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FILES MISSING PERTAIN TO PRIME PROPERTIES IN WESTERN SUBURBS, AND HAVE DISAPPEARED TO REPORTEDLY FACILITATE TAMPERING WITH STRUCTURAL PLANS AND ADDING OF ILLEGAL FLOORS

Sitaram Kunte & Rahul Shewale

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

tial inquiry by the Central Investigation Department and staged a walkhe Municipal Commissioner out after the administration refused to Sitaram Kunte has finally admit- do so. Mumbai being a city where the price ted in writing that 6,000 files of valuable properties have gone missing per square foot of property is the highfrom the Building Proposal depart- est in Asia, members suspect a massive ment. The standing committee, on racket as most of the 6,000 missing files Wednesday, demanded for an impar- are of mega projects.

Notably, some files have even gone missing from the office of the Municipal Commissioner and the Additional Municipal Commissioner. Standing committee members argued that it would be possible to have a genuine enquiry against the civic chief, and hence Continued on pg 6 «

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Lakshmi is fine, Mr Bachchan! By Shwetha Kannan

akshmi, the elephant who was with 58year-old Bijlee when she died, is fine and doesn’t need any medical or monetary help. This is what Rescue Ink Association for Wildlife (RAWW) and animal lover Rajzu Iyer want people who are concerned about Lakshmi’s health, and especially Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan, to know.

Amitabh Bachchan’s tweet on ‘ailing’ Lakshmi

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Woman’s World Pg13-20 ISHRAT’S ENCOUNTER WAS FAKE: CBI CHARGE SHEET... PG.2 SCHOOL KIDS MADE TO TAKE PART IN SEMI-NUDE AGITATION... PG.5

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Ishrat’s encounter was fake: CBI charge sheet

Many-a-times there occurs friction between family members. This is mainly because of the positioning of the gas stove/cooking range and sink. While the gas stove represents ‘fire’, the sink stands for ‘water’. If fire element and water element are wrongly placed, relations in a family are affected. Dr. Prem Gupta can be reached on 9820045774/9930318119 www.drpremgupta.com

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VASTU TIP OF THE DAY

By Philip Varghese

xpressing happiness over the CBI’s charge sheet which held that Ishrat Jahan was killed in a ‘fake’ encounter in 2004 in Gujarat, her family members today alleged Chief Minister Narendra Modi was also part of the conspiracy and he should not be spared. Rauf Lala, a relative of the slain Ishrat Jahan, claimed, “Intelligence Bureau’s information is usually briefed to the state’s Chief Minister on a daily basis. And Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was aware of the facts surrounding Ishrat through IB. Still she was killed in the fake encounter. Modi was part of the conspiracy hatched to murder Ishrat. He should not be spared and we hope, in the supplementary charge sheet, Modi and others’ names would also appear.” The charge sheet that the fake encounter was a joint operation between Gujarat police and the Intelligence Bureau. Ishrat’s mother stated she was happy with the CBI’s report that her daughter was killed in a fake encounter. “I have been repeatedly saying for the past nine years that my daughter was innocent and falsely implicated. Because of some policemen and politicians, we had to face these problems. The names of the accused, who executed the murder, have not appeared in the charge sheet. I am hopeful that those who hatched conspiracy would also be severely punished,” said Shamima Kauser as tears rolled in her eyes. Ishrat’s sister Mushrat recalled, “My sister was in BSc second year when she was killed and she was the only breadwinner in the house after their father was died in 2002.”

Ishrat’s mother along with relatives speaking to mediapersons at a press conference, in the city, yesterday. “We had to go through a lot of problems after Ishrat’s death. It has now been proved by the CBI that Ishrat was killed in fake encounter. Because of the blot on our family, our sisters could not get married and our brother did not get any job,” added Mushrat. “I pray to God that no other family should face such problems we had faced,” Mushrat added. Responding to a query if she suspected Modi’s role in the murder, Mushrat replied, “My sister was killed on allegations that she went to mur-

der Narendra Modi. Hence in my sister’s murder, I suspect Modi’s involvement.” Rauf Lala expressed a hope that IB special director Rajendra Kumar’s name would also appear in the supplementary charge sheet. MLA Jitendra Avhad, who has been instrumental in helping out the Ishrat Jahan’s family legally as well as financially, stated that the family would meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh requesting him to ensure transparent investigation in the case. Avhad also termed Modi as one of the conspirators in the murder.

By A Special Correspondent

he state government has swung in to the action to provide additional security to the officers probing Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. The CBI, in its first charge sheet yesterday concluded that Mumbra girl Ishrat was killed in a fake encounter in a joint operation conducted by the Gujarat unit of the Intelligence Bureau and the state police. Immediately after this, Home Minister R.R. Patil directed the state police chief to take necessary action to provide the additional security. Prior to this, the CBI had asked the Cen-

As if crime against women and the elderly weren’t reasons enough for the city to worry, these days gruesome crimes against children are also being heard and read about.

Chembur swimming pool, barred shut since 2007.

THIS PROMISE HOLDS NO WATER In 2007, the BMC had promised to redevelop swimming pool in Chembur and make it a grand facility; six years on, nothing has been done By Tariq Khan

Vaidya, was the preferred location for most of us,” comhe Chembur municipal plains Gangadhar, a Tata swimming pool, known as Nagar resident from Govandi. The ADC met Anil General Arun Kumar Vaidya swimming pool, was im- Patankar, ward committee mensely popular among president of M-East ward, suburban swimming enthusi- who said, “At a recent ward asts, until it closed in 2007. committee meeting comprisThere was a promise by the ing of BMC officials and municipal authorities then to structural engineers from redevelop it into a swanky Struckwell Designers, several Olympic size international points were discussed, and now, plans will be designed swimming pool. The wait for such a facility as per new DCR rules and may however continue indef- work will commence at the initely, even though commit- earliest. The plan to build the tee after committee has Olympic level swimming allocated funds to redevelop pool was put up in the years the pool. Plans remain only 2009, 2011 and 2012. But FSI on paper and work has not issues cropped up in its design. Hopefully, if all goes begun for several years. “The municipal swim- well, work will start by this ming pool was a boon to sub- November itself.” Talking about the redevelurban children and other swimming enthusiasts when opment, the municipal counit was functional. The rich cillor of ward No.146, Supand the powerful have many rada Phaterpekar, said, options, like private clubs, “This pool will be of Olympic where they can enrol for standards. Apart from the exswimming lessons. But where isting 7,000-odd members, it will the average citizen go? will cater to new members This municipal swimming from Mankhurd, Govandi, pool, named after General Trombay and Chembur.”

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State to provide top security to CBI officials probing Ishrat case tral, Maharashtra and Gujarat governments to provide high-level security to its officers investigating the case. CBI director Ranjit Sinha has made it clear that the agency has asked Maharashtra government to provide more security to their officers. Patil personally instructed senior officials and told them that all help required should be provided to CBI officers probing the case. According to a official in the Home department, Patil has taken a serious cognizance of the concern expressed by the CBI chief. He has also instructed to probe the threats to the officials probing the matter.

Is Mumbai safe for children any more?

OPINIONS

Varsha Ganesh Student

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Vivek Viswanathan Working Professional

Everyday we see children being subjected to several types of abuse and it is disturbing.

Amey Jaju Engineer

With crime against children being reported on an everyday basis, how can this city be safe for children?

Mohit Alva Working Professional

Nobody is safe in this city now. Be it the elderly, women, children or even animals. Nobody is spared from being abused.

Rashmi Iyer Student

I have lived in Mumbai all my life but these days I feel unsafe at times. Nobody is spared. Crime is against everybody. There is no exception.

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Movies and makeovers over everything else!

A GLOBAL survey of over 10,000 travelers conducted by global travel search site Skyscanner has revealed that the complimentary feature most of them wanted at an airport is a cinema. An astounding 49% of the respondents voted for the silver screen over other services or amenities of convenience that they wished for whilst at an airport. And we thought that Mumbai, with its Bollywood hangup was bad! Getting a quick nap also scored highly with over a third of the respondents voting for sleep pods, a feature that Abu Dhabi Airport unveiled last month which, at UAE Dirham 45 per hour (approximately INR 700), provides an affordable alternative to a hotel room. Voted in third place is an airport library (which is z bit of a surprise) allowing travelers to borrow their holiday reading, showing that despite the rise of e-books the traditional paperback is still a popular choice. Outdoor space at the airport is also a highly desired feature with a park area voted the fourth most wanted feature and a man-made beach taking the ninth spot. Incidentally, the other things on their list include Karaoke with 5% of travelers hankering for their 15 minutes of fame at the airport, while a gym was a popular choice with 15% of respondents. The top 10 most wanted features are cinema – 49%, sleep pod – 36%, library – 32%, park – 31%, vanity area – 30%, kids play area – 21%, pool – 20%, gym – 15%, manmade beach – 12%, and bikes – 11%. While both males and females were in agreement over their top

BMC does not seem to be interested in keeping Mumbai clean, says freelance journalist Raju Vernekar who took this picture on July 2. These dust bins located near Om Hira Panna Mall at Oshiwara, Andheri West are overflowing and now spilling over and occupying half of the road. The BMC staff at the K West ward say that since the contractors have recently been changed, they are yet to take the charge. It may take one or two days more to clear the mess. And if it rains heavily and incessantly, one can only imagine the plight of those who live nearby.

choice of an airport cinema, there was greater gender discrepancy with the other most wanted features. A massive 45% of women wanted a vanity area offering free cosmetics and hair styling products (compared to just 14% of men) while 12% wanted a personal shopper (compared to 8% of men).

Azad Shrivastav | ADC

Mourning one of our own

Scores of journalists gathered at the Mumbai Press Club yesterday to remember Charudutt Deshpande, journalist and public relations man, with a series of heartfelt testimonies and two minutes of silence.

YESTERDAY could not have been the happiest of days for the bosses at Tata, not with the Mumbai Press Club converging for a condolence meeting on the death of one of their fraternity,

Charudutt Deshpande. He had a huge circle of friends, all of whom remember him (as we do), as a pleasant chap with a wry sense of humour, and a dependable colleague in any

can afford it, have ten children anyway you want to. The thing is, we also recognize TO think we laughed at stories that the need for strict regulation of the actor Shahrukh Khan and his wife grey areas in surrogacy of which Gauri were going in for a surrogate there are not enough, most of them child and now it is proved to be true emerging due to the peculiar Indian and there is a little Khan cooing fondness for children who are male the first months of his life away in and fair! Mannat! And we say why not, if you There is this story we have just heart about a business man in the Western suburbs, who decided with his wife that they would have a fair situation. That is why it hurts to son. know that he committed suicide Since the wife was not fair, they and learn that his tenure at Tata hit upon a plan to approach an Steel, in the corporate international assisted reproduction communications department was an unhappy one. Yesterday, this unhappiness was reflected in the meeting where many, many journalists remembered him with warmth, affection and not a little regret that he had obviously felt so helpless that death seemed the only way out. That is also why we were relieved to know that the company itself is taking the matter very seriously and has instituted an inquiry to find out what went wrong. Perhaps it is to the top brass of Tata, with its hoary old traditions of taking care of its employees, that we should turn to for answers. Charu had left the company a Vikas Sabnis, our cartoonist. month before he died. But from what we can gather, he did not facility for what they needed. And feel like one of that particular this is how it worked out. family. They managed to get in touch Rest in peace Charu. We will be with a young Russian college girl, looking for answers. flew her down to Mumbai to act as an egg donor, got the egg

In search of the fair male child

successfully fertilized, then implanted it in the wife who carried it to full term and is today the mother of a fair boy! That’s what we call immoral, not Shahrukh Khan using assisted reproduction to get a third child that happened to be a second son.

When a cartoonist falls

IT is usually a tragedy, as it is with us. Our very talented Vikas Sabnis has suffered a fractured right hand and will be out of commission for the next 20 days. There will

therefore be no cartoon in the space earmarked for him either on Page 2 or Page 3. He will be sorely missed, so we take this opportunity to say Get Well Soon Vikas, and in future, watch where you are going!

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I have changed my name from Balwant Bhikubhai Pithadiya to Balvantray Bhikalal Pithadia as per Affidavit dated 3-7-13. C-9214

I have changed my name from Chhayabahen Chimanlal Shah to Chhaya Rasiklal Parekh as per Affidavit dated 3-7-2013. C-9199

I have changed my name from Manipal Sahana Kini to Sahana Naresh Pai as per Affidavit dated 21st June, 2013. C-9215

I have changed my name from Sathish Kookra Kunder to Satish Kookra Kunder as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-46589) dated 17-4-2008. C-9200 I have changed my name from Pallaviben Deepak Pancholi to Pallavi Deepak Pancholi as per Affidavit dated 2nd July, 2013. C-9201 I have changed my name from Hajra Mohammed Abbas, to ‘Hajra Mohammed Abbas Shaikh’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-45515) dated 12/02/2009. C-9203 I have changed my name from Balaikumar Chandrakumar Biswas to Balai Chandrakumar Biswas as per Affidavit dated 12/06/2013. C-9204 I have changed my name from Gulam Nabi Gulam Husein to Sayed Gulam Nabi Gulam Husein as per Affidavit dated 03/07/2013. C-9205 I have changed my name from Yogendra to Yogendra Dukhanti Chauhan as per Affidavit dated 12/12/2012. C-9206 I have changed my name from Uzma Javed Ahmed to Uzma Zoheb Ahmad as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. (U-9382). C-9207 I have changed my name from Bilkis Jeobb Kanchwala to Bilkis Zoeb Kanchwala as per Affidavit. C-9208 I have changed my name from Jeobb Alihussein Kanchwala to Zoeb Alihussain Kanchwala as per Affidavit. C-9209 I have changed my name from Shah Vishakha Narendra to Shah Vidhata Narendra as per Affidavit. C-9210 I have changed my name from Jain Leela Madanlal to Jain Leelaben Madanlal as per Affidavit. C-9211

I have changed my name from Varshaben Parekh to Varsha Parekh as per Affidavit dated 28th May, 2013. C-9216 I have changed my name from Shriniwas Kurdukar to Sriniwas Kurdukar as per Affidavit dated 28th May, 2013. C-9217 I have changed my name from Shaileshkumar Navinchandra Shah to Shailesh Navinchandra Shah as per Affidavit dated 28th May, 2013. C-9218 I have changed my name from Salim Mohammed Kalsekar to Mohammad Salim Kalsekar as per Affidavit dated 03-7-2013. C-9219 I have changed my name from Ashutosh Bhosale to Ashutosh Bhosle as per Affidavit dated 03rd July, 2013. C-9220 I have changed my name from Manoj Kumar Shivraj Anchalia to Manoj Shivraj Anchalia as per Affidavit dated 03-7-2013. C-9221 I have changed my name from Shivprakash to Shivprakash Kanojia as per Affidavit dated 03rd July, 2013. C-9222

I have changed my name from Chandrashekhar Jagannath Shetty to Chandrashekar Jagannath Shetty as per Affidavit. C-9230 I have changed my name from Lalitha Chandrashekar Shetty to Lalita Chandrashekar Shetty as per Affidavit. C-9231 I have changed my name from Niteen Pandurang Pake to Nitin Pandurang Pake as per Affidavit. C-9232 I have changed my name from Ms.Sangitaben Meghajibhai Patel to Ms.Sangeeta Meghaji Patel as per deed poll Affidavit No-AZ 181347. C-9233 I have changed my name from Shaikh Arif Fakhruddin to Shaikh Arifur Rahman Fakhruddin as per Affidavit. C-9234 I have changed my name from Rana Arif Shaikh to Shaikh Rana Parveen Arifur Rahman as per Affidavit. C-9235 I have changed my name from Bernard Anthony Bhaskaran to Bernard Anthony as per Affidavit. C-9236 I have changed my name from Vaniyan Kuni Varsha Prabhakaran to Varsha Prabhakaran as per Affidavit. C-9237 I have changed my name from Seetha Prabhakaran to Sita Prabhakaran as per Affidavit. C-9238

I have changed my name from Mr. K. Ravishankar to Mr. Ravishankar Krishnan Iyer as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated 1-7-2013. C-9223

I have changed my name from Miss. Madhu Kumari Mitaalal Singhvi to Mrs. Madhu Rajmal Ranka as per Affidavit. C-9239

I have changed my name from Sachin Ramakant Gholap to Sachin Ramesh Sawant as per Affidavit. C-9224

We, Mr. and Mrs. Jain, are changed our my minor daughter’s name from Esha Sanjay Jain to Bhumika Sanjay Jain as per Affidavit. C-9240

I have changed my name from Nandar Sandeepsingh Amarjeetsingh to Nandhara Sandeepsingh Amarjeetsingh as per Affidavit. C-9225 I have changed my name from Manjula Arvindkumar Nandu to Manjula Arvind Nandu as per Affidavit. C-9226 I have changed my name from Sachinkumar Amrutlal Savla to Sachin Amrutlal Savla as per Affidavit. C-9227

I have changed my name from Jain Leela Madanlal to Shah Leelakumari Bhabutmal as per Affidavit. C-9212

I have changed my name from Aaijaz Ahmed Mohd Iqbal Shaikh to Ajaz Ahmed Md Iqbal Shaikh as per Govt. Gazette No. X-71412. C-9228

I have changed my name from Muktar Samiulla Khan to Mukhtar Samiulla Khan as per Affidavit. C-9213

I have changed my name from Reshmabi Iqbal Shaikh to Reshma Iqbal Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 29/06/2013. C-9229

We, Mr. and Mrs. Lukhi, are change our minor daughter’s name from Aksheetaben Maheshbhai Lukhi to Akshita Maheshbhai Lukhi as per Affidavit. C-9241 I have changed my name from Bhavanaben Maheshbhai Lukhi to Bhavana Maheshbhai Lukhi as per Affidavit. C-9242 We, Vishal Khandelwal and Sapna Khandelwal, have changed our minor son’s name from Nehal Vishal Khandelwal to Nihal Vishal Khandelwal as per Affidavit. C-9243 I have changed my name from Radhakumari Tuljashanker Trivedi to Radha Bhalchandra Joshi as per Affidavit. C-9244

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n Wednesday morning, at around 11.30 a.m., a fire broke out at Ballard Pier Exchange building, which houses several Central Government offices, in South Mumbai. The fire engulfed the third floor of the building and 12 fire tenders were sent to douse the fire. No casualties were reported. “The building has been

The fire could be due to a short circuit as during the rainy season water percolates through the walls and may also get inside the electrical circuit. The Census Directorate office is the only important office in the building. The office is not affected,” he added. Joint Director of Census Operations, S.S. Hiremath, said his office is on the second floor and did not suffer

World Trade Centre felicitates Mr. Mahindra

Mr. Kamal Morarka, Chairman, World Trade Centre (Mumbai) presenting a memento to Mr. Keshub Mahindra, Past Chairman of World Trade Centre and Chairman Emeritus Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., for his contribution to World Trade Centre movement. Others from (LtoR) Mr. Y.R. Warerkar, Executive Director, WTC, Mr. Vijay Kalantri, Vice-Chairman, WTC, Mr. Sharad Uppasani, Vice Chairman, WTC.

Shocking!

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Primary school kids in Virar, made to take part in semi-nude agitation in protest of shortage of teachers

By Suresh Golani

At least 11 fire tenders were pressed to control the blaze on the third floor of the Government Estate Exchange Building at Ballard Pier, yesterday morning. The fire was due to a short circuit at the premises. There were no casualities in the incident, fire officials said. evacuated and the fire was brought under control and the fire was doused completely within a couple of hours. No one has been trapped inside,” said Fire Service officer MV Deshmukh. The building has offices of the Narcotics Control Bureau, Directorate of Census Operations, Consumer Office along with other Central Government offices.

any damages. An eyewitness said that the fire started after an air-conditioner exploded. “I was on the second floor. Once I sensed something was wrong, I started running. The smell of smoke alerted me,” said the eyewitness. Though, no casualties were reported, there have been losses as far as important government documents are concerned, said a source.

n a shocking incident, male students of the primary section of the Zilla Parishad operated school in Virar, were made to participate in a semi-nude agitation organized in protest of lack of teaching staff. The agitation was organized on Wednesday, under the aegis of Jai Hind Young Social Committee at the Urdu Medium School in Kuari village, Virar (east). Carrying placards against the district authorities, the boys in a semi-nude (without shirts) condition and with their mouth bound by black bands, staged the agitation in the school premises. It should be noted that school has only four qualified teachers, while as per the student strength of nearly 250, the basic requirement is that of seven teachers. It has been alleged that al-

BARE NECESSITIES: They stood semi-clad for a cause they hardly knew anything about. though the shortage of staff has put an adverse ef- tion in the school, parents teaching staff has been regu- fect on the quality of educa- and agitators alleged. larly communicated to the authorities concerned, no B. ED. ADMISSIONS 2013 - 2014 steps have been taken for the past three years. CHRISTIAN MINORITY QUOTA (50% Seats) The shortage of teaching

Pay tax or face the music: NMMC By Amit Srivastav

round 15,000 traders who have been operating their businesses in Navi Mumbai are under the Cess Department scanner of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC), after the state government gave the final nod to collect taxes from industrialists in the MIDC area. At present, city industrialists owe the NMMC almost Rs. 300 crore in taxes.

The state government on June 28 passed an order stating that there is no provision in the law for it to interfere with the taxation system of a civic body, and the civic body is competent enough to recover the tax and implement the development policy that has been chalked out. Earlier, industrialists had approached the government claiming that the municipal corporation was not authorised to collect taxes from industrial belts.

Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Sudhir Cheke, said , “The NMMC will now set up efforts to collect pending dues from the industrialists. We will be taking steps like attaching bank accounts and property to recover the dues.” Cheke has also appealed to industrialists to clear all dues as soon as possible. Industrialists in the MIDC area and NMMC have been in legal battles over the collection of taxes for last 12 years.

Tax payers allege neglect Industrialists allege that the civic body treats the industrial-belt in a step-motherly way. Those who are paying their taxes regularly allege that of the major revenue earned from the MIDC area, the NMMC shares a fraction with them. “What we are getting in return is broken streetlights, potholed roads and choked drainage throughout the year,” said an industrialist.

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I have changed my name from Chithra Maheshwaran And Kanthimathy to Chithraa Shivaraman as per Affidavit. C-9249

I have changed my name from Mohd Khalakur Rehman to Mohammed Akhlakur Rehman as per Affidavit dated 12/6/13. C-9266

I have changed my name from Sudama Shukla And Ramakant Shukla to Rama Shankar Shukla as per Affidavit. C-9250

I have changed my name from Nasim Begum Umar Ali Shaikh to Nasim Banu Umar Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 18/4/13. C-9267

I have changed my name from J. Ritish Jayasankar Nadar to Ritisha Jayasankar Nadar as per Affidavit. C-9251

I have changed my name from Babu Umar Shahdulah Shaikh to Umar Ali Shahdullah Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 18/4/13. C-9268

I have changed my name from Rriyesh Kumar Suresh Sharma to Priyesh Suresh Sharma as per Affidavit. C-9252

I have changed my name from Mahejabeen Babu Miyan to Mehjabeen Mohammed Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 18/04/2013. C-9269

I have changed my name from Estrela Deo Sahyam to Kavita Kanojiya as per Affidavit. C-9253

I have changed my name from Arif Umar Alli Shaikh to Arif Ali Umar Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 18/04/2013. C-9270

I have changed my name from Namita Divakar Pednekar to Navita Divakar Pednekar as per Affidavit. C-9254

I have changed my name from Umar Alli Shadulla Shaikh to Umar Ali Shadulla Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 18/04/2013. C-9271

I have changed my name from Mehulkumar Dayarambhai Jabuwani to Mehul Dayaram Patel as per Affidavit. C-9255

I have changed my name from Mohamed Hussain Abdul Qadir to Mohammed Hussain Abdul Qadir Cheanoth Madathil as per Affidavit dated 18/04/2013. C-9272

I have changed my name from Dayarambhai Jabuwani to Dayaram Kanji Patel as per Affidavit. C-9256 I have changed my name from Sandeepkumar Mangilal Jain to Sandeep Mangilal Haran as per Affidavit. C-9257 I have changed my name from Ratanbai Jain to Ratanbai Haran as per Affidavit. C-9258 I have changed my name from Mangilal Jain to Mangilal Haran as per Affidavit. C-9259 I have changed my name from Sumeet Kumar Mangilal Jain to Sumit Mangilal Haran as per Affidavit. C-9260

I have changed my name from Mohammed Mustufa Shaikh to Mohammed Mustafa Anori as per Affidavit. C-9273 I have changed my name from Masud Akhtar Shaikh to Maqsood Akhtar Anori as per Affidavit. C-9274

I have changed my name from Laxmankumar Lumbhaji Kumavat to Lancharam Lumbhaji Kumavat as per Affidavit. C-9278 I have changed my name from Imran Tajamulla Khan to Prakash Ramchandra Mali as per Affidavit. C-9279 I have changed my name from Tajamulla Gulshan Khan to Ramchandra Mali as per Affidavit. C-9280 I have changed my name from Sairabanu Khan to Ranjana Ramchandra Mali as per Affidavit. C-9281 I have changed my name from Kailas Pundlik Marathe to Kailas Pundlik Gadhave as per Affidavit. C-9282 I have changed my name from Purushottam Kanji Mavani to Parshottam Kanji Mavani as per Affidavit. C-9283 I have changed my name from Khurshid Fatima Najmul Hasan to Khurshid Fatima Mohammed Aqil as per Affidavit. C-9284 I have changed my name from Hasan Ahmed Hasan Mohammed to Hasan Ahmed Hasan Mohammed Sayed as per Affidavit. C-9285 I have changed my name from Rakesh Kumar Maurya to Rakesh Lalmani Maurya as per Affidavit. C-9286 I have changed my name from Yashwant Rajaram Yallakhande to Yashwant Rajaram Kanthe as per Affidavit. C-9287 I have changed my name from Maheshbhai Jivanbhai Patel to Mahesh Jivanbhai Patel as per Affidavit. C-9288 I have changed my name from Maheshbhai Patel to Mahesh Patel as per Affidavit. C-9289 I have changed my name from Jyotiben Patel to Jyoti Patel as per Affidavit. C-9290 I have changed my name from Mattathil Domanis to Mattathil Dominic as per Affidavit. C-9291

I have changed my name from Dumbani Godhumal to Dumbani Godhu as per Affidavit. C-9275

I have changed my name from Mohammed Halim Siddiqui to Halim Siddiqui as per Affidavit. C-9292

I have changed my name from Sapna Kishore to Sapna Kishorelal Sidhwani as per Affidavit. C-9276

I have changed my name from Akbari Arif Qazi to Akbari Arif Kazi as per Affidavit. C-9293

I have changed my name from Chauhan Anant to Chauhan Anand as per Affidavit. C-9277

I have changed my name from Arif Abdul Sattar Qazi to Arif Abdul Sattar Kazi as per Affidavit. C-9294

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I have changed my name from Danish Arif Qazi to Danish Arif Kazi as per Affidavit. C-9295 I have changed my name from Yogesh Susheelnath Tripati to Yogeshnath Sushilnath Tripathi as per Affidavit. C-9296 I have changed my name from Susheelnath Tripati to Sushilnath Tripathi as per Affidavit. C-9297 I have changed my name from Jubeda Quddus Sheikh to Zubeda Quddus Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-9298 I have changed my name from Tehemtion Fali Driver to Tehemtun Fali Driver as per Affidavit. C-9299 I have changed my name from Kaminibahen Nagjibhai Valand to Kamini Kishor Vaidya as per Affidavit. C-9300 I have changed my name from Satvinder Kaur Parvinder Singh Kathwade to Satvinder Kaur Ranjit Singh Birdi as per Govt. of Maha. Gazette No.(U-9859). C-9301 I have changed my name from Amin Shekara Timmappa to Shekhar Thimmappa Karkera as per Affidavit. C-9302 I have changed my name from K.G. Appukuttan to Kuttappan Gopalan Nair as per Affidavit. C-9303 I have changed my name from Sakina Khan Najbar Khan Pathan to Sakina Bano Mohammed Jaman Khan as per Affidavit. C-9304 I have changed my name from Marykutty Raju to Biji Raju George as per Affidavit. C-9305

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bour line. “Services on the Transrail fracture was re- Harbour line were running ported on Up line be- 10 minutes late during the tween Airoli and evening peak hours due to Thane from 9 a.m. to 9:45 the rail fracture. Later, the a.m. on Wednesday. Follow- services were normalised,” ing the incident, at least said A.K. Singh, Public Relaeight services were tions Officer, Central Railcancelled on the Trans-Har- way.

6,000 FILES MISSING Continued from pg 1 « there should be an impartial inquiry through a central agency. The municipal commissioner admitted that at least 6,000 files of prime properties from Bandra to Andheri area are missing from the Building Proposal department, also known as BP department. It is being claimed that most of the files pertain to particular builders who are reportedly close to either politicians or civic officials. The BP department is seen as one of the most lucrative departments in the engineering cadre of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and engineers are willing to pay huge bribes to get postings there. According to standing committee members, the administration has been under-quoting the number of missing files, and while it is talking of only BP depart-

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Builders and developers submit construction plans of major projects to the civic body. After the completion of the project, the civic body issues the occupation certificate. After a few months, the original proposal files go missing. The developers then tamper with the existing building structures or add extra floors. ment, crucial files from the estate (civic property), education and market departments have also gone missing. BJP councilor Manoj Kotak commented, “How can files go missing from the Municipal Commissioner and Additional Municipal Commissioner’s office?”

Lakshmi is fine, Mr Bachchan! Continued from pg 1 « Bachchan’s recent tweet on Lakshmi’s alleged ill health hasn’t gone down well with RAWW and Rajzu as, according to them, this is not only misleading people with wrong information but also paving the way for NGOs and individuals to make money using Lakshmi as a cause. “His (Amitabh Bachchan) intentions are not being doubted but his tweet is doing more harm than good. Who says Lakshmi is ill? Yes, she is obese but so are a lot of human beings in the city. Her diet needs to be monitored and that is being done. Other than this, she doesn’t require any immediate medical help. She is not ailing. She is perfectly alright. She can swim if put in water,” said Rajzu. To allay doubts about the elephant’s health, RAWW got a blood test done for Lakshmi and the reports say that eighteen-year-old pachyderm is fine. “After reading so many reports that Laksmi is ailing, we decided to conduct a blood test so that we have medical proof about her health. The doctors say that she is alright,” said Pawan

Sharma, founder president, RAWW, which plans to monitor Lakshmi’s health on a regular basis. “Lakshmi’s reports have been sent for a second opinion but I see her reports as normal. She is definitely obese but that can be taken care of by monitoring her diet. Her creatinine and uric acid levels are slightly high but that is because she has not been drinking enough water and that too can be taken care of. In short, there is nothing seriously wrong with her. She doesn’t require immediate medical attention. There is no cause for concern with regards to her health,” said a doctor who looked at Lakshmi’s reports but wished to remain anonymous. “Amitabh Bachchan is like a demi-god. His statements and tweets are taken seriously by people. These are being reposted and used as a means to make money. People will start appealing for donations when there is no need for any. This is not right,” said Rajzu, who plans to send Lakshmi’s medical report to Amitabh Bachchan so that he knows that Lakshmi is in good health. shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

Robbers decamp with coins, CCTV from inside dry fruit store

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By Zuber Ansari

he Oshiwara police are questioning several people in the firing incident in which two unknown persons fired four rounds at Gajraj alias Pappu Yadav. While two bullets missed their target, the other two hit Yadav. The incident took place on Tuesday night when Yadav was heading back to his home from a garage in Shadhana estate in Oshiwara. The police have registered a case against two unknown persons under section 307 (attempt to murder) of Indian Penal Code. The cops suspect that the shooting occurred over a property dispute. Yadav is currently recuper-

Inspired by TV serial, painters strangle pregnant housewife in Kalyan, make off with cash and ornaments By Kaptan Mali

The Aastha Dry Fruit store at Malad (West). next to the shop, but it is too early to say anything about how many men were involved. We have registered a case and are conducting the investigation.” This was not the first time the Aastha Dry Fruit store has been targeted by robbers.

Some unidentified miscreants robbed the shop of Rs.20,000 two months ago. Police sources from Bangur Nagar Police station revealed that around two months ago two robbers had targeted the shop, but one was caught by public red-handed.

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ating in a private hospital at Andheri. According to Senior Police Inspector (SPI) Naseer Pathan from Oshiwara police station, Yadav said that on Tuesday night he was returning from a garage situated in Sadhana estate in Oshiwara, when two bike borne men fired four rounds at him. One bullet hit him in the leg, while the other hit him below the waist. The attackers fled from the spot. Hearing Yadav scream, people gathered and rushed him to Cooper Hospital. The police was informed about the incident. “In his statement, Yadav said that he believes the attack took place as a result of a property dispute between

himself and one Ghanshyam Chaturvedi. We are questioning seven to eight people and also have called Chaturvedi and his brother in for questioning,” said Pathan. “Yadav owns some property in Sadhana estate and has given it on rent to the proprietor of a garage,” sources said. In March, Chaturvedi had lodged a complaint with the Oshiwara police station against Yadav for trespassing on the property. Following the complaint the cops arrested Yadav but released him on bail later. “We are verifying the veracity of the allegations and are looking into the property dispute between Yadav and Chaturvedi,” said Pathan.

hree painting labourers, on Tuesday, killed a housewife who was threemonths pregnant, after getting the idea from a TV serial based on real crime stories. Two of the three accused, Abul Khan (26) and Mohammed Shamim (18), were arrested by police within 12 hours of the crime, while Robin Anthony (28) is absconding. The three had worked at the victim, Khushboo Mehta’s (24) home three years' ago when she had just moved into a rented flat in Manjura Place in Adharwadi Kalyan, after her marriage to Prakash Mehta, who works as a manager in a jewellery shop. A fortnight ago, after

watching a crime show about robbery, the three started searching for a target, and decided to visit Khushboo’s home. They reminded her about having worked at her home three years ago and told her they were now providing free service to their old customers, to which she agreed. On Monday, they came and did some work and left. On Tuesday, when they landed up to supposedly complete the job, they asked her for water to drink. When she went to the kitchen, they followed her and strangulated her with a nylon rope. They then fled with some ornaments and cash. When, in the evening, her husband tried to contact her on her mobile and she did-

Charas worth `1cr seized

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By Zuber Ansari

he Anti Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Ghatkopar Unit arrested three drugs peddlers and seized drugs worth Rs 1 crore when they landed up to deliver a consignment near the Baba Saheb Garden at Powai-Vihar Road on Tuesday afternoon. Feeroz Subhaniya (33), Shabbir Subhaniya (35) and Saleem Dola (46), were arrested after input about drug trafficking activities of the syndicate was received by the ANC. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police, ANC, DD Kale, the syndicate's activities were brought under surveillance. A trap

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aking obscene calls on the mobile phone of a 35-year-old woman landed a constable in the lock up of his own police station in Valiv on Wednesday. According to Senior Police Inspector, Rajendra Mohite, the accused constable, identified as Ashok Panjare (27), has been arrested and booked under sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the IPC. The action followed after a woman (name withheld), registered a complaint against an unidentified person who repeatedly called on her cell phone and indulged in obscene talk. The woman, who is

Rajendra Mohite hiding his face. a resident ofVirar and works at a private company at an industrial unit in Valiv, also gave two cell phone numbers from which she used to get the obscene calls. “After analysing the Call Detail Record (CDR) of the mobile numbers, we were shocked to learn that the culprit was none other than a police personnel attached to

our own police station. We not only arrested him, but have also sought his suspension,” Mohite said. Investigations revealed that the victim had approached the police station on 28, June, to register a complaint of eve teasing against a person who stayed near her work place. Panjare who was the on-duty personnel gained access to victim’s mobile number which she had stated in her formal complaint. He then started making the obscene calls. “The accused cop who has been attached to the Valiv police station for the past one year, has been granted bail by the Sessions Court, Vasai,” said investigating officer API Anand Bhoir.

n't respond, he called up her relatives who lived nearby. They came over and discovered the murder. The police were called and family members informed them that the victim had talked about some painting labourers offering her free painting service. Ravindra Tayade, the investigation officer from Bazarpeth police, said, “When the family members informed us this free repairing and painting work, we suspected and started contacting local painting contractors who gave us information about the labourers. We sent a team of 10 officers to search for them in Ambernath and arrested Shamin and Khan from their homes, while the third accused Anthony is still absconding."

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dry fruit shop located in Jaymala mention Building, Evershine Nagar at Malad (West) was burgled by robbers on Tuesday night. The robbers decamped with coins as well as the CCTV set up which was installed inside the shop. On Tuesday, at around 10.30 p.m., owner Bharat Mulchand Muleva (31) shut down the Aastha Dry Fruit store. The delivery man opened the shop on Wednesday at 6.30 a.m. and at that time found that the lock on the shutter broken. Muleva said, “The delivery boy informed me about the robbery. When I checked the shop I found that over Rs.40,000 in coins were missing.” Police officials from Bangur Nagar police station said, “We are checking the CCTV footage which was installed

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The Nano which was used to transport the drugs. Top and above: Three person were arrested with 75kg charas worth Rs.1 crore by the Narcotics Cell on Tuesday in Ghatkopar and the accused were produced at the Esplanade Court on Wednesday. was laid after receiving a tipoff that Feeroz Subhaniya would be delivering a big consignment of ‘charas’ to city-based Saleem Dola near the Mahakali Mata Mandir in Ghatkopar. Feeroz along

and used to stay in same village. Until now, we have not found any previous record, but it is suspected that Dola may be involved in other with his associate, Shabbir cases too. Investigations are Subhaniya, arrived in a Nano on,” said Kale, adding car and when they handed that the three accused were over 79 kg of ‘charas’ to Dola, produced before the court on Wednesday which rethey were apprehended. “Interestingly, both Feeroz manded to police custody and Shabbir hail from Gujrat until July 6.

CITY e-TENDER NOTICE

The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai invites e-Tenders for various works from the government registered contractors, who are also registered as ‘MCGM Vendor’; Bidder should also give Rs. 1 lack performance guarantee for the details of 13 number of Tenders of estimated amount Rs. 5802154.33 respective tender documents and process of e-Tendering, please visit www.mcgm.gov.in Sd/Public Relations Officer PRO/396/ADV/2013 Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

1) Take the notice that the above application has been filed by the applicant under section 11 under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction,sale,Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 and under the applicable Rules against the Opponents above mentioned. 2) The applicant has prayed for grant of Conveyance of the land admeasuring about 665 sq. yards being equivalent to 693.1 sq. meters or thereabouts being on Plot no. 16 bearing CST No. D/ 1111/27 situated at Revenue Village Bandra West, Taluka Andheri in favour of the Applicant. 3) The hearing in the above casein the above case has been fixed on 17.07.2013 at 3.30 p.m 4 ) The promoter / Opponent/s and their legal heirs if any, or any person / authority wishing to submit any objection. should appear in person or through the authorized representative on 17.07.2013 at3.30 p.m. before the undersigned together with any documents, he/she/they want/s produce in support of his / her objection /claim/demand against the above case and the applicant/s is/are advised to be present at that time to collect the written reply, if any filed by the interested parties. 5) If any person/s interested, fails to appear or file written reply as required by this notice, the question at issue /application will be decided in their absence and such person/s will have no claim, object or demand whatsoever against the property for which the conveyance / declaration / order is granted or the direction for registration of the society is granted to the applicants or any order / certificate/judgment is passed against such interested parties and the matter will be heard and decided ex-parte. By Order, Sd/For District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai City (3), Competent Authority u/s 5A of the MOFA, 1963

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is given to the Public at large that my client have agreed to purchase from MR.AMIT VINAYAK DABKE, a Flat on what is commonly known as “On Ownership Basis” being Flat No.2, “E” Wing, 4th Floor admeasuring about 381 Sq.ft (Carpet) in the building Known as “The Ashokraj Co-operative Housing Society Ltd” situated on Plot of land, bearing CTS No.746/8, Village : Pahadi Goregaon (W), MSD, S. V. Road, Goregaon (West), Mumbai-400062 along with 5(Five) Shares of Rs.50/- each bearing distinctive Nos.271 to 275 (both inclusive) vide share certificate No.307 in share capital of The Ashokraj Co-operative Housing Society Ltd as more particularly described in the Schedule hereunder written free from encumbrances. Any person either having or claiming any right, title, interest or claim in and/or possession of the said Shares or flat in any manner including by way of any Agreement, under taking, Arrangement, Sale Transfer, Exchange, Conveyance, Assignment, Charge, Mortgage, Gift, Trust, Lease, monthly tenancy, Leave and license, Partnership, Joint Venture, Inheritance, lien, any right, title, interest or claim of any nature, dispute, suit, decree, other, restrictive covenants, order of injunction, attachment, acquisition, requisition or otherwise is hereby called upon and required to make the same known to the undersigned in writing within 14 days from the date of publication hereof either by hand delivery against proper written acknowledgement of the undersigned or by Registered Post A.D. only at the address of the undersigned viz.1/10, Mishra Kunj, Old Nagardas X Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai – 400 069, failing which any such claim shall be deemed to be waived and /or abandoned and thereafter the transaction may be completed at the option of my client at any time. SCHEDULE A flat being Flat No.2, “E” Wing, 4th Floor admeasuring about 381 Sq.Ft. (Carpet) in the building Known as “The Ashokraj Co-operative Housing Society Ltd.” situated on Plot of land, bearing CTS No.746/8, Village: Pahadi Goregaon(W), MSD, S.V.Road, Goregaon(West), Mumbai–400062 along with 5(Five) Share of Rs.50/- each bearing distinctive Nos.271 to 275 (both inclusive) vide share certificate No.307 in share capital of The Ashokraj Co-operative Housing Society Ltd and all rights, title and interest therein. Dated, this 4th day of July,2013.

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WR recovers `10cr from ticketless commuters

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By Kainaz Choksey

t least 2,29,183 cases of ticketless/irregular travel including unbooked luggage cases were

detected by Western Railway (WR) resulting into a recovery of Rs.10.31 crores. In its endeavour to provide better services to its bona fide rail users and also to check ticketless travel and other ir-

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Tender Notice Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation’s Water Supply Department invited Different Types of Work. The Tender documents are available on MBMC website https://mbmc.eproc.in from 04-07-2013 to 12-07-2013 & submit the tender duly filled on https://mbmc.eproc.in Submission date 12-07-2013 upto 1.00 p.m. hrs. Place: Bhayandar Date: 03-07-2013 Sd/Executive Engineer Water Supply Department Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation M.B.M.C./PRO/96/2013-14 date: 03-07-2013.

District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai city (3) Competent Authority under section 5A of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act, 1963, MHADA Building, Ground Floor, Room No.69, Bandar (E), Mumbai 400051 Public Notice in form XIII of MOF A (Rule 11(9) (e) Before the Competent Authority Application No. 117 of 2013 Chairman / Secretory Jay Co-op Hs.Soc.Ltd., Final Plot No.32, Nehru Road, Santacruz (East), Mumbai-400055 .... (Applicant) Versus 1. Khozema Abbasbhai Malubhoy 6-Prabhav Society, 2nd Road TPS 115, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400 055. 2. Shabbir Abbasbhai Malubhoy B-2, Arvasu Society, Near Milan Sub-way, Santacruz (West), Mumbai - 400 054 3. Mrs. Sara Mohammed Attari Jalbhai Street, Dixit Ext., Road, Kakjiwala Manzil, Vile Parle (East), Mumbai -400 057 4. Mrs. Nafisa Fakhruddin Sara Nadiya Apt., 4th Floor, Hanuman Tekri, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400 055. 5. Mrs. Zulekha Firoz Bastiwal Bhajipal lane, Nagdevi Street, Mumbai - 400 003 6. Amuli Mohammed Roopwala Chandra Villa, Dattatraya Road,

Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400 055. 7. Zaitun Abbasbhai Bakri 2nd floor, Blue Line, Vimal Nagar, Pune 8. Taiyab Mohammed Malubhaoy 7th Floor, Tashyeed, Saifee Park, Marol, Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400059 9.M/s Bhoomi Developers 15, Mamta, Ground Floor, Opp Fire Station, S. V. Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400 058 10. M/s Jay Development Corporation 15, Mamta, Ground Floor, Opp Fire Station, S. V. Road, Andheri (W), Mumbai - 400 058 11. The Secretory Santacruz Recreation Club, Final plotNo. 32, TPS V, Behind Jay Apartment, Nehru Road, Santacruz (East), Mumbai - 400055 .... (Opponents)

PUBLIC NOTICE 1) Take the notice that the above application has been filed by the applicant under section 11 under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Construction,sale,Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 and under the applicable Rules against the Opponents above mentioned. 2) The applicant has prayed for grant of Conveyance of the land admeasuring about 6249.01 sq. meters being Final Plot No 32 of Town Planning Scheme V and bearing old City Survey No. 108, 108/1 to 108/12 now bearing new CTS No. 108,108/1 to 8 to 18/10 of village Bandra (E), Taluka Andheri, Mumbai Suburban District, Mumbai 400 055 and in the books.of Collector of Municipal Rates and Taxes under H ward of 6984(1A) (9a), 6894 (2)(9) and admeasuring in agreegate 5995.52 sq meters in favour of the Applicant. 3) The hearing in the above case has been fixed on24.07.2013 at 12.30 p.m 4 ) The promoter / Opponent's and their legal heirs if any, or any person / authority wishing to submit any objection. should appear in person or through the authorized representative on 24.07.2013 at 12.30 p.m. before the undersigned together with any documents, he/she/they want/s to produce in support of his / her objection /claim/demand against the above case and the applicant's is/are advised to be present at that time to collect the written reply, if any filed by the interested parties. 5) If any person/s interested, fails to appear or file written reply as required by this notice, the question at issue /application will be decided in their absence and such person/s will have no claim, object or demand whatsoever against the property for which the conveyance / declaration / order is granted or the direction for registration of the society is granted to the applicants or any order / certificate/judgment is passed against such interested parties and the matter will be heard and decided ex-parte. By Order, Sd/For District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai City (3), Competent Authority u/s 5A of the MOFA, 1963

regularities, Western Railway conducted regular checks during May 2013. Similarly, 1,544 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets were detected and an amount of over Rs.14 lakhs was realised. During May, 175 checks were conducted against touts and other anti-social elements. As a result, 244 persons were apprehended and got prosecuted under various sections of Railways Act. During April, 1,78,235 cases of ticketless/irregular travel including unbooked

luggage cases were detected resulting into a recovery of Rs.745.78 lakhs. Also, 620 cases of illegal transfer of reserved tickets were detected and an amount of Rs.6,21,100 was realised in April. During April, 172 checks were conducted against touts and other anti-social elements. As a result, 249 persons were apprehended and were prosecuted under various sections of Railways Act. 236 persons were fined while 11 were sent to jail.

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e-TENDER NOTICE The Commissioner of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai invites online tenders for the following works on “Percentage rate Basis” from the eligible bidders. The Bid Start Date & time and Bid End Date & time is specified in the detailed tender notice on MCGM’s website under Tender section. Sr. No. Name of the Work Mumbai-IIIA PANJRAPUR 1. Providing & laying fire hydrants line around pumping station at Pise Mumbai-IIIA Panjrapur. The intending tenderers shall visit the Municipal website at http://portal.mcgm.gov.in/ for further details of the tender. Sd/Dy. Hydraulic Engineer (ic) (Mechanical & Electrical) Mumbai-3A Pise Panjrapur PRO/365/ADV/2013 Fever? Act now, see your doctor for correct & complete treatment

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he US Consulate General Mumbai threw an American Mela to celebrate the 237th year of US Independence on Wednesday night at the Shangri-La Hotel in Lower Parel. Among the highlights, the US Marines marched a salute as both the Indian as well as American National anthem was played by the live band, which also played country music on the occasion. The Indian staffers of the Consulate conducted a flash mob dance, surprising the guests present at the occasion. "Tonight we are bringing a slice of America to Mumbai. We are celebrating our Independence Day, the way I did as a kid, with games, fun, food and friends -- just like a typical Indian mela, but with red, white and blue," said US Consul General Peter Haas. Food pavilions offered classic American fares such as apple pie, corn dogs, sliders, barbeque chicken and iced tea from food stalls of variety of American restaurants such as Subway, Starbucks, Hardrock Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen, Sbarro Pizza, etc.

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he Navi Mumbai crime branch got custody of Manoj Lahmane from Mumbai police on Wednesday morning. Lahmane, who is suspected of having provided Devendra Jagtap alias JD the gun that was used to attack Abu Salem inside Taloja prison on June 27, was detained by Mumbai police on Tuesday night. In the initial investigation, Jagtap had told police that Lahmane had given him the gun some five months ago. “Jagtap told us about Lahmane’s involvement just after the incident and we were on

Post elections as per provisions of sections 10A, 77, ore trouble is in store 78 of the Representation of for beleaguered BJPs the People Act, 1951 and deputy leader in Lok Sabha rules 86 and 89 of the ConGopinath Munde with the duct of Election Rules, 1961 Income-Tax department the candidate contesting slapping notice, asking him these elections has to subto explain his June 27 re- mit details of election exmark on incurring Rs.8 crore penditure incurred by him expenditure for his 2009 Lok or her within a month. Munde while making the Sabha elections. Reacting to the develop- comment had even rement, state BJP spokesman marked and hoped that Madhav Bhandari alleged there was no EC official that because the Congress present at the book launch has no issue left and is un- function on June 27. The able to reply to allegations election expenditure during of corruption is trying to the 2009 Lok Sabha elecmisuse government agen- tions was Rs.25 lakh and for cies to settle political scores the Assembly elections it against its rivals. He said was Rs.10 lakh. This limit that the BJP is in the process was raised in February 2011 of legally responding to the to Rs.40 lakh for Lok Sabha and Rs.16 lakh for Assembly notices served on Munde. Following the Supreme in respect of bigger states Court verdict in a poll-re- like Maharashtra. Like ordilated case in 2002, it became nary citizens, politicians, the norm for all contesting political parties and concandidates since 2004 Lok testing candidates too have Sabha elections to file state- to file Income-Tax returns. ment displaying details of As per EC rules there is no there movable and immov- limit for political parties to able properties, their cur- incur election expenditure. rent market values, bank Failure to submit details of deposits, jewellery and poll expenses, submitting other property details. The false accounts or hiding norm was later extended to facts invites disqualification cover Rajya Sabha, Assem- for 3 years from the date the EC issues the order. bly and Council elections.

US Consulate staffers ejoyed a flash mob dance, yesterday.

Navi Mumbai CB gets custody of Lahmane By Amit Srivastav

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the lookout for him since Friday morning. He will be booked under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code and we will take him into our custody after producing him before the judicial court,” said Srikant Pathak, deputy commissioner of police (crime), Navi Mumbai. According to Pathak, Lahmane, a resident of Mulund, does various odd jobs to earn his livelihood. “According our sources he doesn't have any criminal record, but we’ll be certain only once we interrogate him on our own. Prima facie some members from Chota Shakeel gang gave Lahmane the factory made

pistol and he handed it over to JD when the latter was being taken to court in Mumbai. We are not sure if Lahmane took 'supari' (contract killing) for the task,” he said. Pathak confirmed that they interrogated JD’s wife as she was also among the four persons JD who met in court on June 27. “We suspected his wife be involved in the crime, but released after interrogating her.” Abu Salem however, believes that gangster Chota Rajan and Mustafa Dossa were the planners of the attack. “Given the previous attack on Salem in Arthur Road jail hatched by Dossa in 2010,

Salem suspects that Rajan and Dossa were the men behind this attack as well. But we have not found any evidence to confirm his suspicions so far,” said Fateh Singh Patil, additional commissioner of police, Navi Mumbai. JD was one of the accused in the murder of lawyer Shahid Azmi on February 11, 2010 and was arrested five days after the murder. The Navi Mumbai police produced him before the judicial court on Monday evening and he has been remanded to police custody till July 6. amit.srivastav@afternoondc.in

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AST Monday I spent a day with Vasundhara Raje on her ‘yatra’ through Rajasthan. It began in April and she has already covered a distance of more than 8000 kilometres in her ‘rath’ in earlier phases. But, before writing another word I feel bound to disclose that Vasundhara is an old friend of mine. If you think that because of this my account of her travels cannot be trusted, please do not hesitate to stop reading now. If you want details of how far this friendship goes back, trot off to your nearest book shop and buy my latest book “Durbar” in which you will find the whole story and more. Now having made this disclosure fully and thrown in a plug for my book I shall proceed with telling N the chargesheet presented by CBI in you about Vasundhara’s ‘su-raaj yatra’ which court, it was stated that the encounter translated into English means a journey for in which Ishrat Jahan was killed was fake. good governance. We set off from Jaipur in a cavalcade of She and three others were killed in cold cars on a morning of such intense heat blood, it was stated. The encounter was that the light was almost too white to carried out by the Intelligence Bureau bear and I found myself doubting (IB) and the Gujarat police. The IB had whether people would come out to listen to distributed weapons to the police. The her in such unpleasant weather. Vasundhara’s CBI will carry out further investigations ‘rath’ awaited us outside the Triveni Dham temple in the constituency of Shahpura an into the involvement of top men of the hour’s drive away. When we arrived at the IB and the police. An attempt was made temple there was a large, noisy reception to cover up the entire operations. party which greeted her with drums and sloThe CBI would not have made the gans. There were so many people eager to get charges without collecting proper evi- close to their leader that I lost her in the endence. It has not stated whether Ishrat thusiastic, jostling crowd and next caught up with her as she sat in the temple’s sanctum Jahan was a terrorist or not. It had said having her forehead smeared with sandalthe IB director and the top police official wood paste by priests who sat at the feet of would be further investigated. gods of gold and silver. Then another battle The political leadership – Amit Shah through jostling crowds followed before I was the home minister and Narendra managed to get onto the ‘rath’, a bus painted Modi chief minister – certainly knew in BJP colours.

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still bound by primitive rules of honour and marriage that oblige little girls to live adult lives because of child marriage being socially acceptable. In her speech Vasundhara talked of the importance of improving the lot of women and although I got the impression that the women did not fully understand what she said whenever she mentioned the word ‘mahila’ they cheered. Her speech was an aggressive attack on the Congress Party. ‘In this state’, she said ‘if you count out my five years and the ten years you gave Bhairon Singh Shekhawat you have given Congress 53 years in government since 1947. And, you still do not have drinking water, electricity, roads or decent schools…if you had given the BJP 53 years we would have made Rajasthan into a garden.’ This led to loud cheering from her audience that reached a frenzied crescendo when she reminded them of how

same litany of questions and the crowds shouted back answers. Do you have electricity? No. Drinking Water? No. Are there teachers in the school? No. Doctors in the hospital? No. In the middle of one such question-answer session a man shouted that water had now ‘arrived’ and pointed to the skies as the first few drops of rain fell. By the time of her next public meeting it had begun to pour but still people gathered along the side of the streets of squalid, ugly towns and on the edge of drenched fields and everywhere in answer to the litany of questions the answer was always: no. The last meeting of the day was in Khetri. Darkness had fallen by then and she was greeted by fireworks that lit up the dark sky and momentarily drowned out the excited voices that rose from the vast crowd that had gathered to listen to her. From a stage wet with rain she exhorted them once more to throw out a government that had not been able to provide them with their most basic needs and that was now trying to ‘buy their votes’ by throwing charity at them. In the past two months the government of Ashok Gehlot has spent a fortune on handouts like cheap food grain, housing, clothing, pensions and bicycles for the rural poor. Vasundhara urged her audience to take what was being given to them because it was their money that was being spent on this ‘khairaat’. But, remember not to vote for Congress.

ON THE SPOT

Hunger and demands

By the end of this day on Vasundhara’s Tavleen Singh ‘yatra’ I found myself arriving at two conclusions. One that if this is the level of spontaNarendra Modi in 15 years had made Gujarat neous anger in the people then there is little into a development model that the world was chance of the Congress Party winning Rawhat was going on. Ishrat Jahan was abimpressed by. The mention of Modi’s name jasthan in November. And, two, that there ducted from Mumbai, brought to Guwas a trigger for slogans demanding that he seems to be a real hunger in the people for a jarat and kept in a farm house. The IB The first public meeting of the day was in become prime minister. A demand I had strong leader at the top and this is translating and the police officials held discussions Ajeetgarh, a small, unremarkable town whose heard repeatedly on my travels through Ra- already into a demand for Narendra Modi to regarding what should be done about only attractive building is a magnificent old jasthani villages but I will tell you about that become prime minister. But, I will tell you more about it in this space next week when I the 19-year-old girl. The home minister fort on a rocky outcrop. The crowds at this next week. From Ajeetgarh we traveled down broken, write about my own ‘yatra’ through the vilmeeting spilled out of the shamiana onto must have consulted with regard to the rooftops and high trees. Inside the shamiana rural roads towards Neem ka Thana where lages of Rajasthan. holding of the fake encounter. There are things about India that only bewomen had been given a place of honour her next public meeting was scheduled for The CBI is presenting a second report close to the stage. Women have been among late afternoon. But, we traveled at the pace of come evident when you travel outside the enon its investigations by the end of the Vasundhara’s staunchest supporters and a bullock cart because of the huge crowds virons of cities like New Delhi and Mumbai. month. It will not be a surprise the CBI when she began her speech I noticed a look that lined the route. They were so fervent and Such very important things that it should be inquiry might lead them to the home of wonder come over their faces. Rajasthan so large that every 15 minutes the ‘rath’ had compulsory for our elected representatives to remains one of the states in which women re- to stop for Vasundhara to be able to say a few go on regular, monthly travels of the ‘yatra’ minister and the CM. main mostly illiterate to this day and mostly words. Whenever she stopped she asked the kind through their constituencies.

The women of Ajeetgarh

The fact is that what the UPA government wanted it to do – to target Narendra Modi who is being projected by the BJP as the future prime minister. It is clear politics is involved in the CBI investigations, but this is perhaps justified because a monstrous operation had been conducted against an innocent 19-year-old girl.

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IGMUND FREUD (1856-1939), the father of psychoanalysis, was a physiologist, medical doctor, psychologist and influential thinker of the early twentieth century. Working initially in close collaboration with Joseph Breuer, Freud elaborated the theory that the mind is a complex energy-system, the structural investigation of which is the proper province of psychology. He articulated and refined the concepts of the unconscious, infantile sexuality and repression, and he proposed a tripartite account of the mind’s structure — all as part of a radically new conceptual and therapeutic frame of reference for the understanding of human psychological development and the treatment of abnormal mental conditions. Freud’s theory of the unconscious, then, is highly deterministic. He was arguably the first thinker to apply deterministic principles systematically to the sphere of the mental, and to hold that the broad spectrum of human behavior is explicable only in terms of the (usually hidden) mental processes or states which determine it. Hence the significance which he attributed to slips of the tongue or pen, obsessive behavior and dreams — all these, he held, are deter-

mined by hidden causes in the person’s mind, and so they reveal in covert form what would otherwise not be known at all. This suggests the view that freedom of the will is, if not completely an illusion, certainly more tightly circumscribed than is commonly believed, for it follows from this that whenever we make a choice we are governed by hidden mental processes of which we are unaware.

MATTER & SPIRIT An ‘unconscious’ mental process or event, for Freud, is not one which merely happens to be out of consciousness at a given time, but is rather one which cannot, except through protracted psychoanalysis, be brought to the forefront of consciousness. The postulation of such unconscious mental states entails, of course, that the mind is not, and cannot be, either identified with consciousness, or an object of consciousness. Deeply associated with this view of the mind is Freud’s account of instincts or drives. Instincts are the principal motivating forces in the mental realm, and as such they ‘energise’ the mind in all of its functions. There are, he

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

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Gopinath Munde digs ‘8 crore’ grave and falls in it! POOR Gopinath Munde. He might not have imagined that he would fall into the pit he himself had dug. His bravado that he had spent Rs.8 crore for his last election, may put him in a soup. Narendra Modi and Nitin Gadkari, who were present when Munde made this statement should bear witnesses. Otherwise, they should be treated as cowards. What he might not have realised is that he who is caught is only a thief. It is a known fact that politicians are spending a hell of a lot of money during polls. All black money. They enter Parliament by committing a fraud. How can one expect honesty from them? It is curious

Blame game for gain UNION Government headed by the Congress party does not have any clue about the flash floods in Uttarakhand and other regions of North India. After the disaster blame game started and the political parties have a platform to press the claim for vote in the General Election 2014. India spends so much but the Disaster Management cell could not do world of good to avert heavy loss. . BJP blames Congress and Congress blame BJP for the lapse in issuing a warning. The number of dead in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, where many areas are in spate. As Kedarnath was devastated more

that some of the self-styled social workers praised him (Munde) for being courageous and frank. Even Shiv Sena and NCP’s Chagan Bhujbhal, along with daughter Pankaja came to Munde’s rescue. But they are not telling what is the courageous about him. Political parties have kept their differences aside and protested against CIC order to bring political parties under RTI. When the question of looting the country comes, all are one and protest vehemently. Otherwise, even Parliament is not allowed to run. Munde should be barred from contest. He has no business to be in politics. It should be a lesson to weigh the likely benefits. Apart from that, it needs to be realised that each river is an independent entity in the natural system, OF operating in its own LETTER THE DAY ‘basin’ in perfect harmony and any interference to this nature-programmed set-up will have serious repercussions. Problems in Uttarakahand are different: there is no efficient facility for forecasting cloudbursts with Doppler Radar, no disaster management plan, no river regulation, no proper urban planning and no attempt to prevent landsldies on the National Highway no. 58 which are a daily affair due to the cutting of the hills. — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane

PM’s ‘secular’ remark

IT is quite surprising that the PM has since termed Nitish Kumar as SECULAR which sounds very low given the status of Manmohan Singh. Kumar depended solely on BJP and was a Cabinet minister whose handling of the Railway ministry was pretty ordinary and accident-prone period lacking initiative raising doubts whether he was only for Bihar or for the entire country. Nitish prospered based on BJP and having nourished ambitions to become PM was not able to stand Modi knowing fully well that Modi is a potential candidate for PM and VOTE-BANK POLITICS: By pointing a there is no room for himself in front finger at each other, political parties have of Modi. This is why Nitish had to a platform to press their claim for votes in leave NDA and there is nothing secthe General Election, 2014. ular about it. Nitish should have and more pilgrims were caught un- gone for polls to prove his individawares and there is no escape route ual strength which seems to be as such. To add salt to the wound, shaky at this moment. Hope the dark clouds hover around the flood- present PM remains above all this hit area hampering relief opera- and does not further lose the tions. Our satellite experiments and credibility. the weather bureau failed miserably — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai and we could see only miseries of people after the havoc has been caused. It is indeed a lesson to learn. KALMADI is in the news for wrong — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada reasons once again. Suresh Kalmadi put on a brace face even as his career as sports administrator all but came to an end. The 69-year-old THIS refers to the edit-page article former sports-in-charge lost the ‘Lessons from the Uttarakhand dis- election for the Asian Athletics Asaster’ (ADC, June 29) by Roop Kar- sociation’s (AAA) top position to nani. Interlinking major rivers in Brigadier Dalhan al-Hamad (20-18 the country is not a viable proposi- votes). Kalmadi, who was jailed for tion from a geological point of view 10 months for corruption in conbecause the country has a very var- nection with the 2010 Commonied geology with tough rocks like wealth Games, was the president of quartzites and granites forming the AAA since the year 2000. So, high hills in several regions which Suresh Kalmadi’s 12 years’ rule as are very difficult to tunnel boss of AAA came to an end. He has through and it has been pointed out been sidelined from sports activiby many experts that the cost of ties in India after the 2010 scam. He such a gigantic project will far out- was in the news during the Youth

Kalmadi deserves ouster

the politicians who are our leaders. What good can they do other than looting the country? The result is there to be seen. Scams, scandals are the order of the day. — M.H. Nayak, Mumbai

NOOSE TIGHTENS: The former deputy CM is in a tight spot as two of his senior BJP colleagues may be called to bear witness to his controversial statement. others. On the one hand these crooks complain that the present limit is less and submit account for less than half of the present limit. Which means, they are all spending black money. These are Commonwealth Games in Pune during 2008 also. Thus the tainted ex-minister has to face music for all his wrongdoing. Kalmadi is a controversial figure and his ouster from AAA is a right step in the right direction. — S. Akhilesh Krishnan, Khargar

THE statement made by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Gopinath Munde that he had spent Rs.8 crore on his campaign for 2009 parliamentary polls in presence of former BJP president Nitin Gadkari and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi has put him in serious trouble (disqualification under Section 10A of the Represtatement of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is an indication of a big ‘economic tsunami’ which is going to hit ours as well as other economies of the world. The RBI must not act like a mute spectator, it must do something to check the sliding rupee.

sentation of the People’s Act, 195). Since the spending of 8 crore by Munde instead of official limit of 40 lakh, the EC must conduct a thorough probe and can call Gadkari and Modi as witnesses to record their statement to make the case stronger and fool-proof as people have full right to know about Munde’s lavish expenditure to get maximum political mileage which is an insult to voters of his constituency. I am of the opinion the BJP leadership must give their reaction to Munde’s statement to clear the doubts in the mind of the people rather than remaining mute spectators. — Bhagwan Thadani, Pune

been used for its rent for any other public purpose as per the laws. It is further alleged that this club pays no rent to the State, An inquiry as proposed by the AAP should be conducted to expose those involved. — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai

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Stem rupee’s gradual decline AT present, the country is facing the two calamities, which are manmade and the consequence of overexploiting nature and overdepending on hot money, which was expected through FDIs and FIIs. The value of the rupee has come down to around Rs.60 against US dollar. It is irrational on the part of RBI Deputy Governor H.R. Khan when he says “we are watching and monitoring the situation and will take action; central bank is coordinating with the finance ministry on this issue”. It seems that the RBI and the finance ministry are digging a well to fight a fire. Our finance minister is wasting time by depending on an impractical hope of getting foreign investments. This impediment will cause more harm to our economy. The latest Readers are requested to e-mail letters to the editor and add their neighbourhood as well. Please mail letters to afternoonletters@gmail.com

Takeover of a playground ‘JUST not cricket!’ (ADC, June 28), reveals threadbare the rampant violation of the municipal development rules by a renowned political heavyweight. The facts indicating the involvement of municipal officials, including the Addl. Municipal Commissioner and his associates are indeed condemned. The open space at Kandivali admeasuring 39,950 sq.m. was proposed to be earmarked for a playground which this city really needed for the acutely space-crunched children but because of this politico’s instruction this has been built out to be a glamorous and swanky club house having marble flooring with lavishly built columns et al. It was proposed to be a cricket coaching centre for youngsters. The ADC pic shows clearly the absence of a cricket pitch but all other stuff required for a club. It is indeed pathetic how the Indian politicos misuse the power and deprive the public exchequer of its revenue in crores had this ground

Jet-Etihad deal contentious WHATEVER said and done, the UPA govt. is in the centre of controversy throughout its rule for the last five years. But this time Jet-Etihad deal of RS 2,058 cr, the largest foreign investment proposal in India’s aviation sector is flying low and the chances of crash landing is a possibility. Under the deal, Etihad will own a 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways. It is notable that Etihad is the national airline of UAE, with a fleet of 66 aircraft and network of 84 destinations. There is a deep divide within government over the big deal and already the opposition is on a move to make the controversy public. The transaction had already raised eyebrows and within hours of it being announced, India and UAE announced that they had agreed to increase the weekly flying rights between the two countries by nearly four times. Hope the deal does not go through and become a major scandal like the 2G and Coal scams. — Anandambal Subbu, Seawoods

Gratuitous media exposure for Sanju AS an ordinary citizen, I am shocked & angered at the continued focus by the print and visual media, and commercial sponsors on Sanjay Dutt. Is it forgotten that he is currently serving a jail term for nothing less than his proven anti-national activities? We appear to have set aside all ethical standards as publicity featuring this tainted individual appears on news pages, advertising, TV screens, film promos and special events. Moreover as a family respected for their involvement in political and public life, one would have expected family members to advise and exhort their sibling to position himself as a role model adhering to every facet of the law - a trend young Indians could look up to and emulate. Instead, one has witnessed several attempts to seek many

HOSHIYAAR RAHO: Justice, to be credible, should be democratic and not discriminatory. concessions and/or to reshape and customise his prison stay. Not the profile of an individual seeking to pose as a responsible & worthy citizen. And now the na-

tion’s emotional quotient is being aroused to generate fen mail for this infamous jailbird, on whose behalf some public protestations have also been voiced, pronouncing him as innocent & reformed ! Time now for all concerned, whether in the media, media regulators and publicity agencies to curb the indulgence they have exhibited towards this convict, and erase his persona, so to speak, entirely from public arena, until his jail term is complete. Public belief must be restored in the judicial system as far as CRIME, GUILT and PENALTY are concerned. The current scenario cannot be allowed to play out in the public eye like a Bollywood script specifically tailored to suit the lead actor. Justice to be credible, must be democratic not discriminatory. — M.J. Chaves, Mumbai

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TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which

itself carries the legendary million dollar a bullet price tag. HBO, 11.45 p.m.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

SOAPS & SERIALS

Jeff and Adam use Audrey’s rented retail space for a game of mannequin head ball. Jennifer and Audrey also enjoy their game through a security camera. Russell and Timmy go on a doubledate. Big CBS Love, 8 p.m.

ONE TREE HILL

Brooke buys Karens Cafe, and turns it into a Clothes Over Bro’s boutique. Everyone goes to the opening of the store, including Brooke’s Manager mother, who has seemed to track her down. Lucas and Peyton cause friction at the opening. Star Wor ld, 10 p.m.

ANIMAL PLANET’S A TO Z

Wild animals rely on their instincts as opposed to learned behaviors. Explore about the various wild animals at ANIMAL PLANET’S A TO Z. Animal Planet, 10 p.m.

AMERICAN DIGGER

AMERICAN DIGGER focuses on Savage and his crew as they travel across the United States searching for buried artifacts. Searching historical documents, the team attempts to find locations that may contain artifacts that can be located using a variety of tools including shovel and metal detectors. The crew has to negotiate with the various land owners for permission to dig on their land. When valuable artifacts are discovered they are taken to various collectors and sold at which time the money would be split between the land owner and Savage. Discover y, 8 p.m.

THE AMAZING SPIEZ

THE AMAZING SPIEZ tells the story of 3 brothers, TONY, MARC and LEE CLARCK, and their sister MEGAN. These kids have been secretly selected by the World Organization of Human Protection - WOOHP to become international spies. Together, these young spies will have to juggle between the daily lives of an average 12 year-old, and intense, realistic spy missions. Di scover y Ki ds, 1 p.m .

Rules of Engagement, Big CBS Love, 8 p.m.

MONSTERS INSIDE ME

MONSTER INSIDE ME explores the illnesses caused by parasitic infection. Follow biologist Dan Riskin who explains how and why each parasite finds its host. Di scover y Science, 11 p.m.

NA BOLE TUM NA MAINE KUCH KAHA

In tonight’s episode we will see, Mohan gets arrested and is put behind bars. Megha promises she will get him out at any cost. Simultaneously, Munna publicly appeals to shut project Talaash. On the other hand Beera plans to confess to Navika that he was actually going to dump her. Further Megha decides to meet Munna… Color s, 9.30 p.m .

SAVDHAAN INDIA – INDIA FIGHTS BACK 2

Tonight’s episode traces the story of Naresh who is stabbed by an intruder. Naresh lives with his wife Vaishali, who rushes him to the hospital immediately. Police begin first round of investigation and presume that it was may be a robbery attempt. Meanwhile Vaishali’s in laws accuse her to be a murderer. Will the police be able to solve the case? Will police be able to find the truth? Life Ok, 10.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS

Several years since Benjamin Franklin Gates found the Knight’s Templar and became rich and famous. Now, another treasure hunter named Mitch Wilkinson has found what is a missing page of the diary of John Wilkes Booth, which contains clues to the location of a lost city of gold, Ben must compete against Mitch to find the lost city, he goes to France and Great Britain to find other clues and even peak inside the President’s secret book to put the pieces of the puzzle together, his parents and his friends also help Ben find the lost city and to stay one step ahead of Mitch. Star Movies, 9 p.m .

PAGE-3

Madhur Bhandarkar’s movie ‘Page 3’ takes a candid look into the lives of celebrities and stars that adorn the third page of newspaper. The film penetrates through the façade of their ‘hunky-dory’ lives and reveals the hypocrisy, superficiality and shallowness that lie underneath. Fi lmy, 9 p.m.

1920 EVIL RETURNS

The movie revolves around Jaidev Varma, a famous poet who lives the life of a loner as he is unable to meet the love of his life.He stays with his sister Karuna who is his support system until he meets Smruti, whom he finds near the lake under mysterious circumstances. Jaidev brings her home and takes care of her against the wishes of his sister, who doesn’t want Smruti to stay as she senses something wrong with her. During the course of time, Jaidev finds out that Smruti has lost her memory and does not remember anything from her past life except for his poems. Jaidev decides to take Smruti to Shimla to get her treated in a big hospital. On their way, while resting in a guest house, strange haunting sounds start to emanate. Smruti gets possessed by a spirit and goes out of control. Max , 9 p.m .

HONEY I BLEW UP THE KID MOVIE

Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn’t quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny. Now, whenever Adam comes near anything electrical, the electricity causes him to grow. Adam soon starts to grow to the height of 150 feet. And he is now walking through Las Vegas which he thinks is one big play land. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Star Movies, 9 p.m.

THE WARRIOR’S WAY

Yang, the world’s finest swordsman, packs it in and leaves Japan to find an old friend in the Wild West rather than kill the infant queen of a rival clan. He carries the baby to his friend’s desolate, broken-down town; the friend has died, so Yang reopens a laundry and settles down, hanging wet clothes, growing flowers, raising the infant, and finding himself attracted to Lynne, a red-haired woman with a tragic past. As long as Yang keeps his sword sheathed, his rivals won’t find him, but a band of reprobate gunmen terrorize the town and threaten Lynne. Showdowns are inevitable, but once the sword is drawn, can Yang find rest, a home, and a family? Pix, 9 p .m.

EK SE BURE DO

Gangster Jagat Dada not only decides to forgive money owing to him by Toti and Tony but also agrees to pay them Rs.1 Lakh provided they steal a treasure map. They agree to do so, collect an advance of Rs.20,000/-, find the map, make a fake copy through Mammu, and present it to Jagat, while they decide to woo two wealthy heiresses, Payal and Gehna, and find the treasure on their own. The hapless duo will not only find their lives in jeopardy when they find that the paternal uncle of the two beauties is Vikramaditya - the lookalike of Jagat - and also face-off against a vengeful Jagat - who has taken over the latter’s identity; a Daku; a gangster named Gullu; and an enraged police inspector - who blames them for his demotion. B4U, 9 p.m.

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

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Vinod Mehra, Sarika Surkshetra Haunted Nights Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga. Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali. Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati

SAB TV

Taarak Mehta Ka Lapatagani-Ek Baar Phir FIR Chintu Bun Gaya Gentleman Taarak Mehta… Baal Veer Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir Taarak Mehta… Jeanie Aur Juhu

One Tree Hill Mad Men Two And A Half Men Big Bang Theory Masterchef Australia One Tree Hill Grey’s Anatomy Two And A Half Men Big Bang Theory Masterchef US One Tree Hill Mad Men

ZEE CAFÉ

Grey’s Anatomy Scandal Just for Laughs Grey’s Anatomy Scandal Friends American Dad Scandal Grey’s Anatomy Red Widow

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Summerland Game Beauty and The Beast Life Unexpected Excused Game Summerland Entertainment Tonight Rules of Engagement Game Melrose Place 5 Summerland Excused

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

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Mythbusters 3.00 Storm Chasers

News in Marathi Hasat Khelat Swayamsiddha Pimpalpan Suvarnakshan News in Marathi Rang Badaltya Natyanche Paamhi Krbahrni Krishi Darhsna News in Marathi Dam Dama Dam News Samachar Hum Phir Milenge Ek Kiran roshni Ki Saraswatichandra

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Jodha Akbar, Zee TV, 8 p.m.

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 3.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 3.30 Shapath 4.30 Police Dial 100 5.30 Savadhan India 6.30 Do Dil… Ek Jaan 7.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 7.30 Amrit Manthan 8.00 Devo Ke Dev Mahadev 8.30 Savitri 9.00 Do Dil…Ek Jaan 9.30 Junoon… 10.00 Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai… 10.30 Savadhan India P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

COLORS

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SAHARA ONE

P.M 2.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati 2.30 Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan Hoga. 3.00 Raakhi Ki Saugandh: Film,

When We Left The Earth, Discovery, 9 p.m.

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

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

ZEE MARATHI

Tu Tithe Mee Tuze Maze Jamena Mala Sasu Havi Radha Hi Bawri Pakke Shejari Tu tithe Mee Mala Sasu Havi Tuze Maze Jamena Home Minister Tu Tithe Mee Radha Hi Bawri Unch Maza Zoka Mala Saasu Havi Tuze Maze Jamena Pakke Shejari Radha Hi Bawri Tuze Maze Jamena

ANIMAL PLANET

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River Monsters Animal Planet’s A to Z Mutant Planet TV with Teeth Wildest Africa Predator’s Prey Big Cat Diary River Monsters Animal Planet’s A To Z TV with Teeth: Secrets Of The Serpents

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 The Magic of Big Blue 3.00 What Happened Next 3.30 Factory Made

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Samachar. News Sports News Genext Samachar. News. Samachar Rajyon Se Samachar. Metro Scan Business Wrap Samachar

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Food Tech Extreme Trains Shark Wranglers Around the World in 80 Ways Accidental Heroes Kings of Restoration Dynamo: Magician Impossible Shark Wranglers Mankind Kings of Restoration Addicted

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Most Amazing Moments Secrets of the King Cobra Mega Factories Dangerous Encounters Most Amazing Moments Mega Factories Speed Kills Banged Up Abroad Taboo

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Cruel Intentions 3

PIX

5.00 6.00

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00

Wimbledon C’ships h/ls Friends Life T20 h/ls Jai Ho T20 Dhamaka Champions Ka Champion ICC Champions Trophy 2013 h/ls Wimbledon C’ships 2013 h/ls Friends Life T20 h/ls England Tour of India 2012 h/ls Champions Ka Champion T20 Dhamaka Jai Ho Friends Life T20 2013 h/ls England Tour of India h/ls: 2nd ODI

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STAR GOLD

Diljale English Babu Desi Mem Gangaajal Tejasvini Bade Ghar Ki Bedi

honey i blew up the kid movie, Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

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CARTOON NETWORK

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Tucker and Dale vs Evil Ninja Fired Up

STAR CRICKET

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ZEE TALKIES

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Original Sin Desperado Fired Up Ninja The Warrior’s Way Resident Evil: Retribution

P.M. 2.45 Naseeb Apna Apna: Rishi Kapoor 6.00 Kudrat Ka Kanoon: Jackie Shroff 9.00 Kaal Purush: K Venkat A.M. 10.45 Taal: Anil Kapoor

10.30 Focus News Night Samachar News Night Late Edition Aankhon Dekhi Mukhya Samahcar. Khel Smachar

P.M. 2.45 5.30 9.00 A.M. 8.00 11.35

Mr Brooks The Thaw Cruel Intentions 3 Honey I Shrunk The Kids Honey I Blew Up The Kid The Contractor

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How Do They Do It Food Detectives How It’s Made Frontier of Flight Build It Bigger How It’s Made When We Left The Earth Weaponology Monsters Inside Me

HISTORY CHANNEL

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Byomkesh Bakshi Lal Kothi alvida Rangoli National Prog of Dance : Bharatnatyam by Smt Yamini Muthanna

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HBO

Green Lantern I Am Legend Speed Racer Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows-Part 2 11.45 The Tournament A.M. 7.40 The Tournament 9.30 No Strings Attached 11.20 Speed Racer P.M. 1.00 3.30 5.25 7.05 9.00 10.55 A.M. 10.50

DOORDARSHAN

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Unchained Reaction Man vs Wild Untamed and Uncut Man vs Wild American Digger Food Factory Dual Survival Gold Rush Desire & Pleasure Decoded

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Takehsi’s Castle Sunaina MAD

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veryone’s on the shapewear bandwagon these days in order to look their best. Concealing marks with makeup, giving yourself a little boost with a padded bra and now, smoothening out your curves with some control underwear — all to look and feel perfect. So, do women think it is okay to hide their flaws? Do men feel as though they’re being cheated? If you think men would be more offended by the slight ‘change’ in shape than women, we’ve got some surprising answers for you to read through.

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she says… “I don’t see the point in people trying to hide the flaws that our bodies have. It’s very easy to make out who is wearing shapewear, because unless you wear it regularly, the change is pretty obvious. I’d rather be happy in my own skin and wear clothes that look good on me naturally rather than wear shapewear.” — Avanti Desai, 19, student “I feel that it’s only worth it if you buy the Marks & Spencer, expensive, zeroborder/only light material kinds. The horrible Asian brands they sell at lingerie stores are really bad. I think it gives women who don’t embody the typical standards of beauty, such as a waif-thin frame, the confidence to wear clothes that their parents or society in general discourages them from wearing. It’s as if larger framed people aren’t worthy of wearing tighter, shapely clothes.” — Tanvi Gaitonde, 21, student “There’s nothing wrong with shapewear. It gives you the confidence to wear what you want to when you’re slightly insecure or don’t have a very strong body image. Of course, wearing it all the time isn’t healthy, but if you want to make your outfit look better on you. It’s not false advertising — it’s not like you want people to buy you! It’s a personal choice.” — Ensia Mirza, 23, filmmaker “Most women dress to impress other women. It is not likely for a guy to

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notice shapewear, but a woman will definitely know. So, one can’t really cheat a woman!” — Pooja Advani,22, PR consultant “I think that if you’re a little overweight and need the help, then there’s nothing wrong with shapewear. It’s not really false advertising unless you’re wearing it to get the wrong kind of attention. If you’re wearing it for yourself or to make an outfit look better, then it shouldn’t matter what anyone else thinks about it anyway. It’s only false advertising if you wear it every day as a compulsion, no matter what outfit you’re wearing.” — Arnaz Dhanbhoora, 54, homemaker “I don’t think it’s necessary and as a woman, I feel it encourages women to feel like they’re never good enough and always need a little help. And also that there’s a cheater’s way out of it with these things rather than working to achieve the body you’re wishing to have. They’re uncomfortable, stifling and not worth it unless you’re spending all your time working hard to impress the rest of the world. And if that’s the case, it’s definitely false advertising.” — Zenobia Mehta., 50, homemaker “Shapewear is highly uncomfortable! I don’t know why anyone would want to be sitting around stifled and constrained like that just to look good. If you make an effort like that on a daily basis just so that other people can’t see your lumps and bumps, then I feel it’s false advertising.” — Priyanka Mathur, 23, teacher

“Shapewear is not just to hide our body fat and pretend to be shapely. Some outfits do need these specialised undergarments, especially dresses that are figure hugging. Shapewear makes the outfit seamless; there are no ugly lines that can be seen through your outfit. It’s a blessing when it comes to clingy dresses and trousers. However, most men think that we wear shapewear to deceive them into thinking what we are not, but really men, everything is not about you!” — Arka Chawla, 25, lawyer “For me it’s like wearing loose clothes. Some men and women wear loose clothes to partially hide their baggy fat. I wear shapewear for the same. I mean what’s wrong in wanting to wear clothes that I like? And if shapewear makes them look better, then why not? Some women wear tight outfits anyway with a bulging tummy. I’m not saying anything is wrong with that. I just don’t want to show that bulge, so I wear shapewear. Big deal!” — Drashti Kaul, 27, dentist “Bless the souls who invented shapewear! According to me, it depends upon me what I want to wear and how I want to look. Unlike what most men think, shapewear is mostly worn by women for themselves. It makes them feel good. When I wear a corset under a dress, it makes my dress fall on me better and I love the overall look. When I first tried it, it wasn’t done to impress someone, but to make myself feel happy with the way I look. And if I want to do that, no one has the right t judge me.” — Kritika Khanna, 31, C.A.

he says… “There’s a fierce battle going on nowadays; it’s the battle between comfort and looking good. Shapewear, according to me, is simply the extra juice and gets eyes drooling. It’s just what people want today — the combination of looking good and feeling opulent from within. If I woke up to my partner wearing shapewear, I would gradually go back to sleep without worrying about the same. It’s her chosen zone of feeling awesome, so why question that? “ — Karan Jotwani, 22, model “I don’t think it is cheating even if men wear shapewear. It may be a let down for a new couple, but most people would know what their partners looks like on the inside. Besides, shapewear is all about making yourself look and feel good.” — Shane Fernandes, 26, client servicing “If I understand right, shapewear refers to clothing which brings out the contours of the body. And why not? If any human wants to flaunt it, it’s their choice. Relax! It’s an evolution till we reach a nudist state. That is going to be the ultimate nirvana of a free society.” — Arif Zakaria, 45, actor

what do they think?

Wear it for yourself, not for others. l If it makes you feel good, go ahead and do it. l Wear it when needed, not all the time. l No one should judge. l

“No, I don’t think it’s cheating. They have a certain fashion aesthetic, I guess. I don’t think it’s that big a discovery to really matter.” — Ajeet Mahale, 24, freelance writer “Shapewear is false advertising. It makes women look thinner and more shapely than they are. But, I don’t think it’s such a big deal. If it makes them feel good in a dress, then their confidence trumps everything.” — Brendan D’Souza, 33, Finance expert “Well, I look at a woman’s face... not her body. So, if a woman is comfortable with what she’s wearing it’s cool with me. Everyone is an individual first and can choose to wear whatever one feels comfortable in. Who am I to judge about anyone’s personal choices.” — Rajeev Paul, 43, actor “I think it’s okay for girls to wear shapewear. And I won’t be surprised if somebody I like wears it. People try to put a mask on their personality when they interact with others, so why not on their physical self?” — Aklaque Khan, 27, actor “It is false advertising, but not to the extent that a padded bra is. If I cling-wrap my paunch and hit the streets, I’d surely get more glances than if I let it all hang out. Similarly, with women, shapewear makes them look slimmer than they are, which can be disappointing when the corset comes off.” — Gerard Pereira, 29, Graphic artist “I am neither in favour nor against

shapewear. If you are wearing it for a party, it’s fine, but if you are wearing it all the time, then it becomes a bit too much.” — Rohit Bhardwaj, 29, actor “To each their own. The assets are theirs. It’s their choice to wear whatever they wish to. If my girlfriend is comfortable, why should I have any objection? It’s totally an i n d i v i d u a l ’s choice. Though, normally it’s ideal to be natural.” — — Mohammed Nazim, 27, actor — Inputs by Rohit Pramar

Male asPects

When it comes to shape wear for men, let’s not talk about those fake ab vests. Even if you don’t want to go as extreme as that, it doesn’t mean men don’t need a little helping hand. To tuck, boost, slim and smooth out any lumps that might possibly exist, you get shapewear for men too! From contour briefs to slimming vests and sculpt and compression t-shirts, why can’t men look their best? While they’re not as easily available in stores, www.freshpair.com has an entire range of options for guys, and the best part is, they ship across the globe, including India!

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GO NUDE! Reeth’s makeup secRets

l Highlight one feature at a time. If you’re wearing dramatic eye makeup, keep the rest of your look simple. l Drink water because a hydrated face looks the best. l Avoid junk food as oil and grease shows on your face. l Use flat beer for your hair as it adds a nice sheen.

We often think that those in the limelight use layers of makeup to look their best on and off camera. But, actress and model Reeth Mazumder thinks that less is always more. Here, she reveals her beauty secrets to Rohit Pramar How do you keep your skin glowing? I drink a lot of water; at least four litres a day. I also drink lemon water to purify my blood. Apart from that, I cleanse and tone my skin regularly. It’s important to keep your skin hydrated as the water in your body gets used up quickly. Which beauty products can you not live without? I can’t live without my MAC box, a skin cleanser, sunscreen, kohl and a light-shade of lipstick. What’s in your makeup bag right now? My MAC Studio fix kit, a light lipstick and kohl. What do you feel is the biggest makeup mistake that women make? I think women use dark shades too often. I suggest avoiding dark makeup, especially during summer, because it looks bad. For a night out, you can use darker shades. But overall, I think women should stick to bright hues. What’s your favourite makeup style? I like to put a little bit of eye makeup, which defines the shape of my eyes. I love applying kohl and I pair it with lipstick in a nude shade. What’s the last beauty item you bought? A small makeup kit by Yves Saint Laurent that I picked up in Germany. What’s on your bedside table? A night cream, vitamin E face mist and a body lotion. Who is your beauty icon and why? Kajol is my beauty icon. I think your eyes are your best feature and I like Kajol’s eyes as they are well defined.

>> Reeth goes on a detox diet every alternate month to cleanse her body of toxins, so that she looks and feels her best

Who would you like to go out on a date with and why? In Bollywood, it would have to be Aamir Khan because I’ve grown up watching his films. It would be mindboggling! In Hollywood, it has to be Hugh Jackman! I think he is extremely hot. What does your current beauty regimen include? I am currently on a detox diet. I go on a detox diet every alternate month wherein I avoid eating anything unhealthy for an entire month. During this period I turn vegetarian and eat a lot of vegetables and fruits. This helps my body recover. Other than that, I do light weight and cardio exercises. I also go for massages once a week to help me relax. How do you maintain your figure? I am very conscious about my diet and I try to eat well. I avoid junk food as I think it’s not good for your health at all. But once a week, I allow myself to eat whatever I want, without any guilt. I also work out, but I focus more on my diet than exercise regime. How do you take care of your hair during the monsoon? I wash my hair with flat beer. Beer is good for your hair as it protects it from moisture, especially during the heavy monsoon. I also keep my hair tied as it’s convenient. This also prevents my hair from getting damaged and wet during the downpour. Apart from that, I try to go for a hair spa once a week. Also, I shampoo and condition my hair on alternate days to keep it clean and healthy. One beauty tip that you would like to give our readers? Avoid makeup as much as you can and drink enough water. There’s no point in applying makeup on a dry canvas. Your face needs to be hydrated and fresh. Drink fresh juices during summer because they give you nutrition as well as keep your body hydrated. Make sure you exercise regularly. Also, use vitamin E face mist as it’s good for the skin.

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« 5 WAYS TO ROCK: DHOTI PANTS 1. Desi girl Dhoti pants look great with short kurtas or kurtis. Pair colourful dhoti pants with a kurta that is simple. Wear kolhapuri chappals and a few bangles, with or without a dupatta. 2. Boho BaBe Dhoti pants also look great with a wellfitted tank top or vest. If your top is dark, pair it with light pants and vice versa. Wear hoop earrings, carry a jhola bag and wear a bindi for some added drama. 3. suit it up Don a well-tailored jacket with your dhoti pants and it’ll look as formal as your shirt and pant combo. Just tone down the patterns on your pants; preferably, it should be of one colour. Cropped jackets also look quite smart with dhoti pants.

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With a fashion label called L.A.M.B, it’s no surprise that No Doubt lead singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani is a style icon. Rhea Dhanbhoora shows you how to look laid-back, chic and glamorous by copying the rock diva’s style

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4. Casual Cat Dhoti pants are as comfortable as your night pajamas but look better. So when it comes to an informal outing, wear it with a solid coloured casual t-shirt, but make sure that the t-shirt is well-fitted. Anything too loose doesn’t go well with a pair of dhoti pants.

>> Neha Dhupia wears her dhoti pants with a well-fitted, dark coloured top for a more stylish look

Get the look: Gwen Stefani

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4. Dove nourishing oil Care seruM The Dove hair serum smoothens up to 99% of roughness, leaving your hair softer and shinier. The vita oils in the product get easily absorbed to replenish essential oils. It is one of the gentlest in terms of chemical content and so, it’s not harmful for your hair. price `300

5. hottie on the loose Never thought dhoti pants could look hot? It all depends on the top that you pair it with. Wear a tube top and tuck it in your dhoti pants. Couple it with a pair of high heels and a statement neckpiece and you’ll look as hot as you look in your LBD.

BeaCh BaBe Whether she’s taking her sons to the beach or soaking up some rays, Gwen’s vacation look is comfortable but still glam. She pairs maxi dresses with oversized bags, fedora hats and chic sunglasses, keeping makeup minimal, Dress: with her nails adding a dash of Turquoise & colour, making it a wearable Gold, `16,500; style for fans like us. hat: Toniq, `669; sunglasses: Avon, `23,400; lipstick: Avon, `429; nailpolish: Avon, `199; Bag: Hidesign, `4,495

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roCker ChiC For a high fashion tomboy look, we suggest Gwen’s go-to boyfriend jeans. She loves pairing them with loose white tees, one of her many funky jackets, boots and adding pops of colour with her signature round sunglasses and colourful scarf.

The actress looks lovely in this all white outfit. Though it’s modest, the sheer fabric and hint of cleavage adds a sexy edge to her look. We like that she’s opted for gold instead of silver as her statement earrings really stand out. However, we wish she had worn strappy shoes.

Sometimes there’s nothing better than sticking to a black dress. Neeta looks lovely in her age appropriate outfit. We love how she’s adding a fun twist with her leopard pumps and matching gold clutch. However, that fringe is a little too severe for our liking.

Who would ever think that Deepika could manage to look so... aunty! The dress is pretty on its own, but the length of the sleeves and hemline and those cheesy glasses make this look a complete flop for us. She looks more sexy librarian than bombshell. What’s up with that smile too?

At first we didn’t much care for this look, but we have to say it’s growing on us. The all white shirt and shorts combination looks pretty. We love the multiple bracelets and pop of blue. But, come on, do something with your hair girl, don’t let it all just... be there.

Forget the outfit, we’re loving her attitude! The ladies on this page could learn from this bubbly chick. She rocks glasses and we love her fishtail braid. The electric blue jumpsuit looks good on her and the neon pink pumps take it to a new level. We like!

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Casual outing Gwen is great at making drawstring pants and a loose white t-shirt look glamorous. With just a statement ring, bangles, chunky wedges, a slick of kohl and her signature red lips, you can walk around town feeling casual but looking stylish.

Drawstring pants: Vinegar, `3,500; ring: Juvalia & You, `1,150; top: Kazo, `1,599; Wedges: Woodland, `5,995; Bangles: Toniq, `289; Brow liner: MAC, `1,100

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NEW BEGINNINGS F

>> Switching jobs? Our tips will help you navigate your first day at your new workplace

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It doesn’t matter if it’s your first job or if you’re joining a new company after years of experience. Your first day at a new workplace can see the professional you be replaced by a bundle of nerves. That’s why Dev Goswami brings you a few tips to help you out

irst impressions matter. Your co-workers and bosses are going to judge what you do and say on your first day. That’s why most of us are so nervous about joining a new office. While it is an exciting prospect, it can also be an intimidating one, considering you will be meeting a number of new people and won’t know how to get your work done. If you are stuck in such a situation or if you are planning on joining a new company in the near future, these tips will help you out on your first day at work.

A good night’s rest Do you know when you appear most energetic and enthusiastic? No, it’s not after a few cups of coffee; it’s when your mind and body are wellrested. Ensure that you don’t have a late night the day before you start your job. This will also guarantee that you reach on time. A better idea would be to take a few days off between switching jobs as this will give you a much needed break.

do your homework A sure shot way to impress your boss on your first day is to read up on anything and everything that you can find about the company you’re joining. Also keep yourself in the loop about your industry’s news. We aren’t saying that your boss is going to throw a pop quiz at you, but if you’re well-informed, it will make understating directions and instructions easier and will prevent you, in your nervousness, from saying something stupid.

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It doesn’t matter what the dress code at your new office is — you can go wrong both ways. If it’s casual, a pair of jeans and a top or a simple unfussy dress is your safest bet. But, if the dress code is formal, ensure that you put on a well-ironed and simple outfit — make sure that you don’t overdo it. Choose light colours and avoid wearing anything that’s too revealing.

greet everyone You might have been assigned and introduced to your team. But, that doesn’t mean that you ignore the rest of the office. Greet everyone who you come across — this will make your following days easier. Also, when you’re being introduced to someone, repeat their name after you’ve heard it. This gives out an impression that you’re actually interested in knowing the person.

tAke the initiAtive On your first day, it is possible that you’ll find yourself sitting at your desk with no work. But, rather than feeling left-out, chat with a co-worker who seems free. Ask him or her about the work culture and minor things such as directions to the washroom or the coffee vending machine. Also, keep in mind that co-workers, because of their work, can often forget about you and so, you’ll need to take the initiative to start a conversation. Not only will this help build a rapport with your colleagues, it will also ensure that you don’t get labeled ‘aloof.’

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« CAREER ADVICE we tell you how to deAl with rePorting to multiPle bosses I work in a big corporate firm and there is a lot of pressure at work. Promotions and bonuses are performance based in our company, which is why the environment is very competitive. I work in a team that comprises of six people, and there is one girl on my team who keeps taking credit for all the work I do and sometimes even for the entire team! She makes it seem as though she knows it all in front of the boss. I don’t want to create a scene at work, and want to deal with this problem in a diplomatic way. Can you tell me how? — maisha Ahmed, lower Parel dear maisha, Being diplomatic has its advantages, but it isn’t always the bestsolution to a problem. You should try talking to your superior and make your contributions known, whether they are individual or as part of your team. Take a more active interest in the project and keep reporting to your superior at regular intervals so that he/she knows you are the one doing the actual work. If this doesn’t work, I think confronting your colleague is your only option. Tell her how you feel and ask her why she is doing so when she clearly knows that she is taking credit for someone else’s work. Also, remember that talent cannot remain hidden for long, if you keep up the good work I’m sure it will be acknowledged at some point or the other. So, don’t be disheartened; I’m sure you will find a way out of this situation.

At my office, I have to report to a number of different bosses depending on the clients or projects I am dealing with. This creates a power struggle between them because each person wants me to give his client/ project more importance. Everyone feels as though their client needs more attention and I keep getting caught in the crossfire. Because of this I can’t focus on any client properly. What can I do to peacefully handle one boss without disappointing the other? — kruti saxena, worli dear kruti, You seem to be in a really sticky place at work. There will be no point in explaining the situation to the various heads, so you might as well take this up with someone with a higher. It is best that, a superior speaks to your immediate bosses. Be polite but firm when you go with your problem because you don’t want someone to take you lightly. It is very important at a workplace to be able to carry out your duties in a pleasant environment and without the guilt feeling that you are doing something wrong. Your colleagues should be facing the same problem as you, so try talking to them about the measures they are taking to deal with it. send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in before wednesday

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Accessories brand Holii has introduced a new collection of wallets that are simple, yet beautifully designed. The wallets feature eye-catching and popular colour combinations such as black & red and lime & green. The collection has been crafted in genuine leather and is inspired by India. Like most Holii collections, this range of wallets uses motifs inspired by Indian ethos and adorns them on to various shapes of bags. On the design front, the range features florals, paisley designs and interesting leaf prints. The prices are reasonable and we love the Auroville wallet that can double up as a clutch for your a night out. where Holii stores across the city Price `1,095 onwards

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>> Dr. Naseema Hurzuk was awarded the Woman Of the Year 2012-2013 award by the Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Ladies Wing. She has helped 12,000 differently-abled kids, paraplegic men and women with Helpers Of the Handicapped

AN EXCEPTIONAL WOMAN Kainaz Choksey talks to Dr. Naseema Hurzuk, the founder of Helpers Of The Handicapped and comes away impressed and inspired by this truly outstanding woman

hen Dr. Naseema Hurzuk was awarded the Woman Of the Year 2012-2013 award by the Indian Merchants’ Chamber, Ladies Wing, in Mumbai recently, few in the audience realised till much later, that she was just adding one more to the formidable list she already had. Handed the latest award by none other than Renuka Chowdhury, Member of Parliament, Dr. Naseema is the founder of the Helpers Of the Handicapped and has been widely recognised and rewarded for her outstanding work for the physically and mentally challenged. In fact, this award was number 68, since she has already received a total of 67 awards, national and local, in the past! Born in September, 1950 in Solapur, Naseema Hurzuk became a paraplegic after 16 years of normal life, possibly the cruelest time to be so afflicted. She was very sociable by nature and very enterprising as a student, participating in sports and cultural activities, besides chalking up a good academic reward. In fact, life was very good, then she had a fall. It must have been really bad for she damaged her spinal cord, leaving no sensation in her lower body. Struck by paraplegia, at the age of 16 years she was confined to her room. It wasn’t just the loss of sensation in her lower limbs below waist that was an endless torment, but the fact that she had lost control of bladder and bowel movement. Life seemed to have pulled out its worst cards for the young girl. But this was not all. As if things were not bad enough, Naseema lost her beloved father. For a while she remained bedridden and confined, experiencing the agony of having to depend on

others for her basic functions, shedding bitter tears over her great misfortune. But words kept echoing in her head, words spoken by her late father. “Khud ko kar buland intake har taqdeer se pehle, khuda bande se khud pooche ,bataa teri raza kya hai.” (Raise yourself to such heights that God may himself ask you as to what you wish.) Speaking to the ADC at the awards function, Dr. Naseem said, “I realised then that staying bedridden was not the solution. What lay ahead was not just physical dependency but also financial dependency and I must overcome both.” Naseema went on finally to do her BA with Economics, got herself a government job in the Central Excise department. But she chafed to do more. By then, in 1973, this girl, who had hurt her back playing kabaddi, was taking part in the famous Stoke-Mandeville Games at Aylesbury in England. These games are associated with the even more famous Stoke Mandeville Hospital which specialises in rehabilitation for those with spinal injuries. Naseema had begun to notice how much it was still possible for even a paraplegic to achieve, if she set her mind to it. In the 1980’s Naseema Hurzuk was beginning to wonder how she could help those less fortunate than her. “Although, I was rehabilitated, I was always uncomfortable seeing the pathetic lives the other less privileged people were living, due to lack of awareness about opportunities available for development and their inability to procure them”, she said. She identified the need for organised efforts to help the underprivileged, of whom a majority was from the rural areas. She founded an institution in

conjunction with a social organisation. However, due to conflicting ideas on issues and activities alike, she decided to quit the organization. Capitalising on her experience and uniting with like-minded people, most of them physically handicapped like herself, she started afresh and thus was established Helpers of the Handicapped in Kolhapur in 1983. Hurzuk spoke about how independently 12,000 differently-abled kids, paraplegic men and women operate a cashew processing unit at Helpers Of the Handicapped. Nearly 275 tonnes of cashewnuts were processed by 200 inmates in 2012-2013. She highlighted the triumph of paraplegic inmates overcoming physical challenges to make cement blocks! And she declared, “We don’t want any help from the government. We want to thrive on our own capabilities. We only want tax exemption from the government.” The inmates at the Helpers Of the Handicapped are taught to “freedance” on wheelchairs, play cricket and volleyball etc. “There are no helpers for the differently abled at the organisation since they have been taught to be self-reliant from the very beginning,” she adds. At the IMC awards function, Renuka Chowdhury promised to work towards Hurzuk’s cause for tax emption for 45 lakh differently abled people in Maharashtra. Like we said earlier, there have been awards and recognition in the filed of rehabilitation of the physically handicapped. Her life and her work have been portrayed in the book “Daughters of Maharashtra,” a unique record of women in Maharashtra, identified as “most exceptional”. Something she certainly is!

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>> If your guy is showing signs of IMS (irritable male syndrome) show him some love and affection but don’t go overboard

« SOS: SOLVE OUR SITUATION! think you can fix our readers’ complicated problems? read on...

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I work with a really good company and I’m very happy with most aspects of my job such as the pay and health schemes. I have also repeatedly been told what a good job I do. However, every time a new project is entrusted to me... My project supervisor decides she has to supervise me excessively.

Did you know that men also experience PMS? It’s called IMS. So ladies, rejoice because we finally have something to blame for their erratic moodiness. Priyanka Singh lets you in on details

Today is Friday! And I need to wrap up this last project. You’ll have it by Thursday. Anyway, it’s only due next Monday.

IMS alert! I MS is PMS... for men. Oh yes, it’s payback time! While we women have been mocked for our PMS (premenstrual symptoms) time and again, it’s the guys’ turn with IMS (Irritable Male Syndrome) which includes mood swings, raging hormones and flaring tempers. Research actually shows that this can happen to men when there is a drop in the male hormone testosterone. We bring you pointers on handling a man with IMS:

Leave them aLone While most women would like special attention during this period, men simply want to be left alone. If you question them more, they might just blow up and blame you for their bad mood. You obviously will not take that lying down and it’s likely you will shout at him which will only escalate the matter. So, just let him be and go about your business like nothing is wrong. Let him do what he wants to do that day and don’t nag him.

Laugh it out with them

these days. Bear with him and tell him that he better be equally understanding One advantage with guys IMSing is that when you are undergoing PMS. their mood can quickly change for the better, unlike ours, and there is a high caLL one of his friends chance of their good mood sticking around. So, book two tickets for a Don’t think you can handle him? Call one comedy show that you know he’ll like. He of his friends over. Most men will be less will enjoy the show and his temper will irritable with their gang than they will be be back to normal, at least for the night. with you. Don’t ask us why! That’s just Don’t ask him to drive though as road how men are. And the world says women rage can aggravate IMS. Use public are difficult to fathom! transport instead.

Patience Don’t try to be his problem solver or be in his face all the time when he’s going through IMS. Compliment him. Remember that IMS happens because of a drop in testosterone and it could be nice if he gets to hear some positive things about himself, especially concerning his bedroom prowess. However, keep in mind that he might not want to get intimate or cuddly during

cook

Let’s go back to the age old connection of men and their tummies. If your man is a foodie, nothing will calm him down better than his favourite dish. Cook something that he likes and you’ll see the sulk disappear like magic. In fact, just the news of you cooking one of his favourite dishes will disperse the grey clouds. Not much of a cook? His beloved restaurant should do the trick then. Order in if he doesn’t feel like stepping out.

« DEAR GRACE, I HAVE A PROBLEM... dear grace,

My ex-boyfriend has cheated on me multiple times. But, we always end up getting back together simply because I can’t stop talking to him — he was also my best friend. However, this time I seriously want it to be over for good. How do I resist the urge to contact him? — madhuri talwar, Bandra

So, you will give me the report by Tuesday?

dear madhuri, You ex sounds like a piece of work! Good job that you’ve finally decided to get rid of this guy. The first thing you need to do is tackle your phone: delete his number and all his SMSes. It will be hard but it’s the first step to avoiding contact. Also, keep a list of the things he’s put you through and do a quick read if you ever feel the need to get in touch

with him. Trust me, reading his flaws will make you wonder why you wanted to call him in the first place. Then, block him from on Facebook and other social media accounts. Go out with your friends and family. And last but not least, keep your phone at home when you go out drinking. Send your questions to womansworld@afternoondc.in

Then, even though she knows how much time each task takes to finish, she will start micro-managing me. She floods my inbox with emails asking how the project is progressing, saying things like, “We needed this last week” and calling non-stop. She is basically driving me up the wall and distracting me from the task at hand. It becomes a situation where I am trying to get my work done as well as get Oh Aki, her off my back at you’re too the same time. much!

Then she starts getting personal!

Oh. Another coffee break? You take a lot of breaks. You know we need that report. You’re always doing this blah blah blah.

Uh... uh

Then, the day after I handed in the project...

Great job on the report! Yeah, she did a good job. But, she really needs to be managed! It’s really hard working with her sometimes. Constantly chasing blah blah.

“I was so angry to hear her say that! I am very good at what I do and her ‘managing’ me makes me work slower. I love my job, but I now dread the inevitable passive aggressiveness that always comes with it. She makes me feel angry. I need the work, but it’s getting hard. Please help!”— Natasha a) Ignore her. Do your job. b) She sounds like she wants to take credit for your ‘good’ job. Talk to her boss and explain how hard she is making it for you to be efficient. c) Perhaps you need to understand deadlines better. You may not be as efficient as you think you are. LAST WEEK: Akhilesh K. should pick Option B: You have to tell her. You’re flirting with a single, perhaps lonely woman. If you don’t want to spell it out, maybe you, your boyfriend and her can meet for drinks and she will get the hint.

Send your solutions to womansworld@afternoondc.in

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CHARU SHANKAR PLAYS

‘MALLIKA’!

Charu Shankar is a trained dancer, musician and an actress who began her television career as the host of The Big Fat Indian Wedding and Routes on NDTV Good Times. She has also featured in various TV commercials and a music video directed by Imtiaz Ali. Her movie credits include cameo roles in Wes Anderson‘s The Darjeeling Limited and Mira Nair’s Reluctant Fundamentalist. She now features in her most ambitious role playing Mughal Princess Mehrunissa in EPIC channel’s new historical magnum opus Mallika. Sandeep Hattangadi spoke to the beautiful and stately about her new role. You must be excited to play such an impor tant role. Yes I am, especially because it is in a segmented, genre specific channel like EPIC which is scheduled to be launched in August, and Mallika will be the first show on this channel.

What is the backdrop of Mallika? Mallika is based on writer Indu Sundaresan’s trilogy of Mughal history called ‘The Twentieth Wife’ and will depict the tale of the rise of a woman behind the veil – Mehrunissa, who went on to become the most powerful queen of the dynasty – Empress Nur Jahan, the twentieth and last wife of Emperor Jehangir. A story of grand passion, court room politics and consequences set amidst the 17th century Mughal Empire, Mallika will explore the private and personal lives of larger-than-life individuals like the Mughal Emperor Akbar, his son Salim better known as Jehangir and his wife, Empress Mehrunissa. Their interpersonal conflicts, tempestuous love lives, clashing ideologies and domestic politics will all be put under a microscope.

PLAYING HIMSELF

Hiten Tejwani last seen in Kya Huva Tera Vaada, the popular TV soap which recently went off air, is riding high these days on his latest opportunity of playing a special cameo in a Bollywood movie. The film Its Entertainment, is directed by Sajid.N Farhaad and produced by Ramesh Taurani and has Hiten playing himself – in the form of a T.V star who has completed a decade in the industry.

HIGH PRAISE

After Salman Khan and Farhan Akhtar praised the talent of the Indian Idol Junior kids on a social media platform, India’s nightingale, Lata Mangeshkar also expressed her love for the contestants. She tweeted, “Namaskar. Main Indian Idol Junior dekh rahi hu aur sab bacche ek se badhkar ek gaa rahe hain, khas taur pe Anmol bohot hi samajh ke gaata hai . Aise karyakram mein sirf ek ladka ya ladki ka first aana aur bakiyon ko mauka nahi milna ye bohot afsos ki baat hai. Main Indian Idol Junior team ko request karna chahti hu ki top five ko award rakhiye, usse baccho ko bhi khushi hogi aur gaayak banne ki unki iccha aur badh sakti hai. Main puri Indian Idol Junior team ko badhai deti hu aur in sab baccho ko bohot bohot pyar.“ Looks like the Junior Idol fan base is only increasing by the day!

NEW CONCEPT

With the launch of its historical magnum opus ‘Jodha Akbar’, Zee TV has launched a Facebook application that allows couples to immortalize their love by inscribing their names on ‘virtual’ historical monuments! The idea is to support the preservation of our heritage by encouraging lovers to write their names on virtual monuments rather than defacing real ones. Users are given a choice between four monuments where they would like to have their names inscribed. Once they type their names, they are given a choice between posting an image of their ‘immortal space’ on their Facebook pages and sending their partner a more detailed love note via a message. The app can be accessed on Zee TV’s official Facebook homepage https://www.facebook.com/ZeeTvIndia.

What is the shooting like? We are shooting in a palace in Bikaner where it is really hot but we have fun as it is a great unit.

You have done Hollywood and television? What next? I have not planned anything but all I can say is that I will be busy doing 25 episodes of Mallika. I also hope to do films with new directors like Imtiaz Ali. Well, The Princess sure knows her mind!

zoOm has started noticing a more confident director in Mohit Suri these days post his recent blockbuster with Aditya Roy Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor! The movie has not only catapulted the lead couple to stardom, but has also raised the bar for Mohit. Last heard, Mohit was to direct a movie for Ekta Kapoor’s production house. However, Ekta is now considering Abhishek ‘Gattu’ Kapoor for the new venture. So what made Ekta change her mind? Post the success of his recent movie, Mohit hiked his fee and informed Ekta about it, leaving her fuming. Well we certainly hope all’s well that end’s well in this case!

The monsoon is a perfect opportunity for kids to get wet in the rain and enjoy themselves. It is also the time when mothers stop them to prevent them from falling ill. Things happen a little differently in Gokuldham Society in Taarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chashma on SAB TV. Anjali Mehta (Neha Mehta) however decides to join the kids in their monsoon fun and calls all the other women in Gokuldham to enjoy as well. “It was such a wonderful idea. Mazaa aa gaya. It was like revisiting our childhood,” said Daya ben (Disha Wakani).This episode will air on Monday, July 10.

How have you prepared for the role? I read the original book in detail as well as popular Mughal literature like ‘Akbarnaama’. I also interacted with the director to get the brief of the character. I have had some theater experience in Delhi which has helped me a lot in portraying the character.

AR ACTOR SATI

DIRECTOR’S CUT

SINGING IN THE RAIN

What are the other credits of the show? Emperor Jehangir is being enacted by Karanvir Sharma who recently made his debut in Bollywood with Muazzam Beg’s Sadda Adda. Uday Tikekar, the famous television actor, is playing the diplomatic and powerful Emperor Akbar; while Jannat Zubair Rahmani, popularly known as Phulwa is enacting the role of young Mehrunissa. The show is produced by Green Light Productions and the grand, opulent costumes are designed by the talented Pia Benegal, daughter of film veteran Shyam Benegal. Mallika is currently being shot at a palatial location in Bikaner.

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TV TATTLE

NEW LOOK

S S A P SH TARE

CTOR Satish Tare, popular for his comedy acts in the show, 'Fu Bai Fu' and the serial, 'Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta,' passed away on Wednesday morning at a hospital in Juhu. He was in his late forties. He also was a part of many popular plays. It is learnt that Satish was diagnosed with severe liver problems two years ago. Actor Swapnil Joshi who has worked in Fu Bai Fu and Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta says, "For the past two years, Satish was doing some really

Y A W A S E

good work. We shared a different bond. I was very fond of him and he too was fond of me. He was an amazing performer, a wonderful singer and could play a number of musical instruments as well. He entertained people here and I am sure wherever he is, he will keep making people laugh over there." Hailing from Pune, Satish had been living in Mumbai for the past few years. He was also a part of films like Valu and Navra Maza Navsacha and Balak Palak.

Charu is back to stir up some trouble in what was supposed to be Mayank and Gunjan’s paradise! While Mayank (Ankit Gera) and Gunjan (Roopal Tyagi) are headed off to their honeymoon on Zee TV’s Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, word has it that actress Charu (Anchal Khurana) is back to make trouble for this couple! Her new avatar, will see the ‘simple’ bahu Charu shedding her homely image and replacing it with a flamboyant, modern look that has her wearing more western outfits and knee high boots! Get ready to see Charu in action again, every Monday to Friday at 7.30 pm only on Zee TV!

BON VOYAGE VISHAL

Actor Vishal Malhotra was spotted at the international airport on July 2, flying off to Macao to host the digital blogs for IFFA. We hear that the actor will be having candid conversations with celebrity guests and uploading them on YouTube as well as tweeting about them. Now that’s the way to go Vishal!

FAN CLUB

Every actor has their inspiration and idol. Shashank Vyas who is popular as Jagya from Balika Vadhu has his too. Talking about his inspiration he says, “Many people ask me who I think is the hottest woman. I do not consider any woman hot. The word does not exist for me. For me, every woman is beautiful but the most beautiful actress is Madhuri Dixit Nene. She is the epitome of beauty. I also love and respect Amitabh Bachan sir. I have watched his films growing up, and he is my true inspiration. I fall short of words to express my feelings for him.”

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TOP VIEW

“These are bizarre rules that you can’t fly abroad before five years and 20 aircraft. That rule makes no sense … I, as a one-plane airline in Malaysia, can fly to India. India is the only country which has such a rule.”

Air Asia Group CEO, Tony Fernandes BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Anand Rathi calls a ‘Buy’ on ING Vysya Bank CMP: Rs. 628 Target Rs. 739

Markets Slump On Negative Cues

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Thursday (July 4, 2013) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

PEVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell substantially on Wednesday (July 03, 2013) a net 86.65 points (1.48%) and closed at the 5770 point level. The market opened down with a gap at the 5811 points level on weak global cues. It then rose by a few points and registered the day’s high at the 5815 points level at 9.16 a.m. The index then declined sharply and turned into a range bound movement until 12.15 p.m. It then declined further and registered the day’s low at the 5760 points level at 12.39 p.m. The market then turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty remained below its previous close throughout the session, moved in a range of 55 points and closed below the psychologically important 5800 points level. Sentiment was extremely bearish due to rising crude prices and weakness in the rupee. Amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 41 were losers, while 9 stocks closed in the green. All the sectoral indices barring healthcare closed in the red. Heavy selling was seen in realty, metal, consumer durables and power stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 2.48%. This change is small and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 371 were gainers, 1039 were losers and 359 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the over-bought zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is at the slow D line (neutral).

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level but is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line and both lines are diverging (negative if it continues). The ADX is falling while the Market Index is falling, which indicates that the present down trend is decreasing in strength.

neutral market but with a negative bias.

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5581 points level.The next support is at the 5478 points level. Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 5965 points level. The next resistance is at the 6108 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 = 5782 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 5749. Support (2) = 5728. Resistance (1) = 5804. Resistance (2) = 5837.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY:

On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a second consecutive and long black body candle on higher volumes. The body of this candle is below and outside the body of the previous black body candle. This is negative. Further, the index has crossed below the 5, 25 and 200 day’s moving averages in a single session. Moreover, the velocity parameters which were positively trended have now turned neutral. All these indicate a negative bias. However, the index is still above the 15 day’s moving average, which is a strong support level. This is positive. Investors are advised to hold long positions but with a strict stop loss at the 15-day average at the 5743 point’s level.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

MOVING AVERAGES (TREND INDICATORS) The index: Has crossed below its 5-day average (at 5810) Negative. Is above its 15-day average (at 5743) Positive. Has crossed below its 25-day average (at 5811) Negative. Has crossed below its 200-day average (at 5828) Negative.

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

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Key takeaways Equity infusion likely to aid credit growth: ING Vysya Bank raised capital via QIP (Rs8.1bn at Rs612 a share) and preferential allotment of equity to its foreign promoter (Rs9.6bn at Rs612 a share) – entailing 19.4% equity share capital dilution (1.8x FY14e pre-dilution BV). Post consolidation (12.4% CAGR over FY09-10), the bank’s customer assets have consistently grown faster than the system over FY11-13. The capital infusion is likely to help sustain the bank’s customer asset growth of 25% over FY13-15e . High NIM, cost efficiencies to improve RoA: Strong traction in current account deposits has supported NIM of 3.61%, better than its peers. We expect a higher CASA share of 34% and increasing share of higher-yielding assets to support a stable 3.4% NIM over FY13-15. Focus on leveraging its network continues, resulting in cost-to-income steadily improving to 56% in FY13 against a high 61.8% in FY11. Our take: We raise FY14 and FY15 net profit 2.8% and 2.5%, respectively, and increase our target from Rs713 to Rs739, to factor in the capital infusion. We value the bank at 1.9x FY14BVe on lower RoE. High NIM of +3.4%, better productivity and high NPA coverage are likely to expand RoA to 1.5% by FY15 from 1.2% in FY13. We reiterate Buy, with our target based on the two stage DDM (CoE: 14.6%; beta: 0.9; Rf: 8%).

First Call Research calls a ‘Buy’ on Infinite Computer CMP: Rs. 83 Target Rs. 95

Infinite Computer Solutions Ltd, is a leading IT and next-generation wireless messaging and mobility solutions provider for carriers and enterprises. The company’s Net Profit registered a 43.91% increase and stood at a record Rs. 297.90 million from Rs. 207.00 million over the corresponding quarter of previous year. Infinite Computer Solutions (India) Ltd has received “India’s Most Respected Company in Corporate Governance & Excellence Award” at 4th Annual India Leadership Conclave. Infinite Computer Solutions has declared a final dividend of Rs. 3.00 per equity share on face value of Rs. 10/- each for the FY ended March 31, 2013. Infinite Computer Solutions has achieved a turnover of Rs. 3600.90 million for the 4thquarter of the current year 2012-13 as against Rs. 2669.00 millions in the corresponding quarter of previous year. Outlook and Conclusion: At the current market price of Rs.83.00, the stock P/E ratio is at 2.42 x FY14E and 2.21 x FY15E respectively. Earning per share of the company for the earnings for FY14E and FY15E is seen at Rs.34.34 and Rs.37.51 respectively. Net Sales and PAT of the company are expected to grow at a CAGR of 20% and 10% over 2012 to 2015E respectively. On the basis of EV/EBITDA, the stock trades at 1.07 x for FY14E and 0.91 x for FY15E. Price to Book Value of the stock is expected to be at 0.48 x and 0.39 x respectively for FY14E and FY15E. Infinite has re-structured into 3 independent businesses: IT Services, Product Engineering and Mobility & Messaging Platforms and has completed major investments in building Mobility & Next Generation Platforms, which will drive its future growth. Over the next Fiscal, the Company intends to invest over US$ 12 millions to build a platform for growth across the three business line. We recommend ‘BUY’ in this particular scrip with a target price of Rs. 95.00 for Medium to Long term investment.

India Infoline calls a ‘Buy’ on Yes Bank CMP: Rs. 464 Target Rs. 610

YES Bank’s (YBL) business continues to be on track, with healthy accretion to loans and deposits, sustained asset quality, and healthy operating efficiencies from older branches. The current legal tangle involving the promoter entities has not affected the business. YBL continues to grow its assets and add low-cost deposits at a fast clip, focus on expanding coverage of retail products across branches, and increase efforts to maintain its superior credit quality. Re-iterate positive outlook on strong earnings outlook: The stock is currently trading at 2.4x FY14ii BV and 1.9x FY15ii BV, which is much more reasonable after the recent correction. We maintain our positive view on YBL underpinned by our expectation of robust 25% earnings Cagr over FY13-15ii, 1.5% ROA, and ~20-22% ROE. Given YBL’s robust profitability profile, strong outlook on balance sheet growth, and proven record of accomplishment, we believe the stock will continue to command premium valuations versus peers. We value YBL at 2.5x FY15ii BV or Rs 610/share, and re-iterate our BUY recommendation. Please send all business and corporate related mails to business@afternoondc.in

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NEWS FLASH

Government approves 8 Proposals of Foreign Direct Investment amounting to about Rs.1311.54 Crore. Venus Remedies bags Japanese patent for Elores, an antibiotic to fight superbugs. Tata Chemicals bags the Unilever’s ‘Partner to Win’ Award for Winning Sustainability. Hindustan Copper share sale fully subscribed, govt gets Rs 260 crore.

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it expects a stable performance from large-caps as INR tailwinds offset the xpect “a modest Q1FY14 for In- wage hike impact. Believing that the INR weakness in dian IT with 0.5–3.5% US$ revenue growth from large players, Q1 would likely result in FX gains, affected by cross-currency head- but sharp cross-currency movement winds” says Religare Research will be a headwind to reported US$ adding “Despite wage hikes this growth. “We build in EPS growth of quarter, margins are likely to be sta- 1%, 5%, -7% and 9% for Infosys, TCS, ble across large-caps helped by the WPRO and HCLT. TECHM it says “will begin to report INR. Q1 will not see the entire impact of INR weakness on the margins but consolidated numbers and should be able to deliver an EPS of Rs25 (adexpect some translation benefits. It believes that “updates on FY14 justed for treasury stock). “We expect outlook would be the key feature to non-BT to continue to deliver strong watch given mixed results from Ac- performance to offset the declines in centure. “We maintain our prefer- BT revenues (c.4%). According to Religare analysts, ence for large-caps -execution plus demand recovery - within the sector: Rumit Dugar and Udit Garg, “DeTCS and Infy. Tech Mahindra re- mand commentary will remain the key. With the macro environment still mains our top bottom-up pick.” Commenting further on another mixed and disappointing results mixed quarter for Large-caps includ- from Accenture, the outlook from ing Infosys, TCS, WPRO and HCLT, large players will be the key to future Religare expects US$ revenue growth direction. While the INR benefit will respectively of 1.7%, 3.6%, 0.5% and be limited in Q1 (depreciation back 2.6% for the companies. On margins, ended in June), it should drive INR

EPS upgrades even as focus on tech spending and US$ revenue growth will drive share price performance. “ They expect Infosys to maintain its FY14 guidance and say, “Infosys’ guidance is likely to take centre-stage as always. We expect Infosys to maintain its wide-ranging; 6-10% FY14 US$ revenue guidance. Further, WPRO’s guidance for Q2 will be closely monitored as investors look for signs of some recovery in that quarter. We expect WPRO’s US$ revenue guidance to be in the range of 1-3% QoQ.” On Mid-caps they say “We expect midcaps under our coverage to deliver soft US$ revenue growth (0-3% QoQ), with MindTree Limited (MTCL reporting at the top end of the band. Margin performance is likely to be better in Hexaware Technologies (HEXW) +220bps, while MTCL and NIIT Technologies Ltd (NITEC) would see a dip on wage hikes and investments.

India’s Services Sector Growth Down In June By A Business Reporter

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ndia’s services sector activity slowed down in June owing to a decline in new business orders and subdued economic conditions, an HSBC survey said. The HSBC-Markit purchasing managers’ index for the services industry, which was released yesterday, fell from May’s three- month high 53.6 to 51.7 in June. The services sector, which accounts for around 60 % of the India’s GDP, witnessed moderation in June as the pace of growth in new orders placed at private sector firms in India during the month was the weakest in the last 50 month period, HSBC said. Moreover, subdued economic conditions were also a major factor be-

hind the deceleration in output growth, HSBC said. A reading above 50 shows that the sector is expanding, while that below 50 shows that the output in the sector is contracting. “Service sector activity grew at a slower clip as new business flows moderated, which made businesses less optimistic about the year ahead,” HSBC Chief Economist for India and ASEAN Leif Eskesen said. The slower pace of growth in the services sector is reflected in service providers’ subdued optimism towards output growth in the next 12 months, the survey said. Earlier this week, the HSBC/Markit manufacturing PMI showed that the manufacturing sector output remained broadly flat in June as new

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orders declined for the first time in over four years. Accordingly, the HSBC India Composite Output Index, which maps services and manufacturing activity, fell from 52.0 in May to 50.9 in June. On price rise, the report said faster rates of inflation were signalled in the Indian private sector during June as input prices rose solidly, amid higher raw material, labour and fuel costs.” Notwithstanding the slowdown, inflation readings firmed up on the back of higher labour and raw material prices, with the depreciation of the Rupee also cited as a factor,” Eskesen said.The rupee last week sank to an all-time low of 60.76 against dollar on heavy capital outflows and month-end dollar demand from importers.

Public Sector Banks Likely To Cut Base Rate By A Business Reporter

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ublic sector banks are likely to cut the base rate in the coming days in keeping with the Finance Minister’s suggestion to bring down the lending rates. Although most of the bankers, who attended yesterday’s meeting with Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, did not see this as an instruction, they were inclined to implement it in true spirit. Base rate is the rate below which banks cannot lend. Over the next few days, one would get to see a lot of banks cutting their base rate, a PSB chief, who attended the meeting, said. “We will apply our mind and take an appropriate decision,’’ S.L. Bansal, Chairman & Managing Director, Oriental Bank of Commerce, said when asked about possible action. K.R. Kamath, Chairman & Managing Director, Punjab National Bank, said that the Finance Minister had suggested some measures including a cut in base rate to prop up the economy.

BUSINESS BRIEFS Government Rejects MCX’s FDI Proposal

Mumbai-based commodity exchange MCX’s foreign direct investment (FDI) proposal has been rejected, a government statement said yesterday, without giving any details. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which met on June 14, rejected the proposal of the commodity exchange, the statement said. MCX was seeking post facto approval for FDI received before issuance of the government guidelines for overseas investment in commodity exchanges, according to media reports. The guidelines were issued in 2008.

Primary Bond Sales At Record $35-Billion In H1

Primary bond offerings by domestic corporates have touched a record high of USD 34.9 billion in the first half of the year. “Primary bond offerings from domestic issuers witnessed the best semi-annual volume on record during the first half of 2013 as total proceeds raised reached USD 34.9 billion, an 18.2 % increase from the first half of 2012 of USD 29.5 billion,” according to the data compiled by Thomson Reuters. The increase was despite a slump of 31 % in the April-June quarter compared to the preceding first quarter, it said. In the overall pie of USD 34.9 billion, companies from the financial sector topped the chart with USD 21.9 billion or 62.7 per cent of the proceeds raised, it said in a statement.

Banks To Focus On Top Defaulters

Concerned over rising bad loans, Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday asked banks to focus on top defaulters and take action against them.” You focus on the top defaulters, as well as keep on eye on the top performing accounts... They are keeping a close watch on the top 30 nonperforming accounts in each bank and action will be taken on the defaulters,” Chidambaram said.

Toyota Recalling 185,000 Vehicles Globally

Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling 185,000 vehicles globally, mostly in Japan and Europe, for a glitch in the power steering. No accidents have been reported related to the problem. The recall covers 123,000 vehicles in Japan, including the Vitz compact, and 46,000 vehicles in Europe, including the Yaris, all produced between August 2010 and March 2012, Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons said yesterday. —Business Desk with inputs from PTI

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Fantasy of rape

I am a 26-year-old married woman. Very often I fantasise being raped by someone. I read somewhere that all women carry this fantasy in their mind. Is it normal to have such a fantasy? Kindly clarify. It is true that there are some women (not all) who at some point or the other in their lives carry the fantasy of being taken sexually or being swept off their feet. These fantasies are common but not universal. This idea is played

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an actual rape. Fantasies are our own creation, and thus we have control over it. It can be a great ‘turn on’ for some, but it is not the reality. In reality, rape is a violent act, forced and unwarned, over which a victim has no control at all. Very often it is seen that a fantasy is necessary when there is a lack of emotional intimacy between partners and sex is merely a physical activity. Therefore, both you and your husband need to deeply examine your relationship, either on your own individually, or with the help of a good counsellor, to determine what can be done to enhance the emotional intimacy so that such fantasies do not occur.

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ing in this relationship?’ instead of ‘What am I getting out of this relationship?’, it is true love. Two people truly love each other only when they are quite capable of living without each other but choose to live with each other.

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What the cards say: Inner growth Path: Take full advantage of this opportunity. Don’t take it lightly Ally: Virgo who will be objective. Avoid Cancer who could be clinging Card for the week: Tarot key no. X The Wheel of Fortune. It is spinning in your favour

What the cards say: Flow with positivity Path: Be constructive and communicative. Don’t resist spiritual influence Ally: Libra will help. Avoid Scorpio who will encourage your ego Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIII Death. Change is imminent. New opportunities and new ideas will emerge, provided you flow with this change. The old ways need to go to make place for better new ways

What the cards say: Use this week to gain ground Path: Pursue what you want. Don’t be rigid. If you are flexible you will gain ascendancy Ally: Aquarius shows you to be less emotional. Avoid Pisces who could fan your emotions Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIV Temperance which says that balance and healing are at hand

What the cards say: Things will be as they are Path: Have patience and slowly things will change. Don’t push hard or keep at it all the time. Occupy yourself with lighter things Ally: Sagittarius will be a great support. Stay away from Gemini. They will confuse you more Card for the week: Tarot key no. XII The Hanged Man. Surrender and things will turn in your favour

What the cards say: Be constructive Path: Find solutions and resolve situations. Don’t fan the flames of division Ally: Generous Leo will show you how. Avoid a fellow Sagittarius who will fan your impulsiveness Card for the week: Tarot key no. XVIII The Moon. Don’t let imagination colour your thinking or decision. Use the creativity of the Moon. You will have heightened sensitivity to all artistic pursuits

What the cards say: Communicate what you feel Path: Accept and understand. Don’t play games. You will be the loser Ally: Cancer will be a good friend. Avoid Scorpio who could give you destructive advice Card for the week: Tarot key no. XX Judgement. You need to hone your judgment and make the right choice

What the cards say: Be fair and just Path: Make amends and gain good will. Don’t find excuses. There is time to undo the wrongs

done Ally: Your ally this week is the steady Taurus. Avoid Aries who could be more impulsive Card for the week: Tarot key no. VIII Strength. Indicates the need to tame the beast within and learn your lessons

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What the cards say: Exposure and truth Path: Be honest and accept if wrong. Don’t play games. You will be the loser Ally: Water sign Gemini will show you the way out. Stay away from Aquarius Card for the week: Tarot key no. IX The Hermit. You need to be wise and objective. Take the help of an expert

What the cards say: Be at peace Path: Have faith. You will be looked after. Don’t be afraid that things will change. Be confident Ally: The water sign Scorpio will help you deal with your uncertainties. Don’t tangle with Sagittarius Card for the week: Tarot key no. XI Justice. You will get what you deserve. If you have done good you will be rewarded, but if you have done wrong a nemesis is at hand

What the cards say: There is no escape from living Path: Please be objective and listen to your inner voice. Don’t close yourself to positive influences Ally: The sign Libra who will put you at ease. Be careful of Cancer who could make you more one pointed Card for the week: Tarot key no. XIII Death. Change has been brewing in your life. Please allow it to impact you. Stop resisting change. It is good for you

What the cards say: Take care of your health Path: Negotiate peace. Don’t try to escape. Take the hard call Ally: Seek support, for you need it Card for the week: Tarot key no. XX Judgement. You will need to see beyond the obvious and make amends

What the cards say: Be balanced Path: Continue your work peacefully. Don’t be so slippery or negative Ally: Seek advice from stable Taurus. Stay away from Gemini who could be cold Card for the week: Tarot key no. V The Hierophant. Follow the traditional way. Received wisdom will help you untangle a situation

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PILGRIMS’ PROGRESS… Pilgrims trekking towards the Amarnath shrine near Dhumail in Sonmarg on Wednesday.

EW DELHI: The government on Wednesday decided to come out with an ordinance to give nation's two-third population the right to 5 kgs of foodgrain every month at highly subsidised rates of Rs 1-3 per kg. The Cabinet, which had last month deferred a decision on the issue, on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to implement the Food Security Bill, sources told PTI. With this, India will join select league of countries in the world that guarantee majority of its population food-

grains. At Rs.1,25,000 crore of government support, the food security programme will be the largest in the world. The Ordinance is being promulgated just weeks before the scheduled Monsoon session of Parliament. Even after the Ordinance, the Bill will have to be approved by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Ordinance, which will guarantee 5 kg of rice, wheat and coarse cereals per month per person at a fixed price of Rs.3, 2, 1, respectively, will come into effect after President Pranab Mukherjee signs it.

However, about 2.43 crore poorest of the poor families covered under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) scheme under PDS (Public Distribution System) would get legal entitlement to 35 kg of foodgrains per family per month. Officials said the Ordinance will be presented to the President on Thursday. Once President signs it, rules will be framed. The programme will be rolled-out from August after state governments prepare the beneficiary list. The scheme will take at least six moths to cover the entire country, they said.

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EW DELHI: Over 250 personnel of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in Uttarakhand as a preventive measure after the Met department predicted heavy rains in parts of the hill state in next three days. "Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has given a warning of rainfall, heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand. Six

teams of NDRF (one team comprising 45 men) have been deployed in Dehradun, Pithoragarh, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi so that they can react in case of any emergency," Vice Chairman of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) M Shashidhar Reddy told PTI. He emphasised on the need for changes in the State Disaster Management Au-

thority to ensure prompt and effective response to any such calamity. "A lot of issues have been thrown up in last few days after the Uttarakhand tragedy. It is to be understood that the State and the Centre have to play a major role in giving a response to any disaster. It is important that State authorities are constituted and functional," Reddy said.

EW DELHI: Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said public sector banks plan to hire 50,000 persons and open 10,000 branches in the current fiscal. "This year public sector banks are expected to add 10,000 branches of which 2,000 are to be by Regional Rural Banks. Correspondingly there will be recruitment. In fact all the banks put together

are expected to recruit some 50,000 persons in the current year," he told PTI after meeting heads of PSU banks. The public sector banks had a sanctioned strength of about 8 lakh employees as on March 31, 2012. They hired around 63,000 persons in the last financial year. The country's largest bank SBI alone recruited 20,000 clerical staff and 1,200 officer

level employees. Other PSU banks hired 22,000 officers and 20,000 clerical staff. There were 84,489 vacancies at various levels in the state-owned banks at the end of 2010-11. Seeking to improve manpower management in the PSU banks, the Finance Ministry recently said that the 19 nationalised banks should have a total of 442 GMs to oversee banking operations.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 582

ENIGMA CODE 582

ACROSS: 1 Poetic treasurer looking serious with a friend (8) 9 One usually has a second helping (8) 10 Go this way and get lost (4) 11 It keeps men out from morning to evening (3-3,6) 13 Buy a drink here for some chap before time's up (6) 14 Took people in but not in an accommodating way (8) 15 It makes for more pointed writing (6,9) 18 One who is given an honour and leaves (8) 20 Composer from Harlem (6) 21 One fellow's mirth at killing another (12) 23 Slow to transform such hooters (4) 24 It will come to the rescue, if able to anyhow (4,4) 25 Staged a hunger-strike and stuck to it (4,4)

DOWN: 2 Eastern dance to become urban legend? (8) 3 Take a hand in being sacked? (3,3'1,5) 4 Nevertheless last (5,3) 5 Henry's greatest numerical rival? (6,3,6) 6 Some trippers I could see coming from an old country (6) 7 Girl I'm again going back to (4) 8 One present from a model minister (8) 12 Good cheer can do it, indoors ! (5,3,4) 15 How mob rushes - sounds like a

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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: Subtlety

C C

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S ENIGMA CODE MARINE, AIRMAN, ANEMIA, ERMINE, MANNER, MARINA, REMAIN

C C C C

MATH PYRAMID 582 London street (4-4) 16 Sending back one thousand in the second of the two (8) 17 They may be mere lads to you but

they're precious to me (8) 19 Polly the fighting female? (6) 22 Dickensian smell after taking pecks (4)

SOLUTION TO TUESDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 4 Clarion, 8 Copeck, 10 Absolved, 11 Customer, 12 Titian, 13 Playsome, 14 Ramparts, 17 Lynx-eyed, 20 Bit by bit, 22 Awheel, 24 Ingrates, 25 Financed, 26 Tiring, 27 Ignoble. DOWN: 1 Soluble, 2 Sentry box, 3 Akimbo, 5 Lost time, 6 Relit, 7 Overact, 9 Bartered bride, 15 Airy-fairy, 16 Cyclical, 18 Yawning, 19 Pigeons, 21 Tights, 23 Erato.

QUICK CROSS 582

ACROSS: 1 Adipose (3) 4 49ers' quest (3) 5 Beginnings (5) 8 A welcome sight? (3) 9 Detects (5) 12 Have a moral obligation (3) 13 Poker prize (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

TUESDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 Confused state (3) 2 Cubic meter (3) 3 School-year divisions (5) 6 Traveler's guide (3) 7 Bend down (5) 10 One’s double (3) 11 Bullheaded (3)

HIDATO 582

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

MATHDOKU 582

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

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WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

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MOON: Taurus/Mars in Gemini TITHI: 12th Jyesht Krishnapaksha NAKSHATRA: Krittika RASHI: Vrishubh (Taurus) B.V.U. LUCKY COLOUR: Orange LUCKY NUMBER: 3 BIRTHDAY FORECAST: All-round improvement will bring you great relief. Make the most of the good trends at work. Do not resist rapid changes around you, which may entail moving to a different department at work or moving to another city or town. Let matters follow their natural course. Businesspersons should scrutinize new ventures, especially those entailing heavy financial investment. Execute your plans as success is asJagjit Uppal sured. The married will hardly get any time to be with their mate. Find time to take of your body and health. BABIES BORN TODAY: Middle stature, compact body, and handsome, with prominent nose and bright eyes. Will be aggressive, gregarious and very independent. Would make a good advisor or consultant rather than take a regular job. Will find routine of any kind boring. Will be fortunate, sensitive and attached to family. Success, fame and happiness are indicated.

TODAY’S FORECAST

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Meetings and new business proposals planned for today will go off well. You are now much closer to achieving goals in your career or profession. You can expect good results and you can expect an immediate response. Rapport with Colleagues will also improve. Personal relationships take a turn for better. Your beloved may be feeling low and could do with tender loving care from you. TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Now the time to put all your efforts and talents to optimum use for this will establish you firmly in your career. You will make short trips for work and pleasure. Those in the creative field, advertising, movie or television industry will find themselves very much in demand. A new relationship leads to a romantic affair. You may have no doubts about the future of your current relationship but family members may not agree with you.

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GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Those appearing for interviews, written tests or applying for tenders will be successful. But will have to work hard to maintain the top slot. Stick to venture partnerships only. Be flexible in your approach for it is crucial for the expansion of existing business. All is well for those in love whereas the foot loose and fancy free could be feeling left out and lonesome. Patience will pay hands down.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): You may have to reconsider an offer that had been made to you earlier. Those in government services can look forward to some favorable changes. You will be feeling much more confident of yourself. You will be able to sweep aside hurdles that are standing in your way until now. Personal relationships are happy and congenial. You will share moments of intimacy and togetherness with your mate or beloved.

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LEO (July 22 - August 21): It’s just a day when you feel that there is nothing happening and you would like to just get away. The time is not right. Even though there are many things in the pipeline that have great potential work wise, you may still be anxious about the outcome. Be patient. You may be feeling exhausted emotionally drained. You have the love and support of your beloved and family to see you through.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): New work offer that sounds plausible is worth considering. Weigh pros and cons carefully before making future plans. A trip in the offing receives a favorable go ahead. Your financial status is satisfactory. You will be putting finishing touches to a pet project. Relationships could suffer if you let minor irritants upset you. A little effort from you would go a long way in bringing about peace.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Overseas influence is strong and you will be offered a large contract that you have been pursuing for a long time. An expected payment will also materialize. You could enter into a joint venture or collaboration with those who live abroad or with foreigners. A romantic need or change of mood might make you decide to leave work early to spend some quality time with your mate or beloved.

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SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Streamlining your work will help rather than working in a haphazard manner. Expect good news soon. You are trying to do too many things at the same time. Set yourself realistic goal and things will be within your grasp once you have found direction. In matters of the heart it is a good time step forward if you get a chance. You have been very patient with your love interest but now you may want to know where you stand.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20): Complete the assignments in hand and avoid accepting fresh offers of work right now. There is a lot for you to do and your financial situation seems to be quite comfortable. Besides work you may have to find time to help in a seminar, talk or orientation program. Those in love may think seriously about marriage. It is a good time to for seeking the approval of family for your intended plans.

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CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You may have to attend to several issues at work today that will keep you on your toes throughout. Financial gains are indicated. A new contract will be signed shortly. Do not plan for the long term as this contract could be short termed and work out more profitable in the long run. Talking about how much you care is not going to be enough. You will have to be more explicit. If you are feeling misunderstood and unloved a friend will be a good support.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Financial gains are indicated for you. Avail of new opportunities. Professionals and business folk will do well today. You will be finalizing an important deal, which will add to your achievements. Even though you are a likeable, friendly person your personal life is in conflict most of the time. Take harder look at yourself. Seek help from someone you can trust.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Another day of toil and worry but you will make it and do rather well for yourself. A late evening meeting could be tiring. In a discussion, be patient and try not to argue. Patience and forbearance now will be rewarding later. Put other plans on hold right now. Home and family life take precedence. Property matters are favorable. An interesting email is possible to add sparkle to your evening.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4705

ACROSS: 1 Cause to vanish (6) 7 Fleeing (8) 8 A short letter or a memo? (4) 10 Having only magnitude (6) 11 Wealthier or better off than most? (6) 14 Comedian ___ Das (3) 16 Pop star ___ Mars (5) 17 River of Hades (4) 19 Beehive product my love ! (5) 21 Producer and director Karan _____ (5) 22 1940s variety of jazz (5) 23 Spanish painter (4) 26 Former Egyptian ruler (5) 28 Microwave Landing Sys. (3) 29 Relies on; has faith in (6) 30 Raises voltage in electric circuit or amplifies radio signal (6) 31 Melville title (4) 32 They deal with dirt (8) 33 Piglet's friend (6) DOWN: 1 A reference mark in printing (6) 2 Long-winded (6) 3 Lecherous look (4) 4 Diameter of the bore of a gun (7) 5 Cricket commentator Navjot ____ (5) 6 Threatening behaviour (5) 8 Fighting force afloat (4) 9 Informal sailor, what a rat (3) 12 Call out, to weep (3) 13 Diplomatic messenger (5) 15 Pacific salmon (5) 18 River that forms part of the boundary between Cornwall and Devon (5) 19 Flat metal shelf at the side of fire-

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SUDOKU 1891 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: Y equals P

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

place (3) 20 A period of time spent sleeping (3) 21 Spouting or spurting out (7) 22 History or psychology students? (3) 23 Dark and melancholy (6) 24 __ buco (4)

25 Convince a person by what you say? (6) 26 Adhere, use glue (5) 27 Hoodwinked or swindled (5) 28 Small business co-owner (3) 30 Netaji Subhash Chandra ___ (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Daman, 6 Dally, 9 Scoured, 10 Ortho, 11 Addon, 12 Wells, 13 Advisor, 15 Mia, 17 Ween, 18 Trying, 19 Cakes, 20 Klaxon, 22 Moor, 24 Eel, 25 Amnesia, 26 Loots, 27 Donor, 28 Gamma, 29 Killing, 30 Stain, 31 Penny. DOWN: 2 Abrade, 3 Ashwin, 4 Nco, 5 Ruler, 6 Dealers, 7 Adds, 8 Look-in, 12 Woman, 13 Awoke, 14 Venal, 15 Minos, 16 Agora, 18 Teems, 19 Comorin, 21 Let out, 22 Menage, 23 Oilmen, 25 Atoll, 26 Loki, 28 GNP.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1710 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

I G

C V M

E Y , C V J C

C H B M

H ' Q

P J C E D J X X G H ' Q

I M

K D T A P

F E Y Y T F M Q

K D T A P

E Y

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: We are so outnumbered there is only one thing to do. We must attack.

Afternoon WORD MINE

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: 13 average; 15 good; 17 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: hewn, newest, newt, sewn, sinew, stew, sweet, sweetish, swine, swish, twin, twine, went, west, wetness, when, whet, whine, whit, white, whiten, WHITENESS, wine, wise, wisest, wish, with, witness.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

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IN BRIEF Aman emerges supreme; Charvi, Nishaad bag double

MUMBAI: India ranked Aman Balgu gave an enthralling display of power, speed and spin as he outsmashed and outpaced Noel Pinto in the fast-paced men’s singles final of the JVPGC All Mumbai Ranking table tennis tournament, hosted by Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana Club here today. Aman had to draw on all his resources against his Andheri YMCA teammate Noel before he triumphed 11-6, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9. Noel, at times, matched his very aggressive opponent stroke for stroke. After Aman took the opening game briskly, Noel brought parity with some intelligent pace variation. The tide, however, turned in Aman’s favour in the third game with Noel leading 9-5, watching helpleesly. After a long time, Charvi Kawle showed her her nimble footwork and allround attacking game as she lowered the colours of top seeded Shweta Parte in both the women’s and youth girls finals. Likewise top seeded Nishaad Shah emphatically put his nemesis Ravindra Kotiyan in his place by beating him in the youth and junior boys finals. Results of all the finals: Men’s singles: Aman Balgu bt Noel Pinto 11-6, 911, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9; Women’s singles: Charvi Kawle bt Shweta Parte 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 119, 11-9; Youth boys singles: Nishaad Shah bt Ravindra Kotiyan 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-7; Youth girls singles: Charvi Kawle bt Shweta Parte 811, 14-12, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8; Jr girls singles: Dhuti Patki bt Ashlesha Trehan 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 6-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-4; Jr boys singles: Nishaad Shah bt Ravindra Kotiyan 4-11, 9-11, 119, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9; Sub-jr girls singles: Manasi Chiplunkar bt Payal Bohra 11-9, 7-11, 11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9; Sub-jr boys singles: Shubham Ambre bt Rutwik Pednekar 11-7, 11-9, 11-3, 11-9.

St. Paul’s emerge champions

MUMBAI: St. Paul’s, Dadar got the better of Kalina Village Boy’s by a narrow 3-2 margin in the final of the Olympia 7-a-side Monsoon Soccer Tournament, organised by the Olympia Sports & Events, and played at the Aarey Bhasker Sports and Welfare Centre, Gokuldham, Goregaon (East). In a pulsating final, the Dadar outfit scored through Nixon Rodrigues, Merwin Stephens and Clint Fernandes, while the Kalina side scored through Sheldon Sharma and S Karkera.

Yasir Abidi nets hat-trick for Celtic

MUMBAI: Yasir Abidi hit prime form as he recorded a fine hat-trick to power Celtic 7070 FC to a close 3-2 win against Bandra Packers in a fast paced Premier Division encounter of the 10th edition of the Bandra West Football League 2013, played at the Dr. Norman Lewis Supari Talao Municipal Grounds Bandra (West). Results - Premier League: Celtic 70-70 FC 3 (Yasir Abidi 3) bt Bandra Packers FC 2 (Ranzie Kallicharan, Danish Qureshi) Division-I: Young XI 5(Rohit Varma 4, Randell Fernandes) bt Vellankini Boys 1(Dennis Francis); Sea View SC 2 (Kenrick Ferns 2) drew with Kantwadi Strikers 2 (Shaizad Ali, Amir Shandiwan); Das Academy 2 (Royston Lobo, Yadnan Yeligar) bt Skylarks FC 9; Athletico Titans 4 (Ryland D’Monte 2, Tausif Manjothi, Ali Menon) bt Carmelites ‘B’ 0.

SRI LANKA DECIMATE INDIA BY 161 RUNS SPORTS

INGSTON: Upul Tharanga scored a career-best unbeaten 174 as Sri Lanka produced a clinical display to thrash India by 161 runs in the third match of the ODI tri-series here. Sent into bat, Sri Lanka first rode on Tharanga’s 174 and Mahela Jayawardene’s 107 to pile up a mammoth 348 for one yesterday and then shot out the Indians for a paltry 187 in 44.5 overs. Besides Tharanga and Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews made a quickfire 44. The Indians looked a pale shadow of themselves with Ravindra Jadeja top-scoring with an unbeaten 49 followed by Suresh Raina (33), Murali Vijay (30), Shikhar Dhawan (24) and Dinesh Karthik (22). Chasing the imposing total, India piled up pressure on themselves by scoring just 28 runs for the loss of one wicket in the first 10 overs. Rohit Shamra was the first to depart, caught by Mathews at short mideicket off Nuwan Kulasekara’s bowling. With a mountain to chase, the Indians found boundaries hard to come by as they dealt mostly in singles and twos. The ever-climbing asking rate took a tool on the Indians as they lost Dhawan and skipper Virat Kohli in successive overs.

Sensational Kapur shoots 64 to qualify for British Open

UNBAR (Scotland): Seven years after his first and only Major appearance, Shiv Kapur shot a stunning six-under 64 on a rainy afternoon in the second round of the 36-hole qualifier to earn a berth at the 2013 British Open. Kapur grabbed one of the three spots available from the Local Final Qualifying in Dunbar. The Indians, who was lying tied 11th after a first round of one-under 69, was two-under for the front nine in the second round. He then went all out on the back nine and nailed four birdies for a flawless 64 and finished the 36-hole qualifiers at seven-under 133. His birdies came on the fourth, ninth, 11th, 13th, 14th, and most crucially on the closing 18th. In the morning, he played the first round with an eagle on par-5 second and a birdie on 15th and bogeys on sixth and 13th. Finishing one shot ahead of Kapur was local amateur Grant Forrest who shot 67 and 65 for an 8-under-par aggregate. “I wanted to try to qualify on a links course because I think that’s the proper way to do it. It was the first time I had played a links course since this time last year, so it was all a bit strange to start with, but I soon got the hang of things again. I played beautifully this afternoon,” Kapur said. Kapur’s last and only appearance at a Major came at Royal Liverpool in 2006, a year after he had a sensational Rookie year on Asian Tour. “Basically the reason you play golf is to compete in the Majors against the best and there is no greater tournament than the Open Championship with all its history. It feels great and to shoot on a tough rainy afternoon and basically play my round of the summer when it matters most is a great feeling.I am really looking forward to Muirfield and it was one of my goals this year to get back to the Majors,” added Kapur.

While trying to break the shakles Dhawan found out Tharanga at deep midwicket off Rangana Herath (3/37), Kohli hooked a Mathews delivery straight to Lasith Malinga at fineleg in the next over. Malinga then went through Vijay’s defence two overs later as India slumped to 70 for four after the end of 19 overs. Wicket-keeper Karthik and Raina added 53 runs off 63 balls for the fitth wicket before the former perished, stumped by Kumar Sangakkara off Herath in the 29th over. Raina tried hard to get India back on track with a run-a-ball 33 but fell victim of a run out. Thereafter, the Indian innings fell apart as none other batsmen managed doubled digit scores with only Jadeja showing some teeth before the discipleined Sri Lankan bowling attack. This is India’s second defeat in the tournament after having lost to West Indies by one wicket in their tournament opener. Earlier, Tharanga smashed a career-best unbeaten 174, while Jayawardene made 107 as Sri Lanka produced a dominant batting display to post an imposing 348 for one. Tharanga scored his runs off just 159 deliveries with the help of 19 boundaries and three

hits over the fence. Jayawardene, on the other hand, faced 112 balls during his century knock. He hit nine fours and two sixes during his innings. Towards the end, captain Mathews played a 29-ball 49-run cameo to help help Sri Lanka get near the 350-run mark. He struck fours boundaries and one six in the process. Sent into bat, Sri Lanka made a quiet start to their innings before Jayawadene and Tharanga opened up. Jayawardene and Tharanga mixed caution with aggression to pile up 47 runs in the first 10 overs.Shami Ahmed, who replaced Bhuveneshwar Kumar, and Umesh Yavad failed to derive any assistance from the low and slow Sabina Park wicket as the Sri Lankan opening duo milked the Indian attack to surge ahead. Jayawardene, who was dropped by Vijay off Jadeja at the personal score of 25, cashed in on the chance and played sensibly thereafter to reach his fifty in 60 balls with the help of four boundaries and one six. Brief Scores: Sri Lanka: 348 for one in 50 overs (Upul THaranga 174 not out, Mahela Jayawardene 107; Ravichandran Ashwin 1/66). India: 187 all out in 44.5 overs (Ravindra Jadeja 49 not out; Rangana Herath 3/37).

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Hyderabad’s PUSARLA VENKATA SINDHU has made giant strides as she paced herself to the world number 12 position last week even as she in a short span of time stormed in to the world arena. PV is a giant killer and proved that when she went on to beat Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui whilst striking gold in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix recently. Sindhu speaks exclusively to NEIL JOSHI on her ambitions to break in to the top 10 rankings, the rise of the Indian shuttlers world wide and her take on the World Championships in Guangzhou.

By gaining the 12th position last week, you would be quite proud of yourself in attaining such a high ranking within such a short span of time? I am very happy that I am world number 12. I never expected that I would reach the ranking of 12 in the world so soon in my career. I had earlier won the Gold Malaysian Open Grand Prix. I started slowly, reaching the quarter-final and the semifinal stage of tournaments which helped me improve my game. I never aimed for my ranking to improve. For me it is just a game where I have to go out and win. What would be your goal to end the year with? My goal for me at the present is that I want to be in the top ten. So I hope that will definitely happen. There are many tournaments, which are going to take place during this year. There is the World Championship in August that I will be playing for the first time so I hope that goes well for me.

You recently pulled out of the Singapore Open due to a knee injury. How has the road to recovery been? For a player injuries are common. You wouldn’t encounter a player who hasn’t ever been injured. Last time I played the Singapore Open but this time I couldn’t take part. The earlier injury was to my right leg, however, this time it was my left leg. Now I am perfectly alright and I am preparing well since there is just a month to go for the tourney. Now I am fit but by then I will be better.

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MUMBAI | THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2013 You made it to a number of quarter-finals and semi-finals recently and had a similar sequence too back in the Asian Badmintion Championship and the India Open. How frustrating was it to be on the losing side? It was the first time I was playing quarters in the Asian Badminton Championship and I defeated Wang Shixian in the pre-quarters and then in the quarterfinal I lost to a Japanese girl. But for me it was for the first time I was playing the quarters after beating a Chinese girl. Even the India Open was a good tournament where I reached the semi-finals. In the initial rounds I had to play against the Chinese players and they are difficult to go past. Everyone expected that Saina Nehwal would feature in the quarter-finals [of the Indian Open] but she lost. For me that was a good tournament as I secured the bronze. Then there was the Malaysian Grand Prix and in that I was the winner and that was the first Grand Prix gold title. So that was a good three weeks for me. The World Championship will be a huge tournament for you. How are the preparations going on? The preparations are going very well. Pullela Gopichand who is my coach has been supporting me very well. The training is bound to be very hard. The Olympic Gold Quest has been supporting me quite a lot and whatever support I need, I get from them.

top ten players. How does it feel to share the burden of expectations with Saina? Saina is a good player and world number three. Till now I haven’t played against her. It was expected that I would play against her. But that didn’t happen as she lost earlier. There is no pressure or burden. People call me the ‘Next Saina’ but for that you need to work hard and come up.

How does it help to have parents as sportspersons in your field? I think it’s good to have parents who have been sportspersons during their era. Everybody can’t have sportspersons as their parents. But I have been lucky to have mom and dad as volleyball players. My father is an Arjuna awardee. They really encourage me when I go and play tournaments or if there is any pressure, they guide me. They tell me my mistakes and how I can improve. So that’s a good thing. How important was the win for your career during the China Masters when you defeated Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui? Last year I had won against Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui and that was a big win for me as she was the top ranked player in the women’s singles category. I did win tournaments earlier but this was a big win for me. From there I have got confidence and I have gained a lot of experience. Playing against the top players improved my ranking.

My goal is to break into the top 10 There were huge expectations on Saina Nehwal, since she was the lone competitor in the international circuit taking on the

Do you think the rising number of Indian shuttlers are ending the Chinese invincibility in the world?

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I think the Chinese players are not really very tough. It’s not that they are not beatable, they are beatable. It also depends who is good on the day. Now we have Saina and with me in the top 15, I feel China’s domination is ending. We have been playing against them in many tournaments and I feel there will be good competition against them.

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Indians shuttlers of late have been pulling off big victories with Sai Praneeth B contributing to the Indian win quotient. How do you view the Indians on the badminton circuit? The boys and the girls have been coming up very well in the recent tournaments. The coming years will be good for Indian badminton. We will be rising to the top. You are considered as one of the leading torch bearers for the Brazil Olympics along with Nehwal? How do you see the Olympics? Many people have told me that. Before that we have lots of tournaments. We have the World Championships before that so we should be focusing on that. We have so many Super Series and Grand Prix, so still it’s a long way for 2016. Your height is considered to be an added advantage against the speed of the Chinese. Has it helped in countering their speed? I think it is an advantage and it can also act as a disadvantage. The Chinese players also know it becomes difficult when tall players have to bend when they come close to the net.

What aspects are you looking to improve on before the World Championships? I am looking to improve on my defence. This is a big tournament for me as I will be playing with the top players. So I really need to be very fit to face them.

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IN BRIEF Kiwi quick Martin retires

WELLINGTON: New Zealand paceman Chris Martin announced his retirement today, bowing out as the third highest Test wickettaker in Black Caps’ history. Martin played 71 Tests for New Zealand over an international career spanning more than 12 years, claiming 233 wickets at an average of 33.81. The 38-year-old, who played his last Test in January and has fallen down the pecking order as a new generation of fast bowlers emerge, said he had enjoyed every moment with the Black Caps.

Rahul Dravid’s father passes away

BANGALORE: Former captain Rahul Dravid’s father, Sharad Dravid, today passed away here at 4.15 pm at his Indiranagar residence, according to a release issued by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA). KSCA sources said the senior Dravid had health problems for the last four years. He was 79 years old. Dravid’s father worked for Kissan, a company best known for producing jam, and thus the cricketer was bestowed with the nickname Jammy by his classmates at St Joseph’s Boys’ High School.

Smile on her lips, Pinki sets off on her ‘Big W’ journey

NEW DELHI: The British High Commissioner Sir James Bevan feels her cute smile will light up the hallowed Centre Court at SW 19 as well as bring luck to the nation’s big hope Andy Murray, but 11-year-old Pinki Sonkar is blissfully oblivious of any such expectations. Pinki, who underwent a successful cleft repair surgery, which was later captured in the Oscar-winning documentary ‘Smile Pinki’, has been bestowed with the honour of flipping the coin before the start of the men’s singles final at the Wimbledon. “Mujhe Wimbledon nahin maloon hai, lekin wahan coin ucchalne ja rahi hoon (I have never heard of Wimbledon but I know I’m going there to toss a coin),” a beaming Pinki said during a send-off held by the British High Commission in association with charity organization ‘Smile Train’.

Indian men finish 7th in Asian TT

BUSAN (Korea): Ace paddler Achanta Sharath Kamal led from the front as India defeated Iran 3-1 to finish seventh in the team event of the Asian Championships here today. In the 7th-8th position playoff, Sharath Kamal (68) pipped 44th-ranked Iranian Noshad Alamiyan in a keenly contested match to help India finish seventh in the Champion Division. Sharath Kamal won the tie 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 2-11, 11-7.

Pirelli ‘to strengthen tyres’ for German GP at Nurburgring

LONDON: Pirelli is to strengthen its tyres for the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring after a series of dangerous blow-outs at Silverstone led to calls for urgent action, the Italian manufacturer announced on Tuesday. Safety concerns were expressed after Sunday’s British Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes, Jean-Eric Vergne of Toro Rosso and Sergio Perez of McLaren all suffered blow-outs. In response, Pirelli said they would make the rear tyres’ internal belt with the high-strength synthetic fibre Kevlar instead of the usual steel to reduce temperatures and the risk of punctures.

DJOKOVIC TO TAKE ON DEL POTRO SPORTS

Second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain is taking on Spain’s Fernando Verdasco and Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz meets countryman Lukasz Kubot in today’s other quarterfinals. Djokovic overcame a slow start to beat Berdych for the 14th time in 16 career meetings. The 2011 Wimbledon champion has yet to lose a set in five matches at the All England Club this year. Both players held serve as the first set went to a tiebreaker. Neither led by more than a point in the decider until Berdych sent a forehand wide to give the Djokovic a 7-5 win. Berdych started quickly in the second set, breaking twice for a 3-0 lead. Djokovic then had two straight breaks to tie the set 3-3 and a third break in the final game put him two sets up. A Berdych double-fault gave Djokovic a 3-1 lead Juan Martin Del Potro in the third set. The Serb then served out for the ONDON: Top-seed Novak Djokovic out- match to book his fourth straight appearance in the Wimbledon semifinals. played Tomas Berdych in straight Djokovic’s 13 straight Grand Slam sets to set up a semifinal against semifinal appearances ranks second Juan Martin Del Potro at the Wimbehind Roger Federer, who played bledon Tennis Championships. in 23 consecutive semifinals at Djokovic, of Serbia, got the betmajors. ter of the No. 7 Czech 7-6 (7-5), 6Del Potro overcame a left knee 4, 6-3 at the All England Club in injury in the opening game of the southwest London to reach his match in becoming the first Argen13th consecutive Grand Slam tine in the last four at Wimbledon in semifinal. 11 years. “I am really happy with the perDel Potro, 24, led the opening game formance,” Djokovic, 26, said. “I am playing some of the best tennis on grass of my 40-15 when he went down after sliding to return a shot along the baseline. He was tended career.” Argentina’s Del Potro, the eighth seed, over- to by a trainer before making his way to his came a knee injury in the first game to beat No. courtside chair, where he was further exam4 David Ferrer of Spain 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on ined by a doctor. Wearing tape on the knee he injured earlier Centre Court and reach his first Wimbledon semifinal. “I think I played my best tennis in in the tournament, Del Potro returned to the this match,” Del Potro, the 2009 U.S. Open court a short time later as Ferrer rebounded to champ said . “It was a big performance for me. take the opening game. After holding serve, Del Potro broke for a 2-1 lead. I’m so happy with my level at the moment.”

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Bopanna, Sania in mixed doubles quarters L

ONDON: India had a good day in office as Rohan Bopanna secured a quarterfinal berth while Sania Mirza too sealed a place in the last-eight stage with their respective partners in the mixed doubles competition at the Wimbledon here today. However, Mahesh Bhupathi’s campaign ended after losing a fiercely-fought men’s doubles quarter-final along with partner Julian Knowle to top seeded American twins Mike and Bob Bryan. While Bopanna and his Chinese partner Jie Zheng overcame the fighting Swedish-Hungarian duo of Johan Brunstrom and Katalin Marosi 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-1, Sania and Horia Tecau of Romania posted a comfortable 6-1, 7-5 win over Eric Butorac of USA and Alize Cornet of France.

The seventh seeded Bopanna and Zheng took a little less than an hour and a half to get the better of their opponents. Sania and her Romanian partner outplayed the French-American pair in exactly an hour. They would next face the winner of the match between eighth seeded Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic, and Aisam Qureshi and Cara Black, seeded 10th. Sania and Tecau had an easy outing in the opening set where they converted two out of their three break points to run away with the set in just 17 minutes. In the second set, their opponents posed some threat, but in the end it proved to be a cake-walk for the Indo-Romanian combination. Last night the eighth-seeded Bhupathi and Knowles fought their hearts out before bow-

ing out with a 6-7 (5) 6-7 (3) 6-7 (4) scoreline against one of the best doubles teams in the world, the Bryan brothers. Bhupathi has already exited from the mixed doubles with Slovakian partner Daniela Hantuchova. For Leander Paes, it was a mixed day as he advanced to the men’s doubles semifinals with Czech Radek Stepanek but suffered a tame defeat in the mixed doubles with Chinese partner Saisai Zheng. Paes and Stepanek, seeded fourth, carved out a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 win over 11th seeded Julien Benneteau of France and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia. In the mixed doubles, 15th seventh seeds Paes and Zheng, lost 3-6, 3-6 to unseeded American-French combo of Eric Butorac and Alize Cornet.

Mixed day for Indians at Asian Athletics Championships P

UNE: Shot putter Om Prakash Karhana and long jumper Mayookha Johnny won a bronze each as India began their campaign at the 20th Asian Athletics Championships on a mixed note on a rain-marred opening day here today. Star discus thrower Krishna Poonia finished a disappointing fourth, while another medal prospect and reigning Asian Games gold medallist Preeja Shreedharan also was fourth in women’s 10,000m on a day that saw intermittent rain, affecting the performance of athletes at Shiv Chhatrapati Stadium at Balewadi here. Om Prakash, who was struggling all throughout the season, hurled the iron ball to a distance of 19.45 in his second attempt, his season’s best though it was more than one meter outside his national record of 20.09m, to give India the first medal of the Champi-

onships. Asian record holder Sultan Abdulmajeed Alheb of Saudi Arabia bagged the gold with a throw of 19.68m, which he achieved in his fifth and penultimate attempt. Season leader Chang Ming-Huang of Chinese Taipei was second with an effort of 19.61m.

This was Om Prakash’s third medal in the Asian Championships. He had won a gold in 2009 in Guangzhou and bagged a bronze in 2011 in Kobe, Japan. The Indian began well with a throw of 19.18m that put him second behind MingHuang after the opening round. The Indian was second after the fourth round behind Abdulmajeed but Ming-Huang produced an effort of 19.61m in the fifth round to seal the silver. Two other Indians, Inderjeet Singh and Satyendra Singh finished fourth and eighth with throws of 19.31m and 18.01m, respectively on the opening day. The opening day also saw organisational glitches with two scoreboards malfunctioning and results of the women’s discus throw coming out more than half an hour after the event finished.

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