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ensure the ban continues. We will do whatever is needed to be done to ensure the dance bars don’t reopen. ome Minister R.R. Patil has Had we not banned them, the speed once again made it clear with which they would have invery firmly that the state creased would have given the state a government is determined not to let negative identity.”

“The existing laws pertaining to the dance bars reopen. He also indicated that the government will labour, excise, revenue and women and child welfare departments are sufficient to enforce the ban on dance bars. A meeting of party group leaders in the house would be convened soon on the ordinance issue. We will then go before the cabinet, after which the ordinance will be issued,” he added further.

Showing sympathy towards the police personnel convicted in the Lakhan Bhaiya encounter case, the Home Minister said the state government will back the police personnel. He also assured the soon bring in an ordinance to en- Assembly that all possible help sure that the ban on the dance bars would be given to their families.

The Minister of State for Home, continues.

While replying to a debate on law Satej Patil, too pointed out in the and order in the Assembly yester- Council that the government is firm day, Patil said, “The Advocate Gen- on the ban on bars for which the eral has suggested the option of government is seriously thinking coming out with an ordinance to about bringing in the ordinance.

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MIRACLE BABY Bhayandar toddler survives fall from third floor three-year-old girl miraculously A survived a fall from a third floor apartment window from the ShivBy Suresh Golani

Dham building in the Talao Road area of Bhayandar (East) on Friday afternoon. However, she sustained severe injuries and is recuperating at a private hospital in Mira Road.

The toddler, identified as Bhakti Chawda, was playing on the parapet of the living room window while her mother was busy in the kitchen, when she accidentally slipped in between the gaps of the window grill. Chawda, who sustained injuries on her hands and legs, was rushed to the Bhakti Vedanta Hospital in Mira Road, where she is being treated in the N.I.C.U. “Apart from external injuries on her limbs she is also finding it difficult to breathe. The doctors are checking if the girl has sustained internal injuries,” revealed the child’s relative.

WHEN LEASING MEANS LOSING CAG report pulls up Maharashtra govt, civic agencies on land use

By Robin Shukla

of the original lease premium if they failed to complete conhe Comptroller and Auditor struction in time, it said.

The CAG report, “PerforGeneral (CAG) has pulled up Maharashtra government and mance audit on government two civic agencies for not taking land given on lease,“ was tabled adequate steps to recover lease in the state legislature today, the dues from big corporate houses last day of its monsoon session. such as Reliance Industries Ltd Despite these companies’ failure to complete construction work and Jet Airways.

RIL and Jet Airways were allot- in time, MMRDA did not take ted land by Mumbai Metropoli- any step to recover additional tan Regional Development lease premium amount, which Authority (MMRDA) in the new resulted in a loss of Rs 272.36 business district of Bandra-Kurla crore to MMRDA, the report Complex but they failed to com- said, adding nearly Rs 200 crore plete construction work in pre- are due from RIL alone.

Bennett, Coleman and Comscribed time mentioned in the lease agreement, CAG has ob- pany Ltd (BCCL)’s 99-year lease ended in 2000, CAG said. Municserved.

As per the lease agreement ipal Corporation of Greater these companies signed with Mumbai (MCGM) fixed the lease MMRDA, they were required to amount at Rs.1.18 crore per year, pay an additional lease pre- but BCCL challenged the decimium equivalent to 10 per cent sion in the Bombay High Court,

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it said. The court ruled in 2003 that MCGM should appoint an officer who will decide the lease amount after hearing the lessee (BCCL) and in the interim BCCL should pay lease amount of Rs 50 lakh per annum, the report said.

CAG expressed its disappointment over MCGM not taking any step to decide the lease amount, adding MCGM’s failure has resulted in a huge loss of revenue to the civic body.

CAG also expressed its displeasure over “failure” of MCGM to recover lease amount of Rs.1.12 crore from the American Consulate for 2000-2012 for its premises at Marine Lines.

The report also said there is no uniform policy adopted by the government and its agencies while leasing their lands and hardly any transparency is

CAG expressed its disappointment over MCGM and MMRDA over lackadaisical approach. maintained by these agencies while leasing out lands. These agencies don’t have any policy and machinery in place to check whether the land leased is used for the purpose for which it was given, it added.

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MUMBAI | SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013

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All the six dams have started overflowing, but officials feel that a dry spell could really spoil things The BMC headquarters?

Just behind this huge heap of garbage.

OPINIONS

Do you think that the reopening the of dance bars will increase incidents of crime in the city?

Afzal Hussain PR Executive Yes, bars are often the meeting places for criminals and the reopening of dance bars will only increase crime in the city.

Saurabh Vaktania Journalist Yes, the shootout at the bar in Khar has brought back memories of the gangster era in Mumbai. If dance bars are reopened, crime will obviously increase.

Tahir Beig Cameraman Yes, if dance bars are reopened in Mumbai, there is a chance that criminals will return to their old business, this time being unstoppable.

Parveen Qureshi Homemaker Yes, dance bars will not only contribute to the increase in crime, but will destroy the life of the common man as well.

Rizwan Ansari Businessman Yes, dance bars should not be allowed to reopen in the city. If they do, they will be a big problem for the Mumbai Police.

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By Vishnudas Sheshrao

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or the first time in 25 years, all the six dams that provide water to the city began overflowing by July end. However, officials are guarded in their enthusiasm as ideally, this is how the scenario should be at the end of September.

Significantly, these dams start overflowing towards August end or early September.

M.M. Kamble, who has worked in the Hydraulic department for more than a decade-and- a-half said, “Ideally, all dams should be full around September end if we have to supply sufficient water to the city. In case there is a dry spell in the next two months, the city could face a water crisis by the end of next summer.”

This year, Tulsi dam started overflowing on July 12, then Tansa overflowed on July 14, Modak Sagar on July 17 and Vihar on July 23. The remaining two, Bhatsa and Upper Vaitarna have touched the overflow

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ith the only waste process plant in Mira-Bhayandar drastically reducing its intake of garbage for unknown reasons, residents of Uttan (where the plant is located) are yet again staring at a sanitation crisis. Unmindful of its ill-effects on the environment and subsequent health hazard, contractors deputed by the health department have been rampantly dumping hundreds of tonnes of garbage on the hillocks near the diverted to an adjacent plot where waste process plant in Dhavgi vil- the garbage is dumped with impunity. “Our department has been lage every day.

It should be noted that MBMC was one of the first civic bodies in the state to successfully initiate the garbage recycling plant in 2008.

Run by a private agency--Hanjer Bio-Tech--the plant is equipped to handle 300 to 350 tonne of waste to segregate it and produce bio-manure. As of now the twin city generates an average of 425 metric tonne of garbage every day. However, given the quantum of generated waste, the holding capacity of the plant is now said to be inadequate, prompting the MBMC to seek new avenues to get rid of the garbage.

And they have found a convenient solution; out of the 80 rounds of garbage carriers (compacters having capacity of 5 to 6 tonne) just 12 to 15 find their way into the process station while all others are

Eco-sensitive hillocks MBMC’s new destination for garbage riddance

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issuing show cause notices to the plant operator for his failure on this front, however, he has been giving

mark and water is being released from these dams due to safety reasons.

As on August 2, 2013, total stock of drawable water in all dams was recorded at 11,86,702 litres against the total requirement of 12,50,000 litre. Hydraulic officials said, “We have limited storage capacity. Consequently, after certain level are reached, we have to release the water from the dams.”

Hydraulic Engineer Ramesh Bamble said, “If all dams continue to remain at the overflow mark on September 31, we can comfortably meet a full year’s requirement.” lame and unreasonable excuses.” confirmed a health department official.

“Going by its faulty geographic location, the plant has posed a serious health hazard to locals but now with this type of illegal dumping, not only our farmlands are being destroyed, the sea is also being polluted.” said social activist James Collasso. The civic administration,on the other hand, has been exploring possibilities to find a landfill site at some other convenient location including one that has been identified at a remote place in Vasai.

Rampant dumping on hillocks of Dhavgi village in Uttan

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MUMBAI | SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013

A player of Chess, Bridge and Scrabble And manufacturer of soap Brought to bear and so we’ll hear An exposition that’s very clear On Chanakya’s take on our present woes.

I’m curious to see how it goes.

Now Dhana nanda must regret The gratuitous insult that then set Chankaya on his vengeance plan… and so on and so forth and he kept the audience charmed to the end.

Later, as people flocked to talk to the main speaker, there was a a fan following almost as large for mr Godrej, who is rather a Puck-ish figure who seems most amused at the ways of the world.

But evidently, he was expecting interest, for he had copies of his poem that he handed out with a flourish to anyone who wanted them and we managed to get the last one. Must say he makes for a refreshing change from the usual stereo-typed corporate bigwig. And (according to his own admission), while the Nature’s Basket part had already been done, he put the rest together on Sunday afternoon, the day before the event.

Respect!

Courtesy: nadirgodrej.com

THAT’S the way Nadir Godrej, Managing Director of Godrej Industries and Chairman, Godrej Agrovet, chooses to begin his selfdescription in his eponymous website, and we were a bit puzzled, because the latter is really about his poetry, of which there is a lot.

Last Monday, however, we realized that verse is how he likes to express himself about most things, and verse it was when called upon to speak at the Literature Live event to showcase Pavan K Varma, former bureaucrat, author and cultural advisor to Bihar’s CM, Nitish Kumar.

Sponsored by Nature’s Basket, he delivered 78 lines of verse with total aplomb, the first third of which was a comment on his own company before he segued into the words for the occasion.

“But when it comes to food for thought Good advice should be sought.

For you we have a perfect deal The preparer of our thoughtful meal Is both a historian and diplomat And I’m very certain that Pavan’s knowledge of the present scene And his historic perspective has been

Tit for tat

THE Economist’s Bagehot, (taking off from E.M. Foster) in a piece titled A Passage to Mayfair in the latest issue, describes how the super-rich elite of India are “colonizing the heart of the former British empire.

Just like the Raj masters of old who ‘used to up sticks in May and flee the searing plains for the cooler hills’, India’s super-rich make a “similar migration to London, between June and August.

And while this is not entirely new (maharajas, for instance, used to regularly summer there in the early part of the 20th century), this is a regular influx, especially in tony areas like Mayfair.

Last year, a quarter of the flats sold in Mayfair went to rich Indians

at prices up to $5,400 a square foot. Russians and Europeans between them bought up a similar volume, and these are the guys blamed regularly for pushing up prices.

Then Bagehot goes on to describe the scene during a recent “taking of tea” in the courtyard of a five-star hotel property at the Buckingham palace side of St

James Park, which he says (a bit scathingly) resembles Lodi Gardens in Delhi or the Hanging Gardens at Malabar Hill, with the rich Indians perambulating around it.

“On a recent afternoon, Bagehot took tea in its courtyard with a senior Hindu nationalist politician and one of India’s national cricket selectors. The chief minister of Assam, a member of India’s ruling Congress party, stopped by for a chat, flanked by a pair of mustachioed flunkies. They were succeeded by a pair of Bollywood A-listers, Ajay Devgan and Kareena Kapoor….Each member of this constellation – representing politics, cricket and Bollywood, the

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firmament of Indian celebrity – appeared unsurprised at the encounters. They are what India’s rich and powerful expect in London these days.”

We know, we know. And there is one more similarity pointed out about this reverse colonization. Our former imperial masters’ affection for the jewel in the crown was more transactional than emotuional.

Likewise, Indian business and industry may rush to Britain for the hols, but they keep their money safely stashed elsewhere with comparatively little investment coming to the UK. Neither do they socialize much with the Brits.

Perhaps they are just getting a little of their own back!

French teacher par excellence Ashok Dahanukar, is constantly thinking of ways to make the learning of the language easier for us Indians.

gent who speaks French with a French accent. Contact him at 9870173546 0r 9702307399.

So, are we Indians any good WE have long been admirers of when it comes to speaking correctly, then gives the English Ashok Dahanukar, the quiet French, we asked him out of version. Like so: “Chez la marchande de journaux.” curiosity. He hesitated and made French teacher who lives in Dadar “Une agence de location.” and who has chosen to eke out a a moue. Which, as you must know Comment vous appelez-vous? rather precarious living teaching is from the French, for a pouting What is your name? the language to Indians. Now he or grimacing face and you can Ou traveillez-vous? Whare are has created another assist – a CD see we have been picking up a bit with choice phrases in French for you working? of the language.

Quelle heure est-it? What time people who plan on traveling in “Not so good”, he says, looking is it? the country and don’t want to be around him nervously. And then, L’ae’roport est pre d’ici. The at a complete loss when sotto voce, “ It’s the accent, you airport is near from here. interacting with the locals. know. Very few Indians can pick Quel jour est-ce aujourd’hui?

There are 151 French that up. But so long as they can What time is it today? sentences to do with the things make them selves understood…”

You get the general picture and tourists do in France. Each one he And he did it again – the moue, we urge you to buy a CD from this we mean. repeats twice, clearly and

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Jasvinder Kumar to Jasvinder Manoharlal Sharma Vide Affidavit dated 29-07-2013.

Ornate-C-11903 I, Angela Fernandes, have changed my name to Libania Fernandes Vide Affidavit dated 30th July, 2013.

C-11996 I have changed my name from Mukesh Arjun Habib to Mukesh Arjun Hublikar as per Maha. Gazette No. U-23421.

C-11997 I have changed my name from Kirtikumar Arjun Habib to Kirtikumar Arjun Hublikar as per Gazette No. U-23422.

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NOTICE Abdul Sattar Essa Bhai a member of the Kedy Shopping Co-operative Society Ltd., having address at 233/234 Bellasis Road, Mumbai-400 008 and holding Shop No. 54 on first floor, in the building of the society, died on 16-11-2005 without making any nomination.

The society hereby invites claims and objections from the heir or heirs or other claimants/objector or objectors to transfer of the said shares and interest of the deceased member in the capital/property of the society within a period of 14 days from the publication to this notice, with copies of such documents and other proofs in support of his/her/their claims/ objections for transfer of shares and interest of the deceased member in the capital/property of the society. If no claims/ objections are received within the period prescribed above, the society shall be free to deal with the shares and interest of the deceased member in the capital/property of the society in such manner as is provided under the byelaws of the society.

The claims/objections, if any, received by the society for transfer of shares and interest of the deceased member in the capital/property of the society shall be dealt with in the manner provided under the bye-laws of the society. A copy of the registered byelaws of the society is available for inspection by the claimants/objection, in the office of the society/with the Secretary of the society between 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. from the date of publication of the notice till the date of expiry of its period.

For and on behalf of Kedy Shopping Co-op. Soc. Ltd. Sd/Hon. Secretary Place: Mumbai Date: 01-08-2013

CHANGE OF NAME I, Dinesh Savio Khan, Holder of Indian Passport No. Z2384959 issued at Dubai on 20-03-2012 do hereby state that, Raphael Dinesh Savio Holding Indian Passport No. K5713154 issued at Dubai on 20-03-2012 and presently residing with P.B. No. 40681 Ajman, UAE, and permanent resident of 4/1 Stanstar Apts, Paligrand Church RD, Marol, Andheri East, Mumbai-400 059, is my minor son. I do hereby declare that, I have changed his name “Raphael Dinesh Savio� to “Raphael Davison Khan’ with immediate effect.

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I, Abhishek Sushant Pal, here by state that my Mother’s name is mentioned ‘Sathi’ on my birth certificate. It has been changed to ‘Sankari’ on my SSC certificate. ‘Sathi’ and ‘Sankari’ are names of the same person as declared in the Affidavit dated 23-7-2013.

C-12000 I, Dhirajlal Bhagwandas Sondagar, have changed my name to Dhiraj Bhagwandas Sondagar as per deed poll Affidavit dated 01/08/13.

C-12001 I, Dhirajlal Bhagwan Sondagar, have changed my name to Dhiraj Bhagwan Sondagar as per deed poll Affidavit dated 01/08/13.

C-12002 I, Manharbhai Gordhanbhai Patel, have changed my name to Manhar Gordhanbhai Patel as per deed poll Affidavit dated 01/08/13.

C-12003 I, Dakshaben Manharbhai Patel, have changed my name to Daksha Manhar Patel as per deed poll Affidavit dated 01/08/13.

C-12004 I, Rajeshkumar Markandey Pande, have changed my name to Rajesh Markandey Pandey as per Maha. Government Gazette No U-15559 dated 20/06/13.

C-12005 I, Jui Vijay Joglekar, have changed my name to Juee Samir Raut as per Affidavit dated 1st of August, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Sona Kumari to Sona Raghuvanshi as per Affidavit dated 2nd August, 2013.

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I, Kartik, have changed my name to Kartik Chandrashekhar Tripathi. As per Affidavit dated 2-8-2013.

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I have changed my name from Tariq Gulam Mohammad Ansari to Tarique Gulam Mohammad Ansari as per Affidavit dated 02-08-2013.

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I, Anu, have changed my name to Anu Chandrashekhar Tripathi. As per Affidavit dated 2nd August, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Rajendrakumar Kirtilal Mujpura to Rajesh Kirtilal Mujpura as per Affidavit dated 1st August, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Gufranali Mukhtarali, to ‘Gufranali Mukhtarali Shaikh’ as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. (X-69546) dated 17/11/2011.

C-12012 I have changed my name from Swapnil Umesh Patil, to ‘Sapnill Paatil’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-33580) dated 15/12/2011.

C-12013 I have changed my name from Annie Joseph Udyawarkar to Annie Joseph Rodriguez as per Maha. Gazette No. (X-14454).

C-12014 I have changed my name from Joachim Joseph Udyawarkar to Joachim Joseph Rodriguez as per Maha. Gazette No (X-7873).

C-12015 I have changed my name from Pankajkumar Lakhamshi Soni to Pankaj Lakhamshi Soni as per Affidavit.

C-12016 I have changed my name from Dhukka Khadija Yunus Adamji to Selia Khatija Ammar as per Affidavit.

C-12017 I have changed my name from Khadija Mustaqali Indorwala to Khadija Mushtaali Indorewala as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.03/08/2013.

C-12018 I have changed my name from Zehra Mushtaaqli Indorwala to Zehra Mushtaali Indorewala as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 03/08/2013.

C-12019 I have changed my name from Kutubkhan Mushtaali Indorwala to Kutubkhan Mushtaali Indorewala as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 03/08/2013.

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I, Sabbir Alam Shaukat Ali, have changed my name to Shaikh Shabbir Alam Shaukat Ali as per Affidavit dated 2/8/2013.

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I have changed my name from Mushtaali Hatimbhai Indorwala to Mushtaali Hatimbhai Indorewala as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 03/08/2013.

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I, Miss Mangala Sitaram Waingankar, have changed my name to Mrs Devayani Dinesh Sarmalkar as per Affidavit dated 20/5/2013.

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I have changed my name from Naushad to Mohd Naushad Ansari as per Affidavit dated 2nd August, 2013.

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C-12026 I have changed my name from Abdulla to Abdullah Abdul Rashid Siddiqui as per Affidavit.

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C-12028 I have changed my name from Rupam Kumar Chandrakant Shah to Rupam Chandrakant Shah as per Affidavit.

C-12029 I have changed my name from Vishal Mohanbhai Jethva to Vishal Mohanbhai Jethwa as per Affidavit.

C-12030 I have changed my name from Maheshkumar Ramji Gala to Mahesh Ramji Gala as per Affidavit.

C-12031 I have changed my name from Navinchandra Keshavji Gangani to Navin Keshavji Gangani as per Affidavit.

C-12032 I have changed my name from Akashkumar Vinod Jain to Akash Vinod Jain as per Affidavit.

C-12033 I have changed my name from Jtotsna Vinod Jain to Joshna Vinod Jain as per Affidavit.

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C-12036 I have changed my name from Kantilal Mishrimal to Kantilal Mishrimal Jain as per Affidavit.

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C-12044 I have changed my name from Premlata Nandkishor Agarwal to Urvi Vinay Agarwal as per Affidavit.

C-12045 I have changed my name from Ronak Ravikant Jhunjhunwala to Rishabh Ravikant Jhunjhunwala as per Affidavit.

C-12046 I have changed my name from Mr. Kamal Kishore to Mr. Kamal Kishor Ramawat as per Affidavit.

C-12047 We, Mr. Stephen Allan Monteiro and Mrs. Lenita Sera Monteiro, have changed our child’s name from Liorah Stephen Monteiro to Liorah Stacey Monteiro as per Affidavit.

C-12048 I have changed my name from Neville Brigde Nelson Fernandes to Neville Nelson Fernandes as per Affidavit.

C-12049 I have changed my name from Frenzina Celine Francis Henriques to Frenzina Neville Fernandes as per Affidavit.

C-12050 I have changed my name from Usha Suhas Thakur to Sharayu Suhas Thakur as per Affidavit.

C-12051 I have changed my name from Mayur Ratnakar Mulay to Mayur Ratnakar Mule as per Affidavit.

C-12052 I have changed my name from Hansa Gaurishankar Modha to Heena Gaurishankar Modha as per Affidavit.

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MUMBAI | SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013

Dangerous driving Biker killed, three hurt in Kandivli road mishap

By Zuber Ansari

Bhosle, Parikh was stopped by passersby after the accibiker was killed and dent and handed over to the three people were left in- police. “In her statement, jured after a lady driver lost Parikh said that she pancontrol of her car and icked when Soni, on his bike, rammed into them at the busy Mahavir Nagar Junction in Kandivli (West) on Friday morning.

The woman, identified as Sakshi Parikh, was on her way to South Mumbai when the accident took place.

According to witnesses,

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SLEEPLESS NIGHTS CITY

Students staying awake late as Mumbai University declares results of various courses only after 9 p.m.

By Yatin Ingle

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umbai University’s (MU) declaration of the results has turned into a troublesome affair for students. Since the university has been uploading the results of various courses at around 10 pm, students across the city have been staying awake just to check their marks.

Since the varsity established its online portal, it has been uploading and updating the final year results of various courses on its web-page.

The time for the declaration of results since the last fives years however was in the afternoon. This is the first time that results have been declared and uploaded after 9 p.m., keeping students awake and anxious the entire night until the results are out.

Dr. Madhu Nair, Dean of Commerce and Academic Council Member said, “The staffers of the varsity have been working late and are trying their best to declare

the results in time. Even the deans and heads of departments have been working late to ensure the results are declared. It is true that the results are declared late in the night but the decision is to reduce the commotion caused on the online portal as students flock to check their results.”

Students, however, state that the varsity should give them an exact time and date for the declaration of results, instead of keeping them awake all night.

A student who did not wish to be named said, “We are not informed about the date and time of our results. In anxiety we stay up late to keep checking if they have been declared and remain sleepless more often than not. Why can’t the university give us a fixed date and time?”

As per a declaration by the varsity, the Third Year Bachelors of Mass Media results were declared at 11:32 pm, Bachelors of Mass Media (BMM) at 9.32 pm and Master of Commerce (MCOM)

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By A Staff Reporter Pics: Vishwanath Salian | ADC

From top: The I-card of biker Dilip Soni, who was killed in the accident.

Some of the injured being attended to at the hospital.

The lady driver, Sakshi Parikh, being led away by the Kandivli police.

Parikh was trying to turn left at the junction when the biker Dilip Soni (25) came in her way. In her attempt to stop the car, she stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and ran over Soni, after which she rammed into two autorickshaws injuring one driver and two passengers.

According to the investigating officer PSI Gopal

suddenly came in front of her. Instead of applying the brake, she accidentally stepped on the accelerator,” said Bhosle.

“Parikh has been booked under various sections of the IPC including Section 304 (1) for rash and negligent driving,” added Bhosle.

The three injured are recuperating in a civic hospital.

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public meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 6 at 5.30 p.m. at St. Xavier’s College, on Mahapalika Marg, to protest against the prospect

of having the Right to Information Act amended in parliament, thus curtailing fundamental rights.

Among those expected to speak are Fr. Frazer Mascarenhas, principal of St

Xavier’s College, Julio Ribeiro, retired IPS, Shailesh Gandhi, former CVC, financial journalist and activist Sucheta Dalal, and RTI activist and founder of the Mahiti Adhikar Manch Bhaskar Prabhu.

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In October 2012, the Government gave an assurance to the people of India in a Cabinet meeting that it would not amend the RTI Act. This has now been reversed with the government preparing to amend the Act, a decision that has met with approval across parties.

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Angry over the civic body’s inaction in tackling the pothole menace in Mira-Bhayandar, activists of the local Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) unit, led by the newly appointed district president, Prasad Surve, gifted to Municipal Commissioner Suresh Kakani a photo-frame carrying various pictures of multisized potholes which riddle almost all the roads of the twin-city. “The frame is just a mark of our protest.

As promised by the civic chief, if the potholes are not cleared within a week, we have warned them of launching an MNS-style agitation,” said Surve.

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Charu’s jottings amount to suicide note

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n a breakthrough in the investigation into the suicide of the former head of Tata Steel’s corporate communication, Charudatta Deshpande, the police have unearthed notes in Deshpande’s handwriting where he has mentioned some of the circumstances and names associated with his harassment in the days and months before his death.

These jottings virtually amount to a suicide note with statements that read: “I go without fear, or rancor!”

In a briefing on the progress of the investigations by the joint team of the Thane Rural and Mumbai Crime Branch police, Mumbai’s Joint Commissioner of Police, Himanshu Roy told a delegation of the Mumbai Press Club on Thursday that a police team that had gone to the Tata Steel headquarters at Jamshedpur and had seized Deshpande’s personal computer and was examining as many as 1,000 emails he had stored. “We have interrogated as many as 47 persons so far including the vice-president Partho Sengupta, Ramesh Krishnan Charu’s assistant and the current head of corporate communications.” He added that the investigation was progressing well and was near completion.

Roy said the investigations revealed that Charu Deshpande had no family disputes or problems at home, and that his frustration and disappointment was on ac-

count of his work place and his experiences at Tata Steel.

It was discovered that Deshpande was the first person in Tata Steel – who despite being appointed at the very senior IL2 level of seniority – was not confirmed in service after the completion of his probation.

“In the weeks before his exit in May, depositions revealed that Deshpande’s behavior became more nervous and he began to smoke heavily. In one instance, this even triggered a fire alarm,” Himanshu Roy said, adding: “He developed a sense of frustration because of being sidelined and denied normal travel opportunities which he thought were very essential to fulfill his job profile. Only 2 of his 36 requests for travel were sanctioned. His request for an audience with the senior management was repeatedly denied.”

The Police Chief mentioned that the general harassment against Charu become more focused and sharp after the publication of an article in Forbes Magazine on Tata Steel in Febru-

ary. “The article was not too negative of Tata Steel, but some Tata Steel managers perceived it so, and blamed it on Charu. It has been established that he was uncomfortable with one or two persons; and the harassment by his tormentors only increased after the Forbes article,” he said.

The Police was still examining a lot of data and was keen to fill in some gaps. Police teams may visit Jamshedpur again if so required to complete the investigation soon and to take the case to its logical conclusion, Roy said.

The Press Club, Mumbai, has been closely monitoring the investigation into the shocking suicide of former journalist and public relations officer Charu Deshpande on June 28, and commends the steps taken by the Home Minister R.R. Patil and the Mumbai Police to unearth the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. It is indeed a record of sorts that 47 persons have been interrogated by the police in a case of suicide.

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Father Jayprakash Singh refuses to confirm his son’s innocence or guilt

By Khushboo Panjabi

The case at a glance

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he Navi Mumbai court on August 2 summoned murdered actress Sandhya Singh’s son, Raghuveer, for the hearing on his mother’s murder. However, Singh who has been accused of killing Sandhya on December 13 last year, did not show up in court. His father Jayprakash Singh was present with his lawyer.

With regards to the evidence against his son, Singh said, “I cannot predict anything at the moment about the information gathered by the crime branch regarding my son.

As far as the police custody is concerned, if the information seems ac-

Sandhya Singh went missing on December 13, 2012, while on her way to deposit jewellery worth Rs. 20 lakh at a Nerul bank. Over a month later on January 28, a British birdwatcher led the police to a skeleton in the marshes off Palm Beach Road. A day later, Singh’s family members claimed her remains on the basis of the articles recovered from the spot where her skeleton was found.

Raghuveer Singh, the son, and mother Sandhya Singh.

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middle-aged woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping to death from the bathroom window of her home, sometime in the wee hours of Friday morning.

The deceased, Priya’s body was found only later at about

4.45 am when a car-wash man entered the building to start his job. Priya’s husband, Vinay, who has a computer business, then called up the police, who rushed to the scene. They have recorded Vinay’s statement and of the family’s domestic help, Chetna Rathor.

The car wash man first saw

Disguised extortion The two extortionists being led away by the Navi Mumbai police.

By Khushboo Panjabi

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he Anti-Extortion cell in Navi Mumbai has arrested Yatin Vinayak Nandolkar and Abdul Riyaz Abdul Gani Shah also known as Gajju Maharaj, for trying to extort Rs. 25 lakhs from two sales managers at Arihant Superstructures Limitied in Navi Mumbai.

On July 10 the victims, Tushar Mahendra Khatri and Ashok Bhawarlal Chhajed received constant calls and messages from an unknown person who introduced himself as a member of the Ravi Pujari gang and asked the victims to pay him Rs. 25 lakhs or face the consequences.

“Khatri and Chhajed then lodged a complaint at the Anti-Extortion cell in Navi Mumbai. After investigating the matter, police officers

Shrikant Pathak and Suresh Pawar found out that the caller’s claim of being a member of the Ravi Pujari gang was false. The accused – Nandodkar, a resident of Powai, and Shah a resident of Govandi – were then arrested under Sections 378,507 and 34 of the IPC”, said API Nitin Patil.

the body lying in the compound and informed the watchman, but nobody else in the 24-storeyed building knew what had happened. “She jumped to her death from the bathroom window,” said a police officer.

During inquiries with the family, police learned that

Priya, who had two daughters aged 15 and 12, had attempted suicide earlier in February 2012, but her maid had managed to stop her.

Her body was sent to the JJ Hospitdal for a post mortem, and in the meanwhile, he Malabar hill police have registered a case of accidental death.

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curate and if Raghuveer is taken into custody, we will make sure we apply for his bail,” he added.

In the coming week, Mumbai’s crime branch will submit its reply on whether they would accept Raghuveer’s terms and conditions for brain mapping and a polygraph test. According to sources in the crime branch, Raghuveer has denied permission for a narco-analysis on him. “On the basis of a reply from investigators, the court on August 8 will decide whether the test should be conducted on Raghuveer,” added the sources.

Raghuveer’s lies According to Crime Branch officials, Raghuveer is one of the suspects in the case, and had tried to mislead the investigations on a couple of occasions earlier when he was summoned for an interrogation. He had even attempted to subvert facts, and officials had made a detailed note of his attempts to do so.

Elaborating on how they nailed Raghuveer’s lies, a CB official said, “On one instance, Raghuveer claimed that Sandhya was visiting a relative in Juhu, which was untrue since she would usually inform the relative she was visiting and even her driver a day in advance in case she had planned to venture out.”

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Father Jayprakash Singh refuses to confirm his son’s innocence or guilt

By Khushboo Panjabi

The case at a glance

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he Navi Mumbai court on August 2 summoned murdered actress Sandhya Singh’s son, Raghuveer, for the hearing on his mother’s murder. However, Singh who has been accused of killing Sandhya on December 13 last year, did not show up in court. His father Jayprakash Singh was present with his lawyer.

With regards to the evidence against his son, Singh said, “I cannot predict anything at the moment about the information gathered by the crime branch regarding my son.

As far as the police custody is concerned, if the information seems ac-

Sandhya Singh went missing on December 13, 2012, while on her way to deposit jewellery worth Rs. 20 lakh at a Nerul bank. Over a month later on January 28, a British birdwatcher led the police to a skeleton in the marshes off Palm Beach Road. A day later, Singh’s family members claimed her remains on the basis of the articles recovered from the spot where her skeleton was found.

Raghuveer Singh, the son, and mother Sandhya Singh.

Suicide at Malabar Hill

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middle-aged woman allegedly committed suicide by jumping to death from the bathroom window of her home, sometime in the wee hours of Friday morning.

The deceased, Priya’s body was found only later at about

4.45 am when a car-wash man entered the building to start his job. Priya’s husband, Vinay, who has a computer business, then called up the police, who rushed to the scene. They have recorded Vinay’s statement and of the family’s domestic help, Chetna Rathor.

The car wash man first saw

Disguised extortion The two extortionists being led away by the Navi Mumbai police.

By Khushboo Panjabi

T

he Anti-Extortion cell in Navi Mumbai has arrested Yatin Vinayak Nandolkar and Abdul Riyaz Abdul Gani Shah also known as Gajju Maharaj, for trying to extort Rs. 25 lakhs from two sales managers at Arihant Superstructures Limitied in Navi Mumbai.

On July 10 the victims, Tushar Mahendra Khatri and Ashok Bhawarlal Chhajed received constant calls and messages from an unknown person who introduced himself as a member of the Ravi Pujari gang and asked the victims to pay him Rs. 25 lakhs or face the consequences.

“Khatri and Chhajed then lodged a complaint at the Anti-Extortion cell in Navi Mumbai. After investigating the matter, police officers

Shrikant Pathak and Suresh Pawar found out that the caller’s claim of being a member of the Ravi Pujari gang was false. The accused – Nandodkar, a resident of Powai, and Shah a resident of Govandi – were then arrested under Sections 378,507 and 34 of the IPC”, said API Nitin Patil.

the body lying in the compound and informed the watchman, but nobody else in the 24-storeyed building knew what had happened. “She jumped to her death from the bathroom window,” said a police officer.

During inquiries with the family, police learned that

Priya, who had two daughters aged 15 and 12, had attempted suicide earlier in February 2012, but her maid had managed to stop her.

Her body was sent to the JJ Hospitdal for a post mortem, and in the meanwhile, he Malabar hill police have registered a case of accidental death.

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curate and if Raghuveer is taken into custody, we will make sure we apply for his bail,” he added.

In the coming week, Mumbai’s crime branch will submit its reply on whether they would accept Raghuveer’s terms and conditions for brain mapping and a polygraph test. According to sources in the crime branch, Raghuveer has denied permission for a narco-analysis on him. “On the basis of a reply from investigators, the court on August 8 will decide whether the test should be conducted on Raghuveer,” added the sources.

Raghuveer’s lies According to Crime Branch officials, Raghuveer is one of the suspects in the case, and had tried to mislead the investigations on a couple of occasions earlier when he was summoned for an interrogation. He had even attempted to subvert facts, and officials had made a detailed note of his attempts to do so.

Elaborating on how they nailed Raghuveer’s lies, a CB official said, “On one instance, Raghuveer claimed that Sandhya was visiting a relative in Juhu, which was untrue since she would usually inform the relative she was visiting and even her driver a day in advance in case she had planned to venture out.”

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Oppn grills govt for failing to table Adarsh commission report

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he BJP-Shiv Sena led opposition in both houses of the state legislature grilled the ruling Congress-NCP led Democratic Front alliance government over what it called its failure to table the Adarsh commission report. Replying to the debate in both houses of the state legislature, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan replied that the government wanted to table the report along with the Action Taken Report (ATR). However, since the work on preparing the ATR was not complete, the report could not be

tabled in the monsoon session of the state legislature.

The issue was raised in the legislative council by leader of opposition Vinod Tawde and in the assembly by Eknath Khadse. Rais-

STATE LEGISLATURE ing the issue in the council, Tawde stated that as per the rules, the report of any commission of inquiry has to be tabled before the legislature six months from the date it is submitted to the government. State BJP president Devendra Fadnavis remarked that the government was

this effect will pave the way for the redevelopment of thousands of old n a much needed respite for and rickety buildings in the MMR people living in dilapidated build- region.

“Thousands of families mostly ing across the state, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavhan expressed con- representing the middle and lower cern over the issue and said that middle class strata of society are his government was in a positive forced to risk their lives by staying frame on the issue of cluster rede- put in dangerous structures. It is the velopment of old and dangerous need of the hour to take a policy decision on the burning issue which buildings.

This followed after Shiv-Sena leg- directly affects the common man,” islator Pratap Sarnaik moved a call- said Sarnaik, who welcomed the to-attention motion in the CM’s intervention.

Responding to Sarnaik’s query, legislative session of the assembly house on Friday. A green signal to the MoS for Urban Development,

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`5L insurance cover for tenants

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he Mumbai Repairs and Reconstruction Board (MRRB) will pay the premium for the Rs 5 lakh insurance cover for the 3.5 lakh tenants living in 14,190 cessed and dilapidated in Mumbai, stated Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan in the legislative council yesterday.

Replying to the debate raised by leader of opposition Vinod Tawde and others on infrastructure and other issues in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), he stated that the government intends to grant 3 Floor Space Index (FSI) to pave the way for redevelopment of these buildings.

Commenting upon the development of infrastructure in MMR, he stated that the process of granting development permissions in all the civic bodies was time consuming, he said that the government is planning to introduce common Devel-

opment Control Rules (DCR) for the entire MMR region. Chavan stated that considering many civic bodies in MMR have started public transport services the government has decided to implement uniform regional transport authority in conjunction with the BEST. Lashing out at the Shiv Sena-BJP ruled BMC over the potholes issue, Chavan wondered as to why the civic body was resisting the directive for a third party audit of the road repair works by contractors.

He said that the shoddy road repair work could not have been possible without the collusion of the contractors and the civic officials. Replying to queries over the revenue income model of Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) he said that the government is considering options of levying Betterment Charge and Impact Assessment Cess to generate revenue for MMRDA.

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trying to protect corrupt ministers by not tabling the Adarsh commission report.

Khadse also said that the deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar had stated that the report would be tabled in the monsoon session, to which Pawar replied that he had been instructed to say so by the chief minister. Chavan, later, while speaking to newspersons clarified that there were no differences between him and Pawar.

The proceedings in the Legislative Assembly were briefly adjourned by the Chair following uproarious scenes by the Opposition. Tawde demanded that the gov-

Govt positive on cluster redevelopment of rickety bldgs

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Uday Samant said that the government was also contemplating rehabilitating families living in the dilapidated buildings of the MiraBhayandar district, in flats built by MHADA under the Rental Housing Scheme.

While there are 69 buildings which are already listed as dangerous by the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC), as many as 1267 structures built before 1995 in the twin-city are under the scanner and have been mandated to carry out structural audits.

ernment convene a special session of the state legislature to table the Adarsh commission report. Responding to the demand, Chavan clarified that he never announced that a special session of the state legislature will be called for. The opposition legislators argued that the government did not table the report as it purportedly gave a clean chit to Chavan’s predecessor, the former chief minister Ashok Chavan, who had to step down following the allegations of wrong doings. In a related development, the government also did not move the controversial AntiSuperstition bill in the monsoon session.

TODAY The 19th Lalit Doshi Memorial Lecture on Public Service: ‘The Shifting Paradigm’ by U.K. Sinha, ChairmanSEBI, Y.B. Chavan Auditorium, 6 p.m.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai: Unveiling ceremony of the portrait of late Durga Bhagwat, a scholar in sociology and a writer of merit, by Justice Vijay Tipnis (Retd), former Justice, Bombay High Court and Lokayukt of Maharashtra, Dr Aroon Tikekar to preside, Durbar Hall of the Society, 6 p.m.

NCPA: ‘Dream Society’, directed by Pradeep Mulye, Experimental Theatre, Nariman Point, 6.30 p.m.

ART & EXHIBITIONS Nehru Centre AC Gallery: Exhibition of paintings by Mahesh Rawal, P. Mahesh Kumar and Ajit Hulamani, Nehru Centre, Worli, August 5, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Nehru Centre Circular Gallery: Exhibition of paintings by Debashree Datta, Nehru Centre, Worli, till August 5, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Jehangir Art Gallery: Exhibition on ‘Spiritualism’ by Guruji Aruneshvar, till August 5, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Sena MLC Raote’s suspension revoked T

he Maharashtra government on Friday revoked the order against senior Shiv Sena legislator Diwakar Raote, who was suspended from the state council last week for his using ‘unparliamentary’ language, reports PTI. Raote was suspended last Friday for using ‘unparliamentary’ language in the chamber of the Chairman during a meeting in connection with a debate over the multi-crore irrigation scam.

His suspension was till the end of this year.

However, the government had assured the Opposition parties that prior to a debate on irrigation scam, which took place on Thursday, Raote’s suspension would be revoked.

The Shiv Sena legislators had staged a sit-in on the floor of the House on Wednesday, demand-

Diwakar Raote ing their group leader’s suspension to be revoked.

The Opposition also faced a setback during Thursday’s debate on irrigation, as they were not able to counter Water Resource Minister Sunil Tatkare, who outrightly rejected the allegations levelled against him.

RPI activists and former students from Siddharth College yesterday staged protest outside Vidhan Bhavan demanding reconstruction of Siddharth Vihar, on Friday.

Cash, laptop stolen from car of TV star

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JP leader Gopinath Munde claimed on Friday that his remarks at a public function, about having spent Rs 8 crore in the 2009 Lok Sabha poll, was merely a ‘figurative expression’ to show how election campaigns have become expensive, and should not be taken literally.

The Election Commission (EC) had sent a notice seeking an explanation from Munde, after his statement at a recent public function here that he had spent Rs 8 crore for his last parliament campaign, which is more than the prescribed limit, reports PTI. In his reply to the EC no-

This is the second such incident at the spot

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ig Boss Season 6 winner and television actress, Urvashi Dholakia, became the latest victim of robbery when cash of Rs.51,000 and a laptop were stolen from her car which was parked outside Taj Land’s End in Bandra on Thursday afternoon.

She was having lunch with her family members and later left for home in Juhu. It was only late at night that she realized noticed the cash and laptop were missing from the boot space. She went to local Juhu police station and the

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case was then transferred and registered at Bandra police station. A police officer from Bandra police station said, “A case under section 379 (theft) of the IPC was registered against unknown persons. We suspect that the accused might have taken the valuables when driver must have gone somewhere.”

Urvashi Dholakia is not the first victim. A few days ago, robbers decamped with the music system of well-known cricketer Vinod Kambli by breaking the window glass of his car. The case remains undetected.

tice, Munde claimed he was merely speaking about how elections have become very expensive and that is the reason behind generation of black money in the economy, sources close to him

said.

Munde had also received a notice from the Income Tax Department asking him to explain the income of Rs 8 crore which he said, he had spent on his campaign.

After the GR stating that cabs over 25 years old need to be scrapped from August 1, a Premier Padmini cab is being dismantled at the scrap yard in Kurla, on Friday.

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isappointed over the MaA couple of days ago, min- the Mumbai Metropolitan harashtra government's ister of state for transport Region would need to obtain decision to phase out taxis Sachin Ahir said that old taxis fitness certificates. which are older then 20 years, and auto rickshaws plying Mumbai taxi drivers' union head A.L. Quadros said on Friday that it is a ‘sudden’ deRegd. Office: 107, Sumer Kendra, 1 Floor, P.B. Marg, cision. Clarifying that the taxi Behind Mahindra Towers,Worli, Mumbai 400 018, India. drivers' union would not Tel: (91-22) 66104888 : Fax:(91-22) 66104887 Website : www. Aelgroup.com stage any kind of agitation NOTICE is hereby given that the Forty Eighth Annual General Meeting of the members of the against the move, he said that Company will be held on Monday, 12th August, 2013, at 4.30 p.m. at Victoria Memorial taxi drivers themselves show School for Blind, 73, Tardeo Road, Opposite Film Centre, Tardeo, Mumbai 400 034 to transact the business mentioned as per Notice convening the said meeting which is being sent to the willingness to phase out their members along with the Annual Report for the year ended March 31, 2013 to transact the vehicles once it is old. business as set out in the Notice dated 9th July, 2013 a copy of which, along with the relative explanatory statement, has been posted to the Members of the Company at their address "All of a sudden, a decision registered with the Company, together with the Annual Report and accounts for the year was taken by the governended 3st March 2013. . ment. Four years ago they Notice is also hereby given under Section 154 of the Companies Act, 1956 that the Register of Members/Share Transfer Books will be closed from Tuesday, 6th August, 2013 to Monday, had reduced the limit to 25 12th August, 2013 (both days inclusive) for the purpose of the Annual General Meeting. years," Quadros told PTI. Pursuant to the "Green initiative in Corporate Governance" introduced by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the Company has also send all notices / documents / communications He said that before taking including annual reports in electronic form to shareholders' email addresses registered with the decision, the government the Depository Participants (DPs) and made available to the Company by the Depositories. should have consulted the Documents proposed to be sent through electronic mode shall be available on the Company's website www.aelgroup.com and kept open for inspection at the Company's union.

Registered Office as specifically mentioned in the email communication.

"We were not consulted.

Members who have not registered their email addresses so far are requested to register their e mail addresses so far, are requested to register the same with their DP, if shares are Around, 4500 taxis will stop held in dematerialized form, Members holding shares in physical form are requested to plying on the roads of the city register their e-mail address with Company/Share Transfer Agents viz Link Intime (India) Pvt. Ltd. by quoting their Folio Number(s). by the end of July 31, 2014," By the Order of the Board he said. Terming the decision For ASIAN ELECTRONICS LIMITED Sd/as "wrong", he said 1600 taxis Date: July 25, 2013 Dhananjay M. Dumbre have been replaced from JanPlace: Mumbai Asst. Company Secretary uary-April 2013. st

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Taxi union miffed over govt decision Uttan locals vow to intensify fight

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MMRDA saw around 16,000 objections pouring in from e will never allow the villagers and local organisaMMRDA to inter- tions against the proposal – fere, as only farmers and with most calling it a confishermen are the true and spiracy to exploit the natural planning authorities for resources and an unwanted Dharavi Island,” said fire- attempt to displace locals brand activist Ulka Mahajan from their ancestral villages.

“We successfully fought to while addressing locals at a protest meet in Uttan on keep the SEZ at bay; however the fight is not over yet. Be Thursday.

Peeved with the state gov- prepared for an intensified ernment’s stand to wipe out battle as this time round the last natural frontier in there are multiple enemies, disguised while Mumbai and its outskirts by some imposing a Tourism Zone, others invisible,” appealed agitating villagers from the Mahajan, who said that Gorai-Manori-Uttan belt, if the need arises, the DBBS met under the aegis of the will launch a massive Dharavi Bet Bachaao agitation in the form of a Samithi (DBBS) to chalk out ‘morcha’ at the main admintheir further course of ac- istrative building of the MMRDA in Bandra. tion.

A resolution to this effect The state government has proceeded to convert 10,000 was unanimously passed by acres in the Gorai-Uttan belt the villagers. “Not only have into a Tourism Zone headed they (state government)

by MMRDA as its special carved out an evil plan to planning authority. However displace local villagers to the proposed draft develop- benefit politically backed ment plan published by the MNCs and influential busi-

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ness houses, but this is also a calculated move to stifle democracy by allowing the planning authority to supersede the local elected civic body.” said Advocate Surekha Dalvi who added that the exploitation of natural resources for commercial gains will invite another Uttarakhand-like tragedy.

Apart from organising special awareness camps to educate people about MMRDA’s hidden agenda in the recently published draft development plan, the DBBS intends to bring the local corporators, legislator and MPs on a single platform to understand their take on the issue. Also present were architect Gajanan Khatu, Chandra Shekhar, Fr. Brian Macchado, Koli leader Jhonson Kemu, DBBS president Joseph Gonsalves, veteran freedom fighter Augustine Koli, Brian Lobo, Lourdes D’souza, Sushila Bhor and Dilip Patil.

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mong other political leaders, Lalu Prasad Yadav can now heave a sigh of relief: all political parties have raised objections against the court order that all members of parliament who have pending criminal cases must be asked to quit.

It is also certain that candidates can contest elections even if there are criminal charges against them.

Netas of all political parties have ganged up to protect themselves. There are thousands of members of the legislature across the country who would have been disqualified if the court order was implemented. The parliament is the supreme authority and hence members can take any action to ensure that candidates with a criminal record can take part in elections.

What is quite interesting is that all political parties come together and present a joint front whenever there is a threat to their own survival. They have now also taken a decision with regard to another inconvenient happening: they have jointly decided to oppose a move to bring them under the ambit of the RTI. Evidently the political parties have something to hide. They do not want skeletons tumbling out one after another. What is now being said that political parties do not come under the category of a public authority. It has now become clear, that politicians have many things to hide. For instance, they do not want to disclose the funds the parties have sources from which they have come and also details of expenditure. Inconvenient and embarrassing information about many other matters may also be sought, like for instance, details about the criminal charges against the politician.

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AY back, under Congress rule, striptease shows were being held in Mumbai. It was not just striptease, porn items were also being presented by several restaurants. Porn was not taboo. The shows used to attract thousands of people. At one joint in Colaba, as many as four shows were held — beginning late in the evening and ending at midnight.

Under a liberal Congress rule, a liberal policy was passed.

There was no moral policing.

The Congress had very few leaders — like Morarji Desai — who did not believe that people should get what they want.

I still remember B.G. Kher who was the first chief minister of Bombay. Every now and then he used to repeat the quotation: “That government is the best that governs the least.”

Dancing girls are no better than prostitutes.

I heard once a politician says. They are mad about sex. They want to sleep with as many men as possible.” Women become prostitutes because they are mad about sex!

No woman wants to be a sex worker.

It is compulsions — like hunger, loss of bread winner, sheer poverty, trafficking that make a woman take to prostitution.

Thousands of people want to see women dance. Of course, they do not want to see her in a ‘burqa’. The dancer could be a talented professional who knows what works with those who watch her.

One morning, a decision was taken by the Home Ministry of Maharashtra to close down dance bars.

It was a cruel decision: over 75,000 girls were thrown out into the street.

They had nowhere to go. Some of them had families to look after, some of them have ailing father or husband. The hapless dancing girls must have suffered a great deal.

All the dance bars were closed. Result: Moral policing had won. Thousands had to do without entertainment. However, the demand for dance bars was so high that a few – very few – started business again.

They had evidently protection from the right quarters.

It is possible some dance bars had become pick-up joints. That perhaps was one of the attractions provided by the bar owners. In some bars, secret exits were created. When a raid took place, the bar owners were informed about the same much before. The police were kind to bar owners. In fact, it was claimed that some of the cops had taken to immoral ways and become partners in the business. And there were bars very near police stations.

The government perhaps was worried that the police were becoming immoral. It was also claimed that the police, who are also human were enchanted by the beauty of dancers.

The lights were off and there was darkness.

It was agony for people to go home and go to

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y driver was a little confused this morning, “Sir, but why are you insisting on your old glasses?” he asked. I could well understand his being puzzled: It had been a day of problems yesterday, and in a moment of frustration I’d leaned on my spectacles and broken the frame. I’d stared with dismay at what remained of them, and since I hadn’t written my column yet, called out to my driver and asked him to take it to the optician’s and get it repaired immediately. “Sir,” he had said over the phone, “The man says it will take two days but is giving you a replacement pair!”

The pair he brought back had the latest frame, and looked good. My wife was the first who saw me, “Bob, you look good,” she said, “Much better than those old ones of yours!”

“Thanks,” I said glowing, and quietly looking in the mirror, to see the brand new me.

A couple of hours of serious writing and I had a headache. I left my work for awhile, closed my eyes and the headache disap-

sleep. They could only dream about the dancers with supple soft sexy bodies.

If the government was pragmatic and took proper steps, the bars need not have been closed. Bar owners never stuck to the closing hour fixed by the government. And there were some other regulations which were ignored by them. Evidently they became greedy and wanted to make more money – when this going was good.

And finally the court came to their aid. It held that ban on bar dancing was illegal and the girls had the right to dance.

Bar owners and dancing girls were jubilant.

Soon, however, they wake up to hard reality staring at their face.

The situation, following the court order, was not as good as they thought it was.

The big worry was to get new licences. They found that they had to get as many as 40 licences to begin business as usual. Sometimes, in our country, to get just one licence, it takes about one year.

And permission to start bars – with having to get 40 licences – is going to be very costly.

ROUND-UP A.R. Kanangi It must be also pointed out that the government has not been happy about the order of the court. It was like a slap on the face….

The court has only stated that there can be dancing in a bar. The government can spoil it all by insisting that there should be clean dancing. No chance for ‘indecent’ dancing.

The government can, and probably will, fix regulations with regard to the way a girl has to dance. There should be no ‘indecent dancing’. And what is indecent? Not much shaking of the hips and torso; no revealing of any tempting body part; no sign of any attempt to attract the attention of the customer.

What the dancers may have to do is remain clothed with thick costumes not their costumes which reveal all. If these restrictions have to be fully carried out, the dancers must wear a ‘burqa’ and not show even their faces – because for an ardent admirer, a face can also be sexy. No sex please….

If the government wants to, it can kill dancing. It’s reaction to the court order indicates it wants to kill bar dancing.

Fancy Glasses..! peared. It was my fancy glasses, I realized; however fancy they were, however good they looked on my face, they were not my number. They were meant for someone else,

BOB’S BANTER Robert Clements and had been given to me as a temporary replacement.

I longed for my old pair.

My driver looked at me confused. “Let him take his time sir, these look good on you!”

“No,” I said, maybe a little sharply, “They may look good, but they don’t serve my

BMC man, not hawkers

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HE BMC is doing its best to end the hawker menace. It is faced with an uphill task. The hawkers appear to be a tough lot.

And they seem to have mastered the complicated know-how required to deal with the BMC. But the BMC will not give up. For years now it has been grappling with the problem. It has imposed new restrictions: no hawker zones, no hawking in residential areas and on roads.

They can do their business on footpaths.

The BMC finds it difficult to deal with them. There is at least a couple of lakhs during business on footpaths, roads, outside gardens, on bridges and residential areas.

For years now, the BMC has been trying to end the menace – but without success: The hawkers are there – like some chronic ailment.

There are more unlicensed hawkers than licensed ones. To get a licence to hawk is a Herculean task. The fixed licence fee is not just what the hawker has to pay. The hawker evidently thinks it is worthwhile spending extra money to get licence.

And how does unlicensed hawker carry on their business. They seem to be carrying on their business without any fear of any BMC man descending on them and confiscating their goods.

They have to pay more to the BMC than licensed hawkers because the BMC is letting them do illegal business. They have to pay hefty hafta to the BMC man.

There appears to be good understanding between the BMC staff and hawkers.

It is quite hilarious that the BMC has a new plan to end hawking. It seems to have decided to begin with stopping hawking in no hawking zones. A hawker who is caught doing business in no-hawking zone will have to pay a fine of Rs.5,000 and get set to be sentenced to six months in jail.

It is unlikely that the hawker in no hawking zone will be unduly disturbed.

He is unhappy only because he has to pay more kick-back to the BMC staff. He may think along these lines: “Which is better-paying BMC man?”

He is likely to get good response from the BMC man.

Like the pothole problem in the city, the hawker problem too will remain forever.

It becomes clear that the BMC does not want the pothole or hawker problem to end.

There is here strong proof in this regard: the two problems have remained during the last 50 years.

The BMC man who wants to chase away the bad, hungry wolf at the door will do anything to get rid of it.

His problem will begin only if the top official of the BMC imposes Rs.5,000 fine and six months in jail on him for taking bribe.

need!”

I watched him go away carrying the fancy pair: Wasn’t it just like life; we look at something that catches our fancy, maybe a Mercedes, maybe a pretty woman, handsome hunk, and feel how good it would look on us.

“Car looks good!” I say as I stare into showroom window.

“It’s not your number Bob!” says a voice above.

“Why not?” I ask and feel a silence as I go back and sit in my old model car. As the car starts the society sweeper, the watchman and his wife touch the bonnet and laugh. I laugh with them.

“That’s you Bob!” says a voice above, “Would you be the same with a Mercedes?”

Those fancy glasses looked good on me, but they didn’t help my eyes; we will all look good in a fancy car, but it may not help our soul, it may not help who we really are. The driver brought back my repaired old pair and chuckled as I grabbed it and put it on.

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LETTERS Durga Nagpal persecuted for being honest, upright

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WHO says there is no unity amongst our elected representatives? The BJP might have been responsible for the wash away of two complete parliamentary sessions and the rejection of many bills, but when the question of looting the country and ruining democracy arises, all our parties exhibit exceptional unity.

A few days ago the SC ruled that tainted politicians cannot contest elections. All our political parties created a hue and cry and gangedup to have the ruling nullified.

What a shame!

Akhilesh Yadav, the son of Mulayam Singh Yadav, suspended the young and upright IAS officer Durga Shakti only because she was working as per the rules. She was trying to save the natural resources in UP which didn’t go down well with the politicians who were looting the state. It is disgusting to know that Narendra Bhati of the Samajwadi Party boasted that one telephone call from him to Akhilesh was enough to suspend Shakti within minutes.

The country’s ruin is not far if it is left to notorious political parties such as these.

— M.H. Nayak, Mumbai

Disgraceful ‘conduct’or A NEWS item on the first page of an English daily (Aug 2) reminded me of how BEST bus conductors often talk to senior citizens very rudely that we feel sorry for the elderly and even more sorry for the conductor’s behaviour. On the same day when I took bus no. 209 from Ashish Complex, Dahisar (East) at 7:35, an elderly gentleman got in at Dahisar station from the front door and sat in the seat allocated to senior citizens. He then asked the conductor for a ticket to Borivali station. The conductor was in the middle of the bus which was not even full and retorted with the line, “He mhatare mansa kai trass dete” (These old people are so troublesome). I request the relevant authorities to teach their young recruits to talk to senior citizens and show respect.

— Yogesh R. Bhavsar, Dahisar

Rapping pseudo-secularists THIS refers to M.V. Kamath’s ‘Does Katju’s remark on idiots apply to Cabinet Ministers as well’ (August 2). Kamath has rightly lambasted the pseudo secularists who want to be in the good books of minorities for their selfish reasons and blast Narendra Modi for all the wrong reasons. Katju has been vociferous and right in the point. Our political class or shall we say crass has sunk themselves in muck that no other term seems justified while speaking of them. When G.B. Shaw made his famous remarks in parliament that half the members of the house are fools, the whole house objected and asked him to take back his words.

The irrepressible Shaw then said that he would take his words back and confirm that half the house was not fools. Our political leaders must show some maturity and behave in a responsible way if they want themselves to be treated reverentially. People will not accept their

THE suspension of Durga Shakti Nagpal, a young and diligent Uttrar Pradesh IAS officer, was bad enough. But the Chief Minister’s justification of his action with a string of arguments over an imagined slight on her part against a minority community made it worse. To take on his officials and make her the scapegoat, while openly supporting criminal elements like the sand mining mafia, makes it a clear case of malafide action on the government’s part.

Choosing to suspend an upright officer who acted against the well entrenched mafia without a proper investigation can turn any officer who constitutes the administration into a cynic at an early age. It also shows how the young chief minister, of whom much was expected when he promised to bring in a whiff of fresh air into a state notorious for paying little regard to rules and regulations, has failed. The haste with which the government acted clearly reflects the politics at work and it is obvious that a young officer must suffer in silence with no chance of being able to take the wrongdoers to court.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

HONESTY DOESN’T PAY: SP man Narendra Bhati was the root cause of IAS officer Durga Nagpal’s suspension. flawed secular viewpoint if it is at the costs of Hindus only.

— Ashok Goswami, Mumbai

So-called gender equality RECENTLY, there was a press report about a husband who committed suicide allegedly fed up with the constant nagging he was subjected to by his cantankerous wife. Of course, it goes without saying, that the wife faced no action under Indian laws for abetment of suicide.

Had the roles been reversed, I am sure the ever ‘vigilant’ police would have promptly put the hubby behind bars. And this is the interpretation of gender ‘equality’ as prescribed in the dictionary of Indian legal terminology.

— Jorhat Singh, Kandivli

‘Election code of conduct’ THE smell of the elections turns our politicians into ‘Jan Sevaks’ as they become proactive, generous (with their various LETTER OF pro-janta schemes) and THE DAY helpful. If this is what makes them come to life for the common man, one would wish the elections are held on a yearly basis.

Many may argue that this would drain the aam janta’s money, but then again it already is going down the drain anyway. With the yearly election model in place, the government will have no time to waste (or

HYPOCRITES: Come elections and one can see politicos going door-to-door seeking the invaluable vote of the aam aadmi.

IN the era of coalition politics, the importance of keeping supporters happy at all costs has once again been proved. And now is another instance of an honest and upright civil servant being humiliated for taking firm action against the mafia in the state. It can be said with certainty therefore, that the ruling conglomerate in New Delhi would do nothing to displease the father-son duo in power, lest the country is made to face one more mid-term poll. That the young IAS at least less time to waste ) and the common man will at least get his money’s worth as schemes will be implemented to impress him for the next term. A five year period makes the government work for four and half years. So why not give this model a try, just for the sake of the Aam Aadmi (not the party)?

— Abdul Monim, Vashi

CELEBRATED journalist and author Shobhaa De’s innocuous tweet does not warrant such vitriolic showers. The writer may or may not be right when she tweeted about the division of Mumbai from Maharashtra, but then again, like every one of us she has a right to express her thoughts. The comments from politicos and certain Mumbai based parties on her tweet are nauseating to say the least and is certainly no way to treat a lady. Intolerance has always been the bane of our society, and I shudder to think what would happen if hard boiled and close minded netas are given an opportunity to rule us.

— Altaf H. Ladiwala, Bandra

ARE our politicians fault-finders?

With no business to support any one in particular, I feel called for to state the obvious that Shobhaa De is very much a Maharashtrian, and her love and pride for Mumbai and Maharashtra couldn’t be any less than that of millions of others inhabiting this land. She is an author of repute and her writings are appreciated all over. Satire is no rocket science, the subtlety of which must have gone overhead for the all-wise, diehard, saviours of Mumbai.

— Arundhati Wajge, Pune

RAJ Thackeray is absolutely right

officer would ultimately be made the scapegoat, is therefore, a foregone conclusion.

— Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz

THE suspension of the upright IAS Officer Durga Shakti Nagpal in UP has once again thrown light on the jungle-raj prevailing in our country. The chief secretary of UP who is also an IAS officer should be ashamed of handing out the suspension order under pressure from unscrupulous politicians. Had he been also morally upright and refused to sign the suspension order, then Nagpal’s suspension would not have been possible. The cases of upright officers like Ashok Khemka, who took on Robert Vadhra’s illegal property deals, or Arun Bhatia the Commissioner from Pune and many more who have been unjustly transferred or suspended for performing their duties in a fair and fearless manner should not be forgotten. These are the real heroes of the country. The moral level of politicians across all parties continues to drop day after day and it is quite frightening that these people rule the country. It is clear that no party is free from criminalization in politics.

— S. Rupchand

Caricaturing Southies THIS refers to the article ‘Aiyyo Raama!’ (August 2) by Deepa Gahlot which is an interesting, off-beat analysis of Bollywood’s misconceptions about India’s southerners, particularly those from Tamil Nadu.

She is quite right in pointing out that, to a large part of North India all

BLACK ‘DE’

CULTURE SHOCK? There has always been a misconception about India’s southerners in Bollywood. those from the South — from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka — are the same, wearing dhotis, eating idlis and dosas, sp eaking with a funny sing-song accent and saying ‘Aiyyo!’ as a matter of routine.

Bollywoods’ treatment of the people from Tamil Nadu has been neither “flattering” to the community nor has it been of any entertainment value, but down right offensive and insensitive — Mehmood’s caricature in Padosan was atrocious to say the least.

‘To each, his own’ as they say, but it is necessary to draw the line carefully while trying to use the mannerisms of people of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds because cinema is a powerful medium with a universal reach and needs to be positive in its depiction.

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

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rians and social workers to comment on. But I guess the charming Page 3 persona loves to be in the news and creates controversies time and again to show her popularity and gain media attention.

India is a democratic nation and everyone can have their own opinion on every issue under the sky. But celebrities and people with a fan following like De should refrain from speaking on topics which affect the sentiments of people.

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

HARMLESS STROKE:Shobhaa De doesn’t deserve the condemnation her tweet has invited from various quarters. when he says that creating a new State is not as easy as getting a divorce. The remarks on De’s silly tweet of separating Mumbai from Maharashtra may be satirical, but the young and dynamic Thackeray has hit the nail on the head reminding people that they should not make remarks on serious matters without bothering about the repercussions and consequences.

The beautiful and intelligent Shobha De should concentrate on her writing and columns sans politics which is her forte, and leave serious issues to politicians, histo-

ONE is amused to witness the exchange of statements on the recent ‘separate Mumbai’ call given

by Shobhaa De. It appears that political parties have either misunderstood, or for their own selfish reasons, do not want Mumbai to be separate from Maharashtra, probably because they want Mumbai’s money to be siphoned off to their own constituencies.

However instead of having a logical debate on the issue, we have politicians making personal remarks on the unfortunate subject of divorce to prove their points. Will the media arrange for a debate on the subject without the dramatis personae or their representatives and have only ordinary citizens participate? Or can we have an online ballot on the subject?

— T.R. Ramaswami , Kandivli

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Shiva temple swept away, prayers at Kedarnath on Sept 11 NATION

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EHRADUN: Swollen waters of the Bhagirathi following incessant overnight rains washed away a famous Shiva temple in Uttarkashi on Friday even as the state government set September 11 as the date for resumption of regular prayers at Kedarnath temple,which were suspended after the June calamity.

Efforts were also stepped up to trace Almora SDM Ajay Arora, who fell into the Mandakini while on duty near Kedarnath, with trained PAC divers flown beyond Sonprayag in Rudraprayag district to scour the river in search for him, reports PTI.

The weather across Uttarakhand remained generally cloudy with a fresh spell of rain lashing Dehradun in the evening, state Disaster Management and Mitigation Centre said.

Manikarnika temple, a favourite destination for devotees during the month of

‘Shravan’, was swept away by the waters of Bhagirathi yesterday as incessant rains lashed Uttarkashi last night sending the river into spate, officials said.

However, no one was hurt as the temple was empty at the time of the incident, its priest Suresh Shastri said.

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Date: 2-8-2013

RE-TENDER NOTICE Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation hereby invites Online Tender for the work of supply of following materials from the Appropriate Agencies who have relevant experience and expertise of said work with Government/semi Government/ Urban Local bodies. Blank tender papers can be downloaded from the website of MBMC, www.mbmc.gov.in & https://mbmc.eproc.in from 3-8-2013 to 14-8-2913 till 3.00 p.m. Please note that EMD amount and form fee will be accepted on MBMC website through Online Receipt system.

Online Tenders can be submitted on the website of MBMC at www.mbmc.gov.in & https://mbmc.eproc.in till 1.00 p.m. of 16-8-2013 and will be opened on 16-8-2013 at 3.00 p.m. if possible or any other suitable day in the e-Tendering Cell, C.F.C. Municipal Corporation Head Office, Bhayandar (W).

Sr. No. Particulars Tender Form Fees EMD Deposit 1.

Stationary supply Rs. 1,153/Rs. 10,000/1. Incomplete form shall not be accepted.

2. Validity Period: The offer of the Agency shall remain valid for 120 days.

3. The Tender Notice shall form a part of Contract agreement.

4. The Tenderer should furnish detailed information regarding status of his firm (i.e.

Proprietary, Partnership, Private Ltd. Or Public Ltd. Company etc.) and also produce self-attested copies of the proof thereof. The Tenderer should also specify the authorized person who will be transacting with MBMC (power of attorney holder).

5. Tender Form Fee is non-refundable.

6. EMD if paid already for same tender the same shall be considered, but tender fee should be paid again for the participation in re-tender.

7. Right is reserved to reject any or all tenders without assigning any reason thereof.

MBMC/PRO/126/2013-14 date: 2-8-2013

Sd/Deputy Commissioner Store Department Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation

officials said.

The date for resumption of prayers at the shrine was decided after taking approval of the priests and religious leaders who attended the meeting, they said.

However, before prayers begin at the shrine, its premises will be purged and purified as per Vedic rituals, they The decision was taken by said.

The temple was built after The decision follows comMinister Vijay the 1991 earthquake in Ut- Chief tarkashi which had killed a Bahuguna with the Rawal pletion of the clean-up exer(head priest) of the cise within the interiors of the large number of people.

Regular prayers at Kedar- Himalayan shrine, represen- famed temple, they said.

Though areas close to the nath shrine will be resumed tatives of Shankaracharya Swaroopanand temple bore the brunt of the on September 11 on the aus- Swami Badri-Kedar natural calamity, its interiors picious day of Sarwartha Sid- Saraswati, Samiti officials had remained almost undhi Amrit Yog, official sources Mandir and senior ministers, harmed. said.

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EW DELHI: A nodal officer will be designated in each ministry to look into complaints of corruption received by them from whistleblowers, the government said on Friday, a decision aimed at speedily dealing with graft issues.

The Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO), who acts as the distant arm of Central Vigilance Commission, of each central government ministry or department will be the“Designated Author-

Govt to designate nodal officer in each dept for graft complaints ity” to receive complaints under the Public Interest Disclosure and Protection of Informer’s Resolution (PIDPI) or whistleblowers’ resolution.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet presided over by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here on

People with their belongings use boats to cross areas flooded by the swollen Ganga and Yamuna rivers in Allahabad on Friday.

Record water level at Sardar Sarovar dam

PUBLIC NOTICE 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.

Site address

Thursday. The Cabinet cleared a proposal to amend Whistleblowers’ Protection Bill, 2012.

Uptil now, the CVC is the designated agency to receive complaints from whistleblowers — a term given to people who expose corruption in government departments.

PTI

TREE AUTHORITY

Sr. No.

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Place: Bhayandar Date: 02-08-2013

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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

Reason for removal of tree/trees

1.

Plot bearing FP No. 843, TPS-IV of Mahim Division, Agar Bazar, Kashinath Dhuru Marg, Dadar (W).

(43/13-14) G/N - Ward.

3, 5, to 8, 10 to13, 40 & 42 = 11 trees.

Coming in the proposed construction of sale building under SRA Scheme.

2.

Plot bearing CS No. 448, Lower Parel Division, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel.

(44/13-14) G/S - Ward.

1 to 41, 28A, 34A = 43 trees

Coming in the work of proposed construction of building with basement.

3.

Plot bearing CS No. 166 of Lower Parel Division, N.M. Joshi Marg at Lower Parel (45/13-14) G/S - Ward

28 to 33, 34(dead), 43(dead), 53(dead), 99 to 101 = 18 trees

Coming in the work of proposed construction of building with ramp and basement.

Objections or suggestions for aforesaid proposals, if any, are invited within 7 days from the date of publicity of this advertisement.

Tree Officer, Office of the Tree Authority, V.J.B. Udyan, Byculla, Mumbai-400 027.

PRO/532/ADV/2013

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ADODARA: Water level in the Sardar Sarovar Dam at Kevadiya in Narmada district on Friday crossed the record 129.2 metre-mark and is expected to rise further owing to heavy rains in Narmada river catchment areas in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

According to N T Mathew, Executive Engineer of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNL), this is the first time that Narmada dam has started overflowing at this height.

Until now, the highest water level at the dam was 129.06 metres in 2012 and 127 metres in 2007, he said.

The official said that the water level may breach the 129.8 metre mark anytime after this evening following release from Indirasagar dam, Omkareshwar dam and others in MP.

Mathew told PTI that the dam is overflowing because of heavy rains in catchment areas of MP following which about 12 lakh cusecs of water is being released from various dams. Due to overflowing, the submersible bridge located at Gora near SS dam site has gone under water and has been closed for vehicular traffic, disconnecting over 20 nearby villages.

Also, several villages of Tilakwada and Nandod Talukas located on the banks of Narmada, have been alerted, said M S Ranjan Bala, Additional District Collector, Narmada district.

In Bharuch, on the Golden bridge, Narmada was flowing only four feet short of the danger mark. In view of this, 39 villages in three talukas of Jhagadiya, Ankleshwar and Bharuch have been alerted, officials said.

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TOWN & ABOUT

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LFW DESIGNERS

Show and flow

flair was in the air at Grand Hyatt at the LakmĂŠ Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2013 announcement of 89 participating designers and seven sponsors. You heard about the FASHION opening show by Manish Malhotra, the grand finale by Sabyasachi Mukherjee, the Gen Next show and the Indian Textile Day with the Indian weavers show with designers Shruti Sancheti, Soumitra Mondal and Krishna Mehta.

Yes, it would be exciting times at LFW from August 23 to 27.

Marcellus Baptista

DEANNA ABDEEN, SHWETA KATTI, SARAYU DOSHI & ATUL NISHAR

Dream come true

students were seen as Urvashi Devidayal, president, American Alumni Association and Atul Nishar, president, SMILING Namaste America, hosted the 32nd Annual Scholars Abroad Program 2013 at CCI.

SAURABH SHROFF & SONAL BHANDARKAR

Wine and dine

Students were presented grants and Shweta Katti, the girl from Kamathipura who has overcome a lifetime of adversity to realize her dream of studying abroad, was felicitated. And looking happy was chief guest Deanna Abdeen, Chief of Consular Section, US Consulate.

splendid Spanish THAT restaurant Poco Loco

celebrated its first anniversary in superb style. Happy hosts Saurabh Shroff and wife Sonal Bhandarkar invited guests to try out the new menu with more options in the Spanish tapas and main course. Of course, much sangria was downed that night.

Spotted at the homely place were South African Consul General Pule Malefane and wife Lerato, Rahul Mahajan, Mukesh Rishi, Merlin D’Souza and Rhys Sebastian among others.

Living it up

cheer was on with Sula wines as Jean-Claude THE Biguine lived it up at its tenth salon

ANISA

KARISHMA TANNA

and spa, this one on Linking Road in Khar. Designers Neeta and Nishka Lulla along with style magazine Grazia came together to celebrate with guests like Suchitra Pillai, Sarah Jane Dias, Lisa Haydon and Karishma Tanna. Some lovely leggy ladies were seen getting their hair styled by the experts, while Dharmendra Manwani, CEO, Jean-Claude Biguine India, mingled with the many guests.

MEGHA KAWALE & MALAIKA ARORA KHAN

Hip trip

was hip hop to the very top as Anusha IT Dandekar and Ritik Bhasin

hosted a hip hop night at Liv. Getting into the groove were the merry mix of guests like Ayushmann Khurrana, Ashish Choudhury, Aditi Govitrikar, Malaika Arora Khan, Megha Kawale, Raghu Ram and Rhea Chakraborty. Everyone enjoyed the playlist exclusively selected by Anusha Dandekar. The cheer was on at the bar and there was much merry-making on the dance floor.

RHEA CHAKRABORTY

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GREEN LANTERN

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

A cocky test pilot, Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds), acquires superhuman powers when he is chosen by “the Ring”, the willpower-fed source of power, of the Green Lantern Intergalactic Corps. He, reluctantly at first, takes on the challenges these superheroes face. Putting his self-doubts aside, and spurred on by his sense of duty and love for his beautiful, intellectually equal, colleague, Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), he is soon called to defend mankind from Parallax, a super-powerful being who feeds on fear. He is the universe’s last chance, as many Lanterns have been killed and the Corps is weakened.

And he might just be the right Lantern for the job of keeping the world safe from harm.

Based on the characters of DC Comics series “Green Lantern”. HBO, 9 p.m.

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STAR PLUS

P.M. 1.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 1.30 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi-Meri Bhabhi 4.00 Star Parivaar Awards ’13 7.30 India’s Dancing Superstar P.M. 12.00 2.30 6.30 7.00 9.00 10.00

SOAPS & SERIALS

COMEDY NIGHTS WITH KAPIL

P.M. 2.00 3.00 6.00 8.00 10.00

Watch Shah Rukh Khan visiting Comedy Nights with Kapil for the second time in a span of three weeks – a first in the history of Indian television. Shah Rukh Khan was seen having a ball and laughing hard at Kapil’s witty stand-up comedy. Shah Rukh Khan and Kapil even did a special saas-bahu act for the audiences.

Rohit Shetty also joined the two later on to promote his upcoming movie - Chennai Express. Color s, 10 p.m .

P.M. 2.00 4.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

In tonight’s episode some candidates were caught cheating in a government exam. The exam papers were leaked and the candidates were being told the answers via sophisticated gadgets. Meanwhile in the other case 3 men injured an on duty police officer and ran away. How will the police catch the real culprits in both the cases ? Life Ok , 7 p.m .

P.M. 12.00 2.30 5.00 7.00 9.00 10.30

POLICE DIAL 100

RIVER MONSTERS

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

MAN WOMAN WILD

Imagine the heated discussions you have at home with your significant other about where to go for dinner. Now imagine being stranded in the middle of the wild with her with no food, no water and in most formidable conditions. In this season of Man Woman Wild, the stakes are higher and the misery compounded as survival expert Mykel Hawke and his TV journalist wife Ruth brave raging forest fires, find their way out from the Amazon’s flooded jungles, face off against black bears and put their marriage to the ultimate test. Di scover y, 10 p.m .

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

It takes only 30 minutes to find out EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. Each episode explores a different theme that is relevant and scientifically intriguing. In the theme focusing on poison find out if you can spot what could potentially kill you, how dangerous innocent looking animals can be, if it’s easy for terrorists to use poisonous chemicals and biological weapons of mass destruction, and so much more. Di scover y Sci en ce, 8.30 p.m.

MARGIN CALL

Comedy Nights with Kapil, Colors, 10 p.m.

GLEE

Britany is depressed, and turns to her namesake Britney Spears for inspiration, leading to the Glee Club and Sam to help her out. Rachel continues to struggle in adjusting to life at NYADA and in New York, as well as the constant tormenting of Cassandra, but gets help from new friend and classmate Brody. Puck returns when Will calls him and meets Jake for the first time as he gives him an attitude adjustment. Star World , 9 p .m.

INDIAN IDOL JUNIOR

In tonight’s episode, Shahrukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Rohit Shetty will make an appearance on the show to promote their upcoming film Chennai Express. The episode dedicated to him saw SRK at his charming best. King Khan did not miss any opportunity to show his dancing moves as he made his way on to the stage after almost each performance. SRK and Deepika Padukone also crooned the Titli song from their upcoming movie.

Shahrukh also enacted the famous ‘Ek chutki sindoor ki keemat’ scene from Devdas with Sonakshi as her Chandramukhi. Sony T V, 8.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. His protégé completes the study late into the night and then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company’s financial disaster he has discovered. What follows is a long night of panicked double checking and double dealing as the senior management prepare to do whatever it takes to mitigate the debacle to come even as the handful of conscientious comrades find themselves dragged along into the unethical abyss. Star Movies, 9 p.m.

Rowdy Rathore is about Shiva who is a small time conman in love with Priya, a pretty girl whom he met at a wedding. In this picture perfect world, there is a six year old Neha, who inexplicably believes Shiva to be her dad! And if this wasn’t bad enough, Shiva faces a series of life threatening attacks by a gang of deadly criminals. While trying desperately to save his life and his love, Shiva stumbles upon a deadly secret. A secret that will take him to a small town in Bihar; terrorized by its ruthless MLA and the mafia he controls; a town whose inhabitants’ only hope for redemption is - Shiva! The mystery slowly unravels itself through some of the best action packed scenes. M ax, 9 p.m .

THE WATERBOY

Bobby Boucher is the lowly waterboy for a college football team, until the coach discovers his amazing talent for tackling people much bigger than him. He signs the Waterboy as the new star player, but Bobby must keep it secret from his overbearing and domineering mother. Zee Studio, 10.50 p.m.

ZALZALA

Shera(Puneet Issar) lives in rural India and has come to know about a temple made of pure gold centuries ago, and would like to question the only man alive who knows the location of this temple, none other than an aged Poojari(Sudhir Dalvi). But this Poojari refuses to give any information, and even burns the only map in existence. Shera keeps him prisoner, and tortures him.

What Shera does not know that the Poojari has already passed on the information to former Police Inspector Shiv Kumar (Dharmendra) who is on his way to secure it as well as avenge the murder of his wife, Radha; also heading for the temple are a bounty hunter who calls himself “Benaam” and Shankar a runaway bride, Paro, and her lover, Bholey ; “Three bandit brothers,

Margin Call, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

Sona Singh, Moti, and Heera are also on their way to this temple, and they will do away with anyone who dares to stand in their way. All of them know that no one may survive in their quest for the gold as legend has it whenever anyone comes to loot the temple - will perish in a massive earthquake. Fil my, 9 p.m .

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 2

Daniel Rey along with his wife, Kristi; daughter, Ali; toddler son, Hunter, and their dog, move to Carlsbad, California. A few days later their residence is broken into, however, nothing appears to be missing. In order to prevent re-occurrences, they install a number of security cameras that will record everything on a DVR. After they hire a Spanish-speaking nanny to look after Hunter, she informs them that there is something wrong in their house and performs prayers, much to the chagrin of Daniel, who lets her go. Pix, 11 p.m.

KURBAAN

Delhi University’s Professor Avantika Ahuja meets fellow professor Ehsan Khan in typical Bollywood filmy style, and both fall in love with each other. Her father, who had preferred that she marry a Hindu, reluctantly permits them to get married. They do so, and subsequently re-locate to live in the United States. They buy a house, settle in, and are welcomed by their neighbors, Hamid and Anjum. A few days later Avantika’s world will be turned upside down when she finds out that their neighbors are terrorists who want to avenge the deaths of innocent Iraqi and Afghani civilians massacred by British and American forces.B4U, 9 p.m .

Cars Revenge How I Met Your Mother Grey’s Anatomy Glee Open Season

ZEE CAFÉ

The Carrie Diaries Grey’s Anatomy Pretty Little Liars Better with You The Carrie Diaries

BIG CBS LOVE 90210 Dexter Under The Dome X Factor Game Excused

ZEE TV

Punar Vivaah Film DID Super Moms Club Repeat DID Super Moms Fear Files: Dar Ki Sacchi Tasveerein

STARMOVIES

P.M. 1.35 4.35 6.47 9.00 11.15

King Kong The Bourne Legacy Ghost Rider Margin Call Kung Fu Hustle

P.M. 2.35 5.16 6.55 9:00 11.30

The Matrix Revolutions Scary Movie 3 Conan The Destroyer Green Latern 10,000 B.C

P.M. 1.00 4.00 6.15 8.05

HBO

ZEE STUDIO

Mummy Returns Mission To Mars Mr Magoo I am Number Four 10.30 The Waterbot A.M. 7.30 9.45 P.M. 12.05 2.35 4.40 7.00 9.00 11.20

ROWDY RATHORE

STAR WORLD

STARMOVIES

Margin Call Just Go With It

Gladiator Kung Fu Hustle Terminator Salvation Tangled Hellboy: II: The Golden Army Land of the Lost

HBO

A.M. 7.45 Wild Hogs 9.45 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe P.M. 12.35 Green Latern 2.58 Scary Movie 3 4.37 10,000 BC

P.M. 12.00 4.00 7.30 8.30 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 5.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 12.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00

SONY TV

LISTING

Taalash: Film Sooryavansham: Film Adaalat Indian Idol Junior 2013 CID Crime Patrol

LIFE OK

Shapath Devo Ke Dev Mahadev Police Dial 100 Kahani Mahadev Ki Shapath Savadhaan India Devo Ke Dev MahadevMaha Episode

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00

SAB TV

Jeanie Aur Juju Taarak Mehta Ka… Chidiya Ghar Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir FIR Chintu Bun Gaya Gentleman 5.30 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 8.00 Chintu Bun Gaya Gentleman

P.M. 12.00 India in Zimbabwe Cricket Series 2013 5th One Day International india vs Zimbabwe live from Queens Sport Club 4.00 Fourth Umpire -live 4.45 India vs Zimbabwe (2nd Session ) Live 8.15 Fourth Umpire live 9.00 Ek Kiran Roshni Ki 9.30 WELDONE ABBA: Fil. Starring Boman Irani, Manisha Lamba

Home Minister Tu Tithe Mee Radha Hi Bawri Honar Soon Me Hya Gharchi Mala Saasu Havi Tuze Maze Jamena Ekapeksha Ek Apsara Aali Season II

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 1.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00

River Monsters Animal Planet’s A to Z Dragon Alive Most Extreme Wildest Africa

Police Dial 100, Life Ok, 7 p.m.

P.M. 12.00 Jo Bole So Nihaal: Sunny Deol 3.00 Haunted Nights 5.30 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha: Salman Khan 8.30 Vishwanath: Shatrughan Sinha, Reena Roy

Tu Tithe Mee Tuze Maze Jamena Honar Soon Me Hya Gharchi Radha Hi Bawri Pakke Shejari Tu tithe Mee Honar Soon Me Hya Gharchi Tuze Maze Jamena

SAHARA ONE

PIX

P.M. 12.28 2.15 4.10 6.40 9.00 11.35

Hancock The Terminator Robocop 2 Slumdog Millionaire Shrek Paranormal Activity 2

P.M. 12.35 3.30 6.40 9.00

Ek Tha Soldier Taqdeerwala Hero No 1 Mar Mitenge

STAR GOLD

MAX

P.M. 2.00 Haunted: Mahakshay 5.30 Dhoom 2: Bipasha Basu 9.00 Rowdy Rathore: Akshay

8.30 Gutur Goon 2 9.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.00 Waah Waah Kya Baat Hai P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 5.30 6.00

ZEE MARATHI

7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 4.30

River Monsters Up, Close and Dangerous River Monsters Yeh Mera India Animal Planet A To Z: Buggin With Ruud

DISCOVERY

House Hazards Swamp Brothers How Stuff Works What Happened Next Destroyed In Seconds

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 2.05 Viewers Choice: Return of Chandramukhi 3/Mammootty 5.15 Ram Lakhan: Anil Kapoor 9.00 ABCD: Any Body Can Dance: Prabhudeva

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Zara Si Zindagi: Kamal Hassan 5.30 Kanoon Apna Apna: Sanjay Dutt 9.00 Tum-A Dangerous Obsession: Rajat Kapoor

FILMY

P.M. 12.00 Astiva: Tabu, Sachin

MOVIE CHANNELS-SUNDAY

6.50 The Assassins 9:00 Happy Feet Two 11.05 Cowboys and Aliens

PIX

Day of Reckoning Shrek Rocky

Rocky II Rocky III Rocky IV Rocky V Rocky Balboa The Awakening

ZEE STUDIO

A.M. 10.30 The Waterboy

P.M. 1.00 3.30 5.45 8.30 10.30

A.M. 10.10 P.M. 12.00 2.55 5.55

National Treasure I Am Number Four Robin Hood Hostel Bedtime Stories

STAR GOLD

Kaalo

Tees Maar Khan Bandhan Ek Aur ek Gyarah: By Hook or By Crook 9.00 Son of Sardaar

MAX

A.M. 7.00 Aabra Ka Dabra: Anupam

DDII (Metro Channel)

4.00 4.30 5.30 6.00 6.05 6.30 7.00 7.05

P.M 2.00 3.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00

1001 Nights Transformers Prime Wild Kratts Amazing Spiez 1001 Nights Sally Bollywood

DISCOVERY KIDS

Punar Vivaaah, Zee TV, 12 p.m.

MOVIE CHANNELS-SATURDAY

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30

Man vs Wild Wildlife Man Vs Wild Dual Survival I Shouldn’t Be Alive Man Woman Wild

COLORS

Nautanki Ke Super Over Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Jhalak Dikhlajaa Comedy Nights with Kapil 11.00 Shaitan – A Criminal Mind

A.M. 7.00 9.15 11.00 P.M. 1.05 3.20 5.10 7.05 9.30 11.00

5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00

Samachar News Samachar Mehnat Rang Layegi Prime Meridian News Rajyon Se Samachar News Headline Roving Report Ehsaas Samachar Khel Samachar

7.30 Mean Machines Translantic Challenge 8.00 Food Detectives 8.30 Everything You Need To Know 9.00 Sportstar Insider 10.00 Snipers: Modem Sniper

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Meteor Strike : Fireball From Sky 3.00 Ancient Aliens 4.00 Heavy Haulers 8.00 Derren Brown 9.00 Inside Guinness World Records 10.00 Mankind P.M. 2.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 9.00 10.00

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

India vs Zimbabwe ODI live, DDI, 12 p.m. onwards 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.30 10.00 11.00 11.05

Market This Week Samachar News Ek Mulaqat Badi Charcha Mukhya Samachar Khel Samachar

8.00 Adventures of Tintin 9.00 Transformers Prime 10.30 Wild Kratts

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Monsters Inside Me 3.00 Nextworld 4.00 Triggers: Weapons That Changed The World 5.00 Frontline Battle Machines With Mike Brewer 6.00 Weapon Masters 7.00 How It’s Made

4.00 Plan: Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka C 8.00 Kurbaan: Saif Ali Khan 11.00 Agnivarsha: Raveena Tandon

ZEE TALKIES

The Waterbot, Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.

Khedekar 3.00 Aur Pyar Ho Gaya: Bobby Deol 6.00 Raaj Tilak: Manoj Kumar 9.00 Zalzala: Dharmendra, Anita Raj

B4U

P.M. 12.00 Uttar Dakshin: Rajnikant, Madhuri D

Kher P.M. 2.00 Dhoom: John Abraham 5.30 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi: Shahrukh Khan 9.00 Sooryavansham: Anupam Kher, Amitabh B

P.M. 12.00 Gadhavach Lagna: Makrand Anaspure 3.00 Aaina Ka Baina: Sachin Khedekar 6.00 Pipanee: Makranad Anaspure 9.00 Bahurupi: Prashant Damle

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 1.30 Krishna in Makhan Chor 3.00 Tom and Jerry Shiver me Whiskers 4.30 Chota Chintu Bada Feku 6.00 Oggy Special Oggy Ko Satane Ke 12 Tareeke 7.30 Bal Hanuman 2 9.00 Return of Ashoka

A.M. 10.00 P.M. 1.30 5.30 9.00

CVO

Jeet: Dev Anand, Suraiya

Aashiq: Bobby Deol Meri Adalat: Mahesh Babu Sssshhh: Dino Morea, Tanisha M

FILMY

A.M. 9.00 Abhimaan: Amitabh B P.M. 12.00 Rangeela: Aamir Khan, Urmila 3.00 Dil Maange More: Shahid Kapoor, Soha Ali Khan 6.00 Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam: Shah Rukh Khan 9.00 No Entry: Anil Kapoor, Celina Jaitly

B4U

A.M. 8.00 Maha Guru: Rajnikanth,

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STAR CRICKET

P.M. 1.00 Jai Ho 2.30 Cricket Extra 3.30 Australia Tour of England 2013 3r Test Day 3 10.30 Cricket Extra P.M. 1.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 10.30

ESPN

Jai Ho T20 Dhamaka Wonderful Wimbledon Ashes Full Test Review Jai Ho Ricoh Women’s Open Super Star Football Build Up

POGO

P.M. 2.00 Asur Dhulai Ka Akhada Special 3.30 Kaalia Ke Chele Special 5.00 Kaalia Ustaad Special 7.00 Asur Dhulai Ka Akhada 8.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon

DISNEY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.00 Doraemon 3.00 Ichi Mera Sathi

DISNEY XD

P.M. 2.00 Phineas and Ferb 5.00 Ultimate Spider Man 5.30 Iron Man Armored Adventures 6.00 Spiderman 8.00 Iron Man Armored Adventures 9.00 VR Troopers

Whiskers 6.30 Bhootraja Aur Ronnie 8.00 Oggy & the Cockroaches 8.30 Ek Do Teen Special: Friendship’s Day

POGO

ZEE CINEMA

A.M. 11.15 Chandramukhi Ki Pratighya P.M. 2.05 Nayak: The Real Hero: Anil Kapoor 5.30 Players: Abhishek Bachchan 9.00 Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana: Kunal Kapoor

NGC

Breakout Most Amazing Moments Secrets of the Taj Mahal World’s Weirdest Incredible Human Machine IC 814 Air Hijack Breakout

Rockey, Pix, 1.05 p.m.

P.M. 12.00 4.00 9.00 11.00

Meenakshi S

Pyar Ki Kahani: Amitabh Dhadkan: Akshay Kumar Delhi 6: Abhishek Bachchan Ab Bas: Shawar Ali, Diana Hayden

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BA Pass

At: PVR and other cinemas Directed by Ajay Bahl Cast: Shadab Kamal, Shilpa Shukla, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Sharma and others Rating: ½

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ehind the well-appointed drawing rooms of upper class Delhi, is a world of violence and lust, is what Ajay Bahl’s film, BA Pass says, and outside is another ugly world of desolation. Most films looking into sex and sleaze use the male point of view, this one, based on Mohan Sikka’s short story Railway Aunty makes women equal opportunity exploiters of the weak.

It also emphasises the popular voyeuristic view of middle-aged housewives preying on young men for sexual gratification-- a bit disturbing since it feeds boys’ porno-

The Conjuring

Directed by James Wan Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston and others Rating:

not too different from the soft porn churned out by the seedy studios in suburban by-lanes.

The erotic scenes may be bold by Indian standards (since censors won’t allow nudity, there is just lingerie on show, and some dry humping), but the story of young Mukesh (Shadab Kamal), being lured by a deadpan older woman, Sarika (Shilpa Shukla), is as narrowminded and judgmental as the old woman who curses her randy daughter-in-law with all the words used to describe women who break patriarchal rules. So, BA Pass is clearly not on the side of the aggressive woman.

The boy, farmed out to other wives, is hardly an object of sympathy, and what’s with the whiny sisters in the background? There’s a typical virtuous wife (Deepti Naval), who comes to the boy, not for what graphic fantasies of being initiated he offers, but for a sympathetic ear. by sexy older women, or these The chess-playing gravedigger Savita Bhabhi types being available Johnny (Dibyendu Bhattacharya) for both sex and money. At a time seems to belong to another film.

The dark, tragic, cautionary tone when even little girls are being sexof the film seems a little out of sync with these out of the closet times, when all surveys point to a sexually adventurous India. The film could do with some humour and a lot more depth, particularly in the portrayal of Sarika’s world; boorish husband, no kids, idleness, boredom—could the desperate housewife get more clichéd? Also, Shukla plays the character without any variations to her one haughty expression.

A film like this, which looks real Deepa Gahlot on the surface—glossy or seedy as required by the scene—is hailed as ualised, one could do without this bold and dark, and that it is, in kind of laundry hanging out to dry. the midst of Bollywood kitsch. Pity, This film is shot beautifully has a it’s also hollow and needlessly grain of truth in it, but in spirit it’s moralistic.

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Scary As Hell!

know what is coming and that it is not really happening, but you wake ames Wan's The Conjuring is a up with heart thudding and mouth fine example if how to use old- dry.

The plot and treatment are not fashioned horror film tropes and still scare the pants of the audience. new, but effective all the same (Ram It's like being in a nightmare-- you Gopal Varma, please note). In short,

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it's a classic horror film, with all the ingredients in the right measure and restricted use of CGI. The film is based on a true story documented by demonologists (well, in America, this is a legit line of work) Ed and Lorraine Warren (played in

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MAMA Rs. 599/Cast: Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Koster – Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse.

Director: Andy Muschietti

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f it’s been sometime since you have watched a horror film, you might just want to check out this semi-supernatural shocking thriller that should send a shudder down your spine and give you a few scares.

The story takes off with the opening scene of a man going on a killing rampage, killing his workers and his wife. He bundles his two young daughters—Victoria (Megan Charpentier) and Lilly (Isabelle Nelisse)—in a car and sets out into the country with a similar intent. On the way, their car skids off a mountain top and crashes into the woods below. All three survive. They wind up in a cottage, but just as their father is about to kill the girls, a mysterious apparition intervenes and kills him instead. The girls somehow manage to survive.

Five years pass and there is no trace of them. Lucas (Nikolaj CosterWaldau) is trying to find out what happened to his brother and nieces. A search team headed by Lucas and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain) manage to find the girls in a feral state.

Lucas maintains a stern desire to adopt the girls, despite not

really having the means to do so.

The girls stay with Lucas and Annabel in a house built for psychological evaluation, with the regular visits from psychologist Dr. Dreyfuss (Daniel Kash). The only oral answers the kids give them is a whisper of “Mama”.

While at the home they try to settle into regular life, but Mama visits them.

The question Annabel, Lucas and Dr. Dreyfuss are left with is, how were the girls able to care for themselves in the wild, and who is “mama” they say looked after them?

Director Andres Muschietti manages to provide more suspense, rather than ghostly effects to keep viewers on the edge on their seats using quick cuts, effective lighting and jolting sound effects. The performances, too, are strong— especially by the adorable child actors.

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the film by Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga).

It begins (after chilling prologue) with a happy family moving into a lovely farmhouse, and you know disaster will strike before you can say boo. The Perron family Carolyn and Roger (Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston) and their five daughters, are terrorised in the haunted house by all manner of ghoulish sights and sounds. It's set in the early 1970s, so there are no distracting gizmos.

After Carolyn's plea for help, the Warrens arrive at the farmhouse to investigate and help rid it of the

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nasty spooks. The music and sound effect, production design and camerawork all help enhance the atmosphere that sends chills down the spine at several points, and Wan just never releases the tension built up at the start.

The film is far more detailed and slick than the current crop of horror films like the Paranormal Activity series and more mature than the standard slasher flick. It joins a worthy list of films like The Exorcist, Poltergeist and The Amityville Horror (also inspired by a case from the Warrens’ book)—as one of the best in the genre.

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EXPERT SPEAK Gajanan Khergamker

POSSESSORY TITLE INDEPENDENT OF PROPRIETORSHIP THE person in actual physical possession of the immoveable property, or any person entitled to the possession of the same is said to possess the possessory title of the immoveable property. This possessory title is independent of the proprietary title of the immovable property.

Possession by itself is a substantive right recognised by law and has legal advantages attached to it apart from the true owner’s title.

The right to possession is a heritable right and a transferable right. Even the equitable relief of declaration and injunction are also available to the man in possession as against any person threatening to infringe it.

Suits of possession are generally classified as based on proprietary title and on possessory title. Section 6 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 even treats possessory title in a way better than the proprietary title, in matters where the person in possession is dispossessed, without his consent, otherwise than in due course of law.

In such matters, the person in possession or any person claiming through him may, by instituting a suit within six months of dispossession, recover possession of the immovable property, notwithstanding any other title that may be set up in defence in such suit.

If the person holding possessory title is sought to be dispossessed, without his consent but in due course of law, then the person holding possessory title is likely to succeed as against all persons except the true owner.

Article 64 of the Schedule to the Limitation Act, 1963 recognises that a person holding possessory title i.e. while in possession of the immovable property, on being dispossessed, can institute a suit for possession of the said property, within twelve years of such dispossession. This the person holding the possessory title can do, even if, he does not have the proprietary title.

Possessory title is nothing but a title derived from possession and is good against all except rightful owner, and as held by the Division Bench of Bombay High Court in the case of Mariumbi Aslamkhan v. Vithoba Yeshwanta, such possessory title has all the features of an estate in land and like any other estate, it can be transferred inter vivos and can also be acquired by inheritance. Possession has a two-fold value; it is evidence of ownership, and is itself a foundation of right to possession.

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The law does not detail the manner in which a member should perform repairs of his/her own premises without causing any inconvenience to others which forms the basis of nuisance – the bane of most societies and/or legal remedies in case of transgression.

I have to undertake repairs of my home for which I have taken all due permissions from the society. Now, my query is, am I bound to pay up fines levied arbitrarily by my cooperative housing society’s managing committee which I feel is entirely at their whim and fancy? Isn’t there a procedure to ascertain fines and penalties in accordance with the gravity of the offence and in accordance with the law?

— Joseph D’Souza, Mahakali The New Model Bye-Laws clearly mention that all repairs not covered by the Model Bye-law number 160 (a), basically non-structural and personalised repairs such as paint jobs, masonry work, plumbing works shall be carried out by the members at their own cost.

Sadly, the law does not detail the manner in which a member should perform repairs of his/her own premises without causing any inconvenience to others which forms the basis of nuisance – the bane of most societies and/or legal remedies in case of transgression.

Can a member be permitted to place refuse material during repairs outside his flat, in common passage; and, if so, for how long? What is the fining procedure in case he causes nuisance and overshoots a decided deadline? Who is authorised to fine the member? Does the society have to approach the registrar, BMC or take action itself against the erring member and under which law?

Now, firstly, for all practical purposes, the new model bye-laws have to be adopted by a cooperative housing society to avail of their benefits. Secondly, each and every society needs to amend its own bye-laws in keeping with their

niche requirements and provide for a schedule of fines and penalties too that don’t exceed statutory limits. The process of amendment of bye-laws to include a schedule of fines and penalties is laid down in the bye-laws itself.

Cooperative Housing Societies are allowed to amend their bye-laws.

However an amendment proposed by a society with regards to the internal management of the society should not violate any of the provisions of the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act, 1960; Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Rules, 1961 or any other prevailing laws of the land. Where conditions for repairs and associated fines/penalties are concerned, a CHS can lay down a schedule of terms that could include all or any of the following in its amendments: a) All works will have to be legal in nature and the member should produce a noobjection certificate from concerned authority - BMC, TMC, NMMC, DKMC before commencing any work. Any official stop-work, show-cause notice from any civil authority to the society’s managing committee or brought to their notice will lead to immediate stoppage of work and withdrawal of NOC. b) Only non-structural repairs can be undertaken subject to a conditional NOC obtained from the managing committee at least a fortnight before initiating work. c) The member undertaking repairs has to deposit a refundable amount of Rs X that will be refunded to him on completion of repairs and will cover costs undertaken for works left unattended by his workers or damage caused in the process. d) The member should fill in an undertaking that the work he performs within

his premises will be non-structural ‘repairs’ and will not alter integral structure comprising beams, columns and plinth of the society and compromise the society’s structural stability. e) The member could be made to sign a bond indemnifying the society against any losses caused by him or his workers to the society or any member during the period of repairs. f ) The member should also undertake to indemnify neighbours or affected members whose properties may be affected in the process of repairing his property. g) No work-related rabid or refuse may be permitted to be collected in the society’s common passage that includes space outside one’s door; in the common balcony; on the staircase’ on the common terrace; in the playground; at the entrance of the society or in any common area failing which a fine of Rs 500 could be charged on the first day; Rs 1,000 on the next day and stopped from continuing work on the third instance. h) The society NOC should carry a rider that all repair work should be stopped during afternoon from 1 pm to 4 pm and at 9 pm in the night. Anybody breaking the rule will be fined Rs 500 for the first instance, Rs 1,000 for the next and stopped from continuing work in the third instance. i) A schedule of fines can be drawn up for civil wrongs such as littering; dirtying the passage and can be laid down in amendments that, however, don’t transgress the very basis of the law and are not extraneously punitive in nature. In the end though, it is up to the Registrar’s discretion whether to or not to approve the amendment only after which it becomes binding on all members.

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SAMURAI SUDOKU 269 MUMBAI | SATURDAY, AUGUST 03, 2013

Each Samurai Sudoku puzzle consists of 5 overlapping “classic” 9x9 Sudoku sub-puzzles. Each 9x9 sub-puzzle must be solved according to the rules of Sudoku: each row, column and 3x3 box must contain all digits from 1 to 9 therefore, digits cannot be repeated. Each Samurai Sudoku puzzle has one solution only.

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A normal set of dominoes — that is, one instance of every (unordered) pair of numbers from 0 to 6 — has been arranged irregularly into a rectangle; then the number in each square has been writen down and the dominoes themselves removed. Your task is to reconstruct the pattern by arranging the set of dominoes to match the provided array of numbers. Please note that each domino is a unique one and occurs only once in each puzzle.

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In each puzzle every letter of the alphabet has been replaced by a number; the same number represents the same letter throughout the puzzle. To start you off, we give you three letters and the numbers which have replaced them.

When you’ve filled in these letters throughout the puzzle you’ll have enough clues to start guessing words and discovering other letters. To help you keep track, as you find a letter, slot it into the grid provided and cross it off the list.

To help you keep track, as you find a letter, slot it into the grid provided and cross it off the list.

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The objective of Hitori is to mark out the incorrect cells. The rules are: a) A Number may never appear more than once in each row or column. b) Marked or incorrect cells are never adjacent in a row or a column. c) Unmarked cells create a single continuous area, undivided by marked cells.

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FIGURE OUT Each square contains part of a complete picture that is to be copied into its matching numbered square in the diagram. Start with square A1, drawing it into the diagram where row A and column 1 intersect. Continue with A2, A3 etc.

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BY PICTURES SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S PICTURE CROSSWORD

ACROSS: 1 Duck, 3 Flamingo, 7 Mixer, 8 Candle, 11 Ashtray, 12 Palette, 13 Reel, 15 Baseball.

DOWN: 1 Dragon, 2 Iron, 4 Fox, 5 Ambulance, 6 Bells, 9 Butterfly, 10 Grapes, 14 Lock.

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SOLUTION TO HITORI 268 118

SOLUTION TO CODE WORDS 151

Can you find the words connected in one way or the other with the theme indicated by the title in today’s Word Search? The words may be read horizontally, vertically or diagonally either forwards or backwards, but always in straight lines. Use a ruler to cross them through as you find them.

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WORDLIST: Booty, Buccaneer, Cabin, Cannon, Captain, Chest, Corsair,

Crew, Cutlass, Deck, Doubloons, Earring, Gold, Grog, Guns, Island, Jewels, Lagoon, Map, Mutiny, Ocean, Parrot, Pistol, Plank, Rum, Sail, Seas, Silver

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SOLUTION TO LAST WEEK’S TETRAVEX

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SATURDAY CROSSWORD 269

WORD PUZZLE 269

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ACROSS: 1 Screw pine 5 Shylock, for one ?

8 Seventh-century date 12 Curved course 15 Persia, today 16 Organic compound used in making synthetic rubber 18 ___ volente: God willing 19 Joan of Arc (4,2,7) 21 Doctor of Sacred Music, abbr.

22 Part of an African capital 23 Make a salad 24 The Sound of Music family 26 Frivolous 27 School year for Beavis?

30 Briny - Arabian for one 32 S. African iris 33 Hinged metal clasp 35 Hard taskmasters or overseers (5,7) 38 Mr. Kapoor of "Beta" fame 39 Swiss mathematician 40 E. T.'s favourite, ___ Pieces 41 Filled the hold 43 Harry Potter's mate 44 Old Mideast ints.

45 An intelligent, random opinion (8,5) 50 Harden 51 Salt: chem.

52 _ ___ ease (jumpy) (3,2) 55 Ex-India batsman Amre 59 Davis in Do the Right Thing 61 Flower in Zaire 62 Protests or objects 64 Four: prefix 65 Morales, of "La Bamba" 66 Poet's preposition 67 Bowed in scores 69 Through 70 Mother: prefix 72 Antiquing device 74 Ancient mall 76 Elevation abbr.

77 2011 US Open Champion (5,8) 81 Display Electronics Unit 82 German philospher 83 Descartes or Levesque

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(4,5) 4 __ _ Love Her : Beatles hit (3,1) 5 Rival of Peter Pan? 6 Inner: prefix 7 Costing quite a bit of money, should we say ? (5,1,3) 8 Chest of drawers 9 Stopped 10 Hotel that's not "out" by the sound of it ?

11 Man's sleeveless undergarment 12 Spiral-horned antelopes 13 Breathe in or out 14 Navigational aid comprising of magnetic needle ?

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Note: Please collect your letter from Afternoon Office.

Fit the letters each column into the boxes directly above them in order to form words. The order in which the letters are to be placed is to be decided by you. Each letter is to be used once. When completed you will find a quotation about the theme given.

Today’s Theme: PADORA’S BOX

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION: "Banging your head against a wall uses one hundred and fifty calories an hour."

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TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

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MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Gemini 12th Ashadh Krishnapaksha Mrig Mithun [Gemini] K.Ch. Orange 5

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A special job or project will be in the immediate offing, spelling a busy but immensely rewarding time. Time for matters concerning home and family will be less causing friction. You will have to divide your time equally before matters get to be more difficult. Presently it is going to be a particularly difficult for personal relationships.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Beautiful, tall, lean body, healthy and long-lived. Intelligent, social mentally alert, quick witted, they could be misunderstood occasionally.

After a good education, a career as a financial advisor or administrative services would lead to gain. Considerable wealth and happiness is indicated.

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): A change of environment is indicated for some of you. That is something perhaps you have been waiting for. The signing of an important deal will lead to sudden profits for you.

Personal relationships will be fine and you will handle them with diplomacy and flair. Something that you had lost will now be found.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Care should especially be taken against sloppy handling of an important issue. Even a minor mistake or error in judgment could land you in deep trouble. And do not compound your problems by entering into an argument with a senior. Try to keep a low profile. A tendency to flirt could land you in an embarrassing situation. Try not to push your luck, since you are already committed elsewhere.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Try to put your plans into action and take personal interest in concluding the task. Work will not excite you today. Travel may get put off. You have to pay more attention to health. There is a strong force protecting you but some care has to be taken to keep fit and active. On the relationship front too, things are brewing and there may be certain changes.

You need to take things as they come.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You are confronted with unusual problem at work. This can intrigue you and yet you may even succeed in solving it. Keep a promise you have recently made to yourself. Also fulfill any work aims you set yourself for the day. If you are meeting someone for the first time rest assured that you will make a good impression. It may not be love at first sight but is a good beginning.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You can look ahead to some good news about certain changes in your organization that will place you in a better position and in higher pay scale.

Professionals will get to work with organizations of international repute. Your determination and dedication has won you fresh laurels and rewards. A bit of light hearted flirtation given the circumstances should not be taken too seriously. Give the other party the benefit of the doubt.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Financially you are doing well and may decide to spend a little money on yourself for a change. There is nothing wrong in occasional indulgences especially since you have worked hard to attain such position.

Family and loved ones will be happy for your unexpected change of schedule since this is also a very busy time for you.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): If keen to diversify financially, you are in a position of strength and could expand your existing business. in a new area of work, you can now take the plunge. You have a profitable day. You seem to have found direction, which you may have been lacking earlier. You may have to make a few compromises and give into the whims of a loved one. The outcome will make your efforts worth it.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Work conditions will continue to be favorable. Financially a rewarding time and colleagues will be helpful and supportive. Artistic and creative pursuits will bring recognition. An outing or social get-together could be more tiring than you imagined. Personal life runs smoothly. Travel plans could change.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Be prepared for sudden developments, which may require you to travel suddenly. A staid routine or lifestyle is going to undergo some change, which you may not accept initially. However, once you feel settled you discover the potential of these changes for your future growth in your career. Some talks concerning a matrimonial alliance of a family member now makes headway with the consent of both the parties.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): There will be obstacles along the way but you will achieve what you want. However try working your way around the problem issues without hurting someone who may be working along with you. Do not worry if you face criticism on the way to success that is part and parcel of life. Your preoccupation could be mistaken as lack of interest by your mate or beloved. If someone is in a bad mood you know the reason.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): A turn of events at work turns out to be beneficial for you.

You never know when you strike an idea which gets translated into profit so keep your options open. However expenses for some could be high and you may need some strict budgeting. Avoid long term investments right now. You will fulfil your responsibilities to loved ones but will need time and space for yourself.

Your mate will make sure you get the time.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You have to create alternative source of income in order to sustain sudden expenses. An opportunity exists to try your hand at commission work. If the proposal requires travel, accept it. In fact through trading in commodities you may end up making more profits than in your routine work. Good developments around you make you focus on other areas of your life rather than love and romance. Your beloved will understand the need for you.

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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.

Phoenician of Greek myth (6) Person without equal (8) Right _ __ (6) Become one (5) Burning part of a candle (4) Hyperbolic trigonometric function (4) Flight prefix (4) Batman and Robin, e.g. (3) Cad, knave or scoundrel (4) Woodwind instrument (4) City in Uttar Pradesh (9) Feet of an animal (4) Take it ____ : relax, proceed gently ?

(4) A domestic hog (3) Has (4) ____ Pound : the poet ? (4) Children books author Blyton (4) Test or experiment ? (5) Among, in the company of (6) Know __ ___ : be conversant with ?

(3,5) Impious (6)

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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Famous river of the Indian subcontinent ? (5) "__ _ a million" (5) Italian noble family (4) Professorship (5) A small knife (4) Be unlike any other (6) Exclusive reports (6) The point of a pen, or either of its divisions (3) ____ in one's lot with : join forces with, in a way ? (5) Friday night to Sunday (7) Also know as, in short (3) A black European beetle (3) Crimes of wilful burning and destructions (6) Purchaser (5) Joke (3) Owns or possesses (3)

Today’s clue: R equals U

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

23 Collier, one working in a coal mine (6) 25 __ pro nobis (3) 28 Like George Bernard Shaw or Oscar Wilde ? (5)

30 Lively (5) 31 As _ __ resort (1,4) 32 Root of the taro (4) 33 A layer of earth with its dense growth of grass and matted roots (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD Across: 1 Thar, 4 Impart, 8 Ssw, 10 Ifso, 13 Short cut, 14 Oregano, 15 Lumbar, 17 Disavowed, 21 Tom, 22 Bhi, 23 KOs, 26 Joysticks, 27 Ritual, 28 Ghastly, 32 Himalaya, 34 Kaka, 35 Pto, 36 No more, 37 Weld.

Down: 1 Trio, 2 Apse, 3 Assn, 5 Maraud, 6 Abc, 7 Tutors, 9 Who, 11 Fruit, 12 Ogham, 15 Leis, 16 Bloc, 18 Soft, 19 Obol, 20 Why, 23 Kiosk, 24 Skulk, 25 Orphan, 26 Jailer, 28 Gyp, 29 Hath, 30 Take, 31 Yard, 33 Mam.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1736 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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Afternoon WORD MINE

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.

Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.

Today’s ratings: 19 average; 21 good; 23 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: action, antic, attain, attic, cacti, cant, CATATONIC, coat, contact, intact, into, iota, octant, tacit, taco, tact, tactic, taint, tint, tonic

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IN BRIEF Bopanna, Begemann shock top seeds in Citi Open

WASHINGTON: Rohan Bopanna and his new German partner Andre Begemann knocked out the top seeded pair of Alexendra Peya and Bruno Soares to storm into the quarterfinals of the ATP 500 Citi Open, here. Bopanna, playing with his eighth partner of the season, shocked the top seeds 6-2, 6-7(4), 10-5 in the opening round of the USD 1,295,790 hard court event. They next face Treat Huey of Philippines and Briton Dominic Inglot in the quarter-finals. Riding on two breaks, the unseeded Bopanna and Begemann easily pocketed the first set but their rivals fought back in the second.

Somdev loses ‘friendly’ encounter to Isner at Washington Open

Australian skipper Michael Clarke during his innings of 187 runs during the third Ashes test match on Friday.

Australia 527-7 declare in third Ashes test,

Clarke scores 187 as Starc, Haddin chip in at the end

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ANCHESTER: Australia declared on 527 for seven after tea on the second day of the third Ashes test against England at Old Trafford on Friday.

Australia captain Michael Clarke made 187, his highest Test score against England, as the tourists maintained their grip on the third Ashes match at Manchester's Old Trafford ground.

At declaration on the second day, Australia, who won the toss staged a platform to win to stand any chance of regaining the Ashes after falling 2-0 behind in the fivematch series. Brad Haddin, dropped on 10, was 89 and Mitchell Starc remained unbeaten on 66 as Australia continued to pile on the runs even after Clarke was out. Australia came into this match on the back of six straight Test defeats -- their worst run of results since 1984.

Clarke, rather like Allan Border at the start of the Australia great's captaincy career in the mid-1980s, has spent much of his time in

Mitchell Starc remained unbeaten on 66.

charge knowing that if he doesn't make a major score, few of his toporder colleagues are likely to do just that.

Yet this was his 10th century in 27 Tests as captain, with his average as skipper of 65.15 well above his career mark of 52.52. England's attack was led by Graeme Swann, the off-spinner's figures of five for 149 in 41 overs representing the 17th time in 55 Tests he'd taken five or more wickets in an innings.

Meanwhile, paceman Stuart Broad took his 200th Test wicket as England finally saw the back of Clarke. But perhaps the most remarkable figures of all belonged to England spearhead James Anderson, still wicketless on his Lancashire home ground, with a return of nought for 116 in 33 overs. Australia resumed on yet another sunny day well-placed on 303 for three with Clarke 125 not out, after scoring the tourists' first century of the series, and Steven Smith 70 not out.

Hold Cronje type enquiry into IPL fixing scam: Syed Kirmani

BANGALORE: Former India wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani called on the BCCI to hold a thorough enquiry into the IPL spot-fixing scandal as was done in the case of Hansie Cronje match-fixing scam.

"The entire camera was on Hansie. He was asked you tell us whether you have taken it or not and he accepted it. Those who accept their follies and repent are great gentlemen. You see, that's how the enquiry should be (and only) then the public will (realise the truth)," he told reporters here.

Kirmani, who was awarded the best wicket-keeper in the 1983 World Cup, said a transparent enquiry was not conducted into the IPL spot-fixing scandal.

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EW DELHI: A defiant N Srini- the IPL's Governing Council devasan was forced to drop his cided to reconstitute its ethics desperate bid to reinstate himself commission, where two positions as BCCI President after the under- were lying vacant following resigfire Board called off its Working nations of Ajay Shirke (Treasurer) Committee meeting here, fearing and Sanjay Jagdale (Honorary Seclegal trouble in the wake of an ad- retary) "At its meeting in Delhi earlier verse Bombay High Court order.

Srinivasan, who was expected to today, the IPL Governing Council resume charge as BCCI President (Mr. N. Srinivasan having recused at the meeting, will have to wait on himself) considered at length, the the sidelines for a longer period issues arising from the Bombay with Jagmohan Dalmiya continu- High Court's order regarding the constitution of the probe commising as the interim chief.

The BCCI decided to appeal in sion, which was formed to investithe Supreme Court against the gate the complaints made by the Bombay High Court order, which BCCI against India Cements Limhad declared the Board's IPL spot- ited, Jaipur IPL Cricket Private fixing probe as "illegal and uncon- Limited, Mr. Gurunath Meiyappan stitutional". Before the working and Mr Raj Kundra,” the BCCI Seccommittee meeting was called off, retary Sanjay Patel said in a state-

BCCI Chief Administrative Officer Ratnakar Shetty talks to media after the IPL Governing Council meeting in New Delhi on Friday.

ment. "As a matter of principle, the members confirmed that it was important that the Governing Council's actions be and be seen to be both legally and ethically correct. The Governing Council believes that the probe commission was properly constituted in accordance with the IPL Operational Rules, and has consequently decided that an appeal should be filed in the Honourable Supreme Court," he added.

Srinivasan recused himself from the meeting while this decision was taken but returned after that.

"This decision having been made, Mr. N. Srinivasan rejoined the meeting and, in the light of the pending appeal to the Supreme Court," Patel said.

WASHINGTON: Indian tennis star Somdev Devvarman bowed out of the ATP Washington Open after going down in straight sets to eighth seeded American John Isner in the third round here. The unseeded Indian lost 57, 5-7 to his "good friend" in what was their first encounter on the circuit. Faced with an opponent ranked more than 100 places above him in the ATP list, Somdev fought well in the opening set, saving as many as six break points. But he could never really pile the pressure on Isner, who, in the end, managed to get the crucial break while holding his own serve to pocket the set. Isner, in fact, did not concede a single break point in the entire match.

AAI chief lauds junior archers’ performance in Mongolia

NEW DELHI: Archery Association of India president Vijay Kumar Malhotra today congratulated the Indian junior archery for winning an impressive haul of four medals, including one gold at the Asian Grand Prix Championship in Ulannbaatar, Mongolia. "It is for the first time in the history of Indian archery when compound archers could win four medals in one international competition," Malhotra said. The impressive tally of four medals comprise one gold, one silver and two bronze medals.

Salgaocar coach Pereira elated at AIFF honour

PANAJI: Salgaocar Football Club coach Derrick Pereira is elated at being adjudged the best coach for 2012-13 by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). "It feels nice that my hard work has been appreciated by AIFF. I thank all those who supported me at Pune FC (his earlier I-League club) - the management, players and coaching staff," Pereira said here.

The apex football body's Executive Committee yesterday selected Pereira as the best coach for 2012-13.

Modest start by Kapur in Finland

HELSINKI: Shiv Kapur made a modest start with a two-under 70 that put him in tied 54th place at the end of the first round of the Finnish Challenge on the European Challenge Tour. Kapur, who made the cut at the British Open last month, will need to put up a better show in the second round to ensure weekend action. Sihwan Kim continued his incredible run of form on the European Challenge Tour as the Korean carded an eight under par opening round of 64 to move into a share of the lead, alongside Sweden's Niklas Lemke.

Kim's runner-up finish at the Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge last week, where he was leading after the second and third rounds, rounded off a stunning July for the 24-year-old as he added a third top five finish in four tournaments, finishing top 20 in the other.

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Ravindra Jadeja or Amit Mishra may pave the way for Parveez Rasool.

ULAWAYO: Four back-to-back victories achieved with consummate ease, India might continue to experiment with their team composition as they aim to complete a clean sweep against Zimbabwe in the fifth and final cricket one-dayer here tomorrow.

Led well by an in-form Virat Kohli, India have outclassed the hapless Zimbabweans in every department of the game and it would take a momentous effort from the hosts to get at least one win. At the start of the series, Zimbabwe's coach, Andy Waller, had hoped of surprising India at least once in the series but that moment is unlikely to come even tomorrow given the way the visitors have dominated so far.

"Definitely (that's the aim). We want to end on a high and go home with smile on face. We want to finish the series properly and if we execute things, proper results will follow," Kohli had said when asked if he has a

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J&K CM urges BCCI to give Rasool a chance in Zimbabwe RINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has S urged the BCCI to give a chance to

5-0 result in mind.

In fact, the Indians have felt more at home with the conditions than the home team, which has failed to fire even once as a unit.

Aside from a bright spark here or a fighting effort there, Zimbabwe's performance has been expectedly substandard against India, a team which was missing some of its key players such as regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, pacer Umesh Yadav and off-spinner R Ashwin.

In the fourth match yesterday, which the Indians won by nine wickets, a couple of ODI debuts were handed out with pacer Mohit Sharma instantly making an impression.

Mohit, which figures of 26/2 became the second Indian player to receive the Man of the Match award on debut in ODIs. The other debutant Cheteshwar Pujara could not make much of an impact as he was dismissed for 13.

all-rounder Parvez Rasool in the ongoing limited overs series against Zimbabwe. "Come on BCCI give the young man (Rasool) a chance to prove himself," Omar wrote on his twitter page. The Chief Minister, an avid cricket follower, has expressed disappointment that the Jammu and Kashmir cricketer has not been given a game even though India has taken an unassailable lead in five-match the ODI series against Zimbabwe.

"Really disappointed that Parvez Rasool hasn't been given a game in Zimbabwe," he said. Rasool, who became the first cricketer from the state to be selected in the national team, has been warming the bench in Zimbabwe alongside Ajinkya Rahane, who is also yet to get a game.

Caruso can win August handicap

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here are 9 races today and the first starts at 1.30 p.m. Caruso, with Zerveren up has chance in the August handicap. Watch Falco Nero and Thunder Star.

CARD AND SELECTIONS

1. The Star Comrade Plate Class V 1600 M 1.30 P.M. 1. Bonobo 59 R. Vaibhav 2. Rubens 58.5 I. Pasha 3. Always There 57 Akash Agarwal 4. Heavens Key 57 Abhishek Habbu 5. Ace Of Diamond 56.5 P. Kamlesh 6. Ibis 56 C. S. Jodha 7. Cornelian 55 D. K. Ashish 8. Run Like The Wind 54.5 A. Sandesh 9. Arzaan 54 J. Chinoy 10. Hot As Ice 53 T. S. Jodha Win: Ace of Diamond

2. The Air Dash Plate – Div III Class IV 1000 M 2.00 P.M. 1. Strategy 59 Sandeep Jadhav 2. Negredo 55.5 D. A. Naik 3. Mountain Treasure 54.5 Vivek 4. Sun Hot 54 S. Sunil 5. Mykonos 53 P. Kamlesh 6. Ainra 52.5 A. Sandesh 7. Augustyna 52.5 Akash Agarwal 8. Traffic Jam 52.5 Vijay R. Kadam 9. Nevada 52 Zameer Sayyed 10. Snow King 52 Prasad 11. Zoe 50.5 Towfeeq R. Shaikh 12. Walk Of Life 50 Malcolm Kharadi Win: Mykonos, Ainra

3. The Piccolina Plate Class II 1600 M 2.30 P.M. 1. Hurricane Wind 59 S. Sunil 2. Winston 58 S. Zervan 3. Capital Attraction 56.5 A. Sandesh 4. Papakura 54.5 T. S. Jodha 5. Halle 54 Dashrath Singh 6. Octopaul 49 C. S. Jodha Win: Winston, Octopaul

4. The Air Dash Plate – Div II Class IV 1000 M 3.00 P.M. 1. Staying Alive 61 Kavraj Singh 2. Wind Craft 57 Vivek 3. Erotic Flame 56.5 A. Sandesh

4. Electra 53.5 S. Sunil 5. Gangnam Style 53.5 Shrikant Kamble 6. Three Roses 53.5 Dashrath Singh 7. Mahiki 53 P. Kamlesh 8. Star Fire Boy 53 Towfeeq R. Shaikh 9. Ice Beauty 52.5 Sandeep Jadhav 10. Padmakosa 52.5 N. S. Parmar 11. St Barts 52.5 Ishwar Pardeshi 12. Storm Lightning 52.5 C. S. Jodha Win: Mahiki, Electra

5. The Great Strides Plate Class V 1200 M 3.30 P.M. 1. Lightening Thunder 59 Prasad

6. Haunting Moments 52.5 Vikram Jodha 7. Indication 52.5 C. S. Jodha 8. Modus Vivendi 52.5 Neeraj Rawal 9. Summer Eclipse 52.5 D. K. Ashish 10. Thunder Star 49.5 A. Ashhad Asbar Win: Caruso, Belvedere

8. The Air Dash Plate – Div I Class IV 1000 M 5.00 P.M. 1. Seven Seas 61 A. Ashhad Asbar 2. Mountain Wind 59 Vivek 3. Ice Affair 58.5 S. P. Ranjane 4. Nicanora 58 V. Chandrakant

6. The Royal Princess Plate Class III 1200 M 4.00 P.M. 1. Silver Streak 59 A. Sandesh 2. Zidaan 58.5 S. Sunil 3. Supreme Minstrel 57.5 Abhishek Habbu 4. Brunello 57 Shrikant Kamble 5. Edith Piaf 56.5 Neeraj Rawal 6. Unknown Rebel 55.5 Kavraj Singh 7. Classic Ruler 55 Vikram Jodha 8. Dreams R Mine 54.5 Prasad 9. Song Of Sparrow 54.5 Akshay 10. Theology 54.5 N. S. Parmar 11. Protector Of Paris 52.5 J. Chinoy 12. Sheer Romance 52 Dashrath Singh Win: Brunello, Sheer Romance

7. The August Handicap 1400 M 4.30 P.M. 1. Caruso 60.5 S. Zervan 2. Falco Nero 55 A. Sandesh 3. Domingo 54.5 N. S. Parmar 4. Insignia 53 J. Chinoy 5. Belvedere 52.5 Malcolm Kharadi

9. The Londonderry Plate Class IV 1400 M 5.30 P.M. 1. Su O Moto 59 C. S. Jodha

2. Suntan Beauty 59 A. Ashhad Asbar 3. Super Satin 59 A. Sandesh 4. Glorious Opinion 58 Altaf Sayyed 5. Wind Chime 57.5 Vivek 6. Quando Quando 57 Zameer Sayyed 7. Trump Card 57 Dashrath Singh 8. Ice Pick 56 S. P. Ranjane 9. Star Legacy 55.5 T. S. Jodha 10. Menage A Trois 55 S. Zervan 11. Snow Flake 54 Kavraj Singh 12. Mesmeric 53.5 Neeraj Rawal Win: Menage A Trois

Turf Club Trophy, open race

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2. Rambutan 59 A. Ashhad Asbar 3. Neon Light 58.5 Nirmal Jodha 4. Senor Hill 58.5 S. Sameer 5. Jet Stream 58 D. K. Ashish 6. Oriental Masti 58 N. S. Parmar 7. Pezzonovante 57 J. Chinoy 8. Novak 56 A. Sandesh 9. Armel 55 S. P. Ranjane 10. Polar Zone 50.5 M. A. Roushan Win: Oriental Masti, Novak

5. Emerald Fortune 57.5 S. Mosin 6. Crowned Princess 55 Dashrath Singh 7. New Wings 55 R. Vaibhav 8. Arabian Glory 54.5 Towfeeq R. Shaikh 9. Tropical Zone 54 Ishwar Pardeshi 10. Amsterdam 53.5 B. Nikhil 11. Wild Waves 53.5 S. Sunil 12. Prize Fighter 53 Altaf Sayyed Win: Wild Waves, New Wings

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rito, Yuvile and Star Trainer have a good chance in the Turf Club Trophy. Hadiko should run well today. There are ten races and the first starts at 12.30 p.m.

ACCEPTORS & SELECTIONS

1. The Nelson River Plate – Div II Class V 1000 M 12.30 P.M. Stylish Strokes 59 Wild Imagination 55 Rio Del Ray 53.5 Pistol Packin Mama 58 Victorious Cause 54.5 Rising Angel 52.5 Midnight Lady 55 Midnight Wind 53.5 Win: Rising Angel, Rio Del Ray 2. The Nelson River Plate – Div I Class V 1000 M 1.00 P.M. Taal Ammi 59 Courtesy Call 57 Yardstick 55.5 Eveready 58 Plated 56.5 Tuscania 55 Flying Kiss 58 Ceasarina 56 Toptrick 53 Win: Yardstick, Tuscania

3. The Mayor's Trophy 1800 M 1.30 P.M. Cactus Cash 56 Osric 56 Only One 54.5 Mufasa 56 Dixie Delight 54.5 Splendid Light 54.5 4. The Hurricane Plate Class IV

2000 M P.M. Act Of War 60 Monteray 53.5 My Diva 52.5 Gottawearshades 54.5 Valorozky 53.5 Laurus Pride 52 Dark Knight 53.5 Matter Of Heart 53 Palace Girl 49 Win: Matter of Heart, Laurus Pride 5. The Race Of Hope Gold Cup – Div II 1200 M 2.30 P.M. Dhishkyaon 56 Skywalk 56 Salsa 54.5 My Freedom 56 Yodha Shakti 56 Zaagros 54.5 One Kept Secret

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56 Alvira 54.5 Quest For Love 56 Fontanelle 54.5 Win: Zaagros, Skywalk

6. The Race Of Hope Gold Cup – Div I 1200 M 3.00 P.M. Administrate 56 Oriental Rocky 56 Natalian Express 54.5 Four Star General 56 Pappillon 56 Rock The Turf 54.5 Head Of State 56 Backstreet Bay 54.5 Trisara 54.5 Just By Chance 56 Frisco Bay 54.5 Win: Pappillon 7. The Turf Club Trophy 1400 M 3.30 P.M.

Hachiko 59 Master Bullet 54.5 Orito 51.5 Storm Tracker 56 Star Trainer 53 Cent Per Cent 50 Rajasthan Royals 55.5 Weizhou 53 Yuville 50 Win: Orito, Star Trainer

8. The Theur Hamlet Trophy Class IV 1800 M 4.00 P.M. Mars 60.5 Kaizer 57 Mega Star 54 Fortune Favours 58.5 Zambezi 56 Jens Secret 53.5 Hot Pepper 58.5 You're The Boss 55 Queen 53.5 Win: Queen, Hot Pepper

9. The Kia Ora Plate Class III 1600 M 4.30 P.M. Mountain Force 60 Mountbatten 55.5 Sun Salutation 49 Honest Pleasure 57.5 Appalachia 52.5 Polynesia 56.5 Arabian Fighter 50 Win: Mountain Force, Polynesia

10. The Master Ofthe Rolls Plate Class V 1400 M 5.00 P.M. Mountain Warrior 60 By The Way 57.5 High Returns 53.5 Macho Uno 59.5 Carpe Diem 57.5 Daredevil 52 Light My Way 59 Adams Prince 56 Money Strike 50 Samay Balwan 58.5 Twittillator 56 Win: Money Strike, Daredevil

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extended run to the youngsters so that they can prove their mettle. "Constant chopping and changing deters players' confidence. The good thing that the selectors can do is to stick a team which they believe in. The players can use the opportunity to prove their abilities," he said.

Commenting on Test cricket, Waugh said the format really tests a player's calibre in mental, physical and emotional terms. "You can't find such testing situations in Twenty20 cricket," he said.

The former Aussie great advised the youngsters to concentrate more on Test cricket than Twenty20. "Try and play for your country in Test cricket first; all the other things will fall in place afterwards," he said.

THE LATE CALL... Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly and Steven Waugh Waugh also claimed that he during their series in India in 2001. discovered backhand slower ball during 1987 World Cup final manding 303 for three yesterday our abilities," Waugh insisted "The young Australian players against England. "I was the first at Old Trafford. "The current Australian side is inexperienced, are immensely talented. We have to discover backhand slower while England are experienced a lot of talent, especially in bowl- bowl. My advise to kids is that when you are practising in the lot. We nearly won the first Test at ing department," he added.

Waugh also felt that the Aus- nets, you should concentrate on Trent Bridge. So we need to just hang in there and have faith in tralian selectors should give an adding variety to your bowling."

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ANGALORE: Former captain Sourav Ganguly may have showed a "lack of respect" by turning up late for toss when India locked horns with Australia during the historic 2001 Test series, feels Steve Waugh who was a leading a bunch of extraordinarily talented Aussies in that rubber.

"The fact that he turned up late every game -- it was his choice. I just thought it showed a lack of respect for the game. It didn't really affect me. The match referee actually told him that he had to turn up on time," Waugh said when asked about the controversial episode.

Waugh, meanwhile, is hopeful of Australia scripting a turnaround in the remaining three Tests against England in the ongoing Ashes series, which the hosts lead 2-0. "Australia have begun well the third Test at Old Trafford. Hope we can make a comeback in the remaining three Tests," said Waugh.

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EW DELHI: India-born Monisha Kaltenborn, the first ever woman Team Principal of a Formula One team, said it was sad that Indian Grand Prix would not be part of the 2014 calendar since it was a "great event".

F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone in a reshuffle of the 2014 calendar chucked out the Indian race, which is expected to be part of the 2015 season in the first half.

"It's obviously sad that India is not on the Formula One calendar in 2014," Monisha, the Sauber Team Principal, told PTI. "In only two years India had established itself as a great event with a lot of interest by the Indian people. I truly hope that a solution can be found for the future," the 42-year-old said.

Ecclestone, the octogenarian F1 Czar, had cited political prob-

lems, a veiled reference to tax issues in the country, for dropping the Indian race. Organisers Jaypee Sports International (JPSI) preferred a slot in October 2014 but eventually agreed for the change.

Ecclestone will present the 2014 calendar to the governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) for approval next month, with teams reluctant to go to more than 20 races. This year's calendar has 19 races. After India's dropping, now 21 venues are jostling to find a place in the 2014 calendar with Russia likely to make its debut and New Jersey and Austria also in the fray to host a race.

UMBAI: Anurag Giri of Madhya Pradesh and Rohan Sakalkar of Pune won back-toback ties to strengthen their hopes of qualifying for the knock out pre-quarter-finals, in the Malabar Hill Club-BSAM All India Under-25 Snooker Challenge 3 on Friday.

Giri overcame India junior No. 4 Vishal Vaya in the decider after enjoying a 2-0 advantage that came about when Vaya had to forfeit the two frames for arriving late for the Group G tie. But Vaya fought back to snatch the third and fourth frames before a substantial lead gave Giri the edge in the fifth and final frame. Later, Giri prevailed

over NSCI pre-quarter-finalist Rajvardhan Joshi of PYC Hindu Gymkhana, Pune 3-1.

There were exciting contests in Group H where three of four matches went down to the wire.

Among them, Sakalkar of PYC Hindu Gymkhana beat Avenish Shah of Indian Snooker Academy and Nikhil Saigal of Khar Gymkhana by identical 3-2 margins. In the same group, Bangalore lad Arjun Mehta experienced mixed fortunes while overcoming Saigal 3-2 and going down to Shah 1-3.

Asian 6-Red snooker bronze medallist Laxman Rawat, Aashit Pandya of Dombivli Gymkhana,

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MUMBAI | SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 2013

IN BRIEF Companeroes score narrow win

MUMBAI: Companeroes Sports Club scored a hard fought 3-2 victory over Theresian SC in a Premier Division match of the 10th Bandra West Football League 2013 conducted by the BWFA (Bandra West Football Association) and played at the Dr. Norman Lewis Supari Talao Municipal grounds, Bandra (West). In a match of fluctuating fortunes, Akshay Kadu, Wren D’Abreo and Agnel Pereira scored a goal each for Companeroes. Theresians got their goals through a brace from Zico Pereira.

Results - Premier division: Companeroes SC 3 (Akshay Kadu, Wren D’Abre, Agnel Pereira) beat Theresian SC 2 (Zico Pereira); AK Chimbai SC 2 (Titus Uttankar, Joel Uttankar) beat Carmelites SC 1 (Prashant Gurav); Bandra Packers 8 (Julius Pesso 4, Ranzie Kallicharan, Taha Kachwala, Brian Pereira) beat Classico FC 0.

Division 1: Carmelites ‘B’ 2 (Oneil Kallicharan, Krish D’Mello) beat Young XI 1 (Mahendra Naik); MW Strikers 3 (Dermot Gracias, Sam Fernandes, Alan D’Souza) beat Vellankini Boys 2 (Jay Thakur, Anthony D’Souza); Kant Wadi Strikers 1 (Selwyn D’Souza) beat Athletico Titans 0; Skylarks FC 4 (John D’Souza, Pravin Uchadia, Jayesh Dhotu, Mukesh Mohite) beat Rebels SC 3(Henry Picardo 3). Veterans: Bandra Tigers 4 (Ashwin D’Souza 2, John Fernandes, Clarence Remedious) beat Bandra Lions 1 (Anu Rao); Bandra Eagles 4 (Henry Picardo, Eudes Kinny, George Esteeves, Menino Pinto) beat Bandra Panthers 2 (Anthony D’Souza 2).

Brandon nets three in Xavier’s win

MUMBAI: Brandon Sequeira scored three goals as St. Xavier’s (Bhandup) notched a resounding 6-0 victory over Navy Children (Colaba) in the B-16-II-A Inter School Football tournament at the St. Xavier’s Ground (Parel) here today. Mahesh Ellana, Darryl D’Silva and Devesh Rawat (Self Goal) were the others on target.

Results: At School Sports Centre: B-16-II-B: Lilavatibai Podar (SC) (3) (Sanath Valladares 1, Apurva Amberkar 1, Ahmed Lakhani 1) beat St. Paul’s H.S. (Dadar) (0); B-16-II-B: St. Joseph (Wadala) (Adnan Rangari 1, Mihar Chouthani 1) beat Bombay International (Babulnath) (0) ; B-16II-A: St. Xavier’s (Borivali) (2) (Saiel Salvi 1, Yash Jamdade 1) beat NSS Hill Spring (Tardeo) (0); B-16II-A: Holy Family (Andheri) (1) (Dhanish Shaikh 1) beat AVM (BKC) (0); B-16-II-C: Hiranandani Foundation (Powai) (1) (Vikram Deb 1) beat Utpal Sanghvi School (Juhu) (0); B-16-II-D: St. Joseph (Malad) (2) (Craig Mascarenhas 1, Dominic Fernandes 1) beat Maneckji Cooper (Juhu) (1) (Meeth Handa 1); B-16-II-C: St. Theresa (Bandra) (4) (Prame Sonker 1, Vishal Tak 1, Baven Parmar 1, Arshat Shaikh 1) beat St. Anthony’s (Vakola) (0).

Venue: St. Xavier’s Ground (Parel) B-16-II-D: Dhirubhai Ambani Int. (BKC) (1) (Aditya Chheda 1) beat St. Xavier’s (Fort) (0); B-16-II-B: St. Mary’s ICSE (Mazagaon) (4) (Sanyal Jai 2, Kagalwalla Navid 1, Shah Aayush 1) beat Colaba Municipal (Colaba) (0); B-16-II-C: St. Aloysius (Bandra) failed to turn up for their match against Swami Vivekanand (Borivali) (0).

Amre nets winner for Goregaon SC

Giri, Sakalkar enhance hopes M

Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI: Goregaon Sports Club got the better of Charkop United by a solitary goal in a Third Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League 201314, at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Friday.

Sagar Amre scored the lone winning goal.

Golatkar, Mohite win titles

Pranit Ramchandani Chennai’s Pranit Ramchandani, Nikhil Ghadge of Matunga Gymkhana, Rovin D’Souza of PJ Hindu Gymkhana and Aditya

Agrawal of Indian Snooker Academy all won their second ties in as many outings to also enhance their hopes of qualifying.

MUMBAI: Top seeded Swapnil Golatkar and Vimal Mohite won the men and women singles titles in the Kitte Bhandari Aikyavardhak Mandali Carrom Tournament organized by Kitte Bhandari Aikyavardhak Mandali at Dadar. In the final Swapnil prevailed over unseeded Abhay Mayekar in straight games 25-18, 25-0. In the women single final, top ranked Vimal Mohite prevailed over Snehal Kaljhunkar 25-10, 2510 to win the title for first time.