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OTHER ALLIES TO MOVE OUT OF MAHAYUTI, BJP MAY FOLLOW SUIT

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TENSION MOUNTS: Senior Shiv Sena leaders called on their BJP counterparts at their party office in Dadar to end the stalemate over seat sharing.

Azad Shrivastav | ADC

lthough both Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader of opposition Vinod Tawde jointly argued that their mutual 25-year-old alliance continues, the four Mahayuti allies are not agreeing to the seat sharing formula offered to them. At the time of going to the press late yesterday night sources disclosed that the BJP leadership appeared to have sided with the four Mahayuti allies who have threatened to walk out of the alliance if they are not given their due share.

Sena yesterday offered a fresh seat-sharing formula of 151 seats for self, 130 seats for its ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and seven seats for their four Mahayuti allies. The for-

mula has been tweaked a little with BJP being asked to share six more seats out of its quota to finally offer around 13 seats to the four Mahayuti allies. Sources disclosed that the allies are being offered cabinet and ministerial berths in the Mahayuti government.

Sources disclosed that the Sena-BJP alliance leaders were trying to negotiate with the four Mahayuti allies – Raju Shetty of Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna, Sadabhau Khot of Swabhimani Sanghatna, Ramdas Athawale of Republican Party of India (Athawale faction) and Vinayak Mete of Shiv Sangram at Sofitel Hotel in BKC. At the time of going to press the Sena-BJP leaders were

Poll ‘overdose’ grips teachers already EC has been requested to declare a holiday on Oct 16 for teachers who will be working long hours on election duty from Oct 13 to 15

By Yatin Ingle

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FC Goa’s marquee player Robert Pires along with Nita Ambani, founding chairperson, Football Sports Development co-owner, cricketer and coowner of the club Virat Kohli and actor Varun Dhawan during a press conference at Palladium in Lower Parel on Tuesday. (Report on Pg 29)

hile the election commission has already declared the election duties for teachers, the duties seem to increase the load of the teachers besides the election work. Though teachers will be on election duties from October 13 to October 15, they will have to report to their schools on October 16 which is the next day after polling. Teacher have said that it is not possible to continuously work for three days on election duties and take up school work immediately on the next day as it will lead to stress and health issues.

Hence the teachers across the

state have demanded a holiday on October 16.

As per the rule of the Government, school teachers are handed over the election duties both on the voting days as well as the counting days.

Teachers are compulsorily asked to take up the election duty. As per the rule, teachers have to be for the duties from the start till the ballot boxes are taken over by the election commission members.

Uday Nare, Senior Teacher, Hansraj Morarji Public School, Andheri, says, “ We teachers will be working for more than 12 hours for three days on election duties. Most of the Continued on pg 8 «

Early diagnosis, complete treatment key to cure TB

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Say doctors, as they point to the 17-year-old TB patient's successful journey from diagnosis, to treatment and now a healthy life

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or people who have been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) and are scared of the treatment regime and its side effects, must take a leaf out of a 17-year-old girl's life. This teenager from Mumbai who had been diagnosed with TB two years ago missed her Class X exams owing to her poor health but came back with a bang and scored 65 per cent in the board exams that she appeared for a year later, pri-

vately.

“When I was diagnosed with TB, I was shocked. At first, I was reluctant to even accept the diagnosis. When the acceptance came in, fear of the medicines set in, especially the injections. I am really scared of injections,” said this smiling teenager.

The mother of this girl who is called the pillar of strength by her daughter said, “Those were difficult times. It started when she was in Class IX. She used to have frequent bouts of cough, fever and vomiting.

For days together, she was given antibiotics which gave her temporary relief but then again after a few days she used to fall sick. We were never asked to take Kajal for any diagnostic tests. But after she finished her Class IX exams, we got some tests done where she was diagnosed with TB. It was a shock for us. But we moved ahead and started thinking

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Since 2010, Mumbai has had 6701 cases of Multi Drug Resistant (MDR) TB registered under the RNTCP out of which 349 have been cured and are no longer on treatment while 3,784 are still undergoing treatment.

There have been 717 people who have defaulted on the treatment regime by not coming for treatment for more than a month or so. A good 538 people had started their treatment in Mumbai and have been transferred elsewhere. There have been 23 cases of treatment failure which means their sputum culture has remained positive even after six months of treatment and 1,033 cases of death due to MDR TB. Also, there are 257 cases of Extremely Drug Resistant (XDR) TB. From 47 MDR-TB patients detected in 2010, the cases have risen by up to to 2,615 till 2013. This rise is being attributed to better diagnostic facilities by the BMC.

of ways to get her treated. We enrolled her under the Revised National Tuberculosis Programme (RNTCP) and things got better.

From a condition where she had become so weak that she stopped attending school, could not even stand by herself and needed support to go to the restroom, she

Wear only ‘OUR’ clothes Colleges make it compulsory for students to purchase blazers, formal clothes; include the cost in college fees structure

By Yatin Ingle

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hile most colleges do not have a compulsion over the dress code or uniforms to be worn for degree colleges, most of the colleges have now started a new trend.

Though formals are compulsory for students during the presentations and projects, most of the college

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across the city have been charging the cost of blazers and formals in the fees structure. As a compulsion, students have to buy uniforms and have no option whatsoever. This has forced the students to pay for it even though they do not wish to buy it. Students claim that, this is just a money making activity of the colleges forcing students to spend money for the clothes.

As per the Maharashtra Universities Act 1994, every college affiliated to a varsity of the government has to follow the fees structure as stated by the University. Even the colleges having autonomy have to follow the fees structure as stated by the University The cost of the uniforms, blazers or formals given by the colleges range from Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000. The cost of the clothing is stated as an extra segment in the fees structure besides the regular fees structure of the University. Students also claim that these formal clothes are given by the colleges only after the end of one whole semester.

A student, from a Ghatkopar based college says, “We forcibly have to pay fees for the formal clothes even if we do not wish to buy it. We already have formal clothes and if not we can buy them at cheaper rates from shops. These clothes given out by the colleges are far more expensive as considered to market prices and we don't want to buy them. Colleges also give us these clothes at the end of the se-

mester which can be used only in the next semester. It's a looting act by the college and the University should look into this issue severely.”

Dr T Shivare, Chairman, Nongrants Colleges Association, who says “This is a punishable offence.

Colleges cannot charge more than the fees decided by the varsity. The hike might depend upon the infrastructure of the colleges and the facilities provided; but if at all any students is suspicious about the fees, he can report the same to the varsity and strict action can be taken against the concerned institution.”

Last year, the ADC had reported a story where students from Bachelors of Banking and Insurance (BBI), in colleges affiliated to MU had to pay a fee of Rs.17,225, whereas for that of BBI, the fee is Rs.18,225, including the charges for identity cards, cultural programs, library fees, and sports fees. The ADC, found out that private colleges have been structuring their fees with a hike of around Rs.5,000 to Rs.6,000 for each semester.

The ADC, spoke to Pradeep Sawant, students Grievance Cell member, who said, “Colleges cannot make a compulsion over such activities of purchasing and including the rates of uniforms in the fees structure. Students should step ahead and complaint to the Students Grievance committee which will keep the name of the student secret and assure strict action against the college”.

started becoming healthier. And today, here she is standing before you. She appeared for Class X exams privately and scored 65 per cent.”

This story is one of the several success stories where compliance to prescribed treatment and completion of the course of the medicine has helped people fight TB.

MDR-TB cases in Mumbai

2010 – 47 2011 – 288 2012 – 1939 2013 – 2615 2014 (Till September 23) – 1812 (Identity of the patient not disclosed on request)

“The key to fight TB is early diagnosis and completion of treatment and this is the message we want people to get. Leaving treatment mid way will just aggravate the problem. If we want to fight TB, early diagnosis, timely and correct course of treatment and completion of course is the way to go,” said Dr Minnie Khetarpal, TB Control Officer, BMC.

Women-driven taxis to be launched in November

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wo hundred women-driven radio taxis will soon be seen in the city, with the sole bidder, Priyadarshini Cabs, getting the permits for the 200 women exclusive taxis. These will be launched across the city in November. The permits are likely to be given out in October. The bid for this was invited by the RTO on behalf of the state government.

Susieben Shah, the owner of Priyadarshini Cabs, speaking to the ADC, said, “I'm very happy today as now we will have 200 taxis driven by women. Anything which involves women has a lot of struggle but I'm glad we finally got what we have been praying for. To get ourselves a separate counter at the airport was a struggle but now it is done and 200 women will soon be

empowered.”

Speaking about the launch of these, Shah said, “We expect to receive the permits in October and will launch the women exclusive taxis mostly on November 19 as it is Indira Gandhi's birthday. We will soon start training the new drivers in etiquette and technology like wireless communication.”

The 200 cabs are expected to be in the city in a time frame of 18 months. However, they can apply for further extension.

Vidya Vaidya, activist, 'H' west ward Federation, reacted to the news calmly, saying, “The introduction of the women exclusive fleet cabs is good, but we need to also think about the safety of the cab drivers because they will not be choosing the passengers. The women cab drivers should be trained in self-defence.”

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Some yogis perform tricks

He tried his luck at the races, pushed a cinema poster cart, ate peanuts -- and only peanuts -- and smoked beedis.

He was doing all this after a stay in the Himalayas at the feet of his guru. He did look like a yogi however because he wore saffron clothes. He said: "I wear this only because to say who I am". Actually, a yogi can wear any dress. What a yogi is concerned is about the inner self. "His self can be silent in this midst of noise. And for his food, he can do without it. I eat only peanuts everyday. And I

KYA SCENE HAIN! With just a day left for the nine-day long Navratri festival, a women potter is busy painting and pearl designing on 'Garbi' (earthen pots used by traditional Navratri folk dancers) at the Kumbharwada locality in Dharavi.

Dogs are as intelligent as 5-month-old babies: study Dogs possess skills similar to those of a five-month-old baby, researchers have revealed.

As a baby's brain develops they they learn to notice the actions of people. Until now, this had been thought to be a trait exclusive to humans and nonhuman primates.

month-old babies on dogs, and found the animals could perform it as well as children.

In the test 50 pet dogs were placed in a room with a researcher and their response to an experiment was recorded.

In the experiment the domestic

Dogs know where to look and how to respond to people in different situations like infants.

The results are important because they show that dogs, like children, can recognise goaldirected behaviour.

This means they know where to look and how to respond to people when it seems like something important might happen - which is also what infants learn to do.

In the Milan University study the authors tried a test used on five

dogs were shown a human interacting with two objects, a globe and watering can.

First, the dogs watched as the person interacted with the globe.

Then, when the position of the globe and watering can were switched, the dogs again watched the person and the globe in the new location.

When the person then switched

to interacting with the watering can, however, the dogs’ attention also shifted to the watering can.

Like children, the dogs spent more time watching the human to whom they were used to watching in the experiment, rather than watching the spot they were watching at first.

When an inanimate object was used with the two objects, the

same response was noted.

And in a third experiment, dogs looked longer at the person interacting with the new object in the familiar location rather than the familiar object in a new location.

“Results provide the first evidence that a non-primate species can perceive another individual’s actions as goaldirected,” the researchers write in their paper.

am not very much interested in impressing people. I can do all the tricks a yogi does. It is sad people are taken in by all the hocus pocus. People want proof and so yogis drink nitric acid, walk on redhot coal, produce wrist watches from air.

People should not be deceived".

Yogi Laxman R. Sunder: I have got peace after I became a yogi at the feet of my guru in the Himalayas".

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I have changed my name from Vinodbhai Vallabhbhai Panchal to Vinod Vallabhbhai Mistry as per Affidavit Dated 23rd September, 2014.

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I have changed my old name from Zarine Francis Simethy to Zarine Lini Mendez as per Gazette No. (X-44103).

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I have changed my name from Shifaunnisa Abdulbhai Daghuji to Sifaunnisa Abbas Piyarji as per Affidavit Dated 21/09/2014.

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I have changed my name from Shaikh Farahat Shamshad Ahemad to Farhat Shamshad Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sandipkumar Suresh Yadav to Sandip Suresh Yadav as per Govt. of Maha. Gazette No. ( X-105638 ) dated 01/06/2011.

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I have changed my name from Irshad Ahmed Mohammed Yusuf, to ‘Irshad Ahmed Mohammed Yusuf Khan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-18036) Dated: 11/09/2014.

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I have changed my name from Sadhna Jain to Sadhana Jain as per Affidavit Dated 22/09/2014.

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I have changed my name from Ruby Francis Noronha to Maura Assumta Robertina Noronha as per Affidavit LK 635725.

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I have changed my old name from Shiwangi Mithles Kumar Suryakumar Singh to Shiwangi Mithileshkumar Singh as per Affidavit LH 662745 dated 22-09-2014.

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I have changed my name from Komal, to ‘Yogita Chauhan’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 07/08/2014.

C-24905 I have changed my name from Bindu Balakrishnan Menon, to ‘Bindu Binesh Nair’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-20553) Dated: 28/08/2014.

C-24906 I have changed my name from Rizwan Kasam Shaikh, to ‘Rizwan Kasam Warunkar’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-17214) Dated: 04/09/2014.

C-24907 I have changed my name from Mohammad Anees Ghulam Nabi, to ‘Anis Ghulam Nabi Qureshi’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 20/09/2014.

C-24908 I have changed my name from Fehmida Mohammed Ali, to ‘Fahmeeda Mohammed Ali Siddique’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 20/09/2014.

C-24909 I have changed my name from Tasmim Fatma, to ‘Tasneem Fatima Nasir Hussain Sayyed’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014.

C-24910 I have changed my name from Jeevat Teekamdas Lalwani to Jiwat Tikamdas Lalwani as per Affidavit dtd.23.09.2014.

C-24911 I have changed my name from Elton Aloysius to Michael Elton Aloysius where Michael is my surname & Elton Aloysius is my given name as per deed poll Affidavit.

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C-24917 I have changed my name from Fareen Mehmood Thakur to Farheen Haroon Memon as per Affidavit dated 22/9/14.

C-24918 I have changed my name from Jha Babi Brajeshkumar to Madhavi Mithilesh Jha as per Affidavit dated 23/9/14.

C-24919 I have changed my name from Magadline Manuel D’Souza to Magdalene Manuel D’Souza as per Deedpoll Affidavit/ Annexure -'E'.

C-24920 I have changed my name from Khatija Moosa Kara to Khatija Sameer Gawde as per Deedpoll Affidavit/Annexure -'E'.

C-24921 I have changed my name from Sayed Nizamuddin Kadri to Nizamuddin Sayed as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24922 I have changed my name from Husna Banu Sayed Nizamuddin Kadri to Husna Nizamuddin Sayed as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24923 I have changed my name from Nisar Ahmad Fazal Ahmad to Nisar Ahmed Fazal Ahmad Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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C-24933 I have changed my name from Shaikh Saud Mehmood to Saud Ahmed Mehmood Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-24934 I have changed my name from Sanjiv Nemichand Kotiya to Sanjiv Nemichand Kotia as per Affidavit.

C-24935 I have changed my name from Bela Apurva Zaveri to Bindu Apurva Zaveri as per Affidavit.

C-24936 I have changed my name from Jessintha P J to Jessy Jose Thaiparambil as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-24937 I have changed my name from Seerajul Mohammad Islam Shaikh to Sirajul Shekh as per Affidavit.

C-24938 I have changed my name from Mahavirprasad Bhatalia to Mahavir Bhatalia as per Affidavit.

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C-24968 I have changed my name from Paramjeet Kaur Bawa to Paramjit Kaur Bawa as per Affidavit.

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C-24960 I have changed my name from Aabhiram Chander Lund to Nitesh Chander Lund as per Affidavit.

C-24961 I have changed my name from Shaikh Jamir Yunus to Shaikh Zameer Yunus as per Affidavit.

C-24962 I have changed my name from Rambradra Narsinh Murty to Ramabhadra Narsinh Murty Iyengar as per Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014.

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C-24975 I have changed my name from Zahid Khan Mohd Yasin Khan to Mohammad Zahid Gulam Yasin Khan as per Affidavit.

C-24976 I have changed my name from Kavitaben Raja Patel to Kavita Raja Patel as per Affidavit.

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C-24978 I have changed my name from Sugrabi Fakir Miya Mullaji to Sugra Umar Alji as per Affidavit.

C-24979 I have changed my name from Hamid Mahboob Sayyed to Amir Hamza Sayyed as per Affidavit.

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he fracas over the sensitive issue of seat-sharing continued between the Congress and the NCP for the upcoming state Assembly elections even on Tuesday, as the NCP remaining firm on its demand for 144 seats and the Congress not willing to concede more than 124 to its ally. After the inconclusive round of talks one more round of negotiations started late at night in which senior leaders of both the parties were present.

After the crucial morning meeting, speaking to reporters at Tilak Bhavan, state Congress president Manikrao Thakre said, “Both the parties have put forth their proposals.

We have come two steps forward and now we expect the NCP to come two steps ahead. If we are not able to keep the alliance intact, Congress should not be blamed. We are expecting positive response from NCP”.

The NCP's core committee chaired by party chief Sharad Pawar had gone into a huddle in Mumbai on Monday, where it reaffirmed that the alliance should continue but insisted on getting a larger share of the state's 288 Assembly seats than

Residents line up for filling water from tankers in Everad Nagar yesterday -- they are facing water shortage due to the Tansa main water pipeline burst.

Water supply to be restored today

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the 124 offered by Congress.

According to NCP leader Praful Patel, “The Congress party is willing to give us 124 seats, which our party is not willing to accept. Our delegation will reiterate our stand of equal seats to the Congress leadership.

They should re-consider our demand. Mentioning that an ultimatum was not given by the NCP but by the Election Commission, Patel said, “NCP is the only party which was consistently in alliance with the Congress for 15 years in the state and 10 years at the Centre and a positive decision is expected in the

meeting”. Stating that if anyone accused NCP of having a separate agenda, they could also do the same, Patel made it clear that we also want to grow. Why shouldn't a party aspire to grow.

NCP had contested 114 seats and Congress 174 in the 2009 assembly elections and has been insisting on fielding candidates in half of the 288 seats, citing it had double the number of Lok Sabha seats in the state than Congress. In the worst-ever performance for the ruling alliance, NCP had won four Lok Sabha seats against Congress.

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Life imprisonment for murderer of senior citizen

By Santia Dudi

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he Sessions Court on Tuesday convicted Radhe Mandal (23) for murdering a senior citizen in 2011.

Radhe Mandal was convicted by sessions judge D W Deshpande for murdering 68-year-old Bharti Kapoor Chand Shah. Mandal was found guilty for murder (IPC 302) and robbery (IPC 392) and was sentenced with Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for life.

Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) J V Kenjalkar told the ADC that the accused was also working with a vendor, Santosh Raza, who gave him a mobile phone. The police in its investigation found that the location of the phone was Bihar.

The accused was then arrested on

September 20 from Madhubani bus stop in Bihar. “Two diamond-gold rings and one mobile was found from the accused. Later, the prime witnesses – Ela Mehta (sister) and Hansika Patel (neighbour) – identified the jewellery and told the police that it belonged to the victim,” Kenjalkar said.

Ela and Hansika also identified the accused in the Personal Identification (P I) parade which took place at Arthur road jail. The prosecution produced 21 witnesses. The accused was punished with Rigorous Imprisonment for life for the murder and seven years for robbery.

Bharti (68) was residing alone at her flat in Anand CHS at Andheri (W). Bharti's sister Ela Mehta (75), visited her on September 8, 2011,

and found three people working as domestic help at the house. On September 11, Ela called Bharti but there was no response from Bharti's side. On the morning of September 12, she tried to contact Bharti again but all her efforts went futile. She then contacted Bharti's neighbour, Hansika Patel, who informed Ela that Bharti's door was locked from inside. After opening the door with duplicate keys, Ela found Bharti lying on the bed and her mouth tied with a small table cloth. Her gold chain and bangles were missing. All the three domestic servants were absconding. Bharti was rushed to the hospital where she was declared dead. The post-mortem analysis report stated that Bharti Shah was strangled to death.

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Shopkeepers printing images of Congress, NCP, MNS, BJP, RPI and Sena leaders on t-shirts at the Omkar Stationery shop in Lalbaug on Tuesday.

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he main pipeline of Tansa lake – one of the six lakes which supply water to the city – developed a three-feet crack and burst near Tilaknagar at 5 am on Monday while water supply was in progress.

The civic body had immediately imposed water cuts in L ward areas, including Kurla, Tilak Nagar and Nehru Nagar and also in wards covering areas like Everard Nagar, Chuna Bhatti and Rahul Nagar.

However, the valve was closed as soon as the crack occurred, next to platform No 1 of Tilaknagar railway station on Monday. Chief hydraulic engineer Ramesh Bamble

said, “The crack in the pipeline occurred and hence the water pressure was been reduced, because the repair work was going on as the pipeline is old and part of the 100-year old distribution network.

Hence it leaked. We had engaged a team of labourers to restore the problem. We will start supplying water normally by today.”

In the month of August, the Tansa pipeline had burst in Thane's Vartak Nagar area. Tansa lake can store up to 1,35,713 million litres of water and shares 10.5 per cent of the daily 3,750 million litres of water distributed across the city. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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he Income Tax Department in Mumbai has set up a roundthe-clock control room and complaint monitoring cell to check use of black money during forthcoming Assembly elections.

As per the instructions of the Election Commission of India, the IT Department has floated a helpline number for general public to alert it about any suspicious movement of large sums of cash or bullion in Mumbai. The telephone numbers of the Control Room are 022-22635511, 22627275 and 1800022-0115 (Toll Free).

According to a press release is-

sued by the Director General IT (Investigations), Mumbai, “In cases where Income Tax authorities receive any information about movement of large amount of cash or bullion, they would investigate the cases as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, and shall seize the cash or bullion if no satisfactory explanation is furnished.”

The IT Department has advised the public to carry necessary documentary evidence, including Identity Card and PAN card, while carrying large amounts of cash or bullion in order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience.

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C-25030 I Vikram Babulal Gangani have changed my name to Vikram Babulal Mody as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25031 I Chowdappa s/o. Mallayya have changed my name to Chowdappa Kawali s/o.

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C-25042 I Manishbhai Chandubhai Shah have changed my name to Manish Chandulal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

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C-25057 I Anwar Ahmad have changed my name to Anwar Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25058 I Harishankar Bachchulal have changed my name to Harishankar Bachchulal Mishra as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Family blames police inaction against goons who eve-teased girls

By Suresh Golani

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n a shocking incident, a 36-year-old man was brutally murdered by a gang of goons after he and his brothers opposed to eveteasing of students studying in private coaching classes in their locality in Virar late on Monday night.

Two goons identified as Mahendra Katkar alias Nariya (19) and Rohit Bandivedkar

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alias Vishnu (19) have been arrested while their three accomplices are still at large.

According to the police, the incident was reported from the Gandhi Chowk area of Govind Nagar in Virar (E) where Bhaskar Jha operates Toppers Planet – a private coaching class in Shri Shiv Pradosh building. It has been alleged that local goon Nariya and his cronies used to tease the girls from the classes, following which Jha had registered a complaint with the local police station 10 days ago.

Irate over this, Nariya landed in the classes on Friends and kin with Shashi Jha’s (inset) body outside the police station.

Monday night and picked up a quarrel with Jha for registering a complaint against him. The situation took a violent turn when Nariya and his aides mounted an attack on Jha and his brother Rajneesh. Hearing the commotion, Jha’s relative, Shashi Jha (36), reached the spot and tried to intervene. But it only made the situation worse as the goons whipped out a knife and slit Shashi’s throat. A profusely bleeding Shashi died on the spot.

Blaming the local cops for their deliberate negligence in taking timely action against the influential

goons, the family of the deceased as a mark of protest took the body to the police station. After an assurance by senior police officials of nabbing the culprits within 48 hours, the grieving members relented and went ahead with the last rites. “We have arrested Nariya and Vishnu for their involvement into the murder, while a hunt was on to nab their absconding accomplices. They will be arrested soon,” said an investigating official. A case under sections 302, 323, 504 and 506 of the IPC has been registered in this context at the Virar police station.

VIRAR 'CAT'ASTROPHE Senior exec of top pvt firm booked Youth held

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n alleged misunderstanding arising out of a comment apparently passed on his pet cat proved fatal for a 36-year-old man who was brutally killed by a couple residing in his neighborhood in Virar on Tuesday.

According to the police, the deceased identified as Shashi Bushan Pandey (35) was a resident of Jivdani Road in Virar (E). Pandey apparently passed a comment on his pet cat which of-

fended his neighbour, Maya Yadav, who mistook it as an intentional sexist remark passed on her. Maya Yadav revealed about the incident to her husband Chandrabhan, following which the irate couple mounted a violent attack on Pandey who died on the spot. “Following a complaint registered by the wife of the deceased, we arrested the couple and booked them for murder,” confirmed a police officer.

The Virar police is carrying out further investigations into the case.

Woman found murdered inside flat in Madh Island

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he Malwani police have detained a 34-year-old man after they found his live-in girlfriend's body at her Madh Island residence on Monday evening.

According to the police, they received a call from Raju Apartments in Madh Island on Monday evening about a woman's body in her house. On reaching the spot, the police found the body of Anu Sharma lying on her bed.

The woman, who was working as a hair dresser in Bollywood, had been strangled to death.

The woman's neighbour, Sunita Prajapati, told the police that Sharma was staying with her boyfriend in the apartment for the past two years. The flat had been rented by the boyfriend, Manjit Keshav, who is a smalltime model.

Parajapati told the police that the couple often had food at her house. On Sunday, after having dinner with Prajapati, the couple had retired to their house. On Monday afternoon when Anu did not turn up for lunch, Prajapati got worried and approached her apartment.

"Prajapati said that she found the front door open so she pushed it and entered the flat. When she went to the bedroom she found Anu lying on the bed. She tried to wake her up but realised that she was dead," said a police officer from the Malwani police station.

The Malwani police has sent Anu's body for a postmortem analysis and have registered a case of murder.

Since there was no sign of break in or anything broken to suggest robbery, the police began tracing Manjit as she was last seen with him.

The police have detained Manjit as he was the prime suspect in the case.

for sending obscene pics to woman for raping

The DGM had sent the objectionable pictures to the married woman through WatsApp Messenger

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senior executive with one of the India's largest private sector enterprises has been booked for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman by sending her obscene photographs through an instant messaging application, police said.

The accused, identified as Bhavesh Mehta, in his fifties, who works as Deputy General Manager (DGM) with a well-known private firm in neighbouring Navi Mumbai, has been booked under IPC section 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and relevant Information Technology Act, said Santosh Bhandare, senior inspector at Meghwadi police station.

The victim, who is married, lodged the FIR with the police yesterday; a hunt is on to trace the accused. According to police, the 40year-old woman working as an accountant with a techni-

cal education institute here had met Mehta when he was invited by the institution last year to guide the students about different careers.

Mehta had befriended her and the duo exchanged their mobile numbers, said another officer adding that, “Mehta had sent objectionable and obscene photographs to the woman through WatsApp Messenger in the second week of June."

The victim took up the matter with the education institute's authority but in vain. She later shared her ordeal with her husband and then decided to lodge a complaint at the police station.

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Man's comment on cat was allegedly misread by neigbhour woman, who along with her husband murdered the 36-yr-old man

Three monkeys along with their masters enjoy the scenic beauty of the Mumbai skyline on a warm sunny day at the Marine Drive promenade, on Tuesday.

Deceased identified in KEM mysterious death case

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here has been a breakthrough in the mysterious alleged suicide case which came to light on Monday morning at the

BMC-run KEM hospital, has been identified as DarParel. The man who had shan Bhagwan Bansode. been found hanging from This 24-year-old youth was the ceiling of the psycho- from Nanded and apparphysiotherapy unit building ently his mother was being of the hospital, with a noose treated at KEM hospital for of wires around his neck, paralysis.

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23-year-old man has been arrested by the Vakola police for allegedly raping a minor under the pretext of marriage. The accused and the victim stayed in the same locality in Vakola Santacruz (E).

On Tuesday morning, the girl reported stomach pain due to which her family took her to the civic-run V N Desai hospital.

During the medical examination, the on-duty doctor was shocked when he realised that the girl was threemonth pregnant without being married. The hospital immediately informed the police who later recorded her statement.

In her statement to the Vakola police, the victim stated that she was in love with her brother's friend for two years. In March, the boy, Bharat Manjrekar, promised her of marriage and raped her at his house. When she realised that she was pregnant, she informed Bharat but he refused to marry her.

According to Vakola Police station sources, they have arrested Bharat. He is unemployed, and has confessed of raping the minor. He was booked under various sections of the IPC including 376(1), 420 and (4) POCSO Act 2012.

On Tuesday, he was produced before the court where he was sent to police custody for seven days.

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BMC Commissioner suspended the nine engineers and blacklisted 40 contractors involved in a Rs 100 crore e-tendering scam

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rihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) chief Sitaram Kunte yesterday suspended nine engineers and blacklisted 40 contractors involved in the etendering scam of around Rs 100 crore.

The BMC had in 2012 begun an e-tendering system to increase transparency in awarding civic work contracts (CWC). But a report

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vealed some discrepancies in the system. Additional municipal commissioner Rajeev Jalota is thus facing a probe now as he had advised the civic body's chief to introduce the e-tender system for transparency.

A probe into a discrepancy of Rs 6 crore and 41 lakh has been completed so far. The TAVO report stated that the tender was used at odd hours (between midnight and early morning) wherein certain contractors worked hand in glove with some corrupt engineers to bag contracts by exchanging user names and

which was submitted some days ago by the civic body's Test, Audit and Vigilance Officer (TAVO) recently re-

passwords. Angry corporators then demanded that the civic chief order a probe and suspend the engineers and officers involved.

BMC chief Sitaram Kunte yesterday presented a detailed report of the scam as he said, “In the last one year, 17,000 tenders were invited through the e-tendering system which amounted to Rs 600 crore. The report says that 412 tenders were opened in a day (24 hours) which cost Rs 22 crore and 34 lakh. Of the 412 tenders, 290 were under the range of Rs 20 lakh each.�

He further informed, “A total of 122 of these tenders were under the minimum category of Rs 3 lakh and 229 tenders were cancelled, the total amount of which was Rs 13 crore and 8 lakh.� “In all there were 183 tenders which were completed for Rs 9 crore and 26 lakh.

Around 23 engineers were involved in this scam amounting to Rs 6 crore and 41 lakh. The probe is still going on for the other engineers under deputy municipal commissioner (zone 1) Vasant Prabhu who will be further investigating the matter,� explained Kunte.

Kunte also ensured that

now onwards, the e-tenders which were awarded ward wise will be stopped and new tenders will be invited to restart the process and a new strategy to operate will be made.

Yesterday, while talking to the media, Congress opposition leader Devendra Amberkar said, “The user names and passwords have been exchanged and this is a clear case of fraud, and we demand that the cyber crime cell must be asked to investigate the matter and find out if the BMC's software itself was hacked.

MNS group leader Sandeep Deshpande also raised his voice saying, “We corporators are the representatives on behalf of the citizens of the city and we will not be tolerating such a fraud. A proper investigation has to be done and we want that all the officers and engineers pay hard for the crime they have committed. There should also be a check on such malpractices in other departments where tenders running into thousands of crores are floated.�

Former Mayor of the city Sunil Prabhu said, “All the major decisions are taken under the eye of the civic

chief and a detailed inquiry should be done on him as well.�

On Monday, a complaint letter was sent to Additional Commissioner of Police (Anti-corruption Bureau) by the secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stating that civic officials and engineers have manipulated the e-tenders and awarded more than 49 contracts which could be worth Rs 100 crore.

The e-tendering system was introduced by municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte in 2012 to bring transparency into the system for handing out CWCs, which are worth around Rs 5 lakh each. After constant complaints by municipal corporators, the civic body had switched to 50 per cent e-tendering and 50 per cent manual contracts last year.

The nine sub-engineers who have been suspended are Sandeep Ardale and Deepak Koimbtekar from P south, Mahesh Chandra Naik (F south), Shrirang Kanetkar (G north), Pradeep Jangam (T ward), Anil Warade and Siddhivinayak Khadapkar from (K west), Parmanand Parulekar and Rajendra Joshi from (R south). khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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time, we have to leave the pooling booths late at night after the election authorities verify the voting and counting processes. Now, to work on election duties for three days continuously and then immediately report for school duties is a taugh proposition.

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Continued from pg 1 ÂŤ busy trying to convince the allies to accept the seat sharing formula.

Earlier in the day senior Sena leaders Sanjay Raut and Milind Narvekar accompanied leader of opposition Vinod Tawde to BJP's Dadar office where they were joined by senior Sena leaders Subhash Desai and Anil Desai.

Later, although Raut and Tawde did remark that they wanted the alliance to continue, and Raut saying SenaBJP will decide the fate of Mahayuti, the mood inside the BJP meeting was quite the opposite. Sources disclosed that the BJP was not inclined to accept the for-

then immediately reporting to the schools will actually lead to stress and health issues among the teachers.â&#x20AC;?

During the Rajya Sabha elections, Vaishali Bhale (39), principal of a Navi Mumbai school and Anant Sawale (45), a primary school teacher in Ulhasnagar, died while on election duty last season. They were allegedly denied leave despite complaining of illness.

The ADC spoke to Kapil

Patil, Member of Legislative Council, Teachers Constituency, who said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This will be unfair towards the students. Teachers will be working long hours constantly for three days, and it's not possibile for them to take up work in schools immediately the next morning. We have already written to the Election Commission and hope that they will consider the demand on declaring a holiday for teachers on October 16.â&#x20AC;?

mula as it would affect its ties with the other four allies.

Earlier in the afternoon the alliance between the Sena and BJP once again veered towards a split as senior BJP leaders while addressing party cadres remarked that if Plan A failed, then be ready for Plan B (that is to contest independently). Sources said the Sena was unwilling to climb down from its quota of 151 seats, they wanted the BJP to share six more seats out of its quota of 130 with the allies, leaving allies with 13 seats in all to contest.

A senior BJP leader who spoke on condition of anonymity, remarked that he did not foresee any chance of the Sena-BJP alliance lasting any further. Meanwhile, addressing party cadres state BJP president Devendra Fad-

navis called upon the party cadres to set aside any doubts in their mind and that the party would win the ensuing assembly elections.

Shiv Sangram leader Vinayak Mete had warned the Sena-BJP of not taking his party for granted and announced that he would field 50 candidates all over the state. Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RSP) leader Mahadev Jankar had indicated that he was on the verge of pulling out of the Mahayuti alliance.

Republican Party of India (Athawale faction) leader Ramdas Athawale demanded that the Mahayuti allies should get at least 20 seats out of which the RPI-A should get at least eight to 10 seats. He however stated that the RPI-A will remain with the Mahayuti.

Chief Minister’s quota house allotment: HC appoints committee to scrutinise applications

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The one-man committee of a retired district judge will scrutinise all applications since 1989 for acquiring flats under the quota

By Philip Varghese

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wo weeks after the Bombay High Court was informed by the state government that it had filed an FIR against 27 persons who had secured double allotment of houses under the Chief Minister's two and five per cent discretionary

quota by submitting false affidavits, the High Court on Tuesday decided to appoint a one-man committee of a retired district judge which will scrutinise all applications since 1989 for acquiring flats under the quota.

A division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Girish Kulkarni were hearing a PIL filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar, challenging double or multiple allotment of flats.

The PIL stated that beneficiaries of flats under the CM's quota were either related to MLAs or MPs or were influential politicians themselves and the common man did not benefit from those schemes.

In its last hearing on Sep-

tember 9, the urban development department and the housing department had tendered their additional affidavits to the court stating the action taken. These were given after the HC had rapped the government for not initiating criminal prosecution against the double allottees instead going easy on them after they agreed to return the second flat or pay the market price.

However, during the hearing on Tuesday, the bench asked the Registrar General of the High Court to give a list of names of retired judges, who could be appointed on the committee that would study applications which had sought flats under the CM's

quota and also affidavits filed by applicants to find out whether any beneficiary had got double allotment of flats by giving false declaration that he or she does not own a house in the state. “This committee would also verify whether a beneficiary of a flat in one agglomeration had got another house in another agglomeration. We would pass an order on September 29 on appointment of a retired district judge for this committee,” the bench said.

According to the affidavit filed by the state government, there were a total of nine agglomerations in the state.

Meanwhile, the bench directed the state to submit additional data about the flats it

had taken back from those who had been allotted double houses from the CM's quota and also more information about FIRs registered against double allottees.

As per the affidavit filed by the housing department, in 11 cases, beneficiaries had secured double allotment of flats in two as well as five per cent discretionary quota. Of these, seven beneficiaries had initially secured a flat under two per cent quota and later another flat under five per cent quota. Hence, the urban development department had in a letter on August 30, 2014, sought action in these cases. It was also informed that in the remaining four cases, the beneficiaries

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had initially taken flats under five per cent quota and later under two per cent quota.

The government said that action was being initiated against these beneficiaries for giving false declarations stating they or their family members had no flat in the state, in order to get second allotment of houses.

On March 20, the HC had struck down the state's policy for allotment of houses to the beneficiaries under the CM's quota. While setting aside the government resolutions it had noted that the policy as 'illegal, irrational and unfair' and had asked the state to frame a new policy which should be transparent and fair. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Whatsapp helps cops solve blind murder case Revenue dept acts against

By Suresh Golani

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tity of the deceased woman. Apart from relaying information about the incident to police stations in and around the region, an investigating team led by Police Inspector Suresh Khedekar under the instructions of Deputy SP Suhas Bawche, immediately uploaded the photographs of the deceased and circulated them in the groups and personal mobile numbers of police per-

n an innovative use of technology, sleuths of the Mira Road police took help of popular mobile messaging application – WhatsApp to ascertain the identity of a body which subsequently unraveled the blind murder case within 12 hours.

According to the police, the body of an elderly woman was recovered from sonnel in and around the region. “We a metal trunk found dumped in the instantly got a reply from our Andheri Pooja Nagar area of Mira Road on Sun- (MIDC) counterparts who identified day morning. While there were no visi- the deceased as Indira Manohar Remje ble injury marks on the body, prima (68), on the virtue of a missing person’s facie investigations revealed that the complaint registered by her family on woman (in her mid 60s) had been September 19,” Bawche said. strangulated to death. Moreover, no Indira had mysteriously disappeared clues were found to ascertain the iden- from her home in the Malpa Dongri Azad Shrivastav | ADC

BODY-IN-TRUNK CASE

area of Andheri (E). Armed with the information, the police team swung into action and after investigations detained Indira’s foster nephew, Vineet Mistry (30) and his wife Maya (28), for their suspected involvement into the murder. During rounds of sustained interrogations, Vineet confessed of killing his aunt and later trying to dispose her body with the help of his wife. A chronic alcoholic, Vineet strangulated his aunt after she refused to give him money to buy liquor on Friday. He then removed her ornaments including chain and ear studs. A day later, Vineet with the help of his wife packed the body in a trunk, boarded an auto-rickshaw and dumped the trunk at an isolated area in the Pooja Nagar area of Mira Road on Saturday afternoon. The couple has been booked under various sections of the IPC.

(L-R) Consul General Abdullah Suliman Al-Eisa Nafe, AL Shaibani Vice Consul General, Abbas Halwani and Modoh Al-o-Taibi – Saudi Citizen of Mumbai. Congratulations to His Highness King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince Salman BinAbdul Aziz and Consul General Abdullah Suliman Al-Eisa on the 84th National Day of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which was celebrated with great aplomb along with other Consul Generals and dignitaries who graced this joyous occasion at Trident Hotel on Tuesday.

six sand mafias in Kalyan

By Priyanka Dhomse

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he revenue department officials on Monday raided the Kalyan creek area and took action against six sand mining mafias, after they discovered illegal mining of sand worth Rs 33 lakh and 76 thousand. A case in this regard has been registered in the Bajarpeth police station, Kalyan against the six sand mafias.

According to police officials, mining of huge amounts of sand was carried out every day without any legal permission. On Monday

evening, under the directions of Talathi Kashinath Mengal, the survey was conducted in Kalyan's Reti Bandar area.

The revenue department recovered sand worth Rs 33,76,331.

A case against these mafias has been filed by Kashinath Mengal Talathi under the section 379 on Usman Sheikh, Rafiq Sheikh, Sufiyana Sheikh, Usman Sheikh, Sadiq Sheikh and Rahim Khan.

An investigation is on and the police are searching for the accused who are all absconding.

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Couple held for killing foster aunt

Deepak Nikalje, brother of gangster Chotta Rajan, filed his nomination papers on Tuesday as an RPI candidate from Chembur constituency. Significantly, RPI is an alliance partner of the Shiv Sena–BJP which is struggling to finalise the seat-sharing pact.

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Modi laid out red carpet for the Chinese, they responded with aggressive incursion

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or the last several days, the BJP and the Shiv Sena have been furiously quarrelling over seat-sharing with regard to the ensuing assembly elections. And Uddhav Thackeray has been saying he wanted to become the chief minister of Maharashtra and only a few hours after he said he did not want to become CM. It has become quite clear that Thackeray is hell-bent on becoming the CM. He did not want the BJP to have more seats than his party. He was not even prepared to accept equal number for both parties. He proposed 151 seats for Shiv Sena and 119 for BJP. This was not acceptable to the BJP which wants a decision has to be taken in this regard only after the election results are out. The Shiv Sena keeps giving strange explanations and excuses but one thing has become clear: Thackeray wants to become chief minister. He keeps declaring he wants to become CM and in the same breath he says he does not. This errosive exercise has gone on several days. There have been many meetings between Shiv Sena and BJP leaders. The Shiv Sena chief still regards the BJP as a junior aprtner. There has been however a big change in this regard. With Modi magic sweeping across the country, the BJP leaders now want to get the lionshare in the partnership.

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arendra Modi is not the first prime minister to have misread the Chinese or the Pakistanis. Every Indian PM from Indira Gandhi onwards has dreamt of making foreign policy history by fixing our troubled ties with these two neighbours and received a bloody nose for the effort.

The Chinese incursion into Chumar during the visit of President Xi Jinping has been a shock to Modi. He had laid out the red carpet for his Chinese guest with cosy personal touches like a walk along the Sabarmati riverbank and a Gujarati feast under the moonlight.

The Chinese responded with what is believed to be its most aggressive incursion into Indian territory. What is particularly galling, according to a government source familiar with the development, is that the demarcation of territory in the Chumar sector has never been disputed and the Chinese have always stayed on their side of the LAC. It would seem that Beijing has upped the ante on the long standing border dispute with this incursion.

While the Indian side is still trying to fathom China’s motives for raining on Modi’s parade, the incident at the border has left a bad taste in New Delhi’s mouth and threatens to sour the new government’s China initiative. Modi raised the issue twice with Xi Jinpeng who promised that the troops would leave immediately. Instead, the Chinese army has moved in deeper. In effect, Beijing has punctured Modi’s dream of a new Asian paradigm to challenge the West.

Modi made a grand entry on the world stage by inviting SAARC leaders to his swearing in ceremony. He followed this up with two quick visits in the neighbourhood, set the ball rolling for a BRICS bank which aims at redefining the international financial architecture and raised his foreign policy pitch to dizzy heights with dramatic showmanship in Japan.

The hype has been deflated. First, Pakistan refused to heed our demand to turn away Hurriyat leaders who had come calling to the High Commission in Delhi. And now the Chinese have ignored repeated requests from no less a person than the PM to pull back its troops from Chumar. Modi has had his first lessons in diplomacy and they haven’t been pleasant. It’s time he got himself a couple of hard headed foreign policy advisors to help him shape his interaction with the world.

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Chautala is planning a major reunion of the Janata parivar on father Devi Lal’s 100th birth anniversary on September 25. He is planning to hold a rally at Hind in Haryana on that day and has invited his old Janata Party friends to attend.

SP chief Mulayam Singh has already said yes. JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar is also expected to show up. RJD chief Lalu Yadav is recovering from heart surgery and has excused himself. A host of others have been invited for what Chautala hopes will be a grand reunion and the first step to forging a united opposition against the BJP. Interstingly, this was the only topic of conversation at a lunch Chautala hosted for members of the Janata parivar recently. This

Arati R. Jerath was before the results of the by-polls were out but all those present agreed that they must regroup to fight the BJP.

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Teachings of legendary Taoist sage Lao Tzu he Tao (Way/Reality) that can be told is not the eternal Tao (or: the Way that becomes a “way” is not the true Way). The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

The nameless is the Origin of Heaven and Earth. The named is the Mother of all ten thousand things. Ever desireless, you realize/observe the hidden mystery/subtlety.

With desire, you see the manifestations.

These two arise from the same source but differ in name. Their identical nature is a mystery (both are called profound dark). Where dark is darkest—the gateway to all wondrous mystery.

When people know some things as lovely, other things become ugly. When people see some things as good, other things become bad.

The sage manages affairs without action, and imparts teaching without speech. Ten thousand things arise and he does not initiate them, they come to be and he claims no

Anil Goswami frontrunner for Cabinet Secy's post?

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abinet secretary Ajit Seth still has three months to go before he retires but speculation has already started in bureaucratic circles about his successor. One section of the bureaucracy has placed its bets on current home secretary Anil Goswami.

It seems Narendra Modi is impressed with Goswami who recently endeared himself further with the PM by going off to Srinagar to supervise relief and rescue operations in the flood-hit state. Goswami apparently told the PM that he would remain there till the last person was rescued.

Knowing Modi’s penchant for hardworking officers, Goswami’s proposal was a real hit with the PM, say babus. Goswami is a 1978 batch officer and making him cabinet secretary will probably mean superceding several officers.

Cong needs to groom more leaders like Pilot

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ongress circles are buzzing with excitement about a possible patch-up between Ahmed Patel and Digvijay Singh. The two had fallen out when Digvijay moved close to Rahul Gandhi and positioned himself as mentor to the Congress heir apparent.

In the past few weeks, the two are believed to have met at least three times. And each was a long one-to-one meeting. Congress circles believe there’s some synergy happening there. As evidence, they cite Digvijay’s recent statements criticising Rahul. They believe that Digvijay is distancing himself from the Rahul coterie because he has moved closer to Patel.

Digvijay has been talking openly about he BJP’s by-poll losses have invigorated Rahul not having the temperament to be a the opposition. INLD chief Om Prakash leader and that his failure to attract the youth

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was one of the reasons for the Congress party’s Lok Sabha poll defeat.

possession of them. He works without holding on, accomplishes without claiming merit.

Because he does not claim merit, his merit does not go away.

Do not honour the worthy, so that people will not contend with one another. Do not value hard-to-get objects, so that the people

MATTER & SPIRIT will not become thieves. Do not show off desirable objects, so that people’s minds/hearts do not get excited/disturbed. Therefore, when the sage rules, he empties people’s minds, fills their bellies (their cores), weakens their will/ambition, and strengthens their bones/resolve. He makes them guileless (without cunning knowledge) and desireless so that the crafty don’t act. By acting without action, nothing is not in order.

Tao is whirling emptiness, yet in use is inexhaustible. Fathomless, it seems to be the

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ajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot has created a stir in his party after the stunning victories in the recent by-polls in the state. He’s just six months into the job but he pulled off a near miracle by snatching away from the BJP three of the four seats for which elections were held.

While old-timers are loathe to give him credit, the fact is that Pilot worked hard. His strategy was three-pronged. One was to choose local candidates after consulting Congress workers at the block level. The second prong was to address as many meetings as he could. He ended up addressing 140 meetings while former chief minister Ashok Gehlot managed only five and Rahul Gandhi confidante C P Joshi did just one.

The third prong of his strategy, and this was probably the most effective, was to draw youngsters into the Congress campaign. In fact, the campaign was largely led by the youth who went door to door, village to village to canvass for Congress nominees.

The Congress should forget about Rahul Gandhi and the succession issue in Delhi and focus instead on promoting and grooming state level leaders like Sachin. This may help revive the party on the ground, which is where it matters.

ancestor/fount of the ten thousand things….

It apparently precedes the Creator.

Much talk often leads to exhaustion. Better concentrate on the centre.

The Valley Spirit never dies. This is called “fathomless female”. The channel of the fathomless female: This is called the basis of heaven and earth. Continuous! It seems to exist. Yet in use it is inexhaustible.

The sage, putting himself behind/last, finds himself at forefront. He puts himself away, and yet always remains. (Or: he treats his person as if foreign to him, yet that person is preserved.) Is it not because he is selfless, that he fulfills himself (has his ends realised)?

The superior man (or: supreme good) is like water, whose goodness benefits all things without contention. Situated in (lowly) places disdained by others. This is why it is so like the Tao. In dwelling, value the earth. In heart-mind, value depth.

In being-with, value kindness. In words, value reliability. In rectifying, value order. In social affairs, value ability. In action, value timing.

Not competing, there’s no indiscretion/ reproach.

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Gloomy state politics hampers growth MAHARASHTRA needs a government that not just makes a noise but one that is effective. State capital Mumbai is the commercial capital of the country but life in the city is difficult due to overpopulation and poor infrastructure.

Politicians talk of turning the city into Shanghai but sadly roads and other infrastructure here is still quite bad.

We don't need Shanghai but a decent city to live in. The civic authorities have the money but most of it goes down the drain on account of corruption. While politicians can rule and do their politics, public transport like local trains and BEST buses should be handed over to private groups for better services and accountability. Cleanliness is the key for a healthy life GRIM 'STATE' OF AFFAIRS: Mumbai, India's financial capital, along with the rest and the state should spend ample of Maharashtra has seen slow growth and progress over the years, despite its resources in cleanliness, beautifi- tremendous potential, thanks to the sad state of politics in the state. cation and green cover.

Road, communication and other political class shows the willing- tions and the political scene looks rather gloomy. We do not have a logistic services are key to improv- ness to change!

— S N Kabra, Goregaon state government with senior leading trade and business and they ers to govern the people and follow need to be made world class lookan effective administration. Gen ing at the stature of the state and AFTER the monsoon, we are all erally people look for speedy imMumbai's importance.

All this can happen only if the geared up for the Assembly elec- plementation of various projects

pending for a very long time. The saga of the ill-fated Dabhol Power Plant in Maharashtra continues.

Days after coming to power for the first time in May 2004, the United Progressive Alliance government formed its first empowered group of ministers to try and revive the project, but even as the UPA is coming to the end of its second term, Dabhol is again sinking. It is now over 10 years and we do not have a back up power plant in case of an emergency and thereby we do not have option to electrify the remote villages in the state. It is time for revival. Industrial development is at a standstill.

The Metro rail is used by a minimum number of people and it is not covering extensive areas as in New Delhi. In my opinion, the ruling party in the state and the Centre should be same to have more understanding and for more employment in an overcrowded state. Even the IT Industry should flourish in Mumbai just like in other cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore. Instead of playing petty politics, political forces should come forward and join hands to make things move in a proper direction. There lies the real success of electing a responsible government.

— S Akhilesh Krishnan, Nerul

Redeem lost glory TIME and again we feel the need for an economic upheaval for the way we lag behind other developing countries in the economic sphere.

Now our Prime Minister wants to see India regain its lost glory. It is for the first time that a head of the country is admitting that there is scope for development and making our economy a viable one in the world. It is time to strive hard to regain its lost glory and make sure we make amends for our earlier lapses.

The statement from PM came out after the change of government at the Centre.

In the past, we were just hearing the praise worthy efforts all the time and the minus points in plenty were overlooked. The briefing of PM came at a time when both India and China are competing with each other in the race for supremacy. Our main aim is for economic growth and development in all fields. It is time to bring the people together, curtail outflow of money to other countries through reckless imports and improve our Foreign Exchange reserve position which includes gold reserve as well. One is sure is that the new government is looking for new avenues to make a viable economic position in the next couple of years and the PM's approach is positive.

— C K Subramaniam, Sanpada

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

PM at work IT can be perceived that our honourable Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has begun from where he left off as Gujarat Chief Minister as far as bagging lucrative contracts from off shores is concerned. Modi has created a politically and economically stable clime and foreign regimes have taken to India like duck to water as they did in Gujarat in attracting foreign investment. I also personally feel that Modi should make it clear to China that he also means "business" as far as fostering our fragile frontier with them is concerned.

— Hemant Hemmady, Virar

INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is more interested in improving relationships with our neighbouring country, China, to

QUOTE: Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.

— Mao Zedong

boost his image made a fool of himself when he and Chinese President Xi discussed various issues and signed many documents but was back-stabbed like late Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 when China had suddenly attacked our country without any reason.

During Chinese President Xi's visit to India he was silent on the border issue as there was a face-off between troops of both the countries in Chumar area and incursion of Chinese civilians at Demchok along Indo-Chinese border which was a very strong signal to India that they are not interested in discussing or settling the long pending border dispute. I strongly feel that the visit of China President was waste of precious time and public money and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi without settling the border dispute made a laughing stock in the world and lowered the image of the country. The prime minister must know that he has to handle his neighbouring countries – Pakistan and China – with an iron hand for the safety of the country and must stop this political stunts to boost his image.

— Bhagwan Thadani, via email

Connecting the rivers JAMMU & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and other states are suffering from floods. Some of these places flood every year and cause a lot of damage to life and property. Families are devastated. At the same time, many states are affected by drought. Modi government is planning to clean up River Ganga. The government is trying to connect all the rivers in the country to control flooding and droughts.

Till date no concrete steps have been taken by the government on this. Modi government should call for a meeting of all chief ministers of the states in the country for the purpose of interlinking rivers like Ganga, Jamuna, Sharda, Saryu, Ghagra, Kosi etc via canals and

dams. If not immediate, in future this will help India. Government should introduce tax free 'Water Bonds', which will be payable after 15 years. Source of income should not be questioned as it can attract Black Money. It will also provide business and employment in all states. There is also so much money with religious institutions (Mandir/Masjid/Gurudwara etc) in the country. Take loans from them.

— Manmohan Gupta, Malad

Saga of a Sardar PM THIS refers to the edit-page column, 'The Saga of a weak Prime Minister' (ADC, Sept 23) by Kuldip Nayar. The veteran political commentator says it all succinctly at the

Punish the rapists

end, "One feels sad that a person like Manmohan Singh who had no axe to grind, compromised to stay in the chair. Posterity will judge him that he did not rise to the expectation the office demanded." In retrospect, one feels that it was not so much of his fear of losing his chair as it was of the fall of his government that led him to gloss over the improprieties of an unscrupulous minister who proved ultimately to be the nemesis of the UPA rule.

Joining hands with a party that was with the earlier government ought to have been avoided and he would not have lost the support of the Left parties had he not been so obsessive about the nuclear deal with the Americans.

IT is unfortunate that a criminal offence like rape is occurring in various parts of the country on a daily basis. In most cases, the victim is known to the rapist or someone whom the assailant feels he can overpower. It is generally a momentary lust that results in the crime.

Animals upon seeing their opposite sex go for mating in public. But man has a superior brain to help him take right decisions unlike animals.

Such rapists need a mental asylum with proper treatment through education in all spheres of life and not just formal education, the strictest form of punishment and even social boycott.

— Dr V Subramanyan, Thane

— Mahesh Kumar, New Delhi

Erroneous map creates controversy THERE is another controversy over the Indian Map drawn by the Gujarat government, allegedly showing Arunachal Pradesh as a disputed territory. Coming as it does almost immediately after the high-level talks between the Premiers' cordial meeting in Gujarat and signing of 12 MoUs for about USD 20 billion, this error cannot be condoned. It is not clear at this stage as to how China would react to this map drawn by India at the international level. Minister of External Affairs and the Secretaries should have taken utmost care in the map when dealing with the Premier of a strong nation on a sensitive border issue. This oversight and carelessness at the higher level cannot be condoned to avoid such recurrences.

It is known universally that no nation can afford to trust China. Our PM, in spite of knowing this hard fact, did not mind walking the extra mile by heartily extending pleasantries and cordiality fervently hoping to create a congenial ambience to ensure that the Chinese respect the LAC so that the intermittent incursions become a thing of the past in the light of the investments and smooth trade relations. Chinese being Chinese have lived up to their reputation by proliferation of troops at LAC/ Chumar showing scant respect to the recent talks between their Premiers and rendering the entire gamut to revive good relations an exercise in futility.

— T M Uday Shankar, via email

‘MAPPING’ INDIA? While a map of India published by the Gujarat government has created controversy with its 'wrong' marking of India's territory around Arunachal Pradesh, the map shown above is the correct one.

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ew Delhi: Amid continuing standoff on the borders, India YESTERDAYtoday said engagements with China were underway at "different levels and different places" and made it clear that the country's border security was in safe hands.

India's response came a day after Chinese President Xi Jinping asked the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to be combat ready to win a "regional war".

The Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry also said that quite diplomacy was at works to address these incidents "expeditiously" following meeting between Xi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

"Following up on the meeting of the two leaders, diplomacy is underway, we are addressing those issues expeditiously, quietly, and at various levels in different places," he said.

Asked about the continued standoff in Chumar and Demchok, the Spokesperson did not give a direct reply and only said that border issues are best handled by those who are placed there. "I will not get into the details of what the situation on border is because they are best placed to respond to it."

Asked about Xi's comments, he

Chinese Prez Xi Jinping

Narendra Modi

parried a direct answer, saying, "We are confident that our border security is in hands which will ensure our safety and security."

Replying to another question, he said both Modi and Xi had acknowledged that the border issue should be addressed expeditiously.

"As far as we are concerned that when the President of China was here, the Prime Minister and the President had discussions on a whole array of issues and they assessed that the relationship they need to take it forward. They also acknowledged that there are issues

that need to be addressed, need to be addressed expeditiously," he said.

Asked about allegations that a handout out distributed showing Arunachal Pradesh as a disputed territory during signing of MoUs with China in Ahmedabad during Xi's visit, the spokesperson said there was no incorrect cartographic depiction in any events where Modi was present. “The MoU that was signed did not have any map. Now what you are saying is about events after the PM left. That is not for me to comment about,” he said.

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Coal scam: CBI seeks time to file revised closure report N

ew Delhi: CBI yesterday sought some time to file a "revised closure report" in a special court in a coal blocks allocations scam case involving JAS Infrastructure and Power Ltd and others.

CBI, which was scheduled to file the revised report today, told the court that the supplementary closure report was almost complete and it will be filed within a week's time.

Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the submissions of the agency and fixed the matter for October 9 for filing of revised/supplementary closure report with more details in the case.

"Senior public prosecutors state that revised/ supplementary closure report is at final stage and it will be filed in next five-seven days," the judge said.

During the hearing, the court asked CBI's investigating officer (IO) to give the names and designations of the Coal Ministry officials who were dealing with the 35th and 36th screening committee. Senior public prosecutors V K

Sharma and A P Singh assured the judge that the IO would file all the relevant, relied and unrelied upon documents in the court before the next date of hearing.

The agency had earlier informed the court that it will file today a revised closure report giving details of the coal scam case in which the judge had observed that the probe was "incomplete".

It had said the agency will file a comprehensive revised closure report which would be "explanatory" in nature.

CBI's move had come after the court's earlier observation that nothing was clear in its closure report and it was irked over the agency adopting different yardsticks in different cases and not following a uniform policy in its investigation.

The court was hearing arguments on the closure report filed

by CBI in the case in which it had lodged FIR against Nagpur-based businessman Manoj Jayaswal and others for alleged irregularities by JAS Infrastructure and Power Limited in acquiring the coal blocks.

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ew Delhi: Not allowing a spouse to have sexual intercourse for a long time by the partner amounts to mental cruelty and can be a ground for divorce, the Supreme Court has ruled.

"Undoubtedly, not allowing a spouse for a long time, to have sexual intercourse by his or her partner, without sufficient reason, itself amounts to mental cruelty to such spouse," a bench headed by Justice S J Mukhopadhaya said.

It upheld Madras High Court verdict by which it had granted divorce to a man after he alleged that he was subjected to cruelty by his wife in various ways including refusal to consummate the marriage.

The apex court refused to give credence to the wife's testimony that she refused to consummate marriage as she did not want a

child.

The court, however, directed the husband, who is based in London, to pay Rs 40 lakh as one-time alimony to the wife.

"We are of the view that in the facts and circumstances of the case keeping in mind the economic status of the parties, a direction to the respondent to pay Rs.40 lakhs as one time alimony to the appellant(wife), would meet the ends of justice," it said.

The High Court had also refused to accept the explanation of the wife for not consummating marriage saying, "Admittedly, both of them (husband and wife) are well educated and there are so many contraceptives available and they could have used such contraceptives and avoided pregnancy if they had wanted".

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‘Women get their backs painted on ‘Save The Girl Child’ theme in Surat, on Tuesday.

No urgency to release Asaram on bail on health grounds: SC N

ew Delhi: The Supreme Court today refused to grant bail to self-styled godman Asaram Bapu on health grounds in Jodhpur rape case as his medical condition was found to be stable.

After going through the report prepared by medical college at Jodhpur, the apex court said that there does not seem any urgency and he has been on medication for the last 15 months.

A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur, however, said that he can be allowed to get treatment for his ailment at appropriate hospital. It also said that he can be allowed to Asaram Bapu

get out of jail only after the examination of critical witnesses in the case.

It asked the Rajasthan government to place names of critical witnesses on the next date of hearing on October 14.

The bench also objected to the plea of Asaram's lawyer that he should be allowed to argue first on the age of the victim before the trial court as she is not a minor as claimed by the prosecution.

"It is non-issue whether she is a minor or not. You somehow want to obstruct the trial," the bench said.

Residents of Jogilanker Malpora re-construting a wooden bridge which was damaged by devastating floods in Srinagar on Tuesday.

pg17 Our alumni talks about medical education in India

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Social Media has taken over the world with its fresh interactive methods and varied options for personal communication. Due to the sizable active users that frequently visit the social networking sites on a daily basis, it is now a part of a person’s routine and a great career option, writes Zafar Rais – CEO MindShift Interactive

P

osting a quick tweet to make purchase decisions is part of our shopping experience today. A decade ago, we explored specific virtual destination for topic related interactions and now agencies have begun to leverage their brands through the use of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked In and WhatsApp. In recent years, the extensive use of the platform has also opened career opportunities in the field of social media marketing and strategizing.

Big, small or medium – agencies are looking at professionals who can head a strong team for a positive brand presence on the digital platform. An agency would hire you depending upon a limited skill list. Keeping the same in mind,

job profiles are sketched below.

A servicing agency and a social media agency do have common links but what sets them apart is the nature of engagement and platforms of work.

A role of the Online Community Manager is diverse. This professional is a liaison between a company and an online community (social networks, message boards and email groups). As more people come together online to share similar interests and ideas, online marketers have the perfect opportunity to target these groups and pitch their own products and services. The online community manag-

er's goal is to use online communities to increase brand loyalty and web traffic and to maximise their company's social media marketing strategy.

It involves analytical, creative and busi<<Zafar Rais ness-oriented skills to promote a company, products and services.

An online community manager never has the same job on any single day; their role involves adapting to new online technologies and social media tools. Social Media Marketing Managers, on the other hand, oversee the design and execution of social media marketing strategies. Their goal is to drive audience growth and bring their company and brands to the forefront. A number of social media tools are used to analyse the best marketing tactics for each social site. Since each social networking platform works differently, content has to be adapted to maximise its effects. The social media marketing manager oversees the communications strategy for these platforms and delegates their goals and Continued on pg 14 «

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« STUDY IN INDIA Suchitra Surve

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

TABLA TRAINING:

Hi, I’m interested in doing a proper course in Tabla Training. What are my options in India when it come to this?

—Kunal There are a number of Gurus as well as private institutes offering courses/training in instruments. A few Universities also offer the same through BPA course in addition the Gandharva Vidyalayas.

You can take the help of the internet or infoline services to find out a tutor/institute near your locality.

Please suggest a good college that offers a course in Textiles in Northern India.

—Shuchi

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Is Social Media your career path?

Continued from pg 13 « expectations to the rest of the social media team.

Search Engine Optimizer (SEO): An SEO expert is responsible for improving a company's organic search results. Their job involves analysing websites, testing different marketing techniques and creating new quality content. SEO specialists use social media websites to market new content. In an age where digital technology outperforms print sources, social media is a quick way to spread more than status updates and commercial information. Every campaign requires research.

Innovating and working out of the box requires knowledge on what are brands doing apart from your own. The Research Manager helps understand market trends in the digital space, providing analysis on the performance of brands on social media, consulting brands on their strategies and their way forward, overlooking the reporting structure of the known as the Account company and ensuring that the employees Manager, similar to that of any other are updated with the latest tools and tech- agency. The job entails overlooking the brand on day-to-day basis, daily client niques on social media.

An agency does have a manager, who coordination, daily monitoring the social services the brands with a strategised plan media properties, managing the team,

monthly campaign execution and ensuring targets are met. Considered to be a multifaceted Interactive Project Manager (jack-of-all-trades), the 'IPM' has in-depth knowledge and experiences in a variety of platforms and interfaces.

Most IPMs will understand different protocols and have excellent communication and organisational skills.

In the professional sense, Blogging (Corporate Blogging, Revenue generating Blogs, etc) is what has caught up with time. The Blogger must create regular content which promotes the marketing message or other focused material that advances the company.

Social networks allow us to discover, connect, and engage with the right people. Careers in this field help socially engaging with the potential consumers on a personal level. Making your presence felt on each and every platform is not necessary, but choosing the right medium and going by the simple rules of the network will definitely help towards creating a MindShift experience.

Want to study History and Creative writing Your query is incomplete as you haven’t mentioned your present educational qualification as well your exact query clearly. Please note that there are various Universities across India offering courses like Bachelor in Textile Engineering, Textile Designing, Textile Technology and so on.

So first finalise the course and accordingly look out for the institute with the help of internet or publications.

I have just finished my Bachelors in pure science and am now looking to do my Masters in something science related, preferably Chemistry. I am very confused.

What would be the more lucrative line to pursue? And can you suggest some courses?

—Sujay It would be better if you pursue Masters in the related field for better future prospects. Weigh all pros and cons associated to job profiles as well as that’s suits your interest and potentials before selecting any specialisation at Master’s level. Try to gain first hand information by speaking to various professionals from industry for better clarity over nature of employment, challenges/risk associate, scope and so on.

If you have any queries for this column, contact us on education@afternoondc.in

I am graduating next year and am keen to pursue my undergraduate degree studying history and creative writing.

What is the Yale-NUS college programme? How do I apply for it? —Sahil The Yale-NUS programme is one of the most prestigious and competitive programmes to be admitted to and brings two of the world’s top universities together to offer a rigorous and interdisciplinary course. As a Yale-NUS major, you will study

a common curriculum in history and social sciences along with your major. Students will learn about social institutions and current issues and be taught to interpret literature and historical contexts. They will have a wide variety of electives to choose from including principles of economics, history and culture of SE Asia, World History to name a few. You can apply to the YALE-NUS programme through the Common Application portal (if you are also applying to the US universities) and Yale-NUS member page, or directly through the Yale-NUS application form. The general application requirements include SAT/ACT scores, let-

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ters of recommendation, school grades, TOEFL/IELTS and an interview for short-listed candidates only. Make sure you check the additional essays you will have to write for the programme, and be sure to submit your resume. You will be studying in Singapore, and be given the option to spend a semester at Yale. There are three admission rounds starting from November 1, so it would be best to apply through Round 1 or 2 as an international student.

I am currently in Class X, should I take the PSAT? Is it required for college applications?

—Jhanvi Yes, you should take the PSAT. The PSAT is a great a way to get some early practice for the SAT and get comfortable with standardised tests. As an Indian student, you do not need to send your PSAT scores to the colleges. However, if you have American citizenship, the PSAT is a qualification text for National Merit Scholarship.

I am interested in studying finance after Class XII. Which degree should I apply for – the BFM or BAF course?

What are my career options after both?

—Prerna The BFM and BAF courses offered at colleges in Mumbai are very competitive and the best colleges for these courses are HR College, Jai Hind, Xavier's and K C College.

The BAF course places a particular emphasis on accounts. Modules taught under BAF would include cost accounting, auditing, business law and environment and taxation to name a few. Post BAF, students generally study further or gain some work experience.

Options vary from actuarial science to financial planning, transfer pricing and taxation and audits. The BFM focuses on stock marketing and investments, trading and brokerage with modules varying from debt and equi-

ty markets, micro and macroeconomics, global capital markets and derivatives, regulation of securities and fund management as well as principles of investment management.

Careers after BFM include studying further for chartered accountancy or the chartered financial analyst. Students can also gain employment at a bank, private equity and investment fund, strategy and management consulting firms as a business analyst.

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‘Drop Everything and Read’ MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

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beroi International School (OIS) celebrated Literacy Week in the school from September 15 to 19 to emphasise on reading habits for their students. A week filled with unique activities and workshops brought fun to classrooms while being a good learning experience simultaneously.

The highlight was the presence of renowned international authors coming to OIS for their unique workshops: Curtis Jobling, an author and illustrator based in the UK and the designer of ‘Bob the Builder’, conducted workshops on instilling confidence in students’ literary skills and making them more competent writers. Commenting on

the experience, he said, “It’s been an absolute pleasure for me to return to OIS, a school I first visited in 2013. On my last visit I spoke to all the children throughout the junior school and enjoyed a great time enthusing about creativity in writing, art and media.

On this occasion, we extended my audience so that I got to speak with every student in the school, from preschool and kindergarten right up to Class XII – this allowed me to talk picture books and cartoons with the little ones, and concentrate on a more vocational message for the older groups. If some of those pupils go on to be artists, film makers or writers, I know my visit will have been worthwhile. I’ve loved every

moment of it!”

Niall De Burca, a renowned Irish storyteller, had workshops on performance techniques and motivated teachers and students to use the art of storytelling. Elated with the response from the students and teachers alike, he said, “Dhanyavad to the OIS community for the wonderful hospitality and fun! It was an honour to be part of Literacy Week 2014; I return

to Dublin with many happy memories. From the get go I was impressed by the students curiosity, enthusiasm and can do attitude.

Mumbai....Waah!”

Apart from these inspirational personalities interacting, the school arranged some interesting activities to keep the students engaged throughout the week like; DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) time, where the bell

rings and all the students drop everything and read for 15 minutes; Secondary school students read out books to Early Years (Playschool – Senior Kindergarten) students; Book Drive where students donated books and redistributed them to a school in need and a charity; Word Wall – students picked up their favourite word and made a poster and few more.

Adobe’s digital pen and ruler

By Chandragupta Amritkar

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dobe recently announced its thin-tipped new Ink stylus, as well as the Slide ruler and plan to position it as a premium product. These are a pair of hardware devices specifically designed for drawing on an iPad. Codenamed ‘Mighty’ for the pen and ‘Napoleon’ for the (short) ruler, these simple devices drew advanced functionality from their connec-

tion to the cloud.

Ink is a three-sided aluminum stylus that features pressure sensitivity and connects to Adobe’s Creative Cloud, which gives users access to things like photos and color palettes.

Ink works in tandem with Slide in order to create straight lines and precision shapes. These two accessories are accompanied by the release of two new drawing apps for the iPad. The first is Adobe Sketch – a free-hand drawing app that is designed to integrate with Ink, and utilises a menu activated by using the stylus in order to change tools, colors and more.

The second app is Adobe Line – for drawing and drafting with precision – used to create images with straight lines, geometric shapes, and more. Line also has the same Touch Slide tool as Sketch.

The Ink stylus and Slide ruler are available as a set from Adobe for the price of USD 199.99.

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EYES- 2014 (Enlighten Yourself Every Saturday) A

series of lectures on Environment for the future is being organised by K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce in association with the University of Mumbai. On Saturday, Sonam

Wangchuk, Education Reformist, Founder of SEMCOL (Student Educational & Cultural Movement of Ladakh), the man who inspired Aamir Khan’s character in the film ‘3 Idiots’, delivered a lecture on

‘SECMOL’s Green Campus in Ladakh’ where the Sun meets the Earth.

The event was open to the general public and around 500 students from various colleges attended the lecture.

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MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 looks and beauty. However today people both men and women; and from all age groups and all walks of life want to look good. Also earlier only film stars would be concerned about their looks and cared to visit a Cosmetic dermatologist. Today the trend is changing. Earlier also this field was acknowledged only abroad but now it is doing well in India too. All kinds of people seek the help of a Cosmetic dermatologist. They have problems ranging from small ones to big ones. But the bottom line is that they all want to look beautiful and why not?

As told to Monarose Sheila Pereira

‘INDIAN MEDICAL EDUCATION I IS THE BEST’ did my MBBS, DVD, DDV, DNB (Dermatology) in 1988 – 2000. From 19881990, I studied science in Jai Hind College and in 1990-1995, I studied at Dr D Y Patil Medical College; in 1996-2000, I studied in T N Medical College and Nair Hospital.

Dr D Y Patil College has an exquisite architecture and stands as a landmark structure in Navi Mumbai. The first day in medical college is unforgettable. I had to sit in the anatomy room surrounded by corpses and get used to the stench. They say if you can survive that you are through the five years of medical college. The professors were excellent teachers with 20 years of experience in teaching medical students. They were remarkable in their respective fields and had tremendous experience which helped them teach us well.

We were taught various subjects like Anatomy of human body, Physiology, Biochemistry/ Pharmacology, Microbiology, Forensic medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics &Gynecology, ENT, Ophthalmology, Medicine etc. Human Anatomy was my favorite, and I loved the study of human bones and their muscle attachments. I had a passion and curiosity for the working of the human body. I scored a distinction in Human anatomy in the first year of medical college.

Indian medical education is the best.

Indian doctors are better than anyone and anywhere abroad. I would encourage students to pursue medical education in India.

College life was fun but it also involved a lot of hard work. I enjoyed my college life and also gained tremendous knowledge. Since we spent long hours at college, the bonding with friends was awesome. I had wonderful classmates with whom I am still in touch with thanks to Facebook. My friends were a lovely set of intelligent, fun loving, and caring friends. The bonding we shared and continue to share till today is tremendous. We met at the Jai Hind college canteen, Treat restaurant, Satkar Restaurant, Eros/Sterling/ Excelsior theatres, in Vashi, Hotel Navratna was our hangout place and I cannot forget

Says Dr Dimple Bhankharia, Cosmetic dermatologist, as she talks about her college days and experiences, which helped her choose her field of work

the medical college canteen.

My studies right from medical college to dermatology specialisation has taken me to the position where I am today. It has formed a strong foundation to my blossoming career.

The hard work put in those days has given me the fruits I enjoy today. I truly appreciate all that I have achieved from these colleges. The salary one can expect in this profession is Rs 75,000/month on an average.

My advice to students is to - respect your teachers always. Respect your classmates – may it be girls or boys. Play pranks but stay within limits. Work hard towards your goals.

Have fun but at the same time study hard too. Balance your time between studies and enjoyment. If you are pursuing medical studies, respect the patients from whom you learn so much.

Looking beautiful and good helps to boost your confidence and also your career.

Confidence plays a very important role in your success in whatever career you choose to pursue.

Cosmetic dermatology has been on the upswing for decades now. And as more people are undergoing both surgical and non-surgi-

cal cosmetic treatments, there is tremendous research going on the psychological effects of these procedures. Research points to the fact that there is, indeed, a connection between Cosmetic dermatology and a boost in confidence levels, as well as a tremendous growth in the quality of life with patients.

People seek the services of a Cosmetic dermatologist not only to correct imperfections in their looks but also to enhance their beauty and looks. In fact many seek their services due to body-image dissatisfaction. They want to not only to just look normal but they also want to stand out and look outstanding and enhance their personalities. Cosmetic dermatology also contributes significantly in increasing self-confidence and boost in their overall sense of self and image, boosting their confidence in social status.

Today there is tremendous scope for a Cosmetic dermatologist. People today are very interested in looking good. It is a good and healthy trend. Thanks to the media, fashion industry, beauty contests, today everyone wants to look good. Earlier once you got married it was taken for granted that now you do not have to bother about your

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MICA ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMME

MICA has announced a three day residential Management Development Programme (MDP) on 'Bridging Health Communication Gaps' from October 14 to 16, at its campus in Ahmedabad.

Led by Dr Arbind Sinha, the MDP is targeted for senior and middle-level programme officers working with the

health programmes of government departments, NGOs and international organisations supporting health interventions. CSR teams from corporate houses, communication agencies designing health communication campaigns and consultants in the area of Health Communication, will also find the MDP relevant and useful.

The programme fee for Indian participants is INR 30,000 and USD 1,250 for international participants.

For more details, please visit: http://www.mica.ac.in/calendar/mdp/7

‘STARTUP EXPO’ BY SOMAIYA VIDYAVIHAR

Somaiya Vidyavihar is organizing ‘STARTUP EXPO’ - India's first exhibition dedicated to showcase Technology – Startups and promote entrepreneurship on October 9. The event will be facilitating 50 startups (First come first serve) and expose them to mentors, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalist, media and startups who have graduated or had an exit.

The eligibility criteria for the startups are: They must be operational for a minimum period of one month, and the core idea of the startups must include technology as a medium. Nontechnical startups will get a space at the exhibition. Their application will be reviewed on September 25 and they will be notified if eligible for the Pitch.

The number of team members or founders cannot be more than 10 members in a core team, where each member must hold a significant position in the startup.

For registration of Startups, email studentscouncil.engg@somaiya.edu OR register online: http://startupexpo.somaiya.edu

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NIEM show reaches new heights Afternoon Despatch & Courier

<<College Idol Winners with the judges

T

he event passionate and talented students of NIEM college organised three world class events on September 19 at Bhaidas hall. It was the sleek and spectacular execution, so easily done by the students which proved that they did a seasoned event manager’s job. The guidance was provided by Dr Hoshi Bhiwandiwalla, Dr Rajiv Zaveri, Niti Bengali, Shahaan Chesan, Mayur Pathak, Anish Washa, Isha Shah, Shreya Arora, Jignesh Chauhan, Ravi Gohil, Jeeshan Contractor, Sahil Vora, Amit Solanki and Karan Ganatra.

The day started with a grand dance contest, judged by Hemu Sinha, Dominique Alvarez and Ankan Sen. The winning teams were

Dark Light Crew, followed by U & I and in third place wereWild Ripperz.

The audience choice team was Last Minute Crew.

Next was the College Idol, it was judged by famous TV star Shakti Arora, Abigail Jain and Prof Shobhana Vora. The six male winners starting from first were Salman, Saddam, Saarthak, Bhavya, Karan and Pawan. The six female winners starting from first were Nishita, Gurnain, Urvashi, Sakshi, Bhavika and Sweni. In the evening, Mr & Ms University Mumbai finale was held, which was judged by Pankaj Mundra and Shruti Shrivastava. The male second runner-up was Raza Marfani and first runner-up was Joshua

Chhabra and the winner of Mr University was Sashreek Mishra. In the ladies section, the second and first runners-up were Saili Satwe and Tanya Sachan and Ms University was Aanchal Sharma.

Ms Smile was Aquino Arantxa, Ms Photogenic Aditi Porwal and Advautu Shewale bagged Ms Ten. Mr Robust was shared by Manider Singh, Anoop Singh, Pavankumar Bhat, Abhishek Singh and Sashreek Mishra. Mr Photogenic was shared

by Prathamesh More, Akshay Shetty, Pawan Kadam, Rahul Joshi and Saifali Sayed.

The shows were hosted by Hugo D’Souza. The sleekness and pace of the show left the audience mesmerised and asking for more.

Jamnalal Bajaj makes it to finals J

amnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies won the qualifying round of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz held recently at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai.

The team of Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies comprising Aniket Poojary, Amitkumar Mishra and Chuttosh More did their college proud by winning this round where 35 teams had participated from 14 colleges.

Second place went to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai, represented by Atul Gupta, Arpit Dubey and Raj Agarwal whilst DJ Sanghvi College

of Management was in third place which was represented by Snehashis Panda.

Fredrika Ornbrant, Consul General of Swedish Consulate of Mumbai handed out the prizes at this intercollegiate quiz competition which saw keen quizzers from across reputed colleges and technical institutes of the city. Quiz Master Kunal Savarkar hosted the regional round where the participation was open to all college teams.

Winners of the Mumbai round will represent the city at the National Finals which will be held at The Hindu College, University of Delhi in New Delhi on November 1.

Apart from Mumbai, the Quiz will also be held in Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and New Delhi.

National winners will get an allexpenses paid trip to Sweden where they will visit headquarters of global Swedish companies, Swedish Universities and the Nobel Museum among other things.

Partnering Swedish companies for this year’s Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week are ABB, Atlas Copco, Ericsson, IKEA, SAAB, Sandvik, Scania, SEB, SKF, Tetrapak, Volvo Cars and Volvo India.

MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Let’s empower women through education V ice President Mohd Hamid Ansari has laid stress on empowering women and minorities through education. Participating in an interactive programme with the students of Sophia College for Women in Mumbai recently, the Vice President of India answered queries on wide ranging topics covering education, sports, role of media and international relations.

Ansari said that although a good beginning has been made with the enactment of Right To Education Act, the primary education results are very uneven. “Education is a partnership process. It is the responsibility of the parents to send their children to school, and it is the responsibility of the schools to impart good education,” the Vice President said. He further added, that through RTE, the process of admitting children in schools is largely being met, but the school system is failing in imparting quality education. Ansari said, the scenario can be changed to better through society’s intervention rather than government initiated measures.

Commenting about growing stress level in the field of education, Vice President observed that “Excellence requires hardwork. The challenge is to transform stress into enjoyment.” Ansari also said that sports should be made part of the curriculum under the RTE. “Right To Sports must be part of Right To Education. That is where the talent lies, which India needs to locate, if it were to excel in variety of sports,” he said.

Replying to a query whether he supported reservation for minori-

ties, Hamid Ansari said, “Our Constitution provides for equality of opportunities. If some people are found to be less than equal, then the state has to take necessary steps to place them on an equal footing.” He further added that he would refrain from using the word ‘reservation’, and rather prefer to call it ‘affirmative action’.

Vice President expressed his disappointment over present representation of women in Parliament.

He observed that women MPs numbering about 60 in a house of 545 is abysmally low. Ansari said the Bill to ensure greater opportunities for women has been passed in the Rajya Sabha, and hoped that it would be passed by the Lower House soon. “If we fail to create equal opportunities, we lose out on constructive contribution of many brighter women,” he added.

Ansari answered many other questions ranging from India’s chances of getting a permanent seat at the UN Security Council, youth around the world being swayed by ISIS ideology in Iraq and Syria, need for retaining English as a link language of administration etc.

The Governor of Maharashtra, C Vidya Sagar Rao, was also present as the Guest of Honour. In the afternoon, the Vice President also paid a visit to the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research at Colaba and interacted with Faculty and PhD students. A visit to the Asiatic Society, is also part of his schedule before flying back to New Delhi completing his four-day Mangalore, Goa, Karwar, Mumbai tour.

‘LLM in Access to Justice’ batch graduates at TISS T

he Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) held a Special Convocation for its first batch of 12 graduating students of the LLM in Access to Justice programme. In this Special Convocation, Diploma students in Counselling (19); Gerontology (4); Youth Development and Social Change (2); Water Sanitation and Hygiene (16); Community Media (10); Digital Library and Information Management (23) received their certificates.

In his opening address at the Special Convocation, Prof S

Parasuraman, Director (TISS) said, “In a bid to enable social development through academic excellence, the Institute has diversified its activities beyond its initial mandate of social work education.”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the Chief Guest at the Special Convocation, awarded the LLM degrees and distributed the academic awards and prizes for the Degree and Diploma programmes.

The Dalai Lama’s Convocation Address was very eloquent and thought-provoking. He shared with the audience that he was

quite a lazy student himself. He reminisced about his exam days and the anxiety he had gone through at that time, but how eventually everything made sense in the end.

While stressing that blind faith is uncalled for, he said, “I pray every day. Everybody engages in prayer. However, it is not through prayer that things can be put right.

Action, Karma...these are what would change the world.

Intelligence and education are very important for this action to happen.”

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INDIA’S FIRST TRAVEL EZINE FOR CHILDREN

Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India, is inviting children across India to contribute to the creation of the country’s first travel e-zine for children, called ‘Teddy Travelogues’. This quarterly e-magazine will use digital crowd-sourcing to source content from children of existing and potential members of Club Mahindra.

The e-magazine will feature a mix of holiday stories, paintings, videos, photos, poems, holiday doodles and food related stories. These will appear under eight categories – My Family Holiday, Holiday Stories, My Favorite Travel Companion, Young Traveler, The Rhyme Journey, Why Travel?, Holidoodle and Delicious Diary.

The call for entries is open until October 15 to children between 4-7 years and 8-12 years. To be part of this exciting e-zine one can submit their entries to www.clubmahindra.com/teddytravelogues. Participants stand a chance of winning exciting prizes and getting published across categories and age groups including early bird prizes as well.

The entries will be shortlisted and judged by an eminent panel comprising renowned children’s author Neeru Nanda, popular TV actor Shakti Arora of ‘Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi' fame on Colors and celebrated photographer Radhakrishnan Chakyat.

The inaugural edition of the e-zine will be unveiled on November 14, celebrated across India as Children’s Day.

MELONPREP LAUNCHES FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND ASSESSMENT PLATFORM

To assist, practice and guide students to hone their skills in Mathematics and Science subjects, a new online formative assessment platform has been launched by a start-up company, MelonPrep.

Targeted at school students from Class VI to XII, it is the ultimate practice platform for students studying in various boards like ICSE, IGCSE, CBSE, IB or for those who aim to take up competitive exams like JEE, NEET, GRE, GMAT, CAT, SAT. What’s more? It’s absolutely free!

Once logged onto www.melonprep.com, the assessment platform has over 1,00,000 questions in a range of topics and concepts covering all the major curriculum and syllabi as well as covering major exams in the Mathematics and Science subjects. It compliments Teachers, Coaching Institutes and Tutors with an application, to create various preparatory tests, quizzes and also enables them to create customized assessments for their student community. The origin and genesis to the name – Melonprep, is the brainchild of two young and budding entrepreneurs Saurabh Mundra and Hussain Tambawala –as a tribute to their University, ‘Carnegie Mellon’ and the experiences they shared, which would make a huge difference to the society in the later years.

For the teachers, coaching institutions and schools Melonprep is capable of handling and managing all their customized online assessments. The application gives them the ability to create tests, use and share content packed with a host of features. Students can practice for any examination or Board of their choice with support from MelonPrep as well as analytics as they attempt the practice tests.

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IFFS School encourages community service by students MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

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e make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” A thoughtful saying by Winston Churchill is well–followed by the students of India First Foundation School (IFFS), at Karjat known for its philosophy of education beyond books. IFFS has always nurtured its students towards education on community service. While many educational jurisdictions in the United States need students to do community service hours to graduate from high school, this concept is gradually catching up in our country.

Realising the up-coming trend, IFFS is promoting five meaningful activities for ‘Community Outreach Programme’ for all grades where kids learn gardening on campus, work for mentally challenged adolescents, teach at local municipality school, maintain the newly-constructed Gaushala and organic farming.

Govind Bhanushali, Trustee, IFFS School opines, “Students can get involved in giving back to a cause or helping their community in a way that matters to them, the lasting benefits can be far-reaching. As anyone who has ever volunteered knows, the satisfaction and pride that comes from helping others can be life changing.

We at IFFS schools feel it is our responsibility to instill in young people the value of giving back to their community.”

“The Community Outreach Programme gives students the

opportunity to get involved in community service on a regular basis. The aim of the Community Outreach Programme allows students to explore various volunteer opportunities and learn more about the society we live in.

Today, the kids are surrounded by materialistic jargons and profits, where children are driven away from sensitivity and warmth.

Through this endeavour we pledge to keep our students grounded and closer to humanity.

Gaushala is one major area which is a novel initiative by the school also teaching at local municipality school gives them a different

perspective towards life,” explains Nitin Padte, Principal, IFFS School.

IFFS is the first school in the country to have built a Gaushala on campus. This is unique concept introduced is a Class VIII project called ‘Gaushala Maintainance’ will teach students to keep the cowshed and the cows clean, feed them, milk them, keep records as well as handle the cow dung in order to use it as manure.

The Gaushala was launched at the end of August 2014.

Another activity under in Community Outreach Programme includes ‘Project

Umang’, which is working with the mentally challenged adults.

‘Umang’ is a unique home at Karjat for mentally challenged orphaned children who are about to enter adulthood. This institution has completed its silver jubilee in 2009 and has helped over 2,000 children. This is a Class X project and they work with the mentally challenged adults at Umang. The IFFS Students teach them songs, work with them on the farms, help them clean their rooms and just be friends with them and get a chance to know about their life and their needs.

CHAKRAVYUH 2014 ‘ROCKS’ The festival of Lala Lajpatrai Institue of Management, gathered thousands of students, media personalities and ended as a success

By Kshitija Chavan

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hakravyuh is the annual cultural festival of Laja Lajpatrai Institute of Management. Due to the constant motivation and encouragement by the Chairman – Dr Kamalji Gupta, Chakravyuh could enter its ninth glorious year.

This year, the theme of the festival was MMS Masti Mela which was held on September 20 and 21.

The Chakravyuh Team ensured that it had a perfect blend of fun and learning with various HR, Marketing, Finance, Sports and Cultural events. Chakravyuh 2014 was inaugurated with a huge bang

by Bollywood hottie Purab Kohli.

It acted as an interactive platform for students from more than 50 management institutes having more than 6,000 footfalls. The motto of the festival was ‘SHARE HAPPINNESS’.

The Management of LLIM did not limit themselves from sharing happiness amongst the various management institutes and the

cancer affected children in association with the Tata Memorial Hospital. The other cause which Chakravyuh 2014 supported was Project Chirag to light up the lives of many people in villages who still do not have electricity supply.

Chakravyuh 2014 welcomed more than 50 sponsors with its title sponsor being S Purohit Group of Companies. Chakravyuh had an

array of events where students had the opportunity to showcase their Management talent and Creative skills. Management events like Bhool Bhullaiya, Beg Borrow Steal, Mock Stock, Talaash, Brand Housie, Word War, Vyapaar Mela were a big hit amongst management students.

Chakravyuh 2014 hit a new high by having internationally acclaimed artist DJ Alex & VJ Tarang to entice the students with his DJ session. Chakravyuh being a Management fest, how could Dabbawalas be missed? To pay tribute to them, LLIM students showcased a fashion show dedicated to Mumbai’s Dabbawalas. Rock concert which was organised by LLIM students in association with Furtados proved the versatility of the LLIM students and also raised the energy at the festival. To promote Hockey in today’s youth, a hockey competition was also held sponsored by Mumbai Hockey Association.

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By Maria Khatri

he holiday season is round the corner.

Planning a voyage? Confused? We will help you decide on exclusive and economical destinations. The destinations mentioned in the following article are comprised keeping in mind factors like visa, expenses, accommodation and accessibility.

If you thought an international trip may get you bankrupt you might want to think again, as these destinations will cost you anything similar to a good vacation in India.

Thailand: The king of economically friendly voyages. Thailand has the most easy and affordable visa process. A heaven for those who want to shop, relax and enjoy. Thailand over all is a very beautiful country and only three hours by flight. All international carriers are running deals at present on airfares to Thailand. Thailand is segmented into territories according to shopping, relaxation and landscape. Deals on hotels can be obtained by logging on to individual websites of hotels, in this way you are assured of your bookings with best deals. Hotels like First Hotel, Holiday inn (Pratunam), Orchid are the best for cheap and classic accommodation.

Stay in Bangkok for two nights and then consider the various modes of transportation to Phuket Krabi or Pattaya. Must visit: James Bond Island, Pattaya walking street, Pratunam Mall, Tiger Temple, Floating market, Chatunchak market. It’s advisable to make all bookings prior to your arrivals. You may be able to crack better deals with the increase in persons as it will cut the cost of accommodation and food.

TRAVELLERS' ADVICE

Always carry currency in USD Get an international debit or credit card for emergencies Do your own bookings. Shop around with a few travel agents Travel light Make bookings at least three months in advance to get good discounts

Dubai: Live life king size. Dubai is the place to be, affordable and luxurious. Dubai this season is offering great deals with low airfares. Dubai’s buzzing period is usually during the Dubai festival. However, great deals can be achieved this festive season too. The climate should mellow down after October.

Dubai is the city of gold and malls. However, if that’s not your idea of a vacation, you have activities at Wild Wadi Water Park, Hatta Village. Carriers like Indigo, Spice jet are offering on spot deals on airfares. A two and a half hour flight can take you to another world altogether. Most of the hotels are located in Bur Dubai and around Jumeirah beach; however hotels around Jumeirah beach are on the higher end but yet affordable. Dubai has a great night life and great dining experiences. Must explore: Dubai Dolphinarium, Gold Soukh, Heritage Village, Global village, Dubai Offshore Sailing Club, Ski Dubai, Dhow cruises, Grand Mosque, Burj Khalifa.

Mauritius: Tourism in Mauritius is crossing barriers and growing extensive. Reasons majorly contributing to expansion of tourism here is easy accessibility, trouble-free visa process and rock-bottom accommodation

prices. Mauritius is a sparkling crystal in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean. This is the place if you’re looking forward to a peaceful rejuvenating experience. Flight fares vary from season to season however at present Air Mauritius and Air India are running exclusive offers. However, make arrangements for your stay & transportation three months prior. There is a large offering of cuisines as Mauritius is a multi cultured country. Mauritius has the best sea food to offer as well. When finalising your hotel do request for a beach facing view option and also choose a hotel in the vastly populated parts of Port Louis. Views you can’t resist: North Island Tour, South Island Tour, Ile Aux Cerfs Tour by Speed Boat, Centre Equestre De Riambel (Riambel).

Antalya (Turkey): Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey.

It is Turkey's biggest international sea resort, located on the Turkish Riviera.The climate throughout the year is pleasant and the view wow! Turkey by itself is famous for its architecture. This destination is for those who like to know more about history. Antalya is a very beautiful city as the centre of a region with beautiful beaches, verdant mountains, and a mind-blowing number of ancient ruins.

Antalya is the closest airport, served by inexpensive flights from Istanbul. Antalya itself, especially the old town (Kaleiçi), is more of an independent traveller destination. Visas are not an issue here however it takes two to three weeks for stamping to happen. Sites to explore: Lara Beach, Murat Paşa Mosque, Antalya Museum, Düden Waterfall, Hadrian's Gate, Hip-Notics Cable Ski.

Hongkong/Macau: One of my favorites in Asia. Hongkong and Macau are two different countries to clear confusion. The best part about these countries is the free on arrival visa, this is one reason it is a favorable destination. The major concern these days is getting the visas. Hongkong by itself has a multi cultural influence to it as it is home to multi cultural nationalities. And Asia got its first Disney in Hongkong. Hotels here might not be very cheap however the best trick is to do bookings on the hotel websites to get good deals. Transportation in and around Hongkong and Macau can be arranged for cheaper rates from India. Jet Airways and Air India offer the best flight fares and on occasions run offers too. Honkong is the high end version of Thailand. It has great night life and some great joints to try authentic mandarin cuisine. Macao is the Vegas of Asia. You will be highly astonished looking at the hotels as

you don’t feel that you’re in Asia. Hotels like the Venetian offer royal suits. Venetian by itself takes around two days to tour around, you find your LVs to your Dior and Channel at duty free rates. Best way to get to Macau from Hongkong is by the jet ferry, tickets are issued online and it requires the same details are your flight tickets. You can’t miss Ladies Market (brush your bargaining skills), Venetian, Victoria Peak, ocean Park, Disney Land, Hard rock Café.

Bhutan: Bhutan's unique and virtually unspoiled landscape and culture is a reason why you must visit. All tourists must travel on a preplanned, guided package tour or custom designed travel programme as direct entry to Bhutan is restricted. Bhutan is very well known for its adventurous activities like trekking. If you fly to Bhutan, you must use the national airline, Druk Air. It's also possible to travel to Bhutan from India overland by road however not recommended. Visas to Bhutan must be applied and paid for in advance; from selected travel agents (not Embassies). Plan your trip at least two months in advance as visa stamping might take time. Bhutan is your one spot destination if you are looking at not spending a handsome amount on touring abroad. There is not much to see but a lot to do in Bhutan.

You must visit the Bhutanese Hot Stone Bath, Bhutan festival. Bird watching tours, a visit to Tashischo Dzong, National Memorial Chorten, Gangtey Gonpa.

Seoul (South Korea): Seoul is a city containing sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and it is the capital of south Korea.

Wondering why Korea? Seoul is a city filled with stark contrasts God’s land of beauty flashback mode where we find Diana and Charles living separate lives. At a hospital, Diana meets Hasnat Khan (Naveen Andrews), a Pakistani heart surgeon whose freewheeling talk on heart issues captivates her. Soon Diana and Hasnat are in love with each other. They do all they can to keep the relationship under wraps, but the prying eyes of the media is too hard to escape. Diana wears a black wig to protect herself from being recognized at public places.

At other times, she even smuggles Hasnat into the palace dodging palace guards. But it’s not long before the press comes to know of their relationship and makes it

technology and trends. The best time to visit Seoul is during fall as all the streets are filled with luscious pink flowers. Accommodation and transportation must be arranged before your arrival as the language barrier might cost you a few extra dollars. However, people are very friendly. Unlike other Asian countries, Seoul has a very limited multi cultural background hence marking yourself on a map is important. Places worth a watch: Gyeongbokgung Palace, MyeongDong NANTA Theatre, Bukhansan National Park, Seoul Metro, Hangang Park, Gwangjang Market.

Sri Lanka: It’s a land of culture authenticity with extensive beaches, heritage, wildlife, scenic beauty, mind and body wellness, festivals, sports and adventure and essence. Sri Lanka has a large variety of offerings. So, shopoholics aren’t going to be deprived. The Sri Lankan visa is not very difficult to get.

However, make sure you have made a booking at least three months prior to your plan.

Travel by cruise to Sri Lanka as it is a new experience and if you’re lucky enough you may get to site a Blue whale. Places you must see: Mullaitive National Park, Yala National Park, Roomassala beach. public. Hasnat is devastated, his career is at stake. On the one hand he is a heart surgeon and on the other he is in love with the most famous woman in the world. He loves Diana but is scared to commit. “If I marry you, I have to marry the whole world!” he tells her. Diana is heartbroken.

In comes in Baron Dodi Fayed. Diana is swayed by his affection for her. But it’s a ploy by Diana to teach Hasnat a lesson. The affair gets worldwide coverage with the media trying to get exclusive shots of Diana. The leave the Ritz hotel and the paparazzi are after them.

What happened next left the world shocked.

— Verus Ferreira

DVD REVIEW

DIANA Rs. 599 Cast: Naomi Watts, Naveen Andrews, Douglas Hodge, Geraldine James, Charles Edwards Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel

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ELEBRATED and adored by millions, she was the Queen of people’s hearts, yet within her lay a loneliness that was visible just five years into her marriage.

DIANA tells the story of Lady Diana’s last two years of her tumultuous marriage to Prince Charles. Released in September this year, the film is an adaptation from Kate Snell’s book Diana: Her Last Love. DIANA is a compelling portrait of the Princess of Wales.

Princess Diana played by British born Naomi Watts.

As the film opens, we see Diana getting ready in the Ritz Hotel in Paris, on that infamous day of 31st August 1997. We then go into

AFTERNOON REVIEW CONTEST

The film tells the story of Diana’s... a) Last two years b) Last three years c) Life history

The heart surgeon is from a) India

b) The US c) Pakistan

When did Diana die in the car crash? a) 2nd September 1997 b) 31st August 1997 c) 30th August 1997

Like movies as much as we do? Here’s your chance to build up a whole collection. Every Wednesday we bring you a film quiz based on a particular movie.

Answer the questions attached and two correct entries (chosen by random lottery) will get DVD copies of the film. So get cracking IMMEDIATELY and send in your answers by email with your name, address and contact number to response@afternoondc.in (In the subject line put ‘Afternoon DVD review contest’) Names of winners will be announced every Wednesday hereafter.

Winners can collect their prize DVDs from our office on furnishing proof of ID, within 15 days of the announcement.

Last week’s winners: H.S. Krishna Prasad, Ms. Mildred Castelino

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TOP VIEW Government will be spending approximately Rs 33,000 crore in coming three years in these (National Optical Fibre Network, Government Users Network, etc.) programme. We believe that by end of this financial, we will be completing more than 50,000 village panchayats.

Telecom Secretary Rakesh Garg BUSINESS BRIEFS SD/INR likely To End 2014 At 61, Says BofA-ML

Avoid Buying At Present Levels

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Wednesday (September 24, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell substantially on Tuesday (September 23, 2014) a net 128.75 points (1.58%) and closed at the 8017 point level. The market opened flat at the 8144 points level.

It then rose into the green and registered the day’s high at the 8159 points level at 9.24 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 8064 points level at 3.21 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a choppy session, moved in a range of 152 points and closed below the psychologically important 8050 points level. Sentiment was extremely bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 44 were losers, while just 6 stocks closed in the green. All the sectoral indices closed in the red. Substantial selling was witnessed in realty, oil & gas, PSU and capital goods stocks.

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

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7816 points level.

The next support is at the 7615 points level.

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

The next resistance is at the 8246 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 8062 (This is the level where TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 18.03%. This change is sub- Support (1) = 7964.

Support (2) = 7910. stantial and indicates a wide participation by investors.

Resistance (1) = 8116.

Market Breadth: Resistance (2) = 8213.

Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: all the traded stocks, 324 were gainers, 1261 were losers On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed and 36 remained unchanged. a long black body candle on substantially higher volumes. In fact yesterday’s candle is almost like a Black Slow Stochastic Indicator: Marubozu candle. (A Black Marubozu forms when the The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the neutral open equals the high and the close equals the low). zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above Further, the index has dropped below its 5, 15 and the slow D line (positive if it continues).

25-day’s moving averages in a single session. Moreover, the velocity parameters, which were neutrally trended RSI Indicator: have again turned negative. All these indicate a negaThe RSI fell and crossed below the 60 level and is now detive bias and the possibility of a further decline unfoldclining (negative if it continues). ing. Investors are advised to avoid buying at present MACD Indicator: levels.

The MACD is below zero and is declining (negative if it conWork with strict stop losses on all positions tinues). It has crossed below its 9-day Average (negative and a sell signal).

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

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Has dropped below its 5-day average (at 8075) Negative.

Has dropped below its 15-day average (at 8084) Negative.

Has dropped below its 25-day average (at 8025) Negative.

Is above its 200-day average (at 6986) 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.

The sensitivity of Asian currencies, including the Indian rupee to the US dollar has "fallen" this year and the INR is expected to end the year at 61 despite a strong USD, a Bank of America Merrill Lynch report says. According to the global financial services major, the USD/ INR is likely to end the year at 61 despite a strong USD. It has also revised its end-2015 forecast to 60 after factoring in a stronger balance of payments (BoP). "The RBI's range of tolerance for USD/INR and its intention to build reserves will be the single-biggest driver of the rupee over our forecast horizon, in our view," the report said. A stronger USD is a clear downside risk for the INR but our estimates suggest the sensitivity to the DXY index has fallen, BofA-ML said in a research note, adding that USD/INR can stay below 62.

15th Edition Of Electronica & Productronica Inaugrated

The most successful destination for the electronic manufacturing sector, electronica India 2014 and productronica India 2014 representing 713 companies, showcased their state-of-the-art product offerings, solutions and services was inaugrated yesterday and will take place till 25th September in Bengaluru. The shows, widely regarded as India’s largest electronics manufacturing industry trade- fairs are being recognised as an integral part of the electronics manufacturing sector by the Associations and the industry at large.

Qatar Airways Penalised For Deficiency In Service

A consumer forum has directed Qatar Airways to pay Rs one lakh to a man for loss of his baggage during his journey from London to Doha in 2007, saying it was a case of "deficiency in service" leading to "harassment". The New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, asked the airline to pay the money to Pradeep Saluja, whose baggage was lost during the journey in September 2007. "It is an admitted case of rendering imperfect services, by not being able to prevent the baggage from being stolen or lost or remaining untraced for six months," the forum said, while noting that airlines had placed its liability as per weight--USD 20 (Rs 1,217.45) per kg. The forum said that it was a case of "deficiency in service" leading to the loss and "harassment" and not for liability according to the Carriage by Air Act.

MCX-SX Becomes mSXI

The MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) has received approval from Capital Market Regulator SEBI to change its name and operate under the new iconic name, ‘Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd’, abbreviated as ‘mSXI’. The name change is a part of the turnaround strategy to give the exchange a new identity, disassociate from the promoters and shift to a high growth phase.

The Exchange is in the process of making an application to Registrar of Companies (RoC) for registration of the new name. Says Saurabh Sarkar, MD & CEO, MCX-SX, “ This is a crucial driver of our re-branding initiatives. This will sharpen our focus on raising the brand visibility and member engagement programs linked to the exchange's activities.”

Microsoft Launches Xbox One In India

Xbox One was officially launched on Monday in India delighting thousands of local fans. The first console was delivered to its ecstatic owner in Mumbai.

Talking about the Xbox One, Anshu Mor, Director, Interactive Entertainment Business at Microsoft India said, “The hotly anticipated, new-generation games and entertainment system from Microsoft brings the biggest blockbuster games, the most advanced multiplayer experience, games plus entertainment like live TV, Skype, sports, fitness, music and movies, all to one single device at the center of your living room and available at the command of your voice, powered by Kinect. It’s time to experience and celebrate the power of the all-in-one gaming and entertainment device.”

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Only 3% Of Indian Companies Really ‘Ready For Growth’

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tions reporting high Fit for Growth with the Indian economy beginning scores. A "strategically adrift" organ- to bounce back, the time is now isation for instance should look to right for these organisations to get ndia has fewer 'strategically re-craft its corporate strategy and 'Fit for Growth' by investing in adrift' companies than observed building scale and achieving the globally, but only 3% of Indian next level of growth. "While organicompanies are really 'ready for sations would rarely disagree that growth', says a study. The study tirobust strategies, solid cost mantled 'Why Indian companies need agement and powerful organisato get Fit for Growth and what you tions are critical to performance, few of them are masters in integratcan do' by PwC Strategy and noted ing all three elements which tonearly 80% of surveyed organisagether form the foundation for a tions fall short of realising their winning organisation," PwC Stratgrowth potential because of being egy& India Managing Director Jai strategically adrift, distracted or caSinha said. pability constrained.

As per the study, only 3% of Indian align it with core capabilities, a "disThe Fit for Growth approach capcompanies are really "ready for tracted" organisation must chan- tures the essence of what constitutes growth" and others must look to nelise its resources towards core a winning organisation– strategic overcome specific challenges to fu- activities, while a "capability con- clarity, optimal resource allocation ture-proof themselves. The global strained" organisation should review and a supportive organisation – and story is not too different, with only its operating model, the report said. evaluates how well a company fares The report further noted that across all three aspects.

13% of over 200 surveyed organisa-

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Smartphones To Dominate World Markets By 2020

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martphones will account for two out of every three mobile connections globally by 2020, according to a new report that pegs India as the fourth largest market of hi-tech phones in 2014. The report, "Smartphone forecasts and assumptions, 2007-2020", prepared by GSMA Intelligence, finds that smartphones presently account for one in every three mobile connections, representing more than two billion connections. It forecasts that the number of smartphone connections will grow three-fold over the

next six years, reaching six billion by 2020, accounting for two-thirds of the nine billion mobile connections by that time.

Basic phones, feature phones and data terminals such as tablets, dongles and routers will account for the remaining connections. The study excludes M2M from the connections totals. "The smartphone has sparked a wave of global innovation that has brought new services to millions and efficiencies to businesses of every type," said Hyunmi Yang, Chief Strategy Officer at the GSMA. "One billion new smartphone connections are expected over the next 18

months alone," Yang said. According to Yang, in the hands of consumers, these devices are improving living standards and changing lives.

"As the industry evolves, smartphones are becoming lifestyle hubs that are creating opportunities for mobile industry players in vertical markets," he said.

The report finds that developing world overtook the developed world in terms of smartphone connections in 2011 and today accounts for two in every three smartphones. By 2020, four out of every five smartphone connections worldwide will come from the developing world.

Only Marketing Matters For These Big Brands?

ASCI upholds complaints against 110 Misleading Ads including those of Amazon, Hindustan Unilever, Delhi Metro, Marico, Wipro and L'Oreal

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dvertising industry watchdog ASCI upheld complaints against 110 campaigns in June for misleading ads, including those of Amazon, Hindustan Unilever, Delhi Metro, Marico, Wipro, L'Oreal and Thomas Cook India.

According to the Customer Complaints Council (CCC) of ASCI (Advertising Standard Council of India), it received 127 complaints during the month and maximum 55 complaints of misleading ads were upheld from personal and healthcare category, reports PTI. The CCC concluded that etailing firm Amazon has mislead and contravened advertising guidelines in a

TV commercial, where it had claimed to guarantee one day delivery."The CCC concluded that in the absence of a super/ disclaimer, the TVC is misleading by omission. The advertisement contravened the ASCI Code. The complaint was upheld," said ASCI. A complaint against Delhi Metro Rail Corporation was also upheld, where it in an advertisement had claimed that its 95 per cent customers show courtesy to their fellow passengers, 95 per cent customers allow passengers to deboard first before entering into the train, 95 per cent of our customers offer seats to senior citizens, women and other needy ones, more than 25,000 commuters purchase Smart Cards on a daily basis.

ASCI also upheld a complaint against L'Oreal India, where it had claimed that its Garnier Colour Naturals has olive oil cream based formula which nourishes hair for 8 weeks. Similarly, complaint against Kolkata-based FMCG major Emami terming it as "misleading by omission" after it could not substantiate its claim that Damage Control Hair Oil is world's first hair oil that pro-

vides damage control.

Marico, which had claimed that Saffola Gold Oil has a scientific solution for every heart and sets a benchmark not with other oils but with the best advancements in heart care was pulled up after CCC found that "comparative data were misleading by implication".

Wipro in the ad of Glucovita shows a small boy in his school uniform sitting on a park bench and teasing a dog who is tied to another bench. The dog unleashes itself from the bench and runs after the boy who flips a tablet of Glucovita into the air and catches it with his mouth and runs faster and leaves the dog far behind.

"This suggests a dangerous act...

A boy flipping the Glucovita Bolts in the air and catching it in his mouth shows a dangerous act which is likely to encourage minors to emulate such act in a manner which could cause harm or injury," ASCI said.

Similarly, it also upheld complaints against Mahashian Di Hatti Ltd (MDH Masale), which had shown two males riding motorbikes without helmet

Complete Mood Swing In US On Relations With India

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rom an environment of perceived policy paralysis and an anti-India campaign by the influential American corporate sector a year ago, there appears to be a complete mood swing in the US on relations with India ever since the new Indian government came to power, officials say. Following a series of administrative steps and new policies that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has implemented since being sworn in on May 26, experts here believe that India is once again on track to a high growth rate.

With Modi at the helm, officials in Washington feel India is now ready to not only demonstrate strong leadership on regional and key global issues, but also would act as a stabilising factor in this part of the world. The same businesses, which till a year ago were planning to withdraw their investment from India arguing that there was no business environment in the country, are now queuing up to meet the prime minister who would be travelling to the US later this week.

Before the competition heats up, they say it is better that they set up base in India."After the election there has been a complete mood swing in India-US relationship," officials here said.

There is a lot of business interest in the relationship. Today there is enormous interest in its possibilities, officials said on condition of anonymity. "India has changed. The sentiment in India has changed.

Post-election, it is a new energetic and vibrant India, which has resulted in the US having a fresh look at India," an official said adding in the past few months business sentiment has strengthened and investments have started flowing. All of that is effecting perception and change in attitude in India, he said.

The very fact that President Barack Obama sent his top three cabinet ministers – Secretary of State John Kerry, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker - in the first 100 days of the Modi government is reflective of the importance he attaches to India now.

When Obama meets Modi at his Oval Office in Washington next week, focus is unlikely to be on the contentious issues including the civilian nuclear deal. The deal is considered as the one which opened a new vista of relations. Without the nuclear deal, current cooperation in the field of space and defence would not have taken place. "Suddenly in the last six months, India has emerged as a land of possibilities, thus the excitement about India in the US," the US official said. (PTI)

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TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

What happens when two of television’s most popular shows come together? Well it is a high dose of entertainment and fun for the fans! Recently the longest running show on television Sony TV’s CID team visited the sets of Kaun Banega Crorepati. ACP Pradyuman along with Daya, Abhijeet and Dr. Salunke came on the show for a very noble cause to win money for charity named Maharogi Sewa Samiti in Warora. It is a community rehabilitation centre for leprosy patients and the disabled from downtrodden sections of society. Sony TV, 8.30 p.m.

DOLI ARMAANON KI

SOAPS & SERIALS

In Tiwariji’s house they set a deal that Urmi will return their money when she starts earning. On the other hand Samrat spots Gaurav on the road and goes up to him and an argument ensues between the two. Will Urmi be able to find a suitable job for herself and pay up to Tiwariji? Zee TV, 10.30 p.m.

HUNTERS

Rarely seen even by those who have made a life’s work of their study, great wild cats are creatures of mystery whose ways are shrouded in myth. The jaguar, the ocelot, the puma, the bobcat, the lynx — they prowl our jungles, our mountains, our deserts, seeking their prey. But few who have gone looking for the cats have seen more than mere tracks in the earth, or shadows in the dappled light of the forest. Animal Planet, 7 p.m.

HOUSE SEASON 5

Doli Armaanon Ki, Zee TV, 10.30 p.m.

The team takes on the case of a man who has been experiencing blackouts and sleepwalking. They soon find out that the man’s daughter has also been experiencing sleepwalking spells.

Star World, 10 p.m.

ers who are constantly striving to make things faster, cheaper and better. HOW DO THEY DO IT? is about engineering and scientific miracles and the people whose ability to solve problems make them happen. Discovery, 10 p.m.

As the modern world becomes increasingly sophisticated and mechanised, we grow further removed from the way things are made and how things are done - from the miraculous feats of engineering which underpin life in the 21st Century. As Discovery Channel reveals in HOW DO THEY DO IT?, our comfortable modern way of life relies on a great army of clanking, buzzing giant robot slaves hidden from view, in factories, down mines, up mountains and beneath the ocean. It relies on the problemsolving genius of engineers and the vision of industrial design-

TECH TOYS 360 explores the globe to bring its viewers VIP access to the most innovative technology of the 21st century. Explore the most up-to-date high-tech gadgetry, super distinct designs and revolutionary vehicles and meet the innovators behind these modern wonders. Discovery Science, 7 p.m.

HOW DO THEY DO IT?

UNSTOPPABLE

TECH TOYS 360

YEH RISHTA KYA KAHLATA HAI

Akshara and Naitik start preparing for Navratrai and Naksh is adamant to go for a Dandiya night. Star Plus, 9.30 p.m

MOVIES OF THE DAY

A runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals puts an engineer and his conductor in a race against time. They’re chasing the runaway train in a separate locomotive and need to bring it under control before it derails on a curve and causes a toxic spill that will decimate a town. Star Movies, 9 p.m.

TOP GUN

As students at the Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young flyer learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. Starring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

WAR OF THE WORLDS

Ray Ferrier (Cruise) is a divorced dockworker and less-thanperfect father. When his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie and young daughter Rachel for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm suddenly touches down. What follows is the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it in this contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells seminal classic sci-fi thriller. HBO, 11.55 p.m.

SHUTTER ISLAND

It’s 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He’s been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister.

Teddy’s shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. Pix, 11.35 p.m.

CHUP CHUP KE

A young man named Jeetu finds himself in debt with his father receiving harassing visits from money-lenders. Although his father is scolded daily for his non-progress in their debts, his mother and his fiancée Pooja believe he can successfully fulfill

STAR PLUS

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

10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

House The Blacklist Simpsons Year Crazy Ones MasterChef Australia House The Blacklist Simpsons Year Crazy Ones Masterchef Australia House The Blacklist

ZEE CAFÉ

P.M. 1.50 Grey’s Anatomy 2.45 The Good Wife 3.45 American Funniest Home Videos 4.35 Just for Laughs 5.30 Look Who’s Talking with Niranjan 6.00 Grey’s Anatomy 7.00 The Vampire Diaries 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Two and a Half Men 9.00 The Good Wife 10.00 Grey’s Anatomy 11.00 The Big Bang Theory

SONY TV

Unstoppable, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

his task and live happily, but burdened with high debt, Jeetu sees suicide as his only way out of the situation (insurance money for the family). Unfortunately for him, taking a plunge off a dock into a placid ocean doesn’t kill him. He awakens in a boat with two very interesting characters, Gundya and his servant Bundya. In the cost of putting Jeetu in a hospital and saving his life, Gundya and Bundya believe Jeetu owes them a debt. Already in much debt , Jeetu decides to play off that he is deaf and mute. Star Gold, 8 p.m.

PARTNER

The only male child in the family that sired six daughters, Prem has empathy towards the fair sex and decides to assist males to woo women so much so that he becomes popular as the ‘Love Guru’. Amongst the men he assists are Bhaskar Chaudhry and Neil Bakshi. Klutz-like Bhaskar has fallen head over heels with his boss, a model and heiress, Priya Jaisingh. A disbelieving Prem refuses to assist him, but subsequently relents. Bhaskar uses his own charm to woo Priya successfully, and is introduced to her dad, Raj. Prem himself falls in love with a widowed single mother, Naina Shahani, a Journalist. Both men are satisfied with her respective lives not knowing that a scandalous secret will surface in the media - changing their lives forever. CVO, 9 p.m.

MURDER

Living in Bangkok with her husband Sudhir and the child from his first marriage to her sister, Simran feels isolated in a foreign land and ignored by her husband. A chance meeting with an old flame leads to a renewed and passionate affair until she starts to realise how badly she could be damaging her marriage. Sudhir has indeed become suspicious and hired a private detective who gives him compelling evidence of his wife’s deceit. Sudhir sets out to confront his rival. B4U, 6 p.m.

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30

5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30

ZEE TV

Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Bandhan…. Sari Umar Kumkum Bhagya Neeli Chhatri Waale Qubool Hai Bandhan… Saari Umar Neeli Chaatri Wale Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Pavitra Rishta

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00

4.30 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

LISTING

7.00 Bandhan… Saari Umar 7.30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 8.00 Jodha Akbar 8.30 Jamai Raja 9.00 Kumkum Bhagya 9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 10.30 Doli Armaano Ki 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Savdhaan India 7.00 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.00 Nadaan Parinde 9.30 Tumhari Paakhi 10.00 Laut Aao Trisha 10.30 Savdhaan India: India Fights Back

4.00 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

8.30 9.00 9.30 10.30 11.00

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

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

Wild Connections Big Scheme The Fooled by Nature Most Extreme

Hunter 5.00 Storage Wars 5.30 Pawn Stars 7.00 The Great India Collectors Ride 7.30 Aliens Mystery Continues 8.00 Modern Marvels 9.00 The Miracle Hunter 10.00 Pawn Stars 11.00 Storage Wars

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Engineering Connections 3.00 Science of Stupid 4.00 Mega Factories 5.00 Nordic Wild 6.00 Brain Games 6.30 Science of Stupid 7.00 Planet Carnivore 8.00 World’s Weirdest 9.00 Brain Games

News in Marathi Ruchira Bheti Lagi Jeeva Sankat Mochan Hanuman Karan-The Detectige Janadesh 2014 Krishidarshan Amachi Mati Amachi Manse News in Marathi Tu tota Main Maina Anudamini Pavitra Bandhan…Do Dilon Ka Samman..Ek Adhikaar Yeh To Hona Hi Tha

MOVIE CHANNELS

P.M 1.05 3.15 5.00 6.55 9.00 11.00 A.M. 7.40 9.55

Grey’s Anatomy, Zee Cafe, 10 p.m.

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Udann 2.30 Beintehaa 3.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 3.30 Sasural Simar Ka 4.00 Udaan 4.30 Shastri Sisters 5.00 Mri Ashiqui Tum Se Hi 5.30 Comedy Nights with Kapil 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Uddan 9.00 Beintehaa 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Uttaran 11.00 Shastri Sisters P.M. 2.00 6.30 7.00 7.30

8.00 8.30 9.00

9.30 10.00

10.30 11.00

SAB TV

Taarak Mehta Ka… Badi Door Se Aaye Hai Taarak Mehta Ka… Chandrakant Chipulunkar ..

Baal Veer Taarak Mehta Kas… Chandrakant Chipulunkar…

Badi Door Se Aaye Hai Chandrakant Chipulkar…

Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai Taarak….

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Ka re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Julooni Yeti

Kedarnath: Restoring The Faith, NGC, 10.30 p.m.

6.00 AP Safari: Big Cats with Nigel Marven 7.00 Hunters 8.00 Life Stories 9.00 Deadly Pole to Pole 10.00 Fooled By Nature 11.00 Most Extreme

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Man vs Wild 4.00 Food Factory 4.30 Destroyed in Seconds 5.00 Man Woman Wild 6.00 Wild Arabia 7.00 Game of Stones 8.00 Food Factory 8.30 Destroyed In Seconds 9.00 Nature’s Microworlds 10.00 How do they Do It 10.30 American Digger 11.00 Best of Discovery P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30 6.00

7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

11.00

SCIENCE

The Gadget Show How It’s Made Tech Toys 360 Food Detective How Tech Works Everything You Need To Know Tech Toys 360 How It’s Made The Gadget Show Showdown Air Combat Heavy Metal Task Force

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Modern Marvels 3.00 Surviving Jungle 4.00 The Miracle

DOORDARSHAN

10.00 Kab Kyun Kaise 10.30 Grihdaah 11.00 BUDTAMEEZ: Film Shammi Kapoor, Sadhana Shivdasani, Laxmi Chhaya, Kamal Mehra, Purnima

DDII (Metro Channel)

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

Samachar Mid Day News Sports News News Samachar.

News Samachar Business Wrap.

Metro Scan Desh Pardesh

Budtameez, DDI, 11 p.m.

7.00 7.30 8.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

Samachar News News Night Charcha Mein Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

9.30 Science of Stupid 10.00 Showdown of the Unbeatables 10.30 Kedarnath: Restoring The Faith

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 Jai Ho 2.30 Champions League T20 14 h/ls 3.30 Close Encounters 4.00 T20 Tumphs 4.30 Champions League T20 14 h/ls 5.30 Jai Ho 6.00 Close Encounters 6.30 Champions League T20 14 h/ls 7.00 Cricket Extra 7.50 Champions League T20 14 Kolkata vs Perth live 11.10 Cricket Extra

STAR SPORTS4

P.M. 2.30 The Football Review 3.00 ENI FIM Superbike World C’ship 2014 highlights 3.30 The Football Reivew 4.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 h/ls 4.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 highlights 5.00 Motorsports@petronas 6.00 Barcklays Premier League 14/15 h/ls 6.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 Cordoba vs Sevilla 7.00 Barclays Premier League 14/15 9.00 The Inside Line 9.30 PL Netbusters 10.00 Football Today 11.30 Liga Bbva 14/15

P.M. 1.45 3.55 6.10 9.00 11.55 A.M. 8.50 11.35

P.M. 2.33 4.55 7.00 9.00 11.35 A.M. 8.55 10.55 P.M. 2.05 5.25 8.00 11.25 A.M. 7.55 11.40

2 Fast 2 Furious Planes Taken Two Brothers Unstoppable George of the Jungle

HBO

Shanghai Knights Parker The Great Gatsby Man of Steel War of the Worlds The Great Gatsby Man of Steel

ZEE STUDIO

Gone in 60 Seconds End of Days The Pacifier Vicky Cristina Barcelona Top Gun Race of Witchmountain Race of Witchmountain

PIX

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 3.00 5.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.00 10.00 P.M. 1.00 2.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00

Tom and Jerry Tales Oggy and the Cockroaches Oggy Ki Badli Boli!

Pokemon Black and White Roll No 21 Oggy and the Cockroaches Johnny Test The Regular Show Adventure Time Ben 10 Tom and Jerry Roll No 21 Quest for Swarnamani

POGO

CB Special Chhota Bheem Marathon Mr Bean Chhota Bheem Chhota Bheem: Dholakpur to Khatmandu Krishna The Great Chhota Bheem Hagemaru Chhota Bheem Best of the M r Bean

Lake Placid 3 Battle of the Year

STAR GOLD

Hero Hindustani Rascals Chup Chup Ke Dhammu

Top Gun, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

Mann Yeh Hai Jalwa

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ZEE CINEMA

P.M 12.30 Raavan Raaj: Mithun C 3.00 Return of Chandramukhi: Mammoty 6.10 Tu Chor Mian Sipahi: Akshay Kumar 9.00 Krantiveer: Nana Patekar A.M. 11.40 Nadiya Ke Paar: Sachin

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Khoon Bhari Maang: Shatrughan Sinha 5.30 Suno Sasurjee: Aftab Shivdsani 9.00 Partner: Salman Khan A.M. 9.30 Khalifa: Randhir Kapoor

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Dharam Adhikari 5.00 Jo Bole So Nihaal 8.30 Sherni

B4U

P.M 12.00 Mumbai Ki Kiran Bedi: Ashish V 3.00 Jo Bole So Nihal: Sunny Deol 6.00 Murder : Mallika Sherawat 9.00 Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai: Sunil Shetty A.M. 7.30 Krodhi: Dharmdndra

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4.30 Bhau Maza Pathi Rakha: Ashok Shinde 7.00 Aaitya Gharat Gharoba: Sachin, Supriya 9.30 Yedyachi Jatra: Bharat Jahdav

Wheels of Meals Charlie’s Angels Kung Fu Panda Hollow Man Shutter Island

P.M. 1.00 Bhoothnath: Amitabh Bachchan 5.30 Veerta The Power: Allu Arjun 9.00 Cheetah-The Power of One: Mahesh Babu A.M. 7.00 Jai Santoshi Maa: Kanan Kaushal 10.30 Adventures of Tarzan: Hemant Birje

TEN CRICKET

P.M. 2.30 NZ Tour of WI 14 h/ls 3rd Test 4.30 Pak Tour of SA 13 h/ls 3rd ODI 6.30 Bag Tour of WI 14 h/ls 3rd ODI 7.30 India Tour of SA 13 h/ls 3rd ODI: Zimbabwe vs SA 8.30 Pak tour of SL 2014 highlights 3rd ODI 9.30 Tri Nation 13 (Ind West Indies, SL) 5th ODI: WI vs SL 10.30 Cricket Classics: End vs WI Dec 97 11.30 Great Centuries: Michael Clark

STARMOVIES

Dude, Where’s My Car? Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 10.45 The Medallion

P.M. 12.25 2.45 5.10 7.05 9.00 11.10 A.M. 9.55

STAR WORLD

P.M. 12.00 CID 8.00 Ekk Nayi Pehchaan 8.30 Kaun Banega Crerepati 2014 9.30 Hum Hain Na 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Humsafars 11.00 Comedy Circus …

KRANTIVEER

Lazy and unemployed Pratap Narayan Tilak (Nana Patekar), who at a very young age was thrown out of his village by his mother for disobeying her orders, meets famous journalist Meghna Dixit (Dimple Kapadia). Megha persuades Pratap to be a champion of justice for those around him, defend their rights and make them independent. However, he runs into strong resistance, from within his very own community, the police, and some very powerful and influential politicians. Unable to bear the injustice, Pratap decides to take the law into his own hands, resulting in chaos and violence, thus giving rise to a saga of revenge and corruption within his own people. Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

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P.M. 2.00 Nana Mama: Ashok Saraf

Murder, B4U, 6 p.m.

9.30 Chhota Bheem 10.00 Mighty Raju And The Magnetors A.M. 8.00 Thomas and Friends 8.30 Chhota Bheem 9.00 Krishna The Great 9.30 Chhota Bheem 10.00 Hagemaru 10.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.30 5.30 6.00

DISNEY CHANNEL

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

DISNEY XD

P.M. 1.30 Kiteretsu 5.30 Hulk and the Agents of SMASH 6.00 Spiderman 8.00 Iron Man Armored Adventures 9.00 Big Bad Beetleborgs 10.00 Telebrands A.M. 8.00 Kick Buttowski 8.30 Kid vs Kat 9.00 Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow 11.00 Keteretsu

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finery at its very best was seen as Shyamal and Bhumika Shodhan presented their stylish BRIDAL store and bridal studio at Kemps Corner. Showing off the beautiful bridal creations were Amruta Patki, Deepti Gujral and Candice Pinto, while in his groom-like best was Asif Azim. Checking it out were

Dia Mirza, Rashmi Nigam and Swati Shah who admired the antique doors, garments hanging from old Gujarati swing chains and the spiral staircase, all reminiscent of a royal haveli.

KIARA ADVANI

Making waves

SONAL CHAUHAN

EUROPEAN high-street fashion brand Vero

Divine wine

wines were in full FINE flow as Grover Zampa Vineyards launched the

Moda made waves as it launched its Marquee collection designed by filmmaker Karan Johar at Mehboob Studio. Kangana Ranaut was the stunning showstopper in a glittering black and silver short skirt and jacket ensemble. The bar was abuzz with Black Label and other spirits and the party continued with guests like Gauri Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Huma Qureshi, Manish Malhotra, Raveena Tandon, Neha Dhupia and Elli Avram.

Vijay Amritraj Reserve Collection white and red wines at The Leela. Seen at this sophisticated soiree were Kapil Grover, chairman, Grover Zampa Vineyards and Sumedh Mandla, CEO Grover Zampa Vineyards. Delectable hors d’oeuvres went well with the smooth red and white reserve wines, inimitable in its diversity yet smooth to the palate, gracefully wellrounded for a fabulous finish.

VIJAY AMRITRAJ & GUESTS

KANGANA RANAUT

Smooth ride

brand pillars of Audi – sporty, progressive and sophisticated THE – were seen at Varun Bahl’s spectacular show at the Audi 2015 Autumn Collection launch at the Sofitel. What you witnessed was

an infusion of India’s opulent crafts with cutting-edge pattern-making from the West. The sleek cars made their own style statement as did showstopper Katrina Kaif. And it was time for luxury drinks and dinner with guests like Ravi Shastri, Huma Qureshi, Sabina and Anil Chopra.

JAYA LAMBA & DIA MIRZA

Looking good

café and restaurant Le Pain BELGIAN Quotidien in Colaba was transformed into an art gallery showcasing some of the finest

WALUSCHA DE SOUSA

KATRINA KAIF

work of Jaya Lamba. Having a good look at the wondrous artworks were Dia Mirza, Bina Aziz, Mitali and Prahlad Kakkar among many others. And the talk was that the art had been influenced by the artist’s multitude of experiences spanning across cities and cultures with the bright red lines running through the canvases in a bold stroke.

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GIGANTIKA CROSSWORD

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ACROSS:

1.Legal documents (5)

4.Beach eyewear (10)

8.Disney character ———-Mouse (6)

13.Desert occurrence (9)

15.Failure to be present in court (3,10)

16.Goof (7)

17.Transitory (9) 18.Antelope (5)

19.Graphic representation of bivari-

ate data (7,7)

23.Clamorously (7)

26.Cigarette ingredient (8) 28.State of poor diet (12)

31.Porsche model (5)

32. ‘The Natural’ character (3,5)

33.Writer Hans Christian————(8) 36.Dairy cow (8)

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37. ‘Surprise’ baby game (4,1,3)

38.James Jones novel- ‘The Merry month– —-’(2,3)

40.First day of Lent (3,9)

42.Errors (8)

44.Hyundai model (7)

46.Christian Bale thriller film of 2000

(8,6)

49.Inn (5)

50.Large snakes (9)

53.Jummbled alphabets word (7)

55.Compound in the nervous system

(13)

56.German philosopher(9) 57.T V prime-time show (6)

58.Female theatre guides (10) 59.Ionic compounds (5)

DOWN:

1.Mustard plant (6)

2.450 mile boundary at Kashmir (4,2,7)

3.Techie administrator (5) 4.Ravage (7)

5.Foolish person (8)

6.Anil Kapoor’s daughter (5) 7.Lab trial (10)

9.Tel Aviv inhabitant (7)

(3,3,4)

11.Harvest (5)

27.Measuring instrument for fine wire

25.Sealing office material (10)

10. ‘Laya yoga’(9)

(7,7)

12.Shoes worn by Arthur Wellesley

29.Team sport (3,6)

(10,4)

30.Bear (8)

14.Indian tree (3)

34.Dome shape (13)

20. Xs and Os (3,3,3)

21.All American Slam server (6)

22.Tour de France conveyance (4,4) 24.Chinese destiny determiners

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Depreciation

and Amortization (6)

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39.Mall features (10)

48.Hot,glowing coals(6)

41.Pulsation (9)

49.Listens(5)

45.Hunting cry (5,2)

52.Error (3)

43.Kind of view (5,3)

47.Orisons (7)

51.Zinc——(5) 54.Cutting tools (5)

Solution (GIGANTIKA No. 209)

ACROSS: 1.Picks 4.Sleeveless 8.Serbia 13.Eliminate 15.Nursery School 16.Awkward 17.Parisians 18.Ropes 19.Engagement Ring 23.Nascent 26.Interest 28. Togetherness 31.Eater 32.Straight 33.Apostate 36.Creation 37.Shanghai 38. Legal 40.Princess Haya 42.Farewell 44.Succumb 46.Cloud Computing 49.Reels 50.Laevulose 52.Snowjob 54.Kiss Up To Paula 56.Grand Slam 57.Iodide 58.Exasperate 59.Reeds.

DOWN: 1.Prepay 2.Chicken Little 3.Saina 4.Swaddle 5.Venerate 6.Ler 7.Shemangoes 9.Escorts 10.Biosphere 11.Atlas 12.Eyes On The Prize 14.

Exp 20.Antarctic 21.Ensure 22.Iron Hand 24.Tesselate 25.Telescopes 27.Responsibility 29.Resilient 30.Mighty Mo 34.Angelina Jolie 35.Cheapo 39.Chicken Pox 41.Increased 43.Advocate 45.Iunsound 47.Postage 48.Obamas 49.Rikki 51.Ecg 53.Order 55.Ups.

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Virgo Amavasya till 11.43 a.m.

Uttaraphalguni Kanya (Virgo) P.Th. Lilac 6

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A fortunate period begins for you and you will be able to accomplish your goals in your career. Students will feel enthused to work hard to improve their grades. Success in academic and sports activities is assured. Home and family affairs proceed smoothly. You will be going on a long vacation with family and friends. Those in love will strengthen their bonds and if eligible, may even decide to get married.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Tall, imposing, well built, healthy and long-lived. Will be extremely impulsive, honest and hard working. Will be well educated, artistic, creative and humane. A career in any service industry social work, academics or a creative field will lead to gains and success.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): At work you need to be a bit more diplomatic today. Though it appears that your opponents have the upper hand, but you will win the day eventually. Handle the situation in a dignified diplomatic manner and you would have won the admiration of all concerned. You will be entertaining everyone till quite late at night. Trying to please everyone could tell on your nerves especially after a tough day at work.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You get praise for your honesty and integrity. Blocked funds are cleared and have liquidity again. Expenses on transport are high but cannot be avoided right now as things are beginning to look favorable again on the work front. Your health improves. The single will come across and interesting person from a different background but you may have lot in common.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Things are starting to work out.

Tread carefully ahead keeping the major objective in constant view. Do not get put down or influenced by those who think you are not doing enough to improve your lot. You are headed in the right direction it is only a matter of time when you will see tangible results.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Financial gains will accrue to you through travel related work. You will sign fresh contracts and agreements, which will prove profitable. Students starting out in a career will receive a lucrative offer. Sports persons will do well in competitions.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Later today you may get a tempting job or work offer from someone you do not know. You need to be cautious.

In a personal relationship that has faced some problems; a tender apology from you would work wonders. At a social gettogether you will be at your charming best.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Your ideas, receive recognition. Gains could come from unexpected sources. Your home appears to become the centre for major activity. Your relatives will seek your advice or indulgence in family affairs.

There could be a celebration or religious ceremony that will require your presence.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A minor clash of opinions at work might make you feel insecure about relationships in general. You will be spending the evening with the family. Try not to be overly sensitive with loved ones but look on the positive side of all that you have. Perhaps you are taking a lot for granted.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): It seems someone is trying to pass on a liability giving you false assurances of quick gains. It would be better to stay out of trouble.

Somehow you are a great support and help to other people or friend but your own life seems to be crumbling around you. Relax you will be able to manage any crisis.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Work matters are beginning to look optimistic again.

A bright idea could turn lucrative but you have to convince others. At home a number of differences are sure to surface.

Keeping calm will help you to find a solution soon. Change is something difficult to cope with at times but you will be pleasantly surprised with the love and support that you get from loved ones.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You are assured gradual growth though the slow pace could be annoyingly frustrating. Try not to take shortcuts for they could mean trouble. There may be a chance to create an alternate source of income. An opportunity arrives for you to try your hand at commission work. Find time for fitness to remain healthy.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You can look forward to some good news pertaining to work. Plans for a journey may change. Monetary gains will accrue to you from work completed earlier. Those in love have a strong bond and will share intimate moments of togetherness. You may buy something beautiful for the house.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You are likely to get time to indulge in things that you love to do. Monetary problems will now be sorted out. You will get some long overdue payment. If on the creative side you will be the centre of attention for your accomplishments. The domestic scene is fine.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5080

ACROSS: 4 You use one for boiling water (6) 7 Painstakingly careful (8) 8 Bureau (6) 10 Binge or an orgy (5) 13 Ladies' fingers (4) 14 Dupery (4) 15 Minuet follower, often (4) 16 A precious stone (3) 17 Smart and elegant (4) 19 As ___ as a rail? (4) 21 German parliament building (9) 23 ___ fiction : paperback novels (4) 24 Chemical ending (4) 26 Cause to move up and down (3) 27 Persian fairy (4) 29 Cut to required size (4) 32 Discover by searching or by accident (4) 33 To or on one direction, away or apart? (5) 34 Third month of the Jewish calendar (6) 35 State of being forgotten (8) 36 Fairly rough (6) DOWN: 1 Keep or hide away (5) 2 Venomous creeper (5) 3 Type of carbonaceous fuel or famous soft drink (4) 4 Military clothes (5) 5 "Take __ Train" (4) 6 Plant organism composed of fungus and alga in association (6) 9 Seedy (6) 11 Plague (3) 12 Microsoft ___ : spread-sheet software from Microsoft? (5) 13 Collection of fruit trees (7) 15 Habitual spasmodic twitching of fa-

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SUDOKU 2266 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

cial muscles (3) 16 Two-wheeled one-horse carriage (3) 18 60s dropout (6) 20 Arrests (5) 21 ___ the wrong way : irritate? (3) 22 ___ Lanka (3) 23 Burnish (6)

25 A young goat; a tease (3) 28 A diplomatic messenger (5) 30 Rigorous, unbending (5) 31 Implies or signifies (5) 32 The ___ side : the reverse side of a disc or a coin? (4) 33 Etcher's need (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Batata, 5 Mea, 8 Is no, 9 Buck, 10 Tories, 11 Resistant, 13 Olio, 15 Nit, 16 Bhatt, 17 Naomi, 20 Elm, 22 Cry, 23 Sayso, 24 Upend, 26 Ope, 27 Eero, 28 Jharkhand, 31 Soviet, 32 Harm, 33 Rout, 34 Aga, 35 Pegged.

DOWN: 1 Bottom, 2 Terribly, 3 Tier, 4 Assents, 5 Mohit, 6 Abet, 7 Economy, 12 Sit, 14 Ohms, 18 Acne, 19 Ordering, 20 Each-way, 21 Opens up, 24 Up a, 25 Looted, 26 Ohara, 29 Rama, 30 Dote.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2085 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: W equals P

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

Z

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Afternoon WORD MINE

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.

Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.

Today’s ratings: 23 average; 26 good; 28 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: alum, calm, clam, CLAMOROUS, coma, cram, loam, loom, maul, molar, moor, moral, mural, roam, room, scram, scum, slam, slum, sumac.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

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Nita Ambani, founding chairperson, Football Sports Development along with FC Goa Arthur Antunes Coimbra [Zico] and former Arsenal mid-fielder Robert Pires during an event in the city on Tuesday.

By Neil Joshi

M

UMBAI: Legendary Brazilian footballer Arthur Antunes Coimbra aka Zico messmerised one and all with the ball during his playing days and replicated with wearing the coach's hat when he brought a turnaround to the Japanese national side. The results were for the world to see.

However, with his new assignment at FC Goa, as a coach, Zico believes that a turnaround overnight in Indian football is impossible adding that he isn't a magician as the popular sentiment says.

Zico was in the city along with

former French and Arsenal mid-fielder Robert Pires, Nita Ambani, founding chairperson, Football Sports Development, owners Venugopal N Dhoot, Dattaraj V. Salgaocar and Shrinivas Dempo and actor Varun Dhawan were present at an event to announce cricketerVirat Kohli as its new co-owner and ambassador.

Zico during an interaction said while the Indian players want to play good football, they often forget what is their function in the side. He said that he wanted to help the game in India but would take time and that people shouldnt take him for a 'magician'. “I

have seen some of them, they have got good physically. Very often they want to play a good game but forget what is their function.We will give them the directions, now it is for the players to follow. I have just had a look at them, I can take a call on them in few days time.

I am not a magician in football. Give me some time, only then I can say what is their standard and where they are,” said Zico, coach FC Goa.

football as a mere secondary sport to baseball, Zico said India case is quite similar to Japan as here, cricket is revered as the number one sport. However, the 61-yearold coach said there was enough room for both the sports to spread their room and grow judiciously in order to reach to its optimum level.

He added that he would implement the same mechanism that he used in Japan to grow football in that nation.

“What all that I implemented in Japan, that I am going to apply in India. In Japan, baseball was the number one sport, like cricket is in India. And today, there is space for each in and every game in all parts of the world.

Japan and India are big countries, there can be many people who can be playing cricket and the same goes for football.

Football has grown in Japan but that doesn't mean baseball has gone down, football also has grown. Players here dont know what is to be a professional footballer, and even in Japan it was the same thing, so they needs to train in physical strength, take good rest and eat well so as to grow as a footballer,” said the Brazilian.

WON'T COACH INDIA On being asked whether he would don the coaching hat of the Indian football team which is seeing its worst phase and talks are on to replace current coach Wim Kovermanns, he FOOTBALL AND OTHER said that he at present had not SPORTS CAN CO-EXIST intentions to coach India and While understanding about wanted to concentrate on FC the nuances of Japanese foot- Goa. “No. I want to help [the ball who once struggled at the players in Goa]. First, we want world events, and considered to get good result with FC Goa.”

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Sania-Cara qualify for Year-End World finals

Tennis ace Sania Mirza after a practice session at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Tuesday.

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INGAPORE: The IndoZimbawbwean combination of Sania Mirza and Cara Black became the fourth pair to qualify for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore, next month.

It would be Mirza's maiden appearance at the event, the WTA announced in a press release.

Black would be making her 11th appearance in the competition having qualified for the previous 10 years with three different partners - Elena Likhovtseva, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber.

Sania and Cara would compete in the eight-team doubles competition, joining Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, and defending champions Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-Wei,

who qualified earlier.

"Cara and I are excited to have qualified for the WTA Finals and look forward to competing against the best teams in the world," Mirza said in the WTA statement.

"I'll be making my first appearance at the season finale while for Cara it's the first time since she became a mother, so we have lots to celebrate already. We're having a great year and we hope to continue that success with a great run in Singapore," she said.

"Cara and Sania have proven to be not only one of the best WTA doubles partnerships on the court, but also inspirational leaders off the court to fans worldwide - Cara as a mother and Sania for the millions of fans in India," said Stacey Allaster.

MUMBAI: Anandji Dossa, India’s first cricket statistician, passed away in his sleep in New York on Monday. He had celebrated his 98th birthday on September 15. He along with his wife had moved to the United States of America to be with their daughters.

He was a cricket historian was considered the doyen of Indian cricket's scoring and statistics. Dossa, a former cricketer who was a reserve in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy squad but could not break into the side, made an immense contribution to Indian cricket by introducing the culture of cricket scoring and stats. He did live scoring for all major cricket in India for the All India Radio for the first three decades of independent India. He was the chairman of the Indian cricket board's

statistical committee for a few years from 1973. When the Association of Indian Cricket Statisticians and Scorers (ACSSI) was formed in the 1980s, he served as its first President. The association's yearly award (Anandji Dossa Trophy) for the best scorer and the C. C. I. library at the Brabourne Stadium are named after him.

He also groomed a spree of cricket statisticians and scorers. His famous scrapbooks, with newspaper cuttings of every India match from their first Test in 1932 until the 1990s, are an encyclopedia of Indian cricket in itself. He had a habit of noting down minor details in his scrapbook, a technique which has evolved into an integral part of cricket scoring.

UMBAI: Strong title contenders Indian Oil showed good understanding and excellent teamwork as they combined effectively to subdue holders Western Railway 7-3 in a Super Division match of the PMC BankMHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) League, played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, here, on Tuesday evening.

The Indian Oil outfit, boasting of an array of former Indian stars in their ranks started off in dazzling fashion as they pieced together some slick passing bouts to unsettle the Western defence and scored from quick counter-attacks to take a commanding 5-0 half-time lead. They maintained the momentum in the second and added two more goals while conceding three as they went on to record their eight straight win in the competition. Olympians Prabhjot Singh and captain Deepak Thakur, along with international Roshan Minz, worked in tandem and they shared the seven goals. Roshan

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Statistician Anandji Indian Oil derail Western, sit pretty at the top M Dossa dies at 98

Indian Oil and Western Railway players battle for the position of the ball during the MHAL League at MHA Stadium on Tuesday. scored the first and third goals, while Prabhjot hammered in the second, fifth and sixth goals and Thakur slotted in the fourth and seventh goals. Western reduced the deficit with Amit Rohidass, K. Suresh and Jaykaran scoring a goal each.

Earlier, Air India still smarting from their 2-7 defeat against Punjab National Bank two days back, put up another unimpressive display against Central Railway in the

first match of the day. After taking an early 2-0 lead Air India surrendered the advantage to the railwaymen, who scored three goals through international Yuvraj Walimik before Olympian Vikram Pillay found the net five minutes from the final whistle for his second goal and the equalizer to help Air India walk away with a point. Pillay opened the scoring for Air India in the second minute before V.S. Vinaya netted the second six

minutes later.

In the third match played under floodlights, Punjab National Bank (PNB) worked hard for the 1-0 win against a doughty Indian Navy.

Damandeep Singh scored the lone goal in the first half.

Indian Oil with an all-win record, are firmly perched atop the 11-team standings with 24 points. The oilmen have games in hand against Punjab National Bank and Air India and are best played to directly qualify for the finalnext Monday.

Results – Super Division: Air India 3 (Vikram Pillay 2nd, 65th, V.S. Vinaya 8th) drew with Central Railway 3 (Yuvraj Walmiki 53rd, 55th, 63rd). Man-of-thematch: Yuvraj Walmiki (Central Railway). Indian Oil 7 (Roshan Minz 6th, 16th, Prabhjot Singh 9th, 27th, 53rd, Deepak Thakur 20th, 57th) beat Western Railway 3 (Amit Rohidass 43rd, K. Suresh 55th, Jaykaran 69th). Man-of-thematch: Vikas Sharma (Indian Oil).

Punjab National Bank 1 (Damandeep Singh) beat Indian Navy 0. Man-of-thematch: Damandeep Singh (PNB).

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MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

WELL DONE GOLDFINGER Bindra breaks Asiad jinx, wins individual bronze

By SS Ramaswamy

I

NCHEON:: Star Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra broke his Asian Games jinx by clinching his first individual medal - a bronze - in the men's 10m air rifle and then said it could be his last major international competition as he has decided to become a hobby shooter from now on.

The 2008 Olympic gold medal winner, who powered the country to the team bronze in the company of teammates Sanjeev Rajput and Ravi Kumar earlier while qualifying for the finals with the fifth-best score, kept his cool in the face of stiff challenge in the eight-man finals before being eliminated after the 18th shot when his total score read 187.1 to take the bronze.

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist had a fine sequence of scores barring 9.9 and 9.6 on his 6th and 12th shots, and had to be content with the bronze medal after shooting 10.6 and 10.7 in his last two shots.

The gold medal was won by 18-year-old Chinese sensation Yang Haoran who came into the tournament as the clear favourite after winning the world title at Granada, Spain just prior to the Games.

The reigning Asian champion and World Cup final winner of 2013 tallied 209.6 to

India's Abhinav Bindra celebrates after winning bronze medal in the 10m air rifle individual eventat the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range at the 17th Asian Games at Incheon, South Korea on Tuesday.

push teammate and defending champion Cao Yifei, who aggregated 208.9, to the silver.

Bindra later told waiting reporters that he will only be a hobby shooter after today but will still strive to qualify for the Rio Olympic Games in that capacity. "I am very happy with the medal. I shot very well. From now onwards I am going to be a hobby shooter, training twice a week only. I will still take part in the qualification trials," he said.

In trap women's team finals, India's Shreyasi Singh (66 pts) Seema Tomar (63) and Shagun Chowdhary (59) finished at eighth place after scoring a total of 188.

In men's 25-m rapidfire pistol event, Harpreet Singh was lying seventh with a score of 290 after qualification stage 1, while the other two shooters Gurpreet Singh and Pemba Tamang finished way behind.

As a team also, they could not do much at the Gyeonggido Shooting Range.

In the 10-metre range, Chandigarh sharp shooter Bindra's sequence of scores in the finals read 10.4, 10.5, 10.2, 10.5, 10.4, 9.9, 10.3, 10.9, 10.4, 10.7, 10.3, 9.6, 10.4, 10.5, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, 10.7. This is the first individual medal in Asian Games for the master rifle shooter. He had won a team bronze four years ago and added one to that this morning with another team bronze.

I am going to be a hobby shooter from tomorrow: Bindra Olympics." However, he was not emphatic whether this was his last major meet or not.

"May be, I don't know," he said.

The shooter, who had won a historic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, nurtures hopes of qualifying for the Rio Games but without the sort of dedicated effort needed to practice the art day in and out. "I will still go to

By SS Ramaswamy

I

NCHEON: After capping off his remarkable career as a full-time marksman by winning two bronze at the Asian Games here today, India's lone individual Olympic gold medallist Abhinav Bindra said he will only be a "hobby shooter" from now on.

Having broken the Asiad jinx with a bronze in the men's 10m air rifle individual event, after piloting the team to a third-place finish, Bindra, referring to yesterday's tweets, indicated that his career as a serious exponent was over.

"The tweet is very easy to understand, I don't know what the confusion is. I said that for twenty years I have been a professional shooter living a life where I did nothing but shoot - day in and out training my heart out. But

Bronze medal winning Indian team members Abhinav Bindra, Ravi Kumar and Sanjeev Rajput during the presentation ceremony of 10m air rifle men's team event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range. from tomorrow, I am a hobby shooter and will train twice a week, that's it," Bindra said.

He made it clear that it was a well thought-out decision and not a spur of the moment one. "It was not a sudden decision. I don't know how I will

do (as a hobby shooter) as I have always been a shooter who has given his best," he added.

Asked about the Rio Olympics, he said, "I have just answered the question, what can I say about the Rio

the domestic trials and see if I can make the team and I will only compete at the World Cup if I am at a certain level. I don't want to go to the World Cup shooting 620. If I am able to shoot at the level I am shooting at the moment I will make an attempt. Otherwise I will perhaps give my chance to the next person," said Bindra.

The Glasgow Commonwealth Games gold medallist,

I am absolutely delighted with what I have achieved. In shooting there's nothing within the reach, it has to happen. That's how it happens in this sport. I implore you to watch more shooting you will understand it much better. This is exactly how it happens all the time.I feel fine. I am tired, want to eat something, want to go home. I will be checking out of the village at 3 pm. The Asian Games is officially over for me. Perhaps I will catch it on TV.

ABHINAV BINDRA, BRONZE MEDALLIST, ASIAN GAMES

who powered the country to the team bronze in the company of teammates Sanjeev Rajput and Ravi Kumar while qualifying for the finals, shot 187.1 to take the individual honour.

Bindra said he was happy with his effort and the result here. "There is no question of relief, I did a good job. Relief is not the emotion I am not feeling. I feel happy. I think I shot very well in the finals. I shot very well in the competition. I worked very hard and had a fine day."

"I am absolutely delighted with what I have achieved. In shooting there's nothing within the reach, it has to happen. That's how it happens in this sport. I implore you to watch more shooting you will understand it much better. This is exactly how it happens all the time," he added.

XVII ASIAN GAMES Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

DOWN WITH A

SILVER LINING Ghosal squanders two-game lead to lose gold medal match

By SS Ramaswamy

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NCHEON: Asia number one and tournament top seed Saurav Ghosal snatched defeat from the jaws of victory after squandering a commanding 2-0 lead against Abdullah Al Muzayen in the men’s singles squash final and disappointingly settled for the silver medal at the Asian Games.

The Indian world no 16 led his 58 seeded Kuwaiti rival 12-10, 11-2 when Abdullah came up a stunning turnaround to turn the tables on Ghosal for the gold. Abdullah, ranked 46th in the world but considered to be among the rising stars, produced top drawer stuff when he was down and out for the count to

manage a 10-12, 2-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-9 win that stunned the Indian camp, and the player especially, into deep despair, notwithstanding that it was country's first ever silver from the squash courts in Games history.

Abdullah hustled and bustled around the court to catch the Indian on the wrong side of the court with some stunning winners, especially from the back of the court. He moved around panther-like to retrieve whatever the Indian threw at him in the last three games after showing his qualities as a top player in the opener which he lost over extra points after saving a few game balls.

Abdullah conceded the second game without a fight to conserve himself in the bruising 88-minutelong encounter, a fact conceded later by Ghosal, and the match was replete with thrilling rallies as well as some questionable line calls, a majority of them going against the Indian when the Kuwaiti was stag-

ing his fight back.

Ghosal could have won the match in straight games had he converted the match-ball at 12-11 in the third but the Kuwaiti produced a brilliant shot to wrest back the initiative and then won the crucial game over extra points.

Ghosal, in fact had to rally from 48 to catch up his rival and even held

In a match like this I am sure he would be disappointed with a few decisions and I am going to be disappointed with a few. I don’t know whether I was right to be disappointed or not. I am inside. I don’t have the benefit of the view from outside.

I don’t want to read too much into it.

India's Saurav Ghosal reacts after losing to Kuwait's Abdullah Al Muzayen [lying on the floor] in the men's individual squash final event.

India survive Jordan scare in Ghosal’s absence

INCHEON: India, sans singles silver medallist Saurav Ghosal, scraped through Jordan 2-1 in their opening Pool B match of the Asian Games squash competition. Kush Kumar and the experienced Harinder Pal Sandhu won their singles matches to take India home in the absence of Ghosal, who sat out of the match after losing an 87-minute long final earlier today. Mahesh Mangaonkar went down in the second singles. Kumar, who became the first Indian to make World Junior Championships semifinals last month, beat Albraikat Saif Yousef Irsheid 11-6 11-7 11-9 to give his team a 1-0 advantage in the contest. a match point after the scores were level at 11-all but could not convert it as the Kuwaiti produced a sudden winner from nowhere.

By this time the tides had turned and the Indian could only watch helplessly as his rival stormed his way to clinch the fourth and fifth games after leading by 4 or 5 points midway.

At 7-10 in the deciding fifth game it looked curtains for the Indian who fought back and came up to 910 with a fore court winner. But then the referee did not even call ‘let’ when the Kuwaiti looked to be obstructing the Indian in the next point which proved to be the final nail on the Indian’s gold medal hope. Ghosal, distraught and inconsolable after the game and shedding tears of frustration in the mixed zone where the reporters were waiting to talk to him, said he would not blame the referee’s decisions for his loss and gave his rival wholesome credit.

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SAURAV GHOSAL, SILVER MEDALLIST, MEN’S SINGLES SQUASH

Ashish India manage 7-0 win against Oman Gymnast disappoints

NCHEON: Wushu players delivered two bronze through Yumnam Sanathoi Devi and Narender NCHEON: Despite drag-flick specialGrewal after they lost their respecist VR Raghunath missing as many tive semifinal contests to cap off as eight penalty corners and RupinIndia's campaign on an impressive derpal Singh sustaining a serious note on the fourth day of the comthigh injury, India managed a 7-0 vicpetitions at the Asian Games. tory over minnows Oman in the men's Sanathoi lost to Zhang Luan of hockey event. For India, Rupinderpal China in women's Sanda 52kg cate(18th, 19th min) successfully congory semifinals, while Grewal was verted two penalty corners before defeated by Jean Claude Saclag of limping off the field after scoring the Philippines in men's Sanda 60kg semifinals. Both the Indians went second goal. The unbelievably offcolour Raghunath (39th, 60th min+) down in identical 0-2 'Win by managed two goals via penalty stroke Round' verdicts.

The two bronze today ensured that wushu players managed to equal the two medals they bagged was clearly the better player in the in the 2010 edition in Guangzhou, contest and it was no surprise that China where India won a silver and the Manipuri lost in first two rounds. a bronze.

But, it was a tough fight between Sanathoi could not give much fight to her Chinese opponent who Grewal and Jean Claude and the In-

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and penalty corner.

Akshdeep Singh (33rd), Ramandeep Singh (54th) and Danish Mujtaba (60th) were the other scorers. The worrying factor for India will be ace drag-flicker Rupinderpal's injury before the crucial game against arch-rivals Pakistan. After a barren first quarter, India opened the account in the 18th minute when Rupinderpal's rasping drag-flick hit the top of the right side.

dian was really aggressive against his Filipino opponent. Grewal even threw down his opponent thrice in the two rounds, including one out of the mat leading to the Filipino getting a Fall-Off against his name.

India's Ashish Kumar and Aditya Singh Rana failed to make a mark in the Individual All-Around gymnastic final after ending 12th and 17th respectively at the Namdong Gymnasium in the ongoing Asian Games.

Japan's Yuva Kamoto won the gold and his teammate Masayoshi Yamamoto bagged the silver, while South Korea's Sangwook Lee stood third on the podium.

Ashish, who won a bronze in Men's floor exercise and later a silver medal in Men's vault in 2010 Guanghzou Games, started off well in the Floor Excercise and fared better in the Vault, but came a cropper in the remaining disciplines.

SHORT CUT Women riders perform miserably at Equestrian event

Indian women Shruti Vohra and Nadia Haridass finished a disappointing 8th and last respectively in the Women's Dressage Individual Intermediate event at Equestrian competion of the 18th Asian Games.

The event was won by by South Korea's Dongsen Kim while compatriot Youngshik Hwang got the silver. Rischka Gading of Indonesia won the bronze in the event. Shruti riding a horse named 'Akira' scored an average 69.375 percent having scored 71.6 percent in the 'Artistic' round while she could manage only 67.15 percent in the 'technical' round.

Indian rowers enter medal round

Indian rower Sawarn Singh Virk made the final of men's single sculls and the double sculls and lightweight quadruple sculls teams too entered the medal round.

Sawarn claimed the top place in repechage 1 of the 2000 metre race in seven minutes and 10.93 seconds. The 24-year-old Indian finished ahead of Memo Memo of Indonesia, who took seven minutes and 13.38 seconds to complete the race at the Chungju Tangeum Lake Rowing Center.

India lose to Philippines in basketball

After topping their group in the qualifiers, India had a disappointing outing in the opening game of the preliminary round as they went down against Philippines 76-85 in the ongoing Asian Games basketball competition. The Amritpal Singh-led side struggled from the start against a clinical Philippines, trailing 16-24 by the first quarter. Team Philippines gained ground in the second quarter, increasing the gap to 13 points and India were lagging behind 56-70 after the third quarter.

Deborah, Vargheese finish 9th, 10th

Indian cyclists continued to struggle in the Asian Games as Deborah and K Vargheese finished 9th & 10th respectively in women's sprint qualifying at the Incheon International Velodrome. Deborah and Vargheese clocked 12.118 and 12.897 with an average speed of 59.415 and 55.826 respectively to occupy the last two spots. China's Tianshi Zhong produced a timing of 10.780 to create an Asian Games Record and top the list, while Hong Kong's Sze Wai Lee and China's Junhong Lin were in the second and third position after clocking 10.831 and 11.116 respectively.

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XVII ASIAN GAMES Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

AT SUN SHINES AS FIRST INDIA THE GAMES DRUGS CASE HITS ASIAD BADMINTON: India vs Nepal:

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NCHEON:: Chinese swimming superstar Sun Yang stormed past his rivals to an emphatic 400 metres freestyle win as the Asian Games was rocked by its first positive drugs test. The world and Olympic champion hit back from his shock 200m loss to Kosuke Hagino as he dominated the Japanese and South Korea's Park Tae-Hwan, winning comfortably by 1.3 seconds.

Sun roared in celebration at the win, among five for China on the night as they finally hit form in the pool and leapt ahead of Japan 10-7 in the swimming titles tally.

It completed a triumphant day for Asia's powerhouse, which has long dominated the regional Olympics and has now accumulated 39 gold medals, more than double the 17 gathered by second-placed South Korea.

There was controversy elsewhere after it emerged that a footballer

The Central Asian republic are due to play Iraq in the second round of the men's football on Thursday.

The doping case comes after two incidents of alleged sexual assault at the Games, involving an Iranian football official and a member of the Palestinian team.

Sun, who blamed a thumb injury for his 200m loss to Hagino, strolled out for the race wearing a pair of gold headphones and he kept his cool when Hagino shot out to an early lead. The towering Chinese reeled him in by the halfway mark and powered away over the second 200m to take Park's Asiad crown, as he did in Gold medalist China's Sun Yang, centre, stands on the podium with silver the same event at the 2012 Olympics. medalist Japan's Kosuke Hagino, left, and bronze medalist South Korea's Olympic champion Ye Shiwen Park Tae-whan after winning the men's 400-meter freestyle final at the 17th crushed the competition in the Asian Games in Incheon. women's 400m medley, Ning Zetao won the men's 50m freestyle and from Tajikistan had become the first a source told AFP, adding that the as Chen Xinyi won the women's 100m athlete at the Incheon Games to fail yet unidentified player would be butterfly before China's women fina doping test. "It's a confirmed case," kicked out of tournament. ished off with 4x200m freestyle gold.

Kazakhs have power to lord it in the ring

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NCHEON: China and India dominated the Asian Games boxing four years ago in Guangzhou, but when a new-look competition begins Wednesday fast-improving Kazakhstan could pack the biggest punch.

Gone from Incheon will be protective head gear after the Amateur International Boxing Association shook up the rules last year. Gone also will be displaying the score at the end of each round to prevent boxers who have built up a lead from coasting home.

And almost certainly gone appear to be China's hopes of more than one or two medals despite being the leading nation in Guangzhou with five titles -- including all three in the inaugural women's competition -while India had five finalists, taking two golds. Kazakhstan swept up seven men's titles out of 10 at last year's Asian championships, and four of those winners will be aiming to add Asian Games golds.

Dychko, in particular, looks on an unstoppable march towards gold, having taken the silver in Guangzhou four years ago. Since then he tucked away an Olympic bronze medal in 2012 and last year both a world championships silver and an Asian championships gold.

Welterweight world and Asian champion Daniyar Yeleussinov is also a hot selection to defend his Asian Games title from four years ago. And Kazakhstani compatriot Adilbek Niyazymbetov is ranked number one in the world at light heavyweight having won silver in the 2012 Olympics and last year's world and Asian championships.

China look very lightweight by comparison with none of their five gold medallists from Guangzhou returning, including the outstanding flyweight Zou Shiming who turned professional after winning a second Olympic gold in London and is lining up a world title tilt next year.

Drunk intruder causes stir at Games village

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EOUL: Police have questioned a South Korean man who is accused of intruding into the Asian Games athletes' village while he was drunk and yelling at athletes.

The 53-year-old man allegedly followed food suppliers into the security perimeter and inside a restaurant at the village on Monday before shouting at players who were there for lunch, police inspector Song Myeong-su said.

Song said North Korean judo representatives were among the athletes at the restaurant, but added that the verbal outburst didn't specifically target the North Koreans.

Song said the man has no known links with any anti-Pyongyang civic group. Police have allowed the man to return home and haven't decided whether or not to press charges, Song said.

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NCHEON: Taiwan's Lin Tzu-chi broke two world records to snatch gold from China's Deng Wei in the women's 63kg at the Asian Games and warned her rival she could lift even more weight.

In another extraordinary afternoon at the Incheon Moonlight Gardens weightlifting arena, four world records were erased as Lin and Deng fought out a titanic battle.

Lin took the lead with a clean and jerk lift of 143kg for a 259kg aggregate which smashed the old world record of 257kg set back in 2007. Deng then strode out and hoisted a world record 144kg clean and jerk, to equal Lin's total and go into gold medal position by virtue of lower bodyweight.

Lin, with one lift remaining, somehow hauled 145kg above her head to condemn Deng to silver and set more world records for both the clean and jerk and the combined (261kg) in the process.

"Next championship I will be

stronger and do even better," Lin told AFP, looking ahead to November's world championships in Kazakhstan.

"Actually, I knew I could make this weight because I had achieved it in training," Lin added.

Lin, the 2013 Asian champion at 58kg, had started the competition as favourite along with Deng, a world champion at 58kg last year, despite both being something of an unknown quantity at 63kg after stepping up in weight. "First, congratulations to Lin for winning gold," Deng said. "I did well, but it wasn't my full potential. I wasn't capable of beating her today. I will be striving to reverse the result in the next championship."

North Korea's Jo Pok-Hyang, a seasoned 63kg lifter, was expected to challenge the top two but in her first snatch attempt she dropped the bar weighing 107kg dangerously on to her back, bringing gasps from the stunned audience.

Women's doubles round of 32 (P Gadre/N Sikki Reddy): (0650 IST), India vs Maldives: Men's doubles round of 32 (Sumeet Reddy/Manu Attri): (0730 IST),India vs China: Men's doubles round of 32 (Akshay Dewalkar/Pranav Chopra), Women's singles round of 32: Saina Nehwal v U Teng Lok (Macau); P V Sindhu v Wong Kit Len (Macau).

BASKETBALL: India v Iran: Men's preliminary Group E (1030 IST).

EQUESTRIAN: Eventing men's team dressage (0430 IST).

HOCKEY: India vs China: Women's pool A match (1330 IST).

ROWING: Lightweight men's singles sculls final A (Dushyant Dushiant (0725 IST).

SAILING: Optimist men's one person dinghy race 1: Chitra Tatha (0830 IST), 29er women's 2-person dinghy race 1: Varsha Gautam, N Aishwarya (0830 IST), Laser radial women's 1-person dinghy race 1 (Nethra Kumanan (0830 IST), Optimist women's 1person dinghy race 1: Ramya Saravanan (0830 IST).

SEPAKTAKRAW: India v Thailand: Men's Group A preliminaries (0530 IST); India v Thailand: Women's Group B preliminaries (1100 IST).

SHOOTING: 25m rapid fire pistol men's qualification stage 2: Gurpreet Singh, Pemba Tamang, Harpreet Singh (0530 IST), Team final (0530 IST), Women's 50m rifle prone team and individual finals: Lajja Gauswami, Raj Chaudhry, Tejaswini Muley (0530 IST).

SQUASH: Hong Kong vs India: Women's team Group B (0630 IST), India vs Pakistan: Women's team Group B (1330 IST), India vs China: Men's Group B (1430 IST).

SWIMMING: Men's 100m butterfly heat 3: Sajan Prakash, Men's 100m breastroke heat 3: Sandeep Sejwal (0900 IST).

VOLLEYBALL: India vs Thailand: Women's preliminary Group B (0930 IST), India v Maldives: Men's preliminary Group C (1130 IST).

WEIGHTLIFTING: Men's 85kg Group B: Vikas Thakur (1030 IST).

MEDALS TALLY G S B T 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13

China 40 22 20 82 Korea 19 19 21 59 Japan 16 22 22 60 Kazakhstan 4 4 10 18 DPR Korea 3 4 7 14 Mongolia 3 3 6 12 Malaysia 2 2 2 6 Chinese Taipei 2 1 5 8 Myanmar 2 0 0 2 India 1 1 9 11