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NEW NCTE RULE ASSIGNS 7 TEACHERS PER 100 STUDENTS, AS AGAINST THE CURRENT 10 TEACHERS PER 100 STUDENTS, LEAVING THOUSANDS TO BE TRIMMED OFF FROM THE SYSTEM

By Yatin Ingle

The colleges will have to cut short three teachers from each section and department hile the academic year in colleges of the B.Ed course. Circulars and notices has just begun, the National Council have already been sent to the teachers. How for Teacher Education (NCTE) has can the council declare such a rule all of a put forth a new rule for the B.Ed colleges sudden which will make teachers lose their which states that for every 100 students there jobs? This is unfair. Where will we find jobs should be one principal and seven teachers. now considering that colleges have already As the council had an earlier rule of 10 teach- begun? This new rule will also limit vacancies ers for every 100 students, colleges have now since colleges have already starting cutting started cutting down the number of teachers, down the strength of their faculty.”

The new rule states that all posts over the rendering about 25,000, as per estimates, maximum number of seven should be dejobless.

Each year, more than 6 lakh students pur- clared additional and will have to be termisue their B.Ed degrees in Maharashtra, with nated. Colleges must declare the remaining each college having a capacity of 700-800 faculty as additional teachers as per seniority. The NCTE will then transfer these addistudents for the course.

The NCTE new rule, declared on Wednes- tional teachers to colleges lacking faculty.

According to an official from the NCTE, day, has created chaos among teachers as the previous rule required the services of more who did not wish to be named, the council teachers. The sudden change and reduction has considered that there are chances of in ratio will now render thousands of teach- teachers losing their jobs if there is no requirement for them. Keeping this issue in ers jobless.

Sujata Sawant, a teacher from a B.Ed col- mind, the council will bring out new fixed lege in Bhayander, says, “The college has posts for the exact number of remaining been following the rule of assigning 10 teach- teachers which will be finalised and declared ers per 100 students and now the council has by December 2013. suddenly brought the number down to 7. yatin.ingle@afternoondc.in

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Living happily ever after!

Litigation against legal fees unites warring couple who even get support from the High Court

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By Philip Varghese

n a unique case of a litigation between an advocate and his client, a Pune-based warring couple has approached the Bombay High Court with a criminal writ petition after the First Class Judicial Magistrate in Pune issued a process for offence under Section 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of IPC against the couple for not

paying legal fees to their lawyer.

According to the case, the couple – Harish Kale and Smita Harish Kale (name of the couple withheld) had differences in their matrimonial life and had approached advocate Mayuresh Kulkarni for his legal advice. Smita was known to the advocate Mayuresh through her parents. The lawyer advised that a petition for Divorce by mutual consent could be filed and the parties had 45 sittings. Kulkarni also e-mailed the draft of such consent petition to the wife, while it could not reach the husband. After the draft having been transmitted to the couple, Kulkarni did not receive any response. He felt, Continued on pg 6 «

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JJ celebrates 25th Angioplasty anniversary

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“The patient was a relative of a doctor at JJ hospital. And I got to know this after the surgery. In a way, it was a good thing because operating on a doctor’s relative adds to the pressure”.

By Shwetha Kannan

You want to protect yet another honest and dutiful IAS officer? Okay!

Go in and tell him to do so.

OPINIONS Do you we need special courts to deal with cyber crimes?

Gunjan Dubey Doctor Yes. The rate at which cyber crimes are increasing rapidly, I think we would need courts that deal only with cyber crime.

Suresh Raja Banker Yes. With the normal courts already burdened with cases, having separate courts for cyber crime will reduce their load.

Santosh Anantharaman Merchant Navy Yes. This will help in quicker disposal of cyber crime cases.

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ngioplasty is quite a common procedure today. But a coronary angioplasty way back in 1988 was quite a deal when technology and infrastructure were not as developed as they are today. On this very day 25 years ago, Dr. Anil Kumar, now a Professor of Cardiology at Grant Medical College and JJ Group of Hospitals and Consultant Cardiologist at Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, became the first interventional cardiologist to perform an angioplasty in a public hospital in Mumbai.

The procedure was performed at the state-run JJ Hospital on a 50year-old. There cuould not have been a better day to talk about Dr. Kumar’s experience as JJ Hospital celebrates 20 years of performing angioplasty in the city. Here is what Dr. Kumar shared with us in a quick tête-à-tête.

“The patient was a 50-year old man called Lakshman Hathankar.

He was suffering from a right coronary artery disease and was eligible for an angioplasty”, Dr. Kumar said about his first angioplasty patient.

“It was my first experience performing an angioplasty by myself.

When I was in England learning about this procedure, I used to assist the doctors. But at JJ, I was the one doing everything. Conducting a surgery is completely different from assisting someone. I was hop-

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The angioplasty on August 8, 1988 cost the hospital around Rs.10,000. The balloon cost Rs.7,000, the guide wire cost Rs.1,500 and the guiding catheter cost Rs.2,000. Today, the cost of these essentials has gone up. It is the use of stents that makes the angioplasty expensive. bration at my house” he said.

Things have gotten better since then. Better technology, infrastructure and advent of stents have all made the procedure easier and friendlier. “In 1988 too, at JJ hospital, we had an operation theatre as good as that of a private hospital. But it is even better now”, he commented on the JJ infrastructure.

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No threat in sight, but BMC readies for MERS Health officials need to know the medical protocol to be followed in case the virus makes its presence felt in the city

By A Staff Reporter

T Mohit Alva Working Professional Yes. The trials can be held with less delay.

— Dr. Anil Kumar

ing everything to go well. I was praying hard”, he said while describing his state of mind during the first angioplasty.

The procedure went off smoothly and the operation was a success.

There was, however, no immediate celebration post-operation. The next 24 hours were rather quite crucial as there were some chances of the artery closing again. “We had to wait and watch. But after this waiting period, there was a cele-

hough the BMC says that Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is no threat to the city, it is still taking steps to make sure that health officials are well informed about the syndrome and are aware of the medical protocol to be followed in case the virus makes its presence felt in the city.

The BMC, which has been waiting for treatment guidelines from the state for a long time, has asked the heads of the medicine department of the BMC run Sion, KEM and Nair hospitals to get in touch with doctors from countries where such cases have been found and tackled.

“Surveillance is being done and although we haven’t had any suspected case of MERS in the city till date, it is better to be prepared. We haven’t received any guidelines from the state as yet, so our doctors

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are getting in touch with doctors from countries where such cases are found. They will gather information about MERS from doctors in the Middle East who have tackled such cases and learn about the treatment protocol followed there,” said Manisha Mhaiskar, Additional Municipal Commissioner (AMC).

Dr. Amar Pazare, Head of the Medicine Department, KEM Hospital said, “We have contacted doctors from the Middle East and put together a report that deals with investigations, diagnosis, follow-up and treatment protocol for MERS. The treatment is symptomatic and palliative as there is no actual treatment for MERS.” Dr. Mangala Gomare, Assistant Health Officer, BMC, said, “A joint report by all three hospitals has been prepared and it will soon be submitted to the AMC.” shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

If the north-east area is untidy or unshapely, the well being of male issues is found to be precarious.

by Dr. Prem Gupta (9820045774/9930318119, www.drpremgupta.com)

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The honorable Consul for South Africa

At first, we noticed him because he was so different from the average student who lands up at St Pauls Institute for Communication Education (SPICE) in Bandra to do one of the many short courses that it offers.

For one, he is older than the general run. For another, he is extremely well-groomed, in keeping with his comparatively mature ways.

“Who is he?” we asked the executive manager of the institution. A student, she said smiling, and laughed when we got exasperated at the brevity of her explanation. But we insisted on knowing and finally it emerged that the gentleman in question was from the South African consulate, that he had done a photography course there and was just wrapping up his classes with a bit of editing and photo-shopping.

Imagine our wonder when we were finally told that it was none other than the Consul General himself, Pule Malefane, appointed

by SA President Jacob Zuma for the Mumbai position with a multipronged brief.

Not only is he supposed to ensure efficient trade agreements and deal with job creation, skills development, poverty alleviation and the exchange of business

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THE MANHOLE REIGNS: Emperor of all, it can obstruct, trip up and swallow, even on tony Pedder Road in Mumbai. This picture was shot on Tuesday evening at peak hour, when traffic was slowed down by clumsy attempts to avoid both the manhole and a recently ‘repaired’ pothole by its side.

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are used to stepping aside when self-appointed royalty takes to the streets.

We could do worse than learn from South Africa, where the only royalty is Nelson Mandela.

Only in India – when right is wrong

This is a story of one of the zillion things wrong with Shining India and of course, we are all to blame. Yet, it is a story of hope and pride and resilience among the marginalised sections.

Sheetal (name changed) comes all the way from Kalyan to Fort to work at a low-paying job every morning. A smart woman who is also fairly educated, she is a mother of two children, the older girl among which is doing her senior school in an English medium institution in Panvel east. Sheetal is quite clear about the fact that she wants her children to study and tries her best to supplement her earnings by doing a host of other things. Her daughter is smart, clever and evidently inspired by her For Nelson Mandela’s birthday on July 18, Pule Malefane and his wife Lerato spent time mother. at a home for girls run by NGO Set Beautiful Free, in Mumbai’s Kamathipura, where they On Tuesday, Sheetal took a day sportingly danced with the kids. off to go for a Parents Teachers Meeting (PTM) at her daughter’s practices, but also to take care of Imagine the infrastructural fuss if school.

Yesterday, she described as to fellow citizens, while working, an Indian consul general in South touring and studying in India.

Africa went off to improve his skills how she primarily went to the PTM to do a “jhagada” with the girl’s But what we appreciated was the through a short course, what with teacher. Like many mothers who sheer understated quality of his special vehicles and the security understand the value of education visits. Where were the special with which he would be and are willing to slave for this vehicles, the security, and the surrounded. We Indians do ‘rulers fuss? of the people’ very well indeed and most prized gift to their children,

she discusses exam papers with her in some detail. Sheetal’s daughter had told her with great indignation, how, in her Algebra paper, a problem that she had done right was marked wrong.

Apparently, it was marked wrong for the most bizarre reason. The mathematics teacher had not attended school for eight days and had not completed the portion earmarked for the test. Many children, most of whom also add the burden of private tuition to their parents’ bills, had actually studied the portion and were able to work out the problem, which should have made the teacher happy.

She was not, and it is here that the matter becomes truly bizarre.

She was actually punishing the students for their temerity in getting the particular problem right largely because they were not taking tuitions from her! When she insisted that she had a right to mark the students wrong, angry parents, led by Sheetal, went to the principal and got the matter rectified.

They are now worried that the teacher possibly “torturing” the students who had their ‘wrong’ rectified, but success has also made them bolder. This is where India’s true revolution is taking place, at the lower levels of a society that is still not jaded beyond belief and constantly cribbing about a system that does not work.

Not exactly popat, but close!

Hopes and curiosity always soar when an august institution like the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) calls for a press conference. Expectations of announcements of exciting studies, astounding results, pathbreaking research and mind boggling figures and statistics were what drew the media to the Press Club on Tuesday. After all, it was also Hiroshima Day and the links between good energy and bad energy were being speedily drawn. The panel of speakers was most impressive too.

What was actually provided was basic gyaan on radiation processes for agricultural products, other food products, nuclear medicine, so on and so forth. Disappointing! But to be fair to them, this is the first time that the BARC had called a press conference and they probably are still in their ‘ivy towers’ about what makes the media tick and sends it into a tizzy.

One thing has, however, been established. The media will come whenever the BARC calls. Let’s hope the calling is a bit more frequent!

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THANKSGIVING May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world. Sacred Heart of Jesus thy kingdom come. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude the worker of miracles pray for us. St. Jude the helper of the helpless pray for us. Say this prayer for nine times nine days.

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Sayrojben Karimbhai Manknojiya to Sayrojben Karimbhai Maknojiya as per Affidavit dated 03-08-2013.

C-12488 I have changed my name from Vanita Mohan Dawa to Vanitha Mohan Bangera vide Gazette No X-3565.

C-12489 I have changed my name from Nikhil Mohan Dawa to Nikhil Mohan Bangera vide Gazette No X-3566.

C-12490 I have changed my name from Ketan Kumar Kantilal Patoliya to Ketan Kumar Kantibhai Patoliya as per Affidavit for deed poll dated 07-08-2013.

C-12491 I have changed my name from Rajesh Bhagwandass Vaishnaw to Rajesh Bhagwandass Vaishnav as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. (U23097).

C-12492 I, Hasmukh Kumar Babulalji Jain, have changed my name to Mr. Hasmukh Babulal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

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CLASSIFIEDS I, Matishkumar Sarabhai Shah, have changed my name to Matish Sarabhai Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-12496 I, Asha Kumari, have changed my name to Asha Dhankhar as per deed poll Affidavit dated 05/07/13.

C-12497 I, Darshan Kiran Talesra, have changed my name to Darshan Kiran Talesera as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

C-12498 I, Miss. Nayanaben Mafatlal Panchal, have changed my name to Mrs. Nayna Suresh Panchal as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

C-12499 I, Mr. Sureshkumar Popatlal Panchal, have changed my name to Mr. Suresh Popatlal Panchal as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

C-12500 I, Zarana Naishadh Joshi, have changed my name to Zarana Nishant Joshi as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

C-12501 I, Mrs. Prema Pujari, have changed my name to Mrs. Prema Poojari as per deed poll Affidavit dated 07/08/13.

C-12502 I, Miss.Varsha Shrinvas Pujari, have changed my name to Miss. Varsha Shrinivas Poojari as per deed poll Affidavit dated 07/08/13.

C-12503 I, Reena Kumari Hasmukh Jain, have changed my name to Mrs. Reena Hasmukh Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

C-12504 I, Mr. Hasmukh Babulal Jain, have changed my minor son’s name from Veer Hasmukha Jain to Veer Hasmukh Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated 06/08/13.

C-12505 I, Lataben Manish Shah, have changed my name to Lata Manish Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated 29/07/13.

C-12506 I, Manishkumar Mansukhlal Shah, have changed my name to Manish Mansukhlal Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated 30/07/13.

C-12507 I, Thomas Sequeira, have changed my minor son's name from Mavin Thomas Sequeira to Merwyn Thomas Sequeira as per Affidavit No. HN 3856.

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I, Sohan Bansilal Parmar, have changed my name to Sohanlal Bansilal Parmar as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No X-15179 dated 23/08/2007.

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I have changed my name from Abdul Nayab Abdul Majid to Shaikh Abdul Nayab Abdul Majid as per Affidavit No. HM 697743.

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I, Sohanraj Bansilal Parmar, have changed my name to Sohanlal Bansilal Parmar as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No X-15178 dated 23/08/2007.

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I, Imtiyaz Ahmed Shaikh, has changed the name of my minor daughter from Mehzabeen Imtiyaz Ahmed Shaikh to Mehjabeen Imtiyaz Ahmed Shaikh Affidavit dated 05-Aug2013.

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I have changed my name from Meena Vinodkumar Sonar to Urmiladevi Vinodkumar Gupta as per Affidavit dated 07.08.2013.

C-12511 I have changed my name from Sumitkumar Vinodkumar Sonar to Sumit Vinodkumar Gupta as per Affidavit dated 07.08.2013.

C-12512 I have changed my name from Mr. Nileshbhai Rasiklal Mehta, to ‘Mr. Nilesh Rasiklal Mehta’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/08/2013.

C-12513 I have changed my name from Karan Rajendrasingh Rawal, to ‘Karansingh Rajendrasingh Rawal’ as per Affidavit Dated: 17/07/2013.

C-12514 I have changed my name from Rekhaben Karshan Mahyavanshi to ‘Rekha Kantilal Wadikar’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-19976) Dated: 11/07/2013.

C-12515 I have changed my name from Kantibhai Ganesh Wadiker, to ‘Kantilal Ganesh Wadikar’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-19977) Dated: 11/07/2013.

C-12516 I have changed my name from Hira Lal Ram Subhag Prasad, to ‘Heeralal Ramsubhag Gaund’ as per Affidavit Dated: 30/07/2013.

C-12517 I have changed my name from Rajeshwari Balachandran Iyer, to ‘Rajeshwari Balachander Iyer’ as per Maharashtra Govt.Gazette No. (U-21177) Dated: 18/07/2013.

C-12357 We Sujeet Shamkant Kulkarni and Swar Kranti Shah have changed our minor son’s name from Sur Sujeet Kulkarni to Samyak Sujeet Kulkarni as per Maha. Govt. Gazette no. (X119750).

C-12518 I, Shabuddin Gulamali Patel have changed my name to Steven Pereira Versova Andheri (West), Mumbai 400 058 as per Maharashtra Gazette No. X6703 dated 16 /9/1999.

C-12519 I have changed my name from Shehzad Sk to Shahzad Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 07th August, 2013.

C-12520 I have changed my name from Sathish Shetty to Satish Shetty as per Affidavit dated 07th August, 2013.

C-12521 I have changed my name from Hasmukh Valji Patel to Hasmukh Valji Dubariya as per Affidavit dated 07th August, 2013.

C-12522 I have changed my name from Pallavi Purshottamdas Kansara to Rashmi Pradip Kansara as per Affidavit dated 07th August, 2013.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 I have changed my name from Pratibha Prabhakar Amonkar to Snehal Satish Kamat as per Affidavit dated 07th August, 2013.

C-12524 I have changed my name from Mitul Sudhir Desai to Mitul Ravji Shah Vide Maharashtra Gazette (X-19840).

C-12525 I have changed my name from Ravji Popatlal Satra to Ravji Popatlal Shah Vide Maharashtra Gazette (U-2287).

C-12526 We Mr. Alred Anthony Fernandes & Mrs. Piedade Fernandes minor daughter Chrysann changed name to Chrysann Love Fernandes as per Affidavit dated 20th July, 2013.

C-12527 I have changed my name from Ashim Bhattacharjii to Ashim Bhattacharji as per Affidavit.

C-12528 I have changed my name from Usha Bhattacharjii to Usha Bhattacharji as per Affidavit.

C-12529 I have changed my name from Geetanjali Bhattacharjii to Geetanjali Bhattacharji as per Affidavit.

C-12530 I have changed my name from Sanjay Ashim Bhattacharjii to Sanjay Ashim Bhattacharji as per Affidavit.

C-12531 I have changed my name from Resham Shiv Kumar Jaisinghani to Khushi Siddhartha Khanna as per Affidavit.

C-12532 I have changed my name from Mujamil Hameed Sarkhot to Muzammil Hamid Sarkhot as per Affidavit.

C-12533 I have changed my name from Vinaykumar Manishankar Thakkar to Vinaykumar Manishankar Thaker as per Affidavit.

C-12534 We Manish Madanlal Godia Jain & Mrs. Heena Manish Godia Jain have changed our son’s name from Dhruv Manish Godia Jain to Dhruv Manish Jain as per Affidavit.

C-12535 I have changed my name from Arvindkumar Ganeshbhai Tarak to Arvind Ganesh Patel as per Affidavit.

C-12536 I have changed my name from Ganeshbhai Jesungbhai Tarak to Ganesh Jesungbhai Patel as per Affidavit.

C-12537 I have changed my name from Trijaben Ganeshbhai Tarak to Trijaben Ganesh Patel as per Affidavit.

C-12538 I have changed my name from Vallamji Premji Savle to Vallabhji Premji Savla as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Chanchalben Vallamji Savle to Chanchalben Vallabhji Savla as per Affidavit.

C-12540 I have changed my name from Sunil Satyanarayan Khatod to Kartik Rasiklal Nakar as per Affidavit.

C-12541 I have changed my name from Kartik Rasiklal to Kartik Rasiklal Nakar as per Affidavit.

C-12542 I have changed my name from Hitendrakumar Amrutlal Ghelani to Hitesh Amrutlal Ghelani as per Affidavit.

C-12543 I have changed my name from Sathianarayanan T. K. to Panicker Sathyanarayanan Krishnankutty as per Affidavit.

C-12544 I have change my name from Saletwala Muniraben Husenbhai to Anandwala Munira Yusuf as per Affidavit.

C-12545 I have change my name from Peer Ganvant Narshi to Peer Gunvant Narshi as per Affidavit.

C-12546 I have change my name from Chougle Saida Abdul Majid to Chougle Sayeeda Abdul Majid as per Affidavit.

C-12547 I have change my name from Mukuadam Sameer Abdus Samad to Mukadam Sameer Abdus Samad as per Affidavit.

C-12548 I have changed my name from Lalso Shaikh to Lalasaheb Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Kavita Devi Sharma to Kavita Sharma as per Affidavit.

C-12557 I have changed my name from Sijin Mavila Kkoottathil to Sijin Pavithran as per Affidavit.

C-12558 I have changed my name from Manjit Dayal Singh Kaur to Manjit Kaur Dayalsingh Sandhu as per Affidavit.

C-12559 I have changed my name from Vyankateshlu Bhaskar Nayadu to Vyankatesh Bhaskar Naidu as per Affidavit.

C-12560 I have changed my name from Nellaiyappan Periyasamy to Periyasami Nellaiyappan Pillai as per Affidavit.

C-12561 I have changed my name from Siva Gnanam Umayaparvathy to Umayaparvathi Periyasami Pillai as per Affidavit.

C-12562 I have changed my name from Marval Supaya Krishnan to Krishnan Supaya Marawar as per Affidavit.

C-12563 I have changed my name from Pandu Janu Rathod to Pramod Janu Rathod as per Affidavit.

C-12564 I have changed my name from Ramila Bhagwanram Bishnoi to Rhea Bhagwanram Bishnoi as per Affidavit.

C-12565 I have changed my name from Mahalakshmi Venkat Subramanian to Mahalakshmi Venkat Subramanian Athre as per Affidavit dated 06/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Dayalal Anandji Patel to Dayabhai Anandji Patel as per Affidavit.

C-12550

I have changed my name from Poornima Venkat Subramanian to Poornima Venkat Subramanian Athre as per Affidavit dated 06/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Mangla Shridhar Sakre to Rekha Ramesh Kolwankar as per Affidavit.

C-12551

I have changed my name from Hasam Kargatra to Hashim Kargatra as per Affidavit dated 06/08/2013.

C-12568

I have changed my name from Sonalben Kartik Tanti to Sonal Kartik Tanti as per Affidavit.

C-12552

I have changed my name from Fatmaben Kargatra to Fatimabai Kargatra as per Affidavit dated 06/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Jegadeesan Duraipandi to Jagadeesan Duraipandi Nadar as per Affidavit.

C-12553

I have changed my name from Pankajkumar Sharma to Pankaj Sharma as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Muthiah Gunadass to Gunadass Muthiah Nadar as per Affidavit.

C-12554 I have changed my name from Paulin Mary Susai Nathan Gounder to Paulin Mary Agnel Raj Gounder as per Affidavit.

C-12555 I have changed my name from Sitalakshmi Gangadharbatla to Seetha Sundaram Bulusu as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Arajan Santoki to Arjunbhai Santoki as per Affidavit.

C-12571 I have changed my name from Vallabh Arjanbhai Moradiya to Vallabhbhai Arjanbhai Moradiya as per Affidavit.

C-12572 I have changed my name from Jayaraman Erat Ayyan to Jayaram Eratt Ayyan as per Affidavit.

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Justice for little girl who was discriminated against by school

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The letter said, “Kindly submit the LC with countersignature within three days, failing which the admission of your child stands cancelled.”

When there was an outcry, the school principal claimed that neither mother nor daughter have re-

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he Chembur-based school that had asked the 11-yearold daughter of a former dancer to leave without assigning any real reason, has now taken her back. The child Nikita Dinesh Shetty was attending classes at Sadhoo Vaswani High School after being asked to leave the National Sarvodaya High School run by Sindhi Sarvodaya Society in Chembur Colony in Chembur on June 17 when the school began its academic session. She is studying in Standard VI. Her mother had filed a complaint with state education minister Rajendra Darda, accusing the school of discriminating against her daughter. The institution had issued her a letter on July 4, asking for the education inspector’s counter signature on the previous school leaving certificate along with her Aadhar card, failing which her daughter’s admission would be cancelled. This was 15

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turned to school after the letter was sent. However, the mother of the child insists she and her husband had met the principal when the letter was issued and requested him to allow their daughter to study there.

Drop Boxes to city police’s aid DCP Chavan urges the common man to use the ‘Complaint-Drop-Box’ to help the police maintain law and order

By Zuber Ansari

cially during the festivals season. ith festivals round the “Peoples from all localities corner, the city police are welcome to help us mainhas instructed all its police tain law and order. The stations to give importance to Mount Mary fair will begin drop boxes which were in- next month and subsestalled at vital points across quently the 10-day Ganesh the city and have urged the Chaturthi celebrations will common man to use these also kick-start, but we have the Eid and Janmashtami in a few days’ time, which are quite sensitive. Citizens are can access the complaint box during such times as it is a very easy way of sharing relevant information with us without fear of identification”, he said.

“The city police has solved many major crime cases with the help of these drop boxes since we get a lot of information through them”, an officer of the Crime Branch told ADC on condition of anonymity.

These complaint boxes are complaint boxes for sharing information regarding anti- currently installed at various locations like railway stasocial elements.

Commenting on the ‘Com- tions, bus depots, major bus plaint-Drop-Box’ system ini- stations, hospitals, educatiated by the Mumbai Police tional institutions, religious across various police stations places, ATMs and multiin Mumbai, Deputy Commis- plexes.

DCP Chavan further said sioner of Police Zone VIII N.D. Chavan said that the de- that this initiative was partment is receiving a very launched quite some time good response to this initia- ago, but people have to be tive and wants the common made aware. The common man to help them by sharing man fears visiting police stacrucial information, espe- tions and feels uncomfort-

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able about sharing critical information but these complaint boxes will definitely help the police, he said.

Whether these 1,000 complaint boxes will truly help the Mumbai Police tackle anti-social elements is yet to be seen.

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06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Mr. Osama Abdul Haq Kadiwal to Mr. Usama Abdul Haq Kadiwal as per Affidavit.

C-12574 I have changed my name from Zafar Aqueel to Jafar Akil Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-12575 I have changed my name from Jameela Zafar Aqueel to Jamila Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-12576 I have changed my name from Indubai Someshwar Thakare to Indu Someshwar Thakare as per Affidavit.

C-12577 I have changed my name from Husain Tarannum to Tarannum Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-12578 I have changed my name from Shrivastav Pradeep Kumar Omprakash to Pradeep Omprakash Shrivastav as per Affidavit.

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I, Kesharichand Madhavlal Salvi, transfer all my rights, title & interest in respect of Room No. 8, Ground floor, Ramtirth Kutir, 23/A, Dongrasi Road, Mumbai-6 to my son Mukesh Kesharichand Salvi by afidavit dt. 1.8.2013

Bank employee and fine arts graduate colluded to create and post obscene pictures of girl on porn websites

By Neel Shah

who helped the main accused in morphing the vicn a bid to besmirch a 28- tim’s nude and semi nude year-old girl’s name for not photos, said police.

According to the police, reciprocating love, a 32-yearold bank employee created the main accused Karkhanis her fake profile on the Inter- (32), arrested on August 3, net and misused her photo- was angry over the victim’s graphs by morphing it with refusal to marry him, said nude and semi nude photos. police, adding that the main Her photos were taken from accused and the victim knew her WhatsApp account and each other as they had after morphing, were posted worked together in same bank in the past. on a porn website.

Subsequently, Karkhanis, In this regard, city crime branch’s cyber cell arrested who works with a different two people, Amit Karkhanis, bank now, created an email who is the main accused, and ID and passing himself off as a Pune-based Fine Arts grad- the girl, began chatting uate Onkar Pradhan (23), through yahoo messenger

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DECLARATION I, Keshavlibhai Bhikhabhai Mistry, transfer all my rights, title & interest in respect of Room No. 2, Ground floor, Ramtirth Kutir, 23/A, Dongrasi Road, Mumbai-6 & Garage No. 17, Ground floor, Alankar Building, 3, J. Mehta Road, Malabar Hill, Mumbai - 6 to my son Surendra Keshavlibhai Mistry by afidavit dt. 23.7.2013

I have changed my name from Razia Shareef Shaikh to Razia Noorullah Khan as per Affidavit dated 07/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Vijaykumar Jessaram Parwani to Vijay Jessaram Parwani as per Affidavit.

C-12587 I have changed my name from Arti Jaipal Chhatani to Aarti Jaipal Chhatani as per Affidavit.

C-12588 I have changed my name from Mohanlal Kanji Patel to Mohan Kanji Patel as per Affidavit.

C-12589 I have changed my name from Hemangi Naresh Deshmukh to Ankita Naresh Deshmukh as per Affidavit.

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Pradhan’s role in the case Using the same email ID, Karkhanis met Pradhan online and introduced himself as a girl working in a bank in Mumbai, said investigators.

As the duo started chatting on regular basis, Karkhanis mentioned about the victim girl, who was quite jealous with her, added the investigators. Taking advantage of

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I have changed my name from Samir Yusuf Mahmood Khan to Sameer Yusuf Mahmood Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Girish Vijay Parwani to Girish Vijaykumar Parwani as per Affidavit.

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with the male employees of the bank, where she is presently working. The main accused knew some male employees of victim’s bank as common friends.

Pradhan being a Fine Arts graduate, Karkhanis asked Pradhan to morph the photos of victim girl with nude and semi nude photos.

Pradhan morphed the photos and emailed them to the main accused, who then posted them on porn websites, said the police. Meanwhile, police has so far recovered four hard disks, three mobile phones, three mobile SIM cards, one wireless router and three data cards, worth Rs.18, 500.The duo has been arrested under sections 509, 419, 465, 469 and 500 of IPC along with sections 66-A, 66-B, 66-C, 66-D and 67-A of IT Act.

Living happily ever after!

I have changed my name from Narender Meena to Narendra Meena as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mr.Sandeep Lalata Prasad Dubey to Sandeep Kumar Lalata Prasad Dubey as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Daljit Kaur Davinder Singh Uppal to Daljeet Kaur Davinder Singh Uppal as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohamed Yakub Abdul Shakoor Bakerywala to Mohamed Yakub Bakerywala as per Affidavit dated 03/08/2013.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given on behalf of my client Mr. Ahwinbhai Laxmichand Rambhiya owner of flat No E/23 Mininagar Co-op Hsg Soc Ltd, having its address at S.N DUBEY Road, Dahisar(East), Mumbai 400068, My client state that my client had along with his mother Lilavati Laxmichand Rambhiya purchase the said flat by virtue of agreement For Sale 20/09/2005 from (1) Smt. Varsha Ramesh Kataria (2) Shri Ramesh Kataria. My client state that agreement dated 28/11/1980 between M/S DARVESH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (the Builders) and Shri S.P Babu (The purchaser) in respect of the flat no No E/23 Mininagar Co-op Hsg. Soc Ltd, having its address at S.N. DUBEY Road, Dahisar (East), Mumbai 400068 is misplaced, lost, not traceable after diligent search, my client intent to sale the said flat No E/23 Mininagar Co-op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd, having its address at S.N. DUBEY Road, Dahisar (East), Mumbai 400068.

If any body have any claim my client hereby invite claim or objection if any to in respect of the said agreement 28/11/1980 between M/S DARVESH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (the Builders) and Shri S.P. Babu (The purchaser) contact the undersigned within a 15 days from the date of these public notice, copies of such documents and other proof in support of the claim, if no claim or objection has been received within a prescribed time my client shall free to sale said flat.

Mr Bharat B. Pathak) (Advocate) 402 Ami Drasti CHS Ltd, S.V.Road, Dahisar (East) Mumbai 400068.

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he was deceived as his skill in legal profession was utilized and a fraud was played upon him by the couple, by using the draft of mutual divorce.

During submissions of counsel for the couple advocate K. M. Irani, at the midst, court asked them whether his clients are ready to pay professional fees to the lawyer. On instructions from the couple, the couple’s lawyers informed the court that his client would release

No. Dir (E.S.&P)/778/II/19-05-2012

PUBLIC NOTICE

I hereby given pursuant to Section 297 (1) (b) of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, as modified up to date that, the undersigned proposes to apply to the Municipal Corporation at their meeting to be held on 23-07-2012 or on such day thereafter, as the said application can conveniently be disposed off for authority to prescribe a fresh line in substitution of the Sanction regular line of the public street known as Adam Mistry Street connecting to Dr. Ambedkar Road, in “F/S” Ward.

A plan No. E.E.Tr & Plg / City / RL / 84 of 14.05.2012 showing the proposed regular line (20’-0”) and the fresh line proposed (9.15 m.) to be prescribed in substitution thereof as aforesaid is deposited at the office of Dy. Chief Engineer (Traffic) of Municipal Corporation and can be inspected by any desiring to do so, at any time during office hours at his office at Main Stores Bldg. (Engineering Hub), 1st Floor, Near Worli Naka, Dr. E. Moses Road, Mumbai-400 018, and also at the office of the Assistant Commissioner, ‘F/S’ Ward office, whose office is situated at Municipal Office Bldg., Dr. Ambedkar Road, Parel, Mumbai-400012.

Every person desirous of making any representation to the Corporation or of bringing before the Corporation any suggestion / objection in respect of the said proposal may do so by letter addressed to the Municipal Secretary at the Municipal Head Office and deliver at the said office not less than three clear days before the day of such meeting.

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Rs.20,000 without prejudice to their rights.

However, reacting to this, advocate Kulkarni told the court that he had no objection to entertain the petition for quashing if the couple released an amount of Rs.50,000.

Advocate Irani told the court, that there could not be an element of breach of contract or there could not be element of criminal conspiracy to attract effect of provisions of Section 120B. “The couple was at loggerheads at the initial stage, and it could not be termed that they had hatched a conspiracy to deceive an advocate known to them. It is an act of god having approached for legal advice, but the prosecution brought them together and now the couple is fighting this case united.”

However, advocate Mayuresh maintained that his services as a professional advocate were availed.

“They had promised to pay me half of the professional charges, but they did not pay it. The element of deception is apparent.”

After hearing both sides, Justice K. U. Chandiwal observed, “The couple, already harassed, with trust deficit, difference of opinion in matrimonial life, though well educated, approached the lawyer for legal advice.

This contact was with a hope of proper advice. The fact remains, if the couple has thereafter decided to have a happy married life, can it be said to be dishonest intention to approach the lawyer for his legal advice. It is absurd to think, for a couple, to hatch a conspiracy, will approach an advocate making a show of difference in their marital life and ensure the advocate to part with his valuable knowledge.” philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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n a heinous act, a 29-yearold pervert raped his own mother in their home in Mankhurd. The accused is a drug addict autorickshaw driver whose wife left him and their children two years ago, unable to bear his sexual torture.

According to the police, the accused, a resident of Lallubai Compound in Mankhurd, lives with his parents, his three children and a younger brother, and has multiple cases of attempted murder, robbery and assault against him at various police stations in Mumbai.

In her statement to the police, the 49-year-old victim said, “On the previous night we all had dinner together. My elder son (the accused), his three children and I slept in the hall, while my husband and younger son slept in the kitchen. At around 4 am I felt something awkward and woke up with a start. Before I could react, my son gagged me and held a knife to my neck. He then raped me and threatened to kill me if I made a noise.”

After committing the crime, the accused went to the bathroom to clean up, which is when his traumatized mother ran to wake up her husband.

Man held for frightening Big Boss actress with gunshaped lighter near Bangur Nagar

OH DOLLY!

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The rape accused being led away by Mankhurd police.

They then rushed to Mankhurd police station and lodged a complaint. The police filed an FIR against the accused and booked him under Sections 376 (rape) and 506 Part-II (criminal intimidation) of the IPC. Chandrashekhar Nalawade, PI, Mankhurd police station said, “Acting on the victim’s complaint, we immediately reached her house and arrested the accused. Both he

and the victim were then sent to the Nagpada hospital for a medical examination where rape was confirmed. Their clothes of the victim have been sent to the forensic lab to carry out the necessary tests.”

“It is learnt that the accused is a sexual pervert and a drug addict who has been passing lewd comments at young women,” added Kaniram Pawar, PI, Mankhurd police station.

ollywood actress and famous face of Big Boss, Dolly Bindra, on Wednesday afternoon was threatened by a gun shaped lighter pointed at her by a motorist. He was arrested from Oshiwara when he tried to scare another person in a similar maner.

The Bangur Nagar police, who have registered a case under various sections of IPC and the Arms Act, told the ADC that the accused, Vijay Dewan, on Wednesday afternoon, had tried to barge into the Oshiwara office of one Ritesh Roy with whom he had personal enmity.

When Dewan was intercepted by a watchman, he threatened the latter with dire consequences and drove off in his Innova car.

The watchman lodged an FIR at the Oshiwara police station against Dewaan under IPC section 506 part II (criminal intimidation), police said. They later learned that 51-year-old Dewan had also allegedly threatened television actress Dolly Bindra with a gun shaped lighter.

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Dolly Bindra While near the Bhagat Singh area signal at Bangur Nagar, the accused spotted television actress Dolly Bindra in her vehicle, and stopping his car, went across to introduce himself to her as a high profile personality, said the police. He suddenly

threatened the actress by pulling out a firearm, which during the course of investigations, was found to be a gun-shaped lighter, police said.

A shocked Bindra rushed to the Bangur Nagar police station and told cops that a man had threatened her with a gun. She then lodged a complaint, police added.

In the meanwhile, the police control room announced the Innova's number plate on its wireless network and the accused was caught at Dahisar by the Dahisar police. Dewan was then handed over to Oshiwara police, who subsequently arrested him, and realized he was the same man against who they had received two complaints.

TADA court to resume trial against Salem

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wo days after Supreme Court ruled that extradition of Abu Salem to India is still valid, a specialTADA court onWednesday asked prosecution and defence advocates to proceed with the trial against the gangster in the 1993 serial blasts case, reports PTI. Special court judge G.A. Sanap on Tuesday issued summons to

Salem and accordingly he was produced before the court yesterday. The judge told the prosecution and defence advocates to go ahead with the trial since the stay on it is vacated following the apex court order. The case is now adjourned till next week when the court would decide on further course of action.

BJP is no pothole partner

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By Vishnudas Sheshrao

is last and extreme measure that the civic body can take he ‘drama of the pot- against contractors.

For the first time in the reholes’ escalated to a new level on Wednes- cent history of the civic body, day, when the Shiv Sena saw state and central government its ruling alliance partner in agencies that are directly or the Brihanmumbai Munici- indirectly involved with the pal Corporation (BMC), the city’s roads were invited for BJP, openly parting ways dur- the standing committee ing the special standing com- meeting to bring out some mittee meeting on solution to the problem of mushrooming potholes.

Wednesday.

Besides the BMC’s Road In the face of mounting criticism over the mush- department, the Maharashtra rooming potholes in the city, State Road Development the ruling alliance is likely to Corporation Ltd (MSRDC), request Municipal Commis- Mumbai Metropolitan Resioner Sitaram Kunte not to gional Development Authorsanction bills raised by road ity (MMRDA), Bombay Port contractors for payment. This Trust (BPT) and Aarey offi-

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cials, had all come to attend this meeting. Every authority explained its plans and gave some suggestion for ensuring better roads in Mumbai.

During the meeting, veteran BJP leader Dilip Patel said, “All this is drama.” The opposition stood up and supported him, while his own colleagues thought that he might have got confused.

However, Patel repeated his words again, making his stand clear. When standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale stopped him from speaking, the BJP councillor walked out from the meeting.

Additional Municipal Commissioner SVR Srini-

vasan said, “We are searching for new technology for the pothole filling. Few experts have already approached me. Besides, I assure that all the potholes in the city will be filled in the next couple of days. By August 26, the city will be pothole free.”

He added, “As per the records, there are 15,550 potholes on major roads and out of them 14,758 have been marked for repair. Same way, on minor roads, out of 3,770 potholes, 3,564 have been marked for repair.” vishnudas.sheshrao@afternoondc.in

Azad Shrivastav | ADC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bill Gates and Melinda Gates Foundation for eradication of TB from Mumbai on Wednesday. Mayor Sunil Prabhu and Girindre Beeharry of Gates Foundation exchanged the copy of MoU, while Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte and Addl civic chief Manisha Mhaiskar looks on.

3 arrested for robbing bank Chief Engineer (Mechanical & Electrical)’s Department No.Dy.Ch.Eng/M&E/City/2095 of 03/08/2013.

E-TENDER NOTICE The Municipal Commissioner of Greater Mumbai invites online tenders on item rate basis from eligible bidders for the works detailed below. The bid start date & time and bid end date & time date for the tenders are specified in the detailed tender notice available on MCGM’s Website under E-tender section.

1) Work of Replacement of existing 02 nos of 12 body mortury plants by 24 body new mortury plants along with rack system at GTB Hospital E. E. Mech./Ref./T-11 dated 03.08 .2013. Bid No.7100019943 2) The work of replacement of old window AC units & split AC unit with new fan coil units on central A.C. plants system of library & auditorium at LTMG Hospital, Sion. E. E.Mech./Ref./T-10 dated 03.08.2013. Bid No. 7100019944 3) The work of replacement of worn out cooling coils of EMS OT, corridor AHUs at LTMG Hospital, Sion. E. E. Mech./Ref./T-13 dated 03.08 .2013. Bid No.7100019945 4) The work of repairs to existing cooling tower & to install & commission new one No. of induced draft FRP cooling tower on central A.C plant of Library & Auditorium Building at LTMG Hospital, Sion. E. E. Mech./Ref./T-12 dated 03.08 .2013. Bid No.7100019946.

5) The work of replacement of old & damaged chilled water pipeline of central A.C plant of Hospital building at K B Bhabha Hospital, Bandra (West). E. E. Mech./Ref./T-14 dated 03.08 .2013. Bid No.7100019947.

The intending tenderers shall visit the MCGM’s Website at http://portal.www.mcgm.gov.in for details of the tenders.

The tender documents will not be issued or received by post.

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n a daring attempt, four robbers on Saturday stole Rs. 1 lakh from a depositor in a bank in Kamothe in broad daylight. While three of the thieves have been arrested, one managed to get away.

The robbers entered the SBI branch in Kamothe and stood in the deposit queue behind a boy who had come to deposit Rs. 1 lakh in cash.

One of the robbers then pretended to accidentally push the boy so that the money would slip out of his hands.

He then picked up the money and handed it to the boy out of goodwill. As the boy was counting the money to ensure none of it was missing, the thief then

snatched the bundle from him and fled with his accomplices, one of whom was an auto rickshaw driver.

The security guards in the bank then intimated the traffic police, patrol vans and officers at various naka bandhis who collectively managed to stop the auto rickshaw at Sector 7 in Kamothe. Of the four thieves, three were arrested while one managed to flee.

T.B. Mane, Police Inspector (Crime) Kamothe police station said, “We have arrested and booked Abdul Rehman Siraj, Muslim Shabbir Jafri and Mohd. Yusuf Mohd. Sadiq Shaikh under Sections 392 and 34 of the IPC and are also trying to locate their accomplice in the robbery.”

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CM sends condolences on the death of soldier from Kolhapur

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hief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has sent his condolences on the death of an Indian Army soldier, Kundalik Mane, 36, of Pimpalgaon in the Kagal tehsil of Kolhapur, who was killed in an ambush in the Poonch sector of Kashmir on Tuesday.

Chavan said, “The country will not forget the sacrifice of Mane, who hailed from Maharashtra. Be it protecting the country or rushing to help CM Prithviraj Chavan during emergencies, our state is always at the fore- killed in the attack.

Meanwhile, in Pimpalfront. Everyone is proud of the sacrifice made by this gaon, the entire village was in a state of shock. Mane’s fambrave jawan”.

Mane, who joined the army ily was inconsolable. The solfrom Belgaum and joined the dier from the 14th Maratha 14 Maratha Light Infantry, is Light Infantry was very popsurvived by his wife Rajashri, ular in the vicinity. “The endaughter Aarti, son Amol, tire village is in mourning. He parents and brother Vijay. He was a good man. The governhad returned to the Line of ment should give out a strong Control after coming home response to Pakistan for their on leave for 20 days. Mane gruesome act,” said villagers was among the five soldiers who are waiting for his body.

NCP using cops to target Sena?

Manoj Haldankar was targeted for doing good work, suggests Navi Mumbai SS chief

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avi Mumbai Shiv Sena Chief Vijay Chougule, in a press meeting yesterday, said, “The ruling party [NCP] is targeting leaders who are doing good work. Haldankar’s arrest is nothing but politically motivated, and an attempt to push back the Sena in Navi Mumbai.”

He added, “The Navi Mumbai Police is simply obeying the commands of its rulers.

The officers are in the same

city for more than three years.

An official who is posted in Navi Mumbai as an API gets promoted as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and spends another three years in the city. Such things are not accepted without political support. The officers are implicating leaders of the opposition party in criminal cases.”

Haldankar was arrested on Monday on charges of planning the murder of NCP worker Chotu Mali. Mali’s wife had approached Home Minister R.R. Patil with a complaint against Haldankar.

Defending Haldankar, Chougule said, “If he (Haldankar) was involved in the crime, he would have run away or applied for anticipatory bail.”

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he Government of Maharashtra yesterday claimed that it had become the first state in the country to disburse salary of its staff through their Aadhaarlinked bank accounts.

All employees of the Information Technology (IT) department got their salary for the month of July through

their Aadhaar-linked bank accounts, an official release said. Rajesh Aggarwal, IT secretary, said the government has now decided to use the Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) system for all Mantralaya employees.

Most of the Mantralaya employees have enrolled for the Aadhaar system.

Navi Mumbai Shiv Sena chief Vijay Chougule

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‘Congress involved in Rs. 100-cr SSPPL flat allotment scam’

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Somaiya demands a copy of the alleged PIL from Rane

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ormer BJP MP Dr. Kirit Somaiya yesterday accused the ruling Congress leadership of a Rs. 100 crore scam in the allotment of Shiv Shahi Punarvasan Prakalp Limited (SSPPL) flats to Bangladeshi nationals without a list. Speaking to newspersons here, he stated that the flats which were meant to house the slumdwellers of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Co-operative Society were instead sold by another organization to illegal Bangladeshi nationals.

The BJP leader stated that SSPPL was supposed to have housed 357 families of the Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Cooperative Society, but the number of allotments was later increased to 1,182. Somaiya stated that instead of SSPPL, a company sold the Rs. 2 lakh flats at a price of Rs. 12 lakhs.

While the Bangladeshis occupied the flats without any documents, the residents of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Co-operative Society were shown to be rehabilitated on paper.

Somaiya stated that the SSPPL sent reports of its investigation to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan twice, but no action has been taken so far. He added that the SSPPL, which probed the allotment, has no list of beneficiaries.

Now, the residents of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Co-operative Society are facing a threat of eviction as they are

Chain snatched on Marine Drive

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n Wednesday at around 7.45 a.m., housewife Rajshri Narendra Shah (32) was robbed of her gold chain in broad daylight while on her morning walk near the H20 Club, close to Mafatlal Park at Marine Drive.

The incident took place near Chowpatty that is crowded with citizens who are out there exercising, meditating or taking a stroll. Two unidentified men on a motorbike grabbed her gold chain weighing 12 grams and worth Rs.25,000, and sped away.

The victim is a housewife.

According to Zunjarrao Maruti Gharal, Senior Inspector, Marine Drive police station, “The victim is a resident of Mahavir building near Cross Lane in Grant Road (E).

We have registered a case under Section 392 (robbery) and Section 34 (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention of all) under the Indian Penal Code.”

BJP MP Kirit Somaiya believed to have been rehabilitated on paper.

Somaiya further disclosed that the entire scam took place between 2006 and 2012. He added that the then Housing Secretary Sitaram Kunte had vehemently opposed the allotment of SSPPL flats by another company.

ormer BJP MP Dr. Kirit Somaiya yesterday asked Minister for Industries Narayan Rane to present a copy of the ‘supposed’ Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed

by Dr Somaiya before the Bombay High Court seeking to delete Marathi language from the BMC-run schools.

After meeting R.R. Patil (NCP’s Minister for Home) regarding this, Dr. Somaiya maintained that he had not filed any PIL to this effect and if Rane was to produce a copy of the same then he was willing to tender an apology over the issue.

The BJP leader stated that he initially chose to ignore the tweet by Rane’s son Nitesh considering Nitesh was young and thus likely to be impulsive. However, when the senior Rane used a simi-

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lar language, Dr. Somaiya felt aggrieved. He said that he had tired to contact Narayan Rane for the same but was disappointed and finally had to approach Patil to seek redressal. The former MP remarked that one should not try to play with public sentiments just to increase one’s

political weight by denigrating rivals.

The BJP MP disclosed that his wife is a Maharashtrian and his sons speak the language. He added that when he was born, Gujarat was a part of the Bombay state. He is curious about whether the Congress leadership and

the Chief Minister endorsed the statement of Narayan Rane who is a cabinet minister.

On a different note, he maintained that his family wanted Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to become the Prime Minister of the country.

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ET me begin by saying that from a distance India looks even more mysterious and puzzling than it does from inside the country. This week, I write from a distance. I am in a spa in Thailand where I came with the hope of a few days of rest and healthy living but within days of getting here came the latest incident on the LoC (Line of Control). In these times of instant communications it is easy to follow the news online so T will not be surprising if the Mon- I listened carefully to a panel discussion that soon Session of Parliament is Karan Thapar conducted with a former army a former foreign secretary and the washed away. It has happened before. chief, spokesmen of our two main political parties.

The Congress party keeps blaming the And, I read as many newspapers as I could Opposition parties for creating chaos and read carefully the tweets on Twitter, from and stalling the House. It says at the India and Pakistan, and still failed to underslightest provocation, the Bharatiya stand how our Defence Minister was so sure Janata Party creates a ruckus, and that the twenty ‘terrorists’ who killed five Insoldiers were not Pakistani regular move into the well of the House – dian troops.

Monsoon Session may be washed away?

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forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House.

The Monsoon Session which began on Monday may also be washed away.

Members are moving into the well of the House – shouting slogans and disrupting the business of the House. For the last four days, no business has taken place.

This time it is the Congress party members who are holding loud protest and are making it impossible for any business to be transacted.

Congress members from Andhra Pradesh are the culprits this time.

Members from Telangana and other parts of Andhra are involved in the protest which has been going on for the last four days. It is clear that the members have been difficult and ignored the advice of top leaders not to disturb the House.

What explanation the Congress can give now for the adjournments of the house by their own members? They have now given the BJP a big stick to beat their party with.

There are important bills to be discussed and passed. There is that pet scheme of the Congress party president Sonia Gandhi – the Food Security Bill. The Congress wants to launch the work under it on August 20, Rajiv Gandhi’s birthday.

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Committed jihadi What mystified me completely was the certainty with which he knew that those in the group who wore Pakistani army uniforms were in fact just militants in disguise. How did he find all this out so soon? Does he have a hotline to Pakistani army headquarters and was he merely parroting what he was told?

From what I know of such things, I know that army commanders on both sides are usually able to talk to each other so how is it that the army does not share the Defence Minister’s certainties? The Defence Minister’s mystifying defence of the Pakistan government could not have come at a worse moment from an international perspective.

We are alas not a country that follows closely what is going on in the wider world so the Indian media has mostly ignored the decision of the United States government to close some of its embassies and consulates last week. The decision was prompted by fears that Al Qaeda groups in Yemen were plotting a series of attacks at the behest of Osama bin Laden’s lieutenant, Ayman al Zawahiri.

This committed jihadi who is believed to have been the master planner of the 9/11 attacks recently made this statement. “Crusaders and secularists and the Americanized army have converged: with Gulf money and American plotting to topple Mohammed Morsi’s government.” He then apparently spent long hours chitchatting with jihadi

commanders and ordered them to attack American properties in the Middle East. This chitchat was intercepted by American spooks preventive measures were taken. What does this have to do with the attack on the LoC? Everything. Pakistan has been jihad central, as we in India well know, from long before the 9/11 attacks and if proof were needed of this it came when Osama bin Laden was found living happily in a Pakistani military town.

Anyone who believes that he lived there safely

ON THE SPOT Tavleen Singh with his large brood and multiple wives without the approval of the Pakistani army does not know how deep the Pakistani army’s relations are with jihadi groups. Especially the Pakistani ones it spawned. So if the Indian Defence Minister seriously believes that the latest attack on the LoC happened without the support of the Pakistani army then we need to be not just worried but extremely disturbed.

This is not just because it indicates that the Defence Minister has no idea of the history of the jihad or its methods but because it indicates that despite decades of jihadi activity the Government of India has not understood that this is war by another name. And, the main reason why 26/11 happened and why it could happen again whenever the Pakistani army wants is because our government has not yet come up with an adequate strategy to fight this new kind of war. It could be the only kind of war we are ever likely to fight against Pakistan and it will almost certainly intensify once American troops start withdrawing from Afghanistan next year.

Pakistan is paranoid about India’s intentions on Afghanistan and it is hard to meet even sensible Pakistanis who do not talk of

The Way of The Heart “T

HE word courage is very interesting. It comes from a Latin ‘root cor’, which means ‘heart’. So to be courageous means to live with the heart. And weaklings, only weaklings, live with the head; afraid, they create a security of logic around themselves.

Fearful, they close every window and door – with theology, concepts, words, theories – and inside those closed doors and windows, they hide.

The way of the heart is the way of courage.

It is to live in insecurity; it is to live in love, and trust; it is to move in the unknown. It is leaving the past and allowing the future to be. Courage is to move on dangerous paths.

Life is dangerous, and only cowards can avoid the danger – but then, they are already dead. A person who is alive, really alive, vitally alive, will always move into the un-

known. There is danger there, but he will take the risk. The heart is always ready to take the risk, the heart is a gambler. The head is a businessman. The head always calculates – it is cunning. The heart is non-calculating.”

The three most important aspects of

MATTER & SPIRIT courage I think to take away from this quote are…

Courage is Not Fearlessness: That’s right.

Since you are going to be dealing with the unknown and with uncertainly, there is bound to be apprehension. That’s okay.

Courage is to move forward despite this fear.

So don’t feel like you lack courage simply because you have fear. Look at the fear as an

India’s nefarious designs on Afghanistan through its ‘consulates’.

The recent attack on an Indian Consulate in Afghanistan is very much part of a concerted effort to keep India completely out of that country so that Pakistan can continue to treat it as its hinterland.

The paranoia of Pakistani generals when it comes to India is hard to understand unless you actually talk to them. And, having had this privilege more than once I can tell you that every conversation I have had left me thinking that I was talking to men who really believed that India was bent on destroying Pakistan and that they were the last bastion against this eventuality. It was this kind of deluded thinking that caused the Pakistani army to create the jihadi groups that now proliferate across that country and sometimes threaten its existence. But, to believe that they are now out of control of Pakistan’s military men is to believe a lie. So if someone as important as our Defence Minister believes that it is possible for militants to reach the LoC, cross it and kill our soldiers, without the tacit support of the Pakistani army then we have cause to be very, very worried.

Sonia Gandhi’s behalf By the time I finished writing this piece, I discovered from Twitter that Manish Tewari had spoken on Sonia Gandhi’s behalf saying that she was ‘extremely anguished’ about what happened on the LoC. This made me extremely angry, even in my restful, distant spa, because we do not need ‘anguish’ from her, but an explanation for why national security has been so neglected by her government.

A. K. Antony is a Gandhi family loyalist and is said to have got his job as a reward for his loyalty. So would Soniaji get down to finding out from him what strategy he has evolved to defend India against this insidious, ugly, undeclared war. She could begin by asking him how he found out so quickly that the men who killed our soldiers were militants and not Pakistani troops. Her next step could be to ask the Army Chief why the army’s view is different to that of the Defence Minister.

After this, how about sitting these two gentlemen down in the privacy of 10 Janpath and asking them what India’s strategy is to take on the jihad and how it has improved and been strengthened since the attack on Mumbai five years ago. We really need to know. opportunity to exercise your courage muscle. As Osho would put it, embrace uncertainty.

Listen to the Heart, Not the Mind: In the article ‘How to Escape Your Suffering: The Blind Man vs. The Cripple’, I went into this point where your guide ought to be your heart and not your mind. The mind will endlessly battle for security, it will wobble between the pros and cons. The heart, on the other hand, will help you to jump into the great unknown and help you to be true to your passions.

Courage Allows you to Live in the Present: This is the essence of courage. To allow the unknown future to take shape and be willing to move out of the mind and into the moment. So instead of trying to manipulate life to avoid uncertainty, simply take an innocent attitude instead. There are no guarantees here that things will go right, there is only danger and mystery, courage means to be willing to go forward nonetheless.

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No point in talking with Pak now THIS is with reference to your edit ‘Be tough, but don’t chop secretarial level talks’ (ADC, Aug 7). The ‘ceasefire’ agreement has never meant anything to our hostile neighbour as is evident by the information provided by our Defence Minister. There have been as many as 57 violations of ceasefire by Pakistan. Whether regular army men crossed the LoC by 500 metres and killed five of our soldiers in Poonch or extremists in army uniform does not make any difference, since the fact remains that we lost five of our brave men.

This raises the important question of how they were able to come so far into our territory if our army has been keeping a strict vigil over the LoC. Pakistan and China do appear to have a joint plan of military action against India as is clear from the Chinese stopping our army patrol midway in its tracks and ordering it back to Ladakh.

Under the circumstances, one wonders whether talks at any level will be useful at all. Even if we don’t go to war, we need to retaliate to show that they cannot get away with their killings with impunity.

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

WE don’t want even an inch of Pakistani soil, but enough is enough.

India need not wait for the next ambush by her ‘neighbour’. This is the time to destroy all their terror training camps, hideouts and their stock of arms and ammunition, in

A Letter to SRK & Bollywood

STEREOTYPED: The crass and humiliating manner in which Tamilians are portrayed in Bollywood, time and again, shows lack of research.

TAMIL is a beautiful language and Tamilians are sensitive and cultured people who respect other languages and consciously try to learn them if the need arises. We are essentially God fearing, and respect all religious sentiments and the feelings of people around them.

Given the crass and humiliating manner in which Tamilians are portrayed in Bollywood movies, particularly ‘Om Shanti Om’, ‘Ra One’ and very recently ‘Chennai Express’, there is a need for Bollywood and film makers to learn our traditions before attempting to even make a movie with Tamilians as leading characters.

Some well known facts about Tamilians which Bollywood never seems to have researched while making movies are: 1) Idli, Sambar and Curd Rice are not our only food items, and no, we don’t have curd rice with noodles.

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bilateral relations, trade and commerce, transport and sporting events too and hit them where it hurts.

How long will we refer to areas as Pakistan occupied Kashmir? Are our politicians and leaders not ashamed to see our territory being referred to as “Pakistan occupied”?

Do we have places called “India occupied Karachi” (IOK) or Bharat occupied Islamabad (BOI)? Why can’t we take up this matter at the international level and get back this area once and for all?

our enemies have resorted to the Divide and Rule policy to weaken us. I think the salaries and pensions of our defence personnel, right from the bottom, should be increased exponentially. We should also not hesitate to launch a full scale war against Pakistan without bothering about the global response since America did not seek an international verdict when they invaded Iraq.

— Hemant Hemmady, Virar

THE slaying of our brave soldiers by the Pak Army inside the Indian

border in Poonch, Kashmir, is not IT is saddening to learn that 5 of only brutal and outrageous but our own jawans were killed in also a violation of ceasefire, which DISGRACEFUL! Our government’s silence on the death of five of our soldiers portrays Poonch by the Pakistan military. the Pak Army seldom respected.

This episode was met with an up- The Pak Army or terrorists with the us as cowards incapable of retaliating to terrorism. roar in Parliament which was ex- blessings of the former are striking and also strangely at their own free will in India and addition to the headquarters and ken all relations with our neigh- pected branches of the ISI in Pakistan. bours and discontinued all dia- frustrating. We witnessed the usual seem to obviously derive their Besides, not a single Pakistani logue with them. As reported, our mouthing of platitudes, grand- strength from our government’s soldier or terrorist should be sent Prime Minister is to meet Pakistani standing and grandiloquence by soft approach towards peace with back to Pakistan as goodwill be- premier Nawaz Sharif on the side- our ‘nation loving’ politicians who, Pakistan. Our niceness is considcause they clearly don’t deserve our lines of the UN, but I sincerely be- while holding the ruling class re- ered cowardly by Pakistan, who goodwill anymore. All our trans- lieve that he should think again as sponsible and accountable for the seems to have taken India for port routes to and out of Pakistan, we need to protest against the re- incident, did not offer any feasible granted.

It is reported that the PM has solution or modus operandi for Bangladesh and Nepal should be cent killings. preferred to stay silent this time as closed down immediately and per— Altaf H. Ladiwala, Bandra tackling this situation.

They are clearly more interested well instead of putting Pakistan in manently so that there can no in outdoing each other in in- place with the kind of aggressive longer be an import of terrorists,

arms, ammunition, drugs and fake NOW, instead of the Pakistani ter- ternecine squabbles and scams resistance they would understand.

Indian currency. rorists, the Pakistan Army itself has while corruption has pervaded our We desperately need a bold and — Hansraj Bhat, Mumbai started attacking our soldiers at our social fabric with no one bothered pragmatic approach to save our borders. This time, they have ex- about buttressing our fragile bor- soldiers. Our government needs to put the security and welfare of ceeded their levels of brutality and ders with Pakistan and China.

We are more interested in creat- our soldiers and country well ENOUGH is enough! Our govern- killed five of our soldiers without ing more states when we should be ahead of votes for petty political ment should have a well defined any provocation.

When will our government have bothered about the state of our de- gains. Our heartfelt condolences go policy to deal with Pakistan, as yet again Indian soldiers were the courage to isolate Pakistan till fence, economy and human wel- out to the families of the 5 brave butchered by the Pakistani military. their terrorists are punished and fare. Our internal division over men who lost their lives in their As a matter of fact, after the 26/11 terrorism is rooted out? We need to various issues has been the duty to our nation.

Mumbai siege, we should have bro- stop our diplomatic, cultural and Achilles’ heel of our nation, and — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai — S. Krishna Kumar, Dombivli

2) We attach a lot of importance to spelling and pronunciation in our mother tongue or any other language. Please remember that the word ‘konjam’ which means ‘little’ is never pronounced like ‘condom’.

3) We don’t make contorted facial expressions like the leads or supporting cast in your movies while speaking Hindi.

4) We don’t wear loud, gaudy and garish clothes. In fact, we are as well dressed as any other Indian could be.

5) We don’t use words such as ‘hatti’, ‘katti’, ‘patti’, ‘yenna rascala’ and others in our conversations. All gibberish which is a figment of your imagination needs to be flushed down the toilet, rather than be shown as something associated with Tamil.

6) Our main occupation is not running across fields with sickles and swords, wearing lungis or dhotis and creating a commotion by shouting “Aiyyo, Amma/Appa”. We are cultured people who can speak Hindi and English decently. Amma and Appa are the words we use to refer to our parents and the word ‘Aiyyo’ is used only in particular situations.

It is obvious that you have done not even an iota of research on Tamilians or their culture. If someone was to ridicule your communities in movies or elsewhere, you would throw a fit. Hence, please wake up and research on the communities, religions or languages which you desire to make your movies on. If at all you have to take an example, look at Dibakar Banerjee and Abhay Deol in ‘Shangai’ who did a good job as director and actor while potraying a Tamil character onscreen.

— Muthuswamy Iyer, Mumbai

Modi’s moves

also written by Gaur as was Kishore Kumar’s classic ‘Jhumroo’. Now that THERE are reports predicting that I know the writer behind these Narendra Modi might not contest films, I have become a big fan of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elec- Gaur.

In his tribute to Gaur, Dharamentions and will prefer to make a backdoor entry and become a Rajya dra rightly said that anyone who Sabha member, so that he will re- lifts a pen calls himself a writer. This main free from the election cam- is probably the reason for the sorry paign and enter Parliament to state of Bollywood films. Gaur’s debecome the Prime Minister like Dr. mise was untimely. Had he lived Manmohan Singh and H. D. Deve longer, he would have given movie Gowda who attained the post with- lovers, many more sensible blockout fighting the Lok Sabha elec- busters.

I am sure he must be turning in tions.

There were reports that Modi his grave on seeing the sad state of might contest the election from two Bollywood films today. seats: one from Gujarat and the — Manojeet Basu, Goregaon other from Uttar Pradesh, due to a difference of opinion with senior

BJP leader L.K. Advani and Madhya BEING a Bollywood movie buff, I Pradesh Chief Minster Shivraj Singh have seen several films written by Chouhan as well as Rajasthan BJP Vrajendra Gaur and his immense Chief Vasundhra Raje becuase of contribution to many a successful their choice of Advani as PM. It has film. It is eminent writers like Gaur to be seen how Modi, who is con- who brought respectability to the stantly dreaming of become prime profession of dialogue writing. I reminister, performs in the rest of the member having seen his name on country and consolidate his posi- movie posters and in the credits of tion in the near future. a film. Gaur had talent and sensitiv— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai ity in abundance as can be seen from the films he wrote like ‘Saraswatichandra’, ‘Lal Paththar’, ‘Kati Patang’, ‘Anuraag’, ‘Sharmeelee’. Having the article in the ADC (Aug 2) I came to know that I READ the letters by the fans of he was also a freedom fighter with writer Vrajendra Gaur se well as the two of his books written before inarticle on him in the ADC (Aug 2) dependence being banned by the ‘Vrajendra Gaur: The Kohinoor then British government. It is rare to among writers’ with great interest. I see a writer coming from a literature loved the films ‘Parineeta’ by Bimal background and making it big in Roy, ‘China Town’, ‘Sangram’, the commercial world of films for 35 ‘Howrah Bridge’ and ‘Teen De- years. I request the government in viyaan’, but sadly, did not know this centenerary year of films, to these were Gaur’s creations. Pran’s bring out a Postage Stamp in membest film ‘Jungle Mein Mangal’, in ory of this great writer. which he played a triple role, was — Danny Jacob,Mumbai

Gaur: Creator of blockbusters

Where did the notes come from?

WE have heard of notes and even entire files disappear from government offices whenever a scam surfaces, but now we have a strange story of additional notes. Not just bits of paper but of value—up to Rs.1,000. It appears that the RBI has been receiving notes in excess of what is printed! Where did the additional notes come from? Since the printing and delivery schedule is as per RBI requirements, shouldn’t the RBI have woken up when more notes started arriving? This could be another scam—hawala transac-

RIDICULOUS! The RBI has been receiving currency notes in excess of what is printed. tion— within the source of money itself! The media data is only from 2008-09. Let us take just one denomination—Rs.1,000—from the year it was issued and tabulate the year-wise ‘printed and received by RBI’ data. That will give us the real picture. The same can be done for other denominations, but unless the figures from the first year of issue are available, we cannot make any conclusions with certainty unless the discrepancy is too large. Can RBI certify that all the notes it has received is only from the security presses?

— T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivli

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AISLE ADVICE

We get the been-there-done-that women in the city to share with newlyweds their infinite wisdom about marriage and love. Priyanka Singh & Tejasvi Desai bring you the advice that married women would like to impart to new brides...

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rom not trying to impress your disappointed if he refuses to budge once mother-in-law by going out of in a while.”

— Richa Gupta (28), married for your way only to be marred by two years disappointment each time, to throwing caution to the wind on your big day — there are so many things that enjoy your big day women might have done differently only “Stop worrying about everything on your if they knew what the coming years wedding day. There is no point fussing would entail for them. But, what if they over stuff that’s going wrong. Let your knew? What if they were given this family members fret. Just enjoy the day utopian opportunity to hop into a time to the fullest, because you are sure to machine, meet their younger selves just regret it if you don’t.”

— Shilpa Rajan, 26, married before rings were exchanged and pheras for two years completed and whisper that one piece of advice for the coming years? We presented this situation to various Keep it err... simple married women across the city, hailing “Well, I’m sure many women that you from different age groups, and got their must have spoken to have given very interesting and insightful take on it. All serious suggestions. I’d like to give a light the newlywed girls out there and those hearted one that many of us newlywed about to get hitched, read on, as this women go overboard with. Steer clear of article might turn out to be the complicated lingerie. It spoils the fun peephole that you were looking for to get rather than the other way around. You a sneak peek into your upcoming years don’t want to give him tutorials in the middle of something, do you?” of marriage.

— Megha Chukkath (name changed), HitcHed for up to 27, married for a year

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don’t expect perfection Marriage is all about balancing and understanding. There will be times when you will have to put in 90% of the effort while your husband will put in just 10%.

But, there will also be times when he will put in 75% to make it work while you will restrict yourself to 25%. If I had the chance, I would have told my newly married self that to expect it is going to be a 50-50% adjustment and effort from both sides is foolishness. Different situations will expect you to put different amount of efforts. So, don’t be

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Time your plunge “I wish someone had told me to slow down and take my time. Waiting before getting married doesn’t necessarily mean I am not sure about my feelings, but I would have been better prepared to take on the responsibilities. An extra year or two can make all the difference in the world. You may not notice it immediately after the marriage, but later you realise it would have been wiser to wait.”

— Kavita Gohil, 27, married for five years

Discuss imporTanT beforehanD

maTTers

“There are a few basic principles that you have in your life that you wish to never change. For instance, how many children you want, when you want them, whether after some time you want to move out into your own house with your husband. If I could in time, I’d tell myself to discuss these things before getting hitched. Your to-be husband might keep postponing the discussion because maybe for him these matters can be sorted out after the wedding.

But, if these decisions matter a lot to you, it is best to be on the same page with your partner before you get married because more often than not, you ultimately do what your husband or his family wants. Getting prior agreement in these matters is a must.

Otherwise you face a lot of emotional trauma later.”

— Shalini Nair, 34, married for four and a half years

hiTcheD for up To 10 years Don’T use kiDs “Don’t use kids to get closer to your husband.

It’s a quick fix most people suggest to newlyweds as a means of ironing out differences by adding a member to the family. Wait till you’re ready to start a family.”

— Asma Baji, 35, married for 10 years

marriage Doesn’T make Them men “Marriage doesn’t make men out of boys.

Everyone, including me, kept telling myself that he would grow up after marriage. But, that never happens. I guess they remain boys until and unless they become fathers, that too of daughters.”

— Tanushree Mehta, 32, married for seven years

>> Be extremely sure about what you spend on during the wedding. Most expenses might be unnecessary

Don’T cover up your pasT

conTrol your inviTes

“Do not leave the past behind. A marriage is not the first chapter of a new book; it’s another chapter in the same one. So, it’s really not about starting fresh. Instead it’s about taking your lives forward and trust me, you will find it easier to deal with the changes coming your way.”

— Nikita Singh, 32, married for nine years

“Invite only the people who matter to you at your wedding. I wanted to include the whole world because I was so excited at that point, but it gets really difficult to handle everyone and is also heavy on the pocket. Now that I look back at the videos, there are so many random people who don’t even matter to me and still they’re right there.”

— Priya Gandhi, 40, married for 14 years

hiTcheD for up To 15 years save The cash “Save your money and really consider what you’re spending it on. I find many couples get goaded and coerced into these lavish wastes of cash. What you should do is spend your money on an excellent honeymoon, maybe two or three to be had over the next two years. Travel to crazy places and do adventurous things.”

— Genesia Tahilramani, 39, been married for 15 years

hiTcheD for over Two DecaDes Don’T geT DominaTeD “It doesn’t matter what age you get married at, you should never get dominated by anyone if you are right about something. You might feel at that point of time that by listening to them and not pointing out their mistakes might make them like you more, but that is never the case. So whenever you’re right, say it out loud that you are.

Otherwise dominating you and shutting you up will become a habit of your husband’s family members.”

— Neelam Singh, 45, married for 24 years

Think before quiTTing You might think that now that you’re married, you should quit your job, have kids, take care of them and live a blissful, domestic life. But, you must never quit a stable job. Extra money never harms anyone.

For example, after I quit my job, a couple of years later, we faced a lot of financial problems. At that point of time I used to think that I had a stable job and if only if I hadn’t quit, our condition would have been better. So, weigh all the pros and cons before quitting your job.”

— Lata Iyer, 60, married for 32 years

Don’T shy away from DifficulT Times >> Major changes such as when you’ll have a baby and how many, are best to be discussed before the wedding

>> Sometimes, your mother-inlaw won’t like you, no matter how many presents you get her

“I was told to hold off on marriage until I was financially sound. Seems like a tip to help someone avoid the difficult parts of marriage. But, here’s the thing — our marriage wouldn’t be nearly as important to us if we hadn’t experienced the difficult

points of our marriage. Most of those difficult moments came about because of the financial struggles we came across.”

— Sangini Rathi, 44, married for 21 years

have your own privacy buT learn To balance “When you move into your own home, spend wisely. A few luxuries are okay but don’t splurge. Save a fixed amount every month and make sure that you make all your important decisions together. If you do have disagreements, sort them out with discussions, don’t ignore them. There shouldn’t be any anger or resentment between couples. Make an effort to be a part of the entire family and insist on having your own privacy, but balance it out with family time. Remember that getting to know and keeping in touch with your relatives is also very important.”

— Arnaz Dhanbhoora, 54, married for 25 years

enjoy The sTarT of The journey “One piece of advice I wish someone had given me when I got married was — take it one day at a time. I immediately started planning and charting it all out for both of us, but all I needed to do was take it slow because only then one gets to enjoy the bond rather than just maintaining it.”

— Chandni Mehta, 48, married for 22 years

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‘I FEEL I AM BACK’ >> Shilpa was almost done with Mumbai and the film industry when she was offered B.A. Pass

Janhvi Patel catches up with actress Shilpa Shukla to find out about her career and what it felt like playing a femme fatale in B.A. Pass >> Shilpa has been getting rave reviews and admiration for her latest role as Sarika in B.A. Pass

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hilpa Shukla is best remembered as Bindiya Naik in Chak De! India though she has done many other significant movies such as Khamosh Pani, Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Rajuben to her name. She was recently in the news for all the right reasons with her femme fatale turn as Sarika who seduces a younger man in B.A. Pass. She feels liberated after doing the movie and loves being at the forefront of things. She talks about the movie and much more.

B.A. PAss

there is a lot of pain. We shot the bold scenes in a very real and non-fussy manner. We were being honest to ourselves and the camera; originality is beautiful. I have a new confidence now and even my spiritual beliefs have become stronger. The way you feel or look has nothing to do with your clothes and shoes. It is about your heart and intentions.

responses

The movie happened to me when I was in Delhi. I had almost left Mumbai and Bollywood when I came across the script. I read it on the phone and asked my mother if she would disown me if I did this movie, because it is a bold film. She laughed and said that I could do whatever I wanted and that I knew better. Even my father was fine with it. The story of B.A. Pass is intriguing and mind-blowing. I read the original short story (The Railway Aunty) too and the three levels of story to script to movie are quite evolved. Even the writer (of the short story) Mohan Sikka liked the movie. I feel complete after doing this movie as it has taken nearly two years of my life but it has been worth it.

Everyday I get messages in my inbox and on my phone that make me very happy. And it is just admiration and respect and best wishes... like my friend who had gone to Muscat told me about the people there who told her that they saw the trailer of the movie and loved it.

Mahesh Bhatt hugged me and Vishal Bhardwaj called my performance brave, genuine and honest.

The other day I was with one of my Chak De! India friends, having pani puri. Suddenly, a random person on the road said one line from the promo of B.A. Pass and I turned around with a big smile on my face. He told me that how much he loved the promo of the movie and how he had shown it to all his friends and that they all wanted to see the movie. It is amazing to get such a response from a non-festival audience.

taking ChanCes

role swapping

I feel like I have come back with a bang. I had no work for a while and was quite low. This movie has given me my voice back and I feel I can go on for ten years! I feel fearless. I feel transformed. This is a big departure from Chak De! India and I have broken out of my comfort zone. I have taken a free fall and a leap of faith and it has worked in my favour. Doing the lovemaking scenes was like dancing or painting.

Actually, the role of Nagma (in Gangs of Wasseypur) was initially offered to me by Anurag Kashyap (the director) but at that time I had just finished Rajuben and my emotions were exhausted. So, I suggested Richa's (Chadda) name. She and I are very good friends. I am really proud of the work she has done in the movie — I could not have done that. I know the women in Bihar.

They are thin but they have the strength of ten men! I even stayed with the GoW team for two days when they were shooting in Bihar. And B.A. Pass was initially offered to her but it came to me. This has been a case of beautiful poetic justice and everybody is happy. Every film and character has its own destiny.

playing sarika Sarika (Shilpa’s character in B.A. Pass) has a heart of gold and she is a real femme fatale. Somewhere in her

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good belt is a great accessory, but it’s not the only thing you need to step up your style quotient — you need to know how to wear it right. Here are a few tips to make sure it doesn’t become a fashion fail:

>> A statement belt can change the way your outfit looks

SkirtS & ShortS

Belted down A belt can turn a drab outfit into a style statement in a matter of minutes. Rhea Dhanbhoora gives you some tips on how you can rock the look

hide the lumps: If your skirt is of a lightweight fabric and you intend to tuck in your shirt, make sure you can hide the lumps that are sometimes caused by the style. A wide belt will help you here.

Pattern it out: Sometimes, too much flair in your skirt can mean your belt will get lost in the pattern. Instead of trying to mute it down like you would with your top, wear an embellished belt to highlight the pattern without contrasting too heavily against it.

Go slim: If you’re wearing a pencil skirt, it’s best to pair it with a skinny belt. If you’re slim, tuck in your top for a chic look. Don’t worry about not being able to wear this look if you’re curvier — simply keep the top out and belt it over.

Break it up: Break up a long top over shorts by belting it at the waist for a stylish look.

DreSSeS Body basics: We all love body con dresses. Add a wide belt to the waist to look slimmer.

Jacket wise: Don’t have a stylish jacket for your dress? All you need to do is pick a belt that is not too thin or too thick and belt it over a shirt with rolled up sleeves. You can also belt your cardigan over a summer dress.

Shirt dress: Shirt dresses look best with belts, especially if your belt is making a style statement itself. They need wide belts as thin belts will make the material bunch up too much.

trouSerS & JeanS Business casual: The best way to wear a belt on trousers is to pick a pair of structured trousers

kriShika lulla

There is just too much fabric going on here. The dress is a lovely colour but it seems to be smothering Neeta. This is clearly a case where more is actually well, too much.

Come on Neeta, we know you can do better than this.

Nothing is better than sticking to an elegant classic. Krishika shows us that black doesn’t have to be boring.

We like that the producer has kept the rest of her look unfussy so that the focus is on her dress. A black gown and too much bling is overkill.

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We like the harem pants and the dress with the low neckline, but they aren’t passing off as traditional wear no matter how hard you try to distract us with your lovely smile Aditi. The demure plait is cute but overall, this outfit doesn’t work for us.

We can’t understand why actresses confuse a gown for Indian wear. This is a case of dress-with-a-dupatta and while it’s pretty, we think the dupatta is unnecessary. However, we love the work on the outfit even if Sonam has been heavy handed with the eyeliner.

In our books, Kangana is one of the best dressed women in town. Here she rocks a casual cutout dress and we like that she’s kept it simple and not too flashy. The cutouts are demure and pairing her bright dress with black accessories tones it down.

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StyliSt SPeak We spoke to stylist, Roxanne D’Souza to get you the lowdown on belts. See what she has to say about how we should be wearing them: l Try to invest in neutral belts (tans, browns) that can be teamed with most outfits. At the same time, lay your hands on trendy neon belts to add interesting tones to a dull outfit. Stock up on a couple of glitter belts for special occasions. l Wear a slim belt over an oversized dress or tunic on your natural waist to accentuate your curves, or closer to your hips for a ’70s hippy look. l A wide elasticated belt on a dress can cover up a hint of a tummy. l For denims, add interesting patterns and designs from studded belts to braided belts. l When mixing patterns, such as a printed tee with a floral high waist skirt, use a wide belt that matches either of the pieces to complete your outfit. l A slim belt can work wonders over a thick cardigan, a denim shirt or even a blazer, and give you curves that you almost did not have. l Adding a narrow belt to a flowy chiffon blouse can add shape and definition to the waist. l Not all girls can wear belts wherever they want to. For example, a busty girl should wear her belt an inch lower on her natural waist, while smaller built girls can wear their belt just above their natural waist line.

BeltS We love Take a look at some great belts you can pick to spice up your outfit Jacket worthy

This muted orange belt from www.yebhi.com is a good option over a black cardigan or jacket.

Price `450

long story

Belt your long top at the waist with this fun, studded belt from www.garciajeans.com.

Price `1,099

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Shirt story

Accentuate your curves by wearing this belt from Madame over a shirt dress.

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and wear a skinny belt over the waistline.

Blazer basics: Wear a skinny belt over your blazer at your natural waist to make your trouser and jacket look more fashionable. top belt: Even on jeans, you can belt your blouse instead of running your belt through the loops.

Make sure your blouse is not too loose as it will bunch up, or too tight or the belt will just make it look vulgar. Don’t wear low-rise jeans and avoid belting over jeans if you have a wide tummy.

acolaDe Skin acne Gel Acolade’s skin acne gel is a golden-yellow transparent skin gel that needs to be applied for three days for the effects to show. What effects? I’m not sure, because honestly, I failed to get any results. I wasn’t pleased by the fragrance, but as long as the gel provided anti-acne results, I could put up with it. I applied it every night for around a week. Sadly, I didn’t see any effects as far as fighting acne is concerned. The couple of spots that I had when I started using the gel did disappear, but I feel that it was just a natural process and the gel played no role in it. The only thing that I liked was that it helped with oilcontrol and that it left my skin soft and moisturised. Would I use it again?

Not likely.

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inDola colour ShamPoo Indola Innova Colour Shampoo is supposedly filled with rich, gemstone extracts that make your hair look shiny and smooth all day long, helping your colour last longer. After weeks of use, my colour did not seem to last much longer than it did with any other colour saving shampoos. The shampoo, when used with the conditioner, does leave hair shinier and smoother, but the effects wear off with a little pollution, which means you have to wash your hair more often than usual to prevent it from getting greasy. It’s a good product, but didn’t blow me away.

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« 5 WAYS TO ROCK: PATTERNED PANTS Forget your denims and invest in a pair of stylish patterned pants, as Rhea Dhanbhoora gives you some tips about how to wear them right 1. SoliD colourS Don’t allow your top to steal the attention away from your patterned pants.

Pair them with solid coloured tops or a muted, black and white print, since your pants will be in focus and a coloured, printed blouse is often too much.

The safest bet is to let your pants do the talking.

2. FlatterinG FitS Your pants should not be too loose or too skintight as both can spell fashion disaster. Make sure that they are form flattering and figure hugging but not constricting. If you prefer a loose pair, make sure that they fall well and aren’t too long, so you don’t look like you’re wearing printed pajamas.

3. JacketS If you want to try layering, a jacket will work its charm on patterned pants, with a no-fail option being to opt for a denim jacket. Then, >> Miranda Kerr knows how to mix no matter what colour top prints sensibly to make the most of you’re wearing, it will be a her patterned pants

fashion hit with the jacket.

However, if you’re wearing neutral coloured tops, there’s nothing better than a chic, solid coloured jacket or a simple cardigan.

4. minimum acceSSorieS Make sure that your accessories are not overthe-top. A statement neckpiece goes well on a neutral top with patterned pants, but do try to avoid anything that steals the spotlight. Don’t wear too many bangles or very large earrings. Instead, accessorise with stylish glares and a handbag.

5. SenSiBle ShoeS Ditch your strappy stilettos as classic heels work a little better with patterned pants. Once you get the hang, you can try mixing prints here instead of on your tops. Even loafers and moderately heeled stilettos look good. Just avoid anything that will steal the show or make you look like you’re trying too hard.

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>> Using someone else’s cutlery can be much more disastrous than you imagined it to be

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Food diaries From hoarding food to eating whatever catches your fancy in the office refrigerator, there are a number of food habits that will earn you negative points at the workplace. Dev Goswami tells you what you need to know about office food etiquette

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Do not Steal

ating lunch at office might seem like a small, inconsequential part of your daily work day. However, this is the time when your fellow co-workers will be judging you the most. From talking with your mouth full to being labelled selfish because you do not share your lunch, there are a number of ways you could go wrong while eating with your colleagues. Follow these tips to make sure that doesn’t happen to you:

Do you see a mouth-watering slice of cake in the refrigerator? Well, do NOT take a bite of it.

If you’d really some you can casually ask around whose cake it is and that you can’t resist taking a bite — more often than not they’ll offer you a bit, or even the whole thing if you’re lucky. But, asking for their permission is a must.

Sharing iS caring

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You might be carrying your favourite dish for lunch and may want to eat every bite of it, but be gracious and let others appreciate the dish too. Not offering to share your food is one of the worst things you can do as far as manners are concerned.

This is an age old rule that you must follow at all times — chew with your mouth closed and do not talk with a mouth full of food. If you must, hold a hand in front of your mouth.

Say no to meSS No one likes eating messy looking food. You don’t have to come up with MasterChef quality presentations, but make sure that your food looks appetising, if your lunch box is going to be passed around the table.

ForkS & SpoonS One of the biggest problems you might face is unintentionally dirtying other people’s cutlery while sharing food. You will be surprised at how possessive people can get about their cutlery. The best way to deal with this is to always carry your own forks and spoons — even when your lunch includes chappatis and vegetables.

get more Sharing your food is important — especially when you’re getting something that is a crowd favourite. For such times, get more food than you normally would. It might seem like a bit of a headache, but the extra effort will be worth it.

no to work When you’re eating lunch with your colleagues, avoid work discussions — it might be really tempting, but it will spoil everyones day. We are sure there are loads of other topics you can be discussing. Change the topic every time the conversation starts drifting towards work.

« CAREER ADVICE Feeling inFerior at work? FinD out how not to I work in a big corporate firm where everyone is extremely competitive and formal. I am a fresher here and still learning the ropes. I am already considering quitting my job because my manager seems to hate me and my work. I constantly get yelled at. I am scared of discussing this with him. Please tell me what to do, because I don’t want to be so scared at work all the time!

— chandni Sampat, lokhandwala Dear chandni, Your fear is understandable considering the fact that you are new to the place. But, you have to talk to your manager about this because you have to deal with him on a regular basis. Try to explain to him that you require a little more assistance in understanding what is expected of you. You could even try asking a colleague for help until you get better with your work. If the situation doesn’t get better, you might want to consider switching to another team or a different job profile if you feel you aren’t cut out for this one. Don’t be disheartened as only such experiences help you figure out your strengths and weaknesses.

It’s been two years since I’ve been working at the firm where I am right now and I am really happy with the job. I have good colleagues and

the people I report too are also nice to me. But lately, a co-worker, who is at the same level and also joined around the same time as I did, for an appraisal. I feel she got an appraisal only because she is pretty and this has been really de-motivating for me. I am not as good looking as her and that has started to bother me a lot at work. I know it’s stupid but how do I stop this from getting to me so much?

— Jenny Shroff, mahalaxmi Dear Jenny, Having a negative body image can really get to us sometimes because after a point we might become obsessive about it. Your co-worker getting an appraisal before you might have been because of her work ethic rather than the way she looks. Even if she did get an appraisal based on her looks, it can only get her so far.

Ultimately at a workplace, it’s the quality of your work that matters. Don’t let this hamper your quality of work and put in your best efforts.

Also, everybody is good looking in their own way and it is more important to feel beautiful in order to look beautiful. So, don’t be disheartened and keep at it.

Send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in before wednesday

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1. Houseproud The reason we love the website houseproud.in is because they have collections that will suit every budget. Their range includes furniture, wall art and hangings, bar accessories, lamps and chandeliers as well as kitchen accessories — whatever you’re looking for, they have it. The website showcases products from a number of international as well as Indian home décor brands.

Where www.houseproud.in 2. MG THe GreaT easTern HoMe The store might be out of your way, but as far as pretty, beautiful and lavish home décor stores go, it doesn’t get better than MG The Great Eastern Home. They have a mix of antique eastern décor as well as colonial era designs that are sure to add a unique touch to your home.

Where Khanna Estate, LBS Marg, Vikhroli (W) 3. ViVa sol From couches and wall furnishings to tables, chairs and showpieces, Viva Sol has a number of home décor items that will catch your eye. But, the one thing that the store is worth visiting for is its excellent range of chandeliers — you will find many original designs.

Where Raghuvanshi South, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel

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thought you gained a humongous amount of weight” — this is not the only sentence that you absolutely need to steer clear of when you meet a pregnant woman. Most of us don’t realise that the things we say in jest to pregnant ladies can often make them edgy and doubtful of themselves. As it is, those nine months are brimming with new, unknown experiences where women become a whole new shape and size. And then, you go ahead and say something like the opening sentence of this article and you’ve ruined her day. While you are laughing at your sad joke, she is resisting punching you in the face. To avoid such situations, here’s a guide to the things you should never say to a pregnant woman.

What you say: “It looks like you’re ready

What she hears: “Be prepared to go mad.” What you say: “My aunt had a lot of That’s a fabulously ominous way to get her excited about her kids! While you can’t make it any easier for her after her children are born, at least don’t scare her. She is probably well aware of the responsibilities that come with giving birth to twins, so don’t rub it in.

What you say: “It was planned, right?”

What she hears: “Are you sure you wanted the baby?”

Whether it was planned or unplanned, frankly, it’s none of your business. They are telling you that they are expecting which only means that they are anticipating a happy response from you, unless the to-be mother or father actually expresses their unhappiness over it. Just smile and say congratulations.

What you say: “You sure were really hungry What she hears: “Wow! You look like at dinner!” an elephant.”

What she hears: “You ate enough food for to burst.”

She knows that she’s gained weight and may have problems fitting into the largest of her maternity clothes. But, you are the last person she needs a reiteration from on her size when she is dealing with raging hormones and a whole lot of other biological changes. So, watch what you say.

What you say: “Twins? All the best!”

an army.”

She is carrying another life inside her. What’s your excuse when you eat the same proportion just because it’s your favourite meal? Bear in mind that pregnant women are often hungry. She is supposed to eat 300 calories extra each day for each baby (in the case of multiple children) and even more if she is an active woman.

complications during childbirth.”

What she hears: “You might die.”

Pregnant women, especially first timers, get paranoid at even the mildest negative comment about labour. Mind your tongue and don’t recall any unfortunate pregnancy incidents. Instead, tell her about the ones where women had the easiest deliveries.

What you say: “Sleep as much as you can now. After the baby comes...”

What she hears: “You’ll never get to sleep once the baby arrives.”

Again, she knows that! You don’t have to remind her. Point out the happy aspects that a baby will bring. Don’t point out the drastic transition her life is going to undergo after the baby arrives. Most mothers are constantly worrying about it even without you putting it in their faces.

What you say: “Can I touch your belly?”

What she hears: “I am a creep.”

Unless you are very close to the mother, you are not supposed to ask that question.

Touching the baby bump is as personal as, let’s say, a tight hug. Would you do that to a person you hardly know? And honestly, we fail to understand the fascination with touching a near stranger’s belly. Quit doing it.

4. Tresorie If you want to be spoilt for choice, Tresorie is the store you should visit. Their Santacruz outlet has an unbelievable four levels, spread across 8,000 square feet.

They have a mix if well-known designers as well as a few upcoming ones, meaning that you can look forward to products that you can’t go wrong with as well as designs that will set your home apart from the rest.

Where Linking Road, Santacruz (W) and Infiniti Mall, Andheri (W) 5. Good earTH Shopping at Good Earth is a beautiful experience. They have three outlets across the city, but we recommend you visit their flagship store in Raghuvanshi Mills that houses the largest collection and also gives you the opportunity to visit The Tasting Room. As far as their designs are concerned, you will find a wonderful mix. However, what we love the most about Good Earth is their focus on indigenous designs and crafts.

Where Good Earth in Lower Parel, Juhu and Colaba

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I have been married to Ruchi for a little under a year.

But, I have known her for three...

I fell for her the minute she walked into the gym I work out at, she took a little longer. Everyone said how cute we looked as a couple.

ARe you

open To open?

Soon, we were married!

>> Take this quiz along with your partner to know if both of you are on the same page regarding an open relationship

Do you want have your cake and eat it too? Open relationships are all about that but are you ready for one? Tejasvi Desai helps you find out Mostly As Open relationships are

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n open relationship is one where two people agree that they want to be together but this doesn’t limit them from seeing other people on the side. Being in an open relationship is no longer just one of the options Facebook provides you with for a relationship status; open relationships are very much in practice and more and more couples are going in for this arrangement. See how you fare on this quiz to know where you stand:

Do you think it’s impossible to be physically involved with someone without having feelings for him/her? a) Yes. b) No.

Do you tell your girlfriends to refrain from interacting with your partner more than required? a) Yes. b) No.

Do too many girls posting on your partner’s Facebook wall ruin your mood? a) Yes. b) No.

Do you get jealous when your partner flirts with other women? a) Yes. b) No. Do you get insecure if you do not have your partner’s attention at all times? a) Yes. b) No.

Do you love the attention you get from other men apart your partner, but get mad if he enjoys the same attention from other women? a) Yes. b) No.

Do you keep taking quizzes such as: How to tell if your man is cheating on you? a) Yes. b) No. Are you only thinking about an open relationship because he has proposed it and you don’t want to break up over it? a) Yes. b) No.

not your cup of tea. You need to overcome your insecurities regarding your partner to be comfortable enough to share him with someone else. If at all you do go in for one, you might end up breaking up or will not be happy with it because you are clearly not ready. It is nothing to be ashamed of because not everyone is cut out for such an arrangement. You want your partner for yourself there’s nothing wrong with your demands. If your partner is suggesting one, it’s time you have the talk and tell him upfront that you are not fine with it.

I am in my early 20s and I’ve been with my current boyfriend for a little under a year. We get along great, are committed and have lots of fun together. The thing is, I get a fair amount of attention from other guys and some even ask me out. My issue is that my boyfriend has zero problems with this. He never gets jealous. I feel like he doesn’t care about me when stuff like this happens.

Please give me some advice on how to deal with this.

— shruti Khanna, Malad Dear shruti, Let me put things in perspective for you.

He’s committed to you. You’ll have fun. He’s not the jealous kind. I don’t see the problem honestly. Trust me; you don’t want a jealous man no matter how exciting and thrilling it may seem. It can be flattering at first, but

Then, the other day a friend met us and started laughing at us, saying we looked like two cute potatoes!

Mostly Bs Take the plunge! You

are all set to be in an open relationship. You like your space and are not too jealous or possessive about him. You are not sure about your partner yet and want to look around without having to lose him completely. Sometimes seeing other people helps you realise how much your partner means to you. But, make sure you get your partner to take the same quiz.

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Dear Grace,

We are both big foodies and so for our honeymoon, we went on a three month holiday to Europe. We loved it! When we came back, our honeymoon continued and we’ve been loving it.

jealousy is known to get out of hand and leave you miserable. Be happy that he trusts you 100% and doesn’t feel the need to discourage you from talking to other men.

He obviously cares about you but doesn’t feel threatened by other guys at the same time because you’re his girl. Enjoy your mature relationship.

Send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in

“And to be honest, we did! Where once we went to the gym, now our exercise regime is a small stroll after romantic dinners. Ruchi is in denial, saying we are fine, but we’re fat! Help!”— Rao a) You know what you have to do. Exercise and eat healthy together. If going to the gym does not appeal to you anymore, go dancing or cycling. Mix it up. She will soon get back to enjoying feeling healthy again. b) Don’t worry. Enjoy yourselves, this is very common after marriage. c) Your friend sounds like he/she is jealous. You two sound very happy. Start exercising, but for your health, not just to look ‘cute.’

LAST WEEK: N should pick Option A: Using your credit card without caution will do this. I’m sure you can swallow your pride and ask your parents for a bailout now and then budget more carefully in the future.

Atul Kulkarni gets set to host a crime show

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TV TATTLE LITTLE WONDER MEHNAAZ MANN

The eight-year-old Mehnaaz Mann is all set to star in a primetime Zee TV show with actor Shilpa Shirodkar. Life is about to get more exciting for Mehnaaz who was last seen on Zee TV’s ‘India’s Best Dramebaaz’. Known for her poignant delivery of dialogues and her act on the historic Jallianwala Baug tragedy, Mehnaaz has now got her big break on television in Zee TV’s upcoming show–Ek Muthi Aasman. “It felt like a dream when they called my parents to tell them that I had been selected for the role of Kalpana in ‘Ek Muthi Aasman’. I am excited at the thought of acting along with an accomplished actor like Shilpa Shirdokar, but I also am a bit nervous about making my debut on national television.”

COOKING SKILLS OF JUNIORS

MasterChef, a brand in culinary talent, has been an inspiring platform for so many passionate and driven adults in the country. And now, after three successful seasons of MasterChef India, comes the first ever season that tests the skills of young minds with the new ‘Amul presents Junior MasterChef-Swaad Ke Ustaad’. This will be the first time on Indian television that children will be seen in the kitchen and entering a territory traditionally owned by adults. Catch them amaze you with their food play of fancy gourmet dishes, exotic desserts, rich Indian food and unlimited entertainment on Junior MasterChef starting August 17, every Saturday and Sunday at 9.00 PM on STAR Plus.

BEAUTY WITH DIGNITY

Atul Kulkarni, a talented actor and an alumnus of the National School of Drama, has made his mark in films like Chandni Bar, Dum and Rang De Basanti in Hindi and Natarang and Valu in Marathi.

He is now set to make his Hindi television debut as the host of ‘Savdhaan India Mumbai Fights Back’ to be aired on Life Ok. Here is what he said about his debut on national television.

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By Sandeep Hattangadi

By Sandeep Hattangadi You have done shows in Marathi which were popular. What made you select ‘Savdhaan India…’ in Hindi?

I feel television is an effective medium of reaching out to people and making them socially aware as to what is happening in big cities like Mumbai, the crimes, how to take precautions against them and fight them.

Mumbai was once considered to be a very safe city.

Yes. The scenario has changed slightly in recent years and we will be portraying the crimes taking place in Mumbai.

Tell us something about your anchoring?

I will first be depicting the crime and then analysing it. Later, I will also make people aware as to how such crimes can be avoided.

Recently, crime-based shows are becoming popular. What could be the reason for this?

I feel that the crime scenario in cities has raised an interest in the public and hence such shows are becoming increasingly popular.

What is happening on the film front?

My international film Singularity directed by Roland Joffe with Bipasha What kind of crimes will you be high- Basu and Josh Hartnett is set for an October release. I have a film coming up in lighting in your series?

We will be portraying different kinds of Marathi called Popat. Also, K.C. Bokacrimes among college students, senior dia’s Dirty Politics and Zanjeer are ready. citizens and women. Mumbai, the city of dreams, was once known for being Any last words? one of the safest cities in India, when I am happy to be associated with a every Mumbaikar could proudly claim show like ‘Savdhaan India…’. Being a it. There has been a dramatic shift in the Mumbaikar myself, I feel it is extremely crime scenario in the metropolis. From important to make fellow citizens corruption to kidnapping to murder, aware of the crime rate in the city and Mumbai is slowly getting engulfed in a how they can fight them. I hope the audiences accept me in this role. vicious crime circuit.

he National Geographic Channel, in association with Medanta Hospital, recently announced the launch of the ‘Emergency Room’ series. This series will showcase the dramatic and heart wrenching tales unfolding in hospitals. Shot inside the emergency room of Medanta, the series will encompass the story of doctors and the hospital staff that work relentlessly to defeat death and heal sickness along with the emotional stories of the ailing patients hoping for a miracle to save them. The show was launched at a press conference in Delhi today, and was addressed by actor Irrfan Khan and Debarpita Banerjee, Vice

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President-Marketing, National Geographic and FOX International Channels. Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman and Managing Director, Medanta and Anil Shukla, Additional

Commissioner of Police, Traffic Police, Delhi were also present. The series goes on air on August 12, every Monday and Tuesday at 10 PM on National Geographic Channel.

Commenting on the launch, Irrfan Khan said, “There is a certain negligence and dehumanisation that plagues the society today. I am glad that a credible entity like National Geographic Channel has come forth to take forward the cause of sensitising people about emergency preparedness. I am happy and proud to be a part of this campaign and will do my bit in educating the audiences.

The series will certainly be insightful for viewers and help them recognise real life tensions and how they affect the ones dealing with it”.

With the royal couple Jodha-Akbar tying the knot in a special wedding week on Zee TV called the ‘Shaahi Saptaah’ starting August 5, Paridhi who plays Jodha has been donning the most beautiful and rich ethnic creations and jewellery that only accentuates her natural good looks. A little birdy on the sets tells us that actor Rajat Tokas who plays Akbar is rather tongue-tied around her. When quizzed on what makes him shy or awkward around her, Rajat says, “Paridhi is one of those rare blessed women whose good looks are matched by inner beauty. She conducts herself with utmost dignity at all points and is very graceful in the way she speaks and moves around.”

EPIC SERIES RE-RUN

On the occasion of Independence Day, HISTORY TV18 will be airing the iconic depiction of India’s partition–TAMAS. Based on the Hindi novel with the same name written by Bhisham Sahni, the series, directed by Govind Nihalani, was regarded controversial for the realistic and daring portrayal of the India–Pakistan partition. This eight-part series will be aired daily starting August 15 at 9:00 PM. The mini-series boasts of a legendary star-cast befitting an epic, with actors like Om Puri, Deepa Sahi, Amrish Puri, Pankaj Kapur, Bhisham Sahni, A.K. Hangal, Dina Pathak, Saeed Jaffrey and Surekha Sikri among others who have brought alive the characters through their sensitive and realistic portrayal.

SHOW COMPLETES A MILESTONE

Star Plus’ popular show ‘Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera’ has recently completed 200 episodes. The cast of the show is very excited about this and hopes that the show completes 2,000 episodes. The story of Veera shares the journey of a brother, who becomes a mother to his sister. He takes care of baby Veera’s every need right from feeding her to grooming her and educating her. They share an unbreakable bond that is formed between with the life-changing sacrifices they make for each other.

Harshita Ojha and Bhavesh Balchandani play Veera and Ranvijay respectively. We wish the show good luck and hope it reaches the zenith of success soon. Tune in to watch Ek Veer Ki Ardaas... Veera, from every Monday to Friday at 10:30 PM.

KUDOS FROM MEGHALAYA CM

The latest in a long string of accolades is a call that came for Zoya from the CM of Meghalaya–Mukul Sangma. He and his family have been watching the show ‘Dance India Dance (DID)’ and are of the opinion that Zoya is one of the most talented dancers on the show. He loved the unique aqua performance that she had done along with Juliana where they had brought a pair of statues to life. “I am overjoyed that Sangma has appreciated my performance. Knowing that everyone from the common man to eminent personalities is watching my performance is a high like no other. I am grateful to DID for giving me huge platform in order to showcase my dancing skills,” said Zoya.

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“The Indian retail market is poised to reach USD 1.3 trillion by 2020 and therefore it will provide a tremendous growth opportunity for retail and FMCG players alike....I would expect the Indian industry to live up to the expectations of people who look up to you for goods and services at price they can afford. India’s huge consumer base of more than one billion is an opportunity for the FMCG sector. Industry should take advantage of this and invent new products with superior technical prowess and intelligence.”

Consumer Affairs Minister K V Thomas

Downtrend Continues

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Thursday (August 8, 2013) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day)

by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell marginally on Wednesday (August 07, 2013) a net 23.15 points (0.42%) and closed at the 5519 point level. The market opened up at the 5549 points level. It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 5486 points level at 10.44 a.m. The index then rose and turned into a range bound movement until 2.28 p.m. It then rose sharply into the green and registered the day’s high at the 5561 points level at 2.44 p.m. The index then dropped back into the red and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 75 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 25 were losers, while the other 25 were gainers. Substantial buying was witnessed in metal, power and oil & gas stocks, while heavy selling was witnessed in IT, auto and FMCG stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 7.08%. 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, 792 were gainers, 518 were losers and 70 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the over-sold zone.

The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is below the 30 level and is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

Is below its 200-day average (at 5852) Negative.

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

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5476 points level.

The next support is at the 5359 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 5776 points level.

The next resistance is at the 5894 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 = 5522 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 5483.

Support (2) = 5448.

Resistance (1) = 5558.

Resistance (2) = 5597.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese c andl estick patterns the index has formed a second consecutive but smal l black body candle on higher volumes. This is negative.

Fur ther, the 15 day’s moving average has crossed below the 200 day’s moving average.

The index continues to remain below the 5, 15, 25 and 200 day’s moving averages and all the four averag es are declining. The velocity parameters c ontinue to remain negatively trended. All these indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a fur ther decline unfolding.

Investors are advised to avoid buying at present levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line and both lines are diverging (negative if it continues).

The ADX is rising while the Market Index is falling, which indicates that the present down trend is increasing in strength.

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 5630) Negative.

Is below its 15-day average (at 5829) Negative.

Is below its 25-day average (at 5861) Negative.

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

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Recovery Prospects For Indian Banks Dim

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he Indian banking sector is unlikely to recover in the next 18-24 months. That’s according to a report titled “Slack Economic Growth Dents Recovery Prospects For Indian Banks,” that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services published yesterday.

It based its views on slow economic growth that is constraining the corporate sector, the chief recipient of banking credit. “Deteriorating asset quality and earnings are likely to constrain the credit profiles of Indian banks over the next two years,” said Standard & Poor’s credit

analyst Geeta Chugh. “We no longer expect the corporate sector to mildly recover in fiscal 2014, given slower-than-expected GDP growth, heightened currency volatility, and high interest rates.”

The report expects the banking sector’s nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio to surge to 3.9% of total loans in fiscal 2014 (ending March 31, 2014) and to 4.4% in fiscal 2015, compared with 3.4% in fiscal 2013.

The return on assets should also remain depressed, at about 0.9%.

Indian banks have restructured 5.7% of their aggregate loan balances as of March 31, 2013. The Reserve Bank of India allows banks to exclude

these loans from their reported NPLs until fiscal 2015. We expect restructuring to remain high in the next two years because of the weak economy and the regulatory allowance.

Standard & Poor’s has revised its forecast for India’s GDP growth to 5.5% for fiscal 2014 from 6.0%. “The corporate sector’s weak performance, combined with high interest rates and a weak rupee, is likely to weaken debt servicing for these companies,” said Standard & Poor’s credit analyst Mehul Sukkawala.

“We believe that the infrastructure (power and road), metals and mining, construction, and capital goods sectors are particularly at risk.”

Inflationary Potential Causing Concern

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he “economy right now is not in an encouraging environment, it is suffering from a chronic fiscal problem. Historically, it has been

CIL Plans Rs 25,400 Crore Investments During XII Plan Period

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RBI imposes Rs. 5,62,555 penalty on SBI for violation of the terms of agreement with RBI. Omaxe Q1 FY14 Consolidated Income from Operations up by 9.1% to Rs 401.66 crore. Essar Shipping Q1 profit down 64% to Rs 19.41 crore. NMDC Q1 net down 17.51% at Rs 1,572 crore. Apollo Tyres Q1 Net up 20 % to Rs 165.94 crore.

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oal India Ltd (CIL) has planned to invest Rs 25,400 Crore during XII- Plan Period (2012-17). In addition, an adhoc provision of Rs 25,000 Crore for acquisition of coal assets abroad and Rs. 10,000 Crore for development of coal blocks in Mozambique is proposed in XII Plan period.

Incidentally, the estimated demand of coal in the country will reach to 769.69 million tonnes by 2013 -14 against the domestic availability of 614.55 million tonnes. This was stated by the Minister of State for Coal, Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.

He said that the main factors that constrain production of Coal relate to difficulties in acquisition of land, obtaining environment and forest related clearances, difficult geo mining conditions in some areas.

Difficulties in resettlement and rehabilitation as also intermittent law and order problems are also experienced in some mining areas. Another important constraint pertains to coal evacuation capacity particularly through rail movement. Seasonal factors such as excessive rain and heat wave conditions also constrain production.

Patil said that as per the current import policy of Government, coal is placed under open general license and can be freely imported by anyone on payment of applicable import duty as per their requirement.

observed that in a democracy with bursement of subsidies. On the the introduction of universal suf- other hand, citizens also need to be frage, there is also prevalence of responsible and recognize the limihigher level of social spending, tations of their system. My advice to which in turn would increase the the government would be to include country’s GDP. However, to main- the social sector and to create a protain this, would be a challenge for ductive private sector, which the Finance Minister of India. But to presently is not the case. I also look stabilize the economy, government forward for the CPI inflation to come needs to encourage corporate in- down but am sceptical about it.” vestment and public savings. This Reflecting similar concerns stability can be attained by meas- Shailesh Vaidya, President, ures like - Creating collateral equity IMC, said, “The current economic markets; Addressing fundamental situation has seen a lot of volatility reforms; Tightening monetary pol- with the rupee crossing 61 to the icy” said Dr. Rajiv B. Lall, Executive dollar and stroking the inflationary Chairman, Infrastructure Develop- potential of the economy while ment Finance Co. at an IMC inter- making the avowed aim of fiscal active meeting, yesterday. consolidation even more elusive.

He was speaking about the cur- The GDP growth still remains in the rent macroeconomic situation and danger zone.” Apprehensive about RBI’s action plan for managing the the accountability in public life, Current Account Deficit and cur- which has touched rock bottom, he rency volatility. According to him further stated, “The country’s image “India needs to design its own wel- in the international community is at fare measures and take advantage of stake and any credit downgrade technology, which can improve tax now could prove costly for the administration and the targeted dis- economy.”

CREDAI To Move Court Against Sand Mining Ban

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escribing the National Green tribunal (NGT) populist ban in sand mining as arbitrary and anti growth , developer’s apex body CREDAI Chairman Lalit Kumar Jain, has indicated that the developer community is considering appropriate legal options to challenge the order.

The nationwide stay on sand mining from river beds by the NGT adds to the ever increasing burden on the real estate industry.

He said it is shocking that NGT thinks sand mining causes floods in rivers. Silting, on the contrary, allows free flow of rivers and prevents floods. “Sand is one of the most essential inputs for any construction.

Planners, while issuing building permissions must also assess the re-

quirement of material like sand or metal. The ban might serve the populist purpose, but it is a retrograde move as it harms the nation’s growth,” he said. I do not think it is proper for any authority to pass orders without giving opportunity to concerned parties like the developer community. The ban will also increase result in sand smuggling add to the growth of sand mafia, instead curbing it.

One most important point that one has to remember is that plaster quality particularly in urban areas and coastal cities like Mumbai is worsening by the day because of non availability of quality river sand. It is common knowledge that the use of sand mine with mud and pollutants from the creek is adversely affecting the quality of construction”, he further added.

BUSINESS BRIEFS No Raising Of FDI Cap In Print, Electronic Media Government has not liberalised FDI regime in print and electronic media in view of concerns expressed by the Home Ministry, Parliament was informed yesterday. “The Ministry of Home Affairs did not agree to liberalising the FDI caps and/or entry routes in print and electronic media on account of it being a sensitive sector,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.

‘Markets To Stabilise At Current Levels’ Markets are likely to give RBI “the benefit of doubt” and stabilise at current levels, a report by global brokerage firm Barclays said. According to the research note, the jump in volatility following the tightening of liquidity by the RBI on July 15 is likely to move lower and current levels could prove an attractive entry point into the market. “We think markets are likely to give the RBI the benefit of the doubt and stabilise at current levels,” the report said adding that investors should stay on the sidelines and monitor developments in the coming weeks.

Sharp Increase In Credit Applications: CIBIL The demand for loans for various products including home and auto loans from banks and other financial institutions in India has shown a sharp increase of 150 per cent since 2010, according credit information agency CIBIL. The spurt in loan-seeking showed an increased demand for credit and a bounce back by lending instititions in disbursals after the 2008 downturn, according to Harshala Chandorkar, Senior Vice President, Credit Information Bureau India Ltd (CIBIL).

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LOVIN’ IT UP

Sharing the responsibility of relationship

I am a 20-year-old guy having a love affair with a 20-year-old girl. We know each other for past five years and want to be with each other in life the life. But the problem is that her parents want to get her married and don’t know of our affair yet. She is from an orthodox family and I fear her parents wont accept me, I will be completing my studies after 2 years and will get a job then. I have asked her to anyhow stop her marriage proposals for 1 year and then I will be 21. We can go for court marriage if anything goes wrong. Even if I become 21 I am not sure that she will go for court marriage. It is a big problem for which I need your guidance. Please help me.

In your case you seem to have taken the entire responsibility of the girl’s parents on your shoulders. If she cares for you as deeply as you care for her, she will also play her

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 2013 The test of true love is its strength to face challenges, the first one being with her parents.

Remember, if your decision to share a life together, upsets or disturbs them in any way, then it is their problem. It is not your responsibility to solve their disturbance. Both of you first of all need to understand that though it is good to have the blessings of family and friends, it is not an absolute ‘must’. What is a ‘must’ though, is maturity on the part of both of you to be able to shoulder the responsibility of marriage, physically, emotionally, financially and socially. So make sure that both of you are ready for it before tying the knot. What is important is how willing and ready both of you are to share a life together, then whether it is a family priest or a court registrar, who does the honors should not really matter.

It does not have neuroreceptors sensitive to sexual stimuli. Therefore removal of the uterus will not hamper your sexual pleasure. During the sexual act, it is the clitoris and the outer 1/3rd of the vagina that can perceive pleasurable sexual stimuli, and they remain untouched in a Hysterectomy operation.

I would like to add that the removal of the uterus also does not hamper the pleasure of the male partner, as the length and width of vagina reDr. Rajan B. Bhonsle mains unaffected.

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HEART TO HEART

What the cards say: Have patience Path: Please explore fully what you really want. Don’t rush headlong into situations Ally: Taurus will calm you down. Avoid Leo who will push you harder Card for the week: Tarot key no. II The High Priestess. Look and turn inwards and understand your real needs and connect with them. Living on the surface may not give you the satisfaction you seek

What the cards say: Good opportunities come your way. Weigh them Path: Plan your next move and strategize long term. Don’t keep things to yourself but discuss them Ally: Libra will care for you. Avoid Aries who will make you more mean Card for the week: Tarot key no. XX Judgment invites to look at your life and dispassionately and objectively. The right judgment will open right doors for you.

Cultivate critical evaluation of self

What the cards say: Feel happy and secure Path: Connect with loved ones. Don’t distrust. All are not the same Ally: Virgo will stabilise you. Avoid Sagittarius who could fan your impulsiveness Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIV the Temperance which says that balance and healing is at hand

What the cards say: Healing time Path: Be at Peace and have faith. Don’t brood or isolate yourself. Invite relationships Ally: Pisces will be a great support. Stay away from Gemini. They will confuse you more Card for the week: Tarot key no. XII The Hanged Man. Surrender will transform your personality. You will be taken care of in any situation

What the cards say: Take responsibilities this week Path: Face the unexpected with equanimity. Don’t avoid problems.

Solve them Ally: Aquarius will be a good friend.

Avoid Capricorn, you will get bored with them Card for the week: Tarot key no IV The Emperor.

There are duties and responsibilities and rights and power.

All of these are yours for taking

What the cards say: A good phase of inner satisfaction Path: Forgive the less fortunate and make up. Don’t judge and calculate. Accept Ally: Virgo will give good advice. Avoid Aquarius Card for the week: Tarot Key no. X the Wheel of Fortune which indicates change and success

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What the cards say: Know yourself better Path: Objectivity will bring you insight. Don’t use weaker people. Be straight and call a spade a spade Ally: You need to win the right people to your side. Don’t trust those who have something to gain Card for the week: Tarot key no. IX The Hermit. Be wise and see the light of wisdom. Connect to the source and commit to the right

What the cards say: Let go and give up. You will be taken care of Path: Be conciliatory and genuine. Don’t be selfcentered or insecure Ally: Water sign Scorpio will show you to be tough. Avoid Sagittarius for their radical ways Card for the week: Tarot key no. XII. Surrender to the will of God. In sacrifice there is gain and in defeat there is the greatest victory

What the cards say: Be grateful for what you have Path: Be aware of your intuition and follow it. Don’t hold grudges in the way of love Ally: Water sign Scorpio will give you strength. Don’t tangle with Capricorn or you will get confused Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIV Temperance. You need to balance your different selves in a whole

What the cards say: Connect to the inner self Path: Love is more important than the ego.

Don’t stay aloof. You need to connect and heal Ally: Libra who will put you at ease. Don’t take advice from Pisces who will make you more confused Card for the week: Tarot key no. VIII Strength.

You have great inner strength, connect to it and rise with its help. Win the beast within you and face your weaknesses and faults

What the cards say: Sacrifice what needs to be sacrificed Path: Work towards harmony and good will. Don’t be calculating or focused on self gain Ally: Pisces will teach you sacrifice. Avoid Cancer who will make you more selfish Card for the week: Tarot key no. II The High Priestess.

Suggesting that you connect with your inner self

What the cards say: Everything is not to be taken personally Path: Be strong, tough and objective.

Don’t allow your loved one to bully you.

Stand up to what is right Ally: Seek advice from Aries who will make you tough. Stay away from Gemini who could make fun of your emotions Card for the week: Tarot key no. X The Wheel of Fortune. A time of change and success.

Flow with the tide. You will gain

Storm over killing of five Indian soldiers refuses to die down

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ew Delhi: Storm over the killing of five Indian soldiers on the Line of Control refused to subside today with Parliament being paralysed as the Opposition accused Defence Minister A.K. Antony of contradicting the Indian Army over the shocking incident.

The Lok Sabha witnessed two adjournments and the Rajya Sabha three as BJP stalled proceedings demanding apology from the Defence Minister for “toeing the Pakistani line”. As the Lok Sabha met for the day, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj slammed Antony for giving Pakistan Army a “clean chit” in the attack.

In the Rajya Sabha, Antony later said he had made the statement yesterday on the “basis of whatever information I had. I will get back to Parliament after Army Chief’s visit” to the affected areas.

The Lower House also saw Left members storming the Well protesting against attacks on opposition parties, women and weaker sections

CHAOS: The opposition slammed the UPA in the Lok Sabha for the ambush of five soldiers on the LoC, especially Union defence minister A.K. Antony. in West Bengal by ruling Trinamool Congress.

The protests by members of Seemandhra region continued in both Houses with TDP members storming the Well and Rajya Sabha even witnessing the spectacle of a TDP member, C.M. Ramesh, wearing a black band over his mouth. Swaraj said while an

earlier statement by the Army and the Defence Ministry blamed terrorists and Pakistan Army regulars for the attack.

Antony had said those involved in the incident were terrorists and people wearing Pakistan Army uniforms.

“The Defence Minister should apologise to the coun-

AP protest continues, over 1,000 held PTI

tween different groups, the official said, adding in view of this police has invoked specific provisions of law, including section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion, race, place of birth, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of IPC. Police urged the local community to co-operate with them in protecting the statues, which they themselves had installed, out of respect and affection for national VIOLENT MOCKERY: The protesters were charged with offences like damage to statues of national leaders, buses and public property besides leaders.

It was also noticed that cerrioting and assault. tain vested interests were inyderabad: Over 1,000 Additional Director Gen- dulging in mudslinging people have been taken eral (Law and Order) of Police against the police personnel, Kaumudi said and warned into preventive custody in VSK Kaumudi said today. connection with the agitation The protesters were that such acts would be by supporters of united charged with offences like viewed seriously and the ofAndhra Pradesh even as the damage to statues of national fenders could be liable for protests continued for the leaders, buses (both APSRTC stringent criminal action.

“Police department is eighth consecutive day and private buses) and pubtoday, a senior police official lic property, besides, rioting apolitical and works without said. and assault. For the cases any discrimination on the Also, 221 persons were ar- pertaining to damage to stat- basis of caste, creed, religion region,” Kaumudi rested so far and as many as ues of national leaders, 39 and 124 criminal cases were reg- cases have been registered pointed out.

All district superintendents istered against the protesters and 94 accused have been arof police have also been adin Rayalaseema and coastal rested, the ADG said.

Andhra districts in the wake Damage to statues is an in- vised to take prompt prevenof the Samaikyandhra agita- sult to the memory of na- tive action to control the law tion over the past one week, tional leaders. It is bound to and order situation and not under specific sections of the provoke strong reaction and to allow it to deteriorate, he also cause animosity be- said.

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try,” Swaraj said amid din over Telangana and law and order situation in West Bengal.

Under attack for his statement on the killing of five Indian soldiers on LoC, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Tuesday maintained that his contention about the involvement of terrorists in the assault was based on “whatever information” he had.

He told Rajya Sabha that he will get back to the House if he got more details about yesterday’s incident in Poonch after the visit of Army Chief Gen Bikram Singh to Jammu today.

As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was present in the House, Swaraj demanded a

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NATION Pakistan violates ceasefire

Srinagar: Pakistan violated ceasefire in Uri sector along the Line of Control by opening indiscriminate fire on Indian posts, Army sources said on Monday.

The Pakistani troops opened fire on three Indian posts in Kamal Kote area of Uri sector in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday afternoon, the sources said.

The firing lasted nearly one hour, but there was no damage reported on the Indian side, they said.

Pak, India DGMOs talk Islamabad: Top military officials of Pakistan and India today spoke to each other on hotline to lower tension after the killing of five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir.

An official of Pakistan army said that the two Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) established a “special hotline contact this morning” to discuss the situation “arising out of the recent Indian allegations on the Loc”. statement from him on the issue stating categorically that Pakistan Army was involved in the attack on the Indian post in Poonch sector in Jammu and Kashmir.

Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended on the native vil-

lages of four Bihar soldiers, who were killed in an ambush by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, with their irate kin demanding strict action against that country.

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COFFEEBREAK

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 602

ENIGMA CODE 602

ACROSS: 7

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Each colour in our code represents a letter.

When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words.

The clue to first word is given to help you get started.

Ten vets misread misleading public announcements (14) King rescued from hostile army (4) Laboratory dish of cooked tripe (5) A job for some expert - a skilled man (4) Strangle in a car (8) A chunk is for an Egyptian god (6) The speed at which we go? (9,4) Ways seen to be wrong for an ancient Jew (6) Natural environments take a small part in some headgear (8) Depart hurriedly when cast out (4) Hint that is simply pointless (5) A carrier returning to the Middle East ? (4) Look blank when given the astronaut's view (5,4,5)

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Look towards the orchestra and accept responsibility for ones actions (12) There's endless time for this (4) Axilla! The weapon mine! (6) Have a wonderful time as mountaineer? (3,3,4,5) It's instructive for the priesthood (8) Where one might entertain the others to French bombast (10)

The Clue: Evil person (3,3)

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SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S ENIGMA CODE ADDICT, ACIDIC, CADDIE CANDID, INDICT, STADIA TIDBIT

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MATH PYRAMID 602 11 Evil character with a dagger giving a girl standing (8,4) 13 Maugham play we should respect (3,7)

16 The opening shot (8) 19 Not like a girl to look so young (6) 22 Doctor takes morning over small whisky (4)

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across: 4 Shape, 5 Species, 8 Clears, 9 Aberdeen, 10 Dentists, 11 Roared, 13 Paltry, 15 Switch, 17 Malays, 18 Aircraft, 20 Rustlers, 22 Healed, 23 Shatter, 24 Sides.

Down: 1 Tarantella, 2 Versus, 3 Mind, 4 Salted peanuts, 5 Sparse, 6 Eyebrow, 7 Scene-shifters, 12 Afterwards, 14 Respect, 16 Caesar, 19 Rehash, 21 Tram.

QUICK CROSS 602

ACROSS: 1 Suitable (3) 4 Novel (3) 5 Plumbers problems? (5) 8 Mountain pass (3) 9 Had a nap (5) 12 Breath of fresh (3) 13 Chain item (3)

HIDATO 602

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The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied.

1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 Plus (3) 2 Feet/second connector (3) 3 Little branches (5) 6 Huck to Tom (3) 7 Take to the soapbox (5) 10 Diner staple (3) 11 Rugby touchdown (3)

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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 602

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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

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TODAY’S FORECAST

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Leo 2nd Shravan Shuklapaksha Magha Sinh[Leo]M.T Grey and Red 5

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Make the most of the good trends at work. Do not resist rapid changes around you, which may entail moving to a different department at work or moving to another city or town. Let matters follow their natural course. Businesspersons will have enough time to scrutinize new ventures, especially those entailing heavy financial investment. Execute your plans, as success is assured. The married will hardly get any time to be with their mate.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Attractive, soft spoken, medium height, healthy and longlived. Will have fine hair and soft skin. Respectful, helpful culturally aware, will also value tradition. Will make a good advisor or administrator.

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You will have a busy profitable day at work. Some of you will take charge of an important project, which will assure a steady income. You will be feeling much more confident of yourself.

You will be able to get ahead with your plans which until now may have faced one delay or another. Love life is exciting and if keen on getting married you are likely to get engaged soon. Troubled relationships improve.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You get praise for your honesty and integrity. Blocked funds are cleared and have liquidity again. Expenses on transport are high but cannot be avoided right now as things are beginning to look favorable again on the work front. Your health improves. The single will come across and interesting person from a different background but you may have lot in common otherwise.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You need to devote more attention to your work that seems to go awry due to neglect. Avoid arguments or discussions on matters that are upsetting to others. Keep your temper in check and work at improving your relationships.

Being upfront about your predicament will get a more understanding response from your beloved. A confrontation at this juncture will be a hindrance to your progress.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): This is a very fortunate day to start anything new or hold an important seminar or meeting. Problems with those who have opposed you in the past will be resolved if you make an effort to forget all and get on with your association with a clean slate. Your love life gets more exciting and you will be inclined to talk about future. Just because you are married and settled does not mean that your mate should understand you care.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Find time to plan for what lies ahead rather than reflect on the past. You will be successful in dealing with your problems if you give yourself another chance. You will have the support of family who believes in you and have the faith that you will be successful in what you want to do. For peace and harmony in the family make extra effort. It will be easier for you to make compromises rather than expect others to change.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): A chaotic schedule will leave you exhausted with fatigue.

It is better to seek the help of others and not try to work day and night to catch up with lost time. In trying to showing your sincerity and working hard you could only be harming your health and also not produce quality results. Personal relationships are good, though you will not be able to give personal attention and care to someone very dear to you.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A lack of confidence may make you doubt your own judgment. Do not give in to such negative thoughts. Carry on with your work, success is assured. If you are given a difficult assignment, consider it as a challenge and do it with all sincerity and you will win accolades. Insecurity in a romantic association could be upsetting. It would be better to discuss what is on your mind rather than let your imagination run away with you.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): There could be delays when traveling. Important issues or decisions may need more of your personal involvement. Make sure that your paper work and documents are in order. You may feel tired this evening. Visitors at home could make it difficult for you to concentrate on what you have to do. An outing will help to change the mood.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Work on new initiatives and ideas to give your approach on the way you work a totally new and fresh feel. It is a gamble worth taking. In the evening you may want to share a few quiet moments and discuss your plans with your beloved or mate. An investment for the family is indicated. In the evening you may want to share a few quiet moments and discuss your plans with your beloved or mate about the future.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): A proposal you had refused earlier may be extended to you again. Don't let personal bias come in the way of your work and business. Too much attitude could create more problems for you in relationships. A little time off from your hectic schedule will help you to unwind. For those who are keen to settle down a good marriage proposal could come through a family friend or someone known to you.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You are advised not to rush into taking a major decision concerning your work, or location.

Maintain status quo for the time being.

You have worked hard and done well for yourself. People will go out of their way to be nice to you. Meeting will be a great success. Those in love will be making plans for the future and the single could meet a person with whom they strike an instant rapport.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): The wait is finally over and you can look forward to that important bit of news concerning your work or an important position. It may not be what you really wanted but it is still a breakthrough. Do not let the ensuing paperwork and red tape put you off. An outing with loved ones and close friends will help you to relax.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4735

ACROSS: 1 Breakfast food (6) 7 PM to Chandragupta Maurya (8) 8 Dig up by the roots (4) 10 Wriggle or twist (6) 11 Aspen, for example ? (6) 14 Sir Hutton of cricket (3) 16 Informally quick or bitingly cold (5) 17 Song syllables (4) 19 Small branch (5) 21 "Moira" becomes a Spanish boy ?

(5) 22 Was silly or infatuated ? (5) 23 ___ with : trifles with ? (4) 26 Baker's ___ : thirteen, of course ?

(5) 28 Spanish gold (3) 29 Enroll (6) 30 South American country (6) 31 Straight as __ __ : not at all crooked (1,3) 32 Is vastly superior in taking wickets than the other side ? (8) 33 __ ___ the Good Book : a way of quoting the Holy Bible ? (2,4) DOWN: 1 Monthly (6) 2 Italy's football league (5,1) 3 Weapon in a silo, for short (4) 4 The Merchant of Venice (7) 5 Spank (5) 6 Tote, convey or bear (5) 8 A web-footed sea bird (4) 9 "Run" around to get a jar ? (3) 12 A domestic hog (3) 13 Use, ask or request (5) 15 Carousal (5) 18 Composer ___ Dvorak (5) 19 ___ on : delayed action about, colloquially speaking ? (3) 20 Disencumbered, free (3)

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SUDOKU 1921 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: P equals G

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

21 On which we depend for our rains (7) 22 God in latin (3) 23 Drags behind (6) 24 Drain slowly (4)

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Disagrees or diverges ? (6) English county (5) Monetary unit of Poland (5) Fort near Monterey (3) A fresh water fish (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD Across: 1 Amiss, 6 Zoned, 9 Taxicab, 10 Plied, 11 Tents, 12 Enjoy, 13 Deserve, 15 Rcc, 17 Auto, 18 Belied, 19 Greek, 20 Cowboy, 22 Aero, 24 Abs, 25 Program, 26 Sagas, 27 Widow, 28 In air, 29 Warhead, 30 Messy, 31 Nasty.

Down: 2 Milieu, 3 Stereo, 4 Sad, 5 Diane, 6 Zatopek, 7 Obey, 8 Entice, 12 Every, 13 Dacca, 14 Stews, 15 River, 16 CD ROM, 18 Bears, 19 Got away, 21 Oblige, 22 Agenda, 23 Racist, 25 Paths, 26 Sows, 28 Ian.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1740 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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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: 25 average; 27 good; 29 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: acme, amen, amend, armed, came, cameo, coma, come, comer, comma, command, COMMANDER, commend, comrade, cram, crammed, cream, dame, damn, demon, dome, dorm, dram, dream, mace, made, madmen, mane, manor, mare, mean, memo, mend, merman, moan, moaned, mode, modem, modern, more, morn, name, named, nomad, norm, omen, rammed, random, ream, remand, roam, roamed, romance, romanced

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IN BRIEF England ‘worried’ and ‘vulnerable’, says Border

SYDNEY: Former Australia captain Allan Border today cranked up the pressure on England ahead of the fourth Ashes Test, saying Alastair Cook’s team appeared vulnerable and worried. The tourists’ hopes of regaining the famous urn were washed away by a rain-affected third Test draw at Old Trafford that concluded Monday and gave Ashes-holders England an unassailable 2-0 lead with two to play. But after losing the first two Tests, Australia’s performance at Manchester was much better with their batting finally firing, in contrast to England’s.

After the second Test at Lord’s, Border, known as “Captain Grumpy”, slammed Australia’s top three as “embarrassing” while telling Shane Watson to sort himself out, but he has had a change of heart.

India’s Lahiri is keeping it cool at Omega European Masters

CRANS-MONTANA (Switzerland): A ‘mismanagement of apparel’ spoilt his campaign last year and India’s Anirban Lahiri is not prepared to risk another wardrobe change as he takes another shot at glory at Omega European Masters scheduled to held from September 5-8. The talented Indian, who has three Asian Tour wins under his belt, got off to a flying start by grabbing a share of the first round clubhouse lead last year but a ‘mismanagement of apparel’ saw him miss the cut when he followed up his brilliant 66 with a 81.

Clarke defends his players in Hot Spot controversy

MELBOURNE: Australia captain Michael Clarke today backed his players, stating that none of his teammates have used silicone tapes on their bats to beat the controversial Decision Review System (DRS). The DRS is in the news in the ongoing Ashes for all wrong reasons after concerns were raised following England batsman Kevin Pietersen’s dismissal in the final innings of the third Test. Pietersen was adjudged out after an edge was not picked up by Hotspot but was confirmed by ‘Snicko’ technology and other audio evidence.

Sania-Jie advance in Rogers Cup

TORONTO: Sania Mirza and her new partner Jie Zheng came from behind to beat Natalie Grandin and Darija Jurak and advance to the second round of the WTA Rogers Cup, here.

The fifth seed Indo-Chinese pair registered a 4-6 7-6 (5) 10-2 win over the South African Croatian team in the opening round of the USD 2,369,000 Premier hard court event.

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SAINA, SINDHU BEGIN CAMPAIGN WITH WINS SPORTS

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UANGZHOU (China): Saina Nehwal today started her campaign for an elusive medal at the World Championships with a crushing straight-game victory over lowerranked Olga Golovanova of Russia in the women’s singles competition of the prestigious event here.

London Olympics bronze medallist Saina, who had reached the quarterfinals of previous editions in 2009 and 2011, brushed aside Olga 21-5 21-4 in just 23 minutes to set up a clash with 15th seed Thai Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in the prequarterfinals tomorrow.

Saina has a 5-0 record against Porntip but the Indian will have to be on guard as past records do not count and such matches could turn out to be tricky sometimes.

Earlier in the day, P V Sindhu overcame a fighting Kaori Imabeppu of Japan to secure her place in the third round of the women’s singles competition.

Both Saina and Sindhu had got a bye in the first round.

Seeded 10th, Sindhu, who won the Malaysia Grand Prix in May this year, had to sweat it out for

an hour and 11 minutes before she could prevail over unseeded Imabeppu 21-19 19-21 21-17.

World number 12 Sindhu, who made her debut at the World Championships today, will next take on the winner of the match between second seed Wang Yihan of China and Indonesian Belaetrix Manuputi in the next round.

However, it was a heartbreak for Ajay Jayaram as he suffered a straight-game loss to Pablo Abian in a 31-minute contest in the men’s singles.

World number 24 Ajay, who had stunned world number 12 in the opening match yesterday, lost 9-21 17-21 against the Spaniard, who is ranked 88th.

There were more heartbreaks

Drunk Panesar pisses off bouncers, fined by cops Shooshh club on Brighton’s beachfront, which was hosting a Gay Pride event. However, when a group of women complained he was hassling them, Panesar was asked to leave, the tabloid ‘Sun’ reported.

Panesar, born to Indian parents, proceeded to the promenade above the club and relieved himself on the bouncers standing below. The bouncers then chased Panesar until he was cornered in a nearby pizza parlour, according to the report.

The bouncers dragged Panesar back to the club and called the ONDON: In a bizzare incident, police. He was fined 90 pound a “drunk” England spinner sterling by the Sussex police.

A Sussex Police spokesman Monty Panesar “urinated” on bouncers after he was thrown out said, “A 31-year-old man received of a nightclub in Brighton early a fixed penalty notice for being hours on Monday and has been drunk and disorderly after being fined by the police, reports said. seen urinating in public near the The incident happened at 4am Shooshh Club in King’s Road on Monday, just hours before Arches, Brighton, around 4.13am England retained the Ashes at on Monday.”

Panesar later released a stateOld Trafford by drawing the third Test for which Panesar was in- ment, through his spokesperson, cluded in the 14-man squad but offering an “unreserved apology” for his behaviour. not named in the playing XI. “Monty would like to apologise The 31-year-old left-arm spinner had been partying at the unreservedly for any offence

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7B Star down Maverick SC

UMBAI: Putting up a solid fighting display, 7B Star overcame Maverick Sports Club by a narrow 2-1 margin in a wellcontested Third Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League 2013-14, at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Wednesday. Shabbir Shaikh and Nimesh P scored a goal each for the winners, while Maverick SC got their goal through Aditya Paranjpe.

In another match, Los Galasticos SC blanked FC Chincholi 2-0. M. Fernandes and Siddharth Suvarna netted the goals for the winning team.

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caused.”

The cricketer’s spokesperson has since apologised on his behalf.Sussex County Cricket Club have launched an investigation into the incident.

A statement on the club’s website read: “Sussex County Cricket Club can confirm that an incident took place involving Monty Panesar in the early hours of Monday 5 August. The matter is under full investigation and the club will make no further comment at this stage.”

Panesar, who has 164 Test wickets from 48 matches, has not been included in the squad for the next Ashes Test at Durham, which starts on Friday.

Panesar was dropped by Sussex earlier this season in part due to a poor on-field attitude. Struggling with a sore shoulder, he had fallen into the habit of stopping the ball with his boot in the field and throwing it back to the wicketkeeper underarm.

Panesar was also arrested and interviewed by the police in 2011 after a heated argument with his wife in a pub car park. He was subsequently released without charge.

Farooqui star of St Mary’s ICSE win UMBAI: Farooqui Said notched four goals including a hat-trick to help St. Mary’s ICSE (Mazagaon) score a 5-1 win over St. Xavier’s (Borivali) in the B-16II-QF of the Inter School Football tournament at the School Sports Centre on Wednesday. Sanghavi Rushat scored the other goal for the Mazagaon school while A Kirtikar reduced the margin.

Other results: B-16-II-D-QF:Hiranandani Foundation (2) (Utsav Dattani 2) beat The Cathedral & John Connon (Fort) (0); B16-II-QF: St. Xavier’s (Bhandup) (Noble Fernando 1) beat Lilavatibai Podar

(SC) (0); B-16-II-QF: Don Bosco (Borivali) (2) (Melburn Vaz 2) beat St. Anthony’s (Vakola) (0); B-16-III-D: Activity (Peddar Road) (2) (Aakash Patel 2) beat Swami Vivekanand (Kandivali) (1) (Jainam Shah 1).

Venue: St. Xavier’s Ground (Parel) B16-III-F: St. Andrew’s (Bandra) (2) (Kamlesh Rathod 2) beat Learners Academy (Bandra) (0); B-16-III-A: Don Bosco (Matunga) (3) (Clisson D’Silva 2, Zian Kopty 1) beat Thakur Vidyamandir (Kandivali) (2) (Arbaaz Shaikh 1, Deepak Yadav 1); B-16-III-B: St. Pius X (Mulund) (4) (Tristan Fernandes 2, Siddanth Bhangera 1, Manan Rajde 1) beat Arya Vidyamandir (Bandra-W) (0).

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for India as men’s doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu crashed out of the tournament after suffering a 15-21 21-13 1721 defeat against 15th seeded Indonesian pair of Alvent Yulianto Chandra and Markis Kido.

In the women’s singles match, Saina was not tested in any way

by Olga as she failed to put any pressure on the Indian.

Although, the girl from Hyderabad faltered a bit with her net strokes initially, she recovered quickly.

Olga committed a series of unforced errors and even though she tried to engage Saina in rallies, the Russian never had the strokes to finish off the points.

In another men’s singles match, Parupalli Kashyap kept his hopes alive as he emerged victories after his opponent Petr Koukal from Czech Republic retired hurt mid way through the first game at 14-5. The game lasted for just 11 minutes.

The 13th seeded Kashyap will next face Hu Yun of Hong Kong, who is ranked sixth in the world.

Hu has beaten Kashyap twice in the past during the Asia badminton Championship in 2010 and Korea Open early this year.

Formidable India ‘A’ up against talented Aussies in opener

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RETORIA: A formidable India ‘A’ with a lot of senior team regulars will be facing an upbeat Australia ‘A’ in their first match of the tri-series cricket tournament here tomorrow.

A keen contest can be expected as some of India’s established youngsters like Cheteshwar Pujara, Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina will be facing the future generation of Australian cricketers. Australia will go into the match on a confident note having beaten hosts South Africa ‘A’ by three wickets in the tournament opener at the LC de Villiers Stadium here yesterday.

India ‘A’ will be taking on the Australians at the same venue tomorrow to mark the beginning of a tour which is seen as a dress rehearsal on bouncy strips for the team’s young batting turks for their tour of the country at the end of the year.

While the likes of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan, who are expected to open the batting in ODIs will be keen to get accustomed to the pace and bounce of the wicket, it will be an acid test for Suresh Raina. The UP batsman’s technique has been found wanting on pitches which has a fair amount of pace and bounce and he would ideally like to turn the tables on this tour. India ‘A’ skipper Pujara will like to use this tri-series to prove the selectors that he is good enough to be persisted with in the limited overs format despite his twin failures in Zimbabwe.

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PUNE RACES: HOW THEY RAN ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY

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trainer was disappointed when Money Strike lost sevome highlights of racing eral lengths at the start. He on Saturday and Sunday: was sure of leading in a douTrainer Pesi Shroff leads ble on Sunday.

There was a neck to neck in Nanoli bred super horse – Trisara. The filly is owned by fight between Pesi Shroff the Shirke family and Mr. trained Storm Tracker and K.N. Dhunjibhoy; Narendra Adhiraj Singh of Jodha’s RaLagad and wife Begum Sha- jasthan Royals. There was a herbanoo gets double rea- dead heat in the race.

Act of War, trained by sons for celebration: Narendra’s birthday and the Bezan Chenoy was the win of Shaherbanoo owned favourite in the Hurricane Ceasarina. Trainer M.K. Jad- Plate. The winner was Matter hav gets (8 to 1) Mountbatten of Heart which is trained by win; Don J. Surti (trainer and S.K. Sunderjee and ridden by Prasad who partner) wins 10 to 1 Rising apprentice Angel. M.P. Jadhav (Cactus claims an allowance of 5 kgs.

Cash) and his son Adhiraj And no whip. It was available Singh (Rajasthan Royals) win: at 5 to 1 probably because an Rajasthan Royals and Storm apprentice was on it.

S.K. Sunderjee had a douTracker (trainer: Pesi Shroff ) dead heated for the Turf Club ble when One Kept Secret won, beating Pontanelle.

Trophy.

Trisara, owned by the Watch Pontanelle who has Shirke family and Mr. K.N. shown his class in Mumbai Dhunjibhoy won with the also.

Mars which won the Theur greatest of ease. It was joint favourite with Four Star Gen- Trophy is a good one. The eral. Looks like with Pesi as horse is owned by Dr. M.A.M. the trainer, it is likely to make Ramaswamy and trained by Katrik G. Despite heavy it big.

Begum Shaherbanoo penalty, the horse won easily, Lagad who owns Ceasarina when promoted it will win won on the horse trained by again.

Samay Balwan, trained by her talented husband Narendra Lagad who is doing well Narendra Lagad won the this season. There must have Master of the Rolls Plate, start been a double celebration at to finish. It was available in the ring at 5 to 2. their bungalow in Pune.

A notable runner on ThursM.K. Jadhav has given notice he will do well in Pune. day was Menage A Trois, He got the neglected horse owned by Mr. B.M. Ruia, Mr. (neglected in betting) to win Amay and Mr. B.M. Desai. the Kia Ora Plate. Appalachia, The horse was looking a pictrained by Malesh Narredu – ture. Watch this filly.

Runs to remember: Queen, favourite in the race was out Storm Tracker, Pontanelle, for an educational run.

Don J. Surti, part owner Laurus Ride, Only One, Wild Crowned and trainer has worked well Imagination, with Rising Angel which won Princess, Falco Nero, Edith the Div II of Nelson River Piaf, Pezzonobanta, Run Like Plate. Surti, an able small the Wind.

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Crowned Princess being led in after it won the race. Owner: Begum Shaherbanoo Lagad and Mr. Amit Mahadik.

Trisara won the Race of Hope Gold Cup. Owner: Mr. Vijay, Mr. J.V. Shirke and Mr. K.N. Dhunjibhoy. Trainer: Pesi Shroff.

Winston. Owners: Mr. K.N. Dhunjibhoy, Mr. F.K. Rattonsey, Mr. Byram N. Jeejeebhoy and Mr. Jaydev Modi. Trainer: P. Shroff.

Ceasarina which won the Nelson River Plate being led in by Begum Shaherbanoo Lagad and (left) trainer Narendra Lagad.

Rising Angel. Owners: Mrs. D.J. Surti and Mrs. Dhubash, Mrs. F. Singh, trained by D.J. Surti.

Menage A Trois which won the Londonderry Plate being led in. Owners: Mr. Shyam Ruia, Mr. Amay Ruia and Mr. B. Desai. Trainer: Adhiraj Singh Jodha.

Falco Nero won the August Handicap. Trainer: Dallas Todywalla.

Samay Balwan won the Master of the Rolls Plate. Owned by Hooshang K.P. Trainer: Narendra Modi.

Mars. Owned by Dr. M.A.M. Ramaswamy and trained by Kartik G. It won the Theur Trophy.

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He was the mainstay of the Indian batting line-up and has displayed his prowess as the chief selector as well.

Former Indian cricket captain DILIP VENGSARKAR who contested the Mumbai Cricket Association elections, speaks to NEIL JOSHI about the urgent need for sportspersons to head sporting institutions, the lack of trust in the DRS and the need to cleanse modern day cricket from the vexing ‘fixing’ issues.

Indian cricket is suffering a lot of turmoil with its credibility at stake. With the spectre of spot fixing badly hurting the Indian image, especially of the BCCI, what measures need to be initiated to restore credibility to Indian cricket?

Everybody has to be very strict including team owners and the franchises. In Twenty20 even a couple of bad overs could make you lose the game and this could happen anytime. Those who are fringe players and also unknown players, they can be easily tapped. It is easier to do these things [spot fix] in the shorter format of the game as a couple of bad overs change the complexion of the game. There should be stringent laws which act as a deterrent and would prevent players from doing such things.

Is the education given by the BCCI to the young cricketers sufficient, and has it served its purpose?

It is not fair to comment, since I am not a part of the BCCI and I don’t know whether the board is talking to players in this regard. It is also the responsibility of each franchise and it is they who also should speak to the players.

With the Sports Bill stating adequate representation for sportspersons, is it time that the BCCI adopts the guidelines of the Sports Bill?

I always believe if you have a sporting background, you take the right decisions [for the game]. If you have played the game, you know what is best for the game and you know how to improve the game. You also know how to implement things from the grassroot levels, so these are things a person who has played the game would understand. I feel very strongly that sportspersons should govern sports administrations.

With elections around the corner, what plans do you have for Mumbai cricket and what do you feel are the major issues?

There are so many issues. We have a great system in Mumbai with the school and college cricket. The club cricket culture has produced very good cricketers who have gone on and played the game at the highest level. But of late, some of the matches have been tampered with. I don’t know how it will work because they have scrapped Kanga League although it has been played for the last 65 years. These kind of things will not go down well with the people who have played cricket.

We need to have a good system and produce good cricketers who will play for Mumbai and India as well. As a cricketer I can talk about cricket, but there major issues administratively as well. I am shocked that Kanga League is scrapped. It is not that the matches are getting washed out. It helps a 15-year-old who plays alongside a 40-year-old where the seniors pass on his experience to him.

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Banning cricketers should be the last option resorted to in such circumstances.

How will banning help reduce instances of fixing?

There is huge money in cricket including in the Indian Premier League and in other formats of the game. The players who play cricket come from a very humble background and it is easy for them [bookies] to tempt them [players] and do all such kind of things, so it very important for the franchise and the BCCI to guide them. It should extend to their parents also.

The use of the DRS has caused a lot of talk and debate during the ongoing Ashes series, with many decisions made by the umpires not really up to the mark. Do you feel that a healthy debate should be put in place or should India accept the DRS in its present form?

DRS should not be used until it is foolproof and as such, it is not foolproof at all. So many times it has failed to give the right verdict. The umpires also are under tremendous pressure and they are bound to make mistakes. I feel if there is any doubt, the benefit should go to the batsman and that has not been happening. If they find a slight doubt they give it out. And there are certain things in the system which I don’t agree with at all. If you have DRS system and you are struck in front of the stumps even though are 10-12 feet away from the stumps, because according to the hawk eye it would hit the stumps. There could be a deviation after hitting the front pad. The umpire is the best judge of the game. I always feel the game should be kept simple. If you use technology, you not only lose momentum but time as well.

Players such as Ajinkya Rahane and Rohit Sharma haven’t been able to cement their places in the side, is the quality of the players produced by Mumbai on the downward spiral?

You may have oodles of talent but at the end of the day you need to perform. If you get an opportunity, you need to grab it. It up to the individual [what he expects from himself], if you play high class of cricket, you need to deliver.

How important is the India ‘A’ tour of South Africa?

This tour will be very important as well as the under-19 tours. When the Indian senior team is selected, these fringe players will definitely get a look in. You need to see how to perform there and South Africa is an important tour and those who perform should get a look in.

On the laggard pace attack of the Indian team…

It is very important because we lack in that department. That is our weak link; we need to improve our bench strength, as they will win more matches for you.

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