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About Mangalyaan

Cost: Rs.450 crore Weight: 1,350 kg Distance covered: 666 million km Mission began on Nov. 5, 2013 and ended yesterday

YESTERDAY MOM HAS MET MANGAL AND MANGAL HAS MET MOM

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi congratulating the ISRO Chairman, K Radhakrishnan after successful Insertion of Mars

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ANGALORE: India yesterday created space history by successfully placing its low-cost Mars spacecraft in orbit around the Red Planet in its very first attempt, catapulting the country into an elite club of three nations.

Watched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, ISRO scientists successfully ignited the main 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) and eight small thrusters that fired for 24-minutes from 7.17 AM and slowed down the speed of Mars Orbiter Mission

HISTORIC ISRO FEAT: MARS ORBITAL MISSION (MOM) SPACECRAFT MANGALYAAN IS NOW IN MARS ORBIT

(MOM) spacecraft 'Mangalyaan' for it to slip into a smooth orbit around the Red Planet after almost an year-long voyage.

“Today MOM has met Mangal (Mars). Today Mangal has got MOM. The time this mission was short named as MOM, I was sure that MOM won’t disappoint us,” Modi, who wore a red coloured jacket, said announcing the Rs.450 crore mission's success, after nerve-wracking final Continued on pg 12 «

Now, CCTV cameras all over?

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The Andhra Pradesh government recently passed an ordinance stating that CCTV cameras should be placed at all the public places which mark the presence of more than 100 people at a time

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onsidering the history of terror strikes in Mumbai, Zicom India, an Indian electronicsecurity systems company, has made an appeal to the Maharashtra government to install CCTVs at all public places. A reference of the ordinance passed by the Andhra Pradesh government on September 11 has been given.

According to this ordinance, it is compulsory to install CCTV cam-

eras in all the public places which mark the presence of more than 100 people at a time. It states that all the establishments have to install the cameras within the next six months and the footage has to be stored for at least 30 days and make it available for inspection whenever required.

If a similar rule is passed by other states, the Indian Electronic industry will grow at the rate of 20 to 22 per cent every year till 2015.

“This is a welcome move by the

Andhra Pradesh government for the safety of people and the establishments as well,” said Pramoud Rao, Managing Director, Zicom India. “In fact, the Andhra Pradesh government sets an example for all the state governments to follow.

Safety of its citizens’ life and property should be the prime concern for any responsible government, leave aside the growth of industry, the industry will grow eventually,” concluded Rao.

Seaplane from Mumbai to Lonavla a hit The service is getting popular

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he Mumbai to Lonavla seaplane service which was launched in August is proving to be a hit among Mumbaikars and tourists. A oneway trip from Juhu to Pawana Dam costs Rs.4,000.

An official from Mehair said, “All the flights from Mumbai to Pawana Dam, Lonavla were totally booked till September 15. The response we are getting is huge and even after the innaugral period special offers getting over, there are many passengers who are booking round trip flights.”

The plane, which flies at a height of about 7,000 ft, gives passengers a bird’s eye view of the city. The service was recently launched in Maharashtra with Cessna 208 Amphibian aircraft (9 seater) and Cessna 206 Amphibian (4 seater).

MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis

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ndian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) is starting a mission called ‘Avoid Antibiotic Abuse’ to create and foster awareness on antibiotic resistance and rational antibiotic use among doctors and public. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has also joined the IAP in this mission.

While September 28 has been declared Rational Antibiotic Day, the week beginning from September 28 to October 5 will be observed as ‘Antibiotic Awareness Week’.

IAP with 23,000 members and over 325 branches in the country has plans to take out rallies, put up posters in the waiting areas of clinics and hospitals and at the chemist shops on dangers of improper antibiotic use.

Seafood festival at Mahesh Lunch home

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...And my agenda will take care of the voters’ total health!

IAP launches Antibiotics Awareness Week

ahesh Lunch Home, established by S C Karkera in 1977 spearheading Mangalorean food across cities, is much liked by celebrities and families alike.

The first restaurant in Mumbai to serve authentic Mangalorean food, it is currently celebrating the Seafood festival relishing 40 exotic coastal delicacies with complimentary beverages. The festival will end on September 30.

Apart from Mumbaikars, customers from across the globe like Singapore, Hong Kong, United States, Dubai and others fly down to grab their favourite sea food here.

Under the supervision of Chef M Malik, a taste of Mangalorean masalas especially prepared by the chef’s group is relished by

its customers.

The most famous dishes here are Surmai Curry, Macchi Tandoor ki Shaan, Dakshin style Spicy Fried fish/Prawns, Kerala Seafood stew and Grilled fish in lemon butter sauce.

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Beware, ye errant drivers!

The texting gun is here

TEXTING while driving can be incredibly dangerous and in most countries it is completely outlawed.

That doesn’t stop some thoughtless motorists from trying to compose a message while flying along a motorway, though, increasing the chance of a fatal accident.

But now one company claims to have developed a ‘texting gun’ that can recognise the frequency of a text message, allowing police to fine people for doing it.

In the UK, it is illegal to use your phone at all when driving, while the law varies in the US from state to state – most

SWEET ACHIEVEMENT: The dabbawallas of the metropolis celebrate the successful mission to Mars by feeding ladoos to one another.

MOM's feat: Dabbawallas celebrate

Whenever a national event happens, the dabbawallas are the first to respond: the success of the Mars mission made them put aside their dabbas for a while and celebrate. A bagful of ladoos was brought by one of them and there was happy celebration. That is their sweet way of celebration.

They add to the colourful ways of the city. They render a useful service to Mumbaikars -particularly office-goers: they bring mid-day meals for thousands from distant homes in the suburbs. They all do this without any fuss.

They appear to have some sort of union or association. They hold meetings, fix the price for their services. They interact quite a lot and work for collective well-being.

They almost look like the members of a family.

Their dress is simple. They wear a white shirt, white cap and dhoti.

This dress shows them apart and it does attract. It attracted the attention of Britain's Royalty: A prince from Britain who was visiting Mumbai noticed them. Hewas so impressed he invited them to Buckingham Palace, London. The dabbawallas were the prince's guests when they went to London.

They must have thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Sit up straight for a better sex life!

It's well-known that slouching is bad for our backs.

But poor posture can make you depressed, angry and can even kill your libido, according to a new study.

People who slouch also use

more negative words and become more self-conscious and selfabsorbed, researchers found.

Good posture means keeping your body in correct alignment by maintaining the natural curves of the spine when sitting, standing or lying down. It's essential to prevent back and neck pain, among other things.

Yet our stressful, sedentary lives are causing us to develop bad habits such as slouching, slumping and a lack of exercise, according to Sammy Margo, a spokesperson for the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists.

“As well as the more obvious

problems, slouching squashes the abdominal area, reducing its supply of oxygen and nutrients.

“This impairs digestion, leading to feelings of lethargy and sluggishness. Poor posture also leads to shallow breathing. When this occurs, the body perceives itself to be under attack and this exacerbates feelings of stress, which hampers sleep and energy levels.”

This, in turn, means we're less likely to have energy for any action between the sheets at the end of the day - or even want it in the first place.As part of the new study, researchers looked at the effects of slumping or sitting up straight on 74 people in New Zealand.Upright participants reported higher selfesteem, more arousal, better mood

and lower fear compared to slumped participants.

App that makes the blind see

Screen readers for the blind aren’t new, but they typically cost in the region of $250 (Rs.15,250) to $1,500 (Rs.91,500).

But now a Massachusetts firm has developed a screen reading app for iOS devices that detects and reads any text aloud, and costs a relatively cheap $99 (Rs.5,940).

The KNFB Reader app is capable of scanning for text – even within images - and converts it into speech automatically.

It also translates English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian.

The app is available for the iPhone 5 and above, running iOS 7 and higher.

When a user wants to read text, they hold the device above the piece of paper, over the advert or at a shop window, and the app will scan for writing.

If the app doesn't detect any text, or it isn’t in the correct position, it will tell the user to either move the phone or the paper – and it guides the user throughout.

Once it detects text and is the best position, it will take a photo of it.

This photo is then decoded and the speech begins almost instantaneously.

The app will also import text from images into documents and store them in Google Drive and Dropbox.

In addition, the KNFB Reader app is compatible with all Braille displays supported by VoiceOver on iOS. And it doesn’t need a web connection to work, meaning it can be used underground and on planes when in Airplane mode.

Speaking on the cellphone or texting while driving is a grave offence.

allow phone calls but no texting.

Drivers caught using a phone in the UK can be charged up to £1,000 ($1,640) and also lose their license - although hands-free kits and sat navs are allowed.

These inconsistencies can make it difficult for police to work out if a person is being distracted by the phone or not.

This led to Virginia-based ComSonics to design a gun that can detect frequencies.

According to the VirginianPilot, it can discern the different frequencies from a text message, phone call and data transfer.In addition, the device can apparently even work out which person in the car is texting, so it will not alert police to issue a fine if it spots frequencies from a passenger.

In our own Mumbai, using phone while driving is an offence. It is a fact that one can drive with just one hand, but with both hands one can drive safely.

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he fate of the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led Mahayuti alliance which appeared to be on the brink of collapse yesterday morning, was given fresh lease of life by its ally Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatna (SSS) leader and MP Raju Shetty who placed a fresh seat sharing proposal before the Sena-BJP alliance.

At the time of going to the press, Mahayuti sources disclosed that a consensus was being arrived for a formula that seeks to allocate 150 assembly seats for Sena, BJP 125 seats and four Mahayuti allies get 13 seats to contest.

Senior Sena leader Sanjay Raut stated that everyone wants the alliance to remain intact and to fight the polls together. State BJP president Devendra Fadnavis on the other hand stated that the alliance leaders have decided that such a formula be worked out where all the allies fight the polls together.

In a late evening twist, Mahayuti sources disclosed that

the four allies were being offered 13 seats to contest.

Meanwhile, Sena president Uddhav Thackeray will be visiting Goddess Tuljabhawani temple in Osmanabad on September 25 to offer prayers and seek blessings for Sena victory in the assembly polls. BJP president Amit Shah is expected to be in town for a function in Uttan near Mira-Bhayander in Thane district. According to sources, it was a phone call from Shah that led the Mahayuti leaders once again to the negotiation table.

Besides this, the only tangible news coming out of the BJP camp was that the party is likely to nominate late Gopinath Munde's second daughter Dr Pritam MundeKhade for the by-election to the Beed Lok Sabha constituency. It may be recalled that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had already indicated that the NCP will not contest the polls if any member of the Munde family is fielded. She is the younger sister of Pankaja Munde-Palwe who is

‘Centre wants to dilute Mumbai’s status’ Says state Industries Minister Narayan Rane, as he alleges that the Modi-led NDA government has been planning to downgrade Mumbai's global status

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aking a scathing attack on the BJP-led government in Centre, the Congress yesterday alleged that systematic and calculated efforts are on to dilute Mumbai's status as the country's commercial capital.Speaking to reporters, Industries Minister Narayan Rane, who is also chief of Congress' campaigning committee said, “This process has already begun by moving out three RBI departments out of Mumbai a couple of months ago, but declined to name them. We shall strongly oppose any such move to downgrade Mumbai's global status as well as reduce its importance as the commercial capital of India. I have already written to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) President Sharad Pawar to intervene in the matter.”

“Various governments at the Centre have been eying the status of Mumbai and many decades ago, even late Morarji Desai had attempted to link the city with Gujarat.

However, following a massive agitation and sacrifice of 105 people, Mumbai (then called Bombay) was retained with Maharashtra and the Marathi-speaking state was separated from Gujarat in the erstwhile bilingual Bombay state,” he added.“Besides plans to shift the RBI, the BJP-led government at the Centre is also considering making Mumbai a centrally administered union territory by separating it from Maharashtra. This proposal, which had been raised several times in the past, had been strongly opposed by all political parties in Maharashtra,” Rane pointed out.Rane said that the Centre has also decided to divert all container business from Mumbai Port Trust to Gujarat for the development of that state. This would leave around 1,800 acres of land free for sale to an industrialist close to the ruling BJP. The land is worth around Rs 75,000 crore. The Congress will oppose any such move with agitations across the state against the Narendra Modi government.

BJP MLA from Parli assembly constituency.

Earlier, in the morning, Rashtriya Samaj Paksha leader Mahadev Jankar and Shiv Sangram leader Vinayak Mete threatened to walk out of the grand Mahayuti alliance. Even Republican Party of India (Athawale faction) leader and MP Ramdas Athawale claimed that he had got invitations for alliance from both Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).

He however added that he was still inclined to stay with the Mahayuti alliance.

But by mid-afternoon their mood changed as Shetty brokered a new seat sharing formula. State BJP president Devendra Fadnavis and BJP in-charge for Maharashtra Rajeev Pratap Rudy argued that they sided with their four allies who had stood by them in the recent Lok Sabha polls and would make every effort to ensure that they got a honourable deal. In the evening, Swabhimani Sanghatna leader Sadabhu Khot, Shetty, Jankar and Mete first met Sena leaders and then the BJP leaders.

The RPI-A leaders too separately met leader of opposition in legislative council, Vinod Tawde at his official residence near Mantralaya.

Late in the night the Mahayuti leaders met at Sena president Uddhav Thackeray's Matoshri residence.

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he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has given a clean chit to the software company which has been providing software for the civic body's e-tendering system. This system is into a big controversy after nine civic sub-engineers were found to have exploited the process to favour certain contractors.

However, according to a senior civic official, there is no fault from the software company's (ABM Knowledgeware Limited) end.

However, corporators from the BJP-Shiv Sena led ruling and the opposition parties have been constantly demanding a probe into the company's involvement in the scam along with contractors and officials.

“This system has rather helped us find out these engineers and contractors involved in the scam and as per our knowledge, there is no problem in the system as far as the e-tendering system was concerned,” added the official.

“In order to scrap the system of e-tendering, a group of Civil Works Contracts (CWC) agencies want that the system to become a big flop.

The central vigilance commission (CVC) and state government have themselves approved the system. Who

are we to oppose its implementation here?” questioned a BMC official.

How civic officials blunted attack launched by opposition members?

On September 19, some of the opposition corporators had engaged in sloganeering against civic chief Sitaram Kunte, who was not present in the corporation at that time, in connection with the e-tendering controversy. The sloganeering reportedly did not go down well with Kunte, who is said to have strongly objected to the ‘personal attack’ against him. According to sources, civic officials had then warned corporators concerned and reminded them of the defamation case filed by union minister Nitin Gadkari against AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal. The latter had accused Gadkari of being one of the most corrupt politicians. Kejriwal had to go to jail for a brief period in connection with the incident. “There is a difference between criticism

and personal attack. The sloganeering was personal. So, the administration on Monday warned the corporators that they will meet Kejriwallike treatment. This trick did work,” a source said.

The scam The e-tendering system was replaced by the previous Civil Works Contracts (CWC) process in 2012, with the aim of curbing corruption. The CWC covered day-to-day repair works for roads and other issues which were done through corporators' funds.

But alleging large-scale nexus, the corporators had demanded for a test auditor and vigilance officer’s (TAVO) report which saw that civic engineers have manipulated the system to favour certain contractors. As reported in the ADC on September 24, the BMC has suspended nine engineers and blacklisted 40 companies in connection with the manipulation practice.

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C-25183 I have changed my name from Noorjahan Mohammed Iqbal Amiruddin Khairdi to Noorjahan Iqbal Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25184 I have changed my name from Nisar Ahmed Mohammed Nabi to Nisar Nabi Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25185 I have changed my name from M Umar Mohamad Ismail to Mohammed Umar Mohammed Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25186 I have changed my name from A Hannan Yaqub Chougule to Abdul Hannan Yakub Chougle as per Affidavit.

C-25187 I have changed my name from Latabai Madhukar Borase to Lata Madhukar Borse as per Affidavit.

C-25188 I have changed my name from Yogesh Madhukar Borase to Yogesh Madhukar Borse as per Affidavit.

C-25189 I have changed my name from Mehjabin Mohammed Nisar to Mehajabeen Mohammed Nisar Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25190 I have changed my name from Khatodia Avtar Balwant Singh to Avtarsingh Balwantsingh Khatodia as per Affidavit.

C-25191 I have changed my name from Avtar Singh Balwant Singh Kathoria to Avtarsingh Balwantsingh Khatodia as per Affidavit.

C-25192 I have changed my name from Bhapinder Kaur Avtar Singh Kathoria to Bhapinderkaur Avtarsingh Khatodia as per Affidavit.

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Atif Ashfaq to Atif Ashfaq Ahmed as per Affidavit.

C-25199 I have changed my name from Mohd/Mohammad Shakeel Khan to Mohammed Shakil Khan as per Affidavit.

C-25200 I have changed my name from Afjal Husain Sathoo to Afzal Husain Chaudhary as per Affidavit.

C-25201 I have changed my name from Shaid Husain Akhalaque Husain to Shahid Husain Akhalaque Husain Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-25202 I have changed my name from Mohammed Firdaus Sayyed to Firdaous Johar Husain Sayyed as per Affidavit.

C-25203 I have changed my name from Tahira Mohammed Ayub to Tahira Mohammed Ayub Sayed as per Affidavit.

C-25204 I have changed my name from Sharadkumar Kantilal Mehta to Sharad Kantilal Mehta as per Affidavit.

C-25205 I have changed my name from Mr. Hussain Mohammed Yakub Mohammed to Mr.Mohammed Hussain Mohammed Yakub Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25206 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohammed Salim Abdul Razzaque to Mr. Mohammed Salim Abdul Razzak Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25207 I have changed my name from Mr. Hamib Shaikh to Mr. Hanif Yusuf Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-25208 I have changed my name from Mr. Aazahar Jamal Wajid Ali to Mr. Azhar Wajid Ali Khan as per Affidavit.

C-25209 I have changed my name from Mr. Wajid Ali Abdul Latif to Mr. Wajid Ali Abdul Latif Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohammad Yusuf Gulam Ghate to Yusuf Gulam Ghate as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Miss Aicabibi Abdul Gafur to Mrs. Ayesha Shaukat Ali Sayed as per Affidavit.

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We Mr. Avtarsingh Balwantsingh Khatodia & Mrs. Bhapinderkaur Khatodia have changed our minor child name from Rajveer Kaur to Rajveerkaur Avtarsingh Khatodia as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mrs. Aaisha Showkat Ali to Mrs. Ayesha Shaukat Ali Sayed as per Affidavit.

C-25212

I have changed my name from Karthik Ranga Shetty to Kartik Ranga Shetty as per Affidavit Dt. 24.09.2014.

C-25196 I have changed my name from Salman Mohammed Salim to Kapadia Salman Mohammed Salim as per Affidavit Dated : 24.09.2014.

C-25197 We Mr. Mohammed Saad Arif Batatawala & Mrs. Zulekha Mohammed Saad Batatawala, have changed our daughter name from Zehra Mohammed Saad Batatawala to Mariam Mohammed Saad Batatawala as Affidavit Dated :24-09-2014.

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I have changed my name from Mr. Showkat Ali Mohammed Yusuf to Mr. Shaukat Ali Mohammed Yusuf Sayed as per Affidavit.

C-25213 I have changed my name from Mr. Yarullah to Mr. Yarullah Abdul Hamid Khan as per Affidavit.

C-25214 I have changed my name from Mrs. Qaisar Jahan to Mrs. Kaisar Jahan Yarullah Khan as per Affidavit.

C-25215 I Fakruddin Boxwala have changed my name to Fakhruddin Boxwala as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Vinia Maithani have changed my name to Vinita Maithani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25217 I Jigisha Mahendrakumar Desai have changed my name to Jigisha Pankaj Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

C-25218 I Hina Hasmukhlal Jhaveri have changed my name to Hina Naresh Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

C-25219 I Hemchandra Purushottam Sapale have changed my name to Hemchandra Purushottam Saple as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25220 I Geeta Hemchandra Sapale have changed my name to Geeta Hemchandra Saple as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25221 I Mr. Khimjibhai Nanji Furiya have changed my name to Mr. Khimji Nagji Furiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/09/14.

C-25222 I Mrs. Chandrikaben Khimjibhai Furiya have changed my name to Mrs. Chandrika Khimji Furiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/09/14.

C-25223 I Mr. Mahesh Shankar Chalake have changed my name to Mr. Mahesh Shankar Chalke as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 20/09/14.

C-25224 I Madhukanta have changed my name to Smt. Madhuben Amrutlal Kothari as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25225 I Miss. Nalini Sunil Agnihotri have changed my name to Mrs. Niyati Pravin Kurundwad as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25226 I Bipinchandra Mohanlal Mandavia have changed my name to Bipin Mohanlal Mandavia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/14.

C-25227 I Shayan Bipinchandra Shah have changed my name to Shayan Bipin Mandavia as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/09/14.

C-25228 I Mohammad Azad Hoda Ansari, Azad Hoda Ansari have changed my name to Md Azad Hoda Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

C-25229 I Vinodchandra Dahyabhai Patel have changed my name to Vinod Dahyabhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

C-25230 I Rinkeshkumar Suresh Jain have changed my name to Rinkesh Suresh Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 I Dineshkumar Anandram Patel have changed my name to Gautam Anandram Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

C-25232 I Prerana Manoj Jha have changed my name to Prerna Manoj Jha as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. U-49426 Dated: 28/11/13.

C-25233 We Mr. Lalmiya Shaikh & Mrs. Suraiya Shaikh have changed my minor son’s name from Nirank Lalmiya Shaikh to Shahebaz Lalmiya Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25234 I Farah Bibi Ajaz Ahmed Shaikh have changed my name to Farha Ajaz Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25235 I Ajaz Ahmed have changed my name to Ajaz Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25236 I Shabnam Niaz Ajaz Ahmed have changed my name to Shabnam Ajaz Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25237 I Mayur Kumar Gopaldas Bhatt have changed my name to Mayur Gopaldas Bhatt as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25238 I Hari Pilai Ram have changed my name to Hori Pilai Ram as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25239 I Atik SK / Aqeeque Shaikh have changed my name to Atikhuddin Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25240 I Farhin SK have changed my name to Farheen Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25241 I Mukeshbhai Chimanlal Shah have changed my name to Mukesh Chimanlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25242 I Meenaben Mukeshbhai Shah have changed my name to Meena Mukesh Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25243 I Mukeshkumar Chimanlal Shah have changed my name to Mukesh Chimanlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25244 I Padmavati Doraswamy Shettiar have changed my name to Padmavati Doraswami Shettiyar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25245 I Doraswamy Muttu Shettiar have changed my name to Doraswami Muttu Shettiyar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25246 I Dhanalaxmi Doraswamy Shettiar have changed my name to Dhanlaxmi Doraswami Shettiyar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25247 I Laxmi Satpal Arora / Luxmi Satpal Arora have changed my name to Laxmi Ajay Singhal as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25248 I Ajay Kumar Brij Nandan Singhal have changed my name to Ajay Brijnandan Singhal as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25249

I Jasraj Tejraj Jain have changed my name to Jasraj Tejraj Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25250

I Pravinbhai Jairambhai have changed my name to Pravin Mane as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Dharesh Bachubai Sutar have changed my name to Dharmesh Bachubhai Suthar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25251

I Manishaben Pravinbhai have changed my name to Manisha Pravin Mane as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25270

I Shubhangini Kishor Dhole have changed my name to Hemangi Kishor Dhole as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25252

I Shamim Fatma Dilshad Hussain Khan have changed my name to Shamim Fatima Ali Mehdi Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Shaheen Mohomoed Arif have changed my name to Shahin Arif Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25253 I Asgari Banu Zafar Hasan have changed my name to Asgari Bano Zafar Ahasan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Ranjanbala Nagindas Mehta have changed my name to Rupa Vikram Modi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25272 I Pramila Sanjay Sonar have changed my name to Pramila Sanjay Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25273

I Padarawala Farsanaben Mahammad Salim have changed my name to Padarwala Farsana Mohd.

Salim as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25255

I Akash Kumar Sanjay Sonar have changed my name to Akash Sanjay Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25274

I Mohamed Sherif have changed my name to Mohammedsharif Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25256

I Sanjay Bajrangi Sonar have changed my name to Sanjay Bajrangi Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25275

I Shamsad Begum have changed my name to Shamshadbegam Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25257

I Pramodsingh Chamansingh Mahar have changed my name to Pramod Chamansingh Mahar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25276

I Pradip Padwal have changed my name to Pradeep Padwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25258 I Parakhia Jigna Bhagvanjibhai have changed my name to Jeenal Gautam Palsana as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25259 I Kaval Pravinkumar Rawal have changed my name to Keval Pravinkumar Raval as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25260 I Vikas Kumar Rajkumar Shahu have changed my name to Vikas Rajkumar Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25261 I Rajkumar Jagannath Shahu have changed my name to Rajkumar Jagannath Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25262 I Mamta Rajkumar Shahu have changed my name to Mamtadevi Rajkumar Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25263 I Hina Jayeshkumar Shah have changed my name to Heena Martin Braganza as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25264 I Jayeshkumar Shah have changed my name to Jayesh Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25265 I Vijumon Thundiyil Thottunkel Antony have changed my name to Vijumon Anthony as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25266 I Manjula Karunan have changed my name to Manju Anthony as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25267 I Mitesh Pravinbhai have changed my name to Mitesh Pravin Mane as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Vidyasagar Laldev Vishwakarma have changed my name to Vidyashankar Laldev Vishwakarma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-25277 I Mr. Lalji Bhai Mavji Mav have changed my name to Mr. Lalji Mavji Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25278 I Miss. Dharmi Bharat Bhai Bhanushali have changed my name to Miss. Dharmi Bharat Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25279 I Mr. Bharat Bhai Lalji Bhanushali have changed my name to Mr. Bharat Lalji Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25280 I Mrs. Jayshree Bharat Bhai Bhanushali have changed my name to Mrs. Jayshree Bharat Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25281 I Master. Ishant Bharat Kumar Bhanushali have changed my name to Master. Ishant Bharat Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25282 I Mr. Bharat Kumar Lalji Bhai Bhanushali have changed my name to Mr. Bharat Lalji Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25283 I Mrs. Jayshree Bharat Kumar Bhanushali have changed my name to Mrs. Jayshree Bharat Mav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/09/14.

C-25284 I Mr. Shailendra Surendra Curpad have changed my name to Mr. Shailendra Surendra Rao as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/09/14.

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Oil mafia gang busted CITY

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Youth caught duping patients at JJ hospital

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Three held while stealing oil from BPCL underground oil pipeline; three others absconding

The accused allegedly took money from the patients' relatives, promising them of getting the necessary tests done from outside the hospital, while he got them done from inside itself

By Shwetha Kannan

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young boy was caught duping relatives of patients under the pretext of getting blood test done from outside the state-run JJ hospital at Byculla on Wednesday evening. The boy was caught red-handed by the alert staff at the bio-chemistry laboratory.

The victim of this conman was D K Pandey, who had brought Satyaprakash, his 19-year-old brotherin-law suffering from kidney problems, to JJ hospital on Wednesday morning.

“Satyaprakash is in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and had been prescribed to undergo some blood tests.

Later in the evening, this man (the accused) started calling out Satyaprakash's name aloud and when I went to him, he said that Satyaprakash has to undergo some more tests and unless those tests are done, his treatment cannot proceed. I assumed that this man was a staff from the hospital. Then he asked for Rs 500 and went away. He came back and asked for Rs 700 more. I gave him the money. After sometime, some people from the hospital came to me with this man in their grip and said that this man has been taking money from people by promising them quick blood tests for their patients. I was shocked on hearing this,” said Pandey, a resident of Khoparkhairne, Navi Mumbai.

This is not the first time that such a fraudster has been caught in JJ hospital. A similar case had happened last week too, informed Dr T P Lahane, Dean, JJ hospital.

“Last week as well, we caught a boy duping people. He was handed over to the police. We had been receiving complaints that some people are approaching them, asking them to pay money and get their patient's blood

The boy accused of duping relatives of patients at JJ hospital tested from outside. So I had alerted the security as well as turned the CCTV cameras towards the casualty and other places where such incidents are likely to happen. But the staff at the bio-chemistry laboratory caught this boy red-handed,” Dr Lahane said.

“These people get the tests done here itself at the central laboratory and pocket the money. The test that the patient of this man (Pandey) had to undergo costs Rs 100 here but look what he paid that man,” added Dr Lahane.

“When this boy came to us, we felt a bit suspicious so we started inquiring about the patient and his condition.

And when he did not have satisfactory answers, we realised that something was amiss. So we caught him and produced him before our dean,” said a staff from the bio-chemistry laboratory.

The accused was handed over to JJ marg police station. At the time of going to press, an FIR was yet to be registered.

“Investigations are on. Information about what has exactly happened are being gathered. Details about the accused are not know,” said an official from JJ Marg police station. shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

By Zuber Ansari

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n alert police officer attached to the Wadala police station has managed to bust a gang of oil mafias as he caught three men red-handed while they were robbing the furnace oil from an underground oil supplying pipeline of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).

The three accused, who had been running the business from a rented shanty, have been arrested. They had done oil taping in the Sewree area and the pipeline was taken up to Rey Road where underground stor-

age had been facilitated in an illegal room. Three other accused are absconding.

When the police asked them when they had tampered with the pipeline, they said that they were just the employees and the mastermind was some other person.

According to Additional Commissioner of Police South Region Krishna Prakash, “They had made one oil tank down the shanty and had tampered with the BPCL pipeline which is 500 meter away from their shanty.”

The accused have been identified as Aziz Khan (36), Nizam Ahmad Sarakat (21) and Wasim

Shaikh (21), while the absconding ones are Nadeem, Sayyed and Khalid. The oil has been recovered from their possession.

Sources from Wadala police station revealed that this business had been operational for a long time.

“We have called the BPCL technical team who will help us know how much oil they had robbed,” said a police officer.

All the accused were booked under various sections of the IPC including damage to public property. A tempo, canes and taping instruments have been seized from their possession and further investigations are on.

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NOTICE is hereby given that Share Certificate No. 12 dated 15.03.1988 bearing Distinctive Nos. 56 to 60 (both inclusive) 5 Shares fully paid up each of Rs. 50.00 of Flat No. 16, A Wing, Fourth Floor, of Sunrise Cooperative Housing Society Ltd., Ghanshyam Gupte Road, Vishnu Nagar, Dombivli West 421 202 standing in the name of Shri D Venugopal, are reported lost or misplaced. If any person has any claim or demand or right, title or interest by way of lien, charge or otherwise then the same should be communicated to the Secretary in writing so as to reach us within 15 days of this notice from the date of publication of this notice till the date of expiry of its period, failing which we shall proceed to issue duplicate Share Certificate.

THE SECRETARY SUNRISE CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. Place: Dombivli Date: 24.09.2014

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State government and Election Commission cancels all pre-sanctioned leave of teachers who have been assigned election duties

By Yatin Ingle

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hile school and college teachers have been allotted threeday election duties from October 13 to 15, the education department has cancelled the all pre-sanctioned leaves of teachers during the voting and counting days.

As per government rule, school teachers are given compulsory election duties on voting days and counting days.

Uday Nare, senior teacher, Hansraj Morarji Public WHITE HOUSE CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. Regn No MUM-2/W-L/HSG/(TC)/9852/2008-09 617, S.G.Barve Rd, Opp. ‘L’ Ward office Kurla (West), Mumbai – 400 070 PUBLIC NOTICE

School, said, “All the leaves which were sanctioned during the election dates have been rejected by schools as well as by the election department. We have to compulsorily report for election duties. We have also been informed by the education department that a strict action will be taken against the teachers failing to report for

the election duties.”

The ADC had reported yesterday that teachers will also have to report to work on October 16, a day after after polling.

Teachers have claimed that it is not possible to take up regular work immediately as it will lead to stress. Teachers across the state have thus demanded a holiday on October 16.

Morale Officers to accept excuses To follow the protocol of granting or approving leaves during election dates, the election commission has set up a 'Morale Officer' in schools. This Morale Officer is the principal of the school who ac-

cepts the leave or excuses of the teachers applying for leave from election duties.

When the Morale Officer accepts the application of leave from the teachers, the education officer shall approve the leaves.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Thane’s civil hospital detects 8 dengue patients in Sept

By Priyanka Dhomse

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ases of dengue have been found in Thane, with five patients diagnosed in August and eight in September at Thane's civil hospital.

According to information provided by the a surgeon at the civil hospital, Dr Raghunath Rathod, around 50 patients were admitted in the hospital for fever. After conducting various tests on them, five of them were diagnosed with Dengue in August and eight in September. Overall, 13 cases of Dengue have been detected from January to September this year.”

“Dengue is diagnosed in

three types or levels – normal, Hemorrhagic and Dengue with shock syndrome. As far as the first level is concerned, it shows symptoms like cough, fever, cold, breathing difficulty and vomiting. In its second level, that is Hemorrhagic Dengue, it shows symptoms like eyes becoming red and bleeding while defecating.

In the third, the blood pressure drops, and a patient can even lose his life. Cleanliness and getting rid of unwanted water should be practised for avoiding Dengue,” said Dr Rathod.

In the last year, five cases of Dengue were detected in Thane's civil hospital.

LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATE

Notice is hereby given that Share Certificate No 67 for 5 equity shares each of Rs.50/- each bearing distinctive numbers from 331 to 335 [both inclusive] in WHITE HOUSE CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD. 617, S.G.Barve Rd, Opp. ‘L’ Ward office Kurla (West), Mumbai - 400070 issued in the name of Mr SIDDIQUA TAUFIQUE KHAN of Shop No 5A has been lost and that an application for the issue of the duplicate share Certificate in respect thereof has been made to the Society to whom any objection should be made within 15 days from the date of this announcement. The Public are cautioned against dealing in any way with this Share Certificate.

For WHITE HOUSE CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD., Sd/Hon. Secretary.

Thane cops gear up for Navratri As far as the Navratri celebrations are concerned, in five zones of the Thane district, the figures are as follows: hane cops gear up for bandobast during NavraZone Public Photos Kalash Household idols tri festival as the district registers more than 778 Navratri Thane (zone 1) 96 06 10 196 mandals and 2,310 idols of Bhiwandi (zone 2) 67 25 07 195 Goddess Durga during the Kalyan (zone 3) 133 67 16 154 festival.

Ulhasnagar (zone 4) 132 32 08 — To ensure peace during the festive, the Thane police has -Wagale (zone 5) 151 10 16 —stationed 1,500 cops, which includes four deputy police tant police commissioners, police officials and 176 served Police Force, armed commissioners, four assis- 13 police inspectors, 34 assis- women cops, 600 home with walkie-talkie and wiretant police inspectors, 639 guards and five teams of Re- less sets.

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TODAY

PUBLIC NOTICE This is to inform all the persons that my clients Ashish. J Tiwari & Amit J.Tiwari, residing at G/F-002 Geeta Krupa CHS Ltd..Geeta Nagar Phase VI, Mira Bhayandar Road, Mira Road East, Thane - 401107 have lost 5th Share - Certificates - bearing No.006 to 010 If anybody found the same kindly return to me at my above address, at your earliest MAHENDRA PRATAP SINGH ADVOCATE HIGH COURT

Kitab Khana: To host four day poetry programme for 100 thousand poets, the inaugural day, Uttarakhandi Lok Geet singer Suresh Kala will perform with Avinash Lamba on the dholak. Neela Bhagwat, a Hindustani musician of the Gwalior gharana and author of a book of poems in Marathi, Tihai, will read her poems in this session, along with Marathi poet Mangesh Kale and Ignatius Dias. Udayan Thakker and Mehul Devkala will read their poems in Gujarati; there will also be readings from the works of late Ali Sardar Jafri.

Kitab Khanna, Flora Fountain 7.30 p.m.

Tata Mutual Fund: Kordially invites you to the ‘Simply Finance Quiz’ ~India’s First Finance Quiz Competition for intercollegiate students~Quiz Master Andrew Scolt will conduct the quiz. Top colleges of Mumbai-Navi Mumbai-Thane will battle it out for honors and exciting prizes

in the Mumbai round of the ‘Simply Finance Quiz’, I E S College-Manik Sabhagriha, Bandra Reclamation, 1 p.m.

Salaam Bombay Foundation: The grand finale of “Voices”2014. ‘Voices’ is an inter-school peer learning platform which brings together kids of BMC and private schools at the same stage and provides an opportunity to express their opinion through music, art & theatre. St Andrews Auditorum, Bandra, 9 a.m. Onward The World Chocolate: Masters is the world’s premier culinary competition devoted solely to the art of chocolate. The international competition initiated and sponsored by Barry Callebaut, World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, 2 p.m.

ART AND EXHIBITION LIVING COLOURS: A scientist and an engineer channelize their energies to breathe life into colours at their re-

splendent best... fairies and fantasies sharing space with colourful Ganeshas and mesmerizing geometric patterns define the works of sibling artists Seema Chaudhary and Nitin Chaudhary.

Hirji Gallery of Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, till Sept 30, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.

Jehangir Art Gallery: HOLLOW & EMPTY : Exhibition of Paintings by Sanjeev Mirajkar, Jehangir Art Gallery , Kala Ghoda, till Sept 28, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.

Jehangir Art Gallery: Exhibition of Water colour landscapes & Oil Paintings“the mingle of blues” by Artist Prof. Surendra Sonar No. 1, 161, M. G. Road, Kala Ghoda, till Sept 28, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.

Artist Center (Art Gallery Mumbai): `Ram Charit Manas' exhibition of paintings by Jhala Vanrajsinh, Ador House, Kalaghoda, Fort, till Sept 28, 11 a.m. To 7 p.m.

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Around 40,000 voters added post LS polls in Mira Bhayandar

By Suresh Golani

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fter the Parliamentary elections held in AprilMay, around 40,000 voters have so far been added to the electoral roll of the Mira Bhayandar Assembly segment (number 145).

Following a huge hue and cry over the alleged one lakh missing names in the Thane Lok-Sabha segment after summary revision in 2013 and early 2014, the district election machinery had launched special drives, massive awareness campaigns for

more voters to sign up for their inclusion in the revised roll. Now, with the addition of around 40,000 voters, the electoral strength of the Mira Bhayandar Assembly segment stands at 3,64,897 out of which 80 per cent have been listed along with their photographs in the updated electoral roll.

With none of them falling under sensitive category, this Assembly segment will have 386 normal polling booths, revealed electoral officer Sanjay Katkar. Meanwhile, the distribution of voters' slips is

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expected to begin from Monday, April 29. In an apparent bid to encourage people to exercise their franchise, onduty poll personnel across the region will personally visit households and hand over voter slips to the eligible voters. The slips will carry details such as part number, serial number, polling station and election timing. Till Wednesday evening, none of the candidates had come forward to file nominations at the returning office for the Mira Bhayandar Assembly constituency, officials said.

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here will be a 25 per cent increase in prepaid taxi fare from the two airports and CST, Dadar, Mumbai Central, Lokmaniya Tialk Terminus and Bandra Terminus railway stations. The revised tarriff cards are likely to be distributed by the end of this month.

However, the passengers will not be charged the revised fare until the new tariff cards are distributed to the prepaid counters.

K.K. Tewari, President, Swabhiman Taxi and Rickshaw Union said, “The fare is likely to increase upto 25 per cent.

The tariff card has already been prepared and needs approval. However, it is likely to happen by the end of this week as there are many factors which are involved with the fare card before approval; it is generally an hour's job.”

Speaking about the increase in fares, Tewari said, “It is logical for the fares to

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be increased because after the meters of ordinary taxis are calibrated, the fares will increase and then a passenger would not take a prepaid cab. The prepaid counter would have to shut down and the time will come when a passenger who wants to take a prepaid cab will not find one.”

The prepaid taxi fare is likely to increase after the taxi recalibration process is over by September 28, the 45-days period granted by the Bombay High Court.

Mumbai is world’s Salman Khan’s hit-and-run least expensive city case adjourned till Oct 9

The case was put of till another date when the court was informed that Srikant Shivade, the actor's lawyer was unwell

By Santia Dudi

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n the Sessions Court on Wednesday, judge D G Deshpande adjourned the Salman Khan hit-and-run case till October 9. Judge Deshpande was informed by the prosecutor Pradeep Garat that the lawyer of the actor, Srikant Shivade was ill. The prosecution has been asked to keep the witnesses ready by the next hearing.

In the earlier instances, the case diaries and 57 out of 63 witnesses' statements had gone missing from police

death of one person and causing serious injuries to four others in a road accident. Allegedly, the 48-yearold actor ran his SUV onto a pavement at Bandra on September 28, 2002 which resulted in the death of one man. On December 5, 2013, a Mumbai court ordered the retrial of the case. Earlier, one of the witnesses turned hostile on June 24.

Salman Khan The actor is accused of an additional charge of culpable custody which were later homicide (not amounting to traced on August 26. murder) which attracts 10 The actor is accused of the year jail term.

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Durga Mata devotees take the huge idol of the Goddess to the pandal for the upcoming Navratri festival in Chinchpokli, on Wednesday.

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umbai has emerged as the world's least expensive city to live and work in, according to a latest real estate analysis.British capital London has overtaken Hong Kong as the most expensive city to rent living and working space, UK real estate major Savills said in its findings based on research in the world's top 12 financial hubs.London's overall real estate costs grew in US dollar terms by an annualised rate of 10.6 per cent in the first six months of the year, making it "the world's most expensive city for companies to locate employees."The annual cost per employee in London was put at USD 1,20,568, with Mumbai at the bottom of the table at USD 29,742.Hong Kong is now at USD 1,15,717, New York and Paris are in third and fourth place with USD 1,07,782 and USD 1,05,550 respectively.Sydney came eighth at USD 63,630, Shanghai 10th at USD 43,171 and Rio 11th at USD 32,179.Despite its climb in the rankings from fifth to first place since 2008, London is still a way off the live/work accommodation costs record, set

by Hong Kong in 2011 at USD 1,28,000 a year," Savills said, adding that Hong Kong was still "by far the most expensive city" in which to buy residential

property, with prices 40 per cent higher than London – although the gap was narrowing.“Comparatively affordable” Rio and Sydney had seen significant increases in live/work costs since 2008 - up 85 per cent and 58 per cent respectively but Savills said Rio still looked "highly competi-

tive".Yolande Barnes, the company's director of world research, said: “This year has seen much more modest real estate price growth in nearly all our world cities, and some have shown small falls. We expect this subdued trend to continue as investor interest and market activity shifts to second-tier cities.”

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Ponder awhile...

If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.

— Noam Chomsky

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SRO has achieved the impossible: They have placed the low-cost Mars spacecraft in the planet's orbit. India has become an elite member of the exclusive club of three. India has done what advanced nations like China and Japan could not. It is a fantastic achievement by ISRO because the mission was successful in the very first attempt. It was only after several attempts that the Mars mission was successful in America and Russia.

It was a near impossible mission: Mars is some 666 million kms away and India had to do with limited funds – Rs.450 crore which is one/tenth of the amount spent on the mission in America.

Indian space scientists are on the top of the world. Only a special top team could have accomplished such a difficult space feat. India is proud of the scientists. This is an occasion for national celebration.

A country that will not rejoice over our accomplishment is China. Our military confrontation with China -- if and when occurs -- can be effective.

The historic achievement will help us, for instance, explore more long distance missiles. India is most likely to go in for such weapons.

The success of the mission will give a boost to our national development.

The so-called developing or underdeveloped nation appears to have made a historic beginning. MOM has shown we can do it.

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ven as Maharashtra is reeling under the long-drawn spell of political uncertainty, thanks to the over-stretched wrangle between Shiv Sena and BJP, and Congress and NCP, I happened to be in Goa, the most picturesque little state of Southern India. “A beautiful dimple on the cheek of Mother Earth,” as it is described poetically; Goa has always been a great hideout and a place for rewinding for thousands of tourists.

Therefore, it is worth visiting the tiny stretch at least once in two years, that too during the monsoon. The downpour in Goa and the lush green landscapes on both sides of the roads are a treat for the eyes, particularly if you are grown in the concrete jungles of metros like Mumbai or Delhi.

Whether you go on the beaches of north Goa, towns like Panjim or Vasco or ever busy mining areas of the south, Goa always offers you a new and happy experience every time.

However, this time, unlike my past experience, what I realised was a sad mood among the natives, particularly those in rural parts of the state. Not that they are unhappy about the present BJP regime or not that tourism in the state has receded. The problem lies somewhere else. Being a journalist, I tried to probe into the matter and realised that though Goa is known to the outside civil world as a tourists’ paradise, actually the economy of the state mainly depends not on tourism but on mining business. I was surprised to know that 30 per cent of Goa's population, urban and rural is involved in mining. From skilled mine workers to jetty operators, people’s bread and butter is solely dependent on mining. The devastated mood of this otherwise happy state is because of the closure of mining.

This revelation forced me to talk to many villagers, officers, mine operators and government functionaries. What came out was revealing.

The much defamed mining business in Goa is closed for two years and even after Supreme Court lifting the ban on mining about six months back, it still remains in doldrums. While a revised mining policy is expected to be unveiled soon, the time is apt for looking into some other aspects related to mining. Most prominent among them is much hyped Dedicated Transport Corridors (DTC), from mines to jetties. When Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar assumed office some two and half years back, one of his major promises was to construct the Transport Corridors, so that safety issues of people are solved, issues of big traffic jams and attendant dust are resolved and at the same time, the state can earn some revenue from mining firms for using the corridors.

The project was launched with much fanfare in May, 2012 and work on the phase 1 of the mining corridor had started late in 2013.

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avratri, literally interpreted as 'nine nights' is the most celebrated Hindu festival devoted to Goddess Durga symbolising purity and power or 'shakti'. Navratri festival combines rit-

MATTER & SPIRIT ualistic puja and fasting and is accompanied by resplendent celebrations for nine consecutive days and nights. Navratri in India follows the lunar calendar and is celebrated in March/April as Chaitra Navratri and in September/October as Sharad Navratri.During Navratri, people from villages and cities gather to perform 'puja' on small shrines representing different aspects of Goddess Durga, including Goddess Lakshmi

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The first phase, which was estimated to cost about Rs.225 crore, was supposed to be constructed between Uguem to Gudemol diverting mining traffic from Sanguem and Sanvordem directly to the mining jetties of Capxem and Xelvona and contractors even dug an eight km long road on its sides, levelled it with rubble and mud. But the work is abandoned since then and there is no clarity on its fate. The future of the corridor, planned to skirt the crowded Sanvordem–Curchorem areas that have suffered heavy traffic due to iron ore laden trucks and its attendant dust and accident problems for many years, is uncertain. As a result, no one talks about the other two phases, which were supposed to connect Gudemol to Capxem and Cavrem to

miners, who are present in the state for many decades, were by and large doing legal and sustainable mining prior to the ban. However, it was the unsafe environment created by continuous movement of trucks, which led to creating sentiments against the mining business.

To resolve this mess, the best way would have been constructing the DTC right from mines to jetties and cost incurred on it could have been recovered from the mining firms.

And the mining ban had opened a window of opportunity for the Government to construct the corridors as movement of trucks were closed and no mining was happening.

The government had adequate time to plan and prioritise mining in Goa during the twoyear ban period and its construction in this interim period would not only have generated lot of goodwill (as it would have removed safety issues and fear factor) but shall have generated some temporary jobs and livelihood opportunities to the people dependent on mining activities, who in one stroke had lost everything. But that this did not happen was an opportunity allowed to get lost.

THINKING ALOUD

Everything is not lost yet; immediate restart of work on transport corridors can salvage the situation. We need to understand that construction of transport corridors are need of the hour as we need to take into account future needs also. A four-lane dedicated highway would be serving the state and its people for not less than 20 - 30 years. At the same time, it would also be generating revenues, through collection of toll, for the state. Similarly, the fear factor in the minds of people from the mining region would also get attended and safety issues will be resolved.

Goa’s economy is in crisis due to the mining ban and now due to the ban, the state exchequer has the additional burden of waiving off the loans of the mining dependents. The local tax payer in the state is feeling the pinch now as the Goa Mining People’s Front wants the Government to take over the loans of all the mining dependents. A package from the central Govt as promised in the past would be of great assistance to the state exchequer at this time of crisis.

Immediate reopening of mining in the state is need of the hour. The state and its people have suffered enough in last two years. As per the Budget speech of the Chief Minister (who is also the Finance Minister), Goa government has lost about Rs.3,500-4,000 crore due to the mining ban in last two years, while the fiscal deficit of the state has been at about Rs.1,600 crore. Just think of it, had there been no mining ban, there would not have been any deficit and Goa would have a Budget surplus. So, all what is needed is immediate resumption of legal and sustainable mining in Goa. In this scenario, construction of the dedicated transport corridors would have provided a long term solution to the safety issues of people, traffic jams, pollution hazards and erratic movement of trucks. Thereby, it would have led to taking a major step towards sustainability.

It was saddening that you see people from villages assemble near Goa Assembly shouting slogans demanding resumption of mining when rain was pouring. The atmosphere of dance and fauna is somehow palpably missing. This has to change at once. People of Goa have high hopes from Parrikar, who, apart from being a politician, is also a trained engineer and economic thinker.

Are you listening Mr. Goa Chief Minister? @BharatkumarRaut

Time to recover the lost ground Bharatkumar Raut Uguem or Balli bypassing Tilamol and Curchorem town respectively.

This delay is likely to cause fatal damage to the entire scheme as each day lost is resulting in escalation of construction cost. Considering the limited reserves available with the state exchequer, experts fear that the government would be forced to shelve the entire project.

An opportunity getting lost?

Another major issue is that the mining ban still continues despite the order of Supreme Court lifting the injunction. So would not it have been better if the state government had taken some measures to resolve some of the issues in this “slack period” as there was no mining happening and hence, there was no fear of continuous movement of trucks in Goa’s mining belt. This is a classic example of how an opportunity to solve people’s issue was allowed to get lost. The biggest complaint of people from mining belt was the continuous movement of trucks on roads in their areas, posing a continuous threat to their lives. Some people in the mining areas believe that it was erratic driving by truck drivers in the regions, which sowed the seeds of resentment against mining business as their lives were affected badly. They say that traditional and Goddess Saraswati. Chanting of mantras and renditions of bhajans and folk songs usually accompany the puja rituals for nine consecutive days of Navratri.Defining both the religious and cultural themes, Navratri celebrations are seeped in traditional music and dance.

Gujarat is the focus of Navratri celebrations with all night-long dance and festivities. 'Garba' is a devotional dance form that derives from the folklore of Lord Krishna singing and dancing with the gopis using 'dandiya' or slim wooden sticks. 'Raas Garba' has also evolved to include steps like 'Dodhiyu', 'Trikoniya', 'Lehree' and several others.What's more, with time, Navratri festival has seen changes in celebrations with well-choreographed dance performances, high-end acoustics and people dressed in made-to-order, bright costumes.

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Towards a Congress-free Maharashtra PEOPLE are glad to note that finally the Saffron duo has agreed to contest the upcoming state Assembly elections jointly. Consequently, now like our ‘Rashtra', Maharashtra will also become Congress-free (read corruptionfree) and also free from solely votebank motivated pseudo secularism. Long live the Saffron alliance. People can’t forget the multi-million scams of Adarsh housing society, Bofors, Coal, CWG, 2G, VVIP choppers and what not.

— Hansraj Bhat, Borivali

THOUGH some sort of an agreement seems to have been reached between the SS and the BJP, the under-current flowing beneath the rank and file of the two Hindutva parties does not appear to be moving in the right direction. It is rumoured that wherever the BJP candidate is contesting, the SS workers do not take part in his canvassing; and vice-versa. This is

Trees poisoned

This has reference to your article 'Amit Shah gets yet another exception' (ADC, Sept 23). It is high time that the general public was spared this farce of Amit Shah being called to court on the Prajapati fake encounter case and then being given repeated extensions. It would be naïve to expect that the closest confidante of the most powerful man in the country will be held accountable for whatever sins of omission and commission he may have committed. After Indira Gandhi, no single individual has held such complete sway over all functions of government – including our supposedly independent investigation agencies – as Narendra Modi. With the brute majority of his party in Parliament, he does not need to give more than lip service to any voices of opposition raised against his government. Yes, the Supreme Court has been relatively independent for

IT has been noticed that about 3035 huge rain trees and peepal trees have been poisoned at Sion (E) between SIES Commerce College and Shivaji Fort.

On closer examination, it is quite evident that acid has been injected in the trunk or nails have been hammered in their barks which is the conduit of life-giving water and nutrients to the upper branches and leaves.

This mass murder of lush green 40-50 year old trees by unknown elements needs to be thoroughly investigated by the concerned authorities and the culprits brought to book at the earliest to prevent more trees from being killed.

— G R Vora, via email

India’s Mars mission THE 10-month long journey by the Indian Mars Orbiter cruised 666 million km from the Indian launch pad last year. It is the first inter planetary spacecraft designed by ISRO at USD 72 million, which is much cheaper as compared to that of the US. India is the first nation in the world to achieve this Herculean feat at the first attempt. As the US and Russia followed by China, none of them succeeded in the first mission, therefore India's insertion in the Mars orbit was historic on September 24. Kudos to ISRO! — Bikram Banerjea, via email

Stark reality

QUOTE: History has been created! We've dared to reach out into the unknown and achieved the near impossible — PM Narendra Modi on India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

Amit Shah farce

to dislodge the 'secular' government from power at the Mantralaya.

NOBODY really expected this type of tug of war between the two alliances – BJP and Shiv Sena – and between Congress and NCP. Has the results in the by-elections turned the tables on BJP in Maharashtra which till some time ago had a great alliance with its quarter century old partner – Shiv Sena?

NCP and Sena seem to have similar problems with their respective partners, getting lesser number of seats. The problem can be solved if both break their present alliance and form a new one.

Both will then enjoy the number of seats which they are looking at as they will have 144 seats each. This will also strengthen them and UNITED WE STAND: The seat-sharing disputes between the BJP and Shiv Sena weaken their respective former alfinally seem to have ceased, and the new seat-sharing formula within the Saffron liance partners viz Congress and alliance will soon be announced.

Shiv Sena.

With BJP getting more ambiprecisely the reason for a number parties wholeheartedly throw their tious after the general elections, of seats getting lost for them by a entire lot behind the candidates this new alliance may well be more wafer thin margin in the past elec- belonging to the BJP as well as to than a workable possibility.

— Abdul Monim, Vashi tions. Unless and until both the the Shiv Sena, it would be difficult decades, but it is to be seen if even this hallowed institution can withstand the near absolute power wielded by our new Prime Minister.

BJP president Amit Shah

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WHILE the discerning public appreciate the efforts of PM Narendra Modi in deftly liaising with the Heads of foreign countries like Japan and China and straining his nerve and sinew in creating a congenial climate for huge investments from abroad for giving a facelift to our country, it is a sad commentary,

as of date, when it comes to fulfilling his pre-poll promise OF of containing retail infla- LETTER THE DAY tion on top-most priority as he does not seem to have found time so far and even given a thought to it. PM looking the other way and not bothering at all is very painful to the middle-class, senior citizens and poor who have been reeling under inflation without any respite for unduly a prolonged time-period. The prices of essential commodities are constantly on the rise, more so, after Modi took over.

His Council of Ministers is not convincing as they do not seem to

be focused and lack comprehension of the realistic factors to pick up the threads. Modi's approach towards our country's border issues is not firm in dealing either with the Pakistan or China on serious bilateral issues which cost the precious lives of our jawans and hence brooks no delay to call the bluff of Pakistan on ceasefire by retreating them with their own medicine.

tional Premier Tennis League (IPTL) for which tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi deserves kudos. He promoted franchise-based tennis in our country. While Rafael Nadal developed cold feet playing on our shores and pulled out, Federer has lent credibility to IPTL for replacing his opponent of many a Grand Slam finals to the delight of Indian fans who can now watch Grand Slam winners in action on our very own turf.

This is a big boost to tennis in

Tennis star Roger Federer

India and this sport would get a big leap forward as tennis champions whom fans have only watched on television compete on our shores and some lucky Indian players would even get a chance to play alongside them and even share locker rooms with them. With many Indian players like Leander Paes, Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza win— T M Uday Shankar, via email ning Grand Slam Championships and top league tennis coming to India in the form of IPTL, tennis would not only gain popularity but ROGER Federer playing for Team quality and competitiveness too.

— S N Kabra, Goregaon India can only happen in Interna-

Tennis time

China’s moves unpredictable CHINESE President Xi Jinping has directed the PLA forces and his army to prepare for a regional war after his visit to India and meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The increase in the Chinese troops at the IndoChinese border and more incursions shows that Indian government's decision of inviting Chinese President to improve relations between the two countries and spending crores of rupees have exposed the Narendra Modi government's total failure to handle the situation. I strongly feel that the increase in the Chinese troops and the incursion in the Indian territories proves that China is going to attack Indian post on a regular basis and will take over certain portion of India in the coming months. The Indian government has surrendered before the Chinese aggression and does not have the capability to stop it which has become the security threat for the country. PM Modi and the Indian defence minister must explain the statement of the Chinese President of regional war to the people of the country rather than saying that China is good friend of India. It is high time that the Indian government takes the

DANGER DRAGON: Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent 'friendly' visit to India, he has now directed his army to be ready for a regional war at the border.

Chinese President's statement of regional war seriously and increase the Indian troops at the border for the security and safety of the border failing which it will be disaster for India and its people.

— Bhagwan Thadani, via email

THIS refers to the edit-page col-

umn, 'Modi laid out red carpet for the Chinese, they responded with aggressive incursion' (ADC, Sept 24) by Arati Jerath. The Chinese have always been a difficult customer and our Prime Minister would have known this if he had remembered that the Dragon made its way up to Bomdila near Kolkata in 1962 after the 'HindiChini Bhai Bahi' bonhomie demonstrated by Pandit Nehru's visit with Indira Gandhi in tow. If the Chinese could do this to a much-respected, national statesman like Nehru, they will not be deterred in repeating it now with a new PM who is yet to come to grips with foreign affairs, his reaching out to our neighbouring countries notwithstanding. Their President Xi Jinping, who was so goody-goody during his visit, has said as much while asking his men to be ready for a 'regional war'.

Jerath has rightly pointed out that "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."

Naivety in governance is too dangerous.

— Dr V Subramanyan, Thane

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MOM DOES IT!

moments at the command centre of Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) here. Scientists broke into wild cheers and congratulated each other after the 1,350 kg spacecraft was manoeuvred into its designated place, capping a 666 million km journey that began on November 5 last year.

With the success of 'Mangalyaan', India has become the first country to go to Mars in the very first attempt.

European, American and Russian probes have managed to orbit or land on the planet, but after several attempts. The first Chinese mission to Mars, called Yinghuo-1, failed in 2011.

Earlier in 1998, the Japanese mission ran out of fuel and was lost. Modi, who witnessed the operation along with the space scientists, said the odds were stacked against “us with only 21 of the 51 missions to Mars being success- and “all my fellow Indians on ful,” but “we have prevailed.” this historic occasion.”

An elated Prime Minister patted the back of ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan “Our scientists have achieved and complimented the Inthis in the first attempt. This dian space scientists for makis first time in the world. His- ing space history. “I have said tory has been created today. it in the past too, the amount We have dared to reach out our scientists have spent on into the unknown and have this mission is even less than achieved near impossible. what they spend in making “We have gone beyond the Hollywood movies,” he said boundaries of human enter- in his address to the mission prise and innovation. We scientists. At just 74 million have navigated our craft USD, the mission is less than through a route known to the estimated 100 million very few,” Modi said in a USD budget of the sci-fi speech in Hindi and English, blockbuster 'Gravity'. congratulating the scientists India's MOM is the cheap-

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est inter-planetary mission, costing a tenth of NASA's Mars mission Maven that entered the Martian orbit on September 22.

It aims to study Mars' surface and mineral composition, and scan its atmosphere for methane, a chemical strongly tied to life on Earth.

Given the high rate of failures – only 21 of the total of 51 missions sent to Mars by various countries being successful, the success of MOM has given a boost to India's global standing in Space.

President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the success of the Mars Orbiter Mission 'Mangalyaan', saying the breakthrough will inspire the country's scientists to make even greater strides.

In a message to Chairman of ISRO K Radhakrishnan, the President said, “I extend my hearty congratulations and best wishes to you and your team on the successful Orbit Insertion Maneuver of the Mars Orbiter Mission 'Mangalyaan' after a journey of nearly nine months.

US, China applaud The US yesterday congratulated India for entering into the elite group of space-faring nations after the succesful insertion of Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) into the planet's orbit. “The US Embassy congratulates India and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM). India is in an elite group of space-faring nations by achieving insertion into

Mars orbit,” a statement from the US embassy here said.

Earlier in the day, NASA's MAVEN team also congratulated ISRO for its success. “#MAVEN team congratulates @ISRO for its #Mars arrival! @MarsOrbiter joins the missions studying the Red Planet,” NASA tweeted.

China yesterday congratulated India for its successful Mars mission saying that it was not only a proud achievement for the country and Asia but also a “landmark progress” in mankind's exploration of outer space.

“We have seen the report and congratulate India on the Mars satellite entering the orbit successfully,” Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing here while replying to a question on the successful sojourn of India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) spacecraft 'Mangalyaan'.

“This is pride of India and Pride of Asia and also is a landmark progress in humankind's exploration of outer space. So we congratulate India on that,” she said.

Responding to a question on whether China sees any room to work with India on space exploration in future, she said, “China always maintained peaceful development of outer space and carry out cooperation in this regard.”

Interestingly, India and the world got to know about the 'Mangalyaan' entering the orbit of Mars from the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) which was capturing signals from the unmanned spacecraft, Australia said yesterday.

Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling, while congratulating the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on “historic” accomplishment, said engineers working at the CDSCC played a key role in confirming that the spacecraft entered the orbit of the Red Planet. He said said CDSCC's Deep Space Station 43, which has supported many important space missions, captured the minute signals from the mission.

Twitter exchanges between ISRO and NASA ISRO reached out to lakhs of social media users by giving a blow by blow account of the successful historic Mars Orbit Insertion yesterday, even as it launched the MOM's official Twitter handle, @MarsOrbiter. Twitter exchanges between US Space agency NASA and ISRO on the Mars mission also formed a major highlight.

TWEET THE FEAT

NARENDRA MODI Prime Minister History is created & am glad to have witnessed it.

Will never forget this day! Congrats to our scientists #Mangalyaan

APJ Abdul Kalam – Former President of India ISRO has yet again given the nation a reason to smile... Well done. :) Prithviraj Chavan – Maharashtra CM India creates history as #Mangalyaan successfully enters Mars orbit. Congratulations scientists at #ISRO, we are proud of you. #MissionMars Vasundhara Raje – Rajasthan CM Historic day! Heartiest Congratulations to @isro - you've made India incredibly proud! Jai Vigyan!!

0mar Abdullah – Jammu & Kashmir CM Mangalyaan forgets to update its Facebook status : 'Yupieee, I am at Mars' Manohar Parrikar – Goa CM Congratulations to @isro for giving us this proud moment ..

Naveen Jindal – Businessman/politician Our #MarsMission is a testament 2 our technological powers,spirit of inquiry,scientists,engineers and men&women who work tirelessly 4 #India Milind Deora – Congress leader Congrats to ISRO & it's scientists for #MissionMars. Proud day for India. Wish I paid more attention in my university's Astronomy class :-) Aaditya Thackeray – Yuva Sena chief Very proud as an Indian today! #IndiaMarsMission #Mangalyaan #MissionMars Sachin Tendulkar – Indian cricketer The country is united in applauding efforts of the team @isro, I salute the silent achievers that have worked to make this happen #Mangalyaan Sania Mirza – Tennis player India on Mars :-) #Mangalyaan #firstattempt #soproud Virat Kohli – Indian cricketer Proud day for India. Congratulations @isro on making us the first to successfully get a spacecraft into the Mars orbit on our maiden attempt Shekhar Gupta – Journalist Progress with #missionmars tells us sarkari scientific institutions can produce results if left free and not molested as IIT/IIMs sometime Ashoke Pandit – Filmmaker/social activist India is the first country which proved successful in its first attempt. #missionmars Kudos.

Amitabh Bachchan – Actor Mangalyaan ... Our scientists have achieved what others could not .. Badhai, Pyaar, Sneh, Abhinandan, aur Jai jai kaar !! MOM !!

Rahul Bose – Actor In NY and so missed #Mangalyaan #MOM. Massive congratulations to the scientific and support team who made this happen. Congratulations!

Anupam Kher – Actor Mangal Yaan takes off. Jai Ho.:) #MissionMars #Isro Akshay Kumar – Actor Woke up to the great news of #Mangalyaan, the cheapest Mars mission ever! What a great achievement. Congrats @ISRO #ProudIndian Sridevi Boney Kapoor – Actor Congratulate India and #ISRO on the sucessful mission to Mars. #Mangalyaan #MissionMars #MarsMission.

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pg 16-17 We tell you how to experiment with colourful make up during Navratri Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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You don’t have to spend all day in heavy, impractical gaghra cholis in order to celebrate Navratri. Dev Goswami & Yamini Walia bring you wearable, colour-coded fashion picks for all nine days of the country’s most entertaining dance festival.

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If you overdo it, yellow can either make your outfit look dull, or overwhelmingly bright. So, make sure that you use different shades of the sunny colour and add silver accents to break the monotony.

Experiment with different shades of green, as the best part about this colour is that it flatters almost every skin tone.

However, pairing it with gold will add an elegant touch to your entire look.

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1. We love this shaded, mirror dress from Purvi Doshi’s collection (www.purvidoshi.com).

It’s simple, but stylish.

Price `12,000 onwards

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handbag a miss and pick this cute potli from www.perniaspop upshop.com to carry your essentials.

Price `6,500

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3. These tribal earrings from Shoppers Stop are inexpensive and the perfect shade of yellow. Price `599

1. This maxi dress by Ritu Kumar is versatile and not too over-the-top. Price `14,700

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3. Available on www.perniaspopupshop.com, we love this dress for its cool, green shade, which contrasts well with the gold blouse. Price `49,900

2. This necklace, from Zaveri & Co. is the perfect way to glam up your look. Price `1lakh onwards

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1. Gold and orange might not be a very

Grey is a dull colour, so you need to pair it with colourful accessories to help your look pop.

Combine different textures to create an interesting look.

obvious combination, but we love the look of these earrings from Just Jewellery.

Price On request

No other colour looks as chic as white. However, white can add a few kilos, so pair it with darker colours such as red, brown and black.

2. This ensemble from www.myntra.com is

perfect for this festival and you can even rock it at a wedding!

Price `5,999.

Red is the colour of festivities, especially in India.

However, stay away from neon or berry reds to avoid looking too old or too young.

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3. If you prefer going for a subtle shade of orange in your outfit, can opt for this handbag from www.phiverivers.com to provide a pop of colour.

Price `2,500

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Orange is an extremely bright colour, so to tone down your look, pair it with white and lighter shades of beige, blue and gold.

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1. This red, cut-out sari from Purvi Doshi

1. Another great piece from Purvi Doshi,

1. This white lehenga choli, with its dark borders and red dupatta is perfect for Navratri as well as the rest of the festive season. It is available on www.myntra.com.

Price `6,278.

we love the gorgeous mirror work on this lehenga. Price `12,000 onwards.

2. This pretty handbag is available at

www.phiverivers.com. Covered in tassels, with a metallic link chain, it is perfect for the festival. Price `3,500.

2. These jhumkhis from Amrapali might not be pure white, but they are as traditional as you can get when it comes to Navratri and will look beautiful with both white as well as red outfits.

Price `4,680.

3. Wearing an all-grey ensemble can make you look drab. So, we recommend opting for this beautiful ring from Ramniklal & Sons.

Price `1.3lakhs onwards

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Day 7: Blue

Day 8: Pink

Blue is a really versatile colour, so finding the perfect outfit is easy. If you want to rock a really festive look, try wearing it with a contrasting colour.

Pink is an extremely feminine colour, so wearing too much of it can be risky.

We suggest experimenting with prints and shades of pink, or wear it with shades of navy, black and beige.

will work great for formal events, as well as traditional occasions.

Price: `12,000 onwards.

2. We love the attention to detail on these earrings from Popley Eternal. They look great with the red sari that we picked above. Price: `3lakhs onwards 3. Holii has never disappointed us when it

comes to their festive collections, and this time around, they have introduced a great range of clutches, including this deep red one.

Price: `1,200 onwards.

Day 9: PurPle

Never combine purple with brighter shades of red, pink or orange, because unless it is done very tastefully, you will end up looking like a clown. This royal hue looks beautiful when paired with silver or gold.

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1. These earrings from

Ramniklal & Sons are extremely classy.

Price `1.3lakhs onwards

1. We love this pink salwar suit from BIBA. It’s festive, but simple enough to wear at the office on special occasions.

Price `3,718

2. We love the print on this deep blue dress from BIBA. Price `3,717.

2. These earrings from Anmol

3. These affordable

Jewellers will add a glamourous touch to your outfit. Price On request.

earrings from American Swan are perfect of Navratri.

Price `1,750

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FOr an inDO-Western tOuch The Label Corp, a collection of three websites featuring home décor and fashion, gives us some great ideas for the Navratri season. These outfits and combinations, they tell us, are a perfect way to rock the festive look when you’re at work: n Ikat Suits n Crop Tops with Sarees n Kurta Tops and Palazzos n Maxis with Indian Jewellery

1 1. This kurti top from Rangriti is perfect for everyday wear. But, it can also be dressed up for a festive look with silver and gold accessories. Price `499 onwards 2. We love these earrings from Zaveri & Co. They are unique, super-cute, and will match the kurti top we chose above perfectly. Price `1lakh onwards

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier Having over 13 years of experience in the field of hospitality and wedding planning means that you started your career when you were barely out of your teens. Tell us about your journey.

Yes, I was very young when I started my career. I was fascinated by weddings, but I never imagined that life would get me to where I am today. It has been a great learning experience. I was a hospitality expert and organised high profile events at the Grand Hyatt. However, making the transition from being a hotelier to a wedding planner has been an extremely adventurous and enlightening experience.

Why did you decide to start your own venture?

After being at the helm of operations as the

MUMBAI | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 While working at the Grand Hyatt and planning weddings, we’re sure that you must have faced some extremely nervewrecking moments. Can you tell us about a few?

We once organised an outdoor mehendi setup for 500 people, and it suddenly started raining; we moved the entire setup indoors within five minutes. Everyone got really nervous about how the ceremony would move forward and within 10 minutes, it stopped raining! We could have continued setting up the event indoors, but we didn’t want to let the beautiful outdoor setup go waste. So we had to dry everything and set up the entire venue again in a very short span of time. It was extremely stressful but because of a strong and dedicated team, we managed to pull it off successfully.

>> You can find out more about what Var Vadhu offers at www.varvadhu.net

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weddings Neha Arora believes in giving you a wedding that is exactly what it should be — the experience of a lifetime. The CEO of wedding planning website, VarVadhu.net, tells Dev Goswami about starting her career early and talks about current and future wedding trends

director of events at Grand Hyatt and being with the group for over eight years, I realised that there was a specific need to take weddings to a higher, more enriched level of experience and customisation. Everyone wanted a spectacular wedding, one that would leave their guests spellbound, but there were very few people who were actually providing such an integrated experience. I saw the void and felt that I could do something about it. That’s how Var Vadhu came to be.

Another such moment was when an artist could not make it on time for one of our events. So, we had to create another act on the spot. It was quite an improvisation, but we pulled it off. At the end of day, it was all about thinking on our feet, and being creative.

People believe that to have the best possible wedding, you need to spend a lot of money. Do you believe that this is true?

What are some expensive aspects of a wedding that you can cut back on?

Tell us about Var Vadhu. What is the venture Of course, with a bigger budget there is scope to do things in a better manner and all about? more lavishly, but it’s not true that you need Var Vadhu is a boutique agency that plans to spend a lot on a wedding to make it and organises lavish weddings, as well as grand. The most expensive aspect of any various high profile, private and social events. We believe in creating experiences that last forever. Whether it’s a private occasion or a massive reception for a few thousand guests, our main focus has always been to provide a unique, customised experience to every client.

Planning a wedding has got to be one of toughest jobs, and you’ve worked for some of the biggest names in India’s corporate and entertainment world. Tell us about your experience of planning such weddings.

Planning weddings has to be one of the toughest jobs, mainly because it’s a once in a lifetime moment for the client. Our clientèle largely comprises of industrialists and celebrities, and they are all creative people with a keen eye for detail. Every aspect of the occasion has to be taken care of and at the same time, every member of their family also needs to be given adequate attention. Even though we work with big corporate and entertainment brands, when it comes to wedding planning, our approach is personal and friendly. By the end of the event, our client becomes our friend.

wedding is the use of floral décor. These days, we use fabric flowers and crystals to get the same effect while cutting back on costs. Other things that people can cut back on include entertainment acts. They can get their friends to do dance performances and also hire young bands. At Var Vadhu, we provide a wide range of creative and fun entertainment acts that are affordable and will leave your guests captivated.

You juggle two roles, as a mother and an entrepreneur. Tell us how you manage to strike a balance.

My family has played a major role in helping me balance my work with my personal life. With proper planning and scheduling, I manage to spend a lot of quality time with my family. The support

starting a venture Neha gives us some tips, and though they are from a wedding planner’s perspective, they hold true for any woman looking to start her own business or start-up. She tells us, “Weddings are all about providing an unforgettable experience. I recommend gaining enough knowledge, experience and contacts in the industry before investing in anything big. It’s always a good idea to join an organisation, get enough field experience and prove your mettle to clients through various events (however big or small), as these clients are likely to recommend you to others. Focus, passion and dedication are three things that are vital for anyone who wants to enter the industry. It is also important that you know what aspect of wedding planning you would like to specialise in.”

system is so strong that there has never been any compromise, either at home or at work.

There is a big demand for candid photography at weddings. What other trends do you believe are going to be big in the future?

I think with time, a lot of new styles and traditions have been adopted in Indian weddings. Artists and entertainment acts are the major focus. But yes, candid photography has really carved a niche for itself. Pre-wedding shoots have also become popular. Another emerging trend is bachelor/ bachelorette parties. Customising and personalising the wedding theme is also on the rise, right from a logo on the invitation card, to the thank you notes and gifts — they have all become thematic.

Planning a bachelor trip to an exotic destination is also a popular trend that has been on the rise recently. We have also designed and executed multiple destination weddings in the past few years. Another trend that has become a rage is the wedding reception being replaced by post-wedding parties. Post-wedding parties are less formal and less stressful for the bride and groom, as they do not need to stand on a stage throughout the night and can move around freely and have more fun on their big day.

A successful career at Grand Hyatt and now your own venture, what’s next for you?

I am planning a coffee table book to showcase some of Var Vadhu’s best works.

Apart from that, I have been actively involved with The Wedding Academy (TWA) as their course director and we have successfully completed two batches. Our next move is to take the academy to the national level and provide an opportunity for youngsters across India to be part of this growing industry.

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Shopping

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YELLOW Best for: Yellow can be an intimidating colour, but you can wear it on your face. Skip yellow eye liners (they can look tacky) and incorporate subtle yellow eye shadow and nail polish into your look. You can also use a yellow shade of pressed powder to reduce redness and even out your skin tone.

OUR PICKS MAC: We love the Dare To Wear Eyeshadow from MAC in this beautiful shade of yellow, called Going Bananas.

Price `2,700

CLINIQUE: The Redness Solutions Instant Relief Mineral Pressed Powder from Clinique is the perfect addition to your beauty kit this season.

Price `1,463

LAKMé : We love this Fast and Fabulous yellow from Lakmé. It looks great and dries in just 40 seconds!

Price `200

GREY

Best for: Grey is a colour that often looks unimpressive on your nails, unless you add little flecks of silver to it. However, it can really dress up your eyes and help you rock a smouldering smokey look.

Best for: While most people opt for green eye shadow, if you don’t apply it right, it can end up looking like you’ve got a black eye as the night wears on.

So, it’s best to use a thin lick of liquid liner and your trusted green nail paint to rock the look.

MODICARE:

Best for: Apart from nail polish, did you ever think you could rock white makeup? We know it sounds a bit strange, but give it a try!

White eyeliner (use a bit to line your lower waterline) will enhance any eye colour you apply, as well as accentuate your eyes and make them look larger.

OUR PICKS L'ORéAL PARIS: The

LAKMé: We

Contour Kohl collection has a pure white shade that will make your eyes pop.

Price `350

love the Eyeconic range, so we’re really glad that they recently introduced this gorgeous white liner.

Price `250

Best for: We’re big fans of blue eye shadow. Mix and match a few shades for a beautiful look, or paint your nails a cool blue to rock a festive look.

OUR PICKS

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The Glow Glitz Eye Liners are one of our favourites, because they’re completely waterproof, glide on smoothly and look absolutely gorgeous. We especially love this jewel green shade.

Price `565

PURPLE

DOLCE & GABBANA: We love Dolce & Gabbana and their nail polishes are no exception. For those who are afraid to wear bright green shades, this nail polish is perfect.

Price `1,615

Allure is the perfect lipstick for those who want to veer away from tomato reds and prefer a darker shade of the bold colour.

Price `3,653

MAC: The Quite Cute lavender lipstick from MAC is perfect for those who want to sneak in a little purple. It is a safe option, as it is lighter than regular purple.

Price `1,399

DIOR: Pick this Rouge polish from Christian Dior if you’re up for brilliant, bright red nails this Navratri.

Price `2,828

ESTEE LAUDER: Can’t pick the right shade of blue for your eye liner? Get the perfect look by mixing and matching the colours from this Blue Dahlia eye shadow palette.

Price `2,552

Best for: Sure, pink may be your go-to blush colour, but what about lipstick? Sport a pretty rose lip on your next outing. Add some hot pink nails to the mix and you’re good to go!

MAKE UP FOREvER: Want to pick a darker shade of purple?

Pick Rouge Natural from Make Up Forever. We absolutely love this deep hue!

Price `3,849

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JESSICA: The nail polish brand that salons love, Jessica has a great range of pop colours.

We love their bright, purple burst shade.

Price `470

OUR PICKS

LAKMé :

REvLON:

Need hot pink nails?

Fuschia from Lakmé’s Fast and Furious collection should be your go-to nail paint.

Price `200

Pick the Stormy Pink shade from Revlon for perfectly pink, lusciously matte lips.

Price `550

1. BOTTOMS UP These quirky, printed palazzos, available at www.myntra.com, come with a printed, woven fabric belt. Wear these with a plain red, black or green t-shirt and add a pair of Kohlapuris to complete your look. For a more ethnic look, you can also wear a stack of silver bangles.

Price `1,199 2. BRIGhT IS IN Brighten up your look by wearing this shift dress from Global Desi, available at www.jabong.com. Its unique design and beautiful colour will make you stand out. Wear this dress with contrast coloured pumps and bright accessories to look lively.

Price `1,699 3. ShOw IT OFF This bodycon dress, available at www.forever21.com, is made from a stretchy knit fabric and has an open back, with a single button closure. For date night, wear it with strappy heels, a statement ring, and a sleek up-do to show off the detailing.

Price `1,819 4. MELLOw DOwN This dress, available at www.koovs.com, works perfectly if you don’t want to look too wild. The print on the dress is both quirky and fun. Pair it with black pumps to look trendy and chic.

Price `3,000 5. TAILORED TO PERFECTION This bodycon dress (available at www.asos.com) might be too wild for everyday wear, but it’s perfect for your next party. Tailored in a regular fit, this dress will keep you comfortable all night long.

Price `3,476

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RAvEENA TANDON

ShRADDhA ShARMA

Raveena looks pretty, but that’s about it.

There’s no glam quotient in this look and her hair is limp and uninteresting. The brocade on the bust is the only thing we’ve got to look at, since the rest of the look is swathed in simple red.

We love the gorgeous forest green, but the style takes away from the dark shade. With an excessively shirred shoulder and too many contrasting drapes, we would have frowned a little, but eventually shrugged and let this look go. However, the godawful black lace sleeve makes it really hard to turn a blind eye! And why pair it with that cobalt blue bag and pink nails Shraddha?!

NYX: Pick from the nude matte eye

OPI: OPI’s bright green nail lacquer

ChANEL: Chanel’s Rouge

Color Show’s range of nail polishes are great for a burst of colour. We love this cool blue shade; it’s perfect for a casual Navratri look.

Price `125

OUR PICKS

Best for: Forget your eyes and nails — you can wear purple lipstick! It’s a gorgeous colour that really pops on your lips, but remember to match your shade to your skin tone and keep the rest of your makeup minimal.

Best for: Do we really have to tell you? Rock a red lip and flash some well manicured, red nails this Navratri with this classic, statement colour.

OUR PICKS

MAYBELLINE:

Navratri is back and so are nine days of incredible colour! If you don’t want to dress to the nines, you can still incorporate a touch of festivity into your look by picking from these great makeup options, says Rhea Dhanbhoora

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shadow range from NYX. We especially love this beautiful grey shade, called Craving.

Price `375

makes your nails look funky but still and polished. The colour is great for those who are bold enough to rock such a bright shade.

Price `670

RIMMEL: The

ORANGE

Best for: Forget about liner and orange eye shadow. If you’re tired of limiting this look to orange nail paint, why not try a pretty orange lipstick? It’s a surprisingly attractive colour for an evening out and suits most skin tones.

OUR PICKS COLORBAR: Swipe on a thick, creamy coat of colour with the Sinful Orange hue from Colorbar’s crayon lipstick range, Take Me As I Am. Price `889

MAYBELLINE: Pick from Maybelline’s ColorSensation range to get the best orange variant. We’re particularly fond of this Orange Crush shade.

Price `375

AvON: Avon’s Ultra Glazewear range has a range of pop colours for those who don’t want to wear orange lipstick, but still want a sheer orange sheen on their lips.

Price `299

Scandal Eyes range from Rimmel has beautiful, thick crayon liners that will easily replace your eye shadow.

This grey shade is perfect for the season.

Price `450

NARS: The Koala Grey eye liner from NARS is one of our favourite picks, especially because of the thin, felt pen-like tip that makes application a dream.

Price `1,910

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SUNIDhI ChAUhAN

Whoa! We did a double take here, but it’s definitely not because we looked back to admire this outfit. We don’t even have words to describe it! From the shell-shocked pose to the ’80s inspired top knot bun... nothing works. Add to that some pretty ugly, platform lace-ups and a wildly patterned jacket and trouser combination and Sunidhi looks like a Michael Jackson impersonator gone horribly wrong. We do like the pretty red blouse peeking out though.

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SONAM KAPOOR

Sonam’s outfits are usually trendy and this midi circle skirt is no different. We love the chaotic black and white print and the way it sits pretty above her waistline. The black bodice, lace neck and sequined jacket however, take all the attention away from the skirt, which is unfortunate.

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POONAM DhILLON

Looks like Poonam isn’t finished with the teenager matchy-matchy look! Her pretty blue dress border clashes terribly with the baby blue slippers and while the busy skirt looks nice, we wish the bodice had been plain. The matching blue necklace and eye shadow is a little too much with everything else that’s going on with this look!

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sPARkling Pink BReAst cAnceR WAtch Since October (the month for breast cancer awareness) is just around the corner, Guess watches has launched the 9th edition of its Sparkling Pink Breast Cancer watch. The watch has a rose-gold case, with crystals on the bezel. The brand, in conjunction with AP Group, will donate a portion of the proceeds from the sale of each watch to raise funds and awareness to help women fight breast cancer.

Where It’s about Time Store, Helios, Accessories Guess Stores, Guess Jeans Stores, Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle and all leading multi-brand watch retailers.

Price `9,900

MUMBAI | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The RecRuiT

No, we’re not talking about the film, but we sure are going to tell you how to find the perfect recruit.

Shirley Mistry explains what qualities to look out for while interviewing prospective employees

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hile you can ensure that your prospective employees have all the necessary qualifications, paperwork and skills, there are some qualities that a degree can’t guarantee, which is why it is essential that you pick up on these nuances when you are screening candidates for a position. Apart from ensuring that they have the necessary skills, make sure that they also possess these essential traits:

ResPonsiveness

logo cRAzed Another Guess watch that we’re in love with this week is the Guess Logo Crazed piece. The Guess logo is imprinted in rose gold across the strap and dial of this blue watch.

This exciting combination of blue and rose gold makes for an eye-catching accessory. The watch will be available from October.

Where It’s About Time Palladium Mumbai, GUESS Accessories Stores, GUESS Jeans Stores, Shoppers Stop, Lifestyle and all leading Multi Brand Watch retailers.

Price `1,49,000

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A meddling co-WoRkeR

I recently started working at a new firm, and a colleague who sits right across me, is infamous for meddling in other people’s affairs. While she can’t get enough of being a nosy-parker, that’s not her only annoying habit. She is also constantly playing the oneupmanship game. If I am feeling ill, she is feeling worse; if I mention that I have lots of work, she’ll try and brush it aside and rattle off her entire to-do list in an attempt to put me down. She is an elderly lady and is also my senior, so I don’t know how to tackle the situation without offending her. Please help!

— Raina kapoor, vashi dear Raina, It takes a while to get used to a new office and your colleague may not be as nosy as you think she is.

She may be making small talk to help you feel more comfortable.If you think that she is doing it to put you down or to show you who’s boss, the easiest way to tackle the situation would be to avoid disclosing too many details. Talk about things without going into the specifics. This should prevent her from trying to outdo you. However, don’t shut her out completely, as you are in a new, different working environment and making too many enemies isn’t going to help your case! Also, you never know when you’ll have to work closely with her in the future, so be tactful. send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in before Wednesday

This should be one of the first things on your check-list. A candidate might come in with a rich CV and promising recommendations, but if you feel as though they are so full of themselves and overconfident that they couldn’t be bothered to listen to what you are saying, alarm bells should be ringing.

Responsiveness indicates that the candidate has the adequate social skills that are required of an employee and will approach work with the right attitude. Moreover, you wouldn’t want your employees rubbing their colleagues or your company’s clients the wrong way, simply because they have a superiority complex and don’t think it’s important enough to respond, let alone converse politely.

Action PAcked Your candidates may have degrees from the most prestigious universities, but are they really worth their weight in gold? If you aren’t convinced about how well their skills translate into everyday work, it is better to give them a test that will utilise their skills. This way, you will get a sense of their quality of work, see how their education translates into concrete projects and judge their attitude and approach to work and work-related problems.

enthusiAsticAlly youRs There are people who work only for a monthly pay cheque, and then there are people who work for job satisfaction, growth, experience and simply because they love doing what they do.

While no one is selfless enough to work only for experience, ensure that your candidate isn’t interviewing for the position only for the money. Enthusiastic candidates are more likely to give their 100% and will be more willing to commit long hours to their job. It shows that they are really interested to work for your firm and aren’t sitting through the interview just because they need the money, or have exhausted all other options.

>> Our tips will help you the next time you’re conducting an interview

in the long Run A candidate interviewing for the position may help you tide over a temporary pitfall or shortage in staff, but if they aren’t going to be valuable to your team in the long run, it isn’t worth the investment that you will be making in terms of the training that you will be providing them with. Ensure that they are an asset to your organisation. Another aspect to consider is whether or not they are in it for the long run. If you think that the position that you’re offering may just be a stop-gap for the candidate, or a way to kill time while they look for better opportunities, you are better off without them, because in all likelihood, you will be back to interviewing candidates in no time, as soon as this candidate has stumbled across greener pastures — making hiring this kind of an employee a waste of your time, energy and resources.

“i’m not doing thAt” If you feel as though this is the response your candidate is going to have to most of the work he/ she is assigned, you better look elsewhere. Candidates who feel that a particular assignment is beneath them and is something that they wouldn’t want to be caught dead performing, aren’t assets to any workforce. Good employees are willing to give their job all it takes, without considering any job to be too small or of unworthy their time and attention.

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Navratri treats Nine delicious treats for the nine nights of Navratri — sounds great, doesn’t it? Shirley Mistry tells you what simple, yet delicious recipes you can whip up on each night of the festival, without spending hours slaving in the kitchen

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f you are running against time while you host guests or get ready to partake in Navratri festivities, these easy-to-cook, scrumptious treats will save you time in the kitchen and help you earn some brownie points with your family. We spoke to Godrej Tyson Foods ltd. (GTFL) to find recipes that steer clear from the usual, everyday fare and are quick to prepare. You can use the ready-to-cook offerings from GTFL’s Yummiez range, such as their nuggets, cheese fingers, French fries and aloo tikkis to prepare these dishes. Take a look.

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Masala nuggets with coriander fried rice: Heat 1 tbsp oil in a pan. Add 1 tbsp finely chopped onions, ½ tsp minced ginger, 1 tsp chopped garlic and 1 tsp of chopped green chilli. Then, add ⅓ cup of a mixture of green peas, mushrooms and broccoli florets, along with 1 tbsp chopped carrots. Stir fry them for a minute or two, and then add 2 cups of cooked rice, along with 1 tbsp each of soy sauce and coriander puree. Toss the rice well, add salt and pepper to taste and garnish with chopped coriander.

Serve it with fried nuggets.

Cheesy burrito wrap: In a pan, heat 1 tbsp olive oil and add 1 tsp of minced garlic to it. Then, add ½ cup thinly sliced bell peppers and 1 tbsp chopped onions and sauté well. Spice the vegetables with ½ tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp cumin powder and a pinch each of clove powder and dried oregano. Add ⅓ cup cooked rajma >> Classic Burrito Wrap includes a delicious filling of vegetables

and 1 cup tomato sauce to the pan and cook it till it is heated through. Add 1 tsp green chillies to the mix and puree it to make a thick paste. Warm tortilla wraps slightly, spread the rajma mix and lay a few cheese fingers in the centre of the wrap. Top it up with shredded iceberg lettuce, roll and serve. n

Easy mushroom burgers: In a pan, sauté 1 cup of sliced onions and 5 tbsp of sliced mushrooms separately. Mix 1 tbsp mustard, 1 tbsp ketchup, 1 tsp chilli sauce and 2 tbsp mayonnaise in another bowl to form a spread. Slice burger buns in half, warm them and then apply the spread on both sides. Add a grilled burger patty to the bun, top it with lettuce, sliced tomato, mushrooms, sautéed onions and a slice of cheese before adding the top layer of the bun.

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Aloo tikki chole chaat: In a heavy bottomed pan, heat 2 tbsp of oil and add 4-5 cloves, 1-2 cinnamon sticks, 1 tsp jeera, 1 tsp ginger-garlic paste, a pinch of asafoetida and 1 sliced onion. Sauté till the onions turn golden brown and add 1 tsp chilli powder, ½ tsp turmeric powder and 2 tbsp coriander powder. Then, add 3-4 tsp of tomato puree and cook it till the oil separates. Add 1 cup of cooked white channa and a cup of water. Let the lentils simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add salt to taste. Then, fry ready-to-cook aloo tikkis till they are golden brown, top with the chole and drizzle over a

>> Masala nuggets with coriander fried rice is easy to cook

tamarind chutney as per taste. Top it with a handful of sev, ½ a chopped onion and sprinkle some chaat masala.

Serve immediately to prevent the papdi and sev from getting soggy.

tamarind and green chilli chutney.

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Nuggets pizza: Use store-bought pizza bases and spread a thin layer of tomato sauce on them. Top with slices of fresh mozzarella cheese and bake in the oven at 180°C, until the cheese melts. Remove the pizza and top it with shallow-fried nuggets that have been shallow fried.

Drizzle olive oil over it, sprinkle shredded, fresh basil, salt, pepper and grated pecorino cheese before serving.

Aloo tikki sandwich: Place a cheese slice on white bread and spread 1 tbsp of thousand island dressing over it. Fry aloo tikkis (like the Yummiez Aloo Tikkis) in a pan and place one tikki on the cheese slice, along with a few mint leaves. Top the sandwich with another slice of bread, apply butter on both sides of the sandwich and grill it in a non-stick pan until both sides are crisp and golden.

Aloo tikki and French fries papdi chaat: Fry and set aside ready-tocook aloo tikkis and French fries. Then, place store bought papdis in a dish and top them with the aloo tikkis and French fries.

Add 2-3 tbsp of whisked curd, and drizzle green mint chutney and sweet

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Cheese fingers & olive bruschetta: Mix together 1 tsp of garlic paste, 150g butter, 1 tbsp chopped parsley and a pinch of salt. Spread this mix generously on thick slices of baguette. Top each slice with one cheese finger, a good helping of shredded cheese and bake in the oven until the cheese melts. In another bowl, mix together a cup of finely diced tomatoes, 10 finely chopped green and black olives along with ½ a cup of sliced spring onions, 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp chopped coriander and a pinch of chaat masala. Spoon this mix over each slice of baked bread before serving it.

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Jalapeno peppers stuffed with cheese and corn nuggets: In a pan, heat 1 tbsp olive oil and sauté 1 cup of finely chopped onions along with 1 tbsp of garlic. Add to it 2 cups of shredded cheese and stir it till the cheese has melted.

Add a packet of fried cheese corn nuggets to the pan and mash them in. Fill this mixture into jalapeños that have been sliced lengthwise. Bake the jalapeños until the outside is charred and the cheese begins to bubble and serve.

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gifting Dilemma

« SoS: Solve our Situation!

Think you can fix our readers’ complicated problems? Read on...

I have been working in the marketing department of a big ad agency for some time now. I recently was part of a core team to promote a new contract and I was buzzing!

I had a very good strategy and my immediate boss and even my team-mates were excited. I was chosen to pitch the idea to the client along with out boss!

Best of luck Tina!

It’s an awesome idea! You will really be on the map for this!

How many times have you complained about how difficult it is to find the perfect gift for a guy? With so few options, it’s even tougher to find something that can’t be misconstrued. Yamini Walia helps you out by exploring what gifts to avoid buying

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e know that there are never enough choices when you’re looking for a gift for a guy, and we’re not trying to make your life even more difficult. If you’ve got to gift your man four times a year and have already gotten him a shirt, a pair of shoes, a cologne and a wallet, you’re going to have a hard time deciding what to give him next. However, although it may make your life tough, there are gifts that your man could be more insulted by than excited about. Read on to find out what gifts to be wary of.

Thank you! This is my first client pitch! I’m not even nervous! My idea is winner!

really want to be given a fashion lesson when they’re unwrapping a gift. Unless you know your man intimately and are sure that he is going to be okay with it, leave lavenders and pinks out of the mix — along with feminine coloured gift wrap!

We suggest: If you think he really needs a salmon coloured shirt, give him a gift card from his favourite brand and suggest that you go shopping together.

cute — but only if you’re a teenager. Very few adults (women or men) want to be browsing through a book of embarrassing pictures from their past on their birthday or anniversary.

We suggest: If you must gift a scrapbook or give him a DIY gift, try something that contains things he can use. Vouchers, date night coupons... include anything that makes it a little more fun.

SCrap the BOOK

SOCK It!

Having a scrapbook full of memories, with little hearts drawn around your pictures is

In a scene from a popular TV show, Friends, Ross once very wisely said, “While a salt shaker is good, salt alone is off limits.”

So, getting your guy a pair of shoes is a great gift, but, unless they’re in the package as well, stay away from gifting him socks!

We suggest: Get a pair of shoes instead! If you think he doesn’t want any more shoes and want to stick to footwear, try sandals or funky slippers.

Save the Spray If someone gifted you a deodorant, would you be able to resist wondering whether it’s because you stink? The same holds true for a man. He is going to assume that you perceive him as unhygienic, or at the very least, as someone who needs a little help in the grooming department.

We suggest: Save a little and gift him a good cologne instead.

A guy’s daily skincare regime may include using shaving cream and hair gel, but we’re sure he can buy that on his own.

He’s not going to get excited about that special men’s shower gel and gifting him scented soap will make him gag. So, stay away from the toiletries.

We suggest: If grooming items are your gift of choice, pick an expensive razor instead — but only if you know he doesn’t have one that he loves already.

Gifting a woman lingerie is sexy — gifting a man briefs or boxers? Not so much. Most men will wince at the idea of you giving them a box of briefs for their birthday.

Also, remember that if it’s a new relationship, this gift might turn out to be really awkward — unless it’s Valentine’s Day. We suggest: Why not get him a funky pair of beach shorts instead?

SO FeMININe There’s nothing more attractive than a man who can pull off a salmon coloured shirt with élan.

However, most men don’t

>> Take a look at our gifting guide for men, so that you can steer clear of making a faux pas

« Dear grace, i have a problem...

Dear Grace, My boyfriend loves experimenting in the bedroom — usually with different positions.

The problem is that sometimes I am not comfortable with the positions that he wants to try — physically or mentally. But, in the heat of the moment, I don’t quite know how to react. And, when I’m not comfortable, it becomes a turn off. But, he is really enthusiastic and I don’t know how to talk to him about it without making him feel bad. What do you think

Once we got to the client, I was all ready to get in there and get them excited as well... But, my boss didn’t even introduce me...

Hi Ritu... So this is what we are going to do for you...

As the meeting progressed, I began to feel stupider and then some more stupid. It was like I was a door or desk. And suddenly from Tina’s great idea or even Our Team thinks... It suddenly was

NO tOILetrIeS pLeaSe

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I should do?

— Unwilling-to-experiment Dear Unwilling-to-experiment, There are two ways to deal with this. The simplest way is to talk to him about your experiments in the bedroom. Tell him exactly why you’re uncomfortable with certain positions. Stick to explaining this in a physical and physiological way. This way, you’ll ensure that he understands that this is only about a certain position not working for you, or

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causing you discomfort. Also, discuss the various positions that you’ll could try.

Discussing it rather than avoiding it will show him that you are interested in trying out new positions as well, but at the same time, this approach gives you a veto of sorts. If you come across any posture that you think would be uncomfortable for you, just cross it off your list and tell him that you would not be okay with trying that particular position.

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My idea... I was thinking... I want to I... I... I... Me Me... My IDEA... mine mine mine...

I was shocked! It was MY idea! And the whole team put in an effort to bang out the details... But by the end of the meeting...

I LOVE IT! Great idea Piyush! Go for it! No wonder they call you a genius!

“It was MY idea! My boss, the ‘genius’, STOLE MY IDEA! I am feeling so angry and sad, but I can’t say anything because he is my boss. I have lost all enthusiasm for my work. Help!” — Tina a) Why can’t you say anything? Bring it up with him. In front of everyone. He sounds like a bully! Do you want this to continue? b) For the sake of your job, forget it. This happens all the time. Even big ad agency honchos are not immune to ‘inspiration’. c) What would you have him say to the client? My junior has an idea and that’s what you are paying the big bucks for? He took you along so he know its is your idea. Relax and grow up!

LAST WEEK: Opposite of Posh: The internet has articles and video tutorials on table etiquette. A basic rule of thumb is to either follow the host or use the cutlery starting from outside inwards. A small present or the hostess such as a box of chocolates or a nice book is also a nice gesture...

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With increased and intense stimulation, the tissue purportedly swells to the size of a mini ball and becomes firm. If the stimulation is continued she will climax.

There is not much information available about the G-spot simply because experts are unable to pinpoint and label the area, nor can they locate the nerves that trigger the response.

The existence of this spot is also not accepted by many authorities.

Please note that the G-spot is more for academic discussion than for practical use.

G-Spot

What is G-Spot? My patients ask this question very often and I find no answer in medical books.

G–SPOT is an area of increased sensitivity within the vagina, with maximum potential for sexual arousal. It is supposed to be located on the upper vaginal wall about two inches from the external vaginal opening.

G-spot got its name after it's discoverer Ernest Grafenberg, a German gynaecologist, in 1950. It has been described as a mass of

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tissue about the size of a small bean in the unstimulated state. If present, a woman will be able to pinpoint it by sliding her finger(s) with forward, backward or side-to-side movement.

What the cards say: Be cool.

Path: Compassion will win the day. Don’t be restless.

Ally: Gemini will stimulate you. Avoid Leos who will make you more volatile.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no I The Magician. He will give you the power to achieve the impossible.

Be discerning about right and wrong.

What the cards say: Introspect.

Patiently work out your needs.

Path: It is time to grow to understand kindness and empathy.

Don’t waste this valuable time.

Ally: Pisces will make you see the gentler side. Stay away from Gemini who will be cold and calculating.

Card for the week: VII The Chariot. Focus on your goal and go for it. Be determined and hardworking and you will have the world at your feet.

What the cards say: Good times are here.

Path: Stabilise. Don’t live in the past.

Ally: Libra helps you reason out things. Avoid Capricorn who will make you more morose.

Card for the week: The Tarot key V The Hierophant will help you become socially mature and connect with received wisdom which will help you adjust in the society and have a sense of belonging.

What the cards say: Be concerned about others.

Path: Discerning the truth is important. Don’t be an ostrich.

Ally: Capricorn shows you the bitter truth. Avoid high strung Sagittarius who will take you for a merry ride.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no XVIII The Moon.

Imagination will be working over time.

Time to write poetry and connect with your own creativity.

What the cards say: You need to be introspective.

Path: There is another side that you must see and take on board. Don’t think that only you are right.

Ally: Be guided by mellow Virgo and avoid Aries who could feed your emotions.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XV The Devil.

Look at the different guises of the Devil from pleasure to indulgence and how he uses them to fool and misguide mankind. Look behind the surface of things.

What the cards say: Empathy will win the day.

Path: Look at the more unfortunate with compassion. Don’t hold on to past grudges or wrongs. Connect.

Ally: Water sign Scorpio will give you romantic advice. Avoid critical Virgo who will be too sensible.

Card for the week: The tarot Key no XXI The World, which means liberation.

Freedom from restraints and constraints.

Unresolved Emotional Issues

I am a really sensitive person and I cry easily when I am hurt but I think my boyfriend is so sick of my unpredictable emotions that he doesn't want to be around me anymore. What can I do to get back to where we used to be?

I BELIEVE that you have a lot of unresolved emotional issues in you which could go as far back as your childhood. You need to see a counsellor to sort them out. As far as your boyfriend is concerned, since he is your boyfriend and not your counsellor, he probably does not know how to handle your emotions and is overwhelmed by them. That is natural

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and understandable.

If he knows that you are sorting out matters with a counsellor, he may find it safe enough to be in the relationship again. But if he does not want to stick by you while you are working through your feelings, then read the writing on the walls – you are better off without him.

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What the cards say: Look within for there is the problem.

Path: To be fair and honest in dealing with all. Don’t look just at your interest but see what is right.

Ally: Virgo who will give you honest advice. Avoid Aquarius who will encourage you to be self seeking.

Card for the week: The Tarot key no IX The Hermit. Wisdom is what the Hermit is offering you. Connect with the energies of the Hermit and you will benefit greatly.

What the cards say: Times are changing.

Path: Let go. Don’t be blind to the needs of others.

Ally: Sagittarius will lighten your mood. Avoid Virgo who will show your fault.

Card for the week: Tarot Key XX Judgment. Look carefully, you will be called to exercise right decision.

Your judgment will be important.

What the cards say: Trust the Divine.

Path: Let go. God is in charge. Don’t take on so much.

Ally: Listen to the sensible Virgo who can be kind. Stay away from the cold Aquarius who could hurt you.

Card for the week: Tarot key no XI Justice.

You will be compensated for all that you have suffered.

If you have caused suffering of others then nemesis is at hand.

What the cards say: Kindness and care will go a long way.

Path: Place yourself in the others shoes. Don’t be hesitant in nurturing love.

Ally: Earth sign Taurus will understand you.

Avoid cerebral Gemini who will not understand your intense emotions.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no XIII Death.

Change is indicated that will bring new opportunities and insights.

What the cards say: Time to have a rethink about self.

Path: See where your choices have taken you. Don’t be rigid but become flexible.

Ally: Air sign of Libra will be a good friend and show you the right way. Avoid the air sign Gemini who will encourage you in the wrong direction.

Card for the week: Tarot key The Moon. Will show up your fears and uncertainty. It will also show your creativity and imagination.

What the cards say: Take care of your health.

Path: Make friends not break any relationships. Don’t believe all that people tell you.

Ally: Water sign Scorpio will be able to support you. Don’t follow Cancer who will heighten your fears.

Card for the week: Tarot Key no II The High Priestess. It is a time for discovering your inner strengths and what you believe in.

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“Prime Minister Modi prioritises India's domestic transformation by strengthening its economy and addressing the challenges that impede economic growth. The United States is deeply interested in partnering with India to be a part of that domestic transformation...We believe we can contribute capacity, technology, and best practices. And in return we can benefit from the innovation and entrepreneurship for which India is known.”

US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal

BUSINESS BRIEFS Textiles Ministry To Launch Venture Capital Fund With SIDBI

Markets Turn Volatile

NSE India: S&P CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Thursday (September 25, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell marginally on Wednesday (September 24, 2014) a net 15.15 points (0.19%) and closed at the 8002 point level. The market opened flat at the 8015 points level.

It then rose sharply into the green and registered the day’s high at the 8042 points level at 9.31 a.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until 2.00 p.m. It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 7950 points level at 2.07 p.m. The index then rose sharply and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 92 points. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 27 were losers, 22 were gainers and 1 remained unchanged. Substantial buying was witnessed in FMCG stocks while substantial selling was witnessed in capital goods, realty, comsumer durables and banking stocks.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a weak market but with a neutral 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 = 7998 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 7954.

Support (2) = 7906.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Resistance (1) = 8046.

Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 1.35%. This change is small Resistance (2) = 8090. and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 390 were gainers, 1181 were losers and 32 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level but is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a a doji pattern. This indicates indecisiveness amongst investors. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market.

But, the 5-day’s moving average has crossed above the 15-day’s moving average. This is positive. However, the index is below its 5, 15 and 25-day’s moving averages Further, the velocity parameers too indicae weakness. Both these indicate a negative bias. As such these are mixed signals. Investors are advised to avoid buying at present levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is 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: Is below its 5-day average (at 8080) Negative.

Is below its 15-day average (at 8076) Negative.

Is below its 25-day average (at 8030) Negative.

Is above its 200-day average (at 6996) 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.

Aiming to provide support to start-ups, Textiles Ministry will launch Tex-Venture Capital Fund with a minimum corpus of Rs 35 crore in association with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). "The primary objective of the fund will be to make early and growth stage investments in small enterprises. These will be innovative enterprises in new and emerging fields in textiles industry, including powerloom sector and allied products & services."

"Textiles Ministry and SIDBI are the initial contributors to the fund which is expected to commence with a minimum corpus of Rs 35 crore while the targeted fund size is Rs 80 crore," SIDBI Deputy Managing Director N K Maini told PTI. SIDBI is the fund's sponsor and each investment will be limited to Rs 3 crore. The funds will commence operation shortly, Maini added.

Coal Import Bill To Shoot Up By Rs 18k Cr

India's coal import bill is likely to go up further by around Rs 18,000 crore due to the cancellation of coal blocks by the country's apex court, according to a report. The Supreme Court yesterday quashed the allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks alloted to various companies since 1993. Around 40 of them were operational. "In the event of complete de-allocation of the coal blocks, the import bill of India would jump by USD 3 billion. The two most impacted companies are Jindal Steel and Power and Hindalco," Macquaire had said in a recent report.

Farmers Supply 1 Cr Litre Ethanol To IOL, BPCL

Efforts are on to promote ethanol to cut the huge Rs 6 lakh crore bill on import of crude and farmers have already supplied 1 crore litre of ethanol to Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari yesterday said. "Our farmers can manufacture petrol, diesel and gas. You will be surprised that this year the farmers have given Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum one crore litre of ethanol, which is absolute alcohol," Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said. Innovation and entrepreneurship are drivers of economic growth and prosperity and can change the face of India, he added.

Laser World Of Photonics India 2014 Inaugurated

Laser World Of Photonics India 2014 hosted by MMI India, commenced on 23rd September at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre. The 3 day show is recognized as an integral part of the laser industry in India by the Associations and the industry at large. The event is supported by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Government of India.

Mukesh Ambani, Dada Vaswani Bag Priyadarshni Awards

The 30th Anniversary Priyadarshini Global Awards was held in Mumbai last week.

Mukesh Ambani was represented by his wife Nita Ambani at the function to receive the Harish Mahindra Memorial Award. Accepting the award Nita Ambani said that the award would give Mukesh's dreams a Nita Ambani seeks blessings from Dada JP Vaswani new impetus. Dada at the event.

J.P. Vaswani received the Spiritual Leadership Award. Dada spoke a few words saying that his Master, Sadhu Vaswani had taught him to see God in everyone. All his life he has attempted to bear witness to this teaching. Then, his innate humility took over and he said that he did not deserve this award and that he was only accepting it on behalf of everyone. He said that each one of us has made an invaluable contribution to humanity, hence each one deserved it.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Antique Stock Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on Larsen & Toubro CMP: Rs. 1463

Target: Rs. 1800

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NEWS FLASH

Unitech, UCP get BoA approval for stake sale in 5 SEZs HCC bags contracts worth Rs 208 cr Volkswagen launches new Vento in diesel version l Mitashi introduces SKY TAB 2, a fully loaded Android Kids Tablet JPVL drops hiving off 2 hydel projs into separate subsidiaries Nilgai Foods to raise upto USD 10 mn in equity investment Spices export touches over Rs 4,000 cr in four months.

An Estimated ` 2.3 Trillion Needs To Be Raised

Government borrowing schedule due on Friday

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he government is due to announce the borrowing schedule for second half (Oct14-Mar15) of FY15 on Friday. If the full-year borrowings program is maintained then an estimated INR 2.3trn needs to be raised in the second half (2H) of FY 15.

However, after the first half (1H) tranche was lowered by INR 160bn on the back of central bank’s dividends and government’s cash surplus, expectations are that the full-year borrowings will be lowered, a first in many years, says DBS Bank. Hence two scenarios might unfold: if the annual gross borrowing is left unchanged, then the 2H issuance will be raised to INR 2.48trn; alternatively if the author-

ities are confident on the fiscal situation then the 2H borrowings will be maintained at INR 2.3trn, implying lower full-year borrowings. 10Y government bond yields fell to oneyear lows below 8.5% earlier this week, riding on these expectations.

On the fiscal end, the new government has retained the challenging -4.1% of GDP deficit target for FY15, banking on optimistic tax revenue projections. “We expect this target to be met, but don’t rule out a modest 0.1-0.2% of GDP overshoot.

The focus is on the ambitious divestment target (~USD 10bn), which should offset the below-target tax collections. If the overall revenues fall short of budgeted estimates, a mid-course reduction in spending will be necessary to meet the deficit targets. Given last

year’s experience, the axe is likely to fall on capital expenditure, while subsidies prove stickier”, says DBS. Nonetheless, few one-off factors might provide some headroom to fiscal consolidation efforts. Firstly, part relief is likely from lower food subsidies (estimated 17% savings), as lack of preparedness amongst states to unveil the food security program could delay disbursements. Secondly, softness in the global crude prices, especially with Brent prices hovering below the key USD 100 per barrel mark (budget estimates USD 110pb), will also help contain diesel subsidies. DBS believes “Any concrete progress on completing deregulating the diesel regime is expected to provide additional comfort on the fiscal balance”.

EPFO’s ` 1,000 Minimum Pension To Benefit 32 Lakh Immediately

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he government's decision to amend the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS-95) run by EPFO to provide minimum monthly pension of Rs 1,000 will immediately benefit around 32 lakh pensioners who get less than this. Earlier, estimates of EPFO had suggested that the immediate beneficiaries who were getting less than Rs 1000 every month would be 28 lakh while the total number of pensioners under the Employees' Pension Scheme

(EPS-95) of Employees Provident Fund (EPFO) were 44 lakh.

"Out of the present 49 lakh pensioners of EPS-95 approximately 32 lakh pensioner are drawing less than Rs 1000 per month with a large number of them drawing less than Rs 500 per month," an EPFO order said. Though the entitlement provided by the government under the EPS-95 was made effective on September 1, the pensioners getting less than Rs 1000 per month would be paid this much amount from next month onwards. In a bid to

Seaways Ties Up With Mcquilling Of USA

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eaways Shipping and Logistics Limited, one of the leading logistics providers in the country, has tied up with McQuilling Partners of USA to provide tanker, dry bulk, chemical and offshore brokerage services. It will also provide research and logistics consultancy within India and its related markets through offices in Mumbai and New Delhi. McQuilling Partners is the third largest shipbroking firm in the world.

Announcing the launch of Seaways McQuilling India Private Limited here, the CEO of McQuilling Partners, John Schmidt, said in a statement here “We are glad to be here in India especially through a valued partner like Seaways. Our step is consistent with our long-term expansion plan in a strategic market like India which throws vast potential in the field of broking, research and consultancy”.

Seaways Group Chairman, Capt PVK Mohan said, “The synergy between Seaways and McQuilling has created a world class platform for Indian charterers, marine interests and shipping experts. We would provide well researched services to our clients and open the international contacts to the Indian market.”

Capt Harihar Prasad, MD of the new entity, Seaways McQuilling India, said, “Now that we are present locally in India, we would like to give our existing clients an opportunity to explore the Indian market and at the same time, to open our research and experience in tanker broking business to Indian charterers.”

With the increasing energy requirements, the entry of McQuilling is most appropriate. There would be need for setting up of new ports.

Prospective bidders would benefit from the world class technology and knowhow that their marine consultancy would provide.

make the event a memorable one, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has asked its field offices to organise a facilitation programme on September 30.

The EPFO head offices wants the field formation to invite and felicitate those people who were issued the oldest pension payment order (PPO) by the respective offices and were paid least amount under the EPS-95.

The field officers have also been asked to participate in radio and TV programmes to create awareness about the government's initiative.

CommonFloor Gets $30 Million In Funding From Tiger Global

By A Business Reporter eal estate portal CommonFloor. com, has received USD 30 million in a new round of funding. This round of funding has been raised from their existing investor, Tiger Global. The current round of funding comes within months after it raised Rs 64 crores in last round from Tiger Global and Accel India. With more than 2,00,000 users visiting the portal every day, CommonFloor.com has witnessed a 100% increase in traffic, 125% jump in live listings and added over 25,000 communities in

nology that will enhance customer experience. The company will continue to strategically scale-up its marketing and operations across the 18 cities where it’s currently present and expand to 22 new markets in India.”

The portal claims to have redefined the online real-estate business by offering complete, end-to-end services that go beyond property classifieds. Its exclusive features like augmented map-based mobile app signals users about available properties in the vicinity, drone service to take pictures of panoramic views from

the last two quarters. The website also gets more than 25% traffic on its site via mobile app, and in the coming months it is poised for tremendous growth.

Commenting on the Funding, Sumit Jain, Co- founder and CEO of CommonFloor.com said, “We empower people to realize their property dreams. This investment will support the team’s vision to think out of the box, innovate and lead the online real-estate sector in its journey to further enhance user experience. We have more than doubled our revenues and traffic and the funding will further accelerate our growth plans. This round of funding will be used to invest further in our product and tech-

planned high rise apartments and systematic photographic verification of properties listed help users make a smart property decisions.

Today, over 50% of the traffic to the website comes from urban India, especially metros such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai and close to 10% from overseas.

"India's online real-estate sector has been expanding rapidly as Internet access grows, especially through mobile. CommonFloor.com has carefully mapped the needs of the online-based real estate ecosystem and has forged a clear path toward future growth. We are pleased to continue to partner with them” said Lee Fixel, Partner at Tiger Global Management.

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TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

First it was an airplane and not a house, second it was not Bigg Boss controlling the inmates but a three member ‘secret society’. And now comes the third twist - the variation in the voting system.

Against the earlier practice, in this season of Bigg Boss, the voting lines will remain open only for 24 hours and not for five days. As soon as the nominations are announced, the viewers will have time from Thursday night to Friday night ONLY to save their favorite contestants.

The results thus will be announced by Salman Khan on theSaturday episode and one contestant will be evicted thereby. Colors, 9 p.m.

KBC

SOAPS & SERIALS

Movie promotions are trolling high on the small screen, with celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Rani Mukherjee and Sonam Kapoor already visiting the sets of the popular show Kaun Banega Crorepati.. The new entrants to this list are Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor. The duo recently came on the game show to promote their upcoming movie ‘Haider’ and donate the winning amount to the Prime Minister Relief Fund for the victims of Jammu and Kashmir. Sony TV, 8.30 p.m.

AP SAFARI - KANDULA AN ELEPHANT STORY

On a November day in 2001, a miracle takes place at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. A baby elephant is born. Baby Kandula’s birth is a rare success and huge scientific milestone: the 320-pound newborn is only the second Asian elephant to be born through artificial insemination. Kandula gives new hope to the worldwide network of elephant experts desperately trying to reverse the Asian elephants’ ever-quickening march toward extinction. Animal Planet tells the story of the impact of one baby’s life: the pioneering science that made conception possible, his breathtaking birth, and fervent efforts to understand a deadly virus before it threatens Kandula. Baby Kandula is oblivious to his own importance globally. Animal Planet, 6 p.m.

JAMAI RAJA

Landinng Sid up in jail, DD promises to bail him out only on the condition that Sid will have to live in her house as a ghar jamai and live off the meager wages that DD gives him. Roshni is reluctant but agrees since Sid agress and puts down a condition that she will also be living a middle class lifestyle along with her husband in the confines of their room. Zee TV, 8 .30 p.m.

RISE OF THE MACHINES

RISE OF THE MACHINES is an action packed CGI-driven series that reveals the amazing stories behind the inventions hidden deep inside some of the world’s most extreme machines. Discovery will reveal the extraordinary stories behind the inventions hidden deep inside the DNA of some of the world’s most extreme

MAMA

KBC, Sony TV, 8.30 p.m.

machines that have enabled them to evolve to become the most advanced of their kind. Each hour-long film unlocks the secrets of ten surprising innovations concealed deep beneath the skin of a different iconic achine, such as a Train, Racing Car, Mega Truck or Helicopter. Discovery, 9 p.m.

INTO THE UNKNOWN WITH JOSH BERNSTEIN

Ever wanted to explore foreign lands, try to solve ancient mysteries or travel the globe in search of treasures? Come along for a thrill ride as international explorer Josh Bernstein journeys across oceans, continents and time zones on a quest for answers. In each episode of Into the Unknown, Josh investigates some of our greatest mysteries and explores the most fascinating stories, such as whether “Noah and his Ark” really existed, whether Timbuktu was truly a City of Gold, and if life existed on Mars before coming to Earth. Discovery Science, 6 p.m.

MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA SEASON 6

There is a Mexican-themed elimination challenge, with the five remaining contests battling to avoid elimination. Star World, 9 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their mother was murdered. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night. The day their father killed their mother, sisters Victoria and Lilly vanished near their suburban neighborhood. For five long years, their Uncle Lucas and his... Star Movies, 9 p.m.

QUEEN

Rani is a 24-year-old Punjabi girl living in Rajouri Garden, Delhi. She is from a very conservative family; her brother escorts her everywhere for her safety. Two days before her marriage, her fiancé Vijay meets with her in a local cafe to tell her he no longer wants to marry her, claiming he has changed, and she would not match his lifestyle anymore. Max, 9 p.m.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END

Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF MACHINES

More than 10 years after ‘Terminator 2’, John Connor now exists only as a drifter - living ‘off the grid’, so no more Terminators from the future can hunt him down. Unfortunately, SkyNet does send another one back - and this one is called the T-X, even more powerful & advanced than the dreaded T-1000. However, another CSM-101 Terminator is also sent back to protect John against the T-X. Now, Skynet is patiently assuming control of civilian computer systems, under the guise of a computer virus. John has also met his future wife, Kate Brewster, whose father - a U.S. Air Force General - is in charge of the military computer systems & is leery of up linking SkyNet. Pix, 9 p.m.

WE’RE THE MILLERS

After being robbed of a week’s take, small-time pot dealer David is forced by his boss to go to Mexico to pick up a load of marijuana. In order to improve his odds of making it past the border, David asks the broke stripper Rose and two local teenagers to join him and pretend they’re on a family holiday. HBO, 9 p.m.

THE HERO: LOVE STORY OF A SPY

Arun Khanna is a spy for the Indian government whose aid is enlisted to stop ISI Chief Ishak Khan. Khan is trying to build a

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nuclear bomb with which he can liberate Kashmir from the Indians. A battle of wits ensues. When Khan detonates a bomb at Khanna’s engagement party to a fellow spy, Khanna’s resolve is only strengthened. Now not only does he have to fight Khan, but he also has to track down his missing fiancee. Star Gold, 9 p.m

CHHHOTA CHETAN

Laxmi and her three male schoolmates study in a small rural school in India. They face considerable opposition and taunts as they come from a very poor background. This does result in considerable exclusion, with the three friends find themselves all by themselves. Then one day they come across a youth who calls himself Chetan, who wears a loincloth, and cannot speak a word.

They find that he has magical qualities and can perform several athletic feats. Laxmi and her friends befriend Chetan, and together they decide to change their lives once and for all. But can magic solve their problems forever? B4U, 9 p.m.

BANDIT QUEEN

The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern Robin Hood) by the Indian press. Although the press tended to make her the optimal hero with blue eyes, dark hair, being tall and beautiful she was in reality an average Indian which makes it hard for the movie to fulfill the expectations of the audience and tell the truth at the same time. Later in her life,She entered into the politics and was assassinated in 2001. Filmy, 8 p.m.

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Hasina Thi 2.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum 3.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 3.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 5.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 5.30 Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 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

SONY TV

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 …

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 Bandhan… Saari Umar Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 8.00 Jodha Akbar

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00

4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

P.M. 2.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30

LISTING

Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Doli Armaano Ki Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

Savdhaan India Gustakh Dil Devo ke Dev Mahadev Ek Boond Ishq Nadaan Parinde Tumhari Paakhi Laut Aao Trisha Savdhaan India: India Fights Back

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Udann

6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

8.30 9.00 9.30 10.30 11.00

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 6.00

Wild Connections Hunters Fooled by Nature Most Extreme AP Safari: Kandula-An Elephant Story 7.00 Most Extremes 8.00 Life Stories 9.00 Deadly Pole to Pole

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Megastructures 3.00 Science of Stupid 4.00 Kedarnath: Restoring the Faith 5.00 Game of Lions 6.00 Brain Games 6.30 Science of Stupid 7.00 Planet Carnivore 8.00 World’s Weirdest 9.00 Brain Games 9.30 Science of Stupid 10.00 Showdown of the Unbeatables 10.30 Don’t Tell My Mother 11.30 Taboo

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 T20 Triumphs 2.30 Champions League T20

STAR WORLD

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

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

8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

News in Marathi Chitrageet Chimani Pankhare Sankat Mochan Hanuman Karan The Detective Janadesh 2014 Krishi Darshan News in Marathi Tu Tota Main Maina Anudamini Pavitra Bandhan Samman…Ek Adhikaar Ye To Hona Hi Tha Kab Kyun Kaise Grihdaah Rangoli

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 12.35 Unstoppable 2.35 Lake Placid : The Final Chapter 4.25 Life of Pi 6.55 Deathrace 9.00 Mama 11.00 Hellboy II: The Golden Army A.M. 7.40 Life of Pi 10.10 Total Recall P.M. 2.20 4.35 6.25 9.00 10.55

HBO

War of the Worlds Tekken The Twilight Saga: New Moon We’re The Millers Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

A.M. 7.45 The Twilight Saga: New Moon 10.20 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King P.M. 2.20 4.35 6.30 9.00

ZEE STUDIO

Tropic Thunder Brave Mission Impossible Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

A.M. 10.25 Brave

Diya Aur Bati Hum, Star Plus, 9 p.m. Kandula-An Elephant Story, AP, 6 p.m.

2014 highlights 10.00 Fooled By Nature 2.30 Beintehaa 3.30 Jai Ho 11.00 Most Extreme 3.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum 4.00 Close Encounters Se Hi DISCOVERY 4.30 Champions League 3.30 Sasural Simar Ka P.M. T20 h/ls 4.00 Udaan 2.00 Nature’s Microworlds 5.30 T20 Triumphs 4.30 Bigg Boss 3.00 Man vs Wild 6.00 Barclays Premier 5.30 Comedy Nights with 4.00 Food Factory League 14/15 Kapil 4.30 Destroyed in Seconds highlights 7.00 Shastri Sisters 5.00 Man Woman Wild 6.30 Champions 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 6.00 Wild Arabia League T20 14 8.00 Balika Vadhu 7.00 Game of Stones highlights 8.30 Uddan 8.00 Food Factory 7.00 Cricket Extra 9.00 Bigg Boss 8.30 Destroyed In Seconds 7.50 Champions League 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum 9.00 Rise of the Machines T20 14 Se Hi 10.00 How do they Do It 11.10 Cricket Extra 10.30 Uttaran 10.30 American Digger 11.00 Shastri Sisters STAR SPORTS4 11.00 Best of Discovery SAB TV P.M. SCIENCE 2.00 Liga Bbva 14/15 P.M. P.M. highlights 2.00 Taarak Mehta Ka… 2.00 The Gadget Show 2.30 The Football Review 6.30 Badi Door Se Aaye Hai 3.00 How It’s Made 3.00 FIA Formula E 7.00 Taarak Mehta Ka… 4.00 Tech Toys 360 Championship 14/15 7.30 Chandrakant 5.00 Food Detective 4.00 Barclays Premier Chipulunkar ..

5.30 How Tech Works League 14/15 8.00 Baal Veer 6.00 Into The Unknown With 4.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 8.30 Taarak Mehta Kas… Josh Bernstein highlights Cordoba 9.00 Chandrakant 7.00 Tech Toys 360 vs Sevilla Chipulunkar…

8.00 How It’s Made 5.00 Motorsports@petronas 9.30 Badi Door Se Aaye Hai 9.00 The Gadget Show 5.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 Real 10.00 Chandrakant 10.00 Sniper Madrid vs Elche Chipulkar…

11.00 Heavy Metal Task 6.00 Barclays Premier 10.30 Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai Force League 14/15 11.00 Taarak…. highlights HISTORY ZEE MARATHI 6.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 Malaga vs P.M. P.M. Barcelona 2.00 Modern Marvels 2.00 Ka re Duraava 7.00 Barclays Premier 3.00 Surviving Jungle 2.30 Jai Malhar League 14/15 4.00 The Miracle Hunter 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya 9.00 Premier League 5.00 Storage Wars Gharachi World 7.30 Aliens Mystery 3.30 Julooni Yeti 9.30 The Football Continues Reshimgathi Review 8.00 Modern Marvels 4.00 Asmita 10.00 Football Today 9.00 Hidden in America 5.00Jai Malhar 11.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 10.00 Pawn Stars 5.30Honar Suun Me Hya RCD Espanoyl vs 11.00 Storage Wars Gharachi Getefe CF 6.00 Ka Re Duraava

TEN CRICKET

DOORDARSHAN

11.30 National Programme of Dance : Kuchipudi by Vyjaynthi Kashi

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.05 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

Samachar.

Mid Day News Sports News News Samachar News Samachar Business News News Headline Metro Scan Desh Pardesh Samachar News News Night

Kuchipudi by Vyjaynthi Kashi, DDI, 11.30 p.m.

10.00 Aamne Samne 10.30 Raat Saddhe Dus 11.00 Khel Samachar

P.M. 2.30 SA Tour of SL 14 h/ls 1st Test 4.30 Pak Tour of SA 13 h/ls 4th ODI 6.30 Cricket Classics: Pak vs SL 03 7.30 Tri Nation 14 Zim, SA, Aus h/ls 4th ODI Zim vs Aus 8.30 Great Centuries: Michael Clark 9.00 ICC Cricket 360 9.30 Tri Nationl 13 Ind WI SL, highlights 6th ODI : Sri Lanka vs India 10.30 Cricket Classics: In vs Pak 11.30 Great Centuries: Chris Gayle

P.M. 1.25 3.30 6.10 9.00

PIX

9.30 Hututu: Ashok Saraf

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 3.00 5.30 7.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 A.M. 8.00 8.30 11.00 P.M. 1.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00

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

Local! Bhootraja Aur Ronnie Oggy and the Cockroaches Johnny Test The Regular Show Adventure Time Ben 10 My Friend Ganesh 3 Oggy and the Cockroaches

POGO CHANNEL

Mighty Raju: Rio Calling Chhota Bheem Marathon Mr Bean CB Special Krishna the Great Chhota Bheem Hagemaru Chhota Bheem Best of Mr Bean Chhota Bheem Mighty Raju And The Commandos

A.M. 8.00 Thomas and Friends 8.30 Chhota Bheem 9.00 Krishna The Great

The Expendables 2 Slumdog Millionaire Golden Eye Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines 11.35 Terminator Salvation A.M. 8.45 After Earth 10.55 Casino Royale P.M. 2.00 4.50 8.00 11.50 A.M. 8.50 11.55 P.M. 1.00 5.30 9.00 A.M. 7.00 10.30

STAR GOLD

Maine Dil Tujhko Diya Jo Jeeta Wohi Baazigar The Hero: Love Story of A Spy Shootout at Lokhandwala Mera Krodh Gharwali Baharwali

MAX

Narasimha: Sunny Deol Aur Ek Ilzaam: Sumanth Queen: Kangana Ranaut

Dhada: Naga Chaitanya Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela: Ranveer Singh

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 2.40 Seeta Aur Geeta: Dharmendra 6.00 Sirf Tum: Sanjay Kapoor 9.00 Phir Hera Pheri: Akshay Kumar A.M. 11.50 Naag Devta: Abbas P.M. 2.00 5.30 9.00 A.M. 9.30

CVO

Shalimar: Dharmendra Dhanwaan: Ajay Devgan Kishen Kanhaiya: Anil Kapoor Yeh Hai Jalwa: Salman Khan

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 5.00 Jungle Ka Badshah 8.30 Bandit Queen

B4U

P.M. 12.00 Tejaswini: Vijayshanti 3.00 Rangeela: Aamir Khan 6.00 Dil Ne Jisse Apna Kaha: Salman Khan 9.00 Chhhota Chetan: Urmila Matondkar A.M. 7.30 Jai Shakubari Maa: Raj Kiran

All programmes on this page are as per the official schedules of the various channels. Afternoon is not responsible for any last minute changes.

We’re The Millers, HBO, 9 p.m.

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Akherchi Ladai: Milind Soman 4.30 Navra Maza Navsacha: Sachin 7.00 Jai Maharashtra Dhaba Bhatinda: Abhijeet

Terminator 3, Pix, 9 p.m.

9.30 Chhota Bheem 10.30 CB Special P.M. 1.30 2.30 4.00 4.30 5.00

DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Art Attack Gravity Falls The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 5.30 Best of Luck Nikki 7.30 Doraemon 9.30 Phineas and Ferb A.M. 9.00 Ishaan 9.30 Best of Luck Nikki 10.00 The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 10.20 Art Attack

DISNEY XD

P.M. 2.00 Kiteretsu 4.30 Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja 5.00 Avengers Assemble 5.30 Hulk & Agents of S M A S H 6.00 Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! 8.00 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 9.00 Big Bad Beetleborgs 10.00 Telebrands A.M. 8.00 Space Goofs 8.30 Rekkit the Rabbit 9.00 Space Goofs 9.30 American Dragon: Jake Long 10.00 Super Robot 11.00 Kick Buttowski

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‘Bigg Boss’ stint will hopefully help me bag movies: Natasa erbian model-actress Natasa Stankovic, who appeared in an item number in 'Satyagraha', says she took up 'Bigg Boss' to build a career in Bollywood.

Natasa is one of the 15 contestants to participate in the eighth season of the Salman Khan-hosted controversial reality show, which requires contestants to speak in Hindi.

"I decided to do the show because I want to improve my

Hindi. My Hindi is not good at all. I need to learn the language as I want to stay here and join the Hindi film industry. I hope that the show helps me get into films not just songs but good roles in movies," Natasa said before entering the house.

The model said that she is nervous about being the only foreigner inside the house and how she will be perceived by fellow participants.

‘Humsafars’!

“There is a lot of emotions inside me. I am scared, excited, nervous. It is going to be very difficult because I have never lived with so many people before. Also, I know it will not be easy being a foreigner,” she said.

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What is the tele-scenario of the show?

One a vivacious, lively, talented girl from Lucknow, the other an intense and complicated ruthless business tycoon! What happens when destiny entwines their lives together? Affirming the saying that opposites attract, Sony Entertainment Television's latest offering is a beautiful love story of two contrasting individuals called 'Humsafars'. 'Humsafars' chronicles the lives of a budding fashion designer, Arzoo Nausheen Khan and a multimillionaire owner of a fashion house, Sahir Chaudhary.

How does the tele-play progress?

Set against a Muslim backdrop, 'Humsafars' is a heart-tugging story of two opposites. Arzoo who is from Lucknow comes to Mumbai to fulfill her dreams of becoming a fashion designer and ends up working for Sahir, played by me who owns a fashion house, Sayaara. What follows is an intense love story between two imperfect and contrasting individuals and what happens when their worlds collide. While Arzoo believes that with family’s love and hard work you can achieve anything, Sahir thrives on power and money and will not stop at anything to achieve what he wants. However, destiny has different plans for them and how the yin and the yang find true love in each other is what makes 'Humsafars' an unconventional love story.

What is the other cast of the show?

Making her debut with the role of Arzoo Nausheen Khan is the young and talented Shivya Pathania. Other

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egastar Amitabh Bachchan says celebrities like himself are not special people with special demands and rather lead a very normal life just as any common man.

On gaming reality show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati', which he hosts, the 71-year-old actor recently came across a participant who thought celebrities don't fit into the daily chores and requirements of the common man.

"We had a bit of a pow-wow this

The biggest dance reality show in India, 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa' came to a dazzling conclusion this weekend as finalist Ashish Sharma was adjudged the man with the grooviest dance moves in the entire country. Showing remarkable growth as both a dancer and a performer, Ashish had been a front runner in this race for winning the title of the ultimate dancing star. A nail biting finale to a fantastic season of dancing awesomeness, Ashish and his choreographer partner Shampa Sonthalia mesmerised judges and audiences alike. Ashish and Shampa were followed by Karan Tacker who came in second while Shakti Mohan came third.

BIG MAGIC's comedy caper 'Har Mushkil Ka Hal – Akbar Birbal' will be showcasing the Navratri special for it viewers on the September 25-26. With a whole lot of celebrations mixed with music and revelry, fans will witness a high dose of entertainment and devotion on the show. Enjoy a truly ‘Royal’ Navratri celebration with AKBAR BIRBAL. Join the cast as they celebrate and entertain the fans with dance and music on Thursday at 9 pm.

Star praise

Actress, singer and former VJ Sophie Choudry, with a lot of popular demand, performed to a fun number and was seen back stage for the 'Jhalak' finale. In fact, we hear that Sophie was the only contestant from those eliminated who performed on the finale day. Anil Kapoor who was seen as a guest judge was all praises for Sophie as he said, “Good luck to all the finalists and Sophie you were outstanding. I saw your jumma chumma performance and it was superb. I cannot understand how you are not a finalist.”

star cast includes talented actors like Vibha Chibber, Sehban Azim, Madhumalti, Purva Parag among others.

What made you accept this show?

My character is different from what I have played earlier and also this is my first show with a Muslim backdrop. Also, Gul Khan the producer director is a veteran director and he is returning back to telly circuit after a while and he has left no stone unturned to make the show as watchable as other shows being seen on telly now.

Grand comeback

Gurdeep Kohli Punj, still remembered for her role as Dr Juhi Singh in Star Plus’ 'Sanjeevani' is back to fiction after a long hiatus. She will be seen playing a negative lead, Maya, in 'Diya Aur Baati Hum'. Maya, a master of disguise enters the show as RK’s (Gaurav Sharma) accomplice, helping him to plan Operation Grehan. With RK under Sandhya’s (Deepika Singh) close watch, it is Maya who will be seen carrying out operations involving arms smuggling, money laundering, on ground support and even the sleeper cells. She will be seen as the biggest support system for RK. Gurdeep says, “I am really excited about playing Maya, a negative character.”

Does your character have negative shades?

It’s a grey character with lots of different traits but we can accept him as a man with a heart and lots of love. He is a very headstrong and ambitious and short tempered man who is a megalomaniac in a way but when he comes in contact with this girl who is fiery and frank, he falls in love with her and in the process gets reformed.

Unique event

You were not on the radar for quite a while.

Yes. I took some time off to discover myself for two years and to seek solace and find peace as I suffered a personal tragedy when my mother passed away. I was glad that I took this sabbatical because now I am totally rejuvenated and raring to go back on the sets again. Harshad is a ‘different’ actor for sure!

Celebrities are like common people: Big B evening with one of the contestants from KBC, on this subject.

She felt how on earth could celebrities, step out for a walk or walk into a store to buy daily provisions et al. She felt celebrities were special people with special demands and qualities and how would they ever fit into the daily chores and requirements of the

Dancing star

Comedy show

Harshad Chopra has done many TV shows including 'Dharampatni', 'Left Right Left', 'Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil', 'Tere Liye' and 'Amber Dhara'.

Harshad started his career with the role of Akash in Mamta (TV series).

After he played in 'Left Right Left' as Ali, he was last seen in 'Dil Se Di Dua... Saubhagyavati Bhava' as Raghav. Now he is playing the lead role in 'Humsafars', a forthcoming show on SONY. We spoke to the hunky bearded Harshad about his new assignment. Here is what Harshad said.

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common man," Bachchan posted on his blog.

"Well, all I can say is that celebrities, and I talk for myself if you may permit my immodesty, purely to be able to respond to the question, are indeed also very common people, having common needs and feelings and desires and attitudes," he said. PTI

India's first and only family marathon titled 'SAB Family Funathon' was successfully flagged off on Sunday. This unique and first-of-its-kind fun with fitness initiative brought together 10,000 families on Sunday and has been considered for the Limca Book of Records as the first family marathon in India. Organised in Ahmedabad, wowing the crowds with their presence were SAB TV stars namely Sudeepa Singh, Sharmili Raj and Shreedhar Watsar who were present to propagate the cause of healthy lifestyles whilst encouraging participants at the race. The marathon celebrated family fun in a 'fitting' manner.

Historic debut

Zee TV’s historical saga 'Jodha Akbar' will see the entry of Birbal, played by actor Gopal Singh. Out on a surveillance of his empire, emperor Akbar disguises himself yet again to mingle with the locals and tap into the pulse of his people. Entering a Madira Khana (a bar), he runs into Birbal, who seems displeased with the Shahenshah.

Oblivious to the fact that the man he is chatting with the Shahenshah himself, he only complains.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 832

ENIGMA CODE 832

ACROSS: 8 Chanel No 5 in brown? (4) 9 Pulse of dreamboat (5-5) 10 Conservative quits (6) 11 Had missing article about current unit that hindered (8) 12 Half of mild? Same again, girl !

(4) 13 Ask in vain how to make the dog come to you (7,3) 17 Time to take a night off to accommodate the soldiery (4) 18 Animal House, the French way (5) 19 They may be used to take potshots (4) 20 We shall get listed as wealthy (46) 22 Fluid writers? (4) 23 Angry lawyers use a stick over the keeper's head! (8) 27 He shares what's left (2-4) 28 Topless figure to repeat so-called Italian writer (7,3) 29 Musical part, perhaps, of a returning animal? (4) DOWN: 1 Fellow creature turning up in quite famous book (3,7) 2 Good subject if a boy has a definite inclination for it (8) 3 What disposing of a good pair of nylons would be? (5,5) 4 A key remains cut (4) 5 Stalk 'em, by the way and check (4) 6 Breath-taking scheme? (6) 7 Ask yours truly to this comfortable place ! (4) 14 Danny, disheartened, is unwell going round the charming scene (5) 15 Will he cure plant-sickness? (4-6) 16 Does it make its mark in sea

Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

The Clue: Quota or allocation

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S ENIGMA CODE SECURE, RECESS, CURSES, RESCUE, USURER, RECURS, RECUSE

(6) 24 Do this home for an easy win? (4) 25 Snaffles small coins (4) 26 Is bitterly sorry for such exotic ways (4)

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 9 April May and June, 10 Abetted, 12 Hair-oil, 13 Impromptu, 14 Yawls, 15 Peccant, 18 Escorts, 21 Squad, 23 Perpignan, 25 Enliven, 26 Quarter, 29 Bats in the belfry.

DOWN: 1 Baba, 2 Brie, 3 Plethora, 4 Hard-up, 5 Madhouse, 6 Oddity, 7 Tug of war, 8 Realists, 11 Bombe, 15 Passer-by, 16 Couplets, 17 Topknots, 19 Chinamen, 20 Trade, 22 Devoid, 24 Roquet, 27 Toff, 28 Rays.

QUICK CROSS 832

ACROSS: 1 A busy insect (3) 4 Brouhaha (3) 5 Getaways (5) 8 Beatles hit, "___ Back" (3) 9 Boat or bath leader (5) 12 ___-old, long standing (3) 13 Abraham's nephew (3)

HIDATO 832

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MATH PYRAMID 832 crossings? (5,5) 19 Chaperon needed when going round part of S. America with a tough reputation (4,4) 21 Previous editor stayed the course

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

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

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TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 -- deco (3) 2 "___ the battle to the strong ..." (3) 3 Little branches (5) 6 Bird or basset, e.g. (3) 7 Appropriate (5) 10 "Long ___ and far away ..."

(3) 11 Diva's place, for short (3)

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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 832

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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

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TIGER BUD BLAKE

TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Virgo/Venus in Virgo 1st Ashwin Shuklapaksha Hasta Kanya (Virgo) P.Th. Bottle Green 6

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You must have put in lot of effort in your career so far and also achieved a fair amount of success. The period so far must have been rather positive and you will make further progress in your career during the remaining part of the year. You will bring about radical changes in your work set up, which gives a further boost to your income and profits. Problem areas are love and relationships.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be tall, attractive, with beautiful eyes and a glowing skin. A magnetic, smile will lead to many friends and admirers. Disciplined, helpful and well educated. A profession in law, administration or land development will lead to gains.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Stick to your routine work for a loss is likely in fresh ventures. You should hold on to your money, which may be required for contingencies. it is no use getting anxious and agitated about an event over which you have no control.

Patience and past experience will help in solving your problems.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Pace of work is going to be fast.

Opportunities that you have been waiting for in your line of training will be offered to you on terms you cannot refuse. You are quite excited to start the new assignment, which is somewhat challenging. The successful completion of this will bring bonus rewards. In matters of love and romance it is time for you to make the first move if you really want to be with the person you admire.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): New responsibilities at work keep you busy. You may be worried about meeting deadlines. Some of you could face some opposition at work.

Exercise restraint and avoid confrontation at all cost right now. Avoid hasty decisions. Perhaps you are pushing too hard.

Relax and try to unwind.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Patient and prudent efforts prove fruitful, particularly regarding money matters. Be more prompt with work as you tend to take it easy. There are opportunities galore, provided you are game to taking risks. However avoid making large financial commitments for these will lead to setback. Be prepared for a little harmless flirting at an outing. Try not to get too emotional about a little fun for that is what it is meant to be.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Better prospects for work and career are indicated. An important meeting scheduled for today will be a success. You have a favorable day to meet people and establish new contacts. Matters concerning an elder will cause concern. You may feel exhausted towards the end of a hectic day.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Any decision made now will prove beneficial on long-term basis. You could be required to revise earlier plans for business in which you will have to plan for rapid growth. The changes that you bring in now will bring about almost immediate gains. An outing will be enjoyable this evening.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Expansion of your activities is also indicted. A personnel goal is achieved. You will be making some investments on a long-term basis. A pleasant evening with your beloved is something to look forward to. Friends will be touch perhaps with some good news.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You can look forward to monetary gains. Uncertainties about the future are unfounded. The present phase is extremely favorable.

Find time to plan the future rather than dwell on the past. Your esteem in your circle of friends or family set-up will increase. There will be opportunities for shopping and picking up a bargain.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You can achieve much more than you think. You seem to be underestimating yourself. An earlier project gets renewed profitably. Don’t rest contented in your current success. You need to consolidate your position in order to ward off any competition. Relationships need careful nurturing for harmony at home.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You will feel happy and satisfied as some of the problems which were causing you worry get sorted out much more easily than expected. Pending Legal problems will now be speeded up. An assignment of some importance will be completed in time. You may have to undertake a discussion for negotiating a delicate issue for a youngster.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You will find plenty of time to devote to extracurricular activities and to your favorite hobbies. Some of you may even visit a place of entertainment or holiday resort. Health remains good even though you may be attending a lot of social function and going on occasional binge. You will plan a surprise visit to your beloved or mate. This will add an atmosphere of romance to your lack luster romantic life.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Avoid any changes. You should carry on with your routine activities for you are poised for a major breakthrough in your work and career. Though you may be inclined there is little time for love or romance. There are far too many things happening in your life right now.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5081

ACROSS: 3 Two-legged support (5) 8 Territory ruled by a duke (5) 10 Its capital is Kathmandu (5) 11 Tax break savings account (3) 12 Oregon's capital (5) 13 A beam of Times Square light (4,3) 15 Form of croquet (5) 18 "Stomach", shortly and slangishly?

(3) 19 Small tube (6) 21 Asian rainy season (7) 22 Baby carriage (4) 23 "What's to become _ _?" (2,2) 24 Be ___ : stop acting and behave normally? (7) 26 Storming, seething or simmering with anger (6) 29 Liquid Crystal Display (3) 31 Herb with fragrant aromatic leaves (5) 32 Recite easily (7) 34 Cravings for unnatural foods (5) 35 Alfred's pet name (3) 36 Woodland - "A lewd" anagram? (5) 37 Summed (5) 38 Shows boredom (5)

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SUDOKU 2267 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:

19 Makes hair untidy? (7) 27 Words of recognition (5) 20 Games played in the open air; fun 28 Express indirectly (5) DOWN: and amusement (5) 30 Bid (5) 1 On the ____: secretly? (5) 32 ___ of Kutch : desert in Gujarat?

2 The Ghost Who Walks from the 21 Contemptible (5) 23 Commonly used expression for (4) comic-strip world? (7) one's own mother or wife? (3,4) 33 ____ Faithful : one of the best 4 Faulkner's "As _ _ Dying" (1,3) known geysers of Yellowstone Na5 Just a single on the cricket field 24 City near Syracuse (6) 25 Eco. Comm. of Europe (3) tional Park? (3) (3,3) SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD 6 Discharge from forces (5) ACROSS: 4 Kettle, 7 Thorough, 8 Agency, 10 Spree, 13 Okra, 14 Hoax, 15 Trio, 16 7 Capital city of Afghanistan (5) Gem, 17 Chic, 19 Thin, 21 Reichstag, 23 Pulp, 24 Aryl, 26 Bob, 27 Peri, 29 Trim, 9 __-Magnon (3) 32 Find, 33 Aside, 34 Kislev, 35 Oblivion, 36 Choppy.

12 Electronics giants from Korea (7) DOWN: 1 Stash, 2 Cobra, 3 Coke, 4 Khaki, 5 Thea, 6 Lichen, 9 Grotty, 11 Pox, 12 14 __ out of : exhaust? (3) Excel, 13 Orchard, 15 Tic, 16 Gig, 18 Hippie, 20 Halts, 21 Rub, 22 Sri, 23 Polish, 16 Hearty draft (5) 25 Kid, 28 Envoy, 30 Rigid, 31 Means, 32 Flip, 33 Acid.

17 Conger catcher (5)

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2086 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: T equals G

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

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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: 09 average; 11 good; 13 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: dish, heed, heir, herd, here, hewed, hide, hire, hired, perish, perished, reship, shed, sheep, sheer, shied, ship, shire, shred, shrew, shrewd, sphere, where, whip, whisper, WHISPERED, wish, wished.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

AKHIL DOMINATES, SHIVA WALKS INTO SECOND ROUND I SPORTS

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NCHEON: Comeback-man Akhil Kumar (60kg) pummelled his Nepalese rival Purna Bahadur Lama before notching up a Technical Knockout triumph while Shiva Thapa (56kg) merely had to show up to enter the second round as Indian boxers began their Asian Games campaign on a winning note here.

Shiva was the first to step into the ring this afternoon and he did not have to do anything more as his opponent, Leonel Helo Pr ada of Timor Leste, gave him a walkover.

Akhil, a former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist, was the next man in for India in the second half of the day and the 33-year-old showed no signs of rustiness while getting past Lama.

The Haryana-lad, who was returning to international competition after three years of injury-forced hibernation, was dominant from the word go. With his trademark open guard, the Indian went after his overtly cautious rival, who looked hesitant in attack and equally unsure in defence.

The opening round ended with Akhil leading Lama 30-24

Pugilist Shiva Thapa is declared winner during preliminaries of the men's 56kg category boxing event at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday. Thapa got a walk-over against Leonel Parada Helo of Timor Leste. after shaking him up with a flurry of uppercuts, targetting the Nepalese's torso. Lama faced the standing eight count twice during the opening three minutes itself.

The second round followed a similar script with Lama looking even more intimidated by his experienced rival.

India crush Maldives to enter quarters in men’s volleyball I

NCHEON: Indian men hardly broke a sweat as they thrashed unfancied Maldives 25-10 25-19 25-17 in exactly an hour to enter the quarterfinal of the Volleyball competition at the 17th Asian Games.

The male spikers had beaten Hong Kong in their first group league game and by virtue of two wins in the four-team group, find themselves earning a last eight berth. India will play the formidable Iran (Asia No 2) in the final group league encounter. Iran are silvermedallists from the last edition in Guangzhou.

It was one of the easiest matches for India, who are ranked 37th in the world compared to a lowly 85th of Maldives. Having rested their key spiker, the 6ft 9 inch Vaishnav, it was young Rajasthan boy Lovemeet Kataria, who played a major role in the Indian win.

The 21-year-old was a livewire on court with brilliant interceptions at net followed by innumerable number of killer spikes. He was ably complemented by Railwayman Prabhakaran, who also executed perfect spikes. Skipper Navjit Singh

and former captain Gurinder Singh also had a good game.

Setter Naveen Jacob's deft angular placements also created more trouble for Maldives.

Such was India's domination that libero Kanagaraj Sivasubramanium did not have much retrieving to do.

Maldives certainly gave a better account of themselves as they were locked 4-4 in the beginning. However Indians played the key points well winning the game at 19.

In the third set, Maldives, for a brief period, led India 43 but the joy was shortlived as a flurry of spikes got the winners race to a 7-4 lead. Navjit served really well and also smashed well as India took a 20-12 lead before knocking off the remaining points in style. Indian men's volleyball coach Sridharan Garudapuram, after the 3-0 result against Maldives, said it was a good win. "It was a good one. It was the second match, and it was good. The boys played well, and I hope the next matches are bigger matches for us."

On the players' performance, he said, "Their performance was okay, but there's still more to come in the future matches."

The Nepalese boxer faced one more standing eight count before Akhil sealed it 30-25. It was halfway into the final three minutes when the referee decided that Lama had taken enough of a pounding and stopped the contest declaring Akhil the winner in a Technical Knockout. Akhil has

earned a round of 16 meeting istan's Nadir as his round of 16 with Filipino Charly Suarez on opponent. Nadir defeated Friday. Suarez outpointed Bhutan's Phub Sigyel 2-1.

Uzbekistan's Eimur AbduToday, L Devendro Singh raimov 2-1 (29-28, 28-29, 29- would fight against Kuwait's A Fahad in the men's 49kg class 28).

The 20-year-old Thapa, while Manoj Kumar's first world no. 3 and last year's gold bout would be against Japan's medallist in the Asian Cham- K Masatsugu in the 64kg divipionship, has drawn Pak- sion.

Goalkeeper Shamsher helps PNB hold Indian Oil 3-3 M

UMBAI: Goalkeeper Shamsher Singh produced a lion-hearted display, making a number of brilliant saves to ensure his team Punjab National Bank share hounours with fancied Indian Oil in a creditable 3-3 draw in a tight Super Division match of the MHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) League – 2014, jointly sponsored by PMC Bank, Bank of India and Union Bank, and played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, here, on Wednesdayevening. The scores were tied 1-all at the end of the first half.

The PNB custodian Shamsher stood tall under the bar and showed silverquick reflexes and agility as he blocked attempts from Indian Oil sharp-shooters Deepak Thakur, Roshan Minz and drag-flicker Gurjinder Singh to restrict them to just three goals. Shamsher for his brave efforts was obviously the right choice for the ‘Man-of-the-match’ award.

For the record, Indian Oil

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Air India and Western Railway were engaged in a tought contest during the MHAL League at the MHA Stadium in Churchgate in Mumbai on Wednesday. got their goals through a 3-3 with Western Railway Olympians Prabhjot Singh and salvage a point. Air India and Deepak Thakur, both struck first from a good through field efforts and a move in the 12th minute. penalty corner conversion Girish Pimpale with a long by full back Sunil Yadav. Pun- hit found Arjun Halappa on jab National Bank scored the right side of Western from two penalty corners striking circle. through Jitender Saroha and Results – Super Division: Air Lakhwinder Singh and a India 3 (Vikram Pillay 12th, Sameer Dad 59th, Gaganpreet field goal by Bruno Lugon.

Meanwhile, former cham- Singh 68th) drew with Western pions Air India trailing 1-3 Railway 3 (Amit Rohidass 15th, scored twice in the final Rajin Kandulina 21st, Jaykaran stages of the match to force 58th).

29 Indian women inch closer towards medal with twin wins

INCHEON: India took a big step towards winning another squash medal at the Incheon Asian Games after the women's team, including Joshana Chinappa and Dipika Pallikal, upset Hong Kong 2-1 before beating Pakistan 3-0 in Pool B. Chinappa and Anaka Alankamony won their matches after India number one Pallikal lost the opening singles to Hong Kong's top player Annie Au in five gruelling games at the Yeorumul Squash Courts. India had it easier later in the day against Pakistan.

India, who had to settle for a bronze in Guangzhou four years ago, have a good chance winning at least a silver here. Having beaten the fancied Hong Kong unit and Pakistan, they should beat China today enroute to topping the group. In that scenario, India are likely to face either Korea or Japan from the other group in the semifinals. It is highly unlikely that Japan or Korea will finish ahead of mighty Malaysia in Pool A. "We have a good chance for silver now but we are not thinking too far ahead.

Hopefully we can top our pool and take it forward from there," World No.12 Pallikal told PTI. India's first ever women's singles bronze medallist at Asian Games went down fighting to 11th-ranked Annie 11-5 6-11 8-11 1210 9-11, giving the opposition early advantage.

Pallikal's longtime teammate and Word No. 21 Chinappa had to win against 23rd-ranked Joey Chan to keep India alive in the tie.

She staged a remarkable recovery to keep her team afloat in the competition, coming back from two games down to win 6-11 811 11-5 11-9 11-9. World No. 158 Anaka Alankamony, who was controversially nominated for the Arjuna Award last month, was up against 42nd ranked Tong Tsz Wing.

The Indian, whose ranking has dropped drastically in the last two years, played a solid match to give India an unexpected win. The final scoreline read 11-8 11-13 11-9 11-5 in favour of Alankamony.

The men's team eased past China 3-0 for its second straight win in Pool B. India's top player Saurav Ghosal, who lost a long singles final to settle for silver yesterday, was rested again.

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SHOOTERS FIRE BLANKS I

NCHEON: After scooping six medals, including a gold won by Jitu Rai, on the first four days of the Asian Games, Indian shooters drew a blank on the fifth day of the competitions at the Ongnyeon pistol and rifle range.

India had chances of winning four medals from the 25m rapid fire pistol event for men and the 50m rifle prone for women but could not get even one on a disappointing day for the shooters.

Indian men's 25m rapid fire pistol team narrowly missed out on a bronze as they finished fourth after ending up with same points as Vietnam with a tally of 1704. The bronze was decided on 'innner 10' count and Vietnam bagged the medal as they had 41 hits at the innermost ring as against 39 by the Indians.

India's chances of a medal in the individual event rested on Harpreet Singh but he even failed to qualify for the final round as he finished seventh.

Harpreet started off promisingly to have a score of 197 out of 200 in his first 20 shots but could not sustain the momentum in the next 10 where he missed seven marks, including three in the last five, to end up with 290 out of 300.

He still had a chance to make a grand rally and did it over the next 20 shots in which he missed only Raj Chaudhary [top] during the women's 50m air rifle prone event and Gurpreet Singh competes in the men's 25m rapid fire pistol event at the Ongnyeon International Shooting Range at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Wednesday.

preet's sequence was 97, 98, 89, 98, 97 and 91 while Tamang fired 99, 93, 85, 91, 94 and 94.

The Indian women were even more off the mark with army major Raj Chaudhary, the main hope, starting well in the women's 50m rifle prone individual event before tapering off to finish 22nd out of 43 shooters with an aggregate score of 614.6.

Teammates Lasjja Gausswami (25th; 613.7 points) and Tejaswini Muley (36th; 608.8 points) were totally out of depth.

As a result, the Indian women finished outside the medal bracket in the 50m rifle prone team event too, ending up 11th out of 13 countries with an aggregate of 1837.1.

Main prone rifle shooting hope Raj Chaudhry also began her event very promisingly before pressure got over to her. Raj, who was shooting well till the 40th shot in the 60-shot prone finals, took a break and then had a horrid sequence over the next 10 shots during which she secured three 9-plus scores, including the lowest of 9.5, that pegged her back.

After a string of 9-plus scores between the 13th and 15th shots, she took a long break and then shot consistently in the 10s till the 30th shot. She had a high of 10.7 and a low of 9.9 and tallied 103.4 in the 10-shot sequence from 31st to 40.

five shots combined.

But nerves overcame him and he was way off target in the last 10 -missing two between 51 and 55 and three more over the last series of five shots and his tally of 578 got him the seventh spot -- one rung outside the top six who qualified for the finals.

His sequence of scores read 98, 99, 93, 98, 97 and 93.

Harpreet's teammates Gurpreet Singh and Pemba Tamang performed poorly to end up 12th and 20th with respective overall tallies of 570 and 556. Gur-

Qatar forfeits game in protest over hijab ruling Bindra re-elected as member

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NCHEON: The Qatar women's basketball team forfeited a match against Mongolia today and is considering withdrawing from the Asian Games competition after players were refused permission to wear a hijab.

Confusion over the implementation of recently relaxed regulations outlined by the sport's international governing body, aimed at making the game more inclusive, could be the cause of the problem in Incheon. "The Qatari players ... Refused to take off the hijab," Asian Games Organising Committee spokeswoman Anna Jihyun You told The Associated Press. Ten minutes after the scheduled start, "At 4:25 p.M (local time), the match was declared forfeited and awarded to Mongolia."

You said match officials

did not receive any instructions to allow head coverings, and were only following the rules which restrict the use of headgear, hair accessories, and jewelry.

"The organising committee is not involved in the rules, and the match officials did not have any directions from world body FIBA regarding the same," You said.

The Qatari contingent was surprised by the decision, with its chef-de-mission Khalil al-Jabir saying the team "was not likely to play" basketball in these Asian Games if the players are not allowed to wear the hijab.

"We were expecting our

players to play with the hijab, that's why we came here," he said. "Nobody told us that it will not be allowed and we are still waiting for clarifications."

Meanwhile, competitors have been allowed to wear hijabs in other sports, including badminton, shooting and track and field. The rules of all sports are governed by their respective international federations, and many allow head coverings for certain athletes during competition.

Regulations about head coverings in basketball came into focus this year when two Sikh players from India were

We were expecting our players to play with the hijab, that's why we came here. Nobody told us that it will not be allowed and we are still waiting for clarifications.

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told to remove their turbans during the Asia Cup in July in China. Earlier this month, FIBA said it was launching a two-year trial phase allowing players to wear head coverings. However, the Mies, Switzerland-based organisation issued a clarifying statement last week saying, "Please note the Central Board decision allows exceptions to be applied only at the national level and the Asian Games is an international event."

To get an exemption for domestic tournaments, national federations must petition FIBA to allow players to play with their heads covered, plus submit follow-up reports twice a year. FIBA's governing body will evaluate the rule again next year, and determine whether to allow head covers at some level of international competition from next summer.

of ISSF athlete commission

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EW DELHI: India's only individual Olympic gold medallist, Abhinav Bindra, has been re-elected as member of the seven-men Athlete Commission of the International Shooting Sport Federation, the global body governing the sport.

Bindra, who was first elected to the body during the 2010 World Shooting Championships in Munich, was re-elected this time during the just-concluded World Shooting Championships in Granada, Spain.

Out of the 13 athletes nominated by the respective member federations, Bindra emerged as one of the top candidates for the four vacant slots. The other athletes elected were Serbian Zorana Arunovic, Marco De Nicolo from Italy and German shooter Henri Junghaenel.

"It's a great moment for all of us to see that shooters from all over the world have faith in Abhinav and his professionalism. We at NRAI are confident of providing all possible support to Abhinav and all other shooters from the country for their growth and development," said National Rifle Association of India president Raninder Singh. The remaining three committee members and the chairman of the committee will be appointed by the ISSF Executive Committee at the next meeting on November 29 in Munich.

The ISSF Executive Committee will release the complete results of the elections, including the number of votes obtained by each candidate, after the appointment of the remaining three Committee members and of the chairman.

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WIND SPOILS DUSHYANT’S SURGE FOR GOLD,

SETTLES FOR BRONZE

By SS Ramaswamy

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NCHEON Inclement weather spoilt Indian rower Dushyant Chauhan's strong bid for a gold medal on international debut as he settled for a bronze in the men's lightweight single sculls at the 17th Asian Games here.

The Army rower, hailing from Haryana and belonging to the Bengal Engineering Group in Roorkie, led from the 500m till the last 200m in the 2000m race before strong northerly winds and rain put paid to his gold medal hopes as he fell behind two others and finished third by clocking 1 minute, 59.02 seconds.

"I was confident of the gold but my lane was the most affected by the strong wind. However I am happy to win the bronze medal," said the 21year-old after winning the medal.

Chauhan was second behind gold-medallist Lok Kwan Hai by just

I was confident of the gold but my lane was the most affected by the strong wind. However I am happy to win the bronze medal.

under two seconds in the first 500m and then caught up with his rival before overtaking him in the course of the next 500m and looked assured of a gold before inclement weather hampered his chances.

He not only lost the gold medal, but also the silver as the host country's Lee Hakbeom, who was third with 500m left, also surged past the Indian rower to clinch the second spot in 1:56.19.

It was the first medal of the day after a fruitless stint at the shooting range for India and the 10th bronze in the Games. Rowing Federation of India Secretary General M V Sriram also rued the loss of a gold for

Chauhan.

"He led for most of the race and should have won the gold," he said.

Rowing had proved to be a happy hunting ground for the country in the Guangzhou Games four years ago when single sculler Bajrang Lal Takhar created history by winning the first rowing gold after his silver in Doha in 2006.

There were two three silver medals and bronze in the women's coxless pair event and in this background, a large team of rowers have come here to take part. The Indian team comprises 22 men and nine women rowers, accompanied by four coaches and a physio.

Indian eves go down fighting against holders China in hockey DUSHYANT CHAUHAN, BRONZE MEDALLIST, ROWING

But the Indians did not sit back and restored parity four minutes later from a penalty stroke which was perfectly converted by Jaspreet Kaur. With both teams locked at 1-1 at half time, the third quarter was expected to be a lively affair and it was India who got the first scoring opportunity in the form of a penalty corner, which they failed to utilise.

The tussle between the two teams continued in the fourth and final quarter. In the 51st minute, Indian goalkeeper Savita came to her side's rescue with a fine save from a penalty corner.

The Indians, in fact, had a chance to register an upset win when they earned their third penalty corner with five and half minutes remaining in the match, but Jaspreet's effort went over the Chinese goal.

Just when it seemed the match was heading for a draw, which in fact would have been a just result, Zhao caught the Indian defence off guard and scored the winner in the 59th minute with a rasping shot Indian and Chinese players in action during their pool match at women's hockey of 17th Asian Games in Incheon, from top of the circle.

South Korea on Wednesday.

Even though Indian custodian Savita got a hand, Zhao's shot was NCHEON:India fought valiantly match towards the end of the first the lead in the 19th minute through powerful enough to roll the ball inbefore conceding a late goal to 15 minute quarter. After a barren a penalty corner conversion by side the goal and break the heart of lose 1-2 against three-time defend- first quarter, it was China who took Meiyu Liang.

Indian camp. ing champions China in the women's hockey competition at the 17th Asian Games.

Barring the late blunder, the InNCHEON: India, bidding to regain the men's hockey gold under severe pressure should win at the Seonhak dian eves matched their fancied riafter 16 years and gain a direct entry into the 2016 Rio Hockey Stadium. vals stick for stick in the entire 60 Olympics, are bracing up for their toughest task as they Both India and Pakistan have scored two victories minutes to raise hopes of an upset face arch-foes Pakistan in a high-octane clash at the 17th apiece though the latter have scored an extra goal to result. But it was not to be as the world no. 5 China scored a late winAsian Games here today. stand atop the pool standings. India opened their ner through Yudiao Zhao, much to The crunch match between two-time winners India tournament with a thumping 8-0 win over Sri Lanka, a their relief. and eight-time gold medallists Pakistan, who are the title team that was competing at the Asian Games after the China enjoyed the early share of holders in men's Pool A, is the highlight of the league 1982 New Delhi edition, and followed it up with another phase of the tournament and the team that plays well heavy 7-0 victory over minnows Oman. exchanges but world no. 13 India stated to get their footing in the

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SHORT CUT Indian equestrians finish fourth in eventing dressage

Indian men's equestrian team finished fourth in eventing dressage event on the fifth day of competitions.

The quartet of Sangram Singh, Fouaad Mirza, Mrityunjay Sinh Rathore, Pooviah Ajai Appachu ended at fourth in the seven-team field, behind South Korea, Japan and China. The Indians had 144.50 penalty points against them.

Indian duo at top spot after two races in sailing

Indian sailors Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan occupied the top spot after two races in Women's 29er- Two Person Dinghy event on the first day of competition.

Varsha and Aishwarya were on top of the heap of six teams in the 12-race event which will continue till September 30. 12-year-old Chitresh Tatha, meanwhile, occupied seventh spot after two races in the OptimistMen's One Person Dinghy event at Wangsan Sailing Marina Area. Ramya Saravanan was at sixth after two races in Optimist- Women's One Person Dinghy event while Nethra Kumnan occupied fifth after two races in Laser Radial-Women's One Person Dinghy event.

Swimmers' poor run continues

There was no end to Indian swimmers' dismal run as the team finished a lowly seventh in the 4x100m freestyle relay final while none managed to make the final of two individual events. The Indian quartet of Anshul Kothari, Sajan Prakash, Neil Contractor and Aaron D'Souza clocked a disappointing 3:25.94 to be second from bottom in the eight-team final. Things were no better in the individual competition with Sandeep Sejwal finishing fifth in the men's 100m breaststroke heats.

Sejwal clocked 1:03.09. In the men's 100m butterfly event, Sajan Prakash ended sixth with a timing of 55.64.

Men, women suffer second defeat in sepaktakraw

Indian men's and women's sepaktakraw teams suffered their second consecutive defeats leaving them with little chance of advancing to the next round. Both the men's and women's teams suffered an identical 0-3 thrashing at the hands of defending champions Thailand in the preliminary round matches at the Bucheon Gymnasium Court here. The Indian men were simply outplayed by their powerhouse opponents as they lost 0-2, 0-2, 0-2 in the three regus in their Group A preliminary round match.

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Saina Nehwal plays a shot against Macau's U Teng Lok in their women's single badminton match at the Gyeyang Gymnasium during the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Wednesday.

SAINA, SINDHU CRUISE

PAST OPENING ROUND RIVALS

By SS Ramaswamy

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NCHEON:After guiding the women's badminton team to a historic bronze two days ago, India's top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu opened their campaign in the Asian Games individual competitions with thumping victories in the singles event.

Sixth seed Saina easily overcame U Teng Lok of Macau 21-10, 21-8 in just 20 minutes and lined up against her next opponent Iran's Soraya Aghaeihajiagha, who dispatched Mongolia's Khulangoo Baatar in straight games in another round of 32 women's singles encounter.

Sindhu, seeded 8th, too had a comfortable 21-7, 21-13 first round victory in 19 minutes over Wong Kit Leng, also of Macau, to book a round of 16 clash against M Bellaetrix of Indonesia, a contest the lanky Hyderabadi described as "tricky".

"It should be a tricky match but I am confident of doing well," said the world No. 10, who did not want to look too far ahead to an expected clash with the top-seeded London Olympic champion Li Xuerei, who is also currently the World No. 1. "I am taking it match by match and not looking too far ahead," she said.

Saina said her easy first round victory was expected but things would hot up from round three.

"The first two rounds are generally easy but things would get tougher after that," said the World No. 7.

If Saina sails through to the quarter finals tomorrow, she is likely to face second seed Yan Wihan of China against whom she has a poor 1-8 win-loss ratio. "Yan Wihan is a very

tough player. My record against her is not great as everyone knows. She is a very powerful player and plays deep in the court.

Her smashes are steep. I have been working hard over the last 2-3 weeks (under Vimal Kumar in Bangalore) on my (oncourt) movement. Hopefully things would go as per plans," she said.

Two out of three Indian doubles combinations made their exit from the tournament, with only Manu Attri and S Sumeeth Reddy standing to fight another day. Attri and Reddy got past the lukewarm challenge put up by Maldivian pair Sarim Mohammed and N Sharafuddeen to win 2-17, 2-17 in 19 minutes but are up against Chinese sixth seeds Liu Xiaolong and Qui Zihan tomorrow for a place in the quarter finals.

The more fancied men's doubles combine of Pranav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar bit the dust, so too did the women's pair of N Sikki Reddy and Pradnya Gadre after putting up a fight against their Japanese rivals. Chopra and Dewalkar lost 8-21, 15-21 in 28 minutes to China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in round of 32, while Pradnya and Sikki stretched Japan's no. 2 seeds Miyuki Maeda Reika Kakiiwa.

The Indian women's duo lost the opening game 16-21, raised visions of an upset win by clinching the second game 21-19 but then committed far too many unforced errors to drop the third 14-21 and made the exit. The Indian pair lost six points in a row after leading 3-0 to trail 36, caught up their rivals at 7 but fell behind again to 10-14 after which their rivals never looked back as Pradnya and Sikki lapsed into errors.

INDIA AT THE GAMES

Archery: India v Qatar Men's compound elimination (0600am onwards); And Compound women's individual elimination (0740am). Badminton: Akshay Dewalkar/Pradnya Gadre – mixed doubles round of 32; P Kashyap – men's singles round of 32; Manu Attri-Sikki Reddy – mixed doubles round of 32; K Srikkanth - men's singles round of 32; Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu - women's singles round of 32; M Attri-Sumeeth Reddy men's doubles round of 32 (0700 am onwards). Boxing: L Devendro Singh 49 kg round of 32; Manoj Kumar 64 kg round of 32 (0330 pm onwards).

Cycling: Amarjit Singh Nagi and Amrit Singh - men's keirin 1st round heats (0630 am onwards) Equestrian: Sangram Singh, Fouaad Mirza, M S Rathore, Ajai Poovaiah - eventing individual cross country and team cross country (0530). Golf: Men's and women's team and individual first round (0350am). Hockey: India v Pakistan - men's group B (0130 pm). Rowing: Women's quadruple sculls final B; men's singles sculls final A - Swaran Singh (0700 am).

Sailing: Men's optimist Races 5 and 6; Women's 29er races 5 and 6; women's laser radial races 4 and 5; women's optimist races 5 and 6 (0730 am).

Sepaktakraw: India v Korea Men's Group A and India v Korea women's Group B (0530 am and 1100 am). Shooting: 50m prone men qualification and team finals (Gagan Narang, Hariom Singh, Joydeep Karmakar); Men's 25m standard pistol qualification and team finals (Gurpreet Singh, Mahaveer Singh and Samaresh Jung (0530 am); Men's double trap qualification and team finals (Sangram Dahiya, Ankur Mittal, Ashab Mohd); Women's double trap qualification and team finals (Varsha Varman, Shreyasi Singh, Shagun Chowdhary) (0530 am).

Squash: India v Japan (Men's team 0530 am); India v China (Women's team 1030am); India v Malaysia (men's team 0230 pm).

Swimming: Men's 50m butterfly – Anshul Kothari; Men's 100m freestyle – Aaron D'Souza; Men's 200m backstroke – Prathapan Nair (all heats) (0530 am).

Tennis: Men's singles second round (Sanam Singh, Yuki Bhambri); Women's singles 2nd round (Ankita Raina); Men's doubles 1st round (Saket Maineni-Sanam Singh); women's doubles 2nd round (Rishika Sunkara – Shwata Rana; Mixed doubles 2st round (Ankita Raina-Divij Sharan) (0530am).

MEDALS TALLY G S B T 1 2 3 15

China Korea Japan India

59 32 27 118 26 23 25 74 20 29 27 76 1 1 10 12