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India-US ties growing deeper under Modi

The US says it looks forward to the further deepening of Indo-US relations under Prime Minister Modi ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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ith enormous progress in India-US relationship since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, the US says it looks forward to its further deepening and becoming more productive.

“There’s been enormous progress in US-India relations, and certainly since Prime Minister Modi came into office,” State department spokesperson John Kirby told reporters when asked about the outcome of first India-US strategic and commercial dialogue here.

“The relationship continues to deepen and grow on the security front and certainly diplomatically, and we look forward to that relationship continuing to grow and to deepen and to become more productive,” he said.

“I think everybody has every expectation that it will.”

Kirby did not give a direct answer as to how the recently concluded

US pauses program to train Syrian rebels

US House passes bill to lift oil export ban, veto looming

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deal over Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between 12 Asia Pacific nations covering 40 percent of global trade, would affect India.

“We believe it’s good for not just American economic growth but strategic relationships there in the region, and stability, the stability that can come from prosperity,” he said.

Meanwhile, Alyssa Ayres, senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) argued that it is in US interests to develop a more ambitious vision for US economic ties with India.

US should work closely “with Indian officials toward that goalwith APEC,” she suggested.

Clinton, Sanders insist they won’t be Obama ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has announced that it would halt its botched trainand-equip program to build a Syrian rebel force and focus on supporting forces already engaged in the fighting against the Islamic State (IS).

According to Christine Warmouth, under secretary of defense for policy, the Obama administration would from now on provide equipment and weapons for existing Syrian rebel groups whose leaders have passed through “the same rigorous vetting process that we have used in the original program.”

“In terms of the program we originally conceived, we’re going to pause that for now,” said Warmouth at a White House press call on the issue. “We’ve had some significant challenges, so we’re going to pause the training that we’ve been doing where we’ve recruited specific individual fighters.”

WASHINGTON: The US House of Representative passed a bill on October 9 to appeal the 40-year-old oil export ban, but its future was uncertain facing a veto threatened by the White House.

The House approved the bill by 261 to 159 lifting the crude oil export ban first put into place in December 1975 to counter the 1970s Arab oil embargo against Western countries which has once caused US domestic gasoline prices to skyrocket.

But with only 26 Democrats voting in favor, the bill failed to gain the 290 votes necessary to overturn a presidential veto.

Representatives who support lifting the ban believed the current oil supply situation is quite different from the time the ban was first enacted as

s Democratic presidential candidates faced off for the first time, frontrunner Hillary Clinton, without offering any specifics, said she would be different than President Barack Obama, but closest rival Bernie Sanders promised a “political revolution.” In the first televised Democratic primary debate hosted by CNN in Las Vegas on October 13, asked how her presidency would not

be a “third term” for Obama, Clinton said: “I think being the first woman president would be quite a change.”

Self-proclaimed socialist senator Sanders, on the other hand, claimed he would bring about a “political revolution”, in which far more Americans would turn out to vote, and in which the balance of power was shifted sharply away from the rich. Clinton also sought to combat suggestions that she is too closely aligned with Wall Street banks by saying she had personally scolded Wall Street bankers to “cut it out”, months before the financial crisis of 2008.

right now the US is the largest oil and gas producer in the world and the US crude oil output has reached a historical high level.

“The US daily production of oil has increased dramatically in the past 14 years,” said Gregg Harper, a Representative from the state of Mississippi, before the vote.

“The companies need new market.

At this point the ban is not protecting the economy. Instead the economy is being restricted and Americans are being denied jobs,” Harper said.

However, the White House threatened to veto the bill, saying it “is not needed at this time.”

But the outlook for the Senate to approve the House version bill is not high at present because the supports are mainly from Senate Republicans.

US denounces attacks on Israeli civilians WASHINGTON: The US has condemned “in the strongest terms possible” terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians that have resulted in the killing of three people.

“The situation is too volatile, too dangerous, and it is not going to lead to the outcome that people want, which is to have a peaceful resolution of the differences,” Xinhua quoted US Secretary of State John Kerry as saying.

Princeton professor wins Nobel measuring poverty in India IANS, WASHINGTON

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obel Prize winner Angus Deaton’s current research focuses on the determinants of health in rich and poor countries as well as on the measurement of poverty in India and around the world.

The British-born Princeton University professor has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics for his contributions to understanding consumption at the individual level and in aggregate.

Deaton, who also maintains a longstanding interest in the analysis of household surveys, noted that his

Angus Deaton’s (inset) research focuses on measurement of poverty in India.

focus on individuals and their decisions is important both from an academic and ethical standpoint, according to a report on the univer-

sity website. “In the end, it’s individual peoples’ well-being that counts,” he was quoted as saying.

“When you’re counting the poverty

rate in India or the mortality rate in the United States, all of those things you’re looking at are aggregates.”

“But it’s one death at a time. It’s one person at a time who’s in poverty,” Deaton said. “It’s their lives that are being led. In the end, I don’t think you’re ever going to want to get away from the individual.”

Deaton’s latest book, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality (Princeton University Press), explores the story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the state for today’s unequal world.

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SC quashes Bhatt’s plea for SIT probe While dismissing the plea, the apex court observed that the petitioner’s conduct was ‘not above board’ IANS, NEW DELHI

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he Supreme Court on October 13 dismissed the plea by sacked Gujarat cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking an SIT probe into allegations that he had hacked into the email account of Gujarat additional advocate general Tushar Mehta, and tampered with it.

Mehta is at present the additional solicitor general. Bhatt’s services were terminated on August 18.

A bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu and Justice Arun Mishra, while rejecting Bhatt’s plea, said: “No case is made out to constitute SIT. No doubt about it ‘be you ever

Defiant Sena pats Kulkarni attackers

so high, the law is above you’ is a well-accepted principle but in the instant case the conduct of the petitioner cannot be said to be above board.”

Rejection of Bhatt’s plea includes his application seeking to implead BJP president Amit Shah Asking the trial court to proceed with the trial in the case where Bhatt is accused of pressurizing his subordinate K.D. Panth to file an affidavit allegedly under pressure, it said the

investigation into the alleged hacking and tampering of Mehta’s email account be completed expeditiously.

Speaking for the bench, Justice Mishra said: “Neither it can be said that he (Bhatt) has come to the court with clean hands. Petitioner was a high-ranking officer but he too cannot be said to be above law. He must undergo the investigation as envisaged by law in case he has committed the offenses in question.”

Rejection of Bhatt’s plea includes his application seeking to implead Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah and RSS ideologue S. Gurumurthy as parties in his petition.

First phase of Battle Bihar Dadri lynching saddening: Modi ends, 57 percent voting IANS, NEW DELHI

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MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on October 13 patted its activists who blackened senior journalist Sudheendra Kulkarni’s face for hosting a book launch of Pakistan’s former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri but a party leader said the Sena-BJP alliance was unlikely to snap.

Sena president Uddhav Thackeray met the party activists who carried out the widely condemned ink attack on October 12 on Kulkarni, a longtime former aide to BJP leader L.K. Advani.

The activists, whom some Sena leaders said were “heroes”, were called to the Thackeray clan’s residence in Bandra East where the party chief showered praises on them. On October 12 morning, the six activists accosted Kulkarni outside his Sion home, shouted slogans and smeared black ink on his face.

They were protesting against Kulkarni’s decision to host Kasuri for hosting the release of Kasuri book, “Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove: An Insider Account of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy”. The activists are Gajanan Patil, Prakash Asbe, Ashok Waghmare, Samadhan Jugdar, Sarjerao Jadhav and Venkatesh Nair.

They were arrested late on October 12 night and later released on bail.

Former IPS officer of Gujarat cadre Sanjiv Bhatt.

round 57 percent of 13.5 million electorate voted on October 12 in 49 of the 243 constituencies in the first round of battle for political power in Bihar. The two main fronts soon claimed victory.

It marked the start of an intense five-phase contest that will end on November 5 and whose outcome — to be known three days later — will prove whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi still retains his charisma or not.

The BJP-led NDA is determined to oust the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its allies, the RJD and Congress who had formed a Grand

Alliance. Additional Chief Electoral Officer R. Lakshaman said the election passed off peacefully, with 57 percent voting. It was nearly 51 percent in 2010.

Defying Maoist calls to boycott the elections, millions of men and women in both urban and rural areas trooped to polling booths in the 49 constituencies spread over 10 districts, officials said.

rime Minister Narendra Modi on October 14 said the lynching of a Muslim in Dadri and the cancellation of Pakistani singer Ghulam Ali’s concert in Mumbai were both “saddening and undesirable”.

“The incidents, Dadri lynching and cancelled concert of Pakistani singer, were saddening and undesirable. But how is the centre responsible for these” Modi asked in an interview to Anandabazar Patrika.

Modi said his party would never “support” incidents like these.

“The opposition is trying to accuse us of communalism, but aren’t they, through the same process, playing the politics of polarization,” the prime minister

Pak not keen for NSA talks?

‘Modi’s silence permitting thuggish violence’

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fter the aborted NSA-level talks in New Delhi, there was a chance of the Indian and Pakistani National Security Advisors holding a meeting in New York last month, but India “got a sense” the other side wasn’t open to the idea, official sources said.

India is still keen to continue on the lines of the agreement arrived at between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, Russia, in July, and would have been open to NSA talks on terrorism in New York, said the source.

questioned. Debates on these issues have arisen in the past, he said.

“BJP has always been against pseudo-secularism. These distressing incidents have again led to the rise of those debates and dialogue is the only process through which a solution is possible,” Modi added.

Ajit Doval

Sartaj Aziz

The August 23 talks between India’s NSA Ajit Doval and Pakistan’s Sartaj Aziz was called off after India stressed that the talks agenda should stick to what had been agreed upon at Ufa - that the two NSAs would discuss terrorism, but Pakistan insisted on dragging in the Kashmir issue and include the Kashmiri separatists in the agenda.

India feels that despite the holding of talks between their border forces — the Border Security Force and the Pakistan Rangers — both sides have been “unable to progress on the other elements” of the agreement at Ufa, which included NSA talks on terrorism, a meeting between their Directors General of Military Operations among others.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “silence” along with the silence of institutions like the Sahitya Akademi is permitting a new “degree of thug- Salman Rushdie gish violence” in India, said celebrated author Salman Rushdie.

Speaking to NDTV from London, Rushdie said the rising intolerance in India posed a “real grave danger” to liberties.

“There are attacks on ordinary liberties, the ordinary right of assembly, the ordinary right to organize an event...” he said.

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nationalism The attack on a Muslim family by a mob on suspicion that they were eating beef should alert prime minister about the growing intolerance in the saffron camp AMULYA GANGULI, NEW DELHI

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arendra Modi is probably learning the veracity of Stalin’s insightful aphorism that while one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic. In a country which has seen innumerable communal riots over the decades, and a 25 percent rise in inter-faith violence since Modi came to power, the furore over the death of one Muslim in a village near Delhi must be something of a puzzle and also hugely disconcerting for the government because it cannot quite anticipate what the fallout will be over a period of time.

Its concerns must be all the greater because the incident persuaded President Pranab Mukherjee to deviate from a written script at a Rashtrapati Bhavan function and call for preserving the nation’s “core” values. The president’s appeal made the prime minister break what the New York Times once called his “dangerous silence” on the attacks on minorities and urge Hindus and Muslims to fight poverty and not

one another. Evidently, the murderous attack on a Muslim family by a saffron mob on the suspicion that they were eating beef has alerted the prime minister about the growing level of intolerance in the saffron camp. For Modi, the tragedy could not have occurred at a worse time,

For Modi, the tragedy could not have occurred at a worse time, as it has taken much of the sheen off his recent foreign trip for it has taken much of the sheen off his recent foreign trip. Even German chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to India was overshadowed by the murder.

What the centre and the BJP may feel uneasy about is that even as they issue the routine condemnations, they will be largely unable to brush aside the primary motive for t h e

murder since cow slaughter has always had great emotional appeal for the saffron brotherhood.

As a result, the Hindu chauvinists will be forever on the lookout for any provocation in their eyes as can be seen from the manhandling of an MLA by the BJP legislators inside the Jammu and Kashmir assembly for holding a beef party and the burning of a truck carrying cows and the assault on a Muslim youth who was in the truck in Uttar Pradesh.

These acts of violence show that for all of Modi’s efforts, the communal situation will continue to simmer. Moreover, the government’s difficulty will be in failing to sell the idea of the “holy cow” without being seen as oddballs in today’s world by the beef-eating foreign investors.

‘The British origin of Cow Slaughter in India’ NEW DELHI: After his annual Haj, Maulana Hasrat Mohani – a Congress leader during the national movement, among the founders of the Communist party and member of the Constituent Assembly – always visited Mathura and Barsana for a “darshan” of Krishna and Radha. He did not visit Mathura to build up a constituency of admirers. But the fact that these visits pleased his friends was a source of great joy to him. In deference to the original cowherd, the Maulana never ate beef.

Vigilante gangs out to terminate beef eating should visit fancy restaurants including ones in five-star hotels and ask for the menu card. They may find “beef steak” listed, sometimes on “sizzling platters”.

A restrained line of action would be to send the steak to forensic laboratories which must soon begin to mushroom to cushion the current hullaballoo. All the “beef steak” samples will, without exception, turn out to be buffalo. Anti-beef agitators have clearly not come up the social ladder. Their more

prosperous cousins choose not to look at their progeny drooling over beef steak at Smith and Woolensky in New York. In a globalized world where our children are exposed to the blandishments of Angus steak in Britain and Kobe steak in Japan, can dietary restrictions really be mandated?

A valuable video clip in my archives shows Dara Singh, the original Hanuman of Bollywood, stepping out of Carnivore, the celebrated restaurant outside Nairobi, where zebra, wildebeest,

giraffe, crocodile meat is among the less exotic fare roasted over a giant fire. This may be a little extraneous to our theme. More to point might be the query: how did beef become the Muslim’s diet?

It was not the staple diet in the places of origin of the Delhi Sultans and the Moghuls. They ate mutton, camel meat, chicken, fish, geese, antelope and other game. Also, contrary to the popular belief, they ate plenty of vegetable. How then did the converts,

who constitute 80-90 percent of the Muslim population, develop a taste for cow? Atal Bihari Vajpayee invited famous Gandhian scholar Dharampal to research the origins of cow slaughter in India.

Based on original British documents at India House in Britain, Dharampal and his assistant T.M. Mukundan submitted their study in 2002.

The title of the book gives the story away: ‘The British Origin of Cow Slaughter in India.’

The thesis is straightforward: the rapid increase in the number of the troops following the uprising of 1857 caused an increase in the number of slaughter houses to provide beef for the soldiers. The “bakar Qasab”, so far employed largely in the sale of mutton, was transformed into “Qasai” for the slaughterhouses.

Here was a situation custom made for the authors of Divide-and-Rule.

British officers could easily point to the Muslim Qasai whenever Hindu-Muslim tensions were required.

Queen Victoria gave the game away in a note she wrote on December 8, 1893 to her Viceroy, Lord Lansdowne: “Though the Muhammadans’ cowkilling is made the pretext for the agitation, it is in fact directed against us, who kill far more cows for our army, etc. than the Muhammadans.”

In a speech in Muzaffarpur, Mahatma Gandhiji developed on this theme: “If we cannot stop cow slaughter by the British, we have no right to raise our hands against Muslims.”

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‘Invest in education in India’

Indian-American Entrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Islam said supporting educational institutions is one of our highest priorities.

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ntrepreneur and philanthropist Frank Islam would like fellow Indian-Americans to make a strategic investment in education in India as it is the great equalizer and opportunity creator.

“Supporting educational institutions is one of our highest priorities because education is the key to opportunity and the bridge to the future,” he said during the Second American Bazaar Philanthropy Dialogue and Dinner, organized by an ethnic publication here.

Dozens of prominent philanthropists, nonprofits, stakeholders and leaders from the South Asian and Indian American philanthropic community attended the dialogue to brainstorm giving. Lata Krishnan chair of the American India Foundation delivered the 2nd American Bazaar Philanthropy lecture. “While

Saudi employer denies chopping Indian’s hand RIYADH: The Saudi Arabian employer of an Indian domestic help whose hand was “chopped off” has said the woman had to get her hand amputated in hospital after she damaged it badly while jumping from the third floor of their house in Riyadh.

Arab News newspaper quoted the First Secretary (Community Welfare) of the Indian Embassy Anil Nautiyal as saying on Friday that the Indian mission has demanded a full-scale inquiry into the incident. The Saudi sponsor told Arab News that the right hand of Kasturi Munirathinam, 55, was amputated as a result of her failed attempt to flee by jumping from a window.

education is important in America, the needs are even greater in India and that is why I am supporting these initiatives,” Islam said.

“My intent is to use education as a tool to improve the socio-economic status of the underprivileged in India. My desire is those who benefit will in turn contribute towards

social, political, and economic development in India,” he added.

Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, born Islam, has announced a $2 million donation to his alma mater, Aligarh Muslim University, which “shaped my history and my journey and determined my destiny,” for building the Frank and Debbie Islam

School of Management.

The school, Islam said, will place emphasis on entrepreneurship and preparing the students at AMU to become entrepreneurial leaders and engage in economic development activities that will create jobs and opportunities for thousands of people throughout India. “We see our contribution not as a charity but as an investment that will yield exponential returns,” he said.

“We not only support AMU, but also give to other educational institutions as well here in US and in India,” said Islam who was presented the American Philanthropy award for his efforts in the fields of education arts and culture. Receiving the award from Arun M. Kumar, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, Islam told fellow Indian-Americans that they had done well in the US and now it was their turn to do good in India.

Indian-origin doctor may get trip to space IANS, TORONTO

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n Indian-origin neurosurgeon is training for a scientist-astronaut project that may give her a chance to travel in space, a media report said.

Shawna Pandya and her colleague Michael Gallagher, practicing in Edmonton, were getting training for Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM) farout Scientist-Astronaut Course at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, Toronto Sun reported on Sunday.

They returned from first phase of training on Wednesday and now will be accompanied by Ross Lockwood, a Ph.D. in physics at University of Alberta, when they visit Ottawa this week to complete space-

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suit training and testing in zerogravity. The medical doctors donned spacesuits, rode on aerobatic flights and experienced changing gravity environments as part of the training.

The object of the training is to familiarizes candidates with conditions that exist around noctilucent clouds, which are thought to be increasing in the upper mesosphere as a result of climate change.

Nine other candidates from other parts of Canada, the US and Spain joined them for training class conducted by PoSSUM. “The people I met down there were just brilliant. They came from physics backgrounds, computer science backgrounds, medical backgrounds — so that was I think definitely a highlight,” Pandya said.

“Since I was a kid, I loved space, I loved the stars. So this kind of is a realization of a life-long dream,” Pandya added.

Astronauts will be sent up in suborbital flights to study the clouds.

Short takes 13 Indo-Canadian vets win racism case TORONTO: A tribunal here has ordered Veterinary Medical Association to pay compensation to 13 India-born veterinarians after they won a decade-long human rights case against the association.

The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal concluded that the medical association was “engaged in systemic discrimination” against Indo-Canadian vets associated with discount clinics, The Vancouver Sun reported.

The association was to pay the 13 vets, born and trained in India, 2,000 Canadian dollars ($1,544) to 35,000 Canadian dollars ($2,7000) apiece.

Indian-American held for sex with student WASHINGTON: An Indian-American former substitute teacher in Indiana state’s Franklin township has been arrested on charges of patronizing a prostitute after he paid money for sex with a teenaged male student.

Mihirbhai Patel, 24, met the teenaged boy earlier this year on a website. The two arranged to meet for sex at a Whiteland area motel and then at the home of a relative of the boy.

Turban saves Sikh from attack on head LONDON: A British man was awarded 16-week jail term for hitting a bottle of whiskey on a Sikh shopkeeper’s head who survived the attack with minor injuries due to the turban.

On June 9, 42-year-old Gurpal Singh was sprayed with the alcohol when a shoplifter, Ronald Richardson, clubbed a 19-pound ($29) bottle of Jameson Irish whiskey on Singh’s head after he asked Richardson to pay for the chocolates he lifted from the shop.

‘The Martian’ flayed for downplaying Indian character IANS, NEW YORK

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President Pranab Mukherjee with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, Palestine on October 12. For more than 800 years, a little enclave in Jerusalem has been the symbol of India (Photo courtesy: IANS)

n Asian-American advocacy group has criticized Hollywood blockbuster “The Martian” for changing the race of Indian and Korean characters.

Director Ridley Scott’s “The Martian” is an adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel by the same name.

“In the novel, NASA’s Director of Mars Operations is Dr. Venkat Kapoor, a decidedly Indian character who identifies religiously as being ‘a Hindu’,” Media Action Network for Asian-Americans (MANAA) said in a release.

“In Scott’s film, his name is changed to Vincent Kapoor, and

Venkat Kapoor was changed to Vincent Kapoor, and was played by actor Chiwetel Ejiofor

he is played by British black actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who says his father was “a Hindu” but that his mother was “Baptist”, implying his father was Indian but his mother

was Black,” the statement added.

MANAA regularly monitors how the mass media portrays and covers people of Asian/Pacific Islander descent.

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Mukerji reiterates demand of implementing UN Charter provisions that require Security Council to consult with troop-providing countries when issuing mandates ARUL LOUIS, UNITED NATIONS

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alling the Security Council ineffective and powerless, India has lashed out against its lack of accountability and transparency in mandating peacekeeping operations and blamed it for the rising casualties among peacekeepers.

“We are dismayed at the opaque manner in which the Security Council continues to mandate peace operations, without any accountability or transparency,” India’s Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji said on October 12 at a General Assembly session on peacekeeping operations.

“The human costs of this failing are evident in both the rising number of casualties among UN peacekeepers, as well as an alarming growth in the number of civilians, now reaching 60 million according to the Secretary General, whose lives are being disrupted by the conflicts

India’s Permanent Representative to United Nations Asoke Kumar Mukerji.

that an ineffective Security Council is powerless to resolve,” Mukerji added. As of the end of September, 85 peacekeepers have died this year.

Mukerji appealed to Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft to “take the lead to prioritize agreement on an early reform of the Security Council during this 70th Session”.

He also reiterated India’s consis-

tent demand of implementing “in letter and spirit” the UN Charter provisions that require the Security Council to consult with troop-providing countries when issuing peacekeeping mandates.

Speaking at the session, SecretaryGeneral Ban Ki-moon also backed the call for better coordination between the Security Council and

the troop-contributors. “A shared understanding of the tasks involved between the Security Council and the troop and police contributing countries was required, as was cooperation with national actors and local communities,” he said.

The session was centered on Ban’s report on implementing the recommendations of the High Level Independent Panel on Peace Operations (HIPPO) which was headed by Jose Ramos-Horta and included Abhijit Guha, a retired Indian lieutenant general.

Mukerji said that implementation report had great importance for India, which is the largest overall troop contributor to UN peace operations, with over 185,000 troops that have served in 48 of the 69 UN missions. India currently has 7,794 personnel under UN’s blue flag.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered to increase India’s troopcontribution by 10 percent.

Palestinian students appeal to Mukherjee against Israel

RAMALLAH (PALESTINE): A sudden congregation of hundreds of angry students at Al-Quds University near here to condemn alleged aggression of Israeli forces, led to cancellation of an event that was to be attended by President Pranab Mukherjee on October 13.

The protest at the varsity at Abu Dees, some 25 km from here, was against the alleged killing of some students by Israeli forces in Jerusalem. The agitators not only wanted the president, who was at the campus at that time, to hear their voices and act, but also questioned as to why India was warming up to their “enemy” — the Israelis.

Obama, Sharif may discuss stalled India-Pak talks Iranian parliament approves JCPOA motion IANS, ISLAMABAD

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he Iranian parliament on October 13 approved a motion to implement the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — the agreement previously reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers. The Iranian parliament, or Majlis, voted to approve the details of the single-urgency motion, which allows the administration to voluntarily implement its July 14 nuclear agreement with the P5+1 group of countries under certain conditions. The motion secured 161 votes in favor and 59 votes in

Cooperate in MH17 downing probe: EU BRUSSELS: European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on October 13 said that the states which are in a position to assist with the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the downing of flight MH17 must fully cooperate with the ongoing criminal investigation.

She made the remarks after the Dutch Safety Board earlier on October 13 presented a report on the downing of the flight on July 17, 2014. “The report concludes that MH17 was hit by a Buk missile, and explicitly rules out other options,” she said.

opposition while there were 13 abstentions. A total of 250 lawmakers were present at the legislature at the time of the voting.

The outlines of the motion were approved in the Majlis on October 11. The motion’s provisions set out certain obligations that the administration has to observe.

akistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will discuss the stalled dialogue between Pakistan and India with US President Barack Obama during their upcoming meeting on October 22, adviser to the prime minister on national security Sartaj Aziz said.

“A number of other issues would also be discussed between the US president and Sharif,” Dawn quoted Aziz as saying on October 12.

He said Indian state institutions, including the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), are involved in terror activities in Pakistan, adding that there would be no compromise on Pakistan’s foreign policy. Rising tensions between the two countries are

“hazardous to world peace”, he added. Aziz said the dossier alleging Indian involvement in subversive activities in Pakistan, which was given to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon last month, would also be shared with other friendly countries.

The comments come after the Delhi-bound Samjhauta Express, carrying both Indian and Pakistani passengers, was recently called back from the border to the Lahore railway station after Indian authorities denied its entry in India.

Islamic State calls for jihad against US, Russia IANS, DAMASCUS

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he Islamic State (IS) militant group on October 13 called for a jihad against Russia and the US for their “crusader’s war” in the Middle East.

In an audio message, the group’s spokesman Abu Muhammad alAdnani said, “Oh Muslim youth everywhere come on for jihad against the Russians and Americans, because it’s a crusader war against the Muslims; the war of the atheists and idolaters against the believers,” Xinhua reported.

The message came just a day after the Al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front

called for attacks against Russia.

Leader of Nusra Front Abu Muhammad al-Jolani urged the extremists in the Caucasus to “kill the Russians” in retaliation to the

Russian airstrikes in Syria. Al-Jolani urged all of the jihadi factions on ground to stop their infighting and “postpone the differences until the break of the crusader Western and

Russian war on the Levant land (Syria)”. The Russian air strikes started in Syria on September 30, targeting the positions of the Nusra Front and the IS among other terror groups in the war-torn country.

The strikes have raised the ire of the Syrian rebels, as several rebel groups called on regional countries to form an alliance against the Russian-led coalition, according to a statement released last week.

In the statement, over 41 rebel groups, including the powerful Ahrar al-Sham Movement, deemed Russian military intervention as an “occupation”, and urged regional countries to form a coalition.

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Kerala painter’s wins accolades Keralite Sedunath Prabhakar creates history Down Under through his unique painting ‘Pride of Australia’ in which 50 eminent Australian personalities are depicted on a single canvas IANS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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elbourne-settled Keralite painter Sedunath Prabhakar’s work, which took him close to three years to finish, won him many accolades when it was showcased for the first time on September 26 at Glen Eira city Town Hall, Melbourne.

The event was inaugurated by Craig Ondarchie, state member of northern metropolitan region, shadow minister for investment and jobs, and other Australian dignitaries.

“I received a good response when the exhibition opened and was approached to showcase my work in other Australian cities too,” Prabhakar told IANS from Melbourne.

“Ever since I landed in Australia

BRIEFS Partial response to Telangana bandh HYDERABAD: The day-long shutdown called by the opposition parties in Telangana over farmers’ issues on October 10 evoked partial response in the state.

The opposition parties are demanding the government to implement one-time waiver of farm loans to check the increasing number of suicides by farmers.

Bus services of state-owned Transport Corporation (TSRTC) were affected as the leaders and workers of opposition parties staged sit-ins at bus stations and depots here and nine other districts in the state. Shops, business establishments and educational institutions were also closed in some parts.

Voler eyes self-drive car rental space NEW DELHI: Bengaluru-based self-drive car rental service provider Voler is looking to capture major space with its knowledge of the industry and operational expertise to manage 2,000 cars and multiple offices in India, a top official of the company has said.

“While the industry opportunity has been existing in the country for a long time, the market is still untapped. This is where we step in with our advanced knowledge of the industry and operational expertise to manage a large fleet of cars,” Vikas Parasrampuria, founder and chief executive of Voler, told IANS on the phone from Bengaluru.

Melbourne-settled Keralite painter Sedunath Prabhakar

seven years back, what fascinated me was the country’s rich indigenous culture and history. Many famous personalities and their contributions triggered within me the desire to provide a tribute to them

and to this country, through my artistic talent,” said Prabhakar.

“After lot of research, I selected 50 personalities.”

The 50 personalities include Donald Bradman, first lady prime

minister of Australia Julia Gillard, Captain James Cook (explorer), John Monash (Army Commander who took part in World War I), Patrick White (Nobel awardee), Emily Kame Kngwarreye (aboriginal artist), swimmer Ian Thorpe and footballer Tim Cahill among others.

The canvas measures 50 meters in length and 1.5 metres in width.

Recalling his piece of art, he said he first sketched the individual and then used acrylic medium to paint.

It took, on an average, three to four days for him to complete each of the 50 personalities.

Prabhakar was elated by the response he received from the guests and Craig Ondarchie.

“But he (Prabhakar) will be another icon who is from another country and made an amazing por-

Dasara: Mysuru Maharaja ascends throne IANS, MYSURU (KARNATAKA)

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odiyar dynasty’s new head and Mysuru’s titular Maharaja Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja on October 13 ascended the golden throne in the Amba Vilas Palace here, marking the first day of the 10-day Dasara festival.

Dressed in traditional robes, with the royal headgear his ancestors sported once, the 23-year-old performed various rituals before climbing the throne around noon, considered auspicious, in the private portion of the royal palace in the city, about 150km from Bengaluru.

“The khas durbar, which is the private area of the royal family,

came alive after a year with our new maharaja sitting on the throne amid chanting of Vedic hymns and rituals,” a palace official told IANS. After Srikantadatta Wodiyar passed away on December 10, 2013 in Bengaluru without naming a successor, the royal sword

(pattada katti) was placed on the throne at the start of the Navaratri festival in the absence of his successor until his widow Pramoda Devi adopted Yaduveer. His coronation took place in May this year.

Yaduveer gave a royal salute as the police band played the erstwhile Mysore state anthem “Kayo Sri Gowri” in the background. He also received offerings from 24 mutts and temples, including Chamundi Hill, Srirangapatna, Melukote and Sringeri Sharada peetam and blessings of palace priests.

“He also offered prayers to the idol of Hindu goddess Chamundeshwari at ‘kanna thotti’ (cradle) in the palace premises after holding royal durbar from the throne,” the official added.

trait of our greats. I have never seen this kind of a tribute in Australian art history,” said Nick Staikos, an MP. The painting is on a canvas which can be rolled up and, thus, is easily portable.

Hailing from Kidangoor in Kottayam district, Prabhakar did his graduation in Fine Arts from the prestigious Baroda School of Arts in 1998 and reached Melbourne in 2008 along with his wife who now works as a social worker.

Prabhakar is not resting on his laurels and is trying to explore the possibilities of a fusion of Australia’s rich artistic tradition with his own.

“I am now looking forward to meet indigenous Australian artists to work with them and learn from them. I also would like to teach them some of our Indian traditions,” added Prabhakar.

Malayalam author Chandran wins Vayalar award THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Malayalam writer Subhash Chandran has won this year’s Vayalar Rama Varma Award, Kerala’s most prestigious literary award.

The award was announced by popular literary figure and Vayalar Rama Varma Memorial Trust president M.K.Sanoo.

Sanoo, a former legislator, also announced that from this year, the cash award has been increased from Rs.25,000 to Rs.100,000.

Chandran bagged the award for his novel ‘Manushyanu Oru Aamukham’ which had also fetched him the Kendra Sahitya Award last year.

Floral festival ‘Bathukamma’ off to a colorful start IANS, HYDERABAD

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athukamma, the floral festival of Telangana, got off to a colorful start on October 12 with women enthusiastically participating in the festivities across the state.

A festival atmosphere prevailed in the state with Bathukamma celebrations in different parts of Hyderabad and nine other districts of the state.

Attired in their best, women arranged flowers and played around it to mark the beginning of the 10day festival, a symbol of Telangana’s rich culture.

For the second year, Bathukamma is being celebrated as a state festival.

The festivities were held at the offices of the district collectors and

at the residences of ministers, legislators and ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders.

Telangana Jagruthi president and MP K. Kavita participated in the festivities at Narsampeta in Waran-

gal district. She said Bathukamma’ played a key role in the movement for separate Telangana state.

Kavita, who is daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, said after achieving Telangana state,

the TRS has sent the goal of “Bangaru Telangana (Golden Telangana)”. Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy inaugurated the festivities at Ministers’ Quarters in Hyderabad.

She played Bathukamma along with wives and other women family members of the ministers.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decked up the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad for the festival. It has taken up beautification of important road stretches with special decorative lighting, including 3D lighting. Thousands of women and women artistes will participate in the grand procession of Bathukammas on October 21 from L.B. Stadium to the Tank Bund here.

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e it with denims or blouses with bold cut-outs, the sari was given a twist in a contemporary way by the country’s leading designers at the Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) Spring-Summer 2016.

Not just the traditional wear, the designers even promoted Indian textiles, weaves, crafts and embroidery at the premier fashion gala.

The fashionistas of the capital and buyers across the globe saw over 100 designers showcasing their best at the fashion event, which concluded late on Sunday.

While breezy garments — western, Indian or fusion — dominated most of the collections, from Day One of the five-day fashion event, one could see various interpretations of the traditional six-yard wonder.

If Anavila presented her subdued saris, mostly threaded with gold and silver, designer duo Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja, who have been creating bold and sophisticated swimwear for long, impressed fashionistas with their jewelled garments and embellished

saris teamed with bold cut-out blouse. Shalini James, who made her AIFW debut this year, showcased a collage of textiles from across the country.

The designer made cotton look cool and formal. But what caught the attention of many were the saris wrapped over skirts.

The grand finale of the SpringSummer edition of AIFW was an ode to popular indigenous Benarasi weaves through contemporary fashion, presented by the designers like Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, Namrata Joshipura, Ashish N Soni, Rajesh Pratap Singh, Abraham and Thakore, Anupama Dayal, Manish

Arora, Sabyasachi Mukherjee and Tarun Tahiliani.

The show was curated on the theme of ‘Born in Benaras’, hence the designers presented designs using Benarasi weaves.

Apart from strong Indian fashion elements, there was also abundant use of white in the designers’ collections. So is it going to be a hot favorite of fashionistas in spring-summer? “White is evergreen. You can’t get bored of black and white irrespective of how many you have in your wardrobe,” Rahul Khanna told IANS.

The grand finale of the Spring-Summer edition of AIFW was an ode to popular indigenous Benarasi weaves through contemporary fashion (Photo: IANS)

Heavy smoking and Men hate infidelity, women emotional cheating drinking will age you faster IANS, LONDON

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eavy smoking and alcohol use cause distinctive changes to human DNA, leading to an accelerated premature aging, scientists reveal.

Interestingly, moderate alcohol use -- about one to two drinks per day -- was correlated with the healthiest aging, while very low and high consumption were linked to accelerated aging.

Biological aging is the progressive decline in physiological ability to meet demands that occurs over time. It is due to the accumulation of damage at the cellular level and the rate of biological aging is determined by both environmental and genetic factors. While calculating the difference between biological age and chronological age, the researchers found that all levels of

exposure to smoke were associated with significantly premature aging.

Using data from the publicly “Gene Expression available Omnibus”, Robert A Philibert from University of Iowa analysed patterns of DNA methylation - a molecular modification to DNA that affects when and how strongly a gene is expressed. Prior research had shown that methylation patterns change in predictable ways as people age as well as in response to cigarette smoke and alcohol.

en are most jealous of sexual infidelity but when it comes to women, emotional infidelity is what makes them the most jealous, reveals a study. If your partner has sex with someone else, it is considered infidelity even if no emotions are involved.

But it is also considered infidelity when your significant other develops a close personal relationship with someone else, even if there is no sex or physical intimacy involved.

Norwegian researchers now show that men and women react differently to various types of infidelity and evolutionary psychology may help explain why this may be.

“Men and women’s psychology is similar in most areas — but not when it comes to reproduction,” said Mons Bendixen from Norwegian University of Science and

Technology. Recent research on jealousy considers two main types of infidelity: Having sex with a person outside the relationship, or developing an emotional attachment to a person outside the relationship.

In the recent study, over 1,000 participants were randomly given one of four versions of a questionnaire about jealousy.

‘We found clear sex differences in the jealousy responses among

those who had to choose which aspect of infidelity was most upsetting to them,” the authors noted.

According to evolutionary perspective, men and women over thousands of generations have had to adapt to different challenges that are related to reproduction.

Infidelity is one such challenge.

Psychologists believe that women are especially sensitive to signs that the man is devoting time and attention to other women.

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Pele visits India after 38 years Pele says he will help India to strengthen base to improve soccer standard in the country

Pele inaugurates Durga Puja KOLKATA: A bit of Samba and glimpse of goddess Durga on the auspicious day of Mahalaya Brazilian soccer legend Pele did it all here on the second day of his India tour.

Exhibiting a dash of his country’s native dance and music, Pele belted out a Samba beat in front of hundreds of spectators he interacted with students with former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly. Later, the septuagenarian soccer icon was game for visiting a Durga puja pandal in south Kolkata.

Flanked by Ganguly, Pele launched the Chetla Agrani club’s marquee late in the evening.

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ootball king Pele asked India to strengthen the health of the game at the grassroots, arrange more foreign exposure for coaches and players to lift the poor standards and said he would be glad to help out. “You have to start working at the base. You have to give chance to players to go abroad and play, from where they can gather experience.

They can then come here and share their experiences. But firstly you have to support the base,” Pele said at a media interaction on day two of his week-long visit to India.

Pele felicitates Mohun Bagan footballers of 1977

Brazilian football legend Pele, former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly and music composer A R Rahman with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a programme in Kolkata, on October 12. (Photo Courtesy: IANS)

“You should have football in universities, schools and colleges. It is important to train kids for the future.” Pele later suggested that Indian coaches be sent to Latin America and Europe to gain experi-

Former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, music composer A.R. Rahman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee celebrated his birthday in advance. ence. “I think Indians have an excellent opportunity to grow in football. Coaches from India can go to South America and Europe to get experience. You have lot of talent. It

Vijender wins his first pro-boxing match IANS, MANCHESTER

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ndia’s Vijender Singh made his professional boxing debut with a bang, defeating Briton Sony Whiting through a technical knock out in the third round at the Manchester Arena here on Saturday.

The Olympic and world championship medallist began well, attacked through the middleweight bout, and finished off the fight in the penultimate round when the referee stopped the contest.

The 29 year old Indian started off confidently, pushing Whiting into a corner. Vijender sent down an array of punches, and the Briton returned them aggressively, as the first round seemed even.

Whiting, who had a 2-1 win-loss record in professional boxing prior to this match, tried to seize the initiative in the second round, but

will take a little time. You need to have patience.”

“If I can help in some way, I’ll be here. No problem.” Pele returned to India after 38 years, first setting foot in 1977 to play in an exhibition

Vijender soon took control and even dropped his guard on a couple of occasions, virtually challenging his opponent to have a go at him. As the clock ticked, Whiting found it difficult to match Vijender’s aggression, and even lost balance and fell on the ropes.

Whiting tried to come back into the game in the third round by unleashing a flurry of punches, but Vijender kept his cool and hit some upper cuts to win the match.

game against City giants Mohun Bagan. He will travel to New Delhi to attend the Subroto Cup final on October 16. The 74-year-old had a hectic Monday, beginning with a

SA beat India by 5 runs in first ODI KANPUR: Kanpur, Oct 11 (IANS) India suffered a five-run defeat against South Africa in their first of the five-match One-Day International (ODI) series at the Green Park stadium here.

Skipper AB de Villier’s attacking 104 not out — 21st ODI century — powered South Africa to 303/5.

In reply, Rohit Sharma’s 133-ball 150 — his eighth ODI ton — took India close to the target, but South African bowlers held their nerve to register the slender five-run victory.

After losing the first of their fivematch One-Day International (ODI) series by a slender margin of five runs against South Africa here on Sunday, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said it was a game they should have won. India will play next match on October 14.

public interaction with the ISL franchise Atletico de Kolkata coowners, led by Sourav Ganguly, answering a wide array of queries from media persons and students.

Later, former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, Academy award winning music composer A.R. Rahman and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee celebrated his birthday at the Netaji Indoor stadium.

Pele completes 75 on October 23 and turned emotional when a big cake shaped like the Jules Rimet trophy — which Brazil won permanently in 1970 by lifting the World Cup for the third time — was cut.

KOLKATA: In a historic reunion which they may never forget, the Mohun Bagan batch of 1977 relived their glorious encounter against football legend Pele in an exhibition match 38 years ago, while being felicitated by the “King of Football” himself.

Sharing the stage with Pele, at an event in the Netaji Indoor Stadium here, the Mohun Bagan greats reminisced the raindrenched September 24, 1977, when Pele and his New York Cosmos club set foot on the hallowed cricket venue Eden Gardens.

Captained by Subrata Bhattacharya, the Bagan side had produced a surprising result. After conceding a goal, they rallied brilliantly to lead 2-1 for a substantial part of the game. But Cosmos finally managed an equaliser and the match finished 2-2.

Called one by one on the stage, the Bagan players were felicitated by the Brazilian great who handed them a memento and a shawl as they all happily posed for a memorable click while a crowd of 5,000odd cheered lustily.

Former India captain and the then coach of Mohun Bagan, P.K. Banerjee told the audience how he had instructed his players not to go for tackle on Pele.

Fresh Saina to lead India’s charge at Denmark Open IANS, ODENSE

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orld No.1 woman shuttler Saina Nehwal will be fresh and hungry after nearly a month’s rest when the $650,000 Denmark Open begins at the Odense Sports Park here.

The 2015 World Championships bronze medallist is the top seed at the tournament which she won three years ago. In the first round on Wednesday, the 25-yearold will face world No.17 Busanan Ongbumrungphan of Thailand, who lost to the Hyderabadi in the Japan Open on September 9.

If the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist advances, she is expected to face world No.18 Minatsu Mitani of Japan, who conquered Saina in Tokyo last month.

World No.13 and double World Championships bronze medallist P.V. Sindhu will face Indonesian

Saina Nehwal

Maria Febe Kusumastuti and if the 20-year-old Indian prevails, she will face a tough test in the second round — the winner between world No.12 Bae Yeon Ju and former world champion Yihan Wang of China.

The 2011 World Championships bronze medal-winning doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will also return to action.

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Clarifying that the film can’t be branded as an actioner, Vaitla said it has all the elements to entertain family audiences too HARICHARAN PUDIPEDDI, CHENNAI

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irector Sreenu Vaitla says his forthcoming Telugu film “Bruce Lee: The Fighter” is as commercial as any of previous films but adds that he has attempted something different and has deviated from his regular template.

“One thing my films always guarantee is entertainment. ‘Bruce Lee’ too is loaded with all the usual elements of entertainment but in the process I’ve deviated from the regulate template of making commercial films,” Vaitla told IANS. “I’ve made films where stories were told in an entertaining way and ones where I’ve tried to fit entertainment in the story. ‘Bruce Lee’ falls in the first category of films and that’s why I think it will work,” he said, and added that audiences will find

something different in the film, which hits the screens on Friday worldwide. Clarifying that the film can’t be branded as an actioner, Vaitla said it has all the elements to entertain family audiences too.

“Ram plays a stuntman and people around him call him Bruce Lee,

Trisha Krishnan attracts fans galore on ‘Nayaki’ set CHENNAI: People from various villages gathered to meet southern actress Trisha Krishnan on the sets of Tamil-Telugu bilingual Nayaki in Zaheerabad, a town on the border of Telangana and Karnataka.

“Over a thousand people from nearby villages gathered at the shooting spot to meet Trisha when we shot in Zaheerabad. This happened on all the four days of the shoot and just ten of us had to control the crowd,” the film’s director Govi told IANS. Amazed at the fan-base Trisha enjoys as a star, the director was equally surprised that everybody in the crowd was well-behaved.

“Nobody tried to gatecrash. They just gathered to watch Trisha and the shoot. It so happens that it was the first time a film crew had gone to shoot in that place, so it doubled the excitement of the locals,” he said.

Nearly 60 percent of the film has already been completed and the team will soon start a month-long schedule in Hyderabad.

The latest addition to the cast is actress Poonam Kaur.

“She plays an important guest role. Puunam is a very talented actress and she was apt for this character,” said Govi adding that she has already shot for her part.

Director Sasi bags J.C. Daniel award IANS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

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.V. Sasi, one of the most popular Malayalam film directors, was Monday announced winner of the prestigious J.C. Daniel award for 2014 in recognition of his sterling contributions to the Malayalam film industry.

The award that was announced here on October 12 is considered the top one in the industry and given by the Kerala government to honour a film personality for the work he has done.

The jury for the award was chaired by eminent writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, and comprised actor I.V. Sasi Madhu, and Kerala State Chalachitra Academy chairman T. Rajivnath among others. The career of Sasi, 66, who hails from Kozhikode and is settled in Chennai, as a hugely successful director began after the stupendous success of Avalude Raavukal (Her Nights) in 1978.

it’s a pet name and it has nothing to do with the genre of the film.

There’s comedy, romance and drama to appeal to everybody, so people shouldn’t treat this as an action film,” he said, and lauded the efforts of Ram for the preparation for his role. Ram learnt mixed mar-

tial arts for the film and trained with experts in Hong Kong.

“He worked extremely hard and since we worked on a tight schedule, he barely had time to relax. We had decided on the release date even before we went on the floors, so obviously we couldn’t afford any sort of delay,” he said.

After eight long years, megastar Chiranjeevi returns to face the arc lights in a cameo role.

This is the second time Vaitla has teamed up with the 60-year old actor. “I worked with him a decade ago in ‘Andarivadu’, and honestly, directing him in this film was more enjoyable. He looks even more energetic than he was back then and that has hugely benefited the film,” he said.

Produced by DVV Danayya, the film also stars Kriti Kharbanda, Tisca Chopra and Arun Vijay in important roles.

CHENNAI: Actor Ram Charan, who awaits the release of forthcoming Telugu actioner Bruce Lee: The Fighter, says he will soon be launching two new production houses and also work with his star uncle Pawan Kalyan.

“I’ll be starting two new production houses Konidela Productions and White Horse Entertainments.

My first film as a producer will be my dad’s (Chiranjeevi’s) most awaited 150th film which will be announced soon,” Ram told IANS. He also said he’ll be doing a film with his uncle next year. Ram also said a project with filmmaker Gautham Menon is still on.

‘Rudhramadevi’ mints Rs.320 million IANS, CHENNAI

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ilmmaker Gunasekar’s Telugu 3D historical film Rudhramadevi, which was also dubbed and released in Hindi, has approximately grossed Rs.320 million in its opening weekend worldwide. “The film has opened well and according to early estimates it has grossed about Rs.320 million in the opening weekend worldwide. The Telugu version has done exceptionally well and the film has taken a very good overseas opening as well,” trade analyst Trinath told IANS. Starring Anushka Shetty in the lead, the film chronicles the rise of

warrior queen Rudhramadevi in the Kakatiya dynasty. The film also features an ensemble cast of Rana Daggubati, Allu Arjun, Prakash Raj,

Krishnam Raju, Nithya Menon and Aditi Chengappa. The Tamil dubbed version of the film releases on October 16.

No big deal in hiking pay: Rakul Preet Singh IANS, CHENNAI

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ctress Rakul Preet Singh, who has emerged as one of the most sought after heroines in Telugu filmdom, says every actor deserves a pay hike and it should be directly proportional to the demand factor.

“If an actor is in demand, then I don’t see the problem in paying him or her more. Everybody deserves a pay hike in their respective jobs and since I’m doing well in my profession, I deserve what I take as remuneration now,” Rakul told IANS.

She’s rumored to have charged a whopping Rs.15 million for her forthcoming Telugu outing Bruce Lee: The Fighter.

Refusing to comment on her pay, she said: “I’m at the peak of my career, so what’s wrong if I charge more? I don’t understand what the big deal about hiking my pay is.”

Rakul is paired with Ram Charan in the film, which is directed by Srinu Vaitla, and is slated to release worldwide on October 16.

Rakul, who currently has Telugu films Naanaku Prematho and Sarainodu in her kitty, feels that every actor deserves a hike.

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Sidharth is NZ’s tourism ambassador For Sidharth, it was ‘refreshing’ to meet such a welcoming political leader who even sportingly posed for a selfie which the actor clicked; now he wishes to see Akshay Kumar do the skywalk RADHIKA BHIRANI, WELLINGTON

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ew Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Monday appointed Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra as the country’s tourism ambassador in India. They also clicked a selfie together.

They met at the Prime Minister’s Office in the Beehive here.

Sidharth, who has cemented his space in Bollywood with films like Student Of The Year, Ek Villain and Brothers, also received a rugby jersey of the country’s All Blacks national team, from the prime minister.

It was a fulfilling hour-long interesting conversation around Bollywood, education, sports and food for the actor, who looked dashing in a black bandhgala designed by Raghavendra Rathore.

“We spoke about All Blacks, Bollywood films, he has met Mr.Shah

Hindu gods as superheroes in US film NEW DELHI: US film production studio Disney-Pixar's short movie Sanjay's Super Team is set to present Hindu gods as superheroes on Indian screens in December.

Directed by Sanjay Patel, Sanjay’s Super Team is his personal story and a “mostly true” chronicle

of his journey to understand the Hindu world that is important to his parents.

The animation film shows how he uses his own experience to tell the story of a young, first generation Indian-American boy whose love for western pop culture comes into conflict with his father’s traditions.

In the short, the boy is seen absorbed in the world of cartoons and comics. His father, on the other hand, tries to draw him into the traditions of his Hindu practice.

While he tries to follow the tradition with reluctance, the boy soon finds himself in another world where a trio of Hindu deities, including Hanuman — who represents strength and valor — are fighting a villain. The ending is an emotional one. The film will be released on December 4 in India.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key with actor Sidharth Malhotra; (right) Sidharth enjoying the skywalk.

Rukh Khan and spoke to me about his interactions with him,” Sidharth told IANS post the meeting.

“I think he is very down to earth, and he said that he has joined politics only 15 years ago, which shows that he has led a life apart from politics,” he added. For Sidharth, it was

“refreshing” to meet such a welcoming political leader who even sportingly posed for a selfie which the actor clicked.

“He has a very common man’s sensibility, and he is very hands-on about the numbers and facilities New Zealand is providing,” Sid-

harth said and added that Key was “extremely cool and relaxed”.

They even deliberated over getting more Bollywood films to shoot in the picturesque landscapes that The Pacific nation offers.

“They (New Zealand) shoot way bigger and larger films, but they are

Salman’s chalet at ‘Bigg Boss’ is stylish IANS, MUMBAI

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uperstar Salman Khan will have a ‘superhero’ themedchalet for Bigg Boss Nau, which has been customized according to the Bajrangi Bhaijaan actor’s choices and requirements.

Strategically located next to the Bigg Boss Nau house, the chalet, which is designed by Subhajyoti Datta, will boast of many fascinating features like a sprawling living room, well-equipped kitchen and personalized bedroom.

“Home is where the heart is and I wanted to ensure that Salman Sir feels at home on ‘Bigg Boss Nau’ set.

I wanted to fill the house with elements which encapsulate Salman’s endearing yet strong personality and

that is how we came up with the superhero theme,” Datta said in a statement. As soon as you step inside the chalet, there will be a large poster of Salman’s ‘Devil’ avatar from his movie Kick creating a strong visual of the actor’s many

roles. The living room will be seen with impressions of various superhero characters.

The bedroom will showcase a collage of pictures of cherished times spent with his family members, parents and siblings, over the years.

quite open to getting Bollywood here,” Sidharth said.

“We spoke about getting more tourists here, more students for education, and more youths for adventure sports.”

“He said that India is a big market for adventure sports that New Zealand offers, because of the young population,” Sidharth said.

Earlier in the day, Sidharth met Oscar-winning legend Richard Taylor in the country’s film capital On October 11, on his first day here itself, Indian actor Malhotra attempted the adrenaline-pumping Skywalk from 192 meters above the ground. He says he would love Bollywood’s ‘khiladi’ Akshay Kumar to try it.

And just about an hour later, he was on his way to walk on the edge of the 1.2 meter-wide walkway around the world famous SkyTower, which stands tall at 325 meters.

Chauhan yet to attend FTII office PUNE: Several months since his controversial appointment as the FTII chairman, BJP member and television personality Gajendra Chauhan is yet to visit his office, an RTI query has revealed. There is a lack of clarity even on the actual date of appointment of Chauhan as the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) chief, said Mumbai-based RTI activist Anil Galgali.

While the FTII list of appointments shows the date as March 4, 2014 to March 3, 2017, another date provided is June 9, 2015 on which he was actually appointed.

‘Jazbaa’ - Stylishly thrilling

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nuradha Varma (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) is a successful criminal lawyer whose life turns topsy-turvy when her young daughter Sanaya (Sara Arjun) is kidnapped suddenly. As ransom, she is compelled to handle the case of a murderer and rapist Niyaaz (Chandan Roy Sanyal) and has to ensure he walks out free.

Loaded with grey characters, Jazbaa is the transformation of a confident criminal lawyer into a helpless and frustrated mother, trying to rescue her daughter from her kidnappers.

Aishwarya, seen on screen after a long hiatus, has a pivotal role, which

Film: Jazbaa; Cast: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi, Chandan Roy Sanyal, Atul Kulkarni, Jackie Shroff and Sara Arjun; Director: Sanjay Gupta; Rating: ***1/2 she fits to perfection. Confident, erudite as a lawyer, she portrays the anguish of a single mother searching for her daughter with equal ease and aplomb.

Irrfan as Inspector Yohan, who is Anuradha’s childhood friend, delivers one of his best performances. His character is multi-faceted: quirky,

emotional, caring, efficient and corrupt. Cumulatively, these make his character interesting and endearing.

The taut and well written screenplay is cleverly layered, giving the film an intrigue factor throughout.

Never once is there a dull moment

and the film keeps you riveted to the screen.

The music is subtly and cleverly used. With ample thrill and entertainment, this one is a good weekend watch.

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‘Bajirao Mastani’ milestone in my life: Priyanka Chopra

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ctress Priyanka Chopra, who is starring in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Bajirao Mastani, says the film is a “milestone” in her life.

“And it’s a film wrap! Being a part of #BajiraoMastani is a milestone in my life! Thank you Sanjay Sir for being a dream. Thank you team. Left a part of me behind,” Priyanka wrote on her Instagram page along with an image of the film’s set.

The 33-year-old, who is receiving rave reviews for essaying the role of an FBI recruit in the international TV show “Quantico”, will portray the role of Kashibai, the first wife of Peshwa Bajirao, in Bajirao Mastani.

The movie features Ranveer Singh as Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao I, while his love interest Mastani’s role is played by Deepika Padukone.

Bajirao Mastani is slated to hit the theatres on December 18, 2015.

Shruti wishes her sister on B-day

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ctress Shruti Haasan has poured love and affection on her younger sister and her ‘princess’ Akshara, who turned 24 this week.

“Happy birthday @AksharaHaasan1 love...my princess,” Shruti tweeted.

Daughters of veteran actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika, both Shruti and Akshara are multi-faceted.

Shruti is a singer-composer, while Akshara, who made debut in Bollywood with “Shamitabh”, was active behind the cameras as an assistant director before facing the camera for the R. Balakrishnan directorial. Shruti had earlier told IANS that she’s protective about Akshara and very proud of her achievements.

‘Need to spread awareness about mental health’

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ctress Deepika Padukone has raised the importance of spreading awareness about mental health at the launch of her NGO here.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched Deepika’s NGO “Live Love Laugh”, which will deal with the issue of mental health.

“We need to stigmatize mental illness and spread awareness about mental health. I know in the current scenario we lead stressful lives but you have to keep reminding yourself that it is important to live, love and laugh. After all that is what life is all about,” Deepika said during the launch.

“Most importantly for people like me who have had an experience with anxiety and depression, I think it is important to know that there is hope,” she added.

Deepika also talked about her depression and how her parents and loved ones helped her.

Shahid says he would ‘miss’ Alia

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ctor Shahid Kapoor, who will be working with Alia Bhatt in backto-back films, is “very sad” that afterwards she will be working with other actors in different films. “’Shaandaar’ is a relevant film in our career, which Alia and I often discuss about. The kind of films that I’m doing my last film ‘Haider’ or ‘Shaandaar’ now or our next film together, ‘Udta Punjab’.

After that Alia is doing other films and I’m doing other films and I’m very sad that she’s working without me, but it’s okay,” said Shahid at a press conference for the “Bollywood Britain-Shaandaar” campaign on October 12.

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Jyoti arrives at Chinmaya Mission Chicago

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO. IL -- September 20 was one of the most auspicious days at Chinmaya Mission Chicago.

May 8, 2015-May 8, 2016 marks the birth centenary year of Pujya Gurudev, Swami Chinmayanada.

While celebrating the life of the spiritual master who spearheaded a global Hindu spiritual and cultural renaissance, “Jyoti Yatra” is a traveling unbroken flow of light in the form of an oil lamp.

The light is traveling throughout India and one in the United States of America, symbolizing the light of spiritual knowledge that Swami Chinmayananda spread across the world.

The Jyoti arrived at Chinmaya Mission Chicago from Chinmaya Omkara - Northwest Indiana, accompanied by a bus full of devotees.

Swami Sharanananda and Acharya Dhiren Khatri from Chinmaya Mission Chicago held the Jyoti as it was led in a procession with reverence and celebration accompanied

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Indian researcher gets prestigious award

BY A STAFF WRITER EST LAFAYETTE, IN -- Dr. Arun K. Ghosh, the Ian P. Rothwell Distinguished Professor at Purdue University in chemistry and medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology, is the recipient of the 2015 Herbert Newby McCoy Award.

The award, announced on September 22, recognizes the Indian American researcher for his extraordinar y contributions in the broad areas of organic, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry that have improved human health.

As the 2015 McCoy awardee, Ghosh will deliver the Herbert Newby McCoy Distinguished Lecture on November 9 in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall.

Ghosh’s research group is involved in multidisciplinary projects in synthetic organic, bioorganic and medicinal chemistry. His extensive knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry, coupled with his creativity, has led him to be recognized as one of the world’s foremost leaders in structure-based molecular design.

His seminal contributions in this area include his concept-based design and discovery of a potent HIV protease inhibitor, named darunavir, which has shown unprecedented drug resistance profiles against HIV. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as the first treatment for multidrug-resistant HIV and received expanded approval in 2008 for all HIV/ AIDS patients, including pediatrics.

Ghosh, who joined the Purdue faculty in 2005, also designed a molecule that has significant promise in treating Alzheimer’s disease. In addition, Ghosh and his team created a compound that prevents replication of the virus that causes SARS/MERS and could lead to a treatment for the disease.

The compound also provides new insights into a group of proteins found in a range of diseases, including childhood croup, herpes and cancer.

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by Swami Ramakrishnananda from India, Acharyas Jetindra and Swapna Nayar from the Yamunotri Center of CMC and Acharya Sachin from Kitchner, Ontario.

Bala Vihar children were lined all along

Badri walkway with Om flags. Children and adults performed Lezim dance and Raas Leela while taking the Jyoti into the ashram with chants, bhajans and firecrackers.

After crossing the threshold of the ashram

the Jyoti was received with Purna Kumbha, a traditional expression of welcome with chanting from the Vedas.

In the shrine, the idol of Lord Badri Narayan dressed in finery and fragrance of fresh flowers smiled in anticipated welcome.

An elaborate Paduka puja was offered – worship of the feet of the Guru, signifying the worship of the spiritual knowledge on which the Guru stands.

During the puja, the children led the chanting of 108 names of Pujya Gurudev and offered a beautiful bhajan composed by Swami Tejomayananda and the adults offered an auspicious dance from Kerala. Over 400 children and adults attended the event.

The inspiration and the energy of the day were remarkable; celebrating the Guru who sacrificed everything to spread the message of Bhagawad Geeta and the Upanishads for the wellbeing of humanity.

The Jyoti will reside at CMC – Badri through October 30 and will be taken to Chinmaya Mission Minneapolis on October 31.

Bolingbrook marks 50th anniversary

BY A STAFF WRITER OLINGBROOK, IL -- It is 50 years since Bolingbrook, a Chicago suburb, was incorporated, and it has been its tradition to celebrate the memorable moment every year with a huge parade and marching band.

This year’s 2-mile-long parade, which attracts a huge crowd, had colorful decorated floats showcasing the entire ethnic community in Bolingbrook area.

The parade started from Bolingbrook high school and moved via Lilly cache pond and ended at the Village Hall. The three-hour event was witnessed by a huge gathering of some 10,000 people and was greeted by Roger Claar, who has been the Mayor of Bolingbrook for the past 28 years, along with the village trustees.

The event was recorded as the biggest parade in Bolingbrook. In the past, the IndiaPak joint float has been the major attraction.

In order to make it special for the 50th year of incorporation, this year India had its own float led by long-time resident and citizen of Bolingbrook Prem Lalvani.

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The team of ISKCON led by Suresh Khattar, Archana Ochani and as many as 25 ISKCON (Hare Krisna) members chanted ‘Hare Krishna’ what with their enticing drums

and cymbals emanating a melodious sound in the air.

The India Float was adjudged the first-place winner in the professionally-decorated category.

Apna Ghar celebrates 25th Anniversary Gala

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- Apna Ghar, a Chicago-based not-for-profit organization, celebrated its 25th Anniversary Gala on September 24 at Hilton Chicago located at 720 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, with Muhammad Yunus, Noble Laureate and founder of Grameen Bank as the Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker.

“Empowering women in general and those who belong to poorer sections of society in particular, by diversifying and enriching their income generation potential, holds the key to break the vicious circle of poverty”, said Yunus in his keynote address.

Yunus congratulated Apna Ghar for serving the victims of gender violence for a long period of 25 years.

Earlier, Saiyed Rabbani, president, Board of Directors welcomed Muhammed Yunus, eminent guests from different walks of life, functionaries of Apna Ghar, and others to the celebration of the milestone

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Apna Ghar executive committee, and staff members.

year in the history of Apna Ghar.

He said that Apna Ghar was one of the first agencies in the US which has been serving the victims of gender violence in South Asian

and other immigrant communities across the Chicago metro area.

Apna Ghar has a 24-hour crisis line, a roof over survivors’ heads with emergency shelter, healing though group and individual counseling, support to navigate the legal system, and access to attorneys for legal cases, etc.

Alderman James Cappleman, 46th Ward, Chicago spoke about his personal motivation for public service in general and support to Apna Ghar in particular.

Awards were presented to Ramzan & Parvin Dhanji Family Foundation, Ashima Mehta, and to Shakuntala Chhabria for their generous support to Apna Ghar in fulfilling its mission and vision and also to Surinder Nand and Danial Noorani in appreciation of their dedication and services to Apna Ghar.

The event brought together more than 350 guests, who are deeply committed to the vision of Apna Ghar.

Apna Ghar was founded by five Asian American women activists in 1989.

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A free seminar by Solus Informatics

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL-- There is a widespread myth that systematic, scientific, and objective project management is relevant merely to extra large projects, conceptualized and executed at global level.

This was stated by Farooq Quraishi, chief executive officer, Solus Informatics, & chairman and managing director, Cyber Matrix India, at a free seminar on ‘Project and risk management’, organized at ICN, OGDEN, 2844 W. Oden Ave. Naperville, II 60540.

“Whereas, the reality is that the principles of project management are universal in nature and can be used in all walks of life, including even small and medium projects, to improve their success rate and their survival in the globalized world of business”, he added.

Farooq stated that the failure rate of projects, across the globe, was a staggering about 80 per cent, causing an irreparable loss to the nations.

“Most of these projects had the required physical, financial, and human resources.

However, despite all these, they failed because their planning, execution, and monitoring were not done on scientific lines”, opined Farooq and substantiated this with convincing facts and figures.

He further stated that possessing mere technical and conceptual skills by the project mManagers was not enough; they should acquire people-related skills, too, in written

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Police released sketch of suspect

L (L-R) Mr Ashfaq Hussain Syed, Mr.Shoaib Khadri, Mr. Adil Fareed, Farooq A.A Quraishi, & Ms. Sadia Gul and oral communication skills, motivation, updating their skill set, from time to time, leadership, conflict resolution, etc, to take keeping in view the mindboggling changes the projects to the shore, safely and successfully. taking place in the world of work.

He called upon job aspirants to equip Shoaib Khadri, secretary, ICN, underscored themselves with such world-class certifications the importance of acquiring skills for in Project Management as PMP and RMP, managing all kinds of projects, in multiple awarded by Project Management Institute, US, industries, instead of confining to a specific to take a lion’s share of the fast-multiplying domain. and highly-paid career opportunities in this The seminar was attended by a large fascinating field in the US, Canada, and other number of participants, who were given parts of the globe. participation certificates.

Adil Fareed, president, ICN, who presided Sadia Gul Covert, Member, ICN conducted over the seminar, urged the participants to keep the proceedings of the free seminar.

Aurora organizes second Diwali Festival on Oct. 24

BY A STAFF WRITER URORA, IL -- The Indian American Community Outreach Advisory Board of Aurora has organized the second Diwali celebrations at the Waubonsie Valley High School on October 24.

Diwali or the Festival of Lights is celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains throughout the world. Diwali, which coincides with the Hindu New Year, is about the victory of light over darkness, or the triumph of good over evil.

The celebrations, free and open to all, are as much a celebration of the diversity of India’s music, dance and cuisine as much as the contribution of Indian Americans, and the community’s assimilation into the City of Aurora.

Last year, the event was attended by over 4000 people.

Among those scheduled to attend are Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner and members of the city council, elected officials and other dignitaries. A spectacular outdoor

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BY A STAFF WRITER INCOLN SQUARE, IL -- In two separate incidents, women reported being “inappropriately touched” while jogging through River and Legion parks along the Chicago River, said a police warning for residents.

Ald. Pat O’Connor (40th) shared an alert from the 20th (Foster) Police District.

The incidents were reported in the 5100 block of North Francisco Avenue and the 5500 block of North Virginia Avenue.

The offender was described as approximately 20 to 25 years old.

The police have come out with common safety tips for runners: 4Run in pairs or groups.

4 Don’t wear earphones or, if you can’t live without your tunes, use only one earbud.

4 Take extra precautions at night, including running with a headlamp or cellphone.

4Carry a whistle or other noisemaker.

fireworks display will be the highlight of the evening.

Visitors will be treated to vignettes of India’s traditional and folk cultures as well as the cuisines from different regions of the country. Ethnic jewelry and apparel will also be on sale.

Although its immigration to Aurora and the neighboring suburbs is relatively recent, the Indian American community has contributed significantly to business, academics, medicine and technology.

The festival of Diwali is thousands of years old, celebrating the return of a mythological king after a victorious battle over an evil aggressor. To celebrate the return, homes are decorated with earthen lamps (diyas) and intricate colorful designs (rangoli).

Food is a central part of the festivities, but unlike the traditional roast turkey of Christmas, each family prepares its favorite dish. Sweets are exchanged between friends and neighbors and food given to the needy.

Shopping is a major activity in Diwali and consumer purchases rival the Christmas shopping season in the West.

Diwali was first celebrated in the White House in 2003 and was given official status by the US Congress in 2007 by the former president George W. Bush.

Barack Obama became the first president to personally attend Diwali celebrations at the White House in 2009.

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IAMA’s ‘Red Saree’ seminar a big draw

Dr. Samir Shah, Dr. Ashok Fulambarker, Dr. Katherine Tynus, Dr. Vemuri Murthy, Dr. Sumita Chowdhury, Mrs Bella Shah, Mr. john Culver, & Dr. Gopal Lalmalani

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL -- The Indian American Medical Association of Illinois (IAMA-IL) recently hosted an exclusive educational program to create awareness of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes (CAD) among Asian Indians at the Waterford Banquets and Conference Center located in Elmhurst, IL. IAMA-IL is a non-for-profit professional organization comprising Illinois physicians of Indian origin.

About 120 medical and non medical members, including many of IAMA’s past presidents.

Opening the event, Dr. Samir Shah, president of the IAMA-IL explained the growing epidemic of heart disease among Asian Indians and the high mortality

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rates. Speaking on heart-related problems, including hypertension, heart attack, coronary artery disease, Dr. Shah stated that coronary artery disease was the leading cause of death in America.

The South Asian community in the US has a three to five-fold increase in CAD. Obesity, lack of exercise, high cholesterol, and hypertension can quietly damage the body for years before symptoms develop.

The “Red Saree Event” was a special educational event organized by IAMA-IL to bring awareness of cardiovascular disease in South East Asians and Diabetes.

The event was sponsored by Wealth Planning Network and Michael Jankowski, president and CEO of the company.

Jankowski made a presentation on “New strategies for estate planning, asset protection and tax minimization strategies”.

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Cricket icons to play on US soil

BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK -- Global cricket icons Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne will headline a star-studded lineup of renowned cricket players from around the world in the inaugural “Cricket All-Stars,” a three-game series in New York City, Houston and Los Angeles.

The historic tour marks the first time these legends have played in the US, and also renews the famous rivalry between “Master Blaster” Tendulkar and “King of Spin” Warne.

The “Cricket All-Stars” kicks off on November 7 at Citi Field in New York City with a special opening ceremony prior to the match as well as other functions and galas.

The second match will be on November 11 at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

The final match in the series will be on November 14 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, followed by a special trophy presentation to the winning team.

The format will be T20, a much shorter and boisterous form of cricket with the games taking around three hours instead of multiple days.

Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Australian spinner Shane Warne will each captain a hand-picked team.

“Sachin’s Blasters” and “Warne’s Warriors” will feature some of the best players to ever play cricket hailing from eight different countries, including Ricky Ponting (Australia), Brian Lara (West Indies), Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka), Wasim Akram (Pakistan), Jonty Rhodes (South Africa) and Michael Vaughan (England), among others. “Americans are so passionate about sports, and I think there’s a huge potential for cricket to take

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Indian teacher is held for sex with student

BY A STAFF WRITER CEAN,IN -- An IndianAmerican substitute teacher in the US state of Indiana has been arrested on charges of paying money for having sex with a teenaged male student.

Mihir Patel, 24, was arrested on October 8 and released the same day on a bond of $250.

Prosecutor Brad Cooper has charged that Patel paid the teenager $150 and $200 on two occasions for having sex ager student--once at a motel and other time at the house of a relative--this summer.

However, Patel would not be charged for having sex with a minor as the teen is between 16 and 18 years old.

According to Indiana State law, a teenager above 16 years can consent to sexual activity.

The issue was first reported by the school authorities after which the police began the investigation.

During the investigation, the teenager told the police that he and Patel had met online in June or July, but he had not known Patel’s name.

He identified him in a photo lineup and told the police he was a substitute at his school, the charging documents said.

Patel was hired by the school authorities for one year as a substitute teacher after a thorough background check.

His term as a substitute teacher--a temporary position--has now been terminated by the school.

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off,” said Tendulkar.

“This is also the first time that international cricket will be played in these beautiful baseball stadiums in New York City, Houston and Los Angeles, which will be a lot of fun.

“We’re also planning some other events and festivities in each city so we can reach as many fans as possible. It would be great someday to see cricket bats right alongside the baseball bats, basketballs and soccer balls in America.”

“We’ve signed all the top players you’d ever want to see,” said Shane Warne. “I’m excited for cricket fans in the US to be able to see these amazing players for the first time, and I also think that the T20 format will appeal to new audiences who have never seen or played cricket before.

“I’m really looking forward to the matches in November, and helping to grow

the sport of cricket in America.”

As a sponsor of “Cricket All-Stars,” MasterCard will provide its cardholders exclusive access to event tickets and priceless experiences throughout the series.

A few lucky cardholders will even have the opportunity to meet some of the players.

“Cricket All-Stars” is being produced

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Sponsors for “Cricket All-Stars” include MasterCard, State Farm® and Uber.

“It’s been a dream of mine to help bring the best of cricket to America,” said Ben Sturner, CEO of Leverage Agency.

“Cricket is the second most popular sport in the world and we couldn’t ask for better partners than Sachin and Shane on this exciting venture.”

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5,000 benefit from CKGS visa camps

BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK -- Cox & Kings Global Services (CKGS), in association with the Federation of Indian Associations of the Tristate of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, has completed 30 visa camps across 20 locations in the United States with over 5,000 applications processed.

According to a press release, these camps have facilitated the visa, overseas citizenship of India and renunciation servicing of thousands of applicants over six months.

The visa camps began on February 28 in Iselin, NJ, and concluded in the San Francisco Bay Area on September 12. Over 5,000 applicants were serviced and advised about their documentation, enabling them to complete their applications with CKGS. “The primary aim behind setting up the visa camps across various locations was to bring in convenience to those who wish to travel to India from the US,” said Kiran Nambiar, vice president and country manager of CKGS. With support from the Embassy of India, Washington D.C. and the Consulate General of India in New York, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco and Atlanta, CKGS was able to clear the backlog of incomplete and pending visa and OCI applications, said Ankur Vaidya, FIA president, in a press release.

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BY A STAFF WRITER RO S PE C T PA R K ( N J ) - Investigators seized about $1,200 worth of prescription pills and arrested two men after a drug probe in the borough.

Jhabeb Malique, 25, a borough resident, is accused of dealing narcotics from his home, according to Passaic County Sheriff Richard H. Berdnik. He faces eight drug-related offenses and was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 bail at the county jail.

As the police watched on September 27, Tony Laterra (21) arrived at the house and engaged in a drug transaction, the sheriff said. Borough detectives followed him away from the area and pulled over his car.

A search during the stop revealed five Roxicodone pills. Laterra, of Palisades Park, was charged with drug possession and released on a summons.

Investigators also stopped Malique outside his residence and found more of the painkillers.

Berdnik said the police seized another 35 pills along with $463 in suspected drug proceeds at Malique’s home.

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$5k fine for false info on ‘terrorist links’

BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK -- Jacob Thomas, 60, of Queens, confessed to authorities that he was trying to keep his former flame, Shakeela Sarassathi, from landing at Kennedy.

A married man who called 911 to falsely report his ex-mistress was a “terrorist” after learning she was flying in from India has been sentenced Brooklyn Federal Court to probation and a $5,000 fine.

Jacob Thomas, 60, of Queens, confessed to authorities that he was trying to keep his former flame, Shakeela Sarassathi, from landing at Kennedy Airport and complicating his family situation.

Judge Frederic Block said he understood that Thomas’ actions were “fraught with domestic intrigue…but that doesn’t mean you didn’t do a bone-headed thing.”

Thomas made two calls to the emergency line claiming the woman was traveling without a visa, and was involved in some kind of terrorist plot.

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Many patrons of the visa camps provided overwhelmingly positive feedback on CKGS’ services, citing it as the most

seamless experience they have ever had with an Indian consulate.

“This type of consular services camp is very beneficial to the Indian community.

No hassle and no headache. The staff was very much helpful every which way,” N. Baffana, a patron of one of the visa camps, was quoted as saying in a press release.

Surya’s Satya Tiwari on Akshaya Patra board

BY A STAFF WRITER TONEHAM , MA -- Satya Tiwari, president of Surya, Inc., has joined the 2015 Akshaya Patra USA Advisory Board.

In this role, he will continue his crucial work of spreading and growing awareness about the work of Akshaya Patra in Atlanta, Georgia area, and building on the organization’s expansion via new kitchens and the number of children served.

Akshaya Patra runs one of the world’s largest school meal programs, serving 1.4 million children daily in 10 states in India.

Its goal is to serve 5 million children by the year 2020.

Tiwari currently serves as president of Surya, a leading source for coordinating rugs and home accessories across a diverse range of lifestyles and price points.

Of his decision to join the Akshaya Patra Advisory Board, Tiwari states, “When I learned about Akshaya Patra in 2012, I saw the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of impoverished children and their families living in rural India.

“Having grown up in a small village in

school lunch program made a lot of sense. In early, 2012, Surya began making an annual financial contribution to the organization, giving thousands of children access to healthy lunchtime meals for an entire year. We also established the Miles for Meals Program, an annual half marathon and fundraising campaign to help generate additional funds.

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Northeastern India, I had witnessed firsthand the health and educational challenges that, if not properly addressed, can lead to an ongoing cycle of poverty. My father was a teacher in a local village and had instilled in me early on the importance of education as a catalyst for social mobility.

“So, supporting Akshaya Patra and its

“Being on the Akshaya Patra board is a great honor and something I take very seriously. My involvement will enable Surya to become more intimately involved in the organization’s mission, beyond just contributing financially. We hope to be able to more directly impact the lives of children and their families throughout rural India”.

Emily Rosenbaum, CEO of Akshaya Patra USA, welcomed Tiwari.

The chairman of Akshaya Patra’s Board of Directors, Desh Deshpande, added, “Satya Tiwari is someone who is making a difference locally, with his company Surya, and globally, by getting deeply involved in effective and scalable social impact causes such as Akshaya Patra and spreading that passion to others he touches.”

Dentist loses license over patient’s death

BY A STAFF WRITER A RT F O R D , C T - - A Connecticut dentist has been granted a probation program and agreed to give up his license in connection with the death of a patient who became unresponsive while 20 teeth were pulled and implants installed last year.

A state judge in Hartford has granted accelerated rehabilitation to 46-year-old Rashmi Patel of Suffield, who has offices in Enfield and Torrington. The program

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Patel apologized to Gan’s family on October 2. Gan’s daughter said she forgave him.

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Indian couple donates $1 million to hospital

BY A STAFF WRITER MSTERDAM, NY-- A new, $18-million outpatient pavilion at St. Mary’s Healthcare here is nearly ready to open, thanks in part to a $1- million donation from Govind and Jyothi Rao, an Indian American couple.

The family had previously pledged $250,000 to the facility at the start of its capital campaign last year but increased it to $1 million earlier this month, according to an announcement from St. Mary’s.

Construction on the 40,000‐square‐foot Rao Outpatient Pavilion, located next to the former Amsterdam Memorial Hospital campus on Route 30, got under way last October.

The facility will include a Cancer Medicine Center with radiation oncology, medical oncology and infusion therapy, as well as the Women’s Breast Health Center, an expanded medical imaging center, laboratory services, outpatient registration, pre‐surgical teaching and testing, and a new urgent care center.

The pavilion opened on October 12.

Victor Giulianelli, president and CEO of St. Mary’s Healthcare, said the Raos established “an exceptional philanthropic pace for others” with their initial $250,000 donation, which spurred other six‐figure donations.

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK -- Jacob Thomas, 60, of Queens, confessed to authorities that he was trying to keep his former flame, Shakeela Sarassathi, from landing at Kennedy.

A married man who called 911 to falsely report his ex-mistress was a “terrorist” after learning she was flying in from India has been sentenced Brooklyn Federal Court to probation and a $5,000 fine.

Jacob Thomas, 60, of Queens, confessed to authorities that he was trying to keep his former flame, Shakeela Sarassathi, from landing at Kennedy Airport and complicating his family situation.

Judge Frederic Block said he understood that Thomas’ actions were “fraught with domestic intrigue…but that doesn’t mean you didn’t do a bone-headed thing.”

Thomas made two calls to the emergency line claiming the woman was traveling without a visa, and was involved in some kind of terrorist plot.

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children in the United States and in India, where Rao still has many family members.

“Back home, I am from a middle-class family,” Rao said reently.

“I came to this country almost 50 years ago with two suitcases and $4 in my pocket and an education. I believe in education.”

Rao settled in Amsterdam, where he raised a family of doctors. He said the

donation was a way for him to give back to the city.

“Fortunately, I have been very good in practice. God has been great to us,” he said.

“My children are on their own now. They’re doing very well. And whatever money I have, I don’t take it when I pass away. The Amsterdam community helped me a lot. So this is my time to pay them back.

12-year-old Indian finds ways to treat allergies

BY A STAFF WRITER ARYLAND -- An Indian American tween is one of the 10 youngsters who progressed to the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge finals.

With her project for the competition, 12-year-old Iris Gupta, who attends sixth grade in Maryland, hopes to revolutionize the way allergy symptoms are alleviated.

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Gupta wanted to ascertain whether there was a way to treat allergies before they started acting up.

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BY A STAFF WRITER EW YORK-A recent survey of 1,789 Brits who claimed to be vegetarians found that 37 per cent of the respondents admitted to eating meat after having too much to drink.

The survey by the discount website VoucherCodesPro found that while some break the rules, the majority of vegetarians stuck to their dietary restrictions. At least 63 per cent of vegetarians reported that they did not eat meat regardless of how much they drank.

When asked how often they ate meat, responses varied--34 per cent said every time they drank, 26 per cent said fairly often, 22 per cent said rarely, and 18 per cent said occasionally.

The most popular meat consumed by drunk vegetarians was kebab meat. Beef burgers were the second-most popular drunk snack, followed by bacon, fried chicken, and pork sausages.

Vegetarians reported that they spent an average of about $7.40 a sitting on their meaty midnight meals.

Previously, a 2014 study conducted by the Humane Research Council found that 84 percent of American vegetarians will eventually start consuming meat again at some point in their lives.

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One in five people in the US have either allergy or asthma symptoms, while 55 per cent of the population is sensitive to one or more allergens.

The Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge is the “ultimate middle-school science competition” for kids in Grades 5 to 8 across the U.S. This year’s finalists worked on projects ranging from new ways to keep people from driving while intoxicated to devices that measure car temperatures.

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BY A STAFF WRITER AKLAND, CA -- A man charged with murder in the 2004 killing of a Northern California Indian American tire shop manager who had been called to testify against him in court has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Larry Darnell Fuller Jr. of Redwood City pleaded not guilty on September 14.

The 45-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in Prisheen Sanjay Krishna’s death.

Fuller was charged with grand theft after failing to pay his bill at a Castro Valley tire shop, which Krishna managed, in 2003.

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Krishna, 36, was shot and killed a day before he was scheduled to testify at Fuller’s preliminary hearing.

Authorities say Fuller was found carrying notes containing Krishna’s personal information, including his address and license plate numbers, days after the killing.

He remains jailed without bail.

According to the Alameda County Sheriff ’s Office, Krishna told family members he was afraid to testify against Fuller, because, four years prior, in 2000, he cheated the tire shop out of paying another bill and the next day followed up by robbing the shop at gunpoint.

The alleged murderer pleaded guilty

in the grand theft case but managed to avoid jail time for the killing.

In 2009, Contra Costa County authorities handed the case to the Alameda County Sheriff ’s Office, and detectives discovered new evidence leading to Fuller being arrested and charged with capital murder this January.

If convicted, the special circumstance allegation that Fuller committed murder to prevent testimony makes him eligible for the death penalty or life in prison without parole.

Fuller remains in jail without bail and is scheduled to return to court October 19. A preliminary hearing is set for November 2.

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