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KILLED AT REMAND HOME

BOY TORTURED, Pooja Mishra

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17-year-old boy arrested by the Powai Police on charges of a petty crime, was allegedly assaulted and tortured so mercilessly for nearly three hours at the David Sassoon Boys' Remand Home in Matunga, that he ultimately succumbed to his injuries at Nair Hospital on Thursday, the inconsolable juvenile's father Jameel Khan stated.

According to Jameel Khan, his son was arrested by the Powai Police on 20th April and was remanded to the Dongri remand home and then later shifted to

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David Sassoon Boys' Remand Home in Matunga, since he was a minor. Khan applied for his son's bail and he was released on bail after a month on 20th May. “My son complained of internal and external injuries on account of the beatings and torture he was subjected to by the other inmates in the remand home. I got him admitted to the Rajawadi Hospital and later on the doctors advice, my son was shifted to Nair Hospital for treatment. But he died while undergoing treatment there.”

The Shivaji Park police

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Who killed the 17-year-old boy who was taken to David Sassoon Boys’ Remand Home in Matunga by the police? He had been booked by the police for a petty crime. Police say he was beaten by the inmates of the remand home and killed

Gangrape at Dharavi Four men gangrape a 14-year-old girl in Dharavi.

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Decision on salt pan land soon

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tal clearance.

The saltpans are spread across Ghatkopar, Chembur, Wadala, Kanjurmarg, Bhandup, Mandale, Turbhe, Nahur and Mulund in eastern suburbs and at Dahisar, Mira Road, Bhayander, Malvani and Vihar in the western suburbs.

The salt work lands were leased out to by the state government to the BMC, in the late-19th and early20th centuries. Subsequently, the BMC sub-leased the land to various people on a 99-year lease, to manufacture salt. Though the lease is over in most cases, the lessees have not given up possession of the land.

In the 1970s and 80s, large housing colonies like Chheda Nagar were built on salt pans before construction was banned under CRZ rules. Subsequently salt manufacturers, brought hundreds of The over 2,000 acres of salt pan land in and around the metropolis is prime property. Workers accumulating the day’s yield at Wadala salt pans. court cases before various civil and revenue courts. Most of these are

By Raju Vernekar Raghu, Assistant Salt Commis- government and BMC goes ahead private development of salt pan still pending. Many of the saltpans sioner, Mumbai said that the role of with their plan, the city is doomed lands stretching to 2,177 hectares are now occupied by unauthorised he decision about transferring the Central Government is re- and it will mean more July 26, 2005- although there was no environmen- slums. over 2,000 acres of salt pan stricted to transferring the land to like disasters in the city. land in and around Mumbai, the state government and decision Debi Goenka, chief of the Conto Maharashtra Government for on this is expected very soon. servation Action Trust said, “the providing housing to the poor is exHowever Vanashakti, an NGO has Union Environment Ministry is yet pected to be taken soon by the already filed a writ petition in the to give environmental clearance for Union Commerce Ministry, even as Bombay High Court in anticipation utilising salt pan land for housenvironmentalists are all set to chal- of the decision. The petition is ing. Every city has its share of dissilenge the proposed decision in the slated to come up for hearing on pation spaces -wetlands, court.

June 11. D. Stalin, chief of wastelands, mangroves and salt pan The use of salt pan land is part of Vanashakti told ADC that many lands. These act like sponges and the Centre’s policy ‘From Hutments other NGOs are also joining the take the pressure out of the high to Tenements’ which envisages re- cause since the salt pans, with their tide. If the environment clearance is settling Mumbai’s over 80,000 slum- thick mangrove forests, are Mum- given we will fight it tooth and nail”. dwellers displaced by the various bai’s last defence against ocean It may be recalled that the then infrastructure projects. It may be re- flooding. A major portion of the prime minister Manmohan Singh, called that the decision to utilise 50 land is covered by Coastal Regula- in the wake of the 2005 floods, had per cent of the salt pan land was tory Zone (CRZ) rules and they form called for the expeditious transfer of taken by a committee set up by the part of the fragile ecosystem which salt pan lands to the state governearlier UPA Government. supports thousands of species of ment, in September 2006. In May Commenting on the issue C. animals, birds and fish. If the state 2008, the decks were cleared for the

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More than 10 families on hunger strike against builder

By Tariq Khan

due to ongoing construction work of the builder in Slum Colony of ore than 10 families are sitting Chembur. on hunger strike from last few Though the protesting families days near Chembur Swastik Park have written various letters against against one of the builders after Aayush Developer to BMC and contheir houses developed some cracks cern department yet no action has yet been taken against the builder.

“The walls of our houses developed some cracks after the builder started construction work in the area. He had assured us to repair Vikas Sabnis those cracks once his construction work gets over. But now he has denied his promise,” said one of the

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protesting family members Mahesh Ghodke.

“There are more than 200 families residing in the area and they will also be affected if the builder continues his construction work,” said Ghodke.

Speaking over the issue, police inspector of Chembur Police Bharat Pardesi said, ''We came to know about hunger strike. We have served them a notice warning not to disrupt law and order. We are looking into the matter and an appropriate action will be taken on time.”

Family members from the slum colony protesting new Swastik Park in Chembur.

The bags filled with salt

Dharmendra hospitalised V

eteran actor Dharmendra has been admitted to Breach Candy hospital here after he complained of weakness and shoulder pain. "Dharmendra was admitted on Wednesday night after he complained of pain in the right shoulder and weakness. He is here for overall health check up as well," Dr Sanjay Desai, orthopaedic, knee and shoulder specialist at Breach Candy Hospital, told PTI. "As of now he is fine, talking to everyone. There is nothing to worry," he said.

The 79-yearold actor is not likely to be discharged on Thursday as doctors are going to perform some tests on him. "We are doing some investigations like MRI, X-Ray and all.

Once the reports come, after that only we will be able to say something," Dr Desai said.

The actor is known for his acting in films like 'Bandini', 'Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya', 'Anpadh', 'Raja Jani', 'Seeta Aur Geeta', 'Sharafat', 'Jugnu',

GET WELL SOON... Dharmendra 'Charas', 'Azaad' and 'Sholay'.

In 1997, Dharmendra received the Film Fare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha from Bikaner constituency in Rajasthan from BJP. In 2012, he was honoured India's third highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan by the government.

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THE NEW KING OF MYSORE... Yaduveer Krishnanadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar during his Coronation Ceremony in Mysore, on Thursday.

Women more forgiving towards attractive men WOMEN are a lot more likely to put up with misbehaviour in a man if he is attractive, a new study has found.

Researchers at the Eastern Kentucky University in the US found that a woman's view of a man is influenced by how handsome and law-abiding he is.

In what is called the "halo effect," people warm up to others with positive characteristics, such as handsomeness.

The 'devil effect' or 'negative halo effect' comes into play when people assume that others possess

so-called 'bad' characteristics, based on traits such as unattractiveness.

Two male faces - one attractive, the other not bearing similar features were paired in two written scenarios. In the one, the man committed a major social no-no, in the other not.

The researchers found that whether a man transgressed a social norm was a much greater put-off than whether he was unattractive.

Normally women do not feel differently towards a homely man who toes the line.

The halo and devil effect often comes into play when people view others' profiles on online dating sites.

This will not be the case for an attractive men posting the same information, or unattractive ones who do not violate these norms.

25 Indian-Americans among 49 spelling bee semifinalists

AS many as 25 IndianAmericans have made it to the list of 49 semi-finalists of the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee, in yet another indication of their continued dominance in the prestigious annual contest.

These Indian-Americans would vie for top positions in the final of 88th Scripps

National Spelling Bee scheduled on Friday (India time).

For several years now, Indian-Americans have put up formidable challenges to their competitors and won most of the prestigious spelling awards in the United States.

Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, from St Louis, Missouri, who finished third last year, is considered favourite this year.

Sriram Hathwar, 12, and Ansun Sujoe were the joint winners last year.

Making her fifth appearance to the Spelling Bee, 13-year- old Vanya Shivashankar from Kansas is another front-runner.

Vanya previously competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Vishwanath Salian | ADC

STANDING TALL... Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan unfurled one of the tallest National Flag at Vallabh Park, Mantralaya in Bhopal on Wednesday evening. This Flag's height is 235 ft and measures 60ft x 90ft and is second tallest flag in the country.

LEADING THE WAY... Nita Ambani, wife of RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani and chairperson of Indian Super League, being escorted by none other than masterblaster and Bharat Ratna awardee, Sachin Tendulkar, at the launch of ‘Jio Gardens’, at the BKC, on Wednesday.

2010, 2012 (tied for 10th place), 2013 (tied for 5th place) and 2014 (tied for 13th place).

Her elder sister, Kavya, won the 2009 championship.

The National Spelling Bee started in 1925 with nine contestants.

Within the US, all 50

states are represented this year, along with competitors from the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Department of Defence Schools in Europe.

This year the winner will get a cash prize of some US $35,000.

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Mr. Smeet Dinesh Vyas to Mr. Smit Dinesh Vyas as per Deed Poll Affidavit dtd 13th May, 2015.

C-10325 I have changed my name from Mr. Dineshbhai Maganlal Vyas to Mr. Dinesh Maganlal Vyas as per Deed Poll Affidavit dtd 13th May, 2015.

C-10326 I have changed my name from Rajat Vijay Shah to Dev Vijay Shah as per Maha. Govt.

Gazette No. (X-36728).

C-10327 I have changed my name from Zareena Shaikh Ibrahim to Zarina Rony Britto as per Affidavit Dated 26/05/2015.

C-10328 I have changed my name from Mohamed Awez to Mohammed Owais Aziz Noorani as per Affidavit Dated 27/05/2015.

C-10329 I have changed my name from Sunita to Sunitha Babu Karkera as per Affidavit Dated 27/05/2015.

C-10330 I have changed my name from Sakiulla Ismail, to ‘Mr. Shafiyullah Ismail’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/2015.

C-10331 I have changed my name from Shafiullahi Ismail, to ‘Mr. Shafiyullah Ismail’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/2015.

C-10332 I have changed my name from Shafiyaulla Ismail Saheb, to ‘Mr. Shafiyullah Ismail’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/2015.

C-10333 I have changed my name from Emilie Lionel Rodrigues, to ‘Emily Lionel Rodrigues’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (M-151375) Dated: 07/05/2015.

C-10334 I have changed my name from Akash, to ‘Akash Yadav’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 52564) Dated: 19/02/2015.

C-10335 I have changed my name from Chandrakala Krishna Nagpure, to ‘Chanda Hrudaynath Dekate’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 28/05/2015.

C-10336 I have changed my name from Shivani Nadeem Iqbal, to ‘Sivani Nadeem Iqbal’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 15/05/2015.

C-10337 I have changed my name from Ansari Julaha Mohd Nasir Mohd Shaikh, to ‘Ansari Mohammed Nasir’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 15/05/2015.

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Narayanprasad Rajkumartibrewal Agarwal to Narayan Rajkumar Tibrewala vide Maha. Govt.

Gazette dated Jan 1-7, 2015.

C-10339 We Mr. Pradeep Purshottam Indulkar & Mrs. Pranali Pradeep Indulkar have changed our minor son’s name from Om Pradeep Indulkar to Raj Pradeep Indulkar vide Affidavit dated 27.5.2015.

C-10340 I Prafullata Prabhakar Bobhate have changed my name to Vaishnavi Vishnu Swar vide Maha. Govt. Gazette (X-1100) dt. 29.4.1993.

C-10341 I have changed my name from Dhimantbhai Balashanker Desai to Dhimant Balashankar Desai as per Affidavit.

C-10342 I have changed my name from Dilraj Bhamrah Singh to Dilraj Singh Gurubachan Singh Bhamrah as per Deed Poll Affidavit No. MM 863078 dated 28/5/2015.

C-10343 I have changed my name from Jehan Subhasish Das to Zehaan Subhasish Das as per Gazette No. U-17438.

C-10344 I have changed my name from Pratibha Babu Kamble to Angela Allwyn Dsouza vide Govt of Maharashtra Gazette No. ( X-57577).

C-10345 I have changed my name from Jaswant Sing Nirmal Sing to Jasbirkaur Jassi vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit No. (MR 163587).

C-10346 I have changed my name from Nirmal Sing to Nirmalsingh Jassi vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit No. (MR 163588).

C-10347 I have changed my name from S. Sangeetha to Sangeeta Shaktivel Mudaliyar vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit No. (MR 321005).

C-10348 I have changed my name from Ravi Prabhudas Lakhani to Ravi Prabhu Lakhani vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit No. (MB 739993).

C-10349 I have changed my name from Prativa Sinha to Pratibha Sinha vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit No. (MT 428450).

C-10350 I have changed my name from Vishal Prakash Singh to Vishal Shivprakash Singh vide Govt of Maharashtra Affidavit No. (28AA 323397).

C-10351 I have changed my name from Arbaaz Sajid Hussain to Arbaaz Sajid Sayed as per Court Affidavit.

C-10352 I have changed my name from Rubina Sajid Hussain to Rubina Sajid Sayed as per Court Affidavit.

C-10353 I have changed my name from Sajid Hussain to Sajid Sayed as per Court Affidavit.

C-10354

I have changed my name from Ruma Sajid Sayed to Kehkasha Altaf Patni as per Court Affidavit.

C-10355 I have changed my name from Altaf Ebrahim Khanji Patni to Altaf Ibrahim Khanji Patni as per Court Affidavit.

C-10356 I have changed my name from Manvarlal alias Manoharlal Hotchand Melwani to Manohar Hotchand Melwani by virtue of Deed Poll Affidavit.

C-10357 I have changed my name from Mohamed Umer Shaikh Mohamed to Mohamed Umer Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 26/5/2015.

C-10358 I have changed my name from Mohammad Ansari to Mohammad Hussain Ansari as per Affidavit dated 23/5/2014.

C-10359 I have changed my name from Huseian Noor Mohd Khan to Razahussain Ansari as per Affidavit dated 23/5/2014.

C-10360 I have changed my name from Nehaz to Nihar Razahussain Ansari as per Affidavit dated 23/5/2014.

C-10361 I have changed my name from “Neelam” to “Neelam Bapna” as per Affidavit.

C-10362 I have changed my name from “Santosh Kumar” to “Sanjay Bapna” as per Affidavit.

C-10363 I have changed my name from “Sanjay Kumar Bapna” to Sanjay Bapna as per Affidavit.

C-10364 I have changed my name from “Ilarin Francis Pereira” to “Elena Pascoal Feranades” as per Affidavit.

C-10365 I have changed my name from “Parshuram Subhash Gadkar” to Parshuram Subhash Gadkari as per Affidavit.

C-10366 I have changed my name from “Rohini Parshuram Gadkar” to “Rohini Parshuram Gadkari” as per Affidavit.

C-10367 I have changed my name from Sabbir Yunus Shaikh to Sabir Shaikh Yunus Dhopawkar as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10368 I have changed my name from Mohd Tahir Sabbir Shaikh to Mohd Tahir Sabir Shaikh Dhopawkar as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10369 I have changed my name from Amira Sabbir Shaikh to Amira Sabir Shaikh Dhopawkar as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10370

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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 I have changed my name from Mohamed Akbar Amin Shaikh to Akbar Ali Amin Shaikh as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10373

I have changed my name from Raice Ahmed Sheikh to Raees Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10390

I have changed my name from Rajashekhar Sharanappa Saraf to Rajshekhar Sharanappa Saraf as per Affidavit C-10408

I have changed my name from Sanjay Dandu to Sanjeev Dandu as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10374

I have changed my name from Shabnam Mohammed Siddique Padiyar to Shabnam Mohammed Siddique Parihar as per Affidavit.

C-10391

I have changed my name from Sarbaaz Khan Pathan to Shabaz Ayub Khan by Deed Poll Affidavit C-10375

I have changed my name from Soyal to Sohail Abdul Kadir Kadvekar as per Affidavit.

C-10392

I have changed my name from Mr. Ligin Joshua Koshy Mathew to Mr.Ligin Koshy Mathew as per Affidavit C-10410

I have changed my name from Humara Qurashi Anwar Qureshi to Humera Samir Khan

by Deed Poll Affidavit.

C-10376

I have changed my name from Kadir I Kuduwekam to Abdul Kadar Kadvekar as per Affidavit.

C-10393

I have changed my name from Mirabai Anantrao Kulkarni to Meera Anant Velhankar as per Affidavit C-10411

I have changed my name from Marshall to Marshal William Massy as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10377

I have changed my name from Kanum to Khairunnissa Kadvekar as per Affidavit.

C-10394

I have changed my name from Pushpaben Manaharlal Thakkar to Pushpa Manaharlal Thakkar as per Affidavit C-10412

I have changed my name from Rahim Shaikh to Rehan Abdul Rahim Shaikh as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10378

I have changed my name from Mukhtar Ahmad Murtuza Husain to Mukhtar Ahmad Murtuza Husain Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-10395

I have changed my name from Nayankumar Bharatbhai Patel to Nayan Bharatbhai Patel as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10379

I have changed my name from Fareeda to Fareeda Bano Shamsuddin Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-10396

I have changed my name from Sikkander Basha to Sikandar Basha as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10380

I have changed my name from Aasif Rasul Sheikh to Asif Rasool Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10397

I have changed my name from Sikkanther Batcha Abdulla Bhai to Sikander Basha as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10381

I have changed my name from Maya Shamdas alias Shyamlal Bhojwani to Maya Shamdas Rijhwani as per Affidavit.

C-10398

I Raxaben Subhash Shah have changed my name to Raksha Subhash Shah as per Deedpoll Dated: 15 May 2015.

C-10382

I have changed my name from Vishnukumar alias Vishnumal Namomal Sukhani to Vishnu Namomal Sukhani as per Affidavit.

C-10399

I Jaynab Sagir Ahmad Shaikh have changed my name to Zainab Sagir Ahmad Shaikh as per Affidavit dated – 26/5/2015.

C-10383

I have changed my name from Simol Rajkumar Jaiswal to Simol Rajkumar Kalwar as per Affidavit.

C-10400

I Fazal Ahmad Sagar Ahmad have changed my name to Fazal Ahmad Sagir Ahmad Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 26/5/2015.

C-10384

I have changed my name from Achira Proshanta Datta to Achira Dutta as per Affidavit.

C-10401

I have changed my name from Shakuntala Gopal Salunke to Sushma Gopal Salunke as per Affidavit.

C-10385 I have changed my name from Sandeepkumar Jayantilal Raval to Sandeep Jayantilal Raval as per Affidavit C-10386 I have changed my name from Priti Dayanand Rane to Devaki Deepak Parab as per Affidavit C-10387

I have changed my name from Raju Ainshiram Panjwani to Rajkumar Ainshiram Panjwani as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10371

I have changed my name from Parain Banoo Abdul Rehman to Parven Abdul Rehman Hadwani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10388

I have changed my name from Kirti Pradeep Chawla to Kapil Pradeep Chawla as per the Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10372

I have changed my name from Naseer Ahmed Sheikh to Naseer Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10389

I have changed my name from Kishor Shirprasad Sharma to Kishore Kumar Shivprasad Sharma as per Affidavit C-10402 I have changed my name from Rajani Kishore Sharma to Rajni Kishore Kumar Sharma as per Affidavit C-10403 I have changed my name from Tina Sanjay Gada to Teena Sanjay Gada as per Affidavit C-10404 I have changed my name from Surendra Singh Chaurasia to Surendra Chaurasia as per Affidavit C-10405 I have changed my name from Sagir Shah to Sagir Ahmed Shah as per Affidavit C-10406 I have changed my name from Ram Tapeshwar Dixit to Ramtapasya Dixit as per Affidavit C-10407

I have changed my name from Mr.Adil Ahmed Mubin Shaikh to Mr.Adil Mubin Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10409

I have changed my name from Anuch Prakash Kapre to Anuj Prakash Kapure as per Affidavit C-10413 I have changed my name from Lakshmie Samanmalie Sandhya Manamperi to Lakshmie Sandhya Manamperi as per Affidavit C-10414 I have changed my name from Yallapa Shivling Harale to Ravi Shivling Harale as per Affidavit C-10415 I have changed my name from Pramoth Apparambath to Pramod Prabhakar Nair as per Affidavit C-10416 I have changed my name from Sharma Ajaykumar Juthan to Ajay Juthan Sharma as per Affidavit C-10417 I have changed my name from Cecilia John Dsouza to Cicil Peter Gonsalves as per Affidavit C-10418 I have changed my name from Rameshkumar Mohanlal to Ramesh Mohanlal Solanki as per Affidavit C-10419 I have changed my name from Saroja Gopilal to Saroj Ramesh Solanki as per Affidavit C-10420 I have changed my name from Abdul Rahim to Abdul Rahim Ansari as per Affidavit Dated 28/05/2015 C-10421 I have changed my name from Meenakshikumari Kantilal Jain to Meenakshi Surendra Sanghavi as per Affidavit C-10422 We Mr. Parag Girish Gandhi and Mrs. Meera Parag Gandhi have changed our child’s name from Prem Parag Ganghi to Prem Parag Gandhi as per Affidavit C-10423 I have changed my name from Zaibunnissa Salim Shaikh & Jaibunissa Salim Sheikh to Jebunnisha Salim Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10424

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Sena takes pot-shots at BJP as Amit Shah says no to separate Vidarbha state

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tomming about a separate Vidarbha has been pierced now fter having given a cold by the goldsmith. In an enshoulder to Prime Min- dorsement of the BJP presiister Narendra Modi led dent, it has remarked that it government completing one treats the words of Shah as year in office on May 26, the having spoken on behalf of Shiv Sena yesterday broke its Prime Minister Narendra silence as Bharatiya Janata Modi.

Party (BJP) president Amit Terming BJP president Shah announced that the Amit Shahs remarks as “Amitissue of separate statehood vani,” the Sena said that the for Vidarbha was never pro-Vidarbha supporters had promised. Taking pot-shots been flogging a dead horse all at its ally in government in along and had insulted the yesterdays party mouthpiece memorial erected to com'Saamana', Sena in a sarcas- memorate the 105 martyrs tic tone remarked that the who sacrificed their lives for ears of those who were tom the creation of an unified Ma-

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harashtra. It alleged that some business minded people were out to wipe out the existence of an unified Maharashtra. Terming it as a victory of the their stand, the Sena added that even BJPs Union Minister for Urban Development M Venkaiah Naidu too had stated that the BJP was not going to press the issue any further.

Drawing parallels with the separatist leaders from Jammu and Kashmir demanding independent Kashmir, it argued that the issue of separate Vidarbha was also similar. It added that even

after years of ranting about independence for Kashmir supported by Pakistan, the same has not happened. The Sena has remarked that states and countries are not broken apart merely on the basis of speeches and manifestos.

During elections BJP leaders like Nitin Gadkari, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Sudhir Mungantiwar had been making statements that once BJP comes to power in center and the state they will create a separate Vidarbha.

Stating that it did not treat the remarks of Shah and

MPLAD funds sanctioned for 30 LS MPs from Maharashtra, some remains unspent The MPLAD scheme, started 23 years ago, entitles Lok Sabha MPs to an allocation of Rs.10 crore each

more alarming is that according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation yesterday, hardly any amount has been sanctioned by the ministry. The most aggrieved of the lot include – Arvind Sawant (Sena, South Mumbai), Dr Pritam Munde (BJP,

By Prashant Hamine Beed) and Union minister Anant Geete (Sena, Raigad). t least 30 Lok Sabha MemOn the other hand seven bers of Parliament from Lok Sabha MPs from MahaMaharashtra in the current rashtra have been on a spend16th Lok Sabha still have ing spree as far as spending Rs.134.10 crore amount from their MPLAD funds. The list the MP Local Area Develop- includes – Dilipkumar Gandhi ment (MPLAD) scheme ear- (BJP, Ahmednagar), Sanjay marked as “unspent”. What is Dhotre (BJP, Akola), Chan-

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drakant Khaire (Sena, Aurangabad), Shrirang Barne (Sena, Maval), Shivajirao Adhalrao (Sena, Shirur), Union minister Nitin Gadkari (BJP, Nagpur) and Vinayak Raut (Sena, Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg).

Under the MPLAD scheme which was started 23 years ago, the Lok Sabha MPs are entitled to a allocation of Rs 10 crore each. The MPs are empowered to recommend to their respective district administrations to spend the amount on issues like water supply, roads, sanitation, power and social work. According to sources in Mantralaya, the amount is al-

located to the respective district collectors falling under the respective Lok Sabha constituencies of the concerned MP. The amount is spent on the works recommended by the MP. Sources added that currently it might show hardly any amount is being spent by the MPs from their MPLAD scheme as it takes time for the amount to be sanctioned and it being spent.

According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation a total sum of Rs 480 crore has been sanctioned for all the 48 Lok Sabha MP's from Maharashtra, out of this amount only Rs.71.58

Panelists urge govt to impose ban on tobacco

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octors at Tata Memorial Hospital at Parel along with experts from the field of law and administration made a request to both the State and Central governments on Thursday to stop the illicit trade of tobacco products.

There was also a panel discussion during the event wherein various aspects about the tobacco industry were raised.

Dr. Kailash Sharma, Director (Academics) at Tata Memorial Hospital spoke about the illegal tobacco industry, the need to bring amendments to the Factories Act, 1948 to add the beedi industry under the hazardous category, the need to regularise production of tobacco crops and the need to increase taxes on tobacco products.

He also spoke on the need for

better pictorial warnings on such products. “We have sent a proposal to the government for better pictorial representation of warning labels on tobacco products. While smoking products have such warning labels, non-smoking products which are chewed like gutka and mawa don't have the same. Also, raw tobacco that is sold to people at lower prices doesn't have such warnings and which is illegal,” said Dr. Sharma.

The panellists who were present in the discussion with Dr. Sharma include Commissioner of Sales Tax in Maharashtra Rajiv Jalota, Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise in Mumbai Suresh Kishnani, President of Action Council against Tobacco (ACT) India Dr. Prakash Gupta and advocate Farida Poonawala.

They discussed on various

issues like hazardous effect of mawa which is being sold in Marathwada and Vidharbha regions, the violation of law by beedi industry besides highlighting the current antitobacco laws in India.

One of the panellists, Dr. Gupta drew comparison between opium and tobacco.

“While opium has many medicinal benefits, there are many restrictions on it at present in India. But tobacco which has no medicinal benefits doesn't have too many restrictions,” said Dr Gupta.

Meanwhile, Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Head and Neck Oncologist at Tata Memorial Hospital said, “In Maharashtra alone, 31.4 percent of the population consumes tobacco. Among these, 90 percent of the population chews tobacco while the rest smoke.

The government hasn't given

too much emphasis on curbing people from chewing tobacco than smoking it. It should start taking steps towards it,” said Dr. Chaturvedi.

When asked about encouraging pictorial warnings on loose cigarettes, Dr. Chaturvedi said, “That will actually legalise the sale of loose cigarette which is what we don't plan to encourage.”

Jalota refrained to comment on anything related to the Goods & Services Tax (GST) Bill as it was too early to comment on it. Doctors from the hospital will be campaigning in Marathwada and Vidharbha regions throughout the year raising awareness and helping people to let go of their addiction of mawa and gutka. The doctors will also be campaigning to ban the sale of loose cigarettes in Maharashtra.

crore has been actually sanctioned. A paltry sum of just Rs.18.73 crore of the total sum has been so far spent since the first session of the 16th Lok Sabha was held on June 4, 2014.

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Naidu as a somersault, it added that like the stand taken on Kashmir and Vidarbha, it hoped that the BJP will take a practical stand on the issue of Jaitapur nuclear power plant. It added that if they do so then the people of Maharashtra would take out a procession of the two on an elephant back.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Dhiren Patrawala to Dhirendra Patrawala as per Affidavit C-10425 I have changed my name from Sunil Anant Madhalkar to Sunil Anant Madyalkar as per Affidavit C-10426 I have changed my name from Abha Vishnu Kapoor to Abha Kapoor as per Affidavit C-10427 I have changed my name from Lata Mohanlal to Lata Mohanlal Punjabi as per Affidavit C-10428 I have changed my name from Reshma Banu Ismail Sharif to Rehana Fatima Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10429 I have changed my name from Ashakumari Manilal Shethia to Asha Dilip Gala as per Affidavit C-10430 I have changed my name from Dilipkumar Damji Gala to Dilip Damji Gala as per Affidavit C-10431 I have changed my name from Vandana Raghunath Shinde to Priya Pradip Bhosale as per Affidavit C-10432 I have changed my name from Pradipkumar Amrut Bhosale to Pradip Amrut Bhosale as per Affidavit C-10433 I have changed my name from Kushal Tulsidas Arora to Kushalchand Tulsidas Arora as per Affidavit C-10434 I have changed my name from Ashfaque Begum Rafique Kapdi to Ashfaq Rafiq Kapdi as per Affidavit C-10435 I have changed my name from Rijok Rajan to Rijo Rajanpapan Kinaruvila as per Affidavit C-10436 I have changed my name from Susamma Rajan to Suja Rajanpapan Kinaruvila as per Affidavit C-10437

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Praveena Vivette Domingo to Praveena Domingo as per Affidavit C-10444 I have changed my name from Shivaram Balakrishna Bhandary to Shivram Balakrishna Bhandary as per Affidavit C-10445 I have changed my name from Jayalashmi Jagannathan to Jayalakshmi Jagannathan as per Affidavit C-10446 I have changed my name from Raju Purna Bahadur to Raju Purna Ghale as per Affidavit C-10447 I have changed my name from Anurudh Shingh to Aniruddh Singh as per Affidavit C-10448

I Miss. Surekha Motiram Toraskar have changed my name to Mrs. Deepika Digambar Deulkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 28/05/15 C-10462 I Miss. Neetaben Hasmukhlal Gopani have changed my name to Mrs. Neeta Mayur Dagli as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 28/05/15 C-10463 I Mast. Mayur Mahasukhlal Dagali have changed my name to Mr. Mayur Mahasukhlal Dagli as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 28/05/15 C-10464 I Vidya Kirit Shah have changed my name to Shraddha Kirit Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 28/05/15 C-10465

I have changed my name from Yogesh Hanumant Mhamunkar to Yogesh Hanumant Mahamunkar as per Affidavit C-10449

I Mrs. Ranjanben Ramnibhai Satra have changed my name to Mrs. Ranjan Ramnik Satra as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/15 C-10466

We Mr. Tamajit Mukherjee and Mrs. Paramita Mukherjee have changed our minor child name from Diptayan Mukhopadhyay to Diptayan Mukherjee as per Affidavit C-10450

I Miss. Satyabhama Janardan Akolkar have changed my name to Mrs. Sushila Ram Kshirsagar as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/2015 C-10467

I have changed my name from Michelle to Mitchelle Fabian Almeida as per Affidavit C-10451 I have changed my name from Mr. Nisar Mohiddin Nagoor to Mr. Nisar Ahmed Mohiddin Nagoor as per Affidavit.

C-10452 I have changed my name from Mr. Mahd Akhalakh Mahd Amin Shaikh to Mr. Mohammed Akhlakh Mohammed Amin Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10453 I have changed my name from Maxon Vijay Appa to Maxson Vijay Appa as per Affidavit.

C-10454 I have changed my name from Asique Husain Maqsood Husain to Ashiq Hussain Maqsood Hussain Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10455

I Femi James have changed my name to Femi James Pellissery as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10468 I Avinash Dasharathkoli have changed my name to Avinash Dasharath Patil as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10469 I Daxa Gamanlal Rasania have changed my name to Amruta Mahendra Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 28/05/15 C-10470 I Ashok Kumar have changed my name to Ashok Kumar Tiwari as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/15 C-10471 I Samsunissa have changed my name to Shamsunnisa Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10472 I Saruddin Abasali have changed my name to Sheruddin Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10473

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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 I Mairunisha Gouse Ahemed @ Meher Gause Ahemed Shaikh have changed my name to Mairunisa Mohammad Gaus as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10480 I Gouse Ahemed Abdul Raheman @ Gause Ahemed Shaikh have changed my name to Mohammad Gaus Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10481 I Parvin Farukh Sheikh have changed my name to Parveen Sirajuddin Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10482 I Foramben Jayanti Gala have changed my name to Foram Hitesh Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10483 I Lilavati Nensi Gada @ Leelawati Nansi Gadda @ Leelawanti Nenshi Gada have changed my name to Lilavanti Nenshi Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10484 I Mohit Naresh Chavan have changed my name to Mohit Naresh Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10485 I Naresh Chavan have changed my name to Naresh Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10486 I Darshana Naresh Chavan have changed my name to Darshana Naresh Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10487 I Nensi Gada @ Nansi Gadda have changed my name to Nenshi Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10488 I Gopal Gada @ Babubhai Gada @ Babubhai Gadda have changed my name to Babulal Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10489 I Dhavani Nansi Gadda have changed my name to Kinjal Nenshi Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10490 I Prabhavatiben Premji Savla have changed my name to Prabhavati Virji Gada as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10491

I have changed my name from Sasi to Sasindran Vasu Moothery as per Affidavit C-10438

I have changed my name from Bilal Mohammed to Bilal Ahmed Riyaz Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit.

C-10456

I Afsarunnisa have changed my name to Afsarunnisa Sheruddin Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10474

I have changed my name from Usha Umaji Dhengle to Zulekha Akhtar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10439

I have changed my name from Mohammad Mukhtar Ahmad to Md Mukhtar Ahmad Zamirrudin Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10457

I Mahenaaz Khan have changed my name to Mahenaaz Bano Naziruddin Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10475

I have changed my name from Zubedabi Mohamed Ismail to Zubedabi Mohamed Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10440

I have changed my name from Faimidabanu to Fahmida Aboozar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-10458

I Mo. Modssir have changed my name to Mohammed Mudassir Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10476

I have changed my name from Mohamed Mustaqim Khan to Mustaqim Khan as per Affidavit C-10441

I have changed my name from Shabina Bano Gulam Mohemmed to Shabina Guiana Mohammed as per Affidavit.

C-10459

I Mohammed Tauwab have changed my name to Mohammed Tawwab Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10477

I Ayub Khattalsab Khan have changed my name to Ayub Khattalsab Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10495

I have changed my name from Kanhyalal Ambalal Khatik to Kanhyalal Govdhanji Khoiwal as per Affidavit C-10442

I have changed my name from Yasmin Mohammed Khan to Yasmeen Mohammed Khan as per Affidavit.

C-10460

I Florinda Prabhu Patel have changed my name to Florine Prabhu Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10478

I Amina Begum Khan have changed my name to Amina Begum Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10496

I have changed my name from Pavankumar Savarmal Agrawal to Pawankumar Savarmal Agrawal as per Affidavit C-10443

I have changed my name from Shanaaz Qureshi to Shehnaz Banoo Mehmood Hassan Qureshi as per Affidavit.

C-10461

I Murtuja Pasha Shaikh have changed my name to Murtuja Pasha Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10479

I Ramjibhai Bhachubhai Shah have changed my name to Ramji Bhachubhai Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10497

I Abdul Qadir have changed my name to Abdul Kadar Faiz Mohammad Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10492 I Haseena Bano have changed my name to Hasinabegam Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10493 I Kushanatha Shetty A. have changed my name to Kushnath Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit C-10494

I Shakhil Abdul Gaffar Shaikh have changed my name to Shakil Abdul Gaffar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10498 I Nilofar Shakhil Shaikh & Nilofur Shakil Shaikh have changed my name to Nilofer Shakil Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10499 I Pramila Devi Rammoorti Singh have changed my name to Pramila Rajendra Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10500 I Parulben Ramnikbhai Shiroya have changed my name to Parul Ramnikbhai Shiroya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10501 I Nileshkumar Harichandra Vishwakarma have changed my name to Nilesh Harichandra Vishwakarma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10502 I Pritiben Rajendra Kumar Shah have changed my name to Priti Tejas Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10503 We Mr. Saeed Ahmed Quazi & Mrs.Ajaz Sultana Quazi have changed our minor son’s name from Miran Ahemed Quazi to Miran Ahmed Quazi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10504 We Mr. Saeed Ahmed Quazi & Mrs.Ajaz Sultana Quazi have changed our minor daughter’s name from Azka Shariya Qazi to Azka Shariya Quazi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10505 I Neetakumari Balwantrai Desai have changed my name to Nita Piyush Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10506 I Ranjeet Kumar Rajendra Prasad Singh have changed my name to Ranjit Kumar Rajendra Prasad Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10507 I Mohsin Salim Sheikh have changed my name to Mohsin Salim Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10508 We Mr. Vijaykumar Manohar Vichare & Mrs. Vaidehi Vijaykumar Vichare have changed our minor son’s name from Nishant Vijaykumar Vichare to Pranav Vijaykumar Vichare as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/05/15 C-10509 I Mrs. Jaya Vallabh Movaliya have changed my name to Mrs. Jayshree Himatbhai Rangparia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10510 I Miss. Jasumati Nanubhai Limbashya have changed my name to Mrs. Josna Bharat Jotaniya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/15 C-10511 I Mr. Himat Panchabhai Rangparia have changed my name to Mr. Himatbhai Panchabhai Rangparia as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-10512 I Mr. Krishnakumar Peyyeti have changed my name to Mr. Murali Krishnakumar Peyyeti as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/05/15 C-10513

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JJ Hospital slapped with notice for negligence

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Mentally ill youth thrown out of the hospital without proper treatment, alleges a social activist

By Abhishek Vissapragada

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n activist, Siddh Vidya has slapped a legal notice on J J Hospital at Sandhurst Road for medical negligence and throwing out a mentally ill patient, on Thursday. The patient had died last year and the activist has alleged that the hospital had not given proper treatment to the patient.

Vidya explained about Krishna Mane, a 22-year-old mentally ill boy whom she found at Nerul Station. “I noticed Krishna a year ago at Nerul station. He was in a bad condition and was not able to walk. I took him to a local hospital near Nerul station to get him treated,” said Vidya.

Mane was later transferred to JJ Hospital on April 7, 2014.

“I clearly remember the day I got Mane admitted in JJ Hospital. It was World Health Day and the hospital was celebrating the event. At first the hospital was not ready to admit the patient saying that he did not have proper identification. But after a long struggle they finally admitted him assuring that he will be given complete care,” said Vidya.

Later Vidya started getting calls from Mane about how the hospital wasn't treating him well. “He said that they were not conducting any surgery on him when multiple surgery was suggested for his condition. He had injured his leg during a train accident and had also developed gangrene on it. He said that the hospital was not ready to cure his condition. I told him I will speak to the doctors,” said Vidya.

The activist claims she spoke with many doctors and also requested them not to remove the patient from the hospital. “I was getting calls from the hospital that they could not cure the patient and will be removing him

ther inquiry, I cam to know that the police had not known anything about the patient's case,” said Vidya.

She had got a call from Mane who was at that time at Sandhurst Road station. She later took Mane to an orphanage in Vikhroli but he was admitted at DY Patil Hospital, Nerul. “There I came to know that Krishna's kidneys had failed. He died in May 2014,” said Vidya.

Vidya has also filed RTIs to know about the hospital's social wing. “It is through these Krishna Mane, the mentally ill RTIs that I came to know patient who died in May 2014 about this wing of the hospital. The doctors there told me from there. I told them they that the wing collects huge don't have any right to do so,” funds and donations but the said Vidya. Mane was re- social workers don't take care moved from the hospital on of patients,” said Vidya.

April 16, 2014 according to Amit Karkhanis, a medico the activist. legal advocate said, “There “I spoke with the Superin- should be an independent tendent and the Dean of the fact finding committee in this hospital. After a lot of discus- case. If the allegations are sion, the Dean told me that true, the hospital should the patient was cured and never have refused treatment that he would be shifted to a to the patient and it would be beggar's home. He said that wrong on their part to do so.” the JJ Police was notified Meanwhile, authorities about this and gave me a let- from JJ Hospital were not ter regarding this. But on fur- available for comment.

Crime Branch probing role of cops in Mustafa Dossa case

By Asif Rizvi

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ndia's most wanted criminal underworld Don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Mustafa Dossa, facing trail for multiple cases including 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, has now made the police investigate their own personnel. The case goes back

earlier this month when he was brought to the Mumbai Sessions Court for a hearing.

Dossa had instructed his aides to arrange for about 12 models for auditions as he wanted to hire them for a modeling assignment for a jewelery brand in Dubai. The incident came to light when one model turned up at the

police station after being robbed by Mustafa Dossa's aides posing as crime branch officials.

Jt. CP (Crime), Atul kulkarni said, “We are awaiting a detailed report in the case.

Once the report is available we will take further action.”

This paper on Thursday had published a story about Azad Shrivastav | ADC

BEAUTIFYING THE CITY... Mayor Snehal Ambekar, MLA Sunil Shinde along with president of Shiv Vahatuk Sena, Haji Arafat Shaikh, inaugurated the installation of photographs by Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray at the main entrance wall of Haji Ali Dargah on Thursday.

two models who were selected by Mustafa Dossa and paid them Rs. 1 lakh, after conducting their auditions at the Mumbai Sessions Court.

But one of the models was later robbed of her money and her mobile phone by Dossa's aide and that is how the entire incident came to light.

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The state-of-the-art machine installed at AIMS, Dombivli.

Hi-end machine at AIMS to treat cancer

By A Staff Reporter

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o make cancer treatment available easily in Thane district, high-end cancer treatment machine will be installed at Dombivli’s Asian Institute of Medical Science (AIMS) hospital on May 30.

Guardian minister Eknath Shinde will inaugurate it.

Tata Cancer Hospital’s Dr Umesh Mahant Shetty will also be present to promote ‘Comprehensive Cancer Care’ for one and all.

“With the high-end machinery radiation, treatment through IGRT, IMRT, VMAT, SBRT and SRT could be easily provided, which will eventually help in reducing cancer cases,” said Dr Milind Shirodkar from AIMS. Linear Accelerator device used for external beam radiation treatment will be made available which will help residents of Thane, Raigad, Khandesh, Marathwada and western Maharashtra.

NEW USHA NAGAR CO-OP HOUSING SOC LTD. Bhandup (W), Mumbai 78

DEEMED CONVEYANCE PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on- 15/06/2015 at 3.30 p.m.

M/s Khandelwal Development Corporation, Shri. Ratansi Karsan, Shri.

Viraji Suraji and those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Usha Nagar, Bhandup (W), Mumbai 78.

Plot No. Survey No. C.T.S. No. Total Area Sq. Mtr. — 38 Part 397, 398, 40335344.00 48 Hissa No. 1 Part 407, 486, 487 49 A Part Place : Kokan Bhavan, Room No. 201 C.B.D. Belapur, Navi Mumbai Date : 27/05/2015

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an Francisco Global Movie Fest comes integral as part of 22 year old Festival of Globe -Silicon Valley (FOG-SV), formerly known as Festival of India celebrations. In addition to innumerable global films, the huge awards night at the legendary SAP Center and the prestigious India Day Parade attended by over 100,000 NRIs is another much-awaited event in itself.

Each day is uniquely designed with cultural events, mixers, fashion, movies, panel discussions, workshops, ethnic dance performances, Conclave with the Government, festive gala with Indian, Latino; Chinese and Far East communities, premieres with Bollywood, Hollywood, Latino World, Europe, China and Far East movie makers and actors, among others. Independent movie producers and investors will be descending in to this technology capital from and around the globe. There will also be venture-capitalist and pitching sessions apart from panel discussions along with stalwarts and some of the biggest corporates coming together.

Dr. Romesh K Japra, Chairperson, President, Convener, Founder and worldrenowned Cardiologist has been leading the Festival of Globe-Silicon Valley for Past 22 Years as an initiative of Federation of Indo Americans of Northern California (FIA) and continues his vision of empowering communities.

“The effort behind Festival of Globe – Silicon Valley (FOG-SV), and San Francisco Global Movie Fest-2015 has been a result of meeting the demands of immigrants of USA . We are the only festival in the breed that aims to engage global views, participants, brands, and audiences. By being in Silicon Valley technology capital of the globe, we aim to reduce gaps between global pool of talented movie makers and investors,” elaborates Dr Japra. Here is looking forward to a rocking SF Global Fest this year.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Noitce is hereby given that the members of Raheja Classique 4 C.H.S. Ltd. C.T.S. NO 619B/1, link Road, Andheri (West) Mumbai 400 053 holding the Flat No.1003 share certificate No. 67 of 20 Shares of Dist. Nos 1321 TO 1340 The Claimant Mr Ashok Sheth husband of deceased member Mrs Ila Sheth expired on 2/9/2014, applied to the transfer of Membership with the right of interest and title of deceased member in respect of Flat No.1003 and share certificate no 67 of the society in his name as per Nomination duly signed and submitted to the named society .

The Society hereby invites the claim objections from the public for the transfer of rights of deceased member in respect of flat 1003 and share certificate no.67 in the name of the applicant be sent in writing along with documentary proof thereof to the undersigned within 15 days from the date of publication thereof if no claim/objections are received within the said period, the society shall transfer the right of interest and file in respect of flat No 1003 and share Certificate No 67 in the name of applicant deeming that there are no claims/objections.

There after no claim/ objection shall be entertained.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Mahesh Jagdish Rathod has Agreed to Sell Flat. Building No. 14 Flat No. 01/02. Runwal Vihar Virar West 401303. All Persons having any claim in respect of the said flat contact to above named address or Mobile number within 14 Days from date of Publication hereof, Failing which the claim of such persons will be deemed to have been waived and / or abandoned.

Date : 29 May 2015.

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Mumbai High court Mobile no : 8652272691.

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By Zuber Ansari

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wo models created major chaos inside the DN Nagar police station late on Friday night and allegedly hurled abuses on the duty lady police sub inspector (PSI) and even manhandled one lady police constable who was trying to calm them down.

Even after their shocking behavior, the police have registered a FIR against both the models but have failed to arrest them, even after five days have lapsed since the shocking incident.

The models, Pooja Mishra and Shruti Gupta, are booked under the relevant sections of the IPC for abusing on duty police officers and using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging their duties.

Police say that both the models were traveling late on Friday night when four boys riding an Audi car allegedly passed lewd comments at them. Both the models, began abusing the boys when one on-duty patrolling constable from DN Nagar police reached the spot and tried to get the situation under control. But the models started abusing

him as well.

Sensing that the matter is getting out of hand, the constable asked the four boys in the car and the two models to come to the DN Nagar police station. The models assumed that the constable was trying to let them off and threatened to complain to Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria.

They even clicked the constable's picture on their mobile phones.

The constable relayed a wireless message that one Audi car is moving on the four bungalow road and should be brought to the DN Nagar police station. Soon after the incident, both the models reached the police station and created chaos there. They refused to recognize them and said that these boys are not the real accused. Pooja and Shruti even called the police officials there rapists. They even misbehaved with women police officials and used abusive language against them.

Senior police inspector of DN Nagar police station Dhanaji Nalawade said, “There are a total of 13 witnesses in this case registered against model Pooja Mishra and Shruti Gupta. We summoned the Audi car driver the next day but both the models refused to recognize him. We have registered a criminal case against the two models under the relevant sections of the IPC. Moreover, on their complaint, a case of eve-teasing has also been registered against unknown people.

Now, we will send summons to these two models and call them for questioning and later they will be arrested.”

The Audi car driver, Subhash Jadhav said, “We did not understand why both these women were making baseless allegations against us. I think these women are running some racket of targeting people in the night with a view to extort exorbitant sums of money from them.”

Gangrape...

she could stay with them for the night. The girl agreed and the two rapists took her to Dharavi and after sometime brought her to a room in a leather factory. They called two other friends -- Salman Khan and R. Singh.

The girl was raped by the four men.

Later, one of the boys took her to a hotel for having some food. Here the girl began to cry. A man who was having food noticed the weeping girl. The rapist ran away. The man came to the girl, heard her story and called her home.

For sometime, the girl did not reveal she was raped.

Later, she told her family who lodged a complaint with the police. Three of the rapists were arrested but one of them -- Umesh -- managed to escape.

By Asif Rizvi

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14-year-old girl, unhappy at home, decided to go away to Kashmir where she knew some young man. She carried some clothes. She took a train ticket and was on her way to Kashmir -- when at Kurla she was spotted by two men -- Umesh Kawade and Dinesh Kumar Yadav.

They began talking to the girl.

They told her they would buy the ticket to Kashmir and also give her money.

DCP Mukesh Patil who is investigating the case said: “They brought her to the CST. They told her after sometime that no ticket was available and that they would buy the ticket next day. They told her

Boy tortured, killed at Remand Home

Continued from Pg 1 « are now investigating the complaint of Jameel Khan.

Police say, “We have sent the body for a post-mortem and we will take action accordingly. The David Sassoon Remand Home officials had earlier reported that two juveniles had escaped from their home. Later it came to light that there was an accident in Shivaji Park area where two young boys were injured.”

However the juvenile's father does not buy the theory and firmly state that after coming back home my son had told me that he was beaten by 10 to 12 inmates for three long hours. “He complained of severe internal pain due to which I took him to the hospital where he was admitted in ICU. I want justice. My son has died due to the torture inflicted on him by other inmates, and the gross negligence of the remand home officials,” Jameel alleged.

Contractors default on payment, issue `2cr dud cheques to MBMC

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of more than Rs.2 crore even after the annual contract came to an end in March, 2015. Moreover the cheques furnished by the contractors

By Suresh Golani towards remaining errors were dishonoured by the t’s a classic case of first debanks last month, due to inliberately goofing up and sufficient funds. After rethen adopting a strategy peated reminders fell on deaf to come out blameless. The ears, the MBMC now claims Mira-Bhayandar Municipal of taking judicial steps to reCorporation (MBMC) first cover pending dues from the dealt three contractors with defaulting contractors. kid gloves allowing them to When contacted, MBMC saddle the civic body with Law Officer Sai Vadke said, multi-crore arrears and then “After an official intimation making desperate moves for from the concerned wing we a belated recovery with judihave initiated legal proceedcial intervention. ings for action under the releAimed at generating a revvant sections of the enue of around Rs.1.8 lakh Negotiable Instruments Act per day, the MBMC had MBMC had awarded contracts worth Rs.7 cr to collect fees from hawkers. against the contractors whose cheques have awarded annual contracts bounced.” However, tax offiworth Rs.7 crore last year to cials could not explain as to four private contractors for why the mounting arrears collecting daily fees from were not noticed when the hawkers operating in the contract was inhe MBMC is staring at a daily loss of Rs.80,000 in the twin-city. force. Not only a blind eye market fee contract. After the collection contract To procure official collec- was turned towards multiawarded to private companies ended in March this year, tion payment receipts, the crore arrears, but a red carpet the MBMC woke up from its slumber and invited fresh contractors were supposed to was rolled out for the defaulttenders (which were recalled thrice), however as a stop pre-deposit slab-wise pay- ing contractors by allowing gap arrangement a force of more than 32 civic personnel ments with the civic excheq- them to bid in other tender have been deployed on daily collection duty. This has reuer. However the tax proposals. sulted in a huge drop in revenue generation limiting the department which also hanThis is in complete condaily collection below Rs.1 lakh for the past three months. dles responsibility of fee col- trast to the standards of re“We had no other option as some of the existing contraclection, mysteriously allowed covery adopted for a tors had defaulted in payments. While bids for two zones three contractors – Simran common man, against whom have been successful, contractors will shortly be apEnterprise, Ekvira Co. and the tax department leaves no pointed for other two zones,” an official said.

Abdul Khan – to saddle the stone unturned to initiate MBMC with collective arrears the harshest of measures in-

Civic body yet to blacklist erring contractors who collected money from hawkers but failed to deposit Rs.2 crore in the MBMC kitty

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Pre-monsoon de-silting: MBMC apathy towards true ‘Swachhta’ Contractors bag multi-crore tenders, workers operate without safety gears

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hile the entire nation continues to be in the grip of 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', frenzy the actual 'Swachhta' heroes are the hundreds of unheralded sanitary workers who work in the utmost unhygienic conditions not only to keep MiraBhayandar clean but also to save the region from flooding. Karma Solanki (name changed) works as a conservancy worker in Mira Road for a private agency deputed by the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC).

He is amongst the 400-odd Workers cleaning choked nullahs in Mira-Bhayandar area. contractual workers who manually clear clogged hazardous conditions. De- boots, face masks and hand drains and nullahs as a part spite tall claims, the health gloves to the sanitary staff. of the pre-monsoon de-silt- department has yet again Tender contracts estimated ing operations. However failed to ensure that the pri- more than Rs1.5 crore have thanks to an apparent pro- vate contractors are com- been awarded to M E Projects contractor approach by offi- pelled to implement Pvt Ltd and Ashapura Concials, these real architects of mandatory safety measures structions, for manual and cleanliness are forced to work including provision of pro- mechanical excavation in the in utmost unhygienic and tective gears, including gum- six zones demarcated in the

twin-city. Although the health officer, Sandip Shinde, claimed that instructions had already been issued to the companies to strictly adhere to the mandatory safety guidelines, the MBMC never bothers to monitor the actual ground reality.

This is evident when workers can be seen venturing into drains and cleaning chokedup nullahs without wearing any type of protective gear at various de-silting spots. “As per the terms of agreement, the onus of providing protective gears rests on the shoulders of the contractor. I will personally carry out a survey and ensure that no injustice is done to the workers,” said Civic Chief Achyut Hange.

Meanwhile, leader of Shramjeevi Kaamgar Rayat Sanghatna, Dilip Gotarne has threatened to launch an agitation if the workers are not provided with safety equipment immediately.

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cluding disconnection of water supply.

This was a case where the regulations had been clearly

violated and action should have been taken against the contractor as well as the officials responsible, sources said.

SHREE GLOBAL TRADEFIN LIMITED

Regd. Off. : 35, Ashok Chambers, Broach Street, Devji Rantensey Marg, Mumbai- 400 009.

CIN : L27100MH1986PLC041252; Website : www.sgtl.in Part I Sr. No

AUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 2015 Quarter Ended 31.03.2015 31.12.2014 31.03.2014 (Audited ) (Unaudited ) (Audited ) 17,512.13 11,846.48

Particulars

(` in Lacs) Year Ended

31.03.2015 31.03.2014 (Audited) (Audited) 29,358.61

1 Net Sales/Income from Operations 2 Expenditure - 29,093.26 17,390.34 11,702.92 a. Purchase of Traded Goods b. (Increase) / Decrease in Stock in Trade 76.91 20.65 110.99 21.43 52.68 c. Employee Benefit Expense 0.36 0.08 0.16 0.04 0.04 d. Depreciation and Amortization Expense 91.47 (2.01) 94.66 10.62 42.39 e. Other Expenditure 168.74 18.72 29,299.07 17,485.45 11,735.02 Total Expenses 3 Profit/(Loss) from Operations before other (168.74) (18.72) 59.54 111.46 26.68 income, finance costs & exceptional items (1-2) 254.13 4 Other Income 21.25 1.03 1,267.05 (30.97) 5 Profit/(Loss)from ordinary activity before finance 85.39 80.78 112.49 1,248.33 (4.29) costs & exceptional items (3+4) 6 Financial Costs 35.27 12.57 15.12 7 Profit/(Loss) from ordinary activity after finance 85.39 45.52 99.92 1,248.33 (19.41) costs but before Exceptional Items (5-6) 8 Exceptional Items 85.39 9 Profit / (Loss) from Ordinary Activities Before Tax 45.52 99.92 1,248.33 (19.41) 10.00 10.00 10 Tax Expenses 4.80 12.50 (7.70) 75.39 11 Net Profit / (Loss) from Ordinary Activities After Tax 40.72 87.42 1,238.33 (11.71) 12 Extraordinary Items 75.39 13 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period 40.72 87.42 1,238.33 (11.71) 10,445.05 10,445.05 14 Paid-up equity share capital (Face Value Rs.5/-per share) 11,395.05 11,395.05 11,395.05 15 Reserves excluding revaluation reserves 32,539.56 26,622.33 16 Earnings Per Share (EPS) (Face Value ` 5/- per share) a) Before Extraordinary items (not annualised) 0.04 0.59 0.02 0.04 (0.01) Basic & Diluted (in `) b) After Extraordinary items (not annualised) 0.04 0.59 0.02 0.04 (0.01) Basic & Diluted (in `) Part II A. PARTICULARS OF SHAREHOLDING 1. Public Shareholding 72,938,627 72,938,627 41,027,770 72,938,627 41,027,770 --Number of Shares 19.64 19.64 32.00 32.00 32.00 --Percentage of Shareholding 2. Promoters and promoter group Shareholding a) Pledged/Encumbered 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 --Number of Shares 5.96 5.96 6.45 6.45 6.45 --Percentage of Shares (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter group) 4.79 4.79 4.39 4.39 4.39 --Percentage of Shares (as a % of the total share capital of the company) b) Non-encumbered 144,962,466 144,962,466 157,873,323 144,962,466 157,873,323 --Number of Shares 94.04 94.04 93.55 93.55 93.55 --Percentage of Shares (as a % of the total shareholding of promoter and promoter group) 75.57 75.57 63.61 63.61 63.61 --Percentage of Shares (as a % of the total share capital of the company) Qtr EndedQtr 30.09.2012 Ended 31.03.2015 Particulars B. INVESTOR COMPLAINTS NIL Pending at the beginning of the quarter NIL Received during the quarter NIL Disposed during the quarter NIL Remaining unresolved at the end of the quarter Notes 1. Statement of Assets and Liabilities as per clause 41 of the Listing Agreement

Particulars A) EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 1) Shareholders' Fund (a) Share Capital (b) Reserve and Surplus 2) Non-current Liabilities (a) Long term Provisions 2) Current liabilities (a) Trade Payables (b) Other Current Liabilities (c) Short Term Provisions TOTAL - EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

(` in Lacs)

As AT As AT 31.03.2015 31.03.2014 (Audited) (Audited) 11,395.05 32,539.56

10,445.05 26,622.33

32.14

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2,386.42 2,471.10 2.34

54,635.16 -

48,826.61

91,702.55

A) ASSETS 1) Non-current assets 0.56 0.40 (a) Fixed Assets 67,008.17 31,009.51 (b) Non Current Investments 961.15 15,445.27 (c) Long term Loans & Advances 2) Current assets 922.50 (a) Current Investments 760.00 648.30 (b) Trade Receivables 9.11 6.48 (c) Cash and Cash equivalents 22,963.57 794.16 (d) Short-term Loans and Advances 91,702.55 48,826.61 TOTAL - ASSETS 2. The above Financial Results were review by the Audit Committee and thereafter approved and taken on record by the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on 27th May, 2015.

3. The figures of quarter ended 31st March, 2015 are the balancing figures between audited figures in respect of the full financial year and the published results year to date figures up to the third quarter of the current financial year.

Company is operating in only one broad segment and hence no separate segmental 4. results have been given.

5. Previous year figures has been regrouped/reclassified wherever necessary.

6. Consequent to the introduction of Schedule II of Companies Act 2013, the useful life of certain Assets has been revised. Accordingly depreciation for the year is lower by `. 0.16 Lacs 7. The Result of Shree Global Tradefin Limited is hosted on the company's website www.sgtl.in

Date : 27.05.2013 Place : Mumbai

For Shree Global Tradefin Limited sd/Rajesh R. Gupta Chairman & Managing Director DIN : 00028379

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“God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.”

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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HE production of pulses and cereals in Maharashtra has gone down sharply, thanks to drought and also unseasonal rains. It is certain that the prices of pulses and cereals which are already high may go up further. The production of pulses has gone down by 64 per cent and cereals by 30 per cent. Unseasonal rains have affected the rabi crops as well.

The state government is hoping that the monsoon which is expected to arrive in two or three weeks will be good and the kharif crops may go better than even the previous year.

Predictions regarding rains are bright. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is hopeful that the monsoon will be 93 per cent of average rainfall.

A drowning man catches at a straw: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appears to be depending on even private predictions. A private weather agency has come to the conclusion that the rainfall will be 103 per cent of the average. What we have gained from experience is that the predictions may not come true. The IMD’s predictions have gone wrong more than once. Perhaps instead of depending solely on predictions, it is better right now to get set for any eventuality.

One thing is certain: Even if the kharif crop is good, there is likely to be a price rise of all essential articles.

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HE attainment of national political stability in the country has determined significant attention upon the national economy alongside the political situation and its consequential evolutionary symptoms. A relatively coherent government and effective economic decisions usually exhibit strong correlation with each other; ergo, prevailing economic policies are subjected to continuous public observance. While several factors contribute to enable the politico-economic dynamic to earn an all-embracive kudos, a principal factor determining so is the degree of employment opportunities available and its increase in due course of time, in order to strengthen the job market. Although, an unqualified approbation of the contemporary employment scenario might require still further improvements of this arena, the current trend is a pointer to relatively expanding opportunities for India’s labour sector.

sired. After independence a boost was given to industry – often a euphemism for manufacturing – alongside the agricultural sector.

With the passage of subsequent decades, the expansion in manufacturing stayed limited compared to the demand and potential of the country. The agricultural sector, despite improvement in its production and marketing than before, was also lagging behind in modernisation of its techniques and the associated requisite training for all those engaged with it as their vocation.

Expansion in and a qualitative upgrading of both sectors are an imperative. However, the relative expansion of the agricultural sec-

Sundry viewpoints The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-dominated National Democratic Alliance (NDA) dispensation has completed a year in office. Sundry viewpoints are being bandied about, endeavouring to draw up an appropriate balance sheet reflecting the government’s net annual performance. While each opinion has its particularities, similarities, and differences with others, the overall position, collectively, indicates a generic inference: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated correct policy frameworks in the various sectors of governance, but he needs to follow them up with successful implementation and beware of evident challenges, which would have to be thwarted or rooted out. A crucial rub appears to be the direction and extent of the economic reforms. A balanced, results-oriented, and upward-spiralling; these are the coveted attributes with which the Indian economy should be identified. The labour market – constituted by the skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled workers – is being marked by progress towards the desired direction whereby manufacturing and services would witness an upward surge, with a subsequent expansion in organized employment opportunities, emphasis on improving worker’s skills, and the relative well-being of workers.

In any country, the labour component is divided into two broad sectors: manufacturing and agriculture. India’s working force has, for ages, borne a predilection towards the agricultural sector, and even then its quality and productivity occasionally left much to be de-

BY AND LARGE Ranajoy Sen tor is often surpassed by that in the manufacturing sector, where high-skilled labour, applying their knowledge in various divisions of sundry industry and services, contains the capacity to generate sufficient avenues of employment, through new investments and associated job-creation. With government policies favouring this sector’s growth, the market itself reflects the desired results.

Automobile, banking, apparel, e-commerce sectors, both within the country and from international investments within India, have started displayed symptoms of flux and increased the intensity of their respective economic operations.

The automobile sector has received a fillip from the sluggishness with which it was marked earlier. An 89 per cent growth in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has lifted its sails for plunging ahead in the market.

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) has decided to launch nine new brand vehicles. The aim is to effectively compete with other players of the market such as Renault, Ford, Maruti, and Tata, among others. Peugeot, a European car maker has plans to enter the Indian market, and might work in collaboration with M&M in certain areas.

Kotak Mahindra Bank is poised for an upcoming 21 FDI deals worth Rs. 281 crore. The expansion of the bank would bolster the financing of sundry new business ventures.

Future Consumer Enterprise is apparently purchasing A.V. Birla group’s consumer products business. It is a testament to the company’s expansion. It had recently announced its intention to invest about 51 per cent in MNS Foods Private Limited through subscribing to its equity shares.

Increasing strength The e-commerce sector is also en route to pick up steam; in this industry, Snapdeal has acquired the Hyderabad-based mobile technology firm, MartMobi. In telecom, the Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei has expressed its intention to manufacture products at its Chennai plant and expand its sales personnel for further expansion in the Indian economy. Additionally, several Indian firms have acquired sufficient financial strength in order to spend significant financial amounts for official lobbying to take forward their particular interests in the United States. That they can do so is a testament to the increasing strength of Indian companies, who strive for expansion on foreign soil in order to generate wealth and value for the owners and workers.

These economic developments are, by themselves, a pointer to Modi’s urges for ‘Make in India’ and his expressed declarations to spur up economic growth and make entrepreneurial undertakings expedient for the national interest. It reinforces the belief that the manufacturing sector of the country would expand, investments in it increase, and demand generate for employment of labour.

The country would then reach a new ‘Labour Market Equilibrium’ indicating a new average national wage level, which would be higher than the former level. Nevertheless, agriculture would possibly also not be relegated to a lower priority. The Prime Minister’s declaration emphasizing the creating of food parks in the country implies that agricultural sector would be encouraged to undergo farreaching changes – through more emphasis on organic production and eco-friendly packaging – for product appreciation and consumer satisfaction.

If the emerging trends are carried to their logical conclusion, the overall labour sector of the country would relatively improve in quality and efficacy. That has been a cherished aim since yore. It now seems within striking distance to begin its comprehensive amelioration.

show us that He is the Lord of the Jalal, Jamal and Kamal. The love of all beings lasts for a season, but it is His love that is always with us, in all forms and beings. hy is it that with the growing of love dif- consciously see or feel that happiness experiThe Maharajah of Jaipur, Ram Singh, was a ficulties arise? Is it not said by the an- enced by the lover and the beloved, either great lover of music. At his court were marcients that God is a jealous God? knowingly or unknowingly react against it. velous singers and dancers, they were like the Answer: This is but a saying; God can never Spiritual love is nectar, but as soon as it is Apsaras. Beautiful singers and dancers were be jealous of His own manifestation. Only be- mixed with matter, it becomes a sweet wine called; all the great musicians of India were fore love began one was unconsciously linked mixed with a bitter poison. there, also my grandfather Maula Bakhsh. The with the source alone, but once love has If we give ourselves up to the absorbing love Maharajah did not know the secret of holding awakened on the physical plane, one is at- of any being, God becomes jealous and He his wish. He might have kept his happiness tached to someone on earth. It is like Adam much longer. But he did not know it, and and Eve being exiled from the Garden of Eden. when everything was perfect he died.

This naturally causes every influence to work That is why in the East there is a superstiagainst that love. Even the throne of God is tion that, if any thing or being belonging to us shaken by love's outburst, because by a sin- takes that being from us. Therefore Abraham is much praised or admired, that thing or that cere link on earth which is power itself every was called upon to sacrifice his son. This les- person will soon be lost to us. Therefore if other influence is pulled and pushed, causing son was given: God does not allow another af- someone says, “Your child is very pretty”, the thereby a commotion in the world of hearts. fection to be dearer than His love. If we love parents will say, “No, he is not pretty.” And if The soul of man is happiness; yet man is our children because they are ours and other the child is fair they make a black mark upon never happy since he is occupied with this children are neglected, God says to us, “These its face, so that it would not be perfectly fair. world of woes. It is only love that can bring are the beings whom We have given you to Life provides you with a substitute for all about that happiness of which is spoken in love, to take care of them for Us, not to cherish you have lost. legends, which is beyond all pleasures of this them for yourselves.” He takes from us whatLove is the fire that burns all infirmities. mortal world. Those who consciously or un- ever we love most forgetting Him, in order to — Hazrat Inayat Khan

‘Love is the fire that burns all infirmities’

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Political heatwave soars

Whatever said and done; AAP Government under Arvind Kejriwal is going tough against the Lt. Governor and the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The party is trying to pass scathing remarks after the courts order siding the Delhi Government. But both the Chief Minister and his deputy were sleepy during the special session of the assembly and nothing significant could be achieved in the so called special session. Even tantrums were shown in the Assembly to throw out BJP MLA with the help of Marshals. While the CM and deputy were feeling sleepy over the recent developments and the subsequent war of words, what is the need for calling special session only to shame the opposition. The tit for tat attitude of Kejriwal is against national interest and may lead to a permanent enmity between the State and the Centre and does not augur well for the development of the capital city of India.

like Digvijay Singh is trying to dig at the government, but people feel the change is good for the people.

Former finance minister P. Chidambaram made a mockery of the economy, which touched such a pathetic stage under his stewardship. Now, the Modi government achieved great strides in keeping the economy stand of its own and the ratings are improving by miles in the last one year.

— C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada

IF the report appearing on a private website is true, then the AAP seems to have acted in haste. As per its contents, a party MLA has moved a resolution in the Assembly seeking the impeachment of the Lt Governor of Delhi. This raises a few points of constitutional importance. Is the resolution to be treated as a private one, The President has to intervene now, to end the ongoing political turmoil in Delhi or as an official one moved by the ruling Party? Secondly, as far as my led Central government is graft- party is going on introducing de- knowledge goes, only the President free. With Modi sarkar completing velopmental programmes to mark possesses the necessary power for one year in office, the high com- the occasion. One such initiative is the appointment/removal of a mand unleashed a massive public- launching of Kissan Channel. The State Governor. It is, therefore, high ity blitz across the nation to blame of farmer's death has been time that the President intervenes highlight all the achievements they put on NDA government, but in re- in the matter as the constitutional — Muringathery Jayanthi, Kharghar have displayed in the last 365 days. ality UPA government had sown head by referring the issue to the Even though Congress party is try- the seeds for such a disastrous sit- Supreme Court for its advisory

ing to belittle the achievements by uation. opinion.

THE first year of Narendra Modi- calling it 'bure din', the ruling — Arun Malankar, Santacruz Senior leaders from Congress

Lame-brained excuse I HAVE read in an English daily that the mystery of the Rs.21 lakhs found in cash in a cupboard in the office of the late Chief Executive Officer of the BPP has been solved by the police. It is stated that as the person had cancer, perhaps he 'forgot' to account for cash donations that may have been received from donors. This explanation has been found satisfactory by the Chairman and, though not mentioned, even the other trustees. Most importantly, the police accept this.

This is a lame-brained excuse of a solution and reeks of a huge cover up; one more of the shenanigans of the merry band of community leaders who have let us down consistently during their tenure as trustees. It further confirms that the police will accept any solution as long as they are kept happy and they can announce that they have cracked one more pending case.

It's a crying shame.

ing a stir in the air but it was an advertisement strategy for a cricket match. As Mumbai is rich enough as a commercial capital, the organisers tried to their best to make an ordinary cricket match.

The diamond trader wanted to show off his money power without knowing its consequences in a troubled air just above the airport. Better council prevailed after the arrest of two employees of the firm and it is a lesson for the rich companies and the airport authorities to apply caution if such objects are found in the sky to make things rather scary from the security angle. The incident was blown hot and the arrests made cleared the doubts and thus blown cold as well.

— C.K. Ramani, Nerul

sadly war and the grim reaper continues to claim lives of innocent people in the world. Syria is burning, Yemen has been torn apart, Iraq has its share of mayhem, Pakistan continues to witness brutal killings.

So now it's high time to OF stop this mindless may- LETTER THE DAY hem which are triggered — Vineet Phadtare, Borivali by hungry megalomaniacs, power hungry politicians and misguided fanatics. Muslims around the world should introspect and try to end THE Muslim holy month of Ra- this barbarism, as Islam is the relimadan is on the doors step, but gion of peace and reconciliation.

dragnet. As every tom, dick and harry in the country knows that political heavy weights from all the parties are the main culprits, absence of any leaders name makes no sense and gives rise to further suspicion in the matter. All in all, the "disclosures" are nothing but an exercise in futility.

Celebrate peace in Ramadan

Balloons, that created chaos

— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

Black money disclosure A FEW names, released by the Swiss authorities of Indians who have stashed black money abroad, are nothing but just a damp squib. The list makes no mention of any Indian politician; indicating thereby that they are either totally honest (?), or are too shrewd to stay out of the

Islam does not advocate the rape of innocent women by warlords, nor it is for killing people in the name of religion. Let there be peace, live and let live. God bless!

— Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra

Kangana mesmerises Bachchan?

NOT many actors are that lucky and to have the privilege of receiving appreciation for their performance in their films from a legend. But Kangana Ranaut’s mind-blowing performance as Tanu and Datto in the film 'Tanu Weds Manu' has mesmerised the legend of Indian Cinema Amitabh Bachchan who sent her two letters and bouquet as his appreciation for her performance in

Kangana Ranaut the film. In fact he seems to have sent her a letter of appreciation for her performance in 'Queen'.I am not sure if Vidya Balan who has given the best of performance in her films and has also shared screen space with Amitabh Bachchan has received any appreciation from the legend. Kangana Ranaut has really won the hearts of not only the film fraternity but the legions of her fans spread in India and across the seven seas. Hope she will maintain her tempo and continue to enthrall the audience and the film fraternity.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

Pathetic monsoon preparedness

Saffronisation creeps up

APROPOS your article 'Tawde wants history textbooks to be reviewed for authenticity' (ADC, May 28), one can't help wondering which history — Jamshed Irani, Mumbai the BJP considers 'accurate'. Is it the version - propagated by the RSS and endorsed by no less than our Prime Minister - of our glorious Vedic civilADVERTISING in the metro is tak- isation where space ships routinely ing a scary turn as unidentified fly- flew passengers to other planets, or ing objects were seen over the elephant heads were transplanted Mumbai airport created panicky on human bodies? One hopes not, among the airport authorities. Orig- but with an HRD minister who inally there were speculations rang- openly describes herself as a ing from them being remote pracharak and stuffs prestigious edcontrolled parachutes to para glid- ucational institutions with RSS ideers, used generally during terror at- ologues, one never knows. tacks but it turned out to be an Saffronization is creeping up on us event management companies ad and it appears we are unable or untantrums. The balloons were creat- willing to halt it.

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Met department predicts moderate to heavy rains this year. But the municipal corporation seems to be lethargical in launching their pre-monsoon plan APROPOS 'A repeat of 26/7 deluge?' (ADC, May 27), it is indeed agonising to learn with huge anguish how the BMC neglect to carry out such critical works like the clean up of the drains/nullahs especially in the Govandi area, wherein even today this vital work is yet to be undertaken thereby causing serious concern to those who live here. With this ADC report with a self explanatory pic which says it all. I sincerely hope that the BMC staff will swing in to

immediate action to start cleaning up these water bodies filled with debris and other solid wastes to ensure the flooding to be minimal. While my observations reveal that this time the efforts taken up by the BMC in most of the locations were not at all that vigorous as it was witnessed last few years.

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

WITH heat waves hitting most parts of Maharashtra the weather

bureau reports moderate to heavy rains this time and we should get well prepared to face flooding and the calamity that follows during the monsoon season. First of all we should have a disaster management committee in place to meet the challenges in such a ticklish situation. NMMC is lagging behind in the preparations. The people in satellite city are dumping debris, iron rod, mud, stones, plastic bags to cause a major blockage. Steps should be taken to avoid flash floods in the low lying areas. The waste generated in tones by the construction work is causing major concern. The Civil administration has already issued an appeal to avoid dumping of waste and prevent major block in the drainage system in the city. If this dumping is not stopped, we fear that this city will become another clogged and overflowing during incessant rains and water logging in the low lying areas.

NMMC should oversee the cleaning operations in good earnest and see that there is no scope for water logging during monsoon season at focal points in the city.

— Jayanthy Subramaniam, Sanpada

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Delays, diversions and cancellations have badly affected the revenue of railways as most trains, running via Rajasthan, are severely impacted by the ongoing stir

due to the continued blockage of rail routes and a key national highway by them despite Rajasthan HC came down heavily on collectors of Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Bharatpur and Jaipur to immediately ensure the restoration of rail and road traffic.

More than 12 trains, plying between Maharashtra and Rajasthan, were cancelled on Thursday. The cancellation of five trains, that start from different stations of Mumbai, including Central- Hazrat NizaBy Aroosa Ahmed muddin August Kranti Express, Mumbai Central Firozpur- Janta exhe ongoing agitation of Gujjar perss, Mumbai Central- New Delhi community has severely af- Premium Special, Bandra Termifected number of rail passen- nus- Gorakhpur Avadh Express and gers, as at least 108 trains from Bandra Terminus- Nizamuddin Western Zone have been cancelled Yuva Express caused heavy incon-

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venience to passengers, who were visibly disturbed at railway stations.

The Mumbai Central station, one the major stations for trains to Rajasthan, was overcrowded on Thursday. The peak vacation season has also put an extra pressure on the railways to ensure the restoration of the services on the route.

Speaking to ADC about the cancellation of trains, Sharat Chandaran, Chief Public Relation Officer (CPRO), Western Railway said, “Many trains are diverted from that route, and every long distance train is carrying more passengers. The trains are coming from longer routes and are often every congested. However back here in Mumbai, the people are being informed about the conditions and a 60-70

percent refund is given through the net.”

Though passengers visibly upset with the cancellation of trains yet few of them hoped that the services would soon be restored. The delays, diversions and cancellations have badly affected the revenue of railways as most trains, running via Rajasthan, are severely impacted by the stir.

One of the passengers Nilesh Chandrant, who was about to go to Rajasthan, thanked railways for informing him before hand and refunding his money.

“The strike should end soon and people should start realising that stopping the trains and road route should not be done as this is the peak season when people travel,”

he said.

Another passenger Riaz Ali, who has to attend his brother's wedding, said, “I was going to Bharatpur and had reserved my tickets months ago. But my whole family is stranded today on the day of travel.

I cannot afford air tickets and hence could not attend my own brother's wedding.”

Ramdas Warange, who was travelling to meet his sister who had arrived from the USA, could not meet her. “I have not met my sister from the last seven years and she had arrived from the USA few weeks ago and I got stuck here. However, I have got my compensation and have booked a flight.” aroosa.ahmed@afternoondc.in

Children Toy Foundation Tiff over one rank readies to set a world record one pension scheme

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Members of the Children Toy Foundation regale children on the occasion of World Play Day, at the Radio Club, on Thursday.

Writes an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, invites corporates for a noble mission

with the children, the elders too played games at the event. “The 'Toy' in the Children Toy Foundation stands for: Toddler, Old and Youth; the games are for everyone to play,” said Devendra Desai, the founder and Managing Trustee of the founBy Rameeza Shaikh dation. The chief guest for the occasion, who has also offered an he Children Toy Foundation an- helping hand for the project, was nounced yesterday, on the occa- Ashok Mehta, past president of sion of World Play Day, its plan to Lions Clubs International and forset a record in the Guinness Book of mer sheriff of Mumbai.

Devendra Desai has written an World Records. Working for the right of the child to play, since 1982, and open letter to PM Narendra Modi, having received several awards and which says, “We are planning to doacknowledgments, the foundation nate 36 mobile toy vans in 36 states is enthusiastic to move forward with and territories involving 36 corpoits motto: “No child should be de- rates which could be inaugurated prived of toys, the childhood pleas- by 35 CMs and one at Delhi by your good hands, on one National day, ure and learning tools”.

To celebrate the occasion of World same time, which could be a record Play Day and reveal its project plan, in the Guinness Book of World the foundation had invited several Records. Please encourage us by children, the media and associated giving your valued appointment to employees to grace the occasion, at get your guidance, advice on the Radio Club, Colaba yesterday. Along matter,” and the “hidden agenda is

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to reach out to children as fast as possible and to generate jobs for educators/ teachers and also to boost toy industries in India, as after the vans we intend to set up libraries in villages also.”

Devendra Desai was also happy to announce that the National Committee for Social and Economic Welfare has approved the project and has awarded 35 AC exemption under IT Act, 1961 to the tune of Rs.5.84 crore which could be extended. SBI Funds Management Private Ltd has already donated two vans.

“I do not care about setting records, my agenda is to reach children and unite India under this project,” said Devendra Desai, who had also won Big Mumbaikar Award from Big 92.7 FM in 2010.

Also, Desai declared about donation of one educational and mind games library to Nepal as international goodwill and as he believes charity begins at home, his family would donate the same.

iffed with the government's policies and practices with respect to armed forces, ex-servicemen say they will heighten their agitation till the one-rank, one-pension mechanism is implemented. Veteran Wing Commander (retd) Suresh Damodar Karnik has declined an invite to a government function. Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be attending the function.

Karnik, a 1971 war hero, alleged that false promises were made by the government as it had been a year and the order in regard to pension has not been implemented as yet.The veteran wing commander also said that there ex-servicemen will hold a protest in New Delhi on June 14.Ex-servicemen were left disappointed once again when PM Narendra Modi did not announce implementation of the long-demanded one-rank, one-pension (OROP) mechanism for them during his rally in Mathura earlier this week.Many were fuming. "Earlier, it was said OROP would be announced in the Union Budget. But it looks that the file is still being tossed between the defence and finance ministries, with the two ministers issuing contradictory statements. The previous UPA regime had also announced it. But where is the money?" asked a brigadier.

The government has over the last few months repeatedly declared its intention of announcing full implementation of OROP with a corpus of around Rs 8,300 crore.

But the nitty-gritty of finalizing the modalities has held it back. OROP

Wing Com. (retd) Suresh Damodar Karnik alleged that false promises were made. basically implies payment of a uniform pension to personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement. Successive governments in the past had contended that granting full OROP was neither financially nor administratively possible, especially since it could lead to a cascading effect with similar demands being made by others like paramilitary personnel. The Modi government, however, has defined "military pension" as a category separate from other kinds of pensions to justify implementation of OROP since soldiers, sailors and airmen retire at a much younger age than other government employees as well as undergo prolonged hardship tenures.

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Whether you’re having a tea party, a small social gathering or just hosting a few friends for drinks, you’re going to need a side table! Picking one to match your décor is hard enough, but since it’s going to take centrestage in your living room, you have to make sure you embellish it right too. Rhea Dhanbhoora & Dev Goswami help you place and accentuate your coffee table

TABleS we loVe

Perfect for the matchbox-sized homes in Mumbai, coffee tables are a boon in your living room, whether you want to place a book down, have your morning cup of tea or entertain guests. Take a look at a few great options.

DreSS iT uP Vintage charm This oak-barrelinspired table from FabFurnish.com is both unique and functional.

Price `54,499

Traditional touch The ethnic styles at Baaya Design never disappoint. We love these nested tables!

Price `54,000

Artsy appeal For a simple, but attentiongrabbing option, pick up this table from Baaya Design.

Price `38,000

Contemporary colour A modern design with a splash of colour — this table from Houseproud.in is perfect for a new-age home.

Price `14,995

Stay quirky If you’re looking to add a contemporary, but funky touch to your décor, pick up this Indie Nesbit table from FabFurnish.com.

Price `24,499

If you already own a coffee table, you know that it runs the risk of looking a little dull in the middle of your room, even if it’s placed against a wall! These items are the perfect way to add a little touch of colour to your coffee table.

Note it down A colourful, notebook like this one from IndiaCircus.c om will add colour and come in handy!

Price `499

Bottoms up These bottles, from Ownow.com, will instantly liven up your coffee table.

Price `1,200

Tea time fun If you’re a fan of old-school décor, this tea pot from FashionAnd You.com is the perfect addition on your side table.

Price `2,499

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Traditional designs don’t always suit modern décor, but a tiny addition works well. Pick up this coaster from HyperCITY. Price `799

Fun with quotes You cannot go wrong with quote-based décor elements.

We recommend placing this tray from Bliss, with the mugs on your table!.

Price `899 (tray) and `150 (mug)

Serving class This nut bowl from Arrtd’inox is classy enough to serve refreshments in as well as to store a few knick-knacks.

Price `1,455

Get rocking Can’t fit a rocking chair in your living room? Make do with this supercute coaster holder from eCraftIndia.com Price `1,499

STYle YouR CoFFee TAble

Yellow tints These vintage-tinted coasters from Tranceforme will look great strewn across your coffee table.

Price `190 each

There are so many different ways to decorate your coffee table that one story can’t give you enough information. But, if you want to keep things simple, here’s a basic guide. n Get in some nature: Too much wood can make your home

look dull and sometimes, even boring. You need to ensure that there’s a good balance of earthy wood and bright, natural colours. And, your coffee table is the perfect place to do so. From tiny plants (get faux plants if you don’t have the time to take care of a plant) to showpieces in colours such as green and blue, there are several ways to add a touch of nature to your coffee table as well as to your décor.

Not so shady This candle stand from IndiaCircus.com will look great during the day and help add a warm glow to your room at night.

Price `799

The Red Devils Showcase your sporty side with a set of coasters from GoalSquad.com.

Price `799

n Book the space: There’s a reason it’s called a coffee table

book! But, you don’t have to go that far! A couple of interesting books for your guests to enjoy or even books that you’re currently reading will add a great touch to your home décor. But, make sure that you place them neatly leaving enough space for the table to be used.

Getting arty If you don’t want to incorporate ethnic elements into your decor on a large scale, this tray and coaster set from Baaya Design will be a subtle option.

Price `1,550 (tray) and `1,450 (coasters)

n No to fruit baskets: You’d be surprised to see how many

home décor magazines and blogs proudly display fruit baskets perched on top of a coffee table. But, this is not only impractical (it uses valuable space), it doesn’t add to your décor either. Place the fruit basket on your dining table, if you have one, and place a cute tray with tiny knick-knacks on your coffee table instead.

n Minimalistic glory: Sometimes, simple arrangements work

Trippy much?

These bottles from ICasa may not be functional, but we can’t deny how lovely they will look on a coffee table!

Price `5,645 (green bottle) and `7,115 (yellow bottle)

best. Placing just a vase and a few books will lend a classy touch to your coffee table. You can swap the vase for a tray with items such as coasters and tiny show-pieces.

Fun with metal If you have the budget, we recommend picking this grapevine tray from Frazer and Haws — it will look great on a dark coffee table.

Price `51,200

A touch of nature These wooden, peacockthemed coasters from Baaya Design will add a lively touch to your table.

Price `3,250

Colours & flowers We love these vases from Home Centre — the colours will look great in any home!

Price `299 for both

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« theAtre ncPA cheer!

Cheer with laughter

Need an excuse to laugh out loud? Yamini Walia tells you what you can look forward to at the 4th edition of NCPA Cheer!

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CPA Cheer! is back with its 4th edition, with a lineup of six acts and three plays including a magical comedy, a comedy debate and an all-woman show!

For the first time, the comedy festival will take place across three venues in the same centre.

Deepa Gahlot, head of programming for theatre & films at NCPA, tells us, “Comedy as a genre has progressed tremendously and NCPA has always believed in encouraging new talent. NCPA Cheer! aims to promote fresh comedy in the city while ensuring the quality of performances. In this edition, Cheer will present a celebration of comedy, wit and laughter through six unique acts and three new plays.”

The first show, Versus, will see Rohan Desai and Adhiraj Singh face off to perform a show at the same time.

Charandas Thief revolves around an exceptionally honest thief. The cast includes Ameet Bhuvan, Harish Seshadri, Jagdish Raja, Priyanka Porwal, Adnan Khalid, Anirudh Acharya, Nikhil Nikhlesh, Shunky Chugani, Sarvjna Acharya, Sindhu S and Rebecca Spurgeon. Funny Women will see comedians Radhika Vaz, Anu Menon and Sonali Thakker take you through different styles of comedy in one

show. You can also watch Sorabh Pant improvise standup suggested by the audience in his popular show, Travelling Pants 2.0, which is returning with brand new content. The Indian Comedy Debate will shed light on hard-hitting issues, delicate concerns and the deep-rooted problems that we face today, as an exposé about who stole Bugs Bunny’s carrots and will feature Anuvab Pal, Rajneesh Kapoor, Varun Grover, Anu Menon, Radhika Vaz, Adhiraj Singh and a surprise guest moderator.

You can also enjoy other acts such as Charge, which is an absurd comedy about technology and the human condition; The Homegrown Comedy Supershow is a tribute to all forms of comedy in the country; The Wizard Wars is a supernatural war that rages across the realms, and Black with ‘Equal’, is a satirical black comedy that takes an unsentimental look at contemporary society and delivers a scathing comment on the human condition. The tickets are priced between `270 and `1,500.

When June 5 to 7 Where Tata Theatre, Experimental Theatre & Godrej Dance Theatre, NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point Contact www.bookmyshow.com for tickets

>> NCPA Cheer! will see Sorabh Pant and Radhika Vaz performing

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fter the staggering reception of the 99 Bar Night that was held last month, Tonic will be hosting another edition tonight. You can enjoy beverage options such as the Fratelli Classic Chenin, Classic Merlot, Antiquity, Signature, Blenders Pride, Smirnoff, Bacardi, Captain Morgan, Old Monk, Fosters and flavoured vodka shots priced at just `99 for 30ml. DJ Aditya Wanwari, who previously spun his tracks at Dfusion, Enchanted Valley Carnival and Supersonic festivals, will be playing popular Bollywood tunes to entertain you through the night. After exhausting yourself on the dance floor, you can head to Tonic’s bar to see the innovative manner in which they serve drinks with concepts centered around the city such as the Baltis (bucket of Beer), Barnis (a jar of Cocktail/Sangria) and Batlis (bottle filled with 10 shots).

When Tonight, from 9pm onwards Where Tonic, Famous Studio Lane, Mahalaxmi >> Look forward to drinks priced at `99 at Tonic’s 99 Bar Night Contact 43472505/ 43472508

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f you’re a fan of the underground music scene, you’ll love this gig at The Daily in Bandra. The lounge, in association with Renegade, will play host to a non-stop extended set by Kaleekarma, known for her electronic and techno beats. “The Daily Shindig will take place every alternate Fridays for two months at The Daily. This week we have Kaleekarma enthralling us with electronic and techno music. All music enthusiasts can come over and have a good time with amazing food and alcohol,” says Dishant Pritamani, Owner at The Daily.

When Today, from 10pm onwards Where The Daily, Ground Floor, Behind Shoppers Stop, S.V Road, Bandra (w) Contact 9920446633

f you’re feeling nostalgic, head to Road House Bluez this weekend as DJ Willis and DJ Senthil will be spinning some groovy tunes from the ’80s and ’90s. Both the DJs are known for their retro beats and will entertain you with tracks from icons such as Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam and Jim Morrison.

Speaking about the Back2Basic night, DJ Willis, who is also the founder of Road House

Bluez, tells us, “Even though the current music space has gone commercial, retro music is here to stay, no matter what. Taking you back years, it will be a sheer delight to perform with the famous DJ Senthil” When May 30, from 9.30pm onwards Where Road House Blues, Ground Floor, Tokyo house, J.P road, Andheri (w) Contact 9833398522

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ead to Cheval at Kalaghoda, to witness and join in on the laugh riot with Anuvab Pal as he will be performing for the Wednesday Wisecrackers. Laugh till your eyes water while enjoying Cheval’s delicious menu and drinks. Sunny Sara, partner at Cheval, Kala Ghoda tells us, “In order to relieve people from mid-week stress, Cheval has introduced a concept where people can come and have a good laugh over a few harmless jokes. Along with good food and drinks, it’s the perfect way to unwind on a Wednesday night.” Entry is priced at `300.

When June 3, from 9.30pm onwards Where Cheval, Kalaghoda, Fort Contact 40396631

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Spend your Sunday at blueFROG enjoying their special theatre experience. Quasar Thakore Padamsee’s A Peasant of El Salvador, written by Peter Gould and Stephen Stearns and directed by Quasar Thakore Padamsee, will be showcased at the club. It stars Pramod Pathak, Meher Acharia-Dar and Suhaas Ahuja, and tells the funny, heartwarming tale of a hill farmer in 1970s El Salvador. “blueFROG is proud to present one of Quasar Padamsee’s most iconic plays, A Peasant of El Salvador. The play is riveting, funny and heart warming and the star cast is an extremely talented trio. You will be experiencing great content at blueFROG club, where the evening will have special food and drinks on offer that match the theme of the play. If you like good scripts and quality performances with a drink in hand, don’t miss this one,” says Ruchika Tiku, programming head, blueFROG Mumbai.

Price `350 (entry) When May 31, from 9pm to 1am Where blueFROG. Mathuradas Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel Contact 61586158

nat Geo’s sPaCe Weekends

National Geographic (NGC) is offering its viewers the chance to win a family trip to the Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, USA. All you have to do is log on to www.natgeospaceweekends.com and take a quiz. Get yourself up to speed on cosmic knowledge by tuning in to Nat Geo’s Space Weekends every Saturday and Sunday at 7pm.

Commenting on the show, Swati Mohan, business head, NGC Networks and FOX International Channels, says, “We at NGC take great efforts to showcase content that can feed curious minds and takes viewers to places they never could imagine. This holiday season, we have launched a new destination on the channel with Space Weekends and we are also excited about the Space Weekends Contest, which gives loyal viewers the chance to win a family vacation to the Kennedy Space Center.”

When Every Saturday and Sunday, 7pm When Contest questions at www.natgeospaceweekends.com

Weekday CoCktaIl haPPy hours at seraFIna

Buy-one-get-one-free offers on cocktails will never get old. Serafina, in Fort, is jumping on the bandwagon, promisinghours. From Monday to Friday, you can avail of their buy-one-get-one-free offer between 4 and 8pm. “You can pick from cocktails such as Bloody Mary, Rusty Bellini, Cosmopolitan, Margaritas and Mojitos as well as an array of domestic wines, and the next one will be on the house!” says Sanju Arora, general manager, Global Kitchens.

When Every Monday to Friday, from 4pm to 8pm Where Rampart Row, 30K Dubash Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort Contact 49150050/ 49150055

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Artist Ashok Hinge has released a collection of works that honour mundane activities of everyday life. The paintings feature black figures against white backgrounds. Speaking about the show, Ashok says, “I wish to express my art through simple lines as our lives have become so complicated. My minimalistic approach to art aims to bring out the simplicity of life, which, in the past few decades, has been getting increasingly difficult, especially in big cities such as Mumbai.

The colour black allows me to bring out the simplistic aspect in my expression. My inspiration is daily life!”

When Ongoing Where Dinodia 1x1 Art Gallery, 66 — Bajaj Bhawan, Opposite INOX, Nariman Point Contact 22044016

Head to Jehangir Art Gallery this weekend, to witness an amalgamation of the Rajasthani and Konkan landscapes in acrylic paints with a series of different colour application techniques, all encompassed into one exhibition called Colour & Mood. Speaking about the exhibition, artist Rahul tells us, “My new paintings reflect my experiments with colours. Colour is an important component that can establish, create, transform or enhance the mood of a painting, which is why I’ve named the exhibition Colour & Mood. Each painting features a single background colour — all the other colours are associated with this background colour. This helps observed reality turn into a painting with a mood.”

When Up to June 1 Where Jehangir Art Gallery, M.G Road Contact 22843989

Considering how hot it’s getting, we love the idea of heading to Aqaba this Saturday and cooling off at their Craft Beer Festival. You can look forward to offerings from five breweries based in Mumbai and Pune — TJ’s Brew Works, Gateway Brewing Co., Independence Brewing Company, Doolally Craft Beers and The White Owl. Apart from the drinks, they also have on offer some good music and mouth-watering food. And, there are fun drinking games too! Aditya Parikh, director of Aspher Foods, tell us, “As a huge fan of beer, I’m glad that we finally have microbreweries coming up in Mumbai and Pune. The Craft Beer Festival is our way of getting people to come in, relax on the lawns and enjoy natural, artisanal beers from both cities, along with food curated specially for the occasion. The Craft Beer Festival is a platform we’re creating to promote the microbrewery culture and craft beers, as well as bring more awareness to people at large.”

When May 30, from 1pm to 10pm Where Aqaba, Club House, Level P5, Peninsula Business Park, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel Contact 61512222

If you love mangoes, you’re in luck, because Umame has introduced a special, mango-inspired dessert menu.

You can pick from a delectable range of mango desserts such as The Disappearing Dome with Mango Berry Creme Fraiche and The Ratnagiri Big Bang. Talking about the new dessert menu, Farrokh Khambata, founder of Umame, says, “We have worked out a dessert menu with the flavour and the basic essence of mangoes in mind. The fruit has a versatile taste — it’s both tangy and sweet, which allows it to be paired with unique creations, that bring out a tantalisingly different flavour.”

When Ongoing Where Cambata Building, Eros Theatre building, M Karve Road, Churchgate Contact 61110303

Artists Mukesh Choudhari and Rohan More are all set to display their new work in oil on canvas at the Hirji Jehangir Art Gallery. Mukesh says, “I have been inspired by brightness and emotions such as happiness.

Also, my art education, along with my vivid life experiences, have enriched my artistic perceptions.” Mukesh’s paintings depict happiness, joy and enjoyment. Rohan tells us, “I have tried to showcase innovative and emotional feelings that we see in the various arenas of life. As a result, my works depict both happy and anxious moods of the human mind in states such as rest, companionship and togetherness.

When June 1 to June 7, from 11am to 7pm Where Jehangir Art Gallery, 1st floor, Kala Ghoda, Fort Contact 9767367450

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CraFt beer FestIval at aqaba

Combat the summer heat with The Nutcracker’s new menu, which features dishes such as The Chilled Noodle & Raw Mango Salad, The Couch Potato Omelette, Sunday Scrambles, Roasted Vegetable Lasagne, Chunky Mushroom Burger, Belgian Chocolate Mousse and Mango Parfait. The menu also includes drinks such as their Raw Mango Cooler, Lemon Blast and Mango Milkshake. Anaheeta Bafna, the owner of The Nutcracker, tells us, “Our summer menu is designed to offer food that is refreshing. The menu also includes healthy preparations such as the Raw Mango Cooler, Chilled Noodle Salad and Mango Parfait.”

When Ongoing, from 9.30am to 11pm Contact 22842430 Where The Nutcracker, Modern House, Dr. V.B. Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda, Fort

THEATRE the last PaGe by mukesh ChoudharI and rohan more

Joss has introduced a range of mango desserts that promise to satisfy your mango cravings. Gorge on delicious desserts such as the La Fuji Mama with Carpaccio of Mango and the Asia di Cuba, which features Mango Cigars and a spiced Mango Sorbet. Speaking about the new mango-flavoured desserts, Farrokh Khambata, owner of Joss, tells us, “Our signature restaurant, Joss, brings you Mango Mania, a dessert menu that features the king of fruits in different avatars! This summer, embark on a delectable journey and pamper your taste buds as you savour mongo-based desserts.”

When Ongoing Where Savoy Chambers, Linking Road Extension, Santacruz (w) Contact 26617772

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World InterIors day at PInakIn

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If you’d like to play your part in saving the environment, Letscampout has an interesting proposition. The leisure camping company has organised a tree-planting drive in association with the Maharashtra Forest Department. And, once the tree planting is complete, you can relax with a free camping experience! Abhijeet Mhatre, founder of Letscampout, says, “Letscampout has started the Plant a Tree and Camp for Free initiative to raise awareness about the role of trees in ecology. One of the effects of the high rate of deforestation that we are currently seeing is global warming. We need to generate awareness with the help of initiatives and the best time is now. Planting trees is a habit that needs to be inculcated to the next generation.”

When May 30 and 31 Where Lonavala Contact 9819813493/ www.letscampout.com/

To mark the occasion of World Interiors Day, the International Federation of Interior Architects/ Designers is launching an I Love My Home initiative, which commemorates this year’s theme offering a 30% discount on all items at their store and complimentary consultation services from an in-house interior designer. Piyush Raj, partner and CEO at Pinakin Retail, says, “World Interiors Day gives us a wonderful opportunity to share what we know about welldesigned spaces and the impact that they have on people’s lives. We want to communicate the diversity of our practice, the range of our experience and the expertise of our own design sensibilities.”

When Tomorrow Contact 65002500 Where Pinakin, 2nd floor, Raghuvanshi Mills Compound, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel

hIdesIGn leather Care

If you own a Hidesign bag, the brand has arranged to take care of it! Just take your Hidesign bag to any of the brand’s exclusive stores and they will give it a little love and care. They will also show you how to maintain it. Hidesign president, Dilip Kapur, says, “Hidesign Leather Care Week will be taking place at all exclusive Hidesign stores. The event encourages customers to bring their old Hidesign bags for a nourishing treatment and learn more about how to maintain their leather.”

When Up to May 31 Where at all exclusive Hidesign stores Contact www.hidesign.com/store

ImProv Comedy mumbaI at house oF WoW

Improv Comedy Mumbai is all set to tickle your funny bone at the House of Wow. Their cast includes artists such as Naveen Kaushik, Ankit Challa, Avinash Verma, Preeti Singh, Adam Dow and Eeshan Tripathi. They don’t have a script prepared for the evening, so the stand up act will be formed around ideas and topics that are shared by the audience, making it a fun, interactive session. Riddhi Gupta, the owner of the House of Wow, tells us, “House of Wow is a creative and performing art house. With a promise to constantly provide something new and interesting, we are associating with Improv Comedy Mumbai for a fun-filled literally paisa vasool evening.” Entry to the event is priced at `350.

When May 31, from 8.30pm to 10pm Where House of Wow, 10, Natraj Building, Hill road, Opposite St Stanislaus School, Bandra (w) Contact 9930246031

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surprise, surprise

>> Sarita Handa’s store will remind you of a perfect urban home

Typing the address for MonishaJaising.com into his browser at work, Dev Goswami didn’t expect to be blown away. After seeing what was on offer however, he had a different reaction. Take a look

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am not really for or against well-known designers launching their own websites. But, so far, the implementation has been so shoddy that before I logged on to MonishaJaising.com, there wasn’t a single designer website that I would recommend.

My first look at the website did nothing to banish my misgivings. The silver and gold logo doesn’t really fit in with the website’s stark white background and I felt as though this was another website that would suffer because of unimaginative design and the aim to push a designer name. But, boy was I surprised! Click on the ‘Shop’ link on the homepage and you’ll be taken to a shopping section that features sub-sections such as Luxe Sportswear, Resort Wear, Evening Wear, Bridal, MJ Kids and Runway Looks — it’s a good idea for me to mention here that MJ Kids stands for Monisha Jaising’s collection for children, and has nothing to do with Michael Jackson!

While the Luxe Sportswear collection is pretty standard with a smattering of T-shirts, T-shirt dresses, sweat shirts and trackpants (all decently-priced between `1,950 and `6,000), it was the Resort Wear and Evening Wear subsections that really caught my fancy. The former houses a >> MonishaJaising.com’s layout fails to impress beautiful range of printed dresses and a few well-detailed kurta tops, all of which are worth checking out. The Evening Wear collection is where Monisha Jaising truly shines. You can expect classy, solid designs in contemporary as well as classic cuts.

The Evening Wear and Bridal section are both made-to-measure, and so delivery time is 25 days instead of the usual 15 days — most customers may appreciate a quicker turnaround time. The Bridal section left me confused — bridal wear is not something that anyone would buy off a website. But, the beautiful Louis XV jacket and the classy Ottoman jacket make a solid case for the section, helping make the website a serious contender for your bridal couture needs.

The Luxe Sportswear section aside, you can expect to spend a minimum of `10,000 on MonishaJaising.com. Overall, I was pleased with the website. I was hard-pressed to find something that I wouldn’t pick for a friend or a family member and the website’s design is simple. Prices match what you would expect from a designer store, but unlike most others, MonishaJaising.com has a range of affordable clothing as well.

Where www.monishajaising.com

« New lauNches

europeaN Barker shoes iN iNdia

Barker shoes by Lloyds Luxuries Ltd., one of Europe’s finest footwear brands, has touched down in India.

The shoes feature a modern design, but are just updated versions of more classic types. The updates include skull-shaped toe punches and crossbone logos. And, if you are looking for variety, they have you covered, because you can choose from a wide range of styles such as boots, lace-ups, slip-ons, sneakers and Oxford shoes.

Price `23,000 onwards Where Available at all Truefitt & Hill outlets in Mumbai

Of luxe aesthetics Yamini Walia visited Sarita Handa’s flagship store in Mahalaxmi and shares her experience of the new décor space with you

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ow would you define the perfect urban home? A large space with ample light, big windows and antique furnishingsounds about right to me. This is exactly how Sarita Handa’s flagship store in Mumbai looks. Sarita Handa is a name associated with premium home furnishings. She has been beautifying homes in India as well as abroad for the past 20 years. After launching stores in New Delhi, She has finally set up shop in Mumbai, near Shakti Mills in Mahalaxmi. The store is spread across 2,500sq.ft, so it’s quite easy to spot.

As soon as I entered the store, the first thought that came to mind was ‘I wish there was enough space in Mumbai to have a house like this!’

You will definitely agree with me when you visit the store! The space is a mix of contemporary and antique styles, with pops of teal embellishing the doors and windows, teamed with an interesting, antique stone Buddha sculpture at the entrance. The hanger-like industrial ceiling and multi-level mezzanine floor are both extremely eye-catching.

What’s even more interesting is the small courtyard adjoining the store full of greenery and a beautiful Banyan tree that is bound to evoke feelings of tranquillity and wellbeing. Every section in the store is designed the way your home should be — a living room that includes sofas and chandeliers, a dining room with chairs and a big table and a bedroom with a king-sized bed, mirror and some plants.

The work on the cushions, bedspreads and furniture is mostly hand embroidered but at first glance, the designs look printed.

The work is so intricate that it makes it is to tell the difference. I was completely blown away!

The colour palette of the store is warm and neutral, and eludes an organic feeling because of the extensive use of earthy neutrals, dark, rich mochas and some fashionable greys. Most of the collections play with sheen, the fabrics helping to generate a more glamorous vibe.

The latest offering from the brand is an extensive range of rugs, kilims and antique Persian carpets, stunning wall art and paintings that

showcase work by both young as well as established artists. Also available in various sizes and colours are new bedding ensembles with decorative pillows.

A new collection of signature Sarita Handa fabrics for drapery and upholstery with jacquards and textured and embroidered fabrics is also exclusively displayed at the store. There is also an array of decorative accessories to choose from — the bronze statue collection, nickel finish decorative pieces such as trays and wine coolers and antique decorative pieces made of wood, clay and stone.

The store also houses new furniture designs in cane daybeds, dining tables, chairs with embroidered backs, consoles, beds and side tables in teak wood, oak wood and reclaimed wood. In other words, Sarita Handa is a one-stop shop for all your housing needs, especially if you’re looking for a place that offers an amalgamation of both luxe and aesthetic designs.

The best part is that their entire collection blends seamlessly with different types of décor. Prices range from the affordable to the exclusive — the cushions start from `2,000, bedspreads from `12,000 and furniture from `50,000. Don’t forget to drop by!

Where Sarita Handa, 6, Ground Floor, Laxmi Woollen Mill Estate, Shakti Mill Lane, Off Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi Contact 40052686

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Drop the Bar Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015

We’re a little late to the party but after the success of its first two outlets in andheri and Oshiwara, we had to see what the big deal was at the third outlet of the Bar stock exchange at Bandra Kurla Complex.

Yamini Walia & sara shah tell you whether it lived up to the hype

the ConCePt The concept of Bar Stock Exchange (TBSE) is so unique and different that it’s been generating quite a buzz since it opened its first outlet. After all, how many other restaurants offer Old Monk at a starting price of `17, a Kingfisher pint at `65 and whiskey brands such as Black & White at `87? Unbelievable, isn’t it?!

TBSE is the first pub chain in India to own proprietary bar stock exchange software, which uses a comprehensive algorithm to determine and change the price of a drink for the next customer, based on demand and supply. If you deal in stocks or are familiar with stock trading, the concept of Bar Stock Exchange will be easier for you to understand.

For the uninitiated, here’s how it goes: The prices of your favourite drink start at the base price and rise in direct proportion to their consumption over a period of time. Every increasing peg/ pint ordered by a patron increases its value margin, to be brought down once again if time is on your side (if orders for the same drink decrease over a period of time).

The best part is that the market can crash at any time — a loud siren is played to signal the crash, the screens on the bar and the dedicated application you’re given will notify you as the prices crash all the way down to

>> The ambiance at Bar Stock Exchange generates a fun vibe up or down. We seated ourselves at one of the high tables that overlooked the entire complex.

Overall, the ambiance generates a casual, but fun vibe, which makes it a great place to visit with a group of friends.

the Food

>> The BBQ Chicken Quesadillas were our favourite for the evening cost price aka MRP. We’re sure this has left you excited already!

the AmbiAnCe The BKC outlet has an al-fresco space as well as indoor seating. But, the outer area was complemented by windy weather on the day we visited, so we chose to sit outside!

The area comprises of the bar with screens on which you can see the alcohol stocks going

It’s all RIte

For starters, we ordered their BBQ Chicken Quesadillas (`215) and Popcorn Chicken Tikka (`210). With crispy tortillas outside and melting cheese, shredded chicken and vegetables inside, the quesadillas were served with sour cream and tomato salsa and the entire dish packed a delicious punch. We decided that these were one of the best quesadillas that we’ve had in a while. The Popcorn Chicken Tikka was quite appetising as well. Pungent, but crispy, it served as the perfect snack with our chilled beer. We also tried their Mexican Bean Nachos (`175), the Mezze Platter (`165) and Basil Infused Panko Prawns (`220). The Nachos, frankly, were dismal. Everything looked like one hot mess, which didn’t help. We did like the Mezze Platter, which included dips such as Baba Ghanoush, mixed bean pate, hummus and falafel — all of which were accompanied by triangles of fluffy pita bread. The hummus was delicious, and so were the other dips, but the falafel had us pushing our plates aside —

Where Equinox Business Park, Off Bandra Kurla Complex, Kurla (W) Contact 26500060 Serves Alcohol Yes. A pint of beer starts at `65 Cost for two `1,200

Whether you love or hate them, you’ve probably had at least a few of them! Rhea Dhanbhoora sees whether Rite Bite’s latest nutrition bars are as run-off-the-mill as most

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here’s no reason for me to pick a nutrition bar. I don’t need to eat breakfast in a jiffy, I can usually afford myself the luxury of a ten-minute break for a proper snack and I don’t stop myself from digging into a second helping of dessert. Still, I spent several months eating at least one nutrition bar a day, more to satiate sudden hunger pangs (it will leave you fuller than a bar of chocolate would!) and to stave off a sudden sugar dip. Since I’ve never bothered to count calories, I can’t say that I was whooping with delight about trying the Eazy Herbal Bars, which are Rite Bite’s latest offering for those who skip meals, depend on nutrition bars and are tired of run-off-the-mill, chocolate-covered ones.

While the range of herbal bars aims to manage weight, I (thankfully) didn’t really lose any as I indulged in them. They also promise to provide you with protein and a lot of fibre.

What interested me more was the strange flavour (see box for more) and herb combinations — with all that goodness, how bad could they really be, right? They promise to deliver calories that will fit into any weight-loss plan — and perhaps they would.

They’ve also started a new Max Protein range (for all those who are pumping iron I assume), with flavours that include Choco Slim, Choco Fudge and Honey Lemon. All interesting flavours, at least by the sound of it.

How healthy are they really? I couldn’t say. But I will say this — they don’t taste like cardboard; they’re much more interesting than the dull berry and chocolate flavours

it was not good, to say the least. We loved their Panko Prawns, which had a nice, crunchy crust outside and a delectable flavour inside.

Since we went overboard with our starters, we decided to order something light for our main course. We settled for a Crispy Chicken Fried Rice (`225), which judging by its quantity, didn’t seem like a light bite at all. But, it tasted just alright. Once it was established that we couldn’t eat any more, we decided to order their desserts and were recommended the Nutty Caramel (`200) and Death By Chocolate (`200). Unfortunately, both were overwhelmingly sweet.

We were pleased with the concept but the food was a disappointment. Their starters fare well and the lively ambiance and the jolly interiors make your experience better.

However, remember that you will only get in if you’re above 24-years-old. Carry a valid ID if you don’t want to be rejected at the door!

flavours from Rite Bite and here’s a lowdown on what I thought: Tulsi + Lemonbalm + Amla + Ginger Yes, lemonbalm. In a nutrition bar. It sounds awful, but apart from the fact that you’re going to feel like you’ve just entered a spa when you tear the packet open, it’s surprisingly flavourful! It’s called Easy Immune, but it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea.

Green tea + Guggul + Yerba Mate + Gardenia Speaking of tea, I thought the Easy Slim would be an easy favourite. Unfortunately, I was wildly disappointed. It’s got a hint of chocolate that takes away from the subtle hints of tea or herb, leaving you with a pretty dull, run-off-the-mill bar.

floating around the market and they’re incredibly filling. So, if you’re looking to switch from your evening vada pav to something even a tiny bit healthier than a deep fried snack, I wouldn’t hesitate to suggest sinking your teeth into one of these.

FlAvour Fight The sad thing about nutrition bars is that they usually taste awful! I sampled three pretty offbeat Eazy Herbal bar

Ashwagandha + Passion Flower + Tulsi This sounded horrible, but I should have known from the addition of tulsi that I was going to enjoy it the most. It’s dark, heady and extremely flavourful — in fact, it comes very close to not tasting like a nutrition bar! Did I obtain the Easy Calm? I’m not quite sure. Of course, since this tasted the best, it’s no surprise that it contained the highest amount of calories as well.

Price `90 each Availability Major retail outlets across the city

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Travel

Bekal Beckons Afternoon Despatch & Courier Special

MUMBAI | FRIDAY, MAY 29, MUMBAI | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2015 2010

Bekal is a charming little town on the west coast of Kerala that makes for the perfect romantic getaway. From taking cosy walks on the beach to gorging on delicious, authentic Kerala cuisine, Bekal is all about untouched nature and flawless beauty, says Samreen Samad

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oing all the way from Mumbai to Kerala just a weekend may seem preposterous, but it was my birthday weekend and I was desperate for a break. Little did I know that this would turn out to my best birthday yet! Two hours away from Mangalore airport, the picturesque drive to Bekal was accompanied by plenty of fresh banana and tapioca wafers.

luxe liFe I checked into the Vivanta by Taj – Bekal (The retreat is a hidden haven that pops out of nowhere). The large Ganesha idol at the entrance is welcoming and so is their customer service staff.

Once my check-in formalities were over I was escorted to my villa. Interestingly, the villa design is inspired by Kettuvallam house boats. The villas are spacious and include a private pool, an outdoor bath tub, a well-furnished room and a large bathroom.

After a long, much-needed nap, I stepped outside to explore the resort. After checking out the gorgeous backwaters and lush landscape, covered by rows of palm trees, I made my way to Latitude for a quick lunch. My meal comprised of delicious smoked salmon and fish curry cooked in coconut milk, in an inescapable Kerala style. By evening,I was well-rested and relaxed and took a quick dip in my private pool.

>> Vivanta by Taj – Bekal is a calming resort to stay at when you’re visiting the beach town

historical essence Next morning, I hopped into a tuk-tuk to visit the famous Bekal Fort. The keyhole-shaped fort is huge and offers a panoramic view of the beach.

Even though it’s a major tourist spot, the fort isn’t very crowded, and this makes for a good place to unwind. I made a beeline for the spa at the resort to soothe my aching muscles afterwards— a testament to my sedentary lifestyle back home.

GettinG there You can reach Bekal by flight or train. The nearest airport is in Mangalore, which is around 50 km away. Once you land in Mangalore, you can hire a taxi to take you to Bekal. Travelling by train will take you longer, but will be cheaper and you’ll reach closer to Bekal than you would by flight. The Kasaragod railway station is around 12km from Bekal. Once you reach Kasaragod by train, you can either hire a cab or hop on to a state transport bus that will take you to Bekal.

Beach Bum The highlight of my trip was cycling to the fabulous Kappil Beach. The clean, white sand and clear water has quite a calming effect. The inviting hammocks at the beach ensured that I lazed under the pretty blue sky until hunger hit me.

Bekal is a dream destination for those who are looking for a mix of nature and luxury. The beach town is the perfect place to rejuvenate, relax and simply laze around — something that’s very rare for cityfolks like me.

>> The tranquility that Bekal offers makes it a perfect weekend destination

>> The town of Bekal gives you a taste of Kerala’s natural beauty

Fact File n The word Bekal is believed to be a

corrupted derivation of the word ‘Beliakulam’, which means a big palace. It is believed that Bekal was once the seat of a large palace, which was guarded by what is now known as the Bekal Fort. However, this may well be a myth, since no remains of a palace have ever been found around the fort. n The Bekal Fort is supposed to be the oldest fort in Kerala. While it has been recorded that the fort was constructed some time during the mid-1600s, tracing its exact history is difficult. n The Bekal Fort demonstrates the brilliant knowledge of defence strategy that existed centuries ago.

From secret tunnels leading out to the

sea to a zig-zag entrance, presumably to keep the enemy under watch for longer, the fort has a wonderfully designed defensive layout. n Bekal is surrounded by several hill stations that are perfect for a one-day visit. Ranipuram, Kottancherry and Possadigumpe will all make your vacation more memorable. These hill stations are also great trekking destinations. n While Bekal beach is a great spot that will leave you with long-lasting, happy memories, Muzhappilangad beach, which is around 100km from Bekal, is also worth a visit. The 4 km stretch is the only beach in Kerala where you can drive a vehicle and the beach itself is a swimmer’s paradise.

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015

MUSICAL PLAY PREMIERE

Star Pravah has always been in the forefront of providing new concepts and distinctive programming content in accordance with the needs of its viewers across Maharashtra. Now Star Pravah presents its viewers World Theatre Television Premiere of a unique and highly acclaimed Marathi play ‘Naandi.’ This play brings together 10 of the most talented cinema, TV and theatre actors on one platform, which will surely be a visual treat to all Marathi theatre lovers. 'Naandi' means an invocation sung at the start of THE PATRIOT

the play to God of art who bestows his grace for a glorious show. ‘Naandi’ is a play that explores the evolution of manwoman relationship over last 150 years of Marathi theatre. The play has judiciously extracted the best scenes from great Marathi plays like 'Abhigyan', 'Shakuntalam', 'Sangeet Saubhadra', 'Kichak Vadh', 'Ekach Pyala', 'Ashrunchi Zali Fule', 'Barrister,' 'Sakharam Binder', 'Buddhibal ani Zabbu' and 'Chahul'. These epic scenes seamlessly blend to become a panoramic collage called ‘Naandi’. The cast includes prominent and multifaceted actors like Sharad Ponkshe,

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

IT is 1776 in colonial South Carolina. Benjamin Martin, a French-Indian war hero who is haunted by his past, now wants nothing more than to live peacefully on his small plantation, and wants no part of a war with the most powerful nation in the world, Great Britain. Meanwhile, his two eldest sons, Gabriel and Thomas, can’t wait to enlist in the newly formed “Continental Army.” When South Carolina decides to join the rebellion against England, Gabriel immediately signs up to fight...without his father’s permission. But when Colonel William Tavington, British dragoon, infamous for his brutal tactics, comes and burns the Martin Plantation to the ground, tragedy strikes. Benjamin quickly finds himself torn between protecting his family, and seeking revenge along with being a part of the birth of a new, young, and ambitious nation. Zee Studi o, 9 p.m.

CID

SOAPS & SERIALS

CID is the longest running show on Sony Entertainment Television. It has been successful in grabbing the attention of its viewers. This week, get set for the Brave Kids week on CID where the cops will team up with young friends and shock you by their enthralling cases. The story starts when amidst the engagement party at Ashok’s house a murder takes place. Ashok’s nephew, Chiku is an eye witness to this instance but unfortunately he has become silent all of a sudden. But this doesn’t end here. In the following night Chiku observers 2 women covered in veil going out of the house. He decides to follow them and to his shock he sees them hanging to a branch. Next day Chiku is found unconscious in the jungle. CID team gets involved to solve the mystery behind the murders that have been taking place. Does Chiku’s silent behaviour has anything to do with the murder? Will the CID team be able to unravel the mystery? Sony T V, 10 p.m.

RIVER MONSTERS

JOIN Jeremy Wade in RIVER MONSTERS as he uncovers the world’s largest, strangest and most dangerous fish. Ani mal Planet, 8 p.m.

MAN VS EXPERT

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-to-head 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. Discover y, 8 p.m .

BATTLE FACTORY

FRONTLINE gear is used every day by troops around the world.

But how are things like ballistic googles, a sniper’s camouflage suit, or high-tech dragon eggs made? Tune into Discovery Science’s BATTLE FACTORY and discover some fascinating facts.

Di scover y Sci en ce, 10 p.m.

KING KONG

CID, Sony TV, 10 p.m.

MOST EVIL

FORENSIC psychiatrist Dr. Michael Stone examines the criminal mind with a scale he created that decodes a killer’s motive, method and mind on ID Investigation Discovery’s MOST EVIL. From peering into distorted minds the show uncover details behind impulsive liars and serial predators. ID, 9 p.m .

TU MERA HERO

Panchi meets a Cheeni in the remand home, who is in search of her soul mate. Will Cheeni find him in one of Panchi’s visitors?

Star Pl us, 8 p.m.

THAPKI…PYAAR KI

IN tonight’s episode of Thapki… Pyaar Ki, we will see how Diwakar gets annoyed by Aditi sending him Thapki’s pictures right before the wedding. Disturbed by Thapki’s stammering problem, watch him take out his frustration on everything else while getting ready for the big day. Tune in to Thapki’s life to know why Diwakar refuses to marry her at the last moment and how it leaves everybody astonished. Color s, 7 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

CARL Denham needs to finish his movie and has the perfect location; Skull Island. But he still needs to find a leading lady. This ‘soon-to-be-unfortunate’ soul is Ann Darrow. No one knows what they will encounter on this island and why it is so mysterious, but once they reach it, they will soon find out. Living on this hidden island is a giant gorilla and this beast now has Ann is its grasps.

Carl and Ann’s new love, Jack Driscoll must travel through the jungle looking for Kong and Ann, whilst avoiding all sorts of creatures and beasts. Mov ies, 9 p.m.

RIDDICK

THE infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he’s encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty. The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. HBO, 9 p.m .

ORIGINAL SIN

WHEN a man selects a mail order bride, he is surprised to see the beauty who appears before him. She alleges that she sent false photos to him to assure that he would love her for what she is and not for her beauty. However, what she is is a con artist, prostitute, and actress, who teams with a fellow actor to steal money from men. What she does not expect is that she falls in love with her new husband and ultimately must decide between him and her sadistic former lover. Contains explicit sex including sadistic acts. Pix, 9 p.m.

BANG BANG

A CHANCE encounter of the unassuming bank receptionist Harleen Sahni with the charming yet mysterious Rajveer Nanda, results in an on-rush of ditched planes, car chases, shoot-outs, bombing raids and general global mayhem. But as the transcontinental chase ensues with Rajveer convincing Harleen that he’s the good guy, can she really trust him, and will trust matter when the bullets start flying? Star Gold, 8 p.m.

GHATAK

UNABLE to witness the injustice and brutality inflict on the residents by a tyrannical gangster, Katya, in a small Indian village in India; Kashinath alias Kashi decides to single-handily take a stand to fight for his and the villagers rights. What follows is a series of violence and unlawful activities which not only endanger

King Kong, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

the life of those very villagers but also that of Kashi’s love ones.

Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

KAALA PATTHAR

BEING branded a coward for abandoning his ship full of over 300 passengers. Captain Vijay Pal Singh, is discharged from duty, humiliated by society and disowned by his parents. Feeling guilty over his cowardice and with low self-esteem, he starts working as a coal miner to forget his past. But it still continues to hunt him, he welcome pain as a punishment. The owner of the mine is Dhanraj Puri, a carefree and irresponsible man whose mine is poorly equipped, with less than sufficient medical supplies, and no facilities for the miners and their families. CVO, 9 p.m.

BOBBY

MR. NATH lives a very wealthy lifestyle in India along with his wife, Sushma, and a 6 year old son, Raj. Both he and Sushma lead a very busy life, so much so that they have no quality time to spend with Raj, leaving his care, even breast-feeding, to their maidservant, Mrs. Braganza, who Raj regards as his mother.

When Mr. Nath finds Raj to be precocious, he has him enrolled in a distant boarding school. When Raj returns after 12 years, he does not find any change, save that Mrs. Braganza does not work there anymore as she has been fired by Sushma. At his 18th birthday party, he meets with flirtatious Nima, and this is when he sets his eyes on Bobby, Mrs. Braganza’s granddaughter, and falls in love with her. To his delight he finds that she also loves him, much to the chagrin of his parents, who agree to meet with Bobby’s dad, Jack, but humiliate them. This does not deter Raj and Bobby and they continue to meet. Zee Classi c, 9 p.m .

TV TALK Avinash Narkar, Prasad Oak, Hrishikesh Joshi, Chinmay Mandlekar, Ajay Purkar, Ashwini Ekbote, Tejaswini Pandit, Seema Pandit and Spruha Joshi. The emotional behind-the-scenes moments of 'Naandi' team during the 100th performance, have been encapsulated in a special half-hour show to be aired on Saturday, 30th May at 6.30 pm on Star Pravah.

CLARENCE’S THRILLS

Clarence, the latest original animated comedy series from Cartoon Network STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 2.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlta Hai 3.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein 3.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Dosti… Yariyaan Manmarzian 5.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 5.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.00 Nach Baliye 7 6.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein 8.00 Tu Mera Hero 8.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Tere Shehar Mein 10.30 Dost… Yariyaan…

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

STAR WORLD The Mentalist Castle Grey’s Anatomy Monk The Mentalist Castle Simpsons Year The Goldbergs Monk The Mentalist Castle

ZEE CAFÉ

Desperate Housewives The Mentalist The Big Bang Theory Two and a Half Men Funniest Home Videos The Big Bang Theory Reign The Mentalist The Big Bang Theory Two and a Half Men Desperate Housewives The Mentalist Fasters

SONY TV

P.M. 2.30 CID 5.30 Sankatmochan Mahabali Hanuman 8.30 Muh Boli Shaadi 9.00 Reporters 9.30 Dil Ki Baatein Dil Hi Jaane 10.00 CID 11.00 Crime Patrol-Stark P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

ZEE TV

Service Wali Bahu Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Tumhi Ho Bandhu Doli Armaanon Ki Qubool Hai Mile Sur Mera Tumhara Mohe Piya Milenge DID Super Moms Service Wali Bahu Tumhi Ho Bandhu Hello Pratibha Jodha Akbar Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai Satrangi Sasuraal Doli Armaano Ki Jodha Akbar

P.M. 2.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30

8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

10.00 10.30

LIFE OK

Studios, premieres Monday, 1 June and will air weekdays at 5 pm only on Cartoon Network. Clarence follows a spirited, quirky boy who always sees the best in all things. When everyone else turns right, Clarence turns left, into a wall, but he keeps on going. Daily life is a fun and thrilling adventure for Clarence and his friends. There is streetwise Sumo, slightly neurotic Jeff and his sassy mum Mary. Set in small-town Aberdale, the stories are inspired by and celebrate real life triumphs and tragedies from childhood: epic dirt fights, sleepover pranks, secret tree forts and many more. Through the eyes of Clarence and in his chubby little hands, these tales always veer off the main road, if not off the map entirely.

LISTING

Best of Savdhaan India Piya Rangrezz Kalash Dream Girls Ek Ladki Deewani Si Mere Rang Mein Rangne Wali Mahakumbh Kalash Piya Rangrezz Dream Girl Ek Ladki Deewani Si Comedy Classes Savdhaan India

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Swaragini 2.30 Udann 3.00 Thapki Pyar Ki

8.30 Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Ka Re Duraava 9.30 Asmita 10.30 Dil Dosti Duniyadari 11.00 Jai Malhar

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 10.00 11.00

Be The Creature Wild Life of Tim Faulker Lion Man: African Safari Deadliest Animal Strategies AP Safari Hunters River Monsters Deadliest Be The Creature

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.30 Food Factory

DDI (Main Channel)

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TOP VIEW

To cut on huge Rs 8 lakh crore fuel import bills, the government has planned to promote bio-diesel and ethanol. There are plans to convert diesel buses into electric vehicles to minimise pollution. These will be used as school buses ...Petrol and diesel auto rickshaws will also be converted into electric rickshaws.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari BUSINESS BRIEFS Rules Eased For Share Transfer Between Foreign Players

Foreign investors will no longer have to seek the government's permission to transfer shares to another overseas player in sectors where FDI is allowed under automatic route. This is aimed at improving ease of doing business and attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into the country. "Government approval is not required for transfer of shares in the investee company from one non-resident to another non-resident in sectors which are under automatic route," the new DIPP circular on FDI has said.

Nifty Drops Below 200 DMA

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Friday (May 29, 2015) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty declined for the fourth consecutive session on Thursday (May 28, 2015) a net 15.60 points (0.19%) and closed at the 8319 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 8345 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 8364 points level at 9.19 a.m.

The index then declined into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 12.15 p.m. It then declined further and registered the day’s low at the 8270 points level at 12.57 p.m. The index then rose and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 94 points. Sentiment turned bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 30 were losers, while 20 stocks closed in the green.

Substantial buying was witnessed in consumer durables stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in healthcare stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 24.49%. This change is substantial and indicates a wide participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 634 were gainers, 807 were losers and 48 remained unchanged.

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

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

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

OVERALL MARKET STRENGTH/WEAKNESS: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a neutral bias.

Support 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: Pivot point = 8318 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 8271.

Support (2) = 8224.

Resistance (1) = 8366.

Resistance (2) = 8412.

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

However, the index has dropped below its 200 day moving average. The index is now below its 5 and 200 day moving averages. The velocity parameters which were positively trended have now turned neutral. All these indicate a negative bias.

However, the index its above its 15 and 25 day moving averages. This is positive. As such these are mixed signals. Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 15-day average at the 8318 point’s level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line but both lines are converging (negative if it continues).

The ADX is flat while the Market Index is falling. No signal here.

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 8364) Negative.

Is above its 15-day average (at 8318) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 8288) Positive.

Has dropped below its 200-day average (at 8328) Negative.

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NSE To Launch New IRF Contract Today

Top stock exchange NSE will launch a new interest rate futures (IRF) contract from today, offering 7.72% yield government bonds. "We have received consent for launching new IRF contracts. The 7.72% government bond was launched on May 22 in the primary market and the NSE is now going to offer the same to derivative market participants from tomorrow on the futures platform," the National Stock Exchange (NSE) said in a statement yesterday. The contract will mature on May 25, 2025, the statement added. An IRF is a contract between a buyer and a seller agreeing to the future delivery of any interest-bearing asset such as government bonds. Banks, primary dealers, mutual funds, insurers, FIIs, corporates and brokers, as well as retail investors trade in this product.

Bank Of India Posts Rs 56 Cr Loss In Q4

State-owned Bank of India yesterday reported a net loss of Rs 56.14 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2015, on higher provisioning for bad loans.

The bank had a net profit of Rs 557.51 crore in the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal, 2013-14. Gross non-performing assets (NPAs) as a percentage of total advances shot up to 5.39% in the fourth quarter, 2014-15, from 3.15% in the year-ago period. Provisioning by the bank increased to Rs 2,255 crore in the March quarter of last fiscal, from Rs 1,547 crore in the same period of 2013-14. Total income increased to Rs 12,286.98 crore during the March quarter, from Rs 11,274.09 crore a year ago. For the entire 2014-15 fiscal, BoI reported 37% dip in standalone net profit at Rs 1,708.92 crore.

Mahindra Lifespaces, Sumitomo Corp Tie Up For Indl Park

Realty firm Mahindra Lifespaces has partnered with Japanese firm Sumitomo Corporation to set up an industrial park in Tamil Nadu with an investment of Rs 375 crore. The Mumbai-based firm's subsidiary Mahindra World City Developers has entered into a 60:40 joint venture to form a company 'Mahindra Industrial Park Chennai' that will develop the park in north Chennai, which would entail an investment of Rs 375 crore. "This is our maiden partnership with Sumitomo in this space. Our joint venture will certainly create an industrial park which will attract companies from across the world to set up their facilities in enabling environment," Mahindra Lifespaces Managing Director and CEO Anita Arjundas told reporters here.

Govt To Award Rs 3.5 Lakh Cr Worth Road Projects

To propel economic growth, the government has set an ambitious target of awarding highway projects worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore in next six months besides creation of 25 lakh jobs in the shipping, road, transport and highways sector, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said yesterday. Not only has the government awarded contracts for building 8,000 km of highways worth Rs 1 lakh crore but PPP has been revived, Gadkari said listing achievements of highways and shipping sectors during the year and said he was confident these would contribute over 2% to the GDP.

Vedanta India To Acquire Up To 5.33% Stake In Cairn India Vedanta India will acquire up to 5.33% stake, worth over Rs 2,200 crore, in its group concern Cairn India next week. Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta India, which changed the name from Sesa Sterlite last month, is a promoter in Cairn India.

It will acquire up to 100 million shares of the company from another promoter Twin Star Mauritius Holdings Ltd. In a BSE filing, Vedanta India said it will acquire up to 5.33% stake or 100,000,000 shares of Cairn India from Twin Star Mauritius Holdings on June 3, 2015 or within a period of 90 days for Rs 220.40 per share. After the acquisition of the shares, Vedanta India's stake in Cairn India will grow from 18.73% to 24.06%, said the filing yesterday.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Angel Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on MBL Infrastructures CMP: Rs. 539

Target: Rs. 789

Emkay calls a ‘Buy’ on Tata Chemicals CMP: Rs. 436

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See Ideal Conditions For 0.25% Rate Cut On June 2, Says BNP Paribas NEWS FLASH

NMDC Q4 profit declines 31% to Rs 1,347 cr Escorts Q4 net profit dips 60% to Rs 13 cr Fortis Healthcare Q4 net loss at Rs 17.53 cr Hindalco Q4 profit falls 36% to Rs 160 cr ONGC profit dips 19.5% on higher costs, write-off PFC's net profit rises 11% to Rs 1,561 crore in Q4 Haier to invest Rs 360 cr to double manufacturing capacity.

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discussions on the composition of the five-member MPC that will be tating that conditions are ideal deciding the key issue of interest for rate cut, French brokerage rates. According to media reports, BNP Paribas yesterday said a there is no agreement over who will 0.25% reduction can help discus- appoint the two members from the sions between the central bank and RBI to be a part of the committee. the Finance Ministry on setting up The RBI wants Governor Raghuram of inflation targeting panel. "With Rajan to appoint these members, critical negotiations between the which may not be acceptable to the Reserve Bank and North Block over government, the reports said. the composition of the new interest The note by BNP Paribas said this rate-setting Monetary Policy Com- is Rajan's final chance to deliver the mittee (MPC) still underway, a cut as the factors influencing it will 0.25% rate cut could judiciously only get difficult with time. "The help lubricate these discussions at RBI has an opportunity to deliver a little potential macroeconomic third, but likely final, 25 basis points cost," the brokerage said in a note. cut in the repo rate on June," it said, It can be noted that after adopt- adding the factors like threat of ining formal inflation targeting, the flation fanning up due to a likely Finance Ministry and the RBI are in bad monsoon and the climbing oil

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prices, and the expected hike by US Fed in September which can lead to choppiness in the markets, can make it tougher to cut later.

Factors which make the case for a cut include the low retail inflation which came in under 5% in April, the government bringing down the fiscal deficit target by 10 bps at 4%, sluggish growth in factory output and credit growth being slow, it further said. On the transmission, it said Rajan has a choice to either "admit to impotence or try harder to spark transmission." Only a few banks, led by State Bank of India, have cut their key rates after being chided by Rajan for not passing the 0.50% cuts to borrowers in two surprise installments in January and March.

GDP Growth To Slow To 7.2% In Jan - Mar Qtr: Moody’s

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ndia's economic growth rate in the January-March quarter is likely to slip to 7.2% from 7.5% in the previous three months, mainly on account of lower production and weak global demand, credit rating agency Moody's said yesterday. It also raised questions on the new GDP data series by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), which takes 2011-12 as the base year, saying that new data "are dubious" as they do not align well with other in-

dicators of economy.

As per CSO's new GDP data, the Indian economy expanded by 6.9% in 2013-14 and for 2014-15 the growth is estimated at 7.4%. CSO will release its March quarter GDP data tomorrow. For the quarter ended March Moody's said the economic growth "will likely show a slowdown to 7.2%, year-on- year, from 7.5% in the December quarter".

It said, "External headwinds weighed on India's March quarter GDP. The trade deficit widened, exports fell at double-digit in the

opening months of 2015. Mixed global demand is partly to be blamed, while lower global commodity prices are also hurting exporter incomes." It added however that India's potential growth rate is "likely closer" to 9%.

As regards domestic factors, Moody's said commercial banks have been reluctant to pass on the interest rate cuts effected by the Reserve Bank. "High borrowing costs are hurting the business sector, as manufacturing production grinds lower," it added.

‘DIPP Working On Guidelines For E-Commerce Sector’

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epartment of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) is working on guidelines for e-commerce sector in the backdrop of ongoing tussle between online and offline retailers, a top government official said. The government is aware of the issues between e-commerce retailers and brick-and-mortar outlets and it would "shortly address" this by evolving guidelines through FDI policy, DIPP Joint Secretary Atul Chaturvedi said at a PHDCCI event.

The DIPP is "working on guidelines to address the issue of ongoing

tug of war between e-commerce retailers and their counterparts in bricks and mortar," he said. However, he said the government is unlikely to regulate the e-commerce entities since a clear-cut policy on this front is in place. Chaturvedi said this while addressing a session on 'Ease of Doing Business and the Government Policy' organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI).

At present, 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) is allowed only in business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce and not in the retail segment.

Traders body CAIT had called for a probe in the business model and

Court Pulls Up IT Dept For Withholding Info On Foreign A/cs

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mation is being withheld from the court in respect to the source of inDelhi court yesterday pulled up formation of foreign bank account the Income Tax (IT) Department of the accused persons. for withholding information on for"Previously also, there has been eign bank accounts of those per- direction time and again to place sons against whom it has filed on record the copy of source of incomplaints and slapped a fine of Rs formation so that no undue 10,000 on it. Directing the depart- advantage to the accused persons ment to deposit the fine amount in may be there in future, reason being the Prime Minister's Relief Fund, that in all the cases like in hand Additional Chief Metropolitan Mag- where the accused are having alistrate (ACMM) Devendra Kumar leged bank accounts in foreign Sharma said the tax body was not country, the argument is being adplacing complete documents, which vanced that there is no legally adcould have evidentiary value, on missible evidence on record in record for reasons best known to it. respect to source of information," "In almost all the cases, the infor- the court said.

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trade practices of e-commerce companies to find out how they are offering huge discounts. Recently, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has discussed various issues related to FDI in the e-commerce sector with several stakeholders, including Flipkart, Snapdeal and industry associations.

NCDEX Launches Forward Contracts To Mobilise Recycled Gold

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o bring idle gold into the market, NCDEX yesterday launched forward trading contracts called 'Gold Now' in 1 kg and 100 grams gold bars including the recycled ones. The new forward gold contracts will not only give impetus to the Indian gold refinery industry, but also complement the government's proposed Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) and 'Make in India' programme, it added. "We have launched two contracts -- 100 grams and 1 kg gold bar contracts. We intend to offer contracts in 5 gram, 10 gram

and 50 grams coins in the next six months," NCDEX Managing Director and CEO told reporters here. Under 'Gold Now' contracts, one can trade in 'imported gold' accredited by the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) as well as recycled 'India gold' from domestic refineries, he said.

Under these contracts, gold will be compulsorily delivered to buyers from six centres -- Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Hyderabad and Chennai. To ensure quality of recycled domestic gold, NCDEX has accredited four domestic refineries -- MMTC Pamp, Kundan, Shirpur Gold Refinery and Edelweiss Gold Refinery as 'Good Delivery' gold refiners on the exchange platform, he added.

Stating that the 'Gold Now' contracts perfectly complement the government's proposed Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS), Shah said, "When you open a gold deposit account under the proposed GMS, you will get a fixed rate of 1%. But on the exchange platform, returns are driven by the market. One may get 5-6% re-

turns."

That apart, the new initiative will help mobilise 'Make in India' gold by linking up the entire domestic gold recycling industry and help bring an estimated 25,000 tonnes of idle gold into the market, he added. "We need to create lot of awareness in the market. Hopefully, if we get 5% of an estimated 25,000 tonnes of idle gold, you can imagine the impact it will have in reducing imports," Shah said.

The gold demand in India, the world's largest consumer, will not not come down. The supply side can be addressed by mobilising the idle gold, he added. NCDEX, which has huge presence in agriculture commodities, is also offering 'Gold Hedge' and 'Gold Futures' contracts to importers and local jewellers, respectively.

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ational Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) has launched a new national online platform for buying and selling gold. The platform called 'Gold Now' will accept gold recycled in approved refineries, the exchange said in a statement here. This is aimed at reducing the dependence on imports, it added.

"With the launch of the Gold Now national marketplace, we are creating an ecosystem that is at par with international standards and which will help the bullion and jewellery industry improve its efficiencies," said Samir Shah, managing director and chief executive of NCDEX. The Gold Now platform will provide an impetus to the domestic recycling industry, which at present consists of 17 refineries.

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riyanka Chopra, who will be next seen opposite Farhan Akhtar in Zoya Akhtar's multistarrer 'Dil Dhadakne Do', reportedly had to go on a crash diet before starting to shoot for the film.

Revealing the reasons behind this move, Priyanka said, ''I started shooting for 'Dil …' a mere ten days after finishing 'Mary Kom' and as a result, I had to

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ctor Anil Kapoor revealed it was Amitabh Bachchan who suggested him not to take a break from acting as the Bollywood megastar made a mistake by doing so.

Kapoor, who has been in the industry for almost 38 years now, said there was a time when he was pondering to take sabbatical but spoke to Bachchan who advised him not to go for it.

"I can't remember any best or worst phase of my career. For me it is always about reinvention and experimenting. I am consistent, steady and feel fortunate to be a part of good films. I remember we were shooting for 'Armaan'... There was a time when I wanted to take sabbatical and I did speak to Amitabh ji about it," Kapoor told PTI. "He (Bachchan) said he made the mistake of not working for some years and told me not to take a break.

I have not taken ever. I respect him, I look upto him," he said.

In 1984, Bachchan took a break from acting and briefly entered politics and resigned after three years. In 1988, he returned to films, achieved success for a while but later saw a dull phase till popular game show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' happened in 2000.

Talking about the kind of risks that Kapoor took in his long career, he said, "I love experimenting, reinventing right from the beginning of my career. I have taken too many risks..

Dangerous risks. People expect me to do tapori roles and I do 'Ishwar',

d a h e e C e e P y h w Guess to crash diet for

’ o D e n k a d a h ‘Dil D 'Lamhe', 'Biwi No 1', 'Taal', 'Welcome' or do small cameos. I kept doing out of the box things."

The 'Mr India' actor said he feels fortunate to have different roles offered to him from the starting of his career and most of the time things have worked in his favour. Beside playing lead roles, Kapoor has also essayed character roles and has been appreciated both by critics and audience.

"I do strong characters like in 'Taal', 'Biwi No 1', 'Slumdog Millionaire', 'No Entry'. I feel after a certain time, for longevity it is important to play strong roles," the 58-year-old

Nargis Fakhri attends Spy’s London premiere in Monisha Jaisingh gown N

argis Fakhri, who is all set to mark her Hollywood debut with upcoming film 'Spy', attended the UK premiere of the film, which was held at Odeon Leicester Square, London, on Wednesday.

It surely was a big event for Nargis and she made sure that all eyes were set on her when she walked on the red carpet. Nargis slipped into a risqué red cutout gown by Monisha Jaisingh for the event. Her bold keyhole neckline, made her look very glamorous but her sandals stuck out like a sore thumb. A messy ponytail and dewy make-up completed her look.

The lead actors of the film, Jason Statham, Melissa McCarthy and Jude Law also attended the premiere along with director Paul Feig.

go on a crash diet as I had to appear very unlike my 'Mary Kom' character.

My character in 'Dil...' is quite feminine and so, I had to change my body structure as soon as possible.

If you notice when you watch the film, I won't be seen wearing too many sleeveless dresses in 'Dil...' as my arms were still bulky after working out for 'Mary Kom'.''

Apart from 'Dil Dhadakne Do', Priyanka will also be seen in 'Bajirao Mastani' and 'Gangaajal 2'.

actor said. Kapoor said though he has never been in "quintessential good looking hero" mould, his roles have done the talking.

"If I go in crowd people would never call me Anil Kapoor, they would call me Munna, Lakhan, Mr India, Majnu bhai or say Jhakaas or a few famous dialogues of mine," he added.

While Bachchan's grand comeback on the small screen with Anurag Kashyap's 'Yudh' failed to garner attention, Kapoor managed to achieve success on small screen with his debut show '24' and the shows have often drawn comparisons.

Mithun’s son Mimoh wants to carve a niche all by himself in Bollywood

By Chaitanya Padukone

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n showbiz, it’s considered an apparent disadvantage for most starsons to have a popular legendary actor as a father who is still hyper-active. That’s because the audience invariably tends to ‘compare’ the father and son and the son has to face the acid test on screen. That’s what seems to have transpired in the case of talented actor Mahaakshay who happens to be rugged senior star Mithun Chakraborty’s actor son whose latest movie is titled ‘Ishqedarriyan’ in which he is paired opposite glam babe Evelyn Sharma.

Seven years ago, Mahaakshay debuted as Mimoh with a lead role in ‘Jimmy’ (2008) playing a DJ, who is falsely accused of murder, which hijacks him into the world of crime.

Curiously, Mimoh, specially coined by Mithun, happens to be the acronym of the initial letters of the first names of legends Michael Jackson and Mohammed Ali . Interestingly, the junior Chakraborty’s first hit movie was the form of the 3-D flick ‘Haunted’ which was in the ‘horror’ genre. Recently, as if to break any possible jinx, the young actor even ventured to co-star with his mascot father Mithun-da in this action thriller movie ‘Enemmy’ which mer-

ited mixed responses.

“Right from the day I decided to step into acting, I have been shouldering the onus of being Mithun-da’s son. It gives me a secret sense of pride and inspirational morale boost. But I am not apprehensive of being compared. My dad has his own unique dance styles, dialogue delivery and acting mannerisms. Although it runs in my genes, I make a conscious effort ‘not’ to copy dad’s styles, as I wish to have my own distinct identity.

What I learnt from my dad is that humility is the biggest star quality,” enthuses Mahaakshay, whose graceful mother Yogita Bali happens to be a noted yesteryear Bollywood actress.

Was Mithun-da known for his tongue-in-cheek wit, critical of his son’s histrionic screen-talent?

“Bahut rarely taareef karte hain.

The day Dad spontaneously says, ‘Waah beta kya baat …’ thrice, it will be like a precious award for me,” he signs off.

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t’s three weeks since the release of Piku and from all accounts it seems to be a surprise hit, in spite of not having any typical mainstream cinema elements.

Some people found its preoccupation with bowel movements distasteful, though they are obviously in a minority.

Of course every filmmaker wants to make money, and a feature film does not necessarily have to be realistic; still, one can’t but help be disappointed by the fact that a film had a chance to examine the issue of aging and the problems of geriatric care in urban nuclear families and turned it into a silly giggle.

All over urban areas, women—mostly women, daughters and daughters-in-

law—are looking after aging parents and negotiating their way through the pressures of their own lives and careers. So

RINGSIDE VIEW Deepa Gahlot portraying a selfish, mean and cantankerous old man as ‘cute’ is doing all these women (and some men) a great disfavour. There is a scene in

which Bhaskar Bannerjee (played by Amitabh Bachchan) sneers at marriage, refers to his dead wife as a low IQ woman and casually insults his sister-in-law (Moushumi Chatterjee) because she has been married more than once.

This man must have given his wife a rough time; he continues to harass his daughter Piku (Deepika Padukone) and the domestic helpers; there is one inexplicably loyal slave, Budhan (Balendra Singh), who is not even treated as a human being. He is on perpetual toilet duty and his treatment by supposedly civilised people is deplorable. Who could like or care for such a man? But the filmmaker and screenwriter (Juhi Chaturvedi) want us to.

In so many Indian

families the patriarchs are selfcentred brutes, who think women and children exist only to serve them. Such men should not be turned into heroes. What kind of father would tell a potential suitor of his daughter that she is not a virgin? Why are we supposed to laugh at this vicious character? If Bannerjee is a horrible man, on the other side is the male lead Rana’s mother (Nutan Mathur), a relentlessly nagging shrew; the difference is that he treats her with disdain while Piku practically worships her father and indulges his every whim. The message being, fathers are more important than mothers—is that it?

The film’s characters seem to exist without a past, though a really good writer would au-

tomatically include a kind of history. Two scenes illustrate this: Piku is interrupted at an important professional meeting with a message from her father and she asks the secretary to read it out. It turns out to be her father’s bowel movement report. Would she not have known by then what he is like and at least had the sense not to have the message read out loud?

And then leave the meeting to go home, when she knows perfectly well that there is nothing wrong with her father and the frequency or consistency of his stool is not an emergency.

Another time Piku is interrupted on a date with another of her father’s crap reports; the man she is lunching with understandably loses his appetite. This writer did too!

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fter giving some amazing performances in ‘Dabangg 2’ and ‘Heropanti’, Sandeepa is back with ‘7 Hours to go’. Critics favorite child Sandeepa Dhar is all set to play a cop in her forthcoming film ‘7 Hours to go’. The actress is playing a hardcore cop and not holding anything back to portray the character with as much conviction as possible. She will be seen doing some deadly stunts in the film that most men in the industry will shy away from.”

“I play a cop in ‘7 Hours to go’ and it is imperative that my character’s physique seems like a person who has undergone rigorous physical training. I felt it was important for me to learn a martial art form so that my body language is natural as a cop. Thus I started training in MMA from a highly recommended trainer who used to train Sushant Singh Rajput,” says Sandeepa Dhar.

Sandeepa being a perfectionist she is going out of her way to give it a perfect shot. Sandeepa will be seen in some high end action stunts in the film and to get the perfect look and body language Sandeepa is getting trained in MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) from Sushant Singh’s trainer.

Varun, Shraddha can act and dance, so they’re in my film’s sequel: Remo H

aving made ‘ABCD’ with a bunch of non-actors, director Remo D’Souza says for the sequel he wanted people with well-honed acting skills and so he zeroed down on Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor.

The 43-year-old choreographer-filmmaker is taking the dance franchise forward with the upcoming movie and said the script required actors, who could easily get into the skin of professional dancers in the movie, slated to hit the screens on June 19.

“The first film had non-actors, so I made them act. For the second one I wanted somebody who could perform as the main lead is a very strong character in the film. I wanted an actor who could perform and dance at the same time... I could think of no one but Varun.

Shraddha came into the picture after Varun,” Remo told PTI. “They (Varun and Shraddha) behaved, acted and danced like any other dancer. When you watch the film, you will realise that they are not stars but characters, who are part of the story,” he said.

Varun has displayed his moves in his previous films like ‘Student of The Year’, ‘Main Tera Hero’ and ‘Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya’.

However, Shraddha is yet to showcase her dancing skills onscreen but Remo said he was impressed with her when she came for the rehearsals.

“People said she can’t dance.

When she came to the rehearsal hall, she said ‘you can test me’.

She showed her dancing skills, so we took the decision and she came in,” said the director, who has earlier helmed ‘FALTU’.

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EW DELHI, (PTI) Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai will be given the prestigious Lifetime Achievement honour at the upcoming International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards ceremony in Kuala Lumpur next month. Ghai, 70, who directed notable films like "Kalicharan", "Karz", "Hero", "Ram Lakhan" and "Taal", will be honoured for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema and nurturing young talents through his media institution Whistling Woods.

"We have decided to give the special honour to Subhash Ghai. He is a great filmmaker and his contribution to Indian cinema is immense. We have named the award as Outstanding Contribution to Indian cinema instead of Lifetime Achievement because we present the honour to the living legends of Indian cinema, who are yet to achieve many more milestones in their career," Andre Timmins, spokesperson IIFA, told PTI. The award will be presented to him by leading actors of his blockbuster "Ram Lakhan" Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff, whom he introduced in "Hero".

Ghai, who is known for making guest appearances in his own movies, has been the part of the film industry since 1967. Often called as the showman of Indian cinema, Ghai started his career in Bollywood as an actor with small roles in films including "Taqdeer" before he called the shots. He had the privilege of directing legendary actor Dilip Kumar with whom he worked in "Vidhaata" (1982), "Karma" (1986) and "Saudagar".

He is married to Mukta Ghai and they have a daughter Meghna Ghai, who looks after his media institute in Mumbai.

IIFA 2015 will start from June 5.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 971

ENIGMA CODE 971 Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

ACROSS: 1 Better kind of helper? (6) 4 It could generate extremes of paranoia, pulling drivers up (5,3) 10 Do Dixie a bad turn in chemistry (7) 11 Turn away form getting involved (7) 12 Drink an unknown quantity, man (4) 13 Triumph before the German finds Marianne's mother in the lake district (10) 15 Irritated when given only tea for nourishment (6) 16 A Central American team is able to kick off with me (7) 20 Live round Rose's place first during plague (7) 21 He doesn't believe it's of material weight (6) 24 Nothing on te road to give a smooth ride (10) 26 Sally, Quentin, Ursula, Ida, and Paul's debuts (4) 28 She betrays a distinguishing quality or . . . (7) 29 Disport around the photographer's equipment! (7) 30 Uncommunicative husband and daughter (8) 31 Let a number be comforted (6) DOWN: 1 Have difficult experience with wicked repair (3,5) 2 Barrel-maker took food and work with others (2-7) 3 It's bad to live the wrong way (4) 5 Not a bad lot and quite numerous (1,4,3) 6 Judges need timers correctly set (10) 7 Agree to strike? (5) 8 He's over yonder (6) 9 Rather cold to have the cover in the end (5) 14 He'll whoop it up - race or belt off (10) 17 Behold us following power! One of the French is fairly sharp (9) 18 One old prisoner is employed in

The Clue: Rub harshly

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE NATURE, UNTRUE, NATTER, RETURN, NEUTER, TANNER, AERATE

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(5) 25 Navigational aids for a sailor on the ship (5) 27 Compete without satisfactory grip (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Naval engagement, 9 Soviet, 10 Boat deck, 11 Redgrave, 14 Naevus, 17 Cucumber frame, 20 Silver-tongued, 23 Anodes, 25 Magdalen, 28 Iron fist, 29 Read up, 30 Governor general.

DOWN: 2 Avocet, 3 Awing, 4 Extra, 5 Gable, 6 Grainer, 7 Midge, 8 Take steps, 12 Ruche, 13 Vomit, 15 Viand, 16 Massaging, 17 Cello, 18 Ennea, 19 Found, 21 Russian, 22 Nebula, 24 Donne, 25 Mater, 26 Gorge, 27 Adage.

QUICK CROSS 971

ACROSS: 1 Lady and the ____ (5) 6 Sub finder (5) 7 Put up with (5) 8 Lists of people (5) 9 Weight, height, etc. (5)

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

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

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MATH PYRAMID 971 priceless metalwork (8) 19 Offered a match (8) 22 Dairy product from goat? (6) 23 He's around at the preliminary races

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 Russian emperors (5) 2 Isaac Asimov's, I ___ (5) 3 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' author Loos (5) 4 Angry with (3,2) 5 Publicity (5)

MATHDOKU 971

HIDATO 971

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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

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TIGER BUD BLAKE

TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Virgo Nirjala Ekadashi Hasta Kanya (Virgo) P.Th. Blue 4

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You have a remarkably successful period ahead. You will get various opportunities to improve your financial position and you will accomplish your objectives with relative ease. You will receive cooperation from others that makes your task much easier. Personal affairs run smoothly. Youngsters have an exciting romance with someone they meet during the course of travel.

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

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You are advised not to rush into taking a major decision concerning your work, or location. You must wait and assess the current situation. You have worked hard and done well for yourself.

People will go out of their way to be nice to you. Meeting will be a great success.

Those in love will be making plans for the future and the single could meet a person with whom they strike an instant rapport.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You can look forward to making new alliances in fresh business ventures, which are bound to come your way. Those working independently or as consultants will sign a prestigious contract. An offer for a partnership or a joint venture in a certain deal is worth considering. You will be able to maintain happy, harmonious relations with competence and tact. Some will form new friendships though they could be suspect.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Monetarily your position is very good. A meeting or discussion scheduled for today will lead to gains for you.

Those in the fields of teaching or communication can look forward to good news.

You will be organizing a get-together, which will be enjoyable.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You can look ahead to some good news about certain changes in your organization that will place you in a better position and in higher pay scale. Professionals will get to work with organizations of international repute. Your determination and dedication has won you fresh laurels and rewards. A bit of light flirtation given the circumstances should not be taken too seriously. Give the other party the benefit of the doubt.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You may be on the verge of an important breakthrough that could open up all sorts of opportunities for you in your job or business. Do not let up now and keep up the pace. Such opportunities don’t come often and this is the one you may have been anticipating for long. A casual Acquaintance could now become a more meaningful association. There are romantic undertones though nothing is spelt out.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You need to devote more attention to your work that seems to go awry due to neglect.

Avoid arguments or discussions on matters that are upsetting to others. Keep your temper in check and work at improving your relationships. Being upfront about your predicament will get a more understanding response from your beloved. A confrontation at this juncture will be a hindrance to your progress.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You may be drawn to self-improvement activities that call for some discipline. This in turn improves your business and profit. Taking light physical exercises and having more social interaction with colleagues and associates will certainly improve your image in the sphere of your work. There is a need to break away from everything and do what pleases your heart with no questions asked. Get away for a few days to relax unwind and give into your whims.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You are good at what you do; you will be given an important task that will raise your stock in the organization. It must be your endeavor to succeed at any cost. Financially it can work out to be profitable day provided you cash in on a tip you receive from an acquaintance. Try not to be judgmental but be good someone who may need your help and support today at work.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You will be able to achieve much of what you want to do. However you will have to work really hard for it. There are certain jealous elements around you that will try to create obstacles in your path. The only way to overcome such forces is to ignore and concentrate on your work. At a social function or party you feel bored. It is not easy to make friends that fast so look for the best in others. Be a good listener and you will be surprised at how many friends you make.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You will be made an offer of work that you will find difficult to refuse. Make matters clear before accepting anything because the funds involved are large. A white lie or innocent distortion of facts could lead to distrust and hurt in a personal relationship at work. In matters of love and romance being discreet and unassuming will win the day. Small gestures say a lot to make your task easier.

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): New ideas and improved methods for completing difficult duties may bring benefits.

Make use of opportunities for increased prestige. It is a good day to catch up with your responsibilities to the family and some friends. You are loved and respected there is no doubt but you can be a control freak. Take time off to relax and let your hair done for some fun with loved ones.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): There are minor adjustments to be made. Pay attention to paper work and study documents carefully before giving your approval. A tempting job offer is likely but you may discover later that things are not what they seem to be. Home life exudes warmth. This is the time to make it up to your beloved and restore faith and confidence in those who love you.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5289

ACROSS: 1 Swiss city (6) 5 Political Action Comm. (3) 8 Spanish river (4) 9 "Noel" anagram for a style of weaving? (4) 10 Drills, bores or pierces; tools to do so (6) 11 Baffles, boggles or confounds (9) 13 Friends or chums (4) 15 Prefix for "reverse of" or "absence of"? (3) 16 A former expression of dismay or loss (5) 17 Bent or twisted, in a way (5) 20 Numero ___ : Number one? (3) 22 ___ Brynner : hairless hero from Hollywood? (3) 23 Older; tree (5) 24 Speech sound (5) 26 Liquid fuel (3) 27 Collar fastener (4) 28 The warrior as per Indian caste system? (9) 31 Dickens novel 'Little ______' (6) 32 ___ majesté (4) 33 Beijing coin (4) 34 Period or age (3) 35 Shouted (6) 12 Large bowl-shaped pan (3) 24 Roman seven (3) 14 Kind of gin (4) 25 Revised copies (6) DOWN: 18 Whiskies (4) 26 Language you are most likely to 1 Holds on to firmly or tries to snatch 19 Relating to social pursuits (8) hear in Bhubaneshwar (5) (6) 20 James Joyce novel (7) 29 Out of the wind (4) 2 Indian state with Kohima as its cap- 21 Religious festival (4,3) 30 Top-notch (1,3) ital (8) 3 A word of action, surely ! (4) SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD 4 It makes the heart grow fonder, it's ACROSS: 1 Hews, 4 Halala, 8 Hyp, 10 Init, 13 Marathas, 14 Rethink, 15 Skater, 17 said (7) Melodrama, 21 Hee, 22 OAU, 23 Nip, 26 Curtailed, 27 Gokart, 28 Appalls, 32 Meantime, 34 Dish, 35 Yak, 36 Clothe, 37 Spry.

5 Visit briefly (3,2) DOWN: 1 Heir, 2 Wait, 3 Hymn, 5 Alaska, 6 Ash, 7 Assert, 9 Pak, 11 Neneh, 12 6 Clothed or wearing? (4) 7 A device for breathing under water Throe, 15 Smut, 16 Tail, 18 Leak, 19 Rout, 20 Aar, 23 Nirad, 24 Peals, 25 Agamic, 26 Crutch, 28 Amy, 29 Pean, 30 Limp, 31 Shay, 33 Ado. (7)

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2294 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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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SUDOKU 2475 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: K equals U

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

J R U

G H G U I

I R K

T U G

Z R P G R J

A V C K F G

T C L U I

P V S F I

I R K

P G E R C Q P

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YESTERDAY’ S SOLUTION: A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

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: 14 average; 15 good; 18 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: airy, ARTILLERY, irate, irately, lair, liar, lilt, lily, lira, lire, literal, literary, rail, raillery, rarity, reality, retail, retrial, rile, rill, rite, tail, tier, tile, till, tiller, tire, trail, trailer, trial, trill, yeti.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

CALLS FOR FIFA’S BLATTER TO QUIT AS GLOBAL ANGER BUILDS

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URICH: FIFA president Sepp Blatter faced angry demands to step down after US indictments and the dawn arrests of top officials engulfed world football in the biggest crisis yet of his 17-year reign.

Stunned by the arrests of senior FIFA figures, top sponsors who pour millions into world football, including Coca-Cola, Adidas, McDonald's and Visa, pressed the global body to clean itself up.

Visa said that unless FIFA rebuilds its culture with "strong ethical practices" at its heart, "we have informed them that we will reassess our sponsorship".

FIFA was adamant that despite the arrests early Wednesday of the seven officials in a luxury Zurich hotel, its annual congress and leadership vote would go ahead as planned this week.

But leading figures in the global game, as well as newspapers around the world, said such a stand was untenable after US prosecutors said their investigation had unearthed the "World Cup of fraud".

US authorities said nine football officials were among 14 people facing up to 20 years in jail if found guilty in the long-running corruption case involving more than $150 million in bribes.

The US investigation said South African officials paid $10 million in bribes to host the 2010 tournament, while Swiss investigators raided FIFA's Zurich headquarters as part of an investigation into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar.

"Sepp Blatter has to go as FIFA president," said Greg Dyke, chairman of the English Football Association, which lost out to Russia for the 2018 tournament amid allegations of bribery in the bidding process.

"There is no way of rebuilding trust in FIFA while Sepp Blatter is still there... He either has to go through a resignation, or he has to be outvoted or we have to find a third way," Dyke said.

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Blatter meets heads of six FIFA confederations: sources urich: FIFA president Sepp Blatter has met with the heads of FIFA's six confederations in Zurich as a vast corruption scandal continues to engulf world football's governing body, sources confirmed.

The president of European governing body UEFA Michel Platini attended along with the heads and representatives of the Asia Football Conderation (AFC), CONMEBOL (South America), CAF (Africa), OFC (Oceania) and CONCACAF (North, Central American and Caribbean).

The subject of the meeting, which comes on the eve of Blatter's election bid for a fifth term in office, was not revealed.

I HOPE BLATTER WILL BE DETAINED European federations called for the suspension of the FIFA congress due to start Thursday and Friday's presidential vote, in which Blatter was expected to ease to a fifth term, to be put back by six months.

"These events show, once again, that corruption is deeply rooted in FIFA's culture," the European governing body UEFA said in a statement.

CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb was not present after the FIFA vicepresident was among those arrested on Wednesday morning by Swiss authorities on suspicion of alleged corruption going back 25 years.

Seven FIFA officials were detained by Swiss police at the request of United States authorities accused of taking more than USD 150 million in bribes. The United States wants the seven extradited to face trial there.

Separately, Swiss investigators raided FIFA's headquarters as part of an investigation into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar.

Former Brazil star turned senator Romario, a vociferous critic of corruption in the game, said he hoped the investigations would stymie Blatter's hopes of re-election, and called for a "worthy" leader.

"I hope this will change something as there is the hope, at least for me, that Blatter may also be detained," he said.

The FIFA president was not among those named in the

US indictment. US officials would not be drawn on the possibility of future charges against other senior FIFA figures, and pointedly refused to answer questions about Blatter himself.

"It's a significant step but I want to be very clear, this is the beginning of our effort not the end," said Kelly Currie, acting US attorney for the eastern district of New York.

RAMPANT AND DEEPROOTED Warner has denied any wrongdoing. But two of his sons have pleaded guilty to charges related to the US investigation into bribery and kickbacks involving FIFA officials and sports marketing firms.

US agents also raided the Miami headquarters of CONCACAF, the continental confederation under FIFA in the United States. Warner used to be its president.

The Swiss justice ministry said that six of the seven officials arrested in Zurich were opposing their extradition to the United States.

FIFA vice presidents Jeffrey Webb -- the current CONCACAF chief -- and Eugenio Figueredo were among the seven arrested by Zurich police at 6:00 am on Wednesday at the elegant Baur au Lac hotel.

All have been held in custody.

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UENOS AIRES: Argentine football great Diego Maradona applauded the arrest of top FIFA officials in an anti-corruption sting, and warned that Sepp Blatter, the president of world football's governing body, may be next.

Maradona said he was "enjoying" the news of the arrest of seven officials, including two FIFA vice-presidents, in a dawn raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich.

They face deportation to the United States on charges of accepting more than $150 million in bribes, and the outspoken former star said Blatter could follow in their footsteps.

"Watch out, Blatter may have to go the United States to explain himself. They've been after him for 10 years," he told Buenos Aires radio station La Red. The crackdown came two days before Blatter seeks a fifth term as the head of the multi-billion-dollar organization. Maradona has a long history of scathing attacks on Blatter dating back to the 1986 World Cup in Mexico,

when he protested the decision to schedule matches in the midday heat.

He has lobbied against Blatter's bid for a new term as FIFA president, writing in the Telegraph this week that he had become a "dictator for life" and the organization "a playground for the corrupt."

"I have been saying this for a long time. They said I was crazy. Today the FBI spoke the truth," he said Wednesday.

"We'll have to see if Blatter wins after this. The Americans did an impeccable job," he added.

Maradona, 54, was considered the greatest player of his day, playing in four World Cups and leading Argentina to victory in 1986.

Putin condemns US over FIFA probe

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OSCOW: Russia switched the focus of its tensions with America from Ukraine to the football pitch today with President Vladimir Putin lashing out over the US probe into FIFA. The Kremlin strongman condemned the arrest of seven top FIFA officials, accusing Washington of trying to oust football boss Sepp Blatter after he resisted pressure to stop Russia hosting the 2018 World Cup. "We know about the pressure that has been put on (Blatter) with the aim of banning the holding of the 2018 World Cup in Russia," Putin said in comments re-

leased Thursday.

"His general position is that sport and politics should be kept apart."

The arrests Wednesday in Zurich two days ahead of a FIFA presidential vote was "clearly an attempt to block the reelection of Blatter," Putin said, alleging the US was trying to "spread its jurisdiction to other countries".

Putin has made opposing what he portrays as US meddling in the world a key plank of his foreign policy and uses claims he is checking American expansionism to bolster his popularity at home and deflect all criticism. Relations between Moscow and the West have slumped to their lowest point since the Cold War and some hawkish US senators have called for the 2018 World Cup to be withdrawn from Russia over allegations Moscow is fuelling the separatist conflict in Ukraine.

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URICH: UEFA will not boycott FIFA's congress and presidential election in Zurich on Friday, Dutch federation president Michael van Praag said following a meeting of the European governing body.

"There will be no UEFA boycott because there are also (apart from the presidential election) important issues to be decided like the Israel/Palestine

question," said van Praag on Thursday. UEFA member Israel needs the European body's backing to avoid a Palestinian bid to have them expelled from FIFA which could be voted on during the congress. Palestine, which has been a FIFA member since 1998, wants the governing body to expel Israel over its restrictions on the movement of Palestinian players.

URICH: UEFA president Michel Platini confronted FIFA leader Sepp Blatter at an emergency meeting of football chiefs and said he called on him to stand down because of corruption scandals engulfing world football.

Blatter refused and Platini made a public appeal at a press conference for member nations from around the "I asked him to resign: world to vote against Blatter enough is enough, Sepp. He for the FIFA presidency in an listened to me but he told me election today. it is too late," Platini told a

press conference.

"I say these things with tears in my eyes. I don't like it this way. But there are just too many scandals," he added.

Other confederation leaders did not back his call, Platini added. Platini said he was "disgusted" and "sickened" by events which led to the arrest of seven FIFA officials at a Zurich hotel yesterday.

Blatter is strong favourite to win a fifth term at a FIFA congress tomorrow. But Pla-

tini said he believed the Swiss official can be beaten.

"Before the events of this week maybe not," Platini said. "But not now with what has happened. I think that Blatter can be beaten."

The UEFA president said a "large majority" of European nations would back challenger Prince Ali bin al Hussein. He called on members from other confederations to also join a revolt against FIFA and support the prince.

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EW DELHI: Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar feels that international batsmen should constantly work on their game in order to counter world class bowlers, as he did during his playing days.

"It is the duty of a batsman to work on his game as these world class bowlers constantly introduce something new," said Tendulkar.

Asked what's the secret of facing Lasith Malinga's toe crushers, Tendulkar smiled and said: "Baal nahin ball ko dekho (Don't watch his mop of hair but watch the ball)."

Recollecting his fond memories of Delhi when he visited the city as a player, Tendulkar said: "My first match as India's Test captain was at Feroz Shah Kotla against Australia and we won the match."

Another incident related to his 35th Test hundred, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar is also etched in his memory.

"That was 2005 and we were playing Sri Lanka. After first Test match in Chennai and before Delhi Test, I was having a power nap in the afternoon. In my dream, I saw myself scoring a hundred at Kotla. And I scored my 35th hundred," Tendulkar said at promotional event in Gurgaon's Cyber hub.

He praised the Delhi crowd for its passion for cricket.

"Delhi has extreme weathers

like April-May when its extremely hot and then December-January when its cold. But Delhi-ites love their cricket and come out to support us even in IPL (in the month of April, May)," concluded the Mumbai Indians icon.

him and his wife Anjali "a headache" that lasted one whole day.

"It was some years back in England. The BMW guys gave me one of their limited edition cars to check out. They told me to give them a feedback and said 'Check out the WHEN SACHIN'S DRIVING brakes'.

BECAME A CAUSE OF "So I convinced Anjali to "HEADACHE" FOR ANJALI come with me for a drive and I Sachin Tendulkar's love for really pressed it hard. I won't mean machines is a well tell you what speed I was drivknown fact but there was one ing. Since they told me to such instance when his pas- check the brakes, I applied it sion for speed ended up giving and it came to halt. Such was

the G-force, me and Anjali both felt it and we both had a headache for the entire day. It was an experience I remember," Tendulkar narrated the incident today at the inauguration of the Gurgaon centre of 'Smaaash' at premium urban gaming centre.

In fact such is his love for speed, that he along with some of his friends have redesigned a go-karting track in Mumbai, which according to him "gives a chance to overtake each other".

Tendulkar's fascination for speed has made him actively involved in this virtual gaming project, where one can drive a F1 car, stop a penalty kick by Cristiano Ronaldo or face inswing yorkers from Brett Lee or Muttiah Muralitharan's doosra. One of Tendulkar's favourite games at the sports hub is walking on a virtual plan from one High-Rise building to another.

"Once you wear those specially designed glasses and try out the game, you will feel that same level of excitement.

Walking on a mere plank between two high-rise buildings.

I tried a leap of about six or seven feet and nearly tumbled.

Once I played the game, I felt the same kind of headache. So those who want thrill should try this game out," insisted Tendulkar.

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EW DELHI: India’s only individual Olympic gold medalist, Abhinav Bindra, won India's fourth Rio Olympics quota slot with a sixth place finish in the finals of the 10m Air Rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup (Rifle/Pistol), being held in the German city of Munich. Abhinav qualified for the finals with a score of 627.5 in the qualification round held earlier in the day. At one point in the finals, Abhinav was leading the eight-man field before settling for sixth place in his pet event. The gold was won by China’s ZHU Qinan, who finished the finals with an eventual score of 206, ahead of Vladimir Maslennikov of Russia in second place, while Oleh Tsarkov of Ukraine won the bronze medal.

The men’s 10m Air Rifle had three quota places up for grabs. The two Chinese shooters in the final Zhu Qinan and Yang Haoran had already secured their quota places and so where ineligi-

ble for a quota place here, so was Vitali Bubnovich of Belarus. The Russian, Vladimir Maslennikov was also not eligible for a quota as Russia had already exhausted their two quota places for this event. So when reigning Olympic champion, Alin George Moldoveanu of Romania, was the first to be eliminated in the final, Abhinav secured his quota along with Oleh Tsarkov of Ukraine and Stevan Pletikosic of Russia, who finished third and seventh respectively.

Understandably delighted at the developments, Raninder Singh, President of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), said, “I never had any doubts about Abhinav securing a quota place for us sooner or later. He is not an Olympic champion for nothing. He is very clear about his goals and his preparations leading up to big events, is something every professional sportsman in this country should emulate.

We have our fingers crossed for him for the Olympics.”

Faiz Rathod slams unbeaten 151

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UMBAI: Opener Faiz Rathod rescued Sachin Tendulkar XI with a well crafted unbeaten 151 on day one of their match against DilipVengsarkar XI in theVarroc Cup (U-14) Cricket Tournament organized by the Dilip Vengsarkar Foundation.

Tendulkar XI scored 240 for five with Faiz holding the fort with left-hander Aayush Zimare (40 not out) with an unfinished partnership of 133 runs. Left arm spinner Aniruddha Patki dealt three early blows to reduce Tendulkar XI to 107 for five after they decided to bat.

The other match gave an interesting turn to the outcome of the title. Sunil Gavaskar XI sitting pretty with two wins and needing a first innings victory were shot out for 110 by Baroda. Left arm

spinner Ansh Patel took five for 32 to wreck the rivals. Only Tanmay Buram offered some resistance scoring 30 runs.

The visitors ended day one at 43for three to set up a tight finish on the morrow. Shreyas Mandlik rocked Baroda with two for 12 and his performance will be closely watched.

With a tie on points expected the ‘quotient’ rule seems inevitable.

BRIEF SCORES: Tendulkar XI 240/5 (Faiz Rathod 151 no, Aayush Zimare 40 no,Aniruddha Patki 3/65) vs. Dilip Vengsarkar XI. Gavaskar XI 110 (Tanmay Buram 30, Ansh Patel 5/32, Roshan Vasawa 3/17) vs. Baroda 43/3 (Shreyas Mandlik 2/12).

Club, who sprinted 100 meters in 12.55 secs and won gold on the opening day, marked another feat in 200m event clocking 26.83 secs to emerge as the fastest sprinter in the Mumbai City/Suburban Athletic meet hosted by Mumbai Suburban District Athletic Association at Sports Authority of India complex at Kandivali on Thursday.

In the men’s event Leon Horace Pooredkorsandi of Track Blazers won in 400m and 200m.

Aishwaraya Mishra shared the final day honours, with a win in 800m and 1500m event. Nirmal Yadav, of Sports Authority of India, romped home in the 400m hurdles and leaped 6.18 SHWETA EMERGE FASTEST; metres to gain another gold in AISHWARAYA, LEON WIN the long jump event and was TWO GOLDS amongst the few who ended Shweta Hakke of VPM Sports with two golds.

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UMBAI: Shrivalli Rashmikaa of Telangana, Pareen Shivekar of Maharashtra, Adil Kalyanpur of Karnataka and Calvin Golmei Naithaolin of Chandigarh stunned seeds to move into the next rounds at the MSLTA Yonex Sunrise Ramesh Desai Memorial Under 16 Nationals being organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis

Association at the Dr GA Ranade Tennis complex in Mumbai.

In the girls pre-quarterfinals, unseeded Shrivalli Rashmikaa who upset third seed Shivani Ingle on Wednesday defeated 16th seed Humera Shaikh of AP 6-4, 6-3 while unseeded Maharashtra girl Pareen Shivekar ousted tenth seeded Yubrani Banerjee 6-4 6-3 to move

into the last eight.

In the boys quarterfinals, Chandigarh's unseeded Calvin Golmei Naithaolin upset sixth seeded Sumit Pal Singh of J&K 6-3 6-3 to enter the semifinals.

Fifth seeded Adil Kalyanpur of Karnataka upset fourth seeded Dhruv Sunish of Maharashtra 1-6, 6-4, 6-2 to make it to the last four.

By S S Ramaswamy umbai: Bangladesh made their foray into Test arena in 2000 against India but in 15 years, have never received invitation from BCCI, something that the current players are looking forward to, insists their limited overs captain Mashrafe Mortaza.

Asked about his opinion on playing in India's backyard, Mashrafe made it clear that he wanted to play an international series in India.

"Yes, definitely boys really want to play in India. We are looking forward to it. Maybe, at some stage, we will go there and play," Mashrafe told PTI in an interview ahead of India's upcoming tour of Bangladesh.

For the record, Bangladesh have played a total of three ODIs on Indian soil only in tournaments like the Asia Cup (1990-91) and Coca-Cola triangular series (1998).

Bangladesh's World Cup quarter-final against India was not free of controversy with Rohit Sharma being ruled not-out off a full-toss bowled by Rubel Hossain, which was adjudged as noball by umpire Ian Gould.

The lanky Bangaldesh seamer categorically said that he has moved on from that

event. "I don't want to talk about it and want to look ahead," he said when asked about the incident.

While terming the Indian batting line-up as dangerous and no single batsman can be pinpointed, Mashrafe sounded respectful of India's pace attack that did really well in the World Cup, save semi-final.

"India have a strong batting order. You can't rule out anyone. There is Virat Kolhi, Rohit, Shikhar Dhawan and Ajinjya Rahane is in good form. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has done well in last 6-8 years. So it's difficult to pinpoint one of them. The bowlers, especially the

quicks, have been in good form since the World Cup," Mashrafe said with a note of caution.

The senior bowler was also not bothered about DRS not being implemented due to reservations from BCCI. "I am not losing my sleep over DRS. If we can't use, they also can't. It's not a big deal for us."

Something that's worrying Mashrafe is the impending monsoon season which could play a spoilsport.

"I hope rains keep away and both can play 50 overs, but one can't say as it's rainy season now," said the ODI captain, who has last played Test cricket back in 2009.

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ARIS: Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki joined the exodus of women's seeds at the French Open on Thursday when the Dane was bundled out in the second round byGermany's Julia Goerges.

Wozniacki, seeded five, joined Romanian third seed Simona Halep, last year's runner-up, and number six Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, after a 6-4 7-6(4) defeat on a blustery Phillipe Chatrier court.

Goerges, who has fallen to 72 in the rankings after rising into the top 20 in 2012, battled back from a break behind to clinch the opening set and then broke Wozniacki's serve at 5-5 in the second, only to falter when serving for the match.

She played a solid tiebreaker though to send Wozniacki spinning to a second successive early defeat at Roland Garros after she fell in the first round last year.

Sara Errani, the runner-up in 2012, avoided any mishaps though as the Italian beat Carina Witthoeft of Germany 6-4 7-6(4).

Germany's Julia Goerges returns the ball to Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki during their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium on Thursday in Paris. Georges won 6-4, 7-6.

The men's draw has been relatively free of high-profile casualties so far and Croatian ninth seed Marin Cilic continued the trend with an easy 76(3) 6-1 6-1 defeat of Italian qualifier Andrea Arnaboldi to move into the third round.

Spain's Rafael Nadal serves the ball to compatriot Nicolas Almagro during their second round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium on Thursday in Paris.

She played a solid tiebreaker though to send Wozniacki spinning to a second successive early defeat at Roland Garros after she fell in the first round last year.

Sara Errani, the runner-up in 2012, avoided any mishaps though as the Italian beat Carina Witthoeft of Germany 6-4 7-6(4).

The men's draw has been relatively free of high-profile casualties so far and Croatian ninth seed Marin Cilic continued the trend with an easy 76(3) 6-1 6-1 defeat of Italian qualifier Andrea Arnaboldi to move into the third round.

SOLID NADAL DISMISSES ALMAGRO TO REACH ROUND THREE Rafa Nadal got his usual confidence boost from Nicolas Almagro at Roland Garros, reaching the third round with a 6-4 6-3 6-1 victory -- his fourth without dropping a set against his Spanish compatriot on the Paris clay.

Nadal, chasing a record-extending 10th title here, was tested by Almagro, who slumped to 154th in the rankings after a foot injury, but the Mallorcan had just too much strength.

The 28-year-old arrived in Paris on the back of his worst season on European clay but he is beginning to look a little more like his old self.He tightened his game every time Almagro threatened, seeing off six of seven break points and wrapped up victory when he forced his opponent to return a powerful forehand wide on the first match point.

Sixth seed Nadal, who now has a 68-1 French Open record, will face either Russian Andrey Kuznetsov or Austrian Juergen Melzer, his semi-final victim in 2010, in the next round.

"I played a very good match, very solid, I'm happy to be back on court Philippe Chatrier," Nadal told a courtside interviewer in French.

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EEDS: Ben Stokes will find himself the centre of attention when England face his native New Zealand in the second Test at Headingley on Friday.

His 85-ball hundred, the fastest Test century ever scored at Lord's in terms of balls faced, played a key role in turning the tide of the series opener, which England won by 124 runs to go 1-0 up in the two-match contest on Monday.

The 23-year-old had already helped rescue England from the depths of 30 for four in their first innings by making 92 while adding 161 with Joe Root (98).

And, just for good measure, the Durham man, who came to England with his family as a 12-year-old, took three for 38 on Monday's final day, including the wickets of danger man Kane Williamson and New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in successive balls.

But Root, like Stokes one of several young players who shone for England at Lord's including debutant fast bowler Mark Wood, is confident the all-rounder won't get carried away with the hype that followed his second Test century, which came some 18 months after his first, in Perth.

"He will be fine," said Root of Stokes.

"When he is batting, he is a free spirit; he goes and plays his shots and puts sides under pressure.

"Even in times of struggle, when we are 30 for four, he came out and put them on the back foot," vice-captain Root added.

"It will not work every time and could have looked slightly reckless if it didn't come off.

"The key for him and the rest of us now is to make sure it is not a one-off and go on and do it again this week."

The first Test was notable too for a marathon innings of 162 by England captain

England captain Alastair Cook puts on his pads during nets, the day before the second Test match between England and New Zealand at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds on Thursday.

Alastair Cook that left the opener just 32 runs shy of overtaking Essex mentor Graham Gooch's England Test runs record of 8,900.

So it was no surprise that new England coach Trevor Bayliss, who will take over in time for the Ashes, was heartened by what he had seen.

"I've been staying up late into the night watching the last Test at Lord's to do some research and it's great to see," said the Australian.

"I'd much rather come into working with a team that's on a high."

For New Zealand, defeat was tough to take as so many of their players had set their hearts on becoming just the second Black Caps side, after the 1999 team, to win a Test at Lord's.

They also did many of the things that would normally secure a victory, scoring more than 700 runs in the match and taking 20 wickets.

Chanderpaul deserves a send Saina is lone Indian to advance at Australian Open off with dignity & respect: Lara S

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INGSTON: West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has severely criticised the Cricket Board's (WICB) move to axe Shivnarine Chanderpaul from the national team and has called for an honourary send-off to the veteran batsman by including him in two-Test home series against Australia.

The selectors, led by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, left out 40-yearold Chanderpaul from the 12-member squad for the first Test against Australia, citing lack of form of the left-handed batsman over

his last 11 innings, in which he averaged only 16.

But Lara feels the decision was just another example of the way the WICB disrespects its players.

"This has nothing to do with numbers or averages.

What are they saying that Chanderpaul was given the last 11 innings to get the desired number of runs to break a record? This has absolutely nothing to do with runs or numbers. It has to do with respect and Chanderpaul has earned the right to say goodbye in an acceptable way," he said.

YDNEY: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a hardfought three-game win over China's Sun Yu to emerge as the lone Indian survivor in Australian Open Super Series badminton tournament, here today.

World No. 1 Saina continued her rampaging run in world badminton and staved off a challenge from Sun, ranked 9th, 21-19 19-21 21-14 in a match that lasted an hour and 18 minutes in the women's singles competition.

The Olympic bronze medallist will next take on two-time All England champion Shixian Wang, against whom Saina has a close 6-5 record in 11 meetings.

However, it was curtains for World No. 4 Kidambi Srikanth

and 2010 Commonwealth Games champion pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa today.

Fourth seed Srikanth squandered a first-game advantage to go down fighting to

China's Tian Houwei 21-18 1721 13-21 in men's singles, Jwala and Ashwini lost to fourth seeded Indonesian pair of Nitya Krishinda Maheswari and Greysia Polii 14-21 10-21 in a women's doubles match.

Saina, who had beaten Sun thrice in the last four meetings, came out with a wellthought strategy as she broke off at 5-5 and entered the interval with a 11-6 lead.

Sun played better after the interval to slowly narrow the gap before clawing back at 1818, but a determined Saina zoomed ahead to pocket the opening game. The Indian could have wrapped up the match in the second game itself as she had a huge six-point lead at 13-7 but Sun almost snatched the lead away after levelling the score at 13-13.

An alert Saina held her nerves and moved to 18-15 but she could not stop a fighting Sun, who roared back into the contest with a three-point burst from 18-19 behind.

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