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INHISDEATH,DRDABHOLKAR’S BILL SEES LIGHT OF DAY I

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By Prashant Hamine

DR Narendra Dabholkar

t took the brutal murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar yesterday for the state cabinet to brush the dust aside on the two decades old Anti-Superstition bill and revive it. At its meeting yesterday, the cabinet ratified the decision to promulgate the ordinance today, giving effect to the stalled legislation titled “Maharashtra Prevention and Eradication of Human Sacrifices and other Inhuman, Evil and Aghori Practices and

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One more activist suffers at police hands

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day after it was announced by the state government in the Bombay High Court, that social workers, RTI activists and whistleblowers who receive threats will now be given police protection, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Preeti Menon has stated that one of their activists, Dindayal Rai, has been deliberately framed in a false case of molestation by the police of the Vinoba Bhave police station in Kurla,

contractor Nilesh Yadav and corporator Ashraf Azmi. At the heart of the “vendetta” is the fact that Rai has, in the course of his activism against encroachment, run up against some of the forementioned people.

The alleged molestation was reported on August 19,

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allegedly at the behest of a Samajwadi corporator.

Yesterday evening the AAP held a protest demonstration before the police station and today, they will be approaching the police commissioner to lodge a formal complaint against senior inspector S.B. Raut and inspector Shivale of the police station.

They allege that the duo are part of a nexus comprising one Shyamsundar Sharma,

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Says state had asked Centre to ban Sanatan Sansthan and Abhinav Bharat for inflammatory speeches and writings; assures there will be no one-sided investigation in Dabholkar murder case

By Prashant Hamine

T Ask any question except the one regarding onion prices in the future.

OPINIONS Will the controversy surrounding ‘Madras Café’ help its success at the box-office?

Santosh Anantharaman Merchant Navy Yes. Controversies always help a movie and ‘Madras Café’ seems to be no exception.

Mohit Alva Working professional Yes. The hype that a controversy creates about a movie will make more people want to watch it.

he state government had six months ago asked the Union Government to ban right wing Hindu organizations of Sanatan Sanstha and Abhinav Bharat for their alleged inflammatory speeches and writings, stated Minister for Home R.R. Patil while talking to newspersons here yesterday.

Replying to queries over alleged involvement of right wing radical organizations in the murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, he said that the police have been asked not just to trace the assailants but also their masterminds.

Replying to further queries about giving police protection to another rationalist Shyam Manav, he said that the Director General of Police has been instructed to give immediate police protection to Shyam Manav. Patil added that the police need to be given sufficient time to investigate the case and arrive at any conclusions. When asked to comment upon the alleged threat to late Dr Dabholkar by radical organizations warning him of being made into another Mahatma Gandhi, he said that the police have been asked to probe the case from all possible angles.

Patil stated that the police will not conduct one sided investigation and no one will be targeted.

Replying to queries about intelligence failure, he said that the intel-

Varsha Ganesh Student Yes. The need to know what the controversy was all about will surely get people to watch it.

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ligence agencies in the last six months have sent 143 alerts which have been acted upon. The Home minister disclosed that there is a department in the police establishment which daily scrutinizes speeches, writings and articles in media to find out anything that

PROTEST: CPM activist protest against the killing of anti-superstition activist Narendra Dabholkar, near Churchgate station, on Wednesday. might cause enmity between two communities. He added that after the cases are registered against such organizations for making inflammatory speeches and writings, it is for the court of law to decide on subsequent action.

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MPCC chief Manikrao Thakre at the Congress rally held at the Shanmukhananda Hall yesterday, has alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were behind Dr. Narendra Dabholkar’s killing.

City witnesses increased cases of respiratory infections

Rashmi Iyer Student Yes. Controversies mean publicity.

More the publicity means the movie will catch more attention.

Mamta Raikar Banker Yes. The movie by itself seems to be interesting. And with the controversy about it, it will make people more curious to watch it.

R.R. Patil

City docs say that the period from May to August every year sees many patients with respiratory infections

By Shwetha Kannan

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octors in the city are seeing increased cases of acute respiratory tract infections especially among old people, diabetics, smokers and people suffering from Chronic Obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Dr. Ashok Mahashur, consulting chest physician at P.D. Hinduja Hospital, recently encountered a 70-year-old man with a history of COPD who came in with a severe attack of pneumonia leading to a

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respiratory failure. His oxygen levels were low and he was producing a lot of mucus. Fortunately, he responded to the antibiotics but he was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for a week.

“Such cases are on a rise these days in the city. Every year, the number of cases goes up by one to two per cent. During the monsoons and winters, the respiratory immunity among people is low and thus there are increased cases of viral infections. The viral infection, further decreases immunity, and people easily catch bacterial infections.

The most common kind of bacteria passed on in the community is the pneumococcal bacteria. This is the season where we see a rise in the number of people suffering from conditions like pneumonia. We see such cases on a routine basis”, said

chronically ill patients worsens by twenty to thirty percent during this season and so the number of ‘urgent’ and ‘unscheduled appointments’ also go up. The reason for this is an increase in the life expectancy and environmental pollution”, said Dr. Rajan.

According to Dr. Mahashur, if one experiences symptoms like severe cough, stressful breathing pattern, high fever and pain in the chest on coughing, consulting a doctor immediately is a must.

Dr. Mahashur.

“Regular monitoring of the lung Dr. Sujeet K Rajan, consulting respiratory physician at Bombay function, medication, keeping and Bhatia hospitals, said that res- handy emergency medication after piratory illnesses are at their peak consulting a doctor and taking appropriate and necessary vaccines in the city from May to August.

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Brand-ashing some class!

WE have heard of brand ambassadors promoting cars and suits and in some cases even state tourism. It’s all a part of the marketing genre. But this stylistic criterion has spilled over into a new segment. Real estate developers have seen the value positioning that a brand ambassador can bring to their coffers.

As a first, Mumbai’s luxury housing top dog, the Lodha group, has roped in Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, to be positioned as future resident and brand ambassador for their super luxury district called ‘The Park’ located at Worli. This is where the group plans to develop a variety of projects ranging from high rises, town houses, luxury retail and even a few select bungalows.

And here is what our pretty Aishwarya had to say, when quizzed by the paparazzi on her choice of product. “Lodha Group is the leading real estate firm in India and known for their good work, elegance and best design internationally. I am delighted to be associated with them on this new and innovative project”. Said like a true ambassador, with never a word wrong!

Delighted as she was, it was very evident that Abhishek Lodha, MD of the group, was even more delighted as he tremulously escorted the beauteous Mrs. Bachchan to the dais, there to address the pack of

This way m’lady! Abhishek Lodha, MD, Lodha Group escorting future resident and brand ambassador Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to the launch of the ‘Park’ luxury project in Worli earlier this week.

photographers for whom her name is like a siren call. Nor did she disappoint and for everyone it seemed a win-win evening.

Naturally, the brand ambassador of a project would want to be associated closely with it and how

Franz out Kafka-ed LIKE many of us, a colleague has had trouble getting his Aadhaar card. He had applied two years ago and waited and waited and waited.

Several times he went online to check the status, and each time he was urged to ‘check in two or three days’.

Finally, fed up, he just applied again. Within three months, he was delighted to get an e-letter, telling him he would be getting his Aaadhaar card shortly. That’s where the problem began. There was no one home to receive it from Monday to Saturday. Sundays, as we all know, the postman never calls.

So with hope in his heart and courage in his heart, he thought he would track down the postman at least, to ask him whether he had come and gone back with his card.

Since this colleague lives in Thane, he went to the Thane Post Office (Head Office) Opposite the Civil Hospital. He was sure that someone would at least point him in the wrong direction.

He went yesterday. The place is disorganised, buzzing with people, and everyone is too busy to even look up, never mind talk to you. He went to another huge room at the back of the main hall. Same story!

Finally he mustered up enough courage to speak, insistently enough so that the busy postal worker at least looked up. It was not a friendly encounter.

Where do the Aadhaar cards go when the postman has been unable to deliver them, our colleague asked. The postal worker, very busy, looked at him with contempt. “You have to ask the postman”, he said.

That’s the problem, my colleague informed him; “I never get to meet him so I thought I would find out whether there was any information here”. But he might as well have held his breath. The man had already resumed work and ignored him. Another man, equally busy at the next table, butted in. “You have to contact your postman and your own post office”, he said.

I live in Saket, our colleague said, can you tell me where the post office is? But of course that was expecting too much and our second postal worker, weighed down by the burdens of a world that has to be reminded that letters still exist as a means of communication, was completely lost to communication. So it’s back to Google to find out where the local post office is and then

much closer can you get than the lady, who now we hear has an apartment in the complex. Who knows, she might even live there occasionally, and what a fillip that would be for other buyers!

And for those who want more

gyan on the Park Project, here it is: Spread across a 17 acre property, the project is “designed as a tribute to nature with seven acres of world class landscapes set on top of a 70 feet tall ‘hill’ at Worli”. The rest of the prose is

distinctly purple so we will not reproduce. Nor is it cheap, at Rs.30,000 to Rs.66,000 per square foot.

At least for one segment of industry, it would seem that the economy is looking up.

perhaps the postman will be found and then perhaps the elusive Aadhaar card will materialise.

Movietime!

TWO movies that we are (sort of) planning to see in the coming week. One of Ashton Kutcher in ‘Jobs’ where he has reportedly done a tremendous job of portraying the late founder of Apple.

The other is (surprise surprise from someone who sees one Bollywood offering every three years) is ‘Madras Café’ starring John Abraham, but not, we hear, as Prabhakaran. He’s playing an undercover agent and of course he will get his man or woman.

There is another film on the horizon that we are excited about.

This is ‘The Coffin Maker’ and it has been in the making for a couple of years though it is now reportedly complete.

Naseeruddin, who is our absolutely favourite actor (no rivals), is Anton Gomes of the eponymous title and the film is set in a small Goan village, which is itself sufficient reason to go and see it. There’s also Randeep Hooda, if you want a bit of beefcake.

No release date yet, but we are waiting.

First look at the poster for The Coffin Maker, and no, there’s no release date yet.

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CLASSIFIEDS I Ms. Binishben Najarali Maredia have changed my name to Mrs. Binish Sohil Maredia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 19/08/13.

C-13748 I Tapesh Jain have changed my name to Bapna Tapesh Dilip Kumar as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 19/08/13.

C-13749 I Kishor Laxman Garia have changed my name to Kishor Laxman Garge as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 20/08/13.

C-13750 I Mandal Mithilesh Vishnudev have changed my name to Mandal Mithlesh Vishnudev as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 20/08/13.

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I Mr. Shantilal Jechanddas Mistry have changed my name CHANGE OF NAME to Mr Shantibhai Jaychandbhai Mistry as per deed poll Affidavit CHANGE OF NAME dated: 21/08/13.

C-13752 I TINA RAKESH SHARMA D/O SHADEV SHASHADEV BISWAS holder of indian Pasport NO: F 0492249 Issued at DUBAI I Sanju Jain have changed my name to Bapna Sanju Dilip as on 12/10/2004 and Permanent Resident per deed poll Affidavit dated: of JAYARAMVILLA FLAT NO 201 AZAD 19/08/13.

ROAD VILE PARLE EAST MUMBAI, and C-13753 Presently residing at Dubai, PB NO 55576, UAE do hereby change my name I Mr. Prafullbhai Navalchand from TINA RAKESH SHARMA to TINA Tolia have changed my name to SHADEV BISWAS with immediate effect Mr. Praful Navalchand Tolia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 20/08/13.

C-13754 I, Tayyab Ali Abdul Gafoor Kherdi, have changed my name to Tayyeb Ali Abdul Gafoor I Ms. Dipti Girishkumar Kherdi Vide Deed Poll Affidavit Sanghani have changed my name to Mrs. Deepti Sanket dated: 20th August, 2013.

C-13740 Tolia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 20/08/13.

C-13755 I Jawaharlal Bhanwarlal Jain have changed my name to Jawaharlal Bhanwarlal Chhajed I Neha Jain have changed my as per deed poll Affidavit dated: name to Bapna Neha Dilip as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 19/08/13.

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C-13756 I Dilip Jain have changed my name to Bapna Dilip as per I Sanju Kumari have changed deed poll Affidavit dated: my name to Bapna Sanju Dilip 19/08/13.

Kumar as per deed poll C-13742 Affidavit dated: 19/08/13.

C-13757 I Mrs. Janabai Balaram Desai have changed my name to Mrs. I Dilip Jain have changed my Chhaya Balaram Desai as per name to Bapna Dilip Kumar as deed poll Affidavit dated: per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

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C-13743 C-13758 I Bharatbhai Nandlal Kanakia have changed my name to Bharat Nandlal Kanakia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

C-13744 I Miss. Nilam Madhukar Mhatre have changed my name to Mrs. Janet Austin D’souza as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

C-13745 I Pragnaben Bharat Kanakia have changed my name to Pragna Bharat Kanakia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

C-13746 I Punam Bharat Kanakia have changed my name to Poonam Bharat Kanakia as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

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I Jay Dattataray Mane have changed my name to Jai Dattataray Mane as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No U-24769 dated: 01/08/13.

C-13759 I Mr. Mohd Vasim Turky have changed my name to Mr. Mohammed Wasim Turkey as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 25/06/13.

C-13760 I Yenu Vijaykumar Shah have changed my name to Nidhi Vijay Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

C-13761 I Belaben Vijaykumar Shah have changed my name to Bela Vijay Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

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I Vijaykumar Kantilal Shah have changed my name to Vijay Kantilal Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 21/08/13.

C-13763 I Elakh Ahmad Mohammad Ishaqu Khan have changed my name to Akhlak Ahmad Mohammad Ishaqu Zaei as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 02/08/13.

C-13764 I Afroj Elakh Ahmad Khan have changed my name to Afroz Akhlak Ahmad Zaei as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 02/08/13.

C-13765 I Asmat Akhlak Ahmad Khan have changed my name to Asmat Akhlak Ahmad Zaei as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 02/08/13.

C-13766 I have changed name from Deepali Deepak Mane to Surekha Deepak Mane as per Gazette No (X-19277) dt 18th July, 2013.

C-13767 I have changed my name from Mohammad Ashraf to Shaikh Mohammad Ashraf as per Affidavit.

C-13768 I have changed my name from Mr. Shahnawaz Ramzan Ali Ansari, to ‘Mr. Shahnawaz Alam Ramzan Ali Ansari’ as per Affidavit Dated: 20/08/2013.

C-13769 I have changed my name from Smita Sanjay Chatur, to ‘Smeetha Sanjay Chatur’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 27093) Dated: 08/08/2013.

C-13770 I, Sanjay Tukaram Chatur have changed my Son’s name from Shamik Sanjay Chatur, to ‘Shamikh Sanjay Chatur’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 27094) Dated: 08/08/2013.

C-13771 I have changed my name from Mina Maheshkumar Kapoor, to ‘Meena Maheshkumar Kapoor’ as per Maharashtra Govt.

Gazette No. (U- 47534) Dated: 22/03/2012.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013 I have changed my name from Salman Rashid Khan to Salman Rashid Siddiqui as per Maharashtra Gazette No (U20409).

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I have changed my name from Jyoti Narsam Bangarn to Jyoti Narshima Bangaru as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Javid Ahmed Ibrahim Molapia to Javid Ahmed Molapia as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 21/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Narsam Bangarn to Narshima Bangaru as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Mashkura Mohammed Ibrahim Asamadi to Mashkura Mohammed Asamadi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 21/08/2013.

C-13779 I have changed my name from Mohammed Tabish Arfi to Mohammad Tabish Arfee as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 21/08/2013.

C-13780 I have changed my name from Rajesh Kashinath Narawade to Rajesh Kashinath Narwade as per Affidavit dated: 21 August 2013.

C-13781 I have changed my name from Kalpana Kashinath Narawade to Kalpana Kashinath Narwade as per Affidavit dated: 21 August 2013.

C-13782 I have changed my name from Kashinath Namdev Narawade to Kashinath Namdev Narwade as per Affidavit dated: 21 August 2013.

C-13783 I have changed my name from Madhuben Suresh Kapashi to Madhu Suresh Kapasi as per Affidavit dated: 17 August 2013.

C-13784 I have changed my name from Bhagwati Prasad Girdharilal Podar to Bhagweti Prasad Girdharilal Poddar as per Affidavit dated 17th August 2013.

C-13785 I have changed my name from Sanchit Bhagwati Podar to Sanchiit Bhagwati Podaar as per Affidavit dated 17th August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Ms. Savitakumari Girdharilal Lakhotiya, to ‘Mrs. Savita Sourabh Mantri’ as per Affidavit Dated: 09/07/2013.

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I have changed my name from Yoshita Bhagwati Podar to Yosshita Bhagwati Poddar as per Affidavit dated 17th August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Mohammed Sadiq Mohammed Sabir Ansari, to ‘Mohammed Sadique Ansari as per Affidavit Dated: 20/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Gautamkumar Shah to Gautam Shah as per Affidavit dated 19th August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Debna Bist, to ‘Devna Drigpal Singh Bist’ as per Affidavit Dated: 20/08/2013.

C-13775 I have changed my name from Devrup Dhanlaxmi Chandulal, to ‘Samina Arif Khan’ as per Affidavit Dated: 20/08/2013.

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I have changed my name from Bhartiben Shah to Bharti Shah as per Affidavit dated 19th August 2013.

C-13789 I have changed my name from Jamuna Srinivas Bangaru to Jamunarani Srinivas Bangaru as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Radha Bangarn to Radha Bangaru as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

C-13793 I have changed my name from Rajan Singh Satnam Singh to Rajan Singh Satnam Singh Chugh as per Affidavit dated 05th February 2013.

C-13794 I have changed my name from Shilpa Vijay Gore to Sakshi Nikhil Randive as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

C-13795 I have changed my name from Shanti Shantaram Bothre to Shanti Shantaram Bothare as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

C-13796 I have changed my name from Shantaram Kashiram Bothre to Shantaram Kashiram Bothare as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

C-13797 I have changed my name from Manisha Jagannath Parab to Pragati Rajesh Chandurkar as per Affidavit dated 20th August 2013.

C-13798 I have changed my name from Jeeten Shantilal Savla to Jiten Shantilal Savla as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

C-13799 I have changed my name from Talkshi Murji Nagda to Talakshi Murji Nagda as per Affidavit dated 21st August 2013.

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I have changed my name from Nathmal Miyachandji Jain to Nathmal Miyachandji Punmiya as per Affidavit.

C-13806 I have changed my name from Surekha Nathmal Jain to Surekha Nathmal Punmiya as per Affidavit.

C-13807 I have changed my name from Nathamal Miyachand Punmiya to Nathmal Miyachand Punmiya as per Affidavit.

C-13808 I have changed my name from Kantakumari Lalchand to Kanta Ghevarchand Jain as per Affidavit.

C-13809 I have changed my name from Amit Ramchandra Sharma to Amit Ramchandra Jangid as per Affidavit.

C-13810 I have changed my name from Ramchandra Mohanlal Sharma to Ramchandra Mohanlal Jangid as per Affidavit.

C-13811 I have changed my name from Nanda Ramchandra Sharma to Nanda Ramchandra Jangid as per Affidavit.

C-13812 I have changed my name from Sumit Ramchandra Sharma to Sumit Ramchandra Jangid as per Affidavit.

C-13813 I have changed my name from Sarlaben Premjibhai Maru to Sarla Paresh Vora as per Affidavit.

C-13814 I have changed my name from Ila Alias Bhakti Poladia to Bhakti Shantilal Poladia as per Affidavit.

C-13815 I have changed my name from Bharti Shantilal Poladia to Sheela Shantilal Poladia as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Dhurukumar Badriprasad Gupta to Dhruvkumar Badriprasad Gupta as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shabbir Najmuddin Ujjainwala to Shabbir Najmuddin Masalawala as per Gazette No. X-80504.

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I have changed my name from Nathulal Miyachand Punmiya to Nathmal Miyachand Punmiya as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Amritha Shrikant Sreekantan Nair to Amrita Sreekantan Nair as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Surekhakumari Babulal Jain to Surekha Nathmal Punmiya as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sambath Kumar Srirangapatnam Kuppuswamy to Sampathkumar Srirangapatnam Kuppuswamy as per Affidavit.

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We Mr. Nathmal Miyachandji Punmiya & Mrs. Surekha Nathmal Punmiya have changed our child’ name from Moksha Nathmal Jain to Moksha Nathmal Punmiya as per Affidavit.

C-13804 I have changed my name from Darshan Nathmal Jain to Darshan Nathmal Punmiya as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Manda Ranjan Darekar to Sneha Nitin Ghosalkar as per Affidavit.

C-13820 I have changed my name from Mohammad Rizwan to Mohamad Rizwan Halai as per Affidavit.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013

Water cut in Bandra-Khar on Saturday

By A Staff Reporter

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ome pockets in the western suburbs will face a water cut on Saturday as the BMC has scheduled the repair and upgrade of the existing water supply lines of the Maroshi-Ruparel tunnel project as well as the repair of the Tansa main lines on Friday.

Bandra East and West will not receive water supply on Saturday as the Hydraulic Department of the civic body has planned to improve the water supply system and repair the Tansa East and Tansa West mains between Sahar and Mumbai on Friday.

Hydraulic officials appealed to residents of this belt to store water on Friday to meet their requirements for Saturday and co-operate with the civic body.

During the execution of the work, there will be no water supply on Saturday, 24th August in Khar (East) in Shanti-

EXPOSING ILL-GOTTEN GAINS? CITY

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

T lal Compound, Golibar Road, Jaibharat Colony, Maratha Colony, Jawahar Nagar and Teen Bunglow; the whole of Bandra (East) including Kherwadi, Kher Nagar, Behrampada, Naupada, MHADA’s MIG, LIG, Govt. Colony, Teacher’s Colony, Kala Nagar, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bharat Nagar, Maharashtra Nagar, Dyneshwar Nagar, the Airport Premises, theWestern Railway Premises (Bandra Terminus), Gandhi Nagar and Shastri Nagar.

o curb the surging corruption and bring greater accountability and transparency not only inside the civic administration but also in the property amassed by its employees, the civic body has decided to put details of their immovable property assets in the public domain.

Employee unions, that routinely threaten the civic administration with agitations, had taken the issue to court, alleging that it was a breach of their personal and private information. Experts have suggested that this stand does not hold ground.

The Indian Administration Service already adopted this system and it is now obligatory for every IAS officer in the country to submit details

TATA AT THE SC: Former Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata leaving the Supreme Court in New Delhi on Wednesday after watching proceedings in the case related to taped conversations of former corporate lobbyist Niira Radia with business leaders, politicians and others. Tata said that while ordering electronic surveillance on citizens allegedly under cloud, the government must strike a balance between public interest and the right to privacy.

One more activist suffers at police hands Continued from pg 1 « some encroachments against which Rai had complained were demolished. In fact, between 2 and 2.30 pm he was with another police officer before leaving for the SRA office in Bandra. Just before he reached there, t 3.30 pm, his wife phoned to say there was a mob of people outside the house, comprising Sharma, Yadav and a couple of others she recognized, and that they were threatening her and his old mother since he had complained about encroachments which had been demolished the same afternoon. Two neighbours, Rajendra Gazde and Shailesh Sharma, called 100 and the police arrived and dispersed the mob.

Rai went straight to the police station and filed an NC about the fact that his wife and mother had been threatened. He demanded that he be given a police escort in

view of the threats that were made. Raut reportedly refused to meet him but he sent two constables to accompany him home. He reached around 4.30 pm and immediately, the two constables went to Shyamsunder Sharma’s home. They returned shortly after, saying only Sharma’s two daughters were there, so Rai went back to the police station, again accompanied by the two constables, without visiting Sharma’s house, by 5 pm, where he informed the duty officer that the culprits in the mob had not been found.

After returning home and eating, Rai went to meet one Arun Gholap with four other AAP volunteers, to discuss some issue, after which by 6pm, they went to meet ACP Landge at Kurla, to apprise him of the problem with Sharma. They were with the officer till 8 pm, and went back to the police station at his instruction, to meet Raut,

whom he also called. He was accompanied by two AAP volunteers.

From 8.30 pm to 10 pm, Rai was kept waiting in the police station and then he was told he was arrested under Section 354, dealing with assault of a sexual nature, harassment of a woman etc. When he asked to meet Raut or Shivale, he was told they had gone home. A little later, they transferred him from Vinoba Bhave police station to Kurla police station. The next day he was given bail.

AAP says another reason why the police are against Rai is because he got a policemen trapped by the ACB as he was accepting a bribe from someone a couple of months ago. Letters have been sent in this regard to DCP Dhananjay Kulkarni, Adlitional C P (Central region) Praveen Salunkhe and JT CP (law and order) Sadanand Date.

How to keep a check

Go to the official website of civic body (http://www.mcgm.gov.in) then click Right To Information – then Employee Property Details.

Or directly click on http://www.mcgm.gov.in/irj/p ortal/anonymous?NavigationTa rget=navurl://3d0cf3ba135d3 12be06123a05e8912ef&Nav Mode=3 of all immovable properties to the General Administration Department (GAD) of the Central Government.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has displayed immovable property returns (IPR) of all civic employees from Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Assistant Municipal Commissioner, Head of departments, executive engineer, to junior engineer and Head Clerks on its official website.

It will become an annual exercise for all civic employees to display their transactions and details of all immovable properties in their own and in their spouse’s account. In case, children are below 18 years of age, their property information also needs to be attached in the declaration.

This move was initiated

by Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte, who happens to be a techno savvy officer. While talking

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about good governance in the annual budget, Kunte had said, “With a view to bring greater accountability and transparency in personal conduct of senior officers, annual Property Returns of municipal officers are being made available for general public on the MCGM website.” vishnudas.sheshrao@afternoondc.in

SAD DEMISE OF MR. DHUNJI KAPADIA - EX BANK OF BARODA & RELIANCE FUNERAL AT DOONGARWADI TODAY AT 11 A.M. UTHMNA AT GODAVARA AGIARY AT FORT TODAY AT 3.40 P.M.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Shabana Parveen Abdul Razzak Peerzade to Zoya Mohammed Zahir as per Affidavit.

C-13822 I have changed my name from Vandana Chhabria to Sneha Bharat Karnik as per Affidavit.

C-13823 I have changed my name from Sadish Shashi Awel to Satish Shashi Awel as per Affidavit.

C-13824 I have changed my name from Harpreet Kambo to Harpreet Amit Tendulkar as per Affidavit.

C-13825 I have changed my name from Balaji Durairaj Mudaliar & Balaji Durairaj Mudaliyar to Balaji Durairaj as per Affidavit.

C-13826 I have changed my name from Durairaj to Durairaj Subramani Mudaliar as per Affidavit.

C-13827 I have changed my name from Merwin Frederick Dsouza to Merwyn Frederick Dsouza as per Affidavit.

C-13828 I have changed my name from Sundarlal Motilal Verma to Sunderlal Motilal Verma as per Affidavit.

C-13829 I have changed my name from Nazma Abdul Sattar to Shradha Sanjay Bhamania as per Affidavit.

C-13830 I have changed my name from Dalvi Hassan to Dalvi Hassan Miya Dawood as per Affidavit.

C-13831 I have changed my name from Ashish Kumar Parapurath to Ashish Kumar Parampurath as per Affidavit.

C-13832 I have changed my name from Salman Khan Akil Cohan to Salman Akil Chauhan as per Affidavit.

C-13833 I have changed my name from Najmussaher Sadik Shaikh to Najmussaher Imaduddin Kadiri as per Affidavit.

C-13834 I have changed my name from Altaf Dawoodali Israni to Altaz Dawoodali Israni as per Affidavit.

C-13835 I have changed my name from Thankam Sasikumar to Savithri Sasikumar Nair as per Affidavit.

C-13836 I have changed my name from Sasikumar to Sasikumar Nair as per Affidavit.

C-13837 I have changed my name from Meena Augustine Dsouza to Monica Augustine Dsouza as per Affidavit.

C-13838 I have changed my name from Bharat Kumar Haribhai Vekaria to Bharat Haribhai Patel as per Affidavit.

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CLASSIFIEDS I Sharvari Nimesh Kanabar changed my minor son’s name from Rishikesh Vivek Kamat to Rishikesh Nimesh Kanabar as per Affidavit.

C-13840

I have changed my name from Aishwaryanitin to Aishwarvanitinjawkar as per Govt. of Maharashtra Gazette No. (U-14210).

C-13857

I have changed my name from Shahid Ahmed Shabbir Ahmed Siddiki & Sahid Ahmed Shabbir Ahmed Siddiki to Shahid Ahmed Siddique as per Affidavit.

C-13841

I Mukhtar Ahmed have changed my name to Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari vide an Affidavit dated 16-08-2013.

C-13858

I have changed my name from Shabbir Ahmed Siddiki to Shabbir Ahmed Siddique as per Affidavit.

C-13842 I have changed my name from Noorfatma Shabbir Ahmed Siddiki to Noorfatma Shabbir Ahmed Siddique as per Affidavit.

C-13843 I have changed my name from Sakaran Balasubramanian to Sankaran Balasubramanian as per Affidavit.

C-13844 I have changed my name from Augustine to Augustine Prakash Alhat as per Affidavit.

C-13845 I have changed my name from Shodhwan Giri to Sardawn Giri as per Affidavit.

C-13846 I have changed my name from Hatle Vinod Tatoba to Vedaant Tatoba Hatle as per Affidavit.

C-13847 I have changed my name from Shekhar Korag Shetti to Shekhar Shetty as per Affidavit.

C-13848 I have changed my name from Pawankumar Ramchet Mishra to Pawan Ramchet Mishra as per Affidavit.

C-13849

I have changed my name from Navabai Shantaram Kadam to Nababai Shantaram Kadam as per Affidavit.

C-13859 I have changed my name from Javeed Dmohamed Iqbal to Javed Mohamed Iqbal Memon as per Affidavit.

C-13860 I have changed my name from Dipali Ashok Mondkar to Deepali Ashok Mondkar as per Affidavit.

C-13861 I have changed my name from Mohammed Azam to Mohammed Azam Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-13862 I have changed my name from Jubeda Abdul Sarjuddin Sheikh to Zubeda Abdul Sarjuddin Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-13863

I have changed my name from Vikaskumar Parasnath Singh to Vikas Parasnath Singh as per Affidavit.

C-13877 I have changed my name from Naveen Keshavlal Sagar to Navinchandra Keshavlal Sagar as per Affidavit.

C-13878 I have changed my name from Rangara Imran Mirzabhai Kanji to Imran Mirza Rangara as per Affidavit.

C-13879 I have changed my name from Wankhade Ravindra Sudam to Wankhade Ravindra Sudamrao as per Affidavit.

C-13880 I have changed my name from Tharuna Hari Talreja to Taruna Hari Talreja as per Affidavit.

C-13881

I have changed my name from Salman Farooq Bashir Vehwaria to Salman Farooque Bashir as per Affidavit.

C-13883

I have changed my name from Manjudevi Ranvijay Singh to Kamini Ranvijay Singh as per Affidavit.

C-13866

I have changed my name from Parvez Kamal Faridy to Parvesh Ahmed Kamal Shah as per Affidavit.

C-13868

I have changed my name from Shanpakavally to Shenbagavalli Thevar as per Affidavit.

C-13852

I have changed my name from Mohammad Irfan Sai Mohammed Khan to Mohammed Irfan Sai Mohammed Khan as per Affidavit.

C-13869

I have changed my name from Niyaz Ahmed Noor Mohammed to Niyaz Ahmed Noor Mohammed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-13856

I have changed my name from Blencey Ignatious Lopes to Shraddha Sandeep Worlikar as per Affidavit.

C-13876

I have changed my name from Wali Shaikh Waliulla Walli to Vali Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-13865

I have changed my name from Shantanan Karuppan to Santanakkaruppan Thevar as per Affidavit.

C-13851

I have changed my name from Pradeepkumar Khimraj Jain to Pradeep Khimraj Jain as per Affidavit.

C-13855

I have changed my name from Sandip Dinanath Worlikar to Sandeep Dinanath Worlikar as per Affidavit.

C-13875

We Mr. Manoj Jeswani & Mrs.Resham Jeswani have changed our minor daugther's name from Pooja Jesawani to Pooja Jeswani as per Affidavit.

C-13882

I have changed my name from Saritha Patris Lobo to Sarita Patris Lobo as per Affidavit.

C-13867

I have changed my name from Sufiyan M. Muqeem to Mohammad Sufiyan Mohammad Muqeem Ansari as per Affidavit.

C-13854

I have changed my name from Rekhadevi Mehta to Rekha Vinay Mehta as per Affidavit.

C-13874

I have changed my name from Noor Mohammed Kalu Sah, Noormohammed Shaikh to Noor Mohammed S/o Kalu Shah as per Affidavit.

C-13864

I have changed my name from Vinita Hareshkumar to Vinita Hareshkumar Bhatti as per Affidavit.

C-13850

I have changed my name from Abdul Mdeed to Abdul Moid Abdul Quddus Momin as per Affidavit.

C-13853

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I have changed my name from Vinaykumar Dalchand Mehta to Vinay Dalchand Mehta as per Affidavit.

C-13870 I have changed my name from Lokesh Mehta to Vinay Dalchand Mehta as per Affidavit.

C-13871 I have changed my name from Lokeshkumar Mehta to Vinay Dalchand Mehta as per Affidavit.

C-13872 I have changed my name from Ashwinkumar Shamji Velani to Ashwin Shamji Velani as per Affidavit.

C-13873

I have changed my name from Safiabegum Ismail Mohamed to Safiya Ismail Mohammed as per Affidavit.

C-13884 I have changed my name from Saleem Kasam Karim Shaikh to Mohammed Saleem Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-13885

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that the Share Certificate No.20 & 52 bearing number from96 to 100 & 1244 to 1300 of RBI Employees' Sahayog CHS Ltd. Eksar Road, Borivali (W), Mumbai 400091 standing in the name of Shri Teckchandani Ramesh Rellumal have been reported lost/ misplaced and an applcation for issue of duplicate certificate in respect there of has been made to the Society. The objection, if any, against issuance of .such duplicate certificate should be made within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice to the Society.

Place: Mumbai Date:22/08/2013

Public Notice

This is to inform Public in general that I have voluntarily surrendered relinquished given all my legal rights, title, interest, claim in respect of Shop No: 282/284, Pannalal Terrace, D.B. Marg, Mumbai- 400 007 and Flat No:2 on 1st Floor of 11 Star Apartment, Building No:55-A at Morland Road, Mumbai-400 008, in favour of my nephew MR. SHAFAHAT S/O.ABDUL MA JID FRUITWALA, resident of 121, Memon Manzil, 2nd Floor, Room No:9, Banian Street, Pydhonie, Mumbai - 400 003.

Whomsoever have any Objection, Claims, rights of whatever nature in aforesaid property may contact MR. SHAFAHAT S/O. ABDUL MAJID FRUITWALA at his above given address within 15 days of said Public Notice as we have jointly published this Public Notice. No claim shall be considered after 15 days of publication of this notice.

Sd/Place: Mumbai ( MR FAROOQUE Date: 22/08/2013 YUSUF FRUITWALA.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that my client, MR. HARIKESH MISHRA , Residing at Vijay Nagar, Nallsopara (E). will be Developed said Land Survey No. 4, Hissa No. 1, Area 18 Guntha, Village– Manda, Tal.- Klyan, Dist.-Thane, The Original Owner MR. DHARMENDRA R. CHAURASIYA & MR. RAM VILAS CHAURASIYA Said Land.

So we hereby invite claim or objection that any person having any claim or objection against or into or upon in respect of said land howsoever are hereby required to make the same known in writing to our advocate office within 14 days from the date of publication.

Mr. D.S. TIWARI Date : 22/08/2013.

(Advocate High Court) Add- Shop No. 19, Akanksha Tower , Near Railway Station, Nallasopara(E)

Trio held for stealing cell phones worth `2.7L

07 CITY HC refuses relief to two bookies in IPL betting case

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Accused was spotted at Ghansoli railway station carrying mobile phones in bags bearing name of the shop they looted Pic; Sumesh Rajan

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he Koparkhairane police have nabbed three thieves who robbed several cell phones from a mobile shop near Koparkhairane after spotting them carrying the stolen cell phones in bags bearing the name of the shop they looted from.

Suresh Ukaji Choudhary a.k.a Saawraram (24), Natharam Tolaram Choudhary (30) and Modaram Shantiram Purohit (30), all residents of Chembur were arrested on August 14 while they were trying to flee with the stolen mobiles amounting to over Rs.2. 72 lakh.

Purshottam Karad, DCP

DCP Purshottam Karad of the Koparkhairane police station displaying the confiscated cellphones from the arrested trio, yesterday.

Koparkhairane police station, said, “We received a complaint on August 10 from Narpatsingh Babusingh Rao, the owner of a mobile shop near Sector 15 in Koparkhairane about his

shop being robbed.”

“The thieves had stolen 103 hi-end mobile phones worth almost Rs.2.72 lakh.

When our team started investigating, we discovered that the shutter locks had

been opened and not broken as is expected in the case of a theft,” added Karad.

During an interrogation, it was discovered that the three accused are owners of their own small business and had faced a major loss which made them plan to loot several mobile shops and then sell the stolen goods to repay their debts.

“In all, the accused have looted three mobile shops, two in Chembur and one in Koparkhairane. Complaints have been registered in the Chembur police station as well,” said Karad.

The accused have been booked under Sections 193 and 213 of the Indian Penal Code.

Missing security supervisor found dead

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38-year-old security agency supervisor who was missing for almost a week was found dead under mysterious circumstances near the Agarwal Compound at Chincholi Bunder in Malad (West) on Wednesday morning.

The body of the deceased, identified as Vikram Singh, was decomposed beyond recognition and was identi-

fied by his family members on the basis of a steel ‘kada’ on his hand.

Singh went missing on August 14. When his wife found his cell phone switched off and saw no sign of him the following day, she filed a missing complaint at the Malad police station. According to sources, Singh Vikram Singh, the deceased was last seen inside the security guard’s cabin in Agarwal guard of Agarwal Compound who worked under Singh’s Compound.

Interestingly, the security supervision is also missing, Sushil Kadam | ADC

HOAX CALL: A bomb threat at the Dadar Railway Station threw the authorities in panic mode on Wednesday. Checks were conducted for two-and-a-half hours by the GRP officials and bomb detection squad with sniffer dogs, however, nothing was found.

as is his black Pulsar.

According to Police Inspector Chandrakant Gurav from the Malad police station Singh was not only a security supervisor but was also dealing in real estate.

“When we raided Agarwal Compound where Singh was last seen, we recovered some alcohol bottles, blue film CDs and other material. We later found out that he was with a woman called Baby Yadav, who is also missing after the incident,” said Gurav.

“When we recovered his body we were not sure of his identity because of the extent of the decomposition.

We asked his family members to come in with his photograph and identify him if possible. They confirmed the body was Singh’s on the basis of a steel kada on his right hand,” Gurav added.

Sources from the Malad police station have revealed that Baby Yadav, who was last seen with Singh, might be involved in his death, but further confirmation is awaited.

Singh’s family, however, alleges that the Malad police have shown no interest in the case due to which Singh was found dead. They claim that after registering the missing complaint on August 14, they received no satisfactory answer.

“We have sent the body to Bhagwati Hospital for a medical report. Once we know the cause of death and on the basis of the information gathered so far, we will investigate further,” said Gurav.

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bserving that probe in the IPL betting scandal was at a premature stage, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to grant relief to two bookies from Jaipur, accused to have been in touch with actor Vindoo Dara Singh and Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf for placing bets, reports PTI. A division bench of Justices S.C. Dharmadhikari and S.B. Shukre was hearing a petition filed by brothers Pawan and Sanjay Jaipur seeking quashing of the FIR registered against them and a direction to the police to not take any coercive steps against them.

The duo had earlier filed anticipatory bail petitions in the High Court.

Justice Sadhana Jadhav is likely to pass order on the plea on August 23 but had earlier suggested that she was

inclined to reject it.

"Investigation is still on. At this stage we are not inclined to grant relief. If tomorrow the police does not find any material against you then they may file appropriate report," Justice Dharmadhikari observed. Following this remark, the brothers sought to withdraw their petition which was allowed.

Additional public prosecutor Aruna Kamat Pai argued that there was ample material against the two petitioners not only for betting and gambling but in entire conspiracy.

According to the crime branch, the Jaipur brothers had procured SIM cards through forged documents which were later used to place bets through Vindoo Dara Singh. The police also alleged that the duo were in touch with Asad Rauf.

Monster cop held

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fter twiddling their thumbs for two weeks, the Bhayandar police, on Wednesday, finally arrested Raiba Bhagwan Shinde, the 43-year-old Mumbai police constable, on charges of sexually molesting his wife and biological daughters, (including a minor).

According to investigating officials, an FIR was filed against Raiba, who was posted at unit 4 of the local arms division in Marol, after his wife registered a complaint at Karad police station, which was later transferred to the Bhayandar police. The complainant alleged that

Raiba would come home in an inebriated state and sexually assault her and her daughters. “He not only demanded dowry but also accused me of adultery and said that the younger girl was begotten through an illicit affair. His main grudge was that I had failed to deliver a male child, ” stated the wife, who has now moved to her native village in Karad.

“The accused has been arrested and charged under sections 498 (A), 292, 354, 509 and 323, of the IPC, and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, “ said API Laxman Jhirange who is investigating the case.

Police Inspector Sanjay More from Khar among recipient of President’s Medal Inspector Sanjay Maruti More attached with Khar Police station is among the three police officers of the city police who are the recipient of the ‘Police Medal for Gallantry-2013’ , conferred on them by the President of India.

In the year 2010, Inspector More was the member of the three officers team of Chembur police station who were instrumental in saving the lives of a Chembur builder and his family from the clutches of Anand Dangle, a gangster of the Ravi Pujari gang. The gangster, after holing up inside the flat of the businessman at his sixth floor apartment in Kaveri building at Ganga Estate in Chembur held the family hostage. Without caring for their personal safety, the three officers rescued all the hostages unscathed by barging into the flat and killing Dangle on the spot. A large number of police personals and local resident of Khar had congratulated Inspector More in his new office where he has been posted just two weeks before the medal was conferred upon him. PI More was earlier attached with Sakinaka Police station, Chembur police station, AntiCorruption Bureau (ACB) and various other police stations of the city. Known for his clean stint, Inspector More wants to erase the crime from Khar under the supervision of Additional Commissioner of police Vishwas Nangre Patil, DCP Hoshing Dorje and his other senior officers.

Lodge owner held for couple’s murder

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(20) entered the room only to find the bodies. While the girl’s throat was slit, the boy was apparently smothered to death. However, instead of informing the police, the duo put the bodies in a jeep, drove to Vasai and dumped them near Lover’s Spot.

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week after the bodies of a teenaged couple were found in a nullah near SunCity in Vasai (West), sleuths of the Thane (Rural) police have arrested a local lodge owner and his employee for their involvement in the crime. However the motive behind the killing still remains a mystery.

The bodies of Joseph Prakash Salve (22) and Priyanka Ramchandra Mohite (19) were recovered from a nullah on the Ghaas Road near Sun-City village on August 13. While Salve stayed at Nallasopara, Mohite was a resident of Kandivali, police said.

The spot where the bodies were found is also known as

The hotel owner ‘Lover’s Spot’ -- an isolated meeting point for couples.

Investigations revealed that the couple had checked into Maldive Farm House- a lodge in the nearby Kalam village at

The murdered couple about 4 p.m. on August 12.

When the couple failed to come out of the room, the lodge owner -- Ramesh Mahadev Nijhai (52) and his employee Suraj Len Bahadur

Although the duo have been arrested and remanded to police custody, the murder mystery which is believed to be the fallout of a love triangle, is yet to be unravelled.

Minor extorts money and gold

By Zuber Ansari

A Police Inspector from the Dindoshi Police Station, Dilip 17-year-old has been ar- Yadav, revealed that the victim rested by the Dindoshi Po- had been receiving calls from lice for allegedly threatening the accused for the last six another minor boy who is the months but incident came to son of a Congress corporator light when he asked their son in Kandivali. The accused ex- to rob his mother’s gold torted some cash and gold bangles from the victim.

Both the accused and the victim are school-goers and know each other well for the last six months. The accused By A Staff Reporter was threatening the victim by using the name ‘Afzal Bhai’ he Mobile Medical Van against whom many criminal service initiated by Tata cases have been registered in Power was recently inauguvarious police stations in- rated at the Dharavi receiving cluding Dindoshi. station by Varsha Gaikwad, The Dinsholi Police ar- Minister for Women and rested the accused on Satur- Child Development, Mahaday evening after the victim’s rashtra; Member of Parliafamily members complained ment Eknath Gaikwad and when they found gold ban- BMC corporator Vishnu gles missing from their Gaikwad along with Ashok house.

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bangles.

In his confession, the accused minor accepted that he has extorted a cash of Rs.75,000 from the victim so far along with two gold bangles amounting to Rs.1,50,000 lakh.

“We have booked him under various section of the IPC including 387 and 392. He has been sent to a Juvenile court and we are carrying investigation regarding his previous records”, Yadav said further.

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senior leaders of Tata Power.

The Mobile Medical Van will provide treatment for basic illnesses like cough, cold, fever, infections, malaria, dengue, typhoid and hepatitis while complicated cases will be referred to the nearest hospitals. While the services will include curative medicine, there will also be a focus on preventive medicine and maternal child health.

The service will be avail-

able in Mahul, Ambada, Gavanpada, Prabuddha Nagar, Ayodhya Nagar, Bharat Nagar, Rahul Nagar, Prayag Nagar, Vishnu Nagar, Vashi Gaon and Jijamata Nagar in Chembur, Mankhurd East and West, Thakarbapa Colony in Kurla East, Dharavi (on the 90 ft Road up to Sion), Wadala, Parel, Tembhipada in Bhandup, Borivali East, Dahisar East and Mira Road East.

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The subject was broached at the weekly cabinet meeting held yesterday by Minister for Home R R Patil who briefed his colleagues about the pent up anger in the state following the murder of Dr Narendra Dabholkar. He favored the government promulgating the ordinance with immediate effect to pacify public sentiments. Speaking to newspersons, state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis clarified that his party was not opposed to eradication of inhuman practices and superstition, but the legislation in its current form is incomplete, that in its current form, it was limited to the Hindu religion and did not cover practices in other religions.

Sources disclosed that the proposed ordinance will be promulgated today after seeking assent of Governor K Sankaranarayanan. After the ordinance is promulgated, it has a life of six weeks following which the government will have to introduce the bill in the ensuing Winter session of the state legislature to get the act passed that will give it legislative status.

As per the provisions of the proposed ordinance, the state seeks to ban human

sacrifices and other inhuman, evil and aghori practices and black magic. The word “propagate” covers issuance or publication of advertisement, literature, article or book relating to or about human sacrifices and other inhuman, evil and aghori practices and black magic. It also includes any form of direct or indirect help, abatement, participation or cooperation with regard to the same.

The offences so committed will attract the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973, which will include punishment with imprisonment for a term of six months which may be extended to seven years and a fine which shall not be less than Rs 5,000 and may be extended to Rs 50,000.

The ordinance seeks to ban acts like tying up a person with rope and assaulting him with a stick or whip to expel the ghost, drink footwear soaked water, doing so-called miracles and earning money by deceiving and terrorizing people, claiming to receive blessings of supernatural powers, doing black magic in search of precious things, making human sacrifices or creating panic by way of invoking ghosts or mantras and putting up a false show of curing people of infections.

RADIO TEAM LIVES UP TO ITS PLEDGE

By Dr. Mukund Aparajit Protecting the environment while manging the affairs of the Radio Club is what was pledged

by Mr. Prakash Mirchandani along with his Radio team, on 15th August 2012.

Exactly one year later, the pledge was put into practice.

Radio Team’s Eco-organic Waste Disposal (EWD) program, launched last year, has been highly successful & is in practice. Solar Water Boilers for Health Club, SolarLamps for the Deck area and water recycling are on top of the agenda.

Manage and conserve energy and water efficiently to minimize emissions and record all evidence.

Reduce waste by training and educating our members and guests and our staff on our Reduce, Recycle and ReUse policy.

Promote awareness and understanding of environmental issues with our external suppliers, partners and the local community.

To improve the processes within the Club to ensure we become recognized and are awarded a National Award status or ISO accreditation.

Use all available opportunities to influence our partners, suppliers and contractors to improve their environmental performance through education, training and awareness,.

To operate in a socially and ethically responsible manner and continually strive to improve our sustainability performance.

To continue promoting the 4 principles of providing sustainable menus by using local, seasonal, and where available, Fair-trade products; by promoting healthy eating and culturally aware menus; by reducing bottled water using water fountains in their place Each one of us can make a difference, support Radio Team in its noble cause.

REVAMPING MIRA-BHAYANDAR

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Deputy CM steps in to pep-up Mira Bhayandar infrastructure with a slew of measures and improvements

24x7 water supply Relocation of residents of rickety structures to MMRDA flats MBMC to be included in Taloja Waste Project Multi-speciality hospital with trauma care

By Suresh Golani

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n what is being seen as a special package for Mira Bhayandar, Deputy Chief Minister, Ajit Pawar, on Tuesday, not only cleared hurdles for various pending projects, but also gave an in-principle nod for new schemes to boost infrastructure of the twin-city.

This followed after a delegation from Mira-Bhayandar, led by NCP legislator Gilbert Mendonca, met with Pawar at his office in the Mantralaya, on Tuesday. Issues which met with a positive response following detailed discussions include (1) Accommodating residents of rickety building in flats built by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) under its rental housing scheme; (2) Converting the underconstruction 200-bed municipal hospital into a civil hospital; (3) Incorporating an additional 100 MLD water with existing quota of the ambi-

Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar sits with corporators and civic officials to chalk out plans for the advancement of Mira-Bhayandar. tious Surya Water Project and most importantly; (4) Inclusion of the MiraBhayandar region in the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) mooted by the MMRDA at a multi-acre plot in Taloja.

Throwing light on details of some of the issues Mendonca said, “The population of the twin-city is growing rapidly, although a significant quantity of water has been allotted to the MBMC, this quantum will be insufficient in the long term. Hence, in an attempt to

chalk-out a permanent solution, we had demanded an additional supply of 100 MLD which will now be incorporated in the allotted quota.

And with the minister ensuring inclusion of the twin-city in MMRDA’s Taloja WTP project, the alarming problem of garbage dumping is all set to be resolved.”

Apprising Pawar about the need for a government hospital in the extended suburbs beyond Dahisar, Mayor Catlin Pereira sought converSushil Kadam | ADC

sion of MBMC’s 200-bed Temba Civic Hospital, into a civil one. “It has been decided that three more storeys will be added to the existing fourstorey hospital building to house multi-speciality units with trauma care facilities,” said Pereira.

Also present were Guardian Minister Ganesh Naik, Thane civic chief Suresh Kakani, MMRDAchief UPS Madan, Principal Secretary ( Health) T.C. Benjamin, Principal Secretary ( Water Resources) Malini Shankar, UDD Principal Secretary Srikant Singh, corporators Bhagwati Sharma, Dhruvkishore Patil and former Deputy Mayor Chandrakant Vaity.

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here was a fire at Earnest House, a commercial building in the heart of Nariman Point, near the NCPA, late on Wednesday evening. Fire Brigade officials said the fire was restricted to the 15th floor, which was reportedly empty, and no casualty was reported.

The 14th floor is occupied by Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI), while the Consulate General of Israel was located on the 16th floor until March 2013. The call regarding the fire was received by the Fire Brigade at around 8.31pm, after which fire tenders rushed to the building and brought the situation under control.

TODAY Indian Merchants’ Chamber: An interactive session with Sanjay Jha, national spokesperson of Congress party on ‘A Defining Decade: Why India’s Growth is Unstoppable’, Walchand Hirachand Hall, 4th floor, IMC Building, Churchgate, 5.30 p.m.

NCPA: ‘Fresh Pix Series: Celluloid Man’, an NCPA presentation at Little Theatres, 6.30 p.m.

ART & EXHIBITIONS Jehangir Art Gallery: Paintings exhibition of his experiment with the concept ‘Dreams of Horizon’ Kala Ghoda, till Aug 26, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery: ‘Krishna Ragamala’ exhibition of paintings by Purvii Parekh, Bajaj Bhavan, Nariman Point, till August 24, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

EMPOWERING INDIA: On the occasion of National Integration Day on August 20, also the birth anniversary of the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the children of Project Crayons met with actor John Abraham. Project Crayons is an NGO supporting and working towards the empowerment of the underprivileged in Mumbai. John, who is promoting his forthcoming movie, ‘Madras Café’, due for release on August 23, has been associated with the NGO for quite some time. Speaking about Project Crayons, John said, “Project Crayons with its initiative towards the upliftment of children, youth and women is very likely to achieve its vision of inducing self empowerment and in turn help them grow into bright and successful youth of India.”

Cong wins Jalna local poll

By A Special Correspondent

day. The counting began yesterday morning and the result he Shiv Sena-BJP alliance was declared in the afteryesterday received a noon. In this closely fought major blow when its nominee contest, Zambad (Cong) got and sitting MLC Kishanchand 260 votes whereas Tanwani Tanwani lost the biennial (Shiv Sena) received 188 election to the legislative votes. Zambad was then decouncil. Subhash Zambad of clared elected by 72 votes. 23 the Congress won this much votes were rejected. All the hyped contest. The election elected representatives from to the Aurangabad-Jalna Aurangabad and Jalna disLocal Authorities Con- tricts cast their votes on for stituency was held on Mon- the legislative council poll.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Original Agreement for Sale dt.

25.01.1991 executed between M/S. SHETTY COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PRIVATE LTD., and Mrs. Pratibha S. Shetty Kadam as purchaser in respect of the Suprobhat Co-Operative Housing Society Limited, flat bearing No. 04, 1st floor, 'B' wing, area adm. about 474 sq.ft. (Built up area), Survey No. 83, Hissa No. 0 (pt), C.T.S. No. 4386 situated at village Ambarnath, Tal. Ambarnath (E), Dist. Thane, misplaced/lost.

WHEREAS Mr. Nilesh Ashok Sonawane is availing Housing Loan from DHFL Bank, Ambernath Branch.

If any person has any kind of objection or claim with regards to aforesaid flat/transaction, they must immediately contact us within 14 days and register their written objection with us. Thereafter any kind of objection will not be entertained. In case the aforesaid Agreement for sale is found, kindly submit the same at DHFL Bank, C/o DHFL Bank, Ambernath Branch.

Add. : Vijay Shopping Complex, Sd/Shop No. 7, Below Canara Bank, Mrs. Malvika Goswami Near Railway Station, Ambernath (E).

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Afternoon Despatch & Courier

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DESPATCH & COURIER

Ponder awhile…

“If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.”

— Winston Churchill

Is ban on VHP’s Ayodhya yatra justified?

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HE yatra to Ayodhya announced by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) does not seem to be a religious move.

Amit Shah, Gujarat CM Narendra Modi’s right-hand man, has been put in charge of Uttar Pradesh 2014 poll campaign. He is known to be a strong believer in Hindutva. There is a clear indication that the Ayodhya issue is once again being exploited by the BJP. The pertinent question is whether the ban on the yatra announced by the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav justified and legal? The UP chief minister has said that this yatra will lead to communal tension. Is there a basis for such a conclusion?

It is fact that raking up Ayodhya issue can create an explosive communal situation. There is little doubt that the yatra strategy has been planned by the Sangh Parivar. The yatra is not as harmless as the BJP would like to make out. It looks like the UP chief minister has seen now whether the Election Commission (EC) will approve the ban.

The matter is going to come before the EC and it is to be seen whether the ban which is a preventive measure, is in accordance with poll rules.

One thing is certain: Uttar Pradesh chief minister can expect the Centre to give him full support: the Congress spokesperson have already stated that the yatra by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is a communal move and likely to cause polarisation and violent situation.

With Narendra Modi as the chairman of BJP’s poll committee, it will not be a surprise if the declaration in the party manifesto of growth and governance is replaced by Hindutva.

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Vol. XXIX No. 128

AJIV GANDHI’s birth anniversary brought back a flood of memories for me this year. And, not because of the full page advertisements you would have seen in your newspapers from sycophantic ministers who used public money to commemorate the day. We are a docile people so nobody questions how government departments that claim to have no money for important things can afford advertisements that cost crores of rupees. Nobody questions either how taxpayers money can be so casually spent on welfare programmes that bear the name of one or other member of the NehruGandhi dynasty. There appears to be a new ‘welfare’ programme every other minute these days so on this anniversary I discovered, through one of those expensive advertisements, the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) that promises ‘urban poor’ subsidized credit for housing through the Rajiv Rin Yojana.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013

Madhu and the industrialist, Sunil Mittal. We could have been at one of those parties that always find their way on to page 3. But, our conversations about media and politics came to a quick end when Rajat appeared with the impossibly handsome John Abraham by his side, and the star apologized for being late.

He too had been stuck in a traffic jam. He said he hoped that we would enjoy the film and warned us not to expect any ‘item songs’.

From the very first few moments of the film it became clear that it was about the events that led to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

Political thrillers are not a genre that Bollywood likes much, so no more than a handful

of how these officials interfered in Sri Lanka’s Tamil problems by patronizing groups like the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam). I remembered the days when I personally met Pirabhakaran and other Tamil militants in their suites in Delhi’s Ashoka Hotel when Rajiv was prime minister.

Rajiv was a novice in the world of politics and was more than a little lost when it came to foreign policy so he relied on the advice he was given by trusted officials. It was on their advice that he swung from being a supporter of the Tamil militancy to sending an army to destroy the LTTE. The soldiers he sent were forced to fight with their hands tied behind their backs because they were meant to be a ‘peace keeping force’ so more than 1500 brave Indians lost their lives in a war that was confused, reckless and unwinnable. That was the real reason why Rajiv Gandhi ended up paying with his own life.

Rajiv Gandhi

Cynical reality

What brought back memories of Rajiv Gandhi for me last week was a new film called Madras Café to whose premiere in Delhi I was invited by my old friend, Rajat Sharma. It rained so hard that day that the roads of the city were clogged with bumper-to-bumper traffic jams in one of which I was caught for 45 minutes by a strange irony in the stretch of heavily guarded tarmac that goes past the Prime Minister’s residence. In the days when Rajiv Gandhi lived there, I found myself reminiscing, you could drive through Race Course Road. Today it has been turned into a barricaded enclave that is impassable for those who do not have an appointment with the Prime Minister. I also found myself recalling those long ago days when Rajiv Gandhi would drive himself to Delhi dinner parties in his white ambassador car with his wife beside him. This was before he became prime minister and before the assassination of Indira Gandhi created stringent new security rules.

By the time I got to the Director’s Cut cinema in Vasant Kunj I was more than an hour late but so was the star of the movie, John Abraham, so the film had not yet begun.

There was time for chit-chat with the Delhi glitterati that Rajat had invited for the show.

In the dim light of the cinema I spotted Shashi Tharoor and his lovely wife, Sunanda, Dr. Naresh Trehan and his journalist wife,

This is not the story that Madras Café tells.

It chooses instead to blame shadowy Western countries for trying to take over Sri Lanka for their own military and commercial interests and with the specific objective of weakening India. The truth is that India began its interference in Sri Lanka’s affairs from the time of Indira Gandhi. This happened because she disapproved of J. Jayewardene’s efforts to make economic policies that would have made Sri Lanka into a South Asian Singapore.

It was as part of these efforts that Jayewardene invited Western investment long before India got the same idea. Long before the Cold War ended, long before India realized that the Soviet Union would lose not just this war but the war of economic ideas as well.

India interfered in Sir Lanka’s domestic affairs in much the same way that Pakistan’s jihadi groups are being used to interfere in India’s domestic affairs today. And, it was because of this cynical meddling that Rajiv Gandhi ended up losing his life. It is a sadder and more cynical story than Madras Café tells but, perhaps, it is not yet time for Bollywood to tell the real stories of betrayal and ugliness that lie buried in the secret chambers of Delhi’s sandstone edifices. To end on a happier note may I say that John Abraham is outstanding in the film and much better looking in real life than he is onscreen.

ON THE SPOT Tavleen Singh of political films have emerged from the largest film industry in the world. This film is a reminder of the vacuum that waits to be filled. It tells quite competently the story of the Tamil struggle for a separate homeland in Sri Lanka and there are some unnervingly realistic images of the jungles in which the Tamil Tigers once had their underground headquarters. The man who plays Vellupillai Pirabhakaran’s character plays the role so well that I found myself forgetting that this was only a movie.

What saddened me was that the film, in fictionalizing important historical events, failed to tell a story that would have been more compelling had it been historically accurate.

It hints at how Rajiv Gandhi was betrayed by Indian officials who should have been more aware of the dangers his life was in on account of the Sri Lanka policy they made him follow. A little more research would have revealed just how serious the betrayal was and

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F you love a person, how can you destroy his or her freedom? If you trust a person, you trust her or his freedom too.

One day it happened that a man came to me who was really in a mess, very miserable.

And he said, “I will commit suicide.”

I said, “Why?” He said, “I trusted my wife and she has betrayed me. I had trusted her absolutely and she has been in love with some other man.

And I never came to know about it until just now! I have got hold of a few letters. So then I inquired, and then I insisted, and now she has confessed that she has been in love all the time. I will commit suicide,” he said.

I said, “You say you trusted her?”

He said, “Yes, I trusted her and she betrayed me.” What do you mean by trust? — some wrong notion about trust; trust also seems to be political.

“You trusted her so that she would not betray you. Your trust was a trick. Now you want to make her feel guilty. This is not trust.”

He was very puzzled. He said, “What do you mean by trust then, if this is not trust? I trusted her unconditionally.”

I said, “If I were in your place, trust would mean to me that I trust her freedom, and I trust her intelligence, and I trust her loving capacity. If she falls in love with somebody else,

happen except through meditation, because meditation gives you the qualities of silence, awareness, a patient listening, a capacity to put yourself in the other's position.

It is possible with me: I am not concerned with the trivia of your life. You are here basically to listen and understand.

I was talking to a friend yesterday. There is a conflict between him and his wife. As is natural, he thought if he had married another woman there would not have been this state of affairs. Now this man has no experience of another woman. She exists only in imagination. The wife also feels the same way. She feels she has made a wrong choice. Another been betrayed? My understanding of trust is man would have made a better husband. In that it cannot be betrayed. By its very nature, this case also, there is no experience of the by its very definition, trust cannot be be- other man. He is purely imaginary, therefore, trayed. It is impossible to betray trust. If trust the illusion persists.

I told my friend, "It is not a question of this can be betrayed, then it is not trust.

I have seen couples who have lived together woman or that woman. It is a question of your for thirty or forty years; still, they seem to be as different natures. There is conflict in your disimmature as they were on their first day to- positions. And it is the arrangement between gether. Still the same complaint: “She doesn't a man and a woman that society has preunderstand what I am saying.” Forty years scribed that is to be blamed for this, for it is an being together and you have not been able to arrangement of ownership. Wherever we figure out some way that your wife can un- make permanent relationships, strife is derstand exactly what you are saying, and you bound to be, for the mind is most impermanent and relationships very permanent. can understand exactly what she is saying.

— Osho But I think there is no possibility for it to

I trust that too. She is intelligent, she can choose. She is free, she can love.”

What do you mean by trust? When you trust her intelligence, her understanding, her awareness, you trust it. And if she finds that she would like to move into love with somebody else, it is perfectly okay. Even if you feel pain, that is your problem; it is not her problem. And if you feel pain, that is not because of love, that is because of jealousy.

What kind of trust is this, that you say it has

MATTER & SPIRIT

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013

THE INABILITY TO HOLD THE RUPEE IT is a distressing fact that the rupee is depreciating abnormally and the government is unable to get access to the key to steady the rupee. The people at large are fed up of listening to the ‘economists’ in the government, starting from the PM giving reasons and assuring the country men of a good ‘economy’ in the near future by talking about reforms, FDI etc.

But they are being contradicted by making the people reel under inflation without any tangible signs of respite. This country is suffering from an inefficient government as a whole and perceptively there is a lack of inclination to do justice to the rupee-related matters, in particular, the disparity against the USD. This decrepit government is only becoming increasingly brazen and doesn’t seem to feel a pinch even in the face of repeated criticism from the SC and huge scams like 2G, Coalgate, CWG etc.

— T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai

Suspicious death TIME and again we find whistleblowers and anti-superstition activists facing gruesome deaths for their provocation on various matters of public interest. Anti-superstition activist Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was shot dead by unknown assailants in LETTER OF Pune yesterday. Known THE DAY for his strong anti-superstition stance, Dabholkar, the state president of Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti (ANS), fought against superstitions and inhuman rituals in the state. A promoter of the inclusion of scientific temper in the society, the activist led many campaigns in the state against sev-

The ruppe’s consitent decline against the dollar is worrying the government and the common man alike.

THE general public, senior citizens, foreign investors and women depositors are all in a fix as the rupee continued to fall and the market slid to make one feel

walk out of a troubled marriage and fend for herself. Our society is pregBEING a regular traveller of the nant with cases where women are Mumbai suburban trains for the last silently suffering owing to ecofour decades, I have observed that nomic issues. boarding and alighting a local train — Altaf H Ladiwala, Bandra has increasingly become dangerous for commuters, particularly the senior citizens, owing to the wide gaps between thw platform and the train THE UPA government is already foot board at many stations. This making a mess of parliamentary has resulted in many accidents in democracy and the missing files of the recent times. I strongly feel that coal allotment just made matters with the introduction of new trains, worse. Now scams have turned in to this gap has become wider and thus hiding of important files and that makes travelling quite risky. It the strengthens the doubts regarding duty of the railway authorities to the government’s credibility. Jaiswal raise the height of all the platforms escaped by giving half information, on Western, Central and Harbour the Congress spokespersons give lines to avoid further accidents. It is lame statements and the Prime high time the railway officials take Minister is simply mum avoiding this matter seriously and on priority.

Missing files

Stalling Food Security Bill

eral forms of superstitions, black magic and animal sacrifices. A few months earlier, Dabholkar took on the spiritual leader Asaram Bapu for wasting litres of water during a preHoli function in Maharashtra. Dabholkar had censured the spiritual leader for wasting water when millions of people in the state are starving due to lack of water. The activist also vehemently tried to push the state legislators for an anti-superstition bill to be passed in the assembly. The way Dhabholkar was shot dead is dangerous to society and the social worker should not go all out to attack politicians in any manner or face such consequences in the end.

— Subramaniam Ramani, Vashi

financially insecure in the days to come. The Sensex also fell along in the process. Money value is going down considerably and the government could not arrest the

Unsafe Mumbai locals

— Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was killed on August 20 in Pune.

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LETTERS

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IT is unfortunate that the opposition parties are doing what they can to block the passage of the Food Security Bill by not facilitating a discussion on it in the parliament under some pretext or the other, the latest being the missing Coalgate files. They all know that this bill is a boon to the poor but since it is a pet project of the Congress, they all perceive it as the party’s trump card for winning the 2014 elections. Interestingly, the bill is already in force in the Congress-governed states. One fervently hopes that the opposition will see reason and allow the bill to get the parliament’s nod in public interest.

— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

‘D’ for divorce WHILE divorce should always be the last resort, after all plausible solutions have failed, it should not be treated as ‘taboo’ if there are irreconcilable differences and the woman and her children are going through a living hell in her husband’s house.

Today, it is very important to educate a girl child, and make her financially independent for if she encounters marital issues, she can

fall of the Indian Rupee against the US dollar. The situation is going from bad to worse and there is no amicable solution in sight to end the slide. The Indian rupee continued to plumb new depths recording its biggest fall in a single day fall in a decade. As the Finance Minister seems helpless, he should quit the post and make the PM responsible for the recovery of the Indian Economy. As an economist, he can revive the balance of payments position and make things move in a proper direction within a fortnight or so. With the festival season to follow, there is no end to the dollar gaining more value against the rupee. This make imports costly, foreign travel expensive, foreign studies unimaginable. The RBI, as a watchdog, is simply watching and doing nothing good to make up for the loss with prudent policies.

— Anandambal Subbu, Kharghar

THE rupee’s fall will have a direct controversies.

On the whole, confusion prevails in the Congress-led government.

The opposition accused the government of hiding facts in the coal scam by citing the excuse of missing files. They alleged the Prime Minister’s involvement. The PM is not in a position to speak as he was directly involved in the allotment of coal.

With the CBI investigation into the coal block allocations, everything is in a deep mess.

— Maniam Ramani, Kharghar

Skewed reportage THE self-inflicted death of several pilgrims on the railway tracks in Bihar has revealed how our newspapers - without exception - drama-

impact on foreign investors pulling off the Indian equity markets and the students studying abroad, as they will have to cough up more in rupee terms. A high cost of an overseas degree is spurring split education programmes.

A student planning to study in a foreign country might have planned to complete the course with Rs.45 lakh but would now need to pay Rs.55 lakh as the dollar is gaining against the Indian rupee. Parents, who have taken a huge sum as loan with their property mortgaged now feel the pinch as they need to borrow more and cough up more interest to the banks.

However, a foreign education never really pinched the rich.

Since 1990s, the economical scene is improving and that ignited the dreams of the middle class of acquiring a foreign degree. Thus the twinning courses gain more importance. This will help the students to seek admission in Indian universities and then fly out to any of the 70 partner universities to complete the remaining education at a cost for the next two years.

— Jayanthy Subramaniam, Sion

tise the tragedy in a manner that puts the blame on the train, and not only exempts the victims of responsibility, but also sympathises with them. Has it not occurred to anyone that it was not the train but the stupidity of mindlessly barging across active railway tracks that was responsible for this tragedy?

It’s the bane of Indian culture never to be responsible for one’s own well-being but to invariably hold others accountable, and the epitome of such attitude is, unsurprisingly, exemplified by pilgrims, who en masse visit deities to take care of their lives, even to the extent of dying doing so. Wake up, Indians, and be responsible for yourselves.

— Phiroze Javeri, Mumbai

Women: Soft targets for molesters

The Mumbai locals have become a favourite for those targetting women.

RAPE and molestation cases are on the rise in the metro city of Mumbai. Women are scared of travelling by trains and buses alone and night travel is all the more risky. It is indeed a shameful act by another man to have attacked a woman on a local train. The spirit of working women is rather high. They not only take the lead at home and office but play a crucial role in achieving whatever required in the available time. Women take up majority of the work at home in her role as a home maker. Suc-

cess is a journey and not a destination. But we often come across acid attacks and hot oil retaliation of women that worry us. The major drawback in the system is the casual punishment to the offenders and rapists. The crime is thus committed frequently and the culprit often escapes punishment. In some cases, women do not have the courage to report the crime and the person thus roams scot-free. The trauma is unbearable for a woman.

film producers should try not to include rape scenes in their films to make them Box Office hits.

Women are projected as sex objects and thus suffer humiliation.

Even after 65 years of Independence, the atrocities on women continue. Film producers will do a world of good if they take it up to save the pride of women. It is indeed a testing time for women today. Women are thus the soft targets in a male dominated society.

— Akhila Gopalan, Chembur

— A. Subbu, Navi Mumbai

AN increasing number of women are facing attacks in trains, colleges, secluded places, cinema halls, bus, etc. There is no one to control the crimes against women and in most cases there are eye-witnesses but the crime takes place nonetheless. We find the cine world in India giving importance to rape scenes and this, according to me, is one of the reasons for atrocities against women in the real world. From here on, Bollywood and other

EACH time the media reports a rape case, the civil society reacts with anger and outrage, which unfortunately dies down quite soon. Citizens forget about the incident until the occurrence of another rape. The government must amend criminal laws to secure the lives of women. Courts must speed up rape trial cases to deliver justice to women who have become victims of such crimes.

— Jubel D’Cruz, Mumbai

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 2

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The final chapter begins as Harry, Ron, and Hermione continue their quest of finding and destroying the Dark Lord’s three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items responsible for his immortality. But as the mystical Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins and life as they know it will never be the same again. HB O, 11 p.m.

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Raghu realizes his mistake and decides to pacify Antara.

Antara avoids him. Ajji scolds Raghu for being rude to Antara.

Ajji tells Raghu to go and apologies to Antara for his mistake.

Further, during night Raghu calls Antara in the balcony and apologises, but she doesn’t listen to him. Life Ok, 9 p.m.

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THE PACK is the story of a dominant wild dog – ‘Dhole’ pack and the fate of a rebel female Kennai as she rises from a loner to the queen, forming her own pack. The series follows life of protagonist Kennai, whose mother was killed by a tiger when Kennai was young. Kennai decides to leave her natal pack, all alone, in search of her future. But on her journey to success, she loses many of her dear ones. She manages to evade innumerable crises in her life, including challenges by tiger, by bigger packs, by natural calamities. She survives and also even succeeds. Animal Planet, 9.30 p.m.

THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN

Academy Award winning actor and space enthusiast Morgan Freeman executive produces, hosts and narrates this exploration of the greatest mysteries of the universe in THROUGH THE WORMHOLE WITH MORGAN FREEMAN. Watch this fascinating series as it explores the mystery about our universe. Discovery Science, 9 p.m.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

What Happened Next is a fast-paced clip show which explores the science behind some of the most jaw-dropping footage of destruction and mayhem ever captured on camera.

Across the series, you’ll look at everything from helicopters autorotating to avert deadly disasters, to cars fishtailing on the freeway and skiers trying to outrun deadly avalanches. Each of these clips is paused right before its big moment and the viewer is asked What Happened Next? They’re then presented with a number of incredible options to choose from on the basis of the montage they’ve just seen. Discovery, 7.30 p.m

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Akash and Poonam informs the family about Sudhir as a suitable pair for Prarthana that they were searching for. What

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would happen when Kannu and Mangla will find out about this secret search for Prarthana’s suitable Groom? Star Plus, 10 p.m .

DEXTER

Drama -Thriller - After a fire at Lila’s place, Dexter finds her becoming more attached to him than he is comfortable with.

Meanwhile, Dexter decides “recovery” isn’t working for him and pays a second visit to the man that murdered his mother.

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REVENGE

In order for Emily to seem single and available again, Emily and Aiden fake a break-up in a public setting where Daniel and his father are having lunch. Daniel falls for it and seems excited. Declan discovers the Ryan brothers are trafficking drugs. Jack calls a friend from the police that raid the bar but find nothing. When they head to the boat they find the drugs, the Ryan brothers had moved and planted on the boat, and a gun. Jack takes the fall so they arrest him. The lady from the Initiative (Helen) meets with Aiden in an abandoned garage and she reveals that his sister Colleen is still alive!

Helen suggests that the only way Aiden will see Colleen again is to play by her rules. Star World, 9 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

84 years later, a 101-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story to her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert, Brock Lovett, Lewis Bodine, Bobby Buell and Anatoly Mikailavich on the Keldysh about her life set in April 10th 1912, on a ship called Titanic when young Rose boards the departing ship with the upper-class passengers and her mother, Ruth DeWitt Bukater, and her fiancé, Caledon Hockley. Meanwhile, a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson and his best friend Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets to the ship in a game. And she explains the whole story from departure until the death of Titanic on its first and last voyage April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 in the morning. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane. St ar Movie s, 9 p.m.

The story revolves around the lives of Gopal, Lucky Mahadev and Laxmi - 4 guys bound together by their child like disrepute, aimlessness and petty business of cheating people for fun and money. A total time pass film with the famous title track – Golmaal, golmaal. Max, 9 p.m .

ROBBERY

Akhil runs a taxi-shed. He falls in love with a doctor Sri Valli . When her father is killed in an accident, she moves to her foster brother Sonu’s home. But Sonu and Akhil hate each other. Here comes a flashback. Sonu, his sister Sasha (Anushka Shetty) and Akhil are good friends. They turn to robbery when the life goes tough. Sasha is in deep love with Akhil but he refuses to accept her love, saying he treats her just a friend. She threatens that if he doesn’t accept, she would end her life. One day she is killed. Sonu thinks that she is killed herself because of Akhil. So he hates him. It is later revealed that Sasha is actually killed by a gang. The rest of the film is how the friends take revenge on the gang. Filmy, 9 p.m.

Poverty and hunger forces young Shankar to take up employment as a mechanic. To this extent all is well for him until he is arrested by the police for a crime he did not committed; but Shankar manages to escape only to witness that his mom die of shock; unable to bear the police arrest her son.

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Shankar is then taken in by a criminal don, Raja Babu who teaches him each and every criminal activity that exists.

Years later Shankar is now known as Shakka who works for Raja Babu as a professional criminal. One day Shakka experiences a change of heart when he is asked to abducted a small child which results in the death of the mother; he turns himself into the police, the case is tried in court and Shakka is sentenced to five years imprisonment but because he save the life of a Minister his sentence is reduced to three years.

When Shakka is released from jail he decides to give up his criminal ways, marry Aarti, buys a garage to earn his living and is the proud father of a baby boy Vicky. Ze e Cine ma, 9 p.m.

FIRED UP!

Two guys, Nick and Shawn decide a two week stint at a Cheerleaders’ Camp is the perfect opportunity to score tons of meaningless romantic liaisons with lonely girls in tight-tops and short-short skirts. But their lusty plan to caress as many pom-poms as possible goes awry when one of the dudes fall in love. Pix, 9 p.m .

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HBO

10,000 B C Scary Movie 3 Abduction Bloodsport Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted 11.00 Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows-Part 2 A.M. 7.55 Exit Wounds 9.47 Letha Weapon 2 11.57 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows-Part 2

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P.M. 1.00 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 4.00 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 6.00 Hostel 8.00 Back To The Future II 10.30 Surrogates A.M. 10.30 Hostel

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River Monsters Animal Planet’s A to Z Galapagos Biggest and Baddest Wildest Africa Predator’s Prey Big Cat Diary River Monsters Yeh Mera India Animal Planet’s A To Z Biggest and Baddest

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Rangoli, DDI, 11 p.m.

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P.M. 2.00 Love Marriage: Anil Kapoor 5.30 Apne: Sunny Deol 9.00 Golmaal – Fun Unlimited: Ajay Devgan A.M. 7.00 Lahoo Ke Do Rang: Akshay Kumar 10.30 Loha: Dharmendra P.M. 2.35 5.45 9.00 A.M. 10.50

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Phool Aur Kante: Ajay Devgan

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pg 18 See what we love about the new range of wedges from Clark’s

pg 20 We give you tips on what not to ask your newlywed friends

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RING ON IT! Forget waiting for a man to put a ring on your finger! With the lineup we’ve got for you, you’ll be more than tempted to pick one up for yourself. A good ring can dress up a dull outfit and add a touch of bling to a somber look. Rhea Dhanbhoora & Priyanka Singh bring you some of the best rings that are available in the market >> Accessorise with some of the great rings we’ve picked for you to choose from Continued on pg 14 «

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For everyday bling and a casual way to accessorise an outfit, pick one of these colourful, subtle rings:

classy

Need a little sparkly for a luncheon or a classy evening out?

Pick one of these rings to add a touch of elegance to your look:

Pretty flowers Get in touch with nature with this delicate floral ring from Vinegar.

Price `575 bit of bling Isharya at Rudraksh has a great collection of affordable but classy rings. We love the collapsible back and embellished top of this one.

Price `6,125

casually geometric For a casual, edgy look, pick up this triangular ring in yellow, pink and black from Toniq.

Price `269

luxury colour When you want a touch of class without skipping out on a burst of colour, these rings from Bluestone.com are a good option.

Price `21,922 onwards green with envy With an elaborate design, high shine and a burst of colour, this ring from Popley & Son’s is a great luxury option.

Price `96,500

over the toP Avon’s collection of rings all look like luxury buys but are actually surprisingly affordable. Pick up this interchangeable solitaire ring to look and feel elegant without having to spend the earth on it.

Price `999

blue stoned Bracialeto’s customisable jewellery is great for any occasion. We love this blue stone ring from their collection.

Price `1,250

blooming blue Just because you’re opting for classy doesn’t mean you have to settle on a common design.

Pick up this unusual Lapis tree ring from Maria Khan jewellery.

Price `8,500

be unique Popley Eternal’s range of rings is every bit the luxurious type. Pick up this unique design.

Price `10 lakhs onwards

suPer silver If gold is not your metal of choice, pick up this sterling silver ring from Jabong.com.

Price `3,550

ring for colour This diamond studded ring from Vummidi is encased in white gold. We love the colourful turquoise stone in the middle.

Price `1.65 lakh onwards

touch of gold For an intricately designed ring, check out this from Isharya at Rudraksh. We love the gold tone and detailed design.

Price `2,030 green vines With shaded green stones and gold wire vines, this green ring from Made by M is a good pick.

Price `2,000

These rings are perfect if you want to shimmer, shine and go all out: the royal treatment Nothing says luxury more than a crown. We love this diamonds and blue sapphire stone ring from www.velvetcase.com.

Price `79,100

Princess rings For a look that’s understated and casual but still feminine, pick up this set of two rings from Ayesha Accessories.

Price `250

bold colours A burst of coral can dress up the dullest outfit. Pick this dull gold based one from www.stalkbuylove.com Price `449

luxury

sParkle & shine Called the Venus ring, this studded, gold based star from Bluestone.com is a good option if you want high shine.

Price `58,659

go traditional If you’re looking for a traditional ring, we suggest picking up this one from Moksh.

Price `1.7 lakhs

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‘I cannot control perception’ That is what Sherlyn Chopra thinks plays a role in fuelling the controversies surrounding her. In a chat with Dev Goswami, she talks about the person she is, her Playboy experience and Twitter

>> (From left to right) Banu, Cheyyrian, Mithy and Minam will be playing at Hard Rock Café tonight at 9pm (Entry: `150)

Girl power Priyanka Singh speaks to Mithy Tatak, the drummer of the all-girl band The Vinyl Records (TVR), before they perform tonight at Hard Rock Café

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he ideation of The Vinyl Records, which is a New Delhibased all-girl band, started with Mithy Tatak (drummer), Minam Tekseng (bass/vocals), and Banu Jini (guitar/vocals) in 2010. It’s fascinating how a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist, all from Arunachal Pradesh, crossed paths, liked each other’s sound sensibilities and decided to form a band. By 2011, the band became a quaternary when they met Cheyyrian Bark (vocalist and keyboards) and that’s when The Vinyl Records embarked on their musical journey. They describe their sound as indie rock, new wave and post punk and their inspirations range from CSS and The Donnas to The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys. Below are excerpts of our talk with Mithy:

Tell us about how the band formed.

The idea of forming a band started out as a fun experiment when Minam, Banu and I moved to New Delhi. A year after our first gig in 2011, we met Cheyyrian at a music school. That’s how The Vinyl Records was born.

How did you guys zero in on the kind of sound sensibility that your band has?

Luckily, all of us share a similar taste in music: indie-pop-punk to rock ‘n’ roll.

Has the band ever had differences?

How do you go about solving them?

Being in a band we learn a lot of things.

meet the band

Who: Cheyyrian Bark (23) — Lead vocals/keyboards You’d call her: Mad, jumpy, vivacious Who: Minam Tekseng (23) — Bass/vocals You’d call her: Goofy and fun Who: Banu Jini (24) — Guitars/vocals You’d call her: Slash of the band

then again, who cares!

Which female musicians inspire The Vinyl Records?

Riot grrrl bands, CSS, Joan Jett and Björk.

Indian bands that you look up to: Shaa’ir + Func, Sky Rabbit, Dualist Inquiry and The Ska Vengers.

Five tracks that you’d love to cover: CCS: Alala Two Door Cinema Club: Something Good Can Work Sahara Hotnights: Alright Alright There have been differences in our The Runaways: Cherry Bomb musical journey and at the end of the Jimi Hendrix: Fire day we have all cried, laughed and Which has been the band’s favourite grown together. show so far?

What do you guys do apart from The Stupiditties 5’s album launch in Mumbai and Ziro festival, 2012. playing in the band? Studies? Jobs?

Apart from music, three of us are pursuing post graduation. Minam is What artists would TVR like to work also pursuing a course in Korean and with in the future?

I’m looking to do my research in CSS, Björk and Dualist Inquiry. genetics. I also volunteer for an NGO as Where do you see yourselves in the a content writer. next five years?

Do you feel that it is tougher to be part We want to see ourselves as supremely evolved musicians, playing at festivals of an all-girl band?

We don’t think it’s tougher to be part of such as Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, an all-girl band, but there have been touring the globe and making albums. some instances when we come across stereotypical people who consider girls Dream venue? playing rock music as not very cool. But Earthdom in Tokyo.

Who: Mithy Tatak (22) — Drummer You’d call her: Serious, no-nonsense

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ontroversy or not, there is one thing about Sherlyn Chopra that is evident — she is quite frank and upfront. We get talking with the actress, who is busy shooting for her forthcoming movie Kamasutra 3D.

There is a set image of you in the minds of many people.

But, tell us... who exactly is Sherlyn Chopra?

I prefer frankness to diplomacy. I am who I am. The real Sherlyn Chopra enjoys being an exhibitionist with a sense of real integrity. People who fail to comprehend that integrity and nudity can co-exist in harmony will never ever find out who I truly am and what I truly stand for.

Speaking of controversies, how do you handle them?

I merely express myself. If that is perceived as controversial, so be it. I can control my self-image, not perceptions. The perceptions no longer affect the reality of my life.

How was your experience at The Playboy shoot?

It has been one of the best experiences of my life on all accounts. In early 2012, I wanted to do something really big to resurrect my career. Little did I know that while trying to do so, I’d end up resurrecting my life as well!

I came across information that you underwent liposuction.

Is having a perfect figure a necessity in Bollywood?

The first sentence amuses me! I remember undergoing a procedure for breast implants; I do not remember doing liposuction. I’d have to have extra fat in my body for that! To answer the question, not all the leading ladies in the industry have the ‘perfect’ figure — which is self-explanatory about its significance.

You’re quite active on Twitter…

I love to express myself. I feel immensely blessed to be able to connect with the youth on such digital platforms.

What can we expect from you in the near future?

Unadulterated excellence, chutzpah and brutal honesty.

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• Use a cloth tape as it’s more accurate than a metal one.

• Don’t trust yourself to remember your measurements, always write them down.

• The measuring tape should never be too tight over any part of your body.

• Measure yourself over bare skin — clothes can give you a centimeter or inch off that will actually make a difference later on.

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While a black dress is usually a safe choice for most events, it’s clearly not a winner here. The dress is an odd length for Divya and the cut near her arms seems to be uncomfortable and ill-fitting. The outfit is also a little bland, thanks to the matching black shoes.

Sometimes, it’s hard to do this one on your own, so get a family member to help you out: • Place your elbow at a 90° angle, with your hand on your waist.

• Measure the length from the back of your neck till these three points: shoulder, elbow and wrist.

• Write each measurement down separately as those are your different sleeve lengths.

• To measure your upper arm, wrap the tape around not the highest, but the widest part of your upper arm.

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Taking your chest measurements is important not only for bras, but also when you need to buy fitting tops. Remember though that this isn’t your bra size: • To get the best measurement, wrap the measuring tape around your chest, under your armpits and around your shoulder blades.

• Make sure that you have wrapped it around the fullest part of your bust and write that down as your full bust or chest measurement.

The size of your hips is important whether you’re buying a pair of trousers, jeans, a skirt or a dress. So, if you don’t already know your size, get the measuring tape: • Place the measuring tape over the largest part of your buttocks. This is where your hips are.

• Try to do it in front of a mirror, because the tape has to be kept at a level, which you won’t be able to see if you bend down.

• Wrap it around from one hip to the other.

• If you need an inseam measurement, measure the distance from the inner part of your thigh (the highest part) down to your ankle. You may need someone to do this for you.

• A quick tip to measuring an inseam if you don’t want to ask a friend is to simply measure the length (the inside from your crotch to your ankle) of jeans or trousers that fit you perfectly.

miD-leVel Most people wear their jeans and skirts below waist level, so we’re sure you know that measurement. But, don’t use that as a guessing point for your natural waist: • Circle the measuring tape around your waist at the smallest part below your rib cage.

• Make sure you don’t suck your tummy in — you’ll only end up with uncomfortably tight clothes!

• While measuring, make sure the tape is not hanging loose, or too tightly cinched around your waist. You should be able to breathe, but not insert a finger through the gap between the tape and your skin.

Darling, we know you want to be taken seriously as a director and not just be known as a Bollywood wife, but you don’t have to go to such an extent. The top half of her look is okay but then we get to the bottom half. It’s just a mishmash of colours, textures and prints. Eek!

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There’s no denying that Simi has a very clear “look” that she sticks to.

What we like about this white outfit are the subtle accents of colour. The striped t-shirt, the piping on the blazer, the beautiful tan bag and a dash of plum lipstick prevent this outfit from looking too stark.

We love the slouchy dress and think it looks fabulous on Shilpa. She stands out from the crowd in this outfit and her makeup, with bold red lips, suits this look perfectly. Our only gripe is that she should have worn a little more bling as it could be mistaken for a tee.

The popular South Indian actress is a fashion fail at this event. Her shirt is a combination of lace and checks (really, who makes these horrible combinations?) and her makeup and hair are super boring. Let’s not even start on those shoes! This girl needs a stylist.

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1. boDy type The skirt gets its name from its shape — an inverted tulip. That means the shape is pretty much suitable for everyone. It gives slim girls the illusion of curves and curvy girls can hide an inch or two under this design.

2. the riGht fabric The tulip is gentle and delicate and you need to remember that when buying a skirt in this design.

Choose a tulip skirt in a light material such as crepe, satin or silk, so that the skirt is not stiff and bulky.

Getting a tulip skirt in wool, denim or corduroy will look heavy and won’t drape well.

3. patterns If you’re buying a tulip skirt, you’ll get the most wear out of one that is self coloured or with a small print.

A heavily embellished tulip skirt looks very busy as the print is fighting the drape for attention. Hot colours this season include salmon pink, mint and classic black.

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You also need to measure your thighs, although this is not a measurement that’s asked for as often. Make sure you don’t cheat, because a few inches here and there can make a real difference in the overall look of your outfit. All you have to do is wrap the tape around the fullest part of your thigh to measure it.

Every now and again a trend emerges that’s too cute to resist. This season it’s the tulip skirt. Glynda Alves tells you how you can wear it in real life

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ith the boost in online shopping, it has never been as important to know your correct size so that you’re not filled with disappointment when your parcel arrives. Most of us have a general idea of our size and with ‘S,’ ‘M,’ and ‘L’ being the most popularly sold sizes in women’s clothing, there’s often no reason to know what your inseam is and what size your arms are. But, most women don’t get it right even when they do measure themselves. It’s always a good idea to know your size, so we’re telling you how to find out accurately:

4. tops To get the full effect of the tulip skirt you need to show it off properly — from waist to knee. Slim fitting shirts and blouses tucked into a tulip skirt look best. You can also wear body suits. Avoid bulky tops and don’t let them hang over the waistband of the skirt as this can make you look bigger than you are. >> Zoe Saldana shows off her legs in a silk tulip skirt

5. shoes When wearing a tulip skirt, it’s best to pair it with high heels. Heels add a few inches and offset the hips.

Match your heels with the colour of your skirt or choose nude heels. If you’d really prefer to wear flats, make sure they are a subtle colour.

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dealinG With a PMsinG boss and a Co-Worker Who harasses you I’ve just got a new job and while the first few weeks went great, a colleague on my team recently started harassing me. He’s been acting a little too familiar, often pokes and prods me to make a point and leans in close when he wants to say something. It’s all very subtle, so I don’t think people around me have noticed that it makes me uncomfortable. The worst part is, he calls me after work hours and is even more forthcoming if we bump into each other outside office. While I know I can go to HR about how he behaves at work, can I bring up what he is like outside office as well?

Everyone seems to like him, so I’m not sure what to do. Please help me!

— dipiksha Patel, Goregaon dear dipiksha, Have you tried talking to him about it first? Chances are he doesn’t realise that he’s crossing a line, especially if you haven’t said anything about it so far. If he is doing it intentionally, it’s a good idea to see if he’s being like that with everyone or just with you. If he is like this in general, politely tell him to back off and make the lines clear when it comes to how he should talk and behave with you at work. Also, don’t answer calls after working hours and firmly insist that your relationship stay professional. If none of this helps, go to HR. However, there’s not much they can do about harassment outside the work place.

As a woman, I understand PMS and the moodiness that comes with it.

That being said, I think my boss takes it for granted that there are so many women on my team. Every month, there are a few days when she is completely unapproachable. She’s in a sullen mood, snaps at everyone and seems to take all her frustration and moodiness out on the other women in the team, because she’s as sweet as sugar to the guys. It’s been a long standing joke, but recently, it has started to affect how she handles our projects and the feedback that she gives us. Is there anything I can do about this? Should I complain to HR? — shefali d’souza, santacruz (W) dear shefali, All women go through mood swings around that time of month, so on a personal level, you may not be able to get her to stop snapping at you.

There’s no need to go to HR though, because she probably doesn’t even realise what she’s doing! It shouldn’t be affecting your work, but you’ll have to approach the situation carefully. If other people around you feel the same way, then think about talking to her about it. Don’t talk to her during that time of month and don’t bombard her as a group. Make sure she knows you’re only talking about work and not attacking her PMS personality. send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in before Wednesday

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inutes spent in the elevator can seem like hours. These are some of the most uncomfortable moments, when you don’t know where to look or what to do. You can’t talk to the friend who has accompanied you inside the elevator because everyone can hear what you’re saying. Thankfully, because of our mobile phones, elevator trips have become less awkward.

While you must know and follow elevator etiquette religiously; such as standing away from the door when waiting to board an elevator or holding the door open if someone is coming in, sometimes it’s fun to make that elevator trip a memorable one that will keep you (and maybe those at the receiving end) smiling through the day. Here are quick 21 ways in which you can make your elevator rides less boring.

A word of caution, though — you need a lot of guts and nonchalance to pull off any of the following pranks:

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ELEVATOR LOLS! Think that elevator rides are awkward? Priyanka Singh thinks you can do some crazy things in there if you have the right amount of pluck!

1. When you get off the elevator, turn back and whisper ominously to the others who stayed on, “I’d get off the elevator NOW if I were you.”

2. When there is only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder and then pretend it wasn’t you.

3. Push a button, pretend it gave you a shock. Smile and go back for more.

4. Ask the others in the elevator which floor they’re going to, but push the wrong buttons.

5. Pretend to make a call and say, “Hello? Psychic helpline? Can you tell me which floor I am on?”

6. Pretend to be in a deep conversation with an imaginary friend.

7. Drop a pen, wait for someone to pick it up and then yell, “That’s mine!”

8. Open your purse slightly and say, “Do you have enough air in there?”

9. At your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open and then act embarrassed when they open by themselves.

10. When at least six people have boarded, moan from the back: “Oh, not now... not motion sickness!”

11. Stare at another passenger for a while, then announce “You’re one of THEM!” and move to the

far corner of the elevator.

12. Announce in a demonic voice: “I must find a more suitable host body.”

13. Lean over to a fellow passenger and state knowingly: “They’re still watching me.”

14. While the doors are opening, hurriedly whisper, “Hide it, quickly!” and then look up and whistle innocently.

15. Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers that this is your personal space.

16. Make explosive noises when anyone presses a button.

17. Wrinkle your nose and smell the air repeatedly.

Sniff at your neighbour suspiciously, give them a disgusted frown and take a step away from them.

18. Ask in a worried voice, “Did you feel that?”

19. This one’s for the folks who have had a very boring day. Place a chair inside the elevator and when someone gets in, ask them if they have an appointment.

20. When the doors close, announce to the others, “It’s okay. Don’t panic, they open up again.”

21. Stare, grinning at another passenger for a while, then announce, “I have new socks on!”

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Alarmed by your rising electricity bill? Dev Goswami brings you the top five culprits that could be the reason behind your high energy usage

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>> Shocked by your four figure electricity bill? Your home appliances are the culprits

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n this day and age, gadgets have become increasingly common.

From smartphones and high-definition televisions (HDTV) to refrigerators and air-conditioners, you’ll find these appliances in almost every household. While they do have their benefits, there’s also a big negative point — high electricity bills. We tell you about the five most energy-hogging appliances and how you can save on your electricity consumption.

Air-conditioners This should be unsurprising; airconditioners are responsible for a large chunk of your electricity bill. The best way to keep usage low is to turn it on only when needed. The temperature of your airconditioner too plays a role and setting it at 25-26°C is the best option. Also, use the timer feature to turn off the AC in a few hours. If you keep your room closed, the cooling effect will last longer.

entertAinment system When it comes to your television set, the bigger and more ‘awesome’ your TV screen, the more energy it will consume. Also, the combination of high-definition TVs and their corresponding high-definition set-top box can also prove to be major energy-hogs.

There’s not a lot you can do to reduce the usage. However, you can keep the home theatre system off when you’re just watching the news or daily soaps.

computers Yes, your PC uses a lot of energy too. But, you

can’t banish it from your life, can you? What you can do instead is buy according to your needs — do you really need a huge, HD monitor when all you’ll be doing is browsing the internet and checking mail? Also, when you’re done using your PC, instead of putting it on sleep mode, switch it off.

refrigerAtors You might have never thought of your refrigerator as an energy hogging appliance, but think about the fact that it is on 24 hours of the day, seven days a week and you’ll

understand why we’ve placed it on our list.

One of the most important steps to avoid high electricity costs is to use newer, more energy-efficient models. That doesn’t mean that you upgrade your model every year. But, if you’ve been using the same refrigerator for the past 10 years, consider buying a newer model. Other small but effective steps you can take is are defrost regularly (frost buildup hurts efficiency), check the seals on the doors to ensure there is no leaking of cool air, adjust the temperature as per the season and follow smart refrigeration practices such as labelling containers so that

it’s faster to search for them, know what you want before opening the door and cooling hot food before placing it in the fridge.

electric treAdmills Compared to everything else on this list, treadmills might not consume as much energy. But, electric treadmills are best left for gyms. Buying one for your home will needlessly increase your energy costs. If you must buy a treadmill, opt for manual ones which do not use a motor to rotate the belt and so, do not use any electricity.

« TOP 5: MOVIES FOR CHILDREN WITH A MESSAGE Some movies can teach children novel values that are difficult to express in words. Priyanka Singh helps you out by listing a few such films

The Black STallion (Ages 7 And up)

Based on a book of the same name, children will envy the unbreakable bond that forms between a young castaway and a wild horse. In a simple way, this movie will teach your children about kindness and love.

Finding nemo (Ages 6 And up)

This Oscar-winning film can actually be watched by the whole family as it’s enjoyable for people of all age groups. Your family will root for a clown fish who goes on a daring mission to find his lost spawn.

Toy SToRy 2 (Ages 5 And up)

Favourite toy Woody discovers he’s a celebrity: a collector’s item from a classic TV show. This sequel surpasses the original by combining fantasy and action with a soulsearching theme as Woody must choose between love and fame.

The Red Balloon (Ages 4 And up)

In this beautiful, wordless 1956 tale of friendship and loss, a helium-filled balloon magically follows a lonely boy through the streets of Paris. Beautifully innocent, this one will have a lasting impression on your child.

BaBe (Ages 5 And up)

Children will grow attached to Babe, the pig who beats the odds to work as a sheepdog and learn many invaluable lessons. However, you might have to deal with your children’s demands of getting them a pig as a pet later on.

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Don’T ask!

Itching to know when your newlywed friend is having a baby? Priyanka Singh suggests you keep your nosy aunty instincts in check. She tells you why you should avoid popping up a few other, similar questions

>> If you want to avoid embarrassment while talking to your newlywed friend, avoid the questions we’ve listed

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efore the wedding there were questions such as, “Are you sure about him?” “Does the wedding dress fit well?” and “Where are you planning on going for your honeymoon?” The bride thought that after the wedding bells, she’d probably get some respite from the poking questions, but unfortunately for her, that hardly happens. In fact, sometimes the questions become even more personal and annoying. A lot of people don’t know that there are a few questions that a newlywed woman hates coming across. And most of these questions are, sadly, the most commonly asked ones. We tell you which questions you should stop yourself from asking a newlywed woman.

Don’t tell me you are going to take on his super long surname!

Four words: None of your business. Whether she sticks to her maiden name, adds his or drops hers and adopts his, you don’t have to ask her as it is her personal choice. More so, when the husband’s surname is not exactly the surname that we’d want for ourselves; you will surely come to know in the near future. Spare her from your histrionics as she is the one who has to live with the name, not you.

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I am very confused and need some good advice. The problem I have is something I cannot discuss with my parents, or even with my best friend. Actually, the problem is about my best friend...

Our mothers have been best friends from their college days and we have grown up very close...

In fact, on the walls of each of our homes is a picture of Honey and I as babies on our first Rakhi together.

Over the years, we have been as close as siblings and every Rakhi without fail, she renews what she jokingly calls her ‘contract with the brother protection program.”

Cheap and best!

BaBies? BaBies!

Give her a break! She just got married! Once you’re married, people get very interested in knowing when you are hopping on to the next phase of your life which for most means starting a family. Also, there are so many reasons she might not want to discuss this issue — from infertility to financial or psychological issues — making it not the best time to discuss infants. Don’t bring up this question unless you are really close to the newlywed woman. Unless, of course, you want to have straight answers such as, ‘You’ll see’ (true story) or ‘We’re happy at having recreational sex for now’ (true story, again!) thrown back at you.

Over the last year, my eyes are suddenly seeing what a gem of a girl she is. She is my strength and counsellor. I really admire her.

But, I was not expecting what happened this Rakhi. The very moment her hands touched mine...

Why are you here Without your spouse? is everything all right?

That will make her feel unwelcome, most certainly. A newlywed couple is often seen as one of those buy-one-getone-free packages. It is perfectly normal for both of them to turn up somewhere without the other. And it certainly doesn’t mean that they are going to file for divorce the next day! Ask questions like, “Is he busy at work?” and you’ll get the answer that you were looking for without making it sound like their marriage has hit the rocks.

It was like an electric shock!

Then, I looked into her eyes...

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There are a number of changes that she is grappling with right now. It might seem like a harmless question, but it sure makes the newly married woman confused and stressed on how she should answer it in the most satisfactory manner. Will saying ‘Fine’ mean too boring or being a little whiny lead to furrowed brows about the happiness of her marriage? If she goes on harping about how happy she is, she’ll end up sounding like a show-off.

So, do her a favour and don’t ask her this question. Instead ask, “What’s new?” and you’ll get a better response.

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Dear grace,

My fiancé has decided to quit her job after we get married. But, with wedding expenses, renting a flat and day-to-day living, I don’t think it’s going to be possible. She says it’s always been her dream to be a “proper wife.”

I don’t want to force her to continue working but I don’t know how to make her understand. Please help!

— poor hubby-to-be

finances or perhaps she has some Dear poor, inheritance you don’t know about. Either She may be your fiancé but you are way, you’ll need to discuss this before certainly her finance plan. What kind of getting hitched. Newlyweds face a lot of dream is that in the first place? A wife is a man’s partner, but right now your to-be wife money issues as it is, so don’t let her “dream” get in the way of your living. If she sounds like she wants you to be her free ride. If your day-to-day living is under threat doesn’t budge, you may want to reconsider because of lack of finances, you need to sit who you choose as your life partner. down with her and have a serious talk.

Perhaps she has overestimated your Send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in

"I think I am in love with her! I know it’s wrong. I’m trying to squash my feelings, but I want to marry her. She is my everything. We’re not related.

What will our parents say?” — #sadhappyguy a) You are jumping the gun here. Send out feelers to see if she feels the same way first. She may not realise that she does. b) Rakhi brother and sister from the time you were babies? Do not spoil it.

This bond is special and may not work as ‘more’. c) Rakhi brothers are a social arrangement — not biological. While unusual, these things happen. Talk to her.

LAST WEEK: Future M-I-L should pick Option B: She is just going through a phase because of her holiday abroad. Give her some time and she might realise her faux pas on her own. In the mean time, keep quiet or talk to Sanjay if it is bothering you.

Send your solutions to womansworld@afternoondc.in

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NOW ENJOY HOLLYWOOD GOSSIP! E

By Sandeep Hattangadi

ntertainment Tonight airs at 7 pm every Monday to Friday on BIG CBS LOVE. Some of the stories this week include ‘Lohan Admits Addiction in a Candid Interview’. Lindsay Lohan sat down for her anticipated first interview since leaving rehab with Oprah Winfrey on her own series Oprah's Next Chapter. Lohan prefaced the interview, which was shot four days after the 27-year-old actress left rehab on July 30, with her intention to “be me and be open and honest”. Winfrey covered an array of pertinent topics with Lohan, ranging from her most recent stint in rehab to her thoughts on the perception that her parents have exploited her in some manner.

As Lohan's recent rehab stay was her sixth total, she revealed that she has been in and out of rehab because she hadn't been taking promises seriously, even those that were court-ordered. However, unlike the other occasions, in which she felt as though her rehab stays were punishment, she says she didn't fight the idea that she needed help this time around and was willing to admit her need for clinical assistance. On the topic of rehab and run-ins with the law, Lohan described her 2010 arrest for DUI as “terrifying”, although she also admitted that her subconscious mind “kind of wanted to go to jail...just to find some peace”.

Though let's be real, would any hair style really look bad on Beyonce?

VISHAL GANDHI’S

Your background?

I am from Mumbai and have learnt acting from the Kishore Namit Kapoor School of Acting.

Disappointed to bag a horror suspense show?

Not really, because such shows have their devoted audience and even the first part of the series did very well.

Your character in the show?

The show embodies the concept of the battle between good and evil.

The story revolves around the lives of two people, Kunal, played by me and Bhakti played by Jyotsna Chandola, who are brought together by destiny but have to go through various ordeals till they are united forever. Kunal belongs to the wealthy Devraj family and is in love with his childhood love Vishaka (Vrinda Dawda).

His grandmother, Bhawaani Maa is the chieftain of the family and a stern believer of

Innovative show

After a globetrotting hiatus, Mallika Sherawat is all set to sizzle on Indian television with Life OK’s ‘The Bachelorette India – Mere Khayalon Ki Mallika’. By mid-August, the international sensation will begin shooting for the much-talked about show. The reality TV series will showcase Mallika Sherawat’s journey, as she sets sail to finding her true love. Since the announcement in April this year, Life OK has received an overwhelming response with over 1,27,000 unique entries from across the world. The channel has finalised the top 100 lucky men who will get a chance to woo Mallika in this battle of love.

Wedding Episode

While the recording eventually went off well, it did put flame to a few sparks in ‘Jai Maa Vindhyavasini’. After returning from Mumbai, Gauri realises that Dadi is very upset about what has happened. She tries very hard to please Dadi and tries to tell her that she got distracted but this will never happen again. Gunjan’s evil mind is planning a strategy to destroy Gauri’s wedding with Vikram as she got her hands on key evidence. Besides all the tensions brewing in the family, they are all set to celebrate Rakhsha Bandhan. Will Vikram and Gunjan’s relationship end or take an all new twist? Tune in-to BIG MAGIC every day from Monday-Friday at 6:30 pm to catch the drama unfold.

Bigg Boss is back

Bigg Boss with Salman Khan as the host is all set to take the viewers to the most amazing journey of hell and heaven as the show begins from September 15, Sunday to Saturday at 9 pm on COLORS. Speaking on the interesting concept of the promos, Rajesh Iyer, Marketing Head- COLORS said, “This season Bigg Boss will make sure that you get to see heaven and hell both saath-saath on the season 7 of the show.

The message is simple - pleasure and pain - both are inevitable and there is nothing to be taken for granted this season.

Social networking

‘FRIGHT NIGHT’!

Vishal Gandhi is the new kid on the telly-block with his supernatural horror show that has managed to bring cold shivers with its spine chilling horror stories. This will now continue in a new avatar ‘Haunted Nights – Kaun Hai Woh?’ The new series with a completely new and refreshing concept and star cast will be aired from Monday, August 26 at 10 pm on Sahara One. Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to the handsome Vishal about his new show. Here are some excerpts:

TV TATTLE

SONY Entertainment Television has captured the digital space with the premiere of ‘Kehta hain dil…Jee le zara’ on August 15. The show starring Sangeeta Ghosh as the female lead, created a lot of buzz among the twitterati becoming the No. 1 trending topic nationwide. It was the No. 1 trending topic in India with over 7,700 tweets and nearly 5.37 million people joining the conversation. The ‘Jee le zara moment contest’ also helped propel its viewership. The social space also buzzed with tweets from Bollywood celebrities. Abhishek Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Riteish Deshmukh, Mini Mathur, Nikhil Advani were amongst the many who congratulated and wished the show all the best.

Newbie

Kritika Chaudhary, a divine beauty from Haridwar, knocks on the gates of Bollywood. Kritika was having a strong passion for acting since her childhood, and hence came to Delhi for an acting course. After completing her course, Kritika directly landed in Mumbai in 2011, and was lucky enough to meet the queen of soap operas, Ekta Kapoor through a common friend. She got a breakthrough with an important character in Balaji’s serial ‘Parichay - Nayee Zindagi Ke Sapno Ka’ which was telecast from August 2011, and she played the role of Kunal Chopra’s cousin.

dark forces. She manipulates the family to carry out her evil practices and gets Kunal married to innocent Bhakti, to fulfill a specific motive. Kunal is the carrier of Kalka or the Devil and Bhakti is the epitome of goodness and purity.

And the quintessential It is well said that teaching can never be a one-sided affair Hindi Ramsay and the sets of STAR Plus’ ‘Junior Masterchef - Swaad ke How is it like shooting for films?

Ustaad’ is a living example. While the chefs have a the show? gala time judging the contestants and teaching Oh! The team is very good and we Sorry! But I found those them innovations, it seems that they are also work hard on the show and I am films funny. learning a lot from them. While the some of sure the final results will be apthe contestants are coming up with very preciated by the viewers.

Are you game for other unique dishes, there are a few that are shows too? coming with some crazy talent.

Yes. But in soap dramas the drama Do you fancy horror Soham, who hails from Mumbai, gets over by the 50th episode and suspense shows? is very popularly known are Yes. I remember when I was a then it becomes very uninteresting.

Salman Khan on the set. child, this popular TV show Zee But I would like to do reality shows This is not because horror show frightened me a lot and anchor shows. how he dresses up but the show was well made and I but because liked it a lot.

How about films? how he talks Yes! Who wouldn’t like to work in with everyfilms? But I am prepared to wait And horror movies? one.

Recently, I saw ‘The Conjuring’ and for good offers and am in no hurry.

A sensible young man, we must liked it and even the first ‘Haunted say!

Nights’ was a good series.

Young Chefs

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TOP VIEW

“All this activism against GM crops is stifling the efforts of the Indian companies as well the public sector institutions to come up with competing technologies. The antiGM activists may thus be helping the multinationals to hold on to their monopoly.”

Chairperson & MD Of Biocon Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS ICICI Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on Lovable Lingerie CMP: Rs. 260

Markets Slump Further

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Thursday (August 22, 2013) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell substantially on Wednesday (August 21, 2013) a net 98.90 points (1.83%) and closed at the 5302 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 5494 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 5504 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until 1.00 p.m.

It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 5268 points level at 3.00 p.m. The index then rose and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty moved in a range of 236 points and closed just above the psychologically important 5300 points level. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 39 were losers, while 11 stocks closed in the green. All the sectoral indices barring banking closed in the red. Substantial selling was witnessed in metal, oil & gas, realty and FMCG stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 1.20%. 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, 440 were gainers, 877 were losers and 47 remained unchanged.

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

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

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

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

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

a weak market with a negative bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support at the 5359 points level was crossed below yesterday. The next support is at the 5240 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 5695 points level.

The next resistance is at the 5776 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 = 5358 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 5213.

Support (2) = 5123.

Resistance (1) = 5448.

Resistance (2) = 5594.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a long black body candle. In fact yesterday’s candle is almost like a Black Marubozu candle. (A Black Marubozu forms when the open equals the high and the close equals the low).This is negative.

Further, the index has crossed below a major support l evel at the 5359 points level. Moreove r, the i ndex is below its 5, 15, 25 and 200 days moving averages and all the four averages are declining and also negatively trended. The velocity parameters too continue to remain negatively trended. All these indicate a negative bias and the possibility of a fur ther decline unfolding. Investors are advised to avoid buying at current levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 5473) Negative.

Is below its 15-day average (at 5593) Negative.

Is below its 25-day average (at 5744) Negative.

Is below its 200-day average (at 5847) Negative.

All the four averages are negatively trended. Negative.

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

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Target Rs. 290

We met the management of Lovable Lingerie (Lovable) to understand the company’s growth plans and strategies to deal with the weak macro environment. The management acknowledged that sales growth has not picked up as anticipated owing to a weak consumer sentiment. Nonetheless, the company is budgeting ~20% revenue growth on the back of product extensions and a growing distribution channel. We have factored in revenue growth of 10.2% over FY13 considering Q1FY14 (which is seasonally a strong quarter) has also reflected low single digit growth. The management is also optimistic about a revival in the operating margin on the back of price hikes and lower ad spends. The company is also considering entering the men’s segment through acquisition of an existing brand. FY13 was a difficult year for the company as revenue growth slowed down significantly. On the other hand, the company also increased ad spends in anticipation of a sales pick-up.

Both these factors impacted the PAT performance of the company. The company’s long and established presence in the women’s innerwear segment gives it a competitive edge over its peers. We recommend that investors use declines to accumulate the stock.

Presence in fast growing women’s innerwear segment: Lovable’s presence in the fast growing women’s innerwear segment gives it an edge over other smaller players. As FY13 was a difficult year, the revival in topline growth remains a key monitorable. We recommend that investors use declines to accumulate the stock. Owing to the recent price correction we upgrade Lovable Lingerie to BUY with a target price of Rs 290 (20x FY15E EPS –at a 15% discount to Page Industries’ multiple).

Nirmal Bang calls a ‘Buy’ on LIC Housing Finance CMP: Rs. 159

Target Rs. 208

LIC Housing Finance (LICHF) reported results in line with expectations. Loan growth driven by individual loan/retail book witnessed steady growth. Though individual loan book witnessed growth of 24.2% YoY, overall disbursement witnessed slow down and grew mere 13.4% YoY. Margins were lower sequentially; however improved YoY from 2.18% to 2.3%.Feeincome declined owing to subdued lending in the developer/ corporate book. PAT grew 36.3% YoY owing to lower provisions (decline of 60.7% YoY). GNPA increased to 0.8% (0.71% in Q1FY13) and net NPA ratio stood at 0.52% in vs 0.39% in Q1FY13.

We have lowered our NIM expectation by 30bps taking into account some pressure on the company’s cost of funds post the recent tightening measures taken by the RBI. Consequently, we have reduced our earnings estimate for FY14E and now expect 11.8% CAGR in PAT for FY13-FY15E (vs 27% CAGR earlier). RoE is expected to remain subdued at 16.3% for FY15E after witnessing a decline in FY14E. We have also lowered our multiple from 2.0x to 1.5x in lieu of the prevailing macro economic conditions and arrive at target price of Rs 208 suggesting an upside of 32.4% from current levels.

LIC Housing Finance (LICHF) reported results in line with expectations.

Loan growth driven by individual loan/retail book witnessed steady growth.

Though individual loan book witnessed growth of 24.2% YoY, overall disbursement witnessed slow down and grew mere 13.4% YoY. Margins were lower sequentially; however improved YoY from 2.18% to 2.3%.Feeincome declined owing to subdued lending in the developer/ corporate book. PAT grew 36.3% YoY owing to lower provisions (decline of 60.7% YoY). GNPA increased to 0.8% (0.71% in Q1FY13) and net NPA ratio stood at 0.52% in vs 0.39% in Q1FY13.

GEPL Capital calls a ‘Buy’ on Lupin CMP: Rs. 767

Target Rs. 951

Valuation: Strong pipeline of products in US, consistent product launches, increasing penetration in Japan — the world’s second largest Pharmaceutical market and consistent performance year after year are some of the reasons why the Lupin stock continues to be darling of retail and institutional investors. However, the domestic business is facing headwinds due to pricing pressures which are expected to arise from New Drug Price Control Order. Also, earnings from the Japanese business look slightly weak due to Yen depreciation and delay in contract manufacturing. At the CMP of Rs 847, Lupin is trading at 19x its FY15E EPS of Rs 44. We feel that at this P/E multiple, the stock is richly valued and there is limited room for further upside. However, we are extremely bullish on the long term prospects of the company. We initiate coverage on LUPIN with an ACCUMULATE rating and target price of Rs 951, implying upside potential of 12% and an exit multiple of 21.5x.

Rupee To Touch 70?

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Rupee crashes to record low of 64.55, Sensex down 340 points. Sebi slaps Rs 5 lakh penalty on 18 entities in Era Infra case. IT stocks tank on profit-booking. Maruti launches Stingray at Rs 4.10 lakh. Zydus Cadila gets USFDFA nod to market anti-ulcer capsules. FDI rose 16% to USD 1.44 bn in June.

Likely, says Deutsche Bank and that too, in a month or so

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he rupee could touch the 70 level against the US dollar in a month’s time, although some revival of the currency is expected by the end of the year, Deutsche Bank said in a research note yesterday. The currency had hit a fresh intra-day low of 64.13 against the USD on Tuesday.

“Fundamentally the rupee is undervalued and has overshot its equilibrium level substantially;“ the German banking major said adding “under a scenario of deep pessimism, currencies can overshoot substantially and remain so for a long time. India, we fear, is entering such a zone.”

“We now believe that the rupee could touch 70 to the USD in a month or so, although we expect

some revival of the currency by the end of the year as the reality of taper turns out to be less disruptive down the road than it is now, and the current account deficit continues to decline,” Deutsche Bank said.

Meanwhile, the government has taken a slew of measures in recent months to prevent this vicious cycle, and though some of these measures like enhanced provision for FDI are likely to serve India well in the long term, but a number of measures have also suggested “haphazard decision-making”, it said.

The research note further added that episodes of currency crisis also cause a range of negative spillovers, the most crucial of which is the health of the financial sector as rupee depreciation and rising cost of financing will put Indian borrowers under further stress.

According to Deutsche Bank, considering such risks (pushing up bad loans sharply, damaging the balance sheet of corporations and banks), “ratings agencies may be nudged toward a downgrade, although conditions have to be weak for another quarter or two before that were to transpire.”

To prevent the crisis from deepening, Indian authorities need to gear up for recapitalising banks and supporting corporate refinancing, it said. “Given the weak state of the fiscal position, this may entail a major rethink of the expenditure programme (especially plan spending), accelerated sales of stateowned assets, and a major external bond issuance with a credible set of macro-fiscal-structural policies underlying the programme,” the report added.

NPAs Of Banks Could Rise

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loan can for a time become NPA,” Rangarajan added.

Non-performing Assets (NPAs) of rime Minister’s key economic advisor C Rangarajan yesterday banks have been going up for the indicated banks may have to deal last two years due to slowdown in with higher non performing assets the economy. The gross NPAs of (NPAs) on account of poor eco- some public sector banks, including nomic performance. “NPA also in- State Bank of India and Punjab Nacreases because of the way tional Bank have crossed 4 % of the economy behaves. If rise in bad total assets at the end of March, loan is beyond control of banks, 2013.

Pulled down by poor performthen banks need to be very careful in identifying NPAs,” Rangarajan ance of farm, manufacturing and said. He was speaking at the 5th mining sectors, Indian economy Conference of Central Bureau of In- slowed to 4.8 % growth rate in the vestigation (CBI) officials and Cen- January-March quarter of last fiscal tral Vigilance Officials (CVO’s) of year and fell to a decade’s low of 5 % Public Sector Banks. “While judging for the entire 2012-13 fiscal.

Gross non-performing assets increasing NPAs, banks should also take note of what is happening in (NPA) of public sector banks rose to the environment. Some amount of Rs 1.76 lakh crore at the end of June

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quarter from Rs 1.55 lakh crore at March 31, 2013. According to global rating agency Standard & Poor’s, India’s banking sector’s non performing assets (NPA) ratio is likely to surge to 3.9 % of total loans in 2013-14 and to 4.4 % in 2014-15, compared with 3.4 % in fiscal 2012-13.

Incidentally, the Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena, had recently in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha, said the NPAs of banks has shown a rising trend.

The stress on the asset quality is a reflection of the stress in the economy of the country. Public sector banks had recovered Rs 1,905 crore by filing 97,701 suits in 2012-13 and Rs 1,700 crore through 79,117 suits in the earlier fiscal.

Monsoons Become A Source Of Comfort For Economy

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he ongoing monsoons have been one of the very few bright spots for the Indian economy in recent times. The favourable monsoons have been a source of comfort for India’s rainfed agriculture and the nation’s economy alike given its strong and direct linkages with food prices, rural incomes & consumption and overall economic activity & prospects, says a just released analysis on monsoons and what it could mean for agriculture in FY14 by CARE Ratings Economic Division.

With rainfall being the primary factor determining the performance of agriculture in the country, India is largely expected to see record food grains output this year, on the back of the bountiful South West Monsoons.

The South West Monsoons, which

runs from June-September, accounts for 70-80% of India’s annual rainfall and is a major determinant of the kharif crop output. The kharif season, one of the two main cropping season of the country, accounts for nearly 50% of India’s food grains production and nearly 70% of its oilseeds output. On the whole, the kharif season accounts for nearly half of India’s agricultural output.

The good monsoon and expected good harvest would have positive linkages with industry. Good production prospects improves demand for tractors, seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation systems (even when using water from natural sources) etc. Based on crop prospects, the milling, dairy, edible oils, sugar (area is still above normal), textiles industries would receive favourable response on the inputs side.

The ongoing monsoons have

been touted to be the best the country has seen in nearly two decades.

As per the latest data from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the country has for the period 1st June-14th August’13, recorded normal to excess rainfall in 30 out of the 36 meteorological sub-divisions of the country. The all India area weighted rainfall this year (till mid-August) has been 13% above normal.

Overall, the country is likely to gains from the favourable monsoons on various fronts. Agriculture would undoubtedly benefit from the favourable monsoons this year and we expect it to grow by 3% this fiscal, higher than the 1.9% of last year. Further, aided by the monsoons, inflation too is likely to moderate through the year. “We estimate WPI to average 6.5% in 2013-14, lower than the7.4% of 2012-13” concludes Care Ratings.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Tech Mahindra Seeks Transfer Of Satyam SEZs

Tech Mahindra, which merged Mahindra Satyam (Satyam Computer Services Limited) with itself a few months ago, is in the process of transferring three special economic zones that were allotted to the latter before merger.

According to a department notification, Tech Mahindra has approached the Board of Approvals (BoA) under the Department of Commerce for transferring rights of three SEZs (one in Tamil Nadu and two in Andhra Pradesh) and the proposal will come up for a discussion before the BoA on August 30.

Retail Inflation For Farm And Rural Workers Eases

Retail inflation for farm and rural workers has come down marginally to 12.80% and 12.61% respectively in July, even as prices of food items and cloth remained high. “..Rate of inflation based on CPI-AL and CPI-RL decreased from 12.85% and 12.65% in June to 12.80% and 12.61% in July,” a Labour Ministry statement said.

BHEL Raises Concerns Over Business Conditions

Concerned over the present business scenario, state-run BHEL has said that survival of the domestic power equipment industry is closely linked to timely finalisation of infrastructure projects and getting a level-playing field. Overall economic sluggishness and cheaper imports, especially from China, are hurting the business of many local power gear makers, including BHEL.

India Inc Moving Towards Sustainable Development

Realising the importance of sustainable development, Indian companies are increasingly taking into account the environmental impact of businesses while taking decisions, industry body CII yesterday said. “More and more companies are migrating away from the ‘business as usual approach’, as these companies strive to achieve long-term sustainability, they are realising the need to integrate social and environmental issues into business decisions,” as per the findings of Policy Watch by CII.

Aviation Security Market To Cross Rs 31k Cr By 2015

The country’s aviation security market is likely to cross Rs 31,000 crore by 2015 from the current level of over Rs 16,000 crore, says a study by industry body Assocham. The airport security market, comprises segments like security, disaster response, identification, manning and cyber security.

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LOVIN’ IT UP

Rocky relations

My beau and I have been together for a little over a year. He was recently locked up, got out, and now he’s stuck in Texas. I recently found a box of letters indicating that he has been with another girl for a year as well. This is still new to me even though I had a faint idea before. I am so confused because I told him I loved him, and I do, but not only did I find letters between him and this girl but also with another girl who he may have got pregnant. I am so lost, confused and hurt. I don’t know what I should do. Is there a way to mend our relationship?

Honesty and genuineness is

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013 don’t only walk out but run out of the relationship. You deserve much better. However, before you do that, you must convey to him in no uncertain terms, about how hurt you are feeling about the matter. It is necessary that you have an ‘emotional closure’ with him before you move on in your life. After doing that if you still feel stuck, then see a counsellor to work through your feelings.

Let her first impression of you be one of a gentle, caring and friendly person rather than one of an impatient and anxious partner.

Everyone experiences some level of ‘performance anxiety’ in the first attempts.

I am 24 and getting married next month. few I am worried about satisfying my wife? I However, later on am told that the first impression is the last it diminishes. In Dr. Rajan B. Bhonsle the correct cirimpression.

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Performance anxiety

HEART TO HEART

What the cards say: Confusion Path: Be alert. Don’t be impulsive Ally: Virgo will be objective. Avoid the advice of Cancer who will justify anything Card for the week: Tarot key no. IX Justice. You will reap as you have sown. If you have been just you will reap benefits. In the same way, if you have wronged, then a nemesis is on its way

What the cards say: Help mend fences Path: Give people a chance. Don’t always think negative Ally: Pisces will show you the right way. Avoid Sagittarius who will give thoughtless advice Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIX The Sun. Good opportunities and success could undo the pain that you have experienced.

Happiness and togetherness

What the cards say: Good times are ahead Path: Live in the present and enjoy. Don’t brood or live in the past. It is over. Keep it like that Ally: Libra will give you warmth. Avoid Aries who could fan your impulsiveness Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIV Temperance which says that balance and healing are at hand

What the cards say: Live with ease and comfort Path: Forget the past. Be content with your lot and reconcile. Don’t get worried.

Things are fine Ally: Sagittarius will be a great support. Stay away from Gemini. They will confuse you more Card for the week: Tarot key no. V The Hierophant. Look at traditional wisdom to resolve issues.

The received wisdom of gurus and saints is tried and tested

What the cards say: Listen to objective perspective Path: Take your independent call that is fair and just. Don’t think that you know it all Ally: The mature Virgo will be a good friend. Avoid Capricorn. You will get bored with them Card for the week: Tarot key no. IX The Hermit invites you to look inwards and know yourself better

What the cards say: Flow with your feelings Path: Enjoy the peace and the centeredness. Don’t be negative and see only black Ally: Cancer will lighten your mood. Avoid heavy weather Pisces Card for the week: Tarot key no. X The Wheel of Fortune.

Good fortune rolls by. Take time to enjoy it. Lucky breaks. Things will work out

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What the cards say: Self will always find excuses for itself Path: Listen to others. They will tell you the truth.

Don’t be fooled by the self Ally: Your ally this week is Aquarius.

Avoid morose Capricorn who will pull down your spirits Card for the week: Tarot key no. VIII Strength. Have the courage to look the Lion in the eye and it will wilt.

Look at your fears and weakness and you will be free

What the cards say: Let go the clinging Path: Have faith. You will be looked after. Don’t be afraid Ally: Water sign Scorpio will show you compassion. Stay away from Aquarius who could rock the boat for you by radical ideas Card for the week: Tarot key no. IX The Hermit. He will guide you to the path of wisdom. Try to connect with his energies

What the cards say: Good times roll in Path: Look within and stay alert. Don’t make the same mistake Ally: Virgo will be soothing. Don’t tangle with Gemini. They will not understand Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIII Death. Dramatic change. The cobwebs fly away. A new beginning is possible

What the cards say: Love comes your way again Path: Accept mistakes and try to undo. Don’t mess up things because of your ego Ally: Taurus will bring ease. Be careful of Cancer who could make you more clinging to your ways Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIV Temperance.

The right combinations will work out provided you allow it to. Open up to divine influence. Seek balance and harmony

What the cards say: Ego will need to take a back seat Path: Re-examine your choices. Don’t be blinded by what others tell you Ally: The Sensible Virgo will make you see where you are going wrong. Avoid Gemini Card for the week: Tarot key no. IX The Hermit. You need to be wise and use his energy to scale the mountains of the mind

What the cards say: Some major decision could come up Path: Take the decision after good and wide consultation. Don’t keep things to yourself Ally: Seek advice from a Scorpio who will know to calm you down. Don’t go babbling with Aries or all your secrets will be out Card for the week: Tarot key no. XX Judgment.

Allow an uncluttered mind to bear on things and your judgments will be right

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Cabinet may consider DTC Bill today FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS… Villagers catching fish at the Chakaltore Dam which is overflowing due to incessant rains in Purullia on Wednesday.

Suggestions to raise the income-tax exemption limit to Rs.3 lakh from Rs.2 lakh

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EW DELHI: The Cabinet is likely to consider the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill, ON Thursday, which seeks to overhaul the over 50-year old income-tax law, with minor rejigs in the draft, including in the income-tax slabs.

“The DTC Bill is on the agenda of the Cabinet meeting tomorrow,” a source told PTI. The exemption limit at Rs 2 lakh for individual tax payers is unlikely to be touched, but a new slab of 35 per cent may be introduced for the superrich.

Besides, Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) may be levied on book profit and not on gross assets, sources said.

Further, the Securities Transaction Tax (STT) is likely to be

retained, as against the recommendation of the Standing Committee on Finance that the levy be abolished, reports PTI. Among other things, the Standing Committee, headed by senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, had suggested raising the income-tax exemption limit to Rs.3 lakh from Rs.2 lakh proposed in the DTC Bill, 2010.

The DTC bill, which aims to rationalise tax rates to bring more people and companies under the tax net, was introduced in Parliament in 2010.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram had earlier said he intends to bring the DTC Bill in the Monsoon session of Parliament, following submission of the Standing

Committee’s recommendations. The ongoing Monsoon session is scheduled to end on August 30.

The first draft prepared by Chidambaram in 2009 had proposed an income-tax slabs of Rs 1.6-10 lakh, Rs 1025 lakh and Rs 25 lakh and above. Besides, corporate tax was proposed at 25 per cent.

This was followed by the draft DTC Bill prepared by then-Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in 2010, which proposed the slabs at Rs 2-5 lakh, Rs 5-10 lakh and Rs 10 lakh and above and corporate tax at 30 per cent.

The Standing Committee suggested slabs of Rs 3-10 lakh, Rs 10-20 lakh and Rs 20 lakh and above. On corporate tax, it recommended the rate be retained at 30 per cent.

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EW DELHI: Controversial guru Asaram Bapu is in the news again for the wrong reasons with Delhi police filing a case against him on the complaint of a 16-year-old girl that he had sexually as-

saulted her in a Jodhpur Ashram recently.

The teenage girl along with her parents went to Kamla Market police station here yesterday and gave a written complaint against the 74-

year-old self-styled godman of sexually assaulting her, reports PTI. “After sexual assault was confirmed in the medical examination of the girl, a case under relevant sections of IPC has been registered at Kamla Market police station. As the incident took place in Rajasthan, we have moved the case to Jodhpur,” a police official told PTI. However, a spokesperson of Asaram Bapu’s Ashram rubbished the charges.

“This is an entirely false case. It is yet another attempt to tarnish Bapu’s image. Let the investigation happen. Whoever is behind this (case) will be exposed,” said Neelam Dubey, the Ashram’s spokesperson.

Asaram had come under sharp criticism early this year after he made controversial remarks about the December 16 gangrape case when he said that the girl would have escaped the ordeal had he called her attacker brothers and pleaded them for mercy.

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EW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday accused BJP of trying to ‘communalise and polarise’ politics to win elections as a row raged over Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s threat to go ahead with its proposed yatra from Ayodhya defying a ban by Uttar Pradesh government while BJP favoured allowing the event.

The Parishad, for its part, wanted Uttar government to reconsider its decision to disallow the yatra, reports PTI. Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said it was

“obvious from the day Amit Shah (Narendra Modi’s close aide) was made BJP general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh. There is nothing new in it....Because that is their agenda—communalise, polarise and try to win an election. That is BJP’s formula, BJP’s strategy from the beginning”.

JD(U) termed as “absurd” VHP President Ashok Singhal’s threat to the state government that it will face “adverse consequences” if force was used to enforce a ban on its proposed yatra.

“Who is he (Singhal)? Is he a thekedaar of Hindus? I am also a Hindu. Will he decide for me? What is this VHP?...Who accepts VHP as the leader of Hindus? Who is he to issue threats,” party President Sharad Yadav said.

He dismissed suggestions that the Yatra, which is an attempt to garner support for the Ram Temple issue, could lead to polarisation of votes in favour of BJP saying, “kaath ki hanndi baar baar nahin chadhati (you cannot milk an issue again and again)”.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 610

ENIGMA CODE 610

ACROSS: 1 Firm friends in the racing world (6-5) 9 The centre and either end of it (4) 10 Making sense about a fish to catch inside (10) 11 Use hands to make some protection from heat (8) 12 Pressure line amounting to nothing where drink is available (6) 13 His stable's unstable set up (9) 15 Throws out all the players together (5) 17 It's designed to show where one belongs (5) 18 This will show you what pressure there is to exchange around round me (9) 21 Look for a key-cutter (6) 22 Let it out in the end, when given the right to (8) 24 Making clergyman or a princess go to the country (10) 25 Questions all but the first of assignments (4) 26 Under attack by merciless newspapers? (4-7) DOWN: 2 Hair in distressing condition (5) 3 One hanging on when there's a saloon clean out (8) 4 Rough seamen take a pound for coats (7) 5 A cat is in charge of such energy?

(6) 6 English party to make speech that is detailed (9) 7 Where spotting rascals is an art?

(6-7) 8 Put the cards away, get ready for action (5,3,5) 14 Spy about right in a country? (9)

Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

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SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S ENIGMA CODE FRIDGE, DIGGER, DREDGE, FRIGID, GIRDER, RIDGED, RIGGER

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MATH PYRAMID 610 16 Does without nurse, but struggles (8) 19 Studio 50? That is right below chateau centre (7)

20 The wanted man is certainly in it (6) 23 Bother the thick-head without much trouble (5)

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Sore, 3 Gyroscopes, 9 Lantern, 10 Partial, 11 Maleness, 14 Unlimited scope, 16 Ancient mariner, 18 Dragoons, 21 Trotter, 22 Terrace, 23 In the money, 24 Cobs.

DOWN: 1 Saloon, 2 Rank, 4 Yank, 5 Carpet-slippers, 6 Prize money, 7 Salesmen, 8 Medicine bottle, 10 Placeman, 12 Knock-about, 13 Listener, 15 Banditti, 17 Briefs, 19 Stye, 20 Sago.

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ACROSS: 1 ___ Imperial, Maryland entree (4) 5 ____ Ranger (4) 6 Aesthetic discernment (5) 7 Ascends (5) 8 Wool lovers (5) 9 Can do (4) 10 Accomplishment (4)

HIDATO 610

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

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

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DOWN: 1 Collided, jarred (7) 2 ___ are red, violets are blue (5) 3 Aardvark food (4) 4 ___ balm, minty herb (3) 6 Sir, e.g. (5) 7 Biblical epic, 'The ___' (4) 8 ___ money, contingency fund (3)

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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 610

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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

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TODAY’S FORECAST

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Aquarius 2nd Shravan Krishnapaksha Satbhisha Kumbh (Aquarius) G.S.Sh Black 5

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will have to bring about some major changes in your work set-up. The employed will get an opportunity to work for a larger group on a higher salary. Business people may decide to switch over to a new line of trade. Personal affairs will run smoothly. Some of you may plan to settle down at native place. A brief holiday or change of scene will do a lot of good to many of you. Your health is fine.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be healthy, long-lived, soft featured, attractive, with a broad forehead and lovely eyes. Will be intelligent, efficient, and honest to the point of being resolute in the pursuit of a belief or principle. Being well educated a career in academics, or literary field will lead to success.

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BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): An important and prestigious deal or assignment could be offered to you. It is the beginning of rewarding phase. Matters concerning ancestral property, which has been dragging on, will go in your favor bringing an end to the prevailing tension. Everyone will be happy.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): You may be concerned about your financial position. Be practical in matters about money. The picture may not be very rosy right now but there are interesting developments in the pipeline that can lead to gains. Perhaps a friend will be the one to initiate things.

A change of place is likely. Meetings and talks are successful.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): The way you handle an assignment on hand is of importance for your future.

Spare no expenses to get work done as there are monetary gains indicated. Change of house or promotion at work is likely. Juniors may have to undergo further training, in preparation for an important position. Work is in the fast forward mode but your love life takes a backseat. Crying on the shoulder of a colleague could be risky more so if the two of you are thrown together constantly.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): There will be certain new developments around you, which bring an opportunity for growth. If not bound by any contracts, this could be the right time to change your job for improving your career prospects. Accept fresh proposal for a job or business, which entail a lot of travel. A more positive approach does wonders in rapport with others. Try to improve your relations with those that matter to you.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Do not leave things to chance. Try to handle all-important assignments personally to achieve the maximum results. This way your rapport with colleagues also improves and you are able to achieve a lot more. Make sure that you are handling money matters carefully. A loved one you have not seen in a long time will be in touch today. Catching with old times is fine but do not neglect responsibilities to home and family.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Expansion of work activities could see you planning your infrastructure better. While you are aiming towards perfection you will have to realize that nobody is perfect and your expectations from yourself and from colleagues and associates should be practical and realistic. If committed in a love relationship you are going to make a promise today. The married can look forward to good times.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will have to be very careful with money management today. You are surrounded by elements that are interested in self-growth rather than have your concern in mind. Do not let others play upon your emotions as this a particularly crucial time for you. You can very romantic by nature so use your creativity and imagination to plan an evening of romance and passion with your opposite number who is feeling low.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You will be at your best when dealing with people today.

Your ideas and schemes will be received and accepted and will prove gainful.

Meetings and social gatherings scheduled for today will go off very well. Plans for travel are indicated. You will get a nice surprise on finding a romantic interest coming from an area least expected. It will do your ego well if nothing else. Do not get too carried away or seriously involved as there are problems ahead in this association.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Heavy spending is likely on travel and on household affairs. Your payments get held up due to technical reasons causing anxiety. Try meeting the person to sort out matters and things will get settled. Those traveling on business will exceed their budgets, though the trip will be rewarding. In marital relationships haphazard spending may lead to a blame game. Avoid arguments as frayed nerves will only lead to further distress.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): In the decisions regarding work it will be your instinct or intuition, which will play a significant role. Try not to rationalize things. Relationships unlike work are not cut and dry. They need to be nurtured with love and care which is something you have not been doing. You need to reassure your mate of your love and commitment if you wish to save your relationship. You have a good going do not ruin it.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Do not allow a temporary setback to upset your plans. Not a good time to start a new assignment, unless you can complete it quickly. Avoid antagonizing those around you by being forceful in the expression of your opinion. Be practical in financial matter. Matters could go out of control if you continue the way you are in personal life. Control your temper or the constant need to assert yourself always.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Your immediate needs require hard work and perseverance and your efforts will be rewarded. If you are constrained seek help do not hesitate to ask for it. This will also give you a chance to also make it to a colleague you have been avoiding of late. Your current behavior is causing hurt and anguish to one who loves you dearly. It is in your own interest to stop playing games.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4747

ACROSS: 1 Bay of ___ : it is on our east coast? (6) 7 Stubborn (8) 8 A group of political party united for a common purpose (4) 10 Make a shrill, harsh cry (6) 11 Capital of Mali (6) 14 Fr. saint (3) 16 Person who rides (5) 17 Himalayan legend (4) 19 "And us" anagram for African country? (5) 21 He has __ __ : colloquial way of saying,"He is likely to be in trouble"?

(3,2) 22 Concern or disquiet? (5) 23 Art Deco artist (4) 26 High priest in Exodus (5) 28 GI address (3) 29 Soap ____ : small pieces of soap used for dipping clothes for washing? (6) 30 Clapton or Hendrix's forte (6) 31 Word form for ''fire'' (4) 32 Ghosts (8) 33 Natural ability (6) DOWN: 1 Brazen-faced (6) 2 Ice cream made with eggs (6) 3 A device used, to secure or fasten (4) 4 One of the richest states in India (7) 5 Raw, green, veg (5) 6 The highest adult male singing voice (5) 8 Police raid (4) 9 Have a duty to pay money to someone (3) 12 Minute, in short (3) 13 Tidily kept (5) 15 Indian paceman ___ Pratap Singh (5) 18 Is ___ to : has the same value as? (5) 19 Search and Rescue, abbr. (3) 20 Home "improvements" (abbr.) (3)

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SUDOKU 1933 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: S equals H

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

21 Truthfulness and sincerity (7) 22 Large bowl-shaped pan (3) 23 French city on the Moselle (6) 24 Thin Indian bread, should we say (4) 25 Chivalrous knight (6)

26 Kick up __ (5) 27 Collected or gathered the dried leaves (5) 28 31-day mo. (3) 30 Essential point (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Patan, 6 Smock, 9 Regatta, 10 Slice, 11 Rip up, 12 Solid, 13 Amnesty, 15 Moe, 17 Heed, 18 Sender, 19 Swaps, 20 Amigos, 22 Dire, 24 Pes, 25 Sleeves, 26 Flint, 27 Grief, 28 Pivot, 29 Lumbers, 30 At all, 31 Yelps.

DOWN: 2 Aflame, 3 Arched, 4 Nee, 5 Savoy, 6 Strikes, 7 Maid, 8 Crusoe, 12 Stews, 13 Aheap, 14 Nevis, 15 MDLIV, 16 Eries, 18 Spilt, 19 Soulful, 21 Meerut, 22 Demise, 23 Recoup, 25 Snobs, 26 Fell, 28 Pry.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1752 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

H B C F S B F

L P

F S Y

J B C

K Y H B L C

R K L Y C X W Z A L J F L H P Y B F

N C W Z

F Y K H P

S Y

M C F L W

B C L H B W

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L C F Y C X P S Y

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons

Afternoon WORD MINE

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

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

Today’s ratings: 11 average; 13 good; 15 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: envoi, into, INTROVERT, iron, note, orient, otter, oven, over, overt, retort, riot, rioter, rote, rotten, rove, rover, tenor, tone, toner, tore, torn, torrent, tort, torte, tote, trio, trot, veto, vote, voter.

HEATHCLIFF

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Jwala still nursing injury but hopes to play today

MUMBAI: Krissh Delhi Smashers' icon player Jwala Gutta, who missed her team's Indian Badminton League tie against Mumbai Masters, is yet to recover from a shoulder injury but the ace doubles shuttler is hopeful of playing against Awadhe Warriors today. "My shoulder is much better than what it was in Lucknow. It is still not 100 per cent healed. My physio suggested that I rest (against Mumbai) also.

There is a little pain, there is little soreness but it's better," Jwala told reporters last night after Mumbai Masters thrashed Delhi Smashers 4-1.

"But I am hopeful of playing the next match. I wanted to play today (against Mumbai). The stadium was fantastic. The atmosphere here is amazing. A lot of my friends were here. I wanted to play really but sometimes you can't help it," she said.

Jwala said playing mixed doubles with foreign teammates was not difficult what if their styles are different. "Koo (Kien Keat) understands the game of doubles. It is very important to really understand the game of doubles because technically when you think about doubles, it is a bit different from singles. As long as he understands the game of doubles and I understand it, there is not much (difference). But the way they play and the way we play, there is a bit of difference. The way they move, the footwork, is different. I play a different game. I am more of a stroke player. They are coming straight from the World Championship so we hardly got any time to practice together.

But now we have been practicing and we have been playing, so it's better now," Jwala said.

Asked if she would partner a foreign player for the Super Series, the womens doubles gold medallist of 2010 Commonwealth Games replied in the negative.

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UMBAI: Former international Uday Pawar was surprised by shuttle queen Saina Nehwal's criticism of Taufik Hidayat's views over the Indian Badminton League auction process and said the retired Indonesian great's perspective needed to be respected, even if she had reservations.

"Taufik Hidayat is a great player and has been a world and Olympic champion to boot. His views need to be respected, even if you don't agree to them," Pawar told PTI here.

The retired Indonesian shuttler, who was bought by Saina's franchise team Hyderabad Hotshots for a paltry USD 15,000, was hurt that some of the top foreign players are being paid much less than lowerranked Indian counterparts.

Hidayat's less experienced Hotshots teammates -- Pradnya Gadre (USD 46,000, base price — USD 10,000), Tarun Kona (USD 28,000,

base price — USD 15,000) and Ajay Jayaram (USD 25,000, same base price) -- were sold for higher amounts.

"I felt bad when for the first time I saw on TV how much a player was bought for. I felt the IBL didn't treat the foreign players in the right manner. The price slab that was set was nonsense. Most of the foreign players were sold for their base price while the Indian players were bought for much higher prices," Hidayat told reporters here on Sunday.

"I felt the IBL organisers did not take world rankings into consideration. This is my first and last IBL," said the 2004 Athens Olympics gold medal winner and world men's singles champion in 2005.

Asked about the two-time Asian Games singles champion's views the next evening, London Olympic bronze medallist Saina said that the Indonesian should not expect too much since he has already retired

price and the Indonesian felt he deserved much more.

Saina, however, said Hidayat should realise that he was a retired player, a comment which did not amuse Jwala. "Taufik Hidayat is one of the greatest players....And I don't think u can dismiss his views just because he has "retired" from the game!!!!," wrote Jwala, who plays for Delhi franchise in IBL, on her twitter page.

JWALA SLAMS SAINA FOR HER "I don't know how anyone can COMMENTS ON HIDAYAT NEW DELHI: Top doubles bad- talk about him in such manminton player Jwala Gutta hit out at ner......Without giving him and his singles star Saina Nehwal for her stature any respect...It's absolutely comments that Taufik Hidayat sad!!!!," she said. Jwala did not name should accept the reality that he is a Saina in her series of tweets on the retired player and cannot get high- issue but in an apparent reference to the Hyderabadi, she said that she est base price in IBL. Hidayat, who is Saina's IBL team- should understand Hidayat's conmate in Hyderabad Hotshots fran- cern. "No matter how big u have bechise, had complained of unfair come in sport I think one should try treatment to foreign players by the and u’stand what ur fellow players league organisers. Hidayat was views r And work on it!!!," she bought for USD 15,000 at his base tweeted. from the international circuit. "I think world number one (Lee Chong Wei) got the highest price (of USD 1,35,000). I don't think there is anything unfair about it. He (Hidayat) should accept it that he has retired now so you can't get the highest base price of course. Its a negative thing to speak like this," said the world no. 4 women's player.

Kallis eyes a last shot at ODI World Cup J

OHANNESBURG: Senior allrounder Jacques Kallis has decided to end his six-month long sabbatical from ODIs and is ready to return to the South African squad for a last shot at the 50-over World Cup to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

Kallis on Tuesday reiterated his intention to extend his ODI career and to be a part of the Proteas team in their quest to win the next edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup. "Playing for my country has always been both a huge honour and a privilege," Kallis said in a statement released by Cricket South Africa (CSA).

"It remains my aspiration to be available for the 2015 edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup but, at the same time, I know as an all-rounder approaching my 38th birthday, I will need to assess my future in the game season by season. At the moment I am feeling mentally and physically refreshed and I am look-

ing forward to carry on playing for my country as long as possible," he said.

Kallis, who will be 38 in October, played his last ODI against New Zealand in February 2012. He, therafeter, opted to focus his career on Test matches and Indian Premier League. This means Kallis will be back for selection in the home series against India in November.

Welcoming Kallis's return to the side, CSA CEO Haroon Lorgat said, "Jacques is an extraordinary player who appreciates the ODI team building process that is currently under way."

Lorgat added that CSA would do everything possible to help Kallis achieve his personal ambitions while building a new generation ODI team.

India add two more medals at Youth Games

NANJING, CHINA: Weightlifter Venkat Rahul Ragala clinched a gold medal in the 77kg category while Shainki Nagar shot silver in the 10m air pistol as India swelled its medal tally to eight at the second Youth Asian Games.

Venkat lifted a cumulative total of 310 kg in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk to win the yellow metal. The best effort from the 16-year-old came in the third attempt when he lifted 142kg in Snatch and 168kg in Clean & Jerk style.

He was followed by China's Xingyu Lu with a total 285kg and Pichet Maneesri (280kg) of Thailand on the podium at Nanjing International Expo Centre.

In the men's 10m air pistol event, Shainki accumulated 195.3 points in the finals and narrowly missed out on a gold medal which went to China's Wu Jiayu who finished with a total of 195.5 at Fangshan Hall.

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HAVE TAKEN INJURY IN MY STRIDE: SOMDEV

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I've taken it in my stride," Somdev told PTI in an interview.

Now that he is getting back to his usual fighting self, demanding every single ounce of energy his opponent has in him to get the better of him, Somdev is now eyeing the top-100 bracket in the ATP rankings.

"Remain healthy, fit and injury free! To finish the year top-100 would also be great," he said.

It took Somdev a long time to get back to his winning ways. In the first half of the season, he struggled to get past even Qualifiers in big events. But Somdev said he never lacked energy or the fighting spirit in the face of consistent defeats.

"I never really lost the drive or the never-give-up attitude," he said. At the French Open, from qualifying, he reached the second round where he lost to none other than Roger Federer. Then he made three semifinals on the Challenger tour.

NEW DELHI: Urging the Indian Olympic Association to sort out its differences with the IOC through negotiations, Sports Minister Jitendra Singh asked the administrators to put national interest first to ensure that the ban on India is revoked at the earliest. "The Government of India urges all concerned to ensure that individual interests should not come in the way of our national interest and good of sports. At the same time, the Government places highest emphasis on the standards of ethics and good governance as per the Olympic Charter," said Jitendra Singh in a release.

The Minister welcomed the efforts to end the impasse between the International Olympic Committee and the IOA, and hoped that all sides will soon reach a consensus.

Kohli steady at tied 6th in ICC T20 rankings

DUBAI: Virat Kohli is the highest-ranked Indian batsman at joint sixth but there is no Indian presence in the top-10 of the bowlers' list in the latest ICC Twenty20 Rankings issued. At eighth, Suresh Raina is the second Indian batsman in the top-10 with Yuvraj Singh being a distant next best at 16th. Offspinner R Ashwin is the highest-ranked Indian bowler at 16th in the chart.

Elsewhere, Pakistan will begin their twomatch Twenty20 International series against Zimbabwe on August 23 with an aim to reduce the gap with number-one ranked Sri Lanka. The two-match series starts in Harare with the second match scheduled to be held on 24 August.

Poonia asked me to recommend her name for Khel Ratna: Anjali

NEW DELHI: Ace shooter and Khel Ratna selection panel member Anjali Bhagwat revealed that discus thrower Krishna Poonia had called her to lobby for the top honour just a day before the committee met. "She (Poonia) called me and asked me to recommend her name for the Khel Ratna award the day before the panel met," Bhagwat told PTI. A miffed Bhagwat said it was not right on Poonia's part to claim that it was she who got the list changed at the last moment to include Double trap World Champion Ronjan Sodhi's name in place the discus thrower.

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EW DELHI: When Somdev Devvarman was at the peak of his career in 2011, a shoulder injury put a brake on his ascendancy but the gritty Indian says he has taken the tough period in his stride and is now aiming to re-enter the top-100 by the end of this season.

Somdev re-established India on the singles map with his memorable wins on the Tour and in Davis Cup. That he was gradually becoming a force to reckon with reflected in his singles ranking when he touched a career-best 62 in mid-2011.

However, a shoulder injury late in 2011 and a resultant surgery in early 2012, hit Somdev's career graph badly. In the entire 2012 season post rehabilitation, he could win just two matches out of nine he played. In the process, his ranking plummeted to 664.

However, in the second half of the current year, he has again started to regain his space. He has moved to 113 on the back of his good run in the Challengers post Roland Garros.

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Somdev clears first hurdle

NEW YORK: Somdev Devvarman, India's numero uno singles player, cleared the first hurdle in the US Open qualifying tournament with a straight set win over Fabiano De Paula, here.

Somdev, seeded sixth, defeated his Brazilian rival 64 6-3 in one hour and nine minutes in the the first round contest of the US Open qualifiers.

Somdev, ranked 113, broke Paula one time in the opening set while thrice in the second.

He will next face American Robby Ginepri, ranked 123 places below him at 236.

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fered the shoulder injury, Somdev said he prefers to look ahead.

"It's difficult to say how my career would've progressed if I hadn't got injured when I did. But I was playing some good tennis at that point. However, injuries are a part and parcel of the sport and

Parmar pounds St. Joseph with seven goals

High School, Bandra in the same group match defeating them 12-0 UMBAI: It continued rain- with Kevin Fernandes striking four ing goals in the MSSA Inter goals and Stayan Yadav scoring School Hockey Tournament at three. However, another Bandra the Mumbai Hockey Association school, St. Andrew’s High School Stadium on Wednesday as Jay had a better outing as compared Parmar was in overdrive mode as to their counterparts, St. Theresa, he struck a whopping seven goals as they got the better of Ryan Infor Children Academy, Malad as ternational, Chembur 6-0 with they hammered St. Joseph Aziz Shaikh and Vignesh Shenoy School, Malad 16-0 in the under scoring a couple.

RESULTS: B-16: St. Andrew’s High 16 match.

Apart for Parmar, Darshan School (Bandra) (6) (Aziz Shaikh 2, Gawkar, Yesh Pithwa and Sagar Vignesh Shenoy 2, Azfor Noorani 1, Dihora struck a brace in the one Sahil Jaddar 1) beat Ryan Int. sided contest. In another match, (Chembur) (0); St. Anne’s High School St. Anne’s High School, Malad (Malad) (12) (Kevin Fernandes 4, Satyan were on song as they went ham- Yadav 3, Haresh Jadhav 1, Elroy mer and tongs against St. Theresa Remedios 1, Andrew Nadir 1, Daniel

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Shane Watson was struck below the helmet by a Stuart Broad bouncer during the final test match at The Oval. He was batting on 150 at the 70-over mark with Australia at 230 for three wickets.

Chetty 1, Cletus D’Mello 1)s beat St. Theresa High School (Bandra) (0); Children Academy (Malad) (16) (Jay Parmar 7, Darshan Gawkar 2, Yesh Pithwa 2, Sagar Dihora 2, Hemant Fadikar 1, Deep Mistry 1, Milon Waghela 1) beat St. Joseph Sec. (Malad) (0); Our Lady of Dolours (Marine Lines) (7) (Thaukurlla Tikaram 3, Singh Santosh 3, Qureshi Sameer 1) beat St. Paul’s High School (Dadar) (0).

Fernandes scored two goals as his school won the match 4-1.

RESULTS: B-16-IV-T: MVM (Andheri) (7) (Suraj Kotian 3, Srikant Kanojiya 2, Shoaib Patel 2) beat B.K.M. (Chowpatty) (0). B-16-IV-Y: St. Arnold (Andheri) (9) (Vaibhav I. 3, Amin Divesh 1, Sharma A. 2, S. Surendra 2) beat S.V.M. Int. (Vile Parle) (0). B-16-IV-Z: Manav Mandir (Malabar Hill) (1) (Rohan Rao 1) beat Billabong H.S. (Malad) (0); B-16-IV-S: Ryan Int. ICSE (Malad) (3) (Nisarc Kalyani 1, Denzil Peter’s 2) beat St. Thomas (Goregaon) (0).

ST. PIUS EASE PAST GYAN B-16-IV-U: VPMS Vidyamandir (Dahisar) KENDRA St. Pius won easily in the under failed to turn up for their match against 16 third division play off contest Sri Sri Ravi Shanker. B-16-III-PO: St. Pius of the Inter School football tour- X (Mulund) (4) (Tristan Fernandes 2, nament against Gyan Kendra, Siddant Bangera 1, Bhavya Shah 1) beat Andheri played at the Azad Gyan Kendra (Andheri) (1) (Anshul Maidan on Wednesday. Tristan Kewramani 1).

SPORTLIGHT

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You got off to a great start this season, winning the first round. How important was the start for you?

Definitely for me, the win got me to start the year on a high. Going in to the Polo R Cup 2013, I have just one aim, which is to be a champion. Considering this is my third year, I have a lot more experience but inspite of that, there were a lot more experienced competitors from South Africa and other drivers. I started the race in pole position and I went on and comfortably won that race. Race two was dicey because of the reverse grid. In the reverse grid, the top eight finishers are reversed in order.

What happens is the guys who qualified in the end are placed in the front in Race Two. So the first corner in Race Two is chaos, luckily for me, I got my nose out clean and chased down the leaders and managed to grab the third place.

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That was a one off drive for me and I wasn’t used to the car. Coming from touring cars to formula cars it was a very big challenge. There is lot of physical involvement when you are in a single-seater when it comes to physical fitness and endurance. The competitiveness is quite high and if you want take part in the ‘Formula’ you need to up your game.

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You have driven in the night race in Colombo, what was your experience in that race?

It is one of the most brilliant events that I have witnessed. We were racing on the main streets of Colombo where the financial hub is in place.

An event like that can be only created when you have immense backing from the officials and the government and they shut down the financial centre which was converted to a race track at night and we went on racing till 6 am.

How has the reverse grid helped in this format of racing?

It is good especially in series like the Volkswagen Polo R Cup because of the simple reason all the cars are same. Teams are not competing in this series, it is driver versus driver all the time and if you are genuinely fast and have the pace you will be there. It encourages the new drivers to get a shot for the podium.

Where do you want to head from here?

Racing is a capital intensive sport and not everyone with money can go and drive. You need someone to back you with money in order to go places. Even hockey gets more backing than motorsport. Racing in a GT series in Europe requires sponsorship. It has been difficult get sponsorship and has two sponsors this season.

Is Super Bike Championship and the Formula One not getting a place in the Indian racing calendar this year a setback for Indian motorsport?

I see it as a big setback. We have created an amazing stadium in Greater Noida, but what is the sense if you cannot host a world class event on a world class track where people want to come and race over there from abroad. In 2011, nobody loved the Indian Grand Prix, it was a mess and honestly their displeasure is shown here. There is a lot more to it.

‘I WILL RACE TILL I DIE’

You encountered a jump start for which you were penalised 20 seconds of

How long do you want to stay in the driver’s seat? How do you see motorsport in India go from here?

I will be in the driver’s seat till the day I die. I

24-year-old RAHIL NOORANI has been burning rubber on the race track for quite some time now. He got off to a good start in the Polo R Cup Round 1 winning the first race and did well in the other races.

With an aim to make it to the next level, Bandra boy Rahil speaks exclusively to NEIL JOSHI about his season so far in the driver’s seat, his experience with Formula BMW at the Buddh International Circuit and his aim and driving ambition for the coming two years.

your lap timing, despite doing well. How frustrating was that?

That weekend it didn’t really go well as I made silly errors in qualifying and I started in fifth position in Race One. I found myself in third place and I was elated by that. The area I wasn’t happy was my immediate rivals had finished ahead of me, so that was a wake-up call for me and I knew I had to perform well in Race Two. Going in to Race Two, I was a bit anxious and that got the better of me. Four years in to racing, I never had a jump start and this came at a most crucial time. It was a rookie error. As soon as I did it I knew I had jumpstarted and I knew I was hard done. I won the race on track but finished the race in the seventh position.

Is it good to have cars of the same calibre?

It is very encouraging because you cannot use an excuse that the other driver’s car is faster.

So you have a level playing field for everyone.

All you are showing is what you can do.

Everything you are doing on the track is because of you and it is not the car because everyone else is using the same car. And in A1 GP it is the driver’s skill which is shown there. If you compare A1 GP to Formula One, F1 is backed by so much money and they are all trying to go faster in order to score more points.

It is a totally different ball game.

There was contemplation that Round Three would be street circuit and would be held in Srinagar. What is the current position on that?

We were looking forward to that. The street circuit is something which is constructed just once and that too for a race, so nobody has driven there before. So not only are you are driving on an alien track, it is also very narrow and has got its own challenges. So the race was going to be held in Srinagar but has been

shifted to the Buddh International Circuit. I feel for the organisers because it is not easy to organise any motorsport event in India.

Since Jeffery Kruger is the only foreign national driver in the Polo R Cup, how difficult is it to get foreign drivers to participate in Indian events?

They share a lot of their experience in the course of various interactions. Last year, too, we had a driver from Mexico and females from Denmark. We learn so much from them as they have a lot of experience in international motorsport. They come from a place where motorsport is a ‘cult’ where as here it’s the other way around. The government doesn’t recognise racing as a sport.

You have driven at the Buddh International Circuit for the Formula BMW Asia JK Series, how competitive is that as compared to the Polo R Cup?

will be racing all my life and even if I am married with kids. Motorsport in India will take a while before it goes anywhere. It is now that the people are opening up to it.

What created your love for cars?

I never have love for a particular car. I just loved racing cars and the art of racing and battling with other people. Initially, I wanted to take up bike racing but my parents were against that. It was only when I was 17, that my parents allowed me to take the car and race it on a track.

Where do you see yourself in a couple of years?

I want to be the champion of the Polo R Cup this season. I want to go to Europe in the next season, which should be my dream. If you ask me, I would say Formula One, but realistically speaking, it is out of reach as I am too old.

There is scope in other series which are really doing well.

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| THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2013