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Aft er oo ALL 5 CONVICTED SPP Ujjwal Nikam outside the court, yesterday.

SPP UJJWAL NIKAM WILL TODAY SEEK MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SENTENCE FOR ACCUSED IN SHAKTI MILLS GANG RAPE CASE

By Philip Varghese

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n what can be termed as one of the fastest wrap-up of gang-rape cases in the city, the Sessions Court on Thursday convicted all the five accused in two separate gang-rape cases that had occurred in quick succession last year at the defunct and then desolate Shakti Mills compound at Mahalakshmi in South Mumbai.

Even though Principal Sessions Judge Shalini Phansalkar Joshi convicted the five accused, the two juveniles who are also accused in the crime, are yet to be tried.

The four accused each were convicted in the two cases

which were tried separately, while three accused were common to both the cases.

The convictions related to the two separate cases, one being the case of a young photojournalist who had lodged an FIR last August after being assaulted and gang-raped while on a photo-shoot assignment at the mill and another case relates to a 19-year-old telephone operator, who was gang-raped three weeks earlier at the same mill compound while walking through the mill as a short cut to the railway station with her then boyfriend.The hearing at courtroom number 19, located on the second floor of

the Sessions Court in South Mumbai witnessed huge crowd of lawyers, litigants and media personnel who had gathered to listen to the verdict. Interestingly, State Home Minister R.R. Patil also paid a courtesy visit to the court to listen to the verdict.

The judge while pronouncing the judgment, convicted all five accused in both gangrape cases at Shakti Mill Compound including three who were common to both Vijay Jadhav, Salim Ansari and Kasim Shaikh. The other two convicted are Ashfaq Shaikh and Siraj Khan. In the telephone operator's case, it Continued on pg 8 «

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Chaos at MU senate meet

Vikas Sabnis

Varsity’s answers mostly include ‘as soon as possible’ and ‘work under progress’ even as credit system gets opposed by senate members

By Yatin Ingle

opposed this scaling down for the new marking he scaling down of scheme which is to be immarks was a major plemented in the upcomcontibutor to the chaos at ing academic year 2014-15.

Mumbai University's (MU) The MU conducted its ansenate meeting held yes- nual senate meet at the terday as the members, Continued on pg 8 « teachers and principals

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Munde’s follower?

Impossible! The way he is praising Raj clearly indicates that he is a staunch Gadkari supporter.

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The battle is between the MNS, Shiv Sena and me

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CITY

Do you agree with India's cricket captain, M.S. Dhoni, that Indo-Pak rivalry has mellowed down now?

Dashrath Pawar Cricket fan No.I think that was the personal opinion of Dhoni, but for the public an Indo-Pak cricket match is no less than a war.

Two-term MP, minister of state for shipping, telecom and communications Milind Deora, was at the office of the Afternoon Despatch and Courier yesterday to talk about the South Mumbai constituency, his chances of winning, what he felt he had accomplished, and the things he stood for. In his own words...

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OPINIONS

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Siddharth Kumar Financial expert

Yes. Over a period of time, the craze of Indo-Pak cricket rivalry has gone down. Maybe because the boundaries are vanishing and horizons are increasing.

Mihir Pandya BPO executive

Yes. Nowadays, there are several cricket matches and series.

Maybe because of the very reason, the craze of Indo-Pak cricket has died down.

Gajanan Pattewar Entrepreneur

Yes. It seems so.

I thanks to the recent matchfixing issues, the trust factor has gone down. And this is precisely the reason why the craze has mellowed down.

Kajal Gohil Homemaker No. Still people are seen sitting glued to the television during Indo-Pak cricket matches. The severity is down, but still there is rivalry.

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VASTU TIP OF THE DAY There should be a medium of bright light above the main door.

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

Milind Deora seems confident about facing the challenges that lie ahead.

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e know there is anger and resentment towards the political establishment. As the face of government, the problems of the country have been dumped on us. However, my experience in the last few weeks that I have been meeting people is that it's not bad, in fact it is looking good, to some extent. They know me, that I am different from what other political parties are offering.

In that sense the South Mumbai constituency is different and similar from last time – with advantages and disadvantages.

The difference is that in 2009, the big issue among the multiple issues going on here, was that I went against Shiv Sena's Mohan Rawle who had won from there five times.

But it was the MNS that came second and at the time it was new and untested. This time I know what their value is, I know what the candidate is about. I know the entire south central area that was merged with my constituency. In that sense, this time is similar to the

last.

What is different is that the structure of my campaign has changed.

Is Meera Sanyal (AAP) a threat? In the first two elections I have fought, there were 20 odd candidates in the fray. I do homework on each one, take no-one for granted. But I have to prioritise and focus upon some things. And it's a no-brainer that this time the fight is between MNS, Shiv Sena and me.

In 2014, the MNS candidate has strengthened the perception of the party in South Mumbai. Last time they came from nowhere to slip past the Shiv Sena. This time Bala Nandgaonkar has worked in the area from Sewri to Colaba`has worked to strengthen his party base. If you asked me to quantify my strategy, I would say 60 per cent would be focused towards MNS, 30 to 40 per cent towards the Shiv Sena, which is fielding a candidate from outside the area, and 20 per cent to the others, AAP included.

In areas where they are gaining traction, I will be addressing all the opponents, but let's face it, I know

who my real opponents are.

Is there a danger that people in South Mumbai will be influenced by the 'Modi wave' and vote accordingly because they want to be seen as winners? In the last two terms and this time as well, I have found that every section has a different 'click' that drives them towards the candidate for whom they ultimately vote. To the Afternoon reader, for instance, I would say, regardless of who you are interested in at the centre, I am someone who comes from a large mainstream party, and you have to ask whether I, Milind, am capable, effective, whether I am a good guy for you.

And I would also remind them of what I have done.

I have brought in a housing regulatory authority, making Maharashtra the first state to do so, the only state, so far, to ensure home buyers are protected from errant developers.

In the area of Communications, we are studying the effect of radiation from cellphone towers, but because these studies take a long time to provide conclusions, we have already brought in regulation to reduce cell tower radiation to one-tenth of what it was.

For the youth, I have instituted a program in the last two years aimed at making them aware of Parliamentary democracy, More than 600 students in colleges here have been taking part in the mock parliament program that aims at bringing leaders among them together. Of these students, 100 are selected to go to Delhi, visit Parliament,interact with the speaker,

senior ministers, journalists and the administration, thus giving them a 360 degree view of what constitutes Parliamentary democracy. Actually the idea came from the students and it has done much to change perspective. The program provides for change through lessons in Civics 301! It is really a leadership thing.

And there is another program I am developing, this one aimed at tourism. As minister of state for shipping, I have initiated a plan to develop the country's lighthouses into tourist attractions that people can enjoy. So many of them are defunct, others are crumbling. They can be used as a national tourism resource that will attract people. So far, we have taken over four, in Tamil Nadu and in Maharashtra.

I know there are problems at the local issue, people have problems with party men, but I cannot get into that. I have to fight at the Parliamentary level.

If you asked me to predict my chances, based upon the overall composition of the Constituency, the fact that 55 per cent is Marathi speaking, the fact that Bala Nandgaonkar has been working here for the past five years, if I win, he will be there right after me.

I am going to my constituents to say - I've taken stands, I believe in some things, these are my opinions, this is what I can do for you.

The rest has to be put aside, digested. Pointless going into detailed analysis, leave that to the television studios and editorial meetings, this is my theme, this is what people should know.

He makes it a point to keep himself informed.

Farewell Khushwant

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OBITUARY

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oted author and journalist Khushwant Singh, one of the finest Indian writers in English in contemporary times, died here yesterday at the age of 99. The veteran writer, who was ill and had faded from public life, passed away "very, very peacefully", his son Rahul Singh, also a journalist, told reporters and visitors.

Khushwant Singh elevated English writing in India with uninhibited wit and humour and was equally facile with his pen on serious issues like the Partition in the classic 'Train to Pakistan'. He ruled the literary pages with his satirical take on contemporary issues but attracted controversy over what his critics called his obsession with writing on sex.

Easily switching roles between author, commentator and journalist, Singh wrote on as diverse issues as poetry and politics. He began his dealings with media as information officer of the Government of India

in Toronto and Canada and was Press attachĂŠ and public officer for the High Commission in the United Kingdom and the Embassy in Ireland in 1948-50.

Later he started his writing career with Yojana, the Planning Commission's journal which he founded and edited.

Singh left a mark in the field of journalism, working as editor of the now-defunct 'Illustrated Weekly of India', the 'National Herald' and the 'Hindustan Times'. His weekly column 'With Malice Towards One and All' was so popular that it was syndicated in many dailies till a few years ago when failing health checked his prolific writing.

Son of Sir Sobha Singh, a civil contractor and a prominent builder of Lutyens' Delhi, Khushwant was born on February 2, 1915 in Hadali (now in Pakistan).

Singh, an outstanding novelist and a forthright political commentator, was nominated to Rajya

Sabha by the government under late Indira Gandhi. He was a Member of Parliament from 1980 to 1986.

He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1974 but returned the decoration in 1984 in protest against the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Army. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award in India.

Book lovers remember him for classics like 'Train to Pakistan', 'I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale' and 'Delhi - A Novel'. Singh kept on writing virtually till the end and at 95, he wrote the novel "The Sunset Club".

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Khushwant regretted he saw women as objects of lust K

hushwant Singh had a regret in life - that he always looked at women as objects of lust. In "Khushwantnama: The Lessons of My Life", published last year, he regretted that he committed many "evil deeds" in his early years like killing sparrows, doves and rock pigeons.

"I have also come to the sad conclusion that I have always been a bit of a lecher. From the tender age of four right to the present when I have completed 97, it has been lechery that has been uppermost in my mind.

"I have never been able to conform to the Indian ideal of regarding women as my mothers, sisters or daughters. Whatever

their age, to me they were, and are, objects of lust," he wrote.

He also felt he wasted precious time in "pointless rituals" and "socialising" and spending years of his working life as a lawyer and then a diplomat, until he took to writing.

"I wasted many years studying and practising law which I hated.

I also regret the years spent serving the government abroad and at home, and the years with UNESCO in Paris," he wrote.

"Although I saw places and enjoyed life, and, having little to do, started writing. I could have done a lot more of what I was best at. I could have started my writing career much sooner."

Singh was known to wake up at 4 AM each day and write his columns by hand. His works range from political commentary and contemporary satire to outstanding translations of Sikh religious texts and Urdu poetry.

His non-fiction includes the classic two-volume 'A History of the Sikhs', a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography, 'Truth, Love and a Little Malice' was published by Penguin Books in 2002.

Singh had done his schooling from Modern School in Delhi and

later studied at St Stephen's College here before moving to the Government College in Lahore. He also studied at King's College in Cambridge University.

He practiced law at the Lahore High Court for several years before joining the Ministry of External Affairs in 1947. He had married Kawal Malik in 1939 and has son Rahul and daughter Mala. Malik had died in 2001.

Besides being honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, he received the Punjab Ratan, the Sulabh International award for the most honest Indian of the year, and honorary doctorates from several universities.

REACTIONS - THE BULB IS EXTINGUISHED

resident Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today paid rich tributes to renowned author and journalist Khushwant Singh, describing him as a "fearless intellectual" and a "gifted authhor".

The Prime Minister, accompanied by wife Gursharan Kaur, and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi visited Singh's residence at Sujan Singh Park and paid homage to the author. Condoling the author's death, President Pranab Mukherjee described him as a "fearless intellectual" who had sharp insight and unique wit, as well as sense of humour.

In a condolence message sent to his son Rahul, the President said he was deeply saddened to learn about the passing away of Singh.

The Prime Minister described Singh as "a gifted author, candid commentator and a dear friend" who lived a truly creative life."

BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi tweeted, "My condolences on the passing away of noted author & journalist Khushwant Singh. May his soul rest in peace."

Scores of eminent citizens including Kuldip Nayar, Bishan Singh Bedi and author Vikram Seth paid tributes to Singh at his residence. Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi remembered playing tennis with Singh. "His hearty laughter over certain shots! He played to enjoy and not compete!"

Calling him a remarkable man

and a great writer, veteran journalist Mark Tully said Singh had a great sense of humour. "He never minced his words and was a courageous person. I remember once having dinner with him when he showed up his tremendous knowledge about Urdu poetry. What a lovable man he was!" said Tully.

Leading journalist and author M.J. Akbar said Singh was an admirable man. "I have this unreserved gratitude for him. I was a kid, 20-year-old in a newspaper, and he really picked us up from nothing. He gave us opportunities which were undreamt of for any young person wanting to do anything," he said.

"For him to recognise and bless you was virtually the hand of a benedict," Akbar added.

Union Minister and Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leader E Ahamed today expressed profound grief at the death of eminent journalist and author Khushwant Singh.

"As a journalist and writer he always stood for strengthening secularism and was a frontline soldier in the battle against fanaticism and fascism," he said in his condolence message here.

Apart from his contributions as author, journalist and commentator, Singh would be remembered as a strong defender of secular values, he added.

Akbar, however, said Singh resented those who had too strong

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an ideology and was a "classical 20th century liberal".

Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi remembered Singh as someone with a desire to build other people. "Apart from being a popular writer and utterly fearless man, what I found unusual in him, very rare in others was his great desire to build other people. He was always praising new authors, giving time to them.

He was frank in his verdicts," said Gandhi.

"To think Delhi, the world of literature and newspapers will be without him is a very very hard thought to accept!" he said. People from all walks of life took to twitter to offer their condolences.

"The bulb is extinguished ...Goodbye Khushwant Singh," tweeted journalist Ashok Malik.

"So khushwant singh goes,like we all must. What a life led! a 100 would have been excellent but he gave us 99 & we must be thankful for that," tweeted cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle.

Writer Shobhaa De tweeted, "Khushwant Singh. End of an era.

Only KS could say 'There's no condom for a pen.' And prove it!"

Bollywood personalities like Shah Rukh Khan, Pooja Bhatt and Shekhar Kapur, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sandhya Mridul, Divya Dutta, Neha Dhupia, Sophie Choudry, actor-comedian Vir Das and anchor Mini Mathur condoled the death of the noted authorjournalist.

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Govt. Gazette No. X-6921.

C-40715 I have changed my name from Nandabai Baburao Kalkute to Nanda Arun Dhandar, Flat No. 6, C-Wing, Madhuban C.H.S., Old Thana Naka Road, Old Panvel, Dist. Raigad-410206 as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U67177.

C-40716 I have changed my name from Shobha Tukaramji Lekurwale to Shobha Arun Dhandar, New Madhuban CHS, RM 06, ‘C’ Wing, GRD Old Thane Naka Road, Old Panvel, Dist. Raigad410206 as per Maha. Govt.

Gazette No. X-78034.

C-40717 I have changed my name from Arun Kumar Ramdas Dhandar to Arun Ramdas Dhandar, New Madhuban CHS, RM 06, ‘C’ Wing, GRD Old Thane Naka Road, Old Panvel, Dist. Raigad410206 as per Maha. Govt.

Gazette No. X-78033.

C-40716 I have changed my name from Rupaben Savailal Sanghvi to Rupa Vipul Sanghvi as per Affidavit No. 667294.

C-40719 I have changed my name from Mahamuda Khaton Sayyed to Mehmoodha Khatun Sayed as per Affidavit No. KM-882956.

C-40720 I have changed my name from Ahmed Ali Sayyed to Ahmed Ali Sayed as per Affidavit No. KL872560.

C-40721 I have changed my name from Nisha Hivji Gudka to Nisha Hirji Gudhka as per Affidavit dated 22-01-2014.

C-40722 I have changed my name from Ratilal Champsi to Ratilal Chapsi Shah as per Affidavit dated 15-01-2014.

C-40723 I have changed my name from Shanklesha Yashkumar Prakash to Yash Prakash Shanklesha as per Affidavit.

C-40724 I have changed my name from Vinod Kumar to Vinod Nagraj Jain as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Hardikbhai Vinubhai Lukhi to Hardik Vinubhai Lukhi as per Affidavit dated 15/03/2014.

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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2014 I have changed my name from Shaileshbhai Harjibhai Patel, to ‘Shailesh Harjibhai Davra’ as per Affidavit Dated: 18/03/2014.

C-40742 I have changed my name from Krittika Sanjay Chhabria to Krittika Bijlani as per Gazette No : (U-72880).

C-40743 I have changed my name from Ramji Dhudidas Bhojgatar to Ramji Dhudidas Bhoj as per Gazette No : (B-578).

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I have changed my name from VijayKumar Sureshchandra Kotak to Vijay Sureshchandra Kotak vide Affidavit dated 19th March 2014.

C-40757 We Mr. Ketan Ramesh Jatakia & Mrs. Neeta Ketan Jatakia have changed name of our minor daughter from Janhavi Jatakia to Janvi Jatakia as per Affidavit date 20th March, 2014.

C-40758 I have changed my name from “Manjanatha Ishwar Hegde” to “Manjunath Ishwar Hegde” as per Affidavit dated 20th March, 2014.

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I Dineshbhai GovrdhanVadhaya have changed my name to Dinesh Govrdhan Vadhaiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 20/03/14.

C-40771 I Kalpana Vadhaya have changed my name to Kalpana Vadhaiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 20/03/14.

C-40772 I Mr. Dinesh Govrdhan Vadhaiya have changed our minor son’s name from Ronak Dineshkumar Vadhaya to Ronak Dinesh Vadhaiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated : 20/03/14.

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I have changed my name from Vaishali Anil Gogari to Vaishali Anil Gogri (according deed poll Affidavit dated 3/2/2014).

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I have changed my name from Sulbha Shankar Kamble to Sulbha Shankar Desai as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shaila Anil Gogari to Shaila Anil Gogri (according deed poll Affidavit dated 10/3/2014).

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I have changed my name from Fahameed S.K. Abdul Raheman Shaikh to Faimida Babajan Shaikh as per Maha. Govt.

Gazette No : (U-51707).

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I have changed my name from “Pramod Manjanatha Hegde” to “Pramod Manjunath Hegde” as per Affidavit dated 20th March, 2014.

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I Shaikh Chand Badshah Shaikh Mohmmed Gaus have changed my name to Shaikh Chand Basha Mohammed Gaus vide Affidavit dated 14.3.2014.

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I have changed my name from “Afsana Jibran Siddiqui” to “Nishat Parween Jibran Ahmed Siddique” as per Affidavit dated 20th March, 2014.

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I Hargobind alias Govindram Mewaldas Ahuja changed my name to Mr. Gobindram Mewaldas Ahuja by Affidavit dated 20.03.2014 Sr. No.905.

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I have changed my name from “Afshana Jibran Siddiqui” to “Nishat Parween Jibran Ahmed Siddique” as per Affidavit dated 20th March, 2014.

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I Vimala Shantilal Shah have changed my name to Vimlaben Shantilal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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

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I Poonam Rakeshkumar Singh Bhadavria have changed my name to Poonam Rakesh Singh Bhadoria as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from “Gayetri Rajaram Tatikonda” to “Ruchita Santosh Kumar Sapa” as per Affidavit dated 20th March, 2014.

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I Pallavi Naithani have changed my name to Pallavi Suraj Rao as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Anil Jivraj Gogari to Anil Jivraj Gogri (according deed poll Affidavit dated; 10/3/2014).

C-40731 I have changed my name from Zehra Gulamali to Zehrabai Abdul Lokhandwalabohra as per the Affidavit.

C-40732 I have changed my name from Shamimabai Abdulhusain Ghadiyali to Shamim Yusuf Mahuvawala as per the Affidavit.

C-40733 I have changed my name from Shabbir Sulaiman Abdul Hussain Bhavnagarwala to Shabbir Suleman Bhavnagarwala as per the Affidavit.

C-40734 I have changed my name from Taherbhai Hussainibhai Bohra to Taher Hussain Vadgaonwala as per the Affidavit.

C-40735 I have changed my name from Sadique Mohammed Hussain to Sadik Mohmmad Husain Kudrati as per the Affidavit.

C-40736 I have changed my name from Ali Mohammed Taher Kotriwala to Ali Mohammed Taherbhai Burhani as per the Affidavit.

C-40737 I have changed my name from Mustafa Taherali to Mustufa Taherali Kantawala as per the Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ravi Mishra to Ravindra Mahabirprasad Mishra as per Affidavit dated 19.03.2014.

C-40749 I have changed my name from Neetaben Harishankar Bhatt to Nita Kiran Mehta as per Affidavit dated 19.03.2014.

C-40750 I have changed my name from Kamata Ramnihor Vishwakarma to Kamta Ramnihor Vishwakarma as per Affidavit dated 19th March 2014.

C-40751 We Father Prasad Rajappan and Mother Bindu Prasad have changed our minor daughter's name from Prerana Prasad to Prerna Prasad as per the Affidavit dated : 20/03/2014.

C-40752 I have changed my name from Shahabuddin Yakub Ali Jariwala to Shahabuddin Yakoob Ali Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I Tulsiben Ramjibhai Goplaji/ Ramji Gopal have changed my name to Tulsiben Ramjibhai Gori as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40765 I Parmar Nitishkumar Dilip have changed my name to Parmar Nitish Dilip as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/03/14.

C-40766 I Suman Narayan Parmar have changed my name to Sumita Pankaj Umrania as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 18/03/14.

C-40767 I Shaheen Sajid Salmani have changed my name to Sulsha Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 20/03/14.

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I have changed my name from Utkarshakumar Jawaharla Shukla, to ‘Utkarsh Jawaharlal Shukla’ as per Affidavit Dated: 25/02/2014.

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I have changed my name from Najmunnisa Shahabuddin Jariwala to Najmunnisa Shahabuddin Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Zakir Husain, to ‘Zakir Husain Shaikh’ as per Affidavit Dated: 20/03/2014.

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I have changed my name from Fatima Abdul Kadar to Fatima Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Gazette No(U-2620).

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I Rameshkumar Mansukhlal Bhuta have changed my name to Rameshbhai Mansukhlal Bhuta as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 20/03/14.

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I have changed my name Yusuf Suleman, to ‘Yusuf Suleman Patel’ as per Maharashtra Govt.

Gazette No. (X-6338) Dated: 21/06/2012.

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I have changed my name from Fatima Nazmul Shaikh to Fatima Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I Dineshkumar Vadhaya have changed my name to Dinesh Vadhaiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 20/03/14.

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I Kalpana Bhagwant Wagh have changed my name to Kavita Sopan Bulbule as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 20/03/14.

C-40774 I Vimala Mary Susai Raj have changed my name to Mrs. Vimala Peter Chetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/03/14.

C-40775 I Andria Mathias have changed my name to Mrs. Andrea Mathias as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 19/03/14.

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We Mr. Suraj Rao & Mrs. Pallavi Suraj Rao have changed our minor son’s name from Tigmanyu S Rao to Tigmanyu Rao as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40780 I Imtiyaz have changed my name to Imtiyaz Islam Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40781 I Islam Alli have changed my name to Islam Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40782 I Ubedabee Islam Ali have changed my name to Jubedabi Islam Ali Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40783 I Harsha Bihari Talreja have changed my name to Heena Bihari Talreja as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40784 I Daniel Sumeet Fernandes have changed my name to Daniel Fernandes as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40785 I Javed Ahamad Abrar Ahamad have changed my name to Javed Ahmad Abrar Ahamad Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

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BMC fails to find the cause behind the Dockyard building collapse, which killed 61 and injured 31

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ive months after the Dockyard Babu Genu Market building collapse, the Brihanmumbai Munici-

pal Corporation (BMC) has failed to submit its technical and administrative inquiry reports. They were supposed to determine the cause of collapse that left 61 of its employees dead and 31 injured.

According to the initial findings, the mezzanine floor of the building caused the collapse. The administration has photographs, which were taken in 2010, when BMC’s Market Department had inspected the building.

The civic body was waiting for the chemical analysis reports of the material submitted to Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute. The reports will also reveal the quality of the

material used to construct the building. Laxman Vhatkar, directorin-charge of the technical report, said, “Our reports will be out in the next two or three days.”

The administration stated after the incident that the inquiry reports will be submitted in a month’s time and decision will be taken soon. Additional Commissioner Rajiv Jalota said, “a technical committee report will be submitted in a day. Based on the findings of the same it will be decided whether there is a need for the officers inquiry or not.”

After all the reports are out, a final call will be taken. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

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SAREX fails to impress, presents the same old drill

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

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earch and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) incorporation with scores of national, state and local agencies, proved to be just another exercise on Thursday. Experts who were present as Observers criticised the exercise as mockery of a drill. There was hardly anything new to learn in this exercise and no courtesy was given by ICG for suggestions of other agencies.

ICG has spent a huge amount to

File pic of a ‘rescue’ during previous exercise. carry out search and rescue exercise on high sea wherein 21 international observers from ten different countries, dozen of war ships, interceptor boats, choppers and planes had participated. It was merely a copy of previous Navy and Coast Guard exercises.

Joint Municipal Commissioner SS Shine who is attached to the Disaster Control Cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also participated in the discussion SAREX. He suggested to incorporate civil defense volunteers who are not professional swimmers.

A ‘victim’ being air lifted by a Chetak helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard.

The exercise was scheduled to take place in the proximity of Alibaug, therefore it was suggested to develop infrastructure which included helipad and medical facilities required for ship collision victims, before the exercise. Besides that, newly developed infrastructure would have been helpful in future towards such incidents.

Moreover, it would reduce the burden on Mumbai.

ICG conducted SAREX -2014 on March 19 and 20 at and off Mumbai. Search and Rescue service requires critical and complex task along with professional acumen and full coordination with support agencies like hospitals, blood bank, ports, airports and roads.

As part of drill, a cruise liner collided with a cargo vessel and two fishing trawlers at high sea. Distress Alert Transmitters (DAT) on board transmited distress signals for assistance. Immediately, ten

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ships, two Dornier aircrafts, two choppers from coast guards and one navy war ship approached for assistance.

All victims, from the Coast Guard were professional swimmers. Besides, they were seen sitting on floating platforms. So, there was no drowning or other mishap. The exercise was properly managed.

Choppers came, threw rope, victims though professionals tied the rope around their shoulder were air lifted and dropped on the war ship. That was the end of the exercise.

Director General Indian Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag Thapliya who had flown to the city to witness the exercise said, “6th version of national maritime SAREX was successful. Several agencies participated in this exercise. Such exercise will be helpful to face any untoward situation in future.”

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C-40787 I Arshad Mohd. Hameed Farooque have changed my name to Arshad Mohd.

Hameed Farooqui as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40788 I Mahendra Singh Hira Singh Rawat have changed my name to Mahendar Hirasingh Rawat as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40789 I Kausi Devi Hirasingh Rawat & Kausi Hirasingh Rawat have changed my name to Kaushi Hirasingh Rawat as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40790 I Pintoo Parsuram Kannojiya have changed my name to Pintu Parsuram Kannojiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

C-40791 I have changed my name from Mohammed Gulam Haji Abdul Khliq to Gulam Husain Abdul Khalique Ansari as per Maharashtra Gazette No. (U-7647) dated: 20- March, 2014.

C-40792 We Mr.Ubedulla Kammur and Mrs. Amirunnissa Ubedulla Kammur has changed our son name from Md Mudasser Ubedulla Shaikh to Mohammed Muddasser Ubedulla Kammur as per Affidavit dated 12/03/2014.

C-40793 I have changed my name from Liyaqat Ali to Liyaqat Ali Mohsin Ali Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-40794 I have changed my name from Ab Qadir Shaikh to Abdul Qadar Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-40795 I have changed my name from Abdus Salam Khan to Abdul Salam Khan as per Affidavit.

C-40796 I have changed my name from Istiyaq Liyaqat Ali Ansari to Istiyaq Ahmed Liyaqat Ali Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-40797 I have changed my name from Sirkazi Mohdarifhussain to Sirkazi Mohammed Arif Hussain as per Affidavit date: 20-03-2014.

C-40798 I have changed my name from Paradkar Madhuri to Prachi Joshi as per Affidavit.

C-40799 I have changed my name from Rajeev Kumar to Rajeev Verma as per Affidavit.

C-40800 I have changed my name from Ravindra Eknath Ramteke to Ravi Eknath Ramteke as per Affidavit.

C-40801 I have changed my name from Rukhsana Hakimuddinbhai to Rukaiya Sajjad Attari as per Affidavit.

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C-40803 I have changed my name from Elton Viven Dsouza to Elton Dionysius Dsouza as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Nihirkumar Balkrishan Kaku to Nihir Balkrishan Kaku as per Affidavit dated on 20/03/2014.

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I have changed my name from Sadef Salim Munaf Sheikh to Sadaf Salim Munaf Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Narsh Balkrishna Sharma to Nihir Balkrishan Kaku as per Affidavit dated on 20/03/2014.

I have changed my name from Manoj Tilakdhari Pandey to Manoj Tilakdhari Pande as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sayed Zawar Hussain Rizvi to Zawar Husain Rizvi as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Deepa Narsh Sharma to Deepa Nihir Kaku as per Affidavit dated on 20/03/2014.

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I have chnaged my name from Zawar Husain Rizvi to Zawwar Hussain Sayyad as per Affidavit

We Mr Mallet Agnelo Rebello and Mrs. Asha Rebello changed our minor son’s name from Rebello Mashreq Mallet to Mashreq Savio Rebello as per Affidavit.

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C-40806 I have changed my name from Philip Victor Rodricks to Philip Victor Rodrigues as per Affidavit.

C-40807 We Mr Nipen Chandramohan Debnath & Mrs Jyotsna Nipen Debnath have changed our name from Niraj Nipen Debnath to Palash Nipen Debnath as per Affidavit.

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We Mr. Nishikant Jha And Mrs. Rina Jha have changed our minor son’s name from Abhisek Nishikant Jha to Abhishek Nishikant Jha as per Affidavit.

C-40824 I have changed my name from Vasudeo Thul to Vasudev Thul as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Prakash Jain to Prakash Chandmal Jain Madrecha as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sathaye Amit Anil Sathaye to Amit Anil Sathaye as per Affidavit.

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I have chaned my name from Kamla Prakash Jain to Kamla Prakash Jain Madrecha as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sreelaxmi Sasikumar Nair to Shreelaxmi Sasikumar Nair as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mangalabai Ganapati Vaidya to Mangala Mohan Honavar as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ghazala Iqbal Quraishi to Gazala Mohammed Imran Qureshi as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mangalabai Mohan Honavar to Mangala Mohan Honavar as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Dhiraj Damji Ravaria to Dhiraj Damji Patel as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sabreen Taj Yaseen Peer to Sabreen Zaheer Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit Dt. 18-03-2014.

C-40813 I have changed my name from Md. Zahir Abdul Shaikh to Mohammed Zaheer Abdul Shaikh as per Affidavit Dt. 1503-2014.

C-40814 I have changed my name from Mohammed Altaf Mohammed Akhter Ansari to Mohammad Altaf Mohammad Akhtar Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-40815 I have changed my name from Chindu Namdev Patil to Chindhu Namdev Patil as per Affidavit.

C-40816 I have changed my name from Aman Navinchandra Vora to Amankumar Navinchandra Vora as per Affidavit.

C-40817 I have changed my name from Sanjeeb Suman to Sanjeev Suman as per Affidavit.

C-40818 I have changed my name from Hansa Navin Panchal to Hiraben Navinlal Panchal as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Damji Kana Ravaria to Damji Kana Patel as per Affidavit.

C-40830 I have changed my name from Daiben Damji Ravaria to Dai Damji Patel as per Affidavit.

C-40831 I have changed my name from Safik Maramdil Chowgule to Shafique Chougule as per Affidavit.

C-40832 I have changed my name from Anita Sahdev Kadam to Uzma Ismail Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-40833 I have changed my name from Sadhu Koraga Pujari to Sadu Koraga Pujari as per Affidavit C-40834 I have changed my name from Jawaharlal Premjibhai Panchal to Jawahar Panchal as per Affidavit.

C-40835 I have changed my name from Ms.Saraswathi Madhavan Kunnamkumarath to Mrs. Saraswathi Viswanathan Pillai as per Deedpoll Affidavit NoKL 438643.

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I have changed my name from Harshada Tukaram Kalambe to Harshada Tukaram Sakpal as per Affidavit.

C-40839 I have changed my name from Tukaram Dagdu Kalambe to Tukaram Dagdu Sakpal as per Affidavit.

C-40840 I have changed my name from Suchita Tukaram Kalambe to Suchita Tukaram Sakpal as per Affidavit.

C-40841 I have changed my name from Leelavaty Kamlesh Parekh to Leela Kamlesh Parekh as per Affidavit.

C-40842 I have changed my name from Lila Pokharaj Jain to Leela Kamlesh Parekh as per Affidavit C-40843 I have changed my name from Kamlesh Fulchand Jain to Kamlesh Fulchand Parekh as per Affidavit.

C-40844 I have changed my name from Mohammed Arif Ahmed Miya to Mohammed Arif Ahmed Miya Qureshi as per Affidavit.

C-40845 I have changed my name from Shabnam Fatma Aslam Hassan Syed to Sayed Shabnam Fatma Ali Akbar Raza as per Affidavit C-40846 I have changed my name from Vandana Harbanslal Kalia to Meenu Arun Lakhanpal as per Affidavit.

C-40847 I have changed my name from Saidul Rehman Fazlur Rehman Khan to Saeedur Rehman Fazlur Rehman Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Azaruddin A Rahmankhan Khan to Azaruddin Abdul Rehman Pathan as per Affidavit.

C-40854 I have changed my name from Khan A Rahmankhanh Asankhan to Abdul Rehman Hasankhan Pathan as per Affidavit.

C-40855 I have changed my name from Khan Tahera A Rahmankhan to Tahera Abdul Rehman Pathan as per Affidavit.

C-40856 I have changed my name from Anthony Robert Jones Jagaraj Fernando to Jones Jagaraj Fernando as per Affidavit.

C-40857 I have changed my name from Mohammed Ayub Qureshi to Ayub Yamin Qureshi as per Affidavit.

C-40858 I have changed my name from Jaiprakash Yadava to Jaiprakash Yadav as per Affidavit.

C-40859 I have changed my name from Samsuddin Khusabuddin to Samsuddin Khusabuddin Hajam as per Affidavit.

C-40860 I have changed my name from Sumit Jayvant Ambavane to Sumeet Jaywant Ambavane as per Affidavit.

C-40861 I have changed my name from Jayvant Harishchandra Ambavane to Jaywant Harishchandra Ambavane as per Affidavit.

C-40862 I have changed my name from Monthu Stephenelias D’souza Klement to Stephen D’souza as per Affidavit.

C-40863 I have changed my name from Aziz Yusuf Modak to Abdul Aziz Yusuf Modak as per Affidavit.

C-40864 I have changed my name from Vishwas Mahadik to Vishvas Mahadik as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Veeramani Kuppasamy to Veeramani Kuppasamy Arundudiyar as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Keshrilal to Keshrilal Indraraj Yadav as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohammad Istaque Ansari to Istaque Ansari as per Affidavit

I have changed my name from Sandhya Mihir Dutta to Sara Noor Mohammed Salewala as per Gazette No. U 69523 Dt Feb 20-26 - 2014.

C-40850 I have changed my name from Goverdhandas Chandumal Tulsiani to Gordhandas Chandumal Tulsiani as per Affidavit.

C-40851 I have changed my name from Dilipkumar Gordhandas Tulsani to Dilip Gordhandas Tulsiani as per Affidavit.

C-40852 I have changed my name from Shabih Fatma Zia Husain Hashmi to Shabih Fatima Nisar Husain Kazmi as per Affidavit.

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C-40867 I have changed my name from Shahina Raza to Shahina Jaffer as per Affidavit.

C-40868 I have changed my name from Tulji St. Joseph(Sony) Simon to Tulji Sunny Simon as per Affidavit.

C-40869 I have changed my name from Gunvantbhai Ganpat Waghela to Gunvant Waghela as per Affidavit.

C-40870 I have changed my name from Akshay Ramkrishnan to Akshay Ramakrishnan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ramkrishnan to Guruvayar Parameswaran Ramakrishnan as per Affidavit.

C-40872 I have changed my name from Charansingh Gulzarsingh Penthalia to Charanjitsingh Gulzarsingh Penthalia as per Affidavit.

C-40873 I have changed my name from Sunil Kumar Pritam Vishkarma to Sunil Kumar Pritam Vishwakarma as per Affidavit.

C-40874 I have changed my name from Ashokkumar Kantilal Gor to Ashok Kantilal Gor as per Affidavit.

C-40875 I have changed my name from Maya Vijajkumar Desai to Maya Vijay Desai as per Affidavit.

C-40876 I have changed my name from Vijay Madan Desai to Vijay Madhav Desai as per Affidavit.

C-40877 I have changed my name from Vijajkumar Madhavrao Desai to Vijay Madhav Desai as per Affidavit.

C-40878 I have changed my name from Ramilaben Ashokkumar Gor to Ramila Ashok Gor as per Affidavit.

C-40879 I have changed my name from Mr. Haroon Abdulla Badarpura to Mr. Harunbhai Abdullah Badarpura as per Affidavit dated 20/03/2014.

C-40880 I have changed my name from Mr .Mohammad Wasin Bahadurali to Mr.Mohammad Wasim Bahadurali Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 20/03/2014 C-40881 I have changed my name from Ms. Aasmabano Nihal Ahmed to Mrs. Aasma Mohammad Wasim Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 20/03/2014.

C-40882 I have changed my name from Faridabanu to Farida Bano Khan as per Affidavit dated 20/03/2014.

C-40883 I have changed my name from Khaja Husan Khan to Khwaja Hussain Khan as per Affidavit dated:20/03/2014.

C-40884 I have changed my name from Shruti Sudhakar Shetty to Shruthi Sudhakar Shetty as per Affidavit dated: 20/03/2014.

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Cops arrest two gangsters for threatening tenant

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held, received a call on March 15 from Naik. The lathe arrest of gangster ter intimidated him that he Ashwin Maruti Naik for should sell his room and threatening a tenant of leave the place forever, or a small chawl to vacate his else he would be bumped off room has brought to fore the by his shooters, said police. gangster's activities espeThis call from Naik was cially in the central region of followed by a strict warning Mumbai. from Jadhav early this Police personnel from month, wherein he had N.M. Joshi Marg police sta- threatened the victim by tion arrested Naik (52) on boasting about his contacts Thursday at around 3 pm, with gangster Naik. “Jadhav while his aide Ashok had threatened the victim Krushna Jadhav (44) was ar- that he should not be disrested on Wednesday night. turbed again for getting his Jadhav is the secretary of room transferred on his (victhe chawl situated in Samb- tim's) name, which the latter haji Nagar at Lower Parel, is trying to do since the from where the complainant is re- last two years”, said sources siding since the last two in the police, requesting years. The complainant, anonymity. whose name has been withTwo years ago, the victim

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had purchased the room from a person but could not get it transferred to his name as the secretary was reluctant. The reason for this is that Naik is eying the chwal, which is soon to undergo in re-development. By harassing the tenants, especially the new tenants of the chawl, Naik wants to purchase as many rooms as possible in the chawl. These purchases are not directly made by Naik but his men, posing as prospective buyers, for which the investment would be either done by Naik or the builder, who would be interested in constructing a skyscraper, with the blessings of Naik, said sources in the crime branch, who have analysed the on-going trend

by the mafia bosses of the city's underworld.

These techniques would enable Naik to acquire most of the rooms in the chawl and in future he would be able to bring in his own developer for constructing the chawl. If Naik's techniques and calculation are materialised and considering the boom in the city's real estate with central Mumbai being a commercial hub, the entire project would fetch him anywhere between Rs.800 – 1,000 crore, added the crime branch officials.

Meanwhile, both the accused were arrested under relavant sections of threatening in IPC and were released on bail on Thursday evening.

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high-level inquiry committee led by former Pune municipal commissioner Shrikant Pardeshi has submitted his report to the state government authorities confirming rampant irregularities pertaining to a private plot earmarked for a playground opposite Maxus Mall in Bhayandar (west).

Pardeshi submitted his report after carrying out a detailed probe and ground inspection to check the alleged irregularities.

The probe had been ordered by the State Urban Development Department (UDD) following a complaint registered by former Janata Dal (S) corporator Milan Mhatre, who alleged massive exploitation of the ground for commercial benefits and violation of the terms of contract, executed between the developer and the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC). A prime piece of private land opposite Maxus Mall which has been earmarked as a

Permanent concrete structures and food stalls have usurped space meant for a playground. playground in the Civic Development Plan, had been handed over to the land owner for development on a Built Operate and Transfer (BOT) basis. In lieu, the developer had the liberty of using the ground for a total of 30 days each year. “The developer who is a close aide of an influential leader of this area, has not only carried out permanent con-

HC asks state about damage caused to public in 2012 Azad Maidan riots

By Philip Varghese

prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai informed the court that the lmost an year after a Pub- collector's office has arrived at lic Interest Litigation (PIL) an amount of Rs.2.75 crores as was filed by journalists Sanket damages to public property.

Satope and Uday Joshi seek- “The collector's office is coning direction to the state to re- ducting an inquiry against cover losses due to damage of over 70 accused and 964 witpublic and private property in nesses”, she told the court.

However, the division the 2012 Azad Maidan riots, the Bombay High Court asked bench of Justice N.H. Patil the state government to know and Justice Anuja Prabhudeswhether an amount has been sai observed that while the fixed towards the damages collector has estimated the caused to the public and pri- cost of damage caused to public property, the loss vate property.

This comes as the court caused due to personal inobserved that the Maharash- juries have not been considtra government cannot neg- ered. “According to the police lect the damage caused to report, 76 police officials, two persons during the riots. fire brigade officials and four

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structions in the form of food stalls and concrete structures, but has also violated the agreement by using the ground for a period far more than the permissible number,” alleged Mhatre.

After an on-ground inspection and cross checking of documents pertaining to the land, Pardeshi gave a patient hearing to the complainant before submitting his report before the UDD. “We are in receipt of the report which has indeed indicted the developer of flouting crucial norms to be followed as per the mutual agreement and we will ensure there is no further violation. However, some of the clauses in the agreement are itself erroneous for which we will have to table the proposal for rectification before the general body”, confirmed municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani. Residents of the area have alleged that the developer has turned the access road into a private property which falls in between the playground and a shopping mall.

The PIL had sought to raise the issue of total and utter failure of the state government and the police commissioner in initiating measures to recover losses and damages from persons and organisers who have caused huge loss to public and private properties on August 11, 2012. It had urged the court to intervene in public interest to restore people's faith in the system saying it is necessary in an unprecedented situation of a riot and violence of such magnitude which has completely shattered the faith and confidence of law abiding citizens and even of policemen.

During the hearing on Thursday, Additional public

media persons suffered injuries during the riots. Have you (collector's office) assessed the cost of this damage? Injuries to persons have been neglected. Under section 51(3) of the Maharashtra Police Act, a district magistrate is duty bound to independently inquire into the damage caused to both property and persons. Has this been done? Has a magistrate inquired into this and arrived at an amount? What steps has the state government taken to recover this amount? We direct the prosecutor to take instructions on this and we post this petition for hearing after two weeks”, Justice Patil asked. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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was Ashfaq along with three common and in the photojournalist case, it was Siraj Khan along with the common three accused.

After the pronouncement of the judgment, R.R. Patil spoke to the media and said, “This is a big lesson for those who don't respect women. Our main aim was to finish the matter as soon as possible. We are satisfied with the verdict. This is justice for the parents of the victims in both the cases.”

Special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said that he will seek a maximum possible sentence to the accused, during the arguments for quantum of sentencing on Friday, while the defence lawyers advocates R.G. Gadgil and Prakash Salsingekar will seek leniency for all the five convicts.

“This case has been every important for us and had posed as a real challenge for us. The FIR in the telephone operator case was filed only a month later and we had to explain the delay to the

Home Minister R.R. Patil also paid a rare courtesy visit to the court court. However, in the photojournalist case, the matter of their involvement was proved as she was medically examined immediately and the next day on August 23

Case of the two juveniles to start on April 1

There is a juvenile accused too in both the cases.

The trial of the two juveniles, one each in the two separate gang-rape cases, has yet to begin before the juvenile justice board. Juveniles - minors in conflict with law - who are less than 18 years old cannot be tried along with adults before a regular trial court in the country. They are tried by a magistrate assigned as an officer at the juvenile justice board. Such trials are less stringent and set in an atmosphere which is meant to be child friendly. The maximum punishment a juvenile offender attracts even for a heinous crime such as a gang rape is three years under the law. The law that governs such juveniles is the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act.The two juveniles in these cases were caught by the police soon after the first FIR was lodged by the photojournalist followed by the FIR by the telephone operator. Their trial did not start since

her clothes and other samples were sent for forensics revealing the involvement of the accused. The first accused (a minor) was arrested swiftly within a day.”

the 'muddemal' the articles associated with the crime and used as evidence during trial were lying at the sessions court premises for the ongoing trial of the adult accused. The trial of the two juveniles is scheduled to start on April 1 at the Dongri juvenile justice board.

Punishment for gang rape

Convicted Salim Ansari Convicted Kasim Shaikh

The maximum punishment for gang rape under the amended law is life imprisonment which means imprisonment till the remaining part of a person's natural life. The minimum punishment for gang rape is 20 years rigorous imprisonment (RI).

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As per the new scheme, students will have to write an external exam for 75 marks and an internal examination of 25 marks. With the scaling down of marks, a student's marks will be averaged if the student scores lesser marks in the externals than the marks he has been awarded in his internal exams. A software will be calculating the average of the marks which will be finalised for the students.

This was opposed by the senate members from the students' constituency, principals' and teachers' unions. The members stated that this is unfair for students, and if the scaling down is implemented, the varsity will lose its passing percentages while students will risk their marks and careers.

Pradeep Sawant, senate member, said, “If the marks are scaled down, students have chances of failing in the exams and suffer loss of their careers. The varsity has already narrowed down the marking scheme from 60:40 to 75:25, and therefore it should not implement this scaling down.”

As per the rule, the senate members are supposed to submit a list of questions to the varsity for discussion in the senate house. Once the questions are submitted, the MU shortlists the questions and gives an explanation for selecting and rejecting the questions. Once the question are selected, the varsity sends the answer-booklet to the members of the house. These answers are expected to be in detail with explanations, records and clarifications as demanded by the members.

The question-answer booklet given by the varsity to its members this year carried answers in terms of acts and resolutions which made it difficult for the members to understand them. Most of the questions carried answers such as “as soon as possible” or “work in progress.” A question raised by a student representative, had a its answer as “section 2 (B)” which made the answer confusing.

Reshma Patil, student representative and senate member, said, “We had asked a question about the examination fees paid by the students for which the varsity answered 'Section 2 (B)'. The varsity should be specific so that the students can understand the same”.

In all, 38 questions were short-listed by the varsity which were answered in the answer-booklet with appendix, resolutions and section from Maharashtra University Act. Sanjay Vairal, senate member stated, “The answers are not as per the required detailing. These answers are for the students not for the varsity officials, these answers are being hidden from the students and the MU is misleading the senate house and its students”.

Naresh Chandra, Pro Vice Chancellor, MU, who was the president of the house in the absence of the Vice-Chancellor, said, “We have given the required information and answers to the questions and senate members. We are not misleading anyone and the answers are as per the records and documentations present in the varsity”.

VC-less Senate meet

For the first time in the history of the MU, the ViceChancellor was absent for the senate meet. Varsity officials stated that Vice-Chancellor Dr. Rajan Welukar was unwell due to which the post of the President of the senate house was given to Pro Vice Chancellor Dr. Naresh Chandra, who headed the senate meet yesterday.

Where is Kalyan sub-center?

More than two years after the declaration, the MU has not yet started the construction work at its Kalyan sub-center.

With an aim to reduce the long travelling routines of students who have to attend lectures at the Kalina Campus, the MU had finalised 6.1 acres of land for the Kaylan sub-center. The land is now taken up by slums and encroachments but the construction work has not started yet. The members have asked the varsity to start work as soon as possible to which the MU officials stated that the work will be completed “as soon as possible”.

Virtual classroom 'Money Mess'

While issues regarding the MU's Virtual Classroom have been rising by the day, yet another issue was raised in the senate meet. The members alleged that the varsity charges a lakh of rupees for conducting a single lecture in the virtual classroom but the MU denied this stating that it does not charge any amount for conducting lectures in this classroom. Kavita Laghate, Director, Jamnalal Bajaj Institue of Management Studies (JBMIS) stated that they will be paying around Rs.40,000 to the varsity for conducting a two-hour lecture for 15 days.

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here at Press Club yesterday, he urged the government to erely announcing a find an out of the box solution compensation pack- rather than citing the election age for farmers af- model code of conduct as an fected by the recent hailstorm excuse. “The issue is not of the and unseasonal rains is not package but of being sensitive enough. The government toward the issue”, remarked Dr must be swift in issuing neces- Sahasrabuddhe. sary orders to its machinery, Commenting upon the panstated Dr Vinay Sahasrabud- chanama conducted by the dhe, Director General, Ramb- government machinery, he hau Mhalgi Prabhodini (RMP). said that the revenue officials Speaking to news persons conducted a technical pan-

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chanama which was bereft of any human compassion. Replying to queries over the government's compensation package, Dr Sahasrabuddhe stated that the government needs to improve its norms for granting relief. The RMP in association with some voluntary organisations and experts carried out a study of the affected 17 districts and came to the conclusion that besides giving the farmers compensation, the Azad Shrivastav | ADC

affected farmers also need emotional and material support to enable themselves to prepare for the next harvest.

Dr Sahasrabuddhe stated that usually the government machinery takes time to respond to such natural calamities. Now with the enforcement of the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha elections, the official machinery is more scared to act. He demanded that the government give food

grains to the affected families, start cattle camps and use the labour force used in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MGNREGA) to assist farmers in clearing the lost crop. Commenting upon the RMP project 'Dilasa' (succor), he said that the study revealed a huge transformation in the village culture which has led to the weakening of interpersonal relations and further aggravation

of the crisis.

The RMP plans to set up a helpline for beleaguered farmers who will be counseled on how to overcome the crisis.

Commenting upon the Doppler Radar systems in Mumbai, Mahabaleshwar and Nagpur, he said that the government needs to upgrade the infrastructure and ensure that the weather information reaches the taluka level on time.

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gone. In the old days, there used to be Shinde Sarkar, Gaekwad Sarkar, Khilji he NCP yesterday Sarkar, Mohgul Sarkar. After strongly objected to the Independence, it was Sardar ad blitzkrieg of BJP's Prime Patel who abolished the Ministerial candidate Naren- princely states.

Indira dra Modi, saying it depicted Gandhi later ended their dictatorial mentality of that privy purses”. party.

Commenting on the quesSpeaking to reporters, tion of Modi meeting farmNCP spokesperson Nawab ers and widows of farmers Malik said, “The ad talks not who committed suicide, in of a BJP government, but of a Vidarbha yesterday, Malik Modi government. The BJP said, “a leader of traders should realise that the days wants to reap political beneof rajas and maharjas, where fit ofn the plight of farmers. the regimes were named By fielding Modi from after the emperors are long Varanasi, the RSS wants to

T Abhishek manu Singhvi (second from left) came to Gandhi Bhavan to inform and announce that Gujarat is far behind many states, as far as development and economic standing is concerned.

Singhvi calls BJP a ‘squabbling’ party

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he Congress has launched a scathing attack on the BJP calling it a party with trust deficit. After senior Party leader L.K. Advani expressed his displeasure at being given candidature from Gandhinagar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress national spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi came down heavily on the saffron party.

Speaking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan yesterday, Singhvi said, “In the past 24 hours, it has become very clear that the BJP is nothing but a group of people who are driven by blind ambition and absolute lust for power. The happenings in the so-called

party with difference since Tuesday have proven that there was complete trust deficit within the BJP, that the party was completely communal in nature, and that it was a squabbling party”.

“Advaniji is fearful of sabotage at the hands of Modi in Gandhinagar, so he wants to run away from there. Why would he otherwise want to contest from Bhopal? There is distrust towards Narendra Modi by a senior leader of his own party. How can the nation trust Modi? BJP's damage control mode is in farce, comedy and tragedy”, he added.

He said that though the BJP had been trying hard to project itself as a secular party, it had failed to colour its com-

munal face. Two accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case, Hukum Singh and Sanjeev Baliyan have been bestowed with tickets by the party. This is the party with a difference, which rewards those who divide and cause deaths.

“The UPA government had outperformed the NDA government on key developmental parameters. Many states including Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Haryana were far ahead in development as compared to Gujarat. The state of farmers in Gujarat is poor. Modi should not speak for the farmers of the country at the cost of his own backyard.

What is going on in Gujarat is crony capitalism”, he pointed out.

bring in the Ram temple agenda to forefront again, Modi's contesting from two seats which shows he lacks confidence”.

BJP is aware that there are certain restrictions on rendering relief due to the model poll code in place.

Despite this they are creating so much hue and cry. Malik indicated that NCP will expel Vijaykumar Gavit from the party with his supporters in Nandurbar.

Gavit was sacked as Medical Education Minister yesterday, after his daughter joined BJP.

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“Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.”

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UITE a big chunk of Vidarbha’s population has always wanted to separate from Maharashtra. Decades ago, the complaint was it was getting step-motherly treatment.

In all allocations, western Maharashtra was attracting more finance. Vidarbha has special needs and these have to be taken note of – none of these changes had any basis. Following complaints, the government made efforts to allocate more finance to Vidarbha.

The weather has never been kind to Vidarbha. There has been rain when there should be sunshine and the sun when there should be rain. The government did not let down Vidarbha, but did its best to keep things going there.

The people who suffered the most in Vidarbha were the farmers. Theirs was a never-ending story of misery and want.

Farmers have always found it difficult to pay back loans taken against gold or their property. Despite the increased assistance given by the government, the lot of farmers never improved. Unable to pay back loans, unable to support their families with hopeless failure staring at them, they committed the unavoidable: they started committing suicide.

Farmers’ suicides in Vidarbha became a serious issue. The government took some steps to provide them with some assistance, but that did not stop the spate of suicides in Vidarbha. It was clear the farmers wanted massive assistance and the government could not provide it.

For the last couple of years, there was not much news about cases of suicide in Vidarbha. Unless a permanent and a big solution is found, the farmers will continue to commit suicide. And it looks like it has begun again. It was reported only a few days ago that as many as 21 farmers have committed suicide. This is a case which should attract more Central assistance. There is a Congress government in the state and it should have been able to get more funds from the Centre.

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S once in the past, I want to take you to the mid-50s of the last century when I was the Press Trust of India’s correspondent at the United Nations. They were difficulty days for India. We were not going to be what the Chinese contemptuously described as the “running dog of American imperialism”. On our part we wanted to have an independent existence so we could talk back to Washington. We were considered to be highly ‘moralistic’ which Americans did not like and chastised us for it. Worse, we were greatly in need of food grain and were going round literally begging for the same.

Americans looked down on us and while food grains, especially wheat, were shipped, it was for India a ship-to-mouth existence.

One felt ashamed to be known as an Indian. Over half a century later, we are exporting foodgrains and we are charged by the US and Canada for subsidising the cost! We have come a long way. Meanwhile, it has now become America’s turn to sound highly moralistic, forgetting that it is unfit to do so.

An expose in Mainstream (Feb. 13) tells it all. According to a well-known columnist, T.J.S. George who is quoting an independent research organisation in America known as Russell Sage Foundation, 40 per cent of American workers in apparel, textile and repair services are paid “less than minimum wages” and as much as 41 per cent of minimum wage violations in the US are against maids and house-keepers. To that can be added the rampant racial discrimination against Latino workers. That doesn’t worry the law-givers in the US. These laws are only applicable to the likes of Devyani Khabragades.

Union Carbide’s greed As George put it: “Hypocrisy expands further at the international level. America is the only democracy in the world not to recognise the International Court of Justice at the Hague. This enables the US to do things that are illegal and still not be answerable”. George adds: “David Headley, who played a crucial role in the terrorist attack on Mumbai was protected by the US from extradition to India.

And, of course, there is Bhopal. Union Carbide’s boss Anderson escaped from India”.

To quote George: “The US is so worried about the rights of one maid, but it turns a blind eye to hundreds of deformed kids who have been maimed by (Union Carbide’s) greed”.

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There are hundreds of such instances of American hypocrisy. Have we all forgotten My Lai and the way American forces decimated practically an entire village including innocent men, women and children – because they were suspected of being communist or communist sympathisers. That was in Vietnam. Forget the drone attacks the US almost daily engages in, that kills scores of people with nobody raising their voice of protest.

And can we forget the time when, under the instructions from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger a criminal if ever there was one, carpet-bombing was ordered over neutral Cambodia that went on for 14 months resulting in 6,00,000 recorded deaths? Kissinger kept it a secret from the US Congress and the Ameri-

Moral Panic in India MEDIAWATCH M.V. Kamath can people. The whole thing was kept a secret until David More wrote a book entitled Lying For Empire: How to Commit War Crime with A Straight Face. Kissinger should have been tried in the International Court of Justice and hanged in public. Instead the United States caught hold of Saddam Hussein of Iraq and hanged him and later desecrated his corpse.

One of the major shortcomings of the Indian media is the lack of good political magazines, something like, say the old British New Statesman & Nation or The Economist.

The Mumbai-based Economic & Political Weekly is truly a scholastic journal for a higher intellectual class, but what we want is a weekly that is readable by aam aadmi.

There is happily one, though it is a monthly, and it is known as Bharatiya Pragna. The February issue is an excellent one which is strongly supportive of Indian nationalism which our western-educated so-called intellectuals wouldn’t care to read.

One of the articles entitled ‘Why This Focus

The Theory of the Unconscious F

REUD’S theory of the unconscious is highly deterministic — a fact which, given the nature of nineteenth century science, should not be surprising. Freud was arguably the first thinker to apply deterministic principles systematically to the sphere of the mental, and to hold that the broad spectrum of human behavior is explicable only in terms of the (usually hidden) mental processes or states which determine it. Thus, instead of treating the behaviour of the neurotic as being causally inexplicable — which had been the prevailing approach for centuries — Freud insisted, on the contrary, on treating it as behavior for which it is meaningful to seek an explanation by searching for causes in terms of the mental states of the individual concerned. Hence the significance which he attributed to slips of the tongue or pen, obsessive behavior and dreams — all these, he held, are determined by hidden causes in the person’s mind, and so they reveal in covert form what would otherwise not be known at all. This suggests the view that freedom of the will is, if not completely an illusion, certainly more tightly circumscribed than is commonly believed, for it follows from this that whenever we make a choice we are governed by hidden mental processes of which we are unaware and over which we have no control.

on Rape in India’ by the world media should be must reading because it raises an important issue. The author is one Maria Wirth, but we now of what she is. According to her, on any given day there are 200 rapes in the US, some 170 in South Africa and in western cities the statistics show a high percentage, much higher than in India. And many of these would have been gang rapes. And in many cases the girl or woman would have been killed. Why don’t our Indian media publish rapes committed abroad when western media is full of stories of rapes in India?

For that should we blame western news agencies like Reuters, AP, UP? Are these agencies to which we subscribe holding back western crimes while freely propagating rape crimes in India? Why can’t these agencies be pulled up? We specialise in demeaning ourselves all the time. Why don’t our alleged intellectuals in power look into this? And what is the PTI doing in this matter?

The postulate that there are such things as unconscious mental states at all is a direct function of Freud’s determinism, his reasoning here being simply that the principle of causality requires that such mental states should exist, for it is evident that there is frequently nothing in the conscious mind which can be said to cause neurotic or other behavior. An ‘unconscious’ mental process or event, for Freud, is not one which merely happens to be out of consciousness at a given time, but is rather one which cannot, except through protracted psychoanalysis, be brought to the forefront of consciousness. The postulation of such unconscious mental states entails, of

MATTER & SPIRIT course, that the mind is not, and cannot be, either identified with consciousness, or an object of consciousness. To employ a muchused analogy, it is rather structurally akin to an iceberg, the bulk of it lying below the surface, exerting a dynamic and determining influence upon the part which is amenable to direct inspection — the conscious mind.

Deeply associated with this view of the mind is Freud’s account of instincts or drives.

Instincts, for Freud, are the principal motivating forces in the mental realm, and as such

Again, writing in Mainstream (Feb. 13) L.K. Sharma, a senior journalist noted that there is ‘Moral Panic in India’. There is. Westerners can write much about India but our intellectuals will defend their rights under freedom of speech. Oxford University Press recently had to withdraw a certain book on Hinduism denigrating it. My simple question is: Why don’t our Indian – Hindu – intellectuals write a book denigrating Islam or Christianity, claiming right of free speech? They will welcome – even praise – foreigners damning us and think they are standing up for values.

They are only standing up for self-demeaning. And they are cowards. Bharatiya Pragna incidentally carries another article saying ‘Mother India Safer than Uncle Sam’, and claiming “the savings appetite of Indian families is an economic goldmine for India.”

According to author Akila Srinivasan who is an insurance industry veteran, he sees India more insured by Indians than America

by Americans because “the chief architect of the economic cushion provided by Indian families is the woman. Thank God, there is at least one Indian who has something nice to say about his fellow country people, men and women. I am sick of our western-educated intellectuals and their pompous statements.

We can do without them. they ‘energise’ the mind in all of its functions.

There are, he held, an indefinitely large number of such instincts, but these can be reduced to a small number of basic ones, which he grouped into two broad generic categories, Eros (the life instinct), which covers all the self-preserving and erotic instincts, and Thanatos (the death instinct), which covers all the instincts towards aggression, self-destruction, and cruelty. Thus it is a mistake to interpret Freud as asserting that all human actions spring from motivations which are sexual in their origin, since those which derive from Thanatos are not sexually motivated–indeed, Thanatos is the irrational urge to destroy the source of all sexual energy in the annihilation of the self. Having said that, it is undeniably true that Freud gave sexual drives an importance and centrality in human life, human actions, and human behavior which was new (and to many, shocking), arguing as he does that sexual drives exist and can be discerned in children from birth (the theory of infantile sexuality), and that sexual energy (libido) is the single most important motivating force in adult life. However, a crucial qualification has to be added here — Freud effectively redefined the term “sexuality” to make it cover any form of pleasure which is or can be derived from the body. Thus his theory of the instincts or drives is essentially that the human being is energised or driven from birth by the desire to acquire and enhance bodily pleasure.

— Sigmund Freud

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month, one shudders to think how long the actual work will take. The Railways have been totally insensitive to the problems of the commuters, especially the women and the elderly, in alighting and boarding the locals within the brief seconds they stop at the stations. This important job needs to be taken up and completed on a war footing with a special sanction.

Pawar’s antics The NCP chief has recently been in the news for his pre-election moves, inviting criticism from the Shiv Sena and many others.

SHARAD Pawar has once again displayed his political acumen by resorting to a move which can be interpreted either way. While holding Modi “responsible” for the 2002 riots, he has also added

Adamant Advani L.K.Advani is definitely over 80 years of age and has played a long political innings. It is now time for the younger generation to take over.

He earlier wanted to become prime minister in which case he would have been exactly like Manmohan Singh and now he wants a ticket from Bhopal. In all other faculties there is an age limit beyond which a person cannot serve, a maximum of 75 and that too in the private sector.

In government service it has been increased from 60 to 65 from the original 58. Why is it so? It is to give chance to the younger generation.

It is difficult to comprehend the unending desire in politics.

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a rider to his statement by declaring that the ultimate decision in the matter should be left to the courts. Sensing that the UPA may not be able to secure a majority at the Centre for a third successive term, he has kept open an emergency escape route to throw his lot behind the would-be ruling alliance; be it the NDA or the elusive Third Front.

During his four and half decades of political career, he has seen to it that he was always sitting pretty with the party in power by cleverly maneuvering his steps.

— Arun Malankar, Santacruz

THE Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) under its poltical manipulator Chief Sharad Pawar have made the blunder for inducting the defector and Shiv Sena spokesperson Rahul

Narvekar who for his selfish personal poltical gain backstabbed the Sena to get the Lok Sabha seat for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.

I strongly feel that Narvekar who has criticised Congress-NCP on various TV channel debates is an opportunist and has betrayed the Sena. What is the guarantee that he will not betray the NCP in the near future? The urgent need of the hour is that such politicians with selfish backgrounds must be rejected by the voters completely in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections to teach them a very strong lesson to wipe them out permanently from the poltical map of the country. It is high time the Shiv Sena and its leadership must ensure that Rahul Narvekar must be defeated with a huge margin and must lose its deposit in the election.

Like govt. like subjects Narendra Modi, the BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, has been given an LS ticket from Varanasi, with a backup from Vadodara.

ately depriving the deserving poor.

Modi added that the Congress in the last 10 years have systematically 'devalued' the institutions founded by the forefathers aimed at governing this country as per the letter and spirit of the Constitution. It is, therefore, a 'cruel play' upon the — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai word of 'spirit'. The same Congress has introduced the 'Food Security Bill' on the eve of the 2014 Elections BJP can very well bring back NaMo after letting tonnes and tonnes of through the Rajya Sabha route. Did grains rot and overtly depriving the not the Congress PM candidate Dr. poor of the precious food and also Singh, after losing Lok Sabha polls at the same time allowing the prices from Delhi by over 40,000 votes in of the grains to soar. The retail infla1999, got elected to the Rajya Sabha tion has become unbearable.

— T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai from Assam for a record three terms?

the phone book and call her friend Katy Irani. Katy quickly arranged an ambulance to take me to Breach Candy Hospital. I was unconscious when we arrived at the hospital. I had a severe heart failure and my pulse was barely palpable.

I survived this event due to the — Jorhat Singh, Kandivali prompt and vital care by Dr. Farokh Udwadia and his team at Breach Candy Hospital. They have my deepest gratitude to have saved my life. Finally, I am grateful to my MODI in his Chennai rally attacked the Congress stating that the citiwife's soul for looking over me.

— K.K. Thakkar, Tardeo zens of this country are well aware that the Congress-led government lets the grains 'rot' in the open by not complying with the directives of APROPOS your Diary item 'She said the Apex Court to distribute to the it' (Mar 13), your Diarst's descrip- poor. The Supreme Court order tion of the Times Now "superstar" should have been strictly complied as "the biggest foghorn in the with for the good of the nation. media" is deliciously apt. The gen- Modi added that instead of complytleman in question is undoubtedly ing with the SC order, the grains a great entertainer, but as a news were later sold to the 'spirit' manuanchor and particularly as a debate facturers by the ministry concerned moderator, he needs to go back to at 'throw away prices' thus deliberthe basics. Strongly opinionated and full of himself, he seems to labour under the delusion that the hallmark of a good debate is to give free rein to the participants to shout each other down. A good moderator does not thrust his opinions on the panelists, but attempts and strives ARVIND Kejriwal's larger than to elicit theirs. This guy is so opinlife image is a creation of the ionated that whenever a panelist media and one was really says something he does not agree surprised when he abused the with, he immediately shouts same media who has been his him/her down, often in the middle 'Godfather' in his popularity of a reply. It does not occour to him building image of putting them that the debate is not about him, behind bars if he comes to but the participants. Moreover, alpower. The media guys though lowing the participants to talk have nothing to fear as Kejriwal across each other and trying to is destroying his own popularity shout them down is ineffective and and vote bank by some senseless renders the conversation incompretalks and behaviour. In fact, he hensible. A simple remedy, emwould struggle in single digit in ployed by other anchors, would be the coming elections and forget to turn off the offender's microabout coming to power, he phone, but I suppose this would not might lose his deposit too if he be sufficient theatre. He should take contests election in the national pointers from someone like Karan elections.

Thapar. Fat chance of that happenKejriwal seems frustrated after ing. He is the king, after all.

— Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba he failed to govern Delhi state and his media bashing is a publicity stunt which would backfire on him this time.The IN the unlikely event of NaMo getman in a hurry is a wounded ting defeated by the AAP chief in tiger today and it is time for him Varanasi, the joy of the Congress to soothe his wounds silently as would prove to be short lived; as the

Rotten grains

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— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

Platform height THE Railways have reportedly asked for one month time to come out with a plan for raising the heights of the platforms to the level of the foootboard of the locals. This, coming at a time when the harassed commuters were hoping that the work was already under way, is really disappointing. This job is not so difficult and time-consuming as erecting a multistorey building with a deep foundation. Prestressed concrete blocks could have been put in place by now at least on some of the platforms where accidents have happened recently. If the preparation of a mere plan will require one

APROPOS 'We are a second rate nation led by third rate govt: Shailesh Gandhi' (ADC, Mar. 19), I cannot agree more on the statement made by the former Central Information Commissioner (CIC). In fact, we the citizens of India belong to a most heterogeneous nation on this planet comprising a number of different languages, dialects, casts, creeds which one could not find in any part of the world as diverse as this. This was one of the reasons why the British could rule us for such a long time. Now the British have gone but our own leaders are ruling in free India for more than six decades, wherein they have introduced corruption, nepotism and a host of other obnoxious elements which pose as huge deterrents to the prosperity of the nation as these only cater to LETTER OF the self-centric interests THE DAY of these so-called national leaders comprising mostly the rogue/ tainted politicians. However, by the end of the day the hapless citizens of India find no other alternative than re-electing these disposable elements to continue with the traditional erosion of the nation with a new set of characters.

— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

Confused Anna ANNA Hazare seemed to be confused because of his hot and cold attitude towards his protegee Kejriwal. How come a man who disapproved of Kejriwal joining politics, himself consented to campaign for Didi? When he asked for his statue to be built in Haryana he turned out to be a jealous and egoistic saint.

— A.K.R. Hemmady, Virar

Barking dogs seldom bite

The BJP’s L..K. Advani has been given an LS ticket from Gandhinagar and has been disappointed with the same, demanding instead a ticket from Bhopal.

There can be a limit to this political addiction. What good one can give to the society at this ripe age of 80 and above. It is time to gracefully retire and remain a guide to the younger generation. It would be appreciated if Advaniji willfully, smilingly reconciles and gracefully calls it a day.

— Dr. Mina Bhattacharyya

Breach Candy saved my life ON the evening of December 31, 2013, I was struggling to breath and rapidly losing my cognitive abilities.

In that moment of crisis – I noticed my late wife's phone book lying on the table in front of me. I felt her present. She inspired me to pick up

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of the society which protects our democracy and threatening this medium should be dealt with in no uncertain terms by the law of our land. The least Kejriwal can do is to apologise!

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

Arvind Kejriwal's recent visit to Mumbai as part of his LS election campaign, more or less backfired on his party, with the Mumbaikars' daily routines being disturbed owing to his security, etc. barking dogs seldom bite and nobody is taking the common man's leader seriously at the moment.

The media are the watchdog

THIS refers to the news item 'Media frenzy, Police to blame' (ADC, Mar. 14). True to their rabidly myopic style, Kejriwal and his motley AAP, have laid the entire blame for for their hooliganism in Mumbai, on the door steps of the Media and the Mumbai police!

Not even a whiff of apology to the thousands of Mumbaikars, who were at the receiving end of the AAP rowdy behaviour! This 'denial and deflecting syndrome' of AAP has always been its ugly trademark; more than the 'broom', itself.

— Chandramohan, Ghatkopar

12 NEWS IN BRIEF CBI examines Shourie, Agarwal role in HZL case

CBI has examined former disinvestment minister Arun Shourie and Vedanta group Chairman Anil Agarwal in connection with the alleged irregularities in the divestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd. (HZL) during NDA regieme. CBI said it has recorded the statement of Shourie and Agarwal last week.

General V.K. Singh to file nomination today

Former Army Chief Gen V.K. Singh, who was embroiled in a major row over his age, will file his nomination on Friday and cite his date of birth as May 10, 1951 which was not accepted by the government. He is BJP's candidate from Ghaziabad constituency.

BSP to go alone in Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will field candidates in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and will not go with 'communal' BJP and its allies for government formation, its supremo Mayawati said on Thursday. Releasing BSP's list of all candidates in the state in one instalment 'unlike political opponents', she said her party is contesting the elections with full preparation to 'emerge as the balance of power at the Centre'.

Indo-Pak mushaira in New Delhi tomorrow

Shankar-Shad Mushaira, the annual meet of poets from India and Pakistan, will be held in New Delhi on Saturday. The 49th edition of the 'mushaira' will see the presence of well-renowned poets from both the countries including Fahmida Riyaz, Kishwar Naheed, Zakia Ghazal and Farhat Shehzad (all Pakistan) and Bekal Utsahi and Malikzada Manzoor Ahmed from India among others.

Advani opts for Gandhinagar

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EW DELHI: In twists and turns marking the top-level rumblings in BJP, L.K. Advani on Thursday decided to contest from Gandhinagar in Gujarat after the party gave in to his pressure and allowed him the choice of the constituency in the Lok Sabha elections.

The 86-year-old leader made the announcement shortly after party president Rajnath Singh issued a statement saying that it was for Advani to choose whether to contest from Gandhinagar or Bhopal, seeking to end a 24-hour drama that exposed the simmering tensions between him and Narendra Modi.

Advani, who has been sulking since yesterday over the party decision to field him from Gandhinagar against his wish of Bhopal, said Modi came to him this morning and "emphasised that the people of Gujarat are keen that I represent Gandhinagar Lok Sabha once again."

"I have represented the state both in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha. Having represented Gandhinagar constituency in the Lok Sabha since 1991, I have decided to contest the 2014 general elections from Gandhinagar itself," Advani said in the

‘Nukkad Nataks’ to expose AAP, Congress

At a time when most political parties are concentrating on cyber space for election campaigning, BJP has gone back to the tried and tested 'Nukkad Nataks' to reach out to the masses.

BJP has roped in some artistes, who hail from Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad, to organize "Nukkud Nataks" in the seven Lok Sabha after consulting all colleagues in the Parliamentary Board and the Election Committee "it has been agreed that the choice between the two Parliamentary seats should be left to me.

L.K. Advani, senior leader, BJP. "I am deeply touched by this gesture of my party colleagues. I had statement, bringing to an end the some weeks ago said that I would be raging row over his constituency, re- contesting the Parliamentary elecports PTI. tion from Gandhinagar itself. I have Advani said Rajnath Singh had been integrally connected with Guconveyed to him the desire of the jarat since migrating from Karachi Gujarat unit of BJP and the decision in 1947." of Election Committee that he He said he was extremely grateful should contest from Gandhinagar. to Kailash Joshi, who represents Yesterday, Singh informed him Bhopal now, Chief Minister Shivraj that the Madhya Pradesh unit of BJP Singh Chauhan, state party unit had also suggested his name for chief Narinder Singh Tomar and all contesting from Bhopal and that members of the Election Commit-

tee of the state for proposing his name from Bhopal.

The settlement came after hectic discussions and meetings in the party. After Modi, senior leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu met Advani to placate him.

The Election Committee, headed

by Rajnath Singh, had decided to field Advani from Gandhinagar, angering him as he had desired to shift from Modi-ruled Gujarat to Bhopal, a reflection of his unease with the party's Prime Ministerial candidate.

With a sulking Advani insisting on contesting from Bhopal instead of Gandhinagar, from where he had won five times, Rajnath Singh said in a statement.

quired for announcing the central relief as Maharasthra and Madhya Pradesh governments have already declared some districts as disaster hit.

The Maharashtra government had sought Rs 1,427 crore relief for the affected farmers.

The decision to release the central aid from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) was taken yesterday at the meeting of Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on crop damage, headed by Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.

Unseasonal rains, wind and hail-

The EGoM will take a call on the relief package to Karnataka after a central team assesses the extent of damage and submits a report, the source said.

As of now, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh governments have not send any memorandum seeking assistance from the centre to affected farmers, the sources added.

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EW DELHI: The Centre will provide Rs 1,351 crore financial assistance to farmers affected by untimely rains and hailstorms in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh, a government source said on Thursday.

The development comes amidst reports of farmer suicides in hailstorm-hit areas of Maharashtra.

"A relief of Rs 856 crore has been approved for Maharashtra and Rs 495 crore to Madhya Pradesh by the EGoM," the source said.

The source clarified that the Election Commission's nod is not re-

storm early this month has affected about 30 lakh hectares of rabi (winter) crops like wheat, pulses, oilseeds and horticultural crops in the two states.

In Maharashtra, crops in 17,69,403 hectares in 28 districts have been damaged, while in Madhya Pradesh 11,55,993 hectares in 51 districts have been hit, he said.

Crops in 13 districts of Karnataka and some parts in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh have also been affected by untimely rains. The Karnataka government has also sought a relief package.

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A record number of 5.80 lakh e-tickets were booked on Wednesday, surpassing the previous highest of 5.72 lakh on single day. The earlier highest booking was on September 2, 2013, when the www.irctc.co.in booked 5.72 lakh e-tickets, a senior IRCTC official said.

6 held as CBI conducts search against ‘fake’ docs

In a nationwide swoop, CBI yesterday arrested six people possessing medical degrees from Russia and China and obtained recognition from Medical Council of India through allegedly fraudulent means. CBI said an information pertaining to this scam was received and intelligence was developed before filing an FIR against eight people who claimed they had medical degrees from Russia and China.

constituencies across the capital. In the 'Nukkud Nataks', which will begin from Chandni Chowk constituency from where party state president Harsh Vardhan is contesting the Lok Sabha elections, artistes will also play the role of AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal using his trademark muffler.

SAFE LANDING... People watching a two-seater training aircraft which made an emergency landing in an agricultural field near the Indira Gandhi National Aviation Academy in Raebareli on Thursday after its engine developed a snag.

JP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Thursday asked farmers in Maharashtra not to resort to suicide and assured that his party was firmly behind them.

"Committing suicides is not the way to fight the crisis," Modi said during a 'kisan pe charcha' (discussion on farmers) interaction with farmers at this village in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha region which has seen the maximum number of farmer suicides in the last decade, reports PTI. BJP will support the farmers in Maharashtra who were recently hit by severe hailstorms, Modi said.

"Not only are farmers committing suicide, but after them, their family members are also ending their lives," Modi said.

Saying that more farmers were dying than the number of fatalities in the war, Modi said this was not a political issue but an issue of national pain.

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The Best

Burgers in Town

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Three Wise Men Just mention the words 'chicken' and 'burger' together and a hard-core burger buff will most likely stare you down with an expression of 'you don't know what you're talking about.'

However, sometimes a chicken burger can also be succulent and simply amazing and Three Wise Men is proof of that. Their in-house recipe of beer-marinated chicken patty results in a wonderfully crisp patty that, after a bite, gives way to a delicious and cheesy melt-in-your-mouth experience. The secret, they told us during our visit, is that they let the chicken marinate in the beer for as much as a whole day before grilling the patty. While that secret they are quite happy to tell us about, what they won't tell us (or you) is the secret to their lovely spicy-tart jalapeño mayo that coats the patty. The patty itself is wonderfully spiced and, thankfully, it isn't a one-off experience either. We've been there three times, and have never been disappointed with their Patty Melt Burger.

Where Three Wise Men, Opposite Santacruz Police Station, Santacruz (W) Price `275

The 48Hrs Team went on the search for the best burgers in Mumbai and came up with this mouth-watering list of juicy burgers. Whether you like a basic burger or a gourmet one, there is something on this list that is sure to hit the spot

>> The Chicken Honey Mustard + Bacon Burger at Jamjar Diner is a personal favourite

JaMJar Diner We love JamJar diner for a lot of reasons, but the most important reason is that they have the most delicious food.

Burgers are a must-try at the restaurant and while everyone goes gaga over the Juicy Lucy (which is a delicious burger, so do try it by all means) we're going to let you in on a different, but equally delicious burger. The Chicken Honey Mustard + Bacon burger is a soft chicken picatta patty, with crispy onions and chipotle mayo rounding it off. Served with crispy fries and loaded with flavour, you simply must try it out.

Where Behind Washing Bay, Yari Road, Versova, Andheri (W) Price `282

Café anDora If you want a no-frills burger, minus the fancy sauces and elaborate patties, head to Café Andora. This popular college eatery has been around in Bandra for ages now and still dishes out a basic old-school burger, reminiscent of the ones you've grown up eating before ingredients like bacon, stone-ground honey mustard and arugula found their way into your burger.

Head here if you want a basic chicken patty sandwiched between a sesame speckled bun that is both satisfying and light on the pocket. Great for a snack or to curb a nagging burger craving, Café Andora has our vote for the best value for money burger.

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Hard rock café Over the years, Hard Rock Café has developed quite a reputation for itself as far as burgers are concerned and there is no doubting why. Dig into their Legendary 10 Ounce Burger and you're sure to be hooked. A thick, succulent beef patty, topped with bacon, onion rings, tomatoes, lettuce and melted cheddar cheese makes this burger an absolute delight. If you don't want to try this classic, they also have several other options such as the California, Tex-Mex and Mediterranean Burger. It is quite a large burger, so make sure you work up an appetite before heading here.

Where Hard Rock Cafe, Behind Bombay Dyeing, Kamala City Mills Studio, Pandurang Budhkar Marg, Worli Price `450

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>> The burgers at The Little Door are high on taste and are value for money at the same time

LittLe door If the great music, cute décor and little blue door weren't enough to get you to visit The Little Door, the food should be.

With a range of the most delicious wedges, fries, onion rings, nachos and all sorts of food you can imagine, there's something for everyone here, included vegetarian, chicken and beef burgers. But, we'd opt for their delicious Beef Burger in a heartbeat. Not only is it reasonably priced, the burger, which comes with fries and salad at the side, is loaded with vegetables, topped with bacon and a herbed fried egg and garnished with the cutest cherry tomato. It's succulent, filling and worth every rupee.

Where Shree Siddhivinayak Plaza, Plot B 31, Off New Link Road, Andheri (W) Price `297

indigo deLi It's no secret that you have to try the BBQ Pulled Pork Burger (`585) at Indigo Deli. With sweet, picked onions as relish and a delicious slathering of pulled pork between soft burger buns, it's one of the best in the city. But, according to Rahul Sawn, you shouldn't miss out on the Blackened Salmon Burger either. He says, “It's one of their new burgers, so I decided to give it a try even though blackened salmon doesn't sound like it would taste as good in a burger. It's so delicious! It's creamy, tender and nothing like anything I've tasted anywhere in the city. It's served with a salad and some delicious cucumbers.” With the option of add-on toppings (although those are quite expensive) and your choice of cheese, there's no reason we can think of not trying this out.

Where Outlets across the city Price `645

WHite oWL If you're the sort of person who believes that good burgers must be beef burgers, you're going to agree with Ryan Vaz's pick of the best burger. The 23-year-old Andheri resident tells us that he loves the White Owl Sandwich Gourmet Beef Burger from >> White Owl’s Sandwich Gourmet Beef Burger, is loaded with relish, onioon rings and a fired egg too

The White Owl and when we hear what he says, we can't wait to try it ourselves! “The burger is so much more than just a patty and bread. It comes layered with a fried egg, relish, onions and onion rings! There's grilled tomato and wedges on the side also — and the wedges are really delicious!”

We're going to take his word for it and try it out the next time we visit.

Where One Indiabulls Center, Tower 2 Lobby, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel Price `425

BetWeen Breads

Bacon Fries deserve a special mention. You could eat your way through their menu and start again at the top, making a couple of unscheduled stops at the ten-ounce gem in between.” We agree completely!

Where 2, Kalpitam Apartments, Opposite Hawaiian Shack, 16th Road, Bandra (W) Price `339

sundance café Sundance Café has always been the place to go when you're in South Bombay and with its new menu, it's working out to being a really great place for food too. Try their Tenderloin Burger when you visit. It's a delicious steak burger full of moist relish and mayo, crisp lettuce and served with a side of crisp, salty fries. Don't forget to tell them how you prefer your burger though, or you'll get it extremely well done.

Where 42, Eros Cinema Building, Maharishi Karve Road, Churchgate Price `475

We have reviewed a tonne of restaurants but there have been just a handful that keep us coming back for more. Between Breads in Bandra is one such joint. Nothing fancy, nothing over the top, just great burgers. Bandra resident Rajesh Tahilramani says, “The Ten-Ounce Bacon Burger is by far the best burger I have had in this city, marquee name restaurants included. As the menu goes it’s pretty straightforward comfort food, packed with the good stuff with a lot of beef on the menu (don’t even go near there if you are a paneer patty loving person; McDonald’s tHe Big nasty down the road does a perfectly good aloo-tikki burger). We tried the Philly Steak Sandwich, the Chicken Cheese Burger and the The pub might be one of Bandra's most happening places on Beef Burger (all excellent). The Coffee Banana Shake and the the weekend but we suggest you skip the sardines-in-a-tin time slot and head there for a relaxing meal during lunch or on a weekday. Why? So you can eat their burgers in peace. Order the All American Beef Burger (`250-`340), if you’re not a beef eater then they also have a lot of pork, chicken, lamb and vegetarian options. A word of caution however, these burgers are the reason why the pub is called nasty. They are humongous, come with fries as well as a side dish and could easily feed two greedy people. However, in a city where a good, solid burger is hard to find, (McDonald’s doesn’t cut it and you know it!) this heavenly thick patty, with a fried egg, cheese, tomatoes and sin is such a welcome treat. Other good options to try are their Hell’s Angel Burger (`275) and the Turkish Lamb Burger (`280). And of course, a pint of beer.

Where Above Shatranj Napoli, Union Park, Khar (W) Price `250-`340

candies We love Candies as it is. But their Crispy Chicken Burger (the mutton version is pretty good too) makes us love them even more. The burger isn't very big but it's perfect for a quick lunch.

A crunchy chicken patty is smothered with pickles, a dash of mayo and crisp lettuce all sealed in a soft bun. Every time we've eaten this burger (we've lost count!) it always hits the spot.

Quality is consistent and it's very easy on the pocket. So, yes, we recommend you brave the college lunch crowd and grab this one of the go.

Where Mac Ronells, Pali Hill, Near Gold's Gym, Next to Learners Academy School, Bandra West Price `80

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natural inspiration Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you about Arunanshu Chowdhury’s candid collection that is filled with memories and nostalgia

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ao Art Gallery is hosting Arunanshu Chowdhury as he showcases an exhibition with candid images. Called A Tree From My Backyard, the exhibition is all about the packaging of culture and tradition.

With titles such as Handmade, Camouflage, Desi and Foreign Made, the paintings depict his way of life and while you may call them kitsch, the artist believes that his work goes beyond that, becoming another genre in itself.

Arunanshu was awarded The

Elizabeth Green Shields Foundation Grant, Canada and the Ravi Jain Foundation Award, New Delhi in 1995.

His works have been part of shows such as Asian Cultural Centre at New York, Across the Threshold at San Francisco and Words and Images by The Guild Art Gallery at NGMA. He explains, “This exhibition has a range of paintings and it has taken me over a year to finish them all. My paintings are a reflection of my minute observations and moods that constantly

« event eden festival 2014 >> DJ M.Mat who will be performing at Eden Festival and (inset) the exclusive, invitationonly boat party

change. A painting that is very dear to me is the title work. This is because the base is a carpet, which is a rarity in art.

The carpet is woven by my parents and so this work strikes a cord in my heart. In a lot of ways, it is the mirror image of all the hardwork parents put in to make their children's lives colourful and bright.”

When Up to March 27 Where Tao Art Gallery, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli Contact 24918585/ 8686

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allery 7 and the Consul General of Turkey present 25 Kilos, an exhibition of photographs of Turkey and India

by MF Hussain's grandson Salamat Hussain. The work is a portal of Salamat Hussain's expression of Turkey as he travelled through the poetic land. 25 Kilos is the weight of the equipment carried by Salamat wherever he travels to take pictures. Speaking of MF Hussain, he says, “He was my mentor. He’d always tell me to have my camera in my hands.

You never know when opportunity strikes. He said to do what I like doing and not bother about critical opinion.” He adds, “My first recollection of an image was in the arms of my mother and father which then grew to a collection of snapshots of cities, schools, holidays. The montage of my journey linked the greatest cities of the world, Mumbai, Dubai, London, New York, Singapore, Turkey to deliver my talent to you.”

When Up to April 18 Where Gallery 7, Rampart Row, Kala Ghoda Contact 22820608

havishyavani Future Soundz, in association with Network Prive, is launching a brand new festival called Eden to celebrate live music, art and performances. The three-day festival will be on for all of next weekend. You can look forward to dance music producer Minilogue, live performer and percussionist Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts, dub artist Deadbeat and DJ Mike Shannon. They also have Indian artists such as Delhi Sultanate & Begum, Uri ft. Suman Sridhar and Arjun Vagale along with Kohra, BBC and Sandunes.

The festival will start at blueFROG with some of the best club music and party experience, will then move on to an invitation-only boat party and will finally culminate in a garden party at the Palladium Hotel. While you'll need a special invite to be able to attend the second day's event, the first and the last day's events will have the tickets being sold at the entrance.

When March 28-30 Where blueFROG and Palladium Hotel Contact www.eden-festival.com

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in support of women

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re you tired of hearing about how shorter skirts and lower necklines mean you're asking for trouble?

Artisan's is inviting everyone to visit a unique exhibition for a good cause. Called Provoke/Protect, the exhibition features saris that carry slogans against rape The festival fuses art, health and recycling by questioning the notion of women's clothing as provocation.

The concept, developed by ten women from Dharavi in February 2013 in response to the rape case in Delhi in 2012, has gained support from textile artists Nika Feldman and Susie Vickery, who up-cycled old saris sourced in Dharavi’s Kunchikurve. The symbols are drawn from popular culture and socio-religious beliefs and the creators came up with gritty slogans that include, “Lock up the rapist, not the woman.”

The exhibition is held by the Dharavi Biennale, organised

by SNEHA, an NGO that works to improve the health of women and children. Provoke/Protect was a series of standalone workshops that give residents an opportunity to realise their own talents and learn about health issues.

The NGO also has a programme on prevention of violence against women and children.

When March 26-29, from 11 am to 7pm Where 52-56 Dr VB Gandhi Marg, Kala Ghoda Contact www.dharavibiennale.wordpress.com/ 22673040/ 9820145397

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Food

Workshop All new StArbuckS refreSherS

nAvroze buffet At the cAfé At ncpA With Navroze around the corner, the Café at NCPA has set up a special Parsi dinner buffet which will include traditional Parsi delicacies. You can look forward to Saria, Patra ni Macchi, Jardaloo Salli Chicken, Kid Gosht, Chicken Cocktail Pulav Dal and Spanish Leg of Ham with Mustard and Brown Sugar Glaze. Farrokh Khambata, owner and chef of Cafe at the NCPA, says, “This year, celebrate Navroze with authentic Parsi bhonu along with your friends and family at Cafe at the NCPA.” The buffet is priced at `1,450 per head. when Tonight, 8pm onwards where NCPA, Nariman Point contact 22821212

nAvroze celebrAtionS At SAptAMi

high teA At grAnd hyAtt goA If the thought of lazing around with a lavish spread for high tea is your idea of fun, then the high tea at Grand Hyatt Goa sounds promising. You can now enjoy a cup of tea or a glass of champagne by the bay while devouring cupcakes, sandwiches and pastries at Grand Hyatt Goa's Grand Champagne High Tea afternoons. The scintillating view not only makes the evening perfect but also helps you rejuvenate and promises a relaxing afternoon. ''The Grand Champagne High Tea at Grand Hyatt Goa not only offers the English tea specialties such as scones and cupcakes, but also serves delicious Indian finger foods such as vada pav and kanda bhajiya. Enjoy your lazy afternoons with a piping hot cup of tea or coffee or a glass of champagne,'' says Tufan Kobanbay, executive assistant manager. when Ongoing from 3pm to 6pm where Confeitaria and Bay View Lounge, Grand Hyatt Goa price `900 + taxes

Multi-cuisine restaurant Saptami at Holiday Inn is organising a special Navroze celebration this weekend.

Executive chef, Sudhir Pai, says, “We will be serving some traditional dishes Parsi dishes.

There will be dishes such as Chutney wala Papeta (Baby potatoes cooked with coriander and mint paste), Cauliflower Saiwoo, Chicken Farcha, Pork Vindaloo (Pork cooked with vinegar and coconut paste), Sali ma Margi (Chicken cooked in onion tomato gravy), Fish Patio (Fish cooked in sweet and sour sauce) and Patra Ni Machi will be some of the main delicacies which will be served.” when March 21-23 where Saptami, Holiday Inn, Saki Naka, Andheri (E) contact 40851800

coffee hour At zen cAfé Move over happy hours as Zen Café in Raghuvanshi Mills has come out with the coffee hour. On from 4-7pm every day, you can enjoy any of their two exciting offers: The Zen Platter with two beverages at `525 per person or one dessert with two beverages at `275. The platter includes bite-sized savouries such as lavash, quesadillas, pannins, nachos and mini-pockets stuffed with falafel while you can choose from Cinnamon Carrot Cake, Apple Cake, Chocolate Walnut Brownie and Chocolate Hazelnut Ganache for dessert. Hema Parikh, the co-founder of Zen Cafe says, “The coffee hour is aimed at working professionals.” when Every day, 4-7pm where Zen Cafe, Raghuvanshi Mills, Lower Parel contact 24984825

coStA coffee’S new AdditionS Apart from enjoying your favourite cup of coffee at Costa Coffee, now, you can also snack on their newly introduced wraps. Starting at `75, the Hunger Wraps come in vegetarian and nonvegetarian options, perfect both as a meal option or a quick bite. Vegetarians can enjoy the Spicy Potato Wrap, Cheesy Mix Veg Wrap and Roasted Paneer Wrap, while the non-vegetarians can choose from Chicken Tikka Wrap and Mutton Seekh Wrap.

Virag Joshi, CEO & president, Devyani International Ltd. (master franchisee of Costa Coffee in India) says, “At Costa, besides our great coffee, customers appreciate our high quality and varied range of food offerings. This is an area where we continue to innovate as a brand to ensure our customers always have new experiences.“ when Ongoing where Costa Coffee outlets across the city

get grilled At weStin Westin Mumbai Garden City invites you to experience a brew and barbeque festival all through this month. This offer is only available over the weekends and is the best way to end a hectic week. Nishant Agarwal, executive assistant manager, says, "Westin Mumbai Garden City celebrates festivities in its own unique way.

Every month we have special events which include celebrations of traditional occasions. Whether its a vibrant Holi brunch or wading off spring with a barbeque festival over the weekends, Westin Mumbai Garden City believes in curating memorable experiences for every guest." when Up to March 30, from 12 noon to 9pm where Splash, Westin Garden City, Goregaon (E) contact 9004661031

Starbucks has introduced two new, innovative and exciting beverages.

Called the Starbucks Refreshers, these drinks are made using green coffee extracts and are available in Tripple Orange and Very Berry Hibiscus flavours. The drinks promise you a new and refreshing experience as the coffee beans aren't roasted, resulting in a mild, fresh flavour while still retaining the caffeine. Manmeet Vohra, director of marketing and category at Tata Starbucks Limited, says, “With Starbucks Refreshers we bring to India, an innovative beverage made with green coffee extracts. The latest offering is unique as it contains natural caffeine and yet tastes completely different from coffee.” where Starbucks outlets in the city

pAcked MeAlS by peninSulA grAnd If you think lunch is a hurried affair where you can't get good food delivered to your doorstep, Peninsula Grand is here to take you by surprise. With their recently launched packed lunches, you can enjoy your favourite cuisine delivered to your doorstep in hygienic packaging. They offer Indian, Chinese and Continental meals, with prices starting at `200. A spokesperson from Peninsula Grand says, “Peninsula Grand is pleased to inform you of a delightful offer from one of the most renowned groups of hotels and restaurants, who've been successfully catering to the needs of food lovers in the city for more than 30 years.” where Sakinaka Junction, 90th Feet Road, Lokmanya Tilak Nagar, Andheri (E) contact 28531111

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A bAzAAr & workShop At SerAfinA Tomorrow evening, Serafina and Small Fry Co. are organising an Italian bazaar along with a culinary workshop which will include the likes of RRO, The Baker's Dozen, Mystic Kitchen and Bean Therapy. At the workshop, you can look forward to home-chef Daniela Patel teaching you how to make Red and Green Pesto Pasta and Zuppa Inglese.

Harjeet Sing, general manger of Global Kitchen says, “This is the first time Serafina and Small Fry Co. are associating with each other and the objective is to bring authentic Italian food closer to gourmands of the city.” when March 22, from 4-7pm where Serafina, Palladium, Lower Parel contact gitika@smallfry.com

Exhibition prAdip MAitrA’S chAriot of civiliSAtion Eminent, Kolkata-based artist Pradip Maitra is displaying his latest series of watercolour paintings at the Jehangir Art Gallery. The paintings bring back the lost nostalgia and charm associated with steam engines.

Speaking about his collection, Pradip says, “The present exhibition narrates my romantic encounters with steam engines and wagons.

I have documented these engines moving at different speeds and you can also look forward to images of these engines standing against the scorching sun or drenched in rain.” when March 26 – April 1 when Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda, Churchgate contact 9231678595

JAShn-e-chAAt At purAnMAl For an instant pick-me-up, head to Puranmal, for their Jashn-e-Chaat festival is on. Whatever your preferences, the restaurant promises to deliver. With a variety of chaat preparations from across the country such as Khasta Kachori, Jhalmuri, Raj Kachori and fruit chaat, there is something to suit every palate. Deepti Chawla, director of Puranmal India says, "Jashn-e-Chaat festival is a celebration of local chaat from across India. At Puranmal we believe in authenticity and quality. Our chefs and the research & development team strive hard to reach the authentic taste of every food item we serve." when Up to March 31 where Puranmal Chaats & Sweets Shop, Lokhandwala, Andheri (W) contact 9222272027

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MAngo Scrub At Sukho thAi Mango season is just around the corner and what better way to treat your skin than with a mango scrub. Made in-house, the special Thai Mango Scrub is a patented formula that is only available at Sukho Thai outlets across the city. The range includes therapies between 75 to 90 minutes with each consisting of a 15-minute foot scrub using the mango fruit extract, followed by Thai foot massage and back, head and shoulder massage. Vijeyta Vazkar, director of operations at Sukho Thai says, "Summers are the most stressful time of the year as the heat in the atmosphere drains away the energy from body, making you feel dull and tired. A cooling massage is the best experience you can give yourself to revitalise the body and the mind. So, we came up with this new therapy that not only works wonders on the feet but also on your mood and to enable our guests to enjoy a relaxing spa treatment after or during a tiring day." when April onwards where Sukho Thai outlets across the city

The online grocery store, LocalBaniya.com has added a range of international foods and products to its catalogue. The new range covers categories such as beverages, oils, pastas, sauces, packaged foods and more.

Co-founder and COO of LocalBaniya.com, Rashi Choudhary says, “We’re happy to introduce this new category to our bouquet of products. Our World Foods range includes popular international products such as Cheddar Crackers, Cranberry & Raspberry fruit drinks and Macadamia nuts amongst a host of other exciting products. Many of these are personal favourites too. Backed by the convenience we offer customers, we’re confident these products will be flying off our shelves.” where www.localbaniya.com

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« store review: FUnky monkeys

Unleash your inner monkey

Funky Monkeys has opened up their second Mumbai outlet at Andheri (W).

Should you take your children here? Dev Goswami tells you what you can expect

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>> From a slides to jungle gyms, there are a number of things at Funky Monkeys to keep your children entertained

n a city with disappearing open spaces, we're sure that the thought ‘What are my kids going to do?’ must have crossed your mind. The answer to that question is Funky Monkeys, an indoor play centre that has opened up its second outlet in the city.

Binita Bodani Putcha, founder and managing director of Funky Monkeys Play Centres, says, “Funky Monkeys gives children the opportunity to enjoy healthy, outdoor active play, in a safe and clean climate-controlled environment. Following up the tremendous response we have received with our first center, we are now excited to bring the signature Funky Monkeys experience to kids to new locations.”

At their outlet in Andheri, you can look forward to special zones for toddlers (six months to three years) and juniors (three years to ten years). The toddler zone features soft flooring and padded walls to keep your child safe while he/ she goes about constructing modular designs using giant soft blocks, bouncing foam balls, enjoying the mini-carousel or the mini play centre complete with a balance beam, punching bag and a

that’s shady!

slide that lands into a large ball pool (no, its not for adults... sadly).

For juniors, they have wave slides, ball pools, trampolines, a multi-tier jungle gym along with an adventure zone that features crawl up slides, tunnels, cargo nets, pyramid obstacles, a moonwalk climb, balancing bridge and punching balls. And the best feature is their fun battle zone where children can load softball

into shooters and battle each other!

Funky Monkeys seems like a great place for your children to get some much needed physical exertion, in a safe environment and under your watchful eyes (they have facilities such as free Wifi, first aid kits and child friendly bathrooms). What's more is that you can even book the place to organise birthday parties.

Where Sharyans Audeus, 2nd Floor, Fun Republic Lane, Off Vera Desai Road, Andheri (W) Contact www.funkymonkeys.in / 26735115/16

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Where The Zen Garden Café, First Floor, Shoeb Manzil, same building as State Bank of India, off Perry Cross Road, Bandra (W) alcohol served No Meal for two `1,500 contact 26511464

Shirley Mistry pays Yogacara’s healthy eatery, The Zen Garden Café a visit and brings you the details

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>> The ambience at The Zen Garden Café is inviting and cosy

>> (From bottom left) The Mung Dal Falafel was not very appetising. However, the hummus accompanying it was delicious, as was the Pure Magic Juice — an absolutely refreshing and tasty drink

n organic café that ties in the concept of healthy eating, organic, wholesome food that cleanses and gives you energy without taking the fun out of your eating experience is what The Zen Garden Café is all about. An extension of Yogacara, the café is at one end of the establishment, meaning you have to walk through their yoga and ayurveda therapy centre to actually get to it. Housing four or five tables, the alcove is quaint, quiet and instantly gives you a sense of peace.

The ochre tablecloth and small bunch of flowers on every table make The Zen Garden Café easy on the eyes. The trees and plants that surround the café, ensure a cool breeze is always wafting through at the open air garden café.

One look at the menu is enough to tell you that there are several health benefits and advantages of healthy eating and although the benefits and nutrients of each dish to your metabolism, constitution and chakras are listed in extreme detail, they don't hold your attention for long.

However, if your organic, healthy food wanting self feels that the options here are going to be too few, you will be pleasantly surprised to find dosas, crepes, wraps, momos, thalis, juices, smoothies and even desserts in healthy avatars.

I started off with the Pure Magic Juice (`220), a blend of carrots, apples, celery, raw beetroot and lemon. The juice was pleasant and tasted of something I'd probably not associate with a beverage that can rejuvenate me organically. Next up were the fresh spring rolls. I tried the Raw Vegetables Roll (`250) which had julienne carrots, cucumber, radish, scallions, peppers and celery in a rice paper casing, and the Cottage Cheese Rolls (off-menu) which had a cooked paneer bhurji-like preparation stuffed in the same casing. While the former was quite disappointing considering plain, raw vegetables aren't the most exciting of flavours,

the sauces that accompanied it made it a lot more palatable. The paneer roll was better, but nothing to write home about. Next, I tried the vegetarian and non-vegetarian Tibetan momos (`250 onwards). They were steamed just right and had a thin outer casing, but the filling lacked flavour. It was bland and nothing made it stand apart from the many momos you may have eaten courtesy your local momo stall. For a more substantial dish, we sampled the Mung Dal Falafels (`250) which use this particular lentil as it is easier to digest. It came with a red pepper hummus that was lovely, but unfortunately, the same can't be said about the falafels. They tasted like tikkis at best and lacked the much loved taste and texture you may associate with falafels. Next up was the Detoxifying Green Gazpacho (`140 onwards) that is a blend of raw spinach, broccoli, zucchini, celery, scallions, cilantro and green bell peppers. A few pomegranate seeds add a touch of sweetness to the soup and counter the raw taste of the vegetables that some may find unappealing.

To finish it all off, I tried the Raw Chocolate Mousse (`250) made with bananas, coconut, soy milk, organic raw chocolate powder, dates and tahini. The chocolate was of a high quality, the coconut added the right amount of creaminess and the bananas give it sweetness. However, don't order this expecting a traditional mousse — neither is it's consistency as firm, nor is the taste similar.

Their portions are good and so is the variety on the menu — with enough options for vegans as well. And, while the food tasted okay, it wouldn't be fair to leave out that it did not agree with my system. At all. Maybe my body isn't used to the healthy food, but I had not expected it to react so badly. Maybe I happened to catch them on an off day, but, this reviewer will be giving The Zen Garden Café a skip the next time.

A taste of Tex-Mex Popular Bandra joint Sancho’s has opened in Colaba. Dev Goswami visits the restaurant to find out what’s cooking

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he first thing that strikes you the moment you step into Sancho's new outlet in Colaba is its rustic charm.

From wood finish seating and wooden windows to mud walls and a guy crooning along with a guitar, Sancho’s gives off a vibe that will remind you of Hollywood westerns. Having never been to Mexico, I can't say how close the décor comes to representing the country, but rest assured that it is different from what you'd normally find in Mumbai.

Having never visited the original Sancho's, but having a heard a lot (and I mean a lot) about it, I was looking forward to my dinner at their Colaba outlet. Maybe that's the reason the drinks were a bit of a disappointment. The Classic Margarita (`595) was just alright, though its strawberry variation was refreshing. The Red Wine Sangria suffered due to bad wine along with it being too watered down. However, their trademark Sancho's Martini (`425) was quite good; potent with a strong hit of vodka.

While the cocktails were a mixed experience, the food made us forget about them completely. We started off with the Fiesta Nachos (`345) and Fish Taquitos (`295). The crunchy nachos along with the cheese sauce, guacamole, olives and jalapenos made for a flavourful start to our meal. However, it was the Fish Taquitos that held our attention. Served on top of a mini-tortilla along with a mix of sauces, the beer battered fish was super delicious, ending with a nice hit of chipotle.

We next tried the Habanero Chicken (`325), which is a

simple dish (chicken cooked in peppers, onion and garlic) and is meant to showcase the Habanero chili — which it does perfectly. But, my only grouse is that the chef used tomato ketchup to counter the chili. Believe me, the chili does need countering (Habanero is one of the spiciest chilies in the world), but the ketchup kind of spoilt the after-taste for me.

A better dish was the Chef's Special Tequila Jumbo Prawns (price as per size) served in a Habanero base (without the ketchup). It started off with a strong hit of the Habanero and finished with a delicious meaty flavour. The Talla Fish (`675), another Chef's Special, was wonderful as well. It wasn't as spicy as most other dishes at Sancho's, but had a flavourful combination of the usual Mexican suspects: beans, guacamole and salsa.

We also tried the Chicken Enchiladas (`425) and the Chocolate Chicken Mole (`475). The former was good, but nothing exceptional. The latter, meanwhile, is an interesting and certainly unique dish that has to be had once, even if just to experiment.

After some really good food, the deserts — Churros (`195) and coconut based Tres Leches (`195) — didn't disappoint us either. The Churros were quite good but the Tres Leches stole the show. Light and fluffy, it was the perfect ending to our meal.

Overall, Sancho's is a must-visit for its food. Their overpriced cocktails are not quite worth it. But, in the food department you'll be left wanting more.

>> The interiors of Sancho’s(above) impressed with its rustic charm and The Churros (inset) went down a treat with us Where Sancho’s, behind Apollo Hotel, Colaba Meal for two `2,500 approximately (with alcohol) alcohol served Yes (Pint of beer `250 approximately) contact 65552426

What’s cooking?

Dunkin’ Donuts to open on Linking Road

I've put on 2 kgs just at the thought of these deliciously creamy and ohso-decadent donuts. The donut giant finally makes its way to Mumbai and we caught a quick glimpse of the store. It's huge! Although they haven't opened up as yet, the outlet is almost completed and they even have a few posters outside. We can't wait to try their Bavarian Cream and breakfast options. And then maybe go buy new jeans. Sigh.

Where Linking Road, diagonally opposite Nike showroom, Bandra (W)

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With summer vacations and long weekends around the corner, there is scope for some serious travelling to be done. However, make sure you have your travel etiquette in place, says Shirley Mistry

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ravelling can be a fun, enriching and memorable experience. Apart from the usual road-bumps the only thing that can dampen your spirits is inconsiderate co-travellers with the lowest form of travel etiquette. While you may be aware of the basics, read on for a refresher on things you mustn't do while travelling.

Take care of your children In an ideal world, your children would behave themselves and stay put in their seat for a three hour flight. However, in reality, we all know that's not going to happen. Most children are restless, fidgety and hate nothing more than to be strapped into a seat for hours together. Carry enough things (such as movies and games on an iPad, colouring books and travel-size games) to entertain your child at his/ her seat.

aT BedTime...

>>No one co-travellers who shout and talk on the phone

Whether you are calling it a night or are indulging in a short nap, be sure to stick to your own seat when you are travelling on a bus or flight. Keep your arms on your own arm-rest, your blanket well within the limit of your own seat and most importantly — keep your head firmly on your shoulders. It is creepy when your head lands on someone else's shoulder as you snooze. And, if you are prone to your head lolling around while you sleep, might we suggest a travel pillow. Not only will it save you and your cotravellers the embarrassment, it will also give you quality sleep. If you are in a train and are occupying the middle or lower birth, snoozing till 12 pm the next afternoon isn't an option as you are inconveniencing every one else who is awake and wants to sit comfortably.

hogging luggage space Yes, we do understand that travelling by train frees you from the 15kg luggage limit that airlines impose, however, that doesn't mean you bring eight suitcases along. Limit your luggage to two pieces and keep them on your side of the berth. Even while travelling by air, make sure you keep minimum luggage in the over-head compartment so that everyone has space for their designated one piece of carry-on luggage. If you are travelling by bus, barring the absolute essentials, get all your other luggage stored in the hold beneath. Nothing is worse than someone else's luggage sticking out from underneath your seat.

smelly feeT! First of all, it is bad hygiene. Second of all, if you are stuck on a long flight, nothing is worse than subjecting your co-traveller to the ordeal that are smelly feet. Keep your feet firmly in your shoes for as long as the journey lasts. It is just something you need to wrap your head around!

clean up If you have decided to carry a three-course meal along with you, or have a toddler in your company, carry wet wipes and plenty of tissues to clean up.

Nothing is more disgusting than messy eaters who spill everywhere and refuse to clean up. Be it a bus, train or flight, it is a shared space, so make sure you clean up after you eat. Having said that, also make sure you carry food that is fuss free. While puri sabzi may sound enticing, it runs the risk of spoiling sooner and will surely spread a foul stench. Stick to foods like sandwiches and rolls. Not only are they less messy to eat, but everyone around you won't know what you've eaten for lunch too.

pipe down Refrain from loud conversations on the phone. Keep the volume of your ringtone low and make sure your conversations don't disturb people around you.

Moreover, if you are playing a game or watching a movie, doing so without plugging in your earphones is a cardinal sin and is sure to agitate and annoy everyone else on the flight, bus or train. If you've forgotten your headphones, mute the volume or don't watch the movie. It isn't fair to your cotravellers to have to listen to your noise. Š Courier Publications Private Limited. All right reserved. Reproduction in any manner, electronic or otherwise, in whole or in part, without prior written permission is prohibited.

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TOP VIEW

“Look, we have to (seek) the formal approval from the EC that announcing the bank licences will be okay. A number of people have said it will, but it would be best that the process is formally approved by the EC... My sense is, if all goes well, we should be able to do it in a few weeks “

FTIL May Have To Dispose Of Holdings Worth Rs 2,500 Cr RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan

By A Business Reporter

Hold Long Positions With Stop Loss At 15 DMA NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Friday (March 21, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell moderately on Thursday (March 20, 2014) a net 40.95 points (0.63%) and closed at the 6483 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 6508 points level on weak global cues. It then turned into a range bound movement until 11.30 a.m. Then index then rose sharply and registered the day’s high at the 6523 points level at 11.44 a.m. It then declined and turned into a range bound movement until 3.00 p.m. The Nifty then declined sharply and registered the day’s low at the 6473 points level at 3.06 p.m. It then rose and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained below its previous session throughout the sessionwitnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 50 points. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 33 were losers, while 17 were gainers.

Substantial selling was seen in realty, capital goods, power, banking, metal, PSU and auto stocks, while buying was seen in IT, technology and healthcare stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 4.88%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 599 were gainers, 900 were losers and 63 remained unchanged.

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

RSI Indic ator: The RSI is above the 60 level but is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a negative bias.

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 6338 points level. The next support is at the 6136 points level.

Resistance Levels : The immediate main resistance is at the 6579 points level. The next resistance is at the 6621 points level.

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

Support (1) = 6463.

Support (2) = 6443.

Resistance (1) = 6513.

Resistance (2) = 6544.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index after having formed two consecutive doji patterns (indicating i ndecisi veness amongst inves tors) has formed a small black body candle. This is negative and indicates that the bias has shi fted towards the sell side of the market. Fur ther, the index has c rossed bel ow its 5 days moving average. Both these indicate a negative bias.

However, the index is still above its 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages, and all the three averages are rising a nd also positivel y trended. Fur the r, the velocity parameters too are positivel y trended. Both these i ndica te a positive bias. Inves tors are advi sed to hol d long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 15-day average at the 6425 point’s level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

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

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Has crossed below its 5-day average (at 6504) Negative.

Is above its 15-day average (at 6425) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 6299) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 6010) Positive.

All the four averages are positively trended. Positive.

Overa ll Market Strength/Weaknes s: The indicators and

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ith Sebi declaring Jignesh Shah-led Financial Technologies unfit to hold shares in stock exchanges and other related entities, it will have to dispose of holdings worth about Rs 2,500 crore in five companies.

FTIL (Financial Technologies India Ltd) will have to sell shares in MCX Stock Exchange, rival National Stock Exchange of India, two nonfunctional bourses — Delhi Stock Exchange and Vadodara Stock Exchange, and MCX-SX Clearing Corporation within three months, Sebi said in an order yesterday.

According to market sources, the total value of FTIL’s holdings in these five entities is estimated at about Rs 2,500 crore, although it could be difficult to sell these shares in the current scenario. Financial Technologies has 2.71 crore shares as well as 56.24 crore transferable warrants in MCX-SX, 57.5 lakh shares in MCX-SX Clearing Corporation, 14.96 lakh shares

in DSE, 2.9 lakh shares in VSE and 10,000 shares in NSE. The shares and warrants held in MCX-SX would account for a large chunk of the potential sales proceeds, the sources said, adding that FTIL had told Sebi it had no intention to convert the warrants.

These are convertible into an equal number of shares.

It recently appointed JM Financial as an advisor for the divestment of a stake in the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX). In February, the FTIL board had constituted a committee to propose and oversee a restructuring plan, which included the sale of up to 24 per cent stake in MCX. FTIL is a listed company with a market valuation of Rs 1,738 crore, while MCX, also listed, is valued at Rs 2,575 crore.

Incidentally, despite the negative news, shares of MCX closed the day on a positive note 1.35% higher at Rs 505. Shares of FTIL also rose by 1.85 % to Rs 378.

Citibank And Apollo Munich To Target Affluent Customers whammy of high incidence rates of communicable diseases, along with a rising burden of chronic itibank India and Apollo Mu- diseases. Our lifestyles have drasnich yesterday announced tically changed over the last few they will provide specialized decades. Due to sedentary habits, health care services to cater to erratic working hours and growing India’s urban emerging affluent stress, it is a challenge to adopt and affluent customers of over 16 healthy lifestyles. The direct outmillion households across eight come is a significant increase in cities, growing at 9 % annually. so-called lifestyle diseases, such as Citibank India, amongst the lead- diabetes and hypertension. We are ing distributors of wealth manage- not only plagued by diseases of the ment products in 2013, will now developing nations, but are inoffer a complete suite of specialized creasingly being plagued by the health care solutions from Apollo problems of the Western World.”

Munich to its clients across emergBesides NCD management, ing affluent, affluent, high net-worth India’s health insurance industry and non-resident Indians. These has to also address the high level of services will combine financial pro- unfunded expenditure. McKinsey tection as well as health & lifestyle estimates indicated the country’s management support for non-com- health expenditure at approximunicable diseases (NCD) such as mately INR 3 trillion or 4.0 % of the hypertension, diabetes, heart dis- GDP, of which out-of-pocket ease, cancers and tumors. These spends contributed to a high 61 % NCDs have high prevalence rates, of of total health care expenditure. which around 50 % occur in the Separately, India’s health insururban middle class and rich strata of ance premium market grew by society in India.

16.57 % to approximately INR 157 Shobana Kamineni, Director, billion in FY12/13 per IRDA, indiApollo Munich Health Insurance cating a low level of penetration said, “India is hit by the double relative to health expenditure.

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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Tata Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on BASF CMP: Rs. 767

Target Rs. 856

India Infoline calls a ‘Buy’ on ITC CMP: Rs. 356

Target Rs. 398

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Telecom Set To Turn An Important Corner NEWS FLASH

BUSINESS

Rupee ends at 61.34 per dollar Corp Affairs Min seeks EC approval for notifying new rules India's FDI inflows up 1.5% to $ 2.18 billion in Jan CCEA okays Rs 224 cr support for dredging project at VOCPT Tata Housing to invest Rs 700cr on housing project in Chennai Airtel introduces Nokia's Android phone in Africa.

Sector should benefit from the improving regulatory and competitive framework, says S&P

By A Business Reporter

to acquire expensive spectrum and lack the scale to run profitable nandia's telecommunications in- tionwide operations."

According to the report, India's dustry is all set to turn an important corner. Improving regulatory telecom industry is entering a new risk and moderating competition in phase where the market leaders are India will support the credit profiles likely to drive competition. This is in of the country's top telecoms, ac- sharp contrast to a few years ago cording to a report, titled "Moderat- when small players and new ening Regulatory And Competitive trants shaped competition with Risks Are Positive For India's Top price wars. In addition, the intense Telecoms," that Standard & Poor's competition in India's telecom inRatings Services published yesterday. dustry should slowly moderate as a "We believe India's telecom indus- result of consolidation. The data try is entering a consolidation phase, segment is likely to propel the next given significant regulatory changes wave of growth and competition in and a considerable shift in the com- the industry.

Policies announced in 2014 propetitive environment," said Standard & Poor's credit analyst Abhishek vide long-awaited guidelines for imDangra. "The top three players in the portant issues that had been mired industry--Bharti Airtel Ltd., Vodafone in uncertainty, ambiguity, and the India, and Idea Cellular--are likely to lack of a policy framework. While strengthen their market position be- Standard & Poor's believes the new cause smaller, weaker players are policies on spectrum renewal, likely to find it increasingly difficult mergers and acquisitions, and spec-

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trum trading significantly improve regulatory risks for Indian telecoms, the risks will still be above-average compared with those in global markets. This is because some ambiguity in past policies has resulted in legal disputes between the government and the telecoms, and greater clarity needs to emerge on the policies rolled out in 2014.

"We believe the new policies are significant and provide a good starting framework for improving the industry's prospects," said Dangra.

The report notes that ambiguity about the new guidelines and any reversal of policy direction from the regulators, a new government, or the judiciary is a key risk for India's telecom industry, although this appears less likely. Aggressive and prolonged price wars, including those in the data segment, along with the entry of new players could also be detrimental to the industry.

Elections Won't Kick-Start Investments: Credit Suisse

By A Business Reporter

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lections in India are unlikely to kick-start investment cycle in a short period of time as against popular perception that a new government led by BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi could immediately revive the markets and economy, says a Credit Suisse report.

"We disagree with the consensus view that elections can revive the investment cycle. Only a fourth of projects are stuck with the central government, and two-thirds of these are in power and steel, both wracked with massive overcapacity," the research report says.

According to the global financial services major, there can be four scenarios post elections, Narendra Modi led NDA government with 2-3 allies; Narendra Modi led NDA government with 5-6 allies; other leader led NDA government with 8-10 al-

lies or Third Front government supported by Congress.

In the first scenario, the rally in the market is likely to continue (assuming supportive global cues) "for 2-3 months till market participants realise Government's inability to drive rapid changes and 1QFY15 results temper optimism," the report said.

In the second case, there is likely to be a temporary lull in the market (flows-wise) till a post-poll alliance gets stitched up and given Modi at the helm, sentiments are likely to remain positive. In case of other leader led NDA government, markets are expected to take negatively to "No-Modi" at the Centre and a potentially unstable government and in the Fourth case there would be "unwinding of the beta rally as apprehension of a rating downgrade emerges."

According to the global brokerage

major, new government is not likely to revive investment in the power generation for two reasons: Overcapacity and lack of power distribution reform; and slow growth in coal production.

Going forward there can be three distinct phases in the market: (1) the run-up to the election results; (2) the three month period after elections; and (3) the period till the year-end. Opinion polls currently project more than 220 seat verdict for BJP led alliance. "Such a verdict would fuel a continuation of the rally in cyclicals," Credit Suisse said adding that a less than 180 seat verdict for BJP led alliance is likely to cause a major market correction".

With better earnings revisions and growth than most other EMs, as well as declining inflation, India looks relatively more attractive than other emerging markets, Credit Suisse said.

BUSINESS BRIEFS NHB To Tap USD 200 Mn ECB Window Within A Fortnight

The National Housing Bank (NHB), which regulates pure-play home financiers, yesterday said it will be raising USD 200 million from overseas market within the next fortnight, which will ensure that home loan players meet the USD 1 billion target of foreign fund raising in FY14. "We will be raising USD 200 million through the ECB (external commercial borrowing) route in the next 10-15 days. We expect a go ahead from the Reserve Bank on the same in a day or two," NHB chairman and managing director RV Verma told reporters on the sidelines of an event here.

Losses Absorbed By Fuel Retailers May Rise To ` 3,700 Cr

Losses to be borne by Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and other retailers of diesel, kerosene and cooking gas may quadruple to Rs 3,700 crore in this financial year as the finance ministry is unwilling to provide additional subsidy. IOC, Hindustan Petroleum Corp and Bharat Petroleum Crop together are projected to lose about Rs 1,41,000 crore in revenue this financial year on selling diesel, LPG and kerosene at rates set by the government.

RBI Yet To Hear From EC On Bank Licences

Amidst reports that the Election Commission may put a spanner on the Reserve Bank plan to issue the first few new bank licences by the monthend, senior-most deputy governor KC Chakrabarty yesterday said they are yet to hear from the poll panel in this regard. "I only know that the RBI has written to the EC seeking their views on this (issuing new bank licences). Whether they have replied or not I have no idea. Uptill yesterday, I had no information on that," Chakrabarty told reporters on the sidelines a function here.

Canara Bank To Raise `1,000 Cr From Bonds

State-owned Canara Bank yesterday said it plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore from bonds to fund business growth. The bond committee has decided to raise additional capital of Rs 1,000 crore through issue of Basel-III complaint TierII bonds, Canara Bank said in a filing on the BSE. Shares of Canara Bank closed at Rs 239.35, down 2.76 per cent on the BSE. In January, the bank had raised Rs 1,500 from bonds to enhance capital base. The Bangalorebased bank also got capital infusion of Rs 500 crore from the government during the current fiscal.

NTPC Presentation To CERC Within A Week

State-owned NTPC will make a presentation within a week to electricity regulator CERC to consider its case against the new 5-year tariff regulations.

The Delhi High Court had asked Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to consider and decide on the NTPC representation against the regulations that would take effect from April 1. As per the regulations notified by CERC, there will be changes with regard to tax and calculation of incentives for thermal power plants.

Malaysia Finds Gujarat 'Vibrant' For Trade Ties

Malaysian diplomats yesterday described Gujarat as a 'vibrant' state that is witnessing development. To find out opportunities for Malaysian companies and increase trade with Gujarat, Consul General in India, Mohamed Hatimi Abas and Vice Consul Omar Salleh yesterday visited a trade exhibition at Gujarat University Convention centre.

GoDaddy To Target Small Businesses

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o Daddy, the world’s largest technology provider of domain name registrations, web hosting and new SSL certificates, yesterday launched its latest integrated marketing campaign featuring Mithun Chakraborty. The campaign aims to get small and medium businesses in India online by featuring the benefits of getting a website.

“We believe that small businesses and entrepreneurs are the driving force behind India’s economy and we are here to empower them with the right tools. An increasing number of small businesses in the country are turning to GoDaddy to help them easily and affordably establish their online presence,” said Rajiv Sodhi, GoDaddy India Managing Director and Vice President. “Go Daddy offers a one-stop shop for small businesses and consumers who are looking to grow their busi-

nesses on the Internet. The company offers domain names for Rs 199 per annum and web hosting plans for Rs 99 a month,” he added.

“Mithunda was the perfect choice for this commercial. His appeal spans across generations. Apart from his mass appeal, he is a self made man like the small and medium business men,” said Sodhi.

The two commercials showcase two different small business owners – a young girl who is the owner of a bakery owner and a middle aged leather shop owner. While there are no customers to cater to in the bakery shop, the leather shop owner seems tired of low business. The TV commercials feature Mithun explaining to the business owners how find a solution to their problems by first getting a website.

The commercials ends with Mithun doing a dance move along with the shop owners whose businesses are now thriving.

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Bhushan Patel is a Bollywood film director, who has directed the horror film '1920: Evil Returns' and is now directing another horror movie 'Ragini MMS 2' for producer Ekta Kapoor, starring Sunny Leone. Patel started his career as an assistant cameraman to veteran DOP Pravin Bhatt. The ace lensman talks to Sandeep Hattangadi about his new film.

Is 'Ragini MMS-2' concurrent to its first part?

Not really. It's an entirely new concept. The only similar thing is the house in which the earlier film was set. A group of filmmakers led by its director, played by Parveen Dabaas, go to the same house to shoot a film and eerie things happen to them.

Is it inspired by any Hollywood film like 'Paranormal Activity' or 'The Blair Witch Project'?

No. The first part was inspired but my theme for this film is entirely new for Indian audiences.

How did you get Sunny Leone for your project?

It was entirely the producer, Ekta Kapoor madam whose idea was to cast her and Sunny has done a wonderful job. Ekta was the driving force behind this entire film and I

am thankful to her for giving me an opportunity to direct this film.

How did you feel while working with her?

Initially I was a bit apprehensive and heard stories about her but she was totally focused, co-operative and professional with us.

Reportedly, the film has some steamy scenes with Sunny and Sandhya Mridul. Yes. But they were apprised about these scenes before they signed the film and all the scenes were aesthetically shot.

What next?

I am doing a thriller for Sanjay Gupta and some TV projects too.

ts time for twin celebration for Kangana Ranaut.

Kangana celebrates her 28th birthday on March 23 and her performance in the recently released 'Queen' is winning her rave reviews and accolades. It has been eight years since Kangana Ranaut made her dream debut with Anurag Basu's 'Gangster' in 2006. She has high self-esteem, is sensitive and bold, and has carried herself entirely on her own shoulders. Despite many obstacles in her career, she has carved a niche in Bollywood without having a godfather in the industry. She says her days of struggle are behind her now.

"My jour-

ney has been great. It is a mix of struggle and appreciation. But it is only now that I can say I am enjoying my work. Initially, there was lot of struggle but now I am getting the kind of roles that I want to do. I now have a say," Kangana told us recently during the promotion of 'Queen'.

The actress said, "Strug-

Your favorite horror film?

William Friedkins 'Exorcist'. I would like to do a remake of that film some day.

We are sure you will, Bhushan Patel!

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n for her haunting, yet foot-tapping ow kn ur ak Th li na Mo ss tre -ac ger Winsome sin ra) which fetched her the coveted ote (Lo ’ on Lo ar wa ‘Sa er mb nu ck at the playba rvous. That’s because her (delayed ion ne yet c ori ph eu w no is , ard Aw are tut Filmf based on child trafficking and prosti Censors) maverick movie ‘Lakshmi’ various international film fests, is finally which has won a string of awards at anya Padukone reports... releasing today. Chait

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t’s a h u g e honour for me to play the title role in my Bollywood debut that too with eminent Nagesh sir (Kukunoor) as the director,” smiles the dainty Monali who has also sung a backdrop number in the movie.

Considering that it was a harsh, taboo subject, wasn’t she apprehensive ?

“On the contrary ‘Lakshmi’ being an inspirational film, was a creative challenge for me. Consciously, we

decided not to meet the girl who in real-life had undergone the traumatic agony without any reference points or without observing the goings-on in a real red-light area. I had to behave in the latter portions like a minor sex worker wearing garish, loud make-up. It was scary for me to even glance into the mirror between the shots. In the initial portions I am in my ‘true colours’ minus any make-up. In fact, I had to put on 6 to 8 kg of weight to add on the chubby flab of a 14-year old. My sensitive portrayal is actually an

amalgam of various wronged minor ‘survivor’ girls, amidst authentic ambience. Eventually, the Censors proved to be extremely supportive of our venture,” she shrugs.

The actress is all praise for her acting-mentor Kukunoor who doted on her all through the filming. “Director Nagesh sir also plays the obnoxious, sadistic pimp ‘Chinna’. After almost every ‘nasty’ shot, he would fondly address me as ‘maa’ (southside lingo meaning dear) and diligently check if I was okay,” she says with a gleam in her eloquent eyes.

gle for me was not a shortage of films but not getting the right kind of films. After 'Gangster' I was being typecast, be it 'Life in a... Metro', 'Fashion' or others.

"So, I actually had to put my foot down and say 'No I am not going to take more of this'. I almost had to stay out of work for some time to change the course of the image I was getting into, without wanting it. I always felt that I had much more to give than just doing the same crazy, over the top characters and dramatic roles," said the Nationalaward-winning actress. And it worked. Kangana went on to star in films like 'Once Upon a Time in Mumbai' and 'Tanu Weds Manu' in which her 'quirky-chirpy' act was appreciated by the audience and critics alike.

During this time Kangana was part of some inconsequential films like 'Tezz', 'Rascals' and 'Double Dhamaal' among others. "I do not regret being part of such films. A lot of actors say that if they do not get

good offers they prefer to sit at home, I don't have any such philosophy. I cannot sit at home without work," she said. Was there ever a time when the talented actress had lost hope of achieving her goals.

Kangana says she is not fussy about working in big banner films but would rather do meaty roles in smaller ones. "From my experience I have seen that one should do films that gives satisfaction and not just run after something.

My biggest film till date 'Game' was the biggest flop and a practically smaller film 'Tanu Weds Manu' went on to be a success," she said. Her performance in 'Queen' has been appreciated and she now awaits her next film 'Revolver Rani'.

"I am really excited about next year. I have a few films lined up for release and all roles are very different from each other. I am a very spontaneous person and will just go with the flow," she said.

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EW DELHI: Amitabh Bachchan may be one of the busiest actors in Hindi film industry but the megastar says he is not particularly choosy about his roles as there are not many choices left for him at this age.

"In this industry as you grow older you do not have many choices... You just take what comes your way... Which is not very often. I guess there is always a senior citizen to be enacted in young filmmakers' scripts, and so they ask," the 71-year-old Bachchan told PTI in an email interview.

Bachchan would be next seen in horror comedy drama 'Bhoothnath Returns'. "I liked the concept of 'Bhoothnath Returns', and I had worked with Nitesh Tiwari (director) earlier on the promotions of 'Kaun Banega Crorepati'," he said.

The 'Sholay' star was often seen riding an automatic scooter with the kids. He also shot a party song with rapper Honey Singh. "That scooter or cycle has been with me for years and has been used often enough... Even on sets," said Bachchan. The actor says his grandchildren are excited about his upcoming project. 'Bhoothnath Returns' will hit the screens on April 11 during the Lok Sabha elections but Bachchan is unperturbed by what will happen at the box-office. "We shall find out soon enough. Not one producer director the world over has ever been able to predict the fate of a film on release.

'Hum toh bahut chote log hain!'

(We are very small)," he said.

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he last week’s film bombed, this week’s films are either too low key or plain uninspiring, so another installment of This & That:

RINGSIDE VIEW Deepa Gahlot Hope Kangana Ranaut got a share of the profits of Queen, since she not just gave a fantastic performance, she has been keeping the flag flying with non-stop promotion.

Kangana Ranaut’s reinvention has been amazing, she just fought her way back into the running, like Vidya Balan had done a couple of years ago. A bit of luck, some instinct for picking the right roles, a lot of promotion and the nerve to keep climbing up

Sonam Kapoor in a scene from the movie Bewakoofiyan the ladder of success even after missing a few rungs.

Sonam Kapoor in a bikini didn’t help sell Bewakoofiyan tickets, maybe she should try an item number next. That seemed to have worked for a lot of A-list actresses. If nothing else, they get a song to dance to at various functions.

Are the men who Google Sunny Leone and make her

‘Welcome Back’ to release on Dec 19

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nitially, the sequel to the comic caper ‘Welcome’ titled ‘Welcome Back’ seemed well prepared to clash with the much awaited Aamir Khan starrer P.K. and now news is that the makers have decided to release the film, a week prior to the scheduled date, i.e. on December 19.

Revealing about the sudden change in dates, director Anees Bazmee stated that releasing the film on this date will ensure audience presence as the Christmas week has always been beneficial for films. Producer Sajid Nadiadwala is excited about it since he believes Christmas will be lucky for the film as the prequel ‘Welcome’ too released during this festival.

While the sequel ‘Welcome Back’ will retain its earlier cast like Anil Kapoor, Nana Patekar and Paresh Rawal, the new addition includes the leads, John Abraham and Shruti Haasan.

the most searched celebrity going to buy tickets for her film? They didn’t for the last one…what was it called?

If Juhi Chawla gets nominated for her villainous role in Gulaab Gang, she will one of the few actresses to be in the running for the Negative Performance category.

And talking of awards, next year it’s going to be a tough

fight for the Best Actress trophy. Not even three months and so many super roles for women.

It seems the nation wants to know when Aishwarya Rai will sign a film, if Vidya Balan is really pregnant and if Rakhi Sawant will manage to get a ticket and win an election.

The nation might also want to follow the electoral battle between Kirron Kher and Gul Panag, and some people might pause in their celebgazing to wonder why celebrities (even minor ones) are the last resort for political parties.

Why do film stars deny things when the media reveals them and a few days later they get confirmed anyway? Don’t they feel foolish?

Apparently, a Bollywood actor is line to buy a Dubai island for a mind-boggling sum of money. But ask them to help a good cause and the excuse is that the industry is going through a bad time.

By the way, when is the industry not going through a bad time? Every few months there are pronouncements of doom, but you wouldn’t guess from the stars’ and producers’ lavish lifestyles.

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Deepika to star in ‘Shuddhi’?

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fter Hrithik Roshan officially released a statement regarding him opting out of one of Dharma’s most ambitious project titled ‘Shuddhi’, Kareena too

went public about exiting the film, much to the audience’s disappointment.

However, since then, ‘Shuddhi’ has been on the back burner though Karan Johar had claimed that the film is sure to go on floors soon with a new cast. And now recently, we hear that it is Deepika Padukone who will fill in the shoes of Kareena Kapoor.

But this is not the first time that the actress has stepped in as a replacement. Prior to this, Deepika was signed in for ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela RamLeela’ after Kareena refused to play Leela in this Sanjay Leela Bhansali film.

As far as the male lead is concerned, no names have been finalised as yet.

Anurag to re-shoot portions of ‘Jagga Jasoos’?

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ost the success of their much-acclaimed film ‘Barfi!’, Anurag Basu and Ranbir Kapoor are all set to enthrall the audience, once again, with ‘Jagga Jasoos’.

Team ‘Jagga Jasoos’ has already wrapped up the first schedule of the film but we have heard that after watching the canned scenes, Anurag felt that there was still some room for improvement and therefore, now he wants to re-shoot some of its portions.

Sources claim that the

Akshay to enjoy back to back releases—’Holiday’ and ‘Fugly’

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ith ‘Action Jackson’ apparently moving ahead, the stage is set for Akshay Kumar to have the first half of the month of June entirely his own. While his ‘Holiday’ would now see a solo release on June 6 sans any competition, the very next week his ‘Fugly’ would hit the screens as well. As a cherry on the top, this film too would be a solo arrival, hence making it an uninterrupted run for Akshay Kumar films.

With him being a producer on both the films, it helps ‘Holiday’ as well as ‘Fugly’ tremendously. First and foremost, the screens on which the two films would be run can be controlled internally. Moreover, the entire campaign around the promotion can be smartly designed so as to accommodate both the films.

What makes the two releases further special is the fact that they are totally different from each other, which ensures that they don’t cut into each other’s market. While ‘Holiday’ is an out and out mass affair with A.R. Murugadoss as a director and Vipul Shah joining Akshay as a producer, ‘Fugly’ comes from Akshay’s other production house, Grazing Goat which is making a name in concept based outings, as was the case with ‘OMG - Oh My God’ and Marathi outing ‘72 Miles - Ek Pravas’.

reshoot will not hamper the upcoming schedule of the film and Anurag will accommodate the changes in the film’s second schedule, without extending it.

However, Rucha Pathak, Senior Creative Director of Disney UTV, the producers of the film, has rubbished the rumours and has stated that they are happy with way the film has been shot, thus far.

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arun Dhawan, who’ll be seen romancing Nargis Fakhri, in David Dhawan’s upcoming film ‘Main Tera Hero’, gave an impromptu lap dance to his leading lady during the film’s promotion in Chandigarh.

The sizzling duo launched the third song of their film, Shanivaar Raat at a mall and a college in Chandigarh and Varun not only wooed the audience with his brilliant dance moves, but he also entertained the college students by giving Nargis a lap dance.

Produced by Balaji Motion Pictures, ‘Main Tera Hero’ also stars Ileana D’Cruz.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 726

ENIGMA CODE 726

ACROSS: 1 It might be pointed at an identification parade (8,6) 9 Succeed in chase (4,5) 10 Constituents tell us to drop old Bob from the net (5) 11 Join the demented Nero as leader of a legion (5) 12 Infallible evidence of stupidity (9) 13 Taken in by a fence? (8) 14 Don't stop drooping carpet (6) 17 Your liver's out of sorts, my precious one (6) 19 Generous - as a child who'll do this when given sweets? (8) 22 Supports Newgate production behind the scenes (9) 24 I set a transposition of French composer (5) 25 Arnold might be a little too much for her (5) 26 Blasted for having agreed to play (4,5) 27 Most useful creature mate! (4,4,6) DOWN: 1 How well do we receive Anne Bronte with a pseudonym?

(2,5,2,1,4) 2 It's material that the saloon is carrying the doctor in charge (7) 3 For a little while, it's unimportant (5,4) 4 Formally advised fine edition has been pulped (8) 5 Distant clamour of piglets (6) 6 Still in bed, it's assumed, when retired (3,2) 7 General going up river, initially unable to fish (7) 8 Street life ends; becoming so egocentric! (4-10) 15 Aspirin 'e'd dispensed being without hope (2,7) 16 Opening the mail making one

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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.

The Clue: Article or write-up

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SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE LISTEN, ENLIST, INSECT, TINSEL, SILENT, INLETS, NICEST

privy to secrets between you and me (4-4) 18 Heartily model a certainty for this genus of lizards (7) 20 Defy faulty faucet under the ring

(7) 21 Residence that could be taken by bishop, with full board (6) 23 Roughens up an old broad aboard (5)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Freedom of the air, 9 Uprises, 10 Steer it, 11 Durer, 12 Explainer, 13 Tommy guns, 15 Combo, 16 Offed, 18 Mnemonics, 20 Crescents, 23 Diner, 24 Enteric, 25 Menisci, 26 Mixture as before.

DOWN: 1 Foundation cream, 2 Eardrum, 3 Destroyed, 4 Masse, 5 Fish paste, 6 Hyena, 7 Acronym, 8 Return of service, 14 Unmanacle, 15 Clog-dance, 17 Fuel tax, 19 Ionesco, 21 Corfu, 22 Sumps.

QUICK CROSS 726

ACROSS: 1. Bedouins 6. Beauty parlor 7. Beauty queen adornment 8. Autumn bloomer 9. Della or Peewee

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MATH PYRAMID 726 The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied.

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

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1. Wagon-hitching site (1,4) 2. Bridge play 3. Winged 4. Causes yawning, perhaps 5. Animal trap

MATHDOKU 726

HIDATO 726

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

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: : : : : :

Moon in Libra till 10.31 a.m.

Rang Panchami Vishakha Tula (Libra) R.T. Cream 9

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A steady progress at work and in your finances is assured this year. This will make you very optimistic about everything. Avail every opportunity that comes along. Any hesitation could make you lose some lucrative offers. You may not get even a second chance to reconsider. Domestic affairs will proceed smoothly. Students should not change their courses at this stage. Travel abroad on work is indicated for some of you. Health will be fine.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be physically attractive, kind gentle, loving, healthy and longlived. Full of vigor, vitality and will also be intelligent. Academically qualified, will be able to express eloquently both in spoken and written word. Will be responsible, unconventional and upholder of truth. A career in the media or communication would be most rewarding.

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You will receive a bonus or a favor as payment in appreciation of the work done earlier. Some of you are likely to travel on work, which will prove beneficial. An unpleasant argument at home could be upsetting Plans for an outing in the company of your friends or beloved will help you to relax and unwind.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You will be able to profitably start a new venture. Renovation or redecoration of the house can be taken up now keeping in mind your current financial position. Look out for options to do it in the most convenient way. You will have an enjoyable evening in the company of your beloved and family.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): This is a good time for making new alliances in business. A former business link is likely to be renewed.

If you have any misgivings or grudges from the past you should clear all past issues and begin again with a clean slate. This is going to be highly challenging period in time for you A chance encounter with a person of the opposite sex may lead to instant rapport and friendship. You could get romantically entangled.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): An investment plan on short-term basis will prove profitable. Profits through earlier investments should be put in real estate or property.

Partnership and joint efforts will do well.

Social activities take precedence. Romance will be intense and your mate will be demanding.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): A profitable phase lies ahead. You are required to put in your best efforts to remain in the forefront in your work and business. Developing an interest that is close to your heart brings like mined people into your circle of friends which is fulfilling and stimulating.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Routine work continues smoothly. You should be wary of those offering instant gains. Heavy expenses are indicated at home. A romantic mood prevails. Reunions and patch-ups in broken associations are likely. Student will do well in studies and sports.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): A modest approach will find favor and get the job done. Payments will come in. You seem to feel as if all your work in the past has gone in vain and you have not achieved anything.

But self-assurance is the key to get ahead. Do not let negative comments get you down.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Interesting job offers are likely. A discussion with a close associate about your doubts concerning new work offers may help you to arrive at the right decision. An artistic hobby or creative talent could bring you into the limelight. The fancy-free will find an associate of the opposite sex taking more than a casual interest in them.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Try to safeguard your interests by lying low, and by avoiding any change in your work strategy. Stick to what you know best at work. Do not try to get too familiar with a person your mate or beloved is jealous of or you could be landing yourself in deep trouble.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Chasing deadlines could be a strain and stress you out. Put aside your self-esteem and share your difficulties with your mate who will not only will be helpful in sharing your burden but also inspire courage. You will feel much relieved and happy about the way things turn out by evening.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You will be feeling contented and happy with your present situation. You will be meeting new people and building new contacts. Financial gains are also indicated.

Try to catch up friends and close associates whom you have not been in touch with because of your busy schedules.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Keep a low profile and take no chances. Any hasty moves, or impulsive investments, have resulted in serious setbacks, which you are rather familiar with. In fact, if any deal is showing profit, cash it at once. Consider carefully new work offers that will be rather lucrative.

During the course of your work you could get drawn to a person who is not good for you. It is perhaps just an infatuation and will pass even before you even know it happened.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4922 ACROSS: 1 ____ one's hair : make a display of anger or despair? (4) 4 Stain (6) 8 Spoon bender Geller (3) 10 Vigour or vivacity (4) 13 Got too big (8) 14 Unsubstantial (7) 15 To a wide extent (6) 17 Metalically pure (9) 21 East Anglian city (3) 22 ___ up : dispose off the enemy left after victory? (3) 23 Strain and pull vigorously (3) 26 Commander of a century (9) 27 Elementary particle (6) 28 In a coarse manner (7) 32 "Here" shouter (8) 34 ___ beans : a very rich source of proteins? (4) 35 Piece of heavy fabric or rug-like material used as floor covering (3) 36 A public one certifies documents (6) 37 Maize (4) DOWN: 1 Finger grips (4) 2 Diva's song (4) 3 Pointed projecting front part, especially of a ship or a boat (4) 5 Distended (6) 6 A type of fish (3) 7 Whatever the circumstances; repeatedly (6) 9 A climbing vine (3) 11 River at Avignon (5) 12 Peculiarly (5) 15 Cried (4) 16 Case for needles (4) 18 As well (4) 19 Supposed sign from the gods (4) 20 Hither's partner (3) 23 Long locks of hair (5) 24 Expression of wonder (5)

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SUDOKU 2108 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: I equals U

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

25 Wrench (limb) (6) 26 Angular projection (6) 28 A precious stone (3) 29 Quantity of paper sheets (4)

30 Fly alone (4) 31 Draw in a long breath with one's mouth open (4) 33 A young child; a toddler (3)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Stymie, 7 Treasure, 8 Cleo, 10 Woolen, 11 Breaks, 14 ROK, 16 Olive, 17 Stew, 19 Crawl, 21 Pains, 22 Nervy, 23 Nast, 26 Syria, 28 Mot, 29 Hootch, 30 Estate, 31 Flip, 32 Democrat, 33 Signed.

DOWN: 1 Spawns, 2 Mellow, 3 Eton, 4 Harrows, 5 Dubai, 6 Cease, 8 Core, 9 Eek, 12 Ell, 13 Kvass, 15 Drive, 18 Tokyo, 19 Car, 20 Any, 21 Peacock, 22 Nit, 23 Noting, 24 Atap, 25 Trepid, 26 Shade, 27 Roomy, 28 MSL, 30 Efts.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1927 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

M L I Z O

Q Z O O L K J Z D S J

X C O D H

L U

U S M

X C K G Z

S C B J K G J

X E J O

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use

Afternoon WORD MINE

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A

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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: 35 average; 40 good; 45 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: defer, deft, defter, feed, feedlot, feel, feet, felt, felted, fete, feted, fled, flee, fleet, floe, fold, folder, ford, fore, fort, forte, forth, free, freed, freehold, fret, froth, heft, hefted, hereof, left, loft, reef, thereof, THREEFOLD.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

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India ready for stern Pakistan test in World T20 opener

By Kushan Sarkar

variations, Umar Gul's pace against Virat Kohli's bravado, Saeed Ajmal's IRPUR: Battered and guile against Mahendra Singh bruised in the first quarter Dhoni's flair. of 2014, India will aim to But then, cricket is a fickle game take fresh guard when they open and India have not had a great run their World Twenty20 campaign this year so far. Mahendra Singh against traditional foes Pakistan Dhoni's side has won only two offihere today in what promises to be a cial international matches this year cracker of a contest. having beaten Bangladesh and While form favours Pakistan even Afghanistan in the Asia Cup last though they were battered by South month.

Africa in a warm-up game last They have lost to all major teams evening, history would be on like Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New India's side as they have never lost Zealand. Even they lost to Sri Lanka to their arch-rivals on all three in the first warm-up game before meetings of the previous editions of beating England convincingly by 20 World T20. runs in the final warm-up tie to The Pakistan national team has somewhat redeem themselves. played more T20 Internationals While a victory acts as a morale than its Indian counterparts, who booster after having inculcated last played an official T20 Internathe habit of losing, it would be a tional against Australia in October completely different ball-game last year. There will be some great when the 'Men In Blue' take the inner battle within the main con- field against Mohammed Hafeez's test. Shahid Afridi's pyrotechnics men. against Ravichandran Ashwin's It is impossible to think that

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Afridi's last-over exploits wouldn't play on the Indian cricketers' minds ahead of the game although the format is completely different. There would be immense pressure on both sides and one can expect a full house at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium as people are going crazy for the tickets of the match. For Dhoni, there are a number of issues that he needs to fret upon although yesterday's England game was an indication as to what kind of line-up he is planning to field today.

There are still some concerns with both batting and bowling.

Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan's performance in shorter versions hasn't been good enough but the skipper is not known to tinker too much with his side. Also the fact that Ajinkya Rahane, who can be an option as an opener having done the job for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, is also not inspiring confidence of the highest order.

While critics have panned Dhoni

for not being flexible with his team selection, he did try something 'Out of the Box' during the last edition in Sri Lanka where Irfan Pathan came in as an opener.

His run-a-ball 31 was one of the primary reasons that India lost to Australia and were subsequently knocked out of the tournament.

Dhoni has never really experimented big time after that.

A good start is always crucial as it helps to seize the initiative early on in the match. Both Rohit and Dhawan would be aware that a couple of defeats could mean end of the road for India in this edition.

The relief for the skipper would be his mainstay Virat Kohli's form.

The team's No 1 batsman looked in great touch against England as he smashed an unbeaten 73 off only 47 balls. Dhoni's trusted lieutenant Suresh Raina is also showing signs of getting back his touch which had deserted him for the better part of the last season.

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IRPUR: Underlining his bowling concerns, India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni said they need to bowl well at the death and hoped that batsmen would give the bowlers more than the par score on board. "Bowling is an area of concern compared to batting. Getting off to a good start is important as it will help us get 10 to 15 runs more than the par-score. Our aim will be to do well in death bowling and also bat well and we will have a good chance (in the tournament)," Dhoni said He said the likes Mohammed Shami and Bhuvneshwar have not played a lot of T20 Internationals but the IPL experience will certainly come in handy for them. "Agreed they haven't played a lot of T20 International cricket but the experi-

ence in IPL will help them a lot. We would want the bowlers to get one or two wickets with the new ball, their job will be much easier," Dhoni said.

While he was happy about Yuvraj

Singh and Suresh Raina’s performance, he was non-committal on sending Ajinkya Rahane up the order. "Overall, we have achieved a lot during the two practice games.

The idea was to give the guys some fair time in the middle. Yuvi and Raina contributed in bowling."

About Rahane opening, he said, "That's under consideration. You will have to wait and watch."

The skipper agreed that presence of a few genuine all-rounders in the Pakistan team would help the rivals.

"Playing proper all-rounders always adds to the strength of a side. If you have players who are equally capable with bat and ball, one can play more than five bowlers and still have the same batting strength," the Indian captain opined.

Among the rival bowlers, pacer

Umar Gul and wily spinner Saeed Ajmal came in for special praise from the Indian captain. "Umar Gul is a fantastic bowler. I remember during the 2007 ICC World T20, he would be introduced in the 11th or 12th over and bowl till the end. Having said that, they have other fast bowlers also, who are equally dangerous."

Dhoni conceded that it is difficult to score freely against mystery spinner Saeed Ajmal. "Ajmal is a bowler against whom you can never score freely. It's also the manner how they have used him (Ajmal) to stop batsmen from scoring runs in the slog overs. They gave him an over in the first six (Powerplay) and then couple of overs in the middle. If you see on an average, all countries have had difficulties in facing Ajmal,"

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KARACHI: Pakistan's Test and ODI captain Misbah-ul-Haq has warned his teammates to be wary of traditional rivals India, who he feels will be a different side after the return of Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

"Dhoni is a big stabilising force for India and his return means that Pakistan will have to work much harder to get that win over India tomorrow," he told reporters in Lahore.

India and Pakistan will lock horns in a marquee clash of the ICC World Twenty20 in Mirpur today.

Misbah said it will be a completely new game tomorrow irrespective of the fact that Pakistan had defeated India in the Asia Cup recently. "I wouldn't read much into India's results in the Asia Cup because T20 is a different format and requires a different approach. Dhoni's return is a big boost for them as he has lot of experience and has led them wisely. He knows how to get the best out of his players," he said.

Misbah pointed out that Dhoni himself is a terrific T20 cricketer.

"I think Pakistan will need to focus a lot more on team work than individual performances to beat India after Dhoni's return.

The good thing is that the conditions in Bangladesh are good for the Pakistani batsmen and they should be comfortable batting first or even chasing," he added.

SCHEDULE TWENTY 20 WORLD CUP

V/s ZIMBABWE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES To be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 11 am V/s IRELAND NETHERLANDS To be played at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet 3 pm V/s INDIA PAKISTAN To be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur 7 pm

ANAND ENTERS CRUCIAL STAGE IN CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT

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HANTY MANSIYSK (RUSSIA): Placed comfortably on top of the table with a half point lead, five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand will enter the crucial phase of the Candidates chess tournament, taking on Peter Svidler after the second rest day here.

From a great beginning to some cautious play, Anand, with four points in his bag from six games, enjoys a half point lead over nearest contender Levon Aronian of Armenia. It's a closely matched field as almost everyone except the lowest seed Dmitry Andreikin of Russia seems to be in the race for the challenger of the next world championship match against Magnus Carlsen to be played later this year.

The eight-player double round-robin tournament has seen a lot of excitement and there are no clear favourites as yet but surely Anand has an edge thanks to his half point cushion.

The stakes are high as apart from a match against Carlsen, the winner will take home 135000 Euros (a little over Rs one crore) as cash prize. The Russian duo of Vladimir Kramnik and Peter Svidler, Bulgarian Veselin Topalov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan follow Aronian a half point behind on three points apiece and they all have reasons to fancy their chances as the tour-

Anand. In the fourth round Kramnik played the Vienna variation wherein the Indian would fancy his chances on another day.

The Russian showed better preparation and got an easy draw.

Andreikin struggled a little in the fifth round but did not face many difficulties before drawing with the Indian and then in the previous round, Sergey Karjakin again suffered just momentarily before steering himself to safety.

If the first three games showed Anand in great spirits, the last three have dampened them a little. And the next two games will be most crucial as Anand first meets Svidler with black and then has another black game lined up against Aronian in the eighth round. Should he come out unscathed in the next two, Anand will become a huge favourite for title here.

After an insipid start that involved four draws and a loss, Topalov came back with a bang scoring over Kramnik in the previous round. The result changed nament nears the completion of could have asked for a better start many equations and Kramnik the first half. than a victory over Aronian. who had looked almost invinciNot far behind is Sergey KarNext followed a draw with ble thus far suddenly turns vuljakin on 2.5 points who can not Topalov with the Indian ace in nerable. It was a similar story for only play the spoiler but also has absolute control and in the third Svidler who had come up with it in him to pull a few victories to round was an inspiring perform- some sterling chess till the fifth match leaders. Anand has been in ance when Mamedyarov was round. Had Svidler been on track lead from day one. It was the day crushed in all departments of the in each round, he would have had when Anand showed to the world game. However, since then it has at least one point more till the that he is not finished yet. No one been a cautious approach by fifth round itself.

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UMBAI: Fahad Ansari’s lone strike paved the way for Young Boys’ 1-0 win against Juhu Sparks in a Super Division match of the MDFA (Mumbai District Football Association) League, played at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel.

In another Super Div match, Mumbai FC Under-19 and Rhema FC played out a 1-1 draw. Cletus Paul scored for the youngsters and Arun Patil for Rhema.

Earlier in the day, Falcon

Brothers, Mazagaon powered by Constancio Fernandes’ double strikes blanked Young Boys Dhobitalao 3-0 in a First Division encounter. Lloyd Vaz struck the third goal for the Mazagaon outfit.

Results: At St. Xavier’s ground, Parel – Div-I: Falcon Brothers, Mazagaon 3 (Constancio Fernandes 2, Lloyd Vaz) beat Young Boys Dhobitalao 0.

Super Div: Young Boys FC 1 (Fahad Ansari) beat Juhu Sparks 0; Rhema FC 1 (Arun Patil) drew with Mumbai FC Under-19 1 (Cletus Paul).

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UMBAI: Defending champions Companeroes Red struck once in each half to down Bocca Juniors 2-0 in a fast-paced pre-quarter-final match of the late Darryl Crasto Memorial Trophy for Men in the Catholic Gymkhana’s annual rink football tournament, played at the gymkhana’s floodlit grounds, Marine Drive late on Thursday evening. Nixon Rodrigues and Reed Santos netted a goal each for the winners.

In two other keenly contested third round encounters, Sellebrity FC, Bandra and Catalans

Vijay, Dinesh help Thane register win

United also managed to pull through scoring identical 1-0 victories. Sellebrity overcame Falcon Brothers, Mazagaon with Subodh Khandagale scoring the winner and in the other match Savio Jagdale netted the lone goal as Catalans prevailed over UK United to advance to the next round.

In women’s action for the late Dereyk DeSouza Memorial trophy, reigning champ Bodyline FC put it across Sea View Blue 20 to storm into the semi-finals.

Kimberly Miranda and Pooja Dhamal scored one goal apiece.

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IN BRIEF Nupur, Himani sail through

MUMBAI: Sixth seeded Nupur Kaul of Maharashtra beat Madhuri Patere 6-2, 6-4 in the second round match and booked herself a place in the quarter finals on the third day of the Khar Gymkhana All India Women's Open Tennis Tournament. Nupur won the first set quite easily but Madhuri fought back hard in the next set. Nupur though maintained her composure and won the crucial points to pocket the set and the match. Haryana's Himani Mor overcame the stiff challenge of Karnataka's Abilasha Vishwanath 6-1, 6-4. The match between Maharashtra players Pareen Shivekar and Supriya Zende turned out to be a totally one sided encounter which Pareen won 6-1, 6-0 within an hour. Pareen was at her attacking best right from the start and she maintained that momentum throughout the match.

Top seed Preethi Ujjini displayed exceptional skills to overpower Haryana's Shrishti Dhanda 6-3, 6-0. The Karnataka player, Preethi was in top form especially in the second set where she dominated and did not lose a single game.

West Zone T20 league in Mumbai from March 30

MUMBAI: The West Zone T20 league for the 2013-14 season would be held at two venues here from March 30 to April 4.

Wankhede Stadium in south Mumbai and BKC ground of Mumbai Cricket Association in suburban Bandra are to play host to the 10 matches, it was announced by tournament hosts MCA. All the matches at the BKC ground would be day games commencing at 10 am while all those at Wankhede would be day/night clashes commencing at 6 pm. The top two teams in the round robin table will qualify for the inter zonals for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy which is also scheduled to be held here from April 8, said MCA joint secretary Nitin Dalal.

SCHEDULE: Mar 30: Gujarat vs Maharashtra at MCA BKC ground; Mumbai vs Baroda at Wankhede Stadium. Mar 31: Mumbai vs Gujarat at MCA BKC ground; Saurashtra vs Maharashtra, Wankhede.

Apr 2: Mumbai vs Saurashtra at MCA BKC ground; Baroda vs Gujarat at Wankhede. Apr 3: Baroda vs Saurashtra at MCA BKC ground; Mumbai vs Maharashtra at Wankhede. Apr 4: Baroda vs Maharashtra at MCA BKC ground; Saurashtra vs Gujarat at Wankhede.

Samant, Golbare take different routes to semis

Thane Marathas Vijay Reddy being congratulated by teammate Vikas Singh.

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UMBAI: Vijay Reddy’s quick-fire 37 coupled with three wickets helped Thane Marathas score a fine 31-run win over Taxing Tigers (Shivaji Park) in the Tata Movus-Mitsui Shoji T20 League, played at Police Gymkhana ground here today.

Vijay’s contribution was well backed by Dinesh Salunki who made 32 runs and captured three wickets. This was Thane side’s first win after they had lost their opening tie to Bandra Heroes on Wednesday.

Restricting Thane Marathas to 156 for 6, the Taxing Tigers seemed to be coasting to victory at 102 for 3, but Vijay’s fiery third over saw them losing three wickets in quick succession, which turned the match in Thane Marathas favour as the Taxing

Tigers tumbled to be all out for 125 in 15.1 overs.

In another tie, Mumbai Police City Riders notched their second win as they overcame Ghatkopar Jets big score of 165 for three for the loss of four wickets. Rajesh Tandel hit unbeaten 74 with 11 fours and a six. He received good support from Shahid Shaikh (31) and Kaushik Chikhalkar (40) as they reached their target in the 19th over.

Brief Scores: Thane Marathas 156 for 6 (Omkar Khanvilkar 60, Vijay Reddy 37, Dinesh Salunki 32; Jayesh Patilm 3/9, Rohit Rudra 2/12) bt Taxing Tigers (Shivaji Park) 125 all out in 15.1 overs (Shrideep Manglia 32, Larson D’Costa 32) by 31 runs. Ghatkopar Jets 165 for 3 (Prathamesh Pawar n.o., Vinayak Samany n.o. 43) lost to Mumbai Police City Riders 166 for 4

MUMBAI: Top seed Rajan Samant of Bombay Gymkhana and second seed Sanjay Golbare of Hindu Gymkhana scored contrasting victories in the men’s professionals’ singles quarter-final matches of the 22nd G.D. Birla Memorial Masters Inter-Club Badminton Tournament jointly organised by Badminton 45 and Bombay Gymkhana. The Bombay Gym professional encountered quite a strong challenge from WIAA’s Mahesh Bodke before clinching the match in three games at 15-8, 11-15, 15-12 to advance to the semi-finals, at the Bombay Gym courtson Thursday. On the other hand, the second seeded Golbare faced little difficulty against Vithal Hate of Bombay Gym, as he coasted to an easy 15-13, 15-3 victory to also book his place in the penultimate round. Willingdon Sports Club professional Manoj Nachanekar and Dinesh Golbare completed semi-finals line-up.

Nachanekar after a bit of a struggle overcame Ananda Maskar of CCI 10-15, 157, 15-7, while Golbare defeated Rajesh Jadhav (BG) 15-8, 15-9. In the team championships, number one seed Bombay Gym overcame MCF ‘A’ 2-1 in Group-A and Chembur Gymkhana seeded second defeated WIllingdon Catholic Gymkhana 2-0 in Group-B.

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ARIS: Robin van Persie scored a sensational hat-trick as Manchester United beat Olympiakos 3-0 to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals, while Borussia Dortmund joined them in the last eight.

Under-pressure United manager David Moyes saw his side produce a much-improved performance from Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat to Liverpool, and Van Persie made the difference as the ailing Premier League champions overcame a 2-0 first-leg deficit to go through. There was less drama in Germany, where last season’s beaten finalists Dortmund lost 2-1 at home to Zenit St Petersburg but progressed 5-4 on aggregate.

United had only previously come back from a first-leg defeat to win a Champions

IN BRIEF Unwanted fame for Herschelle Gibbs in Oscar Pistorius trial

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League tie once before, against Roma in the 2007 quarter-finals, and the listless nature of their recent displays would have done little to inspire confidence among the home fans at Old Trafford.

However, a Wayne Rooney header that came back off the post set the tone before the three-time European champions were awarded a penalty midway through the first half when Jose Holebas barged into the back of Van Persie.

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from the spot, and the Spanish goalkeeper then did well to save from a Patrice Evra header.

Olympiakos, who retained the Greek title at the weekend, remained a threat and United goalkeeper David de Gea made a brilliant double save to deny David Fuster and Chori Dominguez as half-time approached.

But United levelled the tie on aggregate in first-half stoppage time when Rooney’s low cross was lashed home first-time by Van Persie, and he then scored the decisive third goal,

and completed his hat-trick, by curling home a free-kick in the 52nd minute.

Moyes will be delighted that his side held on, although there were plenty of nerves, and Evra picked up a yellow card that rules him out of the first leg of their quarter-final while Van Persie went off with an injury late on.

“The way the players responded after Sunday’s defeat pleased me. I said to them on Monday morning we had to win 3-0 and give the crowd something back,” Moyes told British Sky television at full-time.

RCF, Western score narrow victories

UMBAI: Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF) got the better of dogged Indian Navy by a narrow 2-1 margin in a Elite Division match of the Mumbai District Football Association (MDFA) League, at the Goan Sports Association ground, Cross Maidan, on Thursday evening.

Striker Sagar Chile gave RCF a bright start by scoring in the third minute before Omkar

Jadhav added the second in the 76thminute.

Navy reduced the margin when Anoop Pauly found the net in the 77th minute.

Western Railway pulled off a 2-1 win against Kenkre FC. Reuben D’Souza and Avinash D struck one each for the railwaymen, while Kamardeep Singh got the lone goal for the losers.

Both RCF and Western, now have seven

points from three matches each, while Navy and Kenkre, both suffered their first defeats and have the same number of three points each from two matches.

Results - at Goan Sports Association ground, Cross Maidan – Elite Div: RCF 2 (Sagar Chile 3rd min, Omkar Jadhav 76th) beat Indian Navy 1 (Anoop Pauly 77th); Western Railway 2 (Reuben D’Souza 12th, Avinash D 42nd) beat Kenkre FC 1 (Kamardeep Singh 90+1st).

Chance: Pure Allure, Ace Lexington, Super Silver

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ANGALORE: There are seven races today and the first starts at 2.45 p.m. Spotting the winners today is not easy task.

CARD AND SELECTIONS

1. The Bhadravathi Plate 1400 Metres 2.45 p.m.

1. Silhouette 62.5 B. Mahesh 2. Rock N Rolla 62 Chetan Kalay S. 3. Bel Esprit 61.5 Suraj Narredu 4. Jersey Heights 61 T. S. Jodha 5. Optimistic 61 Arshad Alam 6. Liquid Asset 60 J.H.Christopher 7. Magical Filly 60 M. Ravi 8. White Snowdrops 59.5 K. Raja Rao 9. Big Copper Penny 59 Kiran Rai P 10. Hillton 59 G.Y.Rajesh Babu 11. Mr Charm 58 Shobhan Babu Win: Bel Esprit, Big Copper Penny

2. The Vijayanagar Trophy 1100 Metres 3.15 p.m.

1. Asian Star 55 M. Noornabi 2. Hidden Soldier 55 S.K.Paswan 3. Native Force 55 Fr'co F Dasilva 4. Shaft 55 Imran Chisty 5. Central Park 53.5 Ryan Marshall 6. Dancing Laurie 53.5 Arshad Alam 7. Madame Ayesha 53.5 T. S. Jodha 8. Oye Como Va 53.5 R. Vaibhav 9. Pure Allure 53.5 A. Sandesh 10. Reva 53.5 Syed Asgar 11. South Pacific 53.5 K. Raja Rao

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Win: Pure Allure, Native Force

3. The Champion Trainer Trophy 1400 Metres 3.45 p.m.

1. Kafka 62.5 J.H.Christopher 2. Lovely Lady 61 A.Sundaram 3. Dance With Me 57.5 Adarsh G. 4. Arta 55.5 Imran Chisty 5. Ace Lexington 55 Suraj Narredu 6. Bright Lady 55 M. D. Praveen

BANGALORE RACES TODAY

7. Diamond Quest 53.5 Kiran Rai P 8. All Proof 53 V.R.Jagadeesh Win: Ace Lexington, Arta

4. The Ashwapriya Trophy 1600 M 4.15 p.m.

1. Greyconnection 61 Y. S. Srinath 2. Wind Tunnel 59.5 Chethana K. 3. Atlas Power 56.5 J.H.Christopher 4. Supreme 55 Suraj Narredu 5. Roshan Star 54.5 Vishwanath A. 6. Zermatt 54.5 Kiran Rai P 7. Sunny Express 54 Arshad Alam 8. Midtown Delight 53.5 Imran Chisty Win: Zermatt, Greyconnection 5. The Magadi Plate - Division II 1200 Metres 4.45 p.m.

1. Super Silver 60 Suraj Narredu 2. Seven Of Hearts 56.5 B. Mahesh 3. Courageous 56 P. Mani 4. Luc Divine 56 Ryan Marshall 5. Anmol Hira 55.5 Vishwanath A.

6. Prosperity 55 Imran Chisty 7. Ruling Passions 55 T. S. Jodha 8. Stormer 55 Vinod Shinde 9. Summerville 55 J.H.Christopher Win: Super Silver, Propserity

6. The Makalidurga Plate 1400 Metres 5.15 p.m.

1. Clueless 62 Suraj Narredu 2. Sweet Angel 60 Ravi R. 3. The First Bullet 59.5 Ch.K.Chary 4. Super Saloni 58.5 B. Mahesh 5. Blue Star 56.5 Mudassar Nazar 6. Fioritta 56 Arshad Alam 7. Mystere 55.5 Saddam Hussain 8. Soviet Melody 55.5 Kiran Rai P 9. Thunder 55 J.H.Christopher 10. Affrikah 54.5 Ryan Marshall 11. Burden Of Lady 54 Irvan Singh 12. Beautiful Life 52.5 Vishwanath A. Win: First Bullet, Soviet Melody 7. The Magadi Plate - Division I 1200 Metres 5.45 p.m.

1. Nibbley 62 Shobhan Babu 2. Sun Glow 61.5 Saddam Hussain 3. Champakali 60.5 Vishwanath A. 4. Vigorous 60 Y. S. Srinath 5. Magic Wave 58.5 Kiran Rai P 6. Assiduous 58 A.R.Pradeep 7. Blackbird 55.5 Arshad Alam 8. Fancy Number 55.5 Irvan Singh 9. Secret Touch 55 T. S. Jodha 10. Summer Gold 54 K. Raja Rao Win: Vigorous, Magic Wave

JOHANNESBURG: Former South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs found himself under unexpected spotlight during the trial of Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius for the alleged murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. The trial is being broadcast live on television and radio, generating unprecedented public interest.

Gibbs started receiving messages from fans and friends after close-ups on television repeatedly showed the bat with which Pistorius broke down the bathroom door behind which Steenkamp was hit by bullets, which Pistorius said were meant for what he believed was a burglar. The bat prominently featured Gibbs’ autograph, prompting him to tweet about his surprise. “Just saw my signature on the bat used by the accused in Oscar trial… lol#neveradull moment.”

Sehwag rejects reports of contesting LS polls

NEW DELHI: Out-of-favour India batsman Virender Sehwag today rejected reports that he was mulling to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on a Congress ticket. Sehwag took to Twitter to deny the speculation after a news report had claimed that the India cricketer may contest the General Elections on a Congress ticket from the South Delhi constituency. “I m not contesting election, I don’t know why media is running his story...,” Sehwag wrote on his Twitter page.

Soon after Sehwag’s tweet, axed England cricketer Kevin Pietersen re-tweeted, saying: “You should! I would vote for you. Sehwag’s name came up in the poll fray after the report quoted highly placed sources as saying that the Congress was considering to field the Nawab of Najafgarh from a South Delhi seat.

Indian thrash Sri Lanka 7-1 in AFC U-14 girls football event

COLOMBO: Riding on Suman Mohapatra’s hattrick, Indian girls thrashed their Sri Lankan counterparts 7-1 to begin their AFC U-14 Regional Championship in style here today.

Defending champions India surged into the lead in the 19th minute when Roja Devi scored. Lifa Gama made it 2-0 in the 28th minute while Srijana Tamang scored the team’s third goal two minutes later. Changing over, the Indians dominated proceedings and the barrage of attacks eventually led to Suman Mohapatra scoring twice — in the 53rd and the 60th minutes. Karen Pais netted the sixth in the 69th minute while Suman completed the rout in added time.

Pallikal crashes out of World Squash Championship

PENANG (Malaysia): Dipika Pallikal was outplayed by Raneem El Welily of Egypt in the pre-quarterfinals to end India’s challenge at the Women’s World Squash Championship here today.

World No. 11 Pallikal lost to Raneem, ranked third, in just 26 minutes. The Egyptian had got the better of Pallikal in the last edition In 2012 also. Pallikal’s best finish at the Worlds came in 2011 when she reached the quarter-finals.

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