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AND A SUPER HERO! ing in Bhayandar (East) late on Monday evening. A 14-year-old 25-year-old man mounted a tried to rescue her and was seriously violent attack on a 24-year- injured while doing so. old girl, leaving her seriously According to the police, the inciinjured in the premises of her build- dent occurred at Sonam Krishna

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harpshooter for the infamous Chhota Rajan gang Prakash Nikam alias Pakya who has been on the run from the police was finally caught on Monday after an eight-month hunt.

Pakya was wanted for firing two rounds at Ajay Ghosalia aka Ajay Borivali aka Ajay Ganda in 2013.

Pakya had been identified as the main shooter among the three who attempted to kill Ganda by firing bullets outside Infinity Mall, Malad, on August 28. 2012. Ganda suffered two bullet injuries but survived. Considered a big fish in the city's gangwaters, Pakya was arrested at Diva by Crime Branch Unit 11.

“Pakya's arrest is a major blow to the Rajan gang especially to Satish Kalya, who assumed a key position in the gang after eliminating veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey in 2011,” said Avinash Sawant, Senior Inspector of Unit 11.

On Saturday last, Sawant was appointed as the

BRAVE 14-YEAR-OLD RESCUES 24-YEAR-OLD GIRL FROM ATTACKER EVEN AFTER BEING REPEATEDLY STABBED IN THE STOMACH

Apartments in the New Golden Nest surising her to marry him. area of Bhayandar (East) where the However, after a flat refusal to his girl stays with her parents. The ac- advances and marriage proposal, cused identified as Jashmin Cooper Jashmin had started stalking the girl (25) was known to the girl for the Continued on pg 8 « past two years and had been pres-

Sharpshooter nabbed

By Neel Shah

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The girl who was the target of the stalker.

Robin, who fought him off to save her, in hospital.

By Suresh Golani

Gold: `28,639 Silver: `42,977 US Dollar: `60.11 Temperature: 320C/230C Humidity: 62%

Pakya, of Chhota Rajan's gang, who had been evading the police for the last eight months is tracked down by new Unit 11 chief Avinash Sawant

Arvind Sawant came visiting with...

Promises and a firm pledge

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By Carol Andrade

rvind Sawant, Shiv Sena candidate from South Mumbai, two-term MLC, guardian for the rural areas around Nandurbar and Hingoli, yesterday gave us a pledge.

If he is elected from this constituency, and provided the Central government gives the required permissions within three months, he will ensure that the long-awaited Mumbai coastal road from Nariman Point to Madh along the Continued on pg 8 «

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Captain Friel back in action

nspector Avinash Sawant has been fondly tagged Captain Friel by the men who worked alongside him, tackling the city's underworld at its prime in the 90's and early 2000's.

Frank Friel, the eponymous officer of Philadelphia's police department is known for eliminating the entire Philadelphia-Atlantic mafia family in 1980. Sawant's role in gunning down most of the dreaded city gangsters in separate encounters earned him the name. He has an impressive record of working with almost every high-ranking encounter specialist in the city's police force. However, the modest Sawant prefers to remain low-profile but proudly credits his hand-picked officers who had been a part of the operations. Prominent among his Avinash Sawant many encounters are Ramya Surve alias Ramya Butler and his two associates who were targeting a builder at Malad. Sawant's forte lies in tracing the grassroots hideout of gangsters with the help of an army of informants before closing in on them. chief of Unit 11. In a matter of two days he man- covered a sophisticated Indian-made pistol from aged to track Pakya who is known for going into Pakya along with five live rounds,” said DCP Amhiding and striking back after regular intervals. badas Pote adding that the seized weapon is likely “Based on some information we received, the Continued on pg 8 « shooter was found and arrested. The police re-

I’m going to cast my vote for this netaji only. He has assured us he’ll legalize all slums constructed upto 2014!

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Teaching English, the easy way

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CITY OPINIONS

Is it possible for BJP to come to power in Maharashtra?

Darshan Panchal Engineer No. In the state, Congress-NCP alliance has done well in past 10 years and has also kept law and order under control.

Nidhi Jasani Doctor Maybe. It can be possible but still it's a tough fight as the Congress-NCP has done quite a tremendous work in terms of development.

Shivraj Nevrekar Cinematographer Yes. A decade has passed but the current ruling party has not done anything for the development of the state. It has just taken the credits for the projects which were initiated when BJP-Sena alliance was in power in state.

Amol Kale Hotel Owner Yes. The current ruling party has lot of corruption issues which would be a major factor considered by the voters during voting.

Shivshankar Dey MBA Student No. There would be damage to the current ruling party but it would surely not lose the elections.

Shamsher K. Service Yes. This time around, the people of Maharashtra are angry with the Congress due to the hike in prices of food, fuel and other items. So the BJP has an edge over the Congress. So BJP win, especially considering the downward spiral of the Shiv Sena.

Munna Hakke Student The opinion polls says that the BJP will get maximum seats in Maharashtra. I think the BJP will get 15 seats in the state due to various factors working in favour of the BJP this time.

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‘e-teach’ is a commendable initiative to teach English in vernacular schools. And it’s fast catching on, with 1,200 schools already using the technology to make learning of the language easy

By Avinash Lohana

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he world is going global today and English as a language has played a pivotal role in building bridges between nations. However, there is a certain strata of society which is deprived of this learning and struggle to compete in the rat race. To reduce this shortcoming, the Bombay Community Public Trust (BCPT) along with three other partners, viz. Learning Space Foundation (LSF), Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) and Muktangan have embarked on an initiative to provide education to those who are deprived of learning English, with a program called 'e-teach.'

This program was initiated with various objectives, one being to reduce the disparity faced by children from the poor strata due to their inability to communicate in English, then to improve the utilisation of the vast infrastructure and teaching staff which exists in vernacular schools and to teach the students of Balwadi and 1st Std through simple technology which makes the subject fun and easy to understand.

The method adopted to achieve these objectives was to prepare and display master audio-visual animated action-packed DVDs made

by TIS to teach the compulsory syllabus prescribed by the Maharashtra Government for English. These DVDs are distributed free of cost to vernacular schools which cater to those children who cannot afford to learn English in good schools and hence suffer the brunt. Harsha Parekh, Executive Trustee of BCPT said, “E teach was the idea of H.T. Parekh, Founder of BCPT. He realised that there is a need for improving English, mostly so that the kids from vernacular medium could survive in the real world, as also because there were a lot of

Chemists are concerned about their own safety and of the patients' welfare if they refuse to dispense medicines against prescriptions that are not as per the model format; suggest convincing doctors to comply instead

By Shwetha Kannan

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he Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) stand asking retailers to stop giving medicines over prescriptions that do not follow the model format, has raised some questions and received some recommendations from the retailer fraternity. Though the retailers are yet to be officially informed about this, they have concerns about their security and patients' welfare.

Prasad Danave, General Secretary, Retail Dispensing Chemists' Association (RDCA) said, “If the

An e-teach class in session. dropouts from vernacular schools, not because the teaching was bad, but English was not given much priority. Even parents wanted their kids to learn proper English and hence were shifting their kids to English medium schools.” However, there were repercussions to this as well. Parekh further added, “English medium schools are costly, hence they had to then face financial hardships to get admissions there.”

So every party involved analysed this concern and came out with a solution. To teach English in the same vernacular and Marathi medium schools, but with some technological assistance. They came out with an idea of converting the entire English text book into a DVD with music, pictures and animation that would attract kids and

gauge their attention towards the subject. Nitin Orayan, Founder of LSF said, “We were always clear about one thing that if we want this initiative to be a success we have to stick to the syllabus, because as per the university norms, students have to be taught the syllabus prescribed by the Maharashtra Government. However, we did not want this DVD to be boring, so we included, animation, pictures and music to generate interest amongst children. We sat with the members of TIS, who converted the entire English textbook into a user friendly interactive DVD.” However, the journey wasn’t simple and there were many hurdles that the team had to overcome for this initiative to function successfully. “Initial difficulties was the cost of the DVD s which is high. Just

when we managed to overcome that, the syllabus changed. So we had to redo the entire process.

Moreover, the schools were hesitant in the beginning and refused to take full responsibility of the teaching. So we had to provide a helping hand for quite some time to make them comfortable with this new change,” said Parekh.

In the academic year 2011-12 they did a test run in one taluka in Thane district with very encouraging results. So in 2012-13, they convinced 200 schools to partner them in the cause. Gradually through word of mouth more talukas began to show interest and now in 201314 they are working in four talukas of Thane district covering around 1,200 schools. They even received good support from the Government and parents who promoted and motivated the idea.

Pramila Nayakwadi, Principal of Aryan Education Society School, Girgaum who has been covered under this program said that the students have benefited immensely and have shown good enthusiasm in the class. “We began this program on April 8, 2013, with standard one and two. Since we are a Marathi medium school and English is not our primary language, our students struggled with it.

However, after using these DVDs students have shown great interest towards the language. Also, animation and music adds to their entire learning experience. So people are happy with the change and have also started conversing in English.”

When asked if they had expected such kind of a feedback and support from people, Orayan said, “It would have been difficult if we had faced resistance from any party involved, however, everyone supported the cause with open arms and their willingness to participate made our work easy.”

FDA worries retailers!

FDA happens to do this then they should make provisions for our security too because we are the ones who face the patients and their families. If a family is denied medicines because his or her doctor has not followed the model prescription format then it is natural that he or she might get agitated at some point in time”.

“Rather than putting restrictions on retailers, the FDA should take efforts and convince the doctors to adopt the format at the earliest”, added Danave.

Hakim Kapasi, President of Andheri Chemists' Association, too had similar views.

“If the FDA announces this, then we will have no option but to follow the law else action will be taken against us. This will cause inconvenience to the patients but we too will be helpless. At the most, we can

call up the doctor to re-write the prescription in the required format or ask the patient or his family to get a prescription in the model format. But this will be troublesome.

So, it is better that the FDA takes measures to see total implementation of the model format from the doctors' side so that we chemists do not have to say no to a patient.

The model format for prescription is a good initiative as it will help reduce errors. For the security of the chemists and welfare of the people, the doctors must start using the format at the earliest”, said Kapasi.

What the IMA had to say: Dr. Jayesh Lele, State Secretary, Indian Medical Association (IMA) said, “We will see when this situation comes up. As of now I do not envisage any troubles for the retailers and

the chemists. Having a model prescription format is good because it will contain all essential details about the doctor and the patient, the duration and strength of the dosage, etc. It is for the betterment of the patients, the retailers and the doctors.

Yes, there are objections about some requirements like need to write the generic name of the drugs because writing long pharmacological names when it comes to combination drugs is difficult. It is difficult to bring about a change in a practice which has been followed for years, in a day. We will need time. We are going to write to the FDA proposing certain changes in the prescribed format. The Maharashtra Medical Council will also look into it. Once these issues are sorted out, I don't think there is any reason for doctors to not follow the model format”. shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

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PHOTO FEATURE

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A supervisor inspecting the ongoing pantograph test.

EMU workshop in action T

he Mahalaxmi EMU Workshop is more than 100 years old, a bustling place along Mumbai's Western line. It has been carrying out multiple repairs – corrosion repairs, rehabilitation and accidental damage repairs of electrical multiple units (EMU) – of the coaches running on the suburban railway line. It also

conducts periodic overhaul of four-wheeler tower wagons.

Heavy duty activity!

Earlier this year, the workshop was awarded ISO 9001 for its integrated management system. Ace lensman VISHWANATH SALIAN provides photographic evidence of a clean, environment friendly and mosquito-free space.

A view of the workshop

Faith and muscle power drives the rails.

Workers have created this sculpture of Lord Ganesha out of spare train parts.

A worker is seen fumigating the area to keep it free of mosquito infestation.

Coach undergoing frame inspection.

Workers are seen removing the traction motor pinion.

Bogie overhaul under progress.

A worker is repairing the bogie boiler.

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THANKSGIVING

Novena prayer to St. Jude. O Holy St. Jude, Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need, to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present urgent petition, in return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked. Say three Our Fathers, three Hail Mary’s and Glory be. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid.

Amen. (Publication must be promised).

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Bano Bi Shakeela Bano Yusuf Maniyar to Shamim Bano Abdul Rahim Maniyar as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U-74287.

C-1319 I, Laxmi Manohar Jethwani, holder of Indian Passport No. E8154174 issued at Mumbai on 16-02-2004 resident of Malad West, Mumbai-64 and presently working/ residing at Dubai, P.O. Box 749 do hereby change my name from Laxmi Manohar Jethwani to Ruth Jethwani Kumar with immediate effect.

C-1320 I have changed my old name from Sejal Ganesh Chaudhari to Gauri Ganesh Chaudhari as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. X-51084.

C-1321 I, Shaifur Rahaman Jiyaur Shaikh, have changed my name to Saifur Rahman Ziyaur Rahman Shaikh Vide Maha.

Govt. Gazette No. U-70497 dated February 27-March 05, 2014.

C-1322 I have changed my name from Jigar Nanji Furiya to Jigar Nanji Faria through Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. U-31933 dated 7th November- 2012.

C-1323 I have changed my name from Hiren Nanji Pharia to Hiren Nanji Faria through Affidavit dated 10th March - 2014.

C-1324 I have changed my name from Mohammad Asif Abdubakar to Asif Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 10/01/2014.

C-1325 I have changed my name from Madiha Begum Khan to Madiha Ilyas Khan as per Affidavit dated 23/01/2014.

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CLASSIFIEDS

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I have changed my name from Mohd Ilyas Ahmed Khan to Ilyas Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit dated 10/03/2014.

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I have changed my name from Priscilla Henry Lobo to Precilla Henry Lobo as per Affidavit No: KT 601602.

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I have changed my name from Shaikh Mohammed Ali to Shaikh Mohmad Ali as per Affidavit dated 12/03/2014.

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I have changed my name from Gopalakrishnan K. to Gopalkrishnan Narayan Nair as per Affidavit No: KT 601613.

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I have changed my name from Sumaiyabi Shaukat Khan, to ‘Sumaiya Abdullah Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll / Sworn Affidavit Dated: 08/04/2014.

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I have changed my name from Rahil Jinde to Rahil Ansari as per Affidavit No: KU 234144.

I have changed my name from Mohd. Tarique Ruknuddin, to ‘Mohd. Tarique Rukmuddin Momin’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-74859) Dated: 08/12/2011.

C-1330 I have changed my name from Krutika Nandadip Parab, to ‘Krutika Nandadeep Parab’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-46623) Dated: 29/11/2012.

C-1331 I have changed my name from Anisha Abdul Mazid Patel, to ‘Anisa Abdul Rashid Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 03/04/2014.

C-1332 I have changed my name from Abdul Aziz Al Haddad, to ‘Sayad Abdul Aziz Haddadi’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 05/04/2014.

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C-1344 I have changed my name from Nellikunnilthekathil Varghese Monikutty to Monikutty Nellikunnilthekathil Varghese as per Affidavit No: KT 601609.

C-1345 I have changed my name from Simon Lawrence Dsouza to Simon Paul Dsouza as per Affidavit No: KU 233813.

C-1346 I have changed my name from Vijay Kumari Zutshi to Jyoti Raina as per Affidavit No: KU 196170.

C-1347 I have changed my name from Nelam Kaushal Jaiswal to Amarlata Jaiswal as per Affidavit No: KU 233814.

C-1348 I have changed my name from Gafur Khan to Gaffar Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ms. Kumari Lata Nagappa Bhandary, to ‘Mrs. Lata Rajesh Bhandary’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/04/2014.

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I have changed my name from Rabia Bee to Roshan Bi Gaffar Khan as per Affidavit No: KU 292187.

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I have changed my name from Shaikh Vahidabe Noor Mohmad, to ‘Vahida Sajid Belif’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/04/2014.

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I Sanjay Pyarelal Agrawal have changed my minor son's name from Yogesh Sanjay Agrawal to Abhishek Sanjay Agrawal as per Affidavit No: KU 196169.

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I have changed my name from Ballif Sajid Abdul Sattar, to ‘Sajid Sattar Belif’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 09/04/2014.

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I have changed my name from Gouse Gaybi Patan to Gaus Gaibi Khan as per Affidavit No: KT 453680.

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I have changed my name from Nafeesa Khozema Chasmawala to ‘Nafisa Khozema Chasmawala’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 08/04/2014.

C-1337 I have changed my name from Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahim to Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahim Shaikh as per Maha. Govt.

Gazette No (U-76311).

C-1338 I have changed my name from Sunita Zita Dsouza alias Sunitha Sheldon Dsouza to Sunita Sheldon Dsouza as per Affidavit No: KU 196164.

C-1339 I have changed my name from N. Sathiabhama to Satyabhama Nair as per Affidavit No: KT 601615.

C-1340 I have changed my name from Sanjay Kumar Agrawal to Sanjay Pyarelal Agrawal as per Affidavit No: KN 196168.

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I have changed my name from Mumtaz Gaybi Patan to Mumtaz Gaibi Khan as per Affidavit No: KT 453682.

C-1353 I have changed my name from Gaybi Ali Patan to Gaibi Ali Khan as per Affidavit No : KT 453681.

C-1354 I have changed my name from Zaheer Nazeer to Mohd Zahir Mohd Nazir Makrani as per Affidavit dated: 15/03/2014.

C-1355 I have changed my name from Ishrat Jahan Mohammed Husain Shaikh to Ishrat Jahan Hidayatullah Shaikh as per Affidavit No. (KU 241344) dated 8th April 2014.

C-1356 I have changed my name from Sudha Mehta to Smita Mehta as per Affidavit dated 1st March 2014.

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I have changed my name from Abdul Ghani Abdur Rahman Syed to Abdul Gani Abdul Rehman Sayed by deed poll Affidavit.

C-1358 I have changed my name from Abdur Rahman Syed to Abdul Rehman Sayed by deed poll Affidavit.

C-1359 I have changed my name from Maimunabi Fakir Mohd Papamiya to Maimuna Abdul Gani Sayed by deed poll Affidavit.

C-1360 I have changed my name from Saif Alli Ashfaque Bhaldar to Saif Ashfaque Bhaldar as per deed poll Affidavit dated 09/04/2014.

C-1361 I have change my name from Mohmad Yakub Mohmad Usuf to Mohammed Yakub Shaikh

by Affidavit.

C-1362 I have changed my name from Sajiv Sukumaran to Sajiv Sukumar as per Affidavit dated 08th April’ 2014.

C-1363 I have changed my name from Kantabai Bhagu Sarawade to “Kantabai Bhagu Sarode” as per Affidavit dated 08th April’ 2014.

C-1364 I have changed my name from Deepak Bhagu Sarawade to “Deepak Bhagu Sarode” as per Affidavit dated 8th April’ 2014.

C-1365 I have changed my name from Satyanarayana Geddam to “Satyanarayan Gaddam” as per Affidavit dated 8th April’ 2014.

C-1366 I have changed my name from Uday Kumar Satyanarayana Geddam to “Udaykumar Satyanarayan Gaddam” as per Affidavit dated 8th April’ 2014.

C-1367 I have changed my name from Anand Subedar Vishvakarma to Anand Subedar Vishwakarma as per Affidavit dated 20th March’ 2014.

C-1368 I Sangita Dhanshukhlal Gedia have changed my name to Sangita Dhanshukhbhai Gedia as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U-73193 dated: 13/03/14.

C-1369 I Mr. Shrikant Vasudevreddy Angu have changed my name to Mr. Shrikant Reddy Vasudevreddy Angu as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/04/14.

C-1370 I Sanket Rameshbhai Patel have changed my name to Sanket Rameshbhai Shingala as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/04/14.

C-1371 I Dwaraka Narayan Patil have changed my name to Mrs. Dwarka Hari Thakur as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/04/14.

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I Sana Fatima Harun Selod have changed my name to Sana Harun Selod as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/04/14.

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I Chetnaben Kiritbhai Shah have changed my name to Chetna Kirit Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Kulsum Harun Shelot have changed my name to Kulsum Harun Selod as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/04/14.

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I Kiritbhai Chimanlal Shah have changed my name to Kirit Chimanlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mr. Sanjaykumar Vishnudeo Gupta have changed my name to Mr. Sanjay Vishnudeo Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mejari Vaishali Janardan have changed my name to Neha Harishchandra Nar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Mr. Mohamed Rafiq Gulam have changed my name to Mr. Mohammed Rafi Gulam Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1376 I Mr. Md Achhanulla Kayal have changed my name to Mr. Achhanulla Koyal as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1377 I Mr. Shafiuddin Pasha Miyan have changed my name to Mr. Shafiuddin Pasha Miyan Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1378 I Mr. Yerry Casimiro Pereira/ Mr. Terence Pereira have changed my name to Mr. Terry Casimiro Pereira as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1379 I Kumari Ankita Hareshkumar Panchal have changed my name to Ankita Karan Panchal as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1380 I Rafilque Shah have changed my name to Mohd. Rafiq Bashir Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1381 I Rafiq Shah have changed my name to Mohd. Rafiq Bashir Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1382 I Lavanya Natraj have changed my name to Lavanya Natraj Iyer as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Manojkumar Prabhudas Siddhapura have changed my name to Manoj Prabhudas Sidhapura as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1394 I Deepak Narain have changed my name to Deepak Narayan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1395 I Sunita Kumari Durgesh Nandan Rukhaiyar have changed my name to Sunita Deepak Narayan as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1396 I Thriveniraj Balaraju Bathula have changed my name to Triveni Gopal Baini as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1397 I Badal Rais Shaikh have changed my name to Badal Hassaan Raees Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1398 I Mr. Jayeshbhai Devrajbhai Sagar have changed my name to Mr. Jayesh Devrajbhai Sagar as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1399 I Mr. Sinha Kumar Sudhir L have changed my name to Mr. Sudhir Kumar Sinha as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Natraj have changed my name to Natraj Vishwanathan Iyer as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Sumeet Gupta have changed my name to Sumit Gupta as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I Chitra Natraj have changed my name to Chitra Natraj Iyer as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohammed Saddique Abdul Salam Patel to Mohammed Saddiq Abdul Salam Patel as per Affidavit.

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I Baskaran Velayuthom have changed my name to Bhaskaran Velaidam as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1386 I Vanith S. Salian have changed my name to Vanitha Shridhar Salian as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-1387 I Zuher Kasmani have changed my name to Zuber Kasmani as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Bilkishbanu Inayat Husein Patel to Bilkish Inayat Husein Patel as per Affidavit.

C-1403 I have changed my name from Murtuza Shabbir Husain to Murtaza Shabbir Husain Suratwala as per Affidavit.

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I Sunil Kumar Vishvakarma have changed my name to Sunil Kumar Vishwakarma as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Huseni Shabbirhusain Suratwala to Hussaini Shabbir Husain Suratwala as per Affidavit.

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I Nasir Ahmed Mohammed Husain Shaikh have changed my name to Nasir Mohammed Husain Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mr. Mohamad Aabid to Mr. Abid Rizavi Sayyed as per Affidavit.

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Triangular contest in Mumbai North-East

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Absence of MNS in this constituency makes it a three-cornered fight between the BJP-NCP-AAP

By Prashant Hamine

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he absence of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) from the poll fray in Mumbai North-East Lok Sabha constituency has made the contest a triangular one between the NCP, BJP and the AAP. The last minute withdrawal of candidature by Samajwadi Party's Rais Shaikh has only meant that the division of votes will be minimal,

placing the three candidates on even keel. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Kirit Somaiya (BJP) had lost to Sanjay Dina Patil (NCP) by a narrow margin of 2,933 votes in this constituency. The MNS candidate then, Shishir Shinde, had polled 1.95 lakh votes ensuring Somaiya's defeat by a slender margin.

The reason for eyebrows being raised over MNS' absence is that out of the six assembly segments of Mu-

lund, Bhandup West, Vikhroli, Ghatkopar West, Ghatkopar East and Mankhurd Shivajinagar, the MNS represents Vikhroli, Bhandup West and Ghatkopar West. The Mulund and Ghatkopar East constituencies are held by the BJP with Samajwadi Party's Abu Asim Azmi representing Mankhurd Shivajinagar. The constituency itself presents a demographic challenge to the contestants with middle class local-

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am 100 per cent confident of winning the 2014 elections from the north-eastern suburb of Mumbai,” said social activist Medha Patkar, who is contesting on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket.

Patkar is seen as a face of the city's poor populace for which she is referred as Tai (sister) by Mumbaikars, who have seen her protesting on various occasions and being dragged into police vans along with her supporters.

Talking with the ADC, while campaigning at Vikhroli's Park Site area, Patkar said, “Every major and minor infrastructure development shall be debated and monitored to render direct benefits to public.”

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Medha Patkar, AAP Patkar, AAP leader Feroze Mithiborwala said, “Our model of development is usually equal distribution of wealth.”

Bu i l d e r s - g a n g s t e r s slumlords-politicianspolice is the major nexus in the SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) development, which is one of the

major issues in the northeastern suburbs. The nexus is quite apparent and Patkar being a veteran activist who has always stood for slums and poor people has very clear and simple solution to break this nexus. She says that the government brings in the builders to provide shelter to the poor. “This practice should be stopped and the slum owners should themselves opt to bring in their own builder and make the building,” said Sanjay G, another AAP party leader adding that “We are not asking for free shelters but the government should let the people take the lead.”

Another major factor which Patkar would like to tackle is to bring in a law to regulate high fees and donations in schools and colleges.

Sanjay Dina Patil confident of winning

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ncumbent minister Sanjay Dina Patil is seen roaming his constituency with utmost confidence nowadays.

Spending most of his time in public meetings with his supporters and taking off on the road to once again woo the Mumbaikars from the North-East constituency, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Patil insists he has little to worry about when it comes to fellow nominees Kirit Somaiya of BJP and Medha Patkar of AAP. Coming down heavily on Somaiya whom he defeated in 2009, Patil said the Modi wave may be washing over Gujarat, “but not in my constituency.

Kirit Somaiya who has been involved in many scams will lose the election this time also.”

About AAP candidate Medha Patkar he said, “I respect Medhaji but she is not a challenge to me. I am

Sanjay Dina Patil, NCP the only person who can win this seat because my whole family, including my wife, is working hard for the uplift of this constituency.”

Speaking to ADC, Patil said that after winning this election, his first task will be to expand the Lal Bahadur Shastri (LBS) Marg because of the problems that occur during peak hour traffic.

“In my constituency, I have worked to protect

open spaces, I have built graveyards and I took the initiative to work on Bhandup Railway Station.

Eight crores have been been spend on work so far, and more will be spent in the future. In Mulund, Bhandup (W), VikroliKanjurmarg, Ghatkopar (W), Ghatkopar (E) and in Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar we have solved almost all sanitation problems.”

Patil claims to have the support of all the communities in his constituency which comprise Marathis with the highest population of more than 7 lakh voters, the Muslims population comes in second and the Gujarati-speakers third.

Sanjay Dina Patil has a strong political background. His father Dina Patil, an MLA, worked for the cause of the labourers, his mother Manorama Patil was a Congress corporator six times and his wife Pallavi also plays an active role in politics.

Somaiya and sitting NCP MP Sanjay Dina Patil. Another prominent personality in the poll fray here is Machhindra Chate, owner of Chate Coaching Classes, who is contesting on a BSP ticket. A total electorate of 16.29 lakh, comprising 9.02 lakh male, 7.26 lakh female and 69 other category voters will decide the electoral fortunes of 20 candidates on April 24, across 1,640 polling stations in the constituency.

Odds of the North-East with Kirit Somaiya

I will definitely win: Medha Patkar

By Neel Shah

ities in Mulund, Bhandup, Ghatkopar in North-East, to a mix of lower middle class and middle class in Vikhroli to minority-dominated slum areas of Chandivali and Mankhurd.

Although the MNS may not be in the fray, the presence of social activist Medha Patkar as the AAP candidate who has a sizeable following in the slum pockets in the constituency poses a challenge to both

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he Mumbai North-East constituency has a major political contest coming up this time among Sanjay Dina Patil of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Medha Patkar of Aam Admi Party (AAP) and Kirit Somaiya of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

This marks the fourth time that Somaiya will been contesting from this constituency which includes Mulund, Nahur, Bhandup, Kanjurmarg, Vikhroli, Ghakopar, Shivaji Nagar and Mankhurd.

The first time he contested was way back in 1999 against Congress' Gurudas Kamat. He won by a margin of 7,276 votes.

The second time in 2004, Gurudas Kamat emerged winner with a whooping 99,400 votes.

In 2009, the third time he stood from the North-East constituency, polls predicted that he'd win. However, he lost to Sanjay Dina Patil by a margin of 2,933 votes. This is believed to be because of the untimely split of the MNS from the Shiv Sena.

The MNS took with them 2 lakh votes from the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance.

Somaiya's strengths Owing to MNS chief Raj Thackeray's outspoken support

Kirit Somaiya, BJP for BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, his party will not contest where the BJP has nominated a candidate. Therefore, there will be no diversion of votes in the BJP-Shiv Sena vote bank.

The Mulund to Ghatkopar belt in the NorthEast constituency has a large Gujarati population who will without a second thought vote for Somaiya.

Somaiya is known for his active participation in public debates. He's been in the news for RTI exposés on corrupt politicians and bureaucrats and has been seen fighting for victims

General Elections 2004 Candidate

Gurudas Kamat Kirit Somaiya Sunil Torne Turnout Margin

Party

INC BJP BSP 925,623 99,400

Votes

493,420 won 394,020 9,422

General Elections 2009 Candidate

Sanjay Dina Patil Kirit Somaiya Shishir Shinde Turn out Margin

Party

NCP BJP MNS 6,54,870 2,933

Votes

2,13,505 won 2,10,572 1,95,148

of railway accidents to be rightfully compensated. His work has brought him into the limelight making him a well known face in the city.

Muslims and Dalits, who comprise the traditional vote bank of the Congress, this time have another contestant on the block in the form of Medha Patkar. She is seen fighting to regularise illegal shanties in Mankhurd, which stands among her other slum development work. This split in Congress support will work to Somaiya's advantage.

The North-East constituency has a notable history where no candidate has won two consecutive times, except Subramanian Swamy of the Janata party who won in 1977 and 1980.

Somaiya's weaknesses Somaiya lost in the last two Lok Sabha elections. In the last decade, he could not even indulge in door-to-door campaigns like other active politicians.

The Samajwadi Party (SP) boasts of a Muslim vote bank which is otherwise the traditional vote bank of Congress.

This time, however, in a strategic move, SP did not nominate a candidate to the North-East constituency to avoid a split of the Muslim vote which will be credited to NCP candidate Sanjay Dina Patil.

The Republican Party of India (PRI) has a stronghold on a few North-Eastern belts. But considering RPI's alliance with Shiv Sena and BJP, it is a question whether the dalits will remain supportive to the RPI. Conclusion Number games, the NaMo fever and the current scenario showcase Somaiya galloping towards victory. However, predictions, despite being backed by empirical calculations, have been known to be wrong. In politics, scenarios can change overnight. So we wait in anticipation for the day of the results to know what will be.

General elections 2014 Total no. of voters 16,29,526 Male 9,26,865 Female 7,26,194

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After sister attacks Anjum Patel, Kashimira’s mafia family sets new police record of almost 190 police complaints against them

tacked on Monday night by goons allegedly sent by his own sister, Gulshan Arif Taase

By Suresh Golani alias Appa.A profusely bleeding Anjum was rushed to a he dreaded Patel family of nearby hospital where he got Kashimira is once again in 50 stitches on his arm and the news, after Anjum Gulam chest. The attack is said to be Rassol Patel was brutally at- the fallout of a property dis-

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even Shamsunisha (mother) are in the rogues’ gallery of the Thane (rural) police.The father, Ghulam Rasool (deceased), also had several cases registered against him.

Most of these cases related to rioting, assault, attempt to registered against them in the the Mira Road-Kashimira belt murder, extortion and illegal local police stations. “We have in true Mafiosi style. Two oth- arms possession. Of late, the booked Anjum and Gulshan ers, Asmat and Jubeir, were Patels have been using the in the case”, confirmed Dy SP killed in shootouts with rival ‘shield’ of being prominent (Mira-Bhayandar) Chan- gangsters. All the other mem- office bearers of different podrakant Joshi. bers of the Patel family in- litical parties to carry on with The Patel siblings compris- cluding Asif, Ashraf, Anjum, their illegal acts, and the poing five brothers and a sister Bilal, Kamil, Gulshan Arif litical tags deter people from control a thriving syndicate in Taase alias Appa (sister) and lodging complaints.

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he Bandra police on Tuesday arrested a call centre employee for attempting to molest the eight-year-old grandson of a yesteryear Bollywood actor four months ago.

The police arrested the man from his Perry Road residence in Bandra (W) after a local identified his photograph and tipped off the police. According to the Bandra police, the man identified as Inayatali Shamatali Sajan (32), had committed the crime on December 18 last year in the lift of the victim's building.

Police officials added that the boy who studies in a school in Bandra (W) was returning home when Sajan followed him. As the kid reached his building, Sajan grabbed his hand and entered the gate.

When the watchman intercepted the man, he told the watchman that he was the boy’s tuition teacher and was taking him to his house for tuitions.

“The boy in his statement told us that the man closed the door of the lift and was about

to kiss him when the victim protested. Sajan was about to take the boy to the terrace, however the victim pressed the button of his desired floor”, said PI Rajendra Kane from Bandra police station.

The boy's mother was standing on the fourth floor near the life door to receive her son. On seeing her, Sajan fled before the boy’s mother could alert anyone.

After the boy narrated the entire incident to his mother, they approached the police and registered a case. On investigating, police officials found the CCTV recording of the boy’s building and found a picture of the accused entering the gate.

On Tuesday, while the officers were with the photo near the boy’s school, one of the passers-by saw the photo and recognised the man. “The local told us that the accused stayed in his building and worked for a call centre. We arrested Sajan for kidnapping, attempt to molestation and sections of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offenses Act”, added Kane.

Murderer caught after 12 years was registered by the victim's mother, Kalwati Garel, at the Vasai Gaon Police Station. he Thane (rural) Police While both his accomplices, Crime Branch arrested identified as Vilya Dattu Devnath Ladkya Urade ac- Dabke (23) and Sadanand cused of a murder that was Mahadev Karpat (27), were committed twelve years ago. immediately arrested, Urade According to the police, managed to elude the police.

Urade (now 38 years old), However, following a tip-off, along with two other people, a team led by Police Inspector had killed a man deemed Kishore Khairnar, laid a trap mentally challenged after a and arrested Urade from petty quarrel in the Brah- Vikramgadh. Urade has been manpada area of Vasai on De- remanded to police custody cember 18, 2002. A complaint till April 11.

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TODAY The Asiatic Society : With Inking Innovations has organised a book launch — ‘Collaborators or Conformists? The British-Indian Editors of Bombay and other addresses’ by Dr. Aroon Tikekar, Historian and former President of the Society. The book will be released by Justice B.N. Srikrishna (Retd.), Former Judge of the Supreme Court and Trustee of the Society, in the Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, Town Hall at 6 pm.

National Centre for Per forming

Arts: NCPA select: Bandish Marathi play directed by Mohit Takalkar, Experimental Theatre, Nariman Point at 7 pm.

ART AND EXHIBITION Nehru Centre AC Galler y: Exhibition of sculptures by C.P. Choudhary and paintings by Sheetal Choudhary, Sharmistha Chawat and Sudhir Choudhary, Nehru Centre, Worli, till April 14.

Nehru Centre Circular Galler y: Exhibition of paintings by Dipak Asole, Nehru Centre, Worli, till April 14 from 11 am to 7 pm.

Artists’ Centre: An exhibition of paintings by Poonam Chopra, Artists’ Centre, Ador House.

Hindi film ‘Angry Young Man’ inspired from AB Senior P retty Prachi Sinha and smart Ajay Sinh Rathod are making their debut in Hindi films with film ‘Angry Young Man’. Releasing on 1st May 2014, Angry Young Man is thrilling and mysterious journey of a man who’s every breath is filled with revenge. Who is he seeking? Why is he so full of anger? “Nobody gets angry without a reason, there is some provocation somewhere which causes the anger. This movie is about a person who is always angry but nobody cares to find out why. He meets a girl who falls for him and starts chasing him. It is she who reveals the mystery behind his anger,” says Ajay, who has done some daredevil stunts in the film.

Ask Prachi Sinha about her bagging the role, she quips, “I was in Mumbai doing theatre with people like Delnaz Paul and Chaitanya Adib sir.

I am also trained in Kathak. I was called for audition and was selected from more than 40 girls. I have loved the story, Ajay is fantastic costar and film’s music is amazing.” Directed by Ramesh Rout and produced under the banner of VSR FILMS, its inspiration comes from Ajay’s fondness for Amitabh Bachchan’s films in the seventies. “I have always been fascinated with Amit Ji’s films and his portrayal of angry young man. Today there is lot of suppressed anger amongst the youth and this film deals with that. I have been influenced with his style,” comments Ajay who has trained from Anupam Kher’s acting school.

Although Ajay idolizes AB senior but in personal life he harbors no anger at all. “I am a chilled out person. I don’t get provoked easily.” On the other hand Prachi Sinha finds lots of similarities in her character of Sarah and herself. “I am chirpy, happy go lucky and laugh a lot. In fact I have lost almost close to 20 KG for this film. So did Ajay. We have worked very hard to get into the mould of this story and characters we play.

Hope people will like it.” Hailing from Patna in Bihar does she has any connect with Sonakshi Sinha? “My surname, place of origin and profession only,” she laughs.

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Lifeline Express open to all

Exploiting homosexuality

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Four accused trapped gay hotel executive and extorted money after threatening to expose him

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T Welcoming the world’s first hospital train at the CST, yesterday.

By A Staff Reporter

lic Service, is fully equipped with an operating theatre, diifeline Express, the world's agnostic centre, post-operafirst hospital train, will be tive ward, teaching facilities, open for public viewing on laboratory and workshop. platform 10 at Chhatrapati Since the train was set up Shivaji Terminus (CST), in co-ordination with Indian Mumbai from this afternoon Railway, Lifeline Express uses till Saturday between 10 am vast rail network to reach the and 5 pm. most remote pockets of the One does not need a plat- country where people are form ticket to reach platform otherwise deprived of decent 10 to see the Lifeline Express. medical treatment for multiThis specialised train was ple reasons. It provides treatstarted on July 16, 1991, by ment on the spot, free of Impact India Foundation charge.

(IIF), an international initiaAccording to officials, “The tive against avoidable dis- services include surgeries for ablement, in co-ordination the restoration of sight, movewith Indian Railways. ment, hearing, correction of IIF's objective is that “peo- facial deformities and prevenple should not, through neg- tion and treatment of epilepsy lect or ignorance, become and dental problems – all free disabled or crippled, thus of charge, made possible by robbed of health, productiv- the ‘donated’ services of about ity and joy. Disabled persons, 1,50,000 medical professionespecially in rural India, als from India and abroad. should have access to medLifeline officials claim that ical services wherever they this project has been replimay be.” cated with four trains in Lifeline Express, recipient China, two in South Africa of United Nations' grand and riverboat hospitals in award for Excellence in Pub- Bangladesh and Cambodia.

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he Vakola police have arrested a group of four men for blackmailing an assistant director of a city based five star hotel by threatening him to spread word in the locality that he is homosexual.

According to the police, they received a complaint on Saturday, following which a trap was laid and all the four accused – Rais Riaz Shaikh, 35, Avdhoot Vijay Hatankar, 27, Salim alias Sahil Abdul Shaikh, 21 and Ambadas Vitthaldas Buddhivanta, 26 were nabbed.

On Friday, the complainant met the accused Sahil on social networking site Planet Romeo (PR) chat for homosexuals. Sahil and the complainant chatted on the website and soon they became friends. On Saturday, while the victim’s roommate was out of town, he invited Sahil to his Kalina residence.

“As soon as Sahil arrived at home, he

The EC has said that it will not take coercive steps against teachers of unaided schools who refuse to work on election duty

neighbour, Robin, rushed to her rescue and put up a brave fight with the assailant who when she travelled to her workplace in Mira fled. While Robin sustained deep stab Road. The girl, who earlier worked at a re- wounds on his stomach, the girl suffered inputed resort, was forced to leave her job due juries to her arms. Both were rushed to to the constant harassment by Jashmin. On nearby private hospitals where their condiMonday, when she was returning home, tion is said to be stable. While a case under Jashmin mounted a violent assault on her section 307 of the IPC has been registered at with some sharp object. the Navghar police station, the assailant is Fortunately for the girl, her 14-year-old still at large.

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The police have hitherto arrested eight people including Pakya in this case: the three shooters and four informants who allegedly did a recce of the area where Ganda was shot.

Kalya is also being counted as one of the accused, as he had orchestrated the entire showdown at the behest of Rajan. The firing is said to be the fallout of an old rivalry be-

Prakash Nikam joined Chhota Rajan's gang at the age of 23. After his first brush with gangsters he was called Pakya. He is a close aide of Satish Kalya and has about a dozen criminal cases registered against him in various police stations in Mumbai. The cases range from extortion, murder, attempt to murder. He has also been booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act. In 2004, he was arrested by slain encounter specialist

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went straight to the bathroom. After almost an hour, someone knocked at the door. The man with a beard identified himself as Sahil’s brother. He accused me of turning his brother into a gay and having physical relationship with him.

The man forcibly entered my house and began searching for Sahil. In a while, Sahil emerged semi nude out of the bathroom, following which his 'brother' began to create more ruckus,” said the victim, on condition of anonymity.

Meanwhile, two more men entered the house and claimed that they were Sahil’s relatives. The accused then

institutions to do election duty, the EC on Tuesday told the court that it would not take coercive steps against teachers of unaided schools who refuse to work on election duty. This comes a

By Philip Varghese month after the forum had written to the Election Comwo weeks after the Un- missioner with a request to aided Schools Forum, keep school teachers out of which represents private un- election duty. Many princiaided schools and minority pals had claimed that elecinstitutions, moved the tion commission officers Bombay High Court seeking have threatened them with directions to the Election criminal action if they fail to Commission of India (EC) submit information. not to force teachers of these Based on this, the forum

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Sharpshooter nabbed

This four member gang targetted gays.

tween Rajan and Ganda, said the police adding that the latter is believed to have been passing information to gangster Chhota Shakeel about Rajan's men in city.

Another motive for Rajan to target Ganda, being speculated by the city's police and a some gangsters of Mumbai's underworld, is the latter's proximity with an erstwhile encounter specialist who was released from jail last year.

Meanwhile, Pakya has been remanded to police custody till April 15. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

threatened the victim that he would be expose in his society.

“I belong to a conservative UP based family who are unaware of my status.

Fearing that the word would spread in the locality and family, I could not resist when they snatched my laptop and I-phone. They then forced me to borrow money from my colleague and I paid them Rs.20,000,” the victim added.

According to the police, after creating a ruckus for around an hour, the accused left the place informing that they would return next day to collect Rs.one lakh from the victim. The victim then registered a complaint with theVakola police.

Senior police inspector Vinayak Mule of Vakola police station said, “A trap was laid. We arrested all of them when they came to collect the cash at the victim's Kalina residence. All of them have been produced before the court and remanded in police custody.”

It is the tenth incident in Kalina locality in last few months; all the arrested accused are residents of Vikhroli and belong to good families.

They used to target gays after placing fake identities and photos on the website, Mule said.

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“In 2012, the Brihanmumbai Mahanagarpalika (BMC) had sent the proposal on the coastal road to the Centre. Till date there has been no answer. The file is still pending,” he said.

Fluent in English and Hindi as well as Marathi, Sawant (62) visited the office of the ADC yesterday and told us why South Mumbai should vote for him. And as an orator who won the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association prize for best speaker in '96'97 at his first attempt, he displayed a winning conviction that he would be the best choice for this area. He also has a clear plan and a vision about priorities.

“Besides the coastal road, I will concentrate on the chawls within the cluster development scheme, rehabilitate hutment dwellers, provide more vocational courses for students, and standardise primary level education into a universal system to remove

had filed a petition in the High Court and the bench of Justice V.M. Kanade had asked the Election Commission to file a reply on April 10. The forum has about 200 member schools in the state.

S.C. Kedia, forum honorary secretary, said that the Supreme Court had held in Election Commission versus St Mary's School that teachers should not be on poll duty in duty hours.

The same forum had also filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court in 2011 against the deployment of

teachers for election duty, based on which the HC had given an interim order that teachers should not be taken for election duty during duty hours. The petition filed in the High Court this time contended that the EC had declared the election schedule on March 5 but the Forum had written to the State Election Commission on January 11 itself, relying on a Supreme Court (SC) judgment which barred teachers from doing non-education duty. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Promises and a firm pledge disparities,” he declared.

In the short time he had been campaigning, he has already been on 70 padayatras, has gone walking in small roads and gullies, and has addressed a large number of rallies and meetings, including one at the Bombay Stock Exchange. He has also taken part in at least five debates and is still counting. “The response,” he says, “has been tremendous” which is why he feels very confident about his chances.

Why does he have such a low public profile, he was asked. “That is because I have chosen it,” he declared, describing how he had been an MLC for 12 years and was then chosen to go into the rural areas where he has been working at nurturing constituencies and safeguarding the interests of the more vulnerable sections of society.

In Mokhada taluka, for example, he has brought about considerable change in the 110 anganwadis that dot the

landscape, each comprising 30 to 40 children.

Five years ago he noticed that the anganwadi staff were using firewood to cook the children's mid-day meals, and when he asked why, he was told that the money from the government was given for firewood, that is why they used it!

Sawant pointed out how they could instead get gas cylinders, and then arranged with the oil companies to provide the same. “We pay for them”, he said firmly. “Then my staff take it in turns to go to Mokhada to ensure that they receive the cylinders so that cooking is easier.”

What would he use his MP Local Area Development Funds for (provided, of course, he is elected)? Sawant hardly had to think. “For equipment for hospitals, for computer labs in schools and to protect and develop grounds and gardens because Mumbai needs all the oxygen it can get”.

Brahmins disappointed

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MATHADI WORKERS TO OPT FOR NOTA

Peeved at being overlooked by BJP and others in LS Polls, Brahman Mahasangh urges community to use NOTA in upcoming LS elections

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he Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) decision to nominate Anil Shirole, a Maratha candidate in a predominantly Brahmin community in the Pune Lok Sabha constituency has angered the Brahman Mahasangh, the apex body of the community in the state which has now issued a dictat to the community spread all over the state and in the country to press the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) button to register their protest. This could seriously affect the electoral prospects of the major political parties, especially the BJP-Shiv Sena in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections not just in Mumbai and Maharashtra, but in 13 states in the country.

The 1.10 crore Brahmin population is spread predominantly in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Nagpur, Yavatmal, Amravati, Aurangabad, Solapur and Sangli. In Mumbai, the community has a strong presence in Girgaum, Dadar, Vile Parle, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Goregaon, Jogeshwari and Borivali. Outside Maharashtra, the community has significant presence in Uttaranchal (24 per cent), Uttar

Pradesh (21 per cent), Gujarat (14 per cent), Rajasthan (15 per cent), Madhya Pradesh (12 per cent), West Bengal (12 per cent), Karnataka (10 per cent), Andhra Pradesh (six per cent), Tamil Nadu (three per cent) and Kerala (one per cent).

The immediate cause for the decision of the Mahasangh was the denial of the BJP to consider the candidature of its sitting MLA from Pune's Kasbapeth assembly c o n s t i t u e n c y, Girish Bapat, and its former Rajya Sabha MP P r a k a s h Javadekar for the Pune Lok Sabha constituency. Both belong to the Brahmin community. Sources disclosed that Bapat who has been since sulking even attended the Mahasangh meeting in Pune last week where the call to boycott the polls was given.

Speaking to ADC yesterday, Mahasangh president Govind Kulkarni stated, “It is true that we have issued the appeal to the Brahmin community to use the NOTA option. Not a single political party has fielded a Brahmin candidate in Pune despite the fact that

Chavan blames Modi for ambiguities in BJP manifesto

By Suyash Padate

reached a secret understanding about defeating the Shiv hief Minister Prithviraj Sena.”

Chavan on Tuesday came down heavily on the BJP's election manifesto and said that the manifesto has highlighted the ideological confusion in the saffron party.

Speaking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan, Chavan said, “While one section of the party wanted to focus only on developmental issues, another section felt that the party can’t brush aside core ideological issues like Ram Mandir, Article 370 and common civil code.

There is no unanimity in the party leadership on issues”.

“BJP’s PM candidate Narendra Modi wanted to hide these ideological divisions within the party and that is why he was trying to avoid the publishing of the manifesto. Had the BJP left it to the wishes of Modi, he would have preferred not to bring out any manifesto at all as he believes that he is the manifesto himself and there is no need of discussions”, Chavan added.

Commenting on the recent rift between the BJP and the Shiv Sena, Chavan said, “It seems that there is an alliance within an alliance as the BJP and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have

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30 per cent of the electorate comprises Brahmins. We had been demanding that political parties give tickets to at least five candidates belonging to the Brahmin community. For the last 60 years, the community has been labeled as pro-BJP. The BJP has taken the community for granted.

The Congress on the other hand argues that since the community does not vote for them they are least bothered. In Maharashtra, the Brahmin community population is about 1.10 crore which is almost 10 per cent”.

Replying to queries over the BSP and Samajwadi Party wooing the community with reservation quota, Kulkarni remarked that no political party in Uttar Pradesh can ignore the sizeable 21 per cent Brahmin population. “This time around it will be difficult for the BJP in the elections having ignored the community”.

Just five candidates from the community have been nominated – two each by the BJP and MNS and one by the Congress in the entire state.

Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari is contesting from Nagpur, while Poonam Mahajan-Rao has been fielded from Mumbai North-Central.

The MNS has fielded Abhijit Panse from Thane and Aditya Shirodkar from Mumbai South-Central constituency, while the Congress has fielded Gurudas Kamat from Mumbai North-West constituency.

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iting no progress in resolving the housing problem of the Mathadi workers (head loaders) at APMC and other wholesale markets, Mathadi Kamgar Union has advised its workers and their family members to press the 'None Of The Above' (NOTA) button on the Electroni Voting Machines (EVMs) in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections. In a statement issued here yesterday, union leader Baburao Ramiste has lamented that since 2006 there has been virtually no progress in constructing affordable housing for Mathadis at Chembur and Wadala. He said that the boycott threat will severely dent the electoral prospects

of the Congress in Mumbai, Pune, Satara, Kolhapur and Solapur where more than a lakh of Mathadi workers and their family members reside.

The Mathadi union leader stated that the Mathadis have traditionally been supporting the Congress. In 1988, then chief minister late Shankarrao Chavan had allocated 58 acre plots at Chembur and Wadala for the Mathadi housing society. In 2006, a bhoomi pujan was also done, but due to technical reasons and hurdles in granting clearances, the file has been pending with the chief minister's office for a year and half. He added that the problems of the Mathadi workers have compounded as the prices of building

materials have risen. Many of them have availed bank loans and have to pay interests on it.

Ramiste disclosed that the proposal was for construction of 300 sq. ft. flats with balcony. Besides the original FSI, additional TDR is needed to be obtained from the market to build maximum flats. This has resulted in the prices shooting up to Rs.25 lakh which is unaffordable for the Mathadis. To bring the prices down to Rs.8 lakh, permission was sought from the government to allow enrollment of non-Mathadi members which is still not given. Ramiste stated that in 2008 the government had granted permission to the police housing society in Ghatkopar.

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Arun Jaitley finds it’s not going to be a cakewalk in Amritsar

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here are quite a few folks, particularly in Delhi, who would like AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal to disappear. When he started campaigning in Delhi before the Assembly polls, the government had decided to give him the highest possible security. At that time Kejriwal had said he did not want any security from the government and God would take care of him. These were regarded as brave words but were far from existing actualities. The government continued to provide escorts for Arvind Kejriwal.

It is a fact that the AAP is now posing strong, inconvenient challenge to quite a few political parties and groups. In the course of a few months, it has made political space for itself. In Delhi, the BJP and the Congress are now seriously worried about how they are going to fare in the Lok Sabha elections. The AAP is posing a big challenge to them.

Is it possible that party rivalry has got something to do with the attacks on Kejriwal? Yesterday, a rickshaw driver who garlanded him, slapped him hard. Later the rickshaw driver said he was disappointed with the unfulfilled promises of Arvind Kejriwal. The AAP says the masterminds are political parties who want to break up the party. There is also an observation that it could be the attack by one of the AAP workers.

Arvind Kejriwal did not seem to be unhappy with the attack. He has begun to exploit the development: He went to Rajghat and with his head down, and eyes closed, sat silently. He could not have but known that the attack would get him a lot of sympathy from the Delhi citizens. Maybe he welcomes the happening because he gets now sympathy and more votes.

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he great Indian electoral mosaic tends to throw up confusing patterns. The battle for Amritsar, for instance. It was supposed to have been a cakewalk for Arun Jaitley, who is contesting his first Lok Sabha election from this historic city. Instead, the man who has emerged as the third face of the ruling triumvirate in the BJP is sweating it out.

It’s ironic that this is one constituency where local factors are colouring a national election. Although most of north India is supposed to be in the grip of a Modi wave, the picture in Amritsar is somewhat skewed by a strong negative undercurrent against the ruling Akali Dal government in Punjab. It’s Modi versus Badal here with Jaitley doing a fine balancing act to win.

Complaints pour in from the residents. The government recently raised city taxes.

Garbage is piling up everywhere. Milk prices have gone up. Corruption is sky high. The litany of woes stops when Modi’s name is mentioned. Can it trump the sense of local frustration?

Jaitley is not taking any chances. He has shifted with family to Amritsar and intends to stay put in the constituency till polling is over.

He did not even fly to Delhi for the release of the BJP’s election manifesto. And he’s thumping the pavement. He goes door-to-door, addresses rallies, attends meetings organised by local interest groups and gets barely any sleep.

An additional complication is the Congress decision to field its former chief minister, Amarinder Singh, from the constituency. His entry into the fray has energised the lifeless local unit of the Congress which has sunk its differences to campaign for Singh. Although there is a palpable anti-Congress mood among voters, Singh has big brand attraction in Amritsar which Jaitley lacks at present. He is toiling hard to overcome this handicap and become an Amritsari. The high flier has been grounded.

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Jaitley on when he filed his nomination in Amritsar earlier this week. For the first time in years, they gave their favourite morning haunt a miss to get a firsthand feel of an election.

But a morning walker is a morning walker.

Amritsar may not have a Lodi Garden but it does have a Rambagh, or Companybagh as it used to be called by the British colonialists.

On Sunday, Jaitley took his friends for a round there, combining business with pleasure as he used the walk to meet voters and address small gatherings at the badminton and tennis courts. It was nowhere as glamorous as

POWER TALK Arati R. Jerath strolling in Lodi Garden with its historic tombs and mellow sunshine but Rambagh has a quaint colonial charm that is unique.

The high spot of the morning walk was a chance encounter with Jaitley’s opponent, Amarinder Singh of the Congress. The Patiala royal is known to be a late riser but that Sunday, he was out bright and early, competing with Jaitley to woo Amritsar’s morning walkers. The rivals hugged and posed for photographs. No hard feelings, they seemed to be saying.

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ajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral of the Akali Dal prefers to keep a low profile but he played an important backroom role in helping the BJP to seal an electoral alliance with

Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP. Gujral set the ball rolling some eight months ago when he spoke informally to Babu’s man in Delhi and fellow Rajya Sabha member Y.S. Chaudhary about rejoining the NDA. It took Chaudhary a long time to persuade Babu and Gujral hosted several meetings between the TDP chief and BJP bosses at his bungalow in Delhi in a bid to help them find common ground. There was so much resistance from state cadre of both parties that the negotiations went back and forth and almost broke down several times.

Interestingly, the BJP deployed another Rajya Sabha MP Piyush Goyal to help with the talks. Goyal’s importance was his proximity to the BJP’s ruling triumvirate and he was authorised to talk tough with the party’s state leaders. BJP interlocutors met with Babu’s people in Gujral’s residence for three days with no success.

The venue then shifted to Babu’s residence in Hyderabad. The deal was finally sealed at 3 am on Sunday. The wheel had come full circle with the TDP back in the NDA fold after leaving the alliance in protest against the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Modi, the hard taskmaster Senior leaders of the BJP are gradually learning what it means to work with Narendra Modi. He’s no Atal Behari Vajpayee. Modi is a hard taskmaster, knows exactly how to get his way and doesn’t mince words to convey what he wants. Murli Manohar Joshi felt the full brunt of the Modi whiplash when he presented the draft election manifesto to the parliamentary board for approval a couple of weeks ago.

Modi simply tossed aside the thick tome Joshi placed on the table and didn’t bother to even glance at it. Who is going to read something as thick and voluminous as this, he asked Joshi with withering contempt. Don’t bring your professorial ways here. Reduce this to ten pages and then show it to me, he is believed to have said. Joshi didn’t know where to look. But Modi had his way, both with form and content, as evident from the document that was finally released.

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ike Mahavira, Buddha put great stress on non-violence (Ahimsa) in regard to living creatures. He believed in the purity of all living beings. He said that it was not man only, but the birds and beasts also that are to be loved. But unlike Mahavira, he ceased going too far with his doctrine of non-violence. He never preached that man should get deeply concerned over such things as trees, stones, etc. Buddha kept silent over the existence of God, for he was averse to seeing his precept become the centre of much controversy. Buddha deemed it wise to keep silent over these issues. He did neither deny explicitly the existence of God, nor did he think that God was absolutely necessary for the attainment of Nirvana.

Buddha, like Mahavira, was opposed also to the performance of costly rites in which large number of animals was sacrificed. On the contrary, he condemned those ceremonies. He was opposed to the precedence of the Vedas and superiority of the Brahmins.

He believed that for attainment of salvation (Nirvana) no arrangement for outward and ostentation rituals was necessary.

Caste System Condemned: Buddha was well aware of the fact that caste system was highly detrimental to the solidarity of Hindu

society. He condemned the system. In his opinion, social discrimination should not apply to birth, but to ethical nature of job a person generally does in his life. A wicked man should stand condemned in spite of his being Brahmin by caste. On the other hand, a Sudra should be praised, for his noble deed.

Buddha preached this teaching with avid interest. Attainment of Nirvana: In Buddha’s opinion, the main goal of human life is the at-

MATTER & SPIRIT tainment of Nirvana, that is, complete emancipation of the individual soul. Nirvana is that stage where man emancipates himself from the regular cycle of life and death. Any man, irrespective of caste and creed, can attain this perfect bliss and happiness, provided that he leads an honest life and follows the ‘Astangika Marga’ or Eight-fold path.

Concept of Nirvana in Buddhism: In his search for that ultimate liberation, Buddha brought the concept of Nirvana. Nirvana was the eternal salvation from the misery of existence. To enjoy the bliss of Nirvana, he advised man to follow the Middle Path or the Noble Eight-fold Path of a purer life. It should be a life of no possessions, no desires and no

worldly attachment. It should also be a life of compassion, goodness and kindness.

According to Buddha, there is only misery and not the miserable. To Buddha, the Eightfold Path would bring the realisation that everything was transitory, full of misery and unreal. The sense of nothingness would take away the sense of `I-ness’ or ‘me’, and destroy the ego. It would bring a state of happiness, far above selfish desires and worldly attachment. That would liberate the man from his self consciousness and from rebirth. With desires gone and with the annihilation of the self, the Nirvana comes as the final liberation from all pains, and the pain of worldly existence once for all.

Code of Conduct: Buddha laid special stress upon pure moral life and honest dealing of a man. One should be sincere about one’s thought, speech and action. He prescribed for his disciples a code of conduct.

His main instructions are: (1) Do not covet other’s property; (2) Do not tell a lie; (3) Do not kill any living being; (4) Refrain from drinking liquors; (5) Do not participate in singing and dancing; (6) Do not use flowers and perfumed goods; (7) Do not receive money and save it, etc.

— Gautam Buddha

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T-20 loss: Don't blame it on Yuvi, please YUVRAJ Singh had a poor game but that is part and parcel of the game! The best of cricketers in the world can have a bad day and it is unfair to crown Yuvraj Singh as the villain for our shameful defeat in the finals of the T-20 world cup against Sri Lanka. Even captain M.S. Dhoni was searching the ball at the fag end of the innings and Amit Mishra too bowled 'donkey drops' which were flogged over the ropes by the Lankans.

People's memory is very short and one should not forget the brilliant innings of Yuvi for our country in the past. He won the last ODI world cup for our nation and his six hits over the ropes in limited overs international game is still fresh in our memories which is a world record. He batted poorly in the finals without exception but any player can have a bad day in office and even the likes of Tendulkar and Lara have struggled in important games in the past. The entire team with the exception of Kohli played badly and are to be blamed for our poor show just like the entire team gets credit for a win.

Yuvi has been made a villain on social media sites who are writing all sorts of crap on him. He didn't perform badly on purpose and should be forgiven by his fans.

and score fast when runs were needed badly from a No.4 batsman in the T20 finals as they were in praising his efforts when he scored 62 runs in the fourth match in the league phase, enabling his team to win it. Therefore it does seem strange when his father Yograj Singh and Sachin came to his defence quite unrealistically. Yuvraj was limping visibly in the semifinal game against the Proteas and did not score. He has been miserably out of form and scored in only one match out of five and so it would have been more sensible if he had on his own excused himself from the playing eleven in the finals in the interest of the team.

That he scored six sixes in an over is history now and he cannot be riding on it for eternity -- each match has to be played to potential and past reputations alone will not help.

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

TO win matches you have to get wickets, so goes the winning formula. But then it may not hold good always sometimes not taking wickets may be the "winning" formula. Just concluded T20 world cup in Bangladesh between India and Sri Lanka is a classic example of the latter. Yuvraj who scored at a — S.N. Kabra, Goregaon pathetic rate of less than 50 consumed crucial balls towards the

end of the India innings. A score CRICKET followers have been that looked to cross 150 after the pretty unanimous in pointing out 16th over finished 20 (crucial runs) Yuvraj's inability to put bat to ball short. Not getting Yuvraj out was some of the best players in world cricket had to be left out of the team. Both Virat Kohli and R. Ashwin got into the side based on their performances with bat and ball respectively. But it was surprising that how come Dhoni got a place with 50 runs overall in the six matches is a mute question.

— Jayanthy S. Maniam, Sion

Mahabharata of polls UNEXPECTED: India captain M.S. Dhoni's overall performance was not outstanding in Bangladesh, hence his selection as the captain of the Team of the Tournament will raise eyebrows.

TRULY so! Accordingly, actor Smriti Irani has been launched as 'Shikhandi' as the BJP charioteer in Amethi! Indeed, never before have we seen such a tussle or poll fighting – tu-tu-mai-mai; 'brihannalas' too are in the fray notwithstanding Ramayan's 'Kaikeyi'!

Indeed, Gandhi, Subhas, Tilak, Lajpatrai, INTERNATIONAL Cricket Council Bipinchandra Pal didn't seek swaraj (ICC) on Monday announced the (freedom) for communal riots nor men's Team of the Tournament for for their individual benefit? Surely, the World Twenty-20 in Bangladesh, all those ever memorable characwith India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni ters – charioteers – including Nazrul as its captain. The team Islam, Abdulkalam Azad appear beOF includes four players LETTER fore my mind's eye who all eyed THE DAY from India, two each freedom for the nation's benefit/ from South Africa and the West In- upliftment and redemption but not dies, and one each from Australia, for individual gain?

— P. Chakravorty, Fort the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.

Chosen by a select group of experts, the team was aimed at being suited for Bangladeshi conditions, on the basis of performances at the just- ALLOW me to share with my ADC concluded World T20 tournament. readers 10 things, one should never Statistics were used but were not do: the sole basis for selections. Selec- Never ask a neta his real income tion panel chairman and member Never ask a neta about his bank (vote bank) of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, David Boon. As the Never question Bappi Lahiri about his gold selection criteria for the Team of the Tournament are the performances Never argue about the 4th seat in a train of players in the conditions during the ICC World Twenty-20 2014, Never question your wife's

Dhoni's selection surprising

10 things never done...

Lanka's winning stroke for his stay not only meant precious balls bring consumed but also depriving the others who could have made the difference out of strike. Did Dhoni falter by not sending Raina who had scored a brisk innings the previous night against South Africa, ahead of Yuvraj? The game is over and million hearts broken.

Sri Lanka seem deserving winners and the final result was a fitting tribute to two of the best players Sri Lanka has produced viz Sangakara and Jayewardene who bid farewell to this format of the game.

— Abdul Monim, Vashi

WHILE congratulating the Sri Lankans for their well deserved win in the finals of the World Cup T20 with their brilliant batting and bowling, particularly Malinga and Kulasekara in bowling, it is sad that being put into bat and instead of taking advantage of batting first and piling up a good score and routing the Lankans, Dhoni & Co faltered again both in batting and bowling. With the exception of Virat Kholi, none of the other players contributed anything to lift the World Cup after their earlier win in 2007.

Dhoni must be blamed for sending Yuvraj who is not competent to play fast unlike Virat Kohli and others. Even in the match against South Africa he was playing defensively and one thought that India will lose and will not reach the finals But the moment he got out,

HE'S NO VILLAIN: Yuvraj Singh is not the cause of India's defeat in the T-20 final. The whole team, except for Virat Kohli, failed to live up to expectations against the Lankan lions. our skipper as a great finisher and all. And now in the semi-final match against South Africa we observed that when he played a defensive shot to hand over strike to Virat Kohli to get the winning runs, the press did praise him for his action and considered as very sportive. However, in the final he was at the crease for the last 11 balls and he could not penetrate — K.V. Raman, Malad the outfield or get a boundary to boost our moderate total. Just

praising the skipper for nothing is Time and again we praise our cap- not in good taste as he could not tain for nothing and he failed to deliver when it really matters at the live up to his reputation in recent highest level and when we go out times as home matches are played of India. He has not scored a single less and we have to go overseas to hundred outside India but simply meet our International commit- showering praise will not boost ments as per the ICC schedule. skipper image and losing trend in After winning the 2011 World Cup International cricketing arena.

— Maniam Ramani, Nerul too much praise was showered on Kohli took charge and made India pride by routing South Africa. Malinga and Kulasekara must be highly complimented for their 'death' bowling in the last four overs and particularly Malinga in the last over. Sangakara and Jaywardene also need to be highly commended for their brilliant batting display, it being their last match. Congrats, Sri Lanka!

beauty parlour bills Never question a rickshaws fare meter Never get caught on Facebook, when wife is around Never comb your hair in an Irani restaurant Never ask an astrologer about his future Never question how a limbu mirchi works.

audience. But last Sunday, it was the Shahenshah of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan who stole the show. His presence mesmerised the audience. His dialogue delivery from the film 'Amar Akbar Anthony' and the most popular song from the late Prakash Mehra’s 'Laawaris' – Mere Angne Mein… – had the audience grooving.

Amitji for a moment stunned the — Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra audience including Kapil Sharma

Customer disservice CUSTOMER service in India is a casualty. Not only that, goods once sold are not taken back or exchanged, but, in fact, post sale, service to the satisfaction of the customer is also not rendered, and the customer is often treated as a nuisance.

Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. is a big name. I had in September 2013 purchased a costly mobile handset manufactured by Samsung. The device soon turned out to be a defective one. As the defect continued to persist, I requested Samsung to replace the handset.

The company declined, and has asked me to deposit the mobile with its service centre, for a third time within a period of four months. I hope that this letter will prompt the top brass of Samsung to resolve my complaint, and spruce up its service, making it customer-friendly.

— V.V. Vijayan, Chembur

Amitabh’s lively presence KAPIL Sharma’s 'Comedy Nights' has had all the most popular Bollywood celebrities making their presence felt and entertain the

when he tried to walk out of the show after one of the characters of the show addressed him as “mehmaan” (guest). Kapil tried to pacify him, but Amitji pretended to be adamant. Seconds later he tapped Kapil and continued the show much to the happiness of the audience and danced with him in the song 'Mere Angne Mein...' and 'Rang Bharse…'.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

Nancy Powell's resignation expected THE resignation of US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell last week is not surprising as the change of guard was expected when the new government takes charge after Lok Sabha election results on May 16, 2014. The test of this will be how the US handles the Khobragade affair now onwards. A silly US justice department official was permitted by the state department to run amok in the Khobragade case.

This speaks of political insensitivity on the part of the US foreign policy makers. The US embassy in Delhi, under Ms Powell, played its part by spiriting away to the US Ms Devyani Khobragade's controversial maid's husband and child. That cast a shadow on the ambassador's tenure, but she also fits the picture of 'fall guy'. I strongly feel that Ms Nancy Powell did not move fast and befriend Indian leaders including BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi whose visa problems with

IT'S OBVIOUS: After the Devyani Khobragade incident, it was no surprise that the US Ambassador to India, Nancy Powell resigned. the US administration still exists and has not been sorted out till date.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

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he Bombay High Court will on April 29 hear a suit filed by Khuzaima Qutbuddin, who claims to be the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq and head of the Dawoodi Bohra community, seeking to be declared as the Syedna.

The suit was mentioned before Justice Gautam Patel on Tuesday who posted it for hearing on ad-interim relief on April 29, reports PTI. Qutbuddin, who had filed the suit last week, had sought interim relief that Mufaddal

Saifuddin, the second son of the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, be restrained from holding himself or doing any acts, deeds or things as the 53rd Dai al-Mutlaq of the community.

Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin passed away on January 17 this year. Qutbuddin, who is the half-brother of the late Syedna, alleged that his nephew's succession as Syedna was false. The matter was placed before Justice Patel yesterday after Justice S.J. Kathawalla on Monday recused himself from hearing the case.

"We even invited him (Mufaddal) for a debate and establish the rightful claim of nass (succession). But all the attempts have been ignored and rebuffed by Shehzada Mufaddal Saifuddin," the family had said.

PUBLIC NOTICE This is to inform all concerned Mr. Abdul Sattar Shaikh has agreed to sell his flat No. A/001 in Bldg. No. 1, In Hamara Ghar CHS, Model Town, Off J.P. Road, Andheri West, Mumbai - 53, in favour of my client.

If any person or personor financial institutione having objection or claim to the said flat should intimate to the undersigned in writing within 15 days of publication of this notice .If any claim or objection is not received within the above stipulated period, my client shall proceed to acquire the same.

Place: Mumbai Date: 08/04/2014 V. R. Gupta & Associates Advocate High Court 708, Pragati Mandal, 2/B Golibar, Santacruz (E), Mumbai - 55.

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With exams underway, students are putting in all their efforts to score good marks. While stressing on the most important thing, i.e. studying, be doubly sure not to neglect other significant factors and aspects that go a long way in bettering your performance during the examinations. Nivedita Dargalkar reports...

STUDY SMART

Students have to make it a habit to study smart if they wish to revise the enormous portion a day before the exam as it is practically impossible to go through the entire portion. “A good technique for this is that students make snapshots or briefs of each module and revise them. This way they will be able to go through their entire portion in a day,” advises Nishtha Tiwari, organisational psychologist and counsellor.

Tiwari also suggests techniques like mind-mapping and making flash/memory cards to aid students in their revision during the exams.

“Mind-mapping is a technique wherein you develop logical sequences or a storyline for an entire chapter whereas memory cards are crisp and precise notes you make to remember and recall important points or formulas.

These memory cards are to be kept where you are most likely to see them often so that you will keep on subconsciously memorising the stuff and it will be available to you just when you need it,” explains Tiwari.

Students must also learn to prioritise their study plan so that they effectively work on areas they are weak in. “Once students set their priorities, they must devote more time to the portion they feel they are not so good at whereas quickly revise the chapters they find easy.

Revisions should be made interesting and more interactive wherein parents can be a part of this and ask questions to the children,” advises Tiwari.

Tiwari further says that students have to stop giving in to the temptation to stay awake and bargain Continued on pg 14 «

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I have done M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry from Mumbai University, and am currently working in a paint company as Techno-officer. I want to know if I should do a course in Financial Advisory. What are the qualifications required for the same and from where can I pursue this course? Is it available in a part-time schedule?

—Aniket Thakar To work in the field of Finance you need to upgrade yourself with the requisite educational qualification as well as have work experience.

One can advise on financial instruments provided you have sound knowledge of the financial market, various industries, high numerical aptitude with business acumen. A Financial Advisor can be a qualified CA, CFA, CFP, MBA [Finance], CPA or from the field of Banking, Insurance, Mutual Funds and related financial sector.

I would like to go for a Hotel Management course. What are the courses I should do and what is the duration of such courses?

—Ruchi

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Continued from pg 13 « on their sleep to study ‘more’ for the exam. “Students have to ensure that they get quality sleep as research has proved that lack of sleep interferes with good memory and thereby your performance in the paper the next day,” cautions Tiwari.

Diet matters What students eat during the exam also plays an important role in how active or lethargic they feel during this timeperiod and hence it is very important to watch your diet during this time in particular.

“Usually students display two types of eating patterns during exams. The first type are the ones who feel hungry and keep munching constantly while studying. However, they usually choose unhealthy stuff like biscuits and chips.

The second type are the ones who get so engrossed in studying, that they won’t even eat for long intervals,” explains Siddhika Ghag, a registered dietician.

“Though it is not unusual to feel more hungry during this time, students who fall in the first category have to watch about the food items they pick. They can choose healthier options like wheat khakras, roasted chana and fruits. Since it’s summer-time, they can have buttermilk, lassi or a bowl of fruit yogurt made of seasonal fruits and coconut water,”

Checklist at exam centre: Reach 15 minutes earlier at the exam hall and be seated in your seat as centres start the procedure of installation of bar-codes. With all formalities done, you can then solely concentrate on answering your question paper once it is handed over to you.

Since it is summer-time, carry a bottle of water and some nuts or a banana that can give you instant energy.

Spare 10 minutes in the beginning and read the question paper thoroughly. In case of options, choose the questions you want to answer and plan your time accordingly.

Keep a regular time-check throughout the duration of the exam so that you do not waste more time over any one question only.

Don’t get stuck somewhere if you cannot recall something at that particular time. Instead leave some space for it and start answering another question. Many a times you will be amazed to know that you might quickly recall the answer after coming back to the same question half an hour later.

Once the exam is over, do not discuss or speculate with your friends on how the paper was. In case this is not in your favour, it will cause unnecessary disappointment and hamper your performance in the paper next day. says Ghag.

Students must also have protein-rich foods to aid their mental functioning.

“Egg-whites, milk, soya milk and soya products, sprouts, pulses and fish are great sources of protein and consuming them will keep students mentally active and sharp,” advises Ghag.

For students who fall in the second category, Ghag has sound advice.

“These type of students have to make it a point to ensure that they eat well and healthy during exam time or else what is the use of studying so much and then not having enough energy to perform in the exam. Moreover, staying hungry for longer

periods of time will make you feel dizzy and thereby affect your performance when it is most needed,” warns Ghag.

Being summer-time, students must also ensure that they have enough water and are hydrated at all times. Students must cut down on their caffeine consumption during the exam period as this may negatively affect their health.

“Students must limit the consumption of tea and coffee as it is more of a psychological idea that caffeine helps you stay awake and alert. If you feel so, you can try out herbal tea which will not only keep you fresh but also aid your digestion thereby giving you more energy,” advises Ghag.

Want to study MBA in Spain or France

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I have appeared for final year B.Sc. In Computer Science. I am interested in robotics programming and wish to pursue a job in this field. What PG course should I apply for? What entrance exams do I have to appear for?

—Suneish Pathak Robotics is a multi-disciplinary course wherein most of the institutes prefer Engineering Graduates from the field of Computer Science/ Mechanical/Aeronautical/Civil/ Electrical/Electronics/IT for the M.E. /M.Tech programmes. Since you are very keen on robotics you will have to complete your M.Sc. [CS/IT] and then clear the GATE for seeking admission for Robotics/Artificial Intelligence.

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I am looking at doing a one- or two-year MBA in Spain or France. Which are some of the universities I can apply to?

—Manish Spain and France are fast emerging as popular destinations for Indian students to pursue their MBA careers. Both one and two-year MBA courses are available in both the countries. There are several study options like Global MBA, Executive MBA, Corporate Finance, Sports Management and Tourism Management to choose from.

The popular schools in Spain offering MBA classes in English are ESADE Business School, IE Madrid, IESE Business School, European University Business School.

Some of the renown business schools in France are INSEAD, HEC Paris, International School of Management (ISM) and Grenoble Graduate School of Business (GGSB).

I want to study Physiotherapy in Australia. Which are some of the colleges I can look at? What is the approximate cost per year?

—Rajni

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Physics, Condensed Matter Physics and Astrophysics to name a few. The normal requirement for admission for a Ph.D in Physics in Canada is a Master of Science degree in Physics with high standing from a recognised university.

Meritorious students enrolled in the Master of Science program in Physics at their university who have completed all requirements except for the thesis may apply for permission to proceed directly to doctoral studies without submitting a Master’s thesis.

If I want to get a PhD in Physics in Canada, do I need to take the GRE test?

—Shreya Canada offers several options for a Ph.D in Physics. There is a range of research fields including High Energy Physics, Nuclear

The General Records Examinations (GRE) test is not essential for most universities in Canada but is recommended, as certain colleges require the GRE score for foreign students. Some colleges may also require the GRE test to be taken in Physics.

Some of the colleges that offer both MSc and PhD courses in Physics are: University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto and McGill University.

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In Australia, the graduate program in Physiotherapy is called Doctor of Physiotherapy. It is a three-year entry program to practice at Master’s or Postgraduate level. Some of the colleges/universities that offer this program are: University of Queensland, University of Sydney, La Trobe University, University of Melbourne and Monash University.

The course fees differ according to the college. The tuition fees can range from AUD 35,000 – AUD 42,000. There are several additional charges that need to be considered apart from the tuition fees, like boarding, food, student services, amenities etc. All these included, the total course fees will amount to approximately AUD 1,15,000 and higher.

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LOCA LOCA

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he Grand 'ESCA FIESTA' – The international food festival at the Kohinoor – IMI School of Hospitality Management was inaugarated by Mukund Y. Kamat, Vice President - Hotels Division Kohinoor Group, Dr. Bigyan Verma, Director Kohinoor Global Campus and Prof. Debasish Ghosh, Vice Principal - Kohinoor International Management Institute, Khandala.

Kohinoor – IMI School of Hospitality Management have been successfully organising various gastronomic extravaganzas over the years to satiate the discerning taste buds of the gourmands of Mumbai and Pune. The budding professionals are constantly exploring new and

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Gastronomic extravaganza FOOD REVIEW

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ocated very close to Khar Station (W), Loca Loca is a crowded, loud, noisy pub that's Gayatri Sahasrabuddhe normally filled with advertising folks especially on the weekends.

Despite all the complaints, it is It is perfect for a night-out with extremely crowded at all times drinks and dancing.

In terms of food, Loca Loca and a very popular place.

This is definitely not a cheap serves platters, Goan, Indian and Mexican. The food here is not local joint. So make sure you have enough moolah when exceptionally good you decide to and quite head here. expensive.

untried gastronomic treats through research and experiments, innovating and blending various dining styles with success.

This year, the students of KIMI, Khandala, introduced the connoisseurs to the exotic flavours and aroma of three different places – Brazil, Portugal and Goa – to complement the theme of Esca Fiesta of this one-day mega fest titled ‘Fusao Carnaval - 2014’. The name itself implies 'Fusion of Carnival' in Portuguese. More than 400 guests attended the grand event.

The food connoisseurs were thrilled with dishes like 'Grilled Chilli Basted Chicken', 'Massa De Pimento with Mushroom and Paneer', 'Brazilian Shrimp Soup', 'Comarao Namoranga (Fish)' or our all-time favorite ' Chicken Xacuti'

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and 'Lamb Vindaloo'. Some excellent desserts like 'Bibinca', 'Brazilian Brigadeiro' or 'Portuguese Chocolate Tarts' were also served. All these were served under one roof with a full carnival ambience consisting of huge masks and sculptures and live entertainment, it was an evening of lip smacking food, enjoyment and magic.

The planning of this mega fest started one month ago and the students of KIMI along with their mentors have been working day and night to make the fest a grand success. Kohinoor IMI - Esca Fiesta culminated into the night shining with bursting of crackers, making it go down as a night worth remembering.

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he BTHS800 Groveez Headphones by STK Accessories are bluetooth enable d and are compatible with all mobile phones, PCs and other devices with a Bluetooth function. The product comes with a micro USB charging cable, a 3.5 mm audio cable and a case with a carabiner, enhancing portability.

The headphones operate on a battery that has an approximate charging time of three hours. Adecent 3D surround sound

can be enjoyed when the headphones ar e connected to devices via theaudio cabl e. However, the quality of sound through bluetooth is slightly compromised.The he adphones have buttons for changing trac ks, playing and pausing music and contr ollingvolume. The product also supports voice recognition, to be turned on from y our mobile phone.

At Rs.3,999, it seems slightly overpriced, considering that STK, the UKbased Santok group, has recently announced its entry in India.

Cracking the JEE (Advanced)

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The JEE (Main)-Offline was held on April 6 and the online exam will be held between April 9 and 19 writes in Ramesh Batlish, FIITJEE Expert

he JEE (Main) will be the eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology/Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Only the top 1,50,000 students from different categories, who clear Paper I of the JEE (Main) will qualify for JEE (Advanced).

Those who also qualify to be in the top 20 percentile of their respective class XII boards and clear the JEE (Advanced) cutoff will make it to the final merit list of the IITs. Schedule of the Online Exam - only Paper 1 (Computer Based Test): PAPER 1 on April 9, 11, 12, 19 (first shift: 0930 to 1230 hours) and (second shift: 1400 to 1700 hours) Choice of medium of question papers: Pattern of paper: 1. All Examination Centre English and Hindi Cities medium 2. Examination Centre Cities in Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli

English, Hindi and Gujarati

3. Examination Centre Cities in English, Hindi, Maharashtra Marathi and Urdu

were easy, 33 per cent medium level and 13 per cent difficult. SCHEDULE OF JEE More weightage was given to chapters like Mechanics & (ADVANCED)-2014 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Electromagnetism, Optics, Modern Physics and Magnetics.

MODERN PHYSICS 3% More weightage was given to chapters in Physical Chemistry The examination will be held on Sunday, May 25 as per the 10% and Organic Chemistry than Inorganic chemistry. schedule given below: MECHANICS Paper 1 0900 to 1200 hours (IST) PHYSICS 30% Paper 2 1400 to 1700 hours (IST) MODERN PHYSICS OPTICS & MECHANICS EXAMINATION PATTERN: 13% WAVES HEAT & There will be two question papers, each of three-hour 30% 20% THERMOduration. Both the question papers will consist of three DYNAMICS OPTICS & separate sections on Chemistry, Physics and 7% WAVES Mathematics. They will be of objective type, designed to 13% MAGNETICS test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of ELECTROSTATICS & & EMI candidates.

CURRENT ELECTRICITY 10% MAGNETICS All the questions will be Multiple Choice Type (MCQ) 20% & EMI Negative marking scheme will be followed in the check14% Chemistry: In Chemistry, 40 per cent questions were easy, ing of examinations papers.

50 per cent medium level and 10 per cent difficult. More The candidate can opt for question paper in any of the HEAT & ELECTROSTATICS & weightage was given to chapters in Physical Chemistry than language viz. English or Hindi.

THERMODYNAMICS CURRENT ELECTRICITY Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.

7% 20% SYLLABUS COVERAGE: CHEMISTRY Chemistry: In Chemistry, 60 per cent questions were easy, JEE Syllabus of Class XI & XII contributes about 45 per cent and 55 per cent of IIT-JEE question37 per cent medium level and three per cent difficult.

ORGANIC PHYSICAL papers respectively. While preparing all CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY the chapters of Physics, Chemistry and 33% PHYSICAL 40% ORGANIC Mathematics, based on our past experiCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY ence stress may be given in particular on the following top47% 33% ics: Mathematics: Quadratic Equations and Expressions, Complex Numbers, Probability, Vectors and 3D Geometry, Matrices in Algebra; INORGANIC Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola in Coordinate Geometry; CHEMISTRY Functions, Limits, Continuity and Differentiability, 27% INORGANIC Application of Derivatives, Definite Integral in Calculus.

CHEMISTRY Mathematics: In Mathematics, 32 per cent questions were 20% Physics: easy, 58 per cent medium level and 10 per cent difficult.

Mechanics, Fluids, Heat and Thermodynamics, Waves and More weightage was given to chapters of Algebra, CoOrdinate Geometry, Calculus than Vector and 3- Mathematics: In Mathematics, 50 per cent questions were Sound, Capacitors and Electrostatics, Magnetics, Dimensional Geometry and Trigonometry. easy, 37 per cent medium level and 13 per cent difficult. Electromagnetic Induction, Optics and Modern Physics.

More weightage was given to chapters of Algebra, CoMATHEMATICS Ordinate Geometry, Calculus than Vector and 3- Chemistry: TRIGONOMETRY SETS, STATISTIC, Dimensional Geometry and Trigonometry.

Qualitative Analysis, Coordination Chemistry and Chemical 7% MATHEMATICAL Bonding in Inorganic Chemistry, Electrochemistry, MATHEMATICS REASONING Thermodynamics, Chemical Equilibrium in Physical TRIGONOMETRY 10% SETS, STATISTIC, Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Complete as a topic.

PHYSICS

PAPER I and PAPER II (PATTERN - Offline) Paper I : This was a three-hour paper comprising three sections - Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. There were 30 questions in each subject. The questions were of objective type - multiple choice with single correct answer. Each question was allotted four marks for each correct response and 1/4th marks were deducted for each incorrect response. However, no marks are deducted if no response is indicated for an item.

Paper II: This three-hour paper consisted of Mathematics, Aptitude and Drawing. The Mathematics section had 30 objective type multiple choice questions with single correct option and ¼th marks negative marking. In this part, the syllabus for Mathematics was common topics from XI/XII CBSE/State board. The Aptitude section had 50 objective multiple choice questions with four options and ¼th negative marking. The Drawing section had two questions.

Feedback from students regarding Paper 1: Students felt the questions in Chemistry were the easiest.

However Maths and Physics shared the same level of difficulty. Overall, compared to JEE(Main) 2013 this year the Paper 1 was relatively easy. Expected cut-offs for the NITs ALGEBRA 30% may touch 230.

HINDUSTAN UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS

Hindustan University based in Tamil Nadu recently announced admission to undergraduate B.Tech and B.Arch programs for the academic year starting 2014. The University comes under section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, with the name Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science (HITS).

This year altogether 35 specialised B.Tech courses will be offered with specialisations in a wide range of engineering and technology pro-

Electricity and Magnetism, etc.

3. Kinematics and Particle dynamics are very important topics of Mechanics that make regular appearance in the JEE papers.

5. According to the general trends, Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism are the most important topics in terms of the number of questions asked in JEE of previous years.

6. In the decreasing order of the marks they carry are listed different topics of Physics according to their appearance in previous year’s papers.

Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism (Equal importance) Modern Physics Optics Heat and Thermodynamics and Waves and Sound Measurement and errors 7. Thermodynamics is important from the terms of both Physics and Chemistry so concentrate on that as well. It is wise to cover Wave Optics first in ‘Optics’ topic. The reason is that the portion is smaller compared to Ray Optics thus quick to cover.

Cracking the JEE (ADVANCED) 2014 Stay focussed and maintain a positive attitude Develop speed. Refer to reputed mock-test series to build a winning exam temperament. Solve the past year’s IIT-JEE papers. Focus on your weak areas and improve upon your concepts.

Practise of JEE level questions is necessary as it improves your reasoning and analytical ability.

Remember it is quality of time spent and not the quantity alone. Hence give short breaks of five to ten minutes TIPS FOR JEE (Advance): CHEMISTRY after every couple of hours of serious study. Completely 1. Conceptual clarity, application skills and awareness to relax when you take a break. Practice meditation to the prescribed syllabus should be the main focus. develop inner calm, poise, confidence and power of con2. Practice the most relevant numerical daily to develop centration. speed. Pay special attention to the topics like Mole con- Don’t overstress yourself. Five to six hours of sleep every cept, Chemical Equilibrium and Electrochemistry. night is a must, especially three-four days before IIT-JEE 3. Take a careful and patient approach for Organic chemto keep you physically and mentally fit. While short naps istry giving particular attention to the topics like may help to regain freshness, avoid over-sleeping during Stereochemistry, GOC (General Organic Chemistry) and the day.

Functional Group Analysis.

Finally, don’t be nervous if you find the paper tough since 4. In Inorganic chemistry most of the questions which are it is the relative performance that counts. Put your best asked are really conceptual, concerned with structures, analytical mind to work, and believe in your preparaprocesses and applications. Special attention is a must tion. to the topics like Chemical Bonding and Coordination Chemistry.

Expert Advice / Recommendation: Always attempt theoretical questions first and then quesTIPS FOR JEE (Advance): PHYSICS tions which require calculation. It’s human nature that if 1. Mechanics is one topic of Physics that is considered less you attempt a few confident questions in the beginning scoring by most experts. However to add to the dilemma then you feel loaded with positive energy which increases this is also the topic that forms the major portion of the your efficiency and speed for the rest of the paper. It is JEE (ADVANCE) in terms of marks. So this topic cannot advisable to avoid numerical questions in the first 10 or 15 be neglected. minutes of the exam.

2. One must also try to concentrate on other scoring topics My good wishes to all aspirants, Ramesh Batlish to ensure a better performance, for example Optics, (FIITJEE expert)

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ALGEBRA Subjectwise Analysis JEE (Main) Paper 130% 2013 The important topics subjectwise as experienced in CO-ORDINATE JEE(Main)-2013 CALCULUS 20% Physics: In Physics it was found that 40 per cent questions 23% were easy, 52 per cent medium level and eight per cent difficult. More weightage was given to chapters like Subjectwise Analysis JEE (Main) CALCULUS Mechanics and Electromagnetism, Optics, Modern Physics Paper 1-2014 27% Physics: In Physics it was found that 54 per cent questions and Current Electricity.

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cal and horizontal origin shifts carefully as zeroes of functions and other specific values can be done in much less time using these techniques.

3. Differential calculus again relates well to roots of equations, especially if you use the Rolle’s and Lagrange’s theorems.

4. Complex numbers can be used to solve questions in coordinate geometry too. Trigonometric questions require applications of De Moivre’s theorem.

5. Permutation - Combination and Probability is another very important topic in Algebra. You need to be thorough with the basics of Bayes' theorem, derangements and various ways of distribution, taking care of cases where objects are identical and when they are not.

6. Matrices can be related to equations, hence a 3x3 matrix can actually be visualized as being three-planed in 3D geometry. Determinants have some very nice properties, for instance, the ability to break them into two using a common summand from a row/column, which should be made use of in tougher questions.

7. Integral calculus can be simplified using tricks and keeping in mind some basic varieties of integrable functions.

Remembering the properties and applying them wisely saves a lot of time.

8. Co-ordinate geometry requires a good working knowledge of the parametric forms of various conic sections and an ability to convert the other, tougher ones to these basic forms and then interpret the solutions accordingly.

9. Finally the only one way to do well in Mathematics is to practice problems keeping in mind the pattern of questions in previous years’ JEE papers.

grams. This program is the first in the country and is being offered with the view of preparing industry-ready students by the end of their study.

Some of the key programs in Hindustan University are aeronautical engineering with specialisation in avionics, automobile engineering with specialisation in autotronics, automobile engineering with specialisation in motor sports engineering in addition to the usual engineering combinations.

Application Form: Application forms can be obtained from the admission office of Hindustan University Campus or can be downloaded from the website: www.hindustanuniv.ac.in The online entrance examination for both the streams, B. Tech and B. Arch, will be held on the April 27, 2014.

MATHEMATICAL REASONING 10%

VECTOR/3-D 10%

CO-ORDINATE 17%

EDURITE LAUNCHES ONLINE SELF-PACED CURRICULUM

Edurite, a part of Pearson, recently announced the launch of an online self-paced curriculum for CBSE students. The course content is available for Classes nine to 12. This online course enhances learning ability of the students by providing additional resources in a multimedia format. The package is being offered at an introductory price of Rs.2,199 per subject per class till June 2014.

The online curriculum provides students with real time data and helps them sustain & consistently up their learning curves. There are practice tests for each topic and certification tests for each

TIPS FOR JEE (Advanced): MATHEMATICS 1. Previous JEE papers suggest that more attention should be paid to topics like Vectors and 3-D than Probability or Indefinite Integration as Vectors and 3-D offers very less scope to examiner, as far as variety in problem is concerned. One more chapter is Complex Number, every year two to three problems (of purely complex no.) are asked. Hence mastering complex numbers, vectors, 3-D and Definite integral must be on top priority.

2. Algebra can be made easier if you have the ability to picture functions as graphs and are good at applying verti-

chapter that allow students to gauge their performance, thereby help them work towards improvements.

The courses will be available at www.eduriteonline.com.

ACHIEVERS ZONE AND ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY’S MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS

Achievers Zone, an educational training company in India, has collaborated with Assumption University of Thailand to provide management courses that can help students be employmentready. The objective is to foster a long-term collaboration which will enable these institutions to col-

lectively train and support Indian students gain knowledge.

These courses have been designed keeping in mind students and professionals who would like to add value to their existing skills. Students can also take benefit from the e-learning and m-learning module of the courses.

The courses offered are as follows: Offshore Program is an 18-month module divided into semesters dealing in 11 different subjects: 1. MBA in Marketing, Finance, General Management, Tourism Management and MS (computer Science) 2. BBA in Finance and Banking, Accounting, Hospitality and Tourism management.

3. BFA (Interior Design)

Mini-MBA is a four-week program which dedicates 40 hours to each of the following subjects: Marketing Management Financial Management General Management and Information Communication Technology Management The admission process: The application form and prospectus will be available at the admission centre at Achievers Zone Pvt Ltd, Aggarwal Trade Center, A Wing, 5th Floor, Sector 11, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400614. Admissions will start from April 11, 2014, onwards. Applicants will have to appear for an admission test. Depending on the course, the fees for the courses are between Rs.1.5 lakh and Rs.8.5 lakh.

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‘Practical knowledge is a must’ “The ability to deal with people and make them understand your views is the key to success,” says Vispi Rusi Bhathena, Chief Executive Officer

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did my Masters Level Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, from Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research Centre; Professional Soft Skills Trainer, City and Guilds, UK; Certified Customer Relationship Management, Affiliated to Algonquin College, Canada; Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University (Distinction Holder in Industrial Psychology and Export Marketing); Diploma in Hotel Management, International Airlines and Tourism, Trade Wings; Diploma in Advance Programme in Computer Applications, NIIT. I studied in Byramjee Jeejeebhoy College of Commerce Junior College and Bhavan's Somani College, Chowpatty.

The first day usually has no studies, only a roll call, syllabus discussion and introduction to new friends; so it was an awesome and enjoyable day of my college. Superb networking! Professors were friendly, cordial in nature and knowledgeable and the best part was they had sensitivity towards students. College life was awesome. My favourite eating, meeting, and socialising places were in the college campus, specially the college canteen. A friend in need is a friend indeed is a proverb that stands true always. My friend circle was nice and we were very helpful to each other.

My school and high school level of education laid a strong foundation in my formative years of life. I learned a lot during my post-

graduation since I was also working during those years. I had the benefit of applying what I learned during my classes at the job itself; this helped me get practical exposure which ensured that I was able to deliver well with my clients. Education has now become a direct means to livelihood, the more one is qualified the more one can earn.

Graduation was a formal education which as usual taught me the commerce concepts and how to apply commerce in real life. The various subjects I learned in MBA like organisation behaviour, principles of management, managerial economics, statistics, accounts have given me huge exposure in different fields of life.

The real exposure I got in MBA was how to deal with various types of people you come across in your life. This taught me how to work in a team and also made me realise how team work is always more effective than individual effect. The power of 'Synergy' that is 1 + 1 = 11 was the ultimate result I learnt from the studies while working in a group. The multi disciplinary approach of management has made my personality versatile in nature and also internally strong to deal with the various challenges of life. I have been able to understand human psychology very well since dealing with people is the most difficult thing in real life. The ability to deal with people and make them understand our view is the biggest key to success. The time line in completing assignments and stress during classes gave us good exposure to stress management. MBA had around six subjects in each semester which gave me an all-round exposure. The summer internship and winter projects in which I worked in corporates gave me exposure as to how to apply the concepts learnt in the class room in the real life world. The opportunity to deal with customers and understanding their needs is a very important thing I learnt and it serves me till date.

Today students have a mindset that getting good marks would ensure that they will get good jobs but they don’t understand that the corporate world wants real knowledge and not marks. They should not mug up concepts but rather learn their application which is very important for success in real life. The student fraternity today thinks life is very easy but they seldom know how difficult it is to achieve real success in life. The students also have more of an ego and attitude and think that marketing or meeting people is not enough - the fact of the matter is that they would not get any real life exposure unless they do some good field work. I did door to door sales during my X and XII class vacations and this gave me the real exposure of how to deal with people.

Students need to understand that the ability to adapt to the changing situations is the only way to survival and success in the long term. They need to develop ‘intellectual content’ which means they should have real life knowledge regarding the area in which they are interested in. For instance, if they like economics, they should know about the macro-economics aspects of Indian economy and global economy. The application part of knowledge is very important and not the theory part. The student fraternity needs to do their own SWOT analysis which will give them insights about their personality and help them to be more thoughtful regarding the career they choose.

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Summer Workshops 2014

NEHRU CENTRE, MUMBAI IS ORGANISING THE FOLLOWING WORKSHOPS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING SUMMER 2014: Wonders in Bio-Technology Workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Tuesday, May 6. The Workshop will be conducted by Dr. Siddhivinayak Barve, Department of Bio-Technology, V.G. Vaze College, Mulund.

Nature Quest: An Environmental Awareness Workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Wednesday, May 7. The Workshop will be conducted by Dr. Ranjan Desai, former associate professor, Department of Botany, Elphinstone College.

Workshop on microbiology for students of standard VII & VIII on Thursday, May 8. The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Manju Phadke, Department of Microbiology, S.I.E.S College, Sion.

Introduction to Vedic Mathematics Workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Friday, May 9.

The workshop will be conducted

by Atul Gupta, Software Consultant based in Mumbai.

Introduction to Origami Workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Saturday, May 10 by Ratnakar Mahajan, Origami enthusiast.

Science Experimentation Workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Tuesday, May 13. The workshop will be conducted by Rajiv Vartak, Institute for School Science Education, Mumbai.

Fun with Chemistry for students of standard VII & VIII on Wednesday, May 14. The workshop will be conducted by Dr. Manasi Rajadhyaksha, former lecturer at D.G. Ruparel College.

Fun with Mathematics for students of standard VII & VIII on Thursday, May 15. The workshop will be conducted by Shubha Patankar, Maths enthusiast based in Mumbai.

Wonders of Marine Life for students of standard VII & VIII on Friday, May 16. The workshop will

he International Office of Newcastle University has announced two scholarships for high-achieving students interested in pursuing their undergraduate degree in September 2014. The scholarship amounts to £3,000 each, payable towards the first year of tuition fees for the programs: Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS); Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SagE); and Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS).

In order to apply for these scholarships, the student must satisfy the following conditions:

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inhal IIT has come up with an innovative event called ‘Coffee with IIT Faculty’ for students who aspire to join IITs and their parents from April 7 to 12, 5 pm to 8 pm at various Sinhal IIT centres across the city. The event is aimed at addressing various issues facing students and their parents – whether to go for IIT or not, what one should look for before choosing an IIT Institute, after joining an institute and still confused about it and of course, what is the right manner for IIT exam preparations.

The event at various centres will have Mumbai’s most famous IIT faculty including Prof. R.K. Sharma – Director of Sinhal IIT, Prof. Alok Kumar - B. Tech, IIT Delhi, Prof. Sreenivasan R. - B. Tech, IIT Bombay, Prof. Akhil Deo - B. Tech, ISM - Dhanbad, Prof.

Gaurav Mittal - B. Tech, IIT Bombay, Prof. Tapas Saha - B. Tech, IIT Bombay, Paramvir Yadav - B. Tech, IIT BHU and Prof. Abhishek Jain - B. Tech, IIT BHU. Registration for ‘Coffee with IIT faculty can be done by sending an SMS: Sinhal to 56677 or by simply calling 7666930066.

Only limited slots are available.

Education New Zealand’s road shows

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be conducted by Dr. Sanjay Bhagwat, Dept. of Zoology, Ramnarain Ruia College, Matunga.

Astronomy workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Saturday, May 17. The workshop will be conducted by Arvind Paranjpye, Director, Nehru Planetarium.

Science Exploration Workshop for students of standards VII & VIII on Tuesday, May 20. The workshop will be conducted by Hemant Lagvankar, Science Communicator.

Time: 10 am to 1 pm.

Venue: Hall of Quest, Nehru Planetarium, Worli, Mumbai 400018

ENTRANCE TO THE WORKSHOP IS FREE For participation and further details contact Manasi Anjarlekar, Nehru Planetarium, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli, Mumbai 400 018, (Tel No.24964676-80 Ext.160).

Newcastle University announces scholarships for Indian students T

‘Coffee with IIT Faculty’ for students

Must be an Indian national. Must be assessed as international/ overseas for fees purposes Must hold a conditional or unconditional offer of a seat at Newcastle University Must intend to participate in the course in the 2014-15 academic year.

Academic requirements: Must have achieved 85 per cent or above in standard 12, AAA in A level or 37 IB points.

Application forms may be availed online and must be sent to the designated university email id along with a personal statement of no more than 500 words.

ndia is New Zealand’s fastest growing student market and the country’s international education promotion agency, Education New Zealand is continuing its work to attract Indian students with more than ten New Zealand education events in the country in the month of April. These events will be hosted across multiple markets including New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kochi and Hyderabad.

More than 25 New Zealand institutions including prominent New Zealand universities and vocational institutions will be attending the events which aim to provide Indian students, parents and trade partners a unique opportunity to experience New Zealand’s world-class education options in their own city.

The Social Progress Index looks at whether a country can satisfy its people's basic needs and whether it has the infrastructure and capacity to allow its citizens to improve the quality of their lives and reach their full potential.

Leading institutions offering a range of courses including engineering, business, hospitality, IT and aviation will be participating in the upcoming events. New Zealand Specialist Agents (NZSA) will be present at the events to assist students and parents with enquires and application processes.

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Whistling Woods International along with Whistling Woods Neeta Lulla School of Fashion has announced dates for all their India entrance exams and interviews for July intake. Candidates interested in admissions to specialised courses in the field of filmmaking, media and fashion can appear for the pan-India entrance exams to be held on April 12, in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Bangalore. The courses are slated to start in the first week of July.

Programme Duration of Courses: B.Sc in Filmmaking 3 years. B.Sc in Digital Filmmaking 3 years. Diploma in Acting 2 years. Diploma in VFX 2 years. Diploma in Fashion 2 years. Diploma in Film Making 2 year. Certificate course in screen writing 1 year. PGP + MBA in Media and Entertainment 2 years.

IET SCHOLARSHIPS AWARD 2014 KICKSTARTS

In just two weeks since call for entries was announced, the prestigious scholarship award 2014 has received an overwhelming response from engineering students. Over 600 engineering students including budding women student engineers applied for this award that has a total prize money of Rs.8 lakh across various categories.

The IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) has instituted the annual IET Scholarship Awards which is in its second year now, to underline the organisation’s commitment towards strengthening India’s engineering ecosystem and rewarding and celebrating individual excellence and innovation among undergraduate engineering students, including women engineers.

Engineering students from across all parts of India can apply for this prestigious scholarship via a dedicated website http://scholarships.theiet.in/ that provides eligibility criteria and other details of the scholarship award, and also allows students to apply online. For the 2014 award cycle, both second and third year full-time regular UG Engineering programme student from an AICTE/UGC approved institutions can apply. In 2015 and beyond, second, third and fourth year, B.Tech students will be eligible.

NANDITA DAS TO BE PART OF AN ACTOR TRAINING PROGRAMME

Nandita Das, Mahesh Dattani and Subodh Maskara will collaborate with Australia’s SDDS Education, University of Melbourne and the elite Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in the delivery of a new professional eight-day Training Programme for Indian actors in Mumbai.

The high profile professionals have agreed to form part of a panel that will critically evaluate the final performance by a group of select actors chosen to participate in this eight-day actor-training programme.

Prof. Dalip Sondhi (lead acting tutor and director – SDDS) and Geraldine Cook (Senior Lecturer in Voice and Associate Dean University of Melbourne, VCA) will teach the actors and direct them towards this final performance of a Mahesh Dattani play.

These courses are primarily designed to identify, nurture and develop the incredible wealth of talent in India and construct international, as well as national opportunities for the graduates.

Those who display necessary aptitude will be selected and cast in upcoming productions.

The course will take place in Mumbai between April 28 and May 5.

For further information and to apply go to: www.sddsactortraining.com or Email: dalip@sddsadvisory.com Tel: (+61) 411-789-879 Prof. Dalip Sondhi – Director SDDS Education

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<<Nicole Kidman played the part of a Translator in the movie Interpreter which released in 2005

“Learning a language is as good as doing an MBA,” says Tarana Puri, Translator/ Interpreter and Public Relations Officer for the Consulate General of Argentina, Mumbai. Naressa Coutinho finds out why interpreters have a bright future ahead

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he world watched as leaders echoed the loss of a great man – Nelson Mandela – at his memorial service last December, and speaking of great men, one ‘ Thamsanqa Jantjie’ gave new meaning or ‘no’ meaning to the service as he fake-interpreted in sign language.

Undoubtedly, this outraged the deaf community, questioning his credentials as an interpreter. The job of an interpreter is thus, one of great responsibility.

“An interpreter interprets spoken language and ensures that the message is conveyed,” explains Tarana Puri, Translator/Interpreter and Public Relations Officer for the Consulate General of Argentina, Mumbai. “It could either entail interpretations for a one-on-one conversation or a ‘simultaneous interpretation’ at public conferences, proceedings, debates etc.”

Schooled in Panama and having started off as a Spanish teacher at a young age of 22, Tarana Puri mastered the art of interpretations and translations through numerous projects and opportunities that came her way. While learning a new language and perfecting it may seem difficult, the players are often few and so the returns from such a career would be worth the effort and more. In fact, she finds that, today, learning a language is equivalent to doing an MBA, even making bigger bucks.

To become an interpreter, the first step requires you to select the language to learn.

“Capture it when it’s booming,” she says as the market ultimately determines who will profit or lose.

In the current scenario, learning Chinese, Japanese or Spanish is a good option since China dominates world trade and Latin American companies are now

looking East for distribution and production.

The next most important task is to finish off what you started, and not leave it half way. She recommends interning with natives or even travelling to the country, where they <<Tarana Puri speak the language as this builds your confidence and helps understanding of their culture and ways. “If you get an opportunity to visit the place, avoid going with friends, and instead stay with a family where you’d be forced to converse and think in their language,” she urges.

Finding employment is the easy part as the demand for interpreters is ever increasing. Big corporate companies, consular missions and even individual businesses can’t do without them. “Don’t hesitate to take up projects that require medical, legal or technical interpretation because you would only need to have basic knowledge of the topic, as most of the time, either party is already aware of the product and subject matter being discussed,” she explains.

The income from this profession is definitely the high point, be it as a contracted interpreter or a freelancer. However, Tarana advises against being purely a freelance interpreter. “It is always good to have a safety net, be it teaching, translating or working at the consulate. While you’d earn a great deal freelancing for even a couple of hours a day or week, there’d be ‘dry days’ where work comes rather slowly.”

A day’s interpretation would cost a party or company anywhere between Rs. 6, 0007,000. However, depending on the delega-

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tion, the amount varies. Translators and language teachers in IB schools also earn impressively. A good tutor with sufficient years of experience may charge between Rs.1,000 and Rs.2,000 per hour. The lesser the players, the more demanding is the profession and that much higher, the pay.

As an interpreter, you face many challenges but in all her 12 years of experience, Tarana picks ‘accent’ as the trickiest aspect.

“Interpreters often find themselves being the medium in crucial business deals, trade talks and even legal proceedings.

Sometimes it is a million dollar deal and there can be no room for error. You cannot get distracted even for a second during interpretations,” she says.

Your image and body language play a major role here. An interpreter has to be well-groomed and have a pleasing personality. Knowledge of cultures and practices too help in your ability to understand the said and the unsaid. Highlighting the role of the interpreter she says, “The challenge is balancing the temperament of the client with the Indian counterpart as I am the only connection between the two parties and my confidence and personality can make or break their connection.”

“It is what makes you stand out in the crowd that guarantees success. Learning more than one language, as a multi-lingual professional, increases your demand in the market. Moreover, this is not a career for the young alone,” she says, “Least to say, there is no age bar, no retirement age and no gender preference. A housewife becomes self-independent by a few translation projects a month, balancing between the needs of her family and career. As an interpreter you meet new people, get exposure to the outside world and become more broad-minded.”

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Aditya Vora, H.R. College

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Yuvraj Singh did not play well in the World T20 finals on Sunday. People have made a big issue out of it and have reacted in a very aggressive way. Is it wrong to make Yuvraj Singh the scape goat? We asked city youngsters what they felt about his performance?

Yes it is wrong because cricket is a game with ups and downs and Yuvi is a true fighter who fought cancer and came out with a triumph. It is correct that he didn't play well in the final but he was the one because of whom Sachin lifted the World Cup in 2011.

—Swapnil Sathey, Pharmacist

Yes it is very wrong on the part of people to make Yuvraj the scape goat. People in India have a short memory. They only remember the mistakes made by a person and not the glory he/she brought for the nation. People are pelting stones at his house. What kind of a behaviour is this? It is completely wrong on the part of people and all the culprits should be put in jail.

—Siddhiraj Shirke, Student Yes it is wrong. Even if he did not play well in the finals, it was wrong to single him out.

The whole team did not play well and in the end it is a game. One team wins and another one loses.

Unfortunately we lost on that night and Sri Lanka were the better team. We won two World Cups because of Yuvraj. People tend to forget that. It is very sad to see such a shameful behaviour from the people.

—Tushar Roy, Student

careers overseas and handsome salaried jobs in India and dedicated all their might towards this now ‘political’ party – the Aam Aadmi Party.

Delhi, a city where the crime rate is higher than Rohit Sharma’s strike rate suddenly witnesses the first rape case under their beloved and newly appointed government led by Kejriwal. A lot more of the same had happened during Sheila Dixit’s term but like it was back then, the mobs lashed out at everyone including the government and suddenly Kejriwal is under tremendous pressure.

Although the AAP government is to be blamed for this outrageous act against a Danish national getting molested in the national capital, their response is certainly different and much more aggres-

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NO MORE A YUVRAJ?

n uprising has taken the supposedly democratic administrative set-up in this country by storm the Aam Aadmi Party rebellion, led by a successful IIT graduate, who has sacrificed all his educational prowess to turn into the man who holds the key to the fortunes of the national capital. I might not be very well-versed with how the statistics stand, but here’s my take, the opinion of a 17-year old Indian on how I feel things might or rather will change.

There’s promise in Kejriwal’s voice while those old skeletons with ‘Gandhi caps’ and white kurtas representing numerous parties from all across India are degreeholders only in promise-making. What is it that sets Kejriwal apart? There’s belief written all over the Aam Aadmi Party’s campaign, but isn’t that also the motto of nearly 35 medium-scale parties that exist in all these powerful states of the Indian subcontinent? What is it that sets the Aam Aadmi Party apart?

My answer to this would be simple.

The courage to not accept things the way they are. Ever since fourth grade in school, we’ve heard the adage ‘Be the change you want to see’ but most of us behaved like we didn’t give a damn about what was being done and what was being said. We’re all citizens of the same country, all wanting to live ‘happily ever after’ but there’s this one bunch from among us who has given up glorious

sive than the previous administrators.

That mention of the term ‘aggression’ shall rid you of confusion on the comparison between Kejriwal and Kohli.

Being hit is one thing, but getting back up and delivering is what makes you a hero. While both do it against different opponents and at different magnitudes, the fact remains that they’re both down but not out.

Another characteristic that stands out about AAP’s approach is that none of them have ‘Gandhi’ or ‘Yadav’ or ‘Singh’ following their first names. The son of a political supremo often feels that he holds the administrative reins and owns the country as soon as he is born, but in case of AAP, individuals who might have travelled alongside the Delhi crowd or halted at the same signal on a busy road on a Bajaj scooter, are now the ones who have taken up the mantle of leading this metropolis and thus have received overwhelming support from the ‘janata’.

Transparency will prevail, if not immediately but eventually. Promises made during his beautiful speech at his swearingin ceremony might seem really unrealistic but I things will turn positive. The conditions seem really tough, the remaining competitors in the battlefield are dreading this challenge, most others have given up, quite a few aren’t bothered about the situation India is in but there are these two dynamites from Delhi who possess the potential to pull India out of all its troubles every time the chips are down - Kejriwal and Kohli.

<< In an attempt to create basic awareness about Indian politics and elections amongst children, Smartur a start-up in the space of digital content solutions for schools and students, unveiled an online initiative ‘ABC of 2014 Elections’ recently.

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Kejriwal slapped again, 2nd time in four days

WELCOMING THE LORD: (Left): Children lighting earthen lamps on the eve of the Ram Navami in Varanasi on Monday. (Centre) Men dressed as Lord Rama, Hanuman and Ravana in a Ram Navami procession on the streets of Bengaluru on Tuesday. (Right) Members of the Muslim community perform puja on the occasion of Ram Navmi in Varanasi on Tuesday.

NEWS IN BRIEF Phase II: Voting in six seats in NE today Polling will take place on Wednesday in six constituencies spread across four north-eastern states in round two of the nine-phase Lok Sabha elections. Elections to the sole Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram was postponed to April 11 following a state-wide bandh called against exercise of franchise by Bru voters lodged in Tripura camps through postal ballots.

Voting will be held in one seat each in Nagaland and Manipur and two seats each in Arunchal Pradesh and Meghalaya. In Arunachal Pradesh, simultaneous elections will be held for 49 of the 60 Assembly seats. The campagning in these constituencies has already ended.

Vidarbha: Campaign ends for 10 LS seats, 201 nominees in fray The hectic campaign for the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections at 10 seats in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra ended on Tuesday. There are 201 candidates in fray for the April 10 polls, the highest being in Nagpur (33 nominees).

The other constituencies are - Ramtek (23 candidates), Bhandara-Gondia (26), Gadchiroli (11), Chandrapur (18), Akola (7), Amravati (19), Buldana (17) Wardha (21) and Yavatmal-Washik (26). Nearly 1.65 crore voters will exercise their franchise including the highest number of 18,52,321 electorate in the region from Nagpur.

Saradha scam: ED seizes assets worth `140cr

Widening its probe into the multi-crore Saradha chitfund scam, the Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to numerous entities even as it has attached assets worth Rs.140 crore of individuals and firms on money laundering charges.

AAP names Kulkarni for Vadodara Lok Sabha seat Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday named Sunil Digambar Kulkarni as its candidate from Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency against BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi and Madhusudan Mistry of Congress. A Mechanical Engineer, Kulkarni works as a social worker in the infrastructure field and has been associated with the party since its early days.

AAP candidate against Sonia Gandhi withdraws In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party, former High Court judge Fakhruddin, who was named the party's candidate in Rae Bareli against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, on Tuesday withdrew from the fray. AAP sources said that the judge has withdrawn his candidature.

IT honchos bet big on Nilekani, Balakrishnan driving change Captains of US $100 billion IT industry are placing their bets on former Infoscians Nandan Nilekani and V Balakrishnan in this Lok Sabha polls, expecting them to lead a change in political landscape and work towards job creation and economic growth. While Infosys co-founder and former CEO Nilekani is fighting on a Congress ticket from Bangalore South, the company's ex-director Bala is contesting as Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Bangalore Central constituency.

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EW DELHI: Arvind Kejriwal was on Tuesday slapped by a man during a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of North West Delhi in second such attack in last four days and the AAP leader immediately held BJP responsible for it, reports PTI. The man identified as Lali, who is an autorickshaw driver, first garlanded Kejriwal and then slapped him following which the attacker was thrashed by AAP supporters.

AAP leader Manish Sisodia tweeted that Kejriwal was injured in his eye. Kejriwal's spectacles fell on the ground folAAP convener Arvind Kejriwal sitting in silent lowing the attack.

The 38-year-old attacker, a resident of prayer at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi at Aman Vihar in Outer Delhi, has accused Rajghat after he was slapped by an Kejriwal of not fulfilling promises made autorickshaw driver in New Delhi on Tuesday. to the auto-drivers. He was later detained by the police. tacking us, we will keep quite then you "I do not understand why do some are wrong. We will fight this battle till the people resort to violence for becoming last breath," Kejriwal said. the Prime Minister. If you think by atLater in a tweet, Kejriwal said, "I am

LS poll cost 80 times up since 1952; `10cr to `846cr

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EW DELHI: The poll holding exercise has witnessed a whopping jump by 80 times to Rs 846 crore since 1952 when it was mere Rs.10 crore.

The entire expenditure on actual conduct of elections to Lok Sabha is borne by the government of India and such expenditure on conduct of election to state legislatures by the respective state governments when such elections are held independently, reports PTI If concurrent election to Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly is held then such expenditure is shared between central and respective state governments. A total of Rs 10.45 crore was spent on country's first election in 1952. As many as Rs 846.66 crore was spent during last general elections in 2009, according to data released by the government.

The Centre has borne Rs 5.9 crore expenditure incurred on elections in 1957, as against Rs 7.32 crore in 1962 and Rs 10.79 crore in 1967, the data said.

About Rs 11.60 crore was spent in 1971, Rs 23.03 crore in 1977, Rs 54.77 crore in 1980 and Rs 81.51 crore for conducting elections during 1984-85, it said.

About Rs 154.22 crore was spent for conducting elections in 1989, Rs 359.10 crore in 1991-91, Rs 597.34 crore in 1996, Rs 666.22 crore in 1998, Rs 947.68 crore in 1999 and Rs 1,113.87 crore in 2004, the data said.

"Expenditure incurred on items of common concern to the central and the state governments like expenditure on regular election establishment, preparation and revision of electoral roll etc. Is shared on 50:50 basis irrespective of whether such expenditure is incurred in connection with the elections to the Lok Sabha or state legislatures.

"Even if election is to Lok Sabha, expenditure towards law and order maintenance is born by respective state governments only," according to the government.

just thinking - why am I being repeatedly attacked? Who r (are) the masterminds?

What do they want? What do they achieve?"

The AAP leader headed for Rajghat after the attack which has been condemned by both BJP and Congress.

"No one should slap anyone. This is against democracy. We do not support it," Congress leader Kapil Sibal said.

BJP Vijay Goel also criticised the attack on the AAP leader. "We do not approve such things. But there is one thing that there has been more opposition to AAP because they say something and do something else."

AAP's Sisodia said people affected by AAP movement were trying to derail it.

"The people who indulge in politics of caste and religion, those who are involved in corruption are afraid of AAP. The politics in the country is changing and that is why they are resorting to such acts," he said.

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EW DELHI: Thousands of private vans carrying cash for Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across the country have come under the scanner of revenue intelligence agencies to check flow of black money during ongoing Lok Sabha polls, reports PTI. An intelligence input on ferrying black money in cash vans was shared during a recent meeting between the officials of Finance Ministry and Election Commission to decide on measures to check illegal money circulation, official sources said.

These vans, carrying cash, are run by private security agencies and engaged by various banks. These vehicles were enjoying general immunity from security agencies as they are employed by banks after necessary due diligence, they said. It has been decided to ask Indian Banks' Association (IBA) to take necessary measures and it may issue directions in this regard, sources said.

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TOP VIEW

Young people in India and China, they’re all interested in trying to figure out how they get a foothold in this world economy. That's who you're competing against. Now, I'm confident you can match or exceed anything they do, but we don't do it by just resting on what we've done before.

US President Barack Obama while addressing students in Maryland, USA BUSINESS BRIEFS Sushil Finance calls a ‘Buy’ on Can Fin Homes CMP: Rs. 207

Markets Neutrally Trended

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Wednesday (April 9, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose marginally on Monday (April 07, 2014) a net 0.70 points (0.01%) and closed at the 6695 point level. The market opened flat at the 6694 points level. It then rose sharply into the green and registered the day’s high at the 6725 points level at 9.25 a.m. The index then declined into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 1.47 p.m. It then declined further and registered the day’s low at the 6650 points level at 1.00 p.m. The barometer then rose into the green and turned into a range bound movement to close the day on the flat note. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 75 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 26 were losers, while 24 were gainers. Some buying was seen in metal and FMCG stocks, while substantial selling was seen in realty and consumer durables stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 10.19%. This change is moderate and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was neutral. Amongst all the traded stocks, 793 were gainers, 721 were losers and 56 remained unchanged.

Slow Stocha stic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined and has exited the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 60 level and is now turned flat (positive if it rises).

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

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line but both lines are converging (negative if it continues). The ADX is falling while the Market Index is flat. No signal here.

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 6446 points level. The next support is at the 6338 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 6753 points level. The next resistance is at the 6809 points level.

Pivot Point Analysi s: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6690 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 6655.

Support (2) = 6615.

Resistance (1) = 6730.

Resistance (2) = 6765.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a doji pattern. This indicates indecisiveness amongst investors. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market.

However, the index is below its 5 days moving average which is declining. This is negative. But, the index is still above its 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the three averages are rising and also positively trended. This is positive. The velocity parameters continue to remain neutrally trended. As such these are mixed signals. Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 15-day average at the 6627 point’s level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 6719) Negative.

Is above its 15-day average (at 6627) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 6561) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 6062) Positive.

All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

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

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.

Target Rs. 270

Strong Growth Momentum to Continue: Focused approach, aggressive branch expansion coupled with well defined strategies has resulted in strong advances growth (3 year CAGR ~38%) wherein loan book has increased from ~Rs.22 bn in FY11 to ~Rs.58 bn till date. Inspite of strong parentage (Canara Bank), CHL is a professionally managed NBFC with totally independent management from parent. Strategy to expand distribution network (~2x in 3 years to 85 branches) is likely to provide further impetus to advances growth going forward. Management anticipates the advances growth momentum to continue on back of ongoing branch expansion (FY15E – 105 branches) & expects loan book to reach ~Rs.85 bn & Rs.105 bn by FY15E & FY16E resp. (our estimates for FY15E & FY16E is ~Rs.78 bn & Rs.98 bn resp.).

Stable Asset Quality with Robust Return Ratios despite Aggressive Advances Growth: Secured retail lending, lower ticket size advances (avg. 1.0 mn) coupled with prudent risk management has enabled CHL to maintain healthy asset quality over the last couple of years. Albeit continuous stress in the economy, its GNPA has improved remarkably from ~1.1% in FY11 to ~0.3% in 9MFY14 which it expects to remain stable at this levels despite growing loan book.

OUTLOOK & VALUATION: CHL has emerged as one of the fastest growing NBFC over the last 3 years with major focus on retail housing. Focused approach along with implementation of well defined strategies has helped it to grow at a much faster pace. Aggressive branch expansion in recent past is likely to aid strong advances growth going forward.

Despite slowdown, we expect advances to grow at a CAGR of ~30% over FY14 16E. Secured loan portfolio along with prudent risk management is likely to keep asset quality intact. Strong fundamentals, robust return ratios coupled with stringent provisioning norms provides better comfort.

Considering the sound business model & strong growth prospects, we feel the stock is trading at very attractive valuations compared to its peers & hence recommend ‘BUY’ with a price target of Rs. 270.

Religare calls a ‘Sell’ on BHEL CMP: Rs. 178

Target Rs. 110

BHEL reported FY14 Gross sales of Rs 403.7 bn (↓ 20% YoY), in-line with our expectations. However, Adj. PAT of Rs 34.2 bn (↓ 48% YoY, reported PAT includes costs related to BHPV merger) missed our expectations, possibly on lower operating margin. Be believe that the management’s claims of improved cash situation and arrest in rising debtors level stem from cash inflows related to highest ever commissioning/synchronization achieved in FY14, which in turn is related to historical peaks of order inflows achieved in FY10/11. We reiterate our thesis of shrinking revenue, besieged margins/return ratios and headwinds to addressable business opportunities. SELL. Revenue continues to contract on dwindling order book position: BHEL reported gross turnover decline of 20% YoY in FY14, impacted by contraction in order book position. Order book for BHEL has been contracting since FY12 (order book for the company peaked in FY11 at Rs 1.64 trillion and since then it has contracted at an annual CAGR of 14% between FY11-14. At the beginning of FY14, Power segment order book was down 14% YoY to Rs 932 bn, while Industry segment order book was down 35% YoY to Rs 115 bn (overall order book was ↓ 15% YoY to Rs 1.15 Tr).

Profitability continues to erode on lower top line: The decline in top line continues to hit profitability for BHEL. Implied PBT margin for FY14 is down 750 bps to 12% levels while implied adj. PAT margin is down 490 bps YoY to 8.8% in FY14 (assumed markup of 3.5% between net and gross sales, same as in FY13). Order finalizations in Power support inflows; order book continues to contract: Order inflow for the fiscal is down 12% YoY to Rs 280 bn while implied order book at the end of FY14 stands at Rs 1,015 bn or down 12% YoY. Implied Order inflows for Q4FY14 clocked Rs 163 bn and was supported be some the big ticket power orders like (a) a Rs 79bn EPC order for setting up NTPC’s 660x3MW North Karanpura plant; (b) a Rs 30bn order for 2x800MW steam generators (boilers) for NTPC’s Darlipali project in Odisha; and (c) a Rs 3.2bn order for a 206MW hydroelectric project in Punjab.

Reiterate SELL with target price of Rs 110: The above result endorses our thesis of declining profits/return ratios for BHEL in view of declining revenue and elevated fixed costs. Further, shrinking order inflows and order book position highlights the issues related to challenging addressable business opportunities for BHEL. Reiterate SELL with TP of Rs 110. At our current estimates the stock is trading at P/E of 20x for FY15E and the current valuations are unwarranted given the declining operating parameters.

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Steel demand grows lowest in four years at 0.6% in FY'14 Gold recovers in futures trade on firm global cues Queensland court gives conditional clearance to GVK Coal Proj Piramal inks sales and distribution pact with Merisant India JSW Steel gets nod to use CIL rail infra for Rohne mine Lifestyle signs Deepika Padukone as brand ambassador.

Recovery in industrial production, exports to boost growth this fiscal

By A Business Reporter

capital goods, real estate, cars & utility vehicles, and one-time benefits RISIL Research expects rev- such as recovery of past dues and enue growth for India Inc (ex- higher incentives in Q4 FY13 for cluding financial services and power and coal, respectively.” oil companies) to come in at a subCRISIL believes that the overall dued 7-9% year on year for the revenue growth will continue to be quarter ended March (Q4 FY14), re- supported by sectors such as IT, versing the trend seen over the pre- pharmaceuticals, ready-made garvious two quarters. ments and cotton yarn, which benAccording to the report, export- efit from currency tailwinds. oriented sectors will continue to Despite its recent strengthening, witness robust revenue growth, led the rupee’s average exchange rate by rupee depreciation, while in in- during the fourth quarter was frastructure- and investment-linked nearly 14% weaker year on year. Adsectors, growth will be subdued ditionally, growth momentum in owing to a weak investment climate. consumption-linked sectors such Says Prasad Koparkar, Senior Di- as telecom, retail and media, which rector, CRISIL Research: “Revenue have seen a recovery over the last 3 growth rebounded in the second and quarters, will sustain. third quarters of last fiscal, averaging EBITDA margins for the quarter over 10% year on year. However, are likely to remain unchanged at growth in the fourth quarter will slow 17-17.5% given the continued weakto 7-9%. This is mainly due to the ness in investment-linked sectors high base of the corresponding on account of delays in land acquiquarter last year for sectors such as sition, clearances and project exe-

cution. But export-led sectors, together with telecom, should see their margins expand 150-200 basis points (1.5-2 percentage points). Net profit margins are expected to be under pressure in Q4 FY14, particularly for construction, real estate, metals and capital goods sectors.

“Revenue growth and operating profitability have bottomed out and will now gradually improve, assuming that a stable government will be in place post- election. Revival of stalled projects post the policy initiatives undertaken over the last 1218 months, recovery in industrial output due to increase in demand and higher growth in exports led by improvement in global GDP will enhance revenue growth to 11-12% in 2014-15. EBITDA margins are expected to expand 100 bps, led by a decline in prices of key commodities such as metals, oil and coal,” said Mukesh Agarwal, President, CRISIL Research.

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The huge sell-off during the year coincided with a rise of 3,550.50 points, or 19%, in the Sensex. On the contrary, mutual funds took a bullish stance on the debt market during 2013-14 with a net investment of Rs. 5.43 lakh crore. A mutual fund is an investment vehicle with a pool of funds collected from investors to buy securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets. At present, there are about 1,540 schemes under mutual funds, of which 1,090 schemes (71% of the overall schemes) were income or debt oriented while about 350 schemes (23% of total schemes) were growth or equity related.

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utual funds offloaded shares worth more than Rs. 14,000 crore during the FY 2013-14, making it the fifth consecutive year of net outflows. As per the latest data compiled by market regulator Sebi, mutual funds (MFs) sold shares worth Rs. 14,208 crore during the last fiscal, lower than the Rs. 22,749 crore offloaded in the preceding financial year (2012-13).

The financial year ended March 31, 2014, also marked the fifth consecutive year of net outflows by mutual funds in the equities after pumping in a net amount of Rs. 6,985 crore in the share market in 2008- 09. During the last five finan-

cial years till 2013-14, MFs had cumulatively sold shares worth over Rs. 68,000 crore from equities.

In comparison, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) made a net inflow of a staggering nearly Rs. 80,000 crore in equities in 2013-14.

However, FIIs kept away from the debt market and pulled out net sum of over Rs. 28,000 crore during the fiscal in the segment due to weakness in the Indian currency.

During 2013-14, MFs were net sellers of equities in 10 out of 12 months, while May and August were the only months to record net inflows. MFs had put in Rs. 3,508 crore and Rs. 1,607 crore in equity schemes in May and August respectively.

Biz Optimism Index For Q2 2014 Rises 9.1%

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volume of sales, new orders, net profits, selling prices and inventory levels usiness Optimism Index for the - saw an increase as compared to Q2 second quarter of this year has 2013, the report said. "There has been improved as there has been a posi- a positive shift in business sentiment tive shift in India Inc's sentiment de- amongst India Inc. Even as business spite economic uncertainty, says a sentiment continues to be impacted Dun & Bradstreet report. by economic uncertainty, a sense of BOI, which measures the pulse of confidence appears to be slowly rethe business community, stands at turning," said Kaushal Sampat, Presi154.5 for Q2 2014, an increase of dent & CEO, Dun & Bradstreet – India.

9.1% as compared to Q2 2013. For "The buoyant sentiment regarding calculating the composite BOI, each future demand conditions, reflected of the six parameters – net sales, net in the 13-quarter high resultant optiprofits, selling prices, new orders, in- mism for volume of sales, underventories and employee levels – is scores the confidence apparent in assigned a weight. The parameter the domestic economy currently," he weights are then applied to these ra- added. Amongst the sectors, basic tios and the results aggregated to ar- goods was found to be the most oprive at the Composite Business timistic. The clearances awarded to Optimism Index. projects under implementation by Five of the six optimism indices - the Cabinet Committee on Invest-

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ments and pickup in new project announcements could have played a role herein, he added.

Sampat said a stable political outcome after the election could provide a significant boost to business confidence in the forthcoming quarter.

"That said, sustenance of improved confidence levels would be contingent upon the effective and speedy implementation of structural reforms to stoke growth rates. This would correct the economic imbalances and shift the economy onto a more sustainable growth path," he added.

According to the report, the employment scenario in the country is likely to be muted in the coming quarter as more than half of the respondents (55 per cent) anticipate no change in the size of their workforce during Q2 2014.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Oil Regulator Seeks Consultants To Set RIL Mktg Margin

Oil regulator PNGRB plans to hire consultants to advise it on fixing the margin that natural gas marketers such as Reliance Industries and GAIL India can charge from urea manufacturers and LPG plants. After grappling with the issue for two years, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas had on November 21 ordered that the margin to be charged, over and above the gas sale price, should be fixed between the seller and buyers in all sectors other than urea and LPG.

Suzlon Signs Euro 850 Mn Loan Pact

Wind turbine maker Suzlon Group has signed an loan agreement worth Euro 850 million with a consortium of banks for funding its working capital requirements and expansion plans. "Suzlon Group's German subsidiary Senvion SE signed an agreement for a loan of Euro 850 million (over Rs 7,000 crore) with consortium of banks for a 3 year period," the Suzlon said in a statement. Senvion SE is a wind energy turbine manufacturer.

Nokia Partners Airtel To Offer Free 3G Data

Finnish handset giant Nokia has partnered country's largest private telecom firm Bharti Airtel to offer 500 MB 3G data per month for three months for buyers of its recently launched Nokia X Android-powered smartphone.

Customers in non-3G circles can enjoy the same benefit on 2G data, the handset maker said in a statement.

CIL Signs 160 Fuel Supply Agreements With Power Plants

Amid continuous delays, state- owned Coal India (CIL) has so far signed 160 fuel supply pacts with power units. The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) had earlier stated that the timelines for signing of fuel supply pacts for power projects of 78,000 MW capacity should be met. "As of now Coal India has signed 160 fuel supply agreements (FSAs). There are still some more to be signed," a Coal India official said.

ONGC Videsh To Get Stake In Myanmar Oil And Gas Block

Despite losing out in competitive bidding, ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of state explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp, may still get a stake in a deep-sea block in Myanmar. OVL had bid for two of the 10 shallow-water blocks that Myanmar had auctioned in December but drew a blank when the fields were awarded on March 26. "We had a pre-bid understanding with an international oil company that if we were to win any shallow-water acreage, they will farmin (pick up stake). “Similarly, in case that company was successful in picking up any of the deep-sea acreages it bid for, we would get a stake," OVL Managing Director S P Garg said.

NSEL Settles Rs 330 Cr Of Rs 5,500 Cr Dues In 33 Weeks

Embattled spot commodity bourse NSEL has settled Rs 330 crore, or 6% of the amount due to investors since it suspended operations, missing its own deadline to clear payments. The National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), promoted by Jignesh Shah-led Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL), has been facing problems settling dues to 148 members.

Over 15,700 New Companies Got Registered In Jan, Feb

More than 15,700 companies were set up in January and February, and Maharashtra accounted for the maximum number of new entities registered in the first two months of this year. Reflecting diverse interests of businesses, more than 7,513 new firms were registered in February and their cumulative authorised capital stood at Rs 901.95 cr.

CG Complete 61850 Substation Automation System

Avantha Group Company CG’s Automation Business Unit (BU), through the Spanish contractor Isastur, has installed, in the Llanos de LLampo substation, in Chile, a complete 61850 SAS based on ZIV protection IEDs and a SAS gateway, providing also the associated engineering, system integration, commissioning, and training services. The size of the order is 500.000 Euros.

Companies Raise Rs 240 Cr From Rights Issue In Feb

Capital mobilised by Indian companies through rights issues surged nearly our times to Rs 240 crore in February compared to the preceding month.

This has taken the cumulative capital raised by companies through issuance of shares on rights basis to Rs 2,471 crore for the April-February period of fiscal 2013-14.

Domestic Banks Well-positioned To Cope With Tapering

The country's banking system is well-positioned to cope with the financial impact of the reduction in monetary stimulus by the US Federal Reserve and the resultant rise in interest rates, according to global rating agency Moody's Investors Service. "The strengths of the banking systems in India and also in the Asean region are currently underpinned by their relatively strong capital buffers, modest levels of problem loans, high recurrent profitability and low reliance on foreign funding," Moody's vice-president and senior credit officer Eugene Tarzimanov said in a note.

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TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

Bolt, an American white shepherd, has lived his whole life on the set of his action TV show, where he believes he has superpowers. When separated from the studio by accident, he meets a female alley cat named Mittens and a hamster named Rhino. He’s trying to find the way home, to the studio. Along the way, he learns that he doesn’t have superpowers and that the show is not real.

Star Movies, 9 p.m .

AUR PYAAR HO GAYA

SOAPS & SERIALS

After Akshat’s wedding, Avni’s father announces it to the family to tsart looking out for a suitable match for Avni as well. Unhappy at hearing her father’s decision, Avni half-heartedly agrees with him while Raj on the other end now has one last chance to confess his love to Avni. Zee T V, 10.30 p.m.

GUSTAKH DIL

Ishana frees Nikhil of all obligation and relations and asks him to go back to Laajo and bring her home. But Nikhil is worries if Laajo will accept his proposal or not. Will Nikhil be able to profess his love to Laajo? Life Ok, 7.30 p.m.

NATURE’S MICROWORLDS

See how the Earth works in a whole new way as this fascinating series unpicks the puzzles of our planet, piece by piece.

Earth is a collection of worlds within worlds, each one a self-contained ecosystem bursting with life. These microworlds depend on an intricate web of relationships and natural forces that make each one unique. Travelling across the world, this stunning series investigates microworlds like the islands of Galapagos, the grasslands of the Serengeti, Svalbard in the Arctic Circle, the Amazon rainforest and the desert of Australia’s Red Centre to discover the key to life in each of them. It also reveals what can happen to these ecosystems – and indeed our planet — if something interferes with their delicate balance. An imal Planet, 8 p.m .

SURVIVE THAT!

Unprepared and left to fend for yourself, what would you do if you were captured, blindfolded and taken to an unknown, remote location? Viewers are about to find out as five survivalists prove that they have what it takes week after week as they play this “game” that puts all of their skills to the ultimate test. The capture could take place at work, at home, at a coffee shop, anywhere. They must always be on guard. Then, they are dropped in one of the world’s harshest environments and must make their way back to civilization, alive and unscathed, all within 100 hours, or it’s game over. Discover y, 10 p.m.

MYTHBUSTERS

MYTHBUSTERS, Hosted by Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, uncovers the truth behind popular myths and legends by mixing scientific method with curiosity and style of experimen-

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Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Zee TV, 10.30 p.m.

tation. Can Christmas trees lights cause house fires? Or can combining Diet Coke and Mentos make the stomach explode?

Di scover y Sci en ce, 7 p.m.

YE HAIN MOHABBATEIN

Ashok sees Raman has got Ishita here, he calls up Shagun who joins him.. Raman calls Trisha there which Ishita doesn’t like. Bidding starts and Ishita tells Raman that the owner is not a right guy but Raman ignores it. Ashok makes the highest bid , though Raman wants to raise the stake but Ishita doesn’t allow him to do that as she knows this owner guy and she knows he is not an honest person. And so, Ashok wins the bid. Raman gets very angry and furious with Ishita. Raman is very angry with Ishita and he is blaming her for this loss. Star Pl us, 11 p.m.

BEINTEHAA

We will see that Zain and Aaliya find out from a taxi stand that Mir Khan was dropped at an old age home. The couple fish out the address and are successful in reaching the destination but the manager says that he doesn't know any Mir khan. As he sees Zain and Aaliya leaving, he calls someone and tells him about Zain and Aaliya were searching for a certain Mir khan. However, the couple is sure thatthey will get information about Mir Khan from the old age home itself. Meanwhile, Zain and Aaliya get to know that the 75 years old owner of the old age home is going to get married to Mir Khans daughter “Barkat” Colors, 9 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind.

HBO, 11.15 p.m.

GHULAM-E-MUSTAFA

Ghulam-E-Mustafa is a 1997 Bollywood Crime Action Drama film directed by Partho Ghosh, Starring Nana Patekar and Raveena Tandon in the lead role, it was produced by P.G. Shrikanth and Dinesh Gandhi under the S.G.S. Cinearts International and Eros International banners. Set in the early 1996s, Ghulam-e-Mustafa is an action, crime and sad-love story centering around the turbulent and tragic relationship between Gangster Mustafa and Dancer Kavita, a relationship which come to an end with the death of Kavita due to his field. Zee Cinema, 9 pm .

FIGHTING

Shawn MacArthur, the kind-hearted son of an Alabama wrestling coach, makes a grim living selling fake products on the streets in New York. After dealing with thieving punks, he’s discovered by bare-knuckle/street-fight manager, Harvey Boarden.

He soon proves himself worthy and starts earning a small fortune, part of which he volunteers to spend on single mother Zulay Velez. Shawn doesn’t cheat and that seems to be a major problem, notably after the arrival of his Alabama high-school rival. Zee Studi o, 10 p.m .

TOMORROW NEVER DIES

Agent James Bond 007 is on a mission which includes a media tycoon, his former lover and a Chinese agent. Elliot Carver wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work, he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. Carver wants to start up World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. Bond gains the help of Wai Lin on his quest to stop him, but how will Bond feel when he meets up with his former lover, who is now Carver’s wife. Pi x, 9 p.m .

VEERTA

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10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

How I Met Your Mother The Killing New Girl Two and A Half Men Boston Legal The Killing Koffee with Karan New Girl Two and A Half Men Boston Legal Once U0pon A Time The Killing

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SONY TV

CID Crime Patrol Main Naa Bhoolungi Ek Nayi Pehchaan Desh Ki Beti Nandini Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Crime Patrol

ZEE TV

Gamer, HBO 9 p.m.

Uma is of marriage-able age, Balwant decides to get her marry to Sunderlall’s son Raghuveer and they all move in to live with Balwant at his estate. In order to take cover of Balwant’s entire property Sunderlall and Raghuveer first have him killed, locked up Uma in a den and attempt to kill Munna who is saved by a village boy named Mangal. Years later Mangal and Munna have now matured, and Munna has decided to make his friend Mangal the managing director of the entire Rai group of industries much to the disappointment of Sunderlall who has all time been the M.D of Rai industries. All is well until Managal is framed for the rape and murder of a prostitute and Munna is attacked with a deadly weapon. Star Gold, 10.40 p.m.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI DOBARA

Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara is the story of an underworld don, Shoaib, who killed his mentor in the past to gain supremacy and is now the ruling mafia king. His influence and power has spread right up to the Middle East, today. Shoaib is now a flamboyant, suave man who is feared and revered.

Shoaib’s only confidantes are his best friend Javed, who oversees his empire for him and his former lover Mumtaz (SonaliBendre) who is now his closest friend. He often visits the poor Muslim areas where he grew up and it is on one such visit that he meets Aslam (Imran Khan). He takes him under his wings and gradually Aslam becomes one of his favourites. Max, 9 p.m.

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LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaan India 4.00 Tumhari Paakhi 6.30 Naadan Parinde Ghar Aa Ja

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4.00 4.50 5.15 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00

Mythbusters Tech Toys 360 How It’s Made Exodus Earth Mythbusters How It’s Made Secrets Of The Earth 10.00 Weaponology 11.00 Heavy Metal Task Force

HISTORY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.00 Miguel’s Feasts 2.30 Hidden Cities Extreme 3.00 Ancient Aliens 4.00 Baggage Battles 4.30 Vikings 5.30 Ice Road Truckers 7.00 Kings of Restoration 7.30 Baggage Battles 8.00 Dynamo: Magician

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Naadan Parinde Ghar Aa Ja, Life Ok, 9 p.m. Vikings, History, 9 p.m.

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COLORS

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

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Taarak FIR Pritam Pyare Aur Woh Taarak Mehta Ka… Pritam Pyare Aur Who Baal Veer Taarak Mehta Ka Chidiya Ghar Jeanie Aur Juju Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.30 F I R 11.00 Taarak Mehta…

8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 9.30 Asmita 10.00 Shri Va Sau Pakke Shejari 10.30 Julun Yeti Reshimgathi 11.00 Honar Soon Mee Hya Gharachi

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P.M. 2.00 Deadly 60 3.00 Roaring With Pride 4.00 Untamed and Uncut 5.00 Animal Planet’s Most Outrageous 6.00 AP Safari 7.00 River Monsters 8.00 Nature’s Microworlds 9.00 Deadly 60 10.00 Untamed and Uncut 11.00 Be The Creature P.M. 2.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

DISCOVERY

Man Vs Wild What Happened Next How Do They Do It? Survive That!

Africa Food Factory What Happened Next Magic of Science Destroyed In Seconds Earth Flight Survive That?

Desire and Pleasure Decoded

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Secrets of The Earth 3.00 How It’s Made

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Ruchira 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Mazi Maye 4.10 Bhetilagi Jiva 4.35 Sansar Maza Vegala 5.00 News in JMarathi 5.05 Vikas Sarthi 5.30 Amhi Karbharin 5.55 Patla Tar Ghya 6.15 Krishi Darshan’ 6.30 Amachi Mati Amachi Manse 7.00 Bollywood Calling 7.30 Saraswatichandra 8.00 Janadesh 2014 News

MOVIE CHANNELS

P.M 12.30 3.00 5.00 6.30 9.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.30 11.00 P.M. 12.35 2.55 4.30 6.22 9.00 11.15 A.M. 7.35 9.40 11.25 P.M. 1.10 3.00 4.50 7.10

STAR WORLD

P.M. 2.00 The Secret Life of the American Teenager 3.00 American Idol 4.00 American Funniest Home Videos 5.00 Just for Laughs 6.00 The Secret Life of the American Teenager 7.00 Pretty Little Liars 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Two and a Half Men 9.00 American Idol 10.00 The Secret Life of the American Teenager 11.00 The Big Bang Theory P.M. 2.00 5.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

LISTING

9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

Special Hum Grihdaah Tulsi More Angna Buniyaad THE TRAIN: Film Part II. Starring Rajesh Khanna, Nanda

Samachar News Sports News War and Peace Samachar.

News Samachar Business Wrap Metro Scan

11.00

P.M. 1.55 4.35 6.35 9.00 11.30

Street Genius Brain Games Cosmos The Living Edens Deadly Jaws Street Genius Customs Caught in the Act Deadly Jaws Street Genius Brain Games Super Cars Week Banged Up Abroad

P.M. 2.10 5.20 8.00 10.40 A.M. 8.05 11.15

NAT. GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

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P.M. 2.00 ICC World T20 14 h/ls SL vs WI 3.00 Close Encounters 3.30 Playlist 4.00 T20 Triumphs 5.00 ICC World T20 14 h/ls SL vs WI 6.00 Close Encounters 7.30 Jai Ho 8.00 ICC World T20 14 h/ls SL vs WI 9.00 Close Encounters 9.30 T20 Triumphs 10.00 ICC World T20 14 highlights 11.00 Star Power

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P.M. 1.00 Football Today 3.00 FIA F1 World C’ship 14 h/ls 4.30 Superstar BPL H/ls 5.25 AFC Cup 14 7.30 La Liga 8.00 PI Netbusters 8.30 Serie A Show 9.00 Liga Bbva 13/14 10.00 The Football Reivew 10.30 Football Today

The Train, DDI, 11 p.m.

6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

Samachar Janadesh 2014 News News Night Charcha Mein Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

P.M. 1.00 Cricket Classics 2.00 Great Centuries: Faf du Plessis 2.30 Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls 3rd T20 4.30 Aus Tour of SA 14 highlights of 3rd Test 6.30 Cricket Classics 7.30 Great Centureis: Virat Kohli 10.00 India Tour of SL 13 highlights 3rd One Day International

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HBO

Shooter The Roommate Richie Rich The Twilight Saga: New Moon Red Gamer

Love Is All You Need Richie Rich The Twilight Saga: New Moon

ZEE STUDIO

Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Parole Officer Running Scared Chronicle of Naria: The Lion, The Witch And the Wardrobe 10.00 Fighting A.M. 11.00 Snake Eyes

Impossible Vikings Pawn Stars Kings of Restoration Surviving Evil

TEN CRICKET

DDII (Metro Channel)

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

9.00 10.00 10.30

STARMOVIES

Jurassic Park John Tucker Must Die Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo Underworld Bolt Fast and Furious

PIX

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Balache Baap Brahmachari: Laxmikant Berde 4.30 Baalak Palak: Subodh Bhave 7.00 De Dhakka: Makrand Anaspure 9.30 Marathi Tarka: Event

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 8.00 9.00

Bas Karo Henry Tom and Jerry Tals Oggy and the Cockroaches Roll No 21 Tom and Jerry The Fast and the Furry 10.30 Johnny Test 11.00 The Regular Show A.M. 8.00 Ben 10 9.00 Tom and Jerry Kids Show 10.00 Roll No 21 11.00 Tom and Jerry Tales P.M. 12.30 3.30 5.00 6.00 8.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

POGO

Chhota Bheem Marathon Bheem And Friends Special Mighty Raju & Friends Special Chhota Bheem And The Curse of Damayaan Chhota Bheem Chatur Chetan Takeshi’s Castle MAD

Spiderman 2 I Know Who Killed Me Navy Seals Tomorrow Never Dies Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters

A.M. 8.30 War of the Arrow 10.50 The Mechanic

STAR GOLD

Sabse Bada Khiladi Hum Hai Bemisaal Dangerous Khiladi Veerta Barsaat Hero Hindustani

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Kaala Patthar: Amitabh B 5.30 Karan Arjun: Salman Khan 9.00 Once Upon A Time lIn Mumbai Dobaara: Akshay Kumar A.M. 7.00 Vaastav-The Reality: Sanjay Dutt 10.30 Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl: Ranveer Singh

ZEE CINEMA

P.M 12.00 Mujhse Shaadi Karogi: Salman Khan 3.20 Keemat Roti Ki: Aanchal 6.00 Khalnayak: Sanjay Dutt 9.00 Ghulam-E-Mustafa: Nana Patekar A.M. 11.45 Haatimtai: Jeetendra

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Meri Shaan: Sushant 5.30 Hira Aur Patthar: Shashi Kapoor 9.00 Hathyar: Sanjay Dutt A.M. 9.30 Vardaan: Vinod Mehra P.M. 12.00 3.00 6.00 9.00 A.M. 9.00

FILMY

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B4U

P.M 12.00 China Gate: Om Puri 3.00 Dahek: Akshay Khanna 6.00 A Wednesday: Naseeruddin Shah 9.00 Ghamandee: Vijay Genelia D’Souza A.M. 7.30 Yess Boss: Shah Rukh Khan

All programmes on this page are as per the official schedules of the various channels. Afternoon is not responsible for any last minute changes.

Tomorrow Never Dies, Pix, 9 p.m.

Fighting, Zee Studio, 10 p.m.

A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30

P.M. 12.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.30 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 P.M. 1.00 5.30 6.30 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00

Thomas and Friends Kumbh Karan Chhota Bheem Mr Bean Obachama Kun Mr Bean

DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Art Attack Cap Tiao Phineas and Ferb Gravity Falls Doraemon-Compile Phineas and Ferb Art Attack Best of Luck Nikki Slokk Shake It Up Best of Luck Nikki Slokk DJ-Mmch Sofia The First Doc McStuffins Gravity Falls New Doraemon Phineas and Ferb

DISNEY XD

Kid vs Kat Iron Man: Armored Adventures American Dragon : Jake Long Phineas and Ferb Ultimate Spider Man Hulk & the Agents of SMASH Big Bad Beetleborgs Telebrands Space Goofs Rekkit The Rabbit Space Goofs American Dragon Jake Long Super Robot

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Lush and plush

swish set sauntered into the THE lush and plush Roche Bobois Mumbai that opened its spacious space at Indiabulls Finance Centre. Samvit Tara, MD, Roche Bobois Paris and Martin Gleize, international director, Roche Bobois Group, were there to warmly welcome the guests who soaked in the inspirational and unique style of this leader in high-end furniture design.

Sabira Merchant, Bhairavi Goswami and Kahini Arte Merchant were there at this rosé Chandon soiree.

KAHINI ARTE MERCHANT & SABIRA MERCHANT

Marcellus Baptista

BINNY, NALANDA BHANDARI & ANEESHA VIRANI

MANISHA KOIRALA SONAKSHI SINHA

Cover girls

her pretty MAKING presence felt was Sonakshi Sinha who was there at

Women’s Health India’s second anniversary celebration. The 20th issue of the magazine, with her on the cover, was unveiled at Novotel.

Sonakshi then took part in a chat with the magazine’s editorial director Sanghamitra Chakraborty and fitness trainer Abbas Ali. Also unveiled at Novotel was the seventh anniversary special issue of Prevention magazine with cancer survivor Manisha Koirala.

JUHI PANDE & ANISA

Love story

and wine WORDS was what it was as Jean-Claude Biguine Salon and Spa in Bandra hosted the book reading of VJ turned author Juhi Pande. The sassy young author was there in an interactive session with passages of her book ‘Things Your Mother Never Told You About Love’ read by her friends and her mother.

Enjoying the experience were the likes of Pia Trivedi, Ritwik Bhattacharya, Amrita Puri, Anisa, Sandip Soparrkar, Sona Mohapatra and Amy Billimoria.

SHOUGER MERCHANT DOSHI

Party time

SANJAY KAPOOR, SONIA MANN & ABHISHEK SETHIYA

was party time at Villa 69 as Shouger IT Merchant Doshi of Zanaaya Couture showcased her party wear collection titled

AMRITA PURI

‘Pearlesque Party’ to the lovely ladies of BIA (Bombay Industries Association). This mix of Indo-western wear was much appreciated by everyone as was Bollywood babe Urvashi Rautela as the shining showstopper in an embellished red gown. Also scorching the catwalk was celebrity columnist and luxury consultant Nisha Jamvwal.

Music mania

sound of music was in the air at Novotel at THE the audio release of Mohini Arts International’s maiden venture ‘Kahin Hai Mera Pyar’ URVASHI RAUTELA

produced by Mahesh Vaijnath Doijode, Santosh Vaijnath Doijode and Balasaheb Vaijnath Doijode and written and directed by Mahesh Vaijnath Doijode. Over cocktails and dinner you heard that this film stars Sanjay Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and newcomers Abhishek Sethiya and Sonia Mann with soulful music by Ravindra Jain.

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ACROSS:

1.Knobs (5) 4.Scarcity (6) 7.Rejected (7) 11.——marine-greenish-blue colour (4) 16.Extinguish (5) 17.Weariness (7) 18.Musical composition (7) 19.Overhead (5) 20.Sensitive plant (6) 21.Wake up (5) 22.In a suitable way (5) 25.Shanty (7) 26.Work (4) 27.Required (5) 28.Logical system inventor (5) 32.Glue (5) 34.Trench (3) 35.Astern (5) 43.Indian system of medicine (8)

CROSSWORD NO 186 Nita Jaggi 44.Aquatic plant (8) 45.Baby’s bed (6) 48.Damp (5) 49.Mess up hair (6) 50.Daze (6) 51.Fist size muscular organ (5) 53.Matches (6) 54.Last month of the year (8) 55.Natural aptitude (8) 58.Farm animals (5) 59.Pen (3) 60.Wading bird(5) 67.Afghani capital (5) 68.Take away (5) 70.Arrest (4) 72.Eminent (7) 76.Turkish soldier (5) 77.Crown (5) 78.Red fruit (6) 79.Battery terminal (5) 82.The Pope (7) 83.Roti (7) 84.Iota (5) 85.Fish ——(4) 86.Dead meat (7) 87.Donkey sound (6) 88.Duplicate (5)

DOWN:

1.Window ledge (4)

2.Wavy form (8) 3.Tippler (8) 4.Feat (4) 5.Bother (7) 6.Small bird (8) 8.Fissure (8) 9.Burrow (7) 10.Over the limit (6) 12.Statistical grouping (8) 13.Every time(6) 14.Alphabetical script (5) 15.Contradictory idea (7) 23.Remove beard (5) 24.Figurine (9)

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56.Pig (3) 57.Cab costs (5) 61.Almond confection (8) 62.Enhance (7) 63.Syrian city (8) 64.Count (8) 65.Customary (8) 66.Compliant (8)

69.Moving vehicles in an area (7) 71.Supply (7) 73.Cohabitation (6) 74.Greek region (6) 75.Waste material (5) 80.Cache (4) 81.Water sport (4)

Solution (GIGANTIKA No. 185)

ACROSS: 1.Salon 4.Pariah 7.Scumble 11.Adam 16.Ninon 17.Tobacco 18.Remains 19.Skeet 20.Arroyo 21.Price 22.Theme 25.Cowhand 26.Pail 27.Fever 28.Snail 32.Witch 34.Phi 35.Stale 43.Deceased 44.Refinery 45.Spider 48.Bliss 49.Origin 50.Aghast 51.On Off 53.Stuart 54.Offshoot 55.On Record 58.Khaya 59.Den 60.State 67.Ghost 68.Thugs 70.Sing 72.Oceania 76. Theta 77.Roast 78.Onions 79.Mower 82.Freedom 83.Trunnel 84.Rhomb 85.Null 86.Bernard 87.Coward 88.Sheer.

DOWN: 1.Seal 2.Langkawi 3.Non Metal 4.Pang 5.Rattrap 6.Ambrosia 8.Croupier 9.Moraine 10.Lumber 12.Dyslexia 13.Member 14.Scoop 15.Biltong 23.Scamp 24.Admission 29.Shaft 30.Ply 31.Clarify 33.Caddisfly 36.Turnabout 37.Bezique 38.Censure 39.Traipse 40.Knights 41.Splotch 42.Adjourn 46.Abyssal 47.Iteration 52.Poles 56.She 57.Fleas 61.Cheerful 62.Ashamed 63.Agitator 64.Pimiento 65.Venomous 66.Ensemble 69.Headman 71.Ganglia 73.Stamen 74.Grudge 75.Focus 80.Prod 81.Fear.

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TODAY’S FORECAST

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B.C. JOHNNY HART

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Cancer Dashmi Pushya Karak (Cancer) H.D. Sea Green 2

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A profitable period ahead. Work target is achieved after persistent efforts and struggle. You will increase your profits by bringing about certain radical changes in your work strategy. Students are advised to put in extra effort in order to make the grade. Home and personal relationships will cause anxiety. The married will go through periods of tension and occasional separation. Your health will be fine.

BABIES BORN TODAY: The baby will have a well-proportioned body, moderate to tall, pleasant face and good hair. The child will be Amicable, Submissive, sincere affectionate but moody. After basic education a career in any creative or artistic field is indicated. Fond of traveling will be multi-faceted and well read. Will nurture and care for loved ones. They can look forward to a fortunate happy life.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Your ambition and perseverance will pay you rich dividends and earn you public fame and recognition. Financial matters will be very favorable and will add to your regular income and benefits through short-term projects or commission work. A change is not advised right now .An outing with friends or a close relative from out of town will be enjoyable though tiring. Romance will flower.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): At a business meeting for a new project you should be prepared for making a few adjustments. With some quick thinking and a few compromises you will win a contract with additional benefits. Those who are appearing for an interview will be successful. The married or those already committed in love are cautioned against secret liaison, for this could create serious rift in old relationship.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You will make major decisions about work and career that will lead to gains. Your attitude will have to change for all round improvement. You will also be paying more attention to finances but make no hasty decisions. Think in terms of lasting savings and not short term profits. When all else in your life seems to be falling in to place slowly there is every reason to celebrate love and a good relationship together with your beloved.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Seek short-term benefits. You are likely to gain through speculative ventures. However, you have to be quick in concluding the task as early as possible. You will sign new agreements and contracts on profitable terms. Make sure that all paperwork is in order. You will be spending more time with the family, which will help to strengthen relationships. New associations have a promising future.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You will succeed at work much against every odd. Proceed with caution as far as associates are concerned. It would not be a good idea to share your plans and aspirations with colleagues who may not be your sincere well wishers.

Eventually everyone wants to get ahead in life. Love life is full of excitement, but you should guard against flirtations, which could cause problems in love relationship.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Do not be suspicious of others. Put your past behind and get on with what you have to do.

Meetings will have favorable outcome.

Plan new strategies and you will get a good response and support for them. You will win over any opposition you may have had with good conduct and diplomacy. Try to forgive and forget problems that may have been inflicted on you by a loved one.

It will help to release negative emotions.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You are likely to get a brilliant new opportunity at work. Make most of all that is coming your way.

You will be very much in demand in your area of work. Be amiable with those you work with, as you may need their help sooner or later. D o not let insecurities of others spoil your day. Be wary of those who are not your true friends but jealous elements.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You will be pleasantly surprised with the receipt of a large sum of money. The employed will be given a prestigious assignment to handle independently. You will conclude your task with the able support of a colleague and associate. Home and family is good. Insecurities could creep into a relationship that has weathered earlier storms. Perhaps you need more time together for reassurances.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You derive maximum benefits by new developments. New opportunities lead to expansion at work. You can look forward to favorable news, concerning business or work. Perhaps a journey may be necessary.

You are on the right track now so make the most of it. There are strong temptations for a secret liaison but you are torn between loyalty and passion. Discretion demands that you stay clear of any such trouble.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): This is a very good time for you so don’t be cynical about future. You are likely to benefit monetarily. You will be held in high regard by those around you, especially in your immediate circle. You need to push aside all apprehensions and negative thoughts. Things are not so bad. A special gesture or favor made makes you feel very good about a close relationship that may have been in trouble earlier.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Be cautious today and don’t be too vocal about your future plans. Someone close may be looking for an opportunity to take advantage of you. Expenses mount and demands on your time and money from the family could be awkward. Try to balance work and home affairs more cordially in your own interest.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Good news about work is likely. However, initial money may have to be put in before you can expect returns from your efforts. Travel for work is inevitable and will be well worth your efforts. Writing and correspondence will also take up a lot of your time. There could be some unexpected visitors from out of town. This could interfere with your plans for a leisurely evening doing what you like best or had plans for.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4938 ACROSS: 1 "Heartbreak hotel" singer (5) 6 Runs or flies straight and fast? (5) 9 Tidier, neater or smarter (7) 10 Throw in a certain way (5) 11 A large establishment for raising livestock or crops (5) 12 Suspicious (5) 13 Ms D'souza of Bollywood (7) 15 Edible, round green seeds of the garden vegetable (3) 17 Second-hand, not new (4) 18 Feels irritation or tingling in skin (6) 19 Old form of "yours" (5) 20 Clay pigeon, e.g. (6) 22 Wild ox of Celebes (4) 24 Indeed, as in, "__, and he did come" (3) 25 A dark, underground prison chamber (7) 26 Groups of three (5) 27 "Ocean" anagram for boat? (5) 28 ____ pigeon : police informer? (5) 29 Falsehood (7) 30 Monetary unit of Lesotho (5) 31 Honks, as a goose (5) DOWN: 2 'Behold the ______ of the field' (6) 3 A friend __ ____ is a friend indeed?

(2,4) 4 Decline, as in price, as in, "the stock market may sag today"? (3) 5 Bewildered (5) 6 Notched (7) 7 Supercomputer pioneer (4) 8 Edict, announcement or dictum (6) 12 See the ___ : understand or realize one's mistake, etc.? (5) 13 Squally, stormy or windy (5) 14 India paceman Ashish ___ (5) 15 Speak to someone on a telephone (5) 16 Korean man, should we say? (5) 18 River of India, Pakistan & Tibet (5)

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SUDOKU 2124 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: W equals G

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

19 Worldly (7) 21 Add fizz (6) 22 ___ Christie : the "Queen of Crime"?

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23 China tea (6) 25 Marriage portion (5) 26 Acclaim, applaud or hail (4) 28 A filthy place, all will agree? (3)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 3 Blast, 8 Roars, 10 Argon, 11 KBC, 12 Exile, 13 Beehive, 15 Leica, 18 Ifi, 19 Dodged, 21 Unscrew, 22 Hung, 23 A one, 24 See into, 26 Looted, 29 Oat, 31 Pinon, 32 Tubular, 34 Odies, 35 Nth, 36 Centi, 37 Medal, 38 Snath.

DOWN: 1 Poked, 2 Arching, 4 Luxe, 5 Sallow, 6 Treed, 7 Voice, 9 Abe, 12 Evicted, 14 IFS, 16 Igloo, 17 Adder, 19 Devious, 20 Whelp, 21 Union, 23 Attuned, 24 Send in, 25 NAB, 27 Oiled, 28 Toots, 30 Mahal, 32 Text, 33 Ltd.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1943 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject

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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: 08 average; 09 good; 11 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: blond, blow, blown, boil, bold, bond, bowl, down, idol, lion, loin, widow, WINDBLOWN, window, winnow, wino.

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WILL STILL GO FOR YUVI IF THERE IS AN AUCTION TODAY: GAMBHIR

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EW DELHI: Senior opener Gautam Gambhir says “had there been an IPL auction today, he would have still gone” for Yuvraj Singh and called him India’s “greatest match-winner” in limited overs cricket.

“I don’t think any cricketer has criticised Yuvraj. It is the media which has attacked him and we need to be careful about what we say. He has been our greatest match-winners in limited overs cricket,” Gambhir said during a promotional event here.

Yuvraj has been castigated by fans for his 21-ball 11 that was one of the primary reasons for India’s World T20 defeat against Sri Lanka, last Sunday.

“At the IPL auctions, we were really close to getting him before RCB won the bid. Let me put it this way.

Had there been auction today, the Kolkata Knight Riders would have bid for him in the same aggressive manner. Yuvraj according to me is our greatest match-winner till date,” Gambhir, who was the topscorer in 2007 World T20 said during an event organised by ‘Advanced Hair Studio’.

Asked if the team is becoming early 90’s and Gambhir’s answer team game and 11 players are out there in the field. The game is won overtly dependent on Virat Kohli as was an emphatic no.

“That’s never the case. Cricket is a by 11 players and lost by 11 players. it was with Sachin Tendulkar in the

It’s not an individual sport,” he said with a lot of conviction.

But if one man scores 77 out of a total of 130, doesn’t it reflect the overdependence, Gambhir counterquestioned: “How many deliveries do you get in T20 cricket? 120 balls and not 300 deliveries! It is natural that your Nos 1, 2 and 3 will score more than your Nos 4, 5 and 6.”

Virender Sehwag has shown some form in the zonal phase of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 and Gambhir was asked as to why he KKR would have gone for Yuvraj and not Sehwag.

“Well, it was a part of the strategy and the decision is taken by at least 5-6 people. We wanted Yuvi more and that’s why we bid for him.”

Has anything changed for him that Sehwag is back to opening the batting, he replied, “I don’t think anything has changed for me as I was always opening the batting. I have never had any plans of batting in the middle-order. I started my career as an opener and would like to end as an opener.”

Gambhir had a good zonal leg of Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy, scoring 162 in five matches with 75 as the highest score. He attributed it to batting on greenish tracks at the Roshanara ground during Ranji Trophy.

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B-town rallies behind heartbroken Yuvraj

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EW DELHI:As Yuvraj Singh faces public ire for his poor showing in the lost World T20 finals against Sri Lanka, many of his fans and Bollywood have rallied behind the beleaguered batsman. Some unruly fans pelted stones at the all-rounder’s residence in Chandigarh.

Bollywood though took to social media to extend their support to the left-hander, who was instrumental in getting two World Cups to India — the 2007 T20 title and the 50-over trophy in 2011.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan wrote on his blog, “Ok .... So we lost to Sri Lanka in the World Cup final T20 tonight .. Yes disappointed, but proud of our team and our boys for reaching the final, against the best teams in the world .. It was just not our day and the better team won...Congratulations to Sri Lanka, who played really well ..”

Actor Varun Dhawan, whose ‘Main Tera Hero’ is currently in cinemas, tweeted, “Yuvi won us the World Cup, he gave us happiness when he was still having cancer. How can people forget that #Shame...”

Director Madhur Bhandarkar also voiced his support for the out-ofform player, tweeting: “Who are these idiots who are pelting stones just because we lost a game? Have we forgotten it was @YUVSTRONG12 who won us both d World Cups?”

I want to contribute again NSrinivasan set to attend ICC meeting in Dubai to Mumbai cricket: Patil

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UMBAI: After quitting the selection panel last year as he was unable to devote time to watch local cricket due to his tight schedule as chief national selector, former India batsman Sandeep Patil has accepted the offer to head Mumbai’s senior panel and has been named as the chairman of the committee by the Mumbai Cricket Association.

“They (MCA) were after me for a long time to join the panel. Last year I quit as I was not able to watch domestic cricket due to my tight schedule with the senior India squad. But this time I was assured they would identify talented players on the fringe and I would have to watch a few games only and I accepted the offer,” Patil told PTI.

Patil has been named as the head of the four-member senior and under 25 panel also comprising Milind Rege, Sanjay Shetty and Nishit Shetty. “What I am is due to Mumbai cricket and I hope I can put Mumbai cricket back on track. I want to take it up as a challenge,” said Patil.

This season Mumbai failed to progress far in the Ranji Trophy after being tripped by arch rivals Maharashtra in the quarter finals and they had not done well in other senior tournaments too like the Vijay Hazare oneday trophy and the T20 zonals.

MCA did not appoint a coach for the next season and there are talks that Ajit Agarkar, who retired last year, is the front runner to take over the reins.

EW DELHI: Under-fire N Srinivasan is all set to attend the ICC executive board meeting in Dubai on April 9-10 as BCCI’s “representative” despite being sidelined from the Cricket Board’s affairs following a Supreme Court directive. A senior BCCI official confirmed that Srinivasan “will attend the ICC Board meeting”, according to ‘ESPNcricinfo’. While the Supreme Court had shunted out Srinivasan from all affairs of the board, the two-judge bench had declined to pass an order in relation to his role in ICC affairs, saying it was an “internal” matter of the BCCI. Normally, the BCCI president is inducted onto the ICC board as a Director and the secretary attends the ICC Chief Executives Committee meetings. At every Annual General Meeting, it is the BCCI president who nominates the Board’s

Victorious Lankan cricketers accorded rousing welcome C

OLOMBO: The triumphant Sri Lankan cricketers were today accorded a rousing reception by delirious fans as they touched down at Bandaranaike International Airport here after winning the World Twenty20 crown with the highlight being a victory parade on a decked-up double decker bus.

Fans jumped in unbridled joy the moment they got a glimpse of their nation’s heroes. The cricketers lapped up all the love and adulation prompting them to express their thanks.

Hero of the final against India and now a retiree from T20 Internation-

als, Kumar Sangakkara captured the hysteria in his camera from the aircraft and posted the picture on twitter. “The crowd awaiting our arrival.

Took the photo from plane Window.

Amazing. Thank you pic,” Sangakkara, who scored a match-winning half-century in the title clash, tweeted.

Sri Lanka Cricket had invited “all loyal cricket fans to line the roads up to Galle Face Green and welcome our Champion National”. The arrival had been a much-awaited one for the fans as well as the cricketers. “So excited. It’s gonna be a massive day. Waiting to see all the

fans, and family. Rain gods be kind.

Off to the airport in an hour,” Sangakkara wrote.

And as it turned out, it indeed was a grand welcome for the players. Sangakkara wrote, “on the double decker bus. Amazing pic.” In one of the pictures, skipper Lasith Malinga was seen standing in front of the double decker bus and waving to the crowd. He was earlier seen holding the trophy inside the plane. Sangakkara also posted a picture showing the airport crew holding the national flag.

“Airport ground crew with our flag,” the Lankan legend tweeted.

order, Patel had said that Srinivasan will remain BCCI’s representative at the ICC. But since then the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) has requested the ICC to sideline Srinivasan from the executive board and to not allow him to take over as the ICC chairman in July, at least until the time he is cleared of all the charges. The ICC has remained tightlipped over the issue ever since the Supreme Court had Srinivasan removed from his official position of BCCI president. “No comments at this stage,” ICC has representative at ICC meetings, and been repeatedly saying. The BCCI at the last meeting held in Chennai has expressed confidence that it has on September 29, 2013, it was ver- not only acquired the apex court’s bally decided that “Srinivasan will approval for Srinivasan to continue continue to be in the (ICC) executive with his ICC responsibilities but board and Sanjay Patel (secretary) in claimed there will also be no protest the CEC.” from within the ICC Board towards Hours after the Supreme Court his chairmanship.

INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM SET TO LEAVE FOR EUROPE TOUR TODAY

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EW DELHI: Gearing up to present a strong challenge at the upcoming World Cup, the Indian hockey team will head for a tour of Europe today to play five build-up games — including two each against World Cup hosts The Netherlands. The team will also play two matches against Dutch National Clubs and one against Belgium during the trip which would conclude on April 19. The World Cup is scheduled to be held at The Hague, Netherlands from May 31 to June 15.

Speaking on the preparations, coach Terry Walsh said the trip to Europe would be of immense help as the World Cup will be held The Netherlands. “This trip will enable the players and staff to simulate major aspects for the upcoming World Cup and one of the most significant aspects will be playing on the same surface which will be used during the

Sodhi leads India’s field in Shotgun World Cup

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EW DELHI: Champion double trap shooter Ronjan Sodhi will spearhead the Indian challenge in the upcoming ISSF Shotgun World Cup beginning in Tucson, USA from tomorrow.

The opening day is meant for official training with the competition starting from second day onwards. Besides Sodhi, Mohammad Asab and Ankur Mittal will be the other two shooters representing India in the double trap event.

There will be Manavjeet Singh, Mansher Singh and Kynan Chenai in the trap event. The women’s field comprise Shagun Chowdhary, Seema Tomar and Shreyashi Singh. In men’s skeet, Aroze Pal Singh, PP Singh and Man Singh will be competing. Shooter Heena Sidhu, who is now world No.1 in the women’s 10m air pistol event, had bagged a silver at the ISSF Rifle/Pistol World Cup in Fort Benning, USA, last month.

World Cup,” Walsh said. The 21 member squad will be captained

by Sardar Singh with defender Rupinder Pal Singh being his deputy.

During this tour, India will play two games against The Netherlands, two against Dutch l Clubs

and one against Belgium.

The Squad: Goalkeepers: P R Sreejesh, Harjot Singh. Defenders: Birendra Lakra, Rupinder Pal Singh (Vice-Captain), V R Raghunath, Kothajit Singh, Gurinder Singh, Gurbaj Singh.

Midfielders: Sardar Singh (Cap-

tain), S K Uthappa, Dharamvir Singh, Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh Kangujam, Danish Mujtaba, Devindar Walmiki.

Forwards: S V Sunil, Nikkin Thimmaiah, Akashdeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Yuvraj Walmiki, Lalit Upadhyay.

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UMBAI: West Zone champions Baroda and South Zone runners-up Kerala made a winning start to their campaign in the Syed Mushtaq Ali All India T20 tournament by defeating Bengal and Delhi, respectively.

Baroda, who won all their four league games in the zonal event, notched up their fifth straight victory by overwhelming Bengal by seven wickets at the Sharad Paar Cricket Academy ground in the Bandra-Kurla complex.

Baroda shot out their rivals for a paltry 96 and then overtook the target easily in 14 overs to score a comprehensive win. Kerala overcame a depleted Delhi by 14 runs in the other Group B game at the Wankhede Stadium by notching up a challenging 150 for 6, with opener V Jagadeesh top scoring with 52 in 36 balls. They then restricted Delhi to 136 for 9 with some efficient bowling and brilliant fielding.

In the Baroda-Bengal game, Bengal plunged into trouble soon after being asked to bat first by their rivals to be reduced to 50 for five and never recovered from

this poor start. Captain S Sanyal top scored with 13. For Baroda, medium pacers Lukman Meriwala and Abhijit Karambelkar captured three wickets each on a seaming track. Chasing the modest target, Baroda were given a decent start by Kedar Devdar (11) and Aditya Waghmode (26-ball 27). Although in the middle they lost two wickets in close succession, Baroda sailed home thanks to an unbroken fourth wicket stand of 43 between R Solanki (16 not out) and Deeepak Hooda (24 not out off 17 balls with four fours). A Gani bagged 28 for two for Bengal.

In the Kerala-Delhi match, Kerala were off to a fabulous start when openers Jagadeesh, who hit nine fours in an entertaining knock, and J Rakesh (36 in 32 balls) put on 89 runs together.

There was a brief wobble when Kerala lost both the openers in successive balls at 89 to Yogesh Nagar and then Rahul Prem was dismissed soon after to leave them at 92 for 3.

Captain Sachin Baby (28) rallied the innings around with the

lower order but they still fell at least 20 runs short of what was expected, said coach Chandrakant Pandit later. However, Delhi - without several top players - failed to get off to a sound start and slumped to 35 for three before being revived by the stand of 34 between J Anand (28 off 30 balls) and Nagar (15). But with the asking rate climbing they had to go for the shots and were caught in the deep. Despite the best efforts of Varun Sood (22 off 13 balls with 2 sixes) Delhi fell short with Kerala fielders taking all the catches.

It was Delhi’s first loss after having won all five north zone league games to qualify for the inter zonals.

Brief scores: Bengal 96 all out in 20 overs (L Meriwala 3/19, A Karambelkar 3/22, H Pandya 2/10) lost to Baroda 97 for 3 in 14 overs (A Waghmode 27, D Hooda not out 24; A Gani 2/28) by seven wickets. Kerala 150 for 6 (V Jagadeesh 52, K Rakesh 36; J Khan 2/22, V Sood 2/29, Y Nagar 2/29) beat Delhi 136 for 9 (V Kumar 2/17, P Prashanth 2/23, K Rakesh (3/34) by 11 runs.

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EW DELHI: India will take on Serbia at home in the Davis Cup World Group play-offs to be held from September 12 to 14, raising the possibility of multipletime Grand Slam winner and world number two Novak Djokovic touching down in the country.

Bogdan Obradovic-led Serbia will face India for the second time in three years in a bid to maintain their World Group status, having defeated India 4-1 on their most recent foray into the top tier of the competition in the first round in 2011.

The Indian Davis Cup team on Sunday entered the World Group playoffs after notching up a historic away triumph over Korea in the Group I Asia/Oceania second round tie at Busan. Serbia, who lost 2-3 to Switzerland in the World Group first round in February, has not featured in zonal competition since 2007, the year it defeated Australia in the World Group play-offs to secure top tier status for the first time, and will be desperate to avoid a return to Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Meanwhile, Spain and Argentina also face a fight to remain

in the World Group following today’s draw, with Carlos Moya’s five-time champions needing to come away with a win in Brazil and four-time runner-up Argentina due to travel to Israel.

Australia, Canada and USA have been handed more favourable home draws, with Pat Rafter’s men hosting Uzbekistan, USA taking on Slovak Republic and Canada granted a home tie against Colombia. The remaining two ties will see Croatia travel to Netherlands in a draw decided by lot, and Ukraine set to host Belgium.

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IN BRIEF Pele’s hair turned into diamonds for superfans

RIO DE JANEIRO: Pele has unveiled an unusual line of diamonds using strands of the football legend’s own hair, local media reported.

The man many regard as the sport’s best player of all time presented the ultimate superfan souvenir in Sao Paulo ahead of the World Cup that Brazil will host in two months. The diamonds are made using a high-pressure, high-temperature process during which strands of Pele’s hair are charred. The limited edition includes 1,283 diamonds — one for each of the champ’s goals. The gems cost about USD 7,500 a piece and come in a gold-plated box featuring Pele born Edson Arantes do Nascimento — on the pitch scoring a goal.

Never far from shop talk, Pele, who is 73, was asked at the event about Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentina’s Lionel Messi. “From our point of view on football, Messi is the more complete one. He creates (opportunities) and scores goals,” Pele said.”Cristiano is (like) our (late) Vava, our Ronaldo. He is a Dada Maravilha,” he added, referring to three Brazilian big scorers.

Anderson set to be fit in time for IPL

WELLINGTON: New Zealand swashbuckler Corey Anderson is expected to be fit for the upcoming Indian Premier League after recovering from a finger injury which had put him in doubt for the cash-rich Twenty20 event. Anderson, who broke the world record for the fastest ODI century soon after bursting into international cricket last year, was a much sought after player in the IPL players’ auction. Defending champions Mumbai Indians eventually grabbed him for a whopping Rs 4.50 crore (USD 750,000). “There’s no fracture, no break and we’re very happy with how the injury is going,” Anderson was quoted as saying by the ‘Fairfax NZ News’

Brett Lee ties knot with girlfriend Lana Anderson

MELBOURNE: Former Australian pacer Brett Lee has married his girlfriend Lana Anderson in a private ceremony at his new home in Seaforth last weekend. This is Lee’s second marriage after he divorced Elizabeth Kemp in 2008, with whom he has a son named Preston. Lee, 37, has been publicly dating Lana, 29, since August last year when the couple were seen kissing and holding hands during a fundraiser. According to media reports, the couple had moved in to their new home in North Sydney last year.

Abhijeet Gupta off to a flier, Lalith Babu held

DUBAI (UAE): Highest ranked Indian in the fray Abhijeet Gupta got off to a flier, defeating Osman Abdelgadir of Sudan, while Grandmaster M R Lalith Babu was held to a draw by Elena Partac of Moldova in the first round of the 16th Dubai International open chess that got underway here today. It turned out to be a good day in the office for Gupta as he had to exert little for a maximum result against Abdelgadir. PLaying the white side of an English opening, Gupta got an early advantage and then spotted a simple tactic to earn a knight for just a pawn.

The rest was easy.

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EXCERPTS: You have been honoured with the Padma Bhushan recently, your thoughts on that?

It’s a huge award and I am grateful to the government for honouring me with something that makes me feel immensely proud and responsible.

How impor tant is it for a player or coach to get recognized like this?

Recognition for coaches in our country has been minimal in general. I wouldn’t say this in regards to me but, in general, this profession requires lot of motivation, lot of appreciation because of the fact that it is a very stressful job. Most of the time it’s also thankless. When a player wins the coach doesn’t get much credit, but if a player loses, the coach will get all the flak. Hence, it’s important that the efforts of coaches are recognized and for me this recognition has come at a very right time. Thanks to a whole

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While playing competitive badminton, Pullela Gopichand won many laurels for himself and India. The champion shuttler never hung up his racquet though, deciding to give back to the game that was his passion by coaching promising youngsters. His achievements as a player and subsequently as a coach have won him accolades and awards galore, right from the Arjuna Award in 1999, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2001, the Padmashri Award in 2005, the Dhronacharya Award in 2009 and the latest feather in his crown coming in the form of the Padma Bhushan earlier this year. On the sidelines of the US$250,000 Yonex Sunrise-BWF Metlife India Open Super Series badminton championship, Gordon D’Costa in a free-wheeling interview speaks with the affable, soft spoken and highly successful coach and touched on his achievements as player and coach as he dwelled on the future of Indian badminton.

IMPORTANT THAT COACHES ACHIEVEMENTS ARE RECOGNIZED: GOPI

lot of people who have supported us. The Badminton Association of India (BAI), its President Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta and the entire team; the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the entire team; the government, whose support for the sport has been very important.

What were the highlights of your playing career?

If I look at it today, every victory had its significance. Every win was important at that time, be it winning the first Junior National title, the Senior. National titles, State Championship, Commonwealth Games medal, Olympics and the All England Championship. Each win for me is equally significant.

Hyderabad to Bangalore to train at the Prakash Padukone Academy and SAI, Bangalore. I played some tournaments abroad, but by and large I had the belief that I could train to be the best in my own country. I believed that the facilities were available here and to get a proper system in place was important. I had strong beliefs like these, which is what exactly prompted me to take up coaching.

The players you have produced and a few thoughts on each of them?

Saina has definitely been the most celebrated of my prodigies. The rise of badminton in India has a lot to do with the rise of Saina. People have started to watch badminton thanks to Saina’s phenomenal All good players don’t necessarily performance at the international make good coaches. When did level. She has been in the top 5 for taking up coaching enter your mind? 3-4 years continuously and now among the top 10 consistently.

One significant difference in my career and many of the other She is only 24 and still has 4-5 sports-persons India has produced years left and a lot of laurels to is that most of my training was achieve. She can go the distance. done in India as I believed this Saina is somebody who made was the best place. I planned my Indians believe that they too could own moves. I moved away from win at the International level, Pullela Gopichand receives the Padma Bhushan award from President Pranab Mukherjee and (right) Gopichand has a choice hug for Saina Nehwal.

especially the women. On the men’s side we had Prakash Sir and then me as examples, but Saina is somebody who has proved that Indian women are also strong enough to win at the highest level.

When I started coaching in April 2004, Kashyap was the oldest of the lot at 15. He has had his ups and downs, but when it mattered most and when the chips were down he has grown in strength and delivered. His performances in the World Championships, Olympics and Commonwealth

Games have been good and I believe that he is definitely worth more than he has achieved.

Sindhu was the youngest of my trainees, at 8, when I started. She has grown up with me the longest and today at 18 she has already got a World Championship medal and many other International titles.

Hopefully she will play for another 10-12 years and taste success in many Olympics, World Championships and All-Englands.

Then there is K. Srikant, H.S. Pranoy, Sai, Sourabh Varma, who are all very talented and I believe all very good prospects but I don’t want to name a few as I may miss a few more.

Thoughts on the future of badminton in India?

The future of Indian badminton is good. There are a lot of exciting prospects. Now we have players who are capable of challenging

the best in the world. But having said that, to be at the top of the world is very challenging and takes a lot of effort. Saina has 5 years more and Sindhu has about 10 years and I am sure they will inspire scores of youngsters to take to the game.

We have known Gopi the player and are now experiencing Gopi as a coach. Little is known about Gopi the person. A few insights into your personal life?

I am very fortunate that my parents, wife and kids, a girl (10) and boy (9) ensure that I am protected. I do nothing else other than badminton, go home, read a bit and rest. Badminton takes up most of my time and I love the effort and sacrifices that sports demand as they keep me focused.

I am grateful to God for giving me these opportunities.

Pullela Gopichand receives the Padma Shri from former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam.

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