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claimsV-word over invalid’ 200 lives in Kashmir; MUMBAI: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has objected to the use of the word “virrescuegin” efforts on, in one of the dialogues of Finding Fanny.

The film’s lead actress Deepika Padukone slams aid pours insaying its guidelines are inconthe censor board

sistent. “I don’t think their request is valid. I believe that there is no system to this. Every six months the rules keep changing... There is no IANS, SRINAGAR consistency to what is being said and done,” the 28-year-old said. She feels while judging a film, it’s important to see everything in the context of a rmed forces up Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares kiss the trophy after their triumph in New on “They September 5. (Photo: particular scene orstepped aYork film. should seeIANS) it in the context of the scene the film, you can’t rescue efforts in and Jammu just pick put one word and say, ‘Oh, we are not Kashmir, evacuating and allowing this word.’ “Secondly, give us a reason rterfinal. He beat the sixth seed now tied with Chris Evertare and not Martina over 47,000 peopleussoto show far certain why you allowing mas Berdych and five-time former Navratilova for the fourth-most WTA titles things.

But they are the final authority mpion Roger Federer en route to in history. and government agencies tried to and we will final.

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The topsy-turvy nature of the match continued as the top seeds let go of a 9-4 lead to let their opponents tie the scores at 9-9.

In the end, however, the IndianBrazilian pair, who have been so impressive in the entire tournament, held on to win two consecutive points to take home the title.

The 27-year-old Indian had earlier won the Australian Open (2009) and the French Open (2012) mixed titles.

Her best performance in the women’s doubles was when she reached the final of the French Open.

They beat Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins in the semi-final to reach the final.

In the semis they won 7-5, 4-6, 10-7.

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Williams of the U.S. beat 10th-seeded ne Caroline Wozniacki to win her third ight and sixth overall U.S. Open title.

The 6-3, 6-3 win at Flushing Meadows e on September 7 was the 18th nd Slam victory for Williams. She is

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with Martina Navratilova, because I was links just snapped the liv-state’s worst a kid with a dream in and a racquet, Compton.” floodsingTheinin 50 years have left ceremony was an emotionalthat one.

Williams tried hard to stop her tears.

Serena Williams Marin Cilic nearly 200 dead and crippled infraLewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix India’s chances alls coachstructure.

MONZA: Lewis Hamilton fought back sure from Hamilton, he ceded the lead Aidare forgood: the beleaguered northern Somdev from a poor start to claim an emphatic by out-braking himself heading into erly figure’ victory at the Monza Formula One on the first chicane.

BANGALORE: Looking fit, though a state bitpoured in with various state Felipe Massa claimed his first podiSeptember 7, moving to within 22 tired, Somdev Devvarman on Seppoints of Mercedes teammate and title um for Williams in third, while teamtember 8 said the absence of World we, where he was my countergovernments announcing aidNico Rosberg. and rival No.1 Novak Djokovic from the Serbian mate Valtteri Bottas fought back from . So I was aware of his leadership Rosberg had led early on, but the his own tardy start — he dropped from ities already. Also what made team will definitely improve India’s a woman trapped in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir on September 9. A defense ministry spokesperson said that relief material Uttar German Pradesh had to settle for Soldiers second thirdrescue to 11th in the opening laps — to chances of winning the — Davis Cup cher’s job easier was having the when, coming under increasing pres- secure fourth.

— IANS World Group play-off here this of Sanjay Bangar, Bharat Arun R Sridhar as his assistant coacharmed forces and NDRF have so far rescued 47,227 people across the state. (Photo: IANS) million), Maharashtra (`100 (`200weekend.

Having arrived on June 8 from Shastri said.

Shanghai where he lost the final of an hastri was appointed the million), team Ajmal suspended for illegal bowling action Bihar (`90 million), ATP challenger tournament to lowerctor after the Indian team’s ranked Nishioka of Japan, miliating 1-3 loss in theOdisha Test suspected Cabinet Secretary Ajitillegal Seth Tues- the water level in the Jhelum river electricity lines have snapped. (`Yoshihito 50 million).

Devvarman wasted no time getting series in England triggering bowling actions. of our we know was bornand saiddestroy her heboxing down to practice he has rumorseyes, that Fletcher could she Interna- career.

Meanwhile Forday chaired a mermeeting receded marginally, but the backwaof in State Authorities scrambled to rescue better the recent in the be on The his waynarrative out. Shas-Minister tional Crick- doesn’t Pakistan speed- of the to win. hasbeena playing soaring Admirably the Prime narrative weeks. tri’s presence did a world et Council ster Shoaib Akhtar quality and astexture. over-sentimentalize National Crisis Management ters of the Dal lake inundated more the marooned people and tried to “I have takes notOffice been having theJitendra best of of good the Minister’s teamIt simply (ICC)Singh, on MC’s Septem-struggle. advised his compa- Cominjuries and ber 9 confirmed in style to stuff. But I Saeed Ajmal to off bounced with back scarcely any seasons roomwith for Predictably enough a lot of the to review triot mittee the situation. who himself the state, areas in the city. Large parts of Sri- restore the telecommunications nethave been playing belongs well off late. I had to that an independent beat England by a similar legally challenge the breathing The a breathless opposition analysis to MC’s dreams is good week in Shanghai, has found marginspace. in the ODIs. ban. "I just fear that spent a lotNarendra of time on shown bowlingfrom action within the Pakistan Cricket Flood waters, however, continued nagar are still under several feet of work that has been on the blink for said court, the Modi governquality of storytelling goes well to the come came through of Pakistan’s offBoard (PCB) does with the protagonist’s stormy merher home. some tough situaspinner Saeed Ajmal Saeed Ajmal not leave Ajmal Though water and telecommunication and the past three days. Officials said ment tions,” is said doing everything toitbe can to to play havoc inaloneSrinagar. the 29illegal. at this testing powerhouse perforcurial nature.

Priyanka’s The year old. Devvarman player has been suspended time for him and the Pakistan help Jammu and Kashmir tide over that four satellite transmitting towthebowling breathinoutinternational of our cricket. I think he has to decide for Very early in the tightly will clenched be spear-heading mance knocks from India’s Davis cricket with immediate effect. himself whether he should legally yet again proves narrative, we see MC into a full- solar plexus. She thegetflood that ers are being set up in Srinagar and Cup chal-calamity and stressed He can apply for a re-assessment challenge the ban and new protolenge bully. said. He himhe has modifiedof his bowling Srinagar now resembles an expanded Dal Lake herself the after best actress her cols or not," Shoaib fledged scuffle with a school this was other places by September 9 against not the time for action blame in accordance with clause self has been at the receiving end generation.

Later she takes on another far moreSomdev Serbia.

2.4 of the Regulations for the of accusations of chucking during stri Devvarman his playing days.

Review of Bowlers Reported with evening.

Some hotel occupants used SRINAGAR : When it began raining a game over the floods.

— Subhash K. Jha dangerous bully who threatens to week ago in the Kashmir Valley, most ropes to come out of the buildings.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah people welcomed the showers, hoping More than 500 hostel students of said the first priority of the governit will give us a rich agricultural harthe National Institute of Technology ment is to save human lives. vest. The nature’s wrath has now Various agencies including the in the Hazratbal area were shifted to turned into an unmitigated disaster. three defense services and the safer locations after the water from As the rains turned into a non-stop National Disaster Response Force the Dal lake entered the campus. day-and-night downpour, easing only made coordinated efforts to rescue Flood waters have also entered to the brim. Very soon, the embankon the sixth day, we knew we were people, many of them clinging onto portions of the Hazratbal shrine but ments gave away. In the past, the caught up in Kashmir’s worst flood rooftops. With the floods having the authorities confirmed that the overflowing Jhelum would avoid fury in half a century. washed away most roads, people holy relic of the Prophet it houses is embracing Srinagar, causing huge The full extent of the devastation continued to be stranded in several safe as only the shrine’s ground floor will be known only when the Jhelum losses in the area around Kandzal on has been inundated. Home ministry areas of the state. Officials estimate river subsides and we learn the reality the outskirts. This time, fate willed it officials meanwhile said that food that the toll across the state could be from the remote and now cut-off parts otherwise. and water supply was being stepped around 200, but it is feared that the of the Kashmir Valley.

In no time, panic gripped Srinagar up to the state and 1,25,000 packets toll could be much higher.

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‘Modi visit to expand US-India strategic ties’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin the US tour from September 26 benefit of both our citizens and the world,” added the White House statement.

The U.S. had shunned Modi for nearly a decade with the previous Bush administration revoking his visa in 2005 for his alleged role or

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resident Barack Obama looks forward to welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 29-30, the White House announced, saying their talks will “expand and deepen the U.S.-India strategic partnership”.

“The two leaders will discuss a range of issues of mutual interest in order to expand and deepen the U.S.-India strategic partnership,” White House Press Secretary James "Jay" Carney said in a statement on Modi’s first visit to Washington since his landmark electoral victory in May. “They will discuss ways to accelerate economic growth, bolster security cooperation, and collaborate in activities that bring long-term benefits to both countries and the world,” he said.

“They will also focus on regional issues, including current devel-

‘They will discuss ways to accelerate economic growth, bolster security cooperation, and collaborate in activities that bring long- term benefits to both countries and the world’ opments in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq, where India and the United States can work together with partners towards a positive outcome.”

“The President looks forward to working with the Prime Minister to fulfill the promise of the U.S.India strategic partnership for the

inaction during the 2002 Gujarat riots as the state’s chief minister.

The Obama administration was late in reaching out to Modi in the

India’s rise can benefit US: McCain IANS, WASHINGTON

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Expert for early conclusion of BIT WASHINGTON: Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States this month, a U.S. expert has suggested early conclusion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) as it could be a game changer.

“A high-standards BIT has the potential to remove significant barriers to investment on both sides,” according to Richard M. Rossow, Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

According to Rossow, the deterioration in bilateral economic relations over the last few years has largely been driven by four main issues in India. He identified these as “the slow pace of reform, particularly as it relates to foreign direct investment (FDI) caps; concerns about patent protection afforded to pharmaceutical products; the introduction of forced local manufacturing rules in some sectors; and an increase in cross-border taxation cases.”

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nited States Senator John McCain on September 9 said “India’s rise as a global actor can benefit the U.S.”, and asked both countries “to trust each other and try to invest and renew their relations”.

“Ultimately, India and the U.S. should have confidence in one another, and in the promise of their strategic partnership,” he said addressing the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think tank on “Strengthening U.S.-India Rela-

US Senator John McCain

tions”. The 2008 Republican presidential candidate, who was the first senior political leader to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

after his election, said: “This strategic relationship is about our countries placing a long-term bet on each other”.

“Our strategic relationship (U.S.-India) has unfortunately devolved recently into a transactional one,” he said proposing that “our goal should be to produce a road map for concluding an FTA (free trade agreement) and to start negotiating it”.

Most of all, Indians were concerned by President Barack Obama’s plan to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by 2017, the senator said.

run up to India’s parliamentary elections, but Obama was among the first leaders to greet him after his historic win and invite him to the White House. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel have already traveled to India to meet Modi and the two sides had their annual strategic dialogue in July in New Delhi although it was Washington’s turn to host it.

Modi, who begins his U.S. visit on September 26 in New York, may also meet his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session. Sharif will be in the U.S. from September 22 to 27.

Prospects of a Modi-Sharif meeting in New York had dimmed after India canceled the August 25 India-Pakistan Foreign Secretary level talks in Islamabad over Pakistan high commissioner in India Abdul Basit meeting with Kashmiri separatist leaders.

However, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on September 8 revived the possibility of a Modi-Sharif meeting saying there are no full stops in diplomacy and the government would respond as the situation emerged. Modi will come to Washington on September 29 after a mega community reception at the Madison Square Garden on September 28 organized by Indian American Community Foundation.

Obama delays plan on immigration reform WASHINGTON: United States President Barack Obama has abandoned a plan to force through immigration reform before the end of the summer, BBC reported on September 6.

Tens of thousands of people try to get into the U.S. from Mexico annually. In June, the U.S. president promised to use executive orders that were expected to change visa rules, boost border security and give a path to citizenship for some 11 million U.S.-based illegal immigrants.

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delegation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat has invited U.S. industry to be part of India’s growth story as the new Indian government is focused on industry, business and investments.

“With Modi’s firm belief in minimum government and maximum governance, India is bound to rise, opening up tremendous opportunities for everyone,” said Bharat Lal, resident commissioner of Gujarat, leading a ‘Vibrant Gujarata’ delega-

(CII) and U.S.-India Business Council to highlight the positive investment and business climate in Gujarat. India’s Ambassador to the U.S., S. Jaishanker, highlighted the new government’s efforts at bringing centrality to business, focus on manufacturing, skills development, enabling modern infrastructure, building a viable rural economy and tion at an investor event here on urbanization.

Lal said with the government September 8.

The visiting delegation made a focused on implementation, facilipitch for India at the industry tating the ease of doing business, roundtable jointly organized by the removing impediments to growth Confederation of Indian Industry and overcoming developmental

challenges, Gujarat presents a model of inclusive growth and development. It has emerged as a hub for manufacturing, knowledge sharing, auto components, pharmaceuticals, financial services, power and now aims to be the education and defense manufacturing hub of India, he said.

Ford and Abbott laboratories provided insights into their rich and fruitful experience in Gujarat, highlighting the welcoming state governmental initiatives, ease of doing business, developed infrastructure and its rich talent pool.

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eople in Mumbai on September 8 started to bid a tearful adieu to Lord Ganesha, their favorite Lord who is considered to end all obstacles of life, at the end of his 10-day sojourn this year.

Thousands of Mumbaikars came out on roads for colorful, musical revelry, dancing and singing songs in praise of Lord Ganesha, offering prayers to over 120,000 big and small idols as they slowly wound their way towards various immersion sites in the city.

About 500,000 idols were taken out for immersion across Maharashtra, including Pune, coastal Konkan, Kolhapur, Aurangabad, Nashik, Jalgaon, Solapur and Nagpur, undeterred by rains which continued to lash many parts of the state on September 8.

The Western, Central and Konkan Railways will provide special services throughout the night to clear the rush of devotees returning home after the immersion of idols.

Bollywood, television and Marathi film industry personalities were seen at various immersion sites as the departing idols of Lord Ganesha were bringing the curtain down in the state’s biggest festival.

Loud chants of “Ganpati bappa

Some of the biggest idols which have started their final journey include the Lalbaugcha Raja, Ganesh Gullycha Raja.

Moraya, pudhachya varshi lavkar ya” rent the air when the idols passed on roads and were immersed into water bodies.

Mounting a massive security

Freedom fighter Tilak started the festival 121 years ago.

operation, Mumbai Police deployed over 47,000 policemen, besides 10 companies of the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), and for the first time two companies of

Border Security Force (BSF), squads of police to check molestation and plainclothes personnel, 55 motorboats, and installed 278 CCTVs. The massive force was joined by a 10,500-strong civic squad, 11,000 NSS and NCC cadets, and over 200,000 volunteers from various Ganeshotsav organisations, 404 life-guards from the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and other agencies to manage the crowd and ensure safety during the immersion.

The processions moved towards 27 beaches, 45 lakes and 28 artificial immersion sites especially created for all kinds of idols.

The festival, started by freedom fighter Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak 121 years ago, has grown to mammoth scales and become a festival cutting all community barriers, said BrihanMumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvaya Samiti president N. Dahibhavkar.

People lined up the roads leading to favorite beaches, including Girgaum Chowpatty, Juhu, Shivaji Park, Worli, Versova, Marve, Madh Island, Manori, Gorai, Powai and Aarey Lakes.

Some of the biggest idols which have started their final journey include the Lalbaugcha Raja, Ganesh Gullycha Raja.

These idols are 15-20 feet tall.

Did you taste Onam Sadya?

Onam. “We are a family of rubber tappers. We have had no work for espite light rain in some the past nearly four months. I did parts of Kerala, Onam was odd jobs and also saved for celecelebrated across the state brating Onam. It was tough but we on September 7 with a lavish, 26- have managed,” said Kunjumon. dish traditional vegetarian lunch, In central districts of Kerala, flowers and a degree of nostalgia. every festival is dependent on the On the occasion of Thiru Onam price of natural rubber and since on September 7, the most impor- 2011, the price of rubber has been tant day in the 10-day- long Onam going down from `210 per kg in calendar, people were in a festive 2010 to just `126 per kg today. mood, while a few recalled age-old “I was surprised to see many of customs associated with the event. the markets and shops in our place “We got our lunch from a cater- with less than half the crowd that’s er and over the years these caterers normally seen during the Onam have also turned very professional. festival days,” said Mani Kurian, a Each and every item is neatly rubber farmer in Pathanamthitta. packed in containers,” said “Many shops in the towns and Sumathy Nair, a home-maker in villages of rubber-dependent disthe capital city. tricts are having huge stock of Onam, a harvest festival, is cele- bananas and vegetables, waiting for brated by Malayalees of all reli- customers,” he said. gions, castes and creeds, cutting A retired school teacher recalled across the financial standing of the how they used to dance around a families. swing during Onam in the past.

“My father used to get thick Kunjumon, a rubber tapper from Kottayam, said he has been ropes and almost two weeks before without a job for the past four the Thiru Onam, he used to put up months, but managed to save for a swing on a mango tree in our IANS, NEW DELHI

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courtyard,” said K. Pankajashi, a retired teacher in Thiruvalla.

“During the three key Onam days, we all used to dress up in the traditional Onam attire and dance around the swing,” her added.

A floral carpet in front of most homes was yet another Onam event. But things are different today as flowers have become expensive. And so, plastic flowers from China have taken their place in many Kerala households.

“I purchased fresh flowers after Women decorating Rangoli with flowers, on the eve of Onam festival, in Bangalore on September 6. (Photo: IANS) my children were making a big fuss,” said Ajith Kumar, a contractor.

Onam, a harvest festival, is celebrated by He said he paid `500 for a kg of fresh flowers.

Malayalees of all religions, castes and “I could have got plastic ones at creeds, cutting across the financial standing half the price, but my family wantof the families. ed fresh ones,” he said.

Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the state King Mahabali, whose spirit is said month of August-September of Kerala. It is a harvest festival and to visit Kerala at the time of Onam. according to Gregorian Calendar. is celebrated with joy and enthusiOnam is celebrated in the begin- Carnival of Onam lasts from four asm all over the state by people of ning of the month of Chingam, the to ten days.

First day, Atham and tenth day, all communities. first month of Malayalam Calendar Thiruonam are most important of According to a popular legend, (Kollavarsham).

This corresponds with the all. the festival is celebrated to welcome

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rmed forces stepped up rescue efforts in Jammu and Kashmir, evacuating over 47,000 people so far and government agencies tried to restore road and communication links snapped in the state’s worst floods in 50 years that have left nearly 200 dead and crippled infrastructure.

Aid for the beleaguered northern state poured in with various state governments announcing aid and relief material — Uttar Pradesh (`200 million), Maharashtra (`100 million), Bihar (`90 million), Odisha (`50 million).

Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh, who himself belongs to the state, said the Narendra Modi government is doing everything it can to help Jammu and Kashmir tide over the flood calamity and stressed that this was not the time for blame game over the floods.

Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the first priority of the government is to save human lives.

Various agencies including the three defense services and the National Disaster Response Force made coordinated efforts to rescue people, many of them clinging onto rooftops. With the floods having washed away most roads, people continued to be stranded in several areas of the state. Officials estimate that the toll across the state could be around 200, but it is feared that the toll could be much higher.

A defense ministry spokesperson said that armed forces and NDRF have so far rescued 47,227 people across the state.

Amit Shah booked by police for hate speech LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Police on September 10 filed a chargesheet against BJP president Amit Shah in Muzaffarnagar over a speech delivered by him during the Lok Sabha election campaign. The speech was reportedly delivered by the Bharatiya Janata Party chief on April 4. He was then booked by the local police for breaching prohibitory orders under section 144. He was at that time in charge of the BJP poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh. Now, more sections — 153(a), 295(a) and 505 of the Indian Penal Code have been added in the chargesheet. Under these sections, Shah has been accused of using foul words against a community and of trying to disrupt communal harmony, threatening the state and the people.

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Soldiers rescue a woman trapped in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir on September 9. A defense ministry spokesperson said that armed forces and NDRF have so far rescued 47,227 people across the state. (Photo: IANS)

Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth Tuesday chaired a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee to review the situation.

Flood waters, however, continued to play havoc in Srinagar. Though

the water level in the Jhelum river receded marginally, but the backwaters of the Dal lake inundated more areas in the city. Large parts of Srinagar are still under several feet of water and telecommunication and

Srinagar now resembles an expanded Dal Lake SRINAGAR : When it began raining a week ago in the Kashmir Valley, most people welcomed the showers, hoping it will give us a rich agricultural harvest. The nature’s wrath has now turned into an unmitigated disaster.

As the rains turned into a non-stop day-and-night downpour, easing only on the sixth day, we knew we were caught up in Kashmir’s worst flood fury in half a century.

The full extent of the devastation will be known only when the Jhelum river subsides and we learn the reality from the remote and now cut-off parts of the Kashmir Valley.

Within 48 hours after the clouds opened up, every stream and every river in the valley was swollen, flowing

to the brim. Very soon, the embankments gave away. In the past, the overflowing Jhelum would avoid embracing Srinagar, causing huge losses in the area around Kandzal on the outskirts. This time, fate willed it otherwise.

In no time, panic gripped Srinagar as flood waters entered every building in the city, sparing only the Old City that stands on higher ground.

India, Australia ink civil nuclear deal NEW DELHI: India and Australia on September 5 inked the long-awaited civil nuclear agreement that will allow Australia to export uranium to India as well as three other agreements, including on water resources and in sports.

Modi termed the inking of the civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Australia as “a historic milestone in our relationship” and reflection of a “new level of mutual trust and confidence” in bilateral ties. He said the agreement that will allow Australia to export uranium to India “will open a new chapter in our bilateral cooperation. It will support India’s efforts to fuel its growth with clean energy and minimize the carbon footprint of its growth”.

Modi said he and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott “have decided

electricity lines have snapped.

Authorities scrambled to rescue the marooned people and tried to restore the telecommunications network that has been on the blink for the past three days. Officials said that four satellite transmitting towers are being set up in Srinagar and other places by September 9 evening. Some hotel occupants used ropes to come out of the buildings.

More than 500 hostel students of the National Institute of Technology in the Hazratbal area were shifted to safer locations after the water from the Dal lake entered the campus.

Flood waters have also entered portions of the Hazratbal shrine but the authorities confirmed that the holy relic of the Prophet it houses is safe as only the shrine’s ground floor has been inundated. Home ministry officials meanwhile said that food and water supply was being stepped up to the state and 1,25,000 packets of biscuits, 100,000 liters of potable water, 150 tonnes of ready to eat food apart from food packets were being made available.

Army defies all odds SRINAGAR: With improvement in weather conditions, the Army will intensify its rescue operation in floodravaged Jammu and Kashmir while focusing first on Srinagar city and South Kashmir where a large number of people remain trapped in their houses without any basic amenities.

Noting that the troops were facing several challenges in the operation ‘Megh Rahat’, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda said they were trying to reach the people who were in the most precarious conditions as quickly as possible though they have received thousands of messages seeking help.

Talking to reporters at Udhampurbased headquarters, Hooda said that situation in Jammu was limping back to normalcy.

— IANS

Delhi government formation: AAP takes on L-G, BJP IANS, NEW DELHI

T PM Modi with his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott. to enhance our political dialogue and increase our security and defense cooperation, to which we attach great importance in our relationship”.

The four agreements were inked as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks here with his visiting Australian counterpart Tony Abbott.

— IANS

In a rare gesture, Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad were all praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “prompt action” and “quick response” in dealing with the massive flood crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Commend the rescue by DMRF, Army, Police and Security Forces in J&K and also GOI and PM for prompt action and reaching out to people in PoK,” Congress general secretary Digivijaya Singh, a known detractor of Modi, said on Twitter.

Azad, who had spoken to Modi on the matter on Saturday, said, “I had spoken to the Prime Minister. I am very happy with his response.

“He (Modi) was very quick to visit the state and announce a package of `10 billion.”

— IANS

he AAP on September 10 said it has requested Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to revise the letter sent to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking permission to invite the BJP to form government in Delhi.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading, and sought dissolution of the assembly.

AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal met Jung on September 10 and submitted a letter to him along with a copy

of a CD of the “sting” operation which shows AAP legislator Dinesh Mohaniya being offered a bribe of `40 million by a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader to quit the assembly to improve the BJP’s chances of forming a government in Delhi.

“In your September 4 letter to the president, you have recommended invitation to the BJP to form the government. The developments in the past few days have made it clear that the BJP does not want to form the government in accordance with the constitution,” the letter written in Hindi said.

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The Indian-origin scientist is honored for his work on climate change in Himalayas ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON

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ndian-origin scientist Kamal Bawa, a distinguished professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, has won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity for his research, including in climate change in the Himalayas.

Bawa, founder president of the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) in Bangalore, will receive the prize with a cash award of $100,000 during the October 1617 Conference of Parties (COP12) to the Convention on Biologi-

cal Diversity (CBD) in South Korea.

The prize also honors his contributions to research in ecology of tropical forests, sustainable use of tropical forests, promoting engagement of civil society in conservation efforts, and for his leadership role in setting up ATREE. The announcement of the prize was made Monday at the Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat in Montreal, and at the AEON Environmental Foundation in Japan, co-hosts of the prize, according to a media release from ATREE. The prize honors individu-

Kamal Bawa (right) will receive the prize during the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in South Korea on October 16-17.

‘The prize underscores the importance of biodiversity to humanity’ als who have made outstanding contribution to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use of resources

at local and global levels, and raised awareness about biodiversity. The Midori Prize is regarded a major element “at the service of the objectives of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020”. “I am very pleased,” said Bawa.

“The prize underscores the importance of biodiversity to humanity and an inclusive and multidimensional approach to biodiver-

sity conservation that my own research programme at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, and ATREE in India have advocated during the past few decades,” he said.

In 2012, Bawa had received international recognition as the recipient of the first Gunnerus Award in Sustainability Science, a major international prize.

Fund manager to appeal South Asians face increasingly hostile climate in US 9-year prison term IANS, WASHINGTON

NEW YORK: Mathew Martoma, an Indian-origin former SAC Capital portfolio manager has been sentenced to nine years in prison and forfeiture of $9.4 million for his insider-trading conviction.

Martoma, 40, was sentenced in federal court by Judge Paul Gardephe, who presided over Martoma’s five-week trial in February, after a two-hour hearing Monday in downtown Manhattan, CNBC reported.

Although federal sentencing guidelines supported an incarceration of between 15 and 20 years, government officials had proposed a term of more than eight years — a length of time that lawyers for Martoma described as “outrageous”, according to the news channel.

“Mathew Martoma and his family are devastated by the outcome,” his lawyer, Richard Strassberg, said in a statement. He will appeal the conviction. Martoma, was convicted in February for collecting confidential information about a high-profile Alzheimer’s drug trial from two doctors and making profits and avoiding $275 million in losses for SAC Capital.

Martoma won’t face a monetary fine as part of his sentencing, but he will be required to forfeit the bonus he received during the year in question— a figure that exceeds his current net worth of $7.4 million, according to recent court filings, CNBC said.

He was stone-faced on September 8 during the sentencing, while his wife, Rosemary Martoma, wept quietly.

— IANS Mathew Martoma

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outh Asian, Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Middle Eastern, and Arab communities face an increasingly hostile climate in the U.S., according to a new report by an umbrella community organization.

The report ‘Under Suspicion, Under Attack’ by South Asian Americans Leading Together ) was released at a briefing on Capitol Hill, seat of the U.S. Congress, here on September 8. It documents over 150 incidents of hate violence and xenophobic rhetoric by political figures and government officials that

ous hate violence incidents frequently go unreported, Under Suspicion, Under Attack tracked nearly 80 incidents in communities nationwide.

Hate violence ‘hot spots’ included the New York City/New Jersey metropolitan area; Chicago and its outlying suburbs; and Southern and Northern California.

“Thirteen years after the tragic events of 9/11, we saw high numoccurred nationwide from January bers of hate violence incidents and a surge in xenophobic political 2011 through April 2014.

The analysis found a 40 percent rhetoric aimed at our communities, annual average increase in xenopho- portraying them as un-American,” bic political comments since said Suman Raghunathan, ExecuSAALT’s last analysis. While numer- tive Director of SAALT.

Mukherjee shortlisted for Man Booker prize IANS, NEW DELHI

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ritish-Indian writer Neel Mukherjee’s family saga The Lives of Others has been shortlisted for 2014 Man Booker prize, it was announced on September 9.

“I am absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for this award. It is a great and singular honor to be amongst the other authors on the list,” said Kolkata-born Mukherjee in a statement.

This was also the first time in the British prestigious literary award’s 46-year history that it was opened to writers of any nationality, writing in English and having their work published in Britain. It had so far been

British authors Howard Jacobson, Ali Smith and Mukherjee. They make up the top six contenders for the award.

Ferris was nominated for his novel To Rise Again at a Decent Hour and Fowler is shortlisted for her American family portrait “We Are Completely Beside Ourselves”.

According to independent.co.uk, Ali Smith has been shortlisted for her novel How to be Both, Jacobson Neel Mukherjee is nominated for his book J, and confined to writers from Common- Flanagan is nominated for his wealth countries, Ireland, and Zim- novel The Narrow Road to the Deep babwe. Hence, two U.S. authors North which centers on a British Joshua Ferris, Karen Joy Fowler and surgeon working in a Japanese Australia’s Richard Flanagan have prisoner of war camp on the made it to the shortlist, along with Burma Death Railway.

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‘Current US Congress is worst’ Eighty-three percent of Americans disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job, says a recent study be CNN/ORC IANS, WASHINGTON

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lmost two-thirds of Americans feel that the current Congress is “the worst in their lifetime”, and just 14 percent of those surveyed approve of the way lawmakers are doing their jobs, according to a survey released by CNN/ORC. Just two months before the legislative elections in November, Americans are expressing clear anger at the actions of their lawmakers.

Eighty-three percent of those surveyed disapproved of the way Congress was doing its job and 65 percent felt the current crop of legislators was “the worst in their lifetime”, according to the survey released on September 9.

Respondents, however, gave Congress an abysmal approval rating of 14 percent, that is slightly above the 10 percent approval rating from September 2013, which was the lowest in history.

Perhaps that is why both Republicans and Democrats have seen voter enthusiasm for the upcoming mid-term elections plummet. In

‘Now, a strong govt will talk to Obama’ NEW DELHI: Ahead of the muchanticipated summit talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama in Washington, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on September 9 said “this time a strong government will be talking” to the U.S. Answering a question in her first press conference since taking over the ministry in May, Sushma Swaraj said the Modi-Obama talks on September 30 will see a “strong government” interacting with the U.S., “which will make all the difference”.

Xi’s India visit to strengthen ties the November voting, the entire House of Representatives will be selected along with one-third of the Senate.

Although in 2010, when the last mid-term elections were held, 53 percent of Republicans said they were intending to go to the polls, now that figure stands at 37 percent, according to the survey results.

Meanwhile, Democrats have seen their voter intention numbers

drop from 30 percent to 28 percent over the past four years.

Analysts say that the Republicans will keep control of the House, but there is uncertainty surrounding the post-election configuration of the Senate, where the Democrats could lose their majority.

The telephone survey, which polled 1,014 citizens between Sep 5 and Sep 7, has an error margin of plus or minus 3.5 percent.

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India and other South Asian countries will push forward bilateral relations, a senior diplomat said. During his India tour, Xi will meet Mukherjee, hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and meet other Indian leaders. Xi will give a speech in New Delhi on China-India relations and China’s South Asia policy and make extensive contacts with Indian people from all walks of life.

The questioner sought to know as to in what manner would Modi’s interaction be different from that of the previous UPA government when Obama met erstwhile prime minister Manmohan Singh for summit meetings. Swaraj said both sides “would try to realize the full potential of ties between the two countries”.

“We will talk about manufacture, infrastructure, defense cooperation, security cooperation,” she added.

IS threatens to kill Twitter employees WASHINGTON: A series of tweets by the Islamic State (IS) have called for retribution against the micro-blogging site Twitter, threatening to assassinate its employees. In a first direct call for attacks on Twitter, the IS tweets asked “lone wolves” in the US and Europe to make Twitter employees the focus of their attacks. #The_Concept_of_Lone_Wolf_Attack s The time has arrived to respond to Twitter’s management by directly attacking their employees and physically assassinating them!!

SOuTH ASiA All-party meet on constitution drafting in Nepal

35 militants killed in Pak air strike IANS, ISLAMABAD

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t least 35 militants were killed in an air strike launched by the Pakistan army in the country’s northwest tribal area of North Waziristan on September 10 morning, an army statement said.

Inter Services Public Relations, the mouthpiece of Pakistan Army, said in a statement that the militants were killed when their three hideouts were targeted and destroyed by the army jet fighters.

The air raid was carried out in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, a restive tribal area at PakistanAfghanistan border, where security forces have been launching a major

armed offensive against Taliban militants since June 15, Xinhua reported. To date, over 900 militants have been killed in the operation that aims at wiping out the militant stronghold in the area.

Earlier last month, Gen. Raheel Sharif, the country’s chief of army staff, said the armed forces were determined to flush out the militants with their highly-skilled trained and professional expertise even from remote and hard areas of North Waziristan. Around 25,000 to 30,000 troops are participating in the ongoing operation. Over one million people have fled the offensive in the area and are living in refugee camps in Bannu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s political parties are set to hold an all-party conference later this month to persuade the CPN-Maoist, which boycotted the Constituent Assembly elections last year, to come on board the constitution drafting process, party leaders said on September 9. A task force comprising members from major parties — the Nepali Congress, Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist -is making preparations to hold the conference in the third week of September, Xinhua reported. The task force is finalizing the procedures, terms of condition and other technical details of the round table conference which will be chaired by Prime Minister Sushil Koirala.

After a long hiatus, major parties that are in the Constituent Assembly have agreed to hold an all-party conference, a major demand of the CPN-M since last year.

Karzai calls for unity government KABUL: Outgoing Afghan President Hamid Karzai on September 9 urged both the presidential candidates, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, to reach an agreement on the formation of a national unity government and take the country out of the impasse.

“I am calling upon both the presidential candidates to reach an agreement sooner than later and form the new government,” Karzai said at a ceremony to mark Haftai Shahid or Martyrs Week in Kabul. “The tenure of my government is over and I want to hand over the power to my successor and administer the presidential inauguration in its earliest and want to have it within one week,”

Xinhua quoted Karzai as saying. The Afghan presidential election was held on April 5 and since none of the eight contenders succeeded in securing more than 50 percent of the votes, the two front-runners Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai went for a runoff June 14.

Attacks reaction to military offensive: Pak minister ISLAMABAD: A recent attack on a Pakistan Navy installation in Karachi was a reaction to the ongoing military operation in North Waziristan tribal region, Defense Minister Khwarazm Asif told Parliament on September 10.

The security forces launched the major operation against the Pakistani and foreign militants in North Waziristan in June and have killed over 900 militants so far. The attack on the Karachi Dockyard on September 6 was the fourth big Taliban attack since the launch of the North Waziristan offensive.

The militants have carried out dead-

ly revenge attacks on an airbase in southwestern Quetta and the airport in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Making a policy statement on the terrorist attack on the Karachi Dockyard attack, the defense minister said that inside help could not be ruled out in September 6 attack that claimed the life of a navy officer, Xinhua reported. Three miscreants were also killed in retaliation from the navy personnel.

“The miscreants could not have breached the defense of the navy installation without inside help,” he said.

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Bipasha banking on S ‘Creature 3D’ The movie, slated to release on September 12, is a creature-based thriller starring Bipasha Basu and Imran Abbas Naqvi IANS, MUMBAI

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ilmmaker Mahesh Bhatt is positive that Vikram Bhatt’s forthcoming directorial Creature 3D will be loved by everyone, including his enemies. “@TheVikramBhatt Giant leap in landscape of our movie world! CREATURE is a film that even your ‘enemies’ will like. It’s a game changer,” Mahesh tweeted.

The movie, slated to release on September 12, is a creature-based thriller starring Bipasha Basu and Imran Abbas Naqvi.

Meanwhile, Bipasha is happy that the film has been granted a UA certificate so that children can watch the entertainer under parental guidance. “#creature3d UA certification! Children can watch it under parental supervision!

They are going to enjoy this film,” Bipasha posted on Twitter.

Bipasha has been going all out to promote the film, and she visited Dubai to hold a press conference for the movie. She even shot a special Dubai episode with the cast and crew of hit comedy show Comedy Nights With Kapil.

Poonam Pandey signs second film MUMBAI: After burning her fingers with her movie debut Nasha, controversy’s favorite child Poonam Pandey has finally signed a second film. She is excited. The film, the name of which is not yet released, is to be produced by The World Networks, who are venturing into film production for the first time.

“I can’t tell you how many scripts I’ve rejected after Nasha. It will sound like bragging, but when these producers The World Networks came to me with this offer, I instinctively knew it was the right project as my second film,” Poonam said. She believes Nasha, “suffered” due to “poor marketing”. .

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unny Leone has started working on her new film Mastizaade, a sex comedy. “God Bless my new movie!

And if my parents are watching over me please bless me with this new project! @MastizaadeFilm,” the IndoCanadian adult film star and Bollywood actress tweeted on September 7. The 33-year-old Ragini MMS 2 star will be seen opposite Tushar Kapoor and Vir Das in the sex comedy. Mastizaade is being directed by Milap Zaveri, who has written for films like Ek Villain and Grand Masti.

Mastizaade has been produced by Pritish Nandy. Sunny made her Bollywood debut with Pooja Bhatt’s Jism 2 and has also starred in Jackpot and Ekta Kapoor’s Ragini MMS 2, besides doing item songs in several movies.

‘Demand to remove V-word invalid’ MUMBAI: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has objected to the use of the word “virgin” in one of the dialogues of Finding Fanny.

The film’s lead actress Deepika Padukone slams the censor board saying its guidelines are inconsistent. “I don’t think their request is valid. I believe that there is no system to this. Every six months the rules keep changing... There is no consistency to what is being said and done,” the 28-year-old said. She feels while judging a film, it’s important to see everything in the context of a particular scene or a film. “They should see it in the context of the scene and the film, you can’t just pick put one word and say, ‘Oh, we are not allowing this word.’ “Secondly, give us a reason why you are not allowing us to show certain things. But they are the final authority and we will accept what they say,” Deepika added.

‘Mary Kom’:

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t’s that life-defining moment when a character on screen transforms totally into a real life personality. We’ve seen Seema Biswas, Ben Kingsley and Farhan Akhtar metamorphose into real life characters in front of our bewildered eyes. Now it is Priyanka Chopra. She virtually transforms her physicality before entering the spirit and the soul of boxing champ Mary Kom (MC).

And what a grand entry!

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Priyanka as the gritty volatile boxer from Manipur who won’t take no for an answer, even from god. Priyanka’s MC takes us on a voyage of self-discovery where a

Film: “Mary Kom”; Cast: Priyanka Chopra, Darshan Kumar, Zachary Coffin, Robin Das, Shakti Singh; Director: Omung Kumar; Rating: ***** plucky poor girl from rural Manipur goes right to the Olympics. It’s an incredible story filled with sound and fury signifying something deep and seductive, just waiting to be told.

Hats off to debutant director Omung Kumar for bringing us one of the most inspiring biopics to have ever reached the silver screen.

“Mujhe bronze pasand nahin aata,” barks MC’s coach. As we see Mary’s dreams come true in front

of our eyes, we know she was born to win. The narrative has a soaring quality and texture. It simply takes off with scarcely any room for breathing space. The breathless quality of storytelling goes well with the protagonist’s stormy mercurial nature.

Very early in the tightly clenched narrative, we see MC get into a fullfledged scuffle with a school bully.

Later she takes on another far more dangerous bully who threatens to

destroy her boxing career.

Admirably the narrative doesn’t over-sentimentalize MC’s struggle.

Predictably enough a lot of the opposition to MC’s dreams is shown to come from within her home.

Priyanka’s powerhouse performance knocks the breath out of our solar plexus. She yet again proves herself the best actress of her generation.

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Aamir rescues Mumbai film fest MUMBAI: Bollywood actor-producer Aamir Khan on September 4 said he was donating `1.1 million towards supporting the Mumbai Film Festival, which is facing a funds crunch for its forthcoming 16th edition this year. “Hey guys, the Mumbai Film Festival ‘MIFF’ needs our help. I’m donating 11 lakh. It would be really great if all of you came forward and donated as much as you can to make it happen! Thanks. Love. a,” Aamir posted on his Facebook and Twitter page.

Aamir has joined a list of cinema lovers who have come forward to save the fest, organized by Mumbai Academy of Moving Image (MAMI). MFF director Srinivasan Narayan is glad that the efforts are finding support from actors of Aamir’s stature. “We hope all the Khans of Bollywood do the same. We are thankful that Aamir has tweeted about donating the sum and he has also asked others for support.

We met his wife Kiran Rao yesterday (Wednesday), but we didn’t know that this (the donation) was coming,” Narayanan told IANS over phone from Mumbai.

Narayanan said: “The moment he (Aamir) says he’s donating, it’s a commitment.” An online social campaign #pledge4MAMI has helped the MFF organizers gather steam in their endeavor to raise the required budget of `50 million for the film extravaganza, scheduled to be held from October 14-21.

I’d love to do biopic on MJ, says Tiger Shroff MUMBAI: Actor Tiger Shroff, who is known for his dancing skills and who has recently unveiled a dance video to pay tribute to Michael Jackson, says he would love to feature in a biopic on the late King of Pop. “It’s my dream to do that (to feature in a biopic on Michael Jackson). This has been at the back of my head for a long time, but let’s see,” the “Heropanti” actor told IANS. “I have done a lot of research on him. If at all I get an opportunity, I have to get into his body language and lose some weight. I would be more than happy to do this biopic,” he added.

At an event here Thursday, Tiger had said that Jackson has been his inspiration.

Tiger has his own fan following, but he considers himself a laborer “I am not a celebrity. I just want to work hard. I consider myself as a laborer I can only work hard,” he said.

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Plays are good way to keep craft alive: Richa NEW DELHI: Richa Chadha, the Gangs Of Wasseypur fame actor, who has carved a niche for herself in the Hindi film industry, didn’t mind utilizing her free time to do a play because she feels the medium enhances her acting skills. After traveling to cities like Bangalore and Mumbai with Trivial Disasters, the Delhi girl recently staged the theater production here along with Kalki Koechlin, Purab Kohli and Cyrus Sahukar. “When you have two to three free months and you want to improve as an actor... it’s (play) a good way to keep your craft alive. You get a chance to have live interaction with the audience,” the actor, who essays the role of a married Delhi woman in the play, told IANS. She especially enjoyed performing in the capital as her family members and friends are here. “It was nice. I always wanted to perform on home ground. My family and friends came to see it,” said Richa. She has been a part of many plays in the past, but she considers Baghdad Ka Ghulam as the most special.

Preity-Ness case: Four new witnesses support Wadia MUMBAI: Four new witnesses called by industrialist Ness Wadia in connection with allegations leveled against him by actor Preity Zinta informed the Mumbai police that everything was “normal” between the two celebrities May 30 during a cricket match at the Wankhede Stadium, here. These witnesses are Nicholas Chen, Saumitra Srivastava, Rustom Lawyer and his wife Gia, official sources said here on September 4. The Lawyer couple - Rustom and Gia - told the police Wednesday that during the match they were seated in the 4th row of Garware Pavilion block where the incident, alleged by Preity, occurred. Wadia came with his family 15 minutes after the match started. But his mother and nephew had to keep standing for about 15 minutes as there were no seats available.

Later, two aisle seats in the third row were vacated which they occupied and after another few minutes, they got seats in the first row.

Sonam Kapoor’s ‘oh my god!’ moment with Salman Khan in Barjatya film MUMBAI : When Sonam Kapoor was offered a chance to romance Salman Khan in the forthcoming film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, she exclaimed “Oh my god”. She says it was also a bit weird to work with director Sooraj Barjatya and Salman, whose romantic sagas she was hooked on to while growing up. “Working with Soorajji and Salman is like the weirdest thing because I have grown up watching Prem (Salman’s character) and it’s like, ‘Oh my god! Prem is romancing me.’,” Sonam told IANS. “I have grown up with his films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun...!’ and Maine Pyar Kiya, and it’s just like an ‘Oh my god moment!’. So I had to pinch myself at times,” she added.

However, this is not her first film with the 48-year-old superstar. The 29-year-old romanced him in her debut film Saawariya.

Talking about working with Salman yet again, she said: “We have finished our first schedule. It’s been seven years since I worked with him...I have known him all my life, but he is amazing. He is a professional; he has got the highest amount of IQ.” “I have never seen him being nasty to anyone or rude to anybody. He has immense respect for women and he is extremely hardworking.

He is always on time, always improvising. He is one of the best actors I have ever worked with. He is always trying to do something different.”

Mallika in trouble, booked for insulting Tricolor HYDERABAD: Hyderabad police on September 4 booked Bollywood actor Mallika Sherawat for disrespecting the national flag. On the direction of a city court, a case against the actress was booked at Falaknuma police station in old city of Hyderabad. A police officer said a case under Prevention of Insults to National Honor Act, 1971 was registered.

Two citizens had filed a petition in the court, seeking direction to the police to book the actress for insulting the national flag in her upcoming film Dirty Politics. Mallika had wrapped a tricolor on her body on the movie poster. She was seen sitting on the roof of a car with red beacon. This was the second case booked against her in Telangana state. Last month, police in Karimnagar town had registered a case against the actress under different sections of various acts pertaining to the state emblem and national flag.

Police took the action on the direction of a local court. Last week, on a public interest litigation, Hyderabad High Court had issued notices to Mallika Sherawat and the central government.

The petitioner alleged that Mallika’s act amounts to “obscene use of the Indian tricolor”. He further stated that the state emblem of India has been used for cheap publicity and that the poster insults India’s honor.

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Neetu big fan of Tamil culture The actor is very excited about dancing to a ‘Kuthu’ song in her upcoming film ‘Thilagar’ IANS, CHENNAI

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eetu Chandra loves to jump at an opportunity to drape a halfsari and dance to a Tamil ‘kuthu’ number. When she was offered one such song in upcoming Tamil film Thilagar, she was more than happy to do it.

“I’m a big fan of Tamil culture and music. I enjoy doing their ‘kuthu’ dance. I’ve always wanted to do it whenever I’ve worked in

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Adah to act in ‘Garam’ IANS, CHENNAI

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Piaa to work with Priyadarshan again CHENNAI: Actor Piaa Bajpai, who has reunited with her mentor-filmmaker Priyadarshan for upcoming Malayalam film Aamayum Muyalum, says she feels like she’s come home to a family she’s been away from for sometime.

Piaa made her acting debut in Priyadarshan-produced 2008 Tamil comedy Poi Solla Poram.

“Working with Priyan sir is like coming back home. He saw my potential and launched me when I was invisible to everybody else. He didn’t care about who I was or where I came from, when he introduced me in Poi Solla Poram. He liked my audition and cast me,” Piaa told IANS. She always wished to be directed

by Priyadarshan, and when it finally happened she felt as though one her dreams came true.

“While working on my first film, I had told Priyan sir that I would like to work with him. Both of us got busy with our respective careers, but we stayed in touch. Recently, he called me and said that he’s working on something and asked me to keep my fingers crossed,” she said.

“When I received that call, I had a premonition because soon after the auditions of Poi Solla Poram, he had messaged me something very similar, and I got the film,” she added. — IANS

fter featuring in Telugu film Heart Attack, actress Adah Sharma’s next movie in the language will be an actioner titled Garam. The movie, which also features Aadi Pudipeddi in the lead, was officially launched on september 5.

“The regular shooting will start from September 15.

It’s a film laced with all the commercial ingredients.

Adah and Aadi will make a great pair. We’ve also planned a makeover for Aadi,” the film’s director Madan, told IANS. “Three songs will be shot in some exotic locations abroad, mostly in Europe. We plan to finish the film in two months and release it in December,” he said. The rest of the cast will be finalized soon. Meanwhile, Adah is busy shooting for a Kannada film.

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Dasari supports RGV’s auctioning idea CHENNAI: Telugu cinema’s renowned filmmaker Dasari Narayana Rao, who has backed the auctioning idea of Ram Gopal Varma, feels it will revolutionize the state of film distribution in the

Tamil films. When this song was offered to me and I was told it was a ‘kuthu’ number, I instantly agreed to do it,” Neetu told IANS. “It’s a song with hundreds of dancers. It has a very grand setup.

I really loved the music and the way the song has been choreographed. I didn’t mind doing it because there’s no rule that an actress can’t do a song. Big stars are doing it, why not me,” she said.

Neetu, who was last seen 2013

in Tamil gangster film Adhi Bhagavan, hasn’t come across anything “concrete” to star in yet.

“I was offered several films after Aadhi Bhagavan, but I wanted to do something exactly opposite to my role in it or something close to my role in the film. I didn’t want to do anything in between because nothing exciting was coming up,” she said.

While Neetu is expected to sign two new projects in Tamil, she’s keeping herself extremely busy with her play Umrao Jaan.

“Theatre is keeping me busy. I have four shows in October. I’m planning to take my play to Chennai,” Neetu said. She said that every time she goes on stage to play Umrao, she “explores” herself.

“I explore myself with theatre whenever I get on stage. I might be playing the same role again, but I’m playing it with a different set of thoughts. I have learnt and earned something new every single time I’ve gone on stage,” she said.

industry. Varma’s forthcoming Telugu thriller Anukshanam was sold to distributors through film auctioning.

“I was initially hesitant about the idea of film auctioning, but now, having seen the phenomenal response, I feel it will revolutionize film distribution in our industry. That’s why I have decided to support it and I urge producers to embrace it,” Dasari told IANS. However, Dasari feels film auctioning will only work for films with “good content”.

“With film auctioning, even a bunch of college students can buy a film. The buyers are not regular film distributors.

Therefore, a film with good content has higher chances of being sold through this model,” he said.

aving donned different roles as an actor, writer and director in his over two-decade-old journey in southern cinema, multi-faceted veteran Ramesh Aravind feels that there’s nothing more “rewarding” than an actor’s job, but that direction is a “satisfying” creative process.

“I find acting more rewarding.

It might not be in terms of monetary benefits, but generally the success you enjoy as an actor is bigger than anything else. I don’t think anything can replace the success you derive out of being an actor,” Ramesh told IANS in an interview.

Ramesh is “Direction is a currently busy creative process.

Ramesh Aravind It gives wings to with the postyour creativity. It p ro d u c t i o n production allows you to work of his work of his create a world upcoming upcoming Tamil you might not Tamil directoenvision as an rial “Uttama directorial actor. A director Villain”.

'Uttama Villain' can make a flower Incidentally, look different on both the films feascreen, add the color he ture Kamal Haasan, likes the most to his creation, and who has also worked with nobody will ask questions,” Ramesh in several memorable he said. movies such as Sati Leelavathi, Those who like to get “cre- Panchathantiram and Mumbai atively high” should direct, said Express. Kamal is “more than a Ramesh, who finds writing as a friend, he’s mostly a guide and a “very lonely job that needs a lot mentor,” said Ramesh and added: “We bond because we share the of patience”.

Ramesh, who made his direc- same sensibilities on various things torial debut with 2005 Kannada in life. It’s easier to build relationblockbuster Rama Shama Bhama, ship with a person when you share is currently busy with the post- same ideologies and tastes.”

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‘ILL-TREATED’ MUSLIM MOTHER DRAGS POLICE TO COURT

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EW YORK - A Muslim woman and human rights lawyer has taken her accusations of NYPD’s abuse and racism to court following her violent detention over blocking the sidewalk after a pro-Palestinian demonstration in New York.

The lawsuit was filed on September 8 with Chaumtoli Huq stating that the policemen used “unreasonable and wholly unprovoked force”.

Huq, 42, was arrested in July right after the pro-Palestinian event, while she was waiting for her kids to use the WC. The police officer told her to keep moving.

“I’m not in anybody’s way. Why do I have to move? What’s the problem?” Huq

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asked the police.

Afterwards, police officer Ryan Lathrop and his partner, “without any legal basis, grabbed Huq, turned her and

pushed her against the wall and placed her under arrest,” according to the lawsuit.

“I didn’t know what was happening.

All of a sudden, the officer flips me [around]…he [turns] my body and presses me against the wall of the restaurant. He shoved my left arm all the way and kept pushing it and handcuffed me. At that point, I yelled ‘Help!’ because I was alone,” the woman recalls as cited by Gawker.

She also claims they went through her purse without probable cause.

What’s more, the suit alleges that the officer told Huq “in America, wives take the names of their husbands,” when he found out she had a different last name than her husband.

Huq then asserts that that her detention is “characteristic of a pattern

Mystery shrouds death of parents after boy is killed

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RISCO (TX) -- Two bodies have been found at the home of a Texas woman under investigation for the death of her son.

The police discovered the bodies on September 3 at a Collin County home in Frisco belonging to Pallavi Dhawan and her husband Sumeet.

Pallavi was facing a grand jur y investigation in the death of 10-year-old Arnav Dhawan, whose body was found at the residence on January 29 wrapped in a cloth and placed in a bathtub, but she firmly denied any wrongdoing.

The police believe the bodies were those of the boy’s parents. Pallavi and Sumeet Dhawan were the only two people known to be living in the home.

Sources said that while a male’s body was found inside the house while the second, a female, was outside in the swimming pool.

Neighbors said they heard gunshots over the weekend, but thought it might have just been dove hunters in a nearby field and didn’t report the incident.

They said a back door at the home had been open at least since the previous day.

It is unclear how long the bodies had been deceased at the residence.

Cops foil man’s suicide attempt

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ORT LEE (NJ) -- Port Authority police officers prevented a suicidal Passaic County man from jumping off the George Washington Bridge on September 8.

The Clifton police alerted Port Authority police at around 9:40 am that a 29-year-old resident was on his way to the bridge to end his life.

About 40 minutes later, the police on the bridge spotted the man attempting to hide along the south walkway. When officers questioned him, he provided a false name and denied that he planned to take the extreme step. His I.D., however, matched the name provided by the Clifton police.

The police placed the man in custody and he was removed by Fort Lee EMS for a psychiatric evaluation. He has not been charged with a crime.

The rescue represents the 49th thwarted suicide attempt on the bridge this year, and the second within a 12-hour period.

Both Pallavi and Sumeet Dhawan testified in front of a Collin County grand jury last month. The mother had always claimed her son died from a seizure caused by a preexisting medical condition and that she had attempted to preserve his body according to Hindu customs, waiting for her husband to return home from a trip before contacting authorities.

The medical examiner’s report said natural causes were the most likely cause of death.

The boy’s parents said Arnav was born with a brain and skull that didn’t fully develop. They said that, following tradition, last rites would have been performed on their son once Sumeet returned home, and then

the boy would have been cremated.

However, school officials at Isbell Elementary - where Arnav was a fifth-grader - notified Sumeet while he was out-of-town that his son had missed class for several days. Upon returning home, Sumeet called the police and said he was concerned for his wife and child.

During the investigation, Sumeet allegedly told the police that he and his wife had been having marital problems for a few months, and that Pallavi was coping with mental problems.

The family said they felt as if they were being singled out by authorities because of cultural bias, and that the police did not understand their requirements as Hindu parents. The Dhawans had been fighting since January to have a number of their personal items like their car, fax machine and passports seized in the investigation returned.

While a grand jury mulled a possible murder indictment for Pallavi, the family was also facing financial strain, in part because they had to rent a car while theirs was being held by investigators. The car was returned in May. The family had been trying to travel back to India but was unable to do so, having been made to surrender their passports.

and practice of the NYPD in aggressive over policing of people of color and persons lawfully exercising their First Amendment rights.”

“My civil rights were violated. I think that I was treated differently because of being a woman. I think I was targeted once my husband left. I think that I was being targeted based on my religion and my race,” Huq told Gawker.

Eventually, Huq was charged with obstructing governmental administration, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, and there was an adjournment to review dismissal of the charges.

Huq has decided to use her experience to “raise awareness about overpolicing in colored communities. I want a dialogue on policing and community relations.”

Fake government agents steal items from home

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E SOTO (MO) -- A resident of a Jefferson County neighborhood says he called 911 after he noticed two men, allegedly claiming to be government agents, stealing his neighbor’s property.

“I didn’t see I.D. It just looked like something was posted right there on his belt,” said Jason Johndrow, a resident of the Olympian Village Community, located near De Soto. He says the men approached him, saying they were federal agents.

“They weren’t wearing any uniforms. Their vehicle wasn’t marked or anything.” He also says he saw a female driver with the two men.

Johndrow says the two men walked over to his neighbor’s house, went inside, and began carrying items out of the home.

“I saw another car pull into the driveway and the guys carrying stuff out of the guy’s house,” Johndrow said. “They were bringing in a couple of guns. They came out and brought something covering a blanket. I found out later it was a safe or something.”

It was at this point Johndrow notified the police, but the alleged agents were able to get away before authorities arrived. The three were seen driving in a silver Dodge Durango.

NJ Indian pleads guilty to visa fraud charges 8-month old and mother

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EW JERSEY -- A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to orchestrating an eight-year scheme to falsify employment certifications to facilitate the illegal entry of Indian immigrants into the United States and to filing a false tax return.

Sandipkumar Patel, 41, of Edison, New Jersey, pleaded guilty before US District Judge William Walls of the District of New Jersey to conspiring to defraud the US and to filing a false federal income tax return.

The sentencing is scheduled for January 6, 2015.

According to court documents filed with the plea agreement, from 2001 until 2009, Patel sponsored the visa applications of Indian nationals by falsely claiming to provide employment for them in the US. He falsely certified on the visa applications that he would employ the immigrants in various technical fields at several New

Jersey companies, thereby facilitating their illegal entry into the US. Over the course of the scheme, immigrants paid Patel thousands of dollars for the false certifications to fraudulently secure the visas. To disguise the scheme, Patel issued payroll checks and other payroll forms. He required the immigrants to return the money from the checks and also to reimburse him for his payroll tax expenses.

Patel used the fraudulent pay stubs and payroll checks to support false applications to extend the visas, and Patel charged the immigrants fees for the visa extensions.

As a result of falsely carrying the immigrant employees on his payrolls, Patel overstated his payroll expenses on his federal income tax returns by more than $1.4 million over four years, underreporting his tax obligation by over $400,000 for those years.

shot at in St Louis

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T. LOUIS (MO) -- Authorities are investigating after an 8-month-old was shot multiple times on the night of September 6 in north St. Louis.

According to the police, three adults and the infant were in a vehicle near Labadie and Sarah around 10:15 pm when a black or maroon vehicle pulled alongside them and an unknown suspect began firing shots.

The infant’s 23-year-old mother suffered a gunshot wound to the thigh, while the child sustained multiple gunshot wounds to the body. Both victims were hospitalised.

The two other adults in the car did not sustain any injuries in the shooting.

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DEVOTEES THRONG EDISON FOR GANESH FESTIVAL

Sacnite Navratri fete from Sept 26

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DISON (NJ) -- A grand 3-day religious festival for traditional South Asians Ganesh Utsav was orchestrated by 1947 Production & Entertainment, Inc. in association with Zee TV & India.com in Edison, NJ. Acros the Hill Top complex, the main artery of Oak tree road turned into a flickering saffron Gajanana reception road as the Ganesh festival was celebrate for the first time in the United States on a huge scale with full pomp and flair.

A replica of Lord Ganesha, an imposing 14-feet-tall idol, was specially brought in from Mumbai, India and and placed on a platform, visible from far and away, under a big canopy. On August 29, the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, the “Emperor of the faithful” and ‘remover of all ills and obstacles’, was ‘invited in’ with his family.

Amid traditional Sanskrit chanting,

The eye-catching Ganesh idol

the impressive idol of the Elephant God was installed by the Divine Cosmic Consciousness, a religious ritual called “Prana Pratistha”. Hundreds of faithful followers witnessed this entirely spiritual experience with chants of “Ganapati Bappa Moriya” flowing through the atmosphere.

In three days, thousands of devotees patiently waited their turn in scordhing heat to have a closer look of the eyecatching idol and bow to the Almighty God who is always first to be invited to all pujas.

Devottes arrived all the way from Boston, Atlanta, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and even Canada and Colorado to partake in the one-of-akind Ganesh Festival.

In another first, over 1000 lbs of modak, a sweet dumpling, believed to be the favorite food of Ganesh, especially created by Chowpatty Caterers, was on

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display to the right side of the gigantic idol for the benefit of the worshippers.

On August 31, at the end of this highly religious event, the modak was distributed among devotees as Prasad.

An unparalleled planning and execution was evident all around. With thousands of devotees in attendance, the festival amply supported by Township of Edison, the police, fire and other departments, was an amazing event.

Zee TV brought in the two winners of their fantastic show “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” in 2012, Jasraj Joshi as well as Arshpreet Kaur, to perform live for two hours each, on August 30 and 31. Along with them, there were a number of performances from local talents to keep the audience absorbed on a separate entertainment stage.

It was a moment frozen in time as thousands bade adieu to the revered Lord Ganesh until next year.

EVENTS

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Sh r i Ga n e s h C h a t u r t h i : Ga n e s h Chatur thi2398 Grand nine day celebration of Sri Ganesha Chaturthi, Aug 22 to 31. Grand Chariot procession will be held on the last day, Aug 31, 12.30 p.m around the sreets of Flushing, New York.

For more Information, call 718-460-8484 or email hts@nyganeshtemple.org

Spiritual Master: Brahmrishi Shree Kumar brahmrishi-kumar-swami-ji-18Swamiji Astonishing Prabhu Kripa Dukh Nirwan Samagam in USA on 2nd September, New Jersey , USA at 2.pm onwards Ukrainian Cultural centre 135, Davudson Ave. Somerset, 08873 toll free no: 855-9900053,855-990-0054

A Bollywood Cruis BHANGRA on The Hudson with DJ LADLA & DJ KUCHA:download On Saturaday , sep 6, 2014 at 6:15 PM Cruiseliner-Jewel New York Sky port and Aviation Marina, 2430 FDR Dr, New York, NY-10010

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ECAUCUS (NJ) -- Sacnite Entertainment will present the 2014 Navratri festival for the first time at the Meadowlands Expo Center, Secaucus, NJ on September 26 and 27.

In order to honor the different forms of Shakti, the feminine form of the Divine, Sacnite Entertainment has organized two nights full of dance, music and devotion with top Garba singer Rex D’Souza, and Dandiya Queen Rekha Raval.

Revellers will dance on the beats of a variety of Garba, Raas and Bollywood songs with well-known celebrities such as Pretiy Zinta and Prachi Desai, and also enjoy a variety of Indian food offered onsite

by Mausam Indian Cuisine, NJ. The event will be held at the Meadowlands Expo Center, which is conveniently located just minutes outside of the New York City and accessible to all majority highways, with onsite complimentary parking.

Navratri is an Indian festival dedicated to the glorification of Shakti. Over nine days, the Mother Goddess is worshipped in her various forms such as Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati.

Each goddess is worshipped for three days, starting with Durga who destroys negative tendencies, followed by Lakshmi who bestows good virtues and fortune, and lastly, Saraswati who instills wisdom and spiritual knowledge.

2014-7-30-1134-45on Friday, Sep 05, 2014, 7:00 PM at Hindu Temple AuditoriumFlushing , 143-07 Holly Avenue, New York, NY-11355

The Rubin Meuseum of Art presents “Bodies in Balance; The art of Tibetan Medicines” imagethrough Sept 8 at 17th street between 6th and 7th Avenues, New York . For more Information, visit www. rubinmusuem.org

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HANMI FINANCIAL CORP-CENTRAL BANCORP MERGER COMPLETE

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OS ANGELES (CA) -- Hanmi Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: HAFC) (‘Hanmi’), the holding company for Hanmi Bank (the ‘Bank’), has announced that it has completed its acquisition of Central Bancorp, Inc., the parent company of United Central Bank, effective as of August 31.

With the merger complete, Hanmi becomes the second largest Korean American bank in the United States with 50 banking offices and three loan production offices serving different communities across California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Washington.

The combined entity has approximately $4.4 billion in assets, $2.8 billion in

gross loans, and $3.7 billion in deposits, providing Hanmi with the leading deposit market share among Korean American banks in Illinois, Texas, and Virginia along with a substantial market share in California.

“The completion of our merger with United Central Bank is a momentous occasion for Hanmi,” said C. G. Kum, president and CEO. “Having opened our first branch in Los Angeles in 1982 with the clear mission of helping immigrants achieve the American Dream, we are thrilled to now provide our customers with 50 branches across the United States.

“With this expanded geographic presence, we will broaden our market share

6,000 student visa-holders play vanishing trick

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ASHINGTON, DC -- In a major lapse that poses security threats to the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has lost track of more than 6,000 foreign nationals who entered the country on student visas, overstayed it and then vanished.

All of them were on a list of people who were of ‘heightened concern’ to DHS officials.

DHS officials disclosed the breadth of the student visa problem submitted as part of an investigation into persistent complaints about the nation’s entry program for students.

Immigration officials have struggled to keep track of the rapidly-increasing numbers of foreign students coming to the US on F-1 and other visas, now in excess of one million each year. The immigration agency’s own figures show that 58,000 students overstayed their visas in the past year.

Of those, 6,000 were referred to agents for follow-up because they were determined to be of heightened concern.

According to Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla, since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, 26 student visa holders have been arrested in the US on terror-related charges.

Tightening up the student visa program was one of the major recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission, after it was determined that the hijacker who flew Flight 77 into the Pentagon, Hani Hanjour, had entered the US on a student visa but never showed up for school.

The report also pointed out that despite repeated concerns raised by Congress, federal immigration officials have also continued to grant schools certification to accept overseas applicants even if the schools lack accreditation, state certification, or any obvious measure of academic rigor.

There are now more than 9,000 schools on the government approved list. The list includes

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from our core Korean American customer base to the wider Asian American and mainstream communities, making Hanmi the first Korean American Bank to extend into these additional communities.”

Kum continued, “I am very pleased that the transaction has proceeded so smoothly, and we can now fully focus our efforts on integrating the two banks as quickly as possible. With the new Hanmi Bank, all of our loyal customers will have the benefit of a larger product offering, improved lending capacity, and enhanced customer service.”

The transaction was announced December 16, 2013 and approved by shareholders of Central Bancorp on April 17, 2014. The combined companies will operate as Hanmi Financial Corporation

and Hanmi Bank, respectively, with banking operations conducted under the Hanmi Bank brand.

Headquartered in Los Angeles, Hanmi Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hanmi Financial Corporation, provides services to the multi-ethnic communities across California, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, New Jersey and New York with 50 full-service branches as well as loan production offices in Texas, Virginia, and Washington State.

Hanmi Bank specializes in commercial, SBA and trade finance lending, and is a recognized community leader. Hanmi Bank’s mission is to provide a full range of quality products and premier services to its customers and to maximize shareholder value.

Deported Indian college teacher back in Arakanas

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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla,

such top flight American colleges as Harvard and Yale, but it also includes 86 beauty schools, 36 massage schools and nine schools that teach horseshoeing. Foreign students can enter the US on a visa to study acupuncture, hair braiding, or join academies that focus on tennis and golf.

Once the student arrives in the US, it is up to the schools to keep track of the visa-holder’s whereabouts, and report to the government if they repeatedly miss class. A number of forprofit schools appear to have been operating with a primary goal of selling visas, not educating students, said the report.

Thomas Kean, 9/11 Commission CoChair, says that the government is yet to address the security gaps the program has created. He said he was stunned the federal government continues to lose track of so many foreign nationals who had entered the country with student visas.

He noted that, even before the 9/11 terror attacks, federal officials had been aware of the gaps in the student visa program. The man who drove the van containing explosives into the World Trade Center garage in 1993 was also a student visa holder who was a no-show at school.

The effort to expand options for foreign study appear to be prevailing. According to figures gathered by congressional investigators, the number of foreign nationals obtaining visas to study in the US has grown from 662,966 in 2003 to more than 1.2 million in 2012.

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RKANSAS - A community college professor, who was denied re-entry to the US after making a humanitarian aid trip to Guatemala with her church, finally returned home to Nashville, Arkansas on August 22.

Molly Sirigiri, who teaches general biology, microbiology, and anatomy and physiology at Cossatot Community College University of Arkansas, had departed on July 1 with a team from the First Baptist Church of Nashville, Ark., for a week-long mission at the Casa Aleluya orphanage in Guatemala City.

But on her return home, she was held back from her team at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. After a 24-hour detention in Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, Sirigiri was flown to India, via Munich.

The Nashville Leader reported that the Indian Consulate in Houston told the mission leader that it appeared Sirigiri had applied for an extension of her H-1B visa and was awaiting approval when she traveled to Guatemala. She was not eligible for an automatic revalidation and therefore denied re-entry.

In lieu of deportation, US officials allowed Sirigiri to withdraw her pending application for extension of her visa and apply afresh, according to the Consulate.

University officials said they paid a “premium processing fee” to have a decision rendered within 15 days.

In a press statement, Cossatot Community College Chancellor Steve Cole said the university worked with Arkansas Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman to get Sirigiri’s visa processed expeditiously.

“Molly is a special person to UA Cossatot. Not only is she a teaching rock star for us, but more importantly, she is a vital part of her church and community.

The best possible result came from this, and that was her quick re-entry back into the United States,” said Cole.

Sirigiri could not be reached for comment, but said in a press statement: “I am thankful to be back in Nashville and teaching. I am very thankful for people I consider my family in the United States.”

She attended church services two days after she returned home to Arkansas and began teaching again on August 25.

Sirigiri, 33, is a native of Hyderabad, and obtained her bachelors and masters degrees in English and microbiology from the University of Osmania in Hyderabad.

She served for five years as the chair of the microbiology department at Rani Rudrani Devi College in Hyderabad, before emigrating to the U.S. in 2008 to teach science at Kingstree High School in South Carolina. Sirigiri joined the Life Sciences faculty at Cossatot in 2011

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Sania wins US Open mixed doubles The Indian-Mexican pair wins a see-saw match that lasted an hour IANS, NEW YORK

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ndia’s Sania Mirza and Brazilian Bruno Soares beat American-Mexican pair Abigail Spears and Santiago Gonzalez in the final to win the U.S. Open mixed doubles title here on September 5.

Sania, who had faced defeat only a day earlier losing the women’s doubles semifinals, bounced back brilliantly to win her third Grand Slam title.

The top seeds won 6-1, 2-6, 119 in super tie-break in a see-saw match lasting an hour at the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

After winning the first set decisively, Sania and Soares stumbled dramatically in the second, taking the match into a super tie-break.

NEW YORK: Fourteenth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia beat 10th seeded Japanese Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3 to win the 2014 US Open title here.

It was the first Grand Slam title for the 25-year-old Croat.

Right after the match, Cilic went into his box and gave a hug to everybody on his team, especially his coach Goran Ivanisevic. Cilic, 16th in ATP World Rankings, became the first Croat to win a Grand Slam since Ivanisevic won at the 2001 Wimbledon.

Cilic didn’t drop any set since the

Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares kiss the trophy after their triumph in New York on September 5. (Photo: IANS)

Cilic, Serena win singles quarterfinal. He beat the sixth seed Tomas Berdych and five-time former champion Roger Federer en route to the final.

In the women singles, World No.1 Serena Williams of the U.S. beat 10th-seeded Dane Caroline Wozniacki to win her third straight and sixth overall U.S. Open title.

The 6-3, 6-3 win at Flushing Meadows here on September 7 was the 18th Grand Slam victory for Williams. She is

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The topsy-turvy nature of the match continued as the top seeds let go of a 9-4 lead to let their opponents tie the scores at 9-9.

In the end, however, the IndianBrazilian pair, who have been so impressive in the entire tournament, held on to win two consecutive points to take home the title.

The 27-year-old Indian had earlier won the Australian Open (2009) and the French Open (2012) mixed titles.

Her best performance in the women’s doubles was when she reached the final of the French Open.

They beat Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins in the semi-final to reach the final.

In the semis they won 7-5, 4-6, 10-7.

babwe, where he was my counterpart. So I was aware of his leadership qualities already. Also what made Fletcher’s job easier was having the trio of Sanjay Bangar, Bharat Arun and R Sridhar as his assistant coaches,” Shastri said.

Shastri was appointed the team director after the Indian team’s humiliating 1-3 loss in the Test series in England triggering rumors that Fletcher could be on his way out. Shastri’s presence did a world of good as the team bounced back in style to beat England by a similar margin in the ODIs.

ormer India cricket captain and now team director Ravi Shastri has backed beleaguered coach Duncan Fletcher saying the Zimbabwean was like a ‘fatherly figure’ who is a ‘solid character’ and ‘hugely respected’.

Shastri’s comments on September 9 came at a time when he is expected to submit a report on Fletcher’s performance that would be taken up by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its working committee meeting slated for September 26.

“He (Fletcher) is tremendous.

He would have done over a 100 Tests as coach, which is massive. He is technically very sound.

He is a solid character.

He is respected. He is a fatherly figure. I knew Fletcher from the 1983 World Cup. Then in 1984 I led an India Ravi Shastri Under-25 side to Zim-

now tied with Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for the fourth-most WTA titles in history.

“It means a lot to me,” said Williams. “I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just a kid with a dream and a racquet, living in Compton.”

The ceremony was an emotional one.

Williams tried hard to stop her tears.

India’s chances are good: Somdev BANGALORE: Looking fit, though a bit tired, Somdev Devvarman on September 8 said the absence of World No.1 Novak Djokovic from the Serbian team will definitely improve India’s chances of winning the Davis Cup World Group play-off here this weekend.

Having arrived on June 8 from Shanghai where he lost the final of an ATP challenger tournament to lowerranked Yoshihito Nishioka of Japan, Devvarman wasted no time getting down to practice and said he has been playing better in the recent weeks.

“I have not been having the best of seasons with injuries and stuff. But I have been playing well off late. I had a good week in Shanghai, spent a lot of time on court, came through some tough situations,” said the 29year old. Devvarman will be spear-heading India’s Davis Cup challenge against Serbia.

Somdev Devvarman

Serena Williams

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Lewis Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix MONZA: Lewis Hamilton fought back from a poor start to claim an emphatic victory at the Monza Formula One on September 7, moving to within 22 points of Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg.

Rosberg had led early on, but the German had to settle for second when, coming under increasing pres-

sure from Hamilton, he ceded the lead by out-braking himself heading into the first chicane.

Felipe Massa claimed his first podium for Williams in third, while teammate Valtteri Bottas fought back from his own tardy start — he dropped from third to 11th in the opening laps — to secure fourth.

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LIFESTYLE

Facebook addiction can leave you lonely According to a new study, too much use of social network sites has adverse consequences IANS,LONDON

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o you often feel you have wasted time on Facebook or termed it as a meaningless activity but still cannot let your eyes move away from the screen?

You are at the risk of developing depression.

According to new research, while the social networking site is there to help you stay in touch with your near and dear ones, there are consequences to its consistent use, including a “lowered life satisfaction of basic psy-

chological needs and dampened Mechanical Turk program. The findings once again displayed a mood”.

“There is a link between a mood decline in those visiting dampened mood and Face- Facebook.

In the last phase, 101 active book,” informed Austrian psychologists Christina Sagioglou Facebook users were asked if logging into Facebook would make and Tobias Greitmeyer.

During the three-phase study, them happier or feel down.

Most of the participants they first analysed 123 German speaking active Facebook users. reported feeling worse and loneMost of them showed a mood lier when they logged off, Viral decline after spending time on Global News reported.

The paper was pubFacebook, including a sense of lished in the jourgrowing loneliness. nal Computers In the second phase, in Human 263 people volunteered Behavior. through Amazon’s Most of the

participants reported feeling worse and lonelier when they logged off

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f you are working long hours at the desk, do make it a point to take a five minute walk every hour to reverse negative effects of prolonged sitting, says an Indianorigin researcher.

“We found that easy five minute walks can reverse harm caused to leg arteries during hours of prolonged sitting,” claimed Saurabh Thosar, a post-doctoral researcher from the Oregon Health and Science University.

When people sit, slack muscles do not contract to effectively pump blood to the heart.

Blood can pool in the legs and affect the endothelial function of

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Indian wines sparkle at Ljubljana wine expo LJUBLJANA: Pleasing the palate of wine connoisseurs of central Europe, Indian wines made an impressive debut at Vino Ljubljana 2014 International Wine Fair in Slovenia with the entire stock sold out even before the event concluded, said their Italian importer.

“My stock of Indian wines was completely exhausted well before the closing time of the Expo on September 7 and the stall had to be shut down by early evening,” said Paolo Perilo, of Milan-based Twiner SRL, which had offered selected award-winner labels from Fratelli Wines and Sula Vineyards, representing the best of Indian terroirs uniqueness.

To provide visitors a full Indian experience, wines were offered along with selected Indian dishes at Vino Ljubljana, the 50th edition of the International Wine Fair held in the Slovenian capital on September 4-6, gathering producers from the country and abroad and many thousands of visitors, trade operators and consumers.

Perilo said he had several hundred visitors who tasted, appreciated and purchased the Indian wines, indicating the latent potential of this still untapped Centeral

European and Balkan market even against stiff competition from the excellent, local, pan-European and even global wines.

Speaking after the event, the Italian import businessman said he would explore possibilities of expanding sales throughout the region through hotel and supermarket chains and seek to set up country distributors.

A stockist for Slovenia who can deliver Indian wines throughout the country has already been appointed, he said.

Perilo said he would also explore the possibility of local bottling of bulk imports to reduce unit retail costs and make the wines competitive in the European Union market.

In June, the wines from India were creditably rated and placed at the international competition section of Vino Ljubljana as well.

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Wear sunglasses to avoid eye disease IANS, NEW YORK

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“We have shown that prolonged sitting impairs endothelial function, which is an early marker of cardiovascular disease and that breaking sitting time prevents the decline in that function,” added Thosar.

f your job leads to spending most of the time outdoors, do not forget to wear sunglasses as it can save you from developing a common eye disease.

According to a study, residential geography, time spent in the sun and whether or not sunglasses are worn may help explain why some people develop exfoliation syndrome (XFS), an eye condition that is a leading cause of secondary open-angle glaucoma

and can lead to an increased risk of cataract.

“Lifetime outdoor activities may contribute to XFS so a more widespread use of UV-blocking eyewear can help prevent XFS,” said lead study author Louis Pasquale, as associate professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) in the United States.

Researchers conducted a clinic-based, case-control study in the U.S. and Israel, involving XFS cases and control individuals.

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Nasal cells can repair knee defects LONDON: Researchers at the University of Basel in Switzerland have found that cells taken from the nasal septum are able to adapt to the environment of the knee joint and can repair articular cartilage defects.

Cartilage lesions in joints often appear in older people as a result of degenerative processes. “The findings have opened up the possibility to investigate an innovative clinical treat-

Subtle changes in skin color can be used to detect the uneven blood flow caused by atrial fibrillation, say scientists in a recent study IANS, NEW YORK

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he facial features of an individual can reflect whether or not a person is experiencing atrial fibrillation — a treatable but potentially dangerous heart condition.

With the assistance of a web camera and software algorithms, scientists demonstrated that subtle changes in skin color can be used to detect the uneven blood flow caused by atrial fibrillation.

“This technology holds the potential to identify and diagnose cardiac disease using contact less video monitoring,” said JeanPhilippe Couderc from University of Rochester’s heart research follow-

up program.

The technology employs a software algorithm developed by Xerox Corporation Ltd that scans the face and can detect changes in skin color that are imperceptible to the naked eye.

Sensors in digital cameras are designed to record three colors: red, green and blue.

Hemoglobin — a component of blood — absorbs more of the green in the spectrum of light and this subtle change can be detected by the camera’s sensor.

During the study, participants were simultaneously hooked up to an electrocardiogram (ECG) so results from the facial scan could be compared to the actual electrical

activity of the heart.

The researchers found that the color changes detected by video monitoring corresponded with an individual’s heart rate as detected on an ECG. “Essentially, the irregular electrical activity of the heart found in people with atrial fibrillation could be identified by observing the pulses of blood flowing through the veins on the face as it absorbed or reflected green light with each heart beat,” Couderc explained.

The study found that the video monitoring technique called videoplethymography had an error rate of 20 percent, comparable to the 17 to 29 percent error rate associated with ECG measurements.

ment of cartilage damage,” said Ivan Martin, a professor for tissue engineering. The nasal cartilage cells’ ability to self-renew to the joint environment is associated with the expression of socalled HOX genes. In a study, researchers took small biopsies from the nasal septum from seven of 25 patients and then isolated the cartilage cells. They multiplied the cells and then applied them to a scaffold in .

A few weeks later, they removed the damaged cartilage tissue of the patients’ knees and replaced it with the engineered and tailored tissue from the nose.

Cartilage cells from the nasal septum have a distinct capacity to generate a new cartilage tissue after their expansion in culture.

New method to diagnose malaria faster IANS, LONDON

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innish researchers have claimed to develop a new system for diagnosing malaria infection faster. The method is based on computer vision algorithms similar to those used in facial recognition systems combined with visualization of only the diagnostically most relevant areas. Tablet computers can be used to view the images. This is how it works. A thin layer of blood smeared on a microscope slide is first digitized.

The algorithm analyses over 50,000 red blood cells per sample and ranks them according to the probability of infection.

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sents that panel to the user.

The final diagnosis is done by a healthcare professional based on the images. “Our aim is to develop methods that are significantly less Labor intensive than the traditional ones and have a potential to considerably increase the throughput in malaria diagnostics,” said research director Johan Lundin from the University of Helsinki.

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Gemini A specific goal you’ve been working toward for the past six months could reach critical mass, so be prepared to pounce on a golden opportunity. This lunar energy can be hard to predict, so you may not get any warning.

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You may have to take the initiative to have a little “where’s this thing going” conversation.

Virgo Your seventh house of relationships can clear up any confusion about an established connection—and lead you into something deep and committed. Nothing is more frustrating than not knowing where you stand.

(Sept 11-17) Libra It’s time to launch a serious cleanup mission so you can stop wasting time looking for lost objects, become more productive and focus your prodigious talents on things that bring you joy.

Scorpio Got a story to tell or message to spread? Go for it now, while all the world’s your stage. If that feels too showboaty, let social media trumpet your talent. In whatever you do, you’ll charm and mesmerize.

Sagittarius When you set your mind to something you’re a powerful manifester, and you have two weeks to fulfill these lunarinspired nesting instincts. Start by getting rid of the clutter.

Capricorn Teaming up with an equal, whose skills and talents perfectly complement your own, gives you a sense of wonder and excitement. During the two weeks following the full moon, you could announce the formation of an official joint venture.

Aquarius Good news for your bank account! Your second house of finances could function like a one-person economic stimulus program. As the result of your efforts over the past halfyear, you could receive a job offer.

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