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CITIZENS ARE URGED TO AVOID THE ULTRA-SHARP CHINESE NYLON MANJHA (WHICH IS ACTUALLY MADE IN INDIAN CITIES) TO REDUCE INJURIES TO BIRDS AND HUMANS Azad Shrivastav | ADC

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MUMBHAI Vikas Sabnis

I-T noose around Bollywood stars Sunny Deol, Vivek Oberoi, Anurag Kashyap, Ram Gopal Verma, Adnan Sami and others had been fined last year By Philip Varghese

T He is directly attacking the corrupt ministers! But we can’t challenge him, since he himself is our party president.

he start of the year is seeing the Income Tax (I-T) department tightening its grip on Bollywood by launching a drive ‘Mission Bollywood’ to identify and penalise stars who have defaulted on their income tax payments for 2013-14. This comes as the IT department is preparing a list of politicians, builders,

small-scale companies and corporate giants who have defaulted on their IT payments and have even not replied to the IT notices sent to them last year. According to sources, the department had earmarked Rs.15,500 crore as its target for this year. “However, last month the IT department sent notices to several famous Continued on pg 12 «

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Coast Guard rescues cargo ship in Lakshadweep By A Staff Reporter

he Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Monday rescued a cargo vessel, with six persons on board, which had lost communication while on its way to Minicoy in Lakshadweep. The ship 'MSV Betheal Jeeva', carrying metal, sand and furniture, had set sail from Beypore port (Kerala) on January 2 for Minicoy, the southernmost atoll of the archipelago of Lakshadweep. However, the vessel neither reached Minicoy nor could any communication be established with the ship, reports PTI. "As soon as the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre Mumbai received the information about the vessel, it activated International Safety Net message to ships transiting through the area for assistance," said an ICG release. The coast guard, meanwhile, launched a Dornier aircraft from Kochi, which located the vessel sailing 40 nautical miles off Minicoy. "After the vessel was located CG ship Rajdoot was dispatched yesterday morning to the area to provide necessary assistance," the release said. After investigation of the vessel it was found that its engine became defective due to a broken engine plate. The CG technical team repaired the engine and the vessel is presently heading towards Minicoy.

‘Blood on Call’ scheme to be launched today By A Staff Reporter

aharashtra government's ambitious health programme – ‘Jeevan Amrut Yojana’ or ‘Blood-onCall’ will be launched across the state on Tuesday. The scheme was implemented on a pilot basis in Satara and Sindhudurg districts in February last year. "Feedback in both the districts, especially in rural and remote areas, was encouraging," Health Minister Suresh Shetty told PTI, yesterday. A call centre has been set up in Pune, he said adding that on dialling 104 to the call centre, the information regarding blood requirement will be forwarded to the district blood banks. "Within an hour's time in the radius of 40 km, the blood would be transported on motorcycles, which have specially fitted cold storage facility," he said.

False case quashed

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Assistant professor had levied charges against female colleague which were not substantiated

By Zuber Ansari

fter three years of running around, a 46-year-old professor of the Mumbai University’s Physical Education Department (PED) has got justice after the court recently acquitted her of an offence punishable under the Scheduled caste and Scheduled tribe prevention of atrocity act 1989 filed by her colleague in the university. The case was filed in October 2010 by Assistant Professor Vishambhar Jadhav who used to work in the same department as the acquitted lady. Delivering its judgment, the honorable special court for SC/ST prevention of atrocity act found, ‘’ In fact it has not come on record that it was the accused who has abused the complainant on the day by referring his caste with intention to insult him, and the main witnesses of the prosecution in this respect have not supported case of prose-

cution”. ‘’ Jadhav has framed the incident and he has filed a false complaint on October 26, 2010 in Bandra Kurla Complex Police Station against me over false and fabricated allegations that I had abused him with caste specific expletives, threatened to kill by strangulation, broke his gold chain and snatched away his education documents”. But one of the witnesses, Komal Podar who was said to have witnessed this incident and on whom Jadhav relied on had subsequently recorded her statement in BKC Police that Jadhav and his advocate were threatening and forcing her to give false statement though she was not present and not aware of the incident, Dr. Vasanthi Kadhiravan informed. Sachin Shinde and Nilesh Lohar, Assistant Professors, Department of Physical Education (under suspension) and three more have submitted their affidavit as witnesses

St. Xavier’s to host international Chemistry conference By Yatin Ingle

t Xavier’s College for the first time has brought an international conference from the field of Chemistry. Being titled ‘Chemistry cutting age: Nano and Beyond’, it has been organised by the Nadkarny Sacasa Research Laboratory (NSRL) and the department of Chemistry to celebrate the completion of 80 years of NSRL. The themes for the conference are handpicked on the basis of their steadfast growth in India: Nan-

otechnology, Bioinorganics, Sensors, Material sciences, Organometallics, Environmental Green Chemistry, Applied Physcial Chemistry, Nanomedicine. The Director of NSRL and Vice-Principal, Dr. Fr. Roy Pereira, S.J. is the Convener of the International Conference. Dr. Fr. Roy Pereira, Vice- principal (Academics/ provost), Director, Department of Chemistry, NS research lab said, “The international conference will provide a platform for students, professors and profes-

sionals to share their views, concerns, innovations and new trends which encompass the world of chemistry. International speakers from renowned universities abroad as well as academicians from Indian universities like IIT and NCL will be participating in an exchange of ideas. We hope that this will lead to cross fertilisation of ideas from different disciplines”. The conference will be having noted speakers from around the globe. The keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Paul Jelliss, St.

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Louis University, USA. We will also have with us Dr. Wolfgang Kaim from Germany, Dr. Imtiyaz Ansari from the UK and Dr. Narayan Hosmane from the USA. The event is being held on January 6 and 7. The valedictory address is a Public Lecture called, ‘What Neuroscience tells us about the Mind’ which will be delivered by Padma Bhushan, Dr. V. S. Ramachandran, a world renowned neurologist, best known for his work in the fields of behavioural neurology and psychophysics.

Five lawyers sworn-in as High Court judges By A Staff Reporter

VASTU TIP OF THE DAY One should always avoid oval& round shaped mirrors in the house. by Dr. Prem Gupta (9820045774/9930318119, www.drpremgupta.com)

“The petition is disposed off on July 2011 by the court. In the sessions court, the police complaint was adjourned on numerous occasions because of the absence of the complainant and his witnesses. The Hon’ble Justice had issued summons to the complainant V. Jadhav and witnesses Sachin Shinde and Nilesh Lohar. Jadhav was not available in any of his three addresses. Ultimately, Hon’ble Judge issued bailable warrants against the complainant and witnesses. It was only then that they appeared for the next hearing. ‘They did not testify against me by The accuser Vishambhar Jadhav. stating before the Hon’ble Judge that they do not remember the infor the said police complaint, Kad- cidents although they admitted hiravan added. that the signature below statement Meanwhile, Jadav had filed a was their own”, Dr. Vasanthi said. Criminal Writ Petition for not regisWhile sources from BKC police tering an FIR against this lady. Reg- station revealed that on the basis of istrar, University of Mumbai was complaint they had just filed an also party to the said criminal writ FIR, they said they couldn’t say petition for not taking any action. anything over the court judgment.

WELCOME, INS VIKRAMADITYA… India's biggest ship, aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, which was acquired from Russia in November, has finally arrived in the Indian Navy's Area of Operation in the Arabian Sea in Mumbai, on Monday.

ive lawyers were on Monday sworn-in as additional judges of the Bombay High Court. Lawyers Vinay Manohar Deshpande, Ajey Gadkari, Nitin Sambre, Girish Kulkarni and B S Colabawalla were sworn-in today morning in the presence of Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah and other judges. With these appointments, the number of High Court judges has gone up to 65, reports PTI. The notification appointing the five lawyers as additional judges of the High Court was issued by the Union Ministry of Law and Justice on January 2. All the five judges commenced work on Monday with them being assigned to division benches along side a senior judge. The judges later had a meeting with lawyers during lunch session. While Justice Kulkarni was assigned to a division bench hearing

civil matters, Justice Gadkari was assigned to a bench along side Justice P.V. Hardas hearing criminal matters.

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HE’S been the most loved and revered by children, and some elder’s hero for centuries. With his saintly halo and loving generosity, Santa Claus has been part of many a fiction and folklore. He has been embedded into almost every kid’s fantasy. NatAzad Shrivastav | ADC

WE don’t know what to make of this, and whether it should have featured on our DIARY page, but crapping was never so dandy, at Kandivli East that is. The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has gone for a total makeover of the public loo experience by setting up an air-conditioned one, with a large screen LCD TV and a snazzy sofa set to boot. So relieving oneself here comes with some really cool space for prior rest and recreation, in case there is traffic. They call it the waiting room, we call it the 'holding' room. The MNS MLA who has conceived this grand design, offers further intelligence that there will be two security men stationed to guard the toilets round the clock so that women will not be tensed about seeking relief here. So line up, sorry, sit and relax, ladies. He has also stated, “We have also kept in mind students or others who come to the city for a day and can't afford a hotel room where they can freshen up. They can directly come here, get ready, and leave for their interviews or exams.” We are sorely tempted to ask him whether students from UP and Bihar are also welcome, or will they be extended the usual 'courtesy' that the MNS is famous for dishing out to northerners coming for interviews or exams, namely, beating the shit out of them? Light though we may make of it, the party is downright serious and committed. The party chief himself inaugurated the facility on Saturday.

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urally, then one is angered when this out of the ordinary example is wrongly portrayed for a right cause. This is Traffic Safety Week. We are talking about this big hoarding put up at the Chowpatty – Babulnath junction.While the inten-

tion is to dissuade people from drinking and driving – something we absolutely support – the use of Santa Claus in the back seat; suggesting he has had a good drink and is therefore not driving – his sleigh- is in poor taste and has offended sensibilities.

Further, the Santa figure will always catch a kid’s eye. Won’t they get the message that: It’s ok to drink, but don’t drive after that... Shouldn’t the hoarding be taken off, atleast now since Christmas and New Year is passe!

The catalyst par excellence LITTLE did we know, when he strolled into our office that we would be in for one of the most heartening experiences of our lives. Adil F. Dalal, the Texas based executive coach, keynote speaker and author of path-breaking and award-winning books was at the ADC yesterday for

a 'little session' to see if he could perk up the place.And what an eye-opener it was, as he regaled us with anecdotes and stories to show us how we were all irreversibly connected to the bigger dream and the higher purpose. Before long, everybody was playing only as kids do,

realising that motivation is not just a word, but an achievable feeling, an emotion and a drive that would take all of us up there. He also stressed on the desirability of team work and amidst all the fun and laughter, we realised what going together upwards meant -

the more, the merrier. What's more, we've got autographed copies of his award winning book, The 12 Pillars of Project Excellence: A Lean Approach to Improving Project Results and his latest work, A Legacy Driven Life. The additional motivation came as a bonus.

Our travel addict Art Director, Rajan Ranshoor, has brought forth many an odd eye-catchy picture, but this one at Bhandardara Dam takes the cake, in its reflection of how carefree a man in his slumber can be, rising waters notwithstanding.

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Miss. Sarojbala Prahladji Pandya to Mrs. Saroj Anil Trivedi as per Affidavit dated 06 Jan 2014. C-29427 I have changed my name from Miss. Kumari Nilabahen Chandulal Sanghvi to Mrs. Neela Rohit Mehta as per Affidavit dated 03 Jan 2014. C-29428 I have changed my name from Arsalan Sarfaraz Zafire, to ‘Arsalan Sarfaraz Zafiri’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-43913) Dated: 03/10/2013. C-29429 I have changed my name from Nizam Ahmad Mushtaque Ahmad, to ‘Nizam Ahmad Mushtaque Ahmad Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/01/2014. C-29430 I have changed my name from Ashfaq Ahmad Mushtaq Ahmad, to ‘Ashfaq Ahmad Mushtaq Ahmad Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/01/2014. C-29431 I have changed my name from Mohd Haarish Farook Shaikh, to ‘Mohammed Haris Farook Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 02/01/2014. C-29432

CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Dharmista Kanayalal Modi to Twinkle Manish Modi as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U-38134 dated 20-12-2012. C-29419 I, Maneesh, have changed my name to Maneesh Sharma Vide Affidavit dated 6th Jan., 2014. C-29420 I have changed my old name from Pushpalata Vasudeo Phatak to Shraddha Ganesh Bhalekar as per Affidavit No. KD-813671 dated 04-01-2014. C-29421 I have changed my old name from Anita Subhash Bhosale to Jayashree Subhash Bhosale as per Affidavit No. 009 dated 0101-2014. C-29422 I have changed my name from Anand Kumar S/o. Rajnarayan Shukla (old name) to Anand Rajyavardhan S/o. Rajnarayan Shukla (new name). Now I will be known by my new name. R.No. U-10983. C-29423

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I have changed my name from Razak Abdul Wahab, to ‘Razak Abdul Wahab Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/01/2014. C-29433 I have changed my name from Niyaz Mohammed Shaikh, to ‘Niyaz Ahmed Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/01/2014. C-29434 I have changed my name from Panadevi Biharilal Agrawal, to ‘Mrs. Panadevi Biharilal Agarwal’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/01/2014. C-29435 I have changed my name from Usha Mukesh Agrawal, to ‘Mrs. Usha Mukesh Agarwal’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/01/2014. C-29436 I have changed my name from Mukesh Biharilal Agrawal, to ‘Mr. Mukesh Biharilal Agarwal’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/01/2014. C-29437 I have changed my name from Kashiram Ganu Namole, to ‘Mr. Kashinath Ganu Namole’ as per Affidavit Dated: 03/01/2014. C-29438

I have changed my name from Smita Rani Sinha to Smita Debasis Das as per Affidavit dated 04-01-2014. C-29424

I have changed my name from Pushpa Arjun Chavan, to ‘Mrs. Sneha Kashinath Namole’ as per Affidavit Dated: 03/01/2014. C-29439

I Bhushana Anant Saval have changed my name to Bhushana Anant Sawal vide Affidavit dated 4.1.2014. C-29425

I have changed my name from Lizzie Joan Rodrigues, to ‘Mrs. Baptist Lizzie’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/01/2014. C-29440

I have changed my name from Bona Clara Gomes to Clara D’souza as per Affidavit dated 03 Jan 2014. C-29426

I have changed my name from Rajani Daji Manchekar, to ‘Smita Krishnakant Gaonkar’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-53240) Dated: 19/12/2013. C-29441

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I Father Ashok Tarachand Jain and Mother Rekha Ashok Jain changed our minor daughter's name from Nidhi Ashokbhai Jain to Nidhi Ashok Jain as per Affidavit dated : 04/01/2014. C-29442 I have changed my name from Shradha Dnyaneshwar Gangawane to Shraddha Abhijeet Dhende vide Maharashtra Gazette No. (U- 50636) Dated 5th-11th December, 2013. C-29443 I have changed my name from Vishnu Hariprasad Tripathi to Vishnushankar Hariprasad Tripathi as per deed poll Affidavit. C-29444 I have changed my name from Shamladevi Vishnushankar Tripathi to Shamla Vishnushankar Tripathi as per deed poll Affidavit. C-29445 I have changed my name from Mehmood Alam Ikramul Haque to Mehmood Alam Ikramul Haque Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29446 I have changed my name from Muzafar Muzamil Husen Salamani to Muzaffar Muzammil Husain Salmani as per Affidavit. C-29447 I have changed my name from Suhail Ahmed Momin to Sohail Ahmed Momin as per Affidavit. C-29448 I have changed my name from Induben Dhirubhai Desai alias Indu Mohanlal Desai to Indumati Dhirubhai Desai as per Affidavit dated: 6 Jan 2014. C-29449 I have changed my name from Kevin Anthony Daniel Mascarenhas to Kevin Daniel Mascarenhas as per Affidavit dated 6th January, 2014. C-29450 I have changed my name from Tanavi Rajaram Pawar to Tanvi Rajaram Pawar as per Affidavit dated 6th January, 2014. C-29451 I have changed my name from Varghese Seariahi to Varghese Scariah Thadathil as per Affidavit dated 2nd January, 2014. C-29452 I have changed my name from Mr. Manjibhai Keshavji Patel / Mr. Manji Kesha Choudhary to Mr. Manjibhai Kesha Choudhary as per Affidavit. C-29453 I have changed my name from Mrs. Kamalaben Manjibhai Patel to Mrs. Kamiben Manjibhai Choudhary as per Affidavit. C-29454 I have changed my name from Mohammad Salim Taj Mohammad to Mohammad Salim Taj Khan as per Affidavit. C-29455

I have changed my name from Farida Patan Alamzeb Mohammed to Farida Alamzeb Mohammed Khan as per Affidavit. C-29456 I have changed my name from Sufiya Asif Shaikh to Mohamed Sufiyan Mohammed Asif Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29457 I have changed my name from Rukshana Khalid Kochar to Rukhsana Khalid Kochra as per Affidavit. C-29458 I have changed my name from Shezin Adil Kochar to Shehzin Adil Kochra as per Affidavit. C-29459 I have changed my name from Shirin Mohammed Yusuf Halai to Shirin Yusuf Halai as per Affidavit. C-29460 I have changed my name from Mohamed Esmail Abdul Gani to Ismail Abdul Gani Mom as per Affidavit. C-29461 I have changed my name from Rabia Mohammed Rafique Qureshi to Sajida Mohammed Rafique Qureshi as per Affidavit. C-29462 I have changed my name from Hasnu Sarfudin Rehman Fruitwala to Hasnu Sarfudin Rehman Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29463 I have changed my name from Ilyas Mohammed Abdullah Ajrekar Shaikh to Mohammed Ilyas Abdullah Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29464 I have changed my name from Habibunisa Firdus Siddiqullah to Habibunnisa Firdus Khan as per Affidavit. C-29465 I have changed my name from Ijaz Ali Barkat Ali Shaikh to Ijaz Ali Barkat Ali Ansari as per Affidavit. C-29466 I have changed my name from Dinkar Yashwant Bhide to Dilip Yashwant Bhide as per Affidavit. C-29467 I have changed my name from Minaxi Pandhari Kini to Minakshi Ashok Patil as per Gazette No. U - 55580. C-29468

I have changed my name from Ansoyaben Ghanshyam Karotra to Ansuya Ghanshyam Karotara as per Affidavit C-29472

I have changed my name from Samsadbegam Samir Ulla to Samshad Begum as per Affidavit. C-29489

I have changed my name from Mahendrakumar Sohanlal Jain to Mahendra Sohanlal Jain as per Affidavit. C-29473

I have changed my name from Shreyas Ramachandran Kizhakekara to Shreyas Chandran as per Affidavit. C-29490

I have changed my name from Pinky Shantilal to Pinkey Mahendra Jain as per Affidavit. C-29474

I have changed my name from Selvakumar Lakshmanan to Selvakumar Lakshmanan Nadar as per Affidavit. C-29491

I have changed my name from Rizwan Hanif Unawala to Rizwan Hanif Oonani as per Affidavit Dated6.1.2014. C-29475 I have changed my name from Mubarak Ali Labbay to Mubarak Ali Mohiddin Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29476 I have changed my name from Yasmin Mubarak Labbay to Yasmin Mubarak Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29477 I have changed my name from Aafreen Mubarak Labbay to Aafreen Mubarak Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29478 I have changed my name from Mohamad Nasir Khan to Mohammad Nasir Khan as per Affidavit. C-29479 I have changed my name from Shabnambanu to Shabnam Mohammad Nasir Khan as per Affidavit. C-29480 I have changed my name from Deepa S to Deepa Manu Panikkar as per Affidavit. C-29481 I have changed my name from Mrs. Prabha Saurabh to Mrs. Prabha Saurabh Dwivedi as per Affidavit. C-29482 I have changed my name from Prathviraj Purohit to Prithviraj Purohit as per Affidavit. C-29483 I have changed my name from Shubhangi Vijay Devarukhakar to Shubhangi Vijay Devrukhkar as per Affidavit. C-29484 I have changed my name from Vijay Devarukhakar to Vijay Devrukhkar as per Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Miss.Kanchan Dinkar Shirgaonkar to Mrs. Shruti Subhash Redkar as per Affidavit. C-29492 I have changed my name from Vijendrakumar Mithairam Yadav to Vijendra Mithairam Yadav as per Affidavit. C-29493 I have changed my name from Sandipkumar Sumatilal Lunavat to Sandip Sumatilal Lunavat as per Affidavit. C-29494 I have changed my name from Sandiplal Sumatilal Lunavat to Sandip Sumatilal Lunavat as per Affidavit. C-29495 I have changed my name from Dinkar Yashwant Bhide to Dilip Yashwant Bhide as per Affidavit. C-29496 I have changed my name from Masood Alam Abdus Salam to Masood Alam Abdul Salam Khan as per Affidavit. C-29497 I have changed my name from Shamidulla Kadratulla Pathan to Samidullah Kadratulla Pathan as per Affidavit. C-29498 I have changed my name from Ershadullah Shamidulla Pathan to Irshadullah Samidullah Pathan as per Affidavit. C-29499 I have changed my name from Malika Adam Patel to Malika Abdul Majid Malik as per Affidavit. C-29500 I have changed my name from Mohammed Saleem Dada Miyan to Mohammed Saleem Dada Miyan Sayyed as per Affidavit. C-29501

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I have changed my name from Veenaben Sunderji Haria to Leena Laherchand Nagda as per Affidavit. C-29469

I have changed my name from Dipak Vijay Devarukhakar to Deepak Vijay Devrukhkar as per Affidavit. C-29486

I have changed my name from Mohammed Mohammed Razak to Mohammed Razak Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29502

I have changed my name from Nalinkumar Labhshanker Oza to Nalin Labhshanker Oza as per Affidavit. C-29470

I have changed my name from Amanulla Samirulla to Amanulla Shamikullah Shah as per Affidavit. C-29487

I have changed my name from Mohammed Razak to Razak Ashanna Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29503

I have changed my name from Nirgunaben Dayashankar Dave to Nirguna Nalin Oza as per Affidavit. C-29471

I have changed my name from Samirulla Bismilla to Shamikullah Bismillah Shah as per Affidavit. C-29488

I have changed my name from Vandna to Tanya Ashok Punjabi as per Affidavit. C-29504

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With more than 300 students, MU’s Department of Communication has only one 30- seat classroom

By Yatin Ingle

hile the Mumbai University (MU) has been introducing new courses in its mass communications department, there are no classrooms to accommodate these courses. With five post graduation courses being conducted, MU’s Department of Communication and Journalism (DCJ), has only one small classroom of 30 students for carrying out

lectures for 300 students. were equally small in size. In 2008, the MU had introIn 2012, the varsity introduced Masters of Communi- duced three more PG courses cation and Journalism with in the department which various specialisations. The brought in hundreds of adpilot batch of the course had missions. This resulted in around 25 students and was shortage of space and classcarried out in the Fort campus room for conducting lectures. of the varsity. Later in 2009, A senior professor from the the department was shifted to department, who did not the Kalina campus in the wish to be named, said, “We Health Centre building and have been writing to the offiwas allotted a single class- cials and varsity authorities room of 30 students and two since the last few years, but computer laboratories which nothing has been managed.

BMC is the best

The civic body has been declared as the ‘3rd Most Trusted’ among government corpns in a survey conducted in 16 cities across the country By A Staff Reporter

he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been declared as the 3rd Most Trusted among Government Corporations in a survey conducted in 16 cities across India. The Mayor of Mumbai, Sunil Prabhu, asserted that this declaration is an acknowledgement of fine civil services rendered by the BMC to the residents of Mumbai. The Mayor further asserted that this has been achieved due to the confidence shown in the BJP-Shiv Sena combine for the last 15 years, for having implemented development projects for the Mumbai. For this success, efforts of officers & employees of the BMC have the lion’s share. The Mayor was talking to reporters last Friday during a Press Meet at the Civic Headquarters, called to announce the result of “The Brand Trust Report, India Study – 2013” conducted by the TRA (Trust Research Advisory). The report is the third edition and lists 1,100 of India’s Most Trusted Brands divided into 211 categories. This report is the result of all-round preliminary findings on 61 components of Brand Trust Matrix, a proprietary model of the TRA. The research is the most detailed study at a global level and was conducted with the help of 2,505 respondents across 16 cities. Thirteen thousand hours, thirty lakh data-points and nineteen thousand brands were involved.

TRA, a part of the Comniscient Group, was established in 2008 with the aim to understand universally and apply trust easily. The organization focuses on research, publishing, trust introspection and licensing. Committed to creating metrics for efficient resource allocation for brands spends, the TRA owns global copyrights for the Brand Trust Metric.

After selecting the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation as Third on the national level, the CEO of TRA, N. Chandramouli, said “The Brand Trust Report, India Study 2013, is the third edition in this series and the only one of its kind across the world. The achievement of the BMC in this report shows the financial and social stature of Mumbai in India."

We have to take lectures in computer labs. It’s difficult to manage 300 students in one classroom of 30 students”. A similar issue had been reported by ADC earlier wherein students pursuing Masters of Physical Education had their classrooms in gymnasium. Dr. Naresh Chandra, PVC, MU said, “We have already been working on this issue and it will be addressed as soon as possible”.

AAPI to hold health summit in Mumbai next year By A Staff Reporter

he American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), a global body of Indian doctors based in the USA, in a discussion held in Mumbai spoke of plans and measures to improve and transform healthcare delivery in Maharashtra and also announced Mumbai as the destination for its ninth annual conference called Global Health Summit (AAPI GHS 2015) from January 2 – 5, 2015 which will be held in collaboration with the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs and Union Ministry of Health, the Government of Maharashtra, several participating physician associations and the Mumbai Municipal Corporation. The Summit

will see the participation of some of the world’s renowned physicians, community leaders and healthcare industry stalwarts. Healthcare delivery organisations from UK, Canada and Australia will partner the summit. The discussion about how to better healthcare revolved around points like arriving at a consensus and identifying three to four key areas for collaboration based on needs, developing and rolling out implementation plans for accomplishing key objectives with selected initiatives that include skills training, education, screening/diagnostics, and/or philanthropic activities with NGOs and expanding the pilot based on lessons learned and outcomes.

Father kills self over daughter’s suicide

No wrongdoing in Adarsh allotment, says Shinde By A Staff Reporter

ubbishing allegations of corruption in the allotment of flats in the Adarsh housing society, Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Monday said the charge was baseless. "There was no wrongdoing in Adarsh (flat allotment). The land belongs to the state government and there was no reservation for Kargil (jawans)," Shinde told PTI. The senior Congress leader was speaking after unveiling a bust of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Kandivli. These were the first public comments by Shinde, who is among the former chief ministers of Maharashtra credited with ‘political patronage’ by the judicial commission, which probed the Adarsh scam. The Maharashtra government had, on December 20, rejected the report of the judicial commission of inquiry on the Adarsh scam, tabled in the Legislative Assembly. However, after Rahul Gandhi's intervention the government this month decided to partially implement the panel's recommendations, which the opposition has alleged, favours politicians while putting the onus only on bureaucrats. The report of the twomember commission headed by retired High Court judge J.A. Patil indicted several politicians including four former Chief Ministers -- Ashok Chavan, late Vilasrao Deshmukh, Sushilkumar Shinde and Shivajirao Nilangekar Patil -- for "blatant violations" of statutory provisions.

By Zuber Ansari

19-year-old girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze at her residence in the Valmiki Nagar slums in Khar on Monday morning. Roshan Purbiya poured kerosene on her body and set herself ablaze in a room adjacent to where her parents were sitting in their house. She was rushed to the Bhabha Hospital where she succumbed to burn injuries by 2 pm. Disturbed by to the tragedy, Roshan’s father Pururshottam, 46, jumped in front of a running train between Khar and Sanatacruz

railway stations. Cops said that the victim while setting her ablaze was shouting that she was fed up of life and did not wanted to live anymore. However, her mother and three brothers have not provided any reason for her death. Shockingly, while the cops visited the hospital, her father Purushottam, who was devastated by his daughter's death, went to the railway tracks and jumped in front of a train. Police said that the two were close to each other and poverty could be the reason for the girl having killed herself.

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I have changed my name from Sanjay Laxman Pagar to Sanjay Laxman Pagare as per Affidavit. C-29522

I have changed my name from Meena Nagnath Ghule to Mirabai Nagnath Ghule as per Affidavit. C-29540

I have changed my name from Nandini Krishna Jalgaonkar to Shweta Shrikant Dabholkar as per Affidavit. C-29558

I have changed my name from Fauzia Khubuddin Thakur to Fauziya Khudbuddin Thakur as per Affidavit. C-29523

I have changed my name from Abrar Ahamad to Abrar Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-29541

I have changed my name from Mr. Abdulbhai Sattaradam Mehtar to Mr. Abdul Sattaradam Mehtar as per Affidavit dated 04/01/2014. C-29559

I have changed my name from Bhimrao Shamrao Kamnle to Amol Shamrao Kamble as per Affidavit. C-29524 I have changed my name from Amit Nasir Pathan to Amir Nasir Pathan as per Affidavit. C-29525 I have changed my name from Dilipkumar Soni to Dilip Soni as per Affidavit. C-29526 I have changed my name from Neetaben Dilipkumar Soni to Neeta Dilipk Soni as per Affidavit. C-29527 I have changed my name from Pareshkumar Vinod Chandra Raval to Paresh Vinod Chandra Raval as per Affidavit. C-29528 I have changed my name from Subhashchandra Ramdayal Jaiswal to Subhash Ramdayal Jaiswal as per Affidavit. C-29529 I have changed my name from Anirudh Subhashchandra Jaiswal to Anirudh Subhash Jaiswal as per Affidavit. C-29530 I have changed my name from Ansari Ashafak to Ashfaque Abdul Rashid Ansari as per Affidavit. C-29531 I have changed my name from Kirtikumar Ramandas Gujar to Kirtikumar Ramanlal Gujar as per Affidavit. C-29532 I have changed my name from Tanuja Vinayak Palve to Asha Vinayak Palve as per Affidavit. C-29533 I have changed my name from Rawat Kumari Geeta Rajendrasingh to Rawat Geeta Rajendrasingh as per Affidavit. C-29534 I have changed my name from Shailesh Kumar Mavjibhai Patel to Shailesh Mavjibhai Patel as per Affidavit. C-29535 I have changed my name from Madhu Laxman Mahajan to Madhukar Laxman Mahajan as per Affidavit. C-29536 I have changed my name from Ashokrao Ramchandra Chalke to Ashok Ramchandra Chalke as per Affidavit. C-29537 I have changed my name from Manishaben Kiran Ganatra to Manisha Kiran Ganatra as per Affidavit. C-29538 I have changed my name from Chetna Rajput to Chetna Singh Rajput as per Affidavit. C-29539

I have changed my name from Nisar Ahmed Naeemullah to Nisar Ahmed Haji Naimullah Ansari as per Affidavit. C-29542 I have changed my name from Shekh Abul Kalam to Shaikh Abul Kalam as per Affidavit. C-29543 I have changed my name from Mohammad Ekbal to Shaikh Mohammad Iqbal as per Affidavit. C-29544 I have changed my name from Shahbaz Alam to Shahbaz Aalam Khan as per Affidavit. C-29545 I have changed my name from Mohd. Manzoor to Manzoor Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit. C-29546 I have changed my name from Ahmad Abdul Haq to Khan Ahmadul Haq as per Affidavit. C-29547 I have changed my name from Nalinibai Vitthal Patil to Nalini Vinayak Vartak as per Affidavit. C-29548 I have changed my name from Jawarlal Gupta to Jawahar Prasad Gupta as per Affidavit. C-29549 I have changed my name from Pradip Kumar Nilkanth Hamand to Pradeep Nilkanth Hamand as per Affidavit. C-29550 I have changed my name from Pasken Hilary Pereira to Paskena Hilary Pereira as per Affidavit. C-29551 I have changed my name from Sethu Madhavan Narayan to Sethu Madhavan Narayanan as per Affidavit. C-29552 I have changed my name from Tulsi Rameshlal Vachani to Tulsi Rameshlal Bachani as per Affidavit. C-29553 I have changed my name from Saftula Enamu Shaikh to Saffiula Enamullah Khan as per Affidavit. C-29554

I have changed my name from Mr. Asim Abdul Mehtar to Mr. Asif Abdul Mehtar as per Affidavit dated 04/01/2014. C-29560 I have changed my name from Choudhari Shahjada Noorulhusain to Shehzada Ahmad Raza Choudhary as per Affidavit dated 06/01/2014. C-29561 I have changed my name from Mohammed Sabir Salim to Mohammed Shabbir Salim as per Affidavit dated 06/11/2014. C-29562 I have changed my name from Ruth Alphonso to Joanne Alphonso as per Affidavit. C-29563 I have changed my name from Dilip Kumar Yadav to Dilip Subhash Yadav as per Affidavit. C-29564 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohammed Badruddin Mohammed Fariduddin to Mr.Mohammed Badruddin Mohammed Fariduddin Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 06/01/2014. C-29565 I have changed my name from Ms.Aquila Ayub Salema to Mrs.Aqeela Rashid Nedariya as per Affidavit dated 06/01/201. C-29566 I have changed my name from Shabnam Arif Momin to Shabnam Mohammad Arif Momin as per Affidavit. C-29567 I have changed my name from Shahbaz Ahmad Mumtaz Ahmad Ansari to Shahbaz Mumtaz Ahmed Ansari as per Affidavit. C-29568 I have changed my name from Mohammad Mustafa to Mohammad Mustafa Abdul Mokeem Mansuri as per Affidavit. C-29569 I have changed my name from Lal Mohmed Hakikullah to Lal Mohmed Hakikullah Khan as per Affidavit. C-29570

I have changed my name from Enamu Shaikh to Enamullah Karmullah Khan as per Affidavit. C-29555

I have changed my name from Mohammed Ameer Saleem Khan to Amir Saleem Khan as per Affidavit. C-29571

I have changed my name from Ghansham Bhatia to Ghanshyamdas Gopaldas Bhatia as per Affidavit. C-29556 I have changed my name from Vinodkumar Ramjanak Gupta to Vinod Ramjanak Gupta as per Affidavit. C-29557

I have changed my name from Anwar Basha Imam sahib to Anwar Basha Imam saheb Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit dated : 31-12-13. C-29574

I Mr. Nileshkumar Jivarajbhai Pipliya have changed my name to Mr. Nilesh Jivrajbhai Pipliya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 06/01/14. C-29589

I Miss. Mangala Dattatray Jadhav have changed my name to Mrs. Maya Mahesh Naik as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 02/01/14. C-29575

I Jaydeep Warma have changed my name to Jaideep Varma as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29590

I Mr. Maheshwar Kencha Naik have changed my name to Mr. Mahesh Kencha Naik as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 02/01/14. C-29576 I Kamla Parsaram Mistry have changed my name to Mrs. Kamla Parsaram Suthar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/01/14. C-29577 I Parsaram Durgaram Mistry have changed my name to Mr. Parsaram Durgaram Suthar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/01/14. C-29578 I Dalal Mukundchandra Pravinbhai have changed my name to Dalal Mukund Pravinchandra as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 04/01/14. C-29579 I Trissiamma Aerankavil Pathros have changed my name to Anita Krishna More as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 02/12/13. C-29580 I Dilipkumar Govindbhai Chitroda have changed my name to Dilip Govindbhai Chitroda as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/01/14. C-29581 I Dilipbhai Govindbhai Chitroda have changed my name to Dilip Govindbhai Chitroda as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/01/14. C-29582 I Vanitagauri Manharlal Makwana have changed my name to Varsha Dilip Chitroda as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/01/14. C-29583 I Varshaben Dilip Chitroda have changed my name to Varsha Dilip Chitroda as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/01/14. C-29584 I Kishorkumar Govindbhai Chitroda have changed my name to Kishor Govindbhai Chitroda as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 03/01/14. C-29585 I Piyush Arvindkumar Parmar have changed my name to Piyush Arvind Parmar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/03/13. C-29586

I Tejai Warma have changed my name to Tejprakash Varma as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29591 I Fulmati Warma have changed my name to Kailash Varma as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29592 I Johnney Fernandes have changed my name to Johnny Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29593 I Olando Fernandes have changed my name to Orlando Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29594 I Pechi Orlando Fernandes have changed my name to Pache Orlando Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29595 I Bharat Shah have changed my name to Bharatkumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29596 I Vatshal Bharatkumar Shah @ Vatsal Bharat Shah have changed my name to Vatsal Bharatkumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29597 I Yogeshkumar Lohana have changed my name to Yogesh Lohana as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29598 I Thumar Sanjay Mansukhbhai have changed my name to Vora Sanjay Bhupatbhai as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29599 I Thumar Manshukhbhai have changed my name to Vora Bhupatbhai as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29600 I Thumar Kailash Mansukhbhai have changed my name to Vora Kailash Bhupatbhai as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29601 I Roshan Lal have changed my name to Roshan Lal Gadaka as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29602 I Mohammad Javed have changed my name to Mohammad Javed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-29603

I have changed my name from Ansari Anwaraddin to Tajuddin Anwaruddin Ansari as per Affidavit. C-29572

I P. Shrivats Vishak S. Prasannakumar have changed my name to Srivats S. Prasannakumar Iyer as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 06/01/14. C-29587

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FIRST NSEL CHARGESHEET SUBMITTED By Neel Shah

he Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai’s crime branch on Monday submitted its first chargesheet of 9,000 pages in connection with the National Spot Exchange (NSEL) Ltd’s 5, 600 crore payment crisis scam. The chargesheet mentions the names of the five accused, namely Amit Mukherjee, Jay B, Anjani Sinha, Nilesh Patel and Arunkumar Sharma. Shockingly, the names of the main accused Jignesh Shah (Vice Chairman of Financial Technologies and the promoter of NSEL) as well as of his trusted aides Joseph Massey (MD of MCX-SX) and Shreekant Javalgekar (MD of MCX) have no mention in the chargesheet. Talking to the ADC, Himanshu Roy, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said, “The remaining accused will be chargesheeted in the future, in the yet to be filed supplementary chargesheets.” Talking about the reason behind submitting the chargesheet within the stipulated timeframe of 90 days after registering the FIR, Roy said, “As the five accused are in custody, we wanted to deny them the right to apply for bail in the court.” Hitherto, the EOW has attached the assets and properties of the accused, which amounts to nearly Rs. 4, 450 crore, in which around 5 per cent cash was seized. This cash has been handed over to the victims of the NSEL scam through appropriate legal procedures. “The remaining money recovered will be handed over to the victims after appropriate legal procedures, as the

amount will only be fetched from the attached assets and properties of the accused,” said Roy. “The voluminous chargesheet included the list of attached properties of all the accused including the five arrested accused, the frozen bank account details, the information of physical stock available in the warehouses and the statements of 297 witnesses”, informed Addl. CP (EOW) Rajvardhan Sinha. “The chargesheet has also throws light on the modus operandi of the crime, how the management was handin-glove with the defaulters, how certain borrowing companies appointed dummy directors and the manipulation of books by various companies”, added Sinha. The value of the over 200 attached properties of all the accused, including of those who were not arrested, and money lying in the 322 frozen bank accounts is collectively valued at a total of Rs. 4,500 crore, which is 80 per cent of the scam value said the police. Balsing Rajput DCP (EOW) clarified that the other accused who are not yet arrested in the case, are turning up for the questioning as and when required. "Nobody is untraceable and this is the reason why we did not mention anybody as wanted accused in the first chargesheet filed on Monday," added Rajput. Meanwhile, the investigators hitherto have issued 74 lookout notices against the accused in the NSEL scam. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

ICICI Bank employee held for fraud CITY

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ith the arrest of three people, including a bank employee, the Mumbai police busted a racket in which the accused illegally withdrew Rs. 49 lakh from a Chandigarh based NRI’s bank account. The accused, identified as Mahendra Gurav, Balu Gatte and Rajesh Jamkar, were arrested on Saturday by police personnel from the Matunga police station. “Gurav, an employee of ICICI bank, fraudulently stole the cheque book of Govind Kaur, who has an account in ICICI Bank’s Chandigarh branch”, said DCP Datta Karale. Subsequently, Gurav signed the cheques and by forging Kaur’s signature, withdrew a total of Rs. 49 lakh from her account, said the police. Gurav ran out of luck when the branch office at Chandigarh suspected that some-

The Matunga police leading away the three culprits, yesterday. thing was amiss on seeing sudden transactions in Mumbai in an account which has been inoperative for a while. The bank officials immediately alerted the Mumbai police and on January 1, a case

was filed in the Matunga police station. While probing the case, the police nabbed Gurav and his associates Gatte and Jamkar, who had helped the main accused to open bogus accounts in

wo persons died and two suffered injuries after the car they were travelling in crashed into a wall along the Eastern Express Highway in Vikhroli early on Monday. The driver of Maruti Suzuki A-star and the person behind the driver's seat died in the crash. The Vikhroli police have booked Vikas Singh, 21, who was driving the vehicle, for

rash and negligent driving. However, Vikas and Saurabh Kamble, 22, died in the accident, while Sunny Naidu, 30, and Vijay Kamble, 30, were injured. The accident occurred at the Godrej Khadi Bridge in the Mumbai-Thane direction at Vikhroli East. All the persons were taken to the civic run Rajawadi Hospital, where two were pronounced dead, while the others are being treated for their injuries, which are not consid-

Dhanlaxmi Bank. Meanwhile, the police has recovered around Rs. 27 lakh and all the accused have been booked under relevant sections of the IPC. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

Woman held for running escort service in Rozlyn Khan’s name By Zuber Ansari

woman has been arrested by the Goregaon Police on Sunday for allegedly running an escort service in the name of Bollywood model Rozlyn Khan. Fed up with the repeated requests on her Twitter and Facebook accounts from unknown people asking her to have sex with them and enquiring about her for a night, Khan filed a written complaint against the website which has been using her picture, with

the Additional Commissioner of Police (North) Sunil Paraskar 15 days ago, but due to an increased work load the woman was arrested only on Sunday. Interestingly, the accused looks similar to Rozyln Khan and taking advantage of this, she created a fake website called rozlynkhanescort.com by using the model’s picture leading people to believe that Khan herself had created the website. This came to light when Khan began receiving mes-

sages from her friends and relatives asking her about the website. Things got worse when unknown people began asking her for her rates and services. When the messages got worse, Khan filed a complaint with Paraskar asking him to block the website mentioned in the messages. Paraskar then asked the Goregaon Police to look into the matter and submit the report. The Goregaon Police formed a team under the guid-

Eastern Express Highway accident claims two By Tariq Khan

ered life-threatening. Vijay, who is recuperating at the Rajawadi Hospital said that he and his colleagues were coming to Sion to drop Saurabh, but Vikas lost control while overtaking a private vehicle and rammed into a nearby tree, broke past the divider and then hit a wall of the service road. "We work at Meluha The Fern Hotel in Hiranandani, Powai after completing our shifts we went on a drive as it

was Vikas’s birthday. We left the hotel at around 3:45 am for Sion and were supposed to drop Sunny at his residence in Kalbadevi. I left my motorbike at the hotel because Vikas was going to drop me back to Powai as I stay near by. Vikas was speeding and lost control when he tried to overtake a car from his left side at around 4:30 am. He suddenly applied the brakes and the car rolled on the road

then went onto the service road and crashed into the wall. For some time, I lost consciousness, but was rescued by passersby. I have fractured my hands. We tried to rescue Vikas and Saurabh, but failed to do so,” said Vijay Kamble. Sunny who suffered severe injuries to his back was later shifted to Bombay Hospital. “We have booked Vikas, the car is registered in his uncle’s name. We have registered the

ance of a lady police inspector and contacted the website by posing as decoy customers. The woman agreed and asked them to meet her near a plush hotel. As per her directions, the police reached the spot and arrested her. Sources from Goregaon police station stated that though the main accused has been arrested, two others are absconding. The accused has been produced before the court and remanded to police custody. case because the occupants said that he was speeding and driving negligently,” said Mahipat Indalkar, senior inspector of Vikhroli police. “This is the third fatal accident on the Ghatkopar to Airoli Bridge stretch. The drivers should be very careful because people speed on the straight roads.” Vikas and Saurabh worker as Assistant Stewards and joined the hotel three months ago after completing their degree in hotel management. Vijay and Sunny were working there for the past three years. Vijay works as a butler, while Sunny is a Senior Captain.

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TMT chairman polls: BJP suspends Ajay Joshi

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JP member in Thane Municipal Transport (TMT) Committee Ajay Joshi was on Monday suspended for six years for cross-voting in favour of a rebel Shiv Sena nominee to get him elected as the chairman in recently held elections. "BJP had issued a whip to the party members in the committee to vote for the official candidate of SenaBJP combine Pappu Kadam. However, Joshi instead voted for rebel Shiv Sena nominee Shailesh Bhagat backed by the NCP-Congress alliance to get him

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elected as chairman of TMT," the BJP said in its communique to Joshi, reports PTI. "This is clearly an antiparty activity and the party has a taken a serious note of the same and suspended him (Joshi) for a period six years," according to the suspension letter issued by the state unit. Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor Milind Patankar who had resigned from his post after being manhandled by BJPSena alliance functionaries for his alleged role in provoking its member Joshi to support NCP and Congress-backed Bhagat has resurfaced in the city. Patankar was "missing" since he was roughed up on December 23. Meanwhile, for elections to the office of Deputy Mayor,

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BJP nominee Mukesh Mokashi, who was allegedly at the forefront in the attack on Patankar, has filed in his nomination. The Congress-NCP combine has stayed away from polls stating they did not support the manner in which

Patankar was manhandled. Mokashi has reportedly sought anticipatory bail from a court fearing arrest in connection with the attack on Patankar. The election for the post of deputy mayor will be held on January 8.

Watchman murdered in Vasai building By A Staff Reporter

tant Police Inspector Ramdas Wakode said some unknown 22-year-old watchman of a persons attacked Ajay Ramdas newly-built residential Paswan with stones and tiles building at Waliv in Vasai on Sunday night. His assailants towan was allegedly stoned to left the place after Paswan coldeath by unidentified persons, lapsed in pool of blood. police said on Monday. Assis"Paswan's room mates were under impression that he had fallen to his death from top floor of the highrise," Wakode said. The postmortem report revealed that it was a murder and not an accident. A case of murder under section 302 of IPC was registered and police are yet to achieve any breakthrough.

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he main political players of Maharashtra – the Congress-NCP alliance and BJP-Shiv Sena combine – bracing for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and the state assembly polls have to face a new competitor, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which has decided to change the electoral board completely. Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP has set up its units in 34 districts of Maharashtra and is trying

to penetrate deeper into taluka level as committees are getting set up at talukas as well as polling booth level. Mayank Gandhi while talking to the media yesterday said, “There are a lot of people who are quitting their jobs in order to join the party”. AAP has already got more than one lakh members. Gandhi also said that leaders who want to join the party for the sake of tickets or perks, will not be entertained as AAP is going to fight for justice and not the

benefits of political leaders. However, the Muslim community from Uttar Pradesh as part of the National Movement for Social Justice for good governance and equal opportunities were seen supporting the AAP yesterday in the presence of Professor Maulana Salman Sayyed Husaini Nadwi Chairman Ekta Manch of 26 political parties federation Lucknow, UP whereas the party is yet to decide on the number of candidates it would field in

the Lok Sabha polls from Uttar Pradesh. Gandhi said, “If we get good candidates from the 11 per cent Muslims we will welcome them and make sure that AAP takes all the decisions in a team effort”. AAP, with its interior comprising Anna Hazare’s India Against Corruption movement’s volunteers has a potential support base in the state not new to aggressive social activism, courtesy the Gandhian. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

No panic in BJP over AAP entry in poll fray By Prashant Hamine

tate BJP president Devendra Fadnavis yesterday stated that there was no panic in the party over the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) into the state election scene. Speaking to newspersons here at the Mumbai party office, he clarified that in the Delhi assembly polls, the AAP had dented the Congress’ vote bank, while the BJP managed to retain its own. Replying to queries over seat sharing talks with the Shiv Sena, he ruled out the possibility of altering the 26 seats for the BJP and 22 seats for the Sena formula for the Lok Sabha seats. He said that the people had accepted and lent their support to its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. The state BJP president stated that the people feel that Modi can usher in change in the system. Fadnavis argued that the traditional votes of the BJP will not split on account of the entry of the AAP in the state election scene. Replying to queries over the AAP deciding to target NCP ministers over corruption charges, he said that the party will campaign on a positive agenda. Talking about the alleged involvement of party RS MP Abhay Sanchetti in the

Adarsh scam, Fadnavis stated that the party favoured action against those found guilty, irrespective of who they are. He added that against this backdrop, the Congress-NCP cannot hide from its role in the Adarsh scam. The state party president stated that the party plans to move the High Court seeking the prosecution of the former Congress chief minister for his role in the scam. Fadnavis stated that as public servants under the provisions of the IPC, chief ministers are liable to face action for any wrongful public gain or loss. He earlier announced the party’s action plan to gear up its election machinery in the state. Between January 10 and February 26 the party will be holding conclaves of its booth level workers in all the 48 Lok Sabha constituencies. Besides this, between February 11 and February 18, party cadres will undertake the ‘Modi for PM’ door-todoor campaign in which voters will be asked to donate one currency note in lieu of their vote in a bid to connect them with the party. The party will also seek to enroll party volunteers between the ages of 18 and 25 years. The party will also undertake agitations on issues like power price hike, water, farmers’ issues, jobs and other issues.

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Arvind Kejriwal’s national ambition

Y no stretch of the imagination can it be said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has any chance of making it in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections which begins on April 16. To suggest that the AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal can organise the poll campaign throughout the country within such a short time would be quite hilarious. The party does not exist anywhere at present except in New Delhi. He could campaign in a small state like New Delhi and win. The New Delhi victory appears to have made Arvind Kejriwal overconfident. He has stated that he does not want to become the prime minister. Later on, he stated that he would not contest in the 2014 polls. His followers, however, were quite disappointed and told him he should become the prime minister. Arvind Kejriwal said his followers loved him and wanted to become prime minister. It is quite pathetic the AAP folks think that if they contest the national poll, they will win. In New Delhi, they were pitted against the ‘corrupt’ and authoritarian Congress which was living in an ivory tower and was totally oblivious of the daily hardships of the people. The AAP got all the poll space it needed, thanks to decimation of the Congress. It could not beat the BJP which, however, got the maximum number of votes in New Delhi elections. Whereas in the ensuing national election, the AAP is pitted against not only the BJP and the Congress, but also powerful and popular regional parties. And success there is not going to be that easy. Take for instance, the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh which will be held in April-May. The Congress has become unpopular there. However, there are two other parties – the YSR Congress of Jaganmohan Reddy and Telugu Desam of Chandrababu Naidu. Jaganmohan attracts people’s huge attention in the state. The AAP, if it contests from Andhra Pradesh, may win at the most two or three seats from the state. The question of AAP winning majority in the Lok Sabha elections does not arise at all. In many a states, it faces formidable and popular opponents.

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ESPITE the moral edge that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) movement has given to politics, a 16-member team of legislators from the Congress-ruled Karnataka in the south were determined to tour a few South American countries at government expense. It is the intervention of Congress-vice-president Rahul Gandhi, a reinvigorated person after the drubbing the party received in Rajasthan and Delhi elections, that they finally buried the trip, which was a joy ride, from the tax payers’ money. The most shocking aspect, however, is that the members going abroad were from the State Estimates Committee, entrusted with the task of saving superfluous expenditure. Representatives of both the Congress and the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) constituted a team for the proposed tour. The BJP members developed sudden cold feet when some in the media criticised the junkets. The Congressmen caved in after Rahul Gandhi pointed out that the expense of Rs.16 crore was a waste when 60 districts of the state faced drought and when more than 200 farmers had committed suicide.

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never included in any such trip. Because of the media, an ethics committee was sought to be set up to stop extravagant expenses. The political parties normally distributed the “study tours” among themselves. It is flabbergasting that the Language Committee members, including persons other than MPs, go to England and America every year to assess the spread of Hindi. In fact, a phoren trip is as much a craze in India as in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The legislators there also go abroad on one pretext or the other. Whether it is a hangover of the 150-year colonial rule of the British or part of thoughtless expenditure of the burgeoning middle class is difficult to say. Probably, both

minister Jawaharlal Nehru was so shocked by the presence of secretaries to the government at parties of third secretaries in foreign missions that he issued a circular to instruct that the top officials should respond to invitations of only foreign officials of equivalent status. As days went by, the violations of the circular increased. Today it is free, for all. Invitations are sought even by MPs. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should issue a circular on the lines Nehru had done. But I have lost hope after seeing the manner in which the Government of India has suffered humiliation at the hands of the State Department. Devyani Khorbragade was handcuffed and put in jail to share the cell with criminals. Secretary of State John Kerry has refused to tender an apology on the incident. It has now been found that she enjoyed full diplomatic immunity when she was arrested.

Arrogrance of power

I am not surprised because of America’s arrogance of power. President Obama, who looked different initially, has become part of the establishment. He does not either evoke confidence or hope. He should have himself The members were technically justified berung up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to cause the state assembly has laid down that express remorse. The loss is that of America’s. the legislators could tour foreign countries The Indians were beginning to feel that the Kuldip Nayar twice in their five-year tenure. Probably, the US was different from the rest of west. That same provision is offered to members in most impression has dissipated. other states as well. The Andhra Pradesh leg- assumptions are correct. Yet, it cannot be deWashington may talk of strategic ties and islators are reportedly planning a trip abroad. nied that a free foreign tour is the best “bribe” New Delhi may reciprocate to be on the same Nearer home, the Akali Dal government sent any government can offer. page with the biggest power. But this relathe legislators to Scotland to see how the Foreign countries in the west know this. tionship will stay at the official level only. Peoscotch whiskey was brewed. Missions of the United Kingdom and the ple of India will remain distant. For them, the All such trips are considered study tours. United States utilise this way to have the best treatment meted out to Devyani has little to Since the reports following the tours are not of concessions. Top bureaucrats fall for “invi- do with the diplomatic niceties. They conpublished, it is anybody’s guess whether the tations” from abroad. It would be revealing to sider it as an instance of the weight that legislators submit anything in writing at all. find out how many children of secretaries to Washington throws about. The persistence in In fact, they are all paid holidays for pleasure, the government have gone abroad on schol- prosecuting Devyani says it all. something which the government uses to arships or fully paid studies. Foreign missions The entire case began when Devyani was placate its own members and those in the op- see to it that the children of highly-placed not paying her domestic servant the wages as position. And this favour is not confined to people are given pre-travel and full expenses per the US laws. I recall when I was serving as legislators alone. Members of the committee on board and lodging in schools, colleges or an employee of the USIS at Delhi I too did not of the Scheduled Caste and Minorities in Kar- other educational institutions. get the wages the Americans were getting. nataka have just returned from a 16-day trip Unfortunately, bureaucrats are falling prey This is probably understandable. abroad. Their itinerary showed that they were to the generous hospitality of foreign misBut what I could not comprehend was the visiting beaches, posh restaurants and pleas- sions. Since booze is free and flows like water, additional allowances that the Americans ure resorts. you can spot out top officials at parties of were getting while touring within the I found the same craze of going abroad minor officials of foreign missions. This greed country as compared to the Indians, who among our parliamentarians. Since I was a is nothing new. It has been there since a few accompanied them. I know this from my nominated member of the Rajya Sabha, I was years after independence. India’s first prime experience.

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‘Non-fear is the base for true happiness’ W

E talked a little bit about non-fear. The Buddha knows that there is fear in each one of us. That is why he urges us to touch our fear, to embrace it. Our fear of loneliness, our fear of being abandoned, our fear of growing old, our fear of dying, our fear of being sick, and so on. You have learned that every time we embrace our fear, it will lose some of its strength; otherwise, the blocks of fear will continue to be strong in the depths of our consciousness and continue to shape our behavior. Non-fear is the true base for true happiness. We have been learning about dana, giving, generosity, and non-fear is the kind of gift that is considered to be the best, the most precious. If you can offer non-fear to someone, you offer the best kind of gift. The people who are dying may be very fearful. If you have non-fear with you, you sit with him or with her in that difficult moment of his life. You make him die peacefully without fear. This is a great gift. If you are someone who learns how to accompany the dying person, you have to cultivate your non-fear. Because without non-fear, you cannot be your best in order to help him, or help her.

There are three kinds of gifts spoken about in Buddhism. The first gift is piety. It means material gift. You give that in order to relieve the suffering of the people who are poor, who are destitute concerning the problem of housing, of food, of medicine. The second kind of gift is the Dharma. With the Dharma, you can help people to relieve a lot of their suffering. You help people to know how to organize their lives, to do things in such a way that they can bring happiness to themselves and to their

MATTER & SPIRIT families, how to transform their suffering, how to love, and to help other people stop suffering. Finally, the third kind of gift is called nonfear. I would like to tell you the story of a person who lived two thousand six hundred years ago, who was a lay disciple of the Buddha and who practiced giving, generosity, in such a way that he got a lot of happiness. Finally he got himself the gift of non-fear when he died because he died beautifully, peacefully, and his name is Anathapindika.

Anathapindika is one of the early lay disciples of the Buddha. Anathapindika is not his real name. His real name is Sudatta. Anathapindika is the name given to him by the people of his city because he was so generous. He was a businessman. But he wasn't so busy. He had time and energy to bring help to destitute people, the people who are alone. He used a part of his wealth to do the work of giving. It did not seem that he became less rich at all while doing so. He had a lot of friends in the business circle and he was loved by them, quite a lot. He did business with these people and got their trust and continued to help the people in his country a lot. The first time he saw the Buddha was in the Venuvana. Venuvana means the bamboo grove in the kingdom of Magadha. He had a brother-in law living in that city, the city of Rajagaha in the Magadha kingdom. He used to come to that city several times a year to do business. He himself lived in the kingdom of Kosala, north of the Ganges River. He had a family there. The capitol of Kosala is Sravasti. So from time to time, he left Sravasti in order to go to Rajagaha. When he was there, he always stayed at his brother-in-law's home. (To be continued) — Thich Nhat Hanh

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THOUGH Narendra Modi was involved in not a single 2002 riot, the Prime Minister in a specially convened press conference on January 3, blamed Modi for it, and addressed Modi as a future disastrous Prime Minister, forgetting very conveniently the 1984 Congressled anti-Sikh riots wherein more than 3,000 Sikhs were massacred brutally by Congress-men. How can he ever forget this anti-Sikh, most cruel, large scale massacre, in spite of being a Sikh himself? Is it so because of his loyalty towards ‘madam’ and her Congress for his own secret reasons? Besides, by the grace of this economist Prime Minister’s Harvard University-based knowledge of economics, all wrong economic policies and reforms, crores of Indian aam aadmis have to face food-inflation. People will never forget these disastrous facts, in addition to the unpardonable scams.

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corruption charges in 2G Spectrum and Coalgate were raised by the opposition during UPA-I notwithstanding which people voted in favour of the UPA once again to rule and hence was UPA-II in power thus hinting that the people’s verdict during 2009 went to prove that the corruption charges against UPA-I or II were baseless or did not matter much. Although the unprecedented scams were generated during the UPA-I period, the information about the scams surfaced and spread across the nation only during the UPA-II regime and hence there was no way the people could have voted UPA to power in 2009 with the knowledge of overt corruption and scams of UPA. The PM who is in the habit of claiming — Hansraj Bhat that he is truthful and honest should not have deliberately in dulged in tampering with the THE PM in his media conference truth. He should have gracefully on January 3 mentioned that the accepted he follies and as a PM

Dynasty politics THOSE who are unfamiliar with the Congress culture and its style of functioning are speculating about the possible successor to PM Dr. Manmohan Singh. But for the Congressmen and the political pundits, there was never any doubt about the next PM candidate of the 128 years old party. The day Rahul Gandhi decided to take the plunge in politics the issue was settled then and there only leaving no scope for doubt of any kind.

Dr. Singh’s recent press conference is largely being seen as his farewell speech, paving the way for Rahul Gandhi.

criminal action will be taken against political leaders except against Babus have exposed the working of state chief minister Prithviraj Chavan. I strongly feel that by not taking action against the corrupt politicians in the Adarsh scam the chief minister has opposed the order of the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi who clearly ob— Yogesh R. Bhavsar jected the decision of the Maharashtra Cabinet which rejected the finding of the Adarsh report against tainted politicians who THE Maharashtra government’s de- have grab the flats illegal way. The cision to accept Adarsh report par- urgent need of the hour is that chief tially and letting off corrupt minister Prithviraj Chavan who is politicians is the eye wash as no shielding the corrupt politicians in

— Jorhat Singh

Ashes – all over again BY all counts the ongoing Ashes series is going exactly the same way as the one played down under during the 1958-59 season. That time the seemingly invincible English team led by Peter May was demolished 40 by the young Aussies squad led by Richie Benaud. The chief destroyers of the English batting were the pace battery of Lindwall, Davidson, McKeiff and Rorke. Five and half decades later, the new age triad of trundlers Johnson, Harris and Siddle, have brought the Pommies to a stage where they are facing the prospects of an ignominious 5-0 wash out. — Arun Malankar

Salute Mumbai Police I would like to congratulate our Mumbai Police for what they have done on the December 31 night, the way they have maintained law and order on that day. It was very difficult to handle lakhs of people at Nariman Point, Colaba, Gateway of

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THE hue and cry over Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s five-bedroom flat accommodation and official cars provided to his cabinet colleagues is unwarranted. A lot of emergency meetings are held at odd hours at the Chief Ministers house and he certainly needs a large official residence to entertain the influx of guests to his house due to his position. Also, vehicles for official duty or otherwise is a reasonable perk for elected assembly members and what is wrong with that. The media too should not over publicise such things and instead concentrate on the work that is being done by the AAP sarkar in Delhi. Arvind Kejriwal and his team have been doing great work so far and their popularity can be gauged by the fact that so many famous people are queuing up to join their organisation. People including the media should see the larger picture and not highlight petty benefits like official accommodation and vehicles used for official duties. — S.N. Kabra

THE uproar is quite understandable against the Delhi CM and his colleagues, agreeing to accept official residence, especially on the background of their rejecting the VIP culture and embracing austerity. After all, the CM’s so-called lofty assurances served to project their image as unheard-of in the

should have taken the responsibility upon himself instead of shirking and distancing himself from the scams. Modi has won thrice in Gujarat and people have their own yardsticks to appraise Modi and Rahul Gandhi. PM’s remarks about Modi and Rahul are weak and lack the conviction. — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai

India, CST and Juhu. This has proved that Mumbai Police, if determined can handle any critical conditions. In the past we have seen that even an LETTER OF honest police officer could THE DAY not perform his duties because of interference by politicians etc. I will salute my Mumbai Police and say that we are proud of you. Rahul Gandhi is expected to be the Congress’ PM nominee for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

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THE master economist and a gentleman, PM Manmohan Singh has spoken his heart out to the media. India has benefited in myriad ways during the 10-year rule of Manmohan Singh, and perhaps his only shortcoming is that he has not been able to bring to book some corrupt scamsters who have dealt a blow to the nation. His views on Narendra Modi are not far from the truth as India today cannot afford to have fanatic zealots in power as we are looking for financial stability, progress and peace in our country. One hopes that Rahul Gandhi takes the baton from Singh and completes Singh’s unfinished business of rooting out corruption including former chief minister Ashok Chavan who have been found guilty and FIR has been filed against him by the CBI have to pay very heavy political price as the people of the state will not support them in 2014 general elections and reject them totally for looting the public money and betraying the people for their selfish personal gain at the cost of others. — Bhagwan Thadani

Condemn corruption APROPOS ‘Belated attempt by Congress to clean up corruption taint’ (ADC, Jan. 3), it is indeed an ex-

AAP facade falls off the CM will not be able to do full justice to the responsibility he has taken upon himself of serving the country diligently and honestly with the co-operation of his team. The bunch of double-distilled corrupt politicians has been a thing of the past. However, times have undergone overall change and so have the demands of survival in every walk of life. Appreciation and understanding of these facts are likely to bring about a change in our perspective. — Arundhati Wajge

Kejriwal’s acceptance of a large flat has been criticised by many terming it as the typical politician behavior. recent past. The aam aadmi having got used to downright corrupt politicians, right from top to bottom without a single exception, the austerity the CM assured in the beginning was indeed a pleasant surprise for the innocent aam aadmi, which raised the expectations of people, who felt assured of at least a corruption-free future. Well, never mind. Psychological adjustments have been the lot of the commoners hitherto. Let’s see the other side of the coin. With the austerity measures like not availing the government residence, official security, etc. let us understand and appreciate that

KEJRIWAL and the AAP leaders should refrain from making promises like refusing security, refusing to stay in government bungalows, refusing government salaries etc. which are the benefits that one is entitled to when one is doing one’s job. There is no shame and harm in accepting honest remuneration and those required to do the job like free phone calls etc. as long as they are utilised in an honest manner. Refusing such benefits initially and then accepting them later as reality dawns that these are necessary to function when in power will give the impression to the electorate that AAP leaders do not stand true to their words and will reduce their credibility. The other political parties also will use this to create a

and communalism. — Altaf H. Ladiwala

AS reported, it is indeed very surprising and shocking that the Prime Minister could whimper and lower very much his dignity, honour and prestige and the post of Prime Minister. It is an open fact that he did this only to pave the way and smoothen it for the entry of Rahul Gandhi and make him a prime ministerial candidate for the forthcoming elections. He took all the blame of total failures of UPA government upon himself thus giving a very clean image to Rahul Gandhi which is more of a dynastic rule in Congress party. The question also arises as to what are the qualifications, merits, experience and credentials of Rahul Gandhi and the answer is none as what is required of a Prime Minister. There is not the slightest doubt that he has been made a sacrificial lamb by his mentor. It was a farewell speech for Dr. Singh. — S.P. Sharma, Mumbai

tremely late realisation by the Congress chair person in respect of the back to back colossal scams that had been committed by the party ministers thereby severely ruining the country’s exchequer and needless to say the very reputation of the party. In fact, the public at large only witnessed the scams and thereafter while looking eagerly forward to what punishment would be given to these tainted ministers, got frustrated for inaction. However, the ministers involved in the scams were interrogated and thereafter imprisoned but none of them remained so for life. — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

wrong perception of AAP leaders which will affect the chances of the party in future polls and in its fight against corruption as perception is extremely important in public life, especially if one stands for honesty, truthfulness, reliability and trust. — Joseph Mendes

AS was reported in a section of the media a few days ago that there was no ‘Aam Aadmi’ in the socalled AAP in its Mumbai office except the lady reporter who went to have a look inside, the room having been filled with NRIs and pompous ladies ‘draped in costly sarees and reeking of a costlier perfume’. This in fact is the story of the AAP in Delhi too where the catchy term ‘Aam Aadmi’ was used to considerable advantage by the party to woo the voters. The party’s chief, Arvind Kejriwal, holds a B. Tech degree from an IIT and was a Joint Commissioner of Income Tax earlier. He does not come anywhere near the ‘common man’ born out of the brush of R.K. Lakshman. After their initial, laboured display of simplicity, travelling by the metro and all that, they have all started following the beaten track of other politicians, the CM accepting a couple of posh bungalows in central Delhi and the ministers taking the government cars. The facade of aam aadmi has fallen rather too soon! — Dr.V. Subramanyan

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anks will incur a monthly outgo of Rs.4,000 crore due to additional security requirements at ATMs following the recent Bangalore incident and the only alternative for making operations viable is raising user charges, Indian Banks Association (IBA) said on Monday. "Every ATM will need an additional Rs 40,000 a month on security. There are over 1 lakh ATMs which

will need the upgrade, so the monthly outgo for the industry will increase by at least Rs 4,000 crore," IBA chief executive M V Tanksale told PTI. Some of the 1.4 lakh ATMs are already manned. IBA is the umbrella body of lenders. He said banks have already resorted to activities like shutting some ATMs in odd-hours, and added IBA has made a representation to RBI for increasing the inter-bank fee from Rs 15 to Rs 18 per transaction and also to scale down the monthly free transactions for a savings bank account holder to five per month. However, when asked if it has also sought some decision from RBI to charge for every transaction, Tanksale said it would be best to leave it to individual bank. The IBA, he stressed, has only recommended a change to include all the transactions, including the own-bank ones, to 5 per month and has not suggested any change to the current practice of making an account holder pay Rs 20 per transaction for the

excess ones. Right now, holders of savings accounts enjoy five free transactions per month in other bank ATMs, while there is no cap on own-bank ATM transactions. Banks net off transactions at the end of the month within themselves and pay Rs 15 per transactions plus taxes to other banks irrespective of whether it was a free transaction or not for the customer. A woman employee of a Corporation Bank in Bangalore was brutally attacked inside an ATM kiosk by an intruder with a machete in November last year. Following the incident, all banks were asked to deploy armed security guards outside all 1.40 lakh ATMs round-the-clock. As this results in additional charges, immediately calls started out for reviewing the charges. When asked if this will prove to be detrimental factor for the banks' ATM expansion plan to increase the total number of ATMs to 2 lakh in the next six months, Tanksale replied in the negative saying all banks are committed to expanding the ATM network. "More and more people need to use ATMs as we need an average footfall of about 200 per ATM per day," he said. Meanwhile, Tanksale said the IBA managing committee has zeroed in on a special branding package design for the 'talking ATMs' to be used by the visually challenged. On the move of banks acting as insurance brokers, Tanksale said the IBA has sought some clarifications from the RBI like the cap on single-company commissions and induction and training of manpower. "We are fine with the arrangement otherwise. However, IBA is not taking a stance of which route to adopt because the banks already have existing relationships with insurers through joint ventures or for distribution tie-ups," he said. On the RBI discussion paper on NPA management which aims at early detection and problem solving to avoid stress, Tanksale said the final norms will be out by January 15 after the IBA working group finalises its comments this week. The RBI's discussion paper is a welcome step, Tanksale said, adding the accelerated provision for doubtful loans is where the banks need more clarity. On the issue of wage revisions, Tanksale said the IBA offered a 5 per cent increase on the pay-slip, which the unions spurned. “We will be meeting the bank employees again on January 29 to solve the issue and arrive at a consensus," he added.

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he ban imposed on the sale of Chinese manjha (thread used in flying kite) which is actually made in India, in some parts of Delhi, Bengaluru, Noida and Gujarat has posed a major problem for kite fliers across the city. Makar Sankranti is largely celebrated by flying kites and the Chinese manjha has taken over the market of Bareilly manjha for more than ten years. It has also been banned in Delhi, Kolkata, Punjab, Nashik, Jaipur, Malegaon and Yula. After a High Court order in Jaipur last year, the police have warned traders against trading in Chinese manjha. The Gujarat government would impose a penalty of Rs.10,000 for traders found selling the Chinese manjha, along with imprisonment of one year. A trader in Mumbai said, “The Chinese manjha is in demand because it is cheaper and more effective. It rarely breaks.” While there are traders in Mumbai who are concerned about injuries, especially to birds, Muqeem Amman Khan, a trader in Mumbai said, “I have been selling the Bareilly manjha which is soft and made out of cotton for the past 60 years and I make sure that we sell those manjhas on a major scale every year.” He also added, “We inform the customers about the ill-effects of

using the Chinese manjha, known as nylon manjha, as it contains metal and glass coating. This manjha usually hurts the fingers but people still buy it.” Colonel J.C. Khanna, Secretary of Bombay SPCA said, “Every year, there are cases of birds getting injured, but since the past two years the percentage has come down to 25 per cent. Three years ago, there were hundreds of cases of injuries but now it has declined drastically because of the awareness among people.” In order to avoid bird casualties during kite flying, the following measures have to be taken so that the festival is celebrated in an ecofriendly manner: Strictly avoid glass-coated manjha In densely populated urban areas, kite flying should be organised as a joint social event on open grounds and maidans Avoid kite flying in areas where there are large concentrations of birds in one place such as wetlands or heronries Focus more on the colourful display of kites in the sky rather than ruthless competition in cutting others’ kite strings Focus on other aspects of the festival such as sweets suitable to winter season and celebration of the reviving natural environment post winter. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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The IT department last year, fined actors like Sunny Deol, Vivek personalities and companies that Oberoi, Anurag Kashyap, Ram have defaulted on their payments. A Gopal Verma, Adnan Sami and majority of the notices were sent to companies like Xerox International, Bollywood personalities, wherein Big Cinema, Anil Kapoor Films Ltd., over 123 people including directors, Red Eye and others. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in producers, actors and singers were involved. While some have replied to the IT notices, action will be taken against the rest that haven’t bothered to reply or make any payments,” sources said. According to the Finance Bill 2013 Officials also stated that arrests which was passed last year, officials cannot be ruled out in some cases of the Revenue Department now as the amount defaulted is high. have the power to arrest a person for A senior IT official who did not non-payment of collected service wish to be named said, “Within two tax. Besides this, the director and weeks, we are going to prepare the manager of a company that fails to list of Bollywood defaulters, includpay collected service tax can now be ing film production companies. arrested with imprisonment for up to There are chances that some may seven years in addition to the even get arrested. The Bill, which penalty which may extend to Rs. 1 was passed on May 10, also imposes lakh. Section 91, which was a penalty on a person or company incorporated in the Finance Bill liable to pay service tax and fails to 2013, provides officers not below take a registration number from the the rank of Superintendent of government. In case of an offence Central Excise, with the power to where the amount exceeds Rs. 50 arrest a person for non-payment of lakh, a defaulter will get imprisoncollected service tax. ment for a term which may extend to seven years.”

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RUN, POWAI RUN: Dr Sujit Chatterjee and Niranjan Hiranandani were among the 5,000 running enthusiasts at Run Powai Run, an intiative backed by Dr L H Hiranadani Hospital, on Sunday.

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Best of health From the latest health equipment and workout shoes to fitness wristbands and even a workout playlist — Priyanka Singh & Dev Goswami tell you all the things that you need to get hold of for a super healthy and fit 2014 NEW HEALTH EQUIPMENT IN THE MARKET There was a lot of new health equipment introduced in 2013 —some useless, some which didn’t make a difference and a few which we found great! We bring you the top five that you should consider buying:

CRossRoPE A modification to the normal skipping rope, CrossRope lets you add weighted cables to provide resistance for your workout. The benefits of skipping are wellknown and CrossRope lets you change the intensity of your workout from making it very quick to a more slower, heavier workout, all depending on the resistance used. Price `3,000 (approximately) onwards Where www.crossrope.com (they deliver internationally)

ARoCARE MATTREss Paramount Surgimed Ltd. has launched a new mattress that promises to be a boon for those confined to prolonged bed rest. Lying in your bed for a long period of time can lead to skin inflammation and bed sores and the air mattress gives the effect of a massage, using the principle of diffusion of body pressure to prevent skin swelling and sores. Price `8,000 Where www.paramountsurgimedltd.com Continued on pg 14 « >> From medicine balls to workout shoes, we tell you which is the best fitness equipment in the market

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We absolutely love this stretching mat! Why? Because it comes with printed instructions about a variety of exercises that you can perform — on the mat itself! The concept is superb, the price is affordable and that leaves you with no other choice than to buy this. Just keep it next to your couch and you can exercise while you watch TV, refering to the mat for any instructions that you might need. price `1,595 Where www.healthkart.com

AdIdAs medIcINe bAll Medicine balls are fairly common in gyms and this one by Adidas is multifunctional — it has been designed in such a way that you can use it not only as a weight but for balance and strength exercises as well. You can use this ball for weight exercises as well as for circuit training, speed and even reaction training. price `1,550 onwards Where Retail websites

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top FIVe HeAdsets FoR yoUR WoRKoUt yURbUds INspIRe dURo Twist and lock these headphones into your ear, then pull. The ‘TwistLock’ technology ensures these stay secure for a reliable fit, no matter what activity you are doing. Created by a triathlete and a 24-time marathoner, each pack comes with two sizes of siliconebased buds to ensure proper sizing, and they are both sweat and water-resistant. The buds themselves allow in just enough ambient noise, so you aren’t completely closed off from the world. price `3,000 approximately Where www.yurbuds.com, Ebay and Amazon (currently on discount)

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India’s fitness chain, Gold’s Gym has come out with its own health application called My Daily Fitness Guide. You can get exercise and diet plans, log your gym workouts, track your progress and much more on this app. It helps you get fit with the following things:

The Fitbit Force is an upgraded version of the Fitbit Flex, with an upgraded price too. This tracker displays your stats right on the band, rather than requiring you to use the smartphone app. The display also doubles up as a watch. The tracker sends push notifications when you are nearing your goals and has an altimeter, so it can record the number of stairs you climb. price `7,900 approximately Where www.fitbit.com or Amazon

l Detailed explanation of each

exercise with pictures.

l Daily workout reminders.

l Log and save your workout in a

quick easy step. l Track your progress with photos and view your progress with graphical representations. l Share your achievements on Facebook and get cheered by your friends. l Do not miss your workouts even on vacation with the ‘Vacation Mode’.

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There are many sports watches that will track your speed and number of calories burnt. But, the Nike+ SportsWatch is one of the best because of its simplicity. It has a user-friendly interface and will perform tasks such as tracking your run (both distance as well as route), tracking your pace, functioning as a pedometer and a heart rate monitor and — if you set up an account — you can compare your workout with your previous ones as well as plan future workouts. Pretty neat. price Approximately `7,500 onwards Where www.nike.com

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AFteRsHoKz These are not your average headphones. Using bone-conducting technology, the headphones wrap around the back of your head, designed to sit in front of your ear on your cheekbone, leaving your ears open so you can hear everything else. A good model for the multi-tasker, these come with an attached in-line controller (which must be charged) with a mic for cellphone use, as well as volume and song control. price `7,000 approximately Where www.aftershokz.com

pHIlIps ActIoNFIt spoRts Designed specifically for athletes, this lightweight set is sweat and rain-resistant, promising isolated sound. Ear caps come in various sizes, and a shorter cable comes with a clip to attach to your workout gear. price `600 onwards Where www.philips.co.in and Flipkart

WItHINGs pUlse This lesser-known activity tracker, meant to be attached to your belt or waistband, put in your pocket, or even attached to a wristband, excels at providing useful information. In addition to measuring distance or movement, as all devices in this category do, this one also monitors elevation changes, heart rate and sleep patterns. price `7,500 approximately Where www.playgroundonline.com or www.in.mobilefun.com

FItbUG oRb The Orb is a recently released fitness tracker that tracks your steps, the distanced you’ve travelled, calories burnt and the amount of sleep you get. Emails and notifications offer tips from the company, U.K. based Fitbug, helping you understand all the information it tracks and offers tips to improve your health. price `2,900 approximately Where Amazon

JAWboNe Up This wristband doesn’t have a screen, so you can see the data only via the app. The app works very well and is quite user-friendly. The tracker measures distance and sleep patterns and many reviewers online have noticed that this band’s data is slightly more accurate than the other bands. price `9,000 approximately Where Amazon

NIKe FUelbANd This band sort of motivates you to exercise better through a concept called Fuel Points. Set a goal for, say, 2,000 points, achieve it and the FuelBand lights up with a congratulatory message. This device is easy to use and simple to sync with the smartphone app and computer software. It’s also one of the few devices in the market that doubles as a watch. price `9,000 approximately Where Amazon

best sHoes FoR WoRKING oUt AsIcs Gel-INteNsIty 2 This shoe tops our list as it is great for everything. The GEL-equipped shoe can handle cardio or court training and is made with technologies such as the comfortable collar design and a system for reducing the midsole weight. price `7,000 approximately Where www.myntra.com, www.junglee.com

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Using Bose’s uniquely shaped StayHear tips — which are designed to take the shape of your ears — are made of silicone for a soft feel. To ensure proper fit and stability, the headphones come with three different sizes of tips. price `8,056 Where www.boseindia.com

While on-ear headphones aren’t typical at the gym, this lightweight option gives you the choice of silicone or foam earpads. With a built-in microphone and in-ear controls compatible with your iPhone, the headphones also boast a flat, tangle-resistant wire to rid you of those pesky knots. price `8,000 approximately Where www.polkaudio.com and www.snapdeal.com (currently on discount)

The Lunar TR1 training shoe is a great shoe for athletes looking for a shoe to hug their foot and provide a sturdy platform. With a Flywire upper and multi-surface traction outsole, you’ll feel like wearing these outside the gym too. price `1,300 approximately Where Ebay, www.myntra.com

sAUcoNy tRIUmpH 10 Though this Saucony shoe was built for runners, most people wear their running shoes to the gym for a combination of cardio and other exercises. This is a great option for those people or those looking for a well-cushioned ride for those gruelling indoor workouts. price `7,500 approximately Where Amazon

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Strawberry Special

Strawberry season is here! Rhea Dhanbhoora shows you how to get the most out of this seasonal fruit with four great recipes

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trawberries and cream may be your seasonal go-to recipe, but that’s not all you can do with this fleshy red fruit. Also, the cream isn’t all that healthy anyway. So, we asked chefs and restaurant owners around the city to give us a few great strawberry recipes. Take a look:

low Fat strawBerry cold souP After all the festivities, you’ll love indulging in this low fat strawberry soup. Owner of Saffron Bay, Ravi Sharma helps us out with a recipe that uses low fat yogurt instead of cream, but still tastes as yummy. ingredients 700g strawberries, 500g plain, unflavoured yogurt, ½ cup orange juice, ½ cup white sugar, ½ cup

Nirmal Monteiro, chef at Elbo Room, gives us his recipe for a delectable strawberry salad. ingredients 4 cups of butter lettuce, 1 ½ cups of sliced strawberries, 2 tbsp sliced red onions, 2 tbsp chopped basil, 1 ½ tbsp orange juice, 1 ½ tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tbsp olive oil, ¼ tsp black pepper, 2 tbsp chopped Brazil nuts

water, 1/8 tsp ground cardamom method l Blend strawberries in a blender until smooth. Slowly add the yogurt and keep blending. l Pour the strawberry mixture into a large bowl. Add orange juice, sugar, cardamom, water and stir until the mix is blended. l Chill in the fridge for an hour. l Before serving, garnish with a fresh strawberry or a mint leaf. Serve in soup bowls.

method l In a medium bowl, pour lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, extra virgin olive oil and black pepper. l In a large salad bowl, place lettuce, strawberries, red onion and fresh basil. l Garnish with Brazil nuts. l Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve in a plate.

Balsamic strawBerry & Parma Ham crostinis Head chef of Elbo Room, Nirmal Monteiro, helps you start your meal on a fruity note with these crostinis. ingredients crostini: A drizzle of olive oil, 1 white baguette topping: 150g strawberries, 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp caster sugar, freshly ground black pepper, 75g cream cheese, 75g parma ham, a few chives to garnish method l Clean the strawberries, remove the hulls, thickly slice them and place them in a small bowl. Sprinkle balsamic vinegar and sugar on top. Allow to marinate for an hour at room temperature and then season with black pepper. l Preheat the oven to 180°C. l Thinly slice the baguette and arrange on a baking sheet. l Drizzle with oil and place in the oven for 15 minutes, turning once, until crisp and golden brown. l Remove and cool on a wire rack. l Arrange the crostinis on a large serving plate. Top each with a little cream cheese, then a slice of Parma ham. l Place a marinated strawberry slice on top and garnish with chives.

strawBerry risotto Gaurish Rangnekar, owner of Vicinia, gives us a deliciously unique twist on risotto with seasonal strawberries. ingredients 450g hulled and diced strawberries, 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, 2 tbsp olive oil, 2 finely chopped medium onions, 1 deseeded and chopped red chili, ½ tsp salt, 400g risotto rice, 200ml rosé or white wine, 1 tbsp butter, a bunch of finely shredded fresh basil, 50g grated Parmesan method l Marinate the strawberries by tossing them in the balsamic vinegar and letting them macerate for about 30 minutes. l Pour one litre water in a large pan and bring it to a gentle simmer or use boiled water straight from the kettle. (Unlike traditional risotto, you don’t need stock for this recipe). l Heat the olive oil in a wide-bottomed saucepan and add

chopped onions, chili and salt. Lightly stir and then lower the heat. l Cover the pan and allow the onions to sweat for 10-15 minutes. Check to make sure they don’t brown — lower the heat further if you think they might. l When the onions are soft and translucent, add the risotto rice, raise the heat and stir in rosé or white wine. Let the wine bubble and evaporate. l Now, add the strawberries and all their juices. Add enough of the simmering water to just cover the rice. Cook and stir continuously — but gently — until all the water has been absorbed. l Cover again and repeat the process. By the time the second lot of water has been absorbed, the rice should be al dente. Once it’s done, it off the heat. l Stir in butter, shredded basil and half of the grated Parmesan. l Cover and set aside for five minutes. Check the seasoning and serve with the remaining Parmesan.

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foul mouTh The next time you stub your toe, curse out loud like a sailor. Swearing seems to have some powerful painkilling properties. But, bear in mind that the pain-reducing powers of curse words seem to drop if you’ve been using them regularly, when you don’t really need to.

sTREss lEss Your body’s physical response to stress is similar to your body’s physical response to pain. Thinking about a stressful event has been shown to significantly increase muscle tension in patients with chronic back pain. Try to relax through meditation, by reading a good book, going for a jog or taking a nap.

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1 ChoKE smoKE A study of people with back pain found that those who never smoked reported the least discomfort. According to the study, smoking is an identified risk factor for back pain and disc problems and current smokers reported the greatest pain.

naturaLLy The next time your back hurts, watch a hilarious video and roll with laughter. You’ll find that your back pain has actually reduced. Priyanka Singh tells you about lesser known and surprising ways to ease your aches and pain

lovE! Love! Apart from improving lifespan, lowering stress levels and susceptibility to falling sick, being in love may also help lower pain. A study done in 2011, subjected 17 women in longterm relationships to a short pain shock. Some were allowed to look at photos of their partner during the pain, others were not. The women who were allowed to see their loved one's face described their pain as less intense.

2 movE IT! If you’re in pain, you might think that exercise would only make the discomfort worse. However, there’s substantial research showing that movement, when done safely and carefully, can actually improve the situation. That’s because exercise is a known endorphin trigger, so moving sends feel-good chemicals throughout the body and lowers pain.

>> Eating at your desk often and the dust settled on your keyboard, could be the reason behind your frequent sneezing fits

dIsTRACT YouRsElf Distracting yourself is a simple mind trick in theory, but it can work wonders when it comes to chronic pain, lowering pain intensity more significantly, according to a 2013 study. Plus, a number of ways in which you might attempt to distract yourself have their very own painfighting powers, such as video games, memory challenges and listening to music.

doN’T hIT sNoozE A small 2012 study found that, in addition to sleep’s benefits to memory, mood and the waistline, spending more time sleeping decreases pain sensitivity. In the study, the people who slept longer were able to hold their fingers on a heat source to test pain tolerance for 25% longer duration than the sleepdeprived participants.

A good old RomP Having sex is the last thing you’d think of when you have a back or joint ache. But, research shows that sexual stimulation and orgasms have been shown to release endorphins, as well as other types of the body’s natural painkillers. It is especially beneficial for migraine sufferers and its effect could last for two days!

lAugh ouT loud It’s not exactly medicine, but laughter really does have healthpromoting properties. Besides offering stress relief, a hearty belly laugh may also offer some natural pain relief. It’s because laughter triggers a surge of feel-good chemicals in your body called endorphins, which have been shown to act as painkillers.

If you’re feeling lightheaded and can’t, for the life of you, figure out why, Rhea Dhanbhoora suggests you take this quiz to find out what’s got you in a dizzy

verything was going great and suddenly, the room is spinning and you feel lightheaded. You’ve eaten breakfast, aren’t unwell and are in tip-top shape. So, why is your head in a muddle and why can’t you stand up straight? There are numerous causes for dizziness — from dehydration and vertigo to anxiety and disequilibrium. Take this quiz and find out what’s making your head spin. Your lightheadedness usually occurs when… a) You walk. b) You’re stressed. c) During winter. d) You’re at a height. It is accompanied by… a) Joint pain. b) A heavy feeling in your chest. c) Fatigue and weakness. d) A bad migraine. Do you also feel nauseous? a) No. b) I feel a knot in my throat. c) I feel faintly nauseous. d) I sometimes throw up when I feel too dizzy.

Can you walk normally? a) Yes but I feel like I’ll fall if I stand still. b) Yes. c) I’m too tired to walk. d) I can’t walk straight.

BE A PICKY EATER Following a healthy diet eases pain too. For example, a Mediterranean style diet rich in omega-3, fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meat seems to fend off some inflammation-related pain. Refined grains, too much sugar, saturated fats, trans fats and alcohol contributes to inflammation as well as pain.

Can you eat normally? a) Yes. b) I’m so hungry, I could eat everything in sight. c) I don’t feel hungry at all. d) Not when I feel like this.

« quick quiz: are you a sneezer?

Sneezing at your desk? Ever thought that your desk might be responsible for your non-stop sneezing? The dust and germs on your desk might be contributing to your condition. Priyanka Singh helps you find out

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Is there dust settled between the keys of your keyboard? a. Yes. b. No. Do you clean your desk once a week? a. No. b. Yes. Do you eat at your desk often? a. Yes. b. No.

Are there always used tissues on your desk? a. Yes. b. No. Does your office have a mice problem? a. Yes. b. No. Do you have a lot of files and papers lying around? a. Yes. b. No.

mosTlY As A study by the University of Arizona in 2002 found that the typical desk has hundred times more bacteria per square inch than an office toilet seat! If that’s not disturbing enough, phones and other surfaces are also prime habitats for the viruses that cause colds and flu. Dust on all these surfaces aid multiplying bacteria which are responsible for your cold and sneezing fit. Ask the cleaner to wipe down your desk with a disinfectant regularly. Keep your desk clean and you’ll notice that your cold and sneezing problem will reduce considerably. mosTlY Bs It is certainly not your desk that is contributing to your sneezing problems. While having a completely bacteria free desk is impossible, you are trying your best to keep your desk decontaminated. However, if you have a persistent sneezing problem, make sure that you consult a doctor as it could be because of an underlying allergy.

mosTlY As: loss of BAlANCE You could be feeling dizzy because you have a loss of balance, also known as disequilibrium. This occurs when you feel unsteady while walking and could be caused by joint and muscle problems, failing vision or even certain medications that you might be taking.

Is this a one-off incident or does it happen all the time? a) It’s happened before. b) Only when I’m worried. c) It occurs more during winter. d) It happens all the time.

mosTlY Bs: ANXIETY If this is the cause of your dizziness, you’re most likely to suffer from panic attacks or even have a disorder such as the fear of open spaces. These can all cause dizziness, but even a slight amount of anxiety from time to time can make you feel light headed.

Do you feel dizzier when you’re out in the sun? a) The weather doesn’t make a difference at all. b) I feel flushed and sweat indoors as well. c) Yes. d) Sometimes.

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hile some causes of dizziness may require a visit to your doctor and some medication, here are a few simple ways to stop feeling dizzy when it occurs suddenly: l Sit down, wherever you are and put your head between your knees. More

often than not, this will help you control, reduce or stop feeling dizzy in a few minutes as it helps the blood flow to your brain. l Whether your dizziness is caused by anxiety or not, it can make you feel anxious. Stay calm, take a few deep breaths and breathe slowly to

allow your brain to receive enough oxygen to stave off the dizziness. l Don’t talk too much as it can make you feel more dizzy. Just do everything slowly until the feeling passes. Grab something to drink and make sure you eat. Even if you’re feeling nauseous, hydration is good

mosTlY Cs: ovERhEATINg/ dEhYdRATIoN You won’t know that you’re dehydrated in winter because you don’t feel thirsty as often. This means that you’ll feel lightheaded when you get dehydrated. Sometimes, too much sun or being too active on a hot day can also cause this, so remember to stay well hydrated during the afternoon. mosTlY ds: vERTIgo When signals are not sent to your brain efficiently enough, you begin to feel a sort of dizziness that is known as vertigo. This can happen for a number of reasons, including a ear disorder or even decreased blood flow through your arteries.

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l Chew on or drink something that

has ginger as it eases dizziness. l The most important thing to remember is to ask for help if you need it. Don’t wait until the last moment to tell someone that you are feeling unwell.

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A heAlthy 2014! If that’s what you want for the New Year, then you need to think again, as broad resolutions like that won’t really do you much good. Dev Goswami helps you out by coming up with a few specific healthy resolutions that won’t be too hard to follow >> You’ve thought about it a million times, but now is the time to go ahead and do it. Get a jumpstart in 2014 by kicking the worst habit first — smoking

aying that you will get healthy is on almost everyone’s New Year resolutions list. But, ‘being more healthy’ or ‘exercising more’ or any other broad term won’t really work as resolutions since you can’t really quantify “more”. That’s why we are going to give you a few healthy resolution ideas that you should make.

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The more you find out about your body — why you should keep it healthy, what affects your body in a negative or a positive way — the more you’ll realise the importance of staying healthy and the easier it will be to actually do so. So, devote some time every week to read about health and science or subscribe to a health-based publication (we think this supplement is a pretty good place to start).

Have you switched over five different diets in the last year without any visible results? Well, then you’re a victim of following the latest diet craze. We aren’t saying that every new diet that is in the news is ineffective or bad for you, but maintaining a healthy weight and body involves eating right and not just eating in a certain way or at a certain time. A diet recommended by a nutritionist just for you is the best one to follow.

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With preserved and canned foods getting more and more popular, the likelihood of excess sodium in your body (commonly found in salt and processed foods) is high. Too much sodium can put you at risk of high blood pressure, stroke, heart failure, stomach cancer and kidney stones. Read labels properly and make sure that you aren’t having more than 2,300mg of sodium a day.

Cut an apple and leave it out in the open — it’ll start getting a brown tinge (due to bacteria). Now, cut another apple, dip it in orange juice and you’ll notice that it stays white. Why, you ask? It’s because of the antioxidants that orange is rich in. Now imagine how those antioxidants can benefit your body — need we say anything more? Eat more of foods such as oranges, pomegranates, coffee (in moderation) and of course, green tea.

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are talking about breaking-up with technology. We all know about the physical problems that arise due to technology, but apart from that, it can also take a toll on your mental health. Set aside one day a week where you completely banish technology (that includes your phone) from your life.

breAk-up No, we aren’t talking about your relationship (though if it’s causing too much stress and worry in your life, maybe you should consider it); instead, we

inteGrAte exerciSe Walking short distances, using the stairs instead of the elevator, walking up to your colleagues instead of emailing them — these are small ways you can be physically active throughout the day without taking out any extra time. Quite obviously this doesn’t replace a workout. But, simply incorporating these small steps in your everyday life means that you can afford to skip a workout when you really need to.

« Know more: How to sticK to your new year’s resolutions Experience tells us that as soon as you draw up your resolutions, your commitment to them begins to dwindle in a few days. Shirley Mistry tells you how to make your resolutions stick this year 1. Set AchievAble GoAlS The most elementary mistake that most people make is that they set goals that are too far-fetched. Instead of going overboard, start slowly and set goals that are within your reach. The more achievable your goals are, the more likely you are to stick to them. For example, if you want to lose weight this year, don’t start off with thinking that you must go to the gym seven days a week. Begin with a goal of three days per week so that it doesn’t seem like an uphill climb and slowly work your way up.

2. StreAmline It is good to make resolutions that will improve the quality of your life. However, having a long, winding list of over 20 resolutions has never done anyone any good. Streamline your goals and bring the list down to a maximum of two or three resolutions. If you do accomplish these goals before the year ends, tackle a few more or build on your existing goals. For example, if your target was to

lose seven kilos of weight and you have managed to do that, either work towards losing more weight and maintaining the weight loss, or train your focus on another aspect of your life that you would like to improve upon.

3. one At A time Focus on one goal at a time. If you are trying to tackle everything together, chances are you will get too overwhelmed and give up, simply because it is too much of a forced change to cope with. Start by focusing your energies on one resolution and then once you are comfortable with it in your routine, incorporate small steps that will get you started on the next resolution. This gradual approach is bound to give you better results.

4. Get bAck on trAck So, you couldn’t work out for a week because you were working late or you had a stressful time at work. Don’t worry, it happens to us all. What’s more

important however, is to be able to bounce back. A slip in your schedule can very easily mean that you give up all together, but it is important to muster up the will power and get back on track. Slip-ups are a part of life but don’t let them be the reason you couldn’t follow through with your resolutions this year.

5. confide, keep trAck & rewArd You are more likely to stick to your resolutions if you confide in someone as they become a constant source of support and encouragement. It is also wise to keep track of your progress through a journal. Break down your resolution into short-term goals, list them and track your progress. When you achieve a target, reward yourself. However, reward yourself wisely. If your goal is to cut down on drinking, don’t reward yourself with a chilled beer. Instead, treat yourself to a new wallet or pair of shoes you’ve had your eyes on. This will actually make you look forward to achieving your next goal.

>> Before you list your goals for the year, prioritise your resolutions and whittle the list down to only two or three achievable and practical goals

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Dream your health D

reams have fascinated many. Even though a lot of assumptions have surrounded dream analysis, with many people calling it as redundant as astrology, some scientists think that dreams can provide vital clues about your health and even give early warnings of medical conditions years before physical symptoms appear. While we don’t dream continuously all night, we have three to four dreams. Also, we only recall the ones in the middle of which we wake up. If we continue sleeping after the dream ends, it is lost forever. From having nightmares to dreaming of being attacked, we tell you what your dreams can reveal about your health.

While the answer to the question, ‘why do we dream?’ is still fiercely debated upon, many scientists have come to a conclusion that your dreams can serve as a peek into your health. Priyanka Singh finds out how

Nightmares Probable causes: Beta-blockers, heart conditions, migraine

>> Experiencing many nightmares lately? It is probably a sign of heart disease

longer. This puts pressure on the valve between the stomach and the gullet which can cause food and stomach acid to splash back up, triggering heartburn. This usually happens in the first hours after falling asleep and is likely to wake you up in the night and therefore, in the dreaming stage. Acid reflux is also more common in those who are overweight as the extra fat can press on the valve and weaken it, making waking early more common.

Dreams of beiNg attackeD Probable causes: Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s Sleep experts suggest that stressful dreams, such as when you’re being attacked or chased, can be an early sign of a brain or nerve disease such as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. People who regularly flail and thrash about while dreaming are known to suffer from a condition called REM sleep behaviour disorder. It’s believed to be caused due to damage in a part of the brain that controls your dreaming ‘safety switch,’ which normally prevents you from acting out in your dreams. This condition causes very violent and disturbing dreams. It is also a strong predictor of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and can sometimes appear up to 10 years before any other symptoms such as memory loss.

Speaking about the relation between beta-blockers and nightmares, Professor Jim Horne told Huffington Post a few months ago that blood pressure pills (beta-blockers) are known for triggering frequent nightmares. These widely used medications help widen blood vessels, but experts believe they may also indirectly alter the balance of certain brain chemicals, which then leads to nightmares. Bad dreams can also be a result of an underlying heart condition. According to a study published in the Netherlands Journal of Medicine, people with an irregular heartbeat experience nightmares three times more, while missiNg a PlaNe or those suffering from chest pain face it ruNNiNg late seven times more. Nightmares can also be a warning of an impending migraine. Probable causes: Under a lot of stress These excruciating headaches can strike at night and a study of 37 patients found You might be ignoring the signs of you they are often preceded by bad dreams being more than a little stressed out. that usually involve themes of anger When we ignore what’s taxing us, those and aggression. stressors follow us to bed. Sometimes, stress can manifest itself as common dream themes such as missing a plane Dreams that wake or an exam. Other times, a particularly you early bizarre dream might help you realise it’s time to slow down. Some say that stress Probable causes: Eating a fatty meal, dreams might actually be helpful if they being overweight reveal what’s truly bothering you and Fatty meals tend to sit in the stomach for point to why you’re feeling that way.

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Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness all over the world. Shirley Mistry tells you more about the eye problem

>> Discomfort around and in the eyes is a common symptom of chronic glaucoma

tudies show that glaucoma has become one of the leading causes for blindness across the world. This disease, that progresses with invisible symptoms, is estimated to have plagued around 30 lakh people in the country, most of whom are unaware of their condition. In a healthy human, there is a circulation of clear nourishing fluid within the eyeball. When the drainage of this fluid is defective, pressure begins to build up within the eyeball. The cause of the obstruction may be within the eyeball, the narrowing of the angle or the drainage channels. When the pressure in the eye rises, it is known as glaucoma. Glaucoma damages the optic nerve, causing blind spots in areas of vision. These spots often go

unnoticed until there’s considerable damage to the optic nerve. When the entire nerve is destroyed, it leads to blindness. This can be prevented if the damage to the nerve is detected at an early stage. “Different types of glaucoma have different symptoms. Patients suffering from chronic glaucoma may have headaches, pain around the eyes, blurry side vision, difficulty in crossing roads, frequent change of glasses and haloes around lights,” says Dr. Keki Mehta, director & surgical head of Mehta International Eye Institute and Colaba Eye hospital. He adds, “Very often though, there are no signs and hence this form is also known as the silent glaucoma. The pressure in the eye is increased, the angles are open and the optic nerve is damaged.

During an attack of acute glaucoma, the patient develops sudden blurring of vision with severe pain around the eye and a throbbing headache. He or she may also see rainbow haloes around light. Sometimes nausea and vomiting also occur. If not treated quickly and adequately, blindness will ensue. In the case of congenital glaucoma (glaucoma occurring in babies and children), the child is sensitive to light and tears excessively. The eyes appear cloudy and become abnormally large in size accompanied by poor vision. It may be also be associated with other congenital abnormalities.” Dr. Keki further says that a combination of eye drops and laser treatments and/or surgery are most commonly used to cure glaucoma.

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Stain remover Several food items can stain your skin and if you have to head out immediately afterward, this can be annoying to deal with. Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you how to get rid of natural stains

leaning up after cooking is a task, but all you usually need is dishwashing soap and a scorer to scrub away all the oil and food stains from your pots and pans. However, take a look at your hands and you might see your fingertips sporting an array of colours. Since walking around with stains on your skin isn’t the most favourable option, take a look at the top five offenders and how to scrub off the stains they leave behind.

form, both of which can stain your skin for quite some time. Since these stains are generally stubborn to get rid of, rub a little nail polish remover on your skin. If it still doesn’t come off, try a mixture of salt and lemon juice. Rub it on to your skin and let it settle before washing it off with warm water.

Walnut

We know this may sound surprising, but walnuts can stain your skin too. Merely shelling them or handling them too much can turn your If you’ve ever cut a lot of beetroot you know hands blackish. While the stains will mostly that it can really stain your skin, especially disappear in a few days, they can peel your skin when raw. Since it’s used as a natural food dye, off with it, since they seep down into the layers it’s no surprise that these stains really stick! Instead of waiting for them to fade, simply cut >> Handling turmeric will a potato and use the raw part to rub off the also stain your fingers beetroot stains till they start to fade. Do this under running water. Since rubbing too much may dry out your skin, top this off with a moisturiser after you’re done.

Beetroot

turmeric (haldi) Haldi, one of the most common ingredients in the Indian kitchen, is also the most offensive since it stains quicker than anything and the stain is the hardest to get rid off. Although people sometimes use turmeric masks on their face since it helps treat acne and is a skin lightening agent, it’s always mixed with something to get rid of the stain when you wash it off. When you’re cooking, you’re handling the turmeric directly, letting the stain seep quickly into your skin and linger there. A good remedy is to use castor oil on your skin and rubbing it off with a warm cloth. If it’s on your hands and not on your face, you can use baking soda instead since it takes off the stain a little quicker. Use lemon juice if all else fails but remember that if you have cuts and scrapes, this will sting.

>> Indulging in strawberries is a must this season but be careful not to hold them for too long as berries can stain your skin

Food colour Good food colour, especially the gel and paste sort, will wash off quickly with water and won’t stain your skin. However, it’s expensive and most people usually use the powder or liquid

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of your skin. To remove them, take a little vegetable oil and rub it on your skin until it feels warm. Keep it there for 10 minutes and then wash it off with soap and warm water. You can do this more than once if necessary.

Berries Berries are delicious but they can stain your skin, clothes, teeth... Basically they can get more than just a little messy. You can get them off with a mixture of vinegar and milk. Although people usually use just vinegar, the combination of vinegar and milk in equal parts helps get the stain out faster. Rub the mixture on your hand and allow if to sit until the stain looks like it’s fading, then wash it off with warm water and a mild hand soap.

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dear Barbara, I have recently noticed that the big toe nails on my feet have developed ingrowths, making it extremely painful for me to walk around too much, let alone wear footwear such as heels. This is the first time I have developed an ingrown nail and do not know what to do. Please help me! — saachi shah, parel dear saachi, Wedge a small piece of cotton between the ingrown nail and your flesh. Change this cotton at least once a day to keep pressure away from your toe and ease discomfort. This also helps the nail to grow out naturally. Avoid wearing closed shoes or make sure you opt for a pair that are roomy at the top. This helps your feet breathe and your toes aren’t cramped. As a thumb rule, cut your toe nails frequently and ensure you cut them straight as curved nails are more likely to develop ingrowths. Soak your feet before you cut your nails or dab some baby oil to soften it a bit. If you develop a cut or pus filled wound, visit your doctor.

>> Protect your hair from the sun to help colour last longer

dear Barbara, I love to colour my hair, but unfortunately I have noticed that the colour begins to fade drastically in only three weeks. I frequently wash and condition my hair but the problem persists. What should I do ? — mina Goyal, andheri (W) dear mina, The basic cause for the fading of your hair colour is oxidation. Simply put, the oxygen molecules get attached to the colour molecules in your hair causing the colour to fade, which unfortunately, you have no control over. However, you can control the amount of sunlight your hair gets. Sunlight causes hair colour to fade, so it is wise to reduce exposure or tuck your hair into a cap. Hard water and harsh, clinical shampoos also cause fading, so pick a shampoo specifically for colour-treated hair. Better still, ask your hair stylist for a recommendation. Send your questions to: healthandfitness@afternoondc.in

AAP to contest polls in 20 states, may field Vishwas against Rahul

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UCKNOW: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday announced it would contest the coming Lok Sabha polls in 20 states and is likely to put up its leader Kumar Vishwas against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. AAP candidates against prominent leaders like Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav would be decided soon, party National Spokesman Sanjay Singh told PTI. He said AAP would field candidates in all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP. "The national executive of AAP has decided to contest Lok Sabha polls in 20 states including UP where we would contest on all 80 Lok Sabha seats," Singh said. "We will try to finalise names of candidates

Cong, AAP in ‘synergy’ on Kashmir: BJP EW DELHI: Against the backdrop of Prashant Bhushan's comments on referendum on the presence of army in Kashmir, BJP on Monday charged AAP and Congress with

Rahul Gandhi and Kumar Vishwas by February 15 and all those desiring to contest Lok Sabha polls can apply by January 15. However, those applying would have to be recommended by at least 100 persons each from all the assembly constituencies in his or her area," he said. Replying to a question, Singh alleged that leaders like Mulayam Singh, Paswan, Farooq Abdullah, Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and others called themselves secular despite the fact that they were with BJP in the past.

NEWS IN BRIEF Pravasi Bharatiya Divas begins

Engaging with the youth and discussions on healthcare will be key focus areas of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2014 which kicks off in New Delhi today. This year's theme is ‘Engaging Diaspora: Connecting Across Generations’ and the Youth PBD is expected to open new horizons of a strong network of young overseas Indians to contribute to India's engagement with youth in all sectors. "Engaging with the youth and healthcare will one of the major sectors where discussions will take place this year," Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Vayalar Ravi said.

Japanese PM Abe to be R-Day chief guest

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will be the chief guest at this year's Republic Day parade at Rajpath in New Delhi. The country will celebrate its 65th Republic Day on January 26 when President Pranab Mukherjee will take salute from the contingents of the armed forces and paramilitary forces alongside a rich display of its culture and heritage. India, sources said, is according high importance to Abe's visit as Japan has been a long standing partner in a host of bilateral and other issues. Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were recently in India on a six-day state visit.

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A foreign tourist taking part in the AAP’s office inauguration programme in village Islampur on Monday.

speaking in ‘synergy’ on the issues related to the border state and toeing the line of Pakistan. Insisting that AAP and Congress are "working in tandem", BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said Bhushan's statement is in the same vein as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks that India and Pakistan had almost reached an agreement on Kashmir when Pervez Musharraf was President. "PM's recent address that hinted at a solution to the Kashmir problem was probably an acceptance of Pakistan’s proposal of 'open' borders in Kashmir- a Pak ploy to merge Kashmir with Pak'," Lekhi said. "In the background of such a remark, the recent rhetoric of Bhushan on the Kashmir issue is reflective of a collusion that is taking place yet again between the two political parties," she said. Describing AAP's decision to seek Congress support as "political hypocrisy", BJP said AAP and Congress have raked up this issue as Lok Sabha elections are round the corner. "They seem to have a hidden agenda in mind," Lekhi said.

516 Lutyens’ bungalows to be rebuilt, each to cost `2.7cr

EW DELHI: At least 516 bungalows in the prime Lutyen's zone of Delhi, built almost 90 years ago, are proposed to be dismantled and rebuilt with modern specifications like earthquake resistance at an estimated cost of Rs.3,000 crore. According to a plan firmed up by the Urban Development Ministry, the bungalows which house ministers, judges and top officials of the government will be razed and rebuilt in a phased manner over a period of 20 years. The reconstruction work on 29 bungalows will be taken up in the first phase as they have been identified as

structurally unsafe. The rest 487 bungalows will be taken up later. "We have moved the proposal to the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) for redevelopment of total 516 Lutyens' bungalows in the capital. After the clearance from the EFC, the proposal will go to the cabinet for its approval," said a senior Urban Development Ministry official. The EFC is chaired by Expenditure Secretary and other members of the committee include Urban Development Secretary and a Member of the Planning Commission among others. According to the estimate, redevelop-

ment work on each bungalow will cost about Rs 2.7 crore. The new bungalows will be constructed as per the new specifications using new building materials and earthquake resistant technology. All the bungalows to be erased and reconstructed are in type VII and VIII categories and currently being occupied by Union Ministers, judges and senior bureaucrats. These bungalows were constructed in the 1920s and 1930s. "While most of these old bungalows are outlived its uitility, some are being identified as structurally unsafe and requires major repair," he said.

Fog disrupts air traffic, 150 flights affected

A heavy blanket of fog forced authorities to suspend flight movement at the IGI Airport for around three hours, leading to delay and diversion of around 150 domestic and international flights on Monday. Between 8 p.m. on Sunday and 8 a.m. yesterday, around 150 flights, either arriving here or departing from here have been cancelled or diverted due to extremely poor visibility at the airport due to dense fog, airport officials said.

Telugu filmstar Uday Kiran kills self

Telugu actor Uday Kiran, who started out as a heartthrob in 2000, allegedly committed suicide in Hyderabad, apparently after film offers dried up of late, pushing him into mental depression and financial crisis. The 33-year-old, best known for his debut performance in ‘Chitram’, was found hanging from the ceiling at his flat in Srinagar colony here after midnight, police said on Monday.

Mamata only personality who met Suchitra in 35 yrs

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has become the only public personality in the last 35 years to have met reclusive actress Suchitra Sen. Sources close to the 82-year-old screen goddess who is often compared to Hollywood legend Greta Garbo for being a recluse told PTI that since 1978 only a handful of people have seen her face-to-face. Sen's granddaughter-actress Raima Sen agreed that Banerjee is the only public personality who has been able to meet her grandmother, now recovering in super-speciality hospital following respiratory tract infection.

ALL THAT GLITTERS IS REAL GOLD… Splendid view of Golden Temple illuminated with lights on the eve of Birth Anniversary of 10th Sikh Master Guru Gobind Singhji, at Amritsar, on Monday.

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TOP VIEW I am not aware if there is any decision (on raising the limit of subsidised LPG cylinders) at political level. There is no proposal in my ministry.

Oil Secretary Vivek Rae BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Karvy Stock Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on Sobha Developers CMP: Rs. 323

Velocity Parameters Turn Weak

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Tuesday (January 7, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty fell marginally on Monday (January 06, 2014) a net 19.70 points (0.32%) and closed at the 6191 point level. The market opened up at the 6220 points level. It then rose further by a few points and registered the day’s high at the 6224 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then declined into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 1.26 p.m. It then declined sharply and registered the day’s low at the 6170 points level at 1.35 p.m. The index then rose and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty moved in a range of 54 points and closed below the psychologically important 6200 points level. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 35 were losers, while 15 were gainers. Some buying was witnessed in healthcare, FMCG, auto, capital goods, consumer durables and metal stocks, while selling was seen in banking, realty, IT, power, technology, oil & gas and PSU stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 4.48%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 813 were gainers, 579 were losers and 62 remained unchanged. Slow Stocha stic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

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

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

cillators discussed here are indicating a weak market with a negative bias.

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 Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6195 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 6166. Support (2) = 6141. Resistance (1) = 6221. Resistance (2) = 6250.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index after having formed a doji pattern (indicating indecisiveness amongst investors) has formed a black body candle. This is negative and indicates that the bias has shif ted towards the sell side of the market. Fur ther, the index is below its 5, 15 and 25 days moving averages. Moreover, the velocity parameters too indicate weakness. All t he se indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a fur ther decline unfolding. Investors are advised to avoid buying at current level. Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line but both lines are converging (positive if it continues). The ADX is falling while the Market Index is falling, which indicates that the present down trend is decreasing in strength.

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 6245) Negative. Is below its 15-day average (at 6241) Negative. Is below its 25-day average (at 6244) Negative. Is above its 200-day average (at 5915) Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and os-

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Target Rs. 460

Sobha developers (SDL) reported a dismal sales volume for 3QFY14 which sets tone for a guidance miss during FY14E, we now expect SDL to achieve ~3.7mn sqft in pre-sales (vs guidance of 4.2mn sqft) and ~Rs 23bn in new sales value (vs guidance of Rs 26bn). SDLs muted 3QFY14 sales volume is largely attributable to fewer high volume launches (0.45mn sqft vs 1.13mn sqft during 2QFY14) and hence we expect Prestige Estates to have a limited impact. We don’t see any collateral damage yet on the demand offtake as (i) quality supply has reduced with ~45% of the real estate developers facing balance sheet stress and hence out of buyers radar (due to execution issue) (ii) quality developers properties have delivered appreciation in prices and continue to see buyer accretion (iii) Southern markets affordability remains strong whilst they deliver a better value in terms of quality & timeliness vs Northern & Western peers & (iv) NRIs are increasing their share of property investments into the home markets exploiting the currency windfall. Our channel checks suggest there has been sales pickup in the month of December-13 after a dismal Oct-13 & Nov-13 and hence positive momentum should cautiously build up going into 1HCY14E. Maintain our bullish stance on the Southern players & we recommend BUY on dips on Sobha and Prestige Estates. 3QFY14 volume de-grows 26.2% QoQ and 18% YoY, Realization up 7.6% QoQ and 14.8% YoY. Despite a seasonally strong quarter (festive) SDL has reported volume de-growth of 26.2% QoQ and 18% YoY. The new launches viz. Elan, Coimbatore (JD with Lakshmi Machine Works) with saleable area of 0.32mn sqft and Sobha Estate, Mysore (plotted development) with saleable area of 0.13mn sqft didn’t add up much to the pre-sales numbers. The key highlights of 3QFY14 are Bangalore witnessed a de-growth of 14.8% YoY, absence of new launches impacted pre-sales. NCR saw a sharp deceleration of new sales down 77.2% YoY. This is partially attributable to unaffordability in NCR market and partially on account of project configuration. We expect SDL to recalibrate the product sizing issue to invigorate buying sentiment. Almost all regions contributed negatively to sales volume YoY, except for Pune and Mysore. Average realization / sqft grew 14.8% YoY, which partially allayed shortfall in sales volume. During 9MFY14, SDL recorded new sales of 2.66mn sqft with sales value of Rs17.37bn a growth of (0.8%) and 12.8% YoY. Company highlighted that a lackluster 3QFY14 makes it cautious to achieve full year pre-sales value and volume guidance. SDL has ~12.4mn sqft of new launches planned for CY14E (SDL’s share ~9.8mn sqft, ~3mn sqft planned during 4QFY14E), lending visibility to new sales. Our view: We maintain our BUY stance and a SOTPbased target price of Rs460/share. We value the real estate business at Rs 431/share using a NAV model and the contracting and manufacturing business (C&M) at Rs 29/share. We believe that the near-term catalysts are: (i) strong launch pipeline and (ii) focus on further balance sheet de-leveraging.

First Call Research calls a ‘Buy’ on Finolex Cables CMP: Rs. 89

Target Rs. 110

Finolex cables, Pune based electrical equipment company reported double digit rise in both Net Profit and EBDITA in second quarter results FY14. Net profit stood at Rs. 799.80 mn against Rs. 574.60 mn in the corresponding quarter of the previous year, 39 percent jump YOY. EBDITA also rose at the same rate and stands at Rs. 1179 mn in the current September quarter compared to Rs. 847.70 mn in the same period previous year. Profit Before Tax galloped 56 percent at Rs. 1024.30 in Q2 FY14 against Rs. 657.70 mn in Q2 FY13. Finolex Cables, leading domestic manufacturer of electrical and communication cables had a lackluster sales performance of 1.22 percent YOY. But this has been compensated by controlling expenditure which rose by just 0.46 percent YOY and rise in other income (up 114 percent) and exceptional item in form of forex gains of Rs. 103.80 mn during the quarter. The electrical equipment industry is dependent on the performance of infrastructure and real estate sector and thus has been affected by low investment activity by corporates and slow clearances of projects by the government. The company’s sales are expected to pick up with improved economic environment as it has strong financial fundamentals. In future with the roll out of 4G services, communication cables business will also pick up which constitute 8-10 percent of the total revenues. The company has also reduced its short term borrowings by 72 percent and Long term borrowings are up by just 1.65 percent over the last six months. Finolex Cables is a sure bet for long term investment and thus we recommend ‘BUY’ for medium to long-term at a target price of Rs 110. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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BSE Sensex declines for the fourth consecutive session Canara Bank to open branch in New York L&T Construction wins new orders worth Rs 2,962 cr Telecom stocks tumble on CAG audit scare India to auction 56 new oil and gas blocks Axis MF plans new offerings to drive growth Govt's rice procurement down 8% at 16.39 mn tonne.

By A Business Reporter

contracted at the quickest pace since September amid an increasndiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s services sector has con- ingly fragile economy and compettracted further in December itive pressures. The upcoming amid a decline in incoming new general elections had also conorders in tough economic condi- tributed to the latest drop in new tions, an HSBC survey has said. The orders, it said. HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers The sharpest decline in new orIndex for the services industry fell to ders was noted in hotels and restau46.7 in December from 47.2 in No- rants. The post and vember, registering the sixth con- telecommunications sub-sector resecutive monthly drop in output mained resilient, with growth in levels, the longest period of contin- both business activity and new oruous reduction since the 2008/2009 ders. Last week, the HSBC/Markit global financial crisis. An index manufacturing PMI showed Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value of less than 50 indicates con- manufacturing sector decelerated traction. marginally to 50.7 in December as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;The service sector continues to slowdown in domestic order flows face head winds, with weakening led to slower output growth. Acnew business dragging down activ- cordingly, the HSBC India Composity,â&#x20AC;? HSBC Chief Economist for ite Output Index, which maps both India and ASEAN Leif Eskesen said. services and manufacturing, stood According to HSBC, new business at 48.1, below the crucial 50 mark,

CAG Can Audit Private Telecom Companiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Accounts: HC

Gross Direct Tax Collections Soar 12.33 % By A Business Reporter

ross direct tax collections during April-December of the F.Y. 2013-14 is up by 12.33 % at Rs.4,81,914 crore as against Rs.4,29,023 crore in the same period last year. While gross collections of Corporate taxes have shown an increase of 9.35 % and stood at Rs. 3,10,126 crore as against Rs. 2,83,605 crore during the same period in last year. Gross collection of Personal income tax is up by 18.53 % and stood at Rs. 1,67,589 crore as against Rs. 1,41,385 crore during the same period in last year. Net direct tax collection is up by 12.53 % and stands at Rs. 4,15,328 crore, as compared to Rs. 3,69,067 crore in the same period in the last fiscal.

for the sixth consecutive month. The index dropped from Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 48.5, indicating a slightly faster rate of contraction.Meanwhile, private sector employment rose. Payroll numbers were broad-based with both manufacturers and service providers posting job creation. On price rise, HSBC said, the rate of cost inflation was only moderate and the weakest since July. Moreover, input price inflation in the private sector as a whole eased to a six-month low. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On a positive note, inflation pressures are easing and optimism about the coming year is rising,â&#x20AC;? Eskesen said. Market analysts are of the opinion that inflation has peaked and will ease in December as food prices cool on better supplies with winter crops coming in.

By A Business Reporter

n a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court yesterday held that the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) can audit the accounts of private telecom operators under the relevant provisions of the law. A bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and V Kameswar Rao permitted the top accounting body to conduct audit of private telecom companies under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act. It rejected the separate petitions of Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers (AUSPI) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) filed against the decision of Telecom tribunal TDSAT on the issue in 2010. The high court had reserved its

order in November 2013, after conducting marathon hearings on the issue where it took on record submissions of the Centre, CAG and the petitioners â&#x20AC;&#x201D; COAI and AUSPI. Both the associations had argued, in essence, that CAG canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t audit private companies. To achieve the purpose of audit, the operators had pointed out that they have already put in place mechanism of special audit as envisaged in the license agreement between department of telecom and the companies. The firms had claimed they maintain accounts in line with the TRAI rules and canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be forced to furnish financials to CAG. The CAG had vigorously staked its claim to audit the accounts and sought revenue sharing details from the telecom companies.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Sebi Warns Public Against High Returns Via Illegal Schemes

Market regulator Sebi cautioned investors and the general public against entities making false promises of exorbitant returns through schemes being run without regulatory approvals. In a public notice, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) observed that some companies or entities are illegally mobilising funds from the public by making false promises of exorbitant rates of return under various schemes. These companies are also indulging in issuing Cumulative Convertible Preference Shares (CCPS) and Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares (CRPS) without the necessary authorisation and regulatory approvals, Sebi said.

Companies May Issue Debt To Non-Residents As Bonus, Says RBI

The Reserve Bank allowed Indian companies to issue non-convertible or redeemable preference shares or debentures to non-resident shareholders from their reserves as bonus. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On a review and with a view to rationalising and simplifying the procedures, it has been decided that an Indian company may issue non-convertible/redeemable preference shares or debentures to non-resident shareholders...By way of distribution as bonus from its general reserves,â&#x20AC;? RBI said in a notification.

RIL May Double Natural Gas Output If Prices Increase

Reliance Industries may more than double natural gas production to 50 million standard cubic meters per day by 2018 if gas prices are increased from April, Bernstein Research said. The projected output will come from satellite fields in the eastern offshore KG-D6 block as well as North East Coast block NEC-25, off the West Bengal coast.â&#x20AC;?Despite several years of delay, we expect India to announce a radical reform of natural gas prices starting in 2014,â&#x20AC;? said a Bernstein report. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs last month approved the Rangarajan formula for pricing domestic gas at an average of international gas hub prices and actual cost of importing gas in its liquid form (LNG) into India.

Thane Property Expo To Start From 17th January

MCHI-CREDAI Thane proudly presents the most sought after Thane Property Expo 2014. The 13th edition of the Real Estate and Housing Finance Expo will throw open to public from January 17th to 20th of 2014. If the past decade is any touchstone, this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibition is poised to be on an even larger scale. The mega Thane property show will be hosted conveniently at Highland Garden, Dhokali Road, Nr. Kolshet, Kapurbavdi Junction, Thane (W) with an entry fee of Rs. 30/- per person redeemable against cold drink. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Expectations of price correction has been a major factor in the slowing down of property salesâ&#x20AC;?, says Shailesh Puranik, President MCHI-CREDAI Thane. He adds, â&#x20AC;&#x153;however, since the cost of acquisition and execution has increased phenomenally, the prices are only going to head north in the days to comeâ&#x20AC;?.

ANMI Pitches For Tax Breaks To Investors In Capital Market

Stock market participants have requested the government and the Sebi to provide tax benefits for investors in the primary market and consider issuance of certain bonds as a safety net mechanism in IPOs. The suggestions have been made by the Association of National Exchange Members of India (ANMI). According to the associationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s President RMCV Prasada Rao, tax incentives need to be provided to bring in more investors into the capital market.

Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Luxury Market Firming Up By A Business Reporter

down, says D S Rawat, Secretary General ASSOCHAM. ndiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s luxury life style market has The sectors such as five star horemained largely unaffected by tels and fine-dining, electronic the economic slowdown in 2013 gadgets, luxury personal care, and and touched around $8.5 billion, jewellery performed well in the year according to an ASSOCHAM paper. of 2013 and are expected to grow by The paper on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Luxury Industry in 30-35 % over the next three years. 2013-14â&#x20AC;? reveals that the despite Big ticket spends such as on luxury continued global economic slow- cars mainly SUV are likely to condown, the luxury market in India tinue, growing upwards of 15-20 % has touched around $8.5 billion over the next three years, driven by with growth rate of 25-30% in 2013 consumption in smaller towns and as against $6.5 bln in 2012 and esti- cities. mated to cross $14 billion during Rawat also said that the luxury the course of next three years. market is poised to expand threeâ&#x20AC;&#x153;A young demographic profile, fold in next three years and the growing number of millionaires and number of millionaires expected to billionaires and aspirational multiply in another four years. integration with the globe are all â&#x20AC;&#x153;With increasing brand awareness among the driving factors for the among the youth and purchasing luxury markets which see a big po- power of the upper class also in tential in India. Tier-II & III cities in India where luxSince the high-end products and ury cars, jewellery and exotic holilife styles are not price elastic, they days and destination weddings are donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get much affected by the slow- no strangersâ&#x20AC;?, he added.

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A series of articles designed to hand hold SSC students as they revise towards the Boards 2014

EVAN ALMIGHTY

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

Buffalo newsman Evan Baxter is elected to Congress with the slogan, “Change the world.” He lucks into a huge house in a new Virginia suburb. His Capitol office is also fantastic, but there’s a catch: he’s tapped by the powerful Congressman Long to cosponsor a bill to allow development in national parks. In steps God, who appears to a disbelieving Evan and gently commands him to build an ark. Tools and wood arrive in Evan’s yard, animal pairs follow, his beard and hair grow wildly, nomad’s clothes and a staff appear. Long grows impatient, Evan starts building, his family leaves him, reporters gather, and drought grips D.C. Still, Evan believes. But will he change the world? Star Mov ies, 9 p.m.

RANGRASIYA

SOAPS & SERIALS

In tonight`s episode we will see, Laila performing for Paro’s wedding function. Meanwhile, Bindi is shocked to spots guns in store room. Further, Tejawat will get to know that Kesari Ram is missing. Col or s, 9.30 p.m.

BOSTON LEGAL

When Tara dumps Shore, Crane decides to take him fishing as a distraction; Sara and Garrett blackmail opposing counsel in a senior associate’s divorce case; and Catherine confesses that she killed her friend Bernard Ferrion so he wouldn’t kill again. Star Worl d, 9 p.m .

EK GHAR BANAUNGA

Poonam proves swamiji guilty and swamiji in rage blurts out the truth. But would the competition be still valid? And would poonam win the competition and get the prize money? Star Pl us, 6.30 p.m.

KAISA YEH ISHQ HAI

Simran finds out that Rajjo wants to remove her from the house. As Rajveer confronts Simran about an argument, Tau tells him that Rajoo can no longer enter the kitchen. What will Rajoo do to avenge this? Life Ok, 10 p.m.

WILD RECON

While other children were out playing soccer, nine-year-old Donad Schultz was busy catching and handling the deadliest snakes on the planet. Whether harvesting venom from deadly black mambas in Mozambique, collecting lethal jellyfish tentacles off the remote coasts of Australia, chasing and relocating charging elephants in Sri Lanka, or bringing down a 600-pound

SHINJUKU INCIDENT

wild African lion to get a blood sample in South Africa, Donald is fearless in the worldwide pursuit of bio-specimens for research and potential new scientific discoveries that he hopes will save lives. Tune into WILD RECON to experience all of it. Anim al Plan et, 9 p.m.

TRIGGERS: WEAPONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

No weapon is more feared, or more misunderstood, than the Assault Rifle. And no assault rifle has proved more successful, or more lethal, than the Soviet AK-47. Host Willis tracks the history of some of this revolutionary firearm and unveils some great weapons in WEAPONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. D iscover y Sci en ce, 10 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

In China, the poor worker Tietou repairs tractors and misses his sweetheart Xiu Xiu, back in Japan, she having never sent any news to her family or him. While illegally emigrating to Japan, Tietou loses his Chinese documents and so cannot return to his country. He is welcomed by his countrymen who lodge and work in Shinjuku where they also help him to find illegal work. While running from a police raid through the sewage system where Chinese are illegally working, Tietou saves Inspector Kitano from drowning in the dirty water. Later, after an incident with his cousin, Joe, and a Taiwan gang, Tietou saves the powerful Yakuza boss Toshinari Eguchi. He is the husband of Xiu Xiu, who is now called Yuko and are parents of a little daughter. The mobster offers a dirty job to Tietou; in retribution, he promises to deliver the quarter dominated by the Taiwan gang to him. Tietou becomes the boss of the Chinese illegal immigrants. HBO, 9 p.m.

JORU KA GULAM

Govinda is Raja, who — with the help of another small-time crook, Kanhaiya — makes a living ripping off people at airports. Which is how he comes across NRI Raju Patel who’s here to marry a Bharatiya nari. Patel is the son of a family friend of Dhaneshwar Pitamber, who has four daughters. All the four, including Durga, the youngest, are most reluctant to give up their spinster status, much to daddy dearest’s unhappiness. Raja and Kanhaiya dupe Patel and send him to mental asylum. Raja then enters Dhaneshwar’s home as Raju. All the four sisters have strange reasons to avoid tying the knot. One is not willing to get married because she hates mankind. The second has not been able to find a man who is willing to fulfill her five conditions. The third one’s boyfriend has ditched her, so she decides she will not marry. Max, 9 p.m.

HELLBOUND

Shatter and Jackson, 2 Chicago police officers, are investigating the brutal murder of a rabbi and are summoned to Israel for questioning. While they are in Israel they continue their investigation there on some leads they have. After a while they begin to understand that they are trying to catch a supernatural being, and if they don’t do it fast something terrible will happen. Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.

MOHABBAT

Rangrasiya, Colors, 9.30 p.m.

The wealthy Kapoor family consists of Madanlal, his wife, Geetarani, daughter, Roshni, and son, Gaurav. One day while Gaurav is returning home from the Oriental Bank of Commerce, he is attacked by a group of men led by Shiva, but a young man named Rohit Malhotra comes to his rescue. Gaurav hires Rohit in his firm, and both become fast and inseparable friends. Both unknowingly fall in love with the same woman, Shweta Sharma, but Gaurav finds out and decides to step away. Shweta and Rohit are in love and want to get married. Then Shiva attacks Rohit and throws him off a cliff. Believing him to be dead, a shocked

Shinjuku Incident, HBO, 9 p.m.

and devastated Shweta loses her voice. The Kapoors find out that Gaurav loves Shweta and they approach her brother, Shekhar, and arrange their marriage. Filmy, 9 p.m.

VAAH! LIFE HO TOH AISI!

There are lots of Gods in Hindu India. One of the Gods is called Yama, or the God of death. In this case Yama is asked to bring in the lifeless body of a rich Indian called Aditya. Yama does so. On the way, Aditya soul pleads with him to set him free and back to life again, as he has a lot of unfinished business to attend to. Yama refuses to do so. But when Aditya persists, Yama lets him have a second chance. He tells the dead man that he can live, resolve all his problems within a set period of time. Then after that Yama will come again and take his life. Aditya is then sent down to Earth so that he can try and resolve the problems that he had left unfinished. But Aditya finds that he cannot touch anything, and no one can really see nor hear him. So how he is going to solve his problems? CVO, 9 p.m .

APRADH

While in Germany, gorgeous looking Rita, who belongs to a gang of thieves, cons a jeweler into parting with a very expensive necklace, and is on the run from the police. She hitches a ride from ace Grand Prix racer, Ram Khanna, and plants the necklace on his person. He later graciously returns the necklace to her, and she in turns it in to her gang-leader. When the gang-leader has the necklace appraised it turns out to be a fake, and Rita is now on the run from her own gang. She again takes shelter with Ram, tells him the truth and that her real name is Meena. Ram wins the Grand Prix, and both return to India. Upon their entry at the airport, they are searched, and Ram is found to be in possession of diamonds hidden in medicinal capsules. He is immediately arrested, tried in Court, and sentenced to several years in prison. Years later he is released, and finds Meena awaiting. Both get married and decide to settle down. B4U, 9 p.m.

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon.. 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha 3.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Saraswatichandra 5.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 5.30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam... 6.30 Ek Ghar Banaunga 7.00 Saath Nibhaana... 7.30 Saraswati Chandra 8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 8.30 Mahabharat 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai…. 10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

STAR WORLD

Almost Human Castle Last Man Standing Two And A Half Men Boston Legal Castle Koffee with Karan Last Man Stnaidng Two And A Half Men Boston Legal How I Met Your Mother 2 Broke Girls Castle

ZEE CAFÉ

Switched At Birth Ellen Degeneres Show Crazy Hidden Camera Just for Laughs Switched At Birth The Vampire Diaries The Big Bang Theory Happy Ending Lost Switched At Birth The Mentalist

BIG CBS LOVE

Britain’s Next Top Model NCIS Maximum Exposure The X Factor 90210 30 Minute Meals Maximum Exposure 30 Minute Meals Rules of Engagement 90210 BNTM NCIS

SONY TV

Maharana Pratap Bade Acche Lagte Hai Ek Nayi Pehchaan Main Na Bhoolungi Crime Patrol Main Na Boolungi Ek Nayi Pehchaan Desh Ki Beti Nandini Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara Maharana Pratap Bade Achhe Lagte Hai Crime Patrol

ZEE TV

P.M. 2.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se

LISTING

2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00

Doli Armaano Ki Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Pavitra Rishta Qubool Hai Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Jodha Akbar Bh se Bhade Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se Pavitra Rishta Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Sapne Suhane... Jodha Akbar Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se Pavitra Rishta. Qubool Hai Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 10.30 Doli Armaano Ki 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaaan India

Mein Uljhi Niyati 10.00 Firangi Bahu 10.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali. 11.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi toh Beti Hee

SAB TV

P.M. 2.00 Taarak 2.30 FIR 3.00 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah… 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak 9.00 Chidiya Ghar 9.30 Jeanie Aur Juju 10.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.30 F I R 11.00 Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Tu Tithe Mee

Maharana Pratap, Sony TV, 10 p.m.

7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00

Gustakh Dil Devo Ke Dev Mahadev Ek Boond Ishq Do Dil… Ek Jaan Tumhari Paakhi Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 10.30 Savdhaan India P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30

17.00

7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M 2.00 2.30 3.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

COLORS

Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Rangrasiya Beintehaa Madhubala Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki Bani – Ishq da Kalma Comedy Nights with Kapil Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Beintehaa Rangrasiya Uttaran Bani – Ishq da Kalma Balika Vadhu

SAHARA ONE

Firangi Bahu Aakhir Bhau Bhi…. Film. Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi… Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Firangi Bahu Haunted Nights: Kaun Hai Who? Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti… Rishton Ke Bhawar

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00

Wild Recon Predator’s Prey Natural Born Hunters Mutant Planet Wild Tales AP Safari Hunters Wildest Island Wild Recon Predator’s Prey Natural Born Hunters River Monsters

DISCOVERY

Inside The Human Body Medical Anomalies Magic of Science Feast India Food Factory American Digger Wild India Extreme Bodies

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.10 4.35 5.00 5.05 5.30 6.00 6.30 6.55 7.00 7.15 8.00 8.15 8.30

News in Marathi Ek Divas Celebrity Sobat Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala Mazi Maye Bheti Lagi Jiva Sansar Maza Wegala News in Marathi Aatmabhang Mala Bhetleli Mansa Krishi Darshan Amachi Mati Amachi... Patla Tar Ghya News in Marathi Antakshari The News Samachar Pavitra Bandhan

9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

Hum Saraswatichandra Bharat Ki Shaan Saajan Ch al e Sasu ral: Film Samachar. News Sports News Rang Tarang Samachar News Samachar Rajyon Se Samachar Metro Scan Business Wrap Samachar News

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Superhumans 3.00 How The Body Works 4.00 Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman 4.50 Dark Matters 5.40 How It’s Made 6.00 The Gadget Show 7.00 Through The Wormhole... 8.00 How It’s Made 9.00 Time Warp 10.00 Triggers 11.00 The Gadget Show P.M. 2.30 3.30 4.30 5.30

HISTORY

Superhuman The Universe Modern Marvels Duck Dynasty

6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00

Shipping Wars Pawn Stars American Pickers Your Bleeped Up Brain 101 Things That Changed The World 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Duck Dynasty 11.00 The Universe

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00

6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

Da Vinci’s Demons Man Hunt Test Your Brain Ultimate Animal Countdown Dangerous Encounters Most Amazing Moments The Indestructibles The Last Maneater Megacities Banged Up Abroad Wild Sex

STAR SPORTS1

Saajan Chale Sasural, DDI, 11 p.m.

8.00 8.15 8.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

News Night Samachar News Night Late Edition Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

MOVIE CHANNELS

STARMOVIES

P.M 12.44 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2.45 Dunston Chekcs In 4.36 Jurassic Park III 6.24 National Treasure: Book of Secrets 9.00 Evan Almighty 11.03 Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown A.M. 8.57 George of the Jungle 10.48 2 Fast 2 Furious P.M. 12.49 2.51 4.32 6.55 9:00 11.04 A.M. 7.20 9.29 11.26

STAR SPORTS4

P.M. 2.00 Liga Bbva 13/14 Matches 4.55 Italian Serie A 13/14 7.10 La Liga Fillers 7.25 Italian Serie A 13/14 9.30 Superstar BPL Hlts 11.00 La Liga Fillers P.M. 2.00 India Tour of SA 10 4th ODI 4.00 Great Centuries 4.30 India Tour of SA 13 h/ls 6.30 Great Centuries 7.00 Ram Slam T20 Challenge 14 h/ls 8.00 Inside Story 8.30 Cricket Classics 9.30 Great Centuries 10.00 The Inside Story 10.30 Great Centuries 11.00 Ram Slam T20 Challenge 14 h/ls

HBO

The Gullotines Bloodsport The Social Network Seeking Justice Shinjuku Incident Beowulf

The Replacements Seeking Justice The Social Network

ZEE STUDIO

P.M. 1.00 Abandon 3.00 One Hundred And One Dalmatians 4.30 The Hunted 6.30 Gun Shy 8.30 Father of the Bride 10.30 Hellbound A.M. 10.30 Father of the Bride P.M. 12.05 2.38 4.43 6.38 9.00

4.30 Dhadakebaaz: Mahesh Kothare 7.00 Navra Maza Navsacha: Sachin, Supriya 9.30 Balache Baap Brahmachari; Laxmikant B

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.30 4.00 5.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

Tom and Jerry Tales Oggy and the Cockroaches The Regular Show Adventure Time Ben 10 Omniverse Oggy and the Cockroaches Roll No 21 Ben 10 Alien Force Johnny Test Tom and Jerry Show Tom and Jerry Kids Show Ben 10 Ultimate Aliens Roll No 21 Bas Karo Henry

POGO

Dholakpur Ke Khiladi Special Dholkapur Sprts Day Special Chhota Bheem Marathon Mr Bean the Animated Series Scan 2 Go MAD Thomas and Friends Kumbh Karan Chhota Bheem Mr Bean

PIX

The Peacemaker Underworld: Evolution Blue Lagoon: The Awakening The Italian Job The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey

A.M. 7.38 The Italian Job 10.00 Angels and Demons

P.M. 2.25 5.20 8.00 10.25 A.M. 9.25 11.45

STAR GOLD

Kachche Dhaage Hum Hai Bemisaal Phir ek Most Wanted International Khiladi

The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey, Pix, 9 p.m.

Shootout At Lokhandwala Ghar Ho To Aisa

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Veerana: Hement 5.30 Super Khiladi: Jr NTR 9.00 Joru Ka Gulam: Govinda

P.M. 2.30 Pataudi Memorial Lecture 3.30 Sachin’s Speech 4.00 Mascerclass: Sourav Ganguly 4.30 Pataudi Memorial Lecture 5.00 Masterclass 5.30 Sachin’s Speech 6.00 Ashes- 5th Test Day 5 hlts 7.00 The Ashes Show 8.00 Pataudi Memorial Lecture 9.00 Ashes-5th Test-Match Hlts 10.00 The Ashes Show 11.00 Ashes-5th Test- Day 5 Hlts

TEN CRICKET

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.05 6.30 7.00 7.30

Discovery Best Man vs Wild Incredible Mr Goodwin Discovery Best

Ek Ghar Banaunga, Star Plus, 6.30 p.m.

2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Fu Bai Fu 5.00 Tu Thithe Mee 5.30 Honar Soon Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Tu Tithe Mee 7.30 Radha Hi Bawri 8.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 9.30 Fu Bai Fu 10.30 Julun Yeti Reshimgathi 11.00 Honar Soon Mee Hya Gharachi P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 2.15 Karma: Dilip Kumar 5.45 Badla Naag Ka 8.00 No 1 Business Man: Mahesh Babu

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Teri Talaash Main: Prathiban 5.30 Haisiyat: Jeetendra, Jaya P 9.00 Vaah! Life Ho toh Aisi!: Shahid Kapoor A.M. 9.30 Wafadaar: Rajnikant, Padmini K

FILMY

P.M. 12.00 Mera Desh Mera Dharam: Dara Singh 3.00 Chor Pe Mor: Naseeruddin Shah 6.00 Daud: Sanjay Dutt 9.00 Mohabbat: Akshay Khanna A.M. 9.00 Sasti Dulhan Mehenga Dulha: Aditya Pancholi

B4U

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A Delightful Symphony

By Amarendra Dhaneshwar

By Vijay Shanker

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alabharati’ – the performing arts circle of the Karhe Shivoham Institute of Performing Arts presented the debut Bharata nataka Sangh – holds music programmes Natyam performance of Bhavna Chandramouli, a disciple of Guru Nilesh every Sunday morning, which are without any Singha and Mubina at the St. Andrews Auditorium, Bandra. The admission fees, and a boon to music lovers from all over performance was noteworthy for its vivacious quality, sparkling expressions Mumbai. Famous and deserving artistes have been feaand considerable command over the technique of Bharata Natyam. tured on this platform with regularity, and last Sunday, it Tall and slim Bhavna danced nine items from the Bharata Natyam was violinist Kailash Patra’s turn. repertoire, commencing with the invocatory numbers and concluding with Violinists have more or less followed vocal music while the ‘Dhanasri Thillana’ and the folkish ‘Vanji Vandhal’ that formed the playing the violin as a solo instrument. That explains the origin grand finale of the programme which lasted for more than two hours. It of the term 'Gayaki Ang', which means reflection of vocal style in was a delight to watch Bhavna dancing with lot of enthusiasm and a violinist's music. Kailash Patra, a native of Orissa, has learned sincerity. from vocalists like Sadashiv Kulkarni from Belgaum in North KarThe Swami Dayananda Saraswati composition ‘Bho Shambho’ nataka. He was later transferred to Delhi, where he was employed by incorporated the 'anandatandavam' as danced by Lord Shiva in the the AIR. Laxman Krishnarao Pandit, the doyen of the Gwalior gharana temple in Chidambaram. Bhavna did complete justice to this item by taught Patra, who also learned from elder violinist Damodar Krishna displaying the 'karanas' and the 'akash charis' to precision. Datar – a foremost exponent of the vocal style of violin. Furthermore, Shivaprasad's soulful rendering of this number We recently heard Patra at lent a sublime effect to the performance. While Thaye a concert at the Shivaji Park Yasoda interpreted the childhood pranks of little Krishna Nagarik Sangh where he and the 'vatsalya bhav' of mother Yasoda, Meenakshi stunned the audience with the Thaye portrayed the glory of goddess Menakshi. The fluency of his bow. At the prodramatic episodes of Siva Leela also revealed the gramme hosted by Kalabharati, command over ‘abhinaya’ in the Varnam. Patra played the raga 'Alhaiya BiBesides ‘Kollura Devi Baramma’ and ‘Swati Tirunal lawal', which is full of natural Dhanasri Thillana’, what caught the fancy of the audience notes and delights the listener was the folkish ‘Vanji Vandhal’ describing the gypsy tribal when played in a tuneful and girl who dances to perfect rhythm and zest. The chief correct manner. Patra did just guests on the occasion were the renowned Bharata Natyam that and won the applause of the exponent Prof. C.V.Chandrsekhar and Guru Padmini audience. He was ably accompaRadhakrishnan. Bhavna received fine orchestral support nied on the tabla by Kishore from Guru Nilesh Singha and Guru Mubina on the Pandey. nattuvangam, Shivaprasad on the vocals, Satish The morning concert began Krishnamurthy on the mridangam, Anantharaman on the with a vocal recital by the young violin and Ajay Pingle on the flute. Bhavna is a dancer Agra gharana vocalist Manas who can definitely scale great heights. Vishwaroop who is a pupil of his father Dr. Himanshu as well as of the elder Agra gharana musician Shrikrishna Haldankar. Vishwaroop sang a wonderful raga 'Ramkali'. With a dash of the note teevra added to the raga 'Bhairav' to give it an extra flavour, the raga 'Ramkali' has a romantic appeal which was brought out well by the singer. 'Raagdari and Vasant Desai', a listening session cum demonstration was hosted by the Y B Chavan Centre at its 'Rangswar' auditorium. Hundreds of the late composer’s fans thronged to the venue to savour By Sandeep Hattangadi his tunes based on different ragas. The demonstrator, a Gwalior gharana singer, sang compositions in various ragas ranging from ery few plays are made on the sensitive 'Deskar', 'Asavari', 'Jogia' and 'Mand' to night time ragas like mother-daughter relationship. But director 'Malkauns', 'Bihag', 'Chandrakauns' and 'Adana'. The audience Sameer Vidhwan’s play ‘Chhapa-Kaata’ deals with lapped up the renditions as well the song clippings and the juxtaa hypochondriac widow and her daughter who is a position was well received. fashion designer living in Nasik. The mother Uttara (played by Reema Lagoo) is completely dependent on her daughter, both physically and emotionally, but the daughter Maitreyee (played by Mukta Barve) is planning to get married to Aseem (Ashish Kulkarni) who is doing is Ph.D. Uttara is against the very idea of her daughter leavSaaz Aur Avaaz NCPA in ing and drives Ashish away by behaving oddly with collaboration with the him. She finally realises that her daughter needs to get Sahachari Foundation is married and with the help of their family doctor Dr. organising a rare concert Pansare (Shreeram Gadgil), she plans a story about her where Zakir Hussain, Shankar Mahadevan and Louiz Banks will create passing away, sells her house and settles in an old age a blend of traditional and contemporary musical expressions on a home. Her daughter however, doesn’t fall for her lie. canvas of diverse melodies. The three world famous musicians will The play is written well by Iravati Karnik and well diregale listeners at the Tata Theatre on Wednesday, at 7 pm. rected by Sameer Vidhwans, although it sometimes gets verbose and loses its tempo. The single set in Nasik has the mainstay of the play and Ashish Kulkarni is an able perbeen utilised creatively to also depict the boyfriend’s former. Shreeram Gadgil shines in a brief role. The play house. The music by Narendra Bhide adds to the drama. must be watched for its wonderful drama and good perMumbai Sankriti 2014, the two day classical music-dance The performances by Reema Lagoo and Mukta Barve are formances. concert organised by the Indian Heritage Society, will take place on January 11 and 12, 2014 at the backdrop of the Heritage Site, Asiatic Library. The concert is open to all. The first day will By A Staff Reporter see Dhanashree Pandit-Rai (Thumri) enthralling the crowd with Khan, Dr. L. Subramaniam, U. classical Jugalbandi along with Aditi Bhagwat (Kathak), while Srinivas, V. Selva Ganesh, Roophis New Year day two belongs to Rahul Sharma (Santoor), PT Bhavani kumar Rathod, Rakesh Chaurabrings Upvan Arts Shanker (Pakhawaj), SatyajIt Talwalkar (Tabla). sia and Taiko player Leonard Festival (UAF), the Eto ( Japan). The Visual Arts largest ever art fest in Pavilion will showcase works Mumbai-Thane region. by eminent artists local and inEminent artistes including bansuri legend Pt Hariprasad The festival will be home ternational like Sudhir PatChaurasia, vocalist Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, to artistic performances wardhan, Sunil Gawde, santoor exponent Padmashree Pt Satish Vyas, veteran and events scheduled at the Sharmila Samant, Prajakta Potvocalist Sangeet Samragini, Padmashree Begum picturesque Upvan lake in nis, Gigi Scaria, Ann Percoco Parween Sultana, vocalist Pandit Uday Bhavalkar and Thane city. The three-day and many more. young violin duo Ganesh and Kumaresh will come event is organised by The Upvan Art Festival is suptogether to perform at Swaranjali 2014 – a tribute to Upvan Art Foundation and is ported by Thane Municipal CorPt. Suresh Haldankar, Pt. Jitendra Abhisheki and Pt. scheduled on January 10, 11 poration and MTDC. Special C. R. Vyas at Nehru Centre, Worli, on January 9-11 and 12 (10 am to 10 pm). gamut of diverse art forms will will showcase live performance travel arrangements are made to at 6:30 pm organised by Swaraprabha Trust. More than 200 national and showcase their talents at UAF. of eminent artists like Ustad visit the venue. For details, coninternational artists from a The performance arts segment Zakir Hussain, Ustad Rashid tact: 9022694242, 9022131619.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 686

ENIGMA CODE 686

ACROSS: 4 5 8

9 10 11

13 15 17

18 20 22 23 24

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

Cut back on a secondary road to find where lives begin (5) Horse condition was the last of these on which we used spoon (34) A record bill presented with a cloth (6) Sort of ring for a long time (8) Hiding away in Hastings resort (8) Will Father foot the bill for a fruit ? (6) A screen mystery (6) A letter and its successors from an Indian leader (6) A number perhaps aren't absorbed (6) Citizens under discussion (8) Endlessly hot - no outstanding thing in Hawaii resort (8) Aggressive party slogan for Welsh leader to carry may be (6) A woman may be set about in this place (7) Audibly permitted (5)

A diplomat of a doctor to fool another doctor about nothing (10) 2 African fighter to request a change of air (6) 3 Iron service plant (4) 4 We shall get evicted, however smartly dressed (4,6,3) 5 Go curiously like Greeny, perhaps ? (6) 6 Bad example or examples (7) 7 Katherine made a mess reactive to feline relief (5-8) 12 Where the cuckoo can come to no

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The Clue: Spoof

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SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE ONLINE, ENROLL, INLINE, OILIER, ORIOLE, RELINE, ROLLER

harm (6,4) 14 Allow to be cut with endive head in salad (7) 16 Amuses? One might take it for

granted (6) 19 Does it cut round curves? (3-3) 21 A poem, it's said, was outstanding (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Trifling error, 8 Urned, 9 Bull-fight, 11 Diane, 12 Skin-tight, 15 Rides, 16 Joan of arc, 17 Quickstep, 18 Ridge, 19 Overpitch, 23 Lalit, 24 Bandoleer, 25 On map, 26 Self-important. DOWN: 2 Rank and file, 3 Fidgets, 4 ICBMs, 5 Galliwasp, 6 Refit, 7 Quidproquo, 10 Hah, 13 Grand old man, 14 Ticker tape, 16 Jet stream, 18 Rule out, 20 Via, 21 Proof, 22 Harpo.

QUICK CROSS 686

ACROSS: 1. Restless one 6. Assortment 7. Cowboy's rope 8. "Quaking" tree 9. Crystal ball gazers

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

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MATH PYRAMID 686

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Paratroopers, in short 2. Come up 3. Kind of myrtle 4. Peter, Peter pumpkin ____ 5. ____ Daughter : 1970 film

HIDATO 686

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

MATHDOKU 686

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. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

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Pisces 7th Paush Shuklapaksha Uttarabhadrapad Meen[Pisces]D.Ch.Z. Yellow 3

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will be starting this year on an eventful and exciting note. The married will enjoy happy atmosphere at home. Career matters will come under favorable planetary influences. A lucky break this month could lead to substantial financial gains. Overseas inquiries for business will be encouraging. Youngsters in love can look forward to an exciting time. You will lead a healthy life. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be plump, good-looking and magnetically beautiful eyes. Will be cordial, respectful and adaptable. After basic education, an interest in a wide range of subjects and a knack of putting across ideas in a convincing manner leads to many opportunities. A career in marketing or academics will lead to gains. Will also be interested in fine arts. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Routine work will bring in money. Expenses are also likely. Perhaps more than you expect. Financial problems could be the cause for a misunderstanding at home. There seems to be an attitude problem with someone close. With time and a little understanding things will turn around. Tackling some tricky issues with your beloved will prove much easier than you thought and the atmosphere will be cordial soon.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Do not let go of the advantage you are enjoying, also do not get carried away with praise. You may be called upon to help out with a problem at work which is being handled by someone else but is your area of expertise. In a misunderstanding give the other person the benefit of the doubt and begin again. Do not let hurt pride spoil things for you. People make mistakes but not intentionally.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): This is the time to make a move towards fulfilling your aspirations. You have everything going for you and ample opportunities. Do not get influenced by others, for you are on the right track. You tend to think a lot before you take a step. Study new projects carefully but then go ahead. This is a period of good times and exciting romance. Do not let others interfere in your love life. Some of you will plan a brief holiday.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Be cautious today and don’t be too vocal about your future plans. Someone close may be looking for an opportunity to take advantage of you. Expenses mount and demands on your time and money from the family could be awkward. Try to balance work and home affairs more cordially in your own interest.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Financial gains are predicted. Some of you will travel overseas on work or expand your business in a foreign country. You should put your plans into action and take personal interest in concluding your task. Try to improve your relations with others. Love life looks good. The married will enjoy domestic felicity and those in love and eligible are likely to get married soon.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Expansion of your activities is also indicted. Overseas journey on work or holiday is seen. You will get favorable coverage in news or press. A personnel goal is achieved. You will be making some investments on a long-term basis. Investment in property is good. Those keen on starting a family or moving house can look forward to some good news.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Your efforts of past yield profits and bring position of eminence. A close associate or relative will be instrumental in helping you. You will get a chance to make some quick money through a lucky bargain that doesn’t require much money. Watch a tendency to over optimistic. A close associate becomes a trusted friend. Though this has the possibilities of a long-term relationship, take one step at a time carefully.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Try to work hard if you wish to achieve goals that you have set for yourself. Once that is done you will be an acknowledged winner. But you may have to take the initiative in sorting out an old issue with a co-worker. You will get the assistance you need. The ordeals and snags of everyday life can be stressful and affect you. However you can look forward to a relaxed evening with your mate or beloved.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You will succeed in establishing a perfect rapport with colleagues and associates which helps you to improve your position at work. You could get a large amount of money as an advance payment. Even though financial position is strong, this money will be of great help. In a new relationship, if you are looking for fun then you are playing with fire. It seems you have met your match.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Associates may not be helpful when you need. Try not to make important decisions right now. Maybe, you are under too much stress and it is reflecting on your relationships with colleagues. Routine work will bring in money. Expenses are also likely, perhaps more than expected. At a meeting or large gathering, you will be very popular. Members of the opposite sex will be drawn to you quite unexpectedly.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You will have a busy and tiring day at work. However, the successful completion of your task will make you happy and amply compensate for your efforts. Those in creative fields will get an offer that is difficult to refuse. See that you do not take on more than you can handle. You may be inclined there is little time for love or romance. There are far too many things happening in your life right now.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): It will be difficult for you to take a decision today on a matter, which you are not familiar with. It would be wiser to consult someone who knows or has adequate background and whose advice can be useful. Be careful with your finances and check an urge to splurge money. The object of your affections seems to be in a bad mood. Perhaps you are trying too hard to change the person. Accept them for what they are.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4861 ACROSS: 1 7 8 10 11

14 16 17 19 21 22 23 26 28 29 30 31 32 33

2 3 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 15 18 19 20 21 22

Frozen region of earth, in a way ? (3-3) Another word for "kabbadi" (2,2,2) Reluctant (4) Venoms, toxins, infections (7) Ten million, especially in India (5) Cat calls (5) Fly up high in the air (4) A very successful pilot (3) Common Display Sys. (3) Different (5) It's used to serve soup (5) Drive out (5) ___ Must Love Me : song by Madonna from the movie Evita ? (3) Alcoholic liquor (3) State language of Maharashtra (7) ___ Majesty (queen's title) (3)

SUDOKU 2047

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: F equals G

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

23 24 25 26

A small tavern - "orbits" anagram? (6) _ __ it : I understood this ? (1,3) Adjourns or procrastinates (6) C sharp (5)

27 Kinds of machine-gun (5) 28 Oxlike African antelope (3) 30 Famous Spanish river - "bore" anagram ? (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Scrip, 6 Ajmer, 9 Nilgiri, 10 Unapt, 11 Agate, 12 Combs, 13 Portion, 15 CCC, 17 Luis, 18 Barrel, 19 Scorn, 20 Yahweh, 22 Swig, 24 Sit, 25 Rakings, 26 Caper, 27 Picot, 28 Skein, 29 Dutiful, 30 Ogres, 31 Pyrex. DOWN: 2 Congou, 3 Inputs, 4 Pit, 5 Egg on, 6 Arabian, 7 Jigs, 8 Entice, 12 Couch, 13 Plays, 14 Right, 15 Crown, 16 Clogs, 18 Briar, 19 Senatus, 21 Ailing, 22 Sickly, 23 Ignite, 25 Resin, 26 Code, 28 Sup.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1866 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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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.

Capital of Manipur (6) As is or was to be expected ? (2,6) Piece of info (4) Bend down fearfully (6) A written deed placed in the custody of a third party (6) Bothered, with "at" (3) "Waiting for Lefty" playwright (5) Land of the llama (4) Spin ___ : tell tales ? (5) __ operandi (5) Single stem (5) A ___ in hand : a sure thing ? (4) Discourage or hinder (5) A light ship's boat (3) Consisting of flowers (6) Place in bondage (6) ___ in : interrupt or meddle ? (4) ____ detective : Sherlock Holmes for one ? (8) Egg-shaped bodies (6)

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Q I H E S A

B S Z Z U V N U G

V L S H

L D X

D K

K L S

Q I O E

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G J Q A S Z Z I X G H

Q G K

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Q S F D H X

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular

Afternoon WORD MINE

HEATHCLIFF

V L U

X L D H D H F , D K

D X

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: 30 average; 35 good; 40 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: acid, acne, aged, aide, anise, aniseed, ascend, aside, cage, caged, cane, caned, case, cased, casing, cease, ceased, ceasing, dance, dean, DECEASING, ease, eased, easing, egad, encase, encased, gain, gained, idea, sage, said, sand, sane, sang, scan, sedan, snag

Yesterday’s

SANCHEZ HAT-TRICK TAKES BARCA TO TOP

SPORTS

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ADRID: Barcelona moved back to the top of La Liga on goal difference with a comfortable 4-0 win over Elche thanks to a hat-trick from Alexis Sanchez. The Catalans are tied with Atletico Madrid on 49 points with the two set to meet for the first time in the league this season next weekend at the Vicente Calderon. Lionel Messi was once again watching from the sidelines yesterday as he nears a comeback from a hamstring injury and Neymar was left on the bench having recently returned from a Christmas break in Brazil. However, Sanchez and Pedro Rodriguez once again proved able deputies as they slotted home inside the opening 15 minutes. Xavi Hernandez also missed a second-half penalty for the hosts, but it mattered little as Sanchez rolled home his second goal from Pedro’s pass shortly afterwards. And the Chilean sealed his first hat-trick for the club with a stunning free-kick 21 minutes from time. Barca now lead Real Madrid by eight points, but Madrid can cut the gap on the leaders to five with victory over Celta Vigo on Monday.

“We played very well. We had variation, precision, control and we had a lot of chances,” said Barca boss Gerardo Martino. “We were always concentrated through the game and limited the opponent to very few sights of goal. In the second-half especially we controlled the game completely.” And the Argentine was particularly pleased with the contribution of Pedro and Sanchez in the absence of Messi and Neymar. “I was happy for Alexis because, as a coach, you always like

to see players like he and Pedro who work so hard for the team get their reward.” Barca needed just seven minutes to open their account in 2014 as Jordi Alba’s enticing cross from the left was expertly finished by Sanchez at the back post. Victor Valdes was making his return in goal for Barca after six weeks out with a calf injury, but he was very nearly beaten on 14 minutes when Richmond Boakye fired a powerful drive off the outside of the post. Moments later, though, Barca

had made the game safe as Cesc Fabregas’ 10th assist of the season released Pedro to round Elche keeper Tono and roll the ball into an unguarded net. Pedro could have added to his tally twice more in the first-half as he flashed a shot just past the far post before seeing an attempted chip over Tono also float off target. Barca had a great chance to extend their advantage four minutes after the break when Cristian Sapunaru upended Fabregas inside the area and was extremely fortunate not to be shown a red card for denying a clear goalscoring opportunity. And Elche had another slice of luck when Xavi side-footed the resultant spot-kick wide of the target. The third goal did finally arrive just after the hour mark as Pedro unselfishly squared for Sanchez to double his tally for the afternoon. Six minutes later Sanchez sealed his hat-trick with a fine curling free-kick from 25 yards for his 11th goal of the season. Elsewhere, Real Sociedad recorded their fifth consecutive league win by beating Athletic Bilbao 2-0 in the Basque derby at Anoeta.

Infosys, Rahul Divan make grade

Govt to set up 75 sports schools M

EW DELHI: With an aim to tap sporting talents in young age, government is planning to set up 75 sports schools across the country with an allocation of Rs 2,200 crore. As per the plan, during the pilot stage, there will be one or two sports schools in each state and Union Territories and the pilot project will be implemented over a period of three years. About 35 sports schools will be started in first year, followed by 20 sports schools each in the second and third year respectively, according to the concept note accessed by PTI. Those schools already having good sports facilities in about 45 disciplines, performing well in National School Games, having 25 acres area with good sporting track record and ready to provide additional residential facility for a minimum of 100 male or female students will get preference to be selected as sports schools. The sports school should provide top class sporting facilities in 4-5 disciplines in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics, taekwondo, swimming, table tennis, badminton, hockey, football, archery, tennis, shooting, basketball and volleyball. The government will spend Rs 10 crore in total for two sports disciplines allotted to the school concerned, a lump sum amount of Rs 1.5 lakh per annum will be given to each selected student, reimbursement of group insurance premium of Rs 2,000 per student per annum.

UMBAI: Charanjeet Bedi and Aditya Pusalkar excelled at the Aamby Valley Golf Course on Sunday, scoring a total of 61 points to help Infosys emerge champions on the second day of the TAKE Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge and qualify for the National final of the World Corporate Golf Challenge, to be played in May in Malaysia. Bedi, with a handicap of 2, scored 32 points, while Pulaskar, with a handicap of 11, scored 29 points. Also qualifying for the National final was Rahul Gautam Divan and Associates, who finished runner-up with 60 points. Akshay Khilachand, with a handicap of 6, scored 31 points, while Rahul Divan, with a handicap of 7, scored 29 points. Infosys and Rahul Divan & Associates will be joined by Hindoostan Mills and Spica Elastic,

IN BRIEF Thumping victory for Jai Hind SC

MUMBAI: Jai Hind SC thrashed Shree Krishna SC 4-0 to register their first win in the 18th Ramanath Payyade Memorial League organized by the Karnataka Sporting Association. A solid first half display by Jai Hind SC saw them emerge clear winners. A brace by Advait Uchil and a goal apiece from Rakesh Karkera and Satish Salian helped them win. In the other match, Jai Bharat SC came back strongly after being a goal down to humble Udaya SC 4-1. Udaya SC scored early, but Jai Bharat SC, who were assured of a berth in the next round turned the game on its head with a team effort. Roger Sam, Rashabh Puthran, Ravi Rathod and Rashid Shaikh scored a goal each for Jai Bharat SC, whereas Nikhil Karkera was the lone scorer for Udaya SC. Kanara Bros SC secure a crucial win over KSA boys in another keenly fought encounter. It was a must win game for Kanara Bros and they fought hard to beat the KSA boys 2-0 with Sagar Shetty and Ryan D’Souza being the goal scorers. The win kept Kanara Bros SC’s hopes alive of qualifying for the next round. In the other clash of the day, Bombay Fort SC fought a hard battle against Star of Canara SC but failed to secure a win. The high scoring game ended in a 3-3 draw. Sanket Poojari, Emanuel M and Pradeep Poojari netted a goal each for Bombay Fort SC. For Star Canara SC, Anderson Andrade, Oliver Bennis and Sheldon Rego were the goal scorers.

Local footballer dies

MUMBAI: A budding young football player Jairaj Shetty died at a very young age of 25 due to a massive heart attack while he was out of the country for a job stint. Jairaj had played for the Karnatak Sporting Association (KSA) in Super division of MDFA. He was also a part of Uchil United SC team & Jai Hind SC team, participants in the prestigious Kudrolli knockout tournament and Ramanath Payyade League organized and conducted by KSA.

Holders Rizvi off to roaring start in Khichadia schools cricket Aditya Pusalkar, Chanrajeet Bedi (Infosys), Akshay Khilachand, Rahul Divan (Rahul Divan & Associates), pose after qualifying for the National Final in Malyasia. who also made the grade from Mumbai and these four teams will match their skills with 12 teams from other cities for the opportunity to represent India at the World Finals, to be held at the NH Almenara Hotel & Golf Resort and La Reserva Club de Golf at Sotogrande, Spain

from July 1 to 6, 2014. Results: Ballantynes Longest Drive: Rohit Nerlekar (298 yards); Indian Terrain straightest drive: Jagdish Belwal; TAKE Beat the Pro: Aditya Pusalkar; Shriram Ventures best gross winner: Avnish Kumar (32 gross points); Indian Terrain best nett winner: Ketan Desai (31 net points).

Lanky Piyush stops Kaivalya to bag title M

UMBAI: Six-footer Piyush Salekar from Pune downed fourth seeded Kaivalya Kalamse from Nanded 6-4, 6-4 to bag the boy’s under-16 title in the All India Ranking Championship Series tennis tournament, hosted by Chembur Gymkhana at their courts. The corresponding title in the girl’s singles went to top seeded Dakshata Patel, who made short work of Serah Menezes 6-1, 6-1. Both the boys employed different tactics. While Piyush was more circumspect, mixing aggression with caution, Kaivalya tried to be more attacking and in the process was error

CHAMPIONS: Piyush Salekar (Boys) and Dakshata Patel (girls) with the chief guest ex-Test cricketer Balwinder Singh Sandhu.

prone. Kaivalaya, who had knocked out top seeded Poojan Desai earlier in the semi-finals tried in vain to play attacking strokes but was outhought by Piyuish. Dakshata Patel, the girl’s top seed was too good for Serah. Dakshata triumphed 6-1, 6-1. In the semi-finals, Dakshata got the better of Aaliya Ebrahim in a pulsating three-setter (3-6, 7-6 (3), 64) while Serah Menezes did not lose much time to beat Tejal Kulkarni win to win the ti 6-3, 6-2. Results: Girls U-16 (Final): Dakshata Patel bt Sareh Menezes 6-1,6-1. Boys U-16 singles (Final): (2) Piyush Salekar bt (4) Kaivalya Kalamse 6-4, 6-4.

MUMBAI: Defending champions Rizvi Springfield started their campaign with a thundering 185 run win over Paranjpe Vidyalaya in the opening round of the B. Kichadia-Khar Gymkhana Suburban schools cricket tournament, which be gan at various venues this weekend. Led by Ashutosh Singh’s unbeaten 94 and Prithvi Shaw’s stylish knock of 67, Rizvi rattled up 331 for six of the allotted 45 overs and then bowled out their rivals Paranjpe for 145. In anther tie, Malad’s Billabong were sent on a leather hunt by SPS Manohar Hariram Chougule batsmen, spearheaded by Sarang Jadhav’s unbeaten double century to score mammoth 406 for 5 and then skittled out their opponents for 145. Brief scores: Rizvi Springfield 331 for 6 (Prithvi Shaw 67, Yogesh Kumar 36, Lokesh Chaudhary 60, Ashutosh Singh n.o. 94; Vaibhav Sawant 5 for 121) bt Paranjpe Vidyalaya 145 (Atish Jadhav 43, Sidak Singh 3 for 30) by 186 runs. SPS Manohar Hariram Chougule 406 for 5 (Sarang Jadhav n.o. 228, S. Chavan 52, Harshit Shetty 3 for 58) beat Billabong (Malad) 65 by 343 runs). St. Annes 113 (V. Gadavi 4 for 36, Tushar Rindhe 3 for 38) lost to IES Secondary (Charkop) 114 for 2 (Tushar Rindhe n.o. 59) by 8 wkts. St. Joseph (Malad) 94 (Shubham S. 5 for 22, Yash G. 4 for 35) bt Gokuldham 82 (Raj Patel 7 for 35) by 12 runs. Lilavati Podar 114 (M. Darsh 45, D. Anget 3 for 26, Omkar G. 6 for 41) lost to Dahisar Vidya Mandir 115 for no wkt (Omkar Ghule n.o.85) by 10 wkts. Hansraj Morarji P.S. 107 (Kamlakar Gajane 63, D. Ankolekar 3 for 34, P. Solanki 3 for 29) lost to Parle Tilak (English) 108 for 4 (V. Lavande 40, Anshul Kher 36) by 6 wkts.

SPRINTER MALLICK TO TRAIN WITH BOLT’S COACH

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UMBAI: This would be a one in a million chance for any sprinter and a dream come true for anyone to train with a person who has coached living legends like Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake. 21-year-old Indian sprinter Amiya Kumar Mallick has got this chance this as he bids to set his mark in the Asian Games in Incheon later in the year. But for now, Mallick is all set to leave for Jamaica on January 12. Glen Mills, the head coach of Racers Trackers Club in Kingston, Jamaica will coach the Odisha runner in both the 100 and 200 metres. Mallick will train under a number of coaches who will help him enhance his performance over the fourmonth period. Mallick’s trip has been arranged by the Orissa Olympic Association after his brilliant run of form in the National Open Athletic Championship held in Ranchi, Jharkhand in August, last year where he won the gold in 200 metres clocking 21.22 seconds. “This trip was possible due to the efforts of the Orissa Olympic Association and a few sponsors that helped me with all the sponsorship I needed for the four month stay. There is lot that I am hoping to learn with Mills’ team over there. It will be a huge challenge for me and I am looking to make full use of this

Amiya Kumar Mallick opportunity,” said Mallick on the sidelines of an Indian Oil event which showcased the many sportspersons who were employed with them. Mallick said that with the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games approaching he was looking to remain injury free during the entire training period and wanted to improve his speed and endurance. “What is most important for me as of now is to improve my endurance levels and my speed. As there is a timing I need to clock to qualify for

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the Asian Games, that would be my priority there. There is so much that I am looking to gain from them. There will be a lot of assistant coaches to Mills who will be helping in gaining strength, speed and fitness. Keeping fit throughout the year will be the key,” said Mallick. The sprinter has clocked 10.50 seconds in the 100 metres and 21.22s in the 200 metres in the past and needs to improve his timing by a fraction of a second in the latter to book a berth in Incheon. “When I go there I will work with the coaches to improve on the timing. I know that if I improve my time by even a fraction of a second I will qualify for the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. If I am lucky to break the current Indian national record of 20.73 seconds, I am confident I will win a medal at the Asian Games too,” he said. However, a major hurdle stands before the sprinter which he acknowledged. “I am very lanky. I need to build muscle. I am 21years-old and I hope to come back stronger so that I can push harder to the finish line.” He missed the bus to the London Games due to an injury but now the lanky sprinter is leaving no stone unturned to get a ticket for the Asian Games. “I was working hard enough for the Olympic Games but then there was an injury due to which I couldn’t go,” he added.

Usain Bolt with his coach Glen Mills

Mahesh Mangaonkar Aditya Joshi ranked world no.1 junior shuttler M marches to Nimes success HOW (MP): Young shuttler Aditya Joshi from Madhya Pradesh has become the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world. Aditya, 17, a resident of Dhar town, recently got the number one slot in the January rankings of the World Badminton Federation (WBF). As information about his achievement reached his tribal-dominated town last week, the family’s near and dear ones started visiting his home to greet his parents. Aditya was at the 11th position till November, but he managed to jump ahead of all the players by achieving 18,776 points. Aditya started playing badminton in 2001 when he was only five and very soon, he started winning in the categories above his age in the local tournaments. Within six years, he started proving himself at the international

IMES (France): India’s Mahesh Mangaonkar began the New Year the way he ended 2013 - with title success on the PSA World Tour. The Mumbai teenager claimed the first Tour title of the year when he despatched top-seeded Scot Greg Lobban in the final of the Open du Gard, the PSA Challenger 5 squash event marking its sixth year at Squash des Arenes here. Third seed Mangaonkar made his breakthrough in the semi-finals when he crushed second-seeded Kuwaiti Ammar Altamimi in just 28 minutes. Now in the fourth Tour final of his career, the 19-year-old had a point to prove when he faced Lobban, a 21-year-old from Edinburgh enjoying his eighth Tour final. Mangaonkar’s success in last month’s Imet Open in Slovakia came after a five-game final victory over Lobban - the result of which is that both players now share a World No.82 ranking. Revenge looked on the cards when Lobban took the opening game, but Mangaonkar struck back to win the next three to claim his 9-11 11-3 11-4 11-5 title triumph in 64 minutes. The win, his third on the PSA Tour, also set up a nine-match winning streak for the Indian - the longest of his career. “First win of 2014 in Nimes,” Mangaonkar wrote on his Twittr

onship held in Japan. The shuttler reached up to the pre-quarter level in junior international championship held at Malasiya last year and played quarter-final of the junior world championship held at Bangkok. His victory in the national junior championship held at Chandigarh last month made way for his top ranking. Aditya was the national champion in 2013 and had won two gold medals in Junior International tournament held at Pune and a silver in the Senior National championship while his age corresponds to junior category. His coach Amit Kulkarni, who is also the coach of MP badminton team, expressed happiness over arena and clinched the gold in Re- Aditya’s achievement. mensco Junior International tourHis father Atul Joshi told PTI that nament held in Russia in 2011. he and other players believe that During the same year, he won a gold Aditya will perform well in the commedal in Asian Sub-Junior champi- ing Olympics.

India is the most unpredictable team: Aus asst coach Reid N account. “Hopefully more to come this year. Now preparing for German League in January and Finland next month.” Results: Final: [3] Mahesh Mangaonkar (IND) bt [1] Greg Lobban (SCO) 9-11 11-3 11-4 11-5 (64m).

EW DELHI: Australia’s Assistant Coach Graham Reid feels India would be the most unpredictable team of the upcoming World Hockey League final here. “We feel that Germany, Belgium and Netherlands are the teams to look out for in the League, but India is the most unpredictable team. The Indian boys can upset any strong team on any given day hence, should be extra careful while playing them,” said Reid. Australia are placed in group B alongside Argentina, Belgium and Netherlands, while India have Eng-

land, Germany and New Zealand in their pool. Australia open their campaign against Belgium in the opening match of the tournament on January 10 at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium here. The reigning world champions are keen to become the first ever side to claim men’s Hockey World League title. “The entire team is excited and looking forward to play here in India. While, because of injury we had to leave behind a few players but the entire team is very confident to face

any kind of challenge that the League will throw on us. Our group is very tough with Belgium and Netherlands in it, but we are confident of playing good and tough hockey,” said captain Mark Knowles. The Australian side was beaten into second place at the Hockey World League Semi Final in Rotterdam when they lost in a dramatic shoot-out against Belgium. The Kookaburras came into the event as Oceania champions, having defeated host nation New Zealand in the tournament final to take the trophy.

DHONI KEEN TO CONTINUE AS SKIPPER IN ALL THREE FORMATS

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EW DELHI: Mahendra Singh Dhoni is not averse to the idea of continuing as the skipper of the the Indian cricket team in all the three formats, saying it would be unfair to burden a new player with the mantle of captaincy with just one year left for the World Cup. "I think, it's a point of no return with the World Cup literally one year away from now. It won't give a new guy the ideal time to play, at least, 70-80-90 games beginning to the World Cup that's what we would like to have him play before the World Cup", Dhoni said. "I understand the pressure, it's not always that you turn up and at the same time, you get the kind of things which give you more experience than the others. So, we have to go through it," he said at a promotional event here today. Dhoni, India's World Cup winning captain, was responding to a question on giving up captaincy in one of the formats to prolong his career. Dhoni had, last year, said that he might have to give up a format to lead India's title defence in 2015 but such a decision would be made only at the end of 2013. Dhoni will be 33 by the time the World Cup starts in Australia and New Zealand. The skipper said he is feeling a lot fitter and healthier than ever.

"I was really fortunate to see where I am right now with the amount of cricket that we are playing these days. As of now, it's looking good. The body is closely knit together. How it will be (in future), I don't know but so far so good," he said. As the talks veered towards India's disastrous tour of South Africa, where the Men in Blue lost both the ODI and Test series, Dhoni said one bad session in Durban cost them the second Test. "Yes, we had some tough times. We had a bad ses-

sion. We had one really bad session because of which we were on the losing side," he said. However, as always, Dhoni picked up the positives from the Proteas series. "I think the process is more important. The last couple of series before the South African series were I can't even say a decent or a bad one, it can go worse than that, but the good thing is that at least we know the players are there. We had a lot of good sessions in South Africa. It's a process where we have to im-

prove and also the fact that now we will be continuously playing out of India, so it will give more exposure to the players. Most of the players, who are part of the side barring a few, they have not played, may be, more than five Test matches outside India. I know they will take some time but the overall performance was good," he added. Critics have often questioned Indian bowlers' ability to take 20 wickets on foreign soil and Dhoni said it's one area where the team needs to improve. It was, after all, the fast bowlers' inability to dismiss the South African batsmen twice on a helpful pitch at Wanderers that deprived India of a Test win. The inclusion of pacers Ishwar Pandey and Varun Aaron in the touring squad of New Zealand has made one thing clear that the team management is looking out for bowlers who can take 20 wickets in Tests. "We have got the same amount of talent. We have bowlers who can take 20 wickets but still this is one area where we need to improve. I think on the wickets that are helpful we have done well. Our bowlers have done exceptionally well. Outside India, at times, you get wickets where we have to hit the deck hard and that goes completely opposite to what our bowlers actually bowl.

Have really worked hard on my fitness: Pujara

More pain to come for Cheteshwar Pujara, shattered England, MUMBAI: who has climbed to his career-best fifth in the ICC Test ranksays Flower ings for batsmen after a fine series

SYDNEY: Coach Andy Flower warned there was more pain to come in the wake of England's Ashes series meltdown in Australia. Australia completed a 5-0 clean sweep on Sunday, routing the hapless tourists for 166 off just 31.4 overs to carry off a 281-run victory in three days in the Sydney Test. Such was the magnitude of the series defeat that major ramifications are expected for English cricket, just months after they beat Australia 3-0 in England. Flower said he would not identify individual players facing the chop, with reports that high-profile batsman Kevin Pietersen, one of the big English failures in the series, was under pressure. Pietersen, who averages just over 47 in 104 Tests, was dismissed for three and six in the final Test to finish with 294 runs in the series at 29.40. Flower said he was prepared to make tough decisions admitting the nightmare series was the end of an era. "This will be a new start, and so it should be. "It does feel like the end of some type of era. We might have to take a little more pain before we have sustained success again.”

in South Africa, today said he had worked very hard on the fitness in the last six months after his knee surgery in 2011. Pujara aggregated 280 runs in the recently-concluded two-Test series against South Africa. "I am really satisfied with my performance over the last one to one-and-a-half years. I have worked hard on my game. I have also worked hard on my fitness over the last 4-6 months after the surgery. I am paying a lot of attention to fitness. I was a bit lazy tours," he said. in my gym sessions earlier," said He also pointed out the imporPujara at a media conference here tance of the Times Shield inter-oforganised by his employers, In- fices tournament that he had dian Oil Corporation. "Improved fitness helps one to concentrate more when batting. I want to keep improving as a crickMUMBAI: Veteran batsman eter," said the 25-year-old batsWasim Jaffer asked the man, who underwent a surgery in youngsters to strike a right London after tearing a knee ligabalance between Twenty20 ment in IPL-4 at Bangalore. The cricket and the traditional Saurashtra-born batsman, who formats of the game for reaping averaged over 70 in the two-Test rewards. "If you ask any cricketer, rubber with a ton in the opening the hardest form is Test cricket Test at Johannesburg, was one because there are no short-cuts. among many sportspersons presThe shorter the game gets, it gets ent at the conference. Pujara, a lot easier. That is probably one however, refused to take any questhing. I won't say it's a concern tion on the tour of South Africa, because players get rewarded where India first lost 0-2 in the financially, but at the same time ODI series of which he was not a they need to find the balance. part and then 0-1 in the two-Test They need to keep the hunger to rubber that followed. "I am not alplay Test cricket," Jaffer said. lowed (by Cricket Board's contract) to talk about past or future

played for his company in his growth as a player with a penchant for scoring double and triple hundreds. "I was an under 19 cricketer when I joined Indian Oil. I have played a lot of Times Shield matches for IOL and I have learnt a lot from people like (former India opener) Wasim Jaffer (who was present) and others," he said. Present at the media conference to answer questions apart from Pujara and Jaffer were fellowcricketer Ajinkya Rahane, snooker champion Aditya Mehta, shuttlers P Kashyap, Arun Vishnu, Aparna Balan, new national 200m sprint champion Amiya Mallick from Orissa and carrom champions Yogesh Pardeshi and K Srinivas.

‘Youngsters need to balance T20 with traditional game’ The Mumbai batsman observed that most of the younger players did not look keen to bat the entire day or bowl a lot of overs, post the success of the Indian Premier T20 League. "A lot of youngsters are playing T20 cricket. The IPL obviously is kind of a short-cut route. When you play first class cricket, you play four days of hard cricket. Not many bowlers want to bowl 25 overs in a day or the batsmen probably don't have the temperament to bat the whole day or have the patience to bat the whole day," he said.

IN BRIEF Sania and Cara begin 2014 season with tame defeat SYDNEY: Sania Mirza and Cara Black began their 2014 campaign with a shock first round defeat against wild card pair of Jarmila Gajdosova and Ajlaat Tomljanovic at the WTA Apia International. The third seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair suffered a tame 3-6 2-6 defeat in under an hour contest against the Australian-Croatian combination. Sania and Cara, who ended the 2013 season by winning back-to-back titles in Japan and China, could convert just one of the six break chances they got while dropped their service games twice in each set. Jarmila and Ajlaat hit four aces to one of their rival and committed one double faults to three of Sania and Cara. The third seeds won 38 points while the wild card pair 57. Sania and Cara will now compete at the first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, from Monday.

England promises tough competition in HWL Final

NEW DELHI: Cautioning all the participating teams, England coach Bobby Crutchley today vowed to give a tough fight to all their opponents, including hosts India, in the inaugural Hero Hockey World League Final to be held here from January 10-18. England will play hosts India in a Pool A fixture in their tournament opener at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on Friday, but Crutchley rated Australia as the team to watch out for in the tournament. "We are aiming at giving tough competition to all teams that we will be playing against (in the tournament). While all teams are good and strong but the toughest competition we feel will be Australia," he said after a practice session.

Mudgal Committee interacts with Shukla, Jaitley and Bindra

NEW DELHI: The IPL Probe Committee headed by Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal has interacted with BCCI vice-president and union minister Rajeev Shukla, BJP heavyweight and leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley along with former BCCI president IS Bindra. Another person with whom the committee interacted was lawyer Rahul Mehra. The interactions with the following people took place on January 4th and 6th. According to a media release issued by the BCCI, the IPL Probe Committee will next head to Kolkata where they would conduct the probe on January 16 and 17 followed by probe in Bangalore on January 18 and 19. When Bindra was contacted, he refused to divulge any information about his interactions with the committee. "I can't say anything as this is a judicial probe going on and the findings will be submitted to the Supreme Court," Bindra said.

Shweta, Rishika enter round two

AURANGABAD: India's third seed Rishika Sunkara, fifth seed Shweta Rana and no. 8 Nidhi Chilumula advanced to the second round of the USD 10,000 Enduranace MSLTA ITF women's tennis championships. Rishika, ranked 551 in the world, outplayed countrywoman Vaniya Dangwal 6-1, 6-4 while Shweta, ranked 558, was stretched by wild card Teertha Iska before eking out a 46 6-1 6-0 victory in 2 hours and 10 minutes. Nidhi also faced a rough time before overcoming a fighting Eetee Maheta 5-7 6-2 6-0 to make it to the last sixteen. Scratch pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Natasha Palha registered the first upset of the event as they saved 3 match points to push out fourth seeds Nidhi and Prerna Bhambri 1-6 6-3 [13-11] to enter the quarterfinals of the doubles event.

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