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Children asked to sweep schools and classrooms; Cleanliness drive to end on October 31 By Yatin Ingle

chool students may not get to enjoy their holiday on Gandhi Jayanthi this year, as the state government has decided that they would be better off coming to school and undertaking some cleaning work under the Swaccha Bharat, Swaccha Vidhyalaya (Clean Bharat, Clean School) drive, which officially ends on October 31. The central and state governments had earlier passed a resolution for schools to participate in the cleaning campaign from September 25 to October 31, which falls

under the Nirmal Bharat Scheme. Uday Nare, senior teacher of Hansraj Morarji Public School, opines, “October 2 has always been a holiday for school students. Besides, the time period allotted for the drive is is from September 25 to October 31. There is no specific reason for the state government to ask schools to run the drive on October 2.” Schools are afraid that even if they have managed to clean up their surroundings within the stipulated period of the drive, students and teachers will still be forced to come on October 2.

The ADC spoke to Kapil Patil, Member of the Legislative Council from the Teachers' Constituency, who said, “October 2 is the day we celebrate the life of a great freedom fighter. This is a traditional holiday in our country in remembrance of the Mahatma. The government should not sidetrack the importance of the day, the person and his sacrifice for the nation.” Ashwini Bhide, director of school education, said, “The department will discuss this issue and make a decision as soon as possible.” yatin.ingle@afternoondc.in

US CEOs keen to invest in India By Priyanka Tikoo & Barun Jha

PM Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with former US President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton during a meeting in New York, US on Monday.

EW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday wooed CEOs of large American companies to invest in India in key sectors including infrastructure. Hosting a breakfast for 11 CEOs, including Indian-origin PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Citigroup chief Michael Corbat, Modi said India is open-minded and want the change, which is "not one-sided". Listening to concerns raised by the business lead-

ers, Modi assured them that his government will address their issues and try to make the environment in India more business- friendly. Describing the meeting as "excellent and very good", all business leaders, including Nooyi and Corbat, said that the Prime Minister heard their concerns and listed out the priority areas of his government to take forward the India story to higher levels. "(We) want to convert the Supreme Court judgment on coal allocation into an opportunity to move forward Continued on pg 12 «

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Thane cop bags medal in Asian Games

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N Narsingh Yadav, a trainee Deputy SP attached to Thane (rural) Police, exults after the win.

arsingh Yadav, a trainee Deputy SP attached to the Thane (rural) police has made the country and his department proud by clinching a bronze medal in the freestyle wrestling competition at the 17th edition of the Asian Games being held in Incheon.

The 24-year-old Yadav beat his opponent from Japan to finish third in the 74 kg category at the Asian Games sports venue at the Dowon Gymnasium. An Olympian and Commonwealth gold medalist, Yadav who had been selected for a post in the police department of the state government, joined the Thane (rural) police as a trainee Deputy SP

MCA celebrates Durgotsav in Malad M

alad West Sarbajanin Durgotsav 2014 (organised by Maitree Cultural Association) is being held for the first time at Swagat Park (opp. Goregaon Sports Club). For a Bengali away from home, these festivities are perhaps the most missed and thus an effort to recreate a little bit of ‘home’ in a far off land. Apart from lengthy preparations, animated discussions, numerous visits to the kumartuli at

on July 1. However, a week after joining duty, Yadav went for a training session under the aegis of the Indian Wrestling Mahasangh in New Delhi to gear up for the Asian Games. Police personnel and senior police officials including Thane (rural) SP Rajesh Pradhan have applauded Yadav’s performance which has won accolades for the country. ing on September 29. Adhikary is known as the greatest player of Dotara. A ten-member group of Chhau dancers from Purulia will be seen donning their elaborate masks and dancing the energetic Mahisashur Badh on stage on October 2. Apart from these, there will be a humorous Bangla natok Boudir Biye as well as an Odissi ballet. Subodh Poddar, of Dancescapes fame, will create Musicscapes on canvas. One must not forget the tiny tots and the enthusiastic ladies who will be performing to a wide variety of music with an ensemble aptly called ‘Colours of India’. Bhog will be served to all who visit the pandal on October 1 and 2.

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Bhayandar and brain-storming over what best to put up on the cultural platform, there was a feeling that celebrating Durga Puja should not be the sole aim of the team. Sensitising society about the trials and tribulations faced by the girl child is an urgent need of the hour and MCA decided to take a step in

(Left) Goddess Durga. The inmates of Divya Prabha, a home for orphan girls in Thane, joyously preparing lamps for the Durga festival. that direction. A couple of visits to bring some joy to them. The girls Divya Prabha – a home for orphan will be inaugurating the Durgotsav girls – where 23 girls, the youngest lighting lamps which they thembeing only six-year-old, live under selves have painted at their Thane Sister Anita’s care, convinced the home. MCA has planned to stay team that it would be only right to connected with the girls at Divya

Kalyan Bengal Cultural association celebrates Durga pooja at Senior Railways Institute, opp Railway Hospital, Kalyan(w).

Prabha in the future as well. MCA decided to bring in vibrant but traditional flavours every evening. The eminent Baul singer, Narayan Chandra Adhikary and his group from Bolpur will be perform-

Padayatra? Alas! It seems that no industrialist has offered him a free helicopter service for his poll campaign.

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HEART OF THE MATTER... Organised by Kohinoor Hospital, the police officials witness a demonstration of Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) by a doctor. Yesterday was World Heart Day.

Bachelor boy George Clooney makes marriage official

The saree-draper from Mangalore

Mantis Shrimp and cancer

RESEARCHERS at University of Queensland in Australia are developing a camera that can do something pretty unique: it can see cancer. The idea came after the scientists discovered that mantis shrimp have this incredibly useful ability. The researchers have found that mantis shrimp have compound eyes that are incredibly good at detecting polarised light, a type of light that reflects differently off of cancerous tissue and healthy tissue.

Keshav Anna returns from his native Mangalore to faithfully drape nine saris around the Devi at Kannamwar Nagar II Vikhroli year after year.

George Clooney flanked by his wife Amal Alamuddin, arrives at the Cavalli Palace for the civil marriage ceremony in Venice, Italy on Monday. AP/PTI

HOLLYWOOD hunk George Clooney and his wife, Lebanese-British lawyer Amal Alamuddin, made their marriage official at a civil ceremony in Venice, Italy, yesterday. The newly-weds, who enjoyed a lavish nuptials in front of celebrity guests on Saturday, travelled by boat to the city hall where they were officially married by former mayor of Rome, Walter Veltroni, who also officiated Saturday's service, reported US magazine. Clooney, 53, wore a charcoal grey outfit while the British lawyer wore a We see colour with hues and white trouser suit and sunhat. shades, and objects that contrast â&#x20AC;&#x201C; They left the venue 10 minutes a red apple in a green tree for later and were whisked away in a example â&#x20AC;&#x201C; but research has water taxi. The civil ceremony revealed that a number of animals marked the end of the four-day wedding celebrations that began in that use polarised light to detect Venice on Friday. and discriminate between objects. Celebrity guests included Matt The camera that being developed in close collaboration Damon, Cindy Crawford, Emily with US and UK scientists shoots Blunt, Bill Murray and Bono. video and could provide immediate Earlier the couple were seen feedback on detecting cancer and exiting their luxury hotel and making monitoring the activity of exposed their way to a water taxi to attend a nerve cells. It converts the invisible brunch with friends. Talking as he messages into colours that our emerged with his new wife, Clooney visual system is comfortable with. said he felt "very good".

WHILE the city is abuzz with garbas, pujas and other Navratri celebrations, here's one man who comes all the way from Mangalore to Mumbai every year, just to drape the saree for the Devi's idol installed by the Trimurti Mitra Mandal in Vikhroli's Kannamwar Nagar II. Keshav Anna, as this man is fondly called, is an astrologer by profession. Anna, who used to stay in Vikhroli some 25 years

ago, later moved to his native place in Mangalore where he practises astrology. But he ensures that he visits this Devi every year to drape the saree for her throughout Navratri. This he does for his devotion for Durga Devi and does not charge a single penny for it. The Devi's idol is presented a new saree every day by the residents, which is draped upon the previous day's saree. Thus at the end of

Navratri, the Devi is wearing nine sarees, one upon another. The Trimurti Mitra Mandal, which was established in 1983, is in its 32nd year now. The mandal has around 150 members who do not go the conventional way when it comes to managing funds for the celebrations. They chip in money from their pockets and do not ask for any donations from the local residents.

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IT may be all vegetarian dishes and non-alcoholic drinks when President Barack Obama hosts a private dinner at the White House on Monday night for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who himself will take only lime water. According to sources, the Indian side had expressed a desire not to include non-vegetarian dishes during the private dinner keeping in mind sensitivities of the Prime Minister who is observing Navratri fasts. The request is being considered positively, as per US government sources. Modi, 64, who arrived in the US on Friday has been observing Navratra fasts which started on September 25, and has been only taking lukewarm lime water. Last week, the White House had said they respectfully accommodate the practices of visiting guests. "As with all guests hosted by US Presidents over the years, we always work to respectfully accommodate the practices of our visitors," said Caitlin Hayden, spokesperson of the National Security Council. Navratri is being celebrated this year from September 25 to October 3. Modi has been keeping the fast for many years during Navratri. Obama and Modi are meeting for the first time over the dinner and will hold bilateral talks on Tuesday at the White House.

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I have changed my name from Srinidhi K. Govind Bhat to Shrinidhi Govind Bhat as per Affidavit. C-25782

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I have changed my name from Sameena Mukhtar Khan to Arshin Fayaz Shaikh as per Gazette No. (U-13680). C-25783

BUSINESS PREMISES

I have changed my name from Navaz Riyaz Shaikh to Sehjaan Riyaz Shaikh as per Gazette No. (X-21968). C-25784

Fort Opp. VT Station available self contained elegant office, good bldg. Area 650 sft carpet with 550 sft mezzanine. Sale @ 3 Cr. & lease @ 1.50L monthly. Owner: 9821016312. C-25438

I have changed my name from Niranjan Shrichand Matta to Nirranjan Srichand Matta as per Gazette No U – 17710.

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C-25785 I have changed my name from Miss. Kirangauri Ramniklal Ajmrea to Mrs. Kiran Rajesh Shah as per Affidavit dated 21.07.2014 C-25786

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Mr. Suresh Nathmal Saraf & Smt. Manju Suresh Saraf residing at Flat No. A/301, on Third Floor, Sea Wind CHSL, New Raviraj Complex, Jesal Park, Bhayandar (E), Dist. Thane -401 105 do hereby expelled from their moveable & immoveable properties to son Mr. Vikash Suresh Saraf & daughter-inLaw Mrs. Manisha Vikash Saraf. Mr. Vikash Suresh Saraf & Mrs. Manisha Vikash Saraf shall not claim any rights, title and interest in respect of their properties in future.

I have changed my name from Mr. Anant Rajesh Shanbag to Mr. Anant Rajesh Shanbhag as per Affidavit dated 16.06.2014 C-25787

R. J. Mishra Advocate High Court B/108, Bhaidaya Nagar “B” Bldg., Navghar Road, Bhayandar (E), Dist. Thane – 401 105.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice hereby given that Transfer deed for 1687 equity shares of Kirloskar Brothers Limited vide Folio No.S001509, Certificate No.5279 & Distinctive No. 4952128 to 4953814 & Kirloskar Brothers Investment Limited vide Folio No. S01509, Certificate No.5175 & Distinctive No.328271 to 328382 in the Name of Shakuntala Ramnik Shsh have been lost & applied Company to transfer U/s.108 of Companies Act,1956. Any person who has any claim should write to Company Registrar at Link Intime India Pvt.Ltd. Block No. 202, 2nd Floor, Akshay Complex, Near Ganesh Temple,Off. Dhole Patil Road, Pune - 411001 within 15 days from the date else the Company will proceed to transfer Certificate. Applicant: Sushila Porwal Date: 29/09/2014

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I have changed my name from Rajeshree Govind Moorty Bhat to Rajeshri Govinda Moorthy Bhat as per Affidavit. C-25781

I have changed my name from Ishaq Simaravala, to ‘Seemarwala Ishaque’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014. C-25798

I, Mohammad Akram Sayyed have changed my Daughter’s name from Shaheen Sajad Mohammad Akram Sayyed, to ‘Shaheen Mohammad Akram Sayyed’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 17651) Dated: 11/09/2014. C-25812

I have changed my name from Simaravala Rukhsana Md Asharaf, to ‘Seemarwala Rukhasana Mohammed Ashraf’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014. C-25799 I have changed my name from Halai Ruksana Valimohmmed, to ‘Seemarwala Rukhasana Mohammed Ashraf’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014. C-25800 I have changed my name from Md Asharaf Ishaq Simaravala, to ‘Seemarwala Mohammed Ashraf Ishaque’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014. C-25801 I have changed my name from Patni Jerina/Zareena, to ‘Patni Zarina Husain’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014. C-25802

I have changed my name from Qureshi Sultana Khurshid, to ‘Khan Sultanabegam Siraj’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 22/09/2014. C-25789

I have changed my name from Raishbhai Suleman Bhai Bhoraniya, to ‘Rais Suleman Bhoraniya’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 100881) Dated: 16/02/2012. C-25803

I have changed my name from Panchmatiya Ritesh Mukeshkumar, to ‘Panchmatiya Ritesh Mukesh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/09/2014. C-25790

I have changed my name from Suhail Ahmed Abdul Sattar, to ‘Suhail Ahmed Abdul Sattar Shaikh’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U17175) Dated: 04/09/2014. C-25804

I have changed my name from Panchmatiya Mukeshkumar Dwarkadas, to ‘Panchmatiya Mukesh Dwarkadas’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/09/2014. C-25791

I have changed my name from Rafiya Abdul Maredia, to ‘Safiya Abdullah Marediya’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X23355) Dated: 14/07/2011. C-25805

I have changed my name from Panchmatiya Kundan Mukeshkumar, to ‘Panchmatiya Kundan Mukesh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/09/2014.

I have changed my name from Shahabaj Latif Kazi, to ‘Shabaz Latif Kazi’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25806

I have changed my name from Humera Bano Mohd Rehmathullah, to ‘Multani Humera Afzal’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/09/2014. C-25793

CHANGE OF NAME

I, Hiren Kothari have changed my Daughter’s name from Dhwani Rakesh Hingu, to ‘Dhwani Hiren Kothari’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 21384) Dated: 04/09/2014. C-25811

I have changed my name from Sonabai Ashabhai Makwana to Sonaben Ashabhai Vankar as per Maharashtra Gazette No (U-17138). C-25788

C-25792

I have changed my name from Jayshree Govind Moorthy Bhat to Jayshri Govindmoorthy Bhat as per Affidavit. C-25780

I have changed my name from Simaravala Md Asharaf, to ‘Seemarwala Mohammed Ashraf Ishaque’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 23/09/2014. C-25797

I have changed my name from Sayyad Tasneem Bano Abdul Majeed, to ‘Mujahid Tasneem Moinuddin’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 26/09/2014. C-25794 I have changed my name from Devera Sharwan Parasmal, to ‘Devera Sharwan Kumar Parasmal’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 20/09/2014. C-25795 I have changed my name from Sayeeda Umar, to ‘Koradia Saida Umar’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 27/09/2014. C-25796

I have changed my name from Sunita Lalchand Awade, to ‘Varsha Dinesh Lokhande’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 51897-A) Dated: 12/12/2013. C-25807 I have changed my name from Sneha Arun Tambade, to ‘Sneha Sanket Bhojane’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 17981) Dated: 11/09/2014. C-25808

I have changed my name from Jaybhai Kirtikumar Shah to Jay Kirtikumar Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25824 I have changed my name from Magiidevi Rudaram Patel to Magidevi Rudaram Chaudhary as per Affidavit. C-25825 I have changed my name from Ansari Mohd Irfan to Irfan Ansari as per deedpoll Affidavit. C-25826

I have changed my name from Azeeza Yusuf Juwale, to ‘Aziza Yusuf Juwale’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014.

I have changed my name from Praveen Laljiram Prajapati to Pravin Laljiram Prajapati as per Affidavit C-25827

C-25813

I have changed my name from Shahid Abdul Rashid Saluji to Shahid Abdurrashid Saluji as per Affidavit C-25828

We, Mohammed Riyaz Ismail Mansuri & Raeesa Mohammed Riyaz Mansuri have changed our Son’s name from Hashir Riyaz Mansoori, to ‘Hashir Mohammed Riyaz Mansuri’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25814 We, Mohammed Riyaz Ismail Mansuri & Raeesa Mohammed Riyaz Mansuri have changed our Son’s name from Muaaz Mohd Riyaz Mohd Ismail Mansuri, to ‘Muaaz Mohammed Riyaz Mansuri’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25815 We, Saeed Shah & Rehana Saeed Shah have changed our Daughter’s name from Tuba Saeed Shamroj Sayyed, to ‘Tuba Saeed Shah’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25816 We, Saeed Shah & Rehana Saeed Shah have changed our Son’s name from Yafi Saeed Sayyed, to ‘Yafi Saeed Shah’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25817 I have changed my name from Shaikh Rafique Daud Sharif, to ‘Rafique Daud Sharif’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25818 I have changed my name from Chaitali Ravindra Shinde to Shonali Sachinkumar Gavhane as per Maharashtra Gazette No.(X-15696). C-25819 I have changed my name from Sagar Ashok Rohida to Sagar Ashok Rohra as per Govt. of Maha. Gazette No ( X97541). C-25820 I have changed my name from Bhavnaben Laxmidas Khaniya to Bhanushali Bhavna Laxmidas as per Affidavit dated 29 Sept,2014. C-25821

I have changed my name from Trishala Ashish Mewada, to ‘Tanishqa Ashish Mewada’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25809

I have changed my name from Mohammed Imran Mohd Siddique to Mohammed Imran Mohammed Siddique Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Mohamed Shoheb Shakil Ahmed SK, to ‘Shoeb Shakil Ahmed Shaikh’ as per Deedpoll Affidavit Dated: 29/09/2014. C-25810

C-25822 I have changed my name from Smitaben Prafulchandra to Smita Jay Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25823

I have changed my name from Momin Saood Ahmad Mustaqim Ahmad to Saood Ahmed Mustaqeem Momin as per Affidavit C-25829 I have changed my name from Mohammad Azeem Khan Mohammad Haleem Khan to Mohammad Azim Mohammad Halim Khan as per Affidavit C-25830 I have changed my name from Saif Shakeel Ahmad Momin to Saif Ali Shakeel Ahmad Momin as per Affidavit C-25831 I have changed my name from Patel Mohd Nawaz Nazim to Patel Nawaz Nazim as per Affidavit C-25832 I have changed my name from Rafiqua Bano Abdul Aziz to Rafiqua Mohd Shamim Momin as per Affidavit C-25833 I have changed my name from Kalamuddin Momin to Kalamuddin Asfuddawla Khan as per Affidavit C-25834 I have changed my name from Sameer Balamiya Shaikh to Samir Balamiya Shaikh as per Affidavit C-25835 I have changed my name from Shaqib Narvel to Shakeeb Narvel as per Affidavit C-25836 I have changed my name from Aabeda Abdus Samad Shaikh to Abida Abdus Samad Shaikh as per Affidavit C-25837 I have changed my name from Sohail Wahid Rahim to Sohail Abdulwahid Khorajia as per Affidavit C-25838 I have changed my name from Abdul Hafeez A Waheed Ansari to Abdul Hafeez Ahmed Abdul Waheed Ansari as per Affidavit C-25839 I have changed my name from Zulfeqar Ahamed Chaudhary to Zulfeqar Ahmed Chaudhary as per Affidavit C-25840 I have changed my name from Anushree to Anushree Sinha as per Affidavit C-25841

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fter the breakup with NCP, the Congress launches its poll campaign from Tuljapur today for the Assembly elections. Though the first rally will be addressed by the top state leaders including Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be holding more than 10 rallies in the state in the course of her campaigning. Party vice-president Rahul Gandhi will also ad- Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan

Mira-Bhayandar Assembly seat: 18 of 27 nominations rejected By Suresh Golani

empers ran high at the election office in Mira Road on Monday afternoon, when returning officer Sanjay Katkar, rejected nomination papers of 18 out of the 27 candidates during the scrutiny process for the Mira-Bhayandar Assembly segment (number 145). Around 27 candidates had filed their nominations for this Assembly segment. While candidates representing all five major political parties – Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Congress, Shiv Sena, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) – successfully passed the scrutiny check, the nomination papers of Bahujan Vikas Aghadi (BVA) candidate Haider Shaikh along with other independent aspirants were rejected. Interestingly, most of the disqualifications were because of incomplete details and failure in subscribing or affirming an oath which is mandatory under article 84 (a) and 173 (a) of the Constitution of India and under section 36 (2) of the Representation of the People’s Act, 1951. The final list of accepted nominations include Gilbert Mendonca (NCP), Narendra Mehta (BJP), Yakub Qureshi (Congress), Prabhakar Mhatre (Shiv Sena), Islam Shaikh (BSP), Rajan Bhosale (PWP) and three independents – Rajiv Doshi, Azad Patel and Shivkumar Jain. With this, just nine contestants remain in fray. However, the final picture would emerge only on Wednesday (October 1) which is the last date for withdrawals.

dress some rallies. The Congress had formally kick started its campaigning on September 1 at Hutatma Chowk by offering tributes to the martyrs. Today's meeting will be the first campaigning rally for this election. Significantly, this time around the party has drawn a fascinating campaign strategy. The party which has always campaigned with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi as its mascots has CM Prithviraj Chavan as its poster boy for the Octo-

ber 15 election. As part of its new strategy, the Congress's campaign in the electronic media focuses on Chavan's clean image and appeals to voters to judge his work as the CM. If Sonia and Rahul have taken a backseat in the party's campaign, other senior leaders of the party are also missing. Throwing light on this plan of action, a party leader on condition of anonymity said, “The party has made a wise decision to campaign with Chavan's name as opponents will be-

By Prashant Hamine

Is BJP giving up in Mumbai?

he inability of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to field concrete candidates in 36 Assembly constituencies of Mumbai and the rejection of nomination papers of some of its candidates yesterday sparked off widespread resentment in the party. The nomination papers of at least two candidates – former Sena MLC Anant Tare who got a BJP ticket for the Kopri-Pachpakhadi Assembly constituency in Thane and Sitaram Tiwari from Chandivali Assembly constituency – were rejected due to several discrepancies. At the time of going to press, sources in the Election Commission of India (ECI) revealed that out of the 7,676 nomination papers received, 1,613 candidates were rejected and 6,063 candidates were validated. In the 10 Assembly constituencies of Mumbai city district,

Anant Tare out of the 191 nomination papers received, 165 were found to be valid and 26 nomination papers were rejected. Several candidates who could not make it or failed to submit their nomination pa-

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My meet with Uddhav was informal: Gawai RPI leader says there was no political discussion with the Sena chief

epublican Party of India (RPI) national secretary Dr Rajendra Gawai clarified on Monday that though his visit with Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray was organised by some common political friends, he has not given any commitment to the Sena chief with regard to the coming Assembly polls. Gawai met Thackeray last Friday at his residence, Matoshri. Though the meeting was an informal one, it led to speculation by other political parties. “There was

no political discussion. We shared some stories of the late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray,” said Gawai. “Before our political dis-

cussion starts, I told them At this point of time, it is not (Sena leaders) that more than right on my part to ask them 50 members of my party had to withdraw from the fray for already submitted their nom- my vested interest,” the seninations for the coming polls. ior RPI leader said.

come helpless as they have very little to attack him. The party is also projecting Chavan as a leader who did not succumb to the NCP's pressure.” Along with CM Chavan, today's meeting at Tuljapur will be addressed by state Congress president Manikrao Thakare, party's campaign committee chief Narayan Rane, election coordination committee chief Ashok Chavan, former union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who is also the man-

pers on time accused their respective party leaderships for sloppy management. Another factor that must be considered is political parties snapping their alliances with few days left to file nomination papers. Some parties even gave tickets to rebels from other parties on September 27, the last day to file one's nomination papers, with just hours left for the deadline. Sources in the BJP say that besides the confusion in issuing of AB forms (party tickets) to the selected candidates, the party could not find candidates in constituencies like MankhurdShivaji Nagar. The party leadership, despite strong grassroots in Chembur, vacated it for the Republican Party of India (A). RPI's candidate Dipak Nikhalje yes-

ifesto committee chief, and Cooperation Minister Harshawardhan Patil. As the party is launching its campaign in the pilgrimage town in the absence of any member of the Gandhi family, all eyes of the Congress workers across the state will focus on this meeting.

terday walked out of the party and into the Sena camp along with his mentor Arjun Dangle, leaving BJP cadres red-faced, as many feel that members have thrown in the towel before the fight even has begun for Mumbai's 36 seats. Prominent among those whose nomination papers were rejected yesterday include Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ankush Kakade from Pune and Sena's Rajul Patel from Versova. In Bhayandar, out of the 36 nomination papers received, 26 were rejected. In Shevgaon Assembly seat, out of the 13 BJP dummy candidates, forms of 12 were rejected. In Dhule, nomination paper of a Samajwadi Party candidate was rejected as he failed to submit the names of 10 proposers.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I have changed my name from Catherine John Dsilva to Catarina Tereza Florinda Dsilva as per Affidavit C-25842 I have changed my name from John Gabriel Dsilva to Joao Gabriel Dsilva as per Affidavit C-25843 I have changed my name from Naineshkumar Nareshbhai Darji to Nainesh Naresh Darji as per Affidavit C-25844 I have changed my name from Nareshbhai Darji to Naresh Chhotalal Darji as per Affidavit C-25845 I have changed my name from Bhartiben Darji to Bharti Naresh Darji as per Affidavit C-25846 I have changed my name from Dipak Jagdish Thakkar to Deepak Jagdish Thakkar as per Affidavit C-25847 I have changed my name from Katheeza Begam to Sayed Katheeza Begum Mohideen as per Affidavit C-25848 I have changed my name from S.Mohiddin to Sayed Mohideen as per Affidavit C-25849

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CLASSIFIEDS I have changed my name from Parveen Begum Mohammad Ahmed to Parveen Shafi Tamboli as per Affidavit C-25861

I have changed my name from Naranbhai Vaghji Prajapati to Naran Vaghji Prajapati as per Affidavit. C-25879

I have changed my name from Nehaben Rajeshbhai to Neha Rajesh Shah as per Affidavit C-25862

I have changed my name from Rakesh Rajaram Salunkhe to Rakesh Rajaram Salunke as per Affidavit C-25880

I have changed my name from Deep Rajeshbhai to Deep Rajesh Shah as per Affidavit C-25863 I have changed my name from Nadaf Azar Madin Dawood to Nadaf Azar Dawood as per Affidavit C-25864 I have changed my name from Velpula Maheswar Rao to Velpula Maheshwar Rao as per Affidavit C-25865 I have changed my name from Patel Alataf Dawood Suleman to Patel Altaf Dawood as per Affidavit C-25866 I have changed my name from Shamim Ahmad to Shamim Ahmad Ansari as per Affidavit C-25867 I have changed my name from Mukesh Vasant Mandaljya to Mukesh Vasantrai Mandaliya as per Affidavit C-25868

I have changed my name from Bisminisha to Sayed Bisminisha as per Affidavit C-25850

I have changed my name from Vasant Harilal Mandaljya to Vasantrai Harilal Mandaljya as per Affidavit C-25869

I have changed my name from Kubadia Mahendra Kumar Ottamchand to Kubadia Mahendra Ottamchand as per Affidavit C-25851

I have changed my name from Shamim Abdul Aziz Ghansar to Shamim Abdul Rehman Arzbegi as per Affidavit C-25870

I have changed my name from Shehanaz Abdul Khalid Ansari to Shehnaz Begum Abdul Khalid Ansari as per Affidavit. C-25852

I have changed my name from Darshansingh Chandubha Rathod to Darshan Chandubha Rathod as per deed poll Affidavit C-25871

I have changed my name from Manishkumar Shambhusinghji Mehta to Manish Shambhusingh Mehta as per Affidavit C-25881 I have changed my name from Vipinkumar Shambhusinghji Mehta to Vipin Shambhusingh Mehta as per Affidavit C-25882 I have changed my name from Shambhusinghji Mehta to Shambhusingh Mehta as per Affidavit C-25883 I have changed my name from Zubair Ahmad Noorvulah to Zubair Ahmed Noorvulah Khan as per Affidavit C-25884 I have changed my name from Krishna Dhulappa Ghodkay to Krishna Dhulappa Ghodke as per Affidavit C-25885 I have changed my name from Noorjahan to Noorjahan Khatoon Zuber Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit C-25886 I have changed my name from Zuber Ahmed to Zuber Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit C-25887 I have changed my name from Mohammed Nadeem to Mohammed Nadeem Zuber Ahmed Khan as per Affidavit C-25888 I have changed my name from Chandrasenan to Chandran Narayanan Nair as per Affidavit C-25889 I have changed my name from Sneha Chandrasenan to Sneha Chandran Nair as per Affidavit C-25890

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 I have changed my name from Noor Mohmad Abdul Hamid Shaikh to Noor Mohammed Abdul Hamid Ansari as per Affidavit C-25898

I Suresh Narsingrao Pimple have changed my name to Sureshkumar Narsingrao Pimple as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25914

I have changed my name from Arifa Banu Noor Mohammed Shaikh to Arifa Noor Mohammed Ansari as per Affidavit C-25899

I Mainuddin Lalday Sahab have changed my name to Moinuddin Qureshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25915

I have changed my name from Arifa Usman Shaikh to Arifabi Abdul Kadar Shaikh as per Affidavit C-25900 I Mrs. Inabahen Shaktikumar Darji have changed my name to Mrs. Ina Shakti Darji as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 29/09/14 C-25901 I Mr. Shaktikumar Natwarlal Darji have changed my name to Mr. Shakti Darji as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 29/09/14 C-25902 I Mr. Shaktikumar Darji have changed my name to Mr. Shakti Darji as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 29/09/14 C-25903 I Vasanti Purushottam Khorjuvekar Alias Bhosle have changed my name to Smita Shreekar Chodankar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 24/09/14 C-25904 I Shri Pareshkumar Damjibhai Gala have changed my name to Shri Paresh Damji Gala as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 05/09/14 C-25905 I Shainmon Selvaraj Nadar have changed my name to Shainmon Selvaraj as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 29/09/14 C-25906 I Ms. Dasar Uma Shriram & Ms. Uma Shriram Dasari have changed my name to Ms. Uma Sriram Dasari as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 28/09/14

I have changed my name from Naseem Ibrahim Shaikh to Naazneen Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-25853

I have changed my name from Priya Darshansingh Rathod to Priyanka Darshan Rathod as per deed poll Affidavit C-25872

I have changed my name from Mumina Khatoon Zafar Aalam to Momina Abdul Hafeez Khan as per Affidavit. C-25854

We have changed our minor daughters name from Rathod Charvi Darshansingh to Rathod Charvi Darshan as per deed poll Affidavit C-25873

I have changed my name from Shaikh Sahadabahmed to Shaikh Sadabahmed as per Affidavit C-25892

I have changed my name from Sukhdeo Bhimaji Narsale to Sukhadev Bhimaji Narsale as per Affidavit C-25874

I have changed my name from Chambel Sanjaykumar Hansraj to Chambel Sanjay Hansraj as per Affidavit C-25893

I have changed my name from Hira Sukhdeo Narsale to Hirabai Sukhadev Narsale as per Affidavit dated: 23/9/2014 C-25875

I have changed my name from Sharada Yashwant Chavan to Sharda Acharekar as per Affidavit C-25894

I have changed my name from Miss. Sangeeta Hanumant Raichur to Mrs. Mrunal Mahesh Vaidya as per Affidavit. C-25876

I have changed my name from Iqbal Ali Mohammad Doodhwala to Mohd. Iqbal Dudhwala as per Affidavit Dt. 29.09.2014. C-25895

I Indira Gautam Mistry have changed my name to Indu Gautam Mistry as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25911

I have changed my name from Mohd Ashraf Umar Honadi to Ashraf Umar Honadi as per Affidavit Dt. 29.09.2014. C-25896

I Heena Qureshi name to Qureshi Affidavit.

I have changed my name from Mohmad Gesant Noor Mohmad Shaikh to Zeeshan Noor Mohammed Ansari as per Affidavit C-25897

I Wakash Niyaz Ansari have changed my name to Wakas Niyaz Ansari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25913

I have changed my name from Anita Jitendra Patil to Rupa Jitendra Patil as per Affidavit C-25855 I have changed my name from Sureshchandra Nemchand Shah to Suresh Nemchand Shah as per Affidavit C-25856 I have changed my name from Mohammed Ismail to Ismail Ahmed Gulam as per Affidavit C-25857 I have changed my name from Maliyam Ismail to Mariyam Ismail as per Affidavit C-25858 I have changed my name from Shramika Shridhar Pimpalkar to Vishakha Vishal Mane as per Affidavit C-25859

I have changed my name from Sandipsingh Udaysingh Pardeshi and Sandip Udaysingh Pardeshi to Sandeep Udaysingh Pardeshi as per Affidavit. C-25877

I have changed my name from Vaheed Anwar Husain to Mohammed Vahid Anwar Husain Shaikh as per Affidavit C-25860

I have changed my name from Prakashkumar Naranbhai Prajapati to Prakash Naran Prajapati as per Affidavit. C-25878

I have changed my name from Shaikh Zorab to Shaikh Sohab as per Affidavit C-25891

C-25907 I Mr. Satish Kumar Sriram Dasari & Mr. Satish Shriram Dasari have changed my name to Mr. Satish Kumar Shriram Dasari as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 28/09/14 C-25908 I Kasturben Damji Ganger have changed my name to Kasturben Damji Gangar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25909 I Sandipkumar Jashwantlal Shah have changed my name to Sandip Jashwantlal Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25910

Fatma Mohd Abrar have changed my Heena Mohd Abrar as per Deedpoll C-25912

I Pooja Vinayak Jadhav have changed my name to Meena Vishnu Shirke as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25916 I Mohd Aziz @ Mohd Aziz S/o Sharif Khan have changed my name to Mohd Aziz Khan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25917 I Mohd. Salim Mukhtar Ahmed have changed my name to Mohammed Salim Mukhtar Ahmed Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25918 I Vinodchandra Hemchand Shah have changed my name to Vinod Hemchand Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25919 I Sital Amrutlal Bheda have changed my name to Sheetal Jils Chheda as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25920 I Nitinkumar Mahendrakumar Agarwal have changed my name to Nitin Mahendrakumar Agarwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25921 I Bhika Narayan Ramvanshi have changed my name to Bhikubhagwan Narayan Ramvanshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25922 I Mangala Bhika Ramvanshi have changed my name to Mangala Bhikubhagwan Ramvanshi as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25923 I Madhumalati Shamashan Kale have changed my name to Silviya Joseph Dantas as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25924 I Nitinkumar Jageshwar Kanojia have changed my name to Nitin Jageshwar Kanojia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25925 I Manoj Mukeshbhai have changed my name to Manoj Mukeshbhai Goswami as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25926 I Bishweswar Sharma have changed my name to Bisheshwar Sharma as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25927 I Rajbai Babulal Maheshwari & Rajalben Babulal Maheshwari have changed my name to Rajal Babulal Maheshwari as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25928 I Poornima Ramesh Purohit & Purnima Ramesh Chandra Purohit have changed my name to Purnima Rajesh Paliwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25929 I Vinod Sunderlal Palliwal have changed my name to Vinod Sunderlal Paliwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25930

I Sunderlal T. Palliwal have changed my name to Sunderlal T. Paliwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25931 I Meenaben Sunderlal Palliwal & Meena Sunderlal Paliwal have changed my name to Meenaben Sunderlal Paliwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25932 I Siddik Idris Sunesra have changed my name to Siddique Idris Sunesra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25933 I Zaheda Siddik Sunesra have changed my name to Zahida Siddique Sunesra as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25934 I Piyushbhi Hasmukhlal Chudasama & Piyush Hasmukhlal Chudasama have changed my name to Piyush Harsukh Chudasama as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25935 I Hasmukhlal Chudasama have changed my name to Harsukh Chudasama as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25936 I Jyostna Hasmukhlal Chudasama & Jyotsnaben Hasmukhlal Chudasama have changed my name to Jyotsana Harsukh Chudasama as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25937 I Kirit Chauhan have changed my name to Kirit Darji as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25938 I Rasiklal Chauhan have changed my name to Rasiklal Darji as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25939 I Lilaben Chauhan have changed my name to Lilaben Darji as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25940 I Shah Pareshkumar Muktilal have changed my name to Shah Paresh Muktilal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25941 I Swetaben Pareshkumar Shah have changed my name to Sweta Paresh Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25942 We Mr. Paresh Shah & Sweta Shah have changed my minor sonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name from Rishikumar Pareshkumar Shah to Rishi Paresh Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25943 I Gandhi Swetaben Rajnikant have changed my name to Shah Sweta Paresh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25944 I Rukesh Jayesh Chamariya have changed my name to Rukesh Jayesh Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25945 I Jasa Manji Chamariya have changed my name to Jayesh Manji Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25946 I Ladhibai Jasa Chamariya have changed my name to Lata Jayesh Patel as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-25947

ANOTHER MODEL SUICIDE

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26-year-old former model committed suicide at her Lokhandwala residence in Andheri west. In what can be viewed as a very disturbing trend involving suicides by models and actors, the woman was identified as Archana Pandey. Her decomposed body was found hanging from the ceiling fan on Monday morning. The police have booked Pandey's boyfriend on the charge of abetment to suicide on Monday evening, on the basis of her suicide note. According to the Versova police officers, they received a call from a resident of the New Mhada building on the Lokhandwala back road at 10.30am about a foul stench emanating from the 12th floor. On

reaching the flat, the officers opened the door of the rented apartment with duplicate key, and found Pandey's body in the bedroom. The police found a one page suicide note resting on the bed. Arundhati Rane, Senior Police Inspector of Versova police station said that Pandey's body was sent to Cooper hospital for post mortem. "From the state of the highly decomped body, we can assume that Pandey may have committed suicide three days ago," said Rane. The police officers said that Pandey, who stayed alone in the city used to work as a finance consultant for the Mirza Production company after she quit modelling in 2009. The investigation officers said that in her suicide note she had named her boyfriend Umar Pathan Archana Pandey

Suspecting infidelity, man sets wife ablaze By Zuber Ansari

uspecting an extramarital affair, a resident of Andheri (west) allegedly set his wife ablaze on Sunday morning in front of their children. The victim has sustained 35 per cent burn injuries and is fighting for life in Cooper hospital while her husband is absconding. According to the police, the victim, Rubina Shaikh, 30, lives in Ambernath Chawl in Gilbert Hill at Andheri (West) along with her husband Rashid, 35, and three children aged nine, six and three years. The incident occurred on Sunday at around 9:30 am when the couple had a tiff as Shaikh allegedly suspected his wife of having an affair with another man. The fight went out of control and in a fit of rage, Shaikh poured kerosene on Rubina and set her ablaze. “Shaikh then fled from the house.

At the time of the incident, two children aged six and three years were at home while the nine-year-old boy was at his grandparent’s home,” police said. Both the children ran out of the house and started crying. The children narrated the incident to the neighbours and they also saw smoke coming out of the house. So they rushed to help. The neighbours doused the fire and rushed Rubina to hospital. B.V. Deshmukh, police inspector at DN Nagar police station said, “Rubina has sustained 35 per cent burns and is undergoing treatment in Cooper hospital. She is unconscious and we have taken the statements of the six-year-old child who witnessed the incident.” “We have registered a case of attempt to murder and have deployed police teams to nab Sheikh,” said Deshmukh.

Teenager attempts suicide after rape by father By Priyanka Dhomse

16-year-old girl studying in Class XI was raped by her father at various occasions for four years at their residence at Ghodbunder Road, Kasarwadavli in Thane. The girl kept quite for four years as her father (39) used to threaten her. However, on September 24, the victim's father saw her talking to a local boy and beat her badly. The frustrated girl then attempted suicide by consuming phenol. She was admitted to a hospital and at the time of her discharge, she refused to go back home. When asked why, the girl disclosed everything to her

mother. The victim's mother then approached the police and the accused was arrested. According to information provided by Senior police inspector V Suryawanshi from Kasarwdawli police station, the victim's parents have a vegetable shop. “A case has been registered under sections 376, 354, 323 of the IPC and POSCO in the Kasarwadavli police station, Thane. The accused father and the victim will be sent for a medical test soon. The accused was produced in court today and has been given police custody till October 1," Suryavanshi added.

for abandoning her at her time of need. She had written that Pathan and a woman named Sana had left her when she needed them the most. Police sources said that Pandey was earning well and did not have any financial problems, however she was suffering from depression after her brother Ashwin was arrested by the Gujarat crime branch in an international cheating scam. A month ago, Pandey had registered a case of kidnapping after her brother went missing, however she later found out that he had been arrested in a Nigerian scam of Rs 78 crore where Ashwin was found with Rs 76 lakh in his account. Pandey had been making frequent trips to Gujarat to secure Ashwin's bail but could not get him out of jail. She had requested Pathan to

help her out but he had been avoiding her lately. The officers said that they had recovered Pandey's phone in which they found that she had contacted Pathan and sent him a photo saying that this was her last photo and he would not be seeing her from now on. "Pathan had sent me a screenshot of the message and asked me to check on her but when I called her she seemed normal and told me that she would not do anything stupid. I did not visit her house because I did not find it serious enough," said Pandey's close friend whose statement was recorded by the police on Monday. Pandey's friends also told the police that she was scared that the Gujarat police would interrogate her also because of the scam and had sold off her computer fearing this. The police had earlier registered case of accidental death. However, based on the suicide note and the statements of her friends, the Versova police have booked Pathan and will arrest him after he arrives from Gujarat.

Three youths run Abetment to suicide: Man gets 7 yrs in jail over by train By Santia Dudi

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

hree students of Jalgaon were run over by a local train at Currey Road station last evening when they were returning from the railway factory in Lower Parel station. They were rushed to a local civic hospital where Pavan Yuvraj Sakapal (24) was declared dead, the two others – Mohan Murlidhar Sarode (21) and Shubham Pradeep Mahajan were injured. According to the officials the students were apprentices at the railway factory in Lower Parel. They had finished their work and were crossing the railway track on foot to get to the station. They were returning to their temporary residence in Dombivli. Unfortunately, they were run over by the Kurla down local at 4 45 pm.

n the Sessions Court Chandrakant Patil (45) was sentenced to seven years imprisonment for abetment to suicide and three years for domestic violence, on Monday. Special judge Vrushali V Joshi convicted Patil under sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 498 A (domestic violence) of the IPC. The deceased, Sunita Chandrakant Patil (35) who was living at Versova Gaon with her husband and two kids set herself ablaze on October 3, 2012. Neighbours, who were also the witnesses in the case told the court that the accused was an alcoholic and used to regularly beat his wife. He was jobless too and used to steal the deceased's money. Sunita used to work as a housemaid. On the night of October 3, 2012 the couple had a fight which took a turn for the worse when Sunita poured kerosene on her body and set herself ablaze. The accused didn't make any effort to save her. The

neighbours took her to Cooper Hospital from where she was transferred to Navi Mumbai. But because of the lack of money it wasn't possible to go ahead with the treatment, so she was brought back home. After suffering for almost one and a half months, she died. In her dying declaration she said, “There was no money in the house. My husband doesn't earn anything. He used to drink and steal whatever I earned. I can't let my kids starve. I had no option and was fed up.” The prosecution presented two eyewitnesses in the case. One was the nine-year-old son of the deceased and the second one was a neighbour. The son of the deceased told the court that his father was watching when his mother set herself ablaze and didn't do anything to save her. Apparently, the accused also admitted in the court that he didn't do anything to save his wife. He said that he neither asked Sunita to set herself ablaze nor did he try to save her.

‘National Flag Code of India does not contemplate use of flags made of plastic’

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HC tells Centre to take appropriate decision on use of plastic flags at the earliest

By Philip Varghese

he Bombay High Court on Monday directed the Union Government to strictly implement the ban on manufacture of national flags made from plastic. The Ministry of Home Affairs has been directed to take stringent measures against the use, distribution and sale of such plastic flags. The court directed the central government to take a decision by November 30 on banning national flags made of plastic so that it can be implemented before January 26, 2015.This comes as the division bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Girish Kulkarni was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed last year by Hindu Janjagriti Sangh saying Maharashtra government is doing nothing despite issuing a circular on August 22, 2007 banning the use, sale and purchase of plastic flags. The peti-

During the proceedings of the matter on Monday, advocate Anand Patil, the lawyer representing the NGO, told the court, “At present, there is no mechanism to dispose the paper-made or plastic flags found in scores after the Independence day or Republic Day celebrations.” The judges perused the Centre's affidavit which stated that there is no legislation banning manufacture of plastic national flags but there is a proposal to do so. The judges said even the National Flag Code of India does not contemplate use of flags made of plastic. Also, that flags made of paper can be used but they shall not be discarded or thrown on the ground. The flag code provides that paper flags shall be disposed off in private, consistent with the National flags made from plastic to be banned efffectively from January 26, 2015. dignity of the flag.“The state education department was earlier ortion said after Republic Day and In- roads and gutters and it is an insult dered to issue directions to various dependence Day flags are found on of the national flag. institutions to ensure that plastic

Grand exhibition of fish, plants at Kandivali By A Staff Reporter

photo gallery of exotic birds from Africa in Aqua Life 2014 Exhibition” fter receiving a tremendous re- said Laukik Soman of Laukik Cresponse in Pune, Nashik and ations, the organiser of the show Mumbai, Laukik Creation is back He further said that various again with the Aqua Life 2014 Exhi- colours of fishes, their movements, bition of the 200 rare species of fish and their fun can be also be experiat Kandivali Recreation Club, Kandi- enced at close quarters. The Laukik vali West Mumbai from October 1 to Creation, Pune has tried to bring 6, 2014 between 10.00 am to 9.00 pm. 200 such tanks at one place with a Big fishes like shark, piranha, huge display. “The exhibition would also proOscar, catfish and discus would be

flags are not used and that there is awareness created. There is no compliance on this aspect. There is nothing on record to show that that state government has made any arrangements for disposal of flags as provided by the flag code. So we direct the Centre to take appropriate decision of plastic national flags as expeditiously as possible and by November 30, the state government should issue circular to all departments and educational institutions to ensure that no one shall use flags made of plastic. The government is directed to give wide publicity and also to make arrangements at taluka and district level for proper disposal of flags,” the bench observed and said that the State Government and the Central Government have been directed to file a compliance report to the court on the steps taken on the issue. philip.varghese@afternoondc.in

Lone Shiv Sena minister Anant Geete set to quit Union Cabinet A

nant Geete, Shiv Sena's lone today followed a jibe by his esmember in the Narendra Modi tranged cousin and MNS chief Raj cabinet, will resign, party chief UdThackeray at a rally that despite the dhav Thackeray said on Monday, break-up of the alliance with BJP, Shiv Sena was clinging to power in four days after the party parted Delhi. ways with BJP. Sena, NDA's second-largest con"I think after (Prime Minister) stituent with 18 Lok Sabha MPs, Modi returns from the US, Geete was upset over poor representation will meet him and submit resignait got in Modi government as well tion," Uddhav told reporters at his as over Geete's Heavy Industries residence here. portfolio, which it considered lightSena sources said the party is weight. Geete, a six-time MP from likely to pull out of NDA. Raigad in Konkan, had taken Geete, Union Heavy Industries charge of the ministry after a delay Minister, meanwhile told PTI late of several days. night yesterday that he had not received any directive from Uddhav Anant Geete In NDA government in 1999 Thackeray to quit the Modi minheaded by Atal Behari Vajpayee, istry following BJP snapping the "I am a staunch Shiv Sainik. I will Sena had three Cabinet Ministers 25-year-old alliance with Sena. obey whatever directive my leader despite having fewer MPs. In 2002, "I have so far not received any di- gives me. There is no question of it had bagged the coveted post of Lok Sabha Speaker for senior rective from Uddhav-ji to resign," defiance," Geete said. Geete told PTI. Uddhav's statement earlier leader Manohar Joshi.

Youth held for murder of US ‘girlfriend’ in Bangkok Exotic fishes will be part of Aqua Life 2014, where 200 rare species will be on display. the main attraction of the exhibition. vide information about instruOthers like the 6 Bar angel, Achilles ments for setting up an aquarium tang, Fancy clown fish, Hermit crab, and how to use them. It would exKamfa plower horn fish, Maroon plain where to keep a fish tank as clown, Purple tang fish, Red Rose per Vastushastra,” said Soman. He anemone, Sand star fish, Shohel tang further said, “We also presenting fish, Rami rose, Banana cichlids, this time a huge display of 18 feet, Pecock cichlids, Moray eel species made up of exotic plants.” Soman adds: “What is significant will be part of Aqua Life 2014. “This will be for the fist time that is that even doctors have agreed Mumbaikars will witness Touch that day-to-day stress can be rePool Tank, Architectural Tank, duced by 50 per cent only by obJapanese koi fish tank and also serving a fish tank for 15 minutes.”

27-year-old Mumbai-based man was on Monday arrested after being picked up from Parbhani district in Maharashtra in connection with the murder of his 52-year-old American 'girlfriend' in a Bangkok hotel in 2012, police said yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, a trap was laid and the accused, Ritesh Sanghvi, a resident of Mumbai, who changed his looks to evade arrest since the murder in February 2012, was apprehended from his hideout in Gangakhed city in Parbhani district, police said.

Sanghvi was brought to Mumbai and placed under arrest yesterday, Shalini Sharma, police inspector with Crime Branch, told PTI. According to police, 52-year-old Wendy S. Albano, an interior designer, had been found stabbed to death in 32-storey Fraser Suite Hotel in Sukhumvit Soi 11 in Bangkok on February 13, 2012. Albano's body was found lying on the bathroom floor. She was stabbed in the chest several times and there were signs of strangulation around her neck. As per the hotel records, Sanghvi was also

staying with her. Thailand police had said the woman was murdered a day before the body was found. After coordinating with the security agencies following the murder, Mumbai police began searching for the accused. Upon enquiry, accused's father Narpatraj claimed he had registered a missing person complaint on February 8, 2012 at D B Marg Police Station after his son could not be found, Sharma added. Dy Police Commissioner (Crime) Dhananjay Kulkarni said, "About a month ago, a special team had been formed to track down Sanghvi.

Kavita Karkare passes away

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MU holds two-day meet on media education By A Staff Reporter

two-day round table conference on 'Media education: Challenges, Problems and Future Prospects', jointly organised by Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Mumbai, and Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University commenced yesterday at Kalina Campus, University of Mumbai. The guest of honour was Padma Shri Kumar Ketkar who delivered the key note address. The inaugural function was presided over by the Vice-Chancellor and Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Mumbai, Dr. Rajan Welukar and Dr. Naresh Chandra respectively. Many luminaries which included media professionals as well as media academicians were also in attendance. Ketkar said that with changing times the media has adopted a lot of new technologies and irrespective of these advancements

Some of her organs will be donated, as per the decision of her children By Shwetha Kannan the public has become very seclusive in the real sense even though it is connected in the virtual world. He also said, "To make democracy stronger, your mass communication needs to be strong and for mass communication to be strong, the journalists and professionals working in that sphere need to be strong. These days media is used as a singular term whereas it actually is the plural for medium." Other dignitaries also spoke and discussed the various paradigms of the media schools' curricula and the industry in general. The conference will continue today with other eminent speakers presenting their views on the media education.

avita Karkare, wife of slain Hemant Karkare, Maharashtra Police's Anti-Terrorist Squad chief, was on Monday declared dead at around 11 a.m. by doctors at P D Hinduja hospital. She had been brought to the hospital in an unconscious state on Saturday morning after which she was in a totally vegetative state for almost two days. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had been unresponsive right from the beginning but we were assessing and reassessing her condition before declaring her to be brain dead. And the family too had a hope of a miracle. But after conducting the Cold Calorie test where cold water is poured into the ears of the person and response is checked for from the eyes

and the Apnea test (it provides an essential sign of definitive loss of brainstem function) when we got positive results, along with other signs of no responses and no reflexes, it was amply clear that she is brain dead,â&#x20AC;? said Dr P P Ashok, Consultant and Head of Neurology at Hinduja hospital. Even during this time of grief, the daughters and son of Kavita Karkare took a noble decision that would help give others a new lease of life. They have decided to donate their mother's kidneys and liver. The Zonal Transplant Coordination Committee informed that the donated liver will be sent to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, while one kidney will be used for a patient at Hinduja hospital itself and the other will go to Jaslok hospital. shwetha.kannan@afternoondc.in

LAC more complicated after Xi Jinping’s visit

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Ponder awhile... “A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order and the like, are merely the decorative surface of oratory.” — Charles Horton Cooley

They say it is ‘Modi magic’ P

RIME Minister Narendra Modi has the gift of the gab. When he speaks, people listen to him as if mesmerised. He claims even the rapt attention of a sophisticated audience. During the last four days, he has been addressing rallies, business meetings and small groups in the US. His speech at Madison Square Garden was a big hit. And he is a master in his dealing with mass rallies. A conclusion has been arrived at, that there is magic in his speech. They have called it Modi magic: it is this magic that got the BJP brute majority and decimated the Congress which got only 44 seats. And in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP got 71 out of 80 seats in the recent Lok Sabha elections. It looks like this Modi magic had not disappeared. This was proved in America where Modi addressed the people. The Prime Minister is scheduled to address as many as 20 rallies in Maharashtra beginning from October 4. If it has worked elsewhere, there is no reason to think it will not work again in Maharashtra. The BJP claims the party will sweep the elections and come to power. There are other BJP leaders, too, who will be addressing public meetings across Maharashtra. They are expected to address as many as 300 rallies a few days before the polls on October 15.

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Y hunch is that Gujarat’s map of India showing Arunachal Pradesh with dotted lines, suggesting a disputed territory, was at the instance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Gujarat is his backyard and he can have anything done there. Even the contradiction was half-hearted and left to further 'investigation'. What Modi probably tried to convey to the visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping was that he was willing to keep Arunachal Pradesh as a disputed territory provided there was an indication by Beijing that it was willing to settle the border dispute (Line of Actual Control -LAC) keeping New Delhi’s sensibility as well as sensitivity in view. The standoff in Ladakh holds no such hope. President Xi’s response was not helpful and the incursions in the Indian territories were sustained during his entire visit. And after returning to Beijing, the Chinese President has reportedly told his top military officials that they should be ready for regional wars which he contended must be won. It was all directed towards New Delhi which, for reasons best known to it, did not say a word to register its annoyance. It was a stance which the subject nations take against their masters.

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also reach out to Taiwan, Vietnam and other south Asian countries which are feeling the assertiveness of China. And Beijing should be made to realize that India has accepted China’s suzerainty over Tibet but not the demographic change or the ruthless repression in that territory. The Dalai Lama is already feeling restive and edgy. Jawaharlal Nehru warned India as back as in 1962 thus: “It is a little naïve to think that the trouble with China was essentially due to a dispute over some territory. It had deeper reasons. Two of the largest countries in Asia confronted each other over a vast border. They differed in many ways. And the test was

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What surprised me was why we invited the Chinese President when Beijing has made no amends for the betrayal in 1962 when it attacked unprepared India. Nor has it vacated the territory which it forcibly captured since then. The Ministry of External Affairs should have tested the waters before Xi’s visit. The various steps China has taken since, from the stapling of visa on passport to amassing PLA soldiers in Gilgit-Baltistan, should make things clear for New Delhi — a plethora of irritations. However, it would be naïve to play into the hands of China as India did in 1962. A sense of growing strength has given Beijing a measure of superiority. It is crudely exhibiting it, particularly when India looks disorderly and divided. More disconcerting for New Delhi is that Beijing is an emerging power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Nepal, the countries surrounding India. New Delhi should

as to whether anyone of them would have a more dominating position than the other on the border and in Asia itself.” I mean no disrespect to the Chinese President. But his visit was doomed to be a failure. Investment is at best a palliative to the hurt caused on the border. I have not been able to understand, much less appreciate, the purpose of the visit from our point of view. In fact, China’s incursions in Ladakh when the President and Prime Minister were talking in Delhi, underlined the intractable stance on the border. That China would invest $20 billion (the initial figure was $100 billion) in India suits Beijing because it wants to increase trade with New Delhi which offers a vast market and other opportunities. But what about the basic requirement: Trust? Nehru introduced Chinese leader Zhou Enlai to the world. He looked up to Nehru but

‘Learn the art of being, the art of life’ J

UST as for every illness there is a remedy, so for every disaster there is a reconstruction. Any effort, in whatever form and however small, made towards reconstruction or towards the betterment of conditions is worthwhile, but what we need most is the understanding of that religion of religions and that philosophy of philosophies which is selfknowledge. We shall not understand the outer life if we do not understand ourselves. It is the knowledge of the self that gives the knowledge of the world. What is health? Health is order. And what is order? Order is music. Where there is rhythm, regularity, cooperation, there is harmony, there is sympathy. Health of mind and health of body therefore depend upon preserving that harmony, upon keeping intact that sympathy, which is going on in the mind and in body. Remember that life in the world, and especially if lived amidst the crowd, will test and try our patience every moment of the day, and it will be most difficult to preserve that

harmony and peace which are all happiness. What is the definition of life? Life means struggle with friends and battle with foes. It is all the time giving and taking, and it is most difficult to keep the sympathy, to keep the harmony, which are health and happiness. Where are we to learn it? All education, learning and knowledge are acquired, but

MATTER & SPIRIT this one art is a divine art and man has inherited it. Absorbed in outer learning he has forgotten it, yet it is an art which is known to his soul, yet it is his own being, it is the deepest knowledge of his heart. No progress in whatever line will give a man that satisfaction his soul is craving for, except this art which is the art of life, the art of being, which is the pursuit of his soul. In order to serve the reconstruction of the world the only thing possible and the only thing necessary is to learn the art of being, the art of life, for oneself and

that was till he got known in the international arena. Zhou Enlai betrayed Nehru when China took advantage of our trust — and unpreparedness.

Jawaharlal Nehru-Zhou Enlai I do not think that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would ever have as much equation with the Chinese President as Nehru had with Zhou Enlai. Still, the latter carried out the task he had in mind, capturing in Ladakh the area which China claimed to be its own. In fact, the incursions in our territory that took place during the talks between Modi and Jinping underlined that China does not want to accommodate India on the border issue. I do not find the determination at the highest level. There is a lot of wishful thinking. What purpose does it serve in discussing whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi had the better of China or President Jinping on the border issue when the reality of our society is caste and class? The Dalits are still treated as untouchable as our forefathers did. Today’s youth is indifferent to everything else but not to the feeling of superiority which he seems to feel is his birthright. Eleven children, all cousins belonging to a Dalit family, were ousted from a government primary school in a village in Bikaner, Rajasthan, after two of them drank water from a pot meant for an upper caste teacher. He reportedly humiliated the two students and even beat them up. True, the teacher, Mangal Singh, was arrested after the family lodged a police complaint. But society on the whole remains unreceptive. Prime Minister Modi talks about development. What kind of development does he have in mind where caste bias is sustained? To some extent, class and caste seem to coincide. Coming back to the disputed part of IndiaChina border, the matter has got more complicated after the visit of President Xi Jinping. For example, the Chinese troops which entered the Indian territory not only stayed there but also increased their strength. They have reportedly now withdrawn from the place. But Beijing has made it loud and clear that India should stay away from the disputed territory. to be an example oneself before trying to serve humanity. What is Sufism? It is that art which has just been spoken of, the art through which the music and symphony of life can be preserved, and through which man can enable himself to become the proper servant of God and humanity. Health is an orderly condition caused by the regular working of the mechanism of the physical body. The regular working of the physical body depends upon the weather, diet, the balance between action and repose, and the condition of the mind. Many think that it is some deformity of the body, a curve in the spine or cavity in the brain that affects the mind. Few realize that very often the mind produces an irregularity in the spine or in the brain, thereby causing an illness. The ordinary point of view regards an illness as a physical disorder, which can be cured by means of material remedies. Then there is another point of view: that of people who think deeply and who say that by not taking notice of an illness, or by suggesting to oneself that one is well, one can be restored to health. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Rockstar response to Modi OUR Prime Minister has, unquestionably, a rare gift of the gab and enjoys giving speeches in Hindi tirelessly and this has seen him successfully through the Lok Sabha elections. However, one still wonders why he should choose Hindi to address an international audience at the UN General Assembly – most of those who were present would not have been able to follow what he said and the emphasis is clearly lost in such cases. He holds a Masters degree in Political Science like Atalji and so should be able to address in English without any detriment to his love and loyalty to Hindi. That will give him a lot of quiet dignity that goes with the language and enhance his reach phenomenally. — Dr V Subramanyan, Thane

PM Modi rocked Madison square like never before as we saw 20,000 Indians on their feet absolutely jubilant and tearful. It would take days to recover from Modi's motivating and inspiring speeches and the fantastic response that he received. What a political rockstar! So glad I voted for him. India is in safe hands. Never said this before to anyone but I wish this man lives very very long.

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Gujarat has taught the world that hard work is the stepping stone to success and there is no substitute to honesty and principles. What separates Modi from the rest is his simplicity and down-to-earth approach, his vision and outlook apart from his belief to achieve his goals and dreams. Modi's politics is simple. Work for the welfare of the people who are supreme in a democracy, aim high for the nation and the world too would welcome you with open arms and that is a revolution the world is witnessing at the moment. — S N Kabra, Goregaon

MADISON'S MODI: At the Madison Square in the USA, Indian PM Narendra Modi delivered a speech, which was cheered by thousands.

red carpet welcome to Indian PM Narendra Modi in the United States today, its a 360 degrees of fortune change for a man who was the most hated man in the US. He has now become a loved and popular individual not just in America but the entire globe. Modi is undoubtedly the post popular world leader at the moment and no country including the United States can afford to ignore — Chandrakant Kotian, Vikhroli his credentials and intelligence which has made India a hot desti — Hansraj Bhat, Borivali nation for trade and business. OUR Prime Minister Narendra The famed White House no Modi had very rightly said in longer considers Modi an unUNGA that all the member coun- FROM 'boycott Modi' last year to a touchable and the tea vendor from tries of the world, indiscriminately, must come together as ‘G-ALL'. As he had said, in fact all the countries are interdependent on each other nearly in each and every respect and all the countries can fight out the global menaces like terrorism, poverty, malnutrition, starvation etc. Just the small groups of handful countries like G4, G-7, G-20 etc can’t face all these menaces, because their strength is limited due to very limited membership and people therein.

This has reference to your article 'US court issues summons against Modi' (ADC, Sept 27). I realise that the media's function is to 'make news', but there is no need to go overboard. Take this frivolous lawsuit filed against PM Modi in a New York court, pertaining to the old chestnut of the Godhra riots. The electronic media has gone to town on this non-issue, to the extent of holding lengthy debates where the nowadays omnipresent Subramanium Swamy can be relied to put in his two cents worth at the slightest provocation. This case has nothing more than nuisance value. The PM enjoys full diplomatic immunity and cannot be prosecuted. Moreover, since the principal defendant cannot be compelled to appear in court, there is in effect no case. By giving undue attention to this bagatelle, the media has played right into the hands of the publicity seekers who perpetrated this farce. — Firoze Hirjikaka, Colaba

government should consider improvement on the facility in respect of their quality of accommodation and other related facility, which should be world class as this feat earned by ISRO is indeed nothing but world class for which they certainly deserve such a standard of facility. — Bikram Banerjea, via email

Code of Conduct I eloquently endorse the statement made by actorturned-politician Shatrughan Sinha in various newspapers regarding the Shatrughan Sinha implementation of the Code of conduct for the newly elected celebrities from Bollywood and Sports viz Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Kiron Kher, Dharmendra, Rekha and cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar. That if they cannot make their presence felt at the Parliament session, they have no right to dabble into politics. In this context, I wish to state that it has only been the earlier MPs viz: Shabana Azmi, Jaya Bachchan, Jaya Prada who have all been particular in attending the parliament session. But sadly the newly elected politicians are showing no regard to the code of conduct of Parliament. Rekha, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Kiron Kher and Sachin Tendulkar have not been attending Parliament sessions regularly and give excuses of shoots, brand endorsements and other reasons. As an active politician and a regular at the Parliament, Shatrughan Sinha must intervene and make the Code of Conduct mandatory. — K V Raman, Malad

and scorers. Dossa also authored many books, including 'Duleep— the Man and his Game' (co-authored with Vasant Raiji), 'Cricket Ties: India-Pakistan' and 'Art of Scoring' (in Gujarati). Once he donated most of his collection to the Cricket Club of India, former CCI and BCCI president Raj Singh Dungarpur preserved it by starting the Anandji Dossa Library on the premises of the club. He was a cricket historian who was considered the doyen of Indian cricket's scoring and statistics. His death caused a big vacuum in the history world of cricket statistics. RIP: Anandji Dossa, a cricket historian who was considered the doyen of Indian cricket's scoring and statistics, died in New York on Monday at the age of 98.

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INDIA'S tremendous feat in the space technology – especially the impeccable and flawless achievement in insertion of the red planet's orbit with deadly precision by the The grand old man of cricket statis- MOM is a national topic. As very tics, Anandji Dossa, is no more. The rightly pointed out by Indian PM eternal scorer declared him out. A Narendra Modi that such a feat former cricketer who was mostly a should be applauded by every Inreserve in Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy dian like while India wins in a squad, made his presence felt in In- cricket match played with dian cricket by introducing the cul- other nations. While I LETTER OF ture of scoring and stats. He did live heard this one thing oc- THE DAY scoring for all major cricket tourna- curred to me that a crickments for the All India Radio for the eter gets awarded immediately for first three decades of independent such an outstanding feat by the India. Dossa can also be credited state or the central government but with grooming cricket statisticians for the ISRO team there was no sign of any award or for that matter incentivising this brilliant team. I think the Indian federal authority Keep your eyes on the stars, and should certainly consider in this your feet on the ground. line to appropriately appreciate this — Theodore Roosevelt hugely dedicated team by providing such inspiring benefits. In fact the

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THE special court's judgment sentencing then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa as well as her aides and relatives for disproportionate assents is a landmark verdict, especially in a country where corruption has practically come to be a way of life. Jayalalithaa is the first sitting chief minister to be convicted, and this itself is a signal that power cannot protect forever. Despite various measures to counter corruption, no body believes that it can be wiped out and some feel that it should start with the man on the ground, while other thinks that it has to be tackled from the top. It is infuriating for us as tax payers, to see government officials and employees, already paid to do their jobs, expecting and demanding additional under-the-table payment. The alternative for us is an endless wait and repeated trips to the office in question. It is to avoid such frustration that those of us who pay bribes, do so. Jayalalithaa's case, of course, is an example of money-gathering at the highest level and in huge amounts. The few hundreds that the average, citizens see crossing palms can't hold a candle to the Rs 66 crore in this case. But it is still a case of ill-gotten gains, and still sends out a clear message that no one is above the law. However, the case dragged on for 18 years, and this is a bit of a dampener. The chief obstacle for petitioners is that cases take inordinately long to be settled, and

Book the corrupt

JAYA IN JAIL: J Jayalalithaa has been sentenced by a special court to four years in jail and fine of Rs 100 crore has been imposed on her in a Disproportionate Assets case. this sometimes deters people from seeking justice at all. Hopefully, though, Justice Johan D'Cunha's judgment will encourage more courts to decide, firmly and fearlessly, in cases of corruption. — Bhagwan Thadani, Pune

THE great news of the year so far, is the ruling CM of TN J Jayalalithaa was found guilty in the

DA case worth Rs 66 crore. She is jailed for four years and fined not less than a hundred crore of rupees. Her associate Shashikala too was similarly found guilty and jailed for four years. Above all, Jayalalithaa stands disqualified and cannot find a place in the political arena for 10 long years. For starters, it would be four years imprisonment and barred from standing in elections for 10 years. She's the first CM to be punished so severely. Let's hope that this is a verdict for which no appeal would be allowed. This DA case took 18 long years. So how many years (nay decades) will it take if cases have to be filed and guilty ministers and politicians and bureaucrats and others to be punished for several scams worth crores of rupees during the Congress rule in the last 10 years? And what will happen to Jaya amma? Will she be behind bars for full four years? I doubt. Recollect what happened very recently to Lalu Yadav in the Fodder scam? He was found guilty, was in jail for a couple of months or so and now roaming free. What happened to Madhu Koda, Raja, Kanimozhi? They were all jailed no doubt but spent a few months behind bars only to come out as 'martyrs'. — S Krishna Kumar, Dombivali

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US media takes note of Modi’s ‘rock-star’ reception

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EW YORK: The "highprofile" public reception that Narendra Modi received before a packed Madison Square Garden appeared prominently in American media, which so far had given scant coverage to the Prime Minister's US visit. The maiden US visit of Modi as Prime Minister was hardly taken note of by mainstream American media so far, till he addressed nearly 20,000 people of the Indian community at the event in Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. "Madison Square Garden thundered with applause as thousands rose to their feet and chanted the name of an unlikely celebrity: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi," The Wall Street Journal reported. "The grand reception on Sunday, filled with dance and Bollywood tunes, was a reflection of the mood among much of the Indian-American community that sees Mr Modi as a once-in-a-

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PM Narendra Modi addressing the audience at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday.

generation leader who can at last fix the entrenched problems that have held India back while other Asian nations have sped ahead," the daily wrote. The Los Angeles Times

Continued from pg 1 « and clean up the past," Modi told the CEOs. The Supreme Court last week quashed allocation of 214 out of 218 coal blocks alloted to various companies since 1993 terming it as "fatally flawed" and allowed the Government to take over operation of 42 such blocks which are functional. Modi's observation comes in the backdrop of concerns that the judgment would have an adverse impact on corporate sentiments and overall business climate. "India is open-minded. We want change. Change that is not 1 sided. Am discussing with citizens, industrialists & investors," the spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs Syed Akbaruddin tweeted, quoting Modi as said at the meeting. The Prime Minister also told the business leaders that "infrastructure development is a big opportunity; it creates jobs and enhances quality of life of our citizens."

wrote in its news report: Springsteen and Bono, but "India's Prime Minister gets on Sunday the storied arena rock-star reception in New offered rock-star treatment York". to a political personality: In"Madison Square Garden dian Prime Minister Narenoften hosts cultural icons dra Modi, who made the case such as Bob Dylan, Bruce for a resurgent India to

nearly 20,000 hugely enthusiastic supporters," the daily wrote. It said it was the highestprofile public appearance in the West for a leader whose reform-minded charisma

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headcount exceeds even that in the US. The meeting between Modi and Rometty was part of a series of one-on-one meets the Prime Minister had here with top business leaders of the US on his last day in New York. The Prime Minister is also likely to meet business leaders in Washington during the second leg of his five-day visit to the US. During her meeting with Modi, Romnetty discussed "software for Smart Cities and Digital India initiatives," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted. Among other places, IBM has its facilities in 14 Indian cities, including Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad.

Boeing keen on greater engagement with India

India a great place to invest: GE CEO General Electric yesterday described India as a great place to invest after its CEO Jeffery Immelt met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said the US conglomerate is looking to PM Modi meeting with American CEOs in New York on Monday. make more investments in the country. Describing his one-on-one meeting with Immelt also had high praise for Modi Prime Minister yesterday and expressed his the Prime Minister as "excellent", Immelt whom he described as a Prime Minister with keen interest in expanding engagements with said, "GE is a long term investor in India. We "good head set for business" and expressed India. "In response to PM @narendramodi call for look forward to more in the future." hope that he would continue to "drive the reform process". investments, Black Rock to host global inThe Prime Minister pitched the India story vestors meet in India, early 2015," External in his interaction with Immelt and discussed Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbarudsteps that can be taken to enhance country's din tweeted. In India, BlackRock also operates a mutual business environment. Impressed with the meeting, Immelt said, fund, among other activities. "India is a great country and place to invest."

BlackRock to host global investors meet in India Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with PepsiCo's Indian American chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi after a breakfast meeting in New York, on Monday.

has drawn comparisons to a 2008-era Barack Obama. Quite a number of American media organisations had sent in their reporters to cover the Madison Square Garden event. The New York Times said: "Mr Modi addressed a wildly enthusiastic audience that was largely made up of Indian Americans." "Mr Modi is here to sell a New India, with himself as the man who can be trusted to deliver the promise. But it remains to be see whether he is willing or able to bridge India's wide differences with the US on tax policies, climate change, outsourcing, intellectual property rights and other issues," the daily said. Modi's address at the Madison Square Garden was given primetime coverage by several news channels, which also showed the protest against the Prime Minister in New York. The Washington Post carried a report by a news agency, so did several other newspapers.

World's largest asset manager Blackrock will host a global investors meet in India next year, CEO Laurence Flik conveyed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. With total asset under management of over US $4 trillion, US-based BlackRock has investments in over 100 countries and offices in 30 countries including India. The BlackRock CEO called on the Indian

IBM keen on participating Smart Cities, Digital India projects US-based global technology giant IBM expressed keen interest in participating in India's newly-launched initiatives like Smart Cities and Digital India, as its CEO Virginia Rometty met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With a global turnover of nearly $100 billion, IBM is a major player in India and employs a large workforce in the country. Nearly one-third of its global workforce of over four lakh persons is in India, where its

Defence major Boeing yesterday proposed greater business engagement with India, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the US companies to provide friendlier business environment in the country. In a one-on-one meeting with Modi, Boeing CEO James McNerney said that the company wants to accelerate its engagement with India. The meeting followed a power-packed breakfast meet Modi had with CEOs of other 11 large American corporations including PepsiCo, Citigroup, Google, Cargill and Carlyle Group. With nearly USD 87-billion annual turnover globally, Boeing is a major player in Indian defence and aerospace sectors. Its engagement with India is nearly 70 years-long and Boeing jets are one of the mainstays of the country's domestic and intercontinental commercial fleets. Those present in the breakfast meeting included PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Citigroup chief Michael Corbat, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, Cargill's President and CEO David W MacLennan, Caterpillar's Douglas Oberhelman, AES' Andres Gluski, Merck's Kenneth Frazier, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Carlyle Group David Rubenstein, Hospira's Michael Ball and Warburg Pincus' Charles Kaye. These are first extensive business engagements in the US of the Prime Minister, who will also attend business meets in Washington on Tuesday during his second leg of the 5-day visit.

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When it comes to allergies, there’s not too much you can do to prevent or cure them, so the best thing to do is to learn how to live with them. To make coping with an allergy easier, Dev Goswami & Shirley Mistry bring you some handy tips and tricks >> Don’t worry! We are not going to make you walk around wearing a mask to keep allergies at bay

ust because you can’t prevent an allergy, doesn’t mean that you have to go sniffling around the place with a box of tissues and anti-allergy cream in tow. From allergy-proofing your home and finding natural remedies, to learning how to avoid allergens, there is a lot you can do to make dealing with allergies easier and more effective. In this article, we’re going to tell you about the precautions that you can take and tips you can use to deal with allergies on a daily basis.

Prevent the reaction Follow these tips to keep the sneezing and rashes away.

clean your nose You’d be surprised to find that pollen, which is one of the most common allergens, sticks to the skin and hair follicles in and around your nose. This means that you will suffer from allergic reactions even when there are no allergens in the air around you. You can use a sinus rinse, or nasal sprays that are available at medical stores to keep your nose pollen-free.

Wash your hair

be dusting your house. Dust particles take 1-2 hours to settle down and this period can cause an allergic reaction. So, either hire household help, or buy a vacuum cleaner, which cleans your house without disturbing the dust particles too much.

allerGy-Proof your home You can’t do much about the air pollution or the pollen in a garden, but you can ensure that yours is an allergy-free home by using these tips: n Bedroom: Dust mites are one of the most common allergens in your bed. To prevent an allergic reaction, make sure that you wash all your linen once a week. Washing linen with hot water is one of the best ways to kill all the dust mites. You can also pick organic (check for certification) bed linen, as it is better at keeping mites away. n Living room: You might love carpets and fur sofas, but if you are allergic to dust, you should avoid using them. Think about switching to sofas that are made of leather, wood or plastic instead of fabric. Also remember that just like fabric sofas, carpets too trap Continued to pg 14 «

If you use a lot of hair products (such as gels and mousse), you should wash your hair before you go to sleep. The sticky nature of these products causes pollen and dust to stick to your hair, leading to allergic reactions.

use antihistamine Antihistamines are drugs that are used to fight allergy symptoms. While we are against self-medication, it is a good idea to store a leaf of over-the-counter antihistamine tablets to provide quick relief from allergy symptoms when you’re at work or travelling and need immediate relief. But, make sure to check with your doctor about the side effects.

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Continued from pg 13 « dander and dust. Ensure that newspapers and books are not left out in the open, as they will begin to collect dirt after a while. n Bathroom: The humidity in your bathroom will give rise to mould — another allergen. One of the best ways to deal with mould is to install an exhaust fan that can help dissipate the moisture quickly and effectively. Also, wash your bathtub, washbasin, water taps and shower heads once a week with hot water. Remember to dry them properly afterward! n Kitchen: When it comes to your kitchen, you need to worry about pests such as cockroaches and mice, as their droppings can cause an allergic reaction. Make sure that you keep your counter top and floor clear of crumbs and store all your food in air-tight containers. Using pest repellent spray or powder is another good idea — but make sure you’re not allergic to them!

eatiNg out witH allergies If you are prone to food allergies and are aware of the specific ingredients that trigger them, take a look at our tips to ensure that you stay safe when you are eating out.

iNside out It may seem banal, but do put in a little time and effort to understand your allergy. Learn what triggers it, what symptoms show up and how quickly they immobilise you. Speak to your doctor and draw up an action plan to deal with an attack. Find out what medication will help bring the situation under control. Apart from speaking with your general physician, you can also consult an allergist, who deals only with allergyrelated problems and will be able to help

MUMBAI | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 you spot and deal with your triggers better.

>> Tea will soothe your nervous system and make it easier to deal with allergic reactions

do your researcH Before you dig into your favourite salad or appetiser, spend some time researching restaurants. Identify those that are open to modifying dishes for people with allergies, or ones that have a good reputation. Certain experts recommend eating at popular restaurant chains as they have policies in place when it comes to food allergies. They also have a standardised set of ingredients and processes that are used to make the recipe, so that you can immediately scan them to identify whether or not it is safe for you.

call aHead If you cannot confirm whether a specific restaurant is ready to cater to someone suffering from food allergies, call them in advance. Speak to the manager or a chef and discuss your requirements. If you, or your children suffer from severe allergies, it may be a good idea to discuss the menu in advance, so that there are no unpleasant surprises once you reach the restaurant.

eat early If you suffer from severe food allergies, avoid visiting restaurants during peak hours. When you visit them before peak hour rush, the chance of mix-ups and contamination are significantly lower. You will find that servers are more attentive and as everything is more orderly in the kitchen, the chances of a goof-up are minimal.

make suggestioNs If you are unsatisfied with your meal or find that there is room for improvement, do let the manager know what you think. Good restaurants will be willing to incorporate your suggestions, making dining out a more enjoyable experience for other people with food allergies.

>> Find out about all the foods that you are allergic to, so that eating out is a pleasant experience

Home remedies for allergies Don’t run to the doctor every time you suffer from a mild allergy. Try these home remedies first.

Neti pots These teapot-like contraptions (see bottom right) are considered to be extremely effective to treat a stuffy nose (they are great for those suffering from dust allergies). Simply fill the neti pot with warm, distilled water and salt, pour it into one nostril and let it pour our of the other. Then, repeat the process with the other nostril.

orgaNic, local HoNey Eating a small amount of local, organic honey has been known to immunise you against the harmful effects of pollen. If you find that pollen triggers an allergic reaction, try this remedy to save yourself the irritation.

Hot sHowers If you suffer from allergies that are triggered by weather change, pollen, insects or dust, taking a hot shower will clear your nasal passage, and prevent the allergies from spreading further.

tea Not only is a cup of tea comforting, it also helps clear congestion in your throat and nose. Green tea also has several compounds that help alleviate common allergy symptoms. However, refrain from drinking chamomile tea — it may calm you, but will actually aggravate your allergies, especially if you are allergic to ragweed (see box).

reactions. Although the reaction varies from person to person, here are the most common plants and tips on how to identify them. n ragweed: These squiggly, thin-stemmed plants are found in abundance in rural areas, fields, roads and river banks during summer and autumn and can aggravate your condition if you suffer from asthma. n mountain cedar: As the name suggests, these lush, green trees are found in hilly areas during spring and can be fatal to those who suffer from pollen or plant allergies. n ryegrass: Found abundantly in the countryside, the plant resembles a wheat crop with fluffy, cotton-like bits at the tip of the plant. Ryegrass spells doom for those who suffer from pollen allergies and can also trigger mould allergies. n maple: These shady trees are gorgeous, but are potent threats for those suffering from plant allergies. Fortunately, not too many areas boast of this tree in India. n mulberries: Found in the hilly regions of India, these tart-sweet berries come from a plant that can cause and aggravate hay fever. >> Neti pots work like nasal drips to relieve a stuffy nose

stay away from tHese plaNts Certain plants are infamous for triggering allergic

allergy mistakes Sometimes, your own habits might be the reason that you are constantly troubled by allergic reactions. Make sure you’re not committing the following mistakes: n Leaving your windows open: You might think you are airing your home, but during spring and winter, when the air is heavy with pollen, this will lead to the accumulation of pollen in your home. So, keep the windows closed and crank up the AC, which acts as an air-filter. n Wrong place, wrong time: Exercising is great, but if you suffer from allergies, rethink when and where you exercise. Avoid walking or jogging in gardens or on roads that are surrounded by several trees. Similarly, avoid exercising early in the morning, as that is when plants and trees release pollen. Also, choose spaces that are free from traffic to ensure that the air isn’t filled with dust particles.

n Unclean AC: Air-conditioning can help clean the air entering your room. But, if you haven’t cleaned the air-filter recently, do so at the earliest. Unclean air filters can lead to dust in your room, which will

lead to an allergic reaction. n Too much clutter: From a stack of newspapers in a corner to your children’s favourite soft toys stored in a pile, clutter in your home collects dust. Keep your house neat and clean and store dust collecting items such as soft toys and fabric-based household items in closets. n ‘Allergy-free’ pets: The reason we put allergy-free in quote marks is because no matter what the internet will have you believe, there is no such thing as a hypoallergenic pet — pets that don’t cause allergic reaction. Even hairless dogs or cats can cause an allergic fit, as it is not the hair that irritates your system, but skin particles called dander and proteins that are found in their saliva and urine. So, if you’re allergic, you’re going to have to say goodbye to your dreams of having a pet.

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The 80:10:10 diet requires you to incorporate 80% carbohydrates, 10% fat and 10% nutrients in your daily routine. Even though you are required to consume several fruits and vegetables, following this diet is not a very healthy option, says Yamini Walia everal athletes, including tennis is it harMFul? star Martina Navratilova, basketball star Ronnie Grandison and The diet is designed for athletes, so it professional bowler, Bruce Hamilton, won’t work unless you incorporate have followed the 80:10:10 diet. some sort of exercise into your daily Popularised by Dr. Douglas routine. Also, eating only raw food can N. Graham, who advocates that the diet have adverse affects on your mind and helps athletes optimise their ability to body, some of which are listed below: uptake, transport and deliver oxygen to n The diet doesn’t include leafy their cells. The diet has taken the world vegetables, which are an essential by storm, and even social media requirement for your body to websites seem to b e talking about it. perform its normal functions. However, what’s concerning about it, is n You can suffer from nutritional deficiencies, which can interfere that it doesn’t include any leafy with haemoglobin, antibody and vegetables and lays too much emphasis hormonal production, digestive on consuming sweet fruits. Read on to fun ctions and inhibit regular find out more. nutrient absorption. n Some people can even suffer from What is it? zinc deficiency, which can affect the functioning of the brain and the The 80:10:10 plan diet divides your production of red blood cells in meals into three categories: your body. n 80% carbohydrates: Most of the n Following this diet can make you feel calories you get from this diet will come from carbohydrates — mostly fruits and vegetables. You have to rely heavily on sweet fruits to achieve the required amounts, because greens hardly contain any carbohydrates. n 10% healthy fats: You can continue eating fish and other healthy fats, but make sure that they amount to only 10% of your diet. n 10% proteins: Incorporate only plant-based proteins such as nuts, seeds and grains into your diet.

>> The 80:10:10 diet relies solely on sweet fruits to give you adequate calories

anxious and scatter-brained. You may suffer from fatigue, which will affect your concentration levels and could even make you feel drowsy through the day.

ExpErt opinion “This diet can be dangerous, as it raises your blood sugar levels due to GI (glycaemix index) fruits, eventually leading to high triglycerides. Protein is essential for building and repairing your cells and muscles, along with producing insulin and ensuring thyroid hormone function. When your protein intake is low, your metabolism is compromised, eventually leading to fat gain. A good intake of fat is important for healthy skin, hair, immune system and mental functioning. A diet that comprises of just 10% fat severely restricts all these functions.” — Nutritionist Karishma Chawla, proprietor of Eatrite24x7

>> MSG is commonly used as a flavour enhancer in packaged snacks and Chinese cuisine

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With the BMC turning up its nose against this flavouring agent, Shirley Mistry tells you everything that you need to know about MSG

onosodium glutamate (MSG), is a naturally occurring amino acid that is used as a flavour enhancer. Popularly known as Ajinomoto (which is actually a brand name), MSG is most often used in Chinese cuisine, to amp-up the flavours of the food. However, for several years now, the spice has built a questionable reputation for itself, with several health conditions being linked to the continued consumption of MSG. We spoke to well-known nutritionist, Suman Agarwal, about whether MSG is as harmful as it is claimed to be, and she told us that MSG has been granted a GRAS (Generally Recognised As Safe) status by the Food and Drug Administration wing of the United States of America. “Several studies have been conducted to find the negative health implications of MSG, but these studies have not conclusively established that it is harmful,” she tells us. However, several people have reported certain immediate medical problems after consuming MSG. This has led to the belief that the ingredient has harmful effects. “Some people are sensitive to MSG and may show symptoms such as headaches, nausea and chest pain after consuming MSG,” she adds. Some experts do believe that regularly consuming MSG can cause brain damage, depression and autism, especially in children. “Although the FDA considers it to be a safe ingredient, experts are of the opinion that it is an excitotoxin — it overexcites your brain cells, can cause varying degrees of brain damage and can even cause, or worsen conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, Lou Gehrig’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease,” Suman adds. If you do experience any of these side effects, it is wise to steer clear of MSG and ask for your food to be prepared without it when you are dining at a restaurant. She explains, “There are some foods that can create the same umami flavour (the fifth taste apart from sweet, sour, salty and bitter) such as mushrooms, celery, tomato, seaweed, asparagus and red wine. Herbs such as turmeric, cumin and rosemary are also good alternatives to MSG. Apart from these herbs, cooking techniques such as fermentation and curing can also enhance the flavour of your meal, without the use of MSG.”

Foods that contain MsG If you wish to stay away from MSG, even though the World Health Organisation considers it to be a safe ingredient, you may want to stay away from other foods that contain it. Avoid canned vegetables and soups, wafers, bottled salad dressings, canned meats, Chinese gravy dishes and processed, salty snacks.

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Rest only foR a while If you’re spending too much time asleep, you’re sleeping, not napping. Naps need to be for a period of 10 to 20 minutes and shouldn’t last any longer. If you sleep for too long, you will be wasting your day, as well as waking up feeling drowsy, instead of refreshed.

« 10 ways to:

BReathe it out Breathe deeply in order to get the best possible rest. This is a quick and easy trick to having the best nap that you can. This way, even if you don’t really fall asleep, the act of closing your eyes and breathing deeply will rejuvenate you in a short span of time.

DaRken things Can’t turn off the lights? Wear a sleeping mask! Make the area around you as dark as possible, and then wear a sleeping mask to ensure that when you do fall asleep, you’re getting the most restful, undisturbed sleep. Wear ear plugs too, in order to keep noise at bay.

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take it easy This is a really easy trick to make sure that your nap isn’t worthless. Ensure that when you’re waking up after your nap, you do so very slowly. Waking up too quickly can give you a headache or make you grumpy.

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6 make it cosy Did you know that you sleep best when you’re warm? Your temperature drops as you sleep, so it’s best to cover up with a blanket, even if you’re not feeling chilly when you’re going to bed.

Can’t get around to having a quick, restful afternoon nap? If your nap is always too long or unsatisfying, read these ten tips to make the most of it, says Rhea Dhanbhoora

Be comfoRtaBle Sometimes, you won’t be able to have the perfect afternoon nap no matter how hard you try. Well, have you considered that this might be because you’re not in a comfortable position? The more comfortable you are, the easier it will be for you to fall asleep.

set an alaRm If you don’t trust yourself to wake up, don’t forget to set an alarm. If you oversleep, you’ll end up ruining the effects of your nap. Set an alarm so that you don’t sleep too much and so that you can get back to working without having wasted an entire day.

time youR nap with coffee Sounds strange, doesn’t it? It’s actually called a coffee nap, and the theory originated after people realised that the time caffeine takes to kick in is the same as how long a nap should be. So, if you drink a cup just before you go to sleep, you might wake up without an alarm 20 minutes later when the caffeine kicks in. They theory hasn’t been proven, but there’s no harm in trying it out!

9 Rest eaRly The best time to nap is during the afternoon. The closer to evening you take your nap, the more difficult it will be to get a good night’s sleep later on. Think of your post-lunch slump as a great time to catch a few zzzs.

You may make it a point to work out every day. But, are you making a half-hearted effort while you’re at the gym? Shirley Mistry suggests that you take this quiz to find out

Do you take frequent breaks to attend to urgent text

messages, emails or phone calls? a. Yes. b. No. Are you more excited about what you are going to wear to the gym than your

exercise routine? a. Yes. b. No. Do you feel that is takes longer for your workout to show results than for most other people?

5. Pollution and exposure to chemicals is the leading, preventable cause of cancer. a. True. b. False. 6. If you are at risk of, or already suffer from cancer, you shouldn’t eat sugar. a. True. b. False. 7. If you have a family history of cancer, you are going to suffer from cancer as well. a. True. b. False. 8. You can get cancer in any part of your body. a. True. b. False.

2. Cancer is a modern disease. a. True. b. False.

9. Having a positive attitude is a scientifically proven way to boost cancer recovery. a. True. b. False.

3. Wearing bras all day causes breast cancer. a. True. b. False.

10. Regularly eating super foods will help prevent cancer. a. True. b. False.

a. Yes. b. No. Do you have a group of gym buddies who you like to chat with while you work out? a. Yes. b. No.

mostly as You need to buck up when you head to the gym. You don’t give your workout a 100% and are constantly distracted by music and your friends and mobile phone. Focus is crucial while exercising, and taking frequent breaks means that your heart rate will drop, which is why it takes you longer to achieve your goals. Keep your phone on silent or on airplane mode during your workout and make a playlist before your start exercising. Also, ensure that you catch up with your friends after you work out, so that you can pay attention to your stance, posture and movements while exercising. mostly Bs You seem to have it all under control and know how to switch off when you are working out. You know that it is important to dedicate all your attention to your workout while you are at the gym and give your fitness a 100%. Keep it up!

>> Did you know that cancer can affect almost all of your body parts? If no then take our quiz!

Tally your answers below where we give you the correct answer, tell you about the facts and bust a few myths. the same time, there is some risk. 10-15% of the known cancers do spread through genes, but those are small figures when you think of the larger picture. You are more likely to get cancer due to your body’s cells breaking down due to age and lifestyle factors (such as smoking, drinking, exposure to chemicals), than you are due to damaged genes.

1. answeR: a. tRue It is a common misconception that men can’t be diagnosed with breast cancer. The fact is that men have breast tissues, just like women do. During puberty, female hormones cause the breast ducts to grow — which doesn’t happen to men. However, even though the breast tissues are less developed, they are present and so, men can suffer from cancer. The risk factors of male breast cancer are similar to those of female breast cancer.

Half-hearted? Do you often stop working out to change the song on your playlist? a. Yes. b. No.

1. Men can suffer from breast cancer too. a. True. b. False.

Cancer is a tough disease to handle, and the world is scrambling to find a cure. But, even though it’s such a widely discussed topic, how much of what you know is accurate when it comes to the illness? Dev Goswami recommends you take this quiz to find out

4. Lung cancer causes the most number of deaths as compared to other cancers. a. True. b. False.

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« quick quiz to know yourself

>> Spending too much time on your phone? You need to buck up!

Don’t oveReat Over eating is the fastest way for empty calories to make you sluggish. Also, remember that while you can have one cup of coffee before you sleep, if you want to test the coffee nap theory, you need to avoid consuming too much caffeine.

rom newspapers and magazines, to social media and the internet, we are sure that you come across the word cancer at least once a week, whatever your dominant source of news or information is. Cancer is a much discussed subject and not without reason, because according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) it is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. In 2012, cancer accounted for 8.2 million deaths. With a disease as deadly and prevalent as cancer, it is always a good idea to know about the basic facts, even if you don’t have any reason to be worried about it. First, answer these questions to see how much you know about this group of diseases and then read our box as we explain the facts.

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2. answeR: B. false Just because cancer has begun to gain prominence in recent times, it doesn’t mean that it is a new-age disease. In fact, Egyptian and Greek physicians have described conditions with symptoms similar to those of cancer in texts that date back to thousands of years. Researchers have also come across a 3,000-year-old human skeleton that displayed signs of cancer. 3. answeR: B. false This myth originates from a belief that wearing a bra all day stresses the breast tissue and blocks blood flow, which apparently leads to the degeneration of the breast tissue and ultimately, breast cancer. However, there is no scientific research to back this claim. You must remember that bras are necessary to provide support, and while staying bra-free for a few hours can help your muscles relax, not wearing one at all can cause back pain. 4. answeR: a. tRue Lung cancer, along with the cancers of liver, stomach and breast, is the most common cause of death due to cancer. According to figures from the WHO, lung cancer alone was responsible for 1.59 million deaths of the total 8.2 million cancer death reported in 2012. Liver

cancer was at a distant second, having been the cause of 7,45,000 deaths. 5. answeR: B. false While exposure to chemicals — through air, food and water — is a cause of cancer, the leading preventable cause of cancer is tobacco use. According to the WHO, tobacco contributes to 22% of world’s cancer deaths. 6. answeR: B. false This is a myth that originates from a truth: cancer cells, just like other cells in your other body, use glucose for energy. However, it is mistakenly assumed that this means you shouldn’t eat sugar. Remember that your body can’t pick and choose which cells get energy and which ones don’t. So, if you stop eating sugar, you will be depriving your cells of the energy that they need, which will make recovering from cancer much more difficult. 7. answeR: B. false Okay, we are going to give you this one, even if you got the answer wrong. The way the question was worded, false is the correct answer. Having a family history of cancer doesn’t mean you have a 100% risk of cancer. At

8. answeR: a. tRue As long as you don’t count hair, all major body parts can suffer from cancer. The reason is a fairly simple one: cancer affects your cells, and your body is covered with cells from head to toe — literally. In fact, there is a even an extremely rare form of cancer that affects your heart. 9. answeR: B. false Scientifically? No, there is not much proof that your attitude matters when it comes to recovering from cancer. However, talk to or read about cancer survivors, and they will list positive mental attitude as an important part of their recovery. A study did shed some light on this aspect — a positive attitude means that patients do not get cut off socially, helping them manage their lives, lower stress and stay happy — all of which can help you feel a lot better. 10. answeR: B. false What we consider super foods are foods that provide a plethora of health benefits. But just because they are much healthier than your average vegetable, it doesn’t mean that eating super foods all day will prevent cancer. Following a healthy lifestyle is what can help lower your risk of cancer. At the same time, remember that even the healthiest of lifestyles won’t guarantee a 0% risk of cancer — we’re sure you’ve heard of people who haven’t smoked a cigarette in their lives getting diagnosed with lung cancer.

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Varied Pull-uPs While standard pull-ups are great for an upper-body workout, these variations will take your routine to the next level, says Yamini Walia

ull-up variations are the best way to make your workout less monotonous and have a little fun while you build strength. From your grip, muscles and palms, to your arms and back, these variations are extremely effective at increasing your upper body strength. Read on to find out more about the different ways in which you can perform a pull-up.

>> Perfect the strict pull-up before you try other variations hands so that your palms are facing you. Grip the bar tightly and ensure that your arms are fully extended. Pull yourself up and repeat the same step at least 10 times. Then, switch your grip to your palms facing outwards and repeat.

strict pull-up Before you try any other variation, make sure that you perfect the strict pull-up. It benefits your arms, shoulders, chest and back and also helps you build smaller muscles that are necessary to support your shoulders and prevent slap tears, bicepital tears, shoulder dislocations and glenoid labrum tears. Start by grabbing the pull-up bar, with your palms facing away from your body. Now, hang from the bar and extend your arms completely. Pull yourself up as many times as your arms can handle it. Make sure you grip the bar tightly, and perfect the strict pull-up by performing it at least 10 times.

BEhiNd-thE-NEck pull-up This variation works your shoulders and puts pressure on your back. So, be extremely careful when performing this pull-up, as it can be a little difficult. A full behind-the-neck pull-up involves a larger range of motion than a standard pull-up, which is what makes it more challenging. Hang on the bar with a grip that’s wider than your shoulders. Extend your arms and pull yourself up. Bring your arms behind you, so that the bar is behind your neck. Repeat this 10-15 times.

chiN-up This is a great alternative to biceps curls and it helps tone your arms. Chin-ups put your biceps in a stronger line of pull, so they’ll typically hit your biceps a bit harder than normal pull-ups. Also, this is probably the easiest alternative to a regular pull-up. You need to start with your palms facing your body. Grip the bar tightly and hang from it with your arms fully extended, pull yourself up all the way, till your chin is above the bar. Repeat this 10-15 times.

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>> If you are fed-up of performing regular pull-ups, try these variations instead

MixEd grip pull-up Unlike normal pull-ups, this variation works on different muscle groups of your body simultaneously. So, it is a great alternative for your back and biceps. Begin by inverting your

Unlike standard pull-ups, this variation lays great emphasis on the strength of your grip. It works the muscles of your hands and forearms, which will help you strengthen what is often the weakest link in your body and help you get a great upper back workout at the same time. First, swing a towel over the pull-up bar and hold on to it like you would hold a rope. Now, pull yourself up as many times as you can, until either your grip (or your towel’s grip) gives out.

ExpErt suggEstioNs Sagar Pednekar, fitness expert and manager-of physical therapist operations at Gold’s Gym recommends the following variations: Wide grip, pronated (inward roll of palms) pull-ups: Target muscles: Latissimus dorsi (upper back). Procedure: Hang on the bar with a pronated grip that’s wider than your shoulders. Stabilise your body in such a manner that it doesn’t swing. Exhale and pull yourself upwards, while contracting your upper back muscles. Inhale and release your body slowly back to the starting position. Perform this exercise at least 10-15 times. Narrow grip, supinated (palms facing backwards) pull ups: Target muscles: Middle fibers of the trapezius muscle, latissimus dorsi (upper back) and biceps. Procedure: Hang on the bar with a supinated grip. Stabilise your body so that it doesn’t swing. Exhale and pull yourself upwards contracting your upper back muscles, (see to it that your body travels in a straight line). Your body must be perpendicular to the floor throughout. Inhale and release your body slowly back to the starting position. Perform this exercise 10-15 times.

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Waist training, made popular by celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Jessica Alba, is the worst way to get your waist in shape. Shirley Mistry tells you why

>> Waist training involves wearing a tight corset that can rupture your organs

e would all love an hourglass figure, but the lengths to which some people go to achieve it, is nothing short of alarming. The latest fad is waist training, a cringe-worthy method, where you are required to wear a corset for hours at a stretch. When it’s practised for a long duration of time, the corset helps cinch your waist, suck in your sides and give you an hourglass figure. Women usually start off by wearing a corset for 2-4 hours every day, eventually working their way up to wearing it for up to a shocking 12 hours a day! Hollywood star Jessica Alba, admitted to wearing a double corset day-in-and-day-out for around three months after the birth of her two children. Waist training simply relies on the tight corset to suck in your body, not letting it breathe, therefore constricting its form. What is more excruciating, is it being described as ‘a pleasant hug’ by The Corset Diet (a company that makes corsets especially for waist training). The Corset Diet, along with

other propagators of this weight loss theory, believe that the tightness around your stomach area gives you the feeling of a full stomach, curbs cravings, reduces your appetite and so, helps you lose weight. Experts believe that this method is a lot easier and less invasive as compared to surgical body contouring, but it does come with its own set of lethal side effects. Apart from severely bruising your skin, a corset can compress your spleen, liver and kidneys and can rupture and bruise severely. It also blocks oxygen from reaching the cells in your body, which can actually result in weight gain, due to a syndrome known as metabolic syndrome. Unless you want to end up with cracked ribs and ruptured organs, waist training is a horrible idea. There are no shortcuts to weight loss. Although working out at the gym may be a more arduous, long-drawn process, you can rest assured that you won’t risk harming your body.

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MUMBAI | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 >> Kartavya Healtheon helps patients understand their medical conditions better

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Insulin pumps are slowly becoming a better way to control blood sugar for children suffering from type 1 diabetes. Yamini Walia explains how

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Kartavya Healtheon is a disease management company that provides programmes and services to help patients understand and better manage their conditions. Dev Goswami speaks to the founders to find out more

stablished in 2008, Kartavya (a Sanskrit word that means duty, obligation or task) Healtheon is a one-of-a-kind company that aims to make the lives of patients who suffer from chronic diseases easier, thereby ensuring that their treatments are more successful. The company has screened six lakh people throughout India for hepatitis B through their camps and community programmes. We speak to the founders, Vikram Srivastava and Anil Nayak, to find out more about their company and the services that it offers.

Tell us a little about Kartavya. Kartavya is a disease management company that caters to people with chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer and hepatitis B. We bring various groups of people such as pharmaceutical companies, physicians, pharmacists, nurses and patients together on a common platform to help provide treatment and manage diseases in a more synchronised, efficient manner. We do this by offering programmes that ensure better compliance to therapy and allow effective treatment at affordable prices. For example, we provide patients with reminders to adhere to their medical prescriptions in the form of SMS or IVRS. Similarly, we provide disease education, counselling, discount coupons for periodic health checkups, doorstep delivery of medication and basic Electronic Medical Records (EMR).

How does it work? Are you wondering how the services from Kartavya work? Vikram and Anil tell us that they inform doctors about the nature and services offered by them. The doctor then tells his/ her patients about the service and provides contact information. When a patient calls up, they get to speak to a counsellor who explains the various aspects of the disease that they are suffering from. After receiving consent, they start their service (which is free of cost for patients) which could be in the form of medicine delivery, reminders to take medicine, help with future tests and checkups and other personalised services. To find out more, you can get in touch with them through their website: www.kartavyahealtheon.com. sales. We thought of designing a program that would engage patients and use IT as its backbone to manage patients across India. It took us almost two years to arrive at a chronic disease management model. We started to understand patient behaviour (such as adhering to prescribed therapy) and began to work on various diseases management models that would help patients understand their disease better and ensure a positive outcome.

When you use the term disease management, what do you mean? Disease management can be defined as a Why did you decide to set up Kartavya? system of coordinated interventions and Where did the idea originate from? communication to help patients take care of We got the idea while we were working on an Information Technology (IT), project for a themselves. Disease management empowers individuals to work better with pharmaceutical company to help them manage their data, in order to understand health care providers and prevent

he use of insulin pump therapy to fight type 1 diabetes is rapidly gaining popularity all over the world. An insulin pump is a small, mechanical device that is worn outside the body, often on a belt or in your pocket. It delivers fast-acting insulin to your body through an infusion set, which is a thin, plastic tube that ends in a small, flexible plastic cannula, or a very thin needle. It is so comfortable to wear, that you often don’t even feel it on you. Dr. Piya Ballani Thakkar, endocrinologist at Bombay Hospital explains, “Conventional therapy, which uses several daily injections, is considered impractical for children under the age of 12. Insulin pumps use shortacting insulin, which acts as normal pancreatic secretion. In conventional therapy, once the insulin is injected, it can’t be slowed down or stopped. Insulin pumps on the other hand can be slowed down, stopped or increased for a few minutes or a few hours depending on the activity.” >> Insulin pumps can pump the exact amount of insulin that your body needs at a particular moment

complications during their treatment. From your experience of working to manage various diseases and conditions, what would you say are some of the most dangerous medical conditions that India is plagued by right now? Cancer, as it severely affects the patient, as well as his/ her family, friends and caregivers. Another disease that is a huge challenge for India is diabetes. You also work to raise awareness. What are some uncommon conditions or diseases that are usually ignored, which you believe people need to be more aware of? We think diseases such as diabetes need to be taken more seriously and require more awareness. Both, the approach, as well as management of this condition is extremely casual. Policy changes also need to be made to make preventive health checkups mandatory, as this can help with early diagnosis of conditions. Through proper disease management, it will be possible to bring a health condition under control. What do you have to say about the current medical infrastructure in India? The development of infrastructure in India is fragmented, especially when you think of the doctor-to-patient ratio and access to hospitals in rural areas, as compared to those in urban cities. Every individual has the right to quality treatment and access to healthcare should be an important goal. However, within these limitations, there is more awareness now, especially about the importance of services such as disease management, compliance and preventive health checkups.

According to a new study published in Journal Diabetologia, researchers compared outcome of 345 children between 2 to 9-years-old who were using insulin pumps to control their type 1 diabetes, to a similar number of children who were receiving standard insulin injections. The children were monitored for a period of three and a half years. By the end of the study, the rate of low blood sugar in the insulin pump group fell by half and in the insulin injection group, it rose from about seven instances per 100 patients in a single year, to more than 10 instances.

Case study 10-year-old Rahul More benefited from the insulin pump therapy at Bombay Hospital. After he fainted at school, it was revealed that his blood sugar had touched 450mg/dl and he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. After finding out about his predicament, Dr. Piya, his endocrinologist at Bombay Hospital suggested insulin pump therapy. Within a short span of time, Rahul was back to normal and even started participating in sports activities in school.

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Dear Barbara, Recently, I have noticed a few small, fleshy, grainy bumps developing on my hand. These look terrible and I have no idea when or how they came up. I’ve tried using several creams, but they aren’t working. The bumps are also slightly painful, which makes me feel uncomfortable. What should I do? Please help! — sumita Duggal, marine lines Dear sumita, Going by your description, you seem to be suffering from warts. Warts are not hazardous to your health, so don’t worry. They are mostly caused by a viral infection and are a common beauty problem. They are communicable, and can be transmitted from one person to another, or be transferred by something you touch. However, they are easy to cure. While most of them go away on their own, you can try the duct tape method for immediate results. Cover your wart with a small piece of duct tape (the plain gray kind, not clear) for six days, then soak the area in warm water and rub the wart off with a pumice stone. This trick usually works.

decade ago, if a man got a manicure and pedicure, it was considered to be frivolous, far from macho and downright vain. However, if you take vanity out of the equation, certain grooming practices will help you keep your hair, health and skin in tip-top shape. Take a look at what habits you must incorporate in your grooming routine.

saviour sunsCreen Forget fine lines and wrinkles, sunscreen is going to save your skin from a lot worse. If pigmentation and patchy skin seems like a bad look to sport, let’s not even get into the ugly beast that is skin cancer. A little sunscreen goes a long way, so even if you are indoors, in a naturally-lit room, remember to apply some sunscreen and save yourself from spending an exorbitant amount of money to treat skin ailments that crop up as a result of prolonged exposure to harmful UV rays.

paCk up! If you live in a city like Mumbai, exposure to heat, dust, pollution and grime is inevitable. You may want to believe that your face wash makes

the cut when it comes to cleansing your face, but we’re going to have to burst your bubble. While using face wash is good to superficially cleanse your skin, it won’t cleanse your pores, restore your skin’s oil

balance or prevent acne — which is an outcome of oily, clogged pores. So, use 15 minutes of your time, every week, to apply a face mask. A clay-based mask will soothe aggravated skin and cleanse it deeply, without drying it out too much. We admit that it takes some getting used to, but apply it while you read a book or play your favourite video game and you won’t even realise that you have a face pack on!

a notCh higher Once you’ve gotten used to the idea of a face pack, it’s time to take things to the next level and get a manicure and pedicure. While there is no doubt that it helps keep your hands and feet look impeccably groomed, a monthly visit (if you can’t find the time and energy to make an appointment every 15 days) is excellent for your skin. Pedicures and manicures remove dead skin, improve blood flow to the region (especially if you spend long hours on your feet or commuting) and help avoid ingrown toe nails, which are a common problem when you wear closed shoes. Not only is the therapy extremely relaxing, your skin will be healthy and you will be able to keep foot odour, bacterial infections and dry skin at bay.

Chop Chop! Remember the good old days in school, when you were reprimanded for having long, unkempt nails? Turns out, they were on to something. Apart from giving you a well put-together appearance, regularly trimming your nails also keeps nail infections at bay. The longer your nails are, the higher risk you are at of developing a fungal or bacterial infection. Not only are these infections painful and unsightly, when severe, they can also cause your nails to break!

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I believe that for a healthy economy, one-third agriculture, one-third manufacturing, one-third services sector - if all these grow simultaneously then even if one of the sectors faces a decline, the country's economy will not be immensely impacted...Our efforts is that India should progress and develop in all three sectors.

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in the US assuring the Indian-American community that his government is determined to put the economy on an upward trajectory by focussing on key sectors like agriculture, manufacturing and services

BUSINESS BRIEFS SC Order On Coal: Banks To Ask RBI For Recasting Loans

Markets Indecisive

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Tuesday (September 30, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello Review of the Previous day: The Nifty fell marginally on Monday (September 29, 2014) a net 9.95 points (0.12%) and closed at the 7958 point level. The market opened up at the 7978 points level. It then turned into a range bound movement until 1.20 p.m. The index then rose sharply and registered the day’s high at the 7991 points level at 2.22 p.m. It then declined sharply into the red and registered the day’s low at the 7934 points level at 3.00 p.m. The index then rose sharply and turned into a range bound movement until closing at the day. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 57 points. Sentiment was mixed and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 19 were gainers, while 31 were losers. Substantial buying was witnessed in healthcare, IT, consumer durables and technology stocks, while substantial selling was witnessed in metal stocks.

Technical Analysis: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) increased 22.95%. This change is substantial and indicates a wide participation by investors.

Market Breadth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was positive. Amongst all the traded stocks, 1016 were gainers, 549 were losers and 26 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has risen in the neutral zone. The Slow K line in the Stochastic Oscillator is below the slow D line (negative if it continues). RSI Indicator: The RSI is above the 40 level but is now declining (negative if it continues).

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

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

Support Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the 7816 points level. The next support is at the 7615 points level. Resistance Levels The immediate main resistance is at the 8138 points level. The next resistance is at the 8246 points level.

Pivot Point Analysis: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 7962 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 7932. Support (2) = 7905. Resistance (1) = 7989. Resistance (2) = 8019. OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a doji pattern. This indicates indecisiveness amongst investors. The next candle formation will confirm whether the bias is towards the buy or sell side of the market. However, the index is below its 5, 15 and 25-day’s moving averages. Further, the velocity parameters too indicate weakness. Both these indicate a negative bias. Investors are advised to avoid buying at present levels.

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ADX Indicator & DI Lines: The +DI line is below the –DI line and both lines are diverging (negative if it continues). The ADX is falling while the Market Index is flat. No signal here. Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 7971) Negative. Is below its 15-day average (at 8042) Negative. Is below its 25-day average (at 8036) Negative. Is above its 200-day average (at 7021) Positive.

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Acknowledging that the Supreme Court order on mass cancellation of coal block licences may impact banks' asset quality, a top Finance Ministry official today said the lenders will approach RBI for restructuring such assets. "Some impact may be there, and what exactly it will be is being assessed. The banks will be talking to RBI so that they are given some kind of flexibility in restructuring those accounts...Efforts will be made to avoid these accounts from becoming NPAs," Financial Services Secretary G S Sandhu said in Mumbai yesterday. He was talking to reporters on the sidelines of the annual general meeting of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce.

Tata Motors Ropes In Ex-Maruti COO, Mayank Pareek

Tata Motors announced appointment of former Maruti Suzuki Chief Operating Officer (Marketing & Sales) Mayank Pareek as President of its Passenger Vehicle Business Unit (PVBU). Pareek will join the company on October 1, 2014 and will take over from Ranjit Yadav, who will now head International Business for Passenger and Commercial vehicles, Tata Motors said in a statement. As the President, PVBU, Pareek would be responsible for steering the passenger vehicle business. He will also be a member of the corporate steering committee, it added. "His extensive experience in the passenger car market will play a significant role in harnessing Tata Motors growth potential to help position the company as one of the leading passenger car manufacturers in India," the company said. Pareek comes with over two decades of experience with Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) where his last role was as the Chief Operating Officer, he was heading the Marketing and Sales vertical.

SREI Infrastructure To Raise Upto Rs 1500 Cr Via NCDs

SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. plans to raise Rs 1500 cr through public issue of secured, redeemable, non-convertible debentures (NCDs). The company plans to issue NCDs of Rs 1000 each aggregating to Rs 250 cr with an option to retain over-subscription aggregating to Rs 1500 cr through tranche 1. The first tranche opened for subscription on September 29 and is scheduled to close on October 31. The NCDs offers an annualized effective yield of up to 11.75% p.a.

BodyLIFE-IFW Expo Commences On 9th October

BodyLIFE-IFW Expo 2014, an International Trade Fair on Fitness Training Equipment, Wellness and Sports Nutrition, is being organized at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, between 9-11 October 2014 by PDA-HaB Media and Tradefairs Pvt. Ltd., a joint venture company of PDA Trade Fairs (Bangalore, India) and Health and Beauty Group (Karlsruhe, Germany). This is India’s 1st International B2B Trade Fair for the Fitness Business Community.

Häfele Launches New Design Studio In City

Häfele, the world leader in architectural hardware, furniture and kitchen fittings last week launched its exclusive Hafele Design Studio with Steel Touch Hardware Pvt Ltd in Mumbai. Häfele is one of the latest destination and one Stop shop for complete interior fittings solutions and designs. The exclusive Hafele Design Studio provides internationally acclaimed range of innovative products that inspire architects and interior contractors across the world.

Samsung Unveils New Design Approach With Galaxy Alpha

Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its new design approach on Saturday with the Galaxy Alpha, the latest addition to Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone line. The Galaxy Alpha features a sophisticated design in a carefully constructed compact body with a metal frame and a solid finish offering a flagship Galaxy experience. The elegant and sophisticated Galaxy Alpha delivers exceptional performance, making it the optimal convergence of style with cutting-edge technology.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Centrum calls a ‘Buy’ on Orient Refractories CMP: Rs. 91

Target: Rs. 110

ICICI Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on Tata Communications CMP: Rs. 362

Target: Rs. 453

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Festive Season Sales Could Be Better Spending Sentiment Index improves, suggesting...

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steadyâ&#x20AC;? uptrend in the Spending Sentiment Index strongly suggests that the 2014 festive season would result in higher sales within categories like homes, two- and four-wheelers as well as home appliances,â&#x20AC;? says Debopam Chaudhuri, Chief Economist, ZyFin Research. He was commenting on on the ZyFin Consumer Outlook Index numbers for the month of September. The Spending Sentiment Index assesses willingness to make bigticket purchases in the next six months. The index has improved to 32.3 in September 2014 from 30.8, with improvements in every product category surveyed. Overall, the ZyFin Consumer Outlook Index of India (COI) has regis-

tered a score of 45.2 in September 2014, as compared to 43.6 in the previous month, a 1.6-point increase. The uplift in sentiment this close to the festive season is an encouraging sign, particularly after two lacklustre years. This increase removes any concerns of waning positive sentiment, prompted by the sudden dip in the August score. Since April 2014, the average index level has been at 43.9, as compared to 40.9 for the same time last year. Incidentally, another barometer, the Employment Sentiment Index has also witnessed an uptick. The index, which is a tracker of the employment situation as perceived by consumers moved up to 53.1 in September 2014 from 50.9 in August 2014. This indicates consumer outlook on personal job se-

curity and the unemployment rate has shown a healthy increase over the previous month. However, the Inflation Sentiment Index, based on the largest inflationary expectations survey in the world dropped by 0.9 points to 25.8, from 26.7 in the previous month, reflecting that consumers are still significantly aggrieved by inflationary conditions, and do not expect price levels to come down in the near future. Overall, in September 2014, of the 18 cities surveyed, 13 showed improvement in consumer confidence as compared to the previous month. The five cities with the highest scores were Hyderabad, Mangalore, Delhi, Guwahati and Bengaluru. Mumbai saw a rise in consumer confidence by 6.2 points to 49.1 which also is a positive for the city's festive season spending.

Sebi Issues Attachment Orders Against 5 Entities By A Business Reporter

ebi has ordered attachment of bank accounts as well as securities demat accounts of five entities to recover dues worth nearly Rs 28 lakh from them for violations of capital market regulations. The capital market watchdog has to recover dues from three companies -- Brijlaxmi Leasing & Finance (Rs 13.62 lakh), Sawaca Communication ( nearly Rs 4.4 lakh) and IFSL Ltd (Rs 3.05 lakh). Besides, Sebi has to recover an amount of Rs 6.30 lakh

mployees in India are expected to see a 10.8% salary hike in 2015, even as pay increases across Asia Pacific region are set to rise by an average 7% in the coming year, says a Towers Watson 2014-15 Asia-Pacific Salary Budget Planning Report. According to it Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam are set to lead the way with over 11% overall salary increases while India is placed at the fourth position with an increase of 10.8%. The report added that though salary across the regions are set to rise, a corresponding rise in inflation would mean that pay increases in 'real terms' would be eroded significantly in the coming year. China is expected to see the highest salary increase of around 5.2% in real terms in the region, followed by Pakistan (4.5%), Bangladesh (4.3%), Vietnam (4.1%) and Sri Lanka (3.8%). India was ranked sixth with a corresponding real increase of 3.5%, reports PTI. "We foresee an increased economic growth in Asia Pacific in 2015 in light of a declining unemployment rate and rising GDP in the re-

The BSE's Chief Executive Officer believes there is almost USD 40 trillion worth money which is available in private hands and is in search of good returns and is looking for more safer harbours By Barun Jha

alling for radical steps within stock exchange space, leading bourse BSE's chief Ashish Chauhan has said that the players in this business need to change their mindset and shift focus from trading revenues to give a boost to the capital-raising atmosphere. At the same time, he also expressed optimism that Indian exchanges have a potential to become a major capital-raising avenue and can help attract a significant part of global funds, given the high return potential of Indian markets vis-a-vis losses suffered by investors in Chinese and other markets. "There is almost USD 40 trillion worth money which is available in private hands and is in search of good returns and is looking for more safer harbours. "India is slowly becoming a market which is attractive not only from return perspective but also from the investor protection perspective. That the Indian markets are now becoming top markets in terms of investor protection. However, exchanges would need to shift their mindset. We have to participate in India's growth and become a catalyst and growth engine or our economic growth story. We need to shift focus from trading to capital raising," Chauhan told PTI in an interview in New York. Chauhan, CEO of Asia's oldest stock exchange which also happens to be the world's largest in terms of number of listed companies, is here to participate in various business meetings and investor roundtables in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's five-day US visit ending tomorrow. "Today, a large portion of the ex-

BSE CEO Ashish Chauhan changes' revenue come from trading, that is from transaction charges, and we need to focus now more on capital raising," he said. "When Indian stock market automation happened 20 years ago, there was the hope that modern capital markets would bring more domestic investments into Indian markets and the household savings would be channelised into listed companies and those companies would create jobs and take forward our economy. "But, in last 20 years, we have failed to raise the confidence of Indian investors, especially the retail investors, and because of that their numbers are almost same today," said Chauhan, who also happened to be part of the initial team of BSE's younger rival NSE when it was set up over two decades ago. The BSE's Chief Executive Officer said that although India has made huge strides in making its capital markets more transparent, fair and efficient, "We have somehow not created desired investor confidence because of which they have gone into gold, real estate etc." "There are two aspects, both for retail and institutional investors. It is about their rights. When an investor invests in a company, the promoters also need to be made accountable for the rights of the minority shareholdersâ&#x20AC;? he said. (PTI)

reason" to believe that defaulters may dispose of the amounts or securities in the bank and securities accounts respectively and "realisation of amount due under the certificate would in consequence be delayed or obstructed". The regulator has ordered banks and depositories to attach "all accounts by whatever name called of the defaulter, either singly or jointly with any other persons".Sebi has also asked banks to attach the lockers held by the entities as well as "all other amount/proceeds due or may become due to the defaulters or any other money held or may subsequently hold for or on account of defaulter". It has further ordered the banks and depositories that with immediate effect no debit would be made in these accounts until further directions from the market regulator. However, the credits, if any, gion," Towers Watson Data Services into the account maybe allowed, practice leader, Asia Pacific Samb- Sebi said. hav Rakyan said. "This, in turn, will lead to inflationary pressures that affect real salary increases. Indians will only see an effective salary increase that is one-third of the overall salary increase due to such pressures," Rakyan added. The report further noted that in 8 out of the 10 sectors surveyed, the pay raises for Executive Directors and Senior Management in India are expected to be higher than or equal to 2014 with the professional services sector particularly standing out at 4.5%. In India all employees - from production workers to executive directors -- are set to have higher pay raises than last year. Sector wise analysis shows that the pharmaceutical sector across the region, including in India, will continue to have amongst the highest salary increases. Pharmaceutical sector in Vietnam would see a 12%

salary hike, followed by India (11.5%) and China (8.9%). In India, ! " # $ ! !% &! ! ' ( & ) * the financial sector is likely to see + , - . / & 10% salary hike in 2015 (same as last

! " # $ ! 0 ' ( & 1 + year), the hi-tech sector is set to see $ % ' $ - . ' 1 2 an increase of 10.7% in 2015, up from 10.5% the previous year.

from Ankur Chaturvedi and Rs 55,589 from Mahendra A. Shah. The pending dues include penalties imposed on the entities for violation of securities market norms besides interest and other costs.In separate attachment orders dated September 26, Sebi has asked banks to attach all accounts including lockers held by the five entities. Similarly, the regulator has directed depositories - NSDL and CDSL -- to attach all demat accounts of the defaulters. Sebi told the banks and the depositories that there was "sufficient

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While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth. HBO, 9 p.m.

THE BLACKLIST SEASON1

SOAPS & SERIALS

After a politician in Prague is framed for a murder, Red suspects it’s the work of The Kingmaker — a strategist behind the rise of some of the world’s most powerful politicians. Star World, 11 p.m.

YEH RISHTA KYA KAHLATA HAI

The Singhania family decides to get Naman and Karishma engaged. Will they agree. How will Naitik and Akshara manage this. Star Plus, 9.30 p.m.

THE BIG SCHEME

THE BIG SCHEME on Animal Planet offers a new approach of the animal kingdom through the human notions of time, space and socialization. Animal Planet, 7 p.m.

FOOD FACTORY

Behind each bag of chips, can of beer, bar of chocolate, and loaf of bread is a mega-industrial production line that brings each product to the masses. FOOD FACTORY is a mesmerising behind-the-scenes peek into the weird and wonderful processes that produce everyone’s favourite foods. From raw materials to finished products, the series goes behind the scenes to reveal how our favourite foods are made. Discovery, 8 p.m.

MEGA BUILDERS

MEGA BUILDERS on Discovery Science unveils the biggest, complex, stressful and the most dangerous engineering projects

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The Blacklist, Star World, 11 p.m.

that are making history, and the people who are making it happen. Discovery Science, 7 p.m.

PAVITRA RISHTA

Ankita brings Naren back home from the police station and Pari is left feeling very jealous. Upset and feeling insecure, Pari comes home in a drunken state and her feelings are aggravated when she sees Naren and Ankita’s close proximity. Zee TV, 6.30 p.m.

MOVIES OF THE DAY

Set in the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence, and as they are set apart from “normal” and “healthy” humans, the world is pushed to the brink of worldwide civil war aimed at the destruction of the “diseased” population. In the middle of this crossed-fire is - an infected beautiful woman - Ultraviolet, who finds herself protecting a nine-year-old boy who has been marked for death by the human government as he is believed to be a threat to humans. Star Movies, 11 p.m.

NAYAK : THE REAL HERO

The plot focuses on the protagonist, Shivaji Rao (Anil Kapoor). He happens to be an ambitious TV reporter, working for “Q TV” along with his friend Topi (Johnny Lever). While on the job, Rao records a conversation in which the Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan (Amrish Puri), takes an indifferent stand during riots triggered by a fight between some college students and bus drivers, so as not to lose his voter base. Due to police inaction, there is loss of life and damage to property. To explain his actions, Chauhan later agrees to a live interview with Shivaji, during the course of which Rao raises these issues and airs the Chief Minister’s stand he had caught on tape. Zee Cinema, 9 p.m.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. Zee Studio, 9 p.m.

THE GREY

In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals. Pix, 9 p.m.

CHHOTE CHETAN

Laxmi and her three male schoolmates study in a small rural school in India. They face considerable opposition and taunts as they come from a very poor background. This does result in considerable exclusion, with the three friends find themselves all by themselves. Then one day they come across a youth who calls himself Chetan, who wears a loincloth, and cannot speak a word. They find that he has magical qualities and can perform several athletic feats. Laxmi and her friends befriend Chetan, and together they decide to change their lives once and for all. But can magic solve their problems forever? B4U, 9 p.m.

SAAJAN

Aman is a poor, handicapped orphan who is befriended by wealthy Akash Verma (Salman Khan) during his childhood.

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Akash’s parents adopt him and give him their family name, and Akash and Aman grow up as brothers. While Akash is a womanizer, Aman takes to writing poems under the pen name Sagar. The poems get published, and Aman becomes very popular. One of his fans is a young woman by the name of Pooja Saxena (Madhuri Dixit), who corresponds with Sagar. Akash meets Pooja and falls head over heels in love with her. When Aman comes to know this, he asks Akash to pose as Sagar, which he does, and Pooja and Akash fall in love with each other. A heartbroken Aman looks on, as he knows that although women may like his poetry, they will never come out openly and love him when they see his handicap. CVO, 9 p.m.

KOI MIL GAYA

An Indian scientist creates a computer that can communicate with aliens from outer space, but is killed in an auto accident before he can reveal his work to the public. His pregnant wife (Rekha) survives the wreck but her son Rohit (Hrithik Roshan), when born, proves to be mentally retarded. Rekha (born October 10, 1954) is a well-known Bollywood actress. ... Although grown-up, the mentally weak Rohit is still studying in the seventh grade and his buddies are a bunch of young kids. He befriends the town Mayor's daughter Nisha (Preity Zinta), One day, Rohit and Nisha find Rohit's father's computer in his shed and follow the instructions provided. Soon an alien spaceship visits their town. When the police inspect the footprints, they discover that one of the aliens has been left behind. Max, 9 p.m.

SHIKHAR

How far can greed take a man? Can the 'greens' ever fight the money and might of the builders lobby? Can nature ever win over the bulldozer? These are the riveting issues raised by Shikhar. Pitted against each other in this battle of man vs nature are two different but equally powerful protagonists. Gaurav Gupta (aka GG) is a man who started with nothing and now believes that only money can fuel his ambitions. While Guruji, to the manor born, believes that wealth means nothing if not used for society. Caught in the tussle between the two is the unworldly Jaidev Vardhan, who while respecting his father's philosophy, falls hook, line and sinker for GG's gilt-edged dreams. Filmy, 8.30 p.m.

STAR PLUS P.M. 2.00 Ek Hasina Thi 2.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum 3.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 3.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 5.00 Ek Veer Ki ArdaasVeera 5.30 Yeh Hai Mohabbatein 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Suhaani Si Ek Ladki 7.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 7.30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein 8.00 Ek Hasina Thi 8.30 Nisha Aur Uske Cousins 9.00 Diya Aur Bati Hum 9.30 Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hain 10.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai…. 10.30 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas – Veera 11.00 Ye Hai Mohabbatein P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

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Umar Neeli Chaatri Wale Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Pavitra Rishta Bandhan… Saari Umar Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke Jodha Akbar Jamai Raja Kumkum Bhagya Qubool Hai Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Doli Armaano Ki Jodha Akbar

LIFE OK P.M. 2.00 Savdhaan India 7.30 Gustakh Dil

10.00 Chiplunkar… 10.30 Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai 11.00 Taarak Mehta Ka….

ZEE MARATHI P.M. 2.00 Ka re Duraava 2.30 Jai Malhar 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Julooni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Chala Hava Yeu Dya 5.00 Jai Malhar 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Ka Re Duraava 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Jai Malhar 7.30 Javai Vikat Ghene

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Food Detective How It’s Made How Tech Works Mega Moves How It’s Made The Gadget Show Frontline Battle Machines with Mike Brewer HISTORY

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House The Blacklist Simpsons Year Crazy Ones MasterChef Australia Big Bang Theory House The Blacklist Simpsons Year Crazy Ones Masterchef Australia House The Blacklist

SONY TV P.M. 12.00 CID 8.00 Itni Si Khushi 8.30 Kaun Banega Crerepati 2014 9.30 Hum Hain Na 10.00 Maharana Pratap 10.30 Humsafars 11.00 Maharana Pratap ZEE TV

Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya Bandhan…. Sari Umar Kumkum Bhagya Neeli Chhatri Waale Qubool Hai Bandhan… Saari

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 News in Marathi 3.00 Apradh 3.30 Daivacha Ha Khel Nirala 4.00 Ashi Hi Dharmakanya 4.30 Sansar Maza Wegala 5.00 Janadesh 2014 6.00 Krishi Darshan 6.30 Amahci Mati Amachi Mana 7.00 News in Marathi 7.30 Tu Tota Main Maina 8.00 Anudamini 8.30 Pavitra Banddhan 9.00 Sammaan: Ek Adhikar 9.30 Ye To Hona Hi Tha 10.00 Kab Kyun Kaise

MOVIE CHANNELS

P.M 1.00 3.00 5.00 6.30 9.00 11.00 A.M. 9.20 11.30 P.M. 1.05 3.00 5.05 6.50 9.00

STARMOVIES

Fast and Furious George of the Jungle The Transporter Mr, Myself and Irene Death Race 3: Inferno Ultraviolet Bolt The Unborn

HBO

30 Days of Night The Conjuring Tekken Make Your Move The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

A.M. 9.50 Make Your Move 11.00 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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STAR WORLD

ZEE CAFÉ P.M. 1.50 Grey’s Anatomy 2.45 The Good Wife 3.45 American Funniest Home Videos 4.35 Just for Laughs 5.30 Look Who’s Talking with Niranjan 6.00 Grey’s Anatomy 7.00 The Vampire Diaries 8.00 The Big Bang Theory 8.30 Two and a Half Men 9.00 The Good Wife 10.00 Grey’s Anatomy 11.00 The Big Bang Theory

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LISTING

Yeh Rishta Kya.. Star Plus, 9.30 p.m. Devo ke Dev Mahadev, Life Ok, 8 p.m. 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30

Devo ke Dev Mahadev Ek Boond Ishq Nadaan Parinde Tumhari Paakhi Laut Aao Trisha Savdhaan India: India Fights Back

COLORS P.M. 2.00 Udann 2.30 Beintehaa 3.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 3.30 Sasural Simar Ka 4.00 Udaan 4.30 Shastri Sisters 5.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 5.30 Comedy Nights with Kapil 7.00 Shastri Sisters 7.30 Sasural Simar Ka 8.00 Balika Vadhu 8.30 Uddan 9.00 Beintehaa 9.30 Rangrasiya 10.00 Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi 10.30 Uttaran 11.00 Beintehaa SAB TV

P.M. 2.00 Taarak Mehta Ka 6.30 Badi Door Se Aaye Hai 7.00 Taarak Mehta Ka.. 7.30 Chandrakant Chiplunkar.. 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak Mehta Ka.. 9.00 Chidiya Ghar 9.30 Badi Door Se AayeHai

Aahe 8.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Ka Re Duraava 9.30 Chal Hava Yeu Dya 10.30 Jai Malhar P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 6.00

ANIMAL PLANET

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Life Stories Killing For A Living Fooled by Nature Most Extreme AP Safari: Giant Pythons with Nigel Marven Big Scheme Life Stories Deadly Pole to Pole Fooled By Nature DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Nation 3.00 Food Factory 3.30 Destroyed in Seconds 5.00 Man Woman Wild 6.00 Wild Arabia 7.00 Extreme 8.00 Food Factory 8.30 Destroyed In Seconds 9.00 Man vs Wild 10.00 How do they Do It 11.00 Body Bizarre SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 Gadget Man 2 With Richard Ayoade 3.00 How It’s Made 4.00 Tech Toys 360

DOORDARSHAN

10.30 Milestone Stories 11.00 PYAASA: Film Part I. Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Rehman

DDII (Metro Channel)

P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 6.05 6.30 7.00 7.30

Samachar. Mid Day News Sports News Rang Tarang Samachar News Samachar Business Wrap Metro Scan Desh Pardesh Samachar News

Pyaasa, DDI, 11 p.m.

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News (Hindi) News (English) Late Edition Raat Saddhe Dus Khel Samachar

NAT GEOGRAPHIC P.M. 2.00 In the Womb 3.00 Science of Stupid 4.00 Big Bigger Biggest 5.00 Cat Wars: Lion vs Cheetah 6.00 Brain Games 6.30 Science of Stupid 7.00 Most Amazing Moments 7.30 The Indestructibles 8.00 Animals Gone Wild 9.00 Brain Games 9.30 Science of Stupid 10.30 Do or Die

STAR SPORTS1 P.M. 2.00 Close Encounters 2.30 Champions League T20 14 h/ls 3.00 Cricket Extra 3.50 Champions Leauge T20 14 Perth vs Lahore live 7.10 Cricket Extra 7.50 Champions League T20 14 Barbados vs Northern D 11.10 Cricket Extra

P.M. 12.15 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2.35 National Treasure: Book of Secrets 5.00 The Wrestler 7.00 Wild Hogs 9.00 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 11.45 Drag Me To Hell A.M. 8.30 Eight Below 10.55 Coyote Ugly P.M. 1.25 3.25 6.05 9.00 11.35 A.M. 7.55 10.35 P.M. 2.00 4.10 8.00 10.40

TEN CRICKET P.M. 2.00 SA Tour of SL 14 h/ls 2nd Tet 4.00 Tri Nation 14 Zim, SA, Aus h/ls 2nd ODI; SA vs Aus\5.00 Pak Tour of SL 14 h/ls 2nd ODI 6.00 SA Tour of Zim 14 h/ls 2nd ODI 7.00 NZ Tour of WI 14 h/ls 2nd Test 9.00 Ind Tour of SA 13 h/ls 2nd ODI

CARTOON NETWORK

P.M. 1.00 Roll No 21 Quest for Swarnamani 2.30 Tom and Jerry Tales 3.00 Oggy Special Bhai Bhai 5.00 Oggy and the Cockroaches 5.30 Oggy Ki Badli Boli! 7.30 Local! Gol Mol Gongol 9.00 Oggy and the Cockroaches 10.00 Johnny Test 10.30 The Regular Show 11.00 Adventure Time A.M. 8.00 Ben 10 9.00 Tom and Jerry 10.00 Roll No 21 P.M. 1.00 2.30 4.00 5.00

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POGO CHANNEL

Hanuman and Friends Chhota Bheem Marathon Best of Mr Bean Tom and Jerry: Robinhood And His Merry Mouse Chhota Bheem Krishna the Great Chhota Bheem Hagemaru Chhota Bheem Best of Mr Bean

PIX

Rocky 4 Twilight Never Say Never Again The Grey Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow Slumdog Millionaire Golden Eye

STAR GOLD

The Grey, Pix, 9 p.m.

Coolie No 1 Main Hoon Na Dangerous Khiladi The Action Man Adhinayakudu

A.M. 8.30 Garam Masala 11.30 Once Upon A Tlime In Mumbaai

MAX

P.M. 1.00 Aaja Nachle: Madhuri Dixit 5.30 Policewala Gunda: Pawan Kalyan 9.00 Koi Mil Gaya: Hrithik Roshan A.M. 11.00 Patthar Ke Sanam: Waheeda Rehman

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P.M. 2.00 Liga Bbva 14/15 4.30 Barclays Premier League 14/15 5.00 Italian Serie A 14/15 5.45 Allrounder CL T20 Generic 6.00 Barclays Premier League 6.30 Liga Bbva 14/15 7.00 Barclays Premier League 9.00 One Fighting Championship 10.00 Football Today 11.30 One Fighting Championship

Anaspure 7.00 No Entry Pudhe Dhokha Aahe: Bharat Jadhav 9.30 Mi Shivaji Raje Bhosle Boltoy: Sachin Khedekar

ZEE CINEMA

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CVO

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P.M. 2.30 Ram Teri Ganga Maili: Rajiv Kapoor 6.00 Teri Meherbanian: Jackie Shroff 9.00 Nayak-The Real Hero: Anil Kapoor P.M. 2.00 5.30 9.00 A.M. 9.30

Guddu: Shahrukh Khan Aunty No 1: Govinda Saajan: Sanjay Dutt Suno Sasurjee: Aftab S

FILMY

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Koi Mil Gaya, Max, 9 p.m.

ZEE TALKIES

P.M. 2.00 Balak Gadhavacha Lagna 4.30 De Dhakka: Makranad

Chhota Bheem Game Over Mighty Raju

Thomas and Friends Chhota Bheem Krishna The Great Chhota Bheem Hagemaru

DISNEY CHANNEL

Doraemon Phineas and Ferb Art Attack Gravity Falls The Suite life of Karan and Kabir 7.30 Best of Luck Nikki 8.00 Doraemon 9.00 Have A Laugh A.M. 9.00 Ishaan 9.30 Best of Luck Nikki 10.00 The Suite Life of Karan and Kabir 10.20 Gravity Falls

DISNEY XD

P.M. 1.30 Kiteretsu 5.30 Iron Man: Armored Adventures 6.30 American Dragon: Jake Long 7.00 Phinead and Ferb 8.00 Ultimate Spider Man 8.30 Kiteretsu 9.30 Big Bad Beetleborgs 10.00 Telebrands A.M. 8.00 Kick Buttowski 8.30 Kid vs Kat 9.00 Phineas and Ferb

Performing Kathak to African drum beats

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By Vijay Shanker

r Vinod Hasal's Radha Krishna Academy of Dance and Music, South Africa presented a unique programme of African drum music and Kathak dance at ISKCON auditorium last week. Besides the dynamic drum music, the splendid Kathak performance by Vinodini Hasal left a lasting impression on the packed audience. The programme announcement stated that 540 drums would be played, which was quite puzzling for this reporter who was left wondering how and where the drummers would be accomodated and where would the dancers dance? This reporter was pleasantly surprised to see that behind every seat in the audience, drums were kept and the audience was asked to play along with the host of the show Dr Vinod Hasal. Starting

with simple beats by Vinod and his group of talented drummers, the audience followed and the complete atmosphere was charged with exciting rhythm and the audience were completely exhilarated, followed with a song in praise of Lord Ganesh sung with spiritual fervour by Bhavdeep Jaipurwale. Besides the display of thumris like 'Sundara Mukh' and 'Chalo Sakhi', Vinodini proved the point that a classical dancer has the talent and calibre to dance any form of dance, whether it is hip-hop, belly dance, folk dance or contemporary. Vinodini is a versatile danseuse and has the talent to transform the audience to any level of technical or expressional exuberance or even a spiritual Sufi number that takes the audience closer to the Almighty. If Vinodini continues to dance with same amount of passion and zeal, she can be among the front rank of dancers.

Tabla in focus

By Amarendra Dhaneshwar

very year a unique tabla event is held in the city to commemorate the late Ustad Nizamuddin Khan. He was a fabulous tabla player who injected liveliness into any performance of which he was a part. The tabla event is organised by 'Khayal Trust' in collaboration with 'Kalabharati', with support from ITC/SRA. Tabla players from various parts of the country have displayed their talent here in the past and the audience has enjoyed a variety of percussion wizardry from various artists of eminence – Anindo Chatterjee, Nayan Ghosh, Sabir Khan, Arvindkumar Azad, Dr Aneesh Pradhan and Yogesh Samsi. The programme this year began with a solo tabla recital by Ramdas Palsule who is one of the brightest tabla artistes of the country. We have seen him accompanying instrumentalists of stature of Shahid Pervez (sitar), Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor) and Ronu Mazumdar (bansuri). Palsule hails from Pune and is originally an engineer. He gave up engineering to pursue a career as a tabla artiste. He formance. is a pupil of the veteran Suresh Talwalkar. Palsule belongs to the Farukhabad “A tabla artiste, though trained in a par- school of the tabla. "I believe in mainticular gharana, plays compositions from taining the tradition and also in doing my different gharanas to make his presenta- own bit of innovation. Suppose there is a tion colorful," he said during his per- traditional pattern which is divided into

You’ve got mail! By Sandeep Hattangadi

axman Uttekar, celebrated Director of Photography, makes his directorial debut with the film ‘Tapal’. Nandu Madhav is a postman of an obscure village in Maharashtra where he stays with his wife (Veena Jamkar). They don’t have any children, which is a source of constant grief to them. A young school brat (Mangesh Hadavle) who hates school and creates a lot mischief is taken under the wing by the postman’s family. The boy writes a love letter to the village chief’s daughter which is a source of great consternation to him as one of his friends has been banished from the village because of the same misdemeanor.

IN BRIEF Gwalior gharana concert

National Gallery of Modern Art and Chhatrapati Shivaji Vastu Sangrahalaya will feature eminent Gwalior gharana vocalist Neela Bhagwat in a special concert entitled 'Mahatma' on the eve of Gandhi Jayanti on Wednesday, October 2, at 6.30 pm at the National Gallery of Modern Art, 2nd floor, opposite the Museum, Colaba. Entry Free.

Superhero film

Everybody likes to imitate their favourite superheroes and gods. But if someone were to imagine themselves as the incarnation of god then, imagine what fun that would be? This is the plot of the upcoming Marathi movie 'Avatarachi Goshta' produced by Asian Entertainment. The debutant child talents in this movie – Mihiresh Joshi and Yash Kulkarni – share the screen with Adinath Kothare and Sulabha Deshpande, Sunil Abhyankar, Leena Bhagwat and Rashmi Khedekar.

New romantic album

four segments (chatusra), I will try and use my imagination and play it as a three segment piece (teesra),” said Palsule. He played the 10 beat jhaap taal in all its variations with vigour as well as sensitivity. He was accompanied on the harmonium by Milind Kulkarni who was precise and perfect in rhythm. Veteran tabla player Omkar Gulwady was in his element as he played the 16-beat teen taal. Gulwady belongs to the old school which accords equal importance to sound and silence. He has trained under the most knowledgeable masters like Taranath Rao and Arvind Mulgaonkar. He played compositions of past masters like Haji Khan, Subramam and earned the appreciation of the audience. Siddesh Bicholkar lent immaculate support to Gulwady. Neela Bhagwat, senior exponent of the Gwalior gharana was sandwiched between the two solo tabla performances. She sang a splendid thumri in the raga 'Mand Jogiya' which is a rare combination. It was followed by 'Tadpe Bin Balam Mora Jiya', the dadra immortalised by the great Siddheshwari Devi. It had that special voice thrown in which touched the heartstrings of music lovers. She concluded with the tappa 'O Miyan Jaanewale' in the raga 'Kafi'. Mukta Raste on the tabla and Sandeep Mishra on the sarangi lent superb support to her.

He is frightened and implores the postman to get back his letter but the loving duo take him to town and try to ease his troubles. But the boy is adamant on getting his letter back and refuses to go to his village unless his letter has been returned to him. The villagers assume the boy to be kidnapped and when they find him in the postman’s house they banish the couple from the village. But the boy who grows up and returns to his village (Milind Gunaji) is all misty eyed on remembering the love showered on him by the couple. The film has good performances by the entire cast especially Nandu Madhav and Veena Jamkar. The child artiste is impressive. The excellent cinematography capturing the village contours very well. The film deserves a look in for its good theme and good performances. A good debut by Laxman Uttekar. The film is bound to win the appreciation of the audience.

A new romantic album ‘Mann Ek Pakhru’ was launched on the Universal label with nine songs composed by Sunil Kerkar, produced by Rajesh Pawar, sung by veterans like Shankar Mahadevan, Mahalaxmi Ayyer, Bela Shende, Rahul Saxena and debutant Rachla Amonkar from Goa. The lyrics are by Pramod Koyande.

Debutant Kolwalkar in 'Miss Match'

Popular model Mrunmayee Kolwalkar will make her big screen debut in Alok Shrivastava’s romantic comedy ‘Miss Match’ with co-star Bhushan Pradhan. The film about arranged marriages versus love marriages is written by Nitin Dixit with music by Manas. The other members of the star cast include Uday Tikekar, Bhau Kadam and Jaywant Bhalekar

Salman bats for Marathi films!

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan now wants a lead role in a Marathi film! He expressed his desire while releasing the music of ‘Sanggto Aika’, produced by Vidhi Kasliwal, directed by Satish Rajwade, with Marathi evergreen actor Sachin Pilgaonkar in the lead role. The film will be released all over Maharashtra on October 2. Vidhi’s friendship with Salman goes back nearly 25 years. Salman said “When Vidhi told me about her producing, ‘Sanggto Aika’, I wanted to be associated with this movie in any manner that was possible. So here I am fulfilling my commitment to her by releasing the first look and music launch of the film.”

‘Happy journey’ set for release!

The first look of the much awaited Marathi film ‘Happy Journey’ was unveiled in Mumbai. ‘Happy Journey’ is set to release all across Maharashtra. The film is produced by Everest Entertainment led by Sanjay Chhabria, directed by Sachin Kundalkar and has noted Marathi and National Award winning actor Atul Kulkarni and actress Priya Bapat for the first time on the big screen, along with Pallavi Subhash and Siddharth Menon. “ ‘Happy Journey’ is my dream project, where I have aspired to give Marathi cinema that international gradient treatment of a slick urban motion picture, inspiring the world to look up and take notice,” says Director Sachin Kundalkar.

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COFFEEBREAK

CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 835

ENIGMA CODE 835

ACROSS: 1 Fools playing the lead in "Friends"? (6) 5 Reaction feared by a galley slave ? (8) 9 Catch up and pass a critical examination (8) 10 A Ravel composition for young things (6) 11 Flying saucer ? (4,6) 12 A rough edge will rub the wrong way, right ? (4) 13 Acquiesces in dispersing no scents (8) 16 Make a mistake boy, and turn around, being so near the kitchen (6) 17 Suggests itself to, as it happens (6) 19 Sink, having caught fifty fish (8) 21 Panic, needing strong drink (4) 22 Frightfully nice angle on English gaucherie (10) 25 Native American on Java, surprisingly (6) 26 Inform on female assistant (4,4) 27 High temperature for one or two daisies (8) 28 Give an engaging answer ? (3,3)

DOWN: 2 Hamilton Hume’s fellow traveller detailed this slovenly hut (5) 3 Become member of a union, indeed ! (5) 4 Alison possibly goes out East to get this animal (3-4) 5 They may be discharged with a bang (7) 6 A bit of guts shown by the Spanish officer (7) 7 Don or Bryl's miscast as George Gordon (4,5) 8 Deep breath? (3-6) 14 O, counsel got sick before he ate

Each colour in our code represents a letter. When you have cracked the code you will be able to make up seven words. The clue to first word is given to help you get started. The Clue: Google's web browser

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE BAKERY, BEARER, BARBER, ARREAR, BRAYER, BEAKER, BEARER

MATH PYRAMID 835 this - it made him shake (9) 15 It holds liquid, of course (4,5) 18 Maude to clean up with dissent (7) 19 The tool is a rake the fellow returned (7)

20 Animals to close, perhaps (7) 23 A no-good railway making one badtempered (5) 24 Don't go straight for a remedy against being put inside (5)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 9 Avarice, 10 Re-elect, 11 Killing, 12 Artless, 13 Love match, 15 Serai, 16 Booking, 19 Show dog, 20 Crepe, 21 Apparatus, 25 Latch on, 26 Setupon, 28 Napkins, 29 Improve. DOWN: 1 Jackal, 2 Pavlov, 3 Kiwi, 4 Weight, 5 Breaches, 6 Death's door, 7 Deferred, 8 Stashing, 14 Maiden hair, 16 Buckling, 17 Overtops, 18 Gladness, 22 Push in, 23 Tip-top, 24 Sunset, 27 Tips.

QUICK CROSS 835

ACROSS: 1 Arch of bridge (4) 5 Distance covered by a step (4) 6 Judicial body (5) 7 Employee's delight (5) 8 Authoratative book (5) 9 ___ threats, "or else"s with no elses (4) 10 A lack or want of (4)

HIDATO 835

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The goal of Math Pyramid is to fill the given pyramid with numbers such that the following three rules are satisfied. 1. A cell value must be sum or difference of the two cells below 2. A row cannot have duplicate numbers 3. A number cannot be less than 1 or more than the grid size

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

DOWN: 1 Went bad (7) 2 Brief stop (5) 3 4,840 square yards (4) 4 After taxes (3) 6 Antenna alternative (5) 7 Ferris wheel, e.g. (4) 8 Base two (abb) (3)

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

MATHDOKU 835

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

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TIGER BUD BLAKE

TODAY’S FORECAST

JAGJIT UPPAL

WIZARD OF ID PARKER & HART

B.C. JOHNNY HART

BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

COFFEEBREAK MOON TITHI NAKSHATRA RASHI LUCKY COLOUR LUCKY NUMBER

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Moon in Scorpio till 11.43 p.m. 6th Ashwin Shuklapaksha Jyesht Vrischik (Scorpio) N.Y. Apple Green 1

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: Financially you will have a favorable year. Businesspersons will sign new deals that will assure them of long-term benefits. The employed will be given charge of a special project that will offer ample scope for them to show their talents. Entrepreneurs may travel abroad on work to expand their business that proves to be very successful. Your personal life is brimming with excitement with new associations and romantic entanglements. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be sturdy, attractive, tall, well built, healthy and longlived. Steady penetrating gaze and soft curly hair. Intelligent determined, honest forthright. There will be success in life after age 30. ARIES (March 21 - April 20): You will be expected to manage your own work and also be prepared for any contingencies that could crop up. Also be prepared for a lot of people are likely to drop in on you today. Do not try to impose your views and ideas on people. There could be misunderstandings. You are better off keeping a low profile.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Travel on a business tour to an important centre is likely and will prove profitable. Besides work use this opportunity to renew old ties with business associates. Socially you will have a very busy day when you will be attending a lot of functions and meetings. A long distance call on phone may bring in pleasant news. You will be rushing to complete formalities for a happy occasion to be celebrated.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Meetings and talks will go off very well. Be patient and consider all factors before making a decision. An advance payment will materialize. Loved ones may feel that fun and laughter times are missing. It may be an effort for you to comply but is worth it for all-round happiness.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): This is a good time for making new alliances in business. A former business link is likely to be renewed. If you have any misgivings or grudges from the past you should clear all past issues and begin again with a clean slate. This is going to be highly challenging period in time for you. A chance encounter with a person of the opposite sex may lead to instant rapport and friendship. You could get romantically entangled.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): You will have a busy day at work. A business meeting will have beneficial results. Some news you receive today will lead to gains. Things are moving rather slowly and you have set yourself certain goals. You will find an opening today that may increase the pace a bit. Do not try too hard to make a relationship work if you not getting the right responses. It is better to bide your time than be humiliated.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Your best efforts in trying to get something done will amount to naught. You cannot help it. Just wait for a better time. Your mate or beloved may be away and you could get lonesome. It is a chance to catch up with friends and plan outing for old time’s sake.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): You will now receive news of a good compensation in the form of promotion, increase in income and sincere respect from others. Business folk will expand their enterprise upon receiving a large contract from an overseas organization. There could be some news of a legacy or inheritance coming your way.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): A proposal you had refused earlier may be proffered to you again. Don’t let personal bias come in the way of your work and business. If looking for a job or a change, accept whatever is proffered, for you will benefit in the long run. Do not wait endlessly. Certain developments in your life will help elevate your spirits and enthusiasm to indulge in some fun with loved ones.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): At work you may feel a bit bored with the routine. While there are chances of a change it would be better to wait awhile for there are excellent chances of your landing a job that will be more interesting. In the meantime continue with sincerity and diligence. Your moods could affect harmony at home.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): You will get encouraging news later today. You are on to something good. Do not give up. On the contrary this is the time to give your work all your attention for you may be considered for something more significant and important to your career in the international arena. Your mate or beloved will not disappoint you and may even manage to spring a pleasant surprise.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): There could be an embarrassing clash of interests, which could be upsetting. Rest assured that you would come out of this unscathed. It is not always possible to see everything from all available angles. Sometime a second opinion works out better for everyone. In pursuing your career goals you may have lost touch with love. A development today will make you realize how important it is.

PISCES (February 19 - March 20): Be practical in matters concerning money. Pending issues get sorted out and you will be better organized. Find time to renew old ties with associates. You may be traveling to a place of religious or spiritual interest. You will feel recharged and exultant with your experience.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 5085

ACROSS: 1 Diminishes or returns? (6) 5 Determine the total of (3) 8 Harm by changing "Ruth" (4) 9 Sailor's shout (4) 10 Obsequious underling (3-3) 11 Exodus participant (9) 13 Clayey soil (4) 15 Bench sat on in church (3) 16 Close associate of Stalin until 1934 when assassinated (5) 17 Appearance, facade or perspective (5) 20 Whipsaw win (3) 22 Perplex, become or make hazy (3) 23 A body of experts assembled for discussion or consultation on a subject (5) 24 Rotate or revolve rapidly (5) 26 A polynesian garland of flowers (3) 27 Trickle or leak slowly out (4) 28 Wholesale traders (9) 31 Flat renter (6) 32 One of an Iraqi minority (4) 33 Change direction (4) 34 A large body of salt water (3) 35 Fill with disgust (6)

DOWN: 1 Ruling family (6) 2 A ____ identity : in which one person is thought to be another? (8) 3 Spicy cuisine (4) 4 Dark patch on the surface of the sun (7) 5 Dry stalks (5)

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SUDOKU 2271 Sudoku is a number placing puzzle based on a 9x9 grid such several given numbers.To solve a Sudoku puzzle, every digit from 1 to 9 must appear in each of the nine vertical columns, in each of the nine horizontal rows and in each of the nine boxes.

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

Difficulty Level:

6 Public walk (4) 7 Unlawfull liquor (7) 12 Increase the number of rotations per minute? (3) 14 Microscopic arachnid (4) 18 Hairstyle (4) 19 State of Denver (8)

20 Malignant, sneaky or harmful (7) 21 Popular micro-blogging service (7) 24 Decimal base (3) 25 Group of seven (6) 26 Insect stage (5) 29 Cold water fish (4) 30 Old and withered for the poet (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Idli, 4 Lockup, 8 Cos, 10 Parc, 13 Assembly, 14 Spyhole, 15 Sachin, 17 Fireworks, 21 Sep, 22 IOU, 23 Pus, 26 Annadurai, 27 Ondeck, 28 Air-raid, 32 Meanings, 34 Sway, 35 Oer, 36 Leg-bye, 37 Isle. DOWN: 1 Imps, 2 Lory, 3 Goal, 5 Operas, 6 KGB, 7 Prying, 9 Sse, 11 Apsis, 12 Cheep, 15 Skua, 16 Hour, 18 Rend, 19 Oink, 20 Ron, 23 Purrs, 24 Sania, 25 Pommel, 26 Acuity, 28 A go, 29 I see, 30 Awes, 31 Dyne, 33 Arg.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 2090 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: Z equals W

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

Z I

W G I

Z J W H

G I A I W H I T K E

Z I

T V ;

I B S I K K I R S I ,

H J I R ,

W R

W S H

L P H

D F

R V H

J W L D H

YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: Wanting to be someone you're not is a waste of the person you are

Afternoon WORD MINE

How many words of four or more letters can you make from the letters shown in today’s puzzle? In making a word, each letter may be used once only. Each word must contain the letter at the top of the pyramid. There should be at least one nine letter word. Plurals, foreign words and proper names are not allowed. Today’s ratings: 30 average; 33 good; 36 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: awed, draw, drew, ewer, rawest, sawed, sewed, sewer, stew, steward, stewed, straw, strew, swat, swear, sweat, sweater, sweatier, sweet, tweed, wade, waist, wait, waited, waiter, ward, ware, wariest, wart, waste, wasted, waster, water, watered, WATERSIDE, wear, weariest, weed, weird, weirdest, were, west, wide, wider, widest, wire, wired, wise, wised, wiser, wrist, writ, write.

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

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A jubilant Indian Oil team with the MHAL League trophy after overcoming the strong Air India side in the final on Monday.

UMBAI: Indian Oil staved off Air India’s challenge to clinch their maiden Super League title, the symbol of supremacy in Mumbai hockey. The Indian Oil side, who had finished runners-up to Western Railway in 2004, defeated former champions Air India by a close 3-2 margin in the final of theMHAL League -2014, conducted by the Mumbai Hockey Association

Limited and jointly sponsored by PMC Bank, Bank of India and Union Bank, and played at the MHAL Stadium, Churchgate, here, on Monday evening. Olympian Prabhjot Singh struck two goals, one in each half and Gurjinder Singh converted a penalty stroke in the second half to ensure Indian Oil emerge victorious. Meanwhile, Gaganpreet Singh scored both the goals,

the first from a penalty corner conversion and the second from a penalty stroke to spark Air India’s fight back. The oilmen went into the match with a slight psychological edge having beaten Air India by an identical scoreline in the league phase but their skipper Olympian Deepak Thakur did not think that was an advantage. “That past result did not count as we were playing the

final and fighting for the title. We played to our game plan and succeeded in winning,” he said while relaxing after the match. Mr. Ankesh Jain, Assistant General Manager (AGM), Union Bank of India, presented the championship trophy and the winner’s cheque of Rs 1.10 lakh to the triumphant Indian Oil team and the runners-up trophy and a cheque of Rs 70,000 to Air India. S.K. Uthappa of Indian Oil was declared the ‘Player of the tournament’ and received a trophy and a cash award of Rs 7,000. Devesh Chouhan (Indian Oil), Ajmer Singh (Air India), Vikas Sharma (Indian Oil) amd M. Gunasekar (Central Secretariat) won the individual awards for the best goalkeeper, defender, midfielder and forward respectively and all four received a cash prize of Rs 3,000 each. Central Secretariat won the ‘Fairplay’ award. Results – Super Division – final: Indian Oil 3 (Prabhjot Singh 5th & 65th, Gurjinder Singh 58th – PS) beat Air India 2 (Gaganpreet Singh 50th & 68th- PS).

Agnelites Under-19 Eves State DSO Hockey Champs By Ashok Dhamija

after prevailing n a tense strokes. Sakshi penalty Badala, Rutuja Patil (also scored in the match), Rruchi Bhandari, Rachana Rao and Pranali Patil successfully converted their attempts for the winners. Earlier riding on a brace each by Araminta Kamath , Pranali Patil and Rruchi Patil, the winners had routed Vidya Bharati Mahavidyalay, Amravati Division champions by a margin of 6-0 and latter crushed K N Kela Vidyalaya Nashik Division winners by a handsome margin of 7-0.

AVI MUMBAI: Mumbai Division Champions Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College, Vashi defeated Azam Sports Club, Pune in a tie breaker 5-4 to win the Maharashtra State Girls under 19 DSO Hockey crown at SAI, Kandivili on Monday. With both teams level at 11 the Navi Mumbai based team which had four national players in its fold including their skipper Pranali Patil managed to register their maiden win at State level

By SS Ramaswamy

NCHEON: Looking to end a 16-year-old gold drought, the Indian men's hockey team faces a tough South Korea test in the semi-finals of the 17th Asian Games, here today. The Sardar Singh-led side came back well after losing a tense third Pool B game against Pakistan 1-2 to put it across China 2-0 in their fourth and last league match to qualify for the last-four at the Seonhak hockey stadium. India, who last won a gold in the 1998 Bangkok edition under Dhanraj Pillay's captaincy, are once again looking for a top finish and gain a direct entry into the 2016 Rio Olympics. However, a lot of concerns lie in all departments of their game. Their defense is still not steady in the face of speedy thrusts and the weakness was evident against a skillful Pakistan side. The Indian attack also lacks a real 'livewire' approach and the midfield has still not exercised the authority required at this level. India are depending on earning penalty corners to move ahead in matches, a dangerous trend, and with ace drag-flicker Rupinderpal Singh injuring his groin in the second game against Oman has really not been up to the mark. India are thus leaning on V R Raghunath to bail them out when the chips are down. The fact that Sunil, Chinglensana Singh, Danish Mujtaba and Birendra Lakra have just one field goal each

to their name – even after playing against minnows like Oman and Sri Lanka – tells its own tale. The Indian forwards just run out of ideas when in sight of the target and lack imagination in beating the rival defensive line when the chance opens up. Rupinder still remains the top scorer for the team with 6 goals to his credit, scored in the first two games, while Raghunath has scored five, from penalty corners and penalty strokes. Four-time gold medal winners Korea can just not be taken lightly and have prowess in both field-goal scoring as well as in penalty corner essays. Drag-flick expert Jang Jonhyun, who has already fired 5 goals from short corner awards, besides notching up one-field goal and a penalty stroke strike, is the leading goal scorer of the tournament so far. Another frontline player Nam Hyunwoo, who is a real threat to the Indian defense, will be the man to be marked tightly with his penchant for scoring when even a whiff of a chance arises. He has notched up six field goals so far. He has been backed up in the forward line by Yoo Myosik (4 field goals) and the Indian defense might have a real tough task before them to deny these two speedy and skillful players entries into their 'D'. The Indian team's think tank will be hoping that the defense stands up to the Korean threat and take them to its 12th Asiad final.

‘Super Dan’ takes gold in epic final I

NCHEON: Badminton king Lin Dan saw off world champion Chen Long in an epic Asian Games final as he successfully defended his title and showed he can still dominate the sport at 30. "Super Dan", a day after beating his arch-rival Lee Chong Wei, bested a challenger five years his junior who is considered his successor at the top of the sport. Chen went a game up in the all-Chinese final but Lin fought back to take the second before a show of power and agility in the decider took him home 12-21, 21-16, 21-16. The tense conclusion to the world-standard competition left 25-year-old Chen without a win against the twice Olympic and five-time world champion in seven at-

tempts. As Lin's fans gathered outside the Gyeyang arena, banging on the windows to take a picture with him, the Chinese star said fierce air conditioning had made the job tough. "I'm very happy I took the gold medal -- Chen Long and I have had a difficult tournament because of the wind on the court, but we played a very good match for the crowd," said Lin, echoing complaints from several players in Incheon. Asked whether anyone else could replace him as a Chinese shuttling legend, Lin pointed to team-mate Chen. After a match in which Lin Dan's name was being constantly yelled by the crowd, a gracious Chen said it did not upset him. "We're all from

China and whoever wins, it's OK -- I just try my best."

MESMERISING DUEL A confident Chen was in attacking mood in the first game, surging to an 11-4 lead. Lin failed to close out the points as Chen dug out returns and blocked powerful drives. A flat Lin put the final two points in the net for Chen to take it 21-12. The second game was a mesmerising duel as Lin closed Chen's early three-point lead and went into the break 11-8 up after a driving backhand pass followed by an unreturnable body shot. But Chen punched back to 16-16, keeping his head in complex rallies before his veteran team-mate turned on the class.

Cricket legend and owner of Kerala Blasters football team Sachin Tendulkar at a photo session with the team during the inaugural ceremony of the team jersey in Kochi on Monday.

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Indian men lose to Qatar in volleyball

NCHEON: India's male spikers lost their second consecutive group E play-off encounter as they went down to Qatar in straight games in the volleyball event at the Asian Games. Qatar won by an identical margin of 25-20 25-20 25-20 in a match that lasted an hour and 10 minutes and also officially ended India's chances of making it to the knock-out rounds. India have already lost to South Korea in an earlier encounter. None of the Indian players were upto the mark as there weren't too many successful spikes. The highest

scorer for India was Mandeep Singh with 9 points while Lavmeet Karariya and Naveen Raja Jacob logged home 7 points each. For Qatar, Nadr Sadikh scored 12 points while Ibrahim notched up 11 points. For Indians, the worst performers were 6 ft 9 inch tall GR Vaishnav, who had a horrible Games scoring only four points while libero Kanagaraj Sivasubramanian also couldn't retrieve the powerful smashes of Nadr and John Chigbo.

I am very happy to get the gold which I expected to win today. I have trained for this gold over the last three years. I had waited for this after missing the last two Asian Games. I usually don't perform well in my first throw. But I followed my coach's instructions today to hurl the disc past the 55m mark with my first attempt

SEEMA PUNIA ANTIL, GOLD MEDALLIST, DISCUSS THROW

India's Seema Punia's competes in women's discus throw final at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea on Monday. India's Jaisha Orchatteri Puthiya Veetil [top right] waves to the crowd after her third place finish in the women's 1500m final. [top left] Naveen Kumar prays after winning the bronze medal in men's 3000m steeplechase final.

GOLDEN

THROW

Seema Punia clinches first athletics gold in Asian Games By SS Ramaswamy

NCHEON:: Discus thrower Seema Punia Antil ended India's goldless streak in track and field events on the third day of athletics competitions as she beat back a strong challenge from two Chinese rivals to bag the coveted yellow metal at the Asian Games. Seema ran away with the gold with a best throw of 61.03m in the women's discus throw final while teammate Krishna Poonia finished fourth with a below par 55.57m at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium here. Prior to Seema's golden throw, women's metric miler O P Jaisha and men's 3000m steeplechaser Naveen Kumar picked up a bronze each to boost the country's medal tally from athletics to eight from three days. 31-year-old Seema, who did not participate in the last two Asian Games and who came here after winning a silver in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, took the lead with her very first throw of 55.76 before coming up with her best effort with a throw of 61.03m off her fourth attempt. China's Lu Xiaoxin took the silver in 59.35m while her compatriot Tan Jian, who fin-

ished sixth in the last two World Championships, bagged the bronze with a throw of 59.03m. Seema, who became emotional during the medal ceremony, told reporters that she had been waiting for this moment over the last three years. "I am very happy to get the gold which I expected to win today. I have trained for this gold over the last three years. I had waited for this after missing the last two Asian Games," she said. "I usually don't perform well in my first throw. But I followed my coach's instructions today to hurl the disc past the 55m mark with my first attempt," she said. She said her silver medal in the Glasgow CWG "motivated me to go for the gold here." Asked whether the damp weather conditions affected the athletes in any way, she said, "I wish I had brought two extra pairs of shoes." Kerala-born Jaisha won the bronze in the women's 1500m while army athlete Naveen Kumar stood third in the men's 3000m steeplechase as Indians bagged three medals on the third day of the competitions in the blue-riband discipline. The diminutive Jaisha did some fine front running after the others, including two-

time gold medal winner and defending 1500m champion Maryam Yusuf Kamal of Bahrain, preferred to stay back and come up with a strong finish later. The Indian runner, married to Punjab-based coach Gurmeet Singh, was leading the bunch till just before the start of the final lap when silver winner Mimi Belete, the gold medallist in 5000m in 2010, made the move and overtook Jaisha. Undeterred, Jaisha hung to the lead runner's heels on the back straight but on the second last curve lost some pace even as eventual winner Maryam came up on her and overtook the Indian prior to the last bend in the race. Jaisha tried her level best to catch up to the lead runners without success even as Maryam, bronze medal winner in 2012 London Olympic Games and a former twotime world champion earlier, made a final kick and surged into the lead to take the gold ahead of compatriot Mimi in 4:09.90. Mimi clocked 4:11.03 and Jaisha clocked 4:13.46. Jaisha said it was thanks to India's reappointed middle and long distance coach Dr Nikolai that she could get the medal, her second after a bronze in 2006 Doha Asian Games.

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Sania and Saketh grab mixed doubles gold

Saketh Myneni takes a selfie with other Tennis players after winning gold in mixed-doubles at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.

SHORT CUT Women cagers set up fifth place playoff with Kazakhstan

NCHEON: Sania Mirza and Saketh Myneni combined well to clinch gold medal in the mixed doubles event as India's tennis campaign at the Asian Games concluded with a rich haul of five medals at the Asian Games. The second seeds overwhelmed the top-seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Hao Ching Chan and Hsien Yin Peng 6-4 6-3 in the summit clash in only 69 minutes. Myneni though could not make it two out of two as he lost the men's doubles final with Sanam Singh to settle for a silver. The Indians lost the keenly-contested final 57 6-7(2) to Korea's Yongkyu

After a disappointing few days for Indian basketball, the women cagers finally had reason to smile after they beat Mongolia to set up a fifth-place play-off against Kazakhstan. Playing for pride at the Hwaseong Sports Complex Gymnasium, the women's team outplayed its Mongolian counterpart 68-50 after taking a lead from the first quarter itself. The Smruthi Radhakrishan-led side covered all bases from the start and kept increasing the lead as they progressed. Indian coach Francisco Javier Garcia Alvarez was seen celebrating the win with assistant Divya Singh but a tougher test lies ahead.

MIX BAG & A GOLD Lim and Hyeon Chung earlier in the day. The defeat for the fifth seeded Indian men meant that Sanam could not win a second consecutive gold at the Asian Games, having won gold with Somdev devvarman at the Guangzhou Games in 2010. India had won five medals at the 2010 Games too but with two golds. It was a commendable show by the young Indian players, who performed in the absence of top players. Star players -- Leander Paes, Somdev Devvarman and Rohan Bopanna -- had to pull out of the Asian Games to salvage their sea-

NCHEON: Indian women's hockey team put up a determined effort before going down to a superior South Korean outfit by 1-3 margin in the semi-final of the 17th Asian Games. India will now play in the bronze medal play-off match against Japan, whom China beat 1-0 in the other semi-final. Korea opened the account as early as third minute when Kim Darae's reflex snap shot beat Indian goalie Savita all ends up it make it 1-0. In the 11th minute, India levelled the proceedings courtesy wonderful strike from Namita Toppo from the the top of the 'D'. Namita entered the box and took a rasping shot at the corner of the net to make it 1-1. After finishing on even

keel in the first quarter, Indian girls fought hard in the second quarter before conceding the lead in the 28th minute with a strike from Han Hyelyoung. Korea finally took an unassailable lead in the 42nd minute when Park Mihyun took advantage of poor defending after being fed right in-front of the Indian custodian. Park trapped the ball and then had enough time to turn and slot it after it rebounded off Savita. In the final quarter, India did get a penalty corner but drag-flick specialist Jaspreet Kaur failed to convert it. Indian women will aim for revenge when they meet Japan in the bronze medal play-off. Japan won that contest 1-0 in Guangzhou edition four years back.

son on the professional circuit. Yuki Bhambri won twin bronze medals in the men's singles and double with Divij Sharan while Sania and Prarthana Thombare won bronze in the women's doubles event. Interestingly, Sania, now has eight Asian Games medals to her credit. Myneni, playing Asian Games for the first time, was not only terrific with his big service game he was very agile at net, firing a lot of volleys for winners. The Indian pair targetted Hao and many a times the Taipei girl took the furious shot hit by Myneni on her body. The Indians broke Hao in

the seventh game to take a mini lead in the first set, in which they did not face a single breakpoint. After that break, the set went on serve and got closed when Peng hit a backhand wide on Myneni's serve. Saketh and Sania made a perfect start in the second set by breaking Peng in the first game but it was neuwhen Sania tralised dropped her serve in the fourth game. After being down 0-40, Sania and Saketh saved two breakpoints but hit a backhand out to lose serve. However, they got the break back and again it was Hao who was targetted.

Winning five medals here is pretty good show: Sania

Bronze medal winner Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare during the medal ceremony at Asian Games in Incheon.

Indian eves lose to South Korea

By SS Ramaswamy

NCHEON: Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza feels the five medals that the team has managed to grab at the ongoing Asian Games is a pretty good performance given that the country did not come with the best unit possible for the event. "It has been a pretty good week. We (she and Prarthana Thombare) got a medal (bronze) in women's doubles which is huge because it's something that we never did. I had to be the leader. It's a young team we came here with, didn't come with the best

team possible, especially with the guys. Five medals (including today's) is pretty good," she said. Hyderabad and Dubaibased Sania spoke to reporters as the matches for the day had been put off due to continuous rains at Incheon since Sunday night. The 27-year-old Indian tennis star, who was initially inclined towards skipping the Games to gain doubles points on the WTA tour before changing her mind, said the reason was to provide the country with its best shot at winning more medals in these Games, her fourth on the trot.

"The minute I made the decision to come here, I knew it was the right decision. For me the most important thing was to give India the best chance of winning as many medals as possible. I did what I could and I got two in the two events I played (women's doubles and mixed doubles where she and Myneni will fight for the gold). "Personally it's my fourth Asian Games in a row and I have got medals in every single Asian Games I have been to. For me to get eight medals in the last four editions is pretty good," she remarked.

Indian men win, women lose in Sepaktakraw

Indian men's Sepaktakraw team registered a comprehensive straightgame win over Brunei and Nepal but their women counterparts sunk against Indonesia in preliminary round matches. The Indian team took just 38 minutes to see off the challenge from Brunei 21-12 21-15 in men's regu preliminary group B match early in the day before getting a 2-0 result in their favour after Nepal did not start the match, here at Bucheon Gymnasium. With two wins from as many matches, the Indian men are now placed at the top of the group, while Korea is second.

Sailing put off due to unfavourable conditions

Rain played spoilsport on Monday as it affect the Asian Games yachting competition here and all the races, barring some in the match racing category, scheduled for today at the Wangsan Sailing Marina have been postponed. All those races will now take place today.

India disappoint in canoeing and kayaking final

It turned out to be a disappointing day for the Indians in canoeing and kayaking competitions as none of them could fetch a medal despite reaching the finals in several events. Gaurav Tomar, who had topped the semifinal yesterday, found the going tough at the Hanam Misari Center as he took 4:17:389 minutes to cover 1000m in the Canoe Men's Single (C1) Final A to finish at the seventh spot. Albert Raj Selvaraj also had a disappointing outing in the Kayak men's Single K1 Final A as he finished at eighth spot after clocking 3:59.933 to cover a distance of 1000m.

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INDIANS END FREESTYLE WRESTLING WITH TWO MEDALS I

NCHEON:Bajrang accounted for a silver and Narsingh Pancham Yadav won a bronze today to cap off India's freestyle wrestling competition on a high with the country earning five medals from the mat, including a gold in the 17th Asian Games. Bajrang lost 1-3 to Massoud Mahmoud of Iran in the finals of men's 61kg category to settle for a silver while Narsingh got the better of Daisuke Shimada of Japan 3-1 in the men's 74kg division to finish third on the podium at the Dowon Gymnasium here. Pawan Kumar though Bajrang Kumar (R) in action against Iran's Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari in the 61kg freestyle wrestling match. went down fighting in his repechage bout in 86kg division to crash out of the earn two more points in the then earn two more points was a bit quicker on his banov in the Round of 16, feet.The Japanese managed defeated Ramazan Kamevent. In the final bout dying seconds of the match to have the last laugh. Earlier, on the way to the to pick up the first two barov of Turkmenistan 4-1 where fortunes ebbed and to grab the yellow metal. flowed, the Iranian grabbed Narsingh, who has been finals, Bajrang had beaten points and, at the end of in a victory by fall verdict in the first two points to lead 2- selected in the absence of Tumenbileg Tuvshintulga of first round, was leading 2-0. his repechage round to 0 at interval. two-time Olympic medallist Mongolia 3-1 in the Round Bajrang, however, fought enter the bronze medal Bajrang soon made it 2-2 Sushil Kumar in 74kg of 16 before registering vic- back in the second round play-off. by pinning his opponent freestyle, prevailed over his tory by technical superiority and made a strong comePawan, however, lost his down in the beginning of stronger Japanese opponent 4-1 over Tajikistan's Fark- back to level the scores 2-2. repechage bout against the second half. Massoud in a hard-fought contest. hodi Usmonzoda in the He scored the last point in China's Zhang Feng 1-4 (deonce again surged ahead Although Narsingh quarters. the bout to finally wrap it up cision by points), failing to but Narsingh quickly lev- earned the first point, soon The semifinal bout 3-1 (classification point) to enter the bronze medal elled it 4-4 with just 35 sec- the Japanese made it 3-1. against Japan's Noriyuki enter the final.Narsingh and round. Pawan had earlier onds to go for the bout. The Indian grappler kept Takatsuka turned out to be a Pawan did not have a great won his Round of 16 against The Indian, however, coming back from behind neck-to-neck battle. There start but they could made it Nepal's Sumir Kumar Sah by Great Superiority but went failed to capitalise on the throughout the fight. Down was little to separate be- to the repechage round. Narsingh, who lost 1-3 to down to Meisam Mostafaadvantage even as the Iran- 5-7, he came from behind to tween the two other than ian held on to his nerves to first level the scores and the fact that the Japanese Uzbekistan's Rashid Kur- joukar in the quarterfinals.

Vikas advances to quarters,

three others lose

NCHEON: It turned out to be a largely disappointing day for Indian boxers at the Asian Games with former World Championship bronze-medallist Vikas Krishan (75kg) being the only one to advance, making the quarterfinal, while three others fell by the wayside. Gaurav Bhiduri (52kg), Mandeep Jangra (69kg) and Kuldeep Singh (81kg) bowed out after losing their respective quarterfinal bouts. Vikas was the first Indian boxer to take the ring today and he advanced to the quarterfinals after a comfortable win over Kanybek Uulu Azamat of Kyrgyzstan. The former World Championship bronze-medallist was on the top of his defensive game against Azamat. Vikas is making his debut in the middleweight category after injury forced

first choice and defending gold-medallist Vijender Singh to give the Games a miss. The Haryana-lad relied on his tried and tested technique of counterattack. He waited for his rival to drop the guard and then knocked him back with incisive jabs. With a shell guard which rarely gave Azamat any chance of landing a clear punch, Vikas impressed with his foot movement and his ring craft was duly appreciated by judges, who declared him an unanimous 3-0 winner. Vikas will face Normatov Hurshidbek of Uzbekistan in the quarterfinal. However, Asian Championships silvermedallist Mandeep and rookie Gaurav Bhiduri fell by the wayside in the last eight stage losing their respective bouts 0-3.

India thrash Thailand in Kabaddi I

NCHEON: Six-time champions India notched up their second successive win in the men's Kabaddi competition after thrashing Thailand 66-27 in a Group A preliminary-round match at the 17th Asian Games. The Indian men's team, which has won all five world cups played till now, dished out another dominating show to teach the Thai players a lesson or two in Kabaddi as they surged 29-15 ahead at the break and wrapped up the match after pocketing the second half 37-12. The Indian team registered five bonus points in each half, beside adding two and six lona points in the two halves respectively, while Thailand could manage just two bonus points at each half. India had defeated Bangladesh 30-15 yesterday to start their campaign on a positive note in Pool A, which also consists of Pakistan, runners-up at the 1998 and 2006 Games, apart from

INDIA AT THE GAMES ATHLETICS: Women's 400m Hurdles

Round 1 Heat: Ashwini Akkunji (7am), Men's 400m Hurdles Round 1 Heats: Joseph Abraham and Jithin Paul (7:30am), Men's Discus Throw Final: Vikas Gowda (3:10pm), Women's 200m Round 1 Heat: Asha Roy (3:40pm), Women's 800m Round 1 Heats: Tintu Luka and Sushma Devi (4:45pm), Men's 800m Round 1 Heat: Sajeesh Joseph (5:15pm), Men's 110m Hurdles Final: Siddhanth Thingalaya (6pm). BOXING: Women's Fly (48-51kg) Semifinal: M C Mary Kom vs Le Thi Bang (Vietnam): (10:30am), Women's Light (57-60kg) Semifinal: L Sarita Devi vs Park Jina (South Korea), Women's Middle (6975kg) Semifinal: Pooja Rani vs Li Qian (China), Men's Bantam (56kg), Quarterfinal: Shiva Thapa vs Mario Fernandez (Philippines), Men's Super Heavy (+91kg) Quarterfinal: Satish Kumar vs Hussein Eishaish Hussein (Jordan). Men's Light Fly (46-49kg) Quarterfinal: L Devendro Singh vs Shin Jonghun (South Korea), Men's Middle (75kg) Quarterfinal: Vikas Krishan vs Hurshidbek Normatov (Uzbekistan). EQUESTRIAN: Jumping Individual Final Round A: Yashaan Zubin Khambatta (6:30am). HANDBALL: Women's Classification 7th-8th Place: India vs Thailand (12:30pm). HOCKEY: India vs South Korea: Men's semifinals (1pm). KABADDI: Women's Team Preliminary Group A: India vs South Korea (7:30am), Men's Team Preliminary Group A: India vs Paksitan (12:30pm). SAILING: Optimist Men's One Person Dinghy Race 11 and 12; 29er Women's Two Person Dinghy Race 11 and 12; Laser Radial Women's One Person Dinghy Race 11 and 12; Optimist Women's One Person Dinghy Race 11 and 12; J80 Open Match Racing Round Robin Match 68 (7:30am). SEPAKTAKRAW: India vs South Korea: Men's Regu Preliminary (7:30am), India vs Laos: Women's Regu Preliminary (7:30am), India vs Malaysia: Men's Regu Preliminary (12:30pm). SHOOTING: Skeet Men's Qualification Day 2 and Skeet Men's Team Finals: Arozepal Sandhu, Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Parampal Singh Guton (6am). TAEKWONDO: Women -53 kg Round of 16: Latika Bhandari vs Radzhabova Farzona (Tajikistan). TABLE TENNIS: Mixed Doubles 1/16 Elimination Match: India vs Japan (6:30am). Men's Doubles 1/32 Elimination Matches: India vs Yemen (7:30am) and India vs Nepal (8am). VOLLEYBALL: Women's Semifinal Round for 5th-8th Place: India vs Kazaksthan (7am). WRESTLING: Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg 1/8 Final: Ravinder Singh vs Kebispayev Almat (Kazakhstan), Men's Greco-Roman 71 kg Quarterfinal: Krishankant Yadav vs Jung Jihyun (South Korea), Men's GrecoRoman 80 kg Quarterfinal: Harpreet Singh vs Saldadze Besiki (Uzbekistan).

MEDALS TALLY

Thailand's Santi Bunchoet, in red jersey, is caught by India team, in blue jersey, during the men's team kabbadi preliminary match at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon.

Thailand. India will take on Pakistan tomorrow in their last league match. The Indian women's team, which also started their cam-

paign on a winning note beating Bangladesh on Sunday, will play against Korea today in their second and final Pool A tie.

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China Korea Japan Kazakhstan India

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