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Aft er oo ORDINANCE TO NEGATE SC ON DANCE BARS?

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By Suresh Golani

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ess than a day after a 48year-old housewife succumbed to injuries after the two-wheeler she was riding skidded on a pothole near the Railway Over Bridge in Vasai (East), the rogue potholes there have temporarily been filled up with paver blocks.

But the blame game over potholes is already underway, with the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) putting the onus of developing the road on the Maharashtra Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

While the MMRDA has recently approved a project for constructing a road network of over 90 km in Vasai, it is still not clear if the pockmarked road near Chimaji Appa Garden, where the mishap took place on Friday, is a part of the project. “Even though the road comes under

COVER UP Killer stretch before repairs...

the jurisdiction of the Public Works Department, the responsibility of development lies with the MMRDA,” con-

firmed newly appointed VVMC chief, Govind Rathod, who was still not sure as to who (the VVMC or MMRDA)

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By Suyash Padate

espite the Supreme Court order, the state government is firm on its stand to keep dance bars shut across the state. It has therefore decided to amend the law, perhaps through an ordinance, which discriminates between dance bars and the star hotels.

Replying to a query in the Assembly yesterday, Home Minister R R Patil said, “The state government will take a decision in two days on the verdict of the Supreme Court that upheld the Bombay High Court’s decision to quash the ban on dance bars. We have sought legal opinion from experts in Mumbai and New Delhi. The government is also seeking the opinion of the Attorney General. The state government is of the view that the ban on dance bars should continue.”

“The government is seriously considering withdrawal of dance performance licenses to star hotels to remove the disparity.

The discrimination in the Bombay Police Act will be addressed by the state and, if needed, the dance bar licenses issued to star hotels (3 or 5 star) will be withdrawn,” he added further.

Bala Nandgaonkar of the MNS had raised this query. He, along with the senior PWP legislator Ganpatrao Deshmukh, wanted to know the steps being taken by the state government on

Blame-game over killer potholes begins, even as paver blocks are placed along risky stretch that traffic police had already warned VVMC about

...and after repairs

had carried out the temporary repair works on the stretch of road (see pic).

“I will inquire and get back

with details regarding who filled the potholes with paver blocks last night,” said Rathod while speaking to this

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correspondent. “Our traffic department had officially intimated the civic administration about the impending threats to pedestrians and motorists, due to potholeriddled roads, but unfortunately no action was taken,” claimed Additional SP (Thane-Rural), Sangramsingh Nishaandar.

48-year-old Asha Damdhare, residing in the Colasso Wadi area of Gohvire, met with a fatal accident when her Activa bike skidded over a pothole near the Vasai ROB at about 7:45 pm on Friday.

Damdhare had managed to dodge several potholes, but apparently lost her balance after she accidentally hit a huge one located right in the middle of the road. She was rushed, profusely bleeding, to the Golden Park Hospital where, after battling for life Continued on pg 8 «

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Gutka ban extends to mava and khaini

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By Suyash Padate & Prashant Hamine

Yet another official is returning with his report from the Naxal-hit area, sir!

OPINIONS

Do you think the state’s decision to transfer animals from Rani Baug to Sanjay Gandhi National Park is in the best interest of the city?

Sunil Prabhu Mayor No. It is not in the best interest of the city. Instead it is in the best interest of some politicians who are eyeing the strategic open space of Rani Baug for commercial purposes.

Siddharth Kumar Financial Expert No. Rani Baug is the best open space for local people. Else the city is a concrete jungle. This move is not a good one.

Kajal Gohil Housewife Yes. If the animals are transferred to National Park they will get open space and can enjoy their life. Open space can be used for botanical garden and as play ground.

Gajanan Pattewar Entrepreneur No. Whenever a politician says something, he has a vested interest.

Politicians might want to use the open space of Rani Baug for their own commercial ends.

Vivek Purohit Media Professional No. This is another case of man shifting nature and animals around in order to facilitate his own comforts.

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oing one step ahead, the state government yesterday took a decision to impose a ban on the sale, manufacture and storage of all types of processed or packaged tobacco. After gutka and paan masala, the government has extended its ban on other tobacco products as well.

This was announced in both houses of the legislature yesterday by the Minister of State for Food and Drugs Administration Satej Patil. As a result of this ban, local vendors cannot sell paan (betel leaf) with flavoured tobacco, kaath and lime (edible calcium carbonate) and also maava or kharra (mix of processed tobacco, areca nut and lime), khaini (flavoured tobacco) or other processed and packaged tobacco products.

Patil said, “This ban, which will be in force for a year, does not apply to unprocessed betel nut and tobacco. We will start collecting samples from vendors to check them for the presence of magne-

Government medical colleges from the state have not applied for additional seats allotted by MCI for the MBBS course, thus risking the cancellation of hundreds of additional seats

sium carbonate which causes cancer. This ban and the new rules have come into force from July 20.”

On July 19, the Maharashtra government had extended the ban on gutka by another 12 months and also made provisions to ban other tobacco products as per its new rules.

The sale of betel leaf and a madeto-order mix of betel nut and flavoured tobacco, called maava in Mumbai, Pune and the Western

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part of the state and kharra in Nagpur as well as the rest of Vidarbha, shot up after gutka and paan masala were banned. However, now the government has imposed a ban on these hazardous products too.

TO BE CANCELLED

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By Yatin Ingle

W

ith students struggling to get a seat in medical colleges that are almost full, it seems that government colleges are not interested in making arrangements for additional seats. After the Medical Council of India (MCI) allotted 3,000 seats for the Bachelors of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course, around 400 additional seats were permitted to be allotted to government colleges in Maharashtra. Though these colleges were given a deadline of July 30 to apply for the proposal of these additional seats, none of the state government medical colleges have applied for a hold over these seats.

The risk now is that if the council does not receive an application for these additional seats, they might be cancelled.

The Indian Medical Council (MCI) had granted permission to government and private medical colleges to increase the number of

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seats as per the suggestions of the Central Government with the only condition that the colleges should have been established not lesser than ten years ago. Colleges that have 50 seats can increase the number of seats to 100 and those which already have 100 seats can increase the number to 150.

Though several medical colleges have already applied for additional seats, the government colleges are yet to put in their applications. The council will take its final decision

over the left over seats on July 31.

According to sources, 410 seats were allotted to Maharashtra.

Along with this proposal, was also a copy of the information regarding the basic infrastructure for extra seats duly signed by the Chief Secretary, a certificate of deficit after fulfilling human resources and basic infrastructure and a certificate for extra seats from Health & Science University to being eligible for the additional seats.

When the ADC spoke to Praveen

Shingare, Director, Medical Education, he said, “The department has asked all medical colleges to submit their applications for the needed seats in their institutions. The department of medical education will have a discussion with the state government after which the decision over the allotment seats will be taken.” When asked about the left over seats, Shingare replied “It can only be decided after the final allotment of the seats and the decision by the medical departments”.

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Not Matheran, just Dockyard Road

Pic by Raju Vernekar

NOTWITHSTANDING the population explosion, increasing high rises and mushrooming slums, Mumbai abounds in vegetation as well. This picture of a verdant hillside reminds us of a hill station like Matheran. But it is just our very own Dockyard Road railway station in South Mumbai on the Harbour Line which gives access to Mazagaon area. On the west side of the station, there is a cliff which is covered with lush

At Dockyard Road where the Harbour Line train stops right up against a vertical cliff of green, it is tempting to imagine one is in a hill station!

Jackal pack at Bandra Bandstand. Uniform and jeans home in on an unsuspecting pigeon who might (or might not) have littered. Either way, he usually pays.

Clean up act!

OUR photographer Azad Shrisvastav was at Bandra Bandstand yesterday, tut-tutting with disapproval at the way young people refuse to take advice to safeguard themselves seriously on the shore, putting themselves at great risk when the big waves come rolling in, and taking pictures nevertheless.

Over so soon?

TWO months of every monsoon, from June 15 to August 15, is a compulsory holiday for fishermen who do not venture out into the choppy seas.

So they sit at home, or go on ‘teerth yatras’ or mend their nets during the off season, and pray that that the next season would bring them bigger catches. And now August 15 is almost upon us.

The fishermen resume deep sea fishing only after Narli Pornima when the restriction imposed by Coast Guard is officially lifted, a rule

That is when he noticed this little knot of people, moving from group to group, ostensibly keeping Mumbai clean.

One of them was in the uniform of the Clean Mumbai squad, the others were in civvies (jeans, shabby trousers etc), but they moved as a unified unit, homing in always on people who seemed from out of town.

So our photographer sneaked up to eavesdrop and heard a neat little extortion operation in progress. The uniform would point to a piece of paper or a packet lying

imposed strictly with violations subjected to a fine of Rs.1,500. This is the way it has been since 198182 when a legislation was enacted to give the seas (and the fish) a rest and time for rejuvenation.

Not that everyone adheres strictly to the rule of course. There are small outfits that launch surreptitiously and sail to a fixed point to fish, taking a risk as they do so. But it is nothing really big and the fishermen stick close to the coast, for there is no telling when the sea will decide that enough is enough.

We saw that in the mountains of Uttarakhand recently.

near the target and command him to fork out Rs.200 for littering. Usually the target protested, but feebly, because they were intimidated by the uniform. Then the chaps in civvies would whip out receipt books and busily start scribbling.

By then, all the fight would have drained out of the victim, and the pleading for a negotiated settlement would begin. Usually Rs 100 would be enough to call it a day.

Here’s proof of one more thing that stinks in the urbs prima in Indus.

The late Simon Cardinal Pimenta, a good priest, a fine Prince of the Church and a remarkably compassionate human being.

Pic by Raju Vernekar

greenery and provides a stunning view. In fact, it tempts one to get off the train and try and climb to the the top in the hope of getting a panoramic view of the surrounding areas.

Incidentally, Mazagon is one of the archipelago of seven islands which is present day Mumbai and at one time housed important public buildings, including the governor’s mansion which is now the Haffkine Institute, where various vaccines are made. In fact, both Mazagon and neighbouring Parel are as rich in history as South Mumbai which boasts of a Gothic crescent of buildings starting and ending at CST and including Elphinstone College, the Museum buildings, the Town Hall, the old secretariat, Hornbill House and the GPO. In Parel, opposite KEM Hospital, there are three buildings, a bit shabby but still solid to look at.

They are called the Pinta, the Nina and the Santa Maria.

Now who in heaven would imagine that when Sir Christopher Columbus departed Spain and Castile for his epic voyage around the world in the 15th century, he would end up leaving his ship’s names in Mumbai!

A tribute

IT is easy to say nice things about the recently deceased and if the person is question is the late Simon Pimenta, it is even easier.

But when Dr Leo Rebello, seldom a respecter of persons and especially of religious persons, has only rich praise, then one is tempted to believe all the more! Here is what he has written: “Cardinal Simon Pimenta is no more. He was a noncontroversial and respected religious head. I had named him Cardinal Simple Simon. He lived by the book. He knew me well.

He always addressed me by my first name. He wanted to solemnize my marriage personally, provided I got married in the Church and not under the special marriage act (as my wife Kashmira is Parsi).

“Even though I did not listen to him, he never held any grudge against me and did not excommunicate me. Good religious man. I love him. May his soul rest in peace.

“As a doctor, I do not go to funerals because a doctor's first responsibility is to save a person from dying. But tomorrow, I may go to say a final goodbye to him.”

As will thousands of others who revered him as both man of God and good human being.

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THANKSGIVING

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever. Sacred Heart of Jesus thy kingdom come. Sacred Heart of Jesus have mercy on us. St. Jude the worker of miracles pray for us.

St. Jude the helper of the hopeless pray for us. Your prayers will be answered by the publication must be promised.

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C-8580 Thank you St. Jude O Holy St. Jude Apostle and Martyr, great in virtue and rich in miracles, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need to you I have recourse from the depth of my heart and humbly beg to whom God has given such great power to come to my assistance. help me in my present urgent petition, in return I promise to make your name known and cause you to be invoked... say three Our Fathers, Hail Marys and Glory bes. St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid.

Amen.

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CHANGE OF RELIGION

I, Arvind Bramhadev Sharma, have changed my Religion from Hindu to Islam. As per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 8990) dated 27/06/2013.

C-10885 I, Dharmesh Kumar, have changed my Religion from Hindu to Islam. As per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-8989) dated 27/06/2013.

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CLASSIFIEDS CHANGE OF NAME

I, Shriwastav Premchand Motilal, have changed my name to Shrivastav Premchand Motilal as per Affidavit dated July 20, 2013.

C-10846 I, Patel Bharti, have changed my name to Sonara Bharti as per Affidavit dated 18-7-2013.

C-10847 I, Shabana Mohabatali Khan, have changed my name to Salma Bano Mohammed Sabir Khan Vide Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U-19626 dated July 11th17th, 2013.

C-10848 I have changed my name from Sou Nikita Nitin Pawar to Kumudini Pandurang Kadam as per Affidavit dated 16th July, 2013.

C-10849 I, Arvind Shantaram Baikar, have changed my name to Anil Shantaram Baikar as per Affidavit dated 19th day of July 2013.

C-10850 I, Sayed Marediya, have changed my name to Sayyad Marediya as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No U-18519 dated 04/07/13.

C-10851 I, Shirin Sayed Marediya, have changed my name to Shirin Sayyad Marediya as per Maha.

Government Gazette No. U-18520 dated 04/07/13.

C-10852 I, Naufilbhai Amirali Prasla, have changed my name to Naufil Amirali Prasala as per Maha. Government Gazette No. U-18539 dated 04/07/13.

C-10853 I, Jyotiben Prabhudas Soni, have changed my name to Jyoti Atul Soni as per deed poll Affidavit dated 20/07/13.

C-10854 I, Atulkumar Vrajlal Soni, have changed my name to Atul Vrajlal Soni as per deed poll Affidavit dated 20/07/13.

C-10855 We, Mr. Vinaay Thakkaar & Mrs. Devshrree Thakkaar, have changed our minor son’s name from Ramesh Thakkaar to Rammesh Thakkaar as per deed poll Affidavit dated 20/07/13.

C-10856 I, Shabnamkhatun A. Ansari, have changed my name to Shabnam Afjal Ansari as per deed poll Affidavit dated 20/07/13.

C-10857 I, Shaiya Khetankumar Mehta, have changed my name to Shaipa Khetankumar Mehta as per deed poll Affidavit dated 17/07/13.

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I, Varshaben Ketan Mehta, have changed my name to Varsha Ketan Mehta as per deed poll Affidavit dated 20/07/13.

C-10859 I, Bhanwarlal Sardarmal Jain, have changed my name to Bhawarlal Sardarmal Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated 19/07/13.

C-10860 I, Simpal Saremal Jain, have changed my name to Simple Sanjaykumar Jain as per deed poll Affidavit dated 19/07/13.

C-10861 I, Rakesh Chandra Sharma, have changed my name to Rakesh Sharma as per deed poll Affidavit dated 10/07/13.

C-10862 I, Miss Suvarna Krishna Ghadi, have changed my name to Mrs. Arpita Amol Mestry as per deed poll Affidavit dated 18/07/13.

C-10863 I, Manish Gopal Ahuja, have changed my name to Manish Balram Ahuja as per Maha.

Government Gazette No X-27852 dated 22/10/2009.

C-10864 I, Anshu Gopal Ahuja, have changed my name to Anshu Balram Ahuja as per Maha.

Government Gazette No. X-27851 dated 22/10/2009.

C-10865 I, Komal Gopal Ahuja, have changed my name to Komal Balram Ahuja as per Maha.

Government Gazette No. X-27850 dated 22/10/2009.

C-10866 I, Ms. Sonalben Arvindkumar Tataria, have changed my name to Mrs. Sonal Mukesh Khatri as per deed poll Affidavit dated 22/07/13.

C-10867 I, Haardik Kirit Soni, have changed my name to Hardik Kirit Soni as per deed poll Affidavit dated 22/07/13.

C-10868 I, Amitkumar Dhansukhlal Gaglani, have changed my name to Amit Dhansukhlal Gaglani as per deed poll Affidavit dated 22/07/13.

C-10869 I, Jalpa Amitkumar Gaglani, have changed my name to Jalpa Amit Gaglani as per deed poll Affidavit dated 22/07/13.

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 I have changed my name from Jayapal to Jayabal Naidu as per Affidavit.

C-10873 I have changed my name from Mythili to Mythili Naidu as per Affidavit.

C-10874 I have changed my name from Azeem Anjum Dayatar to Azim Anjum Dayatar as per Affidavit.

C-10875 I have changed my name from Kuddus Alam Khan alias Quddus Alam Jamsher Khan alias Quddus Khan to Quddus Jamsher Khan as per Affidavit No. HS 521433.

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I have changed my name from Gada leelavatiben premji to Nagda leena rajesh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Ranjitkumar Samantray to Ranjit Kumar Samantaray as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shah Vivek Rajesh to Nagda Vivek rajesh as per Affidavit.

C-10891

I have changed my name from Tapaswini Samantray to Tapaswini Samantaray as per Affidavit.

C-10907

I have changed my name from Shah Umang Rajesh to Nagda Umang rajesh as per Affidavit.

C-10892 I have changed my name from Shah Rajesh Damji to Nagda Rajesh Damji as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Siraj Alam Kuddus Alam Khan to Siraj Quddus Khan as per Affidavit No HS 521432.

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I have changed my name from Shah Leena Rajesh to Nagda Leena Rajesh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my old name Aslam Habibulah Ansari to new name Mohammed Aslam Habibulah Ansari as per Maha.

Govt. Gazette No. (U-13167).

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I have changed my name from Mohammed Jaleel Abdul Khalique Shaikh to Mohammed Jalil Abdul Khalid Shaikh as per Gazette .

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I have changed my old name Sofia Aslam Ansari to new name Sufia Mohammed Aslam Ansari as per Maha. Govt.

Gazette No. (U-13168).

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I have changed my name from Dhanalakshmi Ganesh Karpan to Ester William Gomes as per Affidavit dated 19th July, 2013.

C-10896

I have changed my name from Supritha Satish Kamat, to ‘Supritha Nagesh Prabhu’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-15399) dated 20/06/13.

C-10880 I have changed my name from Toufeeqoddin Aleemoddin, to ‘Toufeeqoddin Aleemoddin Shaikh’ as per Affidavit dated 20/07/2013.

C-10881 I have changed my name from Arvind Bramhadev Sharma, to ‘Mohammed Ali Bramhadev Sharma’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-8991) dated 27/06/2013.

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I have changed my name from Suchitra Monga to Suchitra Ganesh as per Affidavit dated 3rd July, 2013.

C-10897 I have changed my name from Kedarnath Sahu to Kedar Sahu as per Affidavit dated 3rd July, 2013.

C-10898 I have changed my name from Niraj Kamlesh Shah to Neeraj Kamlesh Shah as per Affidavit dated 3rd July, 2013.

C-10899 I have changed my name from Jaiprakash to Jaiprakash Maheshwari as per Affidavit dated 22nd July, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Dharmesh Kumar, to ‘Fazal Abdullah’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-8988) dated 27/06/2013.

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I have changed my name from Rukshana Arif Kadri to Ruksana Arif Kadri as per Affidavit dated 22nd July, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Choughule Gulam Mohiyuddin to Choughule Gulam Muhdeen as per Affidavit dated 22/07/13.

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Mr. Rajbir Ujinwal & Mrs. Urmila Ujinwal Parent of Miss.

Varsha Ujiyanwala apply for change of name to Varsha Ujinwal as per Affidavit dated 22nd July, 2013.

C-10902

I have change my name from Naved Noor Mhd Khan to Naved Noor Khan as per Maha.

Govt. Gazette No. (X-4291).

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I have changed my name from Urmiladevi B. Gupta to Urmila Bachulal Gupta as per deed poll Affidavit dated 17-7-2013.

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We, Mr. Amit Dhansukhlal Gaglani & Mrs. Jalpa Amit Gaglani, have changed our minor son’s name from Parth Amitkumar Gaglani to Parth Amit Gaglani as per deed poll Affidavit dated 22/07/13.

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I have changed my name from Prabhodh A. Acharya, alias Mr. Prabodhkumar A. Acharya to Prabodh A. Acharya as per Affidavit dated 22nd July, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Vivekkumar to Vivek Shrikrishna Budukale as per deed poll Affidavit dated 22nd July, 2013.

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I have changed my name from Manish Kumar to Manish Kumar Naidu as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mrs. Sajjandevi Shantilal Jain to Mrs. Sajjani Shantilal Jain as per Affidavit dated 18-07-2013.

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I have changed my name from Nitin Ramchandra Bhakre to Nitin Ramchandra Bhakare as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Vijya Talele to Jayshri Balkrishna Talele as per Affidavit.

C-10908 I have changed my name from Naznin Majid Khan to Nazneen Majid Khan as per Affidavit.

C-10909 I have changed my name from Mohammed Hanzala Majid Khan to Hanzala Majid Khan as per Affidavit.

C-10910 We have changed our minor son’s name from Rehan Nazir Khan to Mohammed Rehan Nazir Khan as per Affidavit.

C-10911 I have changed my name from Javerben Bhura Nisar to Zaver Motilal Savla as per Affidavit dated 22/07/2013.

C-10912 I have changed my name from Cheriyandi Meettle Muraleedharan Karunakaran to Muraleedharan Karunakaran Kurup as per Affidavit.

C-10913 I have changed my name from Prakashkumar Hariram Lohia to Prakash Hariram Lohia as per Affidavit.

C-10914 I have change my name from Jeetendra Kundanmal Kothari to Jitendra Kundanmal Kothari as per Affidavit.

C-10915 I have change my name from Siddhartha Apoorva Shah to Siddharth Apoorva Shah as per Affidavit.

C-10916 I have change my name from Santoshkumar Dalichandji to Santosh Dalichandji Chaudhary as per Affidavit.

C-10917 I have changed my name from Ms.Harshada Dilip Deshpande to Mrs.Harshada Santosh Deshpande as per deed poll Affidavit No-HC 635482.

C-10918 I have changed my name from Miss. Immaculate Maryrose Tappy to Miss. Immaculate Benjamin Tappy as per Affidavit.

C-10919 I have changed my name from Piyushkumar Mahendrakumar Jain to Piyush Mahendrakumar Shah as per Affidavit.

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By Vishnudas Sheshrao

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hree-year-old Sarin Banoo Khatun Khan, who died after falling from a makeshift toilet into a nullah at Dharavi, 60 Feet Road, opp Santosh Hotel, M.K. Lala Chawal Dharavi had come from Goand district of Utter Pradesh to visit Mumbai. She was not used to such toilets.

Sarin had come to see the city along with her mother and four other sibling including three brothers and one sister had come to their father Khatun who is working in a plastic factory in city.

They had planned to stay here for 2-3 months. However, Sarin’s sudden death changed everything. Sarin’s death has highlighted the sanitation problem in the

HC pulls up state govt for inability to compensate rape and acid victims

Sarin Banoo Khatun Khan, aged 3, died after falling from a makeshift toilet in Dharavi.

NO FUNDS FOR VICTIMS

against Oppression of Women’, seeking implementation of a Supreme Court diBy Philip Varghese rective to form a policy for our months after the state providing legal, medical and government, in March this financial assistance for rehayear, informed the Bombay bilitating and compensating High Court that a draft policy rape victims.

The petitioner’s lawyer adfor rehabilitation and compensation of rape, sexual as- vocate Mihir Desai said, sault and acid attack victims “However till date the state will be tabled before the cab- government has not taken inet, the Bombay High Court any steps towards the same. on Monday came down heav- Neither a compensation ily on the government for its board nor victim compensation fund has been formed inability in the matter.

The court also directed the yet. As per statistics, 24,206 Child Welfare Department rape cases were registered all secretary to appear in person over the country in 2011.”

While hearing the matter before it on its next hearing on July 25 to explain the gov- on Monday, the state public ernment’s status on the mat- prosecutor informed the court that it did not have ter.

The court was hearing a funds to provide compensaPublic Interest Litigation tion to victims of rape, sexual (PIL) filed by NGO ‘Forum assault and acid attack.

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Reacting to this, the division bench headed by Justice S.C. Dharmadhikari asked the state government, “How can you be so insensitive towards the issue? Why can’t you allocate funds for this purpose?”

The PIL demanded that besides financial assistance, the scheme should also provide legal and medical help. “Besides financial assistance, the scheme should also provide legal and medical assistance.

A lawyer should be present with the victim even when she goes to the police station to lodge her complaint. A list of lawyers' names should be kept in every police station so that when a rape victim goes to the police to lodge a case, the police should ask her if she wants a lawyer to represent her,” the petition stated.

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Three-year-old who died after falling into nullah had never sat in such a makeshift toilet before Dharavi area, known as the biggest slum in South Asia.

Dharavi a small belt of land between Mahim to Sion is spread across 175 hectares and gives a cheap accommodation for refugees or labourers who had come from various parts of country.

Presently, Dharavi gives home to 3.2 lakh people.

Virendra Tandel Prabhag Samiti President of G North ward said, “A door of a toilet has been broken from last two months. We have complained to ward office and this complained has been forwarded to the central agency who will forward it to contractor. Then he will come and repair the door of toilet.”

He added, “This is the way the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) works.

Every day, illegal floor are in-

creasing so does the population of the Dharavi. Existing toilets are filthy, dirty and broken doors are insufficient.”

Every day morning, long and unending queues are seen for toilet. It takes hours for turn. Some people had illegally built make shift toilets on nullahs. Small children who cannot sit safely in the make shift toilet defecate on the road.” Dharavi had scores of small scale factories like leather, plastic, cotton, pottery, food processing and many more things. It exports goods around the world and turn over goes estimated Rs.3,000 crore per year.

Recently, a few travel operators have started guided tours through Dharavi to show foreigners industrial units and accommodations system inside the area.

Fund to treat sick resident docs

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he state government has decided to set up a ‘Corpus Fund’ to treat resident doctors in the state if they fall ill; this was stated

by Minister for Medical Education Dr. Vijaykumar Gavit in the legislative council. Replying to supplementary queries over a calling attention notice moved by Alka Desai (Congress) and others, he said that health check-ups of the resident doctors will be done after every three months.

He added that if it is detected that they are ill their treatment will be done through corpus fund. Raising the issue Desai lamented that Dr. Samidha Khandare had died due to

tuberculosis in Lokmanya Hosptial after she came in contact with a patient having the disease affected. She added that doctors work extra hours which severely affects their health.

Gavit stated that Dr. Khandare was an undergraduate student and admitted that she died due to tuberculosis. He further said that the government is planning to set up a 'Corpus Fund' to provide security and funds to be utilised for the medical treatment of doctors in the state. Replying to a supplementary query from Dr. Deepak Sawant (Shiv Sena), the minister stated that the government will consider hiking the Rs.10 breakfast allowance for resident doctors.

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Builder wanted in Lahoria murder case surrenders

By Neel Shah

Being on run from nearly five months Bijlani surrenday before the Supreme dered before Additional SesCourt’s ultimatum ends, sions Judge K.R. Warrier.

Suresh Bijlani, the main acOn February 16, SunilKucused in the murder of Navi mar Lahoria was shot dead in Mumbai builder Sunil Laho- broad daylight outside his ofria, surrendered himself to fice at Vashi in Navi Mumbai. the police.

“With Bijlani’s arrest, the Bijlani’s arrest will be vital total number of arrests rose for closing in on Anurag Garg, to 10,” police said adding that who is wanted by the Mum- after his surrender Bijlani was bai’s crime branch probing sent to the Civil Hospital for the case, informed sources medical examination.

The Court had last month investigating the case. The police now strongly suspects issued a non-bailable warrant Garg’s role as very crucial in against Bijlani, his brother the sensational killing of La- Mahesh and architect Anurag Garg in the murder case. horia.

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Bijlani's anticipatory bail plea had previously been rejected by the Sessions Court, Bombay High Court and also the Supreme Court.

The SC last week directed Bijlani to surrender before Tuesday on a plea filed by Lahoria's son Sunny against the Madhya Pradesh High Court's interim bail to the builder.

Nine accused had been earlier arrested and these included shooters Venkatesh Shettiar, Wajid Qureshi, realty developer Sumit Bacchewar and retired ‘encounter specialist’ Emmanuel Amolik. neel.shah@afternoondc.in

AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING… The trustees of the Ganesh Gully’s Mumbaicha Raja perform ‘Padhya Pujan’ (Ganesha’s feet worshipping) at Lalbaug on Monday. This year the mandal will erect a replica of Gujarat’s famous Somnath temple. The mandal has been performing this feat since 1928.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Netasha Rajesh Jain to Natasha Piyush Shah as per Affidavit.

C-10921 I have changed my name from Sarojaben Saroja Nemichand Jain to Saroj Parasmal Jain as per Affidavit.

C-10922 I have changed my name from Aparna Sharad Joshi to Amruta Ajay Palekar as per Affidavit.

C-10923 I have changed my name from Maheshkumar Pranubhai Desai to Mahesh Pranubhai Desai as per Affidavit.

C-10924 I have changed my name from Nehalben Ashokkumar Mehta to Nehal Ashokkumar Mehta as per Affidavit.

C-10925 I have changed my name from Ashokkumar Keshavlal Maheta to Ashokkumar Keshavlal Mehta as per Affidavit.

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Hasmukhbhai Patel to Hasmukh Patel as per Affidavit.

C-10937 I have changed my name from Krishna Devendrakumar Khatri to Krishna Devendra Khatri as per Affidavit.

C-10938 I have changed my name from Priyesh Jayeshkumar Patel to Priyeshkumar Jayeshbhai Patel as per Affidavit.

C-10939 I have changed my name from Jayeshkumar Patel to Jayeshbhai Patel as per Affidavit.

C-10940 I have changed my name from Shivam to Shivam Narain as per Affidavit.

C-10941 I have changed my name from Kamla Arvind Dhuker to Mayuri Arvind Dhuker as per Affidavit.

C-10942 I have changed my name from Ramdar Kushwaha to Ramadhar Kushwaha as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shailesh Kumar Kamta Prasad to Shaileshkumar Kamta Prasad Vishwakarma as per Govt. of Maharashtra Gazette No. (U-18433).

C-10956 I have changed my name from Tabassumbano Abdul Wahid Qureshi to Tabassum Abdul Aziz Qureshi as per Affidavit dated 22/07/2013.

C-10957 I have changed my name from Firdose Azad Sheikh to Firdos Azad Sheikh Gool Mansion, 2nd floor, room No. B1, Balaram street, Dinbai Petit lane, Grant Road, Mumbai 400 007 as per Affidavit.

C-10958 I have changed my name from Roni Marko Lobo to Rony Mark Mouries Lobo as per Affidavit.

C-10959 I have changed my name from Dilawar Masoor Ali Khan to Dilawar Ali Mansoor Ali Khan as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shalini Sadanand Dhuri to Aarti Rajaram Naik as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Iehhak Shekh to Mohd Ishakh Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Marry Bai to Marry Lobo as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mohammad Salim Ansari to Mohammad Saleem Ansari as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Munde Sampat Rakhama to Mundhe Sampat Rakhama as per Affidavit.

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I have change my name from Nagdawala Rizwana Bano to Nagdawala Rizwana Moin Ahmed as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Mr. Yakub Ahmed Mehboob Ahmed to Mr. Yakub Ahmed Mehboob Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 20/07/2013.

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I have changed my name from Bimalkumar Manohar Rathore to Bimal Manohar Nawani as per Affidavit.

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I have changed of name from Nikhil Shyam Pradeshi to Nikhil Shyam Pardeshi as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Anilkumar Vinayak Barve to Anil Vinayak Barve as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shyam Pradeshi to Shyam Pardeshi as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Masathan Basha Shaikh to Mastanbasha Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Samsuddin Mohammad Islam to Ansari Shamsuddin Mohammad Islam as per Affidavit.

C-10934 I have changed my name from Devesh Kumar Murlidhar Naidu to Devesh Murlidhar Naidu as per Affidavit.

C-10935 I have changed my name from Hasmukhbhai Keshavlal Patel to Hasmukh Keshavlal Patel as per Affidavit.

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We, Mr. Bashir Shaikh and Mrs. Rehana Shaikh have changed our daughter’s name from Eram Bashir Khan to Eram Bashir Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10950 I have changed my name from Ekanath Patil to Eknath Patil as per Affidavit.

C-10951 I have changed my name from Vinayak Rajkumar Jagdish Bagle to Rajkumar Jagdish Bagle as per Affidavit.

C-10952 I have changed my name from Anilkumar Vinayak Barve to Anil Vinayak Barve as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Chandiram Kartarsingh to Chandiram Kartarsingh Dalal as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Sahid Shekh to Shahid Shaikh as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Pushpa Shyam Pradeshi to Pushpa Shyam Pardeshi as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Dhirajkumar Lalbahadur Mishra to Dheeraj Lalbahadur Mishra as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name From Bhupendra Tokarshi Gala to Bhupen Tokarshi Gala as per Affidavit.

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I have change my name from Moeen Motin Raja to Shaikh Mohd Moin Motin Raja as per Affidavit.

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C-10964 I have changed my name from Azeez Shaikh to Mohamed Azeezulla Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-10965 I have changed my name from Meenakumari Verma to Meena Dinesh Kumar Sahu as per Affidavit.

C-10966 I have changed my name from Dattkumar Tukaram Khandagale to Dattakumar Tukaram Khandagale as per Affidavit.

C-10967 I have changed my name from Rupesh Mohan Jagoankar to Rupesh Mohan Jagavkar as per Affidavit.

C-10968 I have changed my name from Shahnaj Khatoon to Shahnaj Nasiruddin Khan as per Affidavit.

C-10969 I have changed my name from Dale Allan Dcruz to Dale Dcruz as per Affidavit.

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GURUR BRAHMA, GURUR VISHNU... Students of Chandaramji High School, Girgaum, greeted their teachers with roses and sought blessings on the occasion of ‘Guru Purnima,’ on Monday.

TODAY BNHS Hornbill House: Book launch ‘Ecological and Environmental Reporting in India’

by Santosh Shintre. This bi-lingual book in English and Marathi will be released at 6 p.m., followed by a presentation and address by Dr Asad Rahmani, director, BNHS. National Handloom Development Corporation: Inauguration of Silk Fab Exhibitiion by Balvin-

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mrs. Kamala Bangera was the owner of the Flat No. G/2, on Ground Floor, in Shri Ram Kripa C.H.S. Ltd, Hanuman Nagar, Bhayandar (E), Thane -401 105. Mrs. Kamala Bangera expired on 12/03/2013. Mr. Keshav S. Bangera has applied for transfer of Share in his favour as a Nominee in respect of the above Flat premises.

All the banks, financial institution, person/s etc. are hereby intimated to right to me as his counsel about any claim whatsoever regarding the Transfer of Share with sufficient proof within 14 days of notice, otherwise society shall transfer Share and Flat in favour of Mr. Keshav S. Bangera.

R. J. MISHRA Advocate High Court Flat -108, Bhaidaya Nagar 'B' Navghar Rd., Bhayandar (East), Dist. Thane - 401 105.

Date: 23/07/2013

der Kumar, IAS and T.C.A Ranganathan to be guest honour, Expo Centre, World Trade Centre Complex, Cuffe Parade, 4 p.m.

The National Liver Foundation: Launch of its mega antihepatitis campaign by actor Jackie Shroff, Kashmira Shah and Raj K. Purohit guests of honour, Press Club, 5 p.m.

Indian Merchants’ Chamber: Panel discussion on ‘2013 Monsoon: Impact on Agriculture and Food Prices’, Babubhai Chinai Committee Room, 2nd floor, IMC, Churchgate, 3 p.m.

PUBLIC NOTICE Noticei sh erebyg ivent ot hep ublic at larget hat I Smt.S undarabai P. Mane, residinga t SukhsadanC o OpH sgS oc. Ltd, 3 3/1804, MH B Colony, B andra( E),M umbai - 51 was originalyb elongt om yh usband Late Mr. ParshuramS hivramM ane, whow as expired andt hens ociety transfert he said room to myn ame, Smt. Sundarabai P . M ane. I also statet hat the sharec ertificaten o.

40b earing distinctiven o. 196 to 200 havel ost/misplaceda ndI h ad applied f or the d uplicate share certificate.

I further declare that I had completed all the legal formalities for the above room.

If anyone has any objection should lodge such claim within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice.

Sd/Place: - Mumbai Date:- 23/07/2013 Smt. Sundarabai P. Mane

e-TENDER NOTICE The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai invites e-Tenders for various works from the government registered contractors, who are also registered as ‘MCGM Vendor’; Bidder should also give Rs. 1 lack performance guarantee for the details of 05 number of Tenders of estimated amount Rs. 4678450.00 respective tender documents and process of e-Tendering, please visit www.mcgm.gov.in Sd/Public Relations Officer PRO/477/ADV/2013 Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

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After Bandra, now Khar police officials come under scanner for going illegally to widow’s house to make her vacate the flat

ing at the flat for over 30 years now and there is some civil dispute going on between her family members over the property which is reportedly worth around Rs 10 to Rs.12 crore.

According to the complaint

By Zuber Ansari copy, on March 12, at first a fter Bandra, it is now few family members of Bhathe turn of the Khar po- tia came to her residence in lice to come under the the afternoon. They started scanner for allegedly co-op- banging on the door and erating too enthusiastically asked Bhatia to open up with a complainant in a case while they kept on ringing the bell. After some time, four of property dispute.

Social activist and lawyer cops from Khar police station Abha Singh will now be mov- in uniform (one officer and ing the Bandra magistrate’s other constables) came to the court to take strict action apartment and allegedly against four police officials forced Bhatia to open the from Khar police station who door. As soon as Bhatia went to the apartment of a opened the door, they barged widow in posh Pali Hill, in- into the house along with two cluding registering a case of Bhatia’s family members.

The police officials alagainst them on trespassing legedly threatened Bhatia charges.

According to documents and asked for the duplicate available with the ADC, on keys to the house. Later, they March 12, four cops from the asked Bhatia to come to the Khar police station entered police station. Bhatia asked the apartment of widow, for court orders as the issue is Ravindra Kaur Bhatia (57), a civil matter and also asked resident of Shailja apart- for the case complaint ments at Pali Hill, Nargis Dutt against her in Khar. However, Road. Bhatia has been stay- the cops failed to show any of

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Ravindra Kaur Bhatia is a resident of Shailja Apartments at Pali Hill. the requested documents.

Later, due to a lot of commotion and noise, other residents called for more cops and the matter was sorted

out.

Mrs. Bhatia also made a complaint to the Zone IX DCP Tschering Dorje, for taking action but nothing was

RTI activist murdered in Bhandup

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Pics: Sushil Kadam | ADC

he Bhandup Police on Monday morning arrested Baban Kopde (32) for murdering RTI activist Vasant Patil (50) at his home in Tembipada, Bhandup. According to the police, Patil used to file RTI queries and complaints

The house where Patil was murdered. against Kopde for illegal construction, leading to constant arguments between them.

“Kopde and Patil had a personal enmity over their work.

The accused alleged that on Sunday, Patil abused him and spat on him. Enraged at Patil’s behaviour, Kopde

statement in the Gawand’s both the accused and the vicassault case on August 18,” tim are affiliated to political said Chandrashekhar Yadav, parties. While Patil is the Patil’s friend. “In January 2011 block president of the BJP, Gawand was allegedly as- Kopde is a member of the saulted by former Tembipada Congress. “We don’t have any corporator Suresh Atmaram evidence yet which suggests Shinde who was accused of that their political rivalry was grabbing one acre of land in the reason for this murder.”

The Bhandup police has Bhandup and was also arDeceased Vasant Patil and wife rested for forgery,” added registered a case of murder Maya Patil under IPC Sections 302 and Yadav.

Police also confirmed that 452 against two people. wanted to take revenge, and killed him”, said Senior Inspector Srirang.

According to the Patil’s MUMBAI BUILDING REPAIRS AND wife, she had gone to the RECONSTRUCTION BOARD public lavatory when the incident took place. “When I re(Unit of MHADA) turned, I saw the door open e-TENDER NOTICE and my husband lying in a For the work of reconstruction of A.R.P. Building pool of blood. Because he No. 1, 2 & 3 (proposed Bldg. No. 10) Naushir Bharucha complained against illegal Marg, ‘D’ Ward, known as Navi Chikhalwadi, Mumbaiconstructions, he had several 400 007. enemies,” she added. The loMumbai Building Repairs And Reconstruction Board, cals also said that Kopde had MHADA intends reconstruction of A.R.P. Building No. 1, threatened Patil as he filed 2 & 3 (proposed bldg. No. 10), Naushir Bharucha Marg, frequent RTI inquiries Ditt. Mumbai City, amounting to Rs. 7,81,96,653/- open against him regarding the ile-tender bids are invited from Class-I C & above Civil legal slums in the Tembipada Contractors for aforesaid work. area.

Details such as bid documents, last date of application, According to some of Patil’s date of pre-bid conference etc. will be available from friends the accused was as23-07-2013 at 16:01 hrs. on following MHADA’s official saulted last month by a group e-Tender portals/website. of individuals, after which he MHADA Website: https://www.mhada.maharashtra.gov.in filed a complaint and menMain Portal: https://maharashtra.etenders.in tioned Patil as one of the acMHADA Portal: https://mhada.maharashtra.etenders.in cused in the assault. “He was To resolve any queries, in respect of e-Tendering please falsely implicated in the ascontact Service Provider M/s. Sify Nextenders Pvt. Ltd. on sault case. Previously, an020-2531 5555, 9167969601/04, 9930225377 and other RTI activist Yeshwant e-mail address - support.gom@nextenders.com Gawand and Patil were assaulted when they filed RTIs Sd/against land grabbing and ilEx. Engineeer, D-2 Divn., legal structures. Patil was M.B.R.& R. Board, Mumbai.

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the visit of the policemen to her apartment. Asked to explain their action, the cops said they had received an ‘anonymous’ call from a resident of the building, but that too was not maintained in station diary; nor was a Vishwanath Salian | ADC panchnama of the spot done.

Asked to comment on the matter, DCP Dorje said he was not aware of details, but he would look into the matter and only then say anything.

When ADC contacted Bhatia she also refused to comment on the matter. Lawyer and activist Abha Singh said, “The cops are at fault. We are moving Bandra magistrate court to get justice. We demand that a case be registered against those four cops and strict action be taken against them. They did not go by the rule book. I cannot further divulge more on the case as it sub-judice.”

It should be noted that a month ago, detection staff of the Bandra police station forcefully vacated two Kalina tenants from their home allegedly at the behest of some of their informers who wanted to oblige the landlord. One tenant was falsely implicated in a drug case and the other was kidnapped.

After the ADC reported the done.

Later, the complainant, matter, an inquiry was set up through an RTI, obtained in- and four cops were transformation that there was no ferred; the case is under instation diary entry regarding vestigation.

e-TENDER NOTICE The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai invites e-Tenders for various works from the government registered contractors, who are also registered as ‘MCGM Vendor’; Bidder should also give Rs. 1 lack performance guarantee for the details of 04 number of Tenders of estimated amount Rs. 1434083.41 respective tender documents and process of e-Tendering, please visit www.mcgm.gov.in Sd/Public Relations Officer PRO/478/ADV/2013 Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

Undue delay in launch repairs burns hole in MPT’s pocket

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.V. Kalpana’ the passenger launch of the Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) which is supposed to ferry MPT workers from Mumbai Port to ‘Jawahar Dweep’ (Butcher Island) every day, has been out of order for the last two and half years due to the alleged apathy of the MPT administration.

As of now 3 private launches make 7 trips to transport nearly 250 workers in two shifts every day. The MPT has 4 jetties on ‘Jawahar Dweep’, an island in the harbour to handle crude and petroleum products.

In the absence of ‘Kalpana’, the MPT workers are ferried to and fro by private launches that are hired leading to an expense of nearly Rs. 95 lakh per annum. These private launches are fitted with a single engine and cannot withstand large waves and are therefore prone to danger. It may be recalled that a launch carrying MPT workers drifted away near Uran last year during the monsoon.

The steel bodied launch ‘Kalpana’ is fitted with twin engines and is more durable. It has the capacity to ferry over 200 passengers per trip and is designed to handle large waves making it safer. The launch, which was brought into service in

COVER UP Continued from pg 1 « for over 30 hours, she succumbed to her injuries on Sunday. Her daughter was fortunate to escape with minor injuries.

However, the police, instead of taking action against the road contractor and concerned officials, registered a case of negligence against the victim. “Civic officials, in their statement, have claimed that it was the responsibility of the MMRDA for developing the said road. Investigations were on to ascertain the agency responsible for the negligence which has led to the poor conditions of the road. Regarding the case filed against the deceased, we have only followed

M.V. Kalpana lying in dock.

1989, was out of service several times before the final breakdown for different reasons like repairs and annual surveys.

Within a period of 3 years from January 2008 to December 2010, it was out of order for nearly one and half years after which it was sent for repairs in December 2010 and remains unrepaired till date.

According to MPT sources, a proposal to repair ‘Kalpana’ is hanging fire for several months since the MPT administration is reluctant to spend nearly Rs. 2 crore on it, while our duty, as neither was the woman wearing a helmet, nor had she a driving license or valid insurance documents,” clarified Police Inspector K. Hegaje, defending the police action.

Already in a state of shock after losing a member of their family, the Dhamdhares were in no condition to speak to the media. However, Asha‘s husband, Tanaji Damdhare has registered a complaint against concerned agencies responsible for the pothole menace which claimed the life of his wife. Most arterial and main roads in the Vasai-Virar region are infested with potholes and huge craters, leading to fatal mishaps and vehicular breakdowns. 25-year-old Daksha Nagda was left with a fractured leg in a similar mishap on the same road while she was one her way to Evershine City last week.

ORDINANCE TO NEGATE SC ON DANCE BARS? Continued from pg 1 « dance bars. Patil further stated that the government has formed a committee of experts to decide on the further course of action. The apex court had last week lifted the ban on dance bars quashing the law approved by the state legislature.

Nearly 700 dance bars across the state employed more than 75,000 women. The government, in 2005, banned such performances in bars

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but allowed them in elite establishments and hotels that were of threestar standard or higher.

The decision, declared unconstitutional by the Bombay High Court, was then challenged by the state government in the Supreme Court, which argued that the performances were vulgar and left women performers vulnerable to trafficking and exploitation. However, the Apex Court turned down the government’s appeal.

M.T. Sushil out of order for nearly 14 months.

it doesn’t mind spending huge amounts on hiring private launches.

Commenting on the issue, MPT CPRO S.G. Shenoy told the ADC that the Mumbai Port Trust (MPT) owned passenger launch ‘M.V. Kalpana’ has been out of order since December 2010 and to transport the employees to ‘Jawahar Dweep’ and back, launches have been hired only after verifying the Certificate of Survey indicating that they are not in a wretched condition as has been alleged.

But why MPT should take such a long time to repair a launch which is essentially meant for its own employees is inexplicable.

Besides ‘Kalpana’ there is another launch ‘M.T. Sushil’ (tug) which is also lying in docks for annual survey for over 14 months. Yet another survey vessel “Sanshodhini” which is being used for dredging has also developed defects of late.

MPT has half a dozen vessels which include “Tarani” (used for VVIPs) and “Sujata” (used by CISF for patrolling). A few years back its

fleet was much larger. However over the years, it is depleted.

Commenting on the issue Gajanan Kirtikar, Shiv Sena leader and President of the Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti told ADC that there are many instances of the MPT owned vessels remaining out of service and the services of private launches being hired.. “We are taking up these issues time to time with MPT administration so that the precious money of the exchequer is not frittered away and the employees’ future is also safe guarded,” he added.

BMC DOC IS A SERIAL MOLESTER Even though he has been transferred 19 times for similar offences, doctor molests patient at Malad hospital

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et another shameful case of sexual misconduct at a civicrun hospital has come to light, with a 55 year-old doctor getting transferred by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) over a complaint of molestation of a female patient.

Shockingly, the BMC has received 19 such complaints against this particular doctor, but has seen

it fit only to keep transferring the serial offender from one hospital to another.

The complaint in this case has not only been filed by Maladbased SK Patil Hospital, but the 35year-old victim herself has given a written complaint against Dr Virendra Khatale for molesting her in the hospital ward to which she was admitted for treatment.

According to victim, she was admitted to the hospital on Friday for treatment, and on Saturday, Dr Khatale, who was on night duty, came to attend to her. After some time, he allegedly started touching victim on her private parts and when she protested, he started

threatening her. She narrated the whole incident to the lady nurse, who suggested she complain to the CMO, because it was not the first instance of misbehaviour by the doctor. After receiving the complaint, CMO Dr Pralay Fudkar immediately transferred Khatale to the V.N. Desai Hospital in Santacruz (E).

Fudkar revealed that he had received a complaint against Dr Khatale in writing from the patient about the molestation, but had not lodged an FIR because it would tarnish the image of the hospital. He also admitted that Khatale has been transferred 19 times for such misconduct at various hospitals earlier.

MV Cotton released by pirates; all 24 Indian sailors safe P

irates, who took over the Turkish tanker MV Cotton, have left the vessel a week after it was hijacked off the coast of Gabon in Africa with the entire Indian crew comprising 24 sailors safe, officials said.

"MV Cotton, which had been hijacked off the coast of Gabon in Africa, has been released after the pirates disembarked. All the sailors are safe," a senior official from the Director General of Shipping (DGS) told PTI. When asked if any ransom was

paid to secure the release, the DGS official said he did not have any more information at this point of time and added that the regulator is in touch with the ship's owner.

A senior official from V-Ships, which was the crew management firm hired by the Turkish ship operator Genel Denizcilik Nakliyati AS ‘Geden Line’, also confirmed the development.

"The pirates have disembarked from the vessel and all the sailors are safe. The sailors continue to be

on the vessel itself," the official said.

All the crew members have spoken to their respective families back home, the official said.

When asked if the sailors will return to the country, the official declined to comment saying that the sailors continue to be on the vessel.

The partially loaded, 184-metre long MV Cotton with a gross tonnage of 23,248 tonnes, was boarded by suspected pirates while awaiting berthing at Gabon's Gentil Port at 0453 hours GMT on July 15.

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JP legislative council member Ashish Shelar yesterday asked the state government to verify the CD in which fugitive underworld don Dawood

BJP legislative council member Ashish Shelar

Ibrahim was in conversation with a minister. Speaking during debate over the supplementary budget demands, he refused to divulge whether the minister was from State or Centre.

Shelar stated that the Rs.50 crore funds received from the centre for the modernisation of police force went unutilised and had to be returned.

Replying to the debate, Minister of State for Home Satej Patil stated that the Home department will soon float tenders for 5,000 new bullet-proof jackets. Commenting upon the security of jail inmates he said that 183

CCTvs will be installed in the jails for the internal security.

He further disclosed that 307 new posts in the forensic labs in the state will be filled soon.

MLCs from Teachers Const stage walkout in Council Five of the seven members representing divisionwise teacher’s constituencies in the Legislative Council yesterday staged a noisy walkout during question hour from the house protesting against the state government’s decision for not extending the im-

Potholes abound here Around 5,000 bone-breaking potholes pepper roads in Mira-Bhayandar

Uneven and badly battered roads of Naya Nagar area.

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neer, Shivaji Barkund.

What is baffling is the lack of urgency on the part of authorities, despite the fact that the MBMC has made a budgetary allocation of Rs.2 crore, to keep all roads free from pot holes.

“Resurfacing roads have been taken up on just before the rainy season and in most stretches a final coating’ is absent, it would have been

futile if a fresh final coating was applied. This has an alarming rise in the number of potholes,” revealed an official requesting anonymity.

In some parts the entire stretches had been dug up to lay cables by different service providing agencies and underground sewer lines — and needless to say, they have been haphazardly filled up.

“Incidents of two-wheeler riders falling into potholes have increased, in most cases, motorists are unable to gauge the depth of the pot holes filled with rain water,” said a traffic constable.

When contacted executive engineer, Deepak Khambit said, “We are facing an acute staff crunch to monitor roads as most of our junior engineers have been asked to survey rickety buildings.”

The worst affected areas are -- Maxus Mall Road, Civic Stadium Road, Navghar Naka, Vimal Dairy Road, Goddev Naka, Indra Lok, Silver Park, Vijay Park, Jangid Circle, Kanakia Road, Naya Nagar, Srushti and Shanti Nagar.

oads peppered with thousand of potholes are turning out to be a nightmare for pedestrians and motorists in the Mira Bhayandar region.

According to a rough estimate, there are around 5,000 multi-sized potholes across the main and arterial roads of the twin-city, which adds to 2,000 potholes more as compared to official statistics revealed by the civic administration in September, last year. Heavy rains that the area has been witnessing since the last fortnight has added to woes, leaving uneven road badly battered and at some places thoroughly washed out.

“It is true that the roads are ridden with potholes, and the heavy downpour has hampered the speed of repair works, however we our committed to ensure that all potholes are fixed before the beginning of the Ganeshutsav Festival,” said City Engi- The worst affected area of Maxus Mall Road in Mira-Bhayandar.

plementation of the old pension scheme to the teachers who have retired prior 2005.

The teacher’s constituency MLCs wanted the government to implement the pension scheme for teachers

teachers’ who have retired before 2005.

Raising a supplementary query Kapil Patil (Lok Bharti) demanded that the government should implement the scheme to the

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL from partially aided and nonaided schools.

The teachers constituency MLCs staged a walkout during question hour in protest of replies given by Minister of State for School Education Fouzia Khan declined to extend the benefits of the old pension scheme to partially aided and non-aided school

teachers who have retired prior 2005. He argued that teachers who retired after 2005 have been getting pension as per old pension scheme and new pension scheme is yet to be implemented. Khan stated that it is not possible to give pension to teachers who retired before 2005 which prompted

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Govt to float tenders for water transport between Mumbai-Goa Minister for Industries Narayan Rane yesterday informed the legislative council that the state government will soon be floating tenders for the Mumbai-Goa water transport. Replying to debate over the supplementary demands on budget, he said that tenders will soon be floated for the Mumbai-Goa water transport. Replying to a question, he said that the government will take back the lands given to the private companies for constructing ports who fail to complete them in a time-bound manner. The land will be taken back after verifying whether the land is meant for agricultural use or reserved for setting up MIDC, he added.

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“We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.”

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Mulayam’s support for Food Security Bill?

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P leader Mulayam Singh Yadav is dead set against the Food Security Bill: Time and again he has declared that the Bill is not in the interest of people. According to reports, he is however all set to support the Bill when it comes before Parliament during the monsoon session.

What has made him change his view? He is involved in a disproportionate assets case and the UPA government is said to have decided to drop the case against him. In return for this favour, Mulayam will be supporting the minority UPA government’s Food Bill and help in passing it in Parliament.

The UPA has been desperately looking for allies to work up a majority in Parliament. It is approaching parties like the JD(U) and trying to get to support for the Bill. The UPA, however, seems to regard the JD(U) as unreliable: The JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar may make huge demands – like special status in exchange for his support.

In its 132 page report on the DF case, the CBI is said to have given Mulayam Singh Yadav a clean hit. The CBI continues to be under the control of the government and when asked by the latter to clear charges against the SP leader, it must have decided to do so.

Only a few days ago, Mulayam Singh Yadav had met the prime minister and it is possible a mutually beneficial deal was struck. Mulayam Singh’s worry about being found guilty and sent to jail is now over. He can breathe easy now, forget his earlier views on the Food Bill and support the UPA government in Parliament.

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T is an open secret that the army in Pakistan is a peg or two higher than the civilian apparatus. But I saw chinks in its armoury when a commission report was leaked. That the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) could be “a collaborator” in hiding Osama-bin Laden, the Taliban’s inspiration, was an insinuation which I thought the army would not pocket without demur. But that happened.

I was, however, reading too much into the leakage. Within a few days, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif went to the ISI headquarters, along with his Interior Minister, where Army Chief Parvez Kayani was present. It was officially stated that the discussion was on Afghanistan and the conditions obtaining in Pakistan.

This only confirms that there is nothing to substantiate that the army has confined itself to the defence of the country. In fact, the preeminence of the army chief was emphasised when his car and his entourage were allowed first and then Nawaz Sharif at the ceremony where he took the oath of office for prime ministership.

The Arab spring, which has startled the world, was popular resentment against the rulers. A stable, peaceful democratic polity takes long to emerge. The Arab spring, although dominated by the fundamentalists, has embers of revolt still burning.

Another undemocratic thing in the making is the assertion of identities. Not only Muslims but the Hindus in India and Christians in Europe are violating the democratic norms to pronounce their identity. I am aghast to find hijab-wearing women and men sporting beard at the Aligarh Muslim University and the liberal Jamia Millia in Delhi, to the delight of extremist Hindus. The BJP, the mouthpiece of the RSS, is increasingly adopting Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who is pushing the thesis of Hindutva. In his interview to a foreign agency, Modi had compared the victims of Gujarat riots in 2002 riots to a puppy that came under the car driven by him or someone else.

Modi and the BJP are pushing into the background the tradition of togetherness. On the other hand, more and more Christians are flocking to churches where the poisonous

Case of treason The case of treason against former military chief Parvez Musharraf to assess the reaction is crucial. That he has been given comfortable house arrest and not kept in jail itself shows the difference meted out to persons charged with a heinous crime. The police refused to register a case against him despite the court order. It sounds credible that Musharraf has been assured that no harm would come to him and charges against him would be dropped if he were to leave Pakistan on the promise not to return. So far he has preferred to face the trial which is punishable with death penalty or life imprisonment.

My suspicion is that he must have sounded the army before coming to Pakistan and would have got an assurance that he would not be sent to jail or punished otherwise.

Therefore, how the army takes the verdict, if there is even a verdict, if and when Musharraf is held guilty will tell how far democracy has taken roots in Pakistan.

I am no expert on Islamic affairs. But I am told by my Muslim friends that Islam does not entertain democracy. I would like to tell my friends that the arbiter is the ballot box.

BETWEEN THE LINES Kuldip Nayar lectures are often delivered from the pulpit. I am told by some Muslim friends that in the atmosphere of globalisation, the identity factor comes to the fore to save a community.

But it has little to do with the religion. I do not think that the defence is correct. The case for identity is born out of religious and parochial leanings.

Pakistan, no doubt a Muslim state, was secular in its initial years. The country’s founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah said in his first speech

The need of a Guru E

VERY soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection. Whatever we are now is the result of our acts and thoughts in the past; and whatever we shall be in the future will be the result of what we think end do now. But this, the shaping of our own destinies, does not preclude our receiving help from outside; nay, in the vast majority of cases such help is absolutely necessary. When it comes, the higher powers and possibilities of the soul are quickened, spiritual life is awakened, and man becomes holy and perfect in the end.

This quickening impulse cannot be derived from books. The soul can only receive impulses from another soul, and from nothing else. We may study books all our lives, we may become very intellectual, but in the end we find that we have not developed at all spiritually. It is not true that a high order of intellectual development always goes hand in hand with a proportionate development of the spiritual side in Man. In studying books we are sometimes deluded into thinking that thereby we are being spiritually helped; but if we analyse the effect of the study of books on ourselves, we shall find that at the utmost it is only our intellect that derives profit from such studies, and not our inner spirit. This inadequacy of books to quicken spiritual growth is the reason why, although almost every one of

after the formation of Pakistan was that religion would not be mixed with the state or politics. But that is all forgotten. Today, even Shias in Pakistan are sought to be declared non-Muslims. Not long ago, the Ahmedias were officially pronounced as non-Muslims.

Even their mosques have been attacked.

The only plus point Musharraf has is his belated assault on the extremists. The attack on Lal Masjid, although it proved to be his undoing, was meant to tell the extremists that he would not tolerate fundamentalism within the state. The confrontation by the army with the Taliban in Waziristan was also Musharraf’s doing. Alas, he trampled upon the democratic institutions, including the judiciary.

He also attacked the Bugti tribe chief because of his personal vendetta. Still he initiated action against the Taliban who, despite his action, are today stronger than before and can strike at any place in Pakistan at any time.

Big challenge This is a big challenge for Nawaz Sharif. He has extremists in his ranks and most of them are Taliban in their thinking. Otherwise it is difficult to understand why he has contributed Rs.30 crore to the coffers of Jammiate-Dawa? The biggest challenge in the region for him will be when the American and European forces withdraw from Afghanistan next year.

India faces a big danger. All its work like building hospitals and schools in Afghanistan will be destroyed by the Taliban. I wish Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s armed forces had the strength to confront the Taliban. Strange, New Delhi has never considered Islamabad’s proposal to fight the Taliban jointly or at least share the intelligence on them. India has not given even non-lethal weapons to Afghanistan for use in its fight against the Taliban.

Karzai is justified in his vehement attack on America which has begun talks with the Taliban. But then America has hardly been bothered beyond what it considered in its self interest. New Delhi has to evolve a policy in consultation with Pakistan and Afghanistan.

This should be the priority too fight against the Taliban. Unfortunately, the Taliban have penetrated into the army and have a strong base. Too bad that Islamabad’s action will be decided by the army headquarters.

awakened, just a little intellectual aspiration kindled in them, but are merely standing on the outward fringe of the horizon of religion. us can speak most wonderfully on spiritual There is no doubt some value even in that, as matters, when it comes to action and the liv- it may in course of time result in the awakening of a truly spiritual life, we find ourselves so ing of a real thirst for religion; and it is a mysawfully deficient. To quicken the spirit, the terious law of nature that as soon as the field is ready, the seed must and does come; as impulse must come from another soul.

The person from whose soul such impulse soon as the soul earnestly desires to have relicomes is called the Guru — the teacher; and gion, the transmitter of the religious force the person to whose soul the impulse is con- must and does appear to help that soul. When veyed is called the Shishya — the student. To the power that attracts the light of religion in convey such an impulse to any soul, in the the receiving soul is full and strong, the power first place, the soul from which it proceeds which answers to that attraction and sends in must possess the power of transmitting it, as it light does come as a matter of course.

There are, however, certain great dangers in the way. There is, for instance, the danger to the receiving soul of its mistaking momentary emotions for real religious yearning. We may were, to another; and in the second place, the study that in ourselves. Many a time in our soul to which it is transmitted must be fit to lives, somebody dies whom we loved; we rereceive it. The seed must be a living seed, and ceive a blow; we feel that the world is slipping the field must be ready ploughed; and when between our fingers, that we want something both these conditions are fulfilled, a wonder- surer and higher, and that we must become ful growth of genuine religion takes place. religious. In a few days that wave of feeling has “The true preacher of religion has to be of passed away, and we are left stranded just wonderful capabilities, and clever shall his where we were before. We are all of us often hearer be” — ; and when both of these are re- mistaking such impulses for real thirst after ally wonderful and extraordinary, then will a religion; but as long as these momentary splendid spiritual awakening result, and not emotions are thus mistaken, that continuous, otherwise. Such alone are the real teachers, real craving of the soul for religion will not and such alone are also the real students, the come, and we shall not find the true transmitreal aspirants. All others are only playing with ter of spirituality into our nature.

— Swami Vivekananda spirituality. They have just a little curiosity

MATTER & SPIRIT

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

Govt can’t control vegetable prices THIS is with reference to your edit ‘Govt’s plans will not bring down vegetable prices’ (ADC, July 22).

The government’s plan to get the vegetable prices reduced needs to be changed as you have pointed out because the vegetable vendors and retailers have been in this lucrative business for too long to be driven to bring down the prices so easily. In fact, they have put mechanisms in place to see that the government’s move does not affect their huge profits which are reportedly made by selling vegetables at four times the purchase price because the consumers cannot go to the source for buying them or the wholesale market at Byculla for their daily needs. It is learnt that some of the vendors buy the veg-

Toughen law on acid attacks IT is time to treat acid attack victims with dignity. Laxmi needs to be complimented for her initiative to support acid attack victims and she has become a fierce crusader to fight with our system. What has led to a growing number of acid attacks on women is that the law to protect acid attack victims was weak until it

was amended recently. What is worse is victims if only disfigured are not even acknowledged as physically disabled. This OF means that they lose out LETTER THE DAY on jobs etc. reserved for the disabled which otherwise could have brought them some relief.

However even laws to ensure inclusion and accessibility to the differently abled are often flouted by both government and private establishments. Just like rape laws, even acid attack laws should be more stringent.

— Jayanthy S. Maniam, Sanpada

Gutless reporters JULY 18 was our great ‘Kaka’ Rajesh Khanna’s first death anniversary.

The whole day reporters were seen talking about the life of the legendary actor on TV. The main thing I noticed that they all were including Anju Mahendra but not a single reporter had guts to mention Tina Munim. This is called today’s journalism. All are looking after themselves well.

— Yogesh R. Bhavsar, Dahisar

Clampdown on spitting

of people are trapped and wait for rescue operation. Army, Air Force and Navy officers are doing yeoman service to the people in despair and their work needs to be given pride of place in the Indian history. Unless and until, help from the Government machinery reaches in time, the present position of people will make them starve to death.

High power committee should be sent to affected areas and the work relating to relief work should be taken on war footing before more people die.

— C.K. Ramanathan, Ghaziabad

Sorry state of affairs FLEECING: Vendors buy vegetables from government outlets and sell them to the aam aadmit at exhorbitant prices. etables from the government outlets thus exhausting the stocks within minutes. It is also necessary to look into the pricing of the Rs.299 is fined for individual cases of spitting. It would prove to be near impossible task to prosecute offenders given the colossal numbers, who are fined each year for spitting in public. The BMC officials, who have led the clean-up campaign in Mumbai, believe that the number is just the tip of the iceberg and more and more cases will be booked for such an offence in future. Spitting should also be prohibited. With so many shopping facilities and eateries available in the Station corridor, there is likelihood of the station platforms getting the filth from outside. Even rail tracks are not maintained properly and the passengers throw everything out there. It is time to improve the state of railway Stations otherwise the situation will go out of hand in future.

— S. Abhisheck Ramaswamy, Sion

GRITTY WOMAN: Laxmi (R), a victim of acid attack, has become a fierce crusader and is fighting against the system to make laws on acid attacks more stringent.

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Railways’ silly prank WHEN the suburban local trains were running regularly late, the General Manager (GM) of this busy rail network urgently called his Secretary (Secy) to discuss the matter: GM: I have been noticing our trains are not on time everyday?

Secy: Sir, we have only adjusted the time-table and there are no additional trains. So, it is bound to happen.

GM: But you told me that the commuters will not come to know this and were very happy when we announced the increase of the trains?

Secy: Sir, the commuters still don’t know of this and will not bother to understand this.

GM: Why? Secy: In the morning when the trains are late, people are so busy to reach their offices that they don’t care, they only want to run like horses to reach office.

GM: And in the evening?

Secy: Evening, they are so exhausted that they just want to reach home quickly, have dinner and sleep.

GM: So we are fooling the people.

Secy: That’s what everyone is doing nowadays, Sir. — Yogesh R. Bhavsar, Dahisar

Ram temple on BJP agenda

IT is reported that that the BJP is promising construction of Ram IT is indeed good news that 70,000 temple at Ayodhya; it is on their people in Mumbai were fined Rs.1.4 agenda and forms part of their crore for spitting in public. Taking manfesto for the 2014 polls. The cue from the British lawmakers, people at large look forward to

ALL along BCCI was resisting WADA and DRS in the past and partially succeeded. But this time round BCCI is in a fix as the Sports Minvegetables by the retailers and efistry is bent upon including confect a strict control so that the tentious clause in the draft National poor housewives are not fleeced.

Sports Development Bill which clearly indicates that those federa— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane tions, which come under the Right to Information Act (RTI) will have Narendra Modi and amply count on the right to represent India in interhis ability to efficiently govern with national events and use the counprobity and overhaul the economy try’s name in sporting activities. As a and put our country on a progres- profit making body BCCI was evadsive mode fondly hoping that he ing all the rules and regulations and would not get into Ram temple and even after IPL match fixing charges the likes, giving an opportunity for plays cool and celebrates victories the Congress and the likes to prop- of our team rather than looking at agate acrimony between Hindus the tainted players, who are part of and Muslims and cause violence the present Indian Team as well. rendering the lives of innocent citi- Cricket, the Gentleman’s game is zens vulnerable to countrywide vi- suffering at the hands of bureauolence having many long-term crats, businessmen and politicians ramifications the containing which in India and there is no one to call a might heavily cost the Nation. The spade a spade. It is indeed sorry country at this juncture cannot at state of affairs. all afford wastage of tax-payers’ — C.K. Subramaniam, Sion money and the precious lives.

— T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai

Race against time DANCE of destruction caused by Himalayan tsunami crippled the life of tourists, pilgrims and the people living in Badrinath and Kedarnath.

So, Uttarakhand is in a state of shock and the dance of destruction hamper relief operations very much. People trapped in the flash floods are weary about the slow relief operation. As more showers are expected the positions is becoming bad to worse. The official death toll crossed over 1000 and over one lakh

Ill effects of radiation THE reported death due to cancer of the ex-head of the Fukushima nuclear plant, who was at the site of the disaster on 11th March 2011, once again confirms the direct link between the effects of radiation on human anatomy and the onset of the fatal disease. The deadly effects Readers are requested to e-mail letters to the editor and add their neighbourhood as well. Please mail letters to afternoonletters@gmail.com

of the radio-active fall-out resulting from the accident (April 1986) at the Chernobyl reactor are there for all to see. A number of women, who were pregnant and were residing within a radius of a few miles from the plant, either miscarried or delivered physically challenged progeny.

— Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz

Hrithik’s U’khand concern SHOWING deep concern for the Uttarakhand Himalayan tsunami victims, Bollywood’s most popular celebrity Hrithik Roshan has made a donation of Rs 25 lakh. According to Hrithik, one must do what one can to help others in need. It must become part of one’s belief system and must start at home as he believes that one must talk about his charities. Hrithik made it known that the old belief of ‘self-glorification’ (giving and not talking about it) does not serve the higher purpose of teaching people to give and propagating the ideal and we must set examples so that others may follow. Among all the negatives in the world, the positives must not go unnoticed.

— K.V. Raman, Malad

Arrest the fall of rupee THE drop in the rupee is a matter of grave concern for our economy which has gone off on a tailspin and is looking uglier in the days to come.

It is pure economics at play, as the dollar is pushing its value over the rupee due to the improved business environment in the United States.

India has vast land and resources and we must exploit the situation by becoming self sufficient and exporting what is left over, to improve our foreign exchange inflows. We should import only items of necessity and cut down on oil import and defence bills where we tend to spend the most. Finally, corruption needs to be curtailed so that there is no parallel currency (unaccounted wealth) which often gets deposited in Swiss banks and safe heavens.

Make all out efforts to bring back this wealth to our country which would propel Indian economy and currency to put our country back on the path of development and progress.

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

Indian telegram fades into history

THE BEGINNING: The world’s first telegram was first transmitted by Samuel Morse in Washington in the year 1844.

INDIA was the last country, globally, to wrap up this federal communication service in view of its continuous dwindling need by the public at large, finally. This 162-year-old communication mode commenced in India first

time by a Telegram sent from Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Diamond Harbour over a distance of 13.5 miles in 1850. The world’s first telegram was transmitted by Samuel Morse in Washington in the US in 1844. The Morse Code of telegraphy was named after from him as the first sender. The decision by the central Post & Telegraphs was taken in view of incurring a huge loss on this establishment to the tune of US $2 billion.

So on July 15, Indian Telegraph service called it a day and ended the service forever, thereby entering the annuls of History. Good bye, Indian Telegraph. R.I.P. — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

INDIA bid “alvida” (goodbye) to telegrams after 162 years of commendable public service. Times

have changed. The old must yield to the new. That’s the natural law. Started in 1850 on experimental basis between Kolkatta and Diamond Harbour, it became a nationwide network, used by millions.

People who have been lucky & fortunate to have been associated with and “fallen in love with the telegrams” of those days, like me, will have several experiences and events to share. Sending & receiving a telegram was always an experience. The moment the special postman came at your door step to deliver a “telegram”, there always was total enthusiasm, inquisitiveness, even a panic among all the family members, to know the contents of the telegram. Some people always felt that a telegram would only convey bad messages like a death or some relation in a distant place fallen sick etc.

— S. Krishna Kumar, Dombivli

Bribery and Corruption having detrimental impact on economy

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says FICCI and EY Report based on extensive survey covering many sectors

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orruption – real or perceived, is having a detrimental impact on the country’s economy, says a FICCI and EY Report titled ‘Bribery and corruption: ground reality in India’ released yesterday. Based on a survey, respondents representing a mix of Indian enterprises with domestic operations, as well as Indian and foreign multinationals in the US and the UK, whose annual incomes range from INR50 billion to INR100 billion and the principal respondents belonged to business functions such as Internal Audit & Finance, Legal & Compliance, and Vigilance & Risk Management from banking and financial service institutions, and the technology, media and entertain-

ment, and manufacturing sectors.

According to the survey, around 83% of the respondents felt that the recent spate of scams will negatively impact FDI inflows into the country.

73% of the respondents from PE firms, a company operating in a sector that is perceived as highly corrupt, may lose ground when it comes to a fair valuation of its business, as it bargains hard and factors in the cost of corruption in the sector during a transaction.

77% of the respondents think that it is the responsibility of the Managing Directors to handle the bribery and corruption-related issues in the organizations. Some of the specific findings of the Survey reveal that the sectors most vulnerable to corruption include the government & public sector, infrastructure & real

estate, metals & mining, aerospace & defense, and power & utilities sectors.

A large number of respondents appeared to be aware of unethical business conduct, including irregular accounting to hide bribery and corruption, gifts being given to agents and third parties being used to pay bribes. More than half of the respondents felt that it is the lack of will to obtain licenses and approvals the “right way,” which leads to bribery and corruption. Complicated taxes and licensing system also fuel corruption.

Incidentally, a majority of the respondents were optimistic that new regulations such as the Companies Bill 2012 will make a difference and help in reducing fraud, bribery and corruption in the country.

“Today, India is one of the most sought after investment destinations. Several reports place India among the top three countries globally in terms of an attractive investment destination ranked by global corporations.

While several positive factors like a

large and growing domestic market, favourable demographic profile and availability of a large pool of skilled manpower have brought global investors to India, in terms of ‘ease of doing business’ India still has a long way to go.

Clearly, to stay ahead in this competitive world, we need to improve our governance systems.

Given the state of India’s economic development, good governance is absolutely critical to give us a competitive edge and sustain growth. Corruption invariably increases transaction costs and uncertainty in an economy while lowering efficiency by forcing entrepreneurs to divert their scarce time and money to bribery rather than production.”

— Naina Lal Kidwai, President, FICCI.

India-Japan Global Partnership Summit Noted journalist passes away

By Khushboo Panjabi

lessly” said Vibhav Kant Upadhyay, Founder and Director General: ndia and Japan, through the ex- IJGPS 2013 and also the chairman of isting global partnership, have India Center Foundation. set a great example for the entire He was speaking at an on Indiaworld. Both the nations have taken Japan Global Partnership summit at conscious initiatives to ensure that the Bombay Stock Exchange, yesterrelationship is nurtured and devel- day. Elaborating on the growing oped into a strategic partnership, prospects between the two countries wherein the success and strengths Haruo Shimada, President Chiba of each other compliment seam- University Japan, said, “The Delhi-

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Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) is a mega infra-structure project of USD 90 billion with the financial and technical aid from Japan, covering an overall length of 1483 km between the political capital and the business capital of India, i.e. Delhi and Mumbai, in order to understand the economic opportunities, social challenges and solutions of the new development model.”

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ithal Dempo (54), the executive editor of Mahanagri Times, expired yesterday. A senior journalist who had earlier worked for the PTI as a crime reporter, Dempo was also the president of the Crime Reporters Association.

In the early eighties, he was a journalist to reckon with, and at the Police Press room, Mumbai Police Commissionerate, he had become an authority on crime.

Dempo, who was ailing for some time, had joined Mahanagari Times, a daily broad sheet Marathi newspaper, published from Mumbai, as an executive editor. Dempo who originally hailed from Goa, was born and brought up at Mumbai, he is survived by his only

Vithal Dempo executive editor of Mahanagri Times

Vakola police arrest Nepali robber gang

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jewellery had been kept. They decamped with the jewellery most of ith the arrest of five men the which turned out to be costume police claim to have busted a jewellery.

According to Police Sub Inspecgang of Nepali robbers operating in the Vakola area. The arrested tor Samir Bhujbal of Vakola Police men are charged with for a rob- Station, “We arrested five men who bery committed at the Shalimar were trying to flee to Nepal after Apartments in Vakola a week ago. committing a robbery here. We One of the accused, Ramsingh first arrested Ramsingh GajbaGajbahadur Singh (30), was em- hadur Singh from Andheri. Based ployed as the building watchman on his testimony we arrested and had been hired by the society Bharat Khadale Pramay (21), without proper verification. A Deepak alias Akash Kallu Singh week ago, Ramsingh drew up the (28), Santosh Jyotisingh Pramay plans to rob one of the flats along (30) and Manoj Chand Shahut with his colleagues. He had recced from Vashi.”

“Around 80 per cent of the stolen the flat earlier and knew where the jewellery has been recovered and valuables were kept.

On Monday last week, all the the accused have been sent into robbers entered the flat when the Police Custody till July 23. We are owner was out. The men gagged investigating to ascertain if they the housemaid Geeta Mhatre and are involved in other cases as opened the cupboard in which the well,” added Bhujbal.

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By Dr. Vaishali Desai

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IY projects are always a lot of fun and isn’t it much more satisfying when the product is something that’s good for your health? From body scrubs to infusions and room fresheners to insect repellent, there are several surprising ways to make use of the herbs in your kitchen. Take a look at some of our favourites that are anything but run-offthe-mill and all incredibly easy to make and use.

We use a variety of herbs in our food, but there are more ways to get the most of their flavour than simply adding them to a recipe.

Here are some innovative ways to use herbs in the kitchen:

Wondering what to do with a few extra herbs leftover from your meal? Make a compound butter by mixing minced herbs into softened butter. You can keep it for weeks, which is a much longer time than the herbs staying fresh on their own.

Another unique and edible way to use herbs is to allow them to lend flavour to grilled dishes. Whether you’re having a barbecue or home-grilling your food, a dampened bunch added to the pan or directly on hot coals will give your dishes a

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Stuffy noses and coughs: It is the season to delicious, smoked touch. be sniffly — literally. Having pizza for dinner?

Homemade essence: Tired of scouring the Save the oregano as it can be used to treat market for good extracts? Nothing beats a your stuffy nose and that annoying cough. homemade one. All you need is to mix Speed up healing: If you’ve hurt yourself, ingredients such as mint, lemon or vanilla head to your kitchen instead of the medicine with a little vodka and let it sit for five weeks. cabinet and grab some rosemary. It speeds Once it has steeped, you can add it to almost up healing and can even treat eczema. any dish for an instant splash of flavour.

Flavoured water: Sounds strange, doesn’t it? aT HoMe Flavoured water is the new way to make water less boring, but wait before you pick Did you know that you can use herbs to up a readymade bottle at your local store — perfume the air? You can also use them to you can make it yourself! Crush herbs at the keep bugs away and freshen up your house. bottom of an empty bottle and pour in some Take a look at what we recommend: cold water. Strain it out and store it in the Perfume the air: Remember when we told you to flavour your water with herbs? Well, fridge for a pick-me-up through the day.

Dressing magic: Want a quick-fix dressing pick the best smelling ones and tip them into that can make a salad more interesting? a spritz bottle. Now spray them in the air as a Make and store flavoured vinegar. Add a freshener that’s natural and great smelling. variety of herbs to different bottles of vinegar insect repellent: Did you know that lemons and store them for a few weeks. Use them on mixed with rosemary and water can keep absolutely anything to save yourself from bugs away, minus the chemicals? Strain a mixture and spray it in the air. The best part making or buying ready dressing. about this is that it won’t corrode your home Healing & MeDicine or ruin your clothes, because its natural.

Freshen your home: Who doesn’t want a We know that you’re well aware of the sweet smelling home? You can have a sweet medicinal uses of herbs, but we’re going to smelling wardrobe too, without buying pot go ahead and remind you anyway. From pourri packets. All you have to do is fill a stomach aches to headaches, there’s a cure cloth bag with dried herbs, tie it up and put it for almost every ailment using humble in strategic areas of your home and herbs. Here are a few that stand out: wardrobe.

Headaches: It’s common knowledge that Scare away the mice: Don’t you love the you can use lavender to relax. But, did you fresh smell of mint leaves? Well, mice don’t know that if you sleep on a pillow filled with agree there. If you scatter mint around your dried lavender you can get rid of that house or office, not only will you have a great niggling headache? smelling area, you’ll have a mouse-free one, UTis and menstrual stimulants: We’re not since mice hate the smell. kidding. Parsley not only treats those clean things out: Forget all those chemical annoying UTIs, it can actually help make cleaning solutions and simply make a mixture of thyme and water, mix it with your periods regular.

Toothaches and stomach aches: We know vegetable based soap and use it to clean your that the two are worlds apart. But for both, a home. The disinfectant properties of thyme little bit of tarragon will make you feel better. will ensure everything stays spic and span. itching: Did you know that a little basil goes a long way in easing itchiness? Basil also BeaUTy & PerSonal treats malaria and arthritis of course, but the next time you feel an itch, reach out for some Make your own soap or rinse out your hair to make it shine better than with any shampoo you’ve ever used — here are a few DIY beauty fixes using what you’ve got in the kitchen: Soap: Want to make your own soap? Head over to your kitchen and grab some herbs to add to it. They make really great looking and smelling soaps and what’s better is that they’re more soothing for your skin than most soaps in the market.

Freshen your breath: We know that toothpaste brands are dime a dozen — but

MUMBAI | TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 slice the apple and let it soak in the water for five minutes. Bake the soaked slices till crisp and dry at 200°C for around 90 minutes.

Combine the black tea, cloves and apples in a bowl. Gift them in an air tight container.

They can be stored for up to six months.

Herb soaps

what if you’re outdoors and need to fight bad breath? Don’t waste your time on chewing gum; just use the mint garnish on your plate or in your drink. That’s right, the actual herb is a lot better than just ‘flavoured’ products to make your breath smell minty fresh.

Hair rinse: Want shiny hair devoid of dandruff, but can’t bear the smell of beer or the idea of cracking eggs over your head? Try water infused with a handful of rosemary leaves instead. Rinse your hair with the liquid for healthy locks.

Bathe in herbs: If you’ve got a tub, you’re probably stocking up on salts. It would be a better idea to head over to your kitchen and break out your herbs. Chamomile, eucalyptus and even sage can be used as herbal baths. Chamomile is the best, since sage has a smell that takes a little getting used to.

Spray it on: Face mists are all the rage and in a city like Mumbai, there’s nothing better than a cooling mist to help your skin settle down and tone it. You can use lavender to spritz over your face every now and then. If it’s chilled, it feels even better.

giFT a HerB Now that we’ve told you what you can do with herbs, maybe you should think about being a little charitable. DIY baskets make brilliant gifts and what’s better than an all natural, well thought out herb basket? It’s good for you and unlike most ‘healthy’ things — far from boring. We’re sure friends and family will appreciate the effort. Here are a few things you can add to your basket:

Herbal tea 1 apple, 2 tbsp lemon juice, 2 tsp icing sugar, ½ cup black tea powder, 15 cloves To make: Dry the apple slices in your oven.

Fill a bowl with ice water and lemon juice,

1 bar glycerin soap, assorted herbs (basil, mint, and rosemary), 1 lemon, soap moulds.

To make: Melt the soap in a microwave and mix the herbs and lemon together. Squeeze out the excess water or juice and add in the lemon zest. Grease the moulds and keep aside. Add the herbs to slightly cooled glycerin and then add in the herbs. Stir, pour in moulds and let it set. Freeze for an hour and wrap in pretty paper.

Flavoured oil 1 bottle extra virgin olive oil, an empty bottle, a pretty glass bottle, dried herbs and spices of your choice.

To make: Add the dried herbs and spices to the empty bottle and then pour oil on top.

Let it sit for 3-4 weeks and then transfer it to the pretty bottle you want to gift it in. It can be stored for up to a year.

Sugar vanilla body scrub 1 cup brown sugar, ½ cup sugar, ½ cup sunflower oil, ¼ tsp vanilla extract To make: Blend the sugars together and add in the oil and extract. Mix it well and put it in pretty jars.

Herbal pillow 1 piece of cotton in any shape and size you desire, a blend of dried chamomile, lavender, rose petals, lemon balm, needle and thread.

To make: Blend your herbs together and keep them aside. Stitch your fabric around the edges, leaving an unsown space along one side. Fill the fabric pouch with your herbal blend and sew the open area shut.

They can be tucked under your pillow or placed near your bed for great sleep!

>> Stock up on a variety of herbs as they can help you in more ways than one

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>> Chia seeds are filled with healthy properties and can be used in meals and desserts

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Every now and then a new craze grips health conscious people world over — this time it’s chia seeds. Glynda Alves tells you why you should consider including them in your diet

hia seeds are commonly known as sabja seeds here (yes we know, it doesn’t have the same ring to it) and we’ve been using them for years, albeit in the less-than-healthy falooda. However, these small little seeds are packed with nutrients that can help with everything, from weight loss to diabetes. We take a look at its benefits and how you can use them.

Contains omega-3 Chia seeds are rich in omega-3 fatty acids, making them one of the best plant-based sources of the nutrient.

Omega-3 helps with inflammation, reduces cholesterol and helps fight depression. It is also great for your looks as it helps improve the quality of your hair and skin.

good sourCe of fibre Most of us are guilty of not getting enough fibre in our daily diet. Chia seeds are an excellent source of fibre and two tablespoons has a generous helping of 10g in it. That’s one-third of your daily recommended intake.

So, eat up!

high in antioxidants Antioxidants are the crime fighters in your body, stopping free radicals from causing wrinkles and even diseases such as cancer. The high antioxidant levels also mean that you can store chia seeds for a long time. They are said to last up to two years without refrigeration.

« CELEB FITNESS TIP: SHALEEN MALHOTRA Actor Shaleen Malhotra, from TV series Arjun, shares his fitness mantra with Rohit Pramar How do you stay fit?

I eat healthy and sleep right.

When are you happiest?

When I’m in my bed or with my parents.

What’s your ideal workout?

Something that focuses on one body part and core muscles.

How do you de-stress yourself?

A session of kickboxing, a good long drive or hanging out with my friends.

What does your diet include?

Breakfast includes boiled eggs, muesli with skim milk and coconut water, with four boiled eggs two hours later. Lunch is half a grilled chicken with salad and a protein shake and I eat boiled eggs two hours later. Dinner is salad, soup, protein shake and coconut water.

What are your tips for a happy life?

Try to be content. Be happy with what you have and thank God for it.

Is there anything you avoid eating?

I avoid sweets.

What’s in your workout bag right now?

Gloves, track, t-shirt and protein shake.

What is the best advice you’ve gotten?

Never overdo anything. Know your body before you put pressure on yourself.

Your current workout playlist?

I like silence when I am working out, I even switch the fans off.

keeps you full

Chia seeds make you stay satiated and satisfied, which helps lower cravings for fatty snacks between meals. The super combination of protein, fibre and the gelling property of chia seeds contribute to the satiating effect.

manages sugar levels If you’re diabetic, chia seeds would be a good food choice. These seeds play an important role in regulating and keeping your insulin levels stable. They can actually reduce high levels of insulin in your blood stream.

Cooking with Chia seeds

Chia seeds have a mild, nutty flavour which makes it easy to add to food and beverages. And, their gelling or expanding nature makes it very easy to use them in cereal, porridge, sauce or yogurt. We made a chocolate chia pudding and were quite surprised with the results. Take a cup of whole milk, add 1 tbsp of cocoa, some honey (according to taste) and 2 tbsp of chia (sabja seeds). Mix all the ingredients together and leave it in the fridge to set for four hours. Once it’s set, blend it to get a smooth consistency or simply stir and eat. The flavour is mild and it’s a good health snack, but it is an acquired taste for some. But, we urge you to try it out.

You might be surprised at how much you like it!

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« KNOW MORE: STAY FIT WHILE FASTING Worried about falling sick during this month of fasting? Tejasvi Desai tells you how to keep yourself healthy during Ramadan The month of Ramadan is here and you’ll come across several people who are fasting during this holy period. However, this is also the month when several people fall sick because of not eating or drinking anything, as they are not used to surviving on an empty stomach for long hours. We tell you how you can continue with your fasting without falling ill.

physiCal exertion

You need to conserve energy during the day so that you do not feel weak. Avoid doing any strenuous activity that might cause exhaustion such as playing a sport, lifting or moving heavy things and driving or travelling over long distances.

stay in the shade

The sun saps energy from your body, so try to stay in the shade as much as possible. Don’t be hesitant to carry an umbrella or put on a cap when heading out in the scorching heat. You are more likely to get a sun stroke or feel giddy when you’re out on an empty stomach.

eat light

We know you’ve been hungry the entire day and can’t wait to break your fast, but take it easy.

Do not jump straight to the heavy, greasy dishes because your digestive system might not be ready to handle them after having taken a long break. Start with fruits and light food items and gradually progress to a fuller but easy-to-digest meal.

inCreased hygiene

The decrease in the intake of food results in your immunity dropping too. There is a greater possibility of you catching an infection or getting food poisoning if you don’t maintain high hygiene levels. Avoid eating outside, especially street food, because your digestive tract is sensitive during fasting.

stay hydrated

Who do you think the fittest actors are?

Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akthar, Priyanka Chopra, Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta.

>> Shaleen eats up to six boiled eggs daily

If your fast permits it, you should keep drinking water.

Staying hydrated is the key to not falling sick during fasting.

Your body will keep flushing out toxins and even help keep weakness at bay. Filling your stomach with water instead of food will also help fight hunger to a certain extent.

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>> Your stylish fringe might be the reason why you are experiencing regular headaches

Hair Habits

Is your hairstyle giving you a headache?

Tejasvi Desai helps you find out Do you have a fringe that falls partially or entirely below your eyebrows? a. Yes. b. No. Do you almost always tie your hair up in a tight bun or a high ponytail for long periods of time? a. Yes. b. No. Do you fall asleep with your hair

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The heaT is on 1 talk to youRself Not in the I’ve-lost-mymind sort of way. You need to tell yourself to ignore your body’s protests and go on with your workout. Think that you’ll run for just a few more minutes or do just one more repetition before stopping.

tied in a bun or a ponytail? a. Yes. b. No. Is your hair braided tightly for most part of the day? a. Yes. b. No. Do you wear headbands that put pressure on the area right behind your ears? a. Yes. b. No.

Mostly as You need to change your hairstyle habits because they are giving you headaches. The majority of hairstyle related headaches are caused because of insufficient blood circulation in your scalp. Sleeping with a tight hairstyle or wearing one for too long can even cause hair damage, hair fall and scalp aches.

The headache can be a light one or a migraine, depending on how tight you tie your hair. If you like wearing your hair tight, or want a fringe to look stylish, make sure you do it in moderation.

Pin up the fringe when you are at home or let your hair down to give your hair a break.

Mostly bs Your hairstyle isn’t to blame for your headaches.

Occasionally tying your hair high in a tight style is okay, but it’s better if you don’t make it a habit. However, if you suffer from persistent headaches, going for a relaxing head massage can work wonders. If that also doesn’t work, then may be you have developed an optical number and getting it checked through an optician can help. If that still doesn’t solve your problem, visit a doctor.

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How well do you know your microwave and the things that can and cannot go in it? Take this quiz by Priyanka Singh to find out if you know how to use this essential kitchen appliance properly

>> Make sure you only place paper bags that are microwave-proof in the handy kitchen appliance

think about the Results This is a sure shot way to keep yourself motivated.

Think about what you expect from the workout and how doing a bit more will help you reach your goal.

Whether it’s losing a few pesky kilos or sculpting that perfect body, thinking about the results will surely help you go on a little longer.

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Get a doG Confused? Dogs are animals of habit and after you take them out on a run with you a few times, they will want to do so every day for the same distance. It might not be the best of solutions, but if you feel that you are extremely prone to giving up halfway through your run, getting your pet dog to run with you can surely help.

follow a Plan If you just drift around the gym aimlessly or walk around the park thinking about what to do next, there’s a high chance that you’ll want to give up on your workout the moment your body gets a little tired.

So, make a detailed plan about the exercises you’ll do, the number of sets and the order.

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Get iMaGinative There is only so long you can keep going before you get bored of your workout. So, make it fun!

For example, imagine that you are Rocky Balboa, training for your next boxing match.

Sometimes, even imagining that your crush is somewhere around, watching you, can spur you on to push yourself — you might laugh, but trust us, it works.

1. You can place an aluminum foil wrapped food item in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No.

6. You can place plastic or paper bags in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No.

2. You can place stainless steel forks, spoons and knives in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No.

7. You can place Styrofoam containers in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No. 8. You can place nonmicrowave safe dishware in the microwave for a few minutes. a) Yes. b) No.

4. You can place plastic containers in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No.

1. no Unless you want to buy a new microwave. The sight will be close to the lightening that you see in the sky. Many people cover their plates with foil to prevent splattering. If you want to prevent spillage, then use wax paper as it’s safe.

9. Can Tupperware be placed in the microwave? a) Yes. b) No.

5. You can place wicker baskets in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No.

10. Is it safe to boil plain water in the microwave? a) Yes. b) No.

2. no Metal shouldn’t be put in the microwave, however small it is. Often we forget the spoon and put the bowl in along with it. Like mentioned above, it will lead to mini-lightening.

If you do that out of forgetfulness and it happens, turn the main switch off and don’t take the dish out immediately. Let it cool down.

3. You can place fine chinaware in the microwave. a) Yes. b) No.

Get a tRaineR Sometimes, no matter what you do, your body just won’t listen. At such times, you need someone else to push you. A trainer is the best person for that; he/she understands you and will push you to your limits.

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RewaRd youRself Have a goal in mind — I will do 20 reps and then treat myself to a small bite of a chocolate — or anything else that suits your purpose. When your actual fitness goals are too far away for your brain to get motivated by, these small, short-time rewards can prove to be effective.

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Rest This is very important.

Unless you keep your body well-rested, there is no way you can push yourself. And we’re talking about the rest in-between your workout.

Take a break after you finish a particularly demanding set. Don’t just sit down though. Just switch to lessintensive exercise, such as walking, while you recharge your batteries.

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You’re all excited about your workout but midway, your body seems to be giving up and that nagging thought enters your mind — enough for today, I’ll do it properly tomorrow. But, the same thing happens the next day.

Wondering how to push yourself through it? Dev Goswami helps you out

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Get a PaRtneR The logic is a little similar to that of getting a trainer, but this one won’t have you cursing your workout buddy.

Having a workout buddy itself provides motivation. It also helps since you can hold small competitions and create challenges between the two of you — all of which will ensure that you’ll push each other to work out more.

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PuMP uP the beats There is nothing that works as well as music does when it comes to increasing your will to move. So, great music that has beats aplenty can make you work out with more enthusiasm and motivation.

3. no You mustn’t have noticed, but fine china has metal borders on the rim. Even if you don’t find it, paints on fine chinaware can’t withstand such high temperatures and will crack.

4. no Only microwave safe plastic dishware should be put in a microwave. Other items, including onetime use plastic containers such as the ones for yogurt, are not meant for heating. They could melt or warp in the microwave, releasing chemicals into your food.

5. yes But, not for a long duration. Wicker baskets can tolerate microwave’s heat for a short time. The maximum span of time that your wicker basket can withstand in a microwave is 40 seconds.

6. no Not all popcorn bags are microwave safe. On the ones that are it is always mentioned on the bag. Also, the plastic bags that your sandwiches and rolls come in are not safe to use in the microwave. There are specific brands of plastic that are exclusively manufactured for microwaves. Use only those.

7. no Styrofoam is a form of plastic and unless it mentions that it’s microwave safe, don’t use it inside a microwave.

8. no Even for short span of time, utensils that are not microwave safe shouldn’t be kept in it.

Plastic ones will start thinning because of their high susceptibility to meltdown. By the fourth or fifth attempt, the chemicals of the plastic are bound to get mixed with your food.

9. dePends Despite popular belief not all Tupperware containers are safe to use in the microwave.

There are specific containers that can be used and the same will be stated on them.

10. no You put the water in the microwave to make it hot. When you’re done, the water is very hot but the container is not. Then you might put in coffee or tea powder, which creates bubbles and might lead to water defying gravity and spilling over your hand, even though the container hasn’t moved an inch. This can even happen if you stick a cold metal spoon into the water. The chances of this are even worse if you nuke your water a second time because you think it’s not hot enough. You’re better off heating water on the stove or in a kettle.

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« KNOW MORE: ARTIFICIAL HEART In a happy development, the world’s first ever artificial heart is ready for trial. Dev Goswami finds out more about it

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healthy weight, but do not lead to you engaging in any healthy practices is termed as fat talk. This applies specially to comparing your body size with others or between other people; this leads to nothing healthy but in fact, increases negative body image.

>> The next time you feel like talking to the person next to you at the gym, compare exercise notes instead of talking about fat

“no one likeS fat talkerS” Fat talk is never constructive. There are thin people who have unhealthy diets and never work out and then there are those who are overweight but eat a balanced diet and work out regularly. Similarly, there are thin people who are fat talkers and fat heavy people who have a healthy body image. Whatever your size might be, a fat talker is never pleasant company. A recently conducted research tested women in their early 20s who either had positive weight talk or who frequently indulged in fat talk. Their personal size not withstanding, the fat talkers were concluded to be less likeable than those who engaged in positive weight talk. So, whether you are fat or thin, talking about weight in a derogatory manner is not acceptable to most.

Even though we have techniques such as heart transplants, getting one is not an easy task. The wait for a donor heart can be excruciatingly long. However, technology has now taken a leap forward with the French company Carmat having begun human trials of their model of artificial hearts.

Artificial hearts do exist but the current models are not relied on much because of their tendency to wear down over time and mechanical parts coming in contact with your inner organs. This new model is coated with cow meat and so, it is hoped that the protein will prevent that from happening. The artificial heart consists two cavities, which mimic your heart’s ventricles and a hydraulic powered moving membrane, which mimics the action of your ventricular wall producing contractions and thus, creating blood flow.

The human trials of the heart have been started and the device should be market ready by the end of next year.

“i don’t like mY own bodY” Apart from hurting other people’s self confidence in their bodies (when you are

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Shun fat talk

Here are simple tips which can help you stop yourself from indulging in fat talk: l Don’t compare your body to others. l Don’t compare weight loss goals. l Accept compliments. Don’t reply with a sentence that instead criticises your body. Smile and say thank you. l Discuss your healthy routine from a fitness perspective and not just from a weight loss one.

CURE MAN’S EYESIGHT While we complain about the headaches that 3D glasses cause, a man in USA is actually thankful to them. Dev Goswami tells you more

Bruce Bridgeman, a professor of psychology at the University of California, suffered from a rare eye condition which rendered him deficit in stereo vision. What this means is that he had trouble with depth perception and for him the world used be a flat place — just like a two-dimensional movie. However, in a surprising turn of events, all that changed for the better when he went to watch a 3D movie.

Not only did the characters and scenery ‘jump out’ at him like they never had before, after he left the theatre, his perception of the real world was enhanced as well and thus, improving the condition he suffered from.

While it is impossible to prove that it was the movie which altered his vision, experts do agree that an experience of 3D movie could certainly help someone who suffered from a minor vision problem.

So, does this mean that you should watch 3D movies if you have a stereo vision problem? Not really. First of all, the condition is rare and secondly, experts feel that Bruce’s condition was marginal enough for a 3D movie to help him. They do not recommend that as treatment and instead say it is months of eye training, exercises and treatments that you’ll need. But this case certainly raises hopes that treating this condition could get better and easier.

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FAT TALK

While you might think that a random talk comparing each other’s weight and size is harmless, it’s actually not.

Priyanka Singh brings you the cons of indulging in “fat talk” need to start dieting again; I’m “fat talk? You mean mY eating so much. Just look at the fat talkS?” size of my stomach!” If this is a frequently occurring statement No. Your fat doesn’t talk but you keep on in your conversations and the gym talking about it all the time. Fat talk is membership is sitting at home, going to basically body-specific chatter that complete waste, then you are engaging in focuses on either your or another person’s way too much “fat talk”. Did you know that size, shape, weight or looks in connection this frustrating fat talk of yours is making to one’s body being fat or thin. you less likeable? We tell you how: Conversations that focus on you having a

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criticising others), you are subconsciously making it hard for yourself to be comfortable with your own body image. In fact, even reading other people’s negative opinions about their own bodies can affect your views about your body image.

Imagine how much a face-to-face discussion would impact you! Another study found that women who feared getting fat had a lower body image than women who wanted to get thin. So, fat talk leads to nothing fruitful; in fact it has also been found that a lot of it disrupts people from taking steps towards getting healthy which could be really harmful and lead to weight related health issues. So, avoid talking about fat even when it is regarding someone else.

“don’t fat talk me!”

No, no, you don’t have to respond in that manner, but a little more diplomatically would certainly do the trick. When you are part of a conversation that is rapidly turning into fat talk, try changing the subject altogether. If you can’t seem to be getting successful at that, then try spinning the fat talk; divert it to how healthy practices can lead to tremendous positive results. Ask them about their health routines such as diet plans and workout regimes and suggest how they can gain a healthy weight by adopting a healthier lifestyle. Give them your example as to how you achieved a healthy weight or are trying to get one.

This will change the fat talk into a health based discussion.

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More than moody What you think is just another mood swing might actually turn out to be an indicator of a bipolar disorder. Tejasvi Desai puts together a list of subtle signs to help you identify it

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bipolar disorder is a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression. What many consider a mood swing might actually turn out to be a symptom of a bipolar disorder. With inputs from psychologist, Kinjal Pandya, here are 10 subtle signs that can reveal the problem:

ElEvatEd mood A great mood or hypomania, is a high-energy state in which one feels exuberant but hasn’t lost grip on reality. During a manic phase, those suffering from a bipolar disorder can have a total

break from reality but it is always temporary, since it is not a part of their innate personality.

dEprESSion A bipolar depressive state is the same as a regular depressive state, the only difference being that anti-depressants alone will not work. They might even push the user into a manic state.

irritability Mixed mania or experiencing mania and depression together can lead those suffering

from bipolar disorder to become increasingly irritable. Everyone has bad days, which is one reason this kind of bipolarity is much harder to recognise. If it is a bipolar disorder, the irritability will start affecting relationships.

inability to complEtE taSkS Having a house full of half-completed projects is a hallmark of a bipolar disorder, especially if a person seems distracted and starts to do a million things but never ends up finishing them.

However, it can be very productive if they harness this energy while the hypomania lasts.

rapid SpEEch Some people are naturally talkative, but for those who have “pressured speech,” that is a red flag for a bipolar disorder. They tend to talk rapidly and if the other person tries to speak, they are likely to talk over them.

troublE at work Those suffering from bipolar disorder will often face difficulties at work because many of the symptoms can interfere with their ability to show up for work, do the job and interact productively with others.

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Erratic bEhaviour

“It is very common for people to neglect the symptoms of a bipolar disorder and to pass it off as a mood swing. When the mood swings start affecting the majority of your relationships with people around, it is a sign that you need to get it checked.

Bipolar disorders in adults need to be treated with medication, although if they’re detected in childhood, counselling can keep the problem at bay.”

— Kinjal Pandya, psychologist

When in a manic phase, a person suffering from bipolar disorder tends to have an inflated selfesteem. The two most common results of this feeling are unusual sexual behaviour and spending sprees. This is because they feel grandiose and disregard consequences.

SlEEp problEmS During a depression phase, a person with bipolar disorder may sleep too much and feel tired all the time. During a manic phase, they may not sleep enough but never feel tired.

Flight oF idEaS >>Sudden switches between elation and depression are signs of a bipolar disorder

At times, those with bipolar disorder feel like their mind is racing and that they can't control or slow down their thoughts. This flight of ideas sometimes occurs with pressured speech and occurs frequently during a manic phase.

« KNOW MORE: MACULAR DEGENERATION Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you more about the disease that causes blurred, distorted vision It’s always scary when you begin to lose your eyesight. Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of loss of vision and it mostly affects older people in what is known as age-related macular degeneration.

While it doesn’t cause blindness, you lose your ability to see fine detail, which is what the macula helps you do and where the term macular degeneration comes from. Most of your central vision gets broken down, making you unable to drive and read properly.

There are two types of macular degeneration, dry and wet. The dry form results from the weakening of the layer below the retina while the wet type is caused by abnormal blood vessel growth which can lead to bleeding and leaking.

The dry type is more common.

ways to tell if you’re beginning to get affected by it. The most common early symptom is blurred vision. If you’re seeing straight lines as crooked, you should contact your doctor.

Ageing is the most common cause of degeneration, but even a family history of the disease can increase your chances of suffering from it. Having a macular degeneration gene (you can get checked for this by your doctor) or a retinal disorder called Stargardt’s disease have also been seen as causes. Not a lot of lifestyle habits can directly cause the problem, but hypertension, obesity, cholesterol and a high exposure to sunlight can increase your risk. It’s also more common among people of Caucasian descent.

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Although dry macular degeneration is more common, it’s also more advanced, with no

Even though it’s age related, there are some

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medical or surgical treatment available, but regular visits to your doctor to monitor and prevent the condition from worsening are a must. Wet macular degeneration can often be cured. There are some treatments such as laser photocoagulation (which destroys leaking blood vessels) and photodynamic therapy (which uses lasers to treat the abnormal blood vessels) that can be performed by your doctor. Certain medications can also help.

dEaling with it

>> People with macular degeneration begin to see images in a blurry, distorted manner

Macular degeneration might be difficult to deal with, but it’s not impossible. Patients suffering from it don’t go totally blind, but since most of their vision is impaired, they can’t see clearly and some complications can lead to untreated glaucoma. The best thing to do is to ask your doctor for advice. Seeing detail and reading can be helped with a magnifying glass.

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>> It helps to clean your underarms before applying a scent as the sweat and deo can turn into a deadly combo

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freshness

With the musty smell that monsoon brings with it, many of us often find ourselves smelling less than desirable.

Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you how you can freshen up fast

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on’t get us wrong, we’re not suggesting that it’s okay to step out without brushing your teeth or having a shower. But, basic hygiene aside, everyone has the occasional bad hair day, sweat issues and stinky monsoon feet. Here are a few quick tricks you can try to keep yourself smelling great from head to toe, even if your day doesn’t start off with you feeling as fresh as a daisy.

between your day to fake a little freshness mid-afternoon. talcum powder: Feet smelling a little rank and monsoon mold getting to your shoes? Head to the bathroom and sprinkle talcum powder in your shoes. It absorbs sweat, keeps your feet from stinking and prevents your shoes from accumulating unpleasant odour.

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Sweat less: When sweat mixes with deodorant, the effects can be disastrous.

Instead, invest in a good quality, no-sweat deo. If you can get a travel pack, carry it with you and when you’re beginning to feel less than fresh, spray it on. Remember to lightly wash and pat dry your underarms before so that you’re not spraying it directly on sweat.

Pretty hands: This is a quick tip that will work anywhere; use heavily scented hand soap. Sounds strange? Some hand soaps, sanitisers and washes smell so good that they’ll take attention away from anything else that isn’t fabulously scented. try layering: A really good trick to smelling good is to layer your products. If you’re using a peach shower gel, top it up with peach flavoured perfume and deo instead of switching to something stronger, milder or completely different.

This way your scents will complement each other and last longer. eat right: Feel like you need a boost of freshness? Eat an orange or an apple.

Citrus fruits and apples get absorbed well by your body and give off a pleasant scent. You can even chew on cardamom, which is a mouth freshener. If those aren’t at hand, drink some milk or jasmine tea.

Spray your hair: Didn’t have time to wash your hair in the morning? Instead of bearing the oily, pollution heavy smell that sticks to your hair, spritz a light mist on the lower part of your hair. Remember to keep the bottle at least six inches away and don’t spray too much.

Keep it scented: On hotter days, even well-washed hair can get sweaty and smell musty. So, it’s best to make sure that your hair products smell great. You can buy scented hair sprays if your shampoo and conditioner don’t smell lush enough.

Keep cool: If you use hair styling equipment, make sure you use heat protection products beforehand. Also, remember that heat can zap any pleasant aroma from your hair so, cover your head with a hat when you go out in the sun and make sure that you spend a lot of time in the shade.

Foot FileS Change it up: To keep your feet smelling great through the day and to avoid musty monsoon smells, make sure you wear a different pair of shoes every day. Keep a pair at work and change into them

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dear Barbara, My hands have drier skin than my face and my face doesn’t require any special moisturising. So, I tend to apply a small amount of my hand lotion on my face. I have recently been told that it is not good to do so. Can you tell me what damage can be caused if I do this on a regular basis?

— tanuja Verma, Sion dear tanuja, You need to use different products to suit your skin’s different needs. The skin on your face tends to be thin and prone to breakouts and wrinkles, while the skin on your hands is thicker and tends to get overly dry or cracked (primarily due to washing them with soap several times a day). Your facial moisturiser should be lightweight and perhaps

contain film-forming agents that tighten your skin to help reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with age. Your hand lotion should be a heavier, barrier cream that protects your digits from harsh conditions and boosts their moisture. Occasionally it might be okay to use a hand lotion on your face but you should avoid using it on a regular basis. dear Barbara, My skin is prone to tanning even during winter. Most of the makeup that I buy, including lipsticks, have SPF ratings. So, if my makeup already has sunscreen in it, do I still need to apply a separate sunscreen? Does it make any difference?

— lamiya Khan, malad

>> Hand lotion is not suitable to use on your face as it may be too harsh

dear lamiya, If your makeup has an SPF rating of 15 or more, you should be good to go — just remember to apply it as though it actually is sunscreen. In other words, make sure you apply a good, even layer.

If your makeup contains an SPF of less than 15, you will need to apply a separate layer of sunscreen and with at least SPF 15. This is because SPF ratings are not cumulative. So, even if you use a foundation with SPF 10 and a moisturiser with SPF 10, you only have coverage of SPF 10. If your skin is prone to tanning as you mentioned, I suggest doubling up the sunscreen to stay completely protected.

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HELLO INDIA, HERE I COME… US Vice President Joe Biden waves upon his arrival at AFS Palam, in New Delhi, on Monday.

EW DELHI: Coming out strongly against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on Monday said he does not want him to become India’s prime minister as he does not have secular credentials.

The prominent economist also flayed Modi’s model of governance saying he did not approve of it.

“Yes, I don’t want him,” Sen told CNN-IBN in reply to a question on whether he wanted him as his prime minister. “As an Indian citizen I don’t want Modi as my PM... He has not done enough to make minorities feel safe,” he said.

On being asked why he did not want so, Sen said, “He could have first of all been more secular and he could have made the minority community feel more secure.”

“No, I don’t approve of it... I don’t think the record is very good. I think I don’t have to be a member of the

minority in order to feel insecure...

We Indians don’t want a situation where the minority feel insecure and could legitimately think that there

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was an organised violence against them in 2002. I think that is a terrible record and I don’t think Indian Prime Minister as an Indian citizen... Of who has that kind of record. No, I do not.”

Sen said physical infrastructure in Gujarat may be good but Modi has not done enough for minorities or for the majority. He also said that the Gujarat model needs to do much more on the health and education sectors and bring equity.

He said Modi could have made the majority community feel that they are not maltreating the minority and going against the long Indian tradition of being tolerant.

“He could have also taken both of the facts that Gujarat record in education and healthcare is pretty bad and he has to concentrate on that...

As much as he is concentrating quietly as it has happened on infrastructure,” the Nobel laureate said.

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EW DELHI: The country is facing an acute shortage of Yellow Fever vaccine leading to it being sold in the black market by private retailers and creating problems for those travelling to African nations.

However, the government on Monday said it has received 60,000 doses and supplied them to vaccination centres in the four metros. It expressed the hope that the situation will be normal within a week.

According to the Health Ministry, the shortage is due to breakdown of equipment at Central Research Institute, Kasauli, and interruption in supply of import through WHO due to global shortfall.

Users are finding it difficult to get the vaccine ever since.

The vaccine is compulsory for all

those travelling to African nations, after WHO held a consultation on yellow fever saying the threat of introduction of Yellow Fever into Asia was very real in the age of faster air travel. The Health Ministry said the supplies arrived in Mumbai port and samples were sent for quality control certification to CRI on July 18. “... Yellow Fever vaccine has been supplied to all the Yellow fever vaccination centres in four metros today. Regular vaccination at all the government centres is expected to be normal within this week,” a Ministry statement said.

The government has also placed an order with WHO for 2.57 lakh doses.

“This supply order is yet to be received. As per WHO, supplies are

expected in the second week of August,” the statement said.

Due to shortage of the vaccine, it is being sold in the black market by private retailers, leading to problems for those travelling to African nations. Yellow fever is endemic in 44 countries, 23 of which are in African continent and 11 in South American continent. Though India is free from the disease, people visiting endemic countries can get protection by immunisation by vaccination.

A single dose of 0.5 ml vaccine provides lifelong immunity and repeated visits do not require fresh vaccinations. The total annual demand of yellow fever vaccine for the country is around 1.8 lakh doses.

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DIVINE INTERVENTION… Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna at a visit to the flood-devastated Kedarnath Temple on Monday.

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GARDEN FRESH TEA, ANYBODY… A man plucking tea leaves with a machine at Margherita in Assam, on Monday.

YDERABAD: Posing as policemen, two persons have hoodwinked the jail authorities and managed to take away a prisoner from a sub-jail at Adoni of Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on the pretext of taking him to a court, officials told PTI on Monday.

According to Director General of Prisons and Correctional Services (Prisons & CS), T Krishna Raju, the jailor of the prison was placed under suspension and a departmental inquiry was ordered into the epsiode.

The two persons (who were in police uniform) posed as a constable and a home guard and showed a fake prisoner transit (PT) warrant to

Adoni sub-jail authorities on July 17 seeking that one accused Mahesh Kumar has to be produced at the Atmakur court in connection with a case, senior police officer said.

After this the jail authorities handed over Mahesh to the duo.

However, a complaint was lodged by the jail authorities after they realised that they were conned by the two fake policemen, after it was found that the PT warrant was forged. Following a complaint, the Adoni police booked a case under sections 470, 471 and other relevant sections of the IPC and launched a manhunt by forming special team to nab the trio, the police officer said.

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TOP VIEW

"The society is besieged by data. Decisions based on rigorous statistical analysis lead to efficient solutions. With the advent of high-end computing systems, handling of large data sets has become a possibility. It also poses a challenge to policy-makers both in the public and private sector."

C Rangarajan, Chairman, Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS ICICI Direct calls a ‘Buy’ on Axis Bank CMP: Rs. 1200 Target Rs. 1445

Markets Indecisive

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Tuesday (July 23, 2013) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose marginally on Monday (July 22, 2013) a net 2.60 points (0.04%) and closed at the 6031 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 6009 points level.

It then declined further and registered the day’s low at the 6004 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then rose sharply into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 11.49 a.m. It then rose sharply and registered the day’s high at the 6064 points level at 12.10 p.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 60 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 24 were gainers, while 26 stocks closed in the red. Buying was seen in banking, IT and technology stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in capital goods and oil & gas stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 20.82%. This change is substantial and indicates a less than full participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 582 were gainers, 764 were losers and 50 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is above the slow D line (positive if it continues).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now turned flat (positive if it rises).

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

The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a strong market but with a positive bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5773 points level.

The next support is at the 5636 points level.

Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 6108 points level.

The next resistance is at the 6204 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 = 6033 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 6003.

Support (2) = 5974.

Resistance (1) = 6063.

Resistance (2) = 6093.

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

However, the index continues to remain above the 5, 15, 25 and 200 day’s moving averages and all the four averages are rising. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate strength. Both these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of an upmove unfolding. Investors are advised to hold long positions.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

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

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 6005) Positive.

Is above its 15-day average (at 5921) Positive.

Is above its 25-day average (at 5839) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 5847) Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness:

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The earnings for the quarter at Rs 1409 crore were in line with our estimate of Rs 1394 crore despite higher-than-expected provisions of Rs 712 crore. A strong operating performance (PPP up 44.8% YoY to Rs 2844 crore) helped in maintaining a 22% YoY increase in profitability. Q1FY14 was yet another quarter of strong margins with decline of 130 bps QoQ in C/I ratio to 38.8%.

Business de-grew sequentially as deposits declined 5.6% while loans increased marginally by 0.6% QoQ. Fresh RA (Rs 686 crore) and slippages (Rs 681 crore) came in higher than the guidance of Rs 1200 per quarter at Rs 1367 crore during Q1FY13. The overall asset quality remained steady QoQ. We largely maintain our estimates and continue to expect PAT CAGR of 19% over FY13-15E with strong PCR of ~80% levels. We maintain the target price and BUY rating on the stock.

Retail loans continue to register strong growth: On a YoY basis, advances grew higher than system growth at 16% YoY to Rs 198151 crore, mainly led by retail loans, which rose strongly by 40% YoY and now constitutes 28.6% of the total advances. The management expects loan growth to continue to be higher than the industry and retail growth to moderate a bit but still remain at healthy levels.

Target multiple maintained on healthy return ratios, core performance: The bank has continued to deliver a healthy PAT performance even during the current strained environment. Though the overall asset quality remained steady QoQ, we remain cautious owing to the bank’s exposure to certain troubled corporates. However, owing to healthy CAR, strong core operating performance and decent growth outlook, we expect return ratios to remain healthy with RoA and RoE at 1.7% and 17%, respectively. We maintain BUY with a multiple of 1.8x FY14E, 1.6x FY15E ABV.

Nirmal Bang calls a ‘Buy’ on DCB CMP: Rs. 50 Target Rs. 75

In line with expectations; improved productivity holds the key: Development Credit Bank (DCB) reported results in line with expectations driven by strong growth in NII, higher treasury income and higher profitability. PAT more than doubled on YoY basis and stood at Rs 42.8 cr.

However, Net Profit, excluding onetime treasury gains (Rs 8.5 cr) and onetime operating cost (Rs 1 cr penalty paid for violation of KYC norms) stood at Rs. 35 cr reflecting a growth of nearly 85% YoY. NIMs improved YoY driven by lower cost of funds and stood at 3.44% in Q1FY14.

On business growth front, management expects retail (particularly mortgage book) and agri book to remain on the forefront and with focused growth, while SME and corporate will remain slightly subdued. Nevertheless, growth between 20- 25% seems achievable at current levels. We have factored growth of 23.2% on advance book for FY14E. DCB has emerged as a successful player in a tough environment by focus on consolidation and steady improvement in most of the parameters. The bank is adequately capitalized and in our view it has all the ingredients in place to lead the growth path. Cost efficiency will be the key driver in leading to an improvement in return ratios. The bank intends to widen its reach and has already increased its branch network from 80 branches to 101 branches in the last 8 quarters. Management targets to open 7- 8 branches per quarter, while the older branches are expected to add significant business for the bank. We expect DCB to report 27.4% CAGR in PAT over FY13-FY15E leading to RoE of 13.6% and RoA of 1.2% for FY15E. At CMP, the stock is trading at 1.14x and 0.99x FY14E and FY15E Adj BVPS and 8.8x and 7.4x FY14E and FY15E EPS respectively which we believe is attractive. We roll-over our target multiple from FY14E to FY15E to a target price of Rs 75 (1.5x FY15E ABV) with an upside of 50% from a long term perspective and maintain our BUY rating.

Aditya Birla Money calls a ‘Buy’ on HDFC Bank CMP: Rs. 682 Target Rs. 757

Outlook and Valuations: We estimate HDFC Bank to report an EPS CAGR of 23.5% over FY13-FY15E. ABV is estimated to grow at 18.0% CAGR during the same period. We believe the bank is best placed in the current environment with matched funding book, strong liability franchise & stable asset quality.

The bank’s valuation (at 3.9x its FY14E ABV) adequately factors in its strong fundamentals, thus leaving limited room for upside. We roll our target price to June 14 revising our target price to Rs 757.8 (Rs 742.0 earlier), implying an upside of 11.4% from current levels. Thus we retain our Accumulate rating on the stock.

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NEWS FLASH

L&T Q1 net declines 12.46% to Rs 756.03 crore. Reliance Telecom moves SC against summons to Ambanis. Pulses output touches a record 18.45mt in 2012-13.

LNG from US to cost GAIL India USD 10.5 per mmBtu. Portfolio Managers' AUM reaches record high of Rs 7 lakh crore. OnMobile acquires US-based Livewire Mobile.

Sony India, Vodafone, Hindustan Unilever And Reckitt Benckiser Pulled Up For Misleading Advertisements ASCI upholds complaints against 123 misleading Advertisements in May

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he Advertising industry watchdog ASCI upheld complaints against 123 campaigns in May for misleading ads, including those of Sony India, Vodafone, Hindustan Unilever and Reckitt Benckiser India.

According to the Customer Complaints Council (CCC) of ASCI (Advertising Standard Council of India), maximum 70 complaints of misleading ads were from the education sector during the month, reports PTI. The CCC concluded that the claims mentioned in the advertisement of Sony Xperia Z smart phone which showed the phone could be washed with water and still it worked were not substantiated and the complaint was upheld, said ASCI. ASCI also upheld a complaint against Reckitt Benckiser’s ad for Veet body moisturiser which claimed, among others, that ‘it’s

unique pro-minimise formula delays hair re-growth which makes your skin feel touchable, smooth for a longer time’ putting it under not Adequately/scientifically substantiated category.

Similarly, another FMCG firm Hindustan Unilever was also pulled over its ad for Pond’s pure white face wash which claims ‘you get instant glow on your skin’. Likewise, L’Oreal India was pulled up for its ad for L’Oreal White Perfect Laser Cream which claimed they provide ‘incredible whitening radiance superior to laser treatment’.

The advertising industry watchdog also upheld a complaint against Vodafone for an ad which claimed ‘unlimited Internet starting at Rs 199 per month. There is no fine print or disclaimer.’ “The back page shows ‘pack allowance’ and each pack has data limit after which it is at reduced speed. So there is a limit. By defini-

tion, unlimited shouldn’t have a limit. The CCC concluded that the claims mentioned in the advertisement were not substantiated,” ASCI said.

In May, ASCI’s CCC upheld complaints against 123 ads out of 144 complaints received. Health, personal care and education were the main categories that continued to make misleading and unsubstantiated claims and come under the scanner of the CCC, ASCI said.

The education sector leads with a whopping 56 per cent of the ads (70 out of 123) against which complaints were upheld in the month of May 2013. ASCI said most of the institutions, including Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media, claimed that “they provide 100 per cent placement”, which were not substantiated violating guidelines for advertising of educational institutions.

RBI Measures to Bolster Exchange Rate Are Credit Negative For Banks, Says Moody’s

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o be sure,” the market’s reaction may have been exaggerated.

However, the threat of a broad rise in market interest rates, at a time when expectations for economic growth are already waning, threatens to outweigh the RBI’s efforts to support India’s exchange rate”, says Moody’s Investors Service in a report released yesterday.

The “combination of slower growth and higher rates could also negatively affect borrowers’ ability to service their debt. With corporate borrowers already suffering from weak domestic demand, asset-quality deterioration could negatively affect lenders, particularly public sector banks that already have higher nonperforming loan ratios and large exposures to corporate borrowers” it added.

Moody’s was referring to last Monday’s, measures announced by the RBI to tighten liquidity and bolster the rupee / dollar exchange rate, which has recently reached historic

lows. Money markets reacted by dramatically raising rates in the interbank market and yields on government bonds. “These measures are credit negative for Indian banks because rising market rates will negatively affect economic growth if they persist, putting negative pressure on asset quality and earnings. In addition, bank funding costs will rise if higher rates persist” it said.

The RBI’s new measures had sought to support the exchange rate and discourage currency speculation by reducing short-term liquidity and soaking up excess liquidity. However, Moody’s believes there is a risk that the period of tight money market liquidity in India may persist, which would eventually have a material negative effect on bank funding. “We expect banks to be negatively affected if higher rates persist for one or two months,” it says.

In particular, banks that rely more on wholesale funding, such as Yes Bank and IDBI Bank, will be more vulnerable because their margins

Zuari Shelves Rs 5,000 Crore Urea Plant Plan

By A Business Reporter

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uari Fertiliser and Chemicals Ltd has shelved a proposed Rs 5,000 crore urea plant in Karnataka over land acquisition delays. “Land acquisition has not happened for this project, so we have shelved this project,” a senior official of the company said.

Adventz Group firm Zuari had signed an agreement with the Kar-

nataka government for setting up the urea plant near Belgaum in north Karnataka. The agreement was signed during the tenure of former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.

The company was planning to set up a 1.15 million tonne per annum (mtpa) gas-based urea project, but from the beginning there were issues with the land acquisition for the project, he said.

would suffer if they fail to pass on higher costs to borrowers.

More generally, the RBI’s measures add to the challenges already affecting India’s economy and which will affect banks’ operating environment.

“We note that market reactions to the RBI’s announcement have been dramatic, with market interest rates rising across all maturities despite the RBI’s measures only targeting shortterm rates” it said.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Gold, Silver Zoom On Strong Global Cues

Gold prices surged by Rs 390 to Rs 27,680 per 10 grams in the national capital yesterday on brisk buying by stockists, taking strong cues from global markets. In line with the general firming trend, silver shot up by Rs 800 to Rs 41,325 per kg on increased off take by jewellers and industrial units.

RBI Starts Scrutiny Of Private Finance Companies

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has started scrutiny of nearly 3,000 companies which could be carrying out non-banking finance operations without requisite registration, in the wake of concerns about their actual business activities. The central bank’s move comes against the backdrop of the government efforts to crackdown on entities that are illegally raising large amounts of money from the public.

Panel To Examine Non-Essential Goods Import

Worried over widening trade and current account deficit, the government has constituted a committee to examine imports and suggest steps to contain inward shipments of non-essential goods. The Committee will be headed by Rajat Bhargav, Joint Secretary (Budget) in the Finance Ministry, an official said. “It will submit its report in about two weeks,” the official said. Current Account Deficit (CAD) occurs when total imports of goods, services and transfers are higher than exports, reflecting outgo of foreign exchange. The CAD had hit a record high of 4.7% in 2012-13 fiscal as rising oil and gold import widened the trade gap.

Rashtriya Ispat Decides To Prune Stake In Afghanistan Project

State-owned Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) has decided to prune its stake in the USD 11 billion steel project in Afghanistan, the biggest investment proposal by a pack of seven Indian steel firms abroad, citing delay and uncertainty hovering over the venture. “RINL has decided to cut down its stake in the venture to as low as it can be from 18 per cent now. The company does not want to park up its funds in a far-flung project that is full of uncertainty and already much-delayed,” a source told PTI.

Cabinet To Take Up Issue Of Revised Wages In 18 Sick PSUs

The Cabinet is expected to soon take up the proposal to implement pay revision for executives and non-unionised supervisors of 18 sick PSUs that have the potential to be revived. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has submitted a proposal to the Cabinet for revising salaries in 18 sick Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).

Sebi Gets Search And Seize Powers

In a major upgrade of powers given to Sebi, the government has allowed it to pass orders like search and seizure, attachment of properties, arrest and detention of defaulters and pass disgorgement directions to recover the wrongful gains made in contravention of laws.

—Business Desk with inputs from PTI

Mr. N.R. Narayanmurthy, Chairman Emeritus, Infosys Limited along with (Left) Ms. Nirmala Kurien – daughter of Mr. Verghese Kurien and (Right) Mr. Ashishkumar Chauhan, Interim MD & CEO, BSE Limited launching the Audio Book “The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance” at BSE.

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WRATH OF THE TITANS

TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus-the demigod son of Zeus-is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity’s lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades and Poseidon. The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld.

Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus’ godly son, Ares (Edgar Ramírez), switch loyalty and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans’ strength grows stronger as Zeus’ remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike), HBO, 9 p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

FRONTLINE BATTLE MACHINES WITH MIKE BREWER

In FRONT LINE BATTLE MACHINES, presenter Mike Brewer heads to the frontline in Afghanistan to test hi-tech British and American weaponry and equipment being used in the fight against the Taliban. Follow Mike as with the full co-operation of the UK Ministry of Defense, he gains unrestricted access to Camp Bastion and Kandahar Air Base, revealing the latest combat vehicles and equipment, such as the SA80 Rifle, the Apache attack helicopter and Mastiff armored six-wheeled truck.

Discover y Science, 10 p.m.

MADHUBALA… EK ISHQ EK JUNOON

In tonight’s episode we will see, after being jailed for killing Sultan, RK’s lawyer Piyush Mahajan tries getting him bail but is unsuccessful. Further, Madhu however gets dinner for RK and they have a romantic candle-light dinner together in jail. Col or s, 8.30 p.m.

RIVER MONSTERS

Join Jeremy Wade in RIVER MONSTERS as he uncovers the world’s largest, strangest and most dangerous fish. An im al Pl anet, 8 p.m.

MAN VS WILD

Plunge into more extreme adventures with Bear Grylls in MAN VS. WILD only on the Discovery Channel. In each episode, Grylls is left stranded in a region and uses his efforts to survive and find a way back to civilization. Using his specialist survival techniques, he attempts to navigate his way through these environments and make it out alive. Along the way, he braves the biting cold, treks through desolate deserts, encounters dangerous predators and for food he has to make do with whatever he can catch or find – dead or alive! Discover y, 9 p.m.

TOUCH

Jake tells us in a voiceover that on the edges of boundaries and borders are where people connect. An American sales representative is detained on the Pakistani border, accused of being a spy. A comet passes close to Earth, while a woman mourns her murdered twin. Lucy, going through boxes of detritus from her marriage, compares a photograph to a police sketch, and Jake

Front Line Battle Machines, Discovery Science, 10 p.m.

wants to go to school. Martin, posing as a reporter, seeks an interview with Calvin Norburg while searches of computer records turn up Amelia’s pseudonym. While one woman needs to be free of guilt and another from death in prison, who is holding Amelia captive? Star World , 3 p.m.

EK VEER KI ARDAAS – VEERA

Nihal is shocked to know about Ranvi bunking his school and going to the potter. What will Nihal do now? Star Plus, 10.30 p.m.

LOST

Stranded on a deserted island, 48 survivors of a plane crash must the strength to work together if they are to stay alive-but the mysterious island holds many secrets which could prove fatal to the band of castaways. Zee Café, 9 p.m.

THE GAME

Jason’s ego takes a hit when Chardonnay rejects his proposal about hooking up after their upcoming annulment. Meanwhile, Derwin is shocked to find out Melanie is living the V.I.P. life at church. Big CBS Love, 8.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

DRAGONBALL : EVOLUTION

The story begins with Goku, who seeks out upon his adoptive grandfather Grandpa Gohan’s dying request to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls. Of which he has one, in order to prevent the evil Lord Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the Dragon Balls to take over the world. And Goku’s quest is to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before Piccolo does. Starring Justin Chatwin, Yun-Fat Chow, Emmy Rossum.

Star Movies, 9 p.m.

KARAN ARJUN

Karan Arjun, a story of ultimate patience and absolute belief.

Rakhee is the mother of Karan (Salman Khan) & Arjun, who are killed by the evil Durjan Singh (Amrish Puri) but her belief in goddess Kali, allows Karan & Arjun to be born again. Karan & Arjun are born in the city, away from the village they lived in their previous life. When they grow up they don’t remember anything except the feeling they know each other from somewhere. Will Karan & Arjun recall who they are?, M ax, 9 p.m .

KALA SONA

Several years ago Rakesh’s life was turned upside down when his dad was murdered. The only consolation to be drawn by his passing, was that the assailant was also killed. Years later, Rakesh finds out that his dad’s killer is still alive, and the police have closed this file. He decides to avenge his father’s death and travels to a far-off village, and befriends a young man named Shera. He finds out through Durga, whom he falls in love with, that his father’s killer is Sardar Poppy Singh, who runs a vast underground business empire of growing and selling cocaine. Then Shera and Durga get the shocks of their lives when they find out that Rakesh has joined forces with Poppy, and has even killed a police officer to prove his loyalty. Fi lmy, 9 p.m.

AAMIR

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Aamir Ali lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Mumbai along with his dad, Rashid; mom, Taranum; three sisters: Nargis, Shabana, and Falak; and a brother, Jameel. After his dad passes away, Aamir re-locates to Britain, studies, obtains a medical degree, and returns home. Upon arrival at Mumbai Airport, he is hassled by the Customs Officer and his baggage is searched several times. Finally, he is permitted to leave. Outside the airport he is approached by two men on a motorbike, and one of them hands him a cellphone. Aamir accepts the cellphone and thus begins his nightmare that will propel him all the way to Dongri, then to

Dragonball: Evolution, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

Bhendi Bazar, where he will be given a red suitcase containing cash. He will be told that he must deliver this suitcase at another location within a specified time or else his family will all be killed.

B4U, 8 p.m.

SHADOW CONSPIRACY

Bobby Bishop (Sheen) is a special assistant to the President of the United States. Accidentally, he meets his friend professor Pochenko on the street. Pochenko has time to tell Bishop about some conspiracy in the White House but then immediately gets killed by an assassin. Now bad guys are after Bobby as the only man who knows about a plot. Bishop must now not only survive, but to stop the conspirators from achieving their goal. And he doesn’t know whom to trust. Zee Studi o, 9 p.m.

21 JUMP STREET

In high school, Schmidt (Jonah Hill) was a dork and Jenko (‘Channing Tatum’ ) was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are assigned to an undercover unit to infiltrate a drug ring that is supplying high school students synthetic drugs. Pi x, 9 p.m.

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STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyara Pyara 3.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai 4.00 Saraswatichandra 4.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum 5.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 5.30 India’s Dancing Superstars 6.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 6.30 Ek Gahr Banaunga 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Saraswatichandra 8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 8.30 Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behnaa Hai 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum. 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai….

10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Saraswatichandra P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

ZEE TV

LISTING

Connected Hum Tum Punarvivaah Hitler Didi Pavitra Rishta Qubool Hai Hitler Didi Jodha Akbar Punarvivah Aaj Ki Housewife Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Jodha Akbar Hitler Didi Pavitra Rishta.

Qubool Hai Connected Hum Tum Punarvivah Jodha Akbar

8.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 9.00 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga.

9.30 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati 10.00 Haunted NightsKangann 10.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali.

11.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 7.30

SAB TV

Taarak Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir FIR Gutur Goon 2 Baal Veer Taarak Jeanie Aur Juhu

1001 Nights Transformers Prime Wild Kratts Amazing Spiez 1001 Nights Sally Bollywood Adventures of Tintin Transformers Prime Wild Kratts 1001 Nights

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.50 5.15 6.00 7.00

Monsters Inside Me Mysteries of Magic How Do They Do It Food Detectives How It’s Made Combat Tech Build It Bigger

SCIENCE

STAR WORLD

One Tree Hill Touch How I Met Your Mother Big Bang Theory Revenge One Tree Hill Grey’s Anatomy How I Met Your Mother Big Bang Theory Revenge One Tree Hill Breaking Bad

ZEE CAFÉ

Grey’s Anatomy Just for Laughs The Following Scandal Grey’s Anatomy The Following Friends American Dad Lost Grey’s Anatomy The Following

BIG CBS LOVE

Summerland Game Beauty and The Beast Life Unexpected Excused Game Summerland Entertainment Tonight Rules of Engagement The Game 90210 Summerland Excused

SONY TV

P.M. 2.00 Bharat Ka Veer Putra Maharana 2.30 Bade Acha Lagte Hai 3.00 Chhanchan 3.30 Indian Idol Junior 5.30 Crime Patrol Dastak 8.00 Anamika 8.30 Amita Ka Amit 9.00 Chanchhan 9.30 Nayi Umra Nayi Chunauti Par. 10.00 Bharat Ka Veer Putra Mahara 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Indian Idol Junior

90210, Big CBS Love, 9 p.m.

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 2.30 Savitri 3.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 3.30 Do Dil… Ek Jaan 4.00 Best of Savdhaan India 6.00 Savitri 6.30 Do Dil… Ek Jaan 7.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 7.30 Amrit Manthan 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Savitri 9.00 Do Dil…Ek Jaan 9.30 Junoon-Aisi Nafrat, To Kaisa Ishq 10.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 10.30 Savadhan India P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30

6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

COLORS

Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Na Bole Tum… Madhubala….

Bani Ishq da Kalma Shaitaan-A Criminal Mind Balika Vadhu…

Uttaran Mrs Pammi Pyarelal Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Sanskaar…

Na Bole Tum… Uttaran Bani – Ishq da Kalma Balika Vadhu

SAHARA ONE

P.M 2.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati 2.30 Thodisi Bewafai: Film.

Rajesh Khanna 6.00 Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage 6.30 Haqeeqat 7.30 Best of Haunted Nights 8.00 Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage

8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00

8.30 9.00 9.30 11.00

Man Vs Wild, Discovery, 9 p.m.

Baal Veer Taarak Chidiyaghar Jeanie Aur Juju Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir FIR Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHI

Tu Tithe Mee Tuze Maze Jamena Mala Sasu Havi Radha Hi Bawri Ekapeksha Ek Tu tithe Mee Mala Sasu Havi Tuze Maze Jamena Home Minister Tu Tithe Mee Radha Hi Bawri Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi Mala Saasu Havi Tuze Maze Jamena Ek Peksha Ek Radha Hi Bawri

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 1.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

River Monsters Animal Planet’s A to Z Equator TV with Teeth Wildest Africa Killing for A Living River Monsters Animal Planet’s A To Z TV with Teeth: Afterlife: Elephant

DISCOVERY

Full Force Nature Factory Made American Digger Food Factory Auction Hunters Swamp Brothers Untamed and Uncut Man Woman Wild American Digger Food Factory Man Vs Wild No Kitchen Required Meat Eater

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 8.00 8.15 8.30 9.30 10.00

DISCOVERY KIDS

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.30 11.00

News in Marathi Smart Sunbai Agnipariksha Tiwalya Bawlya News in Marathi Krishi Varta The News Samachar Bharat Ki Shaan Saraswatichandra Tehreer Munshi Premchand Ki 10.30 Yahan Ke Hum Sikandar

11.00 NAGIN: Film. Starring Sunil Dutt, Reena Roy, Feroz Khan

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.30 6.05 6.30 7.00

Samachar.

News Sports News Rang Tarang Samachar News Rajyon Se Samachar Metro Scan Business Wrap Samachar

Nagin, DDI, 11 p.m.

7.30 8.00 8.15 10.00 10.30 11.05

Focus.

News.

Samachar Late Edition Aankhon Dekhi Khel Samachar

8.00 How It’s Made 9.00 Nextworld 10.00 Frontline Battle Machines with Mike Brewer 11.00 Monsters Inside Me

MOVIE CHANNELS

P.M 1.30 2.30 5.00 7.00 9.00 10.30 A.M. 8.00 10.00

P.M. 1.00 3.00 5.10 7.05 9.00 11.10

NAT GEOGRAPHIC

P.M. 3.15 6.25 9.00 11.50 A.M. 8.25

P.M. 2.00 Most Amazing Moments 3.00 Taboo 4.00 Secrets of the King Cobra 5.00 Taboo 6.00 Most Amazing Moments 7.00 Ultimate Animal Countdown 8.00 Megacities 9.00 Taboo 10.00 Banged Up Abroad 11.00 Taboo

STAR CRICKET

P.M. 2.00 ICC C’ships 2013 h/ls;Aus vs SL 3.00 Australia Tour of England 13 h/ls 3.30 Champions Ka Champion 4.00 Jai Ho 5.00 Australia Tour of Eng 13 h/ls 5.30 Jai Ho 6.30 Champions Ka Champion 7.00 Aus Tour of England 13 h/ls 8.00 Champions Ka Champion 8.30 Jai Ho 9.30 ICC C’ships Trophy 13 h/ls 10.58 Friends Life T20 13 h/ls P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.30 11.00

ESPN

Open C’ship 2013 h/ls Champions Ka Champion Wonderful Wimbledon Jai Ho Champions Ka Champion Jai Ho Aus Tour of England h/ls Wonderful Wimbledon Jai Ho Open C’ship Official Film Aus Tour of England h/ls Wonderful Wimbledon Champions Ka Champion Jai Ho

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HBO

ZEE STUDIO

The Net 2.0 Bringing Down The House Surrogates George of the Jungle Shadow Conspiracy Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

A.M. 10.25 Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

HISTORY

Top Secret Recipe Heavy Haulers Human Weapon: Judo Road Less Travelled Sliced Pawn Stars Mankind Journey To The Edge of Nowhere 9.00 Bamazon 10.00 Pawn Stars 10.30 Addicted

Red Heat Armour of God

P.M. 12.15 Around The World In 80 Days 2.25 Cowboys and Aliens 4.55 Black Water 6.40 Kick-Ass 9:00 Wrath of The Titans 11.10 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time A.M. 8.35 Hugo 11.05 Kick-Ass

P.M. 12.45 2.25 4.35 6.55

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00 6.30 7.00 8.00

STARMOVIES

Total Recall XXX Armour of God Conan The Barbarian Dragonball: Evolution Red Heat

PIX

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 12.00 Mee Sindutai Sakpal: Tejaswini 3.00 Dhakti Soon: Laxmikant Berde 6.00 Matter: Santosh Juvekar 9.00 Aamhi Saatpute: Sachin, Supriya

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 1.00 Oggy and the Cockroaches 7.30 Tom and Jerry The Fast and The Furry 9.00 Ben 10 Ultimate Alien 9.30 Adventure Time 10.00 Tom and Jerry Show 11.00 Adventure Time A.M. 8.00 Roll No 21 9.00 Obbochama-Kun 10.00 Ben 10 11.00 Tom and Jerry The Fast and The Furry

POGO

P.M. 1.00 Chhota Bheem 2.00 Yaaron Ka Yaar Raju Special 3.30 Mighty Raju: School’s Cool 5.00 13 Mera Bheem Special 8.30 Hagemaru 9.00 Chhota Bheem 9.30 Pokemon

Redline The Condemned Drunken Master Lake Placid : The Final Chapter 9.00 21 Jump Street 11.20 Angels And Demons A.M. 8.15 West Is West 10.25 Lake Placid : The Final Chapter

STAR GOLD

Bagawat Ek Jung Raja Bhaiya: Govinda Golimar: Gopichand Deedar

Shadow Conspiracy, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

Khel: Sunny Deol

MAX

P.M. 2.00 Hum Kissie Se Kum Nahin: Amitabh B 5.30 Hadh Kar Di Aapne: Govinda, Rani M 9.00 Karan Arjun: Salman Khan A.M 7.00 Judwaa: Salman Khan 10.30 Veerta The Power: Allu Arjun

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 2.40 Mera Krodh 6.10 Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki A.M. 10.20 Diler-Daring

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Baazi: Aamir Khan 5.30 Jaisiyat: Jeetendra, Jaya Prada 9.00 Garv-Pride and Honour: Salman Khan A.M. 9.30 Pyar Ka Rog: Shammi Kapoor

FILMY

P.M. 12.00 Pakhandi: Sanjeev Kumar 3.00 Swayamvar: Sanjeev Kumar 6.00 Robbery At Bangkok: Rajsekhar 9.00 Kala Sona: Feroz Khan A.M. 9.00 Chocolate – Deep Dark Secrets: Tanushree Dutta

B4U

P.M 12.00 Keemat: Akshay Kumar 4.00 China Gate: Om Puri 8.00 Aamir: Rajeev Khandelwal A.M. 8.00 Deshwasi: Manoj Kumar, Hema Malini

Karan Arjun, Max, 9 p.m.

10.00 10.30 11.00 A.M. 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

Takeshi’s Castle Sunaina MAD

Thomas and Friends Galli Galli Sim Sim Chhota Bheem Hagemaru Chhota Bheem

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.30 5.00 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00

Doraemon Hamtaro Phineas and Ferb Art Attack Doraemon Hamtaro Art Attack Doraemon Slokk Best of Luck Nikki Doraemon

DISNEY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00

6.30 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

DISNEY XD

Kiteretsu Splatalot Super Robot Kiteretsu Iron Man Armored Adventures Spiderman Phineas and Ferb Ultimate Spiderman Hulk Iron Man Rescue Force

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MUSIC TO THE EARS T

By Amarendra Dhaneshwar

he annual 'Bandish' festival at the NCPA is an event to look forward to. It offers an excellent opportunity to listen to some gems of classical music in a single festival. "In most cultures, music is synonymous with ‘songs’ which are pre-composed. In Indian music, a well-structured melodic composition often referred to as bandish or cheez, forms the core of performance.

Thanks to the creative genius of many composers across several centuries, there is a vast repository of compositions in existence today. These works are kept alive through the oral-aural tradition and are integral to contemporary performing practices," says Dr. Suarnalata Rao who heads the Hindustani music department of the NCPA. "A bandish is a composition, which due to its inherent completeness, can claim to be a map of full musical growth, comparable to a seed carrying within it Dr. Suarnalata Rao

TRIO TS PRESEN LATING SCINTIL MANCE PERFOR

the complete potential of a full form," writes the noted ethno musicologist Ashok Ranade. A bandish binds together three different elements like the musical note, the beat as also the lyrics into a seamless whole. The current rainy season which is marked by torrential rains, brings to mind a beautiful ker bandish by the late Kumar Gandharva y Shan

By Vija esearch in the raga 'Gaud Malhar'. tyam R ut Bharata a N ta ara eb There are literally hundreds of njali Bh sented the d by Shweta compositions which exist in the Trust preper formance Amisha repertoire of Hindustani music. A Natyam Acharya and ta Surendra ha La bandish can describe a variety of

By Sandeep Hattangadi r, Apeks ciples of Guru auditorium, e Iy feelings. It can be an expression of love or tion dis i, ia c d o e s v s ri T devotion or even philosophical ASED on Suhas Shirwalkar’s novel, Duniyadaari is a ysore A y. The at the Ma, last Saturda wor thy for its s, resignation. It may also talk of the beauty coming-of-age movie set in a Pune college in the 70s g rn te n e o tt n Matu ance was mic pa of the heroine of the composition. where the seniors are filled with angst, rebellion and r form ecution of rhythpleasing e p Hyderabad based classical singer Malini heartbreak, while the juniors are initially ragged till a gang ex nd precise l command a nal dancing.

Rajurkar was invited to sing at the festival war of sorts breaks out, leading to them being integrated a e io r s ic a s n h a re c h te of exp a and Amis n where she sang the compositions of Dr. with the seniors, reminding one of West Side Story, Rebel io it s o h exp uru Lata , Apeks Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar who was a Without A Cause and Breaking Away.

Shweta disciples of G eir teens, the r e musicologist and a savant. She began with Shreyas Talwalkar (Swapnil Joshi) is a fresher in college e senio although in th various danc th in the raga 'Narayani' which is a rare raga. If one who is initiated by being slapped by the college toughie ra, d d n te s e a r u u ip io S prestig adds the note komal nishad to the pentatonic Digambar Shankar Patil a.k.a DSP (Ankush Chowdhary), e par tic trio hav per formed at countr y. raga 'Durga', one gets 'Narayani'. Rajurkar and then given his first smoke and drink, as well his first s e a th te that m r o e n v dra o to ll ns a fying was honest enough to admit that she had not fight and girlfriend. Shreyas is in love with Shireen (Saie occasio tally, it is grati uru Lata received any direct talim of these compositions Tamhankar), a rich politician’s (Nagesh Bhosle) G Inciden ed danseuse r Athens to but had studied them from Ratanjanka's books daughter who is on the verge of getting married to e n fo c w n g o a in n D v re a World om ra is le like 'Abhinav Geetmanjiri'. She sang the raga DSP’s rival Sai (Jeetendra Joshi); whereas Meenu Surend ate in the 35th commence fr 'Hamir' as a 'tap khayal' which was a bright (Urmilla Kanetkar) is in love with Shreyas. par ticip s, UNESCO to s number. Ratnajankar was based in Lucknow and Another ill fated love story is of DSP and Surekha g n ti u Congre till July 28. c ile exe n, with hence his compositions were influenced by the (Rucha Paripail) who is married off to a ‘gentleman’ 4 h 2 w ly e c u J fiden , fectio tempo of the Kathak dance 'tatkar'. Rajurkar, one by her middle class parents, leaving DSP distraught The con atterns to per three dancers e ic p the must admit, did justice to them. and taking to alcohol. rhythm rdination of th king training r Ulhas Kashalkar, otherwise, a star singer who The performance by the lead cast is very good fine co-oon the painstaars together fo never fails, was not in his best element on the day. He especially Swapnil, Ankush, Sai and Jeetendra. reflects recieve for ye goes to their chose to render only medium tempo compositions by Urmila Kanetkar, Uday Tikekar, Varsha Usgaonkar, dancers e entire credit ether it is the Vilayat Hussain Khan and Gajananbuwa Joshi.

Sandeep Kulkarni, Uday Sabnis, Nagesh Bhosale which thGuru Lata. Wh xpressional Kashalkar however, warmed up as the recital and Sushant Shelar support well. The music is mentor Jatiswaram, e rnam or the l indi progressed but the inherent limitations of these catchy while the cinematography by Prasad musica , elaborate Va lana, a rare H s compositions were also exposed.

Bhende is glossy and colorful.

Padam Dhanasri Thil irunal, it is rs, T Director Sanjay Jadhav has intricate ition by Swati tch the dance a succeeded in making a compos delight to w mitment and g, m a watchable and slick film always dance with co azing par t bein with the perfect retro look as they and most am nisation the for everyone who is young sincerityder ful synchro e dancing concerts over two years in collaboration with at heart. the won maintain whil o cleverly ls other organizations at regular intervals of dancersr. Guru Lata a at is ideally s two to three months. The first concert will togethe the themes th choreograph s d be organized by the Pt. Taranath Tabla choose r children an l Academy, Dahisar and will be held on rchestra suited fo gly. d fine o ra on e in v ie rd c o c Saturday, July 27 at Sri Vyas Mandir Hall, ac Sured cers re The dan om Guru Lata sad for vocal, Vithal Mandir, Anand Nagar, Dahisar (East) fr ra t r p o a p iv h sup from 5.30 pm and is open to all. ngam, S am and nattuva n for mridang iolin. v ra r Chand ramaniam fo performance l b u u tf s h la g a li B hole de w e th On CHOUKON a play on the io. by the tr plight of bar dancers will soon re-open after a long gap, in the wake of new decisions taken by the government on the problem of bar dancers. The play is produced and directed by Yashwant Chougule and written

by Waman Tawde and stars all newcomers.

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NEWS IN BRIEF Songs for a cause

THE Cancer Patients Aid Association (CPAA), the Parents’ Association Thalassemic Unit Trust (PATUT) and The Oberoi, Mumbai, will raise funds for Cancer and Thalassemic patients through an annual event that provides a rare opportunity for Ghazal aficionados to experience the rich and vibrant performances talented singers including Pankaj Udhas, Bhupinder and Mitali Singh, Anup Jalota, Talat Aziz, Ahmed and Mohd.

Hussain, Kavita Seth, Runa and Neha Rizvi, Sumeet Tappoo, Anita Singhvi, Sudeep Banerji and at ‘Khazana’, a festival of Ghazals for a noble cause. on July 26 and 27, 8 pm onwards at The Oberoi hotel.

Akshay’s new venture

A WIDELY talked-about Marathi feature film 72 Miles Ek Pravas, produced by Akshay Kumar and Ashwini Yardi’s Grazing Goat Pictures and presented

by Viacom 18, is releasing on August 9. Based on a novel called ‘72 Miles’ written by novelist Ashok Vhatkar, the film is set against a rural backdrop and presents the struggle of a teenage boy to enrich his own life. Through this film directed by Rajiv Patil, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has also stepped into the domain of producing Marathi films for the first time.

Centenary celebrations

THE Peshkar Foundation will be celebrating the centenary year of the late tabla guru, Pt. Taranth Rao in the year 2015. In a recently held meeting, the foundation has decided to hold

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Play on bar dancers

Sunil Barve in a negative role

ROMANTIC hero Sunil Barve will play a villain for the first time in Kedar Shinde’s Shreemant Damodarpant, in the twin roles of Lakhoba and Nagesh. Sunil is very excited about these roles as it was a real challenge for him to essay both of them. He hopes that the audience will accept him in his new avatars.

Majhya Savlya Vitthala released

ON the occasion of Ashadi Ekadashi, singer Mangesh Chavan released his bhajan album Majhya Savlya Vitthala. The album has been conceived by Chaitrali Chavan while the bhajans have been composed by seven music directors including stalwarts like Nandu Honap and Avinash Vishwajeet.

Duniyadaari, a teen tale B

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 593

ENIGMA CODE 593

ACROSS: 1 Type his verse in new more delicate version (14) 9 Buyers lay off the duck (9) 10 Ensemble left in dark (5) 11 Here's a riddle for you ! "Starting point of course and some script in it" (5) 12 Sort of a sketch one has in hand (9) 13 Hang around in a strange city? No, messing about on the water (8) 14 When gunmen prefer to get high (2,4) 17 Makes it correct for me to be in tails (6) 19 When start is due, but nothing's on time (4,4) 22 He works hand in glove with children's TV (9) 24 Bouquet's sent up to network director? (3-2) 25 It's seen to go round the bend (5) 26 The way the studio becomes more impressive (9) 27 Benefit from confidence in one's place in community? (6,8) DOWN: 1 A proper regard for fitness? (7,7) 2 Several police involved in a conspiracy (7) 3 Ted creeps around, but is very well thought of (9) 4 Once last month a social worker was elated (8) 5 Record player's arm and swollen head after lusty hitting (6) 6 One of those down for rejection (5) 7 Loco and van crash possibly causing a heated outburst (7) 8 It doesn't belong to the person who has it (6,8) 15 Outfit for model with French philosopher (9)

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Each colour in our code represents a letter.

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

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

The Clue: Gave the sack

N

N N

N N

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE BLONDE, BONDED, BOODLE, DONNED, DOODLE, LOBBED, NOODLE

N N N

MATH PYRAMID 593 16 Reproduce and amuse oneself (8) 18 May be used to make paper for a poster? (7) 20 Lock-opening tool used in joust, it

is found within (7) 21 Could be a steel plant (6) 23 Resin from some novel emission (5)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Not long to wait, 9 Overarm, 10 Skilful, 11 Niece, 12 Charleroi, 13 Older, 15 Highroads, 17 Wide awake, 18 Exile, 19 Soft pedal, 22 Batik, 23 Openair, 24 Sealion, 25 Physical jerks.

DOWN: 2 Open-ended, 3 Leave, 4 Nomic, 5 Writ large, 6 Infer, 7 Found of wisdom, 8 Plain speaking, 10 Spangle, 14 Reappears, 15 Hoarder, 16 A bit thick, 20 Fresh, 21 Lysol, 22 Blake.

QUICK CROSS 593

ACROSS: 1 Semi section (3) 4 Present tense of be (3) 5 F in IAF (5) 7 ___ it all hang out (3) 8 Uses up (5) 10 Breakfast meat (3) 11 Crude metal (3)

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 Links vehicles (5) 2 Path of a pass (3) 3 Little stinger (3) 5 Pilot light (5) 6 Poetic contraction (3) 8 Tommy group (3) 9 Hearing organ (3)

HIDATO 593

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 593

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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TIGER BUD BLAKE

TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

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COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

: : : : : :

Capricorn 1st Ashadh Krishnapaksha Shravan Makar (Capricorn) J.Kh. Green 1

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: All projects that you have been handling independently will be concluded successfully, giving you immense satisfaction, along with financial rewards. These will lead to new opportunities coming your way. Employment-seekers will receive lucrative offers on salary-cum-commission basis. Business people and professionals will surge ahead in their career this year. Your health will be generally good. Personal life is full of happiness and charm.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Healthy, medium height, good-looking and long lived. Intelligent, caring, will always speak up for the not so fortunate. Will make a good advisor and has the ability to adapt to any circumstance and make the best of it. Will have a good family life and enjoy success.

B.C. JOHNNY HART

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): You will be in the mood to take a few chances today. If you are positive and confident about your aims and aspirations do not hesitate to take risks. A good business proposal is worth considering. If you expect much from your beloved in a love affair you have to first learn to give. A happy relationship is a two-way fare.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): An easy inflow of money will tempt you to go on a shopping spree. The purchase of an expensive item of security or investment is also likely. Some of you will be making plans to travel, perhaps in the pursuit of a hobby or personal interest. This will be relaxing as well as invigorating. A new bond will develop into a romantic affair. Do not promise more than you can give of yourself or you could be in trouble later.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): This is the time to make a move towards fulfilling your aspirations.

You have everything going for you and ample opportunities. Do not get influenced by others, for you are on the right track. You tend to think a lot before you take a step. Study new projects carefully but then go ahead. This is a period of good times and exciting romance. Do not let others interfere in your love life. Some of you will plan a brief holiday.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You will now make rapid progress in your career after a lull. Fresh investments and new projects are sure to prove profitable. Appreciation from seniors gives your morale a great boost.

Carry on with your hard work and sincere effort for promotion is likely. Love relationships are strengthened. The single will get news about a marriage proposal through someone known. You do not have to compromise.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Financial involvement should be kept to a minimum and avoid doing any transaction in another person’s name. Do not easily put your trust in people for you could be taken advantage of.

Even what you say could be misrepresented. Keep interactions with others to the minimum today. Your beloved may feel a bit low and neglected. You need to spend some time together to reassure your sweetheart of your love and affection.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Work routine might seem boring. There may not be many opportunities to express your creativity and sincerity seems to be missing. You will get down to serious thinking about your future. Start with joining a training program me to give a boost to your career. You may decide to do some home decorating with your mate. Redoing your home may add freshness and help to improve the atmosphere.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will get a chance to explore a venture that could lead to considerable monetary gains. Work proceeds smoothly even though you seem to be doing a lot of things at the same time. Give trust and understanding and you will get back the same from the one who loves you deeply but may find it difficult to express at times.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You will discuss expansion plans but resolve disputes, if any, amicably. Keep your mind open to suggestions and new offers. You can look forward to gains through your work.

Those of you who are in fields of communications or media will be in the limelight.

Emotionally you will be feeling much more positive and secure. It will be the charms of your beloved, which keep your spirits high.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Stay out of trouble. Avoid arguments with colleagues. Play it cool. Expenses are to a certain extent on the higher side. Try to keep a check on your expenses. Nevertheless, you are likely to get money due to you provided you pursue the matter today.

Worries are part of life. Find time to be with friends who inspire you positively or relax with music and face tomorrow when it comes.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): With a spurt in your enthusiasm and energy you may come up with some creative and original plan which when presented will be well received and may even receive ready financial support. Your current business activity will proceed smoothly and without a hitch assuring good returns.

Being very much in the lime light you are bound have many people wanting to get close to you. You will have to discerning.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You begin the day with optimism and succeed in every Endeavour you undertake. Others call it luck, but it is determination and hard work. When negotiating new work today remember to keep your options open and accept less. It could lead to a regular source of income. Accept an invitation, which will be a new experience. Perhaps also bring a new charming person into your life, which will be exciting.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Follow up new work proposals and try to get in touch with persons who can help you. Handle financial issues carefully to avoid loss. A new career opening will be interesting and is worth pursuing. Venture partnerships are better than mergers keeping the future in mind. The single may get a favorable proposal for marriage. There will be enough cause for happiness and celebration at home.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4721

ACROSS: 3 Melodious bell sound (5) 8 Trinity (5) 10 Far from pleased (5) 11 Sin, go wrong (3) 12 Impress on paper (5) 13 Either tapering end of a ship's spar (7) 15 Attempted (5) 18 Dry ___ : solid carbon dioxide? (3) 19 Withdraw from a promise or undertaking? (3,3) 21 Mountain range in Central India (7) 22 A long narrative poem (4) 23 Mandlikova of tennis (4) 24 Enter ___ : Metallica hit? (7) 26 Surpass (6) 29 "Over" for the poet (3) 31 Mr. Benegal, the renowned film director (5) 32 Swinging or tossing about (7) 34 Ex-Paki skipper ____ Khan (5) 35 ___ to : disposed to? (3) 36 Raise or force with a lever (5) 37 Insert (5) 38 Uplift spiritually (5)

DOWN: 1 Uncanny or weird, a monstrosity? (5) 2 Of the heart (7) 4 Damage (4) 5 Slogan (6) 6 Going or coming in or liberty to do so? (5) 7 A deep sadness (5) 9 Like some vbs. (3) 12 Devise beforehand (7) 14 Feign (3) 16 One of USA’s middle-westerners (5) 17 C sharp (5) 19 Disparage? (3,4) 20 Office notes (5) 21 Threescore (5)

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SUDOKU 1907 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: T equals W

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

23 State neighbouring New Delhi (7) 24 Determined the total of (6) 25 __ culpa : an admission of guilt (3) 27 Star Trek lieutenant (5) 28 ___ a laugh : cause others to

laugh? (5) 30 Bury or entomb (5) 32 ___ Ali Khan: He won the national award for Hum Tum (4) 33 Indian Police Service, acronym (3)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 4 Wading, 7 Umbrella, 8 Flatus, 10 Tummy, 13 Meed, 14 Alba, 15 Burg, 16 Vat, 17 Debt, 19 Stet, 21 Laccadive, 23 Sinh, 24 Buts, 26 UPI, 27 Orlo, 29 Ever, 32 IEEE, 33 Steve, 34 Orissa, 35 Passover, 36 Byssus.

DOWN: 1 Dutta, 2 Hbomb, 3 Deny, 4 Wafer, 5 Dead, 6 Nougat, 9 Legs it, 11 Ult, 12 Madan, 13 Mutable, 15 BBC, 16 Vee, 18 Echoes, 20 Tv set, 21 Lii, 22 Duo, 23 Sporty, 25 Rev, 28 Reaps, 30 Verve, 31 Rears, 32 Isis, 33 So so.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1726 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

T D

K C D

K V V

Y D V H D Q D

K G B

T E K B

Y D V H D Q D F

B N

B E D

K Y N Z B

T N C V U

Z F

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Writing about music is like dancing about architecture

Afternoon WORD MINE

R

E

C

P

E

D

A

E

T

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: 40 average; 44 good; 48 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: clot, collect, COLLECTOR, colt, coot, loot, looter, ocelot, retool, root, rote, tell, toll, tool, tore, troll

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

SPORTS

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STATS FROM LORDS TEST:

2000 cricket match fixing: Police wake up to file chargesheet

Only one team in Ashes history has fought back from 2-0 down to win a series. It was Australia clawing home over England in 1936-37. Don Bradman scored two double centuries and a ton across the final three games.

Australia has never lost more than three Tests during a series in England.

Australia has now lost six Tests in a row for the first time since 1984. The worst losing streak is seven straight, suffered nearly 130 years ago.

Australia have suffered 17 innings defeats in Ashes history, but after being set 583 as the target, this was the second biggest defeat on runs Australia have had against the old enemy.

Shane Watson has been given out lbw 24 times during his career of 77 innings.

At over 31 per cent, it’s the highest percentage ever for an lbw dismissal for a batsman who has played over 70 innings.

Average age of Australian team is 28 three months. England’s is 29 Test caps: Australia 298, England 628 England have now won four Ashes Tests in a row.

CLARKE VOWS TO HAVE LAST ASHES LAUGH Michael Clarke crumples towards the ground after being struck on the body.

NEW DELHI: 13 years after the match fixing scandal involving Hansie Cronje rocked the cricket world, Delhi Police filed a charge sheet in a court here naming the former South African captain and five others, including Krishan Kumar- brother of T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar.

The charge sheet was filed before link magistrate Akash Jain as Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Amit Bansal was on leave.

The 90-page charge sheet will come up for consideration today before CMM Bansal.

Police has named Cronje, who was killed in a plane crash in 2002, in column 2 of the charge sheet -- which lists the accused who are dead or against whom proceedings are abated.

London-based bookie Sanjeev Chawla, bookie Manmohan Khattar, T-Series owner Gulshan Kumar's brother Krishan Kumar, Delhi-based bookie Rajesh Kalra and Sunil Dara alias Bittoo have also been named as accused.

No other cricketer has been named in the charge sheet.

According to police sources, the charge sheet is mostly based on King's Commission report, confession of Hansie Cronje and telephonic intercepts.

They said Chawla and Khattar are hiding in UK and US respectively. Police will issue red corner notices against them and begin the process of their extradition after filing the charge sheet, they said.

It was in April 2000 that the Crime Branch of Delhi Police had stumbled upon the match fixing scandal when they intercepted calls of a London-based bookie.

In May this year, during the investigation in the spot-fixing case in which police have arrested 29 people including three cricket players -- S Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila--the attention of the investigators was drawn to a pending case in which Cronje and others were named.

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L

ONDON: Michael Clarke vowed to have the last laugh on all those who mocked his suggestion Australia could still win the Ashes after a crushing defeat at Lord's left them 2-0 down in the five-match series.

Ashes-holders England thrashed their arch-rivals by 347 runs at 'the home of cricket' yesterday, with over a day left, to strengthen their grip on the urn. Australia's main problem, as it was in a far narrower 14-run reverse in the first Test at Trent Bridge, was a lack of runs from their specialist batsmen.

Whereas England built competitive totals in both innings at Lord's on the back of hundreds by Ian Bell (109) and man-of-the-match Joe Root (180), the highest individual Australia score was Usman Khawaja's second innings 54. By then Australia had been left to chase a colossal 583 after being bowled out for just 128 first time around.

Clarke, Australia's best batsman and a proven world-class per-

former, made 51 on Sunday but that only took his average for the series to 25.50, with none of the tourists having made an individual hundred in the first two Tests. The last time any side came from 2-0 down to win the Ashes was in 1936/37 when Australia, inspired by Don Bradman, cricket's greatest Test batsman, eventually won 3-2 on home soil.

However, despite the weight of history against him, Clarke said: "I'm still confident we can win this series. I know a lot of the crowd laughed when I said that (at the presentation ceremony), and rightly so with the position we are in right now, but all of our top order have made a fifty and we need someone who can go on and make a big hundred -- as England have done. We need to perform better to win this third Test but we have time to prepare," added Clarke, with Australia set to play a three-day tour match against Sussex starting Friday before facing England again at Old Trafford, where the next Ashes en-

counter gets underway on August 1.

"Our performance with the bat was unacceptable. The wicket was very good for batting. We had a great opportunity but we let ourselves down," Clarke added.

"We have plenty of experience in our top seven, but our shot selection was poor and we didn't have the discipline that England had," Clarke asserted. "They were willing to bat for long periods and graft through the tough periods, but we certainly weren't in that first innings."

This latest defeat meant Australia, following a 4-0 rout in India earlier this year, had lost six Tests in a row for the first time since 1984.

That run of losses prompted Kim Hughes to deliver a tearful resignation speech as he quit the Australia captaincy. Asked about a comparison to Hughes's situation, Clarke, to laughter from the assembled reporters, replied: "Presume nothing.

You do take it to heart more as captain because you care about your team-mates but I felt the same

when I was just a player. It used to hurt me just as much. The reason you play any sport I guess is to try and win -- that's the way I have been brought up. But half of my problem I guess is that I walked into such a great Australian team that won as a habit and that was something I became accustomed to and used to. I don't want that to change. At the moment we are not performing as well as I would like.

We have to get better. We have so much support, with so many Australians around, a lot of the English have been very supportive towards us, and people back home are cheering us on. We are letting everyone down at the moment with the way we are batting," added the 32-year-old Clarke, who acknowledged his attack risked injury unless the top order spent more time in the middle.

"Our bowlers are fighting hard, we are making them bowl every single day because we are not putting enough runs on the board."

Pakistan’s lightning assault sees off Windies G

ROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA: Inclement weather, the Duckworth/Lewis method and a lightning assault by Pakistan's middle-order batsmen stole the thunder from the West Indies as the visitors snatched the rain-affected fourth one-day international by six wickets.

In a match already reduced to 49 overs-per-side and after Marlon Samuels blazed an unbeaten 106 in the home team's total of 261 for seven, Pakistan were set a revised target of 189 off 31 overs as a second shower of the day interrupted play when they were 68 for two off 17 overs yesterday. Needing a further 121 off 14 overs, half-centuries from Mohammad Hafeez and skipper Misbah-ul-Haq sped the visitors to the target with one over to spare. "It was like a T20 game when we came back out," said a delighted Misbah after his key role in the victory.

"Mohammad Hafeez and I realised boundary. It was a case of not panthat we just had to play normal crick- icking and just staying focussed on eting shots and look for the odd the target."

Misbah ul Haq during his knock of an unbeaten 53 runs.

Following a tie in the third match two days earlier, Pakistan now have an unbeatable 2-1 lead going into the

fifth and final match at the same Beausejour Stadium venue on Wednesday. West Indies seemed a dejected bunch when they took the field after being told by the umpires of the revised target, and Pakistan capitalised, Hafeez and Misbah crashing 54 runs off five overs before home captain Dwayne Bravo tried to get his team back into the match.

Hafeez fell to Kemar Roach for 59, an innings decorated by five fours and two hooked sixes off fastmedium bowler Jason Holder, while Bravo himself accounted for Shahid Afridi who was promoted up the order to accelerate the Pakistani scoring. However, new batsman Umar Akmal (29 not out) maintained the required scoring tempo and with Misbah showing his remarkable versatility in speeding along to 53 off 43 balls at the other end to keep his team well on course, it was left to Akmal to finish off the match with three consecutive boundaries off the disheartened West Indies captain.

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SPORTS

IN BRIEF Dhruv, Chinmay and Vishishta champs

MUMBAI: Fourth seeded Dhruv Das emerged as the winner in the finals of Midget Boys group upsetting the second seeded Rajveer Shah 11-4, 6-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-2 to claim the title in the Mumbai Suburban District Table Tennis Championships organized by MIG Cricket Club. Dhruv won the first game, then lost the next two, but maintained his focus to win the last two games to clinch a tightly contested final. In the Cadet Boys group, as expected, the top seed Chinmay Somaiya easily defeated the second seeded Parth Rambia in three straight games 11-7, 11-4, 11-8 and emerged victorious. In the Midget Girls group finals, top seed Vishishta Haldar defeated the second seeded Avril Saldanha 11-9, 4-11, 11-9, 11-9 to win her title. After winning the first game, complacency creeped in her second game, but she was back on track and won back to back games and registered quite a convincing victory in the end.

Don Bosco start campaign with a win

Rovan Novias was the goal scorer from St Annes, Malad.

MUMBAI: Don Bosco started their campaign by pulling off an easy victory over St. Lawrence, Kandivili 2-1 during the first division match of the under 16 boys of the MSSA Annual Inter School Football Tournaments 2013-2014 played at the MSSA Ground, Azad Maidan on Monday. Raul Swami and Marc D’Souza were the goal scorers for the Matunga team while Lawrence pulled one back in form of Nehal Shetty but wasn’t enough. In the other encounter, Campion School, Cooperage drew with St Annes High School, Malad with Aryaan Sood and Roven Novias scoring for their respective teams.

Results: B- U-16 –I: Don Bosco (Matunga) (2) (Raul Swami 1, Marc D’Souza 1) Beat St. Lawrence (Kandivali) (1) (Shetty Nehal 1); B-U-16-I: Campion School (Cooperage) (1) (Aryaan Sood 1) DREW WITH St. Annes H.S. (Malad) (1) (Roven Novias 1).

AAI president congratulates Indian Archery team

NEW DELHI: The President of Archery Association of India (AAI), Vijay Kumar Malhotra today congratulated Indian archery contingent for winning a gold and two bronze medals in the third World Cup Archery Championship at Medellin, Columbia.

Malhotra applauded the efforts of recurve women trio -- Deepika Kumari, Laishram Bombayla Devi and Rimil Buruily -- for clinching gold by beating the Chinese team in which two Olympic medal winners were playing. He also praised the compound men's team comprising Rajat Chouhan, K Ratan Singh and L Hari Das over Columbia to bag bronze medal, as well as Deepika Kumari and Atanu Dass for claiming bronze in Recurve Mixed event.

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EW DELHI: Former captain Dhanraj Pillay has expressed his desire to be the coach of the Indian hockey team and claims that if given a free hand he can deliver results in within a year.

Pillay is not in favour of a foreign coach for Indian hockey and insists that there is no dearth of good coach in the country. "Indian hockey does not need a foreign coach. We have been spending a lot of money on foreign coaches but from Gerhard Rach (in 2004 Athens) to Micheal Nobbs (2012 London Olympics), the outcome is the same. Indian hockey is back to square one and we are now struggling to qualify for the World Cup," Pillay told PTI Bhasha.

"India has no dearth of talent as far as good coaches are concerned. Give me the charge and I promise to deliver results in one year provided I am given a free hand," said the legendary striker who is the coach of Air India, the current national champion side.

"There are instances in the past when coach of the national championship winning side was given the charge of senior men's team. There are many examples like Cedric D'souza, Vasudevan Bhaskaran, Rajinder Singh or Harendra Singh. Then why not me?"

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Tap into rural talent for athletics: Milkha

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EW DELHI: Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh who infamously lost the Rome Olympics says tapping into rural talent can lead the country to excellence in athletics.

"If you look at history of a0athletics in the country almost all champions have hailed from the villages. Top Asian champions as well as the ones who have reached the Olympics have a rural background. Athletics talent is more prominent in the villages than in the urban areas because the main factor determining the difference is hard work which is

event at the 1960 Rome Olympics. Singh feels that early identification of talented individuals is also important for India's athletic teams to shine.

"In today's India there is no dearth of amenities and facilities as well as money. I do not blame the government for not providing infrastructure to athletes. They have given everything for training of athletes. We have money, stadium, latest equipments and coaches. We also have to train them in a scientific line and have to identify good athletes from school level. We have to keep them all in one academy and train them," says Singh.

The former sprinter points out an integral part of an athlete's that from the time after Indetraining," Singh told PTI in an in- pendence the country has produced only four to five eminent terview.

Hailed as the 'Flying Sikh' for his athletes all from a rural backlegendary prowess on the track ground. "Gurbachan Singh Randfield, Singh says he used to run hawa, Sriram Singh, PT Usha, barefoot daily on hot sand to Anju Bobby George all of them school, which was situated 20 kms have reached the finals but never from his house. "Today you cannot brought back a medal," says expect this from kids from the Singh.

"In our era there was nothing, urban areas. I am not saying urban kids can't do it but hard work has no coaches, no stadium, no to be done by them," says Singh money, no one used to ask us. But whose life story has been pub- today there is everything. I would like to suggest that sports acadelished recently in a new book.

India owes its first ever gold in mies and scientific method of athletics at the Commonwealth training should be brought into Games to Milkha Singh who still the country just like what the regrets his loss at the 400-metre Chinese have done," says Singh.

lying vacant after the unceremonious exit of Micheal Nobbs recently. But Hockey India has already made it clear that they are looking for a foreign coach for the national side. Pillay, however, said that only an Indian coach canunderstand Indian players well.

"About 50 to 60 per cent hockey players in India are not highly qualified. They don't understand the english of foreign coaches and have to depend on interpreters. Foreign coaches also bring their own support staff along with them," he said.

"We taught world how to play hockey and now our hockey depends on foreign experts. Indian players are matured enough and they don't need to learn the game. Indian hockey needs an expert who can encourage them to do well as a unit," he said.

Pillay is not very appreciative about Indian hockey's High Performance Director Roelant Oltmans with whom he has worked in the inaugural Hockey India League. "If Oltmans is such a capable coach, why did he fail to win the title for UP Wizards in HIL where he himself chose his team," he said.

He is also not too optimistic about India's chances in the Asia Cup which they need to win to qualify for the next year's World Cup. "It is going to be really tough. India need a miracle to win the title," Pillay concluded.

Lorgat ready to mend bridges with BCCI

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OHANNESBURG: Having clashed with the BCCI over issues ranging from FTP to DRS during his time in the ICC, Cricket South Africa's newly-appointed CEO Haroon Lorgat is willing to go the extra mile to improve relations with India and said he was ready to apologise if need be.

Lorgat was recently appointed CSA's chief executive but the BCCI's objection acted as a roadblock before the South African board convinced its Indian counterparts.

The Indian board is believed to have harboured dissatisfaction with Lorgat from his time at the International Cricket Council, where it clashed with him over issues ranging from the Future Tour Programs and Decision Review System to the corporate governance review.

"I am saddened by these inferences and I did not expect such a poor relationship to have formed. I don't like to be out of favour with someone I thought was a friend. I will do my best to understand the concerns," Lorgat said.

SAINA IN HYD, LEE CHONG WEI GOES TO MUMBAI IN IBL AUCTION

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EW DELHI: Saina Nehwal's wish to be in her home team came true as Hyderabad Hotshots bought the Indian star for USD 120,000 but world number one Lee Chong Wei proved to be the costliest, going to Mumbai Masters for USD 135,000 in the inaugural Indian Badminton League's players auction.

Saina, one among the six icon players whose base price was set at USD 50,000 (Rs 29,70,482), had stated that she would prefer to be either in Hyderabad or Lucknow with a slight tilt towards her hometown. Her wish was fulfilled with Hyderabad picking her up after making a bid of USD 120,000 (Rs 71,27,796 approx).

But it was Malaysian icon Lee Chong Wei, who got the franchises really excited, triggering a bidding war between Mumbai

Success of IBL auction proves growing popularity of sport: BAI NEW DELHI: The grand success of Indian Badminton League's (IBL) inaugural players' auction has proved the growing popularity of the sport in India, said BAI president Akhilesh Das Gupta. Das Gupta was delighted with the outcome of the today's auction where six franchisees picked up 60 players. "A generous amount has been spent on Indian players by the franchisees, which is a very positive sign for the Indian players and the sport as a whole.

Other than auction money the players would also be getting endorsement deals," Das Gupta said. While world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who was bought by Mumbai Masters for USD 135,000, was the most sought-after player India's shuttle queen Saina Nehwal was not far behind as she commanded a price of USD 120,000 from Hyderabad HotShots. "Today's auction reflected a healthy and exciting competitive streak among the franchisees and shed light on their game plan. The IBL auction has set the ball rolling for what promises to be an inimitable experience in sports entertainment," said Das Guptal.

Masters and the Delhi Smashers.

Eventually, Mumbai, which has cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar among its consortium of owners, came out trumps to bag the biggest international name in fray at the auction for Rs 8,019,032 approximately. Commonwealth Games bronzemedallist Parupalli Kashyap, also an icon player, was picked up by Banga Beats for USD 75,000 (Rs 4,455,622 approx).

Rising star P V Sindhu was the big buy netted by Lucknow Warriors for USD 80,000 (Rs 4,752,664 approx), while feisty doubles star Jwala Gutta went to Delhi Smashers at USD 31,000 (Rs 1,841,699).

Jwala's base price was USD 25,000 (Rs 1,485,241).

In another interesting bidding war between Delhi and Pune Piston, little-known Vietnamese Tinh Minh Nyugen was sold to the latter at USD 44,000 (Rs 2,614,024), way above his base price of USD 25,000. The franchises owners -- PVP Group (Hyderabad), BOP Group (Bangalore), Krrish Group (Delhi), Sahara (Lucknow), Burman family (Pune) and consortium of cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar, Telugu film star Akkineni Nagarjuna and former cricketer V Chamundeshwarnath (Mumbai) -- have a cap of approximately USD 275,000 to fill the slot of 66 players.

The six franchises will buy a total of 11 players each. Six of these will be India, four foreign players and one Indian junior player.

THE TEAM: Mumbai Masters SQUAD: Lee Chong Wei (Int) (Men's Singles), Marc Zweibler (Int) (Men's Singles), Tine Baun (Women's Singles), Pranav Jerry Chopra (Doubles), Manu Attri (Men's Doubles), Siki Reddy (Mixed Doubles), PC Thulasi (Mixed Doubles), Vladimir Ivanov (Int), Rasika Raje (Junior) and Sumeet Reddy (Junior).

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EW DELHI: Olympic bronze medal winning shuttler Saina Nehwal has been handed a relatively easy draw in the women's singles section at the upcoming World Badminton Championships, scheduled to be held in Guangzhou from August 5 to 11.

World No. 3 Saina has got a bye in the first round and is not likely to be troubled before the quarterfinals where she could face World No. 10 Minatsu Mitani of Japan.

In all likely Saina would cross the quarterfinal hurdle and her first real test could be against World No.1 Chinese Li Xuerui in the semifinals.

However, it might not turn out to be an easy outing for India's rising shuttler P V Sindhu as the world no. 12 could face a stiff challenge as early as in the third round. Sindhu has got a bye in the first round and in all probability, she would be able to get

Woman referee Rebello set to officiate in I-League Woman football referee Mario Rebello is set to create history as she has been named to officiate in the upcoming ILeague season by the All India Football Federation. In a historic decision, the AIFF's Referees' Committee included Maria as the first-ever woman referee in

past her opponent in the second round as well, but it could be tough task for the 10th seeded Indian in the third round where she is most likely to meet World No. 2 Wang Yihan of China.

Meanwhile in the men's singles, world No 13 Parupally

Kashyap has been grouped with World No. 6 Hu Yun of Hong Kong and the Hyderabadi is likely to take on him in the third round. If he manages to beat Hu Yun, he is expected to be up against China's Du Pengyu, ranked third in the world. Ajay Jayaram has been placed in the second half of the draw and in the very first round, the unseeded Indian will face world no. 12 Wong Wing Ki of Hong Kong.

In the men's doubles, Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu will take

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Maria's name was proposed by the I-League Referees Appointment Advisory Committee which approved the list of probable referees for the upcoming season.

on Polish duo of Adam Cwalina and Przemyslaw Wacha, while another Indian pair of Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra will face German combo of Josche Zurwonne and Peter Kaesbauer.

In women's doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre will meet Marie Roepke and Line Damkjaer Kruse of Denmark, while N Siki Reddy and Aparna Balan will be up against English pair of Gabrielle White and Lauren Smith.

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IN BRIEF Pujara 6th, Ojha 10th in ICC Test Rankings

DUBAI: Cheteshwar Pujara was the highest-placed Indian batsman as he rose a rung to be sixth, while Pragyan Ojha broke into the top-10 among bowlers after gaining one spot to be 10th in the latest ICC Test rankings issued. Pujara is the only Indian batsman inside the top-20 of the rankings. Among the bowlers, off-spinner R Ashwin dropped a rung to be eighth in the latest list, while Zaheer Khan is placed 17th. Elsewhere in the list, England players made big gains in the rankings, a day after Alastair Cook's side won the second Ashes Test against Australia at Lord's by 347 runs. The heroes of England's win -- Ian Bell and Joe Root with the bat, and Graeme Swann with the ball -were rewarded for their efforts with jumps in the latest rankings.

Judo Olympian passes away

NEW DELHI: Olympian judo player, L Brojeshori Devi of Central Reserve Police Force, passed away at Coimbatore. She was 32. Brojeshori was in CRPF Training Centre in Coimbatore since last two months on a Departmental Promotion Training Program.

Last night, she complained of stomach pain and was admitted to a hospital, where an operation was conducted. The reason of her death is yet to be confirmed as the postmortem report is still awaited. Brojeshori participated in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, 2002 Asian and Commonwealth Games, besides being a part of a number of international judo events. She won gold medals in the South Asian Games held in 2006 and 2010. She also won medals at national and international level.

World’s top juniors unite behind Squash 2020 Olympic bid

WROCLAW, POLAND: Despite battling against each other over the past week for the title of 'world junior squash champion' in the historical city of Wroclaw here, the world's leading teenagers are unequivocally united behind the sport's bid to join the Olympic Games programme in 2020. "It would be a dream come true," said Nour El Sherbini, the 17-year-old Egyptian who made squash history yesterday by becoming the first player to win the world junior title for a third time.

"There are still seven years left, but I hope I will be at the top of my game by then and will have a chance to show that at the Olympics," added the remarkable youngster who is already ranked 11th in the world.

PCI announces Rs 5 lakh for javelin thrower Jhajharia

NEW DELHI: The Paralympic Committee of India announced a cash prize of Rs five lakh for Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia who won a gold medal at the IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France. "PCI President Sultan Ahmed announced Cash Prize of Rs. 5 Lacs to Devendra Jhajharia from Paralympic Committee of India," the sport governing body said in a release. Jhajharia, who got the Padma Shri award last year, set a new meet record in the F42 men's event by throwing a distance of 57.04m yesterday. He comfortably surpassed the old record of 55.90m of Chunliang Guo of China created at the 2011 World Championships in New Zealand.

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