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Indian premier Narendra Modi’s visit to the Bay Area, home to large number of Indian techies, is designed to win support for his Digital India initiative ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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fter wowing Indian Americans on the East Coast and wooing US big business to ‘Make in India’ last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now out to win over the Silicon Valley for his Digital India initiative.

The first Indian leader to visit California in more than 30 years later this month, Modi will go to Facebook for a town hall style question answer session and visit other top tech companies like Google and Adobe systems as also electric carmaker Tesla.

As the Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has announced, the September 27 town hall at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters will “discuss how communities can work together to address social and economic challenges.”

Modi, who has more Facebook fans than any politician except for

Migrant crisis high on Pope’s US visit agenda WASHINGTON: Europe’s spiralling migrant crisis will be at the centre of talks between Pope Francis and US president Barack Obama during the pontiff’s visit to Washington on September 23, the US administration said.

The two leaders “will continue the dialogue begun in March 2014” when Obama made an official visit to the pope in the Vatican, AKI quoted the US administration as saying.

Other issues on the agenda include assistance for the poor and marginalized, the protection of religious minorities, the White House said. Pope’s US visit will also include stops in New York and Philadelphia, where all 10,000 tickets to an open-air mass are already taken.

Barack Obama, is the first Indian prime minister to visit the Bay Area since Morarji Desai picked up an award at University of California, Berkeley in 1978 and Indira Gandhi visited Los Angeles in 1982.

Besides meetings with Sundar Pichai and Shantanu Narayen, India

born chief executives of Google and Adobe respectively, he is also expected to attend events with Indian American entrepreneurs.

At Tesla, more than the zero emissions cars that it makes, Modi may be interested in its “Powerwall”, a home battery that charges using

Biden, Kerry, Sushma to kick off US-India dialogue IANS, WASHINGTON

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S Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of State John Kerry and India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will address a conclave of corporate America to kick off the first USIndia Strategic and Commercial Dialogue next week.

Besides them, other high-ranking government officials and captains of industry from both countries, will address the US-India Business Council’s 40th Annual Leadership Summit here on September 21.

The largest bilateral trade association in America, USIBC is comprised of over 300 top-tier US and Indian companies advancing USIndia commercial ties.

“It’s a privilege for USIBC to host government and business leaders from both countries on the eve of the US-India Strategic and Commercial Dialogue and on the occasion of the council’s 40th anniversary,” said USIBC chairman Ajay Banga.

Twitter war between Jindal and Trump escalates IANS, WASHINGTON

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f long shot Indian American presidential candidate Bobby Jindal attacked Donald Trump to gain some media attention, the strategy seems to have worked with the Republican frontrunner joining him in a twitter war.

After calling the real estate mogul “shallow,” a “narcissist and an egomaniac” and a “non-serious carnival act” at an event in the capital recently, the Louisiana governor launched a Twitter tirade

against Trump. Weighing in on Trump making fun of fellow Republican candidate Carly Fiorina’s looks, he told CBS News that the billionaire “should stop attacking other people’s appearances”.

“I think it’s pretty outrageous for him to be attacking anybody’s appearance,” Jindal said, especially “when he looks like he’s got a squirrel sitting on his head”.

Responding to Jindal’s slam of his hair, Trump took to Twitter sarcastically calling it “so original”.

electricity generated from solar panels, for India’s clean energy initiative.

Modi’s visit to the Bay Area, home to a large number of Indian techies, is designed to win support for his Digital India initiative that aims to expand internet access, boost electronics manufacturing and develop apps to improve the delivery of government services.

“The visit allows Modi to build relationships with tech firms that want to invest in India, while also fostering support from the Bay Area’s influential Indian-American community,” Venktesh Shukla, president of the Silicon Valley branch of NGO TiE, was quoted as saying by San Jose Mercury News.

An Indian American group organizing a community reception for Modi at the 19,000-seat SAP Centre says that more than 45,000 people have registered for free passes.

Modi would then fly back to New York for a summit with President Barack Obama on September 28.

US House votes against Iran n- deal WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives voted against a resolution backing the nuclear agreement with Iran, in a symbolic vote started by congressional Republicans who object to the deal. The result of September 11 vote, however, would not stop President Barack Obama from implementing the international agreement, Xinhua reported.

After hours of debate, the House voted 269 to 162 against the resolution. All but one Republicans voted against approval of the agreement.

The 162 approving votes came from Democrats. Twenty-five Democrats also voted against approval of the deal.

The House also voted 247-186 to disapprove Obama on lifting economic sanctions against Iran.

Both bills were expected to be killed in the House as they would not be taken up by the Senate.

Democrats in the Senate have already blocked a resolution disapproving the Iran deal, lending President Obama a major victory.

Republicans see Trump as their best bet: Poll

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s rival Republican presidential candidates looked for ways of combating a surging Donald Trump, a new poll suggested that party supporters increasingly think he was their best bet for the 2016 presidential race.

With confidence fading in traditional politicians like Jeb Bush and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, 39 percent of Republican voters viewed Trump as their best shot at winning the presidency, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll.

This compared with 26 percent who favored him in a CBS survey in August. Only 15 percent said they would not back him as the party’s nominee.

Despite some reservations about Trump, the real estate mogul

appears to be gaining acceptance as a possible nominee, suggested the poll released on the eve of second presidential debate Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, another outsider, has also risen to 23 percent from just 6 percent early last month. Trump draws 27 percent support in the new poll, compared with 24 percent in August.

Among Democrats, uneasiness with Hillary Clinton is growing and creating a possible opening for Vice President Joseph Biden, as he mulls a presidential run, the poll found.

Her lead over self-proclaimed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has shrunk from 41 percentage points to 20 points. Nearly six in 10 Democrats said they wanted to see Biden join the race.

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Bihar Battle: NDA finalizes formula BJP gets lion’s share with 160 seats; Paswan’s LJP and Manjhi’s HAM get 40 and 20 seats respectively; alliance to fight in Modi’s leadership, CM to be decided later

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he National Democratic Alliance has finalized the seat-sharing arrangement for the Bihar assembly elections, with the BJP keeping the lion’s share of 160 seats, leaving 83 for its allies LJP, RLSP and HAM. It was also decided to contest the Bihar polls under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and let the chief minister be decided by winning legislators after the poll results are declared.

The maximum of 40 seats were given to Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), followed by 23 seats to Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) and 20 seats to former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM).

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah announced the seat-sharing agreement at a press conference here after reaching a consensus with Manjhi when the latter met him again at his residence on

NEWS DIGEST Patidars postpone ‘reverse Dandi Yatra’

AHMEDABAD: In a brief breather for the beleaguered Gujarat government, the agitating Patidars Anamat Andolan Samiti has postponed by two days its proposed 390-km long ‘reverse Dandi Yatra’ scheduled to begin from Navsari on September 13 morning. "We decided to honor the government's invitation for talks in (state capital) Gandhinagar,” PAAS state convenor Hardik Patel said.

Veterans threaten to scale up agitation NEW DELHI: The agitation by the ex-servicemen to press for ‘One Rank One Pension’ completed its 93rd day on Tuesday, and the protest leaders said a mega rally will be held on December 13 if the issue is not resolved by then.

“We are going to scale up the agitation. There will be a series of rallies in Bihar, Punjab and Haryana, and a major rally in Delhi on December 13 if the issue is not resolved,” Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh (retd.), who has been spearheading the agitation, told IANS.

Despite differences among partners over seat sharing, the members are insisting that NDA is a united lot.

September 14 morning. Shah said that as per the agreement, some HAM candidates will fight on BJP tickets. Paswan, Manjhi and Kushwaha were also present at the meet.

Shah refuted any differences among the NDA partners over seatsharing, expressing confidence of

winning two-thirds majority in the state. “There is no difference among us over seat sharing. We will fight the election under the leadership of (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi-ji and hope to win two-thirds majority,” Shah said.

Soon after the announcement was

made, Paswan and Manjhi expressed their happiness over the seat-sharing arrangement and vowed to win the elections as a united face of the NDA. “I am very satisfied with the seat-sharing formula. Our only target is to unseat Nitish and Lalu from power,” Paswan told reporters.

Dengue deaths jolt Delhi govt into action IANS, NEW DELHI

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he death of a child due to dengue allegedly because of apathy of hospitals — the second such case in a week — led Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to conduct surprise inspections of hospitals on September 15 and holding a meeting of his cabinet to discuss the possibility of an assembly session to frame a law to deal with “negligence” of private hospitals.

The Delhi government also issued instructions to schools to ensure that for the next one month students come to classes wearing clothes which fully cover them irrespective of school uniforms.

Health Minister Satyendra Jain held meetings with officials of private hospitals and told them to increase the number of beds, admit dengue patients and not turn them away. He said government hospitals, if needed, can hold walk-in interviews to recruit more doctors and nurses to deal with the rush of

patients. According to data released till September 14 by the three civic corporations the number of deaths due to dengue was five and the total dengue cases reported in the city were 1,872.

The family members of six-year-old Aman, who died on September 13, alleged that several hospitals declined him admission while the child was running up a fever.

“We took him to Safdarjung Hospital but we were told that the boy was doing fine and there was no problem,” Aman’s father Manoj Sharma said. But Aman’s condition deteriorated that night.

Gujarat tops in ease of doing business in India IANS, WASHINGTON

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orld Bank has ranked Gujarat as the top state in ease of doing business in India with a 71.14 percent score, followed by Andhra Pradesh (70.12 percent), Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh among the top five states.

Sponsored by the Department of Industry Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the “Assessment of State Implementation of Business

Reforms report was prepared by World Bank in association with KPMG, CII and FICCI. Among the major states, West

Bengal occupied the 11th slot, Tamil Nadu (12th), Haryana (14th), Delhi (15th), Punjab (16th), Himachal Pradesh (17th), Kerala (18th), Goa (19th), Bihar (21st) and Assam (22nd).

Arunachal Pradesh is ranked the last with 1.23 percent.

The ranking of the states was based on eight specified parameters which include setting up of business, allotment of land, labour reforms and procedure for environmental clearance.

PATNA: The filing of nomination papers for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, slated to be held on October 12, began on September 16, an official said.

In the first phase, elections will be held in 49 of the 243 assembly constituencies.

“The process for the five-phase assembly elections in Bihar has begun,” Additional Chief Electoral Officer R. Lakshamanan said here.

The last date for filing nominations for this phase is September 23.

While the scrutiny of papers will be held on September 24, candidates can withdraw their nominations till September 26.

The constituencies going to polls in the first phase are in 10 districts of the state — including Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Munger, Jamui and Samastipur.

India’s bid for UNSC seat gets a boost UNITED NATIONS: Boosting India’s efforts for a permanent Security Council seat, the UN General Assembly on September 14 endorsed a document that will be the basis for negotiations on reforming the Council and allowing the stalled process to make progress.

The Assembly adopted a decision

by Assembly President Sam Kahamba Kutesa that sets out a negotiating text for the Council reform and calls for continuing the negotiations in the next session in a process known as Intergovernmental Negotiations.

This marks a breakthrough in the long-stalled reform process because of a lack of negotiating text that can be the basis of discussions.

India’s Permanent Representative Asoke Kumar Mukerji, welcoming the Assembly’s endorsement by consensus of Kutesa’s decision, said that the reform process is now “irreversible” and the adoption of Kutesa’s decision has changed the dynamics of the Council reform process. Mukerji said that Council reforms were essential.

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With Rahul Gandhi showing no promise, the question which bothered the observers of the political scene in the 1960s — after Nehru, who ? — has returned to haunt the Congress today AMULYA GANGULI, NEW DELHI

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he extension of Sonia Gandhi’s term as Congress president by another year in her 17th year in the position is an admission of the party’s failure to be a living, evolving, dynamic entity rather than an acknowledgement of her staying power and acceptability within the organization.

Any political party in a democracy which adopts the norms of authoritarian regimes where leaders generally have life-long tenures merely exposes the pathetic paucity of talent within the outfit.

In the Congress’s case, the resemblance with, say, a dictatorship like North Korea is strengthened by the fact that both the present leader and the already designated successor belong to the same family. The obsequious kowtowing to the two by Congressmen is also not dissimilar

to the meek submissiveness to the powers-that-be which characterizes totalitarian establishments.

However, in addition to these unflattering similarities, there is another aspect of the Congress Working Committee decision on Sonia Gandhi which reflects poorly on the prospects of her son, the heirapparent, Rahul Gandhi. It is that he has obviously been found wanting in the internal assessments which preceded the move to enable his mother to continue as party chief.

From this aspect, the fact that the crown prince remains where he was can be regarded as a blow to his prestige. Evidently, the 57-day sabbatical in a Buddhist monastery in Myanmar which was apparently expected to prepare him for greater responsibilities has not yielded the desired results.

That even a party which apparently looks upon the Nehru-Gandhis as demi-gods found someone

with feet of clay in the family pantheon suggests that the formerly Grand Old Party hasn’t yet lost all sense of judgment, even if it cannot get rid of its feudal mindset.

For Sonia Gandhi, however, the

in her absence. Her anxieties are apparently shared by a wide crosssection within the party.

For another, she cannot but harbour a sense of disappointment because her cherished hope of

For Sonia Gandhi, the latest crown of thorns can prove to be more prickly than ever. She is evidently not in the pink of health. If she has, nevertheless, accepted the onerous responsibility it is probably because of the “after me, the deluge” syndrome latest crown of thorns can prove to be more prickly than ever. For one, she is evidently not in the pink of health. If she has, nevertheless, accepted the onerous responsibility at a time when the Congress itself is not very healthy in political terms, it is probably because of the “after me, the deluge” syndrome which makes her unsure about the party’s future

grooming her son as the successor hasn’t yet borne fruit. Nor is there any surety that it will at the end of her extended run as the party chief next year.

Therefore, the question which bothered the observers of the political scene in the 1960s — after Nehru, who ? — has returned to haunt the Congress today.

There is little doubt that the delay in his coronation will once again raise the question within the party of persuading an otherwise reluctant Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra to play a greater role, for a not inconsiderable section in the Congress believes that she is the answer to the party’s leadership problems.

But Rahul Gandhi apparently resents these insinuations which is why she has chosen to remain in the background. Besides, her husband’s controversial business deals are a liability. The dynasty, which has been its mainstay, appears to be nearing the end of its run. It may remain formally in charge for some time, but its aura is fading.

The party will have to brace itself, therefore, for a new leadership. In the 1960s, Lal Bahadur Shastri was the answer to the question: After Nehru, who ? There is no one on the horizon at present who can play such a role.

‘Meet the Patels’: In search of a desi bride WASHINGTON: It all began when Ravi Patel, a 30-year-old Indian-American investment banker turned Hollywood actor, pestered by his parents on a long flight to India to get married, agreed to search for his bride the “desi” way.

And Ravi’s sister Geeta, just out of making a war zone documentary about Kashmir, now learning to handle the camera, started filming “half seriously” the “family affair” to find a desi partner for Ravi, who had just broken with his white girlfriend of two years.

How what began as a family vacation video eventually turned into a hilarious romantic documentary about arranged marriages is an equally heartbreaking story as the sibling codirectors of Meet the Patels relate it.

“When we got to India, Ravi realized that what he was going through is what so many people have gone through,” the duo told IANS on phone ahead of its release in New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles. It opens in additional US markets including Washington DC, Boston, New Jersey, Philadelphia,

The conversion of the home video into a documentary ‘happened by accident’.

North Carolina, Detroit, and Tampa on September 18. “He felt so many people were living that story and yet no one had told it properly,” said Geeta who was equally under parental pressure to get married.

Many a film and media shows

“depict arranged marriages and semiarranged marriages in Indian culture more like a joke - like parents are weird, that kind of thing”.

“We didn’t see it that way. We felt like our parents (married through this ‘desi’ system) were the happiest

people we knew,” Geeta said. “We were kind of torn because we wanted that happiness, but we didn’t know what process was really good for us to get there.”

The conversion of the home video into a documentary “just happened by accident,” said Ravi.

“It was just kind of natural evolution” with “Mom and Dad breathing down our necks as if a billion people in India care as much as they do about why we are not married.”

But despite some shaky camera work, they never thought of reshooting the film. “The documentary is so authentic and real, what happened at the moment,” according to them.

“The only stuff that we put a lot of effort was in producing animated moments,” said Ravi.

But how come their parents did not appear camera conscious at all. “I know that’s crazy, right. It was so natural,” said Ravi. “Part of it is that they never thought this project would really amount to anything - partially because

of the casual way we were shooting it.”

The brother and sister team spent six years in making the film and at the end of it “nobody wanted it”.

What kept them going was “Pride”, said Ravi. “I believed in it. Even if no body watches it, I am going to be proud that I made something I like and that mattered to me.”

“Geeta and I have all our crazy fits.

But when you are working with your sister you can’t fire her. So you have to find a way to keep it going and make it work.”

“We have to make a commitment,” added Geeta. “As dad says in the movie, life is a commitment.” And after all the fights and disagreements “we have this incredible relationship we would never have dreamt of.”

So what comes next? Are they planning another joint venture on one more desi issue?

“Geeta and I are working on some projects together - some pretty exciting stuff,” said Ravi though he would not say what it was.

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US District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala declares mistrial after 12-person jury trying police officer Eric Parker says they could not reach a verdict IANS, WASHINGTON

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US judge has declared a mistrial in the federal trial of an Alabama police officer who slammed an Indian grandfather walking in his son’s neighborhood leaving the 57year-old man partially paralysed.

The police officer, Eric Parker, 26, was charged with violating the civil rights under color of law of Sureshbhai Patel during an incident on February 6, just six days after he had arrived from India to take care of his grandson.

US District Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala declared mistrial after 12-person jury trying Parker in a Huntsville, Alabama federal court informed her that they could not reach a verdict — which must be unanimous, AL.com reported.

Based on the final note the jury sent to Haikala, no jury changed their position since deliberations began

Short takes Paul Sabapathy resigns LONDON: India-born Paul Sabapathy, Britain’s first non-white Lord Lieutenant who represented Queen Elizabeth II in the West Midlands for almost eight years, has resigned after his personal email containing controversial remarks about the British-Pakistani community was leaked, media reported.

Sacramento gets first woman postmaster WASHINGTON: Jagdeep Grewal has become the first female to be appointed as the postmaster in Sacramento city in California in last 166 years. Jagdeep Grewal will oversee 1,004 employees who process and deliver mail on 537 city routes and 94 rural routes and fill nearly 20,000 post office boxes.

Sustainability award for Muufri LONDON: US-based artificial milk producer Muufri has won a Dutch sustainability innovation prize of 200,000 euro. An international jury chaired by Steve Howard, chief sustainability officer at multinational IKEA Group, awarded Indian-origin founder of the Silicon Valley startup, Ryan Pandya, the runner-up prize of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2015.

Sureshbhai Patel, 57, may not completely recover from the injury.

anew when an alternate juror was added on September 10 morning.

Altogether, the new jury deliberated about 10 hours.

Prosecutor Robert Posey said the US government will try the case against Parker again.

“We plan to re-try the case and so another jury will get a chance to see

this evidence and hear the testimony,” Posey said. “We will let them decide.”

The Patel family, through attorney Hank Sherrod, declined to comment on the mistrial in an email to AL.com. A re-trial won’t be far in the future. Posey said federal law mandates the trial begin within

70 days, unless one side asks for a delay and it’s granted by the judge.

“Our team is going to go back and huddle up and review, as you might expect, everything that we’ve done and see if there’s anything we want to change,” Posey said.

“We were able to introduce all of our evidence. The jury got a chance to hear from the defendant. We’ll just look forward to the next time,” he said.

“Obviously some of them saw things our way and some of them didn’t. At the end of the day, we come back and try it again. We’ll see how that goes,” said Parker’s attorney, Robert Tuten.

The case has drawn international attention after video of the take down of Patel went viral.

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley issued an apology to the government of India for the incident. He described the actions taken by Parker as “excessive force”.

WASHINGTON: Swetha Prabhakaran, an Indian American teen entrepreneur and founder CEO of Everybody Code Now!, has been named for the prestigious ‘Champions of Change’ award at the White House.

Prabhakaran, 15, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, in Virginia, founded the non profit to empower the next generation of youth to become engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs.

“Under Swetha’s direction, Everybody Code Now! has taught hundreds of students how to code and has raised thousands of dollars for STEM activities in schools,” the White House said.

Sikh assaulted in racially- Roopal Patel now fashion director of Saks store motivated attack IANS, WASHINGTON

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ust days before the US commemorates the September 11 terrorist attacks, an elderly Sikh-American has been hospitalized after an assailant attacked him in Chicago, dubbing him a “terrorist”. The racially-motivated attack occurred when Inderjit Singh Mukker was on his way to a grocery store night.

A man in a car passing by his vehicle allegedly started abusing Mukker by calling him “Terrorist!” and “Bin Laden!” and yelled “Go back to your country!”.

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Mukker decided to pull over the car. The assailant also stopped his vehicle, charged towards Mukker and threw several punches at him.

Mukker, 53, was left unconscious.

ndian American fashion consultant Roopal Patel has been appointed the fashion director of the Saks Fifth Avenue store chain, a media report said.

Patel is an expert in trend forecasting and the retailer has pinned hopes on her to retain a current image and shopping experience of the store, luxurydaily.com reported.

She has been recruited as the part of the leadership overhaul.

Patel will be responsible for selecting trends to stock, creating a story for each season and finding new designers and collections. The store has also appointed 15-year Saks veteran Marc Metrick as president and Tracy Margolies as the chief merchant recently.

“Roopal is a respected force in the industry with a deep understanding of today’s luxury fashion consumer, and we are so pleased to welcome her to Saks,” Metrick was quoted as saying.

Twitter hashtag to fight racial attacks in United States IANS, NEW YORK

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n Indian American woman has created #AfterSeptember11 on micro-blogging site Twitter to speak up against the racial attacks Indians have been facing in the US after the September 11 terror attacks. The hashtag was created by Jessica Talwar, a 19-year-old political science student from Loyola University in Chicago who tweets as @jesstalwar, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday.

The #AfterSeptember11 began trending since September 10 night — the day it was created — with over 50,000 victims telling their sto-

ries using it. The victims said they were targeted for being Muslim — or often, just for having brown skin.

Many of the victims were chil-

dren during the attacks on the Trade Towers but their tweets reflect the impact of the racial abuse on their young lives.

One said her father shaved his face and stopped wearing a turban after he was assaulted at work.

“America needs to recognize that the trauma and repercussions of these attacks were not confined to the day of September 11, 2001 itself,” Talwar wrote in an email to Los Angeles Times.

“Desis, Arabs, and Muslims have felt the impact of this day for 14 years,” she said.

Indian American poet Hari Kondabolu echoed Talwar’s views and wrote “his mother put the US flag on their house because she feared that people would throw rocks through the window”.

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EU to discuss refugee crisis

The Presidency wants the ministers to adopt a decision on a mechanism for the relocation of 120,000 persons in need of international protection as massive influx of migrants continue to enter Europe

Turbulence at train station in Austria

VIENNA: Turbulent scenes emerged at the Salzburg Hauptbahnhof train station in Austria following a surge in asylum seekers wishing to travel across the nearby German border.

About 600 asylum seekers had stayed in the station on September 15 before departing by train until about 200-300 were left later on September 16, though their number increased quickly to 700 again, reported Xinhua.

A continued stream of arrivals came via cars, buses and taxis, largely from the east of Austria.

Some of the newly-arrived asylum seekers reportedly made a reckless surge for available trains, with some even running on the train tracks.

SHORT TAKES UN General Assembly opens 70th session UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly on September 15 opened its 70th session, the media reported.

The much-anticipated Post2015 Development Agenda is expected to be adopted at an upcoming summit from September 25-27, Xinhua reported.

Death for 8 Morsi loyalists upheld CAIRO: An Egyptian court has ratified the death sentences of eight supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi on charges of violence and murder following security dispersals of pro-Morsi sit-ins in mid-August 2013.

Broad consensus over Tehran’s n-reactor VIENNA: The US, China, and Iran have reached a broad consensus on the modification of the Arak nuclear reactor, one of the main concerns of the West regarding Tehran’s nuclear program, media reported, citing a Chinese nuclear delegation.

Council of Europe to probe Hungary migration

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uropean Union (EU) interior ministers will hold an emergency meeting on September 22 to cope with refugee crisis, officials said.

Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg’s Minister for Immigration and Asylum and President of the Council, on September 15 said the meeting would focus on the refugee redistribution plan among EU member states, reported Xinhua news agency.

Interior ministers have agreed on an initial plan to relocate 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece, but failed to reach consensus on other important topics.

Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the EU said the meeting intends to provide the followup of the meeting of Monday.

On this occasion, the Presidency wants the ministers to adopt a decision on a provisional mechanism for the relocation of 120,000 persons in need of international protection from member states exposed to massive migratory

STRASBOURG: Secretary General for the Council of Europe, Thorbjorn Jagland, said he would write to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban about new legislation in Hungary on the migration crisis.

“I am concerned about recent amendments to legislation in Hungary which will allow the government to declare a ‘state of crisis’ caused by mass immigration,” Xinhua quoted Jagland said. He said he would request the final text of the pertinent legislation in order to analyse its compatibility with European human rights law.

“I will also ask for reassurances that if a ‘state of crisis’ is declared, Hungary will remain committed

flows. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker last week called for relocating more 120,000 migrants under a compulsory scheme, bringing the total proposed number up to 160,000.

Massive influx of migrants are

to its obligations under the European Convention of Human Rights,” he said.

Hungary, along with other 46 member states of the Council of Europe (CoE) is party to the European Convention and must notify the CoE in cases where it legally derogates from rights protected by the treaty.

entering Europe in recent weeks, in search of refuge in European countries.

Juncker, together with leaders of Germany and France have been pressing reluctant member states to support Commission proposals.

Israeli actions at al-Aqsa declaration of war: Hamas IANS, GAZA

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he ruling Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza has said the ongoing Israeli measures and escalation at the al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem “is a declaration of war”.

“The international community must intervene to stop the Israeli crime before the entire situation blows us,” Xinhua quoted Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas spokesman in Gaza, as saying in an e-mail statement.

“The Palestinian people will never let this criminal Israeli scheme to pass,” Abu Zuhri said, referring to a third consecutive day of tension between Israel and the Palestinians in the old city of Jerusalem.

Palestinian eyewitnesses said fierce confrontations resumed in the city and at the compound of al-Aqsa Mosque between dozens of Palestinian worshippers and Israeli police forces. A number of worshippers were injured when the police fired tear gas canisters, percussion bombs

Palestinians clash with police outside al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

and rubber bullets during Israeli police forces attempts to get the worshippers out of the mosque area.

The police said it wants to evacuate

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rime Minister Nawaz Sharif may not hold bilateral meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, though they will be in New York next week for the UN General Assembly.

A bilateral meeting between the two leaders “is not on the cards”, diplomatic sources told Dawn in Washington. When asked at a recent briefing if Washington would try to persuade Sharif and Modi to meet

in New York next week, US State Department spokesman John Kirby said: “These are issues for the two to resolve together, and that’s what we continue to encourage.”

Dawn quoted diplomatic sources as saying that despite its reluctance to get publicly involved in IndiaPakistan disputes, the US was “actively involved” in reducing tensions between the two neighbors.

According to reports, the US and other permanent members of the UN Security Councils are urging both Indian and Pakistani leaders not to be confrontational in their addresses at the General Assembly.

India doesn’t want Pakistan to raise the Kashmir issue.

the mosque area of Palestinian worshippers to allow Jewish devotees enter for prayers to mark the Jewish holiday of the New Year.

Succession dispute ends: Af Taliban KABUL: The Taliban in Afghanistan has announced end to the succession dispute as the family of late supreme leader Akhtar Mansour Mullah Omar pledged allegiance to the group’s new chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. Mullah Omar’s brother Mullah Abdul Manan and his son Yaqoob pledged allegiance during a meeting on Sep 15.

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AIMIM ready for Bihar foray

The Owaisi-led party would make backwardness of Seemanchal its main plank; hopes to make a dent among Dalits and OBCs, which make up 70 to 75 percent of Seemanchal’s population weaknesses,” said Owaisi when asked why his party chose to contest in only one region.

The Muslim leader said the party would carry Dalits and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). These sections make up 70 to 75 percent of

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aking another step for a pan India presence, the AIMIM has decided to contest the Bihar assembly elections. Party president Asaduddin Owaisi on September 12 announced that it will contest only from Seemanchal region of the state.

He told reporters that the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) will soon announce the number of seats it will be contesting.

Seemanchal region in Bihar comprising four districts accounts for 24 assembly seats in the 243-member assembly.

He also announced that Akhtarul Iman will be the president of the Bihar unit of AIMIM. Iman, a three-time legislator of Bihar, quit the Janata Dal United last year.

The Hyderabad MP said the backwardness of Seemanchal would be the main poll issue for his party.

BRIEFS Tamil Nadu inks deal with Uber

CHENNAI: Cab service provider Uber has said it has signed an agreement with the Tamil Nadu government to create 30,000 entrepreneurial opportunities for independent driver-partners, foster technological innovation to build smart cities and promote socio-economic development of the state. Uber said it would create entrepreneurship opportunities, and provide reliable transport.

TN housing scheme for low income groups CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa has announced housing projects for low and middle income groups as well as for government employees.

Making a statement in the assembly, Jayalalithaa said the government through its Tamil Nadu Housing Board would construct 2,300 apartments priced at less than Rs.2 million at an outlay of Rs.3.80 billion.

She said a total 2,800 apartments would be constructed in Chennai, Kanchipuram, Vellore, Cuddalore, Krishnagiri, Salem, Madurai and Tiruchirapalli districts at an outlay of Rs.6.75 billion.

‘Why do you limit us to Muslims. We are talking about development of Seemanchal which includes every section of society’ “We will demand a regional development board under Article 371 of the constitution for the overall development of Seemanchal,” he said blaming the Congress, BJP, RJD and JDU for the region’s backwardness.

Owaisi, who addressed a public

meeting in Seemanchal last month, made it clear that AIMIM would contest the elections on its own. He, however, did not rule out post-poll alliances.

“We are realistic about our chances. We know our strengths and

Seemanchal’s population.

“Why do you limit us to Muslims. You have Dalits, OBCs and various people. We are talking about development of Seemanchal which includes every section of society,” he said. For the rest of Bihar, Owaisi

Cong wrests Bengaluru mayor post from BJP IANS, BENGALURU

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arnataka’s ruling Congress on outsmarted BJP by getting its councillor B.N. Manjunath Reddy elected mayor of the Bengaluru civic body with the support of Janata Dal-Secular (JDS) and independents.

Though BJP emerged as the single largest party in the August 22 election to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike (BBMP) winning 100 of the 198 civic wards, its candidate Manjunath Raju lost the mayoral contest to the Congress nominee by three votes.

JD-S bagged the deputy mayor post, with its first-time councillor S.P. Hemalatha defeating BJP’s

H.C. Nagarathna. In the poll, whose results were declared on August 25, Congress won 76, JD-S 14, independents seven and Socialist Democratic Party India (SDPI) one.

An independent woman corporator, who was a rebel candidate in the fray, joined the BJP on August 26, taking its total to 101, two more

than the half-way mark. With 62 lawmakers from Parliament and state legislature representing Bengaluru also having voting rights in the mayoral contest, the total number of votes in the BBMP’s electoral college is 260.

According to regional commissioner M.V. Jayanthi, who conducted the polls as presiding officer, Reddy and Hemalatha secured 131 votes as against 128 by Raju and Nagarathna for the top twin posts, while members to 12 standing committees were elected unopposed.

Reddy is a three-time corporator from Madiwala ward in the southwest suburbs, while Hemalatha is from Vrushabhavathi Nagar ward.

appealed to people to defeat communal forces. “There are communists and others. There are many options before people,” he said when asked if he was urging people to vote for the grand alliance of the JDU, RJD and Congress.

He termed as baseless the argument that AIMIM’s presence will divide the secular votes. “You are not the only flag bearers of secularism. We are not coolies of secularism. We also have the capacity and credibility to take on communal forces,” he said.

“Did MIM contest the elections in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir. How did the BJP win?

Today, ABVP swept Delhi University elections. Was our youth wing contesting there,” he asked.

The AIMIM chief urged his political opponents to stop blaming his party for their weakness and inefficiency.

Indian woman ‘recruiter’ for ISIS arrested HYDERABAD: A Dubai-based Indian woman allegedly recruiting youth for terror outfit ISIS in Syria and Iraq was extradited here on September Afshan Jabeen 11 and arrested on arrival, police said.

Afshan Jabeen alias Nicky Joseph, who was allegedly recruiting youth online for Islamic State and propagating jihadi literature, was later produced her in a court.

“There are allegations that she recruited some people. She was also propagating Jehadi literature through Facebook,” the police officer said.

Craft village to give further boost to Kovalam beach and craftsmen.” Sellers and craftsmen will be aided with subsidy grants to provide financial security.

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erala’s famed beach destination Kovalam is to get a further boost with the Vellar craft village which will give tourists a glimpse of ethnic crafts.

The Rs.100 million project, set up on a 10 acre plot of land, is modelled on the lines of Dilli Haat in New Delhi and is a joint venture by Kerala Tourism and Kudumbasree units.

“Minor alterations in landscaping and rock cutting methods are used to build the craft village, which is in complete harmony with nature,” Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar said.

The Rs.100 million project, set up on a 10 acre plot of land, is modelled on the lines of Dilli Haat Tourists to famous Kovalam beaches in Kerala would have a glimpse of ethnic crafts at the Vellar craft village.

“The marketing zone will have 27 shops, with five shops constructed in hexagonal structures, for the exhi-

bition, sale and promotion of traditional craft items and handicrafts from various artists, organizations

ditional crafts and artisans through this initiative,” said tourism director P.I. Sheik Pareeth.

There would be an entertainment zone with cafeterias, a water park and cultural programs will be held during weekends.

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Sania-Martina clinch women’s doubles title The Indo-Swiss pair won the final in just 69 minutes IANS, NEW YORK

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omen’s doubles top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated fourth seeded Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 here to claim the US Open title.

The Indo-Swiss pair took only 69 minutes to conquer the Australian-Kazakh pair at the Arthur Ashe stadium.

It was Sania and Martina’s second women’s doubles Grand Slam title together after winning the Wimbledon earlier this year and they played with supreme confidence to win the tournament without dropping a set. It was Sania’s fifth success at the Majors (two women’s doubles and three mixed doubles crowns).

Sania’s partnership with Martina has helped her become the first Indian women’s player to be ranked World No. 1 in doubles rankings.

Sunday’s final was Sania’s first in the category here at US Open. She won the mixed doubles title last year with Brazilian Bruno Soares.

The top seeds quickly jumped to a 3-1 lead breaking the second ser-

Martina Hingis and Leander Paes after winning mixed doubles final match (Photo courtesy: Xinhua/Bai Xue/IANS)

Paes wins 17th Grand Slam, clinches mixed doubles title IANS, NEW YORK

Martina Hingis and Mirza poses with their trophy during the awarding ceremony for the women’s doubles final at the 2015 US Open in New York (Photo: Xinhua/Qin Lang/IANS)

vice game of their opponents. But the fourth seeds immediately broke Sania’s serve to make it 2-3.

Sania-Martina though remained undeterred to bring about the third and fourth successive service breaks to extend their advantage to 5-2.

Sania then served out the first set at 6-3 in only 31 minutes. They hit 16 winners - four more than their opponents - to claim the first set, converting three of the eight break

Mayweather beats Berto, equals Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record IANS, LAS VEGAS

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merican boxer Floyd Mayweather claimed a points victory over challenger Andre Berto to win 49 consecutive bouts here.

Mayweather, the defending World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight titles, secured a unanimous 120-108, 118-110 and 117111 verdict from the judges at the MGM Grand.

With the win, Mayweather equalled legend Rocky Marciano’s career record of 49-0. His challenger Berto, 32, was a two-time welterweight champion and approached the fight having lost three of his 33 professional bouts.

Floyd Mayweather (pic) declared that Saturday’s fight was his last appearance in the ring.

“My career is over, that’s official,” the five-weight world cham-

points. Dellacqua-Shvedova could only break their opponents once.

As the match went on, the top seeds grew more confident and started unleashing terrific ground strokes, both cross court and down the line, to march towards victory.

“To win Wimbledon was a great year. Then to come back and back it up to win the US Open, we feel like we’re a really solid team. And we came through again today.”

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ndian tennis ace Leander Paes clinched his 17th Grand Slam crown by winning the US Open mixed doubles title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis here.

The fourth seeded Indo-Swiss pair, defeated unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in a tricky final which lasted for one hour and seventeen minutes.

The pair broke their opponent at love to take a 2-1 lead in the opening set as the Swiss hit a forehand passing shot to secure the break. That bit of momentum was all they needed, as Paes easily closed the set out at 5-4 when

Hingis hit a volley winner.

A lone break of serve also decided the second set, as Mattek-Sands hit two straight winners to break Hingis’ serve as the Americans led 3-1. Hingis saved three set points on her serve at 25, but Querrey easily held in the next game to send the contest into a deciding super tiebreak.

The crucial point of the match came at 7-7, when Paes blocked Querrey’s serve for a clean passing-shot winner. He then won both points on his serve to close out the match.

With this title, 42-year-old Paes is the first man to pocket nine mixed doubles title, surpassing former doubles partner Mahesh Bhupathi, who has eight.

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pion Mayweather was quoted as saying by bbc.com. Mayweather, 38, is widely regarded as the greatest fighter of his generation.

“You’ve got to know when to hang them up. I’m close to 40 now.

There’s nothing left to prove in the sport of boxing. Now I just want to spend time with my family.”

erbian star Novak Djokovic vanquished Roger Federer in a four-set battle to clinch the men’s singles title at the US Open here.

The top seeded Djokovic survived a strong fightback from the Swiss veteran to carve out a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory in three hours and 20 minutes at Flushing Meadows this weekend.

Djokovic thus claimed the 10th Glam Slam title of his career.

This was the third Glam Slam title of the season for Djokovic.

The Serbian ace had clinched the Australian Open and Wimbledon earlier this year.

The match was delayed by three hours due to rain. Djokovic suffered a fall during the opening set, badly scraping his arm and leg.

But when the world number one

regained his composure, he quickly asserted his dominance, breaking Federer’s serve six times and saving 19 of 23 break points to battle his way to his 27th win in 28 Grand Slam matches this year.

Federer managed to hold serve on that occasion, but could not fight off another three break chances on his next service game

as Djokovic made the breakthrough to take a 2-1 lead.

With the 23,000-strong crowd firmly behind him, Federer fought back in the second set.

The top seed kept up the momentum in the third set and finally moved stronger in the last set. Djokovic stood firm, seeing off Federer on championship point.

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The three-day fashion and cultural extravaganza was organized with the aim to bring India and Pakistan closer through fashion, food and music IANS, NEW DELHI

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ainting a story of harmony, peace and friendship between Indian and Pakistan, as many as 14 designers from both the countries along with showstoppers like Pakistan actress and supermodel Nadia Hussain and Bollywood star Evelyn Sharma unfolded a new chapter of fashion here on the final day of exhibition ‘Shaan-e-Pakistan’.

The three-day fashion and cultural extravaganza, which started on Thursday with an aim to bring India and Pakistan closer through fashion, food and music, came to a close with a dose of glitz and glamour at the Hotel Grand in Vasant Kunj.

The stage was recreated to give a feel of the Wagah border post with flags of both the countries and a huge gate which transported The the guests to the ensembles other side of the border as it symbolized an opened with why not amalgamation of an audio-visuassociate other style statements al, which designers from my from both the ended with the country, to get them on nations board (with Indian lines ‘Ek shaam dosti ke naam’, designers) and make an aesmouthed by Huma thetic event.”

Nassr, the brain behind the event.

The designer went on to add Talking about the idea behind that she would “like to take Indian the gala, Nassr, a Pakistani design- designers to Pakistan and do a er, told IANS: “I have been com- Shaan-e-Hindustan there”. ing (to India) for the last of couple The participating designers were of years for work and I thought Umer Sayeed, Raakesh Agarvwal,

Goa from the skies

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o you’ve swum and lounged on a Goa beach. You’ve partied and sampled Goa’s nightlife. You’ve been to the state’s temples, churches, waterfalls and forests. Shell out Rs.2,000

more and you’ll soon be able to view the splendor of the western Indian beach tourism destination from up in the sky.

The seaplane service, which is all set to be operational ahead of this year’s tourism season, will also be of great assistance in search and rescue missions as well as to address

coastal security concerns, Goa Tourism Development Corporation chairman Nilesh Cabral said.

Seaplanes, according to Cabral, are the next big offering from Goa Tourism, which he said is committed to expanding the state’s reputation as solely a beach tourism destination to one with multiple offerings like avi-tourism, heli-tourism, hotair ballooning and the like.

“The first seaplane which will operate in Goa is a four-seater. We have already finalized the landing and take-off area along the Mandovi river near Old Goa, which is away from the river’s main operational channel,” Cabral said.

The five-century-old church complex at Old Goa, located 10 km from Panaji, is one of the most popular stops on a tourists’ itinerary and provides for a picturesque backdrop for the new project.

Models walk the ramp during Shaan-e-Pakistan show in New Delhi where Indian and Pakistani designers showcased their creations (Photo: IANS)

Samina Shanjani, Sanam Agha, Asifa and Nabeel, Rinku Sobti, Zainab Chottani, Ali Xeeshan, Poonam Bhagat, Sahar Atif, Jyoti Sachdev Iyer, Ritu Seksariya, Rajneeral Babutta and Huma Nassr.

With hues of gold, salmon pink, red, black, blue, white, orange and green, the style gurus showcased an array of ensembles varying from saris, lehengas, churidaars, shararas, long and short dresses, sherwanis and bandhgalas — symbolizing an amalgamation of style statements from both the nations.

Pakistani designer Sanam Agha, who showcased her latest collection titled Sunset, said her line runs high on versatility and comfort.

“We have used a lot of chiffon for the flowy effect and a lot of browns because its a rage this season. This is my fall collection and the clothes are very versatile,” Agha told IANS. Agha also noted that her ensemble is in demand in India and a “few people have already approached me to stock them at stores here”.

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ark underarms can restrain you from wearing sleeveless tops and blouses. Scrub mashed apples and apply coconut oil to your underarms to get a fairer skin, suggests an expert.

Make-up expert Kanikka Gauraav Tandon has shared some tips to whiten your underarms: Saffron: Add a pinch of saffron for about two tablespoons of mild lotion. Mix it well and apply to your underarms. It can also help you get rid of underarm odor.

Apples: If you scrub mashed apple into your armpits daily, it can actually get you free from dark spots and odor too. Apple contains AHA, which is capable of killing germs.

Orange peel: Dry some orange peels for 3-4 days until the peels are completely dried. Take about two tablespoons of it and mix with some rose water to apply on your underarms.

Leave it for 10 minutes before washing off with cool water.

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Tisca Chopra to make Telugu debut

Actor Sai Dharam Tej, nephew of megastar Chiranjeevi, says he is not consciously trying to blend in to the mega family IANS, CHENNAI

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ai Dharam Tej, nephew of megastar Chiranjeevi and cousin of Ram Charan and Allu Arjun, says he’s not consciously trying to blend in to the mega family as he’s more focused on making his mark on his own.

“It’s important for me to make my own mark. Therefore, I’m not consciously taking efforts to blend in to the mega family. I admit I get more offers because I come from this family, but eventually the audience will judge me based on my work,” Sai told IANS. “Just because I come from some popular family, audiences are not going to shower love when I do a bad film. Your work proves who you are and you’re worth in the industry.

It’s applicable to anybody who comes from a reputed family in any profession,” he said.

Known for films such as Rey and Pilla Nuvvu Leni Jeevitam, Sai currently awaits the release of forth-

Sai Dharam Tej in a still from ‘Subramanyam For Sale’.

coming Telugu entertainer Subramanyam For Sale.

Calling the film a commercial potboiler, Sai said it will appeal to family audiences as well. “It relates to the lifestyle of people who study

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irector Ashwin Saravanan, who is debuting with the forthcoming Tamil supernatural horror drama Maya, says actress Nayantara’s love for genre helped in the making of the movie.

“When I went to pitch the story to Nayantara, it turned out she was a fan of horror films too. She spoke at length about her love for horror cinema. This enabled us to connect with the vision of the film easily; helped us to be on the same page while working,” Ashwin told IANS. He also said that Nayantara’s image as an actor helped the film to great extent.

“More than her image as a star, it’s her actor’s image that audiences will get to see in the film. Her performance really enhanced the film and I thoroughly enjoyed working with her,” said Saravanan, who considers Nayantara a “t h o r o u g h professional”.

Unlike the

kind of horror films Tamil cinema is exposed to lately, Maya will emotionally resonate with the audience, believes the 25-year old director. “I don’t want to make a film just to scare people; it should have something more,” he said.

engineering in India and go to the US to work. It’s about their lives and how they survive. The film is also laced with family sentiments, comedy, romance and drama,” he said.

Sai gives prime importance to the

script before choosing any project.

“The script attracted me to this project. If the story is good, I believe everything else automatically falls in place,” said Sai, who feels lucky to have worked with director Harish Shankar.

“To even consider working with a newcomer after delivering a blockbuster like Gabbar Singh means a lot to me. It’s not every day you get to work with a director who feels responsible for your growth and career,” he said.

Sai believes Harish works with a “never settle” attitude.

“If I’m to deliver 60 percent of what he expects from his actors, I feel that’s more than enough. But Harish ensured that I gave my 100 percent for every shot. He never compromises,” he said.

“He feels there’s always room to do more when we’ve settled with something. Since I come from the mega family, he felt more responsible and badly wanted me to prove myself as an actor,” he added.

CHENNAI: Actress Tisca Chopra, most popular for her work in films such as Taare Zameen Par and Rahasya, is making her Telugu debut with Ram Charan-starrer upcoming actioner Bruce Lee. “Tisca plays a rich, powerful and independent woman in the film. It was director Srinu Vaitla, who has followed Tisca’s work closely, decided to cast her as he felt she was apt for the role,” a source from the film’s unit said.

Ram Charan plays a fighter in the film and even sports a tattoo of legendary martial arts artist and actor Bruce Lee. The film, which is slated for theatrical release on October 16, also stars Rakul Preet Singh, Arun Vijay and Sampath Raj.

Brahmanandam to emulate Aamir’s ‘PK’ look film. We laughed so much when we shot this scene and I can only imagine how much audiences will enjoy it,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS. On September 13 night, actor Aadi Pudipeddi released an image of Brahmanandam in Aamir’s getup from PK, and the photograph has already gone viral.

Also starring Adah Sharma, the film is directed by Madan.

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eteran Telugu comedian Brahmanandam, who has over 1,000 films to his credit, will be seen emulating Aamir Khan’s popular look from Hindi blockbuster PK in upcoming Telugu film Garam.

“He comes dressed in a skirt with transistor a la Aamir from ‘PK’. It’s for a small scene in the

FILM REVIEW | TAMIL

‘Yatchan’ - Promising yet disappointing Film: Yatchan; Language: Tamil; Director: Vishnuvardhan; Cast: Arya, Krishna Kulasekaran, Deepa Sannidhi, Swathi Reddy, Adil Hussain, Thambi Ramaiah, RJ Balaji, Ponvannan and S.J Suryah; Rating: **

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n paper, the premise of Yatchan — a story about two guys whose lives are swapped by an accident when they cross paths — sounds so promising.

But on screen, it isn’t half as promising because it’s a film that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

There’s lot of black comedy, in the most serious scenes and at the most unexpected junctures of the film.

Take the scene where Krishna accidentally boards the car that’s waiting for Arya for instance. Krish-

na plays an aspiring actor; Krishna is mistaken for a paid killer, and the car he boards takes him to a market where he’s asked to kill someone.

It’s a series of accidents that brings Arya and Krishna together. Their lives cross paths over their love for cinema. And that’s precisely why

they come to Chennai; the heart of Tamil cinema.

Yatchan works in bits and pieces, but never on the whole. Even with an interesting premise, it’s disappointing that the film ends so predictably.

—Haricharan Pudipeddi

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‘No intention to offend anyone’

Reacting to fatwa being issued against him over the film ‘Muhammad: The Messenger of God’, composer A.R. Rahman says that his decision to compose music for the movie ‘was in good faith’ IANS, MUMBAI

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scar-winning composer A.R. Rahman said on Monday that his “decision” to compose the music for the movie Muhammad: The Messenger of God, “was in good faith” with no intentions to offend any religious group.

Reacting to fatwa being issued against him over the film the musician refrained from sharing his “spiritual experiences” of working on the film as it’s something “personal” to him.

“This letter is for all those people, who have been aware of the recent events concerning me. I’m not a scholar of Islam. I follow the middle path and am part of traditionalist and part rationalist.

“I live in the western and eastern worlds and try to love all people for what they are, without judging them. I didn’t direct or produce the movie ‘Muhammad (PBUH), Messenger Of God.’. I just did the

his letter is for all those people, who have been aware of the recent events concerning me. I’m not a scholar of Islam. I follow the middle path and am part of traditionalist and part rationalist.

I didn’t direct or produce the movie Muhammad (PBUH), Messenger of God.” I just did the music.

My spiritual experiences of working on the film are very personal and I would prefer not to share these.

My decision to compose the

music. “My spiritual experiences of working on the film are very personal and I would prefer not to share these,” Rahman shared through a letter posted on his official Facebook account.

According to reports, a fatwa was issued against Rahman and wellknown Iranian filmmaker Majid

Majidi for their involvement on the movie on the life Prophet Muhammed. A Mumbai-based Raza Academy issued a diktat asking Muslims to reject the film.

As per a news report, the group’s general secretary Mohammed Saeed Noori said: “We are against the title.

People may use it in a bad manner

if they don’t like the film, which will mean an insult to the Prophet.”

The musician, who is known as the ‘Mozart of Madras’, also noted that his decision to make music for the film was in good faith.

“My decision to compose the music for this film was made in good faith with no intentions of

music for this film was made in good faith... In fact, it was based on similar point of view as expressed

by Mr. Noori. What, and if, I had the good fortune of facing Allah (Sbt), and he were to ask me on Judgement Day: “I gave you faith, talent, money, fame and health...why did you not do music for my Beloved Muhammad (PBUH) film? A film whose intention is to unite humanity, clear misconceptions and spread message that life is about kindness.

causing offense,” he shared.

Rahman, who has hit the right notes with each of his compositions with examples like “O rey chhori” and “Tum tak”, went on to add that the conflict should be solved with grace and dignity, rather than resorting to violent methods.

Ranveer, Deepika launch track from ‘Bajirao...’ ‘Hero’ - Flawed, confusing screenplay, mediocre fare

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head of Ganesh Chaturthi, actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone launched ‘Gajanana’, a track from their new movie Bajirao Mastani.

The song is said to be dedicated to Lord Ganesha.

“Launching the powerful “GAJANANA” Aarti tomorrow! #BajiraoMastani,” Ranveer posted on his Twitter page on September 14. His message was accompanied by an image of Lord Ganesha, and super-imposed on it is a message which reads: “Witness history being created with a Guinness World Record for largest crowd forming a human still of the mosaic image of Ganapati.”

Ranveer and Deepika did the

What’s team ‘Katti Batti’ hiding?

MUMBAI: There's more to Katti Batti than romance and comedy, but it’s all in hiding!

The Kangana Ranaut and Imran Khan-starrer, releasing on Friday, has been widely promoted. But the makers as well as the actors have mentioned the fact that the film has more depth it than what meets the eye from the the trailers. But they are hiding it. Kangana has, in fact, even stated how her character in the film is one of the toughest role that she has played.

Film: Hero; Cast: Sooraj Pancholi, Athiya Shetty, Aditya Pancholi, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Sharad Kelkar and Vivan Bhatena, Director: Nikhil Advani; Rating: **1/2

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‘maha aarti’ at the launch, held at the Shree Chhatrapati Shivaji Sports Complex, at Pune on September 15.

Bajirao Mastani, directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, is a period drama starring Ranveer as the 18th

century Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao I, while his love interest, Mastani, is essayed by Deepika.

National Award-winning actress Priyanka Chopra portrays Kashibai, the first wife of Bajirao. The film will release on December 18.

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s the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) logjam over the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman continues, the BJP member and actor says students should not go on hunger strike, but have a dialogue to come up with a solution.

The prolonged strike against Chauhan’s appointment as the chairman of FTII entered its 95th day on September 14. And students of the Pune-based institute

are now sitting on a hunger strike since September 10.

“Hunger strike is no solution. I request them to have a dialogue with the minister or the ministry officially. Only then a solution can come out,” Chauhan said.

ith the premise that is spelt through the dialogue, “Ek goonda, kya ek IG ki beti se pyaar kar sakta hai”, you expect the plot, which is a remake of Subhash Ghai’s superhit film of the same name, to be gripping. But director Nikhil Advani’s version, is a far cry from the original.

If it was the music and songs that made Subhash Ghai’s 1983 film Hero a superhit and a runaway success, it is the performance by the lead cast that makes Nikhil Advani’s film bearable.

Sooraj Pancholi plays the mobster with a strong character, Sooraj Kaushik, who is indebted to his godfather Pasha, whom he lovingly calls “Baba”. And Athiya Shetty plays Radha, the Inspector General of Police, Shrikant Mathur’s daughter who is in love with Sooraj.

While their onscreen chemistry is perfunctory, they seem earnest and promising. They make a sincerely charming and self-assured pair.

With a well-chiselled physique, Sooraj appears to be a bit reticent and camera shy, whereas Athiya, is poised and confidence personified.

Also the direction, with scant regard to detailing, is careless and without conviction. Thus, making the entire viewing experience a silly proposition.

With excellent production values, Advani’s film, though technically advanced, is poorly executed in terms of writing. The characters, without much thought given into their back-stories, are shallow and underdeveloped. And the screenplay is ridiculously flawed and confusing at times. Overall, this Hero is a below mediocre fare except for the lead pair’s straight-forward performances.

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Ranbir’s a huge star: Deepika

Sooraj keen on sports-based film

ctor Ranbir Kapoor might be going through a low phase in his career but his Tamasha costar Deepika Padukone still considers him “a huge star who brings a lot in the film”.

On being asked about working with her former beau Ranbir, whose last few films have not turned out to be hits, Deepika said: “Ranbir is a huge star, we all know that. Everyone has their ups and downs through their careers. I don’t think I am anyone to comment on what he has been through.”

Although both Deepika and Ranbir have worked with director Imtiaz Ali in different films, this is the first time the two will be seen together in an Imtiaz’s directorial. Deepika calls it “a special project”.

fter his debut film Hero, newcomer Sooraj Pancholi says he wants to do a sports-based film.

“Now, I want to do a film like ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’. How Farhan sir (Farhan Akhtar) had transformed himself into the character... I want to do a sports film like that,” Sooraj said here.

His first film Hero, which released on September 11, is a remake of Subhash Ghai’s 1983 hit film of the same name.

Suneil Shetty’s daughter Athiya too has made her foray into Bollywood with the new film.

Sooraj, who went all out with the film’s team to promote Hero, says now that the movie is out, he will miss all the excitement.

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ctress Sonam Kapoor has, in a quirky online video, opened up about relationships, urging women who are scared to break-up, to just go ahead and do it. She says she’s glad she did it herself.

The actress, is seen opening up about relationships and how one should break-up if someone or something isn’t making you happy. In the video, she admits she has done “enough break-ups”.

“Break-ups are so liberating... The first one was easy. We were young, stupid and immature... Basically, what I am saying is that if you’re in a really messy relationship, break the f**k up.”

The video ends on a cliffhanger, which reads: “Watch Sonam Kapoor spill the beans on her break-ups on September 18.”

Anushka shoots down ‘Sultan’ rumors

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ctress Anushka Sharma, who is currently in London to shoot Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, has shot down “strange” rumors about her presence in Salman Khan starrer Sultan.

“Here I’m busy shooting and I read that my next film is ‘Sultan’!

News to me guys..sorry to disappoint... I am always supposedly doing more films than the ones I am actually committed to doing! Strange,” Anushka tweeted.

Sultan, produced by Aditya Chopra under his Yash Raj Films banner, is reportedly based on the life of a wrestler.

While the Dabangg star will be seen in the lead role, his leading lady in the film is yet to be announced.

Anushka’s name is said to have come up after Parineeti Chopra reportedly walked out of the movie. The film’s shooting is scheduled to commence in November, and its release date has been fixed for the auspicious occasion of Eid in 2016.

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ctor Shahid Kapoor, who is currently seen as a judge on “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded”, enjoys entertaining the dance reality show’s crew behind the cameras. Shahid often entertains the studio audience and crew members during break time.

“Shahid has become extremely close to all the contestants. He is often seen entertaining the crew and the audience present, in between shots. In fact, Shahid doesn’t even go back to his vanity. Instead, he spends time on set,” Shahid’s spokesperson said in a statement.

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Gita chanting contest by Chinmay Mission

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO (IL) -- Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanada’s vision is to encourage Balavihar children to memorize Bhagavad Gita verses with the hope that later as adults they will be inspired to understand and live Geeta.

This vision was rejuvenated with the second international Gita chanting competition - Chant Geeta Enchant Krishna.

Chinmaya Mission Chicago was honored to host the Gita chanting competition finals of Chinmaya Mission West, US with Swami Sharanananda as the national coordinator.

The competition was held at the Badri Center on September 5 and 6. At least 165 children came from 24 centers from all across the US to participate.

The auspicious event happened to be held on Shri Krishna Janmashtami and the installation day of Shri Radha Krishna prabhavali at the Yamunotri center of Chinmaya Mission Chicago. Pujya Gurudev’s eternal guidance and presence was experienced at this event.

The finalists from local and regional competitions, the cream of Chinmaya Mission Balavihar, assembled for this historical event that was presided by Swami Ishwarananda of Los Angeles. The children were divided into four age groups. They competed within their group one at a time.

There was a team of 18 judges from different centers. For two days, the ashram was charged with positive energy of enthusiastic parents, participants, judges and local sevaks

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Teen’s homemade clock is mistaken for a bomb

Indian teen is charged with woman’s murder

BY A STAFF WRITER AMPA, FL -- A 17-year-old Indian American teenager has been charged with the firstdegree murder of a 37-year-old woman after an argument between them turned ugly.

The police said Sean Patel allegedly shot Davtara G. Grayson at his home at 1481 Hamlet Avenue in the Clearwater Beach area with a stolen gun.

An argument between Patel and Grayson broke out sometime around 8 pm on September 3. The argument took a violent turn, resulting in Grayson being shot. She died at the scene.

The gun was stolen from an unlocked vehicle from Madeira Beach, Fla., June 11, say the police who took Patel into custody about an hour after the shooting.

Florida authorities are yet to determine whether Patel will be charged as an adult.

Patel is currently being held at a juvenile detention facility in Pinellas County.

“That aspect of the case is a reminder that people should always lock their vehicles and properly secure their weapons,” an e-mail from the police department stated.

The nature of the relationship between Patel and Grayson is unclear.

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- altogether over 550 people. Meticulous planning provided an environment for new and renewed friendships among children and families.

Every participant was a true winner but the final rankings were: 4 Group A (Age group 4 - 6 years) --Trisha Shankar ,. Neha Pandya & Rasshessh Thakkar .

4 Group B (Age group 7-9 years) Aditi Chaubal , Srinidhi Nagarajan & Satvika Ramanathan).

4 Group C – (Age group 10-12 years) Shruthi Aiyar, Anjana Bharadwaj & Amrita Vinjamury.

4 Group D -- (Age group 13-15 years) Sruthi

Jayanti , Pavan Sai Datta Prabhal & Deepa Kumar.

Prizes awarded to each group rankings were--3rd prize $250, 2nd $500, and the 1st prize $1,000 and a trip to India to participate in the international Gita chanting finals.

At the conclusion of the event, the super-charged moment was when the entire congregation of over 500 people together chanted the entire chapter XV! Before the inauguration of the competition, as the families arrived Swami Ishwaranda, the presiding acharya, expounded the message of the lines mama eva amsah jiva loke.

He said that Purushottam yoga, chapter XV held a very dear place in Pujya Gurudev’s heart.

Gujarati writer’s new book is launched

BY A STAFF WRITER EW JERSEY, NJ – ‘Ankita’, a Gujarati short-story collection

by Prof. Hasmukh Patel ‘Shunyam’ was launched by Bhikhu Patel, a senior leader of Hudson County in New Jersey.

The book is his second story collection after ‘Kanchido ane Dev Chakali’.

Patel lives in Jersey City, New Jersey, and devotes his time for writing and activities for seniors in Hudson County, New Jersey.

Renowned Gujarati literary personality Mani H. Patel from Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gu j a r a t , w a s p re s e n t a l o n g w i t h Bhagavanaji Raiyani (Forum for Fast Track Justice, Mumbai, India), Subhash Shah (Gujarat Darpan), Kaushik Amin (Gujarat Foundation) and Ankita Patel, daughter-in-law of Shunyam.

Amin introduced Shunyam, Bhikhu Patel, Mani H. Patel, Raiyani and Shah.

Mani H Patel gave brief narration of Gujarati poetry and diaspora’s Gujarati

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Ahmed Mohamed, 14

BY A STAFF WRITER RVING, TX– The police in Irving, Tex., have cleared a Texas teen after an investigation showed that the teen’s homemade device was not a bomb.

Ahmed Mohamed, a high-school freshman at MacArthur High School in Irving, Tex., was taken into police custody on September 15 when his homemade digital clock was mistaken for a bomb by school officials and the police.

Irving, Tex. Police Chief Larry Boyd told reporters next day that no charges would be brought against Mohamed for bringing a “suspicious device” to school.

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literature. Bhikhu Patel narrated Hasmukh Patel’s creation in detail.

Other dignitaries and writers/poets of New Jersey present to grace the event were Hansa and Harnish Jani, Nila Desai and Prof. Chandrakant Desai, Bhagesh Kadakia, Prof. R. D. Patel, Ramesh Jadav, Subodh Shah, Mahesh Upadhyay, Kokila

Rawal (Kesuda.org), Jagruti Gokani, Ramesh Shah, Shailesh Trivedi, Amrut Hazari, J. C. Desai, Pravin Shastri and others.

This event was coordinated by Kaushik Amin at the Gujarat Darpan Sahitya Sabha, Edison, New Jersey. The event concluded with a delicious Dinner.

Janmashtami at Bharat Sevashram Sangha

BY A STAFF WRITER URORA, IL-- The Bharat Sevashram Sangha at 522 Garfield Ave, Aurora, IL 60506, celebrated Janmashtami puja with devotees from all over Chicagoland assembling to mark the birth of Lord Krishna.

The deity was decorated with light and flowers and all Puja Samagri was arranged.

Saumen Chattopadhyay conducted the puja with meticulous details. Devotees also bathed the deity in milk. This was followed by Pushpanjali.

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performance of devotional songs. Manjiri Vaishampayan and Sonali Srivastava at the tabla mesmerized the audience with delightful bhajans.

A couple of youngsters, Anushree Majumdar and Ishan Sadhukhan, amazed the audience with their semi-classical bhajans. Natasha Roy’s lucid Geeta Path concluded the program.

The program was followed by Aarati and Prasad distribution. Food was prepared by volunteers with great enthusiasm on the ashram premises.

Even children participated in the food preparation and Prasad serving. Everyone felt blessed at the end of the celebration and all devotees said they were looking forward to more such festivals in the near future.

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Seven Indians charged in multi-million dollar liquor store sales tax fraud sweep

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL — Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced charges against seven Chicago liquor store operators as part of a sweep to crack down on sales tax evasion and interstate liquor bootlegging. “Operation Seven & Seven” is a joint effort with the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) to investigate and prosecute untaxed or “bootlegged” liquor brought in from outside Illinois.

The charges are the result of a twoyear criminal tax investigation conducted

by IDOR’s Criminal Investigations Division. The investigation culminated with the execution of search warrants at seven Chicago liquor stores, earning it the nickname “Operation Seven & Seven.”

Madigan charged seven defendants today in Cook County Circuit Court with sales tax evasion of more than $100,000, a Class 1 felony punishable by up to four to 15 years in prison. One additional defendant – Dipakkumar Patel – was charged with sales tax evasion of more than $10,000, a Class 2 felony punishable by up to three to seven years in prison.

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Madigan alleged, the seven defendants collectively defrauded the state out of more than $3.5 million in sales taxes.

Madigan filed charges against the following nine individuals: 4 Cherag Patel, 39, of South Bend, IN: AB Food and Liquor; 4 Dipakkumar Patel, 41, of Munster, IN: Jeff ’s Food and Liquor; 4 Jiggarkumar Patel, 37, of Schaumburg, IL: AB Food and Liquor; 4 Mukesh Patel, 62, of Des Plaines, IL: Buddy’s Wine & Spirits; 4 Nishant Patel, 33, of Des Plaines, IL: Liquors Galore (doing business as Maple Park Wine & Spirits), Buddy’s Wine & Spirits, and Madison Food and Spirits; 4Rajanikant Patel, 44, of Hoffman Estates, IL: Quickstop Food and Liquor; 4Vishal Patel, 31, of Des Plaines, Illinois: Buddy’s Wine & Spirits; and Today’s arrests are part of a concentrated effort between Attorney General office and the Department of Revenue to crack down on tax evasion and illegal interstate liquor sales. “The transfer of alcohol into the state of Illinois from unlicensed sources is

an issue that carries both criminal and tax implications,” said Connie Beard, Illinois Department of Revenue director.

Five of those charged were arrested by IDOR special agents, with the assistance of the Bridgeview and Palos Hills Police Departments, yesterday morning on no-bond warrants, and the remaining defendants later surrendered to authorities.

All seven defendants are scheduled to appear in bond court this afternoon.

Attorney General office has worked to improve the state’s ability to pursue businesses and retailers who avoid paying sales taxes by initiating legislation that became law in 2013. The law created the crime of sales tax evasion and imposed stronger, graduated penalties based on the amount of sales taxes evaded. Operation Seven & Seven is the first of its kind since the law was implemented.

The cases were investigated by IDOR’s Criminal Investigations Division. Senior Assistant Attorney General Lori Jordan and Assistant Attorneys General Victor Turla and Claire Lusher are handling the cases for Madigan’s Special Prosecutions Bureau. The defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Necklace-snatchers on prowl in trains

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL – The Chicago police are warning CTA riders of a man stealing expensive necklaces from women on Blue and Red Line trains.

A community alert said the suspect waited for a train to approach a stop, ripped the necklace off the victim’s neck and took off running through the opening doors.

The police said the suspect had stolen three necklaces in the last three weeks.

The most recent robbery occurred on a Blue Line train near the Division stop in the 1200-block of North Milwaukee Avenue around 6:50 am on September 2.

Another took place on a Red Line train near the Cermak-Chinatown stop in the 100-block of West Cermak Road around 7:05 am on August 3.

The first victim was robbed on a Blue Line train near the UIC-Halsted stop in the 800-block of West Harrison Street around 3:30 pm on July 27.

CTA surveillance photos show the suspect is a bald African American man between 20 and 30 years old with a dark complexion. He is between 5 ft. 3 in. and 5 ft. 6 in. tall and weighs about 145-155 pounds. He was wearing a light-colored baseball cap in two of the photos.

The police have urged CTA riders to be alert and to keep valuable jewelry in a purse or bag during their commute.

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Comcast speeds up Internet Essentials

BY A STAFF WRITER HILADELPHIA, PA -- Comcast has announced several significant enhancements and milestones for Internet Essentials, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive high-speed Internet adoption program.

The company said it planned to double the service’s download Internet speed, offer subscribers a Wi-Fi router for no additional cost, and conduct several pilot programs for low-income senior citizens.

The announcements reaffirm Comcast’s commitment to help close the digital divide for low-income families and bring the transformative power of the Internet into more American homes.

Since the program’s inception, Comcast has made 25 key enhancements to Internet Essentials, and this is the third time in four years Comcast has increased speeds for customers.

The current speed is doubling to up to 10 Mbps downstream, which is enough to power multiple devices simultaneously.

In addition, by offering Wi-Fi routers, customers will be able to connect any Internet-enabled device, including tablets and smartphones, which could help save money on monthly wireless bills.

“We have made significant progress toward closing the digital divide for lowincome parents and children. In less than four years, Internet Essentials has

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connected 500,000 families, or 2 million low-income Americans, to the power of the Internet at home,” said David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation senior executive vice president and chief diversity officer.

“With the increase in the program’s Internet speeds, the addition of Wi-Fi and a streamlined auto-enrollment process, more families will have even easier access to the Internet and its life-changing resources for education, employment, healthcare, communication, and entertainment.”

The pilot program for low-income seniors is designed to better understand the unique challenges of helping them cross the digital divide and learn how to use the Internet.

According to Pew Research Center, just 47 per cent, or less than half, of seniors (aged 65 and older) have high-speed Internet at home. When it comes to income level, only 25 per cent of seniors with household incomes below $30,000 have home broadband, compared to 82 per cent of seniors with household incomes at or above $75,000.

The first pilot program will take

place in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Cohen was joined by City of West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio, Palm Beach County School District Superintendent Robert Avossa, and Urban League of Palm Beach County President and CEO Patrick J. Franklin to make the latest announcements.

“Senior citizens can be an afterthought when it comes to addressing digital literacy and use of the Internet,” said Franklin.

“However, the Internet has a tremendous power to help change their lives for the better by tearing down the walls that geography may have put between them and the ones they love. It can also help restore a sense of community and inclusion, bonds that can weaken as we grow older.”

To receive the faster Internet speed, customers simply need to reboot their cable modems. Existing customers who would like a Wi-Fi router just need to call the dedicated call center and either request to have one shipped to them for free, or they can schedule a professional installation, also for no additional cost.

New customers will have the option to receive a Wi-Fi router when they sign up.

Through Internet Essentials, Comcast has invested more than $240 million in cash and in-kind support to help fund digital literacy and readiness training and education, reaching nearly 3.2 million people through national and local nonComEd showed its community spirit in both the India and Pakistan Independence Parades in West Rogers Park. On Saturday, August 15 the ComEd float and volunteers took part in the India Independence Day Parade. The India Day Parade showcased India`s rich and diverse culture with several floats, along with a variety of Indian cuisine, arts, apparel and jewelry. The following day, ComEd volunteers were back on the Northside for the Pakistan Parade and participated in the festival afterward in Warren Park. ComEd strives to be a strong partner in its communities, focusing on education, environment, arts and culture, and community development.

Missing Crystal Lake teen is still untraced

BY A STAFF WRITER RYSTAL LAKE, IL -- The father of a 16-year-old Crystal Lake girl who went missing this week and is presumed to be with a 28-year-old man said he disagreed with a Crystal Lake police investigator’s presumption that his daughter was in no danger.

Kalyani Sudhir, who was last seen on September 1, boarded a train in Crystal Lake after voluntarily leaving her home, according to a news release from Crystal Lake Police Cmdr. Tom Kotlowski.

The police said Kalyani was last seen at 6 pm at Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.

Kalyani might be with Nithin Nainwal, a 28-year-old who, the police said, might have a black 2008 Hyundai with a license plate reading “V596324.”

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Kalyani Sudhir

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Nainwal, but said friends and family suggested it was possible they were together. Kotlowski said he did not believe Kalyani was in danger.

But Sudhir Nair of Crystal Lake said he had been frustrated with the response from Crystal Lake police since July when he said he told them he believed his daughter had a relationship with Nainwal, who once worked at Nair’s gas station.

Nair said he had been trying to obtain a court order to prevent Nainwal from

contacting his underage daughter. But Nair said Nainwal was an undocumented immigrant and had been difficult to find so that court papers could be served.

“Now she is missing, and the police say she is safe. How can they say that?” an emotional Nair said. “He has kidnapped her – not physically, but mentally.”

Nair said his daughter was a Crystal Lake South High School student who got good grades but did not have any friends, which was why he said he was particularly concerned about the influence a 28-yearold man, who had been speaking to her since the spring, could have on her.

Nair said he fired Nainwal from his gas station in early July when he learnt about the potential relationship he had with the girl.

The police said Kalyani was 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighed about 125 pounds, adding that she had black hair and brown eyes.

profit community partners.

Through the end of June 2015, Comcast has: 4 Dedicated more than $1 million in grants to create Internet Essentials Learning Zones, where networks of non-profit partners are working together to enhance public Internet access and increase family-focused digital literacy training in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Fresno, Miami, and Seattle, among others.

4 Provided more than 41,000 subsidized computers at less than $150 each.

4 Distributed for free nearly 46 million Internet Essentials program materials.

4 Broadcast more than 7 million public service announcements, valued at more than $90 million.

4 Welcomed more than 3.5 million visitors to the Internet Essentials websites in English and Spanish and its Online Learning Center.

4 Fielded more than 3.2 million phone calls to our Internet Essentials call center.

4 Offered Internet Essentials to nearly 48,000 schools and 5,000 school districts, in 39 states and the District of Columbia.

4 Partnered with thousands of communitybased organizations, government agencies, and federal, state, and local elected officials to spread the word.

Indian is named first female post-master

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ACRAMENTO, CA -- Jagdeep Grewal was sworn in the north steps of the state Capitol as Sacramento’s first woman postmaster, according to the US Postal Service.

The Indian American will oversee 1,004 employees who process and deliver mail on 537 city routes and 94 rural routes and fill nearly 20,000 postoffice boxes.

Grewal, 57, began her career with the US Postal Service as a window clerk in 1988. She became a manager five years later and worked her way up the ranks, including a stint as postmaster in Pacifica-Daly City.

Grewal received her bachelor’s degree in education and her master’s degree in language arts from Punjab University in India.

The cash-strapped agency recently reported a net loss of $586 million this spring. The Postal Service has been battling a decline in mail volume due to consumer reliance on the Internet and private company package delivery.

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Ganesh Pratishthapana at Chicago’s Devon Ave and other organizers expect a larger flow of devotees this year for a glimpse (darshan) of the Destroyer of Obstacles.

“Indian worshippers not just from Chicago and its suburbs but also from neighboring States of Indiana and Wisconsin will flock to Devon Avenue”, says Brahmbhatt, who is the editor and publisher of popular weekly Hi India.

Darshan will be open from 10 am to 10 pm with daily Aarti scheduled at at 11:30 am and 8:30 pm and prasad being to be served throughout the day.

Singers and artists wishing to perform during the celebrations and sponsorship and volunteers may get in touch with Kaajal (773) 262-4377 or Hemant Brahmbhatt (773) 5526083 Watch live at devonkaraja.com.

It was during Ganesh Chaturthi, that according to Hindu mythology, that Lord Ganesh was re-born in his present form– elephant head and human body–with the blessings of his father Lord Shiva.

BY A STAFF WRITER HICAGO, IL - Ganesh Chaturthi 2015 celebrations began in a grand style in the heart of Devon Ave. on September 16 with the installation of an impressive idol of Lord Ganesh with Pooja, Havan, Bhajan, Kirtan & Aarti.

The 10-day grand ‘Devon Ka Raja-Ganpati Utsav, which was hosted for the first time at Regal Stars, Devon Ave, Chicago last year, has been organized this year by Regal Jewels, Hi India & Uru Swati at 2623 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL. Pratishthapan, Pooja & Havan were performed by Shri Nagendra Rao who was assisted by Dilip Pandya. The Ganesh Idol complete with beautiful ornaments, cloth and flower garlands was installed on a decorated platform.

Last year, thousands of devotees had thronged the venue to pray and seek the blessings of the Elephant God and Brahmbhatt

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Indian students’ bid to guide startups

BY A STAFF WRITER ASHINGTON, DC -- IndianAmerican students Aman Sharma and Bhavin Gupta have created an incubator for startup businesses to help budding entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground for free.

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The two have kept their goal simple. They hope within a year to have startups calling them instead of the other way around.

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A new drug to help combat these urges could be ready for the market within five to six years.

Scientists found in tests using rats bred to crave alcohol that the compounds drastically diminished drinking.

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Diet drinks won’t make you slimmer Switching to sugar-free drinks may not help control your weight if you do not pay attention to what you eat IANS, NEW YORK

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f you are trying to shed some extra kilos, switching to sugarfree drinks may not really help, said a study.

Diet-beverage consumers tend to compensate for the absence of calories in their drinks by noshing on extra food that is loaded with sugar, sodium, fat and cholesterol, the study said.

“If people simply substitute diet beverages for sugar-sweetened beverages, it may not have the intended effect because they may just eat those calories rather than drink

them,” said researcher Ruopeng An, professor at University of Illinois in the US. Switching to diet or sugar-free drinks may not help people control their weight if they do not pay attention to the quantity and quality of the foods they consume, An said.

The study examined the dietary habits of more than 22,000 US adults. An compared participants’ daily calorie intakes, including their consumption of energy-dense but nutrient-poor discretionary foods that include products such as cookies, ice cream, chocolate, fries and pastries, and five types of beverages

— diet drinks, sugar-sweetened beverages such as sodas and fruit drinks, coffee, tea and alcohol.

While coffee and diet-beverage drinkers consumed fewer total calories each day than people who preferred alcohol or sugary drinks, they obtained a greater percentage of their daily calorie intake from discretionary foods, An said.

“It may be that people who consume diet beverages feel justified in eating more, so they reach for a muffin or a bag of chips,” An said.

“Or perhaps, in order to feel satisfied, they feel compelled to eat more of these high-calorie foods,” he said.

KOLKATA: Indian scientists have wide range of bioactive compounds, deciphered the entire genetic make- known for their anti-bacterial, antiup of Tulsi, a herb widely used for fungal, anti-pyretic and anti-cancer therapeutic purposes. The genome properties.

These compounds are metabomap will help in making new medilites, compounds that are a by-prodcines using the plant. uct of plant metabolism, typically A multi-institutional team led by used for plant self-defense.

Sowdhamini Ramanathan These metabolites are from the National Cenvery poorly undertre of Biological Scistood because of ence, Bengaluru It reveals lack of genomic revisited the interesting information. age-old knowlpathways used Sowdhamini edge of the and team have plant and its

by Tulsi to produced the first medicinal effects make ursolic draft genome of O. in their laboratoacid tenuiflorum Krishna ries. subtype, which is an The plant syntheimportant step in undersizes a standing and identifying the genes responsible for production of metabolites with medicinal properties.

“The sequence reveals the interesting pathways used by Tulsi to make ursolic acid a medically important compound. If one could now use modern synthetic biology techniques to synthesize ursolic acid, it would be of great benefit,” said S. Ramaswamy, one of the researchers.

Sowdhamini said, “This is the first report of draft genome sequencing of a plant species from NCBS and we hope to do more”.

EATING FISH DAILY CAN Sedentary lifestyle bad for kids CURB DEPRESSION TOO LONDON: Eating a lot of fish may help curb the risk of depression in both men and women, reveals a pooled analysis of the available evidence. After pooling all the European data together, a significant association emerged between those eating the most fish and a 17 percent reduction in depression risk compared with those eating the least.

When the researchers looked specifically at gender, they found a slightly stronger association between high fish consumption and lowered depression risk in men.

Among women, the associated reduction in depression risk was 16

percent. “Higher fish consumption may be beneficial in the primary prevention of depression,” the authors noted.

Several previous studies have looked at the possible role of dietary factors in modifying depression risk, but the findings have been inconsistent and inconclusive.

“The high-quality protein, vitamins, and minerals found in fish may help stave off depression while eating a lot of fish may be an indicator of a healthy and more nutritious diet,” the researchers suggested.

Depression affects an estimated 350 million people worldwide.

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