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NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY, BUT FOR THE MOMENT, THE MONORAIL IS DEFINITELY ANOTHER HOLIDAY OPTION, LIKE A JOYRIDE AT AN AMUSEMENT PARK

By Shwetha Kannan

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t has been a month since the much-talked about MMRDA project, the monorail, has been inaugurated and thrown open for the public to travel. Up to March, 1, 4,59,871 people have used it and it

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A way to spend a holiday:

“It was my off today and I had some work in Chembur, so thought of hopping on to the Monorail after that. I just wanted to experience the ride that so many are talking about. I am travelling in it for the first time,” said an excited Meena Ganvil, a railway Meena employee who lives in Panvel and did not Ganvil mind travelling all the way up to Wadala from Chembur and then going to the suburban Chembur station to ultimately make her way to Panvel using the local train. In other words, this was the fun bit of her commute but she did not see herself using it with any serious intent. is an experience that most of them have enjoyed. The main issue, however, is how many of them consider it to be a serious mode of transport? And how many put it in the 'toy train' category? To try and get an answer to this question, the ADC got on board the monorail on a weekday and spoke to people travelling in it.

What we found out is that the project which has cost the MMRDA Rs.3,000 crore or half a billion dollars, is yet to be taken se-

riously as a mode of transport by Mumbaikars. As of now, for a majority of them, it is nothing more than a joyride.

Family Picnic Spot: The monorail has become a place for families to spend a holiday. The ADC spotted two families on the section having a good time. It was just an opportunity to spend quality time together! The Baguls Continued on pg 2 «

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Seriously – it’s a `3,000 crore toy train!

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CITY OPINIONS

Do you think, the current young Indian cricket team will bring back the T20 World Cup 2014?

Neha Shinde Public Relations No, there should be experienced players like Dhoni if they wish to bring back the World Cup. Shreedhar Chavan Businessman Yes, the youngsters are performing better and they will ensure that the World Cup will be ours again.

Gauri More Media No, senior players should be included as experience counts in the World Cup series.

Abha Dhole Law student No, the game changers and experienced players like Dhoni, Gambhir, Sehwag should be included in the team for winning the World Cup. Hardik Tanna student Yes, the current team with youngsters will surely bring back the T20 World Cup.

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and the Sonis wanted their families to experience the ride and they chose an off day (no work!) to do so.

And in case you missed the point, they made sure you got it.

“We are here for a joyride. Everybody is talking about the monorail so I thought of travelling in it with my family just for the experience.

Many of my friends have taken this joyride. It is good fun”, said Kishor Bagul who lives in Vashi and works at Bandra and hence finds the monorail of no great use to him.

Dinesh Soni, who lives at Wadala and owns a shop there was travelling on the monorail for the second time, said, “I had first travelled with my son and have brought my wife and daughter today. It is just for the experience of travelling in the monorail and not because we have some work at Chembur”.

Kishor Bagul with his family

Students too want a joyride: School as well as college students were seen in groups admiring the aerial view of the stretch from Wadala to Chembur or clicking group selfies while on board.

Prasad Amberkar and Amit Bhandari were two such friends who had some time in hand after college and thought of hopping on to the monorail for a joyride.

“It is a nice feeling travelling on the monorail. No rush like the local trains, you see”, said Prasad. “We are here just for fun”, said Amit.

For ten-year-olds Nasreen and Umaira, the monorail is a place for ‘ghoomne jaana’ after school. “Hum bahut baar aaye hai isme. Acha lagta hai”, said Nasreen who seemed reluctant to share details and hopped out of the train with her sister Umaira at the Mysore Colony stop.

Dinesh Soni with his family

Nasreen and Umaira

time”, said Noyan who has travelled four times already and intends coming again.

Asked what he thought of the system, Kishor Bagul said, “The Monorail is yet to be taken seriously as a mode of transport because the places it connects are not places that many people travel to for work”.

Dinesh Soni also had a similar opinion. “It is only when the monorail connects more places that it will be considered as a serious mode of transport”.

For Noyan Khan, the monorail is For college student Amit, the exthe place to be when she needs perience of not being able to get a some time alone. single taxi from Wadala station “Whenever I want to be by my- after a monorail ride made him say, self I take a to and fro ride. It gives “This may be more comfortable me more than half an hour of ‘me’ but what is the point? The Wadala

A place to be by oneself:

ADC’s experience:

As the public opinion is, the monorail ride was a great change from travelling in over-crowded local trains. With no nudging and pushing and of course no dearth of seats, the pink and blue air conditioned, clean monorail coaches are a pleasure to travel in. As of now, the queue for tickets don’t seem to be a matter of concern as there are two tickets counters at the platforms and also, the crowd isn’t much either. The monorail staff near the ticket counters give you information about the availability of smart cards for frequent monorail users and answer queries by first time travellers about timings of the monorail, which stops it halts etc. with patience. The platforms are well maintained and manned by well-mannered and helpful security guards who make sure that none of the passengers who alight from the monorail loiter around unnecessarily on the platforms. In a nut shell, for starters, when people are yet to use the monorail for serious travelling, the arrangements and resources seem to be working just fine. But will the patience levels of the staff, standards of cleanliness and security be the same when connectivity increases and crowds start pouring in? One has to simply wait and watch. Also, for people travelling from the Chembur end of the monorail, the access to the station is better and easier as it is situated very close to Chembur Fine Arts, which is a well-known place and has rickshaws and buses going right up there but for the ones who want to get to the Wadala end should be prepared either to spend a small fortune to cab it up to the station from either Sion or Matunga station as there are no bus stops near the Wadala monorail depot or take a local train on the harbour line, get down at GTB Nagar station and then proceed to the Wadala monorail depot in a cab which might cost you a bit more than the minimum fare.

Prasad and Amit

end is situated in midst of nowhere and from there you need to walk quite a bit to get a cab. The suburban railway stations are conveniently placed. Reaching a railway station is easier than getting to the monorail station at Wadala”.

A security guard at the Monorail platform at Wadala passed on the information that during any time of the day, there is no rush in the monorail.

“This is an industrial area so there is never any rush or crowd here”, he said, helpfully! So who exactly is to be benefited by this multi-crore project which is like a squiggle on the transport infrastructure map of Mumbai?

However the Dilip Kavatkar,

Noyon Khan MMRDA PRO was slightly more optimistic. “Recovery of costs can be estimated only when both phases are operational. We expect the revenue recovery to increase once the entire line is operational as the number of passengers will increase then”, he said.

Going by the answers given by Monorail riders who did not mind going back to the nearest railway station to get to where they actually wanted to go, it seemed that there is still time for this new project to establish itself as another mode of transport for Mumbaikars. Till then, it can continue giving them a pleasurable time during holidays and weekends with family and friends.

Mono Rail Statistics

By Prashant Hamine

Total Cost – Rs.3,300 crore

Total Length – Chembur-Wadala-Jacob Circle – 19.54 kms Current Fare range – Rs.5 to Rs.19 Inter-connectivity to Suburban Railway Stations – Chembur, Currey Road & Mahalaxmi Four-car coaches with carrying capacity of 560 passengers Initial operational frequency to be brought down gradually from 15 min to 9 min and finally to 3 min

Total passenger footfalls expected – 20,000 per hour

First Phase: Total Cost – Rs.1,100 crore Length – 8.80 kms Seven stations – Wadala depot, Bhakti Park, Mysore Colony, Bharat Petroleum, Fertilizer township. V N Purav Marg/RC Marg & Chembur Second Phase: Total Cost – Rs.1,900 crore Length – 11.28 kms 11 Stations G T B Nagar, Antop Hill, Acharya Atre Nagar, Wadala Bridge, Dadar East, Naigaon, Ambedkar Nagar, Mint Colony, Lower Parel, Chinchpokli & Jacob Circle (Mahalaxmi)

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How did you take the decision to plunge into the fray?

My decision to contest the Lok Sabha election and becoming the Aam Admi Party candidate was very tough. I am forced to enter the arena because of the present leaders of various parties. They are corrupt, dishonest and disconnected from reality and the electorate. So it became imperative for me to take put in my candidature.

By any definition, a quarter of a century is a long, long time in anyone’s life. And when the going is tough, the tough may get going, but time stretches, at times into what feels like forever.

For the past 25 years, Medha Patkar (59) has fought. Her original battle, to ensure that there was proper rehabilitation for the people affected by the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project on the Narmada river in four states, still continues.

The world may have moved away from Big Dam Projects, but India is stuck in a time warp. And Medha has stuck on as the face of the fight. Honored and reviled in equal measure,

You have the blessings of Anna but the fact remains that the social crusader has distanced himself from the Aam Aadmi Party.

Not to be part of active politics goes well with Anna Hazare. He has his own ideology and theory and we should respect it. What I feel is that Anna should come out and support the AAP candidates. If he campaigns for me it will be a great thing for me. I am confident he will campaign for me in the Mumbai North East constituency from where I am contesting.

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WE ARE NOT ‘JUST’ ACTIVISTS; WE CREATE LEGISLATION AS WELL depending upon which side you are talking to, she is the face of the Narmada Bachao Andolan. An activist like no other in the country who has put her entire life in the service of the deprived, a few years ago, she formed the National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) with other activists, fighting what is seen as a losing battle against globalisation and fast-growing corporate culture.

Uncomfortably for governments and politicians and the nexus they command, her agitation agenda has spread to embrace other issues as well. For the slum dwellers in Mumbai, she has the status of a mini savior who has repeatedly exposed the unholy nexus between the politician and land mafia.

And now she has entered electoral politics with the blessings of social crusader Anna Hazare. It has been a long journey indeed – from wanting no part in the system, to a realization that some battles must be fought within it. She spoke to Suyash Padate about the new phase in her life.

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Since you have joined AAP, what do you think about the functioning of this party and its chief Arvind Kejriwal?

See, it’s up to you to decide what you think of its functioning. There can be a difference of opinion on whether Arvind should have continued with the agitation instead of joining active politics.

However, Arvind's agitation showed the limitations of the Parliamentary system in India.

AAP persevered with the system, and quit only after the Congress and BJP got together and prevented them from introducing policies such as the Jan Lokpal Bill. It is not easy to leave the seat of power. Arvind was compelled to resign as CM of Delhi when AAP was reduced to a minority in the assembly.

But in 49 days, the party achieved more than any other party. How can you ignore this?

You are always at the receiving end of government ire over the issue of development. Now, how will you, as a part of the system, reconcile your confrontationist style earlier?

There are misconceptions about me and my stand on development. We want development but not at the cost of the environment. I am insisting on the equal distribution of natural resources. But nobody is paying heed to this vital issue. The wrong policies of the people in power have created this situation which is affecting the market. The true spirit of a free market is completely missing in India. The only form of capitalism we have is crony capitalism. If we had truly free markets, builders will attend gram sabhas and discuss their projects with those affected by them.

Gram sabhas? How will this work in Mumbai and other metros?

People here are not aware about the whole concept. It is easy to conduct such meetings here in Mumbai or cities like it. In villages, people have to travel long distances without any proper access to transport to attend these sabhas and yet they do it.

Here there is no problem of commuting. Once gram sabhas are introduced in cities, it won't take long to establish the idea.

Contesting from Mumbai, what is your election strategy going to concentrate upon?

I have been working with people from all levels of society. I am associated with the masses and their problems. AAP's campaign focuses on the decentralization of power, which will benefit the middle-classes for whom corruption and lack of planning are major issues. The large majority of people in Mumbai use public transport, and it is high time that something drastic is done on this front to make travelling less traumatic. Create a new policy if necessary.

Then there is the problem of housing. Lakhs of houses lie vacant while millions are homeless. Middle-class co-operative housing societies are not given cheap land on lease, while big builders are easily able to avail of leases. We have drawn up a plan to provide one crore homes in Mumbai. We will hold regular gram sabhas to provide platforms for all stakeholders in development.

From the Narmada Valley to Mumbai is a bit of a journey…

Most of the constituencies in and around the Narmada Valley are reserved for adivasis. Our candidates from the Narmada Bachao Andolan are already contesting elections from that area. But don't forget that I have been working in Mumbai over several decades.

Dharnas and agitations are different from It is not governance. We have seen what happened in Delhi. easy to How will you make the transition from activist to people’s representative, working by the rules? leave the The tragic part is we look at only one side. As social seat of power. activists, we are in the spotlight only when we are sitting on a dharna or taking up an agitation. But many are in dark Arvind was abput our detailed data collection, or the manner in which compelled to social movements translate into legislation. I have been projected as someone who only says no. It's not correct. I resign as CM of have worked closely with the government to shape Delhi when AAP was reduced policies. I was the president of the National Hawkers to a minority in the assembly. Federation, involved in drafting the new national policy on Laws such as the Forest Rights Act and the Right But in 49 days, the party tohawkers.

Information Act were all born out of social movements achieved more than any such as the one led by Aruna Roy in Rajasthan. I have also personally pleaded many cases in the Supreme Court. People other party. How can say we are unreasonable. Try to understand that what we are you ignore this? demanding is justice for the large majority of people who suffer

injustice in every walk of life. Politics poses a challenge to our democratic set up. The worst part is the governance exists, but it does not work for the people. That's what we want to change.

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Notice is hereby given that Mr. Shabbir Khorakiwala has agreed to sell his flat to Mrs Beena J Pandey & Mr. Jaivallabh M Pandey, residential flat at building - 2, flat-15, plot-14, Cliffend Co Op Housing society Ltd Bhawani Nagar Marol Maroshi Road, Andheri east, Mumbai-59 free from all encumbrances. Any persons, relatives,

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having any right title interest or demand of any nature whatsoever in respect of the said flat is hereby required to make the same known in writing along with the documentary proof thereof to the undersigned at B-202, Sunview CHSL, YAC Nagar Kondivita Road, Andheri east Mumbai 59, within 14 days from the date of publication hereof, failing which the negotiations shall be completed without any reference to such claims and the claims if any shall be deemed to have been given up or waived.

Sd/Place : Mumbai Jaivallabh Pandey Date : 10/3/2014 9867084648

I have changed my name from Shreya Anil Poddar, to ‘Shreya Ankit Tanna’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 67365) Dated: 13/02/2014.

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I have changed my name from Hamidani Nafisa Mohd Salim, to ‘Hamidani Nafisa Saleem’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

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I, Priyanka Ajit Wani have changed my Son’s name from Vihaan Vivek Chawla, to ‘Vihaan Wani’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 69352) Dated: 20/02/2014.

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I have changed my name from Hamidani Salim Usman, to ‘Hamidani Saleem Usman’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

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I have changed my name from Priyanka Vivek Chawla, to ‘Priyanka Ajit Wani’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 69353) Dated: 20/02/2014.

C-38844 I have changed my name from Afrin Mohamed Ahmed Khan, to ‘Afreen Qamruddin Badsha’ as per Affidavit Dated: 08/03/2014.

C-38845 I, Qamruddin Kader Badsha have changed my Daughter’s name from Khatija Shaikh, to ‘Khatija Qamruddin Badsha’ as per Affidavit Dated: 08/03/2014.

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CORRIGENDUM We on behalf of our client Mr. Tushar Arun Dalvi, made a Publication on 28/02/2014 in Nav-Shakti News Paper on page No. 4 and in Afternoon on page No. 6, there is correction in Flat No. G-8 to which the corresponding New Flat No. is G-11 as per the records of Naseeb Apartment CHS Ltd., Station Road, near Jesal Park, Bhayandar (E), Dist. Thane., and the date of lost of Original Builder Agreement dated 6/11/1986 of the said Flat is 14/02/2014 and not 14/02/2013 which is by mistakenly mentioned in the said Public Notice which needs to be noted and rectified. Sd/-

I have changed my name from Shabina Ashfaq Ashfaque Arab, to ‘Shabina Umar Julaha Ansari’ as per Affidavit Dated: 08/03/2014.

C-38847 I have changed my name from Kamruddin Kadar Badsha’ to ‘Qamruddin Kader Badsha’’ as per Affidavit Dated: 08/03/2014.

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P. S. Shamdasani & Associates Date: 10/03/2014 (Advocate High Court).

PUBLIC NOTICE

I have changed my name from Ghachi Sajid Alarkh, to ‘Selod Sajid Allarakh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

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Notice is hereby given that Mrs Ta h e ra D /o A k b a r D as ht i , 101, Kalindi Apartment, 318/ 19B, Model Colony, Canal Road, Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411016 of (Maharashtra - India) is applying to the Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs for naturalisation, and that any person who knows any reason why naturalisation should not be granted should send a written signed statement of the facts to the said Secretary.

I have changed my name from Ghachi Alarkh Abdul, to ‘Selod Allarakh Abdul’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

C-38850 I have changed my name from Ghachi Mumtaz Alarkh, to ‘Selod Mumtaj Allarakh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

C-38851 I have changed my name from Variya Abbas Husein Hasan Ahmed, to ‘Varya Abbas Hasan’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/03/2014.

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CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Chintan Sharadbhai Jain to Chintan Sharad Jain as per Affidavit.

C-38839 I have changed my name from Khatiza Rahmantulla Sunsra, to ‘Khatiza Rahmatullah Sunasra’ as per Affidavit Dated: 06/03/2014.

C-38840 I have changed my name from Karshanbhai Govindbhai Patel, to ‘Karshanbhai Govindbhai Vekariya’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 67572) Dated: 13/02/2014.

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I have changed my name from Mohammed Salim Usman, to ‘Hamidani Saleem Usman’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

C-38853 I have changed my name from Hamidani Mohammed Salim Usman, to ‘Hamidani Saleem Usman’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

C-38854 I have changed my name from Hamidani Nafisa Mohammed Salim, to ‘Hamidani Nafisa Saleem’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

C-38855 I have changed my name from Hamidani Mohd Salim Usman, to ‘Hamidani Saleem Usman’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

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I have changed my name from Hamidani Nafisa Salim, to ‘Hamidani Nafisa Saleem’ as per Affidavit Dated: 04/03/2014.

C-38859 I have changed my name from Marjorie Milton Mendes, to ‘Marjorie Abranches’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 69159) Dated: 20/02/2014.

C-38860 I have changed my name from Pinakinkumar Ghanshyamdas Tailor to Pinakin Ghanshyambhai Tailor as per Affidavit dated 06/03/2014.

C-38861 I have changed my name from Wanita Dinanath Haldive to Uma Jayant Narvekar as per Affidavit dated 07.03.2014.

C-38862 I have changed my name from Sunita Dinanath Haldive to Manali Chandrakant Band as per Affidavit dated 07.03.2014.

C-38863 I have changed my name from Mr. Raju Sagar Kalwar to Mr. Raja Sagar Kalwar as per Affidavit dated 08.03.2014.

C-38864 I have changed my name from Naresh Dahankumar Parikh to Naresh Babubhai Parikh as per Maharashtra Gazette No (U64912).

C-38865 I have changed my name from Naresh Dhankumar Parikh to Naresh Babubhai Parikh as per Maharashtra Gazette No (U64915).

C-38866 I have changed my name from Nafisa Abdul Husain Shergadwala to Nafisa Abdul Husain Dhanerawala as per Maharashtra Gazette No (U28325).

C-38867 I have changed my name from Faijan Ahmad to Faizan Ahmed Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-38868 I have changed my name from Duraiya Nazerhusain Sealwala to Duraiya Abdul Husain Sealwala as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38869 I have changed my name from Ramesh Kumar Jain to Ramesh Revaji Jain as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mahmad Yusuf to Mohmad Yusuf as per Affidavit dated 26.02.2014.

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I have changed my name from Israt-Fatma to Ishrat-Fatima Anjar-Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Nita Shripal Shah to Neeta Shripal Shah as per Affidavit dated 03th March, 2014.

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I have changed my name from Samanyu Aravind Nair to Samuel Aravind Nair as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mahendrakumar Ambalal Patel to Mahendra Ambalal Patel as per Affidavit dated 08th March, 2014.

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I have changed my name from Janice Arvind Nair to Anamika Rebecca Watkins as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Amitkumar Chhabildas Zobalia to Amit Chhabildas Zobalia as per Affidavit dated 07th March, 2014.

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We Nikhil Goyal and Bhavana Goyal have changed our minor son’s name from Yash Nikhil Gupta to Yash Nikhil Goyal as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Manharlal Chhotalal to Manubhai Chhotalal Mehta as per Affidavit dated 07th March, 2014.

C-38877 I have changed my name from Arunaben Manharlal to Aruna Manubhai Mehta as per Affidavit dated 07th March, 2014.

C-38878 I have changed my name from Neekita Kiritkumar Shah to Nikita Rohit Gupta as per Affidavit dated 01st February, 2014.

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We Nikhil Goyal and Bhavana Goyal have changed our minor daughter name from Taksha Nikhil Gupta to Taksha Nikhil Goyal as per Affidavit.

C-38893 I have changed my name from Jamila Mohammed Ansari to Jamila Banu Moinuddin Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-38894 I have changed my name from Atulkumar Jayantilal Parikh to Atul Jayantilal Parikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ravindra Parekh to Ravi Parekh as per Affidavit dated 01st February, 2014.

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I have changed my name from Mo Jaid Mo Taher Pathan to Mohammad Zaid Mohammad Tahir Pathan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ms. Pinki Kisan Malusare (old name ) to Mrs. Anjali Aniket Mahamuni (new name) as per Affidavit No.: HM 842131.

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I have changed my name from Shaikh Usman Shaikh Ibrahim to Usman Ibrahim Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ms. Darshana Malji Khopatkar (old name ) to Mrs. Swarupa Swapnil Katkar (new name) as per Affidavit No.: HM 842133.

C-38882 I have changed my name from Mr. Abdul Haleem Ghayasuddin Khan to Mr. Abdul Halim Gayasuddin Khan as per Affidavit dated 08/03/2014.

C-38883 I have changed my name from Mr. Ghayasuddin Khan to Mr. Gayasuddin Khan as per Affidavit dated 08/03/2014.

C-38884 I have changed my name from Pakhale Dilip Govind to Dilipkumar Govind Pakhale as per Affidavit.

C-38885 I have changed my name from Mariyam to Mariyam Abdeali Kagalwala as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Kamlesh Kumar Nandlal Dhruv to Atul Nandlal Dhruv as per Affidavit dated 20th February, 2014.

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We Mr. Abdeali Kagalwala and Mrs. Mariyam Kagalwala have changed our son name from Burhanuddin to Burhanuddin Abdeali Kagalwala as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ravi Jitendra Desai to Ravikumar Jitendra Desai as per Affidavit dated 08th March, 2014.

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I have changed my name from Zarina Abdul-Shakoor to Zarina Abdul-Shakoor Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Abdulrab Abdul Kadir to Abdul Rab Abdul Kadir Momin as per Affidavit.

C-38898 I have changed my name from Banarsi Abid Mohd Husain to Abid Mohammad Husain Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-38899 I have changed my name from Ansari Abutelha Badre Alam to Abu Talha Badre Alam Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-38900 I have changed my name from Molvi Zarin Abdul Aziz to Moulvi Zarin Abdul Aziz as per Affidavit Dt. 08-03-2014.

C-38901 I have changed my name from Varshaben Mahendrabhai Mahant to Varsha Bhadresh Ramavat as per Affidavit.

C-38902 I have changed my name from Uday Jayram Ermali to Uday Jayram Irmali as per Affidavit.

C-38903 I have changed my name from Arju Vijay Dhuri to Saish Vijay Dhuri as per Affidavit.

C-38904 I have changed my name from Arif Ekwal to Mohd Arif Azami as per Affidavit.

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Flirting With Danger SIMHASAN Prashant Hamine | ADC The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) appears to be flirting with danger by wooing Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) that too just as the Lok Sabha elections have been announced and much to the dislike of its long standing saffron ally – the Shiv Sena. Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari has had troubled ties with Matoshri even when late Sena chief Bal Thackeray was alive. Was he trying to bridge the ego gap between the two estranged cousins? May not be known in the immediate future.

Even if he had the party to try and convince MNS chief Raj Thackeray not to put up a fight in the ensuing general elections, the idea of possible tacit understanding with the MNS could work both ways. It can prove damaging for the MNS cadres and end up them caught in no man's land. On

the other hand, it can not only confuse the BJP-Sena cadres about whether the Mahayuti is going to be expanded further, but as has already happened it has caused much bad blood between the two main partners.

The BJP has been working on the MNS trying to bring it to the NDA fold, or at least try and keep it in the loop. BJP argument is that if its poll diplomacy works ultimately, the benefits shall accrue to the Mahayuti. However, the Sena feels that the MNS strength and influence is on the wane as exemplified by the lukewarm response to its recent anti-toll stir. On the other hand, the BJP still is apprehensive about the MNS which in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls had contributed to the defeat of the BJP-Sena candidates then.

If that was the case then it

should have been attempted almost a year ago, if not immediately after the 2009 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections. Moreover, for the MNS the fight is more to keep its identity alive and has to make its presence felt at the national level.

Dance of Democracy So finally the Election Commission of India (ECI) has once again given the voters a chance to evaluate and decide upon whether they should give an extended term in office to the ruling party, or vote it out of power.

Truly the ECI has an onerous task of conducting peaceful elections, despite possibilities of disruptive violence and hence in a wellcalculated decision decided to hold the general elections this year in nine phases. To hold elections for 543 Lok Sabha constituencies in

Strict check on violation of poll code

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n order to curtail attempts by contesting candidates to violate the model code of conduct, the election administration of the Mumbai Suburban District (MCD) collectorate has put in place Video Surveillance team, Flying Squads and Static Surveillance teams in all the six assembly segments of the four parliamentary constituencies for the ongoing Lok Sabha election campaign.

Giving details of the preparedness of the administration, MCD collector Shekhar Channe yesterday disclosed that 78 such teams, three

each in one assembly segment, shall keep a close watch on movement of illegal cash, gift items and liquor. These teams shall comprise special executive magistrates and three policemen. He stated that they shall have to powers to seize illegal cash. Channe advised businessmen to carry documentary proofs along with them about large sums of cash they might carry during the election period. The administration has started a Toll Free number 1800221952 where people can lodge complaints of poll code violations.

The MCD collector has appealed to all the eligible vot-

Mumbai Suburban District in Stats: Lok Sabha Constituencies: 4 Assembly Constituencies: 26

Total Voters: 73,11,500 lakh (as on January 31, 2014) Male Voters: 40,45,347 Female Voters: 32,66,077 Others: 73 (Transgenders) Total New Registration of Voters: 8 lakh Voters without Voter ID Card: 17,63,518 lakh

Total Number of Voters – 18 years: 15, 680 (Maximum – 1,537 Malad West) Total Number of Voters – 19 years: 38,004 (Maximum – 2,161 Chandivali)

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ers who missed the chance to enrol their names in the voters list or have found that their names have been deleted, can enrol their names till March 24 at the central polling station of their assembly segment.

Channe disclosed that besides the contesting candidates giving voter slips to the voters, the Booth Level Officers of the Election Commission of India will be giving Photo Voter Slips which will have the name of the voter, his or her serial number in the voter list, name and address of the nearest polling station. The ECI has already set up Toll Free Number 1950 for the same.

Total Number of Voters – 20 years: 73,782 (Maximum – 4,097 Chandivali) Total Number of Voters – 21 to 29 years: 10,00,287 lakh (Maximum – 60,013)

Total Number of Voters – 30 to 39 years: 19,15,988 (Maximum – 1,14,336 Chandivali)

Polling Stations: 7,265 Total Deletions of Names: 1,03,222 lakh Total Names of Deceased Voters deleted: 50,206 6,000 employees deployed on poll duty 3,200 employees deployed for Voter ID Card preparation.

more strict vigil during the elections to prevent corrupt electoral practices that vitiate the atmosphere and deny level playing field for candidates who cannot match with the money and muscle power of their powerful rivals. With development, corruption and inflation being the main plank of this elections, the task before the ECI to hold free and fair elections is even more daunting.

But more important task

fail to discharge our own duties. We only take note of the voters list etc. when elections are announced.

After all you get a government that either you vote for or you do not vote for. So it is better to choose wisely rather than curse the ruling dispensation for the next five years. The ECI has rolled out all the facilities it can to the voters so that they turn up in large numbers to vote.

Nature's Fury

First it was the drought last year that crippled the farmer in Marathwada, then the incessant rains in Vidarbha and now the hailstorm and rains have dealt a death blow to the farmer in parts of Marathwada and Vidarbha. Crops the only source of food for farmers has been lost and months of hard labour has gone down the drain. Add to that the state government showering People queue up at a polling station. freebies and sops on the electorate to woo them to nine phases involving 8.14 before the voter is to vote vote for their ruling alliance. crore voters in 9.30 lakh during the elections. Sadly, The sops are only going to polling booths in the coun- when it comes to voting, the pile up the debt burden on try, not to speak of the mul- national average and the the state exchequer. The lattitude of candidates in the state average have always est natural calamity to strike fray is no easy task. hovered around the 50 to 60 the state that too on election Moreover, campaigning per cent, which clearly indi- eve is bound to make matto this election has already cates that voters have ters difficult. For the market been marred with a ugly turned apathetic. Most treat economy, this means food clash between the BJP and this as a welcome holiday. inflation rising again that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). One cannot blame the polit- too in an election year. That Hence the ECI has to make ical party or alliance for bad does not bode well for the doubly sure by keeping even governance, if we ourselves political class.

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CLASSIFIEDS I changed my name from Jubeeda Khatoon Shaikh to Zubaida Khatoon Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Salman Shakil Teli to Salman Shakil Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Joyef Changez Multani Shaikh to Joyef Changez Multani as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Kausarbano Kasam Shaikh to Kausar Salim Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Miss. Vandana Ramchandra Bagayatkar to Mrs. Meghana Mahesh Moghe as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Megann Joanna Thomas Miranda to Megann Thomas Miranda as per Affidavit.

C-38909 I have changed my name from Maxwell Francis Miranda to Maxwell Thomas Miranda as per Affidavit.

C-38910 I have changed my name from Mina Bahadur Darediya to Minaz Bahadur Darediya as per Affidavit.

C-38911 We Abdeali Abbas Bastawala & Omaima Abdeali Bastawala changed our child name from Sarah Abdeali Bastawala to Sarrah Abdeali Bastawala as per Affidavit.

C-38912 I have changed my name from Vijaya Shreedhar Tambe to Sampada Anand Ambekar as per Affidavit.

C-38913 I have changed my name from Nikat Parveen Shaikh to Nikhat Mohammed Zubair Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-38914 I have changed my name from Rajani Shankar Raut to Sunanda Anil Rasal as per Affidavit.

C-38915 I have changed my name from Nadar Johnprabhu Asirvathan to Nadar John Asirvatham as per Affidavit.

C-38916 I have changed my name from Minakhi Kha to Minakshi Madan Khan as per Affidavit.

C-38917 I have changed my name from Laxmi Buchanna Nerulla to Laxmi Buchanna Neralla as per Affidavit.

C-38918 I have changed my name from Buchanna Ankanna Nerulla to Buchanna Ankanna Neralla as per Affidavit.

C-38919 I have changed my name from Sunil Kumar Singh to Sunil Shyamkesh Singh as per Affidavit.

C-38920 I have changed my name from Safia Banu Tufail Ahmed to Safiya Bano Shakeel Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-38921 I changed my name from Mohmad Taiyab Shaikh to Mohammed Tayyab Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shaay Pereira to Udayveer Pereira as per Affidavit.

C-38926 I have changed my name from Ameeta Shyam Kamble to Amita Shamrao Kamble as per Affidavit.

C-38927 I have changed my name from Chaya Shyam Kamble to Chhaya Shamrao Kamble as per Affidavit.

C-38928 I have changed my name from Shamrao Kalu Kamble to Shyam Kalu Kamble as per Affidavit.

C-38929 I have changed my name from Mannan Mansoor Patel to Abdul Mannan Mansoor Ahmed Patel as per Affidavit.

C-38930 I have changed my name from Jineshkumar Suresh Doshi to Jinesh Suresh Doshi as per Affidavit.

C-38931 We have changed our minor child name from Dhruv Ashwin Jajodia to Devansh Ashwin Jajodia as per Affidavit.

C-38932 I have changed my name from Purushottam Vasndevan Pillai to Purushothaman Vasudevan Pillai as per Affidavit.

C-38933 I have changed my name from Ravneet Kaur Sethi to Shiney Avidan Bhalkar as per Affidavit.

C-38934 I have changed my name from Rampal to Rampal Ramdev Choudhary as per Affidavit.

C-38935 I have changed my name from Ramesh Chandra Hingad to Ramesh Jain as per Affidavit.

C-38936 I have changed my name from Reshma Ramesh Chandra Hingad to Resham Ramesh Jain as per Affidavit.

C-38937 I have changed my name from Vrindalekshmi Viswanathan to Vrinda Viswanathan as per Affidavit.

C-38938 I have changed my name from Mr. Kishor Amratlal Goradia to Mr. Kishore Amratlal Goradia as per Affidavit dated: 07/02/2014.

C-38939 I have changed my name from Mohammed Waseem to Gomtawala Mohammed Waseem as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ram Pratap Singh to Ram Singh as per Affidavit.

C-38941 I Raj Sureshbhai have changed my name to Mr. Raj Suresh Rathod as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 07/03/14.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 I Bhuwankumar Kanakraj have changed my name to Bhuvan Kanakraj Palrecha as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38957 I Meenakumari Dalpatraj Shah have changed my name to Meena Bhuvan Palrecha as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Miss. Manishaben Jayantibhai Patel have changed my name to Mrs. Manisha Jignesh Patel as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 07/03/14.

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I Kishorchandra Ratanshi Dedhia have changed my name to Kishor Ratanshi Dedhia as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Kamlesh Jivanlal Kolsawala have changed my name to Kamlesh Jivanlal Shah as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. X-53441 dated : 20/12/12.

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I Satishkumar Jagdish Chand have changed my name to Satish Jagdish Chandel as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Bhaviniben Rajeshkumar Sanghavi have changed my name to Bhavini Rajesh Sanghavi as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

C-38945 I Rajeshkumar Kanaiyalal Sanghavi have changed my name to Rajesh Kanaiyalal Sanghavi as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 06/03/14.

C-38946 I Mr. Vandraji Susai have changed my name to Mr. Kulandairaj Chetty as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/03/14.

C-38947 I Mrs. Arpuna Chetty have changed my name to Mrs. Sosaimary Chetty as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 03/03/14.

C-38948 I Vibhavari Vijaydeep Waghanna have changed my name to Vibhawri Vijaydeep Waghanna as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

C-38949 I Yogeshkumar Balwantgiri Gosvami have changed my name to Yogeshgiri Balwantgiri Goswami as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 01/03/14.

C-38950 I Bhavana Navin Gada have changed my name to Bhavna Samir Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38951 We Mr. Samir Yogendra Shah & Mrs. Bhavna Samir Shah have changed our minor daughter’s name from Krupa Samir Nagda A/S Shah to Krupa Samir Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38952 We Mr. Samir Yogendra Shah & Mrs. Bhavna Samir Shah have changed our minor daughter’s name from Krutika Samir Nagda A/S Shah to Krutika Samir Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38953 I Samir Yogendra Nagda A/S Shah have changed my name to Samir Yogendra Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38954 I Bhavna Samir Nagda A/S Shah have changed my name to Bhavna Samir Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38955 I Dipak Hasmukhlal Makwana have changed my name to Deepak Hasmukhlal Makwana as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Hitesh Haridas Kalarmal have changed my name to Hitesh Harish Bhanushali as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38961 I Haridas Madhavji Kalarmal have changed my name to Harish Madhavji as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38962 I Jasoda Haridas Kalarmal have changed my name to Jasoda Harish Bhanushali as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38963 I Hitesh Harish Katarmal have changed my name to Hitesh Harish Bhanushali as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38964 I Meeta Hitesh Katarmal have changed my name to Mita Hitesh Bhanushali as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38965 We Mr. Hitesh Harish Bhanushali & Mrs. Mita Hitesh Bhanushali have changed our minor daughter’s name from Hitashi Hitesh Katarmal to Hitashi Hitesh Bhanushali as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Suresh. K.R have changed my name to Suresh Kunnath as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38974 We Mr. Suresh Kunnath & Mrs. Raji Suresh Kunnath have changed our minor daughter’s name from Crushya Suresh to Crushya Suresh Kunnath as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Pheroza Mohamed Salimn have changed my name to Feroza Saleem Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38984 I Mohamed Salim Mohamed Husein have changed my name to Saleem Mohamed Husein Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Diana Merlyn D’souza have changed my name to Diana Ulysses Fernandes as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Bharatkumar Mehta have changed my name to Bharat Mehta as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Hema Rajesh Sharma have changed my name to Hema Rajeshkumar Kashyap as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Dilipkumar Shantilal Shah have changed my name to Dilip Shantilal Shah as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Sneha Rajesh Sharma have changed my name to Sneha Rajesh Kashyap as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Alpa Chatrabhuj Gopalji / Gajara have changed my name to Alpa Kishor Gori as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 07/03/14.

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I Rajesh Sharma have changed my name to Rajeshkumar Kashyap as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Satish Ramjibhai Gopalji have changed my name to Satish Ramjibhai Gori as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 07/03/14.

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I Ketankumar Harshadrai Sagar have changed my name to Ketan Harshadrai Sagar as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Dipesh Ramjibhai Gopalji have changed my name to Dipesh Ramjibhai Gori as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 07/03/14.

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I Kishorkumar Bhimji Malde & Kishorbhai Bhimji Malde have changed my name to Kishor Bhimji Malde as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14 C-38981

I Kishor Ramji Gopal have changed my name to Kishor Ramjibhai Gori as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 07/03/14.

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I Meenaben Kishor Malde have changed my name to Meena Kishor Malde as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Thakar Pratimaben Baldevprasad have changed my name to Pratima Anil Mehta as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 20/02/14.

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I Nanji Karshan Tank have changed my name to Nanjibhai Karshanbhai Tank as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

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I Misar Anilkumar Ramaniklal have changed my name to Anil Ramaniklal Mehta as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 19/02/14.

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I Somaiya Haroon Salema have changed my name to Sumaiya Haroon Salema as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38967 I Miss Pintu Girishbhai Sirodariya have changed my name to Mrs. Priya Devang Kotak as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 08/03/14.

C-38968 I Taraben Somalal Shah have changed my name to Taraben Somalal Mujpura as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38969 I Tejal Suresh have changed my name to Tejal Suresh Kunnath as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38970 I Suresh have changed my name to Suresh Kunnath as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Raji Suresh have changed my name to Raji Suresh Kunnath as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-38972 I Raji.M.P have changed my name to Raji Suresh Kunnath as per deed poll Affidavit.

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On the basis of the FDA complaint, the Versova police filed the FIR against him. However, according to Khan, his son was then told to tell his father that an arrest was in the offing and he should leave his office (in the MHADA layout at Lokhandwala) He also said that the Investigating Officer in the case, ASI Vijay Chavan, had then demanded Rs.5 lakh and a Tissot watch to stall the arrest.

Last week, following a trap laid by the anti-corruption bureau, with whom Khan had lodged a complaint in the matter, Chavan was caught red-handed but fled the spot. An FIR has now been lodged against him and his constable!

Khan claims that he has been dispensing the medicine since August 15, 1996 and that more than 4,00,000 people have benefited from his medicine. A check of the website reveals that it is based upon herbs and honey. The website also states that his father was an “army colonel” under the British and he retired as a security officer with ACC in Kota.

“Daily 15-20 patients are visiting my clinic, I am not making a fool out of anyone, I am just giving them medicines and taking my fees”, Khan declares.

The huge sums of money changing hands is believed to be behind Khan’s police “problems”. The raids in 2009 are believed to have resulted in the seizure of crores of rupees in cash as well as gold. But he has paid all his taxes, Khan claims.

“What happened with me in 2009 would have happened again, Khan says, a trifle mysteriously. “Except that this time I was safe just because my son approached the ACB”, he says.

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ed up of the repeated “harassment” by the local Versova police station, self-proclaimed scientist and miracle doctor Munir Khan (66) said yesterday that he is contemplating leaving India at the invitation of the Sultan of Sharjah, who wants him to visit the Emirate to cure the thousands of people afflicted with various problems, through his Body Revival medicine.

The gentleman has, since 2010, been facing a host of problems, including charges of being a conman and a fraud, cheating gullible patients who believed in the miraculous nature of his “medicine”. Several sections of the IPC were used against him along with various sections of The Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act. He was accused of making tall claims about ‘Body Revival’, which he claimed cures cancer, heart blockages and even thalassaemia. One 600 ml of Body Revival was priced at Rs.16,000 and it was common to see long lines of people outside the rented villa where he practiced on J.P. Road in Versova, from early in the morning. The “medicine” itself would be handed out by relays of young sales people who usually asked little but the most perfunctory questions of those who came to buy it. And business was almost always transacted in cash! Hence the Economic Offences Wing also got

after him on a charge of evading income tax.

Khan was released on bail in July of that same year by the Sessions Court with the condition that he would not manufacture and sell his ‘miracle drug’.

He approached the High Court and last year in June, the bail condition which prohibited him from selling his miracle drug was relaxed provided he got permission from the state government where he claimed to manufacture it (Rajasthan) and provided he made no exaggerated claims for it.

In his swanky home in Versova, on Saturday Khan said that he wanted to leave because he was being targeted by the police for their own reasons.

Talking to ADC exclusively, Khan said that he was not engaged in any illegal activity and had all the documents required for him to carry on his business.

In addition, the Mumbai Police had sent his medicine for testing seven times to various laboratories, each of which gave him “a clean chit.” But this time Versova Police has placed sections on him which the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has not asked them to impose.

On February 28, however, FDA officials allegedly went to the Versova police station and filed complaints against him with regard to advertisements that have started reappearing on various television channels and certain newspapers.

“Objectionable complaints we can understand but how can the Versova police add Sections like 420 (cheating), 465, 467, 468, 471 (forgery) despite FDA officials telling them not to add these sections in the FIR?” says an indignant Khan.

KEEP THE JERSEY, I’LL USE THE SHAWL: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulakr offered an autographed jersey to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkard during an event at Krishna Kunj, residence of MNS chief Raj Thackeray, in Shivaji Park on Sunday.

Aamir files police complaint against ‘defamatory’ campaign B

ollywood actor Aamir Khan has complained to Mumbai Police, alleging that a smear campaign has been launched against him on some social networking sites to tarnish his reputation and that of his issue based show following which a preliminary enquiry has begun, police said today.

According to police sources, the 48-year-old actor met Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Sadanand Date at Mumbai Police Headquarters yesterday and briefed him about

"false and malicious messages" that were being circulated in social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp to damage his image and reputation of his issue based show 'Satyamev Jayate' (SMJ).

"Aamir Khan complained to us about some objectionable messages getting circulated (against him).

Preliminary enquiry is on.

Aamir is likely to share more details with us tomorrow," Date told PTI. Meanwhile, the actor asked Facebook to respond

to his concerns. "False and malicious messages are circulating through various electronic media including Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter and other social media networks alleging that donations are being sought in my television programme 'Satyamev Jayate Season 2,' in relation to an entity which claims to be working in the field of Masjid Construction Assistance and placement assistance for Islamic youngsters," he said.

The actor said 'Satyamev Jayate' season one was asso-

ciated with Humanity Trust, Hanspukur, West Bengal which is a charitable hospital run by Dr Ajoy Mistry and his mother Subhashini Mistry and not the one being mentioned on social media.

The actor clarified, "all donations sought in the SMJ are used and channelised for entirely deserving and secular causes, contrary to the content of the highly mischievous/malicious insinuations in the messages, being circulated by vested and unscrupulous interests”.

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n a bustling Mumbai city, a drive to travel down the yesteryears is always its monies worth and this was brought to life when the busy stretch from Churchgate to Chembur on Sunday looked like an old picture of the city. The luxury sedans and power guzzler SUVs made way for the vintage cars and motorbikes which got the passersby hooked.

These cars and bikes brought a sense of nostalgia.

The Vintage Car Fiesta, organised by Western India Automobile Association along with VCCI [Vintage and Classic Car Club of India] rally after being was flagged off by the MD, TCS, Natarajan Chandrasekaran moved through Peddar Road and Worli before concluding at the Acres Club, Chembur.

Nitin Dossa, chairman, Western India Automobile Association whose 21 cars and one motor bike featured in the rally said, “In all 175 cars and bikes participated in the event. It is a record, and it is the highest number of entries at any event held in India. A total of 134 cars and motor bikes completed the whole rally”.

The oldest car at the event was 1914 Ford model T and the oldest bike was 1911 Triumph Trusty. Eapen Varghese who was with his 1928 Ford A and Triumph bike said, “Once the vehicle has been restored it is not diffi-

cult to maintain it. One has to look after it, use it regularly, but not misuse it”.

Neville Nallaseth who drove the 1955 Dodge Kingsway said, “I used to drive my car to my office regularly until the early 2000’s.

Nowadays all the roads are dug up. The availability of the parts is less therefore we cannot use it regularly”. He has been participating in such rallies for the past 25 years.

Sanjay Ghosh who came all the way from Kolkata to judge the event said, “There are many criterias which we look into like originality, upkeep of the car and the mechanical portion. The whole show would have gone better if it would have been held in winter.”

Vivek Goenka’s 1933 Studebaker Commander won the Concours D’Elegance Vintage Car and Amal Tanna won the Concours D’Elegance Classic Car for his 1947 Cadillac Series 62 Convertible. Tanna who was delighted with his win said, “It is a hobby and it is not something that money can buy. It is something which you do with all your heart.”

When asked about the difficulties faced by him in order Madan Mohan who is one of the largest collectors of vintage cars also participated in the rally with his 1929 Buick 50LX Limousine.

The car was previously owned by the Nawab Sahab of Balasinor, and only two exist in the world today.

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Shobhaa De is a prolific writer and voracious reader and a powerful opinion maker. There are over 100 dissertations on her work in various libraries world wide and her work titled ‘The Fiction of Shobhaa De' features 40 critical essays by academics.

Namrata Patil is a rare personality with courage and confidence who has successfully kept the honor, credibility and respect of the Police Uniform.

Swara Bhaskar has earned both laurels and respect for the roles essayed by her as an actor.

Dolly Thakore, who as a theatre personality has championed the cause of women’s rights through plays and received several laurels and awards for the same.

Revathi Roy, who as an entrepreneur, has

redefined the transport service industry by making commutation for women and senior citizens safer and easier.

9. Jyoti Tanna, who has pioneered a novel strategy by propagating the mantra of 'EACH ONE TEACH ONE'.

10. Aparna Mittal, who is not only an effective administrator but also a mentor, a friend, philosopher and guide to the team working with her.

11. Miriam Mathew is a business woman known for her effective management of risks and uncertainties in business and has handled the same with care and caution.

12. Dr. Neelam Arora, who as a teacher and Principal of Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, has learned the art of striking a balance between the responsibility of a teacher and administrator.

13. Harsha Mukherjee, who has been a strong proponent of corporate social responsibility and has played a distinct role in promoting the same in the Indian Corporate Sector.

14. Ruchi Makkad, who as a young entrepre-

Ranked amongst India's 100 Best Business Schools Survey in October, 2013 conducted

by Business Today-MDRA 2013.

Ranked amongst Top Emerging B-Schools of Excellence in India Survey in October, 2013 conducted by Competition Success ReviewGlobal Human Resource Development Centre 2013.

Ranked among India's 150 Best Business Schools Survey in November 2013 conducted

by THE WEEK Magazine.

Ranked 20 among Business School Placements in India and also placed in their Excellent Group in the B-School Placement Survey 2013 in December, 2013 conducted by Go-Air in their Go-Getter Magazine.

Actress Swara Bhaskar being felicitated by Chairman, Dr. Kamal Gupta.

State-of-the-art museum at BSE The history of the market, its iconic building, modern art sculptures, documents and paintings, etc. would be depicted at the museum.

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fter working out a settlement with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has planned to build a state-of-the-art museum in its premises. The BSE was embroiled in a legal battle with the BMC, in which the latter had issued a demolition notice to the BSE stating that the stock exchange's iconic tower had changed the use of podium terrace number 3 and service floors numbers 3, 26 and 28, known as P J Tower, without its approval.

In May 2013, the civic administration had served the notice and in return the stock exchange

Dr. Kamal Gupta’s advice to the youth of today is, “To climb the coveted ladder of success, one must acquire the appropriate skill sets, knowledge and attitude for exploiting the available opportunities. Once this is achieved, the world is your oyster.”

In the last one and half decade, LLIM has witnessed an astronomical growth of infrastructure facilities and improvement in academic qualities. The total students’ strength grew from 60 in 1995 to 480 students in 2014.

The spacious air-conditioned classrooms are equipped with audio visual aids such as microphone, speakers, overhead projectors and LCD screens. The library facilities expanded sharply and a number of books in the library increased from 240 volumes in 1995 to 18,260 volumes in 2014 and installation of various user friendly software including Soul 2.0, EBSCO, J-Gate and NPTEL are the other attractions in the Library. The number of computers increased from 20 nos. in 1995 to 250 in 2014 powered with Pentium IV Processors.

The entire arrangement is LAN oriented with 2 Xeon based Servers and structured networking system with a Broadband Connectivity of 4Mbps and a WiFi enabled campus.

LLIM is approved by AICTE, New Delhi, recognized by the Govt. of Maharashtra and is affiliated to the University of Mumbai.

The Institute’s accomplishments:

The recipients of the awards included: 1. Dr. Indu Shahani, Former Sheriff of Mumbai and Principal, H.R. College of Commerce, Mumbai has contributed not only to quality education but also moulding the personalities of several thousands of students studying in her college.

2. Her Holiness B.K. Divyaprabha, who as a spiritual teacher, has demystified spirituality without letting its essence be lost.

3. Meera Isaacs is a teacher and Principal of Cathedral and John Connon School for more than 35 years. She possesses a rare

neur has mastered the art of successful entrepreneurship.

15. Vibha Bhagat, who as an actress performed versatile roles on stage and the Silver Screen.

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eading Business School in the city, Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management (LLIM) celebrated Women’s Day (March 8) this year through the 'Women of Excellence Awards 2014' by felicitating women of excellence in different fields and acknowledging the indomitable spirit of women achievers for their outstanding work and contribution to society. The awardees were chosen carefully by the recommendations of a selection committee constituted for the purpose.

The function took part in the midst of an audience full of lively management students who not only cheered the winners but also learnt valuable lessons from each of the winners.

Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management is named after one of India’s most exuberant revolutionary and reformist, Shri Lala Lajpatrai. An educationist, a visionary and a pioneer, he played a vital role in shaping India’s education system.

The Lala Lajpatrai Trust was established five decades ago on the eve of the birth centenary celebration of Shri. Lala Lajpatrai, by the late Shri. R.P. Gupta along with a group of philanthropists with the twin objectives of serving mankind and assisting the less privileged children. He also played a vital role in starting the Lala Lajpatrai Memorial Trust, Lala Lajpatrai Institute, Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce and Economics and Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management. Dr. Kamal Gupta, son of the Late Shri R.P. Gupta became the Founder Chairman of the Management Institute which was started in 1995. He has taken the Management wing from a raw novice to a full fledged State-of-the-Art Institute, and is responsible for taking the Institute to greater heights.

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its iconic building, it would house the modern art sculptures, documents and paintings that would depict the various phases and events of India’s stock markets over the past 100 years, informed the BSE executives. Significantly, there would also be mention of the serial blasts of 1993, which had shaken the world, in which the building was also hit, out of 13 blasts that had taken place in one single day.

“The BSE is still contemplating various options but a museum and modern art gallery is strongly considered. Also, we will create busireplied that they were unable to ness incubators, for which we have find the original plans pertaining already created one incubator in to the disputed premises. Luckily collaboration with the government for the BSE, the original approved of Canada,” said Yatin Padia, BSE plans for the same premises were spokesperson. missing too, from the governThe BSE building was conment's records. structed between 1968 and 1981 Getting advantage from the oc- but suddenly in 2013 the municicurrence of such an unlikely situa- pal corporation found area three of tion, Asia's oldest financial the floors to be illegal. institution, is now looking ahead to Meanwhile, the BMC has inbuild a museum, which would de- structed the exchange that the pict the past events in the stock high-rise should not build high markets, history of the market and walls on the floors under dispute.

Board clears ICT exam doubts Says marks for practicals will be given by schools and for theory by external examiners

By Yatin Ingle

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hile the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) students had been confused over the assessment and marking schemes of the newly introduced subject – Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – the state board has finally clarified the same which comes as a huge relief to students. The state board has now declared that the practical marks of the newly introduced paper will be given by schools while the theory part will be evaluated by the board's assigned examiners.

The ICT was made a compulsory subject from academic year 201314. The paper carries 50 marks, 10 for practicals and 40 for theory. But the final result will have only grades.

The subject has been introduced for the first time in class X syllabus and students as well as teachers do not know much about the pattern of

questions to be asked in the examination.

After the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MBSHSE) had suddenly declared the theory exams for ICT which will be conducted along with other subjects, a panicky situation had risen among students as they had no idea about the marking scheme, exam structure and assessment of the subject. After hundreds of complaints were registered by the state board on the ICT subject, the state board clarified that the practicals paper will be evaluated by the schools where student will appear for the examination. The answer sheet of practicals paper of ICT will be preserved at the examination for the next six months after which the school can destroy them.

Speaking to the ADC, Laxmikanth Pandey, Chairman, State Board, Mumbai division, said: “The examination centre will evaluate the practicals paper of ICT and subsequently send marks to the board.

The board will add marks of theory and practical exams and convert them into grades.

8 new flyovers, 14 bridges

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he BMC has planned to construct eight flyovers and 14 bridges to regulate the flow of traffic in the city.

The civic body has also planned to remodel some of the existing bridges. Out of these eight flyovers and 14 bridges, four flyovers will be constructed in Goregaon and seven bridges in Andheri.

Chief engineer of BMC bridges department S.P.O. Kori said, “Tenders are being invited for appointment of the consultant for structural condition survey and to suggest the remedial measures for repairs and reconstruction of the bridges. This process will be completed in next six months.”

Municipal commissioner Sitaram Kunte, in his budget statement had said that the BMC has proposed the construction of 23 bridges and widening of eight existing bridges.

But the proposal of 14 bridges and widening of five existing bridges has been passed. Kori added, “The estimated cost of the bridges will be Rs.147 crore and Rs.501crore for the flyovers.”

“The two major bridges which are underway are in Jogeshwari north and Jogeshwari south. For the construction of these bridges BMC had allotted Rs.45 crore for each bridge but, due to encroachments which led to the extension in work and cost escalation, these bridges will be operational only by June 2015,” said Kori.

The four major flyovers will be constructed in Goregoan starting from the flyover at Goregaon (W) at the junction of Veer Savarkar Bridge and S.V. Road, followed by a flyover across S.V. Road at Ram Mandir Road junction, and a flyover at Chincholi junction and the fourth one at Bangur Nagar junction.

“The flyover which will be constructed across S.V. Road at Ram Mandir Road junction in Goregaon (W) has the highest estimated cost of Rs.120 crore.” said the chief engineer.

Out of the 14 bridges, eight bridges will be constructed in the western suburbs of which seven will be constructed

Raj snubs Gadkari MNS chief announces fielding of candidates for Lok Sabha polls

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in Andheri.

In Andheri, bridges will be constructed at Phadke Marg Crossing to Telli gully and N.S. Phadke Marg, Wamanrao Mahadok Marg linked to Sanjiwani Enclave Road at Sardar Patel Nagar, Oshiwara, over Irla nullah behind Croma showroom.

The civic body will also widen existing bridges. Out of the eight bridges proposed, five bridges have been okayed. The existing bridges which will be widened are 90 ft D.P. Road in Deonar colony, Ghatkopar-Mankhurd link road at PMGP

nullah, Ghatkopar-Mankhurd Link Road at Children Aids nullah (all in M/East ward) and the bridge on Nahur station at Mulund-Goregoan Link Road 'S' ward.

“The estimated cost for widening these existing bridges would go up to Rs.30 crore.”

Kori also added, “Construction of the skywalk between Madh jetty to Versova creek in Andheri (W) will be also in process and reconstruction of bridge across Mithi river at Mahim causeway and Dharavi bridge in G/North ward will be started.”

FLYOVERS TO COME UP AT No 1

Location

Construction of flyover bridge at junction of M.G. Road and Link Road, Kandivli West R/South ward.

2 G.M Road-Shivaji Nagar junction and Bhaiganwadi junction upto Deonar dumping ground junction in M/East ward.

3 Flyover across Western Express Highway at JVLR junction, Jogeshwari East in K/East ward.

4 & 5 Two flyovers starting from Veer Savarkar bridge and S. V Road Goregaon West in P/South ward.

6 Link road at Marve Road junction, Mith Chowkey, Malad West in P/North Ward.

7 Bangur Nagar junction, Goregaon West in P/South ward 8 Chincholi junction, Goregaon West in P/South ward.

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MNS chief Raj Thackeray with Gujarat CM Narendra Modi

he Shiv Sena today said it smelt conspiracy in announcement by MNS chief Raj Thackeray that his party will support Narendra Modi for the post of Prime Minister and also contest the Lok Sabha elections, as per a PTI report.

"Raj Thackeray always indulges in double-speak. He also creates confusion among voters. Some elements who don't want Modi to become the Prime Minister have hatched this conspiracy," Shiv Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe said here while reacting to Thackeray's announcement.

She said the MNS president should have instead seen to it that there was no division of votes (between Shiv Sena and his party) which might benefit the Congress-NCP in Maharashtra. In a shrewd political move aimed at queering the pitch for its arch rival Shiv Sena, MNS today announced its decision to contest Lok Sabha elections and pitted its candidates mainly from those constituencies which are to be contested by Sena, while virtually sparing the BJP.

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iving a snub to former BJP president Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray announced his party's first list of seven candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. In a bid to confuse the BJP-Shiv Sena traditional vote bank, he further announced that all the elected MNS MPs shall support BJPs prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Addressing the party's eighth foundation day at Shanmukhanand Hall yesterday he said that the MNS will contest the Lok Sabha polls and will show what strength the party has.

No sooner had he announced his decision to contest the Lok Sabha polls, Gadkari and leader of opposition in legislative council Vinod Tawde both were engaged in downplaying the MNS president's remarks.

Tawde argued that the Mahayuti is strong as ever and that the alliance cadres will campaign for the Mahayuti candidates. “Attempts are being made to confuse the voters. Both the cadres and voters need to be alert to this attempt. Any confusion will only help the CongressNCP alliance. I am confident that the voters shall make an informed choice. The MNS has fielded candidates on those seats it had contested in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. The MNS, PWP, Jana Surajya Shakti are trying to prop up a Third Alternative which will only help the Congress-NCP cause”.

State Samajwadi Party president and MLA Abu Azmi remarked “the MNS support to Narendra Modi is betrayal of its minority workers. The MNS should change the colour of its flag to Bhagwa. The BJP is trying to buy all regional parties in

Maharashtra. The Samajwadi Party will expose the NCP's secret deal with Modi soon. I am confident that secular Maharashtra will reject this unholy alliance”.

Gadkari on the other hand appealed to MNS chief Raj Thackeray to support BJPled NDA alliance candidates.

He however maintained that the BJPSena alliance was firm and strong as ever.

Earlier in the morning, Thackeray extended support to all the demands made by BJP's leader of opposition in legislative assembly Eknath Khadse with respect to giving full compensation to farmers affected by recent hailstorms in Maharashtra. He said that the state government should give full compensation to the affected farmers irrespective of the model code of conduct. Earlier, the MNS chief launched partys mobile App 'MaNaSe Adhikrut App' at the hands of his mother Kunda Thackeray. Party MLA Shishir Shinde maintained that MNS president did not go to meet any leader from any other political party.

Among the names of seven candidates announced by MNS president Raj Thackeray include: sitting MLA Bala Nandgaonkar (Mumbai South), Aditya Shirodkar (Mumbai SouthCentral), noted producer and actor Mahesh Manjrekar (Mumbai NorthWest), Raju Patil (Kalyan), Dr Pradip Pawar (Nashik), Dipak Paygude (Pune) and Ashok Khandebharad (Shirur). Most of the candidates fielded, barring Mumbai North-West are fielded against the Sena candidates.

Former Sena students' wing and film unit president Abhijit Panse joined the MNS in presence of Raj Thackeray.

MANIK SONI CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY: Manik Soni (third from left), owner of Charishma spa, had invited all his friends and business associates to his birthday party held at Kino Cottage, Andheri, recently. Among the invitees were Sangram Singh, Ekta Jain, Tanisha Singh, Rashmi Desai, Amir Ali, Nandish Sandhu, Laila Khan, Ejaz Khan, Anas Rashid, Pratusha Banerjee, Vasant Bhandari, Rohit Verma, Shaleen Bhanot and many others were part of the celebrations.

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HERE is just one month left for the Lok Sabha poll, but it finally looks like the so called Third Front will never be formed. The effort to form the Third Front has been nothing but a big farce. The leaders of various state political parties, some chief ministers get in touch with one another, then arrange a meeting and decide to form the Front. The media is called and the announcement is made. Some inconvenient questions asked about the choice of the prime minister nominee. The leaders are ready with an answer: The decision will be taken at a meeting after the poll results are announced. The leaders discreetly make it known that they are willing to become the prime minister. There are open ego clashes and expectedly each time the Front was formed, it collapsed!

There are some chief ministers who have given up the move for setting up the Third Front. This time, however, it is not called the Third Front: it has a new name now – the Federal Front. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got in touch with Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who is said to have weakened the idea. Mamata Banerjee is reported to have told her that in case they are able to muster a majority in Parliament, the first PM’s choice would be J. Jayalalithaa.

Is it not too late to think of forming the Federal Front? A lot of work goes in the preparations for the Lok Sabha poll: Will the two women be able to make it? They are hoping to get UP’s former chief minister to join them, but Mayawati has already expressed her intention to become the prime minister of India.

All that these women can do is to form an Opposition group in Parliament and make their voice heard.

Finally, parties in the poll fray will be only the two national parties – the Congress and the BJP!

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OLITICS is not a gentlemen’s club where civilized norms of behavior prevail and the open pursuit of power is abhorred.

No. Modern politics the world over is all about power, the naked and unadulterated power. The name of the game being power, how you get is not as important as it is to get it somehow and then try and retain it forever by means fair or foul.

You saw how the government rushed to beat the clock before the Election Commission (EC) stepped in with its poll schedule with all those eventually futile moves to pull wool over your eyes over its so-called antigraft ordinances. You saw how it bungled in creating a layered selection process for selecting the anti-corruption ombudsman over whose choice it still sought to retain its veto.

You also saw how the government pushed through the appointment of governors hours before the EC declaration. All this was at odds with propriety but in keeping with the normal, workaday politics. Of course, you did not expect anything better from the oldest political party, did you?

But from the newest one? Well, with the passage of each day skeptics like yours truly get further confirmed in their belief that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is no different than the existing parties, though its newness gives it the right to boast of its alleged purity, its nobility of mission. If the truth be told, unlike the two national parties which can proudly boast of a history of long struggles and sacrifices and a galaxy of tall leaders, AAP is a motley crowd of self-seekers glued together by the sole objective of seeking power through the shortest possible route.

That is not harsh. That is true if you notice how it fooled the voters in Delhi by promising them free water, half-rate electricity, and other such freebies. If Arvind Kejriwal comes across as sincere to some it is only because he plays the outsider to the hilt, despite messing around with power for 49 terrible days as Delhi’s chief minster.

Having tactically surrendered that power for the sake of more power, the AAP now seems desperate to raise its profile further.

The mayhem a handful of AAP activists created outside the BJP headquarters in Delhi last week was part of that crude strategy to try and stay in the public limelight. As any cub reporter on the crime beat would know, it is routine for publicity-crazy groups holding demonstrations for some cause or the other to plead with the police to lob a few teargas shells their way before they would agree to disperse. That guarantees notice in the media and, if fortunate, the news television cameras splash the images in the evening bulletins.

This is precisely what the two former journos who led the AAP protest at the Ashoka Road headquarters of the BJP did last Wednesday. The pretext was the ‘detention’ of Arvind Kejriwal by the Gujarat Police. It did not matter that the local administration was merely trying to satisfy itself that Kejriwal’s caravan of cars was not in violation of the model code of conduct which had come into force an hour or two earlier before the AAP leader landed in Gujarat. Senior AAP leaders SMSed their troops to gather outside the BJP office. And before long they were indulging in various acts of rowdyism — all with an eye on catching the news headlines.

This was the standard behaviour of all small groups craving for the oxygen of publicity. It was also not unsurprising that despite the audio-visual evidence of their Lok Sabha candidates leading the hoodlum brigade, they pleaded innocence, posing as victims of aggression by the evil BJP. Little do these scheming AAP men and women know that the ploy is so hackneyed that it puts off the voters. How can anyone deny that if one AAP

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leader had scaled the walls of the BJP office, the other, an MLA to boot, was engaged in uprooting the hose from the top of the police tanker meant to douse the violent protesters with forceful torrents of water in order to disperse them.

Truly, it is futile to expect the AAP to behave differently from the older groups. For, the hunger for power necessarily makes everyone corrupt. AAP cannot be an exception. Notice that it was only its vandalism that earned Kejriwal’s sojourn in Gujarat a generous mention in the media. Also, thanks to the anti-BJP, anti-Modi noises magnified manifold by the violent acts of AAP activists outside the BJP offices, the ‘donations’ to AAP surged as much as 260 per cent on the day it created mayhem in Delhi. This was a good business strategy as well. It pays to create mayhem. You have more funds to throw around in the coming election.

Meanwhile, the concerted propaganda by AAP against the Ambanis and the Adanis is also a rehash of the old politics. Earlier, Communists used to rail against the Birlas and the Tatas, dubbing their political rivals as agents of the capitalists. Even Indira Gandhi in the

was caught unawares about the bribery scandals under his very nose was to pro forma order CBI inquiries. Given the tendency of the CBI to protect the people in power — remember how it went to great lengths to protect Ottavio Quattorocchi, the New Delhi-based Italian dalal and a close friend of the Gandhis, in the Bofors case? — nothing will come out from the CBI inquiry into the Rolls Royce and the August-Westland scams.

As if it was not scandalous enough that a good part of the scarce resources of the armed forces for procurement of vital equipment was diverted into private pockets of politicians and officials as bribes, Antony compounded the problem further by arbitrarily blacklisting the foreign suppliers involved. That chokes the procurement process, denying the armed forced the supply of the much needed equipment and spares for unconscionably long periods.

Another scandal under Antony’s watch involved the payment of bribes in the foreign procurement and partial local production of the Tatra trucks. In this, the defence production undertaking too was actively involved in the scam.

In sum, not unlike the government of which he was a leading light, Antony’s stint as Defence Minister too has been equally disastrous. As for his honesty, that his wife turned a great painter during his time in Defence whose works were bought for tens of lakhs by various defence-related undertakings tells its own story. That the funds thus raised went to an NGO run by her does not condone the clear element of bribery palpable in such payments.

INSIDE STORY Virendra Kapoor 70s called her political opponents as agents of corporates in order to burnish her own pro-poor image. If Kejriwal is recycling the same old gimmick, we are not surprised. For, he only represents the old politics, albeit under a new banner.

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HE controversial Rolls Royce deal in which more than Rs. 600 crore was paid to as yet unnamed middlemen in bribes came to light due to the investigations undertaken by the British Serious Fraud Office. Notably, though they had written to the Defence Ministry a few months ago about their investigations into the bribes in the Indian deal, A.K. Antony chose to keep the matter under wraps. Notably again, he went through the motions of ordering a CBI inquiry only when the news leaked out in the British media. So much then for the honesty of Antony! Like another honest politician who heads the government, it can be safely said without any fear of contradiction that Antony’s stewardship of the Defence Ministry too has been an unalloyed disaster. He was a lackluster chief minister in Kerala. He has proved a bigger flop as Defence Minister.

Remember that some of the biggest defence scams have occurred under his watch, an honest man that he is. The Augusta-Westland scam too came to light not because Antony smelled a rat in the deal. Or the CBI suspected foul play. No. It too came to light because the Italian courts, suspecting the payment of bribes to secure the Indian order for the purchase of VVIP helicopters, ordered a thorough investigation.

The discovery of a diary with tell-tale entries regarding payments made to Indian VIPs tell their own story.

Indeed, all that Antony has done after he

The missing viscera report

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HE inordinate delay in the availability of the critical viscera report of Sunanda Pushkar is most puzzling. The wife of the junior HRD Minister Shashi Tharoor was found dead in mysterious circumstances in a sevenstar hotel in Chanakyapuri in January this year. She alone had moved into the hotel after a huge fight with her husband. After her death, it was wrongly claimed that the couple had checked into the hotel together because their official bungalow was being painted.

The Tharoors, like most Kerala politicians, were friends with the Malayali promoters of the hotel group.

Given that Tharoor himself has shown no interest in unraveling the mystery as to what caused his wife’s death, the availability of the viscera report should help partially resolve that issue. Also, it would help if it was explained how and when she suffered injuries on her body, a fact brought out by the postmortem report.

Meanwhile, the alacrity with which Tharoor emerged from his self-imposed media sanayas to defend the indefensible intervention by the Indian envoy in UAE on behalf of the Jet-Etihad deal raises questions about his own business interests in that country. The fact that Pushkar had investments worth Rs.110 crore, including eleven well-appointed flats in Dubai, raises legitimate questions about the source of those funds.

After all, she was a mid-level executive and could not have earned that kind of money on her own. If Tharoor had invested in her name, that too needs to be made clear. Merely because he is a glib-talking minister with a pleasing visage on television cannot be reason enough to gloss over the real cause of his wife’s death or the huge investments in her name. It is apt to recall here that in one of her SMSes to friends, Pushkar had talked of taking the rap for the financial skullduggery of her husband.

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No 'sahara' for Subrata Roy as he lands in jail NOW that the cat is in the bag, the Supreme Court should tighten screws over Sahara Chief Subrata Roy who barks over rooftops about paying investors their dues but shows no intentions of doing it when it comes to returning money to the investors. Roy has lost all morality and a jail term is like a status symbol for him.

A frustrated investor threw ink over the Sahara chief and the blot on his face and character was taken with a smile as these shameless people hardly show any repentance as poor people have lost their hard earned money overnight while these people have built their personal fortune which is sadly not reflected in their books.

The Supreme Court should not only attach all the 'benami' properties of such people, but all their assets should be auctioned and the

FORTUNATE: Even after being rejected

by Delhiites at the recent polls, she has been rewarded with a governor's post in Kerala.

Shiela Dixit is very lucky FORMER Chief Minister of Delhi Shiela Dixit has been appointed as Kerala governor after she lost in recentld held assembly elections in Delhi. It is not good that persons rejected by people may be rewarded by being given such dignified posts where the governor's house at times is grossly misused like 'party headquarters' of ruling party at the Centre by political appointees at post of governors as was done by Romesh Bhandari. Politics should not be made into a profession, LETTER OF that too for a lifetime, by THE DAY appointing politicians on posts which have benefits like postretirement bungalows and many other princely facilities. No posts should be given to persons rejected in polls for at least five years. Only non-politicians like retired judges or bureaucrats should be appointed as governors, with a binding that they will not join active politics after retirement. In case of violation, all their pensions and other benefits even for their earlier held posts should be forfeited. Somehow, Dixit is lucky as of now.

— Chitra Krishnan, Seawood

money should be returned to the investors. If Sahara chief is let off in the days to come, the poor would lose faith in our legal system. It is time to end corruption from our land by sentencing the corrupt in a manner that acts as a lesson for others to not commit similar frauds in future.

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

The Supreme Court’s decision to put Sahara chief Subrata Roy behind the bars is laudable. His absence from court proceedings has kept justice on hold. Roy dishonored the summons from the court on the pretext of his ailing mother but didn’t forget to attend the marriage of Hema Malini’s daughter.

His justification given in full page advertisements in national dailies is contempt of court and he must great economist sees nothing, hears nothing, speaks nothing. Salman Khurshid brazenly defends his 'impotent' remark on Modi on the strength of dictionary meaning; Chidambaran (Harvard scholar) doesn't have the humility to tolerate poor English of a "hardworking" official working under him; another highly educated and equally conceited Stephen's product, Mani Shankar aiyar flings 'chaiwala' jibe at Modi; Gulam Nabi Azad appoints a much tainted man as MCI chief; Shinde calls Kejriwal mad and openly threatens to crush electronic media. But our PM is silent and his silence is deafening. Even when Rahulji has said that foul language is unacceptable, PM hasn't got enough potency to rein in his team.

Maybe he is doing this on purpose to lead Congress to extinction.

— A.K.R. Hemmady, Virar

MNS must avoid BJP THE decision of the Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to support Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Council and Lok Sabha polls proves that all is not well in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the cracks have deepened further between the two cousins Udhhav Thackeray (SS) and Raj Thackeray (MNS). I strongly feel that Raj's MNS will be the great destroyer in the Lok Sabha elections and will eat the votes of the BJP-SS and divide the voting pattern to help the Congress Party as was witnessed in the past. It is the selfish attitude of the BJP to join hands with MNS and leave behind its alliance partner Shiv Sena (SS) in the NDA which will prove to be disastrous for the BJP as the people of the state will not spare them and reject them for betraying the NDA and the people. It is high time Raj's MNS contests the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own to prove its worth rather than supporting or helping opportunist BJP and its leaders.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

PM's silence is deafening IT seems that Dr Manmohan Singh is atoning for 1984 Sikh riots by accelerating Congress decline by following precepts of Mahatma Gandhi's 'Three Monkeys'. Scams are tumbling out of Congress cupboard in quick succession but the

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Women surely deserve more De kar ek din aurat ko Saal rakh liya khud Wah re aadmi, khopdi teri badi adbudh In an era when women are working shoulder to shoulder with men,

ACT NOW: The assets of Subrata Roy should be auctioned to recover the Rs.20,000 crore that he owes to those who have invested in his companies. why should they settle for a Day. Has anybody heard of Men's Day? Why doesn't any political party fight for this type of "appeasement" of women which benefits her the least?

Its my sincere request to all those women who respect themselves – don't settle for just one Day next year but ask at least a Week.

Now on a serious note are we really treating our womenfolk

be punished for that as well. He has a chain of establishments which can be sold to recover the dues. Setting him free on verbal assurance will be a blunder.

Here is a man who has been browbeating the law for long and fooling poor investors. Roy, displaying vulgar luxury and hobnobbing with politicians and celebrities, owes about Rs.20,000 crore to poor investors. No wonder, somebody threw ink on his face, shouting: “Sahara chor hai.” On the one side is this poor investor trying to shame a fraudster, and on the other side are our cricketers and other celebrities, including a Bharat Ratna, who back the Sahara group. Let’s hope that people stop getting carried away by such richie rich crooks and value honesty and straightforwardness of life.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

equally? Unfortunately not, and we need a serious introspection of the same. Women even today with all the (false) promises by the political parties don't have the 33 per cent representation (leave aside 50 per cent quota) in Parliament. Women too should introspect – are they not allowing men to exploit them in the name of equality? Probably the only field where women are "healthily" represented is the advertisement in-

dustry. Don't we see women in 99 per cent ads even if they are products for men or children. Hope this Women's Day onwards they will introspect and not compromise their self respect and dignity in the name of equality.

—Abdul Monim, Vashi

Black money in Swiss banks IT is reported that still in the Swiss banks illegitimate money stashed away by the Indians is to the tune of estimated 1.34 bn Swiss Francs (Indian Rs.9000 crore), which shrunk from 2 bn Swiss Francs accounted for by end of 2011. It is good to learn that after lots of pressure imposed by the AAP, the Indian government has swung into action to find out the details of the Indian Swiss Bank account holders. It is strange to observe how India could not find out the details of the Indians while Germany could intervene and find out the names of their nation’s tainted account holders. Reports reveal that maximum amount of illegitimate untaxed Indian money is in Swiss banks. It is good to learn that our finance minister (FM) has written a letter to the Swiss govt. to intervene in this matter to reveal the details. It is reported that in the recently held World Economic Forum in Davos, in Switzerland, on the sidelines, the P. Chidambaram did discuss this issue with his Swiss counterpart. Let us keep our fingers crossed and wait patiently to see if finally the cat could be let out of the bag.

—Bikram Banerjera, Mumbai

Medha Patkar is right about Kejriwal THE renowned activist Medha Patkar has rightly said that Arvind Kejriwal has been extremely hasty in leaving the path of anti-corruption agitations under the selfless Gandhian activist Anna Hazare and immediately forming a political party and to jump into the election fray. Apropos this vital comment, people have few queries as follows. Firstly, why did Kejriwal not vacate the government residence after leaving the post of chief minister of Delhi?

Secondly, why has he not publicised details of funds received from foreign countries? All details should be given along with the relevant names. Thirdly, if Prashant Bhushan has funded AAP and if the source of fund is from any ‘land trade,’ how much is the income-tax benefit? Fourthly, what are the sources of income of your candidates (and also their family members) for the coming general elections? What about Ashvini Upadhyay’s allegation regarding selling of the Muradabad seat for one crore rupees for the coming general election? Upadhyay further added that the Ford Foundation has donated Rs.4000 crore to AAP since 2004. The tickets were also gifted to the members of this foundation. Such is AAP and its ‘leader’ Kejriwal.

— Hansraj Bhat, Borivali

THIS refers to the edit page column 'Media's difference over Kejriwal' (ADC, March 7) by M.V. Kamath which discusses the differences of opinion among the media outlets on Kejriwal. Even at the outset, one would fully sup-

cameras went up phenomenally and nothing else. As for the need for the government's approval for legislations, the AAP chief has only 'dissected to murder' as it is said, since a comprehensive Lokpal Act had already come into force which was accepted by Anna himself and so there was no necessity to go in for another 'Jan' Lokpal bill. It was quite clearly an excuse to find an honourable exit from the burden of governance.

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

CANDID TALK: The veteran social activist has pointed out that the AAP chief has been too hasty in his decisions post his popularity wave in New Delhi. port the view of the 'FPJ' that "the AAP government lasted all of 49 days – 49 days too many" and that this so-called political party which is just a loosely wound group of self-seekers, has misused the great opportunity provided, without its asking, by the Congress to govern the capital-state by ignoring the problems of the Delhiites who gave it as many as 28 seats – a lot more than its own expectations – and attending full-steam to its preparations for the Lok Sabha polls. It has been trumpeting so much about its anti-corruption agenda but what all it did was to ask the citizens to buy the special cameras and carry out sting operations themselves, accepting the bribes when offered! The only outcome was that the sale of these

AS reported it has been noted wherever Arvind Kejriwal goes there is trouble, riots crisis and violation of all laws. Kejriwal thinks he is above the law and whatever he does is perfectly right, he is an icon of goodness and truth, except him everyone is dirty and evil which is just like self-proclaimed messiah or demi God and recent incident in Delhi has indicated that his party men are also bunch of hooligans and law violators.

AAP is up to such cheap stunts only for publicity, advertisement and self recognition. Retrospectively speaking when he became Chief Minister he defied the Constitution and law and tried to push though Jan Lok Pal Bill without sending it to the Lt. Governor or through proper channel and the law of the land. He resigned because his move failed. AAP will be booted out in the forthcoming election as Indians do not want a party which defies the law of the land or Constitution and who God forbid, if it wins the election will hold the nation to ransom.

—S.P. Sharma, Mumbai

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our boys from Thane, who ran away from home to escape school and exams were finally traced to Nanded, the city police said yesterday.

Police inspector (Crime) N V Dharmadhikari, of the Kasarwadavali police station told PTI that the four were residents of a chawl in Patragalli on the Ghodbunder road. They studied in municipal schools and they were in the age group of 12 to 14.

On March 7, the four ran away from their homes. Their parents were totally shocked when they came to know that all the four were missing from home. Rela-

tives carried out a frantic search for them, but after they failed to locate their kids, they lodged a missing person complaint under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code with the police, reports PTI. Today when the police and family members got to know about the safety of the children, they heaved a sigh of relief. A senior police officer from Thane has been sent to Nanded to fetch them, the police said.

Police gave the names of the children as Sripad Himmatsingh Rathod, Karan Ramesh Jadhav, Rameshwar Bikhu Rathod and Sandeep Santosh Rathod.

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nomination last year. Vidya Balan, who received a Padma Shri, grew up in Chembur. And no need to mention about talents like Shankar Mahadevan, Shriram Iyer and Shilpa Shetty Kundra – who belonged to Chembur. The initiation of Chembur festival in the recent years will bring out many more talents”.

“But I must say that BMC’s heritage tag to Chembur will prove to be detrimental for its growth. Chembur has developed into a residential hub after 1955.

Old villas and bunglows of Chembur surely need redevelopment. Hence heritage precinct tag given to Chembur right from Postal colony to Subhash Nagar and Chembur station to Diamond Garden is not proper. Chemburites are also against upcoming charcoal-based TATA Power project at Mahul as it is outdated and will only create air pollution”, adds Suprada.

Govandi-based consultant Sunny Ratnani informs that the eastern suburb of Govandi more particularly Deonar has also become a commercial hub apart from having up-market residential hub. “Commercial places like Satyam Chambers, Raikar Chambers and Sanjana Chambers to name a few have office premises which also has got good connectivity as the railway station is nearby and Freeway and eastern express highway are within 10 minutes reach. It has also become a preferred location for high income group residential complexes over the past five to ten years as many sick industrial units have made way to huge residential complexes”, reiterates Sunny.

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hembur, the city’s eastern suburb has seen exponential growth in the last ten years in terms of infrastructure and lifestyle. Easy connectivity from Chembur to all parts of Mumbai and its distant suburbs is one of the big transformations that have been seen here in recent years.

Redevelopment has taken place with enormous proportions with manifold increase in property prices. More than commercial hubs, residential properties have been given preference in this part of the city. New infrastructure projects like Freeway and Monorail have only added to the charm of these twin suburbs as these have become trademarks of easy connectivity.

According to property consultant Chawla, “There is 100 per cent appreciation of property prices in the eastern suburbs of Chembur and Govandi in the last decade. Despite several industries having their base in these eastern suburbs, maximum greenery can be seen here. Many new projects of reputed builders have surely given a facelift to these suburbs. Good connectivity is another highlight. The transformation of Govandi (east) has been rapid in these years. It has wide roads and high-end residential complexes”.

Suprada Phaterphekar, Chembur councilor of Ward No.146 informs, “Apart from having serene ambience and good connectivity, lot of talents exist here. Bombay Jayashree, a Carnatic music singer has won Oscar

chawl owner from Samrat Ashok Nagar of Kalwa was arrested by the Kalwa police yesterday for allegedly killing a 15-year-old boy and dumping his body in a heap of sand, the police said.

Senior police inspector R D Malekar of the Kalwa police station told PTI that the police spotted the body of the teenager, Bharat Suresh Rathod, this morning.

As luck would have it, there was a CCTV camera installed at the location and the police spotted chawl owner Suresh Anandrav Mankawde (47) near the body between 1.20 and 2.30 am in the CCTV footage.

The police has charged him under Section 302 and Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code. Further investigations are in progress, the police said. The motive behind the killing is yet to be known, the police said.

Sharad Pawar’s chopper makes emergency landing

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nion Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's helicopter today made an emergency landing in Beed district because of bad weather, police said. The chopper made emergency landing at 3.11 PM,

and the NCP chief left for Parbhani, where he was to attend a political meeting, by car.

"Pawar was going from Osmanabad in the helicopter to Parbhani for a political meeting. But his chopper had to make an emergency landing on SRT Medical College ground at Ambejogai in Beed district due to bad weather," a police official said.

Juhi Chawla's brother Bobby dead

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umbai, Mar 9 (PTI) Actress Juhi Chawla's elder brother Bobby, who had been in coma nearly for four years, passed away this morning. He was 55. Bobby Chawla had been in coma since April 2010 and breathed his last at Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai today at 6:30am, hospital officials said. "This is the perfect screenplay... Look at how my brother timed it... He gave me the biggest gift of my lifetime... Saw its release... And went away...," Juhi posted on Twitter.

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hailstorm in parts of Maharashtra yesterday has by now destroyed most of the standing crop including wheat, chana, vegetables etc. This is likely to affect the demand and supply of vegetables in the market. Consequently, the price of vegetables and grains will surge burning a hole in the common man's pocket yet again.

Chandrapur district collector Deepak Mhaisekar said, “In the last week, crops in around 1,200 hectres had been destroyed in Chandrapur district. Yesterday's hailstorm was even worse”.

The Meteorological department has sent a warning that a hailstorm would occur at isolated places in the district of Marathwada in a span of 24 hours, while the atmosphere in the city would be dry and the sky would be mainly clear.

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gree celsius maximum.

Marathwada and Vidharbha received heavy hailstorm in the last couple of days. The daily rainfall was even more than average rainfall of monsoon. Parbhani and Chandrapur districts recorded highest rainfall in the last 24 hours – 43 mm and 42 mm respectively. In the last week, Chandrapur and Parbhani recorded 75 mm and 66 mm rainfall According to IMD, Colaba mini- 29.8 degree celsius while that by respectively. mum temperature was recorded at Santacruz was recorded at 20.9 deParbhani and Beed districts suf22 degree celsius and maximum at gree celsius minimum and 32.8 de- fered a heavy hailstorm. IMD warn-

Since Mar. 1 50 37 66 19 75 14 ing says that Marathwada will again experience hailstorm in 24 hours.

All government officials and machinery has been warned against the same.

Besides the crops, several cattle have been died in the hailstorm in these areas. Hundreds of trees are uprooted out and transport has been blocked. Local authorities are cutting uprooted trees and making ways. Team of Central Observar are supposed to come this week to study the damage in Maharashtra.

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he Indian rupee which is below the sub 61 level, has been quite volatile in the last few months, primarily due to domestic and International macroeconomic factors.

Generally elections are usually associated with higher volatility, and particularly the election this year is being viewed with much interest.

According to a Reuter’s poll, Indian shares may scale new highs in 2014 after general elections, attracting offshore funds, despite an expected rough period for emerging markets, when the US Federal Reserve shifts monetary policy and one may expect that the Indian currency will benefit from the funds inflow and may go back to trade at sub 60 levels or an unstable government or hung parliament may send it to trade beyond 65 levels feel experts.

Historically, the relationship between the election period and the rupee has never been undemanding or uncomplicated. The Rupee volatility was an expected certainty. India will start voting from April 7th and after going through different stages will ultimately culminate on May 12th. May 16th will reveal the name of the party which will rule the most populace democracy at this very important economic juncture.

According to Naveen Mathur, Associate Director, Commodities & Currencies, Angel Commodities Broking, it is quite difficult to assess which major political party will form the new government or will it be a coalition government, “but still, we expect the Indian rupee to be volatile during the election times,� he says.

Mathur feels that more businessfriendly approach and much needed reforms are awaited to be undertaken by the new government. “There are host of other issues too with which our country is grappling with like high inflation, slowdown in manufacturing growth, lower GDP, deficits etc. These have to be addressed immediately and with conviction,� says Mathur. “While, the reforms, if undertaken by the new government might help to strengthen sentiment towards the Indian economy over a long term, the immediate challenges with respect to the slowdown in growth and high inflation will remain to be concerns for some more time,’ he explains.

Pramit Brahmbhatt, CEO, Alpari Financial Services (India) says, “Currently it is primarily reacting to the movements of Dollar coming in

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and moving out from Indian markets by the FII community and Dollar demand from Oil Marketing Companies.�

He says that the data releases have had a very short term impact on the rupee as markets are keenly awaiting the outcome of the General Elections to be held in the month of April - May 2014. “A clear mandate to any of the parties will definitely bring in a lot of cheer to rupee and we will see it trading at sub 60 levels.

However, if there is a hung parliament, it will definitely be a death kennel for rupee and it will trade beyond 65 levels, “he says.

Echoing similar sentiments, Anindya Banerjee, Currency Analyst, Kotak Securities feels that the government has continued to act on long pending bills, but much needs to be done on that front. “With national elections a month away, there is a binary risk over the horizon for the rupee, “he says. According to him, in case, the mandate is decisive then the Indian rupee can enter a phase of sustainable appreciation.

As inflows in the real economy in the form of FDI and in the financial assets, in form of FII and QFI investments, can become a major catalyst for a strong rupee. “However, a fractured government can once again raise the risk premium, leading to depreciation in the Rupee. Volatility was low over the last 5 months but going ahead we expect volatility to pick up from April-June period,“ adds Banerjee.

D.R. Dogra. MD & CEO, CARE Ratings has a contrarian view on the whole issue. He feels the rupee will remain volatile only in a limited frame on account of the Elections. ‘It would be driven more by the fundamentals on both domestic parameters like

CAD and FII flows and foreign concerns like Fed tapering,� he says. “Post Elections this sentiment will play less of a role as foreign investors will have a clearer sense on the state of things to come. But to my mind, Elections per se will have a limited effect on rupee volatility and would come in indirectly through FII and FDI flows which will consider the outcome as one of the factors for investing in India,� says Dogra.

What may trip the equation for the rupee is, according to Dogra; on the domestic front, the trade deficit will play an important role as also the FII inflows. “The market will look for a Continued on pg 14 Âť

he BSE Sensex and Nifty, the two major indices of the Indian market posted an all time high on Friday. Both the indices, the economic barometers of the economy, also registered their highest ever single day intraday gains since November 18, 2013. Incidentally, Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) have remained net buyers in equities for the last 16 consecutive sessions.

Since February 12 they have bought equities worth Rs 9,500 crore ($1.5 billion). Last Friday they bought shares worth Rs 2577 crore as provisional data showed.

Experts believe that this pre election rally could help take the Nifty up to the 6800 point level in the near term. The major reason for this rally was an improvement in CAD, positive global cues, increasing retail participation in the last few sessions and the consistent support from FIIs. The rupee too witnessed a strong rally due to the steep fall in current account deficit (CAD) in the quarter ended December 2013 Amongst the various factors responsible for this rally, the most important one is the likelihood of Narendra Modi winning the elections and adorning the Prime Minister's chair. More and more opinion polls are predicting a win for the Narendra Modi led NDA at the centre with a comfortable mar-

gin. With the business community firmly behind him, NaMo as he is commonly referred to, is looked upon by market experts as a strong leader who will take forward the reform process and one who can create an amiable environment for the conducting of business.

The Ukraine crisis was also one of the reasons for the market to cheer. Markets across the globe rose a percent as soon as Russia pulled back its troops from Ukraine. However, the crisis has not ended yet. According to the latest reports the Ukraine base in Crimea is under Russian siege, while Germany is trying to broker a deal on Ukraine, and that there are still around 20,000 Russian soldiers in Crimea, which indicates that there is a possibility that the crisis could escalate further.

On the other hand the rally is completely FII driven and this trend could reverse any time. As valuations have risen considerably, local traders are sitting on the side lines waiting for the right opportunity to enter the market. Traders also suggest that even though the markets are at a all time high, not many companies are rushing to raise capital and no big initial public offerings are lined up either. The markets are expected to be volatile in the next couple of months, as they reacts to global cues and other developments on the political front till the date of the election results.

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strong coalition government in place and as long as the sentiment is in this direction, the rupee should remain stable and strengthen marginally,” says Dogra.

“Global factors hinge around tapering as the Ukrainian problem seems less likely to threaten the global dynamics though admittedly further distortions in oil prices could upset calculations,” he feels.

Dogra expects the rupee to trade between 61-63 levels against dollar with 62 being the anchor in the short run.

According to Pramit Brahmbhatt, the rupee is expected to trade in the range of 60.80 levels to 63.00 levels in the short term, with some violent fluctuations during the important data release dates and towards the end of every month as the Dollar demand by Oil marketing companies usually increase towards the end of the month. “It might see some more stress towards the end of this financial year ending March 31st, as India has a substantial amount of corporate foreign loans to be settled by that date, thus leading to an increased demand for US Dollars by other corporates apart from OMCs and importers, and this will put some

DATA RELEASES THIS WEEK MONDAY, MARCH 10

Foreign Trade: February Time: 6:30 p.m.

Moody's Forecast: US$9 billion Indian imports have been contracting on a year-ago basis as a result of weak domestic demand and as restrictions on gold imports have begun to take effect.

This has helped to narrow the trade and current account deficits. Exports are growing at a slow pace considering the cheaper rupee and the modest upturn in the global economy. The trade ledger mirrors the Indian economy—currency risk has fallen, but the real economy remains weak.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12

Industrial Production:January Time: 5.30 p.m.

Moody's Forecast: 1% Manufacturing production contracted in the fourth quarter national accounts and was weak throughout 2013. India’s industrial sector is largely geared towards the under-performing domestic sector, which has weighed on production recently.

Electricity production is growing thanks to extensive government-led investment, but mining and manufacturing are flat. These trends are unlikely to reverse until domestic demand recovers, which we don’t expect until much later in 2014.

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Rupee movement going forward will take cues from macroeconomic fundamentals like expectations of further decline in retail and wholesale inflation data of the country. Forecast of favorable industrial production and manufacturing output data from the country will provide clues to the domestic currency in the medium term.

Apart from the domestic factors, International landscape will also play a pivotal role for the Indian rupee.

Economic growth in the western world will drive the future course of action by the leading central banks and with US / Euro economic recovery on cards, we are of the view that the US Fed shall continue with its tapering program.

However, the major global event which needs to be looked at is QE tapering decision by the US Federal Reserve in its forthcoming meeting scheduled on 18th-19th March 2014. There is an uncertainty over the QE tapering by the Fed, as slower economic growth of 2.4 percent was seen in Q4 of 2013, although unemployment rate has reached near the Fed’s target of 6.5 percent. Various other economic data points from China, US and Euro Zone will also have an impact on the currency and these factors need to be taken into consideration while predicting Indian rupee movement.

Chinese financial system remains a sore point for the world economy and we have to keep a close eye on the upcoming maturities of trust products in China, where the number of issues heading for maturity is going to rise over the remainder of the year.

The geopolitical tension in the East European region between Ukraine and Russia has the proportion to push up commodity prices across the globe thus putting a lot of pressure on Dollar thus affecting Indian rupee too in an adverse way Expected announcements of interest rates and asset purchases decision by European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BOE) respectively in meetings scheduled this week will also have an impact on the Indian rupee. Strength in US Dollar may result into a slight weakness in Indian rupee, relatively.

With expected reforms and RBIs clear cut intention of taming inflation, the macroeconomics for our country looks positive. This shall help the rupee to appreciate and consolidate at around Rs. 59-60 levels against the US Dollar.

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« OPINION system in the world, with status of being the world capital of Robots and surely has the most hard working, diligent and strong human value systems driven society in the world.

We in India have to do some introspection as to how do we define our national goals for the future. There should be a formal national debate led decision, need be even national referendum, to freeze the top ten national goals that India must achieve over the next 10 years. These goals should be agenda of every politician, every bureaucrat, every business house and in fact every citizen. These goals should not belong to any particular political party or state or business house. Each political party must derive their poll manifesto from these common national goals, ideological difference can be only as to how they are going to achieve these national goals.

Thereafter, the Governments at centre, state and district level must put the national goals above the politics;

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he Iron Triangle concept is very Japanese, very logical, quite proven and possibly has significant relevance for contemporary India to achieve national objectives.

During Meiji period after 1868,the Japanese system amalgamated the spirit of Samurai (Loyalty, Obedience, Courage, Honor, Benevolence, Sincerity, Self-Discipline, Wisdom and Politeness) and the capabilities of Merchants (ability to work hard to make money, maintaining low profile, keeping continuity of the business entity as supreme duty) and opened up the Japanese economy to the external world. We find the Japan of today, even in the twenty first century, possessing all these traits among its people and establishments.

In Fifties-Sixties-Seventies-Eighties, of the previous century, once again when Japan was to reconstruct their nation after American occupation, post world-war II, the Japanese Government, Japanese Business and Japanese Bureaucrats jointly made an Iron Triangle that worked seamlessly together to “Order the Society and Direct the Economy to meet pre-defined National Goals”. This way, they built fastest growing economy out of being in shambles prior to that.

Some may challenge Japanese system by saying that they have been in economic slow-down period for almost two decades now and why should India pick up any lessons from them because they are not a performing nation.

But, the fact is despite long economic slow-down it is a nation that has many landmarks to its credit. It still is the third largest economy in the world, with least crime rate in the world, with highest quality standards in the world, with leadership in the Automobile Industry in the world, with highest life expectancy in the world, with the best public transport

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Wholesale Price Index: February Time: 12.15pm Moody's Forecast: 4.6% Inflation in India has begun to cool. The wholesale price measure eased to 5% in January after holding above 7% through much of the second half of 2013. The key is food price inflation, which is trending lower because of year-ago effects and steady growth in agriculture production.

Core inflation remains low and stable.

serious pressure on Rupee,” he says.

“Over the next one-two months, we expect a ranged trading in USD/INR, between 60.00/60.50 and 62.50 on the Rupee,” predicts Anindya Banerjee.

The “RBI reserve replenishment and hedging from corporates with FCY liabilities will keep the pair well supported around the level of 60.00/60.50 on spot, but at the same time, the hope rally in the equity markets may keep the US Dollar capped between 62.00/62.50 on spot,” he adds.

Naveen Mathur believes that the Indian rupee in the coming fortnight is expected to trade on range bound note against US Dollar with major support at Rs. 61.40 and resistance seen at Rs. 62.70 (CMP: Rs. 61.86). “For the next three months, major support is seen at Rs.60.80 and Resistance at Rs. 63.00,” he says.

However, as Anindya Banerjee puts it, “Indian macros remain in a sorry state with stressed assets piling up in the financial sector. Therefore, urgent attention is needed to remove economic constrains and promote a robust manufacturing lead economic revival.”

“Therefore, the next policy guideline or Union Budget will be a key event to watch post national elections,” he concludes.

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Ministers should be made accountable to deliver on the national goals and CAG like audit agencies through DAVP like bodies must inform the public as to who did and who did not do enough to achieve the goals; Mechanism should be developed which defines the shelf life of politicians and political establishment suitably linked with their deliverance on the national goals.

Dynasty politics has converted state and national politics into a business of amassing personal wealth at the cost of nation. Next generation in the dynasty politics tend to come to politics for the continuation of the wealth amassing process rather than patriotic objective of doing something for the nation.

Bureaucracy too needs to be elevated in terms of respect it gets in the society. These positions are not meant for collecting money but for rendering services for building and running the nation. Bureaucratic jobs and positions cannot be auctioned. We do have lots of capable and clean bureaucrats in the country and that kind of breed has to be encouraged.

Business houses and the professionals working in the private sector should address all the economic goals of the nation; Bureaucracy and politicians must create conducive atmosphere where innovation led clean business is supported by eliminating undesirable controls that are stifling economic progress; enough checks must be put in place to kill the thought of making quick or ill gotten money by the business houses.

National leadership should be committed to a holistic approach for integrating politics, bureaucracy and business for meeting national goals. This Iron triangle should Order the Society and Direct the Economy to meet predefined National Goals. We know, it is not as simple as written here, but do we have a better alternative approach.

We in India have to do some introspection as to how do we define our national goals for the future. There should be a formal national debate led decision, need be even national referendum, to freeze the top ten national goals that India must achieve over the next 10 years.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014

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By A Business Reporter

efending its decision to raise net worth requirement for asset management companies, whole time member of Sebi, S Raman, said high net worth is essential for better penetration of mutual fund industry as players need financial muscle to support growth.

He also said there is less scope for the regulator to have a rethink on this issue. "We have done what we have done after a great deal of thought...Right now, there is not much scope for rethink...," S Raman told reporters on the sidelines of a BSE event here.

The whole-time member of the market regulator, who attended the launch of BSE Star MF platform for distributors, also said, "Worldwide, for any financial activity, financial strength is a great strength to an organisation. We think, Rs 10 crore is too small an amount and this amount has been fixed several years ago. Even if you adjust it with inflation, it will be around Rs 30 crore now."

Sebi in its last board meet raised the minimum capital requirement for setting up a mutual fund house to Rs 50 crore from the existing Rs 10 crore. This has created a discomfort within

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50,000 for investors who invest in pension products through mutual fund route and pleading for higher income tax cap with the government to facilitate more savings into MF products. On the tax treatment given to FMPs, S Raman said the industry should prepare itself for future decisions on tax front.

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small mutual fund houses in the industry which now have to raise their capital to comply with the new rule. S Raman said contrary to the argument that small funds perform better, the regulator has found out that schemes of bigger fund houses are performing better with some exceptions.

"Contrary to what some people are saying that small funds are more efficient, we find that funds of bigger mutual funds really performed better....," he said, adding this phenomenon is not universal.

Observing that sound financial strength is required for greater penetration of the industry, S

Raman said, "As the industry grows, specially in finance, capital is important.

"There is also a need to go beyond T-15 cities if we are talking of penetration. Today, around 87% of mutual fund AUM is concentrated in top 15 centres. (If we want larger penetration), it needs some amount of expenditure...all this requires capital...," he added. Referring the issue of dip in retail investors in mutual fund space, he said this a matter of concern and the fund houses should think about it.

S Raman also said the regulator has taken up issues like additional tax concession of Rs

Axis MF launches "Axis Fixed Term Plan Series 60 (389 Days)" Axis Mutual Fund has launched a new close ended debt scheme named "Axis Fixed Term Plan - Series 60 (389 Days)" with maturity period of 389 days from the date of allotment. The New Fund Offer (NFO) price for the scheme is Rs 10 per unit. The NFO opened for subscription today and will close on March 12.

HDFC Debt Fund declares dividend HDFC Mutual Fund has announced March 10, 2014 as the record date for declaration of dividend on the face of Rs 10 per unit under the 100% dividend donation option & 50% dividend donation option of HDFC Debt Fund for Cancer Cure, a 3 year closed ended capital protection oriented income scheme.

Rupee Expected To Appreciate Further PRAMIT BRAHMBHATT is CEO of Alpari Financial Services (India)

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ast week the Rupee traded strong as local equities continued to gain and posted its third weekly gain in a row as foreign-investor buying boosted blue chips and helped the index to rise to an all time high. The country's current account deficit narrowed in the December quarter, (data released last week) strengthened the Rupee further to its highest level in nearly three months and to end the week it posted its second weekly gain in a row. Taking cues from this, last Thursday foreign investors bought shares worth of Rs 12.73 billion which was their biggest daily purchases since December 19.

Improved sentiments ahead of the elections could see the Rupee moving towards 60.50 and

below levels. However, importers demand at lower levels may limit appreciation. The trading range for the USD/INR pair is expected to be within 60.00 to 62.00.

It is recommended to be cautious and Sell USD/INR (Futures) on rise with the appropriate stop loss as overall the Rupee is expected to appreciate more. The Pivot Point for the Pair is at 61.65 and below is the Support and Resistance levels.

The ECB left the main refi rate unchanged at 0.25%. The forward guidance was largely unchanged. It appears that the central bank would prefer maintaining the status quo in the near-term unless faced with severe downside.

This was in spite of staff projections that inflation would say below target in the medium term. The US initial jobless claims increased less than expected, shedding some positive lights on the February employment report.

After the ECB rate decision the markets focus has now shifted to US unemployment data. With many expecting a disappointing release due to soft data being blamed on adverse weather conditions. Unemployment has been reducing 26th Mar (Futures)

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steadily since the peak in 2009 with the last 3 releases coming in less than their 6-month average. As this is within an established downtrend the market is getting used to reducing unemployment. The past two releases have been disappointing to say the least, with January's release being the lowest job creation in 18 months, followed by February’s release (whilst an improvement) being the lowest in 6 months. However it should also be noted that whilst the markets were expecting more, the data suggests jobs are still being created despite adverse weather conditions. The past 2 releases came in less than expected, so a 3rd disappointing figure will again bring back in question whether Bernanke's decision to taper was a good move, or not.

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China's benchmark money market rate dropped to a 20-month low as People's Bank of China drained cash from the financial market since January. The central bank decided to sell 50 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) of 28 day repurchase agreements, in addition to 43 billion yuan of 14 day repos. This makes the net withdrawals for the week record 70 billion yuan, while the PBOC's money market operations withdrawn 788 billion yuan from the financial market since the Lunar New Year break ended February 6. Policy makers injected 450 billion yuan in the two weeks before the break, as cash demand rise in this period. China's sevenday repurchase rate fell 133 basis points to 2.48% in Shanghai, the lowest level since June 11, 2012, and it is the biggest drop recorded since the beginning of 2014.

Tensions in Ukraine again grabbed the headlines last week as Crimean parliament has voted to join Russia and a referendum would be held on March 16 for endorsing the move.

This has unnerved both Ukraine's interim government and the US. While Ukraine's interim PM Yatsenyuk warned of the illegitimacy of the referendum, US President Obama has signed an executive order authorizing sanctions on persons and entities responsible for violating the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including travel restrictions.

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RAJIV RAJ

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Buying A Car?

hough the Finance Minister’s Vote on Account statement was a non-event for most observers, it cheered the aspirations of car buyers. The Finance Minister announced reduction in excise duty. Car makers happily passed on resultant benefits to customers by reducing prices. This looks alluring given the availability of cheaper vehicle loans from various banks at present. However, one should be careful of multiple factors before making the most of this development.

Here are a few factors you should consider before making up your mind of buying a new car: Do you need one?: Age-old wisdom asks us to distinguish between needs and demands. Needs are paucity of things, which are necessary and basic, while demands can be artificial and can be created in a sophisticated way. Sometimes it is the peer pressure that creates the demand for a car in our mind. Do not decide to upgrade just because your neighbour bought one or do not consider buying your first sports utility vehicle because your office colleague bought one hatchback. Also do not start visiting auto showroom just because there is a cut in prices. According to news reports, the price reduction in absolute terms is in the range of Rs 11,000 to Rs 51,000 depending upon the models and the manufacturer of the car. It cannot be called some windfall gain for the car buyers, or some bonanza as some auto sales persons made it out to be. Do go for one if you are of the opinion that it will add value to you.

Use car loans wisely: Car loans definitely are a good option due to attractiveness of interest rates. But avoid using leverage to buy something that you would not have bought otherwise. For example, if you are considering a purchase of a hatchback, stick to it. Just because the prices have fallen and there is an auto loan available, don’t jump to buy a fully-loaded sports utility vehicle. Reasons are simple. It requires high down payment in absolute terms. Also the amount of Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) is high given the high price tag. This can be cumbersome when it comes to repayment. High amount of EMI can stretch your finances also. If you cannot service your car loan on time, it can impact your credit score, popularly known as CIBIL score. A low credit score can practically shut your doors to many opportunities because you become ineligible for loans, say a home loan.

Make the down payment from your own money. Do not rely on personal loans or credit cards to make the down payment. It not only burdens your finances but also increases the chances of you landing into debt trap if you cannot service such obligations. Also it impacts your credit utilization ratio, which further brings down your CIBIL score.

The right credit cards: Though credit cards are double-edged weapons, right choice of credit cards can save you money. If you are a first time buyer of a car, do apply for a credit card that is either co-branded with an oil marketing company or offers cash back. A co-branded credit card helps you save on the surcharge, around 2.5% that one has to pay while purchasing fuel using credit cards. A cash back credit card typically accounts for surcharge, but offers up to 5% of the billed amount as cash back, effectively offering a discount on fuel rack rate. But do read the fine print. Co-branded cards are surcharge free when used only with the partners and cash back too comes with certain conditions.

These are the few pointers you should keep in mind before availing of benefits of discounts on cars offered by car makers.

Email: rajiv.raj@creditvidya.com

‘Intensive Analysis Of A Company’s Financials Is A Must’

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« SPOTLIGHT

A little background about yourself and the Systematix Group?

I began my career in the financial markets in 1999.

Over the last 15 years, I have worked in almost all the keys areas of investment management. My initial days were a struggle as I was acquiring clients, advising on investments and running a branch. Then I graduated to core wealth management, as a vertical head. Now for the last many years, I have been a PMS Fund Manager and a Research Head for both the Institutional and PCG. The common underpinning on all these roles has been a clear focus on investment research.

At what point had you given a thought to making a career in the financial markets?

I had my education in Kolkata, at a time when the Calcutta Stock Exchange was active and it had a thriving investor community, to which many of my close friends belonged. Therefore, seeking a career in the financial markets was a given. After completing my studies I dabbled in F&A for sometime before getting a break in a Chennai based broking house in 1999. I haven’t looked back since.

How do you pick your investments? Do you use technical analysis, or do you employ fundamental data?

When you are advising on, or managing a wide variety of trades and investments, there is no single method one can follow. Certainly fundamental analysis forms the foundation of my decisions while picking my investments. Intensive analysis of a company’s financials is a must before I proceed with other parameters, but I do not disregard technical analysis which I believe has its own merits. I use it extensively to supplement my fundamental findings.

How would you describe your methodology?

I look for potentials of greatness in companies, signals of which could come from a number of sources. As a fund manager or as a stock picker I keep my mind open to receive ideas. Most often I look for companies that demonstrate the beginnings of something great.

Companies that have a great innovation in their hands or companies that are on the verge of reinventing themselves interest me a lot. Unfortunately such signals can seldom be found in balance sheets. One has to look beyond into the industry trends and broader megatrends. I read industry journals to understand this. Some I understand, some I don’t, so I read more until I am clear. Meeting people from industry is the best way to get a whiff of what is to come. Most often I talk to employees, vendors, suppliers, even competitors of companies to get a worm’s-eye-view. Thereafter I get into the financials to arrive at my valuation and a consequent decision. My research is governed by two principles given to me by two of my former bosses – “Inch wide, mile deep” and “Read more, meet more”. I am also a bargain hunter at times as sometimes even widely traded, known companies are available at low valuations.

MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014

« STRAIGHT TALK I believe whichever government is elected in 2014, development will top the agenda and things will improve in the next 5 years and India can return to a leadership position in global growth. The markets will reap handsome benefits from this.

As for my crystal ball for 2015, I see the Nifty at 7500 and the Sensex at 24750 by the end of 2015.

Two principles guide his investment strategy; 'Inch wide, mile deep' and 'Read more, meet more'. He is also a bargain hunter who believes that at times even widely traded, known companies are available at low valuations. That's Arun Gopalan, VP, Research & Investments at Systematix Shares, who shares his views with Dominic Rebello on his approach to succeeding as an investor

What appeals to you about trading/Investing. The short or long side?

I prefer a long-only approach to investing, as I find the analysis required addictively interesting! Especially when I am looking at niche companies with radical innovations, arriving at a valuation is very challenging and stimulating. But when you are dealing with a wide variety of clients you have to pay heed to the short side as well.

What differentiates you from other Investors?

I prefer to keep my investment simple and my analysis very deep. My ability to exercise patience and not react to short term market moods has helped me significantly. Again what I mentioned earlier has helped me as my two guideposts – “inch wide, mile deep” and “read more, meet more”. Also, I do not identify myself with the stocks I pick. I abandon my ego while investing and therefore I spot my mistakes early and rectify them without much pain. Many in the industry do not manage to do this.

What gives you that edge?

Having been in the markets for 15 years, I have seen two booms and two troughs. It has been a process of annealing which has taught me maturity and patience.

Over the years I have tried to develop the ability to understand economic macros and look at my investments in that perspective. I have noticed this gives me more clarity as to what action I should take or not take.

At a personal level, I have a strong spiritual side to me which has helped me remain level-headed in trying times and also maintain my integrity.

Any applicable lesson to trading/ investing?

Discipline. This is the one attribute every investor or trader needs to have to be successful. Stay connected to the reasons behind your investment.

How much of what you do is gut feel?

After having been in this profession for so many years, one develops an ability to think automatically on certain lines, to be able to subconsciously link various parameters and pre-empt scenarios. If this is what we call “gut feel”, then I do not ignore the signals. But I do not rely on gut feel to take an investment decision, unless I am able to corroborate it with my research.

Do you try to anticipate or follow market trends?

What is the basis?

It is futile to either anticipate or follow market trends.

So I try to take investment decisions independent of market direction. One does not to follow or anticipate market trends. A good company will eventually get its valuation and sooner or later price will reflect its fundamentals. So rather than timing, anticipating, following market trends, I’d rather spend time on studying fundamentals.

When you put money on a trade and it goes against you, how do you decide when you're wrong?

By trade I assume you mean investment. All my investments are made after as thorough an analysis of fundamentals as is possible. So we know the reasons why we are invested in a company. Every quarter I review the financials of all my investment positions to see if these factors are intact. But if the stock falls significantly below my investment price, I do an interim check of the fundamentals to see if the rationale is still valid. Unless these are violated, I don’t press the eject button. But if I find that my analysis was wrong on any of these counts, or where we find some transgression on the governance front, we exit our position.

But it was because we flexed these rules in the case of one particular company. We thought the stock had hit rock bottom on valuation and decided to hold our positions, just then the company received a further jolt, sending the stock spiralling down. But again, since it is a small part of the overall portfolio, the damage was controlled. But this experience has served well in reiterating my belief of not touching stocks where management does not interact freely.

What would make you wary about a trade/Investment?

The one thing that I consider most important while investing in equities is good governance and transparency. Continuous contact with the management of the companies is important. When there are serious questions raised about the standards of governance in a company or if the company clams itself from the investor community and the management ceases to be accessible, it would scare me off from investing in them.

Do you have a scenario about how the current bull/ bear market will end ?

Where do you see the Indian markets five years down the road ? Any number for the Sensex in 2015 ?

What we are witnessing now is a healthy pause and consolidation in the ongoing long term bull run. I do not see this broader bull run ending anytime soon. India is fundamentally a tremendous developing story. With its huge demographic base, large skilled workforce and rich natural resources, the only thing that has stifled India’s growth in the past is a lack of vision, lack of prioritising and a chronic policy paralysis. I believe whichever government is elected in 2014, development will top the agenda and things will improve in the next 5 years and India can return to a leadership position in global growth. The markets will reap handsome benefits from this. As for my crystal ball for 2015, I see the Nifty at 7500 and the Sensex at 24750 by the end of 2015.

« MARKET WIZARD ARUN GOPALAN

What do you do next ?

This depends on the how significant the fall in price is and how much the change in fundamentals have impacted my case for remaining invested. If the fall in price is significant and on review of the fundamentals I find the investment rationale is intact, I average a little.

But if I find the case for investment is significantly impacted, then I would sell out and look for deploying the money elsewhere. I have learnt to be dispassionate when it comes to making these decisions.

Any positions you ever lost sleep over?

No. Never. You see, my approach to investments is long term and on well researched grounds. I never invest in stocks where I do not have access to management. The disciplined review process I just detailed enables me be on top of any emergent adverse situation. But one recent incident did catch me off guard.

Of the tens of thousands of trades/investments that you have done, which was your best trade/investment? What was the story there?

There have many good picks during the secular bull runup of the last decade. But instead of a particular stock I would rather talk about a sector which I picked as the

next big Indian boom story. After the dot com collapse of 2001, I was of the firm belief that the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology industries would be the sector where India will excel in the next 10-15 years. My argument for this case was that India has a huge talent pool in Pharma, which unlike the ITES sector, cannot be easily replicated by other developing economies. So I felt we would be able to tap fully into the benefits of the “patent cliff”. Confirmation of my belief has been reflected in the huge rallies in the stocks of the like of Sun Pharma, Lupin and DRL. More recently I picked the stock of a battery maker, which is innovating its productline, reinventing its model and leveraging its reach.

Gains have been good so far.More recently I picked Eicher Motors, which is innovating its product-line, reinventing its business model and leveraging its reach.

Gains have been good so far with the stock having doubled in the last one year.

What makes a trader/investor successful ?

Trading and investing are two different ball games altogether. But the two things which are common requirements to both are discipline and patience. Also one must know to separate the noise from the music.

In today’s world of information overkill, one must know what not to react to. My success mantra, is that I manage to identify mega trends and I invest a lot of time in research.

What is your take on the current market scenario, Indian as well as global?

At a domestic level, the outcome of the general elections is going to be the key to setting the market direction in H2CY2014. Post-poll alignments will determine the effectiveness of the Government-elect in implementing policy measures. This is what the markets will be watching. A stable government would be just what the markets are looking for and we will see a surge in stock prices. Conversely a hung Parliament could set the markets back by many months. Globally, the US tapering impact on the traditional Emerging Markets and the political turmoil in the frontier Emerging Markets will could put some strain on FII flows into these markets. The developed markets will see a continuation of the current slow and confusing economic revival. We could see a hiccup along the way if the Ukrainian crisis worsens. But, overall 2014 will be a year of global consolidation whereas 2015 will launch the markets sharply upward.

ROOP KARNANI is a Senior Journalist, Author and Industry Analyst

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How Growth Can Be Turned Around

ith Polls announced and the present government essentially or caretaker government and UPA2 going down in history as one of the worst governments steeped in scams, policy paralysis and high prices and inflation for more than 3 years it has the dubious distinction of bringing growth down from a high of 9% of GDP to almost half at 4.7% of GDP. This is purely the result of economic and financial mismanagement and very little due to global slow down as the official excuse given by our Prime Minister who at one time was considered as one of the best economists in the world.

But, Manmohan Singh will certainly be remembered in history as the worst prime minister in 60 years of independence. That said, there are many low hanging fruit for a new stable government at the centre to quickly turn around the GDP growth, atleast 3 things can be easily done. The first will be implementing GST which is almost ready for implementation. The one most important thing that all chief ministers irrespective of party affiliations are asking that each state should be given its legitimate share of GST by transferring the GST collected in a particular state to an escrow account instantly by use of technology and electronic transfer. This should not be difficult and if GST is implemented it will immediately result in an addition of 1 to 2% to GDP growth.

The second low hanging fruit is, as I have been often saying is the Dedicated Freight Corridor. Infact very recent newspaper reports indicated that 2200 km long Eastern Freight Corridor is ready to kick off. Infact most of the land acquisition which is the most difficult part has already been done.

That’s not all, civil contracts for 1100 km have already been awarded. Contracts for another 1260 km are in the stage of finalizations. In some places excavation for laying tracks has just begun. This DFC (Dedicated Freight Corridor) intends to use the latest technology of tracks, automated signally systems, latest locomotives and lighter wagons.

Today a goods train travels at an average speed of 25 km per hour. In the DFC speed will go up to 80 km/ph and there will be few stops for loading and unloading and therefore goods will not only move faster but companies can expect timely arrival of goods. In the present railway network goods trains are given last priority and passenger trains the highest priority in terms of timely arrival. This is despite the fact that freight contributes 65% of the revenues of the Railways.

The DFC will not only increase the movement of goods by 3 times it will also decongest the present railway network exclusively for passenger trains.

Regarding the western DFC, The Japan International Co-operative Agency has agreed to Finance the entire Western Corridor with the only condition that it will be done by a Japanese Company.

Now Japanese bidders are not coming forward because they are waiting for elections and a stable policy. Both these DFC’s are expected to be completed in 3 years by 2017. But ever as they are implemented it will not only create jobs but require million tonnes of steel for each corridor and millions of tonnes of cement. This will result in a GDP growth of 2% as soon as it starts.

Lastly, the simplification of taxes and procedures in the new DTC which appears very complicated.

Simplified taxes can add to ease of doing business and also increase revenue collection by 19 to 20%.

These 3 things can easily be done and within a couple of years GDP growth can be increased from below 5% this year to at least 7.5%.

The big question is that will we have a government at the centre with at least 300 seats in the parliament.

At the moment it looks a decent possibility.

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398

521

182

1460

22

95

285

206

1415

GMRINFRA

NHPC

263

183

102

253

981

1009

201

123

971

309

277

1401

FEDERALBNK

MRF

977

1273

619

1009

380

DIVISLAB

123

MCLEODRUSS

988

116

236

660

1124

105

170

117

MCDOWELL-N

1169

974

785

779

110

172

119

M&MFIN

1204

743

1086

13

851

125

176

EXIDEIND

M&M

218

1066

120

175

186

109

224

702

994

13

115

173

157

112

716

16

117

173

167

922

15

NTPC

DABUR DLF

946

14

56

320

1295

53

30

14

58

326

1316

50

38

66

5826

1381

51

61

64

6136

1359

DISHTV

53

61

7067

1338

156

46

6757

1345

139

48

62

6446

COLPAL

145

225

KTKBANK LUPIN

S2

239

1047

LT

S1

282

1046

LICHSGFIN

R2

268

JUBLFOOD

KOTAKBANK

R1

254

6550

9935

CROMPGREAV

PP

258

NIFTY

328

10576

279

JSWSTEEL

Close

412

431

10362

259

JPPOWER

259

10149

265

JISLJALEQS

999

10077

COALINDIA

Company

1020

1239 303

S2

1050

55

119

44

73

40 57

NMDC OFSS

ONGC

ORIENTBANK

133

132

3213

2977

2898

190

183

203

223

164

144

PNB

621

595

PTC

64

64

174 99

97

103

RECLTD

206

200

RELIANCE

870

849

67

65

RELCAPITAL RELINFRA RPOWER SAIL

SBIN

331

403 62

131

184

370

119

329

169

373

RCOM

124

3134

304 126

RANBAXY

128

3056

313

128

POWERGRID

140

3029

PETRONET PFC

136

353

136

280

121

198

155

108

92

674

753

66

68

516 61

256

116

140

437 87

59

382

394

358

346

218

236

183

165

912

975

786

723

77

59

52

116

125

324

346

388

435

481

60

66

72

71

134

369

107

301

341 53

98

279

294 47

1643

1598

1732

1865

1465

1332

SRTRANSFIN

625

611

653

696

569

526

SUNPHARMA

616

SIEMENS SSLT

671

655

188

183

SUNTV

393

384

TATACHEM

288

283

TATAGLOBAL

144

142

SYNDIBANK TATACOMM

TATAMOTORS

89

290 412

704

196

621

634

87

95

288 413

410

335

257

149

156

134

304

76

389

TITAN UBL

UCOBANK

ULTRACEMCO UNIONBANK UNITECH

2235

2244

256

253

816

1874

2270

1957 262

414

2296

2040

271

196

338

2217 796

1984

1933

2087

2241

1779

12

12

13

14

11

116

111

125

78

138

62

98

UPL

190

188

195

202

180

WIPRO

569

577

602

628

552

ZEEL

280

276

288

299

264

VOLTAS YESBANK

145

376

142

352

152 424

162

495

190

74

313

2191

781

244

840

73

127

1708

826

67

70

232

1791

811

69

331

404

85

364

159

594

255

82

212

555

271

409

372

1846

320

78

422

TATASTEEL TECHM

103

417

206

TCS

607

309

201 79

647

171

357

203 80

208

605

437

TATAMTRDVR TATAPOWER

754

235

57

1625

84 10

173

132

122

281

209

527

252

Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal Analysis PP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.

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« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS EDELWEISS CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON KOLTE PATIL DEV.

Nifty At New High

NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (March 10, 2014) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose substantially on Friday (March 07, 2014) a net 125.50 points (1.96%) and closed at the 6526 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 6413 points level and that level itself was the low of the session. It then rose steadily throughout the session and registered the day’s high at the 6537 points level at 3.04 p.m. It then declined marginally and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained above its previous close throughout the session, moved in a range of 116 points and closed above the psychologically important 6500 points level. Sentiment was extremely bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 36 were gainers, while 14 were losers. Selling was seen in healthcare, IT and technology stocks, while substantial buying was seen in realty, banking, capital goods and oil & gas stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 36.11%. This change is substantial and indicates a wide participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was neutral. Amongst all the traded stocks, 731 were gainers, 778 were losers and 60 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the over-bought zone.

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

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 60 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

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

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

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

with a positive bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5958 points level.

The next support is at the 5877 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 6579 points level.

The next resistance is at the 6621 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6493 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 6448. Support (2) = 6368.

Resistance (1) = 6572.

Resistance (2) = 6617.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a second consecutive and long white body candle on substantially higher volumes. In fact, the previous candle too was almost like a white body Marubozu candle. (A White Marubozu forms when the open equals the low and the close equals the high). Moreover, the body of this candle is above and outside the body of the previous candle indicating a range expansion and acceleration. This is positive.

Further, the index is above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the four averages are rising and also positively trended. Moreover, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further upmove unfolding. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS)

The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 6355) Positive.

Is above its 15-day average (at 6221) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 6149) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 5992) Positive.

All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market

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.

CMP: Rs. 95 Target Rs. 138 We like Kolte Patil Developers (KPDL) for its strong execution, low leverage, attractive line up of projects and pole position in the Pune real estate market. The developer enjoys a ~7% share in Pune with over 7msf completed projects, 13.3msf ongoing projects and 11.1msf forthcoming launches in the city. The company is also taking significant measures to ramp up its operations and organisational strength. We expect KPDL to generate free cash flow of INR1.6bn over FY15-16E led by ~5.9msf sales (KPDL share 4.4msf) for ~INR29bn (KPDL share ~INR22bn). The stock offers a 59% upside from CMP. Hence, we initiate with ’BUY’.

Prime player in the attractive Pune market: KPDL has been a market leader in Pune with 7% share over the past three years. The company has completed over 7msf projects, has 13.3msf (KPDL share 9.2msf) ongoing projects and 11.1msf (KPDL share 6.9msf) of forthcoming launches in the city. Pune is endowed with multiple demand drivers anchored by large presence of IT/ITES, automotive, education and financial services KPO industries. Further, a vast majority of KPDL’s projects are in the city’s growth corridors—North East and North West. Attractive pipeline, robust cash flow, strong execution: The company has an attractive line up of ongoing and forthcoming projects in Pune, Bengaluru and Mumbai. KPDL has pending collections of INR4.5bn from completed sales, pending sales of ~INR24.1bn from already launched projects and a further pipeline of 13.1msf. We expect it to generate free cash flow of INR1.6bn over FY15-16E led by ~5.9msf sales (KPDL share 4.4msf) for ~INR29bn (KPDL share ~22bn). KPDL is also taking significant measures to ramp up operations and organisational strength.

Outlook and valuations: A growth story; initiate with ‘BUY’: We like KPDL for its strong execution, low leverage, attractive line up of projects, low dependence of valuations on land bank and pole position in the Pune real estate market. We value the company at a FY15E NAV of INR10.5bn or INR138/share, implying 59% upside to CMP of INR87/share. Hence, we initiate coverage with ‘BUY/Sector Outperformer’ recommendation/rating.

KOTAK SECURITIES CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON BAJAJ AUTO

CMP: Rs. 1956 Target Rs. 2239 BAL’s performance in the domestic motorcycle industry in FY14 has been weak. However, in January 2014, volumes and market share did improve for the company and the management has hinted about further regain of lost market share. Despite ban of 2W and 3W in Egypt, we remain positive about growth in exports. 3W sales in the domestic market over the next few months could receive boost from new permits issuance in Maharashtra. BAL operating margins are expected to largely stay stable and healthy over the medium to long term. We retain BUY with price target of Rs2,239. Domestic motorcycle growth still subdued 2W demand in the domestic market continues to be largely subdued. In FY14 (YTD), 2W industry volumes have grown by 6%, and the same has largely been aided by 21% growth in scooter volumes. Motorcycle volumes have so far this year is up by 2.6%. Honda Motorcycle India Limited (HMSI) has reported 36% volume growth in FY14 (YTD) as against flat growth by Hero MotoCorp and 16% de-growth by BAL. For Bajaj Auto, FY14 has been a rather difficult year, with the company underperforming the industry.

Demand in urban areas has been hit more as compared with the rural counterparts and this is one of the reasons for BAL’s volume de-growth.

Strong operating margins to hold over the medium term: For 9MFY14, BAL has reported EBITDA margin of 21.1% which has been strong in a scenario of demand slowdown and volume de-growth. INR depreciation has been one of the key supports to margins in FY14. For FY15, the company’s export exposure worth $700mn is already hedged in the range of Rs60-70/$. Company is expecting to realize Rs60/$ in FY14 and Rs62.5/$ in FY15. Company expects INR/USD realization of Rs61.25/61.5 in Q4FY14 as against Rs60.9 in Q3FY14. Over the medium to longer term, recovery in urban demand could help Pulsar share increase in the mix and thereby aid margins.

Valuations: At the CMP of Rs 1,921, the stock trades at 13.7x its expected FY15 expected EPS of Rs139.9. We contain to maintain our BUY rating on Bajaj Auto with unchanged price target of Rs 2,239.

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« TAX SOLUTIONS ANAND TIBREWALA

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Tax Deductions On Donations

What are the desirable components of Salary Break-up for availing maximum Tax Benefits?

—Raman Shah, Colaba Fundamentally anything paid to an employee directly or indirectly either in cash or in kind is treated as salary income and is taxed accordingly. However, there are certain components which can result in tax benefits and they are as under: a) House Rent Allowance b) Conveyance/Transport Allowance c) Contribution to provident fund d) Medical Expense Re-imbursement upto INR 15,000 p.a. e) Re-imbursement of health insurance premium for self and insurance. f) Re-imbursement of Telephone expenses incurred on behalf of the employer. g) Contribution of Provident Fund h) Uniform Allowance i) Meal Vouchers

Use Super Top Up Plan To Increase Coverage MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014

I have a family floater of Rs 5 lakhs and my company covers me and my family for 2.5 lakhs medical, but I want to increase my family coverage to about 12-15 lakhs ie.5 to 7 lakhs more. What are the options available?

—Sanjeev Kumar, Thane There are quite a few options that you have to increase your coverage.

1) Increase your existing Family Floater Plan by another 10 lakhs 2) Buy another Family Floater Plan from the same company or a different one for Rs 10 lakhs 3) Take a Top Up or a Super Top Up Plan.

Among the 3 options mentioned, the best Option is to go for a Super Top Up Plan as you would be able to effectively be able to increase the coverage without much increase in premium and heavy medical requirements.

A Top Up Plan provides for coverage of expenses arising from a single illness or disease in one year but only after the initial cover has been exhausted and the premium is usually much less than normal plans.

A Super Top Up Plan provides coverage of expenses for all illnesses in one year after the certain threshold level has been exhausted.

This limit is called Threshold Limit.

The premium for a Top Up Plan or a Super Top Up Plan is usually much less than a fullfledged Health Insurance Plan.

I have LIC Jeevan Suraksha Plan (Pension). I have paid premiums for 12 years. However, I am not sure about the

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« INSURANCE

benefits of this plan. Can you help?

—Kamlesh Tiwari, Worli LIC New Jeevan Suraksha 1 Plan is a deferred annuity plan. LIC New Jeevan Suraksha-1 Plan is with bonus deferred annuity plan. This is a non unit-linked pension plan. The corpus is created to provide pension for old age after Vesting Date.

In this plan, the premium is paid till the end of the policy term, i.e. till the pension starts from the Vesting Date. At the start of the plan, the policyholder gets to select a Notional Cash Option. The Notional Cash Option along with accrued Bonuses forms the maturity proceeds.

The policyholder can withdraw 25% of the entire maturity proceeds including bonus and receive a lump sum amount on vesting and the remaining 75% amount will surely be converted into annuity. There are 5 annuity choices at present to choose from.

The vesting benefits are as follows: 1. There are 5 options for Annuity in this plan:

(The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com)

A Limited Period Participating Endowment Plan F

Whether a salaried employee qualifies for any tax deduction on the donations made by him?

—Sushil Khanna, Kandivali Yes all assesses are entitled to claim tax benefit if the donations are made to eligible trust and within prescribed limit. U/S 80-G upto 10 % of your taxable income can be donated. Out of this 50 % amount would be tax deductible. In certain trust of National importance 100 % amount can be deducted from taxable income.

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

a. Annuity for life b. Annuity for life with guaranteed period of 5, 10, 15, 20 years c. Joint life and last survivor annuity to the annuitant and his/her spouse under which annuity payable to the spouse on death of the purchaser will be 50% of that payable to the annuitant d. Life annuity with return of purchase price e. Life annuity with annuities increasing at a simple rate of 3% per annum The annuity rates will be that available under the version of the New Jeevan Akshay Plan current at the date of vesting. A rebate of 3% will be available on the purchase price of the New Jeevan Akshay Policy. Option for the annuity type is to be exercised at least 6 months before the date of vesting 2. If it is not your vesting age yet, you can surrender the plan but the amount becomes taxable in your hands. The Guaranteed Surrender Value will be equal to 90% of all premiums paid excluding the first year premium, all Term Assurance premium and extra premium ( if any). This will be allowed after at least two full years’ premiums have been paid and will be available after two full years have been completed from the date of commencement. However, the policy cannot be surrendered after the annuity vests.

3. On vesting, you can withdraw 1/3rd the entire corpus tax free under section 10(10A) and start annuity from the remaining.

« PRODUCT REVIEW: FUTURE GENERALI ASSURE PLUS PLAN

By Manoj Aswani

What kind of Tax Benefits are available for Education Loan?

—Akshay Adani, Byculla Repayment of Education loan is not eligible for any deduction. However, interest paid on education loan is allowed to be deducted without any upper ceiling for a period of 8 years. The benefit is available to Individuals and HUF. The loan needs to be raised for the children. This interest deduction is available to the parents only and not to the son/daughter.

MANOJ ASWANI

uture Generali Assure Plus Plan is a Participating Endowment Plan. It is a Traditional Plan with Bonus facility.

In this plan, premium can be paid for a minimum of 7 years while the policy continues till the end of the policy tenure as selected at the time of policy inception.

On survival till the end of the policy tenure, the policyholder gets the Sum Assured + vested Compounded Reversionary Bonus as Maturity Benefit and the policy terminates.

However, if the Life Insured dies within the Policy Tenure, the nominee gets the Death Sum Assured + accrued Bonus as Death Benefit and the policy terminates.

Key Features of Future Generali Assure Plus Policy It is a limited period participating endowment plan The minimum premium paying term is 7 years in this plan On survival till the end of the policy tenure, the policyholder gets the Sum Assured + vested Compounded Reversionary Bonus as Maturity Benefit If the Life Insured dies within the Policy Tenure, the nominee gets the Death Sum Assured + vested Bonus + Terminal Bonus as Death Benefit There is Large Sum Assured discount in this plan Benefits you get from Future Generali Assure Plus Policy Death Benefit – In case of death of the Life

Insured within the Policy Tenure, the nominee gets the Death Sum Assured + vested Bonus + Terminal Bonus, subject to 105% of total premiums paid as Death Benefit and the policy terminates.

Death Sum Assured is higher of Sum Assured or 10 X Annualized Premium if age of the life assured < 45 years or 7 X Annualized Premium if age of the life assured is >= 45 years.

Maturity Benefit – On survival till the end of the policy tenure, the policyholder gets the Sum Assured + vested Compounded Reversionary Bonus as Maturity Benefit and the policy terminates.

Income Tax Benefit - Life Insurance premiums paid up to Rs. 1,00,000 are allowed as a deduction from the taxable income each year under section 80C and the Maturity Proceeds are tax free under section 10(10)D subject to fulfilment of terms and conditions.

What happens if?

You stop paying the premium - If the policy holder stops paying the premium, the policy lapses and all benefits cease. However, if at least 2 years premiums have been paid for a policy with premium paying term of less than 10 years and for at least 3 years for a policy with premium paying term of 10 years or more, then the policy continues with reduced benefits as it gets converted to a Paid Up Policy.

The policy can however be revived within 2 years from the due date of the first unpaid premium.

Eligibility conditions and other restrictions in Future Generali Assure Plus Insurance Policy Sum Assured (in Rs.)

Policy Term (in years) Premium Payment Term (in years) Entry Age of Life Insured (in years) Age at Maturity (in years)

Premium (in Rs.) Payment modes

Minimum

Maximum

1,00,000 15, 20 Policy Tenure

15 Years

5 Crores 25

Premium Paying Term 7/10/12

20 Years 10/12/15/ 17 25 Years

12/15/17/20

18

70

3

55

12000

Yearly, Half-Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly (ECS mode only)

Surrender Benefit: There are Surrender Benefits available in this plan after at least 2 years premiums have been paid for a premium paying term of < than 10 years and for at least 3 years for a premium paying term >=10 years. There is Guaranteed Surrender Value in this plan according to the table. There is Special Surrender Value as well.

Loan: Loan facility is not available under this plan.

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There is Captain G.R. Gopinath who was ahead of his time when he launched Air Deccan, one of India’s first large-scale private lowcost airlines, but unable to handle bureaucratic red-tape and poor logistics, sold it off to a certain Vijay Mallya.There is also Cherie Blair, mother of four kids, the winsome better half, we mean the literally, of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is a highprofile human rights lawyer, and runs a foundation under her own name for women. She is startlingly intelligent. When asked ‘are we seeing the end of capitalism and the emergence of a more just order?’ she responded, ‘I think we all hope for a fairer, better, more just order…Capitalism – like the common law system – has been endlessly adaptive.’

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ake Me Home by Rashmi Bansal is an inspiring documentation along the lines of her earlier books, of success at a super level by ordinary people who had the unique trait of vision backed by perseverance.In this book, however, the stars are small-town entrepreneurs who dreamt big and used local resources and manpower to attain world-class standing from their hometowns. These stories are heartwarming and inspiring, and are true instances of the triumph of the spirit.Balaji Wafers is the

story of Chandubhai Virani of Rajkot. The Rs.20,000 given by to the Virani brothers by their father in 1972 was lost when they got cheated in their fertilizer and farm implements business. Their boarding and lodging venture too failed and, in 1974, they became employees in a canteen at Astron cinema in Rajkot. They soon began to manage it on a profit sharing basis and Chandubhai was just a helper. Seeing that most patrons were fond of wafers, they started buying the product loose and retailing it after repackaging. In 1982, they began preparing wafers on a tawa at home and distributing packets by bicycle! The rest is history, a savoury one at that.

Jagjit Singh Kapoor started with just 10 boxes of bees, and Kashmir Apiaries from Doraha in Punjab is today the largest exporter of honey from India with revenues surpassing Rs.100 crore.Vivek Deshpande and Kirit Joshi of Spacewood Furnishers pioneered the concept of modular kitchens, after doing job-work for VIP and later Godrej, before launching exclusive showrooms in Nagpur of all the places.

Take Me Home

by Rashmi Bansal Westland Ltd Rs.200

Investing in the supremely spiritual

T

wo Birds in a Tree (Timeless Indian Wisdom for Business Leaders) by Ram Nidumolu dredges into ancient Indian texts – the Upanishads – in an attempt to offer a very human and holistic pathway to progress in business, and by extension, in life. Society as a whole will definitely see a pleasant change if the philosophy contained in these master works are imbibed and adopted by those who are at the helm of business affairs and also in other walks of life.

According to the Upanishads, that which is real, is also

true. For the sages, reality was truth. There is REAL road map to a Being-centered leadership : Recognise a higher reality (sat), or the larger context of business, as connected to the higher bird (atman) which is Being. Experience this recognition through consciousness (chit) in a way that recognition is deepened and made more lasting.Anchor this experience in a mind-set that promotes joy (ananda) so that it deepens your recognition and becomes the basis for your thoughts and actions.Lead by example from this place of anchoring so that you become a Being-centered leader (atmana) in thought, word and deed.The author quotes from the Chandogya Upanishad: The one who knows the best and the great, becomes the best and the great. The one who knows the foundation, stands firm in the world. The one who knows that which gives shelter, becomes a shelter for others. There is every chance that a leader who undertakes to adopt such principles will definitely wish to give back to this world, and thereby to society and mankind, what he has gained from it, or at least a part thereof.

Two Birds in a Tree

by Ram Nidumolu HarperCollins Publishers Rs.199

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THE MUMMY

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

An English librarian called Evelyn

Carnahan becomes interested in starting an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra. She gains the help of Rick O’Connell, after saving him from his death. What Evelyn, her brother Jonathan and Rick are unaware of is that another group of explorers are interested in the same dig. Unfortunately for everyone, this group ends up unleashing a curse which been laid on the dead High Priest Imhotep. Now ‘The Mummy’ is awake and it’s going to take a lot more than guns to send him back from where he came from.

Star Movies, 9 p.m .

SOAPS & SERIALS

TUMHARI PAAKHI

Ayaan returns home and pretends to be nice to Tanya.

Meanwhile, Anshuman and Paakhi are being nice to each other. Paakhi also kisses Anshuman on the cheeks. Ayaan plans to send Paakhi and Anshuman on a candlelight dinner. What is Ayaan plan in all this and will this plan bring Paakhi and Anshuman close to each other? Li fe Ok , 9.30 p.m.

DO DIL BANDHE EK DORI SE

Confessing her love to Raghu, Shivani realizes that she is

ready to give up all her wealth to stay with Raghu forever. Just when she makes up her mind, she sees Raghu with Sumitra who Raghu was to get married to before he tied the knot with Shivani.

Torn between the two, will Raghu leave Shivani to be with Sumitra? Zee T V, 8.30 p.m .

Beintehaa

We will see, in the middle of the party, Aaliya will be seen rob-

bing the key from the Don and handing it over to Zain. In the meanwhile, Nafisa orchestrates a police raid that disrupts the party during which Aayat is exposed and seen by Zain. Will Aaliya and Zain escape from the party safely? Col or s, 9 p .m.

SAATH NIBHANA SAATHIYA

Rashi sees Gopi in the temple and decides to help the kids in

getting Ahem Gopi together. Will Rashi succeed ? Star Plus, 7 p.m.

YEH RISHTA KYA KAHLATA HAI

Akshara meets Naman and Muskaan with a plan to bring Anshu and Jasmeet together. What is the plan of action and will she succeed. Star Plu s, 9.30 p.m.

BE THE CREATURE

The best way to understand a creature is to BE THE CREATURE;

follow the Kratt Brothers on Animal Planet’s BE THE CREATURES as they throw themselves into the wild lifestyles of animals to discover what it’s like to live with animals around the globe.

SHOOTER

Tumhari Paakhi, Life Ok, 9.30 p.m.

Ani mal Pl anet, 9 p.m.

BEAR GRYLLS: ESCAPE FROM HELL

BEAR GRYLLS: ESCAPE FROM HELL aims to bring to life real survival accounts of ordinary people with the world’s best survivalist experiencing some of the highs and lows that they had to go through. It sees Bear Grylls move on in his survivalist role, into the role of story teller – where he helps our audience experience, understand and appreciate just how incredible some human survival stories really are. The stories featured will be some of the world’s most extreme survival stories. Bear’s job is to own these stories and to bring the human emotion and personal perspective of how these incredible people felt. Di scover y, 9 p.m.

WEAPONOLOGY

Discovery science reveals the innovation and fire-packed

power of the world’s most elite fighting units in WEAPONOLOGY. D iscovery Science, 10 p.m .

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world’s great marksmen and the

son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He’s left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he’s recruited by a lisping colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia. H BO, 9 p.m.

ROBOT

DrVaseekaran, a scientist toils for ten years and creates the

first andro-humanoid robot and names it Chitti. He wants to use it for Indian Army. But Dr. Bora, another senior scientist disapproves Chitti as it cannot judge like human. Then DrVaseekaran induces human feeling in Chitti. Things turn upside down from then as Chitti starts loving DrVaseekaran’s girlfriend Sana.

Hence DrVaseekaran destroys Chitti. Dr. Bora, brings the destroyed Robot back to life. He intends to sell it and make money.

But Chiit’s love Sana turns it into a villain and becomes more violent and destructive. It even kills Dr. Bora. The rest of the film is how DrVaseekaran destroys chitti and brings back peace. Max, 9 p.m.

BHAI

Tired of facing assaults by the corrupt policemen and law-

breakers in the hilly village areas, Kundan (Suniel Shetty) decides to move to Mumbai with his younger brother Kisna (Kunal Khemu). With the help of honest lawyer Satyaprakash (Om Puri) and his two daughters Pooja (Pooja Batra) and Meenu (Sonali Bendre), Kundan soon gets a job as an auto driver, and begins to send Kisna to school. Soon they change their lifestyle and become city dwellers. Don David (Ashish Vidyarthi) and Malik (Rajendra Gupta) are arch rivals in the city, struggling to come to power, and corrupt minister Mantri tries to support both for his own gain. Zee Cinema , 8.30 p.m.

GARV-PRIDE AND HONOUR

Bombay’s Senior Police Inspector, Samar Singh, tenders his

resignation when he finds out that Kashinath Trivedi, who is known to have connections with the underworld, has won the election. This news does delight Kashinath Trivedi, and his men, which include notorious gangster Zafar Supari. But there is a catch, as there are two honest police inspectors who prove to

Shooter, HBO, 9 p.m.

be thorns on their sides, and they are Inspector Arjun Ranavat and Hyder Ali, two inseparable friends. Kashinath’s attempts to separate the two with the assistance of corrupt Police Commissioner, Yeshwant Pandey, are in vain. Then Zafar Supari takes over the task of separating the two. And he succeeds, and as a result Hyder Ali is killed in a fake police encounter on the grounds that he was a Pakistani spy; while Arjun Ranavat, whose attempts to avenge Hyder’s death, results in the deaths of 18 people - results which prompt the Police Commissioner to dismiss Arjun from the police force, and issue orders for his arrest.

CVO, 9 p.m.

HORSEMEN

Aidan Breslin is a bitter detective emotionally distanced from his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife. While investigating a series of murders of rare violence, he discovers a terrifying link between a chain of murders and the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death. Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.’

PREMUM RUSH

Wilee is one of 1,500 bike couriers in Manhattan who rides on the edge by having a bike with no brakes. On this day, Wilee has a delivery that is so valuable that a corrupt NYC Detective, who needs the money, begins to chase Wilee throughout the city to get it before the envelope is delivered. Pi x, 9 p.m .

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon..

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

10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

P.M. 2.00 4.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

P.M. 2.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 2.30 Doli Armaano Ki 3.00 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 5.00 Jodha Akbar 5.30 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 6.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 6.30 Pavitra Rishta 7.00 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 7.30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 8.00 Jodha Akbar 8.30 Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 9.00 Pavitra Rishta.

9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya

Beti Firangi Bahu Haunted Nights: Kaun Hai Who? Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti…

Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati Firangi Bahu Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali.

Aakhir Bahu Bhi toh Beti Hee

7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

10.00 10.30 11.00

SAB TV

P.M. 2.00 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah..

2.30 FIR 3.00 Taarak Mehta Ka… 7.30 Pritam Pyare Aur Who 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak Mehta…

9.00 Chidiya Ghar

5.00 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell Mad Mike and Mark Food Factory American Digger Invisible Worlds Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 10.00 Gold Rush 11.00 Extreme Bodies 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Aliens 3.00 Mars Rocks 4.00 Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman 4.50 Dark Matters 5.40 How It’s Made 6.00 The Gadget Show 7.00 Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman 8.00 Superhumans 9.00 How It’s Made 10.00 Weaponology 11.00 How Do They Do It?

STAR WORLD

Crazy Ones Raising Hope Castle Suburgatory Two and A Half Men Boston Legal Castle Koffee with Karan Suburgatory Two And A Half Men Boston Legal Almost Human The Killing

ZEE CAFÉ

P.M. 2.00 The Secret Life of the American Teenager 3.00 House of Cards 4.00 American Funniest Home Videos 4.30 Just for Laughs 6.00 The Secret Life of the American Teenager 7.00 House of Cards 8.00 American Funniest Home Videos 8.30 Family Tools 9.00 Being Erica 10.00 The Secret Life of the American Teenager 11.00 House of Cards P.M 12.30 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30

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LISTING

BIG MAGIC

Film Love Dosti dua Raavi Nadaniyaan Jai Shree Krishna Mahisagar Love Dosti Dua Raavi Mahisagar Nadaniyaan Love Dosti Dua Jai Shree Krishna Nadaniyaan Mahisagar

SONY TV

CID Crime Patrol: Dastak 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

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Katha Sarita 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Mazi Maye 4.10 Bheti Lagi Jiva 4.35 Sansar Maza Wegala 5.00 News in Marathi 5.05 Aatmabhan 6.00 Krishi Darshan 6.30 Amachi Mati Amachi Manasa 7.00 News in Marathi 7.30 Bharat Ek Khoj 8.00 News 8.15 Samachar 8.30 Pavitra Bandhan

STARMOVIES

P.M 12.30 Home Alone 3 2.30 Enchanted 4.30 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2 7.00 Fast and Furious 9.00 The Mummy 11.30 Ice Age: Continental Drift A.M. 9.30 Jurassic Park III 11.00 Ice Age: Continental Drift P.M. 12.35 2.35 5.10 7.15

HBO

Get Smart Jack Reacher Raiders of the Lost Ark Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World 9.00 Shooter 11.30 Ong Bak A.M. 8.30 Spy Kids 4: All The Time in the World 10.05 Ong Bak

ZEE STUDIO

The Killing, Star World, 11 p.m.

10.30 Doli Armaano Ki 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Ek Boond Ishq 2.30 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 3.00 Best of Savadhaan India 6.00 The Adventures of Hatim 7.00 Tumhari Paakhi 7.30 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.15 Tumhari Paakhi 10.00 Savdhaan India P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 7.00

7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

COLORS

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

SAHARA ONE

P.M 2.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti Hee Hai 2.30 Firangi Bahu 3.00 Devdas: Shah Rukh Khan.

6.00 Rishton Ke Bhanwar Mein Jljhi Niyati 6.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 7.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh

9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se, Zee TV, 8.30 p.m.

Jeanie Aur Juju Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir FIR Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Tu Tithee Mee 2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 5.00 Javai Vikat Ghene Aahe 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Tu Tithe Mee 7.30 Javai Vikat Ghene Aahe 8.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 9.30 Saregamapa 10.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 11.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

WTR: Living with Tigers Extreme Animals Planet Wild Equator Bad Dog AP Safari Untamed and Uncut WTR Be The Creature Extreme Animals Planet Wild River Monsters

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Wildest India 3.00 Man vs Wild 4.00 Body Invaders

DOORDARSHAN

DDI MAIN CHANNEL

MOVIE CHANNELS

9.00 Sanyasi 9.30 Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum 10.00 Bhart Ki Shaan 11.00 BE LI MATTU HOLA: Kannada Film. Achyuth Kumar, Malathi, Huligappa Kattimani

DDII(METRO CHANNEL) P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30

News in Hindi.

News.

Sports News Repoter’s Diary Samachar.

The News.

Samachar.

Rajyon Se Samachar.

Beli Mattu Hol a, DDI, 11 p.m.

6.05 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.15 8.30 10.00 10.30 11.05

Metro Scan Business Wrap Samachar News Samachar News in Hindi.

News Night Charcha Main Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar.

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.30 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00

10.00 10.30 11.00

HISTORY

Top Secret Recipe Ancient Aliens Baggage Battles Last Woman Standing Mudcats Pawn Stars Counting Cars Baggage Battles Ultimate Soldier Challenge Dynamo: Magician Impossible Pawn Stars Counting Cars Dangerous Persuasions

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00

8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

Nordic Wild Customs Mega Factories Incredibly Small World Ultimate Predator Inside Return of the Clouded Leopard Most Amazing Moments Brain Games Trapped in Kedarnath Taboo

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 Asia Cup 14 h/ls Final Sri L vs Pakistan 3.00 Switch hit 3.30 T20 Triumphs 4.00 Asia Cup 14 h/ls Final Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 5.00 Jai Ho 6.00 Asia Cup 14 h/ls Final 7.00 Star Power 7.30 Jai Ho 8.00 T20 Triumphs 8.30 Siwtch Hit 9.00 Asia Cup 14 h/ls Final 10.00 Jai Ho 10.30 ICC World T20 Best of Matches

P.M 1.00 Jackie Chan-Kung Fu Master 2.45 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 5.30 The Hitcher 7.10 Mr Magoo 8.45 Hamlet 2 10.30 Horsemen A.M. 10.10 The Lincoln Lawyer P.M. 1.30 3.30 5.11 7.10 9.00 10.55 A.M. 6.50 10.10 P.M. 2.55 5.50 8.00 11.00 A.M. 8.40 11.55

P.M. 2.00 3.00 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.30 9.00 11.00

TEN CRICKET

Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls Aus Tour of SA 13 h/ls Cricket Classics Great Centuries Eng Tour of WI 14 h/ls ICC Cricket 360 India tour of SA 13 h/ls Aus Tour of SA 14 h/ls.

The Pink Panther 2 Species II John Rambo Madagascar Premum Rush The Tuxedo The Hobbit Wild Things 2

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POGO

Tom and Jerry Wizard of Oz Chhota Bheem Mr Bean Chhota Bheem Marathon Mr Bean Chatur Chetan Takeshi’s Castle MAD Thomas and Friends Kumbh Karan Chhota Bheem

Horsemen, Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.

Bardaasht Judwaa No 1

MAX

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Chhaila: Prabhu Deva 5.30 Shaadi Ke Baad: Jeetendra 9.00 Garv-Pride And Honour: Salman Khan A.M. 9.30 Gunehgar Kaun: Raj Babbar

B4U

16 Dec: Milind Soman Thanedarni: Punneet Issar Shiva Shakti: Govinda Kaun Kare Kurbanie: Govinda

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Balak Palak: Subodh Bhave 4.30 De Dhakkar: Makrand Anaspure 7.00 Balache Baasp Brahmachari: Laxmikant Berde 9.30 Gadhavacha Lagna: Makrand Anaspure

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M.

P.M. 1.30 3.30 4.00 5.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00

Ghayal Shaadi No 1 Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi Hero The Action Man

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 3.00 6.30 9.00 A.M 7.30

A.M. 8.00 Ben 10 9.00 Tom and Jerry Kids Show 10.00 Roll No 21 11.00 Bas Karo Henry

STAR GOLD

P.M. 2.15 No 1 Business Man: Mahesh Babu 5.00 Deewaar: Amitabh B 8.30 Bhai: Sunil Shetty A.M. 11.30 Aitraaz: Akshay Kumar

P.M. 2.00 Premier League Review 3.00 Liga Bbva 13/14 5.00 FA Cup 13/14 7.30 Serie A h/ls 8.00 Premier League Review 9.00 Spirit of Yachting 2013 9.30 Superstar BPL h/ls 10.00 The Football Review 10.30 Football Today

Bhootraja Aur Ronnie 2 Oggy and the Cockroaches Oggy Ki Olly Oggy and the Cockroaches Bal Ganesh 2 Ben 10 Alien Force Beyblade Mental Fury Johnny Test Tom and Jerry Kids Show

PIX

P.M. 1.00 Sanam Bewafa: Salman Khan 5.30 Veer Zaara: Shahrukh Khan 9.00 Robot: Rajnikant A.M,.

7.00 Bhoot Nath: Amitabh B 10.30 Aashiqui 2: Aditya Rao Kapoor

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Premum Rush, Pix, 9 p.m.

9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 A.M. 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.30

Mr Bean Obachama Kun Mr Bean Chhota Bheem

DISNEY CHANNEL Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Gravity Falls Art Attack Doraemon Gravity Falls Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Vicky Aur Veetal Ishaan Best of Luck Nikki Slokk Best of Luck Nikki Slokk Doraemon DJ-JATNP Doraemon DJ-Sofia The First

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P.M. 1.30 Kiteretsu 5.30 Iron Man Armored Adventures 6.30 American Dragon Jake Long 7.00 Phineas and Ferb 8.00 Ultimate 8.30 Tron Uprising 9.00 Hulk and the…

9.30 Big Bad Beetleborgs A.M. 8.00 Space Goofs 8.30 Rekkit Rabbit 9.00 Space Goofs 9.30 American Dragon Jake Long 10.00 Super Robot.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 How does it feel to be back in the arc-lights ?

It feels very nice. I really missed my work. I started full-fledged acting when I was 17. And never looked back. It was the first break in 11 years. I could not visit any of my friends on their sets because I would get restless to start shooting when I would see shooting set up, so it is a great feeling that I'm back.

Pooja Kanwal plays the character of Deepika, a schizophrenic patient with a split personality, in the serial ‘Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki’ on Colors. The actress who’s back after one and half year 'baby break' has also lost oodles of weight for the role. She was last seen in ‘Naa Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha’ on Colors against the main lead shooting till the fifth month of her pregnancy. As a dedicated professional, she returned to acting as soon as her daughter turned one, as Deepika opposite the hero in ‘Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki’.

Sandeep Hattangadi spoke about her comeback and this is what she said

What made you accept this show as your comeback show?

From doing main lead as a school girl. To bhabhi as a school teacher. To Mohan's fashion designer girlfriend, I had been doing very different roles. The aim is not to get typecast. I feel am

COMEBACK GIRL POOJA KANWAL! versatile and like to show different characters that I am capable of.

Playing a mental patient or a negative role were totally on the agenda always. I am still left with comedy and a role of a dancer so let's hope soon.

How did you prepare for the role of Deepika?

Deepika is not a character that you just get up and play. We did mock shoots. Worked on her nuances as she has so many sides to her. It is not a black or white sort of a role.

Also there's a madness in her eyes.

I did my homework with psychiatrists and our director and producers helped me prepare for this role.

How is it like working on the show?

It’s a lovely set up. The coactors are very cooperative.

You have to see to believe the fun everyone has with each other on this set.

Any other shows on the anvil?

Right now I am putting in all my time into this show.

Your mother is a great artiste too. Did it help in any away for you?

It always does. I have learnt everything from her. Just when I feel I know it all now she will set a whole new bar for me. And show me how to reach it. She watches

T

HE world-renowned survival extraordinaire and expert Bear Grylls is back in the brand new Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell where he will apply his expertise one step further by pitting himself against real-life dangers faced by ordinary people stranded in devastatingly dire situations in the world’s most desolate landscapes.

Coupled with incredible archive footage and intimate interviews with the survivors – including a British scientist who was lost and alone in the deep jungles of Malaysia – Bear will show how they survived by attempting to recre-

A DAY WITH JUHI!

ON UTV Stars 'Breakfast to Dinner' is the lovely and full of sunshine, Juhi Chawla. The day begins with Juhi giving the viewers the grand tour of her splendid and regal looking abode. Chock-a-bloc with tasteful works of art and furniture, Juhi claims she just 'lucky' to be staying in such a lavish and beautiful home. She may maintain the grandeur of the house but the credit for the artwork and beauty, goes entirely to her husband. The magnificent garden is part of the house that the actress fully takes credit for: “I talk to my flowers, I love gardening.” Juhi is not fond of is working out. “I don’t believe in workouts, I do yoga,” she says. The fun-filled day with Juhi comes to an end as she gets into her car, ready to be driven to her next commitment. “Half my work is done in the car while travelling,” says Juhi.

AIMING HIGH

WITH ‘No More Kamzor’ airing this International Women’s Day, STAR Plus will salute womanhood! STAR Plus will be felicitating talented women who belong to ordinary backgrounds but have made a difference. One such woman who deserves all the appreciation and recognition is our very own comedian Bharati Singh. But, little do people know that the woman with the funny bone has been a national level archer in her college days. Unfortunately, Bharati could not persue her passion for the sport due to lack of funds.

However, the lady was determined and always wanted to do something different. So when 'Laughter Challenge' auditions knocked, Bharati enthusiastically participated and since then there has been no looking back for this woman.

CRIMEBUSTERS

every scene of mine and gives the kind of feedback which very few people are fortunate to receive. I only keep going because of her.

Would you accept a reality show?

I would love to do a talent-based reality show. I am a trained dancer.

Have also compered Comedy Circus.

But you wouldn't see me in Fear factor or Big Boss sort of shows.

The TV shows you like to watch.

Nach Baliye. Jhalak Dikhlaja Ja.

Boogie Woogie. Dance India Dance.

You have done quite a few films. Anything on the film scene?

For now, television takes up all my time. Welcome back Pooja!

Survival show on Discovery Channel

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shoes of these amateur adventurers across the most inhospitable locations on Earth and through the harshest weathers, dissecting and analyzing the survival techniques they employed and providing expert advice and tips on what could have been done to alleviate the severity of these unfortunate circumstances.

From a plane crash in the Amazon, to remote crevasses of the European Alps, scorching North African desert and ate and reliving their fateful starting March 9, only on more, Bear will toss himself journeys through firsthand Discovery Channel. Join into the same unforgiving experience.

Bear on the gripping six- landscapes where these inciThe six-part series, Bear part series of Bear Grylls: Es- dents took place and attempt Grylls: Escape From Hell will cape From Hell as he risks to live, sleep, survive and air every night at 9 p.m., his life by trekking in the navigate to safety.

MISSION MUMBAI is a special series which spans over a month and will see the two leading crime shows of the channel; CID and Crime Patrol special mission on Sony TV, ACP Pradyuman with his team and Anoop Soni will depict the tale of horrendous crime stories which have recently taken place in the city. The cops become passengers on a BEST bus to investigate strange murders on a particular route. The cops also solve a case of missing college girls at Kanheri Caves, a diamond robbery and a mystery at the Worli Chawl where the cops go undercover. In 'Crime Patrol' two incidents which recently shook the city to the core will be recreated.

UNUSUAL LOVE STORY

YEH Hai Aashiqui on BINDAAS narrates an extraordinary story of two people who fell in love regardless of their obligations towards the society. Mrinalini will be seeing playing the role of a lawyer, Neha and Kanwar Dhillon as the convict, Kartik. Neha’s prime objective initially was to ensure that Kartik gets maximum punishment, but as she begins to unravel the complexities of the case, she finds herself drawn to his enigmatic personality. The two of them begin to come closer and she realizes that truth is always relative and never absolute. Along with Kanwar Dhillon and Mrinalini Tyagi, popular television actor, Rithvik Dhanjani will host the show who will take the viewers through the entire story.

UNUSUAL HOLI

TARAK MEHTA Ka Oltah Chashmah fame Dilip Joshi (Jethalal) loves to play Holi in a very different style. He does not like to play with colours and water because it is unhealthy and wastage of water. So since many years every Holi, he has been going to Swaminarayan Temple near Bhavnagar in Gujarat to play Holi with flowers. He also enjoys singing bhajans with other devotees.

“In my serial ‘Tarak Mehta Ka Oltah Chashma’ we always celebrate all festival according to script but in real life I celebrate my festival as per my choice. I think we have to play Holi with flowers. So, lets celebrate Holi with flowers and bhajans,” says Dilip Joshi.

More rickshaws could spell more trouble

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umbai’s Regional Transport Office (RTO) is planning to give out the first batch of letters of intent to 1,000-odd new auto-rickshaws in the suburbs soon.

The transport department had recently conducted an online lottery for the auto permits. Of 1.52 lakh applications, 60,700 were declared winners across the state and 20,000 permits were earmarked for the city suburbs.

Around 12,000 new permits will be allotted in the western suburbs and 8,000 will be for eastern suburbs. From April, the city could well have a host of new autos. “We have a three-tier scrutiny mechanism.

Original documents will be verified by clerks, inspectors and assistant RTOs,” regional transport officer (Andheri) P G Bhalerao reportedly said.

That said, there have been reports of many permit applicants that have applied for transport department’s first lottery system for auto rickshaw permits only so that they can illegally rent out the autos to others.

It has been reported that, a majority of applicants are not genuine drivers and that the educational qualification criteria is prohibiting genuine auto-drivers from seeking permit.

One of the clauses for qualifying for a permit was that the driver needs to have passed the SSC examination.

This, however, did not go down well with drivers as many who have been in the profession for years now would be left out. The permit can be legally transferred to another per-

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Around 12,000 new rickshaw permits will be allotted in the western suburbs and 8,000 for eastern suburbs but they may only add to the confusion, writes Gajanan Khergamker any valid permits in the city.

An RTI application by Thane resident Anil Mahadik, has revealed that there are 76,993 auto rickshaws registered with the Thane RTO, of which just about 36,887 of them have valid permits to ferry passengers.

The RTO supervises the area of three municipal corporations including Thane, Mira-Bhayander and Bhiwandi besides the rural pockets of Jawahar and Mokhada.

What this means is that there are 40,000 auto rickshaws registered as private vehicles with the RTO yet ply around the city ferrying passenger throughout. And, the RTOs haven’t been able to do anything to bring in check. This is not only robbing the state of its lawful dues but is also highly dangerous.

The state government had, after seeing the rising number of illegal auto-rickshaws in Nagpur, expressed shock and ordered an inThe city already has a lot on its plate with thousands of rickshaw drivers, with illegal quiry against the RTO chief. Thane permits plying in the city. too will have to adopt measures to either curb the number of illegal son through RTO by paying a fee of lems that come associated with this. auto rickshaws to end this menace Rs 25, 000.

The city already has a lot on its plate soon.

Many applicants have already ap- with thousands of rickshaw drivers, With illegal auto-rickshaws plyproached the RTO for permit trans- with illegal permits plying in the ing on the streets and reports of ilfers. But, apparently, there are still city. legal transfer of permits already in those who are planning on renting With the news of such “illegally the news before the new permits are out permits at a hefty cost, illegally. rented-out permits” doing the even handed out to the drivers, it’s This online lottery process for ap- rounds, there is a chance that the commuters who will have to fiplication of permits was started be- sooner or later, the number of driv- nally bear the brunt of it all. cause the State government wanted ers with illegal permit will end up Auto and taxi drivers are already to revive 30 per cent of expired auto becoming a menace and the prob- known for their rude behaviour and rickshaw permits wherein, those lem will become hard to tackle at a notorious refuto ply passengers. aged 20 and above, and residing in later stage.

A report, that came out in January the state for 15 years without a An RTI application filed recently suggested that more and more rickbreak, were eligible to bid. has revealed that more than 40,000 shaws are refusing to ply passenAlthough a good move, the state auto rickshaws in the Thane RTO gers, more than they did in January has to be ready to tackle new prob- jurisdiction are operating without last year.

According to the report, in January 2013, the traffic police had booked in all 286 autorickshaw and taxi drivers for refusing to ply passengers in the suburbs. Comparatively, this January, the number of such cases jumped nearly five times to 1,521-668 in the east region, 591 in west region and 262 in north region.

The traffic police, while taking the credit for booking those drivers refusing to ply passenger, attributed the rise in detection of fare refusal cases to a dedicated team - six male constables, three female constables and one supervising officer - assigned at every chowky.

“We started awareness drives from the beginning of the year and appealed to citizens to complain to the traffic control room (24937755) or RTO helpline (1800220110) if a cabbie or auto driver refuses to ply him. Besides, a team was formed in every chowky to crack down on such cases,” DCP (traffic) Pratap Dighavkar reportedly said.

However, even with the dedicated team, the problem has not abated.

Activists and commuters doubt the efficiency of these helpline numbers and questioned as to how efficiently are the helplines monitored by the authorities. So, our problem is three-fold: There are rickshaws registered as private vehicles and drivers plying without legal permits and those who ply passengers according to their whim.

Looking at the way things are going, the new slew of auto-rickshaws won’t be of much help to commuters who are anyways caught between frying pan and fire.

(With inputs from Prerna Pandey)

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Refusal to consummate marriage during honeymoon is not cruelty: HC R

efusal to have sex with a life partner during honeymoon does not amount to cruelty, the Bombay High Court has ruled while setting aside a family court judgement dissolving the marriage of a couple on this ground.

The court also ruled that a wife donning shirts and pants to office occasionally and going out of town for office work soon after marriage also would not amount to cruelty towards her husband.

"The married life should be assessed as a whole and a few isolated instances over certain period will not amount to cruelty", observed justices V K Tahilramani and P N Deshmukh in an order early this week.

The ill-conduct must be preceded for a fairly lengthy period where the relationship has deteriorated to an extent that because of the acts and behaviour of a spouse, one party finds it extremely difficult to live any longer with the other party (which) may amount to mental cruelty," the bench said. Mere trivial irritations, quarrels, normal wear and tear of married life which happens in day to day life in all families would not

be adequate for grant of divorce on the ground of cruelty.

"Only sustained unjustified and reprehensible conduct affecting physical and mental health of the other spouse may lead to mental cruelty. There is no evidence to that effect in the present case", the bench noted.

The court was hearing an appeal filed by a 29-year-old wife who was aggrieved by a family court order of December 2012, passing a divorce decree on a plea made by her husband on the grounds of cruelty.

"We have already verified all the allegations made in the petition, written statement as well as the evidence of both the parties. On going through the same, we are satisfied that on the basis of such instances, the marriage cannot be dissolved. In this view of the matter, the appeal is allowed," the judges observed. After their marriage in 2009, the couple went to Mahableshwar hill station for honeymoon and it was the case of the husband that he tried to consummate the marriage but the wife did not allow him to do so. According to him, this amounted to cruelty,

the PTI reported.

His counsel, Hemant Ghadigaonkar, argued that failure to comply with one of the essential obligations of the marital life by a spouse, would amount to subjecting the other to cruelty. It is one of the essential and principal obligations on the part of the spouse to satisfy the sexual urge of the other, which is a natural instinct, he said.

The wife's counsel Pankaj Shinde said the evidence of the wife clearly showed that at that time her menstrual period was going on and so she refused to allow the husband to consummate the marriage.

Shinde further said that except for the period of four days that they had gone to Mahabaleshwar, there is no allegation made by the husband that the wife thereafter also continued to refuse to have sex with him.

"On going through the evidence, we find this is so. Thus, just on the basis of the evidence of the respondent that during three to four days that they were in Mahabaleshwar the wife did not allow him to have sexual intercourse, cannot be said to be such as to cause mental or phys-

ical cruelty to husband. The wife too has given a valid reason for refusing to have sex," said the judges.

To prove his charge of cruelty, the husband further alleged that the wife used to pick up quarrel with him and his parents and she never gave respect to his parents.

The court, however, noted that in so far as these allegations are concerned, no material particulars have been stated by the husband and only vague and general allegations have been made by him.

These, in our opinion, are not sufficient to prove that the wife treated him with cruelty. The husband had also alleged that his wife had gone to Nashik for office work after about 45 days of her marriage and despite his requests asking her not to go.

However, the court noted that the wife was working and in such case, if it was necessary for her to go on office work, no fault can be found with her for going to Nashik. Hence, going to Nashik on office work cannot be termed as an act of cruelty, the bench observed. Even assuming that such incidents did occur in the manner alleged by the husband,

they were not such that it could not be tolerated by the other partner, the judges said.

"Parties to the marriage, tying nuptial knot, are supposed to bring about the union of two souls. It creates a new relationship of love, affection, care and concern between the husband and wife and that it brings two families together. Such ties cannot be allowed to be severed on the grounds which are ordinary wear and tear of matrimonial life.

"None of the afore-mentioned incidents or conduct of the wife, in our opinion, could be termed as 'grave and weighty' to be treated as the cause for cruelty," the judges said.

"It is true that the word 'cruelty' is not defined and, therefore, it is not possible to say as to when the conduct of other spouse constitutes cruelty, however, the door of cruelty cannot be opened so wide otherwise divorce will have to be granted in every case of incompatibility of temperament."

"That was not the intention of Legislature when the ground of cruelty was made available for seeking a decree of divorce", the bench observed.

The Anna Hazare-Arvind Kejriwal disconnect

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for debate. But Kejriwal has had to say, not saying anything. wal. Arvind left after 20 minutes. proved through the medium of his But when people urged him to Kejriwal came to meet Anna again resignation that his party’s ideol- speak, he said that he the next day and this time there ogy is different from that of the did not agree with their views. were with him all the learned BJP and the Congress. Alongside, Immediately, there was such members of his team. Discussions from the Parliament to the streets consternation as if a snake had en- were held in a closed room behe has encircled these two big par- tered the meeting of Gandhians. tween Kejriwal’s team and Hazare. ties with the question that for At that point Hazare spoke about After emerging from the meeting them every issue is limited only to his 17 point agenda for the Kejriwal and his colleagues gave the vote bank, what will be its cul- country and his support for Ma- this impression that now Anna mination, does not have any mata Banerjee, who was support- himself will give a statement in Santosh Bhartiya meaning for them. ing his agenda. their favour and will support fter the recent shameful inOn February 8 this year, Hazare The people sitting in that Gand- them. Anna did not say anything cidents in Parliament on took part for the first time in a hian meeting were even more star- in Delhi, but once he left Delhi February 13, on February 14 there was an event which will be registered in the history of the country in the form of a debate.

The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, resigned from his post in a situation where the Jan Lokpal Bill could not be presented in the Assembly. In fact, the very existence of Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party has relied and rested on the Jan Lokpal. From its campaigning days itself this party had placed the subject and issue of the Jan Lokpal, which had sprouted from Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement, at the centre of their politics. This is the reason why when the Centre passed the NOT SEEING EYE TO EYE: Veteran social crusader Anna Hazare, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal Jan Lokpal Bill, the AAP saw its issue slipping out of its hand, and meeting of Gandhians at the tled by Anna’s praise for Banerjee. and reached Pune, all he said in came out in the open against the Gandhi Peace Foundation in Actually, they were very startled favour of Arvind was that if what decision of the Government.

Delhi. Actually, this meeting was and very disappointed because Arvind had told him, if it was the At that time Hazare too had said less a meeting of Gandhians and their attempt to make Anna stand same Jan Lokpal Bill they were that I have brought the battle till more a very clever move through in favour of the AAP in the name of bringing in, it is good. In Pune here, those people who can im- Gandhians to make Anna stand in Gandhiji had been rendered un- Anna also gave an interview to a prove on it should come forward. favour of the Aam Aadmi Party. successful. The speech which Haz- TV channel in favour of Mamata Because Kejriwal was opposed to Many people gave speeches and are gave at the Gandhi Peace Banerjee. the Jan Lokpal passed by the Cen- all the speeches had one thrust – Foundation and his earlier interOn February 11, Anna studied tral Government, there was pres- that everyone everywhere should action at the ‘Idea Exchange’ pro- the whole situation afresh and sure on him to pass the more support the Aam Aadmi Party. gramme of the 'Indian Express' reached the conclusion that he utilitarian Jan Lokpal framed by There were also such Gandhians where he had clearly expressed his will give another chance to Kejrihim. A few days before this Hazare who had, for the last three-four dissatisfaction with the running of wal if Arvind supports his ecohad said that he had not seen the months, been holding meetings in the Delhi Government, startled nomic policies in writing and gives changes incorporated in Kejriwal’s their towns, cities or areas and Kejriwal as well. While Anna was in an affidavit to the people. ConsidJan Lokpal, but according to what wanted to become AAP candi- Delhi, Kejriwal went alone to meet ering the number of ‘ornamental’ he had been told, on that basis dates and contest for the Lok Anna Hazare at Maharashtra words which Kejriwal’s associates they seemed better and should the Sabha.

Sadan and said to him that, “there and his team which attacked Anna Jan Lokpal should be passed.

There were some people too are misunderstandings, some- in the social media gave to Anna, However, whether Kejriwal’s Jan who were supporting Kejriwal so body has been misguiding you”. seeing them Anna should not even Lokpal is more utilitarian or the that they could send their family Anna listened to what he was say- have been thinking about KejriCentral Government’s Jan Lokpal members to the Lok Sabha. Anna ing. There were only two people in wal, but this is the difference beis more ultilitarian is not an issue sat silent and heard what everyone that meeting – Hazare and Kejri- tween Anna and Kejriwal.

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15th LS: An unflattering, disappointing report card T

here will be no session of the Lok Sabha now, because the last session of the Lok Sabha ended, and now everybody has got occupied in preparations for elections for the new Lok Sabha, that is, the general elections of 2014.

An ordinary person cannot comment on this supreme Lok Sabha, because if we do make a comment then it will be deemed that we are indulging in contempt of the Lok Sabha, even though it is this Lok Sabha which has set a record of scams being highlighted and which did not investigate any scam. It is not only the Government which was involved in this offence or crime, the entire Lok Sabha was involved in this offence or crime.

If a list is made of economic offences, economic scams, then almost every second week became a witness to a scam revelation. And Parliament just did not take cognisance of many other scams. Parliament just couldn’t think about people’s questions.

In its entire five years, no attention was paid to the blood cancers of inflation, unemployment and corruption. They must have been special days like festivals when these must have been mentioned in this Parliament. Obviously, these are subjects which perhaps must have been creating problems for MPs, which is why there wasn’t even any discussion on them. Because of uproars this Parliament remained engaged in setting a record for doing no work. The ruling party and the opposition would come to an agreement that they would not allow Parliament to function.

If it is not considered contempt

of Parliament, we would like to say that this Parliament ended all limits of political decorum. This Parliament showed the country in the true sense of the word such visuals on seeing which people in the entire country felt ashamed. The members representing them fought in Parliament, they abused each other, beat each other, jostled and pushed each other and let loose fisticuffs and the culmination came when an MP sprayed pepper spray in the House.

One MP took out a knife and made it known that MPs too can indulge in activities like anti-social elements. If you can take a knife into Parliament, tomorrow you can take a revolver or a bomb too into Parliament and can in a criminal manner take Parliament hostage.

Perhaps this Parliament made a basis for snatching away the right under which its members could not be searched. It is probable that now onwards if a member enters Parliament, he or she may be

searched and frisked.

An MP is eligible to become even the Prime Minister; therefore, no MP is searched or frisked.

Even though some MPs get very annoyed if they are frisked or searched by mistake during a security check at an airport, but after the shameful scenes which people saw taking place in Parliament, it is possible that now perhaps every MP will be searched and frisked.

The question is only this: that this Parliament allowed the country’s money to be looted with open eyes, while wide awake. The biggest scam that took place was the coal scam, in which an assessment of Rs.26 lakh crore rupees was made by a Parliamentary Committee itself.

The CAG pegged this scam at 1 lakh, 76 thousand crore, which Chauthi Duniya challenged, because we were the first to publish the coal scam in our paper. Parliament did not give any reply to our challenge or our report.

— Santosh Bhartiya

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Stoking Controversy

aharashtra’s Home Minister R.R. Patil is defending the appointment of Rakesh Maria as Mumbai’s new Police Commissioner. He has replaced Satyapal Singh who resigned to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), surprising many, since he still had a year to go before retirement.

Maria, a 1981-batch IPS officer headed the State’s Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) and is a senior police officer. But not all are happy with his elevation. At least two police officers have publicly aired their objections to the move. Seniority, not surprisingly, is the issue here. The two cops Vijay Kamble and Ahmed Javed have reportedly threatened to quit in protest for being sidelined by the State Government.

Both officers are senior to Maria and were in the contention to replace Singh. Apparently, sources say, Kamble indeed was the frontrunner but at the last minute Maria pipped him to the finish line. The decision, they say, was ultimately a political one. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) was plugging for Maria and managed to prevail over Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan. But will the disgruntled cops make good their threat and quit?

Watch this space for updates.

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Moved to Compassion?

ince 2009, A Shainamol, a 2007batch IAS officer of the Himachal Pradesh cadre has been fighting a legal battle against the Centre for denying her the cadre of her choice.

Her preference was for Kerala cadre, and despite her qualification as an OBC candidate she was allotted Himachal Pradesh. But interestingly, the matter recently took an interesting turn. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has finally agreed to send Ms Shainamol on deputation to Kerala for three years “on compassionate grounds”. But what has surprised babu observers is that the DoPT action comes in the backdrop of the ongoing legal battle. This creates a piquant situation, with the Central Government maintaining in court that her allotment of Himachal Pradesh cadre was done according to the relevant rules, but on the other hand acquiescing to the officer’s application “on compassionate grounds”.

Controversial Appointment

In its tussle with the Central Bureau of Investigation chief Ranjit Sinha over the appointment of an additional director of the CBI, the Government has perhaps landed itself in yet another controversy.

By naming Archana Ramasundaram to the post after Sinha managed to successfully oppose the appointment of the highly able IPS officer R.K. Pachnanda, former Police Commissioner of Kolkata, has created quite a stir. There is even a hint that the appointment is likely to be challenged in the Supreme Court. Ramasundaram’s name was cleared by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, without the mandatory recommendation from the Central Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar.

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ENIGMA CODE 720

ACROSS: 1 Contract taking one power on board, do this as a preliminary to a trial of strength (4,4,7) 9 Break that's upset cockney lady (7) 10 Hired killer or what he uses (7) 11 In music very like first sonata, Heart of Maid (5) 12 Grease tub properly with something containing a sweetening agent (5,4) 13 Sack Sid, taken back to custody (9) 15 Terribly ugly physical education teacher holds sculptured figure (5) 16 Promotes some of the work-shy pessimists (5) 18 Does he solicit opinions on tent making? (9) 20 Famous Quaker drops last Quaker correspondent (9) 23 Cut off cover in vehicle insurance terminations (5) 24 Gives alien part of a telephone (7) 25 Breathing apparatus at home for Alan shortly in her grasp (7) 26 Peace and quiet beforehand... I enjoy it (a high point for a trickster?) (15) DOWN: 1 Where to find the small fry in the high street? (4-3-4,4) 2 Time passes so, as sleep is problematic (7) 3 Birds love his crest, oddly enough (9) 4 Gets paid pots, they say! (5) 5 Arranger of mere songs put in the shade (4,5) 6 Frisky cur, and so clean ! (5) 7 Quickly the lily is plucked (7) 8 An exerciser, a noteholder, and a hospital worker! (9-6) 14 Rebuild in another container with

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Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

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original engine in (9) 15 Ammunition may make other gaps (9) 17 A few coins comprising an act of expiation (7)

19 Pan art film made by Spielberg (7) 21 Steer wrongly, and do this to make adjustment (5) 22 Engaged in some activity after getting up? (5)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Social security, 9 Ephemeris, 10 Curie, 11 Turns, 12 Doubtless, 13 Cushions, 14 Banyan, 17 Eiffel, 19 Sticks to, 22 Broadloom, 24 Tripe, 25 Axiom, 26 Idolaters, 27 Cartier-Bresson.

DOWN: 1 Spectacled bear, 2 Coheres, 3 Armistice, 4 Striding, 5 Cuscus, 6 Recut, 7 Tersely, 8 Person-to-person, 15 Ascot vale, 16 Atom bomb, 18 Florida, 20 Snipers, 21 Mobile, 23 Demit.

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ACROSS: 1 Adjusts (4) 5 Mimosa, for one (4) 6 Stretch, as the neck (5) 7 Faint trace (5) 8 A restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle (5) 9 ___ into, start slowly (4) 10 Baby blues (4)

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 720

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

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BIRTHDAY FORECAST: The coming year sees you in best of spirits and high degree of morale. You will surge ahead in your career due to your hard work and persistent effort. Your peer group gets left way behind while you move on forging new alliances and profitable associations. With your work firmly consolidated, you will succeed in establishing your career having great potential for future growth. Your personal life will be good giving you the much-needed emotional support.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, prominent nose and Charming eyes. Will be healthy and long-lived. Will be responsible, witty, intelligent, critical but helpful. After a good education, career in research, shipping, communications or industry is indicated. Success and gains are indicated perhaps, away from place of birth.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Employment offers or business deals connected with international trade are bound to be beneficial.

Travel will also yield favorable results. An opportunity to make a long-term investment in land or property will be offered to you. Though you may have everything going for you yet you feel that something is missing from your life.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You are given complete charge at work and an opportunity to tackle a difficult assignment alone. Work sincerely to take advantage of the present situation. Your love life and family life will be fine. The health of your parents or beloved may need attention.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): New developments around you will make you optimistic and enthusiastic about your future and career growth. You will be working with great determination and sincerity, which will win you the support of others. Those traveling for work will have a successful journey. News from distant places is good.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Success in fresh venture is sure.

In an exchange of ideas with friends and colleagues you find a new way for investment or business. You will have work out carefully for contingencies that could crop up today. Instinctively you will know what to do and also make the right decisions. Stars indicate a delightful romance for the married or those in love. If you are fancy free your carefree attitude attracts someone to you.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You feel confident about a new project and make rapid progress in concluding the same. Love and family affairs tend to get neglected. There seems to be a communication problem somewhere. Try to clear up misunderstanding as soon as possible.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You have been through a difficult period but you have the opportunity to change all that now.

You have been pushing yourself a little too hard and expecting others to match up to your capabilities which are difficult for others to do. Friends and relatives will stand by you in times of need

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You must be quick to take the initiative to clinch a deal even with some compromises. Financial gains are indicated for you today. News of a promotion or transfer to an important office is likely. This is seen as good for you especially to widen your horizons.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Expansion of work activities could see you planning your infrastructure better. There is going to be more demands on your time from home, family and friends. You will have to harmonize both spheres of your life tactfully so that you can do what you want to.

Your rapport with loved ones will be good.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You will capably handle a tricky meeting and sign a fresh deal on good terms. Hard work has been your plus point but it should not result in over strain affecting your efficiency at work. Find time to relax. Some of you are likely to travel on work-cumpleasure.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Stability and increase in your work activities is assured. The current period is extremely beneficial one and monetary returns from your earlier investments will be substantial. Security at work will give the confidence that you need to explore new areas and move from one success to another.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You have many options coming your way today. Do not be in a hurry to accept the first one that comes along. Your subordinates could give you a trying time. Try to seek the help of a family member or friend. Perhaps your reactions are not warranted given the circumstances.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Significant gains through commission work, or speculative trading, is predicted. Family affairs run smoothly. You will be happy to learn about the success of someone close. You will be buying an expensive gift for a loved one. If wooing someone for long, now you may receive an encouraging response.

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COFFEEBREAK

QUICK CROSSWORD 4913 ACROSS: 3 ___ and save : behave in a miserly way? (5) 8 A woman whose husband has died (5) 10 One over it, drunk (5) 11 A fierce argument (3) 12 W. H. ___, poet (5) 13 "K" in J & K? (7) 15 Odd-numbered page (5) 18 "Ire" anagram for a comparative suffix? (3) 19 ____ forth : emitted out effusively? (6) 21 Firm, unyielding (7) 22 Risk - "read" anagram? (4) 23 A Pakistani language (4) 24 A building or room containing a collection of books (7) 26 The C of Lloyd C. Douglas (6) 29 "Ali" turning into a girl? (3) 31 Greek letter - "at the" anagram?

(5) 32 India tennis ace Paes (7) 34 Marked with writing fluid? (5) 35 I have - "vie" anagram? (3) 36 In abeyance (5) 37 Constructed (5) 38 Well known cheese brand (5) DOWN: 1 Author ___ C. Chaudhuri (5) 2 Type of leather (7) 4 Tree protuberance (4) 5 City in Uttar Pradesh (6) 6 Longs for these trees (5) 7 Like a sheet, proverbially (5) 9 Windows predecessor (3) 12 By ___ : letters sent this way are bound to reach faster? (7) 14 __ culpa : an admission of guilt (3) 16 Cautious, cagey (5) 17 A pleasant or unpleasant smell (5) 19 Knobbed, twisted (7) 20 A public decree (5) 21 Get up, don't descend (5) 23 Fissile element (7) 24 Not as fat? (6)

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SUDOKU 2099 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.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: O equals P

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

25 Aerospace Industries Assoc. (3) 27 "I can take __!" (1,4) 28 Adhere, use glue (5) 30 Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Ram ___ (5)

32 A flat outgrowth from a plant or tree (4) 33 Five hundred and six in Roman numerals (3)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 4 Abbess, 7 Above all, 8 Gateau, 10 Needs, 13 Ta-ta, 14 Acme, 15 Fret, 16 Vex, 17 Trio, 19 Acid, 21 Heartache, 23 Berg, 24 Tyke, 26 Rex, 27 Glee, 29 Envy, 32 Beer, 33 Freya, 34 Nevada, 35 Cenotaph, 36 Oddish.

DOWN: 1 Fauna, 2 Modem, 3 News, 4 Algae, 5 Beta, 6 Shaped, 9 Attack, 11 Ecu, 12 Deter, 13 Trotter, 15 Fir, 16 Vie, 18 Ragged, 20 Cheer, 21 Hex, 22 Aye, 23 Behead, 25 Ivy, 28 Leach, 30 Nepal, 31 Yacht, 32 Bali, 33 Flog.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1918 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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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION

P U V D

O B U O Z B

A U E V B D Y I S

Y I Q B

V B B S

T S

O E T Q I D B

D Y T S X V D Y B K

V Y U M G B C

I D

O E B D B S C T S

D U

J B

O N J Z T M

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.

Afternoon WORD MINE

O

E

L

W

D

F

I

R

K

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

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

Today’s ratings: 26 average; 28 good; 31 outstanding.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: queen, quick, quicken, QUICKENED, quid, quince.

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

LI NA, FEDERER WIN IN INDIAN WELLS, NADAL SURVIVES SCARE

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NDIAN WELLS: Top seed Rafa Nadal survived a scare from Radek Stepanek before winning his BNP Paribas Open second round match in three tight sets at Indian Wells on Saturday.

The Spaniard, in his first match as defending champion, was stretched to the limit before prevailing 2-6 6-4 7-5 in night match that lasted two hours, 24 minutes in the California desert.

Nadal served eight double faults and was broken three times, but he also broke his Czech opponent three times, including twice in the final set. The pivotal moment came in the sixth game of the third set, when Nadal fended off three break points to hold serve. Earlier, Briton Andy Murray recorded his 300th hardcourt victory when he beat Stepanek's compatriot Lukas Rosol in three sets.

Fifth seed Murray recovered from a slow start to beat his Czech opponent 4-6 6-3 6-2 as the top seeds took to the courts for the first time after receiving first round byes. "I got broken three times in a row the end of the first set, beginning of the second," Murray told reporters. "I just kind of kept going and found a way to win, which is always the most important thing."

Only five active players have won

Roger Federer defeated French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 7-6(5). more tour-level hardcourt matches, headed by Roger Federer (575).

Seventh seed Federer dominated the first set but was taken to a tiebreak in the second before prevailing 6-2 7-6(5) against French qualifier Paul-Henri Mathieu, while Swiss compatriot and Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka clinched a 6-3 7-5 win over Croatia's Ivo Karlovic.

Australian Lleyton Hewitt failed to notch his 600th career win when he was beaten by South African Kevin Anderson 7-6(5) 6-4. The veteran Hewitt saved 10 of 11 break points but was unable to break the tall 17th seed's powerful serve in the match.

There was high drama in another match as Colombian Alejandro Falla saved a match point at 5-2

down in the third set to beat Polish 18th seed Jerzy Janowicz 6-3 2-6 76(5). On the women's side, top seed Li Na beat Chinese compatriot Zheng Jie 6-1 7-5. Australian Open champion Li notched six breaks as Zheng struggled on serve.

Defending champion Maria Sharapova made short work of her first match, beating German Julia Goerges 6-1 6-4 in barely an hour.

Smith quit to spend time with family J

OHANNESBURG: South Africa captain Graeme Smith, who last week announced his retirement from international cricket, was influenced by his family in taking the decision, media reported.

Smith, 33, told the Sunday Times newspaper that he knew he had made the right decision while at the hospital bedside of his 18month-old daughter, who had suffered burns from hot water. He says the toddler reached out to him and touched his Proteas badge.

"That's all she's known of me really. She sees me on the TV and that was a moment where I realised I'm pretty happy with the Graeme Smith with his wife and his children on the day of his retirement. decision I've made," he said.

The Proteas captain stunned the cricketing world on Monday when he announced he would quit international cricket at the end of the Test series against Australia. "I'll have more time to see my children grow and I'll be mentally more there."

Smith is the most capped Test captain in the history of the game with 9,262 Test runs at an average of 48.49 with 27 hundreds and 38 half-centuries. He has captained the Proteas for 12 years since the age of 22. "As a captain, even when you are at home your brain is still elsewhere a lot of the time," he said.

The batsman, who married Irish pop singer Morgan Deane in 2011

also has an Irish citizenship, but says he has no plans of playing for his second country. "I won't be picking up a bat for that country. I won't be playing for Ireland. If am going to play for anyone, it would be the Proteas," he said.

He said breaking the news of his decision to his team was difficult, and he struggled to get his words out. "After I'd said my piece, I had to get out and get some fresh air because I was a bit of a wreck."

The skipper said his wife has carrying the load of raising their two young children while he played cricket. "I think of her with the two kids travelling to wherever I am in the world, and making it work. She is a strong woman."

Namdhari XI, Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd post wins L

UCKNOW: Namdhari XI registered their third consecutive win in Pool A by thrashing Bihar 10-3 in the 4th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship 2014 (Division B) at Major Dhyan Chand Hockey Stadium here.

Karandeep Singh Dhillon scored four goals for Namdhari XI at the 8th, 16th, 25th and 64th minute, followed by Baljot Singh's two goals at 15th and 47th minute. For Bihar, Naveenminz, Bhim Kumar and Mangra Bhengra managed to strike one goal each at 12th, 40th and 51st

minute. In a Pool B match, Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd also posted their third straight victory as they defeated Uttarakhand 4-0 in their league match.

Both the teams failed to open accounts in the first half and all four goals came in the second half through Mumbai captain Victo Singh (46th, 47th min) and Amit Goswami (49th, 51st), both scoring two goals each. In another match of Pool B, Himachal Pradesh made a good comeback in the championship as they registered a big win

against Goa 12-1. Sanwar Ali scored as many as six goals for Himachal Pradesh followed by Gaurav Kumar (2), Dharam Singh (1), Harmandeep Singh (1), Ved Prakash Tiwari (1) and Rockey Lohchab (1).

Meanwhile, Sashastra Seema Bal outplayed Gujarat 8-3 in a Pool A tie. Sashastra Seema Bal made it quite evident from the very beginning that they would not be easy opponents as they netted seven goals in the first half itself to be leading 7-1 at half time.

Gujarat displayed better resist-

ance in the second half as they allowed Sashastra Seema Bal to score just one goal, while they themselves netted the ball twice to reduce the margin of defeat. Sashastra Seema Bal's L Joychandra Singh (10th, 12th min) converted two goals in two minutes, while O Gunamani Singh also netted the ball twice in 20th and 22nd minute. Pankaj Nath Sharma (4th), Surachandra Singh (14th) and Bipin Kunatiya (49th) scored one goal each. For Gujarat, Vijay Thapa scored two goals in 7th and 56th minute.

29 Kohli reclaims number one ODI batting ranking

DUBAI: India's Virat Kohli has reclaimed the number one position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen, which were released today after the conclusion of the Asia Cup. Kohli had entered the Asia Cup, trailing number one ranked South African batsman AB de Villiers by two ratings points.

Kohli's tournament aggregate of 189 runs in three innings with 136 against Bangladesh as his series best earned him 12 ratings points, which has put him ahead of South Africa's ODI captain by nine ratings points.

Following his knock of 136, Kohli had achieved his career high rating of 886 but finished with 881 ratings points after scores of 48 (against Sri Lanka) and five (against Pakistan). He didn't bat against Afghanistan.

Kohli was last ranked number one just before the ODI series against New Zealand in January.

Other Indian batsmen to head in the right direction include Shikhar Dhawan in eighth (up by three place), Rohit Sharma in 22nd (up by one place) and Ravindra Jadeja in 50th (up by 12 places).

Strong batting performances in the Asia Cup have resulted in a reshuffle of the positions, with Sri Lanka's Lahiru Thirimanne, who won the player of the tournament, making the biggest progress.

The left-handed opener has jumped 29 places to a careerbest 39th position.

In the ICC Player Rankings for ODI bowlers, India spinners -Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandaran Ashwin -- are the biggest gainers inside the top 20.

Jadeja has earned four places and is now in fifth position after claiming seven wickets in four matches, while Ashwin's nine wickets in the series has given him a lift of seven places that has put him in 14th position.

Amit Mishra has also gained five places to be at 36th.

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SEA VIEW TRIUMPH AS GIRLS HAVE ALL THE FUN

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BJP's PM candidate Modi outlines vision for Indian sports

NEW DELHI: Outlining his vision for Indian sports, BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi has said that athletes should be treated "at par" with defence personnel of the country when it comes to training.

The Gujarat Chief Minister also emphasised on the need to have a better infrastructure in place for paralympic sports, according to international para-athlete Deepa Malik, who was part of the 'Chai Pe Charcha' with Modi on the occasion of International Women's Day yesterday.

"Sportspersons should be treated like a soldier. Modi ji said that sportspersons' status should be at par with soldiers and defence personnel of the country. The way they dedicate their life by sacrificing their family and time to the security of the country, similarly a sportsperson also undergoes rigorous training schedule, sacrifices a lot of things to win a medal for the country," Malik quoted Modi as saying.

Malik was among the six women sportspersons present during the discussion at the BJP Headquarters here yesterday.

Besides the Arjuna awardee, cricketer Anjum Chopra and shooter Shuma Shirur were the other athletes who took part in the panel discussion.

"Issues regarding para sports infrastructure, visibility and awareness of para sports were also touched upon by Modi ji," Sirur said.

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UMBAI: Sea View Sports Club, Bandra, emerged triumphant as girl’s had all the fun in the sun during the inaugural edition of the Karnatak Sporting Association (KSA) ‘We Can Do It Too’ Women's Football Championship – 2014. The young and not so old ladies let their hair down and enthusiastically kicked around in this KSA organised event exclusively for the ‘fairer sex’ in celebrations of the ‘International Women’s Day’.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Peter, one of the most experienced players in the Sea View side, was the toast of the day. She played a vital role in leading Sea View to a 2-1 victory against Bandra Packers in a tense final, which was decided via the penalty shootout, at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan. The scores were locked goalless at the end of regulation period.

In the ensuing tie-breaker Sea View converted through Neha Ture and Jennifer while Lian Mathews attempt was saved by Packers’ stand-in ’keeper Shreya Yadav. On the other hand, only Laura Estibeiro managed to find success for Packers. Shreya’s try was saved

by Jennifer and a nervous Tracy Gonsalves blasted way over the crossbar to hand Sea View the title.

The versatile Jennifer, who also put on the goalkeeper’s gloves in the crucial penalty shootouts, was later named as the ‘player of the tournament’ for her exploits and having scored six goals. Juhi Shah and Neetu Masih, both Bodyline players, were named as the ‘best defender’ and ‘best goalkeeper’ respectively.

Earlier in the semi-finals, Sea View defeated Kenkre FC 2-1 via

The Best Chance

By Anant Bhagwat

T

he following hand was the nemesis of many a player in a local tournament. You must think deeply before adopting a line of play

BRIDGE S- K 3 2 H- 7 5 4 D- 8 5 2 C- 7 6 4

S- A Q 4 H- K J 10 3 2 D- A K 3 C- A K Q

South could not believe his eyes when he saw the rock crusher. In spite of that he landed in 4 hearts. West led the Jack of spades. Almost all the declarers finessed the Jack of hearts at 2nd trick after winning the 1st trick with the King of

spades. How would you play?

You can not avoid the loss of 1 diamond trick. So it boils down to the fact that you must restrict your losses in trump suit to 2 tricks. How do you do it?

If the trumps are 3-2 you can’t go down in this contract, so ignore the possibility.

Similarly if the trumps are 5-0 you can not make it, so ignore that possibility too. That leaves a likely break of 4-1. How to tackle it?

One declarer found the correct line of play. He reasoned that if the trumps are breaking 4-1 then the singleton has to be the Queen, then only he can avoid the loss of 3 heart tricks. If he finessed the Jack of hearts , he will have to lose to Queen. Ace & 9 of hearts.

But if the Ace is onside the Queen must be singleton. No other combination gives the chance of making 10 tricks. He was duly rewarded when the Queen was indeed singleton.

Try working out the various combination.

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IN BRIEF Jijau ease past Amar Hind

MUMBAI: Rajmata Jijau beat Amar Hind 3414 in the women's category of the Mumbai Mayor Cup Maharashtra State Invitation Kabaddi Tournament organized by Mumbai Suburban Kabaddi Association. In Jijau's victory national players Snehal Shinde and Sayali Keripale shone with their all round performance. In the other match of the women's category, Suvarnayug overcame a stiff challenge of Mahatma Phule 31-25. At the half time, Suvarnayug was leading with a single point (14-13), but in the second half Komal and Dhanashree displayed exceptional skills to secure a victory for their team. In the men's category, BEG, Thane Police, Bharat Petroleum, Mahindra, Air India, Dena Bank entered in the quarter finals. Thane Police beat RCF 34-11 while BEG defeated Hinduja 19-15.

Lokesh Yadav- Sushilkumar Kamble shine

The victorious Sea View players are in a jubilant mood along with the champions trophy, after beating Bandra Packers 2-1 in the final of the KSA ‘We Can Do It Too’ Women's Football Championship at the KSA ground, Cross Maidan. the tie-breaker and Bandra Packers overcame Bodyline FC by an identical 2-1 margin, also via the penalty shootout.

Chief Guest, Olympian Eliza Nelson, captain of the Indian women hockey team that won the Gold medal at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, presented the winner’s trophy and a cash of Rs 15,000 to the Sea View players.

Former Indian women cricket captain Diana Eduljee awarded the runners-up trophy and a purse of Rs 10,000 to the Bandra Packers team.

Results – final: Sea View SC, Bandra 2 (Neha Ture, Jennifer Rayyar) beat Bandra Packers 1 (Laura Estibeiro) via the tie-breaker. Full-time: goalless.

Semi-finals: Sea View beat Kenkre 2-1, Bandra Packers beat Bodyline 2-1.

YMCA ‘A’ overpower Hoopers to regain Callan Cup M

UMBAI: Hosts Bombay YMCA made their home fans proud by beating fancied Hoopers 3-1 in the final of the Callan Cup Volleyball tournament, hosted by Bombay YMCA at Jhulla Maidan, Agripada, here.

After an hour long tussle, the YMCA out fit prevailed at 25-17, 27-25, 23-25, 25-17 to regain the cup after three years.

The YMCA boys dominated from the word go and led all the way to win the first game. But the second and third games were evenly fought. Though they lost the second over extra points, Hooper had their chances when they raced to 17-12 lead in the third. But some fine blocking and deceptive smashing by Aul Kumbhar, Ganesh Salunkhe and Israr Khan saw them catching up at 20 before clinching it over extra points. The fourth game, however, proved to be a damp squib as Hoopers just lost the heart and the will to fight as YMCA cantered to win it and the match.

Earlier, in the semi-finals,

Hoopers which comprises top state players, including their captain international Paya Mastan, downed YMCA ‘B’ 25-21, 28-26, 25-18, while YMCA ‘A’ overcame the spirited challenge of BMC before winning the tie 25-21, 35-21, 25-12.

The individual winners were: Best Booster - Atul Kumbhar (YMCA).

Best Striker - Wasim Shaikh (Hoopers).

Player of the Tournament – Kalpesh Patel (YMCA).

Dani tops in revived Vijay Merchant tourney Amit Dani won the top honours in the revived Vijay Merchant Single Wicket Cricket Competition, organised by the P.J. Hindu Gymkhana after a long gap of 24 years. The former Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer easily defeated Anup Revankar in the final played at the Hindu Gymkhana ground, Kennedy Seaface on Sunday. Batting first Dani scored 31 runs from his two overs. But had four runs deducted as he was dismissed once in the innings.

MUMBAI: Lokesh Yadav slammed a ton (l05 not out off 93 balls, 10X4) for K.R.P. XI C.C against Jaico C.C. at Cross Maidan while Sushilkumar Kamble of Achivers C.C. shone with impressive figures of 6 for 9 (6.5-0-9-6) against Young Men's Muslim Association in the third round of Dr. H.D. Kanga Plate League group 6 (Balkrishna Bapat Cricket Tournament) today to lead their respective teams to victory.

Brief Scores: K.R.P. XI c.c. 264 for 9 in 45 overs (Lokesh Yadav 105 not out; Bibek Das 68; Umesh Gawda 3 for 43) beat Jaico C.C. 173 in 38.2 overs (Nilesh Yadav 4 for 37) by 91 runs.

Achivers C.C. 286 for 8 in 45 overs (Sushilkumar Kamble 79; SuhasNandoskar 62; Nishikant Abolkar 55; Shahid Shaikh 3 for 67) beat Young Men's Muslim Association 95 in 24.5 overs (Sushilkumar Kamble 6 for 9) by 191 runs.

YMCA 2 good for BPT Colony

MUMBAI: YMCA enjoyed a good outing and scored an authoritative 2-0 win against BPT Colony in a Second Division encounter of the Mumbai District Football Association League at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel. Dominating the match from the start, YMCA scored throughTauheed Ansari and Yusuf Qureshi, both netting one each. Later in a match of the same division, Sunday Boys managed to pull off a narrow 3-2 win over Saki Village Boys.

Rohan B, Suraj Menon and Albert struck a goal each for the winning side, while Clinton Crasto and Edward F scored a goal each for the Saki Village outfit.

RESULTS: Div-II: YMCA 2 (Tauheed Ansari, Yusuf Qureshi) beat BPT Colony 0; Sunday Boys 3 (Rohan B, Suraj Menon, Albert) beat Saki Village Boys 2 (Clinton Crasto, Edward F).

Mizoram thrash Railways 3-0 to win Santosh Trophy

SILIGURI: Mizoram blanked Railways 3-0 in a one-sided final of the 68th National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy. Zico Zoremsanga scored on either side of halftime and a second half injury time strike from F Lalrinpuia helped the north eastern state to romp home in style. Railways – who had not won the Santosh Trophy since 1966 – came closest in the 43th minute when Rajesh S’s close-range header came off the horizontal. Courtesy their triumph, Mizoram bagged a purse of Rs 5 lakh while runnersup Railways got richer by Rs 3 lakh. The match started at a good pace with both the outfits looking for an early goal. Railways earned three quick corners to keep the rival defence on their toes while at the other end their goalkeeper Ehtesham Ahmed -- oozing confidence after his penalty heroics in the semifinal -- flung to keep Lalnunmawia and Lalbiakhlua's shots at bay.

BARCELONA SUFFER SHOCK DEFEAT, ATLETICO GO TOP

SPORTS

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ADRID: Barcelona slumped to their third defeat in seven league games as they lost away to relegation-threatened Valladolid 1-0.

Italian Fausto Rossi scored the only goal of the game as he slammed home from close range after 17 minutes yesterday.

Atletico Madrid took advantage of Barca's slip up to move top of the table thanks to their better head-to-head record against Real Madrid as a double from David Villa handed them a 2-0 win over Celta Vigo at Balaidos.

However, Real can retake their place at the top and move four points clear of Barcelona with victory over Levante at home on Sunday. Victory for Valladolid had significant consequences at the other end of the table as La Pucela moved out of the relegation zone with just their fifth league win of the campaign.

"What we lacked today is normally what distinguishes the team; our circulation of the ball and our movement off the ball to find space. As a consequence of that we lacked penetration," Barca boss Gerardo Martino admitted.

"We lacked ideas, movement and penetration, but I didn't in any way see a lack of attitude."

Defeat means the Spanish champions will likely have to beat Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in two weeks time to have any chance of retaining the title.

And with his side's Champions League last 16, second leg with Manchester City just four days away, Martino admitted his side are a long way off their best form.

"It is clear that right now we are not in our best form and we need to be to be able to beat Real Madrid. There are still 15 days to go until that match for us to find

defeat to Real Sociedad). We will try to make sure it is the reverse on Wednesday."

Despite the majority of his squad having been away on international duty in midweek, Martino named almost his strongest starting line-up with only Jordi Alba and Andres Iniesta missing out. However, after lionel Messi had forced goalkeeper Diego Marino into an early save at the end of a swift counter-attack, it was Valladolid who had the upper hand in the opening half hour.

Rossi opened the scoring with his first goal for Valladolid as he took advantage of a ricochet off two Barca defenders inside the area to fire past Victor Valdes.

Barca reacted as the first-half drew to a close and Marino had to be alive to deny Messi twice from range before Cesc Fabregas also tested the keeper with a drive from the edge of the box.

Marino made another good save just three minutes after the restart as the Argentine squeezed a shot towards goal with his weaker right foot from a narrow angle. Barca's best opening dropped at the feet of Neymar as he was brilliantly played in by Fabregas, but he blasted over from close range.

Atletico, meanwhile, recovered from their own travel sickness as they put two consecutive away league defeats behind them in Vigo. After a first-half short on clear-cut opportunities, Villa pounced on a defensive error from Jonathan Castro to fire low past Yoel Rodriguez just after the hour mark.

Atletico's David Villa vies for the ball with Celta's Borja Oubina during a Spanish La The Spanish international then Liga soccer match at the Balaidos Stadium in Vigo, Spain. made the game safe barely two minutes later with another comourselves. Right now we have the just like we didn't play well in the posed finish from Jose Sosa's cutChampions League to worry game straight after the Manches- back for his 15th goal of the about. Today we didn't play well, ter City game, in San Sebastian (a season.

Vishnu Prasad Most Promising Driver of year M

UMBAI: Vishnu Prasad was voted the Most Promising Motor Sport Man of the Year by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI) which honoured its 2013 national champions here.

Prasad was awarded the newly instituted rolling trophy promoted by Raymonds. Longtime scrutineer K Krishnamurthy was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award.

Also present were FIA APRC Champion Gaurav Gill and Indian racer Armaan Ebhrahim.

The FMSCI honoured all its National Champions in the categories of MMSC FMSCI National Racing Championship, FMSCI Indian National Rally Championship, JK Tyre FMSCI National Rotax Max Karting Championship, FMSCI Indian National TSD Rally Championship, FMSCI Indian National Motorcycle Rac-

Vishnu Prasad receiving the award for the Most Promising driver from Gautam Singhania, Chairman and MD, Raymond Ltd. ing Championship and MRF MoGrip FMSCI National Super cross Championship.

Indians who excelled abroad, including Narain Karthikeyan, Karun Chandhok, Armaan and Gill, were also recognised. India's superbike team Mahi Racing,

owned by country's cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, was also recognised for winning the World Supersport Constructors title.

Sahara Force Academy Driver Jehan Daruvala, who became the first Indian to win the British KF3

Karting Championship, was also given an award by the FMSCI. Two wheeler riders including K Rajni Krishnan, winner at Losail Asia Road Racing Championship and R Deepak and K Jagan were also given awards for their great effort internationally.

Newly-elected President J Prithviraj said the glamorous Formula 1 circuit which has dropped India from its calendar this year and for the next, was only a small blip on the motor sports and promised the country would regain its status on the GP circuit.

"It is important that we honour our champions and show them the respect they deserve. This is the start of better things to come and we are up to the challenge of taking the sport to greater heights. F1 not looking to India is only a small turbulence which will pass soon and India will be back on the map," he said.

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IN BRIEF Indian eves beat Bangladesh by 16 runs in 1st T20 International

COX'S BAZAR: Skipper Mithali Raj scored a half-century as Indian women's team beat hosts Bangladesh by 16 runs in the 1st T20 International here starting their preparations for ICC Women's World T20 tournament in right earnest. Opting to bat, India scored 101 for one in 20 overs with Mithali Raj scoring an unbeaten 55 and Poonam Raut stroked 42 as the duo added 98 runs for the unbroken second wicket stand. Mithali hit four boundaries in his 64-ball knock while Raut had two fours in 46 balls. In reply, Bangladesh were skittled out for 85 in 20 overs with Rumana Ahmed scoring 21. Left-arm spinner Sravanthi Naidu (4/9 in 3 overs) was the pick of the bowlers while veteran seamer Jhulan Goswami (2/14) and spinner Gouher Sultana (2/11). India lead three-match series 1-0.

Brief Scores: India Women 101/1 in 20 overs (Mithali Raj 55 no, Poonam Raut 42) bt Bangladesh 85 in 20 overs (Rumana Ahmed 21, Sravanthi Naidu 4/9). Indian eves won by 16 runs.

Sania-Cara in quarter-finals of WTA Indian Wells tournament

INDIAN WELLS (USA): Fifth seeds Sania Mirza and Cara Black reached the quarterfinals of the WTA Paribas Open following a straight sets victory over Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, here. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair beat the unseeded American combo 6-3 6-4 in one hour and 12 minutes in the second round of the USD 5,946,740 hard court Premier WTA tournament. Sania and Cara saved five of the eight break chances they faced and converted five of the nine chances they got. They won 59 points to 44 of their rivals. Sania and Cara have not gone beyond the quarterfinals in four tournaments they have played this season. At Australian Open and Doha they reached the last-eight stage while at the season-opener in Sydney and in Dubai they made first round exit.

Myneni wins ITF Futures title in Bhimavaram

BHIMAVARAM (AP): Indian Davis Cupper Saketh Myneni won his first singles title of the season after beating his doubles partner Sanam Singh in the final of USD 10,000 ITF Futures tournament, here. The big serving Myneni, who is fast developing as a force in Indian tennis, overcame his senior compatriot 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the summit clash. Myneni fired 10 aces and saved seven of the nine break chances he faced in the match. It was second title of the week for Myneni, who also won the doubles trophy with Sanam. They had defeated N Sriram Balaji and Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 7-6 (5) 6-3 in the final on Friday.

Mirabai wins three silver in Asian Junior Weightlifting

NEW DELHI: India opened their medal account in the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships with Saikhom Mirabai Chanu winning three sliver in women's 48kg category at Bangsaen in Thailand. Chanu lifted 75kg in snatch, 93kg in clean and Jerk and 168kg in total lift. In men's 56kg category, Apurba Chetia stood sixth with a total lift of 233kg -105kg in snatch and 128kg in clean and jerk.

Kartar nets two in GSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy win

MUMBAI: Goan Sports Association (GSA) worked well as a team and combined effectively to record an emphatic 3-0 win over IIT Powai in a Third Division match, of the Mumbai Hockey Association Ltd. (MHAL) League, at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate on Sunday. The architect of GSAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s victory was Kartar Singh who scored a brace while Manoj Lokhande netted the other goal.

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