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Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, hoping to romp home via the Women's Reservation Bill, criticises Narendra Modi for stalking a woman and selling land to industrial houses for a pittance

Rahul Gandhi waving to the crowd at a well-attended rally at the BKC, yesterday evening.

By Prashant Hamine

ministerial candidate Narendra Modi over the stalking of ddressing a mammoth women. He caustically reelection rally at MEDIA marked that the women were ground at the Bandra- already powerful, and all that Kurla Complex yesterday they need is respect. He asevening, Congress vice presi- sured women of 25 per cent dent Rahul Gandhi took an- reservation in the police force other swipe at BJP's prime and the setting up 2,000 po-

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He assured the mammoth crowd that if the Congress led UPA is re-elected to power, it will pass the stalled 33 per cent Women's Reservation Bill. Commenting upon the Continued on pg 6 «

Mayank Gandhi of AAP is hoping for a clean sweep

Mayank Gandhi atop a truck festooned with brooms, yesterday.

By Carol Andrade

I swear I’m not a terrorist!

I had absolutely no time for a hair-cut and shave during my hectic poll campaign.

Aadmi Party's candidate for the fiercely contested arely two days left North West constituency for the din of cam- has hit his stride, got his paigning din of second wind, and after Elections 2014 to come to rumours that they were an end in Mumbai, it Continued on pg 6 « would seem that the Aan

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CITY OPINIONS

After consecutive losses by Mumbai Indians, do you think they will be able to defend their IPL championship title this year?

Neha Shinde PR Executive Yes.It is just the start and with more matches coming up, Mumbai Indians will surely retain the championship.

Shreedhar Chavan Businessman NO.This time, the team looks weak and with lacklustre performances they may find it tough to even qualify for the final stages.

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In Mumbai where the horror stories of people coming for treatment and being forced to live on footpaths have become part of the folklore, the ‘dharmshalas’ built by Shree Gadge Maharaj Mission Sanchalit are a haven of sorts

Gauri More Media Yes.Of course, Mumbai will win the trophy again, there are more 12 matches for the team and it will defend its title in the coming games.

Hardik TannaInterior Designer No. The players of the team are out of form and it seems that it is difficult for the Mumbai Indians to win back the cup.

Abha Dhole Law student Yes. As we see more matches, we hope to see improvement and again Mumbai emerging as champions.

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Clockwise from top left: Vandana Sugat Thosar, the building inside the St George Hospital premises, Sayed Ahmed in his room at the dharamshala and Minauti Mahoto with her mother Babita Mahoto.

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he Thane district election department has appealed to voters to check the presence of their names in the electoral rolls. reports PTI. Addressing a press conference, District Deputy Election Officer Madhavi Sardeshmukh urged voters to check the presence of their names in the rolls, adding that even if voters had voters' identity card and valid proof, nothing could be done if their names were not on the voters' list.

The district had a total 72.70 lakh eligible voters of which around 55 per cent are male. A total of 67 candidates including a large number of independents are contesting this election. The main parties in the fray are BJP, Congress, NCP, Shiv Sena, MNS, AAP and Dharmarajya Party.

he dharamshalas established

by Shree Gadge Maharaj Mission Sanchalit are built for out-of-town patients and their caretakers to stay while they are undergoing treatment. One of the mission's dharamshalas called Shree Mafatlal Mohanlal Mehta Dharamshala is in the premises of St. George hospital, one of the state-run hospitals under the J.J. group.

This six-storey building has 36 rooms that are given to patients who need a roof over their heads while the treatment on, and their caretakers. With rent as low as Rs.30 per person per day and Rs.40 for three meals a day, what more could the needy ask for? ADC visited this dharamshala and found the beneficiaries of this placeto be grateful to the trust for providing them with such a sanctuary.

Minauti Mahoto, a 32-year-old from West Bengal, who had been diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2013 and is currently undergoing chemotherapy said, “When we decided to come to Mumbai for

treatment we had many concerns and one of the major concerns was finding a place to stay. I have to take chemotherapy every 21 days and traveling to and fro from West Bengal was impossible. It was a few friends who told us about this place and we are glad that we came here.

The facilities are good. We get good food on time. There is electricity and water. Also, the rent is affordable.”

Vandana Sugat Thosar from Akola who underwent a kidney transplant in December 2013 and suffered from infection one month after the transplant says she is glad to have found this place.

“I have to undergo blood transfusion every month and have to do regular check-ups. We are here since December 2013 and have never had any trouble. Getting a this place to stay at a very cheap rent in Mumbai is like a dream. But for us it is a reality,” said Vandana who will continue staying at the dharamshala till the doctors give her a fitness certificate.

For Sayed Ahmed and his wife Shabina Ahmed, the dharamshala is like their home.

“These people are doing such a great service to humanity by helping people like us. We could have never thought of living in place like this in Mumbai on such low rents where prices of houses and rents are sky-high. We get all that we need at this place. It is a home away from home for us now,” said Sayed who is currently undergoing dialysis.

More about the dharamshalas: Speaking about the dharamshalas, Amol Eknath Thakur, Director, Mafatlal Mohanlal Dharamshala said, “This dharamshala was built in 2008 to help patients and relatives from outside Mumbai who come here for treatment because the lack of affordable housing is a major issue in Mumbai. Till date, 8,000 to 9,000 people have been helped. We charge Rs.30 per person per day for one room and the patient is accompanied by a relative so it amounts to Rs.60 per day. Also, we provide three meals a day for Rs.40 per person. This is our way to

give back to the society.”

This dharamshala which is currently housing around 100 people, has a waiting list of 25 to 30 people.

While these people await their turn to get a room, they are given place in the dormitory that can accommodate around twelve people, at the same price.

“We generally let people stay for three months at this dharamshala but as soon as this tenure is over we shift them to the other dharamshalas that we have built in the city.

And if the patient is not in a position to shift, then we just let them stay here,” said Thakur.

“People from all strata of society, irrespective of their caste, religion and economic background, admitted in any hospital in the city, are welcome here. The only criteria to be fulfilled is that they need to be from outside Mumbai and should have the necessary medical documents,” added Thakur.

There are dharamshalas similar to this at Dadar and on the premises of J.J. hospital.

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

By Philip Varghese

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xperts from the Ministry of Civil Aviation from Delhi were in the city two weeks ago to monitor the height cap limit given by the ministry to the decade-old Dharavi Redevelopment Project, which had recently slowed down due to various hurdles related to clearances and encroachments in the area.

This comes after the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) had written a letter to the Chairman of the Ministry of Civil Aviation highlighting the issue that it is unable to complete the first building at sector 5 of Dharavi on which it had started work in the year 2012, due to a height cap by the ministry.

The Dharavi slum is spread over 240 hectares in Central Mumbai and divided into five sectors for redevelopment. The neighbouring localities include Bandra, the Bandra-Kurla Complex, Sion and Mahim, which are prime real estate locations. MHADA is the special planning authority dedicated for sector 5 of Dharavi which stretches over 65 hectares, out of which 24 hectares (2,40,000 sq.mt.) is developable. The redevelopment of the other four sectors is being implemented by the Dharavi Redevelopment Project authority.

The ADC in its report on March 28, 2014 had stated that the date of completion of this building is however contingent to the housing body receiving height clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The housing board had started the construction of this building while the development plan was yet to be finalised. “The goal was to get the work started so as to instill confidence in people. The building is intended to accommodate 358 eligible slum dwellers. Once the tenants are moved to this building, the shanties will be razed and the next building will be constructed.

Sector 5 will have a total of 9,600 tenements. The present building is an 18-floor C-shaped building. It These 18-storey structures, constructed in sector 5, will become homes only after will have 21 units on each floor con- clearance from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, as they are reportedly in the flight path of nected by a corridor,” said a plan- aircraft landing and taking off from Mumbai’s airports. ning officer of MHADA. The building has till now received a candidate from Mumbai South clearance for 13 floors. The struc- Central Constituency said, “I think tural work till the 13th floor is com- the result of the election is someplete. The flats have been thing different this time as the Chief constructed using relatively mod- Minister has also given lot of priorFor the construction of the first ern specifications. The Civil avia- ity towards the Dharavi redevelopbuilding, which will have a total of tion department has accorded ment. The people will again back 18 floors, MHADA is awaiting per- permission only till 56 metres for the Congress. Apart from the redemission from the Ministry of Civil the building and an additional 80 velopment project, the state govAviation to construct the building to metres permission is required for ernment has also either completed its proposed height. the project to go as per the plans. or started new ones for Dharavi.

According to M. Karunappa, a so- However, since the area is closest to cial worker from the locality, B.G. the airport, only the civil aviation Shirke Construction Technology Pvt department can give a nod to inLtd was chosen to construct this crease the height cap,” an officer building and work orders were from MHADA said. given in 2012. “However, the construction began only last year year due to political protests. The building is complete till the ninth floor. Eknath Gaikwad, MP and Congress

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MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION EXPERTS VISIT DHARAVI TO STUDY PRESCRIBED HEIGHT CAP LIMIT WHICH, ALONG WITH ENCROACHMENTS, IS HINDERING THE SLUM REDEVELOPMENT WORK

Political protests, permissions delaying the project...

Politicians fight...

Last year, Chief Minister inaugurated the Dharavi sport complex which was built at a cost of Rs.25 crore. Thats why people have more confidence on us now as we are dedicated in changing the skyline of Dharavi,” Gaikwad said.

However, Baburao Mane, a former Sena MLA who is presently heading the Dharavi Bachao Andolan alleged that the residents of Dharavi have not been taken into confidence while implementing Dharavi redevelopment scheme.

“The state government has already wasted almost Rs.200 crore over appointment of consultants.

Since 2004, they are working on this project, but nothing has materialised.

We will not allow any action of the redevelopment scheme unless the government agrees to give 400 sq.ft. carpet area to each family. The government is willing to offer only 300 sq.ft.”

Residents at Sector 5 give mixed reactions on the redevelopment...

While some residents in the locality chose to remain silent on talking anything related to the redevelopment of the locality fearing threats from political parties Local resident Ejaz and other acSheikh tivists involved in the project, others said that the Congress is on its way out.

Ejaz Sheikh, a resident who owns a tyre shop in the place said, “The redevelopment of this place is something which is very close to the hearts of the residents here. However, the interference of political parties including Congress, BJP, Shiv Sena and MNS has made things worse here. Everyone wants to claim that they are responsible for bringing in the redevelopment project,” Sheikh said.

Another resident, Amol Kolambkar said, “Every party which comes to campaign here for this election is trying to woo our residents by having a huge banner boasting about their commitment towards the Dharavi Redevelopment Scheme.

The Congress does and even the Sena, so whom should we trust? I think most of the people here would rather opt for the 'None of the

above' (NOTA) this time.”

Dilip Katke, a resident and spokesperson of Dharavi Bachao Andalon said, “The entire plan has been hurriedly made and under a messed condition. The state government should have taken all necessary permissions before constructing the buildings. Why are permissions take half way? During one of our meetings with the government officials, we had asked the MHADA officials to follow the Navi Mumbai planning pattern here in this place. The Congress, however, is putting pressure on MHADA to do constructions and that's why the planning officials are not getting time to concentrate on how to develop this place. As of now, the state government had made lay-out only of Sector 5. There is no lay-out for other sectors. People here do believe that the MHADA is capable to do the redevelopment on its own.

So these factors are going against the ruling party, that is Congress and people are unhappy with it.”

Report by Shirish B. Patel on Dharavi Redevelopment...

According to the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI) and a report by Shirish B. Patel, the proposal prepared for the Dharavi redevelopment is that the existing population be re-housed on 43 per cent of their existing land area, with the remaining 57 per cent area turned over for commercial or other development. “The new development will attract additional population, and even if it is no more than half the existing population it will take densities to three times what exists anywhere else in the world. The scheme is, on the face of it, unworkable. Neither transport capacities nor the quality of life within the settlement will allow such packed living to be sustainable. The most likely outcome is that most of the present 67,000 resident families will be bought out, will move elsewhere, and Dharavi will become a highvalue, high-class area at reasonable densities. Our loss will include a thriving, prosperous, mixed-income area and its socio-cultural values; a valuable hub of enterprise and economic activity; and a portal for new migrants whose aspirations and energy can contribute to the city,” the report by Patel said. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my old name from Istiyak Athar Hussain to new name Istiyak Athar Hussain Ansari as per Affidavit dated 14/04/2014.

C-2879 I have changed my name from Prafulla Ramniklal Lalan to Pragna Vinaychandra Shah as per Affidavit dated 18 March 2014.

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Rubina Jahangir Chouhan to Rumana Jahangir Chouhan as per Affidavit dated 16/04/2014.

C-2888 I have changed my name from Rumana Faheem Budgujar to Rumana Mohammed Faheem Budgujar as per Affidavit dated 16/04/2014.

C-2889 I have changed my name from Mohd. Faheem Abdul Nasir Budgujar to Mohammed Faheem Abdul Nasir Budgujar as per Affidavit dated 16/04/2014.

C-2890 I have changed my name from Shahnavaj Usuf Pakhurde & Shahnavaj Mohammad Yusuf Pakhurde to Shahnawaz Yusuf Pakhurde as per Affidavit dated 17/04/2014.

C-2891 I have changed my name from Nayela Pakurde to Naila Shahnawaz Pakhurde as per Affidavit dated 17/4/2014.

C-2892 I have changed my name from Deubai to Deubai Joshi as per Affidavit dated 19.04.2014.

C-2893 I have changed my name from Mr. Prashant Kishor Rawal Jain to Mr. Prashant Kishor Jain as per Affidavit No: KM 482755 C-2894 I have changed my name from Kishor Rawal Jain Alias Kishorkumar Jain to Mr. Kishor Jain as per Affidavit No: KM 482057 C-2895 I have changed my name from Mosin Sayed Ismail to Mohsin Ismail Sayed as per Affidavit No: 31 AA 851054 C-2896

I have changed my name from Shaukat Ali Abdul Khaliq to Shaukat Ali Abdul Khaliq Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-2904 I have changed my name from Najma Begum Shaukat Ali to Najma Begum Shaukat Ali Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-2905 I have changed my name from Tofiq Rajabali Dalal to Idris Rajabali Dalal as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-2906 I have changed my name from Sageer Ahmed Mohammed Yasin to Sagir Ahmed Mohammed Yasin Khan as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-2907 I have changed my name from Sadique Ali Asgar Ali to Sadique Ali Asgar Ali Mansuri as per Gazette No. (X-23811) C-2908 I have changed my name from Mohd Salim Shaikh to Mohd Salim Mohd Yamin Rangrez as per deed poll Affidavit.

C-2909 I have changed my name from Nazama Mohd Salim Shaikh to Nazima Mohd Salim Rangrez as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Vora Pravana Ibrahim, to ‘Vora Parvana Ibrahim’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 19/04/2014.

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I have changed my name from Abu Sahmad to Abu Sahmad Shaikh as per Affidavit C-2914

I have changed my name from Raval Kishen Jagdish, to ‘Rawal Kishan Jagdish’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/04/2014.

C-2884 I have changed my name from Raval Jagdish Vazeraj, to ‘Rawal Jagdish Vazeraj’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/04/2014.

C-2885 I have changed my name from Raval Amiya Jagdish, to ‘Rawal Amiya Jagdish’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/04/2014.

C-2886 I have changed my name from Shaikh Iqbal Abdul Gafur, to ‘Shaikh Mohammed Iqbal Abdul Gafur’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 12/04/2014.

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I Imtiyaz Yasin Kadri have changed my minor son's name from Zaid Raheman Shaikh to Zaid Imtiyaz Kadri as per Affidavit No: KU 279468 C-2901

I have changed my name from Shankar Madhavi to Shankar Madhavrao Sagrolikar as per Affidavit C-2922

I have changed my name from Vanita Vasant Sonawane to Sumedha Krishna Dumana as per Affidavit C-2940

I have changed my name from Md Motiur Rahman Khan to Moti Khan as per Affidavit C-2956

I have changed my name from Prasad Shankar Madhavi to Prasad Shankar Sagrolikar as per Affidavit C-2923

I have changed my name from Krishna Kumar Nabisingh Dumana to Krishna Nabisingh Dumana as per Affidavit C-2941

I have changed my name from Yasmeen Noor Mohammed to Yasmin Anwar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-2957

I have changed my name from Rajan Kannan to Raja Kannan as per Affidavit C-2924

I Mr. Pritam Chakraborty have changed my minor daughter’s name from Miraya Chakraborty to Mrignaini Chakraborty as per Affidavit C-2942

I have changed my name from Basker Seluvai Antony to Basker Seluvai Antony Nadar as per Affidavit C-2925 We have changed our child name from Antony Roches Allwin to Antony Roches Allwin Basker Nadar as per Affidavit C-2926 I have changed my name from Ramchandran Iyer to Ramachandran Seshan as per Affidavit C-2927 I have changed my name from Vimala to Vimla Tripathi as per Affidavit C-2928

I have changed my name from Jatinkumar Krishnakant Soni to Jatin Krishnakant Langalia as per Affidavit C-2930

I have changed my name from Afsana Raheman Shaikh to Aneesa Imtiyaz Kadri as per Affidavit No: KU 279467 C-2898

I Ashokkumar Thakur Have changed my minor daughter's name from Disha Ashokkumar Thakur to Amisha Ashokkumar Thakur as per Affidavit No: KU 357828 C-2900

I have changed my name from Vanita Krishna Dumana to Sumedha Krishna Dumana as per Affidavit C-2939

I have changed my name from Nilima Namadeo Raut to Smita Ghanshyam Bagwe as per Affidavit dated: 18 April 2014 C-2912 I have changed my name from Aboobakar Abdullah Patel to Abubakar Abdullah Patel as per Affidavit C-2913

I have changed my name from Nurahasan Khairulla Ansari to Noor Hasan Khairulla Ansari as per Affidavit C-2915 I have changed my name from Aqbal Ahmad to Iqbal Ahmad Ansari as per Affidavit C-2916 I have changed my name from Sunil Kumar to Sunil Kumar Goyal as per Affidavit C-2917 I have changed my name from Badrunisha Abdul Wahab to Badrunnisa Dastagir as per Affidavit C-2918

I have changed my name from Tushar Keru Mane to Vitin Keru Mane as per Govt. of Maha.

Gazette No - (U-71866) & Affidavit of 17/04/2014 C-2902

I have changed my name from Jayalatha Mohanan to Jaya Mohanan Kottilingel as per Affidavit C-2919

I have changed my name from Nandkumar Bhagwati Singh Thakur to Nandkumar Bhagwati Singh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohanan to Mohanan Sankunni Kottilingel as per Affidavit C-2920

I have changed my name from Chandrakant Balwant Amrite to Chandrakant Balwant Amrute as per deedpol Affidavit C-2955

I have changed my name from Asija Kishor Deepchand to Asija Kishore Deepchan as per Affidavit C-2921

I have changed my name from Yashin Gulam Husen Shaikh to Yasin Gulam Husen Shaikh as per Affidavit C-2929

I have changed my name from Saeeda Qureshi to Reshma Abdul Rehman Qureshi as per Affidavit No: KU 810574 C-2897

I have changed my name from Raheman Shaikh to Imtiyaz Yasin Kadri as per Affidavit No: KU 279469 C-2899

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I have changed my name from Ghanashyam Balkrishna Bagwe to Ghanshyam Balkrishna Bagwe as per Affidavit dated: 18 April 2014 C-2911

I have changed my name from Vali Mohamad Musa Sheikh, to ‘Vali Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 17/04/2014.

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I have changed my name from Vora Nazma Pravana, to ‘Vora Nazma Parvana’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 19/04/2014.

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I have changed my name from Jitendra Kumar Kanhaiyalal to Jitendra Kumar Kanhaiyalal Shahani as per Affidavit C-2931 I have changed my name from Mustafaali Hakimuddin Burhanpurwala to Mustafa Hakimuddin Burhanpurwala as per Affidavit C-2932

We Mr. Vijay Kumar Nair Thottaserry And Mrs. Vineetha Vijay Nair have changed our minor daughter’s name from Amruta to Amrutha Nair as per Affidavit C-2943

I have changed my name from Prakash Ladulal Dugar to Dugad Prakashchandra Ladulal as per Affidavit C-2960

I have changed my name from Mathew Kakkadan to Mathew Philip Kakkadan as per Affidavit dated: 19 April 2014 C-2945

I have changed my name from Manishaben Rameshbhai Naik to Manisha Bhavesh Vashi as per Affidavit C-2961

I have changed my name from Mary Mathew to Mary Mathew Kakkadan as per Affidavit dated: 19 April 2014 C-2946

I have changed my name from Yasmin Malik Husail to Yasmin Husail Malik as per Affidavit C-2962

I have changed my name from Sneha Mathew to Sneha Mathew Kakkadan as per Affidavit dated: 19 April 2014 C-2947

I have changed my name from Malik Mohd Husail to Husail Ibrahim Malik as per Affidavit C-2963

We Mr. Mathew Philip Kakkadan and Mrs. Mary Mathew Kakkadan have changed our minor son’s name from Reuben Mathew to Reuben Mathew Kakkadan as per Affidavit dated: 19 April 2014 C-2948 I have changed my name from Rakesh Kaloya to Rakesh Kumar Savita as per Affidavit C-2949 I have changed my name from Alka Kaloya to Alka Rakesh Kumar Savita as per Affidavit C-2950

I have changed my name from Muzaffar Hussain Yusufmiya Talib to Muzaffar Husain Talib as per Affidavit C-2934

I have changed my name from Safia Mohammed Ismail to Safiyabegum Mohammed Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit dated: 19/04/2014 C-2951

I have changed my name from Sayyed Abdul Razzak Abdul Rehman Edroos to Abdul Razzak Abdul Rehman Edroos as per Affidavit C-2935

I have changed my name from Khusbunnisa Talukdar Khan to Salma Mohammad Akbar Sayyed as per Affidavit dated: 19/04/2014 C-2952

I have changed my name from Jawed Ismail to Jaweed Ismail Dawre as per Affidavit C-2937 I have changed my name from Hira Janardhan Gosavi to Jayashree Janardhan Gosavi as per Affidavit C-2938

I have changed my name from Bhaveshbhai Sureshbhai Vashi to Bhavesh Sureshbhai Vashi as per Affidavit C-2959

I have changed my name from Abhishek Kumar to Abhishek Kumar Singh as per Affidavit C-2944

I have changed my name from Velerian Vadlya / Valerian Vadalya to Velerin Vadlea as per Affidavit C-2933

I have changed name from Parvez Nasir Edroos Sayed to Parvez Nasir Edroos as per Affidavit C-2936

I, Hitesh Haria (Father) have change my daughter's name Parthavi Hitesh Haria to Paarthavi Hitesh Haria as per Affidavit C-2958

We Mr.Sanjay Sushil Harlalka and Mrs.Rachana Sanjay Harlalka our minor son Yash Sanjay Harlalka formerly called Lakshya Sanjay Harlalka as per Affidavit dated: 19/04/2014 C-2953 I have changed my name from Mohammed Sayeed Abdul Hamid Khan to Saeed Abdul Hamid Khan as per Affidavit dated:19/04/2014 C-2954

I have changed my name from Mohammad Furkhan to Furkhan Husail Malik as per Affidavit C-2964 I have changed my name from Niti Kapoor to Neeti Kapoor as per Affidavit C-2965 I have changed my name from Krishna Navnit Gaglani to Krishna Sudhakar Kotian as per Affidavit C-2966 I have changed my name from Ahmedraza Mohd Jameel Mewawala to Ahmed Raza Jamil Mewawala as per Affidavit C-2967 I have changed my name from Vrushali Gajanan Kulkarni to Shivangi Mangesh Telang as per Affidavit C-2968 I have changed my name from Abdul Majeed Abdul Samad Ansari to Abdul Majid Abdul Samad Ansari as per Affidavit C-2969 I have changed my name from Mastan Miyan Mehmood Miyan to Mastan Miyan Mehmood Miyan Shaikh as per Affidavit C-2970 I have changed my name from Sahnawaz Paremia Shaikh to Shanavaj Pyaremiya Shaikh as per Affidavit C-2971

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and its ally, the Shiv Sena.

Voting for the first phase passed off relatively peacefully in Vidarbha, despite the As the 2014 Lok Sabha elec- scorching summer heat and tion enters its most crucial the Naxal threat. But then decisive phase, political dia- Samajwadi Party state unit tribes are becoming even chief Abu Azmi went a step

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ceived a rap on the knuckles from the ECI for asking voters in 'jest' to vote twice.

The ECI itself did not cover itself in glory with its election commissioner H S Bramha rather uncharitably describing Mumbai as 'the paid news

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more shriller by the day. For some issues, the Election Commission has cracked the whip; but on issues like candidates hijacking agenda of their rivals, or some declaring unsolicited support to rival candidates, it has thrown its hands up. It argues that it has got no law in place to stop NCP's Praful Patel printing photos of Narendra Modi in his progress report, or to stop MNS chief Raj Thackeray from pledging unwarranted support to Modi, much to the discomfort of both the BJP

ahead of his boss in demeaning womanhood. Ironically, both he and his party boss seem to have been let off the hook by the poll body. Just as we thought that he had become sober, NCP's deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has once again landed himself in a soup as it were with his alleged controversial threat issued to people to vote for the NCP in Baramati or they will not get water. He may have denied it, but it comes just days after his uncle and party boss Sharad Pawar had re-

capital of the world.' The poll body apparently seems to develop cold feet when it comes to taking the big bulls by their horns and in the end lets them off the hook with a mild reprimand. We are yet to hear from the poll body on Azmi.

The otherwise proactive ECI, which urges people to vote, just has no answers to the usual complaint of missing names from voter list.

Socio-Political Gone are the 1970’s or early

80’s when election campaigning meant painting walls with political graffiti, slogans, banners and autos and taxis fitted with those ear-splitting loudspeakers. Even the flex banners have now given way

dates as well as political parties.

That is why it pays to keep a small army of techies and gadget freeks and be visible on social media platforms.

According to a recent survey

to the new kids on the block, the Social Media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

Now feeding and keeping the party's foot soldier on the ground in good humour during poll season is drilling holes in the pockets of candi-

by IRIS, social media platforms like Facebook have a direct impact on about 150 Lok Sabha seats out of the 543 seats. Moreover, the young first time voter can have deep impact on the voting. Already the ECI is facing

complaints and countercomplaints on the use of this new age technology which seeks to monitor its usage. Social media platforms like Facebook and several voluntary corporate initiatives have chipped in with their efforts to urge the voters to vote. By the way, although the ECI & CDAC have brought out Apps for voter name search, the ECI is still hesitant on tying up with Google on maximising its reach in terms of electoral awareness and its other deliverables.

The penetration of the social media is not just restricted to big metros or major urban cities, but also to villages. Social media platforms act as peer pressure in motivating people to vote.

But care must be taken that social media sites do not end up in virtual electoral battlefields with slander, provocation and defamation taking over the debate. As technology and means of communications are rapidly changing, the ECI can ill-afford to be just a fence-sitter. Who knows, social media platforms and new age means of communications might just motivate the usually apathetic Mumbaikars to come out in droves to vote on April 24!

Congress is a mother-son party, says Ramdev party of 'Maa-Beta' (mother and son).

"Supreme Prime Minister aunching a frontal attack is Sonia and her son Rahul on Nehru-Gandhi family, Gandhi. Yeh maa-beta party Yoga guru and supporter of desh ko chala rahe hain (The Narendra Modi, Baba party of mother and son is Ramdev on Sunday criticized ruling the country)," he said, the Congress, calling it a while addressing a press con-

ference in the city.

"This Maa-Beta party has no sympathy towards the people in the country. They are not concerned about the woes of the people," he alleged.

Exuding confidence that BJP-led by Modi would get a

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ISKCON’s Gita Championship League is a hit among Mumbaikars

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he International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) announced 257 prizes for the participants of January 2014 'Gita Champions League' (GCL) contest, today morning at Patidar Hall

in Girgaum Chowpatty.As many as 487 adults and 3,656 children had participated from 70 schools across Mumbai in two different groups, i.e. Group I was for children from standards V to X, and Group II was for everyone above class X or above the age

of 15. There were also 5 special (blind) participants in GCL. Mohit Suthar of Gopal’s Garden School, Priyadarshini Kamat from VPM’s Vidya Mandir, Kajal Ghadigaonkar from Maharani Saibhai Vidya Mandir , Purva Shukla from Bhagwan Bhoir School,

Saurabh Tiwari from Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar School, Amisha Shukla from Bhagwan Bhoir School secured first place from their respective standard in Group I category and Hitika Karamchandani Secure first place in Group II.

thumping victory, Ramdev said the time has come to bid adieu to Congress, reports PTI. "Because of illiteracy in most parts of the country people do not know about the sins committed by the Congress," he claimed.

"Congress will get only 4050 seats. There is not only a Modi wave, but there is a Modi storm which will make big trees fall. I feel that most corrupt leaders from the Congress will flee from the country after the elections," he said.

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I Vinay Somanath Mestry have changed my name to Vinay Somnath Mestry as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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Congress-led state government move to regularise slums up to the year 2000, Rahul Gandhi stated that the poor shall get a pucca roof over their head.

Commenting upon the state government initiatives to provide subsidised healthcare to the poor, he said all the poor will get free medical treatment and healthcare facilities if the Congress-led UPA Government is reelected.

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Rahul Gandhi lashed out at Modi's Gujarat model alleging that 45,000 acres of land was given at a throwaway price of just Rs.30 crore to A Daniel Group of Industries.

He added that in Gujarat if one earns Rs.12 a day, then he is not considered poor.

Rahul Gandhi stated that there is now a one-man rule in BJP. He said that senior party leaders like L K Advani, Jaswant Singh have been sidelined.

Earlier, the rally was supposed to have been jointly addressed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and NCP president Sharad Pawar. According to Congress sources, the party president could not make it due to ill health. She was to address two rallies at Nandurbar and Dhule. NCP minister Jayant Patil, who spoke, clarified that Pawar could not make it on account of a technical snag in his helicopter.

Mayank Gandhi of AAP is hoping for a clean sweep Continued from pg 1 « running low on funds, is making the best of it.

Yesterday, Mayank Gandhi and his men, boys and girls were out on the roads from 9.30am to 2pm, hitting the streets on Easter Sunday morning in Goregaon and Jogeshwari's western side with a vengeance. Everywhere they went, they stopped to talk to people. And incredibly, people did not seem to mind and in fact were welcoming, said party members.

In the evening, after 4 pm, right up to 9.30 pm, the procession was off again on its rounds, this time in Versova and Yari Road, where once again they grabbed eyeballs and seemed to elicit not just amused smiles and affection but actual attention.

Part of it at least was caused by the very appearance of the procession. There were 39 auto rickshaws, 6 tempos and around 12 other vehicles in the parade which kept up a smart pace. Each one was heavily decorated with stickers , 3,000 in all it was stated by a party spokesman, and then there were the jhadoos, hundred of them, lashed defiantly upright to rickshaw, tempo and car, lights outlining them in stark silhouette.

Everywhere they went, they rolled out the megaphonic chant of corruption and the

need for change. It seemed to strike a chord with aam aadmi on the street, many of whom said they had been the recipient of visits at home by party representatives as well.

That has been another aspect of this election. Untiring efforts by many contestants in all the constituencies to connect with voters in their homes, whether in swanky gated communities or road level slums.

So far, said the spokesman, the party in the North West Lok Sabha constituency had covered nearly 250,000 households. "Not all," he declared, but almost all. Just as we have visited almost all the areas in our part of the city.

In contrast, Gurudas Kamat of the Congress has seemed almost laid-back, Gajanan Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena has been more visible in Goregaon and Borivli than in Versova, and Mahesh Manjrekar for the MNS is not considered a serious contender, though he cuts a fine figure when he does decide to stride out.

If one were to go by the kind of response the AAP seems to evoke, it would seem that the result is already in the bag, But past history indicates that Indian elections seldom deal in fairy story endings, so Gandhi's will also have to wait.

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hree members of a Chembur-based family, including two minors, travelling in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) died in a freak road mishap, which also five others injured, on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway (number 8) in Vasai early on Sunday morning.

According to Deputy SP (Traffic) Chandrakant Joshi, the mishap was reported from the Fly-Over-Bridge (FOB) on the Tungareshwar Phata stretch of the highway at about 6:15 am.

The SUV, a Scorpio, which was heading towards Ahmedabad, had just climbed on to the FOB when the driver of the container truck, driving in the same direction, cut lanes in an attempt to overtake another vehicle, lost control over his vehicle and crashed into the Scorpio.

While three occupants of the SUV, identified as Kishansingh Udaysingh Kharwad (38), Puransingh Kishansingh Kharwad (12) and Anita Mansingh Kharwad (8) died on the spot, four others, including Lakshmi Udaysingh (80), Devbai Nahar Singh (40), Geeta Kishansingh (30), Mamta Mansingh (12) and Pooja Kishansingh (10), were injured and were admiited to a

Highway Horror!

3 of family killed, 5 injured in road mishap at Vasai after rashly driven container overturns on Scorpio SUV on flyover near Tungareshwar Phata

The mangled remains of the Scorpio SUV (right) and the toppled container truck on the Western Express Highway on Sunday. private hospital, police said.

An oil tanker had already crashed into the road divider a few minutes before this mishap took place, and the driver of the Scorpio was apparently negotiating his way ahead when the container truck coming from behind, in an appar-

ent overtaking attempt, lost control and smashed into it.

Such was the impact of the crash that the Scorpio which got sandwiched between both the heavy motor vehicles was virtually reduced to mangled remains of iron scrap.

The Kharwad family had

Fake vehicle insurance racket busted in Vasai

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here may be some unsuspecting vehicle owners who may not get compensated if their car or bike happens to get rammed by an errant vehicle. The insurance cover of either one or both of the parties involved in the incident may probably be a fake.

With the arrest of three flyby-night agents, the Valiv police in Vasai have unearthed a fake insurance scam in which thousands of people were reportedly duped on the virtue of bogus insurance covers of reputed companies. Claiming to represent major companies, the trio, identified as Kishore Pawar (30), Dhirendra Tripathi (48). both residents of Vasai, and Anand Singh (32), a resident of Bhayandar, lured customers by offering vehicle insurance at a very low premium.

But what the customers would not realize was that they were actually being handed over fake premium receipts by the accused. The fraud came to light when one of the motorists applied for an accident claim with an insurance company. He received the shock of his life when he learnt that the vehicle had never been insured, following which he registered a complaint at the Valiv police station.

After a detailed probe, a police team led by Surendra Shivde, arrested the trio who are suspected to be members of an inter-state gang involved

The three accused who conned thousands of vehicle owners. in fabricating fake insurance certificates and premium receipts of various popular insurance companies.

The police also recovered more than 1,500 fake policies

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amounting Rs 5.6 lakh, two laptops, bogus letterheads and rubber stamps of insurance companies. A case under section 420, 465, 467 ,468, 471 and 34 of the IPC has been registered against the fraudsters who have been remanded to custody till May 4.“More arrests are likely,” said Shivde. As per sections of the Motor Vehicle Act, it is mandatory for each vehicleowner to at-least possess a third party insurance, which provides monetary relief to the third party (accident victim) in case of an accident.

left their residence in Chembur at about 5 am and were headed to their native village of Molela in the Rajasmand district of Rajasthan, said the police.

After post-mortem, the bodies were handed over to the grief-stricken family members. The driver of the container, indentified as Jai

Rajbhar, has been booked under section 304 of the IPC for causing death due to rash and negligent driving. API Ganesh Mali is investigating the case. Vehicular movement on the highway remained paralyzed for a couple of hours, and traffic returned to normalcy only later in the afternoon.

Whistleblower seeks action against top cops

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hashi Sharma, the editor of a local news weekly, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking action against top cops for wrongly framing in criminal cases in which he himself played the role of whistleblower.

Seeking a detailed probe against top cops including the State DIG, ACB, Thane ( Rural) SP and two officials of the Bhayandar police station, Sharma, in his petition (1404/2014), claims to be a victim of unjustified action by the cops who acted on the behest of politicians and the land mafia.Apart from being wrongly framed in a case of fraud and another of sexual harassment, which was the fallout of his complaint against the violation of model code of conduct case during the state assembly polls, Sharma was also dragged into a graft case which saw an NCP corporator and a ward official in the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation landing behind bars after being caught red handed by the ACB while the two accepting a bribe to shelter an illegal construction in Uttan near Bhayandar in Dec. 2013.

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Purchaser finds properties worth crores of rupees occupied by unknown persons

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enior citizen Gayasuddin Zariwala (67), a resident Kurla, was shocked to find that his eight rooms at Shukjlaji Street in South Mumbai were being used by four people, who he never knew or met till he came to know that they were staying at his property worth crores of rupees.

Zariwala had bought the eight shops from Suleman Qureshi, father of the accused, 25 years ago. He had kept the houses as an investment without selling it to anyone. However in 2012, when he visited the place, he found that the place was used by Khurshid Banatwala, Ketayun Kawarana, Farooq

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aharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan’s Tata Safari car met with an accident at Malad (east) on the Western Express Highway (WEH) on Saturday night after the vehicle hit the pilot car of the minister’s convoy after two cars ahead of the convoy applied sudden brakes. Officials said that an assistant inspector of police seated in the pilot car sustained minor injuries in the mishap.

The police said that the zonal deputy commissioner of police submitted a report of the incident to the regional additional commissioner stating that the mishap was a clear case of a road accident. No first information report (FIR) has been registered in the matter.

According to the Dindoshi police, the chief minister’s convoy comprising five cars was moving on the northbound stretch of the Malad flyover on the WEH when the mishap took place around 8.10 pm on Saturday.

Officials said that an Innova

Bantawala and Kashmira Bhatt.

On inquiry, he found that the sons of Suleman, namely Sultan, Rizwan and Imran had sold the place to the four people currently occupying the place.

Zariwala said, "I went to the police station, but the cops did not register a case. I then approached the court which ordered the police station to register a case." A case of cheating and forgery was registered against the seven people. Cops then started the investigation. The accused have went for the

anticipatory bail, after a FIR was register on April 4.

Ashok Jagdale, senior police inspector of MRA Marg police station, "The property must be worth crores today.

We have investigated the matter and have found that Zariwala owns the property. The accused have applied for anticipatory bail, but court had given them another date. We will arrest them soon."

After the FIR was registered into the MRA Marg police station, all the accused have been threatening Gayasuddin. On Friday, he has registered a complaint into the police station against Sultan and his colleague, Jagdale added.

Convoy collision rammed into the Ertiga from the rear. Subsequently, the bullet-proof Tata Safari that the chief minister was seated in hit the Gypsy,” said Additional Commissioner of Police Brijesh Singh.

PSI UN Rajput said '' Safari’s driver tried hard to control the car, however, since it weighs four tons being a bullet-proof vehicle, it could not be controlled easily. The minister, Rajput said, escaped unhurt and was escorted away in a spare vehicle that was present in the five-car convoy.

“P Desai, assistant police inspector with the Worli traffic outpost sustained minor injuries in the mishap. While the Innova driver left the The damaged rear of the pilot vehicle. spot immediately after, the Ertiga, Gypsy and Safari suscar ahead of the convoy ap- brakes. tained damages in the plied sudden brakes after “After the Ertiga applied mishap. We have recorded which an Ertiga, which was sudden brakes, the convoy’s the incident and no FIR has between the Innova and the pilot car, a Maruti Gypsy also been registered,” said Raconvoy, also applied sudden applied sudden brakes and jput.

CM's car dashes into pilot vehicle along WEH

Court acquits 7 murder case accused for want of evidence

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Mumbai on January 27, 2008 and took him to a deserted area in Taloja where local court has acquitted all seven they murdered him. accused tried in connection with Assistant Public Prosecutor Buleshmurder of a truck operator in 2008 for war Hinge said the accused suspected want of evidence. that the victim had stolen a truck beThane Additional Sessions Court longing to one of them.

Judge A.S. Waghwase, in his verdict The victim's body was recovered pronounced yesterday, said the prose- from Khadakpada in Kalamboli area. cution had 'miserably failed' to prove The prosecution examined more the charges against all the accused, re- than a dozen witnesses, including one ports PTI. Swaran Singh, who had seen the victim According to the prosecution, the ac- being beaten to death near the Taloja cused abducted the victim, Balvinder Jail on January 28, 2008.

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Saini had died in a road accident.

However, the court said since the prosecution has miserably failed to prove the charges beyond reasonable doubt and hence the accused get the benefit of the doubt and stand acquitted.

The accused are identified as Buta Singh (65), Nishan Singh (50), Major Singh (65), Sarabjit Singh (70), Jagdeep alias Deepak (45), Jaimal Singh (80) and Swaran Singh (45) – all into transport business.

They were tried under various sections of IPC.

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Noted lawyer Adhik Shirodkar no more

The funeral procession of Adhik Shirodkar (inset) at Girgaum, yesterday.

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oted criminal lawyer and former Shiv Sena MP Adhik Shirodkar died of old age at his residence on Saturday night, his family sources said yesterday.

Shirodkar, 80, is survived by his son Rajendra, who is also a criminal lawyer. Shirodkar had appeared in many criminal cases including the 1992 multi-crore securities scam involving stock broker Harshad Mehta.

His funeral was attended by several prominent lawyers of the Bombay High Court.

Shirodkar had represented

Sena in Rajya Sabha from 1995 to 2001. He was a prominent party leader and very close to Sena chief (late) Balasaheb Thackeray. Thackeray used to consult Shirodkar on legal matters and party's stand on various issues. He was one of the executers of the will left behind by Thackeray. Shirodkar had a passion for photography and held many exhibitions in the city.

In a condolence message to the bereaved family, senior Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai said, "In the death of Shirodkar, the people and the party had lost an able leader and an efficient lawyer".

Giriraj's remarks anti-constitutional: NCP

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he NCP on Sunday condemned as 'anti-constitutional' Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh's 'back Narendra Modi or go to Pakistan' remark.

"This statement violates the poll code, Indian Penal Code and Constitution," Majeed Memon, Rajya Sabha member and NCP Secretary, told PTI. "It is not only mischievous, notorious but tends to create disharmony and cause unrest in the country. "The statement is not only violative of election code of conduct but also attracts serious crim-

inal offences under the Indian Penal Code and is contrary to the Constitution.

"In view of the fact that such a dangerous statement is carried on the front pages of leading newspapers, it has become necessary for the EC to act forthwith and cancel Giriraj's candidature.

"At the same time it has become inescapable duty of both BJP chief Rajnath Singh and their Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi to publicly condemn the statement, disown the same loudly and issue public apology," he said.

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Flag March was carried out in the Naya Nagar area of Mira Road on Sunday evening. A contingent of more than 500 police personnel participated in the pre-election exercise. Currently, various measures are being taken by the Thane (rural) police to ensure safety and peaceful environment during upcoming Lok Sabha election. This flag march was also meant to be an ‘assurance of safety’ by the department, especially in the suspected trouble spots in the area.

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Godrej, Parekh, Kotak support Deora in South Mumbai HOPING TO RISE AGAIN AS WINNER: Congress candidate from Mumbai South constituency, Milind Deora, (left) interacting with the clergy at Christ Church in Byculla, on the occasion of Easter. He is seen participating in hymns and prayers with the congregation, on Sunday.

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ome of the top business leaders and trade associations on Sunday came out in support of the Union Minister of State for Telecom and sitting MP from Mumbai South, Milind Deora, who is seeking a third term from the constituency.

Chairman of the Godrej group Adi Godrej, HDFC chair- Adi Godrej Deepak Parekh man Deepak Parekh and ViceChairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra port to Deora's candidature. good and we have been witBank Uday Kotak issued a joint "His parliamentary and ness to his integrity, hard statement here extending sup- ministerial performance is work and dedication to his

Uday Kotak profession. We support his candidature from South Mumbai as an individual,"

the statement said.

Deora, in turn, called Godrej, Parekh and Kotak his "role models and mentors" and said he hoped to "continue to live upto the expectations of the business community as a South Mumbai representative".

Vice-President of the Indian Bullion and Jewellery Association Prithviraj Kothari, President of Federation of Retail Traders Welfare Association Viren Shah, Honorary Secretary of Metal and Steel Merchants' Association Jethmal S Bothra, president of Bharat Di-

amond Bourse Anoop Bhai Mehta, Diamond Bourse Association president Bharat Shah and Surender Sawai, president of Mumbai Textile Trader Association also pledged support to Deora on behalf of their organisations, reports PTI. The National Spot Exchange Investors Forum representing some 13,000 investors who collectively lost close to Rs 5,500 crore of their investment in the spot exchange crisis have also expressed support for Milind Deora, said Sharad Kumar Saraf, the forum's chairman.

Realty developers banking on post-election stable govt

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he real estate industry, which has been going through a rough patch for the last few years, believes that a stable government after the ongoing national elections will revive the investment sentiment, a report said.

"The real estate sector is holding its breath for the potential optimism which is expected to boost investment sentiments. The next government's economic and employment policies will be key drivers to growth in the real estate sector for the next five years," Jones Lang LaSalle's Ramesh Nair said in a report.

"The business community is looking at a stable government with a new Prime Minister and a new Finance Minister. As an industry, we have been bringing to fore the need to address the issue of housing on a war-footing.

"The new Prime Minister and Finance Minister will decide the future and we expect positive things to take place in the coming years," Rustomjee group chairman Boman Irani said.

According to experts, investment sentiment in the realty sector is

likely to improve post-elections.

The country received less than 1 per cent of total US $130 billion invested in the real estate sector in the Asia Pacific region in 2013.

"Fence-sitting investors and home buyers will remain spectators during this election season. Election results do not make or break a market, but they are likely to reinstate confidence and uplift home buyers'

sentiment. Post-elections, if the road to recovery is unhindered, property buyers may very well reenter the market in good numbers," Nair said.

ASK group managing director Sunil Rohokale said, "Investors, both domestic and global, want to invest in the real estate in the country, but due to lack of clarity on policy front and challenges on supply

"The new Prime Minister and Finance Minister will decide the future and we expect positive things to take place in the coming years," said.

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side they are deferring their decisions.

"The new government will have to deal with increase in governance in asset class and bring in ease of investment and exits. We believe we will have a stable government which will address these issues."

Shriram Properties managing director M Murali said, "We have seen the Ahmedabad development model. It is necessary that such models are replicated in other parts of the country as well. We believe once we get a stable government, the sector will see a boom."

He, however, maintains that with the boom, the sector needs to regulate itself and should not wait for any regulatory bill to govern it.

"The government will also have to take steps to ensure effective implementation of the various reforms and policies formed by the outgoing government," Murali said, adding "policies related to land acquisition, rehabilitation, clearances, real estate regulation bill should be implemented efficiently".

Industry experts, however, believe the real impact of any changes will not reflect for at least another one year.

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“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!”

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HEN violation of poll conduct is not very serious, the Election Commission rightly lets off the person if he tenders an apology and promises to behave. It did not take any action against BJP leader Amit Shah who apologised and promised he would not indulge in such behaviour again. Amit Shah had spoken of revenge when he addressed a meeting in Muzaffarnagar.

It is to be seen what the EC will do in the case of UP minister Azam Khan who has been violating the poll code again and again.

The EC has issued a notice to him but he ignores the notice and defies it. He has said, for instance, it was not the Hindus but Muslims who achieved victory in Kargil. This is indeed an explosive remark when an election is on. It looks like he is not bothered about what the EC says — or does.

Poll violations appear to be increasingly taking place in Uttar Pradesh. Azam Khan's boss, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh, has also broken the poll code.

Addressing a meeting of teachers, he threatened them that several perks given to them would be withdrawn if they did not vote for the Samajwadi Party. This is a threat which attracts action by the EC. The EC has already issued a notice to him, but it is certain he will give an unconvincing explanation.

And in Maharashtra, NCP leader Ajit Pawar has threatened the people of a village that they will not get water if they do not vote for the NCP. Pawar has denied he had issued any such threat. He has also said it was not his voice that was heard in the video.

The EC evidently cannot take any immediate action. Pawar's voice has to be tested and this will take quite some time. The election is likely to be over by the time the result of the test is obtained. Pawar seems to have an ingenuous way out since the EC can do precious little before it is established that the voice is indeed that of Ajit Pawar.

Defiance of the EC is taking place in the poll scenario across the country. It is possible some politicians want the poll be postponed by the EC — when they find the poll trends going against them.

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O it is now the idea of India that needs rescuing from the advancing columns of Narendra Modi which seem all set to overrun the electoral fortress of the Congress Party. Since the cowering generals trapped inside that old and crumbling structure fear decimation on May 16, they have SOSed their fast dwindling and demoralized troops to defend them against the marauding Modi hordes. Now if you suspect that self-preservation is being equated with the preservation of the idea of India you would not be wrong.

For, the Gandhis still seem to believe that only what is good for them is good for India, though India itself seems to have come a long way from the time when it had closely linked its destiny with that of the Family.

Priyanka Vadra, er..sorry, Gandhi, raked up the idea of India in the family’s long-suffering citadels of Rai Bareilly and Amethi. Her mention of that evocative phrase without grasping its meaning in the broad civilisational sense, which would arguably allow for the transition of power from one elected party to the other in an orderly democratic manner, was another electoral gimmick. For someone whose family began its stint in power by mutilating that idea of India back in 1947, and has since twisted and mauled it on multiple occasions, exploiting that sacred idea for warding off an impending electoral disaster must have seemed natural. The Gandhis have always put themselves ahead of the country.

The idea of India very-nearly died when Priyanaka’s grandmother stood the Constitution on its head, privileging her own preservation in the prime ministerial gaddi over the urgent demands of the Republic.

Those invoking the idea of India should trust the collective judgment of 800-million plus voters. They will most fervently safeguard this idea. Respecting the popular will can only strengthen that idea. Erecting shibboleths might be comforting in a situation when all else seems lost on the electoral ground. Thus, the idea of idea of Priyanka Vadra at election-time is of a piece with the remembrance of Hitler and Mussolini by Abhishek Manu Singhvi to paint Modi as a ‘dictator.’ They should know. After all, the word of 10 Janpath serves as a virtual diktat for all Congressmen. And if one recalls it right, it was the same Singhvi who not long ago had intoned in all seriousness that Rahul Gandhi was a ‘born leader.’ Yes, a born leader. As for Mussolini and Hitler, well, as far as the ‘aam aadmi’ is concerned, the nearest any Indian leader came to embodying the personas of both those dictators was Indira Gandhi, particularly in the 19-month -long Emergency.

Incidentally, it was quite imaginative of the Congress leadership to choose Singhvi to screen a 2007 Uma Bharti film since he seems

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to know a lot about this sort of film-making. If the Congress endorsed all that Bharti said at a time when she had found herself unceremoniously expelled from the BJP, it must also share her concern for the well-being of hardcore Hindutva warriors such as Pravin Togadia and others, whom Modi had marginalized, and on whose behalf she had taken up cudgels against him. It cannot cherry-pick Bharti’s words in the film. Besides, if the Congress threw angst-ridden words of an expelled Bharti back at the BJP, it will profit immensely from listening to what someone like Sanjay Nirupam had had to say about Sonia Gandhi when he was a ranking Sainik in Balasaheb Thackeary’s Sena. It cuts both ways, doesn’t it?

INSIDE STORY Virendra Kapoor As for the idea of India, well, it will survive, nay, flourish even without the Family. It augurs well for that idea to grow and prosper that despite motivated attempts by the selfappointed purveyors of secularism, albeit a totally faux version of it, practitioners of pernicious identity politics, peddlers of grievance minority and majority politics, Modi has kept his gaze fixed on development as the sole theme of the campaign.

Belated attempts to introduce toffees and balloons as the new currency of political intercourse seemed to have recoiled on its traders. The voter is in an unforgiving mood.

Who can blame him? After all, for five long years he has suffered a record price-rise, hitherto unheard of levels of corruption and criminality and a total absence of governance. Small wonder, then, he is looking for ‘a government that works.’ Only such a government can bolster the idea of India.

House tax ok in Haryana, wrong in Punjab

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T is typical of the Congress’s double standards. In Haryana, the Congress Government levied a hefty property tax in all municipalities almost a decade ago. There

the gate and narrow is the path which leads to life and it is but a few who find it”. Kabir has he Lord is within the body. Between the described this center as the narrow door to two eyes is the Master, the messenger salvation a tenth of a mustard seed. of the Lord. Between the black and the white The physical eyes open to the outside world moles is the shining star, and within the star and the inner eye which has the ability to see dwells the unknown and unseen Lord.” the Supreme Being opens inward into the spirThis point between the eyebrows has been described by saints with different names, it is widely called the third eye, the divine eye, the dark mole by some Muslim adepts, in the Adi itual world which is unending. “That which is grants as ‘ the door of the home’, the tenth visible is perishable, contemplate on Him who door’, ‘the road home’, ‘the gateway of libera- is invisible. When you turn the key to the tenth tion’. The human body made of the five ele- door you will see the Merciful One”. ments has nine doors to it, but it is within the According to Kabir, soul, the wife is intenth door that the Lord lives. The eye center, volved in the nine houses of the external is the point from where the soul has de- world and therefore cannot reach her husscended and diverged into the nine portals of band’s abode, which is the tenth house the body. This is the point where the soul within. When one enters here one enters a must converge to start it’s journey home. This world of light and spiritual beauty. starting point is a narrow and fine one. Jesus As Christ says “when thine eye be single, said “enter in at the straight gate ..straight is thy whole body is filled with light.” — Kabir

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was resistance, as was to be expected, since people were being asked to pay the house tax for the first time. For years, Haryana politicians made money underhand while being arbitrary in enforcing the new tax. A good number of people paid up, while the larger numbers did not. However, last year the Hooda Government did a clever thing. It drastically reduced the rate of property tax as against the originally levied rates. As a result, a vast majority of people paid the modest amount. Property-owners who had paid as per the earlier higher rates got the excess amount adjusted according to the new rates.

But the point to note is that the Congress Government in Haryana did not withdraw the house tax.

Now consider what the Congress Party is doing in the neighbouring Punjab. Its entire election campaign is built around the popular resentment in urban areas against the introduction of the property tax. Pradesh Congress Chief Pratap Singh Bajwa, engaged in a tough battle against BJP’s Vinod Khanna in Gurdaspur, has, in fact, promised the outright abolition of the tax should his party come to power. Of course, Bajwa is hoodwinking the voters. For, it was Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh who had first approved the levy of property tax in Punjab. And rightly so. The levy was a pre-condition for the States to claim funds under the central Jawaharlal Urban Renewal Mission. Besides, the people must contribute at least a small share towards the upkeep of their cities and towns, shouldn’t they?

Unfortunately, Congress leaders, including the Captain and Bajwa, are undermining the Centre-ordered levy for electoral reasons.

Though the rate of property tax in the Akali Dal-BJP-led Punjab is even lower than that charged in the Congress-ruled Haryana, the Congress Party has unleashed a virulent propaganda, encouraging people not to pay house tax. Forced on the back foot, the Akalis have now challenged the Congress to first abolish the tax in Haryana ahead of the April 30 polling in the State if it wants the same to be withdrawn in Punjab. A cornered Bajwa is now running for cover.

Ingrained ill-will

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SURE sign of Narendra Modi’s most likely prime ministry is that the small group of the so-called public intellectuals and secularists is getting all the more apoplectic as the May 16 comes near. It is fanning paranoia about the impending end of the world, as it were, should Modi become prime minister.

These are the same worthies who had sung hallelujahs to Indira Gandhi when she had talked of a committed press, a committed bureaucracy, a committed judiciary et al. And these same self-styled standard-bearers of liberal values had queued up at Indira Gandhi’s door to congratulate her when she had formally snuffed out all the civil rights and unleashed her wayward son Sanjay Gandhi on the nation.

For six years when Vajpayee was prime minister no harm had come to them, though, admittedly, the assorted freebies on which they had come to have a proprietorial claim under the so-called secularist regimes were hard to come by. It is, therefore, not so much the fear of Modi that makes them gets antsy.

No. It is the genuine fear of forfeiting the claim on various entitlements such as membership of various committees, lucrative sinecures, all-paid foreign junkets, etc. that is behind the unremitting campaign of calumny against Modi. They should come to terms with the democratic process and accept the superior wisdom emanating from it. Sooner the better.

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The scheming party A COUPLE of years ago, a top Congress functionary had declared in a public meeting that he was in possession of some incriminating evidence in the form of audio-visual clips. These, according to him, can prove a direct link between the Hindu terrorists and a number of explosions carried out by them across the country. They also reportedly contain some irrefutable evidence pointing to the involvement of the RSS in training its cadres about bomb making techniques. The question that arises is: Why was the gentleman keeping quiet all this time and waited till the General Election process was half way through? Exposure at this stage can safeguard a two-thirds majority for the beleaguered UPA.

entertainment at the forum. Interestingly, Abhishek has also been moderator at India’s first amfAR charity auction that raised funds towards creating awareness about AIDS. As a successful actor and brand endorser, he also brings success to such missions. Here’s wishing him all the best in his social and intellectual endeavours.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

MNS-BJP conundrum

Retire Advani

THE reported statement of the MNS chief Raj Thackeray, that he is Has anybody kept a count of the against the BJP but would support number of times the patriarch of its PM candidate Narendra Modi, the BJP L.K. Advani has undertaken sounds ridiculous. Does it mean to sulking? In case he decides to that the BJP and Modi are two difforce the issue and have things ferent entities? When tomorrow going his way, what options does NaMo becomes PM, will he not be the grand old octogenarian have? implementing the policies of his Cross over to Congress or the Fed- party the BJP? In that case, what eral Front? Will these two entities would be the stand of the MPs, if help him in fulfilling his lifetime elected on the MNS tickets, towards ambition? He should remember the NDA govt headed by the BJP? — Jorhat Singh, Kandivli that it was his own Party that had made him no. 2 in the Vajpayee ministry as the Deputy PM of India.

Also, by such an attitude, he is indirectly harming his own party's A PROSTITUTION den has been set chances at the hustings. The third up on the terrace of ‘Shantaram and the last alternative is, actually Towers’, the building in which I relong overdue, to take political side at Ganesh Nagar, Dombivili sanyas and retire gracefully from (West). It is run by Suresh Joshi, the owner of the building. When we public life.

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz complained about this to the Vishnu Nagar Police Station, they refused to take action, as Suresh Joshi is a corporator and keeps bribIT is a matter of immense pride that ing people not to take action against Abhishek Bachchan, who was the him. Is there any way out to stop first official END7 campaign am- this illegal activity that has been bassador in India to help raise taking place on the terrace of the awareness of Neglected Tropical building since the last 24 years?

Prostitution den

RAHUL Gandhi asked Modi to stop fooling people. At the same time the PMO says that the GDP and per capita income grew three times during the UPA’s rule. On the other hand there is the news that the March 2014 WPI (wholesale price index) inflation rate hiked to 5.7 per cent. The result of such hike can be only

the name of the Gujarat model and its development. The Congress, despite tough situations, must fight and work hard to take the people into confidence without bothering about the outcome of the results.

They must campaign door-to-door to be in direct contact with the voters. It is hoped that Congress Party and its candidate will not give up and fight and will prove the poll survey by certain agency totally wrong.

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

— Vineet Phadtare, Borivli

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A tactical game: The Gandhis' leadership qualities and political strategy are being regularly questioned during these elections. further all round inflation. And the aforesaid government has been ruling till date. Is this not fooling the people? By the way, how can Sonia Gandhi say that

democracy is not safe in hands of one person, when there is no democracy in her Congress itself?

Isn't this also fooling?

— Hansraj Bhat, Borivli

Abhishek’s other talents

— Jubel D’Cruz, Dombivili

a toad-stool! Many people, especially, children go to the airport to IT is election time and newspapers see planes landing and taking off play a pivotal role in bringing the which is a thrilling sight. I have at political parties to the fore. This least seen such a thing at London's election is assuming great impor- Heathrow Airport where children tance and the print media is doing gather with binoculars, notebooks its best to project the images of the and pencils to sight the take off and candidates. General Elections 2014 landing of various aircraft, includis at the half-way stage and we find ing their national flags which is in allegations and counter allegations itself geographical knowledge and about the main parties and the education. Why couldn't T-2 be newspaper give much needed such a structure?

— P. Chakravorty, Fort colour to the crux of the problem.

Photographs bursts in the first page with catchy captions and OF rebuttal from the politi- LETTER THE DAY APROPOS 'Modi's one-man-show: cal leaders. Modi wave makes big news while Congress is Will it go on even after govt is trying to save their face by hook or formed?' (ADC, April 17). Indeed the cook. It is all a political drama all edit piece has come up with an inround and the local news dailies triguing and talk of the nation issue. highlight the chances of their area Already there are whispers in the candidates and all India newspa- corridors of the BJP outfit that pers make it big with all India news. Narendra Modi is facing a strong — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada undercurrent within his party for the Indian PM's hot seat. In view of this, the opposition and those who are in the know allege that he is facELECTED representatives are basi- ing two contenders within his party, cally servants of our society and are one Sushma Swaraj and the other, known to be a corrupt lot. So why the ripe old man, L.K. Advani. Howshould there be a separate circular ever one thing is amply clear that on how the police should treat his campaign has taken the country them? In fact, they should first learn by storm. Now we will have to cross a lesson on how to behave with po- our fingers till the results are out. licemen and not treat them as My personal hunch is that the aam slaves. aadmi will desperately vote for — Laxminarayanan Balakrishnan, Mumbai Modi only to seek change.

A haphazard media

Disappointing T-2 A WHILE ago someone got elated and said the Mumbai airport terminal T-2 has made us proud - far from it. Today we have been put to shame. Indeed, Rs.7,000 crore has gone down the drain. It is simply an ugly sight. It doesn't have any sophistry so to say. The present structure is like a 'banger chhataa' -

Secular skull-cap

IT was amazing that Arnab Goswami, the feared heckler of Times Now, anchored a slanging match over Modi's refusal to wear a skull cap. A day earlier the topic was Modi's marriage - reminding me of the lyrics 'Begani shaadi mai Abdullah dewana' and the studio had many Abduallahs. Returning to the cap, Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Sardar Patel, Lal Bahadur Shahstri didn't wear skull caps to flaunt their secularism. Atalji, Advaniji donned the cap and lost their posts in office.

It is sheer nonsense if one has to prove his secular credentials by wearing a skull cap, a cross or tilak.

Soniaji, Mamtaji, Mayaji, JayalaliTHERE is a new weekly market at Diseases (NTDs), was chosen as the taji, are no less secular just because New Panvel Node. Every Friday keynote speaker at the Economic they don't wear the burqa. Imagine evening, the market near sectors 1, Forum for India at London School Sushmaji go on her roadshows clad 2 and 3 is proving to be a big hassle of Economics (LSE) 2014. He was in the burqa.

— A.K.R. Hemmady, Virar for commuters and pedestrians and the keynote speaker in the sphere of has been causing much traffic congestion on the roads.

The illegal hawkers have set up shop on the footpath and road. Earlier it was near Amba Mata temple road, but now it has spread to ever IT was a clash of the titans when available nook and corner of sectors — Bollywood icon Amitabh 2 and 3 . The hawkers have set up Bachchan and south icon Rashop near in front of society comjnikant - on April 11 the projects of pounds which is of great concern to the two celebrities had their rethe society. So civic authorities spective projects – Bachchan’s should find an alternative space for 'Bootnath Returns’ and Rajni’s them to do their business peacefully — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai with out disturbing the public and 'Kochadaniiyan' hitting the screen on the same day. But unlike in Boltraffic.

— Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel lywood, in the South, Rajni’s films are released as early as 5 am The news about the arrest of Arthur amidst the burst of crackers, the Road Jail chief and his deputy by the beat of drums and hurling of flowAnti Corruption Bureau was re- Everybody is writing off the Coners at the screen. In fact, even the ported in most April 18 newspapers. gress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha gods are worshipped at temples Double release: Amitabh The news suggests that it is time we elections in favour of Bharatiya for the success of the superstar's Bachchan's 'Boothnath Returns' and Rajnikant's 'Kochadaniiyan' were took strong measures to curb cor- Janata Party (BJP) under its prime films.

— K.V. Raman, Malad released on the same day. ruption in the country. The bribes ministerial candidate Narendra amounting to lakhs of rupees are Modi who is making tall claims in

BJP undercurrent

Separate circular

usually given in the form of currency notes of high denominations of Rs.1,000 and Rs.500. To give Rs.1 lakh, a small bundle of a hundred Rs.1,000 notes can easily be carried in a small bag.

Therefore to curb such black money, all currency notes of high denominations must be abolished.

One more way to get rid of the black money economy in the country is to frame a law to make all financial transactions involving amounts larger than Rs.2,000 be made compulsorily by cheque or credit/debit cards only. Generation of black The Bachchan brain: It's not news money will stop by this way.

— K.G. Acharya, Andheri that the Bachchan's are a clever clan who manage to distribute their talents equally between Bollywood and social causes.

Friday market nuisance

Clash of the Titans

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By Suresh Golani

THANE LOK SABHA POLLS

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ive days ahead of polling day, the state leadership of the Congress and NCP, led by Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, in an attempt at damage control, conducted a joint election campaign in Mira Road on Saturday night. This was done to quell the infighting between the local leaders of both the parties. “We face a major battle ahead in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, so it is time to forget our differences and stand united against communal forces,” appealed Chavan in the Naya Nagar area of Mira Road, where NCP’s Sanjeev Naik is seeking re-election from the sprawling Thane Lok Sabha constituency, while its poll ally, the local unit of the Congress is still in denial mode. There is so much bitterness within the Congress city rank and file against the local NCP leadership, that a major chunk of their leaders and partymen at the grassroot level have openly declined to work for Naik.

A section of Congress leaders and former municipal corporators have even tendered their resignations in protest against Naik’s candidature.

Moreover, senior Congress leader, advocate S.A.Khan, who is known to be a staunch supporter of MLC Muzaffar Hussain, has thrown his hat into the poll ring as an independent.

Locally, both parties have been contesting elections separately, which has led to dissidence among

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CM appeals for Cong-NCP unity as state leaders launch last minute damage control measures to quell infighting at grassroot level

Modi has dictatorial tendencies, fatal for the nation: CM Prithviraj Chavan

Congress and NCP party leaders at a joint rally held in Mira Road, on Saturday night. local office-bearers of the Congress party, and this could prove a hurdle for the NCP. Besides, this constituency includes the Muslim dominated pockets of Kashimira and Mira Road where the Congress has better organisational strength. The NCP will therefore necessarily have to enlist support of their alliance partner to secure a win in what is being seen as a straight neck-to-neck contest with Shiv Sena candidate Rajan Vichare, who is riding high on the so-called Modi wave with muchneeded mutual support from its traditional ally, the BJP. Also present during the electioneering were legislator Gilbert Mendonca, Thane Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik, MBMC Mayor Catlyn Pereira, NCP leaders Vasant Davkhare, Gajanan Desai, BVA Leader Hitendra Thakur, Former mayor Tulsidas Mhatre, District Congress President Leo Colasso, amongst others.

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Labelling Narendra Modi as a dangerous man with dictatorial tendencies who has hijacked the BJP, Chavan said, “The country faces the prospect of a dictatorial one-man regime if the BJP’s prime ministerial aspirant was allowed a free run.” Slamming Modi’s developmental assertions, he said the claims of Gujarat as model of progress and development are all false as statistics indicate otherwise.

“The two separate states Maharashtra and Gujarat, were born 54 years ago. And today I responsibly state that we are way ahead of Gujarat on all parameters. I have already challenged Modi for an open debate on development at any platform he wishes,” Chavan said.

Congress MLC Muzaffar Hussain fires salvo at NCP in front of CM Prithviraj Chavan

Congress MLC Muzaffar Hussain

Congress MLC Muzaffar Hussain, who also shared the stage with the Chief Minister, did not miss the chance to voice his anger against the local NCP leadership.

Posing a serious question mark on the loyalty of the NCP leaders in following the 'Alliance Dharma,' Hussain launched a scathing attack on the local NCP unit saying, “Some disgruntled members of the Congress party tendered their resignations as a mark of protest against the NCP. However, it does not mean that I have orchestrated this move. A section of self-centered NCP leaders have been purposely branding me as a traitor and I will not tolerate this. Even though the entire region is aware about the NCP’s disloyalty towards the 'Alliance Dharma,' we have been, and will continue to stand by the coalition as it is our duty to ensure that a person like Narendra Modi, who leads the wicked communal forces does not grab power,” he said. Even as Hussain assured he would work to ensure defeat of communal parties, the NCP supporters have doubts whether he will act on his commitment. Both the parties have been fighting against each other in the local selfgovernment elections, creating bitterness among ground-level workers and making it difficult to for them to work and campaign for each other.

‘Money, muscle power being used to win polls’

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n Independent candidate from the Thane Lok Sabha constituency on Sunday alleged that sitting MP and NCP leader Sanjeev Naik made rampant use of money and muscle power to win

elections.

Independent candidate Vinod Gangwal, who has filed more than two dozen complaints against Naik and his son, told PTI that unlike the past, the Election Commission is taking prompt action.

He challenged the use of several thousands of hoardings, especially in MiraBhayandar which costs several crores of rupees, though total expenses permitted is merely Rs 70 lakh per candidate.

Gangwal presented what

he called "evidence" of "five to 25 per cent kickbacks for each contract awarded by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation".

He furnished blank cheques collected by Naiks from contractors before sanctioning the contract.

"Cheques were drawn by Saideep Construction and all blank cheques were undated and amounted Rs 3,30,000 each," he said.

Gangwal said he had complained to the Election Commission, the CBI, the RBI and the ACB.

Christian bodies back NDA Felicitations by Iran League candidate from Palghar LS seat P

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number of Christian associations in once Portuguese enclave of Vasai in the district have extended their support to NDA nominee Chintaman Vanga who is in fray from Palghar Lok Sabha seat.

"The community members have taken the decision to back the BJP candidate due to harassment by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi which is led

by Hitendra Thakur," said one of the community leaders.

He said as many as 15 as-

representatives of the Forum said they were forced to take this decision on account of the growing "goonda raj" in the belt. "We want this place to be safer and peaceful and backing Vanga," one of the representatives said.

The associations who have declared their support to Vanga include Vijay Macchado of Swabhimani Vasociations have come to- saikar Sanstha, Jack Gomes gether and formed the of Jagruti Yuva Sangh, Kayus "Vasai Minorities Forum" to Fernandes of Ek Parivar Sansupport Wanga. dor, and Dileep Mathak of Addressing reporters in Koli Yuva Shakti, Koliwada.

Vasai last evening in presThakur could not be ence of local BJP leaders, the reached for comments.

residentVispi Dastur and the Managing Committee of Iran League held their 92nd Annual Prize Distribution Function on Saturday, April 19th at Cama Baug, Grant

Road. Yezdi Desai, Trustee of Bombay Parsi Punchayet was the Chief Guest. Mrs. Anahita Y. Desai distributed the Prizes and Trophies. The Maneckji Limji Hataria Heroism Trophy

was awarded to Captain Sohrab Jamshed Contractor IN (Retd.). Yasmin Charna, Head of the Boarding at Bai Avabai F. Petit Girls High School was the Guest of Honour.

(LtoR): Silloo Shapurji, Sarosh Cawasji Dinshaw, Yezdi Desai (at the mike), Vispi Dastur, Yasmin Charna, Capt. Sohram Contractor and Sam Choksi.

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By Gajanan Khergamker

ust before the world’s largest democracy goes into polls, India makes Corporate Social Responsibility mandatory for corporates. Now, corporates in India have to match the efforts of the State and NonGovernmental Organisations (NGOs) in initiating activities for the economic growth of the underprivileged and similarly marginalised groups as well as social causes like animal welfare and environment.

From April 1st 2014, it has become legally binding for companies in India to be “socially responsible”. Section 135 of the new Companies Act 2013, read with the CSR Rules makes it mandatory for companies, meeting certain criteria, to set aside two per cent of their net profits for undertaking and promoting socially beneficial activities and projects in India. To implement this, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) recently issued the CSR Rules, 2014, to implement this legislative mandate, which came into effect on April 1, 2014.

Every company with a net worth of at least Rs 500 crore, or a minimum turnover of Rs 1,000 crore, or a minimum net profit of Rs 5 crore, has to constitute a CSR committee dedicated to undertake initiatives such as promoting women's empowerment, improving maternal health, education, gender equality or ensuring environmental sustainability.

However, the new CSR regime isn’t as simple as it seems. There are issues which will need to be analysed and addressed before we ascertain the true intention of the legislation (See box).

Incidentally, for those with a generous heart, it didn’t need a law for these to give. Look at the Hurun India Philanthropy List which is a ranking of 31 Indians who donated more than Rs. 10 crore (equivalent to USD 1.6 million) in cash or cash equivalent during April 1, 2012 till March 31, 2013.

IT tycoon Azim Hashim Premji emerging as the most generous Indian with a donation of Rs. 8,000 crore in the past year. Education was the most important area for the Indian philanthropists with a total contribution of Rs. 12,200 crore.

It was followed by social development (Rs. 1,210 crore), healthcare (Rs. 1,065 crore), rural development (Rs. 565 crore), environmental cause (Rs. 170 crore) and agriculture (Rs. 40 crore).

HCL group Chairman Shiv Nadar is the second highest contributor in the list

The CSR regime in India is in a nascent stage and there will be hitches, and a lot of fine-tuning will be required before we hit the perfect balance. But what is commendable is the spirit with which India has made her corporates socially responsible and in that, led the world’s most developed nations. However certain questions need answers...

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with a donation of Rs. 3,000 crore.

The Shiv Nadar Foundation, which completed 20 years in philanthropy this year, works towards educational initiatives and expansion programmes, directly benefiting 15,000 students across India.

The Wipro chairman who has personally has donated 8.7 per cent from his personal stock holding in Wipro as endowment for the Azim Premji Foundation and has gone on to pledge more has publically opposed the mandated spending of 2 per cent of a company’s profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) related activities.

While his primary worry remains that, “the stipulation should not become a tax at a later stage,” he feels “spending two per cent on CSR is a lot, especially for companies that are trying to scale up in these difficult times. It must not be imposed.” More importantly, he insisted that a distinction should be made between personal philanthropy and CSR, which is a company activity.

While India has taken the initiative to the social initiative regime in the world, the concept of social and economic initiatives being a responsibility of the corporates has been gaining popularity all over the world.… and the rest follow The Financial Reporting Council in the United Kingdom is in the process of introducing guidelines for disclosures regarding environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues by a company.

These would finally replace the existing ‘business review’ section of annual reports, and companies would be required to provide complete disclosure about their business activities, including social efforts.

The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has approved draft legislation on corporate non-financial reporting that require some companies to dis-

The author, Gajanan Khergamker is an independent editor and legal counsel who heads the think tank DraftCraft. He furthers the reach of social justice by initiating strategic processes and offering consultancy services to corporates in the rapidly-growing CSR scenario through his website www.csraudit.in

In creating exclusions from net profit, the CSR rules provides the profits of a branch of

close information about their environmental, social and employee-related impact, as well as their diversity policy.

The CSR regime in India is in a nascent stage and there will be hitches, and a lot of fine-tuning will be required before we hit the perfect balance. What is commendable is the spirit with which India has made her corporates socially responsible and in that, led the world’s most developed nations.

anIndiancompanylocatedoutsideIndiacannotbemergedintotheprofitsoftheparent company for the purpose of computing the two per cent contribution. In contravention of the very mandate of Section 135, the exclusion is, to that extent, ultra vires.

Also, the law does not treat foreign companies differently and includes foreign companies doing business in India whether by themselves, or through an agent or even electronically.

The list of CSR activities provided in the rules seems illustrative and not exhaustive.

It however suggests the scheduled activities ‘alone’ will be considered for the purpose of CSR. Now, whether or not social activities falling outside the purview of the schedule form a part of CSR activities or not still remains doubtful.

The Act provides that, for CSR spending, a company should give preference to the “local area in which it operates”. This has given rise to another ambiguity. If a company has more than one operational office in the same city or zone, how should it distribute its CSR spending? What will matter in law, the location of its manufacturing unit or the location of its corporate headquarters?

In excluding contributions directly or indirectly made to a political party from the scope of CSR activity, the law has overlooked contributions made to institutions affiliated with one or more politicians or those located in a constituency represented by a politician who has some form of regulatory supervision or leverage over the entity. Also, with regard to entities being under the trusteeship or office of a politician, the law remains ambiguous.

By law, CSR activities cannot be undertaken ‘only’ for the benefit of the employees and their families. Did the legislation mean “primarily” or “exclusively” benefiting employees? Because, if the legislation meant “primarily”, then any activity which benefits one’s employees, and is extended to other marginalised groups cannot be considered as CSR for the said purpose.

• In the Direct Taxes Code 2013, where deduction for CSR expenditure in backward regions and districts is concerned, the CSR expenditure cannot be allowed as a business deduction as it is an application of income. Allowing deduction for CSR expenditure would imply that the government would be contributing one third of this expenditure as revenue foregone.

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Are The Markets Overbought?

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

The markets are at historical highs as FIIs pump in billions of dollars, the election euphoria continues...But will this strongly bullish undertone last or will there be a pre-result correction? Mayura Shanbaug spoke to a few market experts. Here are their views...

Are the markets overbought at the current levels ?

The markets have rallied by over 14% since February this year and are in overbought zone.

However, there may be some more upside from here before we enter a phase of correction or consolidation. Typically such tearaway Bull-runs can remain in overbought zone for many weeks before any meaningful correction.

Vikram Dhawan, Director, Equentis Capital

The Sensex is currently in the mid 22000 range and Nifty is upwards of 6500. The Sensex has given a return of 4.8% (3 months), 9.10% (6 months) and a whopping 18.80%(1 year). So one can safely surmise that the smart money has not only been invested, but is already reaping good returns. At current levels the dice is loaded against the market with a major event risk that has to be factored in. That said, traders and investor have shown a cautious approach and the rally has not run wild. This can be borne out from that fact that the markets have witnessed healthy corrections from time to time and post each such correction, the market has continued its upward move.

Even if we look fundamentally, the markets have not been discounted very richly over the earnings of the next couple of years. Hence I would not say that the markets are over priced, but it can be said that they may be temporarily over bought.

Alok C. Churiwala, MD, Churiwala Securities

their long-term trajectory and are relatively immune to political developments.

Vikram Dhawan

Don’t think it’s a simple yes or no question as after a 15% upside in the markets, it’s natural that the markets look a bit overbought, technically speaking.

On the other hand, after a 6 year correction, it’s not very surprising that the markets have moved in a rather large quantum.

But an overbought situation could exist for months on end while the markets continue to scale new heights. So overbought, yes slightly, but trend reversal, no.

Hemen Kapadia. CEO, Chart Pundit Will we see a major correction in the short term?

The worrying part of the current Bull Run is that it is building in an extremely positive Election outcome.

Whilst, opinion polls may suggest absolute majority for one single party or coalition, however at the end of the day it is extremely tough to predict precise outcome of any elections. Therefore a hung parliament may seriously disappoint the markets and we may witness a very sharp correction.

Vikram Dhawan

The market has been favouring IT, Pharma, FMCG and Banking but the best companies in these sectors are not cheap. Whereas it does require some expertise to identify the potential gems hidden in the midcap scape in these sectors. Investors could consider some rather beaten down and out of favour sectors like Realty and Metals.

Alok C. Churiwala We are positive on several cyclical sectors now. Banks, Auto, Auto ancillaries, Capital goods, Infra and other cyclical sectors are all likely to benefit substantially from an economic upturn, policy reforms and declining inflation. Moreover, these sectors are still trading at highly beaten down valuations making it an ideal time to invest in them.

Mayuresh Joshi

tations of returns should be pegged at a realistic levels keeping ones risk appetite in mind.

The last few years have belonged to Alok C. Churiwala FMCG, IT & Pharma and though they could continue to do well, Banks, Retail investors have not witnessed Capital Goods, Metals & Oil & Gas is what I like. return on their investments over the Hemen Kapadia past 5-6 years and some of their investments made in small and mid What are the short term and long cap stocks are still stuck for want of Most of the current euphoria in the price. However, retail investors term levels do you see in the should adopt a stock specific markets. markets is based on the ‘Modi approach and go for companies with Nifty remains well supported at Wave’ and its resultant impact on stable managements, strong corpo6500-6600 levels in the short-term the economy and markets. The rate governance, robust balance before the election results. Assuming elections will throw out the results sheets. And stay invested over the we have an extremely positive elecin less than a months time, but next two years. The Indian markets tion outcome then the Nifty may rally even in the event that the best case might go through a different earnings towards 7300 by the year end. scenario also come true, the martrajectory cycle with growth returning Vikram Dhawan kets will see a healthy bout of sellback, inflation normalizing and ing, as the traders would like to opportunities created in a variety of take home profits. Alternately If the Your advice to the common The Sensex will be in the range of sectors with the right reforms and election result is anything short of a investor?

20500-24500 (which means a 8-10% Government push. healthy majority, then there would The dominance of Institutional range in either direction) for the next Mayuresh Joshi 30-45 days. Over the long term (a horibe severe selling by both, the long Investors both overseas and domespurchasers (who will scurry to book tic continues to increase in the zon of 3-5 years) the Sensex should be Looking at the way the mid-caps and in the range of 19000 – 32000. whatever little profit that may be Indian markets. Flow of Institutional Indian markets Alok C. Churiwala left) and the short sellers who will money is now fundamental to the small caps (even quality stocks) have have rallied by then try to capitalise on the below Indian markets. The retail investor performed over the last 7 years it’s 10% in the last expectation election results. This may have to increase their investnot very surprising that the retail seg- We foresee levels of 6850 on the two months would initiate a major correction in ment horizon and stick to high quali- ment is virtually out of the market. breaking the Nifty till the date of announcement of the short term. ty stocks to hedge against market Its better late then never and retail range of the past the election results. We expect Alok C. Churiwala volatility and bad timing. needs to participate in the markets six years and are Sensex EPS to grow strongly by 16.9% Vikram Dhawan as they could be missing out on a currently trading to Rs. 1,530 in FY2015 and by 15.4% We expect a revival in the economy huge opportunity and if they have at all time high to Rs. 1,766 in FY2016, implying a The current state of participation or burnt their fingers the last time levels both on the on anticipation of the investment CAGR of 16.2% over FY2014-16E. We around, an SIP based mutual fund Nifty and the Sensex. This has also cycle getting boosted post elections attribute a 15.5x multiple to our rather lack of participation by the been aided by inflows of more than owing to greater policy certainty. An Sensex EPS based on FY2016E earnRetail Investors is a cause of concern approach spread over a minimum of 5 years should give them decent if USD4b by FIIs in 4QFY14 which was improvement in global growth and ings and arrive at a target of 27,300 for not only the entire broking comnot good returns. As stock picking driven by expectations of a stable for the Sensex over the next one year, hence in external demand environmunity, but also the Regulators and could be an issue, its better left to government post elections. Thus, implying an upside of about 22% ment, GDP growth having bottomed Senior Officials of Ministry of the professionals (mutual funds) while index levels are at life-time from the present levels. out and hence expectation to it Finance.That said, at the current Mayuresh Joshi high, market valuations are still trending upwards, and deceleration moment the investors should not get while a mix of blue chip and midcap funds should even things out over below historical averages at 14.7x. in food inflation are also some of the swayed by the current momentum the longer term.

So, though the markets seemingly We are at all time highs so the levels key positive impulses for the markets but draw out a strategy based on a Hemen Kapadia are a bit dicey to look at but strong are poised at their life time highs, it going forward. So, though volatility long term approach. I think the comstill offers pockets of sectors and might exist on the markets, our take mon investor should pass the one support comes in at 6350, 5926 and stocks that are available at reason- based on the aforesaid parameters Sectors safe to invest in the curtime opportunity of seeing an elec5500 while resistance comes in at able valuations based on their point to the fact that the markets are tion rally and concentrate on building rent markets?

6820, 7400. I see the Nifty at 10600 earnings trajectory and historical on the cusp of making new highs a quality portfolio, consolidating it and the Sensex at 36000 in the next Irrespective of the election results valuations. over the next few quarters. from time to time based on sound 4-5 years. sectors such as IT, Pharma, Autos, Mayuresh Joshi, VP, Angel Broking Mayuresh Joshi advice from professionals. The expec- Telecom, and FMCG may continue Hemen Kapadia Its probably the beginning of a long term rally which could last for multiple years, so corrections from time to time cannot be ruled out, while if a correction is in context of the size of the preceding upmove then logic says that a big upmove would be followed by a big correction. Since there is an epochal event in the making (the upcoming elections), an unfavorable result could upset the applecart and what could follow would be a crash and not a correction. In the event of an expected result, profit taking cannot be ruled out, but a big correction seems tad bit difficult.

Don’t agree that this is a short term rally.

Hemen Kapadia

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PFRDA Shortlists 8 Cos To Manage Pension Funds Afternoon Despatch & Courier

MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

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By A Business Reporter

he Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) is understood to have shortlisted eight companies for managing pension funds of non-government employees for a period of five years. Eight fund managers, including LIC Pension Fund, SBI Pension Fund, UTI Retirement, Reliance Capital Pension Fund have been shortlisted by PFRDA yesterday for managing the funds of private sector NPS," sources said.

Other contenders include DSP Blackrock Pension Fund Managers, ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management and Kotak Mahindra Pension Fund, sources said. The pension fund regulator will issue letter of intent to the selected managers on April 25. As per the Request for Proposal (RFP), the three existing managers for NPS of government employees were also asked to submit commercial bids only, while others were required to submit both technical and commercial bids. According to sources, Reliance Capital Pension Fund turned out to be the lowest bidder.

To transparently and competitively determine key aspects like the Investment Management Fees (IMF), which have a significant impact on the terminal pension wealth of the subscribers,

PFRDA, in the subscribers' interest proposes to appoint afresh, 8 competing professional Pension Funds (PFs) to manage the assets of the private sector NPS, RFP said. The proposed appointment would be valid for a period of five years, it said.

"While the appointment of PF(s) shall be valid for five years, subject to review, for continuation at the end of every succeeding year of operation, on consideration of performance in compliance with stipulated conditions," it said.

The Central Government had introduced the New Pension System (NPS), now known as National Pension System with effect from 1 January 2004 Initially, the New Pension System covered new entrants to Central Government services (excluding Armed Forces) and some State Government services. From May 1, 2009, PFRDA has extended NPS to all citizens of India, including workers of the unorganised sector.

agers of Templeton India Low Duration Fund and Templeton India Short-Term Income Fund.

Sumit Gupta and Santosh Kamath have been appointed fund managers of Templeton India Income Opportunities Fund, Templeton India Corporate Bond Opportunities Fund and Templeton India Income Builder Account. The changes will be effective from April 15, 2014.

Franklin Templeton MF announces changes in key personnel Franklin Templeton MF has appointed Santosh Kamath and Kunal Agarwal as the fund man-

UTI Opportunities Fund announces dividend UTI MF has announced dividend under the dividend option of regular plan and direct plan of

MUTUAL FUND UPDATE

Goldman Sachs MF announces changes in GS Gold BeES Goldman Sachs MF has announced change in asset allocation of Goldman Sachs Gold Exchange Traded Scheme (GS Gold BeES), in accordance with the Sebi circular to include Gold Deposit Scheme (GDS) of banks in the investible universe of Gold Exchange Traded Scheme. Accordingly, the revised asset allocation of GS Gold BeES with immediate effect on prospective basis will be 90-100% in physical gold and gold related instruments (that may be permitted of Sebi from time to time) and up to 10% in money market instruments, securitised debts, bonds, including cash at call.

UTI Opportunities Fund. The record date for declaration of dividend is April 22, 2014. The quantum of dividend on the face value of Rs 10 per unit will be Rs 1.25 per unit under each plan.

Change in minimum application amount under ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund ICICI Prudential MF has revised the minimum application amount to Rs. 5,000 (plus in multiples of Re. 1) in case of fresh purchase / switch-in requests received under ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund, with effect from April 21.

Reliance MF emerges lowest bidder for managing NPS Reliance MF has emerged as the lowest bidder among the fund managers qualified to manage funds in National Pension Scheme (NPS) for private sector on behalf of the sector regulator, PFRDA. Its bid of 1 paise for every Rs. 100 was way below the other nine bidders, which included UTI Mutual Fund, DSP Blackrock Mutual Fund and HDFC Pension Fund Management, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HDFC Standard Life. Bids of other nine entities were between 15 paise and 25 paise per Rs. 100.

Spot USD/INR Expected To Trade Between 59.75 - 60.75 PRAMIT BRAHMBHATT is CEO of Veracity Group

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« FOREX

or the week Rupee continued to trade range bound to slightly weak. For past three weeks the rupee is trading in a thin range and it looks like it will decide its direction after the Lok Sabha Elections. Local equities were in a standstill mode on a weekly basis as it ended this week near previous week’s close. In the first half local equities traded weak as FIIs were seen selling their stocks mainly because of the weak data released this week. Overseas investors sold Indian shares worth 216.3 million rupees and also sold equity derivatives worth 12.18 billion which has forced market to trade weak. But

towards the end it recovered after the U.S. industrial production increased more than forecast in March which boosted global equities and helped local equities to recover. The trading range for the Spot USD/INR pair is expected to be within 59.75 to 60.75.

It is recommended to be cautious & Sell USD/INR (Futures) on rise with appropriate stop loss as overall Rupee is expected to appreciate. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 60.30 & below is the Support & Resistance levels.

This week dollar index tried to recover last week’s fall and traded positively with the help of positive data. Also the confidence shown by the Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen further helped dollar to trade strong throughout the week. The dollar rose against other major currencies after a better-than-expected U.S. industrial production data released, which suggested that the economic recovery is strengthening, some other data’s also showed positive signs such as (1) Jobless claims edged up by 2,000 to 304,000 in the week ended April 12, remaining near their lowest level since 2007 (2) Manufacturing in the Philadelphia area picked up in April, with the Spot USD/INR

1st Support 60.1167

S2 59.9733

Philly Fed diffusion index rising to 16.6 from 9.0 in March (3) construction on new homes in March rose 2.8% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 946,000 (4) Also The Fed’s Beige Book revealed that the U.S economy is painting a good picture which helped dollar index to close on a strong note for the week.

S3 59.6433

1st Resistance 60.4467

R2 60.6333

R3 60.9633

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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JAGDEEP KAPOOR

is CMD of Samsika Marketing Consultancy

Wireless Telecom On Revival Path

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By A Business Reporter

Doctor, Brand Thyself

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here are times when ‘smart doctors’, keep wondering as to how they can build their reputation, their image and also their practice. Well, you do not need to look far. You need to be able to look at simple things in a strategic manner, which would help you achieve your objectives and program. This would definitely benefit your patients as well as give good self satisfaction to your professional aspirations.

There are many items, which are a part of your normal stationery kit, which could be used well to be able to give better service to your patients and build an effective growing practice and a credible reputation. These are elements of stationery, which have to be used on a daily basis and need to be leveraged and moved up from being simple items of stationery to your proactive brand ambassadors. It could be a visiting card or it could be an envelope or it could be prescription papers or your files or even your rubber stamp.

The essence of Silent Marketing is to build your reputation and practice through documents which could make you ‘DocuSmart.’

It is important to stress that everything should be done in an honest, transparent and credible manner within the rules and norms.

Visiting Cards: This small yet powerful weapon can take you a long way in meeting your objectives. Revisit your Visiting Card to make it a powerful and honest Silent Marketing tool.You must visit your Visiting Card and use it to reflect your personality, your practice and your standards. There are many achievements, which you may forget to put on your visiting card, which you could put on the reverse side or the services that you offer. Of course, all this should be done within the norms and within the rules.

Prescription papers, files, etc: Similiarly, prescription papers are treated with great respect and with value by patients. My prescription for prescription papers is that it should be simple, elegant but with all the details which are there on the Visiting Card.

Keep 90% of the prescription paper blank for writing your valuable prescription. Prescription papers have great value as they not only go to the patient and the patient’s family but also to the chemist, in the medical history file of the patient and even in far off lands when the patient is travelling overseas. The name and brand on the prescription papers should only be yours and not of anyone else. My prescription for prescription papers is, ‘Increase the value since it is very valuable in the eyes of the patients.’

Similarly, envelopes are the package, the outer cover which is first seen by any outsider hence it should reflect the brand personality of the professional and his practice. Having too many borders on the envelope gives it a restrictive image. It does not make sense to envelope yourself, you need to open up. The more spacious the design is with relief and just adequate information of the name and address and few elements from the visiting card, the more sophisticated and elegant it would look. Of course the mandatory information should be there in a legible manner.

The back of the envelope of course could be used for mentioning your service or even a map to get to your location.

Files are not only for filing. Files are not only for storing. A lot of people notice files while they are being carried around and hence the brand name, address in front and the list of services on the reverse of the file should not be missed out. The difference here is that the surface area is very large and hence the font should be bigger. Don’t you want everyone to know you?

The file will help the rank and file to know you.

Many a times, a simple device like a rubber stamp is not used appropriately. Please treat it not just like a rubber stamp but as a stamp of authority, a stamp of approval and even a stamp of world class professional standards. So, don’t just be a rubber stamp, be a stamp of authority.

Silent Marketing is not so silent. It speaks. It tells. It expresses. It communicates. Be DocuSmart and be heard. Use Silent Marketing.

Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved.

Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com

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« SPOTLIGHT

glorious decade in the new millennium made telecom sector in India the poster-boy of Indian reforms for the magnanimous speed at which it empowered Indians across socio- economic strata.

Subscriber base swelled to cover more than 70% of the population as operators tried to woo the market with lowest prices in the hyper-competitive market.

Cancellation of 122 licenses by the Supreme Court in the beginning of 2012 on perceived irregularities in the license allocation led to a lull of two years on account of policy paralysis with the widening trust deficit between the government and the players.

The period also witnessed game-changing events and trends marked by exit of some of the new players arresting the competition, shift of focus from voice to data, slowdown in subscriber addition, and entry of Reliance Jio in the Indian telecom.

Meanwhile, the barometer of growth has shifted from subscriber addition to ability of the operator to leverage the ongoing data explosion in the country.

The subscriber base expanded rapidly after FY09, fuelled by lower tariff, leading to a huge inactive subscriber base over the years. This expansion was also on account of multiple simcards and the lack of Mobile Number Portability. Subscriber growth was arrested when, in July 2012, operators started removing their inactive subscriber base as only 75% of the subscribers were active (Peak VLR subscribers as measured by TRAI). As a result, total subscriber base witnessed a decline of 6% in FY13 while active subscribers grew by 6% over the same period, taking the active subscriber composition to 83% in FY13.

CARE Research believes that though the active subscriber growth has slowed down from 19% in FY12 to 6% in FY13 and 9% in January 14 (Y/Y), it will continue to grow in single digit, beating the total subscriber base growth, as the composition of active subscribers in the total subscribers would rise to more than 90% over next couple of years.

Financial and Operating Metrics – Moderate growth to continue Revenue Growth: Telecom sector revenue has seen a good growth over the last 2-3 years with a peak in growth rate in FY12 and then a subsequent correction in FY13, though there was a fall in ARPU over the years. Growth is becoming more broad-based as compared to the earlier voice-led growth, as the contribution of data revenue is rising at close to double digits led by 2G and 3G data. CARE Research believes that revenue for telecom sector would grow at higher single digit

players) for the spectrum in 2300 MHz, few Indian 4G players like Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel are planning to embrace Frequency Division Duplex or FDD after aggressively buying the spectrum in 1800 MHz in the recent February 2014 auctions.

This will reduce the ecosystem challenges expanding the device availability from international markets. Also it will facilitate easier international roaming for 4G subscribers.

over next couple of years, on the back of data led growth and stabilization of ARPU and increase in per minute realisation. Though there are some concerns of cannibalisation of non-data VAS by the OTT messenger applications, threat to voice revenue from OTT players is over-blown.

Why OTT Voice (or Voice over Internet Protocol – VoIP) is not a serious threat to Indian Voice Telephony in the immediate future A Skype-to-Skype call consumes around 375 kB/min for one user i.e. 750 kB/min for both users (Source: Skype Website). At an average data realisation rate of 35 paise per MB, it translates into 26 paisa per minute as the cost of a voice call on VoIP. If we compare this with average realisation per minute of 40 paisa per minutes for voice calls, VoIP using OTT apps translates into a discount of 35% to the regular voice calls.

Value Added Services (VAS) – Facing the

Regulatory Heat Indian VAS industry has had a dream run with an average growth of more than 40% over last 6-7 year.

VAS was expected to take the telecom on fast track growth path until the double-confirmation regulation almost killed the SMS based VAS service in July 2013 and the gradual rise of OTT messaging applications threatening P2P SMS service. CARE Research expects that Indian mobile VAS will keep growing at double digit, though almost at the half the rate of the historical average.

This 35% discount comes with following perils –

Regulatory hurdle: Indian Government has limited

VoIP calls only to International calls so far.

Opening it for domestic voice telephony will face strong opposition from the telecom operators who have invested billions of dollars in the network.

OTT based voice calls have serious quality related issues due to latency of 1-2 seconds, blank spots and call drops. 3G network in India, especially indoor, is patchy and quality of calls further deteriorates on 2G. Most of the developed countries, where OTT voice is getting popular, have unlimited data packs unlike in India. Lack of such plans results into cost associated with a VoIP call. Also, lesser penetration of smartphones in India would be an issue as VoIP requires smartphones with both the users.

As the differential between voice call tariff and data tariff of a call on VoIP, operators would not lose much of their revenue even if some portion of the voice telephony shifts to VoIP. Though it is not a threat to broader voice telephony in the immediate future, OTT voice is expected to threaten National and International Long Distance Telephony because of the tariff arbitrage.

ARPUs: ARPUs for both GSM and CDMA have

declined gradually over the years on account of two long term trends: (1) Tariffs have fallen to one of the lowest in the world due to increased competition in the sector post 2009 with the entry of new players; (2) New subscribers were mostly low ARPU customers from semi-urban, rural areas or people opting for a second connection, bringing

down the overall ARPU. CARE Research expects that ARPUs will see an uptrend going forward riding on higher contribution from data revenue, tariff hikes and reduction in free minutes, removal of inactive subscribers etc.

Greener Pastures for Telecom Sector

3G – Growth stor y is unfolding

Data usage in India is rising sharply. 3G data traffic grew near exponentially in 2012 and 2013 in India primarily after most of the operators slashed 3G tariffs by 70-80% in May 2012. In 2013, 3G subscribers grew by 80-90% Y-o-Y for the leading operators like Bharti Airtel, Idea and Rcom in the recent quarters. CARE Research believes that India is in the growth phase of 3G cycle where subscriptions start growing rapidly from 3rd year of launch of 3G, as experienced in the global markets.

4G- The Great Indian Broadband Dream

Long Term Evolution (LTE), the most prominent 4G technology, constitutes less than 3% of the global mobile subscriber base of 6.8 billion but has been growing at a phenomenal pace as the subscriber base exploded from mere 11 million at the end of 2011 to more than 200 million at the end of 2013. Worldwide LTE technology is being adopted in 152 countries by 524 operators. 471 operators have made firm deployment commitments in 143 countries, of which 274 operators have launched commercial services in 101 countries. By the end of 2014, total 350 commercial LTE networks are expected to be in place.

After the auction of BWA spectrum in 2300 MHz range in mid-2010, only Bharti Airtel has launched 4G services in India that too in a few select cities.

The delay in 4G launches can partially be attributed to regulatory uncertainty, under-developed ecosystem, unavailability of spectrum in the lower frequency range, etc. After adopting Time Division Duplex or TDD based LTE technologies (alongwith Chinese

Competitive Scenario and Consolidation Trends Competition in the telecom space in India has subsided after the cancellation of 122 licenses by the Supreme Court in February 2012. The number of players has come down from 14-16 to 8-9 players in a circle. By looking at the global standards of 3-4 players, CARE Research believes that Indian telecom space would eventually be reduced to 5-6 large players with 1-2 regional players. Over the years, subscriber and revenue market share is slowly being consolidated with the top 3 players and the same is being witnessed in spectrum holding. As data revenue contribution is inching towards double digits, competition is swinging towards ‘Data’ from ‘Voice’, leading to stabilization of voice tariffs over last few quarters.

Entry of Reliance Jio in the 4G space is expected to make the battle for ‘Data’ pie fiercer, though LTE will take some more time to mature in India. As the market for data itself is redrawing its boundaries expanding rapidly, CARE Research believes that the 2G, 3G and 4G would co-exist in India for few more years.

With clarity on M&A guidelines emerging, the activity is expected to gather momentum as witnessed by the recently announced acquisition of Loop Mobile by Bharti Airtel. Considering that the acquirer has to pay market price for the spectrum of the acquired company if the same is obtained through administered mechanism, CARE Research believes that spectrum will no longer be the driver for consolidation.

It’s Not The Manifesto, But Governance That’s The Key RAKESH SINGH is Distinguished Visiting Professor Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India

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« WORLD VIEW

s in my last column on biased bashing of Gujarat model I had stated that lets look at the model with an open mind. Look at what has been achieved and what can be achieved. The whole

debate of BJP Manifesto being a cut paste part of the Congress manifesto may be a valued argument. But what is to be noted is that a rising emerging economy like India faces three basic challenges. These are first, we need to grow faster than other economies which are emerging and competing with us to make India reap the benefit of its competitive advantages.

Second, India needs to look internally and take full advantage of its inherent internal strength and build competitive capability to compete in the global economy. Finally it must see to it that those who are left out of the process of development are integrated within the developmental process through more inclusive programs. These challenges facing Indian states are known to all political parties and hence Manifesto of a nation state will be similar. What is heartening to see is that all of them have adopted centrist approach and hence despite the fear created by conscious intellectuals and the clever politician the

nation state is marching ahead in terms of social growth. The agenda clearly then is Development.

Despite a similar line of thinking Congress stands to lose primarily because despite some last moments good but ill thought out inclusive initiatives, it has dis-

illusioned the country’s citizenry because of its corrupt ways and poor delivery model combined with poor governance and poor decision making.

According to a study by Bibek Debroy and others, Narendra Modi’s Gujarat has performed extremely well in terms of good governance and effective decision making leading to a greater economic freedom.

This encouraged entrepreneurship and a slow and steady growth and development of the economy.

The major criticism of crony capitalism falls flat primarily because a state ravaged with communal riot, earthquakes did very well to attract investments from domestic players as well as foreign investors. It’s no rocket science that investments are required to help India grow, create jobs, increase per capita income.

An increase in per capita income has dual effect. It adds to savings which help build capital in the long run on one hand and on the other it helps state generate more taxes for bettering human capital in the

state. Such investments also have a network effect they help local farmers gain as demand for vegetables grow and also the demand for labourers. The local rural economy gets a fillip as new roads come in new schools come in; the service economy expands and thus jobs. All these are inherent benefits of industrialization as agriculture cannot bear the burden of surplus agricultural laborers. And for all this to happen economic freedom is a prerequisite along with strengthening institutions and regulations which help to keep both economic and social initiative on track. Gujarat agricultural growth of 6% in the last decade is an example of unshackling agriculture from the clutches of state and helping create an ecosystem which will definitely benefit farmers in future.

I am not batting for Modi here. What am I saying is that those who provide not just the hope but also deliver …India needs them to govern and develop this nation state in waiting.

MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

« STRAIGHT TALK

ROOP KARNANI

is a Senior Journalist, Author and Industry Analyst

More Clarity On Polls Now

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ach passing phase of elections shows that there is a 10 to 12% rising in voting percentages at practically every important state.

The key states – UP, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka, where polls have already taken place, besides other key states like AP, have all polled above 60%. Normally, in these states, as in all states barring Assam, Tripura, Kerala and Goa, where voting percentages are in the high seventies, the voting percentage is 50% or a shade below like 48% and 49%.

Muslims and minorities anyway vote en bloc and their voting percentages have always been above 90%. So the bump up of 10 to 12% would mean atleast a 7 to 8% swing towards the NDA. The latest opinion poll in the country’s leading newspaper, which the Election Commission now calls an exit poll, and it was an exit poll because it came after polls in UP and Bihar had completed a couple of phases, shows the NDA comfortable crossing the 275 mark.

Yet, I would still err on the side of caution, because South India is not clear, although there are indications that overall the NDA would do substantially better than it has ever before. In Tamil Nadu, the NDA alliance could win more than one-third seats, with DMK reduced to a poor third with infighting from Alagiri. While in Andhra the NDA may again win 30% of the 42 seats. In his interview to ANI, Modi said that he has already done 360 rallies, but hopes to do 1,000, using holographic techniques. This means that he is reserving the best for the last. There are still about 25 days left for the final verdict on May 16th.

This could cause an equal amount of swing in the South, which is tech savvy and a large number of rural folks, who will just come out of awe to see the technology, will be impressed. This, I am sure, would cause some swing. True, it is a hard-fought election, and difficult to call, but even a countrywide 3 to 4% swing can take NDA beyond the halfway mark. And once that happens, important fencesitters like TRS, YSR Congress and AIDMK and even Mamata’s TMC will gravitate towards the NDA, if it gets absolute majority.

Do not forget that Modi is shrewd and he too understands all this.

But he also has some aces up his sleeve. From the economy point of view, there is widespread criticism about him having no economic agenda or he doesn’t understand economics. If he didn’t, he would not have won 3 state elections only on economic agenda. There is no difference between a development and economic agenda.

Remember, here again he is shrewd. CAD, Fiscal Deficit and Macros are only for a handful of academics and financial journalists to understand. But he is trying very smartly to connect to the masses. End of the day, it is Bijlee, Paani and Sadak that still matter. And he understands technology better than any other politician in this country. BJP, besides AAP was the first to start campaigning on the social media and it will end with the crowning glory of virtual Modi in holography. So, he will use technology on a wide and efficient scale for governance.

Dalal Street Stock markets have corrected and are now poised for a bigger rally.

They may correct once again, and there will be plenty of opportunities to buy on any dip.

My top picks still remain TCS and HCL Tech in IT sector. The banking sector is the next top sector pick. You have a host of banks to pick from – HDFC, ICICI, Axis, Yes Bank and IndusInd Bank. In small caps, I will be a little more cautious.

Remember, the choice of a good scrip is that it doesn’t get carried away by euphoria; it doesn’t rise much in euphoria, and doesn’t fall at all in rapidly declining markets. This is true of large caps and even midcaps. Small caps are very volatile. High volatility will continue till June.

Leave high beta stock for expert day traders, of which there are very few. In general, I call day trading speculation or gambling, which are greed tendencies and not good for anyone. You can gain big or lose big.

Simplify your portfolio just to eight to nine stocks. Easier to follow quarterly earnings and if they keep delivering good bottom-line quarter after quarter, stick to them. Don’t look at the stock price. If you hold them for a year and buy on dips, you can get a hefty annual return of 70% to 80%.

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F&O SCRIPS WEEKLY SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE LEVELS FOR APRIL 21 -- 25, 2014 Close

1113

440

433

ACC

1364

ADANIPORTS

199

ADANIENT

ADANIPOWER ALBK

PP

1105

52

95

R1

S2

475

413

392

JPASSOCIAT

206

54

97

1423 218 55

100

1324 184 51

90

1291 173 50

87

214

223

232

206

197

APOLLOTYRE

174

170

182

194

157

145

24

25

22

22

66

68

ARVIND

193

189

200

ASIANPAINT

546

543

552

561

AXISBANK

1469

1458

1491

1524

ASHOKLEY

AUROPHARMA

23

554

BAJAJ-AUTO

2023

BANKINDIA

221

BANKBARODA

774

23

555

566

211 577

2018

2034

2051

219

226

234

769

786

804

BANKNIFTY

12829

12754

12978

13203

BHARATFORG

425

425

432

440

BATAINDIA

BHARTIARTL BHEL

1077 326

181

1080 326

178

1100 328

211

204

751

12529

1060

417

734

12304

357

349

CIPLA

402

401

406

285

475

300

171

432 257

399

353

411

396

522

530

338 391

DIVISLAB

1329

1328

1332

1337

1323

1319

DRREDDY

2562

2563

2597

2630

2530

2497

95

94

97

101

90

86

EXIDEIND

FEDERALBNK GAIL

GMRINFRA

GODREJIND

127 375 26

316

126

373 25

314

128

379 26

322

130

385 28

329

154 124

367 24

306

287

161 47

146

123

362 23

298

GRASIM

2775

2776

2810

2844

2741

2707

HCLTECH

1427

1420

1441

1462

1399

1379

HDFCBANK

721

724

732

740

716

707

HAVELLS HDFC HDIL

937

883

74

934 883

74

943 901

78

952 919

83

925 865

69

916

847

65

HEROMOTOCO

2227

2211

2259

2308

2162

2113

HINDALCO

142

139

146

153

133

126

612

612

609

605

HEXAWARE

HINDPETRO

HINDUNILVR

169

313

HINDZINC

132

ICICIBANK

1265

IBREALEST IDBI

IDEA

IDFC IFCI IGL

INDIACEM

63 67

141

119

26

293

71

167

310

174

181

321

332

131

133

135

1251

1294

1336

62 66

140

119

25

291

71

616 66 67

142

122

26

298

77

619

70 69

144

125

27

304

84

161

300 129 58

1209

65

137

116

25

285

64

154

289 127 54

1167

63

135 112

24

279

57

INDIAVIX

3775

3822

3963

4104

3681

3539

INFY

3202

3213

3320

3427

3106

2998

IOC

265

265

271

277

259

253

ITC

354

350

373

339

327

INDUSINDBK IOB IRB

501 52

117

496 52

115

511 53

122

361

526 55

128

482 51

109

1169

1108

KTKBANK

119

119

122

125

116

112

KOTAKBANK

805

LICHSGFIN

271

798 268

817 276

1070

836

284

959

779

260

923

760

252

LT

1274

1279

1313

1347

1245

1211

M&M

1001

994

1014

1035

974

953

MARUTI

1954

1947

1969

1992

MCLEODRUSS

276

274

279

LUPIN

959

M&MFIN

231

MCDOWELL-N

2861

956

233

2865

967

237

2881

978

242

2896

284

944 228

1924

2849

269

933

224

1901

2833

264

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118

180

178

1350

1033

121

180

170

1290

996

130

180

162

1229

984

127

180

160

1245

124

180

DLF

JUSTDIAL

JUBLFOOD

123

180

48

13

NTPC

242

DABUR

50

15

6560

1353

49

976

19

6663

1378

48

1007

18

1039

6971

1455

49

1101

16

1049

6868

1429

DISHTV

1070

16

63

6766

500

173

50

66

6800

1404

210

53

77

NIFTY

1412

198

64

418

COLPAL

186

60

73

22696

8966

190

57

70

23199

9184

CROMPGREAV

58

24709

507

290

255

24206

9836 298

S2

266

23702

9619 295

S1

298

23870

9401 292

R2

287

MRF

9400 292

R1

277

163

CNXIT

COALINDIA

PP

280

JSWSTEEL

410

383

461

193

JPPOWER

1040

375

384

515

1985

450

368

515

2001

453

365

CESC

271

366

1391

463

186

CENTURYTEX

276

1425

524

533

459

369

CANBK

533

544

166

322

CAIRN

446

178

61

324

457 451

1120

63

330

BIOCON BPCL

456

69

454

195

64

JISLJALEQS

JINDALSTEL

217 65

Close

1066

AMBUJACEM

ANDHRABANK

Company

1089

1390

94

S1

1159

1357 52

R2

1136

467 49

102

NHPC

20

NMDC

150

20

150

20

150

21

151

20

149

19

149

OFSS

3196

3178

3231

3285

3124

3071

ORIENTBANK

229

225

237

250

212

199

PFC

191

188

108

108

RANBAXY

469

468

RECLTD

249

246

256

975

ONGC

324

PETRONET

141

PNB

783

POWERGRID PTC

71

RCOM

132

RELCAPITAL

376

322 142

143

777

794

71

132 372

RELIANCE

963

957

RPOWER

73

73

RELINFRA

522

SAIL

72

328

333 144

140

811

760

197

206

108

109

471

474

73

136

383

316

179

139

170 743

107

107

466

463

265

236

226

993

939

921

74

140

394

69

128

361

516

536

556

495

71

73

74

69

75

310

77

71

68

124

350 475

69

68

SBIN

2026

2007

2065

2123

1948

1890

SRTRANSFIN

748

742

762

781

722

702

631

640

614

605

103

107

SIEMENS

758

SSLT

194

751

192

196

399

405

SUNPHARMA

625

623

SYNDIBANK

101

100

SUNTV

401

772

793 199

731

189

410

394

286

281

96

TATACHEM

283

282

284

TATAGLOBAL

158

156

163

237

234

243

252

224

421

417

428

438

406

TATACOMM

312

TATAMOTORS

430

TATAPOWER

84

TATAMTRDVR TATASTEEL

311

424

84

300

441

458

407

390

87

90

2283

2338

TITAN

258

258

260

261

UBL

UCOBANK

820

ULTRACEMCO UNIONBANK UNITECH UPL

VOLTAS

75

821

74

80

254

849

807

72

2241

2263

2197

17

16

17

18

15

216

168

151

164

218

225

232

601

164

588

584

ZEEL

264

265

419

158

417

174

429

269

77

396

256

835

78

215

2115

1743

76

141

2171

1816

2219

WIPRO

YESBANK

1792

149

2227 153

93

279

306

170

2227

1768

388

323

2223

1776

186

317

TCS

TECHM

710

144

1719 793

70

2175

137

14

210

203

618

567

549

272

261

257

183

442

155

404

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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MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

« TOP VIEW My only question about payment banks is what will be their viability? The question is how will they earn money?

Financial inclusion is also providing emergency credit. But the maximum request from the poor is for emergency credit.

—RBI Deputy Governor K C Chakrabarty

« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS RELIGARE CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON INDUSIND BANK

Markets Flare, But…

NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (April 21, 2014) By Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:

The Nifty rose substantially on Thursday (April 17, 2014) a net 104.10 points (1.56%) and closed at the 6779 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 66695 points level. It then declined by a few points and registered the day’s low at the 6684 points level at 10.05 a.m. The index then rose sharply and turned into a range bound movement until 2.30 p.m. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 6783 points level at 3.17 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained above its previous close throughout the session and moved in a range of 99 points and closed above the psychologically important 6750 points level. Sentiment was extremely bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 47 were gainers, while just 3 stocks closed in the red. All the sectoral indices stocks closed in the green. Substantial buying was seen in realty, auto, metal and power stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 0.57%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 1054 were gainers, 472 were losers and 65 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the neutral zone.

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

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

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

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

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

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Has crossed above its 5-day average (at 6752) Positive.

Has crossed above its 15-day average (at 6719) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 6639) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 6096) Positive.

All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a neutral market but with a positive bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 6446 points level.

The next support is at the 6338 points level.

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

The next resistance is at the 6874 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 = 6749 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 6715.

Support (2) = 6650.

Resistance (1) = 6814. Resistance (2) = 6848.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index after having formed two consecutive black body candles has formed a long white body candle on higher volumes. In fact, yesterday's candle is almost like a white body Marubozu candle. (A White Marubozu forms when the open equals the low and the close equals the high). This is positive.

Further, the index has crossed above its 5 and 15 days moving averages in a single session. The index is now above its 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further up move unfolding. However, the velocity parameters continue to indicate weakness.

Incidentally, the index is approaching a major resistance level at the 6809 points level. There is a possibility that it could find some resistance there. However, if it crosses above it then a further rise can be expected.

Technically, since the downwards risk seems to have reduced, Investors may consider buying in small quantities in shares that are fundamentally sound and have a longterm potential.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

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. 499 Target Rs. 575 IIB’s Q4FY14 beat estimates with PAT up 29% YoY to Rs 3.96bn. NII grew by a healthy 7% QoQ (+18% YoY) as NIMs expanded 10bps QoQ to 3.75% on lower cost of funds. While headline asset quality was stable due to higher reductions, pressure on the consumer finance book persisted.

Management reiterated its strategy for FY14-FY17 – growing advances at 25-30% CAGR, doubling the branch network, improving CASA (>35%), and ensuring fee growth>advances growth. While the stock is expensive (2.6x FY15E ABV/ 2.1x FY16E ABV), we maintain BUY given the strong earnings visibility.

NIMs improve to 3.75%; consumer book continues to moderate: Despite a sharp 18bps QoQ decline in yields, NIMs improved 10bps QoQ to 3.75% as the cost of funds spiraled down 28bps QoQ due to higher current account float – a usual Q4 phenomenon. Advances growth at 5% QoQ (24% YoY) was led by the corporate banking book. The consumer finance book continued to moderate, mainly due to a slowdown across segments (except LAP, +18% QoQ). Traction in savings deposits remained strong at 7% QoQ/41% YoY, adding Rs 6.5bn during the quarter.

The CASA ratio was stable at 32.6% (+40bps QoQ) Headline asset quality stable, but pressure on consumer book persists: While headline asset quality remained stable due to higher reductions (Rs 350mn sold to ARCs), pressure on the consumer finance book persisted with slippages at Rs 1.5bn (2.4% vs. 2.1% in Q3FY14) of total slippages of Rs 1.9bn (1.7%). The restructured book remained stable at 0.33% of loans. Of total o/s security receipts of Rs 1.4bn, the bank is confident of freeing up Rs 750mn in the next 3-6 months. Total MTM losses in Q4FY14 stood at Rs 350mn.

Strong core fee income growth at 28% YoY: Despite a high base, core fee income grew by 28% YoY led by processing fees/FX income/investment banking income (+54%/+49%/+53% YoY), even as income from third-party distribution and general banking remained subdued.

MOTILAL OSWAL CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON JUST DIAL

CMP: Rs. 1242 Target Rs. 1475 We met Just Dial’s (JUST) Managing Director, Mr VSS Mani, to get an update on current business and assess the pipeline and potential of new launches. Key takeaways: Base business to post steady growth: Management highlighted that campaign growth continued to remain strong during 4QFY14, with total paid campaigns expected to be >~260,000 (we expect 2,64,000). Post rollback of zero advance payment friction-free evergreen contracts, JUST has not introduced new schemes during the quarter. Search requests for 4QFY14 continue to be robust at ~40% YoY growth, largely driven by higher growth in mobile segment. Management indicated its vision to reach 0.5m campaigns by FY17 and highlighted the price increase of 8-10% taken across premium category, which should fast-pace growth in FY15.

Company plans to add ~1,800-2,000 employees, 80% on the sales side and largely feet-on-street and tele sales.

Reverse auction: scalable and game changing event: JUST is in the process of rolling out a real-time reverse auction mechanism within the shop front segment soon. In a reverse auction, sellers compete to obtain business from the buyer and prices will typically decrease as sellers undercut peers, thereby providing value proposition to consumers.

Consumers need to enter their local pin code and choose a product. JUST will intimate all local sellers for the particular area (preference to paid campaigns) and ask them to bid immediately. Consumer’s details will be disclosed to the vendor who fulfills an order. Valuation and view We increase our revenue assumption from 25% to 29% CAGR over FY14-16E to factor 4-5% price increase but cut our margin assumptions to factor the one-time ad spend on JD Search Plus in FY15. We believe the one-time ad spend of INR700m in FY15 is essential to create a viral effect of JD Search Plus and its products. However, we have not factored any revenue from JD Search Plus, which in our view provides upside risk to our FY16E estimates. The stock trades at 56x FY15E and 40x FY16E EPS respectively. We value the stock at 50x FY16E EPS of INR29.5. Maintain Buy with a target price of INR 1,475.

Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

MANOJ ASWANI

is VP at MyInsurance Club.com

« INSURANCE

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My MetLife Policy No is 20074860 and instalments paid @ Rs 12000/- from 2009 to 2013. Let me know, how much amount I would get now if closed. I do hope to receive a positive reply.

—Amish Rana, Chembur Now, let us understand your policy.

Met Magic Plan: According to the plan, if you have paid 4 years premiums from 2009 to 2012 (if you have NOT paid in 2013) then there would be a Surrender Charge of 10% of Rs 12000 (premium amount) i.e. Rs 1200 which would be deducted from your Fund Value at the time of surrender. However, if you continue this plan for another year, then there would be no charges for surrender as there are no surrender charges for payment of 5 years of premiums.

The link to the brochure is below: http://www.metlife.co.in/Downloads/Brochur es/Met_Magic_plus.pdf

The details of the Surrender Charges are mentioned in the brochure. Now, for the exact Fund Value, you can get the NAV details on the below link: http://www.pnbmetlife.com/MetlifeNAV.aspx However, we would not be able to provide the Fund Value to you and exactly how much you would get as this is confidential data between the insured and the insurer and we would not be having any access to the same.

For EXACT surrender value, you need to contact the PNB MetLife Toll Free no 1800-4256969 OR +91 80 26502244 between 8.00 AM to 8.00 PM or speak at the IVR available 24*7 with your policy details and Policy Number 20074860.

I hope I have been able to clarify your doubt.

Please feel free to get back to me for any further clarifications.

Can self employed with confidence of annual income take term life insurance?

—Pradeep Grover, Colaba Anyone can take Term Plan to cover his risk on his own life. The amount of coverage will depend on his annualized income. There is a simple method: Between the Multiple of the Annual Age Group Premium 20 to 29 years

20 times

40 to 55 years

10 times

20 to 39 years More than 55 years

15 times 5 times

Now, while opting for a Term Plan, there are many factors to consider, not just the coverage.

Some other factors that you can consider are:

Policy Tenure Riders Mode of Premium Online V/S offline Once you are decided on all of these, you can opt for particular policy. Examples of some good Online Term Plans would be HDFC Click 2 Protect Plan, Bharti AXA e-Protect Plan, Tata AIA iRaksha Plan, ICICI Prudential iCare Plan, etc. Among the offline Term Plans LIC Jeevan Amulya II would be the leading.

My friend's D.O.B is 16-06-1954. And, it seems she has to undergo DNC surgery. In all other ways she is a healthy lady.

Please suggest the suitable Medical Policy which allows its performance.

—Sarah Bhupati, Marine Lines Please understand that Insurance is the concept of transferring unknown risk and not known risk. Thus, since your friend already knows that she has to undergo a surgery, and

it has already been diagnosed before she has taken the health plan, there is no way she can get cover for the same. No insurance company will provide coverage to the person knowing that the claim is soon to follow. However, she can opt for a comprehensive health plan so that future ailments can be covered.

Some good Comprehensive health plans would be: 1. Max Bupa Heartbeat Plan 2. Star Health Comprehensive Health Plan 3. ICICI Lombard iHealth Comprehensive Health Plan However, if she already has a health plan, the question is different and she needs to inform the TPA for a planned hospitalization at least 2 days in advance and then proceed for hospitalization post approval from the TPA in case of cashless hospitalization.

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

« PRODUCT REVIEW: AEGONRELIGARE FLEXI MONEY BACK ADVANTAGE INSURANCE PLAN

A Plan With Bonus And Double Death Benefit Facility

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By Manoj Aswani egonReligare Flexi Money Back Advantage Insurance Plan is a Limited Payment Money Back Insurance Plan with flexible payback at specified time. It is a Traditional Plan with Bonus facility.

In this plan, there is Money Back given as per schedule in a pre-defined format. The remaining 40% of Sum Assured along with accrued simple Reversionary Bonus + Terminal Bonus would be paid as Maturity Benefit on survival till the end of the Policy Tenure.

However, if the Life Insured dies within the policy tenure, 200% of the Sum Assured, i.e.

Capital Sum Assured + accrued simple Reversionary Bonus + Terminal Bonus would be paid to the nominee as Death Benefit and the policy terminates irrespective of the Survival Benefit already paid.

Key Features This is an Endowment Plan with Bonus facility with double Death Benefit facility In this plan, the Bonus accrues first year onwards In this plan, the Life Insurance coverage continues even after the end of Premium Payment Term There is an Additional Benefit of Accidental Death, Disability and Dismemberment Benefit rider There is a choice of three Policy Terms to

choose from and the Money Back options vary accordingly There is Money Back given as per schedule in a pre-defined format In case of death during the Policy Term, higher of 10 X Annualized Premium or Sum Assured along with accrued bonus would be paid as Death Benefit 110% of the Sum Assured is paid as Money Back in case of 17 years Policy Tenure and 120% of the Sum Assured is paid as Money Back in case of 21 years Policy Tenure Parent/Grand Parent can propose the plan for the child

Benefits You Get Survival Benefit – In this plan, there is predefined Money Back that is provided after specific years as a percentage of the Sum Assured.

End of Policy 14 Years 17 Year s 21 Year s Tenure Policy Term Policy Term Policy Term 4th Year 10% 10% 10% 8th Year 20% 20% 15% 12th Year 30% 40% 25% Maturity 14th Year Benefit-40% Maturity 17th Year 30% Benefit-40% Maturity 21st Year Benefit-40% Total 100% 110% 120%

Death Benefit – In case of death of the Life Insured within the Policy Tenure, the nominee gets 200% of the Sum Assured + accrued simple Reversionary Bonus + Terminal Bonus as Death Benefit and the policy terminates irrespective of the Survival Benefit already paid.

Maturity Benefit – On survival till the end of the policy tenure, the policyholder gets the remaining 40% of the Sum Assured + accrued simple Reversionary Bonus+ Terminal 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, then the policy gets converted to Paid Up Policy and continues with reduced benefit. The policy can however be revived within a period of 2 years from the due date of the first unpaid premium.

Surrender Benefit: There are Surrender Benefits in this plan after payment of first full year’s premium

The Guaranteed Surrender Value (GSV) will be calculated as: GSV of Sum Assured = (Applicable GSV Factor) X (Total Amount of Premiums Paid) less Guaranteed Payouts already paid plus, GSV of Bonus = (Applicable GSV Factor) X (Accrued Bonus)

Eligibility conditions and other restrictions Minimum

Maximum

14, 17

21

Sum Assured (in Rs.) 1,00,000 Policy Term (in years) Premium Payment Term (in years)

No Limit

10 years PT=14, 12 years for PT=17 and 15 years for PT=21

Entry Age of Life Insured (in years)

7

Age at Maturity (in years)

60 years PT=14, 58 years PT=17 & 54 years PT=21

-

75

Premium (in Rs.) Payment modes

13,033 p.a.

No Limit

Annually, Half Yearly & Monthly

Loan: Loan facility is available from the 4th policy year onwards upto 60% of the Surrender Value and a minimum of Rs 5000.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Repoll ordered in six booths spread across four LS seats

The Election Commission has ordered repolling in six booths spread across four Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh on April 22, after reports of poll-related irregularities, official sources said on Sunday. Polling at these booths was held in the second phase on April 17, sources said.

Repolling would be held at booths in Gwalior, Sagar, Bhopal and Rajgarh Lok Sabha seats.

Mulayam bats for Muslim reservation

In a bid to woo Muslims, Samajwadi Party boss Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday said if voted to power, his party would ensure amendments are made in the Constitution for their reservation and said only SP could prevent BJP leader Narendra Modi from becoming the Prime Minister. “Muslamano ne desh ko banaya hai aur musalamano ke liye sanvidhan mein sanshodhan karke arakshan diya jayega (Muslims have made this country, and for Muslims, amendments would be made in the Constitution for their reservation),” Yadav said at a public meeting in Etah district.

Govt to form Nuclear Insurance Pool to address liability issue

Moving to address the liability issue that has held up deals with various countries, the government has decided to form a Nuclear Insurance Pool which will have a number of stakeholders to meet the requirement of huge financial cover in case of a mishap. The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) is pursuing the matter with the Ministry of Finance for creation of the pool after no single insurance company, including the General Insurance Company, expressed its ability to provide financial cover to the nuclear plants considering the huge monetary requirement.

Ban sale of animal tested products: PETA to Govt

After strongly campaigning for a ban on testing of cosmetics and household products on animals, the animal rights group PETA has now urged the Health Ministry to ban the sale and marketing of such products in the country. In June last, India became the first country in South Asia to ban the testing of cosmetics and its ingredients on animals, while it became the second country after Israel to ban animal testing for household products in January this year.

AI to raise US $500mn for buying 4 Dreamliners

Expecting deliveries of five more Dreamliners between May and November, Air India plans to raise bridge loan of $500 million to finance the purchase of four of these aircraft and use them to launch flights to new destinations like Moscow, Rome and Milan. The national carrier, which has already inducted 13 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, expects deliveries of two more such planes in May, while another three of the total 27 ordered are slated to be delivered by the US manufacturer Boeing in June, August and November.

BJP pulls up Giriraj for Modi-Pak remark; he stands by comment

MOTHER INDIA MAMATA... School children looking at a giant banner of CELEBRATING EASTER... Christians community members take part in an Easter rally in Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata. Kolkata on Sunday.

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EW DELHI/PATNA: BJP on Sunday pulled up its Bihar leader Giriraj Singh for his ‘back Narendra Modi or go to Pakistan’ remark but he remained unfazed and stood by his controversial comment that has been slammed by rival parties.

Congress and JD(U) complained to Election Commission and demanded criminal action against him, reports PTI. Distancing itself from Singh’s controversial remark, BJP sought to undo the damage with president Rajnath Singh saying the party believes in the politics of “justice and humanity” and taking everybody along.

Party sources said Giriraj, a Lok Sabha candidate from Nawada, has been conveyed the party’s displeasure over his statement and asked to refrain from stoking any further row.

Singh had said in an election meeting in Jharkhand yesterday that those opposing Modi will have to go to Pakistan after elections, leaving BJP red-faced and inviting sharp criticism from rival parties who said his comments were directed at Muslims.

In an apparent disapproval of Giriraj Singh’s comments, Rajnath said, “BJP believes in the politics of justice and humanity and taking everybody along”.

to act against national interest and appear to be speaking the language of a foreign country which has been known to act against our country...”

Isolated in his party, Giriraj tried to clarify his stand in a tweet.

“I maintain many Pakistani pro are constantly opposing namo.

This nation belongs to Indian at heart else Pakistan always wel-

come anti India (sic),” he wrote, apparently giving a twist to his original statement.

The Congress and JD(U) wrote separate letters to the EC seeking criminal proceedings against Giriraj, saying the remarks were in violation of poll code. NCP condemned the remarks as violating the poll code, Indian Penal Code and Constitution.

Giriraj Singh, BJP leader from Patna.

Senior Bihar BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi termed the statement ‘irresponsible’ and said the party does not approve of it. “BJP doesn’t approve of irresponsible statement given by Giriraj Singh,” he tweeted.

BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said the party distances itself with his statement and Modi’s tweet reflects its view.

“I stand by my statement that those trying their best to stop Modi from coming to power have no place in India and should go to Pakistan whose interests these Modi-baiters have sought to espouse by opposing him in the polls,” Giriraj told PTI in Patna.

“In democracy, everybody can oppose and I have no problem with that...But nobody has a right

MUMBAI SE AAYA MERA DOST... Actress and BJP candidate Hema Malini alongwith former Mumbai police commissioner and BJP candidate Satyapal Singh Yadav (left) being garlanded during her election campaign in Mathura.

Emissary row: Geelani spreading falsehood?

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RINAGAR/LUCKNOW: Mystery still surrounded the claim by Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani that Narendra Modi had sent two emissaries to him carrying a message with a LJP leader whose named surfaced maintaining on Sunday he met him but not as an emissary.

Sanjay Saraf, who belongs to Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP that is part of the NDA, confirmed that he had met Geelani but dismissed reports that he had carried any message from the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate to the hardline Hurriyat leader.

Lok Janshakti Party(LJP) National Youth President Saraf said his relations with the separatist leader were ‘personal’.

“I have been meeting Geelani for the past so many years. I have not met him in the context that has been reported,” Saraf told PTI in Srinagar.

Saraf said he rushed to Srinagar from Bihar after he was named as one of the emissaries of Modi that Geelani claimed had called on him for opening a dialogue with the BJP leader.

“This is a completely baseless report. I have not met Geelani since

he was taken to Delhi for treatment in early March this year,” he said.

Asked about media reports identifying him as one of the two emissaries, Saraf said he was exploring legal options against a daily which carried the report for “spreading falsehood and dragging my name into something that I was never part of”.

Geelani on Friday claimed that Modi had sent two emissaries to him and the separatist leadership in Jammu and Kashmir to create a “soft corner” for BJP by making a “commitment” to seek a solution to Kashmir issue.

Geelani has not named the emissaries so far. The meeting allegedly took place in Delhi on March 22.

Rubbishing Geelani’s claims, senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon said that Modi did not send any emissary to anyone, calling his remark as unfortunate. “Geelani comes across as if Geelani is wearing the Congress mask,” he said, adding, “whenever the time comes, Modi and BJP will talk about the Kashmir issue.” Congress leader Rashid Alvi said truth should come out. LJP leader Ramvilas Paswan said Kashmir issue is a ‘serious’ matter.

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THE FOUR

TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

A government department known as the Six Panels appoints their best officer to infiltrate a special force called the Divine Constabulary, to ensure their way in stopping the circulation of counterfeit coin currency in the capital.

HBO, 9 p.m.

QUBOOL HAI

SOAPS & SERIALS

The show takes a two year leap, where Tanveer kills Asad and Zoya in a turn of events and creates a havoc when Dilshad flees the scene with Zoya’s baby girl-Sanam and Nazma’s daughter Haya. Zee T V, 9.30 p.m.

Kennex and Dorian respond to a suspicious death at a hospital where - before having a fatal cardiac arrest - a man claimed someone was trying to kill him. Star Wor ld, 10 p.m.

YE HAIN MOHABBATEIN

Raman goes to the stage and gives a speech in Tamil to thank Ishita – how she is an amazing mother, how she takes good care of the family and is also a very successful dentist and how she had also helped him in his business at times. How she has done so much but I have never got time to say thank you to her, so I take this opportunity to thank her. Vandita translates the Tamil speech to others. Everybody is happily surprised and so is Ishita.

Everyone is happy to see Raman thank Ishita publicly in front of everyone. Raman notices that Shravan who is playing with Ruhi has been bullying her. He approaches him and tells him to stay away from her. He is threatening him in a cute way. Shravan who is not scared of him tells him that he is not scared of him. Raman is zapped by his answer. Shagun is watching the DVD that she got from Bhalla’s residence. She realizes that it’s not Aditya’s DVD instead is Raman’s wedding video CD. Aditya walks into her room and sees that video where he sees Shravan. Aditya recognizes him as they both are in a same school. Star Plus, 11 p.m.

SECRETS OF THE EARTH

SECRETS OF THE EARTH on Discovery Science unveils Earth as it has never seen before, by taking advantage of a shift in NASA, the show reveals the stunning new imagery of the planet’s surface, oceans, atmosphere, gravity, and all the amazing processes that keep our planet and humankind alive. Discover y Science, 9 p.m.

INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY

INSIDE THE HUMAN BODY reveals the workings of the human body on a scale never seen before. This is the most comprehensive story yet of how our unique and amazing bodies make

Qubool Hai, Zee TV, 9.30 p.m.

us who we are. Breathtaking CGI takes viewers inside the body to show how different parts of our anatomy have evolved and why. Extraordinary scientific images of the body reveal its most unusual and bizarre workings in minute detail. Discover y, 9 p.m.

UNTAMED AND UNCUT

Animal Planet in its remarkable series UNTAMED AND UNCUT feature’s some of the most incredible animal encounters ever caught on tape. It’s an hour journey around the world, meeting the common people whose lives were forever changed by a moment in time with an animal. Groundbreaking computer graphics showcase what happened and how people survived. Anim al Planet, 10 p.m.

STAR VERDICT

Catch Boman Irani, Sanjay Mishra, Ram Kapoor and Saurabh Shukla talk about what it takes to make a small role big and SubhashGhai talks about his latest movie This Friday, popular character artists in the industry –Boman Irani, Sanjay Mishra, Ram Kapoor and Saurabh Shuklatalk to Anupama Chopra about what it’s like to be a supporting actor, what they would change if they could and much more! With their formidable acting talent, these supporting actors have played critical roles in films like ‘3 Idiots’, the recently released ‘AnkhonDekhi’, ‘Udaan’ and ‘Barfi’.

Star Pl us, 8.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Jackie Chan plays an ex-singer-turned-fortune-hunter, who’s ex-girlfriend is kidnapped by an evil cult. Her finace, an old friend of Jackie’s, turns to him for help - as the kidnappers intended... lots of cooool, Jackie style action and laughs. Star Movies, 9 p.m.

THE TEMPEST

In Julie Taymor’s version of ‘The Tempest,’ the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor’s version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-year daughter on a ship. She ends up on an island; it’s a tabula rasa: no society, so the mother figure becomes a father figure to Miranda.

This leads to the power struggle and balance between Caliban and Prospera; a struggle not about brawn, but about intellect.

Zee Studio, 10 p.m.

LIFE PARTNER

Based in Cape Town, specializing in divorces, Jeet Oberoi warns his friends, Karan Malhotra and Bhavesh Patel, about the many disadvantages of being involved in a married relationship.

He indicates that marriages result in divorce, if it is a love marriage than the groom digs his grave; and if is an arranged marriage, it is the groom’s family that dig his grave. Scoffing at this, Karan gets married with his sweetheart, Sanjana Jugran, much to the chagrin of her dad; while conservative Bhavesh travels to Vishwamitri, Gujarat, along with his entire family, and gets married to a liberal Prachi Jadeja. Incompatibility issues will soon surface, compelling the duo to retain Jeet as legal counsel to ex-

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Hasina Thi 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 Ek Hasina Thi 5.00 Ek Veer Ki ArdaasVeera 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 Hasina Thi 8.30 Star Verdict 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 Crazy Ones 2.30 Raising Hope 3.00 The Killing 4.00 New Girl 4.30 Two and A Half Men 5.00 Boston Legal 6.00 The Killing 7.00 Koffee with Karan 8.00 New Girl 8.30 Two And A Half Men 9.00 Boston Legal 10.00 Almost Human 11.00 The Killing

ZEE CAFÉ

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

SONY TV

P.M. 12.30 CID 5.30 Crime Patrol 8.00 Main Naa Bhoolungi 8.30 Ekk Nayi Pehchaan 9.30 Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le Zara 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Crime Patrol

ZEE TV

LAADLA

Raju (Anil Kapoor) lives with his disabled mom (Farida Jalal).

One day Raju on his way to a job interview saves the life of a rich textile mill owner (Anupam Kher) who offers him a job in his factory which is run by his ambitious daughter Sheetal (Sridevi).

Sheetal’s competitive attitude and open insults result in her making several enemies in the industry. Raju works as a mechanic in the mill and confronts Sheetal several times for the proper treatment of workers. He is also elected as the union leader. Raju meets Kaajal (Raveena Tandon), who also works in the textile mill, and they fall in love. Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

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LISTING

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 Kumkum Bhagya 9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 10.30 Doli Armaano Ki 11.00 Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Savdhaan India 6.30 Naadan Parinde Ghar Aa Ja 7.00 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.00 Naadan Prinde Ghar

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

5.40 How It’s Made 6.00 Prophets of Science Fiction 7.00 Mythbusters 8.00 How It’s Made 9.00 Secrets Of the Earth 10.00 Deadliest Tech 11.00 Massive Machines

HISTORY

P.M. 2.00 Miguel’s Feasts 2.30 Hidden Cities Extreme 3.00 Ancient Aliens 4.00 Baggage Battles 4.30 Around the World in 80 Ways 5.30 IRT Deadliest Roads 6.30 Pawn Stars 7.00 Kings of Restoration 7.30 Baggage Battles 8.00 Dynamo: Magician Impossible 9.00 Vikings 10.00 Pawn Stars

Armour of God, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

pedite their respective divorce proceedings. B4U, 9 p.m.

SPY KIDS 3-D GAME OVER

Under-age agents Juni and Carmen Cortez set out on their newest most mind-blowing mission yet: journeying inside the virtual reality world of a 3-D video game designed to outsmart them, as the awe-inspiring graphics and creatures of gaming come to real life. Relying on humor, gadgetry, bravery, family bonds and lightning-quick reflexes, the Spy Kids must battle through tougher and tougher levels of the game, facing challenges that include racing against road warriors and surfing on boiling lava, in order to save the world from a power hungry villain. Pix , 9 p.m .

SSSSHHH…:

Malini Gujral is brutally murdered on a college campus, and no one knows who did it or why. Then Malini’s sister Mehak starts getting threatening phone calls from a man who claims that he murdered Malini and is now out to kill her and anyone else who dares to stand in his way. Mehak is terrified, she does not know who the caller is, but he could be anybody. Most of the people around her have a motive for murder. And then the killings start... CVO, 9 p.m.

P.M. 2.00 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 2.30 Doli Armaano Ki 3.00 Kumkum Bhagya 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 5.00 Jodha Akbar 5.30 Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya 6.00 Kumkum Bhagya

DDI (Main Channel)

STARMOVIES

P.M 1.30 The Three Stooges 3.30 The Internship 6.00 Gladiator 9.00 Armour of God 11.00 Mr Bean’s Holiday A.M. 9.00 Tremors 11.00 Armour of God

HBO

P.M. 12.08 The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2.45 Act of Valor 4.50 Limitless 6.50 Blade: Trinity 9.00 The Four 11.20 Gangster Squad A.M. 8.12 Alice In Wonderland 10.12 Gangster Squad

ZEE STUDIO

PIX

Madhubala, Colors, 8.30 p.m.

Aa Jai 9.30 Tumhari Paakhi 10.00 Baazi Mehmaan Nawaaz Ki 10.30 Savdhaan India

COLORS

P.M. 2.00 Sasural Simar Ka 2.30 Balika Vadhu 3.00 Rangrasiya 3.30 Beintehaa 4.00 Madhubala 4.30 Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki 5.00 Bani – Ishq da Kalma 5.30 Beintehaa 6.00 Comedy Nights with Kapil 7.00 Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Madhubala 9.00 Beintehaa 9.30 Rangrasiya 10.00 Uttaran 10.30 Bani – Ishq da Kalma 11.00 Balika Vadhu

SAB TV

P.M. 2.00 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah..

2.30 FIR 3.00 Pritam Pyare Aur Who 3.30 Jo Biwi Se Kare Pyar.

4.00 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 7.00 Jo Biwi se Kare Pyar 7.30 Pritam Pyare Aur Who 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak Mehta…

9.00 Chidiya Ghar 9.30 Jeanie Aur Juju 10.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.30 F I R 11.00 Taarak Mehta

Almost Human, Star World, 10 p.m.

8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 9.30 Fu Bai Fu 10.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 11.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 Deadly 60 3.00 Sunday Showcase 4.00 Untamed and Uncut 5.00 Baby Planet 6.00 AP Safari 7.00 River Monsters 8.00 Roaring with Pride 9.00 Deadly 60 10.00 Untamed and Uncut 11.00 Be The Creature

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 You Have Been Warned 3.00 Man vs Wild 4.00 Magic of Science 4.30 How Do They do It? 5.00 Body Bizarre 6.00 Africa 7.00 Food Factory 7.30 What Happened Next 8.00 Magic of Science 8.30 Destroyed In Seconds 9.00 Invisible Universe 10.00 Survive That?

11.00 Desire and Pleasure Decoded

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 How The Earth Works 3.00 How It’s Made 4.00 Mythbusters 4.50 Heavy Metal Task Force

9.00 Malgudi Days 9.30 Yeh Kahan Aa Gaye Hum 10.00 Bharat Ki Shaan 11.00 Kantatar : Hindi film.

Starring Sreelekha Mitra, Sudip Mukherjee, Rudranil Ghosh, Nemai Ghosh, Rupsa Guha

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 News in Hindi.

2.30 News.

3.00 Sports News 3.30 Repoter’s Diary 4.00 Samachar.

4.30 The News.

5.00 Samachar.

5.30 Rajyon Se Samachar.

6.05 Metro Scan

10.30 Kings of Restoration 11.00 Surviving Evil

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 2.00 Mega Factories 2.30 Brain Games 3.00 How Big Can It Get 4.00 Street Genius 5.00 Gangrenous Encounters 6.00 Street Genius 7.00 Wild India Diaries 7.30 Caught in the Act 8.00 Deadly Jaws 9.00 Brain Games 10.00 Super Cars Week 11.00 Street Genius

STAR SPORTS1

P.M. 2.00 Jai Ho 2.30 T20 Triumphs 3.00 Playlist 3.30 Close Encounters 4.00 Jai Ho 5.00 Playlist 5.30 Close Encounters 6.00 Jai Ho 6.30 T20 Triumphs 7.00 Star Power 7.30 BPL Goals of the Month 8.00 T20 Triumphs 8.30 Close Encounters 9.00 Playlist 9.30 BPL Goals of the Month 10.00 T20 Triumphs 11.00 Star Power

Kantatar, DDI, 11 p.m.

6.30 Business Wrap 7.00 Samachar 7.30 News 8.00 Samachar 8.15 News in Hindi.

8.30 News Night 10.00 Charcha Main 10.30 Raat Saddhe Dus 11.05 Khel Samachar

P.M. 1.10 The Spy Next Door 3.35 The Hobbit: an Unexpected Journey 7.02 Agent Cody Banks 9.00 Spy Kids 3-D Game Over 10.55 Columbiana A.M. 7.35 Spiderman 2 10.10 Conan The Destroyer

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Return of Supriya Devi!

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Actress Supriya Devi, who played the lead in Balaji Telefilms’ ‘Bairi Piya’ as Amoli on Colors, is all set to make a comeback in the industry. After a three year long break from full fledged TV roles and focusing on Bollywood, Supriya is set to come back to the small screen with a character she feels very strongly about. Her fans have missed her on television and she was flooded with requests to make a comeback. Touched and moved by the love her fans have shown her, she is making her re-entry with a new show 'Anudamini' with Sachin Shroff paired opposite her. The show airs on DD National, Monday to Friday, 2 pm.

Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to Supriya Devi about her comeback.

Here is what she has to say.

COMEDY SHOW-NEW SEASON

‘Fu Bai Fu’- Naya Hai Wah! the popular comedy reality show will begin its second season from April 21 on Zee Marathi at 9.30 pm on Monday and Tuesday. Eminent cinematographer director of films like ‘Duniyadari’ Sanjay Jadhav will be the judge along with Ashwini Kalsekar Sharma, the judge in the previous season. Some of the prominent comedians from the previous season like Bharat Ganeshpure, Sagar Karande, Anand Ingle, Bhau Kadam, Supriya Pathare, Vishaka Subhedhar will entertain the viewers.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, POONAM

It was a birthday bonanza on the sets of Sony Entertainment Television's ‘Ekk Nayi Pehchaan’.

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TV TATTLES show celebrated the birthday of the lead protagonist Poonam Dhillon who portrays the role of Sharda. A little birdie from the sets informed us that, Sakshi aka Krystal D’Souza was really excited for her onscreen mother-in-law's birthday. With the help of the crew members she arranged for a special cake on the sets itself. Poonamji who was unaware of this little celebration was pleasantly surprised to see the impromptu party.

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Subhash Ghai recently visited the sets of DID L’il Masters on Zee TV to promote his upcoming movie Kanchi along with his star cast Mishti and Kartik Tewary. He mingled with the kids and even witnessed their smashing bachchagiri, as one of the cheeky L’il Masters asked him to do what no one else had ever dared to! Aditi Ghulap, a huge of fan of Madhuri Dixit was elated to see Subhash Ghai and post her performance, she innocently asked him if he can teach her a few steps and expressions of the dancing diva from his blockbuster movie 'Ram Lakhan'. He shared an interesting anecdote about the song ‘Bada Dukh Dina’.

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'Lapataganj – Ek Baar Phir' is a lively TV series on SAB TV which shows daily life happenings in a small village and the funny happenings amongst the different families that reside in it. Rohitash Gaud plays the character of Mukundilal Sughandhilal Gupta, an upright government clerk with a refined set of moral values. Mukundi is an intelligent person and is always helpful towards his neighbours and other village folks. In the on-going track, Mukundi wants all the people

Why this long sabbatical?

I had taken a break from TV to concentrate on my Bollywood career. I have done roles in two Bollywood movies already and also did a small role in a TV show—'Sanskaar'. I wanted to focus on Bollywood but my fans bombarded me with fan mails urging me to come back to the small screen.

How does it feel to be back in the limelight?

It feels really good to get back from where you started that is television after three years. My fans really missed me, through various mediums they told me that want to see me back on TV which made me come back. They brought me back on TV. Also I was moved by the script and inspired by Anudamini's strong character. I am sure 'Anudamini' will soon become a household name."

What made you accept 'Anudamini' as your comeback serial?

I have known the producer Mr. Rajesh Kumar Jain of Krish Movies since a long time and when he mentioned about the show and narrated the story which was touching and relevant in today’s scenario where many small town girls find

it difficult to become compatible with their urban husbands, I couldn’t resist taking up the show and I am so glad I did. I have been receiving compliments on my character from everywhere.

What is your character in the show?

'Anudamini' is a touching tale of a small town girl who struggles to survive in this fast paced Mumbai. I play the character of Anudamini, whose pure and true love towards her husband drives her to become compatible with him. Her determination is what drives her to becoming more than just a 'gaon se aayi hui ladki'. She catches up with the pace of the city and transforms herself into an urban girl never giving up on the morals she grew up. The story of Anudamini, a simple girl who has never stepped out of her village and how her world changes when she marries a sophisticated, urban Dev. 'Anudamini' is a tale of the struggles of a simple girl who has now devoted her life to a husband, who refuses her. Dev sees no compatibility with this rural, non ambitious girl and does not want to continue their relationship.

Did you have to work on your character?

Not really. I had to do a little research on it but then the team at Krish Movies, the director guided me pretty well and I found it very easy to play the character.

How did you feel while working with Sachin Shroff?

Who wouldn’t like working with Sachin. He is a charm to work with. We share a very good rapport and understand each other’s working style very well. Everyone on the sets in fact, is very warm and we feel like family when we come together for the shoots.

The TV shows you like to watch?

My busy schedule unfortunately does not permit me to watch a lot of TV. But whenever I do get the time I catch up on the reality shows.

Are you open to reality shows?

Depends on what comes my way.

Any film offers?

A few are in the pipeline. Cannot speak about them right now, but will once they are confirmed.

Kiku, Rajneesh, Mouni in ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa-7’?

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Popular actors Kiku Sharda, Rajneesh Duggal, Mouni Roy and others are likely to participate in the upcoming season of celebrity dance show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. The seventh season of 'JDJ' will be launched after a couple of months but names of several celebrities are already doing the rounds for the hit reality show. There are rumours that Kiku, who plays Palak in 'Comedy Nights with Kapil', popular TV actors Mouni, Sanaya Irani, Roopal Tyagi of 'Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke', Kunal Karan Kapoor of 'Naa Bole Tum fame', actors Purab Kohli, Rajneesh and V J Andy will be taking part in the show this time. "I have been approached for the show. Talks are on. The negotiations are going on but nothing is confirmed yet," Kiku told PTI. Kiku had also participated in the recently concluded season of couple-based dance reality show 'Nach Baliye'. Rajneesh said, "I can't tell you anything now. If things are confirmed will let you know." Actress Mouni Roy, Kunal Karan Kapoor and VJ Andy neither denied nor confirmed this development. The trio maintained a 'No comments' stand and said they shall talk later on this. Grapevine has it that cricketer Shikhar Dhawan as well has been approached for the show. The show is judged by filmmaker Karan Johar, actress Madhuri Dixit and of Lapataganj choreographer-director Remo D'Souza.Popular TV to be responsible actress Drashti Dhami had won the sixth citizens and cast their season of 'Jhalak Dikhla Jaa'.

Zee TV’s popular prime vote for a better time show 'Qubool Hai', will government and better future of soon witness a leap of two years the country. and an even bigger leap of 22 years garlands to rejoice the splendid shortly thereafter. moment. That’s not all; the Once the show takes the much wedding will come to fold lots of It’s celebration time in Sony anticipated leap of 22 years, there twists and turns for the viewers.

Entertainment Television’s will be a fresh story line with a host Pratap who has been eagerly historical saga 'Bharat Ka Veer of new young faces. Surbhi Jyoti, waiting for this marriage would be Putra- Maharana Pratap'. In the who won the hearts of millions of seen in high spirits expressing his upcoming episodes, Chakrapani happiness through his implausible viewers with her endearing and Saubhagyvati will be seen dance on the Rajputana tunes. The portrayal of Zoya Farooqui Ahmed, tying the knot. The entire Bijoliya will essay the role of her daughter, entire Bijoliya clan will be seen will be decorated with beautiful Sanam post leap. joining Pratap in the merriments.

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‘We don’t need no education’

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MUMBAI | MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2014

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DUCATION isn’t a criterion for most things that matter.

Whether it’s getting a government job or contesting polls, having enough assets and the right connections matter the most. A recent report suggests that many hopeful election candidates contesting the ongoing Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai aren’t exactly very well qualified when it comes to education.

According to data revealed through a RTI query, in all 45 candidates from Mumbai, around 38 per cent of them all, have only studied till Standard 10th or even lower than that. And, of these, 12 have declared their assets to be worth more than a crore rupees.

Party-wise, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has the most educated candidates contesting in the city. AAP is followed by Congress, Shiv Sena then Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) followed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

An analysis of the data provided by candidates, in their affidavits, indicates that though many of the aspirants having assets worth more than a crore rupees, most of them have not even cleared the Standard 10th examination. Of the total, 33 are graduates while 19 have completed their post-graduation. And, there are 17 candidates whose assets exceed Rs 5 crore.

With five post-graduates members, AAP leads with the maximum number of educated members, while Congress, NCP and BJP have one candidate each who has completed post-graduation.

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gress and Shiv Sena have the maximum number graduates, with four and three candidates each, while MNS and AAP have two and three graduates. While one candidate each from the BJP and MNS has cleared HSC one from the BJP is a school drop-out.

Just like getting an election ticket, education doesn’t seem to be a qualification for a government job if you have ‘connections’ in the right place.

An RTI application filed in February 2014 revealed that most of the ministers’ staffs in Kerala have not cleared their Standard 10th examination.

It was after an incident, in which a senior minster’s personal assistant was arrested on charges of murder, that the skeletons began tumbling out of closets.

Soon, Advocate D B Binu, through Right to Information Act, procured details of the staff working for various ministers in Kerala and found that many of the staff members have not even passed Standard 10th. A minister in Kerala can take up to 30 members as personal staff, starting with private secretary to peon.

It is ‘knowing the right people’ that matters when it comes to getting recruited in the pool of a minister’s personal staff and this is exactly what happens in most cases, in most States.

The government order regarding the hiring of staff members states that the staff is usually appointed by the government based on the ‘notes’ provided by ministers concerned. And, it seems that these ‘notes’ are generally in favour of either family members or friends.

According to the data procured by the RTI application, an assistant personal secretary of Kerala Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar only has passed Standard 10th as an educational qualification. And, the other five didn’t even clear their Standard 10th exams!

In a similar case, Kerala Urban Development Minister M Ali has seven personal staff members who had failed Standard 10th, while three others barely made it through the exam. Similarly, Rural Development Minister K C Joseph has six staff members who failed in secondary school and nine who passed have passed just Standard 10th.

Joseph and another Congress Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan each have an additional personal assistant who has not cleared the Standard 10th.

The Election Commission of India, in its campaign, had urged voters to pick honest and educated members. But, with the candidates that the political parties have presented in different zones of Mumbai, it doesn’t seem like Mumbaikars have much of an option.

For instance, in Mumbai North, of the total 19 candidates, 10 have

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The eminent Lok Sabha hopefuls aren’t exactly highly qualified when it comes to education.

That, sadly, has been the rule rather than exception, writes Gajanan Khergamker

The EC of India, in its campaign, had urged voters to pick honest and educated members either only passed SSC or are school drop-outs. But, of these 10, four have assets worth over one crore rupees. Only six candidates in this constituency are graduates or have completed their post-graduation. In the North-West zone, nine of the 14 candidates are graduates and one is illiterate but has assets worth crores of rupees.

In North-Central zone, of the total 21 candidates, 12 have only cleared Standard 10 or lesser and six of these are either graduates or post-graduates. But, of the nine candidates whose assets run into crores of rupees, two are either educated up to Standard 10 standard or lesser and five have a net worth of over Rs 5 crore. In Mumbai NorthEast, of the total 19 candidates, seven have studied till SSC or dropped out earlier while eight have done graduation or higher studies.

The constituency has three illiterate candidates, the highest in the city.

Of the seven candidates with assets worth crores of rupees, one is not educated beyond SSC. In Mumbai South, 11 of the 20 candidates have either studied till Standard 10 or lower. But, there are nine graduates and post-graduates.

Of the seven candidates whose assets run into crores of rupees, three are worth more than Rs 5 crore and three aren’t even educated beyond SSC. In Mumbai South-Central, 11 aspirants are either graduates or postgraduates and five have not studied beyond Standard 10. The constituency also has two illiterate candidates. Assets of the candidates and their educational qualification of the candidates seem inversely proportional in a majority of the cases.

In another case, highlighting the fact that education is not the only criteria based on which one get government jobs, is the Pune Tree Authority members of citizen committee. An RTI application filed in beginning of April this year revealed that around 11 of the 13 members of the citizen committee are not that qualified. But, the one thing they have in common is that they all have ‘political connections.’

Based on a High Court order of October 2013, Tree Authority members need to have a certain education qualifications which include: the members must be a member of an apolitical non-governmental organisation (NGO), which is a minimum five years old and must submit proof of work done by the member through CDs, PPTs, certificates and photographs. The NGO must also be registered with the Social Forestry department.

The High Court order said that “the nominated members should belong to independent NGOs and PMC has stated that not more than one person shall be appointed from the same NGO. As regards the nominated members, wider representation needs to be given to diverse cross sections of NGOs with a special knowledge or expertise in plantation and preservation of trees with a minimum experience of at least five years.

Care shall be taken to obviate a situation which had occurred in the past whereby all the nominated members belonged to the same NGO. While nominating the non-official members, preference shall be given to qualified persons with a degree or diploma in agriculture/ forestry/ horticulture with an ex-

pertise of five years in plantation/ preservation/ transplantation of trees and/ or in environment protection. PMC has stated that preference would be given to those NGOs who have a national presence.”

But, in March 2014, the Pune Municipal Corporation announced the appointment of new members of Tree Authority when their appointment was in clear violation of HC’s order. The members announced by the PMC are the members from the same NGO with a political affiliation. And, in 2009, affiliation of the Tree Authority with the same NGO had led to the filing of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the High Court.

Information availed from RTI application revealed that 11 of the 13 nominated members to Tree Authority don’t even have the basic education qualification required, as directed by the High Court. The names of the finalised members of Tree Authority put up by corporators include Kamal Vyavahare, Anil Tingre, Anil Rane, Hemant Rasne and Prithivaraj Sutar. The HC has directed that even corporators who have Science education background should be nominated in this Tree Authority but that too wasn’t followed.

The information procured through RTI application revealed that the three-member screening committee was not happy with the members shortlisted for the Tree Authority and they had even shown their dissent over the finalised members in their remarks.

None of the applicants had submitted CDs, PPTs, certificates and photographs and the candidate’s affidavit was the only document that the Screening Committee had for consideration. Reportedly, many of the members were unqualified, while the NGOs of a few weren’t over five years old and none of the NGOs were registered with the Social Forestry Authority which would disqualify them from being a member of Tree Authority.

Last year too, an RTI application had revealed that most ministers favour their sons, daughters or other family members when it came to appointing their personal assistants.

A response to an RTI application revealed that not less than 146 Members of Parliaments (MPs), 104 from the Lok Sabha and 42 from the Rajya Sabha, had appointed at least 191 relatives in their personal staff.

Time and again, it has been proved that Ministers misuse their powers and dole out benefits to family and friends showing complete disregard for the educated, deserving candidates.

And, if an uneducated/undereducated MPs were to come to power in this election, it can be safely assumed that s/he will have no regards for those educated as well.

With inputs from Prerna Pandey

Readers keen on seeking help on drafting RTI applications may write in to rti@draftcraft.in or call Gajanan Khergamker on 022-22841593 for any assistance on RTI or to have their findings / issue featured on this page

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the project to make Aadhaar cards in the country. He has imposed this project on the country through deception. He is the first such person in the country, who, without taking oath remained at a high ranking post equivalent to that of a Cabinet Minister. He was the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) which was responsible Dr. Manish Kumar for preparing the Aadhaar cards. f an ordinary person tells a lie, Currently he is contesting the Lok practices deception and does Sabha elections as the Congress wheeling dealing or under- Party candidate from Bengaluru. hand dealing in money, he is pun- When his candidature created an ished by a court. Several examples uproar, he had to resign from his will be found in the country in which under Section 420 of the Nandan Nilekani Indian Penal Code, many people have been in jail for years for underhand dealing involving a hundred or five hundred rupees.

Several Government officials are undergoing punishment for the crime of misusing public money.

Whether it is a big industrialist of the country or a friend of the Prime Minister or no matter who it is, cheats the public and grossly wastes the public money, then shouldn’t such a person be punished? If it is a crime to misuse public money, why hasn’t Nandan Nilekani, the Congress Party candidate from Bengaluru, been arrested so far? Why was a case not post but amidst all this the slapped on him for cheating? Are Supreme Court issued orders due we living in such a country where to which his problems have inaction will be taken against a per- creased. The Supreme Court ruled son who has cheated on a com- that the Aadhaar card is not comparatively small amount of pulsory and the Government money and has relatively less in- should immediately withdraw its fluence but if that person has de- order to make the Aadhaar card frauded a large amount of money, mandatory. The Court has also diis a friend of the Prime Minister, rected UIDAI not to give the bioand the media, saluted by TV an- metrics data to any other chors and editors, not a single institution or organisation. The voice will be raised against him Supreme Court also struck down even if he wastes thousands of a Bombay High Court decision crores of rupees of the Govern- that called on the Unique Identifiment? cation Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani is the father of to share biometric data for crimi-

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nal investigations.

The Supreme Court also said that due to not having an Aadhaar card, no person should be deprived of any Government service. This means that whether it is cooking gas or any other service, now you can avail these services without the Aadhaar card. However a case related to the Aadhaar card is going on in court, after which the Government and Nandan Nilekani may come in for more criticism and ridicule. Incidentally, the Aadhaar card is caught in controversies because it was Chauthi Duniya weekly

newspaper that first focused on the dangers inherent in the Aadhaar card. We had revealed how the Aadhaar card was a conspiracy to pass on your and mine information to the CIA and other foreign intelligence agencies.

With the passage of time, the seal of the Supreme Court is being put on everything that Chauthi Duniya revealed in the Aadhaar card context.

According to information received through the Right to Information law, the biometrics system is not hundred per cent accurate and secondly, the

This will be a decisive election Santosh Bhartiya

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ne should talk of the situation of the Bharatiya Janata Party today, not of Narendra Modi.

There are today in India 35 States and Union Territories. Out of these, how many MPs go from some of the States to the Lok Sabha, let us talk about that. From Andhra Pradesh 42, Kerala 20, Odisha 21, from Tamil Nadu 39, from Delhi 7 and from Jammu and Kashmir 6 MPs are elected to the Lok Sabha. In all these States the Bharatiya Janata Party is a zero. It could not get even one seat from these States in the Lok Sabha which was dissolved recently even though the Bharatiya Janata Party had tried body and soul to register its presence in these States.

Now let us talk about some small States. From Manipur 2, from Meghalaya 2, from Mizoram 1, from Tripura 2, from Lakshadweep 1, from Arunachal Pradesh 2, from Puducherry 1, from

Sikkim 1, from Chandigarh 1 is the break up of Lok Sabha seats from these States and in all these small States the BJP does not even have any account. Here too the number of its members in the Lok Sabha is zero. Out of 35 States and Union Territories, in 15 States the BJP account has not opened. The total number of seats in these 15 States is 148, while the total number of seats in the Lok Sabha is 543. If one subtracts 148 seats from these 543 seats, it leaves 395 Lok Sabha seats in the remaining 20 States. If the BJP had no seat in 15 States, then all the seats with it were from the remaining 20 states. Amongst those too in a State like West Bengal the Bharatiya Janata Party had got just one seat, and from here the story begins of whether history will change or not change. If the BJP is able to register its presence in these 15 States and is able to increase its tally in the remaining 35 States and Union Territories, only then will it be possible for the BJP to form a Government in Delhi.

But there is a difference. The battle for the Lok Sabha that was recently dissolved was fought by the BJP and the battle for the Lok

Narendra Modi Sabha elections that are currently underway is being fought not by the BJP but by Narendra Modi.

Has Modi’s image become larger than that of the BJP? If the answer to this question is seen at first glance, then there is truth in it.

The way Modi wants, that his party is doing and therefore on any television channel, whether it is a sports channel or a news channel, or a film channel, or on every channel only one ad is coming –‘Ab ki baar Modi sarkar’ (this time, a Modi Government). In such a tall height being given to Modi, there is the consent of the

uniqueness of the Aadhaar card too is imaginary. This information has been provided by Ernst & Young Private Limited and Netmagic Solutions Private Limited who deal with the Planning Commission and with this information the basis – the ‘aadhaar’ — of the Aadhaar card is destroyed. The big claims that Nandan Nilekani had made about this card are all proved to be lies. At the beginning of the project Nandan Nilekani had claimed this was the most precise and highly specialised card so far and could not be duplicated. Nandan Nilekani should explain why he misled the country?

When the Central Government launched the Aadhaar card project, its features were embroidered with big stories. Tall claims were made that now people would be freed from the hassle of producing different kinds of identity cards for different things, but bungling in this UPA Government dream project is at its peak. By spending a certain amount of money anyone can get an Aadhaar card made. Recently a sting operation by a site revealed that by giving a certain amount of money, illegal Bangladeshi migrants can easily get an Aadhaar card made and become accredited citizens of India and gain valid voting rights. Whereas a Minister of the UPA Government and Nandan Nilekani, the boss of this project had assured that no illegal migrant will be able to get a fake identity card of our country made and nor can a duplicate of the card be made. The Aadhaar card project has been now fully taken the shape of a scam. The Supreme Court will now have to decide whether any criminal case against Nandan Nilekani can be framed or not.

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

The RSS has not deliberately put its stake on Modi, it has put its stake on him because of compulsion. When the BJP was in session in Mumbai, then Modi was not coming to that session. His condition for coming was that Sanjay Joshi should be expelled from the party or be freed of responsibilities. The Sangh was not ready to accept this, but when it saw that Modi was not coming, then suddenly the Sangh asked Sanjay Joshi to resign from all posts. At that time the BJP workers were with Sanjay Joshi and if Joshi had turned then against him, Narendra getting elected in Gujarat for the third time would not have been possible. Modi made his strategy from here and the first thing he did was to cage such people who he felt could be a risk for him in the future. Joshi is one amongst them. After that he encircled the RSS in such a manner that whether it was Bhaiyyaji Joshi or Mohan Bhagwat and whether it was Ramlalji within the BJP, they began to believe that Modi was inevitable for the 2014 elections. It was from here that Mohan Bhagwat perhaps thought that with this weapon he could politically slaughter all those leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party who were bigger than him in age and experience.

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DILLI KA BABU

By Dilip Cherian

Portent Of Trouble

Virbhadra Singh in Himachal Pradesh has recently sought to act against senior babus who were seen to have allied close with the previous BJP regime of Prem Kumar Dhumal and his parliamentarian son Anurag Thakur. This had caused much consternation in babu circles. But when the State Vigilance Bureau moved swiftly and registered cases against IAS officers in a case involving Thakur and the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), the panic has increased. Many babus have noted these developments may have unwittingly divided the IAS and IPS officers. IAS officers are upset that the Government issued show-cause notices to additional chief secretary Deepak Sanan and IAS officer R.S. Gupta in the HPCA matter. The Congress Government has also been pursuing a phone tapping scandal and had shifted director general of police I.D. Bhandari to an insignificant post.

Sources say that Virbhadra Singh may well end up with a tough interim with babus who are reluctant or fearful to work.

Tell-All Tale?

If the buzz is to be believed, the forthcoming book penned by coal scam accused former coal secretary P.C. Parekh is going to put the Central Bureau of Investigation in a spot. Parekh, was charged by the CBI last year along with Kumar Mangalam Birla, but has found support among his peers and even some Central mantris.

Sources add that former Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, retired judges of the Supreme Court and even former CBI directors are likely to attend the book release function. In his “autobiography” Parekh is reported to have claimed that the CBI has not presented the correct picture of the coal block allocations to the Supreme Court and that the case prepared by the agency will not stand judicial scrutiny and result in acquittal of the accused. That remains to be seen, but there is a lot of speculation that Parekh could create some embarrassment for the CBI and its top brass.

Postings In Haste

In these last days of the UPA Government, the Finance Ministry is showing unseemly eagerness to ‘reward’ certain officers belonging to the Indian Economic Service (IES) with plum postings, even after the model code of conduct came into effect a few weeks ago. According to sources, a senior IES officer Ambrish Kumar, who was on long leave, has been promoted as senior adviser in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Similarly, it is learnt that a 1980 batch IES officer B. Brahma has been made senior advisor in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, while Avtar Singh Sahota is now senior advisor in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Though the Ministry has termed these postings as “routine”, the Election Commission has yet to take a call on these and five other similar postings effected by the Ministry.

Whether these postings are “routine” or “reward” and could be in violation of rules remains unclear. But probably with the approaching “change of guard” at the Centre, these are probably not the only movements that are taking place in Dilli’s babu corridors.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 743

ENIGMA CODE 743

ACROSS: 1 Make a quiet exit alongside an attraction? (8) 5 Sailor in horrible surroundings, but fit enough to survive (6) 10 Sick, so lured here? (7) 11 Broad reaches former spouse with audible heavy breathing (7) 12 Loses weight, cutting corners with work out (5) 13 There's a prohibition on goat breeding. It's the truth! (2,7) 14 Business procedures requiring resolute action (4,8) 18 Feel conceited about being personally decorative (5,7) 21 For taking shots of crate? (3-6) 23 Suddenly got a lot of stick, making son leader? (5) 24 "Observe!" I cry to the audience (7) 25 One-sided support for literature (4-3) 26 Carrier to transport a small cat (6) 27 Do not get involved with Rex being so close! (4-4) DOWN: 1 One way an old chap can be a skilled worked (6) 2 Ram's follower in the mountains (6) 3 Place to avoid in the old west?

(5,4) 4 Forgetting his immediate surroundings, stupidly blends dynamite! (14) 6 Naughty child picked feathers ! (5) 7 Group I put on trial for brigandage (8) 8 Give power to work unit - one seen shuffling around (8) 9 Bless calm Greek for breaking up this mad enterprise (8,6) 15 Pontificate about strike and be

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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.

O O

The Clue: Assist or encourage

O O O

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE GENIAL, AILING, ENGINE, INNING, NIGGLE, ENGAGE, ANNEAL

extravagant (6,3) 16 Delivery from a spinner? (3,5) 17 Clumsy former spouse in Pinter play (8) 19 Must end putsch with a

prohibition (4,2) 20 It changes the shape of a boozeup (6) 22 Turkish city on road a native takes (5)

SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Bushmaster, 6 Gnar, 9 Laid to rest, 10 Greg, 12 Police escort, 15 Anemone, 16 Drawbar, 17 Elitism, 19 The oaks, 20 Fire at random, 23 Coco, 24 Autodidact, 25 Sold, 26 Well heeled.

DOWN: 1 Bill, 2 Soil, 3 Metropolitan, 4 Surmise, 5 East end, 7 Narrow boat, 8 Right dress, 11 Escape notice, 13 Naked facts, 14 Reciprocal, 18 Marquee, 19 Tinfoil, 21 Fall, 22 Stud.

QUICK CROSS 743

ACROSS: 1. Rock-musician Rose 4. Actress Remick 5. Lee's opposite 7. Beholder's viewpoint 8. Fills up 10. Kyushu mountain 11. ___ Little Indians

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MATH PYRAMID 743 The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied.

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

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Balmy plants?

2. ____ out: nullifies a typo 3. '___ Miserables' 5. American saint 6. Nautical chain 8. Didn't play 9. Enzyme ending

HIDATO 743

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 743

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.

FRIDAY’S SOLUTION

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JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

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MOON : Moon in Sagittarius till 11.46 p.m.

TITHI : 7th Chaitra Krishnapaksha NAKSHATRA : Purvashada RASHI : Dhan (Sagittarius) Bh.Dh.F. LUCKY COLOUR : Red and Beige LUCKY NUMBER : 5

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Some major reorganization may become necessary at work. Some of you may expand your activities and move to a larger working space.

Business prospects will abound. Friends and associates will go out of their way to help.

News from an overseas client will be heartening and you can look forward to a strategic tie up. A shift to new residence nearer to work place is also indicated for some of you.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, healthy and long-lived. Will be generally fortunate, intelligent and a go-getter. Will be fond of outdoor activities and friends.

Humble, honest and adaptable. Does well in most fields especially medicine, media, communication, philosophy and occult services. Success from overseas is indicated.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Follow your intuition about work proposal. You are sure to benefit.

Good days to attend to money matters or traveling for work. A load of good fortune is in store for you. If you are employed expect a promotion to an important office with large increase in salary. The married may find their mate being aloof. Make the first move to express your feelings for a really warm response.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Gains from unexpected quarters are indicated. In any dispute regarding a contract or business arrangement, try to resolve it mutually.

For further new projects, try to work independently and not to take in any partner.

You are more likely to reach your goals faster unhindered. Your charm and conversational ability will help in impressing and winning new friends. Your mate will be very proud of you.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): A good job offer or assignment could come your way. Favorable News from overseas is indicated.

You may be concerned about a change of location. Those who are keen on higher studies will have to work harder. Those in creative fields will do very well. You will feel the need to get close to a person with whom you can discuss your most intimate thoughts and inner uncertainties.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You will succeed in establishing a perfect rapport with colleagues and associates which helps you to improve your position at work. You could get a large amount of money as an advance payment. Even though financial position is strong, this money will be of great help. In a new relationship, if you are looking for fun then you are playing with fire. It seems you have met your match.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): It is good to be optimistic but don’t be deluded by grand plans and impracticable ideas. Even a minor mistake leads to money loss. You may take some unorthodox decisions that help to reach your goal faster. But do not break any normal rules to achieve your objective. Relationships unlike work are not cut and dry. Nurture them with love and care something which you have not been doing.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Plans for a journey are afoot. News from distant lands concerning work will also be favorable. You have a busy but rewarding day.

You will be entertaining this evening, which will be quite a success. You will have to grab whatever quality time you find to be with your beloved whenever possible.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A late appointment could upset your schedules for the day.

You may have to cancel a few activities as a result. Avoid meeting people who do not have anything good to say about anyone. There could also be a bit of a financial crunch, which will be overcome soon. You are expecting too much out of a relationship without making an effort.

Some action or an element of surprise will spice things up.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Your routine and schedules will get upset. Stay calm and keep your cool, agitation will get you nowhere. You are doing well in your career and profession. Yet a feeling of unease creeps in. This is just a passing phase.

Things are not as bad as they look for there are hidden gains. Problems arise in your relationship with your friend or beloved. A bit of love and attention will resolve the annoying issues.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): It is a good time to submit applications for jobs or business tenders. Results of written tests or interviews will also be encouraging. A sale transaction may not yield the gains you had envisaged, but it will certainly help to take the pressure off you for a while. At a social get-together or conference your charm and conversational ability will help in impressing and winning new friends instantly.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Your achievements, especially if you are in some artistic and creative field, will bring you into the limelight. Do not rest on your past success. It is a constant struggle to maintain your present position at work as there are many contenders for your place. At home you be making the mistake of being overly intrusive and possessive of your beloved who is struggling to keep peace at home and in your life.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Opportunity arrives for a new job or work that you have been anxiously looking forward to. It might have been a long wait and you might have lost all hope, but now it is time for rejoicing. Financial situation begins to improve with the changing circumstances. Love life is passing through a tricky phase, especially for those having secret liaisons or clandestine affairs.

Watch your step today.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Financially, your position is quite stable and you should check further investment on fresh projects. Health and domestic affairs too need your attention. There could some news of a loved one that could be distressing. Soon you will get to hear that all is well and things have worked out.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4948 ACROSS: 4 Resounds like a Pink Floyd song? (6) 7 Person who buys goods or service (8) 8 An ancient region corresponding roughly to modern day Georgia? (6) 10 Japanese warrior (5) 13 ___ duck : unsuccessful or useless person or thing (4) 14 Ancient Scandinavian books (4) 15 A series of numbers or words (4) 16 Mem of the Leg. Council (3) 17 Leander of Indian tennis (4) 19 River of Germany (4) 21 Eastern state of India neighbouring Bangladesh (9) 23 Org. (4) 24 French pronoun (4) 26 Maritime letters (3) 27 "_ _ Named Sue" (1,3) 29 Exuding moisture (4) 32 ___ in one's own juice : suffer the consequences of one's own misdoings?

(4) 33 Rock 'n' roller known as The King, first name (5) 34 Shrubs (6) 35 Quite a bit before time? (3,5) 36 Triangle alluvial tracts at river`s mouth (6) DOWN: 1 A display of temper (5) 2 Upturned (3,2) 3 An intermediate stage of a metamorphic insect (4) 4 Lake Indians of America? (5) 5 Did garden work (4) 6 Able to be eaten (6) 9 Flat-bottomed rowboat (6) 11 Altar vow (3) 12 Pranks (5) 13 Disown (7) 15 J&K district (3) 16 Management degree (3) 18 Related the father's side (6) 20 "Solly" anagram for a pesticide? (5) 21 Ed's pile (3)

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SUDOKU 2134 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: X equals L

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

22 Myrna of movies (3) 23 Suppose (6) 25 Israeli submachine gun (3) 28 Defeats, gets the better of (5)

30 Manifest (5) 31 Belgian violinist (5) 32 Attempt (4) 33 Those female sheep (4)

SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Mullah, 5 Diu, 8 Pour, 9 Rami, 10 Denver, 11 Snowberry, 13 Fahd, 15 IRS, 16 Bruno, 17 Asdic, 20 Doa, 22 Oil, 23 Laxmi, 24 Hunts, 26 Iii, 27 Spee, 28 Clarinets, 31 Toured, 32 Hema, 33 Ukes, 34 Das, 35 Doused.

DOWN: 1 Modify, 2 Lunchbox, 3 Apes, 4 Horning, 5 Draws, 6 Urge, 7 Embroil, 12 Oro, 14 Dram, 18 Sots, 19 Disports, 20 Dallies, 21 Quitted, 24 Hie, 25 Fended, 26 Indus, 29 Road, 30 Soso.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1953 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

J P Q

U R J S D S B J

J P K J U G

C Q

K X X

K T Y

X S O Q

S T

J P Q

R U B B S H X Q

J P Q

G Q K N B

R N U E X K S D B H Q B J

C U N X Y B ;

R Q B B S D S B J

J P S B

S B

J N A Q

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them - G B Shaw

Afternoon WORD MINE

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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only.

Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed.

Today’s ratings: 02 average; 03 good; 04 outstanding.

SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: bodily, body, boil, bold, build, buoy, busily, busy, doubly, dubious, DUBIOUSLY, slob.

HEATHCLIFF

Saturday’s

CSK NEEDS TO BOUNCE BACK AGAINST A RESURGENT DEVILS

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BU DHABI: Handed a shock defeat in their tournament opener, former champions Chennai Super Kings would be eager to bounce back against a resurgent Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL) here today. Chennai lost to Kings XI Punjab by six wickets on Friday despite posting a mammoth 205. The two-time champions were found wanting in the bowling department as Punjab chased down the seemingly tough target with seven balls to spare.

Delhi, on the other hand, got their act together against Kolkata Knight Riders on Saturday after the huge loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening match.

Super Kings' batting however seemed to be in good touch with openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum smashing fine halfcenturies.

But the bowling fell apart spectacularly in the face of a brutal onslaught by Glenn Maxwell and David Miller. The pace of neither

Ashish Nehra nor Mohit Sharma caused much discomfort to the rivals. Even senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin failed to come good in Chennai's unexpected defeat. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men will have to rethink their bowling combination going ahead as the one which took the field against Punjab lacked bite.

Delhi had also opened their campaign with a loss but recovered rather quickly by beating Kolkata. Their batting, which produced a shoddy display in the absence of an injured Kevin Pietersen in the opening match, came across much better in the second game.

Highlights of the effort were halfcenturies by captain Dinesh Karthik and South African import JP Duminy while chasing a fairly competitive 167 for victory.

Pietersen, however, remains a doubtful starter for even today's game. They too have their share of bowling woes to deal with and it could well be a batsmen's game when the two sides clash today.

Skipper Shane Watson of the Rajatshan Royals bats during the Indian Premier League match against Kings XI Punjab held at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Royal ended their innings at 191 for five wickets. Sanju Samson top scored for Royals with an impressive 52 runs.

AB calmed the procedure down: Parthiv he handled the ship and I just had to take singles and after that I took over," he said.

"I said (to AB) that we just need to bat 20 overs, and if we can do that we will win. We needn't worry about the runs, just play 20 overs and that exactly what we did," he said.

Parthiv said the bowlers set the game for RCB by restricting Mumbai Indian to 115 on a difficult wicket. "The bowlers set the game for us on that wicket. Obviously it wasn't easier, but our bowlers did a good job and restricted them to 115," he said.

After winning the second game against Mumbai Indians, Parthiv said, "It was all in all good start for us in the tournament and hopefully we can continue this." Asked what is the key to his success and confidence these days, Parthiv said he has had a good

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UBAI: Disappointed he might be about his team Kolkata Knight Riders losing its IPL match against Delhi Daredevils here but veteran batsman Robin Uthappa says he is happy about finally being able to play "correct" cricket after cleaning up his technique.

Uthappa shone with a 41-ball 55

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Robin Uthappa scored with a 41-ball 55 against Delhi Daredevils.

but KKR ended up losing against Delhi daredevils by four wickets. "I have changed my technique and I have cleaned up my cricket in a big way, which has helped me play more correct cricket. I believe while playing correct, you can still score a lot of runs and score at a good pace. Today's innings against Delhi Daredevils was a proof of that," Uthappa told the IPL's official website.

Uthappa said there were quite a few positives to be picked from the loss last night. "It was a good performance, I think we did really well throughout the game and it was just that 18th over when JP Duminy took off that changed the course of the game. There are a lot of positives to take from this game," the batsman said.

"The energy within the team was really good, which is very important in a tournament like this.

The way Manish Pandey batted and Shakib Al Hasan finished and the manner in which Vinay bowled initially, are the positives we can take," he added.

Uthappa said his own effort with the bat has given him the confidence to make more impact in the tournament. “I am glad that I have been able to continue my good form from the domestic season, which has really helped. I have been in good form throughout the season and I am happy I can contribute to the team in a meaningful way. It was good to be in touch and be able to stitch up a partnership with Manish Pandey and Shakib Al Hasan to get the team to a good total," he said.

The batsman said he has curbed some of his natural aggression to adjust to the conditions here but will not hesitate to charge down on getting any opportunity.

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Parthiv Patel celebrates with the win over Mumbai Indians.

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HARJAH: Parthiv Patel, who won Man of the Match award for his half-century against Mumbai Indians, today showered encomiums on AB de Villiers for calming the roughed up proceedings and guide Rajasthan Royals to a convincing seven-wicket victory.

"I think I couldn't have asked for any better person to come in at that time (when RCB was struggling at 17 for three). You know AB expectedly is one of the best batsmen in the world. He calmed the procedure down," Parthiv said in an interview to RCB's official website.

Parthiv said De Villiers took his time to settle down and asked him to take his time. "We were in a bit of Delhi bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile is all trouble initially but AB came in and praise of his coach Gary Kirsten.

domestic season and is carrying the form into the IPL this year.

However, the Gujarat cricketer said he had worked hard on his game and is glad to get results from it. "I have worked hard on my game and I am glad that whatever work I have put in, (I am) getting results for it," he said.

RCB OWNER LAUDS PARTHIV, DE VILLIERS SHARJAH: Royal Challengers Bangalore owner Vijay Mallya lauded Parthiv Patel and A B de Villiers for guiding the team to victory against arch-rivals Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League.

"I have always said Parthiv is a gutsy, talented player - he showed it today. He was fantastic, and A B coming in there and calming things down - that was obviously expected from him - walking into a troubled situation. He did his role and performed it perfectly," he said in a post-match interview to RCB's official website.

KIRSTEN HAS GIVEN WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE ON GAME: COULTER-NILE In awe of his coach Gary Kirsten, Delhi Daredevils pacer Nathan Coulter-Nile says the South African has provided him a never-beforeexperienced insight into cricket in general and his bowling in particular.

"Gary has been really good. He is always willing to come to you and have a chat and has always got an open door, which is fantastic. His insight into cricket is like nothing I have seen before. He has a lot of game awareness, which I haven't really thought too much about," Coulter-Nile, who did well to pick up two scalps in last night's fourwicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL, said.

"Gary literally sat me down and talked about how I construct my overs and stuff, which I have never thought about. To sit down and actually think about what I am doing is probably the biggest thing I can grasp," he told the IPL's official website.

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BCCI suggests former CBI chief, former high court judge and former cricketer to SC to probe IPL scandal

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UMBAI: Faced with a credibility crisis arising out of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, the BCCI on Sunday will place a suggestion to the Supreme Court a three-member committee made up of eminent persons to probe the corruption case on the directives of the apex court.

The all-powerful Working Committee of the Board in its emergent meeting here decided to suggest names of former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri, former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice J N Patel and exCBI Director R K Raghavan as members of the probe committee.

Former Board President Shashank Manohar attended the meeting as a representative of the Vidarbha Cricket Association. It is learnt that former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's name was also considered in the meeting before the Working Committee zeroed in on the three persons. The SC has directed the BCCI in the last hearing of the case on April 16 to suggest names of persons who will conduct a "fair probe" into the IPL VI spot-fixing and betting scandal. The apex court is expected to consider the suggestion by the BCCI in the next hearing on April 22 and pass orders on the future course of the probe.

The Emergent WC meeting has been convened following demand from some state units affiliated to the Board after the Supreme Court's hearing. On April 16, the Supreme Court had said that the BCCI should conduct a probe against N Srinivasan and 12 others in the betting and spot fixing scandal to maintain its institutional autonomy as the court cannot "close its eyes" to the allegations made by the Justice Mukul Mudgal committee.

A bench of justices A K Patnaik and F M Ibrahim Kalifulla, however,

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Supreme Court. Our job was to suggest names for the probe and we have done that," the official told PTI. BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel was not ready to officially give the names of the three persons suggested to the SC by the BCCI to probe the IPL scandal. "We will give the names of the persons to the Supreme Court only," he said.

Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) joint secretary P V Shetty said a Special General Body meeting will be held next month to find a replacement for Srinivasan in the Board's Disciplinary Committee as per the SC order. "There will be a Special General Body meeting in the second week of May," he said.

"Today's Working Committee meeting went off well. All the (BCCI) members were satisfied with the names in the probe committee." It is learnt that three officials whose associations were not part of this Working Committee meeting -- PC A three member panel comprising of former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri, former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice J N Patel Mathew from Kerala, Niranjan Shah [centre] and ex-CBI Director R K Raghavanhas [right] been proposed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India to investigate of Saurashtra and Tripura's the spot-fixing charges.

Arindam Ganguly -- also attended the meeting.

Raghavan, who had headed the CBI inquiry into the high-profile match-fixing investigation in 19992000, said he will his best as a memNEW DELHI: The unrecognised Mudgal Committee is not meeting in Mumbai. The other ber of the probe committee. "I Cricket Association of Bihar chief acceptable by BCCI then why I will two members are former Chief would look to contribute and give Aditya Verma, who has dragged consider their probe panel," said Justice of Calcutta High Court J N my best. This is not a new territory BCCI to the Supreme Court over the Verma in a statement.

Patel and ex-CBI Director R K for me as I was there in 1999-2000 IPL spot-fixing scandal, opposed the "On 22.04.2014 behalf of my CAB Raghavan. "I have no any doubt match fixing case, when I was head three-member committee I will strongly object of this BCCI about credential of two members of CBI. So, that experience will help suggested by the Board to the SC to panel in Supreme Court and but Mr Ravi Shastri is a paid me greatly in participating in this inprobe into the case. strongly demand for CBI or NIA employee of BCCI from long time. vestigation," Raghavan told reVerma demanded a probe by enquiry. Only apex court can change Last few days after IPL 6 scam he porters. He said he was not willing to either the Central Bureau of the image of BCCI," he said. always read shrini chalisha, so no jump the gun and would rather wait.

Investigation or National Verma objected to the inclusion hope from Shastri," Verma said.

"I am pleasantly surprised and this Intelligence Agency into the IPL of former India all-rounder Ravi Verma has earlier demanded that comes out of the blue. I would not scandal. "Only CBI or NIA Enquiry is Shastri in the three member panel the Board's former President like to jump the gun now. Let me acceptable for me because if suggested by the BCCI to the SC in Shashank Manohar head the panel take one step forward, wait for a Hon'ble apex court-formed Justice its emergent Working Committee to probe into the IPL scandal. couple of days. Let me understand what they want me to do," he added.

Former BCCI president A C had expressed reservations over a helm of the Board's affairs as its mittee report in the IPL corruption Muthiah said it looked "quite an inSIT or CBI probe, saying that insti- elected chief, has ruled that he can- scandal. dependent" panel though he raised tutional autonomy of the Board has not be given back the BCCI's reins An official, who attended the doubts over Shastri's presence. "It to be maintained and a committee till he comes out clean in a probe Working Committee meeting, said looks quite an independent board constituted by the BCCI to look into conducted against him and 12 oth- that the Supreme Court will decide except that Ravi has been in IPL and the issue would be preferred. ers, including India-capped crick- on the person who will head the cricket commentary, so I don't The SC, while turning down Srini- eters, whose names have been committee. "Who will head the know how much independence he vasan's fresh plea to return to the mentioned by Justice Mudgal Com- committee will be decided by the will have," Muthiah said.

Verma opposes BCCI's probe panel, Shastri's inclusion

Sports College,UP lift the All India Coca-Cola Cricket Cup

formance (61 runs & 2 wkts).

Brief Scores: Sports College, Lucknow, UP, 188 all out in 43.5 overs [Vijay Yadav 38]; Jahangir Ansari 3/46, Shubham Singh 3/25, Shoeb Khan 2/45, Arslan Khan 2/35] defeated Al. Barkat Malik M. I. English School, Mumbai 164 all out in 42.2 overs Shoeb Khan 61; Mohd Shahid 3/22, Ankit Singh 2/21] by 14 runs.

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UMBAI: Sports College, Lucknow defeated Al Barkat Malik M. I. English School, Mumbai by 24 runs in the final match and become champion of the third edition of the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup under-16 school tournament, played at HPCL Ground in Mumbai on Sunday.

Sports College won the toss and opted to bat first. However, Al Barkat Malik School bowlers Jahangir Ansari and Shubham Singh’s three-wicket hauls rattled top order batsmen and clinched four wickets in initial overs. It was the middleorder batsmen Vijay Yadav and Nitin Singh, who stabilized the situation and scored runs patiently.

Their 50-run partnership in 70 balls for fifth wicket took their team’s score to respectable 188 runs.

In reply, Al Barkat Malik failed to keep their winning spree and was bowled-out at 164 runs. All credit goes to Sports College’s acute field-

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ing as they managed to run-out Rayhan Khan (duck) and Pushkar Sharma (1). Bowlers Shahid (3/22) and Ankit (2/21) did rest of the job and helped their team to bundleout the opponents in 42.2 overs.

Captain Shoeb Khan held one end

with his inspiring knock of 61 runs.

He received commendable support from Jahangir Ansari (25) but rest of the batsmen failed to build stable partnerships. Shoeb, skipper of the losing team, was adjudged Man-ofthe-Match for his all-round per-

ROBERT STRIKES SEAL WIN FOR PIFA COLABA UNDER-19 PIFA Colaba Under-19 enjoyed a good outing by coasting to a comfortable 2-0 win over Soccer A-Z in a Super Division match of the MDFA League, played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Sunday. The Colaba lads were clearly better organised and showed good understanding towards their build-up towards the Soccer A-Z goal. Striker Robert Elangouan played a key role for the Colaba side by scoring both the goals on either side of the break.

Meghna, Rahul and Ankita shine in National Youth Athletics meet

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ANAJI: Shot putter Meghna Devanga defended her title on the opening day of 11th National Youth Athletics Championships.

In addition to retaining her crown, Meghna, who is a National youth record-holder, also erased the meet mark by putting the shot to a new distance of 14.63m. The burly Maharashtrian has a personal best of 15.35m to her credit which she registered after finishing sixth in the World School Gymnasiade at Brasilia last year.

She also came close to winning a medal in the Asian Youth Games at Nanjing in 2013, finishing fourth with a mark of 14.51m.

Earlier, Maharashtra's Kisan Tadvi (8:31.77) and UP girl Sudha Pal (10:40.81) bagged gold medals in the 3,000m race for boys and girls respectively. Last year's winner Abhishek Pal (Assam) could manage only a second place in the boys' event.

Discus thrower Priyanka opened Har yana's account by hurling the disc to 38.07. She also won a bronze medal in shot put.

IT’S STRIKE THREE FOR LEWIS

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Hamilton wins third straight F1 race at Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg celebrate their victory at the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday.

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HANGHAI: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease today, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix.

Mercedes showed again that it's in a different class from its rivals, with Hamilton's teammate Nico Rosberg taking second place and the third time in four races this season the pair have finished one-two.

Fernando Alonso held on for third place to give Ferrari its first podium finish of the year. Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was fourth, while his teammate, defending world champion Sebastian Vettel, slumped to fifth.

The win gave Hamilton his first career hat trick following his wins in Malaysia and Bahrain. The Briton may have had a fourth victory, but he was forced to retire in the season-opening race in Australia after starting from pole position due to engine trouble.

Hamilton also inched closer to his teammate's lead in the drivers' championship with 75 points, just four behind Rosberg.

HANGHAI: Sahara Force India secured their third double points finish in four races af ter Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez came sixth and ninth in the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix.

The Silverstone squad showed strong race pace on a two-stop strategy after struggling in a wet qualifying yesterday when Hulkenberg and Perez were eighth and 16th fastest.

The German did well to keep the charging Williams of Valt teri

With Hamilton far out in front for much of the race, his rivals were left to battle for second best.

Rosberg, expected to challenge Hamilton in Shanghai after the pair's tight duel in Bahrain, started fourth on the grid and was forced to play catch-up after a slow start immediately dropped him back to seventh place.

The German methodically tracked down the two Red Bulls and then finally passed Alonso on the back straight of the 43rd lap, the Ferrari unable to match the speed of the Mercedes. Rosberg then set his sights on Hamilton, but his teammate was well in front and finished nearly 19 seconds clear of the German.

Bottas at bay on the final lap of the 54-lap race. "At the end it got a bit tricky. If it was one lap longer, Valterri (Bottas) probably could have DRSed me," said Hulkenberg, who has moved a place down to be fourth in the drivers' standings ahead of reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull.

Hulkenberg added, "It was a straightforward race, not much to do except manage my tyres, manage my pace and not make a

mistake. It was not as strong as Bahrain. The strategy was optimal, which shows us we’ve got some homework to do. We’ve beaten all the other customer Mercedes cars, that’s our main competition." Perez, who scored Force India's first podium in five years at Bahrain, said ninth was the maximum he could have got on the day. "To start from P16 and finish in ninth place is a good recovery af ter a dif ficult qualifying," said the Mexican.

CHEQUERED FLAG BLUNDER SHORTENS CHINESE GP An embarrassing blunder forced the Chinese Grand Prix to be shortened by two laps on Sunday after a steward mistakenly showed the chequered flag early to race winner Lewis Hamilton.

Race sources told AFP the "experienced" steward was distraught after unfurling the flag and showing it momentarily to Hamilton, before realising he was a lap too early. Under FIA rules, if the flag is shown early the race is deemed to have finished when the leading car last crossed the line, in this case after lap 54.

The mishap was not announced until after the race, meaning the last two laps of the 56 were effectively null and void and the finishing times and race distance had to be hastily revised.

"That was very strange," Hamilton told reporters. "I was thinking 'am I seeing things?' I looked up as I was coming across the line, expecting to do another lap, and I saw a chequered flag. "

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ARGAO: Bengaluru FC would look to clinch their maiden I-League title in their debut season with a victory over Dempo FC today in their penultimate league match at Nehru Stadium here.

Bengaluru FC, who is leading the table with 41 points from 22 matches, need three points from two remaining matches to emerge as I-League champions and they would want to complete their historic achievement with a win today and not wait for the last game.

Second-placed East Bengal, on the other hand, had bounced back into the reckoning for the title with a win against Pune FC. They will be hoping that Benguluru FC lose both their remaining matches in Goa to have a chance for the title. Dempo, who are looking to end among the top five, are looking for the challenge against Bengaluru FC. "Our challenge is to match the motivation

IN BRIEF Gaurav Solanki enters quarters of World Championships

NEW DELHI: Down with fever and without a team doctor due to India's international termination, Asian silver-medallist Gaurav Solanki (52kg) fought through to enter the quarterfinal of the World Youth Boxing Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. Solanki defeated Ireland's William Donoghue 3-0 to set up a clash against China's L V Ping, who got the better of Spain's Gabriel Escobar in the pre-quarterfinal bout. Solanki had been battling fever for the past two days and in the absence of a team doctor, the Indian contingent had to seek help from the doctor of Belarus' team. But he did not let that affect his performance in the ring as he outwitted his Irish rival. However, what it once again highlighted was the problems that Indian boxers are facing due to the termination.

Adhiban in joint lead; Sasikiran loses to Maghami

Force India remain in top-3 with double points finish

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against Salgaocar last month by winning against Mohammedan Sporting and Churchill Brothers.

The Golden Eagles will now have a chance to finish among the top five of the I-league if they beat Bengaluru today.

However, Dempo will be without their talismanic striker Tolgay Ozbey due to suspension. With just two rounds to end the league, Dempo have 32 points from 22 matches.

In their first leg encounter, Bengaluru had defeated Dempo 3-1 at home.

According to Papas, his squad has changed since then and he would rather be optimistic Bengaluru FC skipper Sunil Chhetri goes through the paces on Sunday. about the result this time. "We are a different team from the and ambition of Bengaluru FC as have led the league all season and first time we played; our style of they are fighting to win the cham- set the standard for results on the football is now more ingrained pionship and their players will be field and as a club off the field. and has become more efficient very determined," Dempo coach They have brought an increased due to the players that arrived as Arthur Papas said. level of professionalism to the I- the season progressed. Our secAsked about his opinion of the League which can only be good." ond half of the season has been performance of Bengaluru FC, Dempo made a quick turn- as good as any team at the top," the Australian said, "Bengaluru around after suffering a loss said Papas.

SHARJAH (UAE): Grandmaster and former National champion B Adhiban continued with his winning ways by defeating compatriot G N Gopal in the third round of 13th Asian Continental Chess championship. Showing precision with his clock ticking away, Adhiban had to sweat it out for long before his three pieces came good against Gopal's lone queen on the board and the Indian registered his third victory in as many games coming after 93 moves. It turned out to be a bad day for the highest rated Indian Krishnan Sasikiran in the fray as he went down fighting against Ehsan Ghaem Maghami of Iran. With six rounds still to come, Sasikiran will have some catching up to do in the championship as he is 1.5 points behind leaders. On the brighter side, it was recovery time for Grandmasters Parimarjan Negi and Abhijeet Gupta.

Facing relegation threat, Rangdajied to face Lajong today

SHILLONG: Under relegation threat, Rangdajied United FC will leave no stone unturned as they take on Shillong Lajong FC in the return leg of the Shillong derby at the J N Stadium here today. The encounter promises to be a heart thumping contest as Rangdajied United will be hoping to avoid relegation requiring at least a point to secure a berth in the next season's top tier football league in the country. "Unlike Lajong, this will be the final game of the season for Rangdajied and hence we will go all out against our opponent," Rangdajied's coach Hering Shangpliang told PTI. The pressure is more on the team after United SC drubbed defending champions Churchill Brothers 2-0 in Goa thus dropped Rangdajied's position by one place to 11th in the table, he said.

Proposal to abolish departmental cricket in Pakistan

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is contemplating a radical change in its domestic cricket structure which would see the abolishment of departmental cricket after nearly five decades in the country. A PCB source told PTI that at the last managing committee meeting held in Lahore this month, Chairman Najam Sethi had expressed his dissatisfaction with the prevailing domestic cricket structure which is split into first class tournaments for departments/banks and regional cricket associations. "Apparently a proposal has been sent to the constitution committee of the board to incorporate in the constitution which would convert the domestic structure based on regional cricket," the source said.

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