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The deceased bar girl and the bar in which she worked (inset)
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day after a 26-year-old bar girl died during a police raid in Borivali-based bar, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Social Service Branch) of the Mumbai Police has refuted allegations by the owner of the bar that the girl died as a result of manhandling by the officers of
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Lawyer exposes violations in Asaram Bapu case probe
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Lawyer demands cancellation of the summons to controversial guru and action against the police officer who violated the law
By Philip Varghese
He never bothers about the depreciation of the rupee! He earns in the US dollar and spends in the Indian rupee
OPINIONS Should the state government give subsidies/royalties to clay idol makers? Neha Shinde PR Executive No, already they have been charging huge amounts for idols, so there is no need for such concessions. Hardik Tanna Interior designer Yes, subsidies and royalties for the traditional clay idol makers might bring down the hiked rates of Ganesha idols. Shreedhar Chavan Businessman Yes, only if the state govt approves such concessions, then it would automatically cut down the steep prices of Ganesha idols. Abha Dhole Law student Yes, making of traditional clay idols and designing them is a costly and laborious task and only subsidies and royalties could be a big relief to them. Abhijit Bhurte Artist Yes, it will lessen the burden for both — the idol makers and the buyers — if the state government okays certain sops for the traditional artists. Readers wishing to participate in ‘Opinions’ may send us their name, day-time telephone number with a passport-size photograph to letters@afternoondc.in Your Subject line must be: opinion
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ven as controversial guru Asaram Bapu tries to evade arrest in the case where he is being accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and denied charges saying she was like his daughter, Abha Singh, Mumbaibased lawyer and social activist, has sent a notice to the Commissioner of Police, Jodhpur on alleged violations of law in the investigation in this case. Notices have also been issued to the manager of Chhindwara Gurukul in Madhya Pradesh, the hostel warden and the main caretaker, who was present at Manai ashram in Jodhpur with him on August 15, when the alleged sexual assault took place. According to the letter written by Abha Singh, “In reference to the Asaram Bapu case, this is to inform you that major violation of laws has taken place on the investigation which is being watched by the entire nation. Under the provisions of Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the person who is ‘above the age of sixty-five years’ cannot be issued summons under Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Notwithstanding this legal provision law was violated and summons were issued. Besides, no summon can be issued to any person who stays beyond the jurisdiction of the local or neighbouring Police Station. This is thus violation of law. It seems, this could have been done so as to give time to Asaram where he could manipulate/ destroy evidence and influence witnesses. Asaram was treated as a witness at a time when he was an accused. There is no provision under the law to summon an accused. Only a witness is issued summons. The only provision is to arrest him. This was not done by you for obvious reasons. Had the accused been arrested well in time,
Abha Singh, city-based lawyer and social activist.
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a lot of critical evidence would have surfaced based on custodial interrogation and the police would have got advantage of section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act, whereby he could have come out with important evidence. This also gave time for the accused to evade arrest and the police did not even keep a watch over his movements.”
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Alleging that no raids were conducted on Asaram Bapu’s premises, letter further added, “In every such case where allegation of rape is there, the police raids various premises of the accused before the offence gets known to public. This is necessary for collecting forensic evidence and also to collect further evidence. It does not seem that the
raids have been conducted in various ashrams to collect evidence. This has given chance to the accused to manipulate evidence. Had the raids been conducted right in the beginning, under the provisions of section 165 or 93 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, before the accused would get a whiff of it, invaluable evidence would have got collected. It is seen the even though Asaram whereabouts are not known and it is clear that he is evading arrest yet he has not been declared as a proclaimed offender under the provisions of Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. As per Section 73 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, a Magistrate of the First Class can issue warrant against a person who is evading arrest. It seems that no such application has been moved to get arrest warrant issued. Section 83 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 provides for the attachment of properties of an absconding accused. Despite the fact that more than 10 days have elapsed, yet no step has been taken to seek the attachment of properties of Asaram.” Based on these facts, Singh has demanded, “That the summons issued to Asaram be cancelled and action be taken against the police officer who violated the law and issued illegal summons. An application should be made to get Asaram declared as a proclaimed offender under the provisions of Section 41 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Another application should be made to the Magistrate to get arrest warrant issued under the provisions of Section 73 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Immediate action should be taken to get the properties of Asaram Bapu attached in terms of Section 83 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.” philip.varghese@afternoondc.in
3 gangsters arrested for threatening MLA’s brother By Neel Shah
Rahane and Kiran P. Dhanawade were known for working with the umbai’s Crime Branch last D-gang faction and at the instrucweek arrested three gangsters tions of the D-gang they have carfor threatening and demanding ex- ried a few shootout in the city, tortion from legislator Mangesh informed a Crime Branch official. Sangle’s brother Arvind. According to Venkat Patil, senior inInterestingly, the arrests brought spector of Unit-VII, the duo were into fore the shifting of loyalties by carcerated at Arthur Road jail and gang members, as two among the came in contact with Vinod D. Ghogle, three arrested accused belonged to who is associated with Pillai faction. gangster-turned-terrorist Dawood During incarceration, Rahane Ibrahim’s faction, who now works and Dhanawade informed Ghogle for Kumar Pillai’s faction. that they would be working for PilThe arrested accused Ramdas P. lai, said API Anil Dhole adding that
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Ghogle passed on the message to Pillai through the latter’s associates, who used to visit Ghogle during his court hearings. In February, Dhanawade came out on bail and used to meet Rahane and Ghogle during their court hearings. Earlier this month, Ghogle instructed Dhanawade to threaten Arvind for extortion. “On August 18, at around 10 a.m., Dhanawade barged into Arvind’s house at Vikhroli and made the latter talk with Pillai on mobile phone,” said PI Sanjay Surve. Pillai demanded
an extortion of Rs.75 lakh from Arvind and threatened to kill him if the ransom was not paid. Sleuths from Unit VII scrutinized a year’s record of the notorious criminals and gangsters, who were on bail. After going through the records, police zeroed in on Dhanawade, whose face was matching with the sketch made by the police. After Dhanawade’s arrest, police were able to successfully nab Rahane and Ghogle, who are cooling their heels inside Arthur Road prison. neel.shah@afternoondc.in
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Chavan admits mood on economic front is somber
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The ‘bhoomipujan’ ceremony for the VAG Metro One line was held in June 2006.
Replying to queries over the fate of MTHL, the Chief Minister stated that investors began pulling out of the project because of the rising costs, devaluation of the rupee and high interest rates
first metro line demanding a threefold increase in fares even before the project is to officially roll out, he remarked, “The state was exploring if the government should take over the project. There presently are two options before us – either we take over the project because of breach of contract or we go for arbitration. At present I am just thinking aloud. The government has not taken any decision on it as yet”. When asked to comment on the By Prashant Hamine Chief Minister’s remarks, RInfra ofarely days after alluding that ficials simply declined to make any difficult times lay ahead, Chief comment. The ‘bhoomipujan’ cereMinister Prithviraj Chavan on mony for the VAG metro one line Saturday admitted that the mood was held in June 2006, while the acon the economic front was somber. tual construction began in February The economic slowdown has had its 2008. The initial project cost was effect on the investors pulling out of Rs.2,356 crore which has now shot the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link up to Rs.4,291 crore. The initial fares (MTHL) project. Add to this, the were pegged at Rs.6 for the first government is all set for a show- three kilometer, Rs.8 for three to down with Reliance Infra (RInfra) eight kilometers and Rs.10 for 10 over tariff rates of the Versova-And- kms and beyond. The MMOPL now wants to hike heri-Ghatkopar (VAG) Metro One line with Chavan hinting at the pos- the fares in the range of Rs.28 to sibility of the government taking it Rs.30 for eight kilometers and beover. If that is not enough, the gov- yond. Chavan said that the governernment appears to be all set to ment was seeking an opinion of the scrap the Charkop-Bandra- Advocate General of India on Mankhurd (CBM) Metro Two line whether the fare hike could be alfor want of car depot space. He, lowed under the contract. The comhowever, maintained that the state pany on the other hand had argued fiscal position in terms of debt to in favour of the fare hike on grounds Gross Domestic Produce (GDP) was of addition of extra coaches, depreciation of the Rupee, changes in dequite comfortable. Commenting on the RInfra-led sign, delays in getting the right of Mumbai Metro One Pvt. Ltd. VAG way and other issues. With both
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t had always been a tradition followed by the colleges to felicitate their teachers and professors for their teaching performances and results of the students; the non-teaching staffers, gardeners, watchmen, canteen boys were always the backstage workers for these felicitation programs. But now onwards, these backstage workers will also be honoured by the colleges concerned. Every college, at an average has around 75-100 nonteaching staffers—clerks, peons, watchmen, housekeeping staff, gardeners, carpenters and also the canteen waiters and caterers. During the whole year, these staffers just have to follow their routine work and are always a part of any function of the college. The Mumbai University (MU) carries out a felicitation program for its non-teaching staffers but it is the first time that the city colleges have stepped ahead for such an appreciation program. Talking to a student, Karan Sen, a student from KES Shroff College, Kandivli, says:
Metro and Mono Rails missing their deadline, Chavan shied away from setting another deadline for completion of the two projects. Commenting on the UPA flagship Food Security programme, the Chief Minister stated that the government, in order to implement the scheme in urban areas, will have to eliminate 30 lakh ration cards from the purview of the scheme. In an interaction with newspersons here, Chavan also red flagged the much touted Land Reforms legislation. In a strongly worded letter to the Union Rural Development Ministry, he said that the government had apprised the centre that land issue was a state subject and that it had no
central funding. Chavan stated that instead of the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model for major infrastructure projects like Metro Railway, the government was now contemplating resorting to the Engineering Procurement Contract (EPC) model to complete infrastructure projects. On the stalemate over MTHL, he said that it does appear that the country is not ready for such big ticket projects or that the country is not mature enough to execute such projects. Replying to queries about CBM Metro Two line, he argued that the government might as well have to scrap the project for want of regulatory clearances wherein the government had to provide land for car right to interfere in it and limit the depots in mangrove areas. A someland holding size. He ruled out the what similar fate awaits the Worlipossibility of the state reducing the Haji Ali Sea Link project where the government has not been able to ceiling on agriculture land. Replying to queries over the fate fulfill its commitment to provide of MTHL, he stated that investors land for the company. About the Churchgate-Virar elebegan pulling out of the project because of the rising costs, devalua- vated corridor of the railways, Chation of the Rupee, high interest rates van stated that the railways has so and that the investors had to rope in far not disclosed how much Floor foreign partners. Another doubt Space Index (FSI) they would rethat the investors had expressed quire at each of the suburban stawas over the volume of traffic tions. On the issue of starting Water against the backdrop of the pro- Transport project along the Mumposed Navi Mumbai International bai coastline, he said that the MaAirport. He wanted the Centre to harashtra State Road Development open a new window in the JN- Corporation (MSRDC) is yet to subNURM whereby such big ticket mit a cabinet note on the same for projects for mega cities could get seeking approval to implement it.
Dignity of labour!
Azad Shrivastav | ADC
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For the first time ever, colleges will felicitate nonteaching staffers like house-keeping personnel, watchman and gardener in appreciation of the duties diligently performed by them
Even the canteen boys in colleges will be felicitated along with the other non-teaching staff. “The non-teaching staffers are the people who have always been working besides the teachers. We get knowledge from the teachers and a homely atmosphere due to the non-teaching staff. They sweep, clean, they search our files and provide food and security but are never appreciated for the work they do, so we students and college authorities have begun this trend to felicitate them.” It has also been noticed
that students have willing stepped forward to contribute for this event and manage the event from the contributed expenses. When the ADC, spoke to Dr Lily Bhushan, Principal, K.E.S. Shroff College, the first college to initiate this type of event, he said: “The nonteaching staffers due to their work have to opt out from being on stage or have a function specially for them. They are the backbone of an institution as they maintain the college and take care of it lovingly and perform their duties well. It is their right to be appreciated for the work they do and their appreciation and work should be known by the whole college. Keeping in mind and following the thought of ‘Dignity is labour’, we have started this appreciation program for the nonteaching staffers”.
Ganesh Chavan, a Ganesh idol artist at the Makba Chawl Ganeshostav Mandal is busy preparing an idol of Lord Ganesha made of cereals, rice, wheat and other items on Sunday, mocking the state government over the rising food prices.
04 THANKSGIVING May the Sacred Heart of Jesus be adored glorified loved and preserved throughout the world now and forever Sacred Heart of Jesus thy kingdom come St. Jude helper of the hopeless pray for us. St. Jude worker of miracles pray for us. Amen. C-14759
CHANGE OF NAME
I have changed my name from Cyrus Dharmendra Mistry to Cyruss Minoo Pardiwalla Vide Maharashtra Gazette No. X-1493 dated 3rd April, 2003. C-14876 I, Mr. Shafiuddin Zahiruddin, have changed my name to Mr. Shafiuddin Zahiruddin Shaikh Vide Deed Poll Affidavit dated 15th June, 2013. C-14877 I, Kapil Dilip Dadlani, have changed my name to Kappil Dilip Dadlani Vide Maharashtra Government Gazette Number (X-85371) dated February 24March 2, 2011. C-14878 I, Nasima Bi D/o. Shaikh Babu, have changed my name to Naseem Banu W/o Abdul Hamid Shaikh Vide Deed Poll Affidavit dated 31 August, 2013. C-14879 I, Padma Narsingrao Neela, have changed my name to Padmawati Narsingrao Neela as per Affidavit dt. 30-08-2013. C-14880 I have changed my name from Dhiraj Harji Patel to Dhiraj Harji Vaviya as per Affidavit dated 28-08-2013. Ornate C-14881 I have changed my name from Harji Bhai Raja Patel to Harji Raja Vaviya as per Affidavit dated 28-08-2013. Ornate C-14882
CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Amit Kumar Dutta, to ‘Amit Kumar Datta’ as per Affidavit Dated: 29/08/2013. C-14888 I have changed my name from Debjani Amit Dutta, to ‘Debjani Amit Datta’ as per Affidavit Dated: 29/08/2013. C-14889 We, Amit Kumar Datta and Debjani Amit Datta, as parents of minor child, have changed his name from Amritaksha Dutta Alias Abhirup Dutta to ‘Abhirup Amit Datta’, as per Deed poll Sworn Affidavit Dated: 29/08/2013. C-14890 I have changed my name from Dilipkumar Chimanlal Sanghvi to Dilip Chimanlal Sanghvi as per Affidavit dated 29/08/2013. C-14891
We Mr. Ramesh Nadar & Mrs. Kalyani Ramesh Nadar have changed our minor son’s name from Durai Ramesh Karthik to Karthik Ramesh Nadar as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No X-149 dated: 13/06/13. C-14902 We Mr. Ramesh Nadar & Mrs. Kalyani Ramesh Nadar have changed our minor daughter’s name from Adarshini B. Ramesh to Adarshini Ramesh Nadar as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No X-150 dated: 13/06/13. C-14903 I Kalyani Paramshivam Nadar have changed my name to Kalyani Ramesh Nadar as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No X-151 dated: 13/06/13. C-14904
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MUMBAI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 I have changed my name from Mubina Mansur Baldiwala to Mubaraka Mustansir Sabuwala as per deed poll Affidavit. C-14916 I have changed my name from Mehrajuddin Islamuddin to Merajuddin Islamuddin Shaikh as per Affidavit Dt: 31/08/2013. C-14917 I have changed my name from Zakir Husain Saifuddin Electricwala to Abbas Saifuddin Kothari as per Affidavit Dt: 31/08/2013. C-14918 I have changed my name from Pawankumar Dhiman to Pawan Dhiman as per Affidavit dated 31st August 2013. C-14919 I have changed my name from Hemantkumar Babulal Shah to Hemant Babulal Shah as per Affidavit dated 31st August 2013. C-14920
I have changed my name from Mayfujulah Mammoodooan Farooqui to Mehfuz Mehmood Farooqui as per Gazette No. (X13583). C-14892
I, Ajit Kumar Gupta have changed my name to Ajit Gupta as per Affidavit dated 30th August, 2013. C-14905
I Diptiben Shailesh Desai have changed my name to Dipti Shailesh Desai as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 31/08/13. C-14893
I have changed my name from Sandeepbhai Vitthalbhai Kadam to Sandeep Vitthal Kadam as per Affidavit dated: 31.08.2013. C-14906
I Subramani S. Shetty have changed my name to Subramaniam Shetty as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 31/08/13. C-14894
I have changed my name from Jitubhai Karsanbhai Katariya to Jitu Karsan Katariya as per Affidavit dated: 31.08.2013. C-14907
I have changed my name from Anita Shanker Kasargod Pandit to Anita Shivashanker Pandith as per Affidavit dated 07th August 2013. C-14922
I have changed my name from Asifa Ghalib Shaikh to Ashifa Galib Sharif as per Affidavit dated: 27.08.2013. C-14908
I have changed my name from Ravishankar Dhanji to Ravishankar Dhanji Thakur as per Affidavit. C-14923
I have changed my name from Safeena Begum Ikram Ahmed Shaikh to Safina Ikram Ahmed Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.31/08/2013. C-14909
I have changed my name from Pinky Suresh Karekar to Bhavika Bhupesh Sankhe as per Affidavit. C-14924
I Falguniben Chetan Badiyani have changed my name to Falguni Chetan Badiyani as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 31/08/13. C-14895 I Chetanbhai Mohanlal Badiyani have changed my name to Chetan Mohanlal Badiyani as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 31/08/13. C-14896
I have changed my name from Harji Raja Patel to Harji Raja Vaviya as per Affidavit dated 28-08-2013. Ornate C-14883
I Mr. Antony Saverian have changed my name to Mr. Antony Saverian Fernando as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 30/08/13. C-14897
I have changed my name from Tejiben Harji Patel to Tejiben Harji Vaviya as per Affidavit dated 28-08-2013. Ornate C-14884
I Jyoti Kamlesh Dawda have changed my name to Jyoti Kamlesh Davda as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 30/08/13. C-14898
I have changed my name from Janak Harji Patel to Janak Harji Vaviya as per Affidavit dated 28-08-2013. Ornate C-14885
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I Paurvi Manish Desai have changed my name to Pourvi Manish Desai as per deed poll Affidavit dated: 29/08/13. C-14899
I have changed my name from Mahek Shyam Sharma to Mahek Shyamkumar Sharma as per Affidavit dated 30-082013. C-14886
I Kumar Ravi Gupta have changed my name to Kumar Ravi Agarwal as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No U-59143 dated: 07/03/13. C-14900
I have changed my name from Rajendra Pravinbhai Kutchi, to ‘Rajendra Pravinbhai Dharamshi’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-24589) Dated: 01/08/2013. C-14887
I Abdur Rahim Mod Hussain Shaikh have changed my name to Zoheb Mod Hussain Shaikh as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No X96814 dated: 02/02/12. C-14901
I have changed my name from Yasmin Bano Mehmood Ahmed Shaikh to Yasmin Mehmood Ahmed Shaikh as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd. 31/08/2013. C-14910 I have changed my name from Pathan Firoj Khan Bishu Khan to Pathan Firoz Khan Bishu Khan as per deed poll Affidavit Dtd.31/08/2013. C-14911
I have changed my name from Mayankkumar Mewada to Mayank Mewada as per Affidavit dated 28th August 2013. C-14921
I have changed my name from Hitenkumar Tated to Hinendra Bhawarlal Jain as per Affidavit. C-14925 I have changed my name from Diptiben Hitenkumar Tated to Dipti Hinendra Jain as per Affidavit. C-14926
I have changed my name from Akbar Ali Abdul Jabbar to Akbar Ali Abdul Jabbar Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14912
We Mr. Hinendra Bhawarlal Jain & Mrs. Dipti Hinendra Jain have changed our child’s name from Kashish Hitenkumar Tated to Naitik Hinendra Jain as per Affidavit. C-14927
I have changed my name from Abdul Gafoor Mohd. Qasim to Abdul Gafoor Mohammed Qasim Gadhwal as per Affidavit. C-14913
I have changed my name from Chandrakant Kamanna Koli to Chandrakant Kamanna Mudkan as per Affidavit. C-14928
I have changed my name from Abdul Kadar Husain Shaikh to Kadar Husain Shaikh as per Maharashtra Gazette No. (U41672). C-14914
I have changed my name from Bhagamma Chandrakant Koli to Bhagamma Chandrakant Mudkan as per Affidavit. C-14929
I have changed my name from Maleka Kadar Shaikh to Malika Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14915
I have changed my name from Shaadap Mahaboob Basha to Sadab Mehboob Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14930
I have changed my name from Mahaboob Basha to Mahboob Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14931
I, have changed my name from Peter Joyson Dsouza to Peter John Dsouza as per Affidavit. C-14947
I have changed my name from Siddiqui Riyasat to Siddiqui Riyasat Ali as per Affidavit. C-14932
I, have changed my name from Rashida Bi Mohammed Maqsood Khan to Rashida Mohamed Maqsood Khan as per Affidavit. C-14948
I have changed my name from Shaikh Zayanabbi Makbul to Shaikh Zaynabbi Makbul as per Affidavit. C-14933
I, have changed my name from Manju Kaumari & Manju Kumari to Rumana Mehfooz Khan as per Affidavit. C-14949
I have changed my name from Bali Mohammad Shaikh & Vali Mohammad Shaikh to Wali Mohammad Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14934
I, have changed my name from Pankaj Atul Dighe to Ali Mohammad as per Affidavit. C-14950
I have changed my name from Marcelino Fernandes to Marshal Fernandes as per Affidavit. C-14935
I, have changed my name from Razzak Ali Mujar Shaikh to Rajjakali Mujar Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14951
I have changed my name from Clinton Peter Fernandes to Clinton Fernandes as per Affidavit. C-14936
I, have changed my name from Meena Razzakali Shaikh to Mina Rajjakali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14952
I have changed my name from Sheela Itru Lobo to Christina Benny Rodrigues as per Affidavit. C-14937
I, have changed my name from Fayaz Khan to Faiyaz Ilyas Khan as per Affidavit. C-14953
I, Wahid Nasrullah Khan changed my minor son’s name from Aamir Vahid Khan to Aamir Wahid Khan as per Affidavit. C-14938 I, have changed my name from Vahid Nasrulla Khan to Wahid Nasrullah Khan as per Affidavit. C-14939 I have changed my name from Nazma Vahid Khan to Nazma Parveen Wahid Khan as per Affidavit. C-14940 I, Wahid Nasrullah Khan changed my minor Daughter’s name from Aman Nazreen Vahid Khan to Aman Nazreen Wahid Khan as per Affidavit. C-14941 I, have changed my name from Vahid Nasrullah Khan to Wahid Nasrullah Khan as per Affidavit. C-14942 I, have changed my name from Parveen Vahid Khan to Nazma Parveen Wahid Khan as per Affidavit. C-14943 I, have changed my name from Wahid Khan Nasrulla Khan to Wahid Nasrullah Khan as per Affidavit. C-14944 I, have changed my name from Nazma Parvin Akil Ahemad to Nazma Parveen Wahid Khan as per Affidavit. C-14945 I, have changed my name from Muthuswamy Krishnamma Nirmalade to Muthuswamy Krishnamma Nirmala Devi as per Affidavit. C-14946
I, have changed my name from Juze Jarsen Lobo to Joel Lobo as per Affidavit. C-14954 I, have changed my name from Marina Silvia Pereira to Marina Doltan Pereira as per affidavit. C-14955 I, have changed my name from Berikky Ramesha Korgappa Shetty to Ramesh Korgappa Shetty as per Affidavit. C-14956 I have changed my name from Mr. Ritesh Ashok Kumar to Mr. Ritesh Ashok Kumar Jain as per Affidavit. C-14957 I have changed my name from Damodarbhai Bhikha Waghela to Damodar Bhikha Waghela as per Affidavit. C-14958 I have changed my name from Ashish Balchand Shah to Aashish Balchand Baldota as per Affidavit. C-14959 I have changed my name from Balchand Mulchand Shah to Balchand Mulchand Baldota as per Affidavit. C-14960 I have changed my name from Yasmeen Mumtaz Ali to Aasmina Bano Mumtaz Ali as per Affidavit. C-14961 I have changed my name from Akash Bajirao Badave to Akash Bajirao Badve as per Affidavit. C-14962 I have changed my name from Asha Ananta Farde to Anita Ananta Farde as per Affidavit. C-14963
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That Sinking Feeling IF the politicians and political parties are hoping that the 2014 Lok Sabha elections would be fought on communal issues and issues like anti-superstition, they could be grossly underestimating the public sentiments. With the economy almost in a tail spin, the issue that is upper most in the minds of the public, especially the youth that constitutes major chunk of the electorate is -- jobs, pay cuts, rising interest rates, fuel price rise, inflation and possibility of they getting the
there is this prospect of the second corridor of Metro being scrapped. Chavan blames it all on the peculiar demographics and geography of Mumbai where executing infrastructure projects is difficult. If the nation’s economy is on a slowdown, how can the state claim that its economy is on a comfortable footing. The onion crisis had almost brought us to tears literally. The MERC has approved power tariff hike for the BEST in Mumbai City district, and Reliance Infra is already asking for a tariff hike for the first Metro corridor between Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar. Going by the official data of rainfall and dam water storage levels, the situation appears to be grim yet again in the eight districts of Marathwada. Chavan does admit there is payment crisis in the cooperative sugar industry in the state, notwithstanding a good harvest in the agriculture sector.
He was blunt when he said that the government would have to eliminate 30 lakh ration cards in urban areas from its purview just to ensure its effective implementation in the state. Chavan has his task cut out over plugging the leaky public distribution system and raising resources for storage and transport of foodgrains. His ruling alliance partner the NCP has already red flagged the Food Security programme over the counter effects that increased minimum support prices for foodPrithviraj Chavan LIKE the BMC had debated grains might have on the the Hungarian uprising of agriculture sector with farmpink slips (job cuts). 1956 in the civic body here, ers taking to cash crops in the Like Barack Obama talk- the Congress-NCP led ruling hope of making money. Land Acquisition is aning jobs, Chief Minister alliance in Maharashtra dePrithviraj Chavan too is now bated the Food Security Ordi- other issue that Chavan himtalking of jobs in an election nance in the just concluded self appears to have voiced year. More than the Centre monsoon session of the state his concern over despite it talking of economic slow- legislature, even before the being another flagship legisdown, he too has expressed Parliament had debated and lation of the UPA-II. The reaconcern over the state of the passed it last week. With son for his dissent on cap on economy. The state too has much obvious discomfort the land ceiling is borne from now begun to feel the effects ruling Congress appears to the fact that some of the of the Rupee depreciation have no choice but to imple- large agricultural land holdand slowdown with investors ment the flagship programme ings are in Western Mahapulling out of the big ticket of UPA-II. That discomfort rashtra districts which are Mumbai Trans Harbour Link was not lost on anyone when mostly owned by politicians (MTHL) project citing the Chief Minister Prithviraj Cha- especially from the Consame reasons. The first corri- van termed its implementa- gress-NCP. Besides this the dor of the Metro and Mono tion by December this year as land holdings are more fragmented with progressive Rails are already delayed and the biggest challenge.
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he city will face a major water cut on Tuesday and Wednesday (Sept 3 and 4) as the Hydraulic department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is responsible for the water supply to the city, has planned some connection and upgradation of major pipelines. Officials said, the Upper Vaitarna main at Pogaon need some repair on emergency basis. This work will begin from 10 a.m. on Tuesday and will go on till next day Wednesday morning till 4 a.m. The isolation of main water pipelines will result into ‘No water supply/ cut in water supply’ in the city. The affected areas: The entire Western suburb, from Bandra to Dahisar will face 50
Similarly, G/North and G/South ward which includes Worli, Prabhadevi, Dadar, Matunga and Mahim will face 50 per cent water cut on Tuesday. Some pockets of B and E ward will also face 50 per cent water cut on Tuesday. Where as C ward will not get water on Wednesday. In the Eastern suburbs, N ward — Anandgad Parksite, Golibar Road, Bhatwadi, Parsi wadi; L ward — N.S.S. Road, Khairani Road; S ward — IIT and all the nearby areas, Portion between Railway line and Pipeline, Vikhroli (West) and per cent water cut on Tuesday. Bhandup (West), T ward — Meanwhile in South Mumbai, Mulund Colony, Mulund will A ward which comprises of face water cut on Tuesday. Hydraulic officials have apColaba, Cuffe Parade, Nariman Point, Backbay and Fort pealed to the people to store and D ward which comprises water in advance to meet their of Raj Bhavan, Malabar Hill requirements during the peand Tardeo will not get water riod of water cut and cooperate with the civic body. supply on Tuesday.
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Handis, the height of Ganpati idols or use of DJ music. What is equally disturbing is with unchecked inflow of big money, these festivals have lost their religious tone and source of harassment for ordinary citizens who have to grin and bear it.
SIMHASAN Prashant Hamine | ADC fragmentation of joint families. Moreover, the state is the most urbanised. Land prices in districts like Raigad are already hitting the roof. Implementing the central act in Maharashtra has political and electoral connotations attached to it, notwithstanding the reservations from the industrial sector, is an uphill task.
Horse Trading IT is the one scourge that hangs like heavy air over the September 2 Legislative Council elections. NCP’s Dhananjay Munde is locked in a direct contest with high profile Independent candi-
Unregulated EVERY year, of late, come Dahi Handi it has become a common scene to find young Govindas getting injured, fatally maimed for life or in extreme cases losing their lives. Religious festivals which were given public face to foster national unity during Independence era have over the years turned crassly commercial with safety aspect thrown out of the window. Festivals such as these have now become a political tool for politicians to bolster their electoral chances especially in an election year. There are no regulations in place on voluntary donations, the number of tiers in human pyramids in Dahi Handis, the height of Dahi
Dhananjay Munde date Prithviraj Sambhaji Kakde. But the real fight Dhananjay has is with his estranged uncle BJP MP Gopinath Munde. While the Parliament has made the Rajya Sabha elections to be held by open ballot, it has left it for the states where legislative councils exist to pass legislation to make elections by open ballot. That seems to be highly unlikely as political consensus is hard to achieve. It is this fact that often gives rise to the stink of horse trading in such elections where egos are at stake. The fate of elec-
toral reforms can best be described by the manner in which the Centre has sought to negate the Supreme Court verdict that had debarred convicted legislators from contesting elections even from the jail. It is rather ironic to find our lawmakers cutting across partylines arriving at a consensus on negating the SC verdict.
Home Work FOR late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray one thing that was more dear to his heart was his passion for caricaturing and fine art. He used to turn nostalgic while talking about Walt Disney and David Low whom he held in high esteem. It was little wonder then that he often used to get agitated when people did not get their facts right on these two world famous caricaturists. It so happened during the tenure of the erstwhile regime of Shiv Sena-BJP government, Thackeray launched a fictional spy story book ‘Banya Bapu’ for children penned by his brother Shrikant Thackeray at Sena Bhavan. Replying to queries, he narrated how he was greatly influenced by the works of Walt Disney and David Low. Taking that as the cue a young journalist from the electronic media quickly asked him to single out any one upcoming cartoonist whose work he felt closely resembled to David Low’s. Expectedly, in a stern voice the Sena chief shot back “my dear have you ever seen David Low or his works?” That was enough to silence the young journalist for good who obviously had no clue as to who David Low was.
MMRDA flats for people living in ‘rickety’ buildings Around 1,900 units in Mira Road, Kashimira will be used as transit accommodation; 350 flats to be allotted on rent in first phase By Suresh Golani
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Pawar, apprising the need of transit settlements. The residents will be allowed to stay eople forced to risk their in these flats till their original lives by staying in rickety buildings are redeveloped or structures or having been till they find other accommoevacuated out of such strucdations. Under the RHS, tures in Mira-Bhayandar, might soon be able to live in utilise the flats ad-measuring around 3,800 units in nine flats built by the Mumbai 160 sq ft, as transit settle- major projects located in Metropolitan Region Devel- ments for people belonging Mira Road and Kashimira will opment Authority . The State to dilapidated structures in be made available by private construction companies to Govt of Maharashtra has the twin-city. “We will table a draft pro- MHADA in the coming years. given its nod to the proposal mooted by Mira-Bhayandar posal before the general body However, 750 units are on the Municipal Corporation so as to decide the disburse- verge of completion out of (MBMC) for transit accom- ment criteria and monthly which the possession of 350 modation under the rent of the flats, the proceeds units is expected within two MMRDA’s ambitious Rental of which will be used for months. While 69 buildings Housing Scheme (RHS). The maintaining the buildings”, are already listed as dangergovernment authorities will confirmed municipal com- ous by the MBMC, around now lease out 50 per cent of missioner Suresh Kakani. A 700 out of the 1267- pre 1995 the rental units to the MBMC delegation led by NCP legis- structures in the twin-city are at a price of Re.1 per square lator Gilbert Mendonca and under the scanner and have meter for a period of thirty Mayor Catlin Pereira had re- been mandated to carry out years. The MBMC in turn will cently met Deputy CM Ajit structural audits.
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I have changed my name from Gulfaraz Ahmed Noorul Hasan Chaudhary to Gulfaraz Ahmed Noorul Hasan Choudhary as per Affidavit dated 31.08.13. C-14997
I have changed my name from Shaikh Mohammed Salim Mohammed Qasam to Salim Mohammed Qasim Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-14981
I have changed my name from Gulam Mustafa Raza Noorul Hasan Choudhari to Gulam Mustafa Raza Noorul Hasan Choudhary as per Affidavit dated 31.08.13. C-14998
I have changed my name from Atik alias Shadab Salim Sayyad to Shadab Salim Sayyed as per Affidavit. C-14982 I have changed my name from Salim Khan to Saleem Khan as per Affidavit. C-14983 I have changed my name from Mhasker Hasan Khan Dayimkhan to Mhaiskar Hasan Khan Dayimkhan as per Affidavit. C-14984 I have changed my name from Mohammed Huzaifa Iqbal Motorwala to Huzaifa Iqbal Motorwala as per Affidavit. C-14985 I have changed my name from Aasiya Khatoon Iqbal Motorwala to Aasiya Iqbal Motorwala as per Affidavit. C-14986 I have changed my name from Umar to Mohammed Umerali Ali Ahmed as per Affidavit. C-14987
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I have changed my name from Bushra Khatoon Samiullah Khan to Bushra Aftab Ahmad Khan as per Affidavit dated 31.08.13. C-15003
I have changed my name from Sushiladevi Lalmani Yadav to Sushila Lalmani Yadav as per Affidavit. C-14989
I have changed my name from Bushra Bano to Bushra Aftab Ahmad Khan as per Affidavit dated 31.08.13. C-15004
I have changed my name from Ramchandra Kachharam Achhran to Ramchand Kachharam Achhra as per Affidavit. C-14990
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Asaram Bapu supporters stage rail roko By Kainaz Choksey
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Extortion bid fails as bullet hits gang member By Suresh Golani
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n extortion attempt went horribly wrong for a gang of armed miscreants, when the kingpin opened fire on a non-relenting businessman, but the bullet instead hit one of his own cronies. According to the police, the matter was reported from Kaman village on the Bhiwandi Road, late on Saturday night. Hazrat Husain Shaikh, a local estate agent and construction material supplier was on his way home in Khardi village near Vasai at about 8 pm when he was accosted by a gang of eight to ten people led by Vikki Bharat Mhatre (28), who allegedly demanded money from him. Irate over his refusal, Mhatre whipped out a country made revolver and opened fired at Shaikh who ducked just in time and the bullet, missing its intended target, hit the right leg of Mhatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own crony identified as Dinesh Bhure (24). Fearing that they might be caught, the terrorised gang members picked up Bhure and vanished from the spot.
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he occasion popularly associated with the Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Health - Velankanni Church at Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu, to celebrate the birthday of Mother Mary, assumes special significance for villagers residing in Uttan – a coastal area near Bhayandar, where the 11-day feast began on August 29, at Mother Velankanni Pilgrimage Shrine, at the majestic shores of Bhatte Bunder. Devotees from all religions and sects flocked the place as festivities took off with a grand candle light procession and flag hoisting ceremony. Matha Mauli, as she is fondly known, is believed to fulfill the wishes of all those who pray with devotion and sincerity. The elaborate religious feast comprises not
Mother Velankanni Pilgrimage shrine at Bhatte Bunder. Statue of Mother Mary with Jesus inside the shrine (R). only of spiritual discourses preaching relevance and teachings of the Bible, but is also a platform for immensely educative speeches on social issues, by speakers including Fr. Francis Mascarenhas, Fr. Peter D’mello, Fr. Barthol Machado, Fr. Francis Correa, Fr, Micheal G. and Fr. Hillary Fernandes. On the inaugural day, Bishop
John Rodrigues delivered a religious sermon. “The number of visitors to the shrine is a testimony to the power of faith; devotees from different faiths come to this church to pray for health and happiness”, states local municipal corporator Sharmilla BagajiGandoli. While the occasion marks sacred spiritual sermons in
Duo steals mobile phones from newly opened shop Robbers enter newly inaugurated mobile shop to decamp with high end mobiles worth over Rs.8 lakh By Zuber Ansari
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wo unidentified men entered a mobile showroom in Bandra and stole high end mobile phones worth over Rs.8 lakh on Saturday. The mobile shop was inaugurated only 15 days ago on Independence Day. The Bandra police have registered a case and suspect the two accused had earlier visited the shop as they were well aware about the structure of the shop. One of the shop officials said, “We have not earned anything yet and are in a big loss now. It is shocking that in the middle of such a busy road and traffic movement, the incident took place”. The shop ‘Hybrid Gadget’,
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The newly inaugurated mobile store which was looted on Saturday. where the robbery took place, is located on Guru Nanak Road near Bandra railway station. The police said that the two accused must have visited the shop several times earlier. The accused even knew of the sirens placed inside several mobiles. On Saturday at around 4.30 am, the two accused, clearly seen in three CCTV cameras, first broke open one lock and pulled up the shutter. One of the accused went straight near the locker and switched off around eight sirens placed on different mobiles phone and then headed to the drawer where the mobiles were kept. The other accused
went straight to the CCTV DVR and cut the connection. All of this happened in a matter of 1.30 minutes. When one of the shop workers arrived at the location in the morning, he found the drawer broken and immediately called the owner, following which the police arrived. The police said, “At least 26 high end Samsung mobiles are stolen including tabs. We have clear pictures of the accused in the CCTV footage and hope to arrest them soon”. We have registered a case under various sections of IPC and investigation is on, investigation officer from Bandra police station revealed. Azad Shrivastav | ADC
Members of the NGO Eco-Echo show an 8.5ft snake -- Indian Rock Python -- rescued from a railway yard between Sewree and Wadala early on Sunday morning. A person claiming to be a government railway official spotted the snake at around 3 am and called the NGO. The Indian Rock Python is a critically endangered species and is commonly found in and around cities. The rescue team comprised of Omkar Deherkar, Jenil Kikani and Shripad Dandekar.
Marathi and English by parish priests from 6 am to 8 pm, the animation of the eleven days including the flag-hoisting day, nine days of the novena and the feast day, is allotted to the various localities. A 9-day novena is held on the occasion and on the concluding day a grand procession of Mother Mary’s statue is taken around the vil-
Nestled in the lap of nature, surrounded by hills and the majestic Arabian Sea, the Mother Velankanni Church is dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health. Popularly known as Bhate Bunder Mathe Velankanni Teerth Mandir, the shrine is also a pilgrim centre, visited by lakhs of devotees belonging to various faiths from around the globe. The church was built by Monsieur Francis Correa who, during his routine visit to Bhate Bunder coast, was inspired to create the church while he stood besides the Cross of Brother Herman – a Revered Missionary who tutored local children of this area more than 150 years ago. To cater to the rising number of visiting devotees, especially during the annual feast, the church was remodeled into a new and modern spacious one in 2000. While the simple yet assertive design of the structure with a panoramic waterfront location makes it an architectural marvel, the extensively decorated background of the altars dedicated to Jesus Christ and Our Lady of Velankanni makes it look stunning. Papal Ambassador to India, Archbishop Pedro López Quintana, during his visit to India, had also sought blessings at this shrine in 2004. lages in a beautifully decorated palanquin. “Although many villagers set off for a pilgrimage tour to Chennai,
this tradition has been constant for over decades now”, says fishing community leader Leo Colasso.
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Marg Police Station said that Shabnam alias Nisha Nasir Khan had died due to an attack. According to PI Sudhir Sankhe, two officers (two women constables and two male constables) had gone to Ellora Bar near Borivali railway station for a routine check at 8.45 pm. They had entered the premises and were checking the documents of the bar when a girl collapsed in front of them. “The 23 women who were working at the bar were
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ACCIDENTAL DEATH OR MURDER? standing in a corner during the raid when one of them collapsed. The police officers saw the woman and rushed to her”, said Sankhe. Sankhe added that the waiters and the police officers picked her up and brought her outside the bar when the waiters fled leaving her there. The officers then took her to a nearby doctor who declared her dead on arrival. He asked the officers to take the body to Bhagwati Hospital. “The officers noticed that the management were accus-
was being taken care of by her cousin sister whom she used to pay. Khan has three siblings and their mother had ing them of the woman's the staff have recorded their been working in the bar since death and demanded CCTV statements stating that the the past four years. While Khan's family has not regisfootage. The owner told the woman collapsed. “The bar owner does not tered any complaint, the officers that they did not have the recordings when we were have a license and also tried owner of Ellora Bar identified called and with the help of a to delete the CCTV record- as Varuna Dinesh Agarwal technician, we retrieved the ings from the hard disc of the has claimed that the police deleted recordings from the camera. However, we re- officers had barged into his server of the CCTV cameras. trieved it from the server. We bar and manhandled his staff The recordings show the en- have registered a case of acci- and the women there. It was tire raid and also the part dental death and are awaiting during this that Khan must where the officers have taken the post-mortem reports have collapsed and suffered the woman out with the help from JJ Hospital”, Sankhe in- an attack. Agarwal has also claimed of the waiters”, Sankhe formed. Khan, a native of Bareli in that the police officers had added. He also said that the other Uttar Pradesh, stayed in Mira robbed the hard disc of his bar women and 21 customers Road. She was divorced and CCTV cameras from his bar present in the bar along with had a 10-year-old son who premises.
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he state government has swung into action after a threat to social crusader Anna Hazare and has directed local police to provide security at Ralegan Siddhi, Hazare’s home town. The government is also likely to take a call on the demand made by Anna’s lawyer to provide him with Zplus security. An anonymous letter has threatened Anna with the same fate as that of rationalist Dr. Narendra Dabholkar if Hazare did not demand imposition of a military rule in India like Egypt. The handwritten letter was sent to Anna’s ‘Bhrashtachar Virodhi Jana Andolan Nyas’ in Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district. The letter said that politicians will not pass the Lokpal Bill even after Anna’s
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ruler will pass the legislation. Anna’s lawyer Milind Pawar has written a letter to the Chief Minister and has asked for Z-plus security to the activist since he will be visiting Canada and Sri Lanka this month. After this threat letter, officials of the Home Department directed the local police to increase the security arrangements in Ralegan Siddhi. It may be recalled that Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Pune on August 20. Recently Dabholkar’s organisation, ‘Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti’ has also received a letter threatening its members to stop their work. Against this backdrop, the government has directed the cops to investigate the threat letter sent to Anna.
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Note : 1. In case, if the tender quoted below more than 5% then the security deposit will have to be paid @10% of Estimated Cost put to tender. 2. The general condition of contract in repair works has been modified. The intending bidders are request to go through all conditions of chapter IV of the tender Documents very carefully, in particular general condition Nos. 23, 24 & 25, prior to submission of the sealed tenders, in which the successful bidder is required to pay additional security deposits for the full guarantee period along with the guarantee bond as stated in respective conditions. Once sealed bids are received, it is presumed that the intending bidder has read carefully all the general conditions, seen the building to be repaired himself, assessed the condition of the salvage and accordingly has quoted his percentage. 3. Blank tender form shall be issued only on production of original or photostat copies (duly attested) of latest valid registration, and photo copy of PAN Card (duly attested). 4. Earnest money, deposit shall be paid in the form of short terms deposit receipt for the period of the one year issued by the Nationalised/Schedule bank and endorsed in the name of Chief Accounts Officer/M.B.R.&R Board, Griha Nirman Bhavan, Bandra (E), Mumbai-51. 5. The Blank Tender will be issued by the Executive Engineer G/N, Sonawala Bldg., Gr. Floor, 8, S.A. Palav Marg, Shinde Wadi, Dadar (E), Mumbai-400 014, as per column No. 7. and will be received in the same office, as per column No. 8. Sealed tender will be opened on the last date as per column NO. 8, if possible at 4.00 p.m. in the office of the Ex. Engineer, GN Division. 6. Bids from joint venture are not acceptable. 7. It is necessary that, a contractor shall have a Civil Engineer having minimum five years experience similar type work and other supervising officer. 8. The experience of the sub contractor and tools and plants owned by him will not be considered. Sd/9. Right to reject any one or all tenders are reserved by the competent authority. Executive Engineer, GN Div., 10. Also available on the internet http://mhada.maharashtra.gov.in PRO/A/143
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Abdul Wahid Sheikh suffers from a type of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). His case has found a place in the Indian Journal of Nephrology, last year
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he BMC-run KEM hospital is currently handling a case of ADAMTS 13, a deficiency which is an atypical type of Haemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS). This case from Mumbai has found a place in the Indian Journal of Nephrology, last year, as this is an extremely rare case. Dr. N.K. Hase, Head of Department, Nephrology at KEM Hospital said, “This is the first time, in a career spanning 30 years that I have come across a case of HUS caused due to ADAMTS 13 deficiency since birth.” Giving out statistics for this condition Dr. Tukaram Jamale, Assistant Professor, Nephrology department at the KEM Hospital said, “The prevalence of congenital ADAMTS 13 deficiency is 1.7
About ADAMTS 13
ADAMTS 13 which stands for A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase with Thrombospondin Type 1 motif, member 13, is a factor in the body that helps in disintegrating one of the several types of blood clotting proteins and its deficiency causes excessive clotting of blood leading to conditions like HUS.
Abdul Wahid Sheikh, aged 31, at the KEM Hospital. cases per million per year, globally. The case with us is a first of its kind documented in India and amongst the few across the globe.” Abdul Wahid Sheikh who is now 31 years old, was diagnosed with HUS at the age of 11, when he exhibited symptoms like frequent renal failures, drop in platelet levels and rise in creatinine levels. “My kidney function, platelet and creatinine levels used to get severely affected even if I happened to catch a common cold. I used to be hospitalised very frequently,” said Abdul. Abdul came to KEM Hospital for medical help three years ago, again with low platelet count, low haemo-
globin and high creatinine levels. Doctors at KEM found that he was suffering from HUS, but the cause for HUS couldn’t be found out. The doctors ruled out possibilities like diarrhoea related HUS and other secondary forms too. “When nothing seemed to helping in diagnosis, we sent his blood samples to Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Clinical Research Center for Rare Diseases, Italy, which is one of the few centres in the world where advanced tests for HUS are conducted,” said Dr. Jamale. And it was after a wait of six months that the reports arrived and it was revealed that Abdul was suffering from HUS caused due to ADAMTS 13 deficiency and it was congenital. From there on the treatment procedure began. Currently, plasma transfusion is the only available treatment for such cases. Abdul comes to KEM every month for this procedure. “As of now, there is no other treatment other than plasma transfusion. It is working well for Abdul. Since the time the treatment has begun, his need for hospitalisation has come down,” said Dr. Hase. “I am much better now. But the only hitch is that I have to travel quite a bit for the treatment. And the procedure takes around two to
Toxic shock for polluters Closure notices to eight industrial units in Tarapur for discharging chemical waste into drains By Suresh Golani
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he Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has issued closure notices to eight industrial units which were found to be violating environment norms. All these units, which are located in the chemical zone of the MIDC Industrial Area in Tarapur, were causing pollution by discharging untreated toxic effluents into open drains and also into the Arabian Sea. This first of its kind action initiated by the MPCB in the
form of closure orders has Management Plant at Taloja, sent shock-waves amongst after proper treatment at the other defaulting industrial Central Effluent Treatment units in the region. The ac- Plant (CETP). However in an apparent attion followed after local residents, sensing a threat to the tempt to save transportation environment, sought the in- and other logistic expenses, tervention of Minister of several units have been conState for Tribal Development, veniently offloading the effluRajendra Gavit, who then ap- ents into open drains, posing proached the MPCB to inves- a serious environment and tigate the matter and take health hazard. There are action against the polluting more than 1,700 units in the Tarapur-MIDC region and it industries. As per norms, the effluents is alleged that some of them (chemical waste) generated are operating without the refrom industrial units should quired MPCB clearances and dumped at the Solid Waste other valid licenses.
two-and-a-half hours to complete,” said Abdul, who stays with his parents in Kandivli. “This condition might be more common than we know but because the required tests for detecting such cases are not available everywhere the diagnosis is poor,” said Dr. Jamale. Abdul Wahid Sheikh with Dr. N.K. Hase, Head of Department, Nephrology, shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in at the KEM Hospital.
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‘Pradhan Mantri xxxx Hai’
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Demand for a separate Vidarbha I
T appears that a section of Congress leaders in Maharashtra have revived the demand for a separate Vidarbha state. All the Opposition parties in the state – the Shiv Sena and the MNS – are strongly opposed to the idea of forming a new state of Vidarbha. Congress leaders of Western Maharashtra are also opposed to the idea. The Congress government of Maharashtra have allocated more funds and given some concessions in order to persuade Vidarbha to remain in Maharashtra. People of Vidarbha seem to feel the state will fare better if they rule themselves. Thousands of farmers in distress have committed suicide in Maharashtra. At one stage, the situation in Vidarbha was grave. Things have improved now but the desire of some leaders – mainly from the Congress party – for a separate state continues. The state leaders have gone to Delhi and meet senior men of the government and had discussions with them. The Centre does not appear to be against the separation of Vidarbha from Maharashtra. Vidarbha leaders are hopeful that if Telangana could be created from Andhra Pradesh, it should not be difficult to create a separate state of Vidarbha where the question of selection of a capital does not arise. A meeting of Vidarbha leaders to which the chief minister has been invited is expected to be held soon. This time, the leaders from Vidarbha are said to have decided to put up a tough fight. Why they are doing this is difficult to understand. What sort of a separate identity they can establish? Maybe the people in Vidarbha are feeling they are receiving step-motherly treatment and that they will be better off if they have a separate state of their own.
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any times, most commonly used words in Indian languages and in English are termed as “Un-parliamentary” in the dictionary of Parliamentary functioning and they are “expunged” from the records of the proceedings, making it difficult for reporters covering the Parliament to make “effective” reporting. A few days ago, agitated opposition members stormed in to the well of the Rajya Sabha (Supposed to be Elders' House) to register their protest against the Government, particularly the Prime Minister of India and in the heat of the moment used derogatory terms against him. Curiously, no one raised any objection. However, on Friday, when the Prime Minister himself repeated the slogan and registered his protest, someone found that the “word” describing prime minister's behaviour was “un-parliamentary” and thus, the Deputy Chairman P. K. Kurian ordered to “expunge” it. Now, we cannot use the word as it can attracts breach of privilege of the House. In the process, the moot question remains unanswered. i.e. “Should law-makers behave in a manner on the floor of the august house, where their expression of anger and protest had to be termed “un-parliamentary”? Or is it that the ruling side and the presiding authorities have become over-sensitive about the usage of words and they go only by the literary meaning and miss the spirit behind it? It happened during the discussion on the statement presented by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the economic situation in India. After consistent demand from the entire opposition that the PM himself should face the House and defend his government on the fall of rupee in the international market, finally Singh agreed and read out a four-page neatly drafted statement. Not satisfied with PM's argument, the Leader of Opposition Arun Jaitley launched a frontal attack on the government, especially the prime minister. The feeling was also expressed by many other opposition leaders. Visibly disturbed by the outburst of the opposition, Singh, most unlike him, took on the parliamentary behavior of the opposition and said that nowhere in the world; MPs come to the well of the House and shout slogans that "Pradhan Mantri xxxx Hai'' As the proceedings of the Parliament are broadcast live on the Parliament-run channels and also private TV channels, the world heard him and the expression that he used. However, couple of hours later the controver-
sial word was expunged from records. Now what do we do with those people all over the world, who watched and heard the PM himself using those words? Actually, there was no immediate provocation for the PM to go beyond the scope of the discussion on “economic situation” and take on the opposition for their behaviour a few days ago. Considering that Singh is an intelligent statesman and not known for shooting words, one needs to find out, why was the PM angry? There are many reasons. First and foremost is that he is feeling being defeated, particularly because rupee is falling unabatedly to the dollar and all efforts from the PM and
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play out as per the script so that despite gigantic scams and non-performance they can still retain power. As for the industry, they should not complain much. After all, they have thrived even through the most stringent regime of controls and restrictions. And once politicians have put the nuisance of renewing their lien on power behind them, they would be more
PERSPECTIVE Bharatkumar Raut the Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, are in vain. Secondly, he is under tremendous pressure from his party bosses as the financial failure can prove too dear for the party in the forthcoming elections. And most important is that he is finding himself to be a helpless spectator when the building of “liberated economy” of the nation, that he architected in 90s, is crumbling down like a pack of cards. Unfortunately, neither his party bosses, not his cabinet colleagues are ready to share the responsibility or the mess that has been created in the last five years. The exports of the country are shrinking and import is swelling every day, thus the pressure on the rupee has now reached to the level that the nation's economy cannot sustain. To worsen the situation, cases of corruption in the government are being exposed in newspapers and TV channels almost on weekly basis. At least five ministers in the UPA-II government had to quit on charges of corruption and malpractices. A noted indus-
trialist of the stature of Ratan Tata publicly criticised the Government of losing the confidence in the International market and world renowned rating agency Moody's have put India in the “negative” list. Rupee has reached the bottom level in comparison to US dollar. Bullion rates are skyrocketing and Sensex is falling every day. If this is not enough, the prices of essential commodities, like vegetables, onions and cereals are shooting in the retail market, creating an atmosphere of unrest and anger among the ‘Aam Aadmi’. Because of the slowdown in the global economy, the industry has taken a beating, resulting in low level of production, and in turn narrowing the employment opportunities. Apart from the untoward terrorist and intrusion activities on the border, menace of Naxalism is also on the rise. In short, the PM is surrounded by troubles and foes from all directions. Does this mean we have lost the game? Or the nation is heading for 1991 like hopeless situation? The PM himself says that though the situation is causing concern, there is no need to be panicky. Then why does he lose his temper and try to pass the buck to the unruly opposition? This is because perhaps Singh knows that his days as the PM are now numbered and thus, does not want to fade out of the political arena as a defeated soldier. He also wants to see that the theory of economic liberalisation he had professed in 1991 has finally weathered all storms. To achieve this in the given short span of time, what Singh should do is to take all sections of political sides and faith into confidence and march ahead as a united force. The sliding rupee and Sensex do not necessarily make ground for political battle. It’s a national issue and should be kept ahead of politics. On the other hand, the opposition, particularly the BJP should also keep in mind that if they sincerely believe that they are waiting in the wings to take up the central stage of Indian politics, they need to behave. Because, when they take over the government, they would like to have harmony and cooperation with the opposition. That does not seem to be possible if the opposition keeps shouting “Pradhan Mantri xxxx Hai” on the floor of the House every day!
People have grown up, even if politicians haven’t!
S an electoral strategy, pitting the poor against the rich cannot be faulted. The Congress leadership has all along played this game. All through its decades-long failed tryst with socialism, the party had relied on moneybags for campaign finance while simultaneously denouncing them from the public pulpit. It was a clever arrangement. The capital class was happy getting its licenses and quotas, never mind the periodic abuse on the stump for the limited purpose of hoodwinking the great unwashed masses. The political class too was happy playing the duplicitous game. It won it elections and left it immensely enriched in the process. For diversion of political funds into private pockets was as prevalent then as it is now. Viewed in the above context, the passage of two ‘game-changer’ legislations this past week only confirms that there hasn’t been much change over the years in the way political game is played. Both the Food Security and the Land Acquisition Bills are highly populist. And both have drawn the ire of the talking heads on the nightly television news channels. Criticism by spokespersons of various industry bodies, in fact, is music to the ears of the ruling party since it helps to bolster the pro-poor charade. Indeed, the Congress managers would hope that events between now and the parliamentary polls
(The writer is a journalist and a Shiv Sena member of Parliament-Rajya Sabha)
over the supposed deleterious effects of the Bills on the economy. Their own survival is assured. It is the aam aadmi who is set to feel shortchanged yet again once the bothersome task of elections is finished and done with. Singing hallelujahs to the proverbial common man every five years and to do the opposite after elections has become the stock-in-trade of most parties. That is why you saw the BJP, the original adherent of the laissez-faire philosophy, renege on its ideology to go along with the retrograde legislations. If the party thought that the aam aadmi hasn’t seen through the ruling party’s attempts to pull wool over his eyes, and therefore, it too must play second fiddle to it, it thought it wrong. Ordinary Indians are now no less cynical about the permissive political processes than the hard-boiled observers of the national scene. Besides, a majority of States are already providing cheap rations, some at even lower prices. Other benefits under the omVirendra Kapoor nibus Bill too are already available in most than eager to do business with Big Business. States. By passing the Bill, the Congress aims to Make no mistake about it. The raison d’etre of the political and business class is almost usurp the credit from the States. Therefore, identical, though the business class is a little the main Opposition was wrong in feeling demore honest. Both are in the business of fensive about the con trick the Centre used making money by means fair or foul. There- to try and claim ownership of the cheap fore, crony capitalists ought not to lose sleep grains scheme.
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Hats off to Mumbai Police
THE Mumbai police has proved its mettle by apprehending the five rapists in the Shakti Mills rape case in record time. As in the past, the Mumbai Police has made use of the available resources to nab all five rapists
mented for his swift action and his passing of necessary instructions to act as quickly as possible once the culprits were identified. It was a tough time for the police as all the rapists ran in different directions to avoid arrest. The
later, keeping in mind the imminent threat of a military intervention by the USA, the Damascus and Teheran regimes are threatening to attack Israel. This is a case of history repeating itself.
cent. Cannabis (or marijuana) has been in use by homoeopaths since the last several decades. In fact, way back in 1927, the renowned German homoeopathic researcher, Dr. William Boericke, described — Arun Malankar, Santa Cruz cannabis as a drug that has a ‘great soothing influence in many nervous disorders, like epilepsy, mania, dementia....’. However, homoeopathic ALL Political parties irrespective of treatment is holistic, and hence the their ideological differences ganged remedy of choice for epilepsy, deup to counter the Supreme Court’s mentia, or any other ailment will decision on disallowing MPs with depend upon the ‘constitutional’ criminal records, to stand for elec- features of each individual. tions. Now that the scam on fake — Dr. Neville S. Bengali, Mumbai LTCs submitted by MPs has been exposed, perhaps they should gang up again to pass an Act that any fake Bills submitted by MPs should not IT is reported that the Parliament be challenged but should be passed on August 24 passed a Bill which for payment without delay grants Secretarial Staff and other OF or scrutiny. This would ab- LETTER privileges to ‘former governors for THE DAY solve them of committing life’. The expenditure will naturally any crime or wrong-doing in future be met from the Tax Payers’ hard by submitting fake Bills either for earned money. The people at large LTC or even for attendance in Par- are unable to comprehend the dire liament. necessity for such an amendment at Rather, it would be prudent on this hour of monetary crisis when the part of the MPs to pass an om- most of the Governors, of late, are nibus Bill declaring that any wrong- from the Political Class, nominated doing whatever, would not apply to to act in deference to the directive them as they are elected Represen- of the government without executatives serving the people thus ob- tive powers. This adds to the burden viating the need for passing Bills of already burdened Tax-Payers every now and then, whenever any which include senior citizens. It is scam pertaining to MPs is exposed. incumbent on the part of the gov— H.S. Krishna Prasad, Mumbai ernment to engage itself in solving the proliferation of problems instead of passing Bills to add to the luxuries of the presently luxurious THIS refers to your edit-piece ‘Rats clan of India. The majority of the may nibble away food security present or past Governors are not scheme’ (ADC, August 28) which is known to have done any charity work or rendered yeoman services worth mentioning.
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Useless Bills
GOOD JOB! The Mumbai Police’s hard work and swift action led to all five rapists being nabbed in record time, thus proving that the city’s police force is capable of quick work. after maintaining a day and night vigil and thus proved themselves capable of working swiftly. The Mumbai Police Commissioner needs to be compli-
Terrorist or Muslim? KAMAAL FAROOQUI’S statement that Yasin Bhatkal was arrested not because he is a notorious terrorist but merely because he is a Muslim finally confirms his Samajwadi Party as a front for traitors and terrorists owing allegiance to Pakistan. This party has no place in Indian politics. — Phiroze B. Javeri, Mumbai
State’s welcome move
Mumbai Police should be given an additional police force to unearth crimes in the commercial capital particularly with cases of rape and molestation. — C.K. Ramani, Sion
given the colossal numbers, who are fined each year for spitting in public. BMC officials, who have led the clean-up campaign in Mumbai, believe that the number is just the tip of the iceberg. This is a clarion call to take stern action against the erring public to ensure a neat and clean Mumbai.
— Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai
— Ryan Bharucha, Mumbai
History repeats itself
THE situation developing in Syria is reminiscent of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in January 1991. At that time, in order to divert the attention of the UN forces led by the USA, Saddam Hussain had attacked Israel with a barrage of Scud missiles. When the Israeli Air Force was about to launch retaliatory strikes, Washington dispatched an emergency shipment of highly sophisticated Patriot missiles to ward off — Hansraj Bhat, Borivli any threat to the Jewish State. This saved the entire Middle East region from getting into a major conflagration. And now, more than 22 years IT is indeed good news that 70,000 people in Mumbai were fined Rs.1.4 Readers are requested to crore for spitting in public. Taking e-mail letters to the editor and cue from British lawmakers, Rs. 200 add their neighbourhood as is fined for individual cases of spitwell. Please mail letters to ting. It would prove to be a near imafternoonletters@gmail.com possible task to prosecute offenders
Good move against spitters
color of their skin cannot hold them back. — Rajendra K. Aneja, Dubai
Unscrupulous wives A SILVER screen personality has been dragged to court by his better half over a matter of marital discord. He is strongly denying all the charges leveled against him by his wife. If he is proved innocent, he should not hesitate to launch proceedings of malicious prosecution against the erring wife. In this contest, it would be worthwhile mentioning that in the entire country, over one lakh cases of false complaints lodged by unscrupulous wives under Section 498A have come to light as of today. — Jorhat Singh, Kandivli
Perplexing findings I AM perplexed by some findings of medical research which are diametrically opposite. On the one hand I read about the numerous advantages of Aspirin and Coffee, which reportedly protect a person against diseases like cardiac ailments and prostate cancer. However, another finding by a different research team says that Aspirin leads to internal bleeding and is, therefore, harmful. Coffee is said to cause severe acidity for those who drink it regularly. As a layman, I am unable to decide whom to believe. — Vineet Phadtare, Borivli
Food Bill is election gimmick
DID it take Sonia Gandhi two terms of to realise that India is a malnour— T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai ished country? Suddenly with all guns blazing she gives a heart rending speech in Parliament about the hungry people of India and PLEASE refer to the commemora- manages to get the Food Bill passed. She knows that no party will option events of the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I pose her in fear of being called ‘antihave a Dream” speech. That fact poor’. And she is right. Food grains that President Barrack Obama have been rationed for years, but could make it to the highest office in what has it done for people who the USA i.e. President of the coun- need it? Good grains are sold pritry, is ample evidence that Mr. vately in the open market and subKing’s dream stands substantially standard ones are given to the needy. More often than not several fulfilled. The achievements of other Afro- families return empty handed after Americans like Oprah Winfrey in standing for hours in a queue for showbiz, Condoleezza Rice in poli- their rations. It will be the same this time tics, Denzel Washington in films, Tiger Woods in Golf, the Williams around with the Food Security Bill. sisters in tennis, clearly shows that This is a pre election gimmick and any person if he/she excels in we all know it. his/her field of endeavor, then the — Mrs. Gooloo Mehta, Bandra
I have a Dream!
Practise what you preach
THE article ‘Financial aid for rape, acid victims’(ADC, Aug 30), reveals a thoughtful and sympathetic move by the state cabinet for victims of rape and acid attack. Financial aid would certainly extend a great help to those who fall victim to these demons. However, the state needs to also provide appropriate security measures like policing in trains especially at odd hours when women travel alone and at locations which are notorious for attacks against women.
WHEN the well known Gandhian and anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare shows preparedness to support Narendra Modi provided he leaves the BJP, it means a lot. Anna must be as sure as Ratan Tata and a large number of other like-minded people about Modi’s capabilities to control corruption, inflation and all kinds of terrorism with an iron hand because of his pro-people and patriotic nature.
Boon or bane?
— S. Abhisheck Ramaswamy, Sion
THERE is a significant amount of vitriol on these pages rightly directed at the cops, politicians, and the attitude of people However, all these people are chasing the symptoms of a disease called ‘Not my Problem’ which started affecting us after Independence till today where my generation has evidently taken it up as a noble cause. Only C.K. Subramaniam of Sanpada mentions that we need to act. Since we haven’t exercised our civic duties we now have no civil rights in practise.
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STORE WELL: If foodgrains under the Food Security Bill are not stored appropriately, the bill will prove to be useless for the poor. very much a possibility going by our experience all these years. The Food Security Bill is indeed a boon for the poor but unless proper storage facilities are created, it could be a blessing for all the rats that have a field day in the open spaces where several tons of food grains are simply stacked in gunny bags with a tarpaulin cover. This scheme is going to cost the nation a whopping 1.35 lakh crores and so, it is all the more urgent that spacious godowns are built on a war footing. The minister for Food and Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, is well aware of this necessity and one hopes that he will take care of this aspect. — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane
Medical marijuana THE reported alleviation in epileptic seizures in a child in the U.S.A as well as a person with Alzheimer’s disease with the use of marijuana has awakened the interests of allopathic medical researchers in conducting further studies into the therapeutic utility of this drug in the management of various neurological ailments. However, this discovery is not re-
Govt must teach Asaram Bapu a lesson THE shameful, disgraceful and irresponsible statement made by the son of a fraud, rapist and self-made God man, Asaram Babu, that the girl who has been sexually assaulted in his ashram is mentally unstable, is an insult to the young woman. I strongly feel that Asaram Babu should not be spared by the police department who should conduct a through investigation and collect concrete evidence against him. Since people of the country are angered by this incident, Asaram Bapu must be arrested with immediate effect and should be sent to jail. At the same time, both the Congress and the BJP must stop blaming each other and should not support Asram Bapu for votes in the forthcoming elections. It is high time the authorities act fast
IRRESPONSIBLE! Asaram Bapu’s shameful statement about the victim he allegedly sexually assaulted is disrespectful and insulting to her. against Asaram Bapu and teach him a very strong lesson thus giving the victim justice. — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai
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SHOULD YOU BUY
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alue investor Warren Buffett’s quote is a pointer, when he says “We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful”. So when the market is selling at a discount, value investors are buying and when eventually the market realizes the value and is ready to buy at or above intrinsic valuation value-investors sell. So, the bottom line is experts believe that panic situations are the best times to begin investing in the market, but one needs to remember that a longer term perspective is needed as the ability to hold on is important. “It is certainly tempting to buy in the market when it is down, though one cannot be sure if this is a trough or there will be another one to follow,” says D. R. Dogra, Managing Director & CEO, CARE Ratings. Panic is associated with volatility and this is where stock market returns derive their strength believes Dogra. “While it is normally believed that one should buy in a rising market, the same holds in a falling market too depending on one’s own perception of the market in future. If one believes that the India growth story is there and that things will look up in the next couple of years and we are taking a medium term view, then buying now makes sense,” explains Dogra. “However, for a short term player, there is greater risk involved if one is taking say a three months view where conditions are nebulous to make conjectures,” he adds. Hemen Kapadia, CEO, Chart Pundit echoes similar sentiments. “Yes, after It is certainly tempting to buy in the market when it is down, though one cannot be sure if this is a trough or there will be another one to follow.
D. R. Dogra, MD & CEO, CARE Ratings
I think more often than not - not every time though- panic situations are the best times to begin investing in the market.
Hemen Kapadia, CEO, Chart Pundit
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Do stock market panics offer a great opportunity to take positions for any long-term fundamental investor especially the value-investor? During panics there is selling across the equity spectrum. Traders sell in anticipation of actions from other investors. Such selling could result in significant divergence of market valuations from the underlying business fundamentals and intrinsic valuations. And therein lies the opportunity is the consensus of the experts. Mayura Shanbaug reports...
more than two decades in the market, I think more often than not (not every time though), panic situations are the best times to begin investing in the market,” he says, but cautions that no quick fix solutions can be envisaged as a turnaround could take its own sweet time. “There is absolutely no doubt that Investors, especially, first time investors, who hitherto have zero exposure to equity should make the most of the panic situation in the markets and cherry pick stocks in times like these,” reiterates Alok C. Churiwala of Churiwala Securities. “The challenge is, however, they would need a lot of courage to do so as they would be acting contrary to popular perceptions and trends of the day. By reading reports, it is amply clear that Investors, especially, first time investors, who hitherto have zero exposure to equity should make the most of the panic situation in the markets and cherry pick stocks in times like these.
Alok C. Churiwala, Churiwala Securities.
It is not the time to exit the market, but buy more of it. Existing investors should churn their portfolio from speculative investments into high quality stocks Dr. VIkas Gupta, Executive VP, ArthVeda Fund Management
the currently investors are “Fearful”, so it’s safe to conclude that the time is right for the first time investor to take the plunge,” he says.
What are the safeguards for the investors? Dogra feels typically an investor should take a medium term view of at least 2-3 years because if one is not a trader, taking positions on a short term basis is fraught with risk. Second, the sectors of interest should be studied and the prospects of the same should be gauged so that an informed decision should be taken. Third, one should also probably look at the investment pattern of mutual funds schemes in the past and the returns obtained to get a fair idea of which are typically the companies where they invest. This could provide some guidance to an investor who is not too familiar with the market. Fourth, one should clearly have a diversification strategy in terms of how much of one’s savings one is willing to put in equity. “The risk appetite should be established from the beginning itself so that one has an idea of the maximum loss in savings that could affect the investor,” he says. “At this stage, where markets are uncertain and the economy is faced with all kinds of problems, investors need to first assess their risk appetite. Next, they need to decide on debt or equity. Third, they should go in for diversification and choose stocks that are liquid and have performed relatively better than the others under adverse conditions, though admittedly past performance is no guarantee of future performance,” suggests Dogra. “Investing through mutual funds makes more sense to retail investors as they have more experience and can switch portfolios more easily than individuals and spread their risk,” he says.
Dogra says it is a tough call depending on the time frame one is looking at to suggest the best picks. “Assuming one takes a long term call, we can look at banking, infra-
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Customer Service Prescription
ever throw the rule book at an erring customer. Remember, he is a flesh and blood person who has come to you for help. Don’t treat him like a mannequin by reading the fine print in the policy book. Try to accommodate him as much humanely as possible, keeping a balance between the company’s interests and other customers’ interests. This does not mean that you should ‘hug’ a customer who has broken the rules. But don’t ‘shrug’ him away either, just because he has made a mistake. My Practical Customer Service Prescription, calls for a common sense in the pursuit of customer satisfaction. It may be accidental. It may be innocent. Or it may even be deliberate. The fact of the matter is that customers sometimes break the rules. And this could affect the company’s interests as well as the interests of other customers. But it is important for the Customer Service Professional to deal with the situation in a common-sense manner. Rather like a wayward family member who has strayed and needs to be brought back to the right path. Under no circumstances should the customer be hauled up as if he had committed a heinous crime and made an example of with a police-like attitude. My Practical Customer Service Prescription is a down-to-earth way of serving a customer, keeping in mind a realistic environment and understanding, even appreciating, the customer’s compulsions in behaving in an errant manner. Finally, the Customer Service Professional must help the customer amicably resolve the situation through a pleasant Brand Experience. An exemplary instance of My Practical Customer Service Prescription was witnessed during a domestic flight. It was in those days when everyone was wary of terrorism raising its ugly head and unidentified baggage was looked upon with suspicion. Security dictated that passengers identify their baggage before check-in. But a lady with two tiny tots forgot to do this and the flight had to be delayed so that she could comply with flying regulations. It would have been easy for the airline’s ground staff to harangue her about her lapse. After all, the flight was delayed and both the company and the other passengers were affected! But keeping in mind that the passenger had accidentally forgotten to identify her baggage, the airline staff was supportive and did not admonish her. As a result of the airline’s attitude, the other passengers too understood her problem. The result was one grateful passenger who will be loyal for life. As you can see, when confronted with a customer who through accident or design breaks the company’s rules or flouts the guidelines, the Customer Service Professional must first and foremost be practical in resolving the issue. Just throwing the rule book at the customer or shrugging your shoulders to indicate that there is nothing you can do in the situation is wrong. The Customer Service Professional should bring the wayward customer back in line with kindness and understanding and help him work within the rules and regulations of the company. Copyright © 2013, All rights reserved. Jagdeep Kapoor can be contacted at jk@samsika.com
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take India’s growth to 8% plus,” he says. Hemen Kapadia suggests that an investor should spread their purchases, don’t buy everything at one go as sometimes these panic situations last for some time and it would be prudent to buy in bits and pieces on every fresh round of panic. “No matter what, don’t do derivatives in such times (totally avoid leveraged positions). Buy only fundamentally sound companies with priority on good management. Look at diverse sectors for investment; don’t put all your eggs in one sector. Be patient, remember that form is temporary but class (in this case quality) is permanent,” he says. Kapadia suggests that one should invest via the SIPs (Systematic Investment Plan) route in one Blue Chip Fund, one Mid-cap Fund and one Gold ETF (just to make it safe) from a 5 year point of view or more. The “Markets are a minefield currently and only a high risk, nimble footed trader could make money, and so investors should invest and not trade,” he adds. Kapadia’s picks are Capital Goods, Metals, IT and Banks in the same pecking order. And his stock picks are Reliance, SBI, IDFC, Tata Steel, Ab Nuvo, Tata Global, IndusInd Bank, L&T and Wipro. “Would suggest investing only 10-15% of investable funds in the aforesaid companies in the current scenario and would progressively invest more (in the same companies) as the market declines further in the run up the elections. Would be fully invested just before the elections though,” he suggests. How ever according to Dr. VIkas Gupta, Executive Vice President, Traded Markets & Investment Research, ArthVeda Fund Management, Investors should not just look at percentage decline from its recent highs or fall during panic selling. “Stocks which have seen speculative buying falls the most during panic times. Even after the decline such stocks may not be a good buy though they might look cheap based on their historical valuations. Clearly investors should be aware of such value traps during panic times,” he says. “The only guiding principle is to look at the intrinsic valuation of stocks and buy with a margin of safety,” he adds Margin of safety is defined as discount to
the intrinsic valuation and could range anywhere from 20%-50% depending on investor’s comfort and risk in underlying business. Buying with a margin of safety prevents potential downside and generates significant return when market return to its senses. Gupta feels that in a given current market scenario it is advisable that long term investors start deploying their capital in tranches. “It is not the time to exit the market but buy more of it. Existing investors should churn their portfolio from speculative investments into high quality stocks with long history of operations that are trading below their intrinsic valuation. They should avoid buying anything with high debt and focus on companies with cash rich balance sheets and professional management,” he suggests. Gupta thinks that at current valuations some blue-chip PSU companies from natural resources segment which are cash rich and have low leverage looks attractive. “ArthVeda is overweight on auto, natural resources and capital goods segment of the market,” he says. “The short term prospects appear volatile till the Elections are completed next year,” feels Dogra. We have several issues like exchange rate, interest rates, inflation, fiscal deficit, current account deficit etc. which have influenced the stock market on a daily basis. Add to it the global uncertainties and the politics of the state, the market has become quite unpredictable, he says. “Valuations still appear to be quite satisfactory today and it may be expected that when the economy is back on the growth path – which may be not before 2015-16, we could go back to the high growth path,” says Dogra. “We can see the market then moving to a higher level with the Sensex probably consistently staying over 20,000 which could be the new norm then,” he says. On the other hand Kapadia is quite bearish - Would be shocked if the Nifty doesn’t breach 5000’, he says- in the short term. “I don’t think the worst is over or is about to get over in the next few months. A negative spill-over is expected to the early part of the next calendar year,” he says “However, I am unequivocally bullish in the long term, I feel that we are in the last stages of a major decline which should exhaust itself sometime in 2014,” says Kapadia. The equity markets have been corrective since November 2008 despite a few sectors and stocks hitting all time highs. “This might
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An investor should take a medium term view of at least 2-3 years because if one is not a trader, taking positions on a short term basis is fraught with risk. Second, the sectors of interest should be studied and the prospects of the same should be gauged so that an informed decision should be taken. Third, one should also probably look at the investment pattern of mutual funds schemes in the past and the returns obtained to get a fair idea of which are typically the companies where they invest. This could provide some guidance to an investor who is not too familiar with the market. Fourth, one should clearly have a diversification strategy in terms of how much of one’s savings one is willing to put in equity. The risk appetite should be established from the beginning itself so that one has an idea of the maximum loss in savings that could affect the investor. very well coincide with the elections next year and then the next four years could be quite bullish for Indian equities,” he adds. “In short run there is uncertainty in the market with regard to the Indian rupee and political scenario. However, in the long run such concerns are a non-event for the market,” opines Dr Gupta. “We have seen this time and again – during the Asian currency crisis and also during last few elections. Markets tend to track underlying GDP performance of any economy,” he says. During 2007-08 stockmarket overshot underlying GDP trend but now seem to be in line again. “We are optimistic about long term GDP growth of Indian economy,” he adds. Alok Churiwala also shares the positive sentiments. With all these factors like fuel price hike, inflation, slowdown of economy, looming fears of a Sovereign Downgrade, at large, are enough to scare even the hardiest of Dalal Street veterans,” says Churiwala. “But the one fact that investors can take hope from is that current valuations have factored in most of the above. While I’m not suggesting that the downtrend may not play out longer, but now is definitely a time to start,” he says. Churiwala asserts that as the Government seems to be biting the bullet, with three important bills have already made it through. It remains to be seen if the reform oriented bills like pension and insurance see light of day. “Once elections are announced, the pall of gloom that seems to be enveloping the markets currently may well lift,” feels Churiwala. “Also we need to bear in mind that India, this year has had a good monsoon, and this will be the silver lining,” he says.
Loop Holes In The Food Security Bill L
By Siddharth Rajpurohit
ok Shabha on Monday cleared the food Subsidy bill that will have a total impact of estimated Rs.1.27 lakh crore on government expenditure. By this scheme the government plans to procure and distribute close to 612.3 lakh tons of food grain to 67% of India’s total population of close to 1.24 billion. To every individual under this scheme, the government has allotted 5 kg of Rice, Wheat and coarse grains every month at subsidized rate of Rs.3/kg, Rs.2/kg and Rs.1/kg respectively. This would not have a very huge adverse effect on the fiscal deficit for FY14, as the additional burden annually over and above the existing schemes would be around Rs.25,000 cr and the government for the year has already provided for Rs.10,000 cr for the scheme. The government is also of the view that with the deregulation in the oil sector the government would be able to curtail the total subsidy burden and further reduce the fiscal
deficit. On the face of it, it is a very noble step. But it has a number of loop holes. As per planning commission the number of people below poverty line in India stood at 21.9%, but the calculation remains absurd as the consensus done for people below poverty line has reported that half the rural population is below poverty line as against planning commission estimate of 28%. Hence India doesn’t have the exact calculation of its poor therefore how has it drafted and estimated the requirement for the poor? India must work on some universal standards to estimate the exact population of poor people in India and then have drafted a right bill. The biggest issue staring at the face of the government is the poor management of food storage. At present the total governments net storage facility for food grains such as wheat and rice in only about 74.5 million tons of which 15 to 25 million tons is a temporary storage largely covered under open sky. This is a highly risky mode of storage as it leads to
huge amount of rotting and wastage. The food corporation of India has itself admitted that India has lost around 79 million tons of wheat that it procured over a four year period from 2009 to 2013. Apart from this there is a huge wastage of estimated 12 million tons of fruits and 21 million tons of vegetables every year. As per media news, grains from 2007 were still unused and rotting in 2012 because the warehouses have not followed first-in-firstout method of supply. Hence at this point of time the biggest and immediate issue that the government must consider is to reduce the significant losses because of poor warehouse management policies rather than huge distribution of free food grains by mediums that are not in line for generations now. This would only lead to further wastage of food grains in India and the expected improvement of the poor India would once again be buried under the policy files.
(The writer is Sr. Equity Research Analyst, The Market (Tathastu Advisory Pvt Ltd.)
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ast week the Rupee traded volatile as tussle between the traders and RBI made the currency movement interesting. At the start of last week the Rupee depreciated for the first three days and went on to trade at a new fresh low of 69.22 on growing worries that FIIs would continue to sell which would make the CAD issue more vulnerable, but the Reserve Bank of India last Wednesday announced a special window “with immediate effect” to sell dollars through a designated bank to Indian Oil Corp Ltd, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, and Bharat Petroleum Corp “until further notice”. Taking cues from this Rupee traded strong for the last two trading days and appre-
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ICICI Prudential MF announces change under its scheme ICICI Prudential MF has announced introduction of Systematic Withdrawal Plan at quarterly frequency in ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund, with effect from August 31.
ICICI Prudential MF announces change in the name of the fund ICICI Prudential MF has announced to change the name of ICICI Prudential Services Industries Fund to ICICI Prudential Exports and Other Services Fund. The name change will be effective from September 2.
IIFL MF unveils IIFL Short Term Income Fund IIFL MF has launched a new fund namely; IIFL Short Term Income Fund, an open ended income fund. The new issue will be open for subscription from 30th August 2013 and closes on 11th September 2013. The investment objective of the scheme is to generate income and capital appreciation through investment in debt instruments and money market instruments and to achieve stable returns over shorter-term investment horizons. The asset allocation will be in debt instruments and/or money market Instruments to the extent of 80%- 100% with residual maturity less than 3 years and 0%-20% in debt instruments with residual maturity less than 5 years. The scheme would invest in securities with average maturity up to 3 years. There is no entry load, while an exit load of 0.50% will be charged for exit on before 3 months from the
ciated by over to 4.25% and managed to close much below the 66.00 levels, also the equity markets traded and closed up on a strong note which further helped the Rupee to trade positively. The trading range for the Spot USD/INR pair is expected to be within 63.50 to 67.50. It is recommended to be cautious and Buy USDINR Futures on dips with the appropriate stop loss as the Rupee is expected to depreciate against dollar. Pivot Point for the Pair is at 67.02. Indian banks borrowed 85.16 billion Rupees via refinance under cbank’s FX swap facility to pull back Rupee from its lowest level. Indian Central bank was also seen selling dollars twice on Friday, via state-run banks which further helped the Rupee. The market has witnessed that on closing, the spot Rupee gets more appreciated than the futures rate, this widens the gap between the spot – futures rate (premium), on the last day of the week the premium was over 1 Re which is 3 times more than the regular premium. This suggests that, despite of RBI intervention, investors are holding the Rupee at these levels and are expecting it to trade near 70.00 levels in coming days as India’s own record high current account deficit and weak fundamentals are getting worse day by day, also it looks like
allotment date. The fund will be managed by Mr. Rahul Aggarwal.
DSP BlackRock MF introduces new facility DSP BlackRock MF has made DSP BlackRock World Agriculture Fund and DSP BlackRock US Flexible Equity Fund eligible for its Super SIP (SSIP) facility. Unit Holders who have enrolled for SSIP facility will be able to change their option of investing their future SSIP installments into Growth, Dividend, Re-invest options of the schemes, retaining the benefit of life insurance cover. The change will be effective from September 1.
Birla Sun Life MF announces change in exit load structure Birla Sun Life MF has revised the exit load structure under Birla Sun Life Gilt Plus- PF PlanGrowth, Birla Sun Life Gilt Plus- PF PlanQuarterly Dividend and Birla Sun Life Income Plus Fund. Accordingly, a load of 0.50% will be charged if units are redeemed or switched out within 90 days from allotment date and nil after that under Birla Sun Life Gilt Plus- PF PlanGrowth and Birla Sun Life Gilt Plus- PF PlanQuarterly Dividend. For Birla Sun Life Income Plus Fund, the exit load will be charged at 1% if redeemed or switched out within 180 days from allotment date and nil after that. The revised exit load structure will be effective from August 27.
Edelweiss MF announces change in exit load structure Edelweiss MF has revised the exit load structure under Edelweiss Liquid Fund, Edelweiss Ultra
Regulators lack the resources for the strong market intervention. Last Friday, in the Lok Sabha India PM Singh said “Rupee fall can increase our export competitiveness and reduce imports”. At present imports in India increased to 2277.60 INR billion in July 2013 from 2104.33 INR billion in June 2013. India imports averaged 373.09 INR billion from 1978 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 2475.94 INR billion in January 2013 and a record low of 4.98 INR billion in April 1978. India is heavily dependent on coal and foreign oil imports for its energy needs. On the other hand exports in India increased to 1544.27 INR billion in July 2013 from 1389.02 INR billion in June 2013. India exports averaged 249.86 INR billion from 1978 until 2013, reaching an all time high of 1672.52 INR billion in March 2013 and a record low of 3.75 INR billion in May 1978. India’s main exports are engineering goods (19% of total exports), gems and jewelry (15%), chemicals (13%), agricultural products (9%) and textiles (9%). India is also one of Asia’s largest refined product exporters with petroleum accounting for around 18% of total exports. Markets were on edge this week, as allegations that the Syrian government was behind the
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use of chemical weapons in last week’s attack in a Damascus suburb led the United States to seek consensus amongst its allies for retaliation. Global equity markets slumped as volatility increased. Yields across much of the G7 declined as increased safe-haven demand drove fixed-income asset prices up. By mid-week oil prices rose to a two-year high, but pared their gains on Thursday as the British parliament voted against any action until a UN investigation of last week’s tragedy is complete. France reiterated its support for quick strike, but others remain skeptical of action without a UN-resolution - unlikely in light of Russia’s permanent veto on the UN Security Council. As it stands now, the U.S. looks set to act sooner than later. UN investigators are expected to be pulled out of Syria on Saturday, increasing the likelihood of a U.S strike thereafter. However, growing expectations that the engagement will be short, and as such have limited spillovers, managed to lift market sentiment toward weekend. Still, risks of broader regional de-stabilization remain.
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C There is no doubt in anybody’s mind that the Food Bill will lead to Fiscal stress. The desperation of both the government of the day and the opposition to claim ownership of the bill further indicates a politically uncertain period ahead because neither the Congress nor the BJP as of today internally believe that they will get numbers to form a stable government in 2014. That’s the feeling one gets and certainly more populism can be expected going forward. This could lead to an extended period of bearishness. Things could get worse before they get better. It looks like it will remain a traders market and money can still be made on the downside if one trades the volatility with a 200 point range on the Nifty with lower tops and lower bottom. Capital (FII) flows will remain outwards from India but debt can also give good returns. One has to wait and see how soon the new RBI Governor swings into action and tries to reverse the damage done by his predecessor. Sector wise the banking sector, specially, private banks could be a good contra bet. As fast as they have fallen they could come back with the same force, with the slightest signs of investment cycle revival. Other sectors are all export related sectors like IT and Pharma and select stocks in auto and steel like Tata Steel, Tata Motors, both of which have overseas operations, and companies like Bajaj Auto, Hero Moto Corp, which should do well both in domestic and overseas market, considering the good monsoon. M&M and ITC are some other strong scrips in a bearish market.
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The Indian economy grew at 4.4% in Q1, 2013-14, even lower than 4.8% in the Q4, 2012-13. Government spending was a significant driver of growth as private consumption growth weakened further to 1.6% and investments fell by 1.2% compared to a year ago amidst lack of policy reforms, procedural delays and persistent supply-side bottlenecks. Higher government spending lifted growth of community,
Figure 2: Government spending unable to cushion growth
Figure 1: Economy on a L-shaped path
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he populism has begun with the Food Bill and the land acquisition bill. This sent the rupee into a free fall last week and the possibility of a US strike on Syria kept it on boil, further adding to the woes in our markets of a widening CAD. Although the CCI cleared or unblocked projects worth Rs. 83,000 crore in an attempt to kick-start the investment cycle, this piece of news was lost in a strong bear market which plummeted but, with a technical recovery on the last two trading sessions. The rupee is in for some more hard times as QE tapering is expected to start in September. A clear indication of how much tapering will come on September 17th.
nlike the sharp, V-shaped recovery from the Lehman crisis in 2009, this time the growth is following an L-shaped trajectory and is likely to oscillate around the 5% trough in 2013-14, says Crisil Research on commenting on the GDP numbers. Friday’s data release points towards this.
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Table 1: Supply-side components (Growth, y-o-y%) social and personal services to 9.4% in Q1, 2013-14 as compared to 4.0% in the previous quarter. If not for a sharp FY13PE Q4FY12 Q3FY13 Q4FY13 increase in government spending, community, social and perGDP at factor cost 5 4.7 4.8 4.4 sonal services would have, at best, maintained its average Agriculture 1.9 1.8 1.4 2.7 growth rate of the past few quarters and GDP growth in the Q1, 2013-14 would have been even lower at around 4.0%. Industry 2.1 2.5 2.7 0.2 However, higher government spending to boost growth, as Mining & Quarrying -0.6 -0.7 -3.1 -2.8 seen in Q1, 2013-14, will not be sustainable for the coming Manufacturing 1.0 2.5 2.6 -1.2 quarters. Slowing growth is having an adverse impact on tax revenues and the depreciating rupee is raising the subsidy Electricity, gas and water supply 4.2 4.5 2.8 3.7 burden of the government. In the first quarter alone, the actual fiscal deficit was almost half of the budgeted deficit for the Construction 4.3 2.9 4.4 2.8 entire fiscal year. For the remaining quarters, it looks increasServices 7.1 6.7 6.6 6.6 ingly likely that the government will have to cut back expendiTrade, hotels, ture sharply from budgeted levels to maintain its fiscal deficit transport & 6.4 6.4 6.2 3.9 target (4.8% of GDP). communication Additionally, liquidity tightening measures implemented by the RBI have raised the borrowing costs of commercial banks Financing, Insurance, by almost 300 basis points. Any near-term reversal of these real estate and 8.6 7.8 9.1 8.9 measures looks increasingly unlikely given the sharp depreciabusiness services tion of the rupee. Moreover, inflationary risks have also reCommunity, social & emerged due to a weak rupee lowering the likelihood of a repo personal services 6.6 5.6 4.0 9.4 rate cut. Higher lending rates will further lower investment Source: Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), CRISIL Research demand, delaying a recovery in the manufacturing sector which contracted by 1.2% in Q1, 2013-14, compared to a year ago. tory mining bans in some states. “Even if these issues were The mining sector continues to suffer on account of regularesolved immediately, no significant push to growth would be
Table 2: Demand-side components (Growth, y-o-y%)
FY13PE Q4FY12 Q3FY13 Q4FY13 GDP at market price 3.2 4.1 3.0 2.4 Private Consumption 4.0 4.2 3.8 1.6 Govt. Consumption 3.9 2.2 0.6 10.5 Fixed Investment 1.7 4.5 3.4 -1.2 Change in Stocks 73.4 75.8 76.0 -0.4 Exports Imports
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felt in 2013-14 due to its lagged impact” believes Crisil. Any recovery in growth therefore relies largely on agriculture. An above normal and well distributed monsoon has significantly improved the outlook on agriculture. Cumulative rainfall during July to August was 10.9% in excess of normal at the All-India level and the sowing area is 6.8% higher than last year. “This creates an upside to our current agricultural growth estimate of 3.5%. But the momentum in industry and services is likely to remain weak. Overall we now see downside to our GDP growth forecast of 5.5% for 2013-14 resulting in a painful L-shaped trajectory for growth, atleast in 2013-14,” concludes Crisil.
These Solutions Could Revive Growth
oncerned over the slowdown in growth and employment in manufacturing, Ms Naina Lal Kidwai, President, FICCI today unveiled its twelve point ‘Manufacturing Mandate’ with a focus on job creation and skill development. Ms Kidwai appealed to the Government that the magnitude of the task ahead of us is enormous and we need to prioritise policies and measures which would ensure that manufacturing rebounds and creates jobs for the millions who are going to join the labour force in the next ten to fifteen years. FICCI’s Twelve Point Manufacturing Mandate suggests a 10% manufacturing growth on a long term basis with a potential to create 67 million jobs in manufacturing directly, provided some pro-active labour market policies are implemented as suggested in the mandate. With 10% manufacturing growth, we can achieve a size of $950 billion by 2025 from the current size of $ 250 billion for our manufacturing sector and take the total employment in manufacturing to 115 million during the period. While, this remains short of the targeted additional employment of 100 million by 2025 as per the National Manufacturing Policy this would be more realistic given the current economic scenario, noted Ms Kidwai. Since manufacturing has to bear a major proportion of job creation in times to come it is important that an enabling policy framework for attracting skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled workers in the sector is provided. The Mandate suggests twelve broad areas with specific measures for the short and long term, to stimulate growth and job creation in manufacturing on a sustainable basis. These twelve areas are:
1. Macro Economic Environment and Measures: a) Macro -economic policies like exchange rate, monetary policy, skill development and science and technology policies should be inextricably linked to the goals and objectives of the manufacturing policy and plan b) Easing of monetary policy required to boost investmentsdeeper cuts in Repo rates or cut in CRR c) Bring down subsidies and prune non-productive government expenditure d) Bring stability in the rupee exchange rate and aid exports which benefit from the declining rupee while looking at ways to reduce imports. 2. Taxation: a) Use the gap between bound and actual tariffs for hik-
ing custom duties in case of those sectors which have decelerated in the last one year at least. b) Threshold for investment allowance needs to be reduced from Rs. 100 crores to Rs. 10 crores to encourage investments by smaller investors also in manufacturing. c) Recommendations of the Rangachary Committee regarding safe harbor rules for reducing transfer pricing litigation needs to be fully accepted. d) Expedite taxation dispute resolution in a fair and transparent manner. e) Avoid retrospective amendments in law. Retrospective amendments should be made in rarest of rare cases as suggested in the Shome Committee report.
3. Labour Policies and Workers’ Housing a) Need for a Workers’ Housing policy either at the Centre or State for the manufacturing sector. The following is being suggested: I. The biggest impediment in providing affordable housing is availability of land in the vicinity of industrial areas and that too at a reasonable and affordable price. For this Compulsory allocation of at least 20% land (of industrial belt) in or around a industrial area/industrial estate for low cost housing Deferred/long term payment plan towards cost of land in case the land is allotted by government or its representative agency. In case land is purchased directly by the project proponent, then fast track change of land use to housing. The land registration charges for affordable housing to be 20% of the charges as levied in other cases. II. Within NIMZ certain minimum areas to be earmarked for workers/LIG housing. III.Fast track pollution clearances and building approvals for such low cost housing. IV.Appropriate PPP model and Viability Gap Funding could be considered both at centre and state level to implement these schemes. b) On Labour laws, the FICCI Manufacturing Mandate suggests specific amendments in the Factories Act, Contract Labour Act and Industrial Disputes Act to align them with the international best practices and ensure faster employment generation.
4. Feedstock, Raw materials & Electricity for Manufacturing a) Delays in coal linkages are resulting in cancellation or revocation of other clearances which are time bound (like ground water clearance, environmental clearance etc) for the projects. Need to bring in private participation in the coal sector; Restructuring of Coal India Limited including greater autonomy to CIL’s subsidiaries. b) Grant mining lease for the entire duration for which the mine can be operated for according to the mining plan and Forest clearance should be coterminous with the mining lease so that project proponent does not have to pay Net Present Value again on renewal of leases. c) Some of the draft legislations/policies propose to make acquisition of land in Schedule Areas only as a last resort where most of the minerals required by manufacturing sector fall. d) States should permit an Open Access Policy for power purchase both inter-state and intra-state using State grid network through third party sale and by paying necessary wheeling and cross-subsidy charges. e) States should not create impediments for industrial units and enterprises to avail facility of purchase of power through power exchanges.
5. Land for manufacturing a) The system of land allotment should be made totally transparent and e-based b) States need to increase the Floor Area Ratio for optimal utilization of existing industrial land. The Centre can seek such higher Floor Area Ratio at least in their centrally sponsored/supported parks and clusters. c) Ensure smooth land conversion process and time bound land use change notifications d) Provide time bound permission for purchase of land e) Follow a transparent land pricing mechanism - An independent body can design pricing mechanisms and evaluate land value as is the case currently in a few States. f) The Centre should pass directives for building flatted factories over existing industrial estates. Post directives from the Centre, the State should take up infrastructural and administrative responsibilities to build such flatted factories along with the provisions for basic resources such as water and electricity. g) The Land Bill in its current form needs a relook
6. Industrial Corridors and Clusters a) Lift the moratorium on consideration of new/expansion projects for environmental clearance in critically polluted areas/industrial clusters identified by CPCB- MoEF, with no increase in pollution load. b) Accelerate the development of Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial corridor, Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, the Bengaluru-Mumbai Industrial Corridor and DelhiMumbai Industrial Corridor which can be the game changer in terms of stimulating economic activity in the country. c) State Governments should consider upgrading of existing industrial clusters into NIMZs.
7. Ease of Doing Business a) Institutionalize a Regulatory Impact Analysis system to assess the quality and utility of any legislation over time. Cabinet Committee on Investments would be well placed to institutionalise Regulatory Impact Analysis system for assessing the existing business related legislations for legal and economic justification. b) Single window clearance system both at the centre and State should be backed by a law/Act to make it effective with inbuilt provisions for time bound and deemed clearances.
8. Infrastructure a) To attract adequate private investments in the infrastructure sector, follow ‘Annuity Model’ where private investors recover their cost in a series of semi-annual payments from the Government over the concession period.
9. Free Trade Agreements & International trade a) Review the existing FTAs and till the time assessment is done Government should have a moratorium on further FTAs. India today is second in Asia in terms of its engagement in FTAs after Singapore. India currently has a total of 34 FTAs with 13 in effect. b) Strengthen the domestic regulatory regime by upgrading existing regulations or creating new technical regulations, standards and ensuring conformity of imports to assessment procedures.
10. MSME a) Increase the limit of Government of India’s scheme of Credit Guarantee Fund for collateral free loans to Rs five
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crore from the existing Rs one crore. b) Once MSMEs graduate to larger size, it could continue to receive priority sector lending and other benefits for at least three years to ensure seamless growth and transition. This could be considered for a period of next five years to stimulate manufacturing activity.
11. Stimulating Demand a) Fast track implementation of delayed projects through CCI to create demand for manufacturing and add 1 per cent to GDP of the country. b) Moratorium on loan repayment for delayed projects due to pending clearances which are being considered by Cabinet Committee on Investments. c) Simultaneous financial closures of multiple projects. d) Bulk tendering. e) Preferential market for domestic manufacturers in Government Procurement should be adequately leveraged. f) The current Government Procurement policy of the MSME Ministry provides for mandatory sourcing of minimum 20% by Government departments from both manufacturing and services MSMEs. This should be changed to mandatory sourcing of at least 20% for MSME in manufacturing in addition to sourcing from service sector MSME.
12. Skill Development a) Bring back NSDC affiliated private skill development institutions in the negative list of service tax. b) Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has announced guidelines for weighted deduction benefits for skill development. However, following are the suggestions with regard to these guidelines from manufacturing perspective: Include corporates that are conducting in house training in facilities that are not approved by NCVT (National Council for Vocational Training) or SCVT (State Council for Vocational Training) under the guidelines. Include stand alone skill development providers under the guidelines Include NSDC training partners, SSC certified institute and any private institutions conducting training for the sector not certified by the NCVT or SCVT for the benefit. Include up-skilling activities of manufacturing sector as eligible for benefit under the guideline.
India’s growth story cannot be written off, says Anand Sharma
Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Anand Sharma has asserted that India’s growth story cannot be written off as the fundamentals of the economy continue to remain strong. “If any body says Indian economy is in a position from which it cannot recover, they are wrong”, he said while speaking at the CHEMEXCIL Export Awards ceremony in Mumbai on Friday evening. Sharma believes there is a lot of negativity being spread about the domestic economic situation through daily commentary adding to despondency. He rejected the argument that India is facing a pre 1991 situation, saying that the foreign exchange reserves are satisfactory, foreign debt is at a manageable level and the debt to GDP ratio has been constantly coming down. The Minister admitted that there is turbulence as the country’s economy is faced with strong headwinds. “In a connected global economy, it is natural to be affected” he said. “From Brazil to Russia to Indonesia, there is not a single economy, whose currency has not been depreciated. But, there is no reason to panic, no need to be despondent” added the Minister. Sharma also admitted that the decision making has been slow, which needed to be speeded up. He said “there are too many external factors, too many no go areas, that are hampering the decision making process… India has among the highest coal reserves in the world, yet, the country is importing coal. Not because of any executive decision, but because of external restrictions”.
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1210
143
148
161
968
972
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996
175
134
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121
JPASSOCIAT
914
855
127
126
130
134
122
118
67
68
74
80
63
57
34
35
38
41
31
28
AMBUJACEM
164
162
170
177
154
146
APOLLOTYRE
64
63
65
67
61
59
ASHOKLEY
12
12
ANDHRABANK ARVIND
ASIANPAINT
AUROPHARMA AXISBANK
BAJAJ-AUTO
BANKBARODA BANKINDIA
BANKNIFTY BATAINDIA
BHARATFORG
51
79
418
52 77
412
184
180
1835
1798
843 464
143
873
460
141
55 83
13
445
191
515
156
380
168
777
1684
433
125
9664
10272
8448
243
240
268
295
213
825
815
855
350
323
319
336
216
232
33
35
115
117
BPCL
264
CANBK
205
204
310
305
419
412
CIPLA
172
71
11
9056
355
CHAMBLFERT
2024
48
9065
BIOCON
CESC
477
203
488
299
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15
1066
300
CAIRN
90
969
1911
BHARTIARTL BHEL
59
219
33
277
318
129
365
318
219
895
775
45
65
10
347
157
681
1571 406
109
7840
734
454
390
369
1216
1219
1237
1255
1201
1183
DABUR
165
162
170
178
154
146
DISHTV
42
43
44
44
42
41
45
49
301 89
52
DIVISLAB
1003
982
1045
1109
DRREDDY
2292
2244
2386
260
268
71
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FEDERALBNK FINANTECH FRL
131
127
103
69
133
125 117
233
77 41
210
73
37
918
854
2528
2103
1961
299
330
237
206
77
83
65
59
140
133 158
147 141
199
126
118 76
119 110 34
GAIL
290
289
302
316
276
262
GODREJIND
237
237
254
271
220
203
GMRINFRA GRASIM GSPL
HAVELLS
HCLTECH HDFC
HDFCBANK HDIL
HEROMOTOCO HEXAWARE HINDALCO
HINDPETRO
14
2237
49
602
14
2256
51
602
14
2346
54
639
617
528
490
1901
1927
2006
2085
1848
1769
106
104
112
120
651
686
30
130 169
32
129
36
131
161
158
INDUSINDBK
885
539
IDEA
INDIACEM
529
685
812
INDHOTEL
566
637
796
812
IGL
676
628
57
55 82
19
616
58
55 85
19
41
133
915
43
588
707
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IFCI
2078
47
593
722
132
IDFC
2167
58
1203
122
IDBI
2435
1107
125
IBREALEST
13
1011
195
HINDZINC
13
1043
173
HINDUNILVR
14
27
127
96
819 23
125
88
218
150
141
112
846
880
778
744
167
177
149
140
64 57
70
60
101
116
20
21
581
52
52 70
18
127
546
103
46
50 54
17
260
263
285
307
241
218
45
46
50
55
41
37
45
358
44
358
48
390
52
422
40
326
36
295
INFY
3119
3091
3177
3264
3005
2918
IOC
211
210
221
232
199
188
ITC
309
305
317
328
293
281
IOB IRB
40 63
39 66
41
75
42
84
38
56
36 47
31
13
546
13
545
14
597
63
15
649
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11
440
581
532
1033
1102
1170
964
76
76
78
81
73
718
781
630
169
183
791
841
722 789
1243
1263
255
254
2216
679
763
818
1329
728
196
804
892
846
1396
155
680
70
141
639
689
1196
1130
760
2356
2535
1998
268
896
740
2177
261
27
10
492
1010 639
42
247
732
1818 240
12407
NIFTY
5457
5403
5585
5767
5221
5038
116
123
131
109
3003
2949
3113
3277
2785
24
25
27
28
23
NHPC
29
433
40
58
12732
31
37
37
52
13708
OFSS
275
34
51
13383
185
290
172
33
S2
184
13057
201
248
188
207
13041
NMDC
235
195
S1
274
MRF
286
236
COLPAL
44
MCLEODRUSS
93
7519
DENABANK
MCDOWELL-N
303
336
85
MARUTI
R2
252
805
M&M
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229
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222
167
353
359
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321
105
7841
81
KTKBANK
336
141
8809
81
KOTAKBANK
185
8486
CROMPGREAV
JUBLFOOD
379
321
278
JSWSTEEL
260
8164
256
JPPOWER
280
8271
248
JISLJALEQS
337
CNXIT
COALINDIA
Company
889
NTPC
ONGC
OPTOCIRCUI
16
16
116
130
250
128
PFC
109
129
254
130
133
98
96
100
PTC
43
42
21
132
39
483
363
322
141
108
22
326
345
343
365
68
68
1517
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433
SUNPHARMA
521
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RPOWER SAIL
SBIN
SESAGOA SRTRANSFIN
315
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174
104
24
207
222
192
210
300
71
75
65
62
1522
1590
1658
1454
1386
435
453
471
417
399
15
46
175
16
16
49
208
51
241
382
407
TATACHEM
251
249
253
256
140
148
156
147
152
276
284
167
TATAMTRDVR
148
TATASTEEL
276
TATAMOTORS TATAPOWER TCS
TECHM TITAN
UCOBANK
ULTRACEMCO
512 65
167
301
299
76
76
2000
1945
225
222
1385
52
97
138
322
390
140
156
161
386
SUNTV
TATAGLOBAL
177
19
280
938
560
TATACOMM
20
88
295
888
522
65
92
341
837
521
SYNDIBANK
86
41
310
RELCAPITAL
174
104
46
130
170
21
106
44
119
RECLTD
204
339
122
192
113
2621
393
443
192
141
102
113
554
403
RCOM
15
500
411
RAYMOND
229
122
447
21
304
121
110
434
RANBAXY
279
145
118
PNB
97
137
154
122
PUNJLLOYD
16
142
123
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415
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Intraweek Support and Resistance Levels Based on the “Pivotal Point” theory of Techincal Analysis PP Points indicate the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-week.
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Afternoon Despatch & Courier
MUMBAI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
« TOP VIEW We have the resources and the will power to get the economy back to high growth rate of 6% to 8%... Speculators are not the best judges of the health of the economy. — Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
« BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS ICICI SECURITIES CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON TITAN
Markets Firm
NSE India : CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Monday (September 2, 2013) By Dominic Rebello
REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY:
The Nifty rose substantially on Friday (August 30, 2013) a net 62.75 points (1.16%) and closed at the 5471 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 5407 points level. It then rose sharply into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 12.05 p.m. The index then declined and turned into a range bound movement until 1.52 p.m. It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 5360 points level at 2.08 p.m. The index then rose sharply into the green and registered the day’s high at the 5493 points level at 3.27 p.m. and then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 133 points. Sentiment was bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 28 were gainers, while 22 stocks closed in the red. Substantial buying was seen healthcare, banking, IT and FMCG stocks, while selling was seen in metal, capital goods, realty and power stocks.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS:
Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 12.91%. This change is moderate and indicates a moderate participation by investors. Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 689 were gainers, 630 were losers and 70 remained unchanged.
Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator has risen above the slow D line (positive and a buy signal). RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).
MACD Indicator: The MACD is below zero but is rising (positive if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).
Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a neutral market but with a positive bias. Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5240 points level. The next support is at the 5191 points level.
Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 5604 points level. The next resistance is at the 5695 points level.
Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 5442 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 5390. Support (2) = 5309. Resistance (1) = 5523. Resistance (2) = 5575.
OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a third consecutive white body candle. This is positive. Further, the index has crossed above the 15 days moving average confirming a bottoming out pattern. The index is now above the 5 and 15 days moving averages. Moreover, the velocity parameters which were negatively trended have now turned neutral. All these indicate a positive bias and the possibility of a further up move unfolding. Technically, since the downwards risk seems to have reduc ed, Investors may consi der Buying in small quantities in shares that are fundamentally sound and have a long- term potential.
Work with strict stop losses on all positions
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 here. MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Is above its 5-day average (at 5385) Positive. Has crossed above its 15-day average (at 5470) Positive. Is below its 25-day average (at 5573) Negative. Is below its 200-day average (at 5836) Negative. All the four averages are negatively trended. Negative.
Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.
CMP: Rs. 224 Target Rs. 250 We met the management of Titan Industries (Titan) to understand the company’s strategy to deal with the recent regulatory changes. The management has expressed concern over the recent changes and confirmed that it would need to resort to bank borrowings to fund working capital. This, in turn, will lead to higher costs (both financing and hedging) and, thereby, depress the return ratios. To deal with this, the company plans to a) stock more fast moving jewellery items, b) pass on increased costs to end users and c) de-risk its business model and launch new products in the lifestyle segment. Earnings, multiple downgrade; concerns priced in; upgrade to BUY: Even in the current regulatory framework, we believe Titan is better placed than its peers to deal with the current situation. We have reduced our earnings estimates downwards to factor in the changes (increased costs) and also downgraded the valuation multiple one notch to 23.0x FY15E EPS (owing to a compression in return ratios). However, in our opinion, the recent correction prices in the negatives. We, therefore, upgrade Titan Industries to BUY with a reduced target price of Rs 250.
FIRST CALL RESEARCH CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON P&G
CMP: Rs. 2632 Target Rs. 2855 For Q4 FY13, Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care Ltd posted a 35.13 percent yoy growth in net sales to Rs. 4230.80 millions. Financial year ended 30th June, 2013; the Company maintained its growth momentum by delivering total revenue of Rs. 16867.80 millions as against Rs. 12974.10 millions in FY ended 30th June, 2012, achieving a growth of 30 percent. Growth in revenue was seen across all business feminine hygiene and healthcare. Profit before tax at Rs. 2862.00 millions (vs. last year's 2230.20 millions) and Profit after tax for the fiscal year stood at Rs. 2032.20 millions (vs. last year's Rs. 1812.90 millions). PAT for the year is up 12 percent, as higher effective tax rates impacted net margins. PBT for the same quarter stood at Rs. 772.60 millions as against Rs. 462.90 millions in the previous year period. During the quarter total expenses rose 29 per cent an account of increase in Packing consumed along with consideration of Advertising & Sales expenses. Total expenditure in Q4 FY13 was Rs. 3593.00 million as against Rs. 2774.80 million in Q4 FY12. Over FY2012-15E, we expect the company to post a CAGR of 18 percent and 10 percent in its top-line and bottom-line respectively. Hence, we recommend 'BUY' for 'Procter & Gamble Hygiene & Health Care Ltd' with a target price of Rs 2855 on the stock.
NIRMAL BANG CALLS A ‘BUY’ ON HIMATSINGKA SEIDE
CMP: Rs. 33 Target Rs. 54 Himatsingka Seide (HSL) has reported 24.9% YoY increase in net sales to Rs. 468.4 cr and by 21.4% QoQ. It was mainly driven by jump in North America business by 21% YoY and manufacturing business by 31.5% YoY, though the growth was restricted due to fall in Atmosphere business by 18.7% YoY and European business by 8.3% YoY. The EBITDA improved by 35.6% YoY and by 46.5% QoQ to Rs. 49.6 cr. The EBITDA margin improved by 80bps YoY to 10.4% in Q1FY14 and by 180bps QoQ. EBITDA margin improved due to the decline in employee expenses and Other expenses as a % of sales. Gross margin declined by 280bps YoY to 32.4% in Q1FY14 and by 410bps QoQ. Valuation & Recommendation: At CMP of Rs. 32, the stock is trading at a PE of 4.8x FY14E and 3.4x FY15E. We feel with revival of US economy, improvement in US retail and home sale and HSL strong presence through both licensed brand and private labels, company will be able to improve its sales in US, though pressure on Europe is a matter of concern. Management has revised the guidance for FY14E of 25% sales growth in FY14E; where major benefit is attributed to rupee depreciation. We have incorporated the same in our estimates; however we expect revenue growth to be 19.2% in FY14E. We feel that the improvement in drapery and upholstery capacity utilization and improvement in distribution business will be the key driver of sales growth going forward. We maintain our target price of Rs 54 per share (FY14E) and recommend to BUY the stock. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in
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Afternoon Despatch & Courier
MUMBAI | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2013
Understand Insurance Portability MANOJ ASWANI
is VP at MyInsurance Club.com
« INSURANCE
I wish to avail the facility of Insurance portability. I wish to switch from National Insurance Mediclaim to Apollo Munich Optima Restore Plan and raise the mediclaim amount from Rs. 3 Lakhs to Rs. 5 Lakhs. Please suggest. —Rajesh Patel, Kandivali Understand the basic concept of Portability. If you wish to port the plan from National to Apollo, it simply means that you would discontinue your old plan and take up the new one and Rs 3 lakhs with all existing benefits would get ported from one insurer to the other with all waiting period and everything taken into consideration. However, if you do not port the plan, then it means, you are opting to take a separate plan of Rs 5 lakhs. Now, let us understand the following points before we jump into conclusions: 1. If you port the Plan from National Insurance Mediclaim Plan to Apollo Munich Optima Restore
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Plan, you and your spouse's Rs 3 lakhs of coverage continues without any discontinuation of coverage. However, the additional Rs 2 lakhs of coverage that you take from Apollo(since you are not taking Rs 3 lakhs of plan from Apollo but Rs 5 lakhs), there would be the basic exclusions and standard waiting period of 2 years. However, the cover continues for the existing coverage of Rs 3 lakhs. This has come into consideration because you plan to increase your coverage from Rs 3 lakhs to Rs 5 lakhs p.a. 2. If you plan to keep the Rs 3 lakhs of Plan of National Insurance Mediclaim, then it makes more sense for you to opt for a Top Up Plan of Rs 5 lakhs with Rs 3 lakhs deductible, such that the initial claim upto Rs 3 lakhs would be payable from the Principal Insurer, i.e. National in this case and the remaining Rs 5 lakhs of claim would be admissible from the Top Up Plan. You could check Apollo Munich Optima Plus plan. This would be a much more cost effective option for you. However, if you were to compare between National Insurance Individual Mediclaim Plan and Apollo Munich Optima Restore Plan, then Apollo is the obvious choice since the basic fundamentals of both the plans are very different. Let us understand by the following comparison. Apollo Munich Optima Restore Plan
The policy restores back There is no Restoration the entire limit if the Initial Benefit in this Plan Limit exhausts under Restoration Benefit available in this Plan
The Regular Benefits in this plan are: Pre-hospitalization expenses of 30 days Post-hospitalization expenses for 60 days Day-Care procedures covers 144 day-care procedures, which do not require 24 hours hospitalization due to technological advancement
There is a 50% No Claim Sum Assured increase if there is no claim in the first policy year and 100% by the 2nd
There is No Claim Bonus but cumulative can be maximum upto 50% in the entire policy tenure
The policy can be continued Lifelong till death
This policy can be continued only till 80 years of age
Pre-existing Illnesses are Pre-existing Illnesses are covered after 3 not covered even after continuous renewals continuous renewals
Conclusion: If you wish to increase your coverage, you should port to Apollo Munich Optima Restore Plan as it is a holistic plan with Restoration Benefit and no Sub Limits but if you do not wish to discontinue National Insurance Mediclaim, you may opt for a Top Up Plan side by side. I am 25 years old. I have 1 term insurance that "HDFC click 2 protect" for 30 years for 50 Lakhs. Now I am thinking that I have at least 1 LIC policy. So I think LIC JeevanSaral Plan is good. Can I go ahead for that? My plan is:
• 1 Lakh for 20 years • 1 Lakh for 25 years • 1 Lakh for 30 years • Total SA will be 30 Lakhs It will give return me all most 13 Lakh appox. So can I take this plan or suggest some good one... —Harish More, Dadar Now let's be honest. If you need proper Life Insurance Advisory, this much information is insufficient. I need to know how old you are, what your Financial Objectives and Plans are and how many dependents you have and other after knowing all this along with your Risk profile, we can provide information about your Life Insurance Planning. However, if you need off hand information about LIC JeevanSaral Plan, yes, it is a very good plan and a personal favourite one. You can surely take it but do not take it for less than 35 years. Because the higher the tenure is the maximum Bonus Rate you will accrue and even if you need money, the surrender after 10 years is without any charge and hence can be done without any deductions whatsoever. Hence there is no logic for you to purchase a plan for lesser tenure. However, opting for a Term Plan has been a good decision and I hope you have taken it for the longest tenure possible. (The author is Vice President at www.MyInsuranceClub.com, insurance comparison website in India. You may write to him at manoj@myinsuranceclub.com)
« PRODUCT REVIEW: APOLLO MUNICH EASY HEALTH PLAN
By Manoj Aswani
pollo Munich Easy Health Plan is a comprehensive health insurance policy which will reimburse the cost of medical treatment done by a person for any injury, illness or accident. There are 2 Plans under Easy Health Plan: Easy Health Individual Family Floater Plan where it covers an individual and/or his family members namely spouse, dependent children and dependent parents This policy can be taken on Individual Basis or Family Floater Basis, where spouse, dependent children and dependent parents can be covered under the same plan. This plan also provides Family Discount for opting for 2, 3 or more members in the same plan. This plan can be opted for a Sum Assured of a minimum of Rs 1 Lakh for an Individual and Rs 2 Lakhs for a Family Floater Plan. The maximum Sum Assured can be Rs 10 Lakhs in this plan. There are 3 variants in this plan based on Sum Assured opted for and varies in benefits offered. The premium also varies accordingly Easy Health Standard Plan can be opted for Sum Assured of Rs 1 Lakh, Rs 2 Lakhs, Rs 3 Lakhs, Rs 4 Lakhs and Rs 5 Lakhs Easy Health Exclusive Plan can be opted for Sum Assured of Rs 3 Lakhs, Rs 4, Lakhs, Rs 5 Lakhs and Rs 7.5 Lakhs Easy Health Premium Plan can be opted for Sum Assured of Rs 4 Lakhs, Rs 5 Lakhs, Rs 7.5 Lakhs and Rs 10 Lakhs
National Insurance Mediclaim Policy
There are no Sub Limits in There are sub limits of 1% this Plan the Sum Assured for Room Rent, 25% for Operation charges, etc.
A Comprehensive Health Insurance Policy
Ayush Benefit-The Medical expenses for inpatient treatment taken under Ayurveda, Unani, Sidha and Homeopathy Cumulative Bonus of 10% for every claimfree year accumulating up to 50% for claim free year Portability Daily cash for choosing shared accommodation Health Check Up
There are some Additional Benefits in this Plan which are available in Exclusive and Premium Variant are: Critical Illness Daily Cash for accompanying an insured child Cover for New Born Child Maternity Expenses after a waiting period of 6 years Out-patient Dental Treatment with waiting period of 3 years Spectacles, Contact Lenses, Hearing Aid every third year E-Opinion in respect of a Critical Illness
Key Features The policy can be continued till death as there is no Maturity Age for this plan A dependent child can be covered from the 91st day if either parent is covered under this policy This policy offers an additional discount of 7.5% for 2 year renewal A family discount of 5% is offered if 2 family members are covered and 10% is offered if 3 or more family members are covered under the same policy
Eligibility Criteria: Coverage Amount (in `)
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1 Lakh for Individual
Policy Term (in years) 1
5 Years, 91st day if Entry Age (in years) either of the parents are covered Renewable till Age (in years)
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10 Lakhs
2 65 for sum insured = Rs 1 Lakh & Rs 2 Lakh and 60 for sum assured of Rs 3 Lakhs and more Life long
Variants There are three variants available in Apollo Munich Easy Health Insurance policy. They are 1. Easy Health Standard 2. Easy Health Exclusive 3. Easy Health Premium
Additional Benefits: With the Exclusive and Premium variants of Easy Health Insurance Plan, there are some additional features like: Additional Cover for Critical Illness which covers for cancer, coronary artery (bypass) surgery, first heart attack (myocardial infarction), kidney failure (end-stage renal disease), major organ transplantation, multiple sclerosis, paralysis and stroke. The sum insured for Critical Illness can be either 50% or 100% of the basic sum insured Daily Cash for accompanying an insured child
Cover for New Born Child Maternity Expenses after a waiting period of 6 years With the Premium Variant of Easy Health Insurance Plan, there are some additional features are: Out-patient Dental Treatment with waiting period of 3 years Spectacles, Contact Lenses, Hearing Aid every third year E-Opinion in respect of a Critical Illness
Exclusions All treatments within the first 30 days of cover except any accidental injury Any pre-existing condition will be covered after a waiting period of 3 years Expenses arising from HIV or AIDS and related diseases Congenital diseases, mental disorder or insanity, cosmetic surgery and weight control treatments Abuse of intoxicant or hallucinogenic substances like intoxicating drugs and alcohol Hospitalization due to war or an act of war or due to a nuclear, chemical or biological weapon and radiation of any kind Pregnancy, dental treatment, external aids and appliances unless covered under the specific Easy Health Individual Insurance Plan 2 years waiting period for specific diseases like cataract, hernia, joint repLakhement surgeries, surgery of hydrocele etc. Items of personal comfort and convenience Experimental, investigative and unproven treatment devices and pharmacological regimens.
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Rape cases: SC wants drastic changes in law for quick disposal
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have a fast-track procedure for dealing with cases of rape and gang rape with the result that such heinous offences are repeated incessantly," a bench headed by Justice Gyan Sudha Misra said. “We are of the considered opinion that there is pressing need to introduce drastic amendments into the CrPC,” it said. Expressing concern that the Centre was not taking any steps to amend the law to ensure fast-track procedure, the apex court sought response from the government on why
statements of victims and witnesses in rape cases be not recorded by a judicial magistrate which can be treated as an evidence instead of the police recording them which is inadmissible. The bench said that it would put an end to recording of evidence of the victim and other witnesses multiple times which is the primary reason for delay of the trial. “We feel acutely concerned as to why the Union of India should not take initiative and steps to evolve a procedure PTI
EW DELHI: Setting up of fast-track courts to try rape cases is not sufficient to ensure speedy justice to the victims, the Supreme Court has said, favouring “drastic” amendment in the law for quick disposal of such matters. “Fast-track courts no doubt are constituted for expeditious disposal of cases involving the charge of rape at the trial stage, but we are perturbed and anguished to notice that although there are fast-track courts for disposal of such cases, we do not yet
for fast-track justice to be adopted by the investigating agencies and the fast-track courts by proposing amendments into the CrPC for speedy justice to the victim,” the bench said while issuing notice to the Centre. “We are of the view that if the evidence is recorded for the first time itself before the judicial magistrate under Section 164 CrPC and the same be kept in sealed cover to be treated as deposition of the witnesses and, hence admissible at the stage of trial with
India, Russia to review crucial military projects N
EW DELHI: India is expected to take up the issues of progress made in the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier project and pricing of the fifth generation fighter aircraft project during Defence Secretary R K Mathur's meeting with his Russian counterparts in Moscow tomorrow. The Defence Secretary is leading a high-level tri-services team comprising threestar rank officers from the three services, and the status of ongoing projects such as Gorshkov, which is now rechristened as INS Vikramaditya and FGFA are expected to come up for discussion, Defence Ministry sources said here. In the delegation-level talks scheduled to be held on Monday, the two sides are also expected to discuss the futuristic joint development
However, it is not clear whether the Indian side will raise the issue of mishap on its Kilo Class submarine ‘INS Sindhurakshak’, which had come back from Russia a few months ago after an extensive refurbishment in a shipyard there and is believed to under warranty till January 2014. India is planning to involve the Russian side into the investigations in the mishap after the completion of the Board of Inquiry into the matter. It is learnt that the two sides are also planning to disAdmiral Gorshkov, the aircraft carrier. cuss the upgrade of one more Kilo Class submarine ‘INS projects for the armed forces, Sindhushastra’, the last of the 10 submarines procured by they said. The meeting is also ex- India from Russia. India had pected to discuss the ammu- procured ten Kilo class vesnition requirements of the sels from Russia in early artillery and the tank fleet of 1980s and the deliveries were the Army and the upgrade of made in 14 years from 1986 to 2000. the T-90 tanks.
of the heinous crime of rape and gangrape all over the country including the metropolitan cities, we are of the view that it is high time such measures of reform in the CrPC be introduced after due deliberation and debate by the legal fraternity as also all concerned.” The apex court passed the order while hearing an appeal filed by the Karnataka police challenging the order of the High Court reducing the sentence of a rape convict from life imprisonment to a 10-year jail term.
Asaram quizzed by Jodhpur police amid tight security J
A man crosses the flooded river Ganga on an iron pipe in Allahabad on Sunday.
liberty to the defence to cross- examine them with further liberty to the accused to lead his defence witness and other evidence with a right to cross- examination by the prosecution, it can surely cut short and curtail the protracted trial if it is introduced at least for trial of rape cases which is bound to reduce the duration of trial and thus offer a speedy remedy by way of a fast-track procedure to the fast-track court to resort to,” it said. The bench said, “Considering the consistent recurrence
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ODHPUR: Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu was on Sunday quizzed by police in Jodhpur after being flown from Indore where he was arrested after midnight amid high drama for allegedly assaulting a 16-year-old girl at his ashram. The 72-year-old Asaram, who was escorted by Rajasthan police personnel led by Additional Commissioner of Police Satish Jnagid, arrived at the airport here on board an Air India flight via Delhi at about 1230 hrs. After coming out from the airport, Asaram moved into one of the seven luxury vehicles escorted by cops and was taken to Rajasthan Armed Constabulary Battalion Campus in Mandore where he was being interrogated, sources said. Unprecedented security arrangements were made at the airport, where Asaram faced black flag protests, on the streets, outside and inside
PTI
Asaram Bapu is taken away by the police on his arrival at the airport in Jodhpur on Sunday following his arrest from his Indore Ashram in connection with a sexual assault case. Asaram ashrams, and the Mahila Thana (women's police station) where the case has been lodged.
The convoy was followed by seven buses with armed police personnel. The godman might be taken for spot verification, DCP Ajay Pal Lamba told reporters Asaram was arrested by the Jodhpur Police after midnight from his ashram in Indore and escorted by a large posse police personnel to the airport, where he spent the night on a sofa in the VIP lounge. Meanwhile, the father of the girl called off his fast-untodeath in Shahajahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh soon after the arrest of the godman in Indore. Circle Officer, City, Rajeswar Singh offered the girl's father juice to end his fast that he began yesterday morning demanding immediate arrest of Asaram. “The first hurdle has been overcome. We would take our fight forward,” the father said after ending his fast after midnight.
Indian spices under regulatory scanner in US M
any spices from India, the largest exporter of these cooking ingredients to the US, have come under scanner of the health watchdog FDA for being susceptible to Salmonella bacteria contamination. Salmonella germs are said to have been behind many food poisoning outbreaks in the US, while the food products that can get such contaminations include spices, fish, beef, poultry, milk, eggs and vegetables. The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) has put nearly
200 India-based firms on its 'red list' due to presence of Salmonella bacteria in the spices and other food products exported by them to the US between 2009 and 2013. The products being brought into the US by the companies on the FDA's redlist can face “detention without physical examination”. According to the FDA redlist import alert, the contaminated spices include capsicum, cumin, ground coriander, turmeric, celery, basil and pepper. Amid growing concerns about Salmonella,
the FDA initiated a research to characterise the prevalence of Salmonella in imported spices. The study, whose findings are yet to be made public in full, focussed on over 20,000 food shipments that arrived in the US between 2007 and 2009 and found that around 7 per cent of spices were contaminated with salmonella. Spices from India were found to be the second-most contaminated after Mexico in this study, based on which the FDA is likely to soon initiate the necessary remedial and precautionary actions.
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THE HUNGER GAMES
TV GUIDE
TODAY’S BEST VIEWING
In a dystopian future, the totalitarian na-
tion of Panem is divided between 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss’s young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12’s female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives. HBO, 9 p.m..
BANI - ISHQ DA KALMA
SOAPS & SERIALS
In tonight’s episode we will see, Bani reaches Parmeet’s house for help but Gagan closes the door on her face. Further, Rajji sees Sohum in jail and is very hurt. Colors, 10.30 p.m .
90210
The group of friends from West Beverly were forced to attend
summer school after Annie called the police on Naomi’s afterprom party. Naomi, Silver and Adrianna have formed a close friendship over the summer. Big CBS Love, 9 p.m .
REVENGE
Padma returns, and shows Nolan the Initiative’s newest threat to get her to deliver the super program Carrion. Aiden and Nolan set up a sniper surveillance while Padma meets with the Initiative to deliver Carrion. Something goes wrong, and they lose radio contact with Padma as the Initiative takes her too. The Initiative was always a step ahead of them. She and Eli return to their former foster home to try and find some of “Amanda’s” old belongings, but they are told her things were lost in the fire Amanda started while living there waiting to be adopted. Meredith is to receive checks from the charity to help foster children in her home. Star World, 9 p.m.
RIVER MONSTERS WITH JEREMY WADE
Join Jeremy Wade in RIVER MONSTERS as he uncovers the
Bani-Ishq Da Kalma, Colors, 10.30 p.m.
beneath the ocean. It relies on the problem-solving genius of engineers and the vision of industrial designers who are constantly striving to make things faster, cheaper and better. HOW DO THEY DO IT? is about engineering and scientific miracles and the people whose ability to solve problems make them happen. D iscovery, 8 p.m .
DEADLIEST TECH
DEADLIEST TECH on Discovery Science explores the danger-
world’s largest, strangest and most dangerous fish. Ani mal Planet, 8 p.m.
ous machines and the edge cutting technologies used by armed authorities during warfare. Discover y Science, 10 p.m.
Maya is a young bee filled with curiosity who loves discovering
The series follows the lives of five rookie cops from 15 Division who have just graduated from the academy. Training’s over, life begins. They must learn not only to deal with their duties as police officers, but also deal with the problems and expectation of their families and friends. They are first responders and they are about to learn that no amount of training prepares you for life. Zee Café, 11 p.m.
MAYA THE BEE
the world through learning and understanding life. Join MAYA THE BEE on Discovery Kids and explore how her adventures sometimes lead her into trouble, and how sometimes she is out of it with the help of her friends. Discover y Kids, 12 noon
HOW DO THEY DO IT?
As the modern world becomes increasingly sophisticated and mechanised, we grow further removed from the way things are made and how things are done - from the miraculous feats of engineering which underpin life in the 21st Century. As we reveal in HOW DO THEY DO IT?, our comfortable modern way of life relies on a great army of clanking, buzzing giant robot slaves hidden from view, in factories, down mines, up mountains and
ROOKIE BLUE
DIYA AUR BAATI HUM
Meena’s mother comes to the Rathi house and tells them that she saw Sooraj and Sandhya buy a necklace worth fifty-five thousand rupees. Everyone is shocked. Mohit and Vikram start suspecting Sooraj’s intentions. Sooraj and Sandhya get badly stuck in a lift while coming back from Ajmer. Star Plus, 9 p.m.
MOVIES OF THE DAY
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
At the story’s heart is Caesar (Andy Serkis), a chimpanzee who
gains human-like intelligence and emotions from an experimental drug. Raised like a child by the drug’s creator, Will Rodman (James Franco) and a primatologist Caroline Aranha (Freida Pinto), Caesar ultimately finds himself taken from the humans he loves and imprisoned in an ape sanctuary in San Bruno. Seeking justice for his fellow inmates, Caesar gives the fellow apes the same drug that he inherited. He then assembles a simian army and escapes the sanctuary - putting man and ape on a collision course that could change the planet forever. Starring James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto. Star Movies, 9 p.m .
SABSE BADI HERA PHERI
Babloo (Vishnu Manchu) likes to have fun and is always getting
in trouble. So his father Narayana (Chandra Mohan) gets him a job with ShankerGoud (Srihari). ShankerGoud and Bhallu are rivals and Bhallu is determined to kill ShankerGoud’s sister Pooja (Genelia D’Souza). Babloo falls in love with Pooja but Shanker is planning an arranged marriage for her with Ajay (Akash). Babloo and Pooja elope to get married. Max, 9 p.m.
The 25th Hour depicts the last day of freedom for a young man
Dev and Rohan are best friends. Rohan introduces Dev to his
A wicked stepmother and her brother attempt to kill her
25TH HOUR
before he begins serving a seven-year jail term for drug dealing. Prowling through the city until dawn with his two close male friends and his girlfriend, he is forced to re-examine his life and how he got himself into his predicament, which leads to a shocking, disturbing finale. Starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper. Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m .
400 years in the future, set in the year 2415, Aeon Flux is a
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P.M. mysterious assassin. Four centuries after a virus nearly annihilated the human race, leaving only five million survivors in a utopian city called Bregna. Aeon is struggling to destroy the Goodchild regime led by its namesake, Trevor Goodchild, the ruler of Bregna and a descendant of the man who found a cure for the deadly virus. As instructed by the Handler, Aeon is assigned to assassinate Goodchild, but there are deeper secrets to be discovered, and conspiracies to be foiled. Pi x, 9 p.m.
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‘The phenomenal success of ‘KBC’ is its format!’ By Chaitanya Padukone
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ITH an appealing central theme ‘Seekhna Bandh Toh Jeetna Bandh’ and the jackpot prize money now hiked to a whopping Rs.7 crore, superstar Amitabh Bachchan returns to ‘host’ the seventh season of Kaun Banega Maha-Crorepati (Sony) with his usual indefatigable zest, zeal and zabardast common-man connect. Self-effacing by nature, the outspoken ‘Big B’ refuses to take credit for his charismatic, vibrant hosting, with which he infuses life into the sawaal-jawaab show. Justifies the seasoned iconic super-actor, who has to his credit, glorious movie milestones dotting his acting career. “The format of the KBC show is its soul. Which explains why this same KBC quiz show is running successfully in over 125 countries worldwide with other celebrity hosts. Meticulous research, a spectrum of reinvented inputs go into it everytime we start with a new season. Besides the power of instant knowledge that the KBC show offers, it’s the quick prize money that also adds to the allure. Honestly, I take ‘zero credit’ for the show,” he shrugs modestly, without hesitation, as he fields questions from the media. According to the Satyagraha lead actor, life is a constant learning experience. “Every moment of
our life, we are imbibing new lessons based on experience and information gathered. On my personal front, I do not wish to share the lessons I have learnt. As a professional actor, even now, I have been regularly learning such wonderful stuff from not only from the new crop of dynamic directors but also from the new generation of talented, savvy actors who are so quick in grasping their craft and spot-improvising towards perfection,” enthuses Bachchan in his bass baritone. There has been a gratifying revamp of the KBC show in terms of format-tweaks like new life-line options (one of them is called ‘Power Paplu’ to revive a used lifeline) according to the creative brain behind the show, Siddhartha Basu (who has also made his acting debut in Madras Café). “The money-tree will now have 15 questions and the ‘Fastest Finger First’ (FFF) will now become ‘Best-Outof-Three’ and the winner at the end of the tri-round ends up on the hot-seat. Even the ‘FFF’ contestants who do not make it to the ‘hot seat’ can ‘play along and win Rs.1 lakh,” informs Bachchan who is all set to flag-off the new season commencing from Friday, Sept 6th in the 8.30 p.m. slot.
MARATHI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS By Sandeep Hattangadi
Manasi Naik, Sachin Khedekar, Usha Jadhav and HE BIG Marathi Enter- many more. The awards were pretainment Awards for the best in the Marathi enter- sented to the finest talent tainment industry across 21 through votes received from unique categories including jury members – actor Vinay film, television, theatre, and Apte, eminent Marathi stage music took place at the actress Vandana Gupte, and Rangsharada Auditorium on renowned film and theatre Friday in a glittering func- personality Bharat Dabholkar. The emcees were tion. The show will be telecast on ETV Marathi on October 13 at 6:30 pm. The Celebs present were Ishaa Koppikar, Sachin Pilgaonkar, Ashok Saraf, Mrinal DevKulkarni, Sudesh Bhosle, Sadhana Sargam, Anuradha Paudwal, Ramesh Deo, Ajinkya Deo, Abhinay Deo, Kranti Redkar, Siddharth Jadhav, Umesh Kamat, Supriya Pathare and many more. The evening also saw an attendance from nominees including Mahesh Manjrekar, Sonali Kulkarni,
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Spruha Joshi and Nilesh Sable. The show began with a beautiful Ganpati act by Pushkar Jog. In addition to this, Siddharth Jadhav mesmerized the audience with his captivating retro act. Abhijeet Kelkar and Prathana Behere paid a tribute to legendary actor Ashok Saraf by performing a medley of his
popular songs while other performers included Manasi Naik, Kranti Redkar, Umesh Kamat, Isha Koppikar and a stand-up skit by Hemant Dhome, Priyadarshan Jadhav and Supriya Pathare. Commenting on the awards, Mr. Ashwin Padmanabhan, Business Head, 92.7 BIG FM said, "92.7 BIG FM is honored and delighted to roll out the second edition of BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards, which acknowledges the efforts of the finest performers in the Marathi Industry.” On being broadcast partners for the awards Mr. Anuj Poddar, EVP, Viacom18 and Business Head, ETV Marathi said, “We at ETV Marathi are glad to partner with the BIG Marathi Entertainment Awards which is a celebration of extraordinary talent in the Marathi entertainment industry.”
TV TATTLES Stand up comedians
THIS September, Comedy Central’s Chuckle Festival will bring back the laughter season by getting together some of the world’s finest comedians on one platform for India’s biggest, funniest chuckle festival ever. It has been conceptualised by LIVE Viacom18, a subdivision under Integrated Network Solutions. The lineup for the country’s first comedy festival features Gabriel ‘Fluffy’ Iglesias, Eddie Ifft and Paul Varghese and will be hosted by India’s very own Tanmay Bhat. The 3-day festival will take place in Mumbai, Bangalore and Delhi. In Mumbai it will be on September 5, 2013, at St Andrews Auditorium from 6pm – 10pm.
Gordon Ramsay’s new serial
TLC presents a new series that showcases the essence of cooking with ease. Gordon Ramsay, the host of Gordon’s Ultimate Cookery Course, has been has been cooking in professional kitchens for over 25 years In this show he presents simple ways to bring the spirit of amazing cooking to the kitchen and onto the plate using easily available ingredients. Each episode concentrates on a different theme essential for the modern cook - from the secret of cooking with chilli and spice, through to baking, roasting and slow cooking - and is packed full of useful tricks and tips to save time and money. Gordon’s Ultimate Cookery Course premieres on weekdays at 8 pm, starting September 2 only on TLC.
Motu Patlu wins award
MAYA Digital Studio’s super hit series Motu Patlu which is aired on Nickelodeon is the winner of the Best 3D TV content at AAKA (Animation Association Karnataka Award) 2013. The series also received the Arena Industry Contribution Award 2013. A favorite amongst kids and parents, Motu Patlu is aired on Nickelodeon every day at 12 pm, 4 pm and 6 pm.
Car flippers
WELCOME to the world of competitive car flipping on Discovery Turbo. The channel dedicated to all things motorized takes viewers into the intense world of automobile auctions in its brand new series Car Sharks. Expert car dealers from across the globe will gather in Dallas, Texas, to transform the best bargains into massive profits. With just 30 seconds to make a decision, the Car Sharks rely on their instincts and experience to outwit competition. Find out if the tough-talking, larger-than-life dealers can outbid and out-buy each other when Car Sharks airs every Thursday at 9 pm, only on Discovery Turbo.
Goodbye Nihaal
POPULAR actor Kapil Nirmal aka Nihaal of Star Plus’ Ek Veer Ki Ardaas Veera is all set to bid farewell to the show as his track reaches a logical end. In the coming episodes, Ratan, Ranvvijay and Veera will come to terms with the truth about Nihal being the reason for Sampooran’s (Sudhanshu Pandey) death. Due to this tragic revelation, the kids and Ratan begin to detest his presence which hurts Nihaal’s sentiments. The truth forces Nihal to leave Pritampura. Tune-in to watch Ek Veer Ki Ardaas Veera every Monday to Friday, at 10:30pm only on Star Plus.
Going down under
SIMON REEVE embarks on an epic adventure, this time travelling across Australia. On this riveting journey, Simon encounters an extraordinary array of people and exotic wildlife, offering a unique insight into life in Australia in a three-part series for BBC World News. Simon travels from Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory across to the remote Cape York Peninsula, and on to the Great Barrier Reef. Australia with Simon Reeve is scheduled on BBC World News starting from August 31. The three part series will air every Saturday at 7.40 am, 8.40 pm and Sunday at 2.40pm.
Family show
AS India evolves, so do Indian families. Typically, the older generation remains tied to tradition, while the younger generation wants to break away from age old customs and beliefs. Soon, Sahara One will be airing content that will capture evolving relationships between mothersin-law and daughters-in-law who who have a difference of opinion that has to be negotiated with great sensitivity and patience. The show will weave all this into a story that will have not just entertain but also start a lively debate.
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Prioritise pending cases of crime...soon! An RTI application filed in July 2013 revealed, till May-end, around 50,000 cases of crime against women were pending in city courts. The delay fails to deter criminals, writes Gajanan Khergamker huge number of cases have been disposed of by various courts in the city. The reply to the application revealed in last three years, various city courts have disposed over 11 lakh cases. According to the data provided in the reply, a total of 4.02 lakh cases were disposed of in 2010 followed by 3.82 lakh cases in 2011 and 3.49 lakhs in 2012. The reply also revealed that there are, in all, 75 courts in the city but the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court is vacant and there are 3,152 cases pending with it.
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HE recent gang-rape of a photojournalist at Mahalaxmi in South Mumbai on August 23rd, once again brought into sharp focus, the niggling issues of crime and safety for women. The fact that it happened during the day, between 5 pm and 6 pm, is all more shocking, especially when it happened in a city that ‘never sleeps.’ If that wasn’t bad enough, more reports on crime against women swiftly followed the rape. A woman was molested in the local train where a man allegedly exposed himself before her when she was returning home at night. In another case, a minor was allegedly raped and strangled by a ‘sadhu’ in UP while a woman was raped by three of her brothers-in-law in Assam. Several such cases were reported from all over the country soon after.
OLDEST CASE IN DELHI HC OVER 40 YEARS OLD OTHER cities are not much better placed than Mumbai when it came to pendency. After the December gang-rape, a lawyer filed an RTI application asking about the state of pendency of cases in the Delhi High Court. The reply to the application revealed the oldest civil case on the original side (the cases instituted directly in High Court) is dated back to 1972, almost 40 years back. The oldest case is followed by two cases filed in 1973. The oldest criminal case pending in the Delhi High Court is dated back to almost a decade. Reportedly Supreme Court had instructed the High Court to follow the Model Case Flow System related to management of cases back in 2005 but it has not yet started to follow the system. Also, the cases are not prioritised into Track I to Track IV as advised by the Supreme Court.
LOW REPORTAGE, PENDING CASES PLAGUE SYSTEM IT is believed that a huge chunk of such crimes are not even reported and of the lot that are reported, most rot away in judicial enquiry. An application filed under the RTI Act in July 2013 revealed that, till May-end, around 50,000 cases of crime against women were pending in city courts. This figure is a record high when compared with the preceding five years’ figures. In 2008, around 35,000 cases were reportedly pend-
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Need for pending cases to be heard, decided swiftly An application filed under the RTI Act recently to get the details about the pending cases in different Magistrate Courts across Mumbai revealed there are in all 3.72 lakh cases pending in different courts in Mumbai as on July 31, 2013 ing in city courts. And, a reply to a queryunder the RTI, revealed within five years, the numbers have risen by around 40 per cent. Apparently, the Bombay High Court also revealed it had written to the state more than a year ago to make its scheme for 100 fast-track courts a permanent feature beyond its 2016 deadline. The court also informed the RTI activist that the issue was still under consideration by the government.
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home as well. The crime rate has only risen in the country over the years but the judicial system does not have enough manpower to deal with all the litigation. The rise in number of pending cases in various courts all over the country bears testimony to this fact.
CENTRE APPROVED PLEA FOR MORE JUDGES IN JAN
IT was in January 2013, a couple of months after the Delhi gang rape that the Centre sanctioned the appointment of 2,000 more judges for JUST a couple of days back, the fast track courts all over the country. minor accused of the November The law ministry had also ap2012 Delhi gang rape case was proved Rs 80 crore for the purpose. found guilty and sentenced to three Writing a letter to the state governyears in reform home. ments and High Courts, the Centre It has also been reported that one had asked them to increase the of accused in the Mumbai gang strength of subordinate judiciary rape case is 17 years of age, a minor. from the current 18,000 to 20,000 Chances are, the maximum punish- with additional judges to be dement, the Mumbai minor will get ployed in fast-track courts. will be three years in the reform But, there is still a long way to go
CHANGE NEEDED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
before the rate of pendency comes down in courts all over the country. And, it is not just cases of crime against women that are pending in courts all over the country. There are all types of cases languishing in the court for verdicts.
OVER 4L CASES PENDING ACROSS MUMBAI COURTS AN application filed under the RTI Act recently to get the details about the pending cases in different magistrate courts across Mumbai revealed there are in all 3.72 lakh cases pending in different courts in Mumbai as on July 31, 2013. Reportedly, out of these, 8,464 have been pending for over 20 years and 51,074 have been languishing for more than a decade. According to the reply to the query, over 67,000 cases have been pending for more than five years. And, this is just the data from the magistrate courts in Mumbai and that too in spite of the fact that a
THREE CR. CASES PENDING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY EARLIER, in March, law minister Ashwani Kumar was ‘appalled’ with over the ‘three crore’ pendency of cases in various courts all over the country. At that time, the law minster had said, the situation was a matter of deep concern and that an ‘unacceptable number’ of cases in various courts should be reduced. Kumar, at that time, had admitted that the present process of appointment of judges has not proved to be adequate and there was a need to relook and revisit the entire judicial system. Maybe he is right, maybe the country needs more judges and courts to dispose of the cases pending for decades. But, it would be better to stop adding onto the load and deal with, at least, the criminal cases which should be dealt with firmly. In the absence of swift redress in the legal process, very efficacy of punishment is lost. In the case of crime, any delay bears direct and detrimental effect on the law and order of society. With inputs from Prerna Pandey
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DILLI KA BABU Retirement, what’s that?
By Santosh Bhartiya
body would together help realise Anna’s dream of changing society N December 2012, Anna Haz- and the system. However, Anna was cheated are met General V.K. Singh and the editor of a newspaper. once again. As per Anna’s advice During this meeting, Anna spoke a sincere attempt was made to of holding a rally in Patna on Jan- contact old colleagues in Bihar, uary 30, 2013. Anna also told his including old Sarvodaya colcolleagues about his intention of leagues and those from Anna’s holding a rally but most of the India Against Corruption (IAC). Advisory Committee Members Anna received the message that did not pay much attention to everyone would work together what he wanted. When Anna ex- and prepare for his rally, but pressed his desire again, a final when Singh and the newspaper message was sent to him that two editor went to Patna on January groups had been formed and the 15 they discovered that no prepaleaders were fighting amongst rations had been made. Instead, people were working to ensure each other. At this, Anna was even more that Anna does not come to heartbroken, as before this Patna. It appeared to the people Arvind Kejriwal and Prashant in Patna that Singh and the newsBhushan had said that Anna had paper editor had misled Anna. Fresh preparations were made no option but to return to them. Yogendra Yadav had issued a from here onwards and after 14 public statement that Anna Haz- days, a rally of almost 1.75 lakh are would return to them in three people was held in Patna’s or four months, but they were not Gandhi Maidan. For this rally, not familiar with Anna’s willpower. even Rs. 4 lakh were spent. PeoThis was, in fact, their mistake. ple spent their own money to They believed that if they isolated participate in it, whereas the Anna, he would return to them, Chief Minister of Bihar had held but the process through which a really with almost the same Anna became what he is has number of people at this very made him a ‘Loh Purush’ – a man Maidan and spent crores of rupees. of iron. Anna announced in this rally When Anna met General V.K. Singh and the newspaper editor, that he did not have any relationhe felt that the picture of associ- ship with ‘India Against Corrupates who would take forward his tion’. He also stated that no vision of changing society was organisation would now use his becoming clearer. It was then de- name. Only a website named cided that a rally would be held in ‘Join Anna Hazare’ would run to Patna on January 30, and every- provide information. Anna made
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the announcement of the Jantantra Morcha, and said this would be an organisation of volunteers with no office bearers which would be compatible with democracy. January 30, 2013 was a significant day for Anna and the nation. After this, preparations were made for Anna to tour the entire country and he announced that he would begin his Jantantra Yatra from Jallianwala Bagh in Punjab on March 30. From there Anna set out with his colleagues and in his journey from Punjab to Haryana he felt that a lot needed to be changed in the country. Anna learnt through his yatra that the whole country was being run contrary to the Constitution of India. Once Anna had gathered enough information about the Constitution and its use from his colleagues accompanying him he realised that nowhere in the Constitution was there any mention of a ‘political party’. It ultimately became evident that the entire party system is itself against the Constitution of the country. The Constitution mentions the public – that it will make its own candidate stand for elections. These elected candidates will go to the Lok Sabha, where they will debate on conditions in their election area and in the country. They will make a diagnosis of problems and will make laws. Whoever has the support of the majority of the members in the Lok Sabha, will
become the Prime Minister, who will then choose his Ministers. Nowhere in the Constitution is there a mention of parties or an alliance of parties, or only that the leader of the largest party will become the Prime Minister. Anna then made it clear that since political parties are not mentioned in the Constitution they are un-Constitutional. Anna is now appealing to good people in various parties to leave their parties and fight the elections as candidates of the people. Now, the question is, who will Anna Hazare support? If 15 people stand from one constituency, who will Anna support? Anna has clarified several times to his colleagues that he will support the person who pays heed to him the most. He also states that the person will file his or her resignation with the Election Committee in advance in the form of an affidavit. The day the Committee feels that the person is not raising issues and questions promised to the people, in the Lok Sabha the, the Committee will send the person’s resignation affidavit to the Lok Sabha. Anna has reiterated that if a candidate leaves his or her party and fights the elections in accordance with the Constitution, he will think about lending him or her, his support. But the candidate who complies with the conditions for support will have Anna Hazare campaigning for him.
Clear signals of a new Mahabharata Santosh Bhartiya
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HE nature of the parliamentary system in our country and how clever people use it for their own interest and benefit merits a study. Seen in an academic manner, the use of the parliamentary system should be for the prevention and alleviation or removal of the public’s sorrows and pains, and the solution for any other kind of problem prevailing in the country should
come from the Parliament. But our Parliament is miles away from this. In parliamentary democracy, the Opposition has an important place, although in a true democracy there shouldn’t be a ruling party and an Opposition. The representatives of the people should be in Parliament along with the country’s institutions. In other words, in a true democracy all the people sitting in Parliament are in the ruling party and in the Opposition. Decisions should be taken on the basis of issues, but in our country, there is an Opposition and the Opposition is making immense fun of parliamentary democracy. Seen in a comparative manner, the Congress has more ability to use parliamentary democracy in its own favour. The Congress has always made use of parliamen-
tary democracy in the interests of and for the benefit of the party and has kept the problems of the people aside. The past ten years are witness to the fact that that no matter how much inflation has increased, corruption has also increased as has unemployment. The Congress however, has not allowed public anger to spill out on the streets. If one looks at the question of prices and inflation, the Prime Minister says with extreme shamelessness that he does not have a magic wand and money does not grow on trees. After independence, price rise and inflation have broken all standards and norms and has increased so much now that it has become a medicine itself. Nobody is taking up the issue and is choosing only to blame the Government. The only mention of inflation in Par-
liament is as a ‘reference’. On unemployment, lies are being shamelessly told. The Congress or the Government cannot be seen searching for a solution. The Government itself is terminating jobs, but is giving the impression that it is increasing job opportunities. And on corruption, scams are being exposed every week in lakhs of crores of rupees. There is no discussion of this in Parliament, neither is there a boycott of Parliament because corruption has reached the limit. The Prime Minister, in whose tenure most scams have surfaced, is being considered honest. Even the Parliament chooses to remain silent about this Prime Minister against whom even the CBI and the Supreme Court have pointed fingers. The full credit for this goes to the Congress.
THE thought of retirement does not make IAS officers in Punjab and Haryana anxious, as one might imagine. Rather, it is looked forward to and even advanced, because the babus have already set their eyes on postretirement employment with the government. Both state governments, of late, have been rather generous in doling out cushy positions to ex-babus. In Punjab, several retired babus have found new assignments in the Punjab State Information Commission and the Punjab Right to Service CommisEx-Chief Secresion.E tary Ramesh Inder Singh now heads the State Information Commission, along with retired IAS officers Satinder Pal Singh and Parveen Kumar, B.C. Thakur and Narinderjit Singh, who are Information Commissioners. Sources say that out of 10 members in the Commission, five are former bureaucrats. Similarly, another former Chief Secretary S.C. Agrawal is heading the Punjab Right to Service Commission, along with retired colleagues S.M. Sharma (former DGP, Security) and IAS officer Iqbal Singh Sidhu. In neighbouring Haryana, again, it is the State Information Commission that has turned into a ‘retirement home’ for ex-babus, say sources.
Lucky room
ALTHOUGH now most observers have been quick to point out that the appointment of Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan as the new Governor of the Reserve bank of India (RBI) was a shoo-in, not many however give credit to the room Rajan occupied in the North Block premises of the Finance Ministry. Apparently, Rajan’s room (No 132A) has proven lucky for its occupants down the years. Most of them moved on to higher things. Before Rajan was brought into North Block last year, the room was occupied by Ms Omita Paul, who later was appointed as Secretary to the President and moved to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Rajan will now be the first non-IAS official to head the RBI. Interestingly, the room is located between that of Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and Secretary of Department of Economic Affairs, Arvind Mayaram, who too had been in the race for the coveted post at RBI. But now with Rajan shifting out soon, the question is who will occupy Room 132-A, and will the lucky streak continue?
Opting out
Shakti THOUGH Sinha, a 1979 batch officer currently posted as Principal Secretary Finance (with added charge of power) insists that he has opted for voluntary retirement to “work outside the Government”, observers continue to read more into his move. Sinha is a senior IAS officer in the Delhi Government and had been Joint Secretary to former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. The buzz is that Sinha was miffed with the Dilli sarkar for being overlooked for the post of Chief Secretary, which went to his batchmate D.M. Spolia. It is also being said that Sinha’s views on Dilli’s power distribution companies who owe a huge amount to the Delhi Government, did not find favour with the authorities and that’s why he has called it quits. Whatever the reason, a senior bureaucrat’s departure barely a few months before elections is obviously going to make ripples in babudom. — Dilip Cherian
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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 616
ENIGMA CODE 616
ACROSS: 1 Raises a hand to a superior? (7) 4 Has a hatred of French exams (7) 8 Quick talking number achieved by twelve (8) 10 It's senseless to dispose of foreign capital (6) 11 Increased by five hundred after general appraisal (8) 12 Can they stand being of service to the painters? (6) 15 Open this place on the other side (4,5) 17 Soothing girl in the ear, nose and throat department (9) 19 It's been settled (6) 20 No Easter break-that'll have repercussions (8) 22 Moves along to see the pictures (6) 23 You may find night-fliers hanging about in them (8) 24 Backdrop to the situation at railway termini (7) 25 Ray and its source? (7)
DOWN: 1 Feeling one may get from Essen (5) 2 Solitary individual getting in 250 on last day (6) 3 Men in the dock because a female copper shops them in a way? (10) 5 Rip a piece from carpet? (4,1,5,3) 6 Hidden from view, like film stars (8) 7 Avoids seeds, pits, nuts (9) 9 Try undeniable criminal, but condone offence (4,1,5,3) 13 Grub is set before the head. Such indulgence ! (10)
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Each colour in our code represents a letter. When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words. The clue to first word is given to help you get started. The Clue: Barn container
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SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S ENIGMA CODE LAUREL, ALLURE, LETTER, RATTLE, RELATE, TELLER, TURTLE
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MATH PYRAMID 616 14 Uses drill (9) 16 Colliery belongs to me following a withdrawal by Alcoa consortium (8)
18 Countenance pocketing one pound is easy (6) 21 Record some almost made at the races (5)
SOLUTION TO FRIDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 7 Foreseen, 9 Abadan, 10 White feather, 11 Fevers, 13 Leanness, 14 Spirit message, 17 Bar-chart, 19 Seemed, 20 Harpsichords, 22 Beatle, 23 Salvages. DOW N: 1 Boarders, 2 Meow, 3 Delius, 4 Rabelais, 5 Martingale, 6 Cadets, 8 Needle matches, 12 Episcopate, 15 Imagines, 16 Ebenezer, 18 Awakes, 19 Scroll, 21 Scam.
QUICK CROSS 616
ACROSS: 1 Suitable, appropriate (3) 4 ---- devil, stingray (3) 5 Arm extensions (5) 8 ____ and caboodle (3) 9 Dalmatian feature (5) 12 Be delinquent (3) 13 Abraham's nephew (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
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DOWN: 1 ___ Wednesday (3) 2 ___ jacket, sailor's coat (3) 3 Gas and think (5) 6 Candle (3) 7 Bar fixture (5) 10 "Power"ful number? (3) 11 'Ready, --, go!' (3)
HIDATO 616
The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with consecutive numbers that connect horizontally, vertically, or diagonally from first to the last number in the grid. The first and last numbers of a puzzle and a some other numbers are already filled in. FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
MATHDOKU 616
Place numbers into the puzzle cells in such a way that each row and column contains each of the digits from 1 up to the size of the puzzle (4,5 or 6). Like a Sudoku puzzle, no number is repeated in any row or column. Each bold-outlined group of cells contains a hint consisting of a number and one of the mathematical symbols + x - /. The number is the result of applying the mathematical operation represented by the symbol to the digits contained within the domain. The solution to each puzzle is arrived at logically and is unique. FRIDAY’S SOLUTION
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Gemini Aja Ekadashi Punarvasu Mithun (Gemini) K.Ch. Pale Yellow 3
BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Work proposals increase and you will be busy with expansion plans. Creative interests and artistic aspirations are fulfilled and you will get wide recognition. Those completing their education will get favorable offers of work from reputed institutions. Happiness in love is assured. Health will be generally good throughout the year. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be obedient, sweet natured, attractive, healthy and long-lived. Generally, fortunate, helpful, respectful and will not tolerate dishonesty from others. Will be creative, artistic and an interest in medicine. Happiness, fame and success in life are indicated.
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ARIES (March 21 - April 20): New responsibilities at work keep you busy. You may be worried about meeting deadlines. Some of you could face some opposition at work. Exercise restraint and avoid confrontation at all cost right now. Avoid hasty decisions. Perhaps you are pushing too hard. Relax and try to unwind.
TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Avoid new investments. There will be certain developments which may necessitate revision in your plans. Put ego aside in matters of job and career, especially when moving closer to fulfilling your dreams. Students desirous of pursuing higher studies will have work harder to make the grade.
GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You may have to contend with a sudden problem without any warning. Try not to wallow in self pity. You will be of course well rewarded for your arduous efforts at work. In matters of the heart you will have to take the first step towards making amends.
CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Meetings and negotiations will have a favorable outcome. Money ceases to be a problem. Travel would also be fruitful. Do all that you can to cash in on the lucky break coming your way. Stay away from intrigues and maneuverings and get ahead in your work.
LEO (July 22 - August 21): A risk that you may have taken is going to be a winner and you will be congratulated for your ingenuity. Do not rest on your laurels. You will take part in a family function for the sake of loved ones. You will do your mate or beloved proud by the way you conduct yourself.
VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Too much of mental strain coupled with work tension could pose a serious problem if you are not careful. Take a break from your regular routine and do things that you find more pleasurable and relaxing. The situation at home may also require you to remain cool.
LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): There are pretty good chances of getting some money from unusual and unexpected sources. Except for some arguments over minor matters the domestic situation will be calm. Routine tasks will be done without much trouble giving you time for leisure and romance.
SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Take advantage of the present good phase. Your work will require you to move amongst influential people and make important contacts. Some of you will receive offers for a job, but it will in your interest to work on contract or on the basis of assignment. This way you will make more money. The married will also be able to resolve their differences and find love all over again. Some of you may get a marriage proposal that is worth considering.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): Work matters are beginning to look optimistic again. A bright idea could turn lucrative but you have to convince others. At home a number of differences are sure to surface. Keeping calm will help you to find a solution soon. Change is something difficult to cope with at times but you will be pleasantly surprised with the love and support that you get from loved ones. AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): You have a profitable day. You are closer to achieving goals in career or profession. Meetings and new business proposals scheduled for today yield good results. You are good at impressing all but bad at expressing true feelings to your beloved. You will have to work hard to be more demonstrative.
CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): A busy day at work, but you will be able to complete your assignment. A friend, or someone from out of town, will be visiting you or will be in touch. Fresh investments will register gains faster than you had anticipated. With most activities scheduled for afternoon, you could end up feeling quite tired by evening.
PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Rise in salary or more incentive is offered to you. Work hard for efforts will be amply rewarded. A profitable new business association will lead to monetary gains. Expense on a security for the family or the purchase of some property is likely. Happy celebrations are likely at home.
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QUICK CROSSWORD 4756
ACROSS: 4 Sculptor Taft (6) 7 Grand Slam tournament played at Flushing Meadows (2,4) 9 Decay or waste away (3) 10 Pacific islander (6) 12 Whenever (2,3,5) 16 Sound quality or pitch (4) 17 ___ in : make a lot of money, colloquially speaking? (4) 18 160 in Roman numerals (3) 19 In an unknowing or inexperienced manner? (10) 22 Chief exec. off. (3) 23 Cry of a dove (3) 24 Sir Alex Ferguson's successor at Manchester United (5,5) 28 Jazzman Evans (3) 29 Irish clan (4) 30 John ____ : ex-New Zealand cricket captain? (4) 33 Dilip ____ : ex-India and Mumbai batsman and skipper? (10) 35 Speedometer (6) 36 Navigation Mgmnt. Unit (3) 37 Monkey-like (6) 38 From an idea of (6)
DOWN: 1 City in South Gujarat famous for its silk mills (5) 2 Pertaining to plants (9) 3 Say that a statement is untrue (4) 4 Capital of Zambia (6) 5 Frost (4) 6 Fatal or lethal (6) 8 ___ ___ speak : familiarly meaning that...? (2,2) 11 Employment bureau (6) 13 Desert region of Israel (5) 14 Standing Room Only, abbr. (3) 15 Road gunk (3) 18 Tightly united (9) 20 Made public like Edison? (6) 21 It's human (5)
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SUDOKU 1942 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.
SATURDAY’S SOLUTION
Difficulty Level
CRYPTOQUIP
Today’s clue: X equals O
The Cryptoquip is a substitution cipher in which one letter stands for another.
24 Immersed in water (6) 25 Indicate or mean (6) 26 Fuel economy letters (3) 27 Officers Training School, acronym (3) 31 _ __ __ person : all of us can say
this? (1,2,1) 32 Took some liquid as food (5) 33 __ cava (path to the heart) (4) 34 "A rim" anagram for an Arab chieftain? (4)
SOLUTION TO SATURDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Lacuna, 5 Fug, 8 Ulna, 9 Ogre, 10 Boring, 11 Selecting, 13 Lost, 15 BIT, 16 Twirl, 17 Sarod, 20 Wii, 22 Pam, 23 Greta, 24 Virat, 26 Ph D, 27 Rita, 28 Calorific, 31 Easily, 32 Rhea, 33 USSR, 34 VIP, 35 Teaser. DOWN: 1 Labels, 2 Christie, 3 Nuns, 4 Algebra, 5 Facet, 6 Gout, 7 Transom, 12 Lil, 14 Twit, 18 Apar, 19 Ratifies, 20 Wreathe, 21 Tidiest, 24 VHF, 25 Sawyer, 26 Pinup, 29 Olav, 30 Care.
IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1761 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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R
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K
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C R
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SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: Antonym, n.: The opposite of the word you're trying to think of
Afternoon WORD MINE
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How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 11 average; 13 good; 15 outstanding. SATURDAY’S SOLUTION: agree, eager, eater, ergo, ergot, gear, germ, gore, gorge, gram, grate, great, greet, grog, mare, mart, mater, mere, merge, meteor, meter, metro, more, mortgage, MORTGAGEE, ogre, orate, rage, rate, ream, reggae, remote, roam, rote, tamer, tear, term, tore, tram, tree.
HEATHCLIFF
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RUNNERS-UP FINISH FOR INDIA IN ASIA CUP
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India rues bad umpiring which cost them Asia Cup final
IPOH, MALAYSIA: India fought valiantly before losing 3-4 to defending champions South Korea in the final of the ninth Asia Cup hockey tournament here today and the players feel that a bad umpiring decision at the fag end of the match cost them the title. Australian umpire Murray Grime awarded Korea a penalty corner just two minutes from the hooter when Rupinderpal Singh tackled a Korean forward inside the circle, but the Indian players feel it was wrong judgement by the umpire and the tackle was a clean one. "The last penalty corner which Korea got was wrongly given. By no chance it was a penalty corner. It was a clean tackle from Rupinder, but the umpire debated that he deliberately did it," an Indian player said on condition of anonymity. The resultant penalty corner hurt India badly as Kang Moon Kweon made no mistake with the chance and converted it to shatter the hopes of handful of Indian supporters present at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium. "The umpiring cost us the match. We came here with one purpose to win the tournament. But in the end we are happy with the way we played here," another player said. Asked India's interim coach Roelant Oltmans about the decisive penalty corner, he simply said: "It's better not to say anything about it."
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early share of exchanges, India made some good moves from the right flank but the forwards fizzled after entering the opposition circle. Korea's game was all about putting the Indian defence under pressure through counter-attacks. The Indian defence was tested to the core by the quick, nimblefooted Koreans from the beginning as goalkeeper P R Sreejesh made a valiant double save in the 21st minute to keep a clean slate. Soon India had their first scoring opportunity through their first penalty corner but V R Raghunath’s flick was blocked by a Korean defender. In the 26th minute Nithi Thimmaiah had a good chance of giving India the lead but his reverse hit from close range went wide. Korea soon earned their first penalty corner and tournament’s top-scorer Jang Jong Hyun made no mistake, converting the set piece with a variation. A minute later Korea stunned India again when You Hyo Sik tapped home from Nam Hyun Woo’s cross from the left flank to go into the breather with a moraleIndia's Sardar Singh and South Korea's Lee Nam-yong battle for the ball during their final match of the 9th men's Asia Cup field boosting 2-0 lead. The Indians, hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia on Sunday. however, made a strong comeback till the conclusion of the Oceania job in the second half, after going after the lemon break and put the By Saumojyoti S Choudhury Cup in November, which either into the breather trailing by two Korean defence under continuous POH: India made a spirited fight- Australia and New Zealand is ex- goals. But the Indians eventually fell pressure with repeated raids. But goals eluded India till the back in the second half but failed pected to win, for the official confir- short as Korea eked out a hardto earn a direct berth in next mation of their participation from fought win and also got their re- 47th minute as Korea defended in the FIH. Both Australia and New venge over the Sardar Singh-led side numbers. India pulled one back in year's hockey World Cup as they lost the high-scoring Zealand have already made it to the against whom they lost 0-2 in the the 48th minute from their second penalty corner which was perfectly summit clash 3-4 to defending World Cup through FIH World pool stage. However, it was a great show by a converted by Rupinder to bring League. champions South Korea, here. The Koreans scored through Jang young and inexperienced Indian smiles back on the faces of the InThe Indians, who are virtually assured of a place in the game's show- Jong Hyun (28th minute), You Hyo team considering the fact that the dian crowd present at the stadium. The goal lifted India’s spirit as piece event to be held at The Hague, Sik (29th), Nam Hyun Woo (57th) country finished a lowly seventh in Netherlands, needed to win the and Kang Moon Kweon (68th). For the last edition of the event in 2009. they went for relentless attacks and eight-nation tournament to secure India, Rupinderpal Singh (48th), It was a fitting contest between the finally managed to reduce parity a direct entry in the World Cup. Nikkin Thimmaiah (57th) and Man- two top teams of the Asia as both through young Nikkin Thimmaiah. Korea's fourth title win means deep Singh (64th) were the goal-get- India and Korea matched each Nikkin scored in the 54h minute with a fierce reverse hit from top of other stick to stick. Malaysia are certain to return to the ters. The Indians started the match on the circle after receiving a pass from It was a case of near yet so far for World Cup after a gap of 12 years. The Indians will now have to wait the Indians who did a tremendous a bright note and dominated the Manpreet Singh.
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Nadal cruises, Azarenka battles through at US Open N
EW YORK: Rafael Nadal breezed into the fourth round of the US Open, moving nearer a potential showdown with Roger Federer, while second seed Victoria Azarenka battled her way into the last 16. Nadal, a 12-time Grand Slam champion who has won nine titles since returning in February from a seven-month injury layoff, stretched a career-best hardcourt win streak to 18 matches by beating Croatian Ivan Dodig, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. "I started the match with the right intensity," Nadal said. "I think I played my best match of the week so far." Second-seeded Spaniard Nadal, who completed a career Grand Slam with his 2010 US Open crown, and Swiss star Roger Federer, in his lowest Grand Slam seeding since 2002 at seventh, have never played at the US Open but could meet in the quarter-finals. Federer, seeking his 17th Grand Slam title and sixth US Open crown, will face French lefthander Adrian Mannarino, who has never beaten a top-10 foe, in a night match at Arthur Ashe Stadium. Nadal, who has not lost his serve in three matches, took command early and connected on 65 percent of his first serves and fired 37 winners in
improving to 56-3 this year. "I have to improve a little bit of everything to keep going in the second week," Nadal said. "To win matches if you are not playing your best, it's impossible." Next for Nadal, who missed last year's Open due to injured knees, will be German 22nd seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, who ousted US 13th seed John Isner. "He has been having a great season," Kohlschreiber said. "But I will try my best." With Isner's ouster, host-nation hopes fall upon wildcard Tim Smyczek, the last American man in the draw on the 10th anniversary year of Andy Roddick's US Open title, the most recent Grand Slam crown by a US man. Two-time Australian Open champion Azarenka escaped an upset bid while Daniela Hantuchova saved four match points to advance, but Grand Slam winners Petra Kvitova and Svetlana Kuznetsova were ousted. Azarenka, who lost to top seed Serena Williams in last year's final, outlasted French 26th seed Alize Cornet 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-2. Cornet denied Azarenka on 10 of 11 break chances in the first set, but could not hold on after dominating the Rafael Nadal of Spain reacts after defeating Ivan Dodig of Croatia during the third round tie-breaker. of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament
Sania-Zheng in quarters
NEW YORK: Indian players enjoyed an all-win day at the US Open as three of them reached the men's doubles third round with their respective partners, while Sania Mirza entered the women's doubles quarters. The tenth seeded pair of Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner J Zheng stunned the sixth seed pair of Anna-Lena Groenfeld of Germany and Czechoslovakia’s Kveta Peschke 62 6-3. Earlier the pair defeated the unseeded Hungarian-American combination of Katalin Marosi and Megan Moulton-Levy 6-3 7-5. In the men's doubles, it turned out to be an excellent day for all the Indians in fray. Divij Sharan with his Chinese-Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu defeated the Israeli team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6-4 5-7 7-6 (2) in a hardfought contest. Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek also endured a tough match before rallying to beat the unseeded German-Austrian duo of Daniel Brands and Philipp Oswald 4-6 6-3 6-4.
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BCCI allows Srinivasan to perform statutory functions
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OLKATA: His exile is not yet over but N Srinivasan was given the go ahead to perform the BCCI's "constitutional and statutory functions" by the Working Committee which also invited him to attend the Board's Annual General Meeting on September 29 in Chennai. Srinivasan, who was forced to step aside in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing scandal in which his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was implicated, attended the working committee meeting here. The Tamil Nadu strongman, however, did not chair the meeting, which was presided over by interim chief Jagmohan Dalmiya. "Mr. Jagmohan Dalmiya was in the Chair. He informed the members that there were certain constitutional and statutory functions of the President, BCCI, which would have to be discharged by Mr N Srinivasan till the next AGM," BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel said in a statement after the working committee meeting. "It was decided that the Working Committee invite Mr. N. Srinivasan, President, BCCI, to perform his constitutional and statutory functions and attend the meeting," he added. Besides Srinivasan, India's itinerary in the coming months was also discussed by the Board officials, who have proposed a home series against the West Indies in November this year to ensure that senior batsman Sachin Tendulkar plays his 200th Test in front of Indian fans. "Apart from the Home Series against Australia in October 2013, the Working Committee ap-
Chopra slips down to 64th
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ORT WAYNE, US: Indian-born Daniel Chopra shot an even par 72 on the third round to lie tied 64th in the Hotel Fitness golf Championship. Chopra's card included an incredible six birdies, but he also gave away four bogeys and a double bogey in the third round to aggregate three-under 213 after three days in a tournament that has been low-scoring. Patrick Cantlay opened a threestroke lead a week after the former he missed a chance to wrap up a PGA TOUR card.
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proved a proposed Home series against the West Indies in the month of November 2013," the Board stated. "The Indian team's tour of New Zealand for two Tests and five ODIs in January/February 2014 was approved. The Indian team's tour of England for five Tests/five ODIs/one T20 International, from July to September 2014, was approved," it added. The AGM on September 29 will be the Board's 84th and Srinivasan is expected to seek a second term as President during the meet. Apart from this, it was decided that the Board's Disciplinary Committee will meet on September 13 to consider AntiCorruption Unit chief Ravi Sawani's report on the IPL spotfixing scandal. Besides, the BCCI also approved the recommendations made by the National Cricket Academy's Board. These recommendations include having an arrangement with MRF Pace Foundation and utilise the facilities of the KSCA at Alur, near Bangalore.
I WILL CHAIR THE AGM IN CHENNAI: SRINIVASAN
A defiant BCCI President N Srinivasan declared that he will chair the Board's Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held in Chennai on September 29. "I will chair the Annual General Meeting," Srinivasan told reporters today while leaving the hotel where the working committee meeting was held here. Having attended the working committee meeting, Srinivasan dismissed rumours that he
had been under immense pressure since stepping aside as Board president in the wake of the alleged involvement of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal. "I was always relieved. I really don't understand what the problem is. Did I do anything wrong? Was there any accusation or any case against me?" Srinivasan shot back. The Tamil Nadu strongman also
clarified that although there were no discussions on the itinerary of the upcoming tour of South Africa but at the same time the Board was not planning to scrap the tour either. "I've not said that the South Africa series will be scrapped. It's definitely on. We have just proposed a West Indies series in November. Neither there was any discussions on the South Africa series nor any members raised any questions on the series," he said.
Tendulkar to play landmark 200th Test at home K
OLKATA: Sachin Tendulkar is set to play his landmark 200th Test match before his home fans with the BCCI today making a surprise announcement that the West Indies team has been invited for two Tests and five ODIs in November next. The iconic batsman, who has already played a record 198 Tests, was earlier expected to become the first player in the history of the game to figure in 200 Tests in South Africa where the Indian
team is scheduled to tour in December. Kolkata and Mumbai are likely to be the venues for the Tests against the West Indies. The
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sudden announcement about a short tour by West Indies has given rise to speculation that Tendulkar, who has struggled in Test of late, may play his final Test at his home ground in Mumbai and then announced his retirement after an unprecedented 24-year international career during which he has become the highest run getter (15837 runs at an average of 53.86) with a record 51 centuries. He also has the highest centuries in ODIs with 49 tons. ing a club from hand. Now he took a pause. If the heart Jack is doubleton or if the hearts are 3-3 he would make his contract. But he knew life at the Bridge table is not so rosy. East was marked with 4 hearts by the play so far. So Abhay cashed 3 hearts. When west discarded yet another club the count of the hand was complete. West was left with only clubs. So Abhay played the 8 of clubs to his 10. West had to win & get end played forced to yield the last 2 tricks to Abhay.s Ace & Queen of clubs. When all else fails enlist the enemy’s help
IN BRIEF St. Stanislaus, Bandra, St. Theresa make progress
MUMBAI: On the second day of Airtel Rising Stars 2013, played at the Veternary College Hostel Ground, Parel Village, St Stanislaus, Bandra easily defeated Anjuman HS, Kurla 50. The Stanislaus boys were well coordinated and got their goals from Issac Cardozo, Ryland D’Monte and Reuben Fernandes who scored one each while Hayden Pereira struck a brace. In another match, the penalty shootout was used as both teams Anza, Byculla and St. Theresa did not score any goal. St. Theresa won 3-2. Presley Fernandes, Kaviraj Subbiah and Harshwardhan Tawde scored a goal each for their team. In yet another match, Jankidevi Public, Andheri won easily by defeating AKI Mohmad, Byculla 5-2 . Jankidevi’s Raj Rillai, also the captain of the team scored 3 goals for his team. Results: St.Stanislaus, Bandra 5 (Issac Cardozo 1, Ryland D’Monte 1, Reuben Fernandes 1, Hayden Pereira 2) bt Anjuman HS, Kurla 0; St. Theresa 3 (Presley Fernandes 1, Kaviraj Subbiah 1, Harshwardhan Tawde 1) bt Anza, Byculla 2 (Ansari Arham 1, Khan Moin 1); Jankidevi Public, Andheri 5 (Raj Rillai (Captain) 3, Paramjeet Arora 2), bt AKI Mohmad, Byculla 2 (Shaikh Ruman 1, Ansari Arfat 1); St. Paul's ‘A’ 3 (Tanmay Dhok 1, Alistair Pereira 1, Sahil Hate 1) bt. Victoria School 1; Our Lady of Salvation 5 (Deepraj Roy 1, Siddhesh Pawar 1, Koren Jacob 1, Ajit Naik 1, Pratik Patankar 1) bt. Gurunanak School 2.
Central Railway to take on Customs in Super League opener
MUMBAI: Defending champions Central Railway will take on title contenders Mumbai Customs in the opening match of the Mumbai Hockey Association Limited (MHAL) organised Super Division League 2013 at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, on Monday, September 2. The opening match will be played under floodlights at 6.00 pm. A total of nine teams will feature in this league, which will be played on a league basis. The two teams who finish at the top will then contest for the Super League title and the third and fourth placed teams will vie for the Hardlines Trophy, in matches which are scheduled for September 25. Besides Central Railway and Customs, the other seven teams are last season’s runners-up Indian Navy, Western Railway, Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers (RCF), Sports Authority of India (SAI), Union Bank of India, Maharashtra State Police (MSP) and Sea View SC.
Ambrogio Racing takes to Mahindra from Misano
SILVERSTONE: Mahindra Racing confirmed it will supply two 2013 Mahindra MGP3O racers to Ambrogio Racing, the team’s first Moto3 customer. Ambrogio Racing will introduce their new Mahindra bikes to the grid at Misano in two weeks time for the Grand Prix di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini. The team’s German rider, Luca Amato, and South African teammate Brad Binder will switch to the MGP3O for the remaining six Moto3 races of 2013. The agreement with Ambrogio will mean that five Mahindra MGP3Os will be seen on the Misano grid.
Warner and Starc out of Australia squad for ODIs
CHESTER-LE-STREET: David Warner has been dropped from the Australia squad for the forthcoming one-day international matches against Scotland and England, Cricket Australia (CA) announced Sunday. Meanwhile CA also said left-arm fast medium bowler Mitchell Starc was returning home with "some lower back soreness".
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IN BRIEF Osian's to hold auction of India's cricketing heritage
NEW DELHI: Rare and historically significant memorabilia related to Indian cricket, including photographs of the country's first Test team, will go under the hammer in Mumbai on September 13. Billed as the first professional sports auction of India's cricketing heritage, the sale will take place at the restructured auction house of Osian's group. Other items up for auction include unique bats, wickets, gloves, ties, badges, sweaters, books pertaining to the icons of Indian cricket. The 1932 photograph of the first Test team led by C K Nayudu has an estimate of Rs 50,000-80,000. The organisers said a preview will be held on September 6 at the C K Nayudu Hall at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai.
Whatmore has failed to deliver: former Pak captain Inzamam
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticised the national team's Australian coach Dav Whatmore, saying that he has failed to deliver the results that were expected of him. "Honestly speaking when Dav came they were lot of expectations from him and I don't think he has delivered to those expectations," Inzamam said in an interview. "The main thing is when the board hired a foreign coach the emphasis was that he would bring about visible improvements in our team and that has not happened from what we have seen since he took over," Inzamam said.
India retain No. 3 position in T20 rankings
DUBAI: India have managed to retain their third spot among T20 teams while Virat Kohli has held on to his sixth spot in the ICC rankings for Twenty20 batsmen issued here. India are placed at third with 121 rating points in the ICC T20 Championship table, which is headed by Sri Lanka and followed by Pakistan. The Indian batsmen figuring in top20 list also managed to cling on to their respective positions with star batsman Kohli at sixth place with 731 points while Suresh Raina remained at eighth position with 719 points. Other Indians in the list includes Yuvraj Singh and opener Gautam Gambhir at 16th and 19th positions, respectively. The T20 batsmen's list is headed by England opener Alex Hales, who climbed to the number one position after a stellar performance (61-ball 94) in the second match against Australia in Chester-le-Street that helped England level the two-match series 1-1.
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I AM SURE IBL WILL CATCH UP WITH IPL IN COMING YEARS: SAINA SPORTS
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UMBAI: Elated after an unbeaten run that helped Hyderabad Hotshots lift the inaugural Indian Badminton League trophy, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal said she expects the USD one million event to become as big as cricket's IPL in the coming years. "Nobody expected it would be so successful because everyone was comparing it with the IPL, which is actually not right at this point of time...And we are trying to make it big but first time of course it is not so easy. I am sure in the coming years, it will catch up with IPL," she said. The Hyderabad Hotshots, led by Saina, clinched the trophy last night by defeating Awadhe Warriors 3-1. The London Olympic Games bronze-medallist, who was slated to play in the mixed doubles, said she was nervous against the Indonesian sibling pair of Markis Kido and Pia Bernadeth if the tie had come down to the last match. "I am a singles player. Frankly speaking, I was a little scared also because Kido and Pia are world number 9. They are champions. I
Hyderabad Hotshotsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; players celebrate their victory over Awadhe Warriors in the IBL final in Mumbai. was just ready and wanted to give my best. That was our strategy but good we pulled out in the men's singles. It would have been a tough match because Kido and Pia are better than us," she said. "In the first game when Ajay
(Jayaram) lost, I was a little tense and thought it is going to come down to the mixed doubles. I think the way he played in the second and the third (game) was brilliant. I am very happy for his result because it was the main
Lacklustre India pip Pakistan 1-0 in SAFF Cup opener
Indian players sing the national anthem prior to the match vs Pakistan. KATHMANDU: Defending champions India dished out a listless performance but still managed to beat arch-rivals Pakistan 1-0 in the opening game of the SAFF Football Championship here. It took an own goal from Pakistan captain Samar Ishaq in the 14th minute that ensured three points for Sunil Chhetri and Co. The Indian will take on Bangladesh in their second group league encounter on Tuesday. The match was billed as a contest between Pakistan defender and former Fulham player Zesh Rahman against Chhetri. Both disappointed during the 90 minutes of play. While 30 plus Rahman has
was young right winger Francis Fernandes who repeatedly beat opposition left half Kamran Khan who was ultimately replaced in the 33rd minute. Francis time and again managed to evade his marker and enjoyed good possession along with two cenytral midfielders Mehtab Hossain and Lenny Rodrigues. He made Kamran chase shadows as he essayed a lot of crosses from the right flank. Just after kick-off, India were rewarded with four flag-kicks in the first four minutes itself. But Pakistan re-grouped after substitute Saddam Hussain replaced Kamran but the Indian defence stood tall.
TEVEZ ON TARGET AS JUVE ROUT LAZIO AGAIN become slow, Chhetri's profligacy MILAN: Carlos Tevez scored his in the 18-yard box cost India second Serie A goal in as many weeks as champions Juventus three clear chances. On all these occasions, the thumped Lazio 4-1 to sit second India captain has the ribal custo- in the early standings behind dian at his mercy but his power- Napoli, 4-2 winners earlier at ful shots were way off the mark. Chievo. Juventus put four unanThe winner in the 14th minute swered goals past Lazio on their was more about a defensive error way to winning the Italian Super on the part of Pakistan. Right Cup two weeks ago, when Tevez wing back Nirmal Chhetri over- scored his maiden goal for the lapped and tried to find an on- Bianconeri. Having secured all rushing Sunil between the two three points for Antonio Conte's rival stoppers in the opposition side in a 1-0 win over Sampdoria box but Pakistan captain Samar last week, the Argentine capped a in his bid to keep his Indian dominant display by the hosts counterpart at bay made a faulty marked notably by a brace from clearance that entered his own Chilean Arturo Vidal - with a fine individual effort in the 80th goal. India's best player on the day minute.
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match for our team," she added. On her match against P V Sindhu, where she outclassed the youngster 21-15,21-7, Saina said, "It was the finals so I personally had no pressure. I just wanted to give my best. Sindhu also played quite well today but I am happy I pulled off my match. "We actually didn't expect the doubles also because Kido and Mathias Boe are great champions at the same time our players did very well." The Hyderabadi said the team just wanted to do its best and didn't expect to be crowned champions in the debut season itself. Saina, who remained undefeated in the tournament, said she is hopeful of ending the year on a positive note. "It is not easy to win seven matches in a row but I was very focussed and I was confident that I could pull off the matches. (Juliane) Schenk is a tough opponent, Sindhu, everyone is giving their best. I never thought I could pull off seven matches but I am happy to be playing well and getting back my rhythm. And I just hope I end the year on a good note by winning some title. It is not easy but I will give my best," she said.
Sturridge goal helps Liverpool pip Man Utd
LONDON: Brendan Rodgers Liverpool squad kept their seasonlong clean sheet intact and earned a vital three points in front of the home fans as an early Daniel Sturridge strike sunk Manchester United 1-0 as the home side grabbed sole possession of the top of the table. The Reds never found a second goal but they were the side with more cutting edge as Robin van Persie and company were left shaking their heads in frustration. Liverpool banged their way ahead early as birthday boy Sturridge redirected an Iago Aspas header goalbound in just the third minute to put Liverpool up. The free kick from Steven Gerrard came in from near the right corner and Aspas got a head to it and sent it to Sturridge near the goal line who flicked it on into the net. The Liverpool midfield dominated possession throughout the early portions of the match with accurate passing, as Jordan Henderson, Aspas, and Philippe Coutinho linked up well and built from the back. On the other end Ryan Giggs, making his 38th appearance against Liverpool, struggled to settle into the match and made a few rash challenges to give Liverpool free kicks.
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