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Paradigm shift in US-India ties Prime Minister Modi’s meeting with US President Obama helped reignite US business interest in India, say experts IANS, NEW DELHI

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id Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s summit meeting with US President Barack Obama in September signal a paradigm shift in bilateral ties? Was it a ground-breaking moment in Indo-U.S. ties that had seen a slump over the years? Experts, including former diplomats, do not think it was a paradigm shift, but agree the visit was trend-setting and helped reignite US business interest in India.

Former foreign secretary Lalit

Environment Minister meets US delegation

Mansingh, addressing a panel discussion on ‘Modi-Obama Summit: A paradigm shift in India-US Relation’ at the University of Chicago Center on December 8 evening, said that Modi’s visit was trend-setting and helped repair the damage to bilateral relations of the past four years.

“The visit brought back the fizz to bilateral relations, and the mood to US business about India,” said Mansingh at the seminar partnered by the Indo-American Friendship Association. He added that around $40 billion worth of transactions were inked following the Modi

visit. According to Mansingh, the “ground-breaking moment” in bilateral ties was the inking of the civil nuclear deal between then prime minister Manmohan Singh and George Bush in June 2005.

Veteran journalist and Rajya Sabha member H.K. Dua said, while the Modi invite to Obama to attend the Republic Day Parade next year is a major achievement, the US president would be expecting some returns from India.

“Obama would expect, would like India to be generous in climate change, investments in the defense arena,” Dua said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama in White House during the former’s visit in September. (Photo: File)

No shadow of Putin’s India visit on Obama trip: US ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

T NEW DELHI: Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar held bilateral meeting with the head of the delegation of the U.S., Senator Todd, in the COP 20 of the UNFCCC being held in Lima, Peru.

Both the leaders discussed issues related to Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC), pre-2020 ambitions and elements of the 2015 agreements including adaptation, technology.

he U.S. says “now is not the time for business as usual with Russia” but insists Russian President Vladimir Putin’s upcoming India visit would not cast a shadow on President Barack Obama’s own trip in January.

“Let’s wait and see what comes from the visit,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told reporters when asked about reports that a number of trade agreements on oil and gas as also a nuclear site may be signed during Putin’s India visit. “I know there’s a lot of rumors, often of trade deals or economic deals, but let’s see what’s actually put into practice here,” she said.

But “as we’ve said before, now is not the time for business as usual with Russia,” Harf said. “We’ve con-

Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier met Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Sixth BRICS Summit, in Fortaleza, Brazil on July 15. (Photo: PIB)

veyed this certainly to our allies and to our partners across the world.”

However, Harf said, the Putin visit was not casting a shadow on Obama’s visit to India in January at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the chief guest

at India’s Republic day.

“It’s not, not at all,” she said.

“Broadly speaking, that’s our position on doing business with Russia.”

“Let’s see what comes out of the actual visit, but we’re confident things will continue as they are.”

Man jailed for threatening Gabbard WASHINGTON: A US court has sentenced a New York man to 33 months in prison for making a series of threats against Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu member of the US House of Tulsi Gabbad Representatives.

Aniruddha Sherbow, 44, had entered a plea of no contest on February 21 in the US District Court to two counts of transmission of threats in interstate commerce, according to an FBI release. Sherbow Judge Reggie B. Walton accepted the plea and sentenced Sherbow on December 8.

Walton also ordered Sherbow to pay $538,282 in restitution to the US government, as reimbursement for security expenses.

Three online recruited American teens held while trying to join IS CHICAGO: Three online-recruited teens have been caught while trying to join the terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS), reports The Washington Post.

This year alone, officials have detained at least 15 US citizens who were trying to travel to Syria to join the militants, added the report.

The girls from suburban Denver in Colorado are two sisters, ages 17 and 15, and their 16-year-old friend of ethnic Somali origin.

They were reported missing after they skipped school, but their families were unaware of their whereabouts.

Their plan was to fly to Istanbul, then drive into Syria to live in the Islamic homeland, or caliphate, established by

the Islamic State, the militant group that has massacred civilians in Iraq and Syria and beheaded Western journalists and aid workers.

The Khan teens, U.S.-born children of Indian immigrants, each left letters for their parents explaining their motives.

“An Islamic State has been established and it is thus obligatory upon every able-bodied male and female to migrate there,” Khan wrote. “Muslims have been crushed under foot for too long...... This nation is openly against Islam and Muslims...

His sister wrote: “Death is inevitable, and all of the times we enjoyed will not matter as we lay on

our death beds. Death is an appointment.” The Khan teens are part of a growing number of young Americans who are joining or attempting to travel to Syria or Iraq to join the Islamic State, the Post reported..

“Their propaganda is unusually slick. They are broadcasting their poison in something like 23 languages,” FBI Director James B. Comey was quoted as saying, adding that the terrorist group is trying to attract “both fighters and people who would be the spouses ... to their warped world.”

A U.S. law enforcement official said authorities had been monitoring the communications of at least one of the teens.

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NATIONAL OUTCRY AGAINST UBER Cab driver with the US-based firm held for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman; Many states ban the service IANS, NEW DELHI

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S-based online global cab company Uber was in for more trouble Tuesday after Delhi Police slapped a case of cheating and violating lawful orders after one of its drivers was arrested for raping a 25year-old woman business analyst. It also emerged that the driver was involved in two earlier cases of rape and one of molestation.

The Delhi government has banned “all activities” by Uber in the national capital and also blacklisted the firm from providing transport services in the city in future.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on December 9 said he has asked state governments and union territories to ban all web-based radio taxis following the rape incident.

“The ministry of home affairs has advised the state government and union territories to ensure that the operations of web-based taxi services are stopped and such service providers which are not licensed

The director of Uber (Delhi and national capital region) Gagan Bhatia at the office of the chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women for interrogation on the rape case. (Photo: IANS)

with the state governments or union territory administration are prohibited to operate till they get registered themselves with the administration,” Rajnath Singh said in the Rajya Sabha.

Delhi Police cracked down on Uber, filing a case under sections 420 (cheating) and 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code at the Sarai Rohilla police sta-

tion in north Delhi on December 9 The tourism ministry also advised state governments and union territories to deploy ‘tourist police’ for the safety and security of tourists.

Many metro cities, including

Bengaluru and Mumbai, are verifying online cab services.

The Delhi Commission for Women has issued notice to Uber for laxity in verifying the background of drivers and also asked Delhi Police to submit a report on the rape case.

The accused driver, 32-year-old Shiv Kumar Yadav, who hails from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura, has also been booked for submitting forged documents to get a permit to ply his cab in the capital.

Yadav is accused of raping the woman in his cab while taking her to north Delhi on December 5 night.

He was arrested on December 7 from his native place Mathura.

Yadav, who is in three-day police custody, has confessed to his crime and told police that he raped the woman after parking his car in a secluded spot beside Zakhira bridge in Delhi.

He said the woman kept screaming for help for 30 minutes as he slapped and threatened her.

Kashmiris defy separatist boycott to vote IANS, SRINAGAR

B Opposition wants Parrikar to stop ‘chilling’ in Goa PANAJI: After outrage on the social media, the opposition is protesting against Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s presence at a book release function in Goa, hours after a major terrorist strike in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Congress have asked the former Goa chief minister to safeguard India’s borders and not continue to interfere in state politics as a “Super CM”. Congress leader Durgadas Kamat claims that if an Indian defense minister can spare two days a week “chilling” in Goa, there was something seriously amiss.

“Defense minister is a full-time job.

The country does not want a parttimer in that position. How can (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi, himself a workaholic, allow his defense minister to do such a shoddy, half-hearted

job?” Kamat asks.

On Friday evening, hours after suspected militants from the Lashkar-eTaiba attacked an army camp in Baramulla killing eight soldiers and two policemen, Parrikar took time to attend a literary festival held on the outskirts of Panaji.

Ever since he was elevated as defense minister in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government last month, Parrikar, who is synonymous with the BJP in the politically non-significant state, has been visiting Goa two to three days almost every week.

BJP sources told IANS that Parrikar was in the process of establishing a camp office in Panaji, where he is expected to spend two days each week to oversee political as well as administrative matters in Goa.

raving the freezing cold and defying a call by separatist groups to boycott assembly polls, 58 percent of voters in Jammu and Kashmir on December 9 turned up to cast their ballot in the third round of the staggered elections.

“There was incident-free polling in all 16 constituencies. Around 58 percent of voters cast their ballot.

The percentage is likely to go up when the final figures arrive,” state Chief Electoral Officer Umang Narula said at a media conference.

Out of 8,441 Kashmiri Pandit voters, 55 percent exercised their franchise, he said.

The highest turnout of 82.74

percent was recorded in Chrar-iSharief, while the lowest of 30 percent was seen in Sopore.

Uri recorded 79 percent, Rafiabad 53, Sangrama 56.15, Baramulla 45, Gulmarg 72, Pattan 60, Chadoora 65, Badgam 70, Beerwah 74, Khansahib 73, Tral 37.68, Pampore 46.48, Pulwama 38.31, and Rajpora 47.07.

Balloting took place after a string of terror attacks Dec 5 left 21 people, including eight soldiers, dead in Kashmir. Voters trickled out in the morning at almost all polling stations to elect their representatives for the 16 assembly segments despite the freezing cold that gripped Kashmir.

As the day progressed and the sun peeped out, more voters thronged the polling booths. The electorate comprised 717,049 males, 650,476 females and 23 third-gender voters.

Long queues of enthusiastic voters in Kramshore village of Khansahib constituency seemed determined to choose their representatives, and completely ignored the separatist call to stay away from voting.

Moody’s projects 5-6 percent growth in 2015 IANS, NEW DELHI

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ndia’s gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to grow next year in the range of 5-6 percent on the back of stronger domestic demand, ratings agency Moody’s said on December 10.

“India will have stronger GDP growth in 2015, which we forecast at 5-6 percent, up from around 5 percent in 2014,” Moody’s said in their report titled ‘2015 Outlook Global Credit Conditions’.

The US agency said the country has benefited from a strong domestic demand base and diversified export markets that cushion it from

India has benefited from a strong domestic demand base and diversified export markets that cushion it from the effects of a slowing Chinese economy.

the effects of a slowing Chinese economy and sluggish growth in Europe and Japan. Growth in the earlier two consecutive fiscals has fallen below the 5 percent level.

Moody’s also said its outlook on the banking system remains negative as it expects poor asset quality to require continued provisioning and strengthened capital buffers.

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How to protect the leopard?

The habitat of these leopards was mainly the inhabited areas on the outskirts of Shimla and Akole town in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra VISHAL GULATI, SHIMLA

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lusive, shy leopards avoid encountering humans, despite depending on their domestic animals for food and in fact can live close to their habitations, but in such a surreptitious way that most people do not even know they are near, leave alone getting harmed.

In order to minimize humanleopard conflicts, it is important to understand more about how these big cats live among people, indicates a year-long study conducted by Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra wildlife departments and experts on five fully-grown leopards, including three female, by tagging radio collars.

The habitat of these leopards was mainly the inhabited areas on the outskirts of Shimla and Akole town in Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra.

The study, published recently in the journal PLoS One, said the

leopards in human areas are not always “stray” or “conflict” animals but the policy makers need to rethink India’s leopard-management strategies to minimize mananimal conflict. “Leopards in human areas have been seen as stray or conflict animals. What we commonly see is a frenzied reaction

rather than rejecting the leopards, people in man-animal conflict zone should be sensitized to accept them.

“They (leopards) generally come near to human habitats in search of easy prey and dogs attract the leopards from far away because the predators have good

In order to minimize human- leopard conflicts, it is important to understand more about how these big cats live among people to these sightings, mostly ending in disasters for people and the animals,” Vidya Athreya of Wildlife Conservation Society, associated with the study, told IANS. She said this study has now proven that leopards are in fact resident animals and may require the country to revise management strategies to deal with wildlife in human areas. Sandeep Rattan, a veterinary surgeon with the Himachal wildlife wing, said

hearing,” Rattan told IANS. He said the focus should on minimizing the population of stray dogs. “If the number of stray dogs are reduced, leopards’ visits to villages and towns would automatically reduce. The way to reduce the stray dogs is by reducing their food source which is garbage.” The studied leopards perceived as “problem animals” were captured from human-dominated areas.

Decoding the craft of curating a Christie’s auction Systematic and well-planned strategies are building blocks for auction in the grand finale SHILPA RAINA, NEW DELHI

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f building trust with contacts and sources defines a journalist’s professional prowess, similar qualities contribute in curating Christie’s annual sales that acquires coveted and enviable artworks from various traders, sources and personal collectors on the basis of relationships nurtured over several decades.

On the surface, the job profile of a curator at times does give an impression of relative ease. Of sitting in a comfort zone and slowly understanding an artist’s work, his/her life and times at a painstakingly slow pace. But this ease drops suddenly when the badge carries the weight of a renowned international auction house and, in turn, bestows one with additional responsibility and a penchant for networking and growing into a powerhouse of knowledge.

“We have to have knowledge of how many works of an artist are in the market, how many are with

After collating the entire information comes the detailed task of putting estimates to each work. This requires scanning their history, condition, prominence and how “desirable” and “coveted” they have been.

private collectors and the like. It is a small world where one has to be passionate about the work one does,” Deepanjana Klein, international head of department for modern and contemporary Indian art, told IANS in an interview.

“Most of the time we spend in building relationship with our sources, traders and personal col-

lectors,” she added.

New York-based Klein was in the capital recently for the preview of Christie’s second India sale in Mumbai on December 11, after its successfully debut last year, when modernist artist Vasudeo Gaitonde’s Untitled was sold for ` 237 million — the highest price for a modern work of art in this

country. The resounding success has raised expectation levels, which a team of specialists has been taking care of ever since the catalogue of the first India auction was ready.

“We start thinking about what is next when we are done with one catalogue,” pointed out Klein, who handles India, London and New York sales of modern and contem-

porary art. Systematic and wellplanned strategies are building blocks for the grand finale. Looking for “anchor pieces” initiates the process. “Suppose we have an auction of 80 lots, we first start chasing for 20-25 works for the anchor pieces,” Klein explained.

After collating the entire information comes the detailed task of putting estimates to each work.

This requires scanning their history, condition, prominence, exhibition details and how “desirable” and “coveted” they have been in their lifespan.

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US Senate confirms new envoy for India Rahul Richard Verma will be the first Indian American to hold the office of US Ambassador in New Delhi ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON:

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he U.S. Senate has confirmed Richard Rahul Verma, President Barack Obama's nominee to be the next American ambassador to India, making him the first IndianAmerican envoy in New Delhi.

Verma, 46, a former key aide to then secretary of state Hillary Clinton, was approved by the Senate by a unanimous voice vote on December 9, signifying the bipartisan support for better India-US relations. He is expected to take up his position in New Delhi before Obama's visit to India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the chief guest at India's Republic Day, the first US president to get the honor.

At his confirmation hearing last week, Verma told the Senate Foreign Relations committee that Obama's “historic visit to India in January” will build on “Modi's highly successful visit to the United States this past September.”

“There is no question that this is a defining and exciting time in the US-India relationship,” he said.

“There's little doubt the relationship has been reenergized, with renewed enthusiasm to take our partnership to the next level.”

Verma, whose parents immigrated from India in the sixties also acknowledged the contribution of

Rahul Richard Verma is expected to take up his position in New Delhi before Obama's visit to India next month at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

immigrants from the Indian subcontinent and vowed to “strive to live up to the high standards they have set.”

The post has been vacant since the previous ambassador quit in May. They “took a chance like my parents, who worked hard, who continue to pursue their dreams, and along the way have helped ensure India and the United States become the closest of friends and partners,” he told the panel.

Indian American to lead House panel in Maryland IANS, WASHINGTON

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fter serving as Maryland's House majority leader for over a decade, Kumar P. Barve, the first Indian-American to be elected to a U.S. state legislature, is set to lead a new House panel. Democrat Barve, 56, elected to his 7th four-year term last month, has been named chairman of the newly designated Environment & Transportation Committee by Speaker Michael E. Busch.

“Delegate Barve has demonstrated time and time again his command of complex issues and he is a natural choice of someone to guide State environment and transportation policy,” Busch said.

Barve, who has been a delegate since 1991, will leave his seat on the Ways and Means Committee

Kumar P. Barve

to assume his new post. “I think it's a good fit for me in terms of issues that I've worked on before,” Barve said. “I'm just fortunate that I was in the position to be able to step up and take it.” The committee, which was formerly the Environmental Matters Committee, will tackle both environmental and transportation issues.

Currently Verma is a senior counsellor at Steptoe & Johnson law firm and the Albright Stonebridge Group, a business advisory company, led by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

He served as assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs at the State Department in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011.

The New Delhi post has been vacant since the previous ambassador Nancy Powell quit in May after India-US ties hit a low after a major diplomatic spat over the December arrest and strip search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade in New York.

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Scientist Arun Majumdar named US science envoy WASHINGTON: Dr. Arun Majumdar, an Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay alumni is among four eminent scientists chosen to serve as US Science Envoys beginning in January, 2015. Majumdar, a professor at Stanford University and an expert in energy, climate change, and innovation was named by the State Department along with Dr. Peter Hotez, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, and Dr. Geri Richmond.

Majumdar, who graduated in Mechanical Engineering from the IIT, Bombay in 1985, he is a member of the US delegation for the US-India Track II dialogue on climate change and energy. In October 2009, President Barack Obama named him as the Founding Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA-E). Announced by Obama in Cairo in June 2009, the U.S. Science Envoy program demonstrates the US' commitment to science, technology, and innovation as tools of diplomacy and economic growth, the State Department said.

“Like their nine predecessors, these distinguished scientists will engage internationally at the citizen and government and advise the White House, the State Department and the scientific community about potential opportunities for cooperation.”

Currently Arun Majumdar is the Jay Precourt Professor at Stanford University. Prior to joining Stanford, he was the Vice President for Energy at Google, where he created several energy technology initiatives and advised the company on its broader energy strategy.

Sikh woman elected for city council IANS, WASHINGTON

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Sikh woman in the U.S. was elected a city council member, first woman from the community to hold the post not just in California state, but in the country, media reported.

Preet Didbal, 46, was sworn in by her daughter as part of the Yuba City ceremony for new council members, KCRA 3 News reported. “This is a big day. It is very emotional and I still can't believe it,” Didbal was quoted as

saying. Her journey started from humble beginnings. “We worked in the fields here,” Didbal said. “We are the farm laborers who just raised ourselves up. I was one of the first out of our family to go to college.”

Didbal holds an associate degree in nutrition, a Bachelor's degree in physical education and a Master's in public administration, the report said.

Rahul Gupta to lead West Virginia health bureau IANS, WASHINGTON

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r. Rahul Gupta, an IndianAmerican doctor with a medical degree from Delhi University, is set to lead West Virginia's Bureau for Public Health from January 1.

Gupta's appointment as Commissioner of Bureau for Public Health and State Health Officer was announced by West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources Cabinet Secretary Karen L. Bowling. He holds an MD from University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi and a master's degree in Public Health from the University of AlabamaBirmingham. He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1999.

Gupta replaces Dr. Letitia E. Tierney, who is resigning effective Dec 31, just 13 months after her appointment.

Tierney was the target of criticism

Dr. Rahul Gupta

during the January 2014 Elk River chemical spill when crude MCHM was released from a facility in Charleston in West Virginia.

“Dr. Gupta is a well-respected and established public health professional,” Bowling said.

“His vast experience and wealth of knowledge will greatly benefit

DHHR, as will his relationships with officials in government and the medical community.”

Since 2009, Gupta has served as the Executive Director and Health Office of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, the largest local health department in West Virginia. He also serves as the Executive Director and Health Officer of the Putnam County Health Department.

Prior to that, he was Assistant Professor of Medicine of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of AlabamaBirmingham, and a primary care physician at Florida Medical Clinic.

“I am deeply honored to be appointed to this position by Secretary Bowling,” Gupta said.

“Working with professionals and partners across our great state, I look forward to the opportunity to help West Virginians build a healthier future.”

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US Senate report slams CIA for detainees’ torture WASHINGTON: A scathing Senate report on December 9 slammed the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for its “brutal” interrogations of terrorist detainees during the Bush era, saying they delivered no “ticking time bomb” information that prevented an attack.

The majority report issued by the Senate Intelligence Committee also accused the spy agency of routinely misleading the White House and the Congress about the information it obtained from the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects.

The interrogation techniques branded by critics as torture — deployed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack were “deeply flawed” and often resulted in “fabricated” information, according to the report.

Based on more than six million internal agency documents, the report said detainees were deprived of sleep for as long as a week.

US examines its conscience after CIA torture report The fact that the US tortured suspected terrorists for years after 9/11 is not news. However, controversial details of a Senate report has compelled the

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The app-based US taxi service faces flak across the world ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

N nation to undertake the difficult task of examining its conscience.

“There's controversy in terms of the details, but what's not controversial is the fact that we did some things that violated who we are as a people,” US President Barack Obama said in an interview with Telemundo and Univision television stations, after the details of the report were made public this week.

“This is not how Americans should behave. Ever,” wrote The Washington Post in its editorial titled “The horrors in America's 'dungeon' should never have happened”.

“Torture is wrong, whether or not it has ever 'worked'. As an Obama administration official said Tuesday, 'The reason we prohibited these techniques is because they are contrary to our values',” it added.

ew Delhi’s ban on the U.S. based ride-sharing service Uber following the rape of woman passenger by one of its drivers has focused attention on the fights it’s engaged in with local governments around the world, including in San Francisco where it was accused of misleading customers into believing they banned drivers with criminal backgrounds.

“It’s not the first time that Uber drivers have been accused of sexual assault,” noted the Time magazine.

The ride-sharing service has also The ride-sharing service has also faced bans at one point or another in cities across the world with many disputes with authorities remain unsettled. faced bans at one point or another in cities across the world, and many noted.

In September, courts in Berlin disputes with authorities remain Time listed at least five places and Hamburg ruled the company unsettled, it said. where Uber is facing government did not comply with German laws The “war chest” of the $41.2 bil- pushback. and officially banned the service lion San Francisco-based company In Portland, Oregon, Uber began from using unlicensed taxi drivers, doing business in 45 countries, “will operating illegally on Friday 5 night according to the magazine. come in handy” in these battles, and could face penalties, according In Toronto, Canada, authorities Time suggested. to the city’s transportation bureau. argued last month that Uber is In San Francisco and Los Angeles, A court challenge against Uber in “jeopardizing public safety” and is district attorneys have accused the the Netherlands resulted this week getting ready to fight the ride-sharride-sharing service of misleading in an injunction against the ride- ing service in court. customers into believing they ban sharing service, with a court saying Uber halted operations in Nevada drivers who have ever committed the company can’t work with drivers after it issued a ban against the sercriminal offenses, the newsmagazine who don’t have a license, Time said. vice last week.

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‘Indian fishermen will be released by Bangladesh soon’

JHARKHALI (WEST BENGAL): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on December 8 said she has written to the Centre to facilitate talks with Bangladesh for ensuring the return of Indian fishermen who had unknowingly entered the neighboring country’s territory.

Banerjee said fishermen from the Sunderbans region, who are in custody of Bangladesh authorities for straying across the boundary, will return home soon. “Since there were some changes in the boundary recently, the fishermen were unaware. I have written to the Centre to initiate discussions with the Bangladesh government,” she said.

Earlier, two Bangladeshi fishing boats, with 56 fishermen on board, were apprehended for illegally fishing in Indian waters off the West Bengal coast, officials said on December 7.

The US forces and NATO-led troops will switch from combat to support role.

Afghan troops ready to assume security charge, says an official after the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) he Afghan interior ministry troops shut down a command censpokesman on December 9 ter in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. said that the country’s The US forces and NATO-led national security forces are entirely troops will switch from combat to ready to take on the security charge support role — NATO-led Resolute from the US and NATO forces by Support (RS) mission — which will the end of this month. focus on training, advising and “The Afghan National Security assisting Afghan forces by the end of Forces (ANSF) is completely ready this month. According to Sediqqi, to provide security for the nation the Afghan army and police will next year in 2015,” Xinhua quoted take full security responsibilities of spokesman Sediq Sediqqi as telling the entire country from January 1 reporters at a joint press briefing next year. The new NATO mission with NATO civilian spokesman begins in Afghanistan and nearly 13,000 NATO and US forces will Christopher Chambers.

The comments came one day be involved in the RS mission.

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OSLO: Indian child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for refusing to quit school, and received their Nobel Peace Prizes on December 10 after two days of celebration honouring their work for children's rights.

Malala became by far the youngest laureate, widely praised for her global campaigning since she was shot in the head on her school bus in 2012. Some groups in Pakistan, however, have accused her of being a puppet of the West and violating the tenets of conservative Islam. “I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not,” said Malala, 17, better known by her first name, which is also the title of her book and the name of her foundation. “It is the story of many girls,” she said in Oslo's ornate city hall on the anniversary of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel's death.

Although the focus was undoubtedly on Oslo, Nobel Prize winners in literature, chemistry, physics, medicine and economics were gathering in Stockholm, due to receive their prizes from the King of Sweden later in the day.

Satyarthi, who is credited with saving around 80,000 children from slave labor sometimes in violent confrontations, kept a modest profile in Oslo.

“I've lost two of my colleagues,” Satyarthi said about his work. “Carrying the dead body of a colleague who is fighting for the protection of children is something I'll never forget, even as I sit here to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.”

Arriving in Norway with friends and young activists Malala met children, walked the streets to greet supporters and will open an exhibit where her blood stained dress, worn when her school bus was attacked, was put on display. “She's very brave and tough, fighting even after the Taliban shot her in the head,” said Andrea, 12, who was among thousands of children hoping to greet Malala in downtown Oslo.

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Vaiko’s MDMK quits NDA

The Tamil party was not happy with BJP’s Sri Lanka as well as language policy IANS, CHENNAI

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he MDMK party led by Vaiko on December 8 announced its decision to quit the BJP-led alliance to protest against the government’s stand on Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu’s water row with Kerala and Karnataka.

A high level committee of the Tamil Nadu-based party passed a resolution to this effect at a meeting here.

The MDMK said that when it joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the party made it clear that the BJP-led government should not support Sri Lanka and its President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

But Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government had gone against the earlier promise and started supporting the Rajapaksa government, it said.

The MDMK, which has no

Old company: MDMK chief Vaiko and Prime Minister Narendra Modi when the party was part of the BJP-led NDA. (Photo: File)

member in parliament, also found fault with the central government’s language policy, saying it was try-

ing to impose Hindi and pursuing “Sanskritization”.

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Satyam case: Raju jailed for six months IANS, HYDERABAD

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special court here on December 9 sentenced former Satyam Computers chairman B. Ramalinga Raju and three others to six months imprisonment, in one of the cases related to `140 billion accounting scandal. The special court for economic offenses sentenced Ramalinga Raju, his brother and then managing director of the company, B. Rama Raju and two others to six months imprisonment in six of the seven cases filed by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO). The court also fined 11 individuals for amounts ranging from `10000 to `26.6 million.

The highest fine was imposed on Krishna G. Palepu, who was

Karunanidhi opposes Sushma’s move CHENNAI: DMK president M. Karunanidhi on December 8 condemned External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for her proposal to make the Bhagavad Gita a national scripture, saying India is a secular country. Karunanid- M. Karunanidhi hi, in a statement issued here, noted that the constitution declares India a secular republic and the central government should treat all religions equally and follow secular principles. He wondered whether the government is spoiling its name by indulging in such unwanted actions.

directed to pay the amount in two months.

“The accused were convicted and sentenced in six cases. The sentences will run concurrently,” Special Prosecutor C. Raghu said.

Ramalinga Raju, Rama Raju, former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas and former direc-

tor Ram Mynampati were sentenced to imprisonment and fined while other former directors were fined `20,000 each in a complaint.

The SFIO had filed complaints against the accused on various charges including fudging of balance sheets, deceiving shareholders and taking huge benefits and dividends as directors.

The court struck down the case related to the company showing non-existing profit of `17.16 billion.

The special court is likely to deliver on December 23 the much-awaited judgment in the case filed by the CBI in what is billed as the country’s biggest accounting fraud which shocked the corporate world in 2009.

tral government was betraying the interests of Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar dam row with Kerala and on the sharing of Cauvery river water with Karnataka.

Vaiko’s party complained that the central government had also failed to help the fishing community in Tamil Nadu vis-a-vis attacks and arrests by the Sri Lankan Navy.

Although the MDMK’s exit will in no way affect the central government, it becomes the first party to quit the BJP-led alliance since Modi took power in May this year.

As long-standing supporter of the vanquished Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, Vaiko had recently criticized Modi for warming up to President Rajapaksa.

On November 26, the MDMK took a leading part in celebrating the 60th birth anniversary of the slain Tamil Tigers leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, all over Tamil Nadu.

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‘Congress can retain power in Kerala’ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: L There is “a sense of confidence” in the Congress party in Kerala that it can retain power in the next assembly polls, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said on December 10. Addressing party Rahul Gandhi leaders at the state party headquarters here, Gandhi expressed confidence that his party can do well both in the next year’s elections to the local bodies and the state assembly polls in 2016.

“The state government and the party are doing a commendable job.

There is a sense of confidence that the Congress party can do well in these two elections, but a lot of work has to be done,” said Gandhi. Gandhi arrived in the capital city to take part in the valedictory function of the Janapaksha Yatra of state party chief V.M. Sudheeran that passed through all the 140 assembly constituencies in the state.

Singapore inks MoU with Andhra Pradesh to develop capital IANS, HYDERABAD

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ingapore on December 8 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Andhra Pradesh to prepare a master plan and develop a world-class capital city of Andhra Pradesh.

The master plan will be ready in six months and after that a detailed action plan will be worked out, announced Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu after a meeting with S. Iswaran, minister in the Singapore prime minister’s office.

“We have decided to work with the government of Andhra Pradesh on this project of master planning and development of capital city,” said Iswaran.

The MoU on “the master-planning and development of the capital city and capital region of Andhra Pradesh” was signed by officials of Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh and International Enterprise Singapore in the presence of Naidu and Iswaran.

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shutdown, protests and meetings marked the 22nd anniversary of the demolition of the Babri Masjid, which passed off peacefully on December 6 in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana and neighboring Andhra Pradesh.

A shutdown was observed in parts of Hyderabad on a call given by some Muslim groups to demand reconstruction of the demolished mosque at its original site in Ayodhya.

Shops, business establishments and educational institutions were closed and vehicles were off the roads in the old city and other Muslim-majority areas as police

stepped up security to prevent any untoward incident.

The usual hustle bustle around historic Charminar was missing while the roads in the centuries-old

markets wore a deserted look.

Shops downed the shutters in response to the shutdown call given by the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM), Majlis Bachao

Tehreek (MBT) and other groups.

Police arrested few youngsters, who tried to take out a rally defying the ban orders in Moghalpura near Charminar. The youth were raising slogans in support of their demand for reconstruction of the mosque.

Over 5,000 policemen and personnel from paramilitary forces were deployed in different parts of the city. Special security measures were taken near historic Makkah Masjid. A tight vigil was maintained across the old city as the attempts to take out rallies by some organisations and also celebration of Vijay Diwas by some others led to violence in the past. A police officer said the afternoon prayers passed off peacefully.

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Srini on backfoot The BCCI chief tells Supreme Court that he will stay away from IPL and BCCI activities; BCCI elections postponed IANS, NEW DELHI

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. Srinivasan, Indian cricket board’s sidelined chief on December 10 told the Supreme Court that if he is reelected, he would stay away from the Indian Premier League (IPL) governing council till a proposed committee decides on the larger question of conflict of between his BCCI role and his IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings.

Meanwhile, the court allowed the Indian cricket board to postpone its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and elections of the officebearers till January 31, 2015, as the hearing into the allegations of betting and conflict of interest is continuing.

Responding to a poser from the court on December 9, senior counsel Kapil Sibal told a bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice F.M.I. Kalifulla that Srinivasan would stay away from the governing

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Tennis stars wow Capital NEW DELHI: World No.1 Novak Djokovic and No.2 Roger Federer produced some of their best tennis to enthrall their Delhi fans on December 9 as UAE Royals defeated Indian Aces 29-22 in the final match of the Indian leg of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL). In a match worthy of a Grand Slam final, Djokovic and Federer gave nothing away despite playing in a carnival-like atmosphere.

In a fitting finale to a classic contest, Djokovic won the last game of the contest to square the men’s singles match score 6-6 after Federer won the shooutout 6-5.

Royals went ahead in the contest when Kristina Mladenovic edged out Ana Ivanovic 6-5 in the women’s singles. Their ascendancy was maintained by Goran Ivanisevic in the legends contest. Ivanisevic, in no mood to give his great rival Pete Sampras any easy points, was in vintage form and worked up a 4-1 lead against a rusty Sampras, who then retired with a hamstring problem.

Several Bollywood stars including Akshay Kumar graced the sporting event with their presence and even tried their hand at the sport in the august company of superstars Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.

The sidelined BCCI president has been facing criticism for his alleged conflict of interest in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

council and its activities and also from the BCCI meetings related to the IPL. Sibal said: “Mr. N. Srinivasan, further undertakes that if he is elected as president of BCCI, till the (proposed) committee suggests the procedure to deal with the issue of conflict of interest, he will

not attend any IPL governing council meeting or any other IPL related discussion in ant meeting of working committee or general body meeting of the BCCI.” Sibal said this during the hearing on a PIL by Cricket Association of Bihar which has sought to oust Srinivasan as BCCI chief.

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ndia on December 9 registered their first victory in the men’s hockey Champions Trophy, beating world cup silver medalists the Netherlands 3-2 in the final league fixture of Pool B at the Kalinga Stadium here. India started the match with a point to prove, having been beaten in the first two matches. The Netherlands were more aggressive in the second quarter and India’s goalkeeper Shreejesh Parattu had to be alert to prevent India from conceding.

India received two penalty corners in the 24th minute but couldn’t capitalize. On the other hand, they got a close shave when Mirco Pruijser’s shot, of a penalty corner,

rebounded off the goal post.

India went ahead through Sunil Somwarpet in the 33th minute only for Mink Weerden to convert a penalty corner to equalize in the 36th minute.

India restored their lead at the beginning of the last quarter through Manpreet Singh in the

ISL: Delhi draw 2-2 against Chennaiyin CHENNAI: Italian legend Alessandro del Piero scored his first goal of the Indian Super League (ISL) to inspire Delhi Dynamos overturn a two-goal deficit to force a 2-2 draw against Chennaiyin FC in an enthralling contest here December 9.

The draw meant that Delhi have to depend on the result of other matches having managed 18 points from 14 points. Leaders Chennaiyin FC ended their group assignments with 23 points from 14 matches.

Chennai got off to a great start, going 2-0 ahead through Bruno

46th minute, and two minutes later Rupinder Singh scored from a penalty corner to put India in control.

India finished the group engagements with 3 points from three matches while the Netherlands topped the group with 6 points from as many matches.

Oz batsmen hammer India in Adelaide IANS, ADELAIDE

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teven Smith (batting 162) and skipper Michael Clarke (128) scored centuries to help Australia reach 517 for seven on a rain-affected second day of the first Test against India at the Adelaide Oval here on December 10.

Intermittent rain plagued the day with the Australian duo ruthlessly dominating a listless Indian bowling, which conceded 163 runs in 30.4 overs.

A half-fit Clarke and Smith

A half-fit Michael Clarke (R) and Steven Smith (R) shared 163-run partnership for the seventh wicket.

shared 163-run partnership for the seventh wicket and completely dominated with some scintillating strokeplay till the skipper, after completing his 28th century, lost his wicket when his sweep off a debutant Karn Sharma delivery went straight into the hands of Cheteshwar Pujara at square leg.

His wicket was India’s only success for the day. Steven Smith once again showed mettle with a gritty knock. He batted with aplomb as his captain battled pain and initially struggled with body movement.

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NEW DELHI: At a time when actors are leaving no stone unturned to portray their onscreen character with conviction, actress Chitrangada Singh says she won’t shave off her tresses for any role, but only for something meaningful.

“I have cut my hair for a role in a movie where I played a corporate person. But I won’t go bald for fun. The role has to be that good and exciting. It has to be amazing and different,” the actor told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

Chitrangada has maintained a likeable blend between serious and commercial cinema with movies like Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi, Desi Boyz, Inkaar and I, Me Aur Main.

“For me, oiling has always been very important. I make it a point to do it twice a month,” she said.

MUMBAI: Having worked with most of the A-listers from her own generation of actors, including Sidharth Malhotra, Varun Dhawan and Arjun Kapoor, Alia Bhatt has now moved to the next elder generation. In her next two releases, to be directed by Vikas Bahl and Ayan Mukerjee, Alia is paired with Shahid Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor, respectively. Though she is tight-lipped about the project with Sushant Singh Rajput to be directed by Homi Adjania, Alia happily admits to being part of Mukerjee's next film starring his best friend Ranbir who has featured in both the directors' films so far — Wake Up Sid and Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.

“The only project I am officially part of is the film directed by Ayan with Ranbir in the lead,” she said.

I’m not insecure: Anushka Sharma MUMBAI: Actor Anushka Sharma, who is part of Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do, says that she is not insecure working in the multi-starrer as the role matters more to her than anything else.

The film also features Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar and Anil Kapoor, among others. “I guess I am not insecure as a person. In fact when Zoya offered me this role, she thought I will not take up. Priyanka’s role is bigger in the film but I think the film matters (to me). I said yes to Zoya the moment I heard the role,” she said.

Everything I do is unique:

Priyanka

NEW DELHI: :At the peak of her career, Bollywood’s marquee actress Priyanka Chopra changed track to explore the world of music — only to emerge as a winner. And now she has ventured into film production. Describing her activities as “unique”, she said she doesn’t follow a path but creates her own.

“I am not an ordinary star.

Everything I do is sort of unique and I hate being clubbed as ‘oh celebrities’,” Priyanka told IANS in an interview. “I have a very unique personality. I like to do things which I want to do. But everything that I have done has been very unique to me. I don’t follow a path, I create my own,” Priyanka added.

‘Link-up rumors common for actors’ MUMBAI: Actor Arjun Kapoor says linking up with co-stars are the part and parcel of an actor’s life and he is not the only one who is targeted with such reports. The actor is rumoured to be dating his Tevar co-star Sonakshi Sinha but he has a different story to tell.

“These things (link-up reports) are part and parcel of an actor’s life. I am not the first actor to be linked with his co-star and I am definitely not going to be the last,” said the actor. “We both (Sonakshi and Arjun) are not influenced by these rumours.”

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Sonakshi going ga ga over ‘Lingaa’ Actor Sonakshi Sinha’s much-anticipated Tamil debut ‘Lingaa’ releases on December 12 already developed a sort of relationship with the industry by starring in five Hindi remakes of south hits ctor Sonakshi Sinha, — Dabanng, Rowdy Rathore, Son of who feels southern Sardaar, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never movies are “content- Off Duty and upcoming Tevar.

Also, four of her films rich”, says her forthso far have been coming Tamil cinematic with southern debut Lingaa won’t be a filmmakers one-off film in her The southern A.R. Murucareer as she’s keen to film industries gadoss and find more work in are rich in Prabhudethe industry. “I va. Therewould love to do content, which is fore, workmore projects (down why so many of ing in Linsouth) provided I get their films get gaa wasn’t good scripts,” Sonakshi told IANS in an remade here (in any different for her, except interview.

Bollywood). the language.

“The southern film “After working in industries are rich in conso many southern tent, which is why so many of their films get remade here (in remakes, I think I’ve developed a Bollywood). I definitely don’t sense of familiarity with the way want (my southern film career) to things function here. The only end with Lingaa’,” she said. new challenge was to speak a lanSonakshi may be a newcomer to guage I don’t speak or understand the southern filmdom, but she has and look convincing doing it,” HARICHARAN PUDIPEDDI, CHENNAI

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she added. Lingaa, which releases in cinemas on December 12, wasn’t the first Tamil project Sonakshi was offered. In fact, she was offered films in Telugu and Kannada in the past.

“I wasn’t able to take up those offers because of my commitments in Bollywood. Just like how Dabangg was an offer I couldn’t refuse, even though I never wanted to be an actress, so was Lingaa,” she said.

She admits Rajinikanth was a “driving force” in her decision to act in Lingaa.

“It was an honor to share screen space with a living legend like him,” she said.

Sonakshi wasn’t floored by the superstar status of 62-year old Rajinikanth.

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opular yesteryear southern actress Devayani, who has worked with stars like Kamal Haasan and Vijay, has now donned a new avatar. She is now teaching at a private school here and is apparently enjoying the experience.

Devayani is currently teaching at Church Park School at Anna Salai.

“She has joined us on contract basis, filling in for a teacher who’s on leave. She’s teaching for class four. Teaching has been on her mind for a while but she told us that other commitments kept her busy. Devayani is really enjoying the experience,” a source from the school’s management told IANS. Devayani, who has starred in hit films such as Aanandham, Friends and Suryavamsam, has also worked in television serials such as Kolangal. She’s married to actor Rajakumaran.

Samantha southern ambassador of Maaza

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elugu filmmaker Dharma Teja is keen to rope in Shweta Basu Prasad, who was recently caught in an alleged’ prostitution scandal, for his next film. He already has a role for her, but is yet to approach the Makadee actor.

“Shweta is a very talented actress. I have a role for her in my

next film. I would like her to play it but I’m yet to approach her,” Teja told IANS. Teja plans to approach her once he’s done with the script.

CHENNAI: Actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been selected as the first southern ambassador of mango drink Maaza. “Just shot for MAAZA. Their first South ambassador. Such an honor. Grew up on it. Elated. Love (sic),” Samantha tweeted on December 7. Samantha, who acted in Tamil blockbuster Kaththi, is currently shooting for 10 Enradhukulla.

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ctor Karunakaran, who has teamed up with superstar Rajinikanth for the first time in forthcoming Tamil actioner Lingaa, says he was touched when the latter showered rare appreciation upon meeting him on sets.

“I remember it was my first day on the sets of Lingaa. Director K.S. Ravi Kumar had just introduced me to the superstar, and I literally

froze in awe. That moment became even more special when Rajini sir appreciated my performance in Soodhu Kavvum,” Karunakaran told IANS.

Nalan Kumarasamy-directed Soodhu Kavvum was one of the best Tamil comedies of recent times. “What really touched me was that he even remembered my character’s name from the film. A rare compliment coming from Rajini sir meant a lot to me,” he said. Karunakaran, who has projects such as Kappal, Nanbenda, Kanithan and Mahabalipuram in his kitty, says he wants to “concentrate on doing films that meet audience’s expectations”.

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Ranbir, Katrina to ring in New Year?

Come January and the most popular pair in Bollywood are all set to tie the knot, if media reports are to be believed IANS, MUMBAI

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t’s that time of the year when the paparazzi has some real ‘masala’ up on their sleeve to report, as the film stars go about painting various towns of the world red and ‘redder’.

A not-so-new entry on the list is of the rumored couple Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. The duo has, reportedly, planned to welcome 2015 in London, which happens to be Katrina’s home. Since her mother lives there, we assume Ranbir and Katrina would be visiting her too.

The couple recently grabbed headlines with their rumored livein relationship and how the lady is trying to keep her man happy by cooking and trying her hand at various kind of salads. Their last private holiday in Spain also made headlines when the paparazzi couldn’t help but stream out some pictures of theirs.

The main agenda of this special holiday, fitted into the young stars’ busy schedules, is also said to be an official proposal from the would be groom’s side to the would be bride’s mother. It will be interesting to see how Remains to be seen, how special this vacation turns out to be for the rumored couple!

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Manasvi Mamgai wants to act with three Khans IANS, MUMBAI

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anasvi Mamgai played one of the three leading ladies in Ajay Devgn starrer Action Jackson and now the model-turned-actress wants to work with all three famous Khans — Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir — in a film as their solo heroine.

“I would like to romance all the three Khans. Just as Action Jackson has one hero and three heroines, I want to be the solo heroine with all the three Khans romancing me,” said the former beauty queen. In Action Jackson, Ajay romances Manasvi, Sonakshi Sinha and Yami Gautam.

Meanwhile, the 25-year-old

stole the limelight for her bold avatar in the film and her dance moves in the song Gangster Baby.

“Today boldness has become quite a challenge because the question is — We have done exposing, but what next?”

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ctor Anushka Sharma says that her relationship with cricketer Virat Kohli is not a secret affair. It's just that she doesn’t want to talk about it in public.

“Nobody is hiding anything. We are living our life very normally. It's just that we don't want to talk about our relationship.

“We can't subject it to entertainment news.

We will not hide if you guys see us together, but we will not talk about it,” Anushka told reporters. She also feels that she will only “talk to her friends” about her personal life and not “to the world”. Anushka who is currently busy promoting her film PK says she would love to do a biopic too.

“I want to do a biopic as an actor. I would love it if I am able to do a biopic.”

A film with all three Khans ‘Action Jackson’: A tale so shallow would be exciting: Aamir MUMBAI: Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan says a project starring Bollywood's three Khans — Shah Rukh, Salman and himself, would be exciting and that he would be happy to do it. The trio recently appeared together on the same stage.

Asked about any plans to work with Salman and Shah Rukh in one film, Aamir said: “I really think a film with three of us would be exciting...and if ever a script, which appeals to three of us, comes up, I am sure we would be happy to do it.”

Aamir, who is currently busy promoting his much awaited film PK, says he has neither signed any new films nor is he going to do his TV show Satyameva Jayate next year. “I'm not doing Satayamev Jayate next year, and currently, I am not doing any films.

I am currently reading scripts and deciding on what to do next.”

Film: ‘Action Jackson’; Cast: Ajay Devgn, Sonakshi Sinha, Yami Gautam, Introducing Manasvi Mamgai, and a cast of henchmen in orange suits; Directed by Prabhudheva; Rating: ** 1/2 (2 and a half stars)

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fficially, there are two comic relief providing actors in Action Jackson.

The very talented Kunal Roy Kapoor, here reduced playing the hero’s cretinous sidekick whose sides get kicked in every frame, and Sonakshi Sinha who spends a good part of the first-half ogling at her leading man's power-point... and we don't mean his fists which speak louder than his words.... really, loud.

Decibels are so high, they could split eardrums provided you can stay put in your seat through the ordeal.

The very talented Sandeep Chowta provides helpful pointers in the background score: ‘Vishy Vishya’ goes the score when Devgn is on the screen. Bangkok Bangkok is the chant on the soundtrack for those

Admittedly Devgn fights much better than he dances. This is akin to saying Tendulkar plays cricket much better than kabbaddi. who like their locations well mapped.

But we are straying....quite like the script for Prabhudheva's film

which seems to have been scribbled on a series of paper napkins in crowded cafe where fights often break out, quite like the ones we see break out in the public places in Prabhudheva's designer-inanity.

Admittedly Devgn fights much better than he dances. This is akin to saying Tendulkar plays cricket much better than kabbaddi.

So far Prabhudheva's films may have been guilty of strutting a lowbrow idiom as an antidote to highbrow tedium.

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DR RAHUL GUPTA IS NAMED WV’S TOP HEALTH OFFICER

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HARLESTON (WV) -- Dr. Rahul Gupta, director of the KanawhaCharleston Health Department, will become West Virginia’s top health officer when he takes charge of the state Bureau for Public Health on January 1.

According to the Department of Health and Human Resources, Dr Gupta, who will become commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health effective, will replace Dr. Letitia Tierney who resigns on December 31.

The Indian American physician holds an MD from University College of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi, and a master’s degree in public health from the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine since 1999.

Gupta’s appointment was announced by West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) Cabinet Secretary Karen L. Bowling.

Since 2009, Dr Gupta has served as the executive director and health officer of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, the largest local health department in West Virginia. He also serves as the executive director and health officer of the Putnam County Health Department.

Prior to that, he was assistant professor

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of medicine of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.; assistant professor of medicine at the University of AlabamaBirmingham, and a primary care physician at Florida Medical Clinic.

“I am deeply honored to be appointed to this position by Secretary Bowling,” Dr Gupta said.

“Working with professionals and partners across our great state, I look forward to the opportunity to help West Virginians build a healthier future by achieving positive and lasting health outcomes.”

In the wake of last January’s Elk River

chemical leak and the public’s loss of confidence over the contaminated water system, Dr Gupta and Dr Tierney expressed quite different views on the ongoing crisis.

Dr Tierney repeatedly said she was drinking and using the water for all purposes and said that flu season, unwashed hands and anxiety were the reasons why people were going to the hospital with water-related symptoms.

A month after the leak, at a congressional hearing, Dr Tierney declined to say if the drinking water was safe.

Dr Gupta, from the start, expressed more hesitancy. He said he would like to drink the water, but, a month after the leak, it still smelled and it was difficult to get past that.

He led the push for a long-term medical monitoring program to check on the health effects of the crisis.

Dr Gupta said he did not know who would replace him at the local health department but that he would be working on transition plans for the next few weeks.

He said he wanted to work on integrating the Bureau for Public Health’s various programs with each other and with health-care providers.

He also said he wanted to meet with communities and local boards of health to receive input and to make sure that the bureau’s health services are “socially and linguistically competent.”

NY man jailed for threatening woman law-maker

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man convicted for making a series of threats against Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard has been put behind bars.

Aniruddha Sherbow, 44, whose last known address was in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was sentenced to 33 months in prison for holding out several threats against the Congresswoman.

Sherbow entered a plea of nolo contendere on February 21in the US District Court for the District of Columbia, to two counts of transmission of threats in interstate commerce.

Under a nolo contendere plea, a defendant is convicted of the offense, accepts responsibility, and agrees that the government could prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

The defendant in such a plea, however, does not admit to the facts of the case. The Honorable Reggie B. Walton accepted the plea and sentenced Sherbow on December 8.

Following his prison term, Sherbow will be placed on three years of supervised release.

During that time, he is barred from any direct or indirect contact with Congresswoman

Tulsi Gabbard

Gabbard.

Judge Walton also ordered Sherbow to pay $538,282 in restitution to the US government as reimbursement for security expenses incurred as a result of his threats.

Finally, the judge ordered Sherbow to get a mental health evaluation and treatment, if necessary.

Sherbow was arrested on August 28, 2013 in Tijuana, Mexico. He has been in custody ever since. In addition to New York, Sherbow has lived in California, Mexico, and Hawaii.

According to the government’s evidence, Sherbow had been harassing Gabbard since

Aniruddha Sherbow

around February 2011, including making threats via email and telephone. The charges relate to two such threats made in August of 2013.

On August 1, 2013, Sherbow left a voicemail message on the Congresswoman’s office phone in which he threatened to kill her. Gabbard was in Washington, D.C., when she received the threatening message.

Two days later, Sherbow, identifying himself by name, sent an e-mail to Gabbard and others, including the FBI, that also contained threats directed at the Congresswoman.

Student foils move for extension of law-makers’ term

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ARYLAND -- Voters in Prince George’s County, Maryland, narrowly rejected a ballot measure that would have extended term limits for the county executive and members of the county council. The margin was about 51% to 49 percent.

One of the main opponents of the measure was Shabnam Ahmed, a sophomore enrolled in letters and sciences at the University of Maryland, according to the college newspaper, The Diamondback.

Ahmed created an online initiative opposing the ballot measure — Question J — and partnered with local organizations to campaign against it, the newspaper reported.

Shabnam Ahmed

The initiative would have extended term limits from two four-year terms to three.

“People are tired of politicians in our county as it is,” Ahmed told The

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Diamondback. “Extending term limits would only increase the likelihood of creating a regime in politics, and voters don’t want that.

The measure failed despite many elected officials coming out in favor of it, including Prince George’s County chief executive Rushern Baker III, who just ran unopposed for a second term.

Since the margin of defeat was closer than a similar measure in 2000, Ahmed said she felt it could “come up again, especially if you look at the history of the movement. At the same time, I don’t think it would pass. Voters have spoken twice now, in 2000 and 2014, and their minds haven’t changed. They don’t want extensions.”

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LEVELAND (Texas) -A group of engineering students from Texas A&M returning by car from a holiday road trip to New Orleans crashed into a pick-up truck on a dark road in Montgomery County Sunday night.

The pick-up truck apparently veered across the yellow line in the middle of the two-lane road, and the student driving the car tried but failed to veer out of its path. The collision mangled the car so badly that emergency workers spent roughly half an hour cutting all the students out of the wreckage All five of the students--Pranan Kannan, 22; Akshay Jain, 22; Chiranjibi Boere, 23; Shachit Iyer, 23; and Kishan Bajaj, 24--were rushed to area hospitals.

Kannan, the driver, was taken to Kingwood Hospital in stable condition.

Jain, sitting in passenger seat, was reported in very critical condition at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

All of the young men came from India to attend Texas A&M, a university official said. Their Thanksgiving holiday trip to New Orleans was documented in photographs posted on Facebook showing the smiling friends enjoying themselves on Bourbon Street and on the banks of the Mississippi River.

The truck driver, identified as Roman Polawco, 35, of Cleveland, was not seriously injured. What caused his vehicle to cross out of its lane is still under investigation but neither alcohol nor speeding was believed to be a factor.

NJ police are hot on trail of credit card fraudsters

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EW PROVIDENCE (NJ) – The police believe there may be a link between credit cards used in a New Providence business and the fraudulent use of credit cards elsewhere.

The police are investigating the use of the cards which detectives have linked to a business in New Providence, according to a release from the department.

After being used locally, they are then used to make fraudulent purchases at various stores in Plainfield, Branchburg and mall stores at Jersey Gardens, Short Hills, Menlo Park and Woodbridge.

Sgt. Daniel Henn said the department has “had several victims come forward during this investigation and it is important to disseminate this information in an effort to locate any further victims in the area.”

The police are looking for anyone who has noticed fraudulent purchases after November 1 on their credit or debit cards, who still has the cards in their possession and who used their credit or debit card within New Providence before the fraud took place.

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Al Fatah, Bridgewater reach $7.75m settlement

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RIDGEWATER (NJ) -- The Al Fa l a h C e n t e r h a s re a c h e d a $7.75-million settlement agreement with Bridgewater Township that will allow Al Falah to move forward with its plans to build a mosque in Bridgewater, ending a three-year land use dispute.

The settlement reached last week includes a $5 million payment from the Township’s insurance carrier for alleged damages, costs and attorney fees in exchange for Al Falah’s dropping its lawsuit against the township.

The settlement represents a significant step in Al Falah Center’s goal to build the first mosque in Bridgewater Township.

“We applaud the Mayor and the Council for entering into this agreement and look forward to working cooperatively with them to reach our objective,” said Yasser Abdelkader, president of Al Falah Center. “And we want to thank our legal team who stood by us throughout.”

Al Falah Center is represented by The Brennan Center for Justice, Arnold & Porter LLP, Archer & Greiner, P.C., and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund.

A Federal District Judge granted a preliminary injunction in the Al Falah Center v Township of Bridgewater case in October 2013, allowing the Al Falah Center to move forward with its application to build a mosque and community center in Bridgewater, NJ. After years of searching for a location for the local Muslim community to pray, Al Falah purchased a property in Bridgewater, NJ, that met its requirements.

The site of the former Redwood Inn had the space to become a mosque and community center and was located in an area that was zoned to allow such a facility. But following an anti-Muslim internet campaign, hundreds of people showed up to protest the mosque

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project at a Planning Board meeting to consider the proposal.

In response, the town of Bridgewater illegally rushed through a change to its zoning rules that effectively blocked the mosque. The Township cited supposed traffic concerns, but the Township’s own documents and actions show that these concerns were not legitimate and were not the real reason for the zoning changes.

The suit, filed on April 26, 2011, alleged that in changing the law to exclude the mosque, Bridgewater violated the Al Falah Center’s federal constitutional rights under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as the corresponding protections of New Jersey’s Constitution.

A number of federal and state statutory claims are also alleged in the complaint, including multiple violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA).

In June 2011, the Court denied Bridgewater’s motion to dismiss the suit. And on September 30, 2013, Judge Shipp issued a decisive ruling for Al Falah enjoining the town from applying the

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new discriminatory law to its mosque application.

In doing so, Judge Shipp found that Al Falah had not only demonstrated irreparable injury to the Muslim community that had been deprived of a house of worship for years, but had also demonstrated that it was likely to succeed on the merits of at least its statutory claim.

Following this ruling, the parties engaged in extensive settlement negotiations that have now resulted in an agreement designed to allow Al Falah Center to build its house of worship in Bridgewater.

Under the terms of the settlement, the Township has agreed to exchange a 10.75-acre piece of land on Route 202/206 in Bridgewater for the Redwood Inn property.

The exchange will occur only after Al Falah Center has obtained all approvals necessary to construct a mosque on the new property; if those approvals are not obtained, the settlement provides that the preliminary injunction will be made permanent so that Al Falah Center can pursue the construction of a mosque at the Redwood Inn site without reference to the challenged ordinance.

DISON (NJ) -- The former president of a Middlesex County investment company has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding investors out of more than $250,000.

According to US Attorney Paul J. Fishman, Shreyans Desai, 27, a local resident, president of Shreysiddh Capital LLC, located in the Iselin section of Woodbridge, previously pleaded guilty before US. District Judge William J. Martini to two counts of wire fraud.

A third count in the indictment, securities fraud, was dismissed after Judge Martini imposed the sentence in Newark federal court.

Documents filed in the case and statements made in court revealed that Desai misled several investors about his licensing status and the registration status of the company to induce them to entrust their money to him so that he could trade securities on their behalf.

Desai then sought to retain control of the funds by providing investors with an inflated value of their investments and also inflated the amount of commissions he purportedly earned through trading those funds.

In addition to the prison term, Judge Martini sentenced Desai to three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay restitution of $121,250.

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Adi Shakti : Unique dance performances honoring goddess Durga, Dec 13, 4:00 p.m at East Brunswick High School Auditorium, 380 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick, New Jersey Hosted by Agraj Seva Kendra

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YOUNG ARTISTS SHINE AT SOORYA EVENT

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Vidya Govind’s poetry of foot

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T LOUIS, MO-Soorya Performing Arts, which has been making marathon efforts to see that classical art forms survive the test of time and flourish for generations to enjoy, came up with the “Soorya Performing Series for Young Talent”.

Its Fall-2014 series held on November 15 included three highly talented artists from Chicago, IL --a solo veena concert

by Divya Pariti, a disciple of Rajaveena School of music, Chicago; a Mohiniyattam performance by Elizabeth Nellamattathil, a disciple of Aanada Dance Theater) and Vidya Govind (a disciple of Guru Hema Rajagopalan).

Young Divya Pariti played veena with a confidence and the music was very vibrant

Divya Pariti at her best on veena

and colorful. She presented “Mayaatheetha swaroopini” in raga Mayamalavagowla, followed by “Subramanyena” in raga Shuddha Dhanyasi.

Elizabeth started her Mohiniyattam performance with a composition of the 18th century Tamil poet Oothukkadu Venkata Subba Iyer ‘s Pranavakaaram Siddhivinayakam, which was followed by an expressive Jagadhodhaarana, in which she portrayed the mischievous nature of young Krishna very effectively.

Vidya Govind, disciple of Guru Hema Rajagopalan, began her recital with a crisp presentation of Mallari, followed by a second half of Varnam – Suma Sayaka.

Her Nritta was very clean and Abhinaya was rendered well through sanchari Bhavas (moving story lines) based on stories of

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Gajendra Moksha and Kaliya mardana.

She presented Narsi Mehta’s Gujarati poem depicting the negative nature of Lord Rama in doubting the purity of his wife Seetha and putting her through the test of fire (Agni Pariksha).

The youth series by Soorya Performing Arts provided a much-needed opportunity for Indian American youth. This was supported by parents of Soorya Dance, Music and Yoga School; by funds received from Missouri Arts Council (MAC), a state agency of State of Missouri; Regional Arts Commission (RAC) – a city organization of St. Louis and may other patrons.

The event was ably supported by many volunteers and was attended by more than 200 art patrons.

New depiction of Hinduism in Texas textbooks hailed

The Hindu saint Adi Shankara has been mentioned in one of the Texas school texbooks

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Lamp lighting ceremony by devotees, Executive Board and Board of Trustees

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HICAGO (IL) -- Hari Om Mandir organized its 27th Annual ‘FundRaising Dinner-2014’ at India House Banquet Hall, Schaumburg, IL, on November 22.

The event, which was attended by many devotees, friends, and well-wishers, was packed with great food, entertainment and fund-raising activities. Devotees recognized and praised the progress and work done for the temple and donated generously for the upcoming projects.

After puja by Pandit Dinesh Kumar, fundraising chairman Anil Saxena greeted everyone present and thanked both boards for their continuous support, hoping that the lofty goals the Mandir has set would be achieved.

President Indrajit Sarkar praised the contribution of Saxena and BOT chairman Ayodhia Salwan and added that but for their support many religious programs like Sankat Mochan Mahayagya could not have been held.

He spoke about the mandir’s Go Green project, health camps, a fabulous Youth Talent showcase organized by the youth group, and said that the new education classes would be a boon for the children preparing for ACT/SAT. BOT chairman Ayodhia Salwan said that plans were afoot for expanding parking facilities for devotees, an elevator for senior citizens and a new room for coats and shoes.

He said that donations would be used to provide better facilities at the place of worship and make children aware about India’s rich cultural heritage and preservation of Hinduism in the land far away from their roots.

Both the Boards recognized Ravinder Kalia, Subhash Saluja and Satyajit Sarkar (Youth President) for their efforts towards the growth of the temple.

A grand program was organized mixed with dance by Ayushi and Palak Tripathi and performances by Shali Dhawan, Satyajit Sarkar, Ram Verma with MC Gayatri Rathod and DJ Nilesh Pardiwala.

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I A M I ( F L ) - - Ma t h e w Martoma, former SAC Capital Advisors portfolio manager convicted in February of insider trading, has begun his nine-year prison term.

Martoma reported to the Federal Correctional Institute in Miami on November 20, and was assigned to the minimum-security prison camp adjacent to main jail.

US District Judge Paul Gardephe, who sentenced Martoma, directed that the Indian American serve his term at the facility, about 65 miles south of the Boca Raton, Fla., home he shared with his wife and three children, and 30 miles south of downtown Miami.

According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Martoma is scheduled to be released on September 20, 2022, less than eight years from now.

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ASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a landmark moment for the Hindu Indian American community, the Texas State Board of Education voted last month to adopt new textbooks that dramatically improve the way Hinduism is depicted.

The Hindu American Foundation was involved in the adoption process from the beginning, working with scholars and historians to ensure a constructive and accurate understanding of Hinduism.

As a result of the changes made by publishers in response to HAF’s reviews, the textbooks now present a picture of Hinduism that emphasizes the religion’s core philosophies with accurate explanations of key concepts.

“This is a game-changing moment for our community,” said Houston-based HAF board member Rishi Bhutada, who testified before the state board in September, urging changes to the proposed content.

“This is the first time that this type of textbook reform has ever been accomplished on a statewide level anywhere in the U.S., and to do it in Texas, one of the two

biggest textbook markets in the country, is amazing,” the Indian American activist said.

Educators, several publishers, and other advocacy groups worked closely with HAF to make sure the representations of Hinduism were not steeped in the archaic and inaccurate “caste, cows, and karma” approach that has dominated textbook content for years.

With 100 errors corrected, additional changes include the inclusion of Hinduism and Hindus in contemporary world history and geography, and greater context in the explanation of caste, including the definition of terms such as varna and jati.

Another publisher mentioned the Hindu saint Adi Shankara, the first time such a reference has been made in an American K-12 textbook. HAF’s director of Education and Curriculum Reform, Dr. Murali Balaji, said that the changes reflected rigorous academic feedback and a fact-based approach to teaching about Hinduism.

Balaji credited an engaged Hindu Indian American community in Texas as well as the leadership of Bhutada and HAF executive council member Dr. Rajiv Pandit of Fort Worth who worked to get members of the Dallas-Fort Worth community engaged in the importance of the review.

The textbook vote is final, and the textbook changes will reflect in materials next year.

The Hindu American Foundation’s evidence-based efforts in education reform have been acknowledged in Texas and across the country, including by prominent social studies and history organizations such as the National Council for the Social Studies.

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Tawak: a new Indo-Oriental

culinary journey The restaurant will take you on a stimulating journey across Asia to experience flavors of Oriental cuisines VISHNU MAKHIJANI, NOIDA

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ime was when most high-end eateries in this suburb of the national capital were concentrated in Sector 18, but that’s slowly changing. Welcome to the newlyopened Tawak in Sector 63, an eclectic combination of office and apartment blocks that takes you on a wonderous Indo-Oriental culinary journey.

“Tawak (Sanskrit for cinnamon) has been one of the most revered and traded spices since ancient times. Ours is an endeavour to take you on a stimulating journey across Asia to experience the rich diversity in flavors of the Indian and Oriental cuisines,” cofounder Deepankar Arora said as he served the cucumber afterwork welcome drink.

Light on the palette, the drink came in a mason jar with a huge slice of cucumber adorning the side.

“We have different glasses for different drinks,” explained the 33-year-old Arora, a quintessential “Purani Dilli” boy who studied at St. Xavier’s and was previously the executive chef at Mum-

bai’s Taj Land’s End. Sipping the drink and munching on the nice and crunchy som tum thai green papaya salad with peanuts in a spicy lime and jaggery dressing also gave one the opportunity to take in the décor The spectrum of cuisines at Tawak comprises food from the plains of the Ganges to the bed of Japan’s Shinano river. of the 50-cover restaurant with its rope chandeliers and roof adorned also worked as a chef in Nigeria surface and with chunks of mut- wasabi — and a tangy Vietnam bass. ton on the bottom of the dish. with oversized replicas of the for nine years.

The spectrum of cuisines at In spite of the taster’s portions, Explaining the rationale behind coins of the Asian countries repreTawak comprises food Tawak, Arora said he and his part- this in itself would have made for sented on the extensive from the plains of the ner, Vinayak Gupta, conducted a a complete meal. menu.

Ganges to the bed recce last July and discovered that Nonetheless, one soldiered on “We celebrate of Japan’s Shi- there was no stand-alone outlet in with tiny portions of seared chickthe distinct nano river.

Noida offering a choice of both en in red curry paste, shredded identity of Light on the The menu Indian and Oriental food. chicken with pickled chilli and these unique palette, the reflects the “That’s when we zeroed in on coriander root and Kung Pao and varied drink came in a best of all this site as it has both corporates Chicken — diced chicken tossed cultures, all w o r l d s , and residences in the vicinity. in spicy and sweet sauce and flaof which mason jar with a d r a w i n g Besides, Indirapuram (in Ghazi- vored with peanuts. immensely huge slice of i n s p i r a t i o n abad) is not too far away so we Rounding off this sumptuous value their from the disfare were walnut-topped brownies have a fairly large catchment tradition and cucumber tinguished culi- area,” Arora said, adding: “Noida with chocolate sauce and vanilla food. nary history of is fast picking up as a foodie desti- ice-cream and silk cake — a decaThese great civitheir respective nation.” dent flourless chocolate cake, to lizations have flourregions while creating an The appetisers then came up, list just two items on the menu. ished together through beginning with Cantonese Depending on the vegetarian or strong trade relations and cultural urban dining experience.

It was now time for the soup steamed fish that retained the full non-vegetarian options, a meal for exchanges over centuries with effects trickling down as exciting and this came in the form of a flavor of the meat unlike the two would cost `1,300 to `1,500 influences and fusion of their rather unusual yakhni shorba with smoked variety, kataif-wrapped (without alcohol as the eatery is food,” explained Arora, a graduate a smoky aftertaste, the feeling wasabi prawns — prawns yet to get a bar licence).

The restaurant is open for of Mumbai’s IHM (Institute of enhanced by the saffron and wrapped in bird-nest like kataif Hotel Management) and who has coriander floating on the thickish vermicelli and flavored with lunch and dinner.

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“The ‘technoference’ ranges from picking up the phone while partners are casually hanging out to checking Facebook while in the middle of an argument,” said study author Sarah Coyne, psychologist at the Utah-based Brigham Young University in the US. The poll, which was conducted

by Brandon McDaniel of The Pennsylvania State University and Sarah Coyne of Brigman Young University in Utah, surveyed 143 women.

In it, 62 per cent of women

Keeping the phone out of reach would lead to overall life satisfaction claimed that technology interfered with time spent with their partner and almost one third of respondents said their boyfriend has looked at

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“Over time, individuals feel less satisfied with their relationship as well as with the way their life is currently going. By allowing technology to interfere with or interrupt conversations, activities, and time with romantic partners, individuals may be sending implicit messages about what they value most, leading to conflict and negative outcomes.”

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Adopt healthy lifestyle Maintaining a healthy heart while young helps prevent future disease

NEW YORK: An analysis of tweets can offer a quicker and cost-effective solution to mental conditions after dramatic events such as natural disasters and military conflicts, says a study. The technique to analyse the

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Maintaining a healthy heart while young may help prevent future disease and disability, the findings showed. “People should adopt and maintain a healthy lifestyle at all ages, especially young,” said Thanh Huyen T. Vu, research assistant professor at Northwestern University in the US. A healthy lifestyle has been shown to be associated with favourable levels of cardio-vascular disease risk factors.

In the study spanning more than

three decades, participants who were at low risk of heart and blood vessel disease as young adults were found 60 percent less likely to report disability as older adults.

To determine risk level, researchers used blood pressure, cholesterol and body mass index measurements, as well as diabetes and smoking status.

The study involved data from

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Reduced blood vessel function may raise the chances of developing atherosclerosis and consequently lead

Twitter can help track mental illness trends: Study

to a heart attack. Atherosclerosis is the disease process that causes plaque build-up in the arteries, which narrows them and restricts blood flow.

“If you’re hanging out in a room where people are smoking a lot of marijuana, you may be harming your blood vessels,” said senior author of the study Matthew Springer, associate professor of Medicine at the University of California in the US. “There is no reason to think marijuana smoke is better than tobacco smoke. Avoid them both,” Springer added.

In the study, blood vessel function in lab rats dropped to 70 percent after 30 minutes of exposure to second-hand marijuana smoke.

3,669 men and 2,345 women.

Participants were aged 29-68 when the study began in 1967 to 1973. The researchers co-related the data to the participants’ responses to a 2003 health survey about functional disability and quality of life.

The findings were presented at the “American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2014” in Chicago, Illinois.

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tweets has been developed by computer scientists at Johns Hopkins University in the US. “We are not aiming to replace the long-standing survey methods of tracking mental illness trends,” said senior research scientist Glen Coppersmith, who has played a key role in the project.

“We, however, believe our new techniques could complement that process. We are trying to show that analysing tweets could uncover similar results but could do so more quickly and at a much lower cost,” Coppersmith added.

Their analysis indicated that posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was more prevalent at military installations that frequently deployed during the

Asthma may significantly raise heart attack risk IANS, NEW YORK

NEW YORK: Too much salt in one’s diet increases the risk of contracting kidney problems, says a new research. The researchers found high sodium intake (an average of 4.7g a day) is linked with an increased risk of needing dialysis, but no benefit was seen for low sodium intake. “Our findings show that the consumption of a healthy diet may protect from future major renal events,” said Andrew Smyth from the National University of Ireland, Galway.

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sthma patients need to take extra care of their heart as researchers have found that the affliction, which requires daily medication, may raise the risk of a heart attack by 60 percent.

“Physicians should do all they can to control every other modifiable cardiovascular risk factor in patients with asthma,” said study author Matthew Tattersall, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health in the US. After adjustment for heart disease risk factors, researchers found that people with asthma, who

Your week ahead...

Aries After the pressures you have had to deal with since late October you can now move onto the next stage of giving consideration to priorities that should take precedence during the next 2 years.

Taurus Applying determination to anything you have little choice but to be responsible for will pay dividends until mid January. Your view of the future can begin to have a greater sense of optimism from this week.

Gemini You could feel invisible this week when it comes to gaining appreciation from others or any form of recognition for what you have done. It might be what you need to rethink your position with them.

recent Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts and signs of depression were more evident in locations with higher unemployment rates. While neither of these findings is surprising, analysis of Twitter posts could become a useful yardstick in quickly measuring mental health trends, particularly after events such as natural disasters and military conflicts. The computer algorithms used to discover mental health data from tweets look for words and language patterns associated with these ailments, including word cues linked to anxiety and insomnia.

Cancer Dealings with other people will still maintain a strong focus though this week more pleasant interaction and willingness from others can come into play. Those who are determined to have control will now begin to hide them.

Leo You come to a turning point this week in the new 12-year cycle you began in mid July. Reflect, from now to early March, upon where you are at and what you must change about yourself for better tomorrow.

Virgo There can be conflict this week between what you want to do for yourself and habit patterns that are already in place, particularly within a family situation. Be careful about letting things nag at you to mid January.

required daily medications were 60 percent more likely to have a cardiovascular event such as a heart attack, stroke or related condition during a 10-year follow-up than people without asthma.

Researchers found that asthma and heart disease are associated with increased levels of inflammation in the body.

The study was presented at the ongoing American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.

(December 14-19) Libra You can begin to relax when it comes to matters you have had to restructure since late October. It all moves to an easier stage from now to mid January, opening up opportunities for greater enjoyment.

Scorpio You have likely considered many options since late October.

Now you need to move towards putting the foundation in place for what you want to bed down over the next 2 years.

Aim to be convivial in conversations to early January..

Sagittarius Someone is under your influence more than you realize.

They are likely having difficulty in determining what your aims are in the long term. This does not necessarily mean you have to spell out your thoughts or position.

Capricorn Venus, the planet of pleasure, peace and balance moves into your sign this week where it will remain until 4th January. This will encourage you to enjoy yourself as well as generate much social activity.

Aquarius You have begun a new 2-year personal cycle with Mars now in your sign, where it will remain until January 12. Your energy level should pick up as well as your self confidence.

A turning point with others.

Pisces Your energy level will likely be low from now to mid January — this is a time where you need to ensure you get plenty of rest. You need to find time to turn your energies towards contemplating your position.

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