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By Philip Varghese

lmost a week after convicted actor Sanjay Dutt was shifted to the Yerawada Central Prison in Pune, the jail authorities have moved the special designated TADA court in South Mumbai on Monday against serving him home cooked food.

It may be recalled that Dutt was allowed to have home food and medicines by the TADA court when he surrendered on May 16 to serve the remaining 42 months of his 60 month sentence following his conviction in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case.

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MORE THAN NECK DEEP IPL boss could be major player in the betting as well as match fixing racket

Police personnel from Mumbai’s crime branch have recovered business cards as well as other material, which indicate that Meiyappan was in fact owner and team prinBy Neel Shah cipal of the Chennai Super Kings. According to a report in an English news channel, many he role of recently arrested Gurunath visiting cards and identity cards confirming Meiyappan into betting as well as the this fact were recovered during the raid. match fixing racket in the IPL-6 season is beContinued on pg 8 « coming more and more apparent.

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VASTU TIP OF THE DAY

Try to avoid the northern direction for cooking and eating. East is considered the best direction for these activities to promote effective digestion and good health.

Dr. Prem Gupta can be reached on 9820045774/9930318119 www.drpremgupta.com

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national topper.

When the ADC spoke to fter city students Sregurupriya she said, “I topped the Indian Cer- studied hard for the board tificate School Educa- and it feels like the hard work tion (ICSE) exams, even more yielded sweet results. I will impressive performances work even harder for the Std were seen in the Central XII exams now.” Among othBoard School Education ers who have scored high is (CBSE) results which were Durva Sharadha from Ryan International School in Sandeclared yesterday.

Although at a passing per- pada. Durva who scored centage of 93.87 the overall 98.02 per cent in the Std X results for Maharashtra were exams wishes to pursue the not so bright, students from Science stream in the future.

Durva’s Std XII counterpart the city shined with their impressive scores in the Std X is Tanvi Kulkarni, also from and Std XII CBSE exam re- Ryan International. In the past Kulkarni had also sults this year.

In a first of sorts, a student topped the city in her stanfrom Mumbai just missed the dard 10 exams only to repeat perfect score of 100 by a mar- the feat by scoring 97.4 per gin of a mere one per cent. cent in the Science stream in Sregurupriya, a Std X student her standard 12 exams. “Ever from R.A. Podar School since I topped my standard (CBSE) in Matunga scored a 10 exam I always dreamed of nigh unbelievable 99 per cent topping in the standard 12. I crystallising her place as the finally did it!” said Tanvi.

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Krishnakumar, from the R.N. Podar School, Matunga, scored 98.8 per cent in his Std XII exams.

“I worked hard to stand tall in the Std XII exams,” said Sregurupriya from R.A. Podar School, Matunga, scored 99 per cent in Std Akash who plans to pursue X of CBSE. She is seen here being offered sweets by her school principal.

Chartered Accountancy (CA) in his further studies.

This year a total 77,616 students appeared Std XII of which 71,271 students passed bringing the passing percentage tally to 91.83 per cent. The state of Goa has topped with a passing percentage of 98.87 whereas Karnataka has yet again recorded a passing percentage of 97.43.

Overall performance

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Aurangabad, Jalna and Beed.

The dam water levels in all he dam water levels in the 2,459 irrigation dams in major, medium and the state which was 4,585 minor irrigation projects in Mcum (Million Cubic Meters) Marathwada region, Ahmed- last week has now come nagar and Nashik district’s down to 4,256 Mcum in the has seen a steady decline week ending on May 27. A over the last one week. The week earlier the water levels water scarcity has also led to which was at 17 percent in all sharp increase in deployment the dams in the state has now of water tankers in the come down to 14 percent. scarcity hit regions of the In all the 803 irrigation projstate. The worst affected dis- ects in Marathwada which was trict’s are of Nashik, Ahmed- 406 Mcum last week has nagar, Satara, Solapur, dipped to 5 percent, that is 355

T from The Arya Gurukul School in Kalyan to score an impressive 91.4 per cent. Devansh said, “It was actually hard to keep my mother away from my thoughts, but in the end this was the best gift I can ever give her.”

The matches played in the just concluded tournament seemed onesided and I feel they should be investigated.

Overall passing percentage: Number of girls appeared: Number of girls passed: Number of boys appeared: Number of boys passed:

91.83 35,363 33,214 42,253 38,057

Passing percentage: Number of girls appeared: Number of girls passed: Number of boys appeared: Number of boys passed:

93.87 4,966 5,818 6,281 4,738

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“I plan to pursue engineering and am already in the process of applying for my higher studies in foreign Universities,” added Tanvi.

Not to be left behind, the boys did not step back amongst the toppers as Commerce stream student Akash

Dam water levels dipping alarmingly in Marathwada, Nashik

‘This is for my mom!’ hile he was writing his papers and waiting to reach home to tell his mother about it, Devansh Iyer never knew that his life’s toughest examination still awaited him.

Soon after he finished his exam and rushed back home, Devansh got to know about the demise of his mother and went numb. With a thought to give his mother the best gift any child can give, Devansh along with the thoughts of his mother stepped ahead to study for the Std X board examinations. So charged was his study that Devansh stood amongst the top rankers

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Mcum (Million Cubic Meters).

In the 411 irrigation projects in Pune division the water level which was 1,413 Mcum last week has now dipped to 1,254 Mcum (12 percent).

While in the 350 irrigation projects in Nashik division the water level which was 479 Mcum has now dipped to 443 Mcum (9 percent).

Correspondingly the total number of water tankers deployed in the seven districts worst affected by water scarcity has gone up. In the

Do you think all matches in the IPL-6 should be investigated?

Shreedhar Chavan Businessman

Already the culprits are caught, rather, the police should catch hold of the politicians now.

Hardik Tanna Interior designer

One after the other the culprits are out, if all the matches are investigated, chances are more names may come out.

Abha Dhole Law student

Investigation will take another year to find the real culprits involved and till than IPL 7 will be here, rather chuck IPL altogether.

worst affected Aurangabad district the total number of water tankers deployed has gone up from 685 to 703, in Jalna it has gone up from 542 to 555, in Beed district it has gone up from 533 to 568 tankers. In Solapur the total number of water tankers has gone up from 609 to 632. In Nashik district the total number of water tankers has gone up from 319 to 342. While in Satara district the total number of water tankers has gone up from 361 to 364 tankers.

Vishal Pandey Media Student

Investigation should be done meticulously so that the real culprits involved can be brought to book.

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“The subject is Princess Victoria Gowramma of Coorg, the daughter of Chikka Veerarajendra, the last Maharaja of Coorg, who was exiled to Varanasi after he was dethroned by the British Raj in 1834 .

“Born in Goa, she was lovingly called Gaurimaa (Gowramma) a

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when she was given an additional name by the queen, her godmother. Her original name therefore, stayed.

“It is believed that a Goan goldsmith was summoned to create jewelry for this occasion, as the inscription of his Goan village can be seen engraved on her gold belt.

“There are questions, of course.

Why she is wearing no earrings?

Why is she wearing a yoni pendant on the chain around her neck, was she a Tantric Bhairavi? Did she give Tantra Diksha to Prince Albert, the royal consort to the Queen? Finally, is this English court painter saying something to us Goans?

MUMBHAI VIKAS SABNIS

Udayraj Gadnis, artist, mystic, etc. with some of his own paintings and (inset) Princess Victoria Gowramma by Franz Xaver Winterhalter carrying strong flavours of the Goa from where she was exiled.

The lost Bhairavi from Goa

ARTIST, mystic, tantric Udayraj A. Gadnis, Mumbai-born but with roots in Goa’s Madgao, with a 14year-old school of tantra in Karmali, Old Goa, has been missing from this city for some time. However, we are pleased to report that he is very well and having the time of his life, painting and meditating in London. Considered an authority on Tantric art in fact, he is going

through some exciting times, discovering caches of old art that really should be in India but are probably better off abroad.

His most recent discovery has been a painting by Franz Xavier Winterhalter, oil on canvas, dating from 1873, in a collection in Central London. The German painter specialized in European royalty his painted portraits

included the family and children of Queen Victoria. Here is Udayraj waxing lyrical: “It’s just an amazing twist of fate, that when I saw this beautiful painting by court painter Franz Xaver Winterhalter, oil on canvas, sometime before 1873, I was struck deeply by the beauty of the face and the elaborate Goan hair style, very typical, with Aboli chi phoole tucked into the amboda, and exquisite jewelry which you can see even today in Goan Devi temples. I started some research and here is the story.

Sydney is Vivid again

IF you’re planning a trip Down Under, now would be a good time to attend the largest festival of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere. In broad daylight, without any added effects and drama, the Opera House is a wonderful sight. Now imagine it and the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Darling Harbour, as well as the Old Customs House pulsating with light displays, lighting installations around the foreshore, live music performances and more than 120 creative events from now till June 10.

Developed by the government of New South Wales, this is the fifth year Vivid Sydney is being held and

The combinations never pale, the appeal never fades, as the Sails are transformed night after night, from hour to hour, during the Vivid Sydney festival of light, music and ideas.

more than 5,50,000 people are expected to attend. In fact, the area along the foreshore devoted to light

mystic practically from birth, whose poems on the River Mandovi for Shree Mangesh, Lord Shiva, at the age of ten, still resound.

“The heart broken and exiled father and daughter traveled to England in 1852. When they were presented to Queen Victoria, the Queen was taken by her beauty and devotion and took her under her wing immediately.

“Queen Victoria, along with her royal consort Prince Albert, was present at the baptism of this Hindu princess by the Archbishop of Canterbury on June 30, 1852,

installations has tripled this time, with artists from the USA, Germany, Italy, Greece, Malaysia, Korea, Poland, Brazil and New Zealand taking part.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge, familiar to us Indians, has its own programmable interactive installation, controlled by the public from an interactive touch screen, so you can see yourself up there in lights. And every day there is the Aquatique show in Darling Harbour.

Don’t you just love the names!

Are we going? Unfortunately, no.

We shall just wait for the Kala Ghoda Festival that will roll around to entertain us next January, and hope for a bit of son et lumiere to lighten up our dull lives.

Stop blaming them for pollution! Don’t you know this is one of the leading eco-friendly projects in the country?

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nullah desilting works at spots where there are chances of water accumulation during monsoons. However, the civic body has also identified 13 locations across the city where such problems can arise after heavy rainfalls.

The areas identified by the civic body include Belapur Koliwada, Karave Saiwadi, Nerul sector-20 Balaji GarSumesh Rajan

he Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has set the May 31 deadline for the filling up of all potholes on the city roads. Thereafter, no civic works will be carried out until the end of monsoon.

The civic body has also decided not to allow any private

parties to carry out similar works even they have procured permissions earlier.

The decision was taken after a meeting held between disaster management officials and civic chief Bhaskar Wankhede last week at the civic headquarters in Belapur.

At present, the civic body has been carrying out the

den, Vashigaon, Vashi sector 15, 16, 10, 6, 7 LIG colony, Indira Nagar and Hanuman Nagar in Turbhe, Koparkhairane sector 8 and 12D, Balaramwadi and Hanuman Mandir in Ghansoligaon, Subhash Nagar, Ambedkar Nagar and Krishnawadi in Digha.

“The gutter and nullah cleaning work is likely to be completed by June 2, 2013, so that there would be no chance of water accumulation,” said Jaganath Sinnarkar, Deputy Municipal Commissioner and secretary of Disaster Management of NMMC. In addition, the disaster management dept has created a 30 bed emergency ward at municipal hospital in Vashi.

All eight ward officers have been allocated Rs.50,000 as contingency fund to utilise during the emergency. “The contingency fund is a recurring amount which will be given back to the ward officers after the earlier amount has been utilised,” said Sinnarkar.

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THE VOICE OF REASON

By Kainaz Choksey

filmmaker recalled the ‘padyatra to Thane that he had unalong with he Centre for Study of So- dertaken ciety and Secularism cel- Engineer and spoke of his ebrated the legacy of the late work on religion and liberaDr. Asghar Ali Engineer, ‘A tion theology and the various Living Faith -- Quest for theories that could be apPeace, Harmony and Social plied in the today’s religious Change’ at St. Xaviers College circumstances.

Fr. Rudy Heredia spoke of on Monday. The focus of Engineer’s work was on (and ac- the kind of activism and relition against) communalism gious scholar that Engineer and communal and ethnic was, and his emphasis on libviolence in India and South eration theology. Engineer Asia. He was an advocate of a believed in the fact that there culture of peace, non-vio- is no text without context. lence and communal har- Heredia also spoke about the context of social justice that mony.

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Friends and supporters from Centre for Study of Society and Secularism offering tributes to the late Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, in the city, yesterday.

people in society.

Engineer’s principle was that social injustice should stop in the name of poor, if not for the fear of God. Dr. Zeenat Ali, Founder Director-General, Wisdom Foundation, Mumbai, India spoke about how late Engineer was a proponent of a tolerant Islam. She spoke about how he had been successful in bringing about a revolution in the Islamic world bringing Shias and Sunnis and the Muslim and the non-Muslim world together. Engineer was part of the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra Movement to liberate the community from the stranglehold of the priesthood.

Engineer was attacked several times due to his progressive Dawoodi Bohra ideology in the year 2002, but he bravely condemned people from his community or any other community who preached violence in the name of religion.

Several women from Women’s Research and Action Group spoke about the emancipation of Muslim women with whom Dr. Engineer worked for many years.

The network was quite wide in countries like Morocco, Bangladesh, Mali, Pakistan, etc.

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tanding Committee Chairman Rahul Shewale who succumbed to the civic administration’s pressure and passed a proposal to sanction Rs.5 lakh for expenses of Sena Chief Bal Thackeray's funeral was conspicuously absent during Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray's annual nullah inspection on Monday afternoon.

Every year, before the monsoons, Uddhav inspects nullah cleaning work in the city and suburbs. All public leaders including Mayor, Chairman,

leader of the house and civic officials accompany him.

According to sources, Shewale was sent on ‘forced’ leave as he had passed the issue of Rs.5 lakh which brought the Sena chief’s funeral under controversial light.

After inspection of major and minor nullahs in the eastern suburbs Uddhav expressed satisfaction over nullah cleaning work.

He said, “From the last 78 years, we have been inspecting nullahs. The BMC is doing better and I assure that the city will have good monsoons ahead.”

08 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Krishnan K to Krishnan Krishnan Iyer as per Affidavit.

C-5547 I have changed my name from Amitkumar Zaverchand Shet to Amitkumar Zaverchand Sheth as per Affidavit.

C-5548 I have changed my name from Pramilabai Sudhakar Chawan to Pramila Sudhakar Chawan as per Affidavit.

C-5549 I have changed my name from Mohd Kalim Tauhid Ahd Khan to Mohammed Kaleem Tauheed Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit.

C-5550 I have changed my name from Mussarat Ahmadali Shaikh to Musshrat Ahmedali Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5551 I have changed my name from Chandrabhaga Chandrakant Sonwalkar to Mandakini Chandrakant Sonwalkar as per Affidavit.

C-5552 I have changed my name from T D Shola to Shola Sajeesh as per Affidavit.

C-5553 I have changed my name from Zulfiquar Ali Khursheed Husain to Zulfiqar Ali Khurshid Hussain Khan as per Affidavit.

C-5554 I have changed my name from Rabhiya Mehulkumar Popatlal to Rambhiya Mehulkumar Popatlal as per Affidavit.

C-5555 I have changed my name from Afsari Abdul Majeed Golanaz to Afsari Abdul Majeed Golandaz as per Affidavit.

C-5556 I have changed my name from Mohd Mubin Mansoor Ahmed Shaikh to Mohd Mubeen Mansoor Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5557 I have changed my name from Dipak Suresh Jagwani to Deepak Suresh Jagwani as per Affidavit.

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Charitra Chainraj Jain to Charitra Chainraj Parmar as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Rajul Rajesh Gandhi to Reena Rajesh Gandhi as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Gopal Kumar to Gopal Amritlal Jangid as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Shabbir Ahmed Mohd Yusuf Momin to Shabbir Ahmad Mohammad Yusuf Momin as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Deepa Sunil Mangtani to Kirti Sunil Mangtani as per Affidavit.

C-5566 I have changed my name from Sunilkumar Gopichand Achhra to Sunil Gopichand Achhra as per Affidavit.

C-5567 I have changed my name from Gautamraj Champalal to Gautamchand Champalal Vedmutha as per Affidavit.

C-5568 I have changed my name from Hemalatha Manilal Chheda to Hemlata Jitendra Bheda as per Affidavit.

C-5569 I have changed my name from Jayadatta Jagannath Bhoir to Jayadatt Jagannath Bhoir as per Affidavit.

C-5570 I have changed my name from Siraj Akbar Shaikh to Sirajbee Chand Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5571 I, Mr. Nizam Shaikh and Mrs. Arifabee Shaikh, to changed our daughter’s name from Najera Nijam Shaikh to Nazera Nizam Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5572 I have changed my name from Sonaben Nanji Babhania to Sonal Jagdish Solanki as per Affidavit.

C-5573 I have changed my name from Sajeda Bi Mohammed Yunus to Sajida Bano Mohd Zubair Ansari as per Affidavit dated 27-05-2013.

C-5574 I have changed my name from Hamidulla Ebadullah to Hamidulla Ebadullah Chaudhary as per Affidavit dated 27-05-2013.

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C-5583 I have changed my name from Karan Chourasia to Karan Chaurasia as per Affidavit.

C-5584 I have changed my name from Bharti Chourasia to Bharati Chaurasia as per Affidavit.

C-5585 I have changed my name from Umeshchan Chourasia to Umachand Chaurasia as per Affidavit.

C-5586 I have changed my name from Miss.

Summaiya Bi Mohammed Shahid to Miss.

Sumaiya Mohammed Shahid Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5587 I have changed my name from Mst. Umair Mohammed Shahid to Mst. Umair Mohammed Shahid Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5588 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohamed Shahid Zainul Abdin to Mr. Mohammed Shahid Zainul Abdin Shaikh as per Affidavit.

C-5589 I have changed my name from Aarti Srinivasan to Aarti Vivek Misra as per Affidavit.

C-5590 I have changed my name from Nita Chandrakant Vagadia to Nilaben R. Soni as per Affidavit dated 25th May, 2013.

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I, Manoj Kumar Ram have changed my Religion from Hindu, to ‘Muslim. As per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X-83936) dated 07/03/2013.

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I have changed my name from Nasim Akhtar Shaikh to Nasimbanu Hamidulla Chaudhary as per Affidavit dated 27-05-2013.

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I have changed my name from Mukesh Narvadeshwar Mishra to Mukesh Narmdeshwar Mishra as per Affidavit.

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I have changed my name from Aajay Rajput to Ajay Singh Rajput as per Affidavit.

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n a night long operation on Sunday, Deonar police arrested six bookies, four from Kena Market, Tata Nagar in Govandi, and two from a video parlour in Ghatkopar (East) and recovered a total sum of Rs.4,72,000 and eight cell phones.

All the bookies were caught taking bets for the final IPL match between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Mumbai Indians (MI) which was held at Kolkata’s Eden Garden.

The four arrested bookies from Tata Nagar are Iqbal Ansari (33), Mehboob Muhir Ansari (32), Shafique Hussain Shaikh (31) and Ganesh Bhosale (41). At the time of their arrest the bookies were operating from Iqbal’s house and were taking bets for the IPL final cricket match between CSK and MI. The police recovered Rs.70,000 and six mobiles from them.

Earlier the same day, Deonar senior PI Prahlad Panaskar sent a police team

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comprising PSI Amit Salunkhe and PSI Ganesh Gaikwad in plain clothes to Kena market at 9p.m. on Sunday. Upon reaching the spot they detained all four bookies present and recovered cash and cell phones from Iqbal’s residence. Later the bookies were brought to Govandi police station.

Iqbal sold milk for a living, Mehboob is a mandap decorator, Shafique works as a TV mechanic and Ganesh Bhosale is a fish trader by profession, revealed the police.

During interrogation, the arrested bookies revealed of two other accomplices from Ghatkopar who were operating from a video parlour at 90 feet road. The cops immedi-

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he mysterious disappearance of a 26-year-old woman and her 18-monthold daughter has shocked residents of Nalasopara (East).

According to a complaint registered at the Nalasopara police station by Kiran Bhawar Singh Purohit, his wife Bhavna (24) and daughter Nidhi, have gone missing from their residence in Sai Classic building. They were last seen by neighbours at around 12:30 noon on

Bhavna Purohit and baby Nidhi remain untraced since last Wednesday.

Wednesday.

The police have registered a missing persons’ complaint in this context and launched a search to find out the

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mother and child. “We are probing all angles in the case,” said Police Naik, Gangurde, who is carrying investigating the case.

FIT CONVICT? NO HOME FOOD The 53-year-old actor was first taken to Arthur Road Jail after his surrender and later shifted to Yerawada prison.

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manual, home cooked food can be allowed only for undertrial prisoners, who are under medication. “Home cooked food for a prisoner who is medically fit is against the rules prescribed

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ately raided the place and arrested two other bookies Rashid Kalmadi (23) and Jeevan Poojari (24). Along with them, the police also recovered currency notes of around Rs.4 lakh and two mobile phones from the spot.

Upon interrogation, the duo from Ghatkopar revealed that they did the betting on behalf of another bookie.

“PSI Amit Salunke, the investigating officer in the case and his team, are on to nab the big catch,” said Panaskar, while adding that all six bookies were arrested under section 12 (4), 87 (gambling act) read with 66 (1) (Information Technology Act).

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Police with the six who ran betting rackets from Govandi and Ghatkopar.

This attempt at suppression of facts by the accused gives strong reason to believe that being the owner of the team he was placing bets and was in touch with the bookies.

Moreover, the police have also recovered 365 envelope covers of the CSK team, 190 visiting cards of CSK team Principals and 1,400 stickers with the CSK logo. One desk diary in black colour with CSK logo along with CSK players’ list.

A Mumbai court Saturday sent Meiyappan to police custody till May 29 in connection with the raging spot fixing scam in Indian cricket.

in the Prison Manual. Dutt is a convict and cannot be given this privilege of getting home cooked food. So the court should disallow the convict from getting this privilege,” stated the petition, which was filed on Monday.

Meanwhile, sources informed that the authorities haven’t decided anything on the mandatory manual work which the actor is supposed to undertake as an inmate.

The actor was convicted by the TADA court for illegally possessing a 9 mm pistol and an AK-56 rifle, a part of the consignment of weapons and explosives brought to India for the coordinated serial blasts that killed 257 people and injured over 700 in March 1993. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

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esides the emotional trauma, the family of Preeti Rathi from Delhi who was attacked with acid by an unknown assailant on May 2, at the Bandra Terminus, is now facing financial crisis as the expenses at Bombay Hospital where Preeti is receiving treatment has

mounted upto Rs.36,000 in the last two days.

“We have been told that the Western Railway (WR) will be taking care of the hospital bills, but we are spending money on medicines and other requirements that we need to purchase from outside the hospital. We have already spent around Rs.36,000 in the last two days,” said Preeti’s father Amarsingh

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Dr. Ashok Gupta along with Summan R. Agrawal, explaining their point.

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attacks Agrawal said, “Previously, the offenders were t seems that not much is booked either under section known about the fact that a 326 of the criminal law which is month ago a law was passed causing grievous hurt by making acid attack a punish- means of a weapon or if the inable offence. No wonder, acid juries were serious then under attacks still continue to be a section 307, which is attempt fear for the women in the to murder. These charged country. never got proven in the court of Dr. Ashok Gupta, Senior law and they used get away Consultant Plastic Surgeon, easily.”

Bombay Hospital along with “As per the amended law, Summan R. Agrawal, in- now an attempt to use acid charge, State Human Rights for harming someone Department, who had been amounts to an imprisonment lobbying for the need for a of five years even if the tarstrict law that makes an acid geted person hasn’t been attack convict liable to pun- harmed much and if the tarishment ranging from five to get has been harmed. If the

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Making demands like control on the sale of acid, formation of a compensation board for victims of acid attack, reservation of jobs for acid attack victims and including them in the handicapped category are also on the cards.

“We can’t ban the sale of acid as it is an important substance is several industries. But we can see to it is given only to authorised people with prescriptions. Compensation of two lakhs will be proposed to ease out some of the financial issues of the victim’s family as treatment for an acid attack victim is expensive. And finally, we are demanding their inclusion in the handicapped category as these victims too, need care and support throughout. We are yet to officially write letters to the concerned officials about these demands,” said Agrawal. ten years of imprisonment since October 2012, after six months of talks and discussions with various officials of several departments, succeeded in getting the law passed last month.

Accordingly, section 326 A and B that deal only with acid attacks have been added to Criminal Law, 2013. But they are disappointed by the fact that despite there being a law, such crimes continue to happen. They attribute this to lack of awareness about this law.

Speaking about the need to have a separate section for acid

target has grievous injuries the convict is liable for an imprisonment of ten years,” said Dr. Gupta.

But has this law acted as a deterrent for offenders? No said Dr. Gupta and Agrawal.

“There is no awareness about this law else people would not dare commit such crimes. We need to spread awareness about this law so that people don’t even think of committing such crimes.

The fear of imprisonment should deter them,” said Agrawal. shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

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say for how long this glue will hold. Currently, she isn’t in a condition to undergo any surgery. So, we are trying to maintain her vital functions.

Once, she gets fit enough to undergo a surgery, we will surgically close the fistula.

Her kidney function has also been affected. Her urine outRathi. put is low at times but with “Somehow we’re managing medication it gets better. She to arrange for money. We are Officials speak… is being monitored 24x7 and Bombay Hospital's getting help from friends and given treatment as per rerelatives in Delhi. We are spokesperson and officer on quirement. Around 12 to 13 withdrawing money from the special duty, Dr. Sagar S. Preeti’s medical condition “Preeti is on ventilator and specialist doctors are working ATM as and when required,” Sakle said, “The railways said Preeti’s mother Roshini has given us a letter stating is critical. There is infection on Preeti’s case. We are doing that all expenses will be in the body and her platelet our best for her,” said Dr. Rathi.

The mother of this 24-year- borne by them. The hospital count is low. The fistula in her Ashok Gupta, Senior Consultold acid attack victim rues is doing the needful for the lungs has been temporarily ant Plastic Surgeon, Bombay the day when her daughter family. About the expenses closed that too partly, using Hospital. decided to come to Mumbai. that the family says it has fibrin glue. But we can not shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in “Hum toh kabhi Mumbai nahi aaye aur aane ka koi kaaran bhi nahi tha. Ye toh Preeti ki naukri lagi toh humne bhi Mumbai aane ke sapne sajaye. Par yaha aake dekho Preeti ke saath kya hua? Isse acha toh hum apne hi sheher mai rehte,” said a teary-eyed Roshni.

incurred, I will check with the finance department and find out.”

Nitin Kumar David, Public Relations Officer, WR said, “WR will bear the medical expenses. The bills that are raised by the hospital will be processed and cleared accordingly. Also, an ex-gratia amount of Rs.5,000 has been given to the family as per the railway rules.”

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China’s adamant stance on the border issue

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“Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.”

— Noam Chomsky

Chhattisgarh massacre: What can the NIA do now?

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HE Naxalites who shot down 26 people – including the Congress party chief — appear to be ferocious lot of boys who must have undergone thorough brain-washing. They must have been undergoing good training for at least the last couple of years. The pertinent question that arises is what explanation there can be for the intelligence failure.

The Centre is blaming Chhattisgarh – saying that the security lapse was at the state level. As usual, after the bloody tragedy, the blame game has started.

The scenario is frightening: Some 300-500 youngsters in the age group of 19-22 had automatic weapons. For them it must have been a lame-duck operation. Our security men had only pistols and they evidently could not do anything against automatic weapons. They might not have not even known what kind of weapons the Naxalites had.

Another question that arises is with regard to large quantities of automatic weapons and ammunition the Naxalites possess. Where did they get them all? The finger of suspicion points to Pakistan which is not far from Chhattisgarh. That the ISI is conducting continuous destabilising operations against India are well-known.

It will not be a surprise if the Naxalites get their supplies from the spy agency in Pakistan. It has got to be established where the Naxalites got their deadly, sophisticated weapons from.

Finally, the NIA has moved in: A clear case of the stable door being shut after the horse has bolted. What can the NIA do now? The terrible damage has been done and evidently the Naxalites are back safe in their hideouts.

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AVE you forgotten the punishment we gave you in 1962 after you had violated our borders?”

This is what a retired top army general asked me at Beijing nearly a decade ago. I recalled his warning when India was shaken in the midst of China’s inroads into our territory.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, on visit to Delhi this week, have discussed the subject at length.

But the victory by Beijing has not let it feel differently and it continues to ride a high horse. China argues that normalcy can prevail if the border issue is sealed.

This means it continues to occupy our territory it has usurped. Our Prime Minister is correct in maintaining that “no peace and tranquility is possible” without the settlement at the border.

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side India. Beijing wants to tell the world that it owes no explanation to anyone for going into its ‘own territory’.

China has made it clear that it is not in favour of having a firm border because an undemarcated border gives it leeway to lay claim even on Arunachal Pradesh. For example, no information is forthcoming why a separate visa is issued to people from Arunachal Pradesh and J&K. The real issue with China is Tibet. Beijing may not say so but it links the border issue with the future of the Tibetans who have taken shelter in India in thousands under the leadership of the

to know which of the two emerges successful.

From economics point of view, China has beaten India. But political problems have been solved through dictatorship in China.

Can that be the lasting solution when India, compared to China, has kept the society open and given an opportunity for a free play of different points of view and different ideologies? Only time will tell. Yet one thing that is clear is that India will have to accelerate the economic growth which is now 4.6 per cent as compared to a little over 9 per cent three years ago.

And there is an axis between China and Pakistan. There is the allegation that China is trying to surround India by having close relations with Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Even if a war is ruled out, the pressure on India’s security forces will be immense. India need not treat the border as an obsession. China has seen to it that New Delhi does so.

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This is its weakness. India should talk to China about the Tibetans who are a millstone around China’s neck. Even otherwise, the word Tibet is a bugbear for Beijing. It is too late in the day to question its authority. It is under China because of its suzerainty over Tibet. But there is a difference between suzerainty and independence. However, the issue of Tibetans’ human rights is a point which India can take up. It is strange that none in the world has taken notice of dozens of Tibetans who have burnt themselves in the name of freedom and liberation.

India’s determination to increase the bilateral trade with China is welcome. But economic cooperation is not synonymous with people-to-people cooperation which does not exist. If the problem is solvable in the lifetime of the Dalai Lama, he is willing to accept autonomy of Tibet inside China. The youth is not in favour of the Dalai Lama’s formula but cannot oppose him because he represents Tibet as long as he lives.

The enunciation that both sides would not attack each other is like what the late Chinese Premier Chou En-Lai told Prime Minister Nehru. Beijing never kept its word. There is no assurance that it would do so in the future.

Actual Line Of Control I do not know whether people on both the sides are really familiar with the border dispute between India and China. When the 1962 war ended with our defeat, China unilaterally ceased fire and then indicated the ceasefire line as the possible border. But the line, despite India wanting the delineation of a firm one, was not acceptable to China. It changed its mind and declared the actual line of control as the border. China advanced its troops on its own.

This line violated the traditional border both in the Ladakh and in the northeast on the Arunachal side. Even these borders were not sacrosanct for Beijing. The Colombo powers intervened after the 1962 war to ask both India and China to withdraw their forces by 26.5 meters behind the lines where they stood. India withdrew accordingly. But China did not. Even the lines its forces have occupied at present are haphazard and favour it all the way.

Beijing’s intrusion (our PM prefers to call it an incident to keep tension down) at Daulat Beg Oldi Sector in Ladakh is in the area which it has not allowed to be demarcated. In fact, it has treated the entire disputed area under its overall control without negotiating with New Delhi or even indicating specifically which area belongs to it. Nor has China offered any explanation for staying in India’s territory (Despang) for 23 days and pitching tents in-

Tibet, a bugbear for Beijing Kuldip Nayar Dalai Lama. Beijing did raise the issue at the India and China conclaves but kept quiet when it was told that the Dalai Lama was a religious leader, nothing more.

Whatever be Beijing’s wishes, New Delhi is in no position to reopen the Tibet issue. Buddhism is one of the religions which the Hindus profess. It should not be expected that for the goodwill with China, India can dare play with the sensitivities of Hindus who are 80 per cent. Even otherwise, the two countries, India and China, are giants and any clash between them is bound to have stirrings in South Asia and the rest of the world. India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, after the 1962 hostilities, warned the world leaders through a personal letter to each one of them that the two nations represented different traditions and conflicting ideologies. India is a democratic country while China a dictatorship.

South Asian countries would be interested

‘If one has faith one has everything’

It is said that truthfulness alone constitutes the spiritual discipline of the Kaliyuga.

If a man clings tenaciously to truth he ultimately realizes God. Without this regard for truth, one gradually loses everything. After my vision of the Divine Mother, I prayed to Her, taking a flower in my hands: ‘Mother, here is Thy knowledge and here is Thy ignorance. Take them both, and give me only pure love. Here is Thy holiness and here is Thy unholiness. Take them both, Mother, and give me pure love. Here is Thy good and here is Thy evil. Take them both, Mother, and give me pure love. Here is Thy righteousness and here is Thy unrighteousness.

Take them both, Mother, and give me pure love.’ I mentioned all these, but I could not say: ‘Mother, here is Thy truth and here is Thy falsehood. Take them both.’ I gave up everything at Her feet but could not bring myself to give up truth.

God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s

mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’ God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save it!’ The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and

MATTER & SPIRIT that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’

The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as ‘I am such an important man’ or ‘I am so and so’. Level the mound of ‘I’ to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.

One cannot attain divine knowledge till

one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.

Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.

Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.

The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.

One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.

If one has faith one has everything.

By constantly repeating, ‘I am free, I am free’, a man verily becomes free. On the other hand, by constantly repeating, ‘I am bound, I am bound’, he certainly becomes bound to worldliness. The fool who says only, ‘I am a sinner, I am a sinner’, verily drowns himself in worldliness. One should rather say: ‘I have chanted the name of God. How can I be a sinner? How can I be bound?’

— Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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Sachin gets a memorable IPL farewell!

THE team with the ‘Clean Tag’, Mumbai Indians were deserving winners of IPL 6 amidst the controversy that surrounded the tourney. Mumbai Indians played clean and square both on and off the field to prove their supremacy and rightly crowned Champions for their efforts.

Sachin Tendulkar timed his T-20 IPL retirement to perfection and his teammates presented him with the trophy as a farewell gift for a cricketer who has served Indian cricket with distinction over the years. He did not play the finals but his very presence in the dug out inspired his colleagues to give off their best and it was a true finale to a tournament which saw a lot of scandals but ended on a high pitch.

IPL is a hen that lays a golden egg both for the players and the Cricket Board and one is really surprised at some player’s greed in fixing things and ruining their career. A cleanup is required in the whole system and Sachin Tendulkar should be made the IPL Commissioner next year so that his very presence at the helm of affairs will encourage fellow cricketers to play clean and fair apart from emulating his skills on the cricket field.

Well done Mumbai Indians and every cricket lover in the country is proud of your performance!

— S.N. Kabra, Goregaon

FOR the past few days, there has been a lot of noise about IPL betting,

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fixing and BCCI with arrests being made with the required publicity.

But are we looking for problems or solutions. The question is whether it is fixing or betting and if it is betting then whether all the publicity and arrests were justified.

The BCCI President may not be aware of the activities of his son-inlaw. And passing information about team may not be a crime as every moment on the field may call for new actions or change in the strategy. Every player is human and attractions to the opposite sex is not a crime. Further, speaking on mobile phones may be cursory as the arrests till today have not proved any fixing.

If one remembers Mr. Dennis Lillee, the great fast bowler, was caught betting against his team in a match where he took many wickets. Don’t know what happened but his team lost and it may not have been given much importance.

Betting should be legalised as it may generate a lot of revenue for the government and also save the citizens from unnecessary taxes.

Should the BCCI President resign?

How can the President of BCCI be held responsible for the actions of his son-in-law? And in such an event the country will only see resignations.

Can the game be fixed? If one watches cricket it is impossible when we see wonderful catches and fours and sixes with wickets falling to super balls.

Are the authorities on a wild which her ‘bhaajiwaali’ told her: Towel use Hanky use Showing finger Smiling Laughing Appealing Crying Rubbing ball on pants Cap use Blowing kiss

Game over Common cold Wants to visit loo Fool & final At us Nautanki!

Khushi ke aansoon Eczema Topi pehna na Kiss mat waala

— Altaf H. Ladiwala, Bandra

Nitish, a political opportunist

Disabled people also yearn to be educated, find rewarding work, to lead worthwhile lives and be valued members of their community.

Disabled people can face discrimination at the hands of their fellow citizens, even their own family. Disabled children are denied education. LETTER OF THE DAY They are at increased risk of contracting HIV/AIDS due to physical and sexual abuse. Disabled people want what we all want – the chances to get educated, find rewarding work, lead worthwhile lives and be valued members of their community. We should help them whenever they require from us. We should not neglect them.

— Probir Kumar Bose, New Panvel

Interesting sign language MY wife was telling me about the new pyjama cricket sign language,

IT is reported that the Central Govt. has decided a massive grant to the tune of about Rs.12,000 crore to Bihar as a special case. Coming as the report does close on the heels of Nitish Kumar, CM of Bihar’s new conceptual framework on secularism vis- a -vis communalism to alienate Modi, it is very clear that the CM of Bihar has fallen a political prey to the Congress to prevent Modi from making it to the PM’s office. Nitish is rewarded rather handsomely for his sudden innovative propensity towards ‘secularism’ after being in BJP and benefiting for several years even after the Babri Masjid demolition in the presence of Advani and the riots that followed. The public, at large, can perceive the dirty politics being played by the CM of Bihar at a time when he should be highlighting the massive corruption under which the country is reeling and the notable factors for inflation and the inevitable need to unseat Congress to virtually save the Nation and set the tone for real growth and not on the lines as propagated by the present PM. — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai

goose chase or because Delhi Police took the initiative with the publicity forcing Mumbai crime branch to try and get their share. What is the reason for the sudden rush of activities? Let us wait and see.

— Mahendra Kalantri

WHEN Ed Hawkings revealed that the India-Pakistan match in the World Cup 2011 was fixed in his book, ‘Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy’, we feel offended as were the World Champions. Later on the things turned from bad to worse. BCCI cannot clean up and it has no idea GLORIOUS GESTURE: Sachin has bid farewell to IPL at the right time. His Mumbai of how to go about the task of Indians team mates presented the trophy to him - a fitting tribute to the Little Master. cleaning. Board allowed everything to prosper in front of their nose and coming to India. Players are lured way which can have adverse effect now trying for recourse. Srinivasan with big money and the Board was a upon the reputation or standing of as the Board President could not silent watcher all the time and the the league; in this matter CSK team match with the President of adamant attitude landed the team fits properly in it with involvement England and Wales Cricket Board in an uncomfortable zone. The of its boss in the illegal betting and (ECB) in his acumen about the writing is on the wall and it is now or must be scrapped with immediate effect. game but acted as stop gap never situation.

— S. Ramaniam, Khargar Since the Mumbai Police crime arrangement between the Board branch have arrested CSK boss and the players and there was Gurunath, the son-in-law of the widening gap all the time. As the

Board was distancing itself from the BCCI chief N Srinivasan is likely to shameless, cheating BCCI chief N. activities of the Board, the players face grave consequences if his son- Srinivasan and have proved his took for granted to go for illegal in-law M. Gurunath’s involvement involvement in the illegal betting for activities and now landed in the sea with bookmakers is proven by the lowering the image and reputation of Bookies. Even bringing a law by Mumbai Police, but the most of the IPL league. The BCCI-IPL the Government of India will be a damaging fallout of it could be the governing body does not have any bogus one as the Bookies have their scrapping of the Chennai Super alternative but to scrap the CSK for root planted very well in the sub- Kings (CSK). I strongly feel that since future tournaments without further continent. Srinivasan tried hard to there is provision in the BCCI-IPL delay, failing which millions of stay put in his President seat and not rule book—clause 12.3(C)—which people of this country will not spare worried how to improve the clearly says that BCCI-IPL can the trio that is BCCI, IPL and CSK for standard of the game in India and terminate the agreement if the looting their money and their trust. how to stop the influx bookies franchisee or any owner acts in any — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

Deal with Maoists by peaceful means THE dastardly act carried out by the Maoist militants on the convoy of Congress leaders on May 25 in Chhattisgarh is highly condemnable. It also a grave reminder about the threat these militants pose to our internal security. It’s time we deal with this threat with severity. There are two ways of tackling this menace of militancy – one is by using force and the other is by peaceful means.

The second one may sound absurd to many but then that is the one solution to clear this menace from the root. The first option is necessary but care has to be taken in using it for it has the potential of creating more of those which one is looking to wipe out, if not used with care. It’s a fact that we have more casualties by strikes carried out by these internal militants than the foreign sponsored terrorists. Lets not turn our eyes away from the fact that poverty, inequality and injustice is the root cause of militancy (and to a certain extent terrorism also).

It provides a perfect ground for recruitment as hardcore militants and terror outfits are on the lookout of such soft targets.

Militancy or terrorism can only be wiped out if “fertile” ground is not provided to them to grow their outfits by getting ready recruits, instead of just using force to tackle this menace.

THINK...!

— Abdul Monim, Vashi

SENSIBLE OPTION: In order to wipe out this menace of terrorism from the root, once and for all, it is advisable to adapt a nonviolent approach rather than using of force.

AS they say – if you feed the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat you last. The Maoists have now started targeting VVIPs and that’s a good sign for the aam aadmi as only now will the netas suddenly wake up because their rear is on fire.

However in the recent strike, one person deserved what he got. In fact it is good that he is alive to suffer. That person is none other than V.C Shukla, the Goebbels of the Emergency era who along with Bansi lal, Om Mehta and Sanjay Gandhi formed the BOSS of the country.

The emergency was not all that bad, at least for the common man - for once the lower strata of sarkar, which interacts with the common man, were on their toes.

But this Indian Gang of Four got carried away and went too far. If only Indira Gandhi had managed to control her son and timed and managed the emergency differently, this nation could have become something different.

Instead she made the same mistakes as her father and went the pseudo-secular and socialistic path. Even today liberalization is a circumstance of compulsion rather than a changed mind set.

That’s why no one has the guts to remove ‘socialist’, introduced during the Emergency, from the preamble of the Constitution. Can you imagine – we were also NOT secular till 1975!! What a joke.

That’s why ‘secularism’ has fallen from grace in order to garner votes.

— T.R. Ramaswami , Kandivli

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inister for Home R.R. Patil called for special laws to tackle menace of naxalism in Gadchiroli and Gondia districts.

Speaking to newspersons

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plementation of development projects in the naxal affected regions. He added that the existing laws are inadequate to try cases against hardcore naxals.

Replying to queries over the recent attack on Congress leaders in neighbouring Chhattisgarh, the Home Minister termed it as the tip of the iceberg and argued that the whole nation needs to take note for the need of special laws and development policies. Patil remarked that there are certain leaders in cities who secretly sympathise with the naxals and secretly extend support to their activities.

Replying to queries over lack of development in the af-

fected regions, he said that even though there are funds available and administration is ready to implement projects, but often projects are stalled due to provisions of central acts like the Forest

Act. Patil added that often files pertaining to development work in the region are blocked in the piles of files in Mantralaya leading to inordinate delays in executing the projects. He said that the authority in-charge should be cleared where files related to development work are not stalled.

Patil, who is also the Guardian Minister for Gadchiroli district, said that at times NGOs and Human Rights activists take objections to felling of trees to put up a light pole or even police action in tackling any naxal attack. Calling for a review of the existing laws, he said that armed attacks by naxals Azad Shrivastav | ADC

should be treated as an attack on the country and not as a crime. Often cops have to fire in self-defence only to have human rights activists criticise the police action as a violation of human rights.

The Home Minister disclosed that through sustained development in the region naxalism has now been contained to some pockets of Gadchiroli and Gondia. Patil disclosed that the lack of agriculture infrastructure their produce has no market available. He added that the centrally funded Rs.185 crore bridge across Godavari River in Sironcha will help bring the region in close contact with neighbouring Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.

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K. C. Mishra, Chief Postmaster (left) and W. K. Pradhan, Additional General Manager, Central Railway, launching a special postal cover on the completion of 125 glorious years of the CST building, on Monday.

I-T sends 35,000 letters to non-filers

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he Income-Tax department yesterday sent 35,000 letters to another batch of non-filers; urging them to disclose their true income and pay appropriate taxes. This is part of its ongoing initiative. These persons

were part of around 12 lakh non-filers identified as a result of data matching exercise. With this latest batch, the I-T Department has now issued letters in 1,75,000 high priority cases. Already, a compliance management cell has been set-up to monitor return filing and tax pay-

Public Notice

The Land in Bhandup Survey no. 200 CTS 286 1,2,3 belong to Shivling Narayan Sakhare. The sole heir to this place is Ramesh Shivling Sakhare.

In this place of 3 acres and 20 gunthas two floors have been constructed. This place is being claimed

by Dharam Singh Harnam Sing Sohail who lives in Juhu. After forging documents Dharam Singh Harnam Singh Sohail took loans for machinery from Indian Bank Nephency Road, Andheri (W). When Bank gives loan then 7/12 extract of the property was not seen as a liability. Therefore the said case was auctioned by the DRT court. Indian Bank auctioned the property without investigations.

Dharam Singh Harnam Singh Sohail has given a written statement to the High Court stating that he had procured loan submitting false documents and sons and daughters in law have no relation to the same. He stated that he felt that there are no heirs to Shivling Narayan Sakhre. Therefore he forged the documents. This was stated before the DRT Court and no public notice for the same was demanded. This place belongs to Shivling Narayan Sakhre only and his lone heir is Ramesh Shivling Sakhre.

Indian Bank Was Given On Rent To Mahindra Co., Allahabad bank And Container Co.. The Rent Was Taken By Indian Bank. Indian Bank Also Auction This Property At. Rs.44 Cr. Only. Which Market Value Is Approximately 240 Cr. and I want to sell this property if anybody have any objection then contact at the below given mobile no.

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ment of the target segment.

The Income-Tax Department has also initiated a Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence (DW&BI) Project to develop an integrated platform for effective utilisation of information to promote voluntary compliance and deter non-compliance.

olice Sub Inspector attached to Vanrai police station in Goregaon is arrested by the Dombivli police on charges of murder. The accused PSI Amit Utekar, along with his relative Ashutosh, murdered Fakru Sheikh near a biryani center over parking feud.

Moreover when Sheikh’s son came to intervene, the accused bit his ear.

According to Ramnagar police station in Dombivli, the accused is a sub inspector and was posted with Vanrai police station in Goregaon as sub inspector. Uttekar had attended a family function at Ramnagar area in Dombivli.

At around 8.30 p.m. on Sunday, Utekar and Ashutosh had a spat with Sheikh over parking. The accused had a heated argument afterwhich he assaulted Sheikh, following he died on the spot. Later, Sameer, who intervened was also assaulted by Utekar.

Meanwhile, bystanders nabbed Utekar and summoned police. PSI S.P. Satav of Ramnagar police station said, “PSI Utekar is arrested along with his kin Ashutosh under charges of murder.”

Dad abducts pregnant daughter

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27-year-old man has filed a case of kidnapping against his father-in-law for allegedly kidnapping his wife, seven months pregnant, from his residence at Al-Hilal apartment in Bandra (W) on Monday afternoon.

The girl Salma Batliwala alias Salma Khan had married Saif Batliwala five years ago against her family’s wishes. Her family kept harassing her to divorce Saif but she never took their word seriously.

According to sources from Bandra police station, Salma was kidnapped by his own father, who was helped by

other members of the family.

The group dragged Salma her from her husband’s house on Monday at around 1.30 p.m.

According to Saif, his father-in-law Sadruddin Khan, along with members of Salma’s family, landed at AlHilal Apartment in Bandra in SUV 500 and Hyundai Varna car. The group forced themselves into the flat and forcefully kidnapped his wife.

According to Saif, who runs an advertising agency, his sister was also hurt during the kidnapping.

Saif immediately rushed to the Bandra police station and filed a complaint, based on which police caught and arrested the kidnappers.

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Fluid check Staying cool and hydrated in this weather is not easy, but with a few tweaks and tricks you can breeze through summer.

Rhea Dhanbhoora & Dev Goswami tell you how to stay refreshed while the sun rages on

>> While nothing can replace the benefits of water, we’ve got other options so you can be completely refreshed

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Before we get to the fun stuff, you should know how to re-hydrate yourself in case you’ve been parched for too long. Here are a few tips to make sure dehydration is not one of the problems you face during summer: l Sip on fluids regularly through the day and not just when you’re thirsty. l When you’re thirsty, drink water. When you just want a cooling drink, go ahead and have one, but don’t use it as a replacement for water. l Increase your fluid consumption this season.

From water to fruit juices, vegetable juices, cold soups and cooling drinks; you’re going to feel like drinking more than eating, so go ahead and do so. l Caffeine will dehydrate you more, so avoid drinking too much of it. l Flavoured water and sports drinks will help maintain your fluid balance, so there’s no need to be suspicious of them or avoid them. l Have at least a sip of water every twenty minutes or so if you’re outdoors. Don’t gulp down an entire glass all at once.

Did you know that some foods can quench your thirst as well? Most of these foods have high liquid content, so indulge in them during summer to relieve your thirst a little bit: l Zucchini is 95% water but it will lose all the water content when you cook it too much. Shred it or cut it into cubes and add it to your salads instead. l Have you had enough watermelon this summer? With 93% water, this fruit is refreshing and thirst quenching. l Oranges are not only healthy and filled with vitamin C, they’ve also got around 87% of water content which makes them an ideal fruit to have during summer. l We know we said no caffeine and this isn’t about the water content. But, when you’re feeling very hot and dehydrated, a cup of green tea can actually leave you feeling much more refreshed while

fluids to avoid So, by now you know why it’s important to keep yourself hydrated and why you need to ensure that you drink a lot of fluids during summer. But, not all fluids will be a boon for your body. Avoid drinking the following fluids:

alcohol: When it comes to which drinks to skip during summer, the first on the list has to be alcohol. Sitting in an air-conditioned room with a chilled glass of beer might be your idea of beating the heat, but your body won’t thank you for it. Alcohol dehydrates your body; so much so that for every small drink (30 ml) that you consume, your body produces around 120ml more urine. So, try and avoid alcohol as much as you can, and if you must, always drink one glass of water for every drink that you consume.

packEt juicEs: Surprised? Don’t be. Fruit juices might be a tasty option, but not all are good for you. For example, cranberry juice is a known diuretic, meaning that drinking it will increase your urine output. Also, some packaged juices have a really high sugar content; they might not dehydrate you, but they don’t bode so well for your overall diet and can affect your health. So, always check the list of ingredients and ensure that sugar levels are in check.

coffEE: Yes, we know that you can’t go through your day without your daily quota of coffee, but if you want to ensure that the heat

doesn’t get to you, you will have to cut down, or lower how much you drink. However, one or two cups isn’t bad as recent studies have shown that it is only a large consumption (4-5 cups or more a day) of coffee that causes dehydration. But, remember that it aggravates the condition if you’re already dehydrated. To keep yourself alert, drink water as it is known to activate your brain and give you an energy boost.

fizzy drinks: They contain sugar, are addictive, harm your teeth and most of all, are high in caffeine. Do we really need to tell you to lay off fizzy drinks? It is a fluid that does nothing except tantalise your taste buds. They will not help you feel refreshed or hydrate your body. Avoid them completely.

replacing fluids.

Spinach. Surprised? Don’t be. A lot of leafy greens have high water content and spinach, with around 90% of water content, is a good bet. l

dishing on minErals When you suffer from dehydration, your doctor will tell you to have electrolytes.

They play a big role in helping to maintain the fluid balance of your body.

But, do you know what they are and why you need them? Electrolytes are minerals that are dissolved in water and can replenish your body with the sodium and potassium that it loses when you sweat. A lack of these minerals can cause dehydration. If you’ve been working out a lot during summer or if you sweat a lot, chances are your mineral levels have dropped. Keep sports drinks with you to prevent dehydration.

you’rE drinking all wrong It’s no secret that you should drink something when you’re thirsty, but don’t wait till you are. The best time to quench your thirst is before it hits you.

Confused? Your body is already dehydrated when you’re thirsty, which is why you feel thirsty in the first place.

When it’s really hot outside, drink cooling drinks that don’t have caffeine or alcohol. And drink every hour instead of only when you’re thirsty. A sports drink is a good idea if you don’t have access to water or don’t trust the water around you (water can make you ill if it’s questionable!).

EnErgy drinks: We can almost feel you frowning at us. But, you need to know that there’s a difference between energy drinks and sports drinks. Energy drinks are nothing but an overdose of caffeine and so, give you a shot of energy. And, as you should already know by now, caffeine dehydrates you. Sports drinks, on the other hand, are full of electrolytes and so, are a healthier alternative.

thE bEst watEr in thE world This is a little tip, but it really will help. A mixture of cold water with lemon or cucumber slices and a sprig of mint is the most cooling thing in the world. Always keep a bottle filled with it in your fridge to keep you refreshed during summer.

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Just because you have to avoid delicious cold-coffee with chocolate sauce and extra whipped cream, it doesn’t mean you can’t go out and treat yourself at all. We bring our list of a few healthy, refreshing and, yes, delicious drinks: l Lemongrass cooler from Moshe’s for `110 l Watermelon & Mint Juice from Suzette for `120 l Costa Iced Tea (Cucumber flavoured) at Costa Coffee for `125 l Iced Shaken Lemon Green Tea from Starbucks for `100 l Koga (Guava juice, Grape juice, Kokam syrup, dash of lime juice) at The Beachcomber for `250

On a particularly long day at work, it can get a little boring to keep drinking water and a chilled drink is refreshing enough for us to be tempted by it. Head to your neighbourhood baniya and pick one of these: l B’lue for `30 l Amul Spiced Buttermilk for `10 l Lipton Iced Green Tea Powder for `10 (for a packet that serves three) l Goji Berry Cold Green Teas for `150 (comes in a variety of fruit flavours) l Nimbooz for `25

why not stay dry?

Whether you’re thirsty or not, you need to stay hydrated. It not only helps your body to stay cooler (because it heats up so much during summer, you’ll need more fluid to stay cool), it also keeps your blood pressure normal, lowers your risk of getting a heat stroke and protects your joints and organs. Not to mention all the nutrients that it helps move through your body. So, next time you postpone drinking that glass of water, remember how essential it is for you to stay summer healthy.

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You might stay away from “bad” foods because they will ruin your diet. But, Glynda Alves has some good news for you — some bad foods are actually beneficial for you. Here’s the heartening list…

>> Thinking twice before you eat pasta?

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ften, overzealous diet plans could Cheese make us cut out essential foods; foods that are considered bad for Cheddar, Brie, Swiss — it’s no secret that our diet. But, by skipping out on cheese is high in taste as well as calories. But, these ingredients, we are also missing out on this isn’t enough reason to stay away from it. vital nutrients and benefits. Here we list out Cheese is also high in calcium and so, should some common ‘unhealthy’ foods that will not be cut out of your diet completely. Recent improve your health more than any pre- reports say that cheese has cancer-fighting packed, low calorie food could. properties! Grate a little cheese over your salad for flavour or eat a slice as a snack.

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When we think of pork, bacon, salami and ham usually come to mind. That means the Do you reach for pasta only on your cheat meat is also fatty, right? Think again. While days? Well, you’re not actually veering off your bacon is loaded with fat, pork tenderloin is diet path. Noodles and pasta have been actually an extra lean meat and only has 120 shunned because they are processed and calories for every 85g. Pork is also loaded with refined and we agree, too much is not good for protein which your body needs for bones, you. But, its most feared nutrient is also its muscle and strength. Pork chops are also greatest health offering: carbohydrates. You waistline friendly, just make sure your method need carbs to keep your brain and body of cooking doesn’t involve too much fat or oil. functioning. However, don’t load your pasta

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with creamy sauces — opt to accompany it with lean meat and lots of vegetables.

Potatoes Think we’re talking complete nonsense? Then you’re going to find it hard to believe that potatoes are actually a health food. A medium sized potato has more potassium in it than a banana and 20% of your daily dose of vitamin C. They are also loaded with fibre, which helps keep you fuller for longer. But wait! That doesn’t give you permission to dig into a plate of fries. Baked or boiled potatoes are the smart diet choice.

riCe When most of us want to lose some weight, we cut out rice from our diets completely. This isn’t a good idea. When consumed in moderation, rice is actually good for you. It

has hunger-fighting complex carbs and it is surprisingly low in calories (½ cup dry rice contains only 124 calories), which is what matters the most when it comes to weight loss.

Peanut butter Peanut butter has got a bad reputation because it is high in fat. But, that doesn’t necessarily mean that it is fattening. It’s fine to indulge in as long as you don’t go overboard.

Just a tablespoon is enough to keep you satisfied and it contains only 90 calories.

Coffee Coffee is said to make you very jittery and it is overall, just not good for you. However, if you need your caffeine fix, by all means go ahead and have it! Studies show that compounds in coffee may reduce the risk of dementia, diabetes and liver cancer.

Want a way to keep fruits fresh? Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you about the newly introduced fruit guards We’ve been telling you over and over again how you should be carrying fruits with you to snack on instead of buying unhealthy food but, cutting them up and putting them in your tiffin box can often leave them extremely unappetising. If you’re tired of bruised peaches, black apples and squished bananas, Prime World Store has a good option at hand for you. Their international fruit protector, the Banana Guard, keeps fruit fresh and safe for transport; complete with perforations that help with ventilation, preventing premature ripening. There’s also a locking mechanism to keep it closed.

The unique, patented device allows for safe transport and storage of individual bananas, letting you enjoy perfect bananas anytime, anywhere. The

Banana Guard was specially designed to fit the vast majority of bananas. What’s more, the guard also helps you keep littering to a minimum if you’re not around a dustbin, since you can pop the skin back until you see one. Easy to clean, dishwasher safe and available in six bright colours, this is definitely a good idea.

If bananas are not your fruit of choice, don’t worry, because they’ll be launching the Froot and Sandwich guards in a short while. All their products pass through quality testing in Canada and friends of the environment will be pleased to hear that they’re made of FDA approved recyclable plastic.

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MEATY ISSUE >> Overconsumption of meat is not only going to increase your weight and cholesterol, but also put you at risk of heart disease

Is your daily diet dominated by meat?

Rhea Dhanbhoora suggests you take this quiz to find out whether you need to cut down your consumption

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ating too much meat can be a serious health hazard, because you’re at a higher risk of developing not only fat and cholesterol, but also more serious problems such as heart disease and cancer. While processed meats are the worst offenders, even fresh meat can cause osteoporosis, reproductive problems and earlyonset puberty. Find out whether you and your family are at risk by taking the quiz below.

Does at least one of your daily meals include meat? a. Yes. b. No. When eating out, do you always choose nonvegetarian over vegetarian options? a. Yes. b. No. Does your freezer always contain meat? a. Yes. b. No. Do you prefer eating red meat over fish or chicken? a. Yes. b. No. Do you often indulge in cold cuts, bacon or ham for breakfast? a. Yes. b. No. At a buffet, do you always skip the vegetarian dishes? a. Yes. b. No.

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We know that if you regularly eat a lot of meat, you’re probably used to a certain type of meal; so cutting down is going to be hard for you. You may have a meat hangover initially, but once it becomes a healthy habit, you’ll thank us for suggesting it. Here are a few tips to help you out:

change breakfast: If you need to have meat with your breakfast, make it an occasional treat. It might be hard initially, but having bacon and eggs only once a week instead of daily will be worth it in the long run. try switching the meal: Instead of having meat with vegetables on the side, try switching it. Have a meal of vegetables or potato, with meat as the side dish. Slowly reducing your portions will get you used to the habit of eating a lot less meat than you’re used to. try a Different meat: Eat more chicken or fish. Certain types of fish such as rawas (Indian salmon) are meaty enough, so you will miss the feeling of meat just a little less than if you had a lighter fish. Spice your fish the same way you spice your meat to retain a hint of the flavour you’re craving for. snack right: Fill yourself up with healthy snacks, so that your body craves

less fat through the day. By the time you get to dinner, you’ll be eating less of that delicious steak because you’re already half full.

Don’t buy processeD meat: Processed meat is just bad. Keep in mind that the less you buy, the less you eat. Give a family member the responsibility of buying groceries if you don’t trust yourself not to come back with some juicy bits. try new things: The easiest way to quit something is to distract yourself. Go on a little food journey and make it a point to try one new thing every day, whether you like it or not. From vegetables to types of dishes and different food from around the world — just stay away from meat! This way, you’ll be cutting down, but enjoying the process. If you’re not too adventurous with food types, you can always try a new recipe to help distract yourself from your cravings.

mostly as It’s quite obvious how much you love meat, but you’re going to have to start eating less of it in order to save yourself from health problems in the future. You need to replace some of the meat in your diet with non-meat sources. You don’t have to go vegetarian, simply switch to chicken or fish instead. mostly bs You’re quite healthy, so you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Your meat consumption is low enough for you to allow yourself a little treat now and then.

However, if you would like to treat yourself, stick to lean cuts and avoid the fat and grease. You’re on your way to a pretty healthy lifestyle.

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shhh noises “Shhhh” ing your baby imitates the sound he/ she heard in the uterus, which was pretty loud. Place your mouth close to your baby’s ear and make the noise. It should be louder than your baby’s cry or else they won’t hear it. Keep repeating the sound at a steady pace even if the baby seems agitated at first.

>> If you start stressing when your baby cries, they will pick up on your stress level and cry even more

stay calm The best thing that you can do when you’re stuck with a wailing baby is to stay calm. We know that that’s easier said than done, but remember that if you increase your stress levels, your baby will pick up on it and this increases their stress level. This means more crying. Stay calm and your baby will follow suit.

2 Drive by This has to be one of the most successful ways to calm a crying child. A ride in the car often puts a child to sleep in a matter of minutes. The vibrations, soothing noise of the car and stimuli-free zone, all help hush even the most persistent baby.

rocking The rhythmic moving and swinging back and forth imitates the jiggling your baby felt inside the uterus and activates a calming reflex. But, you don’t have to tire yourself out by swinging your baby for hours on end.

There are several baby slings, carriers and bouncy seats available in the market.

>> Milk is a good source of calcium but it isn’t the only one

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position matters Many people believe that newborns are easier to calm down when they are lying down on their stomachs. This position imitates the baby’s position in the uterus, which triggers a calming effect. Lying on their backs often triggers a falling reflex which can upset a baby. However, keep in mind that stomach position is great for calming crying, but babies should only sleep on their backs.

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7 white noise Are you unable to sleep unless the A/C is on?

Well, your baby could like some white noise as well. Any repetitive mechanical sound can help put your baby to sleep. Try keeping the vacuum, hair dryer or fan on low, so that the dull noise acts like a lullaby.

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They may be small, but they sure can create a whole lot of noise! A crying baby is exhausting and it can be hard to tell what they need, especially if you’re a new parent. Glynda Alves helps you out with some tips

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Diaper Duty A dirty diaper is one of the most common reasons your baby is upset and making it known loud and clear. Even if you have just changed your baby’s diaper, it’s a good idea to check. See that your baby’s diaper is clean before you try other methods of calming him/ her down.

slow Down Just how we feel overwhelmed when there is too much happening around us, babies feel the same way. Only it’s much scarier for them!

Too much stimuli is hard for their small minds to process. Try dimming the lights, reducing the noise levels and removing excess toys and people from the environment.

5 running water Standing next to running water can instantly calm a baby. The noise reminds them of the womb and makes them feel secure. However, don’t waste water — collect it in a bucket.

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« QUICK QUIZ TO KNOW YOURSELF

breathe easy

>> Always breathe from your nose and not your mouth

Breathing is an activity that you do 12 times per minute without even realising it. However, there’s a right way to do so. Take this quiz by Priyanka Singh to find out if you’re breathing correctly

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Is your breathing pattern shallow?

Like you take short sips of breath? a. Yes. b. No. Does only your upper chest rise slightly when you inhale? a. Yes. b. No. When you breathe

in, does your rib cage not expand a little from each side? a. Yes. b. No. Do you breathe from your mouth? a. Yes. b. No. Do you yawn or sigh frequently? a. Yes. b. No.

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swaDDle baby Wrapping your baby tightly in a warm, soft blanket can help keep them calm. When babies see moving arms, they don’t realise they are their own and this can frighten them, Swaddling keeps arms immobile. However, in this weather, make sure that the room is cool when your baby is wrapped in blankets.

mostly as Your answers clearly show that you are not breathing right. Shallow breathing can lead to a lot of problems such as lower back pain, asthma, bad upper body posture and high blood pressure. Just your upper chest is not supposed to come out when you inhale, but also your ribcage. Your ribcage expands to 1.5 or 2 inches from the sides when you breathe right.

Also, unless you have a sinus infection or congestion that keeps you from breathing through your nose, your mouth should be closed when you breathe. Taking a deep breath,

sighing or yawning frequently means that your body is not getting enough oxygen in your normal breathing pattern. A normal breath rate should be 10-12 breaths per minute. If you measure how many times you’re breathing each minute and you exceed 12, this is a sign of shallow breathing. mostly bs You are breathing in the right manner, which is going to result in much better health.

Make sure that you don’t falter in your breathing pattern and spread the word on correct forms of breathing.

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Logically speaking When the hiccups irritate you, stick your tongue out and when your eyes twitch, bat your eyelids. Sounds illogical? Priyanka Singh brings you the logic behind these remedies that can save your day

>> Find a private corner and stick your tongue out when incessant hiccups strike

>> Pinch the upper part of your nose when you feel a sneeze coming on.

feel that a sneeze is about to come and not on ou are in the middle of a heated those surprising, uncontrollable ones. Also, it argument and instead of making a is very important to know that stopping your point you burst out crying. Isn’t that sneeze while it’s in progress can be dangerous the most frustrating moment ever? Or and can rupture your blood vessels. For you are amid a lecture, speech or worse — example, do not hold your nose or block your singing a song onstage — and there comes mouth while sneezing. Doing so can cause that sound from your mouth. A hiccup with serious injury. This technique works because no water in sight. What do you do? These it forces you to focus on a physical sensation minuscule problems can sometimes turn out other than your sneeze. to be the reason for some of the most embarrassing moments in our lives. In order HiccupS to stop them from striking unexpectedly, Hiccups can be extremely frustrating and there are a few equally minuscule illogical sometimes take a lot of time to dispel. There things (which are actually quite logical) that are three remedies that you can try to stop you can try in order to get them out of your them immediately. One is to take a deep way. Here are a few effective ones that work: breath and hold it. Second — make sure you do this when no one’s looking — stick your Sneezing tongue out for a couple of seconds. Third, you In between an impressive presentation and can take nine to 10 quick sips of water from feel that a sneeze is about to whoosh out? a glass.

Turn away for a second and pinch the upper The logic: The first remedy works because the part of your nose. Now, stretch it out as if you build-up of carbon dioxide in your lungs are removing your nose from your face. Don’t relaxes the diaphragm, making the hiccups stop. The second one, which is also followed do it too harshly though.

The logic: This method will only work if you by many singers and actors, works because it

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>> Take a deep breath to get rid of hiccups

stimulates the opening between your vocal chords and causes smooth breathing, which puts a stop to the spasms that cause hiccups.

In the third solution, when you’re gulping a drink, rhythmic contractions of the oesophagus override spasms of the diaphragm.

crying Amidst an emotionally charged situation, when the boss is reprimanding you in front of your colleagues or deep in an altercation with someone — the last thing that you’d want to happen are tears dripping from your eyes.

Several people complain (especially women) that this sometimes makes them come across as weak or as a ploy to distract others from the topic of disagreement, as they don’t have a valid point. However, seldom is that the case with many. Well, there’s a very simple way to stop your tears from embarrassing you.

Simply pinch hard the skin between your thumb and index finger. And like magic, the tear duct will stop working.

The logic: This is a diversion technique. You are refocusing your attention from the issue

that is making you cry to the sensation caused due to pinching. This gives you the much needed seconds to recompose yourself.

eye TwiTcHing Pulsating or twitching of the eyelid can be a minor thing, but its presence can be a great irritant. To make it stop, rapidly blink for 30 seconds. But, don’t put too much pressure on your eyes while doing so. Make quick but light blinking movements.

The logic: The reason is quite simple. Rapid blinking relaxes most of your eye muscles and lubricates the eyeballs. This stops your eye twitching.

SHaky HandS Shaky hands before a meeting or an important event? Go up and down a flight of stairs for three minutes. While doing that, keep swinging your arms and breathe deeply.

The logic: Sudden sessions of intense exercise cause the muscles to absorb the adrenaline rush and calm those shaky hands for a substantial amount of time.

« KNOW MORE: WATER & THE CLOCK We all know the importance of drinking water. But, when and how much, are questions that not many are able to solve. Dev Goswami tells you about the best times during the day when you should drink water While you might know the amount of water you need in a day, did you know that there are some specific times when your body needs a glass of water the most? Read on to find out. afTer you wake up Drinking warm water in the morning will help you get rid of free radicals and residue from burnt calories, that is, detoxify.

Before mealS Always drink a glass of water 20-30 minutes before your meals. Not only it will help you feel

fuller, water also lubricates your stomach lining and prepares it for acidic foods.

Before & afTer workouT Have a glass of water 10 minutes before you work out. Keep sipping on it while you work out and replenish the lost water once you’re done.

However, post workout don’t drink too much too quickly. once you geT Home Every evening, once you reach home, always have a glass of water. It will activate your brain

and give you a boost of energy. You can use the refreshing properties of water during the day too — if you’re feeling tired of exhausted, just drink some water.

Before BedTime It is important that your body has enough water for the whole night. At the same time, you don’t want to get up from your sleep to use the washroom often. So, have a glass of water 45 minutes before you go to sleep and try and avoid drinking any fluids after that.

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ASTHMA’S VITAMIN CONNECT >> If you suffer from asthma, going out in the sun will give you instant relief from the symptoms

Getting a little sun is more important now than ever before. Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you how asthma patients can benefit and why the city is reeling under a deficiency

>> Your doctor might prescribe supplements if you suffer from a lack of vitamin D

SIgnS of VItaMIn D DefICIenCy Keep a lookout for the following conditions which can indicate that you suffer from a vitamin D deficiency.

In many cases, vitamin D supplements can help relieve symptoms. But, consult your doctor first.

Muscle weakness: Your muscles have vitamin D receptors and for them to function properly, they need to be sustained by vitamin D. So, if your body suffers from a deficiency of the vitamin, you will suffer from muscle weakness.

Cardiovascular problems: Studies have shown that low levels of vitamin D can increase your risk of hypertension by as much as 67%.

Depression: Your brain too has vitamin D receptors and if they don’t get enough of the vitamin, they can cause depression and mood swings.

Insomnia: The exact link isn’t clear, but there is overwhelming proof that if you are deficient in vitamin D, it is likely that you will suffer from insomnia and a restless sleep pattern.

ave you been in the sun recently? We thought not. Since we spend most of our lives indoors, we miss out on the beneficial effects of the sun. Also, if you’re an asthma patient, you already know how much good a little sun can do. Take a look at why asthma patients should get more sun and why the city is lacking in vitamin D.

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that there is an inverse correlation between asthma control and vitamin D levels. He tells us, “Correcting vitamin D might control asthma in patients, although more research is required to document it. The correction of vitamin D can also decrease an asthma patient’s dependence on steroids. Vitamin D is known to regulate your immune system and so, can bring about these effects.”

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A study by a team at King’s College in London suggested that low vitamin D levels worsened the symptoms of asthma while the vitamin can calm the active part of the immune system. It’s not a treatment yet, but is there any harm in getting a little more sun?

It’s important to realise that a lot of people in Mumbai are more at risk of suffering from both asthma as well as vitamin D deficiency, so the link is inevitable. Pollution will aggravate asthma by clogging your airways with mucus and making them swell. Not getting enough sun means that your immunity drops and we all know that low immunity isn’t great for asthma patients.

Several studies have found that children given vitamin D suffer from less asthma attacks than others, but there’s not enough evidence for it to become a treatment as yet. But, getting a little sunshine will boost your energy levels and you’ll get less affected from dust, grime and pollution and that can make people who suffer from asthma feel better.

You’ve heard all about how there’s a sudden deficiency of vitamin D in the city.

If you’re wondering why so many people are affected, Dr. Vimal Pahuja lists out some of the causes of low vitamin D levels in Mumbai: 1. Changing food fads and food habits contribute to low dietary calcium and vitamin D intake.

2. High fibre diets that have phosphates and phytates deplete vitamin D and increase calcium requirement.

3. Genetic factors which degrade active vitamin D to inactive metabolites.

4. It has been shown that increment in serum vitamin D in response to treatment depends on the heritability of a vitamin D binding protein.

5. With modernisation, the number of hours that we spend indoors have increased, preventing adequate sun exposure. This is particularly true in the urban areas.

6. Increased pollution can hamper the ultraviolet rays to adequately synthesise vitamin D in the skin.

7. Repeated and unplanned pregnancies in dietary deficient patients can aggravate vitamin D deficiency in the mother as well as the foetus.

expertS Say Dr. Vimal Pahuja, general physician at Dr. LH Hiranandani Hospital, believes

« KNOW MORE: WORLD WISH DAY With the World Wish Day being celebrated tomorrow, Make-AWish India is holding week long celebrations to commemorate the day. Dev Goswami finds out more Established in 1980, Make-A-Wish foundation has now achieved worldwide recognition. The foundation is known for its dedication to granting the most cherished wishes of children who suffer from life-threatening diseases. While the wish-granting work of Make-A-Wish is well-known, the foundation also does a variety of fund raising as well as charity events — all dedicated to children and improving their lives.

Tomorrow, the foundation will be celebrating World Wish Day. Uday Joshi, founder and managing trustee of Make-A-Wish Foundation of India, explains the importance of this day. He says, “This day marks the first ever wish granted way back in 1980 in the United States.”

The Indian affiliate of Make-A-Wish will be holding a variety of events and functions to commemorate the day. We tell you more.

a funDraISer

Yesterday, the foundation organised a fundraiser by presenting Stories of a Song, a musical play by Arpana & Underscore Records. Directed by Sunil Shanbag, the play showed music making in India and told the stories of the hardships faced by musicians. The fundraiser also saw the Walt Disney Company granting a few Disney wishes.

Sulagna’S wISh CoMe true

The highlight of the celebratory week, according to us, is the wishgranting that will happen today at 10.30am. The event, which is being held at NCPA, will see Sulagna, a 13-year-old from Vapi, Gujarat, having her wish come true. The teenager, who is seeking treatment for an undisclosed life-threatening condition in Mumbai, has always been enamoured by fashion and her wish has been to get a princess dress and a tiara designed by ace fashion designer Manish Malhotra.

Not only will she get her wish, the renowned designer will himself be present at the NCPA to deliver the dress to her.

Tomorrow, on the occasion of the World Wish Day, the foundation is coming together with its long time supporter Mattel and will be granting the wishes of eight kids who suffer from deadly illnesses.

The kids’ wishes include toys manufactured by Mattel, such as Barbie dolls and Hot Wheel cars.

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« PROBLEM SOLVER: ASK OUR BEAUTY EXPERT

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>> The colour of your teeth reveals a lot about your health. Read our article to find out what we mean

BarBara, our Beauty expert, will help fix your proBlems

Dear Barbara, I went to the salon and the stylist told me that I had split ends. The treatments she was offering me didn’t suit my budget. However, I really do want to tackle this problem. I usually take very good care of my hair, so I don’t know how the split ends occurred. Are there any home remedies that I can opt for?

— akriti sharma, malad Dear akriti, Your hair may be showing signs of sun damage. So, the first thing you need to do is keep it safe from the sun. Always wear a hat outdoors and use a leave-in conditioner that has an SPF rating of at least 10-15. As far remedying your situation is concerned, start following a weekly deep conditioning ritual. Do it every Sunday when you’re not in a hurry to go to work. If that doesn’t help, deep condition your hair twice a week. Also, avoid hair styling products that have alcohol or peroxide as these ingredients will cause your hair to dry faster. >> Wear a hat when you go outdoors to prevent sun damage and split ends

Dear Barbara, My girlfriend has been trying to convince me to start shampooing and conditioning my hair every day. Earlier, I used to shampoo my hair just once a week, but she insists I need to do it more often. The shampoo she is making me use is very expensive, so I’ve started diluting it with water. Is that okay?

— Dinesh rai, Dadar Dear Dinesh, First of all, we recommend you thank your girlfriend for making you see the light.

Regardless of your gender, taking good care of your hair is essential, especially when you live in a city like Mumbai, with high levels of pollution and humidity. Also, diluting your shampoo depends on what type it is. If it’s a concentrated shampoo (it lathers well without dilution and is hard to rinse off), it should be alright. But, instead of diluting it to make it last longer, simply use a coin sized amount of shampoo while washing your hair. That’s all you really need and if you do that you’ll find that a bottle of shampoo will last for at least 2-4 months.

TOOTHOLOGY The colour of your teeth can hint at numerous health problems.

Priyanka Singh tells you what colour corresponds to which disease, so that you can get yourself checked at the earliest

Brown

If the colour of your teeth is predominantly brown, it indicates that you drink a lot of beverages that have a staining effect on the enamel of your teeth. Culprits include coffee, tea, wine and cola. Consuming tobacco products can also lead to discolouration as well. Apart from your food habits, brown teeth may also be caused by celiac disease, an inherited food intolerance that triggers intestinal inflammation, frequent diarrhea, malnutrition or sudden weight loss.

Green A greenish hue or a yellow-greenish tinge to your teeth suggests that you might be suffering from sickle-cell anemia, or that there is an active bacteria development on your teeth.

Grey Teeth that seem greyer than normal can be the result of a previous infection. Greying might also mean that you had certain antibiotics before your permanent teeth were fully formed or that you were exposed to metals such as iron or manganese during your teeth growing period.

Consult your dentist if you have greyish teeth and have had a previous infection, as there might be a possibility of the infection recurring.

lines, streaks or spots Bright white lines or spots that stand out on your teeth might be caused because as a child

you were over exposed to fluoride. It might also be a sign of fluorosis, which is a very dangerous and crippling disease. It can also be a warning sign for celiac disease.

yellow If you have a normal, light yellow tinge, it means that you need to cut on having tea, coffee, alcohol, acidic beverages, wine, cola and smoking, as all these habits discolour your teeth immensely. A severe yellowish colour is also another hint of celiac disease. If your teeth have changed their colour to yellow only recently, then you might have certain nutritional deficiencies. Teeth may also turn yellow from contact with stomach acid as a result of excessive vomiting, making yellow teeth a signal of the eating disorder bulimia.

Blue We were as surprised as you! But, there are in fact people with blue tinged teeth as well. Blue teeth occur when the enamel of your tooth starts to decay. You will see that the borders of your tooth will have a blue outer line and when light falls on them, a bluish tint will reflect off them. This is a dental problem and normal whitening solutions won’t be effective. Tooth enamel can get eroded or start decaying if you consume excessive soft drinks, suffer from a dry mouth and low saliva volume, follow a diet that is very high in sugar and starch, have an acid reflux disease or consume certain drugs or supplements that are acidic or have a high vitamin C content.

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Post Naxal attack, over 1,000 troops pushed into Bastar jungles

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AIPUR: In wake of the deadly Maoist attack on the Congress Parivartan rally in Chhattishgarh, more than 1,000 security personnel have been pumped into the jungles of the naxal-infested Bastar region for a major offensive against the ultras.

"Over thousand security men are on a combing operation in the region (Bastar) after the attack on Congress leaders," Director General of Police Ramniwas told PTI, yesterday.

Heavily armed Maoists ambushed a convoy of Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar district on Saturday, killing 27 people including State Congress Chief Nand Kumar Patel, senior leader Mahendra Karma and ex-MLA Uday Mudliyar besides leaving 36 others injured including former Union Minister V.C. Shukla.

DGP Ramniwas said they have received a tip-off about the cadres who orchestrated the attack and assured early action.

"We have got input about the naxal leaders, who were involved in the attack and efforts are on to nab them," he said.

On the missing security personnel, the DGP said, "A police jawan Pawan Kindro is missing and search is on for him in the jun- Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi attending the last rites of slain party leader Nand Kumar Patel and his gles." son Dinesh Patel at Nandeli, in Raigarh, on Monday.

According to police sources, so far security "The NIA team has reached here and forces have recovered 24 bodies from Jiram Meanwhile, a team of NIA (National Invesvalley of Darbha block where attack had tigation Agency) has reached Raipur and started vestigation at its level," the DGP added. begun its probe into the incident. taken place.

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Antony rules out Army deployment

THANJAVUR (TN): Ruling out the possibility of deploying the Army for anti-Naxal operations, Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday said the real answer lies in strengthening local and central police forces.

He said the Services have been extending full support to the police troops on the ground and the IAF was also operating its choppers during night in Naxal-hit areas.

Asked if the time was right to deploy Army in anti-Naxal operations given the intensity of the attack on Saturday in Chhattisgarh, he said, "There in no proposal like that. We extend our support without direct involvement. The real answer is to strengthen the local police and paramilitary forces." The Defence Ministry has been against deployment of Army and the IAF in antiNaxal operations. The Defence Minister said the Services are providing "full support. In fact day before yesterday, before this tragedy happened, Air Force helicopters were flying at night time.

Our support has always been there."

On the Naxal attack, the Minister said, "India is a democracy, there is procedure, there are institutions and there are methods and opportunity for every section to express grievances. But this kind of violence is not acceptable."

Iran offers oilfields to India at lucrative terms Emergency landing as pilots N find cracks in windshield EW DELHI: Rattled by India sharply cutting down purchase of its oil, Iran on Monday offered oilfields on lucrative terms and routing gas pipeline through sea to avoid Pakistan, provided New Delhi raised oil imports.

Iran mounted a high-level delegation led by its Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi to impress upon New Delhi to raise oil purchases, which were cut to 13.3 million tons in 2012-13 from 18 million tons in the previous year. This year imports are

slated to fall further with MRPL which bought 3.9 million tons of Iranian oil in 2012-13, not importing any so far this fiscal.

"We had a very fruitful meeting," Ghasemi said describing India as "brother and great neighbour".

"There is great relation and history between the two countries," he said after a 150-minute meeting with Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily.

While Ghasemi refused to divulge details of discussion, Moily said there were "certain issues and diffi-

culties" which need to be resolved.

Sources said Tehran was also willing to re-route the Iran-PakistanIndia gas pipeline through an under-sea route to totally avoid going through Pakistan. New Delhi has refused to join the pipeline over concerns of safety of the line and supplies in Pakistan.

Alternatively, Iran offered to ship the gas in its liquid form (LNG).

Also, it offered a production sharing contract (PSC) to ONGC Videsh for the Farzad-B gas field.

BIG DROPS SPLASHING ALL AROUND‌ School girls enjoying the first rains of the summer season in Jammu, on Monday.

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EW DELHI: A Mumbai-bound Jetlite plane, with 117 people on board, on Monday landed under emergency conditions at IGI airport here, returning within minutes of take off after pilots detected cracks in the wind shield.

Flight S2 4107 landed safely and the emergency was terminated by 4.55 p.m. but it led to delay in arrival and departure of some

flights, airport sources said.

The Boeing 737 with 108 passengers and nine crew took off for Mumbai from here at 4.18 p.m. but within five minutes pilots declared an emergency citing cracks in wind shield, the sources said.

The pilots were asked to go for a turnaround and all take-offs and landing were halted. "All passengers were safe," they added.

CELEBRATING SUCCESS...Students celebrating their success after getting their CBSE Class XII results, at a school in Gurgaon, on Monday.

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TOP VIEW It’s better to hang out with people better than you.

Pick out associates whose behaviour is better than yours and you’ll drift in that direction

Warren Buffett BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Angel Broking calls a ‘Buy’ on Larsen & Toubro CMP: Rs. 1465

Markets Surge, But…

NSE India: S&P Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Friday (May 28, 2013) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello

PEVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty rose substantially on Monday (May 27, 2013) a net 99.60 points (1.66%) and closed at the 6083 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 5989 points level. It then declined into the red and registered the day’s low at the 5975 points level at 9.17 a.m. The index then bounced back into the green and turned into a range bound movement until 2.20 p.m. It then rose sharply and registered the day’s high at the 6099 points level at 3.01 p.m.

The index then declined marginally and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty moved in a range of 124 points and closed above the psychologically important 6000 points level. Sentiment was extremely bullish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 43 were gainers, while 7 were losers. All the sectorial indices closed in the green. Heavy buying was seen in consumer durables, oil & gas and metal stocks.

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 19.31%. This change is substantial and indicates a less than full participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 862 were gainers, 522 were losers and 66 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the neutral zone.

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

RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level and is now rising (positive if it continues).

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

ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is above the –DI line and both lines are diverging (positive if it continues).

The ADX is falling while the Market Index is rising, which indicates that the present up trend is decreasing in strength.

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 5942 points level.

The next support is at the 5867 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 6223 points level.

The next resistance is at the 6357 points level.

Pivot Point Analysi s: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6053 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day).

Support (1) = 6006.

Support (2) = 5929.

Resistance (1) = 6130.

Resistance (2) = 6177.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index after having formed a small black body candle with a long lower tail (indicating indecis iveness amongst investors ) has formed a long white body candle. This is positive and indicates that the bias has shifted towards the buy side of the market. Fur ther, the index has crossed above the 5, 15 and 2 5 day’s moving averages in a singl e session.

The index is now above the 5, 15, 25 and 200 day’s moving averages. All these indicate a positive bias.

However, the velocity parameters continue to indicate weakness. Further, the 5 day’s moving average is below the 15 day’s moving average and is declining. Both these indicate a negati ve bias. As such these are mixed signals. Investors are advised to adopt a wait and watch policy for a day or two until clearer signals emerge.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Has crossed above its 5-day average (at 6048) Positive.

Has crossed above its 15-day average (at 6080) Positive.

Has crossed above its 25-day average (at 6018) Positive.

Is above its 200-day average (at 5761) Positive.

Overall Market Strength/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a neutral market but with a positive bias.

Disclaimer: Investment recommendations made in ‘ADC’ are for information purposes only and derived from sources that are deemed to be reliable but their accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. ‘ADC’ or the analyst/writer does not accept any liability for the use of this column for the buying or selling of securities. Readers of this newspaper who buy or sell securities based on the information in this newspaper are solely responsible for their actions. ‘ADC’ and/or its affiliates and/or employees and/or the author, his company or his acquaintances may have interests/ positions, financial or otherwise in the securities mentioned in this newspaper.

Target Rs. 1761

Larsen and Toubro (L&T) posted decent set of numbers for 4QFY2013, which were broadly in-line with our expectation both on revenue and order inflows front. However, owing to higher-than-anticipated other income and lower tax rate PAT came in ahead of our estimate. L&T secured orders worth Rs 27,929 cr during 4QFY2013, taking the order book to Rs 1,53,604 cr. Order inflows were mainly driven by major orders bagged in the infrastructure (28%), power (41%) and process (12%) segments.

Performance in-line with estimates: On the top-line stood, L&T reported decent top-line growth of 9.9% yoy to Rs 20,294 cr which was in-line with our estimate of Rs 20,303cr. The decent growth in revenues was mainly driven by pick up in execution in the engineering and construction (E&C) and machinery & industrial product segment.

Outlook and valuation: For FY2014, the management has given a guidance of 15-17% growth in revenue and 20% growth in order inflow and +/50bp on EBITDA margins. We believe given its robust order backlog, healthy order inflows during the past few quarters and strong execution capabilities, the company is well placed to achieve its guidance on the revenue front, given its robust order backlog. However, it would be difficult to achieve 20% growth on the order inflow front, considering the challenging macro environment.

We believe L&T is best placed to benefit from a gradual recovery in the capex cycle, given its diverse exposure to sectors and a strong balance sheet. We maintain our Buy rating on the stock with a target price of Rs 1,761.

Anand Rathi calls a ‘Hold’ on Shriram City Union Finance CMP: Rs. 1100

Target Rs. 1214

Key takeaways: SME finance driving credit growth: In 4QFY13, Shriram City Union Finance’s AUM growth eased to 17.8%, down 3.5% qoq to Rs 158.3 bn, on account of a calibrated slowdown in gold-loan financing (22% lower qoq). Growth in SME loans and two-wheeler loans, however, were robust, with their share in AUM rising to 40% and 12% respectively, from 29% and 10% a year ago. Led by the sharper focus on the rural hinterland, we expect 24.5% growth in AUM over FY13-15.

Wider spread, stable productivity: Reported gross spreads increased 45bps yoy (95bps qoq), to 11.45%, on the greater rise in yields on advances compared to the cost of funds. An easing liquidity cycle and a higher share of SME finance are likely to aid a stable NIM of +11.5% over FY14/15. Despite the continuous investment in its employees, cost-asset was stable at 4.7%. We expect cost-assets to improve to 3.9% in FY15, compared to 4.3% in FY13, with the NBFC better leveraging its investments in the existing setup.

Our take: On the higher NIM assumptions, we increase our FY14 and FY15 estimated PAT 1.6% and 1% respectively. We raise our target from Rs 1,161 to Rs 1,214 and, on the higher RoE, value the NBFC at 2.4x FY14e BV (earlier 2.3x FY14e). Healthy credit growth and a niche model with a rural focus would support a 3.3%+ RoA over FY13-15. On fair valuations, we maintain a Hold. Our target is based on the two-stage DDM.

Prabhudas Lilladher calls a ‘Buy’ on Jammu & Kashmir Bank CMP: Rs. 1256

Target Rs. 1650

J&K Bank recorded strong performance in FY13 despite some disappointment on asset quality in H2FY13. Risks remain in the non-J&K book due to weak macros but J&K bank remains best positioned to benefit from high J&K state GDP growth with likely surprise in J&K state loan growth and asset quality. Despite factoring in ~25bps NIM contraction and ~80bps credit costs, we still expect ROEs of ~1920% and hence, maintain ‘BUY’ with a PT of Rs 1650/share.

Growth prospects strong in J&K: The bank reported ~25% YoY growth in J&K state advances and with J&K state GDP sustaining at +6.5-7.0% levels, management reiterated +25-30% advance growth target for FY14. Agri and J&K corporate drove faster growth and are likely to remain the key drivers.

There has been some inch up in competition from private banks, but management indicated that they have maintained deposit/advances market share in J&K and their incremental rural branches are significantly contributing to CASA build up, with 70% CASA ratio in these branches.

Expect low profit in FY14 but ROEs still best in class: We continue to believe that NIMs/ROAs for J&K bank will likely moderate in a falling rate scenario but despite assuming ~25bps lower NIMs and ~80bps of credit costs, we still expect ROAs of ~1.4% and ROEs of 19-20% with a possible surprise on FY14 growth. With undemanding valuations at 1.1x Sep-14book, we maintain ‘BUY’ with a PT of Rs 1,650/share.

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Mid-Caps Beat Large-Caps With Higher Returns, Lower Volatility NEWS FLASH

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Sensex gains 326 points to close at 20,030 with value buying from lower levels as Nifty once again re-confirmed its near-to-medium term uptrend. Dabur expands packaged food biz; launches drinking yoghurts. Toyota recalls around 1,000 Corolla Altis cars in India. United Spirits Ltd allots 1.45 crore shares on preferential basis to Diageo.

The CNX Midcap Index returned 23% annualised returns over the 10-year period ending March 2013, while the CNX Nifty returned 19%. Volatility for the CNX Midcap was also lower.

By A Business Reporter

a five year time-frame.”

Mutual funds, too, displayed simeturns and volatility of large- ilar traits; small and mid-cap equity cap and mid-cap equities re- funds were less volatile than largeveal an interesting trend: cap funds across three, five and mid-cap equities not only provided seven-year time frames. The former higher returns than large-cap equi- also generated higher returns over ties over longer time frames, but multiple periods. Another observawere also less volatile; says a recent tion was that while the small and mid-cap category outperformed, study by CRISIL Research.

The study was conducted using not all individual funds gave higher representative category indices and returns.

The difference in returns between also extended to mutual funds. According to Sandeep Sabharwal, Sen- the best and worst-performing fund ior Director, Capital Markets, varied from 7% in the 10-year peCRISIL Research, “The CNX Midcap riod to 19% in the three-year period, Index returned 23% annualised re- thus reiterating the need for inturns over the 10-year period end- vestors to make well researched ining March 2013, while the CNX Nifty vestment decisions. Mutual fund Index returned 19%. Volatility (risk) research that blends analysis of permeasured by standard deviation for formance and portfolio attributes, the CNX Midcap Index was also by independent agencies, can aid lower at 25% compared to over 26% informed decision-making.

Says Mukesh Agarwal, President, for the CNX Nifty Index. Even over other periods of analysis, viz., three, CRISIL Research, “The study also five and seven years, the mid-cap evaluated the reasons behind this index was less volatile while it out- trend. Firstly, the CNX Midcap performed the CNX Nifty Index over Index is more diversified vis-à-vis

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the CNX Nifty Index at both sector and stock levels. While the CNX Midcap Index has exposure to 29 industries, the CNX Nifty Index constitutes 17 industries.

In terms of concentration, there are only four industries with more than 5% exposure in the mid-cap index compared to nine for the CNX Nifty Index. Greater diversification and lower concentration help lower the risk for the CNX Midcap Index.

Secondly, the CNX Midcap Index has a 23% allocation to defensive sectors (which are less volatile) such as consumer staples and pharmaceuticals, while the CNX Nifty Index has 10% allocation to these sectors.”

Thus, contrary to general perception, mid-cap indices and funds have shown lower volatility and higher returns vis-à-vis large cap indices and funds. Hence, retail investors can look at increasing their exposure to mid-cap equity via mutual funds and benefit from higher risk-adjusted returns over the long run.

Government to announce FY13 numbers on May 30

Economists See Q4 GDP At 4.8%

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conomists yesterday forecast a sub-five per cent readings in the March quarter GDP, pulling down the overall economic expansion in FY13 to a decadal low of around five per cent.

Credit Suisse Director and Chief Economist Robert Prior-Wandesforde pegged the March quarter GDP growth at 4.8 %, which is also concurred by Nomura and DBS. The government will announce the FY13 GDP numbers on May 30, where it expects the readings to be around 5.2%, reports PTI from Mumbai. Till the third quarter, the economy grew 5.1 %, with the Q1

being the highest at 5.5 % and Q3 being the lowest at 4.5 %.

“The GDP growth for the March quarter is expected to remain soft at 4.8 %, due largely to a reduction in government spending, but we are hopeful that the lower interest rate environment and improving investment should result in better growth numbers from the June quarter,” Prior-Wandesforde said in a research note.

However, Nomura India chief economist Sonal Verma in a note pegged the growth expectation at a lower 4.5 % during the period, citing the cut in government spending that began in the third quarter besides weaker consumer

demand and subdued investment activities.

But she said moderation in WPI inflation, which hit a three-year low at 4.9% in April, amid weak demand should pave the way for lower interest rates.

DBS Bank group economist Radhika Rao in a note also pegged Q4 GDP at 4.5 % and the overall growth under 5 %.

“After a dismal 4.5 % in the December quarter, we expect the final quarter number to register another sub-5 %, at 4.7 %, despite the slight improvement in the underlying momentum. This should lead the headline reading for FY13 at 5%,” Rao said.

Arbitration Finds Preference For Dispute Resolution

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rbitration is emerging as a preferred dispute resolution mechanism in India and the country has become one of the top three seats for arbitration in the world along with Singapore and England, says a survey.

According to a PwC survey on Corporate Attitudes and Practices towards Arbitration in India, 95 % of the companies surveyed used arbitration in isolation or in combination with other dispute resolution mechanisms.

Moreover, a clear majority of companies (91%) in India which

have a dispute resolution policy, use arbitration and not litigation for resolution of future disputes, while, 82 % of the companies with arbitration experience indicated they would continue to use arbitration in the future disputes as well, reports PTI from New Delhi.

The survey highlighted that the retired Supreme Court /High Court judges were a preferred choice for arbitration cases.

It also revealed that India, Singapore and England are the top three seats for arbitration in the world.

The top three factors that make arbitration the most preferred dis-

pute resolution mechanism include — speed, flexibility and confidentiality.

“Corporate attitudes and practices towards arbitration in India point to a positive trend as more companies in India are adopting arbitration to resolve disputes, despite the challenges,” PwC India Leader Forensic Services Vidya Rajarao said.

He added, “The future of arbitration is cautiously optimistic especially given the changes in the arbitration landscape in India are on the anvil and there is a steady increase in arbitration institutions in India.”

BUSINESS BRIEFS BofA-ML Sees Cut In Repo, CRR In June Review

Foreign brokerage Bank of America Merill Lynch (BofA-ML) on Monday said the Reserve Bank will go for a 0.25% cut each in repo rate and cash reserve ratio (CRR) in its upcoming mid-quarter policy review on June 17. In the last policy announcement on May 3, the central bank had cut its key rate of lending—the repo rate— by 0.25%.But bankers said they cannot cut lending rates as the liquidity pressures keep the cost of funds high. “It could cut CRR by 0.25 % on June 17 alongside a 0.25% repo rate cut,” it said in a note. BofA-ML said the liquidity deficit is running higher than the forecasts because the RBI has suspended its bond buybacks or open market operations.

HC Issues Notices To Idea Cellular, Others In 3G Case

The Delhi High Court has sought response from Idea Cellular Ltd (ICL) and its chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla on a contempt petition against the telecom major for allegedly disobeying its earlier order by providing 3G services to new customers in circles where it lacks the requisite licences.

Justice Rajiv Shakdhar asked the telecom company and five others including Birla to file their response within four weeks and posted the matter for further hearing on August 5. Besides the telecom company and its chairman, the court also issued notices to Himanshu Kapania, Managing Director of ICL, Akshya Moondra, Chief Financial Officer of the firm, P Lakshminarayana and Pankaj Kapdeo, Company Secretaries of ICL.

Sebi Wants Call Data Records, Not Phone-Tapping Powers

Seeking the government’s help in getting call data records of persons being probed by it in cases of insider trading and other market manipulations, Sebi says it is not asking for powers to snoop on telephonic conversations.

Sebi needs call data records (CDRs) of entities under its investigation to establish links between two or more parties, who might have had conversations among themselves before or after the incidents of insider trading or other manipulative activities in the market, it’s Chairman U K Sinha, adding “The CDRs can be very useful to establish that two parties have been talking to each other and could be related entities.“

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TV GUIDE

TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

While on vacation on Northern Australia, Gracie, her husband Adam and her younger sister Lee decide to take the Blackwater Barry tour in the swamp for fishing. Their guide Jim uses a small motor boat and takes the tourist along the river to a remote spot. When they stop, they are attacked by a huge crocodile that capsizes their boat and immediately kills Jim. The three survivors climb a tree and when they realize that help would never come to rescue them, they decide to try to find a way out of their sheltered location. However, in the muddy water, their boat is flipped and the crocodile stalks the trio under the water. H BO, 9 p.m.

SUMMERLAND

SOAPS & SERIALS

Bradin learns to adapt to the change by taking up surfing. Nikki stays up in her room and tries to take over the mother figure roll, and is hesitant to accept Ava and the others as her new guardians, and her parents death. Derrick tries to figure out how to give his mother a birthday present in heaven, and gets the wrong idea when he’s convinced by a new friend to try an ancient Mayan ritual. Meanwhile,with all of the stress being added on by the 3 new additions, Johnny, Jay, and Susannah feel they are being too much and should consider moving out, leaving Ava to be the main parental figure on her own. Big CBS Love, 10 p.m .

ONE TREE HILL

Nathan deals with a player who is a rival both on and off the court. Dan is given a restraining order from Deb and Nathan.

Brooke and Mouth look to get even with Rachel, who has tricked Cooper into thinking she is 26 and a model. Dan has a run-in with Cooper. Peyton makes a major decision and goes to see Jake and Jenny who are in Savannah. At the end of the episode Peyton asks Jake to marry her. Star Wor ld, 10 p.m.

ANCIENT ALIENS

Ancient alien theorists like Erich von Däniken believe that, thousands of years ago, extraterrestrials landed on Earth, where they were hailed as gods and helped shape human civilization.

But what proof could possibly exist for such an encounter? Proponents of the theory point to two types of evidence: ancient religious texts and physical specimens such as cave drawings, stone sculptures and pyramids. Is your curiosity piqued?

Hi stor y18, 8 p.m.

UNTAMED AFRICA

UNTAMED AFRICA is a celebration of Africa’s most spectacular locations, showcasing the full African experience. The show journeys from the cradle of human civilisation to the most aweinspiring natural wonders of the world by going on safari to see the continent’s Big Five - lion, elephant, leopard, black and white rhino and Cape buffalo. Wildest Africa discovers their secret locations, their cultural and wildlife issues, as well as how the natural wonders they live in are being threatened and what is being done to overcome these environmental pressures.

Animal Planet, 7 p.m .

FROZEN PLANET

Frozen Planet is the ultimate portrait of our earth’s polar regions, where the scale and beauty of the scenery and sheer power of the natural elements are unlike anywhere else on the

THE JUNGLE BOOK 2

Summerland, Big CBs Love, 10 p.m.

planet. This landmark series brings to the screen the frozen wildernesses of the Arctic and Antarctic as you have never seen them before, and may never see them again. A comprehensive record of the natural history of the polar regions, it brings attention on how climate change is affecting landforms such as glaciers, ice shelves and the extent of sea ice. Discover y, 8 p.m.

MADHUBALA… EK ISHQ EK JUNOON

In tonight’s episode we will see, Madhu go to orphange wid radha where there is a miss and hit between Sultan and RK. Haldi ceremony starts where RK is sure of winning the bet shart.

Colors, 8.30 p.m .

SAATH NIBHANA SAATHIYA

Rashi-Urmi manage to pull out a way to America, Koki decides Hetal should go with Rashi to take care of her in her Pregnancy.

Urmi disappointed but sabotages Hetal’s passport thinking she’ll be the next choice to go along with Rashi. Urmi again plans and tricks Koki to leave to meet Nani. So after cooking so much Urmi gets a chance to go with Rashi. Star Plus, 7 p.m.

KAISA YEH ISHQ HAIN... AJAB SA RISK HAI

Simran calls Rajveer but he keeps on disconnecting her call.

While Simran repeatedly calls him, Rajveer throws away the phone in anger accidentally connecting the call. On being questioned by Jaggi, Rajveer confesses that he also loves Simran but cannot express it to her because of his family. Will Simran hear the full conversation? What will Simran do know? How will she react? Li fe Ok , 10 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Jungle boy Mowgli (voiced by Osment) decides to forsake civilized village life for the “bare necessities” of the wild with his old friends. However, the evil tiger Shere Khan is looking for a little payback after Mowgli’s last adventure. Trouble’s a-brewing!

Star Movies, 7.25 p.m.

EK THA TIGER

In a government employees’ neighbourhood in New Delhi, there lived a rugged, handsome and mysterious bachelor about whom his neighbours knew nothing.That was because he was India’s top spy, an officer with the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency. This man was known even in official corridors as TIGER.Tiger is sent on a relatively easy and safe mission to Dublin, Ireland to observe a scientist of Indian origin who is suspected of sharing his research findings with the Pakistan defence establishment. Tiger attempts to meet the scientist but it is not successful. He tries to befriend the scientist’s part time home caretaker, Zoya. As Tiger begins to get closer to Zoya...he begins to discover his human side. For the first time in his life Tiger falls in love. Max, 8.55 p.m.

The war veteran, Ty Hackett, is hired to work as security guard by the Eagle Shield Security where his old friend Mike Cochroone works. Ty is having financial difficulties after the death of his father, and is raising his brother Jimmy alone. He teams up with Mike’s brother-in-law, Baines, and their coworkers Quinn, Palmer and Dobbs. One night, Mike invites Ty to join in the robbery of two armored trucks transporting forty-two million dollars. The re-

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Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi Niyati Piya Ka Ghar Pyaara Lage Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali.

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P.M. 2.00 Taarak

GADAR-EK PREM KATHA

Amongst the communal riots that erupt in the city, Tara shelters a wayward Sakina from a crazed mob and a bond that blossoms into love is created. The two eventually get married and have a son. The happy family, now living in Amritsar, gets the shock of their lives when Sakina learns that her father (Amrish Puri), whom she previously believed died in the riots back in Amritsar, is still alive after seeing his picture in a tattered, old newspaper. Upon contacting him, Sakina’s father, now the mayor of Lahore in Pakistan, arranges for his daughter to arrive in Lahore to see him. Sakina leaves for Lahore minus Tara and her son, and upon reaching the city, learns of her father’s plans for her plans that include forcing Sakina to forget about her family and start life anew in Pakistan. Zee Ci nema, 9 p.m.

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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

An FBI agent hunts down a young con artist who successfully impersonated an airline pilot, doctor, and assistant attorney general, cashing more than $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in 26 countries. Pix, 6.15 p.m.

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luctant Ty accepts after Mike promises that nobody would be hurt in the heist. Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m .

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STAR WORLD

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8.00 Anamika 8.30 Amita Ka Amit 9.00 Chanchhan 9.30 Nayi Umra Nayi Chunauti Par.

JO BOLE SO NIHAL

Nihaal Singh(Sunny Deol) is an honest constable in Punjab whose life changes forever when he meets Romeo, a mercenary who moves from country to country spreading a chain of terror.

Romeo uses Nihaal’s innocence to make his escape, and Nihaal is branded a traitor, suspended from his job and faces the wrath of the entire village. Meanwhile, Romeo reaches the Big Apple.

The FBI is desperately looking for Romeo, and intelligence reports warn of the possibility of an organization hiring his services to assassinate the US. Fil my, 9 p.m .

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ZEE STUDIO

Inglorious Basterds Julie and Julia The Karate Kid I Spy Armored

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

PIX

Give The Guy A Hand Hancock The Glass House Catch Me If You Can Total Recall Men In Black 3

Mahima: Arun Nalavade 6.00 Bhau Mazha Pathi Rakha: Ashok Shinde 9.00 Navra Maza Navsacha: Sachin, Supriya

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 A.M. 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00

Tom and Jerry Tales Oggy and the Cockroaches Adventure Time Ben 10 Oggya and the Cockroaches R21 Chhutti Hogayi Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Tom and Jerry Show Adventure Time

Roll No 21 Obbochama Kun Adventure Time Ben 10 Tom and Jerry Show

POGO

P.M. 1.00 Ladoo Par Lattoo Special 2.30 Kaalia Ustad Special 4.00 Kumbh Karan: Dbanggiri Special 5.30 Chhota Bheem Marathon 8.00 Hagemaru 9.00 Chhota Bheem 9.30 Pokemon 10.00 Takeshi’s Castle 10.30 Sunaina 11.00 MAD A.M.

Catch Me If You Can Men In Black 3

STAR GOLD

Meri Taaqat Raju Chacha Sapoot Barsaat Beta

MAX

Armored, Zee Studio, 10.30 p.m.

P.M. 1.30 Aamdani Attanni Kharcha Rupiya: Govinda 5.10 Apne: Dharmendra 8.55 Ek Tha Tigers A.M 10.40 Main Hoon Akela : Arjun, Ashish V

ZEE CINEMA

P.M. 1.30 Ganesh 6.00 Loha: Dharmendra 9.00 Gadar-Ek Prem Kahani: Sunny Deol A.M. 11.40 Chaalbaaz: Sridevi

CVO

P.M. 2.00 Ek Duuje Ke Liye: Kamal Hassan 5.30 Dastoor: Suresh Oberoi 9.00 Abhimaan: Amitabh, Jaya Bhaduri A.M. 9.30 Anjaam: Nutan

FILMY

P.M. 12.00 Nasihat: Dara Singh, Rajshree 3.00 Atishbaaz: Shatrughan Sinha 6.00 Kotwal Saab: Shatrughan Sinha 9.00 Jo Bole So Nihal: Sunny Deol, Shilpi A.M. 9.00 Paagalpan: Karan Nath

B4U

P.M 12.00 Mahachor: Rajesh Khanna 4.00 China Gate: Om Puri 8.30 Tum Ho Sabse Haseen: Jai Akash, Nicole A.M. 8.00 Vishwas: Jeetendra, Aparna Sen

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 12.00 De Danadaan: Mahesh Kothari 3.00 Shree Siddhivinayak

Catch Me If You Can, Pix, 6.15 p.m.

8.00 Thomas and Friends 8.30 Galli Galli Sim Sim 9.00 Chhota Bheem Marathon

DISNEY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 9.00 9.30 10.00 11.00 P.M. 2.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 6.30 7.00 7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30

Doraemon Hamtaro Art Attack Phineas And Ferb Doraemon Hamtaro Doraemon Disney Q Doraemon Disney Q Slokk 2 Best of Luck Nikki Hannah Montana

DISNEY XD

Kiteretsu Slugterra Splatalot Super Robot Slugterra Iron Mas AA Spiderman Kiteretsu Slugterra Ultimate Spiderman Hulk Iron Man AA Rescue Force

Padma gives a grand start to dance fest

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By Vijay Shanker

Rajendra Nirupama

Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam

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O celebrate the platinum jubilee and to observe the 125 birth anniversary of Kulapati Dr. K.M. Munshi, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan organised a week-long festival of classical dances and included art forms like Vilasini Natyam and Yakshagana at the Bhavan's Kanji Khetsey Sabhagriha.

Most of the performances were of high calibre with a few exceptions.

The performers were Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam and Jayashree Rajagopal for Bharata Nrityam, Guru Kalyanasundaram, Madhavapeddi Murthy, Raminder Khurana, Sanjib Bhattacharya, Sadanam Harikumaran for Kathakali, Yasoda Thakore, Kaberi Sen, Sadanand Biswas, Vidya Kolyur, Nirupama and Rajendra, Pallavi Krishnan.

Renowned danseuse Dr. Subramanyam's rendering of the Meera Bhajan ‘Pyare Darshan Deejyo’ was scintillating and elevating too. The transformation of dream into reality when the devotee realises that the Lord has finally appeared, the joy and the happiness was portrayed with subtle and impeccable abhinaya, thereby receiving a standing ovation for the performance. Padma received excellent vocal support from Gayatri Kumar and Radhika from Chennai.

Bangalore based husband and wife team Nirupama and Rajendra rendered a brilliant Kathak performance note-

worthy for its theatrical appeal, precision and command over the technical quality of Kathak. Shringara Ramayana was a expressional delight, Tarang for the quality of pure dance and technique and Varsha for the dramatic and exciting downpour of the monsoon.

Undoubtedly Nirupama and Rajendra are among the best dancing couples of the country.

One of the foremost Manipuri dancers of the country, Sanjib Bhattacharya impressed the audience with the subtle and dramatic portrayal of

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Dashavatara. The co-artists were impressive in the drum dance known as pung cholom and ball play known as Konduk-khel.

Pallavi Krishnan's Mohiniattam and Yasoda Thakore's Vilasini Natyam was pleasing for its technical and expressional qualityl It was interesting to watch Vilasini Natyam due to its rustic and desi touch. Murthy rendered a brilliant Kuchipudi performance, the most impressive being the number Bhaja Govindam. On the whole it was a grand festival.

invocation to lord Ganesha sung by Sunita and it was followed by a fusion piece with UNITA BHUYAN is one of her accompanists on the the most charming violintabla, keyboards and jembay ists of the country. The (from the album 'conversadaughter and disciple of Mitions' by Stpehn Graphelli naoti Khaund, a senior violin and L. Subramanium). Viewexponent from Assam, Sunita ers were delighted as ragas who has been a resident of flowed in and out of chords Mumbai has been performwith elan. This was followed ing regularly on the city conSunita Bhuyan in performance. by a medley in ragas called cert circuit. We have watched ‘Bharat Darshan, where short her grow as a musician at an tiful musical experience.

What was significant about renditions comprising music exponential rate. She performed recently at the Mum- her performance was the way from different states of India bai Book Fair recently and the she handled both Indian clas- were portrayed.

The next item ‘Raga to Bolperformance completely sical and fusion with equal expertise. One does not get to lywood’ was very entertaincaptivated the audience.

Power and passion are the see an Indian classical violin- ing as she quizzed the two words that can perhaps ist who plays standing on the audience about various Bolonly remotely do justice to stage, and if that was not all, lywood numbers that she Sunita’s performance as she also sing and emote with played and showed how these everyday songs that we romanced the violin, taking equal passion!

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the seven notes ‘Sa re ga ma pa dha ni’. The audience was by then rocking and swaying to her!

What took the cake was the part on the Assamese Bihu, from her Album ‘Bihu Strings’. She sang and played the violin with equal ease, swaying to the beats herself.

By this time, there was no holding back the audience in the ground, which was jam packed. The evening was invigorating. There is a certain purity and positive energy in Sunita’s music that stays with you, that has a promise, a heady rush! More than a musical treat, we would call it a wonderful and energetic presentation, a combo of positive talk, songs and music!

A father’s conflict with his wife, daughter pande and his wife (Supriya Pilgaonkar) is too wide and once they literally have a ACHIN PILGAONKAR adapts the pop- pow wow during a radio interview conular Neil Simon play I Ought to be in ducted by Deshpande’s wife where he the Pictures to launch his daughter storms out after the interview. There are Shreya Pilgaonkar in the Marathi film Ekulti Ek. Arun Deshpande (Sachin Pilgaonkar) is a revered singer who has to sacrifice his family life for his career and one fine day his 18-year-old daughter Swara (Shreya Pigaonkar) lands up at his house with the intention of becoming a heroine.

Her father is shell shocked but he slowly warms up to his daughter who tries to get her father back in the family fold again and becomes a successful actor. But the rift between Arun Desh- Sachin and Shreya in a still from Ekulti Ek.

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UDAYAN’S MUSIC CONCERT

UDAYAN presents on Saturday, June 1, a vocal recital by Prasad Khaparde at Hall of Harmony, Nehru Centre at 6.30 pm.

Prasad Khaparde is a senior disciple of Ustad Rashid Khan. His initial training in classical music was under the guidance of the eminent gurus of Gwalior Gharana Bhalerao Guruji, Lt. Pandit D.V. Panke and Lt. Pandita Sumantai Choudhari. Later, he became a scholar at ITC Sangeet Research Academy of Kolkata and since then has been under the tutelage of Ustad Rashid Khan.

CONCERT OF CLASSICAL SONGS

Sunita Bhuyan’s passionate violin performance

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NEWS IN BRIEF

many funny and touching situations between father and daughter.

Swara, with the help of her father’s loyal secretary Mehta and her boyfriend played by Siddharth Menon then tries to bring the estranged couple together. The film is thoroughly watchable especially for the lead cast who put in fine performances, especially Shreya Pilgaonkar who makes a good debut.

Ashok Saraf, Supriya Pilgaonkar, Nirmitee Sawant, Siddharth Menon, lend good support.The music and background music by Jitendra Kulkarni is good. The DOP Rahul Jadhav has lensed some colorful frames. The editing is slick.

The film is worth watching by the entire family.

NATIONAL Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) will feature classical singer Neela Bhagwat and Soma Sen in an evening concert entitled 'Robi Anurag' which includes Rabindra Sangeet numbers and their interpretation through Hindustani bandishes. Niranjan Lele on the harmonium and Anutosh Degharia on the tabla at NGMA, opposite the Museum/ Regal Cinema on Saturday, June 1 at 6.30 pm. Admission Free.

DILIP SEN RECORDS SONG

MUSIC Director Dilip Sen recorded a Marathi song in voice of Hariharan and Sangeeta Kopalkar at Hariharan’s recording studio in Chandivali, Powai recently. The song was penned by M.Prakash.

This song was recorded for director Guddu Dhanoa’s Marathi film “Gulabi” starring Sachin Khedekar and Pakhi, where in Pakhi is portraying the roll of call girl Gulabi in the movie.

‘GAMMAT’ MAHURAT HELD

THE mahurat of Silver Screen Entertainments ‘Gammat’ was held recently at the Empire Recording Studio with a song recording by Soumya Rao. The film is written and directed by Milind Kavde and music is by Nitinkumar Gupta and lyrics by Francis. The film stars Sanjay Narvekar, Smita Gondkar and Vijay Patkar among others.

‘MAJHI SHALA’ TO RELEASE SOON

WRITER director Shantanu Tambe’s ‘Majhi Shala’ dealing with the lack of education issue among farmers’ children is set for an early release. The film stars Arun Nalawde in an important role along with Alka Kubal Athalye, Jayant Sawarkar, Devendra Dodke, etc. The music is by Sachin Dipesh and the lyrics by Hrishikesh Koli. The DOP is Vinayak Jadhav.

ANUPAM KHERS ‘KUCCH BHI HO SAKTA HAI’ COMPLETES 300 PERFORMANCES!

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CTOR Anupam Kher is delighted about performing the play Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai for the 300th time and dedicates it to his late father Pushkar Nath Kher. The autobiographical play is presented by Anupam Kher, 58, who narrates his journey to success through a monologue. “I am happy about the 300 performances of Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai and I dedicate it to my father’s philosophy of ‘Life is too short to complain’,” Anupam says.

The play, written by Ashok Patole and Kher himself, deals with the struggles that Kher had to undergo in his life before achieving success and how he played an old man in Saaransh at the young age of 28 years which was the turning point in his life. He further adds that the play has been a cathartic experience for him and people come to him saying that it’s very brave on his part to do a play like this. Real characters like Mahesh Bhatt and Subhash Ghai are also a part of the play. Kher wants to continue doing the play for the next 20 years even if he is on a wheel chair.

That’s commitment for you, from an actor par excellence!

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 561

ENIGMA CODE 561

ACROSS:

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.

7 Perhaps I can wash the slicer (5,3) 9 One's more clumsy with the atomic nucleus (6) 10 Birth certificate? (8,4) 11 Black eye for a boot-black? (6) 13 The terrible happenings that transform our stage ? (8) 14 Honest motive for finding significance in an award ? (5,2,6) 17 One may feel a friend to be clever at the piano (8) 19 Relative in the R.A.F. (6) 20 Is he so stupid not to live in town?

(7,5) 22 Cinnamon or senna plant (6) 23 Crumbs are slung out (8)

DOWN: 1 Be quick to speak in pidgin English (4,4) 2 Discover the devil to be heartless (4) 3 That's fifty in a rash setting for building in stone (6) 4 Belt it or croon it at the opera house ? (8) 5 Circumlocutory traffic controller (10) 6 Fine state to be in (6) 8 Gesture to discourage some fishing operations causing and emotional upsurge (4,2,7) 12 Get fixed on foreign adornment (4,6) 15 Slide down to the marsh and take the horse up (8) 16 Chose most of the trees with

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SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE

BROWSE, BORROW, BOWERS, BREWER, ROWERS, SEWERS, SORROW

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MATH PYRAMID 561 resounding success (2-6) 18 In Japan, I'm a little beast (6) 19 Man once promoted Sergeant !

(6) 21 Villa in putting squeeze on the leader (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across: 6 Riler, 7 Ideally, 9 Hard facts, 10 Rust, 11 Malawi, 12 Napoleon, 13 Gratification, 16 Surplice, 18 Uprush, 21 Keen, 22 Cream cake, 23 Pass out, 24 Nolan.

Down: 1 Brahma, 2 Gloria, 3 Graffiti, 4 Sets up, 5 Eyes down, 7 In confinement, 8 Lorelei, 13 Giuseppe, 14 Appends, 15 Abutment, 17 Inchon, 19 Really, 20 Sterne.

QUICK CROSS 561

ACROSS: 1 Academy Award (5) 6 Dickens' title starter (1,4) 7 Pacific island group (5) 8 Held at bay (5) 9 Lee's opposite (5)

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

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DOWN: 1 Kilns (5) 2 Begin (5) 3 Brief role (5) 4 Bitter drug (5) 5 Pores over (5)

HIDATO 561

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

MATHDOKU 561

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

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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COFFEEBREAK MOON: Moon in Sagittarius till 5:34pm TITHI: Angariki Sankasht Chaturthi NAKSHATRA: Purvashada RASHI: Dhan [Sagittarius] G. S. Sh. LUCKY COLOUR: Variegated and Light Brown LUCKY NUMBER: 5 BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Those planning to go abroad to work will receive lucrative offers. This is the right time to apply for entrance into trade. Students taking up vocational courses may opt for catering or hotel management. They will receive job offers to work as trainees in five-star hotels which should be accepted. The married will enjoy domestic felicity. The single, and eligible, will settle down in matrimony this year.

BABIES BORN TODAY: Good looking, healthy and long-lived. Will be generally fortunate, intelligent and achiever. Will be fond of outdoor activities and friends. Humble, honest and adaptable. Does well in most fields especially medicine, media, communication, philosophy and occult services.

Success from overseas is indicated.

TODAY’S FORECAST Jagjit Uppal

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You have a lot to do today and there will be people who will try to take advantage of your good nature. Be polite but firm and don’t let others waste your time. Do not go out of your way as it may setback schedules considerably. The experience will help you to re evaluate a few things today. You share perfect rapport and understanding with your mate and enjoy delightful companionship.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Circumstances are turning in your favor. Concentrate on the target you wish to reach. Your accomplishments so far have been quite remarkable. Though you have not achieved your goal you are moving ahead in the right direction and it is now within your grasp. Matters at home are happy and joyful. There will be a celebration where the family is likely to be reunited after a long time.

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Good thinking and quick planning helps you to secure a contract that is likely to add to your reputation and profit. Though, certain important decisions may have to be deferred. A family get-together proves enjoyable. A religious or auspicious ceremony will be celebrated at home. Your mate or beloved may also want to spend some quality time with you.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Monetary gains from a sale transaction should be re-invested as soon as possible. Someone close could take advantage of your generosity. Deal with the situation firmly else you could lose out financially and emotionally. Avoid arguments at all costs. Do not to give in to doubts or let others discourage you, even if you encounter a disappointing experience.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You are quite excited to start a new assignment, which is somewhat challenging. The successful completion of this will bring bonus rewards. Business people will come across an opportunity to make good amount of money from a trading transaction. This may be a onetime deal.

You may be torn between duty and responsibility towards family. It is an effort for you to comply but is worth it for all-round happiness.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Monetary gains through unexpected sources are foreseen. The employed will receive several job offers from rival organizations. If seeking a change this is the right time to switch over, else stay put, you will do well. Matters concerning home and family are congenial.

Relationship with mate improves. Family life that has been strained will now improve. Expenses on house and family are likely.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will receive no bouquets for your achievements at work but emotionally you will be happy that you have done your work well. Your responsibilities may exhaust you mentally and physically but your mate will be a source of encouragement and strength. At a social event you will create a lasting impression. Romance offers its share of thrills.

PHANTOM LEE FALK

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You may receive an offer for work or business, which is very exciting. Try to postpone important decisions until you are sure of what it entails. In any case work or project that involves you making some investment and then work on commission basis is a bad proposal.

Changes in the family are inevitable accepting them can be difficult. It will all work out favorably for all. It is just a question of time.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20): There will be certain new developments around you, which bring an opportunity for growth. If not bound by any contracts, this could be the right time to change your job for improving your career prospects. Accept fresh proposal for a job or business, which entail a lot of travel. A more positive approach does wonders in rapport with others. Try to improve your relations with those that matter to you.

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): News that you have been waiting for, concerning a new venture, will arrive soon. Several favorable opportunities for investment on a short-term basis will materialize. Make the most of the current good phase. You will work with a renewed vigor and achieve wonders.

As the excitement of holidays and fun times ahead grows, happiness in love and family life is indicated. Travel is also likely.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Growth in new work takes favorable turn. You will be in limelight for recent achievements, but also be prepared for criticism too. Being humble and open to advice will add to your stature and earn you more support from those that matter. If you are feeling low today your mate or beloved will go all out to cheer you up. This is one person you can always count on to make your day cheerful and happy.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You are not using your talent to full potential. Focus on your career and you will achieve wonders. Stick to your present work activity. There will news later today, which will indicate an improvement in your circumstances. It could mean better finances and a good Position. If married you may have to cope with an irate and angry mate. Your mate may feel depressed and suffer from a minor health problem.

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Raises (5) Recently created (7) The ____ American (4) Second largest Sicily Island - "coster" anagram ? (6) ___ No. 1 : Comedy of 1998 featuring Govinda and Raveena Tandon (5) Texas talk (5) Law enforcement agency (3) Islands of Pacific and adjacent seas (7) Priestly garment (3) John of song (5) Unit of sound absorption (5) Cagey person (7) Folk-song of unhappiness (5) Florida city (5)

SUDOKU 1859

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: C equals E

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

23 Of humble birth (7) 24 Director of "Life of Pi" (3,3) 25 Losing My Religion, group (3) 27 In a cunning or fox-like manner ? (5)

28 One of the Amritraj brothers (5) 30 After deux (5) 32 Beyond, in combos (4) 33 Atlantic bird (3)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD Across: 3 Take a, 8 Gabon, 10 U-boat, 11 Tel, 12 Say-so, 13 Outlaws, 15 TV set, 18 Ewa, 19 Rooney, 21 Bellman, 22 Arun, 23 Spae, 24 Commits, 26 Sallow, 29 Oda, 31 Antic, 32 Animate, 34 Mould, 35 Pto, 36 Combo, 37 Mesne, 38 On the.

Down: 1 Datum, 2 Colleen, 4 Alas, 5 Euston, 6 Abovo, 7 Ranee, 9 Bet, 12 Swallow, 14 Awl, 16 Snips, 17 Types, 19 Raymond, 20 Massa, 21 Built, 23 Stamped, 24 Cocoon, 25 Idi, 27 Anion, 28 Limbo, 30 Stony, 32 Alph, 33 Ats.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1678 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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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.

Beauty Queen turned actress Lara ___ (5) Remove moisture (5) Indian paceman ___ Pratap Singh (5) ___ Dhabi Bank : one of the banks from UAE operating in India ? (3) Ancient (5) Freedom from public intrusion (7) One-pot meals (5) Elevation abbr. (3) ___ and Charybdis : two dangers such that one can be avoided only by approaching the other ? (6) Red pepper sauce - "act boas" anagram (7) Hawaiian cookout (4) God of discord (4) Flap on aircraft wing (7) Spain of the Spaniards (6) Make a catlike sound (3) Jargon (5) Those who belong (7) Cabinet wood (5) Aztec treasure (3) Genetic replica (5) Bert's Sesame Street pal (5) Exclude from admission or right (5)

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Today’s ratings: 35 average; 40 good; 45 outstanding.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: buck, bucket, BUCKETFUL, buckle, bulk, fleck, fluke, luck, tuck

HEATHCLIFF

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IN BRIEF Pratik, Nikhil cause upsets

MUMBAI: Third seeded Akshan Shetty lost against an aggressive display by Pratik Tiwari in the boys under-15 singles prequarterfinals in the MCF Silver Jubilee Open badminton tournament, held at MCF Sports Complex. Pratik triumphed 15-11, 15-13.

Apart from Akshan, second seed Devesh Dharmarajan faced a similar elimination at the hands of Nikhil Wadekar in a tie of fluctuating fortunes before Nikhil won 15-6, 13-15, 17-15. However, the top seed Deep Rambhia faced no such problem as he won untroubled against Swaram Jadhav and made the last eight with a 15-2, 15-6 win.

Shambhavi Mhetre continued to display consistent form as she outplayed Deeksha Hardasani 21-10, 21-16 for a place in the girl’s under-15 semifinals.

RESULTS: Boys -15 singles (Pre-quarterfinals): Deep Rambhia bt Swaram Jadhav 15-2. 15-6; Rahul Verimuri bt Aditya Desai 15-3, 18-16; Pratik Ranade bt Siddhesh Hudekar 15-8, 15-15-12; Omkar Joshi bt K.Agarwal 15-12,15-8; Jaydev Menon bt Vighnesh Palekar 15-2, 15-5; Pratik Tiwari bt Akshan Shetty 15-11, 15-13; Vedant Shah bt Riday Jadoly 15-11, 17-15; Nikhil Wadekar bt Devesh Dhamarajana 15-6, 13-15, 17-15. Girls -15 singles (Quarterfinals): Rucha Kulkarni bt Anushka Chaphekar 21-14, 21-12; Radhika Dagaonkar btArchita algaonkar 21-16, 21-9; Shambhav ehetre bt Deeksha Hardasani 21-10, 21-16; Sakshi Shetty bt 21-5, 21-3.

Sports Promotion beat Kamath C.C.

MUMBAI: An all-round performance (3 for 21 & 36 n.o.) by off-spinner Gaurav Suryavanshi, ably assisted by left-hander Prakash Aswani (3 for 29) and Viraj Hadkar (60) were the highlights of Sports Promotion’s five wickets victory over Kamath Memorial C. C. in the inter-club (Under-25) cricket tournament held at Shivaji Park.

Brief Scores: Kamath Memorial C. C. - 182 all out (Vinayak Pawar 32, Saiprasad Mayekar 37, Jitesh Lokhande 30, Gaurav Suryavanshi 3 for 21, Prakash Aswani 3 for 29, Vishal Chitrakar 2 for 13) lost to Sports Promotion Group - 183 for 5 (Viraj Hadkar 60, Gaurav Suryavanshi 36 n.o., Raja Gaud 2 for 20, Laxman Kumbhar 2 for 21) by five wickets.

Hindustan Unilever lifts Champions Cup

MUMBAI: Hindustan Unilever Ltd. defeated Birla Sunlife Insurance by 24 runs to lift the Champions Cup in the finals of the17th edition of the Vodafone Corporate Cricket 7’s during the weekend at the Western Railway Sports ground, Mahalaxmi. After winning the toss, batting first, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., managed to get 85 runs for loss of four wickets in their seven overs quota. Darshan Panchal was the top scorer with 31 runs. In reply, man of the match winner Ashwath Swaminathan captured five wickets in just 11 runs to help his team 24 runs victory to lift the Champions Cup title.

Double delight for Suraj Chandrasekhar

MUMBAI: Suraj Chandrashekher, of HDFC defeated Shashank Bist in the men’s singles final of the P-3 Sports and Sports Reconnect Mumbai Inter-Corporate table tennis tournament, played at Goregaon Sports Club.

Suraj dropped the first game, but came back to out hit Shashank to win the final with a 711, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9. Earlier, Suraj with a helping hand from seasoned Jitu Mavani, saw their team HDFC beating AMPL 3-1. Jitu, playing with unorthodox backhand rubber outplayed Debajeet Mukherjee and Rishi Malik 12-10, 9-11, 3-11, 12-10, 11-7 in the opening singles and then joined hands with Suraj Chandrasekhar to get the better of Debajeet and Rishi Malik9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 9-11, 11-7 to give their team 2-1 lead.

EDGY NADAL BOUNCES BACK Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a serve during his singles match against Daniel Brands of Germany during day two of the French Open at Roland Garros.

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ARIS: Back in the day when he was but a teenager, Rafael Nadal dropped sets here at his first two French Opens. He would still win – the match and indeed the tournament – but he would be taken to four sets here and there. Never five, mind you, but the odd set had to be sacrificed to the gods of clay to keep them happy.

Since 2007 (and with the exception of that match, his sole defeat at the French at the hands of Robin Soderling in 2009), he has only lost five sets on the way to winning five titles – two of them to Roger Federer (four years apart), one to Novak Djokovic in last year’s two-day final and two to John Isner in the first round in 2011.

So when Daniel Brands took a 3-0 lead in the second-set tiebreak, having pocketed the first

6-4, the record-books were dusted off. The unheralded German was hitting the ball like Soderling in 2009, serving like Isner in 2011, returning like Federer in 2007.

Nadal was also moving like Nadal in 2009 – where traditionally he would cover every inch of the baseline to return every shot, here he was lacklustre, coming up an inch or two short as Brands fired winners past him with alacrity.

The 25-year-old 6’5” righty had no previous form at the French and had only ever won back-toback Slam matches on the Wimbledon grass, but a rise to his highest-ever ranking of No.58 courtesy of a semi-final appearance on the clay in Munich gave a hint of what was to come.

And until the fourth point of that second-set tie-break, there

was genuine excitement surrounding the German’s progress and the Majorcan’s lack thereof.

The prophets of doom were to be disappointed however – normal service was resumed (admittedly via a fortunate net cord) and Rafa took the breaker.

And from thereon in, it was if not vintage, then at the very least functional Nadal. Where earlier he had double-faulted to hand Brands a break, now he dominated on service (at a 94% clip in the third).

Where earlier he had run cumbersomely around backhands and left himself exposed to a bighitting adversary with a Federesque one-handed backhand, he now trusted his instincts and his skill-set. And the final result – a 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3 win for the record seven-time champion – was a fair one.

Haryana win third Sub-Junior Women National Championship B

HOPAL: Odisha and Haryana emerged champions in the men's and women's events respectively in the 3rd Hockey India Sub-Junior National Championship at the Aish Bagh Hockey Stadium here.

Haryana women defeated holders Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 3-2 while Odisha scored a dominating 8-0 win over Jharkhand. The goal scorers for Haryana were Sonika (3 min), Ritu (35 min) and Navneet Kaur (49 min) while Karishma (4 min) and Neelu (24 min) were on target for MPHA. For winners in men's section, Sudhir (6, 11, 45, 47) found the net four times while Nitin (33), Ashwin

(58), Punit (60) and Rakesh (65) scored a goal each.

Earlier, Jharkhand defeated Chandigarh 2-1 to claim the third position in women event. For Jharkhand, Reshma struck in the 28th minute from a goalmouth scramble following a left wing move and in the 46th minute Divya Dung Dung converted a penalty corner before counterpart Saroj scored in the 64th minute via a penalty corner.

In the men's category Punjab defeated Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy 1-0 in a hard-fought match to claim the third position.

Punjab took the lead in the 30th minute through a penalty corner converted by Arvinder Singh.

POONAM SHINES IN CHHATTISGARH'S WIN CHENNAI: Poonam Chaturvedi played a stellar role in Chhattisgarh's 74-41 win over Jeppiaar Institute of Technology by netting 31 points in the women section of the All-India Invitation Basketball tournament here.

Poonam, who is as tall as 6'10, scored at will using her height to great advantage and emerged the highest scorer in the contest. She was adjudged player of the match.

Hema scored 16 points for JIT. In a match in the men's section, Indian Overseas Bank humbled Satyabama University 84-56 (HT: 42-24).

WOZNIACKI DEFIES DOUBTERS TO BEAT ROBSON It was billed as the likely shock of the first round, but in the event the only surprise was thatCaroline Wozniacki snapped a fivematch losing streak to beat the rising young Briton Laura Robson 6-3, 6-2 in 71 minutes.

Robson, a 19-year-old left-hander, has developed a useful habit of pulling off big-name wins, with victories over Na Li, Kim Clijsters, Petra Kvitova and Venus Williams since last summer; moreover, when she beat Agnieszka Radwanska in Madrid she became the first British woman to defeat a top five player in 30 years. So it seemed an occasion tailor-made for her when she drew the Danish former world No.1, seeded 10 here, in the first round. But Robson, ranked 35, had never previously won a main draw match at Roland Garros.

20 foreign GMs for Mumbai Mayor's Cup

MUMBAI: Twenty six Grand Masters, including 20 foreigners led by Georgia's Mikheil Mchedlishvili, have confirmed to take part in the 6th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess tournament here from May 29 to June 6.

A total of 48 foreign players would be seen in action, with Grand Master Mchedishvil, having rating of 2645, given top billing in the Rs 21.5-lakh prize money tournament. Players from Georgia, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Russia, Albania, Hungary, Bangladesh, Belgium, Ukraine, Srilanka and hosts India would be vying for honours. The tournament, to be hosted by the National Sports Club of India at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel indoor stadium, is to be cosponsored by LIC of India.

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IN BRIEF 38 teams to compete in 3rd Senior Men’s Hockey Nationals

PUNE: A total of 38 teams will vie for top honours in the third edition of the Hockey India Senior Men's National Championship which will be held in Pune from May 28 to June 10.The tournament will be played on a league-cum-knockout basis at the Major Dhyan Chand Polygrass Hockey Stadium, Pimpri and Shiv Chhatrapati Shivaji Sports Complex in Pune. Four new teams, including Comptroller and Auditor General, Sports Authority of India, Mumbai Hockey Association Limited and Namdhari XI, will compete in this edition of the tournament.

The inaugural match of the event will be played between Madhya Pradesh Hockey Academy (MPHA) and Tripura. All the 38 teams are divided into eight pools.

Defending champions Punjab have been drawn in Pool A along side Delhi, Association of Indian Universities, Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.

Orissa, Meghalaya to contest national final of Coca-Cola Cup

MUMBAI: Orissa and Meghalaya would contest the final of the Coca-Cola Cup national under-15 football tournament at the Father Agnels School in Vashi today.

The finalists would be felicitated by senior India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and national football team's skipper Sunil Chhetri. Over 41,000 young footballers from 2,610 schools across 86 cities competed in this tournament over the last many months across district, state and zonal levels. After several rounds of matches, Meghalaya, Orissa, Goa and Karnataka state teams made it to the semifinals in which Meghalaya and Orissa emerged as winners to qualify for tomorrow's summit clash.

Sofuoglu finishes on podium in Donington Park

NEW DELHI: Mahi Racing Team India rider and defending Supersport Champion Kenan Sofuoglu came up with a solid performance to finish second in the fifth leg of the 2013 season at Donington Park in England.

Sofuoglu, who began the race in second position, was locked in a fierce battle for the top stop with pole sitter Sam Lowes of Yacknich Motorsport but missed the chequered flag by a whisker yesterday. The Turkish rider needed to come up with a strong performance to resurrect his title defence after a DNF in the last round in Monza. And Sofuoglu did not disappoint. He pushed championship leader Lowes till the last lap and justified the tag of being one of the favourite to claim the championship crown at the end of the season yet again.

Mughal Road rally to begin from June 27

SRINAGAR: The fourth edition of the Mughal Road rally will be held next month with a view to showcase adventure and varied tourism potential across the historic road and other tourist circuits connected with the inter-regional link in Jammu and Kashmir.

"The 4th Mughal Road Motor Rally would be organised from June 27 -30," an official spokesman said after a meeting chaired by Tourism Minister G A Mir. The four-day motor rally is organised by Himalayan Motor Sports Association, Shimla in sponsorship with J&K Tourism Department. The rally will be held in two categories - 'Xtreme' and 'Enduro'. The Xtreme is the fast paced event with professional drivers, whereas the Enduro is the slower category promoting tourism through motoring in the state.

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OLKATA: A wrist injury might have kept Sachin Tendulkar out of the on-field action for most part of his swan-song IPL but the senior batsman had a huge role in taking Mumbai Indians to their maiden title triumph, skipper Rohit Sharma said.

Tendulkar announced his retirement minutes after Mumbai were crowned champions for the first time and Sharma said the IPL Trophy meant a lot to him.

"It's good to see a big smile on his face. It really shows how much this trophy means to him," Sharma said at the post-match presser. "We actually didn't get much time to talk about it as we were running all around in celebration immediately after the last ball. He also has been very busy with the celebration."

Sharma said they had an idea what was coming after Tendulkar had the left-wrist injury but his involvement in the dressing room made up for his absence on the field. "It was disappointing. We knew when he missed a game, we had an idea about it that he would not be fit to play. We had an idea about it. But his presence in the dressing room was a huge boost. It gives a confidence to lot of young players. Whenever he was needed, he was there. I am really happy

tired hurt for 38 in their May 13 match against Sunrisers Hyderabad which became the iconic batsman's last innings as he went on to miss five matches for his franchise.

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar celebrate with the IPL 6 trophy in the dressing room in Kolkata. what we did today." "It was unfortunate he missed last few games because of injury. But you can't really do much when you're injured.

But he was completely involved

keeping a close eye along with Anil Kumble, Ricky Ponting and John Wright. He spoke to each individual if he felt there was a need."

The Mumbai Indians opener re-

KUMBLE'S INPUTS HELPED ME GET BACK BOUNCE AND DRIFT: BHAJJI Harbhajan Singh managed to rediscover his form in the sixth edition of the IPL by relying on flight and the feisty off-spinner attributes his fantastic run in the tourney to former spin partner Anil Kumble. "I am proud to have made a significant contribution in Mumbai Indians' triumphant run in IPL 6 and Anil bhai deserves the lion's share of the credit. As the Team Mentor, his watchful eyes and invaluable inputs helped me rediscover my old touch," Harbhajan, who finished as third highest wicket-taker with 24 wickets told PTI in an interview.

"Since Anil bhai retired in 2008, we haven't spend this lengthy amount of time discussing cricket.

He asked me why I was trying to do things which don't come naturally to me. "He (Kumble) told me that my strength is bounce which I extract and the drift in my deliveries. Rather than trying to push the deliveries fast, I relied more on flight and it worked wonders," the senior off-spinner said.

I’ve to face reality, perfect time to retire from IPL: Sachin No plans to dismantle team: K Pailan Arrows K

OLKATA: Pailan Group categorically stated that they have no plans to withdraw their support to the AIFF developmental side but acknowledged that there was a financial dispute with the game's body and they expect an early resolution. Media reports had claimed the group may end their association with the side, Pailan Arrows. A senior AIFF official was quoted as saying that the football team is yet to play around 70 lakh sponsors' payment. Pailan Group shot back and said that the AIFF also owed them Rs 44 lakh.

"It is true that Pailan Group has to settle the due of 70-lakh odd rupees with the AIFF. But it is also true that the AIFF has a long overdue of INR 44 lakh to help run the FIFA-AIFF Pailan Football Academy. We never said we would not settle the dues but we're also expecting a payment of INR 44 lakh," the corporate group said in a release.

"Pailan Group has taken a vow to not slip from its resolute commitment to the Pailan Arrows project and is confident that a situation, calling for dismantling of the team will not arise," the release added. The group also said developing a team and infrastructure for the game is the aim, still dear to their heart. "In keeping with the spirit of nurturing young talent and developing football in India, Pailan Group had joined hands with the AIFF with a focus on infrastructure. It's not for nothing that the Pailan Group has spent a total of INR 25 crore on developing three FIFA-approved football grounds inside the Bengal Pailan Park, and the best one of the three cost about INR 10-12 crore to build.

OLKATA: Senior Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, who called it quits from the IPL after Mumbai Indians lifted the title here, said it was the perfect time to retire from the Twenty20 event as he has to "face the reality" after turning 40.

"I think this is the right time to stop playing IPL. I am 40. I have to face the reality. I had decided that this would be my last season. And now the ending is perfect," Tendulkar said after Mumbai beat Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs at the Eden Gardens last night to lift their maiden IPL trophy.

Tendulkar, who played 78 IPL matches accumulating 2334 runs at an average of 34.83, had to stay out of the final after failing to recover from a left hand injury that he picked up a fortnight ago in a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. The veteran, who scored one century and 13 halfcenturies during his overall IPL stint, played just 14 matches this season making 287 runs at an average of 22.07 with 54 being his highest. "For the World Cup I had to wait for 21 years and this (the IPL) for six years. So, It's never too late.

This is my last IPL. It's the perfect way to end it," a jovial Tendulkar said after his team's triumph.

"I have got to be realistic here.

I've enjoyed my six seasons with MI. It's been fantastic journey. This season was superb. We thought our third season was the best but this one is the icing on the cake," he added.

The affable right-hander, however, did not specify whether he would compete for Mumbai in the

Champions League Twenty20 which is scheduled for October. "I can't wait to hold this trophy. I waited for six years. I can never thank the fans enough. A big thank you to all the supporters who enjoyed cricket.

Cricket is the winner and we have been able to produce some fantastic cricket here," he added.

Asked about how it felt playing at 40, Tendulkar said, "Anil (Kumble) said that 40 is just a number. We

have worked hard together. Even on optional practice because despite all the travelling everyone turned up.

Things don't come easily, you have to work hard for them. It's exciting but you have to alter your body clock in the grind of IPL because matches finish after or close to midnight.

And, sometimes we catch a flight at eight in the morning making all the adjustments that are required," he added.

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SHOCKER: CSK BAG IPL FAIR PLAY AWARD

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LONE MAN STANDING... BCCI president and Chennai Super Kings owner N. Srinivasan during the presentation ceremony of the IPL finals. Chennai Super Kings won the Fair Play Award despite Srinivasan’s son-in-law and erstwhile ‘Team Principal’ Gurunath Meiyappan in police custody for allegations of betting during the IPL season.

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OLKATA: They might be embroiled in the spot-fixing scandal, but IPL 6 runners-up Chennai Super Kings won the Fair Play award even though the points table was missing from the tournament website.

Rajasthan Royals were at the pole position of the Fair Play table followed by Chennai Super Kings at the midway stage.

But after both the teams were mired in the scandal, the table went missing from the website raising speculation that the award had been discarded.

So, it came as a big surprise when Super Kings were awarded the trophy that is adjudged by the umpires on the basis of their on-field conduct. Later, interacting with the media, team coach Stephen Fleming said CSK were deserving winners of the Fair Play Award despite the hard last few days.

"We do pride ourselves for being at the top for fair play. You can't take that away from us," Fleming said at the post-match presser. "We are proud of the way we play our game on the field. We are always right near the top every year, it's one of the key components of the side. We want to play the game hard. But we want to be very fair."

Azad demands Srini’s ouster NEW DELHI: As demands for N Srinivasan's resignation as BCCI President continued, three important members of the cricket board parried questions on the issue even as the beleaguered chief complained that the media was hounding him.

BJP MP and former cricketer Kirti Azad made an oblique criticism of IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla and his party leader Arun Jaitley, both important office-bearers of BCCI, as to why they were not raising their voice against Srinivasan's continuance. "Where are those keepers of high moral values in both UPA and NDA...Why are not they raising voice on the removal of Srinivasan over IPL scandal?" the BJP MP asked.

SRINIVASAN BOOED BY CAPACITY EDEN GARDENS CROWD KOLKATA: Under fire BCCI president N Srinivasan was booed by a capacity Eden Gardens crowd as his name was announced during the post-match presentation ceremony.

The moment Ravi Shastri announced the name of the controversial BCCI president, there was a loud jeer from the 61,000 odd crowd present at the stadium which reminded a lot of how former IOA chief Suresh Kalmadi was booed at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi at the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, 2010.

Srinivasan decided not to resign from board president's post despite his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan being arrested by Mumbai Police on charges of betting and passing on information to the bookies.

Clad in navy blue suit and with a sky blue shirt, Srinivasan wore a gloomy look during the presentation ceremony and was not certainly amused when there was collective booing as soon as Shastri announced his name. The second time when his name was announced to present the winners' trophy, there was a deathly silence followed by another round of jeers

with most of the spectators leaving for home.

As has been his superstition over the years, Srinivasan never watches CSK's matches live and only comes during final when the match is nearing end.

There were rumours that BCCI president is not coming to the ground and will not be present at the closing ceremony as he was not around for the maximum time of the match. However a CAB official informed that "Srinivasan was indeed in the hotel and would arrive at the end of the match."

THE MEDIA IS HOUNDING ME: SRINIVASAN CHENNAI: A defiant and combative BCCI President, who has decided to hang on to his position despite the IPL spot-fixing scandal, said his resignation is being sought only by a "hounding media".

Srinivasan, whose son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan has been arrested for alleged involvement in betting, reached here after attending the IPL final last night in Kolkata, where the crowd booed him during the presentation ceremony. "The press is hounding me, the media is hounding me. I have

already clarified everything in the press conference. I have no reason to resign," Srinivasan retorted when journalists at the airport asked him about the scandal and whether he should resign on moral grounds.

Srinivasan had on Sunday held a press conference hours before the final to declare that he would not step down. He also announced the setting up of a three-member enquiry panel to investigate the scandal, that led to the arrest of three Rajasthan Royals players.

The BCCI president asserted that he has done nothing wrong and rejected reports of a revolt against him in BCCI. He made it clear that he would not be "railroaded, pushed and threatened to quit".

"My support is complete and not one member in BCCI has asked for my resignation", he had said.

"I have a job and we will act strictly. I assure you, the BCCI will act without fear or favour to investigate and if player, franchise or owners have breached any rules, action will be taken", he said.

The three-member enquiry commission will consist of two members of the IPL Operations Committee and an independent person in whose appointment he will have no role.

Would trade my Orange Cap for IPL trophy: Hussey K

OLKATA: IPL 6's most-prolific batsman Mike Hussey has said that he would any day trade his Orange Cap for the trophy that eluded two-time champions Chennai Super Kings this year.

The 38-year-old Aussie, who retired from international cricket earlier this year, was presented the Orange Cap last night for being the highest run-getter in this season, with 733 runs under his belt. "I'd give the Orange Cap back away for the Trophy definitely. It's quite an honour to have got it but it would have been nice to perform on the last day and in the big game," Hussey said after CSK lost to Mumbai Indians by 23 runs in the IPL 6

final at the Eden Gardens here Sunday night.

Hussey was unhappy with the fact that despite being the most consistent team this season, CSK faltered at the big match. "That's how the game goes, doesn't it? T20 cricket is such a fickle game. You've got to stay positive and philosophical about it. We've had a fantastic

season and it's just unfortunate that we got beaten by a better team on the day and we couldn't get over the line," he told IPL website.

"But we can still be very proud of our efforts throughout the course of this season. It's been brilliant."

Chasing a modest 149 in the title clash last night, CSK's batsmen did not have the best of outings as MI bowlers restricted them to 125 for nine. "We obviously got off to a very bad start, losing two wickets in the first over. That set the negative tone for us and then we just kept losing wickets; couldn't get a nice, busy partnership going, which would have given us a chance," Hussey said.

Spot-fixing scandal “disrupted” CSK’s IPL 6 campaign: Fleming

KOLKATA: The spot-fixing scandal had "disrupted" Chennai Super Kings' campaign in the just-concluded IPL, coach Stephen Fleming said after they finished runners-up to Mumbai Indians in the sixth edition of the Twenty20 tournament.

"We are a very calculated side usually, but it's really been a very difficult last week. Off the field, we were to experience something we had not been used to. But certainly it (our campaign) was disrupted," Fleming said at the post-match press conference after CSK lost to MI by 23 runs in the title clash at the Eden Gardens. "We had a pretty good IPL. It was trouble free till the last week.

There was an element of consistency in a topsy-turvy tournament. We love winning but we are also pretty humble in defeat," he added.

Chasing a modest 149, CSK, a twotime former champions, were restricted to 125 for nine in their fifth final appearance, as Mumbai Indians lifted their maiden IPL title. Indian cricket was recently thrown into disarray because of the IPL spot-fixing scandal which led to the arrest of three players, including Test pacer S Sreesanth, and several bookies with underworld connections.

The scandal reached the doorstep of BCCI President N Srinivasan with the Mumbai Police arresting his son-in-law and CSK owner Gurunath Meiyappan for alleged involvement in betting. "We discussed that (spot-fixing) yesterday.

How much affect it had on them in the final, each player would have to answer that. I acknowledged in my statement yesterday that it had been a tough week," the CSK coach said.

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