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CBFC chairperson Leela Samson has already made it clear that the Board will not remove any scenes from the film. She added that every film may hurt religious sentiments of somebody or the other.

Cops man the gate of Deepak Talkies after activists started protesting against 'PK'.

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General (Law and Order) Deven Bharti to probe the contents of the film. Meanwhile he state government appears to have set it- CBFC chairperson Leela Samson has already self on a collision course with the Censor stated that the censor board cannot now reBoard of Film Certification (CBFC) over the move any scenes from the film as it is already contents of Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK'. in public viewing. Speaking to mediapersons at his The Rajkumar Hirani-directed film was reMantralaya office yesterday, Minister of State leased on December 19 for public viewing. for Home (Rural) Ramshankar Shinde said Earlier in the evening, Shinde disclosed that the state government will not hesitate in Continued on pg 6 « taking on the CBFC over the film if it involves any law and order issue. He said that the government has already passed orders directing Special Inspector

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Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni called it quits after the third Test in Melbourne. He, however, will lead the side for the World Cup to be held in Australia and New Zealand in 2015. Virat Kolhi will lead the Indian team in the final Test match in Sydney.

STRIFE AND DEATH - II

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In a heart-rending revelation of the severe drought situation that occurs in a few parts of Maharashtra, forcing a spate of farmer suicides, reporter Vishnudas Sheshrao, in a two-part series, gives grim details of his own father, a small-time farmer from Parbhani district, who is presently involved in a life-and-death battle as he and a whole lot of other farmers struggle to deal with the catastrophic aspects of the severe drought that has adversely affected the Marathwada region

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‘I won’t be surprised if my father commits suicide tonight!’

Part I of this series appeared yesterThis is the patch of land that could have looked greener and full of hopes for a better crop had there been suficient rainfall. day in the ADC (December 30). Here is part II. A case study of my father’s sowing chine. Finally, after a lot of negotia- hand. Even the ‘Zero Talathi’ (unoffiUnfortunately, next monsoon woes, as it were. tions, he sold it off for Rs 8 per kg. cial assistant of Talathi) chased my turned to be worse. The Indian Me(Seed was obtained at Rs 121 per father till his residence. Finally my fa- teorological department had kg). The 300 kg of jawar when ther was forced to pay Rs 20 to him. warned of below normal rainfall. counted in the market weighed only Total rainfall was recorded 42 per In the second part of fiscal year 290 kg. There was a direct loss of 10 cent below average in Marathwada. 2013-14 – the rabi season, my father kg due to faulty measurements. Even worse than the 2012 monsoon. The worse is yet to come! The I asked my father not to sow anysowed jowar, wheat and harbara. In this entire business, he spent For one acre of jowar, he spent Rs Rs 6,754 and revenue was only Rs Parbhani district collector is a thing citing IMD forecast. After a lot 484 for a 4 kg bag of seeds. Travel- 2,240. Husband, wife and two bulls young man from Uttar Pradesh, in of convincing he agreed. ling cost to the State Seeds Corpora- worked together for six-seven his mid 30s who was ‘transferred’ Not sowing means, taking a yeartion center at district place was Rs months from morning to evening from Bhandara district 'over some long without-pay-break that too 70. He skipped lunch that day to without any salary, TA, DA or al- issues’ to Parbhani district. In his in- when you have a debt to pay and avoid extra expenses. lowance, at the end of which they finite wisdom, the collector de- some home loan. It is very tough. If Sowing by tractor (labour is not did not get a single penny as profit. clared that the hail storm had not you want answers to why farmers available in villages as many vil- Instead, they incurred a loss of Rs affected wheat and harbara (gram) commit suicide, try to be in his lagers have migrated to cities) cost 4,514 for every acre of crop. Consid- crop. On the basis of limited and se- shoes, or more specifically simply lected survey, this gentleman took a take a one-year without-pay-break! blanket decision not to give comSome farmers ventured and pensation against the damage to sowed soya and cotton in late June wheat and harbara crop. and July. Except a few farmers on How can anyone explain to this the river banks, most of them did young collector that plants of wheat not see sprout coming out of the and harbara are very delicate (10 seed, which was an additional untimes more delicate as compared to bearable loss. Several farms were jowar) and prone to take a severe untouched. beating even in a small storm? Since Now, here comes the worst. Earthe district boss took a decision lier, our young collector reportedly high-highhandedly, farmers could declared ‘Aanewari’ 53 paisa (it has do nothing except vent their frus- no phrase in English). Aanewari is a tration on junior revenue officials process in which District Collector by beating and manhandling them. estimates agricultural production When the Central government in a particular district on which sent a delegation to see the situa- basis he levies taxes on water, election in Vidharbha and Marathwada, tricity, land etc on farmers. then Chief Secretary J S Saharia inMost interesting and a statistical structed that survey of “affected lie follows. In our village, Talathi The family of a farmer (in the photo frame) who committed suicide recently. farmers should not be just an eye- declared Aanewari as 53 paisa. On wash” during his briefing to all dis- district level Aanewari was dehim Rs 950, fertilizer Rs 1,400, ering three acres of jowar, a total trict collectors. He called for a more clared as 53 paisa. I thought it rasani (levelling of ground) Rs 450, loss of Rs 13,542 was incurred. realistic survey. could have been a coincidence. nindan (rooting out weed by Even Saharia shared his experi- Then, we read, overall rainfall in This is not a first-time loss, it is a labour) Rs 1,600, harvesting Rs recurring loss and the burden of ence that Talathi and Tahasiltar (ju- Aurangabad division was recorded 1,800 (Rs 1,400 for labour and Rs debt has been increasing which nior revenue officials) don’t go out at 53 per cent by state meteorolog400 for harvester machine). lead to many drastic steps taken by of their offices or merely take a ical department. All was well. He was expecting farmers in this area. motor ride around farms close to No wonder then if you jumped to good harvest. Suddenly came the After staging many morchas, roads and make their survey from what would be a rightful concluhail storm. Crops were buried which also involved beating and air conditioned rooms. However, no sion that Aanewari was totted up under a six-inch layer of ice. At the manhandling of revenue officials, one paid heed to Saharia's words of once again in an air conditioned end of the day he had just 300 kg of this sensitive issue caught the imag- wisdom. room, on the basis of simple and jowar, where otherwise he was ex- ination of the state government. Last summer, particularly April logical conclusion of rainfall at the pecting 900 to 1,100 kg. Then Chief Minister Prithviraj Cha- and May proved to be very tough for district level. Quality was very poor since crop van declared some compensation me and my friends (first generation Even after the hail storm, it was was buried under the ice layer, and for farmers, with the upcoming Lok migrated to Mumbai). Every Sun- declared at 53 per cent. After the the colour metamorphised from Sabha and Assembly elections just day, we would alternately go home news, villagers forcefully took the white to black. So there were no tak- two and six months away respec- fearing that our parents had taken Talathi to farms around the villages ers for jowar. some drastic steps. We used to where the farms were virgin and tively at that time. Officially my father got Rs 4,000 counsel them. “Next year we will untouched. At the end of the day, He has to sell the jawar at a low market price to initially meet the per acre compensation against jawar. have good monsoon and good har- the Talathi agreed to reduce the cost of labour and harvesting ma- Actually, he got only Rs 3,500 in vest,” we would say. Aanewari to 43 paisa which he

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himself thought is too much, but the fear of his seniors meant that he simply could not reduce the figure, and that it had to be realistic. Any lay man can understand that agricultural production is always proportionate to the rain fall. The more rainfall, more harvest. No rain fall, no harvest. However, our revenue officials did not go by this logic. Shiv Sena leaders have forced the government to take a fresh survey and now we learn that Aarewari may decrease. We are still waiting for Aanewari. Just like Lagaan, if the Anewari remains 53 paisa, then my father has to pay proportionate taxes for land, water and electricity which he has not consumed. The rest of the world is talking about Social Security, but spare a thought for the farmers who don’t have any sort of income, yet are taxed for unconsumed commodities. With all these recurring problems, I still am not too sure, that my father will not commit suicide in the near future. I have asked my cousin to hack down the old neem tree in the farm and remove the old ceiling fan which I had brought on my first salary for my aging grandfather. My father is just one of the tens of thousands farmers in Marathwada and other parts of rural Maharashtra!

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Young Mumbaikars happily welcome the New Year with colour by painting farewell and welcome messages on their faces.

South Korea erects giant Christmas tree on North Korea border

halt. And for the North Korean regime, this move is sure to bring back memories of the 65-foot tower that the South Koreans had set up in 1971 and later converted into a Christmas tree. The north had claimed that the tower was a “provocative display of psychological warfare.” Practicing religion is not without its risks in the north, and celebrating Christmas can land one in jail, or worse. And the last thing that a North Korean wants is to get caught with leaflets containing Biblical verses, which the south airdrops every now and then, or to be caught admiring a giant Christmas tree on the other side of the border.

Meditation at Brahma Kumari's camp The South Korean Christmas tree erected on the border between the two Koreas.

This Christmas South Korea erected a 30-foot Christmas tree on its border with North Korea, apparently to pray for peace in the region. Starting on December 23, the tree will stay in place for a fortnight, after which it will be dismantled.

While there is no news of any reaction from Pyongyang, there is little doubt that the atheist state will not look too kindly upon this move by its southern neighbour. The two Koreas have been in a state of war since armistice was declared in 1953 to bring the hostilities of the Korean War to a

There are a large number of Brahma Kumaris centres in Mumbai. They do silent work. They hold meetings and meditation camps which are attended by a large number of people. Their aim is to lessen strife in the world and promote serenity. There are teachers who explain to large audiences about matters spiritual and also help one lead a tranquil life. Finally it is all about love and peace.

Anyone can join the institution. At the meditation camps, well qualified yoga teachers explain how meditation helps clear the mind of all unnecessary, troublesome thoughts and attain a state of peace. BK Aspi is one such teacher. He is a simple session teacher. He believes the diseases of mind and body will disappear if one does meditation daily. And then there is Raj Yoga too. It generates peace, prosperity and happiness.

Santa captured on camera

Amidst all the excitement over Santa Claus, we came across the story of seven-year-old Evan who put up a small device to capture what happened in his living room once everyone had gone to sleep on Christmas Eve. The next morning, after presents were opened, he and his family gathered around the computer to see whether Santa Claus had visited – with a second camera recording Evan's face as he watched. A clip of both videos – played alongside each other – was posted online by a member of Evan's family. The video starts with Evan's older brother setting up his GoPro camera in the empty living room. The seven-year-old becomes

increasingly doubtful when nothing appears as the camera speeds through hours of footage from the room. One family member suggests that perhaps the camera didn't capture anything, while another says that Santa Claus needs to be sure that everyone is asleep. But then Evan hears the distant jingle of bells and stomp of reindeer hooves. He looks around excitedly and claps his hands – in disbelief that Father Christmas is so close. And just as his family start saying that maybe it was only sound that was captured, the man in the red suit appears in a burst of magical smoke. Evan squeals with delight as he watches Santa enjoying the milk and cookies left out for him. Santa then turns towards the Christmas tree and snaps his fingers – making an impressive pile of perfectly-wrapped presents appear in a cloud of sparkle. Just after Evan remarks that Santa Claus hasn't noticed the camera, the man turns to face the camera, snaps his fingers, and the screen goes dark. The seven-year-old can hardly contain his glee – high-fiving his family and talking excitedly about what he just saw. He adds that he hopes Santa doesn't put them on the naughty list for filming him.

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Amit Shah's defence advocate Mitesh Amin looked relieved outside the Sessions Court on Tuesday after the verdict. The CBI had charged Amit Shah, currently the BJP party president, and 37 others, including several police officers, in the two cases of alleged fake encounters in which gangster Sohrabuddin, who was claimed to have links to Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, and his wife Kauser Bi, were reportedly abducted by Gujarat's anti-terrorism squad and killed near Gandhinagar in November 2005. Prajapati, an eyewitness to the encounter, was killed by the police at Chapri village in Banaskantha district of Gujarat in December 2006. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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he commuters using the Central Railway services will have to finish their New Year celebrations by 1 am or be stranded on the platforms for there will be only four trains available on the long line. However the Western Railway has decided to operate eight special trains after midnight in order to allow seamless travel for commuters who will be out celebrating. The commuters on the Central Railway are not happy as those planning to celebrate around the Gateway Of India, Marine Drive and other locations will now have to wrap up their celebrations early. The ADC interacted with a few disheartened commuters. Nikkita Pardeshi (26), a social media executive, said, “My office in Marine Drive has organised a midnight party for the which will end at 3 am. But now that there will be no train after 1.30 am, and I stay in Thane, I will have to rush back home as I cannot take a cab at that time. It is new years there should have been more trains operating.” Sachin Yadav (20), a student, said, “My family had planned to go to Gateway Of India at 12 am and then go

around to the Taj Hotel and also to Nariman Point. But after hearing that the last train leaves at 1.30 am, and that it will go only till Kalyan, I guess we will have to change our decision and stay indoors as I stay in Titwala and will have to wait till 4.00 am for the trains to start running again.” Shakshi Singh (26), said,

Sanghtana (SSS), Rashtriya Samaj Party (RSP) and Shivsangram. As the BJP kept all the allies at bay after coming to power, all the constituents created a hue and cry. All four parties are insisting for their share in power. To control the growing resentment, the CM took a decision to expand the cabinet. Meanwhile, Chandrakant Patil also announced that the state government will act against sugar factories which fail to make payment to sugarcane growers as per the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) fixed by the government. Action will also be taken against sugar mills starting crushing season without obtaining necessary approvals, he informed.

Female foetus found near lake in Thane By Priyanka Dhomse

dead female foetus was found in a creek near CP lake at Thane. A case against an unknown accused has been registered at the Shrinagar police station,

Thane, while the police are searching for the parents of the foetus. As per information provided by the Shrinagar police, the foetus was witnessed by Akash Harchilvar (20), a passer-by,

behind Satsang Bhavan at CP lake, Thane where the foetus was lying in a gnawed condition. Akash immediately informed the Shrinagar police who took the foetus to the civil hospital, Thane.

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n an attempt to pacify the furious constituents of Mahayuti, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has decided to expanded his twomonth old cabinet very shortly. The CM is considering inducting 12 more ministers in his cabinet.This was announced by Cooperation Minister Chandrakant Patil yesterday. He said, “Of the 12, six will be from BJP, two from Shiv Sena and four from other allies. However, Patil declined to disclose the date of expansion.” Fadnavis and nine others had taken oath on October 31, after BJP with 122 MLAs

emerged as the single largest party in the October 15 election to the 288-member state Assembly. After prolonged discussions, the Shiv Sena joined the government on December 5, when 10 Sena and 10 BJP ministers were inducted into the cabinet, taking the ministry strength to 30. With the latest expansion, the strength will be 42.The constituents of the BJP-led Mahayuti, which contested the polls jointly with BJP after the saffron party snapped its 25-year-old alliance with Sena ahead of the elections, have been demanding their share after BJP came to power. BJP had tied up with RPI (Athawale), Swabhimani Shetkari

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he special CBI court on Tuesday discharged Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case and dropped charges against him. Amit Shah who was the home minister of Gujarat at the time of the crime was accused in the case. He sought discharge saying he was being targetted by his political rivals.“I am of the opinion that the inference drawn by CBI is not accepted in totality and he (Shah) cannot be charged as an accused,” special CBI Judge MB Gosavi said in a brief order pronounced in the court. Meanwhile, Sohrabuddin's family has said that they will move the high court against the verdict. During the hearing, CBI counsel SV Raju told the court that the agency was directed to carry out investigations into the Sohrabuddin encounter case in 2010, five years after the alleged incident. Raju said if the accused gives an explanation over the charges against him and if two views are possible in a case, he can be discharged. Defence advocate Mitesh Amin said there was no direct evidence against him whatsoever. He claimed that there was no proof to show that Amit Shah met any co-accused or that he telephoned those police officers accused in the case. Amit Shah's counsel argued that CBI has not denied that as home minister Shah would call police officers on the field as was his practice. But they relied on call data records of only the time frame when the alleged encounters took place in 2005 and 2006 and not before and after, which would show that he telephoned not just the alleged accused police officers but others too.One of the allegations in the case against Shah is that these calls indicate that he had a role in the conspiracy to carry out a fake encounter with Sohrabuddin Shaikh.

“My family and I came to spend the New Year with my aunt and uncle in Mumbai. They stay in South Mumbai and I stay at Ghatkopar. After 12 am we had decided to go back home to Ghatkopar and spend the night there. However I will not get to have the new year feast at my aunt's place, but will have to pack it and take it home.”

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I have changed my name from Ramchandra Kashiram Jadav to Ramchandra Kashiram Jadhav as per Affidavit C-40418 I have changed my name from Leela Ramchandra Jadav to Leela Ramchandra Jadhav as per Affidavit C-40419 I have changed my name from Rajiben Ravji Patel to Raji Ravji Patel as per Affidavit C-40420 I have changed my name from Rajith Gangadharan to Ranjith Gangadharan Nair as per Affidavit C-40421 I have changed my name from Khalijabee Md Farid to Khatija Farid Patanwala as per Affidavit C-40422 I have changed my name from Sayma Md Farid to Saima Farid Patanwala as per Affidavit C-40423

I Minesh Anil Kumar Sanghvi have changed my name to Minesh Anil Sanghvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/12/14 C-40436 I Anil Kumar Himatlal Sanghvi have changed my name to Anil Himatlal Sanghvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/12/14 C-40437 I Pragna Anil Kumar Sanghvi have changed my name to Pragna Anil Sanghvi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 24/12/14 C-40438 I Rajesh Kumar Mahavir Sharma have changed my name to Rajesh Mahavir Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40439 We Mr. Somnath Bhima Behera & Mrs. Lilavati Somnath Behera have changed our minor daughter’s name from Miss. Priyanka Peter D’souza to Miss. Priyanka Somnath Behera as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/12/14 C-40440

I Munir Habib have changed my name to Munir Habib Popatiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40451 I Rahim have changed my name to Rahim Munir Popatiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40452 I Mohammed Zafar Shaikh have changed my name to Zafar Abdulaziz Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40453 I Mr. Mukhtar Ahmed Shaikh have changed my name to Mr. Mukhtar Zafar Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/12/14 C-40454 I Shivlal Ghanchi have changed my name to Shivlal Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40455 I Shivlal Gomaram have changed my name to Shivlal Gomaram Solanki as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40456

We Mr. Manish Jain & Mrs. Neeta Manish Jain have changed our minor daughter’s name from Rithika Manish Palrecha to Ritika Manish Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40467

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I Manish Palrecha have changed my name to Manish Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40468 I Neeta Manish Palrecha have changed my name to Neeta Manish Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40469 I Parmar Vasantlal Jayantilal have changed my name to Parmar Vasant Jayantilal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40470 I Abdul Latif Shaikh have changed my name to Latif Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40471 I Nayanabahen / Nayanaben Govindlal Gurjar have changed my name to Nayana Rajesh Gurjar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40472

ADIEU, 2014: An effigy of the 'Old Man', also known as the past year 2014, has been kept on display outside a street at Kalachowkie in South Mumbai, which will be burnt around midnight welcoming the New Year 2015.

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hile the whole city is getting ready to celebrate a flashy New Year, some college students I Mrs. Shobha Sudhakar Nagare We Mr. Rakesh Mishrimal Jain from across the city have have changed my name to Mrs. Shobha Sudhakar Nangre as & Mrs. Sarika Rakesh Jain have planned to spend it with changed our minor son’s name per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: some others who cannot be a I Jagdeepkumar Bhogilal Shah from Mast. Akshaykumar part of the grand celebraI have changed my name from 30/12/14 & Jagdish Bhogilal Shah have Rakeshkumar Jain to Mast. C-40441 Anand Kumar Lalchand Yadav Akshay Rakesh Jain as per changed my name to Jagdeep tions. They will be organising to Anand Lalchand Yadav as I Mr. Rupesh Sudhakar Nagare Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: Bhogilal Shah as per Deedpoll new year parties in orphanper Affidavit ages, old age homes and also Affidavit. & Mr. Rupesh Sudhakar Nangre 30/12/14 C-40474 C-40425 have changed my name to Mr. for underprivileged children. C-40457 I Rabiya Bano have changed These students are being I have changed my name from Rupesh Sudhakar Nangare as I Gita Dalpatrai Patel have my name to Rabiyabanu Khan backed by an NGO called New Vikram Singh Chandan Singh per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: changed my name to as per Deedpoll Affidavit. Hope Foundation. Together Sisodiya to Vikram Chandan 30/12/14 C-40475 they have organised a C-40442 Meenakshi Naresh Mistry as Singh Sisodiya as per Affidavit. per Deedpoll Affidavit. fundraiser concert with I Mr. Sudhakar Ramchandra C-40458 I Khalil have changed my name C-40426 Nagare have changed my name to Khalil Khan as per Deedpoll celebrity singers for the special I Rupal Nimesh Kumar Shah Affidavit. audience. Speaking to Nugul I have changed my name from to Mr. Sudhakar Ramchandra have changed my name to C-40476 Jain, a student from Podar ColNangre as per Deedpoll Sangeeta Suresh Gaikwad to Rupali Nimesh Kumar Shah as lege, said, “Most of the people Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 I have changed my name from Ujjainwala Gulam Hussain Ali to Gulam Hussain Ali Mohammed Aarsiwala as per Affidavit C-40424

Nayna Suresh Gaikwad as per Affidavit. C-40427

I have changed my name from Sabihaa Mohammed Patel to Sabihaa Patel as per Affidavit C-40428 I have changed my name from Banoo Gulam Sayed to Saira Sayed as per Affidavit C-40429 I have changed my name from Chandrashekara Shetty to Chandrashekar Shetty as per Affidavit Dated: 26/12/2014 C-40430 I have changed my name from Chandrashekhar Chawhan to Chandrashekhar Chauhan as per Affidavit C-40431 I have changed my name from Milan Kirtibhai Desai to Milan Kirtilal Desai as per Affidavit C-40432 I have changed my name from Rajnishkumar Mehta to Rajnish Kumar Mehta as per Affidavit C-40433 I Varsha Deepak Badiya have changed my name to Varsha Suryakiran Trivedi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40434 I Varsha Suryakiran Trivedi have changed my minor son’s name from Dushyant Deepak Badiya to Dushyant Varsha Trivedi as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40435

per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40443 I Shameem Basheer Ahmed have changed my name to Shameem Basheer Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/12/14 C-40444 I Basheer Ahmed Fakir have changed my name to Basheer Ahmed Fakir Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/12/14 C-40445 I Afsana Tarannum Basheer Ahmed have changed my name to Afsana Basheer Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/12/14 C-40446 I Pratima Nekin Surti have changed my name to Pratima Sandeep Desai as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40447

C-40459 We Mr. Nareshbhai Davda & Mrs. Soniya Nareshbhai Davda have changed our minor son’s name from Master. Chintan Naresh Dawda to Master. Chintan Nareshbhai Davda as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/12/14 C-40460 I Uma Habiba Ahmed Ali have changed my name to Umahabiba Mir Ahmad Ali Sayyad as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40461 I Mohd Aslam have changed my name to Mohd Aslam Nijamuddin Farooki as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40462 I Dilip Kumar Gangwani have changed my name to Dilip Dayaram Gangwani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40463

I Gulshan Munir have changed my name to Gulshan Munir Popatiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40448

I Guddo Babulal Thakur have changed my name to Esha Raju Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

I Bharatbhai Ratilal Dedania have changed my name to Bharat Ratilal Dedania as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40449

I Geetaben Kiritkumar Mankodia have changed my name to Geeta Kiritkumar Mankodia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40465

I Madhuben have changed my name to Madhu Bharat Dedania as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 30/12/14 C-40450

I Gopal Shankar Kaushik have changed my name to Gopinath Shankar Kaushik as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40466

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I Premchand Shyamnarayan have changed my name to Premchand Shyamnarayan Gaud as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40473

I Kubadiya Roopalben Chunilal have changed my name to Rupal Manish Puj as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40477

I Pravinchandra Puj have changed my name to Pravin Puj as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40478 I Mohamad Salim have changed my name to Mohammed Salim Nazruddin Tanwar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40479 I Rukiya Begam Mohamad Salim have changed my name to Rukaiya Mohammed Salim Tanwar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40480

Govt orders ‘PK’ probe Continued from pg 1 « that the government has issued orders to the police to find out whether there is any objectionable content in the film and if so whether it can be removed or not. His move comes after activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staged demonstrations at Deepak talkies in south-central Mumbai stalling its screening last evening.

spend large amounts money on New Year parties. Instead we decided to use the money to organise an event for the underprivileged.” Those students who are not part of the NGO or are unable to get help from any institute have contributed their pocket money and arranged for gifts to be distributed. A few others have donated toys, clothes and sweets. Aishwarya Iyer, a student from SK Somaiya College, said, “We came together and contributed our pocket money to plan this surprise for these children. The whole world will be celebrating the New Year and these children have a right to do so as well.” On the other hand, CBFC chairperson Leela Samson has already made it clear that it will not remove any scenes from the film. She added that every film may hurt religious sentiments of somebody or the other. Since the film was already in public viewing the CBFC cannot now remove any scenes. Activists of several right wing organisations have been protesting against what they call some objectionable scenes in the film that hurt religious sentiments.

I Anand Dattu Tembe have changed my name to Anant Dattu Tembe as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-40481

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There has been a spike in the number of adolescents hooked to a drug called â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Meow Meowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; or M-CAT, a name for mephedrone which is a powerful recreational drug By A Staff Reporter

hile measures to curb substance abuse are finally being thought of by the state government, doctors across the city are worried about a spike in the number of adolescents who are hooked on to the newbie on the drug front: 'Meow Meow'. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Currently, there are 2,00,000 people using Meow Meow in the country and 30,000 in the city. After the New year, these numbers will simply double or even triple because this drug is a party drug. It gives you all the energy, euphoria, enthusiasm and confidence that you need while partying. It is a

scary thought but not far from truth,â&#x20AC;? said Dr Yusuf Merchant, President, Drug Abuse Information, Rehabilitation and Research Centre (DAIRRC). Meow Meow or M-CAT is another name for mephedrone, a powerful recreational drug that is taken to experience effects similar to amphetamines and ecstasy and is a rage among adolescents in the age group of 14 to 19. Here is the story of a 14year-old boy from Mumbai who got addicted to this drug and almost ended up wrecking his life.

EFFECTS ON MEPHEDRONE: Increased energy Self-confidence Talkativeness Euphoria Mental and physical stimulation Enhanced sense of touch and empathy A bit of sensory distortion Frequently craving for more of the drug SIDE EFFECTS OF MEPHEDRONE: Loss of appetite Muscle clenching and tremors Headache

Anxiety Increased blood pressure Chest pain Fast/irregular heartbeat, Difficulty in urinating, Changes in body temperature Blue/cold fingers While Meow Meow shows no presence in the body after four to five hours and hence even a blood or urine test will not help detection, the person emitting a foul odour of rotting vegetables or cat urine or frequent bleeding from the nose, are clear indications of Meow Meow being at play.

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This 14-year-old boy from a well-to-do family in south Mumbai got introduced to Meow Meow around two months ago through a known source. What made him try out this new drug was its effect of enhancing sexual prowess and urge. Already being into pornography, this reason made him try this drug and before long, he had become an addict. The low phase one experiences after taking Meow Meow makes one irritable, aggressive and anti-social. This boy thus became a complete loner in no time. Within a month, he was left with just one friend. Some time ago, he and his only friend holed themselves up in the boy's room and consumed 75 g of Meow Meow in three days. The result being seven sleepless nights and bleeding from the nose (the very indicative sign of Meow Meow consumption) along with other behavioural changes. This caught the attention of this boy's parents who then brought him to Dr Merchant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was shocked to see a 14year-old child in such a state. I am used to handling similar cases but they were all

around 19 years old. I heard the case and referred the child to another psychiatrist for treatment as I am not equipped to deal with cases of such small children. I think the child is getting treatment and is under strict vigilance of his parents,â&#x20AC;? said Dr Merchant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cases of ones in the age bracket of 14 to 16 is more and the ratio of addiction to this drug is one girl for three boys,â&#x20AC;? he continued. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The reason for this is that it is cheap, easily available online and as of now, is not under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act, 1958 and so is legal. But the harmful effects that this drug has on one's mind and body are scary, to say the least,â&#x20AC;? he added. Dr Merchant has filed a Public Interest Litigation as well for Meow Meow to be covered under the NDPS Act and is waiting to be given a date for hearing. But his concern is that by the time the PIL is heard and the needful is done by the concerned authorities, a large chunk of the youth in the city as well the country would have fallen prey to this addiction.

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leuths of the Thane (rural) police claim to have busted a gang of highway robbers involved in the killing of more than three drivers after hijacking their vehicles by posing as hitchhikers on the National Highway. According to the police, Prakash Dattaram Kadu (46), a resident of Nalasopara who worked as a driver with a company based in Andheri, was attacked by the gang when he was on the way to his workplace in an Innova car on December 3. Kadu who was found critically injured at a secluded place near Bhiwandi succumbed to his injuries on December 5, but not before describing the sequence of the incident. Based on that information, a police team intensified vigil at the crime-prone spots on the highway and even deputed plain-clothes personnel to keep watch.

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drivers identified as – Sajit Lalchandra Dev (36) on January 13 and Kishore Janardhan Mungekar (34) April 20. Their bodies of both were found in Vasai. All the accused have been handed over to the Valiv police station for further investigations. Not ruling out the involvement of the gang in more such cases, an official said, “Dressed in formal clothes, the accused would seek lifts from drivers, especially those from BPO firms who were on their return journey after ferrying employees to and from their workplace. Once inside the vehicle the members mounted a brutal attack on the driver and dumped him on an isolated stretch of the highway, before speeding off with the vehicle.” The police have recovered three cars and weapons The members of the highway gang at the Thane (rural) police station, yesterday. from the accused who have The efforts bore fruit and the interrogation led to the ar- throwaway price. been booked under sections team nabbed four people for rest of two more people who The quartet also con- 302, 201 and 397 of the Intheir involvement in the purchased the stolen vehi- fessed to their involvement dian Penal Code. Further incrime. Rounds of sustained cles from the gang at a in the murder of two more vestigations are on.

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HANG HIM... Residents of Mahavir Chawl in Lower Parel, have put up a life-size dummy of LeT terrorist and main plotter of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, demanding the government to expedite his impending arrest and punishment.

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he corpse of an Indian seaman is reported to have washed ashore in Pinellas County, Florida, USA. The corpse of Clifford B Menezes (27) was found stroller on the beach, who alerted the police. According to the medical examiner's office, the death has been ruled as accidental, but back home, family and friends are suspicious. Menezes' neighbour Deepak Fargos, of Ghas village Nalasopara (West), reportedly received an SMS on December 24 at 8 am stating that Clifford was missing since December 21. He then received a message at 4 pm the same day saying that his body was found. This information was confirmed by John Lopes of Agashi, Virar. Jim Walker, an attorney in the USA who specialises in cruise and shipping law, opined that the shipping company was at fault for non compliance of certain statute requiring every cruise liner to be fitted with cameras, surveillance and other such safety measures in order to keep track of any passenger or crew member who may go overboard. Moreover the captain of the ship informed the authorities of the disappearance well after 24 hours. The body is expected to arrive at Mumbai in a few days. Azad Shrivastav | ADC

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The civic body for decades has been wasting the bio-gas generated at its dumping yards for the lack of technology required to convert it into immensely valuable natural gas

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potential of three 11-mega watt capacity projects at Dehe Oil and Natural Gas onar, Kanjur Marg and Gorai Corporation (ONGC) has each. been sending its men thouDeputy Municipal Comsands of kilometres away in missioner (Solid Waste Manthe South China sea to dig in agement ) Prakash Patil said, the Vietnam coast in search According to experts, if the formed and processed as “We have requested private of natural gas while the city civic body succeeds in har- CNG. Even electricity can be and government companies civic body is simply burning vesting natural gas from all generated by burning this to come forward for Expres700 cubic m of bio-gas per the four major dumping through a turbine. However, sion of Interest in the harhour 12 hours a day at one of grounds in the city, it will the civic body has neither vesting, processing and its four major dumping produce enough natural gas the technology nor the con- transforming of these natugrounds owing to the ab- to run half of the fleet of the venience for such a project ral gases.” sence of technology to har- Brihanmumbai Electricity so these costly and useful He said, “If we get convenvest, segregate and store the Supply and Transport (BEST) natural gases are burnt into ient technology, in the next natural gas. undertaking. thin air. six to seven months we can At the dumping ground, a According to a report of The Brihanmumbai Mu- harvest natural gas from the large amount of bio-gas is the Solid Waste Management nicipal Corporation (BMC) Gorai and Kanjur Marg formed due to the tonnes of department, the Gorai has four major dumping dumping grounds.” garbage lying there and this dumping ground has been grounds – Deonar, Gorai, The civic body has been gas needs to be addressed generating 700 cubic m of Mulund and Kanjur Marg mulling over this idea of harand channelised failing bio gas per hour and this where everyday, thousands vesting natural gas from the which it will catch fire. The natural gas is a mainly mix of of metric tonnes of garbage dumping grounds for civic body thus pulls out this Methane (CH4), Carbon is dumped. It is a potential decades. However, due to gas to a far-way place dioxide (CO2) and Sulphur source of alternate energy vested interests of political through a pipe and merely (S) and the content of for the civic body as well as leaders and lethargic attiburns it, since it can't be Methane is 25 per cent to 35 for the city. tude of civic officials, the emitted. Emission of such per cent. According to sources, the country has been losing ingas is a criminal offence. This gas can be trans- civic dumping ground has a valuable natural gas.

Govt to draft integrated energy policy By A Special Correspondent

he state government is in the process of drafting a comprehensive integrated energy policy to cover solar, wind and other new renewable non-conventional energy sources, stated Minister for Energy Chandrashekhar Bawankule. Speaking to newspersons at his Mantralaya office, he said that 12 prominent experts from the field of energy that includes nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar, Prashant Godbole, Arvind Karandikar and others were to draft the policy. The draft policy will be uploaded on the government website on January 10 to invite suggestions from the people. He added that with stocks of

natural resources like coal getting depleted and costly the government will have to shift Chandrashekhar to renewable Bawankule and new sources of non-conventional energy to meet the energy requirements. Bawankule stated that sources like solar energy are available during day time in abundance. He said that if government offices, government undertakings, educational institutions start using solar energy it will greatly reduce the burden on conventional energy. This will help in providing more electricity to agriculture and industries.

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s the New Year approaches the Mumbai Police are gearing up to manage the croweded streets, heavy traffic and above all, the people’s safety. This year the burden on the city’s police force will be eased as the Maharashtra Shiv Vahtuksena, the transport union arm of the Shiv Sena, has decided to help in ensuring the safety of the people on the streets. The Maharashtra Shiv Vahtuksena president, Haji Arafat Shaikh, has come up with this idea to help the cops in increasing vigilance in the city. Under this initiative, members of body will be helping the police in the surveillance at prime locations. “Every year during Christmas and New Year celebrations, we discover many cases of accidents, specially drunken driving which lead to many hit

and run cases. While the efficient police force is always there to monitor such incidences, we have decided to extend additional help to them,” Haji Arafat Shaikh said. “Our mission is to ensure a safe, secure and accident-free festive season. When any road accident happens, normally autorickshaw or taxi drivers are reluctant to help the victims. We wish that no such incidents happen this time around, but in case of any casualty, we will help out. We are encouraging rickshaw and taxi drivers to help those victims by taking them to nearby hospitals, so that they can get immediate treatment. Our union will reimburse the auto or taxi fare in such cases.” Vice president of this wing, Sharif Deshmukh, said, “We are happy to help the Mumbai Police and look forward to a safe and secure December 31.”

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In accordance with the provision under section 8(3) (a) of the Maharashtra (Urban Areas) Protection & Preservation of Trees Act 1975 (As modified upto 3rd November 2006), all concerned are hereby informed that proposals have been received by the Tree Authority for granting permission for removal of trees. Sr. Site address No.

Sr. number of tree/trees proposed to be removed as marked on tree at site

Reasons for removal of tree/ trees

Developers & Jr. Tree officer No.

Proposed building No. 2 on plot bearing CTS No. 1041-A & E of village Dahisar at Bharucha Road, Dahisar (East), Mumbai, R/North Ward

2, 4, 8 to 12 = 07 Trees

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Proposed building No. 10 & 11 on plot bearing CTS No. 2776/B & D of village Dahisar at Vaishali Nagar, Dahisar (East), Mumbai. R/North Ward.

1 to 9, 17 to 19, 21, 21A, 21B, 22 to 50 = 44 Trees

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nine per cent of its power requirement from non-conventional sources of energy as of now. Commenting on the transmission and distribution losses, he said that the govt plans to rope in retired employees with BE and BTech background to keep a tab on electricity feeders and check losses and theft.

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Objections or suggestions for aforesaid proposals, if any, are invited within 7 days from the date of publicity of this advertisement. Sd/Tree Officer, Office of the Tree Authority, V.J.B. Udyan, Byculla, Mumbai-400 027 Tel. No. 23725799 Office of Dy. Supdt. of Gardens (Z-VII), Khajuria Gardens, Khajuria Nagar, S.V. Road, Kandivali (W), Mumbai-400 067. Tel. No. 28086965 PRO/1019/ADV/2014

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Withdraw film or make changes E

VEN the producer of a top-class film has to resort to many and various methods to make it a box-office hit. During the past few years, we have seen various ways of promotion of a film being tried out with a view to attracting cinegoers’ attention. This is part of Bollywood business and hence viewed as the done thing. All over the country, a film which was released recently has got huge attention. The producer of the film did not have to incur any expense on publicity. He has got it all for free. The film PK has raised a storm: It is said to have objectionable observations against the Hindu community. Swami Ramdev has said that the film should be withdrawn because it hurts anti-Hindu sentiments. It is a fact, he says, there are bogus babus and swamis, but the Amir Khan’s PK hurts the sentiments of Hindus. It is evident that a large number of Hindus want the film to be withdrawn. The Bajrang Dal, a Hindu organisation, is leading the attack against the film. Demonstrations, some of them violent, have been held wherever the film has been released. It is certain that theatres where the film is released will be attacked by Hindu groups. The best and wise thing that the producer can do is to delete all objectionable scenes and words and make a new version which will be approved by the anti-PK groups.

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F all the permutations and combinations that flow from the fractured verdict in Jammu & Kashmir, the only one that makes sense is a Peoples Democratic Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (PDPBJP) coalition in government in Srinagar. There are several reasons why an alliance between two parties with diametrically opposing views on several contentious issues should be the preferred choice in the prevailing circumstances. The most obvious is arithmetic. Together, they have a total of 53 MLAs in an assembly of 87. The numbers hold out the promise of a strong, stable government. But more than arithmetic, a PDP-BJP alliance is the only starting point for a much needed healing process. The 2014 assembly election has left this sensitive border state ruptured and divided like never before. It is polarized both on regional and communal lines with Jammu pitted against Kashmir and Hindus against Muslims. The rift is not only disturbing, it is dangerous as well. And the PDP, with its strong presence in the Valley, and the BJP, which now dominates Jammu, must work together to bridge the chasm that yawns. It would seem that both parties understand the enormity of the situation. Back channel talks between their interlocutors continue even as vested interests in the Congress and National Conference (NC) attempt to stir the pot. But the responsibility of retrieving the state from the brink lies with Narendra Modi more than it does with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and his PDP. Kashmiris still remember and talk of the legacy Vajpayee left behind when he facilitated the formation of a PDP-Congress coalition government in 2002 and opened a new chapter in relations with Pakistan. Vajpayee and Mufti worked together to give Kashmir a semblance of peace and normalcy which lasted till the Congress made the fatal mistake of insisting that the PDP honour its commitment to hand over the chief minister’s post to Ghulam Nabi Azad. From then on, it was downhill as tensions rose to culminate in a frenzy of violence that saw young children resort to mass stone-pelting in 2010. The point is that Vajpayee had the wisdom and sagacity to rise above petty partisan interests to weave a grander narrative for the troubled border state. He understood that peace and development in J&K were inextricably tied up with India-Pakistan relations and he was big enough to make the first move with a speech extending the 'hand of friendship’ to

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Islamabad six months after Mufti was sworn in a CM. Interestingly, he delivered the speech at the same stadium where Modi addressed his first and only election rally in Srinagar. Today, Modi stands at a similar juncture in history. He can choose to don the Vajpayee mantle and rise above his party’s Jammu-centric politics to play the statesman in the larger interests of the state and the country. Or he can remain just a BJP leader and lose out on a historic opportunity. The ball is in his court.

Mamata mellowed after Delhi visit

HE Rashtrapati Bhavan banquet proved to be quite fruitful for Mamata. Apart from breaking the ice with Narendra Modi, she networked with top officials of the PMO like principal secretary Nripen Mishra and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. She had RANAB Mukherjee stepped in again to bail long conversations with both. out Mamata Banerjee. This time he helped While her chat with Modi steered clear of her to meet Narendra Modi by inviting her to politics, she is believed to have talked busithe state banquet he hosted in Rashtrapati ness with both Mishra and Doval. It is ironic Bhavan last week for visiting Bangladesh the way her brief trip to Delhi turned out. She President Abdul Hamid. came amid talk that she would stage a protest dharna outside the PM’s residence against the harassment to her MLAs and ministers in the Saradha scam. She went back to Kolkata considerably mellowed after her encounters with the PM and his men.

Pranab helps Mamata to meet Modi

Azad may stay put with help from PDP and NC POWER TALK Arati R. Jerath The encounter was brief but warm, which surprised those present given the tension between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP. Modi enquired after Mamata’s health and remarked on her weight loss. She assured him that she is feeling quite fit. Modi nodded approvingly and said that being fit was a good thing. There was no political talk but observers say that the ice has been broken. Mamata told Modi that she would meet him soon and he replied that she would be most welcome. This was a significant exchange because Mamata is probably the only chief minister who has not called on Modi after he became Prime Minister. Relations between the Trinamool Congress and the BJP are quite strained with the CBI closing in on Mamata’s ministers and MLAs in the Saradha scam investigations. And in the Winter Session of Parliament, the Trinamool Congress led the charge to derail the

‘Happiness is all in the body’

Vedanta shows that everything that is joyful in this life is but a particle of that real joy, because that is the only joy there is. Every moment we are enjoying the absolute bliss, though covered up, misunderstood and caricatured. Wherever there is any blessing, blissfulness, or joy, even the joy of the thief in stealing, it is that Absolute Bliss coming out, only it has become obscured, muddled up, as it were, with all sorts of extraneous conditions, and misunderstood. We have seen how happiness is either in the body or in the mind, or in the Atman. With animals, and in the lowest of human beings, who are very much like animals, happiness is all in the body. No man can eat with the same pleasure as a famished dog, or a wolf; so, in the dog and the wolf the happiness is entirely in the body. In men we find a higher plane of happiness, that of thought, and in the Jnani there is the highest plane of happiness in the Self, the Atman. So to the philosopher this knowledge of the Self is of the highest utility,

government’s reform agenda. Everyone is waiting to see whether the Rashtrapati Bhavan encounter will mellow Mamata for the budget session.

because it gives him the highest happiness possible. Sense gratification or physical things cannot be of the highest utility to him, because he does not find in them the same pleasure that he finds in knowledge itself; and after all, knowledge is the one goal, and is really the highest happiness we know.

MATTER & SPIRIT The miseries of the world cannot be cured by physical help only. Until man's nature changes, these physical needs will arise, and miseries will always be felt, and no amount of physical help will cure them completely. The only solution to this problem is to make mankind pure. Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated, then alone will misery cease in the world, not before. Man thinks foolishly that he can make him-

HE big question in Congress circles is whether Rajya Sabha MP and Leader of Opposition in the Upper House Ghulam Nabi Azad has saved his Rajya Sabha seat with the 12 seats his party won in the recent J&K assembly polls. Azad’s RS term ends in March next year and Sonia Gandhi had told him that he will be renominated only if the Congress wins enough seats in the J&K assembly to get him re-elected. Despite predictions of a wipe out, the Congress managed to win 12 seats in the recent assembly polls in the state. This is 8 seats short of the number needed to claim one RS seat. But the way politics is taking shape in the state, Azad may just get lucky with a little help from the PDP and NC. Azad has been aware of the burgeoning ambitions of his deputy in the RS, Anand Sharma, who has been holding fort while Azad was away in J&K campaigning. Sharma is the frontrunner to take over from Azad should he fail to be re-elected to the Upper House. It is interesting that as soon as campaign ended, Azad rushed to Delhi to make a stirring speech on the conversion issue in the Rajya Sabha. Many saw it as his way of staking claim to retain his position as Leader of Opposition in the Upper House. self happy, and after years of struggle finds out at last that true happiness consists in killing selfishness and that no one can make him happy except himself. So long as there is desire no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witnesslike study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness. The animal has its happiness in the senses, the man in his intellect, and the god in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful. To him who desires nothing, and does not mix himself up with them, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity. After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other.What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature; both are chains, one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery. — Swami Vivekananda

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NEW Year is celebrated by different communities at different times of the year. In Maharashtra it is celebrated on the first day of Chaitra. The day is called ‘Gudi Padva’. Tamilians celebrate their New Year on April 13 in a festival called ‘Vashaparapu’. Christians celebrate their New Year on January 1. On New Year’s Eve, a dummy of an old man is made, which signifies all that should be put away. The old man is kept on the road or in by lanes, and passers-by drop coins into the money box that is kept beside him. The dummy of the old man is then set on fire at midnight sharp. The burning of the old man marks the end of the old year and the start of a New Year. The New Year is also a time for reflection. One hopes that the New Year turns out to be a more peaceful one than the previous year that saw several tragedies and hundreds of lives lost.

A New Year of resolutions Let's hope that 2015, will be full of sparkle and sheen. — Raju Vernekar, Andheri

— Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili

Bye Bye 2014 In 2014, Many changes were seen: The Congress lost its sheen, BJP thundered to win, Fast track India saw 'make in India', With financial inclusion came 'Jan Dhan', 'Swachha Bharat' came on agenda, People connect became the new funda, 'Ghar Wapsi' and such other things

IN WITH THE NEW: From the changing attitude in society, to changes on the development front, it was an overwhelming old year and now it's time to welcome in the new one.

Bank ‘strikes’ again

APROPOS your article 'Sena dares govt to bring back Dawood' (ADC Dec 30), this periodic bombast devoid of common sense or practicality by the Shiv Sena in its mouthpiece, 'Saamna', is getting rather tiresome. It is ludicrous that the Sena is daring the Maharashtra government to bring back Dawood when they themselves are part of the same government. If the Sena is serious, what is stopping them from carrying out the operation them-

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IT’S very disturbing to note that once again the anti-people bank employees will go on strike, though they get the heftiest salaries, bonus and a number of other financial benefits. Their plan is to start their nationwide strike first on January 7 and then from January 21 to 24. The next day, January 25, is a Sunday and January 26 is Republic Day. And then they will go on an indefinite strike with effect from March 16 if there is no settlement between The Indian Banks Association and the striking 'union'. All these strikes are meant to reduce working hours or raise salaries, bonus etc, five-dayweek and immediate new recruitments. We Indians are very lucky that not a single bank employee is in the Indian Army or BSF, and thus on our borders against Pakistan or China for our safety and all round security round the year. — Hansraj Bhat, Borivali

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art – write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I hope, somewhere in the next year, you surprise yourself. — Neil Gaiman

— Murugesh Iyer, Thane

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watching TV, especially New Year special programmes. Some listen to FM channels. It can also be spent on roadside dhabas on highways. In fact it should be celebrated with dear ones, especially with family members or friends, with a hot cup of tea or coffee. In this busy life one finds hardly any time for even family members to enjoy the fun. — Mahesh Kapasi, New Delhi

AS a Mumbaikar my resolution is to ensure that everyone, particularly women, is allowed to step into the New Year safely and happily. One has to stress on women because every year, unfortunately, we read about incidents of sexual molestation and rape. Usually these are accounts of women being groped by revellers who molest them, taking advantage of crowds. Today sexual violence against women is on the radar with the country shamed by the number of rapes and molestation cases reported. It is time the tide turns, people become respectable and responsible and Mumbai reclaims its reputation as one of the safest cities for women in India. The establishment must see that the women are safe and free. With the number of ongoing campaigns against rape and the molestation, let every body do their best to ensure that there is safety and security for women in 2015 as they have the right to live a decent life. — Bhagwan Thadani, via email

nuclear deal with the Americans. Added to this was the lack of competent leadership that could sustain its electoral gains and project its good work favourably. This weakness was exploited to the hilt by the Sangh Pramukh which cleverly deployed all its 40,000 units in the country to go all out to support the BJP. With the Congress fighting against the BJP with the Sangh solidly behind it, the results could not have been any different. Therefore the Congress has to appreciate the ground realities and start from scratch for which it has to bring back its senior leaders to revamp the party. The 'yuvraj' has clearly failed.

— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

Tiresome bombast

RESIDENTS of Thane witnessed many changes on the developmental front in 2014. These are some changes in the railways that were quite beneficial to Thanekars. Introduction of 12 bogies in suburban areas Installation of escalators in Thane railway station Introduction of more trains in the next year Opening of up more windows for ticketing Starting of A/C toilet Testing of closed door trains on the Western line Booking of local tickets via mobile

I wish the citizens of India a happy New Year. The New Year celebrarevealed the shape of new things, head, The launch of GSLV Mk-III Chhatisgarh left several people tions at costly hotels and restaurants is a status symbol and a waste became a new milestone in space dead, of money. Some Delhiites welcome history, Assam’s Bodo land agitation the New Year at Connaught Place Diplomatic activism went in full caught the nation’s attention, gear, Pakistan continued to be unrelated, or India Gate – in open lawns, enjoying the cold night. Another way brought many countries together, militancy went on unabated, is to welcome is to welcome it on Nature unleashed its fury when ISIS emerged on the global scene, floods ravaged the Kashmir valley, LeT, Mujahideen continued to be the beaches of India – Goa, Mumbai, Chennai. Most welcome it Naxalites continued to raise their mean. selves? As usual it is all talk and no action. The reality is that India does not have the political will, let alone the capability, to carry out an Osama-type operation to retrieve Dawood. The crime lord will eventually die in exile and that is the only way we will be rid of him. So please spare us these empty boasts. We are tired of them.

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— Dr V Subramanyan, Thane

NCP’s track record Ottavio Quattrochi

THE NCP chief has reportedly advised the Maharashtra CM to show more maturity by learning to reWhen the Interpol had issued a red spect the Opposition. The senior alert against him and he was under leader seems to have forgotten his arrest by the Argentine authorities. partys own track record in the matThe then Government of India ter. He needs to be reminded about under the UPA rule reportedly how the then Opposition was asked the CBI to go slow in the mat- treated by the partys PM and the ter. Their obvious intention was to then CM of Pawars home state durallow the element of time lapse to ing the dark days of the Emergency. — Jorhat Singh, Kandivali take effect, so that the international smuggler could escape the clutches of the Indian laws. — Arun Malankar, Santacruz

Routed Congress

THERE are media reports on the introspection that the once-mighty THE acceptance of the bail applica- Congress is doing at the moment, to tion of Lakhvi by a Pak court clearly find out whether the party is being shows that the theocratic regime of perceived as 'anti-Hindu'. I do not Islamabad had deliberthink so and I have seen the party OF ately acted in such a way LETTER perform for more than half a cenTHE DAY so as to allow the dreaded tury. The rot set in the UPA governterrorist to walk away scot-free. In ment during its second-term in this connection, I am reminded of office after 2009, when it lost the the Ottavio Quattrochi episode. support of the Left combine on the

One more Bharat Ratna

HOW come we have forgotten someone so instrumental in shaping the history of our country, at least its independent history? The Indian National Congress claims that it fought and obtained Independence? That can be debatable. But if so, should it not have honoured its founder with a Bharat Ratna back in 1954? I am referring to Alan Octavian Hume. True, he was an Englishman, but if Mandela and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan can get it, why not he? Why has the Indian Na-

Alan Octavian Hume tional Congress, when in power, shied away from honouring him? So why not now honour him? He set up the organisational instrument that many think got us our most valuable possession – Independence. — TR Ramaswami, Kandivali

Disturbing social harmony It seems the sudden burst of violent controversy against PK is being carried out after Pee Ke (drinking). No sane person can figure out why the anger for anything objectionable in the film. Aamir Khan just acted, he hasn't written the script nor directed the film. Do the elements who created all the ruckus want to give it a communal colour and further hit the social harmony which is already taking over the country right from ‘Love Jihad’ to ‘Ghar Wapsi’? The answer sadly seems to be in the affirmative — Abdul Monim, Vashi

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TMC gears up for hawkers’ registration yet again By Priyanka Dhomse

he Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), which had announced the Thane station area as a 'no hawking zone' a number of times earlier, has once again come forward with the same declaration following the Supreme Court's orders regarding the National Hawker's Policy. Following the order, TMC commissioner Asim Gupta said that for the legal hawkers, the TMC will deploy security guards and will also provide them with identity cards. But the hawkers haven't show much enthusiasm with regard to the registration process. There are more than 40,000 hawkers in Thane and most of them are illegal. The TMC had held awareness campaigns within Thane a

few months ago for registration of hawkers, which received a cold response as out of the 40,000-45,000 hawkers in Thane, only 8,000 submitted the registration forms. "The guards we will deploy will be paid for by the fund which we are going to collect through the registration fee paid by the hawkers," said Asim Gupta, TMC commissioner. The citizens however are doubtful about the implementation of the new policy as the earlier performance of the TMC in many non-hawking zones has been dismal. "The non-hawking zones are Thane station, area near Masunda Talav and market area near station, but these areas are still full of illegal hawkers," RTI activist and Thane citizen C Tawade told the ADC.

Six in fray for MBMC by-polls

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ix candidates are in the fray for the by-election to ward no 2 (B) of the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC). However, a triangular contest between the BJP, NCP and Janta Dal (secular) candidates is in the anvil. The elections were neces-

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church in Vasai (East) has converted its ground floor into a party hall, which is allegedly leased out for five years on a compensation of Rs 15 lakh. According to Biju Cherian, who belongs to the Syro Malabar Catholic denomination, St Thomas Church at J P Nagar, in Evershine City, Vasai (East), the hall was built from donations by the public, for religious purposes; but is now being used for commercial purposes. Another Syro Malabar Catholic, V.M. Kurian, has serious objection to the entire

sitated following the resignation of sitting corporator – Adv. Ravi Vyas who had wrestled the ward on an NCP ticket but had tendered his resignation as corporator to jump into the BJP bandwagon ahead of the Assembly elections. While Vyas is contesting the by-polls on a BJP ticket, the NCP has replaced him with another

youth face in the form of Charudutt Aitoda. NCP leader's arch rival and runner-up in the previous elections – Milan Mhatre, is once again trying his luck on the Janta Dal (S) ticket. Others in fray are Hirendra Shah (BVA), Ravindra Jain ( RPI) and Rajkumar Chourasiya ( Shiv Sena). As a precautionary meas-

ure, Vyas’s mother Sudha Vyas has also filed her nominations apparently as a dummy candidate. While scrutiny of nominations will be conducted on December 31, withdrawal’s would be accepted on January 2, 2015. Elections are scheduled to be held from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm on January 18 and results will be declared on January 19.

Partying in church premises ground floor along with the compound being given to a particular contractor, who has a monopoly; as no other contractor can organise or cater to weddings or parties held by members of the community, even though the same services can be obtained for a lesser amount through other caterers, as per the contents of his letter to the Bishop Thomas Elavanal. P.C. Vergesh, a business executive, says that the present

contractor exploits the situation of the monopoly, by charging Rs 650 per head for any occasion, which is not affordable for financially weaker members of the community. Biju is in possession of the papers from the municipality showing that plans were passed for a church, and not a commercial structure. He says that the church authorities are liable to be prosecuted for evasion of taxes

and other financial misfeasance besides other laws. The ADC called the office of the Bishop, but was informed that the bishop is in Kerela for an ordaining ceremony and that the reporter should speak to Fr Justin, PRO, who denied receiving any complaint, and added that St Thomas Church is a trust but not a public trust and therefore the constitution is different.

IS THIS SHANTY A RAILWAY PROPERTY?

For more than a month now, two shanties have been found illegally standing in the Nalasopara (West) railway premises but no action has been taken, either by the station manager or the Western railway authorities. It is found to be surrounded by waste which emanates a foul smell in the area. The people there live surrounded by dirt and discarded bottles thrown by the train passengers. Sharat Chandrayan, chief public relation officer of the Western Railway, said, “If the shanty does lie in the railway premises, then we will definitely speak to the station master of Nalasopara and take immediate action.”

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he All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) is one of the toughest exams in India that students are required to pass in order to get admission into MBBS and BDS. Besides cracking it, what’s more difficult is to secure high marks in the medical entrance exam. As the syllabus for AIPMT is the same as that of Class 11 and Class 12, it’s recommended that you start preparing for the exam as soon as you enter Class 11. Scoring high marks in AIPMT is not rocket science. It just requires a considerable determination, dedication and devotion.

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I am a Class XI Science student. I want to pursue a career in art restoration. However, I have no idea as to how to go about it. Do you need a BSc in chemistry for it? Is it better to study it abroad? Also, is there scope for it in India? —Rithika S Not many institutes in India offer art restoration courses. An undergraduate degree in a field such as fine art, art history, anthropology, cultural studies, fine art, organic chemistry, or science is needed for further training. In India there are short-term courses run by the national museum from time to time but more of on-the-job training. After graduation you can opt for any one of the following routes: Get a postgraduate degree in art conservation (from any western country). Apply for a graduate position or internship in an art conservation or restoration department, where you get on-the-job training. My daughter is in Class XII Commerce. She is interested in BBI (Bachelor in Banking & Insurance). Is it a good line of career? Is there any entrance exam for this? Which are the colleges that have BBI and what is the eligibility? —Prashant Parikh

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How to score high in AIPMT? Continued from pg 13 « You need to keep in mind certain guidelines if you really aim to score well in AIPMT. First, you should read the interviews of toppers and take a page out of their books to get good results. However, do not blindly adopt someone’s study techniques as it is important to understand one’s limitations while devising a study plan. For wholesome preparation, study the NCERT books of Classes 11 and 12 thoroughly. In cases of doubt, you can refer to other books. Practice a lot of MCQs and build a strong foundation in physics, chemistry and biology. You can also practice previous years’ question papers to enhance your preparation. Apart from this, there are All India Test Series available online on various elearning portals. You can opt for the same and boost your preparation. The online test series will give you the benefit of knowing what kind of questions might come and where you stand. AIPMT questions are not always repeated hence it is important that you revise all the topics carefully, concentrating on every minor detail. As far as biology is concerned, learn from the NCERT biology books, as most of the questions come from these books. Take up online mock tests frequently and try to solve the paper in two rounds. If you feel you cannot solve a question or the calculations are lengthy, just mark it and move on. Solve the whole paper at once and after

use of available time. Try to complete the paper in two rounds before three hours. This way you can increase your speed and time accordingly. The national level benchmarking will help you understand how much more you need to prepare and where you actually stand. Your results will be compared with national level toppers, hence on the basis of this analysis you can improve your performance. You should revise biology more often as it will be the deciding factor while your papers are being checked. If you have issues with your current timetable, you can start afresh by making a new timetable every month. Make it a point to study two subjects each day and gradually increase it to three subjects, so that you become habituated to studying all the three subjects that will appear in the exam. Don’t forget to study diagrams as questions might crop up from the same. Emphasise more on biology because 90 biology questions come in the exam. While studying biology, give equal importance to botany and zoology. In case you have doubts related to any you should stick to one book and revise it subject, you can either refer to different completely. Once you finish it, go for the books or ask your friends and teachers. next one. Simply going through various While you discuss problems with them, it books is futile. It will only lead to confu- will help you in solving the problem quickly. Any doubt when discussed has sion. If you opt for the online test series, you less probability of getting forgotten durcan give chapter-wise and syllabus-wise ing the exam time. Study with concentratests as per your preparation. During the tion and a positive attitude which will last few months, take up syllabus-wise help you give your best shot during the tests as it will assist you in revising effi- exam and prep you to nail the test at the ciently and help you in making judicious crucial juncture. completing it, start solving the marked ones. Mark the OMR sheet as you solve the questions. Don’t leave it for the end moment. By going for the online test series, you can get the results then and there. This will help you in identifying your weak points and also the topics on which you have a good stronghold. While learning,

Which university do I choose?

I have completed my MCom. and am looking forward to going to the USA or Canada for an MS in finance. I am confused about which university to choose. Can you please guide me? —Aneesh Agarwal BCom [Banking and Insurance] popularly known as BBI is a three-year course after HSC meant for students keen to study banking and insurance at the under-graduate level and also work in the same field in future. If your daughter aspires to do so it would be beneficial for her. There is no entrance exam for seeking admission for BBI. Admission is based on Class XII marks. There are above 50 colleges offering this course in Mumbai. Kindly visit www.mu.ac.in for the listing.

I am in final year of BCom. Should I go for Diploma in Financial Management or should I pursue Certified Financial Planner (CFP) course? Which of the two has the highest degree? —Dolly Shah Firstly, right now you are not eligible for the CFP programme. A one-year Diploma in Finance Management lays the foundation for financial concepts especially for the students from the non-commerce background. In the field of commerce, there are a number of options like CA, CMA, CS, CFP, CFA, Insurance, Banking, Mutual Funds, Equity, and so on. So choose a course as per your aspirations. IfIf you you have have any any queries queries for for this this column, column, contact contact us us on on education@afternoondc.in education@afternoondc.in

ALISHA MASHRUWALA

is a Partner at OnCourse and a Harvard graduate, and is also a Psychology major with a minor in Economics

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The colleges you apply to will depend on how you have performed in your BCom and on the GMAT. Many USA and Canadian insitutions will offer an MBA with a focus in finance, instead of an MSc. in finance. A few colleges you can consider in these two countries are: University of Alberta, Schulich Business School (York University), Rotman Business School (University of Toronto), Indiana University, MIT, Purdue, UCLA. I am interested in pursuing MBA (finance). I would like to know about the one-year MBA programmes in UK,

US, Australia and Singapore. Which ones are good B-schools, which will have good job prospects (whether in that country or India) and good ROI after the course gets over and which exam is required. —Anam Kapur There are several one-year programmes in the UK, US, Australia. In the UK you can consider LBS, Oxford, CASS. You should also consider the INSEAD MBA programme (either in France or Singapore) and National University Singapore. The US one-year programmes – Columbia, Kellog, Cornell – typically will reduce your chances of getting placed after your MBA. In Australia, you could consider Melbourne Business School, AGSM, and Australian National University. These are all top colleges which will require a strong profile and high GMAT scores. In terms of placements, UK is difficult because there are limited job oppor-

tunities. US, Canada, Singapore and Australia are all better options if you want to stay back and work there.

I am studying in Class 12 and will appear for my boards this year. I want to pursue medicine. Which is the best country to do medicine in and what is the procedure to apply? —Anil Shah If you want to study medicine after Class 12, I would highly recommend studying in India. You could also consider studying medicine in Australia or UK. The UK usually will require the BMAT exam or the UKCAT, and the Australian universities will require international entrance test administered by the Australian Council for Educational Research. Intakes into the MBBS programmes for foreign universities are extremely competitive.

Vibgyor Viva 6 Grand Finale concluded Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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NAMES OF THE VIBGYOR VIVA 6 WINNERS:

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ibgyor Viva 6’ – an interschool and junior college festival organised by Vibgyor High Group of Schools successfully concluded in Mumbai recently. The objective of this initiative was to encourage the arts, culture and sports component among school children beyond academics. Around 81 finalists aged between 1017 years selected from amongst 3,000 students from 500 schools across nine cities clashed in a cut-throat competition against each other to covet titles in four premier categories – Viva Nova (Personality Contest), Swing

n Swirl (Solo/Group Dance), Voice of Viva (Solo Singing) and U16 Basketball Championship (Boys &

Girls). The sixth year of Viva talent industry. India’s young talent from by the VIBGYOR High Group of Schools had noted mem- Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Vadodara, bers of Bollywood and the Hyderabad, Lucknow, Kolhapur, Guwahati and Calicut, was judged by industry experts in music, personality and dance segments. Through a lucky draw at the event, Bengaluru city was selected as the hosting city for ‘Vibgyor Viva 7’ for 2015. The conclusion of this first-of-its-kind national interschool festival, which began in mid-November and celebrated for a period of 40 days, saw an entertaining and lively participation from various students.

Viva Nova – Personality Contest (Boys and Girls): Yuvika Purushottam from Bengaluru Blizzards, Mt Carmel College was declared the champion of ‘Viva Nova’ (Personality Contest – Girls) and was felicitated by Sonu Walia, Bollywood Actress, Winner of Miss India pageant and model Tanay Bhatia from Mumbai Meteors, Podar International School was declared the champion of ‘Viva Nova’ (Personality Contest – Boys) and was felicitated by Keeya Khanna, Bollywood Actress Swing n Swirl (Solo/Group Dance): Winner of ‘Swing n Swirl’ (Solo Dance) Krish Chauhan from Vadodara Volcanoes, Gujarat Public School was awarded by Ganesh Hegde, Indian Singer, Performer, Video director and Bollywood Choreographer Winner of ‘Swing n Swirl’ (Group Dance) Dev Dance Group from Lucknow Lancers, Dev Rhythm Academy was awarded by Pradeep Mehrotra, Managing director JDP Green Infra con pvt ltd

Voice of Viva (Solo Singing): Anand Shrivastava, Bollywood Music Director honored Joel Theckel from Bengaluru Blizzards, Legacy School Bangalore for Voice of Viva (Solo Singing) category

U16 National Basketball Tournament 2014 (Boys & Girls): The champion of Girls U16 Basketball Tournament Calicut Kalarees (Presentation School) was felicitated by Subhash Desai, Honorable Minister of Industries, Maharashtra The champion of Boys U16 Basketball Tournament Mumbai Meteors (Don Bosco School, Matunga) was felicitated by Anand Shrivastava, Bollywood Music Director Winners of ‘Viva Nova’, ‘Swing and Swirl Solo Dance’ and ‘Voice of Viva’ won a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 each and the Victors of ‘Swing and Swirl Group Dance’ and the ‘U16 Basketball Championship’ walked away with Rs 50,000 of cash prize.

RBK holds Christmas Carnival

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shooting, a bull ride, a rolling ball, a moon walker, rock climbing, a mini train and so on. Senior students swayed to the music of DJ to old and new popular tunes and they also enthusiastically entertained themselves and others with Karaoke singing. Mouth licking savouries and a bit of shopping added more colour to the event. Needless to say, the venue was well decorated with balloons and colourful lights.

Moto 360 smartwatch

By Chandragupta Amritkar

he Moto 360 (USD 249) is the only round smartwatch on the market competing with two other Android Wear devices – the Samsung Gear Live (USD 199) and the LG G Watch (USD 179). Moto 360 is a smartwatch that promises to do much more like linking your online world to your wrist bringing the power of Google Now, staying in touch through e-mails and chats, all without having to pull your phone out of your pocket. Moto 360 smartwatch has bands that are available in

both metal and leather. The Moto 360 is lightweight and comfortable (49 g with a 46 mm diameter and 11 mm height). Moto 360 is similar to other Android Wear watches: 4GB of onboard storage, 512MB of RAM, and a microphone for voice commands. Forfitness freaks it has heart rate monitor and pedometer and dual microphones in addition to its fast evolving Android Wear operating system. It doubles as a bedside clock. Unfortunately its battery life is not good enough for a watch.

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BK International Academy, Chembur organised a grand Christmas Carnival recently at their school premises. The evening began with Christmas Carols rendered melodiously by the students. The enthusiastic students decorated a tall green Christmas tree with stars, gifts and lights which glittered like a tree from the heaven. The children were excited to see the legendary Santa Claus walking towards them, giving away red Christmas caps to each one of them. During the carnival, the children of RBKIA also had a lot of fun and frolic with various fun games like balloon

<<Siddhant Shenoy and Chaitanya Yadav of Thakur Vidya Mandir High School and Jr College, Kandivili pose with their lecturer Divya Singh after winning the first prize in the science quiz held at TP Bhatia College, Kandivali, recently.

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« ADMISSION ALERTS ITM-EXECUTIVE MBA CENTRE ANNOUNCES ADMISSIONS ITM – Executive Education Centre is inviting applications for the January 2015 batch at their new EEC – Dadar campus. ITM-EEC offers one of the most comprehensive classroom-based Executive MBA programmes, with nearly 3,000 students currently pursuing the programme and 10000 + alumni from every major Indian and multinational company, as well as scores of entrepreneurs. Forms can be collected from the office of ITM-EEC, Deccan Education Society’s Mumbai Campus, Kirti College Road, Off Veer Savarkar Marg, Dadar (W), Mumbai – 400 028. Besides Dadar campus, ITM-EEC has eight other campuses across Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and six campuses outside Mumbai. For further information log onto www.itm.edu/eec

Doing it the eco-friendly way

POLISH YOUR CALIBRE

Entrance Prime has announced a breakthrough free preparation and assessment tool for JEE 2015 Aspirants – JEE Calibrate. All JEE aspirants who are appearing for JEE Main 2015 Online or Offline can participate in JEE Calibrate, totally free of cost. JEE Calibrate is a simulation of JEE Main which is aimed at providing a feel of the exam before the exam. JEE Calibrate is a close simulation of JEE Main exam where students will get an All India Rank, detailed analysis report and expert suggestions and improvement tips. This will help the aspirants get a near to JEE experience right before the exam and the detailed result analysis will highlight the weak spots well within time so that corrective actions can be taken to improve rank. JEE Calibrate test will be available for a 72hour window from 11 am of January 15 to 11 am of January 18 and the result will be declared on January 19. Students can register online at: www.EntrancePrime.com/JEECalibrate (Between December 19 midnight and January 14 midnight) Apart from attempting JEE Exam like test, students also get detailed result analysis, suggestions and tips to improve their time management, accuracy and question selection strategy to help them achieve their maximum score. Also based on the test’s performance, JEE aspirants will stand a chance to win exclusive rewards and prizes from Entrance Prime. JEE Calibrate is a first of its kind test to be conducted online and is available on any internet enabled device and Android App of Entrance Prime. JEE aspirants can register for free on www.EntrancePrime.com/ JEECalibrateFees. Through JEE Calibrate, EntrancePrime is planning to help around 1 lakh aspirants pan India to master the art of test taking and improve their ranks in JEE 2015.

PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT

Aavishar Centre for Self Enrichment is conducting training programmes for teenagers and young adults on personality development, time management, increasing focus on goals and careers, behavioral etiquette and leadership. Kindly contact: Aavishkar Centre for Self Enrichment 20-A Chandan Mansion, Opp.Portuguese Church, Mumbai-400028. Phone:022-24227515/ 09819119909

“IIT Delhi was designed by Le Courvoisier,” says Ajay Poddar, Managing Director/Radiation Management and Solutions

did my B Tech in Civil Engineering. My father had just started an industry near Delhi for making Prestressed Concrete Poles and I thought that this would be helpful. I studied at IIT Delhi. The subjects I studied were Mathematics, Structural Engineering, Electrical Science, Surveying, Thermodynamics, Material Science, etc. IIT Delhi was designed by Le Courvoisier, the designer for Chandigarh and is a well laid out campus. Having grown up in Kolkata amidst comfort

and protection, the first day of college was full of apprehension, expectation and exhilaration. Yes, I was ragged. I resented it initially but I discovered that it was a great way to break in with the seniors. Some of the professors were good, some were friendly and brilliant. The rest were just doing their job. Initially the pace of our studies was very hectic. In three days all the subjects that were taught in school in three years were covered. We had classes from 8 am to 4 pm with 98 per cent mandatory attendance and at least two hours to be put in every evening after that. Having been used to an easier life, it was tough. I walked from the hostel to the college which was about 1 km. Later I convinced my father to let me have an old Mahindra Jeep from our manufacturing plant nearby which was not being used. The college was the confluence of different

<<Ajay Poddar with (L) Juhi Chawla and Vasundhara Raje cultures. Most people who joined were very focused and considered themselves very bright as they were toppers in their schools. I was neither focused nor amongst the top five in school. They also initially eyed me with suspicion and disdain as I was from a business family, and therefore assumed to be unfairly privileged and just there for a lark, while they were from a service background. This, of course, changed within a year as they realised that I was not a bad guy at all. I used to be a good TT player, was fond of singing and though shy, was passionate about the performing arts. I had an opportunity to interact with people from different groups and form great friendships. IIT gave me the courage to explore and imbibe new experiences and the courage to take risks.

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Club Mahindra launches Teddy Travelogues M

ahindra Holidays & Resorts India Limited (MHRIL), a leisure hospitality brand, announced the launch of Club Mahindra Teddy Travelogues, India’s first crowd-sourced travel e-zine for children. This quarterly e-zine is open for readership by all and is available at www.clubmahindra.com/ teddytravelogues/. The first issue of the e-zine was unveiled recently by actor Tisca Chopra along with Arun Nanda, Chairman, Mahindra Holidays. Club Mahindra Teddy Travelogue invited entries from children across the country in eight categories – My Family Holiday, Holiday Stories, My Favorite Travel Companion, Young Traveler, The Rhyme Journey, Why Travel?, Holidoodle and Delicious Diary. Children from all over India shared their holiday stories, paintings, videos, photos, poems, holiday doodles and food related stories to be published in this unique e-zine. The entries were shortlisted and judged by an eminent panel comprising renowned children’s author Neeru Nanda, popular TV actor Shakti Arora of ‘Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi” fame on Colors, Tamil actor Mathivanan Rajendran, celebrated photographer Radhakrishnan

In college we would eat and binge for four to five days at the beginning of the month when we would get money from home and then were broke for the rest of the month. Travelling without tickets in buses, running up credit bills at dhabas near the college and landing up at friends' places, who were domiciled in Delhi, was not unusual. I stayed in a hostel and have many fond memories of my college life. I locked a fresher in a cupboard while going out for tea with the door a bit ajar so that he could breathe and stretch. During ragging, I was perched on a ledge on the third floor not knowing whether to jump or not. I remember sipping a cup of tea after bhang for one hour, watching a movie and feeling that we have understood all nuances without actually remembering anything. Once my friends and I finished the

Mumbai winner Siri Parashar, a bright sevenyear-old travel enthusiast from Thane was also present at the event to launch Teddy Travelogues.

As told to Monarose Sheila Pereira

Admissions open for diploma courses in Clinical Engineering and Management at HLL Academy H

Chakyat and education leader Mehar Zariwala. The winners were notified through direct communication and the prizes have been sent to their respective locations.

small complimentary bottles of liquor at a friend’s place (about 50 of them); and then filled them up with water. His father was embarrassed while serving them to a friend and the son had to bear the brunt. The highlight of college life was watching a friend streak on the main road for 1 km for a bet of Rs 100. One incident embarrassed me. During a visit to Mumbai while we were in college I was told by a person at a New Year’s party that IIT guys get grass cutting women into their rooms through their windows. It was embarrassing because one such incident had happened in one of the hostels, and we could not deny it. My education helped me tremendously. It made me look at things with an open mind and enhanced my ability to break down a problem into simple parts and then solve the same. I got very interested in innovation. I guess it had something to do with my creative instinct. In our plant, I found new ways of making a better product and new products. I kept starting new enterprises which were eco-friendly like LPG gas cylinder manufacturing, bottling, design and installation of automated multilevel parking systems and finally, research into ground and wi-fi radiations and ways to change their nature to render them harmless, which led to establishing Environics. Education gave me the courage to stick to my path and conviction, even though it was difficult and daunting. Remuneration can vary a great deal. When one is working for one’s own company/enterprise, one tends to take much less salary than if one is working for another organisation as a professional. One could be getting anything between Rs 40 lakh to 10 crore per annum, like any other professional, depending on proficiency and success. I would advise students to follow their passion and dreams and not to do things because there is peer approval for the same; also not to be afraid of changing their course; if they find what they are doing is not interesting or enjoyable.

LL Academy, the academic wing of central mini-ratna PSU HLL Lifecare Limited, announced the commencement of admissions for the second batch of one-year diploma courses in clinical engineering and management. The academy offers Post Graduate Diploma Course in Clinical Engineering and Management (PGDCEM) and Advanced Diploma Course in Clinical Engineering and Management (ADCEM) for engineering graduates and diploma holders. Candidates with an engineering degree in Biomedical, Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical, Instrumentation or Chemical Engineering disciplines are eligible for the PGDCEM course. For ADCEM course the applicants should have a diploma in Biomedical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Mechanical or Medical Instrumentation

Engineering. The courses will cover different aspects of product development, production, quality control and marketing of various pharmaceuticals, medical devices and services through distance education. These programmes will also be supported by contact classes and will comprise two semesters of six months each. The curriculum has been designed to fulfill the requirements of healthcare institutions, procurement service agencies and equipment manufacturers. The courses which were started last year mainly aim to address the shortage of skilled manpower faced by the healthcare sector in these two areas. For more details regarding the courses visit www.hllacademy.in or contact 0471 2330447.

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Learn new things through online courses e

dX is the online learning initiative from Harvard and MIT that has provided world class online courses to millions of learners worldwide. They offer courses in subjects that span the gamut of business, computer science, and even nutrition. And it’s completely open: anyone with an Internet connection can take these free, online classes and work toward their 2015 goals. A breadth of new courses with world renowned professors will soon become available on the edX platform in 2015. These new courses will help students:

CODING AND PROGRAMMING

HarvardX: Introduction to Computer Science CS50x is Harvard College's introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for majors and non-majors alike, with or without prior programming experience. An entry-level course taught by David J Malan, CS50x teaches students how to think algorithmically and solve problems efficiently. Students who earn a satisfactory score on nine-problem sets (ie programming assignments) and a final project will receive a certificate from HarvardX. This is a self-paced course – you may take CS50x on your schedule. You can take this course anytime MITx: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python This course is the first of a two-course sequence: introduction to computer science and programming using Python, and introduction to computational thinking and data science. Together they are designed to help people with no prior exposure to computer science or programming learn to think computationally and write programs to tackle useful problems. This course starts January 7th, 2015. Electronic Interfaces: Bridging the Physical and Digital World This course teaches the fundamentals for engineering electronic interfaces between the physical world and digital devices. Students can expect to cover the material of a traditional first circuits course with a project-based approach. This course starts 20 January 2015!

FUNDAMENTALS OF NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

UC BerkeleyX: The Science of Happiness We all want to be happy, and there are countless ideas about what happiness is and how we can get some. But not many of those ideas are based on science. That’s where this course comes in. The Science of Happiness teaches the science of positive psychology, which explores the roots of a happy and meaningful life. Students will engage with some of the most provocative and practical lessons from this science, discovering how cutting-edge research can be applied to their own lives. This course can be taken anytime. WageningenX: Introduction to Nutrition – Food for Health Scientific studies indicate that what we eat has a profound impact on our current and future health. Many people want to eat a healthier diet but are torn between the numerous conflicting and very confusing messages thrown at us by healthcare professionals, self-professed nutrition consultants, journalists, and even academic scientists. Most people lack a basic understanding of nutritional science to judge whether these messages carry any credibility. Under the mantra “you are what you eat” this course will teach you the basics of human nutrition and provide you with a solid background to understand and appreciate the importance of nutrition for human health. This course starts January 12, 2015. McGillX: The Body Matters This course examines the benefits of physical activity, how to prevent injuries, and what to do when injuries occur. The course will include content from leading international experts in multiple fields related to the science of exercise. This course starts February 25, 2015.

TAKE A PRODUCT FROM CONCEPT TO MARKET

MITx: Entrepreneurship 101: Who is your customer? In this course, you will learn through the stories of MIT entrepreneurs, how to go from idea or technology to the necessary understanding of who will buy your product and why. Specifically, you will learn how to identify prospective customers, interview them and finally, select the right customers for your business. This course starts January 9, 2015.

Kiran 2015 celebrates ‘Unity’ T 18

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he students of KC College, Churchgate is organizing their annual cultural festival, Kiran, on January 16 and 17 at KC College. The theme for this year’s Kiran is ‘Las Unite’ which means ‘United’. In its 17th year, Kiran 2015 promises to provide a high dose of fun and excitement. This year’s theme focuses on highlighting the fact that unity is the major factor to achieve heights of success. Kiran has hosted renowned playback singer, Alka Yagnik, popular comedian Cyrus Broacha for the inaugural ceremony, and Jacky Shroff and Vivek Oberoi for the

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closing ceremony of the festival last year. In the past years, Kiran grabbed attention of several eminent personalities who graced it with their presence. Kiran 2015 hosted Shaleen Bhanot, Mohit Jadhwani and Anjum Farooqui for its Curtain Raiser held on December 16. Anjum Farooqui says, “I always wanted to do BMM from KC, but distance played the role of villian, but today I am glad to be here.” “With Kiran, we wish to provide a platform to all the students to showcase and hone their talents. Our students have worked very <<Anjum Farooqui and Shaleen Bhanot

Creating an industry and a brand

hard to ensure that everyone enjoys to the fullest,” says Manju Nichani, Principal, KC College. In a bid to make a difference to the society and to channelize the positive energy of the students for a cause, Kiran 2015 supported the victims of the recent Peshawar attack by organizing a peace march for the same. "The team is working hard every day to make Kiran a success. We want to attach Kiran with several social issues this year as we believe that a college festival can mean more than just fun and frolic,” says Shravan Manghani, Chairperson, Kiran 2015.

‘Dalmia Lions Utsav 2014-15’ contributes to rebuilding of Kashmir S

iddhartha Pahwa, CEO of Meru Cabs visited IIM Indore Mumbai Campus to interact with PGP students recently. Pahwa had a diverse experience of more than 16 years in companies like Abbott Healthcare Pvt ltd, Piramal Healthcare Limited, Unilever and PwC before joining Meru Cabs. Pahwa completed his studies from ICWA and ICAI. Pahwa shared his journey in building the Meru brand in the taxi services industry. He said that Meru relied on data processing and analytics in order to strategise their business and gave insight on cost benefits of using taxis over owning a car, which they wanted people to understand to make the business a success. Pahwa said that Meru provided value through continuous technology implementations. He shared different innovative technology systems which they have implemented in order to improve convenience to customers and employees and which has also helped them save costs. For example they implemented Home button for the driver which tells one when the driver wants to go home and as it is pressed it gives the driver opportunity to take a drop in the direction of his home. Similarly, they

have implemented a number of selflearning innovative algorithms and gave sheer importance to technology to thrive in the market and provide differentiated services. Pahwa, expressing his grief on the unfortunate incident in Delhi, said that customer’s safety is Meru’s primary concern and they can never compromise with anything for the sake of that. They implemented an advanced tracking mechanism and made the driver identification process strict in order to ensure a safer ride to the customers and their family members. Pahwa concluded the lecture by sensitizing participants about how they can grow their business by creating a story or mission and bringing momentum to back it. He insisted that it is necessary to align the organization with the company’s goal to make profits and cut costs. According to him some things can’t be compromised even if the business needs to be shut down. The whole session gave a good insight to the participants about how to create a brand and transform any business with constant technology implementation and focused leadership.

tudents of Prahladrai Dalmia Lions College of Commerce & Economics, Malad (W), Mumbai collected a sum of Rs 31,000 through their inter-college festival extravaganza – ‘Dalmia Lions Utsav 2014-15’. This amount was donated by cheque to ‘Seva Sahyog Foundation,’ an NGO working for the benefit of Kashmiri people, informed the organisers. ‘Dalmia Lions Utsav’, that has been around for the past 25 years is an inter-college festivals in the suburbs of Mumbai. Every year, the Dalmia Lions Utsav’s theme has a direct connect with the youth. This time being the Silver Jubilee year of ‘Dalmia Lions Utsav’, the theme of the festival was dedicated to the people of Kashmir, who have endured unimaginable suffering due to the floods that ravaged the valley. Therefore as a tribute to the people of Kashmir, the theme of ‘Dalmia Lions Utsav 2014-15’ was ‘Restoration of Paradise (Lost)’.

<<Ms. Shakti Munshi, Associate, Seva Sahyog Foundation receiving the Cheque from the hands of Lion Shyamsunder Ruia at the final ceremony of Dalmia Lions Utsav 2014-2015 “This is the reason why they decided to give a portion of the proceeds of the festival to Seva Sahyog Foundation,” explained Lion Sharad Ruia, Chairman, Prahladrai

Dalmia Lions College of Commerce & Economics. The ‘Dalmia Lions Utsav’ attracted about 5,000 students from over fifty colleges in Mumbai.

Painting the future of students A

n activity was conducted by the young members of the Rotaract Club of Mulund South at a tribal village named Masrondi in Mamnoli, Murbad District recently. A project called 'Gharonda' has been initiated to uplift this village through various activities and projects every month. The team decided to spend the last weekend of 2014 in the village, renovating and painting some smiles and impacting young lives under the project name 'Paint the Future'. 15 hours of painting, 16 Rotaractor members and one entire classroom of smiles on the face of the kids made the last weekend of the year memorable.

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« ADMISSION ALERTS SCI-TECH EXHIBITION AT VIIT

What: Sci-Tech Exhibitions for school students & teachers as a first step towards a wider goal of integration. An intimate interaction between students and teachers of schools and colleges and the industry personnel during 'SciTech' could help evolve a synergy between Science, Technology and Engineering and could be a role model for many institutions to follow in future. When: January 2 and 3, 2015 Where: VIIT Campus ‘E’ Building A vibrant and economically prosperous India needs a technically strong and innovative manpower. This requires a seamless intertwining of Science, Technology and Engineering into one trilogy. Science, which tries to understand the basic phenomena of nature, is the fountain head of all the Technological developments. Another trilogy which is the backbone of Human Resource Development is that of Schools, Engineering Colleges and Industry. In today’s scenario there seems to be disjointedness in both the trilogies. Hence, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology a premier engineering college, known for its academic excellence in engineering education, run by Bansilal Ramnath Agarwal Charitable Trust, Pune, is making an attempt to bring a sense of coherence by organizing a Science and Technology or 'SciTech' Exhibition as a first step towards a wider goal of integration. An intimate interaction between students and teachers of schools and colleges and the industry personnel could help evolve a synergy between Science, Technology and Engineering and could be a role model for many institutions to follow in future. The foundation of basic ideas is laid in the schools by the Science and Mathematics teachers. These teachers play, therefore, a very important role in shaping the perception of the students. Hence, in order to equip them with visualization techniques, in the form of models and animations, which would connect the basic concepts with the applications in the real world, VIIT has taken the step of inviting them to participate in the Science Exhibition. SciTech – 2015 will include exhibits, prepared/modeled by the students from FE to BE of all programs at VIIT, along with interactive Fun-Tech games and a platform for interaction with industries for possible student mentoring. They have a vision of seamless confluence of Schools, Engineering Colleges (like VIIT) and Industry to create valuable human resource for a technically skilled and prosperous India. In line with this vision, they regularly schedule an outreach program inviting students of XI std, from colleges/schools within Pune, for the exhibition, with the objectives of firstly, strengthening their foundation in science and Mathematics; secondly, by viewing the exhibits put up by students, basic concepts could be linked with applications in the real world. Contact: Dr Rohini BhaleraoPanajkar, Head E&AS, VIIT – 9890210747

WAT(ER) IS THE MATTER?

Your response in film could win you Rs 1,00,000. For BASF’s 150th anniversary, they are joining hands with 48 Hour Film Projects to come up with a contest that invites budding filmmakers to participate in a short documentary film making competition on Mumbai and its Water Challenges to win the coveted cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. The guidelines for the same are as follows: The film should be around 3-5 minutes in duration. Films should be shot in HD resolution using DSLR, Point and Shoot or mobile phone cameras. Minimum resolution for the film is 1920x1080 Submission deadline for the film is January 4, 2015. The winning film will be screened at the The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly Prince of Wales Museum on January 20, 2015. For more information, registration, submission and terms & conditions log on to: www.basf.com/ water-is-the-matter.

25,000 to cook noodles in solar cookers MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014

“We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves.”

—-Galileo Galilei

aha Surya Kumbh applies the same belief and hence they allow the future of the country to experience and discover alternative means of clean energy. Inviting the school children to this mega event and giving them an opportunity to cook their favourite dish of noodles in solar cookers is like taking them a step closer to nature and conserving energy. Scheduled for January 15, the event is receiving unprecedented interest from different sections of society. The target is to break their own record and bring 25,000 children together. On one hand it will be a message according to the Clean India Campaign because it cuts down pollution and on the other it will save the overused energy sources like gas, coal, etc. “The purpose of Maha Surya Kumbh activity is to invoke a mass level awareness of the

<<Children with the solar cookers and (below) an image of the solar cooker practicality of using solar energy, induce amongst young children a sense of innovation, simplicity and can-do feeling

by staging a historical event using an ultra simple solar oven. It can cook most routine items like rice, vegetables, cake, soup for one or two people. Being portable it can be carried anywhere in a back pack,” says Dr Alka Mandke chairperson of Keshav Srushti. While after the event the children will be taking the Suryakumbh solar ovens back to their home and continue using it, the organisers believe that this experience of using simple innovations to address complex global problems along with 25,000 others will excite the children to think simple, act radical and dream big. After the grand success of staging Surya Kumbh – the

Guinness World Records accredited World's Largest Solar Cooking Festival held last January, Keshav Srushti and Professor Rajendra Singh Oorja Abhiyan (PRSOA) are set to welcome the coming new year on an even mega scale with an ambitious Maha Surya Kumbh. Organised by nonprofit organization ‘Keshav Srushti’ in collaboration with PRSOA, SuryaKumbh 2014 was a huge success, where 3,484 students had participated at a time to cook on solar energy. More then 30 per cent of the children continue to use solar cookers at home to warm food, cook rice or noodles and even for making tea.

People’s choice entrepreneur T

he TATA First Dot, powered by NEN, is inviting the public to vote online to determine five people’s choice winners in the competition for best student start-ups. The last day for voting is January 15, 2015. Launched in early October, Tata First Dot powered by NEN programme consists of multiple phases of regional workshops, bootcamps, two competitions, national conference and mentorship. In its first phase, 20 regional workshops have been held across the country attracting participation from over 1,600 desirous student entrepreneurs, featuring business-modelling, panel discussions and entrepreneur interactions. The platform this year has further introduced special bootcamps and unique online courses. Bootcamps are being conducted in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Jaipur, Delhi and

Kolkata where students are mentored and coached to pitch their businesses in a two-day intensive programme. The online courses and mentoring clinics are targetted at all potential and aspiring entrepreneurs, to help them learn the basics of entrepreneurships through video content and mentoring clinics. The next phase of the programme has two competitions running in parallel – the jurybased Tata First Dot National Competition and public voting based-Tata First Dot People’s Choice Competition five peoples choice winners of the competition for best student start-ups will be determined by the public through online voting and the general public is invited to vote online for their favorite start-ups. The detailed profiles of the 55 shortlisted student ventures

have been showcased on the Tata First Dot website. In the jury-based Tata First Dot National Competition, five best student ventures will be selected by an eminent panel of judges on business parametres after a process of validation and short-listing by NEN experts. Sashi Chimala, executive vice president, Wadhwani Foundation, said, “This is a great time to be an entrepreneur in India. More and more students are starting up, and this could not be more evident than in the number of student entrepreneurs who have nominated their start ups to participate. We are delighted that the First Dot platform continues to add value to our young entrepreneurs by mentoring, supporting and showcasing them.” In the third phase of the program, the National

Competition winners along with the People’s Choice winners will be felicitated during Tata First Dot national conference scheduled to be held in 2015. The conference will feature interactive sessions with entrepreneurs while also including opportunities to network and have discussions with business leaders, 1:1 mentoring sessions, simulation games and select startups showcasing their ventures The 30 best shortlisted student start-ups, including the top five winners from the Tata First Dot People’s Choice Competition and top five winners of the Tata First Dot National Competition, will receive professional mentorship via the NEN mentoring platform and will also get networking opportunities with entrepreneurs, angel investors, mentors, experts and other student start-ups.

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4) Stick pieces of magnet on the reverse side of the designed canvas using fevicol MR.

and a honey bee on a canvas sheet Project Name: Fridge Magnets using yellow carbon paper. Craft Category: Canvas Painting Sub Craft Category: Canvas Painting 2) Outline the lion using 3D Cone Outliner – red, the bird with yelAge Group: 12 year and above low, the fish with white, and the Material: 3D Cone Outliner – red, honey bee with black. yellow, white, black, water based – glass colour – tomato red, golden 3) Colour the bird using water based glass colour – tomato red, crystal yellow, crystal green, sea blue, green and golden yellow. Colour orange, brown, fevicol MR, fine art the fish using water based glass canvas, magnet, yellow carbon colour – sea blue, orange and red. paper. Colour the honey bee using water based glass colour – brown, goldMethod : en yellow and sea blue. 1) Draw a picture of a lion, bird, fish

aking up late and ending up bunking the most important lectures? Or fixing up a date and ending up reaching late resulting in a “not so good mood” of your girl friend? As the case may be. Punctuality is one of the most important elements not just in case of a date or a lecture, but for every meeting you fix, decisions you need to take, clients you need to visit, projects you need to supervise. In every aspect, effective management of time is the soul to reach the goal. Owing to this, I am focusing on how one can do the things planned or the dates fixed on time. There may be many ways but a strategy that I use is 'backward planning'. Backward planning is a strategy that is adopted by navy forces to plan out disasters on the frontiers in the stipulated and decided time. However I feel it would be more useful in case of the

management students. In this strategy you plan everything backward. For example, you have a lecture at 8 am in your college and hence your plan will start from 8. Now let’s go backward. For example you need about an hour to reach college from your house (it may differ with the distance, college and individual) and thus you need to leave house by 7am. Once this is done you plan out the time required for you to have your breakfast. Consider you require 10 minutes for your breakfast, and may be 20 minutes for rejuvenating your body and soul in a hot shower and another 10 minutes for exercise (if you really do) and may be 15 minutes to dress up. Thus in order to reach your destination on time, you need to wake up 10+20+10+15+60 = 2 hours approx in advance. That is at 6 am. And if you complete all your work in the time planned by you, you surely will be able to plan out the best date and not be tagged with the word 'LATE' ahead of your name. Wish you a Happy Backward Planning.

Here’s a look at some simple Do It Yourself activities by Craft Expert, Fevicryl Hobby Ideas that can be undertaken by children at home rose pink, orange, cherry red, 5) Colour the holder using white. spring green, black, blue, green. 6) Attach the pencils to the holder using shilpkar. Leave it to dry.

Project Name: Pencil Stand Craft Category: Clay Craft Age Group: 11-13 Material : Pearl colour – white, rose pink, orange, cherry red, spring green, black, blue, green, pearl metallic - copper, no stitch fabric glue, shilpkar resin base, fine art brushes. Method: 1) Mix shilpkar resin base and hardner to form an even dough. 2) Make long even coils, cut them in different sizes and taper the shilpkar at one end forming a cone to shape it into a pencil. Leave it to dry. 3) Make an even slab from shilpkar and cut five equal squares of three inches and paste them in semi dried state to form a square holder. 4) Colour the pencils using white,

Backward-Planning: A manager’s smart-tool

Murtaza Rupawala

MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014

the World race, Dusty (Dane Cook) has now become a world famous celebrity and made a very successful career out of racing. He has become one of the best racers in the world. But just as he is basking in his success, a tragedy unfolds at Propwash Junction. Dusty learns that his engine gear box is damaged, so he must find a new career. Dusty volunteers to join a dynamic crew of elite aircraft devoted to protecting historic Piston Peak National Park from raging wildfires. He is set to become trained and certified as a firefighter. He’s sent away to a training center in Piston Peak. Within no time he learns the job,

but he has to control his speed, lest he loses control, his gear box gets damaged and his plane crashes. When a massive wildfire threatens the park, Dusty with the help of his fearless colleagues Blade Ranger, Dipper (Julie Bowen), Windlifter, Cabbie and the Smokejumpers all team to help out put out the fire. Dusty soon learns what it takes to become a real hero. So fasten your seat belts and get ready for nonstop action and neverbefore-seen aerial action. The only bonus feature on the DVD is the Animated Short film “Vitaminamulch: Air Spectacular”. — Verus Ferreira

DVD REVIEW

PLANES - FIRE AND RESCUE Rs. 599/Voices of: Dane Cook, Julie Bowen, Stacy Keah, Brad Garrett Director: Roberts Gannaway

F you have seen Disney’s first movie Planes and enjoyed it, then this sequel is a must for you. It’s a movie that people of any age can enjoy watching and honors the nation’s firefighters at the same time. It’s a heartwarming comedy – adventure that has a very good message about sacrifice and the meaning of a true hero. It’s explores how people deal with life after their dreams and careers are taken away by no real fault of their own. It explores the choices people make in life and why people sometimes give up a career in the spotlight to pursue a career helping others. It examines the relationship between family and close friends. After winning the Wings Across

AFTERNOON REVIEW CONTEST

Who is the best racer in the world? a) Dusty b) Windlifter c) Blade Ranger

Which national park do the fire fighting operations take place in?

a) Cubbon National Park b) Piston Peak National Park c) Sanjay Gandhi National Park

What lesson does Dusty learn? a) To be a racer b) To be a great firefighter c) To be a hero

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NEWS IN BRIEF

Anti-PK protests spread

COLD WAVE... A mother and her child wrapped in woollens walk in the biting cold in Allahabad Railway Station on Tuesfay.

Six new airlines to start operations in 2015

Six new airlines are expected to fly the Indian skies next year, the government said on Tuesday as it asked states to join hands to promote regional connectivity and help the aviation sector meet its burgeoning losses by reducing taxes on jet fuel. "Most of the airlines in the country are reported to have incurred losses and some airlines are struggling to stay afloat despite a high (air traffic) growth rate," Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said at a meeting in New Delhi.

Over 8,600 men nabbed from 'women only' coaches

EW DELHI/MUMBAI: Protests by Bajrang Dal activists against Aamir Khan blockbuster 'PK' spread to more places on Tuesday even as a saddened Rajkumar Hirani, the film's director, rejected allegations that it was disrespectful to Hinduism and said it upheld the true spirit of religion. Activists of right-wing outfits Bajrang Dal and Hindu Sena staged a protest outside a cinema hall in Central Delhi, demanding a ban on the film for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The demonstrators also burned posters of the movie, which takes a swipe at organised religion and godmen, and demanded that an FIR be registered against its makers and the star cast. "Some agitators staged a protest outside Delite cinema. They were detained and taken to the nearby police station," said a senior police official. Protesters also raised slogans against the movie demanding ban on its screening across the country. In Uttar Pradesh, the activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini entered the premises of 'Prasad Talkies' in Bareilly,

Bajrang Dal activists tear hoardings of 'PK' while protesting its screening at a movie theatre in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.

tore posters of the film, forced the theatre officials to cancel the show besides burning the effigy of Aamir Khan. In a statement, Hirani, 52 , said he had no intention to hurt anyone's sentiments and maintained that the Aamir Khan-starrer upholds the true spirit of religion while condemning "only the abuse" of it. "I'm deeply saddened and concerned about the protests by some groups against our film 'PK'. On be-

half of the entire team of 'PK', I would like to clarify that we respect all religions and faiths," he said. "Our film is inspired by the ideas of Sant Kabir and Mahatma Gandhi. It is a film, which brings to fore the thought that all humans who inhabit this planet are the same. There are no differences," he said He appealed to the protesting groups to see the film in totality and not just isolated scenes. "Our intention is not to hurt

More than 8,600 males travelling illegally in 'women only' coaches of the Delhi Metro were nabbed and de-boarded this year, an official data has revealed. These males, across various age groups, were apprehended by the officials and special squads of CISF during this year. A total of 8,666 male passengers were apprehended from the all-women coaches of Delhi Metro.

anyone, or to discriminate against any religion. I would once again like to assure them that I have the highest regard towards all religions, and that we respect all religions and faiths." The film, which was released across the country on December 19, has already earned Rs 246.32 crore at the Indian box office.

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Cars, durables to be costlier from Jan as excise sops end

EW DELHI: It may not be Happy New Year for consumers as prices of cars and durable goods like TV and fridge will go up from Thursday as government will end excise duty incentive, a move that will help it garner up to Rs 1,000 crore in the remaining three months of the current fiscal. "The government is not extending the excise duty concessions on the auto sector and consumer durables," a senior finance ministry official said. Excise duty on small cars, scooters, motorcycles and commercial vehicles was reduced to 8 per cent from 12 per cent previously. For SUVs, it was cut to 24 per cent from 30 per cent; for mid-sized cars, to 20 per cent from 24 per cent and to 24 per cent for large cars, from 27 per cent.

Amidst protests in several parts of the country against the screening of Aamir Khanstarrer 'PK', the Information & Broadcasting Ministry yesterday said it cannot act on a film once it has been cleared by the Censor Board. Speaking to reporters here, Minister of State (MoS) for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, however, added that state governments could act depending on the law and order situation. Citizens are also free to approach courts in case they have grievances, he said. Rathore said when a film comes up for release, the Censor Board certifies it and has the authority to see, review the film and ask for certain deletions. "But once the Censor Board certifies a film, thereafter the Supreme Court's guidelines are very clear, there have been past precedent also....And the High Court is very clear on it that the central government cannot act on a film thereafter," Rathore said. State governments are authorised to take action depending on law and order situation, he added.

Regd. Office : Plot No A 1-2, MIDC Area, Ghugus, Dist. Chandrapur, Maharashtra - 442 505. Tel. 07172 285099 /103/398 Fax 07172 285003. Corporate Office : Trade World, “C” Wing, 16th Floor, Kamala City, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel, Mumbai-400 013. Tel.No. 3041 8111. Fax No. 3041 8260 CIN- : L40300MH1977PLC019594 Website:www.lloyds.in / investor@lloyds.in RESULT OF POSTAL BALLOT & ELECTRONIC VOTING Pursuant to the provision of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules framed there under and as per the revised Listing Agreement, approval of the shareholders of the Company was sought through Postal Ballot Process, including voting by electronic means (“ E-Voting”), for the following proposals:

MOUSTACHIOS ALL... Rajasthani artistes welcome the new year in Bikaner on Tuesday.

'Centre can't act on a film cleared by Censor Board'

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Resolution no 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Indians may witness 2 celestial events in 2015

The world is expected to witness four celestial events in 2015, out of which, two are likely to be watched by stargazers in some parts of India. According to calculations, these rare celestial events would begin from March 20 with a total solar eclipse. However, it will not be visible in India, Ujjain's Jiwaji Observatory's Superintendent Rajendra Prakash Gupta told PTI in Indore yesterday. On April 4, 2015, a total lunar eclipse with the sun, earth and moon playing hide and seek would occur, which would be visible in some parts of India. The more than two centuries old observatory's head said that on September 13, a partial solar eclipse would be visible. It would be the second solar eclipse of 2015, but it would not be visible in India. On September 28, a total lunar eclipse would occur which would also be the last eclipse in 2015. It is expected to be visible in Western Gujarat and some parts of Rajasthan.

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MUMBAI | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014

Details Appointment of Shri. Shantanu Mohapatra as Independent Director Appointment of Shri. Bharat Bhushan Chadha as Independent Director Appointment of Dr. Balaram Singh as Independent Director Appointment of Mrs. Bhagyam Ramani as Women Independent Director Adoption of new Articles of Association of the Company incorporating provisions of Companies Act, 2013 Authority to Board of Directors to borrow monies u/s 180(1)(c ) of the Companies Act, 2013 Authority for Creation of Charge / Mortgage On Property of The Company u/s 180(1)(a ) of the Companies Act, 2013 Giving of Loans / Guarantees, Providing of Securities and making of Investments in Securities u/s 186 of the Companies Act, 2013 Authority to enter into Related Party Transactions

The material information with respect to the process of Postal Ballot and E-Voting is as under: Date of Dispatch of Postal Ballot Notice and Forms : November 17, 2014 Scrutinizer for the Postal Ballot and E-Voting : M/s K.C. Nevatia & Associates, process Practicing Company Secretaries Firm Postal Ballot and E - Voting period : November 24, 2014 to December 23, 2014 Date of declaration of the result of Postal Ballot : December 29, 2014 and E-Voting Total number of shareholders on record date (being : 12,556 ( Twelve Thousand October 24, 2014, the date of determining the Five Hundred Fifty Six ) voting right of the shareholders ) The result for Voting on the resolutions is as under : Reso- Votes in favour of the Resolution Votes against the Resolution Total votes casted cast lution cast Valid no Valid Votes % Votes % Valid Votes % Ballots Ballots Ballots 1570 0.0019 143 83655997 100.00 1. 137 83654427 99.9981 6 2070 0.0025 143 83655997 100.00 2. 136 83653927 99.9975 7 1720 0.0021 142 83655497 100.00 3. 137 83653777 99.9979 5 1320 0.0016 144 83656097 100.00 4. 139 83654777 99.9984 5 3020 0.0036 144 83656497 100.00 5. 139 83653477 99.9964 5 4120 0.0049 143 83655997 100.00 6. 135 83651877 99.9951 8 3920 0.0047 143 83655997 100.00 7. 136 83652077 99.9953 7 4920 0.0059 143 83655997 100.00 8. 134 83651077 99.9941 9 3870 0.0158 142 24570573 100.00 9. 134 24566703 99.9842 8 All the resolutions above have thus been passed with requisite majority . For LLOYDS METALS AND ENERGY LIMIITED Sd/Babulal Agarwal Place : Mumbai Managing Director Date : December 31, 2014.

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The fact is that there was not a single sentence reference (not even a word) in my entire speech to either the Reserve Bank or its Governor...One of the many points that I made was that the cost of capital has to be cut down. Any one speaking on the subject of ‘Make in India’ into a manufacturing hub would necessarily suggest this.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Denying reports that his comments that “the high cost of capital was stifling investment” were intended to pressurise RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan to cut rates

BUSINESS BRIEFS Oil Trades Near Five-Year Low

Markets Close Flat

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Wednesday (December 31, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose marginally on Tuesday (December 30, 2014) a net 1.95 points (0.02%) and closed at the 8248 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 8260 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 8268 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until 11.45 a.m. It then declined sharply and registered the day’s low at the 8220 points level at 12.17 p.m. The index then rose and turned into a range bound movement to close the day on a flat note. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 48 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 27 were gainers, while 23 closed in the red. Substantial buying was witnessed in consumer durables and power stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in oil & gas and metal stocks. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 6.90%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was neutral. Amongst all the traded stocks, 750 were gainers, 729 were losers and 35 remained unchanged. Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above the slow D line (positive if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now turned flat (positive if it rises). MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero but is now rising (positive). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a neutral bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7909 points level. The next support is at the 7831 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 8334 points level. The next resistance is at the 8581 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 = 8246 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 8223. Support (2) = 8198. Resistance (1) = 8271. Resistance (2) = 8293. 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 above its 5, 15 and 200 days moving averages. Further, the 5 days moving average is above the 15 days moving average. Moreover, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further up move unfolding.Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line and both lines are flat. No signal here. The ADX is falling while the Market Index is flat. No signal here. MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 8227) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 8225) Positive. Is below its 25-day average (at 8342) Negative. Is above its 200-day average (at 7612) Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and 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.

Oil prices traded near five-year lows in thin year-end trade yesterday, as analysts predicted further bearishness in the market owing to rising US production despite a global supply glut. West Texas Intermediate for February delivery rose 15 cents to USD 53.76 while Brent crude for February gained 14 cents to USD 58.02 in mid-morning trade. WTI closed down USD 1.12 to USD 53.61 in New York while Brent fell 57 cents in London to USD 57.88. Both contracts last traded at those levels in May 2009. "We are seeing light volumes in Asian trading... Oil prices have once again touched new lows over longer term concerns about US production levels," Michael McCarthy, chief market strategist at CMC Markets in Sydney, told AFP in Singapore. "Bullishness is contained, and I think we will be seeing a consolidation pattern as we head to the close of the year," he added. Oil has shed about half its value since June, attributed to slowing growth in China and emerging-market economies, a recession in Japan and a near-stall in the eurozone.

Oil Firms Finances Severely Strained

Indian Oil Corp (IOC) and other state-run fuel retailers have piled up inventory loss of over Rs 10,000 crore which together with depreciating rupee has severely strained their finances ahead of a revision in petrol and diesel prices. IOC along with Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) are to decide on revising petrol and diesel prices today, amidst clamour for a rate cut on falling crude oil prices. The firms, however, rue that petrol and diesel prices are not set based on trends in crude oil prices. They are bench-marked against internationally traded rates of gasoline (for petrol) and gas oil (for diesel) as well as rupee-dollar exchange rate Industry sources said rupee has depreciated against the US dollar since the last revision on December 16, making imports costlier.

Tata Housing Cashes Through Google Shopping Festival

Realty player Tata Housing has received booking orders worth Rs 130 crore against 200 units in the three-day Google Online Shopping Festival (GOSF) held earlier this month. The number of units booked this time during the GOSF event saw a four-time jump over the previous year's sale, the company said. "For both luxury and affordable segments, the total booking order is around Rs 130 crore," it said. A host of other developers like Purvankara, Mahindra Lifespaces, HDFC Realty, among others had, also participated in the GOSF, wherein a buyer books a property by paying an initial booking amount. The participating developers had also launched exclusive offers as part of GOSF, like Tata offering units in an affordable housing project in a distant suburb of the financial capital.

Sebi Bans Karmbhoomi Real Estate From Raising Funds

Continuing its crackdown on illicit money-pooling schemes, Sebi yesterday barred Karmbhoomi Real Estate from raising funds from the public with immediate effect and directed it to not launch any new scheme. Based on a preliminary probe, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) found that Karmbhoomi was running 'collective investment schemes (CIS)' without obtaining requisite certification. In an order today, Sebi whole time member S Raman said: "I find no other alternative but to take recourse to an interim order against Karmbhoomi and its directors for preventing them from further carrying on with its existing fund mobilising activity by launching CIS, without obtaining registration from Sebi in accordance with law".

Mahesh Narayanan Joins Tonic Media’s Advisory Board

Digital agency Tonic Media recently announced the appointment of Mahesh Narayanan to its Advisory Board. Formerly with Google India as Country Head, Mobile, Mahesh Narayanan is credited with taking mobile advertising in India to the next level and also seen as one of the pioneers in the digital media space. Narayanan comes with over 15 years of experience across businesses in the Mobile, Adtech and Consumer Internet spaces.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Motilal Oswal calls a ‘Buy’ on Monsanto CMP: Rs. 2818

Target: Rs. 3315

Kotak Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on DLF CMP: Rs. 136

Target: Rs. 210

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Airlines Operating Profit Margins At 5-Year High

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Net profit, however, remains a distant destination for Air India, Jet and Spice Jet, and can be reached only after massive recapitalisation of Rs 350 billion, says Crisil Research By A Business Reporter

he last few months have seen tailwinds converging for India’s airlines – such as improvement in demand and therefore passenger load factors (PLFs), a largely stable rupee-dollar exchange rate, and most importantly, a steep fall in crude oil prices. That would mean airlines are set to post their best operational performance in the last five years. At an aggregate level, domestic carriers are expected to post an operating profit of Rs 81 billion in fiscal 2016 - a complete U-turn from the Rs 15 billion loss posted in fiscal 2014. That translates into a spectacular 14 percentage point improvement in

operating profit margin to around 11% in fiscal 2016. Says Prasad Koparkar, Senior Director, Industry and Customised Research at Crisil: “We believe Indian airline companies will have one of the best business environments to operate in for a long time. Falling crude oil prices are a big positive. We expect about 25 per cent lower air turbine fuel prices for fiscal 2016 compared with fiscal 2014. More importantly, the fall is accompanied by an improving demand scenario, unlike fiscal 2010 when the players were unable to benefit significantly due to weak demand. We expect average passenger traffic growth to be about 10-12 per cent over the next couple of years.” Given their current financial position and the improvement in PLF, airlines are likely to retain a large proportion of the benefit of lower crude prices. We could also see a 24 per cent increase in average realisations of airlines due to lower discounts being offered. There’s more tailwind. Despite the entry of new players in the domestic market, competition is expected to be moderate. Existing airlines will go slow with domestic capacity addi-

tions due to the existing financial stress – in fact, Spice Jet has reduced its fleet size from 58 to 37 aircraft in the current year – while capacity addition by new entrants such as AirAsia and Vistara is expected to be gradual. Crisil believes PLFs will improve 300-400 basis points over the next couple of years. But the flight path to net profit for the industry will be another story, especially for three carriers – Jet Airways, Air India and Spice Jet – which account for about 75% of the commercial aircraft fleet in India but over 93% of the sector’s debt of Rs 705 billion as of March 2014. Says Rahul Prithiani, Director, Industry Research, Crisil Research: “We believe reducing losses will be a function of sorting out their capital structures. Today about 15% of their revenues are used to pay interest on debt. Till there is recapitalisation, the sector is unlikely to fly to a net profit at an aggregate level any time soon, though airlines with lower debt burden will turn profitable. To do so, interest expenses will have to halve. This, in turn, will mean a recapitalisation of around Rs 350 billion – primarily for the three carriers.”

Centre To Approach States For Amendments In APMC Act By A Business Reporter

retail traders and food processing companies cannot buy farm output ood Minister Ram Vilas Paswan directly from the farmer. They have yesterday said the Centre will to get it through the mandi."We approach states to bring amend- want to create common national ments to APMC Act for delisting market so that farmer can sell its fruits and vegetables from the produce wherever he wishes to, esambit of this law so that farmers get pecially in case of fruits and freedom to sell their produce. The vegetables and in this we will disamendment in Agriculture Produce cuss and send instruction to states," Marketing Committee (APMC) Act Paswan told reporters in Thiruwould facilitate free movement of vanathapuram. agriculture products in the country, A nationalised market will allow he said, adding the present "Mandi farmers to sell their produces freely. System" has put restriction on At present, farmers have to pay diffarmers to sell their products. ferent fees and taxes to sell their Under the APMC Act, mandis are produce in the APMC mandis, he established at different places said. "Our purpose is to create such within the state and farmers can sell markets where farmers get decent their produce through auction at price for their produce and at the these mandis only.At the same same time timely availability of time, to operate in a mandi a trader fruits and vegetables could be enhas to get a licence and wholesalers, sured for general public," he added.

Govt Approves 8 FDI Proposals Worth `35 Cr

By A Business Reporter

Sciences International Operations has sought permission for setting he government has cleared eight up a proposed LLP with an investforeign investment proposals ment of about Rs 30 crore. While, worth about Rs 34.77 crore includ- Life Positive seeks to increase foring that of CSC Computer Sciences eign equity participation from exInternational Operations and Life isting 96% to 99% and induction of Positive Pvt Ltd."Based on the rec- further FDI of about Rs 4.61 crore by ommendations of Foreign Invest- foreign collaborators, reports PTI. ment Promotion Board Among others, government (FIPB)...Government has approved cleared proposals of Mahanagar 8 proposals of Foreign Direct In- Gas Limited, Medicamen Biotech vestment amounting to Rs 34.77 Ltd, TutorVista Global Private Ltd, crore approximately," an official re- Ventura (India) Pvt Ltd, Syssmart lease said yesterday. Services LLP and Mahindra CIE AuThe UK-based CSC Computer tomotive Ltd.

Meanwhile, the Economic Survey has also pitched for amendments in the act and suggested that the centre use constitutional powers to end monopoly of wholesale markets and replace coercive state laws affecting the food market. The state laws are a major hurdle to modernisation of the food economy as they have artificially created cartels of buyers who possess market power, the survey had pointed.

IT Giants Keen On Upgrading Sebi’s Fraud Detection Tool By A Business Reporter

from agencies to work on the design, supply, installation, configuechnology giants from India ration and maintenance of the and abroad, including Wipro, system. "Submission date of reTech Mahindra, IBM, HP and HCL, quest for proposal for the capacity have evinced interest in Sebi's pro- augmentation/upgrade of its Data posal to upgrade business intelli- Warehouse and Business Intelligence gathering software which is gence System (DWBIS) on turnkey used for detecting fraudulent ac- basis has been extended to Janutivities in capital markets. Securi- ary 15, 2015 (3:00 PM)," Sebi said ties and Exchange Board of India in a notice. In a tender notice last (Sebi), which had last month month, the market regulator had floated a tender to upgrade the said that it "envisages field upsoftware, has also extended the gradeable architecture of the systime for submission of bids to Jan- tem to handle the future uary 15, 2015. Earlier, the bids were requirements extending to twice to be submitted by December-end. the current load with the same

IT firms - Wipro, Tech Mahindra, IBM, HP, HCL, EMC and SAS could be some of the bidders for upgrading Sebi's 'Data Warehouse Capacity and Business Intelligence Report Capacity', going by information available on the regulator's website. These firms had approached Sebi with some queries related to the proposal, to which the regulator has responded. Data Warehouse Capacity and Business Intelligence Report Capacity - a software tool used for speedy analysis of data and identification of possible violations like insider trading and money laundering in stock markets - was set up by Sebi in 2011. Looking to upgrade this tool at its data centres in Mumbai and Chennai, Sebi has invited bids

level of performance." While the augmented capacity is proposed to be installed at centres in Mumbai and Chennai, Sebi had also said that the tool may be installed at other data centres, if the existing data centres can't accommodate the new systems. A s per Sebi guidelines, the eligible bidder is required to have "the ability to supply, install, design and implement and maintain the required hardware, operating system, application software (security application, databases) and utilities." Data Warehouse primarily collects transaction and master data from exchanges (NSE, BSE, MCX-SX, USE) and depositories (NSDL, CDSL) on a daily basis and generates reports for users in a highly time-efficient manner.

TV GUIDE

New Year dhamaka

Seen as the ever charming jamai with the affable smile in Zee TV’s 'Jamai Raja', Ravi Dubey aka Sid donned a very different avatar as he shot for Zee TV’s 'New Year Dhamaka – Husn, Jashn Aur Dhoka'. In contrast to his role of the wholesome family man in 'Jamai Raja', Ravi was seen dancing to groovy hip hop tracks and sporting a punk look. Glad to break the stereotype and play a punk, Ravi was seen enjoying his hep and happening look and clicked innumerous selfies. While Ravi is a great dancer, he

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“Everybody who knows me knows how much I love to dance, and I’m glad to have this opportunity to dance at Zee TV’s New Year Dhamaka. My look in this show is of a punk, which is very different from all that I have played onscreen previously. I’m doing some hip hop with other actors on songs like 'Let’s Celebrate This Moment' and 'Party On My Mind'.” 'Zee TV’s New Year Special – Husn, Jashn Aur Dhoka' from 11 pm to 1 STAR PLUS

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Swallowing a snake on TV

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ensured that his co-dancers were at ease too. Talking about his unconventional look, Ravi said,

Hosted by the charming Shah Rukh Khan, will entertain viewers as they prepare for the final goodbye to 2014 and welcome 2015 with open arms. The talent from across the world will captivate the audience with their special demonstrations involving magic, stunts, dance, and acrobatics. Amongst superlative and bright Indian talent will be the Prince Dance Group, chhota packet bada dhamaka Akshat Singh, Hip hop sensations Suresh and Vernon Group, International troupes like Aerosphere who will fascinate people with their skill, Magician Aldo Nicolini and Illusionist James Mores who will hypnotize the audience with shocking tricks and build the aura of excitement and intrigue. Colors, 10 p.m.

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The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Vijay down. Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are the sons of a trade unionist, Anand Verma(Satyen Kappu), who was defeated and disgraced by the management of his firm using his family as bait. Unable to bear the public disgrace father deserts the family, and the sons are raised by their mother(Nirupa Roy)who brings them to Bombay City, who suffers the trials and tribulations of a poor single mother. Vijay Verma, the elder brother, grows up with an acute awareness of his father’s humiliation and is victimized for his father’s supposed misdeeds. In the process of fighting for his rights Vijay, who starts out as a boot polisher and becomes a dockyard worker in his youth, becomes a smuggler and a leading figure of the underworld. Zee Classic, 9 p.m .

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Art talk

paintings on the wall as well as the THE words on the pages was the topic of conversation at Jehangir art gallery at the

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Eye catchers

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green, turquoise blue, lemon yellow embellished with chunky embroidery and semi-precious stones caught your eye as Seema Khan presented her latest evening wear collection along with jewellery label Isharya at Bandra 190. Gauri Khan, Elli Avram, Maheep Kapoor and Tania Deol among many others were there.

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preview of the solo show by veteran artist Deepak Shinde coupled with the unveiling of his book. Rishi Kapoor, Shyam Benegal and Sangita Jindal were there to do the inaugural honours along with the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife Niyati Shinde who read an excerpt from the book. Also present were Sunil Gautam, Samir Mondal, Govind Nihalani and Dilip Dahanukar.

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ANIKET VISHWASRAO, RAJESH PATIL, SHREYAS TALPADE & AJIT BALGI

Wine shine

elegant evening was what it was as Pause Wines presented its classic range of AN wines at Hotel Ramee Guestline. It was a gathering of wine experts, influencers and wine enthusiasts that included actors Shreyas Talpade and Aniket Vishwasrao. Wine sommelier Ajit Balgi enlightened the guests on the intricacies of wine drinking and food pairing with a wine cocktail competition thrown in. And looking happy indeed was Rajesh Patel, chairman and MD, Pause Wines.

Party kick

cheer was in BEER the air at F bar as Carlsberg India hosted

PETER SCHMEICHEL & FAN

a grand evening to celebrate football legend and Carlsberg Group brand ambassador Peter Schmeichelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first visit to India. Football fans, who had participated in the facebook page contest, had a chance to get up close and personal with one of the greatest goalkeepers in football history. And Peter Schmeichel was happy to share some remarkable experiences and valuable tips to all the football aspirants.

KRYSTLE D'SOUZA

NIA SHARMA & SURBHI JYOTI

Lovely dates

BARKHA BISHT

indeed were Sunny Arora and HAPPY Anand Mishra of Marinating Films who were there at Villa 69 to launch the much-awaited

and popular Telly Calendar 2015. Shot in lovely locales in Jordan, it featured the most popular lovelies on the Indian TV screen. They were there sashaying down the stairs and into your heart in a fashion show. Also making their presence felt was Ekta Kapoor, Rakhi Sawant and Dolly Bindra besides personnel from the Jordan Tourism Board.

GIGANTIKA CROSSWORD

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1.Divisor of a fraction(11) 7.Pinata material (6,5) 13.Fairy king (6) 14.Carelessness (10) 15.Crab claw (6) 17.Metal container (3) 18.Suffix with depend (3) 19.Shirt part (6) 22.Distance (7) 25.Customer(4) 27.Gather closely (6) 30.Levy (6) 31.Sugar (12) 32.Debacle (6) 33.Clever (6) 37.Pig house (3) 38.Spicy preserve (6) 41.Be suitable (6) 43.Zodiac feline(3) 44.—-Baba (3) 45.Rub out (6) 47.Grain cutter (6) 49.Ice cream treat(5) 50.Subordinate (6) 52.Baby’s bed (3) 53.Rage (3) 54.Possessive pronoun(3) 55.Bitumen (3)

CROSSWORD NO 224 Nita Jaggi 56.Hauled (6) 57.Leg part (5) 58.Import tax (6) 59. Verily (6) 61. ‘Before’ poetically (3) 62.Egg cells (3) 63. Studies (6) 66.Indian temple (6) 69.Gloss (5) 72.Lasso (6) 75.An apostle (6) 76.Gratitude (12) 77.Female sibling (6) 78.Only known continent of the ‘Dragon Age’ (6) 81.Refuse (4) 83.Childhood illness (7) 88.Norse goddess (4) 89.Conflict (3) 91.Public Call Office(3) 92.Saudi———(6) 94.Commonpet parakeet (10) 95.Chatter (6) 97.IPL league (7,4) 98.Manipulate unfairly(11)

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1.Talk over? (3) 2.Hospital attendant (5) 3.Chop (5) 4.Female goat (5) 5.Cat’s relative (5) 6.Indian yogurt dish(5) 7.Film ‘——-Panther’(4) 8.Iron clothes (5) 9.Enthusiastic (5) 10.Period of 30 days(5) 11.Love god (5) 12.Brink(3)

13.Stubborn (9) 16.Harmonium (4,5) 20.Banished one(5) 21.Call (5) 23.First man on earth(4) 24.Opening (5) 25.European language (5) 26.Praise (5) 28.Join forces (5) 29.Kind of dancer (5) 34.Without help(10) 35.Current conductors (10) 36.After death examination (4,6) 37.Following in order (10) 39.Short wooden club (4,6)

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40.Judgement (10) 41.Happening every two months (10) 42.Property owner(10) 46.Leg bone (6) 48.Kick off (6) 49.Prank (6) 51.Work place (6) 56.Shakespeare heroine (9) 60.Find out (9) 64.Practical (5) 65.Western blot test for HIV (5) 67.Orchard fruit (5) 68.Hat type (5) 70.Dislikes (5) 71.Runs away (5)

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85. Beer (5) 86.Hose down (5) 87. King——- - snake(5) 88.Fix firmly (5) 90.Genesis man (4) 93.Big bird (3) 96.Gibbon (3)

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TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

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BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Aries 10th Paush Shuklapaksha Bharni Mesha (Aries) A.L.I. Bright Red 8

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A very important year for you and you are likely to realize most of your dreams and aspirations. Business interest will grow though initially you may have to invest a lot of money. An important event will put you very much in the limelight. This applies particularly to those in the fields of art. Socially you will be in demand and make many important contacts. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be of medium height with lovely eyes and ruddy complexion. They are honest, generous, forgiving but can be very obstinate. They generally are good in studies and hardworking. They attain success in their career after considerable effort. They generally lead successful life. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Monetary gains through unexpected sources are foreseen. The employed will receive several job offers from rival organizations. If seeking a change this is the right time to switch over, else stay put, you will do well. Matters concerning home and family are congenial. Relationship with mate improves. Family life that has been strained will now improve. Expenses on house and family are likely.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): The financial position being comfortable you may decide to indulge yourself. The purchase of an expensive item of security or investment is also likely. Family life is happy and congenial. Some of you will be making plans to travel, perhaps in the pursuit of a hobby or personal interest or just holidays.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Avoid making important decisions or bringing about any changes today. Just focus on your regular routine for best results. Attend to important issues personally. To maintain peace at home avoid any arguments which can lead to conflict and end in a quarrel.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Any applications made today will bring a favorable response. Students will do very well in their Tests and interviews. Whatever you do may not bring about immediate rewards but if you keep on going with sincerity your efforts are bound to bring adequate results later.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Circumstances are turning in your favor. Concentrate on the target you wish to reach. Your accomplishments so far have been quite remarkable. Though you have not achieved your goal you are moving ahead in the right direction and it is now within your grasp. Matters at home are happy and joyful. There will be a celebration where the family is likely to be reunited after a long time.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You will be surprised at some unexpected gains that are likely to come your way. Bide your time for any new investment. A minor health problem could be irritating. Take time off to devote to a personal interest to relax. Besides you may not have called or spoken to someone who loves you and is waiting.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Keep your options open for you may come upon a good offer which is worth pursuing. Negotiations and discussions held today will go in your favor. You are on the upswing where money is concerned. For those in love romance is growing. It is quite likely that the admiration is mutual. You have an exciting relationship in the offing. Be discreet.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Those in communication, media or travel will get a breakthrough in their career. Artistic and creative pursuits will be rewarding. You will feel the need to be closer to a certain person with whom you can discuss your most intimate thoughts and inner uncertainties.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Meetings and talks will go off very well. Be patient and consider all factors before making a decision. An advance payment will materialize. Loved ones may feel that fun and laughter times are missing. It may be an effort for you to comply but is worth it for all round happiness.

CAPRICORN (December 21 January 19): Uncertainties regarding the future could be upsetting at times. Do not try to seek answers for you may not be very happy with the answers. If you have been having problems in a personal relationship, you may seriously consider a period of separation. Seek proper help or advice.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You will make headway in your work and career through sheer hard work and also through an important contact that you recently made. However, don’t expect immediate results from your efforts. A minor misunderstanding at work should not be allowed to spoil your day. Important developments within the family will make you happy.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): News from overseas is favorable, and some of you will be traveling abroad on invitation from your business associates. You will be offered a large contract that you have been pursuing for a long time. An expected payment, perhaps from someone who is away, is a surprise.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5163 ACROSS: 1 Posture (6) 5 ___ Lincoln : famous US President? (3) 8 In the middle of something (4) 9 Cadence, movement of a tune? (4) 10 Violinist Menuhin (6) 11 Matters which occupy your attention (9) 13 The devil is this (4) 15 Water in France (3) 16 Filing a suit against (5) 17 Appraise, estimate or evaluate (5) 20 One __ _ time : singly (1,2) 22 Wed successor (3) 23 Come next (5) 24 Words of agreement (5) 26 One's cup of ___ : something appropriate or attractive to one? (3) 27 Rude and uncouth person (4) 28 Articulate (9) 31 Study of eggs (6) 32 Fruits or small diagrams? (4) 33 Central points (4) 34 A ___ been : a spent force? (3) 35 Stabbed (6)

DOWN: 1 Fashions (6) 2 Agnostics, gentiles or unbelievers (8) 3 Arabian judge (4) 4 High in office or rank, distinguished (7) 5 French word for `goodbye' (5) 6 Actress Sommer (4) 7 A level expanse of elevated land (7) 12 Attach a label to? (3)

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SUDOKU 2349 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.

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Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: O equals U

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

14 A traditional hawaiian feast (4) 18 Post (4) 19 Recovered from, in a way? (5,3) 20 Robot, machine resembling a man (7) 21 Our national bird? (7)

24 Enlisted ___ : soldiers? (3) 25 Made noise like a donkey (6) 26 Rocks formed from volcanic ashes - "stuff" anagram? (5) 29 Snack (4) 30 English batsman ___ Morgan (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Fade, 4 Chilli, 8 Sac, 10 Obis, 13 Iambuses, 14 Discard, 15 Minted, 17 Coalesces, 21 Ump, 22 Aug, 23 Spa, 26 Sneakiest, 27 Shorts, 28 Narmada, 32 Chainsaw, 34 Anew, 35 Yak, 36 Ennead, 37 City. DOWN: 1 Food, 2 Dais, 3 Lair, 5 Hubris, 6 Lis, 7 Inside, 9 Cad, 11 Bijou, 12 Scalp, 15 Mega, 16 Tope, 18 Ammo, 19 Sans, 20 Cue, 23 Sigma, 24 Aside, 25 Psyche, 26 Stanza, 28 Nay, 29 Away, 30 Anti, 31 Awry, 33 Awn.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2168 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 11 average; 13 good; 15 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: cent, EFFECTING, entice, feign, feint, fence, fifteen, fine, gene, genetic, genie, gent, infect, nice, niece, teeing, teen, tine, tinge

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Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni calls it quits from Tests, Kohli to lead in Sydney

By Chetan Narula

played in Sydney from the 6th of January 2015," the BCCI stated. ELBOURNE: Mahendra The 33-year-old Dhoni, however, Singh Dhoni surprised the did not speak about his retirement cricket world with his sud- at the post-match press conference den announcement of immediate or at the presentation ceremony. retirement from Test cricket, mak- The announcement was made ing way for Virat Kohli to don the through a BCCI press release. mantle of captaincy. The BCCI statement was a bolt Announcement of Dhoni's retire- from the blue as Dhoni, despite his ment after the wicketkeeper-bats- poor overseas track record as capman had played in 90 Test matches, tain, had not given any indication 60 of them as captain, was made that he would step down in the near immediately after India lost the cur- future. Dhoni, who led India to an rent Test series to Australia follow- unprecedented two World Cup titles ing a drawn third Test here. (2007 Twenty20 World Champi"One of India's greatest Test Captains under whose leadership India became the No. 1 team in the Test Rankings MS Dhoni, has decided to retire from Test Cricket citing the strain of playing all formats of Cricket," the BCCI said in a statement. "M S Dhoni has chosen to retire from Test Cricket with immediate effect in order to concentrate on ODI and T20 formats. BCCI while respecting the decision of M S Dhoni to retire from Test Cricket, wishes to thank him for his enormous contribution to Test Cricket and the laurels that he has brought to India," it added. India, trailing 0-2 in the fourmatch series after today's draw, would be led by the 26-year-old Kohli in the fourth and final match in Sydney. Kohli has been India's standout performer with the bat in the ongoing series, having scored three hundreds so far. "Virat Kohli will be the captain of the Indian Team for the Fourth and Final Test against Australia to be

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Dhoni did not take decision in hasteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; By Kushan Sarkar

EW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to retire from Test cricket with immediate effect might have stunned a lot of people but BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said that "it wasn't taken in haste" and came after a lot of "soul searching and deliberations". Although Patel did not divulge details of his discussions with Dhoni, he did admit that he knew that Dhoni wanted to "quit one of the formats" in order to concentrate on remaining two formats. "MS is a very practical man. Today, he called up just after the Test match in Melbourne and told me that he wanted to retire from Test cricket. I asked him "what happened are you injured or what?" He just calmly told me "No, I just want to quit Test cricket for good,". He is an Indian captain and a distinguished cricketer. It's his personal choice and I needed to respect that," Patel told PTI. "I asked him,"Is it your final decision and he told me "Please wait a bit as I want to inform the boys about my decision and then you can make an official announcement. He duly called up and told

me that I have informed the boys and you can go ahead. In the meanwhile, I also contacted chairman of selectors Sandeep (Patil) and Shivlal Yadav. Both felt that we should respect Dhoni's decision," the BCCI secretary said. "I was a bit taken aback by the suddenness of his statement. But we had spoken about it before the

I asked him,"Is it your final decision and he told me "Please wait a bit as I want to inform the boys about my decision and then you can make an official announcement. He duly called up and told me that I have informed the boys and you can go ahead.

MS DHONI FORMER TEST CAPTAIN

Test also. Now what transpired between us is an internal matter but I can tell you that it wasn't a decision taken in haste. It was done after due deliberations," Patel added.

onships and the 2011 ODI World Cup), had been drawing flak for India's poor run in overseas Tests. India have won just six away Tests out of the 30 that Dhoni has captained. Among the most embarrassing defeats under Dhoni were the 0-4 whitewashes suffered in England (2011) and Australia (2011-12).

Besides the team also suffered defeats in South Africa and New Zealand and had been beaten by England yet again this summer. Yet the wicketkeeper-batsman remains one of the most successful captains ever for India, having led the side to the top of ICC rankings in Tests in 2009. With the team continuing to perform badly overseas, pressure was mounting on Dhoni to quit the job with former players and critics questioning his defensive leadership in the longer format. The criticism notwithstanding, Dhoni became the Indian captain to score most runs in Tests, making 3454 runs, going past Sunil Gavaskar (3449), Mohammad Azharuddin (2856) and Sourav Ganguly (2561). In 60 matches as captain, Dhoni had a decent 27 wins, 18 losses and 15 draws to show. In the 90 Tests that he was part of, Dhoni scored 4876 runs at an average of 38.09 with six hundreds and 33 50s to his credit. Dhoni did not play the first Test in the current series against Australia because of a thumb injury. In his absence, Kohli led the team and won accolades for his attacking approach. Many former players declared that it was time for Kohli to take over the leadership from Dhoni given that the incumbent had been struggling to present any fresh approach.

TWEETTHEFEAT Well done on a wonderful career in test cricket @msdhoni. Always enjoyed playing together. Next target 2015 WC my friend!! SACHIN TENDULKAR

Valiant while you led. Valiant in your departure. #Respect @msdhoni. SURESH RAINA

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Congrats Dhoni bhai on your wonderful journey of test cricket.. You will be surely missed. R VINAY KUMAR

Congratulations Dhoni Bhai on a wonderful test career. @msdhoni #respect #CaptainCool. PRAGYAN OJHA

MSDhoni's retirement in midst of test series leaves lot of us perplexed! But that's his prerogative.I'd like 2 wish MSD Happy Retirement!! BISHEN SINGH BEDI Just feeling a bit sad about Dhoni's retirement from Test Cricket. Didn't see it coming at all. SANJAY MANJREKAR

Done alot to promote the game of cricket in India, always sad seeing a good player retire. STUART BROAD

Love the way @msdhoni plays the game ... But it's now the right time for @imVkohli to take the Indian Test team in a new direction..... MICHAEL VAUGHAN

QUOTES

To me it was a real surprise. I thought he will play for one or two more years in Test cricket as he's a very fit person. His overall record overseas has been average, but India does not have the bowling attack to take 20 wickets in overseas conditions. DILIP VENGSARKAR "It came as a surprise, didn't it, that he quit midstream. It (decision to quit) could have been taken earlier. But perhaps he thought it was the right time to hand over the mantle to the next man. I think he has quit in the larger interest of the game. CHANDU BORDE The decision was extraordinary. I feel he should have waited till the end of the series (after January 6-10, 2015 fourth Test at Sydney). He has already missed the first Test (at Adelaide because of a prior injury) AJIT WADEKAR

Tiger Pataudi and Saurav Ganguly had the qualities of building teams, but Dhoni took the team the highest pinnacle - we were number one in Tests besides being ODI and T20 World Champions. ERAPALLI PRASANNA

Indian captain MS Dhoni exchange handshakes with the Australian team, which also turned out to be the skipperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last test match he played for India. The match ended in a draw and Australia takes an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the series. [RIGHT] Dhoni was all smiles after the match.

Australia regain Border-Gavaskar Trophy after drawn Test By Chetan Narula

India's chances of a possible victory. ELBOURNE: AusWith this draw, Australia tralia regained the maintained their unassailable B o r d e r - G a v a s k a r 2-0 lead in the four-match seTrophy after the third cricket ries. Test ended in an exciting The fifth day's play expectdraw with a jittery India just edly turned out to be an inabout managing to avoid an triguing contest between bat embarrassing defeat here. and ball and had Australians Set an improbable target of given themselves some more 384 in 70 overs courtesy time, they could have even Shaun Marsh's 99, India's pulled off a victory at the Melbatting frailty was again ex- bourne Cricket Ground. posed and they survived When play was called off some anxious moments be- after 66 overs, skipper Mafore salvaging a draw. It en- hendra Singh Dhoni (24 no) sured that India won't suffer a and Ravichandran Ashwin (8 'whitewash' this time around. no) survived 11 tense overs to India finished at a nervous bring closure. 174 for six before both the The highlight of the Indian captains decided call off play innings was an 85-run fourth with four overs remaining, wicket stand between Virat bringing an end to a gripping Kohli (54) and Ajinkya RaTest match. Australia needed hane (48) after three quick a draw to regain the coveted wickets saw them reeling at trophy and batted out the first 19 for three at one stage. session to shut the door on Shikhar Dhawan (0) had

another failure while Murali Vijay (11) didn't fire this time round. KL Rahul's baptism by fire cost his wicket as his atrocious shot selection for the second time raised doubts about his temperament at the highest level.

minute stay at the wicket hitting six fours. Cheteshwar Pujara (21) was done in by a beautiful slower from Mitchell Johnson but Dhoni and Ashwin saw to it that India were safe at the end of the day. The final Test will be held at Sydney from Janu6. The final session of the INDIADOWNUNDER ary Test match turned out to be a tricky one for India as Kohli, who got his second 50-plus BRIEF SCORES: Australia 530 score, was gone first ball after & 318/9 in 98 overs [Chris Rogers the break, flicking Harris 69, Shaun Marsh 99, R Ashwin 2straight to square leg. 75] drew with India 465 & 174/6 Pujara consumed 70 balls in 66 overs [Virat Kohli 54, Ajinkya and although didn't score Rahane 48, Ryan Harris 2/30, many runs did eat up preMitchell Johnson 2/38]. cious 16.5 overs help out in forcing the draw for his team. It was first innings centuri- His strategy did work to an exons Kohli and Rahane, who tent, putting on 37 runs for brought about the stability. the fifth wicket with Rahane. Kohli hit seven boundaries in But it was Johnson, who his 99-ball innings while Ra- dismissed the Saurashtra hane also showed composure batsman with a beautifully during his three hour and 16 thought out plan. Pujara was

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hit on the helmet by Johnson in the 51st over and two deliveries later, the shaken batsman was bowled by one that he delivered from wide. It pitched on the middle and then moved enough to clip the off-bail. Four overs later, Rahane mistimed a pullshot off Hazlewood delivery straight to Shaun Marsh at midwicket and India were looking at trouble. There were still 15 overs remaining and the final hour saw Dhoni and Ashwin tested a lot. The latter was lucky as he was dropped by Watson at first slip in the 57th over, when on 1. The duo tightened up and persevered till the end to salvage a draw for their team thereafter. Earlier, Dhawan and Vijay (11) opened the innings with both the Adelaidechase and Brisbane-collapse fresh in mind.

Dhoniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision comes as Kohli in another verbal barrage with Australia a huge suprise: Gavaskar M M

ELBOURNE: Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said that Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement news was as surprising to him as to anybody and he never expected the 'Captain Cool' to quit Tests altogether. "The decision comes as a huge surprise. Though it is not sudden. I was expecting him to step down from captaincy after the Sydney match but did not think he will retire as a player. I still think that he had 2 or 3 more years of cricket left in him," Gavaskar told NDTV. A spate of overseas Test losses forced the 33-year-old captain to call it a day from the longer format after

India's draw at the MCG, which did not save the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from staying with Australia. Gavaskar said the pressure of captaincy can sometimes get too much. "In a captain's life sometimes the burden gets too heavy. This Test match (Melbourne game) was like that. There are times when you try everything and nothing works. And probably that time had come for Dhoni," he said. On reacting to Dhoni's post-match comment of allowing this team some more time and the series a "learning curve" for many a young player, Gavaskar said it was a case of pure excuse.

ELBOURNE: Indian batsman Virat Kohli was engaged in yet another fierce verbal battle with the Australian team on the fifth and final day of the third cricket Test at MCG. The incident happened when Kohli was batting during India's second innings and he survived a narrow run-out chance in the fifth over. Kohli had hit a Mitchell Johnson delivery towards mid-off and ran to the other end to steal a single even as Murali Vijay, who was at the non-striker end, didn't move. Warner fielded the ball but his throw was poor. After the incident, Brad Haddin started saying "It's all about you. It's all about you", while clapping his hands in Kohli's direction. Kohli appeared to gesture

in the direction of the umpires, apparently in protest of the Australians' needling which was audible on Channel Nine's stump microphone. "That would have been a shame, Virat," Shane Watson was quoted as saying by Herald Sun. On Sunday, Kohli had said that he was called a "spoilt brat" by the Australians and it

brought the best out of him as he smashed a career-best 169-run knock. Kohli again had a go at Johnson and apparently said something to him when he was walking off after being dismissed on Monday. In the press conference later, Warner said "whatever happens in the field should stay on the field"

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ELBOURNE: The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has gone out of their grips and at a loss to explain the Indian cricket team's performance, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said his side has been finding ways to trouble itself on an already tough tour. Chasing 384 for a win of the fifth and final day at the MCG, Dhoni and company finished on 174 for six before the two captains decided to shake hands. Australia retained the Border-Gavaskar trophy and Dhoni said they are themselves to be blamed for the result. "We have found ways to trouble ourselves. In all the Test matches so far, I felt we have got good partnerships going and all of a sudden we lose a few wickets and that puts pressure on us," Dhoni said in the post-match presentation. "And also there were quite a few loose shots that were played and I feel that in a Mitchell Johnson celebrates after taking the wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara on the final day of the test match. game like this it is very important that once you are on We have found ways to trouble ourselves. In all the relief to draw the third match. the top, you maintain that "Yes, quite happy with a momentum and you carry it Test matches so far, I felt we have got good draw. The only reason being forward. Make sure that the partnerships going and all of a sudden we lose a that we ended up in a mess in batsman who comes in doesthe last day of the play. But I n't have too much pressure to few wickets and that puts pressure on us. Yes, think the bowlers did a very face." good job," he said. quite happy with a draw. The only reason being After losing the first Test in "(Ravichandran) Ashwin Adelaide by 48 runs and con- that we ended up in a mess in the last day of the bowled really well. Especially ceding the second game in play. But I think the bowlers did a very good job. in the second innings, we reBrisbane by four wickets, ally bowled a good line and 'Captain Cool' said it was a MS DHONI, FORMER INDIAN SKIPPER length and because of that we

were in a position to dictate terms. There was of course lower-order partnership between the opposition batsman and because of that we were taken out of the game." Starting at 261 for seven, the hosts declared only after playing on despite two rain interventions with the score reading 318 for nine. Ask Dhoni about it and he opines that Shaun Marsh, run out on 99, would have been the reason. "I don't really want to comment on that, the reason being it's their stuff. They would be thinking about it. But it gets a bit difficult if you declare slightly late. And when one of your batsman reaches 90 then you have to wait for him. But apart from that I don't want to say much," he said. Smith, standing in his third Test as captain after regular skipper Michale Clarke was forced with an injury, believed otherwise and said that cricket is a team game. "It was all about the series to be honest rather than Shaun (Marsh). That's the way we play. It's a team game. We felt if we left a little bit for then they would have gone after it," Smith said. The record fourth-wicket 262-run partnership between Virat Kohli (169) and Ajinkya Rahane (147) was the highlight of India's first innings and Dhoni was all praise for the batting duo.

Bengal openers get a start after following-on

Aniket scores hat-trick in K Desperadoes’ big win

MUMBAI: Aniket Shipe scored a hat-trick to power Desperadoes SC to an emphatic 8-0 win against Cochin FC in a lop-sided first division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League – 2014-15, played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Tuesdayevening. The other players who contributed towards the win were Prashant Dhanu who netted a brace and one each from Kishore Bamania, Jaideep Patel and Rajesh Damane. In another match of the same division, Goan Sports Association (GSA) also had things much their own way as they stormed to a comfortable 5-1 win against a young Magic Bus outfit. For the winners, Diego Fernandes and Hemant Patil, both struck a brace each and Rakesh Dhanu one, while Mobin Khan netted the lone goal for the losers.

OLKATA: Under-fire veteran opener Arindam Das shrugged off his poor form with an unbeaten 80 as Bengal showed lot of resolve after being enforced followon by Mumbai on the third day of a Ranji Trophy cricket match. After being bowled out for 210, 55 runs short of magic figure of 265, Bengal scored 129 for no loss in their second essay with Arindam batting in company of a very sedate Rohan Banerjee (44, 139 balls). Bengal are looking for a point from this fixture after giving away 204-run first innings lead. Earlier, youngster Abhimanyu Easwaran scored a career-best 85 before Bengal were bundled out for 210 losing their last four wickets for an addition of 80 runs. It was a frustrating day for Mumbai especially after Shreyas Iyer dropped Das batting on six at the gully off Shardul Thakur's bowling. The reprieve cost Mumbai

Bengal batsmen Arindam Das and Rohan Banerjee during the 3rd day of the Ranji Trophy match between Bengal and Mumbai in Kolkata on Tuesday. badly as the senior opener went about his innings without taking any risk while the wicket had little to offer. Mumbai used as many as seven bowlers but none could give a breakthrough before bad light stopped the proceedings more than an

hour before the scheduled close of play. "We could have cracked down had we got the break. It was hard for the bowlers. If the conditions are overcast and gloomy, I'm sure the ball will do something. We are still in a chance to close

them down," Mumbai opener Aditya Tare said. Earlier resuming at 130 for 6, the highlight of Bengal's batting was Easwaran who held the fort with wickets falling at the other end. Kshemal Waingankar gave the first breakthrough when Suvojit Banerjee was bowled in a shocking fashion when the Bengal batsman displayed lack of judgment to leave a delivery that pitched in line of off-stump. Waingankar (2/76) got a second by castling Veer Pratap Singh (14) as Easwaran, who had survived a couple of close leg before calls, threw away his wicket when he tried to pull Wilkin Mota (2/76) by only to be caught at deep midwicket. Brief Scores: Mumbai 1st Innings: 414 lead Bengal 1st Innings 210 in 74.4 overs (Abhimanyu Easwaran 85, Manoj Tiwary 63; Shradul Thakur 5/59) and (f/o) 129 for no loss (Arindam Das 80 batting, Rohan Banerjee 44 batting) 74 runs.

31 Retirement from Tests won't affect Brand Dhoni: Prasoon Joshi By Bharat Sharma

NEW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's brand value worth millions of dollars will undergo a change after his retirement from Tests but it is unlikely that the poster boy from Ranchi will go downhill in the world of endorsements, ad-gurus Prasoon Joshi and Prahlad Kakkar said. "Dhoni has reached a stage where retirement from Tests should not affect his brand value. A brand goes through ups and downs, a brand also has a life cycle. He would now be known for diffferent attributes after today's retirement. His image will go through a change of course but would it be downhill for him? I don't think so," Joshi, an advertising guru and noted Bollywood lyricist told PTI. According to the 2014 figures, Dhoni endores more than 20 brands, charging approximately Rs 13 crore per annum for each product. The 33-yearold is also the sole Indian in Forbes' lists of world's most valuable athlete brands where he is ranked fifth with a brand value of USD 20 million. Kakkar, on the other hand, believes Dhoni's saleability would have dropped had he also quit from ODIs and T20 Internationals. "All sportspersons eventually retire in the mid or late 30's. He now has more time to venture into unfamiliar territory. He certainly does not have to worry about the money. What he has earned by now should be enough for the remainder of his life," said Kakkar. He further said: "Anyway Dhoni's brand value was not because of Test matches, it was because of ODIs and T20. So as long he is playing, he should be fine." Joshi, however, feels that people will look at Dhoni differently. "There is a different dimension added to the personality. Every stage of the carreer brings in differents dimensions and attributes. It is not just about cricket for him. He is seen as a story whose life is good enough for a book or a film," opined Joshi. "Every step somebody takes will change the way the brand is consumed. In his case whether it will take a turn for good or worse it remains to be seen."

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