS: 4 Celestial winged beings (6) 7 'Green' petrol (8) 8 Treat badly (3-3) 10 A tool with a sharp blade fastened to a handle used for cutting (5) 13 Box ___, position of advantage (4) 14 Beget (4) 15 African plains grazers (4) 16 Brown-capped boletus mushroom "EPC" anagram? (3) 17 Emile Zola's novel and heroine (4) 19 Fastening for collar (4) 21 More shabby or untidy (9) 23 Detailed design document (abbr.) (4) 24 ___ one's muscles : be a bit of a bully (4) 26 Pastoral sound (3) 27 Sacred (4) 29 Venomous snakes (4) 32 In or at or to this position or place? (4) 33 Famous race-course - "Tosca" in a new form? (5) 34 Gold coins of ancient Rome (6) 35 A form of you for emphasis when the object of a verb and the subject is the same (8) 36 The Creator in Hindu mythology (6) DOWN: 1 Plays music in a public place for money (5) 2 Talent; aptitude; keen perception (5) 3 Oscar winner ___ Blanchett (4) 4 Au revoir, goodbye (5) 5 Gold-coloured (4) 6 Struck violently at or against? (6) 9 Scots girl? (6) 11 Nothing, no score (3) 12 Sit on the _____ : remain neutral or undecided? (5) 13 Get hold of or seize quickly and easily (7) 15 Wildebeest (3) 16 A worthless dog (3) 18 Having the form of an arch (6)

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SUDOKU 2212 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: C equals H

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

20 A state located in the southwestern part of the united states (5) 21 A resort with a mineral spring (3) 22 ____ high : have high ambitions? (3) 23 Appreciate or perceive the taste of? (6) 25 General post office, acronym (3)

28 Language you are most likely to hear in Bhubaneshwar (5) 30 Loose rock debris (5) 31 Not easily bent or moved (5) 32 On one's ___ horse : acting haughtily? (4) 33 4840 square yards of land? (4)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Appear, 5 Oda, 8 Yegg, 9 Neep, 10 Burlap, 11 Homeopath, 13 Chid, 15 SAS, 16 Sunil, 17 Brink, 20 Han, 22 Ads, 23 Hanse, 24 Knife, 26 FBI, 27 Anno, 28 Prospects, 31 Impish, 32 Tizz, 33 Drei, 34 IFS, 35 Stayed. DOWN: 1 Abbacy, 2 Partisan, 3 Ayah, 4 Reposit, 5 Ogres, 6 Anup, 7 Neatens, 12 Mal, 14 Duns, 18 Rafa, 19 Identify, 20 Hairpin, 21 Unities, 24 KBC, 25 Coshed, 26 Fends, 29 Suzi, 30 Smit.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2031 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION : The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism

Afternoon WORD MINE

F Y R

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 09 average; 10 good; 12 outstanding. SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: eight, ghetto, girth, gopher, heir, hero, hire, hitter, hope, hotter, other, pith, right, their, tight, tighter, TIGHTROPE, tithe.

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

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No video evidence of Jadeja-Anderson altercation: report

LONDON: In a fresh twist to the alleged altercation between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja, it has come to light that there is no video evidence of the incident for which a preliminary ICC hearing will be conducted on Tuesday here. According to a report in 'ESPNCricinfo', "Indian officials have questioned why crucial video footage that could have shed light on the alleged altercation between James Anderson and Ravindra Jadeja is not available." The incident occurred during the lunch break of the second day's play in the opening Test in Nottingham. The Indians have alleged that Anderson pushed and abused Jadeja, while the English have also counter-charged the visiting all-rounder. The hearing under the ICC's Code of Conduct will be held over teleconference with Australian Gordon Lewis presiding over it. "While players from both teams are set to provide conflicting evidence, India have requested that footage from a video camera situated just outside the dressing rooms where the incident occurred be made available.

Now pitch controversy at Lord’s L

ONDON: The furore over the "poor" pitch in in Trent Bridge is yet to settle down but that has not stopped a new controversy from brewing in the India-England second Test after MCC was forced to tender an apology for the manner in which one of its groundstaff swept the pitch here. "MCC were forced to apologise and defend the conduct of a member of their groundstaff after Kevin Pietersen drew attention to his method of sweeping the pitch at lunch," reported 'The Independent' after third day's play yesterday. "Shane Doherty's work attracted the attention of Sky Sports' commentators and Pietersen was moved to post a video on social media, captioned with the remark "Unbelievable" – followed, in customary KP fashion, by seven exclamation marks," the newspaper stated. Doherty was then approached by fourth umpire David Millns but MCC, the keepers of the Lord's Cricket Ground, asserted that it was "a genuine, honest mistake, and there was no intent to damage the pitch". However, Pietersen said there was something more to it. "He knew what he was doing," he wrote on Twitter. The newspaper claimed that the visiting Indians will not make any issue of the incident. "Indian cricket sources indicated that there would be no complaint from the team, although the final decision would rest with the captain, MS Dhoni, and his players. Whatever the explanation – and there is no reason to believe Doherty was anything other than careless – it was another talking point in a series that has already had plenty of them."

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England's Ian Bell is bowled by India's Ishant Sharma during the fourth day of the second test at Lord's cricket ground in London.

Test evenly poised as England reach 105/4 in pursuit of 319 By Chetan Narula

ONDON: The second cricket Test was headed for nail-biting finish with England needing 214 runs with six wickets intact on a tricky fifth day track as India rode on Ravindra Jadeja's brilliant counter-attack to set a competitive target of 319. It was a day when fortunes swung like a pendulum as England finished the fourth day's play at 105 for four on deteriorating track. If India manage to pull of a win, it

he Indian team will be going all out for a win at Lords on Monday. The last Test series in Old Blighty witnessed an abject humiliation for the Indians. Is it come-uppance time now? With the visitors in the driver’s seat even as the English wickets are tumbling, is it little wonder that the English are hoping and praying for the weather gods to intervene and for the skies to open up with a

will be their first at the 'Mecca of Cricket' in 28 years having last time won here in 1986. England lost three wickets in a space of 14 deliveries with an addition of two runs. From a comfortable 70 for one, they slumped to 72 for four. Ishant Sharma (2/13 in 10 overs) removed seasoned Ian Bell (1) with an incutter while skipper Alastair Cook (22) did all the hardwork before fishing oustide the off-stump to give Mahendra Singh Dhoni a simple catch. Mohammed Shami (1/20) also fared much better than the first innings removing centurion Gary Ballance (27) with an away going delivery. While India have their nose slightly ahead, a lot of credit should

couple of thunderstorms over Lord's today. Weather reports had predicted thunderstorms across London on Sunday and Monday. Thus far, thankfully the weather gods have not showered their blessing on Lord's. Will they do so on Monday, as the second Test is poised for a fine finish with the Indians having tasted blood going for the kill on what has been a minefield of a pitch. Let's wait and watch!

go to Ravindra Jadeja for his belliegerent 57-ball-68 (9x4) that enabled India to reach 342 thereby extending their lead to a healthy 318. Murali Vijay (95) missed century by a whisker while Bhuvneshwar Kumar (52, 71 balls) continued his stupendous all-round show. It was the 99-run eighth wicket stand between Jadeja and Bhuvneshwar that could well turn out to be decisive in the final context of the game. At stumps on fourth day, youngsters Joe Root and Moeen Ali were at the crease batting on 14 and 15 respectively. A rough has been created on one end with left-arm spinner Jadeja (1/32) looking dangerous for the first time with but turn and

bounce off the pitch while the odd ball also kept low forcing Dhoni to stand atleast 10 feet behind to a slow bowler. It will be an uphill task for England if they manage to successfully chase down the total which will be their second highest having chased down 332 in an Ashes Test at the MCG way back in 1928-29. Brief Scores: India: 295 & 342 in 103.1 overs. (Murali Vijay 95, Ravindra Jadeja 68, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 52; Liam Plunkett 3/65, Ben Stokes 3/51, Moeen Ali 2/28) lead England 1st innings: 319 & 105 for four in 46 overs (Gary Ballance 27, Alastair Cook 22, Moeen Ali batting 15, Joe Root batting 14, Ishant Sharma 2/13, Mohd Shami 1/20, Ravindra Jadeja 1/32) 214 runs.

Kaif bids goodbye to UP, will captain AP K

ANPUR: Ending his 16-year-long association with Uttar Pradesh, Mohammed Kaif has decided to lead Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Ranji season after striking a two-year deal with the state association (ACA). The Allahabad-born player has accumulated 9277 runs, taken 143 catches and picked 20 wickets in his first-class career. "It's end of the road for me at Uttar Pradesh. Now we should give a chance to young players from the state. When players like Suresh Raina, Praveen Kumar and Piyush Chawla joined the UP team, we helped them learn the ropes of international cricket. Now it's time that we help youngsters from other states (Andhra Pradesh) move to the next level," Kaif, who now stays in his Delhi-

based home, told PTI Bhasha. A terrific fielder and a solid middle-order batsman, Kaif, who represented India in 13 Tests and 125 one-day internationals, will kickstart his association from August 1.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany sprays with champagne after winning the German Formula One Grand Prix in Hockenheim, Germany on Sunday.

RUTHVIKA EMERGES CHAMPION

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Top seed Shreyas Mehta in action against Shreyas Rao Katkoor in their second round match.

Shreyas enters quarter-finals of NSCI Squash tourney

M Ruthvika Shivani Gadde of Andhra Pradesh receives the girl’s under-19 singles winners’ medal from Chief Guest, Naina Thakkar, sister of late Gautam Thakkar.

UMBAI: Tenth seed Ruthvika Shivani Gadde of Andhra Pradesh proved that her win against top seed Reshma Karthik of Air India in the girl’s under-19 singles semi-final was no flash in the pan. Ruthivika, a trainee at the Gopichand Academy, crowned herself in glory by comfortably defeating fourth seed Shikha Gautam of Karnatka 21-15, 21-8 in the final of the 3rd Gautam Thakkar Memorial All India Junior Badminton Tournament 2014 played at the Bombay Gymkhana courts on Sunday. The 16-year-old Ruthvika, a 12th class student of Jubilee Hills Public School, Hyderabad showed awesome touch and after some initial resistance in the first game totally

of Andhra Pradesh won the boy’s under-19 doubles title defeating third seeds Vighnesh Devlekar of Maharashtra and Gangadhara Rao of Andhra Pradesh 22-20, 22-20. Results - Girl’s under-19 singles (final): 10-Ruthvika Shivani G (AP) bt 4-Shikha Gautam (KTK) 21-15, 21-8. Girl’s under-19 doubles (final: Mahima Aggarwal /Shikha Gautam (KTK) bt 6-Sudha Kalyani D. (AP) /Riya Mookerjee (UP) 21-19, 21-18. Semifinals:Mahima Aggarwal /Shikha Gautam (KTK) bt 3-Pooja D. (AP) /Ningshi Block Hazarika (ASM) 16-21, 22-20, 21-16; 6Sudha Kalyani D. (AP) /Riya Mookerjee (UP) bt 7-Aditi Anand (TN) /Santoshi Hasini R. (AP) 21-23, 21-9, 21-6. Boy’s under-19 doubles (final): Krishna Prasad G. /Satwik Sai Raj R. (AP) bt 3-Vighnesh Devlekar (MAH) /Gangadhara Rao V. (AP) 22-20, 22-20.

RESULTS: Boys U-11 Round 2: Shreyas Mehta bt Shreyas Rao Katkoor 2-0 (11-1, 11-3). Sharan Punjabi bt Sunny Yadav 2-0 (11-5, 11-6). Jay Vaknalli bt Orakash Ahuji 2-0 (11-2, 110). Boys U-11 Round 3: Shreyas Mehta bt Sharan Punjabi 2-0 (11-7, 11-7). Boys U-13 Round 2: Deepak Mandal bt Rohan Padhye 2-0 (11-3, 11-3), Yohan Poncha bt Aman Punjabi 2-0 (11-6, 116). Boys U-13 Round 3: Yohan Poncha bt Aman Darukhanwala 2-1 (11-8, 811, 11-8). Boys U-15 Round 2: Arman Jindal bt Vasu Kansqara 2-0 (11-8, 118), Dev Vazirami bt Vedant Ambani 2-0 (11-4, 11-2).

(17/32) in the second round 2-0 (11-1, 11-3) and Sharan Punjabi in round three by a 2-0 (11-7, 11-7) margin to enter the quarter-finals. In the boys U-13 category, Yohan Poncha beat Aman Punjabi in round two and Arman Darukhanwala in round three, proving to be the promising player of the tournament. In another match of round one in girls U-15, promising lass Aariya Patel beat Sukrita Panigrahi 2-0 (11-9, 11-2) to enter the next round. Five times Indian National squash championship winner, Ritwik Bhattacharya was present at NSCI and gave tips to young talented players. TOP BILLING FOR MUTATKAR, DEY IN STATE BADMINTON Aditi Mutatkar and Maharashtra's numero uno Subhankar Dey have been given the top billing in their respective men’s and women’s singles events in the Maharashtra State badminton selection tournament, to be hosted by Victory Sports Consultants at Chembur Gymkhana, from Tuesday.

A choice of end plays

By Anant Bhagwat

dominated the contest. In the first game the scores went level-pegging till 14-all and 15-14 in favour of Ruthvika, who then won five successive points to hold game point at 20-14. Reshma managed to save one, before Ruthvika closed out the game winning the next point. The second game was a one-sided affair as Ruthvika hardly put a foot wrong before wrapping up the game and match in 30 minutes. In the closely fought girls’ under19 doubles final, Karnataka’s unseeded pairing of Mahima Aggarwal and Shikha Gautam got the better of the sixth seeded combination of Sudha Kalyani D of Andhra Pradesh and Riya Mookerjee of Uttar Pradesh 21-19, 21-18. Unseeded Krishna Prasad G. and Satwik Sai Raj

UMBAI: Top seeder Shreyas Mehta beat Sharan Punjabi 2-0 in the third round of the boys under 11 category in the NSCI Juniors and Doubles Open Squash Championship, held at the NSCI sports Complex, Worli. In boys under 11 category, NSCI club member and number one seed Shreyas Mehta convincingly thrashed Shreyas Rao Katkoor

rakash Dalvi is a scribe’s delight. The hands that he provides for the material of my column are quite instructive. Here is one he played in the summer league of Samadhan Bridge Academy at Pune recently. S- Q 2 H- A K 3 2 D- 7 C- K 10 7 6 3 2

S- A 3 H- Q 10 9 6 5 4 D- J 4 C- Q 5 4

Prakash opened 2 hearts & his partner T V Ramani bid 4 directly. West led the 8 of clubs, an obvious singleton. East took a long pause before putting in the 9, & Prakash won with Queen. Prakash could guess what was east thinking about. He had the A J 9 of clubs & was wondering if he should give partner a ruff right away. But he knew his partner had only 1 trump because he was looking at 2 trumps in his hand. Prakash won with the Queen.

He looked at 4 losers. 1 diamond 1 spade & 2 clubs. The spade could be discarded on clubs after setting up that suit. But before that defence would shift to a spade. East would definitely shift even if he had spade King because otherwise a spade could be discarded. If the spade King was with west Prakash would go down. But he found a line that said “Let the spade King e anywhere”

BRIDGE At the second trick he played a trump to dummy & played a small diamond. East won & as expected played a spade. Prakash put up the Ace much to the delight of east. But the joy was short lived Prakash drew a second trump. Ruffed a diamond in dummy & flamboyantly exited with spade Queen from dummy. If west won he would have to give declarer a ruff & discard & if east won he had an additional choice of opening the club suit & giving Prakash a second club trick East’s hand was S-J x x , H – x x, D – A K Q 10 x, C- A J 9.

THE RIGHT DIRECTION... 16 teenage footballers have been selected from Mumbai to compete in theWest Zone finale with one of them is slated to participate in the international camp in Germany in August. They would also get a chance to attend a match at Allianz Arena, and meet football stars from FC Bayern Munich like Thomas Mueller, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Arjen Robben among others.

BOLT, FARAH, WIGGINS IN QUEST FOR GLASGOW GOLD

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competition, including the highest ever number of para-sport events with 22 gold medals up for grabs across five sports. The 20th edition of the Games will officially be opened by Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday with a ceremony at Celtic Park. Attention will then turn to the action itself with Bolt looking to add Commonwealth gold to his six Olympic and eight World Championship gold medals. However, the 27-year-old will only be running as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team as he missed the

LASGOW: Olympic champions Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Bradley Wiggins headline a host of star names hoping to bury injury problems and selection snubs to strike gold at the Commonwealth Games. The biggest ever multi-sport event to take place in Scotland will see 4,500 athletes from 71 nations take part across 18 sports. A total of 261 medal events will take place across the 11 days of

India need to overcome “away” challenges in Glasgow CWG: Dwyer

By Saumojyoti S Choudhury

EW DELHI: As in cricket, India are a formidable hockey side in their own den but if the erstwhile giants of the game want to play in their second consecutive Commonwealth Games final they will need to overcome challenges away from home, feels Australian legend Jamie Dwyer. Dwyer would loved to see an India-Australia duel in the final of the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in Glasgow from July 24 to August 3.

Fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt poses proudly with his golden shoes (top) Mo Farah finishing in a blaze of glory.

Jamaican championships which served as the selection meeting for the Commonwealth Games due to injury. Bolt said he didn't want to take the place of any athlete who had qualified for an individual event, but would be available for selection as part of the relay team. "I have received lots of requests, invitations and messages of support from my fans in Scotland who are looking forward to a great event," he told his official website. Double Olympic champion Farah is confident of being fit to run both the 5,000m and 10,000m despite pulling out of the Diamond League event in Glasgow due to abdominal pains. Kenya's David Rudisha is the heavy favourite to claim 800m gold after running the fastest time in the world this year on his return from injury to win the Diamond League meeting at Hampden. With two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also only competing in the 4x100m relay, Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye is the strong favourite for the women's 100m as she is yet to be beaten this year. The absence of Jessica Ennis due to the recent birth of her first child will give fellow English heptathlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson a great chance to claim her first medal at senior international competition.

Gymnastics may fetch India three medals: Ashish By Faisal Kamal

EW DELHI: Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist Ashish Kumar is hopeful that gymnastics can fetch India three medals in this edition of CWG in Glasgow starting Wednesday. Ashish, who bagged silver and a bronze in the men's floor exercises and vault in the 2010 CWG in Delhi, hopes to convert those into gold when he takes to the floor in Scotland."In the events that got me silver and a bronze respectively, I will try to convert them into two gold medals. And Dipa Karmakar is also a medal hopeful in the womens draw. So, in total, my assessment would be three medals from gymnastics. But you never know in sport," Ashish told PTI on the eve of his departure. Ashish, who won India their first gymnastic medal in Delhi CWG, rues the lack of international exposure for the national team in the run-up to this edition. "We just got International exposure in the form of Commonwealth Gymnastic Championship in Perth this year where we bagged 3 gold, 3 silver and a bronze. We got a tournament in 2013 but half the year we were idle. 2012 was a blank in terms of a tournament and no camp as well. "So after the 2010 Asian and CWG medals we have been lying low be-

India's Ashish Kumar celebrates after winning silver in men's vault of artistic gymnastics event of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. cause of lack of opportunities. Are confidence did take a hit because of all these things but still we are hopeful," said a disappointed Ashish. The 23-year-old from Allahabad is also upset about the lack of facilities provided to the gymnasts in the last four years or so. "If I compare our preparations from the last Commonwealth Games in 2010 then I feel that we haven't got the kind of facilities that we should have got. We have also lacked foreign expo-

sure. Our camps were also conducted after about one-and-a-half years. So our training has been affected but our preparation is good. "We are trying our best in the ongoing camps to overcome the shortcomings and eye a medal for sure. Though I would still say that had we got a little more time to prepare or our camps would have been held a year back, it would have certainly benefited us. But whatever has happened, has happened, we are just looking ahead, said Ashish.

Squash team clueless about national coach’s absence in Glasgow By Bharat Sharma

EW DELHI: India's squash players at the Commonwealth Games are a "clueless" lot right now in the absence of long-time national coach Cyrus Poncha, who has been inexplicably excluded from the touring squad to Glasgow. Poncha, who has been the national coach for more than a decade and was part of the side which went to Asian Team Championships last month, did not travel with the ninemember squad that left for Glasgow on Friday. The squash competition starts on Thursday. The 2005 Dronacharya awardee was at pains to explain his exclusion. "I don't know what has happened. I have no comment to make. All I can say is that I am disappointed at not being with the team," Poncha told PTI from Chennai. Asked whether he could join the players in Glasgow later in the competition, Poncha said "I don't know if I will be going later. Time will tell." Foreign coach Subramanian Singaraveloo of Malaysia and female coach Bhuvneshwari Kumari are the support staff present in Glasgow besides physiotherapist Graeme Everard. The players are bearing the brunt of the suspense surrounding Poncha's absence. "It really would have been great to have Cyrus around. We have spent a lot of time with him and share a good rapport. We are missing him here," said a player from Glasgow. Another player said Poncha should have travelled with the team as he is the national coach. "We don't know why he stayed back but the national coach has to be with the team. There is a lot of administrative work at multi-sporting events, something he has experience of while being there at the last Commonwealth Games (Delhi) as well as the last two editions of the Asian Games (Doha and Guangzhou). The player added, "On the technical front, we guys can help each other as we are alone on the professional tour anyway. But here, we are playing for our country and he could have given us moral support. I hope he makes it here eventually."

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