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‘NO FLYING BALLOONS’ Airport area police stations ordered not to grant NOC for use of ad balloons

There will be no Property Tax for tenements upto 500 sq ft, assures CM

By Prashant Hamine

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n a major relief to tenants of tenements admeasuring upto 500 sq ft, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis yesterday assured a delegation led by Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar that the government will consider giving relief in Property Tax. The new property tax regime adopted by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) from this fiscal year has hiked the

tax by 40 per cent for tenements up to 500 sq ft or less than that area.

The Chief Minister stated that the government if need be, a decision will be taken at the state cabinet meet and a notification to this effect will be issued.

In a statement issued here yesterday Shelar stated that about eight

lakh tenements are less than 500 sq ft area and the hike in property tax rate has resulted in widespread resentment among the common people. He argued that in order to give relief to the ordinary citizens living in small tenements it was imperative that an amendment was made to section 140(A) of the BMC Act. Fadnavis assured the delegation that the issue was of utmost concern for the common man and hence the government will take an

immediate decision on it. Shelar added that due to the faulty property tax regime adopted by the BMC in the last five years, the civic body has collected additional tax revenue of Rs. 1,200 crore. He demanded that this surplus tax revenue be returned back to the people. The Mumbai BJP president further pointed out that the High Court too has issued directives to the BMC to this effect and has also sought the opinion of the Advocate General.

Police arrested two event organisers — Kunal Shah and Nilesh Shrimankar in the ‘mysterious parachute’ case.

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ERNE: Industrialist Yash Birla, as also two Mumbai-based individuals behind City Limousines scam, are among five Indian nationals with Swiss bank accounts whose names have been made public in Switzerland's official gazette with regard to ongoing tax probes against them in India.

The other two are Gurjit Singh

Kochar, son-in-law of late realty baron Ponty Chadha, and a Delhibased businesswoman Ritika Sharma.

The names of these five 'Indian nationals' have been made public in Switzerland's Federal Gazette with regard to details sought about them by the Indian authorities, reports PTI.

Among these, some details have already been shared by the Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA) with India including about Birla and Sharma of Blessings Apparel.

These are in addition to the two other Indians -- Sneh Lata Sawhney and Sangita Sawhney -- whose names have also been made public in similar manner for being probed

by the Indian tax authorities.

In case of Sayed Mohamed Masood, being probed for a major ponzi scheme run from Mumbai through City Limousines, some details were shared by the Swiss authorities in the past. His accounts were also frozen a few years ago Continued on pg 12 «

ow that the city police has finally cracked the mystery of the 'unknown floating objects' over the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport by arresting two men on Tuesday, the topbrass of the Mumbai police have instructed all police stations around the airport not to issue any NOC for use of advertising balloons in the future.

This strict directive applies to several police stations close to Continued on pg 12 «

Mantralaya gulps down mineral water worth ` 4.66L in 5 months CITY

Strangely, the cost of BMC water charge for similar quantity is a paltry Rs.171

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he ministers, secretaries and other government staff, working in Mantralaya, South Mumbai are now habituated to drinking bottled mineral water, instead of that being supplied by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

This was revealed through a Right to Information (RTI) reply as in the last five months, they have run up a bill of Rs.4.66 lakh for consuming 24,648 litres of Bisleri water. The same quantity of BMC water supplied by the pipeline would have just Rs.171. RTI activist Anil Galgali had sought information from the Maharashtra government regarding the cost and quantity of consumption of Bisleri water in Mantralaya.

In a reply to the query J.M. Salvi, General Manager and Public Information Officer (PIO) of the Mantralaya Canteen informed Galgali that between December 2014

and April 2015 comprising of five months a total of 83,628 Bisleri bottles of water was purchased at the cost of Rs.4,66,019. 88. “Of these, the maximum usage was of 250 ML bottles accounting for 68,976 bottles amounting to Rs.3,67,642. 08, the next was 14,496 bottles of 500 ML amounting to Rs.96,688. 32 and just 156 bottles of 1 litre amounting to Rs.1,689.48,” the RTI reply stated.

Galgali had also sought copies of the Government Resolution (GR) authorising purchase of bottled water, apart from the water supply of the civic body, which has not been provided. According to Galgali, “The govt seems to be indulging in splurging public money for consuming mineral water, whereas the cost of BMC water for a similar quantity would have been just Rs.171 as the BMC charges only Rs.4.32 plus sewerage charges totalling Rs.6,912 for 1000 litres of water supplied through its pipelines. In Mantralaya there is an Aquaguard purified system installed by Government.”

The activist has now approached Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis by writing a letter protesting against this wasteful expenditure. “In a situ-

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ation where the state is reeling under severe drought, and the citizens are craving for even single drop of water, the people who are supposed to perform for the citizens are indulging in wasteful expenditure by consuming mineral water.

The water supplied by the BMC is of best quality and also pure and clean, hence the CM should instruct usage of BMC water only for drinking purposes, also if any minister or a babu wants to consume bottled mineral water, then they should buy that water and pay from their own pockets,” the letter stated.

An official from Mantralaya, who did not wish to be named said, “This issue of bottled water started after the massive fire that broke out at the Mantralaya and most of the departments were moved out to other buildings or other localities.

The employees or staff of Mantralaya were under the impression that they could spend money on the bottled water from canteens and so such huge amounts of bottled water were ordered, spending lakhs of rupees.” philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Salman can travel abroad, HC grants permission Khan to travel to Dubai for an event slated for May 29 The actor’s plea for permission to travel abroad was heard by a single judge vacation bench

By Philip Varghese

for an event which is slated for May 29. Khan's plea for permission to lmost three weeks after the travel abroad to Dubai was heard by Bombay High Court (HC) sus- a single judge vacation bench of the pended the five-year-jail sentence Bombay High Court. of actor Salman Khan in the 2002 It may be recalled here that the hit-and-run case pending appeal, Sessions Court had on May 6, conthe HC on Tuesday granted permis- victed the actor for culpable homision to the actor to travel to Dubai cide not amounting to murder and sentenced him to five years in jail in that case.

Two days after his conviction, on May 8, the Bombay HC had admitted Khan's appeal against the conviction, suspended the sentence, Vikas Sabnis and granted him bail.

The HC, after hearing Khan's counsel Amit Desai and the public prosecutor S Shinde, had said that the charge of culpable homicide under section 304-II of Indian Penal Code needs consideration.

But the HC had said that the actor would require to seek prior permission each time he wishes to travel abroad.

Therefore Khan moved the HC's vacation bench for permission to go to Dubai for an event scheduled to take place this Friday.

The HC judge Justice Abhay Thipsay, while admitting his appeal said, “This is not a case where in spite of the admission of the appeal, the appellant should be kept in de‘Achhe Din’ for frequent fliers! tention till the appeal is decided. It would be proper to suspend the Just Re.1 per kilometer sentence during the pendency of for air journey!

Actor Salman Khan waves to his fans before leaving from Mandi on Tuesday. PTI the appeal.”

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On Khan's counsel Amit Desai's plea that Khan be granted liberty to apply for permission to travel abroad, Justice Thipsay had said, “It is needless to say that such liberty has not been taken away, and it would be open for him to make such an application to this Court, which shall deal with it on merits and in accordance with law.”

During the hearing, Khan's counsel Niranjan Mundargi told the the court, “Since the actor has to travel from May 27 to May 30 due to professional commitments, the actor will surrender his passport to the police within 12 hours of his return.

Since Salman is now a convict, he will have to inform the Indian Consulate in Dubai about his entry and exit.”

Based on the contentions, Justice Shalini Phansalkar-Joshi, observed, “Since the applicant is ready to abide by the conditions, his application deserves to be allowed.

However, the applicant shall furnish all details of his travel plans, flight timing and number, address of the place where he will be staying in Dubai, his contact details including mobile number and land-line number to the investigating agency.

We also direct the applicant to submit an additional cash security of Rs two lakh before the trial court prior to leaving the country.” philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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LET'S RUN..... Youth taking part in an Army recruitment rally in Guwahati on Tuesday.

Marilyn Monroe’s final photoshoot to be auctioned

they look for collective experience. Man is a gregarious animal. He wants to interact all the time. May be there are people who are content to talk themselves, who do not want to reach out.

There are men who go mad if they are alone — may be needing some psychiatrict treatment. They become restless, they cannot be left alone in a room all by themselves.

It is only sadhus, yogis, babas who perhaps want to be alone. They go to the Himalayas so they can be alone. These days, however, they cannot go there because earthquakes are taking place.

Nobody likes to miss a chance to celebrate — to be with other men or women.

You have got to be a nut if you want to live all by yourself.

Traffic noise may give you a pot belly Marilyn Monroe

RARE photos of screen icon Marilyn Monroe, taken just weeks before her untimely death, are going to auction in London.

The stunning snapshots were taken by her friend, photographer George Barris, on Santa Monica beach on July 13, 1962, just three weeks before she was found dead at 36 in her Los Angeles bedroom.

The set also includes photos of Monroe in her Brentwood, California, home, reported Daily Mirror.

Eight of the prints, several of which show Monroe romping on the beach in a towel or bikini, are expected to sell for 8,000 pound at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions in London on June 4.

Barris, who met Monroe in 1954 on the set of her hit film The Seven Year Itch, originally intended to use the pictures for a book he was working on about the iconic actress, but he scrapped it after her death.

Enjoy being alone?

DO you enjoy being all by yourself? A study conducted in America says most people love being alone! In our country, most people do not want to be alone: They want ‘company’. Across the country, there are families who stay together. They eat together, play together, see TV together. They love talking — and and also fighting — with one another. All the time,

PEOPLE regularly exposed to a combination of road, rail and plane noise are at a high risk of developing a pot belly.

Road traffic noise is linked to a heightened risk of developing a mid-riff bulge.

Exposure to a combination of road traffic, rail, and aircraft noise may pose the greatest risk of acquiring a spare tyre - otherwise known as central obesity, and thought to be one of the most harmful types of fat deposition around the body.

Researchers assessed how much road traffic, rail, and aircraft noise 5,075 people living in cities, had been exposed since 1999.

The results indicated no link between road traffic noise and BMI. But there was an association between road traffic noise and waist size, with a 0.21 cm increase for every additional 5 decibel (dB) increase in exposure.

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split with Sena made the party realise its strength. That ven as state Bharatiya was promptly countered by Janata Party (BJP) presi- his ministerial colleague and dent Raosaheb Danve Sena's Minister for Public tom-tomed about media cov- Transport Diwakar Raote erage over Prime Minister who argued that it was Sena Narendra Modi-led National president Uddhav Thackeray Democratic Alliance (NDA) who halted the Modi wave in government completed one the state assembly elections. year in office, his ally the Shiv However, the BJP appeared Sena through its party conciliatory towards its es-

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Meanwhile, party president Amit Shah did a U-turn on the issue of separate statehood for Vidarbha arguing that the issue was never listed in the party manifesto. However, Danve argued that the BJP was in favor of creating smaller states and added that creation of smaller states was needed for better administration.

Congress party leaders Sanjay Nirupam, Charan Singh Sapara (L) and Eknath Gaikwad (R) during a protest rally on BJP government's first anniversary, at Azad Maidan, on Tuesday.

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BJP members, along with a Narendra Modi lookalike, celebrating PM Narendra Modi-led government's first anniversary, at the BJP office in Nariman Point, on Tuesday.

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mouthpiece Saamana gave a cold shoulder to the coverage yesterday. Barring a small report on Modi's speech at Mathura, even the editorial focused on road accidents.

All these despite the fact that Sena MP Anant Geete is in the Modi Cabinet as the Minister for Heavy Industries.

The war of words between the two allies in power was only rekindled after Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at the party's state executive meet had remarked that the

tranged ally over possible alliance for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections.

Danve, however, kicked off a storm over his remark on NDA governments scheme of accident insurance policy in Rs.12. Enlisting the various achievements of Modi government in the past one year, he remarked that the government has given accident insurance cover in Rs.12 where even the shroud for the dead is not available in that price.

While the state BJP leaders celebrated Modi governments one year in office at its state party office, the party cadres were seen complaining bitterly about they being overlooked. According to a party worker from SouthCentral Mumbai the party worker who put in all his might in ensuring back-toback successes in Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, is still craving for appointments to some state-run corporation, Mohalla committee.

hile the ruling BJP has started its celebrations for the first anniversary of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government by exhibiting its report card, the state Congress has adopted an aggressive stance by registering its protest against the Central government.

As declared earlier by the party, the Congress workers held massive demonstrations across the state to protest against NDA government, which completed one year in office yesterday. The Congress workers gathered at Girgaum chowpati and stage a protest march up to Azad Maidan. The party workers raised slogans against the Central government.

The Congress has described the one year of the Modi government as a death anniversary of 'acche din'. The party has categorically stated that the Central government has miserably failed to fulfill its prepoll promises like checking price rise, bringing back black money stashed abroad, taking tough stand against Pakistan, employment generation, transparency in governance among other things.

After the protest, speaking to reporters, the leader of the opposition in the state Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil said, “Where are the 'acche din' for farmers of the state, especially Vidarbha?

There were good days for farmers during UPA regime.

Now farmers are committing suicide every day. In the state the number of farmer suicides has increased by 40 per cent. This is really shameful”.

“Instead of spending crores of rupees to publicise completion of one year, the gov-

Congress party workers at a rally protesting against the BJP government in the city on Tuesday. ernment should have ensured that the common man should feel 'acche din' have come.

The string of failures of NDA government at the Centre has continued here in the state too as the Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam, former MPs Milind Deora and Eknath Gaikwad were among the prominent leaders who walked from Girgaum chowpati to Azad Maidan. Protests

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06 CHANGE OF NAME I Sunita Dhansingh Rana have changed my minor sons name from Advik Singh Bajiyala to Advik Singh Sunita Rana as per Affidavit C-9944 I have changed my name from Sunita Singh Bajiyala to Sunita Dhansingh Rana as per Affidavit C-9945 I Huma Khan have changed my minor son name from Mohd Talaha Khan to Talaha Khan as per Affidavit C-9946 I have changed my name from Gunwantrai Punabhai Baldaniya to Gunvantbhai Punabhai Baldaniya as per Affidavit C-9947 I have changed my name from Asif Qaiyum Khan to Asif Abdul Qaiyum Khan as per Affidavit C-9948 I have changed my name from Dalpatraj Ganeshmal Shah to Dalpatraj Ganeshmal Jain as per Affidavit C-9949 I have changed my name from Ganeshmal J.K. Shah to Ganeshmal Jain as per Affidavit C-9950 I have changed my name from Ratanbai Shah to Ratanbai Ganeshmal Jain as per Affidavit C-9951

CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Nasreen to Shejadi Bi Irshad Ahmed Ansari as per Affidavit C-9981

I have changed my name from Ajaykumar Somai Jaiswal to Ajaykumar Somai Barai as per Affidavit C-10000

I have changed my name from Zareena Bi Abdul Jaleel Sab to Zarina Vali Shaikh as per Affidavit C-9963

I have changed my name from Mr.Devji Tejalal Bhojgotar to Mr. Dinesh Tejalal Bhoj as per Affidavit C-9982

I have changed my name from Sanjay Kumar Nanalal Kherodiya to Sanjay Nanalal Kherodiya as per Affidavit C-10001

I have changed my name from Sitara Reshad Shaikh to Nikhat Banu Reshad Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-9964

I have changed my name from Sagavekar Shashikala Govind to Sneha Milind Potdar as per Affidavit C-9983

I have changed my name from Arbaaz Akhtar Mehmood Shaikh to Arbaaz Mehmood Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10002

I have changed my name from Reshad Shaikh to Reshad Ahmed Fawad Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit C-9965

I have changed my name from Mohammed Irfanul Moeenul Haque to Siddiqui Mohammed Irfan Moeenul Haque as per Affidavit C-9984

I have changed my name from Sayyad Husen Sayyad Moula to Hussain Maula Sayyed as per Affidavit C-10003

I have changed my name from Sitara Begum Bashir Ahmed to Sitara Begum Bashir Ahmed Syed as per Affidavit C-9966 I have changed my name from Mahendra Kumar Ghisulal Jain to Mahendra Ghisulal Jain as per Affidavit C-9967 I have changed my name from Rinakumari Yashvantbhai Shah to Reena Kenedy Shah as per Affidavit C-9968 I have changed my name from Jeetendrakumar Kundanlal Gupta to Jitendra Kundanlal Gupta as per Affidavit C-9969

I have changed my name from Lalitkumar Lavchand Vora to Lalit Lavchand Vora as per Affidavit C-9985 I have changed my name from Ashok Kumar Singh to Ashok Gouriprasad Singh as per Affidavit C-9986 I have changed my name from Indermal Achalchand Jain to Indramal Asalchand Jain as per Affidavit C-9987 I have changed my name from Shipal Singh to Shipal Singh Negi as per Affidavit C-9988 I have changed my name from Priya Mohan Naidu to Kruti Mohan Naidu as per Affidavit C-9989

I have changed my name from Kiranben Manishbhai Raichura to Kiran Manish Raichura as per Affidavit C-9952

I have changed my name from Jyotsana Navalshankar Mehta to Ranjanben Mahendra Dave as per Affidavit C-9971

I have changed my name from Sharadkumar Rasiklal Modi to Sharad Rasiklal Modi as per Affidavit C-9990

I have changed my name from Manishbhai Anilbhai Raichura to Manish Raichura as per Affidavit C-9953

I have changed my name from Reshmabi Mohomad Iqbal to Reshma Iqbal Shaikh as per Affidavit C-9972

I have changed my name from Jigneshkumar Sharadkumar Modi to Jignesh Sharad Modi as per Affidavit C-9991

I have changed my name from Y. Vijaya Shetty to Vijay Babu Shetty as per Affidavit C-9954

I have changed my name from Geeta Tarun Talreja to Gita Tarun Talreja as per Affidavit C-9973

I have changed my name from Rovina Melvin Coutinho to Renuka Vijay Shetty as per Affidavit C-9955

I have changed my name from (Old) Sapna Shaligram Tiwari to (New) Sapna Deepak Kumar as per Affidavit C-9974

I have changed my name from Bhairaram Solanki to Bheraram Solanki as per Affidavit C-9956

We Mr. Ranganath Lakshman and Mrs. Jaya Ranganath have changed our child’s name from Akshaya Ranganath Lakshman Iyer to Akshaya Ranganath as per Affidavit C-9975

I have changed my name from Bindu Santosh Valavil to Sneha Santosh Valavil as per Affidavit C-9958 I have changed my name from Mufddan Ibrahim Tinwala/ Muffadal Ibrahim Tinwala to Mufaddal Ibrahim Tinwala as per Affidavit C-9959 I have changed my name from Sunitha Narayan Anchan to Sunita Narayan Anchan as per Affidavit C-9960 I have changed my name from Thiyagarajan Nachiappan Subbiah to Thiagarajan Nachiappan Subbiah as per Affidavit C-9961

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I have changed my name from Annamalai Kalyani to Kalyani Thiagarajan as per Affidavit C-9962

I have changed my name from Babita Bai Gupta to Nisha Jitendra Gupta as per Affidavit C-9970

I have changed my name from Kamladevi Solanki to Kamla Solanki as per Affidavit C-9957

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I have changed my name from Harmeet Singh Karnail Singh Banwati to Harmeet Singh Karnail Singh Banwait as per Affidavit C-9976 I have changed my name from Tejashree Atul Jadhav to Tilottama Atul Jadhav as per Affidavit C-9977 I have changed my name from Nita Sanjay Jadhav to Neeta Sanjay Jadhav as per Affidavit C-9978 I have changed my name from Raj Narayan Rai to Raj Narayan Singh as per Affidavit C-9979 I have changed my name from S Kalyani to Kalyani Thiagarajan as per Gazette.

C-9980

I have changed my name from Anirudh to Anirudh Shankar as per Affidavit C-9992 I have changed my name from Vibhawari Vasudev Rane to Shailaja Shashikant Desai as per Affidavit C-9993 I have changed my name from Vivella Afzal to Vivella Bangera as per Affidavit C-9994 I have changed my name from Waseem Afzal Naseem to Craig William Bangera as per Affidavit C-9995 I have changed my name from Rahul Madhavrao Tonpe to Rahul Madhav Tonpe as per Affidavit C-9996 I have changed my name from Rupalben Natvarlal Saglani to Rupal Divyesh Padia as per Affidavit C-9997 I have changed my name from Amirali Vasanji Premji to Amirali Vasanji Merchant as per Affidavit.

C-9998 I have changed my name from Rajesh Amrithlal Khanabar to Bharat Amrutlal Kanabar as per Affidavit C-9999

I have changed my name from Shahil Husen Sayyad to Sahil Hussain Sayyed as per Affidavit C-10004 I have changed my name from Sayyed Hussan Sayyad Moula to Hussain Maula Sayyed as per Affidavit C-10005 I have changed my name from Mubeen Hassan Sayyed to Mubin Hussain Sayyed as per Affidavit C-10006 I have changed my name from Aafra Manwel Dsouza to Kevin Manwel Dsouza as per Affidavit C-10007 I have changed my name from Philebina Manwel Dsouza to Philomena Manwel Dsouza as per Affidavit C-10008 I have changed my name from Jaibunnisa Zabdar Arif Ahmed to Jaibunisa Arif Ahmed Ansari as per Affidavit C-10009 I have changed my name from Salima Mahiboob Shaikh to Bishmillah Mahiboob Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10010 I Miss. Nehal Praveen Gala have changed my name to Miss. Nehali Pravin Gala as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10011 I Miss. Sehpu Premjibhai Shah have changed my name to Mrs. Sheetal Jitendra Dagha as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10012

I Smitaben Rameshchandra Desai have changed my name to Sonal Pradip Khandhar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10018

I Mrs. Aparna Sadashiv Bhonsale have changed my name to Mrs. Aparna Sadashiv Bhosale as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10034

I Mehta Krunal Rameshchandra have changed my name to Krunal Ramesh Mehta as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 25/05/15 C-10019

We Mr. Pradeep Jagdishprasad Shukla & Mrs. Rashmi Pradeep Shukla have changed our minor son’s name from Vatsal Pradip Shukla to Vatsal Pradeep Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10035

I Akash Ashok Jaiswal have changed my name to Aakash Ashok Jaiswal as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10020 I Anjali Rajaram Patil have changed my name to Swati Satish Wargaonkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 25/05/15 C-10021 I Miss. Shashikala Balkrishna Sawant have changed my name to Mrs. Sujata Dattatray Hadge as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10022 I Smita Suryakant Ghawankar have changed my name to Smita Suryakant Teli as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10023 I Omkar Suryakant Ghawankar have changed my name to Omkar Suryakant Teli as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10024 I Suryakant Parshuram Ghawankar have changed my name to Suryakant Parshuram Teli as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10025 I Vishal Jogariya & Vishal Jagdiya have changed my name to Vishal Jagdish Jogadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10026 I Uma Sunilkumar have changed my name to Uma Sunil Bhaskaran as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10027 I Mr. Pareshkumar Hirjibhai Chheda have changed my name to Mr. Paresh Hirji Chheda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10028

I Pradip Jagdishprasad Shukla have changed my name to Pradeep Jagdishprasad Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10013

I Sunilkumar have changed my name to Sunil Achuthan Bhaskaran as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10029

I Pradipkumar Jagdishprasad Shukla have changed my name to Pradeep Jagdishprasad Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10014

I Shraddha Sunilkumar have changed my name to Shraddha Sunil Bhaskaran as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10030

I Rashmi Pradip Shukla have changed my name to Rashmi Pradeep Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10015

I Uma Sunilkumar Bhaskarn have changed my name to Uma Sunil Bhaskaran as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10031

I Sanjaykumar Rameshchandra Desai have changed my name to Sanjay Rameshchandra Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10016

I Sunilkumar Bhaskarn have changed my name to Sunil Achuthan Bhaskaran as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10032

I Rashmi Pradipkumar Shukla have changed my name to Rashmi Pradeep Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15 C-10017

I Shraddha Sunilkumar Bhaskarn have changed my name to Shraddha Sunil Bhaskaran as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10033

We Mr. Pradeep Jagdishprasad Shukla & Mrs. Rashmi Pradeep Shukla have changed our minor daughter’s name from Manvi Pradip Shukla to Manvi Pradeep Shukla as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/05/15.

C-10036 I Anand Gopal Awathe have changed my name to Anand Daftardar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15.

C-10037 I Mayank Pareshbhai Vyas have changed my name to Mayank Paresh Vyas as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15.

C-10038 I Shah Akshay Samik Kumar have changed my name to Akshay Samikkumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10039 I Meenakshi Sanjiv Jani have changed my name to Minakshi Sanjiv Jani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15.

C-10040 I Minakshiben Prakashchandra Raval have changed my name to Minakshi Sanjiv Jani as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15.

C-10041 I Mr. Chiragkumar Vasantray Pandhi have changed my name to Mr. Chirag Vasantrai Pandhi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15.

C-10042 We Mr. Ajay Kumar Srivastav & Mrs. Sadhana Srivastav have changed our minor son’s name from Aamen to Aamen Ajay Kumar Srivastav as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10043 I Paresh Maheshkumar Darji have changed my name to Paresh Maheshkumar Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10044 I Maheshkumar Darji have changed my name to Maheshkumar Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10045 I Chandrika Darji have changed my name to Chandrika Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10046 I Jayantilal Manilal Modi have changed my name to Jayantibhai Manilal Modi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10047 I Arunkumar Madhajibhai Tank have changed my name to Arun Madhajibhai Tank as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10048 I Ashay / Aashay Gavde / Gawade have changed my name to Aashay Gawde as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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07 CITY B’deshi immigrants held in Bhayandar

By Suresh Golani

A

fter a brief lull the Thane (rural) police seems to have resumed its crackdown against foreign immigrants illegally staying in the region.

A team from the Navghar police station led by Police Sub Inspector, Shrikant Karande rounded up three suspected Bangladeshi nationals from an industrial area located on the Goddev Road in Bhayandar (East) on Monday evening. The trio was taken into custody after they failed to produce legiti-

A repeat of 26/7 deluge?

NaMo in Mumbai?... No way... This gentleman is Vikas Mahanto, a PM Narendra Modi lookalike, who was invited at a photo-exhibition titled 'Saal Ek Shuruaat Anek', inaugurated by BJP MP Rahul Shewale and organised by Mumbai DAVP unit in coordination with the sister media units, at Nardula Tank Maidan, near Siddhivinayak temple, Prabhadevi, on Tuesday.

This monsoon may witness a repeat of the 26/7 deluge in Baiganwadi slums of Govandi.

Locals fear that again there might be a situation of a choked up Mithi River

By Tariq Khan

When ADC spokes to Advocate S M Shoaib, General Secnauthorised construc- retary of Alert Citizen tions in the slums of Movement (ACM) he said, Baiganwadi and Go- “The nullah water that used vandi are proving to be a to flow down to the creek exgrave risk as the monsoons isting behind is totally are on the horizon now. In the chocked up now. This is a middle of Chikkalwadi and danger in waiting during the Kamla Raman Nagar there ex- upcoming monsoon besides ists a 10 feet wide nullah, creating health issues caused which has been allegedly by dreaded diseases like filled with debris and leveled dengue, malaria, typhoid and

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serious dangerous diseases like typhoid, malaria, dengue, and other skin diseases. Besides, there is no public hospital facility available in the area. Residents of these areas are in fear and they think situation would be more worsen then 26/7 deluge of 2005” BMC group leader of SP corporator Rais Qasam Shaikh informed ADC , “Nal-

A choked-up Mithi River can be disastrous for Baiganwadi residents of Govandi, this monsoon. by local land mafias, say local residents.

Unauthorized shanties too have come up on either side of these chocked up nullah which is then sold for 3 to 4 lakhs to unsuspecting poor slum dwellers.

asthma among local populace including children. Slum areas which are situated nearby to Deonar dumping ground and nearby surroundings are in danger of water logging that will spread

lahs, small and big drainage lines are cleaned in papers but no cleaning work has begun yet. small drainage lines and nallas are more dangerous than the bigger ones and BMC officers are

not working on this because they are corrupted and we have raised this point in BMC House and Standing Committee meetings.”

Rais Qasam Shaikh has asked the BMC to start cleaning work at the earliest or else the SP party shall protest in huge numbers against the BMC. Kiran Digaonkar, assistant municipal commissioner has assured to complete the cleaning work at the earliest”.

mate documents to authorise their stay in the country.

The immigrants have been arrested and booked under the relevant sections of the Indian Passport Act, 1950 and the Foreigners Act, 1946, police said. “While efforts were on to track down those facilitating the illegal trafficking, we were also checking if more such immigrants are staying in the area,”Karande said.

The police has also appealed employers to be cautious and conduct a thorough background check before employing domestic help.

Woman killed in road accident Lady doctor booked by D.B. Marg police

By Tariq Khan

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25-year-old woman was killed after the twowheeler she was riding on was hit by a car driven by a lady doctor near Girgaum Chowpatty on Monday evening. The lady doctor has been booked by the D.B. Marg police and has been asked to present herself in court at a later date.

The deceased Komal Singh was riding with her paternal cousin, Aakash (23) on a bike. Dr Lajja Shah, who lives near Malabar Hill and practices at the Harkishandas Hospital, was driving her Toyota Innova towards her residence with her driver, identified only as Mandal, seated besides her.

Her car the duo’s bike collided after which Komal began to bleed severely from her mouth and nose.

“The accused got down from her vehicle, introduced

herself as a doctor, and first rushed Komal to the nearby dispensary. She was then transferred to the Bhatia Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries.

Komal had also sustained severe internal bleeding in the chest,” said senior PI Suresh Hujband of the D.B. Marg police.

The driver was taken to the police station where his statement was recorded in which he maintained it was his employer who was driving the vehicle.

“The woman normally takes over the wheel and the driver sits besides her when she is returning home from the hospital,” SPI Hujband said and added that she has been booked for causing death due to rash and negligent driving under the IPC and the Motor Vehicles Act. The offence is bailable and cops said they did not find the need to arrest her.

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CHANGE OF NAME

I Subhash Gavde / Gawade have changed my name to Subhash Gawde as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10050 I Sunita Gavde / Gawade have changed my name to Sunita Gawde as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10051 I Namarata Asaram Waybhase have changed my name to Namrata Asaram Waybhase as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10052 I Savita Kisan Sharma have changed my name to Sabita Kishan Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10053 I Keshara Sharma have changed my name to Kesara Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10054 I Kisan Sharma have changed my name to Kishan Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10055 I Tauseef Mohd Iqbal Shaikh have changed my name to Tausif Iqbal Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10056 I Mohammed Arif Shaikh have changed my name to Arif Iqbal Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10057 I Roopeshkumar Padmanabh Poojari have changed my name to Rupesh Padmanabha Poojari as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10058 I Nasrinbanu Mehboob Shaikh have changed my name to Shehnaz Mehboob Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10059 I Dharaben Hitesh Rana have changed my name to Dhara Hitesh Rana as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10060 I Chandrarekha Vasant Rao Parab have changed my name to Swapna Sadashiva Suvarna as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10061 I Prerna Divyesh Boghani have changed my name to Prerana Divyesh Boghani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10062 I Deepakkumar Rajendra Jain have changed my name to Deepak Rajendra Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10063 I Jawed Haiderali Qureshi have changed my name to Javed Haiderali Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10064 I Ansoo Harish Gupta & Anshu Harish Gupta & Anshu Mayank Agrawal have changed my name to Anshu Nandakishor Dhanuka as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10065 I Shaikh Nargis Bano Anwar have changed my name to Nargis Parvez Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10066 I Parvez Ahmed Hasan Mohamed have changed my name to Parvez Ahmed Hasan Mohamed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10067

CLASSIFIEDS I Nargis Parvez Ahmed have changed my name to Nargis Parvez Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10068 I Vikas Kewalrao Bansod have changed my name to Vikas Kewalrao Nagvanshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10069 I Bebi Shantaram Balsaraf have changed my name to Sujata Ashok Shinde as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10070 I Dipa Narendra Soni have changed my name to Deepa Narendra Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10071 I Naranbhai Madhabhai Patel have changed my name to Narayanbhai Madhabhai Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10072 I Mr. Deepakbhai (Dipak) Dhanjibhai have changed my name to Mr. Deepakbhai Dhanjibhai Jadav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10073 I Mrs. Ushaben have changed my name to Mrs. Ushaben Deepakbhai Jadav as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10074 I Mr. Rajkumar Jangeed have changed my name to Mr. Rajkumar Jangid as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10075 I Mr. Kishanlal Rajkumar Jangeed have changed my name to Mr. Kishan Rajkumar Jangid as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10076 I Mrs. Gomtidevi Rajkumar Jangeed have changed my name to Mrs. Gomtidevi Rajkumar Jangid as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10077 I Mr. Sanjaykumar Jayantibhai Kathiriya have changed my name to Mr. Sanjay Jayantibhai Kathiriya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10078 I Miss Pratibha Dagadu Kajare have changed my name to Mrs. Preeti Nitin Vichare as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 25/05/15 C-10079

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that Smt. Archana Yadav is the owner of Flat No. B2-707, Harias Dream Park B & C Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Hatkesh, off Mira Bhayandar Road, Mira Road East, Thane-401107 situated on piece of Land bearing Old Survey No. 465, Hissa No. 2 and New Survey No. 141, Hissa No. 2, Village Navghar, Taluka Thane has lost / misplaced original documents in respect of above flat (a) Agreement between M/s Greenland Developers and Smt. Archana Yadav and (b) Previous Chain of Documents and the same is not traceable despite of due and diligent search in that behalf.

If any person has the custody of the said original documents and / or claiming an interest in the said property or any part thereof by way of sale, gift, lease, inheritance, exchange, mortgage, charge, lien, trust, possession, easement, attachment or otherwise howsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing, to the undersigned at his office at H-2, Ritu Paradise Phase-1, Opp Vedant School, Near Haria Dream Park, Hatkesh, Mira Road East, Thane-401107, Contact: 9320439395 within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which it is considered that no person / no one has any claim over the said property and it shall be considered as waived.

No loan in any Bank.

Dated the 26th day of May, 2015 Sd/Manoj Kumar Advocate & Consultant

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NOTICE that MR. GOPAL LACHMANDAS CHAINANI and MRS. BHARTI DEVENDRA PHANSE and MR. NAVIN GOPAL CHAINANI, are the legal owners of Tenement No.23, admeasuring 850 Sq.ft. Carpet area, in Row No.D-4 of society known as Ashok Villa Row Houses Co.op.Hsg.Soc.Ltd., situated at Shiva Vallabh Road, Ashok Van,Borivali (East), Mumbai - 400 066, hereinafter referred to as "THE SAID TENEMENT" (more particularly described in the schedule hereunder written). My clients i.e. MR. VINAYAK KALIDAS KULKARNI and MRS. SANYOGEETA VINAYAK KULKARNI, are negotiating for purchase of above Tenement.

Any person or persons having any claim, objection, right or interest in the said Tenement or any part thereof by way of sale, transfer, assign, mortgage (equitable or otherwise), exchanging, inheritance, lease, easements, tenancy, lien, licence, gift, bequest, trust, maintenance, possession or encumbrances or any attachment requested to make the same known in writing along with the supporting documents and/or any evidence by Registered Post A.D. to me at the address given below within the period of 14th day from the date of publication of this notice with copies of such documents and other proofs in support of claims/objections for the transfer of the said property and regarding the title of the said property. If no claims/objection is received/ raised within the period prescribed above, then my clients has liberty to purchase the rights in respect of said Tenement property, failing which the transfer will be completed without reference to any such claims and the same if any will be deemed to have been waived or abandoned SCHEDULE OF THE PROPERTY ALL THAT Tenement No.23, admeasuring 850 Sq.ft. Carpet area, in Row No.D-4 of society known as Ashok Villa Row Houses Co.op.Hsg.Soc.Ltd., situated at Shiva Vallabh Road, Ashok Van,Borivali (East), Mumbai - 400 066, lying and being on land bearing Survey No.191/2, C.T.S.No.2334, of Village Dahisar, Taluka Borivali, M.S.D. Dated this 27th May, 2015.

Contact:Prashant A. Rane Advocate, High Court.

Chamber : Office No.B/107, Ground floor,Orchid Plaza, Movie Gem Cinema,Maratha Colony Road, Dahisar (E), Mumbai - 400 068.

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given by Shri Ajay Kumar Yadav & Shri Vijay Singh Yadav, Legal Heirs of Late Smt. Krishna Yadav that Late Smt. Krishna Yadav, the owner of Flat Nos. B2-708 and B2-706, Harias Dream Park B & C Co-operative Housing Society Limited, Hatkesh, off Mira Bhayandar Road, Mira Road East, Thane-401107 situated on piece of Land bearing Old Survey No. 465, Hissa No. 2 and New Survey No. 141, Hissa No. 2, Village Navghar, Taluka Thane has lost / misplaced original documents in respect of above flats (a) Agreement between M/s Greenland Developers and Smt. Krishna Yadav and (b) Previous Chain of Documents and the same is not traceable despite of due and diligent search in that behalf.

If any person has the custody of the said original documents and / or claiming an interest in the said property or any part thereof by way of sale, gift, lease, inheritance, exchange, mortgage, charge, lien, trust, possession, easement, attachment or otherwise howsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing, to the undersigned at his office at H-2, Ritu Paradise Phase-1, Opp Vedant School, Near Haria Dream Park, Hatkesh, Mira Road East, Thane-401107, Contact: 9320439395 within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice, failing which it is considered that no person / no one has any claim over the said property and it shall be considered as waived. No loan in any Bank.

Dated the 26th day of May, 2015 Sd/Manoj Kumar Advocate & Consultant

PUBLIC NOTICE FORM “B”

NOTICE UNDER RULE 4 OF THE RULES FOR LICENSING AND CONTROLLLING PLACES OF PUBLIC AMUSEMENT (OTHER THAN CINEMAS) AND PERFORMANCES FOR PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS INCLUDING GAMES RULES 1960.

Date from 27/05/2015 to 06/06/2015 Please take notice that Mr.Sandesh B. Satam, Owner of M/s. Soham Computers situated at Malad (E), Mumbai-400 097 has applied to the commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai for grant of Police No Objection Certificate for location of the proposed cyber cafe at 49/306, Shop No.02, Mhb Colony, Dindoshi, MaladEast, Mumbai-400 097 and bound as under:1.On or towards the North-Shop.

2.On or towards the South-Shop.

3.On or towards the East-Room.

4.On or towards the West-Road.

Notice is hereby given that any person having any objection to the grant of a “No Objection Certificate” as aforsaid should lodge his objection in writing with the Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai (Theatre Branch), not later than 15 DAYS. Given under my hand and seal this 27/05/2015.

Sd/Sr.Inspector of Police Desk-X (Theatre Branch) For Commissioner of Police, Brihan Mumbai.

Unnati Advt.

Speed breakers or spine breakers?

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Modular rumbles pose risky ride for MiraBhayandar motorists

By Suresh Golani

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hat was installed by the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) to curb speeding and cut down on accidents, the huge number of 'rumble strips' (modular speed-breakers) dotting the main and arterial roads across the twin-city, have translated into more of a hurdle than help for motorists.

Swarming with the reinforced plastic versions of the traditional cement made speed-breakers, the strips spell trouble for motorists especially bikers who are punctuated by breaks, jolts and spine rattling jerks while driving on roads.

Although

A motorcyclist like many other negotiates a 3-in-1 rumble on Mira-Bhayandar roads.

MBMC’s Public Works De- stalled on the recommendapartment (PWD) claimed tions of the traffic departthat strips were being in- ment and on par with rules

BEST, traffic police launch campaign to ‘Give Way to Ambulance’

By Kinjal Shah

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EST and Mumbai Traffic Police in association with RADHEE Disaster and Education Foundation have launched an initiative 'Give Way to Ambulance' on May 26 to create awareness among BEST drivers, conductors, staff and public about the importance of giving priority to an ambulance on the road.

A pledge signature campaign is in process to enroll

BEST drivers, conductors and staff to not only give way to ambulance but also ensure ambulance speed up. Addressing media, Founder Director RADHEE Foundation Rita Savla said, “Messages behind BEST buses, electricity bills and banners at bus depot will enroll many people to support in sustainable changes for Give way to Ambulance project.”

“Mumbai Traffic Police will ensure that ambulances don't have to stop at signals

but people should be aware that ambulance also needs to speed up between traffic signals. People's support plays a vital role in this project,” said Jt CP Traffic Milind Bharande.

The officials who were present at the event include BEST chairman Arvind Dudhwadkar, General Manager Jagadish Patil, Director RADHEE Asif Reshamwala, Senior VP Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd Putambekar among others.

and design guidelines laid down by the Indian Roads Congress (IRC)- the sole authority on road safety in India, motorists using them reveal a nightmarish experience. Not striking out the need of speed breakers, a biker Niraj Kothari said, “Ideally meant to reduce the speed to a certain limit, these humped rumble strips not only bring vehicles to almost a complete halt but tend to shake and jerk them violently.” Moreover there is a glaring inconsistency in the number of strips, while some roads have one or two, several residential pockets including Bakery Lane in Bhayandar have a whooping seven strips within a distance of 200 meters with some comprising a line of three rumble strips.

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When contacted, executive PWD engineer Deepak Khambit said, “We have received complaints in this context. Presently further installations have been stopped and a review was on to do the needful as soon as possible.”

“It’s like stairs installed bang on the middle of a road which causes damage to my auto and I cannot bear the extra maintenance cost,” laments a rickshaw driver who like many of his colleagues has now started avoiding routes on which these strips have been installed.

“Yes, a recommendation had indeed been made, albeit as per IRC guidelines. We will carry out a survey and ask the MBMC to rectify the flaws,” said Police Inspector (Traffic) Chandrakant Gundge.

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Is PM Modi countering criticism within the party?

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Ponder awhile...

“Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.

— Ramakrishna

UPA PM too was culpable for 2G scam F

ormer TRAI chief Pradip Baijal has disclosed in a book that UPA’s prime minister, Manmohan Singh, was culpable for the 2G scam. The former prime minister could have stopped it, but he chose not to do so.

Two minister, Dayanidhi Maran and A. Raja had asked him to cooperate with them in a money-making initiative. PM Manmohan Singh had also asked Baijal to carry out the order of two ministers — A. Raja and Dayanidhi Maran. Baijal had refused to do so.

If what Baijal has revealed is true, former prime minister Manmohan Singh is guilty just as Maran and Raja were. While the two ministers were arrested and put on trial, Manmohan Singh has been left off. The evidence produced by Baijal is enough to put Manmohan Singh on trial as well. By turning a blind eye to what was going on, he also should have attracted criminal charges.

Why did Manmohan Singh kept silent when Maran and Raja were blissfully carrying on the scam? He was not been one bit benefited by it.

The truth is he was forced to keep silent. The DMK with 19 members was an ally who helped the Congress to muster majority in Parliament.

DMK chief Karunanidhi is said to have threatened to withdraw support if he stopped the scam. The UPA government would have collapsed and to prevent this happening, Manmohan Singh remained silent.

In doing so, however, he has also become culpable for the 2G scam.

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N the four interactions he’s had with Delhi journalists as part of his first anniversary outreach to the media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been at pains to emphasize that he cares two hoots for the impression being created that he’s losing the perception war. The impression has gained ground after Rahul Gandhi’s 'suit-boot' jibe to which government ministers are still trying to find a suitable riposte. Modi claims, however, that he is least bothered. 'Main iski parvah nahin karta', he is believed to have said at one of these media meets.

His couldn’t-care-less attitude flies in the face of the overdrive that his government has gone into to roll out its 'achievements’ in the past one year. Rallies across the country, press conferences in state capitals, a signed letter from Modi himself on the front pages of all newspapers, media interviews by Union ministers, advertisements, booklets and pamphlets…. the government has used every platform possible to blow its own trumpet.

The fanfare was kicked off by none less than the PM who travelled through heat wave conditions to address a rally in Mathura. Significantly, Modi’s Mathura speech was laden with pro-poor and pro-farmer overtones, as if to erase the 'suit-boot' taint.

His nonchalance in front of journalists is therefore bemusing. At one of the recent interactions, he spoke at length on the perception war and kept harking back to his Gujarat experience to buttress its irrelevance. He recalled that he was under constant attack from the media during his 10-year stint as Gujarat chief minister. He took no notice and went about doing his work and stayed connected with the people, he said. The strategy paid off, he insisted, because he won three terms as CM. The chip he carries on his shoulder was very much in evidence when he trotted out his victim theory. He said, he was well aware that a certain groups were using a section of the media to target him. It didn’t bother him, he maintained.

Interestingly, the RSS seems to be quite concerned about the perception war. It has concluded that the Modi government is in danger of losing it. The first anniversary publicity blitzkrieg is probably in part an attempt to counter the criticism from within.

PM's obsession with selfies

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ODI’S obsession with selfies caused quite a flutter during one of his recent

media interactions. After spending nearly two hours chatting with journalists on the BJP beat, Modi got up to leave. It was well past 10:30 p.m. and host Arun Jaitley was getting restless.

Modi was on his way out and had almost got into his car when some journalists remembered that they hadn’t taken any photographs. No selfie with Modi, the king of selfies? Oh no! The journalists were heartbroken. Someone, perhaps it was Jaitley’s deputy, Raghavendra Rathore, plucked up the courage to go after the PM. And lo and behold! Modi happily came back in and posed

POWER TALK Arati R. Jerath for as many selfies as the correspondents wanted! He didn’t seem to be bothered by the fact that it was nearly 11 p.m. when the photo session ended.

Dhowan may be the lucky one because of his seniority and formidable networking skills. If he is indeed appointed chief of defence staff, he is likely to get two, maybe even three, more years in service. Now, how lucky is that!

Nobody wants Modi-fied Land Bill

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OLITICAL circles are waiting with bated breath to see whether the Modi government re-issues the contentious land ordinance. It has lapsed because it was not passed

by Parliament. The bill is now with a joint parliamentary committee which is supposed to submit its report at the start of the monsoon session of Parliament.

So far the government has desisted from reissuing it. There appear to be two reasons for the hesitation. One is the Opposition from within. Many BJP MPs from rural areas as well as various RSS affiliated organizations do not want the Modi-fied land bill.

But the second reason is Rashtrapati Bhavan. The government is not sure whether the President will sign the ordinance again. After it was re-issued a second time during the mid-session break of Parliament in March, the matter was challenged in the Supreme Court. The SC has issued notices to the government.

It seems the President may have cautioned the government on the issue because of the controversy.

Seems like Nitish has met his match in Manjhi!

Oh, to be lucky like Robin Dhowan

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EW defence officers have been as fortunate as the current navy chief, Robin Dhowan. He would have retired without the honour, but for the abrupt resignation of the then navy chief D.K. Joshi who quit after a series of naval accidents during his term.

Joshi’s unexpected departure halfway into his term put Dhowan on the escalator to the top and he became navy chief. Now, if the buzz in defence circles is to be believed, he is on course to becoming the chief of defence staff.

The post has been under contemplation for many years, but no government has had the will to create the post because of fears that it would upset the balance of power in the defence forces. It is believed that the Modi government has decided to take the bull by its horns and appoint one of the service chiefs as head of the defence forces.

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IHAR Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has met his match in his hand-picked predecessor-turned foe Jitan Ram Manjhi. The former CM has refused to vacate the official bungalow at 1 Aney Marg in Patna. Interestingly, when Nitish first became CM, he managed to oust Lalu and wife Rabri from the iconic bungalow within one month.

When he himself resigned and appointed Manjhi as CM after the 2014 Lok Sabha defeat, Nitish quit the bungalow within a week.

But Manjhi has refused to vacate the residence despite being requested.

With elections coming up in a few months, Nitish is wary of using strong-arm tactics against a Maha Dalit. He has now compromised by settling for another bungalow at 7 Circular Road while Manjhi stays on in the official CM residence.

Selfless love: The story of Hatim T

HE life of Hatim is written by the Persians and many stories are told about him. One of these stories is best known by the people in the East. It tells that a princess who was much renowned for her beauty and greatness had made as a condition for those who loved her and desired her hand that only the one who brought her a certain pearl which she longed to possess would marry her.

There was one lover of the princess who really loved her, but did not find the way to obtain that pearl from anywhere.

The work of Hatim was to roam about from country to country and to do what he could for those who needed his services. He met this lover who, roaming about, was most unhappy because he could not find the pearl.

Hatim consoled him and said, “Continue in your path of love, even if it be difficult, and remember that I shall not rest until I have

brought relief to your heart by bringing you the pearl you are longing for.”

Hatim then went in pursuit of the pearl and the story tells what difficulties he had to overcome in obtaining it. When at last he got it he brought it to the palace, and the princess was won by that pearl.

take this trouble to go to the depth – even if it was not for himself but for another – to get the knowledge and to give it to the one who had the love to have it.

This story also explains to us that there are two stages of workers.

The first stage is that of the one who works for himself; the higher stage of working is to work for others. The one who rises above the stage of working for himself comes to the When she consented to accept Hatim as stage of working for others, bringing in their her lover, he then said that this promise lives the blessing which is the need of their should be granted to his friend, who was re- lives. ally her lover, while Hatim was the lover of To what does the love of God lead? those who were in need.

It leads to that peace and stillness which In this story the princess is God, and the can be seen in the life of the tree which flowpearl that she wanted is the knowledge of ers and bears fruit for others and expects no God. There was a lover of God, but he would return. not go and take the trouble one has to take to Peace will not come to the lover's heart so obtain this knowledge. long as he will not become love itself.

Someone else was ready; his work was to — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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THE BJP will celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s one year in office with a week-long campaign called 'Jan Kalyan Parv' or 'People’s Welfare Festival' aimed at countering a flood of charges that its policies are ‘pro-corporate’ and ‘anti-poor.’ The party will hold 200 rallies across the country with Modi, starting from Mathura - the birthplace of Lord Krishna. As part of the festival, all Union Ministers, BJP MPs, party Chief Ministers and MLAs, besides Central and State office-bearers will travel across the country to highlight the government’s achievements. Work will be assigned by order of seniority. Each Minister has been asked to be at a city to spearhead the campaign so as to promote success of the NDA Government. Party MPs have been asked to spend a week in their respective constituencies describing their achievements. Each government department is also preparing a booklet and an e-booklet for the cadres. Besides rallies, about 200 press conferences have also been planned to talk about the initiatives of the government. It will be a gala time for BJP.

Modi@365: BJP’s week-long campaign

BJP heavyweights, party CMs and MPs will travel across India along with the Prime Minister to highlight his achievements in the past one year of governance

Mumbai Police Force.

— Fayyaz S. Pathan, Dahisar

Loss of valiant officers

CM saffronising city cops?

THE abrupt, unwanted, unwarranted and uncalled for transfer of the IPS officers by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Phadnavis is a prima facie evidence that this CM is politicising the Mumbai Police Force which should be condemned in the strictest terms by law abiding citizens.

The Additional Commissioner of Police (north-zone) Kishore Jadhav has been abruptly transferred even though he had not completed a year in the office and he is an incumbent IPS who kept the criminals at bay.

The DCP of Zone-12 Punjabrao Ugale was abruptly transferred by the CM, Ugale is a no-nonsense, fire-brand IPS par excellence.

During the former BJP-SS ruling in the Maharashtra there was not a trace of glowing lacunae and anomaly in the working of the CM’s office which is prevailing at present.

There are two thoughts which come to the mind of the common man a). either Fadnavis is politicising the police force to make them BJP friendly b). these transfers may be an attempt to saffronise the

lims in the name of ‘Love Jihaad’.

We did a mistake by voting for Narendra Modi. The Congress was a better government indeed.

— Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili

world. International institutions like World Bank, IMF and credit rating agencies like S&P and Moody's have upgraded Indian — M.R. Jayanthi, Kharghar Economy. Inflation has been reined in. And Modi's foreign pol icy is big hit with a huge inflow of FOR Indian economy as a whole, FDI increasing by 40 percent in last Narendra Modi has done a splen- one year. Further, Modi's pet projdid job. The GDP growth has ect 'Make in India' will help the turned around and India is all set country to take on mighty China to overtake China to become the besides enlarging job opportunifastest growing economy in the ties for the youth. Scandal-free one

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IN just one fire, Mumbai Fire Brigade lost four of their officials including CFO Nesarikar and his Deputy Amin. Both were valiant officers leading from the front.

The late Nesarikar was a very humble respecting others including his juniors. That is why he was respected by one and all. Nesarikar wanted to use technology to the hilt to improve services of the fire brigade. He had already suggested various proposals which have been accepted but is in the implement stage. Unfortunately before he could see the light of day of his proposals God took him away.

In fact for the first time in the history of Mumbai LETTER OF THE DAY Fire Brigade, Nesarikar had a rally displaying the brigade's strength and its high tech equipment to commemorate the fire services week last month. This rally started at BMC headquarters and ended at five gardens, Dadar. People could known what equipment they had. Hope the Municipal Corporation will be more efficient in ensuring that the fire brigade does not get step-motherly treatment and ensure all officers.

— Sharad Kumar, Mumbai

Amma’s action

year rule, transparent coal and spectrum auction, liberalisation of defence and insurance sector, labour reforms, financial inclusion through Jan Dhan Yojana (JDY) and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan are other commendable achievements of Modi Government.

Yet for the common man, what matters is two-meals a day. For him, 'Ache Din' promised by Modi is yet to come with the prices of essential commodities still ruling crore, including those for improving roads and drinking water facilities and extending assistance to indigent families headed by women.

With just a year to go for assembly polls, the schemes assume significance. Parties like PMK have been targeting AIADMK for its 'freebie' schemes like free mixies and grinders accusing it of not focusing on generating employment, developing infrastructure and providing basic amenities. But Amma action is on her ideal to make the poor comfortable is gaining more popularity and she is the Goddess of the people of Tamil Nadu.

— Jayant Subbu, Vashi

Reduction of auto/taxi fares AT long last, Diwakar Raote, Minister for Public Transport, has heard the cries of the public on the frequent Taxi and Auto Fare hikes in the past couple of years since the flawed single-member Hakim Committee Report was erroneously followed by the Government.

Except in past one month when fuel prices have gone up due to fall in the value of the rupee, fuel prices have fallen drastically during the past several months due to robust rupee value vis-a-vis the dollar and fall in international prices of oil. Despite this, commuters were forced to pay more for auto and taxi trips.

Rather than demanding frequent increases in auto and taxi fares, their associations would serve the interests of their members better by demanding better roads which will not only increase mileage but also reduce wear and tear of the vehicles due to potholes.

JAYALALITHAA plunges into action in her 5th stint as she cleared welfare schemes worth Rs.1800 crore and declared open 201 more eateries under the populist 'Amma Can— H.S. Krishna Prasad, Mummbai teen' scheme. Getting down to the business of governance in the state where elections are due next year after being sworn-in, Puratchi Thalaivi Jayalalithaa cleared a slew of THE serious differences of opinions welfare schemes worth over Rs.1800 that have cropped up between the

Ego clash in Bihar

high. And crime against women

continues unabated. All said and done, Modi government has made NARENDRA Modi's policies are high on bluster, religious myth and a good beginning.

— Prof. K.H Karkera, Mumbai emotionalism but are in reality lackluster and aside from travelling

from the north pole to the south NARENDRA Modi had promised pole with a begging bowl pleading the citizens of India that he would with rich nations to invest in India bring down corruption within 100 under his 'Make in India' scheme, days of his coming to power. He his reign has done precious little to had also promised the people that develop India along saner lines or he would be bringing back black to make it a more egalitarian namoney from Swiss banks that have tion. been invested by some corrupt Modi has been accused of being politicians. A year has passed, but a Zionist puppet on many occaour Prime Minister has still not sions and this could be the reason kept his promise. People have got why he's playing it safe by not viscarried away by his sweet talks. The iting Israel till now after taking over promises made by Narendra Modi as the PM. Otherwise, Israel, being at the time of elections seem to be one of India's biggest seller of completely forgotten. Why did he weapons' systems and hi-tech, make such tall promises when he should have figured high on his list knew he couldn’t fulfill them? The of nations which he have compulcommon man has lost faith in the sorily visited by now. He's apparBJP government. ently influenced by some globalist The government should be power lobby with questionable inaware that today they are ruling terests. the country is just because of the Modi and his key cronies are opminority communities (Christians posed to the progressive move, and Muslims) who willingly sup- that's corroborated by scientific ported them. evidence, to decriminalize same Churches are being burnt and sex relationships and are hounding desecrated. Christians are being the religious minorities to recondefamed in the name of ‘Ghar vert to Hinduism.

— Nishant Berry, Mumbai Wapsi’ (Home Coming) and MusJDU and the RJD are not due to any ideological conflicts of interests. It is the dispute over the post of the future CM of Bihar that has become the real bone of contention. JDU wants its leader Nitish Kumar to occupy the chair, whereas Lalu, since he is himself disqualified, wants to rule the State by proxy, either through his better half or through one of his two progenies; viz., Misa Bharati or Tejaswi.

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

BJP, Sena and BMC polls The State BJP has reportedly expressed its readiness to jointly con-

test the elections to the BMC in 2017 with its alliance partner, the Shiv Sena. However, the Saffron Party should keep in mind that it was the very same SS which had demanded a highly unreasonable 150 seats quota (out of 288) during the Assembly polls held last year. And this was the very issue over which the talks failed and the two Hindutva outfits went to the battle of ballot as each others competitors. Needless to say, that the immediate beneficiaries were the secular brigade of Congress- NCP combine; which managed to turn out a somewhat better-than-expected performance.

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

Vivek Oberoi deserves a pat VIVEK Oberoi besides being an actor has always stood for noble and social causes. After being associated with Cancer Patients Aid Association as a brand ambassador spanning more than a decade and had been tirelessly working for health related causes, has now been roped by the Mumbai Police as brand Ambassador to help them create an awareness on the ill effects of tobacco and other health related issues. The Mumbai Police seems to have invited Vivek to speak on the consequences of tobacco consumption. It is learnt that many police constables and officers in order to find relief for stress had been consuming tobacco frequently even while on duty. This needs to be stopped and that’s the reason they have embarked on such an issue.

It is needless to stress that Vivek who always help the needy and poor and has risen to many other natural calamities will do

Brand Ambassador of Cancer Patients Aid Association Vivek Oberoi always stands up for noble causes his best in the task entrusted to him by the Mumbai Police. Vivek needs to be appreciated for his social work.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

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Continued from pg 1 ÂŤ the international as well as the domestic airport, that include the Vile-Parle, Vakola, Kurla, VB Nagar and Sakinaka police stations.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) of the airport division, Madhukar Sankhe said, “Earlier also we had cautioned all police stations to pay extra attention whenever they find anything suspicious around the airport premises.

But no one was taking the call seriously, Now after this incident we have ordered police stations around both the airports to not provide any kind of NOC to event organizers to

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float balloons.�

It may be re-called here that following a major security scare and media hype over the unknown flying objects on Saturday evening, an event management company owner Kunal Shah himself visited the Vakola police station with some newspapers and said that these balloons were released by him and his associate Nilesh Shrimankar after a cricket match at the Indian Airlines ground. Both were arrested and produced before the Magistrate Court, which released the duo on Rs 10,000 cash bail on Tuesday itself.

Police officials are saying, “ The balloons were released

‘No Flying Balloons’ 2 arrested, released on bail for flying promotional balloons near airport just opposite VVIP gate number 8 and this gate is manned by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel for 24 hours. How come the CISF guards did not notice the floating balloons. This cricket match was organized by one BKC- based diamond company. The balloons, which triggered probes by multiple agencies and immense media speculation, were released as a marketing gimmick during a sponsored cricket match held that day at the Kalina Indian Airlines grounds, close to the airport.�

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while repeated calls to Sharma did not elicit any response.

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released them on bail of Rs 10,000 each.�

On Saturday evening, following the sightings of these balloons the airfield staff had alerted the Air Traffic Control which alerted pilots lined up for take-off and landing to be cautious since they were crossing the runway intersection. Also a Jet Airways flight 9W-326 from Ahmedabad was asked to abort landing at the last minute and another Jet Airways flight 9W-323 to Ahmedabad was asked to hold its position on the airstrip.

within 30 days before the Federal Administrative Court outside India. He is facing if they do not want their deprobe by the Income Tax De- tails to be shared with the Inpartment and other agencies dian authorities under their for quite some time. 'mutual assistance' treaty on No contact details were tax matters. available for comments from In case of Birla and Ritika Masoods.

Sharma, whose details have Making public these been already shared by the names, the Swiss Federal Tax Swiss authorities, the notifiAdministration (FTA) has cations also mention their asked them to file an appeal addresses in India, but the information given to India has been withheld from the gazette.

No further details -- other than their names and dates of birth -- were made public for other "Indian nationals". Similar is the case for other foreign nationals including the British, Spanish and Russians.

In case of American and Israeli citizens, their full names have been withheld and they have been identified by their initials and dates of birth.

At least 40 such 'final notices' have been published in the Swiss Federal Gazette so far this month, while more such names are expected to be published going forward.

The alleged stashing of wealth by Indians in Swiss banks has been a matter of great debate in India.

The Indian government has been pushing the Swiss authorities for a long time to share information on the suspected tax evaders, while Switzerland has shared some details in cases where India has been able to provide some independent evidence of suspected tax evasion by Indian clients of Swiss banks.

While there was no reply to queries mailed to the FTA spokesperson in this regard, these names are being published in the Swiss Federal Gazette in the backdrop of the Swiss government being flooded with requests on suspected black money hoarders in Swiss banks from various countries including India.

As per these notices, the concerned persons can file an appeal before the Federal Administrative Court within 30 days, while providing the reasons and evidence in their support.

Through these gazette notices, the Swiss FTA is also looking to give the concerned persons an opportunity to resort to legal remedies. These are the persons about whom foreign governments are requesting information.

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Most aspiring management students get confused regarding which degree to opt for after their graduation. They want to ensure they get maximum returns for their time and investment, and hence put in dedicated efforts to ensure they get a degree from a renowned B-School.

A key question that puzzles most post graduates is deciding whether they should pursue a MBA, PG (Post Graduate in Management) or an MSc (Master of Science). Here’s a comparative analysis of both the degrees.

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« STUDY IN INDIA Suchitra Surve

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

MORE ON BIOLOGY:

I appeared for my HSC exams this year. I want to study something related to Biology. I have zeroed in on biotechnology but I am confused between BTech and BSc. I want to pursue my post graduation abroad. Which degree should I opt for? Also, suggest good colleges for both the courses.

—Sara

Compare the course syllabus and accordingly take the decision. While a 4-year B. Tech. course would be in-depth and would have a fine balance of practical as well as theory composition in comparison to a 3-year B.Sc. course which would be more theoretical. The choice is subject to your eligibility. For the list of colleges please log on to the website of the University of Mumbai.

I have completed my SYBA course. I am confused between psychology and economics for my third year major’s course. Which field has a better future scope?

—Archana Both the fields have equal number of challenges and opportunities in the area of work. If you are a person who would like to deal with people’s problems than you can opt for Psychology and if you are a person who enjoys analysing or forecasting the financial or the market conditions you can opt for Economics. The openings for both fields will be different. While Psychology has options in the Education, Hospital, NGO sectors and so on; Economics has opportunities in various fields such as Banking & Finance, Market research and so on.

I have completed my BCA and want to pursue MBA through distance education. Is it a good decision? What are my other options?

—Manoj Ensure that you pursue the course from a recognised Institute by the Distance Education Bureau.

Other options with respect to mode of education are part-time and correspondence courses. There are a number of courses in almost every field.

One can opt for further studies in the field of Computers, Humanities, Hotel Management, Travel & Tourism, Mass Communication, Social work, Law and so on. Choose the one that is in congruence with your aptitude, intelligence etc I have given the final exams of TYBscIT this year. I was planning for an MBA after this, but I didn’t give the CET exam. What will be the criteria for MTech?

— Adil Khan Your present educational qualification does not qualify for M. Tech. course. You will have to first complete your M.Sc. [IT] and then apply for M. Tech. only after qualifying the GATE. Take a decision based on your aspirations and abilities.

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MASTER YOUR CAREER

By Dr. John Mantika, Head of PG Programmes, BPP Business School, UK

LLM (Master of Laws); Curriculum - While there are huge similarities in the curriculum of both MBA and PG, there are finer points of differWhat does a Master’s degree mean?

A Master’s degree is a qualification ence. While an MBA concentrates on theawarded to students who show a high oretical aspects of management and is level of expertise in a particular field. Mas- more exam-oriented, PG has an emphasis ters study is very highly regarded by inter- on building soft skills and is industry-orinational students and employers alike. ented. It prepares you for the job market.

Difference in focus - An MBA will typiGraduates are more likely to be employed in professional and managerial jobs im- cally focus on teaching broad business mediately after securing a masters degree management skills and it is applicable than first degree graduates. This is be- across numerous sectors and roles. They cause the qualification shows a much attract students who possess some work higher degree of ability with evidence of experience, but want to quickly accelerate their career. achievement.

MBA will facilitate an abundant network of professionals and companies and Typically, a Master’s degree: Makes students more competitive in will constantly test problem-solving abilities. These things together will gives a the job market Helps kick-start a career in certain pro- great overview of the business world, a fessions (e.g. business, marketing law, deep understanding and certain receptiveness to the slight changes of this envifinance) Provides insights into an industry and ronment. Employers report that Masters the opportunity to create a network of of Business Administration are people with a high level of credibility; they are excontacts; Opens the door to compete in the in- tremely confident and able to influence other workers. ternational job arena.

It’s true that consumer behaviour is Allows the opportunity to study a subchanging beyond recognition but studyject of interest in depth.

Despite these positives, Master’s study is ing MBA gives a chance to experiment only valuable if it's complemented by rele- with approach to problem solving and devant work experience where application velop management and interpersonal skills. can evidence academic qualifications.

An MSc/PG tends to be based on a Types of Masters Degrees for Business more scientific learning by honing in key knowledge areas of business imperatives. in Foreign Universities: There are many different qualifications It can cover areas such as Management, serving a wealth of needs. In terms of pop- Marketing, Finance with modules deularity, in a business related context, the signed. Courses tend to include global perspectives, team skills, high academic key options include; potential, and tend to require commit MSc (Master of Science); MBA (Master of Business Administration) ment, motivation and self-awareness.

MSc Management programme provides students with the skills needed to manage effectively in business. It also gives the opportunity to tailor the degree in specialist areas such as project management and finance. This programme is ideal for graduates or professionals in any field, looking to work as a manager.

Many Foreign Universities have, MSc International Marketing programmewhich provides the skills to manage effectively in business in an international marketing context.

It offers the opportunity to tailor your degree in specialist areas such as digital, advertising or PR. The Academic and Career Skills Module can support those who qualify, in achieving up to three interviews for a work placement opportunity.

This is an academically challenging and intellectually stimulating programme of study that educates, develops and enhances the professional competence of students of marketing and business.

MSc programme is designed to equip students with the skills they will need to be successful leaders and managers in their careers in business.

It is aimed at graduate students who aspire to have a broader business knowledge that includes expertise in Global Marketing, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, thus providing a strong international context that reflects on the imperatives of market and globalisation of market and production.

Both the degrees would facilitate a removal of subjective and functional boundaries so the graduates can handle complex situations holistically. They will also have particular strengths in analysing, synthesising and solving complex unstructured business problems.

How important is SAT?

Which is more important for applying to a college in the US: school grades or SAT? —Satvik Mehra Colleges in the US consider several factors during the admission process. School Grades are a very important part of the eligibility criteria. Colleges consider school results from Grade 9 to 12. Along with individual grades, they may also consider your performance in comparison to your peers and the course rigour (Board/System of education). The eligibility criteria often varies according to the University. However, in most colleges 50% of the eligibility criteria is School Grades. Standardized Test like SAT/ACT and SAT Subject Test may account to up to 30% of your eligibility requirements.

I am planning to apply for ED, by when should I take the SAT? —Ranjit Singh

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cost is about half of that of the US. Obtaining a visa is not as difficult as it is for the US and the UK. Make sure that you have all your documents before you go in for your visa interview. Canada is also very welcoming to international students. Consider getting a job and a work visa post your education as this is a viable option in Canada.

Is it true that I cannot apply to both Cambridge and Oxford universities?

—Praveen Shukla

The ED application deadlines for most colleges are on November 1st. Few colleges may allow you to take the November SAT. However, it is best to take the SAT by October. Not only will it give you ample time to prepare your application and send your scores but it will also give you more time to decide your final college list.

I am interested in studying Economics in Canada. Which are the universities that I can look at?

—Anuja There is a wide range of Universities in Canada that offer a great Economics program. Keep your school grades up and you could look at applying to one of these universities. Your school grades are what they will look closely at. The most obvious reason when considering Canada is that the tuition

Unfortunately, it is true that you cannot apply to both Cambridge and Oxford at an undergraduate level. You may apply to either one during the same admission round.

Both universities are known all over the world and have some of the world’s best courses to offer. However, do remember that some courses which may be available in one may not be offered at the other.

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uacquarelli Symonds (QS), a global provider of specialist higher education and career solutions in partnership with Thomas Cook (India), a leading integrated travel and travel related financial services company, is hosting a World MBA Tour offering advice on admissions procedures, funding and an opportunity to meet with admissions directors from top MBA colleges around the world in Mumbai, Vivanta by Taj President, on Wednesday, May 27. Interested participants and students can

TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS

Director: Anand Rai Cast: Kangana Ranaut, R Madhavan

The Emotia Smart Belt

NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY’S SCHOLARSHIP Newcastle University is offering International Postgraduate awards for international students starting their studies in September 2015, in the 2015/16 academic year.

Eligibility Criteria The student must have been offered a place in any postgraduate taught degree programme The student will be studying at the Newcastle city campus The student should be assessed as international/overseas for fees purpose The student should hold a first class Honours degree and IELTS 7.0. and The student are applying for a degree programme within the faculties of HaSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) or MedSci (Medical Sciences The student should hold an upper-secondclass Honours degree and IELTS 6.5. and The student are applying for a degree programme within the faculty of SAgE (Science, Agriculture and Engineering) How to apply To apply for the scholarship please complete the NUIPS online application form Deadline: May 29 May For more please refer: www.ncl.ac.uk/ postgraduate/ funding/sources/ internationalnoneustudents/nuips.html

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ne of the most anticipated movies of the year, Tanu weds Manu is perhaps the only film in the history of Hindi cinema which qualifies as a sequel by all means. The sequel starts from exactly where the prequel ended. Kangana Ranaut who surprises the industry, audience and the critics with her effortless acting has once again proved that she is the Queen of acting. She sunk her teeth effortlessly into the skin of the character and she has perfectly played the role of a Haryanavi girl without being over the top. From the accent to the attitude, she has got it all right. This is one of those movies where the actors steal the show. R Madhvan (Manu) perfectly portrayed the life and emotional ups and downs of a middle aged man. Deepak Dobriyal (Pappi) entertains the most in the movie.

Jimmy Shergill (Raja Awasthi), Swara Bhaskar (Payal), Eijaz Khan (Jassi) and Mohhmad Zeeshan Ayyub (Chintu) and all the other actors simply make the movie worth watching.

The movie takes the audience to four years after the marriage of Tanu and Manu where the estranged cou-

also look forward to comprehensive foreign exchange and travel guidance.

This is a part of the QS World MBA Tour taking place in India from May 20 to 27.

If MBA is what you hope to study and enrol for, this tour could provide you with all the answers to your questions and queries.

An MBA is of great value today and what everyone is vying to study. Most of the time you don’t know who to turn to for your questions. This could be a great opportunity to get all your queries answered.

is portrayed as bold and adventurous whereas the other character is victimised for being naive and benign.

But in Tanu weds Manu both Kusum and Tanu have a bold and fearless approach to life, an approach which is similar yet different. The music composed by Krsna Solo and Tanishk-Vayu is already a hit.

The movie is directed by Anand Santia Dudi Rai, scripted by Himanshu Sharma and edited by Hemal Kothari. Cinethe emotional triangle between the matography is of Chirantan Das. It's lead characters. The movie also a must watch, complete entertainer. breaks the stereotype of double role You will be in splits from the beginin Hindi cinema where one character ning to the end! ple decides to move on. Then comes Kusum Sangwan. Kusum, a Haryanvi national level athlete and a look alike of Tanu comes in Manu's life and he starts liking her. The movie is about

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been doing and all other physical activity throughout the day. It does this through an app that is connected to the in built gyroscope, accelerometer and a bunch of other sensors installed in the belt. It will slim and expand itself on your waist using built-in motors depending on if you're sitting down -- or if just ate way too much. It’s a new idea in the field of wearable tech.

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Ryan school’s Finland School Exchange Programme

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5 students from Ryan International School, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai had a students exchange programme from May 19 to 25 with Youth Floppy Theatre, Joensuu, Finland. During the visit students had an opportunity to stay with Finnish families. It gave them an insight into Finnish lifestyle and they had interesting discussions about history, food, education system and family values in India and Finland.

Students also attended a theatre workshop with Finnish students conducted by Tuire Hindika. They had classes on improvisation, facial expressions, storytelling and body movement. The final show 'Incredible India' was applauded and appreciated by the Finnish audience.

Indian students had an amazing opportunity to see several Finnish plays performed by the Youth Floppi theatre.

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« ADMISSION ALERTS XLRI’S CORPORATE FINANCE PROGRAM

XLRI- Xavier School of Management has collaborated with Talentedge, an online interactive education company to offer a 4 month e-MDP (Management Development Programme) in Corporate Finance for Business Managers.

The registration to the course is open till 30th July, 2015.

The course curriculum spread across 15 weeks is carefully designed to provide experienced business professionals with the competitive skills to advance their careers and make greater contributions to their organizations—while they continue working. The course consists of 9 integrated modules on Introduction to Financial Statements and their Analysis, Risk, Return, and Time Value of Money, Cost of Capital and Business Funding Instruments, Financial Evaluation of Projects, Management of Working Capital, Business Valuation and Valuation Drivers, Generating and Utilizing Cost-Based Information for Decision Making, The Economic Environment of Business and Using Spreadsheets to Aid Financial Decision Making.

The lectures would be delivered by experienced faculty from XLRI and other industry experts through LIVE interactive online sessions on Talentedge’s unique ‘Direct to Device’ solution that enables anywhere, anyplace learning at a broadband connection of 512 kbps. All enrolled students will be provided access to the Cloud campus that will allow them to access other learning aids, reference materials, case studies and assignments.

The course fee for the programmes is Rs. 60,000 (including the application fees of Rs. 45,000 and Programme fees of Rs. 15,000) and is payable over 2 easy installments.

The registration details are available at: http://sat.xlri.ac.in/emdp/programme.php

CO-OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY MANAGEMENT COURSE

Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan Maharashtra Mahila Vyaspeeth is conducting a Certificate Course on Co-Operative Housing Society Management for office bearers/consultants/members and managers.

Certificates will be given to successful trainees.

Training is imparted in Marathi and English.

Throughout the Year Training is conducted. Please enroll as early as possible.

Place of training : Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan Mumbai Maharashtra MahilaVyaspeeth, Basement Hall, General Jagannath Bhosale Marg, Next to Sachivalay Gymkhana, Mumbai 400021

Sat- Sunday Batch : From 13 June to 2 August 2015 (14 Days) (Only Saturday &Sunday) Timing : 11 to 5 Fees Rs.5500 Regular Batch : 3 August to 11 September (30 Days) Timing : 2 to 5 Fees - Rs.4000 Contact : Office 22028598, 22045460 Ext 244 Sanjana Pawar : 9324256588 Manisha Khillare : 9823920244 Between 11am to 6 pm Website www.ybchavanpratishthan.org Email -ycpmww@gmail.com

MAGIC OF GRATITUDE

Manoj Lekhi, a business & life coach is hosting the Magic of gratitude workshop in Mumbai.

Date, Day & Timing: June 3, Tuesday 8:00 am to 6 pm. Venue: Hotel Suba International, Opposite to Cigarette, Andheri East, Mumbai Charges - 7500 (inclusive of Breakfast, Lunch & High tea). Contact – 7506457977

‘College life was the most amazing time of my life,’

says Actress Roop Durgapal

I

did my B.Tech (Instrumentation & Controls Engineering) in the 2006 batch from Graphic Era Hill University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. My college was huge, with a beautiful campus surrounded by the Rajaji national park. The first day was full of excitement as I was meeting new people and knew that now I will have a lot of friends and have a lot of fun.

I was ragged but it hardly affected me as I had faced quite a lot of ragging in my previous hostel and had become immune to it by then. Also the seniors in engineering were quite focused in studies and didn't have the time or inclination to harass new students. It was mostly funny interaction sessions like singing, dancing, with two pigtails and wearing salwar suits till we got our college uniforms.

Who likes professors while in college? Now that I have passed out with flying colors and was invited by my college six months back as a guest, I had a great time interacting with all the professors who had taught me and I have deep respect for all of them for tolerating my pranks and my ‘I will not pay attention in class at any cost’ attitude during college time.

Well there were no studies for me until a night before the exams. I hardly paid attention in class and would be lost in my thoughts and day dreaming. The saving grace was it was an engineering course and not any theoretical course so I didn't need to mug up much and overnight studying got me good marks. In my final year I was awarded the ‘best student’ trophy. I was actively involved in extracurricular activities like singing and doing plays apart from having made it to the best software firm Infosys technologies in my third year itself.

I was a hostler. So I stayed within the campus. College life was the most amazing time of my life. Those four years were full of dreams, fun, pranks, yelling from professors, directors, parents and I made some amazing friends. Our favorite eating places were

who have suffered a lot of my pranks themselves and were with me all the while through thick and thin. We had fights too but they have taken care of me, loved me, supported me always and may be they can forget it, but I can never.

It was embarrassing to land up at the chairman's office every now and then. Apart from that, once I took park in a ‘rangoli competition’ with one of my roommates and I was too excited even though we both knew nothing about designing rangolis. But as the competition finally started, I became my usual self, the prankster and started winning hearts with initials of boyfriend-girlfriend pairs in our friend circle which upset my roommate. She walked away and so did I. Meanwhile we got to know that the competition was over amid all our drama and the chairman's wife seeing our incomplete stupid rangoli of hearts etc, with both the participants invisible, got so irritated that she gave us minus ten for our art and left.

This space is too small to write about all my pranks. I was quite a prankster. I used to do things which would make me land up at the chairman's office several times. Once I was asked to leave the class for not paying attention and instead of apologizing, I not only left the class happily but also started making gestures asking my friend also to come out and that we would rather go and have fun in the canteen than sit in the boring class. The professor was fuming and made us appear before the chairman and I heard him saying ‘suspend them’. I was horrified! It was only after apologizing in writing that we could get back to class again. My parents were relieved when finally I completed my engineering in the regular four years.

Despite having a very mischievous and prankster image I got the best student award at the end of my course and I was crowned ‘Miss Freshers' in my first year. I attribute it My friend circle was amazing with girls to my singing which was appreciated by Kumar's in Rajpur Road, besides our college canteen and there I would sit there after and boys from not just my course and batch, everyone and I would sing in every college bunking classes. Also there was a small but from all other courses…seniors, juniors festival and competition. It was during colrestaurant opened for the hotel management everyone. Staying in a hostel opens up a vari- lege that the acting bug bit me and I am an students inside the campus where I enjoyed ety of friendships. But my closest friends actress today. were my roommates Smita and Priyanka having Chinese food and banana shakes.

As told to Monarose Sheila Pereira

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A multi-city fair for music aspirants T

he True School of Music, India’s first comprehensive institute of contemporary music hosted a day long Admission fair in Mumbai on May 24. The session welcomed a set of aspiring artists who were eager to further their interests in music and explore a career in it.

Being a first of its kind, the institute has always encouraged music lovers to learn music in a professional way, which further helps in making a career in the industry. Apart from giving an insight on what the school offers and how it works towards nurturing raw skills, the talks by Julia Leggett, CEO, The True School of Music were focused on current industry trends and the need to pursue the passion in a skilful manner and how to become what they call a ‘Musicpreneur’.

Apart from Julia Leggett, CEO, The True School of Music the fair witnessed Mohan Kannan, Vocalist – Agnee Band, who spoke on how it is essential to learn the nuances of music to be an accomplished artist.

Julia Leggett, CEO, The True School of Music said, “Music being an offbeat career, not many are aware of the opportunities that are available to professionally pursue the art.

At the True School of Music we believe there’s a need to reach out to those who have an interest in music and the ability to make a substantial career, but do not have enough guidance/perspective as well as training.

With this three city admission fair we hope to have helped each participant return home with a greater perspective on how to advance their talent.”

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YOUR CAREER?

Here’s an analysis of the JEE (Advanced) Paper-1 & 2 which was held on May 24

By Ramesh Batlish, FIITJEE Expert

J

EE (Advanced) is the annual college entrance examination for admission to the IITs. One of the toughest among engineering entrance exams, nearly 1.5 lakh students appeared for this exam on 24th May who had been short-listed from JEE (Main) previously held on 4th April, (Offline ) & 10th, 11th April(Online). The exam had two parts: Paper 1 from 9.00 a.m. to noon and Paper 2, from 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. Both papers were of three hours’ duration. Both consisted of three separate sections on Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics. The questions were of objective type (multiple choice) designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates. There were questions with Negative marking. The candidate could opt for the question paper in English or Hindi.

Paper-I Analysis: The question Paper was of 3 Hrs- 9:00 am12:00 noon. Full marks of paper-1 was 264.

The Question paper had 32 pages (including both sides). The Paper had three parts: Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics. In each part there were Three Sections: Sec-I had 8 questions with Integer Type answers (ranging from 0 to 9)- marking scheme for this section was was+4 for correct answer and 0 for all other cases.

Sec-II had 10 Multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct option – marking scheme for this section was + 4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all other cases.

Sec-III had 2 ‘Match the Following’ questions, where the entries in Column I had to be matched with the entries in Column II- marking scheme for this section was : for each entry in column 1, +2 for the correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -1 in all other cases.

After a quick glance it was observed that in Mathematics- 70% questions were from class XII & 30% from Class XI of CBSE Board. More weightage was given to chapters in Calculus. This was similar to last year.

In Physics 55% questions were from class XII & 45% from Class XI of CBSE Board.

Almost questions were asked from all chapters with more weightage to Modern Physics.

In Chemistry 50% questions were from class XII & 50% from Class XI of CBSE Board. There were 7 questions each from Organic & Physical Chemistry and 6 in Inorganic Chemistry.

Due to Negative marking in Paper-1 unlike last year in MCQ and Match the Following students found the paper lengthy.

Paper- 2 Analysis: The question Paper was of 3 Hrs- 2:00 pm5:00 pm. Full marks of paper-2 was 240.

The Question paper had 32 pages (including both sides). The Paper had three parts: Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics. In each part there were Three Sections: Sec-I had 8 questions with Integer Type answers (ranging from 0 to 9)- marking scheme for this section was was+4 for correct answer and 0 for all other cases.

Sec-II had 8 Multiple choice questions with one or more than one correct option – marking scheme for this section was + 4 for correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all other cases.

Sec-III had 2 ‘Paragraph Type’ questions, where each paragraph describes an experiment or a problem. Two Multiple choice questions were asked based on the paragraph with one or more than one option correct in each question. Marking scheme was +4 for the correct answer, 0 if not attempted and -2 in all other cases.

After a quick glance it was observed that in Mathematics- 65% questions were from class XII & 35% from Class XI of CBSE Board. In this paper also more weightage was given to chapters in Calculus – Limits, Continuity & Differentiability, Application of Derivatives & Definite Integral.

In Physics 55% questions were from class XII & 45% from Class XI of CBSE Board.

Questions were asked from almost all chapters with more weightage to Ray Optics, Modern Physics, Electrostatics & Magnetism. Questions from Error & Dimensional Analysis was also included.

Electromagnetic Induction was excluded from both Paper-1 & Paper-2.

In Chemistry 65% questions were from class XII & 35 % from Class XI of CBSE Board. There were 7 questions each from Organic & Inorganic Chemistry and 6 in Physical Chemistry.

There was an ORS (Optical Response Sheet) with original on Top and carbon copy below it. Students were allowed to take away the carbon copy.

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Oceanography is the scientific study of all aspects of the oceans, their boundaries and their continents. It is more specifically the study of the sea, its coastline, estuaries, coastal waters, shelves and the ocean bed. As such it is an interdisciplinary science that integrates principles of Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Meteorology and Physics. Let’s take a deeper look at this career

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ceanography is an exciting field offering you the advantage of being involved with a variety of scientific disciplines and an opportunity for lifelong learning.

Oceanography is today of great significance to the developed and the developing world. A career in this area is really challenging and it provides opportunity to those with an intrinsic curiosity and a desire to venture into the vast realm of the unknown, which exists within our oceans. Oceanographers apply the basic sciences to study the world’s oceans and coastal waters. They study the motion and circulation of the ocean waters and their physical and chemical properties, and how these properties affect coastal areas, climate, and weather. Often, they are chemists, physicists, biologists, or marine geologists who bring their special skills to ocean studies.

Being essentially a research–oriented profession, long periods are spent away from civilization, at sea, with all its challenges and hazards.

Depending upon the areas of specialisation they work in several fields such as marine biology, geological oceanography, physical oceanography and chemical oceanography.

sea. It also tries to develop suitable solutions to pollution problems near shore waters, undertaking studies for the treatment of sewage, solid wastes and industrial effluents.

Marine Biology: It is the study of life processes in marine environments. Marine biologists research different aspects of marine life and allied economic systems.

Marine Geology: As many interesting geological features as there are on land, nearly as many exist under and at the boundaries of the oceans.

Mountains, valleys, volcanoes, islands, plains, canyons, - all exist in similar form in the marine realm, the study of these structures is done by marine geologists.

Physical Oceanography: This deals with the physical properties of the ocean.

Physical oceanographers study the interaction between the ocean and its boundaries -land, seafloor, and atmosphere - and the relationship between the sea, weather, and climate.

Highly advanced systems are employed to study the vast water bodies. Complex systems developed through high-end programming and processing helps the oceanographers along with other scientists to perform tasks smoothly. While Chemical Oceanography: It deals making the best use of the water rewith the composition and quality of sources, you must also be a conserenthusiast.

As an water. Its aim is to research and de- vation velop technology so as to profitably oceanographer, if you are extracting recover valuable elements from the the minerals or other valuables

from the waters, plan out a way of returning to nature what you have taken from it. The rest of your responsibilities are directly proportionate to the requirements of your designation.

Career opportunities for oceanographers are vast as well as varied.

Those with the right qualifications can apply to companies in the private sector, with interests relating to marine industries, products or research, public sector organizations such as Oil India etc., Government establishments, including the Geological Survey of India and Meteorological Survey of India. There are no fixed rules for promotion in most branches of this profession. How high one rises, and how fast, depends entirely on the individual's ability. In general, a senior management level post is reached after approximately 20 year's service.

Increased awareness regarding marine resources and their potential has created a demand for ocean specialists with the ability to predict its future conditions. A wide range of environmental services, including various marine industries, are required in India over the next 20 years to support increasing marine activities including weather forecasting, the survey charting of coastal waters and so on.

tutions provide course studies in oceanography. Specialized institutes have been developed along the coast to nurture the specific fields of oceanography. Marine biology, marine geology, physical oceanography, chemical oceanography, and seismology are some related branches.

The institutes are some of the best in India. The field offers bright future prospects and excellent paypackages. The most prestigious among these are: IIT, Chennai, Mumbai Institute of Technology, The National Institute of Oceanography, Goa established a training division, for the development of trained manpower and quality research in ocean science and technology.

These training facilities have also been extended to students from various universities and educational institutions, including the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani; Rani Durgavathi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur and Goa universities.

Eligibility For an M.Sc. in oceanography, a B.Sc. degree in one of the pure sciences in necessary.

At the Ph.D. level, M.Sc. in any basic science is essential for eligibility to commence marine research.

The majority of courses in oceanography are of three years' duration.

Career Options Due to the highly specialized nature Most oceanography courses in of this work, professional training is India are offered after Graduation in essential for a career in oceanogra- science. Hence, you must first comphy. A number of educational insti- plete your B.Sc.

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game show. They thrived on as they watched real cold blooded killings happen on screen.

The games begin and the book unleashes more and more inhumane acts. To think a girl my age, watched and lived through, starvation, watching the people she knew and loved die before her eyes. It scarred her for life as it naturally would. Because she was human.

The hunger games is a series of three compelling novels of the most courageous character I have ever read about. Unknowingly she stirs a revolt among the districts after almost 74 years. She builds in them hope to bring them out of this apocalyptic period. After finishing the third book where they districts finally take down the capitol, I realized something that changed me forever. The future painted out in the book, is a very much conceivable idea. We had come to a time when even killing another human

Divya Samtani, H.R. College

years ago there had been a brave district that had gone ahead into rowing up in a nation with its protest against this tyrannical rulerich culture and religion, like The 13th district. The capitol had any other teenager I was moved in its armies and ceased the painstakingly aware of the restric- entire district on a whole and burnt tions, the disciplinary and the ritu- it to the ground. In memory of their alism that came with the lot of it. failure to bring about a change and Coming from a family of many of the unbeatable, undying rule of faiths, I had seen my fair share of the capitol the annual hunger ritualism in almost every religion in games was held.

A boy and girl from each district the world. I had come to a point in my teenage life where I didn’t want were chosen to participate in a to make the effort for something I gruesome fight for their lives. They didn’t believe in as important. I’d were sent in with the objective of only to be confused long enough being the last man standing. But until my biggest inspiration handed how were they supposed to achieve me an epiphany. My dear friends- it? By killing everyone else in that arena, of course.

Novels.

After her father’s sad demise in a Katniss Everdeen is a determined, brave and humorously sarcastic (I mine explosion, her mother had might add) teenage girl living a lost herself so Katniss took on the stone age life in the times where family’s responsibility. In an unfortechnology is closest to magic. tunate ballot her sister had been American novelist Suzanne Collins chosen to be a contender in the has taken the historical divide of the hunger games. Devastated she im13 colonies and pushed it way into mediately volunteered in place of the future. Katniss, The Hunger her. Although she had done it for Games’ main protagonist lives in her sister and she must struggle to the 12th district of 13 in the ruins of stay alive in order to take care of her a place once known as north Amer- family, she couldn’t quite think of ica, and presently called as ‘Panem’ killing Peeta, the boy chosen from that’s subjected to the rule of the her district.

A random act of mercy and kind‘Capitol’.

Each district was forced to labour ness, something they rarely saw in for only a particular harvest, to pro- those times, caused her reason to be vide for the ‘capitol’. Been given the in debt of the boy who didn’t stand a bare-minimum living conditions chance against her archery skills you would imagine some kind of re- and smarts. It was repulsive that the volt or protest from the people. It is capitol and its citizens looked fornationally acknowledged that 74 ward to the hunger games like a

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was entertaining but you realize by the end how deeply those tiny battle scars run. It was a horrendous world they lived through. I realize only after the book that there was no hope in any of them. No hope that the god almighty would rise, or that maybe someone’s consciousness would start to tick.

There was no right or wrong, there was no guilt. I was always taught through stories of Jesus and the Ramayana that good always prevails over evil. But they seemed to have given into performing the most lurid acts of slavery and insanity that there was no mention of the word humanity. Why? Because there was no hope or faith or fear or reverence of a higher power that dwelt amongst us humans. I had an epiphany, an epiphany that wiped away all my doubts about lighting a candle in front of an idol or watering a revered plant. This was our human way of humbling ourselves young Mathayus from joining the corps. Ashur incurs the undying enmity of the ruthless general Sargon (Randy Couture). Ashur is killed and Mathayus is forcibly sent to a desolate training camp for six years. When he returns as a Black Scorpio, Sargon is King of Akkad and demands loyalty from the Scorpios.

Now Mathayus must decide he will avenge his father's death or serve under the man who killed him. King Sargon’s first task for Mathayus is to kill Mathayus’ own brother Noah who had blasphemed him.

Mathayus refuses, saves his brother and escapes from the city.

But a magic arrow follows them and kills Noah.

Mathayus takes the help of his

towards that higher power. It is our way of keeping sane and human.

That being lost during the time lived through by Katniss Everdeen. This book led me to believe there is a God. Whether he resides in a mere idol version of human imagination of him, or just in our hearts. It has led me to believe that ‘God’ is just the name we give him. To me he is an expansion of positive energy and he is seen in each act of kindness, he is felt within the reasoning of consciousness. He is the meaning, the definition, the soul, the origin of the word humanity.

He is what binds me to even a stranger on the street. And if it isn’t for our humanity we might just slip into a holocaust period wherein we may just live the human race’s worst nightmare. We may just live the hunger games. We’ve already seen Hitler, we’ve seen world wars we might see more without our faith, hope and humanity.

childhood friend Layla (Karen David), Greek poet Ari (Simon Quarterman), and travel to Greece to retrieve the legendary Sword of Damocles. On their way they fall into a cell with inmates kept as sacrifices for half human creature Minotaur. The inmates help the trio and as an enlarged group with a Chinese captive Fung (Tom Wu), travel to the Underworld, where they are attacked by Sargon's magical ally, the war-goddess Astarte. After a fierce battle between Layla and Astarte, Mathayus manages to get the sword and heads to kill Sargon with his mercenaries.

Lots of bonus material adds to the adventure.

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THE SCORPION KING 2 - RISE OF A WARRIOR Rs. 499/Cast: Randy Couture, Michael Copon, Karen David, Simon Quarterman, Tom Wu Director: Russell Mulcahy

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HE story is a prequel to 2002’s Scorpion King starring The Rock as Mathayus the Scorpion King which was already a prequel to “The Mummy Returns”. Taking The Rock’s place as a teen warrior is Michael Copon who does a commendable job as the charming warrior. “Rise of a Warrior” goes even further back into the life and times of Mathayus, the man who would eventually become The Scorpion King. So actually, this is a prequel to a prequel.

Our story is set in ancient Akkad, where Mathayus (Michael Copon) grows up as the proud son of Ashur, a captain in the world-renowned military corps of Black Scorpions. At the selections, Ashur dissuades

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What does Ashur dissuade Mathayus from joining? a) The Black Knights b) The Black Scorpios c) The Black Berry Boys

With whom does Mathayus go to Greece? a) Layla and Ari

b) Fung and Ari c) Layla and Fung

What is Mathayus trying to get from Astarte? a) A golden sword b) A magic sword c) The Sword of Damocles

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ALL eyes were on the catwalk as Triumph, the German lingerie company, unveiled its latest line at a fashion show at Hyatt Regency. Versatile bra styles and matching briefs flashed across the ramp. As in the previous years, the ‘tailor of female confidence’ showcased its over 125 years of experience, backed by an unparalleled understanding of women with the story unfolding from colourful and trendy T-shirt bras to sensual lace and exciting fashion products, from Cotton Comfort, Shape Sensation and Minimizer to the new Tweenage Bra. And you heard of the global ‘Stand Up For Fit’ campaign which aims at motivating women to take time out for themselves, understand their bodies and take professional support to ‘Find the One’ great fitting bra that works just for them. Holding forth on the Triumph line, Shalindra Fernando, GM, India & Sri Lanka, Triumph felt the new collection would help a woman look rc and feel sensational from top to bottom, bringing alive her e l l u a p ti sB natural sophistication and innate elegance, while Jennifer Kapasi, Head of Operations, Triumph International felt that modern women in India are waking up to, and loving, the benefits that perfect lingerie can bring to their LINGERIE MODEL lifestyles.

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Queer factor

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LOOKING fit and fabulous indeed was actor and fitness advocate Gul Panag who joined parallel entrepreneur Gourav Jaswal to launch the mobile app FirstRun by MobieFit at Sofitel Mumbai BKC. FirstRun, you learnt, is a free Android app specifically designed to take people, who have absolutely never run before, on a fitness journey with Gul Panag as their in-app personal trainer. The application is available for free download on Google Play with all the exclusive features. Sofitel Mumbai BKC’s chefs Prakash Lopez and Prathamesh Gawade were there to showcase a sampling of their international low-calorie De-light menu. A gastronomic adventure in healthy eating, this low-calorie menu is said to have been created to inspire athletes.

GUL PANAG

NOTED filmmakers Anubhav Sinha and Chitra Palekar, national award winning filmmaker and actor Amir Bashir, actor Meghna Malik, columnist Malavika Sangghvi and festival director Sridhar Rangayan were there at the Press Club to announce the sixth edition of Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, South Asia’s biggest and India’s only mainstream LGBT film festival. The festival, that will screen 180 films from 44 countries, takes off from today, May 27 to May 31 at Liberty Cinema, Alliance Française de Bombay and Max Mueller Bhavan. The talk was that Kashish not only brings wonderfully different films but also creates awareness in mainstream society about the various concerns of the queer community.

MEGHNA MALIK

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FASHION passion was in the air at the sixth edition of the Femina Showcase at Viviana mall in Thane. What you witnessed was the very best of clothes, shoes, bags and accessories.

Reliance Trends, 109 F, Jashn, Shoppers Stop and Basil Leaf were the brands on view with a showcase that included saris, salwars and casual western wear.

And the accessories brands included Giordana watches, Ramee bags and Metro shoes. Miss India Gail Da Silva was the shining showstopper, while songs by Anadi Mishra pepped up the proceedings that were thoroughly enjoyed by the packed house.

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FEMINA SHOWCASE

NITI TAYLOR & VEEBHA ANAND

VILLA 60 was the venue for the 200th episode celebration of BBC Worldwide’s ‘Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan.’ Having a good time were Niti Taylor, Charlie Chauhan, Veebha Anand and Krissann Barretto among many more. Also making their presence felt was Myleeta Aga, Senior Vice President & GM India and Content Head Asia, BBC Worldwide and Richa Yamini, Head of Fiction, BBC Worldwide. The show, that airs on MTV India, is loosely based on the Korean drama ‘Boys Over Flowers’ and is about the successful music band Fab 5 and two new girls. Teenage drama, romance, comedy and friendship – that’s what it is all about.

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One factor that is going to affect inflation going forward is the monsoon ... Because we do have adequate stocks, we will be able to contain inflation even if monsoon does not turn out to be as good

Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian BUSINESS BRIEFS Punj Lloyd Bags NHAI’s Rs 542-Crore Bihar Project

Markets End Lower

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Wednesday (May 27, 2015) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell marginally on Tuesday (May 26, 2015) a net 30.90 points (0.37%) and closed at the 8339 point level.

The market opened up with a gap at the 8377 points level.

It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 8378 points level at 9.19 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 8320 points level at 2.37 p.m. It then rose and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 58 points. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 26 were losers while 24 stocks closed in the green. Substantial selling was witnessed in oil & gas stocks.

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

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 8075 points level.

The next support is at the 7857 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 8523 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Pivot point = 8346 (This is the level where the trend is Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 4.49%. This change is likely to change during intra-day). small and indicates a moderate participation by investors. Support (1) = 8313.

Support (2) = 8287.

Resistance (1) = 8372.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Resistance (2) = 8405.

Amongst all the traded stocks, 564 were gainers, 873 were losers and 47 remained unchanged.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has Slow Stochastic Indicator: formed a second consecutive black body candle on The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined and has higher volumes. Further, the index has is below its 5 exited the over-bought zone. day moving average. This is negative.

The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the However, the index is still above its 15, 25 and 200 slow D line (negative if it continues). day moving average. The 15 and 200 day moving averages are rising. The velocity parameters too RSI Indicator: indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias.

The RSI is above the 40 level but is now declining Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a (negative if it continues). strict stop loss at the 15-day average at the 8284 point’s level.

MACD Indicator: Work with strict stop losses on all positions The MACD is below zero but is rising (positive if it continues). It is above its 9-day Average (positive).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line and both lines are diverging (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 8402) Negative.

Is above its 15-day average (at 8284) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 8294) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 8322) 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.

Diversified engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) conglomerate Punj Lloyd yesterday said it has won a Rs 542-crore road project in Bihar from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). "Punj Lloyd has secured a 41-km long, Rs 541.84 crore road project in Bihar from NHAI. The scope of work for the project includes four-laning from 360.91 km to 402 km of Gorakhpur-Gopalganj section of NH28 in Bihar," the company said in a statement. The highway aims at cutting down travel time between Gorakhpur and Gopalganj and Gorakhpur and Patna by reducing congestion and fixing geometric deficiencies at various intersections.

JK Cement To Raise Up To Rs 300 Crore

JK Cement yesterday said it will raise long-term funds of up to Rs 300 crore through debt instruments and institutional placement. "Board of Directors of the company at its meeting held on May 23, 2015 ...Has decided to raise long term funds by way of issue of Securities and/or Non Convertible Debentures with warrants on Preferential Allotment basis, Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) basis or such other form as may be permissible under law for an amount up to Rs 300 crore with a green shoe option....", the firm said in a BSE filing. This will be subject to shareholder's approval, which will be sought at the firm's Annual General Meeting on August 1, 2015, it added.

M&M Drives In ‘New-Age’ XUV500

Mahindra & Mahindra yesterday unveiled an updated version of its sports utility vehicle XUV500, with the price starting at Rs 11.12 lakh (exshowroom Mumbai). "Today as we launch the New Age XUV500, we have enhanced the finesse and driving experience while retaining the DNA of the Cheetah inspired XUV500. I firmly believe that the New Age XUV500 will reaffirm our customers’ faith in Mahindra’s abilities to create world class products,” said Mahindra & Mahindra Executive Director Pawan Goenka.

The updated version sports added features, including electric sunroof, push button start and 6-way adjustable seats.

NHPC Plans To Raise Up To Rs 3,975 Crore From Domestic Market

State-owned NHPC is planning to raise up to Rs 3,975 crore from the domestic market through loans and tax-free bonds. In a BSE filing, NHPC said: "The Board may consider an agenda item to raise the debt up to Rs 3,975 crore for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 up to AGM through term loans/ corporate bonds/tax free bond on secured/unsecured basis from domestic market in suitable tranches." NHPC's Board meeting is scheduled for May 29, 2015. Last week, NHPC said it received environmental clearance for its Dibang multipurpose hydropower-cum-flood moderation project, worth over Rs 25,000 crore, in Arunachal Pradesh.

Janata Bank Profit Rises To Rs. 65 Crore

Janata Sah. Bank Ltd., Pune posted a net profit of Rs 65 crore at the end of F.Y. 2015. The bank's mix business crossed Rs. 11,821 crore. The bank's profit after tax stood at 64.61 crore, a growth of 10.41% compaired to previous year. The banks Non Performing Assets (N.P.A.) stands at 0.95% and the bank's share capital rose to Rs. 161 crores. The Reserve Bank Of India has issued 18 licences to open new branches.

Tata Motors Q4 Net Dips 56% To Rs 1,716 Crore

Tata Motors yesterday reported a 56.19% decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,716.50 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, as its domestic business continue to drag, while British arm Jaguar Land Rover also witnessed weak demand. The company had reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 3,918.29 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal.

Consolidated net sales during the period under review stood at Rs 67,297.99 crore as against Rs 64,715.81 crore in the year-ago period, up 3.99%, the company said in a filing to the BSE.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Religare calls a ‘Buy’ on State Bank Of India CMP: Rs. 277

Target Rs. 325

Reliance Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on J K Cement CMP: Rs. 607

Target Rs. 842

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ementing its commitment to help SMEs go digital in India, Google India today announced the launch of a nationwide initiative to help small medium businesses to go digital and get online presence on Google search and Google maps, without having to invest in a website or domain. As part of this new initiative, Google India will get 20 Million SMEs online by 2017 by using a simple mobile based app called, ‘Google My Busi-

ness’, that will help businesses to create and manage their business information across Google products for free in both Hindi and English.

With over 300 million plus Internet users and over 6 million new Internet users coming online every month, Indian users are increasingly looking for information about businesses online. There is a massive information gap for local businesses on the Internet today, out of the total 51 million SMEs in India, less than 5 to 6 percent have an online presence. With this new product, Google aims to bridge this gap through a massive feet on street initiative to help SMEs all across in India to get online.

Speaking about the initiative, Rajan Anandan, VP & Managing Director, Google South East Asia & India, said, “In the next three years India will have over 500 million

Internet users - and these users will need access to all kind of information in their local languages.

Indian SMEs have struggled to build and maintain their online presence. Search experience for local business in India is broken today and we want to fix it by connecting businesses with their customers.� “SMEs have been central to Google’s success globally and have been strategic focus for us in India.

Google My Business is our first mobile based product initiative for SMEs and we have seen immediate adoption of it in India, in the last 5 months during our pilot phase, over a million SMEs have found a place on the Internet, and we are engaging 25000 new SMEs every week.

Our moon shot - aim is to get 20 million SMEs online in the next three years.� he added.

FPIs Pour In Rs 2.5 Lakh Cr In 1st Year Of Modi Govt

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from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). ndia's capital markets have Market analysts believe that FPIs caught the attention of overseas have been betting on the Indian investors as they have pumped in a market mainly on account of remassive over Rs 2.5 lakh crore in eq- forms measures initiated by the uities and debts during the first year central government. "After the of the Modi government. change of the government at the The net investments by Foreign Centre in May last year, there has Portfolio Investors (FPIs) into In- been a significant change in sentidian equities stood at Rs 93,636 ment and outlook towards India. crore during the first one-year pe- Most foreign investors are finding riod since the NDA government, led India to be a far better choice that

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, can generate returns in both short took charge on May 26, 2014. The and long term," Axis Mutual Fund same for debt markets was at Rs Managing Director and CEO Chan1,58,165 crore, taking the total to Rs dresh Nigam said.

2,51,801 crore, according to data Overseas investors remained

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bullish on the Indian markets throughout first year of the Modi government, barring the month of May 2015.

Foreign investors have pulled nearly Rs 14,000 from the capital markets (equities and debt) this month amid worries over imposition of 20 per cent minimum alternate tax (MAT)on capital gains by them till April 1, 2015.

However, experts are bullish on FPIs inflow in the Indian capital markets in the long-term. FPIs, the main driver of the equity market, have helped the benchmark BSE Sensex gain by 2,950 points or over 15 per cent in the last one year.

Retail Stake In NSE Cos Zooms To 6-Year High At 21.35%

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etail investors' holding in NSElisted companies has hit a 6year high of 21.35% at the end of March 2015, with a valuation of nearly Rs 8 lakh crore, primarily due to a sharp jump in equity markets.

Interestingly, retail investors opted for smaller companies to invest as institutional investors typically gave them a miss. According to Prime Database, the holding went up to 21.35% at the end of March 2015, from 20.99% as of March 2014.

Foreign portfolio investors' (FPIs) ownership in NSE-listed firms read 6.44% while that of domestic institutional investors (DIIs) came in at 5.01%. "The retail ownership at 21.35 percent is the highest in the last six years, rising from 20.96% in June 2009... The value of retail holdings has recorded a handsome increase, reaching the highest level at Rs 7.94 lakh crore, up 50% from a year ago, courtesy the buoyant markets," the report stated. However, the retail share in Nifty companies stood at a meagre 7.31% whereas for the top 100 NSE-listed firms, it read

European Nations Keen To Invest In India, But With Less Bureaucracy

JoĂŁo Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union to India along with (L-R) Vijay Kalantri, President, AIAI and Kamal Morarka, Chairman, MVIRDC WTC Mumbai at an interactive meeting organized by AIAI and WTC Mumbai

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uropean countries are interested in investing in India but there still are walls which need to be broken. Although EU is the highest investor and trading partner in India the bureaucracy and taxation deter our investors from coming here. We request the Government of India to help people do their business and more will come to India,� said João Cravinho, Ambassador of the European Union (EU).

He was speaking at a function organised by the The World Trade Centre Mumbai and the All India Association for Industries organised for JoĂŁo Cravinho, who was on his last visit to Mumbai. He spoke positively of the relations between European countries and India.

The Ambassador praised the flagship programmes of the Narendra Modi Government, ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India. “There is an opportunity for India to embark upon change with the Make in India and Digital India projects.

However, there needs to be more openness so that European companies can bring latest technology and fine innovations to India. We assure that EU and India can make these flagships programme successful,� assured Cravinho.

He also appreciated Modi government’s efforts to open up investments in railways, insurance and defence. “We are happy the Indian government has pushed for reforms that we wanted to see happening in India and the EU has the required expertise in them,� said Cravinho.

Chairman of WTC Mumbai Kamal Morarka felicitated Cravinho and bid him a warm farewell saying, “We have had a long association with the Ambassador of EU and I am confident we will continue to do so in future.� President of AIAI, Vijay Kalantri emphasized the need for reforms in EU, to make the relations stronger. “We are looking forward to the Free Trade Agreement talks between India and EU. We are confident these will boost trade and exchange of technology between EU and India. We however feel this has to be a mutual relationship, where the EU also needs to open up for India,� said Kalantri. Kalantri said the Union Commerce Minister is soon expected to visit Brussels to sort out the issues regarding FTA. An optimistic Kalantri said, “I am positive these talks will enhance business opportunities between EU and India and pave way for better future.�

8.19%. The increase was driven with Rs 5,262 crore a year ago. largely by the optimism about reform measures taken by the Narendra Modi government, according to experts. The analysis is based on shareholding patterns filed by 1,467 of the total 1,471 companies listed on NSE for the quarter ended March this year. Overall, retail holding rose in 712 companies listed on NSE while their stake fell in 718 firms. The increase in retail shareholding is in sync with the BSE benchmark Sensex surging 25% in the past fiscal.

In terms of retail shareholders by numbers, the Reliance Group took the lead. The top five companies with highest number of retail shareholders are Reliance Power (37.82 lakh), Reliance Industries (27.44 lakh), Reliance Communications (16.35 lakh), State Bank of India (11.95 lakh), Reliance Infrastructure (11.48 lakh) and Reliance Capital (10.25 lakh). Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

(along with his wife Rekha Jhun

jhunwala) is the largest 'individual' public shareholder with their

! "# "$%# cumulative holding as of March 2015 at Rs 8,331 crore compared

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‘Selfie’, not selfless leadership: Nitish on PM Modi's 1st year

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Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) activists protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on Tuesday.

the prime minister has more selfies than all his cabinet colleagues put together.

"He (Modi) has more selfies than all the ministers in his cabinet put

together... What the people voted for was selfless leadership and what they have got is selfie leadership," Kumar said in a blog he wrote for a private TV channel as a reaction to

India has joined ‘Club of Elite’ nations: Lekhi

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes one year in the office on Tuesday, the BJP said the country has made "enormous progress" in the defence and space sectors brining it at par with some of the elite nations.

"Our defence sector has improved, our space sector has improved, the successful launch of Chandrayaan and launch of PSLV C23 has put India into the elite club of country," BJP MP and spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi told PTI.

Trade unions call for all-India strike on Sept 2

Eleven central trade unions, including BJP-backed BMS, on Tuesday called for a one-day nation- wide general strike on September 2 to protest against government's unilateral labour reforms. The strike call coincides with NDA government completing one-year in office. "All-India general strike on September 2, 2015. The national convention calls upon the trade unions and working people irrespective of affiliations to unite and make the country-wide general strike a massive success," said a declaration at national convention of workers, under the aegis of Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS). The convention had participants from INTUC, AITUC, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, SEWA, AICCTU, UTUC and LPF.

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ATNA: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his government completing one year in office, saying what people have got is 'selfie leadership' instead of 'selfless leadership' they had voted for in the Lok Sabha polls.

Slamming his bete noire, Kumar said the only remarkable thing during the one-year NDA rule was that

Prime Minister Narendra Modi must maintain the dignity of the post he is holding and not behave like a "rockstar", Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh said on Tuesday. "A rockstar is a different thing. PM should not do such things. I am not against a rockstar but the PM behaving in such a manner is not right. He should maintain the dignity of the post," Singh told PTI. He claimed that the one-year of BJP-led NDA government was disappointing. "Yesterday, he (Modi) presented the report card of his one-year governance, but did not utter a single word about achche din," he said.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi being presented a model of plough by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh during the launch of the DD Kisan Channel at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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"Apparently some of this (selfies) have created a new global recognition for India... Its typical illustration of more style over substance, more raucous about nothing than the music of change to the ears of common man," he told PTI. Kumar in his blog claimed that even the most articulate ministers and supporters of 'Modi sarkar' do not have an answer to the question as to what has the government accomplished.

"In contrast, any average person can easily tell you what the government did not deliver. Ask a farmer, an unemployed youth, a housewife, an artisan, an informed citizen, an academician or even the people who voted for Modi sarkar a year ago - they will have no problem articulating what the government did not deliver," he remarked.

Modi to visit Bangladesh on June 6-7 P

rime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Bangladesh beginning June 6 with an aim to inject new momentum in the bilateral relationship by enhancing cooperation in connectivity, economic and other areas. During the visit, part of his policy to deepen engagement with India's immediate neighbourhood, Modi will hold wideranging talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina on the whole gamut of ties and ways to move forward further.

Modi had earlier visited Nepal and Bhutan.

Ties between India and Bangladesh are on an upswing ever since Hasina government came to power in January, 2009.

Modi will be visiting at the invitation of Hasina who had extended the gesture through telephonic talk and writing a letter soon after Modi had led BJP to a landslide win in Lok Sabha elections in May, 2014.

Thereafter, the two leaders had met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session in New York in September last year and then again on the margin of SAARC Summit in Kathmandu in November the same year.

Earlier this month, Parliament had passed a historic constitution amendment bill seeking to settle India's 41-year-old border issue with Bangladesh. The bill will operationalise the 1974 IndiaBangladesh Land Boundary agreement that provides for exchange of 161 enclaves adverselyheld by the the two countries.

"This visit, Prime Minister's first to Bangladesh, reflects the importance attached by India to the bilateral relationship.

Women rights group protest Attackers will be paid back move to ‘legalise’ prostitution in same coin: Parrikar N

EW DELHI: Women rights groups from across the country on Tuesday joined hands here to oppose tooth and nail any move to 'legalise' prostitution.

The agitating members including victims and survivors of sex trafficking, trade unions, political parties, NGOs of various social movements met with UN Women's Representative for India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives, Rebecca Tavares here, to put forth their protest.

"We demanded three things from UN Women. The first a sort of unofficial note which the UN Women is claiming was emailed to a whole bunch of NGOs," said Ruchira Gupta, Founder Apne Aap Women Worldwide, an anti-sex trafficking NGO. The note, issued in October 2013 from the UN Women office in New York supports the "legalisation and decriminalisation" of brothel-keeping, pimping and sex-buying as part of an "overall legitimisation" of the

commercial sex industry.

"Since the note was not on official UN Women letterhead, UN Women claims it is an 'unofficial' document. But this note remain an uncontested de facto official position of UN Women," Gupta claimed.

The rights groups shed light on the fact that UNAIDS briefing on legal status of sex work (February 2014) cite the 'unofficial' UN Women note as a proof of agreement on efforts to promote legalisation of pimping, brothel-keeping, the industry of prostitution and decriminalising the entire sex trade.

Gupta after meeting Tavares claimed that "The UN Women representative clearly said the UN mandate is to protect girls and women and work towards their development.

The UN will not do anything that will be detrimental to the cause of the welfare and development of women. She (Tavares) said she will take up the issue with her colleagues at the UN."

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EW DELHI: Undeterred by the controversy over his earlier "terrorists have to be neutralised only through terrorists" remark, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asserted that he will go to "any extent" to protect India and those who attack will be "paid back in the same coin".

Parrikar noted that his remarks evoked a sharp reaction only from one country and, without naming Pakistan, said the question was about his reaction on the terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupiedKashmir supported by Pakistan.

"So the response was based on that," he told PTI in an interview.

He further added that the word "neutralise" does not mean only killing but also making terrorists switch the sides and surrendering.

Underlining that his remark was generic and not against anyone in particular, Parrikar maintained that only a certain part of his remarks was picked up and highlighted.

"Basically, if I have to defend my

Union Minister for Defence Manohar Parrikar with Navy Chief Admiral RK Dhowan at the Naval Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. country, I will go to any extent...Whatever is required to be done will be done. That is the basic motto which one should have.

"If someone harms my country, I have to take pro-active action....The army's basic purpose is that if anyone attacks the country, attack him back. Pay him back in the same coin," Parrikar asserted, underlining that one does not keep 13 lakh strong Army to "preach peace".

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FUNNY PROM NIGHT

'Yam Hain Hum' is a one-of-a-kind divine comedy show on SAB TV that describes the adventures of Yamraj, the God of Death, as per Hindu mythology and his trusted aide, Chitragupt on earth.

The comical TV series shows the numerous attempts of Yamraj while offering advice to humans about their daily lives and showing them the righteous path of living.

Yamraj’s and Chitragupt’s new jobs couldn’t have started on a better note. Soon after accepting their news jobs, the principal of the

college has assigned Yamraj and Chitragupt with the responsibility of organizing a fresher's party. They want to encourage students to participate and make it a success. They want students to have a balance in their lives to have overall growth as an individual and not merely spend time either only in the canteen or only in the library. Yamraj believes that being cool is not about keeping up with latest fashion trends but what lies deep within oneself. His thought inspires all students to try hard and participate in the fresher’s night to showcase their talent. This creates a

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They tell that they are siblings, Sara and Seth, and they need to travel to a location outside Las Vegas in the middle of nowhere. Meanwhile the government finds a spacecraft that crashed nearby Las Vegas and is chasing the two aliens; after the investigation of the men of Major Henry Burke, they discover that the two siblings are the aliens.

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Tune in to Code Red to know the truth behind the bride! Col or s, 10.30 p.m.

MAN vs Expert finds out if it’s ever possible to shortcut your way to the top. Each week, hustler Alexis Conran takes on three intense challenges against world class experts to see if he can find a way to beat them at their own game – without going through years of hard work and training. In any normal head-tohead contest, Alexis wouldn’t stand a chance—but he travels the world to look into science and technology, and will occasionally call on his con know-how in an attempt to come out on top.

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A YOUTH chooses manhood. The week Sam Witwicky starts college, the Decepticons make trouble in Shanghai. A presidential envoy believes it’s because the Autobots are around; he wants them gone. He’s wrong: the Decepticons need access to Sam’s mind to see some glyphs imprinted there that will lead them to a fragile object that, when inserted in an alien machine hidden in Egypt for centuries, will give them the power to blow out the sun. Sam, his girlfriend Mikaela Banes, and Sam’s parents are in danger. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are Sam’s principal protectors. If one of them goes down, what becomes of Sam? HBO, 8 p.m.

THE LAST AIRBENDER

THE world is divided into four kingdoms, each represented by the element they harness, and peace has lasted throughout the realms of Water, Air, Earth, and Fire under the supervision of the Avatar, a link to the spirit world and the only being capable of mastering the use of all four elements. When young Avatar Aang disappears, the Fire Nation launches an attack to eradicate all members of the Air Nomads to prevent interference in their future plans for world domination. 100 years pass and current Fire Lord Ozai continues to conquer and imprison anyone with elemental “bending” abilities in the Earth and Water Kingdoms, while siblings Katara and Sokka from a Southern Water Tribe find a mysterious boy trapped beneath the ice outside their village. Zee Studio, 11 p.m.

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KABIR a Casanovic film maker and screenwriter is making multiple films (GUNS Trilogy) based on a thief’s life and robberies, all achieving high success. In order to shoot his third installment (GUNS 3), he goes to Malaysia, where he meets a London based film-maker Ayesha Aamir . Kabir and Ayesha get friendly and soon fall in love. When Ayesha gets to know about Kabir’s casanova attitude, she breaks up with him and returns to London. Dejected Kabir goes into depression and returns back to Mumbai, leaving his film incomplete. Star Gold, 8 p.m.

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NIKHIL is a simple young man . He loves his hometown Samarpur , football matches , and the college his grandfather passed down to him as a legacy . Therefore when his girlfriend Neha tells him

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that if the wants to marry her he should leave Samarpur , Nikhil is dumbfounded . Neha secures admission in one of the prestigious air hostess training institutes in Mumbai . Nikhil travels all the way from Samarpur to Mumbai to bring Neha back , but Neha refuses to go back as she wants to build her career . Nikhil stays in Mumbai , hoping that one day Neha will understand his love for her and return with him . During his stay , two more girls come in his life - Sara , who works in the same music store with him; and Shagun, Nikhil’s hot-tempered neighbour.

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PYAARE MOHAN

INDIA’S underworld is ruled by Don Tony Fernandez and his brother Tiny. Tony decides that he has had enough, goes to confess in a Church, kills one of his men, and then gets himself killed via a car bomb. What the Indian authorities do not know is that Tony is alive and well, living in style in Bangkok, Thailand, along with Tiny. Then on a flight to Bangkok, a man named Dholakia, fearing that the plane is going crash, confesses to a priest that he is Tony, which is overheard by two sisters, Preeti and Piya Malhotra, who are headed to Bangkok to do a song and dance show. Tony kills the priest, and the police arrest the Malhotra sisters, and if found guilty, both will hang. B4U, 9 p.m.

CHORI MERA KAAM

BHOLA Nath is a young petty criminal/robber/pickpocket whom works with a female acomplice and his former lover, Sharmii.

Bhola unknowlingly is the illigetimate son of a police officer, named Kumar, whom has been tracking a shadowy gangster, named Amanarchard Rathore, whom Kumar imprisoned 20 years before and has now been paroled and resumed his life of crime. Bhola was abducted by Amanarchard’s henchmen as a little boy, but escaped and was raised by a veteran thief named ‘Mr. John,’ while his Lt. Kumar and his wife and other son have long belived that their other son was dead. Bhola and Sharmii stumble upon a manuscript for a book titled ‘Chori Mera Kaam’ during one of their robbery excursions belonging to Mr. John’s former partner in crime. CVO, 9 p.m .

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lot of excitement and buzz within the college. While some students plan a dance, some others plan skits and games. With all this an eventful night is definitely in store.

Manav Gohil who enacts the role of Yamraj said, “As we all know the celebrations during college were always the best and this stood true in our latest track also. The fresher’s party track is full of excitement and thrill. I had an awesome time with the students. There were remarkable dance performances by all. I felt like I have gone back in time and it felt awesome. I am sure viewers are in for a fun ride with us.”

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P.M. 2.00 Ka Re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Dil Dosti Duniyadari 4.00 Chala Hava Yeu Dya 5.00 Dil Dosti Duniyadari 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya ...

6.00 Ka Re Duraava 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Jai Malhar

Bear Grylls: Breaking Point, Discovery, 9 p.m.

3.00 How do They Do It 4.00 Bear Grylls: Breaking Point 5.00 Chaos Caught On Camera 6.00 Madagascar 7.00 You Have Been Warned 8.00 Man vs Expert 9.00 Bear Grylls: Breaking Point 10.00 Discovery Real Heroes 11.00 Chaos Caught On Camera P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30

6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30

SCIENCE

Manufactured Time Warp Build It Bigger How It’s Made How Tech Works Manufactured Time Warp Mega Builders How It’s Made Tech Toys 360 The Gadget Show Battle Factory How Tech Works

HISTORY

Unwrapped Bargain Gurus Ancient Aliens Biker Battleground Phoenix Bargain Gurus Dynamo: Magician Impossible Auction Kings Secrets of Branding Kings of Restoration Bargain Gurus Counting Cars IRT Deadliest Roads Bargain Gurus: Pawn Stars Bargain Gurus: Shipping

10.30 Paltan 11.00 HERA PEHRi: Film. Part II Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Sunil Shetty, Tabu

DDII (Metro Channel)

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

Dophar Samachar Mid Day News Sports News Rang Tarang Samachar.

News Samachar News News Healines Desh Pardesh Samachar News

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

Husn Ke Laakhon Rang Disappeared Tehkikaat Deadly Sins Cry Wolfe Disappeared Most Evil Dead of Night Who The (Bleep) Did I Marry

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 Ashes Classics 3.00 World Cup 15 h/ls Ind vs Zlim 3.30 Pro Kabaddi Superhits 4.00 Hey Buddy Khel Kabaddi 5.00 Cricket Legends 5.30 World Cup 15 h/ls Ind vs Wl 6.00 World Cup 15 h/ls semi final 1 NZ vs SA 6.30 NZ Tour of Eng 15 h/ls Tests Match Point 7.00 World Cup 15 h/ls Quarter final 2 Bang vs India 7.30 World Cup 15 h/ls Final Aus vs NZ 8.00 Hey Buddy Khel Kabaddi 9.00 Ashes Classics 10.00 Pro Kabaddi Superhits 10.30 NZ Tour of Eng 15 h/ls Tests Match Point 11.00 World Cup 15 h/ls semi final 1 NZ vs SA

STAR SPORTS3

P.M. 1.00 Indian Super League 14 h/ls 3.00 Cricket Legends 5.00 Pro Kabaddi Superhits 7.00 Indian Super League 14 h/ls:” Goa vs Delhi 7.30 Pro Kabaddi Superhits 8.00 World Cup 15 h/ls semi final 2: Aus vs India 8.30 Cricket Legends 9.00 World Cup 15 h/s India vs WI 10.00 Hey Buddy Khel Kabaddi 11.00 World Cup 15 h/ls er final 4: NZ vs WI

HBO

P.M. 12.30 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 3.15 Sex and The City 2 6.00 Kick Ass 8.00 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 10.55 Shanghai Knights A.M. 9.00 Abduction 10.55 The Hunger Games

P.M. 2.10 4.40 6.40 9.00 11.05 A.M. 7.15 9.15 P.M. 2.00 5.10 8.00 11.35 A.M. 8.20 11.05

Hera Pheri, DDI, 11 p.m.

8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

News Night (Hindi) News Night (English) Late Edition Khel Samachar Samachar

ZEE STUDIO

Pretty Woman Sniper 3 The Tuxedo The Karate Kid, Part III The Last Airbender

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 Oggy Special : I Love You O o o Olly!

3.00 Kid Krrish: Shakalaka Africa 4.30 Bas Karo Henry 5.00 Ben 10 Omniverse 5.30 Haddi Mera Buddy 6.00 Oggy and The Cockraoches 7.00 Teen Titans Go 7.30 Johnny Test 8.30 Roll No 21 9.00 Bhootraja Aur Ronnie 10.30 Courage the Cowadly Dog 11.00 Pokemon Black and White A.M. 8.00 Ben 10 8.30 Johnny Test 9.00 Courage the Cowadly Dog 9.30 Bhootraja Aur Ronnie 11.30 Bur Na Mano Olly Hai

POGO

P.M. 2.00 Tom and Jerry

Die Another Day IP Man Men In Black 3 Hancock Good Luck Chuck

Hancock The Thieves

STAR GOLD

Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya Tees Maar Khan Roy Kismat

The Last Airbender, Zee Studio, 11 p.m.

Qayamat: City Under Threat Mehndi

MAX

P.M 2.20 No Entry: Salman Khan 5.40 Vishwatma: Sunny Deol 9.00 Aan-Men At Work: Shatrughan Sinha

FILMY

P.M. 12.30 Aapas Ki Baat 5.00 Tum Haseen Main Jawan 8.30 Dil Maange More

B4U

P.M 12.00 Vinashak: Sunil Shetty 3.00 Karishma Kudrat Ka: Dharmendra 6.00 Acid Factory: Fardeen Khan 9.00 Pyaare Mohan: Fardeen Khan A.M. 7.30 Sungharsh: Dilip Kumar

CVO

P.M. 1.00 Suhaag: Akshay Kumar 4.30 Nishchaiy: Salman Khan 9.00 Chori Mera Kaam: Shashi Kapoor A.M. 9.30 Aap Mujhe Achche Lagen Lage: Hrithik R

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ZEE TALKIES

Halad Tuzhi Kunkoo Mazhe IPS Laxmi One Room Kitechen Taani:

PIX

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 2.50 5.45 9.00 A.M. 7.55 10.55

P.M. 2.00 4.30 7.00 9.30

101 Dalmatians Pretty Woman

P.M. 1.00 Raja Ki Aayegi Baarat: Rani Mukherjee 5.00 Veerta The Power: Allu Arjun 9.00 Meri Jung-One Man Army: Rahul Dev A.M. 10.00 Waqt Hamara Hai: Sunil Shetty

TEN CRICKET

P.M. 1.00 Best of Games of 2006 h/ls 5th ODI Pak vs India 3.00 SA Tour of SL 14 h/ls 4.00 Pak Tour of Sl 14 h/ls 1st Test 6.00 WI Tour of SA 14/15 h/ls 3rd T20

STARMOVIES

Resident Evil: Retribution Taken Spider Man X Men: First Class Lake Placid: The Final Chapter 11.00 Race to Witch Mountain A.M. 9.30 Blue Lagoon: The Awakening 11.30 Waterworld

P.M. 2.45 5.00 6.55 9.00 11.00 A.M. 8.40 10.45

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

Wars 11.00 Ancient Aliens

this superlative dancing that brings out the true essence of the art form. I am very excited to be a part of a show which is celebrating the talent of dance, by giving the next big dance superstars of the country a platform to create their own identity", D'Souza said in a statement. The Star Plus show will be a first of its kind that will have performances from all dancing spheres. The contestants can come in groups, as a couple or give solo performances. The auditions for the show will begin from June 3 and will happen in thirteen cities.

ZEE CLASSIC

Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan?

Prem Bandhan Satyam Shivam Sundaram Gopichand Jasoos Kunwara Baap

Roy, Star Gold, 8 p.m.

3.00 Mr Bean 4.00 Bheem Ki Teretsu Aur Hawaizaada 5.30 Chhota Bheem 6.30 Mighty Raju 7.00 Shaktimaan 8.00 Chhota Bheem 8.30 Tom and Jerry 9.30 Chhota Bheem 10.00 Scooby Doo 10.30 Chamki Ki Duniya 11.00 Thomas and Friends A.M. 8.00 Thomas and Friends 8.30 Chamki Ki Duniya 9.00 Scooby Doo 9.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon 10.30 Tom and Jerry 11.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon P.M. 12.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Doraemon Best of Luck Nikki Art Attack Doraemon Arjun: Prince of Bali Goldie Ahuja Matric Pass Best of Luck Nikki Maan Na Maan Main Tera Mehmaan 10.00 Zindagi Khattee Meethi 10.30 Lage Raho Chachu 11.00 Best of Luck Nikki A.M. 8.00 Doraemon Compile oh No! Jaiko 9.00 Art Attack 9.30 Doraemon

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GIGANTIKA CROSSWORD

ACROSS:

1.Advuce giver (10)

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16.Tasty tuber (4,9)

17.Fastest land animal (7)

18.Personal interpretation of the Bible (9)

20.Head of a group of nuns (6,8) 27.Academic period (8)

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30.Bengali poet- ‘Gurudev’(6)

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49.Red colour (7)

51.Legendary ghost ship (6,8)

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55.Cheap hotel (4,5) 58.Lewd pics (7)

60.Model activity (8,1,4) 61.Full of vigour (9)

62.Airport helper (6)

63.India’s capital (5)

64.Mix greens (4,1,5)

DOWN:

1.Fortune (6)

2.Steady courage (6,2,5) 3.Disturbed (5)

4.School employee (7)

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6.A part of (5)

22.Not smooth (6)

38.Imitated (6)

52.Tools of a mason (7)

9. Knee cap (7)

25.Detective’s garment (6,4)

44.Black-purple drupe (9)

54.Red flowers, usually (5)

7.Programming language (4,6) 10.Entanglement (9) 11.Lock of hair (5) 12.Cut of beef (7) 13.Expelled (7)

15.Time of day (3) 21.Mortify (9)

Good news!!! Now you can solve the ADC’s Gigantika crossword and submit it online. Just go to our website (www. afternoondc. in) or follow the given link. http://www. afternoondc. in/gigantika The format for submitting answers is simple and clearly given.

23.Bank’s benefit (8)

26.Flight attendant (10) 28.Straw (6)

31.Title for Khomeini (9) 32. ‘Happy————-’ (8)

33.European capital (6) 37.Moody person (13)

SEND YOUR ANSWER IN GIVEN FORMAT ACROSS 1. V I X E N 4. B R A I S E 7. C A R R I E R .........

DOWN 1. V A M P 2. X A N T H U R A 3. N O V E M B E R .............

42.Forfeit (9) 47.Pupil (7)

48.Lasted (7)

50.Turkish tobacco (7)

53.Enclosed (6) 56.Booze (5)

57.Lamb’s mom(3) 59.Wise men (5)

Solution (GIGANTIKA No. 243)

ACROSS: 1. With A Straw 5. Store 8. Strays 14.Ratnagiri 16.Presbyterians 17.Ageless 18.North Star 19.Natal 20.Vernier Caliper 24.Lioness 27.Uppercut 29.Strap 30.Settle 34.Manor 35.Godspeed 36.Placemat 39.Diesirae 40.Princess 41.Lithe 43.Noodge 45.Argue 46.Repartee 49.Article 51.I Beg Your Pardon 54.Shoot 55.Exuberant 58.Glimpse 60.Psychoanalyst 61.Predicate 62.Dressy 63.Betty 64.Port Cullis.

DOWN: 1.Warsaw 2.Title Sequence 3.Awake 4.Trieste 6.Teeth 7.Ruby Throat 9.Toronto 10.Apartment 11.Sisal 12.Sparkle 13.Sterile 15.Inn 21.No Parking 22.Cruddy 23.Patterns 25.Sweetheart 26.Prima Donna 28.Raglan 31.Escalator 32.Aperture 33.Alaska 37.Mother Of Pearl 38.Reseau 42.Articulate 44.Osteocyte 47.General 48.Dynasty 50.Catches 52.Pigment 53.Celebs 54.Sapid 56.Egypt 57.Tap 59.Iliau.

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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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Moon in Leo till 3.09 p.m.

Mahesh Navmi Purvaphalguni Sinh (Leo) M.T. Light Brown 6

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A beneficial period begins on your birthday this year. You will receive news of promotion or sudden gains through earlier transaction. A change of job or work, combined with a change of residence will bring about all round gains.

If you were having some personal problems these will now get resolved amicably. You will travel overseas for work-cum-holiday.

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

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You have to put in extra time to accomplish the task on hand and done full justice to it. You have a tendency to feel cheated or be taken for granted by others. You need to change your perspectives to suit the circumstances and change will be a step in the right direction. Normally you are not one to be tongue-tied but you could face a situation like that today when you meet a new over-whelming person.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You will encounter some problems at work. Before you get rattled and voice your discomfort wait until the afternoon for matters to resolve them self. In your eagerness to find a solution quick you could create further confusion for yourself in the bargain. You find that togetherness with your mate or beloved lackluster. Being depressed or bored with the way life is could be part of the problem.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): The financial benefits are likely to come through in form of a bonus and a substantial increment shortly. A small dispute with your employees can be settled if you have a frank chat keeping aside your ego and reservations. A policy of give and take will be more useful than a rigid preconceived approach. Any interviews appointments or negotiations will go well.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You will be at your best when dealing with people today. Your ideas and schemes will be received and accepted and will prove gainful. Meetings and social gatherings scheduled for today will go off very well. Plans for travel are indicated. You will get a nice surprise on finding a romantic interest coming from an area least expected. It will do your ego well if nothing else. Do not get too carried away or seriously involved as there are problems ahead in this association.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You have a lot to do today and there will be people who will try to take advantage of your good nature.

Be polite but firm and don’t let others waste your time. Do not go out of your way as it may setback schedules considerably.

The experience will help you to re evaluate a few things today. You share perfect rapport and understanding with your mate and enjoy delightful companionship.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Job seekers will get exciting offers. Those in creative field or dealing with sales and marketing are bound to do well and earn recognition.

Youngsters desirous of working in television media or airlines must meet the right people now to get some favorable response. You can get drawn into an alliance with a person difficult to forget. If you are prepared for the consequences then you can go ahead.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Your recent success in your particular field has spread your name far and wide. There will be many that would like to work with you and also meet you. Inquiries from overseas are worth considering and pursuing. Unexpected financial gains are also likely to come in. You will get a chance for doing something for someone special, which will bring you a lot of personal satisfaction and happiness.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Applications made for a job will bring favorable response.

Students will do very well in their written tests or interviews. Business people who may have been anxious about the falling profits will find new avenues to revive their sagging business. Grab the opportunity when it comes along. Plans for a quick get away with your beloved or mate is a good idea and a great possibility. It will give you quality time together.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Your finances need attention. Follow up dues and payments you are not short of money but you have to plan better returns. Your love for the family however should not result in a possessive feeling and a tendency to interfere and influence their personal decisions. If you are open you are sure to maintain a happy relationship and atmosphere at home.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): An important and prestigious deal or assignment could be offered to you. It is the beginning of rewarding phase. Matters concerning ancestral property, which has been dragging on, will go in your favor bringing an end to the prevailing tension. Everyone will be happy.

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): A dispute, or arbitration, will be settled in your favor. Begin with a clean slate and shed fixed ideas about work. Move with current trends and you will be surprised with support that you receive. With harmonious relationship re-established the family will be in mood to celebrate. You will enjoy moments of leisure. You will discover that the wait was worth it for your mate will respond with as much fervor.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Manage your own affairs at work rather than depend on others. Check out every phase of your work for there could be a tendency to make silly mistakes in your anxiety to get ahead quickly. You Have a way with people and will be making ample use of this quality with people you meet today.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5287 ACROSS: 1 Eleventh letter of Greek alphabet (6) 7 Flaming torch (8) 8 Hindu god of love (4) 10 Money-lender who charges excessive interest (6) 11 An outcast of society (6) 14 In the long ___ : eventually? (3) 16 Indian goddess of wealth (5) 17 The game __ __ : you are exposed, in a way? (2,2) 19 Projected through the air (5) 21 One of an ancient Celtic priesthood appearing in Irish and Welsh sagas as a magician (5) 22 Inhibit (5) 23 Green, in heraldry (4) 26 Caravansary (5) 28 Agreed (3) 29 XII (6) 30 Libertine (6) 31 Jazz singer __ James (4) 32 Major south Indian river? (8) 33 Not to remember, to overlook (6) DOWN: 1 Lapis ___ : bright blue gem or mineral (6) 2 Be strong, don't despair (4,2) 3 Not close at hand (4) 4 Pierced with a pointed object? (7) 5 Mix again (5) 6 Japanese dish (5) 8 Disease of the nervous system (4) 9 All NBA players (3) 12 Uncooked or informal? (3) 13 A secret or illicit love affair (5) 15 Hit hard (5) 18 Taming Of The ____ : Great Bard's famous comedy? (5) 19 Singing syllable (3) 20 In short, what's written on a tombstone (3)

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SUDOKU 2473 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:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: U equals D

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

21 ___ me mad : making me almost insane? (7) 22 Calorie in short or Calcutta in short? (3) 23 Quantity which has magnitude and direction (6) 24 Ms Deol or Ms Gupta of Bollywood

(4) 25 Point to be aimed at (6) 26 Puzzle (5) 27 Amitabh's leading lady in many a movie (5) 28 Nevertheless, all the same (3) 30 Vinland discoverer Ericson (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Alibi, 6 Kutch, 9 Equator, 10 Wards, 11 Lurks, 12 Jerks, 13 Funchal, 15 Anu, 17 Leek, 18 Stings, 19 Curia, 20 Wavers, 22 Suer, 24 Sly, 25 Shallop, 26 Asset, 27 Hutch, 28 Scrip, 29 Retinue, 30 Asked, 31 Edens.

DOWN: 2 League, 3 Bedeck, 4 Iqs, 5 Label, 6 Kolkata, 7 Urus, 8 Caking, 12 Janus, 13 Flows, 14 Nervy, 15 Annul, 16 Usurp, 18 Sight, 19 Crushed, 21 Albums, 22 Sliced, 23 Eonian, 25 Serif, 26 Acre, 28 Sue.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2292 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

U X M ' C C J O G X M G

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J V H J Q U

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Q M U Q E J C G U .

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.

Afternoon WORD MINE

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.

Today’s ratings: 03 average; 04 good; 05 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: cloy, cloying, comply, COMPLYING, copy, copying, imply, limy, lying, myopic, oily, only, pigmy, ploy, plying, policy, pony, pylon.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

ROHIT AS GROWN AS A CAPTAIN: TENDULKAR

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OLKATA: Former cricketer and Mumbai Indians icon Sachin Tendulkar has heaped praise on the IPL champion team's skipper Rohit Sharma, saying that he has grown as a leader over the years.

"If you compare him today with what he was when he started out as Mumbai Indians captain, he is a far better captain today. He is much more confident now. He has gone through a lot of ups and downs as MI's captain and has faced a lot of challenges. These challenges only make you a better cricketer and a tougher person," Tendulkar said.

Rohit led from the front in the final of IPL against Chennai Super Kings, scoring a half-century and putting on 119 runs with Lendl Simmons (68) to help Mumbai Indians post a massive 202 for five, and eventually win the trophy with a 41run victory.

"I think his execution has been particularly good this season. Whatever we planned in the meetings and dressing room, he has been able to execute them very well. You can tell a lot about the captain from the feedback the bowlers give you.

The bowlers bowl in the areas and execute the plans that the captain asks them to," Tendulkar told 'iplt20.Com'.

"We can plan many things behind closed doors but it is up to the captain, the bowlers and the fielders to bring it all together. Rohit has done that well," he insisted.

Tendulkar termed Mumbai Indians' amazing turnaround this season, after four straight losses, as "fantastic!".

At no stage any player was ready to put his head down thinking this is a difficult season and there is no future for us. We always saw the light at the end of the tunnel," Tendulkar said.

The retired Indian batsman said former Australia captain Ricky Ponting, who currently coaches Mumbai Indians, still has the same approach to the game as in his playing days.

"When we played against him, he always came across as a serious, fearless competitor who never wanted to give up. The same applied here. At no stage did he feel that we are out of the tournament.

We need positive people with good experience around, and Ricky doesn't lack in any of those departments."

Applauding Simmons, who seems to have solved the opening conundrum for Mumbai Indians, Tendulkar said, "I thought he batted beautifully throughout the tournament. He has been very consistent.

I also felt that the other players played really well around him. He was the anchor of our team and because of him all the other players had the freedom to go and express Cricketer Rohit Sharma and his fiancee Ritika Sajdeh during an awards function in themselves."

Mumbai on Monday.

Asked which Mumbai Indians players were the find of this edition "We had a difficult start, really could change things around. It is of IPL, Tendulkar said: "Some of the tough one. But those are the testing not how you start but how you fin- guys that played for MI for the first moments. That's when the team ish that matters," he added. time this season did extremely well stuck together and we worked hard.

The 42-year-old legendary bats- for us. The likes of J Suchith and This victory is not a coincidence; it man said his team never lost the Hardik Pandya were very impresis the reflection of all the hard work faith and belief even when they sive. Also, Vinay Kumar -- I know he that we have put in," said the leg- were losing back-to-back matches. is an experienced campaigner, but endary batsman.

"What stood out for me was the be- this was his first year for Mumbai "All of us truly believed that we lief and faith we had in our ability. Indians.

Guru, Pranaav- I look upto Dhoni’s leadership skills for inspiration: Holder Ashwini reach main N draw of Aus Open S YDNEY: Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusaidutt and mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Ashwini Ponnappa reached the main draw of the USD 750,000 Australian Open badminton tournament.

Guru, who had to endure a series of serious injuries of late, started his campaign with a bang as he brushed aside Malaysia's Ai Wei Jian 21-13 21-9 in the opening match, before prevailing over Japan's Kazumasa Sakai 2115 21-8 in the second clash of the qualifiers. Pranaav and Ashwini, too, made a positive start to their campaign in mixed doubles as they beat German combo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich 2119 21-17 in the first round. The Indian pair then defeated local shuttlers Cham Chen and Susan Wang 21-14 21-6 to make it to the main draw. Other Indians, including Olympic bronze medallist and defending champion Saina Nehwal, World no. 4 K Srikanth and Commonwealth Games champion P Kashyap, will start their campaign today.

Two-time World Championship bronze medallist, P V Sindhu and Commonwealth Games silver medallist duo of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, will also be seen in action today.

EW DELHI: Young West Indies ODI captain Jason Holder feels that his stint at Chennai Super Kings was a well spent one as he learnt about the nuances of captaincy from none other than India's limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

"MS is an influential figure. In true sense, he is a leader and I found that during my stint with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. As a captain, I have always looked upto MS's leadership qualities for inspiration," Holder told PTI during an interaction.

Asked which qualities of Dhoni he would like to imbibe in his captaincy, Holder said,"The manner in which Dhoni handles pressure is exceptional. That is the reason he has achieved so much while leading a team with players from different countries. There is so much to learn from him." The 23-year-old Holder is one of three international captains that West Indies have currently. For the record, he played for SunRisers Hyderabad during the 2014 IPL season but didn't take part in the IPL due to West Indies' international commitments.

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EW DELHI: India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan says his ability to deal with the "inevitable failure" has helped him immensely in his five-year-old international career.

"Now I am seen as a successful cricketer but the fact is that I have had more failure than success. You are bound to undergo hardships and it has been no different for me.

I have played about 60 odd games (ODIs) and scored only eight hundreds. A lot of the guys worry about their form, for me it is just about being persistent and patient," Dhawan told PTI after interacting with the kids at the Smile Foundation here.

With back-to-back cricket since the Australia tour last year, the Indian team has had a rather hectic schedule. Now that the IPL is over,

the team travels to Bangladesh next month for a short series.

Dhawan has been a regular member of the team in all formats ever since he made a sensational Test debut in 2013, scoring a sublime 187 against Australia at Mohali.

He has also experienced some dry patches since returning to the Indian team two years ago but he has overcome those testing times, the most recent being his impressive showing in the World Cup Down Under after struggling in the preceding Test and ODI series against Australia.

"You have to have the persistence power, something that has helped me out over the years to deal with failures," stressed Dhawan, who spent quality time with the kids, alongside his wife and son.

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Australian Bayliss appointed England head coach

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ONDON: England turned to the old enemy in an attempt to restore national pride as Trevor Bayliss became the first Australian to be appointed head coach of the team on Tuesday.

With an Ashes series against Australia looming on home soil in six weeks' time, the 52-year-old former Sri Lanka coach has been tasked with repairing battered reputations following England's 50 humiliation Down Under 16 months ago.

“What particularly excites me about the role is the chance to work with a very talented group of players. I firmly believe that the team has a bright future and I’ll be doing everything I can to help them realise their potential and achieve success on a consistent basis,” Bayliss said in a statement.

He succeeds Peter Moores, who was sacked earlier this month following England's dismal performance at this year's World Cup and a 1-1 draw in a test series in West Indies.

"Trevor has an outstanding record as coach, has global experience and is very highly regarded in the game," England's director of cricket Andrew Strauss said. "He has proved himself in both domestic and international cricket, has a strong reputation for man-management and has shown how to build winning teams in all three formats."

HUGE TASK Bayliss faces the huge task of instilling some stability into England after their 5-0 mauling in Australia led to a period of turbulence, with off-field matters drawing as many headlines as the team's miserable form on the pitch. During the past 18 months, controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen was sacked after the England management accused of him of being a divisive presence in the dressing room during the doomed 2013-14 Ashes series.

ECB managing director Paul Downton departed in April as he paid the price for England's failure to progress during the group stages of the World Cup. Moores was also axed for failing to guide England to a series win in the Caribbean against what many considered to be a weak West Indies team.

Former Australia fast bowler Jason Gillespie was expected to be appointed to the role after talks with Strauss last week but Bayliss was chosen for his proven track record as a coach.

He led Sri Lanka to the 2011 World Cup final and has twice won the Sheffield Shield with New South Wales.

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ARIS: Roland Garros was abuzz as Rafa Nadal's belated first appearance at this year's French Open loomed but it was less celebrated Spaniard David Ferrer who was first in action on Tuesday, bustling through to the second round.

Defending champion Nadal, looking to shake off a confidence crisis and win a record-extending 10th title here, topped a Court Phillipe Chatrier programme also featuring the man most likely to steal his crown, Novak Djokovic, and Serena Williams.

That trio own a combined 41 grand slam singles titles between them and while the day three schedule was heavily-loaded for those with tickets for the main showcourt, there was plenty of quality elsewhere around the grounds.

Seventh seed Ferrer, runner-up to Nadal two years ago, needed little more than an hour to thrash Slovakian Lukas Lacko 6-1 6-3 6-1, about the same time U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic required to hammer Dutchman Robin Haase 6-2 6-4 6-2.

Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova, the women's champion in 2009, was made to work hard by powerful Spain's Rafael Nadal and France's Quentin Halys pose for photographers Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens, prior to their first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris. winning 6-1 4-6 6-2.

Francesca Schiavone, another former women's singles At 33, seventh seed Ferrer is Nadal has earned in a decade champion, was also in action running out of time to embel- of unprecedented dominance later on an outside court as lish his admirable career with at the claycourt slam. the first round stretched into a major title but if he never Ferrer lost his opening serva third day. does, it will not be for the want ice game but was untroubled As an aperitif to the centre of trying. thereafter as he swept past the court menu, double WimbleThe 2013 runner-up racked world number 94. don champion Petra Kvitova up his 37th career win at Should Nadal fail to beat fought past New Zealander Roland Garros, second only teenage French wildcard Marina Erakovic 6-4 3-6 6-4. among Spaniards, to the 66 Quentin Halys, the world

number 296 later, and make it 67 Paris would probably come to a standstill.

Djokovic, bidding to complete his career grand slam and become the first man for 23 years to win the year's first two majors, faces Finnish veteran Jarkko Nieminen.

World number one Williams opens her quest for a third Roland Garros title against Czech qualifier Andrea Hlavackova.

KVITOVA STRUGGLES TO REACH SECOND ROUND IN PARIS Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova dug deep to reach the second round of the French Open as she laboured to a 6-4 3-6 6-4 victory against New Zealand's Marina Erakovic on Tuesday.

The double Wimbledon champion looked nothing like the player who defeated world number one Serena Williams en route to the Madrid Open claycourt title earlier this month as she put in a shaky performance on court Philippe Chatrier.

"I knew it would be difficult, I always struggle at the beginning of tournaments," Kvitova, who will next take on either France's Pauline Parmentier or Silvia Soler-Espinosa of Spain.

Kvitova was under early pressure, facing four break points in her first three service games with Erakovic grabbing the last one to go 3-2 up when the Czech double faulted.

Kvitova, however, broke back by converting her first break point in the eighth game as Erakovic sent a forehand just wide and the Czech went on to take the set on her opponent's serve.

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EW DELHI: In a surprise move, India axed ace drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh for the upcoming Hockey World League (HWL) Semifinal and the team's chief coach Paul van Ass justified the decision, saying it was a tactical move aimed at trying out "variations" ahead of the Rio Games.

Besides Rupinder, midfielder SK Uthappa, strikers Mandeep Singh and Satbir Singh were the other players to have been dropped from the national team for HWL Semi-final to be played in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20 to July 5.

Rupinder's axing came as a shock for all and sundry as over the last couple of years he became an integral part of the Indian team and also formed a formidable duo alongside VR Raghunath in the side's drag-flick department. But Van Ass clarified his choice and said by no means Rupinder was out of his scheme of things.

"Of course, I am aware about that (only one dragflicker in the team) but Jasjeet also has a good penalty corner. It's also time for us to try variations," the chief coach told reporters during a training session at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here.

"He (Rupinder) is not gone, he is not done. He didn't do anything wrong but we also have to be prepared for any eventuality. Let's be honest when Olympic starts and suppose your two drag-flickers are injured, what do you do then? So, it's always a threat and its good to try out something else now," Van Ass said.

All the four dropped players featured in last month's Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, where India finished a creditable third, and the fourmatch bilateral Test series

Mumbai’s Yuvraj Walmiki has made the cut to the Hockey World League (HWL) Semifinal to be played in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20 to July 5.

against Japan which India won 3-0. Talking about Uthappa's ouster from the team, Van Ass said: "It's not over for the boys, they are not gone. I think he (Uthappa) doesn't play the way he is supposed to. He is a big athelete, his body is very big but he doesn't use it too much.

I asked him to do that more and he can comeback again.

"During team selections you have to be your best and also you have to fit in the tactical plan of coach.

"Now we have a new core group of 33 and from that group I can always pick my players for a big tournament.

Those guys will have to fight for positions until the Olympics," he added.

The Team: GOALKEEPERS: PR Sreejesh, Harjot Singh.

DEFENDERS: Manpreet Singh, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh, VR Ragunath, Jasjit Singh Kular, Gurmail Singh. MIDFIELDERS: Gurbaj Singh, Dharamvir Singh, Sardar Singh, Chinglensana Singh, Lalit Upadhyay. FORWARDS: SV Sunil, Nikkin Thimmaiah, Yuvraj Walmiki, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh.

ONGC, Union Bank share points in 2-2 draw Top seed Banthia shocked by qualifier Nikit Reddy M

UMBAI: ONGC (Oil & Natural Gas Corporation) and Union Bank of India played out a 2-2 draw in an Elite Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association [MDFA] League played at the Goan Sports Association ground, Cross Maidan on Tuesday evening.

In an evenly contested encounter, Neehar Muskne, against the run of play hit the target to give Union Bank a 11th minute lead.

ONGC putting up a spirited fight back restored parity when international Tarif Ahmed found the back of the net in the 32nd minute. After three minutes on resumption, ONGC striker Askar V.S. scored to give his team the lead.

However, ONGC were unable to hold on to the advantage as

Union Bank came roaring back and managed to score the equaliser through Titus Uttankar in the 72nd minute.

Meanwhile in another Elite Div match, Dena Bank overcame Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) by a 1-0 margin with Saad Ansari scoring the lone goal in the 42nd minute at the Cooperage groundon Tuesday morning.

Results – Elite Div: Union Bank of India 2 (Neehar Muskne 11th, Titus Uttankar 72nd) drew with ONGC 2 (Tarif Ahmed 32nd, Askar V.S. 48th). Dena Bank 1 (Saad Ansari 42nd) beat RCF 0.

MALWANI, JUPITER WIN IN CONTRASTING STYLES Malwani FC and Jupiter SC in contrasting fashion won their

respective Third Division play-off matches of the Mumbai District Football Association League played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Tuesday evening.

Malwani scored a comfortable 4-1 win against Rahul Mitra Mandal, while Jupiter overcame Santacruz FC by a narrow 1-0 margin with striker Yagnik Holkar netted the winning goal.

For Malwani the goals came through the efforts of Moheeb Hussain who netted a brace and one each from Allwyn Dias and Ritesh Sathe, which sealed their win.

Results – Elite Div: Jupiter SC 1 (Yagnik Holkar) beat Santacruz FC 0. Malwani FC 4 (Moheeb Hussain 2, Allwyn Dias, Ritesh Sathe) beat Rahul Mitra Mandal 1 (Credon Fernandes).

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UMBAI: Top seed Siddhant Banthia of host state Maharashtra was toppled by qualifier Nikit Reddy in straight sets in the first round of the MSLTA-Yonex Sunrise Ramesh Desai Memorial under-16 nationals.

Reddy, from Telengana, scored a fluent 6-4 6-2 win to oust the off-colour Banthia and enter round two along with Rahul Shankar of Tamil Nadu who caused the second upset of the day by knocking out 16th seed Utkarsh Hhardwaj of Uttarakhand 7-5 6-3.

In other close matches, Maharashtra lad Atharva Sharma came back from being a set down to score a 2-6 6-4 6-3 win over Sathya Maran of Tamil Nadu.

Maharashtra girls Ashwagandha Parade, Kritika Chabbra, Sanya Singh and Pareen

Shivekar also made it to round two in the girls' section.

PARDESHI, DHONDAGE ADVANCE Current national champion Yogesh Pardeshi and his predecessor and Yogesh Dhondage advanced to the fourth round of the Swami Vivekanand Memorial State Ranking Carrom Tournament organized by the Bengal Club in Mumbai. In the women’s section seeded Neelam Ghodke (2) and Maitreyi Gogte (3) too continued their winning run.

Pardeshi routed Bhavesh Baria of Pune 25-0,25-22 while the other Yogesh was more ruthless in his decimation of city-mate Mahesh Bodase at 25-0, 25-0.

Shubhada Aphale led Neelam Ghodke by taking the first set 25-12 but Nelam came

back with vengeance claiming the next two25-5 and 25-3.

Mitreyi proved too strong for Janhavi Mor at 25-9 and 25-14.

SECOND WIN FOR GAVASKAR XI Gavaskar XI turned the tables on Tendulkar XI to grab a crucial first innings win and line themselves up for a tilt at the title in the Varroc Cup (U14) Cricket Tournament with a round to go against Baroda who are down at the cellar with two losses. Spin twins, Aaradhya Shinde (5/23) and Anuj Bhor (2/21) bowling left arm and off spin respectively, helped Gavaskar XI bounce back after being dismissed for 161 on day one.

Tendulkar XI resuming at 42 for no loss, they were soon in trouble as they lost the openers quickly.

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ONDON: Fernando Alonso made the right move in leaving Ferrari for McLaren even if he has yet to score a point this season, according to the man who has steered the Spaniard's Formula One career from the start.

Italian Flavio Briatore, the flamboyant and controversial former Renault team boss, told Reuters Alonso was happy to be back at the misfiring former champions and enjoying the challenge.

"I believe at one point in Ferrari it was over, from both sides. I believe it was a good change," the manager said of the move. McLaren is a serious team. Honda we know is a great company and we are there. I don't think the situation of (Australian Daniel) Ricciardo (at Red Bull) is better than that of Fernando. In Formula One at the moment you have one team and it's Mercedes.

Whatever other team you are second, and second is the first of the losers."

While Alonso has yet to score a point in his six races, Ferrari have been on the podium in every grand prix this season with the Spaniard's replacement Se-

bastian Vettel finishing second in Monaco on Sunday.

McLaren ended their drought in that race with Jenson Button finishing eighth.

Briatore, who was banned from Formula One after a 2008 Singapore Grand Prix race-fixing scandal but subsequently had the ruling overturned, felt Ferrari were still no closer to dethroning Mercedes even if they appeared to be more competitive. "(In qualifying) Vettel was seven tenths from Lewis (Hamilton) and last year Fernando was fifth (on the grid for Ferrari) and seven tenths (off pole)," he said, speaking at during the race weekend at the principality.

"Between Ferrari and Mercedes it is the same distance. The problem is three or four teams are not there any more. With Honda and McLaren, we have a better future."

ENGINE TROUBLE Honda have returned to Formula One this season to renew a partnership with McLaren that enjoyed rare dominance in the late 1980s when Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost were team mates.

ADRID: Just 366 days since delivering Real Madrid their muchawaited 10th Champions League title, Carlo Ancelotti became club president Florentino Perez's latest managerial victim as he was sacked on Monday.

Ancelotti, 55, ultimately paid for failing to build on the best run of results in the club's history, in late 2014, with no major trophy at the end of the season.

"During these two years, Carlo Ancelotti has earned the affection of the board and of myself personally, as well as all the fans," Perez told a news conference.

"But Real Madrid is extremely demanding and we believe it is time to give a new impulse that will allow us to win new titles and reach our maximum level."

Beaten by a treble-seeking Barcelona in La Liga and eliminated by city rivals Atletico Madrid in the Copa del Rey, Ancelotti's last chance of keeping his job was ended when one of his former clubs Juventus progressed to the Champions League final at Madrid's expense earlier this month.

Madrid had won the Club World Cup on a streak of 22 consecutive victories between September and December to add to the Copa del Rey and UEFA Super Cup in a record four-trophy haul in 2014.

At that point the Madrid press talked of a new contract for the Italian with the club keen for him to become their Sir Alex Ferguson, the legendary Scottish coach who spent 26 years in charge of Manchester United before re-

Prince Ali approached by individual offering votes Z

URICH: FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein's election team informed police after being approached by an individual who said he could deliver 47 votes at Friday's election, they said on Tuesday.

The approach was made in April and the individual also offered to provide "what appeared to be illegally obtained" information relating to the financial activities of FIFA president Sepp Blatter, his campaign added.

The individual was not identified, although the campaign said he was a third party, who was not part of FIFA nor connected to any national football association.

The matter was referred to Quest, a UK-based corporate intelligence firm, who were asked to contact the police and the offer was rejected.

FIFA's ethics committee,

however, was not informed.

"Our goal was not to create a campaign issue but to properly react to an approach made to us that appeared to involve criminal activity," Prince Ali's campaign said in a statement sent to Reuters.

"The campaign did not want to do anything that could jeopardise the police

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investigation "Because the claims made by the individual strongly suggested criminal acts, Quest referred the matter to the proper law enforcement authorities.

"We did not engage the FIFA Ethics Committee because the individuals concerned were third parties who were not part of FIFA, nor were they National Association representatives."

Quest, headed for former London police commissioner John Stevens said in a previous statement that Prince Ali had engaged them in January to ensure "the highest levels of integrity and ethical standards throughout his campaign for the presidency of FIFA".

"The individual's claims to have obtained information illegally are now under police investigation," Quest said.

During these two years, Carlo Ancelotti has earned the affection of the board and of myself personally, as well as all the fans. But Real Madrid is extremely demanding and we believe it is time to give a new impulse that will allow us to win new titles and reach our maximum level.

replace Jose Mourinho in 2013. Ancelotti perfectly fitted the profile needed by Madrid after Mourinho's three-year scorched earth policy left the club divided in the stands and the dressing room. Billed as the "peacemaker", Ancelotti united the dressing room and avoided the constant confrontation and controversy Mourinho sought.

Former AC Milan star Paolo Maldini once described Ancelotti as as "teddy bear" who never loses his temper. Even in his final days as Ancelotti's FLORENTINO PEREZ fate seemed sealed, with PRESIDENT, REAL MADRID media leaks linking Napoli's Spanish boss Rafael Benitez tiring in 2013. to his job, Ancelotti mainYet, just six months later, tained his dignity and inAncelotti won't even see out sisted he wanted to stay on. the final year of the deal he All of which leaves Perez in a signed when the European very uncomfortable situachampions poached him tion. Unusually for a departfrom Paris Saint-Germain to ing coach, the players and

fans were not calling for Ancelotti's head.

World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo increased the pressure on his president when he posted on his official Twitter account after Saturday's season-ending 7-3 demolition of Getafe: "Great coach and amazing person. Hope we work together next season."

According to a survey carried out by Madrid-based sports daily Marca, 73 percent of the club's members also wanted Ancelotti to stay.

Ultimately, though, Perez needed a scapegoat for the world's most expensively assembled squad failing to deliver when it mattered most.

Ancelotti does carry some of the blame for that failure. His reluctance to rotate his starstudded squad against even the weakest of opponents with many players coming off a World Cup that has left them short on gas at the business end of the season.

Moreover, despite winning titles in Italy, England and France, Ancelotti's overall league record is surprisingly poor. In 15 seasons in charge of Juventus, AC Milan, Chelsea, PSG and Madrid he has delivered the championship just three times.

In what turned out to be his final appearance in front of the media on Saturday, Ancelotti claimed the conquest of "La Decima" last season may have been the best moment in Real Madrid's history.

At a club with a famously short memory even that wasn't enough to save Ancelotti and Perez now has to find a successor to kick his under-performing galacticos into gear.

Perez said the new coach would be named next week.

‘Some Asian championship bound athletes yet to undergo dope tests’

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EW DELHI: At least 10 track and field athletes, mostly relay runners, are yet to undergo dope tests, though the Indian team for next month's Asian Championships in China leaves the country in three days' time, according to sources. This may lead to a situation where India sends athletes to the championships whose dope status is not known as it is unlikely to get the results of the tests conducted on them before their May 30 departure. The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has selected 20 athletes for the June 3-7 Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan and they will name the relay runners (men's and women's

4x100m and 4x400) after trials at NIS Patiala and Bangalore today.

It is learnt that the AFI has asked the NADA to take dope samples of the relay runners after the trials today and sources said that this was being done after some athletes, including women quartermilers, went missing when a World Anti-Doping Agency dope testing team visited the SAI-LNCPE, Thiruvananthapuram early this month.

Significantly, the trials of the women's 4x400m relay, which was earlier scheduled to be held in Thiruvananthapuram today, has been shifted to NIS Patiala. The quartermilers

camping at SAI-LNCPE, Thiruvananthapuram will now have trials at NIS Patiala where they will also give dope samples to a NADA team.

"It is not a secret that at least seven quartermilers went missing when a WADA team came calling at Thiruvananthapuram.

Somebody tipped them off and they left the center the day prior to the WADA team arrives," an athletics coach told PTI on the condition of anonymity. "NIS Patiala is a place where dope testing is done on a regular basis and it's more difficult to escape testing there than at Bangalore and T’thapuram camps," he said.

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