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Poll Day No/ Date of Poll PD-3 (10 Apr 2014) PD-5 (17 Apr 2014) PD-6 (24 Apr 2014)

Maharashtra – Mumbai – Lok Sabha in Numbers:

MAHARASHTRA: Total Lok Sabha constituencies: 48 Total Polling Stations: 89,479 Total Voters: 7.89 Cr (Male 4.18 Cr, Female 3.71 Cr, Others 270) Mumbai: 6 Lok Sabha constituencies Date of Counting: May 16

Phase 1 – 10 Lok Sabha constituencies & 1 Assembly bye-election – Risod assembly constituency Polling on April 10 Constituencies – Buldhana, Akola, Amravati (SC), Wardha, Ramtek (SC), Nagpur, Bhandara-Gondiya, GadchiroliChimur (ST), Chandrapur and Yavatmal-Washim

Phase 2 – 19 Lok Sabha constituencies Pollinng on April 17 Constituencies – Hingoli, Nanded, Parbhani, Maval, Pune, Baramati, Shirur, Ahmednagar, Shirdi (SC), Beed, Osmanabad, Latur (SC), Solapur (SC), Madha, Sangli, Satara, RatnagiriSindhudurg, Kolhapur and Hatkanangale Phase 3 – 19 Lok Sabha constituencies Polling on April 24 Constituencies – Nandurbar (ST), Dhule, Jalgaon, Raver, Jalna, Aurangabad, Dindori (ST), Nashik, Palghar (ST), Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Thane, Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai North-East, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai SouthCentral, Mumbai South and Raigad.

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rchbishop of Mumbai, Oswald Cardinal Gracias has invited Mumbai’s Catholics to embark on a “carbon fast” to mark the 40 days of Lent that began yesterday with Ash Wednesday. As city churches across denominations filled with penitents waiting to receive the symbolic sign of the season in ash across their foreheads, in his sermon, he exhorted Mumbai’s 600,000 Catholics to remember their duty towards the planet. The Lenten season is usually marked by acts of fasting and abstinence, but what the world needed now was evidence of love and care in the way we treat the environment, his message said. The appeal through the Cardinal has come from the Archdiocesan Office for Environment based in Goregaon. In an article in the latest issue of The Examiner, a community magazine, Fr Allwyn D’Silva, head of the department, invited people to “commit to fasting from carbon during Lent” through a range of suggested activities. These could range from eliminating “vampire” electrical use (standby power that leaks out uselessly when gadgets not in use stay plugged in), tak-

Ash on the forehead: This Lent has brought with it an awareness of carbon fasting ing “military showers” and reducing driving speed in the short run, to more long term commitments like buying local produce in bulk and getting involved in a community garden. “We don’t expect everyone to be able to do everything suggested”, he says in the article, “but serious consideration of each day’s activity can raise people’s awareness, inviting them to think more carefully about how their day-to-day living impacts the environment and make the changes they can.”

All these activities are considered a form of spiritual practice, some overtly. Each week the magazine will provide suggestions for the following days, “do-able actions which can make a difference, not to overwhelm people or make them feel bad about themselves, or cause them to feel that the situation is hopeless. We want people to feel better for doing this as well as challenging themselves to do more. The practice of carbon fasting Continued on pg 12 «

EC doubts cloud CP’s appointment By Prashant Hamine

he appointment of Rakesh Maria as the Mumbai city Police Commissioner on February 15 has come under a cloud as the state government failed to seek prior permission from the Election Commission of India (ECI) over his appointment in his Home district. Clause 8 of the ECI orders of February 8, 1996 related to ban on transfers clearly states “in accordance with the obligation to ensure that the elections are conducted in an atmosphere of impartiality the Commission would further urge that election-related officers may not be posted in their Home district’s”. Maria, a 1981 batch IPS officer belongs to Mumbai Suburban district and has been appointed as the Police Commissioner for whole of Mumbai.

Rakesh Maria, Mumbai city Police Commissioner Sources in the ECI disclosed to ADC that before appointing Maria as the Police Commissioner of Mumbai the state government ought to have sought approval from the ECI which it failed to do so. When the ECI red-flagged the issue, the Home secretary

communicated to the ECI which only angered the ECI officials in New Delhi who wanted the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra to reply. Sources in the state government disclosed that the Chief Secretary has written to the ECI. When asked about it, Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra, Nitin Gadre admitted that the ECI had sought a clarification from the state government over the matter. Asked about the ECI’s reply he added “so far I have not received any communication from the ECI to this effect”. Replying to queries over Model Code of Conduct (MCC) about government issuing orders on decisions like regularising illegal slums upto year 2000, Gadre clarified that the MCC does not apply to Continued on pg 12 «

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CITY OPINIONS

Are you looking forward to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections? Varsha Ganesh Entrepreneur Yes. The political scenario is buzzing with excitement as never before.

Swati Raghavan Working professional Yes. The political scenario has never been so vibrant before and voters too are keeping a track of who is doing what for the country. Swapna Shankar Chartered Accountant Yes. This time around the political battle is way different from what it used to be. Accusations, allegations, scams are all making it exciting. It has got me interested too. Mohit Alva Working professional Yes. The future of the country is going to be decided. Let's see who wins! Amey Jaju Working professional Yes. This is the time when we as citizens take the decision of who will lead the country to a better future. I am hopeful that this election gets us a good government. Readers wishing to participate in ‘Opinions’ may send us their name, day-time telephone number with a passport-size photograph to letters@afternoondc.in Your Subject line must be: opinion

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014

MU will have to reschedule exam dates where they clash with dates of LS elections

By Yatin Ingle

board exams, which are scheduled during the month of April, are likely he election commission has to get shuffled or rescheduled due just declared the dates of the to the LS elections. As is done every polls, necessitating shuffling year, the MU schedules its final and rescheduling of exams dates fi- year semester exams for the nalised by the Mumbai University streams of Arts, Commerce, Sci(MU). Dates of the MU's final year ence and Technology during the

months of March, April and May. The varsity had already announced the exam time-tables, and now the newly declared polling dates are clashing with the dates of the exams. An officer from the varsity, who did not wished to be named, said,

“The varsity will be shuffling its exams due to schedules clashing with election dates. Keeping in mind the requirement, a day before the elections and the day of the election, the exams will have to be rescheduled, and this will be done as soon as possible.”

When LSD is not a drug By A Staff Reporter

layback singer Shaan with children suffering from Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSD) at an event organized by the Lysosomal Storage Disorder Support Society (LSDSS) to create more awareness among the public about rare diseases and to let people know that early diagnosis and timely medical assistance can help such children lead a normal life.

LSD is a group of 45 to 50 rare inherited metabolic disorders that result from defects in lysosomal function. LSDs are caused by lysosomal dysfunction usually because of deficiency of a single enzyme required for the metabolism of lipids,glycoproteins (sugar containing proteins). Manjit Singh, President, LSDSS, said, “As treatment of these diseases is very expensive, it is beyond the reach of most of the LSD pa-

Singer Shaan Mukherjee with children suffering from Lysosomal Storage Disorders. tients. Only government support can save these people and help them lead a better and close to normal life. The need of the hour is a government scheme to provide

free treatment for patients with rare disorders. They are very few in number and it is the duty of the state to provide treatment for them.”

Bias in BMC fund allocation? By Khushboo Panjabi

he discussions regarding the approaching Lok Sabha elections in April are seeing a lot of disparity done in budget allocations for each ward by the BMC Standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale, who has been selected to contest from the South Central ward of the city. During the announcement of standing fund allocation of Rs.550 crore to be used for different purposes, all corporators accepted it in principle, when no detailed information of how much each ward would be allotted. Sheetal Mhatre, corporator from Dahisar, said, “When we received the hard copy of the budget allocation of each ward, I personally examined and could find out that the ruling party in the BMC, which is the Shiv Sena, has received the largest amounts of funds whereas some wards under Congress, and other party corporators were all left behind, with some getting nil allocation.” Mhatre claimed that out of the Rs.550 crore, Rs.50 crore was allotted to BEST, Rs. 227 crore for corporators (227 corporators, with each corporator being allotted Rs.1crore), Rs.273 crore which includes Mayor's Fund of Rs.100 crore, were allotted mostly to the ruling party's wards. Mayor Sunil Prabhu's ward no.48 was allotted Rs.13.70 crore, with an additional Rs.1 crore from the corporators' fund. Yashodhar Phanse, leader of the standing committee, and cor-

equipment. The Mayor's ward with Rs.51 lakh and Phanse's ward with Rs.30 lakh are in stark comparison to other wards where budget allocation for gymnasium is not more than Rs.5 to Rs.10 lakh. In each of the wards, there are funds for Samajkalyan mandir and Mayor's ward has 3 such Samajkalyan mandirs, each of which has been allotted Rs.50 lakh. Rahul Shewale, BMC Standing Committee chairman said, “There is no misuse of the fund at all. In the year 2009, there was allocation of Rs.550 to Rs.600 crore, and always it has been noted that the standing committee chairman has been targeted. And while disRahul Shewale cussing the budget, all the group leaders were invited, but no one porator of ward 56, was allotted had raised objections while Rs.10.50 crore and Rahul Shewale, amounts were being allocated to standing committee chairman and every ward.” corporator of ward no.134 has al“As far as the highest budget lotted his own ward with Rs.5.50 being allotted to south central concrore and from his Lok Sabha fund, stituency, it is because the corporaRs. 40 crore. tors of those wards had made a Mhatre added, “Why cannot this personal request to allot them with be a free and fair election without more funds for which legally the misusing of funds. Biasness is process was carried out and then a being observed everywhere, call was taken.” whereas each ward should get Shewale also added, “There is no equal treatment. Ward number 56 biasness observed as whoever has which is Yashodhar Phanse's ward approached us in a legal way, we has computers provided to stu- have sanctioned their requests. dents of the municipal schools and Other wards that have not received there are decorative streetlights any funds, they can expect it in the everywhere in his ward.” coming future as there could have Shewale has allotted Rs. 50 lakh been some technical errors in sancin his ward for the construction of tioning their requests. The blame the gymnasium, out of which Rs.25 on me made by the Congress corlakh will be utilised in buying the porator is completely wrong.”

Mhatre countered, “I have written a letter to the Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte and the Election Commission, stating that there has been partiality in allocating funds this year and have requested to stop the sanctioning of the budget as there is a lot of disparity, failing which I would have no choice but move the court of law.” khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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Lagan nu bhonu for the Gandhis, and photographer Rashid D Bamanbehram has a word for little Rahul who looks like he’d rather not eat!

Two sisters-in-law sitting side by side at the reception. Sonia Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi in the 1980s

Photos from an era long gone n the eve of the arrival in Mumbai of the Congress Party’s star candidate for prime minister, the man who is expected to attend to a host of Mumbai problems, from Campa Cola of Worli to the Kolis of Versova, we have managed to pull some rabbits out of a hat that is the treasured possession of our Parsi friend Rashid D Bamanbehram. The always smiling Rashid, whom we have known for a very long time, is a photographer of repute, known once upon a time for always being on the spot in times of accident and natural (or unnatural calamities, and his pictures would be both gory and factual. But these are pictures of a very different kind, just as Rashid is a photographer of a different era. Probably he is unaware of how precious these images are, for he show them casually and allowed us to use them generously. And charmingly, in the manner of the great Alfred Hitchcock who would slip himself into a frame or two of his own movies, Rashid is in these frames as well. In our office recently, we asked him to tell us the story of the

photographs and he obliged. Here are his words: “Sometime in the 1980s, I was appointed as official photographer by a Parsi family for a family wedding. The venue was Jeejeebhoy Dadabhoy Agiary, Pilot Bunder Road, in Colaba. I was the only photographer allowed to cover the high profile event. The bridegroom’s family were related to Feroze Gandhi, the spouse of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. There was excitement in the air as soon as Indira Gandhi arrived for the reception along with her entire family. “I had a Mamiya Camera C 330 in those days. It was very precious possession, and I guess only 2-3 people were having the camera in Mumbai then. I had brought the camera from Kuwait. “I am not sure if Rajiv Gandhi had already entered into politics or was about to enter. But he was also having a camera in his hands and was clicking pictures occasionally. He was humble enough to discuss a few things about photography with me. Indira Gandhi’s teacher, a Parsi lady, was sitting by her side. “Interestingly, Rahul Gandhi,

grey skies of fundamentalism as literary Just when we had watchdog in India these decided there is no hope days. that publishing houses The statement refers to will hold out against the the report in the sheer obscurantism newspaper yesterday and sweeping the country, we says, “We are not aware receive a slightly cheery of any such thing except message. that we are looking We refer, of course, to forward to the right the news carried in some resolution of the situation.” mainstream newspapers that Aleph Small comfort in the present Book Company, part of Rupa scenario, but it gives us something Publishing Inc. was pulling out to hang on to. another book, “On Hinduism” by Wendy Doniger. And here we had barely recovered from the shock of seeing the alacrity with which And another piece on books and Penguin had recalled her other who is writing them. From the work “The Hindus: An Alternative constant stream of stuff emerging History”. from publishing houses, it would Now Rupa has issued a appear that every Indian is fulfilling statement yesterday, which is his dream of writing at least the cheering to those desperately on the lookout for a silver lining in the one book each of us is supposed to

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(L-R) Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, her old teacher, a snap-happy Rajiv Gandhi and looking on indulgently, Rashid the privileged!

now the Prime Minister candidate of the Congress Party for the 2014 elections, then aged 8-10 years, was there along with his sister Priyanka. “And this other picture is a rare picture. Maneka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi were sitting next to each other in a jovial mood.

Many people at the reception were keen to take photographs with the Prime Minister and her family, but didn’t know how. There were no mobile phones in those days. I was lucky to have as a videographer my wife Armaity, who clicked my pictures with the members of the Gandhi

carry within us. The latest is Westland Ltd., which has a whole list of heavyweights in its stable of writers, including Amish Tripathi (Shiva Trilogy), Ashok Banker (Mahabharata Series), Ashwin Sanghi (Krishna Key), Rashmi Bansal (Follow Every Rainbow), etc. It has added one more recognisable name - none other than the Indian film director of Kurbaan, the screenplay of which was written by D’Silva himself. He also wrote the nationally acclaimed Bollywood film Rang De Basanti, and now he is releasing his debut novel, “Kohinoor Express” with Westland. “Kohinoor Express” is a historical thriller set in the 1800’s and follows the trail of the Kohinoor after it was taken from Ranjit Singh by the British (after the last Sikh War), and handed over to Queen Victoria. The novel charts the story of that epic journey. It is also a

family. Since press photographers were asked not to take pictures, I sent a few pictures to the press after the event which were published in various newspapers.” To our readers, we say, “Enjoy”. And to our photographer, “Thank you Rashid”! story of a band of unlikely heroes who were determined at all costs, to stop the world’s greatest diamond from falling into the hands of the British and leaving India’s shores forever. Rensil says, “The novel was born out of my fascination for the Kohinoor and my decade long research into the history of the diamond. I have repeatedly visited the Tower Of London, just to gaze at it. And have spent many hours delving into its past. While I have in the last ten years written and directed many stories for the movies, advertising and television, few stories have excited me as much as this has” There is still a bit of time before his book is relwased next year. But we are willing to bet he is writing a screenplay to go along with the book launch, and so we will be able to declare, “You’ve read the book, now see the film”. It could happen!

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CHANGE OF NAME

PUBLIC NOTICE I am concerned for my client Mr. Rasiklal Ratilal Thakkar r/o. 302, Filomina Apartment, Juhu Rd, Vile Parle West, Mumbai-49, has lost and misplace sale deed dated 3.10.1997 registered in the office of the Sub Registrar of Thiruchuchy on 3.10.1997 vide register no. 1208 of 1997 of book no.1 volumn 1543, page 177 to 181 with original title deeds and he had reported the matter to Dahisar Police Station, Mumbai and is recorded in missing register at srl. no. 633/2014 dated 21.2.2014 of said police station and public at large is appealed to return it to undersigned as his advocate or to my client at his given address within 14 days else my client shall be applying to Sub Registrar of Thiruchuchy for getting certified/duplicate of said documents. Place : Mumbai Dated : 3.3.2014 Akhilesh S. Upadhyay Advocate High Court, E-201, Hare Krishna CHS Ltd, Sir P.M. Road, Vile Parle (E), Mumbai - 57 Mobile No - 9702277696.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Sandeep Atmaram Lad is the owner of Flat No. Q/102, on the First Floor, Golden Nest-8 Sonam Akanksha CHSL, Phase-Ill, WingN.O.P.Q., New Golden Nest, Village-Goddev, Mira Bhayandar Road, Bhayandar (E), Dist. Thane 401105. The Share Certificate has been lost/misplaced in respect of the above flat premises. All the persons, government authorities, banks, financial institution, Etc. are hereby requested to intimate to my client i.e. Mr. Sandeep Atmaram Lad or to me as their counsel about any claim whatsoever regarding the Share Certificate within 14 days from this notice, failing which the society shall issue duplicate Share Certificate. R. J. Mishra Advocate High Court B/108, Bhaidaya Nagar "B" Bldg., Navghar Road, Bhayandar (E), Dist Thane-401 105.

PUBLIC NOTICE Mrs. Purnidevi Roshanlal Gupta who is member of Building No. 32/508, Azad Nagar Alfa Co-op. Housing Society Ltd. Azad Nagar No. 1, Jay Prakash Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai-400 053 by ownership and holding 5 shares bearing distinctive No. 1256/57/58/59/60 has applied for a duplicate Share Certificate due to loss of the original Share Certificate. Any person/s having any objection and concurrent disbursement of the said Share Certificate to the applicant may inform the Society Secretary in writing in next 15 days from the date of this publication, failing which the Society will proceed to issue a duplicate Share Certificate and deem all claim of such person/s to be waived and or abandoned.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice for Inviting Objections Whereas Shri Reshma Anand Koli age 50, resident at 162/A, Dharavi main road, Behind Kamgar Kalyan Kendra, Opp. Alvina Hotel, Dharavi Mumbai-17, has applied to me for the grant of a “No Objection Certificate” for the location of a permanent premises for use as a place of public amusement at M/S Priyanka Restaurant and Bar situated at Mukund nagar, GNM/ A766, 1/2 Sion Bandra Link Road, Dharavi, Mumbai-17 in Brihan mumbai and bounded as under :On the East : Sumitra Vilas Hotel (Restaurant), On the West : Santosh Wine, On the North : O.N.J.C. High, On the South : Jaydeep Co.op Housing Society. Notice is hereby given that any person having any objection to the grant of a “No Objection Certificate” as aforeside should lodge his objection in writing with the undersigned directly or through Sr. Inspector of Police, Dharavi Police Station, Mumbai by the 31st March,2014. Any objections received beyond that date will not be taken into consideration. Given under my hand this 28th day of Feb 2014. Sd/For Dy. Commissioner of Police, (H. Q. -1), Greater Mumbai.

CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Mohammed Mubarak Abdul Gafur to Mohammed Mubarak Abdul Gafur Shaikh as per Affidavit No. KL 397249) dated 03/03/2014. Ornate-C-38296 I Milind Suresh Chavan have changed my name to Milind Suresh Chauhan as per Affidavit dated 04-03-2014 C-38297 I have changed my name from Mrs. Bina Pankaj Rambhia to Mrs. Beena Pankaj Rambhia as per Deed Poll Affidavit. C-38298 I, Amrutlal G. Jain, have changed my name as Amritlal G. Jain residing at Gold Field Building, 10th Floor, Room No. 104, Sion Bandra Link Road, Dharavi, Kala Kila, Mumbai400 017 as per Affidavit dated 28/02/2014. C-38299 I, Mr. Siraj Ebrahim Haji (father) and Mrs. Rubina Siraj Haji (mother) have changed our minor daughters name from Fatima Siraj Haju to Fatima Siraj Haji Vide Deed Poll Affidavit dated 04-03-2014. C-38300 I, Ayyapola Mallappa, have changed my name to Malappa Balappa Ayapola Vide Maharashtra Government Gazette No. U-64450 dated February 6-12, 2014. C-38301 I have changed my name from Anantamati Jinnappa Goshyanatti to Anandi Jugraj Jain as per the Affidavit. C-38302 I have changed my name from Abbasbhai Givaji Bhadsurawala to Abbasali Jivaji Bhadsorawala as per the Affidavit. C-38303 I have changed my name from Zubeda Taherali to Zubeda Taherali Mandsaurwala as per the Affidavit." C-38304 I have changed my name from Neebreen Mustafa Chakiwala to Nishrin Juzer Raja as per the Affidavit. C-38305 I have changed my name from Shabbir Hussain Saiffudin Raja to Shabbir Saiffudin Raja as per the Affidavit. C-38306 I have changed my name from Akbar Ali to Akbar Abdulrasool Khargonwala as per the Affidavit. C-38307 I have changed my name from Munawarali Hasanali Khoja to Munawarali Hasanali Merchant as per Affidavit dated 28.02.2014. C-38308

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 I have changed my name form Myra Angela Souza to Brenda Myra Naveen Furtado as per Maha. Gazette No (U-64087). C-38311

I have changed my name from Jean Ryan D’Mello to Mabel Jean Rodrigues as per Gazette (U-57438). C-38325

I, Prasenjeet G. Mookherjea have changed my Son’s name from Pragyadeep Mookherjea, to ‘Hirak Mookherjea’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 42012) Dated: 07/10/2010, as per Affidavit Dated: 27/02/2014. C-38312

I have changed my name from Lalita Misquitta Hegde to Lalita Carolena Misquitta, as per the Affidavit. C-38326

I have changed my name from Shanaz Begum Moula Ali Lokapali, to ‘Shahnaz Begum Maula Ali Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 05/03/2014. C-38313 I have changed my name from Maula Ali Abdul Majeed, to ‘Maula Ali Abdul Majeed Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 05/03/2014. C-38314 I have changed my name from Swapnil Jildas Jadhav, to ‘Swapnil Jindas Jadhav’ as per Affidavit Dated: 05/03/2014. C-38315 I have changed my name from Shubhangi Kamlesh Shrivastav, to ‘Alisha Qamarali Mulji’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 67427) Dated: 13/02/2014. C-38316 I have changed my name from Nitinkumar Jaywant Shinde, to ‘Nitin Jaywant Shinde’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 3085) Dated: 10/06/1999. C-38317 I have changed my name from Sahajahn Abdul Sattar Choudhary, to ‘Shayajaho Abdul Sattar Choudhary’ as per Affidavit Dated: 16/07/2013. C-38318 I have changed my name from Tina Ramesh Bafna, to ‘Hina Faizali Waghu’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 66716) Dated: 13/02/2014. C-38319 I, Khan Rasool have changed my Son’s name from Khan Faisal Rasal, to ‘Khan Faisal Rasool’ as per Affidavit Dated: 05/03/2014. C-38320 I, Koradia Zubair Usman have changed my Son’s name from Koradia Mohamed Zubair, to ‘Koradia Mohammed Zubair’ as per Affidavit Dated: 30/01/2014. C-38321 I have changed my name from Darvesh Zeshaan Ahmed, to ‘Darvesh Ovais Ahmed’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014. C-38322

I have changed my name from Zaheer Abbas Varteji to Zaheerabbas Mukhtarali Varteji as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.05/05/2014. C-38327 I have changed my name from Dineshkumar Lalchand Vishwakarma to Dinesh Lalchand Vishwakarma as per Affidavit No - KL 415317. C-38328 I have changed my name from Valerian Jude Fernandes to Valerian Dunstan Fernandes as per Affidavit dated 13/08/2013. C-38329 I have changed my name from Tabrez Mohammed Yasin Ansari to Shams Tabrez Mohammed Yasin Ansari as per Affidavit. C-38330 I have changed my name from Hussain Noor Mohammed Jadiya to Husain Noormohammed Jadiya as per Affidavit dated 05-03-2014. C-38331 I have changed my name from Shyama Devi to Savita Maheshwari as per Affidavit dated 05th March, 2014. C-38332 I have changed my name from Shaila Shripad Sankholkar to Kavita Kanhaiyalal Narvekar as per Affidavit. C-38333 I have changed my name from Shilpa Prakash Chetwani to Arpita Girish Rajpal as per Affidavit dated 05th-03-2014. C-38334 I have changed my name from Rupali Arun Umrotkar to Aaria Sainath Mondkar as per Affidavit dated 05-03-2014. C-38335

I Miss Premabai Mahadev Bohir have changed my name to Miss Prema Mahadev Bhoir as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/03/14. C-38341 I Joshna Dinesh Baria have changed my name to Jyotsana Yogesh Makwana as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/03/14. C-38342 I Kavitaben Shirishchandra Shah have changed my name to Kavita Ankur Dantara as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/03/14. C-38343 I Manjulagauri Mohanlal Raiyani have changed my name to Meena Ashok Bhadani as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/02/14. C-38344 I Pravinbhai Girdharlal Jinadra have changed my name to Pravin Girdhar Soni as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38345 I Tarunaben Dinesh Shirodra have changed my name to Taruna Dinesh Shirodra as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38346 I Dineshbhai Laxmidas Shirodra have changed my name to Dinesh Laxmidas Shirodra as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38347 I Sheelabai Bhaskar Shete have changed my name to Sheela Bhaskar Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38348 I Bhaskar Narayanrao Shete have changed my name to Bhaskar Narayan Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38349 I Sagar Bhashkarrao Shete have changed my name to Sagar Bhaskar Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38350

I have changed my name from Moh Nazim Shaikh to Moh’d Nazim Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 13th February, 2014. C-38336

I Rajeshkumar Madhukant Vora have changed my name to Raju Madhukant Vora as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38351

I have changed my name from Adil Shekh to Mohmmad Adil Moh'd Nazim Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 13-02-2014.

I Alkaben Rajeshkumar Vora have changed my name to Alka Raju Vora as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38352

C-38337 I have changed my name from Dilipkumar Mohanlal to Dilip Mohanlal Lakhara as per Affidavit dated: 3 March 2014. C-38338

I have changed my name from Ms. Pushpaben Shamji Dodia to Mrs. Priti Kishor Solanki as per Affidavit dated 9/10/13. C-38309

I have changed my name from Darvesh Sameena Ahmed, to Darvesh Shamina Ahmed as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014. C-38323

I Manojkumar Arunkumar Palicha have changed my name to Manoj Arunkumar Palicha as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38339

I have changed my name from Mr. Kishorbhai Manjibhai Dungrani to Mr. Kishorbhai Manjibhai Patel as per Affidavit dated 9/10/13. C-38310

I have changed my name from Abdul Rahman Sayed Rehman, to ‘Abdul Rehman Sayed Rehman Khan’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/03/2014. C-38324

I Amit Rameshchandra have changed my name to Amit Rameshchandra Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38340

I Rajesh Madhukant Vora have changed my name to Raju Madhukant Vora as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38353 I Dineshkumar Laxmichand Jain have changed my name to Dinesh Laxmichand Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38354 I Patricia Crysinthia D’cunha have changed my name to Patricia Denzil Pereira as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38355

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Three phase polling in state between April 10 to April 24

By Prashant Hamine

he bugle for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has been sounded and the cities of Mumbai and Thane shall go to polls on April 24. With this, the Model Code of Conduct has come into force with immediate effect. Polling in Maharashtra will be held in 3 phases - on April 10, April 17 and April 24. In the first phase, 10 Lok Sabha constituencies mostly in Vidarbha will go to polls, the second phase will see 19 Lok Sabha constituencies in Marathwada, while the third phase will see 19 Lok Sabha constituencies in Mumbai and surrounding districts going to polls. Voters in the 6 Lok Sabha constituencies of Mumbai North, Mumbai North-West, Mumbai NorthEast, Mumbai North-Central, Mumbai South-Central and Mumbai South will cast their ballot in the last phase of polling in the state on April 24. For the first time, besides the political parties and contesting candidates giving Voter Slips at the residences

State Election officer Nitin Gadhare addresses mediapersons about the ensuing Lok Sabha election at a press conference held at the Vidhan Bhavan, on Wednesday. of voters, the Election Commission of India will also be distributing Photo Voter Slips to the voters with photographs of the voters, their voter list number, number and address of their nearest polling booth. On polling day, the voters will have to carry their Photo Voter Identity Card, and if not, any government official document from among a list of 14 documents

approved by the government for identity proof and proof of residence. At present, the coverage of Photo Voter Identity Card in the state stands at 92 per cent. Speaking to newspersons here yesterday, Chief Electoral Officer of Maharashtra, Nitin Gadre, disclosed that the total voter population of the state now stands at 7.89 crores. Out of this, 4.18 crore

SALES TAX PLUS OTHER â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CHARGESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Brokers collected a lot of money from investors apart from sales tax By Neel Shah

week after coming across the case of collection of sales tax despite having no stocks or there being inadequate stocks, the investigators of the NSEL scam of Rs 5,600 crore have now learned that the brokers' had collected various charges from the investors. According to the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Mumbai's crime branch, the brokers' went to the extent of collecting transaction charges, their brokerage charges, delivery charges of the stocks. These charges were collected even though they didn't have stocks, or the stocks for which they collected were inadequate, added the sources in the investigating team of EOW. This makes it apparent that the brokers' cheated the investors and pocketed the money, informed an officer in EOW, who is privy to the investigations. Last week, the EOW sleuths had revealed how the brokers' falsely collected sales tax from the investors. The brokers duped the investors by misrepresenting the existence of the stocks. Hitherto, EOW sleuths had come across several such revelations with regard to the brokers' involvement in the

scam. Thanks to this, in last two months, the role of brokers in the NSEL scam has become crystal clear. Recently, the EOW learnt that the exchange permitted rule of CC, which was allowed in situations in which mistake occurs during the transaction at the time of punching the trade or, at the most, on the request of the client to change the name in its group company, was violated by the brokers'.

According to investigators, the brokers' were changing the CC on daily basis, that too not for the reasons for which the CC was permitted. Taking benefit of this, the brokers' used to make bulk purchases and the same purchases were offloaded to potential investors. More than a dozen bigshot brokers are on the radar of the EOW, and they are suspected to be the major players in the scam.

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are male, 3.71 crore are female voters and 270 voters in the Others category (Transgenders). In the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, the voter population in the state was 7.28 crore, a rise of about 61,000 voters. Gadre disclosed that the total polling stations in the state have been re-organised from the earlier 82,028, and now stands at 89,479 polling stations. At present there are about 6,000 sensitive polling booths in the state and 650 hyper sensitive polling booths in the state. Gadre clarified that the number of these sensitive and hyper sensitive polling stations can increase depending upon the contesting candidates and the prevailing

situation. In the first phase of polling in 10 constituencies of Vidarbha, a total of 1.63 crore voters will cast their ballot across 19,059 polling stations on April 10. In the second phase of polling in 19 constituencies of Marathwada, a total of 3.17 crore voters will cast their ballot across 36,640 polling stations on April 17. While, in the third and last phase of polling in the state, spread across 19 constituencies of Mumbai and surrounding districts, a total of 3.08 crore voters will cast their ballot across 33,777 polling stations. Gadre appealed to all those eligible voters who still have not enrolled themselves or whose names are not in the

voters list, can still do so. Such voters can enroll their names up till 10 days before the last date of filing of nomination papers in that particular Lok Sabha constituency. He further disclosed that his office has opened 450 Voter Help Centres across the state, where all eligible voters can approach to seek information about voter registration, voter identity cards, polling booths and other details. Besides this, voters across all the 89,479 polling stations in the state can approach their nearest election office on March 9 (Sunday). He urged voters to log on to these websites â&#x20AC;&#x201C; www.eci.nic.in, http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.i n or http://ceomaharashtra.nic.in.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I Akbar have changed my name to Akbar Mehboob Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38356 I Mehboob Mohamed Kasim have changed my name to Mehboob Mohammad Qasim Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38357 I Farzana Mehboob Mohamed have changed my name to Farzana Mehboob Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38358 I Satywan Ghadge have changed my name to Satyawan Ghadge as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38359 I Mrs. Victoria Joseph Arockta Swamy have changed my name to Mrs. Vhiktoriya Josaf as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/03/14. C-38360 I Abdul Naeem Abdul Rauf have changed my name to Mohammad Abdul Naeem Shah Qadri Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38361 I Abdul Rauf Abdul Gafoor have changed my name to Mohammad Abdul Rauf Shah Qadri Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38362 I Pravinkumar Ghisulal have changed my name to Pravin Ghisulal Jain as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38363 I Janardan Damodar Devrukhkar have changed my name to Janardan Damodar Devrukhakar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38364 I Ku. Sonal Rajkumar Singh have changed my name to Gayatri Rajkumar Singh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38365 I Hemanta Chchheylal Gupta have changed my name to Hemant Achchheylal Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38366 I Dipak Manmohan Das have changed my name to Deepak Manmohan Das as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38367 I Shahanvaj Ahmad Muhammad Latif Ahmad have changed my name to Shahnawaz Ahmad Muhammad Latif Ahmad as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38368

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CLASSIFIEDS I Allimuddin Musayyad Ansari have changed my name to Alimuddin Musayyad Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38372 I have changed my name from Bhargavi Sameer Shelte to Manasvi Sameer Shelte as per Maharashtra Govt Gazette No: (U- 67339) dated: February 1319, 2014. C-38373 I have changed my name from Tanvi Dilip Rahate to Aaradhya Rakesh Mahadik as per Maharashtra Govt Gazette No: (U- 67340) dated: February 1319, 2014. C-38374 I have changed my name from Amritlal Devraj Shah to Amrutlal Devraj Shah as per Affidavit. C-38375 I have changed my name from Um Kulsum to Umme Kulsum Ahmed as per Affidavit. C-38376 I have changed my name from Sairah Bano to Saira Bano as per Affdavit. C-38377 I have changed my name from Mohammed Iqbal Bachu Mohammed Aslam to Mohammed Aslam Bachu Mohammed Iqbal as per Affidavit. C-38378 I have changed my name from Faisal Badruddin Qureshi to Mohammed Faisal Badruddin Qureshi as per Affidavit. C-38379 I have changed my name from Eddie Pallonji Dumasia to Adi Pallonji Dumasia as per Affidavit. C-38380 I have changed my name from Yusuf Iqbal Bhinderwala to Yusuf Mufaddal Bhinderwala as per Government of Maharashtra Gazette No. X2256 Dated: 25-05-2005. C-38381 I have changed my name from Sakina Iqbal Bhinderwala to Sakina Mufaddal Bhinderwala as per Government of Maharashtra Gazette No. 2257 dated: 25/05/2006. C-38382 I have changed my name from Mulla Jahid Rashid to Mulla Jahida Rashid as per Affidavit. C-38383 I have changed my name from Zahida Salim Khan to Jahida Salim Khan as per Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Sayeeda Begam Hasan Mukadam to Sayeeda Shabir Mukadam as per Affidavit Dt. 05-03-2014. C-38388 I have changed my name from Muhammad Haneef Beachu to Mohammad Haneef Beachu Khan as per Affidavit Dt. 05-032014. C-38389

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2014 I have changed my name from Abhijeet Kishore Jadhao to Abhijeet Kishore Jadhav as per Affidavit. C-38405 I have changed my name from Pawae Akash Subhash to Pawar Akash Subhash as per Affidavit. C-38406 I have changed my name from Pawae Subhash Ramu to Pawar Subhash Ramu as per Affidavit. C-38407

I have changed my name from Mohammad Jainuddin Shikhaldar to Mohammad Jainuddin Shikalgar as per Affidavit. C-38390

I have changed my name from Shah Priyanka Kishor to Gudhka Priyanka Kishor as per Affidavit. C-38408

I have changed my name from Ayshabee Abdul Hamid Khan to Ayesha Sabrej Memon as per Affidavit. C-38391

I have changed my name from Rajeshkumar Jawaharlal to Rajesh Jawahar Lahoti as per Affidavit. C-38409

I have changed my name from Aakash Gurumukh Sundarani to Aakash Gurmukh Sundrani as per Affidavit. C-38392

I have changed my name from Gulam Mustafa Sharfuddin Chindhe to Mustafa Sharfuddin Chinde as per Affidavit. C-38410

I have changed my name from Gurumukh Sundarani to Gurmukh Sundrani as per Affidavit. C-38393 I have changed my name from Kukreja Narain Madanlal to Kukreja Narayan Madanlal as per Affidavit. C-38394 I have changed my name from Sengunthar Raju P Mani to Muddliyar Raju P Mani as per Affidavit. C-38395 I have changed my name from Muddaliar Ravi Venkatesh to Mudaliar Ravi Venkatesh as per Affidavit. C-38396 I have changed my name from Lakhiani Shankerlal Kishinchand to Lakhyani Shanker Kishinchand as per Affidavit. C-38397 I have changed my name from Ankit Ukar Shah to Ankit Shah as per Affidavit. C-38398 We Mr Sampatlal Kataria & Mrs Rekha Kataria have changed our minor child name from Ritik Sampat Kataria to Hritik Sampatlal Kataria as per Affidavit. C-38399 I have changed my name from Hasija Rajesh Jaromal to Haseja Rajesh Jaromal as per Affidavit. C-38400

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I have changed my name from Anup Nandi to Anupkumar Nandi as per Affidavit. C-38401

I Chudiya Sajedabanu Rahimbhai have changed my name to Kadiwala Sajeda Ahmed Abbas as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38369

I have changed my name from Joseph Robert Rodrigues to Salim Robart Khan as per Gazette No. U31579. C-38385

I have changed my name from Mohammad Shoeb to Sabbu Ahmad Sabijan Quraishi as per Affidavit. C-38402

I Mohd. Rafiq have changed my name to Rafiq Hingora as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38370

I have changed my name from Pravinkumar Babulal Shah to Pravin Babulal Shah as per Affidavit. C-38386

I Shibaz Allimuddin Ansari have changed my name to Shehbaz Alimuddin Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-38371

I have changed my name from Nazir Ahmad Abbas Syed to Nazir Abbas Sayyed as per Affidavit Dt. 05-03-2014. C-38387

I have changed my name from Sarik Shoeb Shaikh to Mohammed Sharique Shoeb Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-38403 I have changed my name from Mohammadasif Mohammadakram to Mohammad Asif Mohammad Akram Farooqui as per Affidavit. C-38404

I have changed my name from Kanchan Kumari Daulatram Tarwani to Kanchan Daulatram Tarwani as per Affidavit. C-38411 I have changed my name from Sureshkumar Assmal Krishnani to Suresh Assmal Krishnani as per Affidavit. C-38412 I have changed my name from Rameshlal Dewandas Talreja to Ramesh Dewandas Talreja as per Affidavit. C-38413 I have changed my name from Mohammed Shahbaz Qureshi to Mohammed Shahbaz Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-38414 I have changed my name from Chandmiyan Mohammed Ibrahim Qureshi to Chandmiyan Mohammed Ibrahim Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-38415 I have changed my name from Suraiya Chandmiyan Qureshi to Suraiya Chandmiyan Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-38416 I have changed my name from Mangesh Sherad Surway to Mangesh Sharad Surve as per Affidavit. C-38417 I have changed my name from Sherad Kashinath Surve to Sharad Kashinath Surve as per Affidavit. C-38418 I have changed my name from Bharatkumar Jagdishprashad to Bharatkumar Jagdishprashad Parihar as per Affidavit. C-38419 I have changed my name from Kasandra Antonia Pais to Kasandra Pais Liao as per Affidavit. C-38420

I have changed my name from Amit Sukhadeepsingh Hayr to Amitsingh Sukhadeep Singh Hayr as per Affidavit. C-38423 I have change my name from Umesh Kumar Bhagatram Sharma to Umesh Bhagatram Sharma as per Affidavit. C-38424 I have changed my name from Sheryl Raju Arumugham to Simran Umesh Sharma as per Affidavit. C-38425 I have changed my name from Kumari Bhosle Sulabha Harichandra to Sarita Suresh Yetkar as per Affidavit. C-38426 I have changed my name from Kothari Bharatkumar to Kothari Bharat Chunilal as per Affidavit. C-38427 I have changed my name from Ranjeet Kaur to Ranjit Kaur Sohi as per Affidavit. C-38428 I have changed my name from Mamta Vishwanath Patil to Vedangi Vinod Sane as per Affidavit. C-38429 I have change my name from Shaheda Syed Ansar Ali to Sayed Shaheda Ansar Ali as per Affidavit. C-38430 I have changed my name from Sima Modi to Seema Vijay Dokania as per Affidavit. C-38431 I have changed my name from Seema Vijaykumar Dokania to Seema Vijay Dokania as per Affidavit. C-38432 I have changed my name from Vijaykumar Dokania to Vijay Dokania as per Affidavit. C-38433 I have changed my name from Shruti Kumar Dokania to Shruti Vijay Dokania as per Affidavit. C-38434 I have changed my name from Vijaykumar Kashiprasad Dokania to Vijay Kashiprasad Dokania as per Affidavit. C-38435 I have changed my name from Siddhant Vijaykumar Dokania to Siddhant Vijay Dokania as per Affidavit. C-38436 I have changed my name from Kishorchandra Velji gala to Kishor Velji Gala as per Affidavit. C-38437 I have changed my name from Anjello to Angello Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;souza as per Affidavit. C-38438

I have changed my name from Pradeepkumar Babubhai Patel to Pradeep Babubhai Patel as per Affidavit. C-38421

I have changed my name from Pawan Kumar Birawat to Pawan Fojmal Birawat as per Affidavit. C-38439

I have changed my name from Sangeetaben Mahesh Patel to Sangeeta Mahesh Patel as per Affidavit. C-38422

I have changed my name from Varda Prakash Chandra to Roshni Manoj Khushalani as per Affidavit. C-38440

I have changed my name from Kunjanlal Sharma to Kundanlal Sharma as per Affidavit. C-38441 I have changed my name from Arvind Kumar Bhardwaj to Arvind Bhardwaj as per Affidavit. C-38442 I have changed my name from Sureshrao Kadam to Suresh Kadam as per Affidavit C-38443 I have changed my name from Srinivasa Rao Dangeti to Srinivas Rao Satyanarayan Dangeti as per Affidavit. C-38444 I have changed my name from Suratwala Mustafa Abdulhusen to Suratwala Mustafa Abdulhussain as per Affidavit. C-38445 I have changed name from Dahodwala Tayebali Mannan to Dahodwala Taiyab Mannan as per Affidavit. C-38446 I have changed my name from Akbaribegum Abdul Kadir Bhaiji to Akbari Abdul Kadir Bhaiji as per Affidavit. C-38447 I have changed my name from Ashwin to Vadakeparambil Ashwin Kumar Suresh Kumar as per affidavit. C-38448 I have changed my name from V.R. Suresh Kumar to Suresh Kumar Vadake Parambil as per Affidavit. C-38449 We have changed our minor child name from Sampurva Umesh Tambe to Purva Umesh Tambe as per Affidavit C-38450 I have changed my name from Malika Sajjad Sutarwala to yasmeen Sajjad Suterwala as per Affidavit. C-38451 I have changed my name from Saifuddin sajjad Sutarwala to Saif Sajjad Suterwala as per Affidavit. C-38452 I have changed my name from Babu Vishnu Khedkar to Vikas Vishnu Khedkar as per Affidavit C-38453 I have changed my name from Jaspal Singh Sembhi to Jaspal Singh Sambhi as per Affidavit C-38454 I have changed my name from Abdulla Zamer Ahmedi T Multani to Abdullah Zameer Ahmed Multani as per Affidavit C-38455

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Mira Road Ward President Vandana Chakre and her son Amol are caught red-handed while accepting Rs.2 lakh from local builder

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hree people, including a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator in the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) and her son, landed in the custody of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday afternoon, on charges of accepting a bribe from a local builder to get encroachments removed from his multi-crore plot in Kashimira. According to officials in the Thane unit of the ACB, Vandana Ramdas Chakre, an NCP corporator who heads Mira Road’s ward number six

Amol and (L) Vandana Chakre

Leopard sneaks into Vasai cottage By Suresh Golani

Wednesday. Locals spotted the leopard moving inside and immediately fter spending eight hours in alerted the occupants, Kavita Gushock and fear, residents of Fa- rukund and her 5-year-old daughter therwadi area in Valiv near Vasai, fi- Karuna, who rushed out just in time. nally heaved a sigh of relief after After being informed, forest departForest Department officials trapped ment officials rushed to the spot at a leopard from a private cottage in about 10 am and launched a rescue their neighbourhood. According to operation. All the entrances and esofficials, a fully grown male leopard cape routes were blocked, but the wandered into the hamlet and rescue team finally managed to sneaked into the tenement of Vijay tranquilize and cage the leopard late Gurukund at about 7 am on in the afternoon.

in the MBMC, and her son Amol, had demanded Rs.7 lakh from the complainant, Saprem Thakur, to remove encroachments on his plot near the Dahisar check-naka. After negotiations, the bribe amount was scaled down to Rs.4 lakh. Thakur then approached the Thane unit of the ACB and registered a complaint, following which a team, led by Police Inspector Arun Sakpal, laid a trap and caught the mother-son duo and their accomplice, Ramkumar Ravikaran Rai, red-handed while they were accepting the first installment of Rs.2 lakh at the ward office in Ram Nagar at

about 3:30 pm on Tuesday. A case under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered. This is the second ACB trap in a span of less than three months in which prominent elected representatives from the NCP, holding top posts in the local ward offices, have landed in jail on charges of corruption. NCP corporator Ashok Tiwari and ward officer Sunil Yadav had been arrested by the Mumbai- ACB on December 17, 2013, while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a builder to shelter illegal constructions in Uttan near Bhayandar.

Spot boy held for kidnap and rape Shivaji Nagar police, disguised as canteen contractors, arrest Film City spot boy from Jharkhand border

Kin blame BCEIRC for medical negligence By A Staff Reporter

the surgery were normal. It was negligence at the BCEIRC that cost our family her life”, he added.

n an alleged case of medical negligence, a family from Sakinaka has held the doctors at Bombay City Eye Institute & Research Centre (BCEIRC) responsible for the death of one of its family members on February 26. The family alleges that 55year-old Elelia Noronha who had been admitted to BCEIRC for an occuloplasty (a subspecialty of Ophthalmology that deals with disorders of the eyelids), lost her life due to negligence of the doctors at the hospital and has filed a complaint at the Gamdevi police station.

The case: Ajay Lambore, a resident of Tardeo and the nephew of the deceased said, “My aunty was taken to BCEIRC on February 26 for occuloplasty and surgery was successful.We were told that she would come out of the theatre in half an hour and that we will have to bring her the next day for dressing. But after half an hour, the doctors informed us that she has developed some complications and is unable to come out of anaesthesia. She has to be shifted to ICU at Motiben Dalvi Hospital in Gamdevi. They said that they have made all arrangements and the ambulance will arrive soon. We waited for the ambulance for 45 minutes. On reaching Dalvi hospital, she was immediately taken to the ICU and after 20 minutes, was declared dead.” According to Ajay, Elelia had passed away at BCEIRC itself and she being taken to Dalvi hospital was a mere act from BCEIRC’s side.

Elelia Noronha, the patient. “When we were waiting for the ambulance to arrive at the BCEIRC, the doctors were running here and there. There was a lot of panic. And how come after declaring a surgery a success, my aunt’s condition worsened? Also, all through the journey to Dalvi hospital, doctors were assuring us that my aunty was alive but we had our doubts because when my aunty was brought out from the operation theatre, she was totally cold. She looked dead”, said Ajay. The body was sent to state-run J.J. Hospital at around 12 am and at the time of going to press, the PM reports were awaited. “We still don’t know the cause of death. We have lodged a complaint at the Gamdevi police station as we were told to wait till the PM reports come before lodging an FIR”, said Ajay. “My aunt was a healthy lady with no cardiac problems or issues with sugar levels or blood pressure. She never used to take any pills. Infact, reports of all the tests done before

What BCEIRC had to say: Dr. Kulin Kothari, Chairman & Medical Director, BCEIRC said, “I was not in the hospital when this incident happened. I learnt of it from the anaesthetist and this is what I got to know. The patient had come here for occuloplasty which is a major surgery. The operation went off smoothly and while coming out of anaesthesia her oxygen levels started dropping. This is a rare but one of the known complications of general anesthesia. She was serious and when a person is seriuos, he or she doesn’t look normal. When this happened, a cardiac ambulance was immediately arranged for and she was taken to the closest Dalvi hospital. But just before getting admitted there she died. I am not aware about she being taken to the ICU at Dalvi hospital and being declared dead after twenty minutes. Maybe it was an attempt to do the best for her and also ascertain her death. I don’t think she died in the operation theatre. Also, we could not give the cause of death, that is not possible till the post mortem report comes. Senior Police Inspector Rajaram Prabhu from Gamdevi police station said, “Yes, a complaint has been registered. Some organs have been sent for chemical analysis and the report is awaited. Once that is done, a panel of doctors will decide if there has been any medical negligence and based upon their verdict an FIR will be registered”.

The Shivaji Nagar Police team with Robert Michael Luis (in square).

By Tariq Khan

fter many days of effort, the Shivaji Nagar police have succeeded in arresting a 24-year-old rape and kidnapping accused from the border of Jharkhand. Robert Michael Luis, originally a resident of Nalasopara, was staying at Shivaji Nagar in Govandi at his brother’s residence for the last one year. Luis, who worked as a spot boy at Film City in Goregaon, befriended a 14-year-old girl, and took advantage of her interest in film stars. According to investing officer Vasant Wakhare of the Shivaji Nagar police station, “Luis and the victim were having an affair for the last one year. On February 3, promising to take her to Film City to see a film shoot, Luis took the girl to Nalasopara. There the two had sex. Later, on February 9, Luis brought the girl to Kurla railway station and then fled after leaving her there. The girl called up her brother, who took her back to Shivaji Nagar.” The police sent the girl for a medical check-up and when the report confirmed rape, a case of rape was also slapped on the accused along with one of kidnapping. A day after the victim had disappeared on February 3,

her brother lodged a police complaint at the Shivaji Nagar police station after first trying to locate her.The police had registered an FIR against an unknown accused for kidnapping. Radheshyam Agarwal, senior PI of Shivaji Nagar police said, “During call tracing, we found that the accused, Luis kept changing his locations from Jharkhand to Jaipur, which is on the border of Jharkhand state. During our investigation, we also found that the accused worked for some catering services also. Hence we deployed constables, Vilas Sawant, Ravi Kisan Awad and Uday Patilin, who disguised themselves as catering contractors. After continuously calling him regarding recruitment of waiters for a fictitious catering firm, our officials managed to get an appointment with him. Luis called Awad and Sawant to Jaipur where, with the help of local police, he was nabbed on March 1, and brought to the city on the next day.” Luis has been arrested under sections 376 (rape), 363 (kidnapping), 366, 368 of the IPC and under the Child Act, as the victim is a minor, stated Agarwal, adding that he was produced in court which remanded him to police custody till March 10.

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HSC and SSC exam centers install CCTV cameras to deter copying cases

By Yatin Ingle

hile the state education board has already registered more than 300 copying cases in both, Higher School Certificate (HSC) and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) board exams, the state board has thought of a new initiative to bring a halt to the increasing number of copying cases. It has instructed schools and colleges to use Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to keep an eye and track those found copying while writing their exams.

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The HSC and SSC board exams began on February 13 and March 3 respectively. Around 13 lakh students are appearing for the exams across the state in thousands of examination centers. The board has already recorded more than 200 copying cases during the HSC exams and 100 during SSC exams. While more exams are still remaining, the increase in the number of cases of copying has pushed the state board to trap those found guilty of malpractices. Sudhir Dani, an education activist, has been making a similar demand for a long

time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The board should have taken the step much earlier so that the technology could have been used in a bigger way.â&#x20AC;? He however welcomed the decision. The ADC spoke to Laxmikanth Pandey, Chairman of State Board, Mumbai Division, who said, "We have told all the schools that unfair means will not be tolerated and have asked them to even use CCTV cameras to maintain vigil. The exam supervisors and flying squads have already have registered copying cases with the board. Schools should step ahead and utilize the technology.â&#x20AC;? Vishwanath Salian | ADC

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WHERE THERE IS A WILL... Dhyey Khusrang Amlani, aged 16, suffering from a rare Necrotanzic Pancreatic, gave his SSC examination in an ambulance at the Mary Immaculate Girls High School in Borivali (West), on Wednesday.

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Rahul Gandhi was greeted by former Chief Minister Ashok Chavan at his rally in Aurangabad. Chavan’s presence at the rally is being seen as an embarrassment for the Congress VP who is trying to build himself up as an anti-corruption crusader. Gandhi had intervened in the Adarsh Commission case after the state government rejected the report which had implicated Ashok Chavan. Rahul in his rally in Aurangabad, made a veiled attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party and its Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

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ongress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who started his two-day state tour from Aurangabad yesterday, made an emotional appeal to the youth and women of the country saying, “My becoming or not becoming the Prime Minister does not matter. What is most important is that everyone, specially women and youth feel that this is their own country.” Rahul Gandhi yesterday started the poll campaigning for the Congress for the Lok Sabha elections in the state. During his visit to Shirpur, he interacted with students and youths to enter mainstream politics, making it clear that there should not be even one youth who says he is afraid in his own country. My vision is of

fearless Indians in India, that is the kind of country I want to build. India is the most talented nation in the world.” He went on to exhort, “I want to see MLAs, MLCs and MPs from amongst you in the next 10 years, maybe even a Prime Minister.” Comparing Mahatma Gandhi and Hitler, Rahul said, “The German dic-

tator shouted because he lacked confidence. But did Gandhiji ever shout? Like Mahatma Gandhi, humbleness while speaking is a sign of extreme self-confidence. Confidence should not be seen as aggression. There is no need for saying things aggressively. You can say it with love. Many people will be with you.”

He further added, “If anyone, be it Rahul Gandhi or Prithviraj Chavan, says he knows better than you, he is telling a lie. My request to you, specially tribal youth, is to join mainstream politics. My message to the country’s youth is that the talent and capability the youth here have is not there anywhere else.

Consider interests of patients The role of the Medical Council has been totally ineffective in protecting patients’ rights until now, say acitvists By Philip Varghese

he Health activists in Maharashtra have appealed the Drafting Committee Members of the Clinical Establishment Act Bill - 2014 to consider patients interests in private hospitals, promote rational ethical practice and ensure access to affordable healthcare for people in Maharashtra. Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, a network of organisations working on health issues has written to the Drafting Committee to consider the interest of the patients. “Effective protection of patient’s rights is very important. Overall, the bill must be drafted in a manner that would protect the entire range of patient’s rights. The basic fact must be kept in

mind that the patient is inherently vulnerable in a doctor-patient relationship. Even if certain patient’s rights related issues are mentioned in the code of medical ethics, these must be specifically covered by this act, particularly keeping in mind the totally ineffective role of the Medical Council in protecting patient’s rights until now. Charter of Patient’s Rights should be explicitly mentioned in the bill, and display of this Charter prominently in the Clinical Establishment should be mandatory. Further, provision of treatment to all patients according to Standard Treatment Guidelines must be made mandatory under this act. Regulation of rates of services in private hospitals. Today patients are often exploited by many private hospitals

What is Clinic Establishment Act? The Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 was enacted by the Centre to provide for registration and regulation of all clinical establishments in the country with a view to prescribing the minimum standards of facilities and services provided by them. The Act has taken effect in the four states namely, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Sikkim, and all Union Territories since 1st March, 2012 vide Gazette notification dated 28th February, 2012. The states of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jharkhand have adopted the Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution. The Act is applicable to all kinds of clinical establishments from the public and private sectors, of all recognized systems of medicine including single doctor clinics. The only exception will be establishments run by the Armed forces.

which charge in an arbitrary and excessive manner. Hence the preamble of this Bill should include fostering provision of rational care at affordable, reasonable cost as one of its objectives, and there must be effective provision to ensure regulation and rationalization of charges related to all services in private hospitals. Charges should be levied within the reasonable range to be decided by the State Council. The act should provide for availability for all patients of a document containing full schedule of charges levied by the clinical establishment, and prominent display of some key indicative rates on a board in the hospital. We understand that regulation of rates in clinical establishments is one of the terms of reference of this Committee,” said advocate Kamayani Mahabal of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan. He further added, “To en-

sure participatory, transparent and patient-friendly grievance redressal and appellate mechanisms, there should be no compromise in including the following provisions in the final draft Bill. Provision for appeal by any patient to the District Registering Authority, in case any clinical establishment violates the conditions of registration, or minimum standards. Having a District level multi-stakeholder appellate body to hear appeals against the decision of District Registering Authority, and to work as Patients’ Grievance Redressal body, related to allegations of violation of Patient’s Rights. The District Appellate Body should be chaired by a retired district judge or an equivalent judicially competent person. There should be adequate representation in the multi-stakeholder District Appellate Body for civil society organizations working for health rights, such as Jan Arogya Abhiyan / Jan Swasthya Abhiyan and Patients rights groups. There should be transparent, accountable functioning of the various bodies set up under this Act, their reports should be made available on a dedicated web site. If the act does not include these basic provisions, then the consequences for ordinary patients would be very negative for a long time to come.”

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Ponder awhile... “Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.” – Orson Welles

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HREAT to security might have been one of the guiding factor for the Election Commission (EC) to decide on having five-stage poll in Kashmir. A small state like Jammu & Kashmir can complete the poll in just one day. Evidently no chance is being taken. In small states like Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand also 3-stage poll has been decided upon. Here, the security threat is from Naxalites. A great deal of thought and calculation appears to have gone into the poll exercise which begins on April 7. The Election Commission has decided to take one whole month to complete the poll. It looks like everything is going according to plan. The threat perception is there – it cannot be ignored. There are enemies from without and from within as well who would not like India conduct a successful democratic poll. There is a big change in the member of voters – ten crore and more. The new generation of voters will be there casting their votes. An important decision of the Election Commission is with regard to opinion and exit polls by the media. The EC has okayed opinion polls but has put a ban on exit polls. The UPA government wanted to stop altogether media polls – for obvious reasons. Another change is with regard to the election expenditure which a candidate can incur. It has been raised from Rs.40 lakh to Rs.70 lakh. The EC says a strict watch will be kept on the spending by the candidates. It must be stated, however, considering the diminishing value of the rupee, it would be fair to allow a candidate to spend Rs.1 crore. There are certain poll aspects which the EC has not been able to change: There is deafening silence among political parties with regard to the practice of giving tickets to those involved in murder, rape, assault, cheating. There does not seem to be any appreciable restrictions in this regard.

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INCE I write this column on the morning that the Election Commission (EC) announced the dates for the general election that will elect the 16th Lok Sabha, the most appropriate subject I can think of to write about today is a taking of account. There could not be a better day to calculate what Indian Parliamentary democracy lost and gained during the time of the 15th Lok Sabha. Did the men and women we elected last time around fulfill their duties to those who elected them? Did they raise the standards of debate in that House that is the highest 'Temple of Democracy'? Did they make laws that improved our lives? How will history remember the 15th Lok Sabha?

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providing clean water, good schools and roads and creating real jobs in rural India, the 15th Lok Sabha may have left something that could be described as an achievement. Sadly, this did not happen. Not much else happened in the lawmaking department that will be remembered as a proud legacy.The second way in which the law making responsibilities of the 15th Lok Sabha were seriously undermined was by social activist Anna Hazare and his Jan Lokpal movement. No matter how worthy Anna's cause, no matter how sincere his desire to rid India of corruption, he should never have been allowed to influence the making of an important law unless he was an elected member of the 15th Lok Sabha. But, because the Sonia-Manmohan government

Noise and chaos Let me begin by answering the last of these questions first, because to it there is the shortest of answers: very badly. Not just because there were so many disruptions and so much noise and chaos, but because this Lok Sabha virtually abdicated its responsibilities in the law making department. This happened for two reasons and the more important of these is that because of Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi being India's de facto prime minister and because of her National Advisory Council (NAC) being our de facto cabinet, the business of making laws appeared to become more the business of the NAC than the Lok Sabha.So it was from the NAC that we got the law that guarantees employment and the law that now guarantees cheap food grains to more than 700 million Indians. There were other laws, of equally dubious merit, that emanated from Sonia and her council of NGO ministers, but I mention these two in particular because I believe they could bankrupt India in the future without doing much by way of reducing India's hideous poverty. No future government will be able to get rid of these at some later date either because it will be too afraid of being seen as 'anti-poor'.Our tragedy is that these very bad laws when handed by the NAC to the 15th Lok Sabha for approval got passed without more than token resistance from the Opposition parties. Had the Opposition MPs questioned their efficacy, had they pointed out that the hundreds of thousands of crore rupees being spent on Lady Sonia's 'bountiful pet schemes' could be much better spent on

ON THE SPOT Tavleen Singh so badly botched up the handling of his hunger strikes and did him the huge favour of throwing him in Tihar jail, the only compensation that could be offered by the government was to humbly accept the need for a Jan Lokpal. Once more the opposition failed to put on public record any objections. Once more members of the 15th Lok Sabha failed to point out that the reason why the Jan Lokpal Bill had remained pending for forty years was because its efficacy was in serious doubt.It still is. There are enough laws in India to punish corrupt officials so a new law is not what is needed but administrative reforms that would make it much harder for corrupt officials to indulge in corruption. Instead we have been bequeathed a new institution that will do little more than create an additional layer of bureaucracy in a country in which there are already too many officials. It should

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HE attainment of harmony in life takes a longer time to acquire and a more careful study. To a Sufi every word spoken is like a note which is true when harmonious, and false when inharmonious. Take any two persons as two notes, the harmony existing between them forms intervals either consonant or dissonant, perfect or imperfect, major or minor, diminished or augmented as the two persons may be. The interval of class, creed, caste, race, nation or religion, as well as the interval of age or state of evolution, or of varied and opposite interests show the law here distinctly. A wise man would be more likely to be in harmony with his foolish servant than with a semi-wise man who considers himself infallible. Again it is equally possible that a wise man may be far from happy in the society of the foolish, and vice versa. The proud man will always quarrel with the proud while he will support the humble. It is also possible for the proud to agree on a common question of pride, such as pride of race or birth. Sometimes the interval between the disconnected notes is filled by a middle note forming a consonant chord. For instance the discord between husband and wife may be removed by the link of a child, or the discord

between brothers and sisters may be taken away by the intervention of the mother or father. In this way, however inharmonious two persons may be, the forming of a consonant chord by an intervening link creates harmony. A foolish person is an unpliable note whereas an intelligent person is pliable. The former sticks to his ideas, likes, dislikes and convictions, whether right or wrong, while the latter makes them sharp or flat by raising or lowering the tone and pitch, harmonizing

MATTER & SPIRIT with the other as the occasion demands. The keynote is always in harmony with each note, for it has all notes of the body whether good or bad, wise or foolish, by being the keynote. By a study of life, the Sufi learns and practices the nature of harmony. He establishes harmony with the self, with others, with the universe and with the infinite. He identifies himself with another, he sees himself, to speak, in every other being. He cares for neither blame nor praise, considering both as coming from himself. If a person were to drop a heavy weight and in so doing hurt his own foot, he would not blame his hand for having

have been the job of those we elected to the 15th Lok Sabha to stand up against a law that will in the end probably increase corruption rather than reduce it but no voices were heard raised in protest. This brings us to one of the questions I asked in the first paragraph of this piece: Did this Lok Sabha make any laws that improved our lives? The answer can only be, no.

Mood of India As for memorable debates that students of history can one day turn to in search of valuable information about the mood of India at the time of the 15th Lok Sabha all that I can say is that I cannot remember a single one. This sad truth came home to me most poignantly when some months ago the House of Commons debated whether Britain should intervene in the Syrian civil war. It was a debate that David Cameron's government lost and watching it from beginning to end, I remember thinking how wonderful it would be to see our own MPs win their arguments by debate instead of leaping into the well of the House.This peculiarly Indian manner of making a parliamentary point brought the 15th Lok Sabha an especially shameful moment some weeks ago when an MP from Andhra Pradesh brought a weapon into the House for the first time ever. It may only have been pepper spray, but when he tried to justify his appalling behavior he did it by saying he acted in 'self defence' because he was being attacked by a mob in the well of the House. When asked by CNBC's Rajdeep Sardesai if he was calling his fellow MPs a mob? Lagdapati Rajgopal confirmed that he was. Since this ugly incident happened in the last session of the 15th Lok Sabha it came to define the general drop in Parliamentary standards that has occurred in the past five years.So in writing this obituary of the 15th Lok Sabha I have to say, at the risk of breaking that rule about not saying bad things about the dead, that the best thing that can be said of it is: Thank God, the 15th Lok Sabha is now officially dead. In the words of Oliver Cromwell, much quoted after the pepper spray incident, “You were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed, are yourselves become the greatest grievance...in the name of God, go!” dropped it, realizing himself in both the hand and the foot. In like manner the Sufi is tolerant when harmed by another, thinking that the harm has come from himself alone. He overlooks the faults of others, considering that they know no better. He hides the faults of others, and suppresses any facts that would cause disharmony. His constant fight is with the Nafs, the root of all disharmony and the only enemy of man. By crushing this enemy, man gains mastery over himself; this wins for him mastery over the whole universe, because the wall standing between the self and the Almighty has been broken down. Gentleness, mildness, respect, humility, modesty, self-denial, conscientiousness, tolerance and forgiveness are considered by the Sufi as the attributes which produce harmony within one’s own soul as well as within that of another. Arrogance, wrath, vice, attachment, greed and jealousy are the six principal sources of disharmony. Nafs, the only creator of disharmony, becomes more powerful the more it is indulged; that is to say the more its desires are gratified, the more it is pleased. For the time being it shows its satisfaction at having gratified its demands, but soon after it demands still more until life becomes a burden. The wise detect this enemy as the instigator of all mischief, but everybody else blames another for his misfortunes in life. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Sahara chief was never serious! 'SC sends Subrata Roy, 2 directors to custody' (ADC, March 5) is the commendable action taken by the Apex Court considering that the chief of the Sahara empire was never serious about refunding the money to the cheated investors and was fooling around at will. He owns a whole city, a TV channel and had sponsored Team India until recently -- he is now sponsoring the Bangladesh team. For such a person, literally rolling in massive money, where was the need to cheat the poor investors? Saying that he has full faith in the judiciary does not mean anything -- it has to be the other way round -- the judiciary has to have faith in him, which it does not since he has not come up with any acceptable concrete arrangement for paying back the huge amount. — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

dirty politics for their selfish political gain. It is high time the MNS WHILE budging from his stand of must contest all the 48 Lok Sabha contesting the Lok Sabha polls and seats of the state to prove its worth by not heeding the advice of the BJP and should not bother about the leader Nitin Gadkari, Raj Thackeray suggestion of the BJP leader Nitin would be doing dis-service to his Gadkari who s on the sticky wicket. – Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai own vote bank, viz., the Marathi Manoos. After the ensuing Lok Sabha election it is certain the NDA govt will take charge at the Centre, then the arch rival of the MNS IT seems Gujarat CM and BJP's would be a partner in the coalition. prime ministerial candidate NarenAs such, it will take all the credit for dra Modi need tuitions in Indian future developmental work that history and geography while adcould be undertaken by the Union dressing the political rallies as he is govt in Maharashtra. That will de- making blunder after blunder about prive the MNS of its main propaganda plank of being the solo protector of interests of the Maharashtrian population in Mumbai and the state. — Vineet Phadtare, Borivli

Allow me to present, Mumbai's health card: Sugar: Is high (sweet people). Hema'glow'bin: Is high. Blood pressure: Is high (aye, dhakka mat maar). Heartbeat: Fast (due to inflation). Pulse: Racing (bheja mat khaa). 'Peti'let count: Is high (due to share bazaar) Advised: Chill pills. Less smoke. Diet: Eat, what you can chew. Medicine: Love potions Mantra to chant: Who has seen tomorrow! — Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra

Respect the living too! ON March 3, 2014, I attended a funeral of a Muslim resident in Jogeshwari. While the funeral procession proceeded to the burial ground, I observed that throughout the route every member of the public irrespective of cast and religion bowed down and offered respect to the departed. Even passing vehicles stopped for a while to pay respect. If a man, after his death, receives so much respect from people belonging to different religions, its really of matter of concern and thought as to why can’t persons show respect to others while they are alive. A deep introspection is what is needed. — Mansoor Umer Darvesh, Jogeshwari

Stem suicides SUICIDES by citizens, renowned for its fearlessness, resilience and fa-

I fully congratulate Raj Thackeray and his men for vandalizing toll booths. Other politicians should follow him. I don’t think the Congress will win this time in the 2014 elections which is going to be held in the next few months.

Sahara chief Subrata Roy was fooling around at will.

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Veteran Congress leader N.D. Tiwari with his biological son, Rohit Shekhar.

ROHIT SHEKHAR, the son of Congress leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari, has long battle to establish the truth that he has been born to a father he can identify has borne fruit at last. If his fight was impelled by the desire to stop people calling him names in public, than his success is wholesome and is something that anyone born out of wedlock would want. Long before DNA test become so accurate and available at the reasonable cost to the public, it used to be incontestably said that while maternity was always a fact, paternity could be an eternal doubt. Modern science has given anyone with doubts about his/her parentage the mean to pursue the truth. Tiwari may have had a long inning in public life, but sex and paternity would still have remained a personal matter if only he had accepted his extramarital affair and consequent paternity, and kept the issue out of the public glare. More than his personal dilemma in this matter, what he did by delaying the acceptance of the truth was demeaning to the women he had an affair with and condemning his offspring to live in shame. It is irrelevant whether the Rohit now pursue politics as a career in his father's foot steps or what settlement he arrives at with his father. The issue is about morality in public life. If his call to his father to respect the womanhood registers at least know, Rohit's long fight would not have been in vain.

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naticism, are a matter of anxiety. Irrespective of age and profession, people are acting cowardly and seem to be incapable to contract with the problems of complex contemporary life. No didactic organization is paying much regard to tackle the issue. Student-centered ways to dissuade suicidal tendencies among teenagers must be found and executed. As far as the executive, legislature and judiciary are concerned, all have been ineffective in sorting out problems of farmers in debt and rape victims along with their parents who are almost pressurised to resort to such intense steps to shun social ignominy. Treatment of this hidden pandemic is probable only through the communal attempt of all sections of society. — K.V. Raman, Malad

— Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivli

BJP leader Nitin Gadkari's suggestion to Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray not to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections as it will eat votes to benefit the Congress Party in the state is the sign of frustration and depression, as the BJP is not sure to win the poll battle as they have not done anything worthwhile for the people of Maharashtra and some of its leaders are involved in the scams. On the other hand, the MNS leadership is clean in this matter and have the support of the locals who want the party to represent them in the Parliament. Since MNS have done well in the past assembly and civic elections they should not surrender to BJP who is playing

Kudos to CP Rakesh Maria APROPOS 'Esther's murderer nabbed' ( ADC, Mar. 4), reading the report my anguish about this loss of hapless soul extinguished a bit. Indeed this was a tough case with the faint CCTV footage and no clues. Certainly plenty of police effort coupled with intelligence has been put up to nab this demon finally. However, the railway authority needs to wake up with a knee-jerk action and ensure that the parking lot in front of the newly revamped station needs to be well lit and brought under electronic surveillance as a safety measure. It is reported that the GRP even after catching the culprits could not grab them for their own lapses, which speaks volume about their callousness. They need to gear up to cope with any untoward situation by their alertness and guarding the station concourse and the periphery with more forces asap to avoid such gruelling murder of any passenger arriving/leaving the town in future. Prepaid Taxi/ Auto booth installation is the need of the hour.

Narendra Modi the facts and figures. Recently he said that the revolutionary freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev spent long time being incarcerated on Andaman. In reality, they were lodged in jail around Delhi after their arrest in 1929 and than in Miawali and finally hanged in Lahore jail. It was Veer Sarvarkar who was imprisoned in Andaman jail. Even Modi made another blunder while attacking Congress for not bringing the ashes of the Jan Sangh founder Shyama Prasad Mukherjee from Switzerland instead of Shyamaji Krishna Varma. It is high time Modi must be given correct facts and figures by his party experts before addressing the rally. — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

tions have also resulted in huge unnecessary expenditure, of the tax-payers' money. As we talk about our fundamental rights from rooftops it is also necessary for us to be aware of our fundamental responsibilities. — Chandramohan, Mumbai

THIS refers to 'Esther's murderer nabbed' (ADC, Mar. 4). The arrest of the culprit by the Mumbai Crime Branch who detected the mysterious murder case of the 23year-old techie, Esther Anuhya, is worth laudable. Had CP Rakesh Maria and the Crime Branch not shown smart thinking and alacrity Mumbai Police chief Rakesh Maria in bringing the culprits to book, this murder mystery would have nabbed' (ADC, Mar 4). If there is at just remained unsolved. Whereas least some truth in the report, when Maria is occupying the hotthen there should be no hesitation seat, one can be apt sure that he in concluding that the utter stu- himself is a tough IPS officer who pidity of the victim Esther Anuhya leaves no stone unturned in solv(RIP), had brought about the ing cases and bringing the culprits tragedy. to book, thereby giving justice to It is quite inconceivable that an the victim’s families. educated young lady would be There is not even a trace of blissfully unaware of the lurking glowing lacunae and anomaly in danger when she ventures out the working of CP Rakesh Maria. It with a total stranger, on a mobike, was he who could handle the terin pitch darkness. Did she have a ror attack in an apt manner. After death-wish or was she being idiot- Maria taking charge of this prime — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai ically adventurous? post, it has turned into a talk-ofIn either case she has brought the-town. We expect the law will about unmitigated sorrow to her be in order. THIS refers to 'Esther's murderer family and friends. The investiga— Fayyaz S. Pathan, Dahisar

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carbon footprints could by by running the washing machine only with a full load, using ink pens and candles made out of natural wax, reContinued from pg 1 « cycling everything possible, during Lent is already well- buying food carefully and established in the West and in making sure no useless packparts of India as well. Last aging accompanies it,. The year, the Senior Metropolitan fast itself is described as an of the Marthoma Church in urgent response to reduce Kerala, Philipose Mar carbon emissions and to proChrysostom, had come out tect poor communities with a 40-day prescription of around the world who are activities for the faithful to suffering because of climate carry out. They included say- change. ing no to plastic bags, avoidIn Mumbai, the Archdioceing travel by vehicles when san Office is preparing unnecessary, switching off posters and leaflets on a daily electrical equipment, talking and weekly basis to help peoabout carbon fasting in ple keep the carbon fast. churches, and even removing These materials are being a single electrical bulb and distributed in parishes and living without it for 40 days! religious institutions where Other ways we can reduce they are also being re-

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printed. Last year in November, as the 19th Conference of Parties (COP19) of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) was underway in Warsaw, Poland, the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the CIDSE, an international alliance of Catholic development agencies was holding a joint event alongside to discuss the issue of the impact of “climate justice” on vulnerable communities. It is from here that the idea that justice and peace are related to climate change and that everyone must do his bit to protect the environment, was carried into the broader church movement. Now it is in Mumbai as well.

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restrained the film's producers, Sahara One Media and he nationwide release of Entertainment Ltd, and their Madhuri Dixit-Juhi agents from "releasing, exChawla starrer 'Gulab Gang', hibiting, distributing and slated to hit theatres this Fri- promoting" the film in India day, was on Wednesday de- till the next date of hearing railed for nearly nine weeks on May 8, saying "irreparawith the Delhi High Court ble damage and injury" ordering stay on its screen- would be caused to Pal if it is ing on a plea of activist Sam- released. pat Pal who claims the film is It noted in its order that based on her group Gulabi while the producers might Gang, comprising women suffer monetary loss, Pal will vigilantes in UP wearing suffer both financial loss, as pink sarees, reports PTI. her copyright over Gulabi Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva Gang has been used without

her permission, as well as loss of reputation "which cannot be calculated in terms of money". The court directed the film's producers to immediately inform their distributors about the injunction on its release. Justice Sachdeva observed that while the release of the movie can be pushed back, "reputation once lost will not come back". "Should we permit someone to be defamed? the bench asked the producers. Vishwanath Salian | ADC

EC doubts cloud CP’s appointment Continued from pg 1 « on-going projects, relief works in cases of natural calamities, work orders issued for works already sanctioned. He however, clarified further that the government cannot issue work orders after the poll code comes into effect for execution of works which has not commenced as yet. The MCC shall remain in force from the date of announcement of polls till the date of counting of votes on May 16. Gadre further disclosed that in respect of Paid News,

two committees – one at the state level under him and at the district level under the district election officer have been constituted to monitor paid news and cases of violation of MCC. Besides this the ECI will appoint its central observers – one per constituency and one to monitor the election expenditure. Replying to queries over advertising banners put up by some probable contesting candidates on BEST Bus Stops and BEST buses, Gadre stated that all such banners and advertising hoardings on government buildings and

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properties will have to be removed. Replying to a related query, he informed that the election expenditure ceiling by candidates for Lok Sabha constituencies has been raised from Rs 40 lakhs to Rs 70 lakhs. Gadre once again urged the voters to come out in large numbers and vote on polling day. He said that past history of the state shows that the average voting percentage in 2009 Lok Sabha elections was just 50.71 percent, while the national average was 60 percent.

'A Circus of Nursery World' was the theme for the 14th anniversary celebrations of Peek-A-Boo Club, held at the Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi, recently. The little children of the club had a great time with educationist Darshini Shah, Divya Roy, along with celeb guests Sufi singer Mudasir Ali, actress Bhairavi Goswami, Vikram Bawa, Abhishek Kumar, Umesh Pherwani, and many others.

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Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 20/03/2014 at 3.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Mauje: Tisgaon, Kalyan (E), Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area – 1390.00 (Sq 14 A 2 — Mtr) out of 2850

Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 20/03/2014 at 12.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Mauje: Thane,Tal.Dist- Thane. City Survey No. Shit No. Plot No. Area – 1827.00 133/2, 159/B 8 — (Sq Mtr)

Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 20/03/2014 at 2.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Mauje: Penkarpada, Mira Road (E),Tal.-Dist- Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area – 1198.00 201 Part — (Sq Mtr)

Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 05/03/2014

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Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 20/03/2014 at 3.00 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Mauje: Navi Dombivali ,Tal-Kalyan, Dist Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area – 276.33 (old) 18 20 (pt.) (Sq Mtr)

Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 20/03/2014 at 2.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERT: Mauje: Kalwa, Tal.Dist- Thane. City Survey No. Shit No. Final Plot No. Area – 79.50 260 — 260 (Sq Mtr)

Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 20/03/2014 at 12.30 p.m. Those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY: Mauje: Gandhare Gaon, Kalyan (W),Dist Thane. Survey No. Hissa No. Plot No. Area – 310.00 29 (pt.) — 23 (Sq Mtr)

Place: Vardhavat Mansion, 1st Floor, Shivaji Path, Thane (W). Date: 05/03/2014

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A WomAn’s World

International Women's Day (March 8) is just around the corner and this year we recommend you pamper the women in your life, starting you the most important one — you! Whether it’s indulging in a spa session, buying yourself a piece of jewellery or adding a handbag to your collection (there's no such thing as too many), Rhea Dhanbhoora & Shirley Mistry bring you the best deals in town The event has no entry charge. When March 7, from 10 pm onwards Where Auriga, Plot no 1B (ground and first floor), Famous Studio Lane, Off Dr. E. Moses Road, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai Contact 43472505/ 06

>> Gift yourself a luxurious spa treatment to celebrate Women’s Day by picking from some of the great options on our list

the Big Bang Bar & Café

If catching up with your girlfriends over some good food and wine sounds appealing, then head to The Big Bang Bar & Café, where they are offering a one plus one offer on all domestic wines. When March 8 Where The Big Bang Bar & Café, Oshiwara and Bandra Contact 26005858/ 26300740

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The good folks at Sahara Star feel that women are to be celebrated and so, on Women's Day, they are offering a flat 50% discount on their brunch buffet. So, head here with your girlfriends and live the good times over a scrumptious spread and handpicked beverages. Also, as a small token of their love, each woman will be given a small gift on their way out. When March 8 Where Earthplate, Sahara Star, Opposite Domestic Airport, Vile Parle (E) Contact 39807444

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hile the whole world may love you to bits, there has never been a better day to show yourself just how much you care. Instead of waiting for someone to treat and pamper you, why not take matters into your own hands? And what better excuse to gift yourself some new shoes or a foot spa than Women's Day. If you are out of ideas, then we have you covered. From restaurant specials to

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If you want to party the night away as you bring in Women's Day, head to Auriga where DJ Smitz promises you a good time. She is a Mauritian DJ making waves in the EDM industry and is Djing at the popular haunt.

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The Little Door is celebrating all things pink this Women's Day. Come dressed in any shade of pink and enjoy a glass of Rosé wine Sangria and a serving of their vodka penne pasta in a pink sauce, on the house. They also have a woman DJ, special pink shots for the occasion and several contests and games where a lot of pink goodies are to be won. To us, this sounds like a fun night waiting to happen! when March 8, from 6.30pm to 1am where Shree Siddhivanayak Plaza, Off New Link Road, Andheri (W) contact 9892649040

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of skin care therapies to rejuvenate and pamper yourself. You can choose a facial from the Divine Skin Care Wheel and avail of a special 10% discount or combine any two treatments for a total of 60 minutes and get a 15% discount. The spa has also put together a Royal Spa Facial menu that’s especially created for women and has special therapies to protect you from external irritants that come with pollution. where 11 Palm Spring Society, Behind Shoppers Stop Juhu, JVPD Scheme, Juhu contact 9820040002

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Nothing says pampering as well as an afternoon at the spa. These are the deals and products you should be considering if you want to relax luxuriously:

Since this year Natasha Shah won CMO Asia’s 50 Most Talented Retail Professionals of India 2014, the store is helping to celebrate women and their achievements with a flat 50% off on all products, a delightful spa experience for all women, complimentary loyalty cards on all purchases and Pipa Bella Jewellery gift vouchers for all shoppers who visit the store. when Up to March 9 where Nature’s Co. outlets across the city

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uPdATe youR wARdRobe There is no such thing as a bad time to shop. Where you want to indulge in some affordable clothes, bags, jewellery or shoes, these are our picks to make your Women's Day that much more exciting. They also make for great gifts for the other women in your life. All of these brands and collections have introduced Woman’s Day Specials and some even have discounts — so what are you waiting for? Here are some of our picks:

head here as they have a special package for women. Walk in with six or more women and pay `1,250 (per person) for a signature foot massage which usually costs `1,590 a head. The only minor gripe is that the offer is on a first come first serve basis, so call them immediately to book a spot. when March 8 where Sukho Thai outlets across the city contact 9821008877/ www.sukhothai.in

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If you want to indulge in more than just a foot massage, head to Saks as they are offering a 15% discount on all their services leading up to the Women’s Day weekend. when March 6 and 7 where Saks outlets in Andheri and Bandra contact 66617777

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you can make yourself cute pouches, trays and covers. The class is perfect to learn a new skill and get yourself some new accessories, or to gift your mother, sister or friend. It is also a great idea if you want to get creative. when Up to March 8 cost `650 - `1,200 (inclusive of materials) where G 1, 444 Corporate Lounge, Opposite Sahib Khatwara Darbar, Road No. 7, Linking Road, Khar (W) contact 61274444/ www.thehab.in

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If you want to do something outdoorsy, gather the girls and head to 19 Degree North at Aamby Valley and engage in ATV biking, Remote Control Car Racing, Jungle Safari, Zorbing, Paintball Shooting, Rock Climbing upto 35 feet, Reverse Bunjee jumping, Wilderness picnics and Rappelling. Set amidst the scenic hills, if you are at one with nature, this is what you should be doing come Women's Day. when March 8 where Aamby Valley City contact 39807444/ www.aambyvalleycity.com

Pick A PAiR of ShoeS Purple dreams If red and pink are too girly for you, pick up these gorgeous purple shoes from Metro. Price `3,490

Miss Type Rimi Nayak’s Miss Type collection, introduced specially for Women’s Day, has some gorgeous traditional outfits on offer. Price `5,000 onwards

Pretty subtle Pick up these elegant cream coloured shoes from Mochi’s latest collection. Price `1,190 Red, white & black Pick up these gorgeous red, white and blue striped loafers from Tommy Hilfiger’s latest women’s collection. Price `8,999

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Red hot Pick up this gorgeous, red wrap dress from the special Women’s Day collection at Collezioni Moda outlets. Price `3,500

Suit up Pick up a great formal shirt from the new collection by www.bombay shirts.com to add to your formal wear. Price On request A powerful message This chic messenger bag from the Power collection created by Toteteca Bagworks for Women’s Day is a great buy. Price `2,100

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GIRL POWER

Shirley Mistry talks to Masterchef winner Shipra Khanna about her new book titled The Spice Route and all things food

With International Women's Day (March 8) around the corner, Rohit Pramar quizzes some of the known faces from television about how it feels to be a woman in Mumbai... Roopal Tyagi (Gunjan of Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke) I believe that women are the backbone of any society. On Women’s Day, I want to say that we all have the courage and power to find solutions to all the issues we face in our daily lives. I am privileged to play a strong character like Gunjan, who takes the vital step to bust the blackmailer’s racket. On this day, I encourage every woman to stand up against any injustice and make their presence felt in society. Let’s live life as a woman to the fullest!

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MASTERCLASS Shipra, tell us what readers can expect from your book? There is something for everyone in my book. Right from Indian to fusion cooking, simple to exotic. It has recipes which I have found while travelling across the globe, and recipes that I have learnt from other chefs. I have also included recipes from my home town in Himachal Pradesh. My book teaches a passionate cook how to cook like a professional. On Masterchef, you were known for being innovative — what is the most innovative dish you've made? The most innovative dish that I have ever made is yam mousse. Yam is always used in savoury dishes and I made a dessert out of it! I have taught a lot of people how to make it and it is one recipe that has been admired by a lot of great chefs. How was the experience of training under Michelin starred chefs such as Alain Passard ? As most of us know, the French are very particular and passionate about their food and culture, and so is French Michelin star chef Alian Passard. It was an honour and an awesome experience to learn under such a great chef. It was just not cooking but

techniques, passion and discipline that I learnt from him.

What would you whip up if you friends drop by for dinner unexpectedly? I'd cook depending on who my friends are. If they are a bunch of kids, I'll make a quick pizza or burgers for them. If they're older I would make a few dips and serve it with crackers or lavash, herb potatoes and toss a salad with garlic prawns. And, if they're my school friends, I would just make Maggi noodles for them! What are your other interests apart from cooking? I love dancing, music and theatre and if I have time, I love to paint. If not for winning Masterchef, what would you be doing today ? If I didn’t win Masterchef, then perhaps I would have taken to dance and theatre. What advice would you give novice home cooks, who'd like to make a career out of their passion for food? I would say just go for it! The profession is interesting and versatile. It needs a lot of creativity and there is loads to learn at each step and a lot of fun to be had.

Home cooks are the best cooks. All they need is a little more finesse which can be achieved with professional training. One thing we will always find in your fridge is... Eggs, chicken, fruits, cheese, yogurt, milk, bread and butter. The one vegetable you absolutely hate... I would say brinjal. Although it’s a beautiful vegetable, somehow, it doesn't agree with my system. Your favorite meal was at.... My favourite meal is home food cooked by my mother and shared with my family and friends. What do you prefer — sweet or salty? Sweet, especially the Maha Prasad from every temple, langar or bhandara. Your guilty pleasure is... Indulging in deep, dark chocolate. It is a big turn on for me. You hate it when chefs... Don't serve food on time. * You can pick up Shipra’s book titled The Spice Route from www.flipkart.com for `284

(Kamla Bai of Ek Mutthi Aasman) I want to take this special occasion to wish all the maids who work for us and all the helping hands of every household and working woman. It is unfortunate that due recognition is not given to this section of society. I am pleased to play Kamla bai in Ek Mutthi Aasman; it reveals a lot about the hectic schedules, work pressures and atrocities of some ‘malkins’. On the personal front, I have come back to acting after a hiatus and trust me, it is an effort to balance the two worlds. I bow down to the working women who are persistent to establish their individual identity and at the same time play the role of a homemaker.

Neha MaRda (Urmi of Doli Armanno Ki) I think being a woman is a privilege. This Women’s Day, I would like to say that we have to stand up against the negative elements in society. Currently, on my show, we have been tackling the issue of eve-teasing and ‘Power of 49’ to highlight the fact that we need to change the mindset of the society and educate and empower women. While playing the character of Urmi, I realised the atrocities that you can be subjected to if your husband is not supportive. It is such a misfortune. Let’s pledge to stand up for our rights! Happy Women’s Day!

SuRbhi JyoTi (Zoya in Qubool Hai) Let me take this opportunity to ask every woman to come out of their shell and fight for anything that is unjust. I would also like to reach out to that special sect of women who are away from their families. In my early days, I stayed away from my family and I know how it feels. But, I discovered my strength and my ability to fight for what I want in life. Also, as Zoya has been persistent in fighting for herself and staying by the side of truth, her character has inspired me to be like her. This Women’s Day let’s resolve to reach our dreams, be independent and live life to the fullest.

paRidhi ShaRMa (Jodha of Jodha Akbar) As Jodha, my character struggled to take care of the harem for the safety of women. This was the time I realised that innate virtues such as care, compassion and love are the real identity of a woman. In real life too, I notice these qualities in abundance — be it my mother, women in my family or on set. Women’s Day is the day to think about ourselves. Happy Women’s Day!

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You match your jewellery to your dresses and your purses to your tops — but have you ever thought about matching your hairstyle to your collar? Rhea Dhanbhoora brings you the best hairstyles for different necklines

n a daily basis, most of us aren’t so fashion conscious as to style out hair according to what we’re wearing. But, a simple decision about whether to tie a ponytail or leave your hair loose can be made much simpler if you know which hairstyles complement which neckline. From high collars to loose tops and illusion necklines, here’s a quick guide to look great:

A dETAILEd OR HIGH COLLAR: A

detailed collar includes embellishments on the collar near the neck of your top or dress. With this kind of outfit, your collar is going to take centrestage. If you’re wearing a high collar, you want to make sure that your hairstyle doesn’t hide it or take attention away from it. Hairstyle: Your hairstyle on this sort of dress needs to be either a smart bun or an elegant knot. The bun should be a high so that your collar is accentuated. If your collar is not high and only slightly detailed, a side chignon works, as long as it is neat and tightly bound. Around the crown braids are a fantastic look for these necklines.

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necklines are perfect for the girly girl. They are called sweetheart because they create a heart shape around your cleavage. They are usually found on strapless or spaghetti styles, so the attention is near your bust. Hairstyle: Since this is an incredibly feminine style, an up-do might be a little too much. Some people think that elaborate styles that are very feminine will compliment it, but in fact, you need a low-maintenance, loose bun to make this look perfect.

TuRTLE nECkS: Turtle and polo necks are slightly different from high collars and are mostly made from sweater or vest material. While you don’t have to draw attention to this neck, it’s a better idea to keep your hair simple so that it won’t compete with the neck. Hairstyle: Slicked back hair works best with this look. A high ponytail is a good idea and is nofuss, but if you want a chic look, a low ponytail is your best bet. Secure loose strands with pins. COWL nECk: Don’t shy away from cowl

necks. The funky style features a low, ruched up neck with several layers and you usually have to wear a tube inside, unless there’s already one attached. Hairstyle: The thing about the cowl neck is that it already has so much going on that if you keep

your hair loose, it will clash badly with the already layered neck. You don’t need an elaborate up-do or a ponytail, but a simple French twist will work well with this look.

STRAPLESS: Strapless tops and dresses are bold and incredibly fashionable if you wear them right and the best part is that you don’t have to think too hard about your hairstyle with the bareshouldered style. Hairstyle: If you have short hair, you can just wear it curled around your face. Strapless tops and dresses go great with long, slightly volumnised hair. Let your curls loose or create feminine waves around your shoulders.

Even though she didn't get too much of the spotlight, we adore Jennifer Garner's dress! Did you see it shimmy as she walked on stage? Like Jennifer, it's fun, sweet and absolutely gorgeous! We love the soft waves and hint of red on her nails. Perfect!

Cate looks ethereal in her Armani Prive gown embellished with sequins and gold Swarovski crystals. The demure stars choice of muted colour was one of the big trends of the night. We love that even though it's delicate, there's a little drama.

>> Loose, feminine waves go perfectly well with a strapless neckline as Amy Adams shows us

SCOOP BACkS: So far, we’ve been telling

you about front-focus necks. But, a scoop back also requires a certain type of hairstyle, because if you leave your hair loose it will ruin the look. Hairstyle: Leave your hair open if it’s a length that flirts with your shoulder blades. If it’s any longer, try a fishtail braid or a high ponytail.

Angelina Jolie departs from black and we must say, we wish she would do it more often. The gorgeous Elie Saab dress had a heavy dose of shimmer that was toned down with sheer panelling. We love that she looked ultra glam but toned down the makeup.

Who says that black has to be boring? Not when Charlize wears it. The illusion straps on this stunning Dior gown and its spectacular fishtail skirt makes the dress stand out on the red carpet. She's accessorised well with diamonds and nude makeup.

Lupita can do no wrong in our books! The actress has shown her sense of style and more importantly, class, at every red carpet event. This powder blue Prada dress is no exception. She looks stunning in it and the simple gold accessories round off her look.

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BAGGy nECkS: Undefined necks and

simple, loose tops are hitting the runways and they are quite a popular style these days. Hairstyle: These are usually t-shirts and tops and quite casual. The fishtail braid, especially as a side braid, is a great look for this neck.

ILLuSIOn nECkS: These necks are actually

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quite high, but because they are transparent and reveal a hint of skin, the see-through fabrics are softer and more feminine. Hairstyle: You can wear your hair down in soft curls, but the best look is a half up-do. Curl the strands that remain down to add a slight feminine structure.

kEyHOLE nECk: This sort of neck is really

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interesting, because it consists of a round cutout in the front of the neckline, with the rest either normal or sometimes with in-cut sleeves or a halter. Hairstyle: Any sort of hairstyle will match this neck. You could wear your hair loose, straight down the sides or even in a messy up-do. displays one uncovered shoulder. It’s not as common a style now as it used to be, but several dresses make use of it. Hairstyle: With this sort of neck, wear your hair in a high-low bun or a half up-do. You can also sweep it all, slicked back, to one side to focus on the bare shoulder.

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If you thought muscle tees will make you look manly and like a bodybuilder, think again. Shirley Mistry tells you why they are perfect for your summer wardrobe 1. SkIRTInG THE ISSuE Contrary to popular belief, there are lots of ways you can wear muscle tees and this one is our favourite. If you thought you could only wear your pencil skirt to work, this look is for you. Team your muscle tee with a pencil skirt and tuck it in for an easy day look. Add a blazer and you are ready for an evening do. 2. SuPER CASuAL What is most appealing about muscle tees is that they are super comfortable and give the regular t-shirt a spin, making you stand out from the rest. Pair your muscle tee with regular or distressed denims. Add a pair of flip flops to nail the look.

3. LEE For shorter people, the length of most muscle tees can prove to be slightly problematic. This muscle tee from Lee is perfect, since it’s short enough not to make you look stout. The high back helps keep the focus on the low sides. Price `899

3. FLIRTy & FEMInInE If you thought muscle tees are more manly than girly, try this: pair your muscule tee with a flowy tealength skirt. Make sure to tuck it in.

« just out! honest reviews of new products in the market THALGO BB CREAM WITH SPF 15 I've been using BB creams for a little over two years now. I love them because they aren't heavy and provide medium coverage. That means you can hide dark spots and blemishes without looking caked. Thalgo's BB Cream is available in three variants: Natural (which I tried), Golden and Ivorie and comes in an easy to use tube. The consistency is thicker than what I am used to — but still more fluid than foundation. I tried the natural and while it looked a little dark on application, it blended in perfectly with my skin tone. The coverage you get here is actually a little more as compared to other BB creams, so it is ideal for those with stubborn scars. The product when settled, had a matte effect. What I liked about it was that it didn't make my face feel dry – in fact it felt supple and moisturised. It lasts for a good 5-6 hours without any touch ups. PRICE `1,850 for 30ml STAR RATInG **** WHERE Available in retail stores across the city

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4. ZARA If you’ve seen Beyoncé’s latest video for her hit song XO, you probably want to find a pristine white muscle tee so you can mimic her chic look. Pair it with a black slip and baby blue denims. Price `1,890

4. Sunny dAy Muscle tees usually have larger armholes than most regular t-shirts making them very roomy and breathable — perfect for a hot summer day. Pair it with pastel shorts (another trend this summer), sandals and oversized shades for a look that is causal chic.

5. FASHIOn & yOu There’s no need to shy away from wearing colour when you’re rocking the muscle tee look. Let your toned arms be the focus of your look and pair this green tee with a black inner and shorts or a pair of light/ dark coloured, slim fit denims. Price `299

5. BEACH COvER-uP If you like something that gives a little more coverage than your crochet bikini cover-up top, carry a muscle tee instead. It is easy to slip on and off, pairs well with shorts and is casual enough to sport by the seaside.

>> Beyoncé rocks a muscle tee by pairing it with a basic jeans and keeping her overall look casual. The jewellery adds the right amount of bling

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Banking Basics

GettinG your own account Anyone who is 18 or above can get a single savings/ current account under her name. No one else (not even your spouse) can operate a single account. If you'd like an account to be operable by you and someone else, you need to open a joint account. A savings account will give you fixed interest on the money in your account and usually has a required minimum balance that you will need to maintain (or you'll be fined). A current account has a number of features and free services and is useful for you, especially if you run your own business. Documents that you'll need to open an account include address and identity proof. If you want a privileged account (special benefits and separate counters at the bank) you'll need a recommendation letter.

Knowing enough about banking involves more than depositing your salary at the start of every month and withdrawing it over the rest of the month through ATMs. Dev Goswami gives you a quick guide

your passbook is important Once you open a new account, you'll be given a kit, which usually includes your passbook and a debit card. In today's age of ATMs and online banking, you might not give your passbook much importance. However, your passbook is proof of the ownership of your account. An updated passbook is necessary when you’re applying for loans (so that the bank can asses your capability of paying back the loan). The biggest benefit is that all your transaction history will be located in one easily accessible booklet. This can go a long way in helping you plan your finances.

mobile bankinG Yes, we know online banking is more convenient, but mobile banking has a benefit — it'll alert you to every transaction that takes place from your account. So, you will know about every withdrawal or deposit that is made, by you as well as by others. This not only helps guard against financial crimes, it can also come in handy during times when the cashier tells you that the card machine didn't work and that you need to swipe your card again.

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>> Signing cheques doesn’t necessarily mean you know enough about banking. Read our article to stay well-informed ou probably think you know all that you need to know about banking, right? Well, you might know the essentials, such as depositing your salary, using a cheque or debit card to withdraw money and using your credit card to shop online. But, there are other aspect of banking that you might have heard of, but don’t really know

about. The details are essential when you're operating/ opening an account and will keep you alerted to all financial activity. While we're on the subject, fun fact: ATMs aren't Any Time Money; the abbreviation stands for Automated Teller Machines. That was more general knowledge than a banking essential, but here are some tips that will come in handy:

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From the 'platinum' credit card to the once-in-a-lifetime loan, once you get an account, you'll get calls enticing you to enroll for schemes. Even if you manage to avoid the calls, every time you visit your bank, someone will want to talk to you for just 'two minutes.' However, remember that you don't have a secret benefactor and most schemes are designed to earn the seller money and not you. We are not saying that all investments are bad, but that if you don't know about them, get someone to help you or simply avoid them.

Debit over creDit One of the easiest ways to run into financial trouble is to spend so much on your credit card that you can't pay it back. In the best case scenario, you'll pay more than you spent (due to fines and interest) and in the worst case, you could face legal trouble. This situation has an easy solution; avoid credit cards. Debit cards allow you to spend money that you have while with credit cards the bank pays for you and you're supposed to pay it back in a certain amount of days, as part of a bill. And if you don't, you'll land in a soup.

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we tell you how to Deal with a nosy colleaGue A new person recently joined the company that I work for. As we are part of the same team, we spend a lot of time together. It has only been a few weeks since I've known him, but I find that he doesn't hesitate to ask me really personal questions about my life — that I am uncomfortable answering. I don't want to be rude, but how do I ask this person to back off? — priyanka solanki, mahim Dear priyanka, While it is good to get to know a new person, we understand that your personal life is well, personal. The easiest way out of this situation is to either change the topic or make light of the situation and give him a funny reply. After noticing that you are steadily avoiding questions that veer towards

your personal life, he should get the hint. If not, there's no harm in letting him know that you don't like discussing personal matters. Two of my friends from my team are dating each other. While it was all hunky-dory in the honeymoon stages of their relationship, they now fluctuate between too much PDA for the workplace to having nasty fights. This has made my association with them at work rather awkward, as their behaviour is garnering a lot of attention off late. What should I do? — alisha sawant, malad Dear alisha, Whoever said it was a bad idea to date your co-worker was definitely on to something. The PDA and personal fights

eventually creep into the relationship, even at work, slowly changing the equation with your co-workers. If you are close to either one of them, you could tell them that other people are noticing their spats and PDA and are asking you about it (to give him/ her a subtle hint that they need to tone things down). However, if this doesn't work or you aren't close enough to either of them to voice your feelings, stay away from them during lunch and coffee breaks and you can always hang out with them after office hours where such issues aren't a problem. This way, their problem doesn't become yours. send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in before wednesday

lavie's sprinG/ summer collection

Lavie has launched their Spring/ Summer 2014 collection, that includes a range of handbags and shoes. The collection features solid coloured designs and you can look forward to hues such as red, yellow, blue, cream and white. We love the deep blue pair of shoes, with its cute lace-up design. Among the bags we like the red clutch, which has a minimalistic design and the greenish blue sling in a chic, straight-forward design. The collection is simple, but perfect for everyday wear. where Lavie outlets price `1,490 onwards

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Watching Women

We love strong female characters in lead roles and the women in these films have risen up from male dominated societies to take a stand against stereotypes, racism, class distinction and sexism. Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you why she recommends watching these movies this Women's Day (March 8)

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id you know that before World War I, women across the world could not vote? In most Indian families, women could not own property and sati, immolation of the wives of defeated warriors, purdah and dowry were part and parcel of life. Now, though women have only 20% of parliamentary seats across the world even though they are over 50% of the population, women also hold high offices of employment, earn on the same level as men and enjoy much more freedom than women before World War I, as female activism gains momentum and NGOs across the world fight against sexism and to protect the girl child. But, society still has a long way to go before women’s rights become a non-issue. If you want to spend Women’s Day celebrating women, these movies are perfect. With strong female leads and issues that are still prevalent today, these movies will inspire, inform and celebrate womanhood. Take a sneak peak before you begin your movie marathon.

The Colour PurPle The Steven Spielberg film, based on the awardwinning novel by Alice Walker, traces the life of a young African-American woman. With Oprah Winfrey in one of her first movie roles, you can imagine how spectacular and womanoriented this story is. With a strong female lead as well as a host of strong women, this period drama is a must-watch.

The helP While on the surface, this movie seems like it’s only about racism and class distinctions, if you look closely, it’s filled with women trying to

break the stereotypes set down for them. Emma Stone’s role takes rebelling against societal norms to a whole new level as she stands up against society, her friends and her family.

Brave It may seem strange to have an animated film on our list, but there’s something so telling about the title itself. This Disney film erases the pretty princesses of its past and tells a story that’s about much more than finding a prince. Merida from Brave is a rebel in a century where women had to “know their place” — making her a strong lead that goes against conventions. This is one animated film little girls and grown women should watch.

The hours This movie has not one, not two but three female leads! The incredible story is about a trio of strong women in different centuries, dealing with all sorts of loss and heartbreak, all by themselves. With Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore and Meryl Streep in stellar roles, you can’t miss out on watching this one.

vera drake Abortion is still a highly debated subject for women across the world, even in the 21st century. That’s why Vera Drake is an important movie to watch, since it talks about the clash of the belief in the 1950s. It’s about how some might see it as helping a woman in need, standing up for her beliefs, while others see it as an illegal and, often, immoral practice. Vera Drake is one of the strongest, most selfless

1. Watch Julia Roberts educate women in Mona Lisa Smile. 2. Imelda Staunton delivers a touching performance in Vera Drake. 3. Animated film Brave, has a very strong female lead. 3. Oprah Winfrey in her first movie, The Colour Purple. 5. Charlize Theron traces a struggle against sexism in North Country. 6. Sally Fields shows resolve as a mother in Not Without My Daughter. 7. Emma Stone fights racism in The Help. 8. Nicole Kidman plays Virginia Woolf at a time when female writers were scarce, in The Hours.

movie characters ever created, with Imelda Staunton in an unforgettable role.

norTh CounTry This is a popular one, so we’re sure you’ve already seen it. But, if you haven’t, make sure you get your hands on a copy of this Charlize Theron docudrama. It’s based on a real-life event in 1970s Minnesota and traces the life of Charlize as a worker in the iron mines, trying to speak out against sexist prejudices.

mona lisa smile You don’t have to be abused to suffer societal suppression and this movie shows us just that. A seemingly simple movie about an all-girls college in 1953 America, the drama is actually about knowledge and education. It’s about Julia Roberts’ character questioning the status quo and authority while trying to teach her students to think for themselves and outside the box of your success being measured by the sort of man you marry.

noT wiThouT my daughTer You may remember Sally Field from the popular Mrs. Doubtfire, but you should instead remember her for this role. Based on a book, this docudrama is fact-based, making it even more chilling as you watch events unfold. Sally plays an American housewife whose Iranian husband more or less keeps her and her little daughter trapped in Tehran, relocating without their permission. It’s about women’s rights in a country where virtually none existed and about how no mother can ever leave her children behind.

« top 6: Women centric books We love These women centric books should be on your must-read list, says Shirley Mistry

Bossypants by Tina Fey: If you are a fan of the 30 Rock genius' sense of humor, this one is going to be right up your alley. Tina Fey uses her inimitable comic style and shares tid-bits of her life with you. Along the way, you will find nuggets of advice both from the author and people she has encountered during her journey on everything from marriage to career gone girl by Gillian Flynn: This book has recently received appreciation and rightfully so. It is about the mind of a female psychopath, deadly relationships and how the world views women. Cold Feet by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan: This one, is a personal favourite. The author traces the journey of five women, whose lives are entwined as they find their footing in the city of Mumbai. It explores what love means to each of them and is extremely identifiable in terms of the characters, ideas and insecurities it brings forth. eat, Pray, love by Elizabeth Gilbert: This book is about a woman who has everything but still feels hollow and incomplete. It traces her journey of self discovery in three countries, Indonesia, India and Bali, touching upon spiritual discovery and material happiness. Bridget Jone's diary — mad about the Boy: If you've read, related to and laughed with Bridget Jones, the new addition to the series is worth a read. Now fifty, Bridget deals with the same issues — weight loss, dating a man half her age, trying to be a single parent, dealing with the loss of her husband and having a successful career — all while keeping her sanity intact. This Charming man by Marian Keyes: If you love Irish humour, get this book. A light read, it actually deals with the domestic violence in the lives of four women from one man in power, how it changes their life and how they deal with their murky past.

t's a special night in your relationship, or maybe you just feel that the spark between you and your partner has diminished... whatever the reason for you wanting to heat things up in bed, there is one place where you shouldn't go to get tips. The internet. Why? Because there are a number of weird and ridiculous tips that do nothing to increase the excitement levels and might end up doing the opposite. Here are a few eye-opening examples:

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Bizarre in bed Do you want to spice things up a little in the bedroom? We're sure you trust the internet to give you a few amazing tips, right? Well, you shouldn't. Here’s why...

The sneeze-gasm We don't know where this one came up from but it is possibly one of the most ridiculous tips and an outright myth. There's a belief that sprinkling a little pepper just below your partner's nostrils, right before he is about to orgasm will increase his pleasure. If you're thinking 'Hey, that sounds interesting,' we request you to think about the last time you enjoyed a sneezing fit or were excited at the prospect of catching a cold.

I thought she had discovered her computer was broken and I was going to tell her about the sounds and then switching it off. But, just as I was about to... in came Mr. Boss.

Ready with the files Deepti? Sir, the files I left to render last night before leaving... the files for today’s big presentation... someone switched off my computer! There is nothing! it will take four hours to do!

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But the meeting is in an hour! Who would do this? It’s no use. We have to use the basic sketches. Then I understood the mistake I made

Who would do this? I have lost so much work! Who? The next morning he was coming over. I got my hair styled, dressed

>> The internet can throw us some real googlies when it comes to sex tips move any one of your legs and place it over his shoulder and then have sex. Unless you're good at acrobatics we recommend that you do not try this.

The IndIan rugburn Have you ever heard of the term Indian rugburn? Well, the actual term is a school

prank where somebody grabs your arm with both fists side by side and then twists the skin in opposite direction. This, inexplicably, made it into the world of 'amazing' sex tips where you perform this technique... you know where. There is just one thing that comes to mind even while thinking about this — 'Ouch, ouch, OUCH!'

« Dear grace, i have a problem... I've been dating a great new guy for a little under a year. Things are good — except for my ex-boyfriend. He calls me up saying he's feeling depressed and even suicidal. Grace, my current boyfriend is being supportive but I feel all this neediness from my ex is pushing his patience. Should I just cut contact with my ex? Please help! — stuck in the middle, Chembur

I heard Ms. Deepti

AAARRRRGGGG GHHHHHHHHH! EEEEEEEEEKKK KKKKKKKKKKK SSSSSSSSSS!! OH NO!

Do you or your partner have a tendency to scream while in the act? Well, according to this tip, playing a horror film in the background will solve your problems, as neighbours or roommates will presume that the screams are from scenes in the horror movie. Though what we are at a loss for is how you're supposed to enjoy the moment with sounds of creaking doors and screaming people emerging from the telly.

dear grace,

I was going home and I was the last one to leave. As I was going towards the exit, I noticed Ms. Deepti’s computer making all sorts of extraordinary noises. They sounded very worrisome, so I thought...

The next morning however, give a big scream!

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While this tip is labelled as one that will help you increase your pleasure, we think that it is more likely that you'll end up in the hospital. According to the internet, you're supposed to stand facing each other. You are then supposed to

I have been working with a small advertising company for the last four months. I am in a very junior position and do mostly non-creative things. Last weekend, something happened which I am worried will get me fired. It happened like this:

So, I switched off her computer and then went home, feeling pleased I used my brain.

Okay, maybe this tip isn't completely faulty, but ladies, any tip which has the word bite along with a body part below the diaphragm, is a tip that you should never, ever try out. If you do decide to give it a shot, there's just one word for what your partner will feel — not pleasure — but pain. And lots of it!

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She should not lose her work... I’ll just switch off the computer to stop any damage!

use your TeeTh

We don't know where the connection between food and sex first emerged. Regardless, you should know that indulging in dirty talk while you're eating food, or worse, using the food you're eating as part of your dirty talk, is completely unconvincing and sometimes, gross. Take this for example: “I am going to devour you just like I’m devouring this steak.” Really?!

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dear stuck, If this was just a case of your ex calling you up or stalking you on social media, I would say block the guy and avoid his calls. This is a little more complex. He is depressed and possibly suicidal, that's why he's coming to you. He knows he can talk to you and share his feelings with you. But, this is not your burden alone. You need to get in touch with his friends and family immediately and let

them know what's going on. You also need to encourage him to get professional help. You being the sole listener is going to chip away at you and your current relationship. In the mean time, tell your current boyfriend (often if you need to) how much you appreciate his support in this difficult situation and trying time. Send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in

up a bit, bought cupcakes for our coffee break, had conversations with him in my head... Then he rang the bell and I got so nervous, I ask the cleaning turned off the lights and pretended not to be I’ll at home!

crew... when I found out who did this! I’m going to FIRE THEM! SUCH STUPIDITY!

"They eventually decided to re-schedule the meeting. Ms. Deepti had to do the work all over again. The cleaners were questioned but denied it. Mr. Boss thinks they are lying. We did not get the project and people are blaming the incident as the new work was hurried. I have just stayed silent. What do I do?” — Mr. Mistake a) If you can continue to work with this big secret, then don’t do anything. It will eventually blow over. It was a mistake. b) The honest thing to do would be to admit this and apologise. You may lose your job, but not your integrity. c) Buy the team some tasty goodies to help alleviate your guilt. LAST WEEK: Sneaky Selma should pick Option B: Don’t give her any excuse. Instead, reset the boundaries of this friendship to what you’re happy with.

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Orgasm can lead to Bladder Spasms

I am one of those women who do not get orgasm while having sexual intercourse but can get it only by masturbation. I masturbate, but after I achieve orgasm, I get painful bladder spasms - sometimes even hours later. Is masturbating causing this? NO matter how it is achieved, orgasm can lead to bladder spasms in some women. Orgasm produces contractions in many muscles throughout the body – particularly the uterus, the vagina and the bladder. When any muscle contraction is stronger and stays longer, it is experienced as a spasm. Another possibility is that by masturbating, you may also be inadvertently introducing bacteria into your urinary bladder, causing bladder infection. Maintain good hygiene. Wash your hands before you masturbate to decrease this risk. The same process can also occur during intercourse, which can "push" vaginal

body. In fact sexual satisfaction between partners does not depend on the statistics of either partner, but on how comfortable you are with your body image and how sensual and free you are I am 26 yrs old. I have a very kind husband. But during the act. You need when he comments about my sagging breasts to generally keep fit for (I don't know the exact cause of it) I really get health reasons, but do depressed and upset. Please help me to find a not obsess over certain way to solve this problem. Is there any special parts of your body. Be exercise to bring it to normal shape? Please comfortable with the way help... you are, and allow your sensuality to flow. If YOU have mentioned that you have a kind you can do that , your husband will have a Dr. Rajan B. Bhonsle husband. It would be good to communicate to pleasant surprise. He will soon forget your M.D. (Bom) Consulting Sex Therapist & Counsellor him about how you feel when you hear his statistics and get involved in your unrestricted comments on your breasts. He may be thinking sensuality. No one can take away your selfthat you are okay with the comments. Also he worth unless you yourself allow it to happen. needs to be educated on the fact that the Celebrate the gift of your body and enjoy it. Dr. (Mrs.) Minnu R. Bhonsle perfect breasts are a myth and that all the soPh.D. Consulting Psychotherapist & Counsellor called perfect breasts are due to wonder-bras Heart To Heart Counselling Centre runs or silicon implants. By the way there are no Certificate courses in Counselling & Sex exercises that can remedy the situation truly. bacteria into the urethral opening. Education at 10 Jerbai Baug, Byculla (E), It is very important that you do not allow It is also possible that you may have a Mumbai-27. Tel: 22184528 / 9821093902. condition called ‘interstitial cystitis’ i.e. an your self-esteem to be affected by comments Email: hthindia@gmail.com inflammation of the bladder wall. However, if about your body. You are not confined to your www.hearttoheartindia.net you have interstitial cystitis, it is unlikely that pain with orgasm would be the only symptom. If you also have pelvic pain, urinary urgency or burning, you need to be evaluated for this condition.

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What the cards say: Be at rest Path: hold on to what is important. Don’t. Resist. Just allow free flow Ally: Take help from Capricorn who will give you sensible advice. Avoid taking advice from Sagittarius Card for the week: Is the Tarot key no XII The Hanged Man. Allows you the lull to see things. Surrender and accept . Let His will prevail. Time for contemplation not action.

What the cards say: Pursue your dreams practically Path: Be more responsible and organized. Introspection will help you gain Don’t. Use be judgmental just because it suits you. Be objective Ally: Libra will show you what right from wrong. Avoid Scorpio who will encourage your blindness towards yourself Card for the week: The card is Tarot key no XX Judgment invites to look at your motives and reasons for doing things.

What the cards say: Life is trying to reach out to you Path: Learn from your experience . Don’t waste energy over protecting your ego Ally: Your ally this week Aquarius. Avoid morose Capricorn who will pull down your spirits Card for the week: The Tarot key no II The High Priestess. Turn inwards and explore your inner life. Connect with your inner being and delve deep into knowledge and self understanding.

What the cards say: Focus on giving. Path: Sacrifice consciously and be in the flow. Don’t be conceited or accepting surface knowledge Ally: Aquarius could liberate you from conventional shackles. Pisces will hold you back Card for the week: Tarot Key no II The High Priestess indicating the inner asking you to connect with your beliefs and your moral judgments

What the cards say: A new affair on the cards Path: Welcome love and do not judge prematurely Don’t be negative or cynical . True love does exist Ally: Pisces will give you warmth. Avoid Aries who could fan your impulsiveness Card for the week: The Tarot key no XVII The Star indicating that insight and love go hand in hand.

What the cards say: Your balance is tilting Path: Be steady and centered. Don’t be afraid or stubborn Ally: Sagittarius will show you to give. Stay away from Gemini who might justify selfishness Card for the week: Tarot Key no XIV Temperance. Balance is the key to a successful relationship. Know it and co ordinate.

What the cards say: spiritual growth can be painful Path: Rise above your weaknesses Don’t get tired or give up hope. Ally: The water sign Scorpio will show you acceptance. Don’t tangle with Leo Card for the week: Tarot key no X The Wheel of Fortune. Life is a cycle and things come back to where they started. Lucky breaks.

What the cards say: Victory and success. Path: dispel all negativity Don’t doubt. Trust and move ahead. Ally: The sign Cancer will put you at ease. Be careful of another Scorpio who could encourage your suspicions Card for the week: Tarot Key no XVII The Star. Indicates insight and deep understanding that will help you in unraveling matters and bring great love in your life.

What the cards say: You could be tempted to cross a line in your relationship Path:You need to be honorable and accountable Don’t use tricks to win love Ally: The mature Virgo will be a good friend. Avoid Aries who might encourage you in the wrong direction Card for the week: Tarot key no XV The Devil. Be warned of the Devil within you. Your fears and needs give him potency. Face him and see him wilt.

What the cards say: A feeling of restriction could make you morose Path: Look at the positive aspects of your life and be truly grateful .Things will change Don’t just wait to justify negativity. It could come in your way of happiness Ally: Taurus will give you good advice. Seek and find balance Card for the week: The tarot Key no XII The Hanged Man indicates surrender and letting go. You will be taken care of.

What the cards say: Wasted efforts. Things will not turn out as you want them to Path: You win some and lose some .Take it in your stride Don’t Brood or try to analyze too much Ally: The Sensible Virgo will make you see things correctly. Avoid the impulsive signs of Leo and Sagittarius or over emotional signs of Pisces and Cancer Card for the week: Tarot key no V The Emperor . You have the power and responsibility of a responsible monarch. Use it without indulging the self.

What the cards say: This is not a good week to make any choices Path: Be discerning and alert Don’t get sweet talked into anything Ally: Seek advise from a Scorpio who will be a good judge . Don’t trust Gemini for he sees a different reality Card for the week: Tarot Key no 0 The Fool. A time not to take things seriously and let your hair down.

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...New government must take on the fact that large infrastructure projects in critical areas have got stuck. We have started a mechanism that can work. I would hope that the new government will recognise that this is a very crucial area.

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NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Thursday (March 6, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose moderately on Wednesday (March 05, 2014) a net 30.70 points (0.49%) and closed at the 6328 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 6328 points level. It then declined into the red and registered the day’s low at the 6287 points level at 11.36 a.m. The index then bounced back into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 2.55 p.m. It then rose sharply and registered the day’s high at the 6336 points level at 3.08 p.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty moved in a range of 46 points and closed above the psychologically important 6300 points level. Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 32 were gainers, 17 were losers and 1 remained unchanged.

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5958 points level. The next support is at the 5877 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 6372 points level. The next resistance is at the 6424 points level.

Pivot Point Analysi s: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6318 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 6299. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Support (2) = 6269. Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 4.84%. This change is small Resistance (1) = 6347. Resistance (2) = 6366. and indicates a moderate participation by investors. Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 860 were gainers, 613 were losers and 65 remained unchanged. Slow Stocha stic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator has risen above the slow D line (positive and a buy signal). RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 60 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

MACD Indica tor: The MACD is above zero and is rising (positive if it continues). It is above its 9-day Average (positive).

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are diverging (positive if it continues). The ADX is rising while the Market Index is rising, which indicates that the present up trend is increasing in strength.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a doji pattern. This indicates indec isiveness amongst investors. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market. However, the index is above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the four averages are rising and also positively trended. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. Both these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further upmove unfolding. Incidentally, the index is approaching a major resistance l evel at the 637 2 poi nts level. There is a possibility that it c ould find some res istance there. However, if it crosses above it then a fur ther rise can be expected. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 6272) Positive. Is above its 15-day average (at 6165) Positive. Is above its 25-day average (at 6120) Positive. Is above its 200-day average (at 5989) Positive. All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overa ll Market Strength/Weaknes s: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market with a positive bias.

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Target Rs. 2350

TECHM expects traction in revenue growth to continue in FY15 as well, with deal signings and pipeline both remaining healthy. Cash conversion in FY14 was hit by one-offs like acquisition payouts, stamp duty. Normalized cash conversion quality is comparable to tier-I IT. Amid steady revenue and profit growth, despite the continued hunt for acquisitions, we see the payout ratio increasing going forward. 50% of the margin headwinds should be offset by levers. If growth remains strong, margin headwinds in FY15 will be completely offset. FCF in FY14 hit by one-offs; conversion quality comparable to tier-I: TECHM brushed aside the concerns around low Free Cash Flow (FCF) generation during the year, explained by multiple one-offs like stamp duty payment, payout towards the acquisitions of Complex IT and Comviva. Going forward, we expect the company’s cash conversion quality to compare with top tier peers. Impending margin headwinds should be offset by multiple levers: TECHM should be able to offset ~50% of the 250-300bp impending margin headwinds from wage hikes and discontinuation of restructuring fees from BT. If growth remains healthy, it should be able to offset. the entire impact. We model 21.6% EBITDA margin in 4QFY14 (-160bp QoQ) and 22.1% EBITDA margin in FY15. Sustained revenue traction; expect dividend payout to improve: Despite continued pressure in the BT account, TECHM is seeing sustained momentum in business to at least grow in line with the industry. With loans repaid, FCF generation to be strong and revenue growth healthy, despite its ongoing hunt for acquisitions, we expect TECHM to up its dividend payout ratio going forward. Well placed in addressing demand trends; Buy: Success in large deal wins in the last 3 quarters is an encouraging indicator of TECHM’s improving competitive prowess post the integration with Satyam, and alleviates growth concerns emanating from client-specific issues like BT. Also, its expertise in the Telecom vertical has thus far overshadowed the structural concerns in the clients’ business, as it continues to increase its share within its top accounts, opportunity going forward offered by Continental Europe. We expect TECHM to grow its USD revenues at a CAGR of 14.8% over FY14-16 and EPS at a CAGR of 16% during this period. Our Target Price of INR2,350 discounts FY16E EPS by 14x. TECHM remains among our preferred picks in the Technology space.

Kotak Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on Hindustan Zinc CMP: Rs. 123

Target Rs. 150

Just keep focus on turnaround in zinc industry fundamentals and ignore government stake sale delay - Zinc market might have just begun its multiple year bull run - Earning upgrades likely over new few months - Upgrade to BUY with higher TP: Zinc markets burdened by consecutive years of surplus and high inventories, went through a long, long period of largely sideways grind. Sentiment is now slowly turning positive/bullish and it has likely sustainable fundamental merit which we have tried to highlight in this note. It is the core of our investment appeal to turn aggressive buyers in Hind Zinc to play the zinc bull story in coming years. We see a reasonable probability of management improving its volume guidance for FY15 and FY16 during annual result declaration towards end of April 2014, more so given government stake sale in HZL again seems to be in back burner now. We also see gradual and sustainable recovery in global macro health from hereon which has turned us positive on cyclicals like industrial metals. So, we believe there exists a strong case for significant earning estimate upgrades for Hind Zinc in coming months. We at this stage, have been conservative by only marginally improving zinc price estimates and tweaking volume estimates for HZL. We have raised our EBITDA estimates for FY14 and FY15 by 3% and 6.2% respectively to Rs. 71.87bn and Rs. 74.55bn respectively while EPS estimates for FY14 and FY15 is raised by 2.7% and 4.9% to Rs. 16.47 and Rs. 17.36 respectively. At CMP of Rs. 120, stock is trading at an attractive multiple of 6.9x P/E and 2.6x EV/EBITDA on FY15 estimates. We upgrade our recommendation on the stock from ACCUMULATE to BUY with a higher TP of Rs155 (vs. Rs141 earlier), which offers c.30% appreciation from these levels. Outlook for zinc appears excellent to us and lead would follow it for structural reasons: We are starting to see fundamental change occurring in the zinc market. This is a supply story. Zinc demand which ILZSG calculates grew by 7.4% Y/Y in 2013, has outpaced supply and we have begun witnessing deficit in refined zinc since 2H2013 after several years. What's made story even more interesting is that we might see a 10% decline in zinc ore supply within next two years which could turn even ore market into deficit and can help zinc prices spiral higher and surely outperform other base metals.

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NEWS FLASH

CAD drops to USD 4.2 bn in Q3 of 2013-14 from USD 31.9 bn year-on-year on rising exports, falling gold imports FIIs infuse $6 bn in stocks in Oct-Dec qtr Currency derivatives turnover up 13% on NSE, MCX-SX in Jan LIC hikes stake in BHEL to 15% IRB starts work on Rs 4,139-cr road projects Sanofi files cases against Glenmark on patent infringement.

147 Projects Worth ` 5 Lakh Cr Cleared Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group Acts...

By A Business Reporter

et up to track stalled mega investment schemes, the Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group (PMG) has cleared 147 projects, entailing an investment of around Rs 5 lakh crore. "PMG has facilitated clearance to 147 projects worth about Rs 5 lakh crore in which more than 200 issues, including environment and forest clearances, were involved," said PMG Chairman Anil Swarup while addressing the media here yesterday at a CII conference on reviving investments. In 100 out of 147 projects facilitated by the PMG, Rs 3.1 lakh crore investments have been made as per the industry figures, Swarup said, adding that these entailed a total investment of Rs 3.8 lakh crore. A large number of projects related to coal, and the monitoring of the schemes has ensured that fuel supply agreements have been signed

between power firms and coal companies for about 70,000 MW, out of the targetted 78,000 MW. He asserted that monitoring of the schemes was creating a pressure on the ministries which were expediting the process and was hopeful to roll out digitisation at least in the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) by July. "First we have taken digitisation process with MoEF and are discussing with other ministries including Mines. Hopefully, we will be rolling out by July 1. We are not changing any process so we are not going to attract Election Commission's attention. We are tracking the files," he said. The PMG's vision is to make every information available on the web, thereby creating transparency through IT-related applications, he said, adding that "specific details, however, would be available to project proponents only as I don't want companies to poach into other's areas." Asked whether the process

would be impacted due to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Swarup said, "Election Commission basically prevents taking policy decisions. If a routine clearance is to be given which is stuck somewhere, I don't think anyone is going to object to it. We only ensure timely decisions are taken and it will continue." He added that 13 states have decided to set up similar PMGs. "We have told states that we are ready to share the portal with them and they can start monitoring the projects below Rs 1,000 crore. This is irrespective of political colour. It is apolitical," he stressed. On projects that were rejected, he said, a number of them were rejected, including two which were asking for domestic gas as there was no gas availability. PMG has identified over 435 stalled projects worth around Rs 20 lakh crore, pending for years. The PMG was set up in June last year to facilitate and fast-track projects by resolving specific issues.

Citing Weak Market, Banks Delay QIP Plans By A Business Reporter

he weak performance of banking stocks is forcing public sector lenders to defer their plans to raise money through qualified institutional placement (QIP) route to the next fiscal. "Market conditions are not good. It appears difficult in this financial year," Dena Bank executive director RK Takker said when asked whether banks can successfully raise funds from the market. The state-run lender has scope to raise around Rs 570 crore through QIP.

Another public sector lender, Union Bank has also not taken a call on its plan to raise money through QIP issue. When contacted Union Bank chief financial officer Mayank Mehta said: "We have still not decided on the time when we will be doing it." The bank has received approval from its board to raise Rs 1,400 crore through QIP. The bank has an option to raise money through the instrument till December 2014. Analysts say that with only few days left in this fiscal, ending March 31, jittery market conditions and the Lok Sabha elections - to be

Bankers Have Huge Oppurtunity With 50% Of Untapped Indians By a Business reporter

ith nearly 50% of the Indians still deprived of basic bank facilities, provides a big opportunity for banks to tap them, stated Dr Dr Deepali Pant Joshi, Executive Director, Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Speaking at the 8th International Conference of the BANKing TECH Summit 2014 themed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Connecting the Dots: Wiring Business, Technology & Operationsâ&#x20AC;? organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Joshi mentioned that the fact that half of Indians donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have even a simple savings bank account is one of the biggest challenge and also an opportunity for bankers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fifty percent Indians still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a bank account. How do you allow this 50% to be part of the economy? You thus have a revolution of demand. How will you ensure that they can avail of banking services? How will you use technology to reach out to them and at the same time give a better and more

user friendly experience - that is the biggest challenge and opportunity facing the Indian banking industry,â&#x20AC;? She said. On the occasion she also stated that while financial inclusive technologies like biometric micro Automated Teller Machines allows the smooth flow of transactions, the biggest regulatory challenge is how to ensure customer protection while encouraging innovation. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The integrity of your data is important to us. There is an urgent need to be ahead of the information curve and at the same time we have to move cautiously and calibrate our actions. There is a logic that governs our actions.â&#x20AC;? Joshi explained. Shikha Sharma, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Axis Bank Ltd., presented the challenges from the banks perspective. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Customers demand convenience. But that comes with risk factors. So how do you do a tradeoff between safety and convenience? That is a big challenge that all financial institutions are going through.â&#x20AC;? she added.

held from April 7 to May 12 - it is most likely that banks will plan their QIPs post elections. "Market is not in a good shape. The banks may wait for some more time and can come in April or May, or post-election also," said a banking analyst. An investment banker said: "There is no appetite for bank papers. You have seen what has happened to the SBI issue. I don't think you are going to see anything in March." In January year, SBI had raised Rs 8,032 crore through the QIP route, making it the biggestever equity sale via this route. But the issue was nearly bailed out by LIC and other public lenders and the share was sold at the lowest end of the band at Rs 1,565 apiece. SBI was planning to raise Rs 9,400 crore.

BUSINESS BRIEFS RBI Likely To Issue Few Bank Licences

The Reserve Bank is likely to issue a few bank licences notwithstanding the model code of conduct which came into force from yesterday, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said. "What the code of conduct has got to do with this (bank licence process). The government and regulators are discharging their normal duties... They (RBI) wish to issue a few licences," he added.

Tata Power To Finalise On Rs 2,000-Cr Rights Issue On Sat

The board committee of Tata Power is meeting on Saturday to finalise on the proposed rights issue to raise Rs 2,000 cr. "Tata Power has said that the duly empowered committee of the Board will meet on March 8, this week to consider and decide upon the terms and conditions of the proposed rights issue," the company said in a stock exchange filing. It will also decide on entitlement ratio, issue price, issue size, record date, timing of the rights issue and other related matters.

Fund Mop-Up Via Preferential Route Tumbles 88% In Jan

Fund raising through issuing of shares to promoters and shareholders on preferential basis has plunged by 88% to Rs 809 crore in January due to volatile market conditions. According to the latest data available with the market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), funds garnered by companies through preferential allotments declined from Rs 6,943 crore in December to Rs 809 crore in January.

Shipping Ministry Meets New Project Targets For This Fiscal

Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan yesterday said his ministry has met the FY'14 target of awarding 30 port projects, which entail an investment of over Rs 21,000 cr, adding 217 million tonnes in the annual additional capacity. "This is the best achievement in our history and we have already met the target for 2013-14," Vasan told reporters on the sidelines of an event to formally award two container project contracts to private parties at the country's largest container port JNPT (Jawahar Lal Nehru Port Trust).

Gold Import Curbs To Be Reassessed After Final CAD Figures

Faced with intense pressure to relax gold import curbs, the government yesterday said it will review the decision after getting final figures of the current account deficit (CAD). "We will revisit the import duty on gold only after the CAD figures become clear for the end of the year. Let's see what the CAD figures are," Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters here. The government had imposed restrictions on imports of the yellow metal to contain the CAD, which touched a record high of USD 88.2 billion in 2012-13. The CAD in the current financial year is expected to narrow to USD 50 billion.

India Not To Achieve $325 Bn Export Target This Fiscal

India's exports will not be able to achieve the target of USD 325 billion in the current fiscal and will fall short by about USD 10 billion, FIEO yesterday said. "Domestic factors like declining manufacturing growth and slow improvement in the global demand are the main reasons for slow growth in the country's exports. "We will not be able to achieve the USD 325 billion exports target," Federation of Indian Exports Organisation (FIEO) President Rafeeq Ahmed said.

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Fresh from Des Moines, Iowa, Sara

Matthews has just landed in Los Angeles as a college freshman studying fashion design. She meets handsome Stephen, party-lover Tracy, and roommate Rebecca. Rebecca is nice, sweet and ready to share everything with Sara. It could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. But Tracy is convinced that there’s something seriously wrong with Rebecca and bad things start happening to everyone close to Sara. If Sara is to have a normal college experience, she’s going to have to get to the bottom of what’s up with Rebecca and quickly get out of her clutches. HBO, 9 p.m.

TUMHARI PAAKHI

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Girish helps Ayaan come with ‘Plan Tanya Bhagao.’ Ayaan insists that Anshuman, Paakhi and he stay together as a happy family for the last few days. He also tells Tanya that he will now be friends with her. Is this real friendship or all part of the ‘Plan Tanya Bhagao’? Life Ok, 9.30 p.m.

BEAT THE ANCESTORS

SEVEN WORLDS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM

Travel from the Sun to the far-out reaches of Neptune as spec-

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EXTREME ANIMALS

Voyaging to the most hostile environments on earth, intrepid

presenter Steve Leonard is on a mission to find the animals that push the very limits of surivival. This thrilling series follows Steve’s adventures as he braves the elements - and the animals - to uncover the most incredible examples of endurance in the natural world. Soar with Steve as he confronts creatures at vertigo-inducing heights and dive with him to bone-crushing depths. Huddle for warmth with animals in the Arctic and try to keep your cool in the searing heat of the desert. Packed with action and intimate wildlife encounters this is the ultimate armchair experience of life on the edge, with a presenter who’s not afraid to go there. An imal Planet, 10 p.m .

QUBOOL HAI

While Zoya is still receiving clues, Asad leaves his father

Rashid who is still recovering under her care for some important work. Zoya is called or rather manipulated by Tanweer to come

Tumhari Paakhi, Life Ok, 9.30 p.m.

to a place where she would get a final clue about her missing father. Will Zoya finally figure out who her father is or will this only turn out to be a foil for Mumaani to have their chance of harming Rashid? Zee T V, 9.30 p.m.

BEINTEHAA

In tonight’s episode we will see Bhai’s daughter’s wedding party begins... Zain and Aaliya arrive in disguise. Osman and Suraiya too arrive… Aayat is also there but hides herself from being noticed by Aaliya and the family. Further, Aaliya manages to get the locker keys where the papers of Barkat Royale are kept. Will Zain and Aaliya succeed in getting the papers back or will they get caught? Col or s, 9 p.m .

BOSTON LEGAL

50 years after Denny and his father successfully defended a man accused of murder, the son of the victim seeks revenge by holding the law firm hostage and forcing them to “retry” the case. Star Wor ld, 9 p.m.

YEH RISHTA KYA KAHLATA HAI

Devyani shares her past with Akshara about her kids.

Akshara wants her to bond with Naksh, will Akshara come to know about the grandparents day celebration in Naksh’s school. Star Plus, 9.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean “time machine” invented by slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future. Star Mov ies, 10.45 p.m.

MISSION : IMPOSSIBLE

Based on the hit T.V. series. Jim Phelps was sent to Prague for

a mission to prevent the theft of classified material. His wife Claire and his trusted partner Ethan Hunt were members of Phelps’ team. Unfortunately, something went horribly wrong and the mission failed, leaving Ethan Hunt the lone survivor. After he reported the failed mission, Kettridge the head if the agency suspects Ethan of being the culprit for the failed mission. Now, Ethan uses unorthodox methods (Which includes the aid of an

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All Tess Trueheart wants is to settle down to a quiet life with

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Azad(Anil Kapoor), a mob enforcer who rescues the lovely

STAR WORLD

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On “Beat The Ancestors”, a team of modern day engineers are tasked with recreating and improving on the machines that changed history before putting them to the test in a series of dynamic challenges. Di scover y Sci en ce, 10 p.m.

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Dharamyudh is the story of two friends Thakur Vikram Singh

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Gopli, Agent 116 of India's Secret Service, is called in to

investigate the death of another agent whom had some incriminating photographic evidence revealing the inner workings of a foreign terrorist leader and his strike team and Gopli sets out to find the evidence before the terrosist does. Star World, 10.35 p.m.

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11.00 Taarak Mehta

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arms dealer going by the name “Max”) to try to find who set him up and to clear his name. Pix , 9 p.m .

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P.M. 2.00 India Tour of SA 13 h/ls 1st Test 4.00 Best of the Test 5.00 Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls 6.00 Great Centuries: Shaun Marsh and Steven Smith 6.30 Ram Slam T20 Challenge 14 h/ls 7.30 Best of the Tests: 2nd Test SA vs Aus 8.30 Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls 3rd ODI 9.30 ICC Cricket 360 10.00 Aus Tour of SA 14 h/ls: 3rd Test.

P.M. 1.00 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 3.30 Baby On Board 5.05 One Hundred And One Dalmatians 6.40 Hellbound 8.30 The Fourth Kind 10.30 Dick Tracy A.M. 10.00 The Constant Gardener P.M. 3.07 4.45 6.35 9.00 11.22 A.M. 9.50 11.40 P.M. 2.30 4.45 8.00 10.35 A.M. 8.10 11.25

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By Sandeep Hattangadi

Horror comedy seems a new genre. Not really. In a completely new treatment to the subject of Ghosts, something that has captivated the psyche for generations across the country, India’s first ‘Ghostbuster’ show, revolves around two endearing brothers - Pritam, played by Siddharth Sagar and Pyaare, portrayed by Prasad Barve, who accidentally and unknowingly, get famous, solving ghostbuster cases.

What is your role like? The show features me as the vampire ‘Dara Koyla,’ India’s first tall, lean, aristocratic-looking ghost, who speaks with immaculate dignity. Suavely styled in black, with a magnificent flowing black cape, Dara is a vampire who can morph into a bat at will and also has the ability to hypnotize his victims. He is afraid of sunlight, sleeps in his coffin through the day to awaken only once the sun sets. He is aided and helped in his gothic mansion by Dumroo, the hunchback, played by Sukesh Anand and Hatuba, the monster, portrayed by Madan. What do the Ghostbusters do on the show? In the show, Pritam and Pyaare, first solve a ghostbuster case accidentally. They then setup a laboratory where they research and create useless yet unique gadgets to solve cases involving ghosts, but which are actually of no use in trapping ghosts. However, incidents happen and the cases get solved even when their gadgets fail or are forgotten at home, which only get Pritam and Pyaare to think that this has happened because of them and their favorite gadgets!

Rajesh Kumar hails from Patna but has made acting his calling in Mumbai. He achieved fame as the childish poet in the popular sitcom Sarabhai vs. Sarabhai. He has completed five years on the popular comedy show Baa Bahoo Aur Baby and Mr. and Mrs. Sharma Allahabadwale. Now comes his new show ‘Pritam, Pyare Aur Woh.’ Rajesh spoke to us in the midst of his busy shoot. Some excerpts.

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Tiku, a rich businessman married to Gogi, their young pretty sister. Played by Parineeta Bothakur, Gogi loves her brothers and, on her request, Tiku always forgives Pritam and Pyaare, even though he hates them for putting him into trouble every time with their ghostbusting cases.Tiku has a beautiful, charming and young female secretary, Mary, played by Tapasya, who has instructions to always keep an eye on Pritam and Pyaare. Tiku has to contend with his mother-in-law Nimmi Gulati, portrayed by Daljeet Soundh.

Any chances of another ‘Sarabhai vs Sarabhai’? I owe my success to that show and wish we have another season. Watch Pritam & Pyaare send a chill down your spine, while making you roll with laughter in ‘ghostbuster’ horror-comedy, Pritam Pyaare Aur Woh, which started on March 3, and is on from Mon-Fri at 7.30 pm only on SAB TV.

Who are the other characters in the show? Pritam and Pyaare are supported by Tiku Talsania, who plays the character of

Veera’s Kudos To ‘Satyamev Jayate’! By A Staff Reporter

he new season of Satyamev Jayate is for all those who care for their country - Jinhe Desh Ki Fikr Hai. This campaign idea was converted into ground activity by creating 'Fikr Touch Points' led by STAR Plus protagonist, Veera aka Digangana Suryavanshi of ‘Veer Ki Ardaas Veera.’ Veera, who has taken up the cause of voting, stepped out on the busy streets of Mumbai to question and incite the feeling of Desh Ki Fikr with Sandeep Bachhe, an auto rickshaw driver. Sandeep is known to give free rides to the blind, donates money to an old-age home and raises funds for people. The protagonist was all praises for Sandeep on seeing him display a Desh Ki Fikr message that reads, 'Meter se hi chalenge kyonki desh ki fikar hai,' reiterating that he always goes by the meter and never overcharges his passengers.

TV TATTLE Women will have their say

WOMEN’S Day special edition, The Front Row Dialogues on The Front Row with Anupama Chopra. Star World will feature an inspiring chat session with five accomplished female members of the film fraternity, National Award-winning actor Kangana Ranaut, National Awardwinning film editor Namrata Rao, National Award-winning cinematographer Anjuli Shukla, power house producer Guneet Monga and successful Indian actor in Hollywood - Frieda Pinto. They will discuss the struggles, discrimination and change in attitude towards women in film, and a lot more! When asked, what would you like to change about the film industry, editor Namrata Rao said, “I would love for people to stop making regressive films which support the whole idea that women have to be a certain way.” Kangana Ranaut too replied, “Paychecks! We get paid a lot Star World, Friday, 8.30 p.m. less than our male counterparts.”

Serving in a new avatar

Dabbawallas, known for their unity and punctuality, are synonymous with the city, and their much dedicated and committed workforce has made them loyal service providers millions of Mumbaikars. The community recently witnessed a new entry into their clan: The popular CID cops Inspector Abhijeet and the inimitable Daya. For the very first time, the most admired cops of television will drop their usual garb and slip into the new Dabbawala role! The inspectors will be seen living the life of dabbawallas, from loading lunch boxes to traveling on cycles to mingling with the real-life dabbawallas, the cops will do it all! SONY, Friday at 10 p.m.

Exposing child abuse

This week on HallaBol, bindass’ latest show that brings more power to women by narrating true stories of abuse where the victims have emerged victorious, comes a story on one of the most grave and sad problems – child abuse. The episode will see television actress Abigail Pande essay the role of a young girl who was abused by her uncle, resulting in a silent and suppressed life, till she decided to speak up and Bindass face her demons.

Super adventure

The world-renowned survival extraordinaire and expert Bear Grylls is back in the brand new six-part series, BEAR GRYLLS: ESCAPE FROM HELL where he will apply his expertise one step further by pitting himself against real-life dangers faced by ordinary people stranded in devastatingly dire situations in the world’s most desolate landscapes. Discovery Channel, starting March 9 every night at 9 pm.

More power to women

Every year, on International Women’s Day, one witnesses multiple discussions over various issues plaguing Indian women today, but rarely is there a solution offered to them. No More Kamzor will recognize and honour women who have refused to let society defeat their indomitable spirit. Hosted by a lady who best represents today’s strong, powerful and successful achiever, Vidya Balan, the show is based on the concept of empowering women with information being used as a powerful tool. The show will be interspersed with issue-centric performances creatively presented by well-known artists like Lauren Star Plus, Gotleib, Sayantani Ghosh and Shakti Mohan amongst others.S Saturday, March 8 at 1.00 p.m.

Thinking for herself

Popular prime-time drama ‘Doli Armaanon Ki’, the lead protagonist Urmi (played by Neha Marda) will soon find out that her neighbor Chhavi’s husband is cheating on her with another woman. While a women’s group attacks the other woman in question, Urmi raises some extremely pertinent questions. Urmi’s rational, progressive take on the issue is bound to create a stir with her male chauvinistic, sexist husband Samrat (played by Mohit Mallik).

A woman to reckon with With the new season of Satyamev Jayate, STAR India chose places where people are most likely to commit civic transgressions and strategically placed a "Desh

Ki Fikr" messaging at such locations called 'Fikr Touch points.' Like the auto that spreads the message 'Meter se hi chalenge kyonki desh ki fikar hai,' various major rail-

way stations will convey the message of 'Ticket lenge wohi jinhe desh ki fikar hai,' amongst others. Catch this episode on Mar 9, at 11 am on STAR PLUS!

Phool Kanwar Rathore is the grand daughter of king of Marwar Raja Maldev Singh. She is extremely beautiful, very confident and total extrovert, and has an attitude of a queen. She is the first wife of Maharana Pratap on the show Maharana Pratap on. Phool Kanwar will be played by Jannat Zubair Rahmani who played the role of Phulwa.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 718

ENIGMA CODE 718

ACROSS: 1 Ancient monumental game on a billiard-table (8) 5 Blanch left in sandy area (6) 10 Does the job of a mnemonic with "M" in among the reds (7) 11 I'm turning up in a family football club (2,5) 12 One with no trust in decency, niceness, etc. (5) 13 Starting action in the street or in empty room – it's very wet! (9) 14 They have won arguments and got inn sports organised (6,6) 18 Nine in cheap packaging ordered from a big range in the North of England (7,5) 21 Person in trial given money to eat a lot (6,3) 23 In the U.S. no one with lassitude gets up and produces gas (5) 24 Buggy rentals with horns (7) 25 Put it down to the bone, in the case operated on (7) 26 Be quick to accept a cheer (6) 27 Blokes curse at what they have to put on (4,4) DOWN: 1 Greek letter, somewhat indecent, causing deep offence (6) 2 A trying delay (6) 3 Pasta leads to eccentric crime boss losing head (9) 4 Take unauthorised leave from the wasteland to get a person's mail (6,4,4) 6 Figure the crumpled charts should throw light on things (5) 7 Nothing lost by getting food and accommodation as well as beverages (3,5) 8 Disorder of mind in many the least advanced? (8) 9 Achieving a suitable standard (6,3,5)

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Each colour in our code represents a letter. When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words. The clue to first word is given to help you get started.

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The Clue: Hate

H H

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S ENIGMA CODE LADDER, ADDLED, DEALER, LADLED, LARDED, LEADED, READER

15 Ruling elite lack energy when controlling oil charges (9) 16 After first short letter, produce diagram of an inscription (8) 17 A French machine assembler is in not such good health ! (8)

19 An antiseptic I love - and eat! (6) 20 He is entitled to a share of whatever is left (6) 22 Painful condition that made English leader crazy? (5)

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Pitchforks, 6 Marc, 9 Elongating, 10 Down, 12 Escape notice, 15 Elegise, 16 Tanning, 17 Version, 19 Detrain, 20 Contemplates, 23 Moab, 24 Jumble sale, 25 Nods, 26 Reproduced. DOWN: 1 Pies, 2 Took, 3 High spirited, 4 Oatcake, 5 Kindest, 7 Aboriginal, 8 Convergent, 11 Round the bend, 13 Serviceman, 14 Hearing aid, 18 Neptune, 19 Drabber, 21 Laic, 22 Weld.

QUICK CROSS 718

ACROSS: 1. Abbreviation on silver 4. Edison initials 5. Bihar, for one 7. Babe 8. Assumed name 10. ____ volatile 11. ___ in the sky

H H H

MATH PYRAMID 718 The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied. 1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Statistics, in short 2. Bit of retribution 3. Command to a mule 5. Fence steps 6. __ __ tee (2,1) 8. Cleopatra killer 9. Medieval poem

HIDATO 718

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

MATHDOKU 718

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

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MOON : Moon in Aries till 8.48 p.m. / Jupiter forward TITHI : 6th Phalgun Shuklapaksha NAKSHATRA : Bharni RASHI : Mesha (Aries) A.L.I. LUCKY COLOUR : Red LUCKY NUMBER : 5

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will be able to consolidate your gains. Investments in precious metals or in securities will pay you rich dividends. Those planning to go abroad to work will receive lucrative offers. This is the right time to apply for entrance into trade. Students taking up vocational courses may opt for catering or hotel management. The married will enjoy domestic felicity. Sports persons should work hard at their practice for they could win fresh laurels in their field of specialization. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be of medium height with lovely eyes and ruddy complexion. They are honest, generous, forgiving but can be very obstinate. They generally are good in studies and hardworking. They attain success in their career after considerable effort. They generally lead successful life. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): The day looks promising but you have a lot to do. Try to Delegate responsibility to achieve your targets easily. A hectic schedule will leave you exhausted with fatigue. You could be asking for trouble where your health is concerned. Youngsters can look forward to an exciting time with friends and parties.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You will be busy handling different problems particularly those in the fields of sales, marketing or media. It will be a tiring but rewarding day. Money from a property or a legacy should be invested on a long-term basis for further gains. An outing will be enjoyable though a bit exhausting.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Brace up for a hectic schedule... Socializing to maintain your contacts with people that matter will help to boost your career interests. You will be in touch with an important person who will take a particular liking to you and your work. You will achieve success in new business interests, which others may consider to be risky.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You may get some good news about your job or career that has been bothering you for some time. Problems that you thought were rather difficult to solve will be sorted out with ease. You have the financial and moral support of an important person which in itself is inspiring. An important moral issue gets concluded favorably giving you a lot of mental relief. An expensive purchase for your beloved or family is reason enough to celebrate.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You may feel edgy and uneasy but remain cool for your own sake. Do not make any changes yet; it is wise to continue in your present work. Too much criticism and high expectations can sometimes ruin a perfectly good relationship. Learn to relax and enjoy life.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): There is a lot to be satisfied about your work achievements. Even if you feel that you have not reached your goal you have chosen the right path, which is bound to lead you to success. Your charm and conversational ability will help in impressing and winning new friends.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A favorable piece of news is likely. Those doing specialized training or a technical course will get an opportunity coming their way. Gains that were expected from a career change will be conveyed to you. However this may entail a change of environment, which you will have to consider. You have a good bond with your mate. But a development today could create a few doubts and suspicion. You will find a way out with renewed trust and faith in each other .

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): The tendency to take things easy and postpone decisions may not be in your interest. Make most of the opportunities available right now. You could get upset by the lack of interest that your beloved has been showing. You will have to find something else to amuse yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Sometimes a new way of handling work can bring about certain freshness to your normal routine. The results will speak for themselves. In pursuing your career goals you may have lost touch with love. A development today will make you realize how important it is.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): A new contract or a favorable development in your career is likely. These developments will give you hope for the future. This is perhaps something you have been anticipating for a long time. Happiness in love is indicated. A good piece of advice coming from someone you respect is worth some thought.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): The financial position being comfortable you may decide to indulge yourself. The purchase of an expensive item of security or investment is also likely. Family life is happy and congenial. Some of you will be making plans to travel, perhaps in the pursuit of a hobby or personal interest or just holidays.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Your success will bring new offers and praise. A few last minute details may require your attention for a current task or project, which you are concluding. You will have all the help and support that you may need from your family or mate even though you have been through some tough times. The married will enjoy marital felicity.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4910 ACROSS: 1 "A gal" anagram for non-flowering stemless water plant? (4) 4 "Ma's hat" changes into an illness (6) 8 Letters to end a theorem (3) 10 Health resorts (4) 13 Extinct small horse (8) 14 Beginning to exist (7) 15 Sounds of bells at funeral time? (6) 17 Howling as a dog (9) 21 Out __ _ limb (2,1) 22 Narsimha ___ : ex-Prime Minister of India? (3) 23 Fa follower (3) 26 Adjourns, holds up or sets aside (9) 27 ___ out : allotting or dealing out punishment, reward, etc.? (6) 28 Learner drivers display them! (1-6) 32 A turning to or an appeal for help (8) 34 A fitting reward (Archaic English) (4) 35 Annoy, disgust or tire (3) 36 Fielder par excellence (6) 37 Lit. light? (4)

DOWN: 1 Org. (4) 2 Mardi ___ : merry making on Shrove Tuesday? (4) 3 ____ to it : ensured that it is attended, in a way? (4) 5 Travelling on long slender runners, as for sport. (6) 6 ___ pocket : pocket in the back side of a trouser? (3) 7 Aid, help or support (6) 9 Morse signal (3) 11 Painter Picasso (5) 12 La ____: The Milan opera house ,one of the largest in the world? (5) 15 A hard, cross-grained part of a piece of wood (4) 16 A large fisheating bird (4) 18 "U" in UTI? (4) 19 Cave-dweller (abbrev.) (4) 20 Ind. Admin. Ser. (3) 23 Ms Kapoor of Bollywood (5) 24 Dam, embankment against river floods (5)

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SUDOKU 2096 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: R equals D

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

25 Savvy (6) 26 Soul (6) 28 Large Scale Integration, abbr. (3) 29 Process of curling or waving one's hair,

in a way? (4) 30 Technician, in short (4) 31 Neighbor of Minn. (1,3) 33 __-de-sac (3)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Grants, 7 Catholic, 8 Ludo, 10 Harrow, 11 Unwell, 14 Ooh, 16 Carol, 17 Mann, 19 Elder, 21 Excel, 22 Impel, 23 Rice, 26 Canoe, 28 Den, 29 Outcry, 30 Gawain, 31 Oban, 32 Contorts, 33 Hodman. DOWN: 1 Graham, 2 Neuron, 3 Scow, 4 Chancel, 5 Alter, 6 Icall, 8 L Ron, 9 Doh, 12 War, 13 Logic, 15 Ulcer, 18 Arrau, 19 Exp, 20 Del, 21 Emerson, 22 IOC, 23 Reward, 24 Inan, 25 Eonian, 26 Coact, 27 Ntini, 28 Dab, 30 Gosh.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1915 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

D S P

I G K

M P G R

L S U

H U U R

G R N G K D G H P I G K

L S U

R U P B K ' D

Q U U T B U N P M

X G K ' D

S G B

K U

D S P

M P G R

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: If you ever start to feel too good about yourself, they have this thing called the Internet, and you can find a lot of people there who don't like you

Afternoon WORD MINE

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 03 average; 04 good; 05 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: census, clone, close, clue, coil, coin, coleus, cone, consul, cosine, counsel, cousin, cuss, icon, lice, loci, nice, once, ounce, scion, scone, SECLUSION, since, slice, sluice, sonic, uncle, uncoil.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

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Indian cricketers Dinesh Kartik and Rohit Sharma after winning their final match against Afghanistan in Mirpur on Wednesday. India failed to qualify for the finals of the Asia Cup.

73 balls to give their total a semblance of respectability after a top-order collapse left them reeling at 95/7. Having played safe by not fiddling with the playing XI even in a dead rubber against Afghanistan, India sent Rahane in the opening slot, a move that clicked as he and Dhawan put on a century partnership. The duo played mostly in ground strokes and Rahane impressed up the order with his composed batting. The youngster, who usually bats at number four, settled in quickly and rotated the strike to take pressure off Dhawan, a tentative-starter who got a reprieve on 28. But inspired by Rahane, Dhawan too got into the groove as the duo scored their half-centuries in tandem. Brief Scores: Afghanistan 159 all out in 45.2 overs [Samiullah Shenwari 50, Ravindra Jadeja 4/30, R Ashwin 3/31] lost to India 160/2 in 32.2 overs [Ajinkya Rahane 56, Shikhar Dhawan 60] by eight wickets.

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IRPUR: Knocked out of contention for the final, five-time champions India ended their Asia Cup campaign with a consolation win over debutantes Afghanistan, beating them by eight wickets in a lop-sided encounter. After skipper Virat Kohli opted to bowl on winning the toss, Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja, R Aswhin and Amit Mishra shared seven wickets between them to skittle out Afghanistan for 159 in 45.2 overs. The Indians chased down the target in 32.2 overs to clinch the bonus point but it was a case of too little too late after defeats against Sri Lanka and Pakistan poured cold water on their final hopes. Ajinkya Rahane (56), after being promoted to open, and Shikhar Dhawan (60) set up the chase for India with a 121-run opening wicket partnership. Earlier, Mohammed Shami provided India the first break-

India beat Afghanistan with bonus point in dead rubber

through by dismissing Nawroj Mangal (5) and thereafter it was a one-sided contest as Jadeja ripped through the inexperienced batting to finish with figures of 4/30. Ashwin (3/31) also chipped in to fox the Afghans, who will go out with their heads held high after beating Bangladesh during the course of their campaign. Afghanistan's innings centred around No 8 batsman Samiullah Shenwari, who scored a sensible 50 from

Afghanistan cricketers redefining heroism four countrymen M

IRPUR: They may be tournament-debutantes but Afghanistan have managed to impress one and all with their resolute and sprightly performances in the Asia Cup, redefining heroism for the war-ravaged nation. "Cricket is changing the war-ravaged Afghanistan for better. For the today's youth, the heroes have changed. It's no more the war mafias but the cricketing heroes who's shaping their lives," Afghanistan journalist Matiullah Abid Noor, who is here to cover the Asia Cup for the Voice of America, told PTI. It's the same Afghanistan

team which sought the Indian team members' autographs four years ago during their maiden World Twenty20 appearance in the West Indies. "It was their first ever meeting with their icons. The likes of Mahendra Sing Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh meant huge to them," the 40-year-old journalist, who is based in Washington, said. "Our wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad is a great fan of Dhoni and calls himself 'MS'. He even has a Dhonilike hairstyle." Afghanistan made their biggest leap yet qualifying for the World Cup 2015 after finishing second behind Ireland

in the World Cricket League that was held in Sharjah in October last year. Afghanistan have not looked back since then as they recorded their first ever win over a Test side, when they defeated Bangladesh by 32 runs here on March 1. "The qualification was one great thing to have happened for the country. Apart from getting cash incentives, the cricketers were given flats. It's cricket, cricket everywhere now. Such has been the impact that the youth are busy playing cricket now. They don't have time for other antisocial activities."

BCCI gives additional time to Chandila to submit written reply

EW DELHI: The BCCI disciplinary committee has given former Rajasthan Royals off-spinner Ajit Chandila time till March 12 to submit his written reply after the Board's Anti-Corruption Unit chief Ravi Sawani has found him guilty of spot-fixing during last year's IPL. Chandila appeared before the BCCI disciplinary committee, comprising president N Srinivasan, Rajeev Shukla and Shivlal Yadav here and placed his defence on the charges levelled against him. Chandila further requested the disciplinary committee for additional time to submit his written reply. "The disciplinary committee decided to agree to the request of Ajit Chandila and has given additional time until 12th March 2014, to submit his final written reply," BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel said in the statement. Chandila, however, cried innocence but he looked pre-

pared for the worst. "No one is backing me. I know what their decision will be, probably I will be banned for life. But I haven't done anything wrong," Chandila told reporters while leaving ITC Maurya, the venue of the meeting. "They have asked me to give my reply in writing by March 12 and I will do that. Let's see what happens after that," he added. Chandila along with fellow Rajasthan Royals teammates S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan, Amit Singh and Siddharth Trivedi were found guilty by Sawani for their involvement in spot-fixing. The disciplinary committee banned Sreesanth and Chavan for life, Trivedi for 12 months, while Amit Singh was banned for five years. Chandila is the only one who has not received a sanction yet as he was the last of the players to get bail in the IPL spot-fixing case.

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Australian speedster Brett Lee holds a replica of the World Cup 2015 trophy during a press conference in New Delhi on Wednesday to announce special tourists packages for the Cricket World Cup.

EW DELHI: He might have gone unsold at the players' auction this year but retired Australian pacer Brett Lee said he remains a huge fan of the Indian Premier League and the Twenty20 event could throw up the elusive fast-bowling talent that India desperately needs. Lee, who kept his base price at Rs 2 crore, was among the most high-profile players who went unsold at the players' auction but that has not affected his admiration for the event. "I am an immense fan of the IPL, it is improving cricket. Look, the West Indies discovered Curtly Ambrose while he was bowling in beach cricket so new talent can be found. That's where the IPL might can come in handy for the selectors. They can look at the bowlers who can bowl fast," Lee said at an event to launch travel packages for next year's World Cup slated in Australia and New Zealand. The veteran, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders last season, was candid enough to admit that at 37, he did not see himself as a player for whom the franchisees would engage in a bidding war. "I wanted to give it a crack and see how it goes but look, I am not getting any younger. At 37, I have had more comebacks than Rambo," he laughed when asked about his thoughts on going unsold. The affable pacer, however, made it clear that as a bowler he preferred ODIs over Twenty20. "I still like 50-over cricket a lot. Twenty20 and IPL can be touch and go but in 50-over cricket, you can fight back. But T20 has improved batsmen," he said. The Australian, who also unveiled the World Cup trophy here, also spoke at length about the Indian team's chances at the mega-event. The pacer felt, it would not be easy for the Indians if they don't put together a decent pace attack. "I think you have to look at the wicket you are playing at. Most teams which tour Australia want to have a strong pace attack. If India have good fast bowlers, they have a good chance of making the semifinals and finals," he said. On what the Indian team needs to do to get back in form, Lee said nothing succeeds like success. "It's funny, when you win, you breathe that confidence. It takes a lot of hard work, lot of sacrifices. It takes time. India need to get the winning habit. It can have a snowball effect.” On being asked about his thoughts on India's pace attack, Lee said the primary reason for a lack of good express bowlers is the absence of supportive pitches besides the absence of role models, who can inspire youngsters.

UMBAI: Derick Joseph's brace guided Kenkre Football Club to a easy win over lacklustre G.M. East-Indian outfit in an Elite Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) at the Cross Maidan, Marine Lines on Wednesday. It was the G.M. East Indian lads who dominated the proceedings and created chances early on. However, moments before the interval, Derick Joseph netted in one the 37th minute to go one-up. With a goal behind their back, Kenkre went on the offensive mode to nail a porous East Indian defense. Ten minutes into the second half the center back of G.M. East Indian Manoj Adhikari received his second yellow card and was sent off. However, the 10-men G.M. East-Indian were not able to contain Kenkre's attack. Derrick doubled his money in the 64th minute with a beautiful chip over the goal keeper. The third goal by Jagjeet Singh summed it up for G.M. East-Indians. Floyd Pinto the coach of Kenkre F.C was quite proud with the performance of his boys, “It's our first game and had a lot of under 19 players playing and we

Kenkre Football Club boys in action against G.M. East Indians during the MDFA League at the Goan Sports Association Ground in Mumbai on Wednesday. are looking to settle in the present combination. However, win is a win.” The coach of G.M. East-Indian Aloysius Vaz said, “ We dominated the match but we never converted. The opposite team played well, converted good goals, and we need to work harder for our next game.”

RCF CLEARS PIFA, COLABA 2-1 Later a 10-man Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) overcame PIFA Colaba FC by a 2-1 margin. Referee Richard Dixion sent off RCF defender Prakash Sonawane for unlawful behaviour in the 60thminute.

Sagar Chile put RCF ahead when he headed home Piyakumar Sharma’s flag-kick in the 27th minute and later Sharma once again did the spade work to set up Meetei to slot in the second goal. PIFA managed to reduce the margin through Sushil Kawde, who found the net in the 75th minute. This the first win for RCF in two games after they had earlier drawn 1-1 with Companeroes SC. The Colaba side were playing their first game. Results – at Goan Sports Association ground, Cross Maidan – Elite Div: Kenkre FC 3 (Derrick Joseph 37th min, 64th, Jagjeet Singh 75th) beat G.M. East

YMCA ‘B’ EDGE OUT GOREGAON BOYS MUMBAI: Bombay YMCA’s junior string produced a superb display of controlled aggression as they defeated Goregaon Boys’ ‘A’ 25-18, 34-32 to enter the quarterfinals of the Callan Cup Volleyball tournament, held at Jhulla Maidan, Agrapada. The YMCA outfit after dominating the first game, were at the receiving end midway in the second as the Goregaon Boys kept abreast most of the time, but YMCA players displayed tremendous fight spirit, spiking tellingly and finding vacant sots in their rivals’ defence to catch them at 18all. Thereafter it was just a touch and go, as the game went over extra points before they came out winners at 34-32. In the opening match, BEST were impressive against Agripada Boys and won the first game 25-18. But thereafter the aging BEST players could do little right as they lost the steam, letting Agriada Boys make the last eight grade with a 18-25, 25-7, 155 win. Results: (Pre-quarterfinals): Bombay YMCA ‘B’ bt Gregaon Boys ‘A’ 25-18, 34-32. Agripada Boys bt BEST 25-18, 7-25, 15-5.

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Leading jockey Sandesh may do it again By Timur

cause you will not find any. Capilano is down a class, it aphere are ten races today and pears to have good chance. the first starts at 1.30 p.m. Another is Shah trained Don’t look for any nap bet, be- Isadora but it is not totally reli-

1. The Washington Ir vine Plate – Div. Ii 1400M1.30 P.M. 1. Silverville 59 Akshay 2. Jens Secret 58.5 S. G. Prasad 3. Caesars Wife 57.5 Kavraj Singh 4. Minstrel Son 57.5 Zameer Sayyed 5. Gold Necklace 56.5 B. Nikhil 6. Run Like The Wind 56.5 P. Trevor 7. Armel 55 Hanumant Singh 8. Pune Warriors 55 S. Sunil 9. Tuscania 55 Dashrath Singh Win: Silverville; Run Like The Wind 2. The A . Hoyt Plate – Div. II 1600M 2 P.M. 1. Glorious Opinion 59 A. Sandesh 2. Winning Destiny 57.5 B. Nikhil 3. Wind Of The North 57 P. Trevor 4. Zoe 57 Shrikant Kamble 5. Mzuri 56 C. S. Jodha 6. Nigella 55.5 Zameer Sayyed 7. Wish Upon A Star 55.5 S. G. Prasad 8. Queen 55 Kavraj Singh 9. Staffan 53.5 Akshay Win: Queen; Zoe 3. The Washington Irvine Plate - Div. I 1400M 2.30 P.M. 1. Ghanghorr 61.5 B. Nikhil 2. Morals 61.5 S. Mosin 3. Porto Banus 61.5 Dashrath Singh 4. Quando Quando 61.5 Zameer Sayyed 5. Jen's Glory 61 Kavraj Singh 6. Chinook 60.5 S. G. Prasad 7. Aromatica 60 P. Trevor 8. Mesmeric 60 S. Zervan 9. Walk Of Life 59.5 N. S. Parmar 10. Star Prince 57 S. P. Ranjane Win: Aromatica; Chinook

4. The Rose De Bahama Cup 1200M 3 P.M. 1. Danny Boy 55 D. K. Ashish 2. Lancelot 55 C. S. Jodha 3. Pepito (BLK) 55 P. Trevor 4. Assurances 53.5 Suraj Narredu 5. Divine Wish 53.5 A. Sandesh 6. Lhotse 53.5 Dashrath Singh 7. Peppercorn 53.5 J. Pradeep 8. Polydences 53.5 D. A. Naik 9. Reality 53.5 I. Pasha 10. Say When 53.5 Zameer Sayyed Win: Divine Wish; Assurance 5. The Flareon Plate 1400M 3.30 P.M. 1. Woven Dreams 59.5 Vikram Jodha 2. Beforememoryfades 59 A. Sandesh 3. Isadoro 57 S. Mosin 4. Mighty King 57 H. G. Rathod 5. Shygirl 57 C. S. Jodha 6. Caruso 56.5 Imran Chisty 7. Jewels Of The Hill 56.5 Shrikant Kamble 8. Zidaan 55.5 I. Pasha 9. Home Advantage 55 Dashrath Singh 10. Quest For Love 53.5 S. P. Ranjane 11. Stormy Princess 52 S. G. Prasad 12. Snow Angel 49.5 N. S. Parmar Win: Isadoro; Quest For Love 6. The Radha Sigtia Trophy 2400M 4.00 P.M. 1. Invictus 59 Kavraj Singh 2. Antonius Maximus 56 P. Trevor 3. New World 56 S. P. Ranjane 4. Negotiator 54.5 D. K. Ashish 5. Reynolds 54 S. Zervan 6. Wentworth 54 N. S. Parmar 7. Mountain Force 50 S. K. Jadhav Win: New World; Reynolds

able. New World has run well, beaten One Wish, but later has disappointed. Sandesh is going on Midnight Run and we can

perhaps presume he would not have gone on a dud. With this same jockey up, Grand Dupe appears to have some chance.

7. The A. Hoyt Plate – Div. I 1600M 4.30 P.M. 1. Asahi 61 A. Sandesh 2. Arusha 58.5 Kavraj Singh 3. Rubens 58 B. Nikhil 4. Establish Predator 57.5 D. K. Ashish 5. Mumbai King 57 Shrikant Kamble 6. Scaramouche 56.5 Akshay 7. Oriental Masti 55.5 P. Trevor 8. Queen's Camp 54 S. Mosin 9. Mchumba 53.5 Altaf Sayyed Win: Queen’s Ca mp; Asa hi 8. The Angelique Plate 1200M 5 P.M. 1. To The Moon 61.5 B. Nikhil 2. Capilano 61 Dashrath Singh 3. Stormyday 61 S. Mosin 4. Dream Weaver 60.5 A. Sandesh 5. Sindbaad 60 Sandeep Jadhav 6. Kaldeno 58.5 Akshay 7. Amaya 57.5 S. Shinde 8. Mambo Magic 57.5 R. Shelar 9. Star Fire Boy 57.5 Vikram Jodha 10. Macho Uno 57 I. Pasha 11. Tianmen 57 Kavraj Singh 12. Prince Arius 56.5 N. S. Parmar 13. Zarar 56.5 S. G. Prasad 14. Thunder Star 54.5 A. Ashhad Asbar Win: Capila no; Amaya 9. The Dubinushka Plate – Div. II 1200M 5.30 P.M. 1. Wild Waves 59 P. Trevor 2. Saturday Affair 57.5 Sandeep Jadhav 3. Matrioshka 56.5 C. S. Jodha 4. Samay Balwan 56.5 H. G. Rathod 5. Mateus Rose 56 B. Nikhil 6. Nirbhaya 55 Dashrath Singh 7. Umarkot 53.5 Kavraj Singh 8. Midnight Run 53 A. Sandesh

9. Mountain Warrior 53 Vikram Walkar 10. Winds Of Change 53 Hanumant Singh 11. Burn 52.5 D. K. Ashish 12. Classic Ruler 52.5 Ishwar Pardeshi 13. Concorde 52.5 S. Mosin 14. Home Factor 52.5 R. Shelar 15. Katniss 52.5 S. G. Prasad 16. La Tonnarella 52.5 Akshay 17. Monteray 52.5 Altaf Sayyed 18. Izarra 52 S. S. Baria 19. Essence Of Love 51.5 Vikram Jodha 20. Earth Orbit 50 Akash Agarwal Win: Midnight Run; Wild Waves

10. The Dubinushka Plate - Div. I 1200M 6 P.M. 1. Flying Eagle 62 Sandeep Jadhav 2. Ice Age 62 Shammi Khan 3. Marengo 60 H. G. Rathod 4. San Rafael 60 S. Mosin 5. Staying Alive 59 Ishwar Pardeshi 6. Hidden Asset 58.5 S. G. Prasad 7. Titleist 58.5 B. Nikhil 8. Gates Of Heaven 58 D. A. Naik 9. Mountain Wind 58 R. K. Mahesh 10. Cosmic Dancer 57 N. S. Parmar 11. Grand Duke 56.5 A. Sandesh 12. Mountain Prince 56 S. P. Ranjane 13. Speed Baby 55.5 Vikram Jodha 14. Hunt For Heads 55 D. K. Ashish 15. Scalanaya 54.5 Shrikant Kamble 16. Star Gazing 54 Satish Nayak 17. Wind Of The Hills 54 Akash Agarwal 18. Mountain Queen 53.5 Hanumant Singh 19. Tempest 53.5 S. Sunil 20. Pamushana 53 Imran Chisty

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EW DELHI: Chhattisgarh produced a scintillating comeback in the final quarter to clinch the women's title at the 64th National Basketball Championship, while Tamil Nadu men overwhelmed Punjab in the final. Chhattisgarh women, who were trailing in each of the first three quarters, went past defending champions Indian Railways 81-77 in the final minutes of the game at the Thyagaraj Indoor Stadium. Kavita came up with a matchwinning performance scoring 25 points for Chhatisgarh, while Saranjeet Kaur (20) and Bharti Netam (16) also made significant contributions. Railways team was quick to get off the blocks and dominantly led the first quarter 23-12. They maintained their advantage at the end half-time with 46-38. However, Chhatisgarh women never allowed the lead to surge beyond their control. At the end of third quarter, Railways led 6560 before Chhatisgarh remarkably turned it around in the final period.

Anand, JwalaAshwini lose in All England qualifiers

BIRMINGHAM: Indian men's singles player Anand Pawar and women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa could not cross the first hurdle as all Indians playing in the qualifying round failed to enter the main draw of the All England Championship here. Seeded No. 1 in the qualifiers, Anand squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting against Indonesia's Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 21-18 13-21 19-21 in an hour and eight minutes match. Commonwealth Games Gold medallist pair of Jwala and Ashwini also failed to tame the Chinese combo of Jin Ma and Yuanting Tang as they went down 21-14 15-21 17-21 in a match that lasted 54 minutes. Among others, Indian woman shuttler Saili Rane and mixed doubles pair of Abhishek Ahlawat and Kristi Das also crashed out of the qualification round. Saili went down fighting to Ireland's Chloe Magee 21-23 20-22 in a women's singles qualifying match which lasted for 47 minutes. Abhishek and Kristi, on the other hand, were sent packing in just 14 minutes by Indonesian combo of Gideon Markus Fernaldi and Rizki Amelia Pradipta in a mixed doubles event. Top Indian shuttlers, including Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap, K Srikanth, P Sindhu and mixed doubles combo of Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa will play in the main draw later today.

lakh, while the first and second runners-up received Rs 75,000 and Rs 50,000, respectively. Rikin Pethani of Tamil Nadu and Chhattisgarh's Kavita Kumari were awarded the Harish Sharma Most Valuable Player Award.

Chhattisgarh eves with the winners trophy after trouncingdefending champions Indian Railways in the 64th National Basketball Championship. Chhatisgarh netted 21 points as compared to Railways' 13 in the last quarter to end latter's sixtime winning streak. In the men's final, Tamil Nadu did not face much difficulty in overcoming Punjab 74-57. Rikin Pethani shone with 22

points for Tamil Nadu, while Palpreet Singh (19) was the topscorer for Punjab. Services finished third in the men's category while Delhi women beat Maharashtra to secure third position. The winner took home Rs one

Results: Finals: Women Chhattishgarh (Kavita 25, Saranjeet Kaur 20, Bharti Netam 16, Deepa L 11) bt Indian Railways (Anju Lakra 23, Geethu Anna Jose 17, Pushpa M 11, Raja Priyadharshani 11) 81-77 (12-23, 26-23, 22-19, 21-13). Men - Tamil Nadu (Rikin Pethani 22, Pratham Singh 18, S.Prasanna 15, Revi Vineeth 11) bt Punjab (Palpreet Singh 19, Gurukripal Singh 12, Amritpal Singh 11) 74-57 (1822, 19-8, 22-14, 15-13). For 3rd & 4th Place: Men - Services (Gopal Ram 16, Narender Singh 13, Jai Ram 12, Manu Thomas 12, Vivekananda Das 8) bt Uttarakhand (Yadwinder Singh 15, Amritpal Singh 13, Dinesh Kumar 11) 82-54 (17-9, 25-16, 21-15, 19-14). Women - Delhi (Prashanti Singh 22, Akansha Singh 15, Raspreet Sidhu 13, Pratima Singh 13, Sonia Ohliyan 10) bt Maharashtra (Shireen Limaye 22, Krittika Divadkar 18, B.Sangeeta 10, Sona Saji 10) 79-66 (24-16, 17-20, 1410, 24-20).

Messi does not need World Cup for greatness: Maradona B

UENOS AIRES: Lionel Messi does not need a World Cup winners' medal to be considered among soccer's all-time greats, fellow Argentine Diego Maradona said on Tuesday. "Messi doesn't need to win the World Cup to be the best player in the world," Maradona, who inspired Argentina to the title in Mexico in 1986, told La Nacion. "(If he did) it would be great for Argentina, the fans and Lio, but (winning) a World Cup or not won't take away any of his achievements up to now to be among the greatest." Twice World Cup winners Argentina face Romania in a friendly in Bucharest on Wednesday as they begin to crank up their preparations for this year's finals in Brazil. Former captain and coach Maradona said everything appeared in place for Messi to shine although Argentina's task would be tough with hosts Brazil, title holders Spain and Germany among the sides to beat. Maradona said Messi had had a great World Cup in South Africa in 2010 despite not scoring any goals. The Argentina team coached by Maradona lost 4-0 to Germany in the quarterfinals. "Messi had an exceptional World Cup with me... and no-one said so. (Was it) because he didn't score? He turned all the goalkeepers into stars," he said.

Maradona said he could not forget Messi's sobs when Argentina were eliminated. "I approached him and told him he'd have many World Cups to get revenge. I said it with all my heart. While the rest were thinking about our return (home) he was there, head bowed, crying." Argentina are in Group F with Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria at the finals starting on June 12. "There's Spain, Germany and there's Brazil with a tremendous defence. You think of Brazil's defence and six or seven names come to mind, you think of their attack and there's only Neymar," Maradona said. "For Lio it will be a test of character, to bring out all that crying he has in his heart. Brazil can be

his great revenge," added Maradona, who will commentate on the tournament for a Venezuelan television programme.

MANCHESTER UNITED CAPTAIN VIDIC TO JOIN INTER Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic will join Inter Milan in the close season after eight years of success with the English champions, the Serie A side announced on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Serbia central defender said last month he would be leaving the Premier League club at the end of this term and was looking at moving to a team outside England. "Vidic is a world-class player," Inter president Erick Thohir told the club's website (www.inter.it).

IN BRIEF Big win for Manipur in Jr women national C'ship

NEW DELHI: Riding on Sarita Devi's nine goals, Manipur women thrashed Tripura 24-0 in a Pool A match of the 4th Hockey India Junior Women National Championship 2014 (Division B) in Mysore. From the very first minute of the match, Manipur women started to dominate, even as Tripura's defence was not in a position to control the attack of the opponents. Gitrani Devi opened the account in the second minute of the game and it was followed by the two penalty corner conversions by Sarita. Sonia Devi then hit a field goal in the 9th minute. In 12th and 17th minute, Sarita scored back-to-back goals. Bidyarani Devi (20th) and captain Geetharani Devi (22nd), netted the ball to add to the tally. This was followed by a superb goal in the very same minute by Bidya. At half time Manipur were 13-0. In the second half, the story was no different as Manipur continued their goal scoring. Besides Sarita, Rojita Devi scored four goals in matter of eight minutes (39th, 41st, 45th & 47th min).

Lahiri eagar to relive memories at Open qualifying series

CHONBURI (THAILAND): Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri returns for another stab at Major glory when the Open Qualifying Series-Thailand gets underway at the Amata Spring Country Club here today. The two-day qualifying will see leading professionals from around the world vie for four coveted spots to The Open Championship in July. Lahiri, who enjoyed a dream debut at The Open Championship in 2012, is eager to relive those memories all over again, having made his impression by firing an ace in the third round before going on to finish tied-31st. "It was quite a dream debut for me at the Open a couple of years back. As a kid, you look at the Majors as the pinnacle of all achievements. You want to play them and contend in them," said Lahiri.

Jitendra Singh launches Cycling Academy, swimming pool project

NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the National Cycling Academy at Indira Gandhi Sports Complex and launched a project to create swimming pools at three separate stadiums in the capital. At an estimated cost of Rs 907.50 lakhs, the project of creating swimming pools will come up at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (JNS), Indira Gandhi Sports Complex (IGSC) and Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range. On the occasion, Singh also launched a Community Connect Scheme to include sports and recreational facilities in JNS, IGSC and the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex. The Sports Authority of India's National Cycling Academy (SAI NCA), with complete back-up facilities, has been set up following the decision taken in the 42nd meeting of the Governing Body of SAI.

Somdev ousted from Indian Wells masters qualifiers

INDIAN WELLS (USA): Somdev Devvarman has crashed out of the Indian Wells ATP Masters as the top seeded Indian suffered a first round defeat at the hands of Spaniard Daniel Munoz-de La Nava, here. Ranked 78th, Somdev lost his first round contest 2-6 7-5 3-6 to a player, who is ranked as low as 287. Somdev had beaten Daniel last year in the first round of the French Open. The defeat is Somdev's second successive against a lower-ranked player, having lost to Malek Jaziri (137) at the Dubai Duty Free Championships. Last year also Somdev had failed to clear the first round hurdle at the Indian Wells Masters. He had lost in straight sets to Matteo Viola from Italy.

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