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SECURITY GAPS AT KALINA POLICE TRAINING CAMP ARE A MAJOR THREAT TO ALL INMATES
REMEMBERING 26/11
By Zuber Ansari
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ive years have passed since the dastardly attack on the city on November 26, 2008 which exposed major security lapses in the city, but
it does not seem to have had any effect on the Mumbai Police if the current security scene in the city is gauged. There is no need to visit Continued on pg 8 ÂŤ
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taken at he security measures camp run by a police training of Home the State Ministry 800 trains around Affairs, which some officers, since students including sub-standard are found to be inauguration. Camp the day of its Training The Kalina Police ted in 2008 by which was inaugura Minister P. Home Union even the then lacks basic Chidambaram necessary for the and ofbasic iron gates, students the security of all on campus. officers from various ficers present two security which houses 800 Despite having constables dePolice Training Camp four to enter the Kalina guards and to anyone wishing two main enTraining Camp walls provide access for 24 ployed at their and the broken The Kalina Police and has remain open outopen entrance way wings. trances, they around 590 students nt to you for bringing FOR ALL: The anyone from training e. Both trains of 46. The QRT departme am thankful hours a day andprospective terror- FREE state and district security a staff to my knowledg and offia room in any a this issue should be well con- comprises 120 trainees side, including the premises. The national, s can easily occupy target us using One compriseA constathe gates camp. ists, can enter keep entry-exit while Force building and .� d. the deployed at this training to visitors cers,all in the same compoun structed and launcher Force One, Quick guards fail people and vehicles rity nine check all the Candidate for (QRT), Indo-Ti- rocket sources further stated that “I 50, should comprising pobles added, He constarecords of the Our d a proand the of police colony and exiting.� Response TeamPolice (ITBP) and though they forwarde entering the camp, the entering this matter to the Addi- buildings and 324 families there. conduct security betan Border ent are even about the gates issue to situated will take bles do not ioner of Police posal Police Departm officers is also not showto be lice are Commiss seem they Mumbai Police ration, checks. the tional Security).� which comes The Mumbai in resolving like the 2008 trained here. ADC on the condi- administ (Protection and , the Additional Kalina Camp, any interest for an attack on of former Speaking to ty, internal police ing When contacted Police (Protec- waiting CRPF Camp where seven Affairs under the jurisdicti major of issue. a Home is anonymi for Rampur of ioner there passing every Minister of State nkar Singh, has tion Accepting thatat the camp, Joint CommissSecurity) refused to com- soldiers were killed. said, “We are whole trainand The and MLA Kripasha s including a sources lapse in securityof Police (Adminis- tion day under threat. ed by resimany other loophole said, “I ment. wall. From the ing camp is surround a terrorist Commissioner ent Hemant Nagrale breaking boundary building. If State Governm they tration) looks of it, the Department don’t dentialto strike in the camp, and the Home by the lack of secu- wants seem bothered
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Unsung heroes Members of the Bomb Disposal Squad defused explosives during the 26/11 attacks but were ignored when it came to gallantry awards By Philip Varghese
H They are lucky! They won’t face a tragedy of demoliton or building collapse.
earing a public interest litigation (PIL) demanding ‘Ashok Chakra’ awards to martyrs of the 26/11 terror attacks and petrol pump allotments to their kin, the Bombay High Court on Monday asked Maharashtra government to inform what follow up action it had taken on the letter by Director General of Police (Maharashtra) to the
Centre recommending gallantry awards to members of the police Bomb Disposal Squad, who risked their lives during the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. The PIL filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar said that the efforts of all policemen died fighting Pakistani terrorists, including Mohammed Amir Ajmal Kasab, during the terror attacks Continued on pg 8 ÂŤ
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State politicos welcome Centre’s decision on Indu Mills land
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arties in Maharashtra welcomed the Union Cabinet's decision on Monday to transfer land originally owned by Indu Mills to the Maharashtra government to construct a memorial to Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution and noted Dalit leader. "Our party welcomes the decision. We have decided to call off the proposed rail and road blockade stir tomorrow as our demand has been met. However, if the state government does not perform bhoomi pujan at the spot by December 6, we will go ahead with our agitation," Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader Ramdas Athawale told PTI. Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief Manikrao Thakre also welcomed the cabinet decision and thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the move. The Union Cabinet took the decision at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and approved the proposal empowering the Centre to acquire a certain part of the Indu Mills land, which originally belongs to the National Textile Corporation Ltd in Mumbai, to construct the memorial. Sources said that the union government would introduce a bill in Parliament to facilitate the transfer of land to the Maharashtra government. Dr Ambedkar's ashes are currently interred at Chaitya Bhoomi, which is near Indu Mills.
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eeding your dog and playing with it isn’t always enough, says India’s first canine behaviourist, Shirin Merchant, as she speaks about her love for animals, her career and why understanding your dog is so important Understanding a troubled human is one thing, but trying to figure out a troubled dog is a completely different ball game, which probably explains why there are not very many people like Shirin Merchant, India’s first canine behaviourist. Merchant has worked with over 6,000 breeds of dogs, from Labradors to Beagles, ever since she started out in 1995. “I actually enrolled in a two-day workshop to handle my dog and was told by my trainer, John Rogerson – who later ended up being my mentor – that I was the best handler at the course. I then spoke to him about my passion of working with dogs, and he asked me to train under him in England. Before long, I was made his associate”. However, training canines wasn’t such a cakewalk in India for Merchant. “My mentor asked me to enter an obedience competition in India and win it to prove that dog training was not only a man’s job, and I did. However, my aim in doing this was more to break down barriers and introduce India to canine training of a different sort. I thus started behaviour counselling for dogs, along with training assistance, searching and rescuing dogs, trainer courses and kenneling”, says Merchant. Her latest achievement, however, is no mean feat. Earlier this year, Merchant was awarded an accreditation by the Kennel Club of England for Companion Dog and Behavioural training at the advanced level. This is unique because Merchant is one of nine people in the world, and the first in
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and is capable of generating good trainers”. How can one stay safe from potential dog bites and spot an aggressive dog before it strikes? “Always look at a dog’s body language. If its tail is wagging vigorously, it is friendly and wants to play. But if its tail is pointed up straight and the animal is stiff and staring at you with a fixed gaze, do not approach it”, says Merchant. Stress, changes in lifestyle and routine, the addition of a child in a family and other happening could be triggers of aggression in dogs. She says, “Dogs are like sponges. They absorb your stress and that of others. If you find your dog licking its lips too often or panting excessively, you must understand that it is stressed. If it scurries around, howls and twitches too much, it is trying to let you know that it is in pain. Understanding these subtle signals in canines will go a long way in making dogs deal with stress better”. Merchant loves her job, and doesn’t even consider it work. “I Shirin Merchant’s next love working with animals and am event in Mumbai is so glad that I could make this my called THINK DOG, career”, she says. Merchant has scheduled for November short workshops, where she 30 and December 1 at teaches dog owners and lovers to Windchimes Playschool, understand canines. “I want less Opp. St. Andrew’s people to get bitten by strays. I also Church, Hill Road, want people to understand that Bandra (West), where dogs are not vicious or nasty, and she will speak about will not bite unless provoked”, she how to turn your adds. But what about strays that naughty pet into a sneak up on unsuspecting people perfect one. For further and bite them without provocation. details log onto: Merchant says, “It is important to http://www.woofmag.in remember that dogs operate on the /thinkdog/thinkdog‘Flight’ and not the ‘Fight’ theory. A mumbai.asp dog will not attack till it weighs out the pros and cons of its actions. If a Asia, to be awarded this accredita- line. My examiners were actually dog bites, it will either be because tion. She is happy that her efforts surprised that someone from India its territory has been encroached were recognised, but is happier had applied. But I’m happier about upon, or because you are perceived that she can let the West know that the accreditation, because now as a threat to him. Man and ants are Indians can be just as good canine people from the West can know the only two species that wage war trainers. “I honestly didn’t know that India is not a backward nation on themselves and others for silly how I did it. I lived on the adrena- when it comes to handling animals reasons”.
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A mammoth task is accomplished by willing hands. At the Vartak Nagar Sai Mandir in Thane, which is to celebrate its 27th anniversary, devotees have got together to prepare 25 tonnes of ladoos for distribution! Sai Baba’s 95th birth anniversary was observed last month in Shirdi.
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Move on!
Seeing as how 26/11 has a kind of knee-jerk response from Mumbaikars, much as 9/11 has for New Yorkers, we looked around for other less dire connotations for the date. After all, it is only since 2008 that the date attained any kind of significance for us, and to tell the truth, looking at the sorry state of security in this city, it is as if absolutely no lessons were learned. But that is another story. For ourselves, we are interested in happy stuff. Seek and you shall find – as we discovered ‘árt couple’ J.K. Chillar and Prayag Jha, who celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today with an exhibition at Jehangir Art Gallery that will be on till December 2. Art not only brought them together in 1971, but has held them in a strong marriage”, says the write-up that accompanies this picture of the two. J.K. Chillar is a nationally acclaimed sculptor and Prayag Jha an internationally awarded graphic artist and together they have been “passionately practicing art since half a century”. At the Jehangir from today, Chillar will show his magnificent life size bronze sculptures along with marble sculptures and drawings. Prayag will concentrate upon her internationally acclaimed etchings in the Meghdoot series and also her oil paintings. It is all serious stuff. Chillar is a national award winner and Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskaar awardee who did his MA in Fine Arts Sculpture from MS University Baroda, in 1970. Meanwhile, Prayag who got her name from the confluence of three sacred rivers in North India, is also a state Puraskar Gaurav awardee and spent her growing years struggling to break gender barriers and also reach a level of expressionism that would win her recognition. Together, they make 26/11 a happy date to remember. Like them, there are thousands of others in Mumbai who were celebrating as the bombs went off and the shooting began. At St. Paul’s Institute for Communication Education, the priests were sitting down at long tables in the basketball ground, preparing for dinner when the news came and only priestly discipline prevented a rush for the television and a confirmation of the news. Still, today we remember the sadness, but more than that, we pick up our lives and move on, celebrating wedding anniversaries, birthdays, and our own lifechanging moments. After all, that is what life is all about anyway.
The virtue of documentation
Every year since it happened, BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has held a special memorial function for those who died and those who were so badly injured in the horrendous bomb explosions on seven suburban trains in Mumbai, on July 11, 2007. Thus giving us another catchy number to remember yet another tragedy by.
For J.K. Chillar and wife Prayag, 26/11 this time means the celebration of 50 years of marriage. (Right) The full-sized bronzes that will be on show from today at the Jehangir Art Gallery till December 2.
Then early this year, fellow journalist Dilip Chaware, and Somaiya’s wife Medha got together to do proper documentation on the tragedy and get it ready for the July memorial. The result is Nidharyatri, carefully documenting the 188 people who died and the 829 injured; names, addresses and phone numbers wherever possible. This is a pioneering effort, for we
realised that though cases drag on for a very long time, documentation is seldom available in the public domain. For instance, some cases have still not been resolved, and this publication will help those who are interested in tracking them. Of particular interest are the 100 stories of survivors told in their own words, who faced not just pain and suffering but often the humiliation of the Railway Claims Tribunal and
its seemingly peculiar notion that everything the victims said was suspected. At least one such survivor speaks of the way even a request for a private examination of the injuries he had suffered to his legs, resulting in a double amputation, was turned down. They discussed the centimeters he was left with in an open court! But that’s another story, though also worth telling, and perhaps we shall
get down to the business of detailing all of them in the run up to the next anniversary. Only 1,000 copies were printed and distributed, and we got ours very late. But we have a strong feeling that the request will soon come in for reprints, as hopefully this form of documentation takes off and is applied to all tragedies where there is great loss of life and limb. We live and we learn.
Two such different stories
It is heart-warming to know that ‘Khawnglung Run’, the film based upon the worst massacre in Mizo history, which took place between 1856 and 1859, is finally getting to bask in the warmth of critical appreciation at the IFFI currently on in Goa. And that the director Mapuia Chawngthu can look forward to some recognition at last. This has been a difficult year for him as he has struggled to show his film in an area where there are practically no cinema theatres. We learn through news reports that the “circuit” for him comprised halls and auditoria, or just private screenings using laptops and projectors. That the shows netted him a badly-needed sum of Rs.6 lakh which has gone towards paying off a bank loan of Rs.10 lakh, for which he is still paying EMIs. And that in spite of all this, he manages to smile at the thought that other talented film-makers in Mizoram will take heart because of his story. Then at the same time we read about the equally talented Aamir
A still from the film ‘Khawnglung Run’ which is causing excitement at the IFFI in Goa. Made for Rs.10 lakh, director Mapuia Chawngthu is still paying off EMIs on the bank loan he took to make it!
Khan getting 200 dancers down from abroad for a single song, that accommodating and paying them for the ten days that he will be required to be here is going to cost him Rs.5 crore, possibly 6. And somewhere you say a prayer that these two characters will be brought face to face so that one can help the other!
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CLASSIFIEDS I Mr. Kumar Nebhandas Gangwani, age 20, residing at Thane east has changed my name from Kumar Nebhan Gangwani to Kumar Nebhandas Gangwani for all the purposes. C-23996 I have changed my name from Tanashi Raju Singh to Tanish Raju Singh as per Gazette No. (U-42663). C-23997
LOST & FOUND Loss of Certificate of CBSE (SSC) MES Indian School Doha Qatar name of Miss Nashwa Nisar Ahmed. If anybody found please contact: 9867248846. C-23991
THANKSGIVING Novena Prayer to St. Jude. Jude-O Holy St. Jude Apostle & 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 Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory be (three times) St. Jude pray for us and all who invoke your aid. Amen. (Publication must be promised) (This Novena has never been known to fail. This Novena must be said for 9 consecutive days) Gool. C-23992 O Holy Spirit, you who makes me see everything and shows me the way to reach my ideals. You who gives me the divine gift to forgive and forget all that has been done to me and who are in all instances of my life with me. I, in this short dialogue want to thank you for everything and affirm once more that I would never want to be separated from you no matter how great the material desires may be. I want to be with you and my loved ones in your Perpetual Glory Amen. Praise and Thank You God Almighty Father, Our Lord Jesus Christ and Blessed Holy Spirit. Hallelujah. Amen. Yours, Margarita & Chrispearl C-23993
CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Lakshadeepa Raghunath Kumbhar to Priya Vikas Salvi as per Gazette No. X-20148. C-23994 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohammed Abdul Shafi to Mr. Mohammed Shafi Abdul Latif Qureshi as per Affidavit 23rd November, 2013. C-23995
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I have changed my name from Vinod Vithoba Savant to Vinod Vitthal Sawant as per Govt. of Maharashtra Gazette No X8477. C-24010
I have changed my name from Anwar Abji Bagathariya to Anwar Abji Bakhtaria as per Affidavit dated 25th November, 2013. C-24025
I have changed my name from Aabid Ahmed Ibrahim Molapia to Aabid Ahmed Molapia as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24011
I have changed my name from Shef Anwar Bakhtaria to Saif Anwar Bakhtaria as per Affidavit dated 25th November, 2013. C-24026
I have changed my name from Safira Abbas Noormohammed Asamdi to Safira Aabid Molapia as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24012
I have changed my name from Sangeeta to Sangeetha Janardhan Bharthi as per Affidavit dated 25th November, 2013. C-24027
I have changed my name from Talha Abdulrazak to Talha Abdulrazak Asamdi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24013
I have changed my name from Santosh Narayan Baukar to Santosh Narayan Bawkar as per Affidavit dated 25th November, 2013. C-24028
I have changed my name from Badrunissa Razak Ebrahim to Badrunnisa Abdulrazak Asamdi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24014 I have changed my name from Badrunnnisa Abdulrazak to Badrunnisa Abdulrazak Asamdi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24015 I have changed my name from Hali Vali Mohammed Kapori to Hali Vali Kapori as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24016 I have changed my name from Abdulrazak Ibrahim to Abdulrazak Ebrahim Asamdi as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24017 I have changed my name from Mohd Rafiq Mohammed Idris to Mohammed Rafeeque Mohammed Idris Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24018
I have changed my name from Narayan Laxman Baukar to Narayan Laxman Bawkar as per Affidavit dated 25th November, 2013. C-24029 I have changed my name from Vita Angela Correia to Vita D Mello as per Affidavit dated 12th November, 2013. C-24030 I Roshani Pradip Shah have changed my name to Pooja Pradip Shah as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 20/11/13. C-24031 I Riaz Noorallah Charaniya have changed my name to Riyaz Noorallah Charania as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. U-43447 dated: 24/10/13. C-24032 I Namrata Nitin Baliwala have changed my name to Nishita Nitin Baliwala as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 24/11/13. C-24033
I have changed my name from Asfar Abdul Halim to Asfar Abdul Halim Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24019
I Mr. Joyabali Zulfikarali Kadiwal have changed my name to Mr. Joyabali Zulfikar Kadiwal as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 16/11/13. C-24034
I have changed my name from Mohamed Arif to Arif Sadre Alam Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24020
I Mobina Mukhtar Nagori have changed my name to Mubina Mukhtar Nagori as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24035
I have changed my name from Miss Jully Maxie Mhapsekar to Miss Jully Maxie Fernandes as per Affidavit. C-24021
I Mubeena Ibrahim Kiledar have changed my name to Mubina Mukhtar Nagori as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24036
I have changed my name from Nasimbanu Peer Mohd. Ansari to Naseembano Peermohammed Ansari as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24022
We Mr. Mukhtar Ismail Nagori & Mrs. Mubina Mukhtar Nagori have changed our minor son’s name from Mohammed Basit Mukhtar Nagori to Abdul Basit Mukhtar Nagori as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24037
I have changed my name from Chandanbala Ranmal Gada to Chandan Vershi Cheeda as per Affidavit for deed poll dated 10-10-2013. C-24008
I have changed my name from Naziabanu Peer Mohd Ansari to Nazia Peermohammed Ansari as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 25/11/2013. C-24023
I have changed my name from Shimboo Xawer Joseph to Novel Xavier Joseph as per Affidavit. C-24009
I have changed my name from Manish Kumar Omprakash Jaiswal to Manish Omprakash Jaiswal as per Affidavit. C-24024
I Khan Abdul Lateef have changed my name to Abdul Latif Khan as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-24038 I Sachin Prankumar Das have changed my name to Usman Gani Prankumar Patel as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24039
I Salim Ibrahim have changed my name to Salim Ibrahim Narpali as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-24040
I Malankar Truptee Rashmee Motiram have changed my name to Rashmi Ravikumar as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24055
I Khairun Salim have changed my name to Khairunnisa Salim Narpali as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24041
I Deepak Kishore Kumar Aswani have changed my name to Deepak Kishore Kumar Asnani as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 25/11/13. C-24056
I Sehan Salim have changed my name to Sehan Salim Narpali as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24042 I Mukesh Tiwari have changed my name to Mukesh Shatrughan Tiwari as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 23/11/13. C-24043 I Hariomkumar Laljee Sing have changed my name to Hariomkumar Lalji Singh as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 23/11/13. C-24044 I Mr. Siddesh Jagannath Parab have changed my name to Mr. Siddhesh Jagannath Parab as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 18/11/13. C-24045 I Mr. Maheshkumar Chandulal Gohil have changed my name to Mr. Mahesh Chandubhai Gohil as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 22/11/13. C-24046 I Atulkumar Subhashchandra Gala have changed my name to Atul Gala as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 25/11/13. C-24047 I Sushama Vishwanath Mahankal have changed my name to Ashmika Milind Tari as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24048 I Swayam Ray have changed my name to Swayam Prava Ray as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24049 I Manojkumar Trivedi have changed my name to Manoj Trivedi as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24050 I Praveena Trivedi have changed my name to Pravina Trivedi as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24051 I Sebastian A. Menzes @ Sebastian Menezes have changed my name to Sebastian Aubrey Menezes as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24052 I Alzira Sebastian A. Menzes @ Alzira Menezes @ Alzira Sebastian Menezes have changed my name to Alzira Anna Menezes as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24053 I Rouen Savio Sebastian A. Menzes @ Rouen Sebastian Menezes have changed my name to Rouen Menezes as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24054
I Minaxi Chimanlal Panchal have changed my name to Meenakshi Hemant Mistry as per deed poll Affidavit. C-24057 I have changed my name from Vikash Gautam Thakur to Vikas Thakur as per Affidavit. C-24058 I have changed my name from Asif Shaikh to Asif Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24059 I have changed my name from Ilahi Asif Shaikh Mansoor to Asif Ahmed Bankurawala Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24060 I have changed my name from Nahid Parveen to Nahid Asif Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24061 I have changed my name from Aamir Ahmed Saikh to Aamir Asif Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24062 I have changed my name from Aatif Ahmed Shaikh to Umer Ahmed Asif Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24063 I have changed my name from Aasif Shaikh to Asif Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24064 I have changed my name from Naheet Shaikh to Nahid Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24065 I have changed my name from Nahida Shaikh to Nahid Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24066 I have changed my name from Rashmika Bhupendra Shah to Rashmi Bhupendra Shah as per Affidavit. C-24067 I have changed my name from Bhupendrakumar Mafatlal Shah to Bhupendra Mafatlal Shah as per Affidavit. C-24068 I have changed my name from Shaheen Javed Shaikh Ahmed to Shaheen Javed Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24069 I have changed my name from Shaikh Reshma Asif to Reshma Bano Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-24070 I have changed my name from Anjali Vinod Avargol to Vaibhavi Jyotindra Kulkarni as per Affidavit. C-24071
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A CAKE TO MAKE KIDS CRY
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Served to children at Sakinaka school as part of BMC’s mid-day meal, pastry lands them in hospital Pics: Sushil Kadam | ADC
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ore than 340 children from grades five to eight, between ages six and 14 from the Anjuman Noorul Islam Urdu High School, Sakinaka were rushed to Sant Muktabai and Rajawadi hospitals at Ghatkopar, Metro Hospital and Dhanwantri Hospital at Asalpha and Paramount Hospital at Andheri when they started exhibiting symptoms like vomiting, stomach ache and uneasiness after consuming a cake which was a part of their midday meal provided by the BMC. Parents at Muktabai Hospital said that it was the cake that was a part of the mid-day meal provided by the BMC at the school that has made their children sick. “My daughter was alright when she left from home. It was after eating this cake at school that she started experiencing stomach ache and also vomited. She was rushed to the hospital along with many of her classmates. She is alright now,” said mother of Aasma Athahar Hussein, a student of grade six at Anjuman Noorul Islam Urdu High School. Huma Khan whose daughter Mehak Khan studies in the seventh grade and had exhibited symptoms of food poisoning said, “The quality of the food given to children is now questionable. We are now scared of allowing our children to consume the mid-day meal as there is no as-
Left: Those of the students who consumed the cake (shown above) began to feel uneasy, got severe stomach pain and started vomiting. They were admitted to various hospitals, yesterday. surance of such an incident not happening again. We can’t put our children’s health at risk.” Speaking about what happened, Amir Mullani, a staffer from the school said, “The children were given the mid-day meal at around 9 am and within half an hour or so after consuming the cake, they started feeling uneasy. Some of them started complaining of stomach
ache and some started vomiting. So, we rushed all the students to nearby hospitals.” According to the statistics given by the BMC, out of the 341 students taken to hospitals, most were given necessary treatment and discharged while some are still under observation. Doctors at all the hospitals said that no child is critical and that they
Total 341 children in age group of 5 to 14 admitted to various hospitals after eating cake from Al Pala Bakery at Saki Naka, in L Ward. All are reportedly stable.
Private hospitals: Paramount – 30, Apex – 150, Dhanwantari – 104. BMC hospitals: Muktabai – 54, Bhabha in Kurla – 1, Rajawadi – 2.
have been kept at the hospital for observation only. Last heard, there were 10 children in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Apex Hospital for hypotension due to food poisoning but there is nothing to worry, said doctors at the hospital. On being asked whether the rule of tasting the food before giving to children had been adhered to, Lallan Khan, Secretary, Anjuman Noorul Islam Urdu High School, said, “The headmaster had tasted the food. It might have so happened that some of the packets of the cake would have been defective. Not all children who ate the food were affected. Some of them experienced symptoms like stomach ache and vomit-
JNPT chaos compounded by tragedy Driver crushed between containers in morning darkness at the port By Vishnudas Sheshrao
cle to put it into a lane when, due to low visibility, he failed driver got crushed in be- to notice another driver standtween two container ves- ing between the vehicles in his sels at the Jawaharlal Nehru rear-view mirror, and ended Port Trust (JNPT) on Monday. up crushing him to death. Identification of victim is The accident occurred in the early hours of the morning, yet to be done. Jude Fernanjust before the dawn. For the des of Indev Logistic Pvt Ltd last couple of months, traffic said, “He (victim) is an uphas become terribly chaotic at country driver, so it is very difficult to establish identity. The the gates of the NJPT port. At the gates of JNPT port, owner of the vehicle has been while moving a container, a contacted in order to reach driver was reversing his vehi- the family of the deceased.”
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he V.P. Road police on Monday arrested three accused in a case of robbery wherein an entire safe of silver jewellery weighing 100 kilograms was stolen from Ronak Gold at Charni Road. Rajendra Chavan, Senior Police Inspector, V.P. Road police station said, “We have arrested Murugan Mohan Shetty, Shantilal Virchand Doshi and Ravi Bunadi (26). During investigation, it was found that there were other accomplices too who are absconding at present”.
On November 12 at 1 pm, the CCTV footage at Ronak Gold and the CCTV cameras outside Hinduja College showed that a person covering his face with a stole was standing near the gate of Ronak Gold. Another person with his face covered with a handkerchief stepped out of the tempo and went inside the shop. With the help of a gas cutter, the shutters of the shop were opened and the heist was conducted. According to Chavan, “During investigation it was found that the entire safe was disposed off by the trio in a Dharavi
nullah”. Shetty, the accused, committed the robbery. He is a hawker by profession. Bunadi (26) is a tempo driver and a native of Hyderabad. The jewellery was sold to another party by Doshi in Hyderabad. He is also a resident of Hyderabad. The accused have been booked under Section 392 (Punishment for robbery) of the Indian Penal Code and were produced before the magistrate court on Monday. They have been remanded to police custody till November 26. kainaz.choksey@afternoon.dc.in
ing but as a precautionary measure, we took all the children to hospitals.” An FIR has been registered against the supplier at the Sakinaka police station informed Khan. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) too has stepped in and is doing the needful. “Samples of the food have been collected and the bakery has been inspected. We are also examining the place where the food was stored. The needful is being done by us,” said Suresh Annapure, Joint Commissioner (Food), FDA. Anjuman Noorul Islam Urdu High School is aided partly by the BMC and partly by the state government. shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in
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school, said, “The condition of most students is stable and the wo days ago, on Saturday others are getting proper treatnight, 36 persons, includ- ment. The school manageing 33 children became ill after ment will investigate and fix consuming cakes at a birthday responsibility on those reparty at Ulhasnagar. Around sponsible.” Shabina Shaikh, one of the 341 children suffered a similar problem after they ate cakes students and a victim, said, “I served at the Anjuman Noorul ate the cake and in minutes I Islam Urdu High School in started feeling uneasy. I vomSakinaka at Andheri East as ited and we were rushed to part of the mid-day meal at hospital.” After the incident, politiaround 10.30 am. The children were rushed to cians also visited to hospital, different hospitals located among them was Arif Nasim nearby. The Parivarthan Khan MLA from the locality Mahila Mandal is reportedly and textile minister, who enthe organization that supplies quired about students’ condithe midday meal to the school. tion and offered all possible Noor Malik, principal of the help.
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Students of the Anjuman Noorul Islam Urdu High School, who fell sick after consuming mid-day meals, being treated at a hospital, on Monday.
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I have changed my name from Aqeela Bano to Akila Salimbeg Mirza as per Affidavit. C-24126
I have changed my name from Pathan Mohammed Shahid Jamshed Khan to Pathan Shahid Jamshed as per Affidavit. C-24109
I have changed my name from Mohammed Avaish Shaikh to Mohammed Awais Siddiqui as per Affidavit. C-24127
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I have changed my name From Faiz Mohd Lalmohd Shaikh to Faiz Mohammed Siddiqui as per Affidavit. C-24128
I have changed my name from Earn Fatim Shaid Ali Gulab Dinee to Earm Fatima Shahid Ali Jaffri as per Affidavit. C-24092
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I have changed my name from Mr. Vijeshkumar Dayalal Pamecha to Mr. Vijesh Dayalal Pamecha as per Affidavit. C-24112
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DEEMED CONVEYANCE PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the above Society has applied to this office for declaration of Deemed Conveyance of the following properties. The next hearing is kept on 11/12/2013 at 12.00 p.m. Shivram Co-op. Hsg. Soc. Ltd., and those who have interest in the said property may submit their say at the time of hearing at the venue mentioned below. Failure to submit any say it shall be presumed that nobody has any objection and further action will be taken. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY:- Devidayal Road, Mulund (West), Mumbai-400078. Survey No. C.T.S. No. Plot No. Area Sq. Mtr. 1000 1049 1089 1857.6 Place: Kokan Bhavan, (Vilas Gawade) Room No. 201, Competent Authority & C.B.D. Belapur District Dy. Registrar, Navi Mumbai Co-op. Societies (2) Date: 25/11/2013. East Suburban Navi Mumbai
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Conman posing as builder dupes home seekers, held
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welve days after a petition was filed in the Bombay High Court against the State Government’s failure to table the enquiry report in the infamous Adarsh Housing Society scam, another application was filed on Monday demanding that former Chief Minister Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar, be made an accused in the case. This comes after social activist Pravin Wategaonkar filed an application in the Bombay High Court alleging Patil granted approvals to the Adarsh Society during his tenure as then Revenue Minister. The application alleged that this was done in favour of an allotment of a flat to his son-in-law Arun Dawle in the same tower. “The CBI in its remand application said that Kanhaiyalal Gidwani had opened an account in the Kallappanna Awade Ichalkaranji Janata Sahakari Bank in Sangli under a proxy name, in which huge amounts of cash were deposited by him from time to
Conman Prashant Mohapatra being led away by the Mira Road police on Monday. nami flats booked in Adarsh. Arun Dawle, son-in-law of Nilangekar-Patil, received at least Rs. 17.60 lakh from the Jai Maharashtra account. Nilangekar misused his official position and and also to the account of showed undue favours to the M/s Jai Maharashtra in which society. In return, Dawle was his sons are directors. The alloted a flat in the society. I amounts were used for mak- seek directions to the CBI to ing payments towards the be- make Patil-Nilangekar an ac-
time. Most of the amount deposited was then transferred to the accounts of his wife, sons and daughters-in-law
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cused in the case and also reveal the total amount deposited by Gidwani in the Sangli bank account.” After hearing the application, the division bench of Justice P.V. Hardas and Justice P. N. Deshmukh said that the CBI may file a reply in the matter if it wants to and posted the matter for further hearing on December 5. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in
Committee to hear objection to heritage status for Shivaji Park By A Staff Reporter
petitions -- one by Park resident Arun Chitale and another he Brihanmumbai Mu- by Maharashtra Chamber of nicipal Corporation Housing Industry -- challeng(BMC) on Monday informed ing the Juy 31, 2012 decision of the Bombay High Court that the heritage committee to init had formed a review com- clude the precinct in the promittee to consider objections posed list, reports PTI. The petitions have also to the Heritage Conservation Committee's decision to in- challenged the August 13, clude Shivaji Park precinct its 2013 circular of BMC, directing its officers to take into proposed heritage list. The division bench of Chief consideration the heritage Justice Mohit Shah and Justice committee's notice, and to M.S. Sanklecha is hearing two obtain a No Objection Certifi-
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cate from the committee before sanctioning any proposal for redevelopment, repairs, demolition and modification of any building in the area. The BMC yesterday informed HC that it had appointed a review committee, to be headed by former secretary Dinesh Afzalpurkar, which would meet twice a month to hear objections and suggestions on the issue of heritage status.
According to the BMC, it has received 740 objections to the heritage committee's decision. The judges directed the civic body to file affidavit on this within a week, and also directed the state government to file its reply, posting the matter for hearing on December 17. The court, also, directed BMC to start processing the proposals for redevelopment of the area in the meanwhile.
By Suresh Golani
vertisements in newspapers apart from initiating leuths of the Mira Road publicity campaigns in the police have arrested a form of banners and outconman who posed as a door hoardings at strategic builder and duped several locations offering flats in home seekers under the bogus pre-launch schemes pretext of providing cheap to lure their targets. Following a series of flats in the Mira Road-Virar complaints against Mohapregion. According to the police atra, the Mira Road police the accused identified as arrested him and booked Prashant Mohapatra, had him under Section 420 of floated a fly-by-night con- the Indian Penal Code. “As struction company-PM4U of now 11 people have with its head office in come forward to register Shanti Shopping Complex, complaints against the Mira Road and branches lo- fraudster, who has a series cated at Grant Road, Nana of complaints registered against him at the Mira Chowk and Vasai. Posing as a builder with Road and Kashimira police various upcoming housing station,” said investigating projects in the region, Mo- officer, Assistant Police Inhapatra, lured gullible spector Prafful Wagh, who home seekers by offering appealed other victims cheap flats with an option cheated by the conman to of easy interest free install- come forward and register their complaints with the ment facilities. It has been alleged that Mira Road police. Mohapatra has been rethe company which had been operating in the re- manded to police custody gion for the past couple of till, 29, November, police years had even placed ad- said.
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University of East London confers Doctorate upon Dr. Qaidjoher Ezzuddin By A Staff Reporter
pressed Bhendi Bazaar neighbourhood in south r. Ezzuddin (73), the eld- Mumbai that would enhance est son of the Dawoodi the quality of life of some Bohra community’s spiritual 20,000 residents living in the and temporal head His Holi- area. Senior Advisor to the Vice ness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddinm, is the Chair- Chancellor at the University, man of the state-of-the–art Professor Lord Kamlesh Saifee Hospital in Mumbai Patel, previously a minister in and also the Chairman of the Labour government read Saifee Burhani Upliftment out the Citation. He menTrust (SBUT) that has taken tioned that Dr. Ezzuddin has up the multi-million redevel- been awarded the Doctorate opment initiative to uplift the in recognition of his distincstandard of the densely pop- tive areas of leadership, ulated and economically de- “business and entrepreneur-
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ship, serving the public and education.” “Through this leadership within the Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community, he has influenced their business and entrepreneurship, community development and educational opportunities”, read out Lord Patel. Under Dr. Ezzuddin’s guidance and leadership, he has brought recognition to a hitherto minority community, devoting the last 50 years to building a strong spiritual, peaceful, socially and eco-
nomically sound value base for his community around the world. He attributes his success in life to the guidance and teachings of his father His Holiness Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin. “My father has taught me all I know and am forever grateful to him”, said Dr. Qaidjoher Ezzuddin. He is the rector of Al-Jamea-tus-Saifiyah, Fatimi Arabic Academy, a renowned institute that has branches in Surat, Mumbai, Karachi, Nairobi and London.
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temples, railway stations, shopping malls and crowded places, because here security lapses here are common. But it is hard to believe there is a serious security risk existing at the very place, where thousands of youngsters are trained by the Home department to beef up the city’s police force. This issue was raised by the ADC in its issue dt. April 12, 2013, but the situation has
not changed one bit till date. The Kalina police training camp is a major arm of the State’s Home department, in which more than 800 students including some officers are undergoing training, But the two entrance gates remains open 24X7, and anybody can enter the training grounds without a security check putting the lives of the inmates at risk if terrorists decide to walk into the training camp. PUBLIC NOTICE Interestingly, this camp was inaugurated by then Mr. Sunil Maruti Patil, Maruti Union home minister P. ChiSadan plot number 569 near dambaram in 2008 and municipal school Ghatla village, since then it is lacking
Chembur, Mumbai-400071. Im staying on the above address this property has misplaced with the one chain agreement. Mrs. Prabhavati Lakhamashi and between Mohanlal Indrazit Shah agreement registration dated 23/8/1989 and registered number 375. This papers have been misplaced if anyone finds this please get it on the above address within 15 days. You will get a good price for it. Mobile-9967544531,932422229.
CAUTION NOTICE General Public is hereby cautioned that, Our Client M/s. Emmel Logistics (P) Ltd., represented by its Managing Director Sri M.V.Sashidhar, Office at Ramarao Peta, Kakinada, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh is the Agreement Holder of the land covered in Survey.No’s.162, 162/3B, 171, 173 and 173/1, total admeasuring Acre.7.25 cents in different parts at Chirner Village, Tahsi Urban Mandal, Raigad District. Earlier our client had entered into three Memorandum of Understandings, dt: 08-06-2012 with the owner of the above said land by name Sri Dhanji Premji Radhawani@Dhanji Premji Raghawani by payin legitimate amounts for the purpose of purchasing the above said property. But the said land owners failed to comply the terms and conditions of the said MOU and also failed to execute the Regd. Sale Deed in favour of our clients. Further Our Client reliably learnt that, the siad Dhanji Premji Radhawani@Dhanji Premji Raghawani and others are illegally trying to sell the said property to the third parties without obtaining our client’s consent. So it is hereby cautioned to the general public that, not to deal or purchase the said property i.e., Survey.No’s.162, 162/3B, 171, 173 and 173/1, total admeasuring Acre.7.25 cents in different parts at Chirner Village, Tahsi Urban Mandal, Raigad District, as the our client is having absolute rights and the agreement is still in force, if anybody purchased or trying to purchase the said property, those transactions are illegal and not binding on Our Client and Our Client shall not be responsible for those transactions. If anybody purchases the same they shall be prosecuted as per law. Please contact to the following address.
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Continued from pg 1 « on November 26, 2008 should be recognised with Ashok Chakras, the country’s highest gallantry award. The PIL said that just as top officers like Hemant Karkare, Ashok Kamate and Vijay Salaskar and Tukaram Ombale were given Ashok Chakras, other policemen who fought Pakistani terrorists and died bravely in the
proper gates which are necessary for the security of the camp and the officers and students living within. There is no record of visitors or vehicles who enter the camp at both the gates of the camp which is highly deplorable. Personnel for four important departments -- Force One, Quick Response Team (QRT), Indo-Tibet Border Police (ITBP) and the Mumbai Police department. A police officer on condition of anonymity said, not a single day passes by without the fear of a sudden attack by terrorists as the camp is in the
Unsung heroes line of duty, should also be considered for the award. “It is to be noted that there is no insurance for the officials of Bomb Disposal Squad who were involved in defusing explosives during the 26/11 attacks,” the petition said. Reacting to this, government pleader Aruna Pai told the court that the DGP had
midst of a residential area. Talking to the ADC, Additional Commissioner of Police (Protection and Security) Madhukar Panday accepted that it is a major security lapse, “but anyone will think twice before entering the premises because all the trainees and officers are armed and ever ready to tackle any emergency. We are planning to upgrade the existing security infrastructure with access control measures, although, the deployment in terms of manpower and equipment is adequate.” An officer said, many times we catch people clicking photos of the camp at night time and people also abandon their cars which are also a security threat. written a letter to the Centre recommending awards for the bomb disposal squad. Based on this, the bench headed by Justice P.V. Hardas asked the state government to inform after two weeks what follow up measures it had taken with the Union Government even after the DGP recommended awards for the Bomb Disposal Squad. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in
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days. When asked what his response would be if the BJP-Sena rejected his deith the Shiv Sena cold-shoul- mand for seat sharing, the RPI-A leader dering RPI-A leader Ramdas had remarked last week that he still had Athavale’s demand for a greater friendly relations with the ruling Conshare in seat sharing for the ensuing gress-NCP alliance leadership. The dif2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP on its ferences became more apparent over part has stepped in to save the faltering the weekend as leader of opposition in BJP-Sena-RPI-A Mahayuti. According to legislative council Vinod Tawde stayed sources in the state BJP unit, Athavale is away from Athavale’s rally in Thane. reported to have a safe passage to Rajya Sources disclosed that Tawde citing Sabha from Madhya Pradesh in addition prior engagements stayed away as it to some three to four assembly seats in came to be known that the RPI-A had the assembly elections that follow later. hired Australian dance performers to The rift between the RPI-A faction perform at the rally. Sena MP Sanjay leader and the BJP-Sena leadership ap- Raut however, did attend the rally. BJP sources disclosed that the party is pears to have grown over the past few
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esponding to the Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Milind Deora’s online petition for ushering in the concept of a directly elected Mayor for Mumbai, Lok Satta Party (LSP) general secretary Surendra Srivastava, in an open letter addressed to the minister, questioned whether his move, ahead of the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, was a matter of ‘opportunism’. Ironically, in 1997-98 the then leader of opposition of the undivided Congress, Chhagan Bhujbal had vehemently opposed the then Shiv Sena-BJP government’s decision to usher in the Mayor-in-Council (MiC) system in the BMC.
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good 26 years after the 56th Amendment to the Constitution, Goa is still a Union Territory (UT) for the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a four-year-old premier investigative agency, established post Mumbai-attack to function as the Central Counter Terrorism Law Enforcement Agency. In the official NIA website, the list of ‘Nodal officers to co-ordinate with the national investigative agency (state/ UT wise)’ says, there are 27 states and eight union territories in India. The country’s flagship investigative agency, which has a mandate at the national level to investigate and prosecute
The LSP leader in an open letter addressed to Milind Deora has termed the Union Minister’s stand as ‘nothing new’. Srivastava reminded the Congress MP from Mumbai South constituency that the idea was mooted by the Lok Satta Movement then, and had 6.5 lakh signatures under its Vote Mumbai campaign. He added that great cities of the world like New York, Hong Kong, London and Singapore directly elect their Mayor however Mumbai is the only exception to the rule. Srivastava added that a directly elected and empowered Mayor does not mean anything. Probity in public service has to be ensured. The city needs an equivalent of a Lok Ayukta at the city level, called Lok Adhikari. A city like New York has a public advocate
and Hong Kong has a strong anti-corruption mechanism. Srivastava stated that by virtue of being a MP and a union minister, Milind Deora could have very easily pushed a legislation through to this effect. It may be recalled that the Sena-BJP government amended the BMC act in 1997-98 to usher in the MiC system in the BMC, in which the Mayor was given powers to approve projects up to certain limits and take policy decisions. But soon after the then Sena mayor Nandu Sattam began taking some decisions, the alarmed Sena-BJP government annulled the amendment to the BMC act and restored the old system in which the municipal commissioner once again became the administrative head.
Goa still a UT? So says NIA offences affecting the sovereignty, security and integrity of India, has forgot that India has 28 states and seven union territories (including one national territory Delhi). In a link to Nodal Officers, Goa is listed as the sixth union territory and the nodal officer is Mangladas K. Dessai, SP (Crime), CID Crime Branch, Donapaula, Panji, Goa. When contacted on the given mobile number, a recorded reply said that the number was invalid. When contacted on the land line, the officer identified himself as Dessai. He said, “He is not sure whether Goa is listed as a UT on the NIA website.”
He justified his ignorance about the NIA website. Goa was ruled by the Portuguese for 451 years and there were many revolts against the Portuguese colonial rule. The Nehru government had ordered the Indian Armed forces to assist a liberation movement and take Goa by force. In a military operation conduit on December 18 and 19, 1961, India captured Goa. Immediately after the liberation, integrated Goa was part of Daman and Diu (union territory) from December 19, 1961 to May 30, 1987. After the 56th Amendment to the Constitution, Goa was granted (special) statehood and Daman and Diu was made a separate UT.
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not in favour of giving a ticket to Athavale to Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra as it is keen on re-nominating its sitting MP Prakash Jawadekar. Sources dismissed Athavale’s friendly ties with Congress-NCP leaders terming it as a meager threat. It may be recalled that state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis soon going to take over the reigns as the state party president and had mooted the idea of clobbering up a grand alliance of Maharashtra Democratic Alliance (MDA) of like-minded political parties. The first of the political parties to heed his call was the RPI-A.
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HERE is a saying that all is well in love and war, but now all is well with elections also. There is a constant effort by parties to show one another in poor light. Character assassination plans are being hatched out all the time. A politician thought he could portray Narendra Modi in poor light by announcing that he was once a tea vendor. They are busy digging the past of opponents, searching for wrong-doings on their part. And they are playing video games. They are carrying out sting operations and thus trying to catch the unsuspecting opponent red-handed. The victim sees the video and finds it has been clearly changed, subtractions and additions are made. One such video is in circulation about the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The AAP leaders cried foul and decided to approach the court. The time, however, is running out, as in a few days, elections are to be held in Delhi. The damage has been done and the victim suffers. What is also pertinent to note is the objectionable language used by political leaders against one another. A Congress politician called BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as a liar, psychopath and Hitler. The BJP said that all the Congress politicians are dirty and that they employ dirty tricks. They hurl abuses at one another: In order to prove a point, they resort to any means. Election campaign this time, particularly in Delhi, has been far from clean. What is interesting to note is that both the Congress and the BJP are attacking the Aam Aadmi Party. There is a sort of continued attack on the AAP which is taking a lot of space in the Delhi election scenario.
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T a time when politicians have come down to the level of street urchins, hurling abuses at each other, and when the surveillance of even an individual is not considered an intrusion of privacy, the memory of the late Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral is like a breath of fresh air. He was urbane, civil and never raised his voice when an opponent lost his cool. This November 30 is his first death anniversary. Throughout his political career, either as Foreign Minister or as Prime Minister, he tried to bring back values. As Foreign Minister, he advocated morality in dealing with big and small countries. He was opposed to taking action against Saddam Hussein, then heading Iraq. The West regretted the elimination of Saddam when it found that he had no weapons of destruction.
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ernment. Sanjay phoned up Gujral asking him to propagate against Jayaprakash Narain, heading the movement to remove corruption and to resist the authoritarianism which Mrs. Gandhi’s rule had come to represent. Gujral told Sanjay that he was Mrs. Gandhi’s minister and not his errand boy. Gujral was transferred from the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to the Planning Commission where P.N. Haksar, once Mrs Gandhi’s principal secretary, was hibernating. He too had been punished for having joined an issue with Sanjay Gandhi. It was only the offer of ambassadorship to
Gujral Doctrine In his book, A Foreign Policy for India, Gujral says: “Indian foreign policy was not something which we read about in text books or heard about at the university. It was a product of the freedom struggle itself. Resisting oppression meant independence and was spelt out as the defining characteristic of an independent policy.” Gujral was particularly partial to India’s neighbouring countries, something that came to be known as the ‘Gujral Doctrine’. I am certain that he would have accommodated Bangladesh on the Tiesta river water, a concession which would have helped Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to win in the elections due in January next. Similarly, Gujral would have found a way to hold talks with Pakistan instead of sticking to Islamabad’s guarantee to ensure the sacrosanct of the Line of Control (LoC). When Pakistan is itself in the midst of combat with terrorists, particularly the Taliban, it is difficult to guarantee no violation of the LoC because there are non-stake holders disturbing the peace. I came to know Gujral when he was a member of Indira Gandhi’s kitchen cabinet after she lost to Lal Bahadur Shastri in the race to the prime ministerial gaddi. She demanded unstinted loyalty and Gujral was her confidante. Yet when Mrs. Gandhi imposed the Emergency, he refused to toe the line as Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Mrs. Gandhi’s son, Sanjay Gandhi, an extraconstitutional authority was running the gov-
BETWEEN THE LINES Kuldip Nayar the Soviet Union which stopped Gujral from resigning from the government. Being a leftist — he was a camp follower of the Communist Party during his student days at Lahore — he did so well at Moscow that he was requested by Morarji Desai, the then prime minister, to continue as India’s envoy. Gujral had ingratiated himself with the Communist Party and the government so closely that the Soviet Union was unsparing in supplying arms to India. Moscow also stood by the side of New Delhi on Kashmir. Gujral, though, had a weakness — his love for Pakistan where he was born. He sincerely believed that a friendly Pakistan was an asset to India. He would have criticized the firing of Pakistan television channels for showing Indian programmes more than permitted. Both countries are guilty of harming each other’s credentials relating to the news and political enormity. Viewers are mature enough to separate propaganda from happenings. His first love was for Punjab. When he was
RACTICE right thinking and change the situation just by the way you think. You might read a book, you might listen to a talk that can water the seed of joy, understanding and compassion in you. There's something you can always do. You may like to learn more about art, about the mysteries of life, about civilization, because there is a thirst of learning, of understanding, of loving in every one of us. The deepest desire in every human being is to know more, to learn more and to be able to love. And during the seven hours of your service, you can cultivate and allow the need to understand and to love to be satisfied. The seven hours can be very fulfilling, very beautiful if only you help and you know the way to do it. During the seven hours of service, you can cultivate your joy, your compas-
Meeting Nelson Mandela After the fall of the Deve Gowda government, Gujral became the Prime Minister for a brief period. He undertook a tour of South Africa and Egypt in October 1977. I accompanied him as a journalist. My purpose was to see the country where Gandhi had experimented with his satyagraha, an antidote to the class struggle, because a satyagrahi was required to purify himself in order to serve the society without any ulterior motive. Gujral visited the Pietermaritzburg railway station where a pamphlet was available relating how Gandhiji was thrown out of a firstclass railway compartment exclusive reserved for whites. My long cherished desire to meet Nelson Mandela came true as I joined Gujral during a banquet dinner hosted in his honour. Later at night, Mandela broke into dance and dragged Gujral on to the floor. Gujral’s bonanza to government servants on the recommendations of the Pay Commission was too heavy a burden on the exchequer at a time when India was not in sound economic health. Had he implemented the other recommendations, such as the 30 per cent cut in the bureaucracy and extended working hours, some balance might have been struck. But Gujral was under pressure from trade unions and the Left. The hike unbalanced the Central budget and was beyond the capacity of the states when they too were obliged to follow suit. It is strange how the dust of time accumulates to obscure even the names of people who have served the country well in its most difficult times. The Congress party he served, practically his whole life, is opposed to him because he tried to bring back the party to its ethos of democracy, pluralism and egalitarianism. It is, indeed, a pity that the values have ceased to matter with political parties. Gujral would not have fitted in the Congress or any other party if he had been living.
a joy in us, you become mindful to allow joy, mindfulness of joy. Mindfulness of joy help to bring the joy — to help — to help the joy to grow. Suppose you are standing there as a group sion, your understanding and then let joy, let understanding, let compassion you will offer facing a beautiful sunset, a glorious sunset. A for the transformation of your community, in few of you are fully present, free enough from the corrections department and you can bring the past, from the future, and are capable of to the life of the inmates. I don't know why a getting in touch with the beautiful sunset. But corrections officer could not talk friendly to in- a few of you are preoccupied with worries and fear and anger. You cannot get in touch with the sunset for your joy, for your nourishment. So mindfulness help us to be free from the mate in prison and give him instruction how past, for the future, in order for us to get in to enjoy mindful breathing, mindful walking. I touch with the wonderful, beautiful, refreshhave done it. I feel wonderful. I want to share ing and healing things for our transformation it with you. A police officer can do that also. and healing. There are times we have to be Mindfulness is always mindfulness of some- mindful of other things, but there are times we thing and the object of mindfulness can either can afford to focus our attention fully on the positive or negative. If it is positive, you get the beautiful, on the refreshing and healing things. healing and the nourishment. If it is negative, — Thich Nhat Hanh it will help with transformation. When there is
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Prime Minister, he wrote off the state’s debt to the Centre running into crores. He also sanctioned a Science City to be founded at Jalandhar where he and his family settled after migrating from Jhelum. And while out of office, he spanned the distance between the Hindus and Sikhs during the militancy years. He constituted the Punjab Group — I was its member — to talk to the Akalis on the one hand and the chauvinists on the other.
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LETTERS Sachin should dedicate Bharat Ratna to wife Anjali!
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NO one deserved a Bharat Ratna more than Sachin Tendulkar and govt. must be complimented for awarding him the honor at the appropriate time without waiting for decades which usually happens in our country. Tendulkar is infact a ‘World Ratna’ who would have been bestowed one if there was such award in the offering. A world gem all the same, we all are proud of him. Sachin should dedicate the Bharat Ratna to his wife Anjali who has stood behind the Master Blaster like a rock often sacrificing her entire married life till date so that Sachin could achieve whatever he has done in cricket and setting goals no one in future would find easy to achieve. It is said that there is a woman behind the success of every man but that woman has to be very very special if the success is something which is near impossible for other mankind to achieve. Tendulkar should now find quality time for his family and persuade his better half to revive her doctorate career and achieve her professional goals now. Perhaps, both Sachin and Anjali can build a hospital for the poor and do humane service for the unfortunate which they have all along been doing silently. — S.N. Kabra, Goregaon
DAYS after his retirement people still think of Sachin Tendulkar. He made a mark in International cricket and will linger in our
APT RECOGNITION: Anjali is the woman behind Sachin’s success, and the Bharat Ratna is an appropriate tribute to honour her sacrifices. minds for a very long time. He is the Master Blaster, Arjuna Award winner, God of cricket, Little Master, Bharat Ratna, Sports Person of the Year and what not. We cannot forget such a great human being. Let him be a legend in our mind for ever. — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada
IT is a matter of joy that the Government of India decided to confer the nation’s highest civilian award – the Bharat Ratna to our God of Cricket Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. He is the youngest and the first sports person to receive the Bharat Ratna. He deserved the award for his greatness and specially, he is an ambassador of the game. He is very close to all Indian hearts. He has selflessly gifted out many memorable innings for his millions of fans. He makes us proud and has put the nation on global arena. He is a
Modi will be an ideal PM REFENCE Kuldip Nayar’s article Nehru vs Patel (ADC. Nov12). I fully agree with him that India has no future except as a secular, plural and democratic polity. I also am of the opinion that Patel as Prime Minister would have deepened the foundations more deeply. I may add that he would have made Congress also truly secular unlike its present character when it has become the greatest reason for divisions between the two communities. In order to stay in power, Congress is bent upon widening the cleavage to make it unbridgeable. I am equally convinced that anyone who aspires to be the prime minister of India has to carry all communities with him to the mafnstream. Modi is no exception. He knows it too. In the present atmosphere of despondent corruption he will make an ideal PM. L et there be CHANGE — C.T. Guglani, Mumbai
THE future assembly elections in four key states like Bihar , West Bengal , Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh will force the regional parties and arch rivals like Janata Dal (U), RJD, LJP, Trinamool Congress, Dravidian parties, Samajwadi Party and BSP will not back Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister after the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 if BJP comes to power, for that matter all these parties have to come together to prevent Modi from occupying top post as any division among them could send wrong signal to minorities which may influence the Assembly polls in these states as these four states together elect 201 Lok Sabha
wonderful person, both on the cricket field and off it. The legacy of Sachin comes to a glorious end. He mesmerised the entire nation with his superb cricketing ability .We can not imagine cricket with out Sachin i.e. opening batsman without helmet. He has maintained the same level of consistency and passion for the game for over two decades. He will remain a role model for upcoming sports persons in general and cricketers in particular. May God shower all the blessings for his future endeavors. — Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel
AT a time when cricketers make appearance and disappear after getting name and fame for short time, we come across a cricketer, who worked hard for 24 years and still had the urge to play for India in Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. He
did a marvellous job and remained in the side as the first choice. He was never allowed to field as a substitute or a twelfth man in his entire Test career. He created a stir in Indian cricket and played like a champion on foreign pitches. For him one day cricket and Test cricket was the same. He geared his scoring when it is needed and bowled useful spells to capture 200 wickets in International cricket. Sachin was a sheet anchor, big hitter and the player behind renaissance of Indian cricket. The World Cup win in 2011 was a feather in his cap. And all his critics thought he will call it a day once the World Cup ambition was achieved but he continued to serve the contry and signed off in a fitting way by scoring 74 in his final innings as well. — Jayanthy Maniam, Sion
DID the super captain M.S. Dhoni deprive cricket crazy nation a chance of seeing the Master Blaster bat again in the Mumbai Test? Had Dhoni declared India’s first innings around 250 (a lead of 60-70 runs) there would be three good possibilities viz. first Sachin fans would have got yet another opportunity to see him bat. Secondly, maybe Sachin would have hit the winning runs and finally had he scored 79 runs he would have scored 16,000 runs. Has Dhoni erred depriving cricket crazy fans a rare feat? — Abdul Monim, Vashi
Law is going soft on Tarun Tejpal
FRANKLY SPEAKING: Narendra Modi does not believe in divide and rule like the Congress. He is a better choice for the PM’s chair than anyone else. members. With assembly elections in some of the states to be held between 2015 to 2017, any attempt to dilute their secular credentials due to state compulsions may lead to new combinations in these states. So looking at this juncture in future it looks impossible for Modi to become the prime minister of the country. — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai
MODI was instrumental in arranging the Rath Yatra of Advani in 1992 and in October 2001 he was to take over the CM’s post in Gujarat. He was hesitant as he was out of the state for nearly six long years and hence he was not aware of the problems faced. But Atalji forced him to take over the post only because he was very good organiser and being uncorrupt, he can build the party in Gujarat and finally both Advani and
THIS refers to ‘Tehelka: Mumba police assures security to victim’ (adc, Nov. 25). The Mumbai Police have done well to have assured protection to the victim in the Tehelka editor, Tarun Tejpal, case. The victim has reportedly not come out of her traumatic experience and asked for some more time to get composed. She has also complained that Tejpal’s family members have visited her mother and asked her to “save” Tejpal and she is apprehensive that more pressure will be exerted on her in the days to come. Under the circumstances, the Mumbai Police need to act on the request of the National Commission for Women (NCW) without waiting for a formal request from the victim and accord protection to her considering the fact the Tehelka boss is an influential media person. It is also clear from the Goa Police returning to the base without talking to Tejpal that he does seem to enjoy protection from the higher-ups. Is it not strange that the police have “grilled” the managing editor of Tehelka, Shoma Chowdhury, for some nine and half hours and three witnesses for over three hours but have not tried to ineterrogate the accused?
THE Tehelka incident has raised several questions. However, there was recently a similar case in the Supreme Court. Did the Supreme Court follow the Vishaka guidelines? Was an FIR filed with the police? Even the name of the judge has not been revealed. Now if the law makers and interpreters themselves do not practice what they preach then why find fault with Tehelka? Why should Tehelka have higher
— Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane
— T.R. Ramaswami, Kandivli
Atalji made him accept and he proved them right. This is the very beginning of Dynasty’s hatred for the person and thus started their propaganda and it was not in 2002 as you may presume. The riots are only a pretext to exhibit their hatred. This is time to warn the younger generation against being swayed by the biased and motivated anti-Modi reports. To a non-partisan, Modi has all the qualities to make him the Prime Minister of India. There is no doubt about it. — C.K.S. Maniam, Sion
Kejriwal’s AAP is bad too AS reported it is indeed very shocking and disheartening to note that Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Admi Party in whom large number of people had faith and believed that there is a ray of hope for the nation, is actually corrupt and the belief has been completely shattered. In politics nobody can be honest and sincere. Kejriwal has played a shrewd game to rise in politics. He first caught hold of Anna Hazare for the fight against corruption. Then he formed a political party much against the desire of Hazare. Then, in the name of Hazare he collected funds and misused Hazare’s name. Now people feel that there is no honesty and sincerity left in the AAP. It is well said: ‘Politics is the last resort of scoundrels’. Thus Kejriwal has also brought shame and disgrace to the country, like so many other politicians. — S.P. Sharma, Mumbai
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IT is now a week since the two shocking episodes came to light, viz., the AAP sting operation and the alleged sexual assault case in Tehelka. All the media, print as well as the electronic, are now totally busy in clinically analysing the pros and cons of these “breaking news” material. In the process however, the “secular” lobby in the Fourth Estate seems to have completely forgotten another hot cake matter, namely the alleged stalking of a young female architect by the BJP-ruled government in Gujarat. — Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz
FAVOURITISM: When the Goa Police thoroughly quizzed other employees of Tehelka over the sexual abuse issue, it is difficult to fathom why the main accused, Tarun Tejpal was not interrogated at all. standards than the Supreme Court? It should be the other way round.
PLEASE refer to the news report on Tehlka’s rape scandal. Irrespective of the outcome of the entire investigation, India’s reputation stands tarnished again, this time on the global stage. The alleged victim, a lady journalist, was chaperoning Mr. Robert De Niro, the world famous actor and star who has shone in films like The Godfather-II, Heat, Taxi Driver etc. His daughter was also with him throughout the Tehlka organized seminar in Goa. Mr. Robert De Niro must be staggered and scandalized with the incident. Media reports in India state that his name is mentioned in the police FIR also. A disgusted and flummoxed Mr. Robert De Niro may never want to visit India again. — Rajendra K. Aneja, Mumbai
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ith expenses of about Rs.1,300 crore and revenue of Rs.700 crore, the Western Railway is incurring major losses annually. So brace yourself for a hike in season ticket rates on the city’s suburban route (Churchgate to Dahanu). According to a Western Railway official, “We are planning to double the fare for railway passes for 1st Class and 2nd Class commuters.” A second class monthly pass from Virar to Churchgate that costs Rs.280 will cost Rs.560, and a first class pass costing Rs.1,025 will be available for Rs.2,070. Samir Zaveri, railway activist, in a letter to Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge,
says, “(The) main reason for losses is inefficiency and rampant corruption in Western Railway. This is evident in the Jagjivan Ram railway hospital at Mumbai Central where the authorities spent about Rs.20 crore on its cardiovascular thoracic surgery department but as many as 22 out of the 43 machines installed by them have been inoperative.” The scam at Jagjivan Ram hospital involves purchasing machines, not using 22 machines out of 43 machines and getting kickbacks from private hospital bills as well as bribes for favouring selected railway employees for providing medical treatment at railway’s cost in private hospitals. Similarly, the WR is spending money on renovation of
Samir Zaveri Churchgate station. “They (WR) are replacing flooring tiles that are in good condition with slippery tiles near the ticket reservation and
food courts. When the tiles fitted on platforms have more life and these tiles are not slippery, then what is the point in putting lives of thousands of commuters in danger?” said Zaveri. Even after setting up the cardio-vascular thoracic department at the Jagjivan Ram hospital, treatment of 114 employees were done in private hospitals during 22-82012 upto 10-06-2013 and bills amounting to Rs.1,69,85,765 were paid by the Western Railway to private hospitals. A railway doctor from Jagjivan Ram hospital said on condition of anonymity: “The operation could be done here at Rs.50,000, including bypass surgery instead of paying Rs.1,45,000 per person in a private hospital.”
Reddy meets Pawar, Uddhav over Telangana By A Special Correspondent
gument that the future bifurcations of any state should be done only after two n a significant development, YSR Con- thirds of the respective state assembly gress Chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy approves. He later clarified that there yesterday, made a full fledged attempt to was no change in the party’s stand, nor gain political support against the bifur- was he backtracking from his support to cation of Andhra Pradesh. He first met the union cabinet’s decision on stateNCP chief and Union Agriculture Minis- hood to Telangana state. Pawar however said that the NCP’s nater Sharad Pawar and later called on Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray. tional executive will take a final call on After the meeting with Reddy, Pawar the party’s support to Reddy’s demands clarified that his party’s support to the on seeking the due nod of the Andhra statehood of Telangana was not new as Pradesh Assembly and also seeking an the NCP had extended its support about approval of two third of the State Assembly before the bifurcation of the state. nine years ago. Though Pawar supported Reddy’s ar- The party executive will also decide on
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whether to support the amendments to the Constitution, if moved, in this regard. Pawar scoffed at the report on the emergence of a third front saying that his meeting with Reddy was purely on the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. In his statement, Reddy alleged that the Telengana statehood decision was a murder of democracy. Meanwhile, Reddy also met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at his residence. The Shiv Sena had vociferously opposed the separate statehood of Vidarbha. Against this backdrop, Reddy sought his support for the anti-Telangana movement. Azad Shrivastav | ADC
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BLACK only! MU makes it compulsory for engineering students to write their exams in black ink; students uncomfortable over sudden change in rule makes By Yatin Ingle
this sudden change made it somewhat inconvenient hile the Mumbai Uni- for the students. An engineering student versity (MU) has begun the online assess- who did not wish to be ment of engineering an- named said, “At the last swer sheets, the MU has moment we were inasked the students to write formed about this new their exams using black ink rule. It is actually difficult only. With other coloured for the students to change ink pens not allowed for the our writing habits sudexams, students claim that denly. We have a practice their habit of writing in of using blue ink pens blue pens and a sudden last since school times”. Students also claim that moment compulsion has made them uncomfortable. the last moment change Last year, the varsity had led them to borrowing declared that the assess- black pens during the ment of the engineering exams, or to rush to the exam answer-sheets will nearest stationary shop to be carried out online with buy one. Dr. Padma Deshmukh, the answer papers to be scanned and corrected by Controller of Examination, the teachers. The MU thus MU, said, “This new rule issued a circular on No- has been brought keeping vember 20 asking students in mind the online assessto write their exams using ment of the engineering black ink only. While the answer papers. The black varsity had already sched- ink will make it easy for the uled the engineering scanning process of the exams from November 21, answer-papers”.
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cute water scarcity prevailing in several localities across Nalasopara, triggered into a protest agitation in the form of peaceful morcha led by the local BJP and Shiv Sena units on Monday. Hundreds of locals joined by the Shiv Sena and BJP activists led by municipal corporator, Rajan Naik, thronged the divisional municipal office in Nalasopara on Monday morning protesting the acute scarcity of water in areas including -- Nagindas Pada, Vijay Nagar, Tulinj Pada, More-Gaav and Ganesh Nagar for the past 10 days. The agitation was withdrawn after Additional Municipal Commissioner Surendra Patil assured to resolve the crisis within a fortnight. — Pics & Text by Suresh Golani
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YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy meets Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree, in Mumbai on Monday.
POWER GAMES... YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy with NCP chief Sharad Pawar during his visit to the Y.B. Chavan Auditorium in Nariman Point on Monday.
World Trade Central Mumbai: The 4th Sir M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Lecture on ‘The Consequences of India's Economic Resurgence’ by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, at Centrum, 1st floor, Centre 1 Building, World Trade Centre Complex, Cuffe Parade at 2.15 p.m. Indian Merchants’ Chamber: Tribute to the martyrs of 26/11 by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development, IMC Building Gate, Churchgate at 3.45 p.m. The Asiatic Society of Mumbai:
Foundation Day programme. Dr. Aroon Tikekar, former president of the society will be chief guest. Durbar Hall of the Society at 5.30 p.m. ART & EXHIBITIONS Jehangir Art Gallery: Devi’ solo exhibition of paintings by Bharti Prajapati, Kala Ghoda, till Dec. 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Gallery Art & Soul: ‘Gold Digger’ paintings and sculptures by Shola Carletti, Madhuli, Shivsagar Estate, Worli, till December 7 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Jehangir Art Gallery: Exhibition of sculptures and paintings by J.K. Chillar and Prayag Zha, Kala Ghoda, till Dec 2 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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The next time you’re slicing a cucumber, don’t throw away the skin! We’ve got a much better way for you to make the most out of your fruits and vegetables. Rhea Dhanbhoora & Dev Goswami tell you more about the benefits of peels
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unk the skin in your tea for extra flavour, add some zest to your salad for a tart punch or mix the peels in milk and slather on your face – there’s so much you can do with fruit and vegetable peel that it’s sacrilegious to throw them away! Most peel contains more than four times as much fibre as the fruit inside, making it very healthy. While you have to remember to consume only organic fruit peels (or wash them thoroughly) as the rest are filled with harmful chemicals, peels can make your skin look better, boost your immunity and prevent diseases. Take a look at our comprehensive list of almost every peel under the sun, that you can use.
Peach With its origin based in China, this delicious, delicate fruit is jam packed with benefits. It bruises easily and is best had with cream. If you haven’t seen beauty products with this fruit as a main ingredient, you’re walking around with your eyes closed. The fruit is nutritious, but that doesn’t mean the skin is not. Not only is the skin filled with flavour, it’s also packed with a lot of the vitamins and antioxidants of the peach itself, as well as selenium, which prevents skin cancer. So, don’t peel it before eating it! Get the most: If you’re using just the peach’s flesh, save the skin. You can heat and mix it with sugar,
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Lemon There is no doubt about the benefits of this peel. Zested and sprinkled over salads or ground into cake batter mixes, we’ve been eating it for eons. It’s extremely good for health and when applied topically, it’s also good for your skin and hair. The enzymes in the peel lower cholesterol and help fight cancer, improving bone health and also aiding immunity and digestion. And, if you’re looking to lose weight — you’ve found just the right peel. Get the most: Make sure you don’t eat the peel if you have kidney or gallbladder stones, because it contains a lot of oxalates, which can be bad for people suffering from these conditions. Also, don’t limit your use of this peel to consumption. If you rub the skin lightly on your face (make sure you don’t have cuts and scrapes or this will really burn) and rinse it with water, it acts as a skin tonic. If you have skin that you don’t want to consume, lay it out near windows and doors — pets dislike the acidic content in peel that we love, so it will keep them away. Also, have you noticed that brown sugar when kept for too Continued on pg 14 «
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>> Lemon peel in your diet is quite common, but did you know that it can do wonders for your skin and hair?
POmegranate We love this fruit and the ruby-coloured seeds are not only delicious, they’re extremely nutritious too. But, stop before you throw out the thick skin! It’s the one fruit where every single part of it is full of nutritional benefits — the skin, seeds and juice. Some researchers claim they can be a good health supplement. They contain double the antioxidants that the pulp contains and while these disappear during conventional farming, you can actually eat the peel instead of the fruit in an organic pomegranate. The peel helps deal with different types of cancers, maintains a healthy blood pressure and helps your skin remain smooth and healthy. It also helps you deal with coughs and fever. Interestingly, the peel is also used in certain toothpastes! get the most: You can use the dried peels as part of a face pack or even pop them in your morning cup of tea. Remember to remove the inner white pith as it’s incredibly bitter. You can also grind them into powder as they contains polyphenols, potassium, phosphorous and calcium and are great to add in food or skin treatments.
PaPaya Continued from pg 13 « long, becomes clumpy? If you add some of the lemon peel (make sure it’s dry and without pulp) to your sugar, it keeps it moist and easy to use. The best way to eat lemon peel is frozen, crumbled into salads, tea and / or eaten as it is, with a sprinkling of sugar.
Orange Oranges are packed with vitamin C and their peels are as good, if not better, than lemon peels. They have a whole range of benefits for your skin, hair and health. In fact, even if you don’t eat the fruit, you’ll get a lot of benefits simply by using the skin. The zest has a tangy, deliciously aromatic flavour that pairs up very well with chocolate. It gets rid of dandruff, dead skin cells and the odd mosquito bite. And, did you know that orange peel also cures asthma?! get the most: Use dried orange peel in water to freshen up your room as it’s a natural air freshener. You can also apply it to your face, mixed with milk or curd for a great extra glow and to remove dead skin cells. Like lemon, it’s also a really good mosquito repellent. Chew on a little of the peel to keep bad breath at bay and add it to your tea for a quick pick-me-up.
Pears Pear skin has been found to have three to four times the phenolic phytonutrient content than the flesh. This results in antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties. The skin also has about half the pear’s total dietary fibre. get the most: Eating pears with their skin on is the most effective way to ensure that you get the maximum out of their health benefits. Apart from the rich dietary fibre, quercetin, an anti-oxidant present in pear peel, will prevent cancer, artery damage and might also protect you against Alzheimer’s.
avOcadO Avocados have become the most talked about food recently and with the variety of health and beauty benefits this fruit gives us, it’s all justified. However, the hard, leather-like appearance of the fruit often makes us ignore its skin. But, the fact is that the greatest concentration of carotenoids is actually present in the dark green flesh that lies just beneath the skin. It is quite possible that when you peel and pit your avocado, you might actually be losing the part that is richest in these cancer fighting antioxidants. get the most: Peel it properly — use your thumb and forefinger to get just a fine layer of the outer skin and peel it, so that most of the dark green part of the fruit still remains. Avocado peel also contains a lot of fatty acids that are good for your skin and hair; rub the peel over your face and hair, leave for 20 minutes and then rinse off. It will instantly moisturise your skin and soften your hair.
Papaya has been used for years to lighten skin and take away tan lines. It’s also really good for health, both the skin and the fruit keeping your skin hydrated, giving it a good glow. The peel is rich in antioxidants and can help keep wrinkles at bay, or soften cracks and corns on your feet. Not to mention how when combined with rosemary, it works as a pain reliever. get the most: Soak it in vinegar for a few weeks and use it in skin applications. You can also apply it to your hair to fight dandruff, or mix it with oil and massage it into your skin as a toner.
carrOt Carrot is one of the vegetables that we always peel — no matter what — after all, an unpeeled carrot doesn’t look like the cleanest and safest vegetable to consume. However, the peel actually has most of the nutrients that a carrot has. It is rich in antioxidant compounds that have been linked to a
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Banana You know that bananas have their fair share of potassium, so don’t stop eating them just because we’re telling you that the peel is healthy too. And, although we’ve only ever known banana peels as something clowns slip over in funny movies, they’re stuffed with antioxidants and potassium levels, which are beneficial for your health. get the most: One of the most common uses of banana peel is to ease irritation from psoriasis or rashes. All you need to do is rub the peel on your skin for a few days. It will stop itching and make your skin smoother. You can do the same for acne — you’ll be surprised at how easily your skin will improve if you rub the inside of a banana peel on your face before going to bed every night.
When it comes to fruits and their peels, apples rank high up as far as health properties of the peels are concerned. Apple peel has almost all the vitamins, is a rich source of calcium and phosphorous and about 2/3rd’s of an apple’s fibre content is located in the peel! That, combined with the antioxidant properties of the peels, mean that the peel can keep your cholesterol and blood sugar in check and also prevent weight gain. get the most: One of the most delicious uses is this quick pick-me-up: Boil a handful of apple peel in water. Add cinnamon, cardamom or cloves and enjoy this warm apple peel tea on a cold winter day.
lower risk of tissue damage. The peel and the skin just underneath the peel have the highest concentration of the vitamins and minerals that are present in a carrot. get the most: Carrots are one of those vegetables that, in some ways, are more nutritious when cooked as compared to uncooked. But to ensure that you get the maximum benefit, peel the thinnest possible layer of the skin.
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Just like most food, cucumber peels are rich in fibre. But, what they’re also rich in are vitamins K and A. Benefits of the peel include healthy bones and the prevention of blood clots, along with beneficial effects for your eyes and improved vision. get the most: Cucumber peel, since it is extremely low in calories, can make for a great snacking option if you’re watching your weight. They will satisfy your hunger and help manage your weight. You can also use them as an emergency beauty treatment — rub the wet underside of a cucumber peel all over your
Almost all of us discard watermelon rinds; they are quite hard and so, we think, impossible to eat. But, not only are they edible, they can also do you a whole lot of good. The rind is low in calories and has vitamin C and B-6, meaning that it is good for your skin and immunity. get the most: Watermelon rinds can be eaten as well as used topically. One of the best ways to use them is to pickle them — follow a common pickle recipe such as cucumber pickle and replace the cucumber with watermelon rinds. You can also sautee the rinds in olive oil and season them with salt and pepper. The rinds also help fight acne; just rub the insides of the rinds over your face to get the visibly healthier skin, as far as acne is concerned.
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Healthy Aging – Choice for a better life ging is a natural & a continuous process that begins with birth. None can escape growing old and experience the effects of the aging process. Literature is replete with terms such as the Fountain of Youth, or and in fact human longevity has been a topic of keen discussion and research for centuries. When one is young, aging is associated with all positive perception- like growth, maturity and discovery. Many human abilities peak before age 30. We hardly can ignore the fact that aging brings with it, the regressive changes in organ functions. With age hair thins and turns gray, skin becomes less elastic and sags. There is a slowing down of functions which
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go forward throughout adulthood- loss of function of bodily organs. However we can slower the rate of aging, stay healthy and enjoy life to the fullest by adopting a healthy lifestyle. In general, the lessons are clear. Regular physical activity, a balanced diet, social involvement, moderate or no drinking, and no smoking, can significantly decelerate the aging process. Nutrilite, world’s biggest vitamin, mineral and dietary supplement brand from Amway also advocates Optimal Nutrition including positive thinking, balanced diet, adequate rest, regular exercise and supplementation. Nutritional Supplements is now becoming increasingly popular in developed countries. Even people in devel-
oping countries are incorporating it as part of daily diet.According to a recent Euro monitor Report the supplements segment grew by 14 per cent in 2010 to reach Rs 33 billion. The same report estimates that this segment will touch Rs 46 billion by 2015 in India. Nutritional supplementation has assumed importance for the ageing population more as older people are not able to obtain all of their daily vitamin and mineral requirements through food consumption alone. With rapid economic growth across the world, Life expectancy has gone up in developed&emerging markets. Even an aging population has emerged as a major demographic trend worldwide. By 2050 India will see its number of elders grow from 62 million to 240 million. As life expectancy is on the rise both in developed countries and emerging markets such as India and China, older consumers are suffering from an array of age related ailments. Health problems like unhealthy glucose levels & cardiovascular problems once predominantly considered the problems of old age have lately been striking younger people. Moreover Indians are susceptible to chronic diseases like Diabetes, cardio vascular disease, Obesity and liver ailments. There are factors like ethnicity, hereditytrait, Nutritional quality of food
consumed and Nature of lifestyle put Indians at risk of some chronic diseases 10-20 years earlier than people of other ethnic groups.WHO has declared India as the Diabetic Capital with Heart attack rate amongst 35+ men in India is the highest. It also predicted that 34% of India’s population will be obese by 2020. India has over 6 crore diabetics and over 7.5 cr prediabetics. It has been alarmingly predicted that Number of diabetics in India will rise 120% in the next two decades. The risk factor is more with Pre diabetics whose blood glucose level in fasting stage ranges between 100-125 mg/dl and after two hours of food intake ranges between 140-199 mg/dl. The alarming part is that it leads to Diabetes if not controlled and people are not even aware of it. If imbalance in glucose levels in the blood is not controlled then one has a significantly higher risk of developing complications like heart related problem, retinal damage, chronic kidney problem, nerve damage and
poor healing of wounds etc. Therefore it is important to prevent the onset of such chronic disease through low calorie healthy eating habit, physical exercise and supplementation. Amway’s Nutrilite Glucose Health helps support healthy blood glucose level. It also assists in metabolism of fat, carbohy-
drate and protein thus helping in maintaining ideal weight. A healthy population is a prerequisite for holistic growth and prosperity of a nation. In a country which faces the dual problem of nutritional deficiency and obesity, healthy nutrition for adults and elderly is a major concern. A ‘well balanced’ and a ‘nutritious diet’, physical exercise and supplementation which have specific benefits for various lifestyle, nutritional deficiency and age related health problems, are the ideal way to fulfill the nutritional gap which otherwise make us prone to age related chronic ailments like Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and obesity. The need of the hour is to remember that aging is an unavoidable natural process but HealthyAging is a choice. Article written by: Deepali Shukla Associate Vice President, Health & Wellness division Amway India
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The Many Avatars Of LASIK Vision Correction V
ision disorders require dependence on glasses or contact-lenses to see clearly, limiting personal and professional lifestyles. Since the mid-1990’s LASIK has become very popular as a precise and permanent alternative for vision correction and millions have experienced the benefits of LASIK. Over two decades, LASIK has evolved from a single procedure to a wide array of bladeassisted and bladeless procedures. This article gives a glimpse of the many avatars of LASIK. A. LASIK: A microkeratome blade makes a corneal flap. The flap is lifted. The cornea is reshaped with an excimer laser to correct vision. Benefits: quick, accurate, permanent Limitations: risk of irregular cut, dry eye and corneal weakness B. Femto-LASIK (No Blade): A femtosecond laser makes the corneal flap, more safely and accurately. The flap is lifted. The cornea is reshaped with an excimer laser to correct vision. Benefits: no risk of irregular cut Limitation: risk of flap, dry eye and corneal weakness C. ReLEx Smile – (No Blade-No Flap-No Excimer Laser - Small Incision) A femtosecond laser directly corrects vision by creating a lenticule, keeping the cornea intact. The lenticule is removed thru a small incision without the need of a corneal flap. Benefits: no risk of irregular cut, dry eye or corneal weakness & no after care. Customization Of Vision Correction a. Spherical LASIK- Spectacle number is directly entered into the laser. May affect night vision. b. Aspheric LASIK – Special treatment software avoid aberrations and maintains night vision. c. Wavefront Guided LASIK - Repair LASIK for people with suboptimal outcomes with LASIK performed earlier. d. Oculign Iris Recognition: improves accuracy of cylinder treatments e. Presbyond LASIK– For reading glasses above age 40, practically eliminating glasses for day-to-day activities. Frequently asked questions 1. Who can have LASIK? People who are 18+, with healthy eyes and stable vision can have LASIK. Screening tests such as corneal topography (study of front corneal shape) and pachymetry (study of corneal
oronary Heart disease (CHD) occurs when the arteries (blood vessels) of the heart supplying oxygen and blood to the heart are narrowed or completely blocked and the blood supply to the heart is jeopardized, partially or completely. This can manifest as chest pain (Angina Pectoris) on exertion or at rest to a major event – Heart Attack (Myocardial Infarction). Whereas Angina Pectoris basically is due to insufficient blood supply to the heart, Myocardial Infarction denotes complete occlusion of blood supply to a part of or whole of the heart due to occlusion by blood clot. Symptoms of a CHD includes feeling of heaviness over chest – which may increase in intensity on exertion and relives on rest, pain or discomfort in the middle of chest radiating to arms, shoulders, jaw or back. In addition, patient may feel shortness of breath, nausea, vomiting or may have cold sweats/ profuse sweating. It is not necessary for all the symptoms to be present in every patient. In patients with Diabetes and other neuropathic conditions where the nerves carrying pain sensation are damaged, the patient may suffer heart attack without any symptoms or there could be lack of its pathognomonic symptom Pain – this is known as Silent Heart Attack. Risk Factors for the CHD include Diabetes,High Blood Pressure, High cholesterol levels, Smoking, Hereditary,Stress and Male Sex (twice as common in males than in females).Lack of exercise – sedentary life style, poor eating habits – inclusion of lots of fats n carbohydrates in diet, stress at work, consumption of drugs etc. adds up in the causation of the same. Incidence of CHD in Indians is more and at a younger age than their counterparts in developed countries. Approximately 50% of CHD- related deaths in India occur in people 70 yrs. of age. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is currently the leading cause of death worldwide and along with diabetes, it is a serious health threat, particularly in Indian population. Patients with Diabetes alone have two to four fold higher risk of developing Coronary Artery Disease than people with out it. Coronary artery Bypass Surgery (CABG) or as it is known to masses BYPASS SURGERY - is a Surgical treatment for the CHD patients. It restores the blood supply to heart and allows it to function normally thus relieving chest pain and other symptoms of CHD and in turn reduces the risk of death from CAD. As the name suggests, the basic principle is to Bypass the Jam (Blocked Artery) and provide an alternative route to the blood to reach the deficient areas of the heart. To achieve the goal, Patent Arteries or Veins from the other parts of the patient’s body like Chest (Internal Mammary Artery), arms (Radial Artery) or legs (Saphenous Vein) are taken and sewed to the arteries of the heart before and after the narrowed / blocked
In LASIK, a corneal flap is cut, resulting in dry eye. In ReLEx Smile, as no flap is made, there is minimal dry eye. 6. What if something goes wrong? “Repair� LASIK is possible. But, corneal tomography is required to determine the safety of re-treatment and Corneal Wavefront Guided LASIK is needed to improve quality of vision. 7. What can be done for patients not suitable for LASIK? Alternative procedures such as ICL (implantable contact-lens) or C3R (Corneal collagen crosslinking) can be done. 8. Does the laser do everything? Technology can be purchased whereas skills and expertise are only acquired by experience. Despite, the hype of technology one must remember that the doctor performs the most important function of correct diagnosis and skilled surgery. These are exciting times to have vision correction. With so many options, anyone who desires spectacle independence can have vision correction. The procedure can be tailored to suit to each patient’s eye, visual needs and budget. Dr. Sujal Shah, Samyak Drishti-The Vision Institute,
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arteries of the heart thus providing alternate route, bypassing blocked arteries and improving /restoring blood supply of the heart muscles. The term single bypass, double bypass and triple bypass refers to the number of vessels of heart bypassed in the procedure. A Double bypass means two coronary arteries are bypassed and triple means three vessels are bypassed. CABG is undertaken when Medical management alone is insufficient to address the disease, that is, to relieve its symptoms and provide adequate blood to the heart. CABG Surgery is ideal for patients with multiple narrowing in arteries of the heart such as often seen in patients with diabetes, patients with reduced heart pump function and when blockages are not amenable to angioplasty. It’s important to mention here that conventional coronary Angiography is the most accurate test to detect Coronary artery narrowing. Over decades since its introduction there have been improvements, innovations & advancements in the techniques of CABG. Today, we have more than one ways of performing CABG and the newer trends are setting in further. Classical Bypass Surgery Or The On Pump Bypass Surgery – here the heart is made to stop and the function of heart is overtaken by Heart Lung Bypass machine while the surgery is being performed. Beating Heart Surgery Or The Off Pump Bypass Surgery - here the surgeon places devices to stabilize the heart and bypass is done on a beating heart without putting heart on a standstill and putting patient on Heart Lung Bypass machine. Minimal Invasive Bypass Surgery - here bypass surgery is performed thru a smaller incision
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ARE YOU READY FOR A NEW SMILE? eauty, as they say, lies in the eyes of B the beholder. Surveys have shown that the one most important physical
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thickness) are done for suitability. 2. How do you determine long-term safety after LASIK? For thin corneas, corneal tomography (analysis of the front and back shape of the cornea, similar to a CT scan) is vital to exclude risk of long-term corneal weakness. 3. How do you decide which LASIK procedure to choose? Generally, Bladeless LASIK is safer than blade LASIK and Customized LASIK gives superior quality of vision. Screening tests and advanced diagnostics guide the choice for the most appropriate procedure. Each patient is counseled about the different options based on eye conditions, visual needs and financial condition. 4. How does ReLEx Smile compare to Femto-LASIK and LASIK? Femto-LASIK is safer and more gentle than LASIK as it avoids all risks related to the blade. ReLEx Smile is the safest as it is both bladeless and flapless. In addition to the benefits of Femto-LASIK, it requires minimal aftercare, avoids risks related to the flap such as dry eye and corneal weakness. It heralds a new era of minimally invasive minimal access vision correction. 5. What about dry eye?
Dr Vishal Khullar, M.B.B.S, M.S, MCh Consultant Cardiovascular Surgery
(5-10 cm) in the left side of chest without splitting the breast bone, unlike the on pump and off pump technique where surgery is performed through a relatively large incision and breast bone (Sternum) is cut thru. The hospital stay is reduced and patient is discharged home early (in contrast to 5-7 days hospital stay with On & Off Pump Bypass Surgery) Robotic Bypass Surgery – it’s a further extension of minimal invasive bypass surgery wherein a machine (ROBOT) specially designed to perform complex tasks of bypass grafting performs the surgery thru a small incision. The robot is under control of a surgeon who instructs and control the surgery from computer desk. Introduction of Robot has increased precision and control on the surgery. This is still in growing stages and is performed at big centers only, needs lots of expensive instrumentation and a great expertise to operate. Though it reduces the hospital stay and speeds up recovery it is a costly option as of now. Hybrid Bypass Surgery – relatively newer approach, upcoming in most centers of the western world. Here a Cardiologist & Cardiac Surgeon works as a team and performs angioplasty & bypass surgery simultaneously, bypass surgery is reserved for the arteries where angioplasty is not possible (100% blocked artery, calcified arteries). This approach is showing good results and better survival and is quite promising. The choice of conduits & the procedure to be used depends upon the medical conditions of the patient, the Surgeon’s expertise and the available facilities. Best long term results and graft patency are achieved with bilateral mammary arteries. A Cardiac Rehabilitation Program follows the surgery. It consists of a 12week program of gradually increasing monitored exercise lasting for one hour three times a week. Patient are also introduced and encouraged to adopt of lifestyle changes to lower the chances of developing further coronary artery disease. These include to quit smoking, reduce weight and dietary fat intake, controlling Blood pressure, lowering blood cholesterol levels and well controlled blood sugar levels of Diabetic patients. CABG has excellent long term results. Survival after CABG is approximately 92% at 5yrs and 81% at 10 yrs. Quality of life is excellent in the majority of patients after Bypass Surgery and it remains the durable method of providing blood to the heart in long run. The future of coronary artery bypass surgery with further research & advancements in Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques & Hybrid techniques is with near Zero risk for all patients in coming era.
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feature that both men and women find attractive in other people is their SMILE. Sadly, however, not all of us are blessed with a million dollar smile. So does that mean you can never have one? In the 21st century, YOU SURELY CAN! Advances in dental technology and expertise today ensure there are quick , painless ways of achieving that smile that you always dreamt about. So the key question here is... ‘Are you ready for a new smile?’ Often, when you visit the dental clinic for a ‘ smile designing procedure’ , your dentist would unload tons of information on you which may end up confusing you further. This article makes an attempt to unravel the mystery behind, ‘what exactly is a smile designing procedure’ and whats a quick way to determine whether you really want it. So what exactly is SMILE DESIGN? Smile design is a comprehensive approach to restoring and improving your smile to its best. The dilemma lies in determining where you need improvement. You need to ask yourself questions like these before you embark on a quest to attain a better smile. 1. Are you confident when smiling? 2. Do you ever put your hand over your mouth when you smile? 3. Do you photograph better from one side of your face? 4. Do you wish your teeth were whiter? 5. Do you show too many or too few teeth when you smile? 6. Do you show too much or too little of your gums when you smile? The extent of work required to improve a smile may vary from person to person. The key here is to understand that any alteration to your smile designing has to be a meticulously planned move taking into consideration your facial appearance, your chewing pattern, your bite and
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your phonetics(speech).. all in conjunction with an attempt to give you the perfect smile that you desire. It probably would help to enlist your smile related goals on paper and hand it over to the dentist before your final consultation. ‘What does your smile reveal?’ is a question you need to ask yourself.A simple set of questions may help you better analyze your smile designing needs. 1) In a slight smile, with lips parted do the tips of your teeth show? If you say no, then just a simple addition of length to the upper front teeth with Veneers can take years off your look and instantly make you look much younger when you smile.
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2) When you smile broadly, do your gums show? A ‘gummy smile’ may suit certain individuals while on others it looks hideous. A ‘gum-lift’ or in other words a crown lengthening procedure can bring about a drastic change. 3) Do your old restorations – Fillings, Veneers or Crowns look natural? Correcting these may involve a combination of new fillings, new crowns, whitening and laminates. 4) Do you have missing teeth that you haven’t replaced? Replacement of these teeth by Implant supported Crowns or Bridges can completely transform the smile and restore oral health. 5) Do your front teeth stick out? Protruding front teeth often look unesthetic and can be corrected by Veneers/ Laminates. 6) Do you show ‘spaces’ between the front teeth when you smile?
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‘Gaps’ can be easily corrected with Laminates/Veneers sometimes in a single day. 7) Do you have overlapping front teeth? Overlapping, crooked teeth destroy the harmony of the smile besides making it difficult to maintain hygiene. In some cases quick corrections can be made with Veneers/ Laminates. 8) Do you have discoloured teeth? Discoloured teeth can often be a social embarrassment . Some of these can be corrected in an hour with bleaching while others may need Laminates. 9) Do you have chipped tooth/teeth? If yes, then a single sitting may be sufficient to correct it and give you a dazzling smile.
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The above cases show you, that drastic changes are possible if the dentist and you work together as a team. However, it would be prudent to understand the ‘fine print’ before you jump into any treatment. It would be wise to discuss with your dentist the long term implications of any such treatment and also the restrictions that it may demand from your end to ensure longevity. Sometimes we do desire a change, but are so caught up in the ‘if’, ‘when’ and ‘why’ that we end up doing nothing about it. We have tried to demystify some of these questions so that you can make a decisive step soon towards a better you... Professor Dr. Rajesh Shetty is a clinical director at Dazzle Dental Clinic, Khar (W), Mumbai.
E-mail: docshetty@gmail.com (www.dazzledentalclinic.com)
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Thought experts knew all there was to know about the human body? Think again, says Dev Goswami
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or years, scientists were puzzled by how patients who got their anterior curiciate ligament (ACL) repaired (it’s a common sports knee injury), still experienced pivot shifts in their knee — it basically means that their joint gave way during a physical activity, even though they had a successful surgery. However, that mystery has now been solved with two surgeons at the University of Leuven coming up with a surprising discovery — a body part!
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WhAT iT meAns? Though more research is required, this discovery could be useful in treating ACL injuries. ACL injuries are common in those who play sports and this means that the treatment could be much more effective than before.
l Lie on the floor, with your hands by your side. l Simultaneously raise your torso and legs to a 45° angle, so that your body forms a ‘V’. Ensure that your legs and back are straight. l Contract your abdominal muscles and hold the position for as long as you can. l Five repetitions are ideal to start with. As you go along, try to hold the position longer and do more reps.
After the six pack and the eight pack craze, new on the workout horizon, is the Abdominal V — lower abs so chiselled that the abdominal muscle forms a ‘V’. Shirley Mistry tells you how to work your way towards getting one >> An abdominal V takes some serious work. Read on to find out what you need to do to get a killer V
The AnTeRolATeRAl ligAmenT (All) This ligament was first postulated by a French surgeon in 1879 — however, no concrete evidence had been found. Dr. Steven Claes and Dr. Johan Bellamans used the surgeon’s work as their starting point and began dissecting cadaveric knees to solve the mystery and prove the French surgeon’s work accurate. Using macroscopic dissection techniques, they were able to provide a full anatomical description of the ligament called anterolateral ligament (ALL). It is believed that it is the ALL that causes pivot shifts in certain cases of an ACL repairing surgery. Based on the positioning in your knee joint, experts think that an injury to the ALL may result in the knee giving away.
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l Lie on the floor with your arms tucked under your butt and palms facing the floor. l Tighten your core and slowly raise your legs from your hip, till they are completely perpendicular to the floor, in such a manner, that your body forms a 90° angle. l Squeeze your abs and butt to push your legs upwards. Hold for five seconds and pulse again. Start with 15 repetitions and then slowly increase.
hAnging leg RAises l Hang from a pull up bar with your palms placed at shoulder’s width. l Keep your back straight, contract your abs and raise your legs till they are parallel to the floor. l Hold for five seconds and release your legs. Try doing 10 repetitions. l As you go along, try to raise your legs to chest level and later to bar level. If you find these too difficult, start with knee raises, with your legs bent at the knee, performing the same actions.
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nyone who’s ever wanted to be fit has always vied a completely flat stomach and a six or eight pack. Taking it a notch higher, is the Abdominal V, a state where your lower abdomen is so defined, the muscle forms a ‘V’. With every celebrity worth their salt sporting one in the recent past, right from David Beckham and Prince Harry, to Heidi Klum and Cameron Diaz, the Abdominal V is a work of extreme
commitment, deadly workouts and the ability to abstain from slacking. It is achieved with functional training and helps build a strong core. It is crucial to have your body fat go down, ideally to a single digit number. However, a target of 2% to 15% is also fine. Most importantly, go easy. Start slow and work your way up. Celebrity fitness trainer Vinod Channa helps us with four essential exercises to get you started.
l Lie down straight on the floor, with your hands by your sides and palms facing downwards. l Bend your knees upwards, so that your thighs are perpendicular to the floor and your lower legs are parallel to the floor. l Now, bring your knees toward your torso, rolling your pelvis backwards and lifting your hips off the floor. l Hold for a few seconds and slowly go back to resting your hips on the floor. Start off by trying to do 15 repetitions.
« Know more: exercising during pregnancy Want more reasons to work out while you’re pregnant? A new study has shown that it can also be really good for your baby. Dev Goswami finds out more
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he fact that you need to be active and healthy during the course of your pregnancy is not news. It has been proven in the past that what you eat and how fit you are has an impact on the health of your baby. However, a new study has shown that exercising during pregnancy can have a much stronger positive effect on your baby. Previously, it was known that following a moderate workout plan had a positive impact on the baby’s cardiovascular system. However, newer research indicates that the effects aren’t just limited to your baby’s heart. Exercising during pregnancy has been now shown to boost your baby’s brain development.
The sTudy The study done by the University Of Montreal, Canada, was conducted on a group of pregnant women. That group was further split into two sub-groups — one group followed a sedentary lifestyle, while the other followed a
moderate exercise programme of walking and jogging thrice a week, 20 minutes each day. The study lasted throughout the pregnancy and all women, who were monitored, delivered successfully. After birth, all the women were asked to bring back their newborn babies to the researchers, within the first 12 days of having delivered the baby. Researchers then attached caps, designed to test the activity in the brain, on the skulls of the babies. It was found that those women who followed an exercise plan throughout their pregnancy had babies with a comparatively more mature brain as compared to the other women part of the study. Researchers now plan to keep monitoring the growth and development of these babies to see whether this translates into something more meaningful. But, for now, it would be safe to say that we’ve been shown yet more proof on how following a fit lifestyle during pregnancy can be beneficial not just for you, but also for the baby.
>> Exercising during your pregnancy will not only keep you fit, but will also make your baby smarter!
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Write to health Regularly writing your thoughts down can improve multiple facets of your life. Priyanka Singh brings you the connection between health and writing
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are you jealous? Congratulations! Ever thought anything good about jealousy? Priyanka Singh tells you how a little jealousy can be good for you and your life
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hen was the last time you spent some time with nothing but a pen, paper and your thoughts? You might have scribbled down a note or two in a hurry, but that’s not what we’re talking about. Neither are we talking about the form of writing that happens every day on smartphones, tablets, computers and laptops. If it has been a long time since you have put pen to paper, perhaps you should try to change that. Writing or penning down your thoughts has numerous benefits for your body as well as your mind. We tell you how it helps.
it StrengthenS your memory This is probably one of the advantages of writing that you are already aware of and have used a lot when you were a student. The act of writing things down on paper helps you retain the information that you are scribbling more effectively. This is because when you write things on paper, your hand sends signals to your brain to build its motor memory, making the recollection of that particular piece of information faster and easier.
it helpS you heal A study carried out in New Zealand indicates that writing your feelings and thoughts down after a distressing event can even make physical wounds heal faster. As a part of this study, one group of participants (let’s call them A) were told to maintain a journal
and write about their deepest thoughts and feelings. Another group (B) was also told to maintain a journal and write down anything except for their thoughts and feelings. After two weeks, these participants underwent skin biopsies — a process that leaves a wound on the arms. It was found that the wounds of group A, which was told to write expressively in their journals, healed faster than group B.
Miami, found that maintaining a gratitude journal could make you feel happier. People in the study, who kept a gratitude journal in which they wrote once a week for two months, were more optimistic about life compared to people who did not keep such a journal. Also, the journal keepers interestingly exercised more — another reason for the feel-good hormone, dopamine to kick in.
it changeS your attitude
it helpS you Sleep better
When it comes to a life-changing disease such as cancer, a patient’s attitude towards it makes a lot of difference and in turn, affects his or her chances of survival. A journal, titled The Oncologist, conducted a study in 2008 on cancer patients. It showed that expressive writing helped cancer patients not only to think about their disease in a different way, but also improved their thought processes and quality of life. Initial findings in the study suggested that a single, 20-minute writing session led to positive changes in how some patients thought about their illness.
Writing down the things that you are thankful for also helps you sleep better. A study revealed, that spending just 15 minutes every day writing down the things that you are thankful for, makes you sleep like a baby and improves the quality of sleep that you get. The participants who wrote down a list of things they were grateful for before going to bed, slept better and for a longer duration of time.
a way to expreSS gratitude It is prevalent human nature to look at the bad and depressing aspects of life, rather than those that make it better. Are you thankful for what you have and do you feel grateful for it? A study done by the researchers from the University of California, Davis and the University of
it improveS your mind & body The benefits of expressive writing are not just short term, but last for a longer duration as well. It has been linked with improved mood, well-being, stress levels and depressive symptoms, as well as physical benefits of lower blood pressure, improved lung and liver functioning and less time spent in the hospital feeling unwell. Some research has also suggested that expressive writing could help patients with posttraumatic stress disorder.
lso known as the ‘green eyed monster,’ jealousy has always had bad publicity. Jealousy is triggered in a person by a feeling that they might lose the attention, love or commitment of someone they value deeply. It is common for it to wreck relationships and make perfectly honest equations go sour. However, did you ever think that jealousy has a positive side too? If no, then what you are about to read will seem like a revelation. US psychologists, Robert Bringle and Robert Rydell, brought to the forefront a distinction between reactive and suspicious jealousy. Reactive jealousy occurs when you have a good reason to be jealous — for instance, your husband cheated on you with another woman, making you jealous of that woman. It has been found that reactive jealousy is found in relationships where people are deeply dependent on each other and have mutual trust between them. Suspicious jealousy sets in when there is no realistic indication of a betrayal of trust, but tells you more about the psyche of the jealous person and less about the quality of their relationship. Coming to the positive part about jealousy, this emotion is an ideal indicator that you value someone, cherish them and are scared of losing them. Reactive jealousy is particularly useful because it tells you something about your relationship, whereas suspicious jealousy does not. However, even suspicious jealousy is not altogether useless, as like reactive jealousy, it can reveal our values. Jealousy is like a wake-up call to reality. By dealing with it, you realise the value of that person in your life. It motivates you to take practical steps to strengthen a vulnerable relationship. Jealousy has a bad reputation because the outcome of it is mostly negative. People believe that getting jealous is a sign of weakness and insecurity. However, it is the fearlessness to accept that a person has a very high value in your life and you’d get affected if your relationship with him or her is compromised. In this age of poker faces and barren emotional states, jealousy can actually strengthen your relationship if it is taken in the right way.
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dear barbara, I have extremely oily hair. No matter how frequently I wash it, by the end of the day, the roots begin to get oily, making my hair look flat and dirty. Whenever I have to go out in the evening, my hair is a complete mess. What should I do? — Priya sachdev, Goregaon dear Priya, Oatmeal, almonds and barley help control oily hair, so, make sure you try and increase your consumption of these foods. Meanwhile, for an instant fix, keep a dry shampoo handy in your purse. If you can’t find one at a store, make your own by combining cornflour, a teaspoon of baking soda and a few drops of an
essential oil. Sprinkle some onto your scalp and rub it into the roots till it is absorbed. Then, brush your hair so that the excess powder is dusted off. Baby powder also does the trick. It takes care of an oily scalp in a few minutes and also gives your hair more volume. dear barbara, I love to sport a bold lip when I head out for a party or to drinks with my friends. However, I hate that it transfers onto the rim of my glass, other people’s cheeks and sometimes even rubs off on my clothes, making it hard to get the stain off later. Help! — sunaina anand, santacruz (w)
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Rajesh Talwar and his wife Nupur Talwar at the special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Monday; Aarushi (inset) from his order that both the parents have been convicted for murder and destruction of evidence and on the charge of committing an act in furtherance of common intention.
The 49-year-old Rajesh was also convicted on the charge of filing false FIR. Nupur is a year younger than her husband. Arguments on sentencing will be PTI
HAZIABAD: More than five years after the double murder and flip-flops in investigation, dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar were yesterday held guilty of killing their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in their house in Noida. In a case that has had a number of twists and turns, Additional Sessions Judge Shyam Lal held both of them also guilty of destruction of evidence in the murder on the intervening night of May 15 and 16, 2008, days before the birthday of the class nine student. The father was also convicted under section 203 of IPC for filing wrong information with the Noida police station about the incident. After two adjournments since morning, the judge, who is to lay down office this month end, arrived in the high-security court room at 3.25 pm and summoned both the accused. He read out the operative portion
held tomorrow after which the judge will announce quantum of sentence. The Talwar couple, who were well known dentists of Noida, broke into tears as they were taken into custody and were being taken to jail. Immediately after the verdict was announced, a statement was circulated on behalf of the Talwar couple which read "we are deeply disappointed, hurt and anguished for being convicted for a crime that we have not committed. We refuse to feel defeated and will continue to fight for justice." Defence lawyer Satyaketu Singh said the judgement was wrong in law and would be appealed against in the High Court. Counsel for one of the domestic helps, Fakir Chand Sharma, said he felt vindicated by the judgement today. "I was opposing tooth and nail, the charge against domestic helps as there was no evidence against them," he said. The double murder made sensa-
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tional headlines after reports that it was a case of honour killing by the parents after they suspected their daughter of liaison with 45-year-old Hemraj who hailed from Nepal. Rajesh was arrested by Noida Police after the then Inspector General Gurdarshan Singh alleged that the father had murdered his daughter. Later, he came out on bail after the case was handed over to the CBI. Ironically, the CBI, which was handed over the case within a fortnight of the murders, initially gave Talwars a clean chit and pinned the blame on three domestic helps -Krishna, Rajkumar and Vijay -- who were arrested. However, the CBI could not file a chargesheet in the stipulated three months time paving the way for their release on bail. Answering questions on CBI's change of stand, prosecution lawyer R.K. Saini said investigation is a continuous process and ultimately what the court says is final.
Tejpal’s claim of consensual act could not be true: Goa CM P
I’m being looked at with suspicion by panel, says intern N
EW DELHI: A law intern, who has alleged sexual harassment by a recently-retired Supreme Court judge, feels she is being looked at with "suspicious eye" when she appears before the apex court's threemember probe panel. She also said the reason for delay in coming out with the sexual harassment allegation was that she feels Indian law is "not equipped
enough to sensitively deal with crimes against women". The website 'Legally India' which was the first to come out with her story, yesterday quoted her interview to ‘Wall Street Journal’ in which she said it took her time to come to terms with the fact that she had been assaulted. "When I finally did, all that I wanted to do was to erase the mem-
ory from my conscience. This was a man I had admired, I looked up to him. "Indeed, I pondered over the idea of legal recourse, but feared it would do more harm than good. First, my case would have dragged on for years. Second, defence lawyers would make me relive every violating moment in court – something I wanted to bury at the time. "Third, in cases of assaults, where there is no physical evidence, it's one word against the other, really. There's no reason why a law graduate would have won over a judge with a spotless record. Even now, for instance, when I appear before the panel, I feel I'm being looked at with suspicious eye. I have to constantly justify that I'm not lying, I'm not making up this story. I feel humiliated," the website quoted her. She also said it was ironic that she, being a lawyer, "does not think Indian law, or our legal system for that matter, is equipped enough to sensitively deal with crimes against women".
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar "inhuman". "What he has done is inhuman," the chief minister said. Parrikar said that the incident is an indication of downgrading of educational values in the country. "I fear people will lose their interest in education and wonder as to what is the value of education," he said. Going by this episode "one can imagine what must be going in the minds of parents while sending their daughters to outstation destinations for sports or any event accompanied by male teachers," he added.
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Students participate in a rally to protest violence against women in Kolkata on Monday.
ANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has lashed out at Tehelka Editor Tarun Tejpal over the charge of a girl's sexual abuse, alleging that the claim that the act was consensual could not be true. "Someone told me that this man (Tarun Tejpal) is saying that it is consensual. I wonder what he must have done within four minutes and that too in a lift," Parrikar reacted last evening addressing a function in south Goa. He said that Tejpal by recusing himself for six months has admitted to the act. "By taking six month recuse from his position, this man has agreed to his felony. It is unfortunate that this man wants to take sanyas and come back in six months," the chief minister said. The Goa Police have already filed first information report against Tejpal for raping and outraging modesty of the girl. A state police team has taken the statement of Tehelka Managing Editor Shoma Chaudhary and other witnesses whom the victim had spoken to. Parrikar said that the police are doing their duty by having filed the FIR against Tejpal, whose conduct is
Nafisa Ali (2nd L), Shabnam Hashmi (R) and other women activists outside the President's house in New Delhi on Monday after meeting President Pranab Mukherjee to seek a judicial probe into the Gujarat snooping row.
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RINL IPO will take some time because this is probably not the (best) time now. It needs some more time. There could not be any approximate time, if you have to look at the market situation.
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NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Tuesday (November 26, 2013) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello
REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose substantially on Monday (November 25, 2013) a net 119.90 points (2%) and closed at the 6115 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 6035 points level and that level itself was the low of the session. It then rose sharply and turned into a range bound movement until 3.00 p.m. The index then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 6123 points level at 3.18 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained above its previous close throughout the session, moved in a range of 88 points and closed above the psychologically important 6100 points level. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 1.60%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.
Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 876 were gainers, 502 were losers and 79 remained unchanged. Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the over-sold zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues).
RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).
MACD Indicator: The MACD is above zero but is now rising (positive if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative). ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line but both lines are converging (positive if it continues). The ADX is flat while the Market Index is rising. No signal change.
Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Has crossed above its 5-day average (at 6087) Positive. Is below its 15-day average (at 6125) Negative. Is below its 25-day average (at 6158) Negative. Is above its 200-day average (at 5864) Positive.
Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 6217 points level. The next resistance is at the 6357 points level.
Pivot Point Analysi s: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6092 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 6060. Support (2) = 6004. Resistance (1) = 6147. Resistance (2) = 6179.
OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index af ter having formed three consecutive black body candles has formed a long white body candle. In fact, yesterday’s candle is almost like a white body Marubozu candle. ( A W hite Marubozu forms when the open equal s the low and the close equals the high). Moreover, the body of this candle is above and outside the body of the previous candle indicating a range expansion and acceleration. Further, the index has crossed above its 5 days moving average. The index is now above its 5 and 200 days moving average. All these indicate a positive bias. Incidentally, all these may be the first signs of a bottoming out pattern. A crossover by the index above the 15 days average will confirm the same. However, the index is still below its 15 and 25 days moving averages and both the averages are declining. Moreover, despite yesterday’s sharp rise the velocity parameters are still negatively trended. Both these indicate a negative bias. As such these are mixed signals. Investors are advised to adopt a wait and watch policy until a clear bottoming out pattern emerges.
Work with strict stop losses on all positions
Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a neutral market with a positive bias. Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5921 points level. The next support is at the 5834 points level.
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Target Rs. 195
Bajaj Electricals (BEL) reported its Q2FY14 numbers wherein the topline increased 31% YoY to Rs 960 crore (I-direct estimate: Rs 844 crore) supported by 92% YoY revenue growth in the engineering & project (E&P) segment to Rs 254 crore. Revenues from consumer durable (CD) and lighting segments increased 14% and 24%, respectively. However, BEL reported an EBITDA loss of Rs 1.5 crore (I-direct estimate: Rs 29 crore) largely on account of cost overrun in the E&P segment from old projects, higher advertisement expenditure and one-time expenses. Considering strong revenue growth from E&P segment (CAGR 25% FY13-15E), strong order book size and a stable performance from lighting and CD segments (revenue CAGR ~17% and 18%, respectively) we model overall revenue CAGR of ~20% during FY13-15E. We remain positive on the stock considering major pain from the E&P segment will be limited till FY14E and the segment would turn into the green from FY15E onwards. Strong revenue growth led by E&P segment: Overall revenue growth for Q2FY14 remained strong at 31% YoY led by E&P segment revenue (up 92% YoY). The CD segment recorded sales growth of 14% YoY led by higher single digit volume growth. Revenue growth of ~24% in the lighting segment is attributable to strong sales from CFL and luminaries. BEL is expected to close ~35 projects by H2FY14. Total E&P order book size as on Q2FY14 was at ~Rs 1465 crore. Valuation: Bajaj Electricals, despite being a dominant play in the lighting and consumer durable segment (contributes ~80% of topline) with a strong dealer network has paid the price for poor execution in the E&P business. Poor EBITDA margins with rising working capital requirement (due to a delay in execution of E&P projects) resulted in sharp multiple contractions. At the current price, the stock is trading at a PE multiple of 29.9x FY14E and 11.9x FY15E earnings. On EV/EBITDA multiple, it is trading at ~11.6x FY14E and ~6.5x FY15E EBITDA. We believe the stock is trading at attractive multiples considering the strong performance of the CD & lighting business. We have valued the company on a sum of the parts (SOTP) basis by valuing the lighting, CD and E&P business separately. Hence, we have valued the consumer durable business at 10x FY15E EBITDA, and lighting business at 4x FY15E EBITDA. We believe EBITDA losses of the E&P segment will be limited to FY14E and it will turn into the green from FY15 onwards. We have modelled ~Rs 14 crore of EBITDA from the E&P business in FY15E and valued at 3x FY15EV/EBITDA. We maintain our target price of Rs 195/share with a BUY recommendation.
Karvy Stock Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on Dishman Pharma CMP: Rs. 83
Target Rs. 110
Tides are turning in favour of Dishman Pharmaceuticals (Dishman) with the improving outlook for CRAMS business on back of targeting mid-size companies, scale-up in Hypo business and API generics business. Recruitment of key people for CRAMS, US, Japan augur well from the strategic perspective. The new Vitamin D3 plant will improve margins in this business. We reiterate our “BUY” recommendation on the stock. Carbogen Amicis – Focus on Emerging & Biotech Companies: Carbogen Amicis has changed focus to target mid-size and biotech companies. It is estimated that ~70% of business would be procured from these companies and 30% from the large counterparts. This would enhance revenue visibility and margins for the company. Business Traction in Hypo Biz: The Company’s facility at Bavla is operational and has order book worth US$8 mn comprising of highmargin products (excess of ~40%). Dishman is confident of generating US$12 mn & US$1520 mn revenues in FY15E & FY16E, respectively. Commercialization Started at Vitamin D3 Facility: Dishman had to rebuild its facility in the Netherlands due to regulatory reasons, which had negative impact on the business margins (down to 14%). Revenues from this business is expected to rise to Rs. 2.5 bn in FY15E (from Rs. 2.2 bn in FY14), its margins is likely to rise to 17% in FY15E, as the Company would shift to own production from outsourcing. Outlook & Valuation: We reduce our revenues estimates by 3.3% to Rs13.5bn for FY 14E and by 5% to Rs15.7bn for FY15E in lieu of lower guidance. The key revenue and margins drivers in H2 FY14 and FY15 would be commencement of Vitamin D3 facility, generic API and Hypo facility traction. We upgrade our EBDITAM from 21.2% to 25.4% in FY14E and from 21.8% to 24.9% in FY15E due to better gross margins and our EPS estimates by 15% to Rs12.7 for FY14E and decline by 5.5% to Rs16.5 for FY15E. We continue to amortise goodwill over a 10 year span. We maintain our BUY rating and our price target at Rs110 based on 6.7x FY15E due to better outlook on Carbogen, Vitamin D3, Generics, Hypo and induction of new management.
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Inflation Could Ease In H2 Of 2014 NEWS FLASH
BUSINESS
Sensex soars by 388 points as oil prices decline Tata Coffee gets NSE nod to merge Alliance Coffee with itself Indian delegation may visit Iran for discussions on urea plant India PC sales up 8% to 3.24 mn units KPTL bags orders worth Rs 1,007 crore Surya Roshini forays into fan market, target 400 cr in 4 years.
By A Business Reporter
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oreign brokerage Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofAML) yesterday said it expects the Reserve Bank to hike its repo rate in the next policy to combat inflation, which may ease in the second half next year. BofAML said the Reserve Bank will continue with its fight against inflation and hike the repo rate at which it lends to the system by 0.25% at the mid-quarter policy announcement on December 18. “We believe that inflation is peaking but will abate only in second half of 2014. We expect WPI inflation to peak about the current 7% and come off to 5% levels in H22014 if the 2014 monsoon is normal,� it
said in a note. Core WPI inflation should rule at relatively benign sub-5% levels with a tight RBI policy dampening pricing power, BofAML said. Since taking over in early September, Governor Raghuram Rajan has hiked rates twice with an eye on inflation, which quickened to 7% in October. “We expect the RBI to shift the money market to repo mode from MSF mode with a 0.25% hike in the LAF policy rate on December 18,� it said. MSF (marginal standing facility) is the penal rate at which banks borrow from the RBI after exhausting their borrowing limits under the repo window. The difference between repo and MSF rates has been normalised at 1%.
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index may come down to 8.5% by March 2014 and 7.3% in March 2015, the brokerage said. It was at 10.09% in October. BofAML also noted that the RBI tends to overtighten and “this is hurting growth rather than denting an inflation that is largely driven by supply shocks or global liquidity or depreciation due to inadequate FX reserves.� BofAML said the rupee’s depreciation pushes up inflation by one percentage point and added that it expects the local currency to settle at the 60-65 against the dollar if the ongoing swap facility for deposits gets USD 20-25 billion. The rupee could test the 68 level again if banks are unable to mobilise deposits of up to USD 20-25 billion, it said.
Fitch Sees Govt Pushing Rs 45000-Cr Oil Subsidy To Next Fiscal By A Business Reporter
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itch Ratings yesterday said meeting oil subsidies will be a challenge this fiscal and the government may be forced to roll over around Rs 45,000 crore to the next fiscal as the agency expects under-recoveries to be around Rs 65,000 crore this fiscal. “The government will have to tap around Rs 45,000 crore from next Budget, though we assume that the small monthly increase will continue to happen,� Fitch said in a report. The rating agency said out of the oil subsidies allocation of Rs 65,000 crore in the budget for this fiscal, the government has already given out Rs 45,000 crore to pay oil marketing companies for the subsidy gap incurred in FY13. “This leaves Rs 20,000 crore to meet its share of the shortfall between the subsidised price and the
market price,� the rating agency said, adding this year’s under-recoveries are expected to be around Rs 45,000 crore. Net of the discounts from the upstream companies, which has been increased in 2013, the balance cannot be fully accommodated within the remaining Budget allocation, Fitch said. “The situation is still fluid as to how this year’s subsidy in petroleum products will be shared between the government, the upstream players such as ONGC, Oil India and Gail, and the downstream companies like Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum,� Fitch said. The report further said the government’s ability to pass on sharp petroleum price increases to consumers is likely to be limited in light of the forthcoming general elections. Fitch said the upstream players are likely to be required to shoulder
a greater portion of the total under-recovery. In the first half of the current fiscal, ONGC and Oil India were asked to pay 52.5 % of the total Rs 60,900 crore under-recoveries, compared with less than 40 % in previous years. The report the downstream companies are unlikely to have any heavy burden, given the weakened financial profiles of these entities. “Yet it is still uncertain as to whether the refining and marketing companies will have to share part of the under-recoveries, as was the case prior to FY12,� the report said. Fitch expects ‘the above developments as largely neutral to the standalone credit profiles of the downstream entities, and negative for upstream.’ However, the view may change, especially if subsidy payments are delayed significantly or downstream ends up bearing part of the subsidy burden, Fitch said.
BUSINESS BRIEFS Banks Collect Over $25 Bn From Special Dollar Swap Window
The Reserve Bank yesterday said about USD 25 billion has been received from special concessional swap windows for deposits by non-resident Indians and overseas foreign currency borrowings by banks. It would have crossed USD 25 billion as on date, RBI Deputy Governor H R Khan said on the sidelines of an event organised by the National Housing Bank.
AirAsia Announces 3 Million Promotional Seats
As part of celebrations of its fifth anniversary in the country, Kula Lumpurbased budget airliner AirAsia has announced a campaign with three million promotional seats across various destinations. Passengers will be able to travel from May 5, 2014 to January 31, 2015 under the “free seats� campaign.
Dabhol LNG Import Terminal Gets Shipment After 6-Month Gap
The Dabhol LNG import terminal in Maharashtra has received a shipload of liquefied natural gas (LNG) after a gap of six months. Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL) received a spot cargo from Nigeria a day before yesterday. “It was the sixth successful unloading of LNG cargo since commissioning (of the terminal) in January,� RGPPL Deputy Managing Director A K Jana said.
Belgian Deputy PM Invites Indian Investment
Wooing Indian companies, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Didier Reynders yesterday said his country is an attractive investment destination and offers a big logistics network which will be key to investors. Reynders, who is heading a delegation to India, also held discussions with Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma.
FIPB To Take Up Vodafone’s Rs 10,141 Crore Proposal
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will on December 6 consider the Rs 10,141 crore proposal of UK telecom giant Vodafone to acquire the remaining stake in its Indian arm. “The FIPB will meet on December 6. Vodafone is listed on the meeting agenda,� an official source told PTI.
Techno Electric Bags Concession To Build Transmission Network Techno Electric & Engineering Company Ltd yesterday said it has bagged the concession for Rs 200 crore project from PFC Consulting to build transmission network in Punjab. The concession — right to use land or other property for a specified purpose, granted by a government or a controlling body — awarded for a period of 35 years is on Build, Own, Operate and Maintain model, TEECL said in a statement.
Schneider Electric To Export Products From Chennai Plant
France-based Schneider Electric plans to export equipment to West Asia, Australia, Brazil and other countries from the Chennai plant which was opened yesterday. “This unit we are opening today is our 32nd factory in India. This is our automation plant after the first unit factory in Noida (Uttar Pradesh)..�, Schneider Electric Country President and Managing Director (India), Anil Chaudhry told reporters here.
RBI To Launch CPI-Indexed Bonds By December End By A Business Reporter
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he Reserve Bank yesterday said it will launch CPI-indexed bonds aimed at protecting the savings of retail investors from the impact of price rise by the end of next month. “Guidelines will be out soon...We are likely to launch the first tranche before end of December. We will come out with details (quantum),� RBI Deputy Governor H R Khan said on the sidelines of a National Housing Bank event. “This year it should be between Rs 10,000-15,000 crore (wholesale price and consumer price indexed bonds) but exact amount will come out. This is part of overall borrowing programme,� he said. The RBI in its policy statement last month had
said inflation-indexed securities for retail investors of 10-year tenor would be linked to the new (combined) consumer price index. Interest would be compounded half-yearly and paid cumulatively at redemption, according to the statement. Inflation-indexed bonds were designed to offer investors an option to guard their savings against price rises and dissuade them from buying gold. The bonds are part of the government’s borrowing programme. The government had announced plans to issue Rs 12,000-15,000 crore of inflation-indexed bonds with 10-year maturity in tranches during the current financial year. While the first series of bonds was open to all categories of investors, the second series will be exclusively for retail investors.
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TV GUIDE
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A series of articles designed to hand hold SSC students as they revise towards the Boards 2014
SURVIVING MUMBAI
TODAY’S BEST VIEWING
The terror attack in Mumbai has gone down as one of the darkest days in India’s history. The events that transpired held the world’s attention for three continuous days, and left people shocked and horrified in the months that followed. But in many ways, the story - in words and pictures - that we all absorbed was an opaque account. We watched reports from the outside of burning buildings, quick sound bites from survivors as they rushed from the siege and later accounts from the trial of the surviving terrorist. What actually went on inside those buildings? Discover y, 9 p.m.
DO DIL EK JAAN
SOAPS & SERIALS
Daya Maayi reveals the entire truth to Geeta Kaul. Hearing this Geeta gets a shock and she is admitted to the hospital. Further Antara comes to see her mother’s condition at the hospital. How will Geeta react, when she sees Antara? Will Antara lose Geeta forever? Life OK, 9 p.m .
MAHABHARAT
P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00
Karna and Arjun fight against each other, and during the fight, Karna’s kawach appears. Seeing this, Kunti realizes that this is her son whom she had abandoned many years ago and she faints. No winner emerges from the competition, as the sun sets before a result is reached. After Kunti regains consciousness, she tells her friend Priyamvada that she needs to tell Karna the truth about his parentage. Priyamvada requests Kunti to not reveal anything to the Pandavas until she meets Karna. Star Plus, 8.30 p.m.
NEIGHBORS, THE
On the first day of school, the Weavers and Bird-Kersees find themselves called to the principal’s office several times. Star World, 8 p.m.
JODHA AKBAR
Adham Khan expresses his desire to marry 14yr old girl Tasneem who’s servant’s daughter. in an open forum, Jodha openly objects to this and speaks to Jalal about issue but isn’t immediately able to refrain Adham from doing so. Will Jodha be able to stop Adham Khan? Zee T V, 8 p.m.
FUTURE WEAPONS
FUTURE WEAPONS reveals the latest incredible range of weapons developed using state-of-the-art science and technology. Di scover y Science, 10 p.m .
MARVELLOUS MARVEN
Wildlife expert Nigel Marven travels to the Pacific island of Cocos, an atoll near the coast of Costa Rica. With a dive boat, a specialist crew and selection of equipment, including a state-of-the-art miniature submarine which can go 400 metres down for up to four hours,
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Do Dil Ek Jaan, Life Ok, 9 p.m.
follow Nigel Marven on Animal Planet’s SHARK ISLAND WITH NIGEL MARVEN as he discovers why there is such a great concentration of sharks in the area - and the results and visual underwater footage will take your breath away. Animal Planet, 9 p.m.
BANI - ISHQ DA KALMA
In tonight’s episode Nirval talks about divorce. On the other hand, Parmeet pushes Bani and she falls down and gets hurt. Now what will happen next? To know more, don’t miss watching “Bani – Ishq Da Kalma” Color s, 10.30 p.m.
EK VEER KI ARDAAS – VEERA
Ranvi needs to go to Delhi to bring Veera Preetampura forever as she has completed her college and Its her graduations ceremony today but Ranvi is very tensed as he has missed the only bus going to Delhi. Will Ranvi be able to reach Delhi on time? Star Pl us, 10.30 p.m.
MOVIES OF THE DAY
Despite his tarnished reputation after the events of The Dark Knight, in which he took the rap for Dent’s crimes, Batman feels compelled to intervene to assist the city and its police force which is struggling to cope with Bane’s plans to destroy the city. HBO, 9 p.m.
WELCOME HOME, ROSCOE JENKINS
A successful talk show host leaves Los Angeles to reunite with his family in the Deep South. Starring Martin Lawrence, Louis C.K., James Earl Jones, Zee Studi o, 8.10 p..m.
Dexter Castle The Neighbors Two And A Half Men Masterchief Australia Castle Best of Koffee with Karan The Neighbors Two And A Half Men Masterchief Australia How I Met Your Mother 2 Broke Girls Castle
ZEE CAFÉ
BIG CBS LOVE
BNTM Season 6 NCIS Maximum Exposure X Factor Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal Maximum Exposure Jamie’s 30 Minutes Meal Rules of Engagement 90210 BNTM NCIS
SONY TV
P.M. 2.00 Maharana Pratap 2.30 Bade Acha Lagte Hai 3.00 Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Ke Khiladi 3.30 Crime Patrol 8.00 Sanjeev Kapoor Ke Kitchen Khiladi 8.30 Amita Ka Amit 9.00 Desh Ki Beti Nandini 9.30 Kehta Hai Dil Jee Le
PRATHIGHAT - A REVENGE
Separated from his family, consisting of his dad, Ramkumar; mom, Mayadevi, and brother, Sanjay, Allahabad-based Prakash Saxena takes to a life of crime, calls himself Shera, but continues to search for them. He subsequently finds out that the person who knows their whereabouts is a Bombay-based male by the name of Shobhraj. He re-locates to Bombay, and this is where circumstances may force him to abandon his quest, for he will not only be arrested and held in prison, but also inadvertently jeopardize the lives of his family. Fi lmy, 9 p.m.
P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 7.00
The Dark Knight Rises, HBO, 9 p.m.
THE OTHER GUYS
Terry Hoitz’s past mistakes in the line of duty and Allen Gamble’s reluctance to take risks have landed them the roles of the “Other Guys”, disgraced New York City police detectives relegated to filling out paperwork for cocky hero cops Danson and Highsmith. The mismatched duo must look past their differences when they take on a high-profile investigation of shady capitalist David Ershon and attempt to fill the shoes of the notoriously reckless officers they idolize. Pix, 9 p.m.
MAALAMAAL
Raj (Naseeruddin Shah) is a slum dweller, who one day comes to know that he has inherited the business and property from his grand-father worth 3.3 billion Indian rupees. Stunned and delighted at the same time, he gleefully arrives at his former grand-father’s estate to claim his inheritance, only to be told that there is a clause attached: which is that he must spend 300 Million rupees in 30 days or else risk losing his inheritance altogether. How can a slum dweller who has never held a thousand rupees in his hands on any given day, be expected to spend 10 million a day? CVO, 9 p.m.
LISTING
Zara 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Bade Achhe Lagte Hai 11.00 Crime Patrol Dastak
ZEE TV
P.M. 2.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 2.30 Ek Muthi Aasman 3.00 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Bh Se Bhadey 5.30 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 6.30 Pavitra Rishta 7.00 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 7.30 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 8.00 Jodha Akbar 8.30 Do dil Bandhe Ek
7.00 7.30 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
Beti Hee Hai Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Firangi Bahu Haunted Nights: Kaun Hai Who? Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti… Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati Firangi Bahu Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali. Aakhir Bahu Bhi toh Beti Hee
SAB TV
Taarak FIR Jo Biwi Se Kare Pyar Gutur Goon 2 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah
9.00 Marvellous Marven 10.00 Animal Planet’s A to Z 11.00 Killing For A Living P.M. 2.00 3.00 6.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.50 5.15 6.00 6.30 7.00
DISCOVERY
World’s Top 5 Wildlife Man vs Wild Africa Surviving Mumbai Jungle Gold Forbidden How It’s Made Storm Chasers Future Weapons Some Assembly Required How It’s Made The Gadget Show Tech Toys 360 Antariksh
P.M. 1.07 3.08 5.35 7.20 9:00 11.10 A.M. 8.50 10.35
SCIENCE
P.M. 1.00 3.30 5.30 6.00 8.10
DDI (Main Channel)
STARMOVIES
WALL-E Titanic Oz the Great and Powerful Mein in Black II George of the Jungle George of the Jungle The Karate Kid
HBO
Limitless The Twilight Saga: Twilight Easy A College Road Trip The Dark Knight Rises The Guardian A Thousand Words College Road Trip
ZEE STUDIO
Miami Vice D-Tox Marvel Anime Blades The Frightners Welcome Home, Roscoe, Jenkins 10.30 The Karate Kid, Part III A.M. 11.25 The Tudors
The Neighbors, Star World, 8 p.m.
Dori Se 9.00 Pavitra Rishta. 9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 10.30 Punarvivaah 11.00 Jodha Akbar
LIFE OK
P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaaan India 7.30 Gustakh Dil 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Ek Boond Ishq 9.00 Do Dil… Ek Jaan 9.30 Tumhari Paakhi 10.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 10.30 Savdhaan India P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 7.00
7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M 2.00 2.30 3.00 6.00
COLORS
Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki Bani Iahq da Kalma Comedy Nights with Kapil Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Bigg Boss Saath 7 Uttaran Bani – Ishq da Kalma Balika Vadhu
SAHARA ONE
Haunted Nights Aakhir Bhau Bhi…. Film Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi… 6.30 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh
7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00
Bani - Ishq da Kalma, Colors, 10.30 p.m.
Jo Biwi Se Kare Pyar Baal Veer Taarak Chidiya Ghar Jeanie Aur Juju Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir FIR Taarak Mehta
ZEE MARATHI
P.M. 2.00 Tu Tithe Mee 2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Fu Bai Fu 5.00 Tu Thithe Mee 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Ek Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Tu Tithe Mee 7.30 Radha Hi Bawri 8.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Julooni Yeti Reshmingathi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 9.30 Fu Bai Fu 10.30 Julooni Yeti Reshmingathi 11.00 Honnar Suun Me Hya Gharachi
ANIMAL PLANET
P.M. 2.00 Nature’s Microworlds 3.00 Animal Planet’s A to Z 4.00 Galapagos 5.00 AP Safari 6.00 River Monsters 7.00 Killing For A Living 8.00 Natural Born Hunters
DOORDARSHAN
P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Ek Divas Celebrity Sobat 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Mazi Maye 4.10 Bheti Lagi Jiva 4.35 Sansar Maza Wegala 5.00 News in Marathi 5.05 Aatmabhang 5.30 Mala Bhetleli Mansa 6.00 Krishi Darshan 6.30 Amachi Mati Amachi Mase 6.55 Patla Tar Ghya 7.00 News in Marathi 7.15 Antakshari
MOVIE CHANNELS
P.M 12.23 2.18 6.10 9.00 10.43 A.M. 8.30 10.20
STAR WORLD
P.M. 2.00 The Lying Game 3.00 The Ellen Degeneres Show 4.00 Just For Laughs 6.00 The Lying Game 7.00 The Ellen Degeneres 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Mike and Molly 9.00 Lost 10.00 The Laying Game 11.00 Poirot
8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE
SHERDIL
8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00
7.30 8.00
Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula’s lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA. Starring Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Star Movies, 10.43 p.m. Athili Sathi Babu (Ravi Teja) is a small-time thief and crook who is crazy about acts of daredevilry. He falls in love with Neeraja (Anushka Shetty). One day, he gets the shock of his life when a young girl turns up and claims him to be her father. After recovering from the stunning blow, he slowly starts to find out the truth behind the claim. It turns out that the girl is the daughter of Police Officer Vikram Singh Rathod (Ravi Teja). He is on the run from the notorious Chambal dacoits. He hides himself in Hyderabad. But after getting hit in the head and getting stabbed a couple of times, Rathod dies in front of Sathi Babu.Sathi Babu now goes to the Chambal valley and settles the score on behalf of the dead Rathod. Max, 9 p.m.
STAR PLUS
P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon.. 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha 3.30 Ek Ghar Banaunga 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Nach Baliye 5.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 5.30 Mahabharat 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Ek Ghar Banaunga 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Saraswati Chandra 8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 8.30 Mahabharat 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai…. 10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Mahabharat
8.00 The News 8.15 Samachar 8.30 Pavitra Bandhan-Do Dilon Ka 9.00 Yeh Zindagi Hai Gulshan 9.30 Saraswatichandra 10.00 Bharat Ki Shaan: Run Jhum 11.00 DOOSRA AADMI: Film. Starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh
DDII (Metro Channel)
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Samachar. News Sports News Rang Tarang Samachar News
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Isha Koppikar debut in Marathi films
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arathi film ‘Maat’ will be Bollywood actor Isha Koppikar’s debut in Marathi films. The film is creating waves due to its unique subject, high quality production values, the brilliant acting and the meaningful songs and music given by popular duo Sandip Khare and Saleel Kulkarni. ‘Maat’ is presented by Sailee Dream Ventures and produced by Manali Mangesh Sawant. The music CD of the film was released in the presence of Chief Guest N. Chandra, writer Anil Kalelkar, actor Pradip Kabare, Makrand Deshpande along with star cast of the film. Along with the music release of ‘Maat’, the first look of the film was also revealed. On this occasion, Isha Koppikar, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Tejashree Walawalkar, Suhas Palishikar, Manjusha Godse, Rajendra Shisatkar, music composer Saleel Kulkarni, singer Hrishikesh Ranade, Mithilesh Patankar, Producer Manali Mangesh Sawant, director Manohar Saravankar, Mangesh Tukaram Sawant, owner of Sailee Group of Companies, story writer Tejaswini Dinesh Pandit, screenplay and dialogue writer Sambhaji Sawant et all were present at the grand music release.
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he Agra gharana is one of the major styles of Hindustani khayal vocal music. It traces its lineage to Haji Sujan Khan who belonged he Hindu mythology provides stories to the 15th century, the time when of various Gods and Goddesses in Emperor Akbar ruled over north India. Haji their varied manifestations and incarnaSujan Khan was trained in the Nauhar tions which form the highlight of Indian bani (style) of the dhrupad form which classical dances. The dance drama ‘Nachpreceded the khayal form. The main cho Shree Radhe Krishna Sang’ takes the characteristic of the Nauhar dhrupad audience back by around 5131 years, was the smooth yet distinctive leap wherein the varied facets pertaining to the from one note to another which is life of Lord Krishna are presented. This dance called 'chhoot'. This 'chhoot' drama was presented by a team of talented taan forms one of the major dancers and actors at the Nehru Centre auditofeatures of the traditional Agra rium. vocalism. The dance drama started with the presence of "This style is centuries old Lord Shiva who appears as a ‘sutradhar’ in order and till about six decades to narrate the story of Lord Krishna who takes the ago, it was hailed as a form of Lord Shrinathji and is fondly worshipped by robust and glorious his devotees. Krishna's birth as the eighth child of Devaki who is destined to kill the evil Kamsa, the celtradition. Today, it is on ebration by the people, Krishna with the gopis and his the verge of extinction", said Vijay Kichlu, a senior exponent of the eternal love for Radha, the lifting of the Govardhana gharana based in Calcutta. Kichlu emphasised the close bond that the and Lord Krishna as the protector of the entire universe Agra khayal singers shared with Dhrupad music. According to him, even form the crux of the presentation. Colourful costumes the great Faiyaz Khan performed Dhrupad in the initial phase of his and settings with melodious and divine music, a fine comcareer. He applied the techniques of voice projection as well as bination of drama, music, dances – both classical and folk ornamentation which he learned as a Dhrupad singer to the khayal – make the production entertaining and enlightening. which enriched the musical content of his presentation. Shallow Directed and choreographed by accomplished Kathak exemulation of Faiyaz Khan led to the decline according to Kichlu. ponent Mayur Vaidya, who also performs a brief number perHowever, singers like Yakub Hussain Khan have sought to keep taining to the glory of the Lord, stood out for the involvement the spirit of the style alive through their performances. Last and passion of the dance form. To make so many dancers week we heard Yakub Hussain Khan singing the ragas 'Yaman dance with uniformity is not an easy task. The role of Lord Shiva, Kalyan', 'Hameer' and 'Paraj Kalingada'. The 'Khamaj' Lord Krishna (Sagar) and Radha were aptly portrayed too. compositions were delightful. Nagpur-based classical singer The concept of the show was by Sandip Sheth, music by Navin Sadhana Shiledar gave a credible performance too. She and Jayesh Gandhi, Rakesh and Hitesh and a team of talented sang ragas ‘Madhuvanti’, ‘Hemant’ and ‘Gauri Basant’. She singers like Usha Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan, Anuhas trained under Vivek Gokhale, Chandrashekhar Rele, radha Paudwal, Devaki Pandit and others made the programme a Manohar Kaslikar and Aarti Ankalikar. Mukta Raste on great watch. the tabla and Ravindra Lomate on the harmonium lent excellent support. The programme was organised by Shivaji Park Nagarik Sangh.
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NEWS IN BRIEF Shrutinaad’s concert
Shrutinaad is set to feature Ragini Chakravarty of the Kirana gharana in a concert. She will be accompanied on the tabla by Shantanu Shukla and on the violin by Manaskumar. Besides classical ragas, she will also sing devotionals and a CD will be released by the Minister for Culture Sanjay Deotale. The programme will be held at Karnataka Sangha, Matunga on November 29 at 6.45 pm and is open to all music lovers.
Samarpan – a tribute
‘Samarpan’ is a musical tribute to the two pioneers of Indian Classical Music in Navi Mumbai – Pandit C.R. Vyas and M.V. Chimmalgi. The musical tribute to these illuminaries will feature vocal recitals by Neha Gurav, Sanjeev Chimmalgi and Shriram Shintre on Sunday, December 1 at 5 pm. This programme will be conducted in a Baithak format and will be held at Mini Hall, Navi Mumbai Sports Association, Sector 4, Vashi. Entry is free.
Kale’s movie to hit theatres soon
Director Pitambar Kale’s ‘Vishesh Mhanje Hee Majhi Mrs’ stars Prasad Oak, Amrita Ghuge, Ashok Shinde, Prema Kiran, Mahesh Munde, Savita Aghava, Kishori Shahane, Chetan Dalvi, Datta Thorat, and Arun Khandagale. The music is by Girish Naik and is produced by Savita Aghav.
Purushottam Karandak
Kirti College, Mumbai won the recently held inter-collegiate one act play competition ‘Purushottam Karandak’ held between November 21 and 23. A total of 21 colleges participated in the competition. This regular feature held in Pune will now take place in Mumbai too.
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 662
ENIGMA CODE 662
ACROSS: 1 Nothing said but you get the message form it (4,8) 8 Home supporter thanks the king's daughter (7) 9 A right to fix high-level lighting (34) 11 When one should be expecting a suitable partner (3,4) 12 Discovers amateur in boisterous entertainments (7) 13 Girl from the Eastern Isle, perhaps (5) 14 French poet with a terminal disorder (9) 16 Afrikaanese is imitated in a barren part of India (4,5) 19 So American a composer (5) 21 Actors are seen here,so agent goes around (2,5) 23 More liquid needed for about one athlete (7) 24 Taking things badly (7) 25 Punk brains a teenage witch (7) 26 So unsteady on one's feet as to cause amazement? (12) DOWN: 1 Relaxes frequently aboard (7) 2 Shoot right from side of ship on Sound (7) 3 Abandon when you move home (5,4) 4 Ten ran out it was suffocating ! (2,3) 5 Find a bloke in the crashed runabout (7) 6 Paraguayan indigene helping to make the jaguar a nice animal (7) 7 Educational centre? (6,6) 10 If a solders is, his mail must be (6,6) 15 Mystic getting an old lady to arrange his hair (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.
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The Clue: Dog?
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SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE ABOUND, BABOON, BANNED, BONBON, DABBED, NABBED, UNBEND
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MATH PYRAMID 662 17 Faint at the end of cadet training? (4,3) 18 Applying the drag to art (7) 19 Bands warped silver balloon
weight (7) 20 Of use to you to farm it, by the sound of it, over the Wye (7) 22 A bore before receiving silver (5)
SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Mismatch, 9 Idolater, 10 Spud, 11 Addition sign, 13 Misere, 14 Exorcise, 15 Solomon Islander, 18 Freakish, 20 Tenace, 21 Stay the night, 23 Uris, 24 Outburst, 25 Entreaty. DOWN: 2 Impetigo, 3 Madame bovary, 4 Toodle-oo, 5 Hit the right note, 6 Rococo, 7 Etui, 8 Grandeur, 12 Second nature, 15 Soft spot, 16 Litigant, 17 Escapist, 19 Inhere, 22 Arts.
QUICK CROSS 662
ACROSS: 1 Abraham's nephew (3) 4 Brother, of a sort (3) 5 Decoys, snares (5) 8 Diva's place, for short (3) 9 Tabloid,e.g. (5) 12 ___ jacket, sailor's coat (3) 13 ___ up, cinch (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 __ sleeping dogs lie (3) 2 Bireme hand (3) 3 Chaplin portrayal (5) 6 For each, or for every (3) 7 Dance moves (5) 10 ___ red, seethe (3) 11 Raise dust, in a way (3)
HIDATO 662
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 662
Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and one of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematical operation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to each puzzle is arrived at logically and is unique. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION
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TODAY’S FORECAST
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Leo/Mars in Virgo 8th Kartik Krishnapaksha Magha Sinh (Leo) M.T. Deep Red 2
BIRTHDAY FORECAST: You will be full of optimism about your career and future. An important contract to be signed this year will result in great prosperity and progress. You are assured stability in your job or profession. A strange turn to your romantic involvement may require you to restructure your association. Have a frank dialogue with your beloved. You may get just one chance to save your relationship, and if you do not avail it, your relationship may end.
BABIES BORN TODAY: Attractive, soft spoken, medium height, healthy and longlived. Will have fine hair and soft skin. Respectful, helpful culturally aware, will also value tradition. Will make a good advisor or administrator.
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Don’t be over enthusiastic, or take on more work than you can handle, to avoid a logjam. Cut back on losses, and curb unnecessary expenditure. There is a glimmer of hope that may come through an opportunity to make sudden money through transaction proposed by someone you know. Not much happening in love life as you will be focused on other areas of existence which are also important to you right now.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): A beneficial break in your work or business proves to be good and leads to considerable monetary rewards. You are likely to invest your money in bonds or such securities. Those in the creative field of work will be in the limelight, for their recent achievements. An optimistic mood prevails and you will achieve wonders in all you do. Friends and associates will be happy for you. There will be much partying and a hectic social life.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Accept financial proposals on terms that they are offered. If you ask for higher emoluments, you could miss out on a good bargain. After having taken up the work you will find even better avenues opening up due to this particular project and you will create two or more sources of income. Time is short and you may not be able to meet your beloved. However a phone call or an exchange of sms will help to keep in touch and make you feel good about your relationship.
CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Monetarily your position is very good. A meeting or discussion scheduled for today will lead to gains for you. Those in the fields of teaching or communication can look forward to good news. You will be organizing a gettogether, which will be enjoyable.
LEO (July 22 - August 21): You will make major decisions about work and career that will lead to gains. Your attitude will have to change for all round improvement. You will also be paying more attention to finances but make no hasty decisions. Think in terms of lasting savings and not short term profits.
VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): You will be working very hard in the hope of concluding your task early. Do not worry if there are minor delays. An outing with friends will prove enjoyable. This will also help in moving up the career graph. You will make new friends and enlarge your social circle. Be casual and do not go out of your way to show interest. Being a little aloof sometimes adds a little mystery to romance.
LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You may be required to take some important decisions, which could mean re-organizing your work set-up. Your handling of the current crisis will earn you the respect and admiration of those who matter. A close associate or a colleague may try to get a little too familiar with you. There is a possible threat of being taken advantage of especially if you are with someone you do not know too well or know too much about.
SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You can look ahead to some good news about certain changes in your organization that will place you in a better position and in higher pay scale. Professionals will get to work with organizations of international repute. Your determination and dedication has won you fresh laurels and rewards. A bit of light hearted flirtation given the circumstances should not be taken too seriously. Give the other party the benefit of the doubt.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You may be on the verge of an important breakthrough that could open up all sorts of opportunities for you in your job or business. Do not let up now and keep up the pace. Such opportunities don’t come often and this is the one you may have been anticipating for long. A casual Acquaintance could now become a more meaningful association. There are romantic undertones though nothing is spelt out.
CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You could get a bit carried away when spending money on home improvements or making an important investment. However there will soon be some extra money coming in that will help to ease your financial situation. Make no further investments in business or in securities. At a social gathering you will be very much in demand. Happiness in the family set-up is assured. Your beloved will be great support.
AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You need to devote more attention to your work that seems to go awry due to neglect. Avoid arguments or discussions on matters that are upsetting to others. Keep your temper in check and work at improving your relationships. Being upfront about your predicament will get a more understanding response from your beloved. A confrontation at this juncture will be a hindrance to your progress.
PISCES (February 19 - March 20): There are minor adjustments to be made. Pay attention to paper work and study documents carefully before giving your approval. A tempting job offer is likely but you may discover later that things are not what they seem to be. Home life exudes warmth. This is the time to make it up to your beloved and restore faith and confidence in those who love you.
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ACROSS: 1 "A tip" anagram for Indian river? (4) 4 Continentals (6) 8 Summer and Winter Games org. (3) 10 Pass around the snakes (4) 13 Playful ridicule (8) 14 Serving dish (7) 15 Roofing man (6) 17 Rock group of "Unforgiven" fame? (9) 21 Pamela's nickname (3) 22 Water in France (3) 23 Election winners (3) 26 Republic in E Italy (9) 27 Aroused, stopped sleeping (6) 28 Spansih nobleman (7) 32 See __ __ __ : agree on what's important? (3,2,3) 34 Distance equal to three feet? (4) 35 Angry or rabid, colloquially speaking (3) 36 Moving aimlessly, unfastened (6) 37 Urban area (4)
DOWN: 1 Death ___ : unsafe place, vehicle, etc.? (4) 2 Father (4) 3 Part of ear (4) 5 Capital city of Himanchal Pradesh (6) 6 Literary snippets (3) 7 Scoffs (6) 9 A motor vehicle (3) 11 ___ on the matter : do not decide on the matter till next day? (5) 12 H2O vaporised (5) 15 Floating impurities (4) 16 Singer Braxton (4) 18 __ __ - shanter : Scottish cap? (3-1) 19 Be inclined (4) 20 Bond creator Fleming (3) 23 Banter or lampoon (5)
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SUDOKU 2012 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: C equals G
The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.
24 Contemptuous look (5) 25 Ravindra or Ajay of Indian cricket (6) 26 Detonate or cause to begin or start (3,3)
28 Gymkhana, in short (3) 29 Cut the grain crop (4) 30 Spanish painter (4) 31 Irritable (4) 33 Blunder, make a mistake (3)
SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Fox-cub, 7 Imbecile, 8 Tusk, 10 Shiite, 11 Smirch, 14 Psu, 16 Aloha, 17 Ouse, 19 Nokia, 21 Acrid, 22 U-boat, 23 Ketu, 26 Bucks, 28 Met, 29 Redeem, 30 Impart, 31 Celt, 32 Otoscope, 33 Darken. DOWN: 1 Fresco, 2 Cruise, 3 Bike, 4 Mermaid, 5 Micro, 6 Rekha, 8 Tips, 9 Stu, 12 Ila, 13 Chart, 15 Moray, 18 Undue, 19 Nco, 20 Kit, 21 Absence, 22 Uke, 23 Kepler, 24 Etat, 25 Upturn, 26 Broom, 27 CD ROM, 28 Mme, 30 Iced.
IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1831 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
Q S K L K P O
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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all
Afternoon WORD MINE
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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 33 average; 37 good; 42 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: ahoy, ANTHOLOGY, halo, halt, hang, holy, hoot, hotly, lath, loath, oath, than, thong, yahoo.
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Zaheer returns to Test squad, Gambhir ignored for SA Tour
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ZAK IS BACK
ADODARA: Veteran pacer Zaheer Khan made a comeback to India's Test side after close to a year but opener Gautam Gambhir was ignored as the selectors today announced the squads for the Test and ODI tour of South Africa starting December 5. The 35-year-old Zaheer, who had been battling fitness issues and was even dropped from the BCCI's list of contracted players, was chosen in the 17-member Test squad after taking 13 wickets in three Ranji Trophy matches at an average of 19.84 this season. Gambhir, however, had no such luck as the opener, who has been downgraded to group B in the list of contracted players, failed to find a place despite a healthy average of 74 plus in the ongoing Ranji season. "His name was discussed, in fact, we discussed a lot of things. Even skipper M S Dhoni was consulted and all the players were selected unanimously," BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said after a meeting of the selection committee here. The month-long tour featuring three ODIs followed by two Tests is India's first international assignment after the retirement of iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar. Baroda batsman Ambati Rayudu, a seasoned domestic player, has been named in both the Test and ODI squads, while veterans like Virender Sehwag and Harbhajan Singh continued to remain on the sidelines. The 28-year-old Rayudu, who is currently a part of the team in the ongoing ODI series against the West Indies, has played four one-dayers for India. There were no major surprises in both the squads with the selectors opting to go in for a paceheavy bowling attack considering the conditions in South Africa. Pacer Ishant Sharma, who has been struggling for form, was retained in both the squads. The gangling speedster took a match-haul of nine wickets in Delhi's win over Haryana in a Ranji Trophy match Sunday. Another fast bowler Umesh has been recalled in both the Test Yadav, who had been dropped due and ODI squads largely because of to poor form in the recent series his ability to bowl fast. against Australia and West Indies, An off-colour Yuvraj Singh has
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managedt o hold on to his ODI spot despite having an indifferent show against Australia and the ongoing series against West Indies. Rookie
Haryana pacer Mohit Sharma has also been included in the 16-member ODI squad. Wriddhiman Saha, a regular in the overseas Test tours, was retained as a reserve wicketkeeper, pipping Tamil Nadu's Dinesh Karthik and Gujarat's Parthiv Patel. The Test squad has seven specialist batsmen, two wicketkeepers, five pacers, two spinners and one allrounder in Ravindra Jadeja. While Shikar Dhawan and Murali Vijay are certain to open the innings, Virat Kohli is expected to take the number four slot vacated by Tendulkar. Cheteshwar Pujara will bat number three, while Rohit Sharma will take the number five slot, followed by Ajinkya Rahane or Ravindra Jadeja depending on the team combination. Zaheer is expected to feature in the playing XI while the quartet of Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Umesh Yadav will be vying for the two remaining slots. R Ashwin is expected to mantle the spin duty and bat at number eight, while Pragyan Ojha may get a chance depending on the pitch conditions. The three ODIs are scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, Durban and Centurion on December 5, 8, 11 respectively. This will be followed by a two-day practice match against South African Invitational XI at the Willowmoore Park in Benoni. The first Test match starts on December 18 at the New Wanderers while the 'Boxing Day' Test from December 26 will be played at the Kingsmead in Durban. Test squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kolhi, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ambati Rayudu, Wriddhiman Saha, Zaheer Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha. ODI Squad: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kolhi, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ambati Rayudu, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Mohit Sharma, Amit Mishra.
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Zaheer’s presence will help me grow as bowler: Umesh Yadav
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NEW DELHI: Umesh Yadav is relieved that he is back in the scheme of things but the bigger reason for his happiness is that senior pro Zaheer Khan will be around during India's upcoming tour of South Africa to guide the junior bowlers. "Zaheer has had a great influence on youngsters with his ability to guide us through the bump and grind of international cricket. I have got a lot of valuable tips on fast bowling and there is no better exponent of reverse swing than Zak. He is like mentor to us and it is an honour to play international cricket alongside him," the 26year-old Vidarbha pacer told PTI. "Zaheer's advice in match situations are invaluable as he is a brilliant reader of opposition batsmen." Yadav, who has played nine Tests and 26 ODIs for India, was confident that he will be selected in the Test team but to be recalled in the shorter format has been like an icing on the cake. "I had a gut feeling that I will be selected for the Test series but I had kept my fingers crossed for the ODIs. I am really happy that selectors have shown faith in me by giving me a chance in the ODI squad as well," the fast bowler added. "Since I have the pace, my bowling is suited to conditions where the pitches offer pace and bounce. I have also played in places like Durban in the Champions League T20 for Delhi Daredevils. So, I have the experience of bowling in South Africa."
Conditions made it difficult to defend 288: Dhoni V
ISAKHAPATNAM: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said heavy dew created "unfair" conditions for them as it became difficult to bowl and field on a literally wet ground, which resulted in their twowicket defeat at the hands of West Indies, here. Dhoni said losing the toss yesterday put them in a disadvantageous position as dew played a part in the match. "It was a very bad toss to lose. At this time of the year, we never expected the dew to fall so early. Right from the first over itself there was plenty of dew. The outfield was completely wet. There was no real swing for the fast bowlers. I don't think much for the spinners. There was a glimpse of turn when the ball was changed," Dhoni said at the post match press conference last night. "I think it was a bit unfair. It be-
comes a bit unfair when this time of the year you play with so much of dew with two or three spinners. But that's part and parcel of the game. It was tough to field with the amount of dew. We saw a few of the fielders throwing the ball to the wicketkeeper and it went to the short third man areas. That's something tough," he explained. Dhoni also backed a struggling Yuvraj Singh, who also dropped Lendl Simmons when the batsman was on 43. He went on to score 62. "Leave aside batting and bowling, anyone can drop catches. Let's not be critical about it." Dhoni said the team is backing Yuvraj to get runs in the crucial number four slot. "We want Yuvi to do well. He is someone who can bat well at No 4. Someone who can really dominate the oppositions. Last few games, he has struggled a bit. At times it hap-
pens when you're under pressure the 15-20 first deliveries become crucial. If you're not able to pass that phase, you have to be considerate about it. You know what kind of a talent he is. Once he gets a few runs, you'll see a different Yuvraj Singh," he said. Backing the 2011 World Cup player of the tournament, Dhoni further said, "Apart from the talent he has, he's someone who does really well once he's confident and dominates a tournament or series by series. He makes sure the team wins a tournament." Asked why Suresh Raina is pushed to the No 5 position and Yuvraj at No 4, Dhoni said, "Yuvi is under a bit of pressure. We wanted Yuvi to be comfortable at his slot. He has batted well at No 4. Give him a series. Raina has also done well at 5. We are just looking at options.�
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IN BRIEF Maharashtra eves advance to quarters
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra girls kept their wits about them to score a goal in injury time and hold West Bengal to a 1-1 draw to advance into the quarter-finals of the Junior Girls National Football Championship at Odisha on Monday. With two victories against Mizoram and Chandigarh in the earlier rounds, Maharashtra went into the last league encounter needing just a draw to advance into the last four. With both teams adopting a cautious approach, West Bengal managed to hold on to the ball more but could not create too many goal-scoring opportunities. The score remained level at half time. The game looked set to be heading to a goalless draw but West Bengal managed to score in the 89th minute with a well-taken free kick by Sangeeta. There was to be more drama in this one with four minutes being added on. Maharashtra continued to attack and got their equalizer in the 92nd minute when Suman Salian scored from a free kick right outside the box. Special mention needs to made of Maharashtra’s defenders Suman Salian, Zarastryn Mistry, Darshana Sanas & Sneha Shinde, who kept the West Bengal attackers at bay throughout the game. The draw put Maharashtra on top of Cluster II and they will now play their first game of the quarterfinal stage on Wednesday.
Avnish triumphs in BPGC qualifiers
MUMBAI: Avnish Kumar triumphed in the 0 to 6 handicap category and will lead the Indian Terrain Bombay Presidency Golf Club team that will participate in the western region zonal finals of the Toyota IGU National Club Golf Challenge. In the club qualifiers held on Sunday, Kumar played high quality golf to card a score of 37 Points with 1 Eagle, 5 Birdies, 6 Pars and 6 Bogies. Kumar will be joined on the team by Ricki Kapoor, who won the 7 to 10 handicap category with 38 Points, sinking 1 Eagle, 3 Birdies, 12 Pars, 1 bogie and I double bogie.
pressive form in the senior billiards round robin when he fired a brilliant 97 break in the third frame en route to a 3-0 win over Siddharth Shah of Elphinstone Cricket Club in Group B. The other significant winners of the day were Mahesh Jagdale, Farhad Tengra, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, Arun Agrawal, V. ‘Raja’ Subramaniam and Sunil Jain. Results: Senior Billiards (Round Robin): Group A: Mahesh Jagdale (Elphinstone CC) bt Rajvardhan Joshi (PYC, Pune) 100-35, 100-67, 100-50; Deependra Pinkyar (Shivaji Park Gym) bt Ibrahim Sheikh (MCF) 100-32, 10051, 98-100, 44-100, 100-81. Group B: Jaiveer Dhingra (PJ Hindu Gym) bt Siddharth Shah (Elphinstone CC) 1008, 100-30, 100(97)-2; Farhad Tengra (Elphinstone CC) bt Yash Rungta (Kandivali) 101-83, 101-85, 103-89.
Goldi, Nidhi, Kshitij bag honours
MUMBAI: M.F. Foundation edged past Young United 1-0 in a keenly contested final of the KSA underprivileged Football coaching programme Talent Hunt 2013 to claim the Winners trophy. 12 teams fought hard in a league cum knockout tournament which was held at Karnatak Sporting Association Ground to prove their worth in the 7- a - side tourney. Mumbai: St. Stanislaus started off with a bang scoring eight goals to beat Don Bosco Borivali 8-2 during the 34th Victor D’Mello Annual Floodlit Rink Hockey Tournament at the Willingdon Catholic Gymkhana. In the inaugural match of the school boys’ category, Eli Rodrigues played an important role netting 3 goals and was ably supported by Kevin Barnes and Ryan D’souza who scored two goals each. The other goal scorer for St. Stanislaus was Nash Mathew. The Don Bosco boys fought hard but could only score two goals which were scored by Collin Nunes and Shekhar Kaushik. In the other clash, O.L. Dolours thrashed Dominic Savio 8-0. Mahindra Rawal of O.L. Dolours played a major role scoring four goals and was given good support by Bhim Batala, Aniket Chaurasiya, Arjun Gupta and Tikaram Thakulla who scored one goal each. In a keenly contested match of the men's category, Abhi Foundation overcame the stiff challenge of Companeroes, defeating them 5-4. The match scores were tied at 3-3, but Abhi Foundation emerged victorious in the tie breakers scoring 2 goals whereas Companeroes could score only one goal.
Group C: Chandresh Shah (PJ Hindu Gym) bt Hasan Badami (CCI) 53-101, 100-78, 100-74, 100-44; Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Bombay Gym) bt Dharmesh Mistry (MCF) 100-66, 10166, 101-74. Group D: Arun Agrawal (Matunga Gym) bt Rishad Bharda (Elphinstone CC) 100-48, 101-50, 100-44; Deepak Khubchandani (Khar Gym) bt Vishal Gehani (Park Club) 79100, 100-57, 100-73, 21-100, 100(55)-65. Group E: V. ‘Raja’ Subramaniam (Matunga Gym) bt Ashwin Deshmukh (Dadar Club) 100-29, 100(73)-26, 100-0; Sunil Jain (Elphinstone CC) bt Amit Sapru (Park Club) 100-29, 44101, 100-94, 100-63. Group F: Raj Khandwala (CCI) bt Manoj Kasare (Khar Gym) 100-65, 100-63, 100-73; Ronnie Daruwalla (PJ Hindu Gym) bt Manav Panchal (Malabar Hill Club) 100-82, 100-87, 33-102, 101-99.
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BRIDGE Kshitij Bhoite (left) and Goldi Shah (second from left) alongwith other individual winners in various age groups with the YMCA officials.
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UMBAI: Golden girl Goldi Shahi of SAI (Kandivali) aggregated 23 points – highest among all the categories - having won four gold and a silver and was awarded the Y.A. Gole award for being the best women athlete in the Bombay YMCA State Level Athletic Championships, which concluded at the Sports Authority of India Complex here. Being a heptathlon, Goldi excelled in the sprints - gold in the 100m (13.0 secs), 800m (2:23.4 secs) as well as in long jump and shot put along with silver in the javelin throw. Equally noteworthy performance came from Thane’s Nidhi Singh, who aggregated 20 by winning golds in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m in the girl’s under-16 section. However, Srushti Shetty, from Children’s Academy, who also had 20 points to her credit, created new records
in the 1oom and long jump. Srushti clocked 14.9 secs in the 100m sprint and also set a new mark in the long jump event with a leap of 32.96 mts. To Kshiutj Bhoitek, of Thane’s Seven Stars, goes the credit of setting new marks in the 200m as well as the long jump record in the boy’s under-16 section. Individual champions: Women: Goldi Shahi (SAI) – 23 pts ( 4 golds +1 silver). Girls U-18: Mamta Hulke (Prabodhan,Goregaon) –10 pts. Girls U-16: Nidhi Singh – 20 pts ( 4 golds). Girls U-14: Priyanka Shenoy (Seven Stars, Thane) – 8 pts. Girls U-12: Sakshi Patil (Dombivali) – 13 pts. Girls U-10: Srushti Shetty (Children’s Aca) 20 pts (4 golds). Girls -8: Isha Ramteke (Track& Fields (Thane). Men: Nikhil Kadam (VPM, Dahisar)-11 pts. Boys U18: Leon Poorekhorsandi (Bhanvan, Andheri) – 10 pts. Boys U-16: Kshitij Bhoite (Seven Stars, Thane) -15 pts.
India beat Malaysia 57-55 in FIBA Asia U-16 C’ship
NEW DELHI: India secured their first victory of the 3rd FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women with a thrilling 57-55 win over Malaysia in Colombo, Sri Lanka from November 23rd to 30th. India looked strong from the start and finished the first quarter with a seven points lead based on their strong defensive effort. Malaysia fought back to take a 7point lead mid-way through the 3rd quarter. India turned the tide with the help of Gagandeep Kaur who came off the bench to help tie the game at 43 at the end of 3rd quarter. Kaur, who finished with eight points -- all in the last quarter and a half, and Mayukha Kollam Thodi steadied team India in the fourth with their stellar defense and rebounding. Bhandavya Mahesha was the top scorer for India with 12 points, followed by Riya Verma and Kollam Thodi who scored 11 and 10, respectively. As Team India celebrated, coach TD Biju breathed a sigh of relief as the game was too close for his comfort. With India up 4 with one minute remaining, Malaysia hit a 2 point shot with 28 seconds remaining after an offensive rebound. India tried to seal the victory after draining the shot clock down to a few seconds remaining, but Riya Verma missed an open 3 pointer.
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t is the hallmark of a good player to peep into future, anticipate the likely problems & provide for bad luck. Ian Concessio an expert Bridge player from Mumbai, brought off a difficult contract with such wisdom.
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UMBAI: Ronnie Daruwalla of PJ Hindu Gymkhana snatched the crucial fourth frame by a whisker for an exciting 3-1 win in the senior billiards round robin, in the Malabar Hill Club Maharashtra State Selection Billiards & Snooker Tournament on Monday. After winning the opening two frames narrowly in the 100-up, best-of-five Group F tie against an equally formidable Manav Panchal of the host club, Daruwalla snatched the fourth frame 101-99 in another tight finish to seal the win. Daruwalla kicked off an exciting day of billiards action as Deependra Pinkyar of Shivaji Park Gymkhana edged Ibrahim Sheikh of Mandpeshwar Civic Federation, Borivali 100-32, 10051, 98-100, 44-100, 100-81 in a Group A thriller, after leading by an envious 2-0 margin and losing the crucial third frame by just two points. Sheikh seized the opportunity to force the decider where he trailed 71-91, before Pinkyar took away the frame and match. In another close tie that went the distance, Deepak Khubchandani of Khar Gymkhana, who led 2-1 after dropping the opening frame, fired a significant break of 55 in the decider to prevail over Vishal Gehani of Park Club 3-2 in Group D. Jaiveer Dhingra, who won the junior billiards and snooker titles last week, extended his im-
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S- A 9 6 4 H- 7 5 2 D- A 8 5 C- 6 4 2 S- Q 10 8 7 S- J 5 3 H- J 6 3 H- Q 4 D- J 6 D- Q 10 9 7 C- A 10 7 3 C- K Q J 5 S- K 2 H- A K 10 9 8 D- K 4 3 2 C- 9 8 Ian was south. He played the hand in 2 hearts against silent opponent. As you can see 2 hearts is absolutely cold, on a normal heart break, but this was match point pairs & he had to make 1 trick more than the rest of the field to get a top. West found the diabolical lead of a small heart. Take it from there There is an easy way to score 9 tricks. Since a trump is led you know that the trump break is benign. That means you can get 4 heart tricks, 2 spade tricks & 2 diamond tricks off the top. If the diamonds break 3-3 you will
get your 9th trick. But that is depending upon chance Ian found a way to virtually assure himself of 9 tricks. Looking at 4 hands, a luxury which was not available to Ian, you know that the diamonds are not breaking 3-3... if you draw 2 trumps , cash Ace & King of diamonds & then exit with a diamond the defenders will cash 2 clubs in such a way that the person holding 3rd trump will win. Then he can remove the 3rd trump. You will have to lose 2 diamonds, 1 heart & 2 clubs. So whence will the 9th trick come? Ian found an amazingly simple & safe play. After winning the 1st trick with Ace of hearts he ducked a small diamond from both hands! East won & naturally returned a trump. Ian won this with King & cashed Ace King of diamonds. If the diamonds are breaking 3-3 his 2 of diamonds would become good. If the defender with 4 diamonds also has 3 trumps he will follow to 4th diamond & Ian would ruff it in dummy for the 9th trick. As the cards lay west had 3 trumps & 2 diamonds but what could he do? If he ruffs the King of diamonds Ian would have a trump left in dummy to ruff his last diamond for the 9th trick. He would then lose 1 heart 1 diamond & 2 clubs. The opponents could only helplessly applaud this virtuoso performance.
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RISBANE: Australian skipper Michael Clarke insists there is no animosity with England despite the final day of the first Test turning nasty with tailender James Anderson told to expect a broken arm. The home team's huge 381-run victory on Sunday was tarnished by constant sledging as frustrations boiled over, culminating in Clarke being caught by a stump microphone telling Anderson to "get ready for a broken fucking arm". England skipper Alastair Cook was also upset at David Warner calling England frightened, while singling out batsman Jonathan Trott as "weak". Cook slammed the remarks as "disrespectful". The media lapped up the tense war of words with the Sydney Daily Telegraph screaming on its front page: "Poms Mitch-slapped as rampant Aussies bring back the sledge," referring to fast bowler Mitch Johnson tearing through the England innings. The usually mildmannered Clarke also wagged his finger in a close-up confrontation with Anderson, one of England's worst sledgers, with the umpires needing to step in to cool tempers. But the skipper said it was simply his competitive nature and had nothing to do with Australian bitterness over England's 3-0 Ashes win sealed in August. Instead, it showed Australia were up for the fight. "I think it is because both teams want to win so badly," Clarke said. "I respect that there is a line and both teams shouldn't overstep that line. I think the rivalry and the banter on the field, it is give and take both ways. It is not one team dictating the other. It is about when you have momentum, run with it for as long as you possibly can. And when you don't, fight your backside off to try and get it back. In this Test match, we have grabbed the moment and tried to run with it for as long as possible." Warner said Australia had taken the verbal fight to England to unsettle them. "I made those comments for a reason," he told reporters at Brisbane airport. Look, yesterday, the
PUJARA, KOHLI RETAIN POSITIONS IN ICC TEST RANKINGS
DUBAI: Cheteshwar Pujara retained his sixth position to be the highestplaced Indian batsman, while Virat Kohli maintained his 20th spot in the in the latest ICC Test rankings issued. They are the only two Indian batsmen to figure in the table, which is headed by South Africa's AB de Villiers. England captain Alastair Cook made a comeback to the top 10 after he moved up a place to be at 10th. Australia's David Warner, broke into the top 20 for the first time in his career as he has jumped 18 places to the 17th spot following his knock of 124 in the second innings of the Brisbane Test against England.
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IN BRIEF Anand to remain brand ambassador of NIIT
NEW DELHI: His failure to defend the world title notwithstanding, Indian chess legend Viswanathan Anand will continue to be the brand ambassador of premier IT education institute NIIT. Anand, a five-time world champion, lost the crown to Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen last week in the match conducted in his home city of Chennai. The setback triggered speculation that Anand would be dropped as brand ambassador of NIIT, a brand he has promoted for quite a few years. But NIIT Chairman Rajendra S Pawar said the iconic Grandmaster would remain on board. "We salute Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, for placing India prominently on the world chess map. A true sporting legend and a national hero, Anand continues to inspire young Indians to embrace the game of chess," he said in a statement.
Rangdajied United signs N Korean striker
Michael Clarke and James Anderson exchanging words during the first test. bounce and pace got to them again. It is Ashes cricket. Probably went a little bit too far with the comments, but it's cricket and now it's in the back of their mind." The defeat at the Gabba in Brisbane was one of the heaviest-ever in the Ashes for England with the tourists crumbling under the searing pace of Johnson to be all out for 179 late
on the fourth day. They were skittled for 136 in the first innings.With four more Tests to play, Australian selectors will stick with the same squad for the next clash in Adelaide starting on December 5, with Johnson vowing to keep bowling his fearsome short-pitched deliveries. "I think you can get inside a batsman's head," he said. "I'll keep
Clarke fined for sledging Anderson
DUBAI: Australia captain Michael Clarke has been fined 20 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Ashesh Test against England in Brisbane. Clarke was found to have breached Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct which relates to "using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match". The incident happened when Clarke made inappropriate gestures and
directed an obscenity towards England's James Anderson, which was picked up by the stump microphone. The charge was brought by umpire Kumar Dharmasena and third umpire Marais Erasmus. On Monday morning, Clarke admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. As such, there was no need for a formal hearing.
doing it. It's working." The fragility of England's batting will be a concern for Cook with just a two-day game in the searing heat of Alice Springs against a Chairman's XI to get it right ahead of the second Test.
TROTT OUT OF ASHES TOUR WITH STRESS ILLNESS England's Jonathan Trott has left the Ashes tour of Australia with a "stress-related illness", officials said Monday, after he was targeted during their huge defeat in a spiteful first Test. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Trott, 32, would take an indefinite break from cricket and would not be returning to the five-Test tour. "Jonathan Trott has returned from England's current tour of Australia with a stress-related illness," an ECB tweet said. "Trott will take a break from cricket for the foreseeable future and will take no further part in the tour... Trott's return to cricket will be determined in due course."
HC reserves order on PIL challenging Bharat Ratna to Sachin L
UCKNOW: Allahabad High Court reserved its decision on a petition challenging the awarding of Bharat Ratna to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. After hearing the PIL filed by IPS officer Amitabh Thakur and social activist Nutan Thakur, the Lucknow bench comprising Justices Imtiyaz Murtaza and DK Upadhyay reserved the order. The plea said Bharat Ratna being the country's highest civilian honour, must be given after utmost scrutiny. Terming cricket as a "tamasha" (theatrics) which was taking the nation backwards, they claimed that conferring Sachin with the award is bound to give a message
of "inaction and laxity". They demanded that the award be given to other world-class sportsmen like Vishwanathan Anand, Milkha Singh or Geet Sethi, who gave better results in much more competitive sports than cricket. Challenging the current method of awarding Bharat Ratna where the Prime Minister solely recommends names, they said it was completely against the concept of transparency and inclusiveness. They sought setting up of a committee for these awards which would bestow Bharat Ratna to all truly great Indians including Ashoka, Akbar, Kalidas, Kabeer, Kamban.
SHILLONG: Bottom-placed Rangdajied United have signed North Korean international Kim Song-Yong on a one-year contract to change their fortunes in the ongoing I-league season. Song-Yong joined Rangdajied United FC from Thai Division 1 team, Nakhon Ratchasima Football Club. The 26-year-old striker has represented North Korea at the U-23 and senior national team levels, besides having the experience of playing in the J League with Kyoto Sanga FC. "I am very happy and excited to finally have arrived in India. I look forward to repaying the faith showed in me by the Rangdajied United FC management. So my main focus will be to play well for the team, and have a successful season with Rangdajied United Football Club," Song-Yong said.
Sania to continue partnership with Horia Tecau at Oz Open
NEW DELHI: In her quest to win a third Grand Slam title, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza will continue to partner Romanian Horia Tecau in the mixed doubles until at least next season's first Grand Slam -- the Australian Open. Sania and Tecau had joined forces this season for the Wimbledon championship, where they made quarterfinals and also played together at the US Open, making the third round. Sania confirmed that she will play with Tecau, world number 23 in doubles, at the Australian Open. "We had committed to play three tournaments, so we are playing the Australian Open together," Sania said.
Salgaocar ready for Bengaluru FC Challenge
MAPUSA, GOA: Salgaocar SC will be looking to extend their lead at the top when they face Bengaluru FC tomorrow in the Airtel ILeague match at Duler Stadium here. Both the teams have drawn their last matches, with Salgaocar maintaining the top position in the table with 18 points from nine matches, one point above Pune FC who drew against them in their last match. Bengaluru FC played a goalless draw against Sporting Clube de Goa and are placed third with 15 points from nine matches.
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