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25-year-old case of conspiracy to murder industrialist Nusli Wadia being heard in CBI court today By Philip Varghese

ctor Preity Zinta and industrialist Ness Wadia have been embroiled in a controversy ever since Zinta filed an FIR on June 13 alleging that Ness, her former boyfriend of eight years and co-owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab, had humiliated, abused and threatened her at a match on May 30 at the Wankhede stadium. Few days later, industrialist Nusli Wadia, father of Ness Wadia, was warned allegedly by underworld don Ravi Pujari indirectly via his employees, not to get involved in this case involving the actor and his son. Even though the Mumbai police has given security cover to Nusli Wadia, this is not the first time that the industrialist is locked in an encounter with the underworld. Wadia will depose at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in South Mumbai today in a case which dates back to 1989, wherein Wadia was almost murdered by contract killers, but the plot

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was uncovered by the Mumbai police before the act could be executed. Interestingly, the police has named Kirti Ambani, the head of public relations at Reliance Industries, as the prime accused in the case and the case became an example of the cut-throat textile war between Dhirubhai Ambani of Reliance and the Wadias, who own the Bombay Dyeing textile company. Sources informed that the trial is mostly over, except for Wadia’s deposing. Although the CBI initially felt that it did not need Wadia as their prosecution witness, senior counsel Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Wadia, spent a long time convincing the court that his statement would be important for the case. Accordingly, in the last hearing of

the case on April 30, the court finally granted Wadia permission to depose. In the 1980s, Nusli Wadia was already known as heir to the Wadia family businesses, of which Bombay Dyeing textiles was the most prominent. Dhirubhai Ambani, on the other hand, had grown from a modest entrepreneur to one of the biggest industrial tycoons in the country who made it big in synthetic textiles. In 1989, officials of the Mumbai Crime Branch got a tip-off about the plan by the underworld to eliminate Wadia. Their information led them to Arjun Babaria, a musician who called himself Prince Babaria and ran a band called 'Prince Babaria and his Orchestra'. “He was also known to the police as a 'fixer', or arranger of contract killings. Babaria had

allegedly appointed Ivan Sequeira, a relatively inexperienced killer, to do the job. However, the arrest of Kirti Ambani, who is not related to Mukesh's branch of the family, shook the business community. Kirti Ambani was arrested, along with Babaria, in August 1989. He was charged with hiring Babaria to murder Reliance’s rival,” sources said. Moreover, the crime branch also arrested a fourth suspect, Ramesh Jagothia and in 2003, the Sessions Court formally charged all four with criminal conspiracy to murder Nusli Wadia, which attracts death sentence if convicted. In their investigations, the police are said to have found several photographs of Kirti Ambani with Babaria, as well as pictures of Wadia and his car. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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Do you think online admissions for FYJC students is a fair process for college admissions? Neha Shinde PR executive No, the online process is hectic and complicated. The students just passed out of SSC are immature and most of them can't cope up with Abha Dhole Law student No. The online admission process has brought up many queries. The stress-level of students and their parents have increased too.

Hardik Tanna Interior designer Yes, the online admissions process has enabled the parents and students to fill forms from wherever they are through the Gauree More Media student No, students as well as parents find it lenghty and confusing process for FYJC college admissions. Most of them have no knowledge

Shreedhar Chavan Businessman Yes, the online process of admission has less stress amongst students and parents, as they just have just to fill the form

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Colleges fail to co-ordinate with University on despatches of mark-sheet; students unable to get admissions abroad

By Yatin Ingle

he Mumbai University (MU) has already dispatched the mark-sheets for the sixth semester (final year graduation exam), but the colleges have not yet received them. This has put the students in a fix, as they are unable to complete their admission processes in other colleges for further studies, especially abroad. The MU had conducted the sixth semester examinations for the academic year 2013-14 in the month of April-May. The results for the Management courses were declared online in the

first week of June. As per the norms of the Maharashtra Universities Act 1994, the mark-sheets should be released and handed over to the college or department within 10 days from the declaration of results. But the colleges are unaware about the mark-sheets being dispatched from MU's examination department. Sneha sawant, a student of a Powai-based college, said, “Our results were declared three weeks ago, but we have not received the marksheets from the college yet. The deadline for taking admissions in Universities abroad will soon be ending. We are really tensed about losing a

year because of the mark-sheets.” Last year, the ADC had reported that the mark-sheets which were released in time, carried quite a few errors. A few mark-sheets did not carry the MU logo while some were without a hologram of the University. The MU, since 2010, has been giving out the convocation certificates along with the mark-sheets. Dr M A Khan, Registrar, MU, told the ADC, “The colleges should follow-up for the marksheets as we have dispatched them for most courses. Colleges should be concerned about the careers of their students.”

Media role vital in mobile phone radiation awareness Says director general of COAI, after conducting a study of people across the country, to gauge their awareness regarding mobile phone radiations By Shwetha Kannan

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edia plays an important role, especially the print media, when it comes to helping the common man form opinions about issues. And this stands true for the issue of mobile phones and mobile towers being a cause for causing cancer, as well,” said Rajan Mathews, Director General, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). The COAI has conducted a study where they came across this fact. In a study titled 'Mobile Tower Radiation Perception Assessment Study' that was undertaken in the month of October last year, it was found that most people tend to form their opinions on important issues on the basis of what they hear or read from the media. A total of 2,508 mobile users between 25 and 70 years of age across all sections of the society were interviewed across 19 cities in the country like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Nagpur, Indore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Guwahati, Kochi, Vijayawada and Madurai and 401 people who can be called 'influencers' from fields of journalism, medicine, teaching as well as people holding tary of housing welfare societies were interposts of municipal commissioner, gazetted of- viewed from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai ficers in different ministries, president/secre- and Bangalore.

The results were such that 61.6 per cent of the participants from the general group in this study said that they get reassurance of safety from mobile tower radiations when they read media reports and 69.33 per cent of the influencers had a similar opinion. Next in line were messages sent by civic bodies and messages of medical professionals. Also, the overall awareness of a study to prove the adverse effect of mobile tower on health was only 19.5 per cent, out of which, 18.98 per cent were from the general public group while 20.2 per cent were from the influencers. “Negative perception for mobile towers is based mostly on hearsay and not facts. This is proved by the low awareness of any norms for setting up mobile towers and any study that provesadverse effects of mobile phones. Also, media reports can be used to reinforce the belief that there is no risk from mobile tower radiations,” said V K Cherian Senior Director, COAI. Conducting industry/government-initiated workshops to educate the public on radiations and norms followed for tower set-up so that fear can be substituted with facts, having a sustained media campaign to reassure the public about the lack of risk from the mobile tower radiations, sending out messages through medical professionals, use of social media to get the message through, partnership with both Ministry of health and family welfare and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to develop a common dialogue that will help in gaining the trust of the public, is the way forward to address the growing concern of health hazards being caused due to use of mobile phones and towers, said the survey. Pics: Azad Shrivastav | ADC

As summer stretches into June, a worker sleeping at the feet of a large Ganesh idol on a sweltering afternoon, cooling himself in the breeze of a fan at the Parel workshop on Sunday.

A mahayagna was performed at Mumbadevi on Sunday for invoking the blessings of God Indra to bestow Mumbai with rain. The event was organised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member and former minister, Raj K Purohit.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014 Azad Shrivastav | ADC

n the mid-70s, like many car users in then Bombay, citybased economist Ashok Datar (74) was among those looking for solutions to problems born of the sharp increase in fuel prices. To his dismay, he realized that he was not going to be left off lightly. Planning on using his car to drive to the station and take a train to South Bombay, he came up against the problem of parking. There was none. Then in the mid-80s, Maruti launched the 800. And suddenly, cars were no longer a luxury for the rich. Since then, they have just got comparatively cheaper, while the ultimate luxury of the Mumbaikar is now a decent commute to work. In his flat in Mahim’s Cadell Road, where pavements are at a premium, either too narrow to walk upon or taken up by illegal parking where they are broad, Ashok is at pains to inform you he has nothing against cars. “They are wonderful conveniences. I love them. I use them. But for a city like Mumbai, which has high population density, they are all wrong. In fact, if you drive long distances to work and especially if you have a driver, you are an enemy of the city.” The kind of mega projects Mumbai has been subjected to, whether it is the Worli Bandra Sea Link, the Metro and the Monorail, the eastwest link roads, foot over bridges (FOBs) and even projects like the Eastern Freeway, leave him completely unimpressed. Now there is talk of the Ring Road solution for Mumbai, a combination of coastal roads, sea-links, surface roads and a trans-harbour link. “It’s all about space,” he says. “Every Mumbaikar knows everything about Floor Space Index and Per Square Foot, but when it comes to applying this to transportation, there is a complete disconnect.” What does one have to do with the other, we wanted to know. “Everything,” says Ashok Datar bluntly. “The number of cars we have is incongruous with the public space available for Mumbaikars, which at two square metres per person is the least among the world’s big cities. Cars are big offenders. Of the estimated 7.5 lakh cars in the city, 300,000 are parked on the roads, making them more con-

price of a decent flat in Mumbai would have been around Rs 80,000. The price of an Ambassador car would have been Rs 25,000 or onethird of the flat. Now, you compare the price of a flat and that of a car. Depending upon what you choose, it could be as little as one-hundredth at the higher levels for apartments and lower levels for cars. Why will you not buy a car, or two or three for your family? And once you buy a car, it must be driven”. And of course, parked. This is the great big paradox in Mumbai, where every square foot of land is bitterly fought over and yet, thousands of sq feet of space is used for parking which brings the civic corporation very little money. V N More, the state transport commissioner, has gone on record to state in an article that we are headed for a major crisis. By 2030, it is entirely possible that the 7.21 lakh vehicles Mumbai must park every day will swell to 22 lakh. This in a city where the private-public ratio is 90:10, when it should be the opposite, and when the only way out is a concerted thrust towards mass transit systems. So what would he suggest? “Buses.

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In front of his computer, traffic expert Ashok Datar explains why good transit management and even aesthetics are not mutually exclusive.

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gested than ever. Build more parking spaces, encourage builders to do so, incentivise them in ways that only lead to more corruption, the building of more apartments for people who will have more cars!! Where does this stop?” It is enough to turn any economist into a traffic expert obsessed with his subject, and this is what Datar has been doing for the past 15 years, studying, comparing, researching, urging a change in policy, both in road management and housing, to what he calls “an engineered congruence of goals. Transit Oriented Development (TOD)

could be a way out, as it has been in cities like London, where mixed use developments are planned no more than 500 metres from a point of mass transport, like a train station, bus stops, etc. solving the problem of the last mile for people from offices and homes. For Mumbai, however, as Datar points out, there is no longer a rational link between the price of homes in Mumbai (usually touted as “luxury” these days), salaries and the way we get to offices to work for a living to pay for them. “I will give you an example of what I mean,” he says. “In 1975, the

One of his two cars, but this is electric, non-polluting, very small and used sparingly to reach him to the station on days when he decides not to walk!

Listen, your car is used for perhaps two hours a day if you work in town and live in the suburbs, or at some distance from your place of employment. For the rest of the day it is parked, perhaps 22 hours totally. In contrast, buses are used for 16 hours and parked for eight hours. That also is in their own designated parking places. Which is why we must take action on the issue of parking. As a first step, reduce the free parking spaces on roads by three fourths to 75,000, and provide serial numbers for them. “Raise the cost of parking everywhere, from the current practice of making free on certain roads, and Rs 10 to Rs 12 in BMC parking manned by private operators, to at least Rs 50 or even Rs 100 per hour. Make it difficult to bring your car into the city, where it is parked for hours at a time, occupying valuable space and causing traffic bottlenecks throughout the day. Once there is even a 20 per cent drop in car usage, road spaces open up. Dedicated lanes become possible. At present, the main opposition to this concept is the car owner, resulting in the slowing down of buses which makes them unattractive for commuting,” he says. He would go further in putting pressure on car owners who may be non-compliant, as they most assuredly would be! “Provide jobs to hundreds or even thousands of youngsters who may be school dropouts, as traffic wardens recording offences. Provided with training in requisite software, this information could be sent to the authorities for further action and for the creation of a database of offenders. Information technology could amplify the effect of all these initiatives.” But it is not just buses he would

focus upon, but pavements and footpaths, and the possibility of using smaller, non-polluting means of travel like bicycles that would solve the problem of the first and the last mile for commuters using trains or long-haul buses within the city. Most importantly, the government must involve various stakeholders in the exercise of creating a traffic management system that works – urban planners, traffic management experts and designers, and policy makers, of course, but also the people, those who walk. “Policy makers do not walk, and those who walk do not make policy,’ he quips. Of these constituencies, perhaps urban planners have the greatest burden, that of re-designing the city from its present thoughtless lack of application to problems of transit, to one that is more responsive to the mobility needs of its residents. Mumbai cannot continue to be isolated islands of gated communities with ‘heavenly” amenities, while outside their gates and walls, anarchy is allowed to reign. And what about the mega infrastructure projects that have been a

Ashok Datar continuing feature of the solutions that the state government is trying to provide Mumbai, especially the ones just announced? “They are almost all, disasters waiting to happen,” he says. The Bandra-Worli Sea Link? A disappointment that potential users have made very plain through low numbers. The Eastern Freeway? It carries so few at such a high cost. The Ring Road concept? A disaster waiting to happen. The Metro project and the Monorail? We can already see what is happening. “Mega projects have spelt a mega mess for this city. Let’s hope that the usual inefficiency of the authorities delays these disasters.” Always, he returns to the thought of a city planned for those who walk, bicycle and use trains and buses. We should be following the 8:80 method of urban planning, a city that is very good for children and old people, those who are less than 8 years and more than 80 years. At present, Mumbai is cruel to both. “Transit projects are planned for the young and the fit in this city, those who can run, and jump up or down on platforms and catch running buses that must make up for time lost in traffic jams caused largely by cars, and overcrowded with people because there are so few of them when they are needed. Freeing up the roads means more and faster buses carrying larger numbers. Only then can Mumbai become a livable city,” he says.

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Saints of ‘Reservation’ WHEN asked about the implications of the state government's cabinet decision on 16 per cent reservation for Marathas and 5 per cent quota for the Muslim community in educational institutions and employment in view of the ensuing Assembly polls, NCP chief Sharad Pawar quipped “We are not gangs of sadhus or saints”. Certainly

CM Prithviraj Chavan the implicit meaning behind the latest poll sops from the ruling Congress-NCP alliance in the state is abundantly clear – its poll time. The latest reservation quota has already pushed the quota to 73 per cent. The Supreme Court has already capped the reservation quota in the Indira Sawhney case of 1999, stating that it could not exceed beyond 50 per cent. Expectedly, the matter has al-

ready reached the High Court. It remains to be seen as to whether this latest reservation quota withstands the legal scrutiny. Moreover, it remains to be seen as to whether this pre-poll sop is enough for the ruling alliance to sail through in the ensuing assembly elections. With Assembly polls looming large on the horizon,

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wada or the unseasonal rains in Vidarbha are significant pointers towards the way climatic changes are impacting our agriculture and economy. With the month of June going practically dry, the water tables in water bodies across the state have sunk abysmally low raising the spectre of yet another drought. Already the drought is having its side-effects with Sharad Pawar prices of essential commodities on the rise. More than the usual govnone of the political parties ernment response of reservwant to be seen opposing the ing dam water for drinking decision for the obvious risk of losing Maratha and Mus- ALARM bells over the adverse purposes, provisions for catlim votes. Moreso, the Con- impact of climate change tle fodder, deploying water gress-NCP alliance which that is having on our mon- tankers etc, it is high time suffered worst drubbing in soon needs no repetition. For that the government thought the recent Lok Sabha elec- the last couple of years, mon- about water conservation tions. The chorus now gain- soon has been playing truant linked to afforestation. Furing ground in the aftermath when it comes to Maharash- thermore, more research of this latest reservation tra. The state has already needs to be targeted towards quota is to have it specifically faced a drought in 2012. And the study of climate, its overtargeted towards all those this year the unseasonal hail- all impact on the economy who are economically back- storm particularly in Marath- and offer solutions. ward across the castes. Worldover what is known as Affirmative Action in the US, Employment Equality in Canada or Positive Action in UK, the reservation policy has evoked strong feelings on both sides of the divide. Much before the UN ratified the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination on January 4, 1969, India had constitutionally provided for a reservation policy.

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Cong leaders skeptical of gains through sops By A Special Correspondent

enior Congress leaders are skeptical about the political mileage out of the state government's recent decision of granting quota to Marahtas and Muslims. A section of the top Congress leaders feels that the state government's move to allocate 16 per cent quota for Marathas and five per cent for Muslims has come a bit too late and may not result in the desired electoral gains.

The Congress won just two of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the recently concluded LS elections, with its ally NCP getting four against 41 seats won by the Shiv Sena-BJP combine. A virtual rout has forced the state government to take some populist decisions to woo the voters. The government's desperate attempt were seen in the last couple of days through such decisions. According to senior Con-

gress leader Anil Shastri, “Compliments to the Chief Minister for announcing quota though it's too late. Wish it was done a year ago, because pre-poll sops don't help.” Some Congress leaders have pointed out that this particular move may not bring political benefits just as the quota given to Jats ahead of the Lok Sabha polls failed to swing the votes of the influential North Indian community towards the Congress. We are not ready to

learn a lesson from Jat quota offer and the reaction to it, a senior Congress leader said. After the Lok Sabha polls, NCP and some Congress leaders made full-fledged attempts to oust Chavan. To counter it, the CM swung into action and took many populist decisions which had been pending. Granting the quota for Marathas and Muslims were among them. Chavan himself and NCP leaders are confident about the political gains of this decision.

Property cards for 9 Mira Bhayandar villages on cards GR by DF govt in 2006 had mandated civic bodies to survey villages, tag properties with CTS numbers By Suresh Golani

ix years after nine villages in Mira-Bhayandar were surveyed in 2008, their residents will finally get Property Cards for their land which will also be tagged with the much needed City Survey CTS numbers. Although covering a substantial space in the official geographical map of the twin city, properties in 14 revenue villages and gaothans including Navghar, Goddev, Khari, Penkarpada, Kashi Versave, Chene, Laxmi Baug, Ghodbunder, Uttan, Chowk, Pali, Dongri, Tarodi, are yet to be tagged with

CTS numbers. “In the absence of CTS number and property cards, villagers are not only deprived of official permissions to repair or reconstruct their ancestral homes, but a section of illiterate locals especially those from tribal dominated areas have become vulnerable targets of land sharks,” says Shiv Sena legislator, Pratap Sarnaik, who recently raised a call-toattention motion in this context in the legislative assembly, prompting the office of the Land Settlement Commissioner and Director of Land Records, Pune to take a proac-

tive step in this direction. It should be noted that a GR passed by the Democratic Front government in 2006 had mandated all civic bodies to carry out a survey of all villages and tag properties with CTS numbers. Subsequently, the General Body in the MBMC passed a resolution and appointed a private land surveyor to carry out a detailed survey of all the 14 villages. Following strong opposition against the move from residents of five villages including Uttan, Chowk, Pali, Dongri and Tarodi, the company managed to conduct and complete the survey of

just nine villages in 2008. However, since then the survey reports remained in the back burner, due to the absence of an official endorsement on them from the validating authorities. After a joint meeting last week, land record and revenue officials decided to begin the inspection and validating process with immediate effect. While the process to allot property cards and tag the land with CTS numbers has already started in Navghar village, the state machinery will shortly depute four zonal officers for the speedy completion of work in the other eight villages.

railway fares could not have come in at a worst time for the BJP-Shiv Sena-led Mahayuti alliance which is seeking to end its 15 year long exile in political wilderness. That should have been taken note of by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre. There was complete silence on the part of the NDA and the Congress gleefully latched on to it to exploit it to the hilt. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants his MP's to come out of their Opposition role, then they also need to come out of their borough to face the public head-on and clarify on the issue with facts and figures. Agreed that the financial health of the Indian Railways is not good, that can be seen from some of the rickety old suburban EMU rakes that the railways are still plying, the tragic railway accidents that take place and stinking toilets and the creeking infrastructure that is all there for anyone to see. But surely there are other ways to improve the financial situation, other than just hike fares. A weak monsoon is already raising concerns. Under such circumstances, bitter economic pills can be administered Prime Minister Narendra Modi with care and caution in a staggered dosage rather than IN poll bound state's like Ma- at one go. Surely, the BJP has harashtra, Haryana and more questions to answer at Jharkhand, moreso if its cru- the moment and at present cial state like Maharashtra, its leadership seems to be the recent aborted hike in groping for answers. The previous NDA regime policy of inter-linking of major perennial rivers was ridiculed and shelved later. Although cloud seeding is an option, but again it depends on prevalence of right climatic conditions for it to fructify. The typography of the state has been such that irrigation potential of the state cannot be increased beyond a point. Conflict over environmental conservation and development is not new, as is being witnessed over the declaration of the Western Ghats as an ecologically sensitive. What is needed is to ensure sustainable development without endangering the environment.

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I have changed my name from Sanjoy Roy to Sanjay Roy as per Affidavit C-12817

I have changed my name from Ms. Asmitaben Shoukatali Maknojiya to Mrs.Asmitabahen Kahirali Momin as per deed poll Affidavit C-12834

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I have changed my name from Jasmitakumari Amritlal Jain to Jasmita Hasmukh Punmiya as per Affidavit C-12819 I have changed my name from Dineshchandra Shivdas Patel to Dinesh Shivdas Dholu as per Affidavit C-12820 I have changed my name from Mahendra Kumar Ravjibhai Makwana to Mahendra Ravjibhai Makwana as per Affidavit C-12821 I have changed my name from Mahendrakumar Makwana to Mahendra Ravjibhai Makwana as per Affidavit C-12822 I have changed my name from Arunaben Babubhai Vaghela to Aruna Nitin Makwana as per Affidavit C-12823 I have changed my name from Harakhchand Bhojabhai Patel to Harkhabhai Bhojabhai Patel as per Affidavit C-12824 I have changed my name from Bhawnaben Khimabhai Patel to Bhawna Dharmendra Patel as per Affidavit C-12825 I have changed my name from Harchabhai Patel to Harkhabhai Bhojabhai Patel as per Affidavit C-12826 I have changed my name from Alka Karsan Patel to Amita Jitendra Patel as per Affidavit C-12827 I have changed my name from Pushpaben Harkhabhai Patel to Puriben Harkhabhai Patel as per Affidavit C-12828

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I have changed my name from Joseph D'Costa to Joseph Peter D'Costa as per the Affidavit. C-12836 I have changed my name from Putan to Putankumar Bodh Narayan Prajapati as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-12837 I Bindesh Thakurlal Kolawala have changed my name to Bindesh Thakurlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 28/06/14 C-12838 I Miss. Neha Ramesh Mistry have changed my name to Mrs. Neha Pradnesh Warke as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12839 I Miss. G. Sathyabhama have changed my name to Mrs. Vaishnavi Vijay Achrekar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 21/06/14 C-12840 We Mr. Ashit Saremal Sonigra & Mrs. Seema Ashit Sonigra have changed our minor sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Mr. Priyank Ashit Jain to Mr. Priyank Ashit Sonigra as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated : 27/06/14 C-12841 I Mr. Dilipkumar Mafatlal Mehta have changed my name to Mr. Dilip Mafatlal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12842 I Mr. Dilip Mafatlal Mehta have changed my name to Mr. Dilip Mafatlal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12843 I Miss. Sonam Dilip Mehta have changed my name to Miss. Sonam Dilip Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12844

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I Miss. Sapna Dilipkumar Mehta have changed my name to Miss. Sapna Dilip Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12845 I Mr. Kantilal Bhurmal have changed my name to Mr. Kantilal Bhurmal Banthiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12846 I Miss. Deepika Kantilal have changed my name to Miss. Deepika Kantilal Banthiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 27/06/14 C-12847 I Mrs. Shantabai Parasmal Chhajed / Jain have changed my name to Mrs. Shantaben Parasmal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 23/06/14 C-12848 I Mr. Sanjay Parasmal Chhajed have changed my name to Mr. Sanjay Parasmal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 23/06/14 C-12849 I Mr. Dinesh Parasmal Shah have changed my name to Mr. Sanjay Parasmal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/06/14 C-12850 I Mr. Darshil Dinesh Shah have changed my name to Mr. Darshil Sanjay Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 23/06/14 C-12851 I Pankaj Ramnik Kumar have changed my name to Pankaj Ramniklal Sonigra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12852 I Ramnik Kumar have changed my name to Ramniklal Sonigra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12853 I Vanita Ramnik Kumar have changed my name to Vanita Ramniklal Sonigra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12854 I Harichandra Thombre have changed my name to Harishchandra Thombre as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12855 I Kumari Krishna Mayaram Adtani have changed my name to Sapna Ramesh Karmchandani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12856 I Anant Nagappa Nayak have changed my name to Anantha Nagappa Nayak as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12857 I Mamta Ashok Ved have changed my name to Mamta Pankaj Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12858 I Neena Manikant Vyas @ Neena Harshad Kapadia have changed my name to Nina Harshad Kapadia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12859 I Ali Zahid Johar Ali Khan Have changed my name to Ali Jahid Johar Ali Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-12860

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oted actress Sarika says though the portrayal of women in films is changing, there is a need for a strong and and honest presentation of them on screen. "Portrayal of women on screen is changing but it is not as much as I would like to see it. Strong and honest portrayals of women need to be increased. One should stop looking at women for relationship purpose (on screen), she is a person and can do lot of things," Sarika told PTI. The actress is making her small screen debut opposite megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the much awaited TV show 'Yudh'. "The scenario of TV is changing. The tried and tested format of shows will continue to exist but there are other different and out of the box shows also coming up. I think after 'Yudh', lot of new doors will be opened up

and people will attempt something like this," Sarika said. "I think 'Yudh' will change the scenario of small screen to an extent it will give a new start to others (for TV shows)," she said. Sarika chose to do 'Yudh' primarily because of Amitabh Bachchan as she was assured of a good quality show. "Looking at his body of work you are assured that whatever he does will be of quality. He was one of the main reasons why I did the show. I was looking forward to work with him and I am glad this show came my way," the actress said. "Even the other cast in the show is brilliant. Also, the show is being shot like a film and not in a TV format so it was a great experience," she said. The 53-year-old actress previously worked with Bachchan in films like 'Nastik', 'Satte Pe Satta' and the yet-to-be released Shoojit Sircar movie 'Shoebite'.

Village chief beaten to death; four held hane: A village sarpanch police station accusing him T in Thane's Bhiwandi of misbehaving during the taluka was allegedly beaten panchayat meeting, he said. to death by a group of persons, police said yesterday. Four persons, including prime accused Vaibhav Jagannath Patil, have been arrested so far in connection with the murder, they said. On Friday, when the meeting of Khambala Group Grampanchayat was in progress, Vaibhav gatecrashed and demanded an explanation from sarpanch Mangesh Shantaram Patil (40) as to why the issue of forest land was not being looked into, Padgha police station inspector K C Pasalkar said. The accused allegedly abused the panchayat members, he said. Later, the sarpanch lodged a complaint against him at the Padgha

Apparently annoyed over the complaint, Vaibhav and eight other villagers waylaid the sarpanch while he was on his way to office of deputy sarpanch at Dhabad village on Ambadi-Pali road last evening. Vaibhav along with other villagers allegedly attacked Patil with iron rods following which the latter died, the police official said. Police have registered offences against the accused persons under sections 302 (murder), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 149 (unlawful assembly), and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC, Pasalkar said, adding four of the accused have been arrested so far.

Toddler dies in septic tank By Suresh Golani

was playing with his elder sister inside the compound n a tragic incident, a three- of Makka building when he year-old boy died after accidentally slipped into the falling into an open septic septic tank.Rohan's father tank in the Munshi Com- works as a private security pound area of Kashimira on guard. A case of accidental Sunday afternoon. Identified death has been registered at as Rohan Singh, the toddler the Kashimira police station.

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taken as part of the scheme in 10 villages, which was launched by the Natural Sugar and Allied Industries, a sugar factory started by former Munde associate B B Thombre. The scheme was named after Munde following the BJP leader's demise in Delhi after a road accident on June 3.

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She had promised several people that the money they gave to her would be ‘doubled’

families. Gawad is a resident of Poonam Nagar, Andheri (W) and has in the past mortgaged her own flat to several people and taken money from them. Victim Ruchi Sabarwal, a By Zuber Ansari school principal, said “I have paid around Rs 27 lakh to 42-year-old lady has Gawad, but she paid back been arrested by the only Rs 6 lakh. She promised MIDC police for alto provide me a MMRDA flat legedly duping several peounder the officer quota. I ple under a false assurance came in touch with her via a of returning them double priest.” their money. It was revealed in the poThe arrested lady, Aarti around 20 people have been lice investigation that Gawad Gawad, has duped people of named in the FIR and most also duped a retired constaaround Rs 1 crore, the MIDC of them are highly educated ble of Mumbai Police, police informed, adding that or belong to high-profile Narayan Datt and another

Nityanand Bangera. Two senior citizens – Kaanta Varma and Samir Chowdhary – have paid Gawad around Rs 30 lakh in total and are the prime complainants in the case. According to Assistant Police Inspector (API) and Investigation officer in the case, G M Mudiraj, “We have booked her under section 420, most of the complainants do not have any proof to establish their allegations. They have paid their money in cash. We produced her before the court and she has been sent to police custody till July 2. Further investigations are on.”

Jewellery shop burgled in Virar By Suresh Golani

ausing much embarrassment to the Thane (rural) police, a gang of unidentified robbers broke into a jewellery shop in Virar and decamped with a booty of Rs 22 lakh, including gold and silver ornaments during the wee hours on Sunday. According to the police, the break-in was reported from Meenakshi Jewellers in the Bariwada area of Agashi in Virar (W). Unidentified robbers gained access by cutting open the rear shutter of the shop apparently using a gas

ACT AGAINST TOUTS Opposition leader Vinod Tawde writes to Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda to tackle ticket racketeers in Konkan Railway

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leader, in a letter to the minister, pointed out that thousands of devotees from Konkan, who queued up since Saturday night to book tickets during the Ganesh festival, were shocked to discover that most of the tickets were already booked. "The Konkan Railway

eader of Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Council Vinod Tawde today asked Railway Minister D V Sadananda Gowda to act against touts in Konkan Railway for fraudulently booking tickets. The senior state BJP

trains showed houseful booking status within minutes of the booking windows opening. The racket of railway touts is behind this," Tawde said.Seeking an inquiry into the matter, Tawde said the minister should take stern ac-

cutter machine and fled with gold and silver ornaments. The break-in was discovered by the shop owner, Babulal Soni, who opened the shop as usual on Sunday morning. Although Close Circuit Tele Vision (CCTV ) cameras had been installed in the shop, they had been non-functional for the past one month. A case under sections 454, 380 and 457 of the Indian Penal Code has been registered against unidentified persons in this connection. Assistant Police Inspector Sandip Shivale is investigating the case. tion against those involved. The touts allegedly have a special software through which they book tickets, depriving genuine commuters of tickets, even before online booking commences, the BJP leader said.

Man held for raping, blackmailing woman

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he Mumbai police on Saturday arrested a 30year-old man for raping a 22-year-old married lady and threatening her that he would circulate the video clips of the incident on the internet. According to the police, the accused, identified as Mahesh J Nadar, was the paramour of the victim. A few months ago, the victim's husband got to know about her wife's affair with his neighbour, Nadar. Considering this, the victim's husband sold his hut situated in Shahu Nagar area of Central Mumbai and went to stay in his newly purchased hut at Dharavi, the police informed. A few months later, the accused approached the

victim and told her that their relationship should continue. However, the victim denied to do so. This enraged Nadar, who began threatening her that he had recorded a few video clips of their sexual encounters, the police said. After the victim refused to budge, the accused circulated the video clips on the internet. Unfortunately for the victim, the clip, through social networking softwares, reached her husband. The latter immediately approached the Shahu Nagar police station and lodged a complaint against the accused. Nadar was arrested by the police and was booked under relevant sections of rape, blackmailing the victim and IT Act of IPC. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

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Nullah water seeps into church cemetery sparking fear of outbreak dreaded diseases By Tariq Khan

wo months after ADC reported about seepage of nullah water into a church cemetery in Mankhurd, the problem persists even now despite assurances by authorities and elected representatives to solve the problem.St. Anthony’s Church at Mankhurd is located adjacent to the Sion-Panvel highway where a nullah runse between the boundary wall of the church and the highway. Though the area is scenic, the whole atmosphere is vitiated due to the filthy water entering the cemetery since the past several months, but since the past one

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the road and some it has begun to block the smooth flow of the nullah and resulted in waterlogging and making it difficult for us to bury the dead. Also, the water logging could cause spread of diseases like malaria. Since we have over 1,400 parishioners (families) and 400 school students regularly coming to church may be affected and there

This mud, piled high on the Sion-Panvel Highway, keeps tumbling into the nullah and the rains may send more of it down. month the problem has aggravated as the nullah water flow is blocked by mud that dumped on the sides of the Sion-Panvel highway as it is being widened. Few days ago, the church authorities gave a written complaint to Meast civic ward office mentioning their plight. “We are facing a serious problem with regard to the road work carried out by J. Kumar on the Sion-Panvel highway in Mankhurd. Mud is being dumped on the side of

could be an epidemic,” stated Fr. Patrick D’Mello, the parish priest of the church in his written complaint to the ward office (CGPlus has a copy of the complaint letter dated April 2, 2014). When the ADC team visited the area bordering the cemetery it witnessed water logging there. And if that is not enough labourers were busy laying Tata Power cables causing the mud to slip into the nullah. Surjay Aguiar, a committee mem-

ber of the Church complains, “When we approached contractor J. Kumar, who does highway road widening work for which truck loads of mud has been dumped on the sides of the highway adjoinin our church, he blamed the Tata Power cable laying work for the problem, while Tata Power officials blame the contractor. We fear for the lives of our school students and families visiting the church. Buried bodies do not decompose due to water logging be-

cause of which there are chances of outbreak of dreaded diseases.” Paul Martin Fernandes, a trustee and group leader in the church while echoing the sentiments of Aguiar confirms that water logging has been severe for the past one month that caused fear among the parishioners visiting the Church which is also detrimental to health of kindergarten students studying in the church premises. Kiran Digaonkar, M-east ward of-

ficer told the ADC: “A complaint has already been received by AE maintenance of M-east office regarding water logging inside the cemetery. I have sent Assistant Engineer Mahajan to the site to look into the matter. When we get the feedback we will solve the problem.” Fernandes adds further, “Recently we wrote to local MP Rahul Shewale and apprised him of the situation. He promised to look into the matter but nothing has materialised yet.”

Fire Brigade summons railway officials A notice has been served to the railways for not carrying out a fire audit of the building By A Staff Reporter

The fire that raged in the New Administration Building at CST on Friday evening, had flames and smoke billowing from the windows.

he Mumbai Fire Brigade has summoned eye-witnesses (railway officials) in the fire that occurred in the New Administration Building at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) on Friday evening. These officials will meet the Fire Brigade authorities on Monday. According to officials, the Mumbai Fire Brigade had already served a notice to the Container Corporation of India (CCI), a subsidy corporation of Indian Railways, under Maharashtra Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures Act 2009 as they failed to conduct a fire audit of

the building. It is mandatory for all the installations in Mumbai city to carry out a

fire audit of the building on a bi-an- Railways reportedly failed to do so. nual basis and submit the audit reBesides, this building did not have port to the Fire Brigade. The Indian any in-built fire fighting system,

through which the fire could have been extinguished immediately. Deputy chief fire officer SA Kale, who was in-charge of fire fighting at CST on Friday evening, said, “We have summoned all eye witnesses of the accident to ascertain the cause of the fire.” He added, “It is binding on the owner of the building to have an inbuilt fire fighting system.” Central Railway Chief Public Relation Officer Narendra Patil said, “Central Railway had ordered an inquiry into the matter. The committee will examine the cause and extent of fire and submit the report.” The reason of the fire is yet to be ascertained yet some fire brigade officials said that prima facie, the fire must have been caused due to an electric short circuit. Office records, computers, computer server, electric wiring, air-conditioners, wooden furniture, false ceiling have been gutted in the fire.

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Five years after resolution was passed, MBMC’s Water Meter Lab in limbo!

By Suresh Golani

stronomical sums running into crores of rupees is being spent by the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) each year to replace old pipelines, overhauling existing network and to enhance water supply in the twin city, however the metering and billing continues to remain outdated. While hapless consumers are ending up with exhorbitant bills due to faulty water meters, the region which has more than 33,000 metered connections, still waiting for its full fledged lab to check the faulty meters. Six years after the proposal mooting MBMC’s own Water Meter Test Lab was cleared by the civic General Body, the file is still gathering dust in the cupboards of the Water Supply Department, exposing the unwilling attitude of civic officials in keeping a tab on the accountability of water supply. Sprawling across an area of 79.4 sq kmetre, the twin city of Mira Bhayandar is a blend of rural, urban and coastal areas having a populace of more than 10 lakh (8.14 lakh as per 2011 census). As

Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation against the per day water requirement of 155 MLD, the twin city has a current supply of 116 MLD even as the total distribution losses are to the order of 15 per cent. As per official statistics the total number of water connections (meters) in MiraBhayandar stands at 33,681 which comprises 30,919 residential and 2,762 commercial users. To measure their consumptions, all these connections have still been fitted with age old mechanical water metering units. However, as per information, a whooping 20 per cent meters are either faulty or non-functional, prompting the MBMC to charge users on an average of their consumption over till

when accurate reading was available. “Although notices are being given to users with faulty meters to get the replacement or repairs done, we are always in a position to monitor the inflow, outflow and pressure in key points of the water supply network,” says Executive Engineer Suresh Vakode. Even as officials claim that the faulty meters do not lead to any revenue loss for the civic body, the bills that are generated on an average consumption basis is actually burning holes in the pockets of users. Raising a serious question mark on MBMC’s deliberate unwillingness in resolving

Tanker mafia evades Kashimira cops Despite having tanker numbers, cops unable to catch offenders who stole water from municipal lake

water from a municipal lake in Kashimira, the cops are yet to identify the culprits. Following an official complaint from the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), the Kashimira police had registered a case under section 379 of the IPC against three tanker operaBy Suresh Golani tors for illegally drawing water with the help of dieselmonth after a case of fueled pumps from the Jariwater theft was registered Mari municipal lake in the against three tanker opera- Janta Nagar area of Kashimira tors for illegally drawing on June 1, 2014.

Despite being provided with the registration number of all the three water tankers, the investigators have failed to identify the vehicles. “To track the addresses of offending vehicles, we have handed over their registration numbers to the RTO department and are waiting for their response,” said Sr PI Anil Kadam. On the other hand, MBMC officials are also under the scanner for their reluctance in following up the case and mount pressure on the police so as to ensure strict penal action against the tanker operators indulged in the blatant exploitation of natural water resources for selfish gains. It has been alleged that the theft from lakes is nothing new for a section of influential civic personnel who are allegedly hand-inglove with the tanker mafia and in the present case, the culprits were deliberately given a chance to evade the police dragnet. A majority of the water tankers are owned by politicians and local goons.

the issue, former BJP corporator, Om Prakash Agarwal, says, “There is virtually no mechanism available with the water supply department to repair or replace the faulty meters and the users have to travel all the way to Mumbai or Thane to get their meters repaired and get the official test report which is needed for recommencement of regular billing on the basis of actual meter readings.” It has been alleged that in-

flated bills raised on the basis of assessment readings for defective meters acts as a façade for the water supply department to conceal a huge quantum of unaccounted water. Even though the MBMC eyes Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission ( JNNURM) funds for its ambitious multi-crore water supply projects, it is high time its water supply wing adopts a much needed system to

usher in accountability in water supply and check revenue losses arising out of water leakages as well as fraudulent practices in metering, supply and revenue collection. The General Body had passed a resolution in 2008 to start MBMC’s own Meter Testing Lab below the flyover bridge in Bhayandar (E), even after five years the much needed project is yet to see the light of the day.

Modi has done reasonably well in first month as PM

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Ponder awhile... “Inflation is as violent as a mugger, as frightening as an armed robber and as deadly as a hit man.” — Ronald Reagan

NDA should tackle first things first! T

HE Modi government too does not seem to have either the will or the modus operandi to bring down food inflation. It is becoming clear that the BJP is no different from the previous UPA government which just helplessly watched food inflation steadily going up and did nothing. On assuming office, the first thing the new government should have done was to announce and implement measures to bring down food prices. Unless some drastic measures are taken, food prices will not come down. There appears to be a combined operation by traders, retailers, farmers, transport operators to keep the prices high. A sort of mafia seems to have emerged and it is fixing prices. The consumer is pushed to the corner and because the government is not extending support to him, he continues to suffer. Leaders like NCP's Sharad Pawar say there is nothing much to be worried about since the farm sector has a chance to make more money. They have no sympathy for the 'consumer sector' which is the biggest in the country. In his poll speech, Narendra Modi had stated for instance, prompt action would be taken against hoarders. There is, however, no sign of this. The food minister has repeated what Modi had promised: Hoarders will be punished. There has been not a single case of hoarding which has attracted action. The situation is becoming worse: Thanks to scanty rainfall across the country, vegetable, pulses cultivation is reported to have been already affected. It has been stated that things will worsen further. The worsening situation will be welcomed by food racketeers. They have now one more excuse to offer: Lack of rain! When the Modi government took up the issue of bringing black money from foreign banks, it came clear that it had no intention of tackling first things first. Thanks to tax terrorism prevailing in the country, a few Indians with hard-earned money had no go but to park it in safe foreign banks. Even if the government brings it back, in what way will it help the issue of survival of crores of people in the country?

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T sure is too early to judge the Modi government. What is a mere month in the life of an administration elected for full five years? Come to think of it, a month is too short a period to clear the mess left behind by the previous regime. When you inherit a nearempty treasury, a rickety bureaucratic machine, a directionless policy framework, to expect overnight wonders is unrealistic. As they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day. Nor can achhe din return until the detritus of the UPA is cleared to lay the foundation of a new and confident India. It should be comfort enough for the longsuffering people that with the departure of the UPA at least there is a genuine hope of a government that would perform, that would deliver. It is this hope that is reflected in the sharp spurt in the Sensex. And the hope that has foreign investors consider India yet again as a key destination for their billions. The change in popular mood is so palpable that ordinary people now expect Modi to make India work. Gone is the air of gloom and doom that had permeated the country for so long as Manmohan Singh was notionally in the saddle. No people can survive for long without hope. And one of the achievements of Modi thus far is that he has made all Indians optimistic about their future. And that certainly is a huge plus. However, if the critics — the ones who had predicted that Modi will never become PM, had preened themselves for calling him a ‘mass murderer’, and had generally spewed venom against him — are still not ready to allow him a small honeymoon period, as the PM himself lamented, it is because they are impatient for him to fail. And here we are not referring to the Congress leaders. They have brazenly clung to the apron-strings of the Gandhis despite suffering an unprecedented rejection. Maybe it is hard to rid Congressmen of their own variation of the Stockholm Syndrome which makes them behave like bonded slaves of their real tormentors. No. We are talking about the visceral Modibaiters who have not allowed the massive democratic mandate to moderate their hostility towards the new prime minister. So, they must invent new reasons to fault Modi. One day, Modi is excoriated for not condemning the tragic murder of a Pune techie. And when he does, the same critics contort their faces on the nightly television, accusing him now of doing it rather late and doing it not as strongly as they would have wished him to do. A case of ‘heads I win, tails you lose’, isn’t it?

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Next, they haul the PM over the coals for seeking to advance the old RSS-Jana Sangh agenda of ‘Hindi-Hindu-Hindustan.’ The recycled circular about the use of Hindi in official work, put out mischievously by a mid-level bureaucrat, was seized to condemn Modi for wanting to impose the straitjacket of Hindi on the multi-lingual country. Critics frothed at the mouth, gleefully citing the decades-old circular to announce that the ‘real’ Hindu zealot face of Modi had emerged from behind the mask he had worn to fool the voters. Again, there was disappointment for the critics when it emerged that such circulars were issued periodically for the promoters of Hindi in the government to justify their pay and perks. You should know that not long ago

INSIDE STORY Virendra Kapoor an all-party delegation of MPs had visited Indian diplomatic missions abroad to assess the extent to which Hindi was used by them. Among the delegates were a good number from the South. Last but not the least, when Modi tried to pull the Railways from the brink of bankruptcy, administering one of the many bitter pills he has warned about, instead of admiring his courage he was ticked off for partially rolling back the suburban fares. Modi should concern himself with the economy while leaving the attendant politics for his critics, seemed to be their reasoning. Given that the Assembly elections are due in Maharashtra shortly, the partial rollback made immense sense. The time for raising the suburban fares would come later. All things considered, the Modi sarkar has acquitted itself reasonably well in its first month — and naysayers can go take a hike. Now all eyes will be on the annual budget on July 10. If Arun Jaitley’s maiden offering passes the ‘bitter pill’ test, it would have set the country back on the path of growth and progress. Ordinary people are willing to make sacrifices provided they are convinced that it

‘A thing is a thought, a thought is a thing’ G

EORGE GURDJIEFF, the great spiritual teacher, used to say that only one thing is needed: not to be identified with that which comes and goes. The morning comes, the noon comes, the evening comes, and they go; the night comes and again the morning. You abide: not as you, because that too is a thought -- as pure consciousness; not your name, because that too is a thought; not your form, because that too is a thought; not your body, because one day you will realize that too is a thought. Just pure consciousness, with no name, no form; just the purity, just the formlessness and namelessness, just the very phenomenon of being aware -- only that abides. If you get identified, you become the mind. If you get identified, you become the body. If

you get identified, you become the name and the form -- what Hindus call nama, rupa, name and form -- then the host is lost. Then you forget the eternal and the momentary becomes significant. The momentary is the

MATTER & SPIRIT world; the eternal is divine. This is the second insight to be attained, that you are the host and thoughts are guests. The third thing, if you go on watching, will be realized soon. The third thing is that thoughts are foreign, intruders, outsiders. No thought is yours. They always come from without, you are just a passage. A bird comes into the house from one door, and flies out

is all for the collective good — and not for enriching the likes of Pawan Bansal, Robert Vadra, A. Raja, etc. So long as there is no doubting the sincerity and purposefulness of the Modi Government, it can sidestep those who remain ill-reconciled to their personal loss of power and self.

Kejriwal’s housing woes

E are afraid we have to return to Arvind Kejriwal’s seemingly unending housing woes. After criticism that he had stayed too long in the chief minister’s flat, and made someone else pick up the tab for that, the anti-corruption crusader hit upon another clever plan. He would vacate the Tilak Marg flat and move into an old bungalow in the tony Civil Lines area, by paying a royal sum of Re 1 as monthly rent. Yes, Re 1, Kejriwal thanked the owner of the bungalow and claimed on social media that he was a well-wisher. That was until The Hindustan Times exposed the financial arrangement between the house-owner and the prospective tenant. As reported by the paper, Kejriwal undertook to spend about Rs 8 lakh to Rs 10 lakh on the repair of the bungalow. Further complication arose when it emerged that the bungalow was a disputed property. Regardless of the property dispute involved, the original arrangement the AAP leader had entered into did not show Kejriwal in good light. For, neither he nor the owner of the house would have felt obliged to declare the Rs 8 lakh to Rs 10 lakh that he had reportedly undertaken to spend on repairs, while maintaining that a ‘well-wisher’ had given it to him for Re 1 per month. That way, the owner would have recovered the prevailing market rent while the tenant would have felt no obligation to claim that the ‘rent was being paid by his friends and well-wishers from his IIT days’. We hoped that as a former mid-level revenue service officer, Kejriwal would be familiar of how such Re 1 rent deals are usually suspect. By the way, why does Kejriwal feel that he can no longer live in a modest flat such as the one he had occupied before becoming Delhi Chief Minister? That flat was allotted to his wife, a serving revenue service officer. Why must others pay for his accommodation? Clearly, the craving for creature comforts, the desire to house his family in a big house, seems to have dimmed the crusading zeal of Kejriwal. Before becoming a national leader, he has already begun to feel entitled to a large house befitting his self-assumed ‘national’ status. from another: just like that a thought comes into you and goes out of you. You go on thinking that thoughts are yours. Not only that, you fight for your thoughts, you say: "This is my thought, this is true." You discuss, you debate, you argue about it, you try to prove that: "This is my thought." No thought is yours, no thought is original -- all thoughts are borrowed. Somewhere, the great physicist, Eddington, has said that the deeper science goes into matter, the more it becomes a realization that things are thoughts. That may be so, I am not a physicist, but from the other end I would like to tell you that Eddington may be true that things look more and more like thoughts if you go deeper; if you go deeper into yourself, thoughts will look more and more like things. In fact, these are two aspects of the same phenomenon: a thing is a thought, a thought is a thing. — Osho

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full of big ideas'. While everyone would like the budget to be peoplefriendly with 'big ideas', this is yet to be seen. Apart from indications in — S Kamani, Cumballa Hill some TV channels that the income tax exemption slab may increase to Rs 3 lakh or Rs 5 lakh, there has been no inkling on the contents of APROPOS 'Job done, it's up to the the budget which are confidential. government' (ADC, Jun 23), water The new finance minister will do management expert Madhav Chi- well to exempt the pension of retale's 1,300-page report and the tired persons from income tax since ADC interview on the irrigation the pension is not really the salary scam involving Rs 70,000 crore in and is meant for their sustenance the state has revealed threadbare without being at the mercy of their the involvement of a few in this un- children. — Dr V Subramanyan, Thane precedented criminal swindling of public exchequer. It is indeed read with huge anguish as to how the political heavyweights escape from such astronomic scale of money THIS is what that makes this govlaundering act in this country. Chi- ernment so different from the pretale has pointed out without any vious ones (including their own ambiguity, how the minister of irri- regime in the past), for it has started gation holding the commanding implementing its pre-poll promises position as the chairman of the IDC, within a month of its victory. They had promised equality and manipulated and thereby violated the rules and regulations as set out see their nishpakshata in forming by the government right from the the government. Everyone has been tendering stage of the projects. Re- "represented" in the cabinet which garding the outcome, we would ob- has a communal riot accused and serve that certain officials of the an alleged rapist too. As for the irrigation department would be maan-sammaan of the womenfolk, axed, but the tainted politicos well that is next on the agenda; till would go scot-free. Had it been in then they have to prove (by a witany developed country, the situa- ness) that her honour was attacked. tion of this sort would not have cer- By the way who thinks the Prime tainly spared this sort of criminal minister should intervene in such economic offender in the ranks of petty matters; please excuse, he is busy with his development agenda. the politicos.

whose mother tongue is Hindi, and much more so for others due to the insufficiency of academic and technical vocabulary required to do so.

Irrigation scam report

IT is highly ironical that Srinivasan is elected ICC's Chairman when he is barred by courts to be chairman of BCCI. Either way his elevation to highest office may pose some uncomfortable questions. Foremost being that propriety demands that a person who is made to vacate office on grounds of clash of interests,

Promises fulfilled

Advocate Ujjwal Nikam is being asked to help Campa Cola Compound residents. I HUMBLY request prominent Advocate Ujjwal Nikam to take up the matter of the Campa Cola compound residents and help them, the victims of the builder's fault, at the earliest. — Hansraj Bhat, Borivli

Stop quota system MAHARASHTRA government's decision to raise the overall limit of reservation up to 73 per cent is highly ridiculous and irresponsible. Offering quota on communal lines is highly objectionable and may open the pandora box of more demands for quota on communal lines. If the logic which has served this raise is tenable then why not pitch in quota for Christians and Sikhs as well? With such a poor track record, Congress may lose this election again because people are fed up of populist schemes as they know such schemes do not actually benefit them at all but are used as fodder for hungry cows. It's a pity that even after six decades of quota system, which means five generations have benefited from this, the government still thinks that more communities need to be brought into the system. It's about time to convert all quota on economic criteria alone. — Ashok Goswami, Mumbai

implore USA to declare Pakistan a terrorist state. Have we no faith and confidence in ourselves and can't we take action against Pakistan fearlessly? Why should we depend always upon USA for the policies where interest of our nation is involved. Why don't we take the initiative and declare Pakistan as a terrorist state? We talk with the government of Pakistan when we know the real power lies with the Pak Army and unless the Pak Army or ISI Chief is present in the talks, no result will be reached or achieved. Declaring Pakistan a terrorist state and cutting off all ties with Pakistan: diplomatic, economic, social and political will hurt Pakistan on all fronts. — S P Sharma, Mumbai

Ironical behaviour by BJP THE BJP workers are acting in a contrasting manner. At the Centre, they were supporting the hefty rail fare hike announced by their own party. But at the state level in Maharashtra, they were opposing the proposed rise in the ticket rates for the newly inaugurated Metro rail services. — Jorhat Singh, Kandivali

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I REFER to the recent government directive to use Hindi in official communications and on the Social AS reported, Hafiz Saeed has been Media. Proponents of the official declared as an international terror- use of Hindi glibly say with tongue ist by the USA which has created a in cheek that Hindi is widely spoken lot of glee, satisfaction and zeal and all over India to make its official happiness in the Indian political written form seem very easy to use circles which is unwanted and un- by all, but they gloss over or even necessary. The question arises as to deliberately suppress that there is a why we should always depend upon big difference between Hindustani the USA to declare Hafiz Saeed an which is a simpler, colloquial and international terrorist or plead and somewhat impure and the widely spoken form of Hindi all over India, and pure Hindi which is spoken by comparatively few people even in north India. Secondly, there is a vast difference between spoken and written Hindi, especially official Hindi. In spoken Hindi, one can get by with grammatical, syntax or other errors, but written official Hindi by its very nature does not allow this luxury and requires a vast vocabulary and high proficiency on par with a University graduate level grasp of the language. Indeed, understanding government communications in official Hindi is Jamaat-Ud-Dawah leader Hafiz Saeed. sometimes difficult even for those

Time for action

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

Still a mystery IN recent times, investigating agencies have failed to solve two mysterious cases. One is the year-old case of the murder of anti-superstition activist Dr. Narendra Dabholkar in

— Abdul Monim, Vashi

Srinivasan stand off

N Srinivasan and controversy go hand in hand in the world of Cricket. After the IPL fixing fiasco, the BCCI President was made to vacate his seat and a stop gap arrangement was made to run the show. But his position in ICC is strengthened as the Indian Board is the most powerful one in terms of blind support by members in the association and the fire power of money to back him up. N Srinivasan was confirmed as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the governing body approved constitutional change in Melbourne. Often described as the most powerful man in cricket, the 69-year-old industrialist from Chennai headed the Indian board before stepping aside earlier this Dr Narendra Dabholkar, the antiyear after his son-in-law was insuperstition activist, was killed by dicted for illegal betting in the Inunidentified men last year in Pune. dian Premier League Twenty20 tournament last year. Pune. Though the police have made -C K S Maniam, Sanpada some arrests, the public is not convinced about whether they are the real culprits. The second case is at the international level, that of the missing Malaysian airliner MH 370’s mysterious disappearance. No trace of the missing plane has so far been found despite best efforts made by a number of countries from South East Asia.

N Srinivasan should not be allowed to occupy highest cricketing office for the same reasons. Until and unless he gets his name cleared and emerges clean, he has no moral authority to accept such a position. Though it's a big honour for India to be offered ICC's chairmanship, it should have nominated a person with better credentials. Sirini may have done a superb job for himself by rising from the ruins but he is hardly fit to represent India with dignity and honour. — A Goswami, Mumbai

Bite and fight BITING spree spoiled World Cup football spotlight as the act did show the player's attitude in the field of sports. Uruguay soccer star Luis Suárez was suspended for nine matches and banned from any soccer-related activity for four months after he bit an opposing player. FIFA’s disciplinary committee ruled that the striker had committed “an act of unsporting behaviour towards another player.” Suárez bit Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match. Perhaps the most famous sports bite of them all. During their 1997 heavyweight fight in Las Vegas, Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield’s right ear as they clutched in the third round. He was disqualified. Pakistan's Shahid Afridi was suspended for two Twenty20 internationals after television cameras showed him biting the ball during his side's two-wicket defeat to Australia in Perth. — C K Subramaniam, Sanpada

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivli

Hailing the budget I FIND it amusing that the union budget that will be presented only after three weeks on July 13 has already been hailed as 'Budget 2014

QUOTE: In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. — Dalai Lama

The Uruguay footballer has been banned from nine matches for his alleged violent behaviour in a match against Italy.

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B.Tech to be four-yr course for students admitted in 2013-14: UGC

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EW DELHI: UGC yesterday asked Delhi University to continue with the four-year B.Tech programme only for the students admitted during the academic year 2013-14, putting an end to uncertainty following rollback of the controversial FYUP. University Grants Commission (UGC) also asked DU to ensure that colleges under it, which admitted students to the four- year undergraduate programme (FYUP), obtain approval from regulatory bodies such as UGC itself and AICTE to ensure that students under FYUP are not put to any disadvantage. Over 2,500 students are enrolled in six B.Tech programmes -- Com-

puter Science, Electronics, Food Technology, Polymer Science, Instrumentation and Electronics and Psychological Science. They have been protesting ever since the rollback of FYUP. UGC, in a statement, said, "4-year B.Tech Programmes in Computer Science, Electronics, Food Technology, Instrumentation Electronics and Polymer Science {where such students were admitted in the colleges under Delhi University} and which are covered under section 22 of the UGC Act, with respect to B.Tech, may continue in these programmes only for the students already admitted for academic year 2013-14." The Commission was, however,

silent on the Psychological Science course. This programme, also with the Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS) programme, about which the commission also remained silent, are likely to be converted into three- year courses, officials said. The directive of UGC is in line with the recommendation of its Standing Committee, which has suggested that the programme should continue in the four-year format for the students already admitted so that there is no "prejudice" caused to their interest. The Standing Committee had on June 23 discussed the steps for transition from FYUP to a three-year programme.

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The statement said that "the colleges under Delhi University, which admitted students in academic year 2013-14 for these programmes may, wherever required, obtain appropriate approval of the regulatory bodies such as UGC and AICTE and ensure that students admitted in these programmes are not put to any disadvantage". Scores of B.Tech and BMS students of Delhi University staged a protest on Sunday morning outside the residence of Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani, demanding that their four-year courses should not be scrapped. Students also threatened that if the varsity does not take care of

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ABVP activists celebrate after the Delhi University (DU) finally scrapped the controversial four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP), at North Campus in New Delhi last Friday. their interest, they are ready to move court. Under pressure from UGC to act on its directive, DU has scrapped its FYUP and reverted to the previous three-year structure.

PM Modiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tableau Priyanka, Karti have only one a hit in Rathyatra DIN: Ministry of Corp Affairs A

HMEDABAD: Though he missed the city's Rathyatra this time, yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fans took out a huge tableau of him and made his presence felt in the procession of Lord Jagannath's chariot. The popularity of the former Chief Minister of Gujarat was witnessed with the screams and slogans of "Modi Modi," when a tableau showing a man wearing a mask, which was a look alike of Modi, passed through the procession. The tableau also showed the man (Modi look alike) displaying the sign of victory standing in a replica of Parliament, indicating the win he got in the recent Lok Sabha polls. Also, 'Modi' was shown among the 'SAARC' leaders while showing a gesture of friendship with countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal, reminding the people of the PM's invitation to their leaders during his swearing-in ceremony. Modi was the only chief minister of Gujarat who had performed 'Pahind Vidhi'(symbolic path clean-

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu on his arrival at Sriharikota, in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. ing on chariot of Lord Jagannath) for a record 12 times. In a tweet yesterday, Modi recollected the fond memories and said that he cherished that experience. He also greeted the people on the occasion of the 137th Rathyatra of Lord Jagannath and prayed for peace, prosperity and rains in the country.

EW DELHI: Priyanka Gandhi and Karti Chidambaram have only one Director Identification Number (DIN) issued to them, Corporate Affairs Ministry has said contradicting reports that they possessed multiple numbers. The Ministry has also said that other DIN applications (online) made by them had "lapsed" or were "rejected" and not allotted to them. "Priyanka Gandhi, wife of Robert Vadra, is holding only one DIN allotted by Ministry. The DIN application was made online and processed by the DIN cell assisted by service provider company under MCA21. "The valid DIN number... Was allotted on her application dated January 10, 2007," Pankaj Srivastava, Assistant Central Public Information Officer, Office of Regional Director, NR, Noida said in an RTI response dated June 17, 2014 to Bhilwara- based RTI activist S S Ranawat. "No penalty order was passed by this Directorate as the power to impose is vested with Courts under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956," the reply said in re-

sponse to a question seeking a copy of any penalty orders imposed on her. The issue was raised by senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy who had filed complaints against Priyanka Vadra and Karti Chidambaram with the Ministry alleging that the two had multiple DINs, which is not permissible under the Companies Law. Karti Chidambaram is the son of former Finance Minister P Chidambaram. In the case of Karti also, the Ministry said in its response that he is "holding only one

DIN allotted by the Ministry. The DIN application was made online and processed by the DIN cell assisted by service provider company under MCA21." "However, the DIN documents and related information are in the nature of personal information and the disclosure of which has no relationship to any public activity or interest or which would cause unwarranted invasion of the privacy of the individuals as prescribed under section 8(1)(j) of the Right to Information Act," it said.

DRDO claim on LCA export premature: Former top IAF officers N

EW DELHI: DRDO's claim about being in a position to export Light Combat Aircraft Tejas has been dismissed as premature and unrealistic by former top IAF officers who want it to focus on getting the indigenous fighter plane inducted into own air force first. "It is good to have ambitions but there are several miles to go before we can talk or think about exporting LCA. "It is too early to talk about this as it has to be fist inducted into IAF before we take a decision on selling these planes," former IAF chief Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy said. He was reacting to DRDO's

claim that it can sell light-weight multirole LCA to friendly foreign countries in future. Krishnaswamy said DRDO and the country will have to be "realistic" as for exporting the aircraft. The country will have to make huge investments to create a new and big production line for mass production of these aircraft, he said. The development of the homegrown fighter aircraft, which recently got 'Initial Operational Clearance' by IAF, has already taken 30 years at an estimated cost of over Rs 17,000 crore. However, the induction is still

awaited as IAF has not yet given the 'Final Operation Clearance'. Production of the aircraft is estimated to push up the cost further. Krishnaswamy said when it comes to exporting combat aircraft or helicopters, the seller has to provide long-term fleet support to the customer countries and "DRDO has no exposure to such fleet management practices". "We had exported some choppers to a country and one of them crashed during the national day parade of that particular nation. "So, we should first focus on developing the aircraft,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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Iraq Crisis: What Does An Increase Of $ 10/Barrel Mean For India? Care Ratings believes it could dislodge the envisaged economic recovery of the country in the current fiscal. It has the potential to widen the CAD and put pressure on exchange rate; Hamper the fiscal consolidation intent of the government; Increase inflation at a time when the news of a subnormal monsoon has put pressure on food prices and delay any action on interest rates by the RBI

By Dominic Rebello

he unrest in Iraq threatens to aggravate oil supply shocks in a market already faced with disruptions owing to domestic turmoil in other petro countries viz. Libya and Nigeria. Concerns of potential lower oil supplies from key producer Iraq has pushed up global crude oil prices to 9 month highs in a short span of a week since the crisis erupted. As the unrest in Iraq rages, the risk of a spill over of the turmoil into neighbouring petro states has emerged, deepening fears of potential oil supply losses and concerns of long-term supplies from these regions. “Given India’s vulnerability to a rise in global crude oil prices, considering that almost 75-80% of our consumption is met through imports, the sudden and rather steep rise in the same has the potential to dislodge the envisaged economic recovery of the country in the current fiscal. It has the potential to: Widen the CAD and put pressure on exchange rate; Hamper the fiscal consolidation intent of the government; Increase inflation at a time when the news of a sub-normal monsoon has put pressure on food prices and delay any action on interest rates by the RBI,” says Care Ratings in a just released report that assesses the situation and the possible impact it could have on the Indian economy. It believes that “all these possibilities could come in the way of the revival of economic growth in the country which is expected given the early moves made by the government to reinvigorate the economy and put investment on a fast track. “

has seen a 4% increase (to $111/bbl) during the period. This increase in prices is solely driven by fears and speculation of supply disruption in Iraq. Crude oil prices were seen to be ruling fairly stable in the run up to the Iraq violence. During Feb-May’14, WTI Implications for India pg 14

In the context of the escalating violence in key oil producer Iraq, the prevailing fundamentals of the oil markets and implications for oil import dependent India has been looked into by the detailed report. Price Spike Since violence erupted in Iraq in the 2nd week of June’14, crude oil prices spiked to 9 month highs in a week’s time. The benchmark WTI and Brent

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crude oil prices have risen by 4% (to $106/bbl) and 5% (to $ 114/bbl) respectively since the start of June’14. The Indian Crude Oil Basket (comprising the Oman Dubai sour crude and Brent crude in the ratio 69.9:30.1) too

prices moved in the range $101102/bbl, Brent crude oil in the range $108-109/bbl and the Indian Crude Oil basket was moving between $105106/bbl. Price volatility during the period eased due to stable supply and demand fundamentals. The supply

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concerns from the continued violence in Ukraine and delayed return in Libyan output and exports were outweighed by the increase in US stocks to record levels. On the demand side, increased buying from the Asia-Pacific region with refineries there coming out of maintenance balanced the lower crude demand in regions with economic weakness. The exhibit alongside shows trends in the movement of crude oil prices since January 2013. The levels have appeared to go back to the Jan 2013 ones which were in the region of $ 115. Benchmark crude oil prices although still ruling at elevated levels have been steady in recent days, supported by reports of normal oil production in Iraq. However, prices are being pressured by the possibility of export disruptions with the spread of violence. Demand and Supply Fundamentals In terms of supply, global crude oil supplies have been on the rise, having grown 1.2% in the first quarter of 2014. It increased by 0.2 million barrels/day to 90.99 million barrels/day in May’14. OPEC’s output, at 30 million barrels/day (as of May’14), accounts for around 33% of global production. OPEC has indicated that it would be maintaining stable supply levels despite political disturbances in its member nations that could impact their domestic output, sug-

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gesting that members nation’s with spare capacity would fill in the shortfall. In recent years when production from OPEC member nation’s such as Libya and Nigeria dropped owing to domestic crises, increase in output from other member nations with spare capacity viz. Saudi Arabia, has helped maintain overall OPEC supply levels. Moreover, non-OPEC supplies have been on the rise, from 52.86 million barrels/day in 2012 to 54.20 million barrels/day in 2013 (Source: OPEC) and the forecast for 2014 has been put at an average 55.6 million barrels/day in 2014. The increase in non-OPEC supply is largely being credited to the rise in US crude oil production, which added over 1 million barrels/day output in 2013, taking its total output to 11 million barrels/day. The total non-OPEC oil supply including the natural gas liquids (NGL) is forecast, by OPEC, to grow from 59.9 million barrels/day in 2013 to an average 61.5 million barrels/day in the Apr-Dec’14 period. Assuming stable output from OPEC (of 30 million barrels/day), global oil

supply for the 9 month period would average 91.5 million barrels/day. With the global economy expected to see improved economic growth in Non-OPEC Supply the current year, world oil demand too is estimated to increase. OPEC foreOPEC Supply cast’s oil demand to increase by 1.3 million barrels/day (in Q12014) to Natural Gas 91.46 million barrels/day during AprLiquids + non Dec’14. conventional oil Also, global oil inventories/commercial stocks and reserves are on the Total Supply rise, both in the developed (US, Europe) and developing countries (viz. *Source: OPEC China). Many countries are seen building up their Strategic Petroleum Reserves (SPR). In Q12014, developed 92 countries had 1,586 million barrels in their SPR, providing 35 days of forward consumption cover (Source: OPEC). 90 Their commercial stock for the period was 2,570 million barrels, providing a forward cover of 57 days. Any tight88 87.3 ness in the oil markets would see 86.6 countries tapping into their reserves. Thus, based on prevailing conditions 86 and projections, the rise in global oil supplies is seen to be adequate to meet the growth in demand for the 85 2010 remainder of the year, indicating a balance in the global oil market. *Source: OPEC

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Implications For India

The physical dimension India’s is the world’s 4th largest crude oil importers, importing nearly 75-80% of its energy requirements and is thus highly sensitive to actual/perceived disruption in supply of the same. Crude oil is one of the most essential commodities for India and greatly influences the domestic economy. The country’s envisaged growth in coming times would largely be an energy driven one, both in the rural and urban areas. Consequently, its oil import dependence would increase further. Iraq met nearly 13% of India’s crude oil requirements/imports last year and is its largest source of crude oil imports after Saudi Arabia. In the current year, India’s planned oil imports from Iraq are to increase to 20% (19.4 mn metric tonnes) of its total requirement. Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) such as IOCL and HPCL are the main importers of this oil. Of the 18.7 mn metric tonnes contracted to be imported by the 2 OMCs from Iraq, 50% has already been imported as reported by the Ministry of Petroleum. Attempts are also being made to increase buying from other oil suppliers such as Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern petro states. In terms of stocks/reserves, India currently lacks a strategic oil reserves that can be tapped into in times of supply crisis. Construction of 3 strategic reserve facilities with a combined capacity of 5 million tonnes has been underway and there are plans to construct 4 additional such reserves with a capacity of 12.5 million tonnes. However, India oil marketing companies reportedly carry inventories for around 30 days

Vulnerable CAD Already struggling with record low growth, high inflation, a weak currency, low manufacturing growth and possibility of sub-normal monsoon, the threat of oil supply shock and the resultant increase in prices add to the risks faced by the country which could hamper India’s envisaged improvement in economic growth in FY15. If crude oil prices rise unhindered, it could lead to a reversal in the reduction in the current account deficits achieved in FY14, exacerbating the weakness in the domestic currency. CARE’s estimate of CAD for the year is 2.5% of GDP assuming stable crude oil prices and a recovery in industrial production. A higher persistent price would upset this calculation.

Exchange rate The rupee has shown signs of strengthening in the recent past on account of a fairly steady trade deficit and higher capital inflows. The rupee had moved below the Rs 60/$ level and there was some consternation on the impact on exports. However, with some measures being taken to liberalize gold imports, the deficit was expected to widen. With crude oil prices increasing, it would pressurize the import bill and hence the traded deficit further. In the absence of a substantial compensation from capital inflows the rupee would tend to move in the Rs 60-61 band depending on the developments in the oil market as well as action being taken by the government and RBI. The latter becomes important as expectations start building of depreciation, which in turn causes importers to buy and exporters to hold back their dollars thus reinforcing the depreciation.

Fiscal strains The fiscal strain too could increase and the fiscal consolidation intent of the government by way of subsidy reduction could fail to materialize. Petroleum subsidy is one of the major subsidies of the government and at Rs. 96,880 crs accounted for 38% of the government subsidy in FY13 and at Rs. 85,480 crs for 33% in FY14 (as per the estimates of the interim budget for FY15). There has been an attempt to reduce the petroleum subsidy by way of reduction/doing away with administered prices for petroleum products i.e. diesel and petrol. Petroleum subsidies were 12% lower in FY14 and were expected to be lowered further in the final budget for FY15. An increase in crude oil prices could result in the contrary. Higher crude oil prices would reduce flexibility for the government in managing subsidies considering the stiff tradeoff with inflation. Given the sub-normal monsoons this year the government would have to provide compensation to the farm sector along with contributing towards food subsidy too would place a heavy burden on government finances, inhibiting allocation of funds towards the much needed investments which in turn would impact economic growth.

is market driven as per the current calibrated approach. The indirect effect through pass through transport charges would be roughly half of the direct impact, thus leading to an overall increase of 100 bps in inflation. The under recoveries/losses of oil marketing companies could widen with the rise in crude oil prices. In FY14, the under recoveries stood at Rs.1,39,869 Crs, 13% lower than that in the previous fiscal on account of the gradual de-regulation in diesel prices.

Monetary policy The RBI has indicated that it would be looking closely at inflation when taking a call on interest rates. With inflation being stable for some time, it was hoped that the RBI could consider cutting rates at some point of time. The possibility of an adverse monsoon did push back such expectations. Now with oil prices rising and the possibility of higher fuel inflation adding to inflationary expectations, any sustained increase in prices would hold back any decision to lower interest rates. In fact, in case the crisis escalates and inflation increases sharply, a rate hike may not be ruled out. In conclusion, “an immediate resolution of the crisis seems unlikely. It could be a long, drawn-out conflict with possibility of spill-over to other countries. Although the upside to oil prices Inflation The rise in crude oil prices could fur- seems limited given the prevailing funther aggravate the inflation situation damentals, the uncertainty surroundwhich has already been on the ing the crisis could prevent a reversal uptrend even before the impact of in prices from recent highs. The ramifiweak monsoons sets in. It is estimat- cations of the crisis on the long term ed that a persistent increase of 10% prospects of Iraq’s oil industry will have in crude oil prices (which is roughly $ to be closely watched. India could seek 10 per barrel) will increase WPI infla- diversification for its crude oil imports tion by roughly 0.7% directly assum- and build up on its reserves to tackle ing that LPG and kerosene continue risk associated with geo-political instato be protected as is today and diesel bility” concludes Care Ratings.

Star India Sells Entire Stake In Star CJ To Providence Group

By A Business Reporter

tar HS, an affiliate of STAR India, the nation's leading media and entertainment conglomerate, has completed the sale of its 50% stake in STAR CJ Network India Pvt. Ltd, the home shopping joint venture with Korea’s CJ O Shopping Co. Ltd.. The stake has been bought by US-based Providence Equity Partners. Providence is the world's leading private equity firm focused on media, communications, education and information investments. It manages funds with $40 billion in commitments and has invested in more than 140 companies globally since its inception in 1989. Providence is also a controlling shareholder in HSE24, the leading home shopping network in Germany. Providence has also invested in various Indian companies such as Idea, Indus Towers, UFO Digital Cinemas and Hathway. “We are happy to have Providence as our strategic and financial partner. It has been a pleasure and delight to deal with such a highly professional investment firm that shares our vision and understanding of the media as well as the home shopping industry. We are glad to cement this joint venture,” said Kenny Shin, CEO, Star CJ Network India. “We have been growing at a CAGR of 50% in the Rs 2,200-crore home shopping market. We expect to reach a revenue of $ 1 billion in India in the next five years, while our partners, Providence plans to enter the equity market through IPO in the same number of years,” he added. Star CJ, was launched on 22nd September 2009 on Star Utsav Channel. On 1st August 2010, the company had a standalone channel. On 1 August 2012, Star CJ achieved the milestone of delivering goods all over India. STAR CJ operates a 24x7 home shopping channel called “STAR CJ alive” and provides a web-based portal www.starcj.com to third party sellers who list their products for sale. The company reaches more than 50 mn households and have added 5 mn shoppers to its network within four and a half years of its operation. STAR CJ will continue to use STAR’s brand for up to one year. “Providence is excited about partnering with CJ O Shopping, a global leader in TV home shopping. The significant TV home shopping market opportunity in India, STAR CJ’s strong management team and CJ’s deep domain expertise, all make this a compelling opportunity for us. Providence looks forward to working with the STAR CJ team and adding lasting value to the company in the years ahead," said Biswajit Subramanian, Managing Director of Providence Equity Advisors India Private Limited.

Mutual Funds Must Self-Regulate

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Sebi keen to implement self-regulation for the Rs 10 trillion industry

By A Business Reporter arket regulator Sebi yesterday said it was keen to implement self-regulation in the Rs 10 trillion mutual fund industry at the earliest and said it will soon come out with new rules for distributors and advisors. "There is a demand for self-regulatory organisations (SROs) in the MF sector and we are very keen on that and are also hopeful of implementing the same soon," Securities & Exchange Board of India (Sebi) Chairman UK Sinha told reporters on the sidelines of a mutual fund summit. Sinha also said the regulator is finalising norms for distributors and investor advisors and they will be issued shortly. The Sebi chief said that although the idea of an SRO has been challenged in court, he is hopeful of its implementation. The Financial Planning Supervisory Foundation (FPSF), where retired Supreme Court Justice BN Srikrishna is a director, has taken Sebi to court over the SRO matter. It contends a possible conflict of interest if an industry group that has been protecting the interests of MFs appoints a company as an SRO to regulate its distributors and agents. Srikrishna chaired the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission, which recommended sweeping changes in financial sector regulations. Sinha also said pension funds should come into the mutual funds sector and tax benefits should be offered for investors in real estate investment

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trusts and infrastructure. The size of the pension market, estimated at over Rs 1.5 trillion in 2010, is expected to rise to over Rs 2 trillion in 2015 and over Rs 4 trillion by 2025. Sinha said that Sebi had asked the government to provide clarity on tax benefits for new products like REITs (real estate investment trusts) as also for infrastructure investment trusts and debt securities. "Sebi will soon finalise norms for REITs, but is awaiting clarity on taxation issues," he said, adding that the regulator wants such trusts to get tax pass-through status. Addressing the MF summit organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry, Sinha said there are "certain anomalies in withholding tax on debt securities" and he expressed hope that the government will soon provide clarity and tax pass-through status to REITs. "We have recom-

mended to the government for tax breaks for REITs investors and hope the government will consider the same," he said. Sinha also said that Sebi approved a long-term policy for mutual funds, which includes enhancing the reach and promoting financial inclusion, tax treatment and obligations of various stakeholders, among other things, to achieve sustainable growth of the industry and mobilisation of household savings.

MUTUAL FUND UPDATE

Kotak MF announces change in exit load under two schemes Kotak MF has announced change in exit load structure under Kotak Flexi Debt Scheme and Kotak Bond Short-Term Scheme with effect from July 1. Accordingly, under Kotak Flexi Debt

Scheme, the exit load will be 1% if the units are redeemed/switched-out within 180 days from the date of allotment and nil thereafter. Under Kotak Bond Short-Term Scheme, the exit load will be 0.50% if the units are redeemed/switchedout within 30 days from the date of allotment and nil thereafter. Axis MF launches Axis Fixed Income Opportunities Fund Axis MF has launched Axis Fixed Income Opportunities Fund, an open-ended debt scheme. The issue will remain open for subscription till July 9. It will be benchmarked against CRISIL Short-Term Bond Fund Index and will be managed by Devang Shah and Kedar Karnik.

Canara Robeco MF announces change in fund management responsibilities Canara Robeco MF has announced change in the fund management responsibilities with effect from June 25. Accordingly, Canara Robeco Gilt PGS, Canara Robeco Income Fund and Canara Robeco Dynamic Bond Fund will be managed by Avnish Jain, Canara Robeco Short-Term Fund will be managed by Suman Prasad, Canara Robeco Liquid Fund, Canara Robeco Treasury Advantage Fund, Canara Robeco Floating Rate Fund and Canara Robeco Gilt Fund will be jointly managed by Avnish Jain and Suman Prasad and Canara Robeco Gold Exchange Traded Fund will be jointly managed by Avnish Jain and Kiran Shetty.

Rupee Expected To Depreciate Further PRAMIT BRAHMBHATT is CEO of Veracity Group

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he Rupee traded sideways throughout last week, though eventually it appreciated slightly towards the end the week. After declining for two consecutive weeks, last week the Rupee traded strong as FIIs were net buyers on the exchanges of the shares worth Rs 162 crores till last Thursday which helped the Rupee to trade slightly strong. The Rupee’s gain was

capped as local equities continued to trade weak for the third consecutive week in a row taking cues from growing tensions in Iraq. Now Investors are eagerly waiting for the budget, which is scheduled on 10th July to give direction to the road ahead to the Indian markets. Today the trading range for the Spot USD/INR pair is expected to be within 59.70 to 60.50. It is recommended to be cautious and buy USD/INR (Futures) on dips with appropriate stop loss as overall Rupee is expected to depreciate. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 60.16 and below is the Support & Resistance levels. Last week the government of Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies completed a month in office. In this short span, the BJP government took some vital decisions which had their impact on the markets. The last month was eventful as Spot USD/INR

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Emotions or Promotions?

Use Care and Share Marketing

t is important to note that Brand building is a longterm process and short cuts do not necessarily work. Brands are built in the minds and hearts of customers and it is important to understand that consumers like and consume brands rationally as well as emotionally. In India, emotions are definitely a critical factor in consumers, accepting and loving brands. In recent times, a lot of promotions, which should have been a temporary incentive, are being wrongly used as a permanent feature, thereby eroding the emotional part of the brand equity. Every brand and marketing manager has to clearly decide whether the emphasis should be on promotion or emotion? Promotion used judiciously as a temporary incentive to induce purchase over and above the normal marketing activities could sensibly give incremental sales on a sustain basis. However, if promotions are used indiscriminately they could adversely affect the emotional brand equity of the brand. When this process is flowing well promotions should add positively in the enhancement of the brand equity especially in the emotional part. If a promotion erodes the emotional part of the brand equity than it is better to suitably make the right and corrective marketing initiatives in order to protect the emotional appeal of the brand. Thus in the long-term process of brand building, emotions are critical. Promotions in a sensible manner are welcome to add value and not to subtract from the brand.

Care and Share Marketing In these extremely rational times where materialism is at its peak, consumers do not only need tangible features but also intangible benefits. These intangible elements are far more valuable and critical compared to the tangible rewards. Hence, I would strongly recommend that marketers must practice “Care and Share Marketing,” taking care of emotions. Let us take the first element of “Care Marketing”, whether the target audience, or segment are children or teenagers or adults or senior citizens, it is important that there not only be care shown, but also care taken and given during the process of marketing products and services. This is the intangible element which consumers appreciate. In the case of services whether it be airlines, or hospitals, or schools, or couriers or telephone services, the care taken by the marketers of the consumer goes a long way in establishing a strong relationship in bringing about an affinity towards the brand. The second part of “Care and Share Marketing” which I recommend is “Share Marketing” in this case, while marketing products and services it is important to share as much knowledge and information as possible to be able to help the consumer use the product to the fullest extent for his benefit. The “Share Marketing” part should make an attempt to explain and educate to the consumer the processes, techniques and tips that would help him use and benefit from the product better. Hence, I strongly recommend “Care and Share Marketing” for satisfaction of the consumer as well as for the marketer to grow his brand in terms of sales, market share and profit. Thus emotions may be powerful to build brands. Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved. Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier A little background about yourself? It has been over five years since I joined Quantum. What I liked most about Quantum and what made me join this organisation is its urge to serve investors faithfully. This was one fund house that motivated me to do what is best for investors. With an investor oriented approach and innovative thinking, I got the opportunity to introduce some valuable features to make investing convenient. At what point had you given a thought to making a career in the financial markets? It is the influencing quality of finance that always amused me. I believe finance is a vast domain. Both from a micro level as well as from a macro level, there are several new things happening all around the world that affects the stock markets. Just imagine a small tiny country like Cyprus (which most of the people didn’t even knew if existed) had shook the finances of almost all the countries around the world, this is the power of finance, that’s why I like it. I decided to do a career in finance when I was still doing my bachelors. I further did my CFA and since then there was no looking back. It has now been almost over two decades. I got an opportunity to work with some reputed organizations. Being in the mutual fund industry for so long and as a CEO of an asset management company like Quantum my interest in financial markets has only grown over time. The learning has never stopped for me. I get an opportunity to receive valuable insights from many experienced personalities in the industry and share mine as well. I believe finance is a vast domain and that makes it interesting. How do you pick your investments? Stock picking for us is like picking tea leaves from tea gardens. We have to choose some selected stocks from the pile of thousands available. For this we use both technical analysis and employ fundamental data of companies that will help us prudently understand the value of the stock.

How would you describe your methodology? The methodology at our end is to get to know as much about the stock as possible. We don’t merely get influenced by others perception of the stock, but study the stock 360 degree. It may not be just the statistical data available on internet or meeting the company management, but may also be a small conversation with the company employee, possibly at a lower level that could give some important insights about the company. The fundamentals of the business are very important to us. What appeals to you about investing? The short side or long side? The long side! It is the belief that has been proved and justified that long term investing is the ideal way of

or the first time in the last two decades, India has registered two consecutive years of sub-5% GDP growth. The last few years have been extremely difficult for doing business, as the nation has been in the grips of an administration paralysis and the situation has further aggravated due to government’s increased reliance on monetary tools to contain a stubbornly high inflation. High interest rate has not only increased the cost of doing business, but has discouraged investments in infrastructure and manufacturing sectors thereby increasing input costs and widening the supply-demand gap. The economy is on the verge of entering a vicious cycle. Even global investors started losing both confidence and interest in India in view of the complicated and opaque operating environment. The despondent mood which was setting in seems to have now been overcome after India delivered a decisive verdict by electing a majority government at the 15thLok Sabha elections. With the BJP-led NDA government coming to power at the Centre, hopes are high that the economic reforms will be now back on track and India will soon be back on the high growth trajectory. The new government, it seems, recognizes that the high inflation in India is essentially due to supply-side constraints in terms of inadequate infrastructure and made it adequately clear that infrastructure creation figure among its priority agenda. In this backdrop, the Union Budget 2014-15 is expected to set a roadmap for the economy as a whole and the infrastructure sector in particular. The forthcoming budget will be fol-

investing. We believe, in giving our investors’ money enough time for it to grow by itself. We remain optimistic about the markets in the long run. That’s why we always urge our investors both existing and potential to start investing as early as possible. 6. What differentiates you from other Investors? I think it is also our style of investment, our approach towards our investments that is very different. Patience and perseverance are the two most important traits that differentiates us from others. We will never encourage our investors to hamper their investments in a bull or bear market. 7. What gives you that edge? I guess our investors could answer this question better, but if you ask me I would say our disciplined investment process which is strictly followed focusing on long term growth. 8. Is there any applicable lesson to trading/investing? The most important and one thing that we always tell our investor is to focus on long term. Investors generally panic on any short term events like market volatility. A long term investor can easily exploit the mis-pricing caused by the reaction to short term events

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A Chartered Accountant by profession, Jimmy Patel’s journey into the financial industry began more than two decades ago. With experience of nearly 21 years and a “Stellar Performance Award” to his credit, Jimmy sets an exemplary example of excellence. Having served as a member of multiple AMFI committees, he carries a deep understanding of compliance guidelines and regulatory requirements. Having joined Quantum in 2010, on the Asset Management front, he has led the team to become the1st AMC to receive an ISO 270001 certification and the only AMC to offer a complete paperless online investing platform. Prior to joining Quantum AMC, Jimmy has worked with Edelweiss Asset Management Limited, JM Financial Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, Principal Group (USA), Tata Mutual Fund and ICICI OneSource. In conversation with Dominic Rebello, he espouses his methodology and emphasizes on the belief that 'long term investing is the ideal way of investing'. His views...

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How much of what you do is gut feel? No gut. Investing or managing assets is not like merely anticipating any future event and moving accordingly. It is completely process driven.

Do you try to anticipate or follow market trends? We do not anticipate market movement. We are bottom up investors and focus on individual companies. A better stock selection helps when the markets are not performing well. The bottom up research driven investment process also emphasizes on transparency and controlling costs that will again benefit investors. We aim at sensible, risk-adjusted returns and focus on corporate governance and invest only in companies run by good managements and not leveraged excessively. We invest only in liquid stocks.

When you put money on a trade and it goes against you? This is where we don’t do what is expected from us. As long as the long term thesis is not impacted, we will use the correction to add to exiting positions. We look at it as an opportunity to buy more stocks to its portfolio. Any positions you ever lost sleep over? Not that I can remember. I typically would prefer managements which allows me to sleep well at night. So far, I have been sleeping well.

What would make you wary about an Investment? Change in the corporate governance view of the company, actions taken which will impact minorities negatively. I would immediately liquidate the position.

Where do you see the Indian markets five years down the road? Any number for the Sensex in 2015? I believe that the Sensex will move up by around 4% by 2015 considering the current bull market. At the end of 5 years, I see the markets at a substantially higher level than where it is currently, again based on my assumptions on earnings growth. However, the current bull market will be affected by the US tapering as a rise in interest rates will motivate the FIIs to take their money out of the Indian markets and invest in US markets. Of the tens of thousands of trades/investments that you have done, which was your best trade/investment? I remember, an outstanding investment has been of a very large two wheeler manufacturer in India,

which was perceived as a slow moving family run business.

What was the story there? Having visited their plants and interacting with the next generation of top management, we realised that this company was evolving to be one the of the most efficient two wheeler manufacturers in the whole and also investing in creating some excellent brands. We were able to identify this much before the investment community took note of this. Your success mantra? In my view a disciplined investment process focussed on long term has what worked for me. An investor should not panic or get overwhelmed by market movements, but stick to their investments until their investment objective is met.

Budget Must Set A Roadmap For The Economy HEMANT KANORIA is Chairman and Managing Director, Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited

« CEO SPEAK lowed very keenly both domestically and internationally. The new government’s announcements about undertaking river-linking, creating high-speed train tracks, building low cost airports, expansion of e-governance, etc. have already generated a buzz in the infrastructure circles. We expect the budget to address issues and remove hurdles that can fast track capacity creation in Power and Road sectors.

§ 100% fuel linkage to all power plants from the nearest mines must be ensured, which calls for increasing production and productivity of the coal-mining companies and by allowing entry of private sector for mining development. This has to be supplemented with distribution sector reforms by revisiting tariff-setting norms which should adopt a principle of “not passing through” the AT&C losses beyond a certain percentage. To this end, the budget may announce specific incentive packages for both generation and distribution side issues. There should be a “carrot and stick” approach for the distribution companies. § In the road sector, government needs to encourage innovative financing mechanisms which can address the mismatch between loan tenure and concession period (the former being much shorter than the latter, thus leading to problems in servicing loans). For BOT projects, the budget may propose a financing structure where the repayment schedule is such that 50% of the total debt is repaid during the loan period and balance 50% is to be repaid by way of bullet payment at the end of the tenure. The bullet payment can be done by arranging refinancing of the balance 50% debt, repayable over the remaining concession period. This will spread out the repayment of

the debt over the entire concession period. Extrapolating the above point, the financial institutions should be allowed to step in the concessionaire’s shoes, if by chance, the concessionaire is not able to either complete or manage the project. The Finance Minister should also encourage banks, insurance companies, pension funds and provident funds to invest in long-term bonds with investment grade issued by Infrastructure Finance Companies at concessional rates and should declare it as “priority sector lending”. In India’s infrastructure financing, NBFCs, especially the Asset Finance Companies (NBFC-AFCs) and Infrastructure Finance Companies (NBFC-IFCs), play a crucial role by catering to the credit needs of numerous small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who provide critical support services (like construction, transportation, etc.) in infrastructure projects and yet remain outside the purview of institutional funding channels. We propose that the government announces measures in the budget that would enable NBFCs to easily mobilize resources from various sources, both domestic and foreign. India’s fiscal deficit constrains the government in terms of undertaking fresh investments in infrastructure.

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While private investment is being assigned a major role in infrastructure creation in India, government also needs to explore avenues for generating new resources so that it is able to invest in infrastructure on its own. In this regard, rolling out the Goods & Services Tax (GST) at the earliest is a must. GST has remained a pipedream for several years now and the new government must do everything possible to build consensus in making GST a reality. The complex state lax laws which exist today make it very difficult for movement of goods. It is more difficult in many states to move goods to another state, but easier to import or export overseas. Introduction of GST will bring in some degree of uniformity. Not only will it increase government’s kitty, it is also expected to bring in a lot of clarity and transparency in terms of tax implication on business. We hope the budget to set some timeline for the implementation of GST. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has permitted such resident entities / companies in India, authorized by the government, to issue tax-free, secured, redeemable, non-convertible bonds in Indian Rupees to persons resident outside India to use such borrowed funds for on lending / re-lending to the infrastructure sector and for keeping in fixed

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he plastic money, credit card is a very powerful financial tool these days. It has to be used diligently then it bring you a host of benefits else it can turn your life upside down. There could be plenty of reasons to use a credit card- such as convenience, accountability, safety etc. We at CreditVidya.com have compiled top five swipes you should not use your credit card, and that cash, debit or anything else would be a better choice. Here are some times when you should never use your credit card to avoid a dent in your Cibil score. They are: Medical Bills: Never use your credit card to fund your medical expenses. Mediclaims are meant to do that. Insure yourself and your family adequately so that you don't run around hunting for funding sources when your near and dear ones are unwell or are in an emergency. Taxes: Never use your credit card funds to pay your taxes. That's a grave mistake people in the developed economies make. Lets learn from their mistakes. Educational expenses: Do not pay your college tuition or admission fees using your credit card. Use your earnings or take an educational loan for that. You could also borrow from your parents. Vacations: This is one of the most unnecessary expense people take up on their credit card, especially abroad vacations which run into lakhs. Instead make a recurring deposit and use that amount towards funding the expense for your abroad trip. Wedding: While most Indians still use their parent's funds to get married, many of them have started using their own funds to get married. Make sure that you do not swipe your credit card to fund your wedding expenses. Instead use your savings or earnings. Along with the wedding comes the honeymoon, an added expense.

deposits with banks in India pending utilization by them for permissible end-uses. This implies that eligible entities will be only companies controlled and owned by Government of India such as Power Finance Corporation, Rural Electrification Corporation, National Housing Bank, etc. Through the budget, the government can expand the list of such eligible entities beyond PSUs and include Public Financial Institutions (PFIs) also for issuing overseas bonds. Venture Capital Funds (VCFs) / Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) provide equity to infrastructure and other projects. Unfortunately, an amendment made by the Finance Act, 2012 in Sec. 115U of the Income Tax Act, 1961, has created an anomaly whereby investors have to pay tax on the notional income. Normally, investors should pay tax on the income, as and when they receive it. However, the amendment in 2012 requires the tax to be paid when the Fund earns income. This would tantamount to paying tax out of the capital of the investor.Tax should be on real income and not on notional income. This has emerged as a major deterrent for attracting future investments by the contributors in VCC / VCF. If this is not addressed, the entire objective of encouraging VCFs/AIFs will stand defeated. Through this budget, government must re-introduce the tax-saving infrastructure bonds, a scheme which continued for two years earlier and then was unceremoniously discontinued. However, the minimum limit should be increased to Rs. 50,000 per person per annum vis-à-vis the previous limit of Rs. 20,000.

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F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR JUNE 30 -- JULY 4, 2014 Close

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1369

441

449

1432

241

246

134

ANDHRABANK APOLLOTYRE

217

197

137

588

584

598

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1914

AUROPHARMA AXISBANK

749

739

1957

1999

1872

1830

884

914

824

BANKINDIA

287

289

295

BATAINDIA

BHARATFORG

2153

2053

282

275

794

14912

14642

613

604

629

654

580

555

CAIRN

358

364

CENTURYTEX

583

568

CIPLA

302

681

15721

525

CESC

2454

710

15451

1236

BIOCON CANBK

798

15182

1251 333

BPCL

15141

BHARTIARTL BHEL

186

555

2354

854

192 569

768

257

208

612

2253

BANKNIFTY

214

203

2273 855

216

BAJAJ-AUTO

BANKBARODA

224

59 95

209

ASIANPAINT

230

400

102

203

243

1368

129

197

230

1406

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230

1311

139

225

234 36

219

ARVIND

ASHOKLEY

425

235

ALBK

AMBUJACEM

499

1523

474

1340

1484

233

1426

1445

ADANIPORTS

ADANIPOWER

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246 574

432 657

441

336 248 512

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353 260

551

590

381

397

573

598

438

455

641

436

1330

624

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451

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420

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405

CNXIT

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9755

10032

10309

9477

9200

COLPAL

1531

1530

1544

1558

1515

1501

DABUR

187

189

192

184

181

COALINDIA CROMPGREAV DISHTV

385 197

389 196

402

204

415

212

376

188 54

363

179 49

DIVISLAB

1444

1412

1510

1608

1313

1215

DRREDDY

2551

2517

2618

2719

2416

2315

130

135

140

125

120

DLF

EXIDEIND

FEDERALBNK GAIL

GMRINFRA

GODREJIND

213

144

460

357

214

143

456

351

GRASIM

3437

3448

HCLTECH

1491

1467

828

824

2583

2605

HAVELLS HDFC

HDFCBANK HDIL

HEROMOTOCO HEXAWARE HINDALCO

HINDPETRO

1172 970 98

158 162

164

1398

1413

132

134

IDEA

IDFC IFCI IGL

INDIACEM

INDUSINDBK INFY IOB IOC

IRB ITC

JINDALSTEL

127

354 116

575

3239

335 227

322 323

622 96

106

128

348

116

573

3222 78

336 221

320 326

2670 167 169

432

631

168

330

403

310

1393

1319

858

808

791

113

154

430

135

1615

104

841

139

195

3187

1541

205

3317

1032

ICICIBANK

106

391

3708

1006

165

IDBI

371

3578

509

979

165

1300

HINDZINC

IBREALEST

483

151

1223

405

624

147

233

1147

401

HINDUNILVR

224

1070 953

994

926

2736

2539

2473

174

159

154

639

614

605

179

459

141

378

128 351

170

163

1457

1501

1369

1325

141

148

127

121

102

110

131 43

367

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135 45

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329

113

563

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321

244

267

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347

316

326

332

314

161 98

121

309

110

553

3111 73

306

176

308 306

JUSTDIAL

1492

1465

1548

1631

137

142

867

131

LICHSGFIN

320

1681

LUPIN

1061

M&M

1149

MARUTI

2453

M&MFIN

273

MCDOWELL-N

MCLEODRUSS MRF

NMDC

592

1302

330

738

107

1269

KTKBANK

112

1308

KOTAKBANK

127

1235

347

689

122

1229

JUBLFOOD

NHPC

403

117

JSWSTEEL

433

521

116

JPPOWER

1283 876

132

322

908

331

1672

1699

1161

1201

1477

1185

939

845

339

1167

1088

1381

1298

128

123

314

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305

1727

1644

1616

1198

1235

1125

1088

2441

2551

2661

2331

2220

307

327

347

1044

276

2373

2465

23391

23488

313

1380

1094 284

2740

24177

1144

292

995

268

3016

2189

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22798

287

945

260

1914

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22109

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420

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JPASSOCIAT

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547

1141

472

615

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NIFTY

7544

7546

7643

7741

7448

7351

NTPC

154

159

164

150

145

181

OFSS

179

185

190

174

168

3068

3018

3168

3318

2869

2719

ORIENTBANK

313

318

323

307

302

PFC

304

308

332

357

284

260

POWERGRID

138

136

142

148

130

RANBAXY

501

489

524

558

454

356

357

381

405

333 978

ONGC

415

PETRONET

175

PNB PTC

RCOM

RELCAPITAL

178

961

964

145

RECLTD

423

641

147

636

457

192

491

206

982

1000

103

154

658

161

681

390

164 947 87

141

356

150

929

124 82

419

134

309

613

590

797

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663

RELIANCE

1022

1032

1086

1140

RPOWER

106

105

109

113

2662

2654

2738

2823

2570

2485

900

883

935

986

832

780

RELINFRA

740

SAIL

SBIN

SIEMENS

936

SRTRANSFIN SSLT

290

SUNPHARMA SUNTV

TATACHEM

TATAMOTORS

434

TATAPOWER

104

173

TATASTEEL TCS

TECHM TITAN UBL

UCOBANK

ULTRACEMCO UNIONBANK UNITECH

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333

342

375

171

437

298

514

521

103

2413

2364

355

346

707

100

967

451

298

2120

303

161

331

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294

159

380

TATAMTRDVR

920 655

TATACOMM

TATAGLOBAL

667 456

SYNDIBANK

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1014

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481

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728

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169

390

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458

351

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346

324

315

329

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427

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2217

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101

373

103

401

105

318 99

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2868

2534

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241

322

339

355

WIPRO

546

540

557

574

ZEEL

289

538

421

152

2645

221

275

581

157

2608 229

826

166

328

YESBANK

618

181

UPL

VOLTAS

873

312

691

176

101

924

220 544

288

232 568

293

224

218 32

306

289

523

506

282

276

244

209

591

520

299

291

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

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« TOP VIEW

In a narrow market, when prices are not getting anywhere to speak of but move within a narrow range there is no sense in trying to anticipate what the next big movement is going to be - up or down.

—Legendary Investor Warren Buffett

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS

KARVY CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON POWER GRID CORP CMP: Rs. 133

Markets Await Direction NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (June 30, 2014) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose marginally on Friday (June 27, 2014) a net 15.60 points (0.21%) and closed at the 7508 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 7514 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 7538 points level at 9.40 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 7482 points level at 12.35 p.m. The index then bounced back into the green and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session, moved in a range of 56 points and closed above the psychologically important 7500 points level. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 28 were losers, while 22 stocks closed in the green. Substantial buying was witnessed in healthcare, IT and technology stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in metal stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 11.94%. This change is moderate and indicates a moderate participation by investors. Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 840 were gainers, 724 were losers and 44 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 and is now rising (positive if it continues).

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

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

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7043 points level. The next support is at the 6846 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 7497 points level. The next resistance is at the 7569 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 = 7510 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 7481. Support (2) = 7454. Resistance (1) = 7538. Resistance (2) = 7566. 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 is below the 5 and 15 days moving averages and both the averages are declining. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate weakness. Both these indicate a negative bias. But, the index continues to remain above its 25 and 200 days moving averages and both the averages are rising. This is positive. Investors are advised to avoid buying at current levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the – DI line and both lines are flat. No signal here. The ADX is falling while the Market Index is rising, which indicates that the present up trend is decreasing in strength. MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 7528) Negative. Is below its 15-day average (at 7570) Negative. Is above its 25-day average (at 7490) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 6461) Positive.

Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

Target Rs. 154

Power Grid Corporation has approved investments of Rs 55 bn for upgrading networks in 4 years for strengthening the transmission corridor for independent power producers in Chhattisgarh. The board has also approved investment for upgradation of the transmission system associated with Lara thermal power project of NTPC at an estimated cost of Rs 4 bn, with commissioning schedule of 34 months. Valuation: PGCIL is trading at 1.6x PB, at a 35% discount to its historical average 2.5x, it traded at over the FY07-11 (2.1-3.9x PB). We expect PGCIL’ net sales to see 15% CAGR in FY14-16E on the back of higher capitalization, while the Company’s PAT would rise by 11% during the same period. Our target price implies that PGCIL will trade at 13.4x P/E compared to its historical mean at 18x. We believe this is justifiable, given strong earnings expectations, strong opportunities and regulated returns. Our target price is based on regulated equity in transmission projects under operation and capital work in progress. We are valuing investments and cash at book value, and consultancy and STOA business at 5x FY16E EBITDA.

RELIGARE CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON AXIS BANK CMP: Rs. 1930

Target Rs. 2275

Our recent interaction with AXSB’s management reaffirms our confidence in the bank. AXSB is well placed to play the recovery cycle aided by an expanded branch network, healthy liability franchise (CASA ~45%) and strong capitalisation (tier I > 12.5%). Further, an improved economic outlook coupled with expected policy initiatives from the new government to remove bottlenecks in the infrastructure sector would help reduce stressed asset formation. We reiterate BUY with a Mar’15 TP of Rs 2,275. Retail a key growth driver; margins resilient: AXSB’s management reiterated that the bank would grow 3-4% higher than industry, at 17-18% in FY15, led by the retail segment with a thrust on high-yield non-mortgage and SME loans. This coupled with tight control on cost of funds, driven by a healthy liability mix, would keep margins at a higher level of +3.5% in FY15. Corporate loans are also expected to expand, with management pegging growth at 10-12% in FY15, albeit back-ended. Maintain BUY: AXSB is well placed to play the recovery cycle and is an attractive BUY, trading at reasonable valuations of 1.8x ABV/11.1x EPS FY16E with RoE of +17%.

SUNIDHI CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON AARTI IND. CMP: Rs. 201

Target Rs. 284

Aarti Industries (AIL) is a specialty chemicals company and is the largest Benzene based derivatives company in India and among top five globally. With its diversified range of products, the company caters to end users in segments like pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, specialty polymers, paints, pigments etc. Exports currently contribute ~50% to the revenues which is expected to rise going forward. Valuation and outlook: Earnings growth to surpass revenue growth due to operational efficiencies: During FY11-14, Aarti’s revenues jumped by 22% CAGR with 27% operating profit expansion and 26% increase in PAT (incl. merger of associate Anushakti Chemicals & Drugs). During the same period, exports also jumped from ~40% of revenues to ~50% in FY14 (over 65% exports to the US and the EU). Rising demand has led to capacity expansion which is likely to continue the growth momentum. Management has guided for over 15-20% revenue CAGR over the next couple of years with higher earnings growth at 18-22%. We believe that the structural changes in chemicals industry would be beneficial for the Indian specialty chemicals companies per se. Aarti’s forte in niche capabilities (complete integration in Benzene and upcoming expansion in Toluene derivatives) with incremental focus on high margin products and exports market is likely to aid overall growth.The stock is currently available at 9.5x and 7.1x (on reduced equity) FY15E and FY16E EPS of Rs22.5 and Rs28.4 respectively. We have valued the stock at 10x FY16E earnings with a price target of Rs 284. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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MANOJ ASWANI

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

« INSURANCE

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Review and Claim Settlement Ratio of Online How is Aviva Life Insurance Plc. in terms of Plans? settlement ratios? I checked the IRDA setThere would good and bad reviews about each tlement ratio for 2013 it shows death settlement ratio is 87%. I have plans with Aviva and every thing that you go to buy. All you need to term plan from past 3 years. Can we trust check is whether the product suits YOUR needs, Aviva in settlement of claims? Why it is only whether it is good and trustworthy and whether 87% when compared to LIC which is 98%. the product would be able to fulfill all the promisCan IRDA have control on these insurance es made or not. Then your job is half done. companies? Can we trust private insurers? As far as Claim Ratio is concerned, it is bad —Ram Singh, Colaba because if 1 claim is repudiated amongst 8 IRDA has equal control over LIC as well and Aviva claims, the ratio is quite high as compared to or any other insurance company for that matter. 200 being repudiated vis-a-vis 5000 claims. It does not show any special favour or distrust Also, if you have not stated anything wrong or not towards anyone. hid any relevant information, then there is no need for you to worry. Because, if you have not Are online policies safe? disclosed any relevant information, your claim would get stuck which even insurance company Then the answer is there is no basic difference you apply to and if you have stated all things corbetween an online and an offline plan from the rectly then YOUR claim would go through irreinsurer's perspective. Hence it is as safe as an spective of the claim settlement ratios. offline one. Is Private Insurance Companies Trustworthy? Conclusion: Well, to answer this question I need to mention Hence you can opt for any plan which suits your certain things. As far as Trust on private companies is concerned, there is nothing to worry. needs. If you need an agent to settle claims and According to Section 64VA of Insurance Act 1938 pay renewal premiums, then you must opt for there is a solvency margin of Rs 150 crores that Offline Plans but if you are savvy and your family

Key Features of Exide Life New Creating Life Insurance Plus Policy This is a Limited Payment Endowment Plan with Reversionary Bonus facility If the Life Insured dies within the policy tenure, Sum Assured on Death is paid and the policy continues The Death Benefit can be taken in a Lumpsum or in instalments under Family Income Benefit option If the Life Insured dies within the policy tenure, all future premiums are waived off This policy pays 10% of Sum Assured as Guaranteed Maturity Addition Maturity Benefit is Sum Assured + Guaranteed

What are Pre-Natal & Post Natal clauses in Mediclaims for maternity benefits? I and my wife both have group insurance from our employers. We were so far getting the regular checkups & USGs reimbursed using her group policy. Now we got to know, that these reimbursements might have been coming from the overall limit. Can I now use my group policy to claim for delivery expenses? —Arun Mohite, Airoli Let me address the query in totality and by the end of it, you would surely understand. You and your wife have Maternity coverage and you can claim from one company and on completion of the limit of that you can start to claim from the other. Each Maternity Claim has a overall limit of say Rs 50000 or 1 Lakh, whatever the group decides with the insurance company to provide as a benefit. Now, whatever your claim, be it cashless or reimbursement, pre-maternity claim or post, everything is a part of the overall claim limit and it cannot be claimed beyond. Typically what happens is that you can get cashless benefit from one company and then the remaining amount can be claimed on a reimbursement basis. The only concern is that once the first claim is done, the original documents needs to be returned by the TPA of the first insurer for the second claim as no health insurance claim can be done on photocopies. Initially the same was done on Contribution Clause, but since most companies do not follow that clause, you would get the benefit from any one Insurer till your entire limit and then can proceed to the next Insurer.

Now, specific to your case what is the most sensible thing to do is: Since you have been claiming the USGs and other pre-natal medical tests and doctor fees from your wife's company, continue to do so till she is admitted. Once she is admitted, get your company's health card at the time of admission and get a cashless benefit from your office. After discharge, there would be some post-natal medical care and tests that can again be claimed from your wife's office as a part of the remaining claim and there would be no confusion about original bills in this case.

Is Zero Depreciation option available for tourist vehicles also? If yes which companies provides this facility? —Aijaz Ahmed, Malad That’s a call that the Insurance Company would have to take because some companies like Bajaj Allianz provides "Liabilities Only" cover for Commercial Vehicles and do not even provide a comprehensive car insurance policy, let alone Bumper to Bumper. However, Tata AIG provides Comprehensive Car Insurance Policy to Commercial vehicles with: Coverage for Partial Loss & total loss arising out of accident, Fire & allied perils, burglary & theft, riots and strikes, damage in transit by air, rail, road and sea Discount (NCB) for claim free experience Third Party Legal Liability: Covers Third party property damage and Third party Bodily injury. This covers most benefits but it still does not provide Zero Depreciation rider. That is provided only for Non-Commercial vehicles. (The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com)

« PRODUCT REVIEW: EXIDE LIFE NEW CREATING LIFE INSURANCE PLUS PLAN

By Manoj Aswani xide Life New Creating Life Insurance Plus Plan is a Limited Pay Participating Endowment Plan. It is a Traditional Plan with Bonus facility. In this plan, premium needs to be paid 5, 7 or 10 years while the policy continues till the end of the policy tenure as chosen between 10 to 20 years. This policy provides Guaranteed Addition of 10% of Sum Assured on Policy Maturity. At the end of the policy tenure, the Sum Assured + Guaranteed Maturity Addition+ Reversionary Bonus +Terminal Bonus are paid as Maturity Benefit and the policy terminates. However, if the Life Insured dies within the policy tenure, the Sum Assured on Death would be paid and the policy continues to pay the Maturity Benefit as per schedule with all future premiums waived off. The Sum Assured on Death can be taken in a Lumpsum or in instalments as Family Income Benefit option. There are 2 additional riders in this plan.

is informed enough to be able to settle the claim, if any, on their own, then you can opt for any online plan and the ones you have checked are one of the best and the most popular ones in the industry.

A Limited Payment Endowment Plan With Bonus Facility

Maturity Addition+ Reversionary Bonus +Terminal Bonus There are 2 additional riders in this plan: Accidental Death Disability and Dismemberment Benefit Rider Critical Illness Rider There is premium discount for high sum assured in this plan

Benefits you get from Exide Life New Creating Life Insurance Plus Policy Death Benefit – In case of death of the Life Insured within the Policy Tenure, the nominee gets the Sum Assured on Death as the Death Benefit and the future premiums are waived off and the policy continues to pay the Maturity Benefit. The Sum Assured on Death is higher of: Base Sum Assured 10 times the Annualized Premium Subject to 105% of total premiums paid till date The Sum Assured on Death can be taken in either of the 2 options: Option A: Lumpsum Benefit Option B: as a Family Income Benefit whereby 50% of the Sum Assured would be paid instantly as Lumpsum Benefit and the rest would be paid monthly as 1% of the Sum Assured for the next 60 months. Maturity Benefit – At the end of the Policy Tenure, irrespective of whether the Life Insured is alive or not, the Maturity Benefit is paid and the policy terminates. This plan gives a 10% of Sum

Assured as Guaranteed Addition on Policy Maturity. Maturity Benefit= Sum Assured (Guaranteed) + 10% of Sum Assured (Guaranteed) + Vested bonus, if any (Non-Guaranteed) + Terminal bonus, if any (Non-Guaranteed) Income Tax Benefit – Life Insurance premiums paid up to Rs. 1,00,000 are allowed as a deduction from the taxable income each year under section 80C and the Maturity Proceeds are tax free under section 10(10)D subject to fulfilment of terms and conditions.

Additional Features Riders – There are 2 additional riders in this plan: Accidental Death Disability and Dismemberment Benefit Rider Critical Illness Rider

You stop paying the premium If the policy holder stops paying the premium, the policy lapses and all benefits cease. However, if at least 2 years’ premiums have been for a premium paying term of 5 to 7 years or 3 years premiums have been paid for a premium paying term of 10 years, the policy gets converted to Paid Up Value and then the coverage continues with reduced coverage. The policy can be revived within 2 years from the due date of the first unpaid premium. Surrender Benefit There are Surrender Benefits in this plan after at least 1 year’s premiums have been paid but

Eligibility conditions

Sum Assured (in Rs.) Policy Term (in years) Premium Payment Term (in years)

Entry Age of Life Insured (in years) Age at Maturity (in years) Entry Age of Child (in years) Annualized Premium (in Rs.) Payment modes

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Max.

10, 12, 15

5 PPT: 1,22,249 (Monthly) & 1,33,242 (Annual) 7 PPT: 1,05,263 (Monthly) No & 1,14,728 (Annual) Limit 10 PPT: 1,07,759 (Monthly) & 1,17,448 (Annual) 5, 7

5 PPT: 36000 No 7 PPT: 24000 Limit 10 PPT: 18000 Annual and Monthly

payable only after the completion of the 2nd policy year. Guaranteed Surrender Value= is a percent of the premiums paid and vested bonus. There is Special Surrender Value in this plan as well. Loan Loan facility is available in this plan.

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Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and many have been adapted into feature films, and for television. King published fifty novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman. He has written nearly two hundred short stories, most of which have been collected in nine collections of short fiction. Most of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. His latest book, Mr Mercedes, already a number one bestseller, is reviewed on this page.

very book he has written has made to the top of the bestsellers lists in most parts of the world, and, for him, this creates a hard act to follow. But credit where credit is due, Stephen King manages to pull off a winner, writing about a 28-year-old man who murderously mows down a whole crowd of people using a stolen Mercedes, leaving eight dead and scores injured. That the victims were down and out in life and were standing in a queue from before dawn hoping to land up some employment at a job fair, and the police have not yet traced the perpetrator, makes for a riveting start to this 405-page hardbound book. In a brazen move, the killer sends off a taunting missive to decorated (ex) Detective Bill Hodges, who has been handling his retirement rather badly, with no control over the drinking and eating, bored and depressed, spending his empty days watching a popular reality show which he is so much skeptical about but sits on his La-Z-Boy to watch nonetheless. The tentative option out of this for him is the .38 Smith & Wesson that he keeps toying with, even holding it against his mouth to get the feel of what it could be like when he can finally get around to settling it all. This is the setting King starts us with. The Mercedes tragedy is one of the few cases Hodges has not been able to solve, and the killerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter has now arrived six months after he has retired, having ably served the police force for forty years with an outstanding record, twenty-seven of them as a detective.The killer gloats, putting in a grinning Smiley with sunglasses on the page: I am sure you gave it 'your best shot,' but sadly (for you, not me), you failed. I imagine if there was ever a 'perk' you wanted to catch, Detective Hodges, it was the man who deliberately drove into the Job Fair crowd at City Center last year, killing eight and wounding so many more. (I must say I exceeded my own wildest expectations.) Was I on your mind when they gave you that plaque at the Official Retirement Ceremony? Was I on your mind when your fellow Knights of the Badge and Gun were telling stories about (just guessing here) criminals who were caught with their pants actually down or funny practical jokes that were played in the good old Squad Room? I bet I was!...You probably need a Hobby, so you'll have something to think about instead of 'the one that got away' and how you will never catch me. It would be too bad if you started thinking your whole career had been a waste of time because the fellow who killed all those Innocent People 'slipped through your fingers.' I wouldn't want you to start thinking about your gun. But you are thinking of it, aren't you? I would like to close with one final thought from 'the one that got away.' That thought is: F.... YOU, LOSER.This is enough to trigger a reaction and Hodges back into the hunt. The first thing we see is how to study a letter for clues, starting with the postmark. Being sent from close by is usually part of the taunt, and part of the fun for the killer. Referring to himself as a 'perk' rather than a 'perp' is part of the dropping of clues, whether to guide or to confuse. The remark about the revolver implies that the killer has seen him through the window handling it more than is necessary. Before he knows what is happening, Hodges is already in his element, doodling on a sheet with a series of headings: One-sentence paragraphs, Capitalised phrases, Phrases in quotation marks, Fancy phrases, Unusual words, Exclamation points. The excellence of the storyteller in King sees him disclosing the identity of the killer on page 42. He is Brady Hartsfield, who shuffles with

two jobs and looks after a mother who has alcohol issues. From becoming a whodunnit, the story swerves on to becoming a whydunnit, and Hodges and Brady are into a cat-andmouse game of wits. Brady invites Hodges to network with him saying, PPS: Want to get in touch with me? Give me your 'feedback'? Try Under Debbie's Blue Umbrella. I even got you a username: 'kermitfrog19.' I might not reply, but 'hey, you never know.'There is Jerome Robinson, a black American, who mows Hodges lawn and helps around as an when. He is also net and computer savvy. He is treated as as a friend and a part time employee. There are also colleagues in the police department, Pete Huntley.The unwitting owner of the Mercedes, Mrs. Trelawney, is a lonely old soul, no friends and just a sick mother to tend to. She had stopped by her mother's place with food when the car was stolen. The investigation about

whether she was careless enough to leave the key in the ignition, thus allowing her car to become the killer's weapon, has her rattled and guilty. Her death, believed to be suicide, is another intriguing event in this book. Brady speculates: Mrs. Trelawney didn't have any friends. No husband, either. Just her old sick mommy. Which made her easy meat, especially after the cops started working her over. Why, they had done half of Brady's work for him. The rest he did for himself, pretty much right under the scrawny bitch's nose. And now Brady, who disclosed in his letter that he did not intend to do any such thing, is planning a nasty surprise which may kill hundreds. Hodges has to stop him. Mr Mercedes by Stephen King Hachette Rs.699

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Extraordinary teen John Smith (Pettyfer) is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events-his first love (Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. HBO, 9 p.m.

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SOAPS & SERIALS

Tonight’s episode will witness an interesting twist. Farah Khan who is associated with the show ever since its commencement will be missing in action. The lady synonymous with the boisterous laugh Archana Puran Singh, will come to the rescue and fill in for Farah’s sudden absenteeism. Archana will be seen excited to be a part ofpagalpanti express with judge Anu Malik and hosts Krushna and Mona and will have a gala time with the contestants too. The entertainment quotient went a few notches higher when Krushna along with Anu Malik took everyone on a laughter riot when they tried the pole dance. Sony T V, 9 p.m .

WILD BRAZIL

Brazil is the wild heart of South America, home to more species than any other country on the planet. But it is also a land of extremes, where animals must learn to adapt in order to survive. This series follows the intimate lives of an exceptional set of animal characters as time moves from the vast floods of the wet season to the ravaging fires of the dry season. An im al Plan et, 8 p.m.

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Gunjan goes to a village where women are treated badly, and she realizes that Chiraiya, her relative is getting married into a

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family that has many restrictions on women. Will Gunjan take up the cause for Chiraiya and the women in the village and fight it out? Zee T V, 7.30 p.m.

MERI AASHIQUI TUM SE HI

In tonight’s episode we see, after the bidaai Ketan and Shweta are considering of asking Ishaani’s hand in marriage for Chirag, while Baa has plans of her own for Chirag’s wedding with Disha. Meanwhile, Baa stops Ranveer from having a meal with the family and suggests he eat with his kind. On seeing this Ishaani feels bad for Ranveer and gets him food. Later, Baa gives all the children gifts and makes a point to put Ishaani down while giving her the gift, to take revenge on Falguni. Ishaani gets upset, Ranveer notices this and decides to do something about it. Colors, 10 p.m.

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James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappears whilst on patrol. Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired. Pix , 11.30 p.m.

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After losing her job, Jersey girl Stephanie Plum is broke. Needing a job she is told that her cousin, a bail bondsman, needs someone to help out in the office. But the only job openings he has are for skip tracers. She learns that Joe Morelli, a guy she knew intimately years ago, is one of the “skips”. She eventually finds him but wasn’t really prepared so he gets away. Another bounty hunter, Ranger, tries to teach her. Eventually she finds Morelli again, but he claims he is innocent of the crime he is accused of and he is trying to prove his innocence. Eventually Stephanie thinks he’s telling the truth so she stakes out the person who can help him. She only finds herself in trouble and Morelli saves her. Zee Studio, 8.10 p.m.

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Almost 10 years have passed since the first cyborg called The Terminator tried to kill Sarah Connor and her unborn son, John Connor. John Connor, the future leader of the human resistance, is now a healthy young boy. However another Terminator is sent back through time called the T-1000, which is more advanced and more powerful than its predecessor. The Mission: to kill John Connor when he’s still a child. However, Sarah and John do not have to face this threat of a Terminator alone. Another Terminator is also sent back through time. The mission: to protect John and Sarah Connor at all costs. The battle for tomorrow has begun.. . Star Mov ies, 9 p.m.

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Meena is an attractive young lady who lives with her middleclassed parents in a city in India. Her father is Parshuram who works as a chaprasi (peon) with an organization run by the wealthy Vikram Singh. Meena meets with Raja, a fellow collegian, and both fall in love with each other. The two lovers run into problems when they find out that another young man by the name of Ajay also loves Meena and will not permit anyone to get in their way. But when Meena appeals to Ajay, he relents and gives his blessings to the young couple. Just when the two think the line is clear for them to marry, Meena’s parents receive a

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Abused by an oppressive brother-in-law Gajendra, Ramchandra (Dilip Kumar) runs away from home, and ends up in a small village where he is mistaken for Shyamrao (also Dilip Kumar), and must accept Ganga and his new name or face severe exorcism. Meanwhile, Shyamrao is mistaken for Ramchandra by Anjana (Waheeda Rehman) and her dad. When Gajendra finds out, he is enraged and attempts to beat the stuffing out of the person he thinks is his brother-in-law, but Shyamrao refuses to be abused or beaten, and all of a sudden things start changing in the household as well as in the community. It is not long before Gajendra finds out about the truth, and plans an ugly death for Shyamrao, and all those opposed to him. Filmy, 6 p.m.

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Suraj and Deepak live a poor lifestyle in a village along with their widowed father, who has always taught them to be honest. Both re-locate to the city and find employment with the Police Force, while Suraj is a Havaldar, Deepak is a Traffic Constable. Suraj does his job honestly and diligently and is often reprimanded by Inspector Waghmare. Then differences arise between Suraj and Deepak when the later comes to testy in favor of an accused, Narendra Khanna, who was arrested by Suraj for killing a man. Things come to a boil when Soni’s husband is brutally murdered in broad daylight, and when officers of both Shaitaan Chowki and Kala Chowki refuse to investigate nor even register this homicide, she decides to take matters into her own hands. B4U, 9 p.m.

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Zee TV’s next big ticket, non-fiction property is right up your alley! Coming up on Zee TV is a new 13-week reality series called ‘India’s Best Cinestars Ki Khoj’ powered by Glam up – a hunt for versatile, talented cine stars who have it in them to light up the silver screen with their acting prowess and charisma starting July 5 every Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m. Vijay Krishna Acharya aka Victor, the director of 'Dhoom 3' and gorgeous actress Sonali Bendre have been roped in as judges. We caught up with the Victor to know more...

Kaun Banega Hero? By Sandeep Hattangadi

What will be the format of the show?

The show will put its participants through a slew of challenging rounds designed to test their ability of enacting a variety of different roles. Spanning varied genres such as romance, comedy, drama, horror, dance and action, the contestants will be called upon to prove their versatility, presence of mind, spontaneity and sheer mettle across a number of different acting styles.

TV TATTLE Star presence

AAMIR KHAN made an unpretentious and humble appearance at the recently held 'Star Parivaar Awards'. His presence was quite startling for everyone present as it is a known fact that Aamir does not attend award shows. He not only made an exception for 'Star Parivaar Awards' but also accepted an honor for his groundbreaking and unprecedented show 'Satyamev Jayate'. As Aamir does not accept awards, he was rewarded with a box of sweets. He also danced with the leading ladies like Divyanka Tripathi, Farnaz shetty and Disha Parmar. The girls confessed their love for the star and how he is an inspiration.

It's Cricket!

SAB TV’s most loved family series ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ is receiving a tremendous response from its audience for the third season of ‘Gokuldham Premier League’ (GPL). The cricket tournament has created such a frenzy among the viewers in the country that the entire cast received overwhelming appreciation and love during their tour around India. The visitors of the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar were in for a surprise when Daya and Jetha (played by Dilip Joshi and Disha Vakani) dropped in to pay their respects. While Shailesh Lodha and Tanmay Vekaria (Taarak Mehta and Bagaa) were mobbed by a massive crowd in Jaipur, the Bhide family (Mandar Chandwadkar, Sonalika Joshi) were greeted by their admirers in Nagpur.

Innovative show

DISCOVERY Science, India’s only 24-hour channel dedicated to making science What would you look for in a participant to be a programming relevant, accessible and good actor? entertaining, brings an exciting series that That he should be original and shouldn’t imitate anyone. He features the coolest gadgets from around should look well on screen, should dance well, emote well the world in 'THE GADGET SHOW'. The and should have that watchability factor. series will preview and review the newest gadgets, share the latest technology What kind of acting exercises would V actor Ali Merchant may have found fame through daily soaps news and bring the best in cutting-edge technology to gadget enthusiasts. It you be giving the participants? but he says he is no longer interested in doing such shows and will premiere on July 1 and will be aired everyday at 9 pm on Discovery We will be giving them passages from films which wants to rather focus on his business. Science. The series is hosted by Ortis Deley and Rachel Annabelle Riley – are popular to perform and since I am from The 29-year-old actor, who has appeared in several hit shows like Kahani both English television presenters along with Jon Bentley who specialises Ghar Ghar Ki, Amber Dhara, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, says he is currently theatre, I would also be giving them theatre in television production and journalism as a chief gadget tester. heading a chemical company and the excessive globetrotting leaves him hardly any exercises. time for television shows. Would you be giving the “I am not open to do daily soaps. I am busy right now as I am heading a chemical plant TLC brings an exciting and unique concept series 'MAMA’S BOYS OF successful participants a break and for that I have to travel a lot. I have done daily soaps for seven THE BRONX'. The series explores the relationship that five boys in your films? years and I still get offers but I want to experience new things. Anthony, Frankie, Giovanni, Peter and Chip – share with their I am still writing my script for my next “I want to be known as a businessman. I want to focus on mothers. From cleaning their rooms, washing their clothes, film and if we find good talent, I will my business at the moment and I will not take up anything preparing their favourite foods, to shopping for their groceries, definitely cast them in my film. for the next one year at least. I have been travelling to these boys rely on their mothers for everything. The eightEurope, Russia, Dubai. It is very adventurous for me,” Who else is on the show? episode series captures the everyday life of these proud Ali told PTI. Parineeti Chopra and Ayyushman Italian-American men who grew up together and still live with The actor, who is best known for his much-talked about Khurana will be mentors who can their mothers. The show will premiere on July 7, and will be wedding in reality show Bigg Boss – Season 4 with Sara Khan, will be seen in upcoming episode of Yeh Hai Aashiqui guide and mold the participants. aired every Monday at 10 pm. – Disaster Series on Bindass. What about participants The show will mark Ali's return to the small screen after a who don’t make it? gap of one year. He was last seen on TV in cooking-based reality India’s Comedy Destination - BIG MAGIC’s 'Har Mushkil Ka It’s a part of life and they should take show Welcome - Baazi Mehmaan-Nawaazi ki. “I said yes to Yeh Hai Aashiqui because I like such shows - which Hal Akbar Birbal' has something very exciting up their it in their stride and work harder. have a beginning, middle and an end. I don't have the time for daily sleeve, this week. The viewers are in for a new set of comical What is your opinion about soaps. That is the reason I took a break for almost a year. The story of this errors in a special two day episode, every Thursday from TV actors making it big in films? show is very real and I was moved by it,” he said. June 26 at 9 pm when Rani saheba decides to put the It’s a good trend and I welcome it. Ali said it was great to be in front of the camera after a year-long sabbatical and the show was almighty Akbar’s love to test! As per the track, emperor rejuvenating for him. Akbar is seen in a jolly good mood but soon his happiness Who will you cast in 'Dhoom 4' “I am happy to get back to TV with this show. I am playing the role of a Punjabi boy, Rudra, turns into grief when the news of Rani Saheba’s memory loss as the villain? who comes from Punjab to Mumbai in search of something good, only to find himself get unfolds in the palace. This results in a hilarious turn of events, Leanardo Di Caprio (laughs). stuck in horrific floods. And amid all of this, he falls in love,” he said. until the ever-witty Birbal figures out what is really going on.

ALI MERCHANT SAYS NO TO DAILY SOAPS

Mama’s boys

Legendary tale

PDikhhla Jaa 7

OPULAR TV anchor Manish Paul, who has replaced Drashti Dhami on Jhalak , says his comeback on the show has not affected his friendship with the Madhubala actress. The 32-year-old actor has taken over hosting job on the Colors show from Dhami from this week onwards. “Our friendship is not affected at all by this. I spoke to Drashti before taking up the show. She is a very dear friend of mine. When I told her I will be replacing her she graciously accepted that and there was no problem as such. I don't know why Drashti got replaced,” Manish told PTI. Manish hosted the last two seasons of the celebrity dance reality show with Ragini Khanna and Kapil Sharma. Manish and Kapil garnered a lot of

Still friends: Manish and Drashti

appreciation for their comic antics on the show. As Manish and Kapil got busy with other projects, the channel decided to introduce Dhami, last season's winner on Jhalak, as the new host with Ranveer Shorey. But the channel was forced to replace Dhami as she failed to strike a chord with the audience as a host. Manish, who has shot two episodes so far, said his collaboration with Shorey was fun. “I was not offered the hosting gig this time. But the channel contacted me recently. So far, I have shot just two

episodes of Jhalak. It was good working with Ranveer. We have a good comic timing on the show. Ranveer is a good host,” Manish said. The 'Mickey Virus' star is happy that the audience is having a say about who they want on their favourite show. “I got many messages and mails from people. They took to social networking sites to express their opinion about the show. I think it's a good change because audience is an integral part of a reality show and apart from voting for the contestants they have full say on a host's fate too,” Manish said.

After his successful stint as an anchor, Manish debuted as a Bollywood actor with Mickey Virus. He has now signed two films, a rom-com and a dark thriller. Manish says he had to adjust his dates to return on the show. “I am in negotiations for a rom-com. I had to adjust my schedule according to that. It wasn't that tough because the show will only consume two days of my week and rest of the days I can shoot my film,” he said. Manish's second outing as an actor in Tere Bin Laden 2 is yet to hit theatres. The film was earlier scheduled to release by the mid of this year but it has been postponed. “I don't know why this delay. I feel some post-production work is still left,” he added.

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Physicians need to heal thyselves I

t’s out in the open…once again. A study published recently in The Journal of American Medical Association suggested over 50 per cent cases involving the use of stents while performing angioplasty in the United States of America may have been “unnecessary”. In India, media reports have been pointing to the unnecessary use of stents in procedure for quite some time now. A section of doctors too have admitted to the fact that many doctors across cities use stents in cases when not required. In 2009, when a Kolkata-based septuagenarian’s wife fell ill, doctors at a leading multi-speciality clinic suggested she opt for angioplasty and put five stents in his wife’s arteries. And, when she died within a few days, the arbitrary use of stents made headlines.

Doctor caught taking bribe from stent supplier

In January 2013, the head of the department of cardiology at Nizam’s Institute of Medicine (NIMS), was reportedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.6 lakh from a stent supplier. Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigators recovered the bribe money from Dr Rao’s office and subsequently arrested him for the offence. A case was registered against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Dr Rao had allegedly demanded Rs 1.6 lakh as bribe from a stent supplier ‘for doing an official favour.’ The supplier reportedly approached the ACB. Dr Rao fell for the trap laid out for him and was subsequently arrested. This is just tip of the iceberg. It’s usually the suppliers who offer a range of kickbacks to doctors to use their products and such deals do not come out in the open. In the report published in the Around the same time, Medical Journal of American Medical AssoCouncil of India had suggested a ciation, a London-based cardiolosenior doctor at Safdarjung Hospi- gist Dr Aseem Malhotra mentioned tal used stents ‘unnecessarily’ on a randomised studies have shown patient. there is no clear evidence of stentIt is known secret that manufac- ing benefiting those with stable turing companies give doctors com- coronary disease, but a majority of missions for every stent used. And, patients believe undergoing angiotaking advantage of patients’ vul- plasty (stenting) improved their nerable situation, doctors scare long-term survival rates. them and their kin into installing more stents than needed. Also, unlike medicines, there isn’t exactly a maximum retail price fixed to a stent. The cost of the stent is usually left for the doctors or the In the article titled “The whole truth hospital to decide. The stent, in it- about coronary stents: The Elephant in the room,” Dr. Malhotra self, isn’t very expensive either.

Picture for representational purpose only

Doctors need to come out clean on the ‘indiscriminate’ use of stents. The credibility of the entire medical fraternity risks being quashed, writes Gajanan Khergamker

Medical Council hints at use of stents being unnecessary

Picture for representational purpose only

50 pc of stenting done in the US, unncessary: JAMA

Stents ‘not needed’ in most of the cases

What are stent? Stents are tiny metallic wire meshes or scaffolding devices that are inserted in the heart to keep clogged arteries open in order to facilitate blood flow. Types of stents available: Bare metal Stents (BMS) which hit the market in the late 1980s, Drug Eluting Stents (DES), which are coated with a drug and the more recent bio-absorbable stents which dissolve in the artery after a year. While DES accounts for 70 per cent of the market, BMS accounts for 25 per cent and the more expensive Bio absorbable stents, 5 per cent, say stent manufacturers. It is a booming industry. Previously most of our stents were imported but now competition within the country is stiff. In Chennai, there are close to 20 stent suppliers. International giants like Abbott and Johnson & Johnson are active players in the Indian market.

warded a compensation of Rs 11 crore in a case involving medical negligence. Just a few years before this landmark judgement, an RTI application revealed, in West Bengal, only nine per cent of the doctors, accused of ‘medical negligence or ‘ethical violations’ in the preceding 10 years, were prosecuted or dismissed. For the rest of the cases, either the cases were closed or the concerned doctor, let off the hook. According to data revealed by the RTI application, a total of 515 cases were filed against doctors in 10 years’ period and of those, only 15 doctors had been removed from the council’s list of registered practitioners and another 30 had been let off after ‘warnings’. In 2013, a worrying fact had come to light. In India, there is no centralised collection of data on medical negligence cases filed or details of their outcome. In 2012, the Medical Council of India had said it would make the names of doctors convicted in medical negligence or ethical violation cases, public on its website. But, there still isn’t any centralised data pool of such cases. Prescribing ‘lowest price’ drugs should be included in ‘must-adhere guidelines’ for those Developed counties like USA, in the medical fraternity Canada etc., keep a database of such cases and names of hospital has cited a study in the US involving of stents. “We felt that there was ur- and doctors involved to help pre1,44,737 patients in a total of 1,091 gent need for the government’s invent cases of medical malpractice, hospitals which suggested that al- tervention to reduce the prices of negligence and ethical violation. most half the stenting done was un- drug-eluting stents, the cost of India needs to take cue and follow necessary. He cited another study which vary from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1.5 suit swiftly. which found that 88 per cent of pa- lakh. We successfully came to a detients undergoing a procedure for cision to cut down on the price,” stable angina (chest pain or dis- had said the state’s minister for comfort due to poor blood flow public health Suresh Shetty. through blood vessels in the heart) The fact of the matter is, patients believed that angioplasty would have to be educated about their In 2013, in Maryland, US around prevent a myocardial infarction and condition fully so that their decision 250 patients filed a lawsuit against a given various scenarios, 43 per cent is a sound one. The decision made doctor in a hospital alleging he had of cardiologists would go ahead by the patient or his/her kin has to performed hundreds of procedures with stenting even when they be an ‘informed’ one. But, most to implant heart stents that were thought it would not be of any ben- doctors tend to scare the patient not medically necessary. The patients later on reached a efit. In fact, a study by National into accepting the ‘only’ option Heart and Lung Institute in the US available. With the doctor getting a settlement with the hospital in last year suggested one per cent to ‘cut’ out of the cost of the stents question but the doctor accused of two per cent of people who have used, there is a direct conflict of in- malpractice lost his job and his medical license. stented arteries develop a blood clot terest in the treatment involved. In India, we too need to monitor, at the stent site which can cause a Spreading awareness, informing heart attack or stroke. the patient of every possible treat- track and maintain a record of cases In India, last few years have wit- ment option available including of medical malpractice and ethical nessed an almost identical trend. briefing the patient and the kin violations to better our medical faAlthough, in most cases, stents are about the risks and benefits in- cility and ensure such cases are reused when the blockage is more volved are the cornerstones of med- duced to naught. From a time when ’no action than 70 per cent, a few doctors have ical treatment. Coaxing a patient conceded using stents even when into opting for a ‘favourable’ option were taken in 91 per cent of medical the blockage is around 30 per cent. or scaring one into making a hasty, negligence and ethical violation misinformed decision does amount cases’ in 2011 to compensation of Rs. 11 crore for a medical neglito a breach of law. Cases of medical negligence or gence case of 15 years ago, we have cheating have hit news in the past come a long way. There yet is a lot that needs to be couple of years in India. Patients, The use of stents has been on the assuming the role of consumers, done to enhance accountability and rise in different states across India. have learned to question things and eliminate ethical violations and In February, it was reported that an when wronged, are not afraid to malpractice within the medical fraincreasing number of cardiac pa- take the hospital or the doctor to ternity. tients in Kerala were using heart court. Prescribing ‘lowest price’ drugs stents. Last year, reportedly 3.50 and procuring a patient’s ‘inlakh stents were implanted in more formed consent’ with regard to the than 2.6 lakh patients in the counuse of procedures such as ‘stents’ try. and ensuring the patient get the Concurrently, this spurt in the use ‘best deal possible and the lowest of stents could also be attributed to Last year, the Supreme Court cost and risk’. the fact that the government had passed a landmark judgement in (With inputs from Prerna Pandey) successfully brought down the cost which the kin of patient was re-

250 patients sue US doctor for using stent arbitrarily

3.50L stents used in a year in India for 2.6L patients

Rs 11 crore compensation awarded in negligence case

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Where are the solutions? NOTES FROM NEW DELHI

Hopes are falling flat

Santosh Bhartiya

he Narendra Modi government effected an historical increase of 14.2 per cent in railway fares. At the same time, there is news that in the defence sector and in the Railways too, 100 per cent foreign investment will now be brought in. Such a hefty increase in railway fares has never been seen before. An increase in Railway fares means that all things that are related with the Railways will now get costlier. Has our warning that the Modi government will work to promote further the policies of the Congress itself proved to be correct? The same policies in which money is snatched from the poor to benefit industrialists. The same policies which are beneficial for five per cent of the people and are a cause of difficulties for the rest. The financial condition of Indian Railways is bad, so is this the only way to tackle it? Or then will the Modi government give an assurance that rail fares will not be increased for the next five years? Inflation is suddenly increasing. This inflation has amazed those people who were sitting with the belief that Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister and infla-

tion will decrease. This hope proved to be wrong. Narendra Modi made an initial statement that to bring the economic situation of the country on the track, tough decisions will have to be taken. This statement indicated that problems are going to grow for the people of the country and no sign of a decrease can be seen. When we say that problems are going to grow for the people of the country, it does not mean anything to 20 per cent of the people in whose hands money is centred, because vegetables, pulses, rice, oil, ghee, no matter how costly, does not make a difference to them. No matter how much the price of gas increases, it does not make a difference to them. The rising prices of petrol and diesel do not have any effect on them. The effect is on those 80 per cent people who earn between Rs 1,000 and Rs 30,000 a month. In this earning, there is the contribution of the entire home. Children's education, Health, and Inflation are matters of worry and concern for this section. Therefore, whenever the government makes a

statement or the Prime Minister makes a statement, it means that those who have money in their hands or the wealthy section or class, apart from them, problems and miseries are about to increase for all other people. Not even seven days had passed after the Prime Minister's statement that the country’s Finance Minister made a statement that we will import grain, pulses. If inflation does not come down in the country, we will obtain it from abroad. This statement reminded one of Sharad Pawar, the previous Agriculture Minister. Sharad Pawar always promoted inflation by saying that we will import this item or the price of this item is going to increase or there will be a scarcity of this item. It can perhaps be considered a matter of sorrow that Arun Jaitley has started walking in the footsteps of Sharad Pawar. In this government, there is another sentence which is circulating very rapidly, ‘we are keeping an eye’. Arun Jaitley is keeping an eye on inflation, Sushma Swaraj is keeping an eye on Iraq. Different Ministers are

keeping an eye on the increasing problems in the country. But where are the solutions? There is only one answer to inflation, unemployment and corruption, that answer is industrialisation of the country’s villages. Raw material is produced not in the cities, but in the villages. The work of turning the raw material into solid goods should be done in the villages. Without taking this decision, neither can inflation be combated, nor corruption or unemployment. It isn’t that governments don’t know this, but governments don’t want to do it. Because, if they do, people in the country will become aware and will immediately catch where the weakness is or where the disorder lies. And that is why no government wants to stop some percentage of the people from becoming rich with the money coming in. It is a club of those in power, in which there are MPs, whether from the ruling party or the Opposition, industrialists, some journalists, some bureaucrats, and by combining them all together, a ruling club is formed. No matter who is in power, these peo-

ple can be seen to be ruling. Their importance never reduces, therefore, all these people do not want to change the system. And when the words ‘change the system’ come, these words have only one meaning that in this country, along with the city-based industries, village-based industries should also be set up and on the basis of village raw materials, a big industrial plan should be formulated, in which there should be arrangements for production, finishing and marketing. Unless and until the government and political parties do not accept this as their ideal, it should not be believed at all that there is hope for inflation, corruption and unemployment to end in the country or a single step forward can be taken in that direction. At the moment, an appeal can be made to Narendra Modi that he should apply his capabilities, his strength to fulfill the hopes of people and solve people’s problems, so that the people who have put their faith in him do not begin to sway in the swing of distrust.

Indian Army Under The Scanner Dr Manish Kumar

n the night of December 20, 2011, some people forcibly entered a house. The house was that of Poona Gogoi alias Surajit Gogoi. He is a resident of Jorhat. He does contract work for the Army. That night, he was not in his house. He was in Guwahati. The people had entered the house of Poona Gogoi by breaking down the backdoor. His wife Renu and three children – two sons and a daughter – were at home. It was night time and everyone in the house was asleep. Suddenly seeing these people inside the house, they got scared and started crying. The people dragged everyone from their beds and tying their hands, locked them in the TV room. hese people were looking for Poona Gogoi, but could not find him inside the house. They threatened the elder son that if he did not disclose the whereabouts of Poona Gogoi, they would all be killed. The faces of these people were covered and could not be seen. But the inmates of the house had seen the face of one of them. She was a woman, who had removed the mask from her face while talking. She was giving directions to everyone. It was at the bidding of the woman that these people took the keys in the house and searched all the cupboards. These people took away from Poona Gogoi’s house, a licensed pistol, jewellery worth Rs

6.5 lakh and about Rs 1.5 lakh in cash. They also took away a laptop and four mobile phones. When Poona Gogoi returned the next day in the morning, he was stunned to see the scene at home. Everyone in the house was scared and subdued. He went straight to the police station and lodged a complaint, and gave details of the goods robbed from his home. But he got information at the police station which shook his mind. The PCR van at the police station informed him that yesterday at around 2 am, they had met an Army team. Actually, when these people came out from the house of Poona Gogoi, they ran into the police. When the police stopped them and interrogated them, those people told the police that they were from the Army and had come to this area in search of an ULFA terrorist named Vijay Chinese. Now, nobody can believe that people from the Army can commit a dacoity or robbery. Even if the Army people committed the dacoity or robbery, there was no evidence. The police too felt that it may be that some other gang had committed the dacoity and after executing it, had escaped. The police registered a case. The police and the Gogoi family had only one clue – that the gang which had committed the dacoity was led by a woman and if she came before them, the family members would recognise and identify her. A week after this incident, there came an amazing turn. Somebody called from Poona Gogoi’s elder son’s phone which had been taken away during the dacoity. Where the

call was made from could not be found out but where the call was made was discovered. The call had been made to a number in Himachal Pradesh. After this, a police team left for Himachal Pradesh, made investigations and told

poured out everything. This news spread like fire amongst the police and the Army. Everyone got to know that the people who were involved in the incident at the house of Poona Gogoi were Army people. Fifteen people

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Jorhat’s SP Sanjukta Parashar that one Army Havildar Sandeep Thapa had made the call to his wife and mother. It was learnt that Sandeep Thapa was a member of the 3 Corps Intelligence & Surveillance unit located at Dimapur’s Rangapahar. Assam, Nagaland and Manipur come under the jurisdiction of this unit and it comes directly under the command of Lt General Dalbir Singh Suhag. SP Sanjukta Parashar tried to talk directly with Suhag, but he refused to cooperate with the police. Meanwhile, the police managed to catch Sandeep Thapa. The police did not arrest him, only questioned him. During this questioning, Havildar Sandeep Thapa

from the Intelligence corps were involved in this incident and had reached the house of Poona Gogoi in two private vehicles. The woman who was leading this ‘team’ was none other than Captain Rubina Kaur Keer. Everybody’s gaze became fixed on the Commander of 3 Corps Intelligence unit, Colonel Govindan Srikumar. Colonel Srikumar was not a part of the raiding team, but when the police checked his phone call details, it was discovered that he was talking constantly to Captain Rubina Kaur before and after this incident. This unit made two mistakes. One, they raided the house of a citizen without any

fighter detachment and without informing the police. Two, under the pretext of catching a terrorist, they maltreated the people of a home and committed a dacoity. And to top it all, an attempt was made to cover up the whole incident. When the Army’s credibility began to get blotted and the pressure grew, an attempt was made to cool down the matter. His licensed pistol and many other items that had been taken away from his home were returned to Poona Gogoi, but the jewellery and bullets were missing. Where they went, nobody knows. Lt General Suhag told the police that now the Army would look into the matter, as it was outside police jurisdiction. Colonel Srikumar is also an amazing personality. He is a very 'evolved’ officer. Before coming to the north-east, he was Army Chief General J J Singh’s OSD (Officer on Special Duty), in other words the most trusted and closest person to the Army Chief. When General J J Singh became the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Srikumar too became the Commanding Officer of 3 Corps and came to Dimapur. It is said that Srikumar reported directly to General Bikram Singh, who was at that time Head of the Eastern Command, and Lt General Suhag. There was also news that when the controversy over General V K Singh's birth date started, Srikumar used to come to Delhi and indulge in leaking news to the media. The incident at Jorhat is no exception. However, this case is going on in the court. What has been narrated above is part of the complaint.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 783

ENIGMA CODE 783

ACROSS: 6 7 9

10 11

12 13 16

18 21

22 23 24

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.

Game I designed from statue (5) The sort of hat one may have to eat? (7) Bearing might be a six in sixty minutes (9) Hurry with the fur (4) A man has several primary factors (6) No information supporting course taken by virus, say (8) They should be patiently obeyed (7,6) The argumentative fellow in the western? (8) Extremely ragged (6) Alien language in religious statement finally off-putting? (4) Lady scout might jeer at the bannister! (9) Defy faulty faucet under the ring (7) Initially, tooting horn is cause of irritation (5)

The Clue: Specify

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE RESIGN, SINGER, GINGER, RINGER, SINNER, RISING, RENEGE

A container for troubles (3,3) Asian way to cut a man's head off (6) 3 Stops at sea (6,2) 4 Debtor needing right backing in ruination (3-3) 5 Without support, the French ones in the course of smooth comeback (8) 7 Speedy help appreciated by a forgetful actor (6,7) 8 One who grows up to be brave (7) 13 Place set aside for development (4,4)

MATH PYRAMID 783

DOWN: 1 2

14 Church leader getting ahead with opening a religious establishment (7) 15 Chips ruler (8) 17 He gets around outside the office

(3-3) 19 Origin of Queen hardly dressed as one? (6) 20 Genial characters built this capital suburb (6)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 7 Divot, 8 Foolproof, 9 Petty, 10 Spherical, 12 Not a bit of it, 16 Hell, 17 Lying, 18 Ruin, 19 Sound asleep, 22 Laterally, 24 Groom, 25 Peer group, 26 Posit. DOWN: 1 Five to ten, 2 Foot fault, 3 Hoop, 4 Sleeping bag, 5 Braid, 6 Gopak, 11 Millionaire, 13 Onion, 14 Grillroom, 15 Five to six, 20 Jaded, 21 Kerry, 23 Loud.

QUICK CROSS 783

ACROSS: 1. Adage 4. Edison initials 5. Lee's opposite 7. Age 8. Cloys 10. From _ __ Z (1,2) 11. Brown hue

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Greek colonnades 2. ____vogel: vulture 3. "A Day in the Life" guitar great Montgomery 5. American saint 6. Three, in Turin 8. Convened 9. _ __ glance (2,1)

HIDATO 783

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

MATHDOKU 783

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

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Cancer 3rd Ashadh Shuklapaksha Pushya Karaka (Cancer) H.D. Sea Green 4

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A travel plan for this year will go off smoothly making you benefit. You may have to withdraw from a certain project or certain changes around you could make you have second thoughts about continuing in your present job or work. If confronted with a difficult situation, take time off, to think about the problem; you will find suitable answers. Health may not be good throughout the year. Regular medical checkup, light physical exercise and a balanced diet will help you to maintain health. BABIES BORN TODAY: The baby will have a well-proportioned body, moderate to tall, pleasant face and good hair. The child will be Amicable, Submissive, sincere affectionate but moody. After basic education a career in any creative or artistic field is indicated. Fond of traveling will be multi-faceted and well read. Will nurture and care for loved ones. They can look forward to a fortunate happy life. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Success in your efforts is assured. This is a very rewarding and satisfying day. Matters concerning investment in work or property will lead to gains for you. Personal relationships may leave a lot to be desired. Perhaps you have been too good to a person who does not deserve your affection.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Your efforts put in at work will show positive results. An investment plan on short-term basis will prove profitable. Profits through earlier investments should be put in real estate or property. An outing this evening in the company of friends and family will prove enjoyable.

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GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You get an opportunity to set up an additional source of income. It is a favorable time to make fresh investments. Some of you will diversify into a completely new area of activity. Minor tiffs and arguments over trifling issues could create a lot of unpleasantness in your love life.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You are going to have tough time managing your schedules today. Your attitude and convincing manner will win the day at an important meeting. You have some business worries but try and overlook them, as it will unnecessarily lead to anxiety in the family. A loved one may need attention.

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LEO (July 22 - August 21): Work matters are beginning to look optimistic again. A bright idea could turn lucrative but you have to convince others. At home a number of differences are sure to surface. Keeping calm will help you to find a solution soon. Change is something difficult to cope with at times but you will be pleasantly surprised with the love and support that you get from loved ones.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Difficulties and obstacles are indicated in your day-to-day routine, and you will adjust to things slowing down. Take good advice in your stride but charter your own course. However, you need to find time for the needs of your mate or beloved waiting patiently to spend a few moments with you.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will strike a good bargain getting you immediate benefits. Concentrate on your routine work, which is now, poised for a major growth. Personal relationships are disappointing. Don't let it bother you. You can't please everybody. At times you can feel alone and forsaken.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Do not get disheartened if the work is slow and it does not move according to your plans. There will always be another chance and opportunity. Try to relax today. Let your sweetheart or mates make some program for this evening that is bound to surprise you and also make you happy.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Success in fresh venture is sure. In an exchange of ideas with friends and colleagues you find a new way for investment or business. You will have work out carefully for contingencies that could crop up today. Instinctively you will know what to do and also make the right decisions. Stars indicate a delightful romance for the married or those in love. If you are fancy free your carefree attitude attracts someone to you.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Keep your mind open to new ideas and views. Financially it is also a rewarding day. You can look forward good news in the mail. Be prepared for unexpected developments, which may require you to travel suddenly. A staid routine or lifestyle is going to undergo change. Get rid of emotional burdens that you are carrying around. Friends would like to get to know you better if you let them.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Creative work, communications, get-togethers, seminars and meetings, all keep you on your toes. You will successfully implement your plans. Those keen on sports as a career will find a good sponsor to see them through their training period. You are likely to come across a person who catches your fancy at a party.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Keep a low profile and tidy up all your paper work or you could land yourself in trouble. It may be too late for explanations right now. Your mate will feel upset due to your constant concern in other people's affairs, leaving little or no time for each other. A quiet walk together will do a lot to stabilize a strained relationship.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5008 ACROSS: 4 Ancient Persian provincial governor (6) 7 Fickle (8) 8 House of birds (6) 10 Shrugged off slumber (5) 13 A support (4) 14 Exploding sun (4) 15 Just good to behold ! (4) 16 Soft hair of some animals (3) 17 Small pond (4) 19 One of two similar things (4) 21 City in central Bavaria (9) 23 Penne alternative (4) 24 Car for hire (4) 26 Watch pocket (3) 27 Black poetically (4) 29 ___ game : cricket or football (4) 32 Break or crack (4) 33 Anxious - future, perhaps? (5) 34 Metal pins use as fasteners (6) 35 Amplifies, strengthens or improves? (8) 36 ___ off : humiliated; defeated in an argument, etc.? (6) DOWN: 1 A person from our continent (5) 2 Russian ballet company (5) 3 An infection of the sebaceous gland of the eyelid (4) 4 Puppeteer Lewis (5) 5 Stumble on pleasure journey? (4) 6 Can a child go bang-bang with it? (3,3) 9 Whirlpool or swirling mass (6) 11 Succeeded, conquered (3) 12 Ruined (5) 13 A hand-held computer (7) 15 He's not a friend (3) 16 Illustration or representation, in short? (3)

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SUDOKU 2194 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: T equals D

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

18 East, the countries East of the 25 Past tense of verb "is" (3) 28 ___ on : founded on? (5) Mediterranean? (6) 30 Establish by law (5) 20 Take a pen to paper? (5) 31 Difficult to deal with? (5) 21 The bill or beak of a bird (3) 32 Portent master (4) 22 Prohibition or bar (3) 33 Bus on rails (4) 23 12 constellations (6)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Toss up, 5 Fob, 8 Roar, 9 Urus, 10 Thorns, 11 Stands out, 13 Hari, 15 BBC, 16 Of woe, 17 Scram, 20 KOs, 22 Oer, 23 Ramos, 24 Jumps, 26 Hae, 27 Scan, 28 Eggbeater, 31 Runner, 32 Knob, 33 Fuel, 34 Ada, 35 Denser. DOWN: 1 Tetchy, 2 Showroom, 3 Urns, 4 Postboy, 5 Franc, 6 Bugs, 7 Jugular, 12 Abe, 14 Ifso, 18 Cops, 19 Rescinds, 20 Kangana, 21 Queered, 24 Jat, 25 Snorer, 26 Haifa, 29 Baba, 30 Rule.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2013 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

L Y

K A

U U

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am

Afternoon WORD MINE

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: 06 average; 07 good; 09 outstanding. SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: pert, poor, pore, port, prep, prone, pronto, PROPONENT, proton, rent, root, rope, rote, tenor, toner, topper, tore, torn, troop.

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

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Nehwal clinches Australian Open

YDNEY: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal produced a dominating performance to lift her second title of the season, winning the USD 750,000 Star Australian Super Series after beating Spain's Carolina Marin in the summit clash here on Sunday. The sixth seeded Indian, who had won the India Open Super Series earlier this year, prevailed 21-18 2111 in a 43-minute contest which left her richer by USD 56,000. The 24-year-old Saina, who enjoyed a 1-0 head-to-head record against Marin going into today's match, logged the first point and displayed some deft net play against her rival, stroking in some delectably timed volleys to take a 52 lead in the opening game. But the 21-year-old Marin was not the one to give up easily and showed just why she is considered one of the most feisty players on the circuit. She narrowed the gap to 6-8 but seemed distinctly out of her comfort zone every time Saina dragged her towards the net. Also, Marin didn't help her cause by committing a service error to gift an easy point to Saina, who went into the interval leading 11-7 after an intriguing rally which ended with the Spaniard smashing the shuttle wide. Marin raised her game and the decibel levels after the break but Saina was quick to counter-attack and returned her rival's attempted smashes with quiet intensity. In between, Marin played some fine strokes but they never came consistently enough as Saina made it 17-12. Marin's dogged determination was there to be seen in every

Goan Sport easily down SAI ‘B’ 4-0

MUMBAI: Goan Sports Association (GSA) played well as a team and had things much their own way as they easily defeated Sports Authority of India ‘B’ by a 4-0 margin in a Third Division encounter of the MHAL (Mumbai Hockey Association Limited) League at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate. The Goans Sports outfit were better organised but took time to settle down and could only manage a 1-0 first half lead. But they came good in the second session scoring thrice during this period to emerge worthy winners. The hero of the Goans victory was their seasoned centre forward Manoj Lokhande who scored two goals and received good support from Bharat Kumar and Ajay Kumar, both netting a goal each to complete the margin of victory. In another match of the same division, Air India Western Region overcame Coorg XI by a narrow 10 margin. Ankush Kamble netted the lone goal in the second half. Results: Div-III - Goan Sports Association 4 (Manoj Lokhande 2, Ajay Kumar 3, Bharat Kumar) beat Sports Authority of India ‘B’. Air India Western Region 1 (Ankush Kamble) beat Coorg XI 0.

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claimed point, sealed the opening game 21-18 after her world number 11 rival smashed one into the net 23 minutes into the match. In the second game, Marin's determination helped her take a 3-1 lead to start with but it was not too long before Saina came back into the fray, this time on the back of some well-placed strokes from the baseline. Perhaps taking a cue from Marin, Saina too let some emotion show as she clenched her fist and shouted 'come on' after every clinched point. But one of her screams came about in the middle of a rally, prompting Marin to complain to the chair umpire, who merely asked her to continue. The distraction didn't do any good to Marin as Saina raced to a 11-4 lead against the Spaniard, who looked to be in disarray. After the interval, Saina kept up the pressure, regularly inducing errors from Marin, who struggled to maintain the intensity she displayed in the opening game. Dominating the proceedings, Saina produced some of her trademark smashes to further demoralise her rival, whose shoulders had dropped by that stage. But there was to be some moments of drama before the win came about. Leading 19-9, Saina challenged a line call that went against her but replays showed that Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lifts her first Super Series title in two years, clinching the shuttle had in fact landed wide. the USD 750,000 Star Australian Open after outplaying Spain's Carolina Marin in the The Indian made another mistake summit clash in Sydney on Sunday. while playing the very next point as she buried an attempted smash into The Indian, who didn't seem af- the net. But Saina made amends point she played for but that alone was never going to be enough to up- fected at all by Marin's aggressive quite quickly and clinched the title outpouring of emotions after every after Marin lobbed a shuttle wide. stage a composed Saina.

Yash, Ameya, Akash emerge winners in JK Karting H

YDERABAD: Eleven-year-old Yash Aradhya of Bangalore, representing MECO Racing, stole the limelight from his senior counterparts on the final day of the JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship 2014 at the karting track of the Lahiri Resort, Hyderabad on Sunday. Crashing out of the pre-final round after being bumped from behind, while in the lead, Yash began the final round in 12th position on the starting grid, from where he drove a brilliant race to win the 15lap race in a time of 8:39.008, fractions of a second ahead of his second placed teammate Paul Francis, also from Bangalore. The Senior Max category was won by Mumbai’s Ameya Bafna of Rayo Racing, who upstaged Mohites Racing’s Chittesh Mandodi and Krishnaraaj Mahadik to win the 25-lap race in 12:46.062. There was action galore in the final race of the Junior Max category as well, which saw two drivers being penalized 10 seconds each by the stewards, while a third was excluded from the final list as he did not report for scrutiny after the race. Dark Don Racing’s Kush Maini, who obstructed leader Ricky R Donison of BPC Racing during the race and finished first, was pushed back to third position after the 10-second penalty. Protesting against Maini’s rash driving, Donison stormed out

Winners of the Junior Max Category Akash Gowda (centre), Aaroh Ravindran (left) and Kush Maini (right) along with Armaan Ebrahim. of the pit lane before his kart could be weighed, attracting sanction from the stewards. Akash Gowda of MECO Racing was thus adjudged winner in 11:17.412, followed by Rayo Racing’s Aaroh Ravindra and Kush Maini. The lone girl in the fray, Mira Erda of Baroda, representing Dark Don Racing, had to pay the price for Saurav Manoj’s disregard to the blue flag. Holding her own among the boys in the Junior Max category, Mira was in third position till the penultimate round, before she collided into Manoj, who did not give way after being shown the blue flag.

Results: Senior Max: Ameya Bafna (Rayo Racing) 12:46.062; Chittesh Mandody (Mohites Racing) 12:46.555; Krishnaraj Mahadik (Mohites Racing) 12:47.683; Dhruv Mohite (Mohites Racing) 12:48.052; Rahul Sharan (BPC Racing) 12:52.597. Junior Max: Akash Gowda (MECO Racing) 11:17.412; Aaroh Ravindra (Rayo Racing) 11:17.649; Kush Maini (Dark Don Racing) 11:23.288; Gaurav Manoj (MECO Racing) 11:25.666; Mohammed Nalwalla (Dark Don Racing) 11:30.373. Micro Max: Yash Aradhya (MECO Racing) 8:39.008; Paul Francis (MECO Racing) 8:39.326; Shahan Ali Mohsin (MECO Racing) 8:39.468; Arjun Nair (MECO Racing) 8:46.945; Nikhil Bohra (MECO Racing) 8:47.415.

29 Sharapova primed for Wimbledon after Williams exit

WIMBLEDON: The shock losses suffered by top two seeds Serena Williams and Li Na have left Maria Sharapova with a smooth passage and the Russian is primed to win her second Wimbledon title, 10 years after winning her first as a 17-year-old. Sharapova has dropped just seven games in her three matches thus far and the imperious Russian will be confident of winning her sixth grand slam in the absence of her nemesis Williams. The 27-year-old is on the wrong end of a 16-2 head-to-head record against the American with her only two triumphs coming in 2004, the first of which saw her crowned Wimbledon champion. Williams crashed out 6-1 3-6 46 against France's Alize Cornet in the third round on Saturday, her earliest exit at Wimbledon since losing in the same round in 2005. Her defeat came a day after Chinese two-times grand slam winner Na was dumped out 6-7(5) 6-7(5) by the Czech Republic's Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. Their defeats have opened the door for a host of women, but the top of that list is Sharapova. Players have long talked about the difficulty of adapting to the grasscourts of Wimbledon so soon after a long claycourt season and nobody has backed up winning the French Open with Wimbledon triumph since Williams in 2002. Sharapova's form, however, suggests she can match that achievement and win her sixth grand slam in the process. "Well, this is only my second time trying to do that. Of course, the transition, it's no secret, it's very difficult," she said after reeling off 11 consecutive games to beat Alison Riske 6-3 6-0 in the third round on Saturday. "But I'm quite happy with the way I've gone about things so far. "You never know what to expect. Each match poses its different challenges. I'm happy I've gone further than last year, erasing those memories and trying to form new ones. "A Grand Slam stage, when you're playing for two weeks, seven matches within those two weeks, you're always kind of rolling with each round.

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RODRIGUEZ ROCKET EARNS COLOMBIA

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James Rodriguez, centre, scores a goal during the World Cup round of 16 match against Uruguay.

IO DE JANEIRO: James Rodriguez knocked Luis Suarez out of the headlines with an exquisite goal as Colombia beat Uruguay 2-0 on Saturday to set up a World Cup quarterfinal against hosts Brazil. The pre-match build-up had been dominated by talk of Suarez's four-month ban for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini, but by the final whistle at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana, there was only one name on everyone's lips. Having previously illuminated the group phase, Rodriguez broke the deadlock shortly before the half hour with a breath-taking strike, chesting the ball down and volleying home from 25 yards. The 22-year-old Monaco playmaker added a second early in the second half, sending him to the top of the scorers chart with five goals and confirming his

IO DE JANEIRO: James Rodriguez, one of the stars of the World Cup, is relishing the prospect of facing Brazil in their historic quarter-final. Los Cafeteros wrote themselves into the record books on Saturday as they made it through to the lasteight for the first time in their history courtesy of an impressive 2-0 win against Uruguay. Rodriguez, like so many times over the past few weeks, was the star of the show at the Maracana as he netted arguably the best individual effort of the tournament before finishing off one of the best team goals. The 22-year-old's brace means Colombia will now face the host nation in Fortaleza on Friday, a match they approach with the pressure off. "We're very happy because we are making history," Rodriguez said. "As a younger man, I always

emergence as one of the players of the tournament. His goals took Colombia into the quarter-finals for the first time, meaning the northern Brazilian city of Fortaleza will turn completely yellow when Jose Pekerman's side play the hosts on July 4. Uruguay's fans sported Suarez masks and brandished banners in support of their wayward star, who flew home to Montevideo on Friday, while his shirt was hung up in the Uruguay changing room. But they were to endure a night of disappointment on their return to the Maracana, scene of the country's seismic 21 win over Brazil in the deciding game of the 1950 World Cup. Diego Forlan replaced Suarez for Uruguay, while Colombia coach Pekerman sprang a surprise by selecting two centre-forwards in Jackson Martinez and

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RIO DE JANEIRO: FIFA opted to punish Luis Suarez heavily for biting an opponent in a World Cup match because the Uruguayan showed no remorse for the incident and previous bans had not changed his behaviour, according to an internal FIFA document. Suarez was hit on Thursday with a nine-game suspension on playing competitive matches for Uruguay and a four-month ban from any football-related activity, a record punishment for a player at a World Cup. The decision ended the involvement in the tournament in Brazil of one of the sport's best players and prompted fury in the South American nation at the scale of the punishment for Suarez who was given a hero's welcome on his return. "At no time did the player show any kind of remorse or admit to any violation of FIFA rules and therefore showed no awareness of having committed any infraction," the FIFA document said.

Wilmots: Rotation is key

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breached in the 28th minute by a goal of jaw-dropping splendour. After Abel Aguilar saw a COLOMBIA 2 chipped pass cleared back to James 29’, 50’ him, he headed the ball up to RoURUGUAY 0 driguez, who was standing just outside the penalty area. The Colombia number 10 controlled the ball on his chest, Teofilo Gutierrez. turned, and unleashed a magnifAlthough Martinez lined up on icent dipping volley that crashed the left flank, there was no lack of in off the crossbar. ambition to Colombia's play. Rodriguez, who has now Juan Cuadrado and Juan Zu- scored in each of his last six inniga set the tone with purposeful ternational games, celebrated early runs at the Uruguay de- with appropriate abandon, fence, with one of the latter's screaming 'Vamos!' at the hordes raids culminating in a low shot of jubilant yellow-shirted fans in that Fernando Muslera gathered the front-row seats. at the second attempt. Uruguay set about trying to wipe out the deficit, but Edinson JAW-DROPPING SPLENDOUR Cavani's free-kick narrowly Uruguay were content to cede cleared the bar and Alvaro Gonpossession to their opponents, zalez was foiled by a full-length sitting deep on the edge of their parry from Colombia goalkeeper own box, but their defences were David Ospina.

We're making history: Rodriguez sure. Obviously they have their good players, they play well but I believe they must also follow us closely. We have good players and we can be dangerous, so this is going to be a beautiful match. It will be something extraordinary for us to play." The Estadio Castelao clash is a mouthwatering prospect and one which the build-up is sure to focus on the individual merits of Neymar and Rodriguez. The latter was praised to the hilt for display James Rodriguez celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's second against Uruguay, with Colombia goal during the round of 16 match against Uruguay in Rio de Janeiro. coach Jose Pekerman saying the Monaco winger has "every attribwanted to be here. That was a ing history and we want to do ute of a top-notch player at a great dream of mine and we hope even more because this is a team world level" and that he "never that we can make it far. that wants to win a lot." had any doubts that this was "It is a dream and we are makHe added: "There is no pres- going to be his World Cup".

Belgium coach Marc Wilmots has opted for a rotation policy at the FIFA World Cup, changing his line-up constantly, and has so far given 20 of his 23 man squad some playing time. While some have questioned whether chopping and changing the starting line-ups has disrupted the Red Devils rhythm and provoked unconvincing performances, Wilmots can point to three straight wins in the group stage. The 45-year-old former Belgian international striker is expected, however, to spring some more surprises for Tuesday's Round of 16 clash with the United States in Salvador. Aside from a quintet of players, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, playmaker Eden Hazard, midfielder duo Kevin De Bruyne and Axel Witsel and captain Vincent Kompany, the other six places are up for grabs.

Nigeria cash row swiftly nipped in the bud

SALVADOR, BRAZIL: Nigeria are the latest African country at the World Cup to be embroiled in a money row but it has been swiftly nipped in the bud with promises of quick payment from the country’s president, team officials said on Friday. Nigeria president Goodluck Jonathan spoke to several senior players by telephone on Friday and assured them their bonus money would be paid after they had threatened not to train. Players met with officials on Thursday seeking immediate payment of the bonuses they were promised if they reached the second round, which they achieved on Wednesday despite a 3-2 defeat to Argentina in Porto Alegre.

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Podolski ruled out of Algeria clash MUMBAI | MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014

Germany forward Lukas Podolski has been ruled out of Monday's World Cup Round of 16 clash against Algeria in Porto Alegre with a thigh injury. The 29-year-old Arsenal star, who is at his third World Cup finals, suffered the injury in Germany's 1-0 win over the USA on Thursday in their final group stage match and an MRI scan on Saturday revealed a small tear. "Lukas must rest for two or three days, but should we progress in the tournament it won't be a problem for him to play," said Germany coach Joachim Low. With Podolski out, Bayern Munich's Mario Goetze is set to take his place on the left wing. Germany's right-back Jerome Boateng also missed training on Saturday with a knee irritation, but Low said it will be "no problem" for the Bayern Munich defender to play.

Round Of 16

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Vs France Nigeria To be played at Estadio Nacional de Brasilia

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Germany Algeria To be played at Estadio Beira-Rio

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Vs Argentina Switzerland To be played at Arena Corinthians

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Vs Belgium USA To be played at Arena Fonte Nova

FRANCE PINNING HOPES

ON BENZEMA FOR NIGERIA CLASH

RASILIA: When France striker Karim Benzema was hauled off in the 83rd minute of their 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat at home to Spain in March last year he was sent packing with a cacophony of boos and whistles. The fans' angry reaction at the Stade de France to yet another limp performance from the Real Madrid forward seemed even harsher eight minutes later when they gave Spain playmaker Andres Iniesta a rousing ovation as he was substituted. Fast forward to the World Cup in Brazil and Benzema is now the toast of the Gallic nation, with three goals in as many games and

man-of-the-match performances in the victories over Honduras and Switzerland. He has earned effusive praise from coach Didier Deschamps and his team mates and France will need the 26-year-old to maintain his form if they are to beat Nigeria in Monday's last-16 clash in Brasilia and set up a quarter-final against Germany or Algeria. Benzema came into the World Cup following a fine season with Real when he netted 24 goals in 52 games in all competitions and helped the world's richest club by income to win a 10th Champions League crown and the King's Cup. He has put a scoring

drought for Les Bleus behind him that stretched for more than 1,200 minutes, and led to him temporarily losing his place in the national team, and looks fit and hungry for success. A more mature personality after a series of off-field problems and struggles with his weight, he has become a leader in the French side not only in the forward line but in a wider sense as well. "Karim is one of the top players on the global stage," team mate Antoine Griezmann told reporters in Brazil this week. "He is performing at an extremely high level and he is the one who makes us play," added the Real Sociedad forward.

Swiss banking on 'Alpine Messi' to upset Argentina

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Xherdan Shaqiri

AO PAULO: Switzerland's 'Alpine Messi' Xherdan Shaqiri, hot from a hat-trick against Honduras in his last game, meets the real Messi on Tuesday as the Europeans seek a major World Cup upset when they face Argentina in the last 16. Shaqiri is the same height as Lionel Messi and has a similarly low center of gravity and, while he has some way to go to match the feats of the prolific Argentina forward, the 22-year-old gives Switzerland a genuine threat up front. Argentina midfielder Javier Mascherano said his team would be keeping a close eye on him. "The (Swiss) are an orderly team who like to play good football and have top players," he told Argentina's TyC Sports TV station. "Shaqiri and (forward Haris) Seferovic are in good form and we're going to have to be very careful." Switzerland coach Ottmar Hitzfeld believes that by remain-

ing organized his team could make their first quarter-final appearance since they hosted the finals 60 years ago. The Swiss have never beaten Argentina, drawing two games and losing four. "We are the clear outsiders but we have nothing to lose and much to gain," he told the Swiss FA website (www.football.ch).

"We can make history on Tuesday. In one game, anything is possible," added the German coach, who will step down after the World Cup. Switzerland are hoping the large Brazilian contingent expected in the crowd at the Corinthians arena in Sao Paulo will be backing them against the hosts' arch-rivals Argentina.

Deschamps, who captained France to their 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000 triumphs, is only too happy to agree. The Basqueborn 45-year-old coach, who took over in July 2012, is trying to lead France to a second World Cup crown after their triumph in 1998 following a series of woeful performances at major tournaments marred by infighting and ill-discipline. "Benzema has extraordinary movement which underpins the team's play," Deschamps told reporters. "We have always focused on his contribution apart from his goals, which is something that doesn't happen elsewhere."

Koscielny wary of Nigeria threat

While Didier Deschamps's France side garnered plaudits by sweeping past Honduras 3-0 and crushing Switzerland 5-2, a more cautious tone has been heard as they prepare for Monday's tie against Nigeria. Both Bacary Sagna and Morgan Schneiderlin suggested that France were potential champions after the stalemate at the Maracana, but centreback Laurent Koscielny has since introduced a note of caution as Les Bleus prepare for Monday's game in Brasilia. It is only seven months since France had to overcome a 2-0 deficit to beat Ukraine in their qualifying play-off and the Arsenal defender says that it would be unwise to look too far ahead. "The first objective was to get through the group phase. Now it's to go as far as possible," he said.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2014

Wesley Sneijder of the Netherlands shoots and scores his team's first goal past Guillermo Ochoa of Mexico during the round of 16 match against Mexico at Castelao.

LAST-GASP DUTCH

STUNNER LEAVE MEXICO GASPING

ORTALEZA, BRAZIL: A stoppage time penalty from Klaas-Jan Huntelaar gave the Netherlands a dramatic 2-1 victory over Mexico in the second round of the World Cup on Sunday minutes after the Mexicans had seemed certain to reach the quarter-finals. With two minutes to play Mexico were leading 1-0 but Wesley Sneijder pulled the Dutch level with a fierce drive, seemingly forcing the match into extra time. Then, in stoppage time at the end of 90 minutes, Mexico captain Rafael Marquez was judged to have tripped Arjen Robben in the penalty area and Huntelaar converted the spot kick to take the Dutch through. They will play either Greece or

keeper parried the effort on to his left hand post and his defenders cleared it to safety. The Dutch victory follows their

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Klaas-Jan Huntelaar of the Netherlands scores his team's second goal from the penalty spot.

Costa Rica in Salvador next Saturday and will fancy their chances of making the last four. It was a cruel ending for Mexico, who dominated much of the match and took the lead just after the break through forward Giovani Dos Santos.

Sneijder 88', Huntelaar 90'+ PEN

MEXICO 1

G. Dos Santos 48’

He chested the ball down 30 metres from goal before firing a low left-foot shot into the bottom corner of the net. The Dutch almost equalised 10 minutes later when their big centre back Stefan De Vrij forced a brilliant reflex save from Guillermo Ochoa. The

swashbuckling performances in the group stage as their quest for a first World Cup title goes on. For the Mexicans, defeat meant more second-round heartache. They have now reached the last 16 at six consecutive World Cups and have lost every time.

MANY THINGS WENT THROUGH MY HEAD: CESAR T

here are some things that, for whatever reason, you do not need to see to believe. In the case of Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, goalkeepers appear to be one of those. Indeed, despite Julio Cesar’s troubles at club level last season, Felipão did not need to see him in action to know he could count on him at the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil. He decided, and made it clear long before submitting his 23man final squad, that the ex-Inter Milan player would be his firstchoice. This at a time when Cesar was surplus to requirements at Queen’s Park Rangers, was therefore not getting first-team action and would soon go on loan to MLS outfit Toronto FC, a club far less heralded than those of his colleagues in A Seleção. It did not matter, Scolari still believed. “That [faith] was what kept me calm. It made it easier for me to

do a good job,” said Cesar, speaking to FIFA shortly after saving two penalties in Brazil’s Round of 16 shoot-out win over Chile. “I can understand the doubters though: when you’re not playing, there are always going to be question marks.”

thought even more. And, then, remembering everything he had gone through, shed a few tears. In the minutes that preceded the shot-stopping heroics which ensured the five-time world champions’ campaign would continue, a host of images flashed through Cesar’s mind: the misjudgement of a high ball that contributed to defeat by the Netherlands at South Africa 2010; the penalty save versus Uruguay – again in the Mineirao – in the semi-final of last year’s Confederations Cup; the faith Felipão Julio Cesar showed in him even when out of favour at QPR; the spectacular MOVIE MOMENTS second-half save to prevent Chile When referee Howard Webb going ahead; and even his aunt’s blew his whistle for the end of living room in Duque de Caxias, extra time at the Estadio 20 years ago. “That was where I Mineirao in Belo Horizonte and watched the [1994] World Cup the two teams began getting Final,” said Cesar, recalling ready for penalties, Brazil’s No12 Brazil’s penalty shoot-out trisaid little, listened a lot and umph over Italy on US soil.

A Dutch supporter kisses a Brazilian fan before the round of 16 match between the Netherlands and Mexico at the Arena Castelao in Fortaleza, Brazil.

England fan's ear 'bitten off' by compatriot at World Cup

RIO DE JANEIRO/LONDON: An England football supporter had a piece of his ear bitten off by another British fan at the World Cup in Brazil and efforts are on identify the suspect and bring him to justice, UK police said. The assault happened during England's match against Uruguay in Sao Paulo on June 19. England lost the Uruguay match 2-1 after two goals from Luis Suarez, who found himself in trouble with football's world governing body FIFA for biting an Italian player in a later match. The result effectively ended England's chances of qualifying from the group stage of the World Cup and their early departure from Brazil was confirmed when Costa Rica beat Italy the following day. Local officers started an investigation after the fan made a complaint but the assailant has not been identified. Confirmation of the incident came after radio pundit Stan Collymore tweeted he had seen footage of a "fan attacked", the BBC reported. Six police British police officers have travelled to Brazil for the tournament to offer support and advice to Brazilian police and local authorities as well as overseeing the thousands of England fans who travelled to the country. The Association of Chief Police Officers issued a statement following former Liverpool and Nottingham Forest striker Collymore's tweet. Chief Superintendent Rachel Barber said her officers were made aware during the match "that an incident had taken place which resulted in an England fan having a portion of his ear bitten off by another England fan".

Stray bullet kills woman after Colombia celebratory gunfire

BOGOTA (COLUMBIA): A 25-year-old woman died today after she was struck by a stray bullet fired in celebration at Colombia's World Cup win over Uruguay. Authorities said that after Colombia beat Uruguay 2-0 to set up a World Cup quarter-final against hosts Brazil, someone celebrated by firing into the air, which killed the young woman and injured another person in Bosa, in the south of Bogota. "We have to be more cautious," acting Bogota mayor Ricardo Bonilla told reporters, still wearing his yellow jersey. Taking to Twitter, police chief Rodolfo Palominos agreed: "Let's not have the joy of this victory turn into tears. Let's celebrate with caution." When Colombia beat Greece in the earlier round, celebrations left nine people dead. The deaths took place despite Colombia's ban on alcohol sales and increased policing during the matches.