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PRESCRIBE ALLOPATHIC MEDS State okays pharmacology classes for homoeopathy practitioners who can now prescribe allopathic medicines after one year course By Shwetha Kannan

35,000 to 40,000 homoeopathy practitioners who have been indulging in the well known he State cabinet on Thursday gave a nod practice of prescribing allopathic medicines. to the proposal of starting pharmacology Dr. Bahubali Shah, Administrator of the classes for doctors practicing homoeopathy Maharashtra Council of Homoeopathy said, making them eligible to prescribe allopathic Continued on pg 8 « medicines. This decision comes as relief to the

CITY’S FIRST CITIZEN FIRM ON SKIPPING INAUGURATION OF T2 AT THE SAHAR AIRPORT AFTER BEING EXCLUDED FROM THE INVITEES LIST

By Vishnudas Sheshrao

umbai Mayor Sunil Prabhu will boycott the inauguration of T2 – the new integrated terminal at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Sahar – which is scheduled to take place today at the hands of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, as he alleges that his name had been 'deliberately'

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After being raided for a prostitution racket involving models in June this year, Meera Tower, home to IAS and IPS officers, is in the news again for flesh trade, this time being run from the flat of BEST GM O.P. Gupta By Zuber Ansari

Railway Minister’s plane! Nowadays, trains are too risky to travel in, you know.

eera Tower, the very high profile building in Oshiwara, where around 70 IAS and IPS officers own flats, was raided by the Oshiwara police, who found a Delhi-based man in a compromising position with a girl inside a flat. They also seized more than 25,000 porn CDs from one of the rooms. Significantly, this flat, number 1502 is owned by the General Manager (GM) Continued on pg 8 «

Foul play at Mumbai University!

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CITY OPINIONS

Would you vote for the Aam Aadmi Party? Abha Dhole Student I will definitely vote for the Aam Aadmi Party. If they are fulfilling their promises and doing good work, why should they not get the trust vote? Abhishek Desai Accountant Yes, my votes will be given to the most honest political party, that is Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP.

Aditya Kumar Businessman No, I will not vote. Calling everybody corrupt and inefficient, except yourself, I think, it is not a fair assessment of people in politics.

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MNVS alleges varsity has accepted nomination forms filled by dummy students

By Yatin Ingle

time of submission. The copy of the form must be attested by a gazette hile the Mumbai Univer- officer. The identity cards of the sity‘s (MU) students coun- students have to be completely cil elections have been filled with the principal as well as hotting up day by day, more issues the student’s signature on it. have come up now. After the nomSudhakar Tamoli, Senate memination and scrutiny process of the ber, MNVS, says “At the time of subelections were conducted last mission of the forms, there were week, the Maharastra Navnirman four students who had not filled Vidhyarthi Sena (MNVS) has stated their own forms. Some third party that a few students have not filled had done it for them. When we the forms themselves and some cross-checked the identity cards, other third party has submitted the the students’ signatures were missforms in their name which is ing. The documents did not even against the rules and regulations of carry the signature of the gazette the elections. With just eight days officer. Then how can the DSW acremaining for the students council cept these forms and nominate polls scheduled on January 15, them for elections? This is unfair 2014 complaints and issues seem and has been supported by the varto be increasing. sity for the elections.” In second week of January, the Last week, the ADC had reported varsity had declared the nomina- that four female students who had tion day after which a scrutiny was been selected as the University carried on by the Department of Representatives had complained to Students Welfare (DSW) along with the varsity that they had been tions on their behalf. The varsity varsity officials and authorities. As threatened by phone calls from stu- had then provided security to these per rules, the forms have to be filled dents’ wings and some political students. and signed by the student at the parties asking them to contest elecDr Mridul Nile, Director, DSW,

HC okays MU’s Student Council Elections By Philip Varghese

Aiman Khan Gym trainer Yes, this time around I will vote for AAP. When voters had asked for good governance, the leaders had ignored them.

Akansha Sarda Teacher Yes, I will vote for AAP as it is for the benefit of the common public and this party will really bring a change in governance.

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told the ADC: “We have verified the students and their forms before accepting them. We did not find any malpractices.”

eeks after a students’ group from the Mumbai University demanded the scrapping of the University’s student council elections alleging that it flouts several rules of the Maharashtra Universities Act 1994, the Bombay High Court on Thursday gave a green signal for the elections to be conducted on January 15. The president and secretary of the council will be elected on that day. The court also refused to grant relief to Advocate Manoj Tekade, who had petitioned in the court

seeking a stay on the polls, alleging gross violations in the election process. This comes as the division bench of Justice S. J. Vazifdar and Justice G. S Patel was hearing a public interest litigation filed by the advocate alleging a violation in the poll process and the use of political influence. The group had alleged that members of various political parties are also involved in the election which is a violation of the Act. “The Act clearly states that the contestants must not be associated with any political party. How-

ever, representatives of various political outfits attend the meeting while the process of scrutinising the forms of the candidates is on,” said Tekade. In his petition to the court, Tekade said that several candidates were allegedly threatened by members of political parties, and despite having complained to the vice-chancellor of the university, no steps have been taken. When asked by the bench if political parties were allowed to enter the university premises during the elections, advocate Rui Rodrigues, appearing for the university, told

the court that no restrictions are put on anyone from entering the premises and that adequate security measures are taken during elections. The petition has sought a direction to constitute a committee to look into the allegations and complaints raised by the representatives, and take appropriate action against the political representatives involved. The bench accepted the statement and said, “We will post this petition for hearing on January 16. Let’s see what happens on January 15.”

Somaiya demands probe into tenders for school benches By Prashant Hamine

ormer BJP MP Dr. Kirit Somaiya yesterday, demanded that the state government halt the tendering process for the purchase of 3.80 lakh school benches in government schools, until the probe is over in respect of changing tender conditions. Speaking to newspersons here, he said that the earlier tender conditions like eco-friendly polymer school benches were changed to polymer benches, and the condition that bidders had to have at least 14 molding machines was also imposed. He said that the initial

cost which was approximately Rs. 89.50 crore shot up to Rs. 159 crore on account of the change in some tender conditions, resulting in a loss of Rs. 80 crore. The senior BJP leader remarked that the purchase of the school benches was under the centrally funded Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), which was supposed to be implemented by the state. Somaiya wanted to know why the condition of 14 molding machines was enforced on bidders. He said that out of the nine bidders who applied for the tender, only two are left in the fray. Somaiya alleged that the tender con-

ditions were changed midway to suit some parties. Somaiya added that another condition stating that the bidder should have a business presence of at least five years in the state was also changed. He said that when he asked the government why the tender conditions were changed midway, officials began pointing fingers at each other. The senior BJP leader stated that another bizarre condition was that the school bench should have a minimum open space of 500 meters and that the bidder should have at least 10 per cent furniture business.

Sahar Elevated Road connecting CSI Airport to be opened shortly

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BMC sets up 35-member Town Vending Committee This committee will monitor and register hawkers across the city while approving licences for them By Khushboo Panjabi

A panoramic view of the Sahar Elevated Road (SER) that connects Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) with the Western Express Highway. The 27.5-meter long SER is the widest deck in the country built on a single pier.

Navi Mumbai police cut down on crime in 2013 The satellite city’s police claim to have reduced crime rate in the city in 2013 with more cases being detected By Khushboo Panjabi

“There is a reduction in crime rate with regard to he Navi Mumbai police chain snatching and small claim to have brought thefts. CCTV cameras and down crime rates in the lights will be set up in isosatellite city in 2013 with lated areas of the city”, 4,928 crime cases registered Sharma added. of which 3,269 of them being Vijay Patil, Traffic DCP solved. In 2012, 4,922 cases said, “There are CCTV camwere registered and 2,985 eras installed at every signal were solved. In 2013, 68 rape cases were registered in Navi Mumbai while 685 vehicle theft cases were registered out of which 197 were detected. The number stood at 772 in 2012 of which 195 were detected. Commissioner of police A.K. Sharma said, “Women were earlier hesitant to approach the police. The Nirbhaya case, which jolted the entire county in December 2012, has however created awareness among Navi Mumbai Police Commissioner A.K. Sharma women”.

which have a special software installed in it which will automatically capture the number plate and the offender’s face”. Purshottam Karad, DCP, Zone I said, “There are special women patrolling vans set up in the city and a special helpline number wherein the citizens can call 18002002122, 7738363836 and for traffic 7738393839 and beat marshals will reach the spot in no time. Earlier there were only 35 beat marshals in the city but now there are 65”. A.K. Sharma added, “In the coming years, the police force of Navi Mumbai will be increased by 3,000 to 4,000 personnel. Currently, Navi Mumbai lacks manpower to quite an extent”. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in

State to have technology varsity By A Staff Reporter

aharashtra cabinet on Thursday greenlighted setting up of a technology university, which will bring under its umbrella the engineering, pharmacy and architecture colleges in the state, an official statement said. However, individual colleges, both government and private, would have the choice to remain outside its ambit.

day after the Bombay High Court directed the Brihnamumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to complete the process of registering its hawkers within four months stipulated by the Supreme Court, the corporation on Thursday held its first introductory meeting with the hawkers and set up a 35member Town Vending Committee to monitor and register the hawkers in Mumbai. This comes as the High Court had, on Wednesday, declined to stay the town vending committee’s first meeting scheduled on Thursday for the registration of hawkers. Accordingly, the committee was set up to implement the National Hawker’s Policy following the Supreme Court’s order wherein hawkers from various unions met BMC commissioner Sitaram Kunte, civic and police officials. Farooq Chaus, general secretary of the Maharastra street vendors association said, “There should be no action taken against the hawkers until and unless the registration and the survey are not completed. A lot of hawkers are facing problems as they are forcefully asked to

shut their business by police officials claiming that it is for security reasons”. Civic officials said that the committee’s work is to identify hawking zones, demarcate hawking and non-hawking zones and approve licences for hawkers. Municipal Commissioner Sitaram Kunte said, “There will be clarification on every aspect and the issues of the hawkers will be solved agenda wise”. Nawaaz Hafiz Khan, Chairman of the Maharashtra Ekta Hawkers’ union said, “If the BMC has to take action against unauthorised hawkers it should be carried out in a transparent manner. A notice to these hawkers should be issued a week in advance or the union representative of the concerned area should be aware of it”. According to the survey by TATA yuva in 1997, the Municipal Corporation collects only Rs.12 crore by way of licence fee from the hawkers, while police officials allegedly receive collective ‘hafta’ of Rs.324 crore annually from unauthorised hawkers. The Municipal Corporation could increase its revenue substantially if all the hawkers in the city were covered. It is estimated that the revenue could go up to Rs.200 crore. khushboo.panjabi@afternoondc.in Azad Shrivastav | ADC

FLYING TIGER… In a run-up to Makar Sankranti, kite enthusiasts were seen regaling with innovative designs during the 26th International Kite Festival at the Priyadarshani Park, Malabar Hill on Wednesday. The festival is being celebrated in Mumbai for the third consecutive year wherein people from different countries participate in the event.

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I have changed my name from Leena Ramchandra Asudekar to Leena Ramchandra Asodekar as per Affidavit. C-29957 I have changed my name from Ashutoshkumar Ratneshwar Sahay to Ashutosh Kumar Singh as per Affidavit No: HY 970348. C-29958 I have changed my name from Monykutty Nelikkunnil Thekkethil Varghese to Monikutty Varghese as per Affidavit No: KG 268276. C-29959 I have changed my name from Sandhya Moni to Sandhya Moni Verghese as per Affidavit No: KG 268272. C-29960

LOST & FOUND We M/s Babaji Shivram wish to bring to your kind attn that an Original Essentiality certificate which was issued by “DIRECT ORATE GENERAL OF HYDROC ARBONS “ has been misplaced from our end. EC NO. - ECIN20 1210180098 Dated 18.10.2012. We request that anyone who fin ds the Original Certificate shoul d have this returned to the belo w mentioned Contact details. Mr. Harish Kumar. Mobile: +91 91 8898080022. C-29947

CHANGE OF NAME

I have changed my name from Diyan Kaizad Irani to Diyaan Kaizad Irani as per Maha. Govt. Gazette No. U-48288 dated 21/27 November, 2013. C-29948 I have changed my name from Prashanth Sadanand Shetty to Prashant Sadanand Shetty as per Affidavit No. KD-942931. C-29949 I have changed my name from Roshan Kumar to Roshan Kumar Shah for all reasons as per the Affidavit. C-29950 I have changed my name from Bal Krashna Sharma to Balkrishan Bangalimal Sharma as per Affidavit. C-29951 I have changed my old name from Indumati Haribhau Patil to Aruna Haribhau Patil as per Affidavit dated 08 Jan 2014. C-29952 I have changed my old name from Hari Amrut Patil to Haribhau Amrut Patil as per Affidavit dated 08 Jan 2014. C-29953 I have changed my name from Vijay Rajnikant Joshi to Vijaykumar Rajnikant Joshi as per Affidavit. C-29954 I have changed my name from Pravin S. Shetty to Praveen Sadhu Shetty as per Affidavit. C-29955 I have changed my name from Ramani Keshav Shanbhag to Surekha Suresh Shanbhag as per Affidavit. C-29956

I have changed my name from Alam Roopas to Alan Rufus Lawrence Fernandes as per Affidavit No: KG 26827. C-29961 I have changed my name from Saumya Moni to Saumya Monikutty Varghese as per Affidavit No: KG 268274. C-29962 I have changed my name from Sunitha Mony to Sunitha Moni Varghese as per Affidavit No: KG 268275. C-29963 I have changed my name from Jisha Gangadharan Nair to Zaara Mohammed Yamin Khatri as per Affidavit No: KG 445894. C-29964 I have changed my name from Yogita Madhusudan Mhapsekar to Pranali Prasad Mhadgut as per Affidavit No: KG 445582. C-29965 I have changed my name from Sunitha Moni to Sunitha Moni Verghese as per Affidavit No: KG: 268273. C-29966 I have changed my name from Memon Salman Haji to Salman Haji Aibani as per Affidavit. C-29967 I have changed my name from “Abdulsalim Ikabal” to “Abdulsalim Iqbal Ansari” as per Maharashtra Government Gazette No. X-51141. C-29968 I have changed my name from Ms Humaira Khania, to ‘Ms Humaira Chohan’ as per Affidavit Dated: 21/10/2013. C-29969 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohd Shakir Khania, to ‘Mr. Shakir Chohan’ as per Affidavit Dated: 21/10/2013. C-29970 I have changed my name from Mahfuz Hasan Khan, to ‘Mahafuz Khaan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U-55622) Dated: 26/12/2013. C-29971 I have changed my name from Tahera Mahfuz Khan, to ‘Taheraa Khaan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 55624) Dated: 26/12/2013. C-29972

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I, Mahfuz Khaan have changed my Son’s name from Amaan Mahfuz Khan, to ‘Amman Mahafuz Khaan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 55605) Dated: 26/12/2013. C-29973

We Mr. Rahamat Jamadar and Mrs. Shabana Rahamat Jamadar have changed our minor son's name from Amaan Rahamat Jamadar Shaikh to Amaan Rahamat Jamadar by deed poll Affidavit. C-29989

I, Mahfuz Khaan have changed my Daughter’s name from Mahira Mahfuz Khan, to ‘Mahiera Khaan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (U- 55606) Dated: 26/12/2013. C-29974

I have changed my name from Heer Ketan Shah to Heer Ashwinkumar Khant as per Affidavit dated 4th September, 2013. C-29990

I have changed my name from Shehbaz Shahid Khan, to ‘Shahbaz Mohammed Saeed Khan’ as per Maharashtra Govt. Gazette No. (X- 3259) Dated: 05/06/2008. C-29975

We parent Mr. Saif Hyder Hasan & Mrs. Sadia Mustahsin apply as per Affidavit Dt 19/10/2013 change of name my son from Mohammed Nawaz to Araad Mustahsin Hasan. C-29991

I have changed my name from Mr. Dipakumar Haribhai Chouhan, to ‘Mr. Dipakkumar Haribhai Chouhan’ as per Affidavit Dated: 21/12/2013. C-29976 I have changed my name from Parvez Ahmed Abdul Rehman to Parvez Ahmed Abdul Rehman Ansari as per Affidavit. C-29977 I have changed my name from Anus Raza Mohamed Amin Khaniya to Anas Raza Mohamed Amin Khaniya as per Affidavit. C-29978 I have changed my name from Saravar to Sarwar Khan as per Affidavit. C-29979 I have changed my name from Fehmina Farid Shaikh to Femina Farid Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit Dt: 10/01/2014. C-29980 I father Mohammed Mohsin Chowdhry have changed my daughter name as Fatima Zahra Mohd Mohsin Choudhry to Fatima Zahra Mohammed Mohsin Chowdhry as per Affidavit. C-29981 I have changed my name from Ashima Rajeesh Bhatia to Aashimi Rajneesh Bhatia as per Affidavit dated 7th Oct, 2013. C-29984 I have changed my name from Rajeesh Bhatia to Rajneesh Bhatia as per Affidavit dated 9th Jan, 2014. C-29985 I have changed my name from Shailesh Bhatia to Shail Behari Bhatia as per Affidavit dated 9th Jan, 2014. C-29986 I have changed my name from Shakeel Ahmed Mohd Yahya Ansari to Mohammad Shakeel Mohammad Yahaya Ansari as per Affidavit dated 08/01/2014. C-29987 We Mr. Rahamat Jamadar and Mrs. Shabana Rahamat Jamadar have changed our minor daughter's name from Noorjahan Rahamat Jamadar Shaikh to Noorjahan Rahamat Jamadar by deed poll Affidavit. C-29988

I have changed my name from Minal Mukund Badbe to Kasturi Makarand Mhadalekar as per Affidavit dated 9th January, 2014. C-29992 I have changed my name from Sujata Anand More to Piya Sachin Jadhav as per Affidavit dated 09th January, 2013. C-29993 I have changed my name from Medha Vivek Deshpande to Megha Vivek Deshpande as per Affidavit dated 09th January, 2014. C-29994 I have changed my name from Saymon Sanjav Koli to Simon Sanjav Koli as per Affidavit dated 09th January, 2014. C-29995 I have changed my name from Abdul Subhan to Abdul Subhan Imami Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 09th January, 2014. C-29996 I have changed my name from Alpaben Champaklal Shah to Alpa Chetan Gandhi as per Affidavit dated: 6 Jan 2014. C-29982 I have changed my name from Shaileshkumar Jayantilal Mehta to Shailesh Jayantilal Mehta as per Affidavit dated: 6 Jan 2014. C-29983 I have changed my name from Yusufi Saifuddin Patel to Yusuf Saifuddin Patel as per Affidavit dated: 9 Jan 2014. C-29997 I Mr. Anilkumar Savjibhai Dhola have changed my name to Mr. Anil Savjibhai Dhola as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/09/13. C-29998 I Miss. Mona Nitinkumar Shah have changed my name to Mrs. Twinkle Dhaval Kotadiya as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/09/13. C-29999 I Sarojkumari Lakshminarayan have changed my name to Saroj Gurudayal Khandelwal as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30000

I Vikram Chosdar have changed my name to Vikram Chobdar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30001 I Sohanlal Chosdar have changed my name to Sohanlal Chobdar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30002 I Kamlesh Chosdar have changed my name to Kamlesh Chobdar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30003 I Mr. Rushabhkumar Babulal Gandhi have changed my name to Mr. Rushabh Babulal Gandhi as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/01/14. C-30004 I Bhavinkumar Jagdishbhai Dave have changed my name to Bhavin Jagdishbhai Dave as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 08/01/14. C-30005 I Dipak Gunvantlal Parikh have changed my name to Deepak Gunvantlal Parikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30006 I Purwani Jain have changed my name to Mrs. Kavita Anand Shah as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30007 I Neraj Singh Sengar have changed my name to Neeraj Sing Harishchandra Sing Sengar as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30008 I Benny B. Gomes have changed my name to Fabiao Caetano Benigno Gomes as per Maha. Government Gazette No U54050 dated : 19/12/13. C-30009 I Maheta Batuklal Valji have changed my name to Mehta Kamlesh Valjibhai as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30010 I Kamleshkumar Vinodbhai Vastani have changed my name to Kamlesh Vinodbhai Vastani as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30011 I Veenaben Kamleshkumar Vastani have changed my name to Veena Kamlesh Vastani as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30012 I Nitinkumar Dalichand Diora have changed my name to Nitin Dalichand Diora as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30013 I Jannathunisa have changed my name to Jannathunisa Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30014 I Abdul Samad have changed my name to Abdul Samad Shaikh as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30015 I Maya Gehimal Karia have changed my name to Mamta Kamal Kewalramani as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30016

I Sheela Ashok Malvankar have changed my name to Sheila Ashok Malvankar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30017 I Pushpaben Rajgor have changed my name to Pushpa Gor as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30018 I Sanjaykumar Rajgor have changed my name to Sanjay Gor as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30019 We Sanjay Gor & Pushpa Sanjay Gor have changed our minor son’s name from Sagar Rajgor to Sagar Gor as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30020 I Nileshkumar Ramdular Chauhan have changed my name to Nilesh Ramdular Chauhan as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30021 I Ms. Anjani Atmaram Nayak have changed my name to Mrs. Dipti Ganesh Shenoy as per Deedpoll Affidavit dated: 09/01/14. C-30022 I Prasada Bhaskara Shetty have changed my name to Prasad Bhaskar Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30023 I Namita Bhaskar Shetty have changed my name to Namitha Bhaskar Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30024 I Bhaskara Shetty have changed my name to Bhaskar Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30025 I Lalitha Shetty have changed my name to Lalita Shetty as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30026 I Maheshkumar Himatlal Sheth have changed my name to Mahesh Himatlal Sheth as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30027 I Rajeshkumar Natwarlal Patadia have changed my name to Rajesh Natwarlal Patadia as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30028 I Bhupender Santokhsingh have changed my name to Bhupendersingh Santokhsingh Sappal as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30029 I Kamalarfin Sayyed have changed my name to Qamar Afrin Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30030 I M. Saqib Sayyed have changed my name to Mohammed Saqib Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30031 I Mohd. Kamal Sayyed have changed my name to Mohammed Kamal Sayyed as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30032

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Raj lambasts Modi’s style of functioning

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MNS chief says the Gujarat CM should have quit his post when chosen as PM candidate

By Suyash Padate & Prashant Hamine

Thackeray also took a dig at Modi’s speech in his Mumbai rally. He said, “Wherever he honeymoon be- Modi goes, he talks only tween the MNS chief about Gujarat. You come to Raj Thackeray and Gu- Mumbai and speak about the jarat Chief Minister Narendra Gujarati community and Modi is now over. Thackeray about Sardar Patel’s statue. yesterday slammed Modi and Why didn’t you speak about said that he should have quit Shivaji Maharaj?” as Gujarat Chief Minister When asked why Modi’s after entering the race for the rallies are drawing attention Prime Minister’s post. of large number of public, Speaking to reporters, Thack- Thackeray pointed out, “As eray said, “A prime minister far as crowd getting attracted has to serve the entire coun- to rallies is concerned, even try, not just his own state. I re- my rallies are equally atally admire Modi’s tended. developmental work in Gu“Maharashtra did not rejarat, but now he must focus quire the Aam Aadmi Party. on entire country and the There is a vast difference bechallenges before India, not tween Maharashtra and New merely speak about Gujarat. Delhi. Today, you are all talkIn my opinion he should ing about AAP, but I have have resigned from his post been saying for the last many the day his name was an- years that vote me to power nounced as a prime ministe- in the state because things rial candidate by the BJP”. cannot change otherwise. I

FRIENDS TURNED FOES: Narendra Modi and Raj Thackeray will fix all the major problems of the state,” he added further. The MNS chief’s remarks have virtually created a flutter in the political circles, since Raj Thackeray shares a very good relationship with Narendra Modi. Thackeray’s challenge to Modi sparked off

Run MatheRun to save Matheran A unique 10km and 10 mile run to promote ‘Green Tourism & Save Environment’ By A Staff Reporter

magine running in nature’s lap, without having to worry about noise or air pollution and also doing something for the cause of environment. Well you do not have to go far, far away as all you need to do is be at Mumbai’s favourite hill station Matheran this Sunday to run the MatheRun -- a unique 10 km and 10 mile run to pro-

A view of the toy train in Matheran. mote ‘Green Tourism’ at the quintessential hill station. According to officials, the run is part of a two-week long campaign ‘Man and Mountain Meet’ (MMM), an event conceptualised by Ecofolks, an environment group from Mumbai. The run is an open event for all those who love Matheran and want to put on their running shoes for a green cause this New Year. Apart from the run a photography exhibition showcas-

Matheran being declared a eco-sensitive zone it is still under threat from various quarters including tourists who litter the hill station with plastic and other trash without even realising that Matheran is a bio-diversity hot spot and several species of unique flora and fauna can be found here. “We want to urge people to start their 2014 with a new resolution, ‘Fit body and a Fitter Planet’ and under the banner of MMM we have several activities that will promote fitness as well as create awareness about the urgent need of developing a feeling of ownership for Matheran so that one is keen to protect it,” added Pimpale. Matheran Eco Sensitive Zone Committee as well as Matheran Municipal Council have joined hands with Ecofolks to organise the series of the Race Director, Shyam Lata awareness events including said, “The scenic run includes the run at Matheran to proa 10 kilometer and a 10 mile mote responsible tourism at run and the runner would Matheran. enjoy the backdrop of Ajay Sawant, President of Matheran and the early Matheran Municipal Council morning chill will provide the stated, “We have offered our best thrill and a great chal- full support to the ‘Man and lenge for the distance runners Mountain Meet’ event. as well as for those looking Matheran is a beautiful hill forward to a Rocky mountain station and only place where dirt track running.” no vehicles are allowed and Paresh Pimpale, Founder it’s our duty to safeguard this of Ecofolks who is organising eco-fragile hill station by prothe run said that despite moting green tourism.” ing the rich bio-diversity and heritage of the hill station is already underway at Matheran to be soon followed up with campaigns to be held by college students asking tourists not to litter Matheran with plastic and other trash. With a good number of tourists already visiting Matheran, nature walks as well as photo walks will also be organized. Speaking about MatheRun,

speculation about a change in their equations. Thackeray was among the selected few leaders who were invited to attend Modi’s swearing-in as

the CM of Gujarat for the fourth successive term. Modi rolled a red carpet for Thackeray when he went to Gujarat to study the state’s model of development. Reacting to Thackeray’s remarks against Modi, state BJP president Devendra Fadnavis retorted back that as the popularity of Modi has cast shadows over other leaders whose TRPs have gone down, they are criticising Modi out of sheer despondency. The state BJP president pointed out that Raj Thackeray had visited Gujarat in 2011 and had showered lavish praise on Modi’s style of governance. He said that Modi is deft in handling matters of Gujarat and at the same time cam-

paigning all over the country. Fadnavis stated that Modi was not just speaking about Gujarat, but also spoke about national issues. Initially the BJP had tried its level best to induct MNS into the Mahayuti. The former national president of the saffron party Nitin Gadkari personally called on Thackeray. Another BJP leader Gopinath Munde also had shown his inclination to take Raj Thackeray in the grand alliance along with Shiv Sena and RPI. However, every time, MNS chief lent a cold shoulder and kept BJP on the tenterhooks. But MNS sources disclosed to ADC that the party leaders favoured a tie-up with the Mahayuti.

06 CHANGE OF NAME I Namrta Ravindra Devrukhkar have changed my name to Namrata Ravindra Devrukhkar as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30033 I Hemangi Prabhakar Warang have changed my name to Shruti Shuchivrat Parab as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30034 I Surekha Sudhakar Bhat have changed my name to Shubha Sudhakar Bhat as per Deedpoll Affidavit. C-30035 I have changed my name from Thomas Arockia Swamy to Thomas Arokianathan as per Affidavit. C-30036 We Tarachand Ratanshi Gosar and Mrs. Jayavanti Tarachand Gosar have changed our son’s name from Kalp Mitesh Shah to Kalp Tarachand Gosar as per Affidavit. C-30037 I have changed my name from Rajeshkumar Chandulal Shah to Rajesh Chandulal Shah as per affidavit. C-30038 I have changed my name from Afreen Salim Gani to Afreen Salim Qureshi as per Affidavit. C-30039 I have changed my name from Saleem to Salim Qureshi as per Affidavit. C-30040 I have changed my name from Shabana Salim Gani to Shabana Salim Qureshi as per Affidavit. C-30041 I have change my name from Abdul Manan Abdul Sattar to Abdul Mannan Abdul Sattar Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30042 I have changed my name from Twinkle Mahesh Patel to Ayesha Mohammed Nasir Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30043 I have changed my name from Bhagavathi Chandra Bahadur to Kalawati Bhan Bahadur Swar as per Affidavit. C-30044 I have changed my name from Moushmi Kamlesh Khandor to Moushmi Mahendra Morabia as per Affidavit. C-30045 I have change my name from Prateek Shivaji Patankar to Pratik Shivajirao Patankar as per Affidavit. C-30046 I have changed my name from Hiyadevi to Hemadevi as per Affidavit. C-30047 I have changed my name from Shailesh Kumar Hasmukhrai Shah to Shailesh Hasmukhrai Shah as per Affidavit. C-30048 I have changed my name from Hasmukhbhai Shah to Hasmukhrai Shah as per Affidavit. C-30049

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I have changed my name from Mohammed Ali Abdul Ghafoor to Mohammed Ali Abdul Ghafoor Shaikh as per Affidavit C-30050

I have changed my name from Bhimrao Shamrao Kamble to Amol Shamrao Kamble as per Affidavit. C-30067

I have changed my name from Chinjan Ramesh B. Sidhpura to Kinjal Ramesh Siddhpura as per Affidavit. C-30051

I have changed my name from Abey George Philip to Philip Abey George as per Affidavit. C-30068

I have changed my name from Ramesh B. Sidhpura to Ramesh Babubhai Siddhpura as per Affidavit. C-30052 I have changed my name from Kalpana Ramesh B. Sidhpura to Kalpana Ramesh Siddhpura as per Affidavit. C-30053 I have changed my name from Yasmin Mubarakali Labbay to Yasmin Mubarak Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30054 I have changed my name from Mubarak Ali Labbay to Mubarak Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 08.01.2014. C-30055 We Mr. Mubarak Ali Shaikh and Mrs. Yasmin Mubarak Ali Shaikh parents of minor daughter had changed her name from Miss Aafiya Mubarakali Labbay to Miss Aafiya Mubarak Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 08.01.2014. C-30056 I have changed my name from Karankumar Dhiraj Satra to Karan Dhiraj Satra as per Affidavit. C-30057 I have changed my name from Sahibaj Mohd Ali Shaikh to Shaibaz Mohd Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30058 I have change my name from Sachin Harilal Mistry to Sachin Harilal Nikam as per Affidavit. C-30059 I have changed my name from Rajeshkumar Arvindlal Kansara to Rajesh Arvindlal Kansara as per Affidavit. C-30060 I have changed name from Mangru Gupta to Mangalur Gupta as per Affidavit. C-30061 I have changed my name from Shivrambhai Panchal to Shivram Panchal as per Affidavit. C-30062 I have changed my name from Pradep Ramchandra Shelke to Pradip Ramchandra Shelke as per Affidavit. C-30063 I have changed my name from Rebana to Rebecca John as per Affidavit. C-30064 We have changed our minor child name from Rsromila Abbirami to Romilha Abbirami Raviraj as per Affidavit. C-30065 I have changed my name from Tahera Begum to Tahira Begum Ansari as per Affidavit. C-30066

I have changed my name from Ritesh Hemendrakumar Jain to Riteshkumar Hemendrakumar Jain as per Affidavit. C-30069 I have changed my name from Rajeshkumar Dharamsingh to Rajeshkumar Baniyal as per Affidavit. C-30070 I have changed my name from Serina Nelson D’silva to Sherina Nelson D’silva as per Affidavit. C-30071 I have changed my name from Afreen Bano Asgar Ali and Aafreen Bano Asghar Ali to Afreen Bano Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30072 I have changed my name from Asgar Ali Abbas Ali to Asgar Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30073 I have changed my name from Kamar Jahan Asgar Ali to Qamar Jahan Asgar Ali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30074 I have changed my name from Getrude Thomas Lopes to Gertrude Thomas Lopes as per Affidavit. C-30075 I have changed my name from Getutrude Thomas Lopes to Gertrude Thomas Lopes as per Affidavit. C-30076 I have changed my name from Iqbal Khan to Mohammed Iqbal Chottu Khan as per Affidavit. C-30077 I have changed my name from Nisar Ahmad Maulaali Shaikh to Nisar Maulaali Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30078 I have changed my name from Irshad Izhar Ahmed Iraki to Irshad Izhar Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 08-01-2014. C-30079 I have changed my name from Sugra Izhar Ahmed Iraki to Sugra Khatoon Izhar Ahmed Shaikh as per Affidavit dated 08-01-2014. C-30080 I have changed my name from Mohammed Ahteshan Qureshi to Mohammed Atif Qureshi as per Affidavit dated 19-11-2013.

I have changed my name from Madan D Awti to Madan Devappa Awati as per Affidavit. C-30084 I have changed my name from Mrs.Saira Mohammed Nasir Khan to Mrs.Saira Banu Mohammed Nasir Khan as per Affidavit dated 09/01/2014. C-30085 I have changed my name from Mr. Mohmmed Sharib Mohammed Nasir Khan to Mr.Sharib Mohammed Nasir Khan as per Affidavit dated 0 9/01/2014. C-30086 I have changed my name from Sathaiah Vasala to Satyanarayana Vasala as per Affidavit dated 09/01/2014. C-30087 I have changed my name from Gautami Vasala to Kaavya Vasala as per Affidavit dated 09/01/2014. C-30088 I have changed my name from Khalil Ahmad Mohammad Ali to Khalil Ahmed Mohammed Ali as per Affidavit dated 09/01/2014. C-30089 I have changed my name from Dharmendra Pukhraj Regar to Dharmendra Pukhraj Sunariwal as per Affidavit. C-30090 I have changed my name from Priti Deepesh Zaveri (Married Name Divorce) to Priti Dipak Mehta (Maiden Name) as per Affidavit. C-30091 I have changed my name from Mammad Kasim Shaikh to Mohammad Kasim Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30092 I have changed my name from Bismilala Shaikh to Bismillah Mohammad Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30093 I have changed my name from Fahat Bashir Meman to Fahad Bashir Hunani as per Affidavit. C-30094 I have changed my name from Reyaz Ahmad Mohammad Khan to Reyaz Ahmad Ate Mohammad Khan as per Affidavit. C-30095 I have changed my name from Zafarul Malik Mohammad Tarique Ansari to Zafar Mohammad Tarique Ansari as per Affidavit. C-30096 I have changed my name from Mohammad Maroof Bashir Ahmad Momin to Maroof Ahmad Bashir Ahmad Ansari as per Affidavit. C-30097

C-30081 I have changed my name from Mohamed Aslam Qureshi to Mohammed Israr Qureshi as per Affidavit Dated 19-11-2013. C-30082 I have changed my name from Gowri Alias Shruti Madan Awti to Shruti Madan Awati as per Affidavit. C-30083

I have changed my name from Alamgeer Zainul Abedeen to Alamgeer Zainul Abedeen Ansari as per Affidavit. C-30098 I have changed my name from Khawaja Mohammad Shareef Bashir Ahmad to Mohammad Shareef Basheer Ahmad Ansari as per Affidavit. C-30099

I have changed my name from Sufayan Hidayatullah Gothekar to Sufiyan Hidayatullah Gothekar as per Affidavit. C-30100

I have changed my name from Geetaben to Geeta Shekar as per Affidavit. C-30117

I have changed my name from Amir Firoz Khan to Aamir Firoz Khan as per Affidavit. C-30101

I have changed my name from George Jevi Raja Chatiyar to George Esakkiappan as per Affidavit. C-30118

I have changed my name from Mohamad Rafik to Mohamad Rafique as per Affidavit. C-30102

I have changed my name from Krushna Rajaram Kate to Krishna Rajaram Kate as per Affidavit. C-30119

I have changed my name from Imran Mohd Harun Khan to Imran Haroon Khamisa as per Affidavit. C-30103

I have changed my name from Jevi Raja Chatiyar to Esakkiappan Kanaiya as per Affidavit. C-30120

I have changed my name from Shahana Sharid Poonawala to Khairunnisa Sharid Poonawala as per Affidavit. C-30104

I have changed my name from Mohan Bhaskaran Nair to Mihraan Nair as per Affidavit. C-30121

I have changed my name from Mycel Sampage Tangaro to Maryam Rehan Ansari as per Affidavit. C-30105 I have changed my name from Machhiwala Yusuf Abdul Sattar to Machiwala Yusuf Sattar as per Affidavit. C-30106 I have changed my name from Abdul Sattar Machhiwala to Sattar Machhiwala as per Affidavit. C-30107

I have changed my name from Swati Narayan Hanamghar to Kalpana Narayan Hanamghar as per Affidavit. C-30122 I have changed my name from Rafiquddin Nargolia to Rafik Shaikh as per Affidavit. C-30123 We Mr. Mulkwad Vijay and Mrs. Mulkwad Seema have changed our minor daughter name from Mulkawad Rachel Vijay to Mulkwad Rachel Vijay as per Affidavit. C-30124

I have changed my name from Purshottam Tapria to Purushottam Taparia as per Affidavit. C-30108

I have changed my name from Mulkawad Vijay Laxmikant to Mulkwad Vijay Laxmikant as per Affidavit. C-30125

I have changed my name from K.Gowtham Kumardev to Karnam Gowtham Kumardev as per Affidavit. C-30109

I have changed my name from Mulkawad Seema Vijay to Mulkwad Seema Vijay as per Affidavit. C-30126

I have changed my name from Abdul Gulam Hussan Pangarkar to Abdul Sameeh Gulam Hussain Pangarkar as per Affidavit. C-30110

I have changed my name from Harrisan Semma Vincent to Mulkwad Seema Vijay as per Affidavit. C-30127

I have changed my name from Shivbabu Vindhyavasini Konojia to Shivbabu Vindhyavasini Kanojiya as per Affidavit. C-30111 I have changed my name from Ashok Kumar Baiyalal Gupta to Ashok Baiyalal Gupta as per Affidavit. C-30112 I have changed my name from Anitadevi Jain to Anita Jain as per Affidavit. C-30113 I have changed my name from Rajendra Jain to Rajendrakumar Jain as per Affidavit. C-30114 I have changed my name from Sankeet Kumar Jain to Sankeet Rajendrakumar Jain as per Affidavit. C-30115 I have changed my name from Shekhar Gopal Shastri to Shekar Gopal as per Affidavit. C-30116

I have changed my name from Miss. Kankavadi Mani to Miss. Jessica Mani Nadar as per Affidavit. C-30128 I have changed my name from Amit Kumar Lalan Singh to Amit Lalan Singh as per Affidavit. C-30129 I have changed my name from John Thavalappara Skariah to John Thavalappara Skaria as per Affidavit. C-30130 I have changed my name from Shabbir Afsar Ali to Shabbir Ali Afsar Ali as per Affidavit. C-30131 I have changed my name from Ntapur Afsar Hussein Khaja Hussain to Shaikh Afsar Hussain Khaja Hussain as per Affidavit dated 08.01.2014. C-30132 I have changed my name from Suchita Dilip Lade to Suchita Saurabh Gore As Per Govt. of Maha. Gazette No (X-42854) Dated Sept.- 26-Oct- 2, 2013. C-30133

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Five persons, including impotent tuition teacher, held for forcing his wife to have sex with his friends

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he Nirmal Nagar police on Thursday arrested a Kherwadi based tuition teacher for forcing his wife to have sex with his friends. According to the police, since the accused is impotent and wanted his wife to conceive, he forced her to sleep with his friends. According to the police, the couple who stays in Kherwadi, Bandra (E), got married in 2009. Soon after the marriage, the accused confessed to the victim that he was impotent. “The accused asked his wife to keep his confession a secret in order to save him from embarrassment in front of his family and society. He also convinced his wife to have sex with his friends so that she could get pregnant,” said a police officer from Kherwadi police station.

As per the victim’s statement, soon after the accused made this confession, they shifted from his Kherwadi residence to a rented flat Chembur where the accused made new friends in the locality, whom he told about his impotency. He then convinced them to have sex with his wife on different occasions, making this continue for almost two years. When she could not get pregnant even after two years, the accused shifted back to his home in Kherwadi. At Kherwadi too, the accused kept on forcing his wife to entertain his friends. “Knowing that his neighbours in Kherwadi would figure out that something was amiss, the accused booked hotels and lodges. On most occasions, he witnessed the rape. However, despite all the efforts by the accused to maintain his secret about his impotency, the word spread in the locality and the neigh-

he Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai’s crime branch has now started probing the brokers’ role in connection with the National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) payment crisis racket of Rs. 5,600 crore. The investigators came across certain disparities and irregularities in the manner in which the business was being conducted in NSEL, which makes apparent the role of brokers in the scam, said the police. After the probe into the NSEL scam was initiated more than two months ago, sleuths from the EOW, for the first time, have come across the brokers’ hand in the racket. With regard to the brokers’ role, police are presently probing the angle of difference in time between the purchase and sale transactions,

and the non-collection of delivery order and warehouse receipts, informed a police source who is privy to the details of probe. Talking the ADC, Additional CP (EOW), Rajvardhan Sinha said, “There are strong reasons to believe that the brokers played a vital role in the entire racket.” According to investigators, there should be a minimal gap between the sales and purchase of commodities while trading. However, there was a huge gap of between 20 minutes and a couple of hours between the sales and purchases during trading, said the police. This clearly highlights that the brokers managed to earn maximum profit, perhaps, on every transaction. “Moreover, the brokers, who were acting on the behalf of the investors, did not collect the delivery orders and warehouse receipts, which are

considered the title of the goods. This becomes a criminal breach of trust”, said a source. Hitherto, the EOW was probing the role of the directors and management officials of the NSEL. In this regard, the police has taken down the statements of the main accused Jignesh Shah, Vice Chairman, Financial Technologies and the promoter of NSEL, as well as of his trusted aides Joseph Massey, MD, MCX-SX, and Shreekant Javalgekar, MD, MCX. Early this week, a 9000 page chargesheet was submitted by the police, in which the names of five accused, namely Amit Mukherjee, Jay B, Anjani Sinha, Nilesh Patel and Arunkumar Sharma are mentioned. However, the chargesheet bears no mention of the names of Shah, Massey and Javalgekar.

bours began taunting the couple over their characters,” the officer further added. This led to frequent fights between the couple and the accused began harassing his wife over domestic issues. Following the increasing mental harassment, the victim left her husband’s house and while staying with her parents, approached the Nirmal Nagar police last week. After verifying the facts, the Nirmal Nagar police registered a complaint on Thursday night and arrested the accused and five of his friends in connection with the case. Police inspector Balwant Deshmukh of Nirmal Nagar police station said, “The accused’s friends have been booked under Section 376 for rape, while the husband is booked under Section 418 for cheating with the knowledge that wrongful loss may ensue to person whose interest the offender is bound to protect and Section 498 for enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a married woman. Section 34 for common intention has also been invoked on all the accused. We have so far arrested five people in the case including the victim’s husband and are expecting to make more arrests soon. The accused will be produced in the court on Friday.”

Girl run over by speeding trailer; driver arrested

EOW probes brokers’ role in NSEL scam By Neel Shah

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The mishap occurred when she was crossing the road and was hit 10-year-old girl from Mumbra by the trailer proceeding to Kharitownship was mowed down by gaon Retibunder towards the toll speeding trailer, police said on check-post, police said. Thursday. The girl died on the spot followThe incident happened last ing which driver Chindasingh Daynight when victim identified as alsingh Jatt (45) from Uttar Komal Teju Rathod was on her way Pradesh was arrested. to home in Sailesh Nagar, Police He was charged under section Inspector S.R. Munde of Mumbra 304 of the IPC and 279 of the MV police station told PTI. Act, police added.

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2 Dombivli youth held for abetting suicide By A Staff Reporter

he Thane police arrested two youth, both aged around 20, on Wednesday, allegedly for forcing a 16-year-old girl to end her life under utter duress, the Thane police said yesterday. The police registered an offence based on a complaint by the girl's parents, against unknown persons and arrested Dombivli residents Vilas Ramesh Rathod (22) and Lax-

man Ashok Chavan (20) on Wednesday evening, the police said. They have been charged under Section 376 and Section 306 of the Indian Penal Code, besides Section 3, Section 4 and Section 7 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act of 2012, the police said. Assistant police inspector M.B. Awhad of the Narpoli police station in Bhiwandi told PTI on Thursday that the victim who was a resident

of Dombivli ended her life by consuming poison on January 6. According to preliminary information, the girl who was raped by some unknown person some seven months ago was seven months pregnant and disturbed about the fact that she was raped and pregnant. She wanted to conceal the fact from others and took the extreme step of consuming poison to end her life in Bhiwandi town, the police said.

THE MISTY MORNINGS OF MUMBAI... Mumbaikars woke up to a heavy fog cover on Thursday morning resulting in low visibility which disrupted train services from Navi Mumbai.

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MUMBAI | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2014 Continued from pg 1 « “I admire the Government for taking this decision depsite the numerous protests. This is a good decision keeping in mind the public health services. It is an open secret that many homoeopathy practitioners also practice allopathy causing no harm to their patients. This has been happening since ages. In Maharashtra, out of the 60,000 and odd homoeopathy doctors, 35000 to 40,000 prescribe allopathic medicines also. But they were doing so with a sword hanging over their heads. But this decision will now validate and make official their allopathy practice as well. Their quality of service to patients will improve after taking the one year course in pharmacology.” But this decision has not gone down well with practitioners of allopathy. The Indian Medical Association, (IMA) Maharashtra feels that this decision has been taken to fulfill the vested Continued from pg 1 « of the Bombay Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) O P Gupta, who when asked, said that he was completely unaware about the activity going on in his flat and had rented out the flat to the Mukharjee family seven years ago at Rs.80,000 per month. According to Oshiwara po-

PUBLIC NOTICE Late Shri. Yashwant Gopal Manerikar a member of the Everest Co-operative Housing Society Ltd., in respect of Flat No. 3, Building No. 4, Dindayal Road, Dombivali West and holds Twenty Five shares. The Original certificate of Shri. Yashwant Gopal Manerikar bearing Shares Nos. 953 to 977 having Certificate No. 039 is misplaced & lost and can’t traceable and hence his daughter Sou. Vandana Vinayak Thite is applied to the society for getting a duplicate Share Certificate. If anybody has any objections towards the aforesaid certificate & flat can do so within the period of 15 days from the publication of this notice to the undersigned in writing otherwise the necessary action shall be taken accordingly. Place: Dombivli Date: 08-01-2014 Sd/Shri Dilip K. Gandhi, Advocate, 3, Satchidanand Society, Tilak Road, Opp. HDFC Bank, Dombivli (East).

PRESCRIBE ALLOPATHIC MEDS interests of the ministers who themselves run several homoeopathic colleges in the state. “We strictly oppose this decision as this is like giving the non-allopathic doctors a backdoor entry into the realm of allopathy. There are several minsters whose name I would not want to mention who have homoeopathic medical colleges and this decision is favourable to them. It is for their vested interests that this decision has been passed. Also, how is it possible that what took us four years to learn would be learnt by the non-allopathic doctors within a year? This is like playing with people's health as there are instances where cross practicing has endangered people's lives. This is a wrong decision and we will fight it. And yet if a Government Resolution is made, we will go on a strike or if required, approach the court,” said Dr.

Dilip Sarda, President, IMA, Maharashtra. The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) feels this decision projects the branch of homoeopathy medicine in a bad light. “Allowing homoeopathy doctors to practice allopathy will make people feel that the branch of homoeopathy is not good enough to cure people. Then why have so many homoeopathy medical colleges at all? Also, giving homoeopathy practitioners a crash course of a year and letting them prescribe modern medicines is playing with people's lives as it takes time to get knowledge about the medicines. Are we fools to give four years of our lives of pharmacology when it could be learnt in a year's time? This is not done. We will agitate and protest this decision,” said Dr. Santosh Wakchaure, president, MARD.

During interrogation, family members revealed that they were purchasing southlice sources, “We got informa- based porn movies from Hytion about flesh trade being derabad, Bangalore, and conducted inside 1502, and other cities, and after making laid a trap. We found a girl copies, were selling them at named Misty Mukharjee in a various places in the city and compromising condition with adjoining Thane district. a Delhi-based man named Chandrakant PrabhabhRakesh Kothariya. We found nath Mukharjee (father) and more than 25,000 porn CDs Samarth Chandrakant during a search of the flat. Mukharjee (son) have been The girl reportedly used to booked, while Rakesh stay along with her other Kothariya, Misty Mukharjee, family members, including a and her mother were debrother, father and mother. tained, police added. Police are investigating the Samarth claimed to be a case from all possible angles writer, and police suspect as they are suspecting that that he was in touch with the whole family is involved other girls in the prostitution in the prostitution racket racket. All were booked under being run from the flat. 292 IPC and 66 (A), 67 (A), 67 (B) and IT Act. The police will PUBLIC NOTICE produce the accused in the court on Friday for remand. Notice is hereby given that my client, Mr. Viral Hitesh Shah & Others, was going to In the month of June, flat Nallasopara (E) on Autorickshaw Original B-1402 was raided and five Agreement Between M/s R. Ratilal & Co. and girls were discovered there Dinesh Dayashankar Singh Flat No. 2K, Cwith a modeling agent who Wing, Bldg. Known as “Camellia” Villagedoubled up as their pimp. More, Nallasoara (E), lost on Autorickshaw Dated 28/12/2013 time 10.00 A.M. Original Flat B-1402 belongs to an IAS document No. Chha-48, Dated 03/01/1990. officer Shruti Mantri, and was So we hereby invite claim or objection that any rented out to model coordiperson having any claim or objection against or nator Imtiaz Khan, who was into or upon in respect of said land howsoever are hereby required to make the same known allegedly using the flat to opin writing to our advocate office within 14 days erate a prostitution racket.

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Mr. D. S. TIWARI Date : 09/01/2014 (Advocate High Court) Shop No. 19, Akanksha Tower , Near Rly. Station, Nallasopara(E).

MAYOR INSULTED! Continued from pg 1 « omitted from the invitation card for the event. According to the Mayor’s office, Prabhu has expressed his displeasure and protest by writing a letter to the Prime Minister, Governor and Chief Minister of Maharashtra. While talking to his staff, Prabhu reportedly said, “I felt very insulted as, despite being the first citizen of the city, my name was not included in the invitation card.” As per protocol, the Mayor – being the first citizen of the city – always has his name included in an invitation card, when the event is held by the BMC.

45-yr-old gets 10-yr RI for raping minor

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Kersu Yadav (45) had forcefully raped a 7-year-old girl at he Sessions Court, Vasai his tenement in Nallasopara on Thursday sentenced on April 4, 2011. a 45-year-old man to 10 Following a complaint regyears’ Rigorous Imprison- istered by the girl’s parents, ment (RI) on charges of rap- the police arrested Yadav and ing a minor girl at his booked him under section Nallasopara residence in 376 (Rape) of the IPC. Judicial 2011. The rapist, identified as Magistrate, R.M. Joshi found

Yadav guilty of the crime and awarded him 10 years’ RI and a monetary fine of Rs.25,000. Strong arguments supported by clinching evidences tabled by public prosecutor Ujwla Mohalkar, established Yadav’s involvement in the crime and his subsequent conviction in the case.

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stand but I was forced to go out”. He added, “Shiv Sena chief will take a call on this issue. It should not be brought up in the BMC and the civic body’s time should not be wasted by adjourning the general body meeting”. Mayor Sunil Prabhu said that it is an intra-party issue and should be resolved amicably. He assured that such things will not be repeated.

hiv Sena’s lady councillors recently complained that they feel insecure while working in the civic body and in their respective local wards as some party workers are trying to malign their images. Sena President Uddhav Thackeray, who was supposed to address their grievances on Thursday, postponed the meeting till Sunday. All the lady councillors across the party protested against this and the general body meeting of the corporation was thus adjourned on Thursday. A lady councillor who does not wish to be named said, “Our own senior party leaders are indulging in activities like writing names and mobile numbers of lady councillors in the toilets”. Sena councillor from Borivali, Shital Mhatre said, “Someone had written my name and mobile number in a toilet stating that I was a prostitute. My phone was continuously ringing. I was mentally disturbed and almost broke down. Only men with psychological disorders can do things like these. I have registered a police complaint”. Bharatiya Janata Party

Uddhav Thackeray: House divided. councillor Manisha Chaudhari said, “A local Sena legislator, along with a private developer, is doing this for vested interests”. When these women councillors were discussing this issue in the Mayor’s chamber, Sena councillor and son of a legislator, Abhishek Ghosalkar, was allegedly video shooting it. The women then asked him to vacate the cabin. Abhishek Ghosalkar said, “These are false allegations. I did not shoot their video. They were making allegations against my father and hence I was trying to justify my

AWARDS TIME: Tanisha Singh, Arjumman Mughal, Madhushree and Yogesh Lakhani at 20th Lions Gold Awards function held in the city, recently. South actress Tanisha Singh bagged the ‘Best Face Searched On Internet’ award, while Arjumman Mughal performed on a musical medley, Yogesh Lakhani of Bright Outdoor received the ‘Best Outdoor Company Award’. Madhushree got the ‘Versatile Singer’ award.

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LARGE number of MPs, MLAs and municipal councillors appear to be interested and very keen about undertaking study tours. They usually want to go to advanced nations of the West. If asked what they want to study, their replies are different: they say they want to study how democracy works, what are their perceptions about life, how they keep their cities clean, what they use for constructing roads, how they deal with adverse weather, what they do for protection of women. Recently, a delegation which went to Egypt to study democracy evidently did not know that there is no democracy in Egypt. And it was quite a mystery when a delegation went on a study tour of Venice in Italy. Did they want to study the canals there so they can have similar way for transport, instead of roads on which potholes have to be covered every year. Some years ago, a delegation of municipal councillors went to London to study drainage there. How they went about this stinking study is not known. Only a couple of days ago, a delegation of Uttar Pradesh MLAs went on a study tour of several western countries. There was also another delegation of MLAs from Karnataka who also went on a study tour of Latin America. Instead of studying, they were having a good time on a beach: There was no study at all and when this fact was exposed by the media, they had no go but to cut short their study tour and return home. It was indicated by the speaker of the Katanataka assembly that such study tours would be scrapped. It has become quite clear that under the pretext of undertaking study tours, our legislators are having a holiday. It would have been all right if they go on a holiday at their own expense. That, however, is not the case. The government foots the bill dipping into the taxpayers' hard-earned money.

NE of my deepest regrets has been to confine myself to one media column a week. So many developments take place and so many astounding events erupt day by day that only a daily column can do justice to all of them. Most citizens read just one paper. There might be quite a few who read more than one – but their number is restricted. Besides, how many read the views – the editorials – of newspapers round the country in various languages? I tell myself that if I were an editor I would devote one full page every day to reproduce good summaries of editorial comment on any subject of not just English papers but of all Indian language papers – and there are many of them of such high standards. To my mind that is the biggest service we can do for the country. The people must know what the entire country thinks on any single issue of any importance. I find it painful to fall behind times because of my self-imposed commitment to write only a weekly column. Long after my last column on the regard and even affection in which Sachin was held in the usually sophisticated media, I read several more columns all praising him to the skies. I had to skip them.

Media often exceeds freedom limits Then there was the small but relevant controversy on the differences between Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel which needed to be dealt with. To my immense joy I found in the Royist monthly The Radical Humanist (Nov. 2013) the writings of M.N. Roy which was a tremendous eye-opener. To the GenNext I may need to introduce Manavendra Nath Roy, probably one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century who was once close enough to the likes of Lenin and Stalin and is credited with founding the Communist Party of China. He was subsequently to rethink his ideas on Marxism and conceive Radical Humanism. Roy had written two articles on Vallabhbhai, one on the occasion of the celebration of Patel’s 74th birthday and another after his death. Of Vallabhbhai he wrote in his first one: “Nationalist India was fortunate to have Sardar Patel to guide her destiny for a generation. But her misfortune is that there will be none to take his place when he is no more.” On Patel’s thinking on Kashmir, Roy wrote: “If Sardar Patel had had his way also on the Kashmir issue, India

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would not be today spending 50 per cent of her revenue on military budget...” To read the two articles is an education. On another subject Patel wrote of Nehru: “He (Patel) also knew that Nehru’s popularity gave him the opportunity to consolidate a totalitarian state behind a democratic facade. Therefore, he tolerated Nehru’s foreign policy, taking at the same time all precautions against its doing any irreparable harm.” But to get back to the media. The media in India is free; often it breaks the limits of its freedom but no one challenges it because they are scared of it. The media needs to be told that responsibility is – here again, it needs to be made clear – self-imposed. It

MEDIAWATCH M.V. Kamath should not be imposed. And, in any event it is extremely difficult to draw the line, even if the assignment to do so is allotted to a Council of Judges and not just the Press Council of India. It is not just the print media that seemingly crosses the line. The electronic media – the TV channels seem more if not equally guilty. But to come back to the column. There are, according to one study, 398 daily newspapers, 98 non-daily newspapers and 312 radio stations. According to another study there were 4,453 newspapers in India in 1995. The current number is not known. How can one possibly access all these communicators’ views on any subject under the sun, presuming that they write editorials as well? What little satisfaction we can draw from what is available is that the top ten newspapers in India control roughly 50 per cent of daily circulation in all languages. Bennett Coleman and The Indian Express between them own roughly 20 per cent of daily circulation, but just reporting on what they say can hardly be taken as the national view.

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HERE is a story told in India of how once all the inhabitants of a village which had suffered from drought, gathered together before the temple of their God, praying that for this year an abundance of rain might fall. A voice from the unseen replied, ‘Whatever We do is for the betterment of Our purpose, ye have no right to interfere with Our work, oh! ye men.’ But they again cried for mercy, and continued to do so more persistently. Then came the answer saying ‘Your prayers, fastings, and sacrifices have induced Us to grant for this one year as much rain as ye desire.’ They all returned home rejoicing. In the autumn they worked vigorously on their farms, and after having prepared the ground and sown the seed, they prayed for rain. When they considered that sufficient had fallen they again had recoursed to prayer, and the rain ceased. In this way an ideal crop of corn was produced and all the inhabitants of that country made merry

over it. This year more corn was grown than ever before. After the crops were gathered in, however, all those who ate the corn died and many were the victims. In perplexity they again sought the God bowing low before the temple crying, ‘Why hast Thou shown such wrath to us, after having shown so great a mercy?’ The

MATTER & SPIRIT God replied, ‘It was not Our wrath, but your folly for interfering with Our work; We sometimes send a drought, and at other times a flood, and We have Our reasons for doing so, for in this way that the poisonous is destroyed, leaving only what is beneficial for the preservation of your life.’ The villagers prostrated themselves in humble prayer saying, ‘We shall never again try to control the affairs of the universe, Thou art the Creator and Thou art the Controller, we are

Among the great papers we surely have to include The Tribune from the Punjab, ‘The Statesman’ from Bengal and ‘The Pioneer’ from Uttar Pradesh. Unfortunately my own focus is somewhat limited and does not take into account the views of some of the finest papers in Indian languages. I have to offer my humble apologies.

Modi following Vallabbhai’s footsteps But to come back briefly to Roy and Vallbhbhai. Roy never considered the integration of the States as the Sardar’s greatest achievement. As he also put it: “I do not know what was the Sardar’s attitude towards the Kashmir issue. But I am inclined to believe that it was as realistic as his attitude towards Pakistan.” As he put it: “The Sardar had no choice but to play the game; but one could be sure that he loathes the stupidity clothed in the glamour of popular heroes”. One suspects that Narendra Modi is following in the Sardar’s footsteps. The Times of India gave him full marks for his ‘lalkar’ rally in the trouble-torn J&K, saying that it was praiseworthy “that he focused on progressive troupes rather than on predictable attacks on Pakistan, terrorism and separatism”. Modi in his speech tried to connect with youth, with talk of setting up high-quality educational institutions like IITs and IIMs. As the paper saw it, Modi “must not let go this historical opportunity to reposition BJP from a party of Hindutva to a centre-right entity”. That was what, one suspects, Vallabhbhai would have done. And one last tribute to Sachin and this from a less known paper from Chennai known as News Today (Nov.19): “Across India and in many other countries, grown men and women wept as we heard Tendulkar speak from his heart... many more wept as we watched him walk up to the pitch, bend down, touch it, and then touch his heart... We cried as he shed a tear. On the day Tendulkar made his speech, even the most hostile cynic did not have the voice that was loud enough to protest the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna...” The paper said many more things about Sachin, but the last word should go to The Hitavada which provided the final valedictory: “That is Sachin Tendulkar who gave cricket a new face. May he bloom even in the moonlight zone. May he cast his cool light on succeeding generations.” Thine innocent children, and Thou alone knowest what is best for us.’ There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. The soul rejoices in the comforts experienced by the external self, yet man becomes so engrossed in them that the soul’s true comfort is neglected. This keeps man dissatisfied through all the momentary comforts he may enjoy, but not understanding this he attributes the cause of his dissatisfaction to some unsatisfied desire in his life. The outlet of all earthly passions gives a momentary satisfaction, yet creates a tendency for more; in this struggle the satisfaction of the soul is overlooked by man who is constantly busied in the pursuit of his earthly enjoyment and comfort, depriving the soul of its true bliss. The true delight of the soul lies in love, harmony, and beauty, the outcome of which is wisdom, calm, and peace; the more constant they are the greater is the satisfaction of the soul. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

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BANK ON IT? With a number of frauds and complaints against banks coming to the fore, the Banking sector in India needs to undergo a positive change.

charge customers for withdrawing more than five times in a month from an ATM, I thought it was reasonable. Banks spend on each ATM counter. They have to take care of securities staff, electricity, air conditions and rent etc. I think they have the right to charge nominal from a customer but the charges should be decided by the RBI and should be uniform. Otherwise all the banks will charge different amounts and it will be — C.K. Subramaniam, Sanpada very difficult for customers. I have come across one Nation alised Bank that charges for deWHEN I read about the banks positing money in another branch

YOU SAID IT: Apart from drawing criticism from across the nation, Bhushan’s comment over J&K also resulted in the AAP distancing itself from his statement.

Hypocritical Congress PRASHANT Bhushan is being criticised from all quarters for his controversial remarks about referendum in Jammu & Kashmir. Though the critics are fully justified in their reaction, a thought should also be given to one historic fact. Who floated the idea for the first time in 1947-48 about a plebiscite in J&K to determine where the people of the state would like their state to remain – in India or with Pakistan? Was it not the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru? The Congressmen and the “secular” press never mention this while attacking their political opponents. — Arun Malankar, Santacruz

RBI in restructuring mode RBI is still in rectification and restructuring mode and has lost out all the options to bring out a solution to make things move in proper direction. The mid-quarter policy review announced by the RBI has the undertone of a hawkish disposition even though the status quo was maintained to the policy rate (repo rate). The decision of the RBI was in

marked contrast to a 25 basis point increase in the rate in the Second Quarter Review of Monetary Policy. The decision of the RBI read in conjunction with their assessment of the global and Indian Economic scenario clearly demonstrates the wisdom of the RBI not to make haste but to wait and watch. The policy decision is a close one. Current inflation is too high. However, given the uncertainty surrounding the short-term path of inflation from the high current levels, and given the weak state of the economy, the inadvisability of overly reactive policy action, as well as the long lags with which monetary policy works, there is merit in waiting for more data to reduce uncertainty. — S. Abhisheck Ramaswamy, Chennai

Shelter camps in Muzaffarnagar This refers to your edit-piece ‘LeT threat: Centre, State no action’ (Jan. 8) which is laudable for highlighting the UP government’s apathetic attitude to the happenings in the shelters for the riot victims in Muzaffarnagar. More than 40 infants have died due to severe cold in these camps but the officials have been refusing to accept that children can die due to extreme cold if not protected against it properly. More appalling has been the total indifference shown to Rahul Gandhi’s observations about terrorists luring the victims with money to join them and here again the government has been going off at a tangent and arguing that those staying in these shelters were not riot victims but outsiders brought in by vested interests to discredit the administration. All these camps have been dismantled now leaving the people in the lurch. The Centre cannot be blamed for not acting on Rahul’s warnings because the state

most dangerous sporting events as it is accident prone in particular wherein the Skiing runways are steep and at places it is rocky with its protrusions when the potential danger lurks for skiiers. We did witness the December 27 accident of Schumi as he tumbled and hit on a rock landing on his head so speedily that he had a severe head injury leading to a coma, which he still has not overcome. Merkel broke her pelvis bone forcing her to a six-week bed rest. I strongly feel that the Skiing ranges should be well selected to avoid such unwarranted accidents causing near fatal injuries.

innovative changes being introduced. Some changes are called for due to the changing environment like anti-ragging and sexual harassment policies, changing perception of the young generation, while some changes are thought of as an of the same bank. The RBI should essence to innovation issue strict instructions and see to it and redefining strategies LETTER OF that all banks follow the same rules. like changes in teaching THE DAY — Yogesh R. Bhavsar, Dahisar pedagogy and assessment and evaluation mechanism. In the present economic scenario, APROPOS breaking into an ATM organisations prefer hiring employroom in Virar (ADC, Nov. 27), I am ees who can contribute to the busireminded of a similar incident that ness without having to spend much took place in Virar about two years time on training them. In the New — Bikram Banerjea, Mumbai Year, there is a need to have positive ago: the ATM machine installed by AXIS bank was broken open by educational policy to enable our miscreants and was lifted to a club youngsters to compete with stuhouse of a nearby housing comdents from any part of the world. THE presence of Jayanthi Natarajan — Shanthi Ramanathan, Sion plex. I do not know what the inin the Congress is beneficial only to vestigation revealed, but the ATM machine was carried back and beher and none else. The Congress came functional. There comes the shall not stand to lose or gain an report of a lady being attacked ininch because of her resignation. WITH due regard to his advance side the ATM room in the very There is another dubious remark years and the maturity expected of precinct of the bank with no secuthat she is required to do party work his age, it is certainly disappointing rity guard at hand to help the genand hence her resignation which to know that social activist Anna eral public. How callous it could be! sounds ludicrous given the stark Hazare seeks BJP’s help to build his Yet in another instance once I fact that there is hardly any follower own statue somewhere in Haryana. had gone to a local bank early for her in either Tamil Nadu or Delhi He is no doubt instrumental in morning to draw money from the or elsewhere in India. The fact is bringing about certain changes like ATM. I noticed the ATM door lock that the Congress has rightly got rid Jan Lokpal Bill. But that should not was in a repairable condition. I of one of its most inefficient minis- have entitled him to dream of his thought it prudent to bring it to ters/members under one pretext or own statue in some other state. Isn’t the notice of the bank authority. I another. In the same manner, if the that a bit too much? If someone else reported the matter to the security ministers starting from PM, FM and wants, as Anna claims, to do it, let man of the bank. But his answer MEA in the Congress could well be that someone else do it himself or stunned me. He said, “Let it be as it relieved under the ‘same pretext’ of through his own other sources, and is”. I receives a similar reply from having to assist party affairs, it of course, in Anna’s state Maharashthe bank’s officials too. might do a world of good for the cit- tra. Anna himself offering to help — P. Chakravorty, Fort izens of India though this could him out appears rather unbecomhardly make a difference to the for- ing for his hard-earned political tunes of the Congress which seems stature. — Arundhati Wajge, Narayangaon government is being run by the to be already written on the wall. — T.M. Uday Shankar, Mumbai Samajwadi Party and it will be taken as interference if it starts takes action on its own. — Dr. V. Subramanyan, Thane HAS Congress sensed any Hindu THE present education system is backlash in the run-up to the Lok not up to the students’ expecta- Sabha polls? Otherwise how can tions. Education policy needs a sec- one explain the party’s slamming of It is observed with deep concern ond look as the students do not get the decision of UP’s SP governhow two back to back skiing acci- the much-needed exposure in our ment’s decision to withdraw cases dents occurred recently in the educational system and look for against Muslims only in the MuzafFrench and Swiss Alpine range in- going to other countries. We do not farbagar communal flare up? The volving two world famous persons – know whether it is because of our major constituent of UPA II should, the seven-time Ferrari race weak system or the attraction to go in normal course of business, have champion, Schumi and German to other countries for higher educa- welcomed such a “progressive” chancellor Angela Merkel. Skiing is tion that attracts our youngsters. measure in accordance with the a favourite winter sport for the Eu- Higher education in India is under- principle of “secularism”. — Jorhat Singh, Kandivali ropeans but is certainly one of the going a paradigm shift with many

RBI’s intervention needed BANK officials are becoming fraudsters in recent times. ICICI Bank mostly bungles when they deal with their valued clients. Now it is the turn of HDFC bank who faced the ire of their own clientele. Instead of having limited number of accounts and providing the best service, the bank opens more accounts and makes the customer suffer. Most of such accounts are dormant and thus give scope for committing frauds. By simply issuing a statement after the scam is exposed, the purpose is not served. Letter of credit frauds are also taking place as the inexperienced staff gives scope for frauds resulting in huge loss to the bank and its customers. This has been happening for years and the RBI as a watchdog should attend customer complaints on priority basis. Going to Ombudsman Bank is the only way to get an amicable solution. CBI Director’s findings that over Rs.5,500 crore was lost in bank frauds in four fiscals. There is no doubt that banks are the losers but the role of RBI is to be redefined to provide amicable solutions in the years to come.

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PM’s Modi bashing PRIME Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s press conference with the media in Delhi was outstanding as he answered most questions honestly. He announced retirement from active politics making way for Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to be Congress Party’s prime ministerial candidate for 2014 general elections to take on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. Dr. Singh with his vast experience and knowledge attacked Modi calling him the disaster prime minister if he is elected. I strongly feel that Modi, the man behind the 2002 Gujarat riots, is the most controversial personality with a very dangerous background and is capable of instigating communal violence. It is high time that all the secular parties who want to see a stable and united India must come together and defeat the dirty intentions of communal forces that are bent on dividing the country on the basis of caste and reli-

gion for their selfish personal and political gains. — Bhagwan Thadani, Mumbai

ACCORDING to Dr. Singh, Rahul Gandhi possesses “outstanding credentials” to occupy the august post of the Prime Minister. Every Tom Dick and Harry in the country knows that the only ‘merit’ possessed by the crown prince is that he is the scion of the NehruGandhi dynasty. — Vineet Phadtare, Borivali

‘IT will be disastrous for the country to have Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of the country’ were the words of Dr. Manmohan Singh in his farewell speech. But Manmohan Singh has already been a disaster as the country’s PM by proving inept and impotent in taking any action in scams, corrupt practices, frauds, rapes, scandals in defence deals, etc. Manmohan

DISASTER STRIKES: Dr. Singh’s recent press conference saw him calling Modi a disastrous PM if the BJP comes to power in the Lok Sabha elections. knows this and is therefore pleading for history to be kinder to him. Also, by his diatribe against Modi, it sums up that the Congress is not so much interested in Rahul being the PM but they want to make it amply clear that Modi should not be the PM at any cost. — Harischandra Parshuram, Juhu

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Tips to answer Activity Sheet Dear Students, Compliments of the season. A very happy new fruitful and energetic year to you, all. May your wishes be fulfilled and may your hardwork be crowned with success. You have all been very busy studying for the prelims and the sequel—the Board Exams. Tension is rising, expectations are increasing and so, you are a little worked-up—relax students! English as a subject is new to you this year—- the book, the pattern and the approach. Nevertheless, don’t worry, be happy. I’m going to share with you a few tips of answering the activitysheet. The activity sheet is based on reading skill. Q I(A), IIA+B, IIIA+B+VI are all based on reading very carefully, skimming, scanning and understanding the use of the words. QI (a) True or False Read the sentences and then read the passage. Normally, there are direct answers to help you to score. Copy the sentence and write TRUE or FALSE. (b) Answer the question in about 5-6 lines. No introduction is necessary. If it s a web, draw the web and write the answer. Its ½ mark per word within the web. (c) Copy the sentence and complete it. Underline in in pencil. Its 1 mark each. (d) Grammar-based activity. (1) and (2) copy the sentence and complete the blank. Where there is a tail tag, copy the sentence and then add tag. Remember the question mark. The ‘e’ is the Personal Response Question. You have the freedom of expression. Do not simply write something, link it to the extract and the theme of the passage from where it is taken. II(2) In this seen passage, the (i) question is the web. Fill in the blank, drawing the web and choosing the words from the passage. The table has to be completed. Make a sentence with the word that is added. When prefix is added, word changes and then make the necessary changes. II(1)The blanks have to be filled in. Completion will depend on the matter. Collocations are those compound words, which are commonly used. When doing grfammar based activity, make the necessary changes, which are required. II(2) Vocabulary question is based in the form of jumbled letters. Antonyms and synonyms are based on the words in the passage. III 1+2 In the poetry section, the first two questions are based on the poetic extract. the figure of speech and rhyme scheme are appreciative and poetic devices.

Shailaja Mulay Teacher Counsellor ENGLISH (FIRST LANGUAGE) - 5 In letter writing read, the matter/news item given and write the formal or informal letter. Please write the address in only 3 lines, let the 4th line be the date. Similarly, Report and Dialogue are based on the news item given. Q VI has 10 questions. Introduction is necessary, followed by 10 WH questions, only social and professional questions. Do not write more than 10 questions. At the end of the 10 questions, write Thank you. Whet her is a flow chart, put each of the items in a paragraph. Use discourse markers like however, firstly, then and connect the sentences together. Write short sentences. When a speech is written, visualise your audience. Use the points given, but please add a few points of your own. Counterview needs to be written in a paragraph. The views which are given, have to be converted into negative sentences, to form the counterview or into affirmative, if that conveys meaning opposite to the one conveyed. Q 7 is expansion. This piece fo composition needs anecdotes/ex-

amples or story to explain the meaning of the proverb or quotation. A story needs to be developed on the idea conveyed. Title is very important. A story is a narration, but it needs plot, theme, dialogue and a little humour, if necessary. There are some of the tips to tackle the activity sheet. Further, just look at the coursebook. Read the content map given, to understand what is given in the lesson, poem. The content map also refers the grammatical points discussed and the focus of the writing skill. go through every lesson,poem or rapid reader in every unit. The activities before the text are ‘warmers’ not for exam. But those connected to the passage: Read Part I, silently read the poem, read the passage carefully are text connected. Also, these tasks like crossword, arrange, fill in the blanks questions, grammatical tasks are all important. Even in the comprehension questions (I) is for MCQ, objectives, before the extract. (II) is for the question, answer it in 5-6 lines. (III) is for Personal Response in the activity sheet it I (5(, II(5). Poster making, observe the poem, be a poet, are not for examination. Draw pictures not for examination, Only those based on the prose extract, poetic extract are important for examination. Environment, nature are important aspects. Please refer to std 9 coursebook for grammar and vocabulary. Preparation of English for the examination. Read the text in parts, in about 18-20 lines at a time for beter understanding. One day before the exam, read the coursebook only. That’s enough.. No need to read any other book. Glossary is important for vocabulary questions, in the form of match the columns, cross-word. Synonyms and antonyms are important also. Answer the activity sheet in the same order. Q I , II, III, Iv, V, Vi, VII because the paper is graded. Understand the evaluation patter for writing skill. Format is address, salutation, leave taking paragraphs Content: use relevant points given Language: has to be appropriate and with easy flow of words. It should be correct and fluent expression. Content and language should be appropriate and relevant as per the writing skill. Expression is important in all of writing skill. Vocabulary should be appropriate to the piece of writing skill exercise. Grammatical accuracy has to be followed in terms of tense, punctuation, articles, preposition and conjunctions. When you attempt the writing skill exercises, lookout for the prints given in the box, news items and the express it, in your own lucid style. Use vocabulary from the text and also ideas from there. This will need that you should have read the coursebook at least 10-15 times with concentration. Students, I’m sure you are now confident to deal with the English activity sheet.

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MOVIES OF

2014 While there will be several movies releasing this year. Priyanka Singh & Dev Goswami bring you the most promising movies which you must not miss

he award season — which will soon start — will tell you about the best movies of the year gone by. But, if you want to know what movies you can look forward to this year, this is the article you should be reading. From great directors marking their return to biopics and historical dramas, there’s a lot that 2014 has in store for you. So, without further ado, we present you our list of must-watch Hollywood and Bollywood movies of this year.

Hollywood The Monuments Men

when February This historical drama has George Clooney written all over it — literally. He directed the movie, co-authored the script and of course, is a part of the cast as well. But, it is not just Clooney that has us looking forward to this movie; he has managed to get the fascinating

story of Roosevelt ordering a small platoon of soldiers to recover artistic masterpieces deep behind enemy lines in Germany during the World War II. Other cast members include Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin and Hugh Bonneville.

Need for Speed

when March Based on EA’s long-running, popular racing franchisee, Need for Speed will have the super-talented Aaron Paul (of Breaking Bad fame) as a street racer who is on a mission to get vengeance after being released from prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He’s backed up by Dominic Cooper, Imogen Poots and Michael Keaton. And it’s not just screaming tyres, crashes and bangs that you can look forward to. If the trailer is anything to go by, there is a bit of drama in the movie, which has been scripted by George Nolfi, who wrote Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Twelve

and wrote as well as directed Adjustment Bureau.

Noah

when March A decade after the hit The Passion of Christ, another Biblical epic is coming our way. Noah is directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Black Swan) and is a movie that he gave up on The Wolverine for. With the brilliant Russel Crowe as the lead, along with Emma Watson, Jennifer Connely and Anthony Hopkins as co-stars, this tale about Noah’s Ark is something that we are eagerly waiting for.

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

when April Finding it hard to wait for the sequel to Avengers? Well, Marvel Studios is coming to

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continued from pg 13 « your rescue with Captain America. The Winter Soldier marks the return of Bucky Barns — Steve Roger’s (for those who don’t know, Captain America) best friend who is brainwashed into becoming an assassin. The movie also features the drool-worthy Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and is a throwback to the ’70s era of spy thrillers. Other cast members include Cobie Smulders, Anthony Mackie and Robert Redford. Oh, and who can forget Samuel L. Jackson as the super-leader Nick Furry?!

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when May Reactions to the Amazing Spider-Man starring Andrew Garfield were mixed. But, we aren’t ready to give up on the series yet, with the sequel promising a mix of interesting villains. The movie will see the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx) as well as the return of Peter Parkar’s childhood friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan). The movie also has Emma Stone portraying Gwen Stacy — Spidey’s love interest.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Gone Girl

when May If you’re an X-Men fan, we don’t even have to explain why this movie is on our list of mustwatch films. It has been labeled as the movie

Bollywood

when November Just two words — Christopher Nolan! The super-talented director who manages to mess around with our brains every single time and the man behind brilliant movies such as The Dark Knight and Inception is now going into outer space. The film is set in the future where overpopulation and climatic conditions have made earth inhabitable, leading to a set of scientists and explorers to embark on a mission to save humanity. The idea might not be the most original, but we are waiting to see what Mr. Nolan can do with it. Oh, and it features quite a cast too — Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Matt Damon, Topher Grace, Casey Affleck, John Lithgow, Wes Bentley, and Michael Caine. Yes, we can’t wait for it too!

22 Jump Street

when June When 21 Jump Street released in 2012 we all knew it was going to be funny. But no one thought that it would be so funny! Featuring some amazing chemistry between the perfectly cast Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, the movie made for a great high school-cop parody. The sequel wasn’t totally unexpected — after all, 21 Jump Street ended with Captain Dickson (played by Ice Cube) sending his two bumbling but surprisingly, effective officers to college. We are just anticipating the number of college clichés that 22 Jump Street will take on.

Amazing Spider-Man 2

Interstellar

X-Men fans have always craved — the Days of Future Past marks the return of Bryan Singer (director of the first two still-loved X-Men movies) as director along with a majority of the cast. If that hasn’t made you to take notice of the movie, then read this: the movie features time travel, meaning that Magneto will be portrayed by Ian McKellen and Michael Fassbender, while Charles Xavier will be played by Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy. Mind already blown!

when October We’ve seriously missed David Fincher. The man behind The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been

with the inseparable life of Bikram and Bala, who grew from being small time, inconsequential coal thieves, to becoming the most powerful black marketing mafiamen. Looking at their chemistry and bromance on this season of Koffee with Karan, it’ll be interesting to see how that equation pans out on celluloid.

concentrating on TV, with shows such as the gripping House of Cards. While we were waiting for him to come out with a sequel to the Millennium Girl series, what he is instead going to give us is Gone Girl — an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s book of the same name (she’s also written the screenplay). The movie stars Ben Affleck as the lead character of Nick Dunne, along with Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry and Neil Patrick Harris. While details on the film’s plot are still under wraps, based on the book, we can say that it promises to be a ‘did he?’ thriller.

to women. With Dixit playing the head of the gang, this film revolves around the story of Gulabi Gang which is active in the Bundelkhand region of India.

Shaadi Ke Side Effects

Highway

when February Highway has a very interesting combination of Alia Bhatt and Randeep Hooda and is being directed by Imtiaz Ali. If one is to judge by the trailers of the movie, this romantic drama has already built up some high expectations. Alia Bhat, after playing a typical teenager in her debut movie Student of the Year, is seen taking on a rather serious role along with the grossly underrated Randeep Hooda. Another highlight of the movie is the music composed by A. R. Rahman.

when February Gunday stars Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, as Bikram and Bala, along with Priyanka Chopra and Irrfan Khan in lead roles, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar (previously directed Mere Brother Ki Dulhan). Based in Calcutta during its most unsettled times in the ’70s, the film deals

when November Okay, this one movie which might not be a default choice for everyone. If you haven’t liked the previous ones, you can probably give this one a skip. But, if you’re a fan, then this movie will be perfect to end your year with. In Mockingjay Part I, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself at the forefront of the rebellion against the Capitol setting the stage for the end of the series.

director Raj Kumar Hirani for P.K. While the story of the film has been kept under wraps, it seems that Hirani, who has had a terrific record so far with Munnabhai films and 3 Idiots, is taking on godmen in his next. Other cast members are Sanjay Dutt, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Ram Sethi and Boman Irani.

Bang Bang

when February A sequel to the 2006 hit Pyaar Ke Side Effects that starred Rahul Bose and Mallika Sherawat, Shaadi Ke Side Effects has Farhan Akhtar and Vidya Balan. It is a continuation of the previous film that explores the life now that they are married. The sequel is being directed by Saket Chowdhary who also manned the previous installment.

when October Krrish 3 did deliver at the box office, but 2013 was certainly a mixed bag for Hrithik Roshan personally due to his separation from wife Suzanne and a bout of ill-health. However, Bang Bang is a much awaited one with the sizzling Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara pairing of Roshan with Katrina Kaif. It is being directed by Siddharth Anand (Anjaana Anjaani, Salaam Namaste), produced by Fox Star Studios and is an official remake of the Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz starrer, Knight & Day.

Jagga Jasoos

2 States

Gunday

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part I

when April Based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel, 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage and jointly written for the screen by Bhagat and Sreerag Nambiar, this movie is being produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala. The cast includes a fresh pairing of Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. While not many details are out there, we only know that it’ll be directed by Abhishek Varman for whom this will be a debut outing.

Gulaab Gang

when March/April (tentatively) Another chance to see Madhuri Dixit on big screen after Dedh Ishqiya that releases today, Gulaab Gang is based on a faction of women activists, all donned in pink saris, fighting against social injustices meted out

Untitled film on Mary Kom

when June Considered to be a biopic on Indian boxer Mary Kom, this untitled film is being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and directed by Omung Kumar. With the previous successes of biopics such as Paan Singh Tomar and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, we are expecting this one to be a path-breaking movie as well.

P.K.

when June 2013 ended with Aamir Khan in Dhoom 3 and it is surprising that we’ll be seeing the super-picky star on the big screen again this year. He has teamed up with his 3 Idiots

when October After entertaining one and all in Barfi, the mind blowing combination of Anurag Basu and Ranbir Kapoor is back with Jagga Jasoos. The movie is a comedy-mystery film directed by Anurag Basu and produced under the banner of Picture Shuru Productions, a joint production company by Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Basu. It features Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in leading roles and also features Govinda as Ranbir Kapoor’s step-father.

Bombay Velvet

when December The first film of a trilogy, as planned by Anurag Kashyap, Bombay Velvet is the story of how the city became a metropolis, set against the backdrop of love, greed, violence and jazz. Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma come together to share screen space as lovers whose lives intermingle with the evolution of the city of Bombay, through the ’50s to early ’70s. Just the pairing of Kashyap and Kapoor has got our cinematic tongues salivating. December never seemed so far away.

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Sold out Skyline

Nanda Das is back with his second solo exhibition at Tao Art Gallery titled Sold out Skyline. Rhea Dhanbhoora tells you more

ripura born artist Nanda Das will be showcasing his recent work at Tao Art Gallery this month. With his second solo exhibition at the gallery, the photo realist painter is exhibiting a series inspired by Bombay and the sky, along with a dash of water and the city’s empty skyline. Aptly titled Sold Out Skyline, the collection is about the dissonance and disorientation of urban life, giving skyscapes a beautiful and visual characteristic. He explores them beautifully with a single click of his camera. He tells us, “It was while flying at 35,000 feet that I fell in love with the sky. I wanted this sky to be

>> Head to the Tao Art Gallery to soak in the brilliant artwork of Nanda Das as he captures a slice of the sky

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« event Upvan arts festivaL 2014 moRe Than 200 aRTisTs Come TogeTheR To shoWCase TheiR WoRk by The lake

his entire weekend, the Upvan Art Foundation is organising the Upvan Arts Festival at the picturesque Upvan Lake in Thane. The three day festival will include more than 200 national as well as international artists who will showcase diverse art forms. You can look forward to performances, fine and traditional arts, culinary art, visual and digital art, art installations, sculptures and folk art. The festival also has

workshops and seminars on art related subjects conducted by experienced professionals. Supported by the Thane Municipal Corporation and the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation, the entry pass for the festival costs `50 per day per person. When January 10-12 Where Upvan Lake, Thane Contact www.upvanartsfestival.com

part of my sky on earth. I wanted to preserve the sky that vertical Bombay is stealing away from me by erecting new skyscrapers and mechanical constructions. For me, these paintings aim to reclaim the sky. I want to bring the sky down to earth.” Each work begins with a photograph and culminates in him painting to create his own world with it. There’s a border between reality and fabrication in the series that you have to see to experience. When January 15, from 11am to 7pm Where Tao Art Gallery 165, The View, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli Contact 24918686

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or all you Great Gatsby movie fans out there, we have some very exciting news. Nobody thought that a heavy dubstep track could fit into a movie set in America’s 1920s, but Flux Pavillion’s I Can’t Stop fit in snugly like a lost puzzle piece. Joshua Greene, better known by his moniker Flux Pavilion, is a dubstep producer who will enthral EDM fans this Sunday in the second edition of Oji’s Escalate — an electronic music event production company which was also responsible for bringing legendary

dubstep producers Skream & Benga to India last year. The opening acts are by Sound Avtar and DJ Sa. If the last edition of Oji is anything to go by, the vibe of the show, combined with Flux Pavilion’s banging tunes, should create a gig that’ll be remembered for a very long time. When January 12, from 5pm onwards Where Juhu Hotel Lawns, Juhu Tara Road, Juhu Beach Tickets `1,875 to `7,500; Contact www.bookmyshow.com

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>> Shankar Mahadevan, the face of Storm Festival, with Rahul Ram at the festival last year

f you love the outdoors and have a passion for music, three nights and two days at the Storm Festival with brilliant musical talent on display sounds too good to be true. The festival has set a benchmark with its tight programming, high standards of production and successfully managed, elaborate camping arrangements. This year, the festival will include five stages and over 45 artistes from across the world. It also features Voice of Storm 2014 — a talent accreditation programme by Storm Festival in association with Shankar Mahadevan Academy. While the second edition introduced the fourth stage for singer-songwriters in 2013, 2014 is geared to stupefy Stormers with stage 5, Plug N Play. When January 31 to February 2 Where Stormfields, Gonighattapura village, Sarjapura, Hubli, Karnataka

>> Catch Indu Mirani in conversation with Ayan Mukerji as she chats with this intelligent, new-age Bollywood director

he popular The Boss Dialogues is back after a three month break. This time around, entertainment journalist Indu Mirani will be hosting Ayan Mukerji, who was behind the massive hits Wake Up Sid and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani. You can expect an intellectual and informative talk at Escobar, where the event will be held. Indu, who has known Ayan since he was six-years-old, says, “Ayan Mukerji perfectly represents today’s film director, who brings in new ideas and a

new voice. Though he is just two films old, the sensitivity with which he writes and portrays the layers in relationships, be it between lovers or the parent child one, can only come with a deep understanding of cinema. It will be interesting to discuss filmmaking and his experiences and I look forward to it." When January 19, 12.30pm Where Escobar, 4th Floor, VN Sphere Mall, Linking Road, Bandra (W) Registration Free at www.thebossdialogues.com

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pEpE JEans’ sHop morE & bEnEfit offEr

Kazo on offEr Don’t miss the end-of-season sale at Kazo if you want to revamp your wardrobe with the most sought after clothes and accessories. Choose from autumn-winter asymmetrical dresses, pants, t-shirts in colours such as black, blue and mint green. Along with the trendiest dresses, you can also choose from a variety of clutches available, such as a quilted clutch in blue and orange, to structured futuristic clutches with modern lines and a bold look. Deepak Aggarwal, managing director of Kazo, says, “Kazo has always been the place for fashionistas and this time the end-of-season sale will have everything that people want in their wardrobe.” When Up to January 15 Where Kazo outlets across the city

If you are never able to control how much you buy, the Pepe Jeans’ sale is where you should be heading. They are offering a flat 40% off on the purchase of three or more garments. The offer is valid on their range of t-shirts, shirts, denims, dresses, tops, winter wear and accessories. Neha Shah, marketing manager, says, “Pepe Jeans’ Autumn-Winter ’13 end-of-season sale has started on a high note. We are offering a flat 40% off on the purchase of three or more garments. There are several other attractive offers on stylish winter wear and trendy accessories such as bags, caps and belts.” When Ongoing Where Pepe Jeans London outlets in the city

Woodland’s salE Woodland has announced its end-ofseason sale starting this month. The outdoor apparel and footwear brand is offering irresistible savings on its AutumnWinter collection. The sale is on for a limited period, so visit before stock runs out. You can avail of up to 40% off on apparel and a flat 50% off on footwear. Speaking about the sale, Harkirat Singh, MD of Woodland, says, “End-of-season sales are always a fun time for customers to get out and start shopping.” When Ongoing Where All Woodland stores across the city

CornEliani’s salE Italian menswear brand Corneliani’s is offering up to 40% off on products such as shoes, ties, shirts, jackets, suits, trousers and belts. Retail head for the brand, Prem Dewan says, “The response that we have received so far has been fabulous. We have broken our own sale records! Apart from our regular clientele, we have also seen many new customers interested to experience the brand.” The sale is on only up to midJanuary, so hurry! When Ongoing Where Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Lobby Level, Apollo Bunder Contact 66311303

flat 30% off at 109°f & fusion bEats 109°F is offering a flat 30% off on a range of products. The offer is also valid on their brand Fusion Beats. The brands offer a wide range of options, which span from casual to party wear and you can take it for granted that you won’t come back from their sale disappointed. Radhesh Kagzi, president of 109°F, tells us, “At 109°F, the customer’s shopping experience has always been a priority. We have continuously tried to make shoppers happy, adding excitement through our various promotions. What is also unique about this end-ofseason-sale is that it offers genuine discounts on apparel from 109°F and Fusion Beats. This sale is another opportunity for consumers to buy fashionable apparel at very attractive prices.” When Ongoing Where 109°F’s outlets across the city

arroW on salE With Arrow’s end-of-season sale, add a touch of American fashion to your wardrobe, with a premium collection from Arrow Formals, Arrow Sport, Arrow New York and a range of accessories, all at exciting prices. Men can buy one and get 20% off, buy two and get 30% off and buy four and get 40% off. Women can buy one and get 30% off, buy two and get one free and buy three and get two free. “Arrow believes in bringing the best to its customers and with the end-of-season sale, it brings forth an opportunity to its customers to shop more at a lower price. We want our customers to kickstart the new year with good value for money offers,” says an Arrow spokesperson. When Ongoing Where Arrow outlets across the city

laviE’s 40% off

CEntral CElEbratEs WitH a salE

Want to add a few handbags to your wardrobe? Then Lavie’s sale is for you. They are offering a discount of up to 40% on a range of bags and footwear. The collection includes satchels, totes, shoulder bags, slings and laptop bags as well as footwear such as thongs (slip-ons), ballerinas, peep toes and kitten heels. A spokesperson for Lavie says, “There is no better way to bring in the New Year than with our bi-annual autumn-winter sale this January and February. This New Year, we’re giving our customers a chance to get a great deal of up to 40% off on a wide range of handbags and accessories. The beginning of the year is also a great time for ladies to restock their wardrobes with our collection and we look forward to a great response.” When Ongoing Where Lavie outlets and leading retail outlets in the city Contact www.lavieaccessories.com

Central’s sale is offering up to 51% off on almost 500 brands available across Central stores. Avail of some incredible discounts on some of the best fashion brands across various categories. Choose from a choice of apparel, handbags, footwear, watches, cosmetics and accessories. On sale are brands such as Biba, Rangmanch, Rig, Scullers, Remanika, Aakruti, Gini & Jony, Lilliput, Chalk, Van Heusen, Scullers, John Miller, Provogue, Indigo Nation and Allen Solly. Jitendranath Patri, marketing head of Central and Brand Factory, says, “The Happiness Sale is a great opportunity for shoppers who are looking for the most fashionable apparel and accessories this season. They get to choose from a wide range of some of the best international and national brands. There’s something for everyone at Central. This is a great time to own your style and make a fashion statement.” When Ongoing Where Central outlets across the country

Havaianas spECial salE Offering a wide range of highly durable, vibrant and comfortable flip-flops for all ages, Brazilian brand Havaianas recently launched its end-of-season sale. This exclusive range is on a special discount of up to 30% off on selected styles. A spokesperson tells us, “After a wonderful year, we have now moved on to yet another fashionable year filled with vibrant collections of flip-flops. With the onset on our sale, we are offering a special discount of up to 30% off on selected styles.” When Up to February 15 Where Havaianas outlets across the country Contact www.havaianasindia.in

EnsEmblE on salE The coveted Ensemble end-of-sale is back with discounts of up to 70% on their entire collection. Tina Tahiliani Parikh, executive director from Ensemble, tells us, “Ensemble prides itself on curating the best, most comprehensive collection of Indian designer wear. You get to pick from a range of merchandise from the country’s top designers such as Anamika Khanna, Rohit Bal, Tarun Tahiliani, Rajesh Pratap, Savio Jon and Pero. The discounts are genuine and generous and everything must make way for the new season’s merchandise!” They have a great range of ready-to-wear tops, tunics, dresses and sophisticated, wearable Indian wear as well as good resort wear and some stunning swimwear on sale at their Kemps Corner outlet. When January 15 - 18 Where Stores at Lions Gate, Kemps Corner and Bandra (W) Contact www.ensembleindia.com

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« store review: jAsAni jewellery lounge & lAkmÉ Absolute sAlon

A lavish rendezvous >> Jasani may seem a little cramped when you enter, but you’ll eventually realise that it is just right for the personal environment they aim to create

Where Dia Man Exports Pvt. Ltd. 3rd Floor, Gandhi Mansion, Above South African Embassy, 20, Altamount Road contact 23514005

For high-end jewellery that still has a fun, youthful feel to it, Rhea Dhanbhoora suggests visiting Jasani Jewellery Lounge in South Mumbai

ou could lose your way trying to find Jasani’s new Jewellery Lounge if you’re not well versed with the ins and outs of Altamount Road. Nestled comfortably in an old heritage building, walking in is a pretty big deal — more so because you can’t simply ‘walk in.’ There’s a guard outside who lets you in, swinging open the high wooden doors to reveal a cosy but opulent lounge. The space looks shiny and new, but has an undeniable vintage vibe that’s immediately apparent through the detailed mirrors, flooring and homely feel. Although intimidating, once you’re in, it’s as comfortable as can be with a friendly atmosphere, smiling faces and dazzling jewels. They were hosting a Cherry High Tea when I visited, complete with giant cupcakes and delicious shots

>> Their bridal collection is dominated by precious stones

of cherry tea, adorned with paper umbrellas. There are sofas to sit on while you wait your turn to browse through their collection. Although the space seems small at first, there’s enough room to peer through everything they have on display, try on a few pieces of bling and talk to the friendly staff about the inspiration behind each piece. Jasani houses three collections: Classic, Bridal and Urban Chic. Urban Chic seems to be their main focus at the moment and the stylish party collection reminded me of Swarovski, which was both good and bad. Good, because the collection was pretty and decidedly edgy enough so as to make fine jewellery more fun. Bad, because being fine jewellery, everything cost nearly over a lakh, so it was hard to imagine wearing it to board meetings or parties as their tagline suggests. The collection includes pieces with colourful gemstones and incorporates rose gold, tassels, white and yellow gold and Gatsbyesque influences. The diamonds and gemstones are all set in beautiful pieces so if you can afford it, there’s no reason not to pick them up. For a casual shopper though, you might have to be content with

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lusting over the pretty pieces. I tried on a pair of drop earrings that I found hard to part with at the end of my visit. Their Classic collection is in no way boring — all the pieces have naturally coloured diamonds and by classic, we’re quite sure they meant regal. There are the typical pieces — from tennis bracelets and studs, to wedding rings and necklaces. Everything is impeccably designed and this easily took the cake as my second favourite collection. Third, at the lounge as well as on my list, was their Bridal collection. Everything is gorgeous, with rose cut diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls, traditional designs and bridal trousseaus. Their bespoke bridal services (where the bride and her family are serviced and adorned with jewels at the lounge) is nice and there’s a hint of wearability to most of the designs. But, the collection was overshadowed by the other great jewellery on display. If you’re looking for wedding jewellery though, this is the place you want to go to. Overall, Jasani is a great location for high-end, fine jewellery. With modern designs and great service, if you’re looking for something fancy, Jasani is the place to visit.

« new lAunches: find out whAt’s just out

Glynda Alves gives you her verdict on the newly opened Lakmé Absolute Salon in Bandra

o be honest, Lakmé Absolute Salon looks a little intimidating from the outside. The clear glass doors, high ceilings and black and white interiors are eye-catching, but make you feel like you need to dress up to enter. The photoshoot that was going on outside on the patio didn’t do much to ease nerves either. Everything here seems so… professional. But, that’s exactly what they want for their clients. To experience the chaos, flurry, creativity and professionalism that goes into a runway show. The salon is made to mirror the backstage of a runway show. Spotlights shine down on a central “runway,” there are wide spaces for customers and stylists to sashay across and fun elements which channel the imagination that Lakmé Fashion Week is all about. Dotting the salon are lovely black and white images that capture the behind-the-scenes action at LFW. The 2,000 square feet salon is divided into a few sections. There’s the main area where you can sit and take a look at the menu and consult with their in-house experts. Then, there’s the hair section where they cut, colour and style. Moving to the back, you’ll find there are many small nooks that specialise in different things. We loved the pedicure station that’s calm and you’re ensured privacy with the rows and rows of vibrant nail colours on display. They also have another

>> The 2,000 sq. ft. salon has been conceptualised on the runway shows. (In the picture) The Prive room at the salon

consultation area, a massage room and yet another luxurious massage room that’s attached to a Prive room that they use for the stars. What we also liked was that they sell products here. You’ll find Lakmé (but of course) as well as harder to source brands such as Dermalogica, Rene Furterer and Sothys. With such a professional outlook, we expected the prices to be nothing short of exorbitant. But, we were really surprised. The prices are on par with other salons with a basic pedicure and blow dry both priced at `700. They’ve also got other more elaborate services such as hair care rituals and body care services. We judge a salon by their basic blow dry and we have to say that we were rather impressed. My stylist made me feel comfortable and after a relaxing wash, she got to work. It was quick, professional and best of all, lasted a good three days. And while it may seem a little daunting at first, the staff is really sweet and even gives you styling tips for after you’ve left the salon. So, should Lakmé be your go-to for a glam do? Absolutely! Where Lakmé Absolute Salon, 227, Diamond Link, Off Linking Road, Opposite Shoppers Stop, Bandra (W) contact 18001022221 (toll-free)

mr. tickle tees

Today is the Laughter Day and it marks the perfect occasion for the launch of Mr. Tickle tees by Mister Men. Dream Theatre, having secured the license for the same, is bringing the collection here and we are absolutely in love with these super cute t-shirts. The range is perfect for young boys and girls and all the tees feature Mr. Tickle and his naughty smile along with funny quotes. We love the orange hoodie from the collection — perfect for the current weather. Where Leading stores and online sites Price `200 onwards

Another Big Bang

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Bandra’s popular al-fresco bar has a new branch. Priyanka Singh visits The Big Bang Bar & Café in Andheri and brings you her verdict

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>> This outlet of The Big Bang Bar and Café, is both cosier and mellower than its Bandra cousin and the food impresses too!, The Potato Skins(bottom left) and the Mini Burgers (bottom right) are an absolute must-have

ndheri is steadily catching up with Bandra when it comes to upping its ante in the F&B department. Taking cue from the rising demand in this area, the popular al-fresco establishment of Bandra, The Big Bar & Café, chose to open its second branch in Andheri. We visited on the fourth working day of the bar and were surprised to find that by the time it was 10pm, The Big Bang was moderately full. Logistically speaking, there are not many changes in the Andheri version in comparison to the Bandra one — both have two al-fresco sections, similar flooring, furnishings, menu and playlist. However, step inside and you’ll see the differences. Situated inside a twofloor bungalow, this Big Bang counterpart is mellow (unlike its loud Bandra cousin) because of the sections and crannies divided by walls (we like!) It’s also cosier and duller — the car headlights and the bottle installation on the ceiling above the ground floor bar serve as the only pieces of décor here. However, we wouldn’t dismiss their interiors for we were told to expect some hardcore graffiti on the large,empty white walls in the coming months. While the menu is mostly the same, there are a few new additions such as Mini Sliders, Grilled Fish with Mustard Lemon Sauce and Basil Garlic Paneer Tikka. With a cocktail menu that has regular concoctions such as Cosmopolitan, Caprioskas and others, we ordered a classic Long Island Iced Tea (`400) and Sangria (`350). The Iced Tea here, while many bars give a bitter spin to it, here it was not too tart but also provided a potent alcohol kick. The white wine based Sangria didn’t fare well, with its too-soft apple pieces doing nothing to make it fruity or summery. Crisper fruits dunked into the drink would have been better. Moving over to food, we ordered Basil Garlic

Kashmir on a plate >> We love the curtains that partition each section in Poush. We started our meal with a traditional Kashmiri tea called Qahwa (inset)

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Paneer Tikka (`250), BBQ Potato Skins (`270), Grilled Fish with Mustard Lemon Sauce (`350) and Specialty Mini Burgers (`330). Cottage cheese fans will love these super soft tikkas, which are made in-house and marinated in delectable cream, flavoured with basil and garlic. The Potato Skins are chunks of chicken coated with BBQ sauce, stuffed in potato shells with cheddar and sour cream on the side — a delicious dish that’s not to be missed. The Grilled Fish was fish fillet beaten into egg, coated in bread crumbs and is served with mustard lemon sauce and fries. The fish was too dry for us, but the sauce deserves special mention for being absolutely lip-smacking. The burgers were perfect bar food with four variations — potato roesti, harisa grilled paneer, jalapeno & cheese and falafel. Falafel being the best, jalapeno was a cheesy delight as well, with the potato roesti being the least impressive and a little bland. Expect many new additions in the coming days — you’ll find a specialised pizza menu, live events and inspired by the experimental trend that has taken over most kitchens in the city’s restaurants, a liquor ice-cream menu which will be curated by a chef from the US. In comparison to our last outing at the Bandra branch, we noticed that the quality of food is a few notches higher here. This move can only add to the popularity of this bar and café which has a knack at being a hit, largely because of its affable open air sections. Where Shop No 28, Ground Floor, Meera CHS, Oshiwara Link Road, Oshiwara, Andheri (W) Meal for two `1,500 (with alcohol) alcohol served Yes (Beer pint: `200 onwards) Contact 30932030, ext:139

With more and more restaurants catering to regional cuisine, Shirley Mistry tells you if this new outlet of Poush - Essence of Kashmir, packs a punch

eing someone who has only heard amazing things about Kashmiri food but never had the opportunity to sit down for a traditional meal, I was excited to review Poush’s new outlet. Somewhere between the noisy food court and arcade at Phoenix Market City are a few restaurants, one of which is Poush, identifiable by its white wood exterior. They have regular chairs, sofas and low-cushioned seating where you can put your feet up and settle down for a Kashmiri feast, almost shikara like. The tables are separated from each other by curtains. Poush also serves Kashmiri Pandit cuisine which is rare. We opted for the Trami, a set meal that has a mix of dishes and is a great option for those experimenting with the cuisine. The half Trami (`1,500) is enough for two people, while the full (`3,000) is adequate for four. We started with the delightful Qahwa, a traditional tea infused with slivers of almonds, saffron and a touch of honey. The first platter had four starters with rice in the centre, even though the rice isn’t meant to be eaten with the starters. First up was the Nadier Palak Tikki, a cutlet with lotus stem and spinach. Although tasty, the spinach overpowered everything else, obstructing the mild lotus stem flavour. Next was the Fried >> The starters came served on a platter but fell short of our expectations in terms of taste

Where S-25, 2nd Floor, Phoenix Market City, LBS Road, Bandra Kurla Complex Meal for two `1,500 alcohol served No Contact 65654552

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Chicken, a dry preparation in a spicy paste — the chicken was a tad tough. The third starter was the Karbagah, fried mutton. Minimally spiced, the lamb melted in the mouth and fared better than the others. The best though, was the Methi Maaz. Like a sabzi, this was methi cooked with onions, tomatoes and spices with shredded mutton. The creamy preparation was truly lipsmacking. Moving on to the main course, the Rajma was milder and more flavourful than we have grown up with. The Goshtaba (springy minced mutton balls), in a light yogurt gravy, with aromatic whole spices, was delicious. However, the Roganjosh stole the show. It had the right balance of spices, the meat fell off the bone and although oily, it had us scraping every last drop of gravy. As both the starters and the main course arrived together, by the time we got to the main course, the rice and rotis had gone stone cold. Although the menu said the dessert was Phirni, we were served Shufta, a melee of dried fruits and coconut steeped in saffron sugar syrup. For me, the dessert was cloyingly sweet and devoid of any real flavour. However, my companion loved it. Poush was an enjoyable experience, but they need to work on quicker service, better presentation and the bothersome fruit flies.

What’s Cooking? LPQ makes its way to Powai

If you are a fan of Le Pain Quotidien and are always looking for reasons to head to the eatery, then we have one to add to the list. LPQ has recently launched it’s new outlet at Powai, where they promise to be a community driven restaurant and provide for a space where meaningful connections are made. Housed in the Rodas Hotel, head to LPQ for breakfast, brunch, lunch, hi-tea, dinner, dessert or happy hours. Where Hotel Rodas, Central Avenue, Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, Mumbai. Contact 66713030

Travel

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>> Must see sights when you visit Puglia in Italy include the Roman amphitheatre in Lecce (left) and the Chisea Santa Maria della Grazia in Leece

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Italy!

FAST FACTS Puglia (Apulia in English), ‘the heel on the boot of Italy’ located in the southeastern-most region, borders the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea in the southeast, the Strait of l Otranto and Gulf of Toranto in the south. l Its neighbouring countries are Albania, Bosnia-Hazegorvia, Croatia, Greece and Montenegro. l It enjoys a pleasant Mediterranean climate almost throughout the year, except in winter when it can get very cold. April to October is the best time of the year to visit. l Their official currency is the Euro. l For further information long on to www.enit.it or www.aboutapulia.com l

>> The view from Otranto is breathtaking

When you think of Italy perhaps you think of Rome, Milan and Venice. Now, Marcellus Baptista would like you to think of Puglia (or Apulia, as it’s known in English)

here’s Puglia, you may ask? It’s the southeastern-most region, ‘the heel on the boot of Italy’ as they say, bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. I recently discovered this Puglia paradise, after a four-hour-long drive from Naples to Lecce (known as the Florence of the south). After checking in at Hotel Leone di Messapia, it was time to dine at the spacious Ristorante Bella ’Mbriana, for an eat treat that included local orecchiette pasta with turnips. Lecce, I discovered, is awash with baroque good looks and houses numerous churches, as well as the gorgeous Roman amphitheatre and Piazza del Duomo. My next stop was Galantina, which is considered to be the birthplace of the pisticciotto, a typical Salento pastry. Here, I explored the baroque old town, caught a glimpse of the famous frescoes inside the Basilica of Saint Catherina d’Alessandria and enjoyed a wine-tasting experience at the two century-old Valle dell’Asso. My discovery of Puglia continued at Otranto, the easternmost city of Italy, known as the ‘bridge’ that connects the country with the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. A panoramic view along the Adriatic coast washed over me from Otranto to Santa Maria di Leuca, where the Adriatic and Ionian seas meet. Finger-foods of calamari, baby octopus and cuttlefish formed the delightful lunch at Hotel Montecallini, perched over the San Gregorio bay. One of the highlights of my trip was a visit to a masseria, a typical farmhouse in

Frantoio, I tasted four different types of olive oil, from sweet to strong, poured over pieces of bread. I also learnt about the olive oil cosmetics, organic jams and liqueurs made of olive leaves that the region is famous for. I spent the night at Ostuni, known as the ‘white city,’ since its old town is entirely filled with stark white houses, narrow alleys and winding stairways leading to the cathedral overlooking the city. I was staying at Albergo la Terra, with a number of quaint shops, bars and cafés nearby. The next morning saw me in the village of Alberobello, a UNESCO site, which consisted of stone-stacked dwellings with conical roofs known as trulli. The sights around me made for a pretty picture postcard. The last leg of my pleasant Puglia experience was at the city of Bari. While I was there, I took an extensive old town tour to the majestic Castle of Bari, the Cathedral of San Sabino and the Basilica of San Nicola, which I was told, housed the human remains of Saint Nicholas (the patron saint of the sailors). Here I was put up at the historic Oriente Hotel, which is home to several celebrities and some of the greatest opera tenors and theatre artistes, who often perform at the world-famous Teatro Petruzzelli right next door. I had a great time here, as the multitude of shops and the beautiful waterfront promenade beckoned me. >> The Lungomare waterfront promenade in My last dinner in Puglia was at Bistrot Bari was beautiful (top) and the Trulli Oriente with cheese, risotto with salmon dwellings in Alberobello are a sight to and a fillet of sea bass topped with see (bottom) seasoned fruits, complemented by wine, of the middle of highly cultivated fields. course! And then it was time to say ‘Grazie’ Amidst the old-world charm of Masseria il as I left the picturesque Puglia region.

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A series of articles designed to hand hold SSC students as they revise towards the Boards 2014

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TODAY’S BEST VIEWING

Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece. He travels to Los Angeles for a business trip and decides to hire a prostitute. They take a liking to each other and he offers her money if she’ll stay with him for an entire week while he makes the “rich and famous” scene (since it doesn’t do for a man of his stature to be alone at society parties and polo matches). Romantic comedy (and complications) ensue. Star Movies, 11 .25p.m.

SOAPS & SERIALS

BALIKA VADHU

In tonight`s episode we will see, Sumitra and Bhairon reach Kesarbagh for Anandi’s wedding anniversary celebrations. Anandi is upset as she has lost all hopes of adopting Amol due to Ira's objections. Further, the orphanage kids come as a surprise to wish Anandi and the social worker came along with Amol, as a gift in Shiv and Anandi’s life... Now what will Anandi and Shiv do? Col or s, 8 p.m.

P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30

ANIMAL STRATEGIES

ANIMAL STRATEGIES explore how primates, antelopes, small animals, big predators and even some birds live, cope, survive and interact in the wild theatre that is their world. Anim al Planet, 7 p.m.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

You Have Been Warned is a fast-paced countdown of the world’s top 20 homemade science stunts and experiments. Each episode finds the cleverest, funniest, most daring, outrageous or just downright bizarre clips - and uses a top cast of the world’s best science experts to unpack and explain them for you. With the help of amazing storytelling graphics, they’ll explain the what, how and why of the biology, physics, and chemistry that made these clips possible. Discover y, 9 p.m.

EK GHAR BANAUNGA

Poonam announces to give her cash amount to Mangla. Kannu shares her plan with Mangla not to give the money to prabhu Vandana’s mortgage instead keep it with her. Would Mangla agree to keep Poonam’s parents in the house so to keep the money or would give the money back. Star Plus, 6.30 p.m .

MINORITY REPORT

Balika Vadhu, Colors, 8 p.m.

THE FRONT ROW WITH ANUPAMA CHOPRA

The Gorgeous diva Madhuri Dixit discusses her plans for 2014, her upcoming releases Dedh Ishqiya and Gulab Gang. Star Worl d, 8.30 p.m.

FUTURE WEAPONS

FUTURE WEAPONS reveals the latest incredible range of weapons developed using state-of-the-art science and technology. D iscovery Science, 10 p.m .

MOVIES OF THE DAY

In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad “Precrime”. They use three gifted humans (called “Pre-Cogs”) with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system’s flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn’t even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery’s core by finding out the ‘minority report’ which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that “might” tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent. H BO, 10.50 p.m.

JAYANTABHAI KI LUV STORY

Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story is a Bollywood crime romance film directed by Vinnil Markan, and produced by Kumar Taurani under Tips Music Films. The film stars Vivek Oberoi opposite Neha Sharma in lead roles. The theatrical trailer unveiled on 11 January 2013, whilst the film released on 14 February 2013. English subtitles for this film was done by Shivkumar Parthasarathy. The film is a remake of South Korean Film My Gangster Lover(2010). Zee Ci nema, 8.30 p.m .

THE PRESENCE

In this darkly romantic ghost story, a woman (Academy Award Winner Mira Sorvino) travels to an isolated cabin where she finds herself stalked by an apparition (Shane West, “A Walk To Remember”) who has come to inhabit her space as his own. With the unexpected arrival of the woman’s boyfriend (Golden Globe nominee Justin Kirk, “Weeds”), the dark spirit’s haunting grows more obsessive. Soon the woman begins to exhibit weirdly irrational behavior as the thin line between sanity and possession begins to unravel. A stunning directorial debut from Tom Provost, “The Presence” is grounded in terrific performances, beautiful cinematography, a lush musical score, and a Hitchcockian style that explores the idea of pure cinematic storytelling. Zee Studi o, 8.40 p.m.

BANDIT QUEEN

The movie tells the story of the bandit queen Phoolan Devi who was sent to prison in 1983 and got free in 1994. During five years she was prosecuted by the Indian police and turned into a legend (like a modern Robin Hood) by the Indian press. Although the press tended to make her the optimal hero with blue eyes, dark hair, being tall and beautiful she was in reality an average Indian which makes it hard for the movie to fulfill the expectations of the audience and tell the truth at the same time. Later in her life,She entered into the politics and was assassinated in 2001. Filmy, 9 p.m.

BAD BOYS II

Narcotics detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) have been assigned to a high-tech task force investigating the flow of designer ecstasy into Miami. Their

STAR PLUS

P.M. 2.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 2.30 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon.. 3.00 Pyar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha 3.30 Diya Aur Bati Hum 4.00 Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 4.30 Saraswatichandra 5.00 Ek Veer Ki Ardaas-Veera 5.30 Ye Hai Mohabbatein 6.00 Iss Pyar Ko Kya Naam Doon-Ek Baar Phir 6.30 Ek Ghar Banaunga 7.00 Saath Nibhaana... 7.30 Saraswati Chandra 8.00 Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi..Meri Bhabhi 8.30 Mahabharat 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

Minority Report, HBO, 9 p.m.

inquiries inadvertently lead them to a major conspiracy involving a vicious kingpin (Molla), whose ambitions to take over the city’s drug trade have ignited a bloody turf war. But Mike and Marcus’s friendship and working relationship is threatened when Mike begins to develop feelings for Marcus’ sister Syd (Gabrielle Union). Unless they can separate the personal from the professional, the bad boys are in danger of blowing the case and endangering Syd’s life in the process. Max, 9 p.m.

SEASON OF THE WITCH

A 14th century Crusader returns to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest, a grieving knight, a disgraced itinerant and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight join a mission troubled by mythically hostile wilderness and fierce contention over the fate of the girl. When the embattled party arrives at the abbey, a horrific discovery jeopardises the knight’s pledge to ensure the girl fair treatment, and pits them against an inexplicably powerful and destructive force. Pix, 9 p.m.

KHOTE SIKKAY

Jhanga is a cruel, brutal, and heartless dacait, who has terrorized the entire countryside. The police are unable to capture him, as he has several hideouts and nearby villagers are afraid to give out any informaiton, fearing the reprisal of his wrath. A black cloaked horseback rider is looking for Jhanga, to avenge the death of his dad, a judge who had convicted and sentenced Jhanga, however, whenever he comes close, Jhanga manages to escape. Then five men, all petty criminals, come to claim the reward for handing over Jhanga to the police. These five men do not trust the horseback rider, and will not have anything to do with him. CVO, 9 p.m.

2.30 Doli Armaano Ki 3.00 Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke 3.30 Pavitra Rishta 4.00 Qubool Hai 4.30 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 5.00 Jodha Akbar 5.30 Bh se Bhade 6.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 6.30 Pavitra Rishta 7.00 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan 7.30 Sapne Suhane... 8.00 Jodha Akbar 8.30 Do dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se 9.00 Pavitra Rishta. 9.30 Qubool Hai 10.00 Khelti Hai Zindagi Aankh Micholi 10.30 Doli Armaano Ki

LIFE OK

P.M. 2.00 Best of Savdhaaan India

Mein Uljhi Niyati 10.00 Firangi Bahu 10.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali. 11.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi toh Beti Hee

SAB TV

P.M. 2.30 F I R 3.00 Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah 8.00 Baal Veer 8.30 Taarak 9.00 Chidiya Ghar 9.30 Jeanie Aur Juhu 10.00 Lapataganj-Ek Baar Phir 10.30 FIR 11.00 Taarak Mehta

ZEE MARATHI

P.M. 2.00 Tu Tithe Mee 2.30 Eka Lagnachi Tisari

9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00 P.M. 2.00 3.00 4.00 4.30 6.00 7.00 8.00 8.30 9.00 10.00 11.00

Switched At Birth Ellen Degeneres Show Crazy Hidden Camera Just for Laughs Switched At Birth The Vampire Diaries The Big Bang Theory Happy Ending Being Erico Switched At Birth The Mentalist

ZEE CAFÉ

BIG CBS LOVE

P.M. 2.00 Britain’s Next Top Model 3.00 NCIS 4.00 Maximum Exposure 5.00 The X Factor USA 6.00 90210 7.00 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 7.30 Maximum Exposure 8.00 Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals 8.30 Rules of Engagement 9.00 Chaos 10.00 Life Unexpected 11.00 NCIS

SONY TV

CID Main Naa Boolungi Ek Nayi Pehnchaan Nandini Jee Le Zara CID Crime Patrol: Dastak

ZEE TV

P.M. 2.00 Do Dil Bandhe Ek Dori Se

Discovery Best You Have Been Warned Incredible Mr Goodwin Discovery Best

SCIENCE

P.M. 2.00 How It’s Made 3.00 Time Warp 4.00 Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman 4.50 Dark Matters 5.40 How It’s Made 6.00 The Gadget Show 7.00 Through The Wormhole with Morgan Freeman 8.00 How It’s Made 9.00 Time Warp 10.00 Future Weapons 11.00 The Gadget Show

HISTORY CHANNEL

P.M. 2.30 Superhuman 3.30 The Universe 4.30 Bollywood@100

The Front Row with Anupama Chopra, STar World, 8.30 p.m. You Have Been Warned, Discovery, 9 p.m.

7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00

Gustakh Dil Devo Ke Dev Mahadev Ek Boond Ishq Do Dil… Ek Jaan Tumhari Paakhi Kaisa Yeh Ishq Hai-Ajab Sa Risk Hai 10.30 Savdhaan India P.M. 2.00 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 4.30 5.00 5.30 7.00

7.30 8.00 8.30 9.00 9.30 10.00 10.30 11.00

COLORS

Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Rangrasiya Beintehaa Madhubala Sanskaar Dharohar Apnon Ki Bani – Ishq da Kalma Comedy Nights with Kapil Sanskaar: Dharohar Apnon Ki Sasural Simar Ka Balika Vadhu Madhubala Beintehaa Rangrasiya Uttaran Bani – Ishq da Kalma Balika Vadhu

SAHARA ONE

P.M 2.00 Firangi Bahu 2.30 Aakhir Bhau Bhi…. 3.00 Pyar Ka Sapna: Film. Ashok Kumar 6.00 Rishton Ke Bhawar Mein Uljhi… 6.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 7.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti 7.30 Firangi Bahu 8.00 Haunted Nights: Kaun Hai Who? 8.30 Jai Jai Jai Bajarangbali 9.00 Aakhir Bahu Bhi Toh Beti… 9.30 Rishton Ke Bhawar

Goshta 3.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 3.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 4.00 Sherjari Shejari Pakke Shejari 5.00 Tu Thithe Mee 5.30 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 6.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshat 6.30 Home Minister 7.00 Tu Tithe Mee 7.30 Radha Hi Bawri 8.00 Honar Suun Me Hya Gharachi 8.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 9.00 Eka Lagnachi Tisari Goshta 9.30 Pakke Shejari 10.30 Juluni Yeti Reshimgathi 11.00 Honar Soon Me Hya Gharachi

ANIMAL PLANET

P.M. 2.00 3.00 3.30 4.00 5.00 6.00 7.00 8.00 9.00 10.00 10.30 11.00

Wild Recon Predator’s Prey Natural Born Hunters Wildest Island Wild Tales AP Safari Animal Strategies Wild Planet Wild Recon Predator’s Prey Natural Born Hunters River Monsters

DISCOVERY

P.M. 2.00 Secrets of…. 3.00 Medical Anomalies 4.00 Stephen Hawking Special 5.00 Food Factory 5.30 American Digger 6.00 Wild India 7.00 How Do They Do It 7.30 What Happened Next

DOORDARSHAN

DDI (Main Channel)

P.M. 2.30 3.00 3.30 4.00 7.00 7.15 7.35 8.00 8.15 8.30

8.00 9.00 10.00 11.00

STAR WORLD

Arrow II Castle Last Man Stnading Two And A Half Men Boston Legal Castle Koffee with Karan Last Man Standing The Front How with Anupama Chopra Boston Legal Crazy Once Raising Hope Castle

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Discussions are going on. It (debt switch not happening this year) is one possibility. There is probability that we may not do it. But who said we will not totally do it. This is one of the possibility that it may not happen this year but we are working on it.

Hot Year For Equities, Says Deutsche RBI Deputy Governor H R Khan

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Markets Volatile

NSE India: CNX Nifty — Daily Market Report for: Friday (January 10, 2014) (Based on the activity of the previous trading day) by Dominic Rebello REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS DAY: The Nifty fell marginally on Thursday (January 09, 2014) a net 6.25 points (0.10%) and closed at the 6168 point level. The market opened up with a gap at the 6181 points level. It then rose further and registered the day’s high at the 6188 points level at 9.20 a.m. The index then declined sharply into the red and turned into a range bound movement until 1.00 p.m. The index then declined further and registered the day’s low at the 6148 points level at 1.08 p.m. It then rose and turned into a range bound movement to close at the day on a flat note. The Nifty witnessed a volatile session and moved in a range of 40 points. Sentiment was bearish and amongst the 50 Nifty stocks 31 were losers, while 19 were gainers. TECHNICAL ANALYSIS: Volume: Volume (Qty shares) decreased 8.07%. This change is moderate and indicates a moderate participation by investors.

Market Bre adth: Overall Market Breadth on the NSE was negative. Amongst all the traded stocks, 498 were gainers, 931 were losers and 47 remained unchanged.

Slow Stochastic Indicator: The Slow Stochastic Oscillator has declined in the over-sold 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 above zero but is now declining (negative if it continues). It is below its 9-day Average (negative).

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

5958 points level. The next support is at the 5877 points level.

Resistance Levels: The immediate main resistance is at the 6372 points level. The next resistance is at the 6424 points level.

Pivot Point Analys is: For intra-day traders the support and resistance levels are calculated according to the pivot point theory and are: Pivot point = 6168 (This is the level where the trend is likely to change during intra-day). Support (1) = 6148. Support (2) = 6128. Resistance (1) = 6188. Resistance (2) = 6208.

OUTLOOK FOR TODAY: On Japanese candlestick patterns the index has formed a small black body candle with a long lower tail. A long lower tail indicates that sellers dominated trading and drove prices lower during the session. However by the end of the session, buyers resurfaced and pushed prices back. This indicates that buying support is emerging at l ower leve ls. This candl e also i ndicates that the i ndecisi veness amongst investors continue s. 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 days moving averages. Further, the 5 days moving average is below the 15 and 25 days moving averages and is declining. Moreover The velocity parameters too indi cate weaknes s. All these indic ate a negative bias and the possibility of a fur t her decline unfolding. Investors are advised to avoid buying at current levels.

Work with strict stop losses on all positions

Moving Averages (Trend Indicators) The index: Is below its 5-day average (at 6181) Negative. Is below its 15-day average (at 6240) Negative. Is below its 25-day average (at 6241) Negative. Is above its 200-day average (at 5922) Positive.

Overall Market Strengt h/Weakness: The indicators and oscillators discussed here are indicating a weak market with a negative bias.

Suppor t Levels: For short-term traders the immediate main support is at the

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otwithstanding the stock market in 2014 logging one of the worst New Year starts since 1996, the year heralds the beginning of a bull cycle in India and the Sensex may scale the 24,000peak by December, Deutsche Equities said yesterday. The Sensex has shed over 450 points in 2014 so far, making it the second worst New Year show in nearly two decades, but the leading foreign brokerage is hopeful of Indian equities touching new peaks in coming months. “Year 2014 will herald the beginning of a bull market in the country and we are setting the Sensex target at 24,000 and an imputed Nifty target of 7,148, implying an upside of 16 per cent from the current levels. “The Sensex would trade at a PE of 15.9 times which is broadly in line with the past five-year average,” Deutsche Equities India Research Head Abhay Laijawala told reporters. Although the domestic economy has bottomed out, a recovery is likely to be gradual, showing a perceptible improvement only in the second half of the next fiscal, once the private sector investment cycle starts to revive, he said. “While we are convinced that economic growth and earnings cycle have bottomed out, the pace of recovery will be crucially determined by the outcome of the national elections, which may form the fulcrum for investor sentiment. “For equity markets, the 2014 outlook will hence hinge on the ability of either of the two national parties (BJP and Congress) to anchor a stable coalition. We think whoever gets at least 180 seats may form a coalition Government,” he said. The year is likely to see many an inflection point for the country and its equity market, Laijawala said, as he sees domestic investor disenchantment with equities ebbing. A subdued outlook for oil and gold prices further sweeten the investment thesis, he said. On sectoral picks, he said “our biggest “overweight’s” are IT services and banks with consumer staples being our largest

“underweight”. On the risks to economic growth, Laijawala said the biggest threat comes from an unfavourable election outcome leading to a fragmented coalition Government. On the external front, any sign of a faster-thananticipated tightening by the US Fed will be a source of investor concern.

Foreign Investors Get Exit Option By A Business Reporter

elaxing FDI norms, the Reserve Bank of India has given foreign investors an option to exit their investments by selling their holdings of equity or debt. “It is expected that this relaxation will facilitate greater FDI flows into the country,” the RBI said in a statement. According to the modified norms, foreign direct investment (FDI) contracts can now have optionality clauses, which allow investors to exit, subject to the conditions of minimum lock-in period and without any assured returns. Until now, only equity shares or compulsorily and mandatorily convertible preference shares or debentures could be issued to person’s resident outside India under the FDI policy and these In a separate notification, the RBI said banks may include a close NRI relative as a joint holder in an individual resident’s existing or new bank account on an “either or survivor” basis. Such accounts will be treated as resident bank accounts for all purposes and all regulations applicable to a resident bank account will be applicable. Cheques, instruments, remittances, cash, card or any other proceeds belonging to the NRI close relative will not be eligible for credit to this account, it said. Such joint account holder facility may be extended to all types of resident accounts, including savings bank accounts, it added.

BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS Jefferies calls a ‘Buy’ on Larsen & Toubro CMP: Rs. 972

Target Rs. 1150

Kotak Securities calls a ‘Buy’ on Hindustan Zinc CMP: Rs. 129

Target Rs. 140

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Coal India may miss production target for FY'14: CMD EGoM defers decision on IOC disinvestment India to allow FDI in railways Birla Corp to take legal recourse against mine deallocation Compat to hear appeal against Jet-Etihad deal after 3 weeks Marine exports at all time high of Rs 18,856 cr in 2012-13.

By A Business Reporter

ports, following four consecutive quarters of sub-5 %growth and a 4.6 he year 2014 is likely to be a %rate in the first half of FY14, â&#x20AC;&#x153;slow recovery yearâ&#x20AC;? for India, Citigroup said. with economic growth rising, Moreover, investments may also inflation easing, currency and rates â&#x20AC;&#x153;surpriseâ&#x20AC;? in FY15.â&#x20AC;?While we expect largely stable, Citigroup said. The improvement on the investment global financial services major also horizon, we recognize that it will be said that while the emergence of the more evident post the general Aam Aadmi Party may change the elections,â&#x20AC;? according to the repolitical landscape in India, the pri- search note. ority for the markets will be a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Diminishing global tail risksâ&#x20AC;? are single-party-led and stable alliance, also contributing to the recovery of with acceleration in economic the Indian economy.â&#x20AC;?As we head policy making. into 2014, the global story is a bit â&#x20AC;&#x153;India should start recovering in clearer. Taper has begun and, while 2014 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; slowly, but likely steadily,â&#x20AC;? our team expects it to conclude by Citigroup said in a research note September 2014, it expects US yesterday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We see growth up, infla- monetary policy to continue tion down, the currency and rates being highly accommodative,â&#x20AC;? Citilargely stable.â&#x20AC;?The economy may group said. expand by 5.1 %in the second half Global real GDP growth measof FY14, led by agriculture and ex- ured at market exchange rates is ex-

pected to rise to 3.1 %in 2014 from 2.4 %in 2013, Citigroup said. Citigroup maintained its estimate of a modest upturn in Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s GDP growth from 4.8 %in FY14 to 5.6 %in FY15.Wholesale and retail inflation are expected to head lower and average 6 %and 8.3 %, respectively, in FY15 compared with 6.5 %and 10 % in FY14. The current account deficit may be contained at 2.3 % of GDP in FY14, according to Citigroup. Four domestic factors to â&#x20AC;&#x153;look outâ&#x20AC;? for in 2014 are politics, inflation, the external sector rebalancing and investments. The emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to change the political landscape of India, it said.â&#x20AC;?With the AAP now likely to contest the general elections, earlier political arithmetic on likely election outcomes would need to be re-visited,â&#x20AC;? Citigroup said.

Annual Auto Sales Witness First Decline In 11 Years By A Business Reporter

nnual car sales in India declined for the first time in 11 years in 2013, posting a 9.59% dip, as the auto industry reeled under a prolonged demand slump due to the economic slowdown. According to the Society of Indian Automobile Industry (SIAM), domestic car sales last year fell to 18,07,011 units from 19,98,703 units in the previous year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The decline in annual car sales that we witnessed in 2013 was the first time after 2002. The negative sentiments have deepened due to the current state of the economy,â&#x20AC;? SIAM Director General Vishnu Mathur told reporters. He said high inflation, fuel prices and interest rates - which resulted in high cost of ownership - have affected sentiment. Highlighting the prolonged slowdown, SIAM said car sales in India

have been in positive territory only for three of the past 17 months - October 2012, August and September 2013.The industry hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t yet bottomed out, Mathur said, adding that other segments such as commercial vehicles are badly hurt due to lack of mining activities and stalled infrastructure projects.â&#x20AC;?We expect some rebound happening in commercial vehicles in the second half of the year,â&#x20AC;? Mathur said, adding that it could have some ruboff on passenger cars as well. In the April-December 2013 period, the industry saw the launch of 22 new car models, 40 new variants and 10 model refreshes, intended to bring excitement in the market, he said. In December, domestic car sales declined 4.52% to 1,32,561 units from 1,38,835 units in the same month in 2012. Market leader Maruti Suzuki India

posted a 6.4% increase in domestic sales at 73,155 units as against 68,729 units in the same month of the previous year. Hyundai Motor India sales were also up 6.2% at 28,320 units compared to 26,651 units in the year-ago month. Tata Motors saw its sales crash by 41.92% to 6,537 units in December from 11,257 units. Japanese car maker Honda posted a 29.27% increase to 5,484 units as against 4,242 units. Utility vehicle major Mahindra & Mahindra saw its sales drop by 26.93% to 15,881 units from 21,735 units in December 2012. Total sales of commercial vehicles were down by 25.53% to 46,757 units from 62,786 units in the year-ago period, SIAM said. Total sale of vehicles across categories registered a decline of 1.21% to 14,31,632 units in December 2013 as against 14,49,203 units in the same month of 2012, it added.

BUSINESS BRIEFS January IIP Could Be Moderately Higher

â&#x20AC;&#x153;There have been some early indications of improvement in consumer demand as measured by Zyfinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Consumer Outlook Index for December. If this trend sustains in the near future, the looming risk of rising inventory can be averted lending itself into a steep recovery in industrial activity. We need to keep a close watch on how consumer demand evolves in 2014â&#x20AC;? says Debopam Chaudhuri, Vice President of Research and Development at ZyFin Research. He was referring to Zyfinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Business Cycle Indicator (BCI) for the month of December 2013. The index, which is a lead indicator to the IIP, has registered a year on year growth of 4.7% as against 4.2% registered in November. After registering its lowest growth of FYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;13-14 in November, there has been a slight uptick this month. ZyFin Research expects 2014 to start with a moderate expansion in industrial activity.

International Air Cargo Demand Grows 6.1%

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released figures which show a 6.1% growth in demand (measured in freight tonne kilometers or FTK) for air freight in November 2013 over the same month in the previous year. Novemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance is an improvement on the 4.4% year-on-year demand expansion recorded in October. This continues an improvement trend in the weak air cargo markets which has been developing over 2013.All regions reported growth except for Latin America and Africa. The strongest performing region was the Middle East where carriers reported a 16.5% improvement. Significantly, Asia-Pacific carriers, who account for some 40% of the market, reported 4.9% growth, more than doubling the 1.8% growth of October.

FAM Seeks Sonia Gandhiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Intervention In LBT Issue

As the trading community of Maharashtra despite agitating against imposition of LBT in the state, has found no recourse or support from the state government, industry body FAM as a desperate last resort have sought the intervention Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the Indian National Congress seeking her appointment to represent woes faced by trading Community due to imposition of LBT. FAM which represents 7500 associations has through a letter sought the Congress presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appointment to intervene in an issue that has hurt business in Maharashtra.

States To Get Freedom To Spend Under Flexi-Funds

The government has issued guidelines for â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Flexi-Fundsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, which will provide greater freedom to states to utilise allocated funds for implementation centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) relating to social development and poverty alleviation. The guidelines, which were mooted by the Planning Commission to improve the performance of flagship schemes of the government, will come into effect from next fiscal. As per the guidelines, the central ministries will be required to keep aside at least 10 per cent of the planned budget for each CSS as Flexi-Funds.

OilMin To Move Cabinet For Reducing Subsidy Burden

Oil Ministry plans to go to the Cabinet seeking a minimum USD 65 per barrel price for state oil and gas explorers like ONGC to help bring 70 million tons of oil to production, Oil Secretary Vivek Rae said yesterday. Speaking on sidelines of Petrotech pre-event conference, Rae said the USD 40-42 per barrel net price realised by ONGC after paying for fuel subsidies, is barely enough to meet its costs.

CAD To Drop To $50 Bn This Fiscal Had touched an all-time high of USD 88.2 billion in 2012-13 By A Business Reporter

ncouraged by rise in exports and decline in gold imports, Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram said the current account deficit (CAD) in India will come down to about USD 50 billion in the current financial year, 2013 - 14. CAD, which is the difference between inflow and outflow of foreign exchange, touched an all-time high of USD 88.2 billion or 4.8% of GDP in 2012-13. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Exports are doing fairly well ... month on month there might be slight blip here and there, but draw a line it will be straight and secular. It is not curving down. We are quite confident that CAD should be around USD 50 billion for the financial year,â&#x20AC;? Mayaram said. Adding that the trade deficit, which is the difference between export

and import, has narrowed to USD 9.2 billion in November, from USD 10.6 billion in October. The CAD in the first half (AprilSeptember) of the current fiscal came down to USD 26.9 billion (3.1% of GDP), from USD 37.9 billion (4.5% of GDP) in H1 of 2012-13. Declining gold imports has also contributed to improvement in the CAD, which dropped to 1.2% in Q2, as against 4.9% in Q1. Gold imports, according to Mayaram, fell to 19.3 tonnes in November, from 162 tonnes in May. In order to restrict inward shipment of gold, the government and the RBI had announced various measures, including hiking import duty to 10%. With the decline of imports, there is a clamour that the government should ease the curbs as they are encouraging smuggling.

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n a career that straddled five decades, ace film maker Shakti Samanta directed numerous hits. A straightforward man, his clarity of thought could never be disputed and he was known for being a man of few words, particularly with people he was not comfortable with. Remarkably, this unassuming man was responsible for spinning skeins of cinematic magic. Born in Burdwan, now in West Bengal, on January 13, 1924, Samanta grew up in his uncle’s home in Dehra Dun. He was bitten by the acting bug at an early age, and with little money and big dreams, he started working as a school teacher in Dapoli. Samanta would make weekly trips to Mumbai during which he made visited numerous studios, including Bombay Talkies. As it turned out, Bombay Talkies at the time was overflowing with Bengalis and before long, he met Ashok Kumar, a top star at Bombay Talkies, who advised him to become an assistant director and not chase stardom. After a few odd jobs, Samanta became an assistant director to writer Vrajendra Gaur who was making a film called ‘Kasturi’ in 1953. Gaur and Samanta shared a tremendous rapport and despite ‘Kasturi’ doing well, Gaur did not direct another film. Instead he passed on subsequent offers to Samanta, thus giving

the latter his break as an independent director with ‘Bahu’ (1955). However, it was the super-hit crime thriller ‘Howrah Bridge’ (1958) with Madhubala seductively swaying to ‘Aaiye Meherban’, and Shammi Kapoor playing a double role in ‘China Town’ (1962) that actually established Samanta’s credentials as a filmmaker. It is said that being a shrewd producer Samanta never stuck with a hero who started sliding down the ladder of success. In the 1960s he helmed a string of successful films with Shammi Kapoor in the lead. He then worked with the new superstar

Yaariyan’s Dream Girl

By Chaitanya Padukone

ho says that only top stars can sell a Bollywood movie? Ask movie and audio tycoon Bhushan Kumar and debutante director wife Divya Khosla Kumar and they will dare to differ. With superhit musical movies like ‘Aashiqui-2’, starring newcomers, to their credit, Bhushan has full confidence in their latest venture ‘Yaariyan’ which is a romantic entertainer for college students. “True, ‘Yaariyan’ does not boast of established celeb-names, but our actual stars are the story, the script, the youthful characters, the classy songs and the awesome locations,” insists director Divya, whose metic-

ulous efforts are evident in the movie. Among the cast of ‘Yaariyan’ is ‘Miss Earth’ Nicole Faria from Bangalore, who plays the sexy Jia and is supposedly the centre of ‘distraction’ in the movie. Like most models from the South, Nicole could not speak fluent Hindi, and also had an accent. Despite this, her debut movie was quite a cake-walk. Recalls the dusky Nicole, “When I got a message from the associate director of ‘Yaariyaan’ asking me to appear for a screen-test, I initially dismissed it as a crazy prank. My mother felt it was real and that I should respond. She was right, and I ended up giving seven auditions, till I was accepted.” Wasn’t she jittery while shooting for her first schedule? “As a winner of beauty pageants, I am used to frequently facing the camera, so it wasn’t an issue. For my character Jia, Divya conducted an extensive workshop for all of us and shot all the portions on a handy-cam, before we actually started the shoots. The first schedule I shot for was the pyjama party song ‘ABCD’, which gave me the extra-confidence while enacting intense scenes.” Did she face starry tantrums from any of her female co-stars? “Our roles were so well-defined that it was smooth sailing. Frankly, we lived up to the movie title and became buddies. Off-screen it was like an extended picnic on the sets,” shrugs the sultry, glam-girl who is hell-bent on making it big.

Rajesh Khanna. And after Khanna’s career fizzled, Samanta segued to working with Amitabh Bachchan in ‘The Great Gambler’ (1979) and ‘Barsaat Ki Ek Raat’ (1981). It is to Samanta’s credit that could work his alchemy even with newcomers. Sharmila Tagore in ‘Kashmir Ki Kali’, Rajesh Khanna in ‘Aradhana’, Helen in ‘Howrah Bridge’ and Moushumi, got their first taste of Hindi film stardom, thanks to his films.” After making crime and action films, Samanta entered the third phase of his career: making emotional dramas. ‘Aradhana’ was unforgettable, amongst other things for Rajesh Khanna’s performance which propelled him to superstardom, and the songs by Kishore Kumar which took the singer to unparalleled heights of playback singing. ‘Kati Patang’, ‘Amar Prem’ and ‘Anuraag’ went on to become big hits, thus making Samanta a topnotch film maker. By the late 1970s, Samanta had run of a hits and misses. He tried working again with Rajesh Khanna after a seven-year break with ‘Awaaz’ (1984) and ‘Alag Alag’ (1985), but the Samanta-KhannaBurman magic failed this time. After the Jeetendra-Rekha starrer ‘Geetanjali’ flopped in 1993, Samanta quit Hindi films. And though he is no more, his memories remain strong.

Super model Hasleen Kaur is all set to sizzle on the silver screen in the Suneel Darshan production ‘Karle Pyaar Karle’ where she is paired opposite Darshan’s son, Shiv. We spoke to Hasleen about her tinsel town debut and this is what she said. By Sandeep Hattangadi

Do you feel ‘Karle Pyaar Karle’ is the right launch for you? Nothing could be better than a Suneel Darshan film since he is the filmmaker who has launched so many stars like Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra, Lara Dutta and has also made several films with Karisma Kapoor.

What is the film all about? It is about two rebellious youngsters who fall in love.IplayPreet,whoisinlovewitharebelKabir played by Shiv Darshan. Kabir has been released from a juvenile home and has come to my town after 12 years along with his mother. Itisthenthatouradolescentloveisre-kindled. What was it like working with Shiv? He is such a nice guy and he made me so comfortable throughout the shoot of the film especially in the romance and action scenes.

How was Rajesh Pandey as a director? He really pushed me hard to give perfect shots and tried his level best to make a debutant actor like me do a good job of playing a difficult role.

Who is your role model in the industry? I have always liked Kajol since she lights up the screen whenever she is on it.

Item girl tag derogatory and silly: Malaika A

ctress Malaika Arora Khan, whose popular dance numbers like ‘Chaiyya Chaiyya’, ‘Munni Badnam Hui’ have raised the bar for her contemporaries to match her style, finds the item girl tag ‘derogatory and silly’. “I don’t like the term ‘item girl’. Why not look at it (item song) as a special song that is creating a hype and entertainment? I find it derogatory and silly,” Malaika told PTI in an interview. Malaika, whose song ‘Munni Badnam Hui’ in Bollywood film

‘Dabangg’ (2010) was a hit, says nothing interesting has come up for her in terms of special dance numbers. The actress is back to judge yet another season of the reality show, ‘India’s Got Talent’. “Last time, I was there for half the season. This time I am getting the feel of everything as I am there from beginning. Previously, I was there from the elimination and it was tough. This time it is an insane amount of work. In a day we have 20-25 acts minimum,” Malaika said.

Enjoyed playing Begum Para: Madhuri B

ollywood diva Madhuri Dixit says playing Begum Para, the new femme fatale in Abhishek Chaubey’s ‘Dedh Ishqiya’, was challenging but fun. “It was a challenging role because I could not go overboard with the character or underplay it. The more complex a character, the tauter a performance needs to be. Playing Begum Para was like a tightrope walk. It had to be just right and I had to constantly keep that in mind,” Madhuri told PTI. The 46-year-old actress, however, did not find it difficult to master the nuances or the Urdu diction of her character.

“The diction was not a problem as I have done a little bit of Urdu as Chandramukhi in ‘Devdas’. My priority was getting the performance right.” The film, a sequel to 2010 ‘Ishqiya’, is slated to release tomorrow. Both Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi are reprising their roles as Khalujaan and Babban, while Huma Qureshi is the other new face in the movie. Madhuri agreed to be a part of the sequel because she loved the “unapologetic way” Abhishek presented Vidya Balan’s character of a beautiful, willful woman in ‘Ishqiya’. “I had seen ‘Ishqiya’ and was very impressed with the way a woman’s character was etched out in it. There was no apology for the way Vidya was presented, which I found interesting”, she says.

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hile the year settles in and the deluge of films starts, just some off-the-cuff thoughts: *The silly season is upon us, when the dozens of awards events kick off, supposedly rewarding excellence, but actually just making the trophy maker rich. At least this year there are five films that deserve to be nominated, most years the list is padded with also-rans. Who is interested in pictures of actors getting in and out of airports? Why don’t the photographers who are allotted this beat go on strike, since most international flights arrive and depart at odd hours? It’s just possible that the stars themselves click and send out these pictures. Makes them look like busy jet-setters. Even worse are pictures of stars visiting temples… can’t they, and other people, even pray in peace? One point below are photos of stars at the hospital… can’t they, and other people, be sick in private? The absolute pits are photos of stars ‘doing good’ – playing with sick children or handing out gifts to the needy; shouldn’t charity be done without publicity? Isn’t it absurd the amount of money stars are paid to attend functions and perform their item numbers? Don’t the people

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Internationally renowned filmmaker, the legendary Satyajit Ray

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spending these obscene amounts of money get into the tax net? The net world is abuzz with outrage at Salman Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Mallika Sherawat, Varun Dhawan, Siddharth Malhotra and other Bollywood celebrities landing up at Uttar Pradesh’s Saifai village. When the poor are dying of cold and hunger, will film stars dancing keep them alive? Why are stars at the beck

and call of politicians and is there no limit to vulgar showmanship? It’s all very well for an actor or actress to beat the competition, but shouldn’t some credit be given to the filmmakers who helped them get there? Some of the good writers, directors and technicians are almost faceless, while the empty vessels made the most noise. The sad fact is that these days audiences don’t decide on the best talent on show in films, the powerful PR and Marketing teams do… with the right kind of clout, anybody can be kept in the public eye... sometimes it’s as easy as taking clothes off. Just because a couple of offbeat films did well, there is no reason to tom-tom about the changing face of Bollywood and the maturing of our cinema. The reins are still in the hands of the men (and very few women) who control the money. To them, the big opening crores are worth more than the respect due to an artist; as a result, there are hardly any cinema artists left, just bean counters. And yet, the filmmaker best known internationally is Satyajit Ray. That should tell us something.

Cappuccino named after Salman Khan A

cappuccino coffee in the name of Salman Khan will be available for his fans at multiplexes across India during the release of his upcoming film ‘Jai Ho’. Salman, who is the most massy star of the industry has a huge fan following that majorly included the single screen au-

Pooja Chopra’s injury holds up two films

ecently, former Miss India Pooja Chopra had injured her leg and underwent a surgery for the same and Vipul Shah, who is the maker of her upcoming two films ‘Roopnagar Ke Cheete’ and ‘Commando 2’ has delayed the films’ schedule, by a few months for the actress. When the makers of the films paid Pooja a visit in the hospital, she asked them to go ahead with the film with some other actress and not delay the schedule because of her, however, they refused point blank. The filmmakers told Pooja that they only wanted her to be a part of the two films. Pooja, who was last seen opposite Vidyut Jammwal in ‘Commando’, will need some time to recover and therefore the entire schedule of her films has been pushed by three months.

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diences. But with ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, the actor even managed to lure the multiplex audiences and has a big equity. This time around, as ‘Jai Ho’ releases, multiplex owners will have thematic cappuccino available at the stalls as a part of the film's promotional campaign. Since it is a

winter release, they believe it is a good time to have cappuccinos in Salman's name as the entire north belt will be under cold wave. The spokesperson of the film confirms the news. ‘Jai Ho’ which also stars Daisy Shah, Tabu, Ashmit Patel is slated to release on January 24.

Irrfan teams up with Big B I

rrfan Khan, who turned 47 on January 7, is all set to conquer new peaks in 2014. This year, the incredibly adventurous actor is all set to start new films with superdirectors Nishikant Kamath, Vishal Bhardwaj, Sujoy Ghosh and Shoojit Sircar. Most exciting of all is the Shoojit Sircar's film which brings Irrfan face-to-face with Big B for the first time. Says Irrfan "Can you believe it, during all these years in the film industry, I've never worked with Bachchan saab or Naseer saab! Lekin script bhi toh honi chahiye! The screenplay has to justify our coming together. Finally I am working with Bachchan saab in Shoojit's film." At the moment Irrfan is shooting for a film with the ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ director Nishikant Kamath. Says Irrfan cryptically, “It's a project which we've been mulling over for some time. It's a political thriller about corruption and moral accountability, very topical very relevant to our times.” In Kamath's film, Irrfan shares screen space with Jimmy Sheirgill. Talking about his first time association with different actors this year, the actor says, “I suppose 2014 is my year of firsttime happenings. I'm working with Bachchan saab for the first time this year. I'll also be directed by Sujoy Ghosh for the first time in a film where I'll be paired with Vidya Balan for the first time. I am looking forward to that as well."

BOLLY BRIEFS Post surgery, Shruti Haasan resumes shooting for ‘Gabbar’

SHRUTI Haasan who recently underwent appendicitis surgery is back in action and she has already started shooting for her upcoming film ‘Gabbar’, in which she'll be seen romancing Akshay Kumar. Gabbar went on floors on Wednesday and Shruti took to Twitter to inform her fans that she has started shooting for the film. “Back in mumbai and back to shoot - bye bye appendix hello new year :) ugggh I hate pain :(.” Directed by Krish, ‘Gabbar’ is being coproduced by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and it is slated to release on Christmas this year.

John Abraham replaces Akshay in ‘Hera Pheri 3’

AFTER replacing Akshay Kumar in Welcome Back, John Abraham has now replaced the ‘Khiladi’ once again in ‘Hera Pheri 3’. Reportedly filmmaker Firoz Nadiadwala has not only roped in John for the third edition of ‘Hera Pheri’ but he has also signed him for the sequel to ‘Awara Paagal Deewana’. Sources claim that Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal, who have played pivotal roles in the ‘Hera Pheri’ series, will also be a part of the third instalment. South actress Sakshi Chowdhary will play the female lead in ‘Hera Pheri 3’.

I won’t gift an Audi to Kat, let someone else do it: Salman

SALMAN Khan recently launched German luxury car Audi's RS 7 Sportback in India and at the event, when Khan was asked to pick a celebrity whom he would like to gift the car to, he took Katrina Kaif's name saying that he feels that it would suit her personality the most however, he was quick to add that he has no plans of presenting the car to her. “If I had to gift this car to somebody then I would give it to Katrina as I feel that she would look good in it. But I'm not gifting it to her, let somebody else gift it to her,” he stated at the do. Salman's alleged ex-girlfriend Katrina is presently rumoured to be dating Ranbir Kapoor.

‘Kamasutra 3D’ director hurt in motor bike mishap

RUPESH Paul, director of films like ‘Saint Dracula 3D’ and the upcoming ‘Kamasutra 3D’, got injured in a motorbike accident on Saturday. The director has been admitted to a private hospital in Kozhikode, where he had to undergo emergency surgeries. He had three fractures, two on the forearm and one on the palm. The surgeries were over and he is recovering. Rupesh was on a visit to Calicut, on a break, when his motor bike got hit by a car. He is still in hospital but hopes to get back as soon as possible to fulfill his film commitments.

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CRYPTIC CROSSWORD 688

ENIGMA CODE 688

ACROSS: 1 Leading servant to give you the important news (5,4) 6 Not those for which the sea is endless (5) 9 A comedian's outing is usually good for a laugh (5,5) 11 Is deep, perhaps, but may be detected (6) 12 Why people play football - to have excitement (3,5) 13 Effects of hair-paper Lana twisted ? (13) 15 Lucky things didn't turn out this way (13) 19 Violet canine? (8) 20 First born will always be (6) 22 Not one of the trippers (4-6) 23 Feeling blue, having lost the heart around the starting place for a horse ! (5) 24 Reduced economic activity causing worry in the N A T O field (9)

DOWN: 2 Haley's book provides moral support (5) 3 First new rise causing more now (7) 4 Having sat quietly, does get fidgety (5) 5 Animal with a head for heights (7) 7 That woman back in with a student of organ protrusions (7) 8 To show ready eloquence where moonshine is? (5-4) 10 Fish shop I ran had sample (7) 13 He's rolling the dog cart out (9) 14 Can't you shut them up in cages ? (7) 16 Soldiers will agree that this duty is well-named (7) 17 Push out of seat, when one tilts? (7)

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: swoop

C C

C C SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S ENIGMA CODE PASTRY, APPEAR, PAPERS RAPPER, SEPTET, STEPPE TAPPER

C C

MATH PYRAMID 688 18 Coming nearest to a conclusion (7) 20 Edible item not available as a

loss leader (5) 21 Briefly a stone-breaking employee ? (5)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S CRYPTIC CROSSWORD ACROSS: 7 Executive suite, 8 Arks, 9 Rigel, 10 Hasp, 12 Newcomer, 14 Sedate, 15 Reach ones goal, 17 Beacon, 18 Deponent, 20 Plod, 21 Clamp, 22 To-do, 23 Turn of the screw. DOWN: 1 George orwell, 2 Gets, 3 Quorum, 4 Lingering deaths, 5 Realists, 6 Pushed down, 11 Settling down, 13 Chalcedony, 16 Handcuff, 19 Papist, 22 Term.

QUICK CROSS 688

ACROSS: 1. Crag 4. Be litigious 5. Falling-outs 7. Part of ETA 8. Appraises 10. Bite the dust 11. Standard, abbr.

HIDATO 688

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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

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DOWN: 1. Alexander and Peter, e.g. 2. Away 3. -- judicata 5. Filled 6. Lead-in for "fix" or "mix" 8. Map abbreviations 9. Islet

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 688

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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Aries 10th Paush Shuklapaksha Bharni Mesh [Aries] A.L.I. Red 8

BIRTHDAY FORECAST: A period of gains and accomplishments lies ahead of you. Youngsters involved in some specialized training will be at a turning point in their career. A brief stint overseas in the same connection is likely. Business folk will expand their work by commissioning a new factory or by opening a branch office. The next twelve months are financially very good. Getting away on a long vacation in winter further enhances relationship with loved ones. BABIES BORN TODAY: Will be of medium height with lovely eyes and ruddy complexion.

They are honest, generous, forgiving but can be very obstinate. They generally are good in studies and hardworking. They attain success in their career after considerable effort. They generally lead successful life.

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BEAU PEEP THE ADVENTURES OF LEGIONNAIRE BEAU PEEP

FRED BASSET ALEX GRAHAM

PHANTOM LEE FALK

MODESTY BLAISE PETER O’DONNELL

ARIES (March 21 - April 20): Be alert to the fresh offers that come along. There is a good proposal in the form of job or assignment, and if you negotiate terms and conditions deftly you will settle a favorable deal. You could be in trouble for not fulfilling certain obligations required of you at home. Get on with what you have to do and other things will fall into place.

TAURUS (April 21 - May 20): Attend to your routine work and avoid bringing about any changes right now. Try to be practical and don't give in to emotions because there is really very little you can do about it. Follow the trends; resisting will only lead to frustration and disappointment. There will be moments of leisure and romance with the one you love.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): You will have a very busy today, though you may not achieve much. If you have to wait a bit longer for rewards, it would be worth it. Be careful when signing agreements or contracts. You have tendency to trust the wrong kind of people. Remain alert. Your mate may caution you on the choice of friends. It may be difficult for you to see reason at the moment.

CANCER (June 21 - July 21): Some problems you have been facing in your business are likely to be sorted out very soon which will add to your enthusiasm and energy. You will be in a much stronger position from now onwards. You will now be able to overcome obstacles that have been standing in your way. Look forward to happy times. Keep a check on indulgence for it could affect health.

LEO (July 22 - August 21): Use money wisely as there are extra demands. You need to adjust your budget. Ask for help if you need. You could miss out on an important tip for investment or work because of a communication problem. Be discreet when dealing with people as there could be misunderstanding. You will re-evaluate your relationship. It seems you have doubts about the sincerity of your beloved who is remaining aloof.

VIRGO (August 22 - September 21): Face up to the problem and work towards better understanding and accepting each other’s shortcomings rather than carp about each other. A willingness to change your perceptions rather than state of affairs will go a long way to help you achieve what you want. Togetherness with your mate or beloved is lackluster. It seems both of you are preoccupied with your individual problems.

LIBRA (September 22 - October 22): Financial gains and important dues will come your way. Life is full of things pleasant and unpleasant. You will respond magnificently to any crisis cropping up, whether family, social or pertaining to work. Genuine appreciation and understanding is bound to come your way. This is the time to make it up to your beloved and restore faith and confidence in those who love you.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): You are impatient and judgmental in your dealings. This can hurt others and will feel insulted. Try and avoid scenes, which can result in tension affecting you adversely. Be open-minded and do not base your decisions on suspicions. A disagreement over a small issue should be nipped in the bud. You have to be diplomatic with the way you deal with relationships and loved ones who could be hypersensitive about most things.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 December 20): You could land yourself in a difficult situation at work. Resourceful as you are, you will find a solution to your problems soon. You may have to reconsider an offer that had been made earlier. Those in government services can look forward to some favorable changes. Handle relationships with tact. A minor altercation could flare up and become ugly. You may end up saying things you would not normally. AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): A couple of different projects hold your fancy. Be careful if you are investing your funds in ventures that are speculative in nature. Nobody is impervious to the current trends in the market and you are not an exception. There could be misleading news that leads to losses. There is an air of secrecy and deception in a romantic association so be careful. Domestic issues should be tackled diplomatically so that the situation does not get out of hand.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Backlog of work gets cleared and you will soon be in a position to accept new offers of work. The signing of a new contract with a foreign concern may require you to travel more frequently. Speculative trading will bring in extra money. You will be particularly lucky at a game of chance. If there is any misunderstandings give the other person the benefit of the doubt and begin again. Do not let hurt pride spoil things for you. PISCES (February 19 - March 20): You will be in a positive and aggressive frame of mind. Completing reports, preparing for meeting or seminar or exhibition, sale and purchase, are some of the activities of the day. You seem to be on the right track but watch out for a tendency to be overconfident. You will share moments of intimacy and togetherness with your beloved. If single and eligible you will now decide to settle down happily.

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QUICK CROSSWORD 4864 ACROSS: 4 7

8 10 13 14 15 16 17 19 21

23 24 26 27 29 32 33 34 35 36

15 16 18 20 21 22

B B King's or Clapton's forte (5) Small islands (5) Japanese sashes (4) Level base of a room (5) Global Air Traffic Mgmnt. (4) Aquatic sport (6) Large Iranian city (6) Small cavity in a rock (3) Relating to birth (5) Meals especially those taken at irregular times (7) Sys. and Research Centre (3) 20th letter of the alphabet (3) Sharp tasting (6) Of or like sheep (5) Legal science (3) Expected, anticipated or awaited (3)

SUDOKU 2050

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Difficulty Level

CRYPTOQUIP

Today’s clue: Z equals G

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

23 Most inadequate or meager, fewest (6) 25 First in short (3) 28 Energetic or animated (5)

30 31 32 33

Song of the past (5) Place one frequents (5) Court levy (4) Make a picture (4)

SOLUTION TO YESTERDAY’S QUICK CROSSWORD ACROSS: 1 Rajput, 5 Pei, 8 Reni, 9 Neha, 10 Famish, 11 Aerodrome, 13 Craw, 15 Rut, 16 Tamar, 17 In red, 20 LII, 22 Eek, 23 Title, 24 Knows, 26 Sou, 27 Toll, 28 Yes please, 31 Hybrid, 32 Term, 33 Poke, 34 Pas, 35 Adieus. DOWN: 1 Refect, 2 Jump at it, 3 Ursa, 4 Teheran, 5 Pilot, 6 Inor, 7 Themeek, 12 Rur, 14 Wail, 18 Newt, 19 Resource, 20 Livened, 21 Anushka, 24 Koa, 25 Glades, 26 Seeps, 29 Pump, 30 Eyed.

IRREGULAR SUDOKU 1869 To solve an Irregular Sudoku puzzle, every digit must appear once in: Each of the vertical columns Each of the horizontal rows Each of the regions

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

Shape; number (6) ___ ___ of the over : sixth delivery of a normal over ? (4,4) Canadian capital (6) Odds and ____ ? (5) Wander (4) Ruined city in W Iran (4) A Continental person of Slavonic origins ? (4) It can move mountains (3) Canvas cover (4) "Insignificance" director (4) Island now known as Lakshadweep (9) Indonesian resort island (4) Vocalist Quatro (4) Informal term for the mouth ? (3) Small, sticky fruit (4) Snack (4) The son or junior ? (4) Greek D (5) Ice mid the Italian dynasty (6) Calling (8) TV's "Remington __" (6)

DOWN: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 11 12 13

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION

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YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are

Afternoon WORD MINE

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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: 11 average; 13 good; 15 outstanding. YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: anvil, avail, avian, lava, laving, naval, saliva, SALVAGING, savaging, saving, slaving, vain, vial, visa

HEATHCLIFF

Yesterday’s

SHARDUL DENTS MAHA HOPES

SPORTS

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Quarter final entering crucial Pacer Thakur traps Maharashtra with crucial stage, says Rasool breakthroughs to put visitors on backfoot V

By Neil Joshi

UMBAI: It was brilliant bowling from the ever improving Shardul Thakur which dented the hopes of Maharashtra and brought Mumbai a step closer to cementing their place in the semi-finals as Maharashtra were seven wicket down with a deficit of 183 runs in the quarter final match of the Ranji Trophy played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Hosts Mumbai, resuming from an overnight score of 284 for seven secured the upper hand as they went past the 400-run mark to have the psychological edge over the visitors on the green turf. Iqbal Abdulla [49 runs] and Zaheer Khan [39 runs] ensured that the team posted a decent score of 402 runs. The duo posted 62 runs for the eighth wicket which created a base for the hosts to go all out at the Maharashtra batsman. The visitors got off to a disastrous start with Shardul Thakur trapping the rival skipper Rohit Motwani for nought in his first over and then four overs later he sent the in-form Harshad Khadiwale packing for a disappointing four. It got worse for Maharashtra, as their last minute

Shardul Thakur is pumped up after claiming a rival scalp as skipper Zaheer Khan and his Mumbai teammates join in the celebration.

Match in balance as Rasool slams ton V

ADODARA: Skipper Parvez Rasool led from the front with a scintillating century as Jammu and Kashmir fought back gallantly to leave their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match against strong contenders Punjab evenly poised on Thursday. In reply to Punjab’s first innings score of 304, Jammu and Kashmir rode on Rasool’s gutsy 103 off 137 balls before folding up for 277, conceding a slender first innings lead of 27 runs on the second day. J&K seamers Umar Nazir and Mohammed Mudhasir then struck two early blows to remove the in-form openers Jiwanjot Singh (8) and Manan Vohra (7) cheaply. At stumps, Punjab were struggling at 15 for 2, having an overall lead of 42. With Ranji quarter-finals being a five-day affair, there is every possibility that this slender first innings lead will be of little consequence as

TON UP: Parvez Rasool is more than happy on scoring a century.

OUT: Railways batsman A G Paunikar is dismissed by Bengal bowler Ashok Dinda (not in picture)

the match is expected to have an outright result with three full days left. The day belonged to Rasool, who showed that he is ready to go one up on Harbhajan as he hit 11 fours and a lovely six over deep mid-wicket off veteran India offspinner’s bowling. He completed his fifth first-class century with a couple of boundaries. The ton came off 131 balls. Rasool had two important partnerships. The first was a 81-run stand with in-form opener Adil Rishi (65) for the fourth wicket after J&K were reduced to 62 for 3. Rishi and Rasool carried the team to 141 before Yuvraj Singh trapped the opener leg before with an arm ball. Rishi hit nine fours and one six in his 108-ball innings. Rishi’s total

runs this season has gone up to 643 but Rasool on Thursday overtook him as he completed 650 runs in the current season. Once Rishi was out, Punjab got two quick wickets with Majid Dar edging one off pacer VRV Singh to Yuvraj in the slips and Hardeep Singh offering a simple return catch to opposition captain Harbhajan. At 168 for 6, Punjab were looking at a sizeable lead but Rasool started a swift counter-attack in company of Samiullah Beigh (37). The duo added 86 runs for the seventh wicket. Rasool’s valiant effort finally came to an end when Punjab’s Sandeep Sharma (4 for 46) bowled a fuller delivery that kept low and the J&K skipper misjudged the line of the delivery to get bowled.

inclusion in the side, Vijay Zol was cleaned up by Zaheer Khan to have them in dire straits. With three wickets down for 24, the Mumbai team were in a good position to dictate terms, even as Kedar Jadhav [51 runs] and Ankit Bawne [84 runs] tried to hold things together. Bawne even attempted to go on the offensive when he struck four boundaries in an over of Javed Khan. They partnership didn’t thrive long enough as Vishal Dhabolkar who was brought in to the attack during in the latter half of the evening struck. Jadhav didn’t trouble the scorers too much and walked back after scoring 51 runs when he nicked one to glovesman Tare. This wicket saw the floodgates open, as Thakur who was hitting the deck consistently, claimed another couple by scalping the dangerman Bawne. Four overs later, it was the turn of Vineet Indulkar to snaffle a superb catch in the slips to make it four-for Thakur as he dismissed Sangram Atitkar for eight. Brief Scores: Mumbai 402 all out in 116.3 overs [Iqbal Abdulla 49, Samad Fallah 4/103] lead Maharashtra 219/7 in 57.0 overs [Ankit Bawne 84, Kedar Jadhav 51, Shardul Thakur 4/62] by 183 runs.

ADODARA: J&K team skipper Parveez Rasool feels their quarter-final against Punjab has reached a crucial stage and the third day today will play an important role on the outcome of the match. Talking to media persons at the end of the second day’s play here, Rasool said: “I’m happy with my batting, I made 103 runs but I’m disappointed that my team’s efforts to take a first innings lead failed and we conceded a marginal 27 runs 1st innings lead to Punjab.” “At one stage, we thought of taking a vital lead over them. However, the way our bowlers dismissed the opening pair of Punjab in the second innings with a total of 15 runs, I am sure they will repeat the performance tomorrow as this pitch has been very helpful to the fast bowlers,” Rasool added. Rasool led from the front with a gutsy 103 off 137 balls as Jammu and Kashmir fought back gallantly to score 277 in reply to Punjab’s first innings score of 304. J&K then reduced Punjab to 15 for two in their second innings to leave their Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match evenly poised and se t for a crucial third day.

Rawat stands tall for Railways K

OLKATA:Railways’ experienced campaigner Mahesh Rawat proved to be the thorn in the flesh for Bengal as he stood tall with an unbeaten century to lead the visiting team’s recovery on day two of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal here today. Propelled by Rawat’s unbeaten 105 in an undefeated 191-run partnership with Arindam Ghosh (78 batting) Railways ended day two at 233/5, trailing Bengal by only 84 runs with five wickets in hand. In reply to Bengal’s challenging first innings total of 317, Railways were tottering at 42/5 after losing three wickets for four runs just after lunch when Ashoke Dinda was firing on all cylinders with veteran Shib Shankar Paul giving a good back-up.

But the Railways wicketkeeperbatsman, counter-attacked Dinda with six successive classical boundaries before turning around the match for the visitors. The flurry of boundaries against Bengal’s strike bowler derailed the home side and it failed to recover from the slide. Luck too went in favour of Rawat, who survived a run-out scare when he was on 28. Barring this, it was a chance-less knock by Rawat and he executed his shots to perfection. Bengal’s bowling was reduced to a twopace attack in Dinda and Paul with Sourav Sarkar lacking in intensity. In no time, Rawat raced to his ninth 50-plus score from 10 matches this season, notching up his 28th first-class half century in 48 balls.

Abhimanyu Mithun, Vinay Kumar shine B

ANGALORE: Seamers Abhimanyu Mithun and R Vinay Kumar wreaked havoc as Karnataka reduced Uttar Pradesh to 221 for nine, giving themselves a good chance to grab first innings lead, on the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match here today. Mithun was the most successful bowler with figures of four for 70 but Vinay was the most difficult as he picked up three wickets after conceding 49 runs in 18 overs. Mithun removed Prashant Gupa (0), Mohammad Kaif (0), Chawla (56) and Amit Mishra (4), while Vinay picked up Tanmay Srivastava (32), Mukul Dagar (13) and Eklavya Dwivedi (2).

Pacer H S Sharath and part-time spinner Robin Uthappa picked one wicket each. Sharath removed Ali Murtaza (1) caught behind by Gautam, who claimed first of the three catches in the day. UP is still 128 runs behind Karnataka’s first innings score of 349 and it is a clear-cut edge for the hosts as they have to get just one wicket at Chinnaswamy Stadium tomorrow. For UP, Parvinder Singh was the lone crusader with the bat as he missed his century by eight runs. He was the last man to be dismissed by part-timer Robin Uthappa. He made 92 runs off 181 balls with 13 boundaries.

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Former Mumbai cricketer Vishwanath Bondre dead

IN BRIEF Karnataka Sporting, New Era advance into quarter-finals

MUMBAI: Left arm spinner Chinmay Patil (7/50) helped Karnataka S.A. dismiss Navroze CC for 149 and gain the vital first innings lead to enable his team advance to the quarter-finals of the fourth Santosh Kumar Ghosh Trophy U/16 Cricket tournament. Navroze CC who were sitting pretty at 123/4 at one stage simply caved in after Chinmay with the help of off spinner Varun Joijode dealt quick blows. In another close match in the tournament organized by Sporting Union and Kalyandas Memorial Foundation, New Era CC in a fine rearguard action led by Rehan Khan (51 n.o.) squeaked past Aarey CC's total of 136 with four wickets to spare. Resuming at the overnight score of 17 for 4, New Era were quickly down to 30 for 5 when Rehan and all-rounder Shubham Singh (40) came together to stitch a partnership of 73 runs. Rehan then found an ally in Maxwell Swaminathan (37 n.o.) to see his team through. Durgesh Devrukhkar who had scored a whirlwind 176 yesterday for Sainath turned his left arm over to spin out Sporting Union for a paltry 123 runs. Durgesh grabbed six at a meagre cost of 27 runs. Shreyas Dalvi who was unbeaten on 85 yesterday duly completed his century for Vengsarkar Foundation against United CC.

Lusofonia basketball probables to train in Mumbai

MUMBAI: The senior men and women basketball probables for Team Goa India will undergo a training camp at the Don Bosco, Matunga here from Jan 10-18 to prepare for the Lusofonia Games in Goa. After Macau and Lisbon in 2006 and 2009, respectively, India will host the third edition of the Games from Jan 18-29 which will include sports like basketball, athletics, beach volleyball, football, judo, table tennis, taekwondo and volleyball. Most of the Goa India team probables will be playing for their respective units in Savio Cup, also to be held at Don Bosco, giving them adequate exposure before the competition. After completion of training, the selected players will depart for Goa on Jan 19 for the basketball competition which is slated for Jan 23-27. List of probables: Men: Amjyot Singh, Amritpal Mann Singh, Riken Pethani, Joginder Singh, Pratham Singh, Vishes Bhriguvanshi, Yadwinder Singh, Narender Kumar Grewal, Palpreet Singh, Sambhaji Kadam, Vinay Kaushik, Prakash Mishra, Loveneet Singh, Basil Philip, Daley Fernandes, Lambart Godiho, Amish Jain (Stand by) Head coac h: Scott Flemming. Women: Poonam Chaturvedi, Rajapriyadarshini Rajaganapathi, Steffi Nixon, Jeena Skaria, Smruthi Radhakrishman, Pooja Mol K. S., Neenumol P. S., Sharanjeet Kaur, Priiti Kumari, Ishwari Pingle, Shireen Limaye, Sangeeta Kaur, Anjana P. G., Madhu Kumari, Nelvie Mendes, Kezia Fernandes, Michelle (Stand by) Head coach: Francisco Garcia.

Shahbaz Ansari strikes two for Indian Gym in win over MMC

MUMBAI: Shahbaz Ansari played a stellar role by scoring both the goals in steering Indian Gymkhana to a fluent 2-0 win against MMC. (Mumbai Municipal Corporation) in a Second Division encounter of the Mumbai District Foot ball Association (MDFA) league at the St. Xavier’s ground, Parel on Thursday evening. Earlier in a Third Division match, United Brothers prevailed over P.D. Hinduja Hospital by an identical 2-0 margin. Strikers Edilbert Martis and Steven Powar struck a goal each to complete United Brothers’ win. In another match of the same division, played earlier in the afternoon, Jupiter SC got the better of Madanpura SC by a solitary goal scored by Prayag Holkar.

NORTHERN HOLD WESTERN; HOSTS CENTRAL ROUT WEST-CENTRAL

Northern Railway and Western Railway players in action during the All India Inter Railway Women's Hockey Tournament.

UMBAI: A determined Northern Railway held out against a marauding Western Railway, the holders in a 1-1 draw in their Group A league match of the 35th All India Inter Railway Women's Hockey Tournament played at the Mahindra Stadium in Mumbai. Northern had surprised their opponents through a fourth minute penalty corner strike by Harpreet Kaur. Western retaliated through a fine field goal by captain Chanchan in the 14th minute. But thereafter, failed to translate their superiority into goals and had to be content with sharing the points. Hosts Central Railway scored a thumping 16-0 win over West -Central as Vandana Kataria

(5 ), captain Saundarya (4), Rashmi Singh (3) made merry. The other goals came through Pratibha Sawant, Usha Singh and Sushila Chanu while West Central scored an own goal. South Eastern Railway who had lost their first match to Western scored an 8-1 victory over North Central to keep their challenge alive. Vinita Xess (5) was the top scorer with a goal each from Anima Minz, Poonam Barla and Lawrencia Karketta. The consolation goal for NCR was scored by Pooja Kundu. With this win SER need to beat Northern in their last encounter whereas the latter just need a draw. The top two positions in Group B will be decided in the match between Central and Rail Coach

Factory (Kapurthala). Both will go for a win as they would like to avoid meeting Western in the semi finals. Western is expected to beat NCR and top Group A.

FORMER WORLD CHAMPION S. ILLAVAZHAKI UPSET Kavita Somanchi of Reserve Bank prevailed over Geeta Devi of BSNL in straight games 25-10, 2510 to enter the quarter final round of the women singles event in the All India Public Sector Carrom Tournament 2014 organized by Air India and the Maharashtra Carrom Association in Mumbai on Thursday In another pre-quarter round match, Kajal Kumari of Indian Oil overcame stiff challenge from LIC’s Shilpa Palnitkar 11-25, 25-0, 25-12.

MUMBAI: Former Mumbai Ranji Trophy cricketer Vishwanath Ramachandra Bondre died here last night. He was 77. "I heard from Shivaji Park Gymkhana round 10 pm that he died of a heart attack," informed Milind Rege, a former Mumbai captain who was his teammate for one year. Vishu Bondre played eight games for Mumbai as a lower order batsman and a medium fast bowler and formed a combination with former India fast bowler Ramakant Desai for his employers ACC, Shivaji Park Gymkhana and Mumbai (then Bombay). With competition so intense for places in the eleven in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy team in the 1960s, Bondre could play in very few games between 1965-66, his first season, and 1969-70. Bondre scored 138 runs with 36 against Baroda at Baroda in his debut season as his best and grabbed 16 wickets at 26.50 per wicket with a personal best of 6 for 116 against Gujarat at Surat in his final Ranji season. In the five years that he played for Mumbai, they were the Ranji Trophy champions, an indication of how strong the team was. In all, Bondre played 28 first class matches and scored 638 runs with 71 as his highest score while he also claimed 40 wickets at just over 30 per victim.

Chance: Strike The Stars, Romans Run By Shalivahana

ANGALORE: There are nine races today and the first starts at 1.45 p.m. Chance for Strike The Stars, Romans Run and Live Action.

CARD AND SELECTIONS

1. The Ranganathittu Plate Division II 1400 Metres 1.45 p.m. 1. Arun 60 C. Harish 2. Star Kingdom 60 Saddam Hussain 3. Dofantasy 55 Anjar Alam 4. Prazsky 54 Dashrat Singh 5. Spanish Moon 54 Syed Asgar 6. Abba 53.5 Imran Chisty 7. Flash On The Water 53.5 T. S. Jodha 8. Private Party 53.5 Ashok Kumar A. 9. Icecream 53 Not Declared To Start 10. Someone Special 52 Vivek 11. Oriental Belle 51 Nassar Alam Win: Prazsky, Abba

2. The Sriharikota Plate - Division II 1200 Metres 2.15 p.m. 1. Goat 55 Imran Chisty 2. Julius 55 Y. S. Srinath 3. Rustic Sunrise 55 T. S. Jodha 4. Simply Clever 55 Fr'co F Dasilva 5. Dream Star 53.5 S. John 6. Good Fruit 53.5 Arshad Alam 7. Nuray 53.5 Suraj Narredu 8. Shivalik Eyes 53.5 Vinod Shinde 9. Western Lady 53.5 Adarsh G. Win: Rustic Sunrise, Nuray 3. The Ghataprabha Plate 1400 Metres 2.45 p.m.

1. Hillton 61.5 Kiran Rai P 2. Vega 61.5 Vivek 3. Affirmator 61 Mudassar Nazar 4. Beautiful Life 60.5 M. Prabhakaran 5. Angel Queen 60 M.A.Roushan 6. Attractor 60 Saddam Hussain 7. Gur Kripa 57.5 Shiva Kumar S. 8. Thunder 57.5 G.Y.Rajesh Babu 9. Youre A Star 55.5 A.R.Pradeep 10. Romans Run 55 S. Narredu 11. All Clear 54.5 Ashok Kumar A. 12. Sayyonee 52.5 J.H.Christopher Win: Romans Run, Attractor

4. The Sriharikota Plate Division I 1200 Metres 3.15 p.m. 1. Buzz The Tower 55 Vivek 2. Countrys Pride 55 Suraj

Srinath 7. Violent Storm 56.5 Imran Chisty 8. Shivalik Fire 54 Vinod Shinde 9. Invincible Prince 53.5 David Allan 10. Magnitude Star 53.5 Shiva Kumar S. 11. Mr Ambassador 51.5 Kiran Rai Win: Strike The Stars, Shivalik Fire

6. The Karnataka Police Trophy 1200 Metres 4.15 p.m. 1. Esteban 60.5 R. Vaibhav 2. Virat 59.5 Kiran Rai P 3. Cape Ferrat 59 S. John 4. Iron Marshall 58.5 David Allan 5. Secret Punch 57.5 T. S. Jodha

BANGALORE RACES TODAY

Narredu 3. Indian Legend 55 Arshad Alam 4. Nagarjuna 55 R. Anand 5. Pentagram 55 Dashrat Singh 6. Russian Link 55 T. S. Jodha 7. Scarlet Emperor 55 David Allan 8. Shaft 55 Imran Chisty 9. Starhunt 55 Shobhan Babu 10. Forest Queen 53.5 C. Harish Win: Shaft, Buzz The Tower 5. The Nilgiris Trophy 1400 Metres 3.45 p.m. 1. Sunstone 61 Mohd.Feroz 2. Frenemee 60 G.Y.Rajesh Babu 3. Shaka Zulu 58 Irvan Singh 4. One Time Magic 57.5 Babu Singh 5. Strike The Stars 57 Fr'co F Dasilva 6. Solitaire Royale 56.5 Y. S.

6. Cecil 56.5 L.P Beuzelin 7. Absolute Majority 56 Y. S. Srinath 8. Jersey Shore 53.5 Suraj Narredu 9. Talisker 53.5 M. Prabhakaran 10. Light Of Success 53 Fr'co F Dasilva 11. Nickel Chrome 52 Dashrat Singh Win: Cape Ferrat

7. The Kanchanganga Plate 1400 Metres 4.45 p.m. 1. Firelight 61.5 M. Prabhakaran 2. Wrekin 60.5 S. John 3. Abbas Dreams 59.5 Kiran Rai P 4. Atlas Power 58.5 Nassar Alam 5. Mountain Train 58 M. Krishna 6. King Julien 57.5 Mohammed Shoaib

7. Strive And Serve 57.5 F.K. Shabuddin 8. Supreme 55.5 Suraj Narredu 9. Right On Time 54 Arshad Alam 10. Cool Hand 53 Ashok Kumar A. 11. Go Green 51.5 Vivek 12. Click 51 Adarsh G. Win: Wrekin, King Julien

8. The Native Chieftan Plate 1200 Metres 5.15 p.m. 1. Starstruck 62.5 Ramesh Kumarn 2. Midtown Delight 62 Vivek 3. Magic Wave 61.5 G.Y.Rajesh Babu 4. Super Saloni 58.5 S. John 5. Soviet Melody 58 B. Nayak 6. Presidents Rule 57.5 Suraj Narredu 7. Prince Of Darkness 57.5 M. Prabhakaran 8. Isle Of Fire 56.5 Irvan Singh 9. Fire Storm 55 Arshad Alam 10. Gagan Star 55 Kiran Rai P 11. Our Love 55 Syed Asgar 12. Icecream 52 Adarsh G. Win: Presidents Rule, Gagan Star

9. The Ranganathittu Plate Division I 1400 Metres 5.45 p.m. 1. Aashikaara 62 David Allan 2. Red Admiral 62 Akshayasundaram 3. Jackie Oh 61.5 Suraj Narredu 4. Southern Sky 61 Fr'co F Dasilva 5. Active Grey 60 Kiran Rai P 6. Rakshitha 59.5 S. John 7. Happy Victory 59 Babu Singh 8. Love Is Life 59 P. Ramesh 9. One Of A Kind 58.5 Y. S. Srinath 10. Fancy Number 53 Arshad Alam 11. Summerville 53 K. Raja Rao Win: Active Grey, Kackie Oh

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EW DELHI: Defending champions Mumbai Indians and the formidable Chennai Super Kings are the two franchises which are set to retain all five players when the teams submit their lists today for the upcoming seventh edition of Indian Premier League. MI and CSK are the two teams that have the biggest fan base all over India and have had a core set of players that has remained pretty much the same over the years. As far as BCCI president N Srinivasan's franchise is concerned, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be retained along with Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Suresh Raina -- all India regulars. The choice of foreign player will be between West Indies' Dwayne Bravo and South Africa's Faf du Plessis. Dhoni's fascination for seambowling all-rounders is widely documented and Bravo certainly will hold an edge over his South African rival, who has also caught the imagination with his big-hitting prowess. For Mumbai Indians, it will be the first season without Sachin Tendulkar and skipper Rohit Sharma and the immensely popular Kieron Pollard are the two automatic choices for retention. Mitchell Johnson's red-hot form and his performance in the Ashes also makes him a contender for a place in the retention list. Sri Lankan slinger Lasith Malinga who has provided brilliant

Johnson rested from opening ODI against England

SYDNEY: Ashes man-of-theseries Mitchell Johnson will be rested from the opening oneday international against England to freshen up for the rest of the series, Australia coach Darren Lehmann said on Thursday. The lethal left-arm paceman was the star of Australia's 5-0 Ashes clean sweep of the tourists with his express bowling, finishing with 37 wickets at 13.97. Johnson will miss Sunday's opening onedayer in Melbourne but will return for the second match at the Gabba on January 17. "It's obviously been a big summer for him so we will just give him a short break," Lehmann told reporters. It's about making sure he is fresh for the other one-dayers as well. It's important that we put out the best side we possibly can but we have to understand it's been a hectic five Test matches and some of the Test boys especially are getting a bit weary," Lehmann added. "Mitch will play in Brisbane definitely. It's one of his home towns. We want them to play in their home state."

Chris Gayle and Tillakratne Dilshan during IPL 6.

service over the years is also in MI's wish-list. Since there is possibility of a part of IPL matches happening in Sri Lanka, Malinga's expertise in those tracks at the Premadasa Stadium or Pallekele or Hambantota grounds will certainly come in handy. Dinesh Karthik's glovework along with his explosive batting makes him a strong candidate for retention while Ambati Rayudu and Harbhajan Singh will also be

in the contention for retention. Harbhajan, with 24 wickets in the last edition and with a better brand value will be slightly ahead in the race than Rayudu. The UB group owned Royal Challengers Bangalore also have an easy choice of retention. It will be their skipper and currently India's best batsman Virat Kohli along with the dynamic Jamaican game-changer Chris Gayle. For Delhi Daredevils, it might be a new beginning having

had horrible last season. Virender Sehwag is unlikely to be retained as he has had a prolonged slump in batting form with falling level of fitness. There is an outside chance of David Warner making the retention list but DD management always has the option of buying Warner back from the auction pool. Kolkata Knight Riders are all set to retain their captain Gautam Gambhir, who led the team to their maiden IPL triumph back in 2012. West Indies spinner Sunil Narine and speedster Mohammed Shami are also in the wish-list of the Shah Rukh Khan coowned franchise. Rajasthan Royals with the retirement of Rahul Dravid will automatically promote Shane Watson as their skipper. Talented keeper batsman Sanju Samson along with Ajinkya Rahane are the couple of Indian players that the Shilpa Shetty co-owned franchise might think of keeping back. Sunrisers Hyderabad, who started off last season with a good show will retain Shikhar Dhawan and Dale Steyn for sure. There is a choice between new ODI sensation Quinton de Kock and West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy. Kings XI Punjab are also one franchise that will look to build a team afresh after the retirement of Adam Gilchrist. They have the option of either retaining or buying back South African hard-hitter David Miller, who made quite an impression last season.

New-look India aims for credible show By Saumojyoti S Choudhury

EW DELHI: A relatively newlook India would be gunning for glory on home turf under new coach Terry Walsh in the inaugural Hero Hockey World League Final where the team will open its campaign against higher-ranked England at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, here today. The tournament will provide India a perfect build up for the World Cup to be held later this year at The Hague, Netherlands. With the world's top seven teams in fray here, India could not have asked for better preparation for the quadrennial event. India should consider itself lucky to be one of the participating teams in the HWL Final. Having failed to qualify directly, India managed a place in the event by the virtue of being the host. India is also slated to host the prestigious Champions Trophy later this year and now it is high time the past masters of the game take advantage of these big-ticket opportunities. The HWL Final will provide the Sardar Singh-led side an opportunity to prove to the world that Indian hockey is on course to regaining its past glory. Apart from the silver medal in the Asia Cup, India didn't have anything

Indian hockey captain Sardar Singh with his teammates duirng a practice session ahead of Hockey World League Final at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium.

IMPROVEMENT IS INDIA COACH’S MAIN GOAL

NEW DELHI: Indian coach Terry Walsh sounded realistic about his side's chances, saying he was eyeing nothing but "improvement" from his wards in the tournament. India got a chance to play in the HWL Final by being the hosts and placed along side Germany, England and New Zealand in Pool A while the Pool B consists of Australia, Netherlands, Belgium and Argentina. India will open their campaign against England here today.

major to show in 2013. The Indians finished a disappointing sixth in the HWL semifinals in Rotterdam, but the HWL Final provides the eighttime Olympic champions a perfect stage to prove their detractors wrong. But for that, they will have to overpower formidable opponents such as Germany, Australia and Netherlands. India are placed in Pool A along side reigning Olympic champions and world number one Germany, world No. 4 England and seventh-ranked New Zealand. Pool B consists of Australia, Netherlands, Belgium and Argentina.

IN BRIEF GFA announce India Football squad for Lusofonia Games 2014

MUMBAI: The Goa Football Association (GFA) has announced a 20-member GoaIndia squad for the Lusofonia Games Goa to be held from January 18 to 29. India will be represented in the Lusofonia Games by its former Portuguese province Goa. The GoaIndia football team will be coached by Portuguese gaffer Francisco Neto, however, it shall be a challenge for Neto due to the absence of big names in his squad as a number of I-League clubs have not released their players due to the upcoming 35th Federation Cup 2014 which scheduled to kick-off in Kerala on January 14. Neto is likely to rely heavily on the much talked about ASD – Cape Town, midfielder Brandon Fernandes, Dempo’s Myron Fernandes, Mandar Rao Desai and Bengaluru FC’s Ricardo Cardozo as few of the other notable inclusion into Neto’s squad. GOA-INDIA SQUAD: Goalkeepers - Albino Pereira (Salgaocar FC), Ricardo Cardozo (Bengaluru FC); Defenders Caitano Viegas (Sesa Football Academy), Leston Afonso (Sesa Football Academy), Meldon D’Silva (Wilred Leisure SC), Ponif Vaz (Sesa Football Academy), George D’Souza (Sesa Football Academy), Surjit Singh (Salgaocar FC); Midfielders - Richard Costa (Churchill Brothers SC), Paresh Korgaonkar (Sesa Football Academy), Dom Sahil Tavora (Dempo SC), Aniston Fernandes (Dempo SC), Alesh Sawant (Churchill Brothers SC), Brandon Fernandes (ASD – Cape Town, South Africa), Nickson Castanha (Dempo SC); Forwards Myron Fernandes (Dempo SC), Mandar Rao Dessai (Dempo SC), Brian Mascarenhas (Salgaocar FC), Umesh Harijan (Sesa Football Academy), Alber Gonsalves (Goa Velha SC).

Powell says he never knew Simpson used supplement

KINGSTON, JAMAICA: Former 100-metre world record-holder Asafa Powell said that he was unaware his former training partner Sherone Simpson was taking similar supplements to those he used. Powell was called as a witness in Simpson's doping hearing before the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission disciplinary panel that will begin a hearing into Powell starting next week. Both Simpson and Powell tested positive for the same banned stimulant, oxilofrine (methylsynephrine), at last June's Jamaican national championships. Powell, who blamed his positive test on nutritional supplements, said he only became aware that he and Simpson were both taking similar supplements when both failed drug tests. "I didn't know she was taking it until after the positive test," Powell said.

Vaibhav Suri shocked in Delhi International Chess opener

NEW DELHI: Grandmaster and world under18 bronze medallist Vaibhav Suri suffered a shock defeat at the hands of unheralded N Surendran in the opening round of the premier section of 12th Parsvnath Delhi International Grandmasters Chess Tournament that got underway here. It turned out to be a tough day for Suri who could not match the guile of Surendran in the final stages of the game and fell under time pressure that proved crucial. Surendran used his resources and benefitted from an error by Suri to cause the biggest upset in the first round. Rajib Dhar caused another upset at the expense of Grandmaster S Arun Prasad. Playing white, Dhar was lucky as Arun Prasad blundered his queen from a seemingly drawn endgame. Delhi youngster Aradhya Garg started off on a positive note holding International Master G A Stany to a creditable draw.

32 Negredo fires Man City to brink of final

ANCHESTER (UK): Alvaro Negredo plundered a hat-trick as Manchester City destroyed hapless West Ham United 6-0 at the Etihad Stadium to all but qualify for the League Cup final. West Ham had seen a second-string team embarrassed 5-0 at Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup on Sunday, but even the return of several first-team players could not prevent a mauling by City’s ruthless forwards in the semi-final first leg. A smartly taken brace from Negredo and a goal from the marauding Yaya Toure put City 3-0 up, with Negredo completing his hat-trick in the second half before Edin Dzeko sealed victory with two goals of his own.

MESSI SCORES TWICE IN LONG-AWAITED RETURN

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ADRID: Lionel Messi scored twice on his first appearance in 59 days as Barcelona edged towards the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey with a 4-0 win over Getafe in the first leg of their last 16 tie. The four-time World Player of the Year replaced Andres Iniesta after 63 minutes with Barcelona leading 2-0 thanks to a Cesc Fabregas double. Messi put the tie to bed a minute from time when he slotted home a loose ball inside the area. And he added his 16th goal of the season with a stunning run and finish to round off the scoring in stoppage time. With Messi having been out of action since tearing his

hamstring in the 4-1 win over Real Betis in early November he was left on the bench by Barca boss Gerardo Martino. The Argentine coach also had Saturday’s upcoming top of the table clash away to Atletico Madrid in mind as he made had made six changes to the side that started last weekend’s 4-0 win over Elche. However, with Messi and Neymar, ruled out by a stomach bug, again not in the starting line-up, Martino maintained the front three of Alexis Sanchez, Pedro Rodriguez and Fabregas. Martino’s selection proved inspired as Pedro’s lobbed cross was expertly headed into the far corner by Fabregas after just eight minutes.

However, Getafe then managed to stifle Barca from creating too many clear-cut chances before the break and indeed the hosts were grateful to a great save from Jose Manuel Pinto to turn away Juan Rodriguez’s header to go in ahead at half-time. Barca did finally have the breathing space they craved when Juan Valera upended Pedro inside the area and Fabregas blasted the resulting penalty into the top corner. That set the scene for Messi’s arrival and he didn’t disappoint as he calmly slotted home a loose ball inside the area with his trusted leftfoot after Martin Montoya had burst into the Getafe box.

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ERLIN: The football world has been quick to rally round Thomas Hitzlsperger, who has become the first German international to “come out” as a homosexual. Hitzlsperger’s announcement in the magazine Die Zeit has been heralded by players across Europe as an important step forward. And on a day when Paris Saint Germain’s Brazilian star Alex walked into a row over homophobia for comments he made in a TV documentary, the question of homosexuality in sport has suddenly become a major talking point all over the world. Hitzlsperger’s revelations were greeted by fellow-German international Lukas Podolski of Arsenal as “an important sign of our time”. In an interview to be published in Thursday’s edition of Die Zeit, Hitzlsperger, 31, revealed: “I am declaring my homosexuality because I want the question of homosexuality in the world of professional sport to be out in

the open.” But he admitted that reaching the agonising decision to come out had been “a long and difficult process”. Hitzlsperger, capped 52 times by Germany between 2004 and 2010, added: “It is only in recent years I have come to realise I preferred living with a man.” The midfielder, who hung up his boots at the end of last season, plied his trade in Germany, England and Italy with Aston Villa, Everton, Wolfsburg and Lazio among others before retiring last year. Hitzlsperger said he had decided to “come out” because now was “a good time” for him and because he wanted to promote the discussion of homosexuality in professional sport. “I’ve never been ashamed of the way I am,” he added, although it had not always been easy to cope with some of the comments dished out. “In England, Germany or Italy, homosexuality is not taken seriously as an issue, at

least not in the dressing room.” Ace German scorer Lukaz Podolski tweeted: “Brave and rightdecision.Respect,Thoma s Hitzlsperger. His outing is a important sign of our time.” In the world of football, the only previous big name to admit openly to homosexuality was former Norwich and Nottingham Forest striker Justin Fashanu in 1990. He committed suicide eight years later aged 37. There were also messages of support for Hitzlsperger on Twitter from his former club Aston Villa as well as from exEngland captain Gary Lineker. Villa said: “Everyone who knows Thomas from his time here at Villa has great respect for him, not only as the fine player he was but also as a man. His statement today is a straightforward statement and, along with our support as a club, we hope that everyone involved in the game extends to him their support as well.”